History VisualNovel / WorldEndEconomica

The three chapters were originally released for [[Platform/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] on August 2011, 2012 an 2013 respectively. The first episode was then ported to the UsefulNotes/RenPy engine in May 2014, and released on Platform/{{Steam}} along with an English translation, with the help of publisher Sekai Project. Following its success, a Kickstarter campaign was launched in order to localize and port the remaining two episodes. The Kickstarter reached its goal in a mere 44 hours, and the final amount collected was four times higher than the initial goal, allowing for an HD makeover of all three episode and a port to Platform/{{iOS}} and Platform/PlayStationVita under the UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} engine. The second chapter was released on Steam in July 2015 and the third in December 2016. The first episode was also released on the Japanese Platform/Nintendo3DS eShop in July 2016.

** This was changed when a retranslation patch was released for the second episode, reverting the characters to their Episode 1 names. However, Episode 3 (the only one not yet converted to UsefulNotes/RenPy) still uses the alternate spellings, again despite the Platform/{{Steam}} trading cards using the original ones.

The story takes place in the far future, sixteen years after humanity has colonized the Moon. As Earth fell victim to [[CrapsackWorld pollution and poverty]], the Moon grew to become an economic paradise, in which anyone can supposedly make it big. In this environment, only the more adept can prosper ; people's desires are either granted to them, or crushed mercilessly. As such, only two rules matter. The first is to never take a loss. The second is to never forget the first.

* DownerEnding: The ending of [[spoiler: the first episode. Haru loses both the trading contest and the money that was entrusted to him by falling for Barton's lies. He undergoes a DespairEventHorizon, which causes him to fall into a coma, of which he emerges traumatized and paralyzed. Due to this, Hagana loses her trust in Haru, and decides to run away.]]

* {{Pun}}: When Hal describes the people who invest in stocks just because they're trending up as cattle, he calls the resulting price movement "moo-mentum."

* WhamLine: Towards the end of Episode 2: [[spoiler: "Hey, long time no see."]].

The main protagonist, a boy named Yoshiharu (Haru for short), has a wild dream, for which he needs to collect an insane amount of wealth. He [[TheRunaway runs away]] from home, and starts playing the stock market in order to gain the money he needs, proving to be extremely competent at it. As he attempts to escape the authorities, he is taken in by a young religious woman named Lisa. He also meets another young girl that was also taken in by Lisa, named Hagana ; she is cold, abrasive, [[NoSocialSkills lacks social skills entirely]], and seems to be interested only in mathematics, a field in which her skills reach genius-levels of mastery, and in helping Lisa however she can.

The three chapters were originally released for [[UsefulNotes/MicrosoftWindows Windows]] on August 2011, 2012 an 2013 respectively. The first episode was then ported to the UsefulNotes/RenPy engine in May 2014, and released on UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} along with an English translation, with the help of publisher Sekai Project. Following its success, a Kickstarter campaign was launched in order to localize and port the remaining two episodes. The Kickstarter reached its goal in a mere 44 hours, and the final amount collected was four times higher than the initial goal, allowing for an HD makeover of all three episode and a port to UsefuNotes/{{iOS}} and UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita under the UsefulNotes/{{Unity}} engine. The second chapter was released on Steam in July 2015 and the third in December 2016. The first episode was also released on the Japanese UsefulNotes/Nintendo3DS eShop in July 2016.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Hagana was sold to pay off a debt and managed to escape to the moon. Learning this is a big part of what finally convinces Haru to [[{{TookALevelInKindness}} take a level in kindness]].]]

* ShoutOut: You don't get to see what the "terminals" that people use as computers in the future look like until Serrault shows up at the church carrying his and it looks almost exactly like a bright red [[UsefulNotes/PlayStationPortable PSP]]. Also, this may be coincidence, but when he brings drinks around with him, Hal notes that Hagana chooses to drink [[VideoGame/OneHundredPercentOrangeJuice "100% pure orange juice"]].

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The translator changed between Episode 1 and Episodes 2-3 and, as is common with Japanese-English translations, almost all the names changed with it- Hal became Haru, Lisa became Risa, Serrault became Cerrow etc. Oddly, the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} trading cards for the characters continue to use their original names.
** This was changed when a retranslation patch was released for the second episode, reverting the characters to their Episode 1 names. However, Episode 3 (the only one not yet converted to UsefulNotes/RenPy) still uses the alternate spellings, again despite the UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} trading cards using the original ones.

-->''Marco's face looked like it might if it were squished between two basketballs. As I observed the scene I fixed my clothes. Marco was struggling to the point where it looked like he couldn't breathe, but Satia kept him in her embrace for a full thirty seconds before finally setting him free.''

''[=WORLD END ECONOMiCA=]'' is a three part {{kinetic novel}} written by Isuna Hasekura (''Literature/SpiceAndWolf'') and developed by indie group Spicy Tails.

'''''[=WORLD END ECONOMiCA=]''''' is a three part {{kinetic novel}} written by ''LightNovel/SpiceAndWolf'' author Isuna Hasekura, and developed by indie group Spicy Tails.

* UnfortunateNames: Eleanor ''Schlick'' Schweitzer.

The story takes place in the far future, sixteen years after humanity has colonized the Moon. As Earth fell victim to [[CrapsackWorld pollution and poverty]], the Moon grew to become an economical paradise, in which anyone can supposedly make it big. In this environment, only the more adept can prosper ; people's desires are either granted to them, or crushed mercilessly. As such, only two rules matter. The first is to never take a loss. The second is to never forget the first.

The main protagonist, a boy named Yoshiharu (Haru for short), has a wild dream, for which he needs to collect an insane amount of wealth. As such, he [[TheRunaway runs away]] from home, and starts playing the stock market in order to gain the money he needs, proving to be extremely competent at it. As he attempts to escape the authorities, he is taken in by a young religious woman named Lisa. He also meets another young girl that was also taken in by Lisa, named Hagana ; she is cold, abrasive, [[NoSocialSkills lacks social skills entirely]], and seems to be interested only in mathematics, a field in which her skills reach genius-levels of mastery, and in helping Lisa however she can.

* LeParkour: This is how Hal usually gets around the city, aided by the Moon's low gravity which makes it easy for almost anyone to leap what would on Earth be huge distances with ease.

The story revolves heavily around the themes of economy, wealth, and the social ladder, and provides a lot of commentary on both how it serves as a mean to achieve one's dreams and ambition and how it is a cruel world that can destroy one's life in an instant. Explanations about various aspects of stock trading are frequent within the story; these explanations are incorporated in a manner that makes them relevant to the events at hand and easily understandable for neophytes, although whether or not it succeeds at making the subject interesting or just ends up more complex and boring than it should [[BrokenBase varies from reader to reader]].