Eternal Wings (ef - a fairy tale of the two) is a beautiful girl game published by Minori Company, as well as the name of the animation and other derivative works produced based on the original work.

This work is the fifth work of the Japanese company Minori. It has recruited Mikage, who is famous for the original author of "Suika～SUIKA～" and "Hasne Island", and is responsible for the character setting and original painting of the work. Nanao Naru announced the production news in early 2005.

This work does not adopt the common adventure game type of 18-ban games, but adopts a type called visual novel. In this type of game, the player ≠ the protagonist, but participates in the drama from a third-person perspective. At the same time, Mikage interprets the mutual exclusivity of the story of the adult game in his own way (the development of the relationship with some heroines will hardly be affected by the plot of other heroines). For each character who appears, each chapter is Describe with different viewpoints and brushstrokes.

At the same time, the illustrations in the game are not based on the standing images common in other adventure games. A large number of event illustrations are used, and the different routes of the heroine are cancelled, so that players do not have the mentality to conquer the game, but Focus on appreciating stories.

Due to the above-mentioned particularities, the production and development time has been lengthened, and various speculations have emerged one by one as to whether it can be released. The release date of "ef - the first tale" is at the end of 2006. Two years later, "ef - the latter tale" was also released in 2008.

"fairy tale of the two" means "fairy tale of two people". There is no official description of the word "ef", but there are five representative works related to "ef" that all start with "ef": the game theme song "eternal feather", "emotional flutter", the animation theme song "Euphoric field", "ebullient future", and "ever forever" are present in all EF's works. In order of popularity and order, "eternal feather" is the most representative. Therefore, if we insist on giving "ef" a Chinese translation, it can be called "Eternal Wings - A Fairy Tale of Two People".

Winning numerous praises for its excellent production, Eternal Wings launched the first season of TV animation ef-a tale of memories in October 2007, and the second season a year later in October 2008. Season TV animation ef-a tale of melodies. The animation is supervised by Kokoro Onuma, who has worked with Shinbō on "Tsukiyo" and "Magic Teacher" Season 2, among other works.

There is a very philosophical saying in Eternal Wings: There are no miracles in this world, only necessity and chance. Who else did something? あり、和びに人间は何をやったのか）

Game production staff

Planning: Sakai Shinkazu

Director: Mikage

Original work, script: Mikage, Mirror Game

Character design, drawing supervision: Nanao Naru, 2C＝がろあ

Performers: Sakai Shinkazu, Yuki Tatsuya, Shizuki Kage

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Art setting: ゆうろ

Color design: UEM

Music: Tianmen

Sound supervisor: Hitomi Matsuki

Opening video

Supervisor: Makoto Shinkai

Animation supervisor: sata

3D animation supervisor: tsukune.

Production management: Yuki Tatsuya

Background art: Yuki, Toruko

Animation production assistance: Asia Hall

Production company: minori

[Edited version Section] TV animation production staff

Original works: minori, Kagyou, Mikage

Planning: Akihiro Kawamura, Shinkazu Sakai, Naohiro Taibu, Takeshi Oikawa

Director: Heart of Onuma

Series composition: Takayama Kono

Character original design: Nanao Naru, 2C=がろあ

Character design, chief animation director: Sugiyama Enhu

Color Design: Hitoshi Hibino

Art Director: Megumi Kato

Visual Effects: Moto Sakai

Photography Director: Shohei Uchimura

Editor: Kazuhiko Seki

Music: Tianmen, Eiichiro Yanagi

Sound Supervisor: Yota Tsuruoka

Sound Production: Music 莎

Producers: Matsuda Akio, Suma Eiji, Kaninewa Hiroki, Simaru, Kubota Mitsutoshi

Supervisor: Shinbo Akiyuki

Animation production: SHAFT

Production: "ef" Production Committee (GENEON ENTERTAINMENT, minori, Movic, Frontier Works, SHAFT)

Program provided by: GENEON ENTERTAINMENT, MediaWorks, Frontier Works

CAST

Note: The former is dubbing for games, and the latter is dubbing for animations.

