Genrou (2012)

Developer: Otomate
Publisher: Idea Factory
Platforms: PlayStation Portable
Genres: Visual Novel

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How it feels

A historical drama visual novel following a young girl with an uncanny gift thrust into a new world.

dramaticslow-pacednarrative-drivenhistoricalmysterious

About

Set in the year 1179. The protagonist, Saya, is a 12 year old girl who lives in a small village. Having lost her mother to disease, the young girl lives her days alone working for the head of the village. From a young age, she has the ability to see through lies, possessing what is called “Heaven’s Eye”. One day, a magnificent troop visited her home, and a young man kneeled before her respectfully, saying, “I have come to retrieve you, M’lady.” A new world she has never seen before, and coming to meet the entourage led by Minamoto no Yoshitsune. As the era moves towards the “Genpei War” that the land of Japan becomes involved in, Saya has yet to know this at the time….

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