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with the adult content taken out and some scenes censored, but containing more endings and a few new characters. One of the several manga adaptations (one which has no Boys' Love content) is available in English from Tokyopop.Togainu No Chi Wiki
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When Akira is accused of murder and sent to jail, he is approached by a mysterious one-armed woman named Emma. Emma has a deal for him; in exchange for his freedom, he will participate in a Blood Sport competition taking place in the city of Toshima called Igura. The rules are simple; collect dog tags from other competitors by beating them in brawls. The one who collects the right tags gets to face off against Il-Re, the supposed undefeated champion of Toshima.
However, things aren't going to be easy for Akira; the people in the Igra are extremely brutal and not above murder in order to get what they want. There are also rumors of a mysterious black-haired man who has been killing off Igra participants seemingly at random, a man who seems to be almost invincible. To top it all, Akira's best friend Keisuke has followed him to Toshima out of worry, and Keisuke is nowhere near ready to take on the dangers of Igra...
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An anime adaptation by A-1 Pictures has been aired during the Fall 2010 anime season, the trailer for which can be seen here. In Anime Expo 2018, JAST USA announced that this title was picked up for an official localization.
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This game provides examples of:
- A Lady on Each Arm: Rin in the scene where he first speaks to Akira and Keisuke.
- Aloof Older Brother: Shiki to Rin. Though aloof is still only putting it lightly.
- Adaptation-Induced Plot Hole:
- In the game, Akira had to travel to Igra by foot, making it possible for Keisuke to follow him but in the anime it was changed to Akira being driven there. This was lampshaded in the next episode trailer with Akira asking Keisuke how he mangaged to get to Igra and Keisuke replying that he was in a daze.
- In the game, a phone is given to Akira so that he can keep contact with Emma while it also serves as a transmitting device so he — and hopefully Nano — can be found. However, nothing like that is given to him in the anime so how did Emma and Gwen find him?
- Alternate Character Reading: 'Kiriwar' is pronounced 'Kirio' and 'n' is pronounced 'Nano'.
- An Odd Place to Sleep: At one point, Akira finds Nano sleeping by a tree, even though he's somewhere in the open streets of Toshima.
- An Offer You Can't Refuse: Akira chose participation in Igra over a life stuck in jail for obvious reasons.
- Anyone Can Die:
- Since this series is rather dark and violent, expect a lot of people to die. The route in the game and the choices you make determines how many of the characters are alive at the end.
- In the anime, Takeru bit the dust first via Keisuke and later, Gwen is killed by Emma, and Emma killed by Nano. Keisuke seems to subvert this trope often despite the fact he has the lowest of surviving, although by episode 11, he is killed by Shiki when he tries to protect Akira.
- As of episode 12, Nano is dead. The only survivors are Akira, Rin, Motomi and Shiki. The fate of Arbito and his thugs are unknown as the last time we see them, they were still stuck in Toshima.
- In the game, Motomi is the only character who never dies. Or at least no proof is given.
- Applied Phlebotinum:
- Line, a drug from an unknown source which can largely but temporarily increase the physical and mental capabilities of the user.
- Phlebotinum Breakdown and Toxic Phlebotinum: When its effects wear off, the user experiences severe withdrawal symptoms, seemingly proportional to the amount they have had.
- Phlebotinum Overload: Taken in large doses, it can kill its user.
- Armor-Piercing Slap: Akira gives one to Rin in his route. During his route Motomi gives a good one to Akira when the latter refuses to recover after his final fight with Keisuke.
- Ass Shove: Happens to poor, poor Akira. With screwdrivers. Yeesh.
- Ax-Crazy:
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- Because You Were Nice to Me: Nano towards Akira.
- Beware the Nice Ones: Keisuke.
- Big Damn Heroes: Nano in episode 10.
- Bio-Augmentation: The Nicole Virus, more commonly known as Line, is the result of augmenting a human to become a supersoldier.
- Bittersweet Ending:
- In one ending of Shiki's route, he successfully defeats Nano with his katana, but then loses all motivation to live and ends up like a doll. Akira decides to stay with Shiki despite this and protects him from all the people who wants him dead and that's the Good Ending. Although the end of the drama CD implies that Shiki is starting to regain consciousness.
- The anime (mostly) follows Keisuke's final bad ending, albeit with various aspects of other routes chucked in Just Because, so this is only to be expected.
- Black and Gray Morality: At first, the story appears to be the Excuse Plot of Akira being sent to Igra to kill Il-Re, while violence and sex ensues. Later, we find out that the factions involved (the Military, Vishico and some individuals) are at battle with each other, over Line and its source, Nano, and every side has questionable motives which do not take the protagonist or other individuals into consideration.
- Black Blood: Inverted. Since blood plays such an important role in the story, the anime emphasizes it by making it so bright red that it glows.
- Bleached Underpants:
- The PS2 port is cleaned up considerably, and the manga illustrated by Suguro Chayamachi is so thoroughly de-sexed that it's not identifiable as a Boys' Love work at all.
- One of the worst cases in the manga happens with Arbitro. While the anime at least showed his fetishes, the manga ignores this side of him so much, that one has to wonder why everyone calls him 'pervert'. He's also a bit of a comic relief in this adaptation.
- Same happened to the anime to the point that entire sequences completely lost any sort of coherence. Apparently, Keisuke beat and kidnapped Akira just to have a nice conversation with him.
- An extremely similar situation also happened in Motomi's route in the game.
- The PS2 port is cleaned up considerably, and the manga illustrated by Suguro Chayamachi is so thoroughly de-sexed that it's not identifiable as a Boys' Love work at all.
- Blood-Splattered Innocents: Akira getting splattered with Keisuke's blood in episode 11.
- Body Horror: Arbitro's modifications on his slaves.
- Boxed Crook: This is the proposal Emma offers to Akira, although it's later revealed that she was the one who planted the false evidence to send Akira to jail in the first place.
- Boys' Love: The PC visual novel. Some adaptations remove elements of BL.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Akira in Arbitro's Bad End, where he becomes a second Kau. Remember, kids: don't accept food from crazy masked men with weird fetishes.
- Break the Cutie:
- Akira goes through a lot of crap in the series (anime and game). It officially started when Keisuke injected Line and it seemed to have ended when Keisuke went back to normal after drinking Akira's blood. However he might have officially been broken when in the anime Keisuke is killed by Shiki.
- Also what mainly happens on Shiki's route, intentionally. Though to be fair, he was already in a Heroic BSoD even before Shiki took him captive.
