Wagamama High Spec
| Wagamama High Spec | |
| ワガママハイスペック (Wagamama Haisupekku) | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Drama, Romance |
| Anime television series | |
| Directed by | Satoshi Shimizu |
| Produced by | Kenichiro Komaya |
| Written by | Kōjirō Nakamura |
| Music by | Matsumu |
| Studio | AXsiZ |
| Network | Tokyo MX, Sun TV |
| Original run | April 11, 2016 – present |
| Episodes | 12 |
| Game | |
| Developer | Madosoft |
| Publisher |
Madosoft (Japanese) Sekai Project (English) |
| Genre | Eroge, Visual novel |
| Platform | Windows |
| Released |
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Wagamama High Spec (ワガママハイスペック Wagamama Haisupekku, lit. Selfish High Spec), officially abbreviated as Wagahigh[1] (ワガハイ Wagahai), is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Madosoft and was released for Windows on April 28, 2016. An anime television series adaptation produced by AXsiZ began airing in April 2016. An English version of the visual novel will be released by Sekai Project.
Gameplay
Wagamama High Spec is a romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Kōki Narumi. Much of its gameplay is spent on reading the story's narrative and dialogue. The text in the game is accompanied by character sprites, which represent who Kōki is talking to, over background art. Throughout the game, the player encounters CG artwork at certain points in the story, which take the place of the background art and character sprites. The game follows a branching plot line with multiple endings, and depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, 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 heroine. Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made. Some decisions can lead the game to end prematurely, which offer an alternative ending to the plot. To view all plot lines in their entirety, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and choose different choices to further the plot to an alternate direction. Throughout gameplay, there are scenes with sexual CGs depicting Kōki and a given heroine having sex.[2]
Plot
Kōki Narumi is a male student at Ōsui Academy (桜翠学園 Ōsui Gakuen). Ōsui Academy doesn't have many male students as it changed from an all-girls school to a coeducation school one year ago. Kōki secretly acts as a manga author under the name "Imosarada", with spending his ordinary school life. Kaoruko Rokuonji is a female student at Ōsui Academy. She is from a good family and serves the student council president. At the start of the story, there is not any relationship between Kōki and Kaoruko in the school.
One day, Kaoruko finds out that Kōki is "Imosarada" due to an unexpected event. Kaoruko calls Kōki at the student council room and confides her secret to him. Actually, she is "Shika-kun", an illustrator drawing ilustrations of Kōki manga. As she is searching for male members for the student council at that time, Kaoruko suggests to Kōki that he should join the council. Although the council's vice president, Ashe R. Sakuragi, strongly opposes Kōki's joining, he becomes a member of the council to help Kaoruko.
After Kōki's joining, his younger sister, Toa Narumi, and his sister's best friend, Mihiro Miyase, also join the student council. In this way, Kōki comes to be involved in various tasks with the four girls: Kaoruko, Ashe, Toa, and Mihiro.
Characters
Main characters
- Kōki Narumi (鳴海 幸樹 Narumi Kōki)
- A second-year student of Ōsui Academy. He secretly acts as a manga author under the pen name "Imosarada" (いもさらだ, "potato salad") and serializes a romantic comedy manga titled Deredere Scramble (デレデレスクランブル, lit. Lovestruck Scramble) in a magazine named Weekey Shōnen Champ (週刊少年チャンプ).
- Kaoruko Rokuonji (鹿苑寺 かおるこ Rokuonji Kaoruko)
- Voiced by: Hiyo Sakurano[3] (game), Mariko Honda[4] (anime)
- A third-year student and the student council president of Ōsui Academy. She has a kind personality and is respected by other students. She secretly acts as an illustrator under the pen name "Shika-kun" (しかくん, "deer") and has drawn illustrations for Kōki's manga since a year before. Kōki and Kaoruko did not initially know their real names and identities, because they were always contacted through their editor and had never met directly.
- Ashe R. Sakuragi (桜木・R・アーシェ Sakuragi Rūforetto Āshe)
- Voiced by: Aine Sakura[5] (game), Megu Sakuragawa[4] (anime)
- A second-year student and the student council vice president. She is good at playing the piano as her parents are musicians, and currently aims to be a composer. She has a strong personality and thinks of Kōki as her rival. She has a large appetite.
- Toa Narumi (鳴海 兎亜 Narumi Toa)
- Voiced by: Ann Komatsu[6] (game), Mai Gotō[4] (anime)
- Kōki's younger sister and a first-year student. She is good at computer programming and can develop application software by herself. She has a quiet and lazy personality and often plays truant from school. She knows that Kōki is a manga author. She is a fan of Shika-kun.
- Mihiro Miyase (宮瀬 未尋 Miyase Mihiro)
- Voiced by: Aoi Shirosaki[7] (game), Chiyo Ōsaki[4] (anime)
- A first-year student and Toa's best friend. She is good at cuisine as her family runs a yōshoku restaurant. She is a bit mischievous and often enjoys teasing Kōki. She also knows that Kōki is a manga author. She placed first at this year's entrance examination.
