Norn9

Plot

The story takes place a little in the future. Guided by one particular song, young elementary-schooler Sorata Suzuhara, from the Heisei Era, is warped through a time skip to an unfamiliar place that looks much like the towns from the Meiji or Taishō period from his textbooks. In this world, he meets three young ladies and nine young men and joins them on a journey aboard the mysterious Norn ship, a giant globe that floats in midair.

Protagonists

There are three available protagonits that can be played as, if the player did not want to choose to play as Sorata. Each has three different men by their sides.

Koharu (こはる)

Voiced by: Ayumi Fujimura 17 years old. A cheerful, pink-haired girl. She does not remember her own name because people mock and call her a monster. The name she goes by was given to her by an unknown man who turned out to be Kakeru's father. She has the ability to manipulate fire and is an ignorant and fearless heroine. Koharu has less knowledge, so she always notes everything. She always wants to be friends with everyone. As the series progress, she and Kakeru had a relationship.

Mikoto Kuga (久我 深琴, Kuga Mikoto)

Voiced by: Ayahi Takagaki 18 years old. A beautiful, long black-haired girl. Calm and mature, has a strong sense in responsibility and taking care of others. Being born into a noble family, Mikoto was raised by those around her with great care. She was raised to believe that her power is a precious gift from God, making her very proud of her ability. For this reason, she can be high-handed. Since she hasn't had contact with men other than Sakuya Nijou, her childhood friend, Mikoto has trouble with life aboard the Norn ship. Because her feelings to protect everyone is too strong, she often abandons her own feelings and safety. She always thinks that she's the one who can protect everyone and responsible for that. But as the journey continues, that thought begins to change. She has the ability to create force fields (結界, kekkai).

Nanami Shiranui (不知火 七海, Shiranui Nanami)

Voiced by: Asami Seto 16 years old. The youngest heroine with short wavy purple hair. Despite a seemingly quiet personality, she has high physical ability and is a talented kunoichi (female ninja). She has a dark past and seems to hate her own ability, which is to erase other people's memories. This makes her always try not to get too close with other people, so that she won't get hurt when she has to makes them forget something, or even about her. Her ability makes her relationship dynamics with her three men interesting but complicated.

Koharu's Target Group - Koharu Route: Main Male Characters

Kakeru Yuiga (結賀 駆, Yuiga Kakeru)

Voiced by: Yūki Kaji Born July 25. 18 years old. A natural sadist, proven when he treats Senri like his ‘toy’. The game introduces him as a bright and gentle young lad. Some of the crew members think of him as a great tactician but some of them think that he’s mean. He seems to enjoy teasing Koharu. She innocently accepts any jokes he threw at her which sometimes causes Kakeru to feel a sense of guilt. As the series progress, he and Koharu had a relationship. His ability is manipulating greens.

Senri Ichinose (市ノ瀬 千里, Ichinose Senri)

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono Born February 22. 16 years old. A hikikomori. He has the ability to use water. Although he mainly appears in Koharu's route, he is often shown as the prominent figure in scans and images by Otomate and classed as a main character.

Masamune Tōya (遠矢 正宗, Tōya Masamune)

Voiced by: Takuya Satō. Born January 4. 24 years old. His ability is to look into someone past just by touching them using his right arm.

Mikoto's Target Group - Mikoto Route: Main Male Characters

Natsuhiko Azuma (吾妻 夏彦, Asuma Natsuhiko)

Voiced by: Daisuke Ono
Born October 11. 22 years old. Handsome young man whose very cold and unemotional and never raises his voice. He was a scientist, but he became a weapon dealer now. He's good at creating machines, robots, and controlling ships. He is the descendant of one of the people who created Aion. He opposes 'Reset' because he thinks that they are abusing science and all the other research will get destroyed. He hunts down the Norns' lives to prevent them to 'Reset' the world again because their powers are only meant to 'Reset' the world. In Natsuhiko's route, he later becomes the protagonist even though he is one of the antagonists in other routes. Some time in his route, Mikoto misunderstands him for being a sadist.

