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=== Setting and themes === |
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Each character is represented by a flower with its meanings ([[Hanakotoba |Language of Flowers]]) which is also hidden in their names, respectively. The protagonist' flower is displayed in the center of each visual novel's logo, together with the other main characters' ones. |
Each character is represented by a flower with its meanings ([[Hanakotoba |Language of Flowers]]) which is also hidden in their names, respectively. The protagonist's flower is displayed in the center of each visual novel's logo, together with the other main characters' ones. |
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;{{Nihongo|Suou Shirahane|白羽蘇芳|Shirahane Suō}} |
;{{Nihongo|Suou Shirahane|白羽蘇芳|Shirahane Suō}} |
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:{{voiced by|[[Kaori Nazuka]]}} |
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:One of Suou's bookworm buddies. Protagonist of the Summer Arc. A sarcastic misanthropic oddball, she has built an invisible wall between herself and other people, like Suou. Erika is notorious for using her walking difficulties at her expense to mock others. Nonetheless, she can go out of her way hiding the secrets for the people she loves. Many clues to solve the mysteries are acquired thanks to her terrific locksmith skills. |
:One of Suou's bookworm buddies. Protagonist of the Summer Arc. A sarcastic misanthropic oddball, she has built an invisible wall between herself and other people, like Suou. Erika is notorious for using her walking difficulties at her expense to mock others. Nonetheless, she can go out of her way hiding the secrets for the people she loves. Many clues to solve the mysteries are acquired thanks to her terrific locksmith skills. |
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:: Flower: [[Erica |Erika]] |
:: Flower: [[Erica |Erika]] |
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:: Hanakotoba: Solitude, Humility, Alleviation and |
:: Hanakotoba: Solitude, Humility, Alleviation and Benevolence. |
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;{{Nihongo|Ichigo Sasaki|佐々貴苺|Sasaki Ichigo}} |
;{{Nihongo|Ichigo Sasaki|佐々貴苺|Sasaki Ichigo}} |
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;{{Nihongo|Yuzuriha Yatsushiro|八代譲葉|Yatsushiro Yuzuriha}} |
;{{Nihongo|Yuzuriha Yatsushiro|八代譲葉|Yatsushiro Yuzuriha}} |
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:{{voiced by|Kei Mizusawa}} |
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:Protagonist of the Autumn Arc. Nicaea Student Council President and member of the cooking club despite her lack of common sense in cooking. People might misunderstand her idiosyncrasy, |
:Protagonist of the Autumn Arc. Nicaea Student Council President and member of the cooking club despite her lack of common sense in cooking. People might misunderstand her idiosyncrasy, frequent flirts and ways of looking out to others as her true self. When that facade subsides, Yuzuriha often finds her younger self in Suou and Erika. Her entire existence seems to revolve around that of Nerine: receiving baptism suggested by Nerine, coming to like the bitterness of her friend's favorite drink - coffee, joining the Student Council to help Nerine, etc. Both Yuzuriha and Nerine love [[The Wonderful Wizard of Oz]]. |
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:: Flower: [[Daphniphyllum macropodum |Yuzuriha]] |
:: Flower: [[Daphniphyllum macropodum |Yuzuriha]] |
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:: Hanakotoba: Rejuvenation, Generational Transformations and Conveyance. |
:: Hanakotoba: Rejuvenation, Generational Transformations and Conveyance. |
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;{{Nihongo|Chidori Takasaki|高崎千鳥|Takasaki Chidori}} |
;{{Nihongo|Chidori Takasaki|高崎千鳥|Takasaki Chidori}} |
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:{{voiced by|[[Aya Suzaki]]}} |
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:An eccentric ballerina transfer student in summer whose interests are ballet and singing. Unable to read between the lines, Chidori is often teased and scolded by Erika. Overcoming the emotional |
:An eccentric ballerina transfer student in summer whose interests are ballet and singing. In fact, the reason she got into ballet in the first place was that she wanted to be famous so as to receive more her parents' attention and affection since they were workaholics. Unable to read between the lines, Chidori is often teased and scolded by Erika. Overcoming the emotional flashbacks and constraints from the past with the encouragement of Erika, Chidori is now able to open herself up in front of other people. Currently, she has begun to read books as one of her methods to deepen the bond with her Amitie partner. |
