Scarlet and Blank

Scarlet and Blank is a sound novel set in Tokyo’s Yoshiwara pleasure district in 1888. After Hakuhi, an illustrious escort, is found dead with her throat slit by a gilded silver hairpin, the story follows the events that led to her death from the perspectives of a man who loves her and another who hates her more than life itself.

Story and characters

The story centers on three people at the White Horses brothel:

• Takano Seiji: the second son of a noble family, who finds himself at the White Horses one night.
• Yaichi: a floor hand at the brothel, where Hakuhi works as an indentured escort.
• Hakuhi: the White Horses’ most popular escort, able to bend men to her will with a blink.

Reading the story

Scarlet and Blank is presented like an illustrated drama CD. It has one route and no choices during reading. The main story includes a prologue and epilogue and is fully voiced; a bonus chapter unlocks after you finish the main game and is partly voiced.