Players Preview: A Housewife's Healing Touch - Prologue

 

A Housewife's Healing Touch Prologue was developed by AliceSoft as well as was published by AliceSoft. Unlike most games I post about this game as far as I know can not be obtained on Steam but instead can be purchased through a third party store which I will link down at the bottom. 

At the time of me writing this I have just downloaded this game as it is free, and will be doing a video and review on it at a later time. Currently I am needing to finish a couple of other games before I play this one. That said lets go over this game.

A Housewife's Healing Touch Prologue is a free introduction to the the Housewife's Healing Touch series. After playing through the Prologue you can then buy the two stand alone games, Pure Love and NTR Route. If your not sure what NTR I'll put what it is at the bottom of the page.

The story takes place in a magical world where you play as Shion a young man that is unable to manifest his magical powers even after he has come of age. Because of this he is left in the care of a family that specializes in magical research. 

At some point he is finally able to unleash his full potential during a terrible incident, at which point he is taken under the wing of a skilled healer named Rui. Rui, promises to teach him how to control his powers, but to do that a man like Shion will need the profound knowledge about carnal matters.

In the end, will Shion be able to save Rui from a terrible fate or will he let her become the villages plaything.

The graphics look pretty decent considering its free, though you will have to pay for the other two stand alone games if you get addicted to this game. With the map I am thinking that there will be some things you can do that involving moving around and who knows what else they have added to this game as well. With it being an AliceSoft game I do have a slightly higher expectation considering these are the same developers that brought us 'Evencile' and 'Evencile II'.

A Housewife's Healing Touch Prologue

Netorare, or NTR is a genre of anime (most commonly found in hentai), with a specific idea at its centre - cheating. The sex in an Netorare hentai/NTR hentai will focus more on the couple that is having an affair together, rather than the married or dating couple whose relationship is being violated.

Player Preview: Aristocunts

 

Starting a new series called 'Players Preview'. Players Preview is a fun little way to get some basic starter information about a game prior to playing it as well as some general thoughts on the content. 

So today's Player Preview game is Aristocunts, developed by Miel and Published by Cherry Kiss Games and released in June of 2020. The game has also just gotten a second game added to it called Aristocunts II. As the name may suggest and the fact it is published by Cherry Kiss Games, it is an adult oriented Visual Novel.

The story goes along the lines that you as the protag wakes up in an Otome Game. It is a game that you have played before and so you know the story pretty much inside and out and you know that you want to avoid the bad ending. To do this you must reform the two primary NPC's which is the Duchess and her daughter. To do this you have only a couple of things going for you, the fact you know this game like the back of your hand...and your dick. 

The game features original artwork from the Japanese version, fully voiced over characters of Elizabeth and Mirza the Duchess and her daughter, hours of story content, music and special effects, and 15 Hardcore scenes of training the two stuck up NPC's to be the ideal pets.

I think my only real problem so far is the fact they don't discuss the fact there is no choice, though straight through VN's aren't bad either its just not my favorite. I more enjoy the idea of having a choice and how those choices affect different parts of the story and characters. But other than that I am interested to see what kind of things they got in here that has made it such a hit that they even just came out with another one.

Preview: Aoi Tori

 

Aoi Tori is currently in production by Neko Nyan and Purple Software. Currently this is no word on a release date but according to their Project Progress page currently Aoi Tori is listed as still undergoing Translation and Translation Check are both showing 90% done, with Edit Progress at 70%. So I would think based on this that it would be close to being completed by the second to third quarter of this year.

So why am I writing this Preview? Honestly after reading the story plot and about the characters and seeing the video (which I will attach towards the end) I an say that like Clover Days I am greatly anticipating this Visual Novel. So what do we know at this point?

The story revolves around the protagonist named Shiratori Ritsu the sole male inhabitant of the Kirihara Academy for Girls. The academy is a missionary boarding school located in a remote area of the Japanese Mountain areas. So why is the only male there and why is it allowed? 

Shiratori Ritsu is not only a student but also the schools Priest. But that is only because of his special talent, he has a power bestowed to him that can bring bliss to those that he touches. Not only that but it is said that the ability is enhanced if the contact is sexual in nature. Because of this he has never once sat foot outside the academy grounds, which protect him from demons that lust after him.

The girls of the academy come to him and believe that he is their guardian angel and with his conscience burdened by the death of a girl it strengthen his will to make other happy, so he obliges the girls as he can.

All of this however has a price to be paid, the constant mix of the holy and the sinful has him barely holding onto his sanity. However, there is a sudden arrival of a new girl, Mary Harker who isn't normal. Mary is a one hundred year old vampire and she has infiltrated the school to bring Ritsu a surprise. She brings him a phone that receives calls from the devil. 

The question ultimately is, can the powers that he has truly bring joy to peoples hearts? And for what purpose and reason was he born?

After seeing the video and reading up on the story I am actually pretty psyched to see what this new Visual Novel has to offer. The artwork looks good, the music sounds like it will be good, and last of all it sounds like this one will be released with adults in mind. Though honestly I will most likely not get this from Steam and instead seek to get it from Neko Nyan directly. When it does come out I will do a full review of it as soon as I go through it. I hope to see you then.

Happy Sugar Life

 

Recently I have decided to read the Manga series 'Happy Sugar Life'. I have heard about this series for a while now but I just never really had a chance to really get into it. I have heard and seen where there is an Anime version out now and that it is on Amazon Prime Video, but I also noticed that it is currently only Subbed, and as a person that likes Dubbed I haven't heard if or when they will be releasing it on Dub. So it may be something that won't happen so my only option was to read the Manga at this time. 

Currently at the time of this post I have read 4 of the 5 volumes I have. I have the other 5 volumes on order and they should be here next week. In total there is only 10 Volumes to the series. There have been rumors of a continuation of the story but at this time it is only rumor. I will share what I can without actually spoiling all of it so I'll cover the basics of what I've read so far and give some impressions on the overall story.

For those that have either read it already or have seen the anime, you already know that his story is dark, filled with twists and turns and can be a bit sordid. Despite the name and the great looking characters this story is actually not as happy or go lucky as you may think. I kind of knew this going in, but I can say I didn't realize how dark it could get until reading through the first few volumes.

The story revolves around two central characters, however the main character would be the girl named Satou. She is a high school student that at an early age lost both of her parents in a tragic accident. Since then she has lived with her aunt in an apartment. Satou growing up with her aunt was greatly influenced by her aunts unusual and unique mental stances. Because of this Sato would gain a reputation as being 'easy'. 

Satou is a girl that views life and love differently than most, she expresses this by finding herself going out with different boys and usually ends up sleeping with them before she moves on. Sometimes they won't even be dating but she'll make her move on them and most won't turn her down. She has the looks to back up her unique lifestyle and in fact she even has a best friend that does the same thing but not as much as Sato does. 

This lifestyle changes however when Satou meets Shio, an elementary school student who apparently has ran away from home. Satou takes her back to her place and soon she becomes emotionally attached to Shio and a unique and sadistic love forms between the two.

Shio is an elementary school girl that has ran away from home and was living on the streets of sorts. At least she was when Satou found her. Shio instantly got attached to Satou and the two share a unique relationship.

Shio isn't world wise, though this is due to her young age. She is on the outside a very happy girl who adores Satou and expresses this often through their interactions. She doesn't talk about her previous home or what her parents are like. In some cases it is as if she has blocked out those interactions all together.

However, Shio has some unique circumstances of her own, while I won't go into great detail, we'll say that the home situation is and was less than idea, due to witnessing several horrific events and years of coping with other issues Shio has formed a schizophrenic mental state in which in extreme cases of distress she will see shadow figures and hear voices. 

After Shio meets and moves in with Satou, Satou deciding that she doesn't want Shio to be around her aunt decides to take up some part time jobs and with the money she earns she gets her own place that her and Shio can live in. It isn't easy going to school and working only to return late to take care of Shio, but Satou doesn't mind and enjoys every second of it. 

It is during this time that Satou in her own twisted way finds love for the first time even though she knows deep down that it is sordid and morally questionable at best. But despite that she's the happiest she has ever been. She tells her friends she has a boyfriend and that she's settling down and won't be going out with other men anymore. This catches her friend off guard, but her friend is happy at least she found someone.

However, this love is not just sordid...its deadly. Satou while working stumbles into a situation between her and her boss, a woman who feels she's having her beauty and position threatened by Satou. Sato is then taken advantage of by the boss, but only for a short time before Satou retaliates. Satou makes herself a promise, she will anything and everything she has to, to keep her life with Shio intact and happy. 

There have been a few other characters that have appeared, a teacher that even though he's married is an adrenaline junky and enjoys putting himself into positions that he can get his fix. This even includes have sex with students or random women. He finds a target with Satou, but in doing so he soon realizes he's playing with fire and eventually backs off. 

Enter a coworker who has a thing for Satou and she turned him down. However, after an incident with their boss that led him to leave their workplace he's also obtained a bit of complex. After seeing a missing person poster of Shio he see's her as an angel sent to bring him out of the darkness of his life, though that means he also wants her for himself which puts him at odds with Satou.

Other characters come into the picture...some of them don't make it out alive. While I am not done with the manga yet I can see where all of it is going. With Sato protecting her growing happiness and relationship with Shio, she's willing to use any tricks she knows to keep that from ending. 

The Manga is full of suspense, horror, intrigue, murder, and darkness, it is a good read and one that I recommend to anyone that is into the more...dark side of humanity. There are quiet a few people in the manga that have different types of disorder...honestly I feel like there are less people that are "normal" than those with some sort of mental complex.

That said, I will do an updated review once I have gone through all of the manga's. And I will keep my eye out to see if the anime gets dubbed or not.

Senren Banka Yahino's Route

 

Senren Banka like many other visual novels has multiple paths you can choose to go down dealing with romance. As the protag, you usually make a few choices that ultimately decide who's romantic path you go down and what ending you will get. One of these paths is Yashino the Shrine Priestess. 

Yashino's past, which is revealed as you play down her path, is filled with a great deal of heartache, depression, and longing to break the curse that has destroyed her family for generations. Growing as the Shrine Priestess was nothing odd for the Shinto religion, but to do so as a cursed Priestess was a different story.  The curse ensured that only girls were born to the family and that their lifespan was greatly reduced.

Yashino grew up with a mother who rarely smiled, and when she did she forced herself to do so, mostly her mother cried and seemed to put a wall between them. While Yashino isn't frail and weak she is very standoffish and tends to hold others at arm's length. 

The protag ends up living with Shrine Priestess and her father as part of their 'engagement' which was done due to him removing the sword from a boulder. The engagement at first is just a lie to ensure that people don't ask too many questions while the protag and the group look at removing the curse. 

Eventually, though the two do start to have true feelings for one another, this will lead you down Yashino's romantic path.

It is hard for Yashino at first to convey her feelings and even more so for her to accept that the protag has feelings for her. Though she can be a bit standoffish thanks to the protag, she can eventually get past this. It is during their time together that they paint a picture of Yashino as living with the turmoil of not just the curse itself but the aftereffects of it.

Her mother hated the fact that she had to pass on the curse to her and wished more than anything that Yashino would be able to live a normal life without fear of the curse. It was because of this sense of guilt for having birth Yashino to the curse that she never smiled unless it was forced or why she cried as much as she did.

As the protag and Yashino's relationship expands and grows she opens more and more about her own feelings and thoughts about her mother and her father and how they handled her life and dealing with the curse. Despite the fear that she would resent her mother for how she was she actually just wanted her to be more honest with herself prior to her death.

It is during this time as the protag and Yashino's grows closer together does it come out that the curse is a two-fold curse and that while they have sated one of the curses the other still is around. So they continue to figure out what is that they must do to end both curses.

During this period of time, the protag and Yashino's relationship blossoms into something much more, and the two eventually decide that they will not void their engagement and instead will continue to remain together as they have fallen in love. Because of their love and the continued growing relationship they are able to eventually remove the final curse.

The story ends with discussing how the two eventually graduate from High School and the protag to follow in the footsteps of all the men prior to him when marrying into the Shrine Princess's family and he heads out to a Shinto school to learn how to be a Priest. It would take a couple of years for him to get his license and become a full-fledge Shinto Priest but soon after he does he moves back to Hoori and he and Yashino is married.

Soon after they are married they have a child, and for the first time since the curse started, they have a boy. The story ends with them discussing having more children though with a little dirty talk involved.

In the end, I felt that Yashino was designated as 'best girl' in this story so I decided to play through her story first. Yashino's story is a bit of an emotional rollercoaster but is well planned out and with her personality type, she does things that will make you laugh. I think that in the grand scheme of things this story is a good one to get your feet wet into this Visual Novel. 

 Perfect Gold The Alchemy of Happiness (Demo)

Perfect Gold is currently in development and the Alpha Demo can still be found on Steam and can be downloaded for Free. Made by Yangyang Mobile the creator of several mobile style games as well as the Visual Novel Love Esquire this is a new addition to their growing collection of Visual Novels. 

The demo sadly isn't very long and doesn't give a great deal of information to the character development, backstory, or the connection between the characters. That said based on the tags that are present on Steam and the Bio of the game itself it is safe to assume the following information is most likely correct.

The story is told not from one protags view but instead from the two 'main characters' of the VN. Set in a world of magic and alchemy the two main characters are enrolled in a large prestigious school dedicated to the development of the magical and alchemical arts. 

Audrey Clary is apparently the heiress to a noble and is well versed in alchemy. She appears to be a bit reserved but uses logic to get her point across even if that means she'll offend someone. She is studious to a point but despite that, she also has a bit of a 'bad girl' side that she keeps in check for the most part. At least that is what little I could catch. She also seems to be in a bit of a conflict with Marion who from what little information I have appears to be a friend (or at least was a friend) before something caused conflict.

Marion LaRue is the odd girl out. She is the daughter of a business owner who's older sister also attended the same Academy that she is now as well as a young and upcoming businesswoman in her own right. That said Marion is not her sister, she is a firebrand and seen as the problem child of the family but she is still an exceptional alchemist in her own right. She is headstrong, impulsive, direct, and very outspoken.

Despite her apparent attitude towards Audrey, she harbors a different feeling altogether for Audrey and that becomes apparent slightly in the demo.

The description as seen on the Steam page gives a great deal more insight into the kind of game this is and it can all be summed up as a WLW (women who love women) a heartwarming, slice of life story between two girls as they get a second chance at love and friendship. It is also tagged with the LGBTQ+ tag. This game, like Love Esquire, is voiced in English and uses the same vibrant visual technique that really made LE a big success. It will also have interactive dialogue and currently states it will have two endings only. 

The story will be told from both the perspectives of the main characters to get a better sense of the world around them as well as their feelings for one another. While this is labeled as a slice of life which I can agree with I would also think adding the label 'love story' would be better to some extent.

I am excited to see how this VN turns out so soon as it is released I will be getting it and doing a full review on it, so stay tuned.

NEKOPara Vol. 4 Release Coming Soon

 NEKO-Para Vol. 4

I am happy to announce that the 4th installment of Neko-Para is coming out on November 26th, 2020! This series developed by NEKO WORKs and published by Sekai Project has gained much attention for its unique style and story development. This particular Visual Novel has even obtained a recently published 12 episode Anime version that is currently running on Funimation.

I have played through all the current Volumes including NEKO-Para Vol. 0, as well as seen the Anime, and it has come to be one of my favorite Visual Novels to date. The character development is great and the overall dedication to the story and characters goes beyond that of what you might see in other Visual Novels. That said though that doesn't mean it's the only one of its kind. 

Currently, it is not posted as to how much it will cost to get this Visual Novel yet, but based on previous installments it will most likely be in the range of $20 to $25 pushing possibly 30$.

If you think you may be interested in this Visual Novel series I recommend you check out my previous reviews of the series as well as visit the Steam Store Page to see more on it.

NEKO-Para Vol. 1

NEKO-Para Vol. 2

NEKO-Para Vol. 3

Currently they do not have a preorder available.

The Fruit of Grisaia

The Fruit of Grisaia is an in-depth story-driven choice based Visual Novel that at the time of this post I have approximately 36hrs in and I have only finished 1 route.

I am currently playing through and hopefully will be done with another route later tonight but I can not be sure of that. So the hope is that by tomorrow I may be ready to move to a 3rd route (love interest).

Because I am still going through each of the girl's paths and because each one is so long (which isn't always a problem) I have decided to do a primary Preview and then to do a 'Review' of each path and love interest within the Visual Novel.

This story takes place in modern-day Japan, you play as Kazami Yuuji, just called Yuuji. He is a husk, a shell, a human being that has lost all sense of worth in a world where he has been trained and tuned to be a weapon for the Government. After the loss of his older sister, his family fell apart. His mother and father would die later leaving him alone. As a ward of the Government, he was initiated into a special program that turned children into honed weapons, expert snipers, subterfuge, spec ops, and other actions.

Technically however he actually doesn't work for the Government, he's 'owned' by a large multinational corporation that works with the Government and other bodies nationally and internationally providing soldiers like Yuuji for hire. As time has gone by Yuuji, moving through the ranks has obtained the status of "Active Reserve" meaning he is no longer fully active and can have a life outside the company. However, as Active Reserve he may get a call that he's needed to perform a job.

Now able to have a life outside of the corporation he has elected to try and have a somewhat normal life by going to a regular high school. However, due to his situation, such a thing wouldn't really work in a normal school, now with his attitude and deep-seated scars and training. So he is sent to Mihama Academy. Mihama Academy is a newly built and established private high school. How private? Well, it houses 5 girls and the Principle of the school. Teachers are brought in and then sent home. And now that Yuuji is brought in that makes a total of 6 students.

You find out as time goes by that the school is a special school not just for private students of wealth and famous families, but each person is 'special' in the fact that each has a sordid amount of issues that effectively make it where they can not function or attended normal schools. 

As is common with these types of Visual Novels each girl is classified as a 'path' or 'love interest'. In this particular Visual Novel each girl has both a 'Good Ending' and a 'Bad Ending' and honestly, if the first path I went down and got the Good Ending with the first girl is any indication then I am not sure how I could ever really bring myself to do the bad ones. The game focuses heavily on the interactions between the girls themselves and Yuuji, with other characters being added into the mix to create a very compelling story that has its share of ups and downs as well as humorous moments. 

This game is classified as a Mature Visual Novel but it is not because of H-Scenes like most of the ones I play. This one is due to the fact that some of the girl's issues stem from some things that, to be honest, someone under the age of 16 probably shouldn't be playing. I will get more in-depth with that as I do a Review of each girl's path.

Currently, I would say that discretion is advised even for adults for this game as I would compare it somewhat similar to Doki Doki Lit Club (refer to GNKG: Doki Doki Lit Review) in the fact that some of the content is a bit disturbing. Now as I said earlier I have only really completed one full path. Anyone that can't handle some more...mental and psychological problems and actions may not want to play this game.

Otherwise, I highly recommend this game due to its great character development and story arch, its rich story is full of other things then just the bad, so it is still worth it. Plus there is a total of 3 games that you can get in a Bundle.

Evenicle 2 (Demo)

 Evenicle 2

Evenicle 2 much like Evenicle is a combination of a Visual Novel and RPG from Japan. Currently, the English version of this game is only in 'Demo' mode and allows you to play through the first complete Chapter of the game. Currently, there is no release date for the full version of the game on Steam in English.

So this review is actually more of a preview as the complete game is not out in the US. Please note I will most likely make a new 'Review' for this game when it is completely released and give my first thoughts and of course after playing through the game a bit I will give a better review of it much like I did on Evenicle. 

Evenicle II takes place in a parallel dimension or universe if you will from the first game. There are new characters, mains, and all new nations, and concepts. However, there are several things that you will remember from the first game including the mention of Eve and certain rules and regulations that Eve mandated for humanity. That said there is several things that are new that only appear in this world. The most prevalent and somewhat most annoying of these new things is the 'Hero Syndrome' system that will force you to go around and collect certain items to use in eliminating the problem from one of your wives.

Currently based on the lore of the game, in Evenicle II, not everyone can use magic or skills. The ones that can are granted special rights and privileges that others may not have. However, using one's skills and magic can lead to that person getting the 'Hero's Syndrome'. This disease causes the hero's immune system to suddenly take ill with a variety of different illnesses that range from minor to life-threatening. Because of that, the number of Hero's has greatly been reduced and the ages of these heroes have also gone down as many no longer live long lives due to the Syndrome. 

Alex is the main character, (the one you will play) and has a unique talent and ability. Alex is a student of medicine and he's taught by his Grand Father in the many different skills of running a clinic, hospital and preforming different medical services. However, his special talent is the ability to use skills and magic without suffering the effects of Hero's Syndrome. He also has a skill that he can use called "Medica" which has a variety of different purposes. 

Medica is a long since believed skill that never existed except for one former medical professional that was seen as a lech and had his reputation tarnished because 'Medica' he said could only be used on women.  Alex learns the basics of Medica and that he has the power to use it early but hides it from the village he lives in.

Alex's history is lightly touched on in the demo including the fact that he was married young but that he doesn't really know who his wife is. (Note: You will find out in the first chapter who it is.) Through word of mouth and speaking with his Grand Father he finds out that there is a sick hero coming to their hospice to stay until she passes. Being a young man in a town of old people, finding out that a young maiden is heading to his town 'excites' him and leads him to seek her out before she comes to town.

