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Also known as ''Input Output''. This is the first original game by the company Regista, founded by Takumi Nakazawa of the ''Infinity'' series (''[[Never 7]]'', ''[[Ever 17]]'', and ''[[Remember 11]]'') fame, and a collaboration between Nakazawa and Romeo Tanaka (of ''[[CROSS†CHANNEL]]'', ''[[Kana: Little Sister]]'' and ''[[Yume Miru Kusuri]]'' fame).

 

 

''I/O'', like the ''Infinity'' series, has multiple protagonists, in this case four. Route A features Hinata Aoi, an [[Ordinary High School Student]] who has become depressed after the disappearance of his twin sister, Mutsuki. Route B features Ishtar, a young woman in charge of a hacking group known as Criminal. Route C also features Ishtar, but she seems different from herself in Route B. Route D features "He", a mysterious man who is a legend on the Internet. Once all four of their routes have been completed, they unlock Route E, the true route.

 

The game was originally released on the [[PlayStation 2]] in 2006, but was given an [[Updated Rerelease]] on the PC two years later, with new CGs and slightly updated artwork.

 

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* {{spoiler|[[Bifauxnen]]- Enlil. Mutsuki describes her at one point as having "the body of a woman, but the mind of a man."}}

* [[Big Bad]]- {{spoiler|While there is no one [[Big Bad]] in the whole story, virtually all the origins of them can be traced back to eXarch.}}

* [[Bolivian Army Cliffhanger]]: If you haven't cleared the routes required to see their full endings, Route B and C end this way.

* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]- Hinata is very intelligent and is shown to be able to solve complicated problems in seconds, but he's so apathetic towards life that he's just not interested in it (much to Sakuya's consternation).

* [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]- [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6ZOBInkJL8&feature=related "Subnetwork"], a rather calm, soothing theme... which often plays as something bad is happening or when people are dying.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]- Andras to Mika, which traumatizes her horribly. {{spoiler|In one of the Bad Endings, he ends up killing her, while in another, she shoots him dead.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Super-Powered Alter Ego]]}}- {{spoiler|This is essentially the relationship between Hinata and "He": after "He" is downloaded into Hinata, he can use his body to fight, but both Hinata and "He" are existing at the same time, and don't require to "shift" or anything. However, Hinata has none of "He"'s abilities.}}

* [[Surprisingly Good English]]- With a few exceptions, the written English in the game is correct, both grammatically and spelling-wise.

* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]- {{spoiler|Ishtar in Route C is actually Mayumi, who took up Ishtar's role after Route B.}}

** {{spoiler|Also done in Route D, where it reveals that "He" is actually Hinata, but as this is revealed in Route C and is heavily hinted in the route, it's not as much as a surprise.}}

* [[Tragic Keepsake]]- {{spoiler|After his father's murder, Hinata wears the chronograph that his father once wore.}}

* [[Tsundere]]- Sakuya for Hinata and Masami for Kosuke.

 

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