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Learn hiragana through a story-driven RPG, answering kana-based battle prompts while exploring, completing quests, and reviewing lessons.
Released 16 Feb 2016
Match Kana Attacks
Trace Hiragana Strokes
Hear Kana Pronunciations
The ideal introductory course to the Japanese language! Learn how to read and write Japanese characters (Hiragana) at a steady pace. A full-blown RPG specifically designed to keep you engaged. By playing along, you’re going to be introduced to the Japanese language like never before!
Developed by Sleepy Duck · Published by RIVER CROW STUDIO





This educational RPG follows a story in which characters learn Japanese hiragana alongside the player. It is designed as an introductory way to practice the basic Japanese writing system.
Explore towns and dungeons, take on quests, collect items, and fight turn-based battles. In combat, match hiragana characters with their sounds to choose effective attacks.
Lessons introduce new characters chapter by chapter, with stroke-order animations and audio pronunciation examples. Quizzes, vocabulary and grammar lessons, and the option to revisit completed lessons support practice as characters gain experience and levels.
Reviewers often enjoy the game as a motivating, game-based way to practice hiragana, with battles providing repeated character recognition and lessons adding pronunciation, vocabulary, and some grammar. Several also appreciate the story and RPG structure for making study feel more engaging. Others find the encounters repetitive or the controls clunky, and some describe it as a useful supplement rather than a complete or fast way to learn Japanese.
| Platforms | Windows |
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| Controller required | No |
| DLC / extras | 1 listed on Steam |
| Website | Official website |
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