Get Apathy: Arai Shouji for PC

Apathy: Arai Shouji is a click-through visual novel starring Shouji Arai, a storyteller from the School Ghost Stories series. During his summer vacation, Arai takes a job at a ranch after a friend invites him. Sensing something ominous in his friend’s fear of the ranch, which the friend says is run by a relative, Arai hopes to find something that will satisfy his unfulfilled desires. The ranch awaits him as if mocking those hopes.

Characters

Arai is a quiet second-year student at Narugami Academy High School who speaks in low, muttering tones. He shows little emotion on the surface but harbors a dark side. He is drawn to people with exceptional talent and makes them his close friends.

Arai’s classmate Akihisa Nakamura considers himself popular and well-liked, though no one pays him much attention. He thinks he is Arai’s one and only best friend, but is regarded as a misguided man. Kazu, a young man of unknown age who works at the ranch, is taciturn and looks after Arai; he sometimes shows kindness, though his true feelings remain shrouded in darkness. The ranch owner, Old Man Shige, is friendly but can sometimes reveal the look of someone who has moved through both the respectable and hidden sides of society.

Story and endings

The main game has one ending, and knowledge of the School Ghost Stories series is not required. The DLC brings the main game’s ending count to 19 and includes the bonus scenario Akihisa Nakamura’s Struggle to Find a Part-Time Job for Arai, which has seven endings. You can select the bonus scenario from the title screen after unlocking at least five main-game endings.

The DLC scenario has the same content as the scenario included in Apathy: Arai Shouji (2021) and Apathy: Narugami Academy Seven Mysteries (2022), though some character portraits and still images have been updated.