Prologue

Ah, whom can we ever turn to in our need?
Not angels, not humans, and already the knowing animals are aware
that we are not really at home in our interpreted world.
- Rainer Maria Rilke, "The First Duino Elegy"

For news and downloads regardingNarcissu Side 2nd, please goHERE (external link;insani is not and has never been involved in theNarcissu Side 2ndtranslation effort).

Welcome to our support site for the 2005 doujin visual novel bystage-nana,Narcissu.We encourage you to look around; find out a little bit more aboutthestory of this piece; see what life islike through the eyes of thecharacters;trace their footsteps through thisworldof eyes tightly closed; explore themedicalconditions that have shaped their lives.

Once you have decided that you wish to explore this piece foryourself, go ahead anddownload it withoutany guilt -- it's the complete work, it's been fully English-localizedas a joint project betweeninsaniandHæleþes áwendende,and best of all, it's free. And once you'vedecided you've had enough of this site, why not check out some ofthelinks to different worlds?

This localization has been completed and is being distributedwith the full knowledge and sanction ofstage-nana. We wouldlike to thank Mr. Tomo Kataoka for graciously granting us permissionto distribute our translation, and for all the help he has affordedus in the localization process itself.