History VisualNovel / ChuSinGura46Plus1

The following months shows tense relations between Asano and Kira, who demanded large amounts of bribes and nonsensical requests , while mocking and insulting her for no reason. It eventually escalates to a breaking point in March when Asano drew her sword during an important ceremony in the shōgun's very castle, after being mocked and provoked multiple times by Kira, and attacked him InTheBack. This eventually causes Asano to be condemned to ritual suicide along with the confiscation of the entire Ako domain by the shogunate, by {{Seppuku}} as punishment for drawing her sword within the walls of the castle, and [[DisproportionateRetribution disturbing the shogun while she was playing with her dogs]], despite Yoshiyasu's pleas to punish Kira equally. The same day, Asano is effectively ordered to die as she gives her farewell to two of her retainers who came to see her.

The following months shows tense relations between Asano and Kira, who demanded large amounts of bribes and nonsensical requests along with some insults. It eventually escalates to a breaking point in March when Asano drew her sword during an important ceremony in the shōgun's very castle, after being mocked and provoked multiple times by Kira, and attacked him InTheBack. This eventually causes Asano to be condemned to ritual suicide along with the confiscation of the entire Ako domain by the shogunate, by {{Seppuku}} as punishment for drawing her sword within the walls of the castle, and [[DisproportionateRetribution disturbing the shogun while she was playing with her dogs]], despite Yoshiyasu's pleas to punish Kira equally. The same day, Asano is effectively ordered to die as she gives her farewell to two of her retainers who came to see her.

A sequel, ''Bushi no Kodou'', was released in 2014, and deals with the aftermath of the true ending of ''[=ChuSinGura=]'' among other unexplained plot points of the original game. Compare ''VisualNovel/{{Miburo}}'', its SpiritualSuccessor by the same author, featuring UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi, known for their claims to be UsefulNotes/The47Ronin successors.

* AdaptationExpansion: The story adds several fictional elements for some characters, such as an expanded backstory for Horibe Yasubee, Oishi Matsunojo and Shimizu Ichigaku [[spoiler:albeit as new character taking her place from the present time, Kosa Kasumi.]]

''[=ChuSinGura 46+1=]'' is a VisualNovel first released in 2011 as an episodic story, [[UpdatedReRelease with a compilation in 2013 with new graphics and two additional routes.]] It tells the stories of [[HistoricalGenderFlip the gender flipped]] [[UsefulNotes/The47Ronin 47 Ronin]] during their struggle against their dreaded enemy, Lord Kira Kozuke-no-Suke, whom they juge responsible for their master's death. While it includes the mandatory {{Fanservice}} scenes of the average eroge due to the GenderFlip, it also tries to be a faithful adaptation of the ''Chūshingura'' epic, with many scenes inspired by the numerous kabuki plays and movies from the 20th century.

A sequel, ''Bushi no Kodou'', was released in 2014, and deals with the aftermath of the true ending of ''[=ChuSinGura=]'' among other unexplained plot points of the original game.
Compare ''VisualNovel/{{Miburo}}'', its SpiritualSuccessor by the same author, featuring UsefulNotes/TheShinsengumi, known for their claims to be UsefulNotes/The47Ronin successors.

A sequel, ''Bushi no Kodou'', was released in 2014, and deals with the aftermath of the true ending of [=ChuSinGura=] among other unexplained plot points of the original game.

A sequel, ''Bushi no Kodou'', was released in 2014, and deals with the aftermath of the true ending of ''ChuSinGura'' among other unexplained plot points of the original game.

* AlternateUniverse: Similar to the original ''Chūshingura'' epic, but with woman.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: First and foremost, the story is set in a a period where killing people was considered an everyday occurence for samurai and the ronin were at first split between several factions because of their diverging interests. After being united under the banner of Kuranosuke, they are still painfully aware of their revenge being an assassination plot to kill their enemy through trickery, but all are ready to accept their fate to die by Seppuku afterwards. On the other hand, the various characters working for Kira are all PunchClockVillains who only oppose the ronin because it's their job, and understandably consider them to be nothing more than enraged retainers out for Kira's blood. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, the mastermind behind the Ako Incident turns out to be the one truly villainous character: Kaguya, who wants to destroy Japan and erase the ronin from history.]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: First and foremost, the story is set in a a period where killing people was considered an everyday occurence for samurai, the ronin were at first split between several factions because of their diverging interests. After being united under the banner of Kuranosuke, they are still painfully aware of their revenge being an assassination plot to kill their enemy through trickery, but all are ready to accept their fate to die by Seppuku afterwards. On the other hand, the various characters working for Kira are all PunchClockVillains who only oppose the ronin because it's their job, and understandably consider them to be nothing more than enraged retainers out for Kira's blood. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, the mastermind behind the Ako Incident turns out to be the one truly villainous character: Kaguya, who wants to destroy Japan and erase the ronin from history.]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: First and foremost, the story is set in a a period where killing people was considered a everyday occurence for samurai, the ronin were at first split between several factions because of their diverging interests. After being united under the banner of Kuranosuke, they are still painfully aware of their revenge being an assassination plot to kill their enemy through trickery, but all are ready to accept their fate to die by Seppuku afterwards. On the other hand, the various characters working for Kira are all PunchClockVillains who only oppose the ronin because it's their job, and understandably consider them to be nothing more than enraged retainers out for Kira's blood. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, the mastermind behind the Ako Incident turns out to be the one truly villainous character: Kaguya, who wants to destroy Japan and erase the ronin from history.]]

* GreyAndGrayMorality: During this period where killing people was considered a everyday occurence for samurai, the ronin were at first split between several factions because of their diverging interests. After being united under the banner of Kuranosuke, they are still painfully aware of their revenge being an assassination plot to kill their enemy through trickery, but all are ready to accept their fate to die by Seppuku afterwards. On the other hand, the various characters working for Kira are all PunchClockVillains who only oppose the ronin because it's their job, and understandably consider them to be nothing more than enraged retainers out for Kira's blood. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, the mastermind behind the Ako Incident turns out to be the one truly villainous character: Kaguya, who wants to destroy Japan and erase the ronin from history.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: In a setting where honor was more important than life itself, whe have the Edo Radicals, and their primary goal is to honor their master by killing Kira immediately no matter the cost, even if they are doomed to fail because of their high number of security guards.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: In a setting where honour was more important than life itself, the ronin were at first split between several factions because of their diverging interests. After being united under the banner of Kuranosuke, they are still painfully aware of their revenge being an assassination plot to kill their enemy through trickery, but all are ready to accept their fate to die by Seppuku afterwards. On the other hand, the various characters working for Kira are all PunchClockVillains who only oppose the ronin because it's their job, and understandably consider them to be nothing more than enraged retainers out for Kira's blood. [[spoiler:By the end of the story, the mastermind behind the Ako Incident turns out to be the one truly villainous character: Kaguya, who wants to destroy Japan and erase the ronin from history.]]

* HonorBeforeReason: The Edo Radicals's primary goal is to honor their master by killing Kira immediately no matter the cost, even if they are doomed to fail because of their high number of security guards.

As history unfolds before him, Suguha begins to search for the reason he was transported in the Genroku Era and will have to use his knowledge of the modern world to make difficult choices and fight numerous enemies, driven by his desire to save the ronin from their historical deaths at any cost. [[FromBadToWorse Then things gets more complicated]] [[YouCantFightFate and weird.]]

''[=ChuSinGura 46+1=]'' is a VisualNovel first released in 2011 as an episodic story, [[UpdatedReRelease with a compilation in 2013 with new graphics and two additionnal routes.]] It tells the stories of [[HistoricalGenderFlip the gender flipped]] [[UsefulNotes/The47Ronin 47 Ronin]] during their struggle against their dreaded enemy, Lord Kira Kozuke-no-Suke, whom they juge responsible for their master's death. While it includes the mandatory {{Fanservice}} scenes of the average eroge due to the GenderFlip, it also tries to be a faithful adaptation of the ''Chūshingura'' epic, with many scenes inspired by the numerous kabuki plays and movies from the 20th century.

''[=ChuSinGura 46+1=]'' is a VisualNovel first released in 2011 as an episodic story, [[UpdatedReRelease with a compilation in 2013 with new graphics and two addtional routes.]] It tells the stories of [[HistoricalGenderFlip the gender flipped]] [[UsefulNotes/The47Ronin 47 Ronin]] during their struggle against their dreaded enemy, Lord Kira Kozuke-no-Suke, whom they juge responsible for their master's death. While it includes the mandatory {{Fanservice}} scenes of the average eroge due to the GenderFlip, it also tries to be a faithful adaptation of the ''Chūshingura'' epic, with many scenes inspired by the numerous kabuki plays and movies from the 20th century.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: On one hand, the story features many scenes and events referencing the original epic, and on the other hand it takes a lot of liberties, with the biggest being [[spoiler:Kira transforming into a HumanoidAbomination protectedby a giant snake and the presence of actual magic.]]

The following months shows tense relations between Asano and Kira, who demanded large amounts of bribes and nonsensical requests along with some insults. It eventually escalates to a breaking point in March when Asano drew her sword during an important ceremony in the shōgun's very castle, after being mocked and provoked multiple times by Kira, and attacked him InTheBack. This eventually causes Asano to be condemned to ritual suicide along with the confiscation of the entire Ako domain by the shogunate, by {{Seppuku}} as punishment for drawing her sword within the walls of the castle and [[DisproportionateRetribution disturbing the shogun while she was playing with her dogs]], despite Yoshiyasu's pleas to punish Kira equally. The same day, Asano is effectively ordered to die as she gives her farewell to two of her retainers who came to see her.

He wakes up in a small village, having taken the place of an individual sharing his name, but without any of his memories: His consciousness was transported into the Genroku Era, at March 12th. After the obligatory period of mourning, he adjusts to his new life until realizing he has come into the very period of the Ako Incident except [[HistoricalGenderFlip the ronin are women]], and circumstances forces him to be part of its history. He then meets the would-be leader of the ronin, Oishi Kuranosuke, and starts to live with her family after the loss of the Ako domain to the shogunate, assisting her in her attempts to restore the domain, while observing other ronin from more radical factions attempting to coerce their comrades to take action and assassinate Kira.

* MetaFiction: [[spoiler:Instead of a clasic VisualNovel route, the fourth route is actually a pretty long debate between Suguha and Ichigaku/Kazumi, who discuss the accuracy of the recounts of the Ako incident and its various adaptations.]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: On one hand, the story features many scenes and events referencing the original epic, and on the other hand it takes a lot of liberties, with the biggest being [[spoiler:Kira transforming into a HumanoidAbomination and a giant snake and the presence of actual magic.]]

The following months shows tense relations between Asano and Kira, who demanded large amounts of bribes and nonsensical requests after being cursed. It eventually escalates to a breaking point in March when Asano drew her sword during an important ceremony in the shōgun's very castle, after being mocked and provoked multiple times by Kira, and attacked him InTheBack. This eventually causes Asano to be condemned to ritual suicide along with the confiscation of the entire Ako domain by the shogunate, by {{Seppuku}} as punishment for drawing her sword within the walls of the castle and [[DisproportionateRetribution disturbing the shogun while she was playing with her dogs]], despite Yoshiyasu's pleas to punish Kira equally. The same day, Asano is effectively ordered to die as she gives her farewell to two of her retainers who came to see her.

Sometime in [[YearX 20XX]], the highschooler Fukami Suguha, former kendo practitioner turned {{Hikikomori}}, spends an idle life playing eroge and getting bullied by his younger sister who also practices kendo and is a huge fan of Japanese history like him. One fateful day, they visit the Sengaku-ji temple to learn more about the famous 47 Ronin of the Akō incident. Upon testing his fortune however, he draws the most unexpected of all: Enormous Misfortune (大大凶), an impossibly-rare occurrence of a fortune slip whose last "winner" was more than 300 years ago. Shortly afterwards, Suguha faints as he was watching the gravestones of the Akō Ronin...

As history unfolds before him, Suguha begins to search for the reason he was transported in the Genroku Era and will have to make difficult choices and fight numerous enemies, driven by his desire to save the ronin from their historical deaths at any cost. [[FromBadToWorse Then things gets more complicated]] [[YouCantFightFate and weird.]]

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: On one hand, the story features many scenes and events referencing the original epic, and on the other hand it takes a lot of liberties, with the biggest being [[spoiler:Kira transforming into a HumanoidAbomination and a giant snake.]]