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::Flower: [[Prunus mume |Benichidori]] |
::Flower: [[Prunus mume |Benichidori]] |
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::Hanakotoba: Loyalty, Purity, Elegance and "How adorable!" |
::Hanakotoba: Loyalty, Purity, Elegance and "How adorable!" |
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| Flowers - The tales of the girls who grow with a season | |
 Flowers - Le volume sur Printemps Front Cover Box Art featuring (left to right) Rikka, Suou and Mayuri | |
| Genre | Mystery, Romance, Yuri[1] |
|---|---|
| Video game | |
| Flowers - Le volume sur Printemps - | |
| Developer | Innocent Grey |
| Publisher | Innocent Grey |
| Directed by | Miki Sugina |
| Designed by | Miki Sugina |
| Music by | Manyo |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
| Video game | |
| Flowers - Le volume sur Ete - | |
| Developer | Innocent Grey |
| Publisher | Innocent Grey |
| Directed by | Miki Sugina |
| Designed by | Miki Sugina |
| Music by | Manyo |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
| Video game | |
| Flowers - Le volume sur Automne - | |
| Developer | Innocent Grey |
| Publisher | Innocent Grey |
| Directed by | Miki Sugina |
| Designed by | Miki Sugina |
| Music by | Manyo |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows, PlayStation Portable, PlayStation Vita |
| Video game | |
| Flowers - Le volume sur Hiver - | |
| Developer | Innocent Grey |
| Publisher | Innocent Grey |
| Directed by | Miki Sugina |
| Designed by | Miki Sugina |
| Genre | Visual novel |
| Platform | Microsoft Windows |
| Released | TBA |
Flowers is a series of Japanese all-age yuri visual novels with mystery and adventure elements consisted of four volumes developed by Innocent Grey. The English localized version of the first visual novel Flowers - Le volume sur Printemps was released on Steam by JAST USA on 17 August 2016.[2]
Gameplay
Plot
Setting and themes
Main characters
Each character is represented by a flower with its meanings (Language of Flowers) which is also hidden in their names, respectively. The protagonist's flower is displayed in the center of each visual novel's logo, together with the other main characters' ones.
- Suou Shirahane (白羽蘇芳, Shirahane Suō)
- Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka
- The protagonist of the Spring and Winter Arc. A bashful, kind-hearted and prone to blush 14-year-old girl. Her Amitie partners are Kousaka Mayuri and Hanabishi Rikka. Suou decided to go to Saint Angraecum Academy with the hopes of making new friends, as the protagonists in the books she has read invariably have friends beside them and she was being homeschooled by her grandfather before, with books and movies are her only friends. Suou is becoming Nicaea's Student Council President in the next term.
- Flower: Hanazuou
- Hanakotoba: Nobility, Modesty, Incredulity, Betrayal, Distrust, Awakening and Prosperity.
- Mayuri Kousaka (匂坂マユリ, Kōsaka Mayuri)
- Voiced by: Rie Okamoto
- One of Suou's Amitie partner. With her bright, straightforward and amiable personality, she has always been the surrounded by other classmates, apart from Rikka. Going to Saint Angraecum Academy with an innermost secret, would she ever be able to share her past and feel accepted by her Amitie partners? Grating her brief time in the art club, she manages to create the reproductions of these two oil paintings: Joseph the Carpenter and The Annunciation.
- Flower: Yuri
- Hanakotoba: Dignity, Purity, Splendor, Happiness and Imprudence.
- Rikka Hanabishi (花菱立花, Hanabishi Rikka)
- Voiced by: Yuuri Akeshima
- First year class representative and incoming Nicaea's Student Council Vice President. Serious and responsible, she'll never break a rule unless someone uses her weakness forcing her to do so. Rikka can lose her cool once someone starts talking about ghost stories.
- Flower: Hanabishisou
- Hanakotoba: Desire to have other people fulfill one's own requests and Inability to receive rejections.
- Girl in the Wheelchair (八重垣えりか, Yaegaki Erika)
- Voiced by: Ayane Sakura
- One of Suou's bookworm buddies. Protagonist of the Summer Arc. A sarcastic misanthropic oddball, she has built an invisible wall between herself and other people, like Suou. Erika is notorious for using her walking difficulties at her expense to mock others. Nonetheless, she can go out of her way hiding the secrets for the people she loves. Many clues to solve the mysteries are acquired thanks to her terrific locksmith skills.
- Flower: Erika
- Hanakotoba: Solitude, Humility, Alleviation and Benevolence.
- Ichigo Sasaki (佐々貴苺, Sasaki Ichigo)
- Voiced by: Juri Nagatsuma
- The energetic, mischievous but good-natured older sister of the twins.
