ef - a fairy tale of the two.

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Title

Aliases

ever forever, eternal feather, emotional flutter, two, only two, two stories, ふたつの物語, the fairy tale is not just one, but are only two., エフアフェアリーテイルオブザトゥー, 悠久之翼

Play time

Long (34h50m from 55 votes)

Developer

minori

Publishers

minori & Comfort
MangaGamer & No Name Losers & nnb1
Galstars
Nasha Versija & Pin201 & MinoriTeam
Sharin-Sub

Relations

Fandisc

Tenshi no Nichiyoubi “ef - a fairy tale of the two.” Pleasurable Box.

Same setting

12 no Tsuki no Eve

Side story

ef - First Fan Disc

ef - Second Fan Mix

Tenshi no Nichiyoubi "Zoku, Princess Summer" Angel's Holiday - another story, for BugBug.

Links

Wikipedia (en), Wikipedia (ja), Wikidata, MobyGames, GameFAQs, VGMdb, Wine AppDB, VNStat

Shops

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» US$ 146.99 @ PlayAsia

Related anime

[DB-ANN] Ef - a Tale of Memories. (TV Series, 2007)
[DB-ANN] Ef - a Tale of Melodies. (TV Series, 2008)

Description

Amamiya Yuuko, a mysterious girl dressed like a nun, and Himura Yuu, a mysterious gentleman who is somehow attached to the church where Yuuko first appears, are having a reunion in a church during Christmas time. Despite her attire, Yuuko is not affiliated with the church. She always appears generally out of no where, and disappears just as quickly in various places throughout the story to talk with Hiro or other characters and give them advice. Yuuko and Yuu reminisce about the past and remember events of the previous year around the same time at the beginning of the first chapter of the story. Yuuko hints of events that are revealed throughout Ef: A Fairy Tale of the Two..

[From Wikipedia]

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Enforced Playing Order 3.0 High School Student Heroine 3.0 Parting Ending^S 3.0 Unavoidable Heroine Death^S 3.0 Unlockable Protagonist 3.0 Multiple Protagonists 2.9 Passage of Time^S 2.8 Lots of Event CGs 2.8 Flashback 2.8 Lip Sync 2.8 Romance 2.8 Life and Death Drama^S 2.8 Rape Victim Heroine^S 2.8 Protagonist with a Face 2.8 Drama 2.7 Death of Heroine^S 2.7 Fictional Modern Day Japanese Town 2.7 Unavoidable Heroine Rape^S 2.7 Linear Plot 2.7 Dramatic Love Triangle^S 2.7 Mystery 2.7 Orphan Heroine^S 2.7 Psychological Trauma^S 2.7 Dying Protagonist^S 2.6 Amnesia^S 2.6 ADV 2.6 Orphan Protagonist^S 2.6 Narrating Others' Thoughts 2.6 Energetic Heroine 2.6 Animated Ending 2.6 Protagonist's Rival as a Heroine^S 2.6 Protagonist's Kouhai as a Heroine 2.5 Angel Heroine^S 2.5 Gentle Protagonist 2.5 Proactive Protagonist 2.5 Reunion^S 2.5 Male Protagonist 2.5 Heroine with Eyepatch 2.5 Depression^S 2.4 Brief Branches Only 2.4 Sexual Harassment^S 2.4 Student Heroine 2.4 Non-blood-related Brother/Sister Incest^S 2.3 Unrequited Love^S 2.3 Shy Heroine 2.3 High School 2.3 Multiple Opening Movies 2.3 Bad Ending(s) 2.2 Anthology 2.2 Nakige 2.2 School Sports Club Member Heroine 2.1 One True End^S 2.1 Pregnancy^S 2.1 Musician Protagonist 2.1 Bokukko Heroine 2.0 Brief NVL Scenes 2.0 Brother Support Character^S 2.0 Christian Church 2.0 Different Love Interest(s) Per Protagonist 2.0 Half-Japanese Protagonist 2.0 Half-orphan Protagonist 2.0 Imouto-type Heroine 2.0 Intrigue 2.0 Laid-back Heroine 2.0 Mischievous Heroine 2.0 Open Ending(s)^S 2.0 Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Heroine 2.0 Sexual Content 2.0 Sister Support Character 2.0 Twin Sisters as Heroines 2.0 Heroine with Sexual Experience^S 2.0 Low Sexual Content 1.9 Utsuge^S 1.9 Widow(er) Protagonist^S 1.8 Adult Protagonist 1.8 Deredere Heroine 1.8 Bookworm Heroine 1.8 Drop-Out Protagonist^S 1.8 Heroine with Ahoge 1.8 May-December Romance^S 1.8 Other Perspectives 1.8 Protagonist with Partial Voice Acting 1.7 The Holiday Season 1.7 Church 1.7 Hotblooded Heroine 1.7 Mother Support Character 1.7 Timid Heroine 1.7 Varied Title Screens 1.7 Writer Heroine^S 1.7 School Life Comedy 1.6 Ponytail Protagonist 1.6 Female Protagonist for a Short Time 1.6 High Amount of Special Effects 1.6 Winter 1.5 Athlete Heroine 1.5 Central Heroine 1.5 Heroine with Intake Hairstyle 1.5 In Medias Res 1.5 Middle School Student Heroine 1.5 Pragmatic Protagonist 1.5 Protagonist with Ahoge 1.5 Voiced Thoughts 1.5 Pure Love Story 1.5 Long Sexual Scenes 1.4 Design Story 1.4 Bad Endings with Story 1.3 Donkan Protagonist 1.3 Genre Shift^S 1.3 Pretending Heroine^S 1.2 Writer Protagonist^S 1.2 Childishly Violent Heroine 1.2 Painter Protagonist 1.2 Protagonist with Sexual Experience 1.1 Summer 1.1 Child Abuse^S 1.1 Ponytail Heroine 1.1 Female Ejaculation 1.0 Mangaka Protagonist 1.0 Super Deformed CG's 1.0 Foolish Parent Support Character 1.0 Protagonist with Glasses 0.9 Reverse Netorare 0.9 Classic Tsundere Heroine 0.9 Heroine with Wings^S 0.8 Wealthy Protagonist 0.7 Madness^S 0.6

