Kichiku Megane Explained
Kichiku Megane |
Ja Kanji: | 鬼畜眼鏡 |
Genre: | [1] |
Type: | novel |
Author: | Tamami |
Publisher: | Libre Publishing |
Imprint: | B-Boy Slash Novels |
First: | 2008 |
Last: | 2010 |
Volumes: | 2 |
Kichiku Megane R |
Developer: | Spray |
Publisher: | Visual Arts |
Genre: | Visual novel |
Platforms: | Microsoft Windows |
Released: | (limited edition) (standard edition) |
is a Japanese adult visual novel created by Spray and published by Visual Arts for Microsoft Windows. The game was first released as a limited edition bundle on July 20, 2007, before later seeing a general release on October 12, 2007. A fan disc sequel titled Kichiku Megane R was later released for Microsoft Windows, with the limited edition released on March 27, 2009, and the standard version released on February 5, 2010.
Since the release of Kichiku Megane, several novel and manga adaptations written by the original staff of the game were released. In addition, several original audio dramas were released on CD.
Plot
Katsuya Saeki is a 25-year-old unsuccessful salaryman working in a marketing subsidiary of a pharmaceutical company whose division is at risk of being laid off. Weak-willed and shy, one evening, he comes across Mr. R, who gives him a pair of glasses that he claims to change his life. When Katsuya wears the glasses, he becomes confident and domineering, but the more he wears them, the more brutal and sadistic he becomes. The endings that the player achieves depends on which character is selected as Katsuya's love interest, whether Katsuya keeps wearing the glasses, and other choices made throughout the game.
Characters
- [2] [3]
Katsuya is a 25-year-old office employee who has been working for three years in 8th department of Kikuchi Marketing, a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company MGN.[4] In the past, he also played volleyball.[4] While weak-willed and shy in his normal form, when he wears the sadistic glasses, his personality instantly changes to confident and commanding.[5] Without glasses, Katsuya plays the in a relationship,[4] while wearing glasses, he plays the .[5] Tatsuya Hirai, who provided Katsuya's voice, noted that Katsuya's personalities vary depending on what relationship he is experiencing.
- Mido is a 32-year-old office employee working as the director of the product development department of MGN.[6] Having climbed up to a high position with exceptional speed at a young age, Mido is a perfectionist.[6] He is the project manager of a new product sales campaign that is being developed by the 8th department of Kikuchi Marketing.[6]
- Honda is a 25-year-old office employee working in the same department as Katsuya, and the two have been friends since college.[7] He is athletic and was the captain of his volleyball team, with a promising career in sports.[7] He is working hard to ensure that the 8th department will not be laid off.[7]
- [8]
Katagiri is a 43-year-old office employee and the manager of Katsuya's department.[9] He used to be married with children but has since divorced and currently lives alone with his two cockatiels, Montenmaru and Shizukagozen.[9] He is available as a love interest if Katsuya is wearing his glasses.[9]
- Taichi is a 21-year-old college student working part-time at Café Lloyd, a coffee shop near Katsuya's apartment.[10] He is easygoing and listens attentively to Katsuya.[10] He is available as a love interest if Katsuya is not wearing his glasses.[10]
- [8]
Aki is an attractive boy who slept with Katsuya on the first night he wore the glasses.[11] Unable to forget their first meeting, Katsuya looks for him in the city and at clubs.[11] Aki is then taken in to live with Katsuya as his "pet cat." He is available as a love interest if Katsuya is wearing his glasses.[11]
- Mr. R
Mr. R is a mysterious man who Katsuya meets one evening at a park near his office building and is the one who gave him the glasses.[12] Media
Video game
Kichiku Megane is created by Spray and published by Visual Arts for Microsoft Windows.[2] The game was first released as a limited edition bundle on July 20, 2007, before later seeing a general release on October 12, 2007.[13] [14] The game's theme song is "Under the Darkness", which briefly went viral on Nicovideo for its mondegreen lyrics.[15] The game was followed by the fan disc sequel Kichiku Megane R, with the limited edition released on March 27, 2009,[2] and the standard version released on February 5, 2010. Aside from the story mode, Kichiku Megane R includes a typing game titled, where salacious phrases are typed under a time limit to cause a selected character to go into various states of undress.[16]
Novels
A novel adaptation of the same is written by Tamami, the writer of the original game.[14], who provided artwork to the game, also provided illustrations for the novel.[14] The books were published by Libre Publishing under the B-Boy Slash Novels imprint.
Manga
Main adaptation
A manga adaptation is written and illustrated by Fuhri Misasagi. It was serialized in the monthly manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy beginning with the October 2007 issue released on September 7, 2007.[17] [18] It was later compiled in four bound volumes by Libre Publishing under the Super BBC imprint.[19] In 2019, Hifumi Store exclusively published a compilation of all the unofficial that Misasagi had created and sold at events over the years.
Anthologies
In 2009, Libre Publishing released an official comic anthology under the F'packs imprint.
