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Summary

Gakuen Senki Muryou lands on the Game Boy Advance as a visual novel that leans heavily on its anime roots. The game pulls its narrative and aesthetic from Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars, a 2001 NHK series that famously clung to traditional cel animation even as the industry shifted to digital. That cel‑crafted look gives the title a nostalgic texture, echoing the final wave of hand‑drawn anime before the digital era took over. While the series ran for 26 episodes and later saw DVD releases and a Funimation Channel debut, the handheld adaptation condenses the experience into interactive dialogue and choice‑driven scenes. For fans of the original show, the GBA version feels like a portable scrapbook of the series’ distinctive art style and its school‑war setting, offering a unique way to revisit the world of Shingu without needing a TV.

Storyline

Gakuen Senki Muryou is set in the year 2070 in Tenmo, a fictional seaside town in Kanagawa Prefecture. An alien invasion of Tokyo is halted by a mysterious giant white mecha known as Shingu, a sight witnessed by the transfer student Subaru Muryou and his grandfather.

Hajime Murata, a curious second‑year class representative at Misumaru Middle School, leads what he believes to be an ordinary life until he sees Shingu and meets Muryou, who sports an old‑fashioned school uniform and wields telekinetic combat abilities. He also encounters fellow student council members, such as Kyouichi Moriguchi, battling with similar psychic powers.

The student council, including Vice President Nayuta Moriyama, are revealed as the current guardians of Shingu, a role passed down through the town’s leading families who have protected Earth for centuries. Many townspeople are actually intergalactic diplomats, and the older part of Tenmo hides this secret.

As Hajime’s friendship with Muryou and Nayuta deepens, he learns that he too has a crucial part to play in the future of Shingu and the planet’s defense.