Sakuya Nijō (二条 朔也, Nijō Sakuya)

Voiced by: Mitsuki Saiga Born June 29. 19 years old. He is Mikoto's childhood friend. An extremely handsome young man, he’s a perfect gentleman whenever a lady is present. He is really gentle towards ladies but Nanami states that he is only kind and gentle towards Mikoto. He holds dear his precious childhood friend, Mikoto. He treasures Mikoto a lot and is very protective of her. The white ribbon tying his hair matches Mikoto’s twin white ribbons. Sakuya seems to like fortune-telling and riddles. He has the ability to see the future, though he cannot use it as he wishes. In Sakuya's route, he told Mikoto that in the future, he will die protecting the girl he loves which is why she made Sakuya promise not to fall in love with anyone; it was their childhood promise.

Itsuki Kagami (加賀見 一月, Kagami Itsuki)

Voiced by: Kōji Yusa Born November 1. 23 years old. A flirtatious young man whose constant attempts at charm leads others to distrust him. He’s always joking around in order to hide his true emotions. He often teases Mikoto for fun. He has the ability to manipulate dreams. The ability is later revealed to be passed to him by his deceased sister, Kazuha.

Nanami's Target Group - Nanami Route: Main Male Characters

Akito Syukuri (宿吏 暁人, Syukuri Akito)

Voiced by: Noriaki Sugiyama Born February 11. 18 years old. He has the same ability as Senri, and is later to be revealed to be his older brother. Akito is a rough and violent guy who treats Nanami cruelly due to their past together.

Ron Muroboshi (室星 ロン, Muroboshi Ron)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita Birthdate unknown. 25 years old. He turns out to be the traitor among the ability users and is working for Natsuhiko. He doesn't have an ability, but uses a gun. He’s the oldest among the members.

Heishi Otomaru (乙丸 平士, Otomaru Heishi)

Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino Born December 18. 19 years old. He has the ability to use telepathy. Energetic and friendly, Heishi can be considered the mood maker of the team.

Other characters

Sorata Suzuhara (鈴原 空汰, Suzuhara Sorata)

Voiced by: Atsushi Abe 12 years old. He comes from the Heisei Era. He's warped to the past, upon hearing a mysterious song.

Shirō Yuiga (結賀 史狼, Yuiga Shirō)

Voiced by: Kenji Hamada Kakeru's father. He was the one who gave Koharu's name.

Setsu Takishima (滝島 雪, Takushima Setsu)

Voiced by: Mitsuhiro Ichiki 18 years old. Natsuhiko's assistant. He is an extreme masochist.

Aion (アイオン)

Voiced by: Nagi Yanagi Is a cyborg created by Sorata Suzuhara. She goes under the name, 'The World'.

Kazuha Kagami (加賀見 和葉, Kagami Kazuha)

Voiced by: Miho Arakawa 14 years old. She is one of the characters who appears in Norn9: Last Era. She was Itsuki's younger sister.

Motohisa Tōya (遠矢 基久, Tōya Motohisa)

Voiced by: Yōji Ueda 39 years old. He is one of the characters who appears in Norn9: Last Era. He is a relative of Masamune.

Nagisa Totonose (徒々枝 凪沙, Totonose Nagisa)

Voiced by: Ryōka Yuzuki 27 years old. She is one of the characters who appears in Norn9: Last Era. She is then revealed to be Natsuhiko's older sister which he hates because she is siding with "The World".

Yahiro Saishō (西所 弥広, Saishō Yahiro)

Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura 22 years old. He is one of the characters who appears in Norn9: Last Era. He is Heishi's guardian when he was little.

Anime

On March 2, 2014, Idea Factory announced that Norn9: Norn + Nonette has an anime in the works during the "Norn9 with Ark & for Spica" event at Tokyo's Nakano Sun Plaza. The anime premiered on January 7, 2016. The opening theme is "Kazakiri" by Nagi Yanagi and the ending theme is "Zero Tokei" by Oda Kaori. On December 29, 2015, the anime was licensed by Sentai Filmworks in North America.

The series is currently being streamed on Hulu and Anime Network.

Episode list

Note

Music

The game's background music was written by Australian composer Kevin Penkin. Famed Final Fantasy series composer Nobuo Uematsu wrote the game's main theme, which was arranged by Penkin. Three pieces of theme music are used throughout the game. The opening is melee, the ending theme is many universes, and the insert song is Sunadokei wa Karanokara (砂時計は空の空, The Hourglass is the Futility of Futilities). All three songs are performed by Nagi Yanagi. For Norn9: Last Era, the opening theme is foe while the ending theme is skyscape. Both songs are also performed by Yanagi.