The Bachelor Tax Is Too High! ~Fake Marriage Life with Childhood Friend While Dating~

A Japanese visual novel set in a near-future Japan where a harsh bachelor tax incentivizes marriage. The protagonist Mamoru reconnects with a childhood friend after seven years and they agree to a fake marriage until each finds a real partner. As they share an apartment, their suppressed feelings gradually surface through physical intimacy. The game offers two routes: a pure love path where their relationship deepens genuinely, and an NTR path where the childhood friend pursues other lovers, breaking Mamoru's heart. The narrative explores themes of longing, vulnerability, and the pain of loss after happiness.