✓ If you enjoyed S.p.l.i.t, expect visual novel storytelling, strong narrative focus and dark, oppressive atmosphere
≠ Stands apart with adventure storytelling, horror tension and cozy, relaxing feel, while skipping deep simulation
The 58th year of Shouwa, early summer.
It’s June, and the summer heat has arrived earlier than it does most years.
By day there are crickets, and by night there are cicadas.
We’re in Hinamizawa, a small village in the countryside.
There are fewer than two thousand people here.
Where it drifts furthest from S.p.l.i.t: visuals and setting.
It predates S.p.l.i.t by 9 years, with what that implies technically.