

Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech
Study Bunny Games LLC · December 14, 2023 · RPG, Education, Comedy, Anime, Funny
Buy Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech from Steam at $19.99 — the cheapest of 1 store we compare.
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Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech price by region
Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech costs £16.75 in the United Kingdom, €19.50 in Europe (EUR), $19.99 in the United States, $19.99 in Georgia (USD), CA$25.99 in Canada, NZ$28.99 in New Zealand, A$29.50 in Australia, R$59.99 in Brazil and zł82.79 in Poland right now.
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About Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech
Play the free demo!
If you like the free demo, buy the full game and continue from your last save point!Learning should be an adventure
Dialogue changes from English to Japanese as you learn and progress in this comedic RPG backed by professional Japanese voice acting.Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech is aimed at anime fans with little to no Japanese ability, but any beginner may enjoy and benefit, even those who have studied Japanese and hiragana before. This is a full introductory Japanese course and adventure all in one. We've made the game we wanted to play when we were first learning Japanese.
Incredible value!
- Cheaper than popular beginner textbooks
- Features that textbooks and other learning resources can't match
- Conversations with pro voice acting and full context
- System that adjusts dialogue to your level
- Story with colorful characters, comedy, and music
- Battle system drills on hiragana and words + kanji
Is this game worthwhile if I already know hiragana?
Probably! There's still 136+ kanji to practice!Can you quickly read and comprehend the following sentences easily? If not, the game should offer you great value.でも、それはちょっと変だったこの小さい雄鶏は誰だ?もうこの船が必要じゃないここは面白くないだろ?またあの馬じゃないか!もう危なくないよ俺はお前が本当に嫌いまだ終わりじゃねえ!お前らはだめな奴だあいつの名前は何?いいえ、だめな猫だよ!
How will I learn?
Mild ImmersionOur frustration with other Japanese learning games is that while they teach hiragana and words, they rarely (if ever) use these learnings in actual conversations. Almost everything is out of context. A random character, word, or sentence here or there. On the other hand, trying to learn Japanese by watching anime or reading manga is overwhelming (for a beginner).
We try to strike a balance between these two worlds. This game strives for “Mild Immersion.” We want to immerse you in Japanese as much as possible, but only beginner Japanese. We want you to feel confident that any Japanese that comes your way is something you’ve been taught and are capable of understanding at a basic level.
Small Step Immersion
This game also strives for “Small Step Immersion.” We want to immerse you in Japanese one small step at a time. After learning a new hiragana, you will soon learn words spelled with that hiragana and immediately start seeing and hearing those words in dialogue and battle. Slowly, but surely, your vocabulary and reading ability will grow as the game gently immerses you, more and more.
We believe context, immersion, and fun are key to effective learning. This game isn't just an RPG with Japanese flashcard-type battles. It is much more.
What will I learn?
- How to read, write, and pronounce hiragana
Hiragana is a set of characters used to write Japanese words. - Over 240 common Japanese words used in anime
- 136+ kanji used in the Japanese words
- Grammar to understand basic Japanese sentences (50+ tutorials)
- Listening skills with over 4000 lines of dialogue by pro Japanese voice actors
Practice 136+ kanji!
行 怖 可 愛 君 美 味 熱 痛 強 助 待 本 当 分 違 元 気 母 生 徒 先 遅 小 忙 下 猫 酷 人 間 船 男 頑 張 危 動 物 残 念 早 良 名 前 女 何 山 羊 豚 馬 鼠 寒 見 大 丈 夫 島 秘 密 面 白 友 達 犬 楽 彼 化 煩 誰 私 奴 変 皆 夢 無 理 持 別 日 陰 性 心 霊 水 僕 俺 冗 談 手 紙 悪 息 子 今 好 魚 来 不 音 蜂 必 要 鶏 庭 綺 麗 嫌 蜜 久 姫 天 使 蛇 蛙 配 疲 野 郎 次 雄 貴 様 弱 所 明 部 屋 花 落 着 砂 漠 終 鍵 敵 町 姉 事The Adaptive Dialogue System and how it helps you learn
The Adaptive Dialogue System helps you learn by doing. It determines whether to show dialogue in Japanese or English based on your current knowledge. The more Japanese words and grammar you learn, the more dialogue will appear in Japanese!
