NTE Adds Akaneru Rin as Playable Guitar Attacker in Ver.1.4 Second Half
Akaneru Rin is the point where NTE's band side story, which already ran cover versions of MyGO!!!!! and Haruhi Suzumiya songs, turns into a playable character with a full guitar performance system, so the music content that started as a bonus scenario now carries a banner.
Key Facts
- Akaneru Rin became playable in NTE: Neverness to Everness on October 21, 2026, during the second half of the Ver.1.4 update.
- Akaneru Rin is voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa and is available on the limited banner Ichibanboshi until November 11 at 6:59.
- Akaneru Rin's String Sound resource caps at 30, and her Harmonize and Live Area effects each last 25 seconds.
- Akaneru Rin's EX Rail finisher Sound Blast opens a 20-second Solo Part state and switches the background music to a dedicated track.
- NTE: Neverness to Everness is available on PC, PS5, iOS, and Android.
Reporting from 2 sources: 4Gamer.net, Automaton.
Hotta Studio's free-to-play open-world RPG NTE: Neverness to Everness added Akaneru Rin as a playable character on October 21, 2026, in the second half of the Ver.1.4 update. Rin is voiced by Ikumi Hasegawa and is available on a limited banner running until November 11 at 6:59. She works at the live house Star Sign and fights as a Hetero-ability main attacker whose weapon is an electric guitar. Her normal attack Strum Break builds a resource called String Sound to a cap of 30, and her By-Rail skill Rhythm Wave sets either a single-target marker (Harmonize) or a multi-target zone (Live Area) lasting 25 seconds each. At full String Sound she fires the enhanced skill Overdrive, which makes her invincible during the strike. Her EX Rail finisher Sound Blast opens a 20-second Solo Part state and switches the background music to a dedicated track, which can be turned off in settings. Outside combat she can play the guitar anywhere in the world.
Rin's kit has more moving parts than the banner page shows. Her normal attack Strum Break is a combo of up to four guitar hits, and attacking in midair triggers Stage Dive, a landing strike whose power rises with fall height to a maximum of 2x. Her EX Rail Sound Blast deals its first burst as it enters Solo Part, and the second stage only fires if the player presses again manually after roughly 4 seconds; if that press is missed before the state ends, the finisher expires.
The early preview paired her with Kurobane, Hasol and Hotori, with Kurobane granting a Shinsenn enhancement and Hasol raising critical rate while extending the Delay duration from Light Hetero-ability allies. Xun, Hayagiri, Hania, Daffodill, Rinko and Irohi are named as general-purpose supports for players without Kurobane.
The guitar performance system is built to a "serious" spec: a chord wheel lets players switch chords and pick individual strings, upstrokes and downstrokes play differently, and tone switches between clean and distorted. On PS5 the touchpad is used to pluck the strings. Playing in the street draws a small crowd of listeners, and at home Rin plays guitar on the sofa or, if the home has a pool, floats with a swim ring.
Her vocalist detail: Ikumi Hasegawa also voices Kita Ikuyo in Bocchi the Rock!, and Rin's band side story cover of MyGO!!!!!'s "Mayoiuta" passed 1.7 million views by October 15. The God knows... cover movie that appeared October 15 passed 400,000 views in about a day.
Synthesized by Yomimono from the 2 cited sources below, including Japanese-language reporting where cited, then editorially reviewed before publishing.