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{{Short description|2005 adult visual novel}}
{{Infobox video game
| title = Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life
| image = Tomoyo After visual novel cover.jpg
| caption = Cover featuring heroine Tomoyo Sakagami
| developer = [[Key (company)|Key]]
| publisher = {{ubl|[[Visual Arts (company)|Visual Arts]] <small>(Windows)</small>|[[Prototype (company)|Prototype]] <small>(PS2, FOMA, PSP, XB360, PS3, Switch)</small>}}
| director = [[Jun Maeda]]
| writer = {{ubl|Jun Maeda|Leo Kashida|[[Yūto Tonokawa]]}}
| artist = [[Fumio (illustrator)|Fumio]]
| composer = {{ubl|Jun Maeda|[[Shinji Orito]]|[[Magome Togoshi]]}}
| series = ''[[Clannad (video game)|Clannad]]''
| platforms = [[Microsoft Windows]], [[PlayStation 2]], [[Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access]], [[PlayStation Portable]], [[Xbox 360]], [[Android (operating system)|Android]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Nintendo Switch]]
| released = {{collapsible list|title={{nobold|November 25, 2005}}|
'''Windows'''{{vgrelease|JP|November 25, 2005|JP|April 30, 2010|JP|September 26, 2014{{efn|This version was titled ''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life Perfect Edition''.}}|WW|July 1, 2016}}
'''PlayStation 2'''{{vgrelease|JP|January 25, 2007}}
'''FOMA'''{{vgrelease|JP|May 29, 2008}}
'''PlayStation Portable'''{{vgrelease|JP|March 19, 2009}}
'''Xbox 360'''{{vgrelease|JP|September 22, 2010}}
'''Android'''{{vgrelease|JP|February 27, 2013|JP|November 2014}}
'''PlayStation 3'''{{vgrelease|JP|May 29, 2013}}
'''Nintendo Switch'''{{vgrelease|WW|September 10, 2020}}
}}
| genre = {{flatlist|
*[[Eroge]]{{efn|Only the original and 2014 Windows releases, and the 2014 Android version have adult content.}}
*[[visual novel]]
}}
| modes = [[Single-player video game|Single-player]]
}}
{{Nihongo|'''''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life'''''|智代アフター ～It's a Wonderful Life～|Tomoyo Afutā ~It's a Wonderful Life~}} is a Japanese [[Eroge|adult]] [[visual novel]] developed by [[Key (company)|Key]] released on November 25, 2005 for [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[Personal computer|PCs]]. The game is a [[Spin-off (media)|spin-off]] of Key's earlier all ages game ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]''. Key later released versions of ''Tomoyo After'' without the erotic content, and the game was [[Porting|ported]] to the [[PlayStation 2]], [[PlayStation Portable]], [[Xbox 360]], [[PlayStation 3]] and [[Nintendo Switch]] under the title ''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition''; CS stands for "consumer software". The story follows the lives of Tomoya Okazaki, a young man who recently graduated from high school, and his close friend Tomoyo Sakagami as they start to see more of each other in a romantic relationship.

The [[gameplay]] in ''Tomoyo After'' follows a [[Nonlinear gameplay#Branching storylines|branching plot line]] which offers predetermined scenarios with courses of interaction, and focuses on the appeal of the title character Tomoyo. Being a spin-off of ''Clannad'', where Tomoyo is one of the game's heroines, ''Tomoyo After'' provides an expansion of Tomoyo's story after the events of ''Clannad'' and is written by [[Jun Maeda]] and Leo Kashida. The art was done by [[Fumio (illustrator)|Fumio]], as opposed to [[Itaru Hinoue]] who had done the art in ''Clannad''. The game ranked as the best-selling PC game sold in Japan for the time of its release, and charted in the national top 50 twice more afterwards. A [[manga]] adaptation illustrated by [[Yukiko Sumiyoshi]], under the title ''Tomoyo After: Dear Shining Memories'', was serialized in [[Fujimi Shobo]]'s ''[[Dragon Age Pure]]'' in 2007. Unlike the game which is told from Tomoya's point of view, the manga is told from Tomoyo's perspective. A single ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume was released in Japan in December 2007.

