is a Japanese

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developed by

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's division Circus Northern which was released as a limited edition on June 28, 2002 playable on

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as a CD-ROM; a

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version followed on July 26, 2002. An English release was scheduled for December 25, 2008, and the game was available for a brief time on that date, but the title was pulled until January 20, 2009. ''Da Capo'' began as a series of prelude short scenarios in the '' Suika'' fandisc ''Archimedes no Wasuremono'', and since the initial release, there have been numerous different versions released for Windows and PlayStation 2 over the years with updated scenarios and characters. The

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in ''Da Capo'' follows a plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the seven female main characters. Circus described ''Da Capo'' as a . A

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set 53 years after the end of ''Da Capo'', ''

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'', was released on May 26, 2006 and features a new cast of characters living two generations after the original. ''Da Capo'' is set on a fictional island in modern Japan, , where the

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trees are always in full blossom.

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is an

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musical term meaning "from the beginning", and the game was such named with parts of the storyline looping before approaching the true end. There have been numerous adaptations into other media. Two

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series were serialized between 2003 and 2006 in

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's ''

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'' magazine illustrated by different

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. Two

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series, produced by different animation studios and directed by different directors, were produced in 2003 and 2005, each containing 26 episodes. Two radio shows, five novel adaptations, four

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adaptations, and an

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series have also been produced.

Gameplay

''Da Capos

requires little interaction from the player, as it is a classic

: most of the duration of the game is spent simply reading the text that appears on the screen which represents either

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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. There are seven main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of the heroines in the story. To view all seven plot lines, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and make different decisions to progress the plot in an alternate direction. Throughout gameplay, the player enables the viewing of sex scenes depicting the protagonist, Jun'ichi, and one of the seven heroines having

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Plot

''Da Capo'' centers around Jun'ichi Asakura, who lives with his adopted sister Nemu on Hatsune, a fictional crescent-shaped island where

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bloom all year long, where they attend high school. On this island, people have mysterious powers and attributes, sourced by the unwilting magical cherry tree. Jun'ichi can see other people's dreams. One of his friends, Kotori Shirakawa, is an idol at the school who can "read minds". One day, to Jun'ichi's surprise, his cousin Sakura Yoshino comes back from

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all of a sudden, who looks exactly the same girl that moved away six years ago, and has not aged one bit. She returned to remind Jun'ichi of their childhood promise.

Development

''Da Capo'' was Circus's sixth game, but was the fourth game developed by the development group Circus Northern who had also produced their second title '' Suika''. The game's production was headed by Tororo, president of Circus, who also worked on the game's music, and was directed by Mikage and Hotaru Koizumi. The scenario in the game was divided between four people who worked on the different stories for the heroines. Mikage wrote Nemu's and Sakura's scenarios; Kure (short for Soratobuenban ni Kure ga Notta yo) wrote Kotori's and Yoriko's scenarios; Yoko Yoko wrote Moe's and Mako's scenarios; and Mari wrote Miharu's scenario. Character design and art direction was divided between three people.

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designed Nemu, Sakura, and Kotori; Igul designed Miharu, Moe, Mako, and others; and Kanon Ikutata designed the

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characters, and others. The opening video was produced by

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Release history

''Da Capo'' was first released in Japan as an adult game for

on June 28, 2002 as a CD-ROM in limited and regular editions. A version as a

followed on July 26, 2002 in limited and regular editions, and a package containing both CD- and DVD-ROM versions was released on September 26, 2003. A version of the original game was ported to the PlayStation 2 titled on February 14, 2008. A limited and regular edition of an extended version with updated storylines and characters, but with the adult content removed, was released on the PlayStation 2 on October 30, 2003 titled . A "best" version was released of ''D.C.P.S.'' on July 14, 2005. Circus released an adult version of ''D.C.P.S.'' on May 28, 2004 named as a limited edition playable as a CD- and DVD-ROM for Windows. The regular edition of the game followed on June 4, 2004. This game was again re-released on December 16, 2005 as a "gratitude pack", and again on June 29, 2007 updated for

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. A fandisc titled was released for Windows on December 13, 2002 as a

