<s>
YU-NO	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
Girl	I-Application
Who	I-Application
Chants	I-Application
Love	I-Application
at	I-Application
the	I-Application
Bound	I-Application
of	I-Application
this	I-Application
World	I-Application
is	O
a	O
visual	O
novel	O
adventure	O
game	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
by	O
ELF	O
Corporation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
originally	O
released	O
in	O
1996	O
as	O
an	O
eroge	B-Application
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-98	I-Device
Japanese	O
home	O
computer	O
and	O
later	O
ported	O
to	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
and	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
platforms	O
without	O
the	O
sexual	O
content	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YU-NO	B-Application
was	O
written	O
and	O
produced	O
by	O
Hiroyuki	O
Kanno	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
FM-synth	O
music	O
soundtrack	O
was	O
composed	O
by	O
Ryu	O
Umemoto	O
,	O
Ryu	O
Takami	O
and	O
Kazuhiro	O
Kanae	O
,	O
who	O
had	O
previously	O
worked	O
on	O
C	O
's	O
Ware	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Eve	B-Application
Burst	I-Application
Error	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YU-NO	B-Application
was	O
well-received	O
and	O
influential	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
where	O
it	O
revolutionized	O
the	O
visual	O
novel	O
industry	O
and	O
in	O
turn	O
had	O
an	O
impact	O
on	O
the	O
manga	O
and	O
anime	O
industries	O
,	O
inspiring	O
numerous	O
visual	O
novel	O
,	O
manga	O
and	O
anime	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
(	O
Later	O
Mages	O
)	O
developed	O
and	O
published	O
a	O
remake	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
for	O
the	O
PlayStation	B-Device
Vita	I-Device
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
released	O
this	O
version	O
for	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
,	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
in	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Yu-no	B-Application
is	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
a	O
girl	O
central	O
to	O
the	O
story	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
creators	O
said	O
"	O
YU-NO	B-Application
"	O
,	O
which	O
comes	O
last	O
word	O
in	O
the	O
Japanese	O
title	O
,	O
is	O
meant	O
to	O
be	O
a	O
subtitle	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
English	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
title	O
that	O
is	O
used	O
in	O
some	O
artwork	O
is	O
stylized	O
as	O
"	O
YU-NO	B-Application
:	I-Application
A	I-Application
girl	I-Application
who	I-Application
chants	I-Application
love	I-Application
at	I-Application
the	I-Application
bound	I-Application
of	I-Application
this	I-Application
world	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-98	O
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
versions	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
are	O
slightly	O
different	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Similar	O
systems	O
have	O
later	O
been	O
used	O
in	O
the	O
2010	O
role-playing	O
video	O
game	O
Radiant	B-Application
Historia	I-Application
and	O
the	O
PSP	B-Operating_System
version	O
of	O
Tactics	B-Application
Ogre	I-Application
:	I-Application
Let	I-Application
Us	I-Application
Cling	I-Application
Together	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
A	O
baby	O
girl	O
,	O
Yu-no	B-Application
,	O
is	O
born	O
to	O
them	O
,	O
and	O
grows	O
within	O
only	O
four	O
years	O
to	O
a	O
teenager-like	O
appearance	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
day	O
a	O
dying	O
member	O
of	O
nogards	O
,	O
a	O
species	O
of	O
winged	O
humanoids	O
,	O
arrives	O
and	O
entrusts	O
them	O
with	O
her	O
lizard-form	O
infant	O
,	O
named	O
Kun-kun	O
by	O
Yu-no	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Leaving	O
Kun-kun	O
behind	O
,	O
Takuya	O
and	O
Yu-no	B-Application
barely	O
cross	O
the	O
desert	O
;	O
however	O
,	O
they	O
are	O
arrested	O
for	O
trespassing	O
a	O
temple	O
and	O
are	O