- Bridal Carry:
- Nano carries an unconscious Akira like this is his route after Keisuke dies.
- Also happens to Akira on Shiki's route in the game.
- But Not Too Gay: Hugs and hand-holding are as far as the anime will let anyone get. It's better than the manga by a little (if only in that regard) since volume 8 has a scene in the first chapter explicitly implying rape, but considering that this is after all a Boys' Love series and there's still subtext absolutely everywhere, you've gotta wonder what Aniplex was thinking. Especially given some of the other eroge-based shows that ran this season.
- Cain and Abel: Rin is the Cain to Shiki's Abel. Unfortunately for Rin, it's not working out so well...
- Cast Full of Pretty Boys: All Igra participants are male. All of them. In fact, the city of Toshima seems to have no female inhabitants. The only female present in the series is Emma, and she is a relatively minor character. Of course, it's unsurprising considering the original media is Boys' Love.
- Chekhov's Gun: Before going into Toshima, Akira is given a phone so he can keep in contact with Emma. Turns out there's a tracking device in it.
- Chewing the Scenery: When your tormented hero is played by Kosuke Toriumi, you know that there's going to be a lot of screaming, and Akira doesn't disappoint.
- Chiaroscuro: Quite a few of the visual novel's illustrations.
- Childhood Friend Romance: Unlucky Keisuke, usually. Of course, this is unless you play his route, in which case he becomes a Victorious Childhood Friend.
- Child Soldiers: Akira was trained to be one.
- Clear My Name: The very reason Akira went to Toshima.
- Combat Sadomasochist: Line users.
- Compressed Adaptation:
- The anime. Trying to squish plot elements from multiple routes into twelve episodes rarely works out well (especially when all your budget seems to be going towards paying for a new ending song for each episode), and Shiki's fans in particular seem to be unhappy with his lack of appearances and eventual vilification.
- Pragmatic Adaptation: So as not to neglect any of the boys, the anime follows Keisuke's route to its bad end with a few important scenes from Rin and Motomi's routes tossed in. The last few episodes also append a particular flashback from Nano's route and one of Shiki's bad ends, with an original (and poorly-received) epilogue.
- Corrupt the Cutie: Keisuke, thanks to Akira'srejection and Line.
- Crapsack World: Courtesy of the Third Division.
- Create Your Own Villain: Nice going, Akira.
- Cry Cute: Rin. And Akira.
- Curtains Match the Window: Keisuke and Motomi again.
- Cute Kittens: Some cats show up in Nano's route.
- Dark and Troubled Past: Oh boy, where to begin?
- Akira was trained to be a Child Soldier.
- Rin had his friends killed by his older half-brother, Shiki.
- Motomi's son and wife have died.
- Nano was used as a test subject.
- A Date with Rosie Palms: Shiki's route. After 'marking' Akira as his property, Shiki notices that the pain (from a wound on the left palm) turns Akira on. So he tells Akira to 'comfort yourself with your own hand'.
- Deadly Game: Igra.note
- Death by Newbery Medal: Keisuke's death in the anime feels like this especially after Akira's nifty speech at the end.
- Death Seeker: Rin after he is humiliated by Shiki. Akira snaps him out of it.
- Despair Event Horizon: Experienced by various characters.
- Akira after Keisuke dies.
- Keisuke after Akira unintentionally tells him off for being weak.
- Rin after humiliation by Shiki.
- Died in Your Arms Tonight: In the anime Keisuke dies in Akira's arms after Shiki almost cuts him in half. Also happens in the game to the same character in Nano's route.
- Did Not Get the Guy: Akira ends up with nobody at the end of the anime. Although, Akira's feelings for Keisuke is to be questioned, especially at the end.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Keisuke until he injects Line into himself and goes From Nobody to Nightmare.
- Dub-Induced Plot Hole: Somewhere between volumes 4 and 5 of the Tokyopop edition of the manga, the translators noticed that the character they'd been calling 'Nicole Prumier' was actually supposed to be 'Nicole Premier'. Since this was plot-relevant, they had to change it mid-story.
- During the War: The opening states The Third Division is responsible for the Crapsack World the story takes place in. However, this isn't touched on again until very late in individual character routes, and isn't mentioned in some adaptations.
- Dying Declaration of Love: Subverted. Keisuke came close to confessing his feelings. Instead, he just tells Akira that he's sorry for all the trouble he caused.
- Earn Your Happy Ending:
- Keisuke's route. Because there are multiple bad endings with him and choosing other routes will mean his death, the only Good Ending is when they escape Toshima and things go back to normal for them, except that this time the two are in a relationship.
- Considering there is a ratio of seven official bad endings (two of them are seen as better than the good ending of that certain character, though) to five official good endings, this trope applies to the entire game.
- Eroge: A rather violent one, at that.
- Et Tu, Brute?: Emma to Gwen.
- Even the Guys Want Him: Akira, especially in the anime.
- Everybody Has Lots of Sex: In Shiki's ending, Akira goes out of his way to seduce men and let them have their way with him.
- Evil Redhead: Emma.
- Expy: Admit it, you thought Gwen was Phoenix Wright when you first saw him.
- Fate Worse than Death: In the short story, Kawaita Mizu, and Shiki's Drama CD, Akira tells Shiki to kill him when Shiki was having his way with him.
- Akira also prefers dying over losing his dignity.
- Fauxlosophic Narration: Courtesy of Nano in the anime.
- Fight Clubbing: Bl@ster started out as this.
- Get Ahold Of Yourself Man: Akira does this to Rin after he saves him from being killed by Shiki.
- The Glomp: Rin towards Akira.
- Gone Horribly Right: Nano.
- Good Eyes, Evil Eyes: Keisuke, who had big puppy dog eyes for the first five episodes, now has narrower, crazier eyes after his corruption. But he gets better after episode 9.
- Hannibal Lecture: Nano does this to Shiki. In the game, whether Shiki accepts Nano's challenge or not — and conversely what kind of ending the player gets — depends of if Akira reminds him of his original goal. Near the end of the drama CD following the good ending, Shiki delivers a Shut Up, Hannibal! to Nano.
- Happiness in Slavery: Apparently Kau to Arbitro. Also, Akira to Arbitro in Arbitro's bad ending.
- Arguably, Akira in Shiki's route, at least towards the end.
- He Is All Grown Up: Rin's ending.
- Hemo Erotic: Some of the more deranged characters.
- Hidden Depths: Most of the characters appear to have a simple yet sound reason behind their actions. However, the motivations of individual characters are explored in more detail in their individual routes, including their pasts and previous experiences with Project Nicole and the war.
