---
title: "MYTH"
description: "A world of light. A world where no person has a shadow. In this world was a boy. Because he lived in this world, he too had no shadow. Then, one day, the boy me"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/40/77740.jpg"
---

# MYTH

![MYTH](https://t.vndb.org/cv/40/77740.jpg)

**Aliases:** ミス, 影探しADV MYTH-ミス-, Kage sagashi ADV MYTH, Shadow Searching ADV MYTH

**Developer:** Circletempo

**Release date:** Aug 16, 2008

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English, Japanese, Chinese (simplified), Russian, Spanish

**Rating:** 6.9/10 (409 votes)

## Description
A world of light. A world where no person has a shadow. In this world was a boy. Because he lived in this world, he too had no shadow. Then, one day, the boy met a girl, a girl who did have a shadow. The girl invited him to come with her to a world of shadows.

## Characters
### Berserker (ヴァーサーカー)
[spoiler]His mother has eaten him since his birth. That's all his life has amounted to. He believes he's 18, but his vocabulary and thought processes are child-like. He's actually 68-years-old.[/spoiler]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** 狂戦士
- **Engages in:** Fighting, Murder, Cannibalism, Dimensional Travel, Mass Murder
- **Items:** Axe
- **Personality:** Boku, Ignorant, Naive, Immature, Whimsical
- **Body:** Younger Appearance

### Hiiro
Chief of the tenth attourney offices belonging to Tokyo's Second Bar Association.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** 34510659
- **Birthday:** 24 November
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Spiky Bangs, Parted in Middle
- **Personality:** Hard Worker, Smart, Sharp-tongued
- **Eyes:** Green, Tsurime, Shadowed
- **Clothes:** Coat
- **Role:** Wife, Mother, Lawyer, Ex-girlfriend
- **Engages in:** Sarcasm, Investigation
- **Subject of:** Death, Wounding, Hospitalization, Psychological Trauma, Attempted Homicide, Frameup, Insomnia

### Tanabe Meito (田辺 命人)
The protagonist. A student living in the world of light. He has no shadow. He begins to show an interest in shadows after meeting Shimon. 

He’s searching for the true identity of the mysterious voice that he heard.

[From [url=http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?goods_type=1&product_code=195]MangaGamer[/url]]

- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 11 May
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Eyes:** Brown, Jitome
- **Body:** Teen
- **Clothes:** Trousers, T-shirt
- **Role:** Student, Domestic Partner, Boyfriend, Artificial Intelligence, Part-time Worker
- **Personality:** Boku, Ore, Distrustful, Short-tempered, Rude, Serious, Curious, Blunt
- **Subject of:** Insanity, Teasing, Child Abandonment, Memory Alteration, Phobia
- **Engages in:** Investigation, Dimensional Travel
- **Items:** Diary, Notebook

### Tanabe Meito (田辺 命人)
A student attending a municipal high school in Tokyo. He never skips his part-time job that he works four times a week even though it's exam season. He doesn't have any particular hobbies or skills.

Even though he has a group of friends he hangs with, Meito has only two good friends, Shibayama Takanobu and Ooshiro Masahide. His girlfriend is Yamagami Yuri.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 11 May
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Role:** Student, Boyfriend, Part-time Worker
- **Personality:** Outgoing, Relaxed, Timid

### Edogawa (江戸川)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 24 December
- **Role:** Husband, Father, Uncle, Police, Classmate, Popular, Younger Brother
- **Engages in:** Investigation

### Kiki (綺姫)
One of the theurgists, Kiki uses her powers to heal others. She met Riri as a child and they became step sisters.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Violet, Ahoge, Ponytail, Waist Length+, Spiky Bangs, Sidehair
- **Body:** Teen, Pale, Younger Appearance
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Clothes:** Hair Ribbon, Headband, Hakama, Miko's Dress, Pendant Necklace, Ribbon Hair Tie
- **Role:** Step Sister, Precog, Healer
- **Subject of:** Death, Uncontrollable Superpowers
- **Personality:** Honorable, Kind, Mature, Keigo
- **Engages in:** Self-sacrifice

### Loki (ロキ)
A member of the riddari force tasked with slaying the shadows in Asgard. He remains locked up in a dungeon for reasons unknown, though.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Aliases:** The betrayer, 裏切り者
- **Role:** Father
- **Subject of:** Death, Confinement, Grief, Devouring
- **Engages in:** Betrayal

### Odin (オーディン)
The girl responsible for the slaying of shadows in Asgard. Her past is a complete mystery.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Role:** Deity
- **Personality:** Mysterious, Violent
- **Engages in:** Mass Murder

### Riri (悧里)
A girl Meito meets in the grassy plains of the world of shadows. Given that she suffers from amnesia, her identity and other specifics are unknown. She ends up getting to know Meito and the others by chance and eventually begins to hang around with them. 

