| Tsuyokiss | |
| Ja Kanji: | つよきす |
| Ja Romaji: | Tsuyokisu |
| Tsuyokiss Tsuyokiss ~Mighty Heart~ Minikiss ~Tsuyokiss Fan Disc~ | |
| Developer: | Candy Soft (Windows) PrincessSoft (PS2) |
| Released: | August 26, 2005 (Windows)[1] May 25, 2006 (PS2)[2] December 15, 2006 (Minikiss)[3] |
| Genre: | Visual novel |
| Platforms: | Windows, PlayStation 2 |
| Tsuyokiss Nigakki Tsuyokiss Nigakki Swift Love Tsuyokiss Nigakki -Portable- | |
| Developer: | Candy Soft (Windows) Revolution (PS2/PSP) |
| Released: | April 25, 2008 (Windows) July 30, 2009 (PS2) October 28, 2010 (PSP) |
| Genre: | Visual novel |
| Platforms: | Windows, PlayStation 2, PlayStation Portable[4] |
| Tsuyokiss Sangakki | |
| Developer: | Candy Soft |
| Released: | March 31, 2011 (Windows) |
| Genre: | Visual novel |
| Platforms: | Windows |
| Type: | tv series |
| Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet | |
| Director: | Shinichiro Kimura |
| Studio: | Studio Hibari Trinet Entertainment |
| Network: | AT-X, Chiba TV, KBS Kyoto, Sun TV, Tokyo MX, TV Kanagawa, TVS |
| First: | July 1, 2006 |
| Last: | September 16, 2006 |
| Episodes: | 12 |
| Episode List: |
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is a Japanese visual novel that has been adapted into an anime television series directed by Shinichiro Kimura. The story focuses on a group of students at a high school and the various romantic attachments that the characters feel for each another.
Tsuyokiss originally began as an eroge for Windows by video game developer Candy Soft first released on August 26, 2005. A PlayStation 2 version of the game called Tsuyokiss ~Mighty Heart~ was released with erotic elements removed. A fan disc with some minigames for Windows named Minikiss ~Tsuyokiss Fan Disk~ was released. The anime based on the original game began airing in Japan on July 1, 2006.
is the sequel to Tsuyokiss, available for Windows, PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable. A third installment, was released for Windows on March 31, 2011.
Tsuyokiss is about the lives of a group of fictional high school students and the often comedic events that occur in their lives. The main protagonist is an average boy named Leo Tsushima who is secretly in love with the eldest daughter of the Kiriya Corporation and who is the student council president - Erika Kiriya.
Later, a senior female student, Otome Kurogane, knocks out several of the main characters one day when they are trying to sneak into school after being late. Surprisingly, it turns out that she is Leo's beloved cousin that he had not seen for years. Suddenly, Otome decides to move into the same house as Leo, whose mediocre life is changing into something a bit more exciting. In the PlayStation 2 version, Leo begins to form relations with Sunao Konoe who is an old acquaintance.
Tsuyokiss Nigakki is the sequel to Tsuyokiss where Leo was not in love to anyone in the first term. At the beginning of the second term, Leo has been worried about what to do after graduation because he does not know what his dream is. Then, Serebu Tachibana transfers to his class and she sits down next to him.
Tsuyokiss Sangakki is the sequel to Tsuyokiss Nigakki where Leo was not in love with anyone during the first or second term.
The anime version's plot of Tsuyokiss differs from that of the video game's in that Sunao Konoe is the main protagonist of the story. Sunao, who finds out the school she transfers to does not have a drama club, becomes determined to form a drama club. Her main obstacle is having to prove to the student council president, Erika Kiriya, that forming a drama club would be worth her time which causes Erika to constantly offer challenges to Sunao for which she must pass in order for the club to be formed.
Characters from the Tsuyokiss visual novel appear in the anime. Leo Tsushima, the protagonist of the visual novel, is also the main male protagonist of the anime.
The main female protagonist of the story, Sunao, is a second year transfer student from class 2-A in high school who tends to have a strong personality, never being one to willingly back down. In the beginning of the story, her family moves to a new town because of her mother's work as an actress. Ever since seeing her mother acting once when she was younger, Sunao dreams of someday becoming an actress too, and likewise is very passionate about drama in general. On her first day at her new school, she adamantly wants to become a member of the drama club, though is soon informed that their school has no such club yet established. This in turn makes her very determined to start one as soon as possible, though it is proving harder than she thought.
During her first performance on stage when she was much younger, she had gotten stage fright though a little boy who was in the play managed to help her get over it. On her first day at school, she recognizes Leo as the little boy who helped her during her first play, though it took more of a reminder via her pig tails and the childish phrase daikon meaning poor actor which earned him a slap in the face.
The main male protagonist of the story, Leo is a second year student from class 2-C in high school. He is always hanging around with his childhood friends Shinichi Samesuga, Subaru Date, and Kinu Kanisawa often while inside the student council building. He is an average male high school student who is on the student council.
Nagomi is a first year student from class 1-B. She is usually a loner who tends to quarrel often with Kinu Kanisawa, whom she has nicknamed meaning crab. She is also a good cook.
