Osananajimi wa Daitouryou: My Girlfriend Is the President (幼なじみは大統領: MY GIRLFRIEND IS THE PRESIDENT Osananajimi wa Daitōryō: Mai Gārufurendo Izu za Purejidento) is a visual novel developed by Alcot and later released in English by JAST USA. The game centers on protagonist Junichiro Hondo who awakes one morning to discover his next-door-neighbor and lifelong friend Yukino Ohama has suddenly become president of the fictitious United States of Nippon (Japan).
Gameplay
The player assumes the role of Junichiro Hondo, alike a typical visual novel, the amount of game play is minimal. Occasionally interactions in the game are required to progress to the proceeding scene, by selecting one of the options/choices that appear in the center of the screen. Usually they are choices about what action to elect, depending on the players decision there are multiple endings. There are four main plot lines, each one resolving around the relationship of Junichiro and the heroine. The various routes resolve around the relationship between Junichiro and the heroine of choice. Most of the gameplay is spent reading the text along the bottom, with a character sprite or event CG supporting it.
Plot
Story
An alien spacecraft controlled by Ku Little Little launches into Earth, destroying the headquarters of the government of Nippon. To avoid chaos, the extraterrestrials brainwash the populace into the belief that Junichiro's childhood friend Yukino Ohama is leader of the country of Nippon. For some reason, the brainwashing does not affect Junichiro himself.
Settings and Locations
The majority of the game's events and scenarios occur in the United States of Nippon, which is being controlled by Yukino, who was brainwashed to believe she is the president. The Snow House is ostensibly Yukino's home, however it is actually the camouflaged body of Starship Ezekiel. The Flare House is similar to the Snow House except it is sustained and kept by Irina Vladimirovna Putina, the president of Rusia. Lez Star is considered to be the largest and most powerful ship in the game, and it is the headquarters of Guardian and its members. Guardian is a fictional affiliation maintained by the extraterrestrials, the main antagonist, Joseph Soma Mirange, leads Guardian and opposes the protagonists along with Starship Jeremiah and occasionally Kuon.
Characters
Junichiro Hondo is the story's protagonist. His actions tend to revolve around supporting Yukino, when not sexually harassing females. An incident earlier in his life resulted in his body's reconstruction, providing him with more power, having a memory that exceeds an ordinary person's, and an excessively tough body. For some reason, he remembers the original world before his childhood friend became president. His personality is that of a sociable, bright, and unabashed pervert with an honest heart. He likes girls and often gets beat up for his sexual harassment. Contrary to his usual playful attitude, he has a strong sense of justice and responsibility, acting with the belief of "I can do it!" and "This happens all the time in Hollywood." He is a parody of Junichiro Koizumi.
Yukino Ohama, arguably the most iconic character, is Junichirō's neighbor and childhood friend who was selected to be president of Nippon after the accidental destruction of the previous administration. She has a brainwashing device embedded in her body, turning the world into one where the left becomes right if she says it is. Her approval ratings climb rapidly due to her looks, personality and the brainwashing effects. She even has a fan club among the government officials. She is also known to love anime and manga making her supporters to call her ‘Your Excellency’. She is a daughter of doctors, good at sports, and has excellent grades. Even with that, she isn't boastful about it, and has a modest and gentle personality. Although she wears the mask of a prim and proper high-class lady, but is clumsy and spoiled in her private life. She is also an extremely shy person, fretting over messing up her lines and blushing during speeches. Since she set forth the "Jun-kun Supremacy Doctrine" and has a troublesome side of passing crazy laws for the sake of love, disputes between Junichiro and the bureaucrats never die out. Junichiro embarrasses her often with perverted comments, that causes her to blush more than mildly. Sometimes she pretends to be a dog and plays around with Junichiro which leads to Irina lecturing them. She is a parody of Barack Obama.