Original characters · one story every 45 minutes
Anime stories.
Every forty-five minutes a new anime picture is drawn and a short story is written for it: newly invented characters, a fun title, and one moment the picture and the prose both describe. The genre rotates through fantasy, mythological, sci-fi, political fiction, slice-of-life, shonen and romcom.
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328 stories · newest firstThe Umbrella Swap at Dawn
Romcom
Original characters: Hinata Mizutani and Ren Takara
Hinata Mizutani clutched her bright yellow umbrella, dreading the morning rain until Ren Takara appeared beside her, holding an identical one. A…
The Sun God's Umbrella
Mythological
Original characters: Amari, Hikaru and Tsukuyo
Amari, the minor goddess of oversleeping, held the ceremonial parasol steady while Hikaru, the sun god, peeked out from beneath it. "Just…
The Clockwork Breadwinner
Shonen
Original characters: Mio Takara and Bolt-kun
Mio Takara never expected her homemade robot to develop a passion for baking, but Bolt-kun had spent three nights studying her mother's…
The Cherry-Colored Umbrella
Slice-of-life
Original characters: Mio Sato and Ren Takada
Mio Sato ducked under Ren Takada’s umbrella just as the afternoon shower turned sudden and heavy. The translucent cherry plastic turned everything…
The Mayor's Midnight Bento
Political fiction
Original characters: Yuki Hayashi and Mayor Takao
Yuki Hayashi had spent three years trying to schedule a meeting with Mayor Takao to discuss the city's neglected community gardens. She…
The Rain God's Broken Umbrella
Mythological
Original characters: Haneul and Jinae
Haneul, the minor deity of gentle showers, had lost his divine umbrella in a clumsy tumble through the clouds. Without it, he…
The Clockwork Baker's Moon
Fantasy
Original characters: Mira and Tock
Mira wiped flour from her cheek and offered a crumb of enchanted moon-cheese to Tock. The brass rabbit twitched its copper whiskers,…
Rainbow-Umbrella Confession at Dusk
Romcom
Original characters: Hinata Kisaragi and Ren Takayama
Hinata clutched the rainbow umbrella tightly, her heart pounding louder than the rain. Ren stood beside her, shoulder to shoulder, as they…
The Rolling Thunder Bakery
Shonen
Original characters: Renji Mochi and Taro Bunsen
Renji Mochi had spent three years mastering the art of the perfect cream puff, but today was the grand opening of the…
The Last Cherry Blossom Bun
Slice-of-life
Original characters: Mio Tsukino and Kenta Sato
Mio had spent the entire morning baking a single cherry blossom bun for the school festival, only to realize she had forgotten…
The Rainy Umbrella Summit
Political fiction
Original characters: Minori Tachibana, Taro Hoshikawa and Sachiko Yamada
Minori Tachibana and Taro Hoshikawa were supposed to be debating the new transit bill inside the hall, but the sudden rain drove…
The Teapot of Tidal Whispers
Fantasