Kizuato
Kizuato is a Japanese adult horror visual novel released on July 26, 1996, by Leaf for NEC PC-9801 and Microsoft Windows 95. An enhanced edition with new visuals, often called, was released on July 26, 2002, targeting Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP. Another enhanced edition with yet new visuals and voice acting was released on September 18, 2009, this time targeting Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. It is the second in Leaf's Visual Novel series, which took the style of Chunsoft's Sound Novel series, such as Kamaitachi no Yoru, and applied it to eroge, as with their previous work, Shizuku, which released earlier in the same year, helping to pioneer the term "visual novel".
Kizuato
- Date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Aquaplus
- Language
- Japanese
- Genre
- visual novel · eroge
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Kizuato is a Japanese adult horror visual novel released on July 26, 1996, by Leaf for NEC PC-9801 and Microsoft Windows 95. An enhanced edition with new visuals, often called, was released on July 26, 2002, targeting Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP. Another enhanced edition with yet new visuals and voice acting was released on September 18, 2009, this time targeting Windows 2000, XP, and Vista. It is the second in Leaf's Visual Novel series, which took the style of Chunsoft's Sound Novel series, such as Kamaitachi no Yoru, and applied it to eroge, as with their previous work, Shizuku, which released earlier in the same year, helping to pioneer the term "visual novel".
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Key facts
• Developer — Leaf • Publisher — Aquaplus • Series — Leaf Visual Novel Series • Released — * NEC PC-9801July 26, 1996 • Microsoft Windows 95July 26, 1996 • Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XPJuly 26, 2002 • Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/VistaSeptember 18, 2009 • Genre — Visual novel, eroge • Modes — Single-player • Platforms — NEC PC-9801, Microsoft Windows (95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista)
Story
Story
Koichi Kashiwagi, a college student, goes to his cousins' for his father's funeral. After the ceremony, as he is on summer vacation, he stays with them. He experiences recurring nightmares and must hold down a strong homicidal impulse surfacing from deep within himself. One day Koichi dreams that he slaughters a person violently. The next day, the news reports the event of a violent homicide in the park where Koichi committed the murder in his dream.
Characters
Characters
• Koichi Kashiwagi • Chizuru Kashiwagi • Chizuru is one of the 13 playable characters in Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match, a fighting game developed by Aquaplus with characters from various Leaf games. • Azusa Kashiwagi • Kaede Kashiwagi • Hatsune Kashiwagi • Gensaburou Nagase • Yuya Yanagawa • Hiyoshi, Kaori • Kyoko Aida • Yumiko Koide
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Legacy
Kizuato is known for being historically notable and defining the visual novel genre. It has been described as similar to Shizuku, with themes of bloodshed, violence, and humiliation, with a "dark narrative". Some have argued that having character's hair spring up by antennae was popularized by the game, later becoming standard in games and anime. Kizuato was described as eroge but notable for combining the sound novels form with "erotic content". The visual novel was also mentioned by Konoha Akisato, the protagonist of 16bit Sensation: Another Layer, with the novel as an important part of setting the historical context for the anime's story.
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- 1.Leaf. ゲーム [廃盤製品].
- 2.『雫』『痕』、そして『ToHeart』。ビジュアルノベルの誕生と繚乱【アニメ『16bitセンセーション ANOTHER LAYER』連動企画第4回】 ゲーム・エンタメ最新情報のファミ通.com. ファミ通.com. 2023-10-29.
- 3.痕 -きずあと-.
- 4.Leaf. 製品情報. 痕 -きずあと-.
- 5.Aquaplus. Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match.
- 6.Ciolek, Todd. Aquapazza PlayStation 3 Game Review. Anime News Network. December 3, 2013.
- 7.Chan, Ko On. The Intersection of Animation, Video Games, and Music: Making Movement Sing. Taylor & Francis. 122, 131. 2023. 9781000871067.
- 8.Azuma, Hiroki. Otaku: Japan's Database Animals. University of Minnesota Press. 42, 44. 2009. 9780816653515.
- 9.Pelletier-Gagnon, Jeremie. Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Video Games. Bloomsbury Publishing. 35–36. 2015. 9781000871067.
- 10.Farris, Christopher. 16bit Sensation: Another Layer Episodes 1-3. Anime News Network. October 19, 2023.
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