- Kusari
: A long time childhood friend of Kyosuke, and daughter of Shino. A gentle girl with strong convictions.;nihongo|Megumi Katagiri|片桐恵 : A reserved and precocious girl. Because she tries hard not to display her feelings, she is hard to read.;nihongo|Karen Ayanobe|綾之部可憐 : The eldest daughter of a noble family and sister of Tamami. A brash elitist with a large ego.;nihongo|Tamami Ayanobe|綾之部珠美 : The younger sister of Karen, although she is only one year younger than her sister, she looks and acts many years younger. Despite her immaturity and propensity to play pranks, she is quite clever at
MacGyver -ing items.;nihongo|Chihaya Koduki|香月ちはや: Kyosuke's younger sister. Although constitutionally weak, she is very strong willed girl, because of the lost of her father at a young age. Highly attached to her brother. ;nihongo|Tomonori Hayama|早間友則 : Kyosuke's best friend by circumstance of sharing the same interests. He is very vain and patronizing person, who's very self-centered. ;nihongo|Shino Orihara|折原志乃: Mother of Akeno, and the chief person in charge of the "BaShiRiSuKu" voyage. She is the one that invites everyone on the ship's maiden test voyage. A very accepting and generous woman.;nihongo|Kishida Yoichi|岸田洋一: A man found adrift at sea. Claiming to be a marine researcher, he boards the ship, and murders the ship's crew. A fearsome person skilled at psychological manipulation and terror tatics.Release and sales
Kusari was the fifth top selling computer game on getchu.com for the month of its release, [cite web|url=http://www.getchu.com/pc/salesranking200509.html|title=2005年・9月セールスランキング！|language=Japanese|publisher=getchu.com] and it was the 44th top selling eroge for 2005. Although these are very good sales overall, they pale in comparison to many of Leaf's other titles, most notably against Leaf's "To Heart 2 Xrated" which ranked #1 in the same year). [cite web|url=http://www.getchu.com/pc/salesranking2005.html|title=2005年・年間セールスランキング！|language=Japanese|publisher=getchu.com]
ource code Scandal
"Kusari" was one of four games Leaf was forced to release its
source code to the public for due to having used theXvid video codec in the game. XVid is licensed under theGNU Public Library, which requires that programs using the codec to make their source code available to program users. [cite web|date=March 1, 2006|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2006-03-01/leaf-forced-to-release-game-source-code|title=Leaf Forced to Release Game Source Code|publisher=Anime News Network|language=English|accessdate=2006-01-21]References
External links
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