---
title: "Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen"
description: "Dark Hunter is the second entry of Shibusawa Kou's \"English Dream\" series, following the three-part 'Emit'.  Jigen Academy is a secluded school, where the stude"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/81/88981.jpg"
---

# Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen

![Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen](https://t.vndb.org/cv/81/88981.jpg)

**Alternative Title:** ダークハンター -㊤ 異次元学園-

**Aliases:** Dark Hunter: Strange Dimension School, イングリッシュドリーム 2, English Dream 2

**Developer:** KOEI Co., Ltd.

**Release date:** Apr 4, 1997

**Platform:** Windows, macOS, PS1, SAT

**Language:** English, Japanese

**Rating:** 6.1/10 (5 votes)

## Description
Dark Hunter is the second entry of Shibusawa Kou's "English Dream" series, following the three-part 'Emit'.

Jigen Academy is a secluded school, where the students with psychological scars come to heal and find their purpose in life. Mariko experiences a chain of vivid hallucinations after her father's remarriage and her new mother sends her away to attend Jigen Academy. There she meets two transfer students: a stoic young man Ran, whose being is consumed by a need for revenge, and a foreign woman with reckless driving skills. Mariko's encounter with them sets her on a path to unearth the mysteries within the Academy.

[Edited from [Koei Wikia](http://koei.wikia.com/wiki/Dark_Hunter)]

## Characters
### Cher Mulligan (シェール・マリガン)
Cher poses as a temporary transferee into Jigen Academy. [spoiler]She is in fact a CIA agent from Washington DC with a mission to eradicate the dimensional invaders[/spoiler]. She immediately earns Mariko's scorn for her reckless driving.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Red, Short
- **Engages in:** Fighting, Driving, Smoking
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Items:** Handgun
- **Role:** Girlfriend, Spy
- **Voiced by:** Takayama Minami

### Kayano Mariko (萱野 真理子)
Mariko is a recent transferee to Jigen Academy. After her father remarried, she started to experience strange hallucinations manifesting as vines creeping on the walls and the ceiling. She has been diagnosed with a psychotic episode associated with jealousy towards her new stepmother and sent to Jigen for a supposed healing of the soul.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Hime Cut
- **Eyes:** Brown
- **Role:** Psychic
- **Subject of:** Kidnapping
- **Personality:** Serious
- **Voiced by:** Minaguchi Yuuko

### Mashimo Ran (真下 蘭)
The mysterious young transfer student to Jigen Academy, Ran follows his desire for revenge against the man who murdered his father and older brother. Ran is a talented psychic who is gifted in telepathy, fire manipulation, and psychometry. He forms a strange friendship with Mariko and tries to help with her psychological problems.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Psychic, Younger Brother
- **Engages in:** Revenge, Unarmed Fighting
- **Hair:** Eye Covering, Teal, Shaggy
- **Clothes:** Pendant Necklace
- **Subject of:** Survival
- **Personality:** Loner
- **Voiced by:** Ishida Akira

### Kuramochi Osamu (倉持 治)
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Demon, Dormitory Manager, Antagonist
- **Voiced by:** Dean Harrington

### Masaki Misako (正木 ミサ子)
She is a supervisor at Mariko's and Ran's dorm.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Red, Short
- **Clothes:** T-shirt
- **Role:** Demon, Dormitory Manager, Antagonist
- **Voiced by:** Lucy Craft

### Miyato Jun (宮戸 剛)
Mr. Miyato is Mariko's homeroom teacher.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Black, Short
- **Body:** Overweight
- **Role:** Teacher, Demon, Antagonist
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Voiced by:** Egawa Hisao

### Satoshi (サトシ)
A young boy who lost his family to the creatures and hasn't really spoken since due to shock.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Body:** Kid
- **Subject of:** Muteness

### Shibuya Mitsue (渋谷 光江)
She is Mariko's English teacher.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Ponytail
- **Role:** Teacher, Demon, Antagonist
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Voiced by:** Lucy Craft

### Yabe Shuuzou (矢部 修三)
Mr. Yabe is the head teacher of the Academy.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Short
- **Clothes:** Necktie
- **Role:** Teacher, Demon, Antagonist
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Voiced by:** Dean Harrington

### Charles Kuroda (チャールズ・黒田)
Japanese-American, who used to be a teacher in the Academy. [spoiler]In reality he is a CIA agent and Cher's boyfriend[/spoiler].

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown
- **Eyes:** Blue
- **Role:** Boyfriend, Teacher, Spy, American, Half-Japanese
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Voiced by:** Ishikawa Hideo

### Itou Yuichi (伊藤 裕一)
Mariko's classmate who is infatuated with her. He constantly looks after Mariko and tries to be near her at all times.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** Brown, Short
- **Role:** Student
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Personality:** Jealous
- **Voiced by:** Ishikawa Hideo

### Kuji Shougen (久慈 将現)
Shougen is the headmaster of Jigen Academy and the one who is responsible for letting the creatures into our dimension. He murdered Ran's family thus earning his undying hate.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Hair:** White
- **Role:** Villain, Principal
- **Voiced by:** Gouri Daisuke

### Mariko's Stepmother (真理子の義母)
A somewhat cold woman, she is the one who presses for Mariko to enter Jigen Academy after she starts experiencing hallucinations.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Role:** Non-blood-related Mother
- **Voiced by:** Lucy Craft

### Mashimo Gouzou (真下 剛三)
Ran's and Yoku's father. He was a scientist who invented "X Antibodies" to fight the invaders. He was killed by Shougen.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Husband, Father, Scientist
- **Subject of:** Death
- **Voiced by:** Brian Perkins

### Mashimo Yoku (真下 翼)
Ran's older brother killed seven years ago by Shougen.

- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Villain, Demon, Older Brother
- **Subject of:** Death, Fake Death
- **Voiced by:** Nojima Kenji

### Mashimo Yuriko (真下 百合子)
Ran's and Yoku's mother. A powerful psychic, she exposed the interdimensional invaders and died of terminal illness after contracting the parasites herself.

- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Braid
- **Subject of:** Terminal Illness, Death
- **Role:** Wife, Mother, Psychic
- **Voiced by:** Uwagawa Emi

### Phil Dawson (フィル・ドーソン)
[spoiler]Phil is Charles and Cher's superior within the CIA. He first sent Charles to deal with the creatures yet is worried when his agent didn't return. Realizing that his agent could have been taken by the creatures, he sends Cher to finish the task. [/spoiler].

- **Gender:** Male
- **Clothes:** Glasses
- **Role:** Management
- **Hair:** Grey
- **Voiced by:** Masutani Yasunori

## Releases
### English
- **1997-04-04**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen
- **1997-04-04**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen
- **1997-04-04**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen
- **1997-04-11**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen
- **1997**: Dark Hunter Value Pack
- **1997**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen / (Ge) Youma no Mori

### Japanese
- **1997-04-04**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen
- **1997-04-04**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen
- **1997-04-04**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen
- **1997-04-11**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen
- **1997**: Dark Hunter Value Pack
- **1997**: Dark Hunter: (Jou) Ijigen Gakuen / (Ge) Youma no Mori

## Tags
ESP, Mystery, Protagonist with Voice Acting, Multiple Protagonists, Linear Plot, No Sexual Content, Alternate Dimensions, Fast Mini-games, Map Movement, Revenge, Demons, Student Protagonist, Protagonist with a Face, Orphan Protagonist, Spy Protagonist, Meaningless Choices, Interactive Movie, Educational

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