separated	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
he	O
meets	O
an	O
imprisoned	O
Ryuuzouji	O
,	O
who	O
reveals	O
that	O
the	O
latest	O
priestess	O
lost	O
her	O
mind	O
as	O
a	O
bodily	O
function	O
to	O
give	O
up	O
,	O
making	O
Takuya	O
realise	O
the	O
current	O
priestess	O
is	O
a	O
brainwashed	O
Yu-no	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Takuya	O
frees	O
him	O
in	O
exchange	O
for	O
the	O
information	O
and	O
sneaks	O
into	O
the	O
palace	O
where	O
he	O
cures	O
Yu-no	B-Application
back	O
to	O
normal	O
using	O
Ryuuzouji	O
's	O
advice	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
night	O
before	O
the	O
ritual	O
,	O
Yu-no	B-Application
pleads	O
to	O
have	O
sex	O
with	O
Takuya	O
,	O
who	O
reluctantly	O
complies	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Earth	O
is	O
saved	O
thanks	O
to	O
Yu-no	B-Application
,	O
but	O
Dela	O
Grante	O
inevitably	O
meets	O
its	O
end	O
by	O
colliding	O
on	O
Earth	O
8000	O
years	O
in	O
the	O
past	O
,	O
and	O
Yu-no	B-Application
is	O
thrust	O
out	O
of	O
Dela	O
Grante	O
's	O
dimension	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
With	O
the	O
Reflector	O
Device	O
,	O
and	O
a	O
jewel	O
he	O
gave	O
her	O
,	O
Takuya	O
returns	O
to	O
the	O
moment	O
at	O
Sword	O
Cape	O
where	O
he	O
first	O
saw	O
Yu-no	B-Application
,	O
who	O
was	O
the	O
naked	O
woman	O
in	O
the	O
prologue	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Character	O
Description	O
1997	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
1998	O
OVA	O
2017	O
remake	O
2019	O
anime	O
(	O
Japanese	O
)	O
2019	O
anime	O
(	O
English	O
)	O
The	O
protagonist	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
who	O
inherits	O
the	O
Reflector	O
device	O
from	O
his	O
father	O
to	O
travel	O
amongst	O
different	O
parallel	O
universes	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Tessho	O
Genda	O
Biichi	O
SatouA	O
Nogard	O
,	O
a	O
lizard-like	O
creature	O
which	O
Takuya	O
and	O
Yu-No	B-Application
adopt	O
from	O
her	O
dying	O
mother	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Having	O
made	O
the	O
earlier	O
successful	O
adventure	O
games	O
DESIRE	O
(	O
1994	O
)	O
and	O
EVE	B-Application
Burst	I-Application
Error	I-Application
(	O
1995	O
)	O
at	O
C	O
's	O
Ware	O
,	O
Hiroyuki	O
Kanno	O
and	O
Ryu	O
Umemoto	O
were	O
hired	O
by	O
ELF	O
to	O
create	O
a	O
game	O
with	O
a	O
high	O
budget	O
available	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YU-NO	B-Application
was	O
released	O
as	O
an	O
adult	O
game	O
on	O
December	O
26	O
,	O
1996	O
,	O
for	O
the	O
NEC	B-Device
PC-98	I-Device
;	O
it	O
was	O
the	O
last	O
MS-DOS-based	O
game	O
developed	O
by	O
ELF	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
floppy	B-Device
disk	I-Device
and	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
versions	O
were	O
released	O
;	O
the	O
CD-ROM	B-Device
edition	O
contained	O
arrangements	O
of	O
the	O
music	O
but	O
was	O
otherwise	O
identical	O
to	O
the	O
floppy	B-Device
edition	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YU-NO	B-Application
was	O
released	O
on	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
console	O
on	O
December	O
4	O
,	O
1997	O
with	O
a	O
recommended	O
minimum	O
age	O
of	O
18	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC-98	O
version	O
of	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
ported	O
to	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
"	O
ELF	O
Classics	O
"	O
range	O
and	O
released	O
on	O
December	O
22	O
,	O
2000	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
well	O
as	O
the	O
translation	O
,	O
it	O
provides	O
re-inserted	O
voices	O
from	O
the	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
version	O
,	O
explicit	O
sex	O
scenes	O
,	O
Ryu	O
Umemoto	O
's	O
original	O
FM	O
score	O
and	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
CGs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
English	O
localization	O
was	O
released	O
by	O
Spike	O
Chunsoft	O
on	O
October	O
1	O
,	O
2019	O
worldwide	O
for	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
,	O
and	O
in	O
North	O
America	O
for	O
Nintendo	B-Application
Switch	I-Application
and	O
