Akaaka Dictionary
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Abe-san-tachi【足部さん達】
A mononoke serving under Mikoto. His true form is a centipede.
In charge of selling fortunes at the Utsuwa Shrine, his hobby is getting people to pull the fortunes he made himself. While he looks like a "Helping Hands" comedy duo, he insists there's nobody inside. As he happens to like cute girls, he has plenty of Meal experience. Because his range of preference is so wide, he won't become an akujiki no matter how much he eats. As an aside, the "Meals" that Abe-san (the front one) talks about hold a double meaning. Children wouldn't understand.
While he's generally not the type to hold any interest in others, he had an unusually friendly relationship with Yue's predecessor, Yoshiki.
Akaya Akashiya Ayakashino【あかやあかしやあやかしの】 (name)
HaccaWorks' second visual adventure game.
In kanji it's written as "赤や灯や妖の". Abbreviated as "Akaaka". As the title is long and hard to say, it often gets confused in a variety of ways, like "Akaya Akashiya Akashiyano".
The truth is, even the staff had trouble remembering it.
Akki【あっきー】
Akiyoshi's nickname. Tougo, annoyed at his stubborn refusal to be called by his family name, started calling him that on the spot. Akiyoshi seems more than happy with the name.
Akujiki【悪食】
The ruin of what once were mononoke who, unable to properly decide on their own "Meals", gluttonously devoured humans at random. As the number of Meals increases, they lose their original forms, and their minds begin to decay.
This situation came about after Shin turned Utsuwa into a town of shadows. Perhaps because of that, the akujiki look similar to shadows themselves. The line that separates a mononoke from an akujiki is whether or not they can suppress that desire for Meals.
Allowance【お小遣い】
Tougo gets 10,000 yen a month, and Akiyoshi gets 5,000. Tougo uses his to buy just one CD a month, and saves the rest; Akiyoshi tends to spend most of his on allergy medication and goods. While we're on the subject, Kurogitsune gets extremely rare 5-to-50 yen tips from Sato-san for helping out.
Ayakashi【あやかし】
Another name for mononoke.
Mononoke is the proper dictionary definition, if you try to look them up.
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Fox Mask【狐面】
Kurogitsune gave this to Yue as proof of their friendship, back when the he'd just joined the mononoke community as a yorishiro and hadn't yet gained self-consciousness. This was also when he first promised to someday take him along to the festival.
As he wears it every day, it seems Yue likes it quite a lot himself.
G
Girl A【少女A】
Akujiki. Her true form is a moth. She slipped into Sagano Kindergarten in the form of a little girl, and was targeting Tougo during the story. Behind the scenes, we designed her as having a preference for old men.
She doesn't have a name, but the staff all call her Yuka-chan. Because her haircut looks like a certain technopop idol member.
Goldfish【金魚】
A trio of mononoke living in the shrine. Their individual names are Gyokuro, Suisen, and Kiimun, and they're always together. They can take human form, but generally they keep fish form in the shrine, and go about floating in the air. As they're still quite young for mononoke they're also quite innocent, but they have an immature cruelty as well.
They call themselves Sato's friends, but in reality their relationship is more like a grandfather and his grandchildren. The Summer Demo played out from their point of view. In the main game the shortest route's bad end involves failing to get all the route flags and falling prey to the goldfish; there's people out there who've been eaten by them quite a few times. They've planted a vivid trauma in some players.
Gyokuro【玉露】
A mononoke living in the shrine. His color is black.
The most calm and stable of the three. If you were to give them types, he'd be the tsundere.
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Hay Fever【花粉症】
The allergies which torment Akiyoshi, and one of the important parts of his identity which make Akiyoshi Akiyoshi. Though it isn't really described or drawn much in-game, when Akiyoshi's in the vicinity of the temple, he's really trying hard to endure all the pollen there.
Hunk【イケメン】
Akiyoshi with his glasses and mask removed. A (human) salaryman who appears in the game also used the term to refer to Sagano. It's whispered among the staff that Akiyoshi is the most handsome of all the characters, but in the game itself there's not a single instance in which both his glasses and mask are removed. On top of that, even in the unlikely event that the seasons changed and he could remove them, his unfortunate behavior wouldn't be any different. By the way, script-wise the hunks in this game include not just Akiyoshi and Sagano, but Sato-san as well.
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Igo Igo Recycle【イゴイゴリサイクル】
A children's TV show boasting huge popularity in the town of Utsuwa. See the visual guide for details. Every morning the 15-minute episodes follow the same process of first destroying something, then remaking it, then finally destroying the thing again. When will Igo-san be able to reach the realm of gods on which he has set his sights?
Igo-san【イゴさん】
A mysterious gentleman who appears on Igo Igo Recycle. He wears a tuxedo and cotton gloves, and carries a walking stick. It's unknown what he looks like under the mask. He has a manly disposition, playful but a little high-strung (according to the show's information guide). He resembles Shin in a Kurogitsune-esque manner.
Igon-kun【イゴンくん】
A character working as Igo-san's assistant on Igo Igo Recycle. He's popular as the show's mascot, and has a lot of character goods - stuffed toys and the like. In the game, Suzuki has an Igon-kun keychain on his schoolbag, and Kurogitsune wants an Igon-kun plush he sees at a target stall at the festival. Because of his high popularity, there's also a lot of fakes and knock-offs on the market as well.
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Kagetsu【架月】
One of Sato's newest subordinates. A gray rabbit.
Conducting secret activities as a city sweeper, he basically deals with the overabundance of akujiki, but the truth is he really does clean the streets as well. His special weapon is a western-style umbrella.
Looks calm and collected, but actually has a short temper and a narrow worldview. Typical example of an arrogant and condescending man. He's a cynical glasses-wearing character, but the picture of him standing with his back turned has a sort of influence as well, like your consciousness will be stolen by another part of him aside from the glasses.
Kiimun【祁門】
A goldfish mononoke living in the shrine. His color is yellow.
He's normally a timid crybaby, but the truth is he has the cruelest disposition of the three. If you were to give them types, he'd be the yandere.
Kurogitsune【黒狐】
A black fox, and Yue's childhood friend. He calls himself something like Yue's big brother.
He's served as attendant to generations of yorishiros. He took care of Yue from the day he was born, too, and found himself holding feelings beyond those of a simple attendant.
As the character constantly accompanying our absent-minded, flighty protagonist, the need for someone cheerful and active naturally affected his personality, but he's also discriminated from adults due to his incongruent appearance. Whatever the scene, he's always there to read the mood and act accordingly, so he's an extremely useful character to have in regards to scenario-writing.
If we were to describe his model, he's like the scenario's pet chihuahua (male).
He doesn't really give a sense of fox-ness.
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Looming Gross Colors【迫り来るきもいいろ】
The concept trend decided on by the chief of the graphics team for Akaaka's coloring.
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Meal【食事】
The event in which a mononoke eats humans in order to increase their strength. There's skill involved in the process; if performed skillfully, the eaten target becomes "someone who never existed to begin with," every last trace of a memory involving them disappearing from the minds of those who knew them.
The masters of the mononoke, Mikoto and Shin (or the yorishiro Shin is possessing), have a different Meal method from other mononoke, particularly in that they eat the person's soul. It's also been arranged that their bodies are sunk into the spring in which the camellia trees symbolizing the white foxes' spiritual power are planted.
Meal Partners【食事の相手】
Humans as a general rule all look alike to mononoke; humans in-game are therefore all represented by the same "human" avatar. The truth is that while they all "look the same" to a degree, a human can gradually stand out from the rest the more you get you know them - though that's something similar to having goodwill towards them, and many target them as meals without having ever thought of them as anything other than human - but it's technically possible. It's pretty rare, though.
As a "Mitsuboshi" like Tsubaki Tougo, who is a delicious meal to all, can be easily sensed by any mononoke, he can be differentiated from the start.
The nature of humans whose appearance and aura grant them favor from others is said to also be recognized by mononoke. The short of it is, the more popular the kid, the more tasty they are.
Meal Space【食事の場所】
The place Mikoto, Shin, and whoever becomes Shin's yorishiro, go to consummate their Meal. It's in the vicinity of a spring, in which are planted tsubaki trees symbolizing Mikoto and Shin's spiritual power.
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Pinwheels【風車】
One of the many things used to represent tsubaki flowers in the grand winter festival. Red therefore plays a central role in their coloring.
Long ago, when Yoshiki reunited with Akane at the festival, he gave her a pinwheel to try to smooth things over; Tougo has the pinwheel in question now. Tougo hates pinwheels because of that memory, but contrary to that he always finds himself visiting the pinwheel sellers at the festival every year.
