is a Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

ese visual novel

Visual novel

A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...

 developed by PrincessSoft

PrincessSoft

PrincessSoft is a Japanese company specializing in the publishing and development of visual novel video games.-List of games:*Day of Love *21: Two One *Hourglass of Summer *Cafe: Little Wish...

 which was released on January 26, 2006 in limited and regular editions playable on the PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

. A short manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

, four chapters long, was serialized in the bishōjo

Bishojo

is a Japanese term used to refer to young and pretty girls, usually below university age. Bishōjo is not listed as a word in the prominent Japanese dictionary Kōjien...

 magazine Dengeki G's Magazine

Dengeki G's Magazine

is a Japanese magazine published by ASCII Media Works and sold monthly on the thirtieth that primarily contains information on bishōjo games, but also includes an entire section on anime based on bishōjo games, and serializes manga and light novels based on such games. The "G's" in the title...

 between September 30, 2005 and December 30, 2005, published by MediaWorks

MediaWorks (publisher)

was a Japanese publishing company in the Kadokawa Group known for their brand magazines and book labels. These included such well-known magazines as Dengeki Daioh, and Dengeki G's Magazine, along with MediaWorks' main light novel publishing imprint Dengeki Bunko. The company was merged with ASCII...

; the manga was illustrated by Shirō Nishiki.

Story

Finalists story takes place in a college town somewhere in Japan. The protagonist of the story, Yoshiki Shirasagi, is a male high school student. When he entered high school, he was mistakenly given a room in the girl's dormitory due to his feminine name. This did not bode well with Yoshiki, but he eventually ended up taking the room in the end since there was no more room left in the boy's dormitory. Yoshiki meets many of the girls who live in the same dormitory.

Characters

Yoshiki is the protagonist of the story. Both of his parents are overseas, and he is preparing to enter college soon. He lives in a girl's dormitory due to a mixup.

Tamako is a strong girl who is often sarcastic, and is not afraid of anything; she has a strong sense of justice. She loves to read manga

Manga

Manga is the Japanese word for "comics" and consists of comics and print cartoons . In the West, the term "manga" has been appropriated to refer specifically to comics created in Japan, or by Japanese authors, in the Japanese language and conforming to the style developed in Japan in the late 19th...

 and wants to become a professional manga author

Mangaka

is the Japanese word for a comic artist or cartoonist. Outside of Japan, manga usually refers to a Japanese comic book and mangaka refers to the author of the manga, who is usually Japanese...

 one day. She lives in the room next to Yoshiki.

Honoka is a girl who is always smiling and is generally quiet; she is Tamamo's roommate. Just like Yoshiki, her name also does not suit her, so she and Yoshiki can understand this aspect of each other.

Voiced by: Saki Nakajima

Masaho is a sociable senior that Yoshiki knows. She is generally bright and cheerful.

Wakana is a prodigy who skipped some grades to make it into high school early; she plays the violin. After her father died, she closed herself off from others.

Ruka is the head of the girl's dormitory and is a third-year high school student. She gives Yoshiki a lot of attention since he is the only boy living in the dormitory.

Chisa is Yoshiki's female homeroom teacher.

Theme songs

Opening theme: "Breakthrough" by Aya Hirano

Aya Hirano

from Nagoya, Aichi Prefecture, Japan, is a Japanese voice actress and J-pop singer who has had roles in several anime, visual novels, and TV commercials in Japan. She was contracted to Space Craft Produce, a branch of the Space Craft Group, for her voice acting career, and for her singing career,...

Ending theme: by Aya Hirano

External links

• Finalist official website