

I want to start watching the White Album 2 anime but I want to play the VN
also.

I heard that the story from the anime is different than the game. Is this
true? Because I would rather play the game first if it's the same story, but
if it's an new anime original story I will watch it first.


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Does the White Album 2 anime share the same storyline as the visual novel?


Yes, the anime does take some liberties between the two. The visual novel and
anime do follow more or less the same path in the end and do converge but
there are some differences.

However, note that the plots remain fairly similar despite this. I haven't
looked at the next Visual Novel after _Introductory Chapter_ yet but since
they both end fairly similar one can imagine that the differences aren't large
enough that you couldn't skip Introductory Chapter and go straight to the next
chapter after watching the anime.

[The differences are large enough that the Baka Tsuki project does not want
anyone translating purely off the anime:](http://www.baka-
tsuki.org/project/index.php?title=White_Album_2)

> **Can I use stuff based on what I've seen in the anime?**
>
> Not really... the anime takes its liberties with the adaptation, even though
> it's done very well. There are some aspects that are shared between the game
> and anime, but please don't try a 1:1 copy of anything in-between.

**It's worth noting White Album 2's Introductory Chapter (the arc in which the
anime covers is kinetic.** This means there will not be choices to make and it
will be fairly linear. So, divergence will not be massive.

That said, I'll leave this as it is and keep spoilers out. If so desired, I
can add more information under a spoiler tag listing some major differences.


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