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Bittersweet Fools
''Bittersweet Fools'' is a visual novel eroge developed by Minori. It was ported to the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 with H-content removed as part of the '' Simple'' series line of " ren'ai adventure" games. It is vol.1 on the Dreamcast and vol.9 on the PS2. The anime opening of the game was directed by Makoto Shinkai. The game takes place in Florence, Italy. The character design is by Yu Aida, whose ''Gunslinger Girl'' series also takes place in Italy. Characters ; : The protagonist. A former mafia assassin. ; : ; :''Voiced by:'' Miwa Kōduki ; :''Voiced by:'' Ruri Asano ; : ; ; ; : A flower shop girl that works near the apartment that Alan lives in. ; : His name is a pseudonym taken from the Italian city of Palermo.''Voiced by:'' Kenji Hamada ; : His name is a pseudonym derived from the Italian pasta eliche.''Voiced by:'' Keiji Okuda Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a Japanese given name usually used for males. Meaning varies depending on the kanji characters used. P ...
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Minori (company)
was a Japanese visual novel company (previously the software division of CoMixWave until April 2007). Their most successful game is '' Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.'', which has had a manga and two anime television series based on it, and was ported to the PlayStation 2 in April 2010. They use Musica as their main engine. A few of their earlier games' opening movies were animated by Makoto Shinkai. Minori is known for its stance against fan-translations and piracy and has garnered some infamy for its actions against fan translation group No Name Losers and TLWiki, due to the controversy regarding the video game '' Rapelay'' by Illusion Soft. As a result, its main webpage is blocked for people outside Japan. In 2010, Minori, MangaGamer, and No Name Losers announced a partnership to make commercial English versions of Minori's visual novels available. On February 28, 2019, Minori announced the cessation of operations. Published games *August 31, 2001: '' Bittersweet Fools'' *April ...
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Adventure Game
An adventure game is a video game genre in which the player assumes the role of a protagonist in an interactive story driven by exploration and/or puzzle-solving. The genre's focus on story allows it to draw heavily from other narrative-based media, literature and film, encompassing a wide variety of literary genres. Many adventure games ( text and graphic) are designed for a single player, since this emphasis on story and character makes multiplayer design difficult. '' Colossal Cave Adventure'' is identified as the first such adventure game, first released in 1976, while other notable adventure game series include '' Zork'', '' King's Quest'', '' Monkey Island'', and '' Myst''. Initial adventure games developed in the 1970s and early 1980s were text-based, using text parsers to translate the player's input into commands. As personal computers became more powerful with better graphics, the graphic adventure-game format became popular, initially by augmenting player's text comm ...
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2001 Video Games
1 (one, unit, unity) is a number representing a single or the only entity. 1 is also a numerical digit and represents a single unit of counting or measurement. For example, a line segment of ''unit length'' is a line segment of length 1. In conventions of sign where zero is considered neither positive nor negative, 1 is the first and smallest positive integer. It is also sometimes considered the first of the infinite sequence of natural numbers, followed by  2, although by other definitions 1 is the second natural number, following  0. The fundamental mathematical property of 1 is to be a multiplicative identity, meaning that any number multiplied by 1 equals the same number. Most if not all properties of 1 can be deduced from this. In advanced mathematics, a multiplicative identity is often denoted 1, even if it is not a number. 1 is by convention not considered a prime number; this was not universally accepted until the mid-20th century. Additionally, 1 is th ...
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Keiji Okuda
Keiji (けいじ, ケイジ) is a Japanese given name usually used for males. Meaning varies depending on the kanji characters used. Possible writings Common kanji used include: * 啓司 * 啓治 * 圭二 * 圭司 * 慶次 * 慶治 * 敬二 * 敬治 * 佳司 * 佳次 People with the name * Keiji Fukuda (福田 敬二) * Keiji Fujiwara (藤原 啓治) * Keiji Furuya (古屋 圭司) * Keiji Gotoh (後藤 圭二) * Keiji Haino (灰野 敬二) *, Japanese swimmer * Keiji Hirose (廣瀬 佳司) * Keiji Inafune (稲船 敬二) * Keiji Ishizuka (石塚 啓次) * Keiji Kaimoto (海本 慶治) * Keiji Kanno (-- --) * Keiji Kawamori (河盛 慶次) * Keiji Koizumi is a former Japanese football player. Playing career Koizumi was born in Yamanashi Prefecture on July 28, 1976. After graduating from Chuo University, he joined the newly promoted J2 League club, Ventforet Kofu based in his local area in 1999. O ... * Keiji Kokuta (穀田 恵二) * Kotomitsuki Keiji (琴光喜 啓司) ...
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Kenji Hamada
is a Japanese voice actor from Fukuoka, Japan who is an affiliate of Mausu Promotion. On adult works, he goes under the alias of . Personal life In 1996, Hamada enrolled at Ezaki Production school. Since 1998, he has been affiliated with Mausu Promotion. He has admitted that he has been a heavy smoker since high school, but as of 2014 he has quit smoking. Hamada has been married to fellow voice actress Junko Takeuchi since 2006 with whom he has two children. Filmography Television animation ;1998 *'' Fancy Lala'' – Nishiyama ;1999 *'' Devil Lady'' – Arito *''Dual! Parallel Trouble Adventure'' – Toshihiko Izawa ;2000 *'' Saiyuki'' – Silver-haired Demon ;2001 *'' Geneshaft'' – Mario Musicanova *'' Star Ocean EX'' – "La" ;2002 *'' Aquarian Age: Sign for Evolution'' – Akane's Manager (ep 7) *'' Duel Masters'' – Kirifuda's Father *'' Heat Guy J'' – Blood ;2003 *'' Gungrave'' – Harry MacDowel (Teen) *'' Green Green'' – Taizou Tenjin *'' Mujin Wakusei ...
