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{{quote|''Do you have memories you don't want to forget?''}}
A [[Visual Novel]] duology created by minori, formerly the software subdivision of Comix Wave. [[Makoto Shinkai|Sounds familiar]]? Don't be surprised by the amount of [[Scenery Porn]], [[Surprisingly Good English]] and [[Melodrama]] you'd find in these tie-in games.
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The stories are lightly interwoven, with Kei and Chihiro functioning as a linking pin between the various groups in the cast (Hiro, Miyako, Kyosuke and Kei on one side; Chihiro, Renji and their acquaintances on the other). It is similar to series such as ''[[Kanon]]'', ''[[AIR]]'' and ''[[Da Capo]]'', but is much more surreal in its execution, often resorting to very abstract imagery coupled with copious amounts of [[Scenery Porn]].
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A combined standalone English release of both games is now available from No Name Losers, who are also known for their localization of an earlier game from minori (''Wind
=== Tropes for the first season include: ===▼
* [[An Aesop]]: "There's no such thing as friendship between men and women," is what Kuze tells Chihiro. Indeed, all the [[Just Friends]] relationships in the series either get a [[Relationship Upgrade]] or result in heartbreak.
** Things go wrong in life and there's nothing you can do about them, but it's not the end of the world and you can still move on from there. This is probably the overarching theme of the story as a whole: Hiro's tendonitis, Miyako's abandonment issues, Chihiro's memory problems and more.
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{{quote|"Can you hear it? The true melody?"}}▼
The sequel, ''
▲"Can you hear it? The true melody?"
▲The sequel, ''[[Ef a Tale of Melodies|ef: A Tale of Melodies]]'', shifts focus to the love problems of Yu's past and Kuze's present as occured in the rest of the second game.
Ten years ago, Yuu, Kuze, and their friend Nagi Hirono (yes, Hiro's sister) are all in high school. Yuu meets a girl who he remembers from his orphanage, Yuuko Amamiya, who turns out to be the adopted younger sister of the art club president, who is trying to get Yuu to join.
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Mizuki's cheerfulness aside, this part of the story is significantly darker than the straight-up romance of the first season. It deals with different psychological issues, such as loss, death, facing one's own mortality, familial relationships among non-family members, and several others.
=== Tropes: The second season contains many tropes from the first; only those that differ should be listed. ===▼
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* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Heart-rendingly averted--twice. {{spoiler|Yuu can't seem to catch a break.}}
* [[Angst? What Angst?]]: {{spoiler|[[In-Universe]]: Mizuki's mother tried to strangle her, then drove the family car off a cliff into the ocean with everyone in it. As Mizuki sums it up:}}
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