Myself ; Yourself

Myself ; Yourself
File:Myself ; Yourself logo.jpg Myself ; Yourself logo.
Genre	Drama, Harem, Romance
Manga
Myself ; Yourself Sorezore Overture
Written by	Takumi Nakazawa
Published by	MediaWorks
Anime
Directed by	QZo (Yasuhiro Kuroda)
Studio	Dogakobo
Game
Developer	Regista
Publisher	Yeti
Genre	Visual novel
Platform	PlayStation 2

Myself ; Yourself (マイセルフ；ユアセルフ, Maiserufu ; Yuaserufu) is a Japanese visual novel developed by Regista which will be released on December 20 2007 playable on the PlayStation 2. Myself ; Yourself is Regista's second original game, the first being I/O. Nakazawa Takumi, the main scenario writer for the infinity series, is the principal writer for Myself ; Yourself. Character design for the game is provided by Mutsumi Sasaki, who also did the original character design for Memories Off, Happy Lesson, and Futakoi. Before the game's release, a light novel based on the story, written by Takumi Nakazawa, and illustrated by Wadapen, started serialization in the Japanese bishōjo magazine Dengeki G's Magazine on March 30 2007, published by MediaWorks. An anime adaptation began airing in Japan on October 3 2007 on the TV Kanagawa television network, and is set to contain thirteen episodes.

Plot

Myself ; Yourself is set in 2007 in the fictional town Sakuranomori (桜乃杜) in W Prefecture which is modeled after Wakayama Prefecture, Japan. The town is in a quiet, rural area on the southern tip of the prefecture and borders the Pacific Ocean. Sakuranomori is the birthplace of Sana Hidaka, a sixteen year old high school student, who grew up with his childhood friend Nanaka Yatsushiro, his cousin Aoi Oribe, his best male friend Syusuke Wakatsuki, and his twin sister Syuri Wakatsuki. Sana left Sakuranomori when he was eleven years old, but returns five years later living on his own in the apartment building Aoi's family runs. Sana soon finds out that while some things have stayed the same, there are still just as many things that have changed.

Characters

Protagonists

Sana Hidaka (日高 佐菜, Hidaka Sana)

Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana (regular), Madoka Kimura (childhood)

Sana is the main protagonist of the series. He left Sakuranomori during his childhood, and during the beginning of the series he comes back to live by himself in the apartment building owned by Aoi's parents. He apparently had a crush on Nanaka before he left and still holds those feelings for her. He used to play the piano, but he forgot every song except the song Nanaka wrote for him which he says is very important to him. The reason why he came back to Sakuranomori is unknown, but it appears that he does not get along well with his mother. He has a waterproof wristwatch which he treasures very much. He refuses to take it off and show it to anyone else, not even Syusuke. He apparently also has a fear of blood.

Syusuke Wakatsuki (若月 修輔, Wakatsuki Shūsuke)

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu (regular), Yūko Sanpei (childhood)

Syusuke is one of the four childhood friends Sana left behind when he moved, and is still one of his new friends when he returned. He is the best friend of Sana and the only male besides Sana himself of the five friends. He is the younger twin of Syuri Wakatsuki. Yuzuki refers him as the bottom of the Wakatsuki twins.

Heroines

The heroines of Myself ; Yourself (from left to right): Nanaka, Aoi, Syuri, Hinako, Yuzuki, and Asami

Nanaka Yatsushiro (八代 菜々香, Yatsushiro Nanaka)

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu

Nanaka is one of Sana's friends, and seemed to have feelings for Sana. When Sana returns to town after five years, her personality has completely changed from sweet and caring to a cold demeanor, and moody. When she meets Sana again after he returned she slaps him for apparently not knowing who she was. She still seems to have romantic feeling as she gets jealous whenever Sana is with another girl (especially Asami). During one encounter after school, she accidentally hears Sana playing the half-finished song that she wrote for him five years before at his leaving party. She seems shocked, yet happy. Sana gave her a sakura bracelet during a summer festival when they were kids, which she still treasures years later. After the fishing and bathhouse trip, Sana gave her a pink pebble that he found at the river. She was very happy to know that she was the only one that received the pebble.

