Da Capo II
Da Capo II | |
〜ダ・カーポII〜 (Da Kāpo II) | |
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Game | |
Developer | Circus |
Publisher | Circus Kadokawa Shoten (PS2, PSP)
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Genre | Eroge, Visual novel |
Platform | Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable |
Released | May 26, 2006 (Windows, limited ed.) |
Serial novel | |
Written by | Circus |
Published by | Paradigm |
Original run | May 12, 2006 – June 25, 2007 |
Volumes | 2 |
Manga | |
Written by | Circus |
Illustrated by | Syo Ryuga |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Magazine | Comptiq |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | November 10, 2006 – September 10, 2009 |
Volumes | 5 |
Serial novel | |
Written by | Tasuku Saika |
Published by | Paradigm |
Original run | November 24, 2006 – October 11, 2007 |
Volumes | 7 |
Manga | |
Da Capo II: Imaginary Future | |
Written by | Circus |
Illustrated by | Tsukasa Uhana |
Published by | ASCII Media Works |
Magazine | Dengeki G's Magazine |
Demographic | Seinen |
Original run | March 2007 – May 2009 |
Volumes | 5 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Hideki Okamoto |
Written by | Katsumi Hasegawa |
Studio | |
Original run | October 1, 2007 – June 28, 2008 |
Episodes | 26 |
Original video animation | |
T.P. Sakura - Time Paladin Sakura - Jikū Bōeisen | |
Directed by | Takehiro Nakayama |
Written by | Naoki Tozuka |
Music by | Tatsuya Kato |
Studio | Nomad |
Released | January 27, 2011 – February 24, 2011 |
Runtime | 24 minutes each |
Episodes | 2 |
Other games | |
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Da Capo II (〜ダ・カーポII〜, Da Kāpo II, commonly abbreviated as D.C. II) is a Japanese
There have been many
Gameplay
The
There are six main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of the heroines in the story. In order to view the six plot lines to their entirety, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and choose different choices during the decision points in order to further the plot in an alternate direction. The game is split into three main parts: the first story arc revolves around an upcoming Christmas party, the second arc takes place during the winter holiday break, and the last arc is back at school in the new year.
Plot
Da Capo II takes place 53 years after the events of Da Capo, when Sakura Yoshino, weary of being alone for so long, wished upon a prototype artificial wish-granting magical cherry tree for a son—Yoshiyuki Sakurai. In the first arc, while Yoshiyuki attends Kazami Academy, beneath the school, he awakens Minatsu Amakase, a robot. Yoshiyuki helps her adapt to a life with humans despite robots being nothing more than mere tools. In the second arc, Yoshiyuki begins to harbor feelings for his stepsisters, Otome and Yume, the granddaughters of Jun'ichi and Nemu. However, the cherry tree starts malfunctioning, granting all wishes, regardless of how impure, which is causing numerous incidents to occur in Hatsune. The situation gradually worsens and Otome has to choose whether or not to wither the cherry tree, which would erase Yoshiyuki's existence in the process, so as to save Hatsune.
The game centers on Hatsunejima (初音島) the same island as Da Capo from the original story. Yoshiyuki Sakurai is the protagonist of the game. Sakura and Jun'ichi are the only returning characters, and Nemu is the only other Da Capo character to be mentioned by name. Moe, Mako, Kotori, Miharu, and Yoriko are also mentioned, but indirectly. Yume, Nanaka, Minatsu, and Sakura's themes are remixes of themes from previous Circus games. Yume, Minatsu, and Sakura's are remixes of Nemu, Miharu, and Sakura's from Da Capo, and Nanaka's is a remix of Sayaka's from
Development
Da Capo II was Circus' twenty-ninth game, but was the eleventh game developed by the development group Circus Northern who had also produced their second title
Release history
On April 15, 2007, a free game demo of Da Capo II titled The Spring Breeze's Ultimate Battle! (春風のアルティメットバトル, Harukaze no Arutimetto Batoru) became available for download at Da Capo II's official website.[3][4] The demo was a prologue to the story in Da Capo II. The full game was first introduced to the public in Japan as a limited edition version on May 26, 2006 as a DVD playable on a Microsoft Windows PC. The regular edition followed on June 23, 2006. A limited edition CD-ROM version of the game was released on July 7, 2006 A version compatible with the Windows Vista operating system for the PC was released on June 29, 2007. A "gratitude pack" edition of Da Capo II was released on January 25, 2008.
