Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
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| 君が望む永遠 (Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien) |
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| Genre | Drama, Romance |
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| Developer | âge (PC) Alchemist (DC) Princess Soft (PS2) |
| Genre | Visual novel, Renai game |
| Platform | PC, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2 |
| Released | August 3, 2001 (PC CD) September 26, 2002 (DC) May 1, 2003 (PS2) July 25 2003 (PC DVD) |
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| Directed by | Tetsuya Watanabe |
| Studio | Studio Fantasia |
| Network |  Chiba TV, Kids Station, Mie TV, Sun TV, TV Kanagawa, TV Saitama |
| Original run | October 5, 2003 – January 4, 2004 |
| No. of episodes | 14 |
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (君が望む永遠? lit. The Eternity You Desire), abbreviated as Kiminozo or Kimibou, is a Japanese renai game created by âge, first released in 2001 for the PC, which was later ported into all-ages versions for the Sega Dreamcast (by Alchemist) and PlayStation 2 (by Princess Soft). An anime series was later adapted from the game which aired between October 5, 2003 and January 4, 2004 containing 14 episodes in total. Also, a second anime series is currently under production which will have an alternate retelling of the plot.
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[edit] Plot
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien is a romance story, the central theme being an accident that profoundly affects the lives of a girl and her three high school friends.
The story begins by introducing Haruka Suzumiya, Takayuki Narumi, Mitsuki Hayase and Shinji Taira. Mitsuki sets Takayuki up with the shy Haruka and they begin to date each other, out of sympathy or other reasons involving Mitsuki and her deep friendship with Haruka. Despite having such problems occur, Takayuki and Haruka eventually develop an intimate relationship—where Takayuki and Mitsuki start realizing their feelings for one another.
One day, Takayuki is running late on his way to meeting up with Haruka. This turns into tragedy when Haruka becomes involved in a very serious automobile accident and as a result falls into a coma. This puts Takayuki into a serious depression (by feeling that his lack of promptness caused the situation). As time goes by, Takayuki grows worse and worse. Mitsuki begins to take care of him because she has feelings for him which she has always kept hidden. Eventually they start dating, and then eventually living together in Takayuki's small apartment.
Then, one day, three years later, Haruka reawakens from her coma, oblivious to the goings-on of the previous three years. In addition, she is diagnosed with anterograde amnesia. The doctors ask that she be kept uninformed of what has happened in order to protect her fragile psyche.
After Haruka wakes up, Takayuki is conflicted with his feelings of guilt and responsibility and must choose between Mitsuki and Haruka. The bulk of the story focuses on the suffering of the characters because of this predicament.
[edit] Characters
- Takayuki Narumi (鳴海孝之 Narumi Takayuki)?, (Seiyū: Kishō Taniyama, VA: Kevin M. Connolly)
- The protagonist, Narumi Takayuki met Haruka by Mitsuki setting them up with a date during High School. Later, after Haruka gets in the accident, he felt responsible for it and falls into a deep depression. Later in the story, he works at a family restaurant after having regressed in his studies due to the accident. In Haruka's absence, he gradually begins to develop a relationship with Mitsuki.
- Haruka Suzumiya (涼宮遙 Suzumiya Haruka)?, (Seiyū: Minami Kuribayashi, VA: Carrie Savage)
- A shy, timid girl who is friends with Mitsuki who introduced her to Takayuki, whereupon they fall in love with each other. Her hobbies are collecting picture books. She is involved in a serious car accident and ends up in a coma. The main part of the story starts when she awakens three years later.
- Mitsuki Hayase (速瀬水月 Hayase Mitsuki)?, (Seiyū: Chiaki Takahashi, credited as Tomoko Ishibashi, VA: Colleen Clinkenbeard)
- Mitsuki is friends with both Takayuki and Haruka, but secretly she desires Takayuki. In high school, she was a strong swimmer and tomboy, but shortly after Takayuki and Haruka's relationship begins to develop, she grows distant and decides to quit, eventually leaving the swimming world altogether. She throws herself at Takayuki when he fails to climb out of his depression, and reveals her feelings for him. Mitsuki is well-meaning, but suppresses her feelings, allowing them to bottle up and explode in dangerous ways. Mitsuki also believes that she is responsible for her friend's accident, as she was the main reason why Takayuki was late for his date with Haruka. In fact, in the fandisc, if Takayuki ignores her on that fateful day, he and Haruka live happily ever after.
- Akane Suzumiya (涼宮茜 Suzumiya Akane)?, (Seiyū: Kaori Mizuhashi, credited as Tomomi Uehara, VA: Leah Clark)
- Haruka's younger sister, She initially sees both Takayuki and Mitsuki as older siblings until she finds out they have been seeing each other behind Haruka's back. While Haruka is in the hospital, she visits every day since there is no one else that can keep her company, even if Haruka is in a coma. This shows just how much she loves her older sister. She, like Mitsuki, is a powerful swimmer in her own right, but feels as if she can never match Mitsuki. Her intense hatred towards Mitsuki after the accident can be attributed to the feeling of personal betrayal by someone she considered an idol for throwing away her (Mitsuki's) talent and dreams as well as Mitsuki's betrayal of her sister by her sexual relationship with Takayuki. She learns to move on in life and becomes a top swimmer in Japan.
- Shinji Taira (平慎二 Taira Shinji)?, (Seiyū: Masaki Andou, VA: David Wilson-Brown)
- Friends with Takayuki, Haruka and Mitsuki in high school, he drifts off from the group after graduation. Becomes an important character towards the end of the series, and very likely once had a crush on Mitsuki.
