Shun is a bullied Japanese student who can only find solace in a few things: his crush on the class president Anna, his budding friendship with the analytical Hiroshi, and a video game he created where players must escape a haunted mansion.

The series is made up of five novels, which J-Novel Club released between 20: Ao Oni, Ao Oni: Vengeance, Ao Oni: Mutation, Ao Oni: Grudge, and Ao Oni: Forever. The title was licensed for digital distribution in the English language by J-Novel Club. Slight differences to the storyline, mostly based on characterisation are present, but the books are otherwise faithful to the game's plot. In 2013 - 2017, a series of novels were released which were based on the game. Most of these chases can be avoided by carrying out tasks correctly or in the right order, but there are several chases which must be carried out to advance the game's story. At seemingly random points, the Oni will appear in the room, with the shrieking string chord accompanying them, forcing the player to evade the Oni, either by outrunning or hiding from them. ( August 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)ĭuring the game, the player explores various rooms of the mansion, gathering items and solving puzzles to help them progress. Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this section by adding citations to reliable sources. In general, the Oni will chase the player at random after he has first been seen, but several of the chases are necessary to advance the storyline.

Both of these Onis can chase the player more than once if the player enters their names when creating a new game. In addition to the standard Oni, the player can enter an 'Oni Room', containing numerous deformed, mutated, and completely original Onis, including a rectangular oni called 'Blockman', who resembles the popular Japanese character Domo-kun, and a gigantic, muscle-bound Oni who humorously appears to be hefting invisible weights when encountered for the first time. If the Oni captures and kills one of Hiroshi's friends, they too turn into an Oni, distinguishable by their hairstyles, which they kept when transformed by the Oni. Normally, his mouth is kept closed in an amused smirk, but in a secret ending he is shown to have a set of sharp, knife-like teeth. When he appears in the game, a characteristic 'shrieking' string chord plays until the player outruns him. The Oni is a muscular, tall humanoid with a large head and blue skin who is roughly twice the size of an average human. Very little information is explained in the game about the Oni and his reasons for inhabiting the mansion, but it is assumed that he may have been one of the mansion's old residents. ( September 2015) ( Learn how and when to remove this template message)

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