First of all, let me state that this article is just a suture monster. The content is messy, lacks focus, has no beginning and no end, and it excerpts a lot of content from encyclopedias and the Internet.

The title "You actually bought this game, you are really a super M" is what Maruto said to the players in the interview.

"WHITE" (ホワイトアルバム2, White Album 2) is a love game launched by Leaf Club. The game is released in two parts, "White Album 2 Prologue" () released on March 26, 2010 and "White Album 2 Prologue" (2011). "White Album 2 Finale" ( ) will be released on December 22. The final chapter includes two parts: cc and coda. "White Album 2 Mini After Story" was re-released on December 25, 2014.

In addition to games, there are also content in various media forms such as animation, novels, comics, and radio dramas.

Developer: LEAF Corporation

Publisher:

Planning: Fumiaki Marudo with Planning House

Character: Takeshi Nakamura (Winter Horse Party)

Original paintings: Takeshi Nakamura, Kenichiro Katsura (final chapter), Masahide Yanasawa (final chapter)

Script: Fumiaki Maruto – a well-known game script writer (Maid Coffee Chocolate, Maid Coffee Paluffe, Aozora's Promise), who later made his debut with the light novel "How to Raise a Passerby Heroine", which is known as the 30-ban script Home. Maruto is a member of the Yukina gang (he abuses Yukina in different ways)

Cast:

Kitahara Haruki: Mizushima Daizu

Ogiso Yukina: Madoka Yonezawa

On August 12, 2019, Madoka Yonezawa posted a photo of Bai 2 peripherals and his son on Twitter, and netizens complained that Yukina's son was actually a Touma Party member.

Touma Kazuya: Born with Tenmoku Hitomi

Among the characters who appear in the game OP, Touma is the only one whose name does not have Chinese characters. In the early days, there were also translations of Touma and Saki, and later it was gradually finalized as Touma Kazusa.

Takeya Iizuka: Takuya Terashima (part of Touma, I auditioned for Haruki's lines at the audition)

Mizusawa Yio: Nakagashi Yushi (winter horse)

Hayasaka Chichi: Noriaki Sugiyama (Fuyuma Party)

Takahiro Ogiso: Yuki Kaji

Touma Yoko: Natsuki Ryo

Akina Ogiso: Ryoko Ono

Ogiso Susumu: The Supreme Heir (Touma Party)

Tomo Yanagihara: Miyu Kashiwagi (Fuyuma Party)

Sugiura Koharu: Nagata Yiko

Chiaki Izumi: Riri Habuki

Mari Fukuoka: Yu Asakawa

Mihoko Yata: Miho Sumita

Sayuri Shimizu: Ichisugi Kasumi

Ako Sonoda: Kumiko Ito (Plant snow vegetable)

Kazumi Nakagawa: Eima Kogure

Sato: Kozo Sanhe

Honda: Koji Watanabe

Hamada: Kenji Hamada

Matsuoka: Taishi Murata

Kizaki: Kajikawa Shohei

Suzuki: Kotomi Yamakawa (partially snowy)

Uehara: Shirokuma Kanji

Amamiya Sawako: Ishizuka Ishizuka (Plant Snow Vegetable)

DJ: Misa Kobayashi

Miyoko Kudo: Yuu Kamikawa

Takayanagi Kenmasa: Three households farm three

Reasons for choosing Hitomi Utama and Madoka Yonezawa for dubbing:

Related works:

game:

"White Album 2 Prologue" (ic chapter)

"White Album 2 Finale" (cc and coda chapters)

"White Album 2Mini After Story"

The prologue of the PC version will be released on March 26, 2010.

Prologue release cover

The final chapter of the PC version will be released on December 22, 2011.

Final chapter release cover

The PS3 version of "White Album 2: The Other Side of Happiness" was released on December 20, 2012.

PS3 version packaging cover

PS3 version release cover

The PSV version of "White Album 2: The Other Side of Happiness" will be released on November 28, 2013.

PSV version release cover

"White Album 2 Mini After Story" will be released on December 25, 2014

Mini After Story

On February 14, 2018, "White Album 2 Expanded Edition" (WHITE) was released. In addition to the prologue and final chapter, the expanded edition also includes "To You" and "Mini After Story" as well as radio dramas, novels, etc. .

Promotional pv

Rating of each work in the criticism space

Animation:

"White Album 2"

It is a TV animation work adapted from the love AVG game of the same name. The voice actors maintain the original cast, and Fumiaki Maruto is personally responsible for the script and series composition. The content is adapted from the prologue of the game IC. The animation was launched from October 6 to 12, 2013. It will be broadcast on TOKYO MX on September 29th, with 13 episodes in total.

