Game

Kyoufu Shinbun Heisei-ban: Kaiki! Shinrei File

2003 · PlayStation 2 · Adventure

About this game

One of several adaptations of Jirou Tsunoda's 'Kyoufu Shinbun' manga, this one is a visual novel/third-person adventure. Your protagonist has been cursed by the titular paper, which warns of terrible events to come in the future. During the day, he talks with family & friends, making dialogue choices along the way. At night, he investigates relevant locations. An interesting combo, to be sure. Kyoufu Shinbun Heisei-ban: Kaiki! Shinrei File is a Adventure/Horror video game published by Konami released on August 7th, 2003 for the PlayStation 2.

The story centers around a newspaper fortelling a ton of disasters and murders on it, and when someone reads it, that person's life span decreases and they die in a brutal way. The story follows a highschool boy who's teachers and friends are all being killed after having read the newspaper, and he takes it upon himself to help put an end to the devastation.