Stranger Than Heaven (Game)

Stranger Than Heaven

GAME » on January 15, 2027

A story spanning early-mid 1900s Japan and the birth of the Tojo Clan.

Formerly known as "Project Century."

Stranger than Heaven spans 5 different cities and eras within Japan:

Kokura, Fukuoka - 1915. A bustling industrial area in western Japan and Orpheus base of operations, full of people from across the country seeking work in legal and illegal professions.
Kure, Hiroshima - 1929. A city full of hills and valleys, centered on shipbuilding and heavy industry, with international culture starting to catch on during a boom time in the country, and the leading Yakuza family quietly taking advantage of it all.
Minami, Osaka - 1943. While Japan is taking part in World War 2, the Yakuza are still operating in the shadows with a heavy grip on the country's entertainment and vice industries, and they now have added competition from the Italian mafia seeking to expand their network into Japan.
Atami, Shizuoka - 1951. A famed tourist destination after the war.
Shinjuku, Tokyo - 1965, In the iconic neighborhood of Kamurocho, a notorious red-light district of Tokyo.

An action adventure game where the main character is Makoto Daito, a Japanese boy born in America in the late 1800s. After suffering from the racism and discrimination of that era, and seeing his mother die, Makoto is forced to choose between toughing it out in California, or returning to his ancestral home that he never knew in Japan. He decides to stow away on a ship from San Francisco, bound for Fukuoka, Japan. However, he finds another stowaway named Yu Shinjo. The two of them are caught by the ship's captain, a smuggler named Orpheus, who threatens to throw them both overboard, until they bargain their way out of trouble.

However, having arrived in Japan with no money and no real connections beyond their heritage, the two men struggle to find their way in their new home. Yu is able to find a position with a Western-influenced family where his ambitions grow, while Makoto scrapes together a living working for Orpheus. The two of them split up as their ideals clash, but years later, reunite in their struggle to create a place for people like themselves in this land.

As the years go by, Makoto finds interest in pursuits like playing piano and singing, but is convinced by his colleagues to become a Showman, or producer of other entertainment acts.

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