Special bonus:

comics:

The manga of the same name "White Album 2" is serialized in GA Bunko's magazine. It is illustrated by 2C=がろあ and supervised by Fumiaki Maruto.

The plot of the comic is simple and crude and follows the winter horse line.

novel:

"WHITE, the melody of white snow"

There are six volumes in total, the first three volumes have Chinese translations.

Other novels:

The idol who forgot how to sing

Snow～Dream～

The love that cannot be conveyed has been conveyed

His goddess, that guy's savior

After the celebration ~ Thirty minutes of Yukina ~

Suddenly the snow melts, and we wait for the flying snow to come again

It’s no longer the season for white albums

The Passion of Princess Xuecai and the Minister’s Trick

Koharuhiwa after the typhoon has passed

It’s no longer the season for white albums

Radio drama:

Before the celebration~Twenty-four hours for two~

Day of Celebration~Stories off the stage~

Two days and one night of triumph

New Year's Eve 2016

Live dubbing skit:

WHITE New Year of Goodbye and Atonement

White Album 2 School Festival 2020～10th～ Live Dubbing Radio Drama

broadcast:

"White Album 2 Fan Club Broadcast"

Hiromi Tenme mentioned on the radio that animation staff have many Touma gangs and game staff have many Yukina gangs.

"White Album 2 Fan Club Broadcast 2018"

"White Album 2 Fan Club Broadcast 2019"

live:

White ~

The prologue game "White Album 2" (referred to as "White Album 2") was released in 2010. It is a follow-up to the romance game "White Album" (referred to as "White 1") released by Leaf in 1998. Although the two games are in the same world view, But there is no direct connection. The two heroines of White 1, "Morikawa Yuki" and "Ogata Rina" have been mentioned in White 2 (Sukina is from the Morikawa Yuki faction, and Fuyuma is from the Ogata Rina faction. ), and Bai 2's "WHITE ALBUM", "SOUND OF" and other songs are also from Bai 1.

Maruto liked White 1 very much and bought it to play on the day it was released. At first, I wrote a plan with the idea of ​​"I really like WHITE AlBUM and want to make a similar story", and it was actually approved.

PrologueIC

It depicts the protagonist's high school years. The male protagonist Kitahara Haruki and the two female protagonists Ogiso Yukina and Touma Kazusa, from the time they met to forming a three-person band, as the relationship between the three deepened, they gradually fell into a stomach-ache emotional whirlpool.

PC version op

PS3 version op

OP's Love That Can't Be Conveyed (倪かない爱), referred to as "Chip Can't Deliver", should be regarded as the most widely circulated song of Bai 2, and there are multiple versions, and the three protagonists' voice actors have also covered it.

This song appears frequently on various occasions, and even "Not enough" itself has become a meme

Kitahara Haruki (Mizushima Taizu) version is less than:

Kayano Aiyi version is less than:

Winter Horse's first appearance in the game

The appearance of the winter horse was originally planned to be officially revealed in the scene by the music room window (picture below). In the previous plot, only his voice was heard but his person was not seen. Although this idea was not realized in the game, it was It was realized in the animation, and the audience didn't see Touma until the end of the second episode.

The prologue of the game is a pure text with no options, but it requires completing three rounds. The first round hides many facts to express unknown anomalies and incite players' uneasiness. It is not until the second or third rounds that the truth is revealed.

There are two famous Bai Xue scenes in the prologue, "Why are you so skilled…" and "Why is it like this…"

Skilled Street

Touma Kazusa: "Why are you so skilled? How many times have you kissed Yukina!"

Famous Bai Xue scene

Ogiso Yukina: "Why is it like this… For the first time, I have someone I like; for the first time I have made a lifelong friend. These two happy things are intertwined. And these two joys, It will bring me a lot of joy. I should have had this kind of dream-like happy time. But why, it became like this…"

Since the game was released in separate pieces, in order to fill the gaps in the middle, novels and radio dramas were used to fill in the gaps.

The timeline of the following works is before cc

"The Suffering of Princess Yukina and the Minister's Trick"

Xuecai's perspective, what happened in her sophomore year of high school

"Suddenly the snow melts, and we wait for the flying snow to come again (雪が解け、そして雪が下るまで)"

Touma Kazusa's True Dog Adventure is a special ic novel. You can watch it after clearing the prologue of the PC version.

The prologue is described from Kazusa's perspective two years ago, from when she transferred from the music department to the general department, until she met Yukina, allowing players to gain an in-depth understanding of the character of Touma Kazusa.

"His goddess, that guy's savior"

It happened about a week after Haruki and Yukina met, and recorded the moods of Haruki, Yukina, and Touma respectively.

