"Rainbow Melody" is a fully voiced Chinese romance visual novel produced by Gloria Works. Ye Zixiang, preparing for the art entrance exam, arrives in the coastal city of Yiqing, where he gradually faces the influences left by his childhood through new interactions.
| Title of the work | Rainbow melodies |
|---|---|
| The publication date listed in the materials | 2014-03-14 |
| Platform | Android / PC |
| Genre | ADV Visual Novel |
| Also known as | Melody of Iris - Rainbow Melody - |
| Development | GloriaWorks |
| Script | shin |
| Key animation | A.one |
| Music | Manabu Miwa, Kazuya Hayashi |
| Director | shin |
| Character design | White Cangling, A.one, Bison |
| Game engine | KrKr2 |
| Website address recorded by the source | http://hsxl.gamebar.com/ |
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A pleasant summer day
Yiqing is a fictional city, featuring living scenes such as beaches, art studios, bookstores, and residential streets. Ye Zixiang has established various relationships with Su Lanruo, Lin Ning, Shen Xiyue, and He Wanlu; Tutoring and daily interactions gradually intersect personal experiences. Memories of the past don't belong only to the protagonist—they also influence the lives and choices of others.
Four character routes
Lan Ruo interacts with Zixiang as a close younger sister; Lin Ning is older and elusive, while Xi Yue is more distant, but once they find common ground, they quickly close the gap. After the first three character storylines end, the fourth main storyline and the female perspective gradually open up, and the same event reveals new information depending on the narrator.
Choices and endings
The game divides routes based on dialogue and action choices, each with different endings. For example, the Xiyue route involves not only her relationship with Zixiang but also her relationship with Shen Xuan; He Wanlu's storyline requires players to confront the past she doesn't want to touch. The gradually open process design allows early interactions to be explained in later chapters.
Music and performance
Manabu Miwa and Kazuya Lin participated in the music creation, while Inory performed the Chinese theme song. The game offers ten different date switching effects, with each character line paired with corresponding visuals and music. Supervisor Shin stated that the structure of route openness and later switching viewpoints was influenced by "Symphony Rain"; The project took about six years from initial conception to release.
Those returning home are old friends
Eighteen-year-old Ye Zixiang returned to Yiqing after nine years away to prepare for the art college entrance exam. Seventeen-year-old Su Lanruo is his childhood friend, and her brother Su Xiao is Ye Zixiang's friend; Lin Ning had known the three of them since childhood and served as Ye Zixiang's art mentor. Shen Xiyue is skilled at painting but speaks little; He Wanlu is blind and lives with her parents.
FullColor edition for reading and collecting
The 2018 Steam version added switching between Traditional Chinese and Japanese subtitles, a map of Yiqing showing story locations, a poster collection, and completion messages from the six actors, plus an additional CG and a Japanese theme song. In the original soundtrack DLC, Lin Heye recreated all the tracks he was responsible for; Obtaining specific posters also unlocks the prologue manga of "INORIA Inori's Dream."
Shen Xuan and Xiyue, father and daughter, reunited
Shen Xuan is Xiyue's father. After the tsunami took his wife, he spent years preparing for the Yiqing art exhibition to fulfill her wishes, but his daughter saw his actions as distant. In Xiyue's storyline, Lin Ning facilitates the reunion of father and daughter when they are critically ill; Zixiang encourages Xiyue to face the past; Shen Xuan paints the last painting for the exhibition for his daughter. Rainy Sight also writes about Xiyue being encouraged by Yuwei to donate part of her liver, presenting a different storyline.
Lan Ruo's blood transfusion knot and Lin Ning's overseas journey
Nine years ago, Lan Ruo received a blood transfusion from a fellow patient during heart surgery, but the patient later passed away during the operation, which became a long-standing emotional knot for her. After Zixiang returned home, she heard his longing for Yuwei on the hospital rooftop and went to visit the donor's family. Lin Ning's emotional conflicts focus on basketball games and going abroad: Lan Ruo wins, Lin Ning withdraws to fight, and Zixiang rushes to the airport to make the ending different.
