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2018 · Lose · Adult · Adventure

Maitetsu

Timed PlayStation exclusive

Sotetsu had lost his entire family in a rail accident and was adopted into the Migita household, which runs a shochu brewery in the city of Ohitoyo.

Released: 29 June 2018
Platforms: Nintendo Switch PlayStation 4 Windows
Genres: Adult Adventure Role-playing Visual novel
Developers: Lose
Publishers: Hikari Field Sekai Project Lose Yeti
Modes: Single-player
Perspective: Text
Country: Japan
Age ratings: CERO C ESRB T PEGI 16
Languages: Chinese (Simplified), English, Japanese
Time to beat: 17hmain story39hcompletionist

About

Maitetsu (Japanese: まいてつ) is a visual novel developed by Lose, which spawned anime sidestory short series, Rail Romanesque (Japanese: レヱル・ロマネスク, Hepburn: Reeru Romanesuku). Maitetsu was initially released in Japan in 2016, and it was released internationally by Sekai Project on Steam in 2018. Sekai Project also released the uncensored version of the game on Fakku and Jast, but has since been delisted from Fakku. An expanded re-release, Maitetsu: Last Run, was released in 2020 and contains the original Maitetsu as well as content that could be interpreted as a full sequel.

Rail Romanesque, an anime spinoff of the game, was announced in 2019 and released in 2020. Outside of Japan, the anime was released by Crunchyroll and Funimation. A second season was announced and aired from October to December 2023.

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Story

Maitetsu is set in an alternate reality of Japan named Hinomoto in which railway locomotives are paired up with "Raillords", anthropomorphized girls representing the locomotives. However, a new form of transportation later became popular, leaving railways in disuse. The game follows Sotetsu, who reawakens Hachiroku, the Raillord of steam locomotives No.8620. Sotetsu then works to help Hachiroku find her missing locomotive while trying to save his hometown from pollution.

The majority of the story is set in Ohitoyo, a fictitious city in Kyushu split in half by the Kuma River. The town is largely based on the real city of Hitoyoshi in Kumamoto.

Releases by platformdates and regions as published

Platform	Released	Regions
Windows	29 June 2018	North America · China 21 September 2018
PlayStation 4	26 July 2018	Japan · China 16 January 2020 · North America 16 January 2020
Nintendo Switch	15 January 2020	Europe · Japan 16 January 2020 · China 16 January 2020 · North America 16 January 2020