YU-NO: A girl who chants love at the bound of this world | |
Cover art for Sega Saturn version
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この世の果てで恋を唄う少女YU-NO (Kono Yo no Hate de Koi o Utau Shōjo YU-NO) |
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Genre | Science fiction |
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Publisher | ELF Corporation |
Designed by | Hiroyuki Kanno |
Music by |
Ryu Umemoto Ryu Takami Kazuhiro Kanae |
Genre | Eroge, visual novel, adventure |
Platform | NEC PC-9801 (original release), Sega Saturn, Microsoft Windows |
Released | 1996 |
Original video animation | |
YU-NO | |
Directed by | Katsuma Kanazawa |
Written by | Hiroyuki Kanno (original) Osamu Kudo (screenplay) Katsuma Kanazawa (storyboard) |
Studio | Pink Pineapple |
Released | 1998 – 1999 |
Episodes | 4 |
Game | |
Developer | 5pb. |
Publisher | 5pb. |
Produced by | Makoto Asada Chiyomaru Shikura |
Designed by | Ryō Nagi |
Music by |
Ryu Umemoto (original) Ryu Takami Keishi Yonao |
Genre | Visual novel, adventure |
Platform | PlayStation Vita, PlayStation 4 |
Released | March 16, 2017 |
Anime | |
Produced by | MAGES Genco |
Studio | Feel |
YU-NO: A Girl Who Chants Love at the Bound of this World (この世の果てで恋を唄う少女YU-NO Kono yo no hate de koi o utau Shōjo YU-NO?), is a Japanese visual novel / graphic adventure game developed and published by ELF Corporation, originally as an adult game for the PC-98 in 1996. It was written and produced by Hiroyuki Kanno, while its FM-synth music soundtrack was composed by Ryu Umemoto, Ryu Takami, and Kazuhiro Kanae; who had previously worked on C's Ware titles such as Eve Burst Error (1995).
The game's protagonist travels between various parallel worlds in order to solve the mystery of his parents' disappearance. Although parallel worlds are not an unfamiliar concept in science fiction, the game uses concepts from physics, mathematics, philosophy, history and religion to construct a unique fictional universe. In particular, the "A.D.M.S." or "Auto Diverge Mapping System," which visually displays the branching parallel worlds/storylines as a tree, aids the player in navigation. The game also includes references to cannibalism and incest. A NEC PC-9801 edition, Sega Saturn edition and Microsoft Windows edition were released. All versions are rated 18+, although explicit sex scenes were removed from the Saturn and Windows editions. A hentai anime OVA as well as a manga and several novels were later released.