---
title: "Kanau"
description: "\"I've been in love with you for years.\"  On the eve of his tenth birthday, Rakuo Kumode undergoes his family’s “initiation rite.” When he bucks against his fami"
image: "https://t.vndb.org/cv/90/74390.jpg"
---

# Kanau

![Kanau](https://t.vndb.org/cv/90/74390.jpg)

**Developer:** Chattercap

**Release date:** Mar 8, 2024

**Platform:** Windows, Linux, macOS

**Language:** English

**Rating:** 6.6/10 (6 votes)

## Description
"I've been in love with you for *years*."

On the eve of his tenth birthday, Rakuo Kumode undergoes his family’s “initiation rite.” When he bucks against his family traditions, he has an encounter that will change the course of his life forever…in good and bad ways. 

A story about two broken children finding each other.

[From [itch.io](https://chattercap.itch.io/kanau)]

## Characters
### Carter
- **Gender:** Male
- **Role:** Son, University Student, Middle Brother, Temporary Protagonist
- **Subject of:** Homicide, Devouring
- **Voiced by:** Noah Belachew

### Rakuo Kumode
- **Gender:** Male
- **Alias:** Raku
- **Hair:** Black, Short
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Kid
- **Clothes:** Kimono
- **Subject of:** Child Abuse, Confinement
- **Role:** Son, Spider, Older Brother, Japanese (Expatriate)
- **Engages in:** Murder, Cannibalism, Shapeshifting
- **Eyes:** Cyan
- **Voiced by:** Greg Vinciguerra

### Nelli Owens
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Brown, Shoulder-length, Afro-textured
- **Body:** Slim, Kid, Dark
- **Eyes:** Red
- **Clothes:** T-shirt
- **Subject of:** Child Abuse
- **Role:** Daughter, Gamer
- **Personality:** Nature Lover
- **Voiced by:** Zoe Sanders

### Kayori
- **Gender:** Female
- **Alias:** Kayo
- **Role:** Younger Sister, Japanese (Expatriate)
- **Voiced by:** Theresa MacGillivray

### Nelli's Father
- **Gender:** Male
- **Engages in:** Domestic Violence, Alcohol Abuse, Smoking, Child Abuse
- **Role:** Husband, Father
- **Personality:** Short-tempered
- **Subject of:** Homicide, Devouring
- **Voiced by:** D Sumner

### Takako
- **Gender:** Female
- **Hair:** Black, Bun
- **Body:** Slim, Pale, Adult
- **Clothes:** Kimono
- **Role:** Mother, Spider, Japanese (Expatriate)
- **Engages in:** Murder, Child Abuse
- **Eyes:** Cyan
- **Voiced by:** Zoe D. Lee

## Shops
- [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2794730/)
- [Itch](https://chattercap.itch.io/kanau)

## Releases
### English
- **2024-03-08**: Kanau - [Itch.io](https://chattercap.itch.io/kanau)
- **TBA**: Karamu Trilogy - [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2794730/), [SteamDB](https://steamdb.info/app/2794730/info/)

## Tags
Male Protagonist, Protagonist with Voice Acting, Descriptions of Violence, Bloody Scenes, Gore, Traditionalist Family, Only a Single Heroine, Floating Textbox, Child Protagonist, Dark Skinned Heroine, Kinetic Novel, Protagonist with a Face, No Character Sprites, Lots of Event CGs, Cannibalism, Third-person Narrative, Shapeshifting, Yandere Protagonist, Game Jam, Unoriginal Soundtrack, Non-Japanese Voice Acting, Changeable Font, Non-sexual Child Abuse

## More Games from Chattercap
- [Princess Protocol](https://pinovel.net/v66625)
- [Karamu](https://pinovel.net/v45597)
- [Kanau](https://pinovel.net/v49821)
- [MINDMINDMIND](https://pinovel.net/v50165)
- [The Perfect Woman](https://pinovel.net/v52710)
- [Actala: The Hero's Shadow](https://pinovel.net/v42393)
- [The Deepwater Witch](https://pinovel.net/v49012)
- [My Husband is a Stranger](https://pinovel.net/v57305)
- [Hanasu](https://pinovel.net/v60577)

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*View the full details at [pinovel.net/v49821](https://pinovel.net/v49821).*

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