==Gameplay==
{{stack|[[File:Tomoyo After RPG screenshot.jpg|thumb|An example of the RPG "Dungeons & Takafumis" featured in ''Tomoyo After'']]}}
''Tomoyo After'' is a [[Romance (love)|romance]] [[visual novel]] in which the player assumes the role of Tomoya Okazaki.<ref name="prototype" /> Much of its [[gameplay]] is spent on reading the story's [[narrative]] and [[dialogue]]. ''Tomoyo After'' follows a [[Nonlinear gameplay#Branching storylines|branching plot line]] with multiple endings; depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.

Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made.<ref name="prototype" /> To view all plot lines in their entirety, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and make different choices to bring the plot in an alternate direction. In the [[Hentai|adult]] versions of the game, there are scenes with sexual [[Computer graphics|CGs]] depicting Tomoya and Tomoyo having sex. Later, Key released versions of ''Tomoyo After'' without the erotic content. Additional gameplay in ''Tomoyo After'' is a [[minigame]] called "Dungeons & Takafumis", which gives the player chances to play in a [[role-playing video game]] setting.<ref name="prototype" /> "Dungeons & Takafumis" becomes available to play after the game is completed once.

==Plot and characters==
{{see also|List of Clannad characters{{!}}List of ''Clannad'' characters}}
''Tomoyo After'''s story revolves around {{Nihongo|Tomoya Okazaki|岡崎 朋也|Okazaki Tomoya|''voiced by:'' [[Yuichi Nakamura (voice actor)|Yūichi Nakamura]] (all ages Windows, PSP, PS3, Xbox 360), Yūichi Nitta in the role-playing mode only}}, the male protagonist from ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', and {{Nihongo|Tomoyo Sakagami|坂上 智代|Sakagami Tomoyo|''voiced by:'' [[Ryōko Tanaka|Hikaru Isshiki]]}}, one of the main heroines of the same game and the title character of ''Tomoyo After''. Tomoya has already completed his first year of being a full-fledged member of society; he works as a garbage collector and a repairman.<ref name="prototype" /> Initially, he is living in an apartment alone, as opposed with living with his father {{Nihongo|Naoyuki Okazaki|岡崎 直幸|Okazaki Naoyuki|''voiced by:'' Shunsuke Tani}} with whom he does not get along well. Tomoya still has a close friendship with Tomoyo, who has her story expanded upon than what was seen in ''Clannad''. She has stayed in touch with Tomoya and they are starting to see more of each other in a romantic relationship.<ref name="characters">{{cite web|url= http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/product/tomoyo/character/|title=''Tomoyo After'' main characters at Tomoyo After's official website|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|access-date=November 30, 2007|language=ja}}</ref><ref name="story">{{cite web|url= http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/product/tomoyo/story/|title=Tomoyo After's story synopsis at Tomoyo After's official website|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|access-date=November 30, 2007|language=ja}}</ref>

The story takes place a month after the events of ''Clannad'' during summer vacation after Tomoya has graduated from high school; he is still in the same town ''Clannad'' was set in.<ref name="prototype" /> One day it is discovered that Tomoyo has a younger half-sister named {{Nihongo|Tomo Mishima|三島 とも|Mishima Tomo|''voiced by:'' Akari Sasaki}} who had been living with her mother.<ref name="characters" /><ref name="story" /> Tomo, a young kindergartner, is the illegitimate child of Tomoyo's father and another woman named {{Nihongo|Yūko Mishima|三島 有子|Mishima Yūko|''voiced by:'' Soyo Asaki}}. Tomo moves into Tomoya's apartment due to her mother's psychological problems which greatly affected the young girl.<ref name="prototype" /> Tomoyo loves her half-sister very much and takes care of her constantly since she has always had a weakness for children.

Tomoyo also has a younger brother named {{Nihongo|Takafumi Sakagami|坂上 鷹文|Sakagami Takafumi|''voiced by:'' [[Keiko Suzuki]]}} who is very skilled with computers. He installs a personal computer in Tomoya's room, and then comes to live in the apartment.<ref name="prototype" /> Takafumi has an ex-girlfriend named {{Nihongo|Kanako|河南子||''voiced by:'' Keiko Suzuki}} with a foul mouth and who is excessively sarcastic, whose surname is not revealed. She is not happy that her mother remarried and thus does not like to live at home. She too comes to live in Tomoya's apartment.<ref name="prototype" /> She has a cameo appearance roughly eighteen minutes into episode six of the ''Clannad'' [[anime]] series.<ref>{{cite video|people=Kanako|title=[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]] episode 6|date=November 8, 2007|publisher=[[Kyoto Animation]]|medium=Anime}}</ref> A central theme in the story is the ties between families, much like in ''Clannad''.

