Kagerou Project

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Kagerou Project

Cover of the first light novel, featuring

Shintar Kisaragi and Ene

Genre

Written by
Illustrated by
Published by

Action, Supernatural, Tragedy

Light novel
Kagerou Daze
Jin (Shizen no Teki-P)
Sidu
Enterbrain
NA

English publisher Yen Press

Demographic
Imprint
Original run
Volumes

Written by
Illustrated by
Published by

Male
KCG Bunko
May 30, 2012 ongoing
6 (List of volumes)
Manga
Kagerou Daze
Jin (Shizen no Teki-P)
Mahiro Satou
Media Factory
NA

English publisher Yen Press

Demographic
Magazine

Shjo
Monthly Comic Gene

Original run June 15, 2012 ongoing

Volumes
7 (List of volumes)
Anime television series
Mekakucity Actors
Yki Yase
Directed by
Akiyuki Shinbo
Studio
Shaft
Licensed by
Network

NA

Aniplex of America
Tokyo MX, GTV, GYT, BS11, ATX
SEA

English network Animax Asia

Original run April 12, 2014 June 28, 2014[n 1]
Episodes
12 (List of episodes)
Anime and Manga portal
The Kagerou Project ( Kager Purojekuto?, lit. "Heat Haze
Project"), also known as "Kagerou Daze" ( Kager Deizu?, lit. "Heat Haze
Daze"),[1] is a Japanese mixed-media project. It started as a Vocaloid song series created by
Jin (Shizen no Teki-P) (( P)?). The story revolves around the Mekakushi Dan, a
group of teenagers with unusual eye-related powers.
The series became popular on the video sharing website Niconico after the release of the song
"Kagerou Daze", which also gave the series its name. The song has amassed over 3 million
views and is the most popular song of the project. Six light novels have been released, written
by Jin and illustrated by Sidu ( Shizu?). A manga adaptation with illustrations by Mahiro
Satou ( Sat Mahiro?), began serialization in Monthly Comic Gene on June 15,
2012. A 12-episode anime adaptation titled Mekakucity Actors (
Mekakushiti Akutzu?, lit. "Blindfold-city Actors")"Mekakucity" being a portmanteau of
"mekakushi" ("blindfold" in Japanese) and "city"aired between April 12 and June 28, 2014.
The series was directed by Akiyuki Shinbo and produced by Shaft.

Contents

1 Plot

2 Characters
o 2.1 Mekakushi Dan
o 2.2 Other characters

3 Media
o 3.1 CD / DVDs

3.1.1 Songs

o 3.2 Light novels

o 3.3 Manga
o 3.4 Anime

4 Notes

5 References

6 External links

Plot
Shintar Kisaragi is an 18-year-old hiki-NEET who has not left his room in two years,
engrossing himself with his computer and the internet. However, on August 14, due to the
messing about of the cyber girl Ene, who lives inside his computer, Shintar spills soda on
his computer keyboard and is forced to go outside to buy a new one, due to the fact that
during the Obon festival none of the stores will deliver until August 17. Shintar goes to the
department store, where a group of criminals break in and hold the people inside hostage for
ransom. Here he comes in contact with a group of teenagers calling themselves the
"Mekakushi Dan" (?, lit. "Blindfold Gang"), who stop the robbery with their
mysterious eye powers and force Shintar to join into their group.
Before this occurs, Shintar's younger sister, Momo Kisaragi, is a popular idol who has the
ability to attract people's attention. This is due to the "Drawing Eyes" ability, which she
cannot control and causes people to look at her wherever she goes. One day, while fleeing
from a horde of fans, she meets the Mekakushi Dan leader, Tsubomi Kido, who invites Momo
to join, which she does. While meeting the first four members of the Mekakushi Dan, Marry
trips and gets Momo's phone wet, they all go to the department store to buy a new phone for
Momo. Kido uses her ability to keep people from staring at Momo, but while in the store,
they find out Shintar is there at the same time. The terrorists break in and take all the
shoppers hostage, but with Kido's eye power, she, Momo, Marry, Seto, and Kano are invisible
and thus do not get caught. They work together to stop the heist, though Shintar passes out,
and they bring him to their hideout and introduce him and Ene as members once the former
awakens. They all go to the amusement park and have fun afterwards.
The prologue is told in the second novel, -a headphone actor-. Takane Enomoto and Haruka
Kokonose, students of Kenjir Tateyama, plan a class booth for their school's cultural
festival. Haruka gets an idea to host a shooting booth; however this idea could not be fulfilled
due to Kenjir spending all their booth funds on a rare specimen. Takane, being a highly
skilled gamer, decides that instead of a shooting booth with a large amount of equipment,
they should make a video game of a first-person shooter. Kenjir would be in charge of
programming, Haruka was in charge of illustration and Takane was responsible for playing as
the opponent. Their plan captured a great amount of attention, good and bad.

