For ten years, they have tried to run away.
For ten years, they have tried to hide the secrets from the world.
But no secret ever remains untold.
Seasons of Love is a GxB slice of life, fantasy romantic comedy. It's set in a special academy in Japan, and tells the story of a high school student in a new school that's different from any other place she's ever seen.
“High walls do prevent people from looking in... but they also stop you from looking out.”
MIYAMOTO KANAME (宮本 叶夢)
“I always encountered love stories in the books I read, but I always ignored them. I didn't want to believe in something I never thought could exist.”
FUJIWARA SHINO (藤原 仕洵)
"I don’t really like girls. All they do is break your heart and I’m not sure if I still have a heart left to break.”
SATOU TAKASHI (里 高史)
“Admit it. Even if you don’t like him anymore, he’d always have a special place in your heart.”
A small boy with a big heart, Akihara Sonako is one of the shortest yet sweetest boys in class. He can be naive, annoying, childish and stubborn, but he is also loyal and fun-loving. He and Kazumi go a long way back, being childhood friends and all. But one incident when they were young changed their relationship. With this strange reunion, will they overcome the past and move on to a brighter future?
Satsuki has always lived a lonely life. This 18-year-old boy hardly attends class, preferring instead to sit out in the school garden, enjoying the peace and serenity. He believes that people should just stay quiet if they have nothing to say, and opposes to conversations being fillers for time. However, despite the indifferent, "I-don't-give-a-damn" attitude, Satsuki knows a lot more about the people in SA than he's letting on.
WATANABE RIKA
With a motherly nature and caring disposition, Rika is the one who always reminds Kazumi her assignments, her schedule and other things. She is the neutral one in the trio, always just going with the flow.
WATANABE ANNA
Beautiful and witty, Anna is not afraid to show her mean streak to her fellow students. Although she is warm and friendly, she also has a fiery temper. She can be harsh and mean at times, but she easily hides it under her sweet and gentle facade.
WATANABE NAMI
The oldest of the trio, Nami is cold and calculating. She can be as heartless as a predator, and as compassionate as a loving mother. With her confident and sometimes overbearing nature, she makes a great complement to Kazumi.
KOBAYASHI CHIAKI
If an outsider would look inside the classroom, they would probably not even see Chiaki Kobayashi, a 17-year-old bookworm silently reading in the back. As Kazumi gets to know the people in school better though, she starts to wonder, is Chiaki really an unnoticed member of the class, or is there a deeper reason why almost no one seems to take notice of him at all?
Story Outline: 100% (Spring)
Script: 50% (Spring) The game contains 3,838 dialogue blocks, containing 24,828 words and 136,925 characters, for an average of 6.5 words and 36 characters per block.
The game contains 24 menus, 155 images, and 12 screens.
Character Outlines: 95%
Art: 2%
Music: 100% for Spring. (Free resources!)
Backgrounds: 100% for Spring. (Free resources!)
CGs: 0% as of now, except for some sketches.
Story, Script, Programming: Ran
Co-writer: DiamondRoseTears
Little Helpers: D`Angel18, TheOneTwo
Art:
- Sprites: enta
- CG: Maltagliati
Hi guys! This is my first VN. (Edit: Supposedly. I finished Summer Paradise before this. ^^) And.. err... there we go for the progress (or lack thereof. Hahaha.)
Please, give me your feedback and criticisms! I know the story may seem so typical right now, but with a bit of help I hope I can fix that. Teehee. I'd appreciate it if you guys can help me. ^_^
Update: (3/29) But I have to say, upon looking on the story outlines, the plot seems to grow darker as the seasons pass... -____- So... yep, this will be kinda dark.
Update: (5/17) We now have a CG artist ^^ Maltagliati was super duper nice to offer help. My bones are tingling from happiness. Wahahaha.
Update: (7/20) We still don't have any real sprites aside from Rika's, but there's some major progress in the art department! I'm not sure if enta's computer is already okay, but CG artist Malta made a sketch of the boys. Awww. :") Here ya go guys.
Update: (8/7) I changed the placeholder art. Got them from the awesome tokudaya.net. Thanks a lot for reading this even if it's so long! Highly appreciated.