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[[File:Isaku cover.jpg|thumb|[[Aristotle|He who has overcome his fears will truly be free.]]]]
A 1995 mix of [[Visual Novel]] and [[Adventure Game]], '''''Isaku''''' is a story about [[Ten Little Murder Victims|ten people inside a closed building]].
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Kenta Kogure is your average Japanese high school student. He has a crush on his classmate Kotomi Asakawa, is crushed on by classmate Rika Akagawa(a crush he is completely oblivious to), and have a great friendship with fellow student Jinpachi Shimada.
He receives a letter from Kotomi one day to meet him late at evening at an abandoned school building. Obliviously, he walks in, and soon discovers Rika, his homeroom teacher Takashima, Jinpachi and five other of his female classmates received letters that led them to the same room on the fifth floor of the building. The one exception: Munemitsu Soga, a rich boy that stalked
They soon discover they're locked inside the building, and that Isaku is keeping them locked in for unclear reasons. With internal secrets creating conflicts between students, Munemitsu barely hiding how much he wants Kenta to disappear, and Isaku somehow being able to move without being seen, escaping from the old school building will be an herculean task.
The game revolves around finding exits for the floors
Developed and published by elf. It was adapted into two anime OVA series of same name in 1997 and 1999.
Not to be confused with [[Trapped in Another World|Isekai]].
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* [[Accidental Murder]]: {{Spoiler|How Jinpachi describes the death of Miyuki's little sister. Miyuki, however, is aware the moment his story ends that was not how she died, since her cause of death was concluded to be asphyxia}}.
* [[Adults Are Useless]]: Takashima suffers a mental breakdown around the time Jinpachi disappears, and Miyuki and Kenta do more of the heavy work. {{Spoiler|This is eventually deconstructed at most endings, where she leaves teaching out of guilt}}.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Kenta is able to do many perverted things to the girl, like looking at their panties
* [[Big Bad]]: Isaku, the janitor who imprisons the cast inside of an abandoned school building.
* [[Bittersweet Ending]]: {{Spoiler|If you don't save everyone of Isaku, the ending is this, with Kenta graduating along his saved friends but missing Jinpachi and the not saved leaving the school forever}}.
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** Mio was brought up to the building by an anonymous letter challenging her to a fight.
** Isaku deliberately leaves Kenta alive after stumbling onto him because he feels the other students will never solve his challenges.
* [[Defrosting Ice Queen|Defrosting the Ice Queen]]: Kenta slowly manages to convince Miyuki to like him since he becomes so useful.
* [[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: Miyuki has dark hair, milky white skin and seems to look down on everyone, even after Kenta becomes pretty useful and the group rallies around him.
* [[Golden Ending]]: {{Spoiler|Saving everyone leads to Kenta becoming either Kotomi or Miyuki's boyfriend}}.
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[[Category:Visual Novel]]
[[Category:Adventure Game]]
[[Category:Survival Horror]]
[[Category:Video Games]]
[[Category:Video Games of the 1990s]]
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