Narcissu
Narcissu is a short freeware “visual novel” about the relationship between two
terminally ill characters. The protagonist of the piece is a 20yr old man who
has just passed his driver’s license examination and is healthy at the
beginning of the story, and the other character is a slightly older girl who
has spent her life in hospital. They meet through unfortunate circumstances
and decide to achieve one last thing before they die.
The text appears just underneath the pictures. There are no choices to be made
in the game and it’ll take about 5 hours to finish, although you can save at
any time, of course, and carry on from where you left off. There is the option
of voices or no voices.
Narcissu was originally released in Japanese but has been translated into
English in a joint collaboration between “insani” and “Haeleþes awendende”.
Narcissu