Other
In 2013, Ohzora Publishing released a 4-panel comic illustrated by Io Kazuki under the Missy Comics imprint.[20]
Discography
Audio drama albums
Two original audio dramas were released on CD in 2007, with one version focusing on Katsuya's personality with his glasses on and the other without his glasses. Following the release of Kichiku Megane R in 2009, a second series of audio drama CDs were released, with all scenarios written by the scenario writer of Kichiku Megane R, Tamami.[21] [22] Team Entertainment pre-released the drama CD Kichiku Megane de "Yuku Nen Kuru Nen": Katsuya & Honda-hen at their booth at Comic Market 79 from December 29 to December 31, 2010.[23]
Soundtrack
Notes and References
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- News: 【コミケ75】ビジュアルアーツブースに平川さん登場 . ja . . 2009-01-07 . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045317/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1241741892 . live .
- News: 女性向け恋愛ADVブランドSprayが10周年記念イベントを4月29日から開催 . ja . . 2011-04-12 . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045314/https://www.4gamer.net/games/089/G008956/20110412059/ . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|佐伯克哉(ノーマル) . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . January 16, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210116225708/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/saeki1.html . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|佐伯克哉(眼鏡) . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607210150/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/saeki2.html . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|御堂孝典 . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . August 14, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814182043/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/honda.html . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|本多憲二 . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . August 14, 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20160814182043/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/honda.html . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡ドラマCD -眼鏡装着盤 . ja . Team Entertainment . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045315/http://www.team-e.co.jp/kdsd-00166/ . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|片桐 稔 . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . May 14, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210514030806/https://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/katagiri.html . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|五十嵐太一 . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . October 24, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20211024013224/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/igarashi.html . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|須原秋紀 . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607215830/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/suhara.html . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|Mr.R . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607222307/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/MrR.html . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡|SPEC . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . June 8, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210608000408/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/spec.html . live .
- Web site: 「鬼畜眼鏡」はおかげさまで発売5周年! . ja . Spray . 2012-07-20 . 2021-06-06 . October 4, 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201004204821/http://spray.ne.jp/wall/kichiku5th/ . live .
- News: 『鬼畜眼鏡』BLCDを聴いていたら心拍数が異常値に!?ジムで警報音を鳴らしてしまったエピソードが話題 . ja . Nijimen . 2020-05-17 . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607055708/https://nijimen.net/topics/82564 . live .
- News: Casey . Baseel . This boys' love game from Japan wants to teach you how to type【Video】 . SoraNews24 . 2020-10-02 . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607083233/https://soranews24.com/2020/10/02/this-boys-love-game-from-japan-wants-to-teach-you-how-to-type%E3%80%90video%E3%80%91/ . live .
- Web site: ■『鬼畜眼鏡』 漫画化情報 . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607235951/http://spray.product.co.jp/product/megane/information.html . live .
- Web site: ■書籍■ . ja . Spray . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045320/http://spray.ne.jp/info_book.html#sbbc_kichiku . live .
- Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡 -克哉×御堂編- . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045315/https://libre-inc.co.jp/catalog/detail.php?product_id=11807 . live .
- Web site: 飛び出せmeganeパラダイス : 鬼畜眼鏡4コマ . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607123404/https://iss.ndl.go.jp/books/R100000002-I024810687-00 . live .
- News: Yuki . Oka . 女性人気爆発のゲーム『鬼畜眼鏡』がドラマCD化で衝撃の3ヶ月連続リリース!――『鬼畜眼鏡R』のアフターストーリーはどうなる!?キャストを直撃! . ja . . 2010-06-02 . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045322/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1275469687 . live .
- News: 『鬼畜眼鏡ドラマCD-眼鏡非装着盤II-』アフレコインタビュー到着 . ja . . 2010-07-20 . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045320/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1279602453 . live .
- News: ティームエンタテインメントよりコミックマーケット79出展情報が到着! . ja . . 2010-12-22 . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045313/https://www.animatetimes.com/news/details.php?id=1292983758 . live .
- Peak chart positions on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart:
- Kichiku Megane Drama CD: Megane Sōchaku-ban: Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡ドラマCD-眼鏡装着盤- . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045313/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/117048/products/738092/1/ . live .
- Kichiku Megane Drama CD: Megane Hisōchaku-ban: Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡ドラマCD-眼鏡非装着盤- . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045321/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/117048/products/743168/1/ . live .
- Kichiku Megane Drama CD: Megane Sōchaku-ban II: Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡 ドラマCD -眼鏡装着盤II- . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045318/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/117048/products/867629/1/ . live .
- Kichiku Megane Drama CD: Megane Hisōchaku-ban II: Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡 ドラマCD-眼鏡非装着盤II- . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045316/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/117048/products/871388/1/ . live .
- Kichiku Megane Drama CD: Zakuro-ban: Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡 ドラマCD-柘榴盤- . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045313/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/117048/products/876083/1/ . live .
- Kichiku Megane de "Yuku Nen Kuru Nen": Katsuya & Honda-hen: Web site: 鬼畜眼鏡で"ゆく年くる年"-克哉×本多編- . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045315/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/117048/products/901702/1/ . live .
- Peak chart positions on the Oricon Weekly Albums Chart:
- Kichiku Megane OST: News: 鬼畜眼鏡 O.S.T. . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045318/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/67810/products/741036/1/ . live .
- Contrast: Katsuya Saeki (Kichiku Megane) Character Song CD: Web site: Contrast/佐伯克哉~鬼畜眼鏡 キャラクターソングCD~ . ja . . 2021-06-06 . June 7, 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210607045320/https://www.oricon.co.jp/prof/441402/products/776863/1/ . live .