One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e
| One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e | |
|---|---|
| Original title | One ～ 輝 く 季節 へ ～ |
 | |
| genre | Drama , fantasy , romance |
| Computer / video game | |
| Studio | Tactics |
| Publisher | Tactics (PC), KID (PS) |
| platform | Windows , PlayStation , FOMA |
| Game engine |
Windows: May 29, 1998
PlayStation: April 1, 1999 |
| genre | Ren'ai adventure , eroge |
| Subject | romance |
| Game mode | Single player |
| control | Mouse keyboard |
| system advantages preconditions |
66 MHz i486DX2 , 16 MB RAM , 50 MB hard disk |
| medium | CD-ROM |
| language | Japanese |
| Light novel | |
| country |
Japan
|
| author | Midori Tateyama |
| publishing company | Movic |
| First publication | August 31, 1998 - April 1, 2000 |
| expenditure | 4th |
| Original video animation | |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2001-2002 |
| Studio | KSS |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 4th |
| Director | Yōsei Morino |
| Original video animation | |
| title | One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e: True Stories |
| Country of production |
Japan
|
| original language | Japanese |
| Year (s) | 2003-2004 |
| Studio | Cherry Lips |
| length | 30 minutes |
| Episodes | 3 |
| Director | Kan Fukumoto |
One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e ( Japanese One ～ 輝 く 季節 へ ～ , Eng. "One - In a radiant season"), often just referred to as One , is an eroge and Ren'ai adventure game developed by the Japanese game developer Tactics , a brand of the Nexton company .
It was released on May 26, 1998 for Windows 95 on the PC as CD-ROM and was the successor to Moon. After One was completed , a large part of the workforce left the developer Tactics and founded the game developer Key . As a result, it is seen as the predecessor of Kanon , although with One2 - Eien no Yakusoku ( One2 ～ 永遠 の 約束 ～ ) the real sequel appeared. Several adaptations were made based on the game, including two OVAs with four and three episodes.
Game mechanics
One requires, as usual for Ren'ai-Adventure, only a little interaction from the player, who is busy reading the displayed texts most of the time. The presentation is supported by background graphics of the scenes, characters in Manga style and background music adapted to the situation. The player slips into the role of the protagonist, who is mainly in dialogue with the other characters, but also reveals his inner thoughts and feelings. At decision points, you can choose from several options (usually two or three) at variable intervals. The player steers the action in a certain direction and enters one of the six paths, each of which deals with one of the heroines. In order to be able to tread all paths, it is necessary to play through several times. In the Original Version, the aim is to find sex scenes in which Kōhei is involved with one of the six heroines.
development
After the release of the less than successful Moon. Which found a lower unit sales than the previous title Dosei was by the staff of Tactics awarded the contract, one to develop. It was specified that a topic should be designed in the context of a school in order to guarantee good sales figures. In addition, there was the request to orientate oneself on the game To Heart developed by Leaf , which was reflected in a strong similarity in the dialogues at the beginning of the game.
The focus of action of the "Eternal World" was introduced, which, according to the notes in the Artbook , should serve as a stage for the separations. This is also seen as the tip of the iceberg intended to represent the dispute between developers and management. As a result, most of the developers left their employers after graduating from One and founded the game developer Key under Visual Art’s .
YET11 took over the production management and Jun Maeda took over the creation of the scenario of the plot, which he worked out together with his later successor Naoki Hisaya . The artistic director also took over as its predecessor Itaru Hinoue which together with Miracle Mikipon and Shinory computer graphics designed. The music was mainly composed and arranged by OdiakeS and Shinji Orito , but YET11 and Jun Maeda also contributed smaller parts of the music.
Conception
The story takes place in the real world of humans to which the "Eternal World" of dreams, which is also called the "World of Death", exists. People easily manage to slip away into this parallel world, but this has the side effect that people in the real world can soon no longer remember the person who has disappeared. Such a memory, which is linked to a special bond with a person in the real world, is the prerequisite for people to be able to return from the "Eternal World". In the case of return, the lost thoughts of the people around you gradually reappear.
