Line #5 VisualNovel/AkayaAkashiyaAyakashino


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3	The second visual novel released by Haccaworks (who also made the BL VisualNovel/HanaKiSou), released in 2011. It follows the story of a boy named Yue who lives in a mountain shrine. One day he and his spirit fox friend Kurogitsune decide to sneak out to a festival outside the shrine...
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5	The game inspired a manga in the magazine Comic Gene. Several drama [=CDs=] were also released. An updated version for the Platform/NintendoSwitch, ''Tsuzuri'' with an official English translation has been announced.
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8	!!This game provides examples of:
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10	* AnimateBodyParts: [[spoiler:Hina actually isn't blood-related to Tsubaki Tougo, and isn't even human at all: she is the 9th tail of Mikoto, separated and turned into a human form.]]
11	* TheCorruption: [[spoiler:If an ayakashi devours random people and not those who are "destined" to be devoured by them, eventually they start turning into a monster called "akujiki" (literally translated as "bad eating; eating unusual things"). The final phase of it is becoming a mindless omnivorous black blob.]]
12	* CuteIsEvil: Played with. [[spoiler:Most of the ayakashi are pretty cute and friendly, but later it turns out that they occasionally engage in some magic form of [[ImAHumanitarian man-eating]] called "the Meal". Still, it's not a necessary habit, and not all of them do it.]]
13	* DarkIsNotEvil:
14	-->'''Kurogitsune''': We black foxes aren't villains! We're just a rare species!
15	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Kurogitsune, while he is rude and feisty, is rather protective of Yue.
16	* LittleBitBeastly: Kurogitsune, in his human form, has fox ears and a tail.
17	** Mikoto as well (but with 8 tails instead of just 1). Gold Fishes, however, are much closer to [[FishPeople another trop]] in that case, which looks much less cute and much more [[UncannyValley eerie]].
18	* NoSocialSkills: Touchika Akiyoshi. Downside of being [[ShelteredAristocrat the son of the local aristocrats]].
19	* NotAMorningPerson: Yue, apparently.
20	* PaperTalisman: Kurogitsune, in his human form, has one covering up his eye.
21	* ReallyWasBornYesterday: [[spoiler:Yue, despite his appearance, is only seven years old.]]
22	* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:It turns out that Yue magically devoured both of his parents when he was born. Though it was just instinctive and not voluntary, obviously, since he was just a newborn at the time.]]
23	* SleepyHead: Yue is constantly falling asleep when he shouldn't be.
24	* SpareBodyParts: Abe-san-no-tachi has four arms and often uses the "we" pronoun.
25	* TitleDrop: Right at the very beginning. The game starts with a song, which first line is "Aka ya akashi ya ayakashi no", which can be translated as "Of the red color, the ceremonial lights and the ayakashi". The term "ayakashi" originally means a specific kind of youkai, but in this game, it refers to all kinds of supernatural beings.
26	* {{Youkai}}: The vast majority of the cast are this. However, instead of ''youkai'', another term, ''ayakashi'' is used.
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