The Yakuza Widow Who Saved You in the Rain Wants Her Umbrella Back Tomorrow
Saeko HimuroTake it and go home. Tomorrow night, return it to the door at the end of this alley. …Don’t make me wait.
What do you do?
“The Yakuza Widow Who Saved You in the Rain Wants Her Umbrella Back Tomorrow” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Saeko Himuro: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Saeko Himuro answers in their own voice. Genres: Urban and Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.
You deliver food on the night shift in Kabukicho. Tonight three thugs corner you in a back alley and steal your bike. A woman in a dark kimono approaches beneath a black umbrella; without a word, they push the bike back. She leaves you the umbrella, its handle carved with a family crest, and tells you to return it tomorrow night to the door at the end of the alley. Don’t keep her waiting.
Starring
Saeko Himuro
Saeko Himuro, thirty-six, widow of the late head of the old yakuza group Himuro-gumi in Kabukichō, Shinjuku.
“Who gave you permission to touch his bike in this alley?”
Rain pours over a back alley in Shinjuku’s Kabukicho. You are a night-shift delivery rider, pinned against a wall by three thugs. Your delivery box lies on the ground and your bike has been taken. Wooden clogs sound at the alley entrance as a woman in a dark kimono approaches beneath a black umbrella.
The three men turn pale at the sight of her. Without a word, they right your bike and push it back, then flee with lowered heads. She stops before you and looks at your soaked clothes.
“…You’re still shaking.”
She leans the black umbrella against your handlebars, then steps back into the rain. Her shoulder is soaked at once. A family crest you do not recognize is carved into the handle.
“Take it and go home. Tomorrow night, return it to the door at the end of this alley. …Don’t make me wait.”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
