You can help expand this article with text translated from the corresponding article in Japanese. (January 2010) Click [show] for important translation instructions.
View a machine-translated version of the Japanese article.
Machine translation, like DeepL or Google Translate, is a useful starting point for translations, but translators must revise errors as necessary and confirm that the translation is accurate, rather than simply copy-pasting machine-translated text into the English Wikipedia.
Do not translate text that appears unreliable or low-quality. If possible, verify the text with references provided in the foreign-language article.
You must provide copyright attribution in the edit summary accompanying your translation by providing an interlanguage link to the source of your translation. A model attribution edit summary is Content in this edit is translated from the existing Japanese Wikipedia article at [[:ja:After...]]; see its history for attribution.
You may also add the template {{Translated|ja|After...}} to the talk page.
After... is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Ciel which was released on June 27, 2003, playable on the PC as a CD or a DVD.The early DVD version includes a guide book and soundtrack CD and the early CD version includes a guide book and a mouse pad. Subsequent enhanced ports to the Dreamcast and to the PlayStation 2 as After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~ were released. Both ports feature their own exclusive characters and new scenarios not in the original PC release.
Gameplay
The gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on simply reading the text that will appear on the screen; this text represents either dialogue between the various characters, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often, the player will come to a "decision point" where he or she is given the chance to choose from options that are displayed on the screen, typically two to three at a time. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice is made that furthers the plot in a specific direction, depending on which choice the player makes.
Characters
Yūichi Takawashi (高鷲祐一, Takawashi Yūichi)
Kanami Shiomiya (汐宮香奈美, Shiomiya Kanami)
Nagisa Takawashi (高鷲渚, Takawashi Nagisa)
Yōko Kishi (喜志陽子, Kishi Yōko)
Kōtarō Takidani (滝谷紘太郎, Takidani Kōtarō)
Keishō Abiko (我孫子慶生, Abiko Keishō)
Miyuki Chihaya (千早美雪, Chihaya Miyuki)
Saori Mikkaichi (三日市沙織, Mikkaichi Saori)
Satoshi Kamuro (学文路聡, Kamuro Satoshi)
Cypher (サイファ, Saifa)
Lou (ルー, Rū)
Release
After.. was first introduced in Japan on June 27, 2003, as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM playable on a Microsoft Windows PC. Two consumer console versions for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 with adult content removed were developed by Pionesoft and released on February 26, 2004, in limited and regular edition versions. Both versions had the title After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~ (After...～忘れえぬ絆～, lit. "After... ~Unforgettable Bond~"). A version playable as a DVD TV game entitled After... DVDPG was released on February 25, 2007; and a version playable as a Blu-ray TV game was released on May 21, 2010. On August 26, 2005, a version containing both the original game and its fandisc called After... -Story Edition- was released.
After... Sweet Kiss, a fandisc for the original game released on December 19, 2003. It contains side stories for the three main heroines along with desk accessories.
Anime
After... was adapted as a hentaiOVA by Milky Label Animation. It was released on two DVDs between August 25, 2007, and January 25, 2008. Media Blasters licensed the two-episode OVA and released it in the United States thru Kitty Media on Blu-ray and DVD on September 28, 2021, with a new english dub featuring American voiceover actresses, Yara Naika and Diana Lockheart.[1][2]