Characters
Mekakushi Dan
Kido ( Kido?) / Tsubomi Kido ( Kido Tsubomi?)
Voiced by: Yko Kaida
Kido is member No. 1 of the Mekakushi Dan and its current leader. She is often
mistaken as a male due to her ambiguous appearance. The other members of the Dan
call her "Danch" (lit. gang leader). Like Kano and Seto, she is addressed by her last
name, even by her closest friends. Many state that her song is "Mekakushi Chord" (
lit. Blindfold Chord?).
She was born as the second daughter of a wealthy family, but due to being the
illegitimate child between her father and his mistress, she always felt out of place,
even at home. Because she was always treated cautiously by those around her, she
harbored a strong desire to "disappear". One day, her father's business went bankrupt,
driving him to set their house on fire. After being burned to death in the blaze, Kido
came into contact with the Heat Haze along with her sister (Voiced by: Yuki Kaida)
and was possessed by the snake with the "Concealing Eyes" ability, thus acquiring the
power to hide her presence, as well as the presence of anyone else within a two meter
radius. Becoming friends with Seto and Kano in the same orphanage, she was later
adopted by the Tateyama family. Encouraged by Ayano that having red eyes was the
sign of a hero, they started the Mekakushi Dan.
Seto ( Seto?) / Ksuke Seto ( Seto Ksuke?)
Voiced by: Sichir Hoshi, Sayori Ishizuka (young)
Seto is member No. 2 of the Mekakushi Dan. He is often portrayed as the "nice guy"
of the group, and gets along very well with Marry. Like Kano and Kido, he is
addressed by his last name, even by his closest friends. His song is "Shnen Brave"
(?, "Brave Boy").
As a young boy, his small body and timid nature resulted in him being often bullied,
and he had trouble speaking with people. He considered an abandoned dog to be his
only friend, and wished that he could "understand how people felt without using
words". One stormy day, he witnessed some kids trying to throw his dog into a river.
Despite his efforts, the dog was thrown in, and Seto threw himself into the river in
order to save it. As he drowned, he came into contact with the Heat Haze and was
possessed by the snake with the "Stealing Eyes" ability, acquiring the ability to read
others' minds upon eye contact. However, he generally dislikes using his eye ability as
he feels that it makes communication redundant, and rarely uses it. He eventually was
adopted by the Tateyama family along with Kido and Kano. Together they created the
Mekakushi Dan after being encouraged by Ayano.
Kano ( Kano?) / Shya Kano ( Kano Shya?)
Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana, Yuki Kaida (young)
Kano is member No. 3 of the Mekakushi Dan. He is depicted as a deceitful young
man, to the point where no one can tell if he's lying or telling the truth. His song is
"Yobanashi Deceive" (?, "Night Tales Deceive").
When Kano was younger, he did not attend preschool or kindergarten and instead
lived alone with his mother in an apartment. His emotionally unstable mother raised
her hand against him from time to time, and the neighbors spread rumors that he was
being abused by her. However because he believed that he was wrong for upsetting
his mother, he desired strongly to "hide the bruises/wounds on his body" from those

around him because they were the reason the neighbors disliked his mother. One day,
his apartment was broken into by thieves. Kano's mother was stabbed and killed as
she tried to protect him. He was stabbed to death as well when he tried to fight against
the thieves, coming into contact with the Heat Haze. He was then possessed by the
snake with the "Deceiving Eyes" ability, acquiring the power to deceive how people
around him perceive him and anything in immediate contact with him. He was
eventually brought to an orphanage and was later adopted by the Tateyama family,
where he met Kido, Seto, and Ayano. They created a gang and Kano gave it its name,
the Mekakushi Dan"Mekakushi" being a pun on Kido's eye ability. Unlike Seto,
Kano uses his eye ability frequently, shifting outward emotions on a whim while
never showing what he is truly feeling on the inside.
Marry ( Mar?) / Marry Kozakura ( Kozakura Mar?)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Marry is member No. 4 of the Mekakushi Dan, and the first non-founding member.
She is 1/4 Medusa and has white hair that wiggles when she is happy or frightened
and naturally occurring red eyes. Her appearance is that of a fourteen-year-old girl,
but due to her gorgon blood, her actual age is 140 years. Marry is extremely shy
around strangers, and will often hide behind Seto, Kido, or Momo. Her songs are
"Ks Forest" (?, "Day Dream Forest") and "Marry no Kak Sekai"
(?, "Marry's Fictional World").
When Marry was younger, she lived in a small house in the woods with her mother,
Shion, who was half Medusa. While growing up, she was constantly warned by her
mother that should they make eye contact with others, the person would be turned to
stone. One day, when she was playing outside against her mother's warnings, she was
found and tortured by a group of boys. Shion successfully turned Marry's attackers to
stone, but the two were both beaten to death, and were brought into the Heat Haze by
Azami, Shion's full Medusa mother (hence Marry's grandmother). Upon entering it,
Azami planted the snake with the "Combining Eyes" ability, the core of the Medusa,
into Shion, who willingly gave it up to Marry so that she could have a second chance
at life. As a result, along with the "Eye Contact" ability she had since birth, which
allowed Marry to temporarily paralyze anyone she made eye contact with, Marry also
acquired the ability to unify all of the "snakes".
After coming back to life, she lived in isolation for over a hundred years. By chance,
Seto visited the forest and found her. He has since managed to bring her to the outside
world and invited her to join Mekakushi Dan. After coming to the Mekakushi Dan's
hideout and joining the group, she started a side job making fake flowers in her room,
which generates a negligible income. She is said to be a fujoshi, or a girl who loves
boy's love. In Route XX, her Combining Eyes ability is stolen from her by the snake
of 'Clearing Eyes', and, through means yet unrevealed, she reverses time in order to
save everyone.
Momo ( Momo?) / Momo Kisaragi ( Kisaragi Momo?)
Voiced by: Nanami Kashiyama
Momo is member No. 5 of the Mekakushi Dan. She is the younger sister of Shintar
and a popular idol, which greatly disrupts her normal life and causes a lot of stress for
her. Unlike her brother, she does badly at school, and is too quite a clumsy yet
cheerful girl. Momo's tastes are also shown to be rather strange. Her songs are
"Kisaragi Attention" (?) and "Otsukimi Recital" (
?, "Moon Viewing Recital").
When Momo was younger, she was constantly overshadowed by her brother Shintar
causing her to yearn for attention. After a drowning accident at a beach, she was

