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is a Japanese romance
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released by
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for the
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and PlayStation
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s on September 27, 2001. It is the second game in the
Memories Off is a series of Japanese romance visual novel video games released by KID. The first game in the series, simply called ''Memories Off'', was released in 1999 for the PlayStation. ''Memories Off'' titles have been released on the PC as well as ...
series. The game was released for the PlayStation Portable on May 29, 2008.


Characters

; : (OVA) The protagonist of Memories Off 2nd. ; : The primary heroine of Memories Off 2nd, Hotaru is in her third year at Hamasaki High School. She often acts childish and immature, and is sometimes an airhead. Her favourite hobby is the piano. She confessed her love to Ken at Christmas, and in the OVA they're in a relationship, but she worries about Ken's feelings towards her. She appears in both of the Memories Off 3.5 OVA stories, and is a secondary character in Memories Off ~Sorekara~ who helps with Inori's feelings towards Isshu. ; : Ken's teacher at Hamasaki High School and his next door neighbour. Tsubame is a mysterious woman who often speaks in philosophical terms and has a coldhearted personality with a decadent atmosphere about her. She is the instructor of the Summer School at Hamasaki High. ; : Hotaru's best friend, Tomoe is also in her third year at Hamasaki High School. She works part-time at a local restaurant and is a member of the theatre club. She has an open-hearted and cheerful personality. In the OVA, Ken overhears her reciting lines from her upcoming play, but mistakes them as a confession of love at first. She fears she may steal Ken from Hotaru. Her hairstyle slightly resembles Yue Imasaka's from the original Memories Off game. ; : A third year student at Hamasaki High School, Takano is a member of the swimming club and a classmate of Kens. She was born in Russia and has a kind and affectionate nature. She is especially popular to underclassmen. ; : The older sister of Hotaru, Shizuru is in her third year of university. She is especially good at making deserts which Hotaru loves to eat. She has an interest in and is good at professional wrestling. She also has a habit of spoiling and caring about Hotaru, helping her out with her troubles with Ken. She is a kind-hearted person in nature. She also appears in the Memories Off 3.5 OVA stories with Hotaru, and is a secondary character in Memories Off ~Sorekara~, working as the deputy manager at the same restaurant as Isshu. ; : A second year student at Hamasaki High School, Megumi is a member of the art club and works part-time with Ken and Shin at the Ressac restaurant. She tries to keep herself busy there but her clumsy nature makes it difficult as she accidentally breaks plates on a common basis. Despite this, she tries to keep cheerful even though she's a manic-depressive. ; : Best friend of Ken, he is in his third year at Hamasaki High School and is the captain of the soccer club. ; : :He works at the same place as Ken, refers to Ken as Inaken and Hotaru as Tarutaru.


Media


Anime

''Memories Off 2nd'' has been adapted into an anime
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series split into three episodes. The first of three DVDs went on sale on January 22, 2003. Later, a special ''Memories Off 2nd Special Edition ~Nocturne~'' DVD was released on March 24, 2004. This DVD release is sixty minutes long and follows the same storyline as the original OVA but with a stronger focus and new footage of Hotaru Shirakawa.


Music

The soundtrack of ''Memories Off 2nd'' is composed by Takeshi Abo while the theme songs are composed by Chiyomaru Shikura. The visual novel's opening theme, , was performed by Remi and its ending theme, , is performed by
Nana Mizuki is a Japanese voice actress, singer and narrator from Niihama, Ehime. She is represented by the agency StarCrew. Mizuki was trained as an enka singer, releasing one single under her birth name, Nana Kondō, in 1993 and made her debut as a voi ...
. The anime adaptation's opening theme, "Nocturne", is also performed by Nana Mizuki and its ending theme, "Usual place", is performed by tiaraway. The opening for the PSP version is "Eternal Memories" by Ayane, which is also used as the opening for the PSP version of the original Memories Off.


Reception

Neal Chandran of RPGFan praised the Dreamcast version ''Memories Off 2nd'' for "...the risks he gametook to create a more mature, dynamic, slightly darker narrative and peruse difficult themes that other, more play-it-safe examples of the genre probably wouldn't touch." but he "...did not find the new cast of characters very endearing..." when compared to the original ''Memories Off''. Overall, he gave the game a rating of 82%.


References


External links


''Memories Off 2nds PSP port's official website
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