428: Shibuya Scramble

428: Shibuya Scramble, also known in Japan as 428: Fūsa Sareta Shibuya de (428 〜封鎖された渋谷で〜, lit. 428: In a Blockaded Shibuya) is a crime thriller adventure visual novel. It was released in Japan in 2008, and received a North American release in 2018.

Plot
A major event that could jolt the world has been triggered in the streets of Shibuya. Five main characters have 10 hours to come together and solve the mystery behind what originally seemed like an ordinary ransom kidnap case.

Characters

 * Shinya Kano (加納 慎也, Kanō Shin'ya)
 * A young detective from the Shibuya Police Department, Kano is one of the detectives assigned to a stakeout involving Hitomi Osawa, a young woman whose twin sister Maria was kidnapped for ransom. The kidnapper had specified that Hitomi bring the money to a hand-off location outside of Shibuya Station. When the criminal shows up and runs off with the money, Kano takes chase.


 * Achi Endo (遠藤 亜智, Endō Achi)
 * A boy who loves Shibuya more than any anyone else, Achi is the former head of S.O.S., the most influential street clan in Shibuya. He has since left S.O.S. and now spends his days cleaning up the streets and picking up trash. During his daily street cleaning routine, he encounters and saves Hitomi from a gunman, and the two go on the run to evade her assassin.


 * Kenji Osawa (大沢 賢治, Ōsawa Kenji)
 * A virus expert and the father of Hitomi and Maria Osawa. As the lab director of Okoshi Pharmaceutical, Osawa leads a hermit-like life. A week after his US business trip, he receives a series of mysterious e-mails that indicate someone had conducted an unauthorized clinical trial of an antiviral drug he had been researching.


 * Minoru Minorikawa (御法川 実, Minorikawa Minoru)
 * A hot headed freelance writer, Minorikawa receives a desperate phone call from his former superior, Teruo Toyama. Toyama, now the president of a small publishing company, was swamped in debt and now forced to complete the latest issue of his magazine in a single day. Minorikawa offers to help finish the magazine.


 * Tama (タマ)
 * A mysterious person in a cat suit. Tama, a person of unknown identity, is working inside a cat suit as a by-the-day temp worker in order to buy a strange necklace she found at a general store. She begins her work of promoting a diet drink, "Burning Hammer."