Shin Hayarigami 1

* PS3
* PS3 The Best Price
* PSV
* PSV The Best Price
* PSV(KR)
* IOS&ANRD
* 1&2 Pack

### Release date(s)

***PlayStation 3 version***JP: August 7, 2014JP: July 23, 2015 (The Best Price)***PlayStation Vita version***

JP: August 7, 2014JP: July 23, 2015 (The Best Price)KR: April 30, 2015***Android & iOS version***

KR: November 25, 2017JP: November 30, 2017US: March 14, 2018***Shin Hayarigami 1&2 Pack***

JP: July 18, 2019

### series

Shin Hayarigami series

**Shin Hayarigami** (真 流行り神, lit. "True Trendy God")

## **Plot**

*The game takes place in a fictional, but unnamed prefecture (known as Prefecture S) and village (known as Village C) where players take on the role of Saki Hojo, a female police officer who has been with the force for a few months after graduating from the local police academy. Blind Man, a Serial Killer from urban myth, has been deemed a suspect for killing people in the prefecture by taking their eyes and tongues out. Due to this problem, the National Police Agency has brought in Sojiro Sekimoto, an ex-university occultist professor who was arrested in 2012 for being involved in the death of a university student under his watch. Thanks to a distant relative in the Public Prosecutor's Office, he was placed in the custody of the S Prefectural Police. Sekimoto and Saki team up, relying on the former's expertise to determine if Blind Man is someone trying to take advantage of the urban myth or if the paranormal really is starting to get involved. But the Blind Man case isn't the only one Saki and the police need to investigate.*

*From there on, the duo would need to investigate other cases that may or may not tie to various urban legends.*

*Because of the multiple story paths that can diverge over time, not all of the tropes mentioned are canon.*

## **Release**

Shin Hayarigami was released in Japan on August 7, 2014 for the PlayStation 3 and PlayStation Vita. It was later reprinted on July 23, 2015 with a smaller price and and a "The Best Price" tag.

Ports of the game were released for Android and iOS platforms on November 25, 2017.

The game was licensed out twice for release outside Japan. In Korea the game was translated and released by IntraGames on April 30, 2015 for the PlayStation Vita. The Korean translation was later ported to the Android and iOS ports of the game by i-play and was released on November 25, 2017.

An official English translation for the game was created by the youtuber GG Gab and was published by i-play on March 14, 2018. The translation only covers the game's first chapter, the *Blindman arc* and was released exclusively for the mobile port.

The game was later ported to Nintendo Switch as a part of a collection called **Shin Hayarigami 1&2 Pack**.

### Shin Hayarigami 1&2 Pack

**Shin Hayarigami 1&2 Pack** was released in Japan on July 18, 2019 for the Nintendo Switch.

In this complication Shin Hayarigami 1 and Shin Hayarigami 2 are combined into one game release and optimized for the Nintendo Switch. The physical copy comes with 2 soundtrack disc containing the BGM of both titles as a pre-order bonus.

## **Gallery**

Shin Hayarigami Japanese LogoShin Hayarigami Korean LogoShin Hayarigami English LogoShin Hayarigami 1&2 Pack Logo
## **External Links**

* Shin Hayarigami 1 Official Website (Japanese)
* Shin Hayarigami 1 Official Website (Korean)
* Shin Hayarigami 1 (English) PlayStore page
* Shin Hayarigami 1 (English) Apple store page
* Shin Hayarigami 1&2 Pack Official Website
* Shin Hayarigami 1 Visual Novel Database Entry

## **References**

1. ↑ https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VisualNovel/ShinHayarigami