In the process, he meets the young heroine Yuragi.

Yuragi is a decedent of a veteran Hero who fell to his illness years back. She is a graduate of the 'Academy' to which those with special skills and magic normally attend to train their minds, bodies, and special traits to be used in combat against monsters and bandits.

After using her skills multiple times she finally became sick from the Hero Syndrome and after coming down with a serious illness she was forced to retire and decided to spend her last few months in the village that her mother was born in. 

While she was making her way to the town with a fellow hero, some things happened and she and her companion were found by Alex, who within moments of meeting her told her point-blank, "Let's have sex." Of course, this went over like a lead balloon. However, he would later explain to her that he had the special skill 'Medica' and through his research, he would be able to cure her disease and keep her from relapsing from that disease if they had sex.

After performing a few other uses of Medica to find out what it was she had and then to figure out what he needed to cure her they sat out to find the ingredient to synthesis a cure. 

They were able to find the item he needed, and after ingesting it his body through the use of Medica was able to form the cure to her current illness. After some thought and words back and forth, Yugari agreed and the two officially became a couple. 

As it was with Aster in Evenicle, once they had sex they were bound to one another as husband and wife per the law sat fourth by Mother Eve. Even though technically Yugari wasn't his first wife because of him having magic and skills he was able to take more than one wife. Where in Evenicle it was based on one's rank, in Evenicle II it is based on if one is a hero or not. 

Graphically this game is very similar to Evenicle, however, the fighting has changed from the more 'FPS' point of view to the side-3rd person kind of view which I do enjoy as it gives a new perspective and adds more to the actions the characters take when preforming skills and magic.

Currently, while it is a demo I can say I only saw a couple of things that were kind of annoying. The first being how quick it was to get monsters to fight. It felt like you couldn't move too far before you were forced to fight. I guess for leveling purposes that isn't a bad thing, but when you trying to get from point A to point B for story and plot...it can get old fast. 

Another that was a bit rough was the fact that you were HIGHLY limited in the use of heal skills. Even in Evenicle, you could use your heal skills one time per battle as long as you had the BP to use them. If you had more than one heal skill you could use each one once in battle. in Evenicle II the heal skills you have can only be used as long as you have MP to use it. When you start out you have 2 to 3 MP. However when you run out you are out until you get to an Inn. If you are traveling long distances and you use up your MP to heal you or your party members...you may be looking for a town close by to rest just to save up MP.

The Syndrome is a unique thing that is both interesting and new to something that is a bit annoying at times. As you fight your Hero Syndrome Meter will fill up and then when it maxes it will force an illness upon one of the party members, and then you are forced to find the item needed to create your cure for that illness. 

The soundtrack is decent and the character voices are nice...though I wish they could do it in English too but I digress. 

The Demo is free and if I was you I'd pick it up and give it a playthrough. I can't wait to see what is in store for Evenicle II and hope the game is out soon. 

I walk among Zombies Vol. 1

I walk among Zombies Vol. 1 is a Visual Novel that as far a I can tell from the few hours that I have played is a straight-up VN with no choices and no multiple endings. Normally I don't really prefer this type of VN as I more like the ones where my choices make a difference. However, as VN's go, this one has its redeeming attributes in the way it tells the story and the way the characters are developed through the VN. I also recently discovered that they tell the same story through multiple points of view, or at least they have thus far between the main protag...well I guess he's a protag and a girl that he later meets.

Yusuke Takemura the somewhat of a protag of this VN starts out like many would. He is a former worker that due to some circumstances got laid off after a company he worked for went under. After he lost his job he became a shut-in and spent the majority of his time playing video games, watching tv, and just avoiding people in general.

As the VN starts Yusuke leaves the comforts of his apartment only to be attacked out in front of his apartment. Being bitten he retreats to his apartment where he then becomes lethargic and falls into his bed with a fever. When he awakes it has been 3 days since he was attacked. After checking online he realizes that the world has entered into a state of chaos. 

News reports are hard to come by but what he concludes based on what information he did obtain, was what was believed to at first be riots was actually the start of an outbreak of a virus that turned people into Zombies. Those people then attacked others and they became Zombies. The cause was unknown.

