Paranormasight: Simply Excellent
In the first half of 2024, I had the pleasure of completing Paranormasight: The Seven Mysteries of Honjo, an adventure game/visual novel (published by Square Enix) that has been on my wishlist for quite some time. In Japanese the game is called パラノマサイト File 23 本所七不思議, which roughly translates to the same thing, but adds the reference to the File 23 right there in the title. What this file reveals is the key to the whole story. Anyway, a recent sale was all it took to convince me to finally give it a try. And boy oh boy, it was indeed well worth it. This is now one of my favorite games.
You are propelled into 80s’ Tokyo in the Sumida-ku district. Sumida is the name of the famous river that separates that quarter from the rest of the city. While a fairly nice place nowadays, this was far from being the case back in the 80s.
This place used to be called Honjo a long time ago during the Edo era. As you start the game, you play the role of a young man, waiting for his friend, Yoko, in a playground in the middle of the city. Yoko finally shows up. She’s a potential love interest for the young man. He has just met her a few weeks back and since then they sometimes hang out together.