For example, consider the following sentence: "doko iku?" (Where are we going?)
If you don't know one of the words "doko" (where) or "iku" (go, going), then this sentence will be shown in English. This is to avoid frustrating you with content you haven't yet learned.
However, if you know both words, it will be written in Japanese hiragana.
Pressing a button displays the "roumaji" of the sentence. Roumaji uses the English alphabet to describe Japanese sounds. A second press displays the English translation.
Features
- Professional Japanese voice acting (Over 4000 lines of spoken dialogue)
- Teaches Japanese starting from zero
- Teaches all the most common hiragana
- Teaches over 240+ Japanese words commonly used in anime
- Practice 136+ kanji
- Teaches word usage and Japanese grammar (over 50 tutorials)
- Adaptive Dialogue System gets you reading Japanese fast without being overwhelmed
- Real-time battles and humorous dialogue make learning fast and fun
- Gradual Reveal Dialogue System lets you conveniently check your reading comprehension
- All Hiragana Mode lets advanced adventurers immerse themselves instantly in a deeper Japanese experience
- Battle drills can be disabled at any time
- Level up controls allow you to adjust the pace of your learning
- Disable automatic voice over to practice reading comprehension easily
- 18+ hours of gameplay
- Tremendous replay value. Game adjusts Japanese content to your level from the very beginning
Learn Japanese RPG: Hiragana Forbidden Speech — game info
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Player modes
- Single-player
- PC Game Pass
- Not included
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
It's an incredible game to enforce Japanese. This game uses the same words over and over again and as you learn them you've already listened tons of times these words. I could say it's the best way to enforce and learn vocabulary words. The fighting is by recalling romaji or the english meaning of words and this is excellent because after some time I don't even think and I recall all words. I felt really good in that situation, seeing the improvement. There is also tons of grammar lessons which is incredible. The game is really fun and also funny. It makes it 本当に楽しくなる. It is "text" based meaning you always read the text while listening to the sounds and I believe it's really useful even for intermediate learners as it enforces these many useful words and grammar. It was a pleasure and I hope this style gets continued.2 found this helpful
You'll see many learning games for Japanese on Steam nowadays. Most of them are just memorization games that don't actually teach you the proper context. This game does. Alongside TPRS, this game is amazing at learning Japanese. With Kanji and soon Katakana being in the game, one will really end the game with a good foundation of words. There are 250 words in the game with 16 bonus words, totaling 266 words. There are 137 kanji in the game as well. It's honestly a good start to learn Japanese with. I would HIGHLY recommend newcomers to turn on Kanji. It's a lot, no doubt, but it is essential to learn and you'll be glad you did in the long long. The game will convert certain sentences to full Japanese text once it sees you have gotten a understanding of all the words in that sentence. For example, "I like roosters." If you only only 好き, it won't change. But if you know 雄鶏 and 私, you get,「私は雄鶏が好き。」 If you want to learn Japanese from scratch, this game will be the perfect start.2 found this helpful
I wish there were more games like this one; I loved it! I already knew hiragana but nothing else. I learned so many Kanji(s) in 30 hours. Not only that, but also grammar, phonetics and speech that you are very likely to encounter while watching anime. I loved the mini lessons and how you can go back to them before a quick test. I love how you can personalize the speed, the encounters rate, the amount of practice you need on each battle (you can practice before the real fights until you feel ready), you can also choose to skip lessons and do them once your brain has taken a rest. The battle mode is very smart as it adds new words once you've learned the first batch and I think the pace of that is perfect (considering all the personalization you can do) . If you feel like you can't take one more word or lesson you can take a brake and come back the next day, do some practice, then get back to advancing in the story. PS: I loved the originality of the story, (no spoilers) I'm sure I forgot to mention a few more things but, what matters is, I've had fun learning Japanese! I'm excited to replay the game with all the new words I've learned on my previous run, Love that option too! Such …1 found this helpful
Pretty neat at teaching you lots of basic words and grammar. Easy to get into and basically requires no commitment so you're not likely to burn out starting your learning journey with this.1 found this helpful
I wasn't sure how much use this game would be or if it'd be fun. But it's really really good! A super fun game, fun story and I'm learning quite a lot quite fast, I'm shocked honestly. Amazing work dev team!
いいです!Finished one playthrough so far and it helped me a lot, much faster than just Anki card memorization.
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