You're dead. Now you're the Underworld's forensic examiner.
Kagari Shūji, a police sketch artist, dies at 4:44 a.m. at a crossing someone lured him to by phone. On the banks of the Sanzu River, Shimei — scribe to the Great King Enma — offers him a job: the dead arrive with their memories shattered into grids of ink, and without memories, there can be no trial.Eight cases that look unrelated: a man boiled in his own bathhouse, a karaoke death at a perfect 100 points, a packed 7:44 train, an idol handshake event, a funeral held for a living man… Every victim died at ":44". Every one of them is tied to a murder at the Minazuki Library twelve years ago. And someone in the land of the living is always one step ahead.
The ultimate Picross detective RPG
- 123 hand-drawn nonograms — every one solvable by pure logic, no guessing.
- Color Picross — clues come in ink colors; switch pens on the fly.
- Lying Picross (偽) — one clue is false. Find it. Accuse it.
- Mega-memories — giant crime-scene murals (up to 30×20) built from pieces. Finish them, then point out what doesn't belong.
- Deduction Picross — once the picture appears, you're asked what it proves.
- Mirror boards, shaped boards and other nasty tricks.
- Duels — Inspector Gōda solves the same puzzle at the same time. Every line you finish splatters him with ink.
- Interrogations against the clock — crack the suspect before the cigarette burns out.
- Blind Picross (盲) — the witness only remembers what they looked at: clues only appear under your magnifying glass.
A real detective story
- 8 connected cases with a central mystery, twists and mid-dialogue deductions.
- An interactive corkboard: before every trial, connect the evidence with red thread.
- Trials before King Enma: present the memory that disproves each lie, then fight the culprit's dark heart.
- Sepia dreams from the land of the living… and a shadow that always arrives early.
- Multiple endings — plus a true ending for those who find all 7 traces of the 4:44 Man… and a secret one where you judge Enma.
Hell has extras
- Hell's karaoke — a rhythm minigame with King Enma as the judge. Score 100.
- Gōda Mode — the inspector solves, you sabotage him with ink.
- Enma's Exam — 10 drawings against the clock, with a record table.
- Gallery of absurd deaths — 25 ridiculous ways to arrive in the Afterlife.
- Phone calls at 4:44 — play at 4:44 on your computer's clock… and the phone rings.
- Hungover Enma — the six dark hearts back to back while the King of Hell hiccups: clue colors swim, the courtroom sways, and his scribe slips you answers under the table.
- The man who died in the demo — played the demo? Someone is still waiting in the corridor…
- Kushō comments on your mistakes live from your shoulder — and remembers how long you've been away.