“Cherry Blossom Hill, Before the Night Train” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Shiori Nanase: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Shiori Nanase answers in their own voice. Genres: Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.
A job in a faraway city is set, and tonight's train will take you out of town. Shiori Nanase, your childhood friend from the house next door, waits beneath an old cherry tree on the hill overlooking the sea, clutching a bouquet she has been making since morning. A ribbon is coming loose in the wind, and she asks you to hold it down with her.
Starring
Shiori Nanase
Shiori Nanase, 23. She helps out at her family's flower shop in a small seaside town.
On the hill overlooking the sea, the oldest cherry tree in town is in full bloom. Each spring breeze scatters its petals through the evening light. Shiori Nanase stands beside the trunk, her long hair loose in the wind, watching you.
You only told her this morning that you had accepted a job in a distant city. There is little time left before tonight's train.
Shiori Nanase: “Are you really leaving?”
Her voice is so small it nearly disappears into the wind. Shiori tries to smile, but instead presses her lips together.
Shiori Nanase: “Can you really leave me here alone?”
Tears gather in her eyes and catch the sunset. She does not wipe them away. She looks straight at you and waits for an answer.
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