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Rabbits【兎】
The sweeper pair, Mashiro and Kagetsu. These characters caused an unprecedented number of disputes during the creation process. There were actually a few years' worth of discussion over their design and the meaning behind their existence, before we finally settled with the characters we have today. Nobody talks about the fact we left their character models in the prototype scenario until it was too late to change them.
The two of them give off the feel that it's just not right if they aren't both there, but as a duo they probably don't match up to Saku and Nagi (strength-wise).
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Sagano (person)【嵯峨野】（設定・キャラ名）
The form taken when Akashi's soul, swallowed up by the shadow seal, possessed Shin's body, which had been sealed along with him. Due to the effect of his long stay with the shadows, what once had been light green hair has changed into a much darker color. Also, due to that same influence, he's become a being more like a shadow than a human or mononoke, and holds shadow-like properties. Those people, mononoke, or akuji who are eaten (killed) by him are forcibly sent from the realm or shadows to the world of the surface. (*As the surface is a world touched by sunlight, weak mononoke and akujiki are extinguished there)
With his antisocial personality, he's curt to just about everybody, but he can be seeing acting something resembling nice towards members of the Tsubaki family.
In the early planning stages, all we had was the idea that he'd be the third Meal target - it took a long period of back-and-forth ideas before he settled into the character we have today. In the initial stages, he was a young man (salaryman) from a land outside, with a job as a real estate agent (speculator)(*the idea was he'd be in the position of Yue's First Outsider), but the staff can barely remember that now.
[Reference] → Shadow
Sagano (place)【嵯峨野】（設定・地名）
The name given to the district of Utsuwa the silver grass field and Utsuwa Kindergarten are located. It also has Shin's protection shrine, and a power spot. Because this is the place where Shin and Akashi fought, Sagano muttered the name at his reunion with Yue (Shin).
Saku【朔】
A mononoke in the form of a schoolgirl. Her true form is that of a spider.
She holds the most power in Utsuwa, second only to Mikoto, and because she hates to lose, she'll always challenge tough opponents to a fight. At present the only person she's ever lost to in a battle is Akashi. Because of this, she can't help being a little interested in Yue, who shares the same outward appearance.
She might occasionally look belligerent, but she loves cute things, so she's got her girly side as well.
Her hair gets tangled easily; Nagi always untangles it for her.
Sakura Yoshiki【佐倉由季】
Yue's birth father, and the previous yorishiro. He'd lived with his cousin ever since he was young, but a few years after her mother disappeared, he absconded to become a yorishiro as well. Even after he'd become one, he watched over Akane and Tougo from the shadows, disguised with a mask - he had bad taste in masks though, so Tougo suggested he wear a fox mask. When he dropped by the festival in order to buy one, he ran into Akane.
He looks like a serious, honest young man at first glance, but inwardly he carries a warped quality he himself doesn't notice; Abe-san-tachi, having somehow seen through it, was interested in him for this reason. For Yoshiki, who was struggling to resist the darker part of himself, becoming a Meal for Yue was his only available atonement.
He obviously shares no physical similarities with Yue, who's an exact resemblance of Akashi, but they sort of have a similar ambience about them?
This is a digression, but he's the only person to have lectured Momiji on his akujiki-like behaviour.
Sato【狭塔】
Mikoto's right-hand man. His true form is a crow mononoke. His hobby is cleaning.
He's something like a teacher/foster parent for Yue. He holds something akin to paternal feelings for Yue as well, but actively avoids acknowledging it. With Yue's meaning for existence being to act as Shin's Yorishiro, he keeps a clear divide between them and won't balk at sacrificing him for the sake of continuing the mononoke's existence.
Especially if it's to protect Mikoto, he'll even oppose her personal wishes.
He blends in with the human world under the guise of priest of the Utsuwa Shrine. It's also his job to negotiate with the Tochika family, and prevent humans from learning about mononoke and rebelling. However, his priestly duties are actually partially a hobby for him. He also occasionally does things on a whim, like the time he enrolled in Utsuwa High School and became classmates with Tochika Akitoshi.
Sato's Cooking【サトウのごはん】
A lot of players of the summer scenario demo sent us thoughts along the lines of "Sato-san's cooking...it's Sato's cooking!" The truth is, this caused the staff unconsciously say "! You're right! It's Sato's cooking!" which made everybody laugh.
Sennen Cat【千年猫】
Spokescat for Sennen Mart. You can't tell what expressions it's making since its face is covered by a talisman, but it can express an abundant repertoire of emotions with its diverse meows, thus somehow managing to hold conversations with Yue. Unexpectedly short-tempered.
Appears to be powerfully fixated on Ranchuu, as it is a cat after all.
The tops of televisions are apparently its favorite place to sleep.
Sennen Mart【千年マート】
A store in the town of Utsuwa. At first glance it appears to be an electronics store, but it actually houses a wide variety of products ranging from tracing pads to flower seeds. Its mysteries are many, and few people have ever seen the owner of the store.
Also, though its appearance has changed, this store has existed since Akashi's time.
Shadow【影】
A natural phenomenon, shadows appear at the halfway point between the world where morning and night go around normally (the surface) and the world of shadows (the other side), continually going around these worlds at irregular times. They affect time as well. Having been eaten by shadows, Utsuwa was erased from the surface world, and flipped to the other side instead. Having been erased from the surface world meant that Utsuwa became an area which had never existed in the first place, and no-one noticed it had disappeared. If the shadows leave the area, it will return to the surface world as if nothing had happened.
As shadows allow mononoke to move freely, making it easier to hunt humans, Shin tied the shadows to the town of Utsuwa himself, in order to help those of his people who were too weak to obtain Meals otherwise.
Shin【シン】
A white fox mononoke. Mikoto's younger brother, and the cause of Utsuwa's becoming a town of shadows. He's also the character in the game who talks to Yue in his dreams. You could say he's sort of like a foster parent in that his talking to Yue from within helped give him his sense of self.
Personality-wise he's as calm and straightforward as Mikoto. Because he doesn't discriminate against anyone he meets with, and because of how kind he is, he has a lot of mononoke fans of both genders, but there are also those who feel animosity towards his gentle demeanor.
Having gained a different sort of interest in Akashi than his sister had, it seems deep down he'd looked forward to Akashi's attempts to kill him while he was protecting the seal on the shadows.
Put together with his in-game sprite, he immediately becomes some sort of otome character.
Song【歌】
The song that starts "Akaya akashiya ayakashino~". The song was invented by the chief priest of the Utsuwa Shrine around 200 years ago, when Akashi was still alive and well. Hina (past) learned it from the priest, and the succeeding generations of Tsubaki women have been singing it ever since. It carries in its lyrics the desire for those who have disappeared to return.
The Tochika family borrowed the song as well, having been fond of the sacrificed Akashi. (This was according to the wishes of Hina (past) and the Shin in Akashi's body.)
Spirited Away【神隠し】
When a human gets made into a mononoke's Meal and disappears. It's also the state of the shadow-engulfed town of Utsuwa. One of the main concepts of this work.
The original theme was going to be told from the point of view of both the spirited away people, and the mononoke taking them, but in the end it became a story where it's hard to draw a real boundary line between the two.
Suisen【水仙】
A goldfish mononoke who lives in the shrine. His color is red.
The most mischievous of the three, he's an energetic leader type. As he's comparatively straightforward with his feelings, he gets dere when appropriate.
Suzuki Sora【鈴来宙】
Tougo's classmate, and the goldfish's meal partner. In a sense, he's the heroine of the playable summer demo.
He admires Tougo, and has for some reason been trying to lend his notes to him. He's unconsciously come to be aware of the fact Akiyoshi's been keeping a close eye on Tougo, and sees him as a rival, hinting that they're the same kind.
In Akaaka's early design stages, we'd planned to give the protagonist in the demo an unpleasant role in the main game, and he was supposed play that part, but in the end both the leading part and that other role were taken by the goldfish.
Sweets【甘いもの】
A majority of the characters in Akaaka love sweet things. There's way too many people with sweet teeth. If asked which they prefer, Yue and Sato prefer traditional Japanese sweets (though they'll happily eat western sweets if offered). Kurogitsune and Akiyoshi prefer western sweets.
T
Tako (Octopus)【タコ】
The behind-the-scenes icon succeeding "meat" from the previous work, Hanakisou.
Thus the pledge made in the official info book Maruha has been kept.
Takoyaki【タコ焼き】
Kurogitsune's favorite food. It's octopus meat wrapped in a dough of wheat flour and roasted whole. On the other hand, tako-shaped "taiyaki-like takoyaki" exists too, which you can eat at the store Suzuki goes to.