Other characters
- Karen Watanuki (四月一日 奏恋 Watanuki Karen)
- Voiced by: Ryōko Mizuha[8] (game)
- A second-year student and Kōki's classmate. She is the class representative of Kōki's class and sits the next to Kōki in the classroom. She is the vice president of the school's drama club and hopes for Kaoruko and Ashe to join the club.
- Chitose Takatsuka (鷹司 千歳 Takatsuka Chitose)
- Voiced by: Koromo Ginno[9] (game)
- An editor at the manga magazine Weekly Shōnen Champ. She is responsible for Deredere Scramble, the manga written by Imosarada (Kōki) and illustrated by Shika-kun (Kaoruko).
- Yukari Iwakuma (岩隈 縁 Iwakuma Yukari)
- Voiced by: Rino Kawashima[10] (game)
- A social studies teacher at Ōsui Academy. She is a homeroom teacher of Kōki's class and an advisor at the student council.
- Kotarō Satō (佐藤 虎太郎 Satō Kotarō)
- Voiced by: Kazusa Kitani[11] (game)
- A first-year student who is a classmate of Toa and Mihiro. He often gets mistaken for a girl due to his lovely face and small stature.
- Masato Ikari (猪狩 雅人 Ikari Masato)
- Voiced by: Uta Kijima[12] (game)
- A second-year student and Kōki's classmate. He is popular among the school's girls but does not have any girlfriend because he likes fat women and is not interested in slender girls.
- Kinjirō Sarukawa (沙流川 金次郎 Sarukawa Kinjirō)
- Voiced by: Ryōji Koura[13] (game)
- A second-year student and Kōki's classmate. He is not popular among the school's girls because he likes eroge/galge and is a bit pervert. Kōki and Masato nickname him as "Saru" (サル, "monkey") after his surname. He is the president of the Boys Club (男子部 Danshi-bu), an amusement club for the school's male students.
Development and release
 Wagamama High Spec PV (Sekai Project) - YouTube | |
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Wagamama High Spec Opening Movie (Madosoft official channel) - YouTube |
Wagamama High Spec is Madosoft's third game after Namaiki Delation in July 2013, and Yakimochi Stream in September 2014. The game's first news was released in June 2015.[14] The game's character design was provided by Tsumire Utsunomiya;[15] super deformed illustrations was provided by Nanateru.[15] The scenario was written by five authors; Mojasubii, Ryūsuke Mutsu, Nissy, Coyote Hayama, and Hato.[15] The game's theme song is "Miracle Heart!!", sung by Haruna Ōshima and composed by Yūya Saitō.[15] The design direction was provided by Cao.[15]
The game's free trial version, playable the beginning part of the story, became available for download on December 24, 2015 in Japan.[16][17][18] The game's full version will be released on April 28, 2016.[19] In North America, an English-translated game will be released from Sekai Project in 2016.[20]
Adaptations
Anime
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TV anime Wagamama High Spec PV(Madosoft official channel) - YouTube |
An anime television series adaptation was announced at Comiket 88 held in August 2015.[21] The series was produced by AXsiZ, directed by Satoshi Shimizu, written by Kōjirō Nakamura, and the character design was provided by Masashi Nomura.[4] It began airing in April 2016 on Tokyo MX and Sun TV as a series of five-minute shorts.[19][22] The series will be released on Blu-ray in Japan on August 26, 2016.[23] The anime's ending theme is "High Spec Days" (ハイスペックDays) sung by Haruna Ōshima. The single containing the theme song will be released on June 22, 2016.[24]
An Internet radio show to promote the anime titled Wagamama High Spec Radio (ワガママハイスペックRADIO) began airing on April 6, 2016. The show is produced by the Internet radio station "Onsen" and is streamed online every other Wednesday. It is hosted by Mai Gotō, the voice actress of Toa Narumi.[25]
Episode list
| No. | Title | Original air date |
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| 1 | "Dazzling Summer Days" "Giragira Samā Deizu" (ギラギラサマーデイズ) | April 11, 2016 |
| The four student council members—Kaoruko Rukuonji (president), Ashe R. Sakuragi (vice-president), Mihiro Miyase (secretary), and Toa Narumi (treasurer)—are introduced. The four girls are doing their work on a hot day in June and sweating profusely in the student council Room. Unable to stand the heat, Ashe proposes that they take off their clothes, owing to no one seeing them and anyway, they are all girls. At this idea, Mihiro agrees heartily and Kaoruko follows their example shyly. Meanwhile, Toa was just about to sneak off to the library to escape the heat and the embarrassment of taking off her clothes. However, the others spring up on her and despite her protests, begins to remove her clothes. Screaming, Toa pushes past them and hits the air-conditioner switch, causing the temperature to shoot up to a boiling 40 degrees Celsuis. Now hotter than ever, all the girls express their desire do leave the room, but Kaoruko brings up a good point that the students would probably call them perverts. | ||
| 2 | "Cheerful Cooking" "Ukiuki Kukkingu" (ウキウキクッキング) | April 18, 2016 |