==Development==
[[File:Tomoyo After screenshot.jpg|thumb|right|Text in ''Tomoyo After'' is displayed in a dialog box, here depicting the player character talking with Tomoyo, who appears different from when in ''Clannad''.]]
After releasing ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]'', [[Jun Maeda]] decided to make a game based on Tomoyo's scenario from ''Clannad''. Maeda handled the game's planning and scenario, and Leo Kashida, a new member of the team, accompanied him.<ref name="erogamescape">{{cite web|url=http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=5986|title=Tomoyo After staff information|publisher=ErogameScape|access-date=June 8, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140330234835/http://erogamescape.ddo.jp/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=5986|archive-date=March 30, 2014}}</ref> As opposed to [[Itaru Hinoue]] who was the character designer and art director for ''Clannad'', [[Fumio (illustrator)|Fumio]] was the art director for ''Tomoyo After'', while Hinoue helped Fumio with the character design.<ref name="erogamescape" /> As such, characters who appeared in ''Clannad'' such as Tomoya and Tomoyo look similar but visibly different from when in ''Clannad''. Maeda also [[Composer|composed]] the music for the game along with Key's signature composers [[Shinji Orito]] and [[Magome Togoshi]].<ref name="erogamescape" />

When ''Tomoyo After'' was ported to the [[PlayStation 2]] (PS2), improvements to the game were included. This edition's scenario was expanded by the original staff after the removal of the [[Eroge|adult content]] consisting of [[Hentai|sex scenes]].<ref name="prototype">{{cite web|url=http://prot.co.jp/ps2/tomoyoafter/index.html|title=Prototype's official ''Tomoyo After'' PS2 website|publisher=[[Prototype (company)|Prototype]]|access-date=March 18, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> [[Yūto Tonokawa]] wrote some of the additional story for Takafumi and Kanako.<ref>{{cite web|last=Tonokawa|first=Yūto|url= http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/diary/2008/07/post_27.html|title= Answering Questions Journal|date=July 7, 2008|access-date=July 8, 2008| language=ja|quote=When it was transplanted to the PS2, I was able to write some of the additional scenario. I was satisfied with Kanako and Takafumi. (PS2に移植になった際の追加シナリオを書かせていただいてます。河南子＆鷹文は満足でした。)}}</ref> With the added scenario and visuals combined, the PS2 edition is 1.5 times longer than the Windows edition. In the original version, the entire cast excluding Tomoya Okazaki, had full voice acting; this was not changed for the PlayStation 2 version. Added support was included so as to make the visuals on the [[television]] sharper than in the past with visual novels played on a consumer console rather than on a computer screen.<ref name="prototype" /> The PS2 version also reduced flickering of the picture, reducing eyestrain.<ref name="prototype" />

