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Angel Beats! 1st Beat

First release
Jun 25, 2015
Developer
Key
Publisher
Visual Arts
Engine
Siglus
Genres
Adventure, Visual Novel · Drama, Action, Comedy, Romance

Angel Beats! 1st Beat is a Japanese visual novel based on the 2010 anime television series Angel Beats!, developed by Key and the first in a planned series of six volumes. It takes place in the afterlife and focuses on Otonashi, a boy who lost his memories of his life after dying. He is enrolled in the afterlife school and meets a girl named Yuri who invites him to join the Afterlife Battlefront, an organization she leads that fights against God. The Battlefront fights against the student council president Angel, a girl with supernatural powers.

Also known as Angel Beats! -1st beat-

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Storyline
The stage is set in the afterlife, where young boys and girls stand up against their own destiny. The story follows Otonashi, a young man who met his end due to certain circumstances and awakens in a high school within this mysterious world. There, he encounters a girl named Yuri, the leader of the "Afterlife Battlefront"—an organization rebelling against God for the unfair lives they were forced to endure. They wage fierce battles day and night against a single, lovely girl known as "Angel," a servant of God. Having lost all memories of his previous life, Otonashi is left completely bewildered, unable to grasp what is happening in this post-mortem world. Ultimately, he chooses to join the cause and fight alongside Yuri and her companions to uncover the truth of their existence.Read more

The stage is set in the afterlife, where young boys and girls stand up against their own destiny. The story follows Otonashi, a young man who met his end due to certain circumstances and awakens in a high school within this mysterious world. There, he encounters a girl named Yuri, the leader of the "Afterlife Battlefront"—an organization rebelling against God for the unfair lives they were forced to endure. They wage fierce battles day and night against a single, lovely girl known as "Angel," a servant of God. Having lost all memories of his previous life, Otonashi is left completely bewildered, unable to grasp what is happening in this post-mortem world. Ultimately, he chooses to join the cause and fight alongside Yuri and her companions to uncover the truth of their existence.

Release dates
PC (Microsoft Windows)
Jun 25, 2015
Game modes
Single player
Perspective
Text
Keywords
baseball, death, achievements, multiple endings, high school
… All 15, amnesia, based on - anime, afterlife, lgbtq+, male protagonist, life and death, many choices, branching plot, multi-selection choices, music recollection

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Languages

  • 日本語interface, audio, subtitles
IGDB · recorded 5 Oct 2026

Language data: IGDB · recorded 5 Oct 2026