- High-Pressure Blood: The anime is particularly guilty for this. A small knife cut to the forehead results in the spraying of a large puddle of blood on the ground.
- Ho Yay: Invoked.
- In practically every episode of the anime. In fact, certain scenes in the anime are even more Ho Yay-tastic than their R18 PC BL game counterpart, probably as compensation for not including certain other scenes.
- Episode 4 goes Up to Eleven. Starts out with Keisuke x Akira, then moves right along to Rin x Akira, and then wraps it up with Shiki x Akira.
- In Episode 6, it seemed, Keisuke was going to get what he wanted, but that didn't pan out, either.
- Hypocrite: Akira becomes this at the end of the anime series. When he saves Rin from Shiki, he tells Rin to forget about killing Shiki because it's not worth it. Later on, Shiki kills Keisuke and Akira tries to kill him. Rin tells him the same thing. Akira doesn't listen to him at the end and returns to Toshima to kill Shiki.
- I Call It 'Vera': Kiriwar refers to his pipe as 'Mitsuko.'
- I Can Still Fight!: Akira is fond of this, despite being stabbed in the shoulder, sliced on the wrist and severely malnourished.
- I Choose to Stay: In Shiki's route, despite hating Shiki, Akira stays with him even when he had many chances to escape. Even Shiki lampshades this in his drama CD.
- I Didn't Mean to Turn You On: Akira to Motomi.
- I Have the High Ground: Shiki and Nano.
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: Akira falls victim to this in many a bad end and at least two actual routes. Generally, no one kicks down doors to save him, poor kid.
- 'I Know You're in There Somewhere' Fight: Akira's and Keisuke's fight in episode 9.
- In a Single Bound: Nano.
- Informed Ability:
- Akira is supposedly a good fighter, but in the anime he is more often than not getting his ass kicked. Then again, most of the people he goes up against are really tough 'and' use Line. So ass-kicking is imminent.
- Averted in the game and manga where Akira can curb-stomp normal Igra participants, stand his own against line-addicted Takeru and Keisuke and only has trouble against Gunji, Kiriwar, and Shiki.
- Interplay of Sex and Violence: Right from the get-go, we're shown how much crime in Toshima is sexually-motivated when Akira happens to see an Igura participant raping his dead opponent, and all of Akira's relationships with the love interests directly involved in the game take various shades of this.
- Ironic Echo: In episode 10, Akira saves Rin after he is almost killed by Shiki and tells him that killing Shiki isn't worth it and he must continue living. Come episode 12, Shiki kills Keisuke and Akira tries to kill him. Rin stops him and says that killing Shiki isn't worth it.
- It's All My Fault: Akira blames himself for Keisuke's death. So much that he somewhat accepts the treatment Shiki gives him because he believes it's punishment.
- It Always Rains at Funerals: Happens whenever it rains in the PC game, however the only exception to this is Keisuke's good ending in which he survives Akira's blood. Examples:
- Emma and Gwen get killed after they reveal the truth as to why they really wanted Akira to come to Toshima.
- Though Keisuke survives the first round of 'there will be death rain' he doesn't survive it a second time in Nano's ending.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: In Keisuke's good ending, he snaps out of his Line-induced insanity and when he remembers everything he did — including raping Akira — he says he will go away if Akira doesn't want to see him again. Thankfully, Akira doesn't want him to leave.
- Also on Shiki's good ending, as he and Akira are leaving Toshima, he tells Akira to go where he wants since he knows what's going to happen to him.
- Karma Houdini: Shiki at the end of the anime. Despite the fact that Akira comes to kill him, Shiki has already injected too much Line into his body making him extremely powerful so any hope of killing him is out the drain especially since he was able to critically injure Nano.
- Katanas Are Better:
- Although Igra participants aren't allowed the usage of firearms, their knives really can't do much against Shiki's katana.
- Akira at the end of the anime now sports a katana as well .
- Kill the Cutie: Poor Keisuke.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: All the children subjected to experimentation during Project Nicole, including Akira and Keisuke.
- Laughing Mad: Gunji can really sound psychotic at times when he lets loose with laughter. Also, Line users, you'd be forgiven for mistaking them for different characters.
- Le Parkour: Rin in episode 4.
- Licking the Blade: A popular display of Line users.
- Lighter and Softer: Arguably, some of the drama CDs, which feature more comedic situations.
- Love Martyr: Keisuke starts out looking like one in regards to Akira. Eventually the dynamic gets flipflopped once he starts taking Line.
- Making Love in All the Wrong Places: If Motomi is the love interest, he and Akira get it on inside a church.
- May–December Romance: Motomi's route.
- Mercy Kill: Attempted by Emma to Nano, on the assumption that he will be forced to undergo painful experiments if captured by the government. Instead, he kills her.
- Murderers Are Rapists: The Executioners play this straight. Shiki and Keisuke subvert this since Akira is the only person they rape.
- My Boy Is a Slut: In one of the Shiki's route finals, Akira seduces men when Shiki is out, and when he's back, Shiki kills them and doesn't blame Akira for his nymphomania.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Akira in episode 8 concerning Keisuke's fate.
- Mysterious Woman: Emma.
- Neck Lift: Nano calmly grabs a Line-addled man by the neck to stop his attack, lifts him and proceeds to crush his neck.
- Never Trust a Trailer: The final anime is completely different from the trailer. And not in a good way.
- 'Not If They Enjoyed It' Rationalization: Hoo, boy...
- Averted on Keisuke's route. Akira figures out his feelings because — for the first time — he is completely separated from Keisuke. Also, the scene later implies he is still traumatized by what happened before.
- Not So Different: In the game, Keisuke and Akira acknowledge Nano, despite being emotionless and cruel to those around him, suffer from similar emotional burdens to their own due to all of them being involved in Project Nicole.
- Off-Model:
- Every. Single. Episode.◊
- There's worse to come◊.
- The final episode essentially screams 'We'll fix this when it comes out on DVD'. But maybe we should at least give them credit for airing the episodes on time.
- One Degree of Separation: Akira and Keisuke were both from the same orphanage because they were both part of the same experiment that produced Nano. Working on that experiment was Emma, who sent Akira to Toshima. Her fellow researchers included Motomi and Arbitro. Arbitro pretty much runs Vischio, which distributes the Nano-produced drug Line, but the official boss, Il-Re, is actually Shiki, who is Rin's brother.
- Only One Name: Everyone. And Nicole Premier doesn't count as an exception, because it's not even Nano's real name in the first place.