Miyako Miyamura: Kaede Akazawa/Hiroko Taguchi

Kage Shindo: Misuzu Sakurai/Junko Okada

Chihiro Shindo: Mi Makiizumi/Yanagase なつみ

Mizuki Hayama: Fukone Anku/Mai Goto

Hirano Hirono: Komangao/Hiro Shimono

Kyosuke Tsutsumi: Sho Shiroki/Tai Courage

Aso Renji: Ikagawa Shiione/Takagi Genki

Amamiya Yuko: Yamada Yuna/Nakajima Yumiko

Himura Yu: Lieutenant General Mibu / Tokon Koichi

Kuse Shuichi: An Yun Reisuケン/ Hamada Kenji

[Edit this paragraph] Content introduction

ef-a tale of memories（ Season 1)

It started on October 6, 2007 on independent UHF broadcasters such as Chiba TV and AT-X in Japan, and ended on December 25 of the same year.

The content of the story is adapted from the first and second chapters of the first tale. and the third chapter of the latter tale. In order to accommodate the composition of the timeline, Chapter 2 has been significantly changed, with its content deleted, condensed and fully integrated into Chapter 1. Since the latter tale had not yet been released when the anime was broadcast, the content of the third chapter aroused great response from supporters.

Opening theme

euphoric field (lyrics: Sakai Shinkazu; translator: Nishida Emi; composer, arranger: Tianmen; song: ELISA)

End theme

I'm Here (lyrics: Sakai Shinkazu; composer: Tianmen; arranger: Yanagi Eiichiro; song: Miyamura Miyako (Taguchi Hiroko))

Carved Season (lyrics: Okada Junko; Composer and Arranger: Tianmen; Song: Shindo Kage (Okada Junko))

Sora no Yume (Lyricist: Mikage; Composer and Arranger: Yanagi Eiichiro; Song: Shindo Chihiro (やなせなつみ ))

Long-lasting Wings 07mix (Lyrics: Sakai Shinkazu; Composer: Tenmon; Arranger: Tenmon, Yanagi Eiichiro; Song: Amamiya Yuko (Nakajima Yumiko))

ef-a tale of melodies (season 2)

Started broadcast on October 6, 2008. The content of the story is adapted from the fourth and final chapters of the latter tale. Like the first issue, the entire animation is full of compelling performances, but the plot is full of sadness, sadness and helplessness, and full of tragedy. The modifications to the final chapter are relatively large, with some original plots added, but some important plots have been changed or deleted.

Opening theme

ebullient future (lyrics: Sakai Shinkazu; translator: Nishida Emi; composer, arranger: Tianmen; song: ELISA)

Ending theme

Smiling face のチカラ (lyrics: Shona Izumi; composer, arranger: Yanagi Eiichiro; song: Hayama Mizuki (Goto Mai))

愿いのカケラ (lyrics: Naka Yumiko Shima; Composer and Arranger: Amado; Song: Yuko Amamiya (Nakajima Yumiko))

ever forever (Lyrics: Shinkazu Sakai; Composer and Arranger: Amado, Song: Mizuki Hayama (later) Mai Fuji), Yuko Amamiya (Nakajima Yumiko), Miyako Miyamura (Hiroko Taguchi), Kage Shindo (Junko Okada), Chihiro Shindo (やなせなつみ))

Episode 11 Episode< /p>

euphoric field (lyrics: Sakai Shinkazu; composer, arranger: Tianmen; song: ELISA)

A moon filled sky (lyrics: Takayama Koro; composer: Tianmen; arranger: Yanagi) Eiichiro; Song: Mizuki Hayama (Mai Goto))

[Edit this paragraph] Story Overview

Note: Reading the following content will reduce your interest in enjoying the original work because it contains a lot of plot revelations .

