---
title: "Lucid9"
description: "Yama Ishimoto, a cynical high school student in 2018 Japan, would like nothing more than to keep his life free of school drama and hard choices. However, he’s f"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/65/76465.jpg"
---

# Lucid9

![Lucid9](https://t.vndb.org/cv/65/76465.jpg)

**Developer:** Fallen Snow Studios

**Release date:** Apr 14, 2016

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English, Indonesian, Russian

**Rating:** 7.3/10 (598 votes)

## Description
Yama Ishimoto, a cynical high school student in 2018 Japan, would like nothing more than to keep his life free of school drama and hard choices. However, he’s forced to face his circumstances when an eccentric detective blazes into his life, alerting him of a string of brutal murders at his school.

Now, as Yama furthers this investigation, he must dig through the secrets of the city, bringing him and his friends closer and closer to danger in the process. Every step leads Yama to the most unexpected - and terrifying - culprit…

## Characters
### Yama Ishimoto
- **Gender:** Male
- **Aliases:** Mr. Darcy, Yams, Ishiyama
- **Birthday:** 25 January
- **Hair:** Black, Short, Spiky Bangs, Shaggy
- **Body:** Teen, Pale
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Personality:** Cynic, Carefree, Low Self-esteem, Smart, Sharp-tongued
- **Subject of:** Accident, Insanity, Clinical Depression, Avoidable Death (obsolete), Hospitalization, Psychological Trauma, Grief
- **Role:** Friend, Childhood Friend, Schoolmate, Classmate, Senpai, Younger Brother, Bad Student, Ghost Member of School Club, School Athletic Club Member, Living Alone, Twelfth Grader
- **Engages in:** Teasing, Sarcasm, Murder, Investigation, Suicide Attempt
- **Voiced by:** Daniel Acosta

### Airi Hiraga
Airi Hiraga is a second year that Yama has happened to know about, due to a certain stir of events. She is mainly known to be a subject to several rumors in the academy as the murderer of the victims. 

She is also a gamer, and it turns out that she has played games a rather long time ago. She happens to have a short stature (according to Yama, two heads shorter than him).

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 17 February
- **Hair:** Red, Shoulder-length, Straight, Spiky Bangs
- **Body:** Pale, Kid, Short
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Necktie, Miniskirt, Ribbon Hair Accessory
- **Role:** Orphan, Friend, Gamer, Eleventh Grader
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Subject of:** Bullying, Human Subject Research
- **Personality:** Strange, Taciturn, Loner
- **Voiced by:** Caitlynn French

### Akira Karube
- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 21 July
- **Hair:** Blond, Ahoge, Waist Length+, Straight, Spiky Bangs
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Necktie, Shirt, Miniskirt, Ribbon Hair Tie, Pleated Skirt, Over The Knee Socks
- **Personality:** Airhead, Strange, Optimist
- **Role:** Roommate, Friend, Schoolmate, Kouhai, University Student, High School Student, School Drama Club Member
- **Engages in:** Investigation
- **Subject of:** Psychological Trauma
- **Eyes:** Tareme, Cyan
- **Voiced by:** Rebecca Perez

### Elizabeth Oshiro
Elizabeth Oshiro, known as one of the top students in the academy (if not the best), has been a classmate of Yama Ishimoto. She is mostly seen with a bunch of "groupies", as Yama calls them with Natsuki Tanaka, a friend of hers.

[spoiler]She has little to no talent for music, so she self teaches herself the piano, simply due to being mocked about it. She is also a great sharpshooter, and is an only daughter of a policeman.[/spoiler]

- **Gender:** Female
- **Aliases:** Lizzie, Beth, Miss Bennett
- **Birthday:** 14 March
- **Hair:** Violet, Waist Length+, Straight, Braid, Intake, Side Tail, Spiky Bangs
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Necktie, Shirt, Miniskirt, Pantyhose, Pleated Skirt
- **Personality:** Hard Worker, Short-tempered, Refined, Stubborn, Smart, Ambitious
- **Eyes:** Violet, Tareme
- **Role:** Friend, Waitstaff, Classmate, Senpai, High School Student, Half-Japanese, Half-orphan, Honor Student
- **Engages in:** Music Learning
- **Voiced by:** Rachael Messer

