History VideoGame / AkaManto

* {{Retraux}}: The game uses 3D graphics, but has very low-resolution textures, presumably in order to emulate classic horror games from the original UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}. However, while other Retraux horrors going for the same aesthetic have also emulated the third-person perspective with fixed camera angles (i.e., ''VideoGame/BackIn1995''), this game is still played in first person, like the much more modern ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''-style horror games.

''Aka Manto'' (Japanese for 'Red Mantle') is a SurvivalHorror game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by Creator/ChillasArt and released through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on September 23rd, 2019. It is InspiredBy a Japanese UrbanLegend about the titular [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka_Manto yōkai]].

* BigCreepyCrawlies: The centipede in the vents is [=HUGE=]. There are also spiders that will immobilize you and repeatedly bite you until you shrug them off or kill them with the bugkiller.

* {{Retraux}}: The game uses 3D graphics, but has very low-resolution textures, presumably in order to emulate classic horror games from the original UsefulNotes/{{Playstation}}. However, while other Retraux horrors going for the same aesthetic have also emulated the third-person perspective with fixed camera angles (i.e. ''VideoGame/BackIn1995''), this game is still played in first person, like the much more modern ''VideoGame/AmnesiaTheDarkDescent''-style horror games.

* WhiteMaskOfDoom: Occasionally you find creepy floating white masks that follow the direction you're going at, and you don't want to stay around them for too long as they alert the Aka Manto to your location.

* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The good ending has the protagonist slay the Aka Manto, putting an end to the rumors of the abandoned school being haunted once and for all, albeit the protagonist does question as to whether what she experienced was truly real. Notably, it's one of the few games by Chilla's Art to have a mostly positive outcome with the protagonist managing to escape with her life intact.]]

** Good Ending - [[spoiler:'''Aka Manto Killed:''' The protagonist slays the Aka Manto with the Kusanagi-no-Tsurugi, putting an end to the string of murders connected to the abandoned school. Notably one of the few rare positive endings from a Chilla's Art game with very few bittersweet implications.]]

''Aka Manto'' (Japanese for 'Red Mantle') is a SurvivalHorror game for [[UsefulNotes/IBMPersonalComputer PC]], developed by Creator/ChillasArt and released through UsefulNotes/{{Steam}} on September 23rd, 2019. It is InspiredBy a Japanese UrbanLegend about the titular [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aka_Manto spirit]].

* ButThouMust: You must choose a paper when the graffiti in the bathroom asks you "Red Paper? Blue Paper?" to obtain the key to progress, which makes the Aka Manto aware of your presence in the school.

* PsychoKnifeNut: Instead of the more gruesome deaths that it inflicts in the urban legend, the Aka Manto here opts to stab you to death with a knife as it chases you. [[spoiler:This is a hint that the current Aka Manto WasOnceAMan.]]

* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:The ''actual'' Aka Manto, as revealed by the ApocalypticLog, who killed Atsushi in line with its urban legend and transformed him into another Aka Manto.]]

* ApocalypticLog: Tape recorders can be found throughout the school that play tapes when interacted with.
* BigCreepyCrawlies: The centipede in the vents is [=HUGE=]. There are also spiders that will immobilize you and repeatedly bite you until you kill them with the bugkiller.

* FriendlyGhost: [[spoiler:Nagisa, who unlocks the gate to the rooftop after giving her some bread and milk.]]

* PsychoKnifeNut: Instead of the more gruesome deaths that it inflicts in the urban legend, the Aka Manto here opts to stab you to death with a knife as it chases you.