Ludography
Akane Maniax cover

2002 · Adult · Adventure

Akane Maniax

It's love at first sight as brash transfer student Jouji Gouda sets out to win the heart of Akane Suzumiya in this comedic spin-off from Kimi ga Nozomu Eien.

Released
1 May 2002
Platforms
Windows
Genres
AdultAdventureMechaVisual novel
Developers
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Publishers
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Perspective
Text
Themes
Science fictionComedy
Country
Japan

About

Akane Maniax 〜Nagareboshi Densetsu Gouda〜 (アカネマニアックス〜流れ星伝説剛田〜) is a visual novel released for the PC by âge in 2002. It was followed by a three-part video, simply titled Akane Maniax, which was released in 2004.

It is a prequel of sorts to Muv-Luv and side story to Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, and features Akane Suzumiya from Kimi ga Nozomu Eien as its main heroine. Like Muv-Luv Extra and unlike Kimi ga Nozomu Eien, it focuses more on comedy than drama.

Keywords

  • anime
  • students
  • fan translation - english

Media

Akane Maniax screenshot 1

The articlegameplay, story, development, reception

Story

Jouji Gouda is a new transfer student at Hakuryo High School. On his first day of class, he fell in love at first sight for Akane Suzumiya and boldly proposed to her on the spot. The two characters conflict with each other greatly, but Jouji never gives up and would do anything to express his love towards Akane. Although his attempts to win Akane's love at first do nothing but anger Akane, he gradually starts to make an impression on her, inspiring Akane to be more honest about her own feelings.

There are two possible endings. In the good ending, Akane admits she might have developed feelings for Jouji—but confesses that she might be using him as a rebound guy since he reminds her of her sister's ex-boyfriend. He then finds a new true love in the form of Muv-Luv's Sumika, only to have his heart broken about a minute later when she goes running after Takeru. In the true ending, Jouji transforms into a hero called Dimension Knight Tekkumen (時空の騎士テックメン, "Jikuu no Kishi Tekkumen") and fights aliens. Either way, he is said to have transferred out of the school after being scouted for a baseball team in Muv-Luv Extra, which Kouzuki suggests might have been Meiya's doing.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

PlatformReleasedRegions
Windows1 May 2002Japan

Editions and related releases

Derivative works
Akane Maniax

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