### Masato Kurogane
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** The President of the Honors Society
- **Birthday:** 31 October
- **Hair:** Red, Short, Straight
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Tall
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Trousers, Headband, Shirt
- **Personality:** Hotblooded, Friendly, Altruistic, Smart, Food Lover, Energetic, Competitive
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Role:** Friend, Schoolmate, Senpai, High School Student, School Athletic Club President
- **Engages in:** Athletics
- **Voiced by:** Patrick Mealey

### Misaki Kazehaya
- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Miki
- **Birthday:** 10 December
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail, Waist Length+, Straight, Spiky Bangs, Sidehair
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Necktie, Shirt, Miniskirt, Thigh-high Stockings, Yukata, Ribbon Hair Tie, Pleated Skirt
- **Eyes:** Blue, Tareme
- **Personality:** Airhead, Funny, Sly, Mischievous
- **Subject of:** Clinical Depression
- **Role:** Daughter, Childhood Friend, Classmate, Senpai, High School Student, Transfer Student, Half-orphan, Model
- **Engages in:** Teasing
- **Items:** Mobile Phone
- **Voiced by:** Malina Rose

### Natsuki Tanaka
A totally normal girl living a totally normal life. A companion of Elizabeth.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 2 May
- **Hair:** Brown, Long, Straight, Spiky Bangs, Sidehair
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Necktie, Shirt, Miniskirt, Pleated Skirt
- **Eyes:** Green, Tareme
- **Role:** Friend, High School Student
- **Personality:** Mysterious, Sharp-tongued, Cruel
- **Voiced by:** Katie Dagnen

### Rui Hayata
Yama's childhood friend, back in Seto.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 7 June
- **Hair:** Long, Straight, Spiky Bangs, Orange
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale, Short
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Apron, Necktie, Shirt, Miniskirt, Pleated Skirt
- **Engages in:** Cooking, Teasing, Sarcasm
- **Eyes:** Amber, Tareme
- **Role:** Friend, Childhood Friend, Kouhai, High School Student, School Drama Club Member
- **Subject of:** Death, Kidnapping, Hospitalization
- **Personality:** Funny, Naive, Vindictive, Mischievous, Sensitive
- **Voiced by:** Debbie Gatton

### Shigure Enomoto
A freelance detective with more vocabulary than her height that Yama ran into one day.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Birthday:** 6 March
- **Hair:** Brown, Long
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Body:** Kid, Younger Appearance, Short
- **Clothes:** Glasses, Hat, Jacket, Jeans
- **Personality:** Cynic, Short-tempered, Strange, Smart, Sharp-tongued
- **Role:** Widow, Detective
- **Voiced by:** Kathy Pfautsch

### Yahiko Ikari
- **Gender:** Male
- **Birthday:** 13 July
- **Hair:** Blond, Ahoge, Short
- **Body:** Teen, Slim, Pale
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Trousers, Necktie, Shirt, Vest
- **Eyes:** Blue, Tsurime
- **Personality:** Airhead, Idiot, Ignorant, Pretending, Carefree, Overconfident, Flustered, Daydreamer, Ambitious
- **Role:** Friend, Classmate, Senpai, High School Student, Gamer
- **Subject of:** Teasing, Turndown
- **Engages in:** Flirting
- **Voiced by:** John Wesley Go

### Jirou Ryouta
- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Curtained, Short, Straight
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Adult
- **Clothes:** Sweater, Trousers, Necktie, Shirt, Belt
- **Role:** Villain, Gamer, Mentor, Dormitory Manager, Serial Killer
- **Eyes:** Green, Hosome
- **Items:** Knife
- **Personality:** Otaku, Pretending, Cynic, Carefree, Relaxed, Kind, Smart, Old-fashioned, Cruel
- **Subject of:** Insanity, Avoidable Death (obsolete)
- **Engages in:** Murder, Torture, Kidnapping
- **Voiced by:** Michael Potok