Mini reviews

By ReikoRaph on 2023-05-18Vote: 8.9

<report>The first four chapters are essentially just a prologue in my opinion. They can trigger emotions and make you worry, but I didn't find them particularly interesting. I was just reading and waiting for it to finally tell us about the most interesting and main characters.
When I finally got to the last chapter, I wasn't disappointed. It touched me very much, right up to crying. The last time this happened was in early 2020 with Summer Pockets. That's why I read VNs. So Ef will now get stuck in my heart. At least the last chapter.

0 comments 1 point

By lexaed on 2021-11-22Vote: 7

<report>It took me around 3 weeks to finish the VN.

First: It's quite good, there are interesting characters, good plot and good graphics, but there are also some boring things. Most of the game is pretty boring, that is why it took me that long.

Second: Only 2 characters were interesting. Others were just meh.

I would say it's fine, but nothing else. Ending was good. 7/10

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Full reviews

By ThomVD on 2022-12-27Vote: 9

<report>Ef - a fairy tale of the two. is a romantic drama VN that has several intertwining stories about characters dealing with their own set of hardships regarding interpersonal relationships. These stories touch upon themes like ambition, rejection, jealousy, grief, abuse, tragedy, the importance of memory and many others. Ultimately all those separate stories come together in one final act that wraps it all in a touching package. It's a unique and intensely emotional experience.

One aspect that immediately stands out is its presentation. Despite its age, Ef's production values are immense. With over a thousand (!) unique CGs, lipsynching and blinking, fully animated opening and ending... Read more »

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By marianokun on 2023-05-15r36974Vote: 8.8

Here’s a vn I took nearly two years to complete, after some procrastinating, that is. Not being your run-of-the-mill vn, ef forces you into some dragged-out plots as you meet some rather annoying girls along the way, *cough* Kei. This game gradually takes you by the hand from the mundane (Miyako) to the deepest abyss of depression (Yuuko), while feeding you some dummy SOL that we all love from time to time.

As impatient as I grew about the ever-gripping narrative of ef, I found myself in the discussion section of this website and unintentionally spoiled the ending by reading too much. At this point I knew of the heroine imminent demise though I did not know the source for it. After... Read more »

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0 comments 2 points

By cheekyman07 on 2022-02-02Vote: 7.4

<report>ef was one of the stranger novels that I have read, not for its actual content but for the way it was paced and how its storyline progressed over time.

There are a lot of chapters to this novel, but the strange thing is that the first two storylines are a lot different from the rest aka the second half of the novel which to me felt like it began from the 3rd story onwards.

The pacing was very slow, but intentionally written as such. It was done well but for me there were many spouts of boredom especially in the first half.

The 1st chapter serves as pretty much an introduction to the story and was not too interesting so there was not much to go over.
The 2nd chapter was probably my... Read more »

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By Ayakaze on 2023-08-15Vote: 8.4

<report>‘Ef- a tale of the two’ is a little bit bizarre to say about. It is composed of six chapters. Each of the first five chapters is an approximately independent story. They are all about the bitterness of life and the concedence and struggle against the reality. They are weakly bonded together into two event chains with some common characters. The final chapter draws a conclusion of the stories as the two event chains meet together. The story is touching; sentiments are flowing out the screen. However, it also has some flaws. The abundance of random events occurred by astronomically small chance or absolute zero chance significantly increased in the fifth and the sixth chapter. This is a... Read more »

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