The story is composed of two parts, five chapters (the final chapter is divided into two parts) and an interlude. In the first part "ef - the first tale.", Hirono Hirono, Miyamura Miyako, A story (consisting of two chapters) centered on Kei Shindo and Kyosuke Tsutsumi, the latter part "ef - the latter tale." centers on Chihiro Shindo, Renji Aso, Mizuki Hayama, Shuichi Kuse, Yuu Himura and Yu Amamiya. A story centered on a child (consisting of three chapters and an interlude).

ef - the first tale

Prologue

On Christmas Day, Amamiya Yuko and Himura Yuu reunited in the church. The two of them reminisced about the past, and Yuko began to talk about all the things that happened in the past year.

Chapter 1 Miyako Miyamura Hirono Hirono is a high school student and a girl manga artist who leads a busy life every day. On Christmas night, I met Miyako who was chasing a thief. After the two met again at school, Gongzi became interested in Hong and began to get entangled with Hong. Jing, a childhood sweetheart, felt anxious seeing this scene. How should Hong choose between heavy work and studies, between Gongzi and Jing?

Chapter 2 New Vine View A few months after the summer of Chapter 1. Tsutsumi Kyosuke, who loves filmmaking, wanted to make a movie featuring her when he saw Shindo Kei's shooting action at the gym. Kei quit the club due to lovelorn and depression. Under the influence of Kyousuke, who loves movies, he slowly came out of the gloom.

Jing, who still has good intentions for Hong, and Kyousuke, who knows that he still likes Hong but gradually falls in love with Jing, will these two...

ef - the latter tale

< p>The characters in the latter tale are closely related to the first tale, and the story style of the latter tale is different from the love sketch-style plot of the first tale. The plot is full of sadness, sadness and helplessness.

The scenes in the latter tale are almost the same as those in the first tale. However, the characters in the two games almost never meet directly, but communicate through emails and other methods, so players often misunderstand. It is believed that this is a story that takes place in two interconnected parallel universes, but the ending shows that the latter tale. Otowa Castle was designed and built by Yu Himura and is located in the southern hemisphere at basically the same longitude and latitude as the original Otowa Castle. (set as Otowa in Australia), and it is a landscape city built in the style of Otowa Castle in Japan.

The intermission follows the end of the first tale. After Amamiya Yuko narrated her story, Himura Yu also detailed his experiences in the past year and the reasons for coming to this church. Tell the details.

Chapter 3 Chihiro Shindo Renji Aso, a young man who loves reading and is aspiring to write, spends his time at a deserted station after school every day. And suddenly one day, there was a girl sitting in the station - Chihiro Shindo, whom he met and became friends with. As the distance between the two gradually shortened, Renji also learned about the fact that Chihiro suffered from memory impairment. He hates Chihiro's feelings day by day, but Chihiro's feelings for him always stay at the stage of first acquaintance. Renji gradually becomes confused, and Chihiro also understands that if he comes into contact with other people, he will only imitate others. The future of the other party, so...

Chapter 4: Hayama Mizuki. Renji’s cousin, Hayama Mizuki, came to Renji’s home to spend the summer vacation. Renji’s mother, Sumire, handed over Mizuki during the day for some reason. Take care of Shuichi Kuse, the violinist next door. They should have been unable to restrain their desire to get close to each other, but Kuze had a secret that prevented him from accepting Mizuki's kindness...

Insert narration about Amamiya Yuko and Himura Yuko, Himura Yu recalls herself During the summer vacation of his second year of high school: He reunited with Yuko Amamiya on the school rooftop. Yuko's proactive approach reminded him of the painful memories of his sister when he was a child. Himura Yu learned of Yuko's pain, healed the pain of his memory of his sister and rescued Yuko. The two lived happily together, although life was a bit hard. Yuko is pregnant, and at the same time she also meets Mirai, a child in the orphanage. Christmas is coming soon, God's will plays tricks on people, Yuko lost her life to save the future, leaving only Homura Yu alone to grieve.

