Detective Ryosuke Kibukawa Case Files

Overview

Detective Ryosuke Kibukawa Case Files, Tantei Kibukawa Ryosuke Jiken Tan (探偵・癸生川凌介事件譚), is a long running detective adventure series developed by Genki in the early 2000s. The stories in each game are seen through the perspective of a video game writer named Masao Ikurumi who helps a detective named Ryosuke Kibukawa and his female assistant, Izuna Sagishima, solve various cases. The conceit of the franchise is that each of the games were created by Masao Ikurumi who is recounting each case in the form of a video game he developed.

The franchise was produced, composed, and written by Takanari Ishiyama, who created 10 installments for mobile phones as well as an entry on the Nintendo DS before leaving Genki in 2005 to work at Square Enix. After that, Genki continued the series until 2012.

Mobile Entries

1. The Masque of Fantasy (仮面幻想殺人事件)
2. The Structure of Mirage (海楼館殺人事件)
3. 死者の楽園
4. 白鷺に紅の羽
5. 昏い匣の上
6. 対交錯事件
7. 音成刑事の捜査メモ
8. 仮面幻影殺人事件
9. The Requiem of Rainfall Sound (五月雨は鈍色の調べ)
10. 永劫会事件
11. あねの壁
12. 泣かない依頼人
13. The Masquerade Lullaby (仮面幻影殺人事件) (Mobile port of the DS game).
14. The Lazuline Memories of Dawn (黄昏は瑠璃の追憶)
15. The Sorrow Seems to be a Spiral (螺旋の棺殺人事件)
16. Queen of Evening Sun (逢魔が刻の狂詩曲)
17. 生王正生の長い一日
18. Long Goodbye (淡雪は緋の哀しみ)
19. A Master in the Dark (銀紫色の猫達の囲う円卓)
20. The Beginning of Detective Kibukawa (御堂丸邸事件)
21. 薔薇鼠の視た夢は
22. Secret Secret (月条邸事件)

Other Entries

1. The Incident Files of Detective Ryosuke Kibukawa: The Masquerade Lullaby (探偵・癸生川凌介事件譚　仮面幻影殺人事件)

References

1. Japanese Wikipedia Page
2. Official Genki Page for the First 10 Episodes
3. Official Genki Website for the Series
4. Official Website for the DS Entry
5. Takanari Ishiyama's Development Blog at Genki
6. Interview with Takanari Ishiyama (Gamer, 2022).
7. Genki opens teaser site for DS detective game (GameSpot, 2005).
8. Web Page for the Original Game