Aka Manto

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Category:Based off urban legends
Aka Manto | 赤マント is a retro J-horror game about a girl who is hunted by the Aka Manto after two bullies forced her to spend the night at an abandoned school.
==Synopsis==
On a dark and rainy night, two bullies (Maiko and Haruna) forced one of their classmates (the main protagonist) to spend the night at an abandoned school. With the reason being is that the protagonist "got a little too close" towards Maiko's boyfriend. They tell her she isn't allowed to leave during the middle of the night and that it will be "a lot of fun". However, once she enters the school, she finds out that the place is haunted by the Aka Manto. A red cloak figure with a mask that haunts public or school bathrooms while asking the victim if they want red or blue paper. (Before being killed by him). Can you help the protagonist survive the night and put and end to the Aka Manto? Or will you unfortunately meet a gruesome fate.
== Gameplay ==
During the prologue, two bullies are talking to the main protagonist. They tell her that she must spend the night at an abandoned school as a "punishment" for getting "too close" to Maiko's boyfriend. (One of the bullies) And one important rule: she isn't allowed to leave at any point in time. 
After arriving at the school, the protagonist will try to find a way inside the school. But the main entrance is boarded up. Luckily, the protagonist can enter the building through the side door on the right side of the school.
Once the player enters the school building, they will not be able to walk out from where they came from. From this point onwards, the player is left to make the decisions on how will they will survive the night. The protagonist will have to explore different areas, solve puzzles and gather items in order to unlock rooms and progress further while avoiding the Aka Manto himself. If he catches you while exploring the place, he will immediately start chasing after you in the attempts to kill you. You will be able to tell that he's close by, when static starts to fill the screen. When he is very close to you, you will here a loud demonic grunt. And distorted music will play when he starts chasing after you. Luckily, you can hide in different places around the school. From bathroom stalls, lockers, and even in the vents. (To which Aka Manto is incapable of crawling through). But it will only work if Aka Manto did not see you going in there. Unfortunately for you, inside the school are masks that help the Aka Manto locate where the player is. But it can also warn the player when he is close by. On top of that, he has the capability of teleporting to different areas. The player will know this by seeing red marks on the walls of some of the rooms.
Around the halfway point into the game, the Aka Manto will start to act more aggressive towards the player. With his cloak being darker than before, and his mask will be scarier than before. He will also be more prone to teleporting, and will run faster than before.
The Aka Manto will officially start hunting the player once they reach the first floor bathroom, and collects the red paper. The player can also find a lighter that can be used as their only light source throughout the game. If the player any point is hurt, they can find bandages and energy drinks to help restore them back to full health, or restore their stamina respectively. 
The player will also have to watch out for spiders, and centipedes along the way. Because they can play an affect on you when your trying to run away from Aka Manto.
There are two endings in which the player can achieve with both endings requiring different steps to complete them. Along with that, the player can also listen to audio recordings and learn more about how the Aka Manto came to be.
== Endings ==
=== Escaped (Bad/Neutral Ending) ===
This ending will lead the player into escaping the school. They can do this by getting up to the rooftop and climbing down with a rope. To do this, the player must complete the anatomy model within the science lab. Once all the missing body parts are found and placed, the anatomy model will give the player a rope to climb down. 
These are the body parts and their locations in which the player can find them in:
* Anatomy Ribcage: Located on the desk in the room opposite the Science Lab.
* Anatomy Nose: Located in the Vents to the left of the two fans leading to different areas.
* Anatomy Eyes: Located in the Pool area, in the changing room in front of the Watering Can item (the door is located on the pool side).
* Anatomy Brain: Exit the girls bathroom and turn right, then make a left and enter the room on the right. The brain is sitting on a desk.
* Anatomy Left Arm: From the previous item, exit the door and turn left, then make another left, then enter the room on the right. The arm is sitting on the shoe rack at the back of the room.
* Anatomy Right Arm: Located in the Library, in a side room to the right after first entering, sitting on a bookshelf.
* Anatomy Organ: Located in the Library. This item requires 3 red books to be activated. These books will be slightly sticking out of the bookshelf.
** After getting the Anatomy Right Arm, exit the other door. The first red book is on the first shelf on the left.
** Keep walking to the second last large shelf where the second red book is.
** The last red book is near the Library entrance, on one of the two smaller bookshelves behind the first small bookshelf. After activating all 3, this opens a secret room in the hallway, with the item sitting on the sink.
Additionally, the player is required to help the spirit of a former student (Nagisa) by giving her some food in order to unlock the gate to the rooftop. The player can receive a koppe pan and milk from the vending machine in the school's cafeteria. (In which the player needs a hundred yen coin to buy it).
After Nagisa unlocks the door to the rooftop and the player is able to obtain the rope. They can climb through a small hole within the rooftop fence and escape the school.
The protagonist will quickly rush to a nearby police station to report what happened. The police didn't believe her at first but decided to investigate the school anyways. After finding zero evidence of Aka Manto, the police believed she was imagining things and she should get some rest. The girl wonders to herself while walking home if what she saw was her imagination or not. Later on, a female high school student was murdered after being slashed multiple times. They concluded that the person who did it was "the slasher", with the police recommending civilians to avoid travelling alone especially at night.
