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ef - the first tale

ef - the first tale

Otowa, a city once razed by a devastating earthquake and the resultant fires.
A beautiful European cityscape now marks the present, as if it were from a fairy tale; almost as if to mask the memories of that calamity…

Prologue: A beginning of the story “ef - a fairy tale of the two.”
The night before Christmas.
A man visited a church in Otowa.
He was to fulfill a promise made in the distant past.
A woman greeted him.
The two of them calmly talked about their bygone days.
“Each step of life would be taken together.”
“That was what we thought.”
“But then…”
“Our hands drifted apart, yet they arrived here through unique paths.”

What happened in the time they were separated?
They were there to find out.
The girl said,
“It was during this time, one year ago.
Those doors opened, and he wandered in from the cold. It was a lone young man.
A part of him resembled you… Yes, there was a pining essence within.
That may be why I acted the way I did.
For a short time, I thought I would involve myself in his fairy tale.”

Chapter 1: Otowa - Winter
Hiro Hirono is not only a full-time student, but also a professional shoujo manga artist. On the night of Christmas Eve, he happened upon two women.
The first, Yuuko Amamiya, was a mysterious lady who continued to wait for someone at the church.
The other, Miyako Miyamura, was a girl who had her purse stolen and snatched Hiro’s bicycle to pursue the culprit.
This winter, Hiro will waver between his artistic dreams and the reality of school.
Upon seeing each other again at Otowa Collegiate, Miyako presented Hiro this question: “It’s all too much for one person. Can’t you just run away from it all?”
He will be charmed by the free-spirited Miyako, who is bound by nothing.
However, there is yet another girl with her eyes on him: Kei Shindou, whom he thinks of as a sister and a childhood friend.
This driven and confident girl, a starter of the basketball team despite her short stature, will try to show Hiro another path.
These students will coalesce within this idyllic school life.
Their relationships will be taken a step further, yet what has tied them together is about to become hopelessly tangled.
The choice between dreams and reality…
His heart torn between two girls…
Hiro must find a single solution for these two conflicts.

Chapter 2: Otowa - Summer
Half a year after the events of the first chapter, the passage of time brings both new relationships and the birth of a new tale.
The girl who became hurt by the events at the conclusion of winter met a young man named Kyousuke Tsutsumi.
A cameraman in the film club, he was usually rather aloof, but the objective view passing through his lens didn’t overlook a fairy tale that hadn’t quite seen its finale.
Hiro Hirono had grown since the first chapter, and Yuuko Amamiya was still waiting.
While watching over everyone, she took it upon herself to take action once more.

106 comments

JessReply
aah I downloaded the game but am having trouble installing it what should I do?
UltimateBadAssReply
Extract all the files, go to the "setup" folder, run "setup.exe", install the font provided, and overwrite the original games application with the crack provided for in the download.
kinderbuenoReply
the biggest disappointment level eroge I've seen so far interresting story graphics really quite personal as well as original but will what is this linear scenario or one that has 8 choices maximun really disappointed I hate Kyousuke and Miyako and I had to type them in two chapters: '(
FrequentivisReply
Correct if I'm wrong but from what I've read the couples in each chapter are per-defined? Excluding the options that lead to bad ends?
RyukendoReply
the part of 11 is corrupted
KingReply
hey will this copy work normaly on my computer or do i still need to change the region settings to japan
naitxumiReply
can i ask question what is product id of this game
MemoReply
inside the file has a virussssssss.....i cannot play it :(
LynerReply
thanks pal! even the connection here is slow you make it posible for me to download this game because of the seeds. thanks again pal!
joshReply
how do you overwrite the original games application with the crack
The Krypt AngelReply
For some silly reason I couldn't install this game the setup program just sat there not responding. No big deal tho since simply copying the cracked exe into the setup folder worked just as well lol
orberonReply
you know this game would be perfect if it was uncensored its got a great story like cresendo or kira kira and yes i know you dont come for the sex scenes in those games so i should not matter if it censored or not but the scenes in EF are so tastefull that haveing them censored does not do the game justice o well still a great game
JasonReply
Can't seem to get the crack file to work. Where exactly do I put the crack file after installing?
HaruReply
I've installed the setup and it requires a product key, the crack file doesn't work, it says "some file does not install properly".
I used the torrent link dl and I know Iv'e install it properly.
Little help?
HaruReply
damn,
the crack really doesn't work
masuta garroReply
Shit, the game asks me to enter the product ID, what I have to do?
Faith MarieReply
There's something wrong with this one, it has a Trojan Horse and the game won't load onto the computer... I'd love to play, but I can't get it to download correctly.
Nico :3Reply
thank you very much for uploading the game and the effort to climb such incredible visual novel!! ;D!!!!!
Black Sword SlasherReply
Any walkthroughs for this game?
How to get the game to workReply
Hey guys, to anyone and everyone wondering how to get the game to work, here's a step by step guide.