A version for the PlayStation 2 under the title Da Capo II: Plus Situation (〜ダ・カーポII〜 プラスシチュエーション) was released on May 29, 2008 in limited and regular editions. The PS2 version promoted three of the former supporting characters—Maya Sawai, Akane Hanasaki, and Mayuki Kōsaka—to become obtainable heroines, along with the introduction of three original heroines—Erika Murasaki, Mahiru Takanashi, and Aishia.[5] An adult fan disc titled Circus Disc: Christmas Days (〜サーカスディスク クリスマスデイズ〜) was released by Circus for the PC as a limited edition DVD on December 22, 2006, and as a regular edition on January 1, 2007. The simplified gameplay in the fan disc allows the player to select the story they would like to see from the onset. A sequel to Christmas Days for the PC titled C.D.C.D.2 (シーディーシーディー2) was released on July 25, 2008. The PlayStation 2 version was later re-released for the PC, titled Da Capo II: Plus Communication and containing the hentai scenes found in the original release, on December 26, 2008. Bundled with Da Capo, the game was released as a PlayStation Portable version titled D.C.I&II P.S.P.: Da Capo I&II: Plus Situation Portable (D.C.I&II P.S.P. 〜ダ・カーポ I&II〜 プラスシチュエーション ポータブル) on October 28, 2010.[6]
Another adult fan disc based on the Da Capo II visual novel titled Da Capo II: Spring Celebration (〜ダ・カーポII〜 スプリング セレブレイション, ~Da Kāpo II~ Supringu Serebureishon) was released by Circus on April 27, 2007 playable as a
Da Capo II: To You, released in June 2009, largely consists of prequel stories to the Da Capo II main story, such as Otome's and Yume's younger years, including the times when their mother, Yuki, was still alive, and Mahiru's backstory of when she was still alive. Another fandisc, titled Da Capo II: Fall in Love, was released on December 18, 2009, featuring after stories for the heroines included in the PS2 port and its Plus Communication release. The final Da Capo II release was Da Capo II: Dearest Marriage, which features Yoshiyuki and Otome in their marriage life. An English version of the original visual novel was published by the European company MangaGamer on December 24, 2010.
Adaptations
Drama CDs
There have been many
Internet radio shows
An Internet radio show for Da Capo II called Da Capo II: Kazami Academy Broadcasting Club (〜ダ・カーポ II〜 風見学園放送部, ~Da Kāpo II~ Kazumi Gakuen Hōsōbu). The show, produced by Lantis Web Radio, had a pre-broadcast on March 27, 2006, and officially aired between April 3, 2006, and September 24, 2007. The program aired every Monday at midnight featuring Ai Hinaki, Hijiri Kinomi, and Aya Tachibana who voiced Otome, Yume, and Koko in the original game, respectively. A second Internet radio show began on October 1, 2007, called D.C.toEF Radio produced by Onsen. The show airs every Monday and is hosted by Hinaki, Kinomi, and Tachibana.[10] A third Internet radio show titled Radio Da Capo II: Hatsunejima Nikki (ラジオ ダ・カーポII 〜初音島日記〜) started on November 2, 2007, produced by Animate. The show is aired every Friday and is for the first twenty-seven broadcasts was hosted by Shintarō Asanuma and Yoshino Nanjō who voiced Yoshiyuki and Koko in the anime, but starting with the twenty-sixth broadcast on May 2, 2008, Ayahi Takagaki who voices Otome in the anime joined Asanuma as his co-host.[11]
Novels
There have been two separate novel series written based on Da Capo II, both published by Paradigm. The first series contained two novels that were written by Circus staff members; the first was released on May 12, 2006, and the second on June 25, 2007. The second series is written by Tasuku Saika and seven volumes were produced between November 24, 2006, and October 11, 2007. Each of the novels covers the story for one of the six heroines, except for the last two volumes which both cover Otome's story.
Manga
There have been two separate manga series created based on Da Capo II. The first, illustrated by Syo Ryuga, was serialized from December 2006 to October 2009 issues of Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq magazine.[12] It was collected into five bound volumes published under Kadokawa Shoten's Kadokawa Comics Ace imprint. The second manga series, illustrated by Tsukasa Uhaha, was serialized in ASCII Media Works' Dengeki G's Magazine between the March 2007 and May 2009 issues under the title Da Capo II: Imaginary Future (〜ダ・カーポII イマジナリーフューチャー〜, ~Da Kāpo II Imajinarī Fūchā~). The fifth and final bound volumes will be published for Da Capo II: Imaginary Future under ASCII Media Works' Dengeki Comics imprint on June 27, 2009. A special chapter of Da Capo II: Imaginary Future was serialized in the July 2008 issue of Comptiq sold on June 10, 2008.[13]
Anime
On May 10, 2007, the magazine
Music
A
An album titled VocalAlbum Songs From D.C.II containing the theme songs was released on July 26, 2006, by Lantis.
