Kaiwa

Kaiwa is a supernatural horror visual novel with four stories, about three hours of playtime, and choices that lead to different endings.

Four stories

In “The Strange Road,” A-suke begins living alone and looks forward to a happy life with a beautiful neighbor and kind coworkers. The town seems full of laughter, but someone is always laughing somewhere.

In “Yubenuro,” a young man wakes in a hospital with no memory of an accident. A woman says she is his mother, but he cannot remember her face; a girl who calls herself his best friend is also unfamiliar. The girl says they can become close again, and her smile makes him feel strangely at ease.

In “Faceless Kokeshi,” K-ko, a ruins enthusiast and freelance photographer, arrives in F Prefecture to take pictures. In a dusty place, a voice tells her, “You don’t have eyes right now.”

In “The Premarital Trip,” M-yo and T-hiko stay at a long-established inn in the mountains of Kyoto, where an old tale tells of a tragic romance. M-yo is moved by the legend, while T-hiko dismisses it as foolishness; before long, something is wrong with the two of them.

Choices and endings

Your choices determine which endings you reach. After you finish a story, the next one unlocks regardless of which choices you made. Seeing specific endings in all the stories unlocks a special story.