PlayStation	B-Operating_System
4	I-Operating_System
;	O
the	O
game	O
was	O
released	O
in	O
European	O
markets	O
on	O
October	O
4	O
,	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Switch	O
Day	O
1	O
Edition	O
included	O
a	O
side-scrolling	O
shooting	O
game	O
called	O
8-BIT	O
YU-NO	B-Application
'	O
s	O
Great	O
Adventure	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
1997	O
came	O
out	O
both	O
Super	O
Soundtrack	O
and	O
Original	O
Sound	O
&	O
Voice	O
Collection	O
soundtrack	O
releases	O
;	O
in	O
2016	O
an	O
album	O
titled	O
Tribute	O
to	O
Ryu	O
Umemoto	O
:	O
Music	O
from	O
YU-NO	B-Application
featuring	O
remixes	O
by	O
video	O
game	O
composers	O
such	O
as	O
Hiroki	O
Kikuta	O
,	O
Yuji	O
Takenouchi	O
,	O
and	O
Ippo	O
Yamada	O
;	O
and	O
in	O
2017	O
alongside	O
the	O
remake	O
a	O
5-disc	O
collection	O
clocking	O
at	O
15	O
hours	O
containing	O
,	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
the	O
albums	O
from	O
1997	O
,	O
also	O
recordings	O
of	O
the	O
original	O
PC-98	O
and	O
remake	O
soundtracks	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2011	O
,	O
the	O
music	O
of	O
YU-NO	B-Application
inspired	O
an	O
eroge	B-Application
tribute	O
music	O
album	O
named	O
Tree	O
of	O
Knowledge	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPGFan	O
said	O
in	O
2022	O
that	O
composer	O
Ryu	O
Umemoto	O
's	O
reputation	O
has	O
grown	O
posthumously	O
and	O
praised	O
the	O
5-disc	O
collection	O
as	O
"	O
must-have	O
for	O
fans	O
of	O
Umemoto	O
,	O
fans	O
of	O
YU-NO	B-Application
,	O
fans	O
of	O
visual	O
novels	O
,	O
and	O
fans	O
of	O
VGM	O
in	O
general	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
,	O
all	O
versions	O
of	O
YU-NO	B-Application
have	O
sold	O
a	O
total	O
of	O
over	O
copies	O
in	O
Japan	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YU-NO	B-Application
holds	O
an	O
average	O
rating	O
of	O
94	O
out	O
of	O
100	O
on	O
ErogameScape	O
(	O
EGS	O
)	O
,	O
making	O
it	O
the	O
second	O
highest-rated	O
visual	O
novel	O
on	O
the	O
site	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
2017	O
,	O
Famitsu	O
readers	O
voted	O
YU-NO	B-Application
the	O
12th	O
best	O
adventure	O
game	O
of	O
all	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
statistics	O
compiled	O
by	O
Digital	O
Media	O
Insider	O
,	O
45,844	O
(	O
30,553	O
CD	O
edition	O
,	O
15,291	O
floppy	B-Device
edition	O
)	O
copies	O
were	O
sold	O
by	O
November	O
30	O
,	O
1997	O
,	O
excluding	O
ELF	O
's	O
direct	O
mail-order	O
sales	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
PC	O
version	O
of	O
YU-NO	B-Application
went	O
on	O
to	O
sell	O
over	O
100,000	O
copies	O
,	O
as	O
reported	O
in	O
the	O
March	O
1997	O
edition	O
of	O
Comptiq	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
YU-NO	B-Application
won	O
a	O
reader	O
's	O
choice	O
award	O
in	O
Blitz	O
King	O
's	O
"	O
2nd	O
Video	O
Game	O
Awards	O
Grand	O
Prix	O
"	O
in	O
May	O
1997	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
news	O
that	O
the	O
PC-98	O
edition	O
would	O
be	O
ported	O
to	O
Saturn	B-Device
was	O
reported	O
by	O
several	O
magazines	O
including	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
,	O
Dengeki	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
,	O
and	O
Famitsu	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
included	O
a	O
four-page	O
feature	O
on	O
YU-NO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
edition	O
sold	O
139,509	O
copies	O
in	O
December	O
1997	O
,	O
and	O
sold	O
240,820	O
copies	O
by	O
February	O
8	O
,	O
1998	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
scored	O
the	O
game	O
27	O
out	O
of	O
30	O
,	O
with	O
its	O
three	O
reviewers	O
each	O
rating	O
it	O
9	O
out	O
of	O
10	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
port	O
was	O
voted	O
in	O
2000	O
by	O
Sega	B-Device
Saturn	I-Device
Magazine	O
readers	O
as	O
the	O
fourth	O
best	O
game	O
on	O
the	O
console	O
,	O
with	O
an	O
average	O
score	O
of	O
9.4782	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
remake	O
sold	O
over	O
40,000	O
copies	O
within	O
its	O
first	O
week	O
of	O
release	O
,	O
March	O
2017	O
,	O
which	O
5pb	O
celebrated	O
by	O
