Shuffle!

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Shuffle!
Original title シ ャ ッ フ ル！
transcription Shaffuru!
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genre Harem , drama , fantasy
Computer / video game
title Shuffle!
Shuffle on the Stage
Shuffle! Essence +
Studio Navel (PC), VRidge (PS2)
Publisher JapanJapanNavel (PC) MangaGamer (PC) Kadokawa Shoten (PS2)
EuropeEurope
JapanJapan
Erstveröffent-
lichung		 JapanJapanJanuary 30, 2004 (PC) August 15, 2009 (PC) October 20, 2005 (PS2) October 30, 2009 (PC)
EuropeEurope
JapanJapan
JapanJapan
platform Windows , PlayStation 2
genre Ren'ai Adventure
Subject romance
Game mode Single player
control Mouse keyboard
system advantages
preconditions		 Pentium II 300 MHz, 2 HDD, 64 RAM, Windows 98
medium CD , DVD
language Japanese, English
Manga
title Shuffle! Days in the Bloom
Original title SHUFFLE! -DAYS IN THE BLOOM-
country JapanJapan Japan
author Shiroi Kusaka
publishing company Kadokawa Shoten
magazine Comptiq
First publication November 10, 2003 - November 10, 2006
expenditure 6th
Manga
title Shuffle! Comic à la carte
Original title SHUFFLE! コ ミ ッ ク ア ラ カ ル ト
country JapanJapan Japan
publishing company Kadokawa Shoten
magazine Comptiq
First publication July 8, 2004 - December 10, 2005
expenditure 5
Light novel
country JapanJapan Japan
author Seishi Ogata
illustrator Shiroi Kusaka
publishing company Kadokawa Shoten
First publication July 8, 2004 - January 10, 2006
expenditure 7th
Anime television series
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2005
Studio Asread
length 24 minutes
Episodes 24
Theme music Credits : Yuria - You
Credits: Lia - Innocence
Director Naoto Hosoda
First broadcast July 7, 2005 - January 5, 2006 on WOWOW
Anime television series
title Shuffle! Memories
Original title シ ャ ッ フ ル! メ モ リ ー ズ
Country of production JapanJapan Japan
original language Japanese
year 2007
Studio Asread
length 24 minutes
Episodes 12
Director Naoto Hosoda
First broadcast January 7th - March 25th, 2007 on Chiba TV

Shuffle! ( Japanese シ ャ ッ フ ル！ , Shaffuru! ) describes an eroge - Ren'ai adventure developed by Navel . Shuffle! was originally released as an adult game on January 30, 2004. The game was continued by the two offshoots Tick! Tack! and really? Really! . At the same time, Shuffle! adapted in various other media. This includes two manga series , a comic anthology , two adaptations as an anime television series by the animation studio Asread , seven light novels , as well as various music publications and fan articles.

action

The 17-year-old high school student Rin Tsuchimi lives in a world in which the world of gods and the world of demons has been connected to the world of humans for 10 years. So gods and demons can live peacefully side by side. The gods and demons in this series are not immortal, they are simply names for two different races. The gods have protruding ears, and the power "god magic" (e.g. healing), on the other hand the demons have elongated ears and the power "demon magic" (e.g. destruction).

One day, the leading families of gods and demons move near Rin's home. Rin learns from the heads of the two families that he is the candidate to marry one of the two daughters: Lisianthus, the princess of the race of gods and Nerine, the princess of the demon race. This selection is reinforced by the fact that these two are not only princesses, but also good friends who have met him on a special occasion in the past.

To complete it, there is Rin's childhood friend and roommate Kaede Fuyou, Rin's school friend Asa Shigure, his classmate Itsuki Midoriba, Mayumi Thyme , who was born with iris heterochromia , and the mysterious and mostly silent Primula.

