Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na

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Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na
Logo from the video game
夜明け前より瑠璃色な
Genre	Fantasy, Romance, School life, Sci-fi, Parody
Game: Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na (PC) & Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na -Brighter than dawning blue- (PS2)
Developer	August
Publisher	August (PC), Aria (PS2)
Genre	ADV, Visual novel
Rating	Ages 18 and up (PC), 12+ (PS2)
Platform	PC, PlayStation 2
Released	September 22, 2005 (Original PC) December 7, 2006 (PS2)
Light novel
Author	Tasuku Saika
Illustrator	Bekkan-Kō
Publisher	Harvest Shuppan
Published	May 2006 – November 2006
Volumes	7
Manga
Author	August
Illustrator	HoeHoe No-miso
Publisher	MediaWorks
Demographic	Seinen
Magazine	Dengeki Daioh
Original run	September 21, 2005 – ongoing
TV anime: Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na -Crescent Love-
Director	Masahiko Ohta
Studio	Daume
Network	BS-i
Original run	October 4, 2006 – December 20, 2006
Episodes	12

Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na (夜明け前より瑠璃色な, Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na^?) is a fictional series centering around a princess from a kingdom on the moon who lives with a family on Earth for a time. It began as a Japanese adult visual novel video game developed by August that was first released on September 22, 2005 for the PC, and the PlayStation 2 adaptation developed by Aria was released on December 7, 2006. A manga, illustrated by HoeHoe Noumiso began in Dengeki Daioh magazine on September 21, 2005, and a 12-episode anime based on the series, called Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na -Crescent Love-, aired in Japan from October 4 to December 20, 2006.

[edit] Plot

Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na centers around Princess Feena Fam Earthlight from the Kingdom of Sphere on Earth's moon. It was decided that she was to live on Earth in a homestay with the family of the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations so as to get more knowledgeable of Earth in order to better prepare herself for her succession as the Kingdom of Sphere's next queen.

The background of the story explains that humans landed on the moon long ago intending to create a new home for themselves called the Kingdom of Sphere. However, the relations between Earth and the Kingdom have worsened things and a war called the Oedipus war started. Once the war was over, it was decided that the city of Mitsurugasaki, where the story takes place, under the rule of the United Nations, be developed as the center of diplomacy with the Lunar Kingdom, which, currently, has closed its doors to the world. This central lunar junction port city, which has the only spaceport within the United Nations with ships going to and coming from the Lunar Embassy, is, as its name suggests, the gateway which connects the Earth and the moon. Although tensions have temporarily eased now, relations between the two worlds is still in a situation when the story begins where caution must still be taken.

[edit] Characters

The seiyū listed are from the anime adaptation.

Feena fam Earthlight (フィーナ・ファム・アーシュライト, Fīna Famu Āshuraito)^?, (Seiyū - Hitomi Nabatame)

Feena is the princess of the Kingdom of Sphere on the moon. In order to become more knowledgeable about Earth and be able to follow in her mother's footsteps, she comes to Earth in a homestay with the family of the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations, Sayaka Hozumi. Since she was very young, she has always wanted to know more about the Earth and some day she hopes to surpass her mother in trying to bridge the gap between the Earth and the Kingdom of Sphere. She is well educated in terms of literature and science and has great sword skills. However, she is somewhat naive in matters of the heart and has a tendency to jump into situations without thinking, (such as jumping into a river to save a drowning puppy, without knowing how to swim).

Feena once came to Earth when she was a child, and met Tatsuya previously shortly after her mother's death, in which Tatsuya tried to comfort her. She eventually falls in love with him and later marries him to finally bring peace between the Earth and the Moon.

Tatsuya Asagiri (朝霧達哉, Asagiri Tatsuya)^?, (Seiyū - Susumu Chiba)

Tatsuya is the main protagonist in the story. He is very knowledgable about the moon and the Kingdom of Sphere because he has been interested in it since he was very young. He has this odd unconscious habit of pinching girls on the nose as a sign of affection. Tatsuya constantly finds enjoyment in teasing Natsuki about random things. He is quite loyal toward Feena and her aim to fulfill her mother's dream to reunite the Earth and Moon.

Though somewhat apprehensive about the homestay, Tatsuya eventually falls in love with the princess and their union cements the alliance between the two worlds.

Natsuki Takamizawa (鷹見沢菜月, Takamizawa Natsuki)^?, (Seiyū - Hyo-sei)

Natsuki is one of Tatsuya's closest friends and is also one of his classmates. She works with Tatsuya at her father's restaurant, Trattoria Samon, which also happens to be next door to Tatsuya's house. She often gets angry at Tatsuya or her brother when they tease her. She is best known as the Carbon Master, due to her inability to cook and all her attempts ending up as blackened messes.

Mai Asagiri (朝霧麻衣, Asagiri Mai)^?, (Seiyū - Mai Goto)

Mai is Tatsuya's younger sister who attends the same school as him. She is the part leader for the flutes in the concert band in her school. She is actually adopted and looks younger than she is.

Sayaka Hozumi (穂積さやか, Hozumi Sayaka)^?, (Seiyū - Nami Kurokawa)

Sayaka is the primary secretary to the president of the United Nations so in effect has a lot of ties with the politics that is involved between Earth and the Kingdom of Sphere. Tatsuya and Mai refer to her as their older sister, although she is actually their cousin. Her nickname in the media is the "President's Dagger".

