Dryas Orionis

We are a team of Spanish students working on our first visual novel project. Thank you for your support!

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This week’s question: Who would win in a fight?

They would never fight.... Bc they're bros.... and bros don't fight...

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The answer for the question we asked this week on our Instagram account: Who is the purest? Sakura and Ryuuta are actually the purest in the group, but Sakura has a peculiar taste for memes.

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During these hiatus weeks on our social media, we have dedicated some time on doing the sprites that will be shown in the visual novel. We bring you a small preview. Three of our artists are working on them: @seashell_arts draws the sketch, @tinilittleboi is in charge of the lineart and @mandykurosaki colors them. Check their Instagram accounts. We hope you like it!

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Due to the lack of time during our exam period, we have decided to take a break for one or two weeks to focus on studying. We will also try to spend some time creating new content for the visual novel, so that we can bring you more previews of our characters and plot. Thanks for your patience!

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Finally, we introduce you to Ren Satou, our main character. After a quarrel with his parents, Ren travels from Australia to Japan to study his last year before entering university. His paternal grandmother, Amane, will take care of him during his stay in Kawamoto, the city where this novel will take place in. Wonder what things will happen in his last year of school?

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Sakura is known in her classroom for her gentleness and innocence. Despite having a shy and introvert personality, she's very kind with her classmates and her friends. Sakura is very passionate about space and stars, which often makes her pay visits to the observatory at the city outskirts.

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Meguri is a very hardworking and diligent girl, who is always striving to get the best grades at school. She usually has a friendly and cheerful personality. However, when exams are around the corner, you'd better not interact with her, or she'll get mad at you. Meguri is, along with Ryuuta, the only member of the ornithology club, as she is a great bird lover too.

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Same anon about Lliwyaq again. I just want you to be successful with Peruvian fans. They are very proud of their history and culture, so it would be great you take them in consideration

Don’t worry, we understand your concern. We really want Peruvian culture to be represented as accurately as possible, and we will work hard in order to achieve that accuracy.- 🎵

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Hello, I just found your ocs and I think you guys had done a great job. It just concerns me Llywyaq... As a latinx and friend of many Peruvians it worries me you decided to use an alternate name for him that could been OK if he was originally named suzume Quijano because the cultural bg of the Japanese migration to perú , but Llywyaq is not even in Quechua... And why to use a secondary name? Don't get me wrong Llywyaq is not that hard to pronounce and it's even cute but ahdjejsishdh

Hello!We are very glad you liked our project, and we are very grateful of yourfeedback, as we are just beginning with this project and we really like to knowgeneral opinions around our characters and history. About Lliwyaq, when westarted developing the characters of this project, all of them were meant to beJapanese, thus the name “Suzume” was assigned to him. However, as one ofour members is Peruvian-Colombian, we wanted to give exposure to Latinocommunity. At that point, we decided to make him an exchange student from peru,and give him the name “Lliwyaq”, but in order to maintain the first name,we decided to keep “Suzume” as a nickname. The reason we gave for theclassmates to choose “Suzume” as a nickname will be written properlythroughout the visual novel, but we mainly based that change on the fact thatthe Japanese syllabary is kind of phonetically restrained, and it could bedifficult for a Japanese person to pronounce Lliwyaq’s name properly. AboutLliwyaq’s origin, as we started this as a project between friends, we didn’tconsult the origin of the Quechua name “Lliwyaq” thoroughly, but we have theapproval of our Peruvian member’s family, as well as from herself. We, as ateam, by no means want Peruvian community to be misrepresented, and we will tryto make our best to portray Peruvian culture accurately, as we hold a very deeprespect towards it. Thank you again for your concern, and I hope this somehowhelps understanding our choices!- 🎵

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Lliwyaq is a transfer student from Peru. He's a boy who's always willing to help anyone, as he's very kind by nature. Besides, he's very intelligent, since he has a gift for deducing and solving problems. Lliwyaq is a great fan of asian culture too. As his name is so difficult to pronounce, his classmates give him the nickname "Suzume".

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Tarou Muneyama is known at school for his shameless way of expressing himself. He's into anime and manga, more specifically into BL genre. He's the school's repeat student, as he doesn't do very well at studying. However, Tarou is very fond of drawing, specially NSFW. Many of his classmates don't like him because of his bad reputation, as he's known for being a pervert, but Tarou isn't really affected by that, and he keeps acting however he wants.

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Hikage is a peculiar girl: she is a cat lover and likes witchcraft and paranormal stuff. Some of the behaviors that make her be so eccentric are using obsolete words and phrases, talking in the third person or calling herself "Hikage VII, the Dark Sorcerer". She is also a great manga, anime and videogames consumer. As a self-proclaimed witch, she sometimes uses her classmates as her own guinea pigs, making them try her potions and casting spells on them.

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Akihiko is known for not paying too much attention at class and for being asleep in almost all of them. He has a strong personality and is a little rebellious, but that doesn't change the fact that he is friendly and caring with his friends and classmates. Although he isn't a good student, he has some hobbies he's passionate about, such as gardening and fashion. Because of his behavior , he's been given the 'bad boy' tag by his classmates. That, added to his physical appeal, has made him be known as the heartbreaker of the school.

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Ryuuta stands out for being the best student at school in almost every subject. His serious and mature appearance is a sign of his discipline and sctrictness when studying. But behind this appearance lies a naive and caring boy who's passionate about art, his friends and, above all, birds. He's the vice-president of the student council along with Ritsuko, as well as the person in charge of the ornithology club.ㅤ

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We introduce you to Ritsuko Norii! As you can easily tell, Ritsuko is a very strong girl, with leadership skills and great at sports. She may seem a bit rough at first, but it won't be long until she shows her funny, flirty and teasing side. She is the representative of her class, as well as the leader of the student council at school. ㅤ From today on, we are going to start posting sheets of our nine main characters, for you to get to know them a little better. We hope you like them very much!

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We are happy to announce we have officially opened our Tumblr account! We’ll start posting some information about our project, as well as about us from now on. Feel free to check our other social media. 

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