Nitro Chiral, currently stylized as NITRO CHiRAL, formerly stylized as Nitro+CHiRAL, is a BL game brand owned by Japanese

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company

Nitroplus Nitroplus Co., Ltd., currently styled as NITRO PLUS, formerly stylized as nitro+, and formerly known as "OKStyle", is a Japanese visual novel video game developer that has developed a number of visual novels, including eroge. They have also coll ...

, created in 2004.

History

The company was formed in 2004 and released their first work, ''

Togainu no Chi is a Japanese BL visual novel created by Nitro+CHiRAL. The plot centers on Akira, a young man who is made to participate in a deadly game called "Igura" (from "игра"/ "igra", Russian and Bulgarian for "game") in post-apocalyptic Japa ...

'', in 2005. Their second game, ''Lamento: ~BEYOND THE VOID~'' was released in 2006. A

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named ''Chiral Mori'' was released in 2008. It is an amusement disc that includes three minigames and features the characters of their first two games. While ''Togainu no Chi'' and ''Lamento'' were adult games, ''Chiral Mori'' was given an approval for all ages. Their third game, ''Sweet Pool'' was also released in 2008 for adults only. During the same year, ''Togainu no Chi'' was re-released on

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for ages 15+ and called ''Togainu no Chi True Blood''. In 2010, ''Togainu no Chi'' was ported to the PSP handheld consoles as ''Togainu no Chi True Blood Portable''. Nitro+chiral released their fourth game, '' Dramatical Murder'', in 2012. A fan disc of ''Dramatical Murder'' called ''Dramatical Murder re:connect'' and featuring additional scenes and songs was released in 2013. A 15+

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port of the game called ''Dramatical Murder re:code'' was released in 2014. In 2015, ''Togainu no Chi'' was ported to

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and Android devices; both versions are based on the PlayStation 2 port for ages 15+. In 2016, Nitro+chiral re-released ''Togainu no Chi'', ''Lamento: Beyond the Void'' and ''Sweet Pool'' for the

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. In 2021, Nitro+chiral released their fifth game, ''Slow Damage''. Within the same year, a browser based mobile side story called ''Slow Damage: Clean Dishes'' was released, featuring all new characters within the same setting as its original game. On July 4, 2018, it was announced at the

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that

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's new JAST Blue branch, which focuses on boys-love games, will release Nitro+CHiRAL's visual novel titles in English. On June 14, 2021, JAST Blue announced that they will be postponing their localization of ''Lamento -Beyond the Void-'' indefinitely.

Video games

Staff

Each game has its own list of staff and other collaborators, listed here is the core staff from their newest title Slow Damage. *Producer: Dijitarou *Scenario Writer:

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*Lead Programmer: Kukuruna *Character/ CG Illustrator: Yamada Uiro * SD Character Illustrator: Yuupon *Public Relations: Chiral-kun *Sales: Kurosawa Hideki *Sound design: Breavehearts Co., Ltd.

Former Staff

*Illustrator of Togainu no Chi and Lamento ~BEYOND THE VOID~: Kana Tatana (たたなかな) who now uses the name Chinatsu Kurahana after her departure from Nitro+Chiral in 2006. *Illustrator of sweet pool: Onitsuka Seiji. *Illustrator of DRAMAtical Murder: Honyalala. *Scenario Writer:

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. (mentored Fuchii and co-wrote sweet pool)

Music Performance

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*ZIZZ STUDIO *GEORIDE *Kazuhiro Watanabe *Pale Green (Seiji Kimura)
GOATBED
*VERTUEUX * ARKTA * Anna Evans Golden Folks * THE ANDS * KiRi

External links

NitroplusChinatsu Kurahana

References

{{Nitroplus Video game development companies Nitroplus