- Outlaw Couple: In Nano's route, he and Akira become this as they're still pursued by the military even three years after Japan reformed.
- Out with a Bang: Akira, in Keisuke's worst ending.
- Pet the Dog: Shiki's route contains a few of these. After their last sex scene, Shiki surprises Akira by kissing him. Afterwards, he asks for Akira's name.
- Power of Trust: Plays a big role in Rin's route, especially near the end.
- Psycho Serum: Line, which causes increased strength and speed along with occasional raving homicidal insanity. It's self-limiting however, as the higher the concentration percentage, the more likely it will kill the user.
- Psychopathic Manchild: Gunji.
- Purple Eyes: Nano; although they look blue throughout most of the game.
- Running Gag: The more humorous drama CDs always end badly for Akira and at least four of them end with him being molested by Shiki.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning: Shiki.
- Reflective Eyes: In the first episode of the anime, there are two separate shots where Shiki and Akira's eyes are reflected in the other's.
- Road Cone: Par for the course, as in most visual novels. And as with most visual novel-based adaptations, the anime did a little bit of cut-and-paste work. Then again, the way the anime adapted the plot of the game is pretty much shoddy, regardless of the fan's reactions to it.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge:
- Akira towards Shiki for Keisuke's death at the end of the anime.
- This is also Rin's reason for coming to Toshima; to avenge his fallen team mates by killing Shiki.
- Sadistic Choice: If Akira lets go of Takeru's hand and goes right, he'll run into Kiriwar, get raped, and killed. Going left will result in a run-in with Gunji who will do the same thing. Pick your poison.
- Scandalgate: Somehow, this series got caught up in 'Oreimogate', as it was temporarily pulled off of ANN's servers as a result of the leakage of episode 2 of Oreimo.
- Scenery Gorn: Wouldn't be a Nitro product without it! Also DUTCH ANGLES DUTCH ANGLES EVERY GODDAMN WHERE.
- Screw Destiny: Akira refuses to follow Nano's apathy due to the belief he can change what happens in the future.
- Sex Is Violence: Shiki's preferred method of pummeling Akira into submission.
- Sex Slave: Arbitro likes to produce these. Also, Akira to Shiki in one of the latter's route.
- Shut Up, Hannibal!: At the end of his drama CD, Shiki delivers one to Nano.
- Single-Palette Town: Toshima is very, very gray.
- Single-Target Sexuality: Keisuke to Akira. Akira does verbally shut this down in the game, however.
- Sissy Villain: Arbitro swishes about in a feather boa, has many sadistic fixations, collects statues of naked young boys....
- Situational Sexuality: A premise of the entire visual novel; there are practically no women in Toshima anywhere (save, except, for Arbitro's 'prizes' for Igura participants, although he prioritizes the grooming of male sex slaves over female ones), and the men who are there have just learned to make do.
- Snow Means Death: In episode 12, snow starts falling. Later, it shows all the dead bodies in Toshima including Nano.
- Spoiler Opening:
- Rin and Shiki are shown back to back. Which pretty much suggests that they have a connection with each other possibly in the past.
- Shows Keisuke's reflection on a line vial and the blade of a katana and also shows him falling down on the same scene. Which pretty much spells Keisuke's destiny.
- Start of Darkness: Akira'sWhat the Hell, Hero? / 'The Reason You Suck' Speech to Keisuke in episode 5 is what pushes Keisuke over the edge. Enter episode 6 with him massacring a whole bar of people within the first five minutes.
- Stepford Smiler:
- Keisuke has shades of this in episode 5 where he smiles at Akira despite it being clear he is disturbed by what Akira had done. Naturally, Akira calls him out on it.
- Rin could count as a Type A, though instead of depression he mainly wants to kill Shiki out of vengeance.
- Stockholm Syndrome: Shiki's route. Somewhere during this route, Shiki abducts Akira, takes him to his abandoned apartment, pierces his belly button as a sign of his ownership, and you know what comes next. In fact, [[spoiler: Akira tries to leave, but is unable to.
- Stripperific: Kau's outfit.
- The Stoic:
- Akira has shades of this, though he mainly falls under Not So Stoic.
- Nano.
- Survivor Guilt: Rin, after Skiki killed his teammates.
- Taste the Rainbow: As with most BL games. Akira's the sane guy/audience surrogate, Keisuke's the nice guy, Rin's the young energetic guy, Motomi's the old sensible one, Shiki's the Bastard Boyfriend, the Executioners who are brutal, Arbitro with his weird fetishes, and Nano's the quiet one with Hidden Depths.
- Teach Him Anger: It didn't go as planned. Akira just wanted to teach Keisuke just how much of a serious situation they were in.
- Terms of Endangerment: Gunji has nicknames for practically everyone; 'Ji-ji' (old man) for Kiriwar, 'Papa' for Arbitro, and 'Shikitty' for Shiki. However, the best example of this trope is when he starts calling Akira 'Neko-chan' (kitty or kitten).
- The Tease: Rin.
- Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe: It's renamed as Toshima in this setting, though.
- Tragic Keepsake: Akira keeps Keisuke's tag after he's killed.
- Typhoid Mary:
- Akira, but only to Line users, though apparently, Keisuke is an exception.
- Nano is another example as he carries the pure source of Line; the Nicole virus.
- Uncanny Family Resemblance: In Rin's Time Skip ending, he's essentially Shiki with a Palette Swap.
- Unusual Euphemism: On the obvious side and probably not too narmy, but in any of the sex scenes expect to see a lot of 'protrusion', 'male', 'meat lump', 'nectar' etc. being thrown around.
- What Beautiful Eyes!:
- Rin especially seems to like Akira's eyes but he has also gotten comments from others.
- Shiki likes Akira's eyes as well, but for completely different reasons.
- White Shirt of Death: Poor Keisuke.
- With a Friend and a Stranger: Akira and Keisuke meet Rin, who is mysteriously kind and highly effeminate. They stick together for a long time and become friends.
- With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: If Line is used repeatedly, it will drive the user Ax-Crazy.
- Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds: Nano, especially in Shiki's route and his own.
- 'World of Cardboard' Speech: Akira to Keisuke during their last confrontation, admitting he took their friendship for granted and he wants both of them to leave Toshima together. It doesn't work, unfortunately.
- World War III: Starts before the game storyline causing Japan to be split into two zones. Although the game takes place during the war, this is hardly mentioned until the end.
- Yandere: Keisuke as a result of not having his feelings toward Akira being acknowledged as well as the effects of Line making him insane. Whether he snaps out of it or not depends on the route. In the anime though, he snaps out of it and reverts back to his normal self.