swallowed up by the Heat Haze with her father who had tried to save her and given
the snake of "Drawing Eyes", which is capable of catching people's attention
regardless of their preferences. After an incident where she attempts and fails to be
normal, Kido recruits her to the Mekakushi Dan.
Ene ( Ene?) / Takane Enomoto ( Enomoto Takane?)
Voiced by: Kana Asumi
Ene is member No. 6 of Mekakushi Dan. She is a mischievous cyber girl who lives in
Shintar's computer, but is also able to travel to other electronic devices. Once a
human named Takane Enomoto ( ), her personality as Ene is a cheerful
prankster, a sharp contrast to Takane's pessimistic outlook at life. Her songs are "Jinz
Enemy" (?, "Artificial Enemy"), "Headphone Actor" (
?), "Ene no Denn Kik" (?, "Ene's Cyber Journey") and
"Ykei Yesterday" (?, "Yesterday Evening").
As a human, she suffered from an illness which caused her to lose consciousness at
random times. Because of this, she was placed in a separate class at school with
Haruka Kokonose, who she harbored feelings for. As a human, Takane was ranked
second in the country on a game called 'Dead Bullet -1989-' under the name of
"Senkou no Maihime" (lit. Dancing Princess of the Spotlight)' and often stayed up late
at night playing. This caused her often to have a bad-tempered personality. She died
after being poisoned by Kenjir. Upon entering the Heat Haze, she is given the snake
of "Opening Eyes," giving her immortality. After becoming Ene, she was sent to
Shintar's computer in an email from an unknown sender. Shintar refers to her as a
'virus' as she constantly plays pranks on him by deleting his files and threatening to
upload his embarrassing poems on to the internet. Ene joins the Mekakushi Dan after
helping to stop a terrorist attack at a local department store with Shintar.
Shintar ( Shintar?) / Shintar Kisaragi ( Kisaragi Shintar?)
Voiced by: Takuma Terashima
Shintar is member No. 7 of Mekakushi Dan. He is the main protagonist of the story
and has an IQ of 168. While he was in school, his intelligence caused him to have an
apathetic personality. His songs are "Lost Time Memory" (?)
and "Tmei Answer" (?, "Transparent Answer").
After a while, he became interested in the girl who sat next to him in class, Ayano
Tateyama. Despite Ayano always being cheerful and friendly to him, Shintar would
treat Ayano with coldness. After Ayano's suicide, he becomes a hikikomori addicted to
the internet. A year after, he was sent a mysterious virus named Ene, and as he was
unable to control her actions, his lifestyle was at a loss. After stopping a terrorist
attack with Ene, he became involved with Mekakushi Dan. He possesses the
"Retaining Eyes", which allow him to remember all of the past (including the routes).
His ability is shown in episode 8 of the anime adaptation.
Ayano's death results in two possible routes for the Mekakushi Dan, as shown in Lost
Time Memory. In Route 1, also known as the Good End Route, Shintar (often
portrayed in a red jersey) goes out and meets the Mekakushi Dan instead of staying at
home and mourning. In Route XX, also known as the Bad End, Shintar (often
portrayed in full black), still mourning over Ayano's death at 18 years old, becomes
fed up with Ene and kills her through unknown means, causing him to have a mental
breakdown. The Red Shintar dies while saving Konoha from shooting himself, while
the Black Shintar commits suicide by slitting his throat with a pair of red scissors.
Hibiya ( Hibiya?) / Hibiya Amamiya ( Amamiya Hibiya?)
Voiced by: Misuzu Togashi

