For example, Martin Lehnert's "Reverse Dictionary of Present-Day English" (published in 1971 in Leipzig, East Germany, of all places) lists 116,000 English words starting with a, baa, sahaa, maa, et cetera, and ending with frizz, zizz, buzz, abuzz, and fuzz.
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He said that he personally finds it difficult to "buy into" fantasy, and that he was unconvinced that people get excited for "exaggerated fantasy stories". The game was originally announced under the title . The developers describe the game as a . The game's music was composed by Takeshi Abo and Zizz Studio, with Abo composing 21 of the songs.
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The music was composed by the music team Zizz Studio. The original title uses the kanji , which means "virgin", but is very close to the word for "young lady", shōjo. The creators added furigana subscript to indicate they wanted it read "otome" meaning "young maiden". Additionally, furigana was added above to indicate that they wanted it read "boku".
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The series is planned by Chiyomaru Shikura, the CEO of 5pb., composed by Takeshi Abo and Zizz Studio, written by Naotaka Hayashi along with other writers, and features character designs by artists including Mutsumi Sasaki, Huke, and Tomonori Fukuda. The developers aimed to make the series set within reality, as Shikura felt it made it more relatable and believable. The series has been commercially and critically successful both in Japan and internationally, selling more than expected for the genre and helping establishing 5pb.
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An old provincial name, "dumbledor", also denoted a buzzing insect such as a bumblebee or cockchafer, "dumble" probably imitating the sound of these insects, while "dor" meant "beetle". In On the Origin of Species (1859), Charles Darwin speculated about "humble-bees" and their interactions with other species: However, "bumblebee" remained in use, for example in The Tale of Mrs. Tittlemouse (1910) by Beatrix Potter, "Suddenly round a corner, she met Babbitty Bumble--"Zizz, Bizz, Bizzz!" said the bumble bee." Since World War II "humblebee" has fallen into near-total disuse.
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Naotaka Hayashi has worked on the series writing, both in the role as a scenario writer and as a scenario supervisor. Recurring character designers include Mutsumi Sasaki (Chaos;Head and Chaos;Child games), Huke (Steins;Gate games), and Tomonori Fukuda (Robotics;Notes games). The games' soundtracks are composed by Takeshi Abo and Zizz Studio. Shikura aimed for the series to be set in reality, feeling that it made the stories more relatable and believable; he said that he personally found it difficult to "buy into" fantasy, and that he was not convinced that people could get excited for "exaggerated fantasy stories".
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He frequently experiences delusions and hallucinations; the player can use the "delusional trigger" system to decide whether he should experience positive or negative delusions, which determines the story's ending. The game was planned by Chiyomaru Shikura and written by Naotaka Hayashi, and features character designs by Mutsumi Sasaki and music by Takeshi Abo and Zizz Studio. Abo read through the game's story before composing the music, a process that took a longer time but made it possible to compose with a better relationship to the game's worldview. Gaming publications have complimented the game's story, and wished for an English release.
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