Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka | |
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka original visual novel cover.
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あかね色に染まる坂 | |
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Genre | Drama, Harem, Romance |
Game | |
Developer | Feng |
Publisher | Feng (PC) GN Software (PS2/PSP) |
Genre | Eroge, Visual novel |
Platform | PC, PS2, PSP |
Released | July 27, 2007 (PC) |
Light novel | |
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka: Nagomi Maniacs | |
Written by | Mutsuki Mizusaki |
Illustrated by | Akira Sawano |
Published by | Harvest |
Published | December 15, 2007 |
Light novel | |
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka: Nagase Minato no Koi Iro | |
Written by | Mao Shinji |
Illustrated by | Ryohka (cover) Piēru Yoshio |
Published by | Kill Time Communication |
Published | February 29, 2008 |
Manga | |
Written by | Feng |
Illustrated by | Homare Sakazuki |
Published by | Kadokawa Shoten |
Demographic | Seinen |
Magazine | Comp Ace |
Original run | June 26, 2008 – June 26, 2009 |
Volumes | 2 |
Anime television series | |
Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
Produced by | Kamisama Katsumi Koike Makoto Ito Masanori Goto Tetsuko Kotani |
Written by | Makoto Uezu |
Music by | Kenichiro Suehiro |
Studio | TNK |
Licensed by | |
Original network | CTC, Tokyo MX, KBS, TVS, NBN, AT-X |
Original run | October 2, 2008 – December 18, 2008 |
Episodes | 12 |
Original video animation | |
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka Hardcore | |
Directed by | Keitaro Motonaga |
Written by | Makoto Uezu |
Music by | Kenichiro Suehiro |
Studio | TNK |
Licensed by | |
Released | June 26, 2009 |
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka (あかね色に染まる坂?, lit. The Hill Dyed Rose Madder), also known in short as Akasaka, is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Feng and first released for the PC as a DVD on July 27, 2007. A version without adult content was released under the title Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka: Parallel on July 31, 2008 by GN Software for the PlayStation 2. A port of this version of the game was released for the PlayStation Portable on December 17, 2009 under the title Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka: Portable. The gameplay in Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka follows a plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the six female main characters. Two light novels were produced in December 2007 and February 2008 written by different authors, and an Internet radio show began in April 2008. A manga adaptation began serialization in Kadokawa Shoten's seinen magazine Comp Ace on June 26, 2008 illustrated by Homare Sakazuki. An anime adaptation produced by TNK and directed by Keitaro Motonaga aired in Japan between October and December 2008.
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka's gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent simply reading the text that appears on the screen which represents either dialogue between the various characters or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often, the player will come to a point where he or she is given the chance to choose from multiple options. The time between these points is variable and can occur anywhere from a minute to much longer. Gameplay pauses at these points and depending on which choice the player makes, the plot will progress in a specific direction. In the original version, there are six main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of the heroines in the story. This number increases to seven with the PlayStation 2 version. To view all the plot lines, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and make different decisions to progress the plot in an alternate direction. One of the goals of the gameplay from the PC version is for the player to enable the viewing of sex scenes depicting the protagonist, Jun'ichi, and one of the six heroines having sex.