Taromati - Kikka and Towa Taromati（橘花＆斗和）
A long-lived classic ghost pairing the silver-haired Kikka with Towa, a black cat who can also appear in human form. Taromati began in 2003 and received a major second-generation rewrite in 2007, accompanied by revised default artwork and an extensive collection of additional shells.
Record
- Aliases
- Taromati, Taromati2, Kikka, KiKKa, 橘花, Towa, 斗和
- Author
- 8
- Character artwork
- 8
- Companion
- Towa (斗和, とわ)
- First release
- 2003-11-10
- Last known release
- 2007-07-21
- Language
- ja
- Status
- available
- Download status
- Taromati2 is available from its long-running proxy distribution page
Technical context
Taromati is the formal ghost title; Kikka and Towa are its characters. The original Taromati was formally released on 2003-11-10. Taromati2, released on 2007-07-21, is a substantial rewrite rather than merely a replacement shell, but retains the same character pair. The distribution page explicitly states that its administrator is not the ghost creator and credits production to 8.
Known locations
- Original site
- Unknown
- Current page
- http://unvollendet.web.fc2.com/ukagaka/ukagaka.htm
- Archived site
- https://web.archive.org/web/20121017024942/http://unvollendet.web.fc2.com/ukagaka/ukagaka.htm
Surviving Taromati2 package
- Package
- Taromati2.zip
- Size
- 2,453,409 bytes
- SHA-256
22782ABAE621AD1C705CF8A87D513CE3F9100B5B36A9DCB8B5CB4B85D86015B8- Safety note
- Distributed by the long-running proxy page. Internal metadata names creator 8, Kikka, Towa, and the default shell. The package contains legacy executable components including aya5.dll.
English availability
No documented English translation is currently listed.
Sources
- Taromati distribution page proxy distribution
Long-running distribution page names the ghost Taromati Ver2, verifies the readings Kikka and Towa, credits production to 8, states that the page administrator is not the creator, and provides screenshots and downloads for both generations.
- Taromati distribution page - 2012 archive archived distribution
Archived copy establishes that the same proxy distribution and creator credit were already present by October 2012.
- Taromati2 surviving package distributed package
Internal metadata lists the title taromati2, characters 橘花 and 斗和, creator and shell credit 8, AYA implementation, and files dated through 2007-07-21.
- Taromati（橘花＆斗和） community thread retrospective community record
Community reference material records formal release dates of 2003-11-10 for the first generation and 2007-07-21 for the second.