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Harukoi Otome: Otome no Sono de
Gokigen'yō (春恋＊乙女
～乙女の園でごきげんよう。～
?) is a Japanese adult
graphic novel
developed by Baseson released on January 27, 2006 playable on the
PC as a
DVD.
The gameplay's plot
line offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction,
and focuses on the appeal of the six female characters. Harukoi
Otome is BaseSon's fourth title.
An anime adaptation titled Harukoi Otome: Otome no
Sono de Aimashō (春恋＊乙女 ～乙女の園で逢いましょう。～
?) was released in 2008.
Story
Harukoi Otome's revolves around the protagonist Akihito
Hayasaka, a male high school sophomore. The high school he attends,
named St. Francesca Academy (聖フランチェスカ学園, Sento
Furanchesuka Gakuen
?), used to be an all-girls school, and
its female students are still proportionally high. Akihito's
younger sister Umi Hayasaka and his childhood friend Yuika Serizawa
are also students there. Akihito meets many girls there, becoming
friends with them.
Kazuto Hongō, the protagonist of BaseSon's fifth title Koihime Musō: Doki
Otome Darake no Sangokushi Engi, is also a student at St.
Francesca Academy. The school is also the setting of Koihime Musō
OVA episode.
Characters
Main
characters
- Akihito Hayasaka (早坂 章仁, Hayasaka
Akihito
?)
- Voiced by Uta Kijima (OVA)
- Akihito, the protagonist, used to go to another school named
Takamiya Academy (鷹宮学園, Takamiya
Gakuen
?) last year until it closed due to
financial difficulties. He is only male student in his class. His
class, 2-5, is also called Soleil.
- Umi Hayasaka (早坂 羽未, Hayasaka
Umi
?)
- Voiced by Yui
Sakakibara (game/OVA)
- Akihito's younger sister and a first-year student, she gets
along very well with her brother. She is an excellent student and
was admitted to St. Francesca on scholarship. She is pretty and a
little innocent, but despite this she loves watching horror films.
Her class, 1-3, is also called Lyon.
- Kisaya Fuyurugi (不動 如耶, Fuyurugi
Kisaya
?)
- Voiced by Maki Tezuka (game/OVA)
- Kisaya is a third-year student. She acts as the student council
president and is the captain of kendo cluband and is skilled in various other
activities. Her father is the president of Fuyurugi Zaibatsu (Fuyurugi
Conglomorate). Her class, 3-1, is also called Rosa Eglanteria or
Rosa Rubiginosa.
- Yuika Serizawa (芹沢 結衣佳, Serizawa
Yuika
?)
- Voiced by: Ran
Tōno (game), Kōri Natsuno (OVA)
- Yuika is Akihito's childhood friend and classmate. She is a
happy-go-lucky person, always smiling. She was Akihito's first love
when they were both in junior high. She sits behind him in their
classroom and belongs to the school's cooking club.
- Sōnya Kiryū (桐生 ソーニャ, Kiryū
Sōnya
?)
- Voiced by: Yura
Hinata (game/OVA)
- Sōnya is Umi's classmate and her best friend. Her mother is
Italian, father Japanese. When she was little, her father died in
an accident, and her mother went back to Italy, leaving Sōnya in Japan. Sōnya was adopted
by a Japanese woman named Mai Kiryū. Sōnya is a Christian and a novice sister.
- Riru Orito (織戸 莉流, Orito
Riru
?)
- Voiced by: Yukari Aoyama (game/OVA)
- Riru is Akihito's classmate. She is very strong-minded girl and
often quarrels with Akihito about little things. She sits next to
him in class and belongs to the swim club.
- Ayaka Kusuhara (楠原 彩夏, Kusuhara
Ayaka
?)
- Voiced by: Mina
Motoyama (game/OVA)
- Ayaka is a third-year student. She has heart trouble and
sometimes needs to leave for the hospital. Her class, 3-4, is also
called Rosa Moscharta. Unlike most of the other students, she does
not live in a student dormitory, but lives alone in an apartment
outside the school. She belongs to the school's art club.
Supporting
characters
- Tasuku Oikawa (及川 佑, Oikawa
Tasuku
?)
- Voiced by: Ayumu Nakazawa (OVA)
- Oikawa is a second-year student and Akihito's friend. He speaks
the Kansai dialect
(kansai ben).
