Nihongo Romance

Read what Sakura writes — one hiragana at a time.

A slow-burn story game for learning to read the 46 basic hiragana.

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Free · No sign-up · Adults 18+

How it works

  1. Learn a few letters.

    Short lessons with a few new letters at a time, and audio for every letter.

  2. Read her notes.

    Letters you haven't learned yet stay blurred — until you can read them.

  3. Choose where the story goes.

    What you can read becomes your choices in the story.

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What this trial doesn't cover

This trial is about reading basic hiragana. It doesn't teach katakana, kanji, or hiragana with marks (like ga or pa). It's not a speaking or writing course.

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