After... (video game)

After... is an adult Japanese visual novel developed by Ciel which was released on June 27, 2003, playable on the PC as a CD or a DVD.The early DVD version includes a guide book and soundtrack CD and the early CD version includes a guide book and a mouse pad. Subsequent enhanced ports to the Dreamcast and to the PlayStation 2 as After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~ were released. Both ports feature their own exclusive characters and new scenarios not in the original PC release.

Gameplay
The gameplay requires little interaction from the player as most of the duration of the game is spent on simply reading the text that will appear on the screen; this text represents either dialogue between the various characters, or the inner thoughts of the protagonist. Every so often, the player will come to a "decision point" where he or she is given the chance to choose from options that are displayed on the screen, typically two to three at a time. During these times, gameplay pauses until a choice is made that furthers the plot in a specific direction, depending on which choice the player makes.

Characters

 * Yūichi Takawashi (高鷲祐一)
 * Kanami Shiomiya (汐宮香奈美)
 * Nagisa Takawashi (高鷲渚)
 * Yōko Kishi (喜志陽子)
 * Kōtarō Takidani (滝谷紘太郎)
 * Keishō Abiko (我孫子慶生)
 * Miyuki Chihaya (千早美雪)
 * Saori Mikkaichi (三日市沙織)
 * Satoshi Kamuro (学文路聡)
 * Cypher (サイファ)
 * Lou (ルー)

Release
After.. was first introduced in Japan on June 27, 2003, as a CD-ROM or a DVD-ROM playable on a Microsoft Windows PC. Two consumer console versions for the Dreamcast and PlayStation 2 with adult content removed were developed by Pionesoft and released on February 26, 2004, in limited and regular edition versions. Both versions had the title After... ~Wasureemu Kizuna~ (After...～忘れえぬ絆～, lit. "After... ~Unforgettable Bond~"). A version playable as a DVD TV game entitled After... DVDPG was released on February 25, 2007; and a version playable as a Blu-ray TV game was released on May 21, 2010. On August 26, 2005, a version containing both the original game and its fandisc called After... -Story Edition- was released.

After... Sweet Kiss, a fandisc for the original game released on December 19, 2003. It contains side stories for the three main heroines along with desk accessories.

Anime
After... was adapted as a hentai OVA by Milky Label Animation. It was released on two DVDs between August 25, 2007, and January 25, 2008. Media Blasters licensed the two-episode OVA and released it in the United States thru Kitty Media on Blu-ray and DVD on September 28, 2021, with a new english dub featuring American voiceover actresses, Yara Naika and Diana Lockheart.