He decides to leave his apartment in an attempt to find food and supplies. He first stops by the apartment next to his where he comes into contact with the neighbor girl. 

When he enters the apartment he begins looking around and it isn't long before he gets startled by Tokiko Kurose. She looks through him and makes her way past him as if he wasn't really there. She begins to scratch on the door that would lead her out to the world. He watches her and then decides to test a theory. Feeling for her pulse and if she is breathing he realizes that she has no pulse, cold to the touch, and is not breathing. He realizes that she is a zombie but unlike the ones outside she was not bitten. This means she was one of the ones that turned first.

He decides to keep her 'alive' and puts her into the apartment bathroom when he isn't there to keep her confined. 

Later he leaves the apartment and tests the theory that zombies won't attack him. His tests conclude that he is immune to zombies, in the sense that they do not see him, or they see him as one of them and don't try to come after him and kill him. 

Over time he begins to use this ability to be clear of zombie attack to his advantage and begins to go further out from his base at his apartment to expanding out into other areas to see if he can find survivors and other supplies that he may need to survive if not from the zombies from other survivors.

In doing so he comes across a building that has an SoS sign attached to it. He proceeds to enter and upon entering a floor that was isolated from the rest of the building he meets an unlikely trio.

Mitsuki Fujino and her two brothers, when Yusuke finds them they are starving and out of food. He uses food he is carrying in a pack to feed the three and then talks to them in an attempt to get information about what happened and what was going on.

Unfortunately, they are not well informed and have really nothing to give him in return for providing him food or supplies. Yusuke over the time of the zombie attacks has gone from a humanitarian to a more realist. The reality of the situation is that since the collapse of society things such as food, water, supplies, and information are the new commodities of the world. Because of this, he decides to leverage everything he can to ensure his own survival. 

He leaves them on their own for a short while before returning days later with more food for them. This time though he confronts Mitsuki about the harsh reality of the state of the world. Without anything valuable to provide him such as information or supplies he didn't have, his motive for continuing to give them food wasn't there.

He then provides her with a way to get food from him and pay him back. That being to 'service him'. Now I don't mean full-on sex...at least not yet, but he does proposition her for other ways to 'service him'.

So I may have neglected to add some more information previous to this but suffice it to say that part of his 'rational' idealism is that the price of goods and services are dependent on the need, for him having the ability to move freely without being attacked by zombies provide him with a leg up against others. This means he can make demands and expect compensation.

This VN is well-drawn, music is decent, and the plot and story are unique and interesting...though it does have some 'trigger' warnings I guess. While I personally have no issue with media like this or the freedom of creativity I know there are some that have big issues. So let me blunt here, there is a lot of murder, blood, guts, cussing, sex, sexual acts, and sex with zombies...yes you read that right. 

This is an adult-oriented VN and one I do not recommend playing in the sight of young children. 

Preview of Corpse Party

Corpse Party

Corpse Party was originally created in Japan in the early '90s and gained a quick cult following in the gaming community. Created by an Indy Developer using simple RPG Maker technology the game was designed over a period of time. The game was then expanded on several years later and the cult following moved past just the nation of Japan to Europe and America. Described as a psychological horror game, the game centered around a group of High School students that are sent to another dimension due to a charm they all participate in. The dimension they enter isn't one of rainbows and unicorns but instead, it is filled with spirits both good and bad and filled with the dead bodies of those that came before them. 

The game is broken down into chapters with each chapter having multiple endings based on the choices you make and if you take time to go through certain situations or skip them. Along with these endings are also the fact you may in fact lose a character along the way. Each chapter focuses on one or more characters and has different scenarios that can play out based on who is alive, who is dead, and previous actions you performed. 

As stated, this is a psychological horror game is based on the basic understandings of fear that most people have including the use of spirits that will use just about trick to get the characters to act a certain way. There is a great deal of blood, gore, murder, evil spirits, and, dead bodies among other things that lend to the creepiness of this game. It has even been posted by several that have done reviews on this game previously they do not recommend playing this game alone, at night, or in the dark.

Corpse Party being a classic game does have the drawback that its artwork and graphics are a bit outdated. But despite that, the game itself is said to be fun and exciting and has a great story to go along with it. Based on what I have seen and read of this game I do recommend some caution if you do decide to watch my review and play video. It is something that can really warp your mind...which for me there isn't much left to warp. 

I hope to see you there!