- Yank the Dog's Chain: The anime does this a lot.
- Right when Akira gets Keisuke back, Rin decides to go crazy on him.
- Right after Keisuke saves Akira from getting shot to death, Shiki shows up and wants Akira, Keisuke tries to save Akira, but gets killed by Shiki.
- Something similar to the above happens in the game. In Nano's route, instead of Shiki, it's a soldier who tries to shoot Akira while Keisuke — who has gone back to normal — takes the bullet for him instead.
- You Can't Fight Fate: Subverted. Nano, having experienced much pain due to him being Project Nicole's success, has become apathetic and feels this way. Then, Akira comes to disprove him.
- You Got Spunk: Shiki becomes interested in Akira when he doesn't run, scream, or beg for his life like other participants. On his route, this doesn't end well for Akira.
- You Need to Get Laid:
- after Shiki leaves Arbitro's room, Arbitro comments that Shiki needs to find some release.
- In the game, Motomi also teases Akira about never having a serious relationship.
- Your Head Asplode: Keisuke to Takeru, as well as many others.
- Zipperiffic: Shiki. Who has zip-off leather pants.
Index
Togainu no Chi | |
咎狗の血 | |
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Genre | Action, Romance, Yaoi |
Game | |
Developer | Nitro+chiral (PC) HuneX (PS2, PSP) |
Publisher | Nitro+chiral (PC) Kadokawa Shoten (PS2, PSP) |
Genre | BL game, visual novel |
Platform | Windows PlayStation 2 PlayStation Portable |
Released | Windows:
PlayStation Portable:
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Manga | |
Written by | Kana Yamamoto |
Published by | ASCII Media Works (2008) Biblos (2005) |
Demographic | shoujo |
Magazine | Magazine ZERO |
Original run | 2005 – 2008 |
Volumes | 1 |
Novel | |
Written by | Kabura Fuchii |
Published | February 7, 2006 |
Manga | |
Written by | Suguro Chayamachi |
Published by | Enterbrain |
English publisher | |
Magazine | comic B's-LOG |
Original run | November 1, 2006 – present |
Volumes | 10 |
Anime television series | |
togainu no chi -Bloody Curs- | |
Directed by | Naoyuki Konno |
Produced by | Atsuhiro Iwakami |
Written by | Natsuko Takahashi |
Music by | Tomohisa Ishikawa Masaaki Iizuka |
Studio | A-1 Pictures Inc. |
Licensed by | |
Original network | TBS, MBS |
Original run | October 7, 2010 – December 23, 2010 |
Episodes | 12 (List of episodes) |
Togainu no Chi (咎狗の血, lit. 'Blood of the Reprimanded Dog') is a Japanese BLvisual novel created by Nitro+CHiRAL. The plot centers on Akira, a young man who is made to participate in a deadly game called 'Igura' (from 'игра'/ 'igra', Russian for 'game') in post-apocalyptic Japan in exchange for being freed from prison. His goal is to beat 'Il Re' (Italian for 'The King'), the strongest person in Igura. The game was originally released on PC as Togainu no Chi in 2005, with a PlayStation 2 version titled Togainu no Chi TRUE BLOOD being released on May 29, 2008. A PlayStation Portable version was released on December 23, 2010 under the name of Togainu no Chi True Blood Portable.[1]
The game has been adapted into two manga series, a novel and a twelve episode anime series. In March 2010 as part of the Nitro+CHiRAL 5th anniversary an anime adaptation was announced for Togainu no Chi with production by Aniplex.[2] The anime began airing on MBS and TBS on October 7, 2010. Aniplex of America streamed and simulcast the series in North America on Anime News Network.[3]
- 3Media
- 3.4Anime
Plot[edit]
After being devastated in the third World War (known as The Third Division), Japan was divided in two. Several years after the end of the war, a crime organization called Vischio has taken control of the destroyed city of Toshima (formerly Tokyo, Japan's capital city), where they are holding a battle game known as Igura.
Igura is a battle game held in Toshima that may result in the murder of participants. To participate, one must meet with Arbitro and tell him their reason for their decision. Upon meeting with Arbitro, participants are given five dog tags, each engraved like a card in a standard deck of playing cards. One tag must hang from the participant's neck as proof of participation. Participants must then put their lives on the line to collect others' tags, with the goal being to collect a Royal Flush. If a participant collects a Royal Flush set of tags, they earn the right to challenge 'Il Re' in battle. Battles end when one party either dies or lets their back touch the ground. The winner takes the loser's tags and is free to do as they please to the loser after that, often resulting in the loser's death.
The game's main character, a young man named Akira, is falsely accused of a crime. Once arrested, a mysterious woman appears before him, offering him freedom if he agrees to participate in Igura and defeat Igura's strongest man: the king, or Il Re. The story follows Akira's life in the harsh, lawless Toshima as he fights both to survive and to unravel the mysteries developing around him.
Characters[edit]
- Akira (アキラ)
- Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi (PS2, Anime, Drama CD)
- The game's protagonist. Akira is the cool and silent type. He has grayish hair, blue eyes, and stands at 172cm tall. Likes omelet rice flavored Solids. He grew up as an orphan along with Keisuke. Akira was an undefeated champion of the street fighting game 'Bl@ster', where he participated in the RAY district under the name LOST. He was accused of murder and sentenced to life imprisonment, but Emma got him out of jail so he could participate in Igura, which he does with slight reluctance. He usually acts cold and uncaring, but has a very naive side to him. His weapon is a knife.
- Keisuke (ケイスケ)
- Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita, credited as 'Nanimusha' for the PC and drama CD
- Akira's childhood friend and hard-working factory employee. Has brown hair and eyes and is 178cm tall. Likes green curry flavored Solids. They grew up together in the same orphanage. Because he is a bit weak, he has always admired Akira's strength. Though he is a bit quiet and shy, if Akira is involved, he suddenly becomes bold. Upon hearing Akira's situation, Keisuke chases after Akira and also joins Igura, despite his weakness and lack of fighting experience.
- Rin (リン)
- Voiced by: Jun Fukuyama, credited as 'Hayato Kiryuin' for the PC and drama CD
- A young blond, blue-eyed boy participating in Igura. 154cm tall. Though he is sometimes mistaken for a girl because of his small body, he is quite strong and able to get by in Igura. He helps Akira around the town and cheers up Akira when he's down. In the anime, it is mentioned that Rin and Shiki are half brothers, having the same father but different mothers. He is a former Bl@ster participant (from the GHOST area) who fights with two small daggers and also enjoys taking pictures. Likes the yakiniku flavored Solids. He's also good at parkour, as he jumps from roofs and walls in the manga and anime.