Hibiya is member No. 8 of Mekakushi Dan. He is mentioned to be mature for his age,
and is shown to have an immense, unrequited crush for Hiyori. He joins Mekakushi
Dan after being spotted escaping the hospital he was at after an accident. His songs
are "Kagerou Daze" (?, "Heat Haze Daze") and "Otsukimi Recital"
(?, "Moon-viewing Recital").
He is the youngest member of the group at 12-years-old and has the "Eye Focusing"
ability, meaning he can see distant objects from an aerial view. He is originally from a
village in the countryside and came with Hiyori Asahina to the city for the summer.
He stayed at Hiyori's sister's house for the visit and met Konoha, who was living there
at the time. He has a very intense (unrequited) love for Hiyori. Hibiya sees Hiyori die
in a traffic accident and somehow becomes stuck in a time loop trying to save her
from dying each time ending with him sacrificing himself to try and save Hiyori. He
comes in contact with the Heat Haze and is given the snake of 'Focusing Eyes'.
Konoha ( Konoha?) / Haruka Kokonose ( Kokonose Haruka?)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano
Konoha is member No. 9 of Mekakushi Dan. Shown to be a rather absent-minded
individual, he has a large appetite, similar to his former human self as Haruka. His
songs are "Konoha no Sekai Jij" (?, "Konoha's World Affairs"),
"Ykei Yesterday" (?, "Yesterday Evening"), "Outer Science" (
?) and "Summertime Record" (?).
As a human, he suffered from an illness which caused him to have "attacks" and
collapse, making it easy for him to die, hence making him wish for a body that would
not be as vulnerable, and hence being placed in a separate class with Takane
Enomoto. With the interference of Kenjir, he suffers a stroke and dies, entering the
Heat Haze with Takane, and therefore receiving the "Awakening Eyes" ability, which
allows him to live in his ideal body at the cost of his memory. As a result, he uses his
eye ability to take the form of his game character. After this, the amnesiac him stays at
Ayaka's house, where he meets Hibiya and Hiyori and attempts to save them from the
Heat Haze.
An alternate version of Konoha also appears in Outer Science, speculated to be due to
the trauma from "opening his eyes" and the corruption by the snakes. He is called
Black Konoha (also dubbed as Kuroha by fans, kuro (?) meaning 'black') and kills
everyone in Route XX. In Route 1, for unknown reasons, he attempts to shoot himself
in the head, only to be saved by Shintar. In the anime, it is revealed to be the snake
of 'Clearing Eyes', Kenjir's eye ability. After possesses Konoha, he overwhelms
Kido, Kano, and Seto.
Ayano ( Ayano?) / Ayano Tateyama ( Tateyama Ayano?)
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
Ayano is member No. 0 of the Mekakushi Dan and was the daughter of Kenjir and
Ayaka Tateyama. Shown to be a happy-go-lucky girl with rather poor grades, she was
the deskmate of Shintar, and it is suggested that her poor grades stemmed from her
family matters. Her songs are "Tmei Answer" (?, "Transparent
Answer") and "Ayano no Kfuku Riron" (?, "Ayano's Theory of
Happiness").
After her parents adopted three young children with red eyes, Kido, Seto, and Kano,
she decided to fulfill her role as "big sister" by creating the Mekakushi Dan to
encourage them. After the death of her mother in a landslide and the discovery that
her father was experimenting on her friends in an attempt to bring her back to life,
Ayano grew increasingly concerned of the safety of her brothers and sister. She
committed suicide and jumped off the roof of her school in an attempt order to try and

save her family and friends from the plot of the snake that gives Kenjir the 'Clearing
Eyes.' She gets possessed by a snake and obtains the 'Favoring Eyes,' which allows
her to project her thoughts and emotions unto others.
The Ayano that Black Shintar meets is revealed to be Kano, who does so to spite
Shintar, whom he believes caused Ayano's death. In Route 1, after Red Shintar
meets her in the Heat Haze, she passes her eye ability to him and dies permanently.

Other characters
Kenjir ( Kenjir?) / Kenjir Tateyama ( Tateyama Kenjir?)
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara
Kenjir is the father of Ayano and husband of Ayaka. He was also Haruka and
Takane's homeroom teacher and is Momo's tutor. His song is "Dead and Seek" (
?).
He possesses the ability of 'Making Eyes Clear' and seems to know about Medusae.
When he was in university, he fell in love with Ayaka, who turned him down, not
interested in a such a pathetic man. This caused him to become much more hard
working and taking studying more seriously. After that, he was able to marry Ayaka.
Together they had Ayano and adopted Kido, Kano and Seto. Kenjir was interested in
the theory of Medusae and researched it with Ayaka, only to be caught in a landslide
with her and die. He came in contact with the Heat Haze and was possessed by the
snake of 'Clearing Eyes'. He became much more engrossed in research after Ayaka's
death, eventually experimenting on and killing his two students (Takane and Haruka),
this was done while possessed by the snake of 'Clearing Eyes'. His fate is that he dies
and reunites with Ayaka in the Heat Haze; in Route XX, the snake of 'Clearing Eyes'
(while it's possessing Konoha) kills him.
Hiyori ( Hiyori?) / Hiyori Asahina ( Asahina Hiyori?)
Voiced by: Kotori Koiwai
Hiyori is a stubborn young girl from the countryside who yearns for the city. She is
very popular at her school and has her own fan club. She drags Hibiya to the city with
her in order to get Momo's autograph and stays at her sister Ayaka's house. She falls in
love with Konoha who was staying there at the time. She becomes involved in a
traffic accident and gets stuck in a time loop trying to save Hibiya, but while Hibiya
successfully escapes the Heat Haze, she passes away. Her song is "Kagerou Daze" (
?, "Heat Haze Daze").
Shion ( Shion?) / Shion Kozakura ( Kozakura Shion?)
Voiced by: Akemi Okamura
Shion is a 1/2 medusa and Marry's mother. When Shion was younger, she lived with
her parents Azami and Tsukihiko. She loves Marry very much, and in order to protect
her she refrains from letting Marry play outside. One day, Marry bypasses her
mother's orders and plays outside anyways, however some boys come to attack her.
She sacrifices herself in order to save Marry, and uses her eye power to turn the boys
to stone; but the strain on her body was too much and she passes away with Marry.
She gets consumed by the Heat Haze and is given the 'Combining Eyes' ability,
however she passes the power on to Marry and sends her to the outside world. Her
song is "Gunj Rain" ("Ultramarine Rain").
Azami ( Azami?) / Azami (?)
Voiced by: Satomi Arai
Azami is a full medusa and Shion's mother. Snakes grow from her hair, each with a
unique power. She once thought humans were 'dull creatures that die easily' but fell in