Tsubaki Akane【椿朱音】
Yue and Tougo's mother.
A collateral descendant of the Tsubaki family, her birth mother was taken as a yorishiro when she was 11 years old. At 18 she married Yaichi and gave birth to Tougo, after which she reunited with her childhood friend-turned-yorishiro, Sakura Yoshiki and, for the sake of creating the next yorishiro, had Yue between them. Not knowing that previous generations were often made into "Meals" for the new yorishiro, she and Yoshiki were both eaten by Yue. What kind of feelings she actually had towards Yoshiki and Yue is left to the player to decide.
The Kyoto dialect she speaks with was inherited from her father, who disappeared when she was young. This makes her a descendant of one of the few families to have immigrated to Utsuwa from other regions before it became a town of shadows.
Tsubaki Akashi【椿朱史】
The founding father of the Tsubaki family, and Tougo's ancestor. The villagers kept a wide berth from him, calling him a changeling due to his naturally golden hair and eyes.
When he was 16, he entered the mountain in search of food for his childhood friend Hina, only to meet with disaster.
He was picked up by Mikoto as he was lying collapsed there, and received spiritual powers through the tsubaki flower he was given. During the time he was kept under house arrest (due to Mikoto having taken a liking to him), he learned the secret of the shadows and the reason for his people's predicament, leading him to hold a powerful hatred towards mononoke, and later to fight with Shin. His soul, separated from its body, ended up getting dragged into the shadow seal along with Shin's body, and was sealed away for hundreds of years. At the beginning of this story, Yue ran into the ceremony/procession for consoling Akashi, thus turning it into a revival instead, and so he was resurrected as "Sagano".
Mikoto and Shin praised him for his looks so based on that he should be a handsome man, but once he became Yue they no longer said that of him - perhaps because of the expression on his face.
Tsubaki Family【椿一族】
Tsubaki Akashi (or Shin in Akashi's body)'s bloodline.
As people of Tsubaki blood are naturally predisposed towards getting hunted by mononoke, and many of them are turned into vessels, the family is actually so scattered that even when they meet they often fail to recognize each other as relatives.
Yaichi and the Sakura cousins were an example of this: even up until Akane's disappearance, Yaichi had no idea that the Sakuras were relatives of the Tsubakis.
Tsubaki Tougo【椿灯吾】
空環高校の二年生。第一の食事対象で、由とは半分血の繋がったの兄弟。
年の割に枯れた性格だが、典型的な兄気質で面倒見はいい。
由に「食事の相手」として、秋良に「遠近家の観察対象」として付き纏われるうちに、二人と徐々に親しくなる。
キャラ立ち的には、シナリオの好みが詰め込まれているため作中でもかなり厚遇されているが、一方で、ハッカに愛された者の宿命として容赦ない目にも遭ったりする。由が不幸というなら、灯吾もかなり幸薄いキャラのだが、本人にあまり自覚はない。
音楽好きは母親譲り。灯吾も「あかあか」の歌は暗記している。
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Utsuwa【空環】
The fictional town that sets the scene for our story. It extends out from the foot of the mountain where the Utsuwa Shrine lies.
After Shin stopped the shadows some hundreds of years ago, the entire town was spirited away, cut off from the outside world. (Because of that, it seems they accomplished their own unique economic development.)
As it's become a shadow town in the story, day never arrives; in the morning the sky begins to look like that of evening, and once it turns to night the day ends. (However, this does not extend to the Utsuwa Shrine grounds, where Mikoto's powers are at work.) Before recorded history, there were only animals (mononoke) in the land of Utsuwa; to Mikoto and the others, the ever-increasing human population was an invasive species, and they could never quite get rid of the idea of them as desecrating their land. On the other hand, both as "Meals" and as something they've learned to coexist with, they also harbor a feeling akin to love for these creatures.
Utsuwa Shrine【空環神社】
A shrine on Utsuwa's mountain. It's become a home for mononoke including Mikoto. It was once under human management, but when the chief priest of the time (mentioned in the Song entry) disappeared about 150 years ago, it was Mikoto's idea for Sato to take over the shrine office. In Akashi's time, it was a playground for orphans.
Because the shrine grounds are under Mikoto's powers, morning and night pass normally. The four seasons are mixed together as well, leading to warm weather all year round. However, due to sustaining the effect of shadows around the shrine entrance, where humans come and go, Mikoto's power is slightly weaker there.
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Young Man A【青年A】
An akujiki. True form is a fox. Was in cahoots with Girl A, wherein he ate the leftovers of her Meals. Although he became an akujiki who couldn't decide what a "delicious meal" was to him and kept eating people at random, he showed a powerful interest Yue - who was possessed by Shin - and Sagano, who had Shin's face and smelled like camellias. Kind of gives off a fanboy feel.
Although he and Girl A are both nameless, the staff's nickname for him is Oreta (snap). Because he looks like he might break apart at any moment.
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つばきひな【椿灯奈】
