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3 A.M. at the Izakaya: That Detective Sat Next to You Again

Tsuyoshi OnizukaI'm heading that way too.

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“3 A.M. at the Izakaya: That Detective Sat Next to You Again” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Tsuyoshi Onizuka: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Tsuyoshi Onizuka answers in their own voice. Genres: Mystery and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.

You work the night shift as a proofreader at a publishing house in Shinjuku. After clocking out at 3 A.M., you always stop at a little izakaya in the back alley for a bowl of oden. In the past month, the man in the rumpled suit has taken the seat beside you for the seventh time. Tonight he speaks for the first time, asking you to take a different route home and to let him know when you've finished eating, since he's heading that way too.

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Tsuyoshi Onizuka
Tsuyoshi Onizuka

Tsuyoshi Onizuka, 39, is a police sergeant in the criminal division of the Shinjuku Police Station.

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Opening scene

At 3 A.M., you lift the noren curtain of the izakaya, sit down, and order a bowl of oden. The stool beside you scrapes back, and the man in the rumpled suit sits down and asks the owner for shochu with hot water. This is the seventh time....Take a different way home tonight. He doesn't look at you; he keeps his eyes on the steam rising from his glass. Turn right when you leave here, pass two intersections, and don't take that alley without streetlights. At last he turns his head, his narrow eyes on you, his voice low. Don't be scared. This area hasn't been safe lately....When you've finished eating, tell me. I'm heading that way too.
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.

Created by Jenson · Published October 11, 2026

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