love with a human named Tsukihiko and started a family. After realizing how short
human lives were compared to her immortality, she goes away to use the power of the
snakes to create a Never Ending World (The Heat Haze) where she could live with her
family forever. It is currently unclear if she waited for her family to arrive in the Heat
Haze, before realising that her husband would have died by then, or that when she
returned, the villagers attacking her house made her revert to her original ideology,
causing her to return to the Never-Ending World alone.
Many years later, her daughter and granddaughter, Shion and Marry were killed on
August 15. Knowing this, she was unable to bear her grief and ordered the Heat Haze
to "bring in every person who died on August 15", giving the ability of 'Combining
Eyes' to Shion to allow her to return to life (who gave it to Marry). This causes her to
lose control of the Heat Haze, thus drawing in every person who had died on August
15, the day Marry died. Her song is "Shinigami Record" (?,
"Death-God Record").
Ayaka (?) / Ayaka Tateyama ( Tateyama Ayaka?)
Voiced by: Mako Hyd
Ayaka is Ayano's mother, Kenjir's wife and Hiyori's sister. She became interested in
the myth about Medusae and fell in love with Kenjir at university. She gave birth to
Ayano and adopted Kido, Kano and Seto from the orphanages after hearing about
their strange abilities. She died in a landslide with Kenjir while researching, passing
on her trademark red clips to Ayano.
Tsukihiko ( Tsukihiko?)
Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu
A soldier who fell in love with Azami. Tsukihiko is an albino man, and has long been
considered a 'monster' by the other villagers. He tells Azami that he is also a monster,
and that they should spend their life together. Together, they had Shion and live
peacefully until villagers attacked their home, mistakenly thinking he had been held
captive. His song is "Shinigami Record" (?, "Death-God Record").
Black Konoha ( Kuro Konoha?) / Snake of Clearing Eyes ( Me ga
Saeru Hebi?)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano
Azami's snake who tricked her into creating the Heat Haze. It is the true antagonist of
the series. It took control of Kenjir's body and survived under his wish of reuniting
with his wife, going to extremes by doing so. Its true goal, however, is living forever.
In every timeline, it transfers itself to Konoha's body and possesses it, this causes
Konoha's appearance to change as well. It then kills all the members of the Mekakushi
Dan besides Marry, and forces her to reset the timeline. In the true timeline, it is
defeated when Kenjir's wish is granted and it has to comply to Konoha's wish, which
was bringing Hiyori back life, so it becomes her surrogate life.
Its songs are "Outer Science" (?) and "Dead and Seek" (
?).

Media
CD / DVDs
The series began as a series of soundtracks that were released alongside the novels. The
soundtracks were produced by Jin and released by IA Project. The first soundtrack is titled
Mekakucity Days ( Mekakushiti Deizu?) and was released on May 30,

2012. It was followed by a single, "Children Record" ( Chirudoren

Rekdo?), on August 15, 2012. A second soundtrack titled Mekakucity Records (
Mekakushiti Rekzu?) was released on May 29, 2013.
Songs
Kagerou Project songs

No. in series

Title

"Children Record"
"Chirudoren Rekdo" ()

The opening song of the Kagerou Project. It quickly gained 1,000,000 views after its record
release. It was released on a special DVD single. Currently, it has over 2.3 million views and
is Jin's second most popular song (the other being "Kagerou Daze").

"Jinz Enemy"
"Jinz Enem" ()

This song has reached over 700,000 views in Nico Nico Douga. Apart from being the first
song in the series, it is also Shizen no Teki-P's first work.
It tells the story of Ene, a cybergirl living in Shintar's computer. However, Shintar is a
hikiNEET due to the grief of losing his close friend, Ayano Tateyama. Towards the end of the
song, Shintar attempts to kill Ene by deleting her as she has become a "toy that can only
talk".

"Mekakushi Chord"
"Mekakushi Kdo" ()

The song has over 1,000,000 views on Nico Nico Douga. This is Kido's song, despite mostly
being about the Dan rather than herself. This song used to be known as "Mekakushi Code",
but was later called "Mekakushi Chord" in the "daze" PV and by official English translations
of light novel and manga chapters named after the song.
The song describes the Dan as a gang that Kido leads, with various different members
ranging from cyber beings to hikiNEETs. They too go on missions regularly, with some
assistance from Kido's ability to "blindfold".

"Kagerou Daze"
"Kager Deizu" ()

This song was uploaded on September 30, 2011, and quickly gained in views, becoming
Shizen no Teki-P's most popular song, and in turn the most popular song in the series. It has
reached over 3,000,000 views in Nico Nico Douga. It also gave the Kagerou Project its
name. This song was also featured in Hatsune Miku: Project DIVA F 2nd.
On August 15, Hibiya and Hiyori are playing in the park, when they sight a black cat which
Hiyori chases after, resulting in her death in a car accident and the two being trapped in a
time loop. Hibiya then attempts to save Hiyori in vain, but when he finally succeeds, it is
revealed that Hiyori will continue to try to save him and vice versa.

"Headphone Actor"
"Heddofon Akut" ()

The video of "Headphone Actor" reached over 1,500,000 views on Nico Nico Douga. A
theory is that it is a metaphor for Takane's feelings trying to reach Haruka.
On a normal day, the country's president announced that the world was going to end, but by
guidance of her future self (Ene), Takane was successfully able to escape as she still had
someone she needed to meet. The scientist at her destination congratulates her before
bombing the town.

