<s>
,	O
abbreviated	O
as	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
Japanese	O
adult	B-Application
visual	O
novel	O
developed	O
by	O
Sprite	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
Japan	O
on	O
October	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
for	O
Windows	B-Application
PCs	I-Application
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
gameplay	O
in	O
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
follows	O
a	O
branching	O
plot	O
line	O
,	O
which	O
offers	O
pre-determined	O
scenarios	O
with	O
courses	O
of	O
interaction	O
,	O
and	O
focuses	O
on	O
the	O
appeal	O
of	O
the	O
five	O
female	O
main	O
characters	O
by	O
the	O
player	O
character	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
is	O
a	O
romance	O
visual	O
novel	O
in	O
which	O
the	O
player	O
assumes	O
the	O
role	O
of	O
Yuki	O
Ojima	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
follows	O
a	O
branching	O
plot	O
line	O
with	O
multiple	O
endings	O
,	O
and	O
depending	O
on	O
the	O
decisions	O
that	O
the	O
player	O
makes	O
during	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
the	O
plot	O
will	O
progress	O
in	O
a	O
specific	O
direction	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
adult	B-Application
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
,	O
there	O
are	O
scenes	O
with	O
sexual	O
CGs	O
depicting	O
Yuki	O
and	O
a	O
given	O
heroine	O
having	O
sex	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
follows	O
the	O
protagonist	O
Yūki	O
Ōjima	O
,	O
who	O
attends	O
,	O
a	O
large	O
school	O
with	O
over	O
6,000	O
students	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yūki	O
is	O
the	O
protagonist	O
of	O
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
and	O
is	O
a	O
second-year	O
student	O
at	O
Takafuji	O
Academy	O
,	O
who	O
lives	O
in	O
an	O
apartment	O
with	O
his	O
mother	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
She	O
is	O
a	O
main	O
character	O
in	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
game	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yakumo	O
is	O
a	O
third-year	O
student	O
and	O
is	O
the	O
student	O
council	O
president	O
at	O
the	O
start	O
of	O
Koichoco	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Guest	O
characters	O
from	O
Ima	B-Application
Sugu	I-Application
Oniichan	I-Application
ni	I-Application
Imouto	I-Application
da	I-Application
tte	I-Application
Iitai	I-Application
!	I-Application
</s>
<s>
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
is	O
Sprite	O
's	O
debut	O
title	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
October	O
29	O
,	O
2010	O
as	O
a	O
limited	O
edition	O
version	O
,	O
playable	O
on	O
a	O
Windows	B-Application
PC	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
version	O
playable	O
on	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
Portable	I-Operating_System
(	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
)	O
titled	O
was	O
released	O
on	O
September	O
27	O
,	O
2012	O
by	O
Kadokawa	O
Games	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Two	O
volumes	O
of	O
a	O
manga	O
anthology	O
titled	O
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Elections	I-Application
&	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
Comic	O
Anthology	O
were	O
released	O
by	O
Ichijinsha	O
between	O
April	O
and	O
July	O
2011	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
show	O
was	O
produced	O
by	O
Lantis	O
and	O
was	O
hosted	O
by	O
Megumi	O
Ogata	O
who	O
voices	O
Oboro	O
Yumeshima	O
in	O
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
opening	O
theme	O
for	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
is	O
"	O
Step	O
Ahead	O
"	O
by	O
Annabel	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
From	O
June	O
to	O
October	O
2010	O
,	O
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
ranked	O
three	O
times	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
ten	O
in	O
national	O
PC	B-Device
game	O
pre-orders	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
game	O
ranked	O
four	O
times	O
in	O
the	O
top	O
50	O
in	O
terms	O
of	O
national	O
sales	O
of	O
PC	B-Device
games	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Windows	B-Application
version	O
released	O
to	O
commemorate	O
the	O
anime	O
adaptation	O
ranked	O
at	O
No	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
com	O
's	O
2010	O
game	O
ranking	O
,	O
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
placed	O
4th	O
in	O
Graphics	O
,	O
8th	O
in	O
Scenario	O
,	O
8th	O
in	O
Music	O
,	O
11th	O
in	O
Movie	O
,	O
and	O
6th	O
overall	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Love	B-Application
,	I-Application
Election	I-Application
and	I-Application
Chocolate	I-Application
sold	O
16,743	O
copies	O
in	O
the	O
week	O
it	O
was	O
released	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
seventh	O
best	O
selling	O
non-PC	O
game	O
in	O
Japan	O
that	O
week	O
.	O
</s>
