is a Japanese adult visual novel, the first in a series of visual novels by Frontwing, with character designs by Akio Watanabe and Fumio. It was released in February 2011 for Windows, and it was later ported to the PlayStation Portable and PlayStation Vita. Two sequel visual novels were also produced for Windows: The Labyrinth of Grisaia in February 2012 and The Eden of Grisaia in May 2013. The three games have been licensed in English and published worldwide by Sekai Project in 2015. There have been two manga adaptations published by Akita Shoten and Mag Garden. A 13-episode anime television series animated by Eight Bit and produced by NBCUniversal aired in Japan from October to December 2014. Subsequently, anime adaptations of the two sequel games aired between April and June 2015. An anime film adaptation of Grisaia: Phantom Trigger premiered on March 15, 2019. A sequel to the film titled Grisaia: Phantom Trigger the Animation Stargazer premiered on November 27, 2020. An anime television series adaptation of Grisaia: Phantom Trigger aired from January to March 2025.
Gameplay The Fruit of Grisaia is a romance visual novel in which the player assumes the role of Yūji Kazami. Throughout the game, the player encounters CG artwork at certain points in the story, which take the place of the background art and character sprites. The Fruit of Grisaia follows a branching plot line with multiple endings, and depending on the decisions that the player makes during the game, the plot will progress in a specific direction.
There are five main plot lines that the player will have the chance to experience, one for each heroine. Throughout gameplay, the player is given multiple options to choose from, and text progression pauses at these points until a choice is made. Some decisions can lead the game to end prematurely, which offer an alternative ending to the plot. To view all plot lines in their entirety, the player will have to replay the game multiple times and choose different choices to further the plot to an alternate direction. Throughout gameplay, there are scenes with sexual CGs depicting Yūji and a given heroine having sex.
Plot Yūji Kazami transfers to Mihama Academy, a school with only five female students and prison-like features. Every student in the school has their own "circumstances" for being there, but Yūji is not required to do anything about their situation as he asked for a normal student life. According to the decisions he makes while at Mihama Academy, however, he will eventually choose to become involved of his own accord.
Characters Main characters
(anime), Ayaka Suwa (child) The protagonist of Grisaia. Ace number 9029, Yūji is a hit man working for a Japanese government agency, executing black ops missions. Tired of his aimless life, he wanted to live a normal school life. Cool, philosophical, and minimalist, Yūji is a realist with above average intelligence. Being very cautious, he always plans and scouts before action. Other than his occasional unorthodox military methods, he is just a fit young man. He disguises himself as an "exchange student from Canada". He seems to be very good at handling women which makes him very popular, shown by the fact that almost every female character seems to be attracted to him.
(PC, PSP & anime), credited as Hikaru Isshiki in the PC version A second-year student of Mihama Academy, the daughter of "East Beach Railway Express Group" tycoon. Mihama Academy was established for her and she was the first student to enroll. Her defining feature is her waist-length black hair. Because of her bluntness and a hard-to-please personality, she often comes into conflict with the other characters. Due to her past, she tends to stay by herself and hardly tries to get along with others. She always carries a box cutter with her and uses it to threaten others, particularly Yūji, when she gets angry. She spends much of her free time reading, especially mystery novels, which has led the others to call her a bookworm. Although Yumiko typically acts as a lady, her favorite dishes are junk foods such as fried soba noodles. She later develops feelings for Yūji after he "saves" her from her family ties and depression making her more cheerful than before. She admits her feelings for Yūji quite later in the series unlike other girls who were honest from the start.
(PC, PSP & anime), credited as Sora Yukimi in the PC version A third-year student of Mihama Academy, the Onee-san type who always takes care of others. She is known as Makina's "mom". Due to her circumstances, she skipped a year of school at her previous school, so she is actually 2 years older than Yūji. She is tall and has a well-developed body with which she tries to seduce Yūji. Her family manages a long-established restaurant in Ginza, so she is good at cooking. Because of her mother is from Kyoto, whenever she gets excited, or when she panics, her speech takes on a Kansai dialect. She is deeply interested in cars and has acquired a motorcycle license. Amane also has a dirt bike which was remodeled to a cruiser called and was put in the garage of the Academy. Amane develops feelings for Yūji out of the guilt that she left Yūji's sister back and ran away to save herself in the accident in which Yūji's sister was believed to be dead.
(PC, PSP & anime), credited as Urara Hani in the PC version A second-year student of Mihama Academy, Michiru is a fake tsundere with bleached blond twin tails and dissociative identity disorder. She has a deep interest in tsundere characters and tries to act like one. Her silly and energetic personality makes her the moodmaker of the class. Her grades are bad. She always carries a shark-shaped pouch with her which contains lemonade sweets. Despite having difficulty with sour foods, she still tries to drink 100% pure vitamin C in order to "improve her intelligence", as Michiru has said. She has encountered a lot of bad luck since her birth, but has always managed to get through in one way or another. Michiru also appears as the main character in the all-ages spin-off game titled Idol Mahō Shōjo Chiru Chiru Michiru. She develops feelings for Yūji after he gives her a new opportunity to relive her life.
(PC, PSP & anime), credited as Mikasa Okamura in the PC version A first-year student of Mihama Academy, Sachi is the maid of Mihama Academy. She always wears her maid outfit except when going to school, taking a bath or swimming. She does so because some people once told her to wear maid uniform as much as possible. Polite and with a strong sense of responsibility, there are only 3 words in her action dictionary, "receive", "confirm", and "execute". Because of this, she always tries to accomplish whatever has been asked of her, even if it was said as a joke, which has resulted in trouble. Her favorite animal is the shark and she made the shark-shaped pouch which Michiru carries around with her. She's also Yūji's childhood friend which Yūji remembers a bit later in the series. She falls in love with Yūji after he helps her get over her trauma which she had since childhood and was caused by her belief that she was the cause of her parents' death.
(PC, PSP & anime) A first-year student of Mihama Academy, Makina is an innocent and carefree girl with a hard to understand personality. In general, she can be explained in one word, "Fool", but sometimes her speech and behavior make people shed cold sweat. For those reasons, most of people who talk with her for five minutes will say "This girl is awful". She adores Yūji as a brother and Amane as a sister. She calls Yūji "Onii-chan". Although she has her own room in the dormitory, she always stays in Amane’s room. She always wears knee-socks with two different colors. Because of her parents' work, she stayed in foreign countries until she was six so she can speak English and other languages well. Her family is rumored to be a large financial clique which controls the underworld of Japan. People are unaware of the unhappiness which she suffered for being born in such a troublesome family. Makina used to be the successor of Irisu family but her inheritance was transferred to her younger sister, Irisu Sarina, after she suffered a mental shock in an accident. Despite all of that, she still has 70 million yen as her own property. She later uses that money to "buy" Yūji as her guardian/"papa". However after their little adventure in which she is almost assassinated she starts to develop feelings for him just like the other girls, although this is hinted at earlier in her arc when after "buying" him she kisses him saying it is a sign of affection.
Secondary characters
(PC, PSP & anime), credited as Izumi Maki in the PC version The only daughter of a prefectural governor and the principal of Mihama Academy. Yūji saved her life, when she was taken as a hostage. Because of that, when Yūji told her that he wanted to have a normal school life, she offered him the chance to enroll to Mihama academy. Sometimes, she is mistaken for a junior school girl due to her young figure. She is about 30 and is still a virgin. She has a habit of speaking very quickly and stuttering when lying.
(PC, PSP & anime), credited as Suzune Kusunoki in the PC version Yūji's guardian and work boss. Her former name is Julia Bardera which is why Yūji calls her JB. She changed her name after moving to Japan. She is of mixed German and Italian descent. She has a yellow Ferrari. She is one of the few people aware of Yūji's past from the beginning as she was with Yūji's guardian and over the course of long time developed feelings for him. Although he seems to get irritated around her, Yūji is actually quite fond of her and is grateful to her for helping him out in many ways.
(PC, PSP & anime), credited as Yukari Aoyama in the PC version Yūji's elder sister. Despite her small stature, she has a genius-level intellect and an immense talent for art, which was exploited by her father as the main income of the household. Kazuki attended "Takizono Private Academy" with Amane and both of them were on the school basketball team. She 'died' in an accident which greatly influenced Yūji and Amane's future lives. Although she is Yūji's sister she has feelings for Yūji and has indulged in many incest relationships with him when they were younger such as taking intimate baths and sharing lip kisses. She was the only one who truly cared for and loved Yūji in her household which made her question every relation Yūji had with the outside world so as to protect him from any harm or ill activities and relationships with others.
(PC, PSP & anime), credited as Rino Kawashima in the PC version (Meikyū and Rakuen) The woman whom Yūji called "Master". She took charge of raising Yūji after his parents died. Although quite older than Yūji and being his guardian she has indulged in sexual relationships with Yūji in the excuse of teaching him how to handle women. It was because of her influence that JB lost her virginity to Yūji. She had died one and a half years before Yūji enrolled to Mihama Academy. After her death, her friend, JB, became Yūji's guardian. Yūji once said "She had a rough personality". She is cremated and has her headstone in the mountains in Yamanashi Prefecture near where they used to live.
(PC), Matsuki Nobuhito (PSP), Eizo Tsuda (anime) Yumiko's father, the leader of the "East Beach Electric Railway Group" financial zaibatsu and the chief director of Mihama Academy. He wanted Yumiko to return to his business firm and become the rightful heir although Yumiko was not interested in it. Yumiko with Yūji and his acquaintances played out an act which made Michiaki believe that Yumiko committed suicide.
(PC), Akane Tsukigase (PSP, anime)