"Ks Forest"
"Ks Foresuto" ()

This song has also received a million views on Nico Nico Douga, and is the first IA song to
do so. It is also known as "Sz Forest" (?, "Imagination Forest"). Jin later
decided to officially call it "Ks Forest" instead of "Sz Forest", but it is still more
commonly known by its previous name.
The story of Marry is mentioned, with her living alone and sheltered in a house, longing to
go outside. Once, against her mother's warnings, she went out, and was tortured, only to be
saved by her Medusae mother who turned her attackers to stone, but died of the stress using
her power caused. Later, Seto chances upon her house, and recruits her to the Dan.

"Tmei Answer"
"Tmei Ans" ()

Nicovideo broadcast is not available because the music video was originally meant to be
exclusive to the album Mekakucity Days. A person who uploaded the video onto Nico Nico
Douga was posing as Jin and revealed as the fake he was later on.
Shintar, who developed an apathetic outlook towards life, was encouraged by his deskmate,
Ayano. However, she later committed suicide, and the trauma of losing her caused him to
become a hikiNEET.

"Ene no Denn Kik"

()

The song is featured on the Mekakucity Days (?) album, but there is not
much known about it yet. A song that connects right after "Headphone Actor". A story about
Ene who lost her human body and lives now in the cyber world.

"Kisaragi Attention"
"Kisaragi Atenshon" ()

This song quickly became popular after its music video release. It had over 100,000 views
after only one day from its release.
Momo is a popular idol who attempts to be normal for a day, but fails in doing so and causes
a riot. This results in her crying in an alley, where Kido finds and recruits her to the
Mekakushi Dan. After joining the Dan, she becomes much happier and begins learning to
control her eye power.

10

"Konoha no Sekai Jij"

()

This song has reached over 1,000,000 views on Nico Nico Douga, and is the first Miku and
IA duet to achieve that. It is also the third song in this series to do so. The video has currently
reached over 1,500,000 views.
An alternate point of view of "Kagerou Daze", this time from Konoha's. He is somehow
dragged into the time loop as well, but as he is not meant to be there, he cannot do anything
to stop Hiyori and Hibiya's countless deaths and feels helpless about it.

11

"Dead and Seek"

"Deddo ando Shku" ()

The song is featured on the Mekakucity Days (?) album, but there is not
much known about it yet. It tells Kenjir's story.
Ever since Ayaka and Ayano's deaths, Kenjir's sanity has been slowly decreasing, to the
extent that he began experimenting on his students, and became despairing. It is suggested
that he may have had a part to play in Heat Haze.

12

"Shinigami Record"
"Shinigami Recdo" ()

The song is featured on the Mekakucity Days (?) album, but there is not
much known about it yet. It tells Azami's story.
A Medusae all alone, Azami was treated as a monster and found humans to be dull creatures
due to their mortality. She was proven wrong upon meeting a young albino outcast,
Tsukihiko, whom she eventually fell in love and had a family with. Knowing that he would
someday die, she then created the Never-Ending World to make their time eternal.

13

"Gunj Rain"
"Gunj Rein" ()

The song was released on the DVD single "Children Record" (?). It got
an extra manga chapter in the limited edition release of Mekakucity Records (
?).
Shion, as Marry's mother, hopes that the rain will never stop so that Marry will never be able
to go outside, as she is aware of the dangers of the outside world due to their status as
Medusae. As she dies, however, she regrets not telling Marry how much she loved her and
hopes that she will get to see the outside world someday.

14

"Yobanashi Deceive"
"Yobanashi Diseibu" ()

Jin announced Yobanashi Deceive several months before its publication and finished it in
January 2013. In an interview he stated that the song goes from blues, over funk, to rock.
After being released on February 17, 2013, also the same day the project was started two
years ago, it quickly hit 100.000 views in just one night.
Being Kano's song, he begins talking with the listener about a story of a boy who became a
monster who always lied, being able to even shapeshift into Kido and Seto, but lost sight of
his true heart after being buried under so many lies. He, however, claims this all to be a

made-up story.

15

"Shnen Brave"
"Shnen Bureibu" ()

Jin announced a music video to be released a bit after the last album was published, but it
was cancelled due to heavy spoilers the video would have contained. The music video was
included in Mekakucity V's; a screening of the video was held in Tokyo, Nagoya and Osaka
on December 25, 2013.
As a child, Seto was frail and therefore bullied, resulting in his only friend being a dog, with
whom he wished to be able to understand. However, he was drowned trying to save the dog,
thereby receiving the "Stealing Eyes". Being able to read minds made him decide to escape
to a secluded place without any thoughts, where he met Marry in the forest.

16

"Ykei Yesterday"
"Ykei Iesutadei" ()

The song is about Takane and Haruka when they were human, and how Takane had a crush
on Haruka.

17

"Ayano no Kfuku Riron"

()

Kido, Seto and Kano are adopted into the Tateyama family, and Ayano, as the big sister,
forms the Mekakushi Dan to make them happy. However, after Ayaka's death, Kenjir
gradually descends into madness and when Ayano discovers him experimenting on and
killing Haruka and Takane, she fears for her siblings' safety, and commits suicide in order to
enter the Heat Haze and get an eye ability to help save her family.

