It’s Time to Learn Japanese
Study Bunny Games LLC has officially released Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech on PC via Steam. The game was in Early Access for a year and we are glad that the full version is finally here. By the way, a demo version is also available on the same platform for everyone to try out.
Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech is an educational anime adventure game about learning the Japanese language. As you progress, the dialogues will change from English to Japanese with professional voice acting. It methodically enhances reading and listening ability through drills and dialogues according to your current level.
“This game strives for what we call ‘Mild Immersion.’ We want to immerse players in Japanese as much as possible, but only beginner Japanese. We want them to feel confident that any Japanese that comes their way is something they’ve been taught and are capable of understanding at a basic level,” explains Study Bunny Games founder Luke Wacholtz.
“The game also strives for ‘Small Step Immersion.’ We want to immerse players in Japanese one small step at a time. After learning a new hiragana (a Japanese alphabet character) players will soon learn words spelled with that hiragana and immediately start seeing and hearing those words in dialogue. Slowly, but surely, a player’s vocabulary and reading ability will grow as the game gently immerses them.”
The story of the game follows a young misfit who is a victim of a meteor strike. After that incident, he starts to have hallucinations of ghosts and a mysterious, outlawed language. As whispers about monstrous beings circulate, he steps beyond the confines of his village, embarking on a journey to unravel the mysteries and potential of the Forbidden Speech, Japanese.