Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse review — a confident, thoughtful thriller

Paranormasight: The Mermaid's Curse is a superb sequel to 2023's The Seven Mysteries of Honjo. Like its predecessor, it blends visual-novel storytelling with investigation elements and Japanese folklore, pairing hand-drawn characters against photographs of real locations.

This entry offers a stronger cast, sharper deduction segments and a more ambitious story that insists the past matters. The game opens with Yuza Minakuchi and a friend in a small boat; a shocking event gives you the choice to press on or review what led them there.

Using a "recollection" prompt to unlock chapters, you dig into Kameshina Island’s history. What begins as a cold-case investigation becomes a kind of historical thesis, tracing how wars, power and local traditions shape the present. Characters lean on familiar archetypes but gain fresh twists: an amnesiac girl masking depression, an aggressive English student with psychic powers, and Yumeko Shiki, a housewife who solves crimes with weary brilliance.

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