Both worlds are linked by a form of allegory , so that vanishing feelings are equated with the death of a person. As a result, emotional moments arise again and again, which are accompanied by a dramatic separation and unexpected reunification. This type of rendering of a plot was taken up by many subsequent Ren'ai aventures and known as Nakigē (English: "tearful game"). Jun Maeda used this element consciously to "move the player to tears".
This concept of two parallel worlds found its way into many of Key's subsequent games and was penned by the scenario writer Jun Maeda. Thus, figures based on this concept also appear in Kanon and Clannad with Ayu, Makoto and Fūko. The origins and appearance of this world, which is repeatedly taken up as a motif , are never explained in more detail. Shun Hikami noted that the game itself only provides clues to the "Eternal World".
In the adaptation of the novel, Midori Tateyama goes one step further and connects the “world of death” and the “world of dreams” even more closely. So he represented the still world as dreams with dangerous consequences.
places
The player spends most of the time in a high school and its associated facilities, on the way to a park behind the school, in the protagonist's apartment and on his way to school. Real locations served as templates that were linked to form a coherent scenario. The park behind the school is based on the Yamashita Park in Naka-ku , Yokohama .
action
One tells the story of the young Kōhei Orihara ( 折 原 浩 平 , Orihara Kōhei ). He lost both of his parents at an early age and grew up in his grandmother's house. He became a member of a music club, but stayed out of all other activities. He plays one trick after the other on his childhood friend Mizuka Nagamori ( 長 森 瑞 佳 , Nagamori Mizuka ) and the added Rumi Nanase ( 七 瀬 spielt , Nanase Rumi ). Nevertheless, Mizuka takes great care of Kōhei. She is a milk-mad cat lover and has a habit of ending her sentences with -mon ( モ ン ) and -da yo ( ダ ヨ ). Rumi often trained Kendo , but had to give up this sport with hip problems. She decided to become a “real maid” and behave accordingly to those around her.
At school he met the older student Misaki Kawana ( 川 名 み さ き , Kawana Misaki ), who lost her sight in an accident in elementary school. Known as a great eater, she does very well in school despite her disability. But she is not the only person with a disability. The young and mute student Mio Kōzuki ( 上 月 澪 , Kōzuki Mio ) is forced to communicate with the help of a notepad. Nevertheless, she takes part in the activities of the acting group and has the characteristics of a dojikko (a clumsy, but (therefore) cute girl).
Together they visit Mayu Shiina ( 椎 名 繭 , Shiina Mayu ), who is known for her hot temper and her affection for her ferret Myū. During the visit, the ferret dies and leaves a deep notch in her heart. To cheer her up, Kōhei makes her go to the same class as his friends. Nevertheless, she does not manage to put her grief over Myū off. In the event of minor mishaps, she quickly gets out of control and keeps shouting his name. Her opposite pole is the quiet Akane Satomura ( 里 村 茜 , Satomura Akane ), who lost her best friend to the "Eternal World" and has been waiting for his return ever since. Despite her depressed impression, she enjoys cooking, but doesn't want anyone to help her either.
When Kōhei's young sister dies, he too begins to withdraw into the "Eternal World". Slowly the people around him are beginning to forget his existence. When he notices it, however, it is already too late and so he begins his search for a person who is able to protect his life. In doing so, he increasingly confuses his childhood memories of his sister with those of Mizuka. Ultimately, he manages to build a thin thread to one of the female heroines and is thus saved from oblivion.
Publications
The game was first published on May 26, 1998 by Nexton in both a limited and a regular version for the PC on CD-ROM . The limited version was accompanied by an original soundtrack in the form of an additional CD. Both versions did not contain voice output of the characters in the original. A new edition of the first PC version called One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e Memorial Selection ( ONE 〜 輝 く 季節 へ 〜 （メ モ リ ア ル セ レ ク シ ョ ン） ) was released on September 14, 2000 by AI System at half price.
