Innocence Seekers: Akari of the Light
- "Ex tenebris, miracula enasci possunt. Quando miraculum enascetur, tenebrae lux fient." ("From the darkness, miracles can arise. When a miracle arises, the darkness shall become light.")
Innocence Seekers: Akari of the Light (イノセンス・シーカーズ～光のあかり～) is an entry of Innocence Seekers: The Black Rose. A video game is currently in the planning stages, and the story will be published in full on this website before its release. The story follows Akari Kuritani, a young girl living in Namari, and her friends.
Characters
Main characters
Akari Kuritani (栗谷 あかり)
- Main article: Akari Kuritani
Akari is a young girl living in Yaezora, the capital of Namari. The only daughter of Akane Kuritani, Akari has inherited much of her mother's powers, including her affinity for fire magic. At the start of the story, she attends Mihara Elementary School alongside her friends, Michiru, Yayoi and Hiyori. Akari is known for her bright personality and her optimism.
The flower associated with Akari is the sunflower.
Michiru Kurosawa (黒沢 みちる)
- Main article: Michiru Kurosawa
Michiru is one of Akari's friends. She shares much of her powers with her sister Misato, including her affinity for ice magic. Michiru is soft-spoken and reserved, but is fully capable of making friends.
The flower associated with Michiru is the daisy.
Yayoi Miyana (宮奈 弥生)
- Main article: Yayoi Miyana
Yayoi is one of Akari's friends. She is the third of five sisters, and as of the beginning of the story the only one living in Yaezora. Yayoi is somewhat outgoing, but sometimes worries about how others see her, as she used to be a bully.
The flower associated with Yayoi is the pansy.
Hiyori Kigawa (黄川 ひより)
- Main article: Hiyori Kigawa
Hiyori is one of Akari's friends. She is the only daughter of Amane Kigawa, and was Akari's very first friend. Hiyori is seen by others as a very nice and intelligent girl.
The flower associated with Hiyori is the iris.
Other playable characters
Mirai Aooka (青岡 未来)
- Main article: Mirai Aooka
Mirai is a young girl who moved to Namari from Japan in chapter 2. She is rather shy, but will open up to others over time.
The flower associated with Mirai is the anemone.
Sakura Hanazono (花園 さくら)
- Main article: Sakura Hanazono
Sakura is a member of the Mimori Flower Club and a rather outgoing girl.
The flower associated with Sakura is the cherry blossom.
Mizuki Kuwaumi (桑海 水城)
- Main article: Mizuki Kuwaumi
Mizuki is a former classmate of Mirai and Inori. She can be serious at times.
The flower associated with Mizuki is the lotus.
Inori Akagawa (赤川 いのり)
- Main article: Inori Akagawa
Inori is a young girl attending Mimori Elementary School in Tokyo. While she seems introverted, those who speak to her notice that she is actually rather talkative.
The flower associated with Inori is the camellia.
Additional playable characters
These characters, while they play important roles in the story, do not join the party until after the main story has been completed.
Sumire Shiba (紫葉 すみれ)
- Main article: Sumire Shiba
Sumire is a member of the Mimori Flower Club. While she seems to be a girl who takes things rather seriously, she has a soft side when it comes to those at least a few years younger than her (such as Uzuki).
The flower associated with Sumire is the violet.
Himawari Higasa (日傘 ひまわり)
- Main article: Himawari Higasa
Himawari is a member of the Mimori Flower Club. She is known for her bright personality, and is often compared to Akari.
The flower associated with Himawari is the sunflower.
Yuri Shirakawa (白川 ゆり)
- Main article: Yuri Shirakawa
Yuri is a member of the Mimori Flower Club. She is rather nice, and willing to have other people talk about their problems to her.
The flower associated with Yuri is the lily.
Kaede Yuzuhara (柚原 楓)
- Main article: Kaede Yuzuhara
Kaede is a classmate of Akari. Although she has a competitive streak, she often worries about Akari and her friends, and is also noted to be somewhat insecure with her relative lack of magic power when compared to Akari.
