Meaning of nakige | Babel Free

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A Japanese visual novel of a genre characterized by melodramatic plots intended to move the player to tears.

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“Nakige are known for their sense of melancholy. Take 2001's Kimi ga Nozomu Eien (The Eternity You Desire), for example, which was released by eroge label âge, a division of ACID. Soon after high school student Takayuki Narumi falls for his classmate Haruka Suzumiya, she goes into a coma after a car accident. Depressed and shocked, Takayuki develops post-traumatic stress disorder and becomes involved with Haruka's best friend, Mitsuki. "To put it simply, a nakige brings players to tears as they read the in-game text," says [ACID CEO Hirohiko] Yoshida.”

“The medium is dominated by nakige, the crying genre, much like how superheroes dominate comics and sitcoms television.”

“Utsuge, on the other hand, stands for pretty much the opposite of nakige, aiming to be as depressing an experience as possible.”

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