Kirigiri Sou
2016 video game
Kirigiri Sou is a visual novel game developed by Spike Chunsoft for Microsoft Windows. The game is the second spin-off of the Danganronpa series of visual novel games following Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls, set between the events of the Danganronpa Kirigiri light novel series and Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, while also serving as a crossover sequel to the 1992 Chunsoft game Otogirisō. The game was released in Japan on Windows and OS X on November 25, 2016, bundled with the third Blu-ray box set of anime series Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School. It was well-received by critics, who enjoyed its visuals and storyline.
Gameplay
Kirigiri Sou is a visual novel in which the player controls Kouhei Matsudaira and Kyoko Kirigiri from the adventure games Otogirisō and Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc, where the player aims to investigate a seemingly abandoned mansion in the woods; unlike the original game, which uses 2D cutouts for characters, Kirigiri Sou solely uses background slides accompanied by character sound files. The player character is provided choices as to potential decisions they can make, which appear as arrows; if the player makes enough decisions along different arrows, they can change the main storyline of the game, leading to completely different narratives and endings. The game takes around two to three hours to play through along every route, with a total of eight possible endings along three main narratives.
Plot
Characters
Kyoko Kirigiri (霧切 響子, Kirigiri Kyoko) – The Ultimate Detective of Hope's Peak Academy, who investigates a series of disappearances at a mysterious mansion after being hired to do so.
Kouhei Matsudaira (松平公平, Matsudaira Kouhei) – The player character and "Normal Freshman", who assists Kyoko in her investigations after almost hitting her with his car.
Kyoka Kirigiri (霧切 キョウカ, Kirigiri Kyoka) – A mysterious hybrid doppelgänger of Kyoko, made from her DNA and spliced with a unicellular organism whose DNA was half-animal and half-plant.
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