18

"Otsukimi Recital"
"Otsukimi Risaitaru" ()

After posted by Jin, this video quickly became the 1st in the Nico Nico Douga ranking.
After Hiyori's death, Hibiya is significantly affected, and Momo attempts to cheer him up
through various means.

19

"Lost Time Memory"

"Rosu Taimu Memor" ()

In this song, it reveals that Ayano's death opened two paths for the Dan. In Route 1, Shintar
meets the Dan and saves Black Konoha from committing suicide, instead dying for him and
meeting Ayano, who gives him the "Favoring Eyes" and eventually leads to Summertime
Record. In Route XX, Shintar continues to grieve over Ayano, eventually killing Ene and
committing suicide, and failing to reach Ayano, which leads to Outer Science.

20

"Outer Science"
"Aut Saiensu" ()

Outer Science is known as the bad end of the story.

The trauma of "opening" his eyes causing Konoha to be possessed by the snake of 'Clearing
Eyes', nicknamed 'Black Konoha', he steals Marry's "Combining Eyes" ability and kills
everyone. Through unknown means, Marry turns back time to try to save everyone at the
end.

21

"Marry no Kak Sekai"

"Mar no Kak Sekai" ()

The song tells about Marry's feelings when creating the never-ending world. After the snake
of 'Clearing Eyes' kills everyone, Marry turns back time in order to try to protect everyone.

22

"Summertime Record"
"Samtaimu Recdo" ()

The song is the official ending and last song and music video of the project. The song tells
what happens with Mekakushi Dan and with the characters after the end of the story.
The Good End of the story, it describes how the Dan comes back together again after
everything is over and they have lost their eye powers. However, having grown up and
become "adults", they can hardly remember themselves and each other from their times in
the Dan anymore. They say goodbye to each other, and if they can remember they will all
meet again.

Light novels

The Kagerou Daze light novels are written by Jin with illustrations from Kagerou Project
music video maker Sidu. The first volume was released on May 30, 2012 by Enterbrain on
their KCG Bunko imprint, and six volumes have been released as of March 30, 2015. Yen
Press has been releasing the novels in English in North America since May 29, 2015.[2]
No.

Title

Kagerou Daze I -in a daze1

in a daze

Japanese release

English release

May 30, 2012[3]

ISBN 978-4-04728059-5

May 19, 2015

ISBN 978-0-31625947-7

"Kagerou Daze I" (

Kager Deizu?)

"Kagerou Daze III" (

III Kager Deizu III?)

"Jinzou Enemy" ( Jinz

Enem?)

"Mekakushi Chord" (
Mekakushi Kdo?)

"Kagerou Daze II" ( II

Kager Deizu II?)

"Epilogue"

"Kisaragi Attention" (
Kisaragi Atenshon?)

The hikiNEET Shintar Kisaragi and Ene, the cyber being living in his computer, are
introduced. After he ventures out to a nearby department store for a replacement keyboard,
he gets caught up in a terrorist plot. Halfway through the novel, the point of view swaps to
his sister, Momo Kisaragi, and tells her story of how she met the Mekakushi Dan.

Kagerou Daze II -a headphone actor2

II -a headphone actor-

"Headphone Actor I" (

I Heddofon Akut I?)

September 29,
2012[4]
ISBN 978-4-04728339-8

September 22, 2015

ISBN 978-0-31634204-9

"Headphone Actor III" (

III Heddofon
Akut III?)

"Ykei Yesterday I" (

I Ykei Iesutadei I?)

"Ykei Yesterday III" (

III Ykei Iesutadei III?)

"Headphone Actor II" (

II Heddofon Akut II?)

"Headphone Actor IV" (

IV Heddofon

"Ykei Yesterday II" (

II Ykei Iesutadei II?)

Akut IV?)

"Retrospect Forest" (
Tsuis Foresuto?)

Takane Enomoto and her high school life with Haruka Kokonose is shown.

Kagerou Daze III -the children reason3

III -the children reason-

May 30, 2013[5]

ISBN 978-4-04728944-4

January 19, 2016

ISBN 978-0-31630875-5

"Konoha's State of the World" (

Konoha no Sekai Jij?)

"Kagerou Daze III" (

III Kager Deizu?)

"Kagerou Daze I" ( I

Kager Deizu I?)

"Otsukimi Recital" (
Otsukimi Risaitaru?)

"Children Record I" (

I Chirudoren Rekdo I?)

"Kagerou Daze IV" (

IV Kager Deizu IV?)

"Kagerou Daze II" ( II

Kager Deizu II?)

"Kaien Panzermast" (
Kaien Panzamasuto?)

"Children Record II" (

II Chirudoren Rekdo II?)

Hibiya Amamiya and how Mekakushi Dan came to meet him is the focus.

Kagerou Daze IV -the missing children4

IV -the missing children-

August 30, 2013[6]

ISBN 978-4-04729099-0

May 24, 2016

ISBN 978-0-31630876-2

"Shinigami Record I" (

I Shinigami Rekdo I?)

"Children Record V" (

V Chirudoren Rekdo V?)

"Children Record III" (

III Chirudoren Rekdo III?)

"Shinigami Record IV" (

IV Shinigami Rekdo IV?)

"Shinigami Record II" (

II Shinigami Rekdo II?)

