Mahōtsukai no Yoru

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Mahōtsukai no Yoru
Mahōtsukai no Yoru game cover.jpg
Mahōtsukai no Yoru originaw visuaw novew cover.
Pubwisher(s)Notes Co., Ltd. (Type-Moon)
Director(s)Monoji Tsukuri
Artist(s)Hirokazu Koyama
Writer(s)Kinoko Nasu
Composer(s)Fukasawa Hideyuki
  • JP: Apriw 12, 2012
Genre(s)Visuaw novew

Mahōtsukai no Yoru (Japanese: 魔法使いの夜, wit. A Magician's Night), officiawwy subtitwed as Witch on de Howy Night, is a Japanese visuaw novew devewoped by Type-Moon and reweased on Apriw 12, 2012 for Windows PCs. It is rated for aww ages. The gamepway fowwows a winear pwot wine which reqwires no pwayer interaction as de game's duration is spent on observing de images and reading de text dat appears on de screen, which represents de story's narrative and diawogue.


Near de end of de Shōwa era in de wate 1980s, in Misaki town, an owd mansion is rumored to be de home of a witch. After moving into de mansion, Aoko Aozaki begins to wearn sorcery from a young mage, Awice Kuonji, de rumored witch of de mansion, uh-hah-hah-hah. The Aozaki famiwy oversees de wand on which Misaki is buiwt and de heir(Aoko) is tasked wif protecting it.

Mysterious intruders have been disrupting de bounded fiewd in Misaki, weading Awice and Aoko to investigate. A manneqwin or puppet attacks dem and is incinerated. As dis happens, bof of dem spot someone running away, a civiwian who must not get away having seen magic awive.

Unexpectedwy, a young boy named Sōjūrō Shizuki is drawn to de mansion and comes to reside wif dem as weww.

Eventuawwy it is reveawed dat de intruder who had been disrupting de bounded fiewd is Touko Aozaki, Aoko's owder sister. She, having kiwwed deir grandfader, now seeks to unveiw de Aozaki's paf to de root.


Main characters[edit]

Aoko Aozaki (蒼崎青子, Aozaki Aoko)
The first protagonist of de story and a high schoow student who has just begun to wearn sorcery after moving into an owd mansion where a witch was rumored to wive. At schoow, she is de student counciw president. Aoko first appeared as a minor character in Tsukihime,[1] and has appeared in severaw oder Type-Moon games and media incwuding Mewty Bwood[2] and Fate/Extra.[3]
Awice Kuonji (久遠寺有珠, Kuonji Arisu)
A naturaw born witch, de daughter of de ewder son of de weawdy Kuonji famiwy and a witch he feww in wove wif, who wives awone in a mansion, uh-hah-hah-hah. She is emotionawwy detached and sewf-abusive, dus she does not form rewationships easiwy, but graduawwy comes to accept Aoko as a friend. She has been acqwainted wif de Aozaki famiwy for over ten years and serves as Aoko's partner and teacher.
Sōjūrō Shizuki (静希草十郎, Shizuki Sōjūrō)
The second protagonist of de story and a young man from a ruraw wocation who is stiww adjusting to wiving in de city and as a normaw high schoow student. He is qwiet and reserved, but warm-hearted and stabwe in contrast to Aoko and Awice. He winds up wiving at de Kuonji mansion as weww, despite Awice's attempts to drive him away by ignoring him, and Awice devewops uncertain feewings toward him.

Supporting characters[edit]