- Shiki (シキ)
- Voiced by: Hikaru Midorikawa
- A black-haired, red-eyed man standing at 188cm and covered in black clothing who arms himself with a katana. He is the strongest man in Igura. Because he often appears in front of Igura participants and slays them immediately and with no warning, he is extremely feared. Though he kills Igura participants frequently, he neither carries nor collects tags, and thus does not appear to be an Igura participant. He is a violent man shrouded in mystery. The first Il Re who has never been defeated. Shiki formed the Igura in order to battle against Line-compatibles, so he could kill Nano and quell his memories of the first time they met.
- Motomi (源泉)
- Voiced by: Kazuya Ichijō
- An unshaven, middle-aged information collector who knows a lot about the tournament. Has brown hair and eyes and stands at 183cm tall. He has a friendly, carefree personality and is a heavy smoker. He does not participate in the game, but is in Toshima to observe it. He carries a gun for protection.
- Arbitro (アルビトロArubitoro)
- Voiced by: Masaru Hishi (PC, Drama CD), Kōsuke Okano (PS2, Anime)
- Manager of the narcotics organization Vischio. A gaudy blond man who always wears a mask over his face. 181cm tall. Has a strange hobby involving appreciating and modifying the bodies of attractive young men. Due to this 'hobby', his mansion is full of statues of nude men and he keeps Kau, a human being, as his pet 'dog'.
- Kau (狗)
- Arbitro's beloved 'pet', who is actually a young boy. He has white hair, is covered in black leather and a blindfold, and has a large scar and piercings on his stomach (due to Arbitro's personal preferences), and walks on all fours. Because Arbitro destroyed his eyes and vocal cords, he cannot see or speak. He does, however, have a keen sense of smell, and has been trained to pick up the scent of dog tags to help find rule-breakers within Igura. His name's kanji means 'dog' in Japanese. He shows signs of severe Stockholm syndrome.
- Kiriwar (キリヲKiriwo)
- Voiced by: Fuji Bakuhatsu (PC, Drama CD), Katsuyuki Konishi (PS2, Anime)
- Executes the rule violators of the tournament. Though he works for Arbitro, his ties to him are loose and he often likes to get him mad. At 200cm, he is a tall, strong man who carries a metal pipe (which he has lovingly named 'Mitsuko') as a weapon. He has short, black hair and a scar across his forehead. He is usually seen with Gunji, who he calls 'hiyo' or 'hiyoko' (which means 'baby chick'). Kiriwar likes to mess with Arbitro and seems to not care much about his job. His name is pronounced 'Kiriwo' but is officially written as 'Kiriwar'.
- Gunji (グンジ)
- Voiced by: Kazuya Sugisaki (PC, Drama CD), Kishō Taniyama (PS2, Anime)
- Executes the rule violators of the tournament. He is a 195cm tall blond man who fights with metal knuckle claws. He wears a bright red hooded jacket that is open at the front, exposing most of his tattoo-covered torso. Gunji is not very smart and acts spontaneously and violently, and is extremely sadistic in his killings, but still has a fun-loving, childish innocence to him. Gunji has an affinity with name calling. He is usually seen with Kiriwar, who he calls 'jijii' ('old man'), calls Arbitro 'papa', and Shiki 'Shikitty'. Gunji seems to confuse cats with dogs, since although Kau is supposed to be a pet 'dog', Gunji refers to him as 'Tama', which is a common pet name for a cat. In the manga, he also names a cat that he finds 'Pochi', the common pet name for a dog. Also, though many English-speaking fans spell and pronounce his name as 'Gunzi', the name 'Gunji' is considered the 'official' name as it is used most often and also used on official merchandise.
- Emma (エマEma)
- Voiced by: Kaori Okuda (PC), Asako Dodo (PS2)
- A beautiful one-armed woman. 167cm tall. She is the one who suggests participating in Igura to Akira as a way to free him of his false charge. She is often seen with Gwen. Very little is known about her, but before the war she worked as a scientist. In the manga, by Chayamachi, she is seen taking care of Nano.
- Gwen (グエンGuen)
- Voiced by: Kikutarō Namerikawa (PC), Takuo Kawamura (PS2)
- A serious man in a suit and hat that appears with Emma to convince Akira to participate in Igura. An honest man with a normally harsh expression. 178cm tall.
- Takeru (猛)
- Voiced by: Takezō Koike (PC), Hideki Ogihara (PS2)
- A one-eyed youth participating in Igura with an extreme passion to win, no matter what it takes.
- Nano (ナノNano)
- Voiced by: Prof. Shiryuu (PC), Takumi Yamazaki (PS2)
- Known as N or Nano, he is an enigmatic figure throughout the game. He is not an Igura participant and carries neither tags nor a weapon, despite the dangers in Toshima. He dresses very conservatively, which adds to his unsettling behavior. 182cm tall. Though he often appears in front of Akira, it is a mystery as to whether he is a friend or foe. Nano's blood is the source of Line. His real name is Nicole Premier.
- Tomoyuki (トモユキ)
- Voiced by: Yuichi Nakamura
- A long-haired man participating in Igura. Though he seems to know Rin, they are not on very good terms with each other.
- Kazui (カズイ)
- Voiced by: Daisuke Hirakawa
- A black-haired man somehow connected to Rin and Tomoyuki who seems to resemble someone else Rin knows.
- Tōya (トウヤTōya)
- Voiced by: Kentarou Itō
- A young blond man participating in Igura with a team. He is his team's leader. Yukihito is one of his team members.
- Yukihito (ユキヒト)
- Voiced by: Hiroshi Kamiya
- A red-haired man in his 20s and new character added to 'Togainu no Chi: True Blood', the Playstation 2 version of the game. He is a former Bl@ster participant (from AREA: RUDE) who is currently participating in Igura as a member of Touya's team.
Media[edit]
Drama CDs[edit]
Three drama Cd's were released after the games release on Pc in 2005. Togainu no Chi Image drama CD vol 1 was released July 29, 2005. This drama CD centers around Akira and Shiki's relationship. Togainu no Chi Image drama CD vol 2 was released August 26, 2005. This drama CD centers around Akira and Keisuke's relationship. Togainu no Chi ANOTHER STORY ~ RIN was released December 29, 2005. This drama CD centers around Rin.
