Hashihime of the Old Book Town
ADELTA · 2019 · LGBTQ+, Visual Novel, Sexual Content, Nudity, Story Rich
PC
Overwhelmingly Positive96% · 615
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About Hashihime of the Old Book Town
An highly-acclaimed, psychedelic BL murder-mystery from indie developer ADELTA!
- A traditional BL visual novel taking place during the Taisho era of Japan
- Story written and CGs drawn by Kurosawa Rinko (ADELTA)
- Solid 30-40 hour gameplay time
- Multiple Endings
Jinbochou, Tokyo
June 1922, Taisho Era
The Rainy Season
Tamamori came to Tokyo with his sights set on getting accepted to the Imperial University. However, he doesn't pass the entrance exam, and is so undisciplined and wrapped up in endless fantasies that he's kicked out of his boarding house after only two years. Through a stroke of luck, Tamamori begins to live and work at Umebachidou, a used book store. There, he enjoys whiling away his time as a "student preparing for entrance exams" and taking advantage of friends who are also from his hometown. But one right after the other, mysterious deaths befall those friends and, realizing he's been repeating the same rainy three days over and over again, Tamamori finds himself racing throughout Jinbochou to save them.
In this pop-occult mystery that surrounds the deaths of his friends...
What is real, and what is a hallucination?
Features
- A traditional BL visual novel taking place during the Taisho era of Japan
- Story written and CGs drawn by Kurosawa Rinko (ADELTA)
- Solid 30-40 hour gameplay time
- Multiple Endings
Story
Jinbochou, Tokyo
June 1922, Taisho Era
The Rainy Season
Tamamori came to Tokyo with his sights set on getting accepted to the Imperial University. However, he doesn't pass the entrance exam, and is so undisciplined and wrapped up in endless fantasies that he's kicked out of his boarding house after only two years. Through a stroke of luck, Tamamori begins to live and work at Umebachidou, a used book store. There, he enjoys whiling away his time as a "student preparing for entrance exams" and taking advantage of friends who are also from his hometown. But one right after the other, mysterious deaths befall those friends and, realizing he's been repeating the same rainy three days over and over again, Tamamori finds himself racing throughout Jinbochou to save them.
In this pop-occult mystery that surrounds the deaths of his friends...
What is real, and what is a hallucination?
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
such a charming game4 found this helpful
Tamamori Feet2 found this helpful
euh i wish i could put whatevers on my mind into words properly so that i could seem profound or smtg but its genuinely so hard ...2 found this helpful
this is the best game i have ever laid my eyes upon i have yet to find anything comparable to this absolute masterpiece.2 found this helpful
kawase. Realtalk, I will be thinking about this game probably for the rest of my life. However, without getting into too many plot spoilers, the final route unfortunately relies [spoiler]on the evil mentally ill character trope. The rest of the story contains a refreshing — albeit fantastical — depiction of mental illness. The abrupt shift was a bummer for me.[/spoiler] I haven’t seen other reviews mention this, so I felt compelled to point it out.2 found this helpful
This VN ruined me inside out. I love how it made me feel nostalgic and emotional, the character's writing were good enough and it can make me feel attached to them. There is no one that are good and bad (Except Hanazawa) here, and I love the MC so much. The narration of the stories were so good, I have so much respect for Kurosawa-sensei for writing this beautifully written visual novel. [spoiler] Also I refuse to acknowledge the secret route at all I refused them I will kms [/spoiler]
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