Punch Line[a] is a visual novel adventure video game developed by 5pb., based on the anime television series of the same name.
The player controls Yuta Iridatsu, a ghost who seeks to return to his body, and solves puzzles while haunting a house and using poltergeist abilities such as possession.
The game was written by Kotaro Uchikoshi and scored by Tetsuya Komuro, with character designs by Shōta Iwasaki, all three of whom previously worked on the Punch Line anime, and was directed by Takumi Nakazawa and produced by Kazuhiro Ichikawa.
Yuta begins seeking the Nandara Gandara around Korai House, the building where he is temporarily living alongside four women, while his sister, Akina Iridatsu, is in America.
Over the course of the next few days, it is revealed to both Yuta and the fellow residents that Mikatan Narugino is the super heroine Strange Juice and that Meika Daihatsu, who acts as Strange Juice's navigator called "Pumpkin Chair", is a robot who was created by Dr. Tenga for the purposes of bringing together a team called "Justice Punch".
Yuta also learns about the Qmay Group, a religious cult who claim that the world governments are collaborating to hide the impending collision of an asteroid called VR-1".
On New Year's Eve, Meika informs the other residents that Yuta is a biological female who views and presents himself as male.
He eventually began to live his life presenting himself as boy called "Yuta"; those in the know, like his sister, assumed he had gender dysphoria and was transgender.
Yuta and Mikatan learn that they are Pine and Chiyoko, respectively, and that Teraoka Ryuuto, a member of the Qmay Group, is Guriko.
Unlike Pine and Chiyoko, Guriko had been recaptured after her escape, and endured years of isolated pain and suffering as Uber Labs' only test subject.
Several months later, the discarded spirit of Yuta from the current iteration of the loop informs the gang that he is going to go back in time to Rabura's childhood to possess her to write down the plans for the future, and send them to Dr. Tenga.
Into the "happy and peaceful future", Chiyoko and Pine continue to fight crime as Strange Juice and Kenji.
Punch Line is a visual novel adventure game in which the player takes the role of the ghost Yuta Iridatsu, who aims to return to his body.
[2][3] The goal of standard trick sections is to gather "soul fragments" to level up your rank and spiritual powers, by scaring the residents.
The player topples Rabura's bottle of purifying salt, and moves a note about Mikatan's rent to be easily visible.
They then initiate the events by turning off the noisy power tool Meika is using so that she can hear Rabura's voice through her apartment wall and know she is in.
The player must fight against Yuta's instincts by forcibly moving the camera away and rapidly hitting the escape button.
Certain tricks will greatly expose a woman's panties but also give off a large amount of soul fragments.
[4][5] Punch Line was developed by 5pb., based on the anime television series of the same name, and was directed by Takumi Nakazawa and produced by Kazuhiro Ichikawa.
Reviewers noted that many players will be put off by the game's more "offensive" material, a criticism that was also given to the anime it was adapted from.