Manga[edit]
A manga adaptation of Togainu no Chi, illustrated by Suguro Chayamachi, began serialization serialized in Comic B's LOG in January 2006, and is published by Enterbrain. The manga was licensed for an English-language release in North America by Tokyopop in 2008.[4] Another adaptation was illustrated by Yamamoto Kana and published by ASCII Media Works. This version focuses on Keisuke's storyline. The complete volume was released on July 22, 2008.[5]
Books[edit]
Togainu No Chi Game Torrent
A light novelTogainu no Chi written by Ikumi Kazuha (伊久美和葉) and Nitro+CHiRAL, illustrated by Tatana Kana (たたなかな) and Kazuki Tomomaya (かずきともまや), published by Biblos (ビブロス) was released February 3, 2006.[6] It contained sets of short stories dealing with the characters after the events in the game. An art book titled Togainu no Chi True Blood Official Fan Book containing game information, character profiles, artwork and voice actors' interviews was released on July 3, 2008.
Anime[edit]
In March 2010 as part of the Nitro+CHiRAL 5th anniversary an anime adaptation was announced for Togainu no Chi with production by Aniplex.[2] The anime began airing on MBS and TBS on October 7, 2010. Aniplex of America will stream and simulcast the series in North America on Anime News Network.[3] The first DVD was released on December 22, 2010.[7]
Togainu No Chi Game Walkthrough
Episode list[edit]
EP# | Title | airdate | |
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1 | 'LOST' 'Uro Yume' (虚夢) | October 7, 2010 | |
Akira, the series protagonist, is a participant in a fighting tournament called 'Bl@ster,' after a successful battle, he retires to his quarters. He's awakened from sleep when a group of police break into his room and pin the blame for a recent murder on him, a crime which carries a sentence of life imprisonment. With no way to defend himself against the charges, Akira waits in fear for his life. He's visited in jail by a woman named Emma who offers him the only alternative to a life spent in captivity - join a higher-stakes fighting competition, and defeat the man at the top. Faced with no other option, Akira gathers his things and leaves for the city of Toshima, where the Igura competition is held. He has nothing more than the clothes on his back and the dog tags that peg him as a participant, so when some thugs show up to harass him and take a hit of a drug giving them super powers, he has little recourse. He's only saved by a man dressed in black, who brutally murders his attackers with his sword. The man threatens Akira as well, only letting him leave with his life when Akira shows too much pride to beg for his life. | |||
2 | 'Toshima' 'Shi-gai' (死街) | October 14, 2010 | |
Akira wakes up and finds Keisuke entering the room he is staying at. After finding out that Keisuke followed him to Toshima and refuses to leave, he gives Keisuke his knife. They go for a walk where they find Rin fighting a man. They leave, but are soon caught up by Rin who claims that they need to pay for entering his area, however he would let them off this once because they are new. Akira asks where he can get a weapon, and Rin gives him his. Rin brings them to one of the neutral zones where they meet Motomi and got to know the drug, Line - on the way they met the executioner and Kau. Rin then brings them to Arbitro's Mansion so Keisuke can sign up. The mansion is filled with 'pretty boys' statues. Keisuke leaves the mansion without pulling joining the game. | |||
3 | 'Igura' 'Kyōzen' (狂争) | October 21, 2010 | |
Keisuke finally gets his tags, and while exiting the mansion is attacked by Takeru. Akira defends them and Takeru runs off. Akira picks up a cross. Akira is dragged off by Takeru. Takeru is revealed to be an ex-Bl@ster and is playing the Igura because he wants to win and be rich. Takeru takes back his cross which is a memento from his dead sister. Takeru calls Akira Lost because after winning Bl@ster, he always seems to be without emotions. | |||
4 | 'Ease' 'Kyū-kei' (休刑) | October 28, 2010 | |
Rin finds Akira after he was dragged off by Takeru. Soon they encounter Tomoyuki, who is someone from Rin's past. But he just ignores him and tells him to shut up. Akira and Rin have a short conversation as they get back to the hotel and meet up with Motomi. There Keisuke sees Akira and is happy is okay. Rin comes with a bag full of solids and water and asks them if they want to do something fun. They all eat and chat on the roof of a building. At nighttime, Shiki appears and slays a group Line addicts. One person yells that he has appeared and Rin jumps at hearing his name. Akira runs after Rin but instead encounters Shiki in a nearby alley. They have a short fight, which Akira end sup on the ground. Shiki picks him up and pins him against the wall, asking if he really wants to die. He then starts choking him, but Akira fights back by folding up and kicking him away. Shiki is amused by this and tells him he'll play with him again soon. As he walks off, Akira is oddly energized by this and states 'So that's... Shiki.' | |||
5 | 'Crack' (決蔑) | November 4, 2010 | |
A mysterious man offers Takeru the drug Line, which he takes. After waking and finding neither Rin nor Akira with him, Keisuke runs off to look for them while Akira is attacked and injured by a rain influenced group, only escaping (with a tag) when the leader of the group goes insane and collapses when he licks Akira's blood. Shiki meets with Arbitro, and the former gives the latter a black case full what appears to be enhanced Line . After Motomi saves Akira (who was wondering if he did that to the leader of the group) the trouble of an encounter with the Executioners, the two decide to go to the hotel, where they meet up with Rin and Keisuke. Akira, irritated by the way Keisuke always makes light of the situation and puts himself down, yells at Keisuke who, feeling useless, runs away. | |||
6 | 'Desire' (因念) | November 11, 2010 | |
A man (in the shadows) murders everyone in a club, meanwhile Takeru drinks Line. Akira goes around the city searching for Keisuke, Rin is back at the hotel, and overhears a conversation between line users. Akira continues to search and discovers the bodies of the men in the club, to which he is sickened. While walking into an alleyway he is attacked and beaten by Takeru; Takeru licks Akira’s blood and begins to choke then slowly retreats. Rin and Motomi have a conversation about drugs/city/life. Takeru thinks about his sister and regrets leaving her, but dreams of winning Igura for his family. He is then discovered by Keisuke, who superpowered on line, crushes Takeru's skull. Keisuke then goes to meet Akira; whom he knocks out and then carries him off. | |||
7 | 'Severed' (怒鎖) | November 18, 2010 | |
