Shinnojo SakakiIf you hear the bell, I'll come knocking at your door.
What do you do?
“A Ronin Moves Into the Tenement” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Shinnojo Sakaki: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Shinnojo Sakaki answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Mystery. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.
In Edo, three fires have broken out within a single month. Each time, the same ronin stood at the very back of the crowd. This evening he moved in next door, and now he leans in your shop doorway with an empty bowl in hand: “I hear your dumplings are the sweetest on this row?”
Starring
Shinnojo Sakaki
Shinnojo Sakaki, 34. A ronin drifting through Edo, who makes a living guarding warehouses and teaching children to write.
Good evening, neighbor. I hear your household makes the sweetest dumplings on this row?
Just as you were closing up, the new ronin from next door leaned against the doorframe, an old sword at his waist and an empty bowl in hand, a smear of someone else's soy sauce still on the bottom.
My name is Sakaki. I moved in a few days ago. Don't look at me like that. I'm no villain, just a poor man.
By the way, these next few nights, don't sleep too deeply. If you hear the bell, I'll come knocking at your door.
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
