The studio was named after a friend of Nobuya Narita, with whom he often played video games after school. They initially developed
desk accessories for
Windows. Narita discovered dojin Windows action games and fighting games such as the and
Moon Lights 2 that were ported from the
X68000 home computer. He subsequently decided to develop his own project for Windows. It was initially conceived as an original work, but creating unique character designs and graphics proved difficult. Narita was later introduced to the
visual novel To Heart and decided to develop his game as a derivative work. Characters for his project were sourced from
To Heart, while the system mechanics were based on
Asuka 120%, a game that served as an influence for Narita and his team. ''The Queen of Heart '98
was released on 30 December 1998 to positive critical reception from dojin gamers. The Queen of Heart
series sold about 100,000 copies, and Watanabe Seisakujo became one of the most popular dōjin game developers. This surfaced significant copyright concern. Some hobbyists also uploaded M.U.G.E.N'' characters with data extracted from the game. Watanabe Seisakujo and Leaf received many inquiries about permission, although they had no relation to uploaders. Narita didn't hope a derivative work disturbed its original work and developer. He decided to stop creating unlicensed games, and start fresh with . The founder of freelance video game developer group Subtle Style and the creator of
Akatsuki EN-Eins series, Subtle becomes reoccurring freelance sprite artist for later modern French-Bread games since
Under Night In-Birth and exchange to allow French Bread to include the titular
Akatsuki Blitzkampf protagonist guest appearing in French Bread's said first original game series. == Games developed ==