It is revealed how Keisuke has changed, and why he had taken the drug line. After the flashback, Akira wakes up in the middle of an unknown house with his crazed best friend. After a long talk, Akira is knocked unconscious. | |||
8 | 'Rain' 'Ame' (雨) | November 24, 2010 | |
Shiki is revealed to be Rin's half-brother and betrayed Rin by killing all of his friends. After Rin falls of the bridge, he sees a set of tags that is almost a royal flush (only the jack is missing). | |||
9 | 'Bond' 'Kizuna' (絆) | December 2, 2010 | |
Keisuke shows Akira all the tags that he gotten, and stating his desire to see more emotions, particularly the “troubled, agonized, dying” face. They begin to fight, throughout the battle Akira tells Keisuke how he really felt all this time which angers Keisuke even more. Akira gets his weapon knocked out of his hands causing him to get cut and bleed. Some blood gets onto Keisuke’s face and mouth which causes him to suffocate. Akira get some black flashes of his past, and snaps back into reality. He finds out that Keisuke is still alive and brings him to a bed, Akira watches over Keisuke until sun rise where Rin finds them and takes off with their tags in order to fight Il re. Arbitro recognize the jack, but still allows Rin to fight. | |||
10 | 'Il Re' 'Il Re' | December 9, 2010 | |
Rin prepares to fight Il re which turns out to be Shiki but gets defeated quickly, Akira comes to the rescue as the military begins to bomb the place. Shiki saves Arbitro and questions him about Akira. Rin and Akira takes shelter in an abandoned warehouse where they agree to meet Motomi at the church - at first Rin refuse go and questions why Akira would help him after he betrayed him previously. Rin admits that he would have killed Keisuke to get the tags before. Akira points out that Rin refuse to believe in anyone anymore after Shiki betrayed him (at which Rin denied). Akira promise to not betray Rin and asks for his trust. Rin demands that he prove himself, which Akira counters by saying that Rin needs to trust him so he can prove himself. Rin threatens to kill Akira if he is betrayed. - Gunji and Kiriwar shows up. In order to escape, the two of them splits up, Gunji goes after Akira while Kiriwar goes after Rin. Akira gets beaten up badly and before he is killed, N comes to the rescue and carries him off to where Keisuke is. *Flashback* Akira meets Nano as a younger boy, in exchange for a promise to meet again, N gives him a knife *Return to present* Akira wakes up and finds Keisuke unconscious. Emma and Gwen shows up as they are on a mission to bring Premier (Nano) back with them, Emma admits to framing Akira for the murder and got him stuck in Toshima. She shoots Gwen for getting in her way then before she shoots Nano, he uses his arm to pierce through her body. Shiki shows up while Akira gets Keisuke and prepares to escape. | |||
11 | 'Convict' 'Shujin' (囚人) | December 16, 2010 | |
Shiki fights Nicole Premier, and ends up drinking Nicole's blood, from which Line is made, which would normally drive people crazy or kill them. Shiki survives and goes looking for Akira. All the while, Arbitro, Kau, Kiriwar and Gunji watches from the roof of a nearby building. Shiki finds Akira and Keisuke as they are fleeing to safety. When Shiki tries to force Akira to come with him, Keisuke tries to protect Akira, but is killed by Shiki. | |||
12 | 'Beginning' 'Kaishi' (開始) | December 23, 2010 | |
After Keisuke's death Akira moves in to attack Shiki. They have an exchange blows before Rin arrives and tries to help but gets stabbed in the leg. Rin tells Akira to leave, but Akira says he won't leave Rin behind because that would be betraying Rin's trust in him. Nicole Premier suddenly reappears, saving Akira and Rin and helps them escape. Time Skip: Akira now has a 'normal' job. Rin is in a hospital healing when Akira visits him and threatens to kill him if he breaks his promise of coming to visit him the next day. Outside of the hospital, Akira meets Motomi who invites him to go and eat with him. He tells Akira that there is a new Line and that their city may soon be overtaken by it. The episode ends with Akira going to fight Shiki (who is on a mountain surrounded by an open box of Line). Akira empathizes with the rest of society's wish to live. He recognizes the value of life only due to Keisuke's death. Akira says that: 'This is not another person I am fighting. This is me'. |
Soundtrack[edit]
Opening Theme:
- 'Rose-Hip Bullet' by GRANRODEO
Ending Theme:
- 'No moral' by Kanako Itou (ep 1)
- 'Bright Lights' by Seiji Kimura (ep 2)
- 'Don't Stare Me' by VERTUEUX (ep 3)
- 'Toge' by Sabye (ep 4)
- 'Once More Again' by Aki Misato (ep 5)
- 'Requiem Blue' by CurriculuMachine feat. W.K. (ep 6)
- 'Crossing Fate' by OLDCODEX
- 'Yasashisa ni Mamorarete' by Kita Shuuhei
- 'Honed Moon - Togareta Tsuki' by Itou Kanako
- 'Don't look away' by CurriculuMachine (ep 10)
- 'STILL anime Ver.' by Kanako Itou (ep 11)
- 'GRIND style GR' by GRANDRODEO (ep 12)
Video Games[edit]
CHiRALmori was released January 25, 2008 and also known as the Nitro+CHiRAL amusement disk.[8] This PC game includes a Togainu no Chi minigame featuring chibi versions of the characters playing poker with their dog tags as well as two other minigames featuring characters from Lamento -Beyond the Void-.
Togainu no Chi Desktop Accessory is a program produced by Nitro+chiral that included wallpapers, a screensaver, a silent version of the opening video, a clock of which can be switched to show images of most of the characters, a calendar, and a set of window straps.[9]
References[edit]
- ^'[Togainu no True Blood Portable]'. Kadokawa Shoten. Archived from the original on September 9, 2010. Retrieved October 23, 2010.Cite uses deprecated parameter
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(help) - ^ ab'Togainu no Chi TV Anime Officially Announced'. Anime News Network. 2010-03-22.
- ^ ab'OreImo, Togainu No Chi to be Streamed'. Anime News Network. 2010-09-30.
- ^'Tokyopop Announces New Manga Titles (Update 2)'. Anime News Network. 2008-07-05.
- ^咎狗の血 (in Japanese). ASCII Media Works. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^咎狗の血 (ビーボーイノベルズ) [単行本] (in Japanese). Amazon.co.jp. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^'咎狗の血 DVD 1' (in Japanese). Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^'Spec + About' (in Japanese). Nitroplus. Retrieved October 23, 2010.
- ^'[Togainu no Chi Desktop Accessory]' (in Japanese). Nitro+chiral. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2010.Cite uses deprecated parameter
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External links[edit]
- Official Togainu no Chi Website(in Japanese)
- Official Togainu no Chi Image Drama CD Website(in Japanese)
- Official Togainu no Chi True Blood Website(in Japanese)
- Official Togainu no Chi anime website(in Japanese)
- Togainu no Chi (anime) at Anime News Network's encyclopedia
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