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limited edition; the regular edition followed on January 24, 2003 in CD- and DVD-ROM editions. A renewal package edition of ''White Season'' playable as a DVD was released on February 25, 2005. Another fandisc followed for Windows on August 27, 2004 as a limited edition titled . The regular edition of ''Summer Vacation'' followed on September 3, 2004, and a CD-ROM version was released on August 5, 2005. Another version for the PlayStation 2 was released on December 15, 2005 in limited and regular editions called . A Windows version of ''Four Seasons'' was released by Circus on June 27, 2008 with added adult content called . An adult fandisc titled was released by Circus for Windows as a limited edition DVD on December 22, 2006, and as a regular edition on January 1, 2007. Three DVD Players Game versions were released in limited and regular editions separately covering the heroines Nemu, Sakura, and Kotori; the games were released between June 1, 2007 and September 28, 2007. An adult spin-off title called was released by Circus on February 29, 2008 as a limited edition DVD, and on March 28, 2008 as a regular edition. A sequel to ''Christmas Days'' for Windows titled was released on July 25, 2008, and an

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for Windows titled was released on September 26, 2008, followed by the PSP version for 2010. An English adult version of the original visual novel available for download online by European-based company

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was released on January 23, 2009.

Adaptations

Novels

Many novels have been written based on ''Da Capo'' and its updated versions. The first series of novels based on the original ''Da Capo'' game was a series of six novels written by Tasuku Saika between December 2002 and February 2004. Saika also wrote a series of six novels between October 2004 and May 2005 based on ''Plus Communication''. Four more novels based on ''Plus Communication'' were written by Izumi Okazaki, illustrated by Mikeō, and were published by

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between February 2005 and September 30, 2006. Two novels based on the manga adaptation ''Second Graduation'' were written by Miyuki Gotō and released in October 2005 and January 2006. A single novel based on ''Four Seasons'' and written by Circus, Chiruda Sasamiya, and Masashi Suzuki with illustrations by Cherish was published on March 25, 2006.

Drama CDs

Many

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have been produced based on the original ''Da Capo'' visual novel and the anime adaptations. The first drama CD was released for the visual novel by Lantis on January 22, 2003 titled . A drama CD titled was released by Circus for the visual novel as a limited edition, and was not widely distributed. For the first anime season, six drama CDs with each covering a single heroine except for the sixth volume which covers two heroines; the CDs were released between July 22, 2004 and April 26, 2005. Three more drama CDs were released for the second anime season between January 25, 2006 and June 7, 2006.

Manga

There have been two

adaptations of ''Da Capo''. The first ''Da Capo'' manga was illustrated by Natsuki Tanihara and was serialized in

's ''

'' magazine between February 10, 2003 and April 10, 2004. Two bound volumes were released for the first manga. The second manga, titled ''Da Capo: Second Graduation'', was illustrated by Cherish and was serialized in ''Comptiq'' between August 10, 2004 and July 10, 2006. Three volumes were released for the second manga. Many manga

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have also been produced over the years.

Anime

There have been two

series and one

based on ''Da Capo''. The first anime series was produced by the Japanese animation studio

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and directed by Nagisa Miyazaki. It aired in Japan between July 11, 2003 to December 27, 2003, and spanned 26 episodes. The first seven episodes of the series aired with

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s performed by the Japanese voice actresses who voiced main female characters, while episodes eight through 14 and 16 through 21 were aired with side episodes, with episode 22 onwards aired in full-length, lasting about 24 minutes. The second anime series, ''Da Capo: Second Season'', was produced by

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and directed by

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. The series also spanned 26 episodes and aired in Japan between July 2, 2005 to December 24, 2005. A two-episode OVA series titled ''Da Capo: If'', produced by Zexcs and featuring Kotori Shirakawa as the main character was released with two DVD box-sets containing the first and second anime series. The first DVD box-set, containing the first anime series and the first OVA episode was released on December 25, 2008. The second DVD box-set, containing the second anime series and the second OVA episode was released on March 25, 2009. The first anime series had four pieces of theme music, one opening theme and three ending themes. The opening theme is sung by Yozuca*, although was used as the ending theme for the first, and last episodes. The first ending theme is by

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which was used in episodes two through seven, nine through 14, and 16 through 20. The second ending theme is by

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which was used in episodes eight and 15. The third ending theme is by CooRie and was used in episodes 21 through 25, though was also used as the opening theme for the final episode. The second anime series had three pieces of theme music, one opening theme and two ending themes. The opening theme is by Yozuca*, though the first episode's version does not use vocals. The first ending theme is by CooRie and was used in episodes one through 23, and in the final episode. The second ending theme is by CooRie which was used in episodes 24 and 25.