===Release history===
''Tomoyo After'' was released as an [[Eroge|adult game]] on November 25, 2005 as a limited edition version, playable on [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]] [[Personal computer|PCs]] as a DVD, and as a bonus came bundled with the visual novel's original soundtrack.<ref name="Key">{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/product/tomoyo/|title=Key's official ''Tomoyo After'' website|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|access-date=March 18, 2007|language=ja}}</ref><ref name="keydisc" /> The manufacturing of the adult version has since been suspended.<ref name="Key" /> An updated all ages version compatible for [[Windows Vista]] PCs was released by Key on July 31, 2009 in a box set containing five other Key visual novels called Key 10th Memorial Box; this version contains the additional scenario from the PS2 version, and features full voice acting, including Tomoya.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/10thfes/memorialbox.htm|title=Key 10th Memorial Box official website|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|access-date=April 6, 2009|language=ja}}</ref> The version of ''Tomoyo After'' available in Key 10th Memorial Box was re-released on April 30, 2010 with updated compatibility for [[Windows 7]] PCs under the title ''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life Memorial Edition''.<ref name="Key" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/info/2010/04/post_73.html|title=Keyの過去五作品がメモリアルエディションで発売です!|trans-title=Key's Previous Five Titles Get Memorial Editions!|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|date=April 7, 2010|access-date=April 8, 2010|language=ja}}</ref> Key released an updated version titled ''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life Perfect Edition'' on September 26, 2014 for Windows.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/info/2014/07/perfect_edition926.html|title=『智代アフターPerfect Edition』9月26日発売決定!!|trans-title=Tomoyo After Perfect Edition Will Be Sold on September 26!!|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|access-date=July 24, 2014|language=ja}}</ref> The ''Perfect Edition'' contains the additional content featured in the consumer ports as well as the adult content from the original version.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/product/tomoyo/pe/contents.html|title=智代アフター ～It's a Wonderful Life～ Perfect Edition|trans-title=Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life Perfect Edition|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|access-date=July 24, 2014|language=ja}}</ref> ''Tomoyo After'' was released in English on July 1, 2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2015-10-31/tomoyo-after-it-a-wonderful-life-little-busters-visual-novels-to-get-english-releases/.94869|title=Tomoyo After〜It's a Wonderful Life〜, Little Busters! Visual Novels to Get English Releases|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=October 31, 2015|access-date=October 31, 2015}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-04-08/tomoyo-after-~its-a-wonderful-life~-game-english-opening-streamed/.100831|title=Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ Game's English Opening Streamed|publisher=[[Anime News Network]]|date=April 8, 2016|access-date=April 8, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://store.steampowered.com/app/462990/|title=Tomoyo After ~It's a Wonderful Life~ English Edition|website=[[Steam (service)|Steam]]|access-date=July 3, 2016}}</ref>

