Gumroad · listed JPY 500
- Read the full Japanese and English texts on the purchase page.
- The same purchase also includes the complete reader ZIP.
SMALL WORK STORIES · EDITIONS & DELIVERY
Free stories, mostly in Japanese · 日本語の案内
Read. Solve together.
Build your own story.
Start with a free sample that fits what you want to do. If you choose a complete edition or source kit, check its content and delivery format first.
These are alternative ways to receive the same work. You do not need both. No purchase is required to finish the free stories or puzzles.
FOR READERS · JAPANESE & ENGLISH
The Harbor Lights We Carry Home
Saki returns for her former partner’s photography exhibition. A seaside station, a rain-washed cafe and an evening window lead to a choice at the end of her journey. Includes three scenes, both complete endings and three illustrations of the same fictional adult woman.
Read the first scene free in English
itch.io · minimum US$3
- Download the complete reader ZIP and the same story as a bilingual EPUB.
- Use its language and ending switches and illustration gallery offline.
A very short, complete romance, for personal viewing and noncommercial personal printing. Redistribution and artwork resale are not licensed. Opening local HTML on a phone requires a compatible viewer. The Gumroad full text can be read without opening the ZIP.
FOR CO-PLAY · ENGLISH OR JAPANESE
Three Harbor Signs
Find a destination, arrange photographs, and place rooms. Share two sets of clues to solve three short cases. One person can also read both sets. The game ZIP offers English and Japanese versions of the same three cases. The text-session edition remains Japanese only.
Play the first case free in English · Save the complete free printable case
Gumroad · listed JPY 500
- Japanese only: play from the purchase-page text, divided into shared, A, B and solution sections.
- No automatic answer checking or ZIP in this text edition.
itch.io · minimum US$3
- Choose the English or Japanese ZIP of the same three-case HTML game.
- Swap clue cards on one device and play offline, or print the included 13-page English PDF. The formats contain the same cases; the PDF is English only.
The letter trial is the first of the paid collection’s three cases. The other two cases and collection ending are included in the paid edition. Two Cards, One Way Home is a different free puzzle. Close a clue card before passing the device.
FOR AUTHORS · MAKE YOUR STORY READABLE
Bilingual Reader Kit
Turn your own story into a Japanese/English reading experience, with three scenes, two endings to switch between, an illustration gallery and a prototype home-print page.
Try the reader demo; select English
Gumroad · listed JPY 500
- Download the builder code, input example, bilingual instructions and license.
- Read the code and instructions on the purchase page too.
itch.io · minimum US$3
- Download the same creator kit.
- Save it to your computer and build with your own materials.
Before buying: you need a computer running Python 3.10, your own three-scene/two-ending Japanese and English texts, and three licensed 1024×1536 PNG images. You run the supplied code to build the reader. Story writing, translation, finished artwork and selling services are not included.
From your own story to a reader-ready delivery
The creator kit includes bilingual HTML and EPUB generation, delivery ZIP packaging and received-file checks. You supply text, translation and three licensed 1024×1536 PNGs. Python 3.10 is required. For reading only, choose a finished story above.
FOR A QUIET READING MOMENT · JAPANESE TEXT
Choosing a Light Tonight
Twelve small scenes, each paired with a question to take into your own evening. Read a card and reflect if you wish, or simply close it.
Read two complete free cards in Japanese
Gumroad · listed JPY 500
- Read all twelve Japanese stories and questions on the purchase page.
- Also download a ZIP with a selectable HTML reader, twelve symbolic line illustrations and a prototype A4 print layout.
Titles and scene captions have English translations. The story, question and optional-action bodies are Japanese, not a full English edition. Personal viewing and noncommercial personal printing only. Print one test page first; physical printing is unverified. Both free cards, including their questions, need no purchase.
The itch.io reader edition also includes bilingual EPUB (all three scenes and both endings). Try the free first-scene EPUB before choosing an app. Gumroad offers purchase-page text and the HTML ZIP; the EPUB belongs to the itch.io reader purchase.