It was not until January 1, 2003, almost four years after the release on the PlayStation, that Nexton offered a version for the PC by Nexton that was also "completely set to music" - as usual in the genre with the exception of the protagonist (here Kōhei). This was followed on June 1, 2007 by a rework adapted to Windows Vista , the last new release of the game so far.
PlayStation
Kindle Imagine Develop (KID) published a censored version released for all ages on April 1, 1999, which appeared for the PlayStation under the abbreviated title Kagayaku Kisetsu e . Sony insisted on renaming to the game clear from the eroge make -PC version distinguishable. In addition to the normal version, an additional limited edition was offered again. Both versions contained a "complete" voice output of the characters.
Cellphone
On February 9, 2007, a port of One for mobile phones was released with the support of FOMA . One was ported to Java ME by NTT DoCoMo . Another implementation on mobile phones of the provider au was created by KDDI and has been offered since March 1, 2007. A third variant of a mobile radio implementation also appeared for FOMA-capable mobile phones from SoftBank Mobile on July 2, 2007.
Adaptations and Related Media
Light novel cycle
The Japanese writer Midori Tateyama implemented the theme of the game in the form of a four-part light novel cycle , the individual editions of which were published from August 31, 1998 to April 1, 2000 by the publisher Movic . Each of the individual works was focused on one of the four female heroines Mizuka, Akane, Misaki and Rumi (in that order). Drawings that were not approved for young people were used for illustration.
Radio play series
Movic released three radio plays on CD between November 6, 1999 and January 30, 2000 .
Original video animation
Based on the game, two original video animations were created by different studios. They are based on different scenarios around the world and develop their own storylines.
One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e
In the first anime adaptation, a group of schoolgirls is pursued, all of whom had once known the boy Kōhei Orihara, but he disappeared from their lives without a trace. Little by little, the girls forget more and more of him. Only his childhood friend Mizuka Nagamori can continue to remember him by promising never to forget him.
The four episode series was produced by the Japanese anime studio KSS , directed by Yōsei Morino . The character design was designed by Jun Satō according to the specifications of the game, the design of which was designed by Itaru Hinoue . Each of the episodes was released individually on DVD with the region code 2 from August 10, 2001 to May 24, 2002. On February 29, 2008, the four episodes were combined on a DVD as a DVD box set by JSDSS.
One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e: True Stories
The second anime adaptation One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e: True Stories ( One ～ 輝 く 季節 へ ～ True Stories ) told the story from the perspective of Kōhei Orihara. During his school days he built a deeper relationship with three girls in his school. Despite his relationship with the girls, they are slowly beginning to forget him.
The three episodes were produced by the Japanese anime studio Cherry Lips . Director Kan Fukumoto filmed the script written by Tetsuya Ōishi . Again Jun Satō took over the character design of Itaru Hinoue. In contrast to the first implementation, True Stories also contains hentai scenes.
The OVA was released in the form of three individual DVDs from November 21, 2003 to May 28, 2004 in Japan and licensed by Media Blasters for the North American region. There the three episodes were released together on a DVD on August 16, 2005.
Original soundtracks
The original soundtrack One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e / Soundtrack ( ONE 〜 輝 く 季節 へ 〜 ／ サ ウ ン ド ト ラ ッ ク ) was released for the game on December 6, 1998 , and the newly arranged piano version One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e / Soundtrack II piano arrangement version ( ONE 〜 輝 く 季節 へ 〜 ／ サ ウ ン ド ト ラ ッ ク II ピ ア ノ ア レ ン ジ バ ー ジ ョ ン ) was released.
