Mizuiro is a visual novel

Visual novel

A is an interactive fiction game featuring mostly static graphics, usually with anime-style art, or occasionally live-action stills or video footage...

 made by NekoNeko Soft released in 2001. It has versions for four different platforms

Platform (computing)

A computing platform includes some sort of hardware architecture and a software framework , where the combination allows software, particularly application software, to run...

: PC CD (3 Disc), Dreamcast, PlayStation 2

PlayStation 2

The PlayStation 2 is a sixth-generation video game console manufactured by Sony as part of the PlayStation series. Its development was announced in March 1999 and it was first released on March 4, 2000, in Japan...

, and PC DVD-Rom.

There were two anime

Anime

is the Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of "animation". The definition sometimes changes depending on the context. In English-speaking countries, the term most commonly refers to Japanese animated cartoons....

 OVA

Original video animation

, abbreviated as media , are animated films and series made specially for release in home-video formats. The term originated in relation to Japanese animation...

 adaptations of the game, a two-episode Hentai

Hentai

is a Japanese word that, in the West, is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation, particularly those of Japanese origin such as anime, manga, and computer games. The word hentai is a kanji compound of 変 and 態...

 OVA in 2002 and a two-episode non-Hentai OVA in 2003. Both have same characters, but with somewhat different storylines.

Characters

: The protagonist

Protagonist

A protagonist is the main character of a literary, theatrical, cinematic, or musical narrative, around whom the events of the narrative's plot revolve and with whom the audience is intended to most identify...

 and the character controlled by the player.: The heroine of the story. Kenji Katase's adopted little sister.: Kenji Katase's childhood friend. (In DC/PS2 version she has two different stories): Kenji Katase's childhood friend.: Yuki's trusted friend. In her story, she is shy. In all other stories, she is very loud and humorous.: A shy, but smart third year student.: Kenji Katase's tutor. She is quite strict. (DC/PS2 version only)

Game Setting

• Prologue
  Prologue
  A prologue is an opening to a story that establishes the setting and gives background details, often some earlier story that ties into the main one, and other miscellaneous information. The Greek prologos included the modern meaning of prologue, but was of wider significance...
  
  : The player's character is very young, with the story beginning with the meeting of Yuki for the first time and developing a loving sibling relationship although they are not both related in blood as Yuki was adopted.
• Pre-Opening: The player makes choices to decide the story of the game, with the players character still very young. The first meeting of Hiyori occurs, who is a lost girl crying in the park. The game then presents the problems of the character that your choices led to.
• Game: The players character is in the second year of senior high in the game (grade 11). A story about a character is presented to the player depending on the choices made in the last setting. Each story has a moving or tragic situation.
• Voice: Most of the female characters you encounter have a very calm voice, though it depends on the situation.

External links

• NekoNeko soft
• Mizuiro game info
• Unofficial English translation for Mizuiro