| Mihiro's family runs a Western restaurant, and she wishes for her friends to give her some dish ideas. Toa proposes snacks like ice-cream and potato chips, which are immediately eliminated. Ashe prepares a humongous bowl of udon for Mihiro to try next, but Mihiro refuses. Lastly Kaoruko prepares a simple meal of bitter curry and rice, to which Mihiro happily wolfs down before screeching two seconds later that it is too spicy. Kaoruko, surprised, tries it, and adds more spices to it instead. In the end, Mihiro's family restaurant's new menu for the summer was still a great success. | ||
| 3 | "Barely Drawing" "Girigiri Dorōingu" (ギリギリドローイング) | April 25, 2016 |
| Kaoruko, who illustrates manga, is unable to portray the character in the manner she wants it too. So she asks Mihiro and Toa to help by modelling for her. Toa initially refuses, but afte espying the prize: Hokkaido Limited Edition Potatoes, she 'turns' into Kaoruko's servant in order to get them. As the 2 girls model and Toa is asked to kiss Mihiro, Ashe saunts in to see the both of them kissing. Blushing furiously, Ashe hurriedly apologises and immediately leaves the student council room in embarrassment. | ||
| 4 | "Slapstick Hunting" "Dotabata Hantingu" (ドタバタハンティング) | May 2, 2016 |
| Due to Kaoruko's constant sketches of manga, the floor is now littered with balls of used paper. Toa and Ashe do not seem to mind as they feel that the cleaner is coming on the weekends to clean up anyway. Their lazy manner is changed to fear when Kaoruko notices a cockroach scuttling among the papers. Screaming, the three girls except for the fearless Mihiro huddle in a corner and they beg Mihiro to kill it. At once, Mihiro is prepared to take action, scrolling up a piece of paper in her hands, she slams it down on the cockroach, which is killed immediately. The girls are greatly relieved, but Mihiro, due to experience of running a restaurant, knows that there are bound to be more cockroaches, ordering them to clean up the student council room. After cleaning, the student council room has seemingly magically turned clean. However, there seem to be many more under the chest of drawers. | ||
References
- ↑ "ワガハイ｜新着情報｜まどそふと" [Wagahigh - News (Madosoft)]. Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "ギャラリー" [Gallery] (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ↑ "鹿苑寺 かおるこ CV 桜乃ひよ" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "Wagamama High Spec Anime's Cast, Staff Unveiled". Anime News Network. February 11, 2016. Retrieved February 12, 2016.
- ↑ "桜木・R・アーシェ CV 桜あいね" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "鳴海 兎亜 CV 小松アン" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "宮瀬 未尋 CV 白咲葵依" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "四月一日 奏恋 CV 水羽良子" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "鷹司 千歳 CV 銀乃ころも" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "岩隈 縁 CV かわしまりの" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "佐藤 虎太郎 CV 木谷かずさ" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "猪狩 雅人 CV 木島宇太" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "沙流川 金次郎 CV 小浦良司" (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "【TG SCOOP】まどそふと最新作『ワガママハイスペック』は才能あふれる少女たちと学園生活を送るラブコメADV！". TG Smart (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. June 20, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "スペック" [Spec] (in Japanese). Madosoft. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "ダウンロード" [Download] (in Japanese). Madosoft. December 24, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "ワガママハイスペック" [Wagamama High Spec]. Getchu.com (in Japanese). Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "【今月の表紙！】まどそふと最新作『ワガママハイスペック』体験版レビュー！". TG Smart (in Japanese). Kadokawa Corporation. December 25, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- 1 2 "Wagamama High Spec's TV Anime, Visual Novel Both Debut in April 2016". Anime News Network. September 25, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Sekai Project Adds Wagamama High Spec, Darekoi, More Visual Novels". Anime News Network. September 26, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Wagamama High Spec Adult Visual Novel Gets TV Anime". Anime News Network. August 14, 2015. Retrieved January 15, 2016.
- ↑ "Wagamama High Spec TV Anime To Be 5-Minute Episodes". Anime News Network. February 26, 2016. Retrieved February 26, 2016.
- ↑ "Blu-ray・特典情報" (in Japanese). Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ↑ "大島はるな メジャーデビューCDシングル「ハイスペックDays」（TVアニメ「ワガママハイスペック」主題歌）2016年6月22日（水）発売決定!!" (in Japanese). Teichiku Entertainment. March 24, 2016. Retrieved April 11, 2016.
- ↑ "ワガママハイスペックRADIO" [Wagamama High Spec Radio] (in Japanese). Internet radio station "Onsen". Retrieved April 11, 2016.
External links
- Official website at Madosoft (Japanese)
- Anime official website (Japanese)
- Wagamama High Spec at The Visual Novel Database
- Wagamama High Spec (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia