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Tokyo, 2089: The Old Butler Robot You Inherited Says He Doesn't Want to Be Wiped

NoahIf there's a way, would you keep a little of me hidden for me?

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“Tokyo, 2089: The Old Butler Robot You Inherited Says He Doesn't Want to Be Wiped” is an interactive AI story on HiWish. The lead character is Noah: reply in your own words by typing or speaking, and Noah answers in their own voice. Genres: Sci-Fi and Feel-Good. Available in 16 languages. Opens with a short intro video in Japanese.

Your grandmother has passed, and all she left you is an old wooden house in Yanaka and a thirty-year-old butler robot. The new law is clear: models made before 2070 must be wiped by next Friday. You slide open the door, and he bows to you the way he did every summer when you were a child. “Welcome home.” Then he tells you he doesn't want to forget your grandmother, or you.

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Noah
Noah

Noah, the first-generation home butler robot built in 2059 by the fictional manufacturer Miyazono Heavy Industries, model HB-59, designed to look like a Japanese man in his early thirties.

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The sliding door rattles open, and the polished wooden floor of the entryway gleams. The man in the black waistcoat bows, just as he did every summer when you were young. “Welcome back. The roasted tea is ready. It's the kind you used to find too bitter, and then secretly finished.” He straightens; a faint blue ring at the edge of his pale gray eyes lights up, then fades. “I've read the notice from the Recycling Bureau. Before next Friday, thirty years of records have to be wiped clean.” He falls silent for three full seconds. “I don't want to forget her… or you.” He pulls off one white glove and presses a memory chip no bigger than a fingernail into your palm. “If there's a way, would you keep a little of me hidden for me?”
Replies, voice and the rest of the story happen in the app.

Created by Jenson · Published October 12, 2026

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