{{short description|2003 video game}} {{Multiple issues| {{more citations needed|date=December 2010}} {{Expand Japanese|topic=vg|After...|date=January 2010}} }} {{Infobox video game |title= After... |image= After...PS2.jpg |caption= Cover of the PS2 version of ''After...: Wasureemu Kizuna''. |developer= Ciel |publisher= Ciel (PC)<br/>Pionesoft (DC, PS2) | designer = Tony Taka (character designs) | artist = Tony Taka | series= |engine= |released= {{Video game release|JP|June 27, 2003 (Win)}} {{Video game release|JP|December 19, 2003 (Sweet Kiss)}} {{Video game release|JP|February 26, 2004 (DC, PS2)}} {{Video game release|JP|August 26, 2005 (Story Edition)}} {{Video game release|JP|February 25, 2007 (DVD-PG)}} {{Video game release|JP|May 21, 2010 (Blu-ray)}} |genre= Visual novel, eroge |modes= Single-player |platforms= Windows 98, Dreamcast, PlayStation 2, Blu-ray, DVD }}
'''''After...''''' is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Ciel which was released on June 27, 2003, playable on the PC as a CD or a DVD.The early DVD version includes a guide book and soundtrack CD and the early CD version includes a guide book and a mouse pad. Subsequent enhanced ports to the Dreamcast and to the PlayStation 2 as ''After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~'' were released. Both ports feature their own exclusive characters and new scenarios not in the original PC release.
In 2025, After (band) revealed this game as the inspiration for their band name. <ref>https://people.com/after-meet-the-duo-behind-the-2000s-inspired-band-exclusive-11856343</ref>
==Gameplay== The gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on simply reading the text that will appear on the screen; this text represents either dialogue between the various characters, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often, the player will come to a "decision point" where he or she is given the chance to choose from options that are displayed on the screen, typically two to three at a time. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice is made that furthers the plot in a specific direction, depending on which choice the player makes.
==Characters== * {{Nihongo|Yūichi Takawashi|高鷲祐一|Takawashi Yūichi}} * {{Nihongo|Kanami Shiomiya|汐宮香奈美|Shiomiya Kanami}} * {{Nihongo|Nagisa Takawashi|高鷲渚|Takawashi Nagisa}}<!--Yūichi's younger sister--> * {{Nihongo|Yōko Kishi|喜志陽子|Kishi Yōko}} * {{Nihongo|Kōtarō Takidani|滝谷紘太郎|Takidani Kōtarō}} * {{Nihongo|Keishō Abiko|我孫子慶生|Abiko Keishō}} * {{Nihongo|Miyuki Chihaya|千早美雪|Chihaya Miyuki}} * {{Nihongo|Saori Mikkaichi|三日市沙織|Mikkaichi Saori}} * {{Nihongo|Satoshi Kamuro|学文路聡|Kamuro Satoshi}} * {{Nihongo|Cypher|サイファ|Saifa}} * {{Nihongo|Lou|ルー|Rū}}
==Release== ''After..'' was first introduced in Japan on June 27, 2003, as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM playable on a Microsoft Windows PC. Two consumer console versions for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 with adult content removed were developed by Pionesoft and released on February 26, 2004, in limited and regular edition versions. Both versions had the title ''After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~'' (''After...～忘れえぬ絆～'', lit. "After... ~Unforgettable Bond~"). A version playable as a DVD TV game entitled ''After... DVDPG'' was released on February 25, 2007; and a version playable as a Blu-ray TV game was released on May 21, 2010. On August 26, 2005, a version containing both the original game and its fandisc called ''After... -Story Edition-'' was released.
''After... Sweet Kiss'', a fandisc for the original game released on December 19, 2003. It contains side stories for the three main heroines along with desk accessories.
==Anime== ''After...'' was adapted as a hentai OVA by Milky Label Animation. It was released on two DVDs between August 25, 2007, and January 25, 2008. Media Blasters licensed the two-episode OVA and released it in the United States thru Kitty Media on Blu-ray and DVD on September 28, 2021, with a new English dub featuring American voiceover actresses, Yara Naika and Diana Lockheart.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.fandompost.com/2021/07/21/kitty-media-announces-after-the-animation-hentai-blu-ray-release/ |title=Kitty Media Announces 'After… The Animation' Hentai Blu-ray Release |last=Beveridge |first=Chris |date=July 21, 2021|work=Fandom Post|access-date=December 9, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/mediablasters1/status/1382707382380326918/ |title=We have too many H-anime in the future and I mixed up After Lesson with After... Crying face Work begins! I like this one better anyway |last=Blasters |first=Media |date=April 15, 2021|work=Twitter|access-date=December 9, 2021 }}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * [https://web.archive.org/web/20070212232327/http://www.sp-janis.com/soft/after.shtml Official page for the original version]{{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.pionesoft.jp/after/after.html Official page for the ''After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~'' versions]{{in lang|ja}} * [http://www.ms-pictures.com/label/milky/products/after/200708_after.html MS Pictures ''After... the Animation''vol. 1 page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930154827/http://www.ms-pictures.com/label/milky/products/after/200708_after.html |date=2011-09-30 }} * [http://www.ms-pictures.com/label/milky/products/after/200801_after.html MS Pictures ''After... the Animation''vol. 2 page] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190502101250/http://ms-pictures.com/label/milky/products/after/200801_after.html |date=2019-05-02 }} * {{Vndb|2603||After...}} * {{Anime News Network|anime|8503}}
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