Dōkyūsei (video game)

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Dōkyūsei
Cover art from the PC Engine CD version of Dōkyūsei released in 1995
同級生
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
Released	JP: December 17, 1992 PC-98 JP: February 10, 1993 X68k JP: March 23, 1993 FM Towns JP: November 23, 1995 PCE JP: August 9, 1996 Saturn JP: August 27, 1999 Windows (updated) JP: May 22, 2008 Windows (with original script) JP: February 26, 2021 Windows (Remake) NA/CHN: April 15, 2022 Windows (Remake)
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 series of adult-themed dating sims by ELF 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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Jun Maeda, co-founder of visual novel studio Key, credits Dōkyūsei as a pioneer in the nakige ("crying game") genre and as an influence on Key's own such games.^[11]

• Dōkyūsei at The Visual Novel Database
• Dōkyūsei (Windows version and Remake) at The Visual Novel Database
• End of Summer (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
• Dōkyūsei: Climax (OVA) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia

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