A bedridden young man named Kanto meets a mysterious android girl named Kanata in Japan around 2040, where advanced technology aids reconstruction after a massive earthquake. Their encounter sparks new experiences like shopping and café work, things he never knew due to his lifelong physical disability. This sci-fi romantic visual novel unfolds in a residential facility for those with mobility challenges.
Advance the story with left clicks or Enter key, hide the message window via right-click, and tweak volume, text speed, or skip settings from the bottom-left menu. Unread skip works when toggled on in config. Casual adventure fans who enjoy straightforward visual novel pacing will find a hopeful take on future tech and human connection.
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[NETABOKU -A robot girl changes my life as a bedridden boy-]
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Thank you for watching NETABOKU!
This game was modeled after the avatar robot cafe, and I made it with the people who actually worked there. A bedridden young man meets an android girl and discovers the meaning of his life in this sci-fi romantic adventure game.
The genre of this game is a visual novel.
I hope that 20 years from now, technology will have made the impossible possible, and you will be able to live freely even if you are bedridden, and I hope that 20 years from now, we will see further advances in real-world technology and events like this one come to fruition, and I hope that the players will feel a sense of hope for the future as well!
*Live play and video submissions on distribution sites are welcome. However, please do so within the bounds of common sense.
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・Story
Japan circa 2040.
Thirteen years ago, a great earthquake submerged some areas of Tokyo, but thanks to advanced technology, reconstruction is steadily progressing. The protagonist, Kanto, lives in a residential facility for people with physical disabilities who find it difficult to live at home.
One day, he meets a mysterious girl, Kanata, and begins to experience many things. He was born with a physical disability, so going shopping, staying alone, working at a café, and all the things that everyone takes for granted are new to him, and he expects this joy to last forever...
・Method of operation
Left click or Enter key to advance.
You can hide the message window by right-clicking on it.
In addition, you can change the volume and the character speed, etc. in 'Settings' at the bottom left of the screen.
The un-read skip of the config screen becomes possible to skip the un-read part when it is 'ON', and only the read part can be skipped when it is 'OFF'. Since the default is 'OFF', please make it 'ON' when you use the skip function.
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・Special Thanks
Ory Yoshifuji (Avatar robot developer)
Yuta Banda (Founder of Avatar robot cafe)
Hiroki Okabe (Test play)
To all the people involved in the Avatar robot cafe.
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