"Sadistic Glasses" is a Japanese [[adult|Eroge]] [[visual novel]] created by Spray and published by Visual Arts for Microsoft Windows. The game was first released as a limited edition bundle on July 20, 2007, before later seeing a general release on October 12, 2007. A [[fan disc]] sequel titled ''Kichiku Megane R'' was later released for Microsoft Windows, with the limited edition released on March 27, 2009, and the standard version released on February 5, 2010.
Since the release of Kichiku Megane, several novel and manga adaptations written by the original staff of the game have been released. In addition, several original were released on CD.
Plot
Katsuya Saeki is a 25-year-old unsuccessful salaryman working in a marketing subsidiary of a pharmaceutical company whose division is at risk of being laid off. Weak-willed and shy, one evening, he comes across Mr. R, who gives him a pair of glasses that he claims to change his life. When Katsuya wears the glasses, he becomes confident and domineering, but the more he wears them, the more brutal and sadistic he becomes. The endings that the player achieves depend on which character is selected as Katsuya's love interest, whether Katsuya keeps wearing the glasses, and other choices made throughout the game.
Characters
- Saeki Katsuya
- Katsuya is a 25-year-old office employee who has been working for three years in 8th department of Kikuchi Marketing, a subsidiary of the pharmaceutical company MGN.
- Midō Takanori
- Mido is a 32-year-old office employee working as the director of the product development department of MGN.
- Honda Kenji
- Honda is a 25-year-old office employee working in the same department as Katsuya, and the two have been friends since college.
- Katagiri Minoru
- Katagiri is a 43-year-old office employee and the manager of Katsuya's department.
- Igarashi Taichi
- Taichi is a 21-year-old college student working part-time at Café Lloyd, a coffee shop near Katsuya's apartment.
- Suhara Aki
- Aki is an attractive boy who slept with Katsuya on the first night he wore the glasses.
- Mr. R
- Mr. R is a mysterious man whom Katsuya meets one evening at a park near his office building, and is the one who gave him the glasses.
Media
Video game
Kichiku Megane is created by Spray and published by Visual Arts for Microsoft Windows.
The game was first released as a limited edition bundle on July 20, 2007, before later seeing a general release on October 12, 2007.
The game's theme song is "Under the Darkness", which briefly went viral on
Nicovideo for its
mondegreen lyrics.
The game was followed by the
fan disc sequel
Kichiku Megane R,
with the limited edition released on March 27, 2009,
and the standard version released on February 5, 2010. Aside from the story mode,
Kichiku Megane R includes a
typing game titled "Sadistic Typing", where salacious phrases are typed under a time limit to cause a selected character to go into various states of undress.
Novels
A novel adaptation of the same is written by Tamami, the writer of the original game.
, who provided artwork to the game, also provided illustrations for the novel.
The books were published by Libre Publishing under the B-Boy Slash Novels imprint.
Manga
Main adaptation
A manga adaptation is written and illustrated by Fuhri Misasagi. It was serialized in the monthly boys' love
manga magazine Magazine Be × Boy beginning with the October 2007 issue released on September 7, 2007.
It was later compiled in four
tankoban by Libre Publishing under the Super BBC imprint.
In 2019, Hifumi Store exclusively published a compilation of all the unofficial that Misasagi had created and sold at events over the years.
Anthologies
In 2009, Libre Publishing released an official comic anthology under the F'packs imprint.
Other
In 2013, Ohzora Publishing released a
Yonkoma comic illustrated by Io Kazuki under the Missy Comics imprint.
Discography
Audio drama albums
Two original
were released on CD in 2007, with one version focusing on Katsuya's personality with his glasses on and the other without his glasses.
Following the release of
Kichiku Megane R in 2009, a second series of audio drama CDs were released, with all scenarios written by the scenario writer of
Kichiku Megane R, Tamami.
Team Entertainment pre-released the drama CD
Kichiku Megane de "Yuku Nen Kuru Nen": Katsuya & Honda-hen at their booth at
Comic Market 79 from December 29 to December 31, 2010.
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