is a Japanese 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...

 developed by Purple Software

Purple software

Purple software is an eroge brand under the publisher Clear Blue Communications.This brand established under the publisher JAST in 1998, and transferred to Clear Blue Communications in 2001.- Purple :* Sekai no Hate no Monogatari...

 and was first released for the PC

Personal computer

A personal computer is any general-purpose computer whose size, capabilities, and original sales price make it useful for individuals, and which is intended to be operated directly by an end-user with no intervening computer operator...

 on July 31, 2008. The gameplay

Gameplay

Gameplay is the specific way in which players interact with a game, and in particular with video games. Gameplay is the pattern defined through the game rules, connection between player and the game, challenges and overcoming them, plot and player's connection with it...

in Haruiro Ouse follows a plot line which offers pre-determined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the five female main characters.

Story

Riku Okita commutes to school everyday, always passing a cherry blossom tree that has a legend about it; if a boy and a girl met under it, they would fall in love. One day in spring, he encounters a girl in his school's uniform under the tree. There, she tells him that he'll fall in love with her.

Characters

The game's protagonist. His parents on a business trip abroad, while he lives at home with his younger sister, Ayano.

External links

• Official Haruiro Ouse page on Purple Software's site