Shizuka is a second year student from class 2-A and Sunao's classmate who she meets on her first day of school. She immediately becomes a fan of Sunao later that day after witnessing a drama performance by her of a scene from the play Romeo and Juliet.
Noriko is a second year student from class 2-A and Sunao's classmate. She is a strange girl who loves taking photographs of people in her class. She is never given any speaking lines but instead utters indistinguishable phrases.
Youhei is a second year student from class 2-A and Sunao's classmate. Amusingly, nobody seems to be able to get his name right.
Erika is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. She is the student council president who is nicknamed, meaning Princess, by her peers. As the president, she has a lot of power within the school and is often seen as an intimidating figure to overcome. While in any adaptations of the work she is inclined to flirt with other girls and even try to seduce Yoshimi, Erika are one of the canonical love interests of the protagonist in the original visual novel.
Yoshimi is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. She is a timid girl who works alongside Erika in the student council building. Since she is not comfortable at asserting herself, she can easily be taken advantage of by Erika, who has taken the liberty to also nickname her Yoppie.
Kinu is a second year student from class 2-C & Leo's classmate. She is a part time curry waitress at a restaurant named Oasis. She is one of Leo's childhood friends and is his next-door neighbor. She is extremely vulgar and childish and always says what is on her mind. Nagomi is her ultimate rival and they are constantly fighting; Kinu has nicknamed her Coconuts. Both Kinu and Nagomi enjoy picking on other and starting fights with Leo, whom they supposedly hate.
Shinichi is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. He is one of Leo's childhood friends who is nicknamed "Shark". He is a hyperactive student who is known to chase pretty girls around and ask them for dates, though rarely gets what he wants.
Subaru is a second year student from class 2-C and Leo's classmate. He is one of Leo's childhood friends who he is often seen with. He seems to have a sensible, down-to-earth personality.
Otome is a third-year student from class 3-A at high school and carries a samurai sword around with her. She is Leo's cousin whom he has not seen for several years. She eventually moves in with Leo's family because of this. She is also in love with him.
At school, also have Ultimate rival is Serebu Tachibana, she is a member of the discipline committee.
She is one of the teachers at the high school. She has a parrot named Tsuchinaga that can speak Japanese. She always seems to have a tired expression.
He is the school principal and a rather intimidating man with scars on his face.
She is Sunao's younger sister currently attending grade school. She seems to be more down-to-earth than her older sister.
Inori's parrot that can speak the Japanese language fluently.
Tsuyokisss first appearance was in the form of a visual novel video game for the PC developed by Candy Soft and released on August 26, 2005. Like many games in this genre, it was first made as an eroge. Later, a PS2 version with no sexual content was developed. It was released on August 1, 2006, entitled Tsuyokiss ~Mighty Heart~. On December 15, 2006, Minikiss ~Tsuyokiss Fan Disc~ was released by Candy Soft.
The sequel entitled Tsuyokiss Nigakki to Tsuyokiss was developed by Candy Soft and went on sale on April 25, 2008. Its scenario was written by NOB because Takahiro, who is a director and a scriptwriter of Tsuyokiss, left Candy Soft. It was first made as an H-game too. Later, it was transplanted into PlayStation 2 and PlayStation Portable by Revolution without erotic elements. PlayStation 2 version entitled Tsuyokiss Swift Love was on sale on July 30, 2009, PlayStation Portable version entitled Tsuyokiss -Portable- was put on the market on October 28, 2010.
Tsuyokiss Sangakki for the PC was developed by Candy Soft on March 31, 2011. Its scenario writers are Sakaki Kasa and Kizoku Kumagawa who are outsourcers.
The Tsuyokiss Cool×Sweet anime started airing in Japan on July 1, 2006 with a total of 12 episodes. In the R2 DVD release, each episode has extended footage at the middle of every episode, where a short (2 minutes) sketch featuring some or all of the characters is presented.
The manga version, illustrated by Hamao Sumeragi and based on the videogame version, began serialization in the Comp Ace on January 26, 2006 in Japan, published by Kadokawa Shoten. The manga was collected in two tankōbon volumes.
Four novels based on the PS2 version and fifteen adult novels based on the PC version or Minikiss version were published by five publishers in Japan.
written by Tōru Tamegai, illustrated by Hamao Sumeragi
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written by Tomo Mikado, illustrated by Denki Shōgun
written by Tomo Mikado and Fūichirō Noyama, illustrated by Denki Shōgun
written by Kasao Sakaki, illustrated by Jōji Shinozuka
written by Kasao Sakaki, illustrated by Keiko Yoshino and Fezādo Graphic
One fanbook for the PC version and one guidebook for the PS2 version were published in Japan.
Four drama CDs based on the videogame were released by Softgarage. Seven character image song albums based on the PS2 version were released by Five Records. A soundtrack and Character image song album named Tsuyokiss ~Cool×Sweet~ Complete Selection based on the anime version was released by SOL BLADE/Tree Fat Samurai.
The anime series was released in six DVDs by Trinet Entertainment in Japan.
The original Tsuyokiss game was voted the 14th most interesting galge ever by readers of Dengeki G's Magazine in an August 2007 survey.[15] The PC release was the top-selling bishoujo game in Japan from August 16 to September 15 of 2006.[16] [17]