Mia Clementis (ミア・クレメンティス, Mia Kurementisu)^?, (Seiyū - Mio Nonose)

Mia is Feena's main escort from the Kingdom of Sphere and always tries to look out for the princess. More or less, she is a maid who serves the princess but does not always do what she is told. She is a bit of an airhead, though all of her efforts are genuinely for Feena's well-being and happiness.

Karen Clavius (カレン・クラヴィウス, Karen Kuraviusu)^?, (Seiyū - Yu Asakawa)

Karen is the Military Ambassador of the Kingdom of Sphere. She seems to have a fairly strict attitude on things which fits her profession well.

Midori Tōyama (遠山翠, Midori Tōyama)^?, (Seiyū - Naoko Takano)

Midori is an energetic girl in Tatsuya's class who has been one of his classmates since their first year in high school. She is the clarinet leader in the concert band at her school. She seems to be very desperate for Tatsuya's odd sign of affection or even perhaps noticing her once in a while. She is only available as a love interest in the PS2 version of the game, and is otherwise a minor character.

Jin Takamizawa (鷹見沢仁, Takamizawa Jin)^?, (Seiyū - Daisuke Kishio)

Jin is Natsuki's older brother and is also one of her co-workers at the restaurant that their father owns. He constantly makes his sister angry when at work which gets him thrown out of the restaurant, usually breaking a window on the way out. Everything he breaks due to this act is taken out of his paycheck.

Samon Takamizawa (鷹見沢左門, Takamizawa Samon)^?, (Seiyū - Akira Negishi)

The main chef and owner of Trattoria Samon, the restaurant where Samon and his two children, Natsuki and Jin, work. He tends to be a fair boss to his employees who do not have a problem with him as their boss. Samon admires Takeshi Takano's work as a photographer and even was able to get his autograph in the first episode of the anime.

Takeshi Takano (高野武, Takano Takeshi)^?, (Seiyū - Shinpachi Tsuji)

This character was created for the anime. Usually referred to as Takano-sensei, he is a world famous photographer known also as the "great master". Takano, who also happens to have quite a few connections with the Kingdom of Sphere, was the only person approved by Feena's father to document her studies on Earth, just as he had done with her mother and grandmother. He also has the unique ability to pop up out of almost anywhere without being noticed, which makes getting the photographs he needs quite easy. Takano has an assistant that follows him around, helping him develop photos or to function as a quick getaway. He's a bit of a pervert and always seem to appear at the most embarrassing of times.

Wreathlit Noel (リースリット・ノエル, Rīsuritto Noeru)^?, (Seiyū - Shizuka Ito)

A mysterious being from the moon, Wreathlit, generally known as Wreath, appears to be a young child but is actually much older. She is constantly watching Feena, especially in Feena's story path where she is in love with Tatsuya; her split personality, Lady Fiacca, tells her that the Moon and Earth must not be united. However, in the end, Fiacca departs forever after seeing the result Tatsuya and Feena's efforts and breaking the cycle of hatred between the two worlds.

Sefiria fam Earthlight (セフィリア・ファム・アーシュライト, Sefiria Famu Āshuraito^?)

Feena's dead mother; only seen in photos and flashbacks, Sefiria's influence is still felt on the Earth and the Moon. She greatly amended the relationship between the planet and its natural satellite.

Estel Freesia (エステル・フリージア, Esuteru Furījia^?)

A mysterious, bookish and religious girl. Estel only appears in the PS2 version of the game.

[edit] Media

Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na has been presented in a wide range of media types, ranging from a video game, manga, anime, and even drama CDs and novels.

[edit] Video game

The series began as an adult visual novel video game created by August and first released on September 22, 2005 for the PC. Also, a Playstation 2 version, entitled Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na -Brighter than dawning blue-, was developed by Aria and released on December 7, 2006.

[edit] Drama CDs

A set of six drama CDs were created based on the video game, and the first was released on April 21, 2006. Two additional drama CDs based on the anime adaptation were released on October 25, 2006 and December 22, 2006 respectively.

[edit] Novels

There are also three series of light novels attributed to the series, all featuring illustrations by Bekkan-Kō. The first volume of the first series was released in May 2006, containing seven volumes in total. The second, a series of short stories subtitled Official Heroine Story, was serialized in Dengeki G's Magazine and has been collected into two volumes released September 30 and December 27, 2006. A new novel, based on characters added in the PS2 adaptation of the game, was released in December 2006.

[edit] Manga

The cabbage in question. Note the leaves were drawn as concentric circles and the cabbage itself drawn as a smooth sphere.

The manga based on the series was first serialized in the Japanese manga magazine Dengeki Daioh published by MediaWorks on September 21, 2005. It is illustrated by HoeHoe No-miso, and has thus far been collected in one tankoban released September 27, 2006.

[edit] Anime

A twelve-episode anime adaptation, entitled Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na -Crescent Love-, began airing October 4, 2006 on TBS Japan. A badly-animated cabbage in the third episode generated an Internet meme in Japan where people on 2chan posted fanart of Feena with the spherical cabbage with concentric leaves and, changing one kanji symbol, referred to the series as Brighter than Dawning Green -Cabbage Love- (夜明け前より黄緑色な -Cabbage Love-, Yoake mae yori kimidori iro na -Cabbage Love-^?).^[1]

[edit] Episodes

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• (Japanese) Web site of original PC game manufacturer, August
• (Japanese) Web site of PS2 game manufacturer, ARIA
• (Japanese) Official anime website
• Yoake Mae Yori Ruri Iro Na -Crescent Love- (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia