{"rewrite":{"id":"r_8026047beef2466c4e50001a","clusterId":"c_f64d44148be8a27e012985bb","slug":"iijima-says-school-ghost-stories-scenario-could-hit-cero-z-today","model":"deepseek-v4-1-flash","headline":"Iijima Says School Ghost Stories Scenario Could Hit CERO Z Today","summary":"At a D3 Publisher creator talk at Tokyo Game Show on September 18, School Ghost Stories designer Takiya Iijima said the game's scenario has not changed but its rating moved from CERO B to CERO D under modern standards, and that some scenarios might now be rated CERO Z or shelved. He spoke alongside producer Shunsuke Fujita.","whyItMatters":"The talk gives a direct measure of how far Japanese ratings and compliance standards have shifted since the original: the same text that once passed as CERO B now lands at CERO D, with Iijima saying some material could be CERO Z or shelved today.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eIijima traced the rating change to compliance awareness rather than any rewrite of the scenario. He also described the conditions the game was made under, with no social media available during development and all research done on foot, and said that in an era when information is so easily obtained, the same scenario probably would not have been completed.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsked about the title, he said it does not mean gathering the seven mysteries of school or ghost stories related to school, but the scary stories experienced at school. The six-storyteller structure drew on his own student years, when trips and camps turned into circles telling ghost stories.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Iijima says the School Ghost Stories script is untouched. What changed is the ratings board reading the same text under current standards: a CERO B game now lands at CERO D, and parts of it would go to CERO Z or get cut.","twitterPost":"The School Ghost Stories script never changed. Iijima says only the rating did: CERO B then, CERO D now, with pieces a modern board would put at CERO Z or drop.","threadsPost":"Iijima's point about School Ghost Stories is that the scenario text is identical to what shipped. The reclassification from CERO B to CERO D happened because the standards moved, and the same passages that passed then would now sit at CERO Z or be pulled entirely.","newsletterBlurb":"Takiya Iijima discussed School Ghost Stories at a D3 Publisher creator talk held during Tokyo Game Show on September 18. The scenario is unchanged, he said, but modern standards moved its rating from CERO B to CERO D, with some material possibly rated CERO Z or shelved today. He also explained what the title means and how his own student years shaped the six-storyteller format.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"Game Spark\",\"url\":\"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/11/173492.html\",\"title\":\"『School Ghost Stories』 Might Be CERO Z Today!? Takiya Iijima Reveals Production Secrets and the Behind-the-Scenes Story of ONI's Birth\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4721,"outputTokens":604,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1791713227,"createdAt":"2026-10-11T10:01:33.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-10-11T10:06:05.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T10:06:05.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_f64d44148be8a27e012985bb","canonicalTitle":"『学校であった怖い話』は今ならCERO Zだったかも！？飯島多紀哉氏が明かす制作秘話と『ONI』誕生の裏側","representativeArticleId":"a_982307c6baf7d929982acb55","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi\",\"ONI\"],\"studios\":[],\"people\":[\"Takiya Iijima\"],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-10-11T09:00:03.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-10-11T09:00:03.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-10-11T10:06:06.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"Game Spark","url":"http://www.gamespark.jp/article/2026/10/11/173492.html","title":"『学校であった怖い話』は今ならCERO Zだったかも！？飯島多紀哉氏が明かす制作秘話と『ONI』誕生の裏側"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["Gakkou de Atta Kowai Hanashi","ONI"],"studios":[],"people":["Takiya Iijima"],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}