Trace your own cause of death.
Not solve a stranger's case. Trace your own death. A ghost who dies over and over follows the regrets that keep her here. Loved in Japan at 95 percent, but with only 35 English reviews, the West has barely read it.
Published 2026-06-09
01First, the one feeling
- She dies, casually, again and again, and the only thread she has is the regret that will not let her go.
- So you follow the choices, and each one pulls a forgotten piece of how she died into the light.
- When the last regret resolves and her death finally makes sense, a chill runs down your spine.
02Who this is for (and who it is not)
For you
- You loved the To the Moon way of tracing a life and its regrets until it lands emotionally
- You like horror wrapped in dark, occult comedy with multiple endings
- You want a Japanese VN gem the West has barely read, with only 35 English reviews
Not for you
- You want a logic-deduction puzzle (this is a choice-driven story, not an inference system)
- You want fast action, not a 10-hour reading-led mystery at your own pace
03The roots of this taste
95% positiveonly 586 reviews — yet almost no one has found it
Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary Buried gem
A Japanese visual novel where a ghost who keeps dying traces her own cause of death and the regrets that bind her, through a horror-tinged occult comedy of branching choices. Overwhelmingly Positive in Japan at 586 reviews and 95 percent, but only 35 English reviews, so the West has barely found it.
Give it your first passTo the Moon The origin
The origin of tracing a life and its regrets until it lands emotionally: you follow what someone truly wanted, piece by piece, and the ache stays long after. This gem turns that inward, a ghost tracing the regrets behind her own death.
Give it your first pass04Make this gem shine
If it speaks to you, check it on Steam and give it your first pass. Your push is what makes a buried gem shine.
You gave it your pass. The gem just caught the light.
05The bloodline of this taste
- To the Moon Root
- Kugayama Shiori's Death Diary You are here
- One-Armed Crayfish same root
- SMOKY WHITE same root
- Read-and-build games another taste