Final Chapter (Part 1) Hayama Mizuki and Hisuse Shuichi finally adopted Kuse Shuichi's "settlement of accounts" method at that time and persuaded Kuse Shuichi to be with him, and Himura Yuya Because they learned the news about Yuko and returned to their home country of "Otowa", the other people in "Otowa" in Australia at that time lived a "summer Christmas" happily in the church

Final Chapter (Part 2) Rain Yuko Miya, Yu Himura (movie) Yuko Himura said something to Yuko Amamiya that she had never said before, and gave Yuko Amamiya a Christmas gift that she had not given before. In the end, both parties left in tears...

[Edit this paragraph] Character introduction

Note: The following content contains spoilers, which may reduce your interest in games and animations, please be careful!

Yuko Amamiya

Yuko Amamiya/CV: Yumiko Nakajima

The OG of Otowa Academy. Her origin is unknown. Although she looks like a nun, she does not look like a member of the church. She has also claimed that she is definitely not a nun. In the church, he said that he was waiting for the person he was destined to meet (Huo Cunyu). He seems to be older than Hong and the others, but he doesn't know what he is doing. He appears and disappears, a mysterious existence that seems to see through Hong and their fate. She died in a car accident and eventually turned into an angel, turning into feathers when she disappeared.

Christmas comes to the world and meets Xi.

Birthday: June 21 (Gemini)

Height: 157cm

Weight: 42kg

< p>Measurements: 82-56-83

Yu Himura

Yu Himura/CV: Tokon Koichi

Unknown origin, claims to be in do some work. Like Yuko, she also says that she is waiting for the person she promised (Yuko Amamiya). The story in the game is triggered by his conversation with Yuko. While wandering the streets, he will suddenly appear in front of people he cares about, leave a meaningful warning and advice in an unceremonious manner, and then leave.

Birthday: May 5 (Taurus)

Height: 173cm

Weight: 60kg

Miyako Miyamura

Miyako Miyamura/CV: Hiroko Taguchi

A second-year student at Otowa Academy. An outstanding high school student with beautiful appearance and all-around sports. He prides himself on being excellent in all aspects and is good at cooking. I hate being tied down and take absence from class and leaving early as a matter of course. In my heart, I really want to be accepted by others. Encounter with Hong on Christmas night. Insecure about the world, he was finally reborn because of Hong.

Birthday: September 8 (Virgo)

Height: 162cm

Weight: 47kg

New Fujikage

Measurements: B88/W57/H83

Kei Shindou/CV: Junko Okada

A first-year student at Otowa Academy. Shindo Chihiro's twin sister and Hirono Hong's childhood sweetheart. In the first grade, he became an official player of the basketball club. He has a very strong personality and likes to use arrogant masculine terms. His scissor kicks and flying kicks from time to time make people think he is worthy of being a physical education student. However, he has unspeakable feelings for his childhood sweetheart Hong, and calls Hong "brother". She has always been at odds with Miyamura Miyako. I once gave up on myself for losing Hong. Finally, I was with Tsutsumi Kyosuke.

Birthday: June 2 (Gemini)

Height: 150cm

Weight: 40kg

Measurements: 76-55-79

Chihiro Shindou

Chihiro Shindou/CV: Yanase Nana

Kage Shindou’s twin sister. Contrary to her sister Jing Zheng, she has an honest personality and is studying in the liberal arts department. She seems calm and calm, but once we start chatting, you will find that she is very childish and has a natural sense of stupidity. Due to an accident a few years ago, he lost the sight of his left eye and suffered from anterograde amnesia (he can only have 13 hours of memory). He usually wears an eye patch and is currently recovering and not going to school. I usually read quietly on the bench of an abandoned station, and met Renji Aso here.

