Yuoni: Rises

Yuoni: Rises is a VR visual novel set in mid-1990s Japan, when internet access is not widespread and only a few adults own cell phones. You sit at a desk and relive the experiences of two elementary school children troubled by family matters, turning through the story’s pages with buttons. As you experience their fear and anguish in a realistic VR space, you investigate a mystery in a classroom where you are trapped in the Evening.

Shuji and the Tsun

Shuji is a fifth-grader in a countryside town who has to move house repeatedly because of “grown-up stuff.” As he learns how fragile friendships can be, he grows distrustful. One day, Goto, the local kids’ boss, tells him a school ghost story about the Tsun. Nami dismisses it as a silly rumor, and Shuji does not take it seriously at first.

The mystery

You discover who the sketchbook belongs to and whose eyes you are looking through as the story unfolds.