Naru and Yuuka 奈留＆ゆうか
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 listed
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. No later package is currently listed.
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 documented English translation is currently listed.
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.