She’s a serious and intellectual person, but something about her is slightly off. 

[From [url=http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?goods_type=1&product_code=195]MangaGamer[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Waist Length+, Green, Side Tail, Parted to Side
- **Engages in:** Cooking, Investigation
- **Subject of:** Amnesia, Death
- **Eyes:** Blue, Tareme
- **Body:** Young-adult
- **Clothes:** Kimono, Earrings, Hair Tie
- **Personality:** Secretive, Pretending, Distrustful, Refined, Kind, Smart, Pacifist, Mysterious, Watakushi, Sharp-tongued, Blunt, Keigo
- **Role:** Yamato Nadeshiko

### Riri (悧里)
The Sovereign of Mitakami, capital of Aguni. One of the theurgists.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Waist Length+, Green, Side Tail
- **Role:** Magician, Orphan, Step Sister, Yamato Nadeshiko, Telepath
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Clothes:** Kimono, Earrings, Yukata
- **Personality:** Selfish, Arrogant, Refined, Vindictive, Confident, Violent
- **Subject of:** Bullying, Confinement, Discrimination
- **Engages in:** Mass Murder, Manipulation

### Shimon (梓門)
A girl who lives in the shadow village. She’s very carefree and not a quick thinker, perhaps because she grew up in such a peaceful village. Her tendency to speak in a way that misses the point sometimes irritates Meito. 

She introduces Meito to the world of shadows to aid him in his search for the mysterious voice.

[From [url=http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?goods_type=1&product_code=195]MangaGamer[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Pink, Long, Spiky Bangs, Parted to Side, Tiny Braid
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Engages in:** Cooking, Investigation, Dimensional Travel
- **Clothes:** Dress, Boots
- **Personality:** Airhead, Pretending, Carefree, Kind, Cheerful
- **Subject of:** Death, Birthday Celebration, Child Abandonment
- **Eyes:** Pink, Tareme
- **Voiced by:** Kino Nei

### Sou (奏)
A girl Meito meets in the grassy plains of the world of shadows. Given that she suffers from amnesia, her identity and other specifics are unknown. She ends up getting to know Meito and the others by chance and eventually begins to hang around with them. 

Despite her childish appearance, she’s quite experienced with dirty jokes and often teases Meito with them.

[From [url=http://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?goods_type=1&product_code=195]MangaGamer[/url]]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Aliases:** モーターガール, Motor Girl
- **Hair:** Violet, Ahoge, Ponytail, Waist Length+, Spiky Bangs, Sidehair
- **Body:** Teen, Pale, Younger Appearance
- **Subject of:** Amnesia, Death, Disappearance
- **Eyes:** Violet
- **Clothes:** Hair Ribbon, Headband, Hakama, Miko's Dress, Pendant Necklace, Rope Bondage Harness
- **Personality:** Pervert, Funny, Tomboy, Strange, Food Lover, Kansai-ben, Immature, Mischievous, Atashi, Whimsical, Sharp-tongued, Sensitive
- **Engages in:** Teasing, Sarcasm

### Valkyrie (ヴァルキリー)
The woman who spoke with Odin. She seems to be in good terms with her.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Pink, Long, Spiky Bangs, Parted to Side, Sidehair, Tiny Braid
- **Clothes:** Dress, Boots
- **Engages in:** Planning
- **Personality:** Cold-hearted
- **Items:** Book
- **Eyes:** Pink, Tareme, Permanent Blank Eyes
- **Role:** Antagonist

