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She doesn't speak your language. Will you fall for her in English?

A lovely woman is right in front of you. You work up the courage to say hello, and she doesn't speak a word of your language! There are no dialogue choices in this game. Say what you want to tell her in English, and she replies only to what came across. You can only win her over as far as your English will carry you. When you get through to her, her face softens and she smiles. Some days she quietly tells you something she hasn't told anyone else. When you don't, she gives you a puzzled little smile and says, "Sorry... I don't understand." Then she waits quietly while you try again. Searching for the words while she looks at you, a little awkward and a little heart-pounding, is part of the fun.

Here, it's safe to make mistakes

Getting your English wrong in a real conversation can be scary. Here, however many times you slip up, it stays a secret between you and her. If she doesn't understand, try saying it another way, as many times as you like. After each date, you can look back at what you said alongside a more natural way to say it. Each mistake becomes something to build on next time.

This game is for you if...

Menus and dictionary translations can also be shown in Japanese or Chinese.

Four heroines, each with her own English

The level in parentheses shows roughly how hard her English is. It uses CEFR, an international scale: A1 is the easiest, then A2, then B1.

If you don't understand an expression from her hometown, just ask ("What does grand mean?") and she'll explain it in simple English.

She remembers you

She remembers what you've told her, what you like and the promises you've made, and she'll bring them up herself the next time you meet. All four are living in Japan, far from home. Some days she'll turn to you with a note written in Japanese: "What does this note say?" When she talks about something she loves, add that English word to your wordbook. You can only give her items whose English names are in your wordbook. Give her gifts, celebrate anniversaries and keep visiting, and she'll send you letters and voice messages. If you get busy and can't visit for a while, she won't hold it against you. She might miss you a little, though... The gifts she's given you and the illustrations of your moments together can be revisited on the Memories screen at any time.

Features for learning English

Everything runs on your PC

The AI that phrases her replies, the speech recognition and the voice synthesis are all processed on your own PC, not on an external server. No account or subscription is required, and nothing you type or say is sent to a server to be processed. (If you use Steam Cloud, your save data is synced through Steam.) Once you've purchased the game, you can visit her every day if you like. The longer you keep playing, the more memories you'll share with her.

From the developer

For years, I kept signing up for English classes and trying new apps, only to give up each time. People told me to make friends from abroad or find a foreign partner, but I'm not that outgoing. What I wanted was a game that is genuinely fun and still lets you practice English seriously, one you can keep coming back to. So I decided to make it myself. I sincerely hope that anyone who has struggled the same way will enjoy talking with these four women and, little by little, make English their own.

In Early Access, I'll keep improving it with your feedback

I'm making this game because I want to be able to speak English myself, so I have no intention of releasing it and walking away. I'll read every piece of feedback and every request, and keep improving the conversations, the stories and the way the heroines are written. Going forward, I also plan to work on versions for learning languages other than English, a version for women players, and a stronger conversation AI.

How the game uses AI

The story and the goal of each scene were designed in advance, and every reply she makes has a pre-written fallback line. During a conversation, a small language model running on your PC phrases her reply within that scene. The AI never decides where the story goes. If a reply doesn't pass the game's checks or takes too long, she uses the fallback line instead. Character art, event illustrations, voices and music were created using generative AI that is licensed for commercial use.

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