Trivia / Dōkyūsei

• Franchise Killer: Despite its status as a classic of the Dating Sim genre, the series was shelved after the release of Kakyūsei 2 in 2004, when some of the game's content — more specifically in that the game was marketed as a "pure" love story, but one of the routes involved wooing a love interest who was already in a relationship — caused what can be described as one of the first major Internet-based controversies in Japan. The resulting bad word of mouth caused Kakyūsei 2's sales to tank, and Elf's later attempts at getting a proper Dōkyūsei 3 off the ground would all prove futile.
• Keep Circulating the Tapes:
  • As of 2023, the PC Engine and Sega Saturn versions of the Dōkyūsei visual novel are out of print.
  • The OVA adaptations haven't seen a home media re-release since the Turn of the Millennium.
• The Other Darrin:
  • Misa was voiced in the PC game by Mariko Onodera, but was replaced with Satomi Koorogi for the Sega Saturn version.
  • The vast majority of the cast from the games were replaced for the OVA and the radio dramas.
  • The game's remake features an entirely new voice cast.
• Remade for the Export: The original PC release of the game was never released outside of Japan, but its remake did.
• Role Reprise: Satomi Koorogi stands out as the only voice actress from the games to reprise her role in both the OVA and the radio drama.
• Sequel Gap: After being Elf's Breakthrough Hit and flagship series of the early 1990s, the series went dormant for 8 years after the release of the spin-off Kakyūsei in 1996, as the studio were busy with other projects. Aside from some console ports and the original Dōkyūsei getting a remake for Windows in 1999, the only "new" activity the series saw, until the release of Kakyūsei 2 in 2004, was the Mahjong-themed spin-off Jankyūsei in 2001. A Dōkyūsei 3 was in the planning stages as late as The New '10s as several surviving interviews and features in Japanese game magazines that found their way to the Internet attest to, but Elf's closure in 2015 has pretty much cemented that project's status as Vaporware.

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