Hakuoki Visual Novel Coming to North America

<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">G<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">loczus <&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">publicly<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;"> announced the digital release of the visual novel <em>Hakuoki<&sol;em> for the United States and Canada&period; <em>Hakuoki <&sol;em><&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">is<&sol;span> <span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">available<&sol;span><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;"> to read on both iOS and Andriod devices&period;<&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; 'Liberation Serif'&comma; serif&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">Here is the story from the<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;hakuoki&period;com&sol;demon&sol;pages&sol;story"><strong> official<em> Hakuoki <&sol;em>site<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&colon; <&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;<span style&equals;"font-family&colon; 'Liberation Serif'&comma; serif&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;">Japan&&num;8217&semi;s Edo Period was drawing to a close&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; 'Liberation Serif'&comma; serif&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">The shogunate&comma; who&&num;8217&semi;d held power in the country for more than 200 years&comma; found itself challenged by the imperial court&comma; and by several domains who had chaffed under shogunal rule&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; 'Liberation Serif'&comma; serif&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">In this midst of this political unrest&comma; an organization rose to prominence&colon; The Shinsengumi&period; Originally formed to protect the streets of Kyoto from masterless samurai&comma; they came to represent the last&comma; tragic bastion of the honor-bound samurai culture that had defined much of Japan&&num;8217&semi;s history&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; 'Liberation Serif'&comma; serif&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">A young woman by the name of Chizuru comes to Kyoto in search of her missing father&comma; and soon encounters danger and the Shinsengumi in quick succession&period; When it becomes clear the Shinsengumi are also searching for her father&comma; Chizuru is put under their protection&period;<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; 'Liberation Serif'&comma; serif&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">But odd things are afoot in Kyoto—possibly even supernatural things&period; Can Chizuru navigate this maze of mortal danger and political intrigue&quest; Amidst so much misery and death&comma; can she find romance&quest;”<&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><span style&equals;"font-family&colon; 'Liberation Serif'&comma; serif&semi;"><span style&equals;"font-size&colon; medium&semi;"><span style&equals;"color&colon; &num;262626&semi;">The free-to-download prologue and the 14 chapters costs &dollar;3&period;37 according to <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;animenewsnetwork&period;com&sol;news&sol;2015-04-21&sol;hakuoki-visual-novel-debuts-on-ios-android-in-us-canada&sol;&period;87353"><strong>Anime News Network<&sol;strong><&sol;a>&period; The Premium Edition that contains all the chapters of the visual novel costs &dollar;27&period;99&period; The series from Idea Factory launched an anime series&comma; films&comma; games and even stage plays based on the <em>Hakuoki<&sol;em> series&period; <&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;span><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05003133&sol;Hakuokita&lowbar;1&period;png"><img class&equals;"aligncenter size-full wp-image-81844" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05003133&sol;Hakuokita&lowbar;1&period;png" alt&equals;"Hakuokita&lowbar;1" width&equals;"346" height&equals;"207" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05003124&sol;Hakuouki&lowbar;2&period;jpg"><img class&equals;"aligncenter wp-image-81845" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;cdn&period;bagogames&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2015&sol;04&sol;05003124&sol;Hakuouki&lowbar;2&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Hakuouki&lowbar;2" width&equals;"431" height&equals;"328" &sol;><&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;