当吾の妹。表裏のないまっすぐな性格の幼稚園児。しかし正体はミコトの七本目の尻尾が有体化したもの。灯吾と夜市を守って欲しいという由季の意思に添い、彼の死後にミコトが椿家に送り込んだ。灯吾は夜市がよその女性に産ませた子と思い込んでいたが、わだかまりなく自分の妹として可愛がっている。
人と同じように歳を取り、人の寿命を全うした暁にミコトの元へ戻る予定になっている。それまでは、ミコト達に何があろうと、灯吾達の傍にいる。
髪の毛の尻尾の部分を解くとどうなるのかは、灯奈と兄と父しか知らない。
つばきやいち【椿夜市】
椿朱史の末裔である椿家の当主にして、灯吾の父、朱音の夫。
幼馴染の朱音に心を寄せていたが、失踪したまま帰らない由季を待ち続ける朱音の、由季への想いの強さを感じていた。そのため、朱音と結婚した後も、自分が由季から朱音を奪ってしまったという罪悪感を拭えずにいた。朱音の失踪に際しては、その思いが足枷となって、捜索も出来ず、事実を受け入れてしまう。
大事なものはいつも失くしてしまう、というのがコンセプトのキャラクター。ある意味、この作品を一番象徴しているかもしれない。
でぃする【ディスる】
「あかあか」制作現場においての意味は、スタッフ（除シナリオ）が物語の全ての元凶として、シンを悪し様にののしること。
例文：「イケメンなら許されると思っているのか」
「黒い被衣難しいぜこのやろう」
「嵯峨野に全然似ないぜこのやろう」など。
後半はやや八つ当たり。
とおちかあきとし【遠近彰駿】
秋良の父。いかめしい顔付だが、性格は意外と柔らかい。
空環の町の大地主である遠近家の現当主で、冬の大祭では行列の猿田彦役を務める。
影の町や、依代にまつわる内実を知る数少ない人間のひとりで、椿家を監視している。生前、依代の立場を利用してヒトビトを守っていた由季とは面識があり、またサポートもしていた。由季が朱音と姿を消した時から事情はそれとなく察しており、由の素性についてもうすうす感づいている様子である。
高校の同級だった狭塔とは余り顔を合わせたくないと考えており、それもあって息子に神社には近づくなと固く言い聞かせている。
とおちかあきよし【遠近秋良】
空環高校の二年生。第二の食事対象。祭りの夜に由に出会い「食事の相手」として目されるとともに、秋良も由を「ただのヒトではない」と見抜き、その正体を暴こうとする。
「あかあか」企画当初から、既に眼鏡でマスクで花粉症だった。
眼鏡キャラの新しい可能性を追求した結果、眼鏡なのに眼鏡以外の部分が目立つという結果に収まったが、これで本当に良かったのかは判断しかねるところ。しかし残念と言われがちな内面に反して、そのオプションの多さゆえに、立ち絵、スチル、その他諸々にかけられている手間は他のキャラとは一線を画している。
諸設定を除けば、ある意味由にとって最も純粋な食事対象になってしまうのは由自身自覚したくないところであろう。
ともり【灯守】
ミコトに仕えるもののけ。実態は鹿。
ミコトから預かった結界の灯を空環の山の灯篭に付けて回り、その番を務めとしている。
面のため恐ろしげな風体をしているが、気は優しい。泰然自若とした性格で、黒狐に唯一優しいので、もの凄く懐かれている。
食事や、務めの時間以外は面を外したりもしているが、その場面が描かれる予定は今のところない。
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なぎ【薙】
女学生の姿をしたもののけ。実態は蟷螂。
長い三つ編みと眼鏡がトレードマークで、冷静沈着。朔同様に強い力を持ち、ミコトに反意は持たないものの、空環神社のコミュニティには属さずにおり、常に街で朔と行動を共にしている。
先代の依代、由季とは過去に街で幾度か顔を合わせている。
ひたむきに自分のすべき事をしようとしているその姿に感じ入るところがあったのか、稀に手助けなどしていた。
三つ編みは基本的には自分で編んでいるが、たまに朔が編んだりもしている。
なぷれ【NEPURE】
秋良愛用のティッシュブランド。花粉の多い時季には箱で持ち歩いている。
のーと【ノート】
鈴来宙の趣味・特技。
恐らく、戦うことになったらこれを武器にする。
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ひとびと【ヒトビト】
影に囚われた、空環に住む人間達。この作品のイメージコンセプトのひとつ。この世界にいる人間達は、もののけには全て同じような姿に見える、という表現のためのアイコン。こんな風に見えているというだけであって、実際にこのような姿をしている訳ではない。
描くスタッフによって、微妙に顔が変わるのが特徴。
ひな（かこ）【灯奈（過去）】
朱史の幼馴染の少女。お互いに身寄りがなかったため、一緒に過ごすようになった。共にまだ子どもだった事もあって男女の感情はなく、家族愛のような関係だった（かつ互いに自分の方が兄、姉であるという意識でいた）。
朱史が影の封印に巻き込まれた後、朱史の姿で戻ってきたシンに始めは反発するものの、外見と内面のギャップもあってか結果として恋愛関係に発展し、子供を儲けた。
椿灯奈の名前の由来。
ふゆのたいさい【冬の大祭】
毎年一月下旬～二月上旬の間の体日に行われる、空環の祭り。元々は、土地の神であるミコトを祭るために始められた。そのため、至るところにミコトが好む椿の花をモチーフにしたものが用いられている。（風車、提灯など）
山場に行われる行列も形式的にはミコトのための祭事だが、実際はこの祭にかこつけて、遠近家が朱史の魂を慰める目的で始めた鎮魂の儀である。代々の遠近家当主が行列の先頭で猿田彦役を務めるのは、その秘密を守るという意味合いもある。
ふらいどなにか【フライドナニカ】
祭りの屋台で売っている謎の店屋物。ナニカがフライドされているらしいが、ナニかは分からない。
ま
ましろ【眞白】
狭塔の直近の部下のひとり。実態は茶色兎。
架月と同じく、普段は街の掃除屋として暗躍している。得物はビニール傘。
口調やノリは軽いが、仕事に対しては意外に真面目。狭塔の用事や情報収集などの面倒な雑務は、どちらかというと眞白がほとんどこなしている。
（架月が嫌がるため）また、架月とは違う意味の格好付けであり、損をする役回りになる事が多い。
架月、シンの二人よりは精神的にやや大人。
ますく【マスク】
秋良の必需品。鼻から口元までを覆うか、外したとしても顎の方にずらすだけで、完全にマスクを取る事はない。シリアスなシーンでマスクが足を引っ張らないかが懸念されたが、最終的にマスクを外している秋良の顔に違和感を覚えるほどの顔の一部として昇華された。
ますくめがね【マスクメガネ】
主に黒狐が使う秋良の呼称。灯奈が使う事もある。ちなみにマスクはメガネにかかる。発音はマスクメロンと同じ。秋良のマフラーがグラフィック統括から瓜と称されていたため、シナリオが密かにメロンみたいと思いながら呼ばせていた。
まふらー【マフラー】
「あかあか」のキーアイテムのひとつ。当初はターゲットに定めたキャラクターと、ルートに入ると同時にマフラーを交換する予定だった。由がお面をつけたまま外さないという初期の設定が、流石にゲーム上無理があると判断され消滅したと同時に、マフラー設定もなんとなく立ち消えた。もしその設定が生きていれば、場合によっては由が血まみれのマフラーを付けたりしていたかもしれない。
みかん【ミカン】
嵯峨野の好物。昔食べるものがなかった時に、彼にとってこれはごちそうだった。これをくれるひとは彼にとってはいいひとで、あげるのは愛情表現。
…かもしれない。
みけつかみ【ミケツカミ】
【参照】→もののけ
みけぶと【ミケビト】
御食人。依代の事。代替わりをする時に、元々の依代が新しい依代の最初の食事になるケースが多い事からこの名前になった。
みことのぬし【ミコトの主】
九尾を持つ白狐で、空環を統べる山の主。普段は童女の姿をしているが、有史以前から空環に棲んでおり、実年齢は不明。
おおらかな性格だが、己の好きなもの、気に入ったものには拘泥する性質があり、そのために興味のないものを容易に捨てる子供のような一面を持つ。人間側からすれば酷薄と言うべき一面だが、もののけらしい性質とも言える。２００年ほど昔、山で倒れていた椿朱史を「きれいな子供」と気に入り、椿の花を与えた事が全ての始まりとなった。
みつぼし【三つ星】
すべてのもののけに「おいしそう」に見える人間。ミコトに椿の花を与えられた椿朱史や、その血を継ぐものの中に稀に誕生する。現在の三つ星は、椿灯吾、そして椿夜市である。残念ながら、由は三つ星ではない（おそらく三つ星レベル）。
どのもののけにも好まれる、というだけで特別な力を持っている訳ではないが、食べた時に得られる力が大きすぎるため、もののけ達にとっては毒にも薬にもなりえる存在。高級食材が口に合わない人もいる、そんな感じ。
もののけ【もののけ」
影の中に棲み、人間を喰って生きているもの。御食神（ミケツカミ）。
虫や獣などそれぞれの実態を持ち、本来の糧以外に、人間を喰う事でもののけとしての力を増幅する。
もみじ【もみじ】
てるてる坊主の形をしたもののけ。実態は不明。
表立ってはミコトに逆らわないものの、町をうろつきながら自らの美学に基づいて「食事」を行っている。そのターゲットはヒトに限らず、動物から無機物まで何でも食べる。何故悪食化しないのか疑問の持たれるところであるが、器の大きさが違うと思われる。
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やばいぼう【やばい棒】
どこかで見たような駄菓子。大変やばそうなパッケージ。「ヤバイ！ヤバすぎる！！！」と言いながら食べるのがスタンダード。
Yue【由】
本作の主人公。実年齢７歳。
脇役と並ぶと脇役の方が光るという、ハッカ慣例の主人公像を継承している。自分自身を顧みず、周りの気持ちを考えずに自分を犠牲に出来るあたりも、前作の主人公と通じるものがある。
性格は基本的にユルクマイペースだが、ルートによってスタンスがやや変わる。相手によって微妙に態度を変えるあたり、潜在的に甘え方を知っている弟気質と言える。あまり本心に気付いていない事が多い。
由を取り巻くキャラクターが総じて由を甘やかしていたので、製品版リリース後、ユーザーの方から由が可哀想だという大多数の声を受けたスタッフはもの凄く驚いた。
余談だが、由が狐顔なのは狐憑きである事とは関連がない。（シンはどちらかと言うと狸顔である）
よりしろ【依代】
シンが憑依する人間。シンの魂の器。憑依された時点で外見の成長は停止する（食事を通して成長・変化するケースはある）。「食事」の儀式を行う事でシンの生を保つが、憑依状態は身体にかかる負担が大きいため、おおよそ４０年ほどで限界を迎え依代としての機能を果たせなくなる。由が常に睡眠を取り、気怠そうにしているのもそれが原因。
また、これまでの依代は、理由は様々だが結果として椿の血筋を選ぶ事が多かった。朱史の次の、一番初めの依代は、朱史（シン）と灯奈（過去）の第一子だった。それ以降、シンは依代の中で沈黙を保つ。
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らんちゅう【嵐昼】
ミコトに仕えるもののけ。実態はハツカネズミ。
ユーザに性別をよく間違えられるが、歴とした男子。また、名前の音から正体は金魚と思われがちだが、実際にはぴ〇ちゅー的な響きの良さからその名が付いた。
空環神社で下働きをしており、家事労働の一切を担っている。
同年代として気やすいのか、黒狐には解りやすいツンデレぶりを発揮するが、基本的には誰に対しても真面目で几帳面。大家族の長男気質。まだ「食事」の経験がない事をやや気にしているが、作中で彼の食事の相手は描かれていない。
りんごあめ【リンゴ飴】
冬の大祭で椿の花にたとえられているもののひとつで、朔の好きなもの。ミコトも好き。毎年祭の時期に、兎は狭塔に命じられてこれを買いに行かされている。
れとろしゅーる【レトロシュール】
「あかあか」の世界観のテーマ。
和風と評される事が多いが、和風ではなくレトロシュールなのです、というもスタッフは心の中で思っている。
Abe-san-tachi【足部さん達】
A mononoke serving under Mikoto. His true form is a centipede.
