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|name = Usagi Puzzle

|type = Flash game

|registered in = 2017

|platform = hothukurou.firebird.jp

|written in = Flash (2017-2021)<br> ActionScript (2021-present)

|status = Online

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'''Usagi Puzzle''' (うさぎパズル, '''''Usagi pazuru''''') is a Japanese ActionScript game made by Hothukurou. The game is considered to be "a non-scary horror game" by the creator himself. The game, like [[Lomando.com]], has, in fact, a story and somewhat similar gameplay.

The actual game is just a simple drag-and-shoot game. Their objective is to control a rabbit with the mouse to bounce the balls into the holes. However, the upper section of the second page of the tutorial warns the user not to click on a button that appears randomly and to continue the game normally. On the bottom section of the same page is a description of [[wikipedia:MDMA|MDMA]], a psychoactive drug, and the case that it was used to cure [[wikipedia:Posttraumatic stress disorder|PTSD]] in America, which sets the foreshadow of the underlying story.

=== Ending 1 — Game Clear ===

[[File:20180523150323.jpg|thumb|190px|"Congratulations for clearing! Rest your body and your mind and let's have a healthy life!"]]

You have beaten all 15 levels, and that means that you also didn't click on the button mentioned. After completing all the levels, the game congratulates and asks the user to relax after having fun, besides wishing them a positive life.

=== Ending 2 — Welcoming ===

[[File:20180523155903.jpg|thumb|left|180px|The park.]]

This ending is called "お迎え" (''omukae''), a short version for "お迎え現象" (''omukae genshou'') which means "Psychopomp". Other meanings are: "welcoming" and also "approach of death".

By clicking on the "Don't click here!" button, the game gets distorted and the background is changed to a static screen, a disturbing noise also starts playing. However, if the player stands still for a few minutes, something changes. The user is redirected to the start menu of the game and suddenly the rabbit gets a realistic mouth and eye, plus a few black dots around.

The game resumes very differently than it was before, and now an image of a park appears. It knows that the user chooses two options: "右を向く" ('''Turn Right''') and "左を向く" ('''Turn Left'''). When turning right, a rabbit appears and runs toward the screen with a loud sound.

The game-over screen is "夢の中でお迎えがきた。よかった。"('''Death has come in my dreams. I'm so glad.''').

=== Ending 3 — Cursed ===

[[File:20180523160015.jpg|thumb|180px|The easter egg.]]

In stage 10, there's an easter egg. When the user tries to take the block to the right, it slowly goes out of the way until it finally opens. When the user moves the rabbit to the lower left, it will get stuck, and the only thing they can do is click the "Don't click here!" button. After clicking, a sentence reading "呪われたすぐに閉じろ" ('''Close immediately after being cursed.''') appears. After a few seconds, the screen will be filled with a flood of "すぐにけせ" ('''Disappear''') and loud noise. There is nothing more than this and it will be redirected to Hothukurou's website.

=== <span style="color:#B20000">True End — Akazu no Hako</span> ===

[[File:Akazu_no_hako.png|thumb|"The Bizzare Urban Legend, Akazu no Hako"]]

This ending is unlocked when the player clicks the "Don't click here!" button and throws the ball inside the hole after it. The screen will get static for a moment until it reveals an image of an air vent and then the real storyline begins.

The narrator wakes up from the dream he had and notices he is trapped in a one-man cell after he had gone crazy by a certain urban legend. The truth is, the dream he had was the entire Usagi Puzzle game all along. Of the fear of being found by a certain ''something'', he screams out loud and it makes the nurses at the nurse station worried. They start discussing the urban legend that the narrator so believes until he screams again. After that, a box comes out from the air vent in his cell, and the whole webpage background begins to flash red. The user has to click on the box to be redirected to the main story, which reveals to be '''<span style="color:#B20000">Akazu no Hako</span>'''.

=== Instructions ===

=== Q&A ===

'''Q.What's the storyline? Why I'm chased by a woman?'''

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'''Q.お化け無しで箱入り娘だけ遊びたい。'''

 

 

 

=== Nomura Arc ===

=== Kobayashi Arc ===

 

 

The game over message is "2日目:小林は謎を解いたが、殺された。（クリア！）" ('''Second day: Kobayashi solved the mystery but was killed. (Stage Clear!)''').

 

*'''Script:'''

 

<tabber>English=

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

'''"Hey, Ikeda!"'''

 

 

 

 

I still didn't...

 

 

'''[SCREAMER]'''

 

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=== Ikeda Arc ===

 

The game over message is "3日目:池田は謎を解いたが、殺された。（クリア！）" ('''Third day: Ikeda solved the mystery but was killed. (Stage Clear!)''').

 

 

I woke up from the nightmare.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

When the player opens the box, Watanabe wakes up in his room. He notices that the woman in black clothes is in his room, approaching slowly. Watanabe is then killed by the woman. After this, when the user tries to play the game again after seeing the "game over" screen, a message saying '''"The truth is under the page"''' (真実はページ下) appears. Scrolling the page down, there will be a message saying '''"Don't escape"''' (逃ゲルナ) and '''"Don't open it"''' (開ケルナ). However, if the player scrolls the page too much, the bluish woman screamer appears with a loud noise. The page then reloads. 

 

 

== The day before the nightmare ==

'''The day before the nightmare''' (悪夢の前日謹, ''Akumu no Zenjitsu'') is a part of the storyline from Akazu no Hako. As the title itself says, it's a series of events that happens before the 4 protagonists enter their nightmares, so it's recommended to read them before playing their arcs.

=== Ghost Story (Nomura Arc) ===

Ghost Story is an explanation of the Urban Legend that is spreading around Japan, the Akazu no Hako. The legend says that someone found a strange wooden box with a letter in unreadable scattered Japanese characters in an abandoned small city, specifically, in an abandoned apartment in Room 103. And the ''tansu'' (old Japanese drawer) was tied tightly with a rope so the drawer couldn't be opened. But when the rope is cut and the drawer is opened, a sheet of paper written "Do not open" (開ケルナ) is included.

 

 

=== Curiosity (Kobayashi Arc) ===

When the person opens the door, he actually found these pages inside and he seemed to be noticed there was a box in there that causing him goosebumps. He don't usually believe in ghost stories, but his body was shivering because of the aura of the box, the atmosphere of the apartment and the darkness. He thinks that the urban legend is right that the Woman in the black dress will kill them. They look around a while, but nothing happens. They understood the silence and left the apartment quietly. He talks about that Nomura was playing with the box and then he got scared and took the box from him. There are wooden pieces on the lid of the box, and they are lined up neatly. Each piece has words such as "Daughter", " Father", "Mother" and so on. Some of these parts are faded that looks like "Hakonezaiku" (Box puzzle/Moving block puzzle). If they move the pieces correctly, they'll solved it. If the rumor is right, they can survive if they solve this puzzle. A black dressed woman never followed them. He thinks that the box might be broken. So he gave the box back to Nomura. Their second time exploring an urban legend has ended. He then saw the box like Nomura had. He had lost consciousness when he saw the box.

 

 

=== Dead End (Watanabe Arc) ===

* hothukurou.com/game/Truth/index.html

* '''Akazu no Hako''': hothukurou.com/game/PuzzleGirl/index.html