The first consumer console [[Porting|port]] of the game was released for the PS2 on January 25, 2007 by [[Prototype (company)|Prototype]] under the title ''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition''; CS stands for "consumer software".<ref name="prototype" /> An all ages version playable on [[Freedom of Mobile Multimedia Access|FOMA]] [[mobile phone]]s was released on May 29, 2008 by Prototype through [[VisualArt's|VisualArt's Motto]], but did not include the [[role-playing video game]] "Dungeons & Takafumis".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://news.dengeki.com/elem/000/000/083/83115/index.html|title=FOMA Exclusive Application ''Tomoyo After'' Distribution From Today!|publisher=[[ASCII Media Works]]|date=May 29, 2008|access-date=May 30, 2008|language=ja}}</ref> A [[PlayStation Portable]] version of the ''CS Edition'', along with full voice acting including Tomoya, was released on March 19, 2009 by Prototype.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prot.co.jp/psp/tomoyoafter/index.html|title=智代アフター～It's a Wonderful Life～CS Edition|trans-title=Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition|publisher=[[Prototype (company)|Prototype]]|access-date=February 10, 2012|language=ja}}</ref> An [[Xbox 360]] version of the ''CS Edition'' was released by Prototype on September 22, 2010.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prot.co.jp/xbox/tomoyoafter/index.html|title=智代アフター～It's a Wonderful Life～CS Edition|trans-title=Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition|publisher=[[Prototype (company)|Prototype]]|access-date=September 30, 2010|language=ja}}</ref> A [[PlayStation 3]] (PS3) version of the ''CS Edition'' was released by Prototype on July 29, 2012 as a limited edition originally sold only at the VisualArt's Daikanshasai event held that day in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of VisualArt's.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prot.co.jp/ps3/tomoyo/index.html|title=智代アフター～It's a Wonderful Life～CS Edition|trans-title=Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition|publisher=[[Prototype (company)|Prototype]]|access-date=July 5, 2012|language=ja}}</ref> The PS3 version has subsequently been sold at three other events: at [[Comiket|Comiket 83]] between December 29–31, 2012,<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121208045331/http://c83.product.co.jp/prototype.html|url=http://c83.product.co.jp/prototype.html|title=Prototype：智代アフター～It's a Wonderful Life～CS Edition|trans-title=Prototype: Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition|publisher=[[VisualArt's]]|archive-date=December 8, 2012|access-date=December 4, 2012|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> at the 2013 [[Tokyo Game Show]] between September 21–22,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://prot.co.jp/news/2013/tgs2013/index.html|title=PROTOTYPE{{!}}東京ゲームショウ2013|trans-title=Prototype {{!}} Tokyo Game Show 2013|publisher=[[Prototype (company)|Prototype]]|access-date=September 6, 2013|language=ja}}</ref> and at the Character1 exhibition on May 1, 2016 to raise money for victims of the [[2016 Kumamoto earthquakes]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/event/character1_2016/|title=『character1』ビジュアルアーツ出展情報特設サイト|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|access-date=April 14, 2016|language=ja}}</ref> totaling [[Japanese yen|¥]]272,506.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/info/2016/05/28.html|script-title=ja:『日本赤十字社「平成28年熊本地震災害義援金」への寄付のご報告』|publisher=[[Key (company)|Key]]|date=May 27, 2016|access-date=May 31, 2016|language=ja}}</ref> A downloadable version of the PS3 release via the [[PlayStation Store]] was released by Prototype on May 29, 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/jp0548npjb00342_00tomoyoaftercse01.html|title=智代アフター～It's a Wonderful Life～CS Edition|trans-title=Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition|publisher=[[Sony]]|access-date=May 29, 2013|language=ja|archive-date=August 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210802153001/https://www.jp.playstation.com/software/title/jp0548npjb00342_00tomoyoaftercse01.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> A version playable on [[Android (operating system)|Android]] devices was released on February 27, 2013, but did not include "Dungeons & Takafumis".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.4gamer.net/games/205/G020502/20130227095/|title=「智代アフター～It's a Wonderful Life～」，完全フルボイスでAndroidに登場|trans-title=''Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life'' is Introduced on Android Completely Voiced|publisher=Aetas|work=4Gamer|date=February 27, 2013|access-date=February 27, 2013|language=ja}}</ref> An adult version playable on Android devices was released in November 2014.<ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141219162646/http://anigema.jp/main/game/151/|url=http://anigema.jp/main/game/151/|title=智代アフター ～It's a Wonderful Life～|publisher=[[Visual Arts (company)|Visual Arts]]|archivedate=December 19, 2014|accessdate=February 12, 2022|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141112022539/http://anigema.jp/|url=http://anigema.jp/|title=アニゲマ Smartphone Appli Game|publisher=[[Visual Arts (company)|Visual Arts]]|archivedate=November 12, 2014|accessdate=February 12, 2022|language=ja}}</ref> Prototype released a [[Nintendo Switch]] port on September 10, 2020 with text support for both Japanese and English.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gematsu.com/2020/06/tomoyo-after-its-a-wonderful-life-cs-edition-coming-to-switch-on-september-10-in-japan|title=Tomoyo After: It's a Wonderful Life CS Edition coming to Switch on September 10 in Japan|publisher=Gematsu|date=June 24, 2020|access-date=June 25, 2020}}</ref>

==Related media==
{{Infobox animanga/Header
| name            = Tomoyo After: Dear Shining Memories
| ja_kanji        = 智代アフター ～Dear Shining Memories～
| ja_romaji       = Tomoyo Afutā ~Dear Shining Memories~
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Print
| type            = manga
| author          = Key
| illustrator     = [[Yukiko Sumiyoshi]]
| publisher       = [[Fujimi Shobo]]
| demographic     = ''[[Shōnen manga|Shōnen]]''
| magazine        = [[Dragon Age Pure]]
| first           = April 20, 2007
| last            = October 20, 2007
| volumes         = 1
| volume_list     = 
}}
{{Infobox animanga/Footer}}

