---
title: "Soulmates"
description: "\"Soulmates\" is a short story of the \"Shadow-Trilogy\", a novel series by Marcel Weyers. It takes place a few years before the first novel \"Shadows\" starts and in"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/26/12626.jpg"
---

# Soulmates

![Soulmates](https://t.vndb.org/cv/26/12626.jpg)

**Aliases:** Seelenverwandte

**Developer:** Marcel Weyers

**Release date:** Sep 9, 2011

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS, Website

**Language:** German, English, Japanese

**Rating:** 4.8/10 (17 votes)

## Description
"Soulmates" is a short story of the "Shadow-Trilogy", a novel series by Marcel Weyers. It takes place a few years before the first novel "Shadows" starts and introduces the main protagonist Haru and his best friend Yusaku. The novel is a short story about friendship and is set in a modern day Japanese village.

## Characters
### Haru Chikamatsu (近松 春)
Haru is the protagonist of the "Shadow-Saga" and a main character of the visual novels [url=http://vndb.org/v7879]Soulmates[/url] and [url=http://vndb.org/v10013]Sleepless Night[/url]. He also makes an appeareance in [url=http://vndb.org/v11975]Sleepless Night 2: Ladies' Night(mare)[/url].
He is a cheerful boy and a long sleeper.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 163cm, Weight: 52kg
- **Birthday:** 12 May
- **Hair:** Black, Short
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Personality:** Friendly
- **Role:** Childhood Friend, High School Student, Bisexual

### Yusaku Shimoyoku (志茂翼 ユサク)
Yusaku is the best friend of [url=http://vndb.org/c1907]Haru[/url].

- **Gender:** Male
- **Measurements:** Height: 178cm, Weight: 58kg
- **Birthday:** 25 October
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Teen, Pale, Muscular
- **Personality:** Proactive, Outgoing
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Role:** Childhood Friend, High School Student, Homosexual
- **Subject of:** Bone Fracture

## Shops
- [Official Website](https://web.archive.org/web/20161210012743/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227973723/Soulmates/index.html)
- [Itch](https://massimow.itch.io/soulmates)

## Releases
### German
- **2011-09-09**: Soulmates - [Official website](https://www.marcel-weyers.de/en/visualnovels/soulmates/), [Itch.io](https://massimow.itch.io/soulmates)
- **2014-08-04**: Soulmates - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20161210012743/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227973723/Soulmates/index.html)

### English
- **2011-09-09**: Soulmates - [Official website](https://www.marcel-weyers.de/en/visualnovels/soulmates/), [Itch.io](https://massimow.itch.io/soulmates)
- **2014-08-04**: Soulmates - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20161210012743/https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/227973723/Soulmates/index.html)

### Japanese
- **2011-09-09**: Soulmates - [Official website](https://www.marcel-weyers.de/en/visualnovels/soulmates/), [Itch.io](https://massimow.itch.io/soulmates)

## Tags
ADV, Male Protagonist, Multiple Endings, One True End, Modern Day Japan, No Sexual Content, Brief Branches Only, Bad Ending(s), Friendship, Protagonist with a Face, Summer, No Event CGs, Death of Protagonist, Literary Adaptation

## More Games from Marcel Weyers
- [Legend of the Silver Fox](https://pinovel.net/v11832)
- [Soulmates](https://pinovel.net/v7879)
- [Sleepless Night](https://pinovel.net/v10013)
- [This Is Where I Want To Die](https://pinovel.net/v11961)
- [Sleepless Night 2: Ladies' Night(mare)](https://pinovel.net/v11975)
- [Midnight Chaos](https://pinovel.net/v14902)
- [To Kill A Black Swan](https://pinovel.net/v15410)
- [Raven Curse](https://pinovel.net/v23674)

---
*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v7879](https://pinovel.net/v7879).*

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