Bunny Garden 2: A Pseudo-Wedding Faces Release Delays

According to the original report, the yuri visual novel Watashi-tachi Fake Marriage? has been delayed after multiple Japanese banks recently refused to process all digital sales revenue for the game. The title is officially rated all-ages, and the report says it contains no adult content, but the banks allegedly classified it as adult material solely because its romance centers on women.

For players who follow visual novels closely, this is hard to dismiss as a niche business dispute. The issue is not that an obviously explicit release failed a store review. It is that an all-ages yuri visual novel was reportedly treated as adult content because of its subject matter. That is a category problem, not a content problem.

Watashi-tachi Fake Marriage? is built around romance between women, with its appeal rooted in character relationships, emotional pacing, and the slow accumulation of choice-driven detail. For players who chase every ending, every CG, and every character file, the value of yuri games often lives in branching choices, repeated lines that change meaning later, and small everyday details. Blocking digital sales revenue can stop the project before players ever reach the story, leaving the developers held up by real-world infrastructure.

The bigger issue is not one delayed launch. It is cash flow. The original report says the banks' decision directly forced the release delay, and that the development studio now faces the risk of a cash-flow break. Independent visual novels do not usually have the cushion of a major JRPG: broad platform marketing, physical inventory, and merchandise partnerships. If digital income is blocked, the pressure quickly hits production, translation, art, and future updates.

The report also frames this as part of a wider pattern. In recent years, Itch.io has removed NSFW games at scale under pressure from payment processors. Some LGBTQ+ developers later found that their own all-ages yuri works were affected as well. In other words, financial censorship is no longer just a matter of overseas platform policy. The concern now is that it is spreading into Japan's domestic payment routes, which are much harder for a small studio to work around than a single storefront review.

The practical advice is simple: players who care about women-focused and yuri indie games should not simply wait for a later discount. If the official team opens a compliant purchase channel, buy through the route the developers clearly support. The visual novel ecosystem does not have the recurring revenue of a gacha game. It depends on small audiences, narrow sales windows, and players willing to support specialized work early.

Players should still keep checking the facts. What is currently known is that the original report says multiple Japanese banks refused to process revenue, Watashi-tachi Fake Marriage? is rated all-ages, and the release has been forced back. The specific developer name was not mentioned. If the studio announces a new channel, or if the banks respond, that should change the picture. For now, the real question is not only whether one yuri game can be sold, but whether all-ages creative work can be ruled out in advance because of a subject label.