===Manga===
A [[manga]] adaptation, illustrated by [[Yukiko Sumiyoshi]] and titled ''Tomoyo After: Dear Shining Memories'', was serialized in [[Fujimi Shobo]]'s [[shōnen manga]] magazine ''[[Dragon Age Pure]]'' between April 20 and October 20, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070403165900/http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/pure/2007/03/post_118.php|url=http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/pure/2007/03/post_118.php|archive-date=April 3, 2007|title=News on contents of ''Dragon Age Pure'' volume 4|publisher=[[Fujimi Shobo]]|date=March 27, 2007|access-date=October 27, 2014|language=ja}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070629140848/http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/pure/2007/06/post_136.php|url=http://www.fujimishobo.co.jp/pure/2007/06/post_136.php|archive-date=June 29, 2007|title=''Tomoyo After'' manga serialization news|publisher=[[Fujimi Shobo]]|date=June 27, 2007|access-date=October 27, 2014|language=ja}}</ref> The story is based on the visual novel version that preceded it, though instead of the story being told from Tomoya's point of view, the manga is told from Tomoyo's perspective. A single ''[[tankōbon]]'' volume was released in Japan on December 8, 2007 containing four chapters.<ref name="manga-volume">{{cite web|url=http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200707000424|title=''Tomoyo After'' manga volume official listing|publisher=[[Kadokawa Shoten]]|access-date=December 3, 2007|language=ja|archive-date=October 25, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121025085623/http://www.kadokawa.co.jp/comic/bk_detail.php?pcd=200707000424|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===Music===
The visual novel has two main theme songs: the opening theme "Light colors" and the ending theme "Life is like a Melody", both sung by [[Lia (Japanese singer)|Lia]]. The ''Tomoyo After Original Soundtrack'', bundled with the original release of ''Tomoyo After'', was released on November 25, 2005 bearing the catalog number ''KSLA-0020'';<ref name="keydisc">{{cite web|url= http://key.soundslabel.com/discography.html?ksl0020/ksl0020|title=智代アフター Original SoundTrack|trans-title=Tomoyo After Original SoundTrack|publisher=[[Key Sounds Label]]|access-date=February 10, 2012|language=ja}}</ref> it was re-released on April 27, 2007.<ref name="OST-VA">{{cite web|url=http://www.product.co.jp/products/item/491/|script-title=ja:智代アフター オリジナルサウンドトラック|trans-title=Tomoyo After Original Soundtrack|publisher=[[VisualArt's]]|access-date=December 7, 2014|language=ja}}{{Dead link|date=December 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The soundtrack contains 21 tracks [[Musical composition|composed]], [[Arrangement|arranged]], and produced by [[Jun Maeda]], [[Shinji Orito]], [[Magome Togoshi]], Yuki Shimizu, [[Maiko Iuchi|Miu Uetsu]], and Kazuya Takase of [[I've Sound]]. A piano arrange album was released on December 29, 2005 titled ''[[Music of Clannad#Piano no Mori|Piano no Mori]]'' which contains five tracks from ''Tomoyo After'' and five from ''[[Clannad (visual novel)|Clannad]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://key.soundslabel.com/discography.html?ksl0021/ksl0021|title=''Piano no Mori''|publisher=[[Key Sounds Label]]|access-date=March 15, 2007|language=ja}}</ref> Each of the albums were released on Key's [[record label]] [[Key Sounds Label]].
{{Track listing
| extra_column    = Arrangement
| headline        = ''Tomoyo After Original Soundtrack'' track listing
| total_length    = 69:14

| title1          = Light colors
| note1           = Lyrics by Jun Maeda; Performed by [[Lia (Japanese singer)|Lia]]
| music1          = [[Shinji Orito]]
| extra1          = Kazuya Takase
| length1         = 6:38

| title2          = Hope
| note2           = 
| music2          = [[Jun Maeda]]
| extra2          = Yuki Shimizu
| length2         = 2:43

| title3          = Love Song
| note3           = 
| music3          = Jun Maeda
| extra3          = Yuki Shimizu
| length3         = 2:51

| title4          = Dear Old Home
| note4           = 
| music4          = Shinji Orito
| extra4          = Shinji Orito
| length4         = 3:31

| title5          = Rivulet
| note5           = 
| music5          = Shinji Orito
| extra5          = Shinji Orito
| length5         = 2:33

| title6          = Morning Glow
| note6           = 
| music6          = Jun Maeda
| extra6          = Miu Uetsu
| length6         = 3:03

| title7          = Favorite Loop
| note7           = 
| music7          = [[Magome Togoshi]]
| extra7          = Magome Togoshi
| length7         = 3:19

| title8          = Old Summer Days
| note8           = 
| music8          = Jun Maeda
| extra8          = Miu Uetsu
| length8         = 2:33

| title9          = Harmony
| note9           = 
| music9          = Shinji Orito
| extra9          = Shinji Orito
| length9         = 2:17