In charge of selling fortunes at the Utsuwa Shrine, his hobby is getting people to pull the fortunes he made himself. While he looks like a "Helping Hands" comedy duo, he insists there's nobody inside. As he happens to like cute girls, he has plenty of Meal experience. Because his range of preference is so wide, he won't become an akujiki no matter how much he eats. As an aside, the "Meals" that Abe-san (the front one) talks about hold a double meaning. Children wouldn't understand.
While he's generally not the type to hold any interest in others, he had an unusually friendly relationship with Yue's predecessor, Yoshiki.
Akaya Akashiya Ayakashino【あかやあかしやあやかしの】 (name)
HaccaWorks' second visual adventure game.
In kanji it's written as "赤や灯や妖の". Abbreviated as "Akaaka". As the title is long and hard to say, it often gets confused in a variety of ways, like "Akaya Akashiya Akashiyano".
The truth is, even the staff had trouble remembering it.
Akki【あっきー】
Akiyoshi's nickname. Tougo, annoyed at his stubborn refusal to be called by his family name, started calling him that on the spot. Akiyoshi seems more than happy with the name.
Akujiki【悪食】
The ruin of what once were mononoke who, unable to properly decide on their own "Meals", gluttonously devoured humans at random. As the number of Meals increases, they lose their original forms, and their minds begin to decay.
This situation came about after Shin turned Utsuwa into a town of shadows. Perhaps because of that, the akujiki look similar to shadows themselves. The line that separates a mononoke from an akujiki is whether or not they can suppress that desire for Meals.
Allowance【お小遣い】
Tougo gets 10,000 yen a month, and Akiyoshi gets 5,000. Tougo uses his to buy just one CD a month, and saves the rest; Akiyoshi tends to spend most of his on allergy medication and goods. While we're on the subject, Kurogitsune gets extremely rare 5-to-50 yen tips from Sato-san for helping out.
Ayakashi【あやかし】
Another name for mononoke.
Mononoke is the proper dictionary definition, if you try to look them up.
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Fox Mask【狐面】
Kurogitsune gave this to Yue as proof of their friendship, back when the he'd just joined the mononoke community as a yorishiro and hadn't yet gained self-consciousness. This was also when he first promised to someday take him along to the festival.
As he wears it every day, it seems Yue likes it quite a lot himself.
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Girl A【少女A】
Akujiki. Her true form is a moth. She slipped into Sagano Kindergarten in the form of a little girl, and was targeting Tougo during the story. Behind the scenes, we designed her as having a preference for old men.
She doesn't have a name, but the staff all call her Yuka-chan. Because her haircut looks like a certain technopop idol member.
Goldfish【金魚】
A trio of mononoke living in the shrine. Their individual names are Gyokuro, Suisen, and Kiimun, and they're always together. They can take human form, but generally they keep fish form in the shrine, and go about floating in the air. As they're still quite young for mononoke they're also quite innocent, but they have an immature cruelty as well.
They call themselves Sato's friends, but in reality their relationship is more like a grandfather and his grandchildren. The Summer Demo played out from their point of view. In the main game the shortest route's bad end involves failing to get all the route flags and falling prey to the goldfish; there's people out there who've been eaten by them quite a few times. They've planted a vivid trauma in some players.
Gyokuro【玉露】
A mononoke living in the shrine. His color is black.
The most calm and stable of the three. If you were to give them types, he'd be the tsundere.
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Hay Fever【花粉症】
The allergies which torment Akiyoshi, and one of the important parts of his identity which make Akiyoshi Akiyoshi. Though it isn't really described or drawn much in-game, when Akiyoshi's in the vicinity of the temple, he's really trying hard to endure all the pollen there.
Hunk【イケメン】
Akiyoshi with his glasses and mask removed. A (human) salaryman who appears in the game also used the term to refer to Sagano. It's whispered among the staff that Akiyoshi is the most handsome of all the characters, but in the game itself there's not a single instance in which both his glasses and mask are removed. On top of that, even in the unlikely event that the seasons changed and he could remove them, his unfortunate behavior wouldn't be any different. By the way, script-wise the hunks in this game include not just Akiyoshi and Sagano, but Sato-san as well.
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Igo Igo Recycle【イゴイゴリサイクル】
A children's TV show boasting huge popularity in the town of Utsuwa. See the visual guide for details. Every morning the 15-minute episodes follow the same process of first destroying something, then remaking it, then finally destroying the thing again. When will Igo-san be able to reach the realm of gods on which he has set his sights?
Igo-san【イゴさん】
A mysterious gentleman who appears on Igo Igo Recycle. He wears a tuxedo and cotton gloves, and carries a walking stick. It's unknown what he looks like under the mask. He has a manly disposition, playful but a little high-strung (according to the show's information guide). He resembles Shin in a Kurogitsune-esque manner.
Igon-kun【イゴンくん】
A character working as Igo-san's assistant on Igo Igo Recycle. He's popular as the show's mascot, and has a lot of character goods - stuffed toys and the like. In the game, Suzuki has an Igon-kun keychain on his schoolbag, and Kurogitsune wants an Igon-kun plush he sees at a target stall at the festival. Because of his high popularity, there's also a lot of fakes and knock-offs on the market as well.
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Kagetsu【架月】
One of Sato's newest subordinates. A gray rabbit.
Conducting secret activities as a city sweeper, he basically deals with the overabundance of akujiki, but the truth is he really does clean the streets as well. His special weapon is a western-style umbrella.
Looks calm and collected, but actually has a short temper and a narrow worldview. Typical example of an arrogant and condescending man. He's a cynical glasses-wearing character, but the picture of him standing with his back turned has a sort of influence as well, like your consciousness will be stolen by another part of him aside from the glasses.
Kiimun【祁門】
A goldfish mononoke living in the shrine. His color is yellow.
He's normally a timid crybaby, but the truth is he has the cruelest disposition of the three. If you were to give them types, he'd be the yandere.
Kurogitsune【黒狐】
A black fox, and Yue's childhood friend. He calls himself something like Yue's big brother.
He's served as attendant to generations of yorishiros. He took care of Yue from the day he was born, too, and found himself holding feelings beyond those of a simple attendant.
As the character constantly accompanying our absent-minded, flighty protagonist, the need for someone cheerful and active naturally affected his personality, but he's also discriminated from adults due to his incongruent appearance. Whatever the scene, he's always there to read the mood and act accordingly, so he's an extremely useful character to have in regards to scenario-writing.
If we were to describe his model, he's like the scenario's pet chihuahua (male).
He doesn't really give a sense of fox-ness.
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Looming Gross Colors【迫り来るきもいいろ】
The concept trend decided on by the chief of the graphics team for Akaaka's coloring.
M
Meal【食事】
The event in which a mononoke eats humans in order to increase their strength. There's skill involved in the process; if performed skillfully, the eaten target becomes "someone who never existed to begin with," every last trace of a memory involving them disappearing from the minds of those who knew them.
The masters of the mononoke, Mikoto and Shin (or the yorishiro Shin is possessing), have a different Meal method from other mononoke, particularly in that they eat the person's soul. It's also been arranged that their bodies are sunk into the spring in which the camellia trees symbolizing the white foxes' spiritual power are planted.
Meal Partners【食事の相手】
Humans as a general rule all look alike to mononoke; humans in-game are therefore all represented by the same "human" avatar. The truth is that while they all "look the same" to a degree, a human can gradually stand out from the rest the more you get you know them - though that's something similar to having goodwill towards them, and many target them as meals without having ever thought of them as anything other than human - but it's technically possible. It's pretty rare, though.
As a "Mitsuboshi" like Tsubaki Tougo, who is a delicious meal to all, can be easily sensed by any mononoke, he can be differentiated from the start.
The nature of humans whose appearance and aura grant them favor from others is said to also be recognized by mononoke. The short of it is, the more popular the kid, the more tasty they are.
Meal Space【食事の場所】
The place Mikoto, Shin, and whoever becomes Shin's yorishiro, go to consummate their Meal. It's in the vicinity of a spring, in which are planted tsubaki trees symbolizing Mikoto and Shin's spiritual power.
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Pinwheels【風車】
One of the many things used to represent tsubaki flowers in the grand winter festival. Red therefore plays a central role in their coloring.
Long ago, when Yoshiki reunited with Akane at the festival, he gave her a pinwheel to try to smooth things over; Tougo has the pinwheel in question now. Tougo hates pinwheels because of that memory, but contrary to that he always finds himself visiting the pinwheel sellers at the festival every year.
