Mizuiro

• Name — Mizuiro • Ja Kanji — みずいろ

• Developer — NekoNeko Soft • Platforms — Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Windows • Released — 2001

• Type — ova • Director — Shigeki Awai • Writer — Yu Tachibana • Music — Tooru Shura • Studio — ARMS • First — 23 August 2002 • Last — 6 December 2002 • Episodes — 2

• Type — ova • Director — Kiyotaka Isako • Producer — * Makoto Nakamura • Takayuki Matsunaga • Writer — * Ryōta Yamaguchi (ep. 1) • Makoto Nakamura (ep. 2) • Music — Tatsuya Murayama • Studio — OLM Team Iwasa • First — 25 April 2003 • Last — 10 July 2003 • Runtime — 29–30 minutes • Episodes — 2 Mizuiro is a visual novel made by NekoNeko Soft released in 2001. It has versions for four different platforms: Windows CD (3 Disc), Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, and Windows DVD-Rom. There were two anime OVA adaptations of the game, a two-episode hentai OVA in 2002, and Mizuiro 2003, a two-episode non-hentai OVA in 2003. Both have same characters, but with somewhat different storylines.

• Kenji Katase • The protagonist controlled by the player. • Yuki Katase • The heroine of the story. Kenji Katase's adopted little sister. • Hiyori Hayasaka • Kenji Katase's childhood friend. (In DC/PS2 version she has two different stories) • Kiyoka Onosaki • Kenji Katase's childhood friend. • Mutsuki Shindou • Yuki's trusted friend. In her story, she is shy. In all other stories, she is very loud and humorous. • Asami Kouzu • A shy, but smart third year student. • Fuyuka Ishikawa • Kenji Katase's tutor. She is quite strict. (DC/PS2 version only)

• Prologue: The player's character is very young, with the story beginning with the meeting of Yuki for the first time and developing a loving sibling relationship although they are not both related in blood as Yuki was adopted. • Pre-Opening: The player makes choices to decide the story of the game, with the players character still very young. The first meeting of Hiyori occurs, who is a lost girl crying in the park. The game then presents the problems of the character that your choices led to. • Game: The players character is in the second year of senior high in the game (grade 11). A story about a character is presented to the player depending on the choices made in the last setting. Each story has a moving or tragic situation. • Voice: Most of the female characters you encounter have a very calm voice, though it depends on the situation.