"Second Novel ~Her Summer, 15 Minutes of Memories~" centers on a fall incident from five years ago: Naoya returns to his alma mater and reunites with his old classmate Ayano, who now only retains fifteen minutes of memories, searching for clues to the past in the school stories she tells her. Players must record the information as cards and then choose which cards to present to Ayano; Card combinations change the narrative branch. Nippon Ichi Software has released this title as a youth suspense adventure game for PSP.
| Title of the work | Second Novel ~Her Summer, 15 Minutes of Memories~ |
|---|---|
| Chinese name | Second Story ~Summer of a Girl and 15 Minutes of Memories~ |
| The publication date listed in the materials | 2010-07-29 |
| Platform | PSP |
| Genre | AVG |
| Also known as | 2ndnovel / Second Novel ~ Kanojo no Natsu, 15fun no Kioku~ |
| Development | テクスト。 |
| Release | Nippon Ichi Software |
| Script | Yutaka Fukazawa (chief writer), Masaki Motonaga (The Onion Phenomenon Has a Reason), Meron Uminekosawa (Summer Shadow), Tamaki Ichikawa (The Loss of the Twenty-First), Renya Setoguchi (Color of Sound), Romeo Tanaka (The Unending Staircase) |
| Key animation | kashmir (There's a Reason for the Onion Phenomenon), Itsuki Akata (Summer Shadow), Noiji Ito (Loss of the Twenty-First), Sana Wakatsuki (Color of Sound), Oji (The Unending Stairs) |
| Music | たくまる |
| Character design | もりちか |
| Website address recorded by the source | http://nippon1.jp/consumer/secondnovel/ |
| External links to source records | https://erogamescape.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=13885 / https://vndb.org/v4091 |
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A reunion after five years
The introduction to the official Nippon Ichi store states that Naoya returns to his alma mater five years later and reunites with an old classmate named Ayano, who suffers from memory impairment due to the impact of a fall. She could only maintain her current memory for about fifteen minutes before beginning to tell a story modeled after her high school life. Through this narrative, Naoya traces events from five years ago, and the conflict between the fictional story and the known past also becomes a clue.
Gaps in the story
The school story told by Ayano does not include Naoya, who should be present, and the story does not fully match the real past. The official product description describes it as text containing fiction and carrying the narrator's intent. The game allows players to discern which details are believable between two layers of narrative.
Card records and branches
Naoya recorded the information he got from the story as cards so he could communicate with Ayano, whose memories could only be briefly retained next time. The cards players choose to show her help her continue telling but also cause the story to diverge. Therefore, the cards serve as both memory aids and narrative selection interfaces, with a progression method different from simply reading chapters in order.
PSP titles and genre positioning
The official Nippon Ichi store labels this game as a PSP game, with genre keywords including youth, self-exploration, mystery, cognition, and adventure, and is intended for ages 12 and up. Campus relationships, memory disorders, and fact/fiction differences in the text together form its main suspense axis.
A character with the same name in Reality and Stories
Ayano's storytelling, Ayano, Yuichi, and Yukari are modeled after real-life Ayano, Yuichi, and Yukari, respectively. Ayano is a second-year high school girl, and Sakura is her friend; Naoya reunites with 23-year-old Ayano five years later, while in reality, Yukari continues to care for her as a teacher.
In-game novels and bonus library
The 346-page First Novel Bunko contains five in-game stories: Tamaki Ichikawa's 'The Loss of the Twenty-First,' Romeo Tanaka's 'The Unending Stair,' Kasuke Karabe's 'Color of Sound,' Meron Uminekozawa's 'Summer Shadow,' and Masaki Motonaga's 'There Is a Reason for the Onion Phenomenon.' Bunko illustrations are by Yuto Noiji, O-Ji, Wakatsuki Sana, Itsuki Akata, and Kashmir.
The return of the creator
This work marks Yutaka Fukazawa's return to game development after leaving the gaming industry to work in programming and web development; The catalyst was an invitation from WizardSoft in 2009.
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Related entries
- Characters:Naoya (Second Story ~Summer of Girls and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Game voice acting:Yuto Kazama
- Characters:Ayano (Second Story ~Summer of Girls and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Game voice acting:Youyong is in vermilion tones
- Characters:Chiaki (Second Story ~Summer of a Girl and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Game voice acting:Chihiro Nagai
- Characters:Yukari (Second Story ~Summer of a Girl and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Game voice acting:Icy blue
- Characters:Ayano (Ayano's Story) (Second Story ~Summer of a Girl and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Characters:Yuuichi (Ayano's Story) (Second Story ~Summer of a Girl and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Game voice acting:Gazing toward the great river
- Characters:Yukari (Ayano's Story) (Second Story ~Summer of a Girl and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Characters:Sakura (Ayano's Story) (Second Story ~Summer of a Girl and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Game voice acting:Marina Ohno
- Characters:Yuuichi (Reality) (Second Story ~Summer of a Girl and 15 Minutes of Memories~)
- Character Design:もりちか
- Versions and Derivatives:First Novel Bunko (Nini Monogatari Bonus)
- Versions and Derivatives:The Twenty-First Loss (Novel within the Second Story)
- In-game novel writing:Tamaki Ichikawa
- Library illustrations:いとうのいぢ
- Versions and Derivatives:The Unending Staircase (Novel within the Second Story)
- In-game novel writing:Romeo Tanaka
- Library illustrations:o-ji
- Versions and Derivatives:Color of Sound (Novel within the Second Story)
- In-game novel writing:Yosuke Karabe
- Library illustrations:Sana Wakatsuki
- Versions and Derivatives:Summer Shadow (Novel within the Second Story)
- In-game novel writing:Meron Uminekozawa
- Library illustrations:Itsuki Akata
- Versions and Derivatives:There Is a Reason for the Onion Phenomenon (Novel within the Second Story)
- In-game novel writing:Motonaga Masaki
- Library illustrations:kashmir
- Facilitating Yutaka Fukazawa's return to game development:Yutaka Fukazawa
References
- Bangumi work entry: Second Novel ~Her Summer, 15 Minutes of Memories~
- Bangumi Copyright Notice
- Nippon Ichi Software official store: PSP version product page
- Nippon First Software: Overview of the Second Story
- Nippon Ichi Software: First Novel Bunko
- Nippon One Software: The Second Story by Naoya
- Nippon One Software: The Second Story - Ayano
- Nippon Ichi Software: The Second Story Ayano (Ayano's Story)
- Nippon One Software: The Second Story - Chiaki
- Nippon No. 1 Software: The Second Story Sakura (Ayano's Story)
- Nippon One Software: The Second Story by Yukari
- Nippon No. 1 Software: The Second Story Yukari (Ayano's Story)
- Nippon Ichi Software: The Second Story Yuuichi (The Story of Ayano)
- Nippon Ichi Software: The Second Story Begins
- Kamado Kitchen: A half-life interview with Yutaka Fukazawa
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