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''Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two'' (stylized as ''ef - a fairy tale of the two.'') is a two-part Japanese adult visual novel series by Minori for Windows PCs.〔 The first game in the series, ''Ef: The First Tale'', was released on December 22, 2006, and the second game, ''Ef: The Latter Tale'', was released on May 30, 2008. The opening video for the game was animated by Makoto Shinkai, and a majority of the music was produced by Tenmon, who has worked in the past with Shinkai and Minori. Female character design was by Naru Nanao of ''Da Capo'' fame, while male character design was by 2C Galore.〔 Before the release of ''Ef: The First Tale'', a manga based on the overall story was serialized between 2005 and 2015 starting in ''Dengeki Comic Gao'', but later transferred to ''Dengeki Daioh''. In addition, a light novel was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's ''Comptiq'' from July 2006 to July 2008. A 12-episode anime adaptation titled ''Ef: A Tale of Memories'' was produced by Shaft and aired between October and December 2007. A second season of the anime titled ''Ef: A Tale of Melodies'' aired 12 episodes between October and December 2008.〔 On September 26, 2010, it was announced that MangaGamer had acquired the rights of the visual novel for a worldwide English release, in partnership with the translation group No Name Losers. The English version of the two games were released in 2012 and 2013. The license holding company Sentai Filmworks licensed both ''Ef'' anime series.〔 == Gameplay == The gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent simply reading the text that appears on the screen which represents either dialogue between the various characters or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. The player has a chance to assume the role of four protagonists, two in each ''Ef: The First Tale'' and ''Ef: The Latter Tale''. Each protagonist is paired with a heroine, and each scenario in the original PC versions of the visual novels includes scenes with sexual content.〔 These scenes are removed or modified in the PlayStation 2 port. Every so often, the player will come to a point where he or she is given the chance to choose from multiple options. The time between these points is variable and can occur anywhere from a minute to much longer. Gameplay pauses at these points and depending on which choice the player makes, the plot will progress in a specific direction. There are four main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each of the heroines in the story. The plot lines carry on from each other in a linear fashion. The game can end prematurely if the player makes the wrong decisions. When this occurs, the player must go back to a previously saved spot and choose different decisions. For ''Ef'', Minori attempted to create a movie-like experience, using a lot of animated two-dimensional computer graphics presented from various angles. Instead of presenting the visuals straight-on with a character's image in the middle of the screen and the character being the main focus, the character images in the ''Ef'' series are off-center and appear closer to "event" computer graphics (CGs) in typical visual novels. These types of CGs occur at certain pivotal times in a visual novel's story and are meant to be artistic and much more detailed than normal visuals. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two.」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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