1. Download the game for any of the mirrors provided. I downloaded the one broken down in the numerous parts, but I assume the contents are the same regardless.
2. There should be one big file if you downloaded it via torrent or one click. If, like me, you downloaded the 11 parts, it should be the same regardless: Just extract the files into any folder. I would recommend using Win rar as there is a 30day free trial and it automatically extracts ALL the files so you just need to click extract once.
3. When you get the extracted fines, there should be 3 folders \Crack\ \Font\ And \Setup\. For get the other 2 files for now- For get the font one in general, as far as I can tell, it has no purpose. Still, it might be important to the game, that I'm trying to say is don't fuck with it. Go into Setup and click, well, setup. It will try to install itself, just follow the instructions and install it where ever you like, just make sure you remember where, the installed folder is important. It will ask you for an activation code, but forget that, you don't need to worry about it. I'll explain in the next part.
4. Remember where you put that installed folder? Good. Now the last part is real simple. The ef_first_en.exe (Don't sweat if it doesn't say exe, that's not important, don't do anything stupid like trying to rename it) in that folder will ask you for a activation code, right? That sure is a predicament right? Well, If you disobeyed my instructions and checked each folder regardless, You should already know there's one in the crack file! If you didn't, good boy/girl, 10 points for following instructions, and now you know regardless. Anyway, like I said, real simple. Just take the copy of the game in the crack folder and replace it, (i.e copy it in) to the where ever you installed the game! To clarify, what you need to do is move the copy of the game in your CRACK folder to the folder with the copy of the game that ask for an activation code! Got it? If not, read over what I said, cause I'm not saying it again.

And there you have it~! Hope this was helpful to anyone who is confused~ To be honest a guy in the comments explained it to me, I just took what he said and made it a littler easier to understand~ Enjoy the game!!! ^_^
illiaraReply
thankz for the guide.
it awesomely helpful for me
LuluReply
can anyone help me? I think im the only one with this problem. um...i can open the game and play it just fine. But there is no voice and sound at all. What should I do?
Rand0mr00ts known as VN's HelperReply
download cccp
NigaaReply
holy mother of god thanks dude
Kenneth BReply
is...
is this the first one?
kimnoaReply
Why does my anti-virus detect malware whenever i extract it? Is this even safe?
illiaraReply
thankz for the guide.
it awesomely helpful for me
nottellinReply
I already bought the game, but thanks to some inexplicable bug with the DRM, I can't activate it, so I have to resort to this. Could someone tell me which file contains the cracked executable? That's all I need.
zedReply
When will the "ef - the latter tale"? She came out on December 20. I know that there is a full version, but I like more work Mangagamer.
ChewyDevilReply
Its up right now. But as of this moment their is no crack however.
Tsuki_OujiReply
Hey, do I need to play this or "a fairy tale for two" first? I can't find any list of the proper chronology...
asuraicHermitReply
chronologically this takes place first I believe, but there isn't much continuity outside a few recurring characters, so you might wanna play this first.
StanleyReply
I can't download the 2.0GB far, is anyone going to renew the link? Or it's my problem over here?
djReply
Hey, i've tried to download the multivolume da-free rar twice and each time i've gotten the error 'bg.paz is corrupted' when i extract the game and try to install. This could be just a problem for me with my hard drive or downloading, but if the admin could check it out or if someone else has found this i'd appreciate some feedback
djReply
oops lol my mistake its all good
edReply
how did you fix it?
NARAReply
Please reupload the DA-1click link
NARAReply
Please reupload the DA-1click link

