Utsuge

Quick meaning: Utsuge is a noun meaning A Japanese visual novel genre characterized by tragic plots and pervasively bleak tones.

Meaning

A Japanese visual novel genre characterized by tragic plots and pervasively bleak tones.

Example Sentences

The related genre “utsuge” (“depressing game”), unlike “nakige”, does not typically achieve a happy ending.

Utsuge, on the other hand, stands for pretty much the opposite of nakige, aiming to be as depressing an experience as possible.

Nitroplus, the company behind Saya no uta, specializes in utsuge containing body horror, gore, rape, and depression—in short, as scholar Clarisse Thorn puts it, games that are “not ‘fun’ in the way most people think about ‘fun,’ that’s for sure.”

Word Forms

• utsuges

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