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Palermo
Palermo ( , ; scn, Palermu , locally also or ) is a city in southern Italy, the capital of both the autonomous region of Sicily and the Metropolitan City of Palermo, the city's surrounding metropolitan province. The city is noted for its history, culture, architecture and gastronomy, playing an important role throughout much of its existence; it is over 2,700 years old. Palermo is in the northwest of the island of Sicily, by the Gulf of Palermo in the Tyrrhenian Sea. The city was founded in 734 BC by the Phoenicians as ("flower"). Palermo then became a possession of Carthage. Two Greek colonies were established, known collectively as ; the Carthaginians used this name on their coins after the 5th centuryBC. As , the town became part of the Roman Republic and Roman Empire, Empire for over a thousand years. From 831 to 1072 the city was under History of Islam in southern Italy, Arab rule in the Emirate of Sicily when the city became the capital of Sicily for t ...
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Pseudonym
A pseudonym (; ) or alias () is a fictitious name that a person or group assumes for a particular purpose, which differs from their original or true name (orthonym). This also differs from a new name that entirely or legally replaces an individual's own. Many pseudonym holders use pseudonyms because they wish to remain Anonymity, anonymous, but anonymity is difficult to achieve and often fraught with legal issues. Scope Pseudonyms include stage names, User (computing), user names, ring names, pen names, aliases, superhero or villain identities and code names, gamer identifications, and regnal names of emperors, popes, and other monarchs. In some cases, it may also include nicknames. Historically, they have sometimes taken the form of anagrams, Graecisms, and Latinisation (literature), Latinisations. Pseudonyms should not be confused with new names that replace old ones and become the individual's full-time name. Pseudonyms are "part-time" names, used only in certain contexts – ...
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Ruri Asano
Ruri is a Japanese feminine given name. Possible writings Ruri can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: * truly *genuine *瑠璃, "lapis lazuli" *琉璃, "lapis lazuli" ;as a given name *瑠璃, "lapis lazuli" *流理, "current/flow, logic" *留莉, "detain, jasmine" *瑠里, "lapis lazuli, home People *Ruri Mizutani (光里), a member of the Japanese music group '' Bon-Bon Blanco'' Fictional characters * Ruri (''Dr. Stone''), a character in the manga series '' Dr. Stone'' *Hojo no Ruri (ルリ), a character in the manga series ''Onmyō Taisenki'' * Ruri, a character in the PS2 video game ''Eureka Seven vol. 2: New Vision'' *Ruri (瑠璃), the main character in the Japanese PS2 video game '' Ururun Quest: Koiyuuki'' *Ruri Gokō (瑠璃), a character in the manga and anime series ''Oreimo'' * Ruri Himeyuri (瑠璃), a character in the anime series ''To Heart 2'' * Ruri Hoshino (ルリ), a character in the anime series ''Martian Successor Nadesico'' *Ruri Miha ...
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Miwa Kōduki
Miwa (みわ, ミワ) is a feminine Japanese given name which can also be used as a surname. Possible writings Miwa can be written using different kanji characters and can mean: *三和 "three, harmony" *三輪 "three, wheel/ring" *美和 "beauty, harmony" *美羽 "beauty, feather" *美輪 "beauty, wheel/ring" *美環 "beauty, ring; circle; loop" The given name can also be written in hiragana or katakana. People ;with the given name Miwa * Miwa (singer) (born 1990), a musician who sung the theme song for the drama ''Nakanai to Kimeta Hi'' * Miwa Asao (美和, born 1986), a beach volleyball player * Miwa Fukuhara (美和, born 1944), a figure skater *, Japanese women's basketball player * Miwa Matsumoto (美和, born 1971), a voice actress * Miwa Nishikawa (美和, born 1974), a director * Miwa Oshiro (大城 美和, born 1983), gravure idol, model and actress *, Japanese cross-country skier * Miwa Ueda (美和, 21st century), a manga artist * Miwa Yasuda (美和, born 1977), ...
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Mafia
"Mafia" is an informal term that is used to describe criminal organizations that bear a strong similarity to the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia and Italian Mafia. The central activity of such an organization would be the arbitration of disputes between criminals as well as the organization and enforcement of illicit agreements between criminals through the use of or threat of violence. Mafias often engage in secondary activities such as gambling, loan sharking, drug-trafficking, prostitution, and fraud. In modern times, the 'Ndrangheta, originating in the Southern Italian region of Calabria, is widely considered the richest and most powerful mafia in the world. The term "mafia" was originally applied only to the Italian Mafia or specifically the original “Mafia”, the Sicilian Mafia, and the term originates in Sicily. However, the term has since expanded to encompass other organizations of similar methods and purpose, e.g., "the Russian Mafia" or "the Japan ...
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Gunslinger Girl
''Gunslinger Girl'' (stylized in all caps) is a Japanese manga series by Yu Aida. It began serialization on May 21, 2002 in '' Dengeki Daioh'' and ended on September 27, 2012. The chapters were also published in 15 ''tankōbon'' volumes by ASCII Media Works. Set in modern Italy, the series focuses on young cybernetic girls and their adult male handlers who use them as assassins under the directions of a government organization. The manga series is licensed for an English language release in North America by Seven Seas Entertainment. A thirteen-episode anime adaptation produced by Madhouse aired in Japan on Fuji Television from October 9, 2003, to February 19, 2004. A sequel titled ''Gunslinger Girl -Il Teatrino-'' and created by Artland premiered in Japan on Tokyo MX TV on January 8, 2008. It spanned thirteen episodes, concluding on April 1, 2008. Two additional episodes were released on DVD in Japan on October 24, 2008. Funimation has licensed both anime seasons and the O ...
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