For the anime's first season, the opening theme of season one is "Sakura Kimi ni Emu" (サクラキミニエム) sung by
Reception
The original Da Capo II release was positively reviewed at visual-novels.net, commenting: "I know a lot of gamers may not enjoy Da Capo, but whilst I think the story on some arcs was weaker than on others they were still amazing paths to play. On the stronger paths you really start to feel a lot of emotion for these girls, and because they're so closely tied together, someone always gets hurt. That for me bought some realism to the game."[2] In the October 2007 issue of Dengeki G's Magazine, poll results for the fifty best bishōjo games were released. Out of 249 titles, Da Capo II ranked seventh with forty-seven votes.[36] Da Capo II was the most widely sold game of 2006 on Getchu.com.[37] Da Capo II: Spring Celebration was the second most widely sold game for the first half of 2007 on Getchu.com, just behind Kimi ga Aruji de Shitsuji ga Ore de.[38] Furthermore, Da Capo II: Spring Celebration was the sixth most widely sold game of 2007 on Getchu.com.[39]
References
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- ^ a b "Da Capo II review". visual-novels.net. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ^ "Da Capo II free game demo information" (in Japanese). GALLERY IMAGINE entrance. Archived from the original on October 19, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "Omake section at Da Capo II's official website" (in Japanese). Circus. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "The Last Heroine is Aishia!? Twelve Heroines Make an Entry in Da Capo II: Plus Situation" (in Japanese). MediaWorks. March 24, 2008. Archived from the original on February 12, 2009. Retrieved March 27, 2008.
- ^ "「D.C.〜ダ・カーポ〜」メインタイトル2本を完全移植! 限定版も" [The 2 Main Da Capo Titles Ported! There Is Also a Limited Edition] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. May 14, 2010. Retrieved November 18, 2010.
- ^ "Da Capo: Poker about section" (in Japanese). Circus. Archived from the original on September 13, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "Circus fan club official website" (in Japanese). Circus. Archived from the original on September 19, 2007. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ^ "Seiya no Misukon Daisōdō! drama CD official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on September 23, 2012. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "D.C.toEF Radio official website" (in Japanese). Onsen. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "'Radio Da Capo II: Hatsunejima Nikki official website" (in Japanese). Animate. Archived from the original on June 21, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "Comptiq December 2006 issue" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on January 17, 2007. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "Comptiq July 2008 issue" (in Japanese). Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on September 15, 2008. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
- ^ "D.C. II anime to be produced" (in Japanese). Comptiq. May 10, 2007.
- ^ ""Da Capo II: Asaki Yumemishi Kimi to" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "VocalAlbum Songs From D.C.II album official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "D.C. II Original Soundtrack official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Dream on: Koiseyo Otome" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "D.C. II Character Song Album official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Happy my life: Thank you for everything!!" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "Vocal Mini album: Songs from D.C.II Spring Celebration official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on September 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "Plus Situation Vocal Album official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on July 2, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Sakura Kimi ni Emu" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Yasashisa wa Ame no Yōni" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on June 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Sakura Emi Kimi Omou" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on June 2, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "Hatsunejima Best: Da Capo Best Selection album official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on June 22, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "Dolce3 album official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on July 29, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Character Song Vol.1 Koko Tsukishima" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Character Song Vol.2 Minatsu Amakase" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on May 6, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Character Song Vol.3 Nanaka Shirakawa" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Character Song Vol.4 Anzu Yukimura" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on May 29, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Character Song Vol.5 Yume Asakura" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Character Song Vol.6 Otome Asakura" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on May 3, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Sakura Amaneku Sekai" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ ""Bokutachi no Yukue" single official listing" (in Japanese). Lantis. Archived from the original on December 20, 2008. Retrieved July 12, 2008.
- ^ "読者が選ぶ MY BEST ギャルゲーランキング 電撃G'smagazine.com" [Reader Chosen MY BEST Girl Game Ranking Dengeki G's magazine.com] (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Archived from the original on October 11, 2007. Retrieved November 7, 2013.
- ^ "Highest selling games of 2006 on Getchu.com ranking" (in Japanese). Getchu.com. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ^ "Highest selling games of the first half of 2007 on Getchu.com ranking" (in Japanese). Getchu.com. Retrieved September 22, 2007.
- ^ "Highest selling games of 2007 on Getchu.com ranking" (in Japanese). Getchu.com. Retrieved December 31, 2007.
External links
- Da Capo II official website Archived 2016-12-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Spring Celebration official website Archived 2016-12-09 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Plus Situation official website Archived 2016-03-03 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Da Capo II anime official website Archived 2012-01-19 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- Da Capo II: Second Season anime official website (in Japanese)
- Da Capo II: Plus Communication official website Archived 2008-10-24 at the Wayback Machine (in Japanese)
- English version, on MangaGamer's website
- Da Capo II (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
- Da Capo II at The Visual Novel Database