Kizuato

Kizuato (痕, Scar) is a Japanese adult horror visual novel released on July 26, 1996^{[failed verification]}, by Leaf.^[1]

Kizuato
Developer(s)	Leaf
Publisher(s)	Aquaplus
Series	Leaf Visual Novel Series Vol. 2
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	Original JP: July 26, 1996 Remakes JP: July 26, 2002 JP: 2008
Genre(s)	Visual novel, eroge
Mode(s)	Single-player

Story

Koichi Kashiwagi, a college student, goes to his cousins' for his father's funeral. After the ceremony, as he is on summer vacation, he stays with them. He experiences recurring nightmares and must hold down a strong homicidal impulse surfacing from deep within himself. One day Koichi dreams that he slaughters a person violently. The next day, the news reports the event of a violent homicide in the park where Koichi committed the murder in his dream.

Characters

• Koichi Kashiwagi (柏木 耕一)
• Chizuru Kashiwagi (柏木 千鶴)

Chizuru is one of the 13 playable characters in Aquapazza: Aquaplus Dream Match, a fighting game developed by Aquaplus with characters from various Leaf games.^[2][3]

• Azusa Kashiwagi (柏木 梓)
• Kaede Kashiwagi (柏木 楓)
• Hatsune Kashiwagi (柏木 初音)
• Gensaburou Nagase (長瀬 源三郎)
• Yuya Yanagawa (柳川 裕也)
• Hiyoshi, Kaori (日吉 かおり)
• Kyoko Aida (相田 響子)
• Yumiko Koide (小出 由美子)

Cast

Legacy

Kizuato is known for being historically notable and defining the visual novel genre.^[4] It has been described as similar to Shizuku, with themes of bloodshed, violence, and humiliation, with a "dark narrative".^[1] Some have argued that having character's hair spring up by antennae was popularized by the game, later becoming standard in games and anime.^[5] Kizuato was described as eroge but notable for combining the sound novels form with "erotic content".^[6] The visual novel was also mentioned by Konoha Akisato, the protagonist of 16bit Sensation: Another Layer, with the novel as an important part of setting the historical context for the anime's story.^[4]