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(Dubbed) Horror Game? I Thought It Was a Dating Sim!
Trapped in a deadly horror game, I am forced by a system to romance the monsters! While others flee for their lives, I must read poems to ghosts and dance with skeletons. The System warns: Seduce the abyss or be erased. When romantic tropes meet spine-chilling terror... can I fake love to save my life?
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