Kizuato

Kizuato
DeveloperLeaf
PublisherAquaplus
SeriesLeaf Visual Novel Series
PlatformsNEC PC-9801, Microsoft Windows (95, 98, Me, 2000, XP, Vista)
Release
  • NEC PC-9801
    Microsoft Windows 95
    Microsoft Windows 98/Me/2000/XP
    Microsoft Windows 2000/XP/Vista
    • JP: September 18, 2009[3]
GenresVisual novel, eroge
ModeSingle-player

Kizuato (痕～きずあと～; Scar) is a Japanese adult horror visual novel released on July 26, 1996, by Leaf for NEC PC-9801 and Microsoft Windows 95.[4][1][5] An enhanced edition with new visuals, often called Kizuato Renewal[a], was released on July 26, 2002, targeting Windows 98, Me, 2000, and XP.[2] Another enhanced edition with yet new visuals and voice acting was released on September 18, 2009, this time targeting Windows 2000, XP, and Vista.[3]

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".[5]

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

  • Koichi Kashiwagi (柏木 耕一)
  • Chizuru Kashiwagi (柏木 千鶴)
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.[6][7]
  • Azusa Kashiwagi (柏木 梓)
  • Kaede Kashiwagi (柏木 楓)
  • Hatsune Kashiwagi (柏木 初音)
  • Gensaburou Nagase (長瀬 源三郎)
  • Yuya Yanagawa (柳川 裕也)
  • Hiyoshi, Kaori (日吉 かおり)
  • Kyoko Aida (相田 響子)
  • Yumiko Koide (小出 由美子)

Cast

Legacy

Kizuato is known for being historically notable and defining the visual novel genre.[8] It has been described as similar to Shizuku, with themes of bloodshed, violence, and humiliation, with a "dark narrative".[4] Some have argued that having character's hair spring up by antennae was popularized by the game, later becoming standard in games and anime.[9] Kizuato was described as eroge but notable for combining the sound novels form with "erotic content".[10] 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.[8]

Notes

  1. ^ Japanese: 痕 リニューアル, Hepburn: Kizuato Rinyūaru

References

  1. ^ a b c "ゲーム [廃盤製品]" (in Japanese). Leaf. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  2. ^ a b "痕 -きずあと-" (in Japanese). Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  3. ^ a b "製品情報". 痕 -きずあと-. Leaf. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  4. ^ a b Chan, Ko On (2023). "From Fantasy to Trauma: Sound and Sex in School Days". In Scoggin, Lisa; Plank, Dana (eds.). The Intersection of Animation, Video Games, and Music: Making Movement Sing. Milton Park, Abingdon-on-Thames, Oxfordshire United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. pp. 122, 131. ISBN 9781000871067.
  5. ^ a b "『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 (in Japanese). 2023-10-29. Retrieved 2026-04-22.
  6. ^ "Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match" (in Japanese). Aquaplus. Archived from the original on October 11, 2023. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  7. ^ Ciolek, Todd (December 3, 2013). "Aquapazza PlayStation 3 Game Review". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on December 7, 2018. Retrieved October 25, 2023.
  8. ^ a b Farris, Christopher (October 19, 2023). "16bit Sensation: Another Layer Episodes 1-3". Anime News Network. Archived from the original on October 19, 2023.
  9. ^ Azuma, Hiroki (2009). Otaku: Japan's Database Animals. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press. pp. 42, 44. ISBN 9780816653515.
  10. ^ Pelletier-Gagnon, Jeremie; Picard, Martin (2015). "Beyond Rapeplay: Self-regulation in the Japanese erotic video game industry". In Wysocki, Matthew; Lauteria, Evan W. (eds.). Rated M for Mature: Sex and Sexuality in Video Games. London, England: Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 35–36. ISBN 9781000871067.
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