### Mizu Ishimoto
Yama's elder sister.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Long
- **Clothes:** School Uniform, Ribbon Hair Tie
- **Eyes:** Amber
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Role:** Older Sister

### Ggoch Minam
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Michael Malconian

### Katsu Kobayashi
- **Gender:** Male
- **Traits:** 
- **Voiced by:** Jonathan David Bullock

### Masaru Inori
The mayor of Isamu.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Straight, Moustache, Stubble, No Bangs, Slicked Back
- **Body:** Pale, Adult
- **Clothes:** Trousers, Coat, Suit, Necktie, Shirt
- **Personality:** Funny
- **Role:** Popular, Mayor
- **Eyes:** Cyan, Hosome, Shadowed

### President Jay Graves
The protagonist of the show, Gover Mecher.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** President
- **Voiced by:** Christiaan Connors

## Shops
- [Official Website](http://lucid9.weebly.com/blog/partial-voice-acting-patch-now-released)
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/439940/)
- [Itch](https://fallen-snow-studios.itch.io/lucid9vn)

## Releases
### English
- **2014-09-30**: Lucid9 - Demo (Day 1) - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20141017103240/https://lucid9.weebly.com/play-the-demo.html)
- **2015-04-07**: Lucid9 - Demo 2.0 - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20160123041938/http://lucid9.weebly.com/inciting-incident.html)
- **2016-04-14**: Lucid9: Inciting Incident - [Official website](https://web.archive.org/web/20230418082310/https://lucid9.weebly.com/download-inciting-incident.html), [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/439940/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/439940/info/), [Itch.io](https://fallen-snow-studios.itch.io/lucid9vn)
- **2021-01-19**: Lucid9: Inciting Incident - [Official website](http://lucid9.weebly.com/blog/partial-voice-acting-patch-now-released)
- **TBA**: Lucid9: Second Installment

### Russian
- **2022-06-23**: Lucid9: Inciting Incident - [Official website](https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1171908988)

### Indonesian
- **2024-08-17**: Lucid9:  Inciting Incident - [Official website](https://collect-translation-indo.blogspot.com/2024/02/lucid9-bahasa-indonesia-id.html)

## Tags
Horror, Mecha Combat, Mystery, ADV, Pistol Combat, High School, Romance, Male Protagonist, Protagonist with Voice Acting, Slice of Life Comedy, Drama, School Life Comedy, Murder Mystery, Bullying, Life and Death Drama, Suicide, Mentor Support Character, Foolish Friend, Classic Tsundere Heroine, Protagonist's Childhood Friend as a Heroine, Fictional Modern Day Japanese Town, No Sexual Content, Psychological Problems, Madness, Female Protagonist for a Short Time, Protagonist with Multiple Personalities, Love Triangle, Coming-of-Age Drama, Slice of Life, Protagonist with Psychological Problems, Psychological Trauma, Tomboy Heroine, Private Detective Protagonist, Depression (obsolete), Other Perspectives, Bad Ending(s), Flashback, Utsuge, Friendship, Protagonist with a Face, Dystopia, Thriller, Group of Friends, Protagonist in Relationship, Super Deformed CGs, Drama Club, Torture, Suicidal Protagonist, Private Detective Hero, Teacher Hero, Only Bad Endings, Half-Japanese Heroine, High School Student Protagonist, Betrayal, Dream, Central Heroine, Homicide, Mind Screw, Attempted Suicide, Pretending Hero, Model Heroine, Long Common Route, Delinquent Protagonist, Achievements, Barmaid Heroine, Unavoidable Heroine Death, Political Corruption, Non-Japanese Voice Acting, Amnesiac Protagonist, Near Future, Clinical Depression

## More Games from Fallen Snow Studios
- [Lucid9](https://pinovel.net/v16156)

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