Birthday: June 2 (Gemini)

Height: 151cm

Weight: 38kg

Measurements: 77-53-78

Hiro Hirono

Hiro Hirono/CV: Shimono Hiro

Although he is a high school student, he is a girl manga artist. The pen name is "New Fuji Nagi". He and Shinto Kage are childhood sweethearts. Her father, who is a painter, has never recognized her qualifications as a girl manga artist. I was so stressed by studies and work that I didn't even have time to rest, and my attendance was on the verge of repeating a grade. But he is an honest person who will take time to help others' requests.

Birthday: September 9 (Virgo)

Height: 165cm

Weight: 52kg

Aso Renji

Renji Asou/CV: Genki Takagi

A mixed-race young man whose father is a German architect. Because the father is on a business trip, the mother and son live together. I like novels very much and always have a novel in my pocket. Due to his father's work, he has been traveling overseas since he was a child, and he grew up in a life without close friends and love. I also like walking alone on abandoned railway tracks. Because I met Qianxun who likes reading, I started to enjoy the pleasure of communication.

Birthday: November 1 (Scorpio)

Height: 159cm

Weight: 50kg

Kyosuke Tsutsumi

< p>Kyosuke Tsutsumi/CV: Tai Courage

Hong’s classmate, but not enough to be a friend. His grades in school are in the top class. Because he resigned from the film research department in order to implement his own ideas. He's very serious about cinematography, but very flirtatious with girls. She is very interested in Jing and keeps pestering her to make a movie about her...

Birthday: November 29 (Sagittarius)

Height: 171cm

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Weight: 60kg

Mizuki Hayama

Mizuki Hayama (CV: Mai Goto): An energetic girl from the basketball club of Otowa's affiliated school.

Shindo Kei’s school girl, who attends Otowa’s affiliated middle school, admires Shindo Kei very much and also likes girls’ comics. I seem to know Yuko Amamiya. Because he is loved a lot, he is less wary and has a puppy-like personality. ("Puppy-like character" means very clingy, like a puppy that keeps rubbing its feet and wagging its tail when it meets its owner.)

Because I admire Senior Jing, although I advocate that I want to become " "A very handsome girl", but people around her thought this was absolutely impossible. Finally with Shuichi Kuze

Birthday: December 22 (Goat)

Height: 156cm

Weight: 44kg

Measurements: 80-58-82

Kuse Shuichi (CV: Hamada Kenji): a vigorous professional violinist.

Although he is an OB at Otowa Academy, he has the experience of dropping out and studying in Germany.

Although he has a cheerful and enthusiastic demeanor, he is actually a very calculating person.

Careless words and deeds are behaviors deliberately done in order to prevent others from seeing traces of true intentions and hard work, and not to forget to work forward.

In fact, he is a friend of Renji who lives next door.

Having a good impression of Renzhi’s mother is purely due to Jin’s beauty and existence as a neighbor.

Suffering from a special and severe form of myocarditis, I spent the last period of time trying to "settle my relationship" with everyone.

Finally got together with Mizuki Hayama

Birthday: February 15 (Aquarius)

Height: 177cm

Weight: 61kg

Other characters

Hirono Nagi (ひろのなぎ) Voiced by: Misaki Rina/Ito Shizu) Hirono Hiroshi’s sister, studying painting abroad. He is a classmate of Xi and Xiu Yi, and he has a good impression of Xi.

Amamiya Akira (あまみや あきら) Voiced by: Toru Shangzhou / Toru Furuzawa) Yuko's stepbrother, the art teacher of Otowa Academy. He lost his sister in the earthquake of Otowa, so he adopted Yuko and regarded her as her sister's replacement. Because Yuko was very popular in the first tale., when the player learned about Yuko's life experience in the latter tale., they gave Amamiya Akira the title of "Scumbag" out of anger.

Aso Sumire (Aso すみれ) Voiced by: Yamada Naho / Aoki Sayaka) Renji's mother, serves as a teacher in the cooking classroom. She looks very young, always smiling, has good observation skills and is considerate. She and her husband met when they were working as translators.

