Nitro Chiral, currently stylized as NITRO CHiRAL, formerly stylized as Nitro+CHiRAL, is a BL game brand owned by Japanese visual novel company Nitroplus, created in 2004.
A monthly subscription based app for mobile phones called CHiRAL MOBiLE launched in 2010. The app included extra's such as original artwork and phone wallpapers. Two titles where released and accessible within the app. The first of which, group=lower-alpha, released in four separate parts. On June 7, 2010, the common route released, on July 5 Yūto's route released and on August 2 Sakai's and Kazuki's route released. A drama CD taking place after the events of the game released on November 17, 2010. On December 16, 2010, their second mobile title, World's end Nightmare, released on the app. The game released in 30 chapters, with a new chapter releasing twice a week, on Tuesday and Thursday. In October 2012, CHiRAL MOBiLE was discontinued.
In 2010, Togainu no Chi was ported to the PSP handheld consoles as Togainu no Chi True Blood Portable. Nitro+chiral released their fourth game, Dramatical Murder, in 2012. A fan disc of Dramatical Murder called Dramatical Murder re:connect and featuring additional scenes and songs was released in 2013. A 15+ PlayStation Vita port of the game called Dramatical Murder re:code was released in 2014. In 2015, Togainu no Chi was ported to iPhone and Android devices; both versions are based on the PlayStation 2 port for ages 15+. In 2016, Nitro+chiral re-released Togainu no Chi, Lamento: Beyond the Void and Sweet Pool for the Windows 10 operating system.
THE CHiRAL NIGHT rhythm carnival, a rhythm game featuring characters and music from previous released Nitro+chiral games, released in 2017.
In 2021, Nitro+chiral released their fifth game, Slow Damage. Within the same year, a browser based mobile side story called Slow Damage: Clean Dishes was released, featuring all new characters within the same setting as its original game.
On January 4, 2023, the brand name was changed from Nitro+CHiRAL to NITRO CHiRAL, along with a new logo.
In 2025, Nitro Chiral launched a marking campaign to celebrate its 20th anniversary called NITRO CHiRAL Memories. This included a range of merchandise and an exhibition from may 30 to October 27 in Tokyo, Osaka, and Kyoto.
On July 23, 2025, Togainu no Chi True Blood was released for Windows PCs. Dramatical Murder re:code released on Nintendo Switch on December 25, 2025.
On June 14, 2021, JAST Blue announced that they will be postponing their localization of Lamento -Beyond the Void- indefinitely.
On December 19, 2025, English support for the steam version of Togainu no Chi True Blood released.
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