R
Rabbits【兎】
The sweeper pair, Mashiro and Kagetsu. These characters caused an unprecedented number of disputes during the creation process. There were actually a few years' worth of discussion over their design and the meaning behind their existence, before we finally settled with the characters we have today. Nobody talks about the fact we left their character models in the prototype scenario until it was too late to change them.
The two of them give off the feel that it's just not right if they aren't both there, but as a duo they probably don't match up to Saku and Nagi (strength-wise).
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Sagano (person)【嵯峨野】（設定・キャラ名）
The form taken when Akashi's soul, swallowed up by the shadow seal, possessed Shin's body, which had been sealed along with him. Due to the effect of his long stay with the shadows, what once had been light green hair has changed into a much darker color. Also, due to that same influence, he's become a being more like a shadow than a human or mononoke, and holds shadow-like properties. Those people, mononoke, or akuji who are eaten (killed) by him are forcibly sent from the realm or shadows to the world of the surface. (*As the surface is a world touched by sunlight, weak mononoke and akujiki are extinguished there)
With his antisocial personality, he's curt to just about everybody, but he can be seeing acting something resembling nice towards members of the Tsubaki family.
In the early planning stages, all we had was the idea that he'd be the third Meal target - it took a long period of back-and-forth ideas before he settled into the character we have today. In the initial stages, he was a young man (salaryman) from a land outside, with a job as a real estate agent (speculator)(*the idea was he'd be in the position of Yue's First Outsider), but the staff can barely remember that now.
[Reference] → Shadow
Sagano (place)【嵯峨野】（設定・地名）
The name given to the district of Utsuwa the silver grass field and Utsuwa Kindergarten are located. It also has Shin's protection shrine, and a power spot. Because this is the place where Shin and Akashi fought, Sagano muttered the name at his reunion with Yue (Shin).
Saku【朔】
A mononoke in the form of a schoolgirl. Her true form is that of a spider.
She holds the most power in Utsuwa, second only to Mikoto, and because she hates to lose, she'll always challenge tough opponents to a fight. At present the only person she's ever lost to in a battle is Akashi. Because of this, she can't help being a little interested in Yue, who shares the same outward appearance.
She might occasionally look belligerent, but she loves cute things, so she's got her girly side as well.
Her hair gets tangled easily; Nagi always untangles it for her.
Sakura Yoshiki【佐倉由季】
Yue's birth father, and the previous yorishiro. He'd lived with his cousin ever since he was young, but a few years after her mother disappeared, he absconded to become a yorishiro as well. Even after he'd become one, he watched over Akane and Tougo from the shadows, disguised with a mask - he had bad taste in masks though, so Tougo suggested he wear a fox mask. When he dropped by the festival in order to buy one, he ran into Akane.
He looks like a serious, honest young man at first glance, but inwardly he carries a warped quality he himself doesn't notice; Abe-san-tachi, having somehow seen through it, was interested in him for this reason. For Yoshiki, who was struggling to resist the darker part of himself, becoming a Meal for Yue was his only available atonement.
He obviously shares no physical similarities with Yue, who's an exact resemblance of Akashi, but they sort of have a similar ambience about them?
This is a digression, but he's the only person to have lectured Momiji on his akujiki-like behaviour.
Sato【狭塔】
Mikoto's right-hand man. His true form is a crow mononoke. His hobby is cleaning.
He's something like a teacher/foster parent for Yue. He holds something akin to paternal feelings for Yue as well, but actively avoids acknowledging it. With Yue's meaning for existence being to act as Shin's Yorishiro, he keeps a clear divide between them and won't balk at sacrificing him for the sake of continuing the mononoke's existence.
Especially if it's to protect Mikoto, he'll even oppose her personal wishes.
He blends in with the human world under the guise of priest of the Utsuwa Shrine. It's also his job to negotiate with the Tochika family, and prevent humans from learning about mononoke and rebelling. However, his priestly duties are actually partially a hobby for him. He also occasionally does things on a whim, like the time he enrolled in Utsuwa High School and became classmates with Tochika Akitoshi.
Sato's Cooking【サトウのごはん】
A lot of players of the summer scenario demo sent us thoughts along the lines of "Sato-san's cooking...it's Sato's cooking!" The truth is, this caused the staff unconsciously say "! You're right! It's Sato's cooking!" which made everybody laugh.
Sennen Cat【千年猫】
Spokescat for Sennen Mart. You can't tell what expressions it's making since its face is covered by a talisman, but it can express an abundant repertoire of emotions with its diverse meows, thus somehow managing to hold conversations with Yue. Unexpectedly short-tempered.
Appears to be powerfully fixated on Ranchuu, as it is a cat after all.
The tops of televisions are apparently its favorite place to sleep.
Sennen Mart【千年マート】
A store in the town of Utsuwa. At first glance it appears to be an electronics store, but it actually houses a wide variety of products ranging from tracing pads to flower seeds. Its mysteries are many, and few people have ever seen the owner of the store.
Also, though its appearance has changed, this store has existed since Akashi's time.
Shadow【影】
A natural phenomenon, shadows appear at the halfway point between the world where morning and night go around normally (the surface) and the world of shadows (the other side), continually going around these worlds at irregular times. They affect time as well. Having been eaten by shadows, Utsuwa was erased from the surface world, and flipped to the other side instead. Having been erased from the surface world meant that Utsuwa became an area which had never existed in the first place, and no-one noticed it had disappeared. If the shadows leave the area, it will return to the surface world as if nothing had happened.
As shadows allow mononoke to move freely, making it easier to hunt humans, Shin tied the shadows to the town of Utsuwa himself, in order to help those of his people who were too weak to obtain Meals otherwise.
Shin【シン】
A white fox mononoke. Mikoto's younger brother, and the cause of Utsuwa's becoming a town of shadows. He's also the character in the game who talks to Yue in his dreams. You could say he's sort of like a foster parent in that his talking to Yue from within helped give him his sense of self.
Personality-wise he's as calm and straightforward as Mikoto. Because he doesn't discriminate against anyone he meets with, and because of how kind he is, he has a lot of mononoke fans of both genders, but there are also those who feel animosity towards his gentle demeanor.
Having gained a different sort of interest in Akashi than his sister had, it seems deep down he'd looked forward to Akashi's attempts to kill him while he was protecting the seal on the shadows.
Put together with his in-game sprite, he immediately becomes some sort of otome character.
Song【歌】
The song that starts "Akaya akashiya ayakashino~". The song was invented by the chief priest of the Utsuwa Shrine around 200 years ago, when Akashi was still alive and well. Hina (past) learned it from the priest, and the succeeding generations of Tsubaki women have been singing it ever since. It carries in its lyrics the desire for those who have disappeared to return.
The Tochika family borrowed the song as well, having been fond of the sacrificed Akashi. (This was according to the wishes of Hina (past) and the Shin in Akashi's body.)
Spirited Away【神隠し】
When a human gets made into a mononoke's Meal and disappears. It's also the state of the shadow-engulfed town of Utsuwa. One of the main concepts of this work.
The original theme was going to be told from the point of view of both the spirited away people, and the mononoke taking them, but in the end it became a story where it's hard to draw a real boundary line between the two.
Suisen【水仙】
A goldfish mononoke who lives in the shrine. His color is red.
The most mischievous of the three, he's an energetic leader type. As he's comparatively straightforward with his feelings, he gets dere when appropriate.
Suzuki Sora【鈴来宙】
Tougo's classmate, and the goldfish's meal partner. In a sense, he's the heroine of the playable summer demo.
He admires Tougo, and has for some reason been trying to lend his notes to him. He's unconsciously come to be aware of the fact Akiyoshi's been keeping a close eye on Tougo, and sees him as a rival, hinting that they're the same kind.
In Akaaka's early design stages, we'd planned to give the protagonist in the demo an unpleasant role in the main game, and he was supposed play that part, but in the end both the leading part and that other role were taken by the goldfish.
Sweets【甘いもの】
A majority of the characters in Akaaka love sweet things. There's way too many people with sweet teeth. If asked which they prefer, Yue and Sato prefer traditional Japanese sweets (though they'll happily eat western sweets if offered). Kurogitsune and Akiyoshi prefer western sweets.
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Tako (Octopus)【タコ】
The behind-the-scenes icon succeeding "meat" from the previous work, Hanakisou.
Thus the pledge made in the official info book Maruha has been kept.
Takoyaki【タコ焼き】
Kurogitsune's favorite food. It's octopus meat wrapped in a dough of wheat flour and roasted whole. On the other hand, tako-shaped "taiyaki-like takoyaki" exists too, which you can eat at the store Suzuki goes to.
