Oedo Cuckoldry: Chronicles of the Lustful Rod

In late-Edo Japan (Bunsei era), Shinji, an honest young carpenter, and Saya, a gentle hairdresser, fall in love and marry after meeting at a temple festival. Despite their devotion to each other, their happiness is shadowed by Shinji's unresolved psychological trauma from his past, which prevents him from consummating their union and leaving them without an heir. When a fire at Shinji's worksite is blamed on his negligence, he is saddled with an impossible fifty-ryo debt. Hondo Sukebei, the wealthy and cunning master of a major pawnshop, offers to pay the debt—but on exploitative terms: the couple must enter his service as live-in servants for three years. Once inside his estate, they are systematically separated; Shinji is kept laboring outdoors while Saya is isolated behind closed doors, attending to the lecherous creditor. The game explores how far Saya will go to protect her husband's future, and what dark, conflicted desires may awaken within both of them as their marriage is tested by manipulation, isolation, and desire.