| title10          = Worth Living
| note10           = 
| music10          = Magome Togoshi
| extra10          = Magome Togoshi
| length10         = 4:10

| title11          = Young Lust
| note11           = 
| music11          = Shinji Orito
| extra11          = Shinji Orito
| length11         = 3:24

| title12          = Dear Old Home (piano)
| note12           = 
| music12          = Shinji Orito
| extra12          = Shinji Orito
| length12         = 4:13

| title13          = Memories
| note13           = 
| music13          = Jun Maeda
| extra13          = Miu Uetsu
| length13         = 2:34

| title14          = Love Song (piano)
| note14           = 
| music14          = Jun Maeda
| extra14          = Yuki Shimizu
| length14         = 3:21

| title15          = Harmony With Sorrow
| note15           = 
| music15          = Shinji Orito
| extra15          = Shinji Orito
| length15         = 3:12

| title16          = Life is like a Melody
| note16           = Lyrics by Jun Maeda; Performed by Lia
| music16          = Jun Maeda
| extra16          = Magome Togoshi
| length16         = 5:25

| title17          = Battle Tune
| note17           = 
| music17          = Shinji Orito
| extra17          = Shinji Orito
| length17         = 2:22

| title18          = Destroyer
| note18           = 
| music18          = Shinji Orito
| extra18          = Shinji Orito
| length18         = 3:08

| title19          = Resonator
| note19           = 
| music19          = Shinji Orito
| extra19          = Shinji Orito
| length19         = 1:35

| title20          = Light colors (short ver.)
| note20           = Lyrics by Jun Maeda; Performed by Lia
| music20          = Shinji Orito
| extra20          = Kazuya Takase
| length20         = 2:36

| title21          = Life is like a Melody (short ver.)
| note21           = Lyrics by Jun Maeda; Performed by Lia
| music21          = Jun Maeda
| extra21          = Magome Togoshi
| length21         = 3:46

}}

==Reception==
According to a national ranking of how well [[bishōjo game]]s sold nationally in Japan, the original ''Tomoyo After'' Windows release premiered at number one in the rankings.<ref name="rank1">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060221024037/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank184.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank184.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; Tomoyo After ranks 1|archive-date=February 21, 2006|access-date=March 19, 2007|publisher=Peaks Publishing|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> This game stayed on the charts for a month longer, ranking in at 35 and 36.<ref name="rank35-36">{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070415203050/http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank187.html|url=http://www.peakspub.co.jp/ranking/rank187.html|title=PC News national ranking for bishōjo games; Tomoyo After ranks 35 and 36|publisher=Peaks Publishing|archive-date=April 15, 2007|access-date=March 19, 2007|language=ja|url-status=dead}}</ref> ''Tomoyo After'' for Windows was the eighth most widely sold game of 2005 on Getchu.com.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.getchu.com/pc/salesranking2005.html|title=Highest selling games of 2005 on Getchu.com ranking|publisher=Getchu.com|access-date=September 22, 2007|language=ja|archive-date=January 14, 2006|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060114064933/http://www.getchu.com/pc/salesranking2005.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2006, the Japanese gaming magazine ''PC News'' reported that the PS2 version of ''Tomoyo After'' was the fourth-highest selling bishōjo game of 2005 with 49,226 units sold.<ref name="4th-highest">{{cite web|url=http://astore.amazon.co.jp/wikimania-22/listmania/R3LNPFBF0EGY5M/249-7991717-8843508|title=Amazon store with ranking list for highest selling bishōjo games of 2005|publisher=[[Amazon.com|Amazon.co.jp]]|access-date=May 17, 2008|language=ja|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://www.webcitation.org/6B2GfSoKN?url=http://astore.amazon.co.jp/wikimania-22/listmania/R3LNPFBF0EGY5M?tag=wikimania-22|archive-date=September 29, 2012}}</ref>

==Notes==
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==References==
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==External links==
*[http://key.visualarts.gr.jp/product/tomoyo/ Key's official ''Tomoyo After'' website] {{in lang|ja}}
*[http://prot.co.jp/ps2/tomoyoafter/index.html Prototype's official ''Tomoyo After'' website] {{in lang|ja}}
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