Tobimaru Tsukiji (槻司鳶丸, Tsukiji Tobimaru)
The popuwar vice-president of de Student Counciw, a cwassmate of Aoko who becomes Sojuro's best friend. He and Aoko when dey were cwose friends as chiwdren, dough dey bof deny having any feewings for one anoder. His famiwy wife is apparentwy compwicated and he is known to casuawwy smoke and spend nights out. Tobimaru happens to have unreqwited feewings for Kojika Kumari.
Kojika Kumari (久万梨金鹿, Kumari Kojika)
The treasurer of de Student Counciw, a friend and cwassmate of Aoko who possesses a coow-mannered and reawistic personawity. She is very responsibwe as a resuwt of being in charge of a househowd of broders, but she diswikes how de men in her wife wook down on her. Though her fader disapproves of her desire to attend cowwege, Kojika stiww works hard to save money to attend anyways.
Hōsuke Kinomi (木乃美芳助, Kinomi Hōsuke)
A cwassmate of Sojuro, Hosuke is a cheerfuw young man whose primary interests are de attractive girws in cwass and becoming rich someday. He often tries to organize de mawe students in cwass, dough his cunning often faiws and de girws wind up pitying him instead. He is awso Sojuro's co-worker at deir part-time job.
Tōko Aozaki (蒼崎橙子, Aozaki Tōko)
Aoko's owder sister, regarded as a genius magus in de Aozaki famiwy, who bewieved dat deir magicaw wineage was dying out. She and Aoko don't get awong particuwarwy weww. Awice enjoys Touko's company because she is a person who can truwy understand Awice, dough Awice does wittwe to stop Aoko and Touko from fighting. Touko has appeared in Kara no Kyōkai as a supporting character.
Lugh Beowuwf (ルゥ ベオウルフ, Ruu Beoworufu)
The antagonist of de story, an agewess nature spirit whose true form is a gowden werewowf, dough he appears as a fair-haired young boy. His existence is simiwar to de True Ancestors dat appeared in Tsukihime. Oder werewowves once revered him as de werewowf who wouwd revive deir race, but was ostracized and water sowd to Touko Aozaki when it became apparent he was not a true werewowf. He is badwy injured in mortaw combat wif Sōjūrō, who destroys his heart wif two concentrated bwows. As Lugh is immortaw, he easiwy regenerates, but de horrific nature of de wound, de pain he suffered from de injury and subseqwent regeneration, and Sōjurō's bizarre nature cause Lugh to become catatonic wif fear and be emotionawwy reduced to de chiwd he appears to be.
May Riddeww Archewot (メイ・リデル・アーシェロット, Mei Rideru Āsherotto)
An idow singer who has travewwed around de worwd, May is awso a mage wif an eccentric personawity. She is acqwainted wif Sojuro by unknown means and is known by de church. As a mage, her abiwity is considerabwe enough to cause troubwe for Lugh.
Ritsuka Suse (周瀬律架, Suse Ritsuka)
A member of de Mage's Association, dough she has onwy been part of de organization for a year after weaving de Church. It is bewieved dat Ritsuka is apprenticed to de Aozaki famiwy to act as a watchdog, which is why Aoko is suspicious of Ritsuka's intentions.
Yuika Suse (周瀬唯架, Suse Yuika)
Ritsuka's twin sister, a member of de church weww-known in town as a pious nun, uh-hah-hah-hah. She possesses a genetic condition dat resuwts in heightened senses and is skiwwed in rougher acts as weww.
Eiri Fumizuka (文柄詠梨, Fumizuka Eiri)
A member of de Church. Despite his gentwe personawity, his advice is often criticaw and harsh. He was once apprenticed to de Aozaki famiwy and happens to be Touko's owd wover. Because he was strong enough to kiww a witch, Touko remains vigiwant around him.

Devewopment and rewease[edit]

Kinoko Nasu was inspired in wate 1995 by de first episode of Neon Genesis Evangewion to write a novew, someding he had been dinking of doing since he was in high schoow. Nasu originawwy wrote Mahōtsukai no Yoru on de spur of de moment as a roughwy 400-page novew in winter 1996. He tried to enter it into severaw writing competitions, but was uwtimatewy unsuccessfuw, weaving de work merewy being passed around by his friends. Later, Nasu pwanned to submit it to Fujimi Shobo, but had difficuwty keeping de page count under 350 pages, and weft de novew unreweased. After forming Type-Moon wif Takashi Takeuchi and reweasing severaw projects under it, Takeuchi suggested remaking Mahōtsukai no Yoru so it couwd be reweased before deir next pwanned project Girws' Work.[4]

In Apriw 2008, a game version of Mahōtsukai no Yoru was announced.[5] Unwike Type-Moon's previous games, Mahōtsukai no Yoru is not an aduwt game, and features Hirokazu Koyama as de wead artist in pwace of Takeuchi. The game was set to be reweased sometime in 2009, but after severaw deways, de game received a September 2010 rewease date.[6] In September, however, Type-Moon announced dat de rewease date had been pushed back to winter 2011, and water to sometime in 2011.[7] A free game demo was made avaiwabwe on December 15, 2011, and de fuww game was reweased on Apriw 12, 2012 for Windows PCs. Mahōtsukai no Yoru's ending deme song is "Hoshi ga Matataku Konna Yoru ni" (星が瞬くこんな夜に) by Superceww.[8] The game's originaw soundtrack was reweased on May 9, 2012.[9] Two visuaw novew seqwews are pwanned by Type-Moon, uh-hah-hah-hah.[10]



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