Planned Release Date: March 2027

About This Game

You want to learn Japanese? She is already running.



Every ink alien carries a kanji it stole. Mid-run, a question opens: the meaning, the reading or the right kanji. Pick the answer and your brush cuts the alien down. Miss, and that kanji comes back until you know it.

• Start from your very first kanji and keep going past JLPT N1: 6,000+ in all.
  
• A boss guards every zone, and it builds its attacks from the kanji you keep missing.
  
• Answer at full speed. One press picks your answer, on a controller or a keyboard.
  
• Play solo, or online co-op for up to 8. Every player gets questions picked for them, so friends at any level can play together.

Run across Japan and take the kanji back

Ink aliens tear kanji off the street signs and right out of your memory. Chase them through neighbourhoods across Japan, in every season, in rain, snow and night.

• Fast answers chain into combos and a bigger score multiplier.
  
• Run, jump and dodge while you answer: the questions never stop the run.

From your first kanji to N1, and beyond

Start with hiragana, katakana and your first ten kanji. Keep going through themed zones (nature, time, the city, the mind) then the full JLPT N5–N1 (Japan's proficiency test), Jōyō (everyday kanji) and Kanken (kanji certification) lists: every kanji you can be tested on, and thousands beyond.

• Spaced repetition you never have to manage. Every answer trains the card. Weak kanji come back sooner; kanji you have mastered step aside.
  
• A Collection that fills as you learn. Each kanji has its readings, the words it makes, example sentences, related kanji and its stroke order.
  
• Practice mode when you want to study without pressure.

Play solo, or online co-op for up to 8

In co-op, every player gets their own questions, picked for the kanji they are learning. A beginner and an N1 veteran play the same match, and every right answer counts the same for the team. Short on friends? Empty seats fill automatically, so a match always starts.

• Defense: hold the line against waves of Bokkyaku, the ink aliens.
  
• Raid: bring down a giant before it escapes.
  
• Repaint: paint an ink-drained city sign back to life, stroke by stroke.
  
• The Hub: meet up between runs, show off your look and emote together.

Run in your own style

Make your own runner in the character creator: hair, face, eyes and outfits. Then style your run with trails, auras, strikes, pets and frames for your avatar.

Reclaim the city together

Every kanji any player reclaims during a season fills one shared board. Fill it together, and everyone keeps that season's cosmetics.

Also

• 140+ stages across Japan
  
• Hiragana and katakana included
  
• Full controller support

So what are you waiting for?

People learning Japanese from all over the world meet in the Hub between runs. Show off your look, dance together, team up for a match, then head back out and reclaim the city. Grab your brush and run with them.

AI Generated Content Disclosure

The developers describe how their game uses AI Generated Content like this:

Some artwork, marketing materials, and localization were created or finished with generative AI tools. Gameplay does not use AI to generate content.