=== Aka Manto Killed (Good Ending) ===
This ending will lead the player into killing the Aka Manto and ending the nightmare for not only you. But for everyone. To do this, the player is required to collect all of the colored paper inside the school. Once all of them are acquired, they will have to offer the papers to a shrine to receive the "Kusanagi no Tsurugi". A legendary Japanese imperial sword that can be used to stab the Aka Manto and kill him. 
These are the papers and their locations in which the player can find them in:
* Red Paper: Located in the 1st floor bathroom taped to the door. (By the entrance of the school)
* Indigo Paper: After entering the Vents (the room where the lighter is), turn left at the fan and follow it all the way to the end, then turn right at the intersection. It is located at the end of the path.
* Orange Paper: After entering the Vents (the room where the lighter is), turn right at the fan and make another right once you see the 2nd Recording machine. Drop into the bathroom and it is located in the second stall on the right. (If your continuing from the Indigo paper, return back to the fan and continue straight)
* Yellow Paper: Located in the Pool area. Take the Fishing Rod from the Cafeteria and fish it out of the pool to get this paper.
* Purple Paper: Located in the Pool area, take the stairs up at the back of the pool area to a small room with the paper stuck on the back of the lockers.
* Green Paper: Located on the Roof, in the room behind Nagisa.
* Blue Paper: Located in the Well area; give a 100 Yen Coin to the Well, then talk to the well again.
Once the player retrieves the sword, they can go and find Aka Manto. Once the player finds him, the protagonist will stab him. Aka Manto will fall to his knees before collapsing on the floor.
After killing the Aka Manto, the protagonist will quickly rush out of the school and head back home. The next day when she heads back to school, she questions whether or not what she experienced was real or all just a dream. But she is quickly reminded that it wasn't a dream due to the ringing sensation in her hands to remind her that she stabbed someone. She decides to go back to the school to prove it. She discovers that the school is the same as before, but the Aka Manto's corpse was no-where to be found. With no evidence of the corpse being removed or disposed of.
Months pass by and the "mysterious slashings" had suddenly stopped with no sign of it ever appearing again. Rumors started to circulate amongst teenagers about the slasher, which eventually turned into an urban legend. This will eventually lead to the slasher being nicknamed: "Aka Manto", but no one is certain whether or not it's based off true events or not. 
== Characters ==
* Main Protagonist - A young female student (who is unnamed) who is forced to spend a night at an abandoned school that is haunted by the Aka Manto after she got "too close" to Maiko's boyfriend/love interest.
* Maiko - a bully who goes to the same school as the protagonist. She and Haruna forced the protagonist to stay at an abandoned school for getting too close to her boyfriend/love interest.
* Haruna - a bully who goes to the same school as the protagonist. She and Maiko forced the protagonist to stay at an abandoned school for getting too close to Maiko's boyfriend/love interest.
* Aka Manto - The main antagonist of the game. He is a spirit that haunts the abandoned school and is based off the urban legend of the same name.
* Nagisa - a former student who haunts the school. She helps out the protagonist by opening up the door to the rooftop after giving her some milk and a koppe. It is most likely that she committed suicide before the school's closure since her shoes are seen by the hole in which the protagonist can escape at.
== Urban Legend ==
The game is based off the Aka Manto urban legend. The urban legend goes like this:
The Aka Manto is a male spirit, ghost, or yokai that is said to haunt the last stall in school or public bathrooms. (Specifically female bathrooms). The Aka Manto wears a long red cloak and a mask that hides his face. He said to be handsome and charming underneath the mask. If someone were to enter a bathroom that is haunted by Aka Manto, he will ask the victim if they want red paper or blue paper. While variations of the legend do exist, the most common outcomes for whoever chooses what color is this:
* If the victim chooses "red". The victim is stabbed or sliced until their blood is completely drained from the victims body.
* If the victim chooses "blue". The victim is strangled to death until their face turns blue.
* Alternatively, if the victim chooses "yellow" paper. The victim will have their head forcefully shoved into the toilet they were using. Which will cause them to either drown or survive the attack.
* If the victim doesn't answer at all, or if they simply respond with: "I don't need paper". Aka Manto will leave them alone.
* If the victim tries to ask for another colored paper, or trying to outsmart the spirit, will result in the victim being dragged to the underworld.
== Trivia ==
* The game shares its similarities to that of Nun Massacre. A horror game created by Puppet Combo.
* The models used for Maiko and Haruna bears a huge resemblance to that of Ayano Aishi/Yandere-Chan from Yandere Simulator.
* The game does not offer checkpoints.
* The urban legend: Hanako-San is referenced in the game. The player will hear giggling from the 3rd stall from the girl's restroom. When the player knocks 3 times, they are able to open the stall to pump out the acid in the toilet.
* Coincidentally, Chilla's Art will make a game based off the Hanako-San urban legend.
== External links ==
* Aka Manto on Steam
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