Tsubaki Akane【椿朱音】
Yue and Tougo's mother.
A collateral descendant of the Tsubaki family, her birth mother was taken as a yorishiro when she was 11 years old. At 18 she married Yaichi and gave birth to Tougo, after which she reunited with her childhood friend-turned-yorishiro, Sakura Yoshiki and, for the sake of creating the next yorishiro, had Yue between them. Not knowing that previous generations were often made into "Meals" for the new yorishiro, she and Yoshiki were both eaten by Yue. What kind of feelings she actually had towards Yoshiki and Yue is left to the player to decide.
The Kyoto dialect she speaks with was inherited from her father, who disappeared when she was young. This makes her a descendant of one of the few families to have immigrated to Utsuwa from other regions before it became a town of shadows.
Tsubaki Akashi【椿朱史】
The founding father of the Tsubaki family, and Tougo's ancestor. The villagers kept a wide berth from him, calling him a changeling due to his naturally golden hair and eyes.
When he was 16, he entered the mountain in search of food for his childhood friend Hina, only to meet with disaster.
He was picked up by Mikoto as he was lying collapsed there, and received spiritual powers through the tsubaki flower he was given. During the time he was kept under house arrest (due to Mikoto having taken a liking to him), he learned the secret of the shadows and the reason for his people's predicament, leading him to hold a powerful hatred towards mononoke, and later to fight with Shin. His soul, separated from its body, ended up getting dragged into the shadow seal along with Shin's body, and was sealed away for hundreds of years. At the beginning of this story, Yue ran into the ceremony/procession for consoling Akashi, thus turning it into a revival instead, and so he was resurrected as "Sagano".
Mikoto and Shin praised him for his looks so based on that he should be a handsome man, but once he became Yue they no longer said that of him - perhaps because of the expression on his face.
Tsubaki Family【椿一族】
Tsubaki Akashi (or Shin in Akashi's body)'s bloodline.
As people of Tsubaki blood are naturally predisposed towards getting hunted by mononoke, and many of them are turned into vessels, the family is actually so scattered that even when they meet they often fail to recognize each other as relatives.
Yaichi and the Sakura cousins were an example of this: even up until Akane's disappearance, Yaichi had no idea that the Sakuras were relatives of the Tsubakis.
Tsubaki Tougo【椿灯吾】
空環高校の二年生。第一の食事対象で、由とは半分血の繋がったの兄弟。
年の割に枯れた性格だが、典型的な兄気質で面倒見はいい。
由に「食事の相手」として、秋良に「遠近家の観察対象」として付き纏われるうちに、二人と徐々に親しくなる。
キャラ立ち的には、シナリオの好みが詰め込まれているため作中でもかなり厚遇されているが、一方で、ハッカに愛された者の宿命として容赦ない目にも遭ったりする。由が不幸というなら、灯吾もかなり幸薄いキャラのだが、本人にあまり自覚はない。
音楽好きは母親譲り。灯吾も「あかあか」の歌は暗記している。
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Utsuwa【空環】
The fictional town that sets the scene for our story. It extends out from the foot of the mountain where the Utsuwa Shrine lies.
After Shin stopped the shadows some hundreds of years ago, the entire town was spirited away, cut off from the outside world. (Because of that, it seems they accomplished their own unique economic development.)
As it's become a shadow town in the story, day never arrives; in the morning the sky begins to look like that of evening, and once it turns to night the day ends. (However, this does not extend to the Utsuwa Shrine grounds, where Mikoto's powers are at work.) Before recorded history, there were only animals (mononoke) in the land of Utsuwa; to Mikoto and the others, the ever-increasing human population was an invasive species, and they could never quite get rid of the idea of them as desecrating their land. On the other hand, both as "Meals" and as something they've learned to coexist with, they also harbor a feeling akin to love for these creatures.
Utsuwa Shrine【空環神社】
A shrine on Utsuwa's mountain. It's become a home for mononoke including Mikoto. It was once under human management, but when the chief priest of the time (mentioned in the Song entry) disappeared about 150 years ago, it was Mikoto's idea for Sato to take over the shrine office. In Akashi's time, it was a playground for orphans.
Because the shrine grounds are under Mikoto's powers, morning and night pass normally. The four seasons are mixed together as well, leading to warm weather all year round. However, due to sustaining the effect of shadows around the shrine entrance, where humans come and go, Mikoto's power is slightly weaker there.
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Young Man A【青年A】
An akujiki. True form is a fox. Was in cahoots with Girl A, wherein he ate the leftovers of her Meals. Although he became an akujiki who couldn't decide what a "delicious meal" was to him and kept eating people at random, he showed a powerful interest Yue - who was possessed by Shin - and Sagano, who had Shin's face and smelled like camellias. Kind of gives off a fanboy feel.
Although he and Girl A are both nameless, the staff's nickname for him is Oreta (snap). Because he looks like he might break apart at any moment.
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つばきひな【椿灯奈】
