Hakuoki: Shinsengumi Kitan

September 18, 2008 Otomate, Design Factory Idea Factory
Visual Novel
PS2
About

Hakuoki is a Japanese otome video game series by Idea Factory, first released for the PlayStation 2 on September 18th, 2008 and ported to many other platforms.
Storyline

The Bakumatsu period, a gap between the past splendour of the Shogunate era and the modern glamor of the Meiji period, is one of the most violent and intriguing places to start a romance.

Chizuru Yukimura has set off for Kyoto to find her missing father, but accidentally gets herself wrapped up in the intrigues of the Shinsengumi, a group of warriors who defends the fading powers of the shogunate.

The men in Shinsengumi are not merely fighting Emperor Meiji's forces and the strange demons, they are also hiding a terrible secret. They are hiding something among them.
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Game Info

Release Date September 18, 2008
Developer Otomate, Design Factory
Publisher Idea Factory
Game Modes Single player
Perspective Text
Themes Historical, Drama, Romance