- Flower: Ichigo
- Hanakotoba: Reverence and Affection.
- Ringo Sasaki (佐々貴林檎, Sasaki Ringo)
- Voiced by: Juri Nagatsuma
- Suou and Erika's bookworm buddy. If not careful, the usually observant Suou wouldn't even be able to tell Ringo apart from Ichigo (in one occasion) mainly because of her ongoing effort to strive to be like her sister so as not to get compared by others. As expected, she's the opposite of her sister: quiet, cold, and sleep-headed. On Halloween day of that year, Ringo confesses her love to Yuzuriha.
- Flower: Ringo
- Hanakotoba: Notoriety, Alternative and Chosen Love.
- Nerine Komikado (小御門ネリネ, Komikado Nerine)
- Voiced by: Yuka Nishiguchi
- A gorgeous blonde second year choir club president and Nicaea's Student Council Vice President. In elementary school, upon the time leaving the hospital, she lost the zealous persona and went back to what was her authentic self - anxious and reclusive. Unable to accept that dramatic change, Yuzuriha - the only friend determined to come out of her shell to become stronger so that she could protect Nerine. Having been raised in a Catholic family with her father being a priest, undoubtedly, she believes homosexuality is a sin. "Let's stay friends forever", murmured Nerine to Yuzuriha.
- Flower: Nerine
- Hankotoba: Magnificence, Happy Memories, Luminosity, Endurance, Pet Daughter and Looking forward to the day we will be meeting.
- Yuzuriha Yatsushiro (八代譲葉, Yatsushiro Yuzuriha)
- Voiced by: Kei Mizusawa
- Protagonist of the Autumn Arc. Nicaea Student Council President and member of the cooking club despite her lack of common sense in cooking. People might misunderstand her idiosyncrasy, frequent flirts and ways of looking out to others as her true self. When that facade subsides, Yuzuriha often finds her younger self in Suou and Erika. Her entire existence seems to revolve around that of Nerine: receiving baptism suggested by Nerine, coming to like the bitterness of her friend's favorite drink - coffee, joining the Student Council to help Nerine, etc. Both Yuzuriha and Nerine love The Wonderful Wizard of Oz.
- Flower: Yuzuriha
- Hanakotoba: Rejuvenation, Generational Transformations and Conveyance.
- Chidori Takasaki (高崎千鳥, Takasaki Chidori)
- Voiced by: Aya Suzaki
- An eccentric ballerina transfer student in summer whose interests are ballet and singing. In fact, the reason she got into ballet in the first place was that she wanted to be famous so as to receive more her parents' attention and affection since they were workaholics. Unable to read between the lines, Chidori is often teased and scolded by Erika. Overcoming the emotional flashbacks and constraints from the past with the encouragement of Erika, Chidori is now able to open herself up in front of other people. Currently, she has begun to read books as one of her methods to deepen the bond with her Amitie partner.
- Flower: Benichidori
- Hanakotoba: Loyalty, Purity, Elegance and "How adorable!"
- Dahlia Basquiat (ダリア＝バスキア, Daria Basukia)
- Voiced by: Mitsu Takashiro
- The homeroom teacher of the first year class and ballet instructor. "I live for the Lord", answered Sister to Yuzuriha's question "Have you ever loved someone so deeply that you would do whatever it takes because of that person?" The closest student to Dalia is Erika since she's the one who helps Erika with day-to-day activities until Chidori transferred to the school.
- Flower: Dahlia
- Hanakotoba: Frivolity, Splendor, Elegance, Solemnity and Insecurity.
Secondary characters
- Hagiwara (萩原)
- Nerine's Amitie partner. Although she does show her concern to Nerine when Nerine is sick, their relationship is not one can call "Intimate" on the grounds that they refer each other by their family name.
- Flower: Hagi
- Tsuwabuki (石蕗)
- Suou's classmate who passes out at night in the sewing room while making her Halloween costume. Another victim of a love triangle.
- Flower: Tsuwabuki
- Katabami (方喰)
- The dormitory manager. She's good at sewing, gardening and cooking.
- Flower: Katabami
Stories
Related media
Drama CDs
Music
Official fanbooks
References
- ^ "Innocent Greyが百合？でも誰か死ぬんでしょ？死なないの？ 新作『FLOWERS』について杉菜水姫に聞いてみた" (in Japanese). March 16, 2014. Retrieved September 13, 2016.
- ^ "Now on Steam: Flowers - Le volume sur Printemps -". Retrieved 12 September 2016.