togainu no chi (咎狗の血, lit. blood of the reprimanded dog) is a japanese BL visual novel developed by Nitro+CHiRAL. it's set in 20XX and follows a young protagonist named akira who is forced to fight in an urban battle called igura to clear himself of false murder accusations. in order to beat igura, he must defeat "il re," whose identity is unknown. (togainu no chi wiki)

title: togainu no chi (咎狗の血, lit. blood of the reprimanded dog)
developer: NITRO CHiRAL
year: 2005
genre: action, romance, BL
date started: 2024-10-26
date completed: TBA
playtime to date: 6hrs

i uh, have never really played a game like this before. i've only ever played hybrid VNs like dangan ronpa, so that's a pretty big departure, but also thematically this game is very new for me. i've never played anything this dark before, nor have i ever played a BL game. this will surely be interesting.

we will see!

ya'll i was so tempted to punch him, i wanted to so badly just for the fun of it. motomi is the type of man who deserves a good bloody nose or split lip :]

motomiis really giving it his all to make me want to pursue him huh... he's cute and funny AND older and i'm just supposed to not choose him? ugh the choices here are so difficult.

anyways, there was another arbito scene earlier, freaked me out again i do NOT fuck with him jesus christ.

feeling normal about this one folks. (Keisuke is congragulating akira on his first victory). keisuke corruption arc. keisuke corruption arc. keisuke corruption arc. keisuke corrup- YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHwould you keisuke? would you would you would you wouldyouwouldyouwouldyouwouldyouwouldyou ugh god this shit is so good keisuke my beloved :]

CUTE CUTE CUTE. i love rin i need to know what is wrong with him immediately. also really funny that rin's like 'omg keisuke might be DEAD!' and then instead of going to look for him he's like 'akira can we please please please get cozy on the couch and look at the pictures i took of all the dudes i murdered :]' like. okay.

A PARASITE IN LOVE WITH HIS HOST!!!!!!!!!!!!!! YEAHHHHHH a parasite in love with his host a parasite in love with his host. that goes so fucking hard. i love you keisuke.

anyways i have to call it here unfortunately. but i am very excited to see what happens next and i need keisuke to be alright WAHHHHH

wowza! this is very new for me. i have never felt this genuinely disgusted by a video game. like honest to god i-think-i'm-going-to-be-sick levels of horrified. which is good btw, i am quite impressed by this games ability to elicit an emotional reaction from me. i didn't get screenshots this time, but i will try to get more in the future.

my favorite character so far is almost definitely rin, however i can definitely see keisuke growing on me quite a bit. i have no intention of trying to specifically aim for a route on my initial playthrough, the current goal is just to play the game how i would like and see what happens, but if i don't get rin's ending at first, that will definitely be the first one i go for after. i knew i was going to love rin from the moment i saw him with his camera in the opening scene... i just love freaky little dudes with cameras it is a blessing and a curse. keisuke also is kind of perfect for me, dog-coded best friend who is so focused on protecting the person he loves that he makes idiotic, nearly suicidal, choices? count me in man. motomi is attractive as well, and i'm looking forward to learning more about him.

the story is quite interesting to me thus far. i would like to see where things go from here. i am extremely freaked out by arbitro and his 'dog' lol. when i say i like dog-coded characters i do not mean quite that far... still fun though!