Intro:
Mysterious Forum and Seven Rumors (Shorten to MF&7R on some places on this website) is a (free!) phone visual novel created by Entabridge and was the company's first english translated game!The game takes place from early 2017 (April 20th) to the beginning of 2018 (February 22) (not counting the epilogue) and is about the adventures of a newspaper club that uncovers mysteries that have been brought to life by their club’s forum. The main characters are Akane Kasai, Yuuki Tougou, and Shino Kominami.
The game is a horror/mystery/adventure visual novel and is available on android and ios.
The game consists of 7 chapters, epilogue, Bonus (achieved after 100% the game, I highly recommend it) and an Extra that costs money. There's no difficulty level, you're guaranteed to complete the chapter as there is a limited amount of choices to make. There’s ads if you're not using a blocker for that, usually between chapters and to redo choices.
While the clunky translation can make the text a bit awkward, I really think that it really gives the game its own charm!
Entabridge also made other phone visual novels such as: I.B. the Future Destined By Unsociable Me, Normal Me and Abnormal Friends, and the currently untranslated シャングリラ・ワールド (“Shangri-La World”, translated literally). I.B. and Unsociable Me both have references to MF&7R. Likewise, the bonus chapter of Mysterious Forums references a character in I.B. (Rin Kikuchi).
The released artbook for MF&7R can be found on the company’s booth page here.
Characters:
Akane Kasai: The player character for most of the game. She's very kind but a bit absent minded. Transferred schools in 2017. She's in 11th grade and joins the newspaper club at the same time as Yuuki. Very empathetic with good intuition for ghosts.
Yuuki Tougou: The youngest member of the newspaper club. He tends to be more cautious than Akane and tends to deal with the more serious or scary rumors. He is in 10th grade and used to be in a photography club.
Shino Kominami: The head of the club and oldest member (in both senses of the word). While she enjoys hanging out with the other club members, she is often seen as cold because of her serious demeanor. The best at staying calm under stress --and also the tallest-- out of the three.
Extra:
I played the game for the first time around 2018 and I still replay chapters every once in a while. I think it’s super cute and charming. If you're also a fan of this game, feel free to reach out to me, either through my neocities page or through my email.To look at the old version of these pages you can go here.
