Kill-Each-Other House - Second / 殺し合いハウス Second

Kill-Each-Other House - Second is the third entry in the House series, returning to the spirit of the first entry. While it avoids the lows of the second game, it doesn't quite manage to reach the highs of the original.

Trick-Each-Other House / 騙し合いハウス

Here we go again! Trick-Each-Other House is the sequel to Kill-Each-Other House, and is another free online web series about a psychological game presented in the style of a fully voiced visual novel. I really liked Kill-Each-Other House, and while Trick-Each-Other House was okay, it didn't feel quite as elegant or clever as the previous series. (And, like Kill-Each-Other House, it's entirely in Japanese.)

Kill-Each-Other House / 殺し合いハウス

(This is not a review I expected to write...)

Kill-Each-Other House is a fully voiced Japanese amateur web series presented in the style of a visual novel. (Kill-Each-Other House is a direct translation of the title. If I was going to localize it, I'd probably call it something like "Murder Mansion.") The creators described their intention as creating a cross between Liar Game and Future Diary, and I think they succeeded! (And just in case you didn't believe those two works were the inspiration, there's a character named Akiyama Minane.) Kill-Each-Other House has the basic Future Diary plot of a bunch of people with magic powers trying to kill each other, with the aesthetic and structure of a game as in Liar Game. I stumbled upon this series by complete accident today, and gave the whole thing a whirl... and it held up!