/vr/ - Retro Games

Majotachi no Nemuri is a sound novel for the SFC (later updated for the PSX); written by acclaimed Japanese mystery and horror writer Akakawa Jirou. You play as Toshio, an everyday salaryman. When at work one day, you get a strange phone call from a women asking you to help her because she is going to be killed. The next day you read in the newspaper that you're first love from childhood, Yoriko, committed suicide. You have a flashback to your elementary school day, when you last saw her and you promised to marry her. You decided that the phone call was Yoriko, and after going to her funeral, you go to the small village that she was teaching at to investigate. Little do you know, there is a much more mysterious past to this village than you think. The game plays like you're typical sound novel of the time; meaning that you read us to a certain point and then you get 2-4 options as to how you want to progress the story. During your first playthrough you are going to be limited to your options, but the more you play the game the more options open up. The game is pretty straight forward, and it is very similar to Otogirisou in that there is no dead end/bad ending. (Thank God this would be changed with another later Akagawa game, Yasoukyoku). I would say that for the most part the first two endings that you can choose from your first playthrough are the best. The rest are usually pretty campy or outright stupid (aliens? bombings in a school?). This is probably one of the middle level (quality) sound novels as far as the story goes. As terms of variety of outcomes and writing quality, I would say you are better off with Kamaitachi no Yoru.