Story
On April 2, 2009, Akari and her friends found a small creature lying on the ground, who was severely injured. The creature called herself a familiar, and explained that monsters have been attacking her for the past few weeks. Out of nowhere, a monster appeared; the familiar gave Akari and her friends several devices which will allow them to harness their magic powers and defeat the monster.
WARNING: SPOILERS AHEAD
The familiar later explains to Akari that Gakran sent the monsters to attack her, and is intending to wipe out, at the very least, a significant portion of humanity in the galaxy. She says that Akari is one of the few magical girls capable of defeating Gakran once and for all, due to her special power. She warns Akari that things will get more dangerous over time, and that she needs to prepare.
Despite everyone's efforts to ensure Gakran does not find out about Akari, he eventually does and sends a witch to attack Akari. Akari and her friends manage to repel the witch, but realise that future battles will get harder.
END OF SPOILERS
Gameplay
Planned features of the game include:
- Dungeons consisting of rooms arranged in a grid with randomly-generated content
- Rainbow Grid Battle System (see main article for more details)
- Extreme level, stat and damage caps (level will be capped at 65,535, player HP at 40,000,000,000, player stats at 9,999,999,999 and damage at 9,999,999,999,999,999)
Trivia
- Both the Japanese words 灯り akari and 光 hikari can be translated into the English word "light" (although the former normally refers to lamps). Therefore the Japanese subtitle of this entry can be translated literally as "light of the light".
- The Celestial Trio of this entry is Akari (sun), Yayoi (moon) and Mirai (stars).
Appellation table
An appellation table denotes the terms used by characters to refer to themselves and other characters. This table will only list the eight playable characters.
| Callee | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Akari | Michiru | Yayoi | Hiyori | Mirai | Sakura | Mizuki | Inori | ||
| Caller | Akari | 私 watashi | みちるちゃん Michiru-chan | 弥生ちゃん Yayoi-chan | ひよりちゃん Hiyori-chan | 未来ちゃん Mirai-chan | さくらちゃん Sakura-chan | 水城ちゃん Mizuki-chan | いのりちゃん Inori-chan |
| Michiru | あかりちゃん Akari-chan | 私 watashi | 弥生ちゃん Yayoi-chan | ひよりちゃん Hiyori-chan | 未来ちゃん Mirai-chan | さくらちゃん Sakura-chan | 水城さん Mizuki-san | いのりちゃん Inori-chan | |
| Yayoi | あかりん Akarin | ちるちゃん Chiru-chan ちるちる Chiru-Chiru |
あたし atashi | ひよりん Hiyorin | 未来 Mirai | さくら Sakura | 水城 Mizuki | いのりん Inorin | |
| Hiyori | あかり Akari | みちる Michiru | 弥生 Yayoi 宮っち Miyacchi |
私 watashi | 未来 Mirai | さくら Sakura | 水城 Mizuki | いのり Inori | |
| Mirai | あかりちゃん Akari-chan | みちるさん Michiru-san | 弥生さん Yayoi-san | ひよりさん Hiyori-san | 私 watashi | さくらちゃん Sakura-chan | 水城さん Mizuki-san | いのりちゃん Inori-chan | |
| Sakura | あかりちゃん Akari-chan | みちるちゃん Michiru-chan | 弥生ちゃん Yayoi-chan 緑 Midori |
ひよりちゃん Hiyori-chan | 未来ちゃん Mirai-chan | 私 watashi | 水城ちゃん Mizuki-chan | いのりちゃん Inori-chan | |
| Mizuki | あかり Akari | ちる Chiru | 弥生 Yayoi | ひより Hiyori | 未来 Mirai | さくら Sakura | あたし atashi | いのりちゃん Inori-chan | |
| Inori | あかりちゃん Akari-chan | みちるちゃん Michiru-chan | 弥生ちゃん Yayoi-chan | ひよりん Hiyorin | 未来ちゃん Mirai-chan | さくらちゃん Sakura-chan | 水城ちゃん Mizuki-chan | 私 watashi | |
See Also
- Innocence Seekers: Revenge of a Thousand Years – prequel
- Innocence Seekers: Dimensional Crossing – prequel and chronologically preceding entry
- Innocence Seekers: Mimori Flower Club – direct sequel and chronologically succeeding entry
- Innocence Seekers: April Light – sequel