Yu Wei, He Wanlu and the flower shop
Yu Wei originally lived in an orphanage and once met Zixiang, who was sketching on the beach. A couple from a florist shop prepared to adopt her, but a tsunami caused her to lose her sight; After adoption, she changed her name to He Wanlu. Nine years later, Zixiang recognized her at the Haishi Road flower shop, stayed to work, and asked Su Xiao to build a website. Lan Ruo and Lin Ning also came to help, and the cooperation between old friends gradually brought their childhood memories back to their daily lives.
Rainy Sight provided additional help
From the woman's perspective, Su Xiao recognized Yuwei two years before Zixiang returned home. Although Lan Ruo was jealous, she agreed to help, while Lin Ning changed her flight ticket, creating an opportunity for the two. While camping, He Wanlu sang the self-titled song "Rainbow Melody," recommended by Xiyue, and told Zixiang Yuwei's name again. Afterwards, she underwent surgery to restore her sight; Zixiang waited for two years, and she finally woke up, and the two returned to the beach where they met.
Column submitted with Dr. Chen
In the 2014 Xiyue storyline, Ye Zixiang contributed articles for Xiyue and discovered Shen Xuan's column in a magazine, which gave the father and daughter a chance to reconcile. In Lanruo's line, Dr. Chen helped contact the families of blood donors from back then, enabling Lanru to personally visit and thank them, facing old issues that had long been hard to let go.
Lin Ning's cake comment
Zixiang and Lin Ning were making cakes at her house, and during the power outage, they kissed in the dark. After the basketball incident, he learned Lin Ning was going abroad; She then moved out, plunging their relationship into a low point. The previous cake message was revealed at this moment, connecting clues left from their time together to Zixiang chasing after the plane.
Yu Wei's behind-the-scenes matchmaking
In the 2014 original, Yu Wei's perspective reveals that she already knew Su Xiao and Xiyue, and Lan Ruo had privately approached her. On the surface, they pretended to meet for the first time, but secretly helped her get closer to Zixiang. After spending time together at the flower shop, Qixi's confession was rejected. A conversation with the rain-soaked phone booth became a turning point for their relationship to deepen.
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Related entries
- Production:Gloria Works
- Characters:Yip Tsz Cheung (Rainbow Melody)
- 2014 Original Chinese Dubbing Artist:Water belt
- Characters:Su Lanruo (Rainbow Melody)
- 2014 Original Chinese Dubbing Artist:A well
- Characters:Lin Ning (Rainbow Melody)
- 2014 Original Chinese Dubbing Artist:Liuyun Chronicle
- Characters:Shen Xiyue (Rainbow Melody)
- 2014 Original Chinese Dubbing Artist:shourei Xiao N
- Characters:He Wanlu (Rainbow Melody)
- 2014 Original Chinese Dubbing Artist:Wine
- Characters:Su Xiao (Rainbow Melody)
- 2014 Original Chinese Dubbing Artist:Da Bai
- Setting and Setting:It is appropriate to keep the market clean
- Related versions:Rainbow Melody Full Color version
- Related Records:FullColor Edition Original Soundtrack DLC
- Composer and Arranger of the Chinese Theme Song:Manack
- Chinese theme song lyricist:shin
- Related songs:Rainbow melodies
- Chinese lyricist:shin
- Vocal Role:Pray to Inory
- Characters:Shen Xuan (Rainbow Melody)
- Setting and Setting:Haishi Road Flower Shop
- Included chapters:Rainy sight
- Game System:Rainy sight blindness mode
- Characters:Dr. Chen (Rainbow Melody)
- Included chapters:Lin Ning's cake comment
- Included chapters:Yu Wei's behind-the-scenes experience
References
- Bangumi work entry: Rainbow Melody
- Bangumi Copyright Notice
- Shin talks about the production of rainbow melodies
- Publisher character introduction
- CnGal has compiled a character route description
- GAMEBAR releases promotional release: Rainbow Melody official character profile
- Gloria Works Steam: Rainbow Melody Full Color Edition changes
- GAMEBAR released a promotional announcement: Rainbow Melody theme song
- windchaos: That dazzling moment — Complete review of "Rainbow Melody."
- Drunken Immortal Gazing at the Moon: Detailed review of "Rainbow Melody."
- Gloria Works: Glass Fireworks demo story and characters
- Cat Banana: Manabu Miwa and Manack Identity Comparison
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