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I've noticed in _Casual Romance Club_ and _Katahane_ that on the disk there is
an OMAKE folder, inside the OMAKE folder there were added images and sound
files, _Casual Romance Club_ has images of each of the girl's in swimsuits at
the beach and a portrait image while with _Katahane_ the images were headshots
like what you would see in some JRPGs,a slo in the _Katahane_ folder there
were movies

The one thing both have which is the exact same is that there is a .htm file
which when opened seems to have links to every file in the folder.

I've completed a number of routes in _Casual Romance Club_ , but none of them
has a beach event, nor is there space in the gallery for the beach images (and
the beach images are different to the swimsuit images which are viewable at
the beginning).

I know they don't get installed and since both _Casual Romance Club_ and
_Katahane_ are done by different developers (to my knowledge) it makes me
think OMAKE is actually a term used outside specific visual novels.

So I am wondering, what is an OMAKE?


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What is an OMAKE?


In the context of anime/manga or JRPG's, it's like "Bonus Material". TV Tropes
has a page for "Omake" that's labelled [Bonus
Material](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BonusMaterial?from=Main.Omake):

> A bonus that is added to, but separate from, a particular work. The practice
> of adding such a bonus to one's work has been around for a long, long time:
> Charles Dickens, for example, was a regular practitioner of it, back when he
> wrote his stories for newspapers and magazines.
>
> If this extra material is another story in the universe, it generally
> doesn't interact with the primary plot of the work, and is seen as "stand-
> alone" material. Some times that extra material isn't even considered canon,
> though such additions can add depth and insight to the primary characters if
> the writer makes an effort to connect the "extra" to the main material.
>
> Other kinds of extras are making-ofs, outtakes, deleted scenes, concept art,
> feelies and others.

Wikipedia also has an entry for [Omake](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Omake):

> Omake often include comedy sketches where the characters behave out of
> character, break the fourth wall, or subtly address opinions of the fandom
> known to the writers. Sometimes scenes from the TV show or OVA are
> humorously re-dubbed. One example, included on the Video Girl Ai DVD,
> replays scenes from the OVA series with new voice-acting in a rural accent.
> Other times, the same actors voice a new script that is more sexually
> suggestive, often ludicrously so. Omake can also consist of non-canonical,
> and often comedic crossover clips that sometimes occur at the end of
> episodes of two shows airing concurrently from the same studio, such as
> recent Kamen Rider and Super Sentai programs. A screenshot of an anime
> omake, taken from Gunbuster. Here, chibi versions of the main characters
> attempt to explain the concept of "Ice II".
>
> For anime, these are often presented in super deformed style, in the same
> way manga omake often is. For example, Gunbuster features super deformed
> characters trying to explain what the writers know to be mostly pseudo-
> science, or talking about their relationships with each other in a way they
> do not in the series itself, or in the popular anime series Reborn!, after a
> couple of episodes one of the characters named Haru Miura has an interview
> called "Haru-Haru's dangerous interview corner" with each of the characters
> of the anime in chibi forms, the characters' answers to the questions are
> often something they would never say in the anime or the manga. For live
> action programs, although not animated, the expressions and sound effects
> used for comedic purposes can often be inspired by the omake found in the
> animated mediums.
>
> The term Omake has use also in video games; the Sega game Shenmue II for the
> Dreamcast had a hidden folder on the game disc labelled "Omake", found by
> placing the disc into a computer, containing exclusive wallpapers and
> conception art.
>
> Another example of an omake in popular culture is related to Square's Final
> Fantasy IX. The secret "Blackjack" minigame after completion of the game is
> accessed by means of a button combination. The Final Fantasy "Playonline"
> site has a secrets section for Final Fantasy IX, which requires passwords
> given in the official Piggyback guide to enter. The password needed to
> reveal the button combination for the Blackjack minigame is E-OMAKE. The
> minigame itself is, of course, an omake.


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