Yama Ishimoto, a cynical high school student in 2018 Japan, would like nothing more than to keep his life free of school drama and hard choices. However, he’s forced to face his circumstances when an eccentric detective blazes into his life, alerting him of a string of brutal murders at his school.

Now, as Yama furthers this investigation, he must dig through the secrets of the city, bringing him and his friends closer and closer to danger in the process. Every step leads Yama to the most unexpected - and terrifying - culprit…

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Central Heroine 3.0 Coming-of-Age Drama 3.0 Group of Friends 3.0 High School Student Protagonist 3.0 Long Common Route 3.0 Mentor Support Character 3.0 Only Bad Endings^S 3.0 Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Heroine 3.0 Psychological Problems 3.0 Slice of Life 3.0 Unavoidable Death of Heroine^S 3.0 Psychological Trauma^S 2.8 Depression^S 2.7 Drama 2.7 Mind Screw^S 2.7 Protagonist with Psychological Problems^S 2.7 Utsuge^S 2.7 No Sexual Content 2.6 Achievements 2.5 High School 2.5 Murder Mystery 2.5 Organised Corruption^S 2.5 Torture^S 2.5 School Life Comedy 2.4 Madness^S 2.3 Bad Ending(s)^S 2.2 Mystery 2.2 Male Protagonist 2.1 ADV 2.0 Amnesiac Protagonist^S 2.0 Attempted Suicide^S 2.0 Betrayal^S 2.0 Classic Tsundere Heroine^S 2.0 Dream 2.0 Female Protagonist for a Short Time^S 2.0 Flashback 2.0 Foolish Friend 2.0 Friendship 2.0 Half-Japanese Heroine 2.0 Homicide 2.0 Horror^S 2.0 Life and Death Drama^S 2.0 Model Heroine 2.0 Other Perspectives 2.0 Pretending Hero^S 2.0 Private Detective Hero 2.0 Protagonist with Multiple Personalities^S 2.0 Protagonist with Voice Acting 2.0 Suicidal Protagonist^S 2.0 Suicide^S 2.0 Teacher Hero 2.0 Fictional Modern Day Japanese Town 1.9 Romance 1.8 Barmaid Heroine^S 1.7 Love Triangle^S 1.7 Non-Japanese Voice Acting 1.6 Thriller 1.5 Drama Club 1.3 Bullying^S 1.0 Delinquent Protagonist 1.0 Mecha Combat 1.0 Near Future 1.0 Pistol Combat 1.0 Private Detective Protagonist^S 1.0 Protagonist in Relationship 1.0 Protagonist with a Face 1.0 Tomboy Heroine 1.0 Slice of Life Comedy 0.2

Releases

English (4)

2014-09-30	♥16+	Lucid9 - Demo (Day 1)
2015-04-07	♥16+	Lucid9 - Demo 2.0
2016-04-14	♥16+	Lucid9: Inciting Incident	4 Official website Steam SteamDB Itch.io
2021-01-19	♥16+	Lucid9: Inciting Incident

Russian (1)

2022-06-23

♥16+

Lucid9: Inciting Incident (unofficial patch)

Staff

Scenario
Another PlayerElizabeth’s Route
DJ HornAiri’s Route
Daniel CuturrufoMisaki’s Route and Elizabeth’s Route
David AcostaMisaki’s Route
Hudson
Luna Chai LiInciting Incident (Common Route)
ReddlyBAkira’s Route
Director
David AcostaCreative director
Jacob WilsonAssistant VA director
John Wesley GoCasting director
Patrick MealeyAssistant VA director
Staff
BonesyProgrammer
Malina RoseAudio Engineer
Yin Yang Voices

Character design
sunasrose
Artist
DizzySprites
ElphazeSprites, CGs
EufonieBackgrounds
Luna Chai LiCGs, GUI, graphics
YuukoBackgrounds
Composer
Blue Wolfie
Breezee
Haven235
Jan Hehr
Ultra Kitsune
Ziassan

Scenario
Another PlayerElizabeth’s Route
DJ HornAiri’s Route
Daniel CuturrufoMisaki’s Route and Elizabeth’s Route
David AcostaMisaki’s Route
Hudson
Luna Chai LiInciting Incident (Common Route)
ReddlyBAkira’s Route
Character design
sunasrose

Director
David AcostaCreative director
Jacob WilsonAssistant VA director
John Wesley GoCasting director
Patrick MealeyAssistant VA director
Artist
DizzySprites
ElphazeSprites, CGs
EufonieBackgrounds
Luna Chai LiCGs, GUI, graphics
YuukoBackgrounds

Scenario
Another PlayerElizabeth’s Route
DJ HornAiri’s Route
Daniel CuturrufoMisaki’s Route and Elizabeth’s Route
David AcostaMisaki’s Route
Hudson
Luna Chai LiInciting Incident (Common Route)
ReddlyBAkira’s Route

Director
David AcostaCreative director
Jacob WilsonAssistant VA director
John Wesley GoCasting director
Patrick MealeyAssistant VA director
Staff
BonesyProgrammer
Malina RoseAudio Engineer
Yin Yang Voices

Character design
sunasrose
Artist
DizzySprites
ElphazeSprites, CGs
EufonieBackgrounds
Luna Chai LiCGs, GUI, graphics
YuukoBackgrounds

Full character list

Character summary

Yama IshimotoProtagonist

Voiced by Daniel Acosta

Airi HiragaMain character

Voiced by Caitlynn French

Akira KarubeMain character

Voiced by Rebecca Jeter

Elizabeth OshiroMain character

Voiced by Rachael Messer

Jirou RyoutaMain character

Voiced by Michael Potok

Masato KuroganeMain character

Voiced by
Michael KovachDemo
Patrick Mealey

Misaki KazehayaMain character

Voiced by Malina Rose

Natsuki TanakaMain character

Voiced by Katie Dagnen

Rui HayataMain character

Voiced by Deborah Gatton

Shigure EnomotoMain character

Voiced by Kathy Pfautsch

Yahiko IkariMain character

Voiced by John Wesley Go

Ggoch MinamSide character

Voiced by Michael Malconian

Katsu KobayashiSide character

Voiced by Jonathan David Bullock

Mizu IshimotoSide character

President Jay GravesSide character

Voiced by Christiaan Connors

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