is a Japanese

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developed by La'cryma. It was released on July 25, 2008 for

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as a limited edition

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. The gameplay in ''Soramitsu'' follows a linear plot line, which offers pre-determined scenarios and courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the female main characters. ''Soramitsu'' has also been adapted into other media. Before the game's release, a manga adaptation based on the visual novel illustrated by Japanese

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Kinusa Shimotsuki was serialized in the

seinen manga is an editorial category of Japanese comics marketed toward young adult men. In Japanese, the word ''seinen'' literally means "youth", but the term "''seinen'' manga" is also used to describe the target audience of magazines like ''Weekly Ma ...

magazine '' Comp Ace'' published by

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on November 26, 2007.

Gameplay

The gameplay in ''Soramitsu'' requires little interaction from the player, as most of the duration of the game is only spent on reading the text that appears on the screen, representing either

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between characters, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Occasionally, the player will come to a point where he or she is given the chance to choose from a list of options that are displayed on the screen, typically two to three at a time. During these times, the gameplay pauses until the player makes a decision, which effectively furthers the plot. There are multiple plot lines that the player may experience. To view all of the plot lines, the player must replay the game multiple times and make different choices to progress the plot in an alternate direction. One of the goals of the gameplay is for the player to view the hentai scenes depicting the protagonist and the heroines having

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, in addition to the game's story.

Development

''Soramitsu'' was first announced to the public at Broccoli's 2007 content lineup media conference as the second project of the visual novel studio La'cryma, a collaboration among visual novel studios Broccoli and

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. Unlike its predecessor ''

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'', neither visual novel studio GameCrab nor Japanese

Rei Izumi were involved with the project. Instead, the position of scenario writer was given to Yū Kamiya, who has also planned the project, while the position of art director and character designer was given to Hirō Ōgi, with additional art design by Masato Mizuki, Haruki Kazami, and Yuki Takano.

Release history

''Soramitsu'' was first available to the public as a free game demo which was first released on March 21, 2008 in the May issue of the Japanese

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''Tech Gian'', followed by an online release on May 2, 2008. ''Soramitsu'' was originally announced to be released on May 30, 2008, but was later delayed, and released on July 25, 2008 for the PC as a limited edition, and was later followed by a standard edition release on August 20, 2008.

Adaptations

Manga

Before the game's release, ''Soramitsu'' was adapted into a

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series, illustrated by Japanese

Kinusa Shimotsuki. It was first serialized in the

magazine '' Comp Ace'', published by

, on November 26, 2007. The first bound volume was released on July 10, 2008.

References

External links

La'cryma's official ''Sora o Tobu, Mittsu no Houhou.'' visual novel website
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