当吾の妹。表裏のないまっすぐな性格の幼稚園児。しかし正体はミコトの七本目の尻尾が有体化したもの。灯吾と夜市を守って欲しいという由季の意思に添い、彼の死後にミコトが椿家に送り込んだ。灯吾は夜市がよその女性に産ませた子と思い込んでいたが、わだかまりなく自分の妹として可愛がっている。
人と同じように歳を取り、人の寿命を全うした暁にミコトの元へ戻る予定になっている。それまでは、ミコト達に何があろうと、灯吾達の傍にいる。
髪の毛の尻尾の部分を解くとどうなるのかは、灯奈と兄と父しか知らない。
つばきやいち【椿夜市】
椿朱史の末裔である椿家の当主にして、灯吾の父、朱音の夫。
幼馴染の朱音に心を寄せていたが、失踪したまま帰らない由季を待ち続ける朱音の、由季への想いの強さを感じていた。そのため、朱音と結婚した後も、自分が由季から朱音を奪ってしまったという罪悪感を拭えずにいた。朱音の失踪に際しては、その思いが足枷となって、捜索も出来ず、事実を受け入れてしまう。
大事なものはいつも失くしてしまう、というのがコンセプトのキャラクター。ある意味、この作品を一番象徴しているかもしれない。
でぃする【ディスる】
「あかあか」制作現場においての意味は、スタッフ（除シナリオ）が物語の全ての元凶として、シンを悪し様にののしること。
例文：「イケメンなら許されると思っているのか」
「黒い被衣難しいぜこのやろう」
「嵯峨野に全然似ないぜこのやろう」など。
後半はやや八つ当たり。
とおちかあきとし【遠近彰駿】
秋良の父。いかめしい顔付だが、性格は意外と柔らかい。
空環の町の大地主である遠近家の現当主で、冬の大祭では行列の猿田彦役を務める。
影の町や、依代にまつわる内実を知る数少ない人間のひとりで、椿家を監視している。生前、依代の立場を利用してヒトビトを守っていた由季とは面識があり、またサポートもしていた。由季が朱音と姿を消した時から事情はそれとなく察しており、由の素性についてもうすうす感づいている様子である。
高校の同級だった狭塔とは余り顔を合わせたくないと考えており、それもあって息子に神社には近づくなと固く言い聞かせている。
とおちかあきよし【遠近秋良】
空環高校の二年生。第二の食事対象。祭りの夜に由に出会い「食事の相手」として目されるとともに、秋良も由を「ただのヒトではない」と見抜き、その正体を暴こうとする。
「あかあか」企画当初から、既に眼鏡でマスクで花粉症だった。
眼鏡キャラの新しい可能性を追求した結果、眼鏡なのに眼鏡以外の部分が目立つという結果に収まったが、これで本当に良かったのかは判断しかねるところ。しかし残念と言われがちな内面に反して、そのオプションの多さゆえに、立ち絵、スチル、その他諸々にかけられている手間は他のキャラとは一線を画している。
諸設定を除けば、ある意味由にとって最も純粋な食事対象になってしまうのは由自身自覚したくないところであろう。
ともり【灯守】
ミコトに仕えるもののけ。実態は鹿。
ミコトから預かった結界の灯を空環の山の灯篭に付けて回り、その番を務めとしている。
面のため恐ろしげな風体をしているが、気は優しい。泰然自若とした性格で、黒狐に唯一優しいので、もの凄く懐かれている。
食事や、務めの時間以外は面を外したりもしているが、その場面が描かれる予定は今のところない。
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なぎ【薙】
女学生の姿をしたもののけ。実態は蟷螂。
長い三つ編みと眼鏡がトレードマークで、冷静沈着。朔同様に強い力を持ち、ミコトに反意は持たないものの、空環神社のコミュニティには属さずにおり、常に街で朔と行動を共にしている。
先代の依代、由季とは過去に街で幾度か顔を合わせている。
ひたむきに自分のすべき事をしようとしているその姿に感じ入るところがあったのか、稀に手助けなどしていた。
三つ編みは基本的には自分で編んでいるが、たまに朔が編んだりもしている。
なぷれ【NEPURE】
秋良愛用のティッシュブランド。花粉の多い時季には箱で持ち歩いている。
のーと【ノート】
鈴来宙の趣味・特技。
恐らく、戦うことになったらこれを武器にする。
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ひとびと【ヒトビト】
影に囚われた、空環に住む人間達。この作品のイメージコンセプトのひとつ。この世界にいる人間達は、もののけには全て同じような姿に見える、という表現のためのアイコン。こんな風に見えているというだけであって、実際にこのような姿をしている訳ではない。
描くスタッフによって、微妙に顔が変わるのが特徴。
ひな（かこ）【灯奈（過去）】
朱史の幼馴染の少女。お互いに身寄りがなかったため、一緒に過ごすようになった。共にまだ子どもだった事もあって男女の感情はなく、家族愛のような関係だった（かつ互いに自分の方が兄、姉であるという意識でいた）。
朱史が影の封印に巻き込まれた後、朱史の姿で戻ってきたシンに始めは反発するものの、外見と内面のギャップもあってか結果として恋愛関係に発展し、子供を儲けた。
椿灯奈の名前の由来。
ふゆのたいさい【冬の大祭】
毎年一月下旬～二月上旬の間の体日に行われる、空環の祭り。元々は、土地の神であるミコトを祭るために始められた。そのため、至るところにミコトが好む椿の花をモチーフにしたものが用いられている。（風車、提灯など）
山場に行われる行列も形式的にはミコトのための祭事だが、実際はこの祭にかこつけて、遠近家が朱史の魂を慰める目的で始めた鎮魂の儀である。代々の遠近家当主が行列の先頭で猿田彦役を務めるのは、その秘密を守るという意味合いもある。
ふらいどなにか【フライドナニカ】
祭りの屋台で売っている謎の店屋物。ナニカがフライドされているらしいが、ナニかは分からない。
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ましろ【眞白】
狭塔の直近の部下のひとり。実態は茶色兎。
架月と同じく、普段は街の掃除屋として暗躍している。得物はビニール傘。
口調やノリは軽いが、仕事に対しては意外に真面目。狭塔の用事や情報収集などの面倒な雑務は、どちらかというと眞白がほとんどこなしている。
（架月が嫌がるため）また、架月とは違う意味の格好付けであり、損をする役回りになる事が多い。
架月、シンの二人よりは精神的にやや大人。
ますく【マスク】
秋良の必需品。鼻から口元までを覆うか、外したとしても顎の方にずらすだけで、完全にマスクを取る事はない。シリアスなシーンでマスクが足を引っ張らないかが懸念されたが、最終的にマスクを外している秋良の顔に違和感を覚えるほどの顔の一部として昇華された。
ますくめがね【マスクメガネ】
主に黒狐が使う秋良の呼称。灯奈が使う事もある。ちなみにマスクはメガネにかかる。発音はマスクメロンと同じ。秋良のマフラーがグラフィック統括から瓜と称されていたため、シナリオが密かにメロンみたいと思いながら呼ばせていた。
まふらー【マフラー】
「あかあか」のキーアイテムのひとつ。当初はターゲットに定めたキャラクターと、ルートに入ると同時にマフラーを交換する予定だった。由がお面をつけたまま外さないという初期の設定が、流石にゲーム上無理があると判断され消滅したと同時に、マフラー設定もなんとなく立ち消えた。もしその設定が生きていれば、場合によっては由が血まみれのマフラーを付けたりしていたかもしれない。
みかん【ミカン】
嵯峨野の好物。昔食べるものがなかった時に、彼にとってこれはごちそうだった。これをくれるひとは彼にとってはいいひとで、あげるのは愛情表現。
…かもしれない。
みけつかみ【ミケツカミ】
【参照】→もののけ
みけぶと【ミケビト】
御食人。依代の事。代替わりをする時に、元々の依代が新しい依代の最初の食事になるケースが多い事からこの名前になった。
みことのぬし【ミコトの主】
九尾を持つ白狐で、空環を統べる山の主。普段は童女の姿をしているが、有史以前から空環に棲んでおり、実年齢は不明。
おおらかな性格だが、己の好きなもの、気に入ったものには拘泥する性質があり、そのために興味のないものを容易に捨てる子供のような一面を持つ。人間側からすれば酷薄と言うべき一面だが、もののけらしい性質とも言える。２００年ほど昔、山で倒れていた椿朱史を「きれいな子供」と気に入り、椿の花を与えた事が全ての始まりとなった。
みつぼし【三つ星】
すべてのもののけに「おいしそう」に見える人間。ミコトに椿の花を与えられた椿朱史や、その血を継ぐものの中に稀に誕生する。現在の三つ星は、椿灯吾、そして椿夜市である。残念ながら、由は三つ星ではない（おそらく三つ星レベル）。
どのもののけにも好まれる、というだけで特別な力を持っている訳ではないが、食べた時に得られる力が大きすぎるため、もののけ達にとっては毒にも薬にもなりえる存在。高級食材が口に合わない人もいる、そんな感じ。
もののけ【もののけ」
影の中に棲み、人間を喰って生きているもの。御食神（ミケツカミ）。
虫や獣などそれぞれの実態を持ち、本来の糧以外に、人間を喰う事でもののけとしての力を増幅する。
もみじ【もみじ】
てるてる坊主の形をしたもののけ。実態は不明。
表立ってはミコトに逆らわないものの、町をうろつきながら自らの美学に基づいて「食事」を行っている。そのターゲットはヒトに限らず、動物から無機物まで何でも食べる。何故悪食化しないのか疑問の持たれるところであるが、器の大きさが違うと思われる。
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やばいぼう【やばい棒】
どこかで見たような駄菓子。大変やばそうなパッケージ。「ヤバイ！ヤバすぎる！！！」と言いながら食べるのがスタンダード。
Yue【由】
本作の主人公。実年齢７歳。
脇役と並ぶと脇役の方が光るという、ハッカ慣例の主人公像を継承している。自分自身を顧みず、周りの気持ちを考えずに自分を犠牲に出来るあたりも、前作の主人公と通じるものがある。
性格は基本的にユルクマイペースだが、ルートによってスタンスがやや変わる。相手によって微妙に態度を変えるあたり、潜在的に甘え方を知っている弟気質と言える。あまり本心に気付いていない事が多い。
由を取り巻くキャラクターが総じて由を甘やかしていたので、製品版リリース後、ユーザーの方から由が可哀想だという大多数の声を受けたスタッフはもの凄く驚いた。
余談だが、由が狐顔なのは狐憑きである事とは関連がない。（シンはどちらかと言うと狸顔である）
よりしろ【依代】
シンが憑依する人間。シンの魂の器。憑依された時点で外見の成長は停止する（食事を通して成長・変化するケースはある）。「食事」の儀式を行う事でシンの生を保つが、憑依状態は身体にかかる負担が大きいため、おおよそ４０年ほどで限界を迎え依代としての機能を果たせなくなる。由が常に睡眠を取り、気怠そうにしているのもそれが原因。
また、これまでの依代は、理由は様々だが結果として椿の血筋を選ぶ事が多かった。朱史の次の、一番初めの依代は、朱史（シン）と灯奈（過去）の第一子だった。それ以降、シンは依代の中で沈黙を保つ。
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らんちゅう【嵐昼】
ミコトに仕えるもののけ。実態はハツカネズミ。
ユーザに性別をよく間違えられるが、歴とした男子。また、名前の音から正体は金魚と思われがちだが、実際にはぴ〇ちゅー的な響きの良さからその名が付いた。
空環神社で下働きをしており、家事労働の一切を担っている。
同年代として気やすいのか、黒狐には解りやすいツンデレぶりを発揮するが、基本的には誰に対しても真面目で几帳面。大家族の長男気質。まだ「食事」の経験がない事をやや気にしているが、作中で彼の食事の相手は描かれていない。
りんごあめ【リンゴ飴】
冬の大祭で椿の花にたとえられているもののひとつで、朔の好きなもの。ミコトも好き。毎年祭の時期に、兎は狭塔に命じられてこれを買いに行かされている。
れとろしゅーる【レトロシュール】
「あかあか」の世界観のテーマ。
和風と評される事が多いが、和風ではなくレトロシュールなのです、というもスタッフは心の中で思っている。