Naru and Yuuka 奈留＆ゆうか

Naru in a grey school uniform standing beside the tiny white Yuuka — Naru and Yuuka preview published with a contemporary June 2002 review; credited there to creator and artist 楠見くれあ · source

An early bilingual ghost featuring the gentle Naru and her tiny companion Yuuka. Naru was one of the period's so-called Four Angels and grew from an earlier PersonaWare persona into a recognizable early Ukagaka character.

Record

Aliases: Naru, 奈留, Yuuka, ゆうか, 偽奈留
Author: 楠見くれあ
Author (romaji): Naoto Kusumi
Character artwork: 楠見くれあ
Companion: Yuuka (ゆうか)
First release: 2001-01-21
Last known release: 2001-12-06
Language: ja, some de
Status: unavailable
Download status: no surviving ghost download verified

Technical context

Naru began as a PersonaWare persona and was test-released as the ghost 偽奈留 on 2001-01-21. The archived creator site lists Naru m0.15a on 2001-12-06. Contemporary reporting records a development-continuation announcement in July 2002 and a new site that August, but a later downloadable package has not been verified.

Known locations

Original site: http://www.try-net.or.jp/~cla/rein/etwas.html
Current page: Unknown
Archived site: https://web.archive.org/web/20011006030733/http://www.try-net.or.jp/~cla/rein/etwas.html

English availability

No English translation has been verified for this ghost yet. This does not mean that none exists.

Sources

etwas — archived Naru distribution page archived original
Creator page describes Naru as a ghost for 何か, lists the m0.13a package on 2001-10-06, and notes its earlier PersonaWare context.
rein — archived creator homepage archived original
Lists Naru m0.15 and m0.15a releases on 2001-12-05 and 2001-12-06 and identifies the site owner in Latin script as naoto kusumi.
The History of Ukagaka — Nise-Haruna chronology archived history
Mirror of a 2002 chronology dating 楠見くれあ's 偽奈留 test release to 2001-01-21 and describing Naru's PersonaWare origin.
2002/06/24 — 伺かゴーストれびゅーそにょ1！ contemporary report
Contemporary review identifies Naru and Yuuka, German dialogue, Four Angels status, PersonaWare origin, and 楠見くれあ as both developer and artist; later annotations record renewed development activity in 2002.