"The love that can't be conveyed has been conveyed (日かない爱、日いた)"

It tells the story of how the song "No Love" was composed by Haruki and Touma and sung by Yukina

"Before the festival ~ 24 hours for two ~ (festival before ~ ​​ふたりの24 hours ~)"

Describes the story of "Prologue", the day before the school festival, when the three of them were practicing at Fuuma's house, and the story of how Yukina became emotionally involved and sang this song after the completion of "Unexpressible Love".

"The Day of the Festival~The Story Off the Stage~ (The Day of the Festival~ The Story Under the Stage~)"

Describe the appearance off the stage on the day of the school festival, and the story of Kazusa after that.

"After the Festival ~Sukina's Thirty Minutes~ (After the Festival ~Sukina's Thirty Minutes~)"

Described from Yukina's perspective, Yukina was entangled in her heart from the moment she witnessed Haruki and Kazusa to the thirty minutes before her confession.

"The Idol Who Forgot How to Sing"

Described from Yukina's perspective, the story of the three years between IC and CC, Yukina's college life before the start of CC, and the memories evoked by "Unconvinced Love" make it impossible for her to sing this song again. Song comes.

"Snow ~Dream~ (Snow ~Dream~)"

The story of If, a dream of Yukina, if after the school festival, Haruki and Touma are dating, what will happen between the three of them?

Final Chapter CC

The betrayal with Yukina, the farewell with Kazusa. Three years have passed since Haruki couldn't forget something. The final chapter depicts the story of Haruki and Yukina, who are college students, and the three new heroines (Koharu Sugiura, Chiaki Izumi, and Mari Fukuoka).

Three new heroines have been added: Koharu Sugiura (2nd from the right), Mari Fuuoka (1st from the right), and Chiaki Izumi (1st from the left)

"One Mooring and Two Days of Triumph"

Describe what happened during the two days when Hesha returned to China to attend the Yaozi concert. (That’s the concert I can’t go to)

There will be an option to "go to the concert" in the game, but this option is always locked and cannot be unlocked. This also caused Haruki to lose the only opportunity to see Kazusa in cc, which made countless winter horse parties sad. Calling Marudo the old thief directly, this option is also called Marudo Fumiaki's malice.

Marudo said that as a story creator, he would choose possibilities that can make the story unfold dramatic.

Dramatic conflicts are more in line with Maruto's preferences, and he himself found it very interesting when he wrote the beginning of the coda.

On the contrary, if they went to a concert and got together, such a simple and lucky happiness would be boring to Marudo.

However, in the live dubbing skit in 2013, Haruki managed to come outside the concert venue (actually she still didn’t go to the concert) and met Touma.

This skit was actually to announce the news of White 2 being animated. It was just an advertisement and purely for entertainment.

In the official "White Album 2 Academy Festival 2020 ~ 10th ~ Live Dubbing Radio Drama", the concert that cannot be attended was once again used as a joke. This time in order to prevent Haruki from going to the concert venue, the old thief Maruto did not hesitate to do it A bomb crime warning blocked all surrounding routes, saying that there was a force called "original power" preventing Haruki from going to the concert.

After cc entered the personal line, no matter which line the plot of the three new heroines involved, Yukina would not be able to bypass Yukina. However, Yukina even had to assist Haruki or the three girls while being tortured three times.

Haruki will also describe Yukina's current situation when having sex with other heroines. The subtitle of the PS3 version "The Other Side of Happiness" also has this meaning.

When the three women gain happiness, what happens to Xuecai on the other side?

Maruto: "The subtitle 'The Other Side of Happiness' means 'there is someone crying behind the scenes', but the 'other side of happiness' is not really full of misfortune."

Maruto: "What I want to describe is not so much the sadness of the heroine who was not chosen in the play, but the strength, dignity, and small hope and happiness of the one who was not chosen."

Chiaki Line was the first to be written in CC, and it was also the most strange. The first completed Chiaki Line even caused quite an impact on the production team.

The three female lines are written in the order of Chiaki, Koharu, and Mari. Yukina is also gradually forced into a desperate situation in this order in the third line.

Showing her final stubbornness and dignity in Qianjing Line, let Haruki pursue happiness

In Xiao Chun Xian, I sent Haru Xi away with a smile, and then cried alone

In Mari's line, he can no longer take care of his own emotions, and even wants to use his body to keep Haruki.

