
Hakuoki: Kyoto Winds
Also known as Hakuouki Shinkai: Kaze no Shou · 薄桜鬼 真改 風ノ章 · Hakuoki: Chronicles of Wind and Blossom (Switch compilation)
Otome, Romance, Fantasy, Drama · by Idea Factory / Design Factory (Otomate) · published by Idea Factory International · 2017
A young woman searching for her missing father in 1860s Kyoto falls in with the Shinsengumi, and stumbles onto a secret they'd kill to keep.
Who it's for: Otome readers who like historical drama and sword fights as much as the romance, and don't mind a two-part story.
The story (spoiler-free)
Chizuru travels to Kyoto looking for her father, a doctor who has stopped writing home. On her first night she witnesses something the Shinsengumi, the city's feared samurai police force, cannot let anyone talk about, and she ends up living under their watch rather than being silenced.
Kyoto Winds is a remastered first half of the long-running Hakuoki story, mixing real Bakumatsu-period history with a supernatural twist. Twelve possible love interests, many of them famous historical figures, open different branches across roughly thirty endings, and the politics of the era are given as much space as the romance.
Because it is half of a larger story, routes here lead into Hakuoki: Edo Blossoms. On Switch, both halves come together in one package.
Why play it
- +The modern remaster of one of the best-known otome series in English
- +Real history woven through a supernatural plot
- +Twelve love interests and around thirty endings
- +Switch players get both halves in a single compilation
Keep in mind
- −Only half the story; you need Edo Blossoms to finish it
- −Long, history-heavy common route
- −Windows-only on PC
Main characters
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ProtagonistYukimura Chizuru
雪村 千鶴

Harada Sanosuke
原田 左之助

Hijikata Toshizou
土方 歳三

Iba Hachirou
伊庭 八郎

Kazama Chikage
風間 千景

Nagakura Shinpachi
永倉 新八

Okita Souji
沖田 総司

Saitou Hajime
斎藤 一
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