Thanks
Chris ShadeReply
Holy Shit! The censoring on this is the most original I have ever seen! Invisible shlong!
trivReply
Semi-spoilers ahead, warning+++
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OK, so I've played maybe two dozen VNs by now, and it bothers me that this VN has such a good reputation. Sure the art is nice but the story and characters make me downright angry.
Especially Miyako and Hiro, the first heroine path and protagonist. Midway through the first half of the game, Miyako reveals an ugly side so ugly, and does something so unforgivable, it had me actually cursing the bitch outright. That wouldn't have been a problem if we were able to make Hiro do the right thing and dump her, possibly also spit in her face. But Hiro just forgives her, despite possibly doing the worst thing she could have possibly done to his pseudo-sister and long time best friend.

As a result, I have to completely flunk the story of Miyako - 0/10. GARBAGE. It's a childish story of jealousy, pettiness, bitch teens and other shitty little things that makes you wonder why the developers wanted to tell such a daft little story about awful people.

Kei's story makes it almost worth it, the way she is able to get back her confidence after public humiliation and the scum she is surrounded by. But it's somewhat soiled by the second protagonist's weak/ flimsy motivation to get involved with her. 6/10.

This has me annoyed as all hell, and I'm in no rush to play the second "tale". This is like the VN version of Twilight. Utterly reprehensible - a story for small minds. If you're a sociopath you might enjoy it.
Overall story: 2.5/10.
Characters: 2/10
Music: 7/10
Art: 8/10
Translation: 9/10
Total verdict: 4.5/10
Kinder BuenoReply
I believe the game could have been good if we had a clever ending between Hiro and Key. Those two are make for each other, I think.
reaperReply
it keeps asking for a product id and wont play unless i enter one please help.
asuraicHermitReply
Yeah, I'm getting the same thing when I try to run the game directly from the files it installed. When I try to run it through the other exe (The crack I think) It says something did not install. I've tried this several times and made sure to tell my anti-virus software not to scan any of the associated files when I run (It keeps coming up a false positive for a trojan and being overactive Mcafee, refuses to let me remove the quarantine, forcing me to delete and reinstall if it does) Is there supposed to be a CD Key or am I not using the right execoutable? Which file is it? And you do have to install it, correct?
MR BATMANReply
Okay for anyone in the future that's having this problem...
you see the crack shortcut?... copy it then go to Local disk C proram FILES Minori(Note:I just written the default location on my pc, but just look for the file location of Ef) then click the ef file then paste the crack there....
Mr.EReply
Thanks a lot lifesaver.
AkayaReply
Virustotal and Avira say that there is a virus in the Setup. Is it safe, and when not, what can I do against it?
asuraicHermitReply
I'm getting the same problem. It's an artemis trojan, right? It's in the setup file, so it won't run. This is weird, because none of the other ones on this site have that, so it' might be something planted by the translators. Whatever the case, it won't run because of this. Admin, please see what you can do about finding a different release or fixing this one.
asuraicHermitReply
So it turns out that somebody says an internal file or folder just happens to use the same folder that an old version of Artemis uses. That is Artemis uses this folder to look convincing but this one is in fact clean and teh original whatever used before Artemis did, and my security software's having a false alarm. Unfortunately, I learned this after I deleted the game from my computer. Guess who has to waste another week re-downloading this?!
TheRandomCatReply
can anyone else confirm this? I'm a bit worried about this since my avira is also reading the 1st part as a virus
adminReply
Every game posted on this site is manually verified before being posted. I haven't uploaded a single virus in past six years this site has been offline.
The executable is exactly the same as official one you get by buying the game from Mangagamer (minus DRM component ofc). If in doubt, you can send the .exe sample to your antivirus vendor, who will manually verify it and update their database to whitelist it.

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