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Higurashi's Ryukishi07 Writes New Horror Game for DMM

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni creator Ryukishi07 announced a new PC horror adventure game titled Iwaihime over Twitter on Monday. Ryukishi07 will write the game, freelance illustrator Kina Kazuharu will provide the character art, and mocha will provide the background art. The game is slated for this fall from DMM Games. It will be download-only.

Kazuhara posted images of the characters and a plot description.

For generations, the men of the Susuhara family have, upon reaching a certain age, left home and gone their own way, living alone with no one to depend on until they are acknowledged. The protagonist is a high school student who has left home and is comfortable at his new school. But there's a strange girl named Toe Kurokami. She carries what appears to be Japanese doll, and he's sure its hair grows and it whispers things. Meeting her might be his destiny.

Ryukishi07 stated that he's kept the game under wraps for two years.

Ryukishi07 is also working with his doujin group 07th Expansion, along with Romeo Tanaka and Yūto Tonokawa, on a new project titled TRianThorogy ~Sanmenkyō no Kuni no Alice~ (TRianThorogy ~Alice in the Country of the Three-Sided Mirror~).

Thanks to Riley Wood for the news tip.

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