(grimace) Dating sims being exactly what the market thinks females want. And when they make the anime the female charas are left out because what women want is hot guys angsting together.

Probably what I'm thinking of is a playable version of Angel Sanctuary. I'm surprised that *doesn't* exist, actually, because now I think of it that's what it reads like. With alternate plotlines where Setsuna doesn't wind up with Sara.