Characters

Rin Tsuchimi ( 土 見 稟 , Tsuchimi Rin )
Rin is 17 years old and attends Verban National Academy High School as a normal person. Rin is pretty kind to everyone. This is his greatest strength, which makes him very popular with women, but it is also his greatest weakness. He lost his parents, along with Kaede's mother, in a car accident. That is also the time when he met Lisianthus and Nerine independently for the first time. Either way, they lost their father and Rin played with them until their fathers found them again. That's why Lisianthus and Nerine fell in love with him, and later returned to the human world.
Lisianthus ( リ シ ア ン サ ス , Rishiansasu )
Lisianthus, often just called Sia for short , is the princess of the gods . She has come into the human world as a possible candidate for marriage for Rin. She is energetic, enthusiastic and often a little rash. She is a great cook but struggles with English and history at school.
Nerine ( ネ リ ネ )
Nerine is the princess of demons . It too came into the human world because of Rin. She has strong demon magic, which allows her to cause great damage quickly. On the other hand, however, she is very shy and extremely polite and formal in her language . In the competition for Rin, she also tries her hand at cooking, but she doesn't succeed very well. In contrast to Lisianthus, however, it has its strengths in learning science.
Kaede Fuyō ( 芙蓉 楓 , Fuyō Kaede )
Kaede is Rin's childhood friend, who grew up with him and has lived together since her mother and Rin's parents were killed in a car accident. For some time after starting middle school, she has been taking full care of Rin. So she organizes the house by herself and cooks for him.
Since her mother died in the car accident, she fell into psychosis for several months . Rin got her out of that by taking the blame for the deaths of her mother and parents on himself. Immediately afterwards Kaede hated Rin to the death and tried several times to injure or even kill him. With that she is going through the emotional change of a yandere . It was only when she found out that it was not him but Kaede's illness that led her to return unexpectedly that her hatred of him faded. She then believed that she was responsible for her mother's death and tried to kill herself by jumping in front of a truck, but Rin saved her, which made her feel guilty. Over the years a complex has developed that drives Kaede to live and serve Rin.
Asa Shigure ( 時 雨 亜 沙 , Shigure Asa )
She is a person with a demonic mother. Asa is a pretty energetic girl and enjoys life as a compensation for her ailing condition. She first met Rin in middle school when Kaede was taking the cooking class. Rin then spent a lot of time in her house because Kaede learned to cook there. That was the time she fell in love with Rin.
Primula ( プ リ ム ラ , Purimura )
Primula is an artificial form of life in the form of a mysterious girl who came from the world of demons to look for Rin. She is a friend of Nerine and a product of the Yggdrasil project , in which the gods and demons work together to find a way to rule life with magic, for example to bring the dead back to life. Since Primula is an artificial form of life, she initially has few feelings when she appears in the series, but over time she learns to show more and more emotions.
Eustoma ( ユ ー ス ト マ , Yūsutoma )
He is the king of the terrace of the gods and Lisianthus father.
Forbesii ( フ ォ ー ベ シ イ , Fōbeshii )
He is the king of the demon race and Nerine's father.
Itsuki Midoriba ( 緑葉 樹 , Midoriba Itsuki )
Itsuki Midoriba is one of Rin's classmates who always got excellent grades. He's quite a womanizer, which is why he often clashed with Mayumi. His biggest dream is to create a harem.
Mayumi Thyme ( 麻 弓 ＝ タ イ ム , Mayumi Taimu )
Mayumi Thyme is one of Rin's classmates and a half-demon. What is striking about her are her different colored eyes and her flat breasts (see Pettanko ), which she proudly says: “Flat breasts are a status symbol! They are rare! ”( 貧 乳 は ス テ ー タ ス だ! 希少 価 値 だ! , Hinnyū wa sutētasu da! Kishō kachi da! ) Comments. This statement then found its way into the linguistic usage of the otaku subculture and was quoted in this regard in episode 10 of the popular anime Lucky Star .

synchronization

role Japanese speakers ( seiyū )
Pc PS2 radio play Anime
Rin Tsuchimi - Hikaru Midorikawa
Tomokazu Sugita 		Tomokazu Sugita
Lisianthus Rumiko Sasa Sayaka Aoki
Nerine Yuki Matsunaga Haruka Nagami
Kaede Fuyō Ran Tōno Yūko Gotō
Asa Shigure Sumire Takarazuka Miki Ito
Primula Minami Hokuto Hitomi
Mayumi Thyme Nasumi Katori Miki Inoue
Kareha Yura Hinata

Origin and publications

The game was released for Windows on January 30, 2004. On October 20, 2005, an adult version called Shuffle! On the Stage for the PlayStation 2 , developed by VRidge and distributed by Kadokawa Shoten . On August 15, 2009, an English version of the original game was released by MangaGamer.

The sequels of the computer game were Tick! Tack! that was released on September 16, 2005 and Really? Really! which was released on November 24, 2006. The latter was released on June 25, 2009 by Kadokawa Shoten for the Nintendo DS .

Adaptations

Manga

It has also been adapted in several manga series. Shuffle! - Days in the Bloom by Shiroi Kusaka ( 日下 皓 ) was published chapter by chapter in the manga magazine Comptiq during issues 12/2003 from November 10, 2003 to 12/2006 from November 10, 2006. From July 8th, 2004 to January 10th, 2007 these were published in 6 volumes by the imprint Kadokawa Comic Ace. From July 8th, 2004 to December 10th, 2005 published by the same imprint Shuffle! Comic à la carte (SHUFFLE! コ ミ ッ ク ア ラ カ ル ト ) in 5 volumes. This series is considered the game's official anthology comic and therefore has no named author. The Manga Shuffle was released on September 25, 2004 ! in one volume at the imprint Missy Comics by Ōzora Shuppan .

Anime

2 animes appear for the game. The first, with 24 episodes, was shown on WOWOW from July 7, 2005 to January 5, 2006 . The second shuffle! Memories with 12 episodes represents an alternate storyline and ran from January 7th to March 25th 2007 on Chiba TV and with a one to three day offset during that time on TV Saitama , TV Kanagawa , KBS Kyōto , SUN-TV , Tokyo MX and TV Aichi . Both were animated by the studio asread under the director Naoto Hosoda .

Light novel

From 2004 to 2006 Kadokawa Shoten published 7 light novels , one each for the female characters Lisanthus, Nerine, Kaede, Asa, Primula, Kareha and Mayumi.

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