BODY: Fans who survived the deadly school mystery of CharadeManiacs finally know what to call the follow-up. At the evening show on Day 2 of Otomate Party 2026, Idea Factory said the fandisk will be titled CharadeManiacs Fond de Dialogue.
The fandisk was first announced in December 2025. CharadeManiacs was released in Japan on Nintendo Switch, PS Vita, iOS and Android. It is a romance adventure game that mixes a tense mystery about deception with dating: students trapped in a sinister game have to work out who they can trust.
According to 4Gamer.net, Fond de Dialogue will have two kinds of stories. One set covers the characters' pasts before the events of the original game. The other shows what happens after the heroine and her chosen partner become a couple. That second type is the classic fandisk reward. Platforms, release date and price for the fandisk were not in the report.
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The insider take
In Japan's otome scene, a fandisk (ćć”ć³ćć£ć¹ćÆ) is almost a ritual. It is the "after" chapter that fans have been waiting for, and it usually shows up a few years after a series has proven popular. Otomate Party is the brand's big yearly event in Japan, and fans treat it as announcement season. Waiting for an event like this to reveal the title of a fandisk announced months earlier is typical Otomate pacing. The French-flavored name also fits the label's taste for stylish, slightly theatrical titles. CharadeManiacs reached English-speaking players through Aksys Games, so Western fans will wonder whether Fond de Dialogue gets localized too. Otomate fandisks have been localized less often than the main games, though, so fans shouldn't take an English release for granted yet.
Originally reported by 4Gamer.net ā ęę°čØäŗ (Japanese).