releasing	O
a	O
YU-NO-themed	O
wallpaper	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Digitally	O
Downloaded	O
was	O
captivated	O
by	O
the	O
plot	O
once	O
it	O
moved	O
onto	O
more	O
intellectual	O
topics	O
after	O
what	O
the	O
reviewer	O
saw	O
as	O
a	O
deceptively	O
mundane	O
intro	O
involving	O
a	O
panty	O
shot	O
,	O
proclaiming	O
:	O
"	O
Yu-No	B-Application
is	O
smart	O
,	O
you	O
come	O
to	O
quickly	O
realise	O
,	O
and	O
then	O
you	O
'll	O
start	O
paying	O
very	O
close	O
attention	O
to	O
every	O
line	O
of	O
dialogue.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
While	O
some	O
were	O
also	O
intrigued	O
by	O
the	O
plot	O
,	O
they	O
were	O
put	O
off	O
by	O
the	O
eroge	B-Application
aspects	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
RPG	O
Site	O
compared	O
him	O
unfavourably	O
to	O
Chaos	B-Application
;	I-Application
Childs	I-Application
Takuru	O
Miyashiro	O
,	O
whose	O
flaws	O
he	O
thought	O
were	O
better	O
taken	O
advantage	O
of	O
thematically	O
in	O
the	O
respective	O
narrative	O
,	O
and	O
found	O
the	O
other	O
characters	O
weak	O
as	O
well	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Hardcore	O
Gaming	O
101	O
,	O
Audun	O
Sorlie	O
wrote	O
that	O
YU-NO	B-Application
helped	O
revolutionize	O
the	O
visual	O
novel	O
genre	O
,	O
particularly	O
with	O
the	O
A.D.M.S.	O
,	O
which	O
was	O
touted	O
as	O
"	O
revolutionary	O
"	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
At	O
Gamasutra	O
,	O
Sorlie	O
wrote	O
that	O
audiences	O
soon	O
began	O
demanding	O
large-scope	O
plotlines	O
and	O
musical	O
scores	O
of	O
similar	O
quality	O
and	O
ambition	O
to	O
that	O
of	O
YU-NO	B-Application
'''	O
s	O
,	O
and	O
that	O
companies	O
responded	O
by	O
hiring	O
talent	O
:	O
"	O
The	O
genre	O
became	O
an	O
all-new	O
arena	O
for	O
young	O
artists	O
and	O
musicians	O
once	O
again	O
,	O
with	O
companies	O
willing	O
to	O
take	O
chances	O
on	O
fresh	O
blood	O
;	O
the	O
market	O
thrived	O
with	O
the	O
excitement	O
and	O
the	O
risks	O
that	O
were	O
being	O
taken	O
,	O
and	O
became	O
a	O
hotbed	O
of	O
creativity	O
"	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
Life	O
,	O
"	O
the	O
modern	O
visual	O
novel	O
genre	O
would	O
simply	O
not	O
exist	O
without	O
"	O
YU-NO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
ITmedia	O
,	O
the	O
influence	O
of	O
YU-NO	B-Application
goes	O
beyond	O
visual	O
novels	O
and	O
extends	O
to	O
modern	O
otaku	O
,	O
manga	O
and	O
anime	O
works	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
mangaka	O
Tamiki	O
Wakaki	O
,	O
for	O
example	O
,	O
has	O
cited	O
YU-NO	B-Application
as	O
an	O
influence	O
on	O
the	O
manga	O
and	O
anime	O
series	O
,	O
The	O
World	O
God	O
Only	O
Knows	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
visual	O
novel	O
and	O
manga	O
authors	O
who	O
cited	O
YU-NO	B-Application
as	O
an	O
influence	O
include	O
Romeo	O
Tanaka	O
,	O
Poyoyon	O
Rock	O
,	O
Key	O
founder	O
Jun	O
Maeda	O
(	O
known	O
for	O
titles	O
such	O
as	O
Kanon	O
,	O
Clannad	B-Application
and	O
Angel	O
Beats	O
)	O
,	O
Type-Moon	O
'	O
s	O
Hikaru	O
Sakurai	O
,	O
White	B-Application
Album	I-Application
2	I-Application
and	O
Saekano	O
author	O
Fumiaki	O
Maruto	O
,	O
and	O
To	B-Application
Heart	I-Application
author	O
Toru	O
Minazuki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Anime	O
News	O
Network	O
,	O
YU-NO	B-Application
is	O
"	O
considered	O
one	O
of	O
the	O
most	O
beloved	O
narrative	O
games	O
in	O
Japan	O
,	O
and	O
its	O
system	O
of	O
parallel	O
storylines	O
had	O
a	O
profound	O
influence	O
on	O
storytelling	O
in	O
visual	O
novels	O
in	O
the	O
years	O
since	O
its	O
original	O
release.	O
"	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
RPG	O
Site	O
and	O
DualShockers	O
,	O
YU-NO	B-Application
influenced	O
later	O
visual	O
novels	O
such	O
as	O
Fate/stay	O
night	O
and	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
According	O
to	O
Nintendo	O
World	O
Report	O
,	O
visual	O
novels	O
such	O
as	O
Ace	B-Application
Attorney	I-Application
,	O
Fate/stay	O
night	O
and	O
Steins	B-Application
;	I-Application
Gate	I-Application
owe	O
their	O
success	O
to	O
YU-NO	B-Application
.	O
</s>
