Jisei (video game series)

Set in the fictional town of Edgewater, the Jisei series follows the protagonist: an unidentified American teenager who later takes the codename "Kangai". Kangai has a strange psychic ability: he can relive the dying moments of any dead body he touches, as well as sense when someone nearby has died. Shortly after he returns to his homeown in Edgewater, Kangai meets three other people who are part of a government agency: Aki Mizutani, the group's brash and impulsive leader; Naoki Mizutani, Aki's younger twin brother and the group's voice of reason; and Li Mei, a quiet girl with an unsettling aura around her. Kangai learns that all four have similar psychic abilities, called kansei—Aki can speak directly into anyone's mind, using it to either talk to another kansei without speaking or persuading "normal" people subconsciously; Naoki can remember anything he has experienced, making him useful for undercover work; and Li Mei can sense the emotions of those around her, so much that she has to sort out which emotions are hers and which aren't. They are part of a government agency under supervision of Mikolaj Gurski, a police detective.[3][4][5][6]

Jisei: The First Case
Cover art depicting series protagonist "Kangai"
Developer(s)	sakevisual
Publisher(s)	sakevisual
Writer(s)	Ayu Sakata
Series	Green Tea Line Jisei series
Engine	Ren'Py
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Release	June 4, 2010
Genre(s)	visual novel
Mode(s)	Single-player

When Jisei begins, the protagonist wakes from a nap inside the café, and suddenly feels ill. Heading to the restroom, he discovers a dead woman on the floor, with a knife in her chest. He touches the woman to experience her final moments; he finds out that someone had suffocated the woman. When the protagonist comes to, he finds Jennifer Bergstrom watching him, claiming him as the murderer. Detective Gurski, who happened to be at the café coincidentally, decides to question everyone present—Chance Jackson, Jennifer Bergstrom, Kizaki Suitani and the protagonist.

Determined to prove his innocence, the protagonist questions the suspects present and examines the café. He discovers used duct tape in the trash in the men's restroom. After collecting all clues, the protagonist converses with Gurski about it and identifies the culprit. It turns out that the culprit is Jennifer Bergstrom, and that the victim is Sara Blackmoore. Both women were employees for Biodev Imaging, and Sara had stolen research from Auten Engineering, Biodev's competitors, for Bergstrom. However, Sara decided to double cross her employer in favor of a third party that offered her more money. When the protagonist, Gurski, and Kizaki confront Bergstrom, she tries to run; the others manage to trap her, however, and she confesses. Detective Gurski snaps a pair of handcuffs on her wrists and leads her outside. Kizaki, who says his real name is Naoki, wants the protagonist to help him finding out who the third party Sara mentioned is. Later, Naoki's twin sister, Aki, shows up personally and offers the protagonist to work with them. However, she makes clear that he needs their help more than they need his.

In the epilogue, it is revealed that Chance played a double role as well. She calls someone, telling them that she could not get the USB drive they wanted. Then she claims that she found someone the person has been looking for—the main protagonist.

Kansei: The Second Turn
Cover art depicting detective Mikolaj Gurski
Developer(s)	sakevisual
Publisher(s)	sakevisual
Writer(s)	Ayu Sakata
Series	Green Tea Line Jisei series
Engine	Ren'Py
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Release	July 11, 2011
Genre(s)	visual novel
Mode(s)	Single-player

After the events of Jisei, the protagonist finds himself tangled in another murder case when the owner of a high-profile corporation dies under mysterious circumstances. This time, however, he's forced to team up with a group of kids with abilities as strange as his own. Early in the game, Aki gives the protagonist a nickname, "Kangai", as he wants to keep his true name hidden.

Aki drives Kangai, Naoki, and Li Mei to the house of William Auten, the chairperson of Auten Engineering. There, they met Mr. Auten's assistant Sophia Millerson, as well as Detective Mikolaj Gurski, who was invited because he solved the murder case the day before. Furthermore, Kangai meets the reporter Marissa Klein, Mr. Auten's nephew Liam, and the IT guy Kevin Nealy. When Kangai and the others are asked to go into William Auten's office and Mr. Auten sees Kangai through a camera, he seems to recognize him and wants to throw him out of the house. He is frightened of him and he does not want to meet him any more. When suddenly William Auten is found dead in his office, Kangai has to solve the case. While he is looking for clues, he learns from Li Mei, that she, Aki, and Naoki work for the government, that they are on probation for past crimes, and that Detective Gurski is their probation officer.

Kangai finds an SD card in a box in Mr. Auten's museum. Shortly after, it turns out that Kevin has poisoned Mr. Auten. Kevin takes Li Mei hostage and threatens her with a knife. Suddenly Detective Gurski comes into the room, he calls Kangai Alex. Together they are able to catch Kevin and to arrest him. The next day Detective Gurski comes over to tell Alex and the others that Kevin has confessed and that Liam has disappeared.

In the epilogue is Liam, who has obtained some things for Chance. Judging from their conversation it could be that Liam and Chance are siblings or half-siblings. After Liam has given her the things which she wanted to have for years, she lets him leave. She tells him that he should enjoy the rest of his pitiful life. According to her, there is not much left of it after all.

Yousei: The Third Investigation
Cover art depicting Aki (left) and Naoki Mizutani
Developer(s)	sakevisual
Publisher(s)	sakevisual
Writer(s)	Ayu Sakata
Series	Green Tea Line Jisei series
Engine	Ren'Py
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows, Mac OS X, Linux
Release	February 1, 2013
Genre(s)	visual novel
Mode(s)	Single-player

While researching his past at the local university, Kangai and the group soon find themselves in a race against time to catch an "old enemy" responsible for killing one of the university's professors.[7][8]

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