The writing order of the entire game:

IC, CC are common, Chiaki → Koharu → Mari, Yukina finally leads to coda, coda air line → Yukina → Touma

Thousand crystal lines will be discussed later

Talk about the day after Koharu Line

"Koharu Hiwa as soon as the typhoon has passed"

The novel that follows Koharu Te

Mari’s conversation the next day (Mari is a virgin, this was decided by President Shimokawa)

In the three-woman line and the coda winter horse line, whenever Haruki confesses to Yukina and wants to say goodbye to her, this BGM will be played, and it is also called Yukina's execution song.

Another BGM is called the Winter Horse War Hymn. This song appears in Coda Winter Horse Te. On Yukina's birthday, Touma tried his best to come to Haruki and stop Haruki from attending Yukina's birthday party, allowing Chunxi to choose herself. The suppressed emotions of Chunxi after five years of separation poured out with the sound of the war song.

After three lines of preparation, Xuecai finally came to the home court, but the home court was just the opening ceremony leading to the finals.

The coda chapters after cc can only be entered after clearing the cc xuecai line. However, the coda chapter was deliberately hidden at the beginning.

There is another reason for the locked "Going to the Concert" mentioned above to cover up the existence of Coda and give players the illusion that they need to clear all the Touma plots. For this reason, Marudo is also working hard to cc Xuecai's line is written as perfectly as possible.

Maruto: "When I see comments like "Sukina's guide is completed~~" → "Wow~~" on Twitter, it will become "It's so cool! "Mood."

When I was playing the game, I already knew that there was Coda after CC, but I never expected that Maruto would be so heartless. Just now, I was witnessing Haruki and Yukina ushering in the season that only belongs to two people, and they haven't breathed yet. After a moment, coda strikes, and Haruki meets Touma again. I was so excited that my stomach ached.

For players who didn't know the existence of the CODA chapter at the time, the impact must have been far greater than mine, and Maruto wanted to create exactly this effect.

Maruto: "This is because what I really want to write is the coda that serves as the final chapter, and that's it. The coda that ends with the continuation of IC as the background is what WHITE ALBUM means to me personally. the essence of.”

The final chapter coda

Two years after cc, Haruki, who became a professional, went to Strasbourg (this castle is also called White Castle by white scholars) on a business trip. What is the reunion with Kazusa, whom I haven’t seen for five years…

Starting from CODA, the protagonists are no longer students, but go out into the society and become social beings. From the mistakes made in the student days to the social beings, the characters must make their own decisions and take responsibility. Maruto hopes that this work To have enough realism, no matter what, it is necessary to describe how the character faces society, and also refer to his own social experience.

The coda chapter was originally going to be called [WHITE ALBUM], but it couldn't be used because President Shimogawa felt that it would be referred to as "WC" by players.

CG of winter horse appearing at the beginning of coda

This torn stocking came from Maruto's idea

Maruto: "Of course, you have to be very serious about stockings (laughs). It doesn't matter if they break, but you must never take them off!"

coda has four lines in total

Winter horse te, pickles te, floating line, waist cut line

At the end of Touma Te, Yukina being hit by a car was just an accident, not Yukina's intention. There was no such plot in the first draft, but it was just to make Yukina develop in a more extreme and painful direction. Just added. (Is Maruto as cruel as his love?)

Touma Te was originally scheduled to add an h-plot to the ED, but it was not added in the end due to the lack of that kind of atmosphere. Touma Te became the only line without an h-plot.

Yukina Te's decision to add six CGs to ED was made temporarily.

At the end of the first episode of Bubble Line, after Yukina left, Haruki also left alone. At the end of the second episode, there was an added plot of Yukina returning.

The cut line was added midway, and Haruki was forced to hit the brakes at the end.

The difficulty of entering different routes is different. The possibility of choosing Xuecai is the highest, and the possibility of reaching Dongma Line is the lowest.

The options in the game are based on the design of "If you are the protagonist, you will do this" and "If you consider common sense, you should do this". If the protagonist's behavior is weird, it is the player's own choice. As a result, Maruto hopes that it will become a challenge for players who play the game for the first time. The ending of the game is your life choice.

As for a common question in Coda, which of the four lines is the most realistic and the real ending, it all depends on personal perception.

Plot analysis Tieba, Bilibili, Zhihu and other websites can be found everywhere. If you are interested, you can search by yourself.

Follow-up of the floating air line:

"For You Who Were Not Together", this plot is an additional plot of the ps3 version

Xuecai te follow-up:

Talk about it later

mini after story Yukina line

Winter horse te follow-up:

Talk about it later

It’s no longer the season for white albums

mini after story winter horse line

New Year's Eve 2016

White Album 2 School Festival 2020～10th～ Live Dubbing Radio Drama

Official 10th Anniversary Photo

Touma and Yukina ten years later posted on Twitter by Takeshi Nakamura