Chaos; head

The Chaos; Head game uses an original selection system called the "illusion switch" ( 妄想 ト リ ガ ー mo: co: toriga:) . ^[4] The system is based on the psychological state of the hero. On the screen you can see two markers: green and red. Green ( schizophrenia ) is located in the upper left corner of the screen, and red ( paranoia ) is located in the upper right. The third marker is transparent (not visible on the screen) and is selected by default. The player has the right to choose between green and red markers or ignore them. The choice can be determined over several screens of text from the appearance of the switch to the event. As a result, the player can choose the type of hallucinations that the hero will see. A green marker often leads to joyful or funny scenes with elements of fan-service , red in turn can cause scenes of extreme cruelty and violence. If the player has not made a choice, the character will remain in the real world. Also sometimes you have to answer questions (yes / no).

The story of Chaos; Head takes place in Shibuya in 2008 and develops around Takumi Nishijo, a middle school student at the private Suimei Academy . Strange and brutal killings take place in the Shibuya region, called the “Madness of the New Generation” ( ニ ュ ー ジ ェ ネ レ ー シ ョ ン ) . History events begin on September 28, when Takumi talks online with a friend named Grim ( Japanese グ グ ム Gurimu ) . He is trying to quickly inform the latest events of the New Generation, but Takumi is not interested in local or international news. A man named Shogun ( 将軍 ) joins the chat in the middle of the conversation. After that, Grim leaves the chat, and the Shogun begins to speak. He speaks in very mysterious and confusing sentences, which makes Takumi nervous. Then the Shogun sends him a bunch of links with photographs: one of them depicts the brutal murder of a man nailed with cross-shaped stakes to the wall.

The next day, Takumi sees a real killing scene. A mysterious girl with pink hair at the end of an alley nails a man with stakes to the wall. Takumi realizes that he is witnessing a brutal murder, the photographs of which he saw the day before. Convinced that the girl is somehow connected with the Shogun, Takumi is trying to avoid the events associated with the New Generation. However, he witnessed a crime, which is why the police soon became interested in him.

The police suspect him, but Takumi is convinced that he is a victim of the Shogun. Takumi finds himself in a spiral of paranoia and misunderstanding. He is desperately trying to protect himself and find out why he is a victim. In the end, he contacts other people involved in past events, including the girl who committed the murder. He is no longer sure where reality ends and who can be trusted. He is drawn into a large-scale and seemingly impossible scheme, the plan of which is hidden behind the curtains of the mystical company NOZOMI Group.

Environment

Chaos; Head primarily occurs in Shibuya , Tokyo . Many scenes take place in real-life places in Shibuya, these are large clusters of pedestrians ^[5] and the facades of various buildings, although their names have been slightly changed. ^[6] The names of some well-known Internet sites such as Wikipedia , 2channel , YouTube , Google and Yahoo! are also modified in the game to avoid trademark conflicts and as a joke: We-Key Pedophiria, ^[7] @ -channel, MewTube, Deluoode, ^[8] and Taboo !.

Terminology

• GE rate (from Gravitational Error Rate) - "level of gravitational anomalies." In the story, it affects people's behavior. Extremely high in Sibuya, artificially raised by NOZOMI during mass gatherings (holidays, elections) and earthquakes. An interesting fact is that NOZOMI every week (more precisely, every weekend) increased its GE rate by selling the popular and adored gerro-foggy in Sibuya. Perhaps in their name lies their mission - g-gravitational, ero - error.
• Gigalo-maniac - a person who can turn his own illusions into reality (using a process called real-boot) and see the illusions of other gigantic maniacs. Possess Di-Swords, which are also their illusions. Genichi Noroset created the Noah II device, which has the capabilities of gigalo-maniacs.
• Di-Sword - a sword, a weapon of gigalo-maniacs who receive it during a period of intense emotional stress.
• Noah II is a machine covertly created by NOZOMI. It could arouse realistic illusions among people, and it was possible to control them (conspiracy of some members of the Committee of 300 to create dystopia and gain power). Genichi Norosé justified her need for sponsors by saying that she could help their political campaign. When creating this machine, experiments were carried out on gigalo-maniacs. Subsequent trials were associated with earthquakes in Sibuya.
• New Generation madness (NewGen) is the name given in the press to a series of mysterious deaths that occurred in Sibuya. These include:

• "Group jump" : five people threw themselves, holding hands, from a high-rise building. After some time, a fake video of this incident was published. Among the dead was Mia Kusunoki - the sister of Yua Kusunoki. All the families of the victims, except for the Kusunoki family, actively communicated with the press and stated that their children had no reason for suicide.
• “Pregnant” : a premature baby was sewn into the man’s body. Subsequently, it turned out that this is a child of Mamoru Suva and Hazuki Sina, who committed the crime on the orders of the leadership of the “Church of the Divine Light”.
• Pinning : 56-year-old university professor Toto Ota Hisashi was strangled and pinned to the wall of a non-residential building with pointed crosses. Takumi was his witness. This murder is the first in the plot of the game \ anime \ manga, while the previous two were committed before the events described there.
• “Vampire’s house” : the unknown was brutally killed (as if most of the blood was sucked out of it), his skin turned green, and the inscription “These eyes are whose eyes?” Was written on the wall ( そ の 目 だ れ の 目? ) . A photograph of the victim was posted at an online auction by the user under the name "Vampire".
• Brainless : the victim is Fumio Takashina, a psychiatrist who once treated Takumi Nishijo. His brain was extracted with a spoon-like object when he himself was still alive. The killer is Hazuki Shina.
• “Tasty hand” : a woman was found dead, while her right hand was deprived of flesh, and traces of meat were found in her stomach. Shortly before the assassination, Genichi Noroset sent Takumi his sister’s severed right hand, Nanami, with a bracelet and cell phone he had donated. This incident, as well as the words of the Shogun that the hand might not belong to Nanami, falsely assured Takumi of this.
• "DQN" : three young men were found killed (they were as if torn in half and stitched again). The letters DQN (short for delinquent - “garbage, renegade”) were carved on their foreheads. The victims are hooligans who paid for beating Takumi.

Basic

Takumi Nishijo ( Japanese 西 條 拓巳 Nishijo: Takumi ) is the protagonist of the series. He is "not yet hikikomori , but close to it," by his own admission. He attends school 2-3 times a week, only so that he is not expelled. He often notes that he is not interested in girls in the three-dimensional world and whenever possible avoids talking with other people. He prefers to watch anime , play erog and multiplayer online role-playing games . He is a second-year student at the Suimei Academy ( 翠明 学園 Suimei Gakuen ) . In fact, it is an illusion created by the Shogun a year and a half before the events depicted in order to stop the NOZOMI Group. He was later to die, for Takumi and the Shogun could not exist together.

Seiyu : Hiroyuki Yoshino

Rimi Sakihata ( 咲 畑 梨 深 Sakihata Rimi ) is a mysterious girl with pink hair, whom Takumi met at the crime scene on his way home. Rimi was dressed in the uniform of the Suimei Academy and immediately recognized Nishijo. Later in the class, she claims to be his friend from her first year of study, but Takumi cannot remember this. She also does not understand why Takumi believes that he saw her at the crime scene. At first she pretends to be an ordinary girl, but later she has to reveal herself because of Sena. Genghi was a test subject until the Shogun rescued her. She was supposed to help Takumi destroy the corporation, and then kill Takumi himself, but later fell in love with him.

Seiyu : Eri Kitamura

Nanami Nishijo ( Japanese 西 條 七 海 Nishijo: Nanami ) is Takumi’s younger sister and first-year student at the Suimei Academy . She often suffers from Takumi's antics and constantly argues with him when meeting, but in fact, she is worried about her brother. Due to the bullying of Genichi, she has her own Di-Sword. In fact, she is the sister of the Shogun, who changed reality and made her forget about it.

Seiyu : Wu Miyazaki

Ayase Kishimoto ( 岸 本 あ や せ Kishimoto Ayase ) is a second-year student at Suimei Academy , and at night she is the vocalist of the popular indie rock group Fantazm ( Japanese フ ァ ン タ ズ ム Fantazumu ) . Her stage name is FES . Her songs describe the events of the latest killings, which makes the police suspect her of crimes. She (as FES ) is also mentioned in Steins; Gate . Her Di-Sword appeared due to the fact that experiments were conducted on her (tied to a chair and dripped with water). He is one of the strongest owners of the Di-Sword.

Seiyu : Yui Sakakibara

Yua Kusunoki ( Japanese 楠 優 愛 Kusunoki Yua ) is a third-year student at the Suimei Academy . The twin sister of one of the victims of a group suicide, which is considered one of the crimes of the "New Generation". For this reason, she conducts her own investigation of these events. She chased Takumi, but then made friends with him. Nevertheless, Yua, as it became clear later, suspected Takumi of the murders of the "New Generation" and stated that he had the gift of clairvoyance and a split personality .

Seiyu : Chiaki Takahashi

Sena Aoi ( 蒼 井 セ ナ Aoi Sena ) is a third-year student at the Suimei Academy . Takumi meets her for the first time on her way home. She often meets him in Sibuya, walks with a long Di-Sword and loves blue ice cream. Her father was an employee of NOZOMI Group, conducted experiments on her mother and newborn sister, because of which the child died, and the mother went crazy and soon died. He wants revenge on his father.

Seiyu : Hitomi Nabatame

Kodzue Orihara ( 折 原 梢 Orihara Kodzue ) is a new second-year student at the Suimei Academy . She was bullied at school, which is why she does not speak, but she has telepathy . She calls herself Kozupii .

Seiyu - Ayumi Tsuji

Shogun ( 将軍 Shё: gun ) is a mysterious person whom Takumi meets in a chat. He sends a photo with the crimes of the New Generation, the equation fun ^ 10xint ^ 40 = Ir2 and the phrase "These eyes, whose are they?", Which Takumi often repeats. After this, Takumi begins to have paranoia: he believes that the Shogun is chasing him and wants to kill him. In fact, is the real Nishijo Takumi. Suffers from progeria .