On January 24, 2003, the album One - Kagayaku Kisetsu e: Arrange Soundtrack Sea Roars ( ONE ～ 輝 く 季節 へ ～ ア レ ン ジ サ ウ ン ン ド ト ラ ッ erschien Sea Roars ), which was arranged by ANIYA and was based on pieces by Shinji Orito , Ishiut .hisoman , MS and based. It was published by Nexton and was sold along with the first fully voiced PC version of the game.
continuation
With One2 - Eien no Yakusoku ( One2 ～ 永遠 の 約束 ～ ), the official successor to One was released on April 26, 2002 . In One2 , too , the "Eternal World" was thematized and described in more detail. However, the two worlds differ to a certain extent, since the writer of the original scenario left his employer with a large part of the Tactics workforce . One2 was therefore created by BaseSon, another developer under Nexton , and had hardly any relation to its predecessor in terms of personnel.
reception
The characters of One kept cropping up in media not directly related to the game. The six heroines appeared in the dōjin game Eternal Fighter Zero by Twilight Frontier. In Kanon , Rumi Nanase was used as a supporting actor in several episodes.
literature
- タ ク テ ィ ク ス MOON. & ONE 〜 輝 く 季節 へ 〜 設定 原 画集 . コ ン パ ス, 1998,ISBN 4-87763-014-7.
Web links
- Official website ( Memento of July 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) of Tactics for the game (Japanese)
- Official website of Nexton to completely set to music version (Japanese)
- Official website ( memento of October 17, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) of Kindle Imagine Develop for the PlayStation implementation (Japanese)
- Information on the first and second anime adaptations in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ ☆ ONEはポスト「To Heart」? . Retrieved November 21, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ ONE 〜 輝 く 季節 へ 〜 . In: ErogameScape. Archived from the original on July 25, 2011 ; accessed on November 22, 2008 (English).
- ↑ Girl games come of age. freetype.net, archived from the original on January 11, 2008 ; accessed on August 19, 2008 .
- ↑ Pon-Kotsu.com: One ( Memento from November 18, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ 横 浜 山下 公園 . Archived from the original on September 19, 2008 ; Retrieved November 18, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ a b Tactics 最新 情報 . Tactics , archived from the original on July 11, 2011 ; Retrieved November 22, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ ONE 〜 輝 く 季節 へ 〜 （メ モ リ ア ル セ レ ク シ ョ ン） . Kamifuhsen, archived from the original on December 8, 2008 ; Retrieved November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ ONE ～ 輝 く 季節 へ ～ vista 動作 確認 版 . Comshop, accessed November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ 輝 く 季節 へ . Kindle Imagine Develop , archived from the original on October 17, 2008 ; Retrieved September 2, 2015 (Japanese).
- ↑ Galplay.jp: i-mode & EZweb & Yahoo! ( Memento of March 29, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ Nifty.com: One ( Memento from December 10, 2008 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ ONE ~ Kagayaku Kisetsu e ~ (OAV). In: Anime News Network . Retrieved November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ ONE EPISODE 1 Cherry Lips , archived from the original on 25 October 2008 ; Retrieved November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ ONE EPISODE 2. Cherry Lips , archived from the original on October 15, 2008 ; Retrieved November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ ONE EPISODE 3. Cherry Lips , archived from the original on November 8, 2008 ; Retrieved November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ^ One: True Stories (OAV). In: Anime News Network . Retrieved November 23, 2008 .
- ↑ PC Adult Game Music CD List （ま 行）. Alchemics, accessed November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ ONE ~ Kagayaku Kisetsu he ~ Arrange Soundtrack "Sea Roars". VGMdb, accessed November 23, 2008 .
- ↑ 封入 特 典 「ONE ア レ ン ジ サ ウ ン ド ト ラ ッ ク ク『 Sea Roars 』」 . Nexton , accessed November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ ONE2 〜 永遠 の 約束 〜 . BaseSon, accessed November 23, 2008 (Japanese).
- ↑ Eternal Fighter Zero. Pirikara, accessed November 23, 2008 (Japanese).