Radio shows

Two radios shows have been produced for the anime adaptations of ''Da Capo''. The first show named aired between October 4, 2003 and June 25, 2005 on

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and

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in Japan every Sunday late at night. The first radio show served to promote the first anime season and contained 91 broadcasts. Four CDs were released containing some of the broadcasts from the first radio show were released by Lantis between March 3, 2004 and June 22, 2005. The second show titled , this time streamed

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, aired every Friday between July 8, 2005 and June 2, 2006, and was distributed by Lantis and

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. The second radio show served to promote the second anime season and contained 47 broadcasts. Three CDs were released containing most of the broadcasts from the second radio show were released by Lantis between October 5, 2005 and May 24, 2005.

Music

The original visual novel of ''Da Capo'' has four pieces of theme music, one opening theme, two ending themes, and one insert song. The opening theme is which is written and

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by Tororo and sung by Yozuca*. The first ending theme is "Dream: The ally of" written by Tororo, composed by Naoyuki Nagata, and sung by

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. The second ending theme is "Dream: The other side" written by Tororo, composed by Takayuki Azuma, and sung by

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. A

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containing the opening and ending themes was released by Lantis on August 22, 2002. The insert song is "Small Cherry: promised bell" written by Tororo, composed by Angel Note, and sung by Mami Nakayama from Angel Note. The ''Da Capo Complete Original Soundtrack'' was released by Lantis on September 25, 2002 containing two discs with 33 tracks. An

album for ''Da Capo'' titled ''Songs from Da Capo'' was released by Lantis on November 22, 2002 which also included some

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tracks. Two image song albums were released for ''Plus Situation'' on April 7 and July 7, 2004 titled ''D.C.P.S.C.S.1'' and ''D.C.P.S.C.S.2'', respectively. A vocal mini album for ''Four Seasons'' was released by Lantis on February 8, 2006. The single containing the first anime season's opening and ending themes titled was released by Lantis on July 24, 2003. Three image song albums were released by Lantis for the first anime season, each with two or three characters per album. The first volume, for Nemu and Yoriko, contained songs sung by

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and

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, and was released on August 27, 2003. The second image song album, for Sakura, Moe and Mako, contained songs sung by

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and

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, and was released on September 26, 2003. The third image song album, for Kotori and Miharu, contained songs sung by

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and

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, and was released on October 22, 2003. A vocal album containing songs sung by Yozuca* and Rino titled ''Dolce'' was released by Lantis on December 26, 2003. Three more volumes of vocal albums were released by Lantis, each covering one character. The first named ''Ribbons&Candies'' for Nemu contained songs sung by Sakura Nogawa and was released on September 1, 2004. The second album named ''My Little Wish'' for Sakura contained songs sung by Yukari Tamura and was released on December 1, 2004. The third album titled ''Happy Days'' for Yoriko contained songs sung by Miyu Matsuki and was released on July 6, 2005. A

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album containing songs from the games and the anime seasons of ''Da Capo'' titled was released by Lantis on November 21, 2007. Two original soundtracks were released for the first anime season, the first titled ''Amoroso'' and the second named ''Brillante'' which were released by Lantis on November 27, 2003 and March 24, 2004, respectively. The single containing the second anime season's opening theme titled was released by Lantis on July 21, 2005. The single containing the second anime season's ending theme titled was released by Lantis on August 24, 2005. An image song single for the character Aisia was released by Lantis on September 7, 2005. Two volumes of vocal albums were released by Lantis on October 26, 2005 and May 10, 2006 containing songs sung by

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from the anime. A follow-up of the previously released ''Dolce'' album titled ''Dolce2'' was released on December 21, 2005. Two original soundtracks were released for the second anime season which were released by Lantis on November 23, 2005 and January 25, 2006, respectively.

Reception

According to a national ranking of how well

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s sold nationally in Japan, the original ''Da Capo'' release for Windows achieved its highest rank at number one in the ranking. In the October 2007 issue of ''

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'', poll results for the 50 best bishōjo games were released. Out of 249 titles, ''Da Capo'' ranked sixth with 61 votes.

References

External links

Circus's official ''Da Capo'' website

MangaGamer's official ''Da Capo'' website
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