Hifuu Fragment

Hifuu Fragment is a fan-made visual novel based on Shanghai Alice Gensokyo’s Secret Sealing Club series. It begins before the first entry, 蓮台野夜行 ～ Ghostly Field Club, after university entrance ceremonies, when Maribel Hearn and Renko Usami meet for the first time. Its setting is a future in which the underground Shinkansen Hiroshige connects the capitals Kyoto and Tokyo in 53 minutes.

Gather fragments

As Maribel and Renko talk, you collect written fragments of their memories. You select words from these fragments to create keywords, then set keywords in place when events are about to happen. The keywords can change the scenario and reveal new developments.

Open new paths

The goal is to use the words you discover to complete 蓮台野夜行. The story branches, but it has no conventional choices, and simply reading through does not let you progress; selecting combinations of options at random is not enough. The fragment system draws on the ANOS series and gives the visual novel a puzzle- and escape-game-like quality. The game also includes staged hints that go further than its standard hints for sections where players may get stuck.