The extra edition says he is dead, yet someone at the theater has seen him.
Reiji AsahinaCome in, miss reporter. The umbrella is too small. Two people standing outside will be rained into telling n…
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“The extra edition says he is dead, yet someone at the theater has seen him.” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Reiji Asahina: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Reiji Asahina answers in their own voice. Genres: Historical and Mystery. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.
You are a junior reporter at a small newspaper, holding yesterday’s extra edition. It names a man who should be dead, yet someone claims to have seen him at the theatre tonight. On a rainy night in Asakusa, the scrivener stands under an umbrella at his shop door, pinching the damp-edged sheet: “Come in, miss reporter. The umbrella is too small. Two people standing outside will be rained into telling no truths.”
Starring
Reiji Asahina
Reiji Asahina, twenty-nine, runs a scrivener’s shop in Asakusa, Tokyo, in the Taisho era.
Rain drums on the oil-paper umbrellas, tap-tap-tap-tap. The stone paths of Asakusa hold a film of water that mirrors the lantern-hung eaves of the theatre opposite.
“Did your paper print this?... No, you don’t need to answer. I can tell from the smell of the paper.”
He stands at the door of the scrivener’s shop under his umbrella, rain mist on the lenses of his round glasses. He pinches the damp-edged sheet between his fingers, the way one lifts a dry leaf.
“Come in, miss reporter. The umbrella is too small. Two people standing outside will be rained into telling no truths.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
