Listen.
Hear requests at Kian.
Broken words and small gestures
are your first clues to what is missing.
STUDIOINARI


BANKA / Japanese horror adventure
Enter a haunting, mysterious otherworld of mononoke.
August 31.
Waiting for you, deep within a memory.
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Ten years later, Yuta returns to Kureishi, a village in the mountains.
At dusk, he sees a girl in a fox mask on a bridge.
Following a hair ornament he remembers, Yuta wanders into another world.
A forest with no way back. A shrine that has lost its name.
A place of mononoke and people robbed of their memories.
As he traces the lives they left behind,
the outlines of a forgotten summer slowly return.
To return home. To remember.
And to live the rest of that summer once again.

“I still remember
that summer.”
3D scenes from the abandoned village in Chapter 2. Development screenshots; the final release may differ.
Hear requests at Kian.
Broken words and small gestures
are your first clues to what is missing.
Walk through the otherworld in third person.
Examine objects and records left behind,
and uncover stories where they happened.
Gather the lights to open a way home.
Finding something is only the beginning.
Your journey ends when you bring it back.
Return an item. Wait for an answer.
Some things return. Some do not.
Each encounter changes Yuta, too.
Story-driven conversations meet third-person 3D exploration. Learning the village's history changes the meaning of familiar paths.
Trade for supplies at Kian and collect local records. Returning to your base, investigating and preparing are all part of the journey.
The girl in the fox mask. Memories from ten years ago. A village steeped in history. The clues you gather lead to different endings.
It is watching you with a human face.
Something unfamiliar has slipped into a familiar landscape.
Its white neck rises above the rooftops.
Four slender legs end in fingers that resemble human hands.
A neck probing the ground suddenly begins to tremble.
Do not mistake its stillness for kindness.
Something is swimming above the water.
Red and white scales. Many eyes. A human nose and lips.
A giant goldfish floats in the air, muttering to itself.
Get too close, and its mouth turns toward you.
These illustrations depict the otherworld based on the game's concept art. Select an image to view the original design.
KIAN / A place to return to.A place to hear
“Welcome home.”
When the mountain paths wear you down, knock on Kian's door.
Saburou the merchant makes tea,
while mononoke with nowhere else to go spend another day here.
Shop. Listen. Rest for a while on the veranda.
There is more to this place than surviving a frightening world.
Getting to know its everyday life is part of the journey.
The Faceless were once people who lived in Kureishi.
Stripped of their names and memories, they still wait for someone.
Listen to their broken words, visit their homes and find what mattered to them.
Bring back a piece of the life they once lived.

Why must there be two?
Read the traces of everyday life left in an old house for yourself.
Fingers without thread sew a sleeve.
Unfinished needlework tells the story of a life.
A bridge, and the traces of work left behind.
Responsibility and regret leave their marks on memory, too.
A child gazes at the lights of Kian.
A small flute leads into a forgotten time.
A bag opened, then left closed.
The letter holds feelings meant for someone.
Naokichi and his younger sister Suzu. The person Kinu, a large white nekomata, has waited for.
Kureishi still holds stories you have yet to discover.

THE GIRL IN THE FOX MASK
A girl wearing a fox mask waits for Yuta in the village at dusk. Her presence echoes memories of a summer he had forgotten.
Background art used in BANKA. The game is in development and the final presentation may change.
BANKA is currently in development.
Release details and how to play will be announced on the official site.
Release is planned for December 2026. The exact date, stores and supported devices will be announced once confirmed.
Distribution on App Store, Google Play, Steam, itch.io and BOOTH is under consideration. Details will be announced once confirmed.
This website is available in English. The game language is Japanese; additional game languages have not been announced.
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