### Yamagami Yuri (山上友里)
Meito's lover.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 24 November
- **Hair:** Brown, Short, Parted in Middle
- **Clothes:** Sweater, Skirt, Hairpin
- **Role:** Student, Girlfriend, High School Student
- **Eyes:** Green, Tareme
- **Personality:** Selfish, Smart, Serious

### Hibiki (ヒビキ)
A girl who lives in the village of shadows with her mother. Shimon's neighbor.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Twin Tails, Long
- **Engages in:** Cooking
- **Body:** Kid
- **Clothes:** Hair Ribbon
- **Personality:** Shy, Stubborn, Curious
- **Role:** Daughter, Neighbor
- **Subject of:** Disappearance

### Ichii Ryouko (市井諒子)
She's Yuni's mother. She often traverses through the mountains alone in search of "an amusement park". She's spoken to Yuni about the "Being of Light".

She was once exiled from the village of shadows. She abandoned her child (Shimon?) in the grotto in the past.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** White, Waist Length+, Parted to Side
- **Body:** Pale, Old
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Personality:** Secretive
- **Clothes:** Cross Necklace, Jeans, Turtleneck Sweater
- **Role:** Mother, Scientist, University Student, Older Sister, Inventor
- **Engages in:** Religion, Dimensional Travel, Child Abandonment
- **Subject of:** Exile, Disappearance

### Kotomi (コトミ)
Hibiki's mother and Shimon's neighbor. She's a voracious reader and has many books in her house. She owns so many, in fact, that she can't keep track of them all.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Short
- **Personality:** Friendly, Kind, Bookworm
- **Role:** Mother, Neighbor

### Min (明)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Senpai, Superhuman, Civil Servant, Revolutionary
- **Items:** Ruler

### Mumu (無夢)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Body:** Old
- **Role:** Superhuman, Civil Servant, Revolutionary

### Shindou Kotomi (新藤琴美)
Shindou Hibiki's mother. Has an insatiable lust for happiness.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 2 February
- **Hair:** Short
- **Personality:** Yandere, Violent, Obsessive
- **Subject of:** Nymphomania, Insanity, Infidelity
- **Engages in:** Domestic Violence, Murder, Child Abuse, Necrophilia
- **Role:** Wife, Mother, Temporary Protagonist

### Tanabe Meito (田辺 命人)
The man fated to journey through the ruined world in the year 2052. He appears as a result of his future counterpart (aka Berserker) regaining his sanity and his MYTH counterpart creating an accurate Tokyo in the year 2002 (according to Valkyrie). 

He reunites with his former lover Hiiro in 2016 Tokyo.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 11 May
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Eyes:** Brown, Shadowed
- **Clothes:** Sweater
- **Personality:** Ore
- **Role:** Ex-boyfriend

### Village Head (村長)
The man in charge of the village of shadows.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Aliases:** Sonchou, Village Chief, Village Headman
- **Hair:** Short
- **Body:** Old
- **Personality:** Pervert, Carefree, Kansai-ben
- **Role:** Non-blood-related Father

### Yuni (ゆに)
A very shy girl living in a desolate, gloomy house. She gets along well with Sou, and she's very attached to Riri.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 3 November
- **Hair:** Black, Long, Eye Covering, Spiky Bangs
- **Eyes:** Red, Tsurime, Permanent Blank Eyes
- **Clothes:** Dress, Puffy Sleeves, Ribbon Headband
- **Personality:** Shy, Made-up Words, Taciturn, Quiet, Gloomy
- **Role:** Daughter, Living Alone

### Yuri (ユリ)
Shimon's old friend. Yuri has known Shimon since she was a baby, apparently.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Short
- **Clothes:** Skirt
- **Personality:** Protective, Mysterious

### Ichii Ryouko (市井諒子)
Ryouko is a worker at Tanabe Optics Research. She lives with her younger brother and daughter.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 30 May
- **Hair:** Black, Waist Length+, Side Tail, Parted to Side
- **Clothes:** Sweater, Skirt, Off-The-Shoulder Sweater, Ribbon Hair Wrap
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Role:** Mother, Older Sister, Researcher

### Ichii Yuni (市井悠爾)
The daughter of Ichii Ryouko. Her father has disappeared, and she lives with her mother and uncle.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 3 November
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Eyes:** Hidden
- **Role:** Daughter, Niece
- **Body:** Younger Appearance, Infant
- **Personality:** Vindictive
- **Clothes:** Blanket

