History VisualNovel / Jisei

* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Johansen]] is ''cut in half'' from where the bell landed on him [[spoiler:while he was unconscious]]. It's even ''more'' horrific when Kangai's kansei reveals that [[spoiler:he was ''still alive'' by the time Naoki and Aaron got to him, dying shortly after. Given the time frame for the murder, he must have been alive for at least ''several minutes'' before succumbing to blood loss]].

* CursedWithAwesome: Kangai's kansei isn't exactly ''pleasant'', but it sure is helpful when it comes to solving murder mysteries.

* KnightInSourArmor: Detective Gurski definitely comes across this way.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: The killer tried to play [[spoiler:Johansen]]'s murder off like this by having him crushed by the bell in the bell tower.

* WhatKindofLamePowerisHeartAnyway: How Aki views her kansei.

* TheDitz: Chance. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end of ''Kansei''.]]

* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler:Nathan's motivation for murdering Dr. Johansen is his own feelings of inferiority. Unwittingly tricked out of the position of head of the research team by Chance and disgusted by Johansen's cowardice in trying to erase his life's work out of fear for his life, Nathan kills Johansen in order to preserve the research, which he was to give to Chance in exchange for Dragon Blood, the substance allegedly responsible for the development of a kansei.]]

* HeKnowsTooMuch / YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: In the Killer Lost ending, Chance kills Nathan for these reasons.]]

* HeyItsThatVoice: Gurski is Chris Niosi, AKA "Kirbopher".

** In ''Kansei'', Aki nicknames him "[[MeaningfulName Kangai]]."[[spoiler:In the True Ending, it's reveals that his name is Alex.]]

* BloodierAndGorier: If [[spoiler:Dr. Johansen]]'s brutal death is any indicator...

* ClearMyName: Happens again to Kangai when he's accused by Jupiter of having stolen the university's research papers.

''Jisei'' is the first of a [[DetectiveDrama supernatural mystery]] VisualNovel series made and produced by Sakevisual. It starts with the main character waking up in a coffee shop in a city called Edgewater. After conversing with the barista behind the counter for a while, you start to feel strangely sick. You hobble to the bathroom only to find a dead woman with a knife in her chest.

Luckily, you have an ability you have where you can "read" the death of any dead body you touch. You learn from this ability that the woman was ''not'' stabbed, at least not at first. She was apparently strangled. However, while you're using your ability, a woman walks in, sees you touching the body and makes the unfortunate assumption that ''you'' are the killer, interrupting your reading.

Since you're being held there anyway, you decide to clear your name and solve the mystery. The suspects are Detective Mikolaj Gurski, Chance, the barista, Miss Bergstrom, the woman who saw you touching the body, and a college kid named Kizaki.

* {{Adorkable}}: Kizaki is awkward and shy, and when he tries to help Chance carry the dishes, his clumsiness causes him to drop them. [[spoiler:Although it's likely that was all an act because he was undercover.]]
** Actually, once Kizaki [[spoiler:(whose real name is Naoki) comes out of his disguise]], he's even more awkward and shy as noted by the protagonist.
* AmateurSleuth: The main character questions the others so that he may clear his name and help Detective Gurski find the real killer. It's revealed in the sequel, Kansei, that [[spoiler: years ago the main character solved cold cases with his sister prior to her death.]]
* AssholeVictim: Sara Blackmoore was working for [[spoiler:Biodev in stealing research from Auten Engineering,]] but decided to doublecross her employer in favor of a third party that offered her more money.

* HalfIdenticalTwins: [[spoiler: The voice helping the protagonist belongs to Kizaki's identical twin sister, Aki.]]

* NoNameGiven: You never learn the protagonist's name. [[spoiler:Although, the sequel reveals that his name is Alex.]]

** There's also a red herring ''bad ending.'' Specifically, if the player makes a certain wrong choice when [[spoiler:talking to Chance, Chance will poison the player and say something ominous about the player asking too much. So if the player doesn't make that choice on his next playthrough and successfully gets to the segment where he has to accuse someone, the player might naturally pick Chance as the one who killed Sara Blackmoore. Nope: while Chance ''was'' gunning for Sara Blackmoore's USB drive, that motive is ultimately unrelated; Miss Bergstrom killed Sara first. Chance murders the player in a bad ending because the player ''was'' in fact interfering with Chance's plans...but it wasn't Chance's plan that killed Sara.]]

* DeadLittleSister: No word on whether she was younger than him, but the protagonist's sister was shot in the abdomen three years prior to the start of the game.

* {{Telepathy}}: A voice tries to help the main character with his investigation. She is able to transmit her thoughts into his mind and read his thoughts.

* TheEmpath: In the sense that the player character senses death in close proximity, and when he touches a corpse, he experiences the person’s last dying moments.

* TwistEnding: More of a twist epilogue. [[spoiler:Chance was also after the USB drive that the victim carried. It is unclear which party she was working for.]]

* NoNameGiven: You never learn the protagonist's name.
** [[spoiler:The sequel reveals that his name is Alex.]]

* RedHerring: Invoked by [[spoiler:Miss Bergstrom]], who finds out that the best way to draw away suspicion from the identity of the real murderer is to [[spoiler:accuse an innocent person of committing the crime]].
** There's also a red herring ''bad ending.'' Specifically, [[spoiler: if the player makes a certain wrong choice when talking to Chance, Chance will poison the player and say something ominous about the player asking too much. So if the player doesn't make that choice on his next playthrough and successfully gets to the segment where he has to accuse someone, the player might naturally pick Chance as the one who killed Sara Blackmoore. Nope: while Chance ''was'' gunning for Sara Blackmoore's USB drive, that motive is ultimately unrelated; Miss Bergstrom killed Sara first. Chance murders the player in a bad ending because the player ''was'' in fact interfering with Chance's plans...but it wasn't Chance's plan that killed Sara.]]

* AmateurSleuth: The main character questions the others so that he may clear his name and help Detective Gorski find the real killer. It's revealed in the sequel, Kansei, that [[spoiler: years ago the main character solved cold cases with his sister prior to her death.]]

* InspectorLestrade: Detective Gorski is a good version, spending most of his time guarding the crime scene and making calls to get a background on the victim. However, he encourages the protagonist to do most of the questioning on his own.

* SherlockScan: Detective Gorski notes that it is odd that the main character fell asleep after a cup of coffee, and proceeds to tell him his exact drink order as offhandedly deduced from the markings and packaging on his coffee cup.

** Actually, once Kizaki [[spoiler:(whose real name is Naoki) comes out of his disguise, he's even more awkward and shy as noted by the protagonist.]]

* GenreSavvy: Kizaki's panicking exaggerates the situation as a ClosedCircle. The protagonist counters that Kizaki has access to the internet to call for help, and insists that the plot is not TenLittleMurderVictims.

** Actually, [[spoiler:once Kizaki, who's real name is Naoki, comes out of his disguise, he's even more awkward and shy as noted by the protagonist.]]