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New App Lets You Hatch & Raise Your Very Own Boy

If you're tired of the same old formula being reused in your otome games, Otomedō is here with an... innovative new idea for getting to know a cute boy: raise him from birth!

Chitcha Danshi ("Teeny Boy") starts when you find a mysterious egg on the road, which hatches into... a miniature bishōnen. It's your task to raise him into a fine young man. This involves tapping items and filling a EXP gauge. The experience points in this case represent his knowledge of the world, although they are also referred to as "love points."

The little guy apparently really likes cupcakes, since they fill up the EXP gauge a lot.

Your reward for accumulating EXP is seeing your ward transform into different costumes and pretend to be different things, like a cat or a ninja.

And where does all this nurturing and "education" lead? There are three different endings, so it's up to you — the story branches depending on the choices you make. If the illustrations are any indication, your hatchling will grow up to be a nice, good-looking boyfr -- er, boy.

Chitcha Danshi is available here for Android and here for iOS. It is free to play, but charges for items. Other unusual setups for your crush include Egyptian deities, monstrous creatures, birds and guys with really pointy chins.

[Via Animate.tv and O-susume no Smapho Muryō Game; Image from Twitter]