### Shindou Hibiki (新藤響)
Shindou Kotomi's daughter.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Subject of:** Child Abuse, Torture, Homicide
- **Role:** Daughter
- **Personality:** Talkative, Sensitive

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://www.circletempo.net/myth/index.html)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/366380/)

## Releases
### Japanese
- **2008-08-10**: Myth - Trial Edition - [Official website](http://www.circletempo.net/myth/download.html)
- **2008-08-16**: Myth - [Official website](http://www.circletempo.net/myth/index.html), [ErogameScape](https://erogamescape.dyndns.org/~ap2/ero/toukei_kaiseki/game.php?game=10602)
- **2008-09-07**: Myth - All Ages Edition - [Official website](http://www.circletempo.net/myth/index.html)
- **2008-11-14**: Myth - Download Edition - [Official website](http://www.circletempo.net/myth/index.html)
- **2016-10-28**: Myth - 18+ Edition - [Official website](https://www.circletempo.net/myth/en/), [MangaGamer](https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/detail.php?product_code=195)
- **2016-10-28**: Myth - All Ages Edition - [Official website](https://www.circletempo.net/myth/en/)
- **2019-02-04**: Myth - All Ages Edition - [Official website](https://www.circletempo.net/myth/en/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/366380/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/366380/info/)

### English
- **2016-10-28**: Myth - 18+ Edition - [Official website](https://www.circletempo.net/myth/en/), [MangaGamer](https://www.mangagamer.com/r18/detail.php?product_code=195)
- **2016-10-28**: Myth - All Ages Edition - [Official website](https://www.circletempo.net/myth/en/)
- **2016-10-29**: Myth - Uncensor Patch - [Official website](https://github.com/ItaloKnox/myth/releases)
- **2019-02-04**: Myth - All Ages Edition - [Official website](https://www.circletempo.net/myth/en/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/366380/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/366380/info/)

### Chinese (simplified)
- **2019-02-04**: Myth - All Ages Edition - [Official website](https://www.circletempo.net/myth/en/), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/366380/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/366380/info/)
- **2023-06-17**: MYTH - Uncensor Patch - [Official website](https://github.com/Zachary116699/MYTH_Patch_R18/releases)

### Russian
- **2024-03-28**: Myth - [Official website](https://pornolab.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=3073768)
- **2024-07-30**: MYTH - [Official website](https://ruvn.org/novels/myth)

### Spanish
- **TBA**: Myth VN (Spanish Patch) - [Official website](https://vnprogreso.blogspot.com/2023/12/myth.html)

## Tags
Horror, Mystery, ADV, Norse Mythology, Completely Avoidable Rape, Science Fiction, AI Heroine, Male Protagonist, Female Protagonist, Multiple Protagonists, Modern Day, Drama, Amnesia, Graphic Violence, Descriptions of Violence, Low Sexual Content, Future Japan, Alternate Dimensions, Fictional World, Madness, Asian-style Manor, Future Setting in a Fictional World, Interdimensional Organization, Interdimensional Odyssey, Time Loop, Existential Crisis, Under the Same Roof, Photographic Backgrounds, Slice of Life, Apocalypse, Modern Day Tokyo, Only Avoidable Sexual Content, Lawyer Protagonist, Protagonist with a Face, Dystopia, Protagonist with Partial Voice Acting, Unreliable Narrator, Cannibalism, Death of Heroine, Pretending Heroine, Protagonist in Relationship, Denpa, Silhouettes, Metafiction, AI Protagonist, Philosophy, Cunnilingus, Memory Alteration, Countryside, Mind Screw, Normal Scene Recollection, Varied Title Screens, Black Comedy, Character Profiles, Protagonist from a Different World, No Romance Plot, Confinement in a Simulated Reality, Music Recollection, Completely Avoidable Heroine Rape by Others, Vaginal Fingering, Completely Avoidable Rape by the Protagonist, Food Discussions, Slapstick, Comedy, Gore Filter, Infodumping, Conspiracy, Forced Auto-Read Sections, Few Choices, Few Event CGs, Detective Work, Psychological Horror, Brief NVL Scenes

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