Seiyu : Tsubasa Yonaga

Minor

Grim ( グ リ ム Gurimu ) is an Internet friend of Takumi, with whom he talks every day. He often encourages Takumi to be more courageous in the "three-dimensional world", and also supports him throughout the trials. He is interested in the crimes of the New Generation and hands over to Takumi all the details of the brutal killings. His interests are similar to Takumi: anime, manga and games. Later, he often uses the expression: “These eyes, whose are they?” - this phrase seriously disturbs Takumi. Later it turned out that Grim is Hazuki Sino ( 志 乃 葉 月 Sino Hazuki ) , the main killer of the New Generation . She was an assistant to the old Dr. Takumi, Fumio Takasina ( 高科 史 男 Takasina Fumio ) , and a member of the Church of the Divine Light, which has connections with the NOZOMI Group . At least three murders were committed by her: the murder of Dr. Ota, who raised the GE rate problem (it was Takumi who testified to him), the murder of Dr. Takashima (brain extraction), the murder of a Tokyo student (Hazuki independently performed a cesarean section and sewn up her own premature baby, conceived from Mamoru Suva, to the victim’s stomach).

Orgel Seira ( Jap. 星 来 オ ル ジ ェ ル Seira Orudzeru ) is the main character of the anime Blood Tunes the Animation and her favorite character Takumi. Sometimes she appears in Takumi’s imagination, trying to protect him from reality. Supports it in various situations and helps to understand this or that fact. Her delusional appearance is a manifestation of Takumi's weaknesses, judging by her voice.

Seiyu : Akane Tomonaga

Daisuke Misumi ( 三 住 大 輔 Misumi Daisuke ) is Takumi's only friend in his class. Attractive guy having great success among girls from school.

Seiyu : Daisuke Ono

Yasuji Ban ( 判 安 二 Ban Yasuji ) is a detective in the Tokyo City Police Department of Criminal Investigation. Takumi was initially suspected of killing the New Generation, but the investigation revealed that the NOZOMI Group and the religious cult might be behind this.

Seiyu : Kazuya Ichizo

Mamoru Suva ( 諏 訪 護 Suva Mamoru ) is a detective in the Tokyo Police Department of Criminal Investigation. Assistant and friend of Bana. His hobbies are watching movies, especially Spark Wars (a parody of Star Wars). He is a member of the cult of the “Church of the Divine Light” and the NOZOMI Group . Trying to stop Takumi, who regained the ability of Gigalomaniac. Killed in the fight against Takumi, pierced by his own weapon.

Seiyu : Makoto Yasumura

Issei Hatano ( 波 多 野 一 成 Hatano Issei ) is Aoi Sena's father, a NOZOMI employee. He attracted his wife (her name is not called, but it is known that her maiden name is Aoi) in the Noah II trials. So, at the launch of Noah II, shortly after the birth of Sena’s sister, Mana, the woman was told that her husband had left to work and that she herself was living in solitude with her daughter. In reality, Mana died a month after birth, while his father unsuccessfully asked the NOZOMI leadership to suspend the tests. The experiment ended two years later, during which the mother looked at her daughter's mummified body, not realizing it. When she woke up, she lost her mind, in front of Sena, she began to devour the baby, beat her head against the wall, and then committed suicide by sticking a kitchen knife into her eyes. Father went missing, leading a vagabond lifestyle. He met with Kozue and Sena several times during the game \ anime \ manga. He was killed by a bullet from Mamoru Suva.

Seiyu : Kenji Hamada

Katsuko Momose ( 百 瀬 克 子 Momose Katsuko ) is the head of a detective agency. She and Yasuji Ban are old friends, often discussing the progress of the NewGen investigation.

Seiyu : Kudzira

Genyichi Norosi ( Japanese 野 呂 瀬 玄 一 Norosi Genoichi ) is president of NOZOMI Technology Group . His role has been kept secret for most of the story until he has shown himself to be the main antagonist. Norosé is the creator of the Noah II device, capable of manipulating brain waves and causing paranoia, which everyone takes for reality. He gathered people with special mental powers, including children, to fulfill his ideas.

Seiyu : Kenta Miyake

The first manga adaptation was released on May 21, 2008 by Dengeki Daioh magazine , the second ( Chaos; Head-Blue Complex- ) talks about Sen Aoi and Kozue Orihara (“Monthly Comic Alive”, August 26, 2008 ), and is an alternative story that complements the game ^{[ 9]} . The third adaptation, Chaos; Head H ( か お す へ っ ど H Kaosu Heddo H ) , was launched on September 23, 2008 by Comic Rush magazine.

The anime Chaos; Head (Chaos; Top) of Madhouse Studios began airing on October 9, 2008 . ^[ten]

• Official site Chaos; Head (Japanese)
• The official website of the game Chaos; Head Noah (Japanese)
• Official anime site Chaos; Head (jap.)

• Anime "Chaos; Head" in the encyclopedia of Anime News Network
• Anime "Chaos; Head" in the AniDB database