- Natsuko Mikoshiba (御子柴 夏子, Mikoshiba
Natsuko
?) and Fuyuko Araki (新城 冬子, Araki Fuyuko
?)
- Voiced by: Mia
Naruse (game) and Izumi Maki (game)
- Both Natsuko and Fuyuko are girls in Akihito's class. They are
interested in Akihito and Umi.
- Reika Matsubara (松原 麗架, Matsubara
Reika
?)
- Voiced by: Elena Kaibara
(game/OVA)
- Reika is Ayaka's friend and classmate. She is the captain of
swim club, and Riru looks up to her.
- Yūki Arise (有瀬 悠季, Arise
Yūki
?)
- Voiced by: Mia
Naruse (game/OVA)
- Yūki is in Akihito's class. She too belongs to swim club and
looks up to Reika.
- Satsuki Ōtori (鳳 皐月, Ōtori
Satsuki
?)
- Voiced by: Konami Ōnami (game)
- Satsuki, like Reika, is Ayaka's classmate and friend. She is
their class representative and sub-leader of the art club.
- Ririka Mamiya (真宮 璃々香, Mamiya
Ririka
?)
- Voiced by: Konami Ōnami (game)
- Ririka is in Umi's class. She is distantly related to Kisaya
and looks up to her.
- Chizuna Nagisawa (那岐沢 千砂, Nagisawa
Chizuna
?)
- Voiced by: Mina
Motoyama (game/OVA)
- Chizuna is a waitress working at Dawn Hall (黎明館, Reimeikan
?), a restaurant in the school. Umi and
Sōnya work part-time there as waitresses, too.
- Chie Ōgami (大神 千絵, Ōgami
Chie
?)
- Voiced by: Minami Hokuto (game)
- Ōgami is Akihito's class's homeroom teacher. She is also in
charge of Japanese literature lessons.
- Mai Kiryū (桐生 舞衣, Kiryū
Mai
?)
- Voiced by: Minami Hokuto (game)
- Mai is a sister working at the
school chapel. She is Sōnya's foster mother and the matron of the
girls' dorm.
- Tetsuya Ryūzenji (竜禅寺 徹哉, Ryūzenji
Tetsuya
?)
- Ryūzenji is St.Francesca Academy's school doctor. He is short
and looks as if he were a boy.
- Hirotsugu Ennokōji (越小路 博嗣, Ennokōji
Hirotsugu
?)
- Hirotsugu is Kisaya's fiancé. He is a son of the distinguished
Ennokōji family. He has a snobby attitude always looks down on
others. He is not a St. Francesca Academy student.
Development and release
Characters were designed by Hinata Katagiri and Kishinisen.
Scenario was written by Takuya Aoyama, K.Baggio, Shōta Onoue, and
Hozumi Nakamoto. Music was composed by Loser Koshiwagi, Torapon,
and Bjoern. Hinata Katagiri, K.Baggio, and Shōta Onoue also took
part in the development of Koihime Musō.
Harukoi Otome was first released as a limited edition
version for the PC on January 27, 2006. A regular edition followed
on December 14, 2007. The game was also adapted into mobile phone
games by Magicseed and Masys. [1][2]
Music and
audio CD
Harukoi Otome's opening theme is "Seishun Ōka" (青春＊桜歌
?) sung by Rita, and the theme song is "Harukoi"
(春恋
?) by H?m?. The game's original
soundtrack was released by BaseSon on December 14, 2007 and
contained thirty-one tracks.[3] The
soundtrack was also attached to a regular edition of the game
released on the same day.
Original video animation
(OVA)
Harukoi Otome was adapted into OVA series titled Harukoi
Otome: Otome no Sono de Aimashō (春恋＊乙女 ～乙女の園で逢いましょう。～
?). It was produced by the animation
studio Media Bank and directed by Katsuma Kanazawa. The first
volume was released on April 18, 2008; the latter volume was
released on July 18, 2008. The OVAs contain adult material not suitable for children. The
first volume covers Kisaya and Yuika; the latter volume covers Riru
and Umi.
References
- ^
Bishōjo Asobi, the mobile phone games website by
Magicseed
- ^
Bishōjo Quality, the mobile
phone games website by Masys
- ^
The soundtrack reported in
Getchu.com
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links
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