Aoi Oribe (織部 麻緒衣, Oribe Aoi)

Voiced by: Tomoko Kaneda

Aoi is Sana's cousin and her parents own the apartment building that Sana lives in. She prefers to be called Aoi-chan instead of Aoi-san, despite the fact that she is a year older than Sana. She wears glasses and has a busty physique. She loves to read books and is very energetic and clumsy. She has a very high-pitched voice and has a child-like character.

Syuri Wakatsuki (若月 朱里, Wakatsuki Shūri)

Voiced by: Yukari Tamura

Syuri is one of Sana's friends since childhood, and is the older twin of Syusuke Wakatsuki. Yuzuki refers her as the head of the Wakatsuki twins. She can be seen as the most athletic of all the girls, although she is somewhat lacking when it comes to her figure.

Hinako Mochida (持田 雛子, Mochida Hinako)

Voiced by: Ayumi Murata

Hinako is ten years old. She is in love with Syusuke from when he saved her from three bullies who took her bag and would not give it back. She seems to want to learn how to be the girl he will like and asks Sana and Aoi for help.

Yuzuki Fujimura (藤村 柚希, Fujimura Yuzuki)

Voiced by: Megumi Toyoguchi

Yuzuki is the homeroom teacher of of Sana's class; Syusuke, Nanaka, and Syuri are in the same class.

Asami Hoshino (星野 あさみ, Hoshino Asami)

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara

Asami is a friend of Sana and is in her second year. Sana met her when he got ditched by Nanaka when they were supposed to go to the student council meeting.

Media

Light novel

A six-chapter light novel under the title Myself ; Yourself Sorezore Overture (Myself ; Yourself それぞれのOverture), based on the visual novel's story, was serialized in the Japanese bishōjo magazine Dengeki G's Magazine between March 30 2007 and October 30 2007. The novel is written as a prologue to the game by Takumi Nakazawa, who has also written scenarios for Ever17, and Memories Off 2nd, and is illustrated by Wadapen. Each chapter centers on one of the six heroines; chapters one through six are arranged as: Nanaka, Aoi, Syuri, Yuzuki, Hinako, and Asami.

Anime

An anime adaptation started airing in Japan on October 3 2007 on the TV Kanagawa television network, and is set to contain thirteen episodes. The series is directed by QZo (Yasuhiro Kuroda), and produced by the animation studio Dogakobo.

Visual novel

Myself ; Yourself limited edition video game cover featuring Nanaka.

The visual novel, developed by Regista, will be released on December 20 2007 playable on the PlayStation 2. Regista mainly ports all-age versions of adult games developed by other companies, but in 2006 developed their first original game called I/O; Myself ; Yourself is Regista's second original title. Character design for the game is provided by Mutsumi Sasaki, who also did the original character design for Memories Off, Happy Lesson, and Futakoi. Unlike most visual novels, Myself ; Yourself has two male protagonists.

Music

The opening theme for the anime is "Tears Infection" by Kaori, and the ending theme is "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to" (キミと夜空と坂道と) by Kanata Itō; the singles for both songs were released on October 24 2007. The first opening theme for the visual novel is "Day-break" by Kaori, and the second opening theme is "ivy" by Kanata Itō. "Day-break" was released on the same single album as "Tears Infection", and "ivy" was released on the same single as "Kimi to Yozora to Sakamichi to" as B-side tracks. The visual novel version has seven ending themes, of which six are known: "Another World" by Ami Koshimizu, "Aoitori" (青い鳥) by Tomoko Kaneda, "Never leave me alone" by Yukari Tamura, "Hajimete no Kiss? (#^.^#)" (はじめてのKiss?(#^.^#)) by Ayumi Murata, "Mirai Kansoku" (未来観測) by Megumi Toyoguchi, and "Haru no Kiss" (春のKISS) by Mai Nakahara. Each of the ending themes are sung by the voice actresses of the six heroines from the series. These songs will be released as character song albums: volumes one through three will be released on November 21 2007 and will consist of the themes "Another World", "Hajimete no Kiss? (#^.^#)", and "Haru no Kiss" respectively. The second batch of volumes four through six will be released on December 7 2007 and will consist of the themes "Never leave me home", "Aoitori", and "Mirai Kansoku" respectively. The game's original soundtrack will be released with the limited edition release on December 20 2007.

External links

• Visual novel official website Template:Jp icon
• Anime official website Template:Jp icon
• Myself ; Yourself ({{{type}}}) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia