One night, while walking home, he encounters a woman being pursued by a monstrous entity. His eyes flare; the lines of death become visible. In a trance, he draws his knife and—without hesitation—slices the woman into seventeen pieces. The next morning, she appears at his window, alive. Her name is , a True Ancestor vampire, and she has a job for Shiki: help her hunt down a rogue vampire known as Roa, or be killed for "killing" her.
You play as , a young man who suffered a near-fatal accident as a child that left him with two gifts: the ability to see "lines of death" on any living or inanimate object, and a set of Mystic Eyes that should have driven him insane. To cope, he uses special glasses given to him by the enigmatic Aoko Aozaki to suppress this vision. Tsukihime A piece of blue glass moon
For nearly two decades, the name Tsukihime existed in a strange purgatory of cult adoration. Originally released as a doujin (indie) visual novel by Type-Moon in 2000, it was a raw, atmospheric, and often unpolished masterpiece that laid the genetic groundwork for the multi-billion dollar Fate franchise. Fans waited endlessly for a remake. In 2021, that wait finally ended—not with a simple remaster, but with a complete reimagining: Tsukihime: A piece of blue glass moon . One night, while walking home, he encounters a