Tōka Gettan
Tōka Gettan is a Japanese adult visual novel developed by Root, and published by Orbit, also known for the creation of the Yami to Bōshi to Hon no Tabibito visual novel. The game was released in Japan on May 25, 2007, in regular and deluxe editions. A PlayStation 2 version, called Tōka Gettan: Kōfū no Ryōō, was released on October 1, 2009, with adult content removed. A manga adaptation was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq. A 26-episode anime adaptation produced by Studio Deen aired between April and September 2007.
The series is a spin-off of Moonlight Lady, and as such the original name of the game was Tōka Gettan: Moonlight Lady II. The title was later shortened to simply Tōka Gettan and the subtitle was removed.
Plot
Tōka Gettan is set in the land of Kamitsumihara, where traces of magic and legend can still be seen. The land has been under the protection of the Kamiazuma clan since it was founded. The story revolves around Tōka Kamiazuma, the main protagonist, and his encounter with a young girl named Momoka Kawakabe who comes to stay with the clan. Their meeting sets off a chain of events that would bring an ancient legend to life.
Characters
;Tōka Kamiazuma
;Momoka Kawakabe
;Yumiko Kamiazuma
;Yuriko
;Nene Midō
;Makoto Inukai
;Shōko Rokujō
;Kikyō
;Haruhiko Kamiazuma
;Kiyotsugu Kamiazuma
;Butterfly Triplets
Media
Manga
A manga adaptation titled Tōka Gettan: Moonlight Lady II, written by Aguri Soragata and illustrated by Yukio Kumoya, was serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Comptiq between December 10, 2005, and 2008. Two tankōbon volumes were released: the first on August 9, 2007, and the second on January 10, 2008.
Anime
A 26-episode anime adaptation by Studio Deen aired in Japan between April 3, 2007, and September 24, 2007. The series aired backwards chronologically with episode one being the last episode and episode twenty-six being the first in the story's internal timeline. Chronologically, episode 26 is first, then 24 through episode one, and episode 25 is last. The opening theme is "Yume Oboro" by Eri Kitamura with Mariya Ise, and Saori Hayami. The ending theme is "Kono Sekai ga Itsuka wa" by Saori Hayami. The anime is licensed by Sentai Filmworks to be released on Blu-ray Disc on December 13, 2022.
Visual novel
The Tōka Gettan visual novel was released in Japan on May 25, 2007, in regular and deluxe editions. A PlayStation 2 version, called Tōka Gettan: Kōfu no Ryōō, was released on October 1, 2009, in regular and deluxe editions, with adult content removed.
Reception
Erica Friedman has shown a disdain for this anime, going so far as to say, "I can't call it a yuri anime." She also said that the series was "not good" and was not yuri like Yamibou, and found it "howlingly funny" because it was "so bad." She said that the story is "a little more complex than one might expect" but that the series wades "in a pool of Yuri of all kinds" with crushes that go nowhere. She concluded by saying that it might be entertaining if you enjoyed Yaimbou but said that due to the lack of yuri in that current anime season it gives you "something to stare at until spring."