---
title: "don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story"
description: "A spiritual successor of sorts to Digital: A Love Story, set in a prestigious private high school and on the social networks of 2027.  Seven students, three end"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/43/141843.jpg"
---

# don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story

![don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story](https://t.vndb.org/cv/43/141843.jpg)

**Developer:** Love Conquers All Games

**Release date:** Apr 2, 2011

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, Android

**Language:** English, Spanish

**Rating:** 6.2/10 (916 votes)

## Description
A spiritual successor of sorts to Digital: A Love Story, set in a prestigious private high school and on the social networks of 2027.

Seven students, three endings, one eavesdropping teacher. A full length visual novel about the erosion of privacy, young sexuality, queerness, and the perils of contemporary online life in a high school literature class.

## Characters
### John Rook
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Violet, Shoulder-length, Spiky Bangs, Dyed
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Young-adult
- **Eyes:** Violet, Hosome
- **Clothes:** Suit, Glasses, Jacket, Shirt, Belt, Pendant Necklace, Bracelet
- **Personality:** Secretive, Serious
- **Role:** Divorcee, Teacher, Canadian, Lonely, Secret Boyfriend
- **Subject of:** Flirting, Guilt
- **Engages in:** Turndown

### Akira Yamazaki
- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 18 September
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Parted to Side
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Trousers, Necktie, Shirt, Cardigan, T-shirt, Belt, Tank Top, Pendant Necklace, Bracelet
- **Eyes:** Violet, Tareme
- **Personality:** Otaku, Kind, Emotional
- **Subject of:** Bullying, Discrimination
- **Role:** Son, Boyfriend, Friend, Classmate, Homosexual, Canadian, Multilingual, Eleventh Grader
- **Engages in:** Online Chatting, Coming Out
- **Items:** Pocky

### Arianna Belle-Essai
- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 23 December
- **Hair:** Black, Bob Cut, Short, V Bangs
- **Eyes:** Brown, Tsurime
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Scarf, Shirt, Cardigan, Shorts, Pendant Necklace, Strapless Dress, Ribbon Tie, Shrug, Pleated Skirt
- **Role:** Friend, Classmate, Canadian, Secret Girlfriend, Eleventh Grader
- **Personality:** Kind, Atheist, Assertive
- **Engages in:** Flirting, Online Chatting
- **Items:** Camera
- **Subject of:** Turndown, Grief

### Charlotte Grewal
- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 20 June
- **Hair:** Brown, Twin Tails, Long, Straight, No Bangs
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Sweater, Dress, Glasses, Shirt, Vest, Pendant Necklace, Ribbon Tie, Hair Tie, Pleated Skirt
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Friend, Classmate, Canadian, Ex-girlfriend, Eleventh Grader
- **Personality:** Kind, Smart
- **Engages in:** Online Chatting, Romantic Reconciliation

### Isabella Hart
- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Iz, Bella
- **Birthday:** 30 December
- **Hair:** Brown, Long, Wavy, Blunt Bangs, Sidehair
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Dress, Jacket, Shirt, Pendant Necklace, Ribbon Tie, Clothing with Ribbons, Pleated Skirt
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Engages in:** Suicide, Online Chatting
- **Subject of:** Bullying, Disappointment, Fake Suicide, Completely Unavoidable Death
- **Role:** Friend, Classmate, Canadian, Dropout, Eleventh Grader
- **Personality:** Taciturn, Agnostic

### Kendall Flowers
- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 26 June
- **Hair:** Violet, Short, Parted to Side
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Coat, Jacket, Scarf, Necklace, Shirt, Cardigan, T-shirt, Pendant Necklace, Bracelet, Ribbon Tie, Clothing with Ribbons, Pleated Skirt, Pinafore Dress
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Personality:** Otaku, Relaxed, Rude, Blunt
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Friend, Classmate, Homosexual, Canadian, Ex-girlfriend, Eleventh Grader
- **Items:** Backpack
- **Engages in:** Online Chatting, Romantic Reconciliation
- **Subject of:** Discrimination

### Nolan Striukas
- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 1 March
- **Hair:** White, Shoulder-length, Mullet, Spiky Bangs
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Trousers, Jacket, Necktie, Cross Necklace, Shirt, Vest, Jeans, Turtleneck Shirt
- **Eyes:** Green
- **Personality:** Reserved, Protective
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Classmate, Gamer, Bad Student, Canadian, Ex-boyfriend, Lonely, Eleventh Grader
- **Engages in:** Online Chatting
- **Subject of:** Discrimination
- **Items:** Pocky

### Taylor Gibson
- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 30 April
- **Hair:** Blond, Bun, Blunt Bangs, Sidehair
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Shirt, Cardigan, Hairpin, Pleated Skirt, String Ribbon Tie
- **Eyes:** Green, Tareme
- **Personality:** Selfish, Outgoing, Atheist, Gossipy, Homophobe
- **Subject of:** Bullying
- **Role:** Friend, Classmate, Popular, Bad Student, Canadian, Ex-girlfriend, Eleventh Grader
- **Engages in:** Online Chatting

### Katelyn Robinson
- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** ???
- **Hair:** Black, Long, Side Tail, Spiky Bangs, Sidehair
- **Eyes:** Brown, Tareme
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** Kimono, Hair Ribbon
- **Role:** Friend, Shinigami, Nameable
- **Engages in:** Stalking
- **Personality:** Mysterious

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://scoutshonour.com/donttakeitpersonallybabeitjustaintyourstory/)

## Releases
### English
- **2011-04-02**: don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story - [Official website](http://scoutshonour.com/donttakeitpersonallybabeitjustaintyourstory/)
- **2014-03-12**: don't take it personally, babe - [Official website](http://scoutshonour.com/donttakeitpersonallybabeitjustaintyourstory/)

### Spanish
- **2015-10-30**: don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story - [Official website](http://novelasociosas.blogspot.com.es/2015/10/descarga-parche-dont-take-it-personally.html)

## Tags
ADV, High School, Future Earth, Girl x Girl Romance, Boy x Boy Romance, Male Protagonist, Adult Protagonist, Multiple Endings, School Life Comedy, Bullying, Suicide, Late Branching Plot, Heroine with Glasses, No Sexual Content, Brief Branches Only, Homosexual Support Character, Student Heroine, Protagonist with Glasses, Teacher Protagonist, Lesbian Heroine, Slow-burn Romance, Only Avoidable Sexual Content, Episodic Story, Blackmail, Protagonist with Sexual Experience, Protagonist with a Face, Side Portraits, Metafiction, Date Display, Sexual Innuendo, Discrimination, Student-Teacher Romance, Social Networking Service, LGBTQ Issues, Kissing Scene, May-December Romance, Unoriginal Soundtrack, Operating System Simulation, High School Student Heroine, Epistolary Storytelling, Stock Sprites, 2020s, NaNoRenO

## More Games from Love Conquers All Games
- [Cell Phone Love Letter](https://pinovel.net/v3908)
- [Heart of Fire](https://pinovel.net/v3907)
- [Sketchbook: Schoolgirls in Love and Other Assorted Heartbreak](https://pinovel.net/v3906)
- [Digital: A Love Story](https://pinovel.net/v4111)
- [Love & Order](https://pinovel.net/v6267)
- [don't take it personally, babe, it just ain't your story](https://pinovel.net/v6849)
- [Analogue: A Hate Story](https://pinovel.net/v9680)
- [Diving Deeper](https://pinovel.net/v10736)
- [Hate Plus](https://pinovel.net/v12475)
- [Ladykiller in a Bind](https://pinovel.net/v14359)

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*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v6849](https://pinovel.net/v6849).*

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