Romans Academy

**Romans Academy** is the name of a fake dating simulator as well as the name of where the storyline occurs.
*See also List of characters in Romans Academy*.

## Background

**Romans Academy** (shortened as "**RA**"), is a private school founded by billionaire philanthropist **Thomason Romans**. The school is renowned for its academic reputation and well-decorated history; however, despite its prestige, it has deep criminal connections.

MC enrolls in Romans Academy following a lead on the murder of her mother. Although she's been tracking the people responsible for years, she's only recently been able to identify the school as a key base of operations. Her main objective: find the culprits before the end of the school year. Furthermore, she hopes to reunite with a childhood friend.

# Gameplay

### Difficulty

The game is played on difficulties **Normal** and unlockable setting, **Realistic**. Realistic difficulty is only unlockable for a character once the player has achieved all their endings, and is significantly harder than Normal difficulty.

Realistic is only available for the four main characters; DLC characters do not have a Realistic mode.

## Items

Items can be earned through side quests, or bought from the Fundraiser (run by the Kim twins) and Pattern. Items can be used throughout the game to aid the player during routes and also customize player appearance. Some items can be found around the school at random.

The Fundraiser is found in the lunchroom during the day, and in the French Classroom after school. While class is in session, the Fundraiser cannot be accessed. Pattern, on the other hand, can always be found behind the gym.

### Catalog

* Emi's Items
* Mitzi's Items

## Part-time Jobs

MC can apply for employment on her **Phone** or **Library Computer** for money. The jobs only last for one in-game day, and the player will have to reapply to a job subsequently if they want to work again.

There are five options of part-time jobs: **Cat Cafe**, **Public Library**, **Roller Rink**, **Student Assistant**, and **Convenience Store**. Choosing to work in any of the first four locations during the main routes will result in increased affection from their respective love interest. There's a small chance the respective love interest will be present during the player's shift. The chance of running into them will increase with each encounter and during any of the interactions, there's a chance a special cutscene will be triggered.

However, the Convenience Store has no such benefit except for in the Secret Route. Furthermore, the Convenience Store is the only job to not take a rhythm-game format. Despite this, it has the highest pay among the other locations.

### Convenience Store

Other than the increased overall pay, the Convenience Store has no benefits in the main route.

Since there's no rhythm mechanics, the player can explore and interact with NPCs alongside the shift, which includes manning the cash register, restocking, and unlocking the bathroom for those who ask. The unlocked bathroom door leads to a hallway with a men's and woman's bathroom on the left side, and a janitor's closet on the right. The store janitor, **Bernie**, is always cleaning the hallway.

**The following paragraph contains spoilers for the Secret Route.**

In the Secret Route, MC learns that the convenience store is actually an illegal drug storage. "Bernie" is a member of the Romans Mafia and the "janitor's closet" is where the drugs are kept. Only people whose face "Bernie" recognizes off an authorized list is allowed into the "janitor's closet".