2/3 Ai no Kyōkaisen

:Noeru is the main heroine in the bishōjo game the protagonist is immersed in; so much so, that he often forgets to eat and sleep while playing the game. In the game, she is the childhood friend of the game's protagonist. Every morning in the game, she comes over to the protagonist's house, wakes him up, makes his lunch, and the two walk together to school. Whenever she is left alone by the protagonist, she will break down crying, feeling lonely and that she misses being with the protagonist.

;Nihongo|Pasomi-tan|ぱそみタン:Within the protagonist's mind, Pasomi-tan is the moe anthropomorphism of his PC. She has a DVD drive as a shirt pocket on her chest, she carries a hard drive-shaped backpack, and uses two computer mice as hair accessories. As the protagonist often uses his computer to play bishōjo games or look at ecchi images of other girls, Pasomi-tan gets deeply jealous that the protagonist is spending his time looking at other girls.

;Nihongo|Shizuku Tsukimiya|月宮 しずく|Tsukimiya Shizuka:Shizuku is another heroine from a bishōjo game different from the one Noeru is in. She is a sweet maid with a weak constituation. She sometimes has a daring personality, she as when she has to undress for the protagonist. She is very devoted to the protagonist in her game, and loves him deeply.

Real world

;Nihongo|Hime Takanayagi|高柳 ヒメ|Takayanagi Hime:Hime is the protagonist's childhood friend, and is the daughter of a wealthy family. Due to her innate beauty, she has a lot of self-confidence. However, since the protagonist as an affinity towards two-dimensional girls, she feels a sense of disgrace that the protagonist would choose to interact with the girls in his games rather than with her.

;Nihongo|Asahi|アサヒ:Asahi is the protagonist's younger sister. Unlike her brother, she goes to school, regularly exercises, and is generally a member of society, but she does not hate her brother for his behavior. She enjoys teasing her brother about how he lives his life.

;Nihongo|Iria Kagami|加賀見 イリア|Kagami Iria:Iria has, in the past, coached many adult male "hikikomori" to again rejoin society, and takes pride in this fact. The protagonist's parents begged her to bring their son back to living a normal life as a member of society. Her techniques could be described as violent and sadistic.

Media

hort stories

"2/3 Ai no Kyōkaisen" began as a reader-participation game in MediaWorks' "Dengeki G's Magazine" on October 30 2005, where an introduction of the characters was supplied. At the time, the title of the series was still under the tentative "Real/Digital Project", but this was changed to the current title on November 30 2005. The readers of the magazine could participate in the game via influencing the story by choosing actions for the protagonist to take. Depending on whether the action would push him closer to, or further away from, either the digital or real world aspects of the story, a "Hikikomori" Gauge" would indicate which world the protagonist loved more. The first round of the game, which contained three separate polls, occurred between the March and June 2006 issues. The readers voted by sending in their choice of scenario via the Internet or through cell phones. The second round, which contained five polls, occurred between the October 2006 and April 2007 issues. The voting in the second round was done exclusively via cell phones.

The first short story did not appear until June 30 2006 as an original zeroth chapter, and another original story followed the following month. The first story centering around one of the heroines was published on August 30 2006, centering on Hime Takanayagi. The stories for the other five heroines followed monthly in this order: Noeru, Asahi, Pasomi-tan, Iriya, and Shizuku. Another zeroth chapter, set as a prologue to the series, was published on March 30 2007. This was followed with the publication of the first chapter in a novel on May 30 2007. The chapters in the serialized novel are longer and more detailed than the previously published short stories, which were stand-alone features. The novel continued until October 30 2007, with five chapters published.

Manga

The "2/3 Ai no Kyōkaisen" four-panel comic strip manga, with the same production staff as with the short stories, was serialized in "Dengeki G's Magazine" between November 30 2005 and January 30 2007, containing fifteen chapters. The manga carries the same premise as with the short stories. Two strips would appear per page; the left hand side of a page would be for the digital world characters, and the right hand side would be for the real world characters.

External links

* [http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/users_s/gs/neet/index.php "2/3 Ai no Kyōkaisen" official website] jp icon

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