- Ayu Daikuuji (大空寺あゆ Daikuuji Ayu)?, (Seiyū: Kiyomi Asai, VA: Luci Christian) and Mayu Tamano (玉野まゆ Tamano Mayu)?, (Seiyū: Kyouko Yoshida, VA: Monica Rial)
- Two waitresses who work at the same family restaurant as Takayuki. Ayu is the surly daughter of an executive of the restaurant (the only reason she keeps her job) and Mayu is a soft-spoken but well-meaning klutz. While in the game they served as one of the many love interests, in the anime they provide the only comic relief for this otherwise serious series. After the credits of several episodes in the series, a 30-second short known as the "Ayu-Mayu Theater" shows them in a comical situation totally irrelevant to the main story with all characters in chibi form. They are also known as AyuAyu and MayuMayu.
[edit] Anime
A 14-episode TV anime animated and produced by Studio Fantasia based on the game first premiered across Japan from October 5, 2003 to January 4, 2004 (with erotic elements removed). The anime was later licensed for American distribution by FUNimation Entertainment under the title Rumbling Hearts, which happened to coincide with the title of one of the anime's song of the same name.
On August 27, 2006, âge posted a small article on the official website saying that a new series will be made for Kimi ga Nozomu Eien anime, which will have different storyline and conclusion compared to the first version. However, that article was removed three hours later. Later on October 21, 2006, âge made another announcement, this time on the Kiminozo-Radio website, saying that they have already started on making the new series.
[edit] Episodes
| # | Title | Original air date | ||
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| 01 | "Episode One" (第一話) | October 5, 2003 | ||
| 02 | "Episode Two" (第二話) | October 12, 2003 | ||
| 03 | "Episode Three" (第三話) | October 19, 2003 | ||
| 04 | "Episode Four" (第四話) | October 26, 2003 | ||
| 05 | "Episode Five" (第五話) | November 2, 2003 | ||
| 06 | "Episode Six" (第六話) | November 9, 2003 | ||
| 07 | "Episode Seven" (第七話) | November 17, 2003 | ||
| 08 | "Episode Eight" (第八話) | November 23, 2003 | ||
| 09 | "Episode Nine" (第九話) | November 30, 2003 | ||
| 10 | "Episode Ten" (第十話) | December 7, 2003 | ||
| 11 | "Episode Eleven" (第十一話) | December 14, 2003 | ||
| 12 | "Episode Twelve" (第十二話) | December 21, 2003 | ||
| 13 | "Episode Thirteen" (第十三話) | December 28, 2003 | ||
| 14 | "Final Episode" (最後話) | January 4, 2004 | ||
[edit] Theme songs
- Opening
- Precious Memories by Minami Kuribayashi
- Endings
- Rumbling Hearts by Minami Kuribayashi (ep 2)
- Hoshizora no Waltz (The Waltz of the Starry Sky) by Minami Kuribayashi (ep 3-13)
- Kimi ga Nozomu Eien by MEGUMI (ep 14)
[edit] Nickname
Kimi ga Nozomu Eien's title (君が望む永遠), due to its length, is usually reduced "君望". This was officially read as "Kimibou", but many read it as "Kiminozo" instead. Currently, both are considered to be acceptable, with "Kiminozo" being written as "君のぞ" instead. People who create or watch fansubs of the TV series tend to use "KGNE" instead. This is never used in any official sources.
[edit] Other Appearances
Characters from Kimi ga Nozomu Eien can be seen in other games by âge.
[edit] Akane Maniax
Akane is the main heroine in the Kimi ga Nozomu Eien spinoff and Muv-Luv prequel, Akane Maniax.
[edit] Muv-Luv
Akane returns again in Muv-Luv, still a student in Hakuryou Hiiragi. Also, part of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien's opening theme is played whenever someone is hit by a car.
[edit] Muv-Luv Alternative
Several of the Kimi ga Nozomu Eien characters return in the sequel to Muv-Luv, Muv-Luv Alternative.
Haruka, Mitsuki, and Akane are members of special task force A-01, also known as the Isumi Valkyries, and Homura Manami is a nurse at the Yokohama base. Mitsuki and Akane pilot senjutsuki, but Haruka is the command post officer.
Takayuki is also mentioned. He was killed in action prior to the start of the game, King of Hetare to the end.
In the epilogue, Haruka and Mitsuki can be seen walking around together near the station, Mitsuki with her pre-accident hairstyle. This suggests that the events of Kimi ga Nozomu Eien may be taken by future games to have never happened, allowing for Mitsuki and Haruka to show up as best friends in newer games as they did in Alternative. It also suggests that all of Kimi go Nozomu Eien takes place in the version of the Extra world corrupted by the flow of influence from the Alternative world (as the final Extra world is supposedly one restored to its rightful form). It is possible that Haruka's accident in Kimi ga Nozomu Eien was caused by the influence of Haruka's death in the Alternative world brought by Takeru to the Extra world (this theory assumes that cause and effect would be affected by things in the Alternative world that would happen in the future, though, as Haruka died after Takeru returned from the Extra world).
Haruka and Mitsuki both die in the Alternative world during the Yokohama base battle. Haruka is killed in action by one of the BETA while trying to shut down the hive reactor, and Mitsuki sacrifices herself to destroy it by manually detonating the S-11 bombs shortly after.
In the all-ages version of Muv-Luv Alternative, Mitsuki's death scene has full voice acting for Takeru added on.
[edit] References
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Official website
- Official anime website
- Official Kimi ga Nozomu Eien DVD specification website
- Official Kimi ga Nozomu Eien special Fandisk website
- âge official website
- Kimi ga Nozomu Eien at the Internet Movie Database
- Official American release site
- Rumbling Hearts (anime) at Anime News Network's Encyclopedia