"Children Record VI" (

VI Chirudoren Rekdo

"Children Record IV" (

IV Chirudoren Rekdo IV?)

VI?)

"Shinigami Record III" (

III Shinigami Rekdo III?)

"Headphone Actor V" (

V Heddofon Akut V?)

Azami's past and her meeting with Tsukihiko is shown. It also shows Shintar's adventures
with Mekakushi Dan and exploring the mysteries of their eye powers.

Kagerou Daze V -the deceiving5

V -the deceiving-

March 29, 2014[7]

ISBN 978-4-04729530-8

"Yobanashi Deceive" (
Yobanashi Diseibu?)

"Yobanashi Deceive IV" (

IV Yobanashi Diseibu IV?)

"On the Roof One Day"

"On the Street One Day"

"Yobanashi Deceive I" (

I Yobanashi Diseibu I?)

"Yobanashi Deceive V" (

V Yobanashi Diseibu V?)

"Yobanashi Deceive II" (

II Yobanashi Diseibu II?)

"On the Street Today"

"Yobanashi Deceive III" (

III Yobanashi Diseibu III?)

The original Mekakushi Dan with Ayano Teteyama is a focus and reveals more about
Shya Kano's involvement in the plot.

Kagerou Daze VI -over the dimension6

VI over the dimension

March 30, 2015[8]

ISBN 978-4-04730326-3

"Daze I"

"Lost Days V"

"Lost Days I"

"Lost Days VI"

"Lost Days II"

"Lost Days VII"

"Lost Days III"

"Lost Days IV"

"Daze II"

Haruka Kokonose's point of view is shown.

There is an anthology series called Mekakushi Dan: Watchers (:
Mekakushi Dan: Uotchzu?) that is made up of short stories from a Pixiv contest.
No.

Title

Japanese release
date

Mekakushi Dan: Watchers Anthology

-Ahshitsu Shjo o Meguru Hito Natsu no
1 Bkentan- (: December 26, 2014
-
-)
Mekakushi Dan: Watchers Novel -Shjo no
Kimochi to Bokura no Chikara- (
2
February 28, 2015
: -
-)
Mekakushi Dan: Watchers Replay
-Shshitsu Shjo Ssaku dai Sakusen
3 Re;PLAY- (:
February 28, 2015
-
Re;PLAY-)

Japanese ISBN
ISBN 978-4-04730186-3

ISBN 978-4-04730187-0

ISBN 978-4-04730188-7

There is a novel anthology series named Kagerou Daze Novel Anthology (

Kager Deizu Noberu Ansoroj?) made from other Pixiv competitions.
No.

Japanese release date

Japanese ISBN

January 30, 2015

ISBN 978-4-04-730255-6

March 30, 2015

ISBN 978-4-04-730308-9

Manga
The Kagerou Daze manga is illustrated by Mahiro Satou.[9] It began serialization in Media
Factory's Monthly Comic Gene on June 15, 2012.[10] The first tankbon volume was released
on November 27, 2012;[11] seven volumes have been released as of June 27, 2015.[12] Yen

Press will release the manga in English in North America, with the first volume released on
April 21, 2015.[2][13]

No.

Japanese release
date

Japanese ISBN

English release date

English ISBN

November 27,
2012[11]

ISBN 978-4-84014762-0

April 21, 2015[13]

ISBN 978-0-31625949-1

March 27, 2013[14]

ISBN 978-4-84015039-2

July 21, 2015

ISBN 978-0-31634619-1

August 27, 2013[15]

ISBN 978-4-84015316-4

October 27, 2015

ISBN 978-0-31634620-7

March 27, 2014[16]

ISBN 978-4-04066513-9

January 19, 2016

ISBN 978-0-31626997-1

June 27, 2014[12]

ISBN 978-4-04066595-5

April 19, 2016

ISBN 978-0-31627019-9

December 27,
2014[17]

ISBN 978-4-04067234-2

June 27, 2015

ISBN 978-4-04067544-2

There is also an ongoing anthology series called Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic (
Kager Deizu Kshiki Ansoroj Komikku?) and
each volume goes with a certain theme. It is written and illustrated by various people
including Kagerou Daze light novel artist and music video creator Sidu, the Kagerou Daze
manga artist Mahiro Satou, and Kagerou Project music video creator Wannyanpu (
Wannyanp?).
No.

Title

Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic

1 -Upper- (
-UPPER-)
2 Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic

Japanese release
date

Japanese ISBN

January 26, 2013

ISBN 978-4-04066267-1

March 27, 2013

ISBN 978-4-84-

3
3
5
6
7
8
9

-Downer- (
-DOWNER-)
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic
-Summer- (
July 27, 2013
-SUMMER-)
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic
-Summer- (
July 27, 2013
-SUMMER-)
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic
-Spring- (
March 27, 2014
-SPRING-)
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic
-Bitter- (
July 26, 2014
-BITTER-)
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic
-Sweet- (
November 27, 2014
-SWEET-)
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic
-Spicy- (
March 27, 2015
-SPICY-)
Kagerou Daze Official Anthology Comic
-Fantasy- ( August 27, 2015
-FANTASY-)

014795-8
ISBN 978-4-04066533-7
ISBN 978-4-04066533-7
ISBN 978-4-04066514-6
ISBN 978-4-04066826-0
ISBN 978-4-04067210-6
ISBN 978-4-04067508-4
ISBN 978-4-04067581-7