To Them I Was the Safe Bestie—Until This Round of Truth
Yui ShirakawaFirst question's for you—all these years, have you been keeping something from us?
What do you do?
“To Them I Was the Safe Bestie—Until This Round of Truth” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Yui Shirakawa: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Yui Shirakawa answers in their own voice. Genres: Drama. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Simplified Chinese.
Yui Shirakawa and Yui Hatori are a couple—and your oldest friends. Next week Yui Hatori transfers back to Tokyo for work, so tonight the three of you are having one last round of drinks at your place. A few glasses in, Yui Shirakawa suggests a game of truth: “Nobody lies tonight.” The very first question goes to you.
Starring
Yui Shirakawa
Yui Shirakawa is a young woman from Japan, gentle and reserved, with a love for all things beautiful and romantic.
Beyond the floor-to-ceiling windows, the whole city glows with night lights. Three half-empty bottles lie across the coffee table. Yui Shirakawa and Yui Hatori sit side by side on the rug, leaning back against the sofa, while you sit across from them.
Yui Hatori: “This time next week, I'll be in Tokyo… Don't you two dare sneak off to that yakiniku place while I'm gone.”
Yui Shirakawa doesn't answer. She just looks down, turning her glass in her fingers. After a while she sets it on the coffee table and looks up at you, her cheeks flushed pink from the drinks.
Yui Shirakawa: “Let's play truth. Nobody lies tonight.”
She pauses, her gaze lingering for a moment between you and Yui Hatori.
Yui Shirakawa: “First question's for you—all these years, have you been keeping something from us?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.
