Words Worth

***Words Worth*** (ワーズ･ワース *Wāzu Wāsu*) is a Japanese adult role-playing video game originally released for NEC PC-98computer systems, and remade for Microsoft Windows. The game's story is linear, with only one story decision near the end, leading to one of five different endings.

A five-part animated erotic direct-to-video series was adapted from the game's story. It also has a side story series, *Words Worth Gaiden* (ワーズ・ワース外伝)(known as *Words Worth Outer Stories* in the English release). The anime has the same general story, but the anime cuts out several characters and changes the plot mostly to create more sex scenes. The English dub is notable for featuring real life porn actresses Jenna Jameson and Nikki Dial.[4][5] The rest of the English cast remained uncredited.

## Plot

The skill of sword-fighting is known to two tribes, the Tribes of Light (which consists of humans living on the world's surface) and Shadow (largely part-human-part-animal creatures and monsters living in an underground city, who enjoy a lifespan five times as long as the Tribe of Light and age one-fifth as quickly). The two tribes lived in peace and harmony, their domains separated by the "Words Worth" tablet—a huge monolith slab erected by an almighty creator. Although the tablet has writing on it, neither Tribe can read the text. One day, Words Worth was mysteriously destroyed by an unknown entity; its fragments were scattered among the domain of the Tribes of Shadow. The two Tribes blamed each other for the tablet's destruction, and started a war that has continued for 150 years (100 in the anime). Astral, prince of the Tribe of Shadow, desires to become a Swordsman of Shadow. However, his father, King Wortoshika, forbids him to do so. He is engaged to Sharon, a beautiful sword-woman and Astral's childhood friend, who has feelings for Astral but wishes he were stronger.

## Description

God created Light and Shadow and separated them with the power of the divine Words Worth Tablet. One day, the Words Worth Tablet shall be read and all will be understood, and Light and Shadow will join and become complete. But someone has shattered the Tablet. The Tribe of Light and the Tribe of Shadow each blame the other and war ensues for 100 years. The story revolves around the bumbling but very skilled Prince Astral of the Tribe of Shadow who may be the one to bring the Tribes together and restore peace.

## Release History

The original video game was made by ELF Corporation in 1993. The game was remade for Windows 95 in 1999, with some changed character designs, full-voice added to the supporting characters, 3D polygon graphics, and an opening animation sequence. That same year, the anime adaptation was also released. The series was originally released in English by NuTech Digital in 1999. However, the license was lost due to NuTech being sued for failure to pay royalties. According to AnimeNation, that license was awarded in 2007 to Media Blasters, which will release the series under Kitty Media.

The Canada Border Services Agency ruled in 2007 that *Words Worth* is obscene under subsection 163(8) of the Criminal Code and is prohibited from being brought into the country.[6][7]

In 2003, *Words Worth* was released in German by Trimax as *Am Ende des Lichtes* (*At the End of the Light*). Trimax also released *Words Worth Gaiden* in 2009 as *Die Kriegerinnen des Lichts* (*The She-Warriors of Light*).

## Anime Episode list (1999-2000)

(光と影の伝説)
 2
(神々の戯れ)
 3
(伝説の剣士)
 4
(光、影そして闇)
 5
(煌めきの果て)
 While battling Sharon, Astral finally recovers his memories and makes love with Sharon, who has been harboring feelings for him since her rescue from Fabris. Things get only a little complicated when Mew makes her way into the Shadow Realm in order to be at Astral's/Pollux's side and Astral discovers that he has sired a daughter with Nina. After learning of the dark creature and its intentions, Light and Shadow join forces and defeat it, and Astral is revealed to be a Light Tribe child once kidnapped and raised by Wortoshika to facilitate the deciphering of the Words Worth Tablet. With these conditions, Astral and Nina's daughter, Ariadne, manages to reveal the tablet's secret, uniting the two tribes again.

### Special episodes (2002-2009)

The series spawned two additional *Gaiden* OVA episodes and one comedic *Omake* episode. The *Gaiden* episodes take place in the final third of the episode "Pantheon of Play", the *Omake* following the conclusion of the original series.

*"Honryū no naka de…"* (外伝 前編 - 奔流の中で…)
 2
*"Dotō no naka de…"* (外伝 外編 - 怒涛の中へ…)
 Omake
(特典映像 - シャロンの手料理 vs ミューのコスプレ vs ニーナの既成事実 三つ巴の決戦)
 While the Tribes of Light and Shadow have peacefully reunited and are living together on the surface, life in Astral's household has not gotten any easier as Sharon, Nina and Mew still fiercely vie for his attention - only to have Delta beat them to it!
**Notes**: Released as part of a Premium Collectors DVD Box in Japan. No U.S. release.