Izumi Emi (Izumi Emi) Voice: (Unknown) / Nobiki Kari) A second-year student at Otowa Academy (as of Chapter 1), the director of the Film Research Department. I dated Kyosuke before, but they broke up when Kyosuke resigned from the club. A passerby-like existence.

[Edit this paragraph]Title of each chapter

ef-a tale of memories

Chapter 01: eve

Chapter 02 : upon a time

Chapter 03: paradox

Chapter 04: honesty

Chapter 05: outline

Chapter 06 ：rain

Chapter 07: I...

Chapter 08: clear color

Chapter 09: forget me not

Chapter 10: I'm here

Chapter 11: ever forever

Chapter 12: love

coda: dream

Note: The first letters of each chapter title are connected to "euphoric field".

ef-a tale of melodies

Chapter 01: ever

Chapter 02: read

Chapter 03: union< /p>

Chapter 04: turn

Chapter 05: utter

Chapter 06: reflection

Chapter 07: reflection

Chapter 08: reutter

Chapter 09: return

Chapter 10: reunion

Chapter 11: reread

< p>Chapter 12: forever

fine.: ef

Note: The first letters of the titles of Chapters 1 to 6 are connected from the back, and Chapters 7 to 12 If the first alphabetical connection after removing 're' and 'for' in the title, "future" will appear.

[Edit this paragraph] Fandisc: Angel's Sunday

The content includes the after stories of the four couples formed in this article and another story with the theme of "if".< /p>

Minori／2010

Original painting: Nanao Naru, 2C, Shona Izumi

Script: Mikage, Mirror Yu

Included after story 4 another story 3 (Hazan Mizuhime? Hirono Nagi? Amamiya Yuko)

And related peripheral fighting games

This is considered to be the fulfillment of some players’ wishes

< p>Not yet released. Stay tuned...

[Edit this paragraph] Other related

Game theme song

ef-the first tale. Opening song "Eternal Wings" (Lyrics: Sakai Shinkazu; Composer, Arranger: Tianmen; Song: Harada Harada)

ef-the latter tale. Opening theme "emotional flutter" (Lyrics: Sakai Shinkazu; Composer, Arranger: Tianmen; Song: Harada Harada)

Ending song "ever forever" (Lyrics: Sakai Shinkazu; Composer and arranger: Tianmen; Song: Harada Harada)

Manga< /p>

The manga version is serialized in the monthly Dengeki Comic Gao!

Original work: Mikage, Mirror Game; Comic: Yasuri; Published by: MediaWorks

Volume 1: ISBN 4840233640 Volume 2: ISBN 4840234159 Volume 3: ISBN 4840236720 Volume 4 Volume: ISBN 4840239207

Short story

Serialized in the July 2006 issue of Comptiq magazine under the title "ef - a fairy tale of the two another tale". Author: Mikage, Kagami Yu; Illustrations: Nanao Naru, 2C＝がろあ, Shona Izumi

CD

The radio drama CD is released by Frontier Works, 4 pieces in total (pre-ordered).

The first one: on sale on October 25, 2006, FCCP-0020 The second one: on sale on December 22, 2006, FCCP-0021 The third one: on sale on February 23, 2007, FCCP -0022 No. 4: Released on April 25, 2007, FCCP-0023

Maxi single CD "eternal feather" female character cover version: SW-006SF (Miyamura Miyako & Amamiya Yuko) Male character cover version: SW-006SM (Hirono Hirono & Yu Himura) minori was released on October 27, 2006. Includes the full song-length version of the theme song "Eternal Wing (Eternal Wing)", a video-length version, various off vocal versions, and two types of one-man show radio dramas (female and male). The two versions differ in the supplied paintings and side paper illustrations. In addition, many stores sold out all their items on the same day. In response to those who missed the opportunity, the female character cover version was reprinted on December 22, 2006.

Internet Radio

おもしろミノリ Broadcasting Bureau is broadcast on Sound Spring. Hosted by Yuna Yamada, the voice actor from "EF" will serve as a guest.