Chaos;Head

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Chaos;Head
カオスヘッド (Kaosu Heddo)
Genre	Horror, Sci-fi, Supernatural, Thriller
Game
Developer	Nitroplus, 5pb.
Publisher	Nitroplus, 5pb.
Genre	Visual novel
Rating	15+
Platform	PC
Released	April 25, 2008
Manga
Author	Nitroplus (story), Sumihey (art)
Publisher	ASCII Media Works
Demographic	Shōnen
Serialized in	Dengeki Daioh
Original run	May 21, 2008

Chaos;Head is a Japanese visual novel developed by Nitroplus and 5pb. with gore, psychology, and science fiction elements. The game was released on April 25, 2008. The game will be adapted into a manga and serialization will begin on May 21, 2008 in ASCII Media Works' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh.^[1]

The game revolves around a high school student, Takumi Nishijō, who witnesses the gruesome murder of a man on his way home back after school. More mysterious things starts happening afterwards as more gruesome murders occurs in the area. Takumi struggles to cope with reality and the delusional experiences he sees as he tries to avoid getting killed while slowly getting entangled into the cause behind the events.

1 Gameplay
2 Characters
3 Media
- 3.1 Manga
- 3.2 Music
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Gameplay

The gameplay of Chaos;Head, like other visual novels, requires little player interaction as the game is mostly made up of text dialogues. The text that is displayed on the screen depicts conversations between different characters or their thoughts. Full voice acting is provided for all the dialogues contained within the game.

Once in a while, the player will be presented with three choices relating to Takumi's psychological state. Two cardiac cycles will be displayed on the screen. A green, stable one will be on the top left hand corner and a red, unstable one will be on the top right hand corner. The third choice is not visible to the player as it requires no player interaction. The player may choose to click on the green or red cardiac cycle, or to simply proceed through the game without selecting either of them. Selecting the cardiac cycles will often decide what kind of delusional experience Takumi will experience. The stable choice often shows a happy scene whereas the unstable choice will show very negative scenes possibly with gore and violence added. Yes and no questions also show up at times although they are much less frequent than the delusional experience choices.

[edit] Characters

The character designer is Mutsumi Sasaki.

Takumi Nishijō (西條拓巳, Nishijō Takumi^?): Takumi is the main character of the series. He is a very reclusive person and only attends school at the bare number of times per week in order to fulfill graduation requirements. He often notes that he is not interested in girls in the real world and avoids conversations with people whenever possible. He prefers to engage in playing in watching anime, playing eroge, and massively multiplayer online role-playing games. He is a second-year student at Suimei Academy (翠明学園, Suimei Gakuen^?). Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino

Rimi Sakihata (咲畑梨深, Sakihata Rimi^?): A mysterious pink-haired girl that Takumi encounters at the crime scene on his way back home from school. Rimi was wearing Suimei Academy's uniform at the time and appeared to recognize Takumi. Voiced by: Eri Kitamura

Sena Aoi (蒼井セナ, Aoi Sena^?): Sena is a third-year student at Suimei Academy. Takumi first encounters her in a hallway at school but quickly excuses himself after facing her ominous glare. She is often seen standing around Shibuya holding a very long sword. Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame

Yua Kusunoki (楠優愛, Kusunoki Yua^?): Yua is a third-year student at Suimei Academy who seems to be stalking Takumi but later befriends him. She seems to be quite into anime and manga. Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi (actress)

Kozue Orihara (折原梢, Orihara Kozue^?): Kozue is a second-year student that transfers into Suimei Academy early on in the series. She is not shown to be speaking but appears to have telepathic abilities. Kozue is in the same class as Takumi and appears to know him. Voiced by: Tsuji Ayumu

Ayase Kishimoto (岸本あやせ, Kishimoto Ayase^?): Ayase is a third-year Suimei Academy student by day and a vocalist by night. She sings for a popular indies rock band named "Phantasm". Her stage name is "FES". The lyrics in her songs appears describe the events of the recent murders, leading the police to see her as a potential suspect. Voiced by: Yui Sakakibara

Nanami Nishijō (西條七海, Nishijō Nanami^?): Nanami is Takumi's younger sister and is a first-year Suimei Academy student. She often puts up a strong front and seems to argue with her brother whenever they meet but she is actually really concerned about him. Voiced by: Ui Miyazaki

[edit] Media

[edit] Manga

A manga series based on the visual novel, illustrated by Sumihey, will begin serialization in ASCII Media Works' shōnen manga magazine Dengeki Daioh on May 21, 2008.^[1]

[edit] Music

Both the game's opening theme, "Find the blue", and ending theme, "Desire Blue sky", are performed by Kanako Itō.^[2] The CD single was released on May 7, 2008. A single for the game's insert song, Zaika ni Keiyaku no Chi o (罪過に契約の血を, Zaika ni Keiyaku no Chi o^?), performed by Yui Sakakibara will be released on June 25, 2008. The soundtrack for the game is targeted for a July 4, 2008 release.