Haunted Schoolbag

8:50 p.m., the back gate of Hoshimi Academy. Not a single light is on.

Once every ten years, a blackout wakes the school's Seven Mysteries. The Occult Research Club takes them on one night at a time — armed with nothing but a schoolbag full of stationery. The problem: you can't see inside it.

■ Blind-grab inside your schoolbag

• Touch an item's hilt and you pull out the whole thing and use it at once, for free.
  
• Miss, and the revealed cell tells you how many hilts (yellow) and blades (red) are around it.
  
• Touch a blade and you get cut, losing courage and HP.
  
• Your bag is reshuffled every turn, so every reach is part deduction, part gamble.

■ Three club members, three ways to grab

• Minato (club president): a natural detective. Cells that must be hilts are marked for you.
  
• Akane (the delinquent): "It's just a scratch." She yanks items out even by the blade, and grabs whole handfuls at once.
  
• Suzu (the shrine maiden): the first item she draws each turn stays fixed in place, ready for her next turn.

■ Pack your bag

• 96 items: pencils, scissors, recorders, wooden swords, sacred arrows, and more. Each has its own shape and its own hilt and blade cells.
  
• 90 skills and charms that change the way you grab.
  
• Organize a main pocket and a side pocket with limited space.

■ The Seven Mysteries

• 50 apparitions and 6 bosses, including Hanako of the third-floor restroom, the after-school broadcast, Kokkuri-san, and the third bed in the nurse's office.
  
• They stuff your bag with fake hilts, cursed coins and pillows, lock your side pocket, or turn off the lights.
  
• 34 random events, a late-night school store, and the clubroom.
  
• Seal all six, and the Seventh Mystery sends you an invitation.

■ The Notebook of Mysteries

• After every run, new pages open based on what you achieved: 24 short scenes, each with its own illustration.
  
• New club members, items and skills unlock along the way.

■ Keep digging

• 10 "Mystery Levels" for each member, each adding a new rule.
  
• A daily challenge with the same member and map for everyone.
  
• 36 achievements.
  
• Controller and keyboard support.