Tag: Musical Themes

As if to match the guitar I play in the afternoon music classroom. As if to match the piano someone plays in the next room. The pure singing voice from the rooftop connects the three disconnected melodies. It all started on such a day in late autumn. At that time, someone fell in love. Everyone was doing their best. Everyone…

Kei used to attend a famous high school with aspirations of one day becoming a doctor like his parents, but he stopped for a term due to certain reasons and is now studying part-time. While his journey had become more difficult, it was still possible to get back on track. However, after meeting many different types of people that he…

The great plains of Kvarna spreads out from the border between the western part and the central plains of the Raulbash continent. This was the territory of the demi-humans who have resided here peacefully for thousands of years. One time, the ‘Kami no Kaido’, the ruler of the southeastern plains who is close to God, declared that he would train…

That song is an offering from the Reapers—a Requiem—very near the boundary between heaven and hell where one’s soul returns to. In that place is a school in which Reapers—beings that collect human souls—are developed and trained. Assembled as “Reaper Cadets” at this school are the protagonist and her peers who were once human. There, all possessing the same aspiration…

Rain…the eternal, never-ending rain. In Piova, the city of music and endless rain, young men and women gather to pursue their dreams of becoming musicians. Chris Vertin is one of these young men, leaving his rural hometown and girlfriend behind to enroll in the Piova Communal School of Music. Winter has come and it’s been over two years since Chris…

Our first encounter was terrible. Our meeting is terrible each time. Our conversation is terrible each time. You and me. If we hadn’t known each other, we wouldn’t have changed. However, we learned that: It’s more fun to be two of us. The music can cross the line between a man and a non-human. New sound appears from our encounter….

Taking place in the desolate land of Metafalss, a tiny continent built upon the rim of a tower much like the first game’s Ar tonelico, it revolves around two opposed factions: the ruling Grand Bell, which has recently declared war against the Goddess Frelia; and the Sacred Army, who believe that the Goddess enables Metafalss to exist. This ire against…

A young composer passes by an auditorium and chances upon a dancing performance that changes his very life

Toshiki, the realist. Mizuna, the girl he met on the roof. And BROY, the school band whose members surround them. It’s the summer of their third year, and Toshiki must face not only the school festival, but also a promise that he may never be able to fulfill.

Here we have Mizoguchi Haruki, a newly-minted salaryman who is suffering from the freshman blues, and really doesn’t care about anyone around him. And over there we have Kamiake Minori, a world-weary young shrine maiden who, despite her giggly conversations with her school “friends”, really couldn’t care less about any of that. When taken separately, these two individuals are malcontents,…

Shouichi was known as one of the ‘nobles’ of the violin world. Having started playing the violin when he was 3, he won the national violin competition when he was in middle school and went to Germany to play in orchestras. However, due to unknown reasons, he returned to Japan, gave up playing the violin and became a freeter. One…

The main character, Takiguchi Ryo, is a genius percussionist in high school who had a bright future ahead of him. But he loses his left arm in an accident. The accident causes him to throw away his dream to become a percussionist like his father, and he loses all hope in life. Ryo tries to abandon music, but the girls…

Your dream is to become a professional composer and you’ve worked hard to realize this dream by yourself. Since you manage by yourself, there’s no reason to rely on anyone else. However, you’re not sure if this is really what you truly want to do. Coming home one day, you find a young girl sleeping in your bed. After managing…

One day in December, the protagonist finds a girl sleeping in the street. But he soon finds she’s actually a musical android named Miku.

On the 17th of March, there is a classical strings concert unlike any other in the world. Ninety-six young musicians, divided into twenty-four quartets perform before an audience of the world’s greatest conductors and instrumentalists. Only one group – a single quartet – is chosen form these performers. Success brings prestige beyond imagination and guaranteed entry into any orchestra on…

Kira Kira Curtain Call is the fan-disk for Overdrive’s second title, Kira Kira. This game is set in Oubi Academy; several years after the original took place. Part one is a new tale of youth about all new characters who pour their hearts into music. Part two brings back characters from the original game and serves as a grand finale…

Shikanosuke Maejima is a student at Oubi Academy, a school of a missionary nature. He doesn’t visit his club. He doesn’t put much effort into his studies. All he really does is show up at his part time job. In short, his life could be better. All this changes when he meets Kirari Shiino at work. Kirari is a strange…