ONIMUSHI Hyogo and TABINOMICHI have released a demo for Return to Shironagasu Island sequel, The Distant Circular World, on PC via Steam. The demo was initially rejected, but the developers have made all the necessary edits.
Unfortunately, the demo doesn’t support English. However, the Steam page has further details about what fans can expect from the upcoming game:
Rewrite the world.
Months after the incident on Shironagasu Island —
In two cities — New York and a rural town in Japan — two stories begin to unfold. A detective and a girl. Their stories were never meant to intersect — until a forbidden device that rewinds time binds them together. To reach the truth, they repeat, again and again — even if it means losing everything…
Through the Zapping System, two stories progress simultaneously — and the way they intertwine drives the narrative forward.
A suspense x sci-fi x mystery adventure set across New York and a provincial Japanese city, where the stories of two protagonists collide.
[Side A — New York Arc]
Brooklyn, New York. A mysterious figure named Lila stumbles into the office of private detective Ikeda Sen. Around the same time, a client named Walton entrusts him with an enigmatic device.
Soon, the illicit organization “Babylon” emerges in pursuit of Lila, and its operative Callander stands in Ikeda’s way. With NYPD detective Tio, assistant Koi, and heiress Akira — a group of eccentric allies — Ikeda plunges into the heart of a massive conspiracy.
[Side B — Japan Arc]
A provincial city in Japan. High schooler Izumozaki Neneko lives a quiet life, hiding a special ability — perfect memory. Her everyday world is shattered when skeletal remains are found in the canal along her school route.
Mysterious traces left beside the body, the shadow of her mother who vanished months ago, and an unsettling presence creeping closer to those around her. Together with her sister Kisara, and friends Niwa and Torako, Neneko pursues the truth — which links to past incidents and reveals three suspects.
This demo includes the opening chapters of two story arcs: the New York arc, following protagonist Ikeda Sen, and the Japanese provincial city arc, following protagonist Izumozaki Neneko. Experience the beginning of both narratives and get a taste of the full game’s dual-protagonist structure.
Tabinomachi’s Return to Shironagasu Island released on March 2020 with Japanese audio and support for 11 languages, including English and Spanish. A Nintendo Switch version was released in November 2022. A novel adaptation later released in 2023 in two complete volumes. The manga adaptation returned recently.
