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| Dōkyūsei | |
Cover art from the PC Engine CD version of Dōkyūsei released in 1995
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| 同級生 | |
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| Genre | Erotic, romance, slice of life |
| Video game | |
| Publisher | ELF Corporation |
| Genre | Visual novel, Dating sim |
| Platform | PC-98, FM Towns, Sharp X68000, MS-DOS, Windows, PC Engine, Sega Saturn |
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| Video game | |
| Jankyusei | |
| Publisher | ELF Corporation |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | Game Boy Color |
| Original video animation | |
| End of Summer | |
| Directed by | Kinji Yoshimoto |
| Written by | Sukehiro Tomita |
| Studio | Pink Pineapple, Triple X |
| Released | July 8, 1994 – May 12, 1995 |
| Episodes | 4 |
Dōkyūsei (同級生, lit. classmates) is an erotic dating sim visual novel. It is the first game in the Dōkyūsei seriesofadult-themed dating simsbyELF Corporation. It was released in 1992, with a heavily altered Windows version released in 1999.
A remake (based on the Windows version)[1] was released on February 26, 2021 in Japan.[2]
The gameplay in Dōkyūsei revolves around wandering through different locations in a town, conversing with whatever character the player happens to meet. To finish the storyline of a particular girl, the main challenge is to learn the times of day when the girl will be in a location.
An international version of the remake was developed by the company Shiravune, a subsidiary of DMM Games,[3][4] and released on April 14, 2022.[citation needed]Both an all-ages and adult version was released, with the adult version containing erotic scenes and racier dialogue.[5]
The international version was well received by critics, with Ivanir Ignacchitti of GameBlast commenting on the historical value of the title[6] and Thomas Knight of NookGaming noting that the remake does well at fixing most of the issues that would make the game seem dated.[7]
There was an OVA series made from Dōkyūsei, which was originally a 45-minute one-shot, but the original release was expanded into two half-hour episodes, with two more episodes added, for a total four. The first two episodes were released as End of Summer, and episodes three and four were released as End of Summer 2 in the North American market by SoftCel Pictures, an imprint of ADV Films. A two-episode sequel, titled Dōkyūsei Climax Files, was also released.
End of Summer is about a boy who seeks after a redheaded girl named Mai and along the way runs into difficulties (and trysts) with several other girls, namely, Kurumi, Miho, Misa, and Satomi. It was renowned for its romantic attributes[8] and quality of animation.[9] The depth of character development has been reviewed as being above average, although the format forced on it by OVA requires some compromises with realism.[10]
An OVA based on the remake, Doukyuusei Remake The Animation, was released in 2022.
The OVAs use some classical music, including:
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Video games by ELF Corporation
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| Dragon Knight series |
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| Dōkyūsei series |
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| Other games |
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