Tokyo Afterschool Summoners

Tokyo Afterschool Summoners (東京放課後サモナーズ), known also by the blend word Housamo (放サモ, derived from Tōkyō Hōkago Samonāzu), is an F2P role-playing video game for Android and iOS. It is developed by Lifewonders, LLC), a mobile gaming company operated by the dōjin circle Yojouhan-teki Seikatsu). It is noted as one of the first commercially produced LGBT video games created in Japan, and one of the first commercially produced LGBT games to extensively utilize gay manga ("bara") artwork.

Gameplay
Tokyo Afterschool Summoners is a free-to-play card-based role-playing video game with turn-based battles. Each character card has a weapon type, as well as an elemental attribute that determines its strengths and weaknesses against other cards in rock–paper–scissors-style match-ups. Cards gain levels and abilities by accruing experience through battles; once a card reaches its level cap, special items must be used to uncap the card so it can gain more experience. The game utilizes an affinity system wherein buffs are applied when the cards of characters who have a relationship ("love", "like", "dislike", and "rival") are used in battle together. Cards are obtained through quests, or through the game's gacha system.

Development
The game was released on the App Store for iOS on December 2, 2016, and on Google Play for Android on December 15, 2016. Partial support for the game in English, Traditional Chinese, and Simplified Chinese was added in March 2018.

Several prominent gay manga artists, including RybiOK, GomTang, and naop, have designed characters for the game, making Tokyo Afterschool Summoners one of the first ever commercially produced video games to feature gay manga artwork.

Plot
The protagonist awakens in a version of Tokyo where "transients" – supernatural beings from fantasy and mythology – live among humans. In this world, both humans and transients utilize mysterious artifacts to fight in duels; duelists organize into guilds, which fight for control of the 23 special wards of Tokyo. The player controls the protagonist as they form a guild of their own, gather companions, and attempt to uncover how they have arrived in this world.

Main characters

 * Protagonist
 * Voiced by: Kappei Yamaguchi / Naoko Matsui / Toshiyuki Hosaka / Fuji Aki / Toshimitsu Oda
 * The protagonist of the game. Their name, appearance, voice, and gender identity are chosen by the player and can be changed at any time.


 * Lil' Salomon (サロモンくん)
 * A satyr who serves as the hero's familiar. Explains the mechanics of the game.
 * A satyr who serves as the hero's familiar. Explains the mechanics of the game.


 * Shiro Motoori (本居 シロウ)
 * The protagonist's class representative. Childhood friends with Kengo.
 * The protagonist's class representative. Childhood friends with Kengo.


 * Ryota Yakushimaru (薬師丸 リョウタ)
 * The protagonist and Shiro's classmate. Has a laid-back and jovial personality.
 * The protagonist and Shiro's classmate. Has a laid-back and jovial personality.


 * Kengo Takafushi (高伏 ケンゴ)
 * A childhood friend to Shiro, though their friendship has fractured due to Kengo's truancy.
 * A childhood friend to Shiro, though their friendship has fractured due to Kengo's truancy.


 * Toji Sakimori (崎守 トウジ)
 * An apprentice kannushi and demon hunter.
 * An apprentice kannushi and demon hunter.

Secondary characters
Tokyo Afterschool Summoners features an extensive supporting cast of over one hundred unlockable characters. A partial list of supporting characters who figure heavily into the game's plot, or who are voiced by notable seiyu, are listed below.


 * Aegir (エーギル)
 * A giant transient and treasure hunter.
 * A giant transient and treasure hunter.


 * Ahab (エイハブ)
 * An anthropomorphic water buffalo transient and whaler.
 * An anthropomorphic water buffalo transient and whaler.


 * Arslan (アルスラーン)
 * An anthropomorphic lion transient and oil wrestler who is the guardian of the Aoyama guild.
 * An anthropomorphic lion transient and oil wrestler who is the guardian of the Aoyama guild.


 * Azazel (アザゼル)
 * An anthropomorphic goat transient and member of the Aoyma guild.
 * An anthropomorphic goat transient and member of the Aoyma guild.


 * Benten (ベンテン)
 * A transient high school girl and biwa player.
 * A transient high school girl and biwa player.


 * Choji (チョウジ)
 * A member of the cooking club at the protagonist's school who wields the Apicius as his artifact.
 * A member of the cooking club at the protagonist's school who wields the Apicius as his artifact.


 * Hakumen (ハクメン)
 * A kitsune transient who owns a casino in Tokyo.
 * A kitsune transient who owns a casino in Tokyo.


 * Horkeu Kamui (ホロケウカムイ)
 * An anthropomorphic Hokkaido wolf transient and member of the Ikebukuro Berserkers.
 * An anthropomorphic Hokkaido wolf transient and member of the Ikebukuro Berserkers.


 * Kotaro (風間 コタロウ)
 * A boy genius and ninja who is a classmate to the hero.
 * A boy genius and ninja who is a classmate to the hero.


 * Lucifuge (ルキフゲ)
 * A transient and executive of the Roppongi Tycoons crime syndicate.
 * A transient and executive of the Roppongi Tycoons crime syndicate.


 * Maria (マリア)
 * A nun who serves as the acting master of the Aoyama guild.
 * A nun who serves as the acting master of the Aoyama guild.


 * Moritaka (犬塚 モリタカ)
 * An anthropomorphic dog transient and classmate to the hero.
 * An anthropomorphic dog transient and classmate to the hero.


 * Nyarlathotep (ニャルラトテプ)
 * An anthropomorphic hyena transient and DJ.
 * An anthropomorphic hyena transient and DJ.


 * Ophion (オピオーン)
 * A transient dragon and executive of the Roppongi Tycoons.
 * A transient dragon and executive of the Roppongi Tycoons.


 * Surtr (スルト)
 * A giant demon transient and member of the Ōtemachi Genociders.
 * A giant demon transient and member of the Ōtemachi Genociders.


 * Typhon (テュポーン)
 * An anthropomorphic shark transient and surfer.
 * An anthropomorphic shark transient and surfer.


 * Zabaniya (ザバーニーヤ)
 * A transient and member of the Aoyma guild who specializes in torture.
 * A transient and member of the Aoyma guild who specializes in torture.