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Japanese studio Clearrave has released a Steam demo<\/a> for its upcoming occult horror visual novel Resequence: The Orchard<\/strong>. Told in a multi-perspective ensemble format, the game boasts illustrations by artist fracoco<\/a> and a story by Re,AER, the developer of Magical Girl Witch Trials<\/a>. While the demo is only available in Japanese, the developers are considering adding additional language support for the game in the future.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After his wife\u2019s mysterious disappearance ten years ago, psychiatrist Kisuke Saito takes on a job as a school counselor. Saito\u2019s counselling sessions reveal that the students have been experiencing different kinds of unexplainable phenomena which appear to be linked to their past trauma. As Saito learns more about his students, he unravels the mysteries behind the phenomena and his wife\u2019s disappearance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the main plot centers on Kisuke, more than five characters (including Kisuke’s otaku-minded colleague Aislinn Conlin and several students) play a part in the story. The game branches into multiple storylines and different endings based on your decisions. The story tackles dark subject matter, with content warnings in place for depictions of suicide, psychologically disturbing scenes, violence, injury, and death (there is no bloodshed, however).\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The newly released demo is roughly one hour long and includes two stories. \u201cRecord of Circumstances Leading to Working As a Student Counselor\u201d follows Kisuke Saito, while \u201cCounselling: Session 1\u201d centers on the second-year introvert Sogo Soyogi.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Resequence: The Orchard is set to release in 2026 for Windows (Steam<\/a>). A Japanese demo is now available.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Disgaea series creator Sohei Niikawa and Hi Score Girl author announce death-loop stealth horror game Noroi Ayashi: The \u221eth Oddity<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The game boasts a scenario written by Magical Girl Witch Trials developer Re,AER.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":67,"featured_media":73657,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","autoblue_enabled":false,"autoblue_custom_message":"","autoblue_shares":[],"autoblue_post_url":"","autoblue_publish_document":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-73655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":{"styles_descriptor":{"styles":{"desktop":"","tablet":"","mobile":""},"google_fonts":[],"version":8}},"yoast_head":"\nResequence: The Orchard is an occult horror visual novel told through a psychiatrist\u2019s counselling sessions with his students, coming to Steam - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/resequence-the-orchard-is-an-occult-horror-visual-novel-told-through-a-psychiatrists-counselling-sessions-with-his-students-coming-to-steam\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Resequence: The Orchard is an occult horror visual novel told through a psychiatrist\u2019s counselling sessions with his students, coming to Steam - 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