After the third World War, a crime organization has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima, where they hold a battle game known as "Igura".
Akira is falsely accused of a crime, but a mysterious woman appears before him, offering him freedom if he agrees to participate in Igura and defeat it's strongest man.
The story follows Akira's life in the harsh, lawless Toshima as he fights both to survive and to unravel the mysteries developing around him.
OH MY GOD. togainu no chi is one visual novel i do NOT see talked about enough despite how fucking insane it is. to be fair though i'm not at all in yaoi circles so maybe i'm wrong abt that lol.. moving on, im definitely biased bc im a huge nitro chiral fan- all of their games are beautiful and well written and have insanely sexy men, and are honestly the only yaoi games i really care for because the use of h-scenes is rarely just for the sake of being sexy.
tnc is no exception! there is an insane unavoidable h-scene in it so be warned before playing that there is rape! but besides that, it's just such an interesting premise and it's insanely atmospheric. the entire vibe of tnc was something i found incredibly hard to capture in just one cg when choosing the bg image for this section; its main downfalls are that it's not a game i'd bother to replay and the men in this game.. aren't that sexy.. akira, shiki and nicole are hot as flip but the rest are just meh. i also got the common good end so i could be biased but i didn't find keisuke or motomi attractive and rin.. i'm so conflicted on my feelings on rin because of how young he looks despite being in an eroge. that's another issue i have with tnc but i could just be chronically online, nonetheless his addition in the game was really uncomfortable but outside of sexual settings i liked his character, so there's that!
i think togainu no chi excels the most with its length and its character relations. rin and keisuke and akira all feel like friends, and when you're around them it feels comfortable despite such a gruesome setting. it's also a pretty short vn but it manages to have a good story and write good characters despite that.
and once again, the atmosphere. of course i'd probably say saya no uta's bl equivalent is sweet pool, but atmospherically its bl equivalent is easily tnc. i love dark urban settings! the only thing i found kind of insane was that EVERYONE in that place was gay which i support but also felt a bit unrealistic or too convenient for the setting of a bl. nonetheless its backgrounds and OMFG ITS SOUNDTRACK.. it's all so good, as i'd expect from nitrochiral/nitroplus!
in conclusion, tnc is amazing; it was my introduction to yaoi vns and is just atmospherically gorgeous and not that long of a read. that being said it has a lot of flaws and they're hard to ignore.. i didn't even mention the art style but i feel like it's definitely the sort of game meant to be played on a psp/portable platform as opposed to on a pc. nonetheless its ending is really nice and the rest of the game is really nice! it's just not light reading. it's insanely hardcore and hard to stomach at times like subahibi, but unlike subahibi, all issues get resolved which i like. that turns it from a horror to a bl imo! yay!
tnc is no exception! there is an insane unavoidable h-scene in it so be warned before playing that there is rape! but besides that, it's just such an interesting premise and it's insanely atmospheric. the entire vibe of tnc was something i found incredibly hard to capture in just one cg when choosing the bg image for this section; its main downfalls are that it's not a game i'd bother to replay and the men in this game.. aren't that sexy.. akira, shiki and nicole are hot as flip but the rest are just meh. i also got the common good end so i could be biased but i didn't find keisuke or motomi attractive and rin.. i'm so conflicted on my feelings on rin because of how young he looks despite being in an eroge. that's another issue i have with tnc but i could just be chronically online, nonetheless his addition in the game was really uncomfortable but outside of sexual settings i liked his character, so there's that!
i think togainu no chi excels the most with its length and its character relations. rin and keisuke and akira all feel like friends, and when you're around them it feels comfortable despite such a gruesome setting. it's also a pretty short vn but it manages to have a good story and write good characters despite that.
and once again, the atmosphere. of course i'd probably say saya no uta's bl equivalent is sweet pool, but atmospherically its bl equivalent is easily tnc. i love dark urban settings! the only thing i found kind of insane was that EVERYONE in that place was gay which i support but also felt a bit unrealistic or too convenient for the setting of a bl. nonetheless its backgrounds and OMFG ITS SOUNDTRACK.. it's all so good, as i'd expect from nitrochiral/nitroplus!
in conclusion, tnc is amazing; it was my introduction to yaoi vns and is just atmospherically gorgeous and not that long of a read. that being said it has a lot of flaws and they're hard to ignore.. i didn't even mention the art style but i feel like it's definitely the sort of game meant to be played on a psp/portable platform as opposed to on a pc. nonetheless its ending is really nice and the rest of the game is really nice! it's just not light reading. it's insanely hardcore and hard to stomach at times like subahibi, but unlike subahibi, all issues get resolved which i like. that turns it from a horror to a bl imo! yay!