In order to lighten the mood around here , I propose a game. we try to pinpoint real life inspiration of “things” in eroge. I’ll go first.
Reading Nargs review , it is perfectly obvious Kurehito forest is based on Aokigahara , the forest at the base of Mt. Fuji.
A certain event that happens at the end of the SUMMER arc in AIR refers to an actual event that happened at Koyasan.
Most Liar Soft/Rail Soft eroges draw some inspiration from real-life events. In their most recent release, ??? ??? !!! !!! ???, one of the characters is instantly regonisable, and given the exploration/colonial/archelogical ‘themes’ of the game, it’s pretty easy to pick what stereotypes some of the other characters might have been inspired by. 
Rumon Island, the location which Gun-Katana takes place on, is based on Hashima Island (an abandoned island that used to host a heavily populated community).
Chisakura City, the location which MinDeaD BlooD takes place on, appears to be based on a smaller scale Awaji Island (an isolated “island city” connected to the mainland via a single major bridge).
woah really didnt know that. the similarities of the GK island and the abandoned one are over 9000!
I also found a new one:
yami no koe is about an island where people are warped by strange preversions
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matango
hmm similarities abound .
Heh, that’s pretty direct:
Hmmmmm
Yea. BCyc is known to do that.
Gore Screaming Show is based on IT by Stephen King.
Cthulhu is obviously based on… err… Cthulhu. 
I’ve got a feeling that MinDeaD BlooD is based on some obscure Japanese vampire movie or novel.
Eroge Homages. 
Isnt demonbane inspired by some real life novels, more specifically, Al Azif is said to be inspired/a copy of the Necronomicon??
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Necronomicon
Metawo’s diary also has a bit more information about this (mostly in the comments/responses), as well as other general influences. I imagine at least some of these things will find their way into Corpse Maid as well.
Azifu isn’t a copy! She IS the Necronomicon! \o/
also, I’m not sure about the Necronomicon being a ‘real life novel’. Although some like to pretend =P
I did try to make a promise with loli under thousand of Sakura trees but I still did not find the right one (the tree, not the loli).
If you find the never withering Sakura that makes loli want to marry you, tell me.
A Grimoire, not a novel.
If by “kick her ass” you mean “accidentally get 0wned by her” you might have something there
I’m hoping the book version of It is better than the movie:
Planetarian: Chiisana Hoshi no Yume takes place at the Flowercrest Department Store which is a parallel of the real world Matsubishi Department Store of Hamamatsu, Shizuoka, Japan.
Tsuyokiss is set in Yokosuka. If you compare some of the game backgrounds you can actually find almost picture perfect real life equivalents.
Kimi ga aruji de shitsuji ga orede is set in Yokohama though they call it “Nanahama”.
For some reason the person who writes this stuff really likes port cities.
Speaking of this,I can’t remember if this was there the first time I posted this theory,but this only cements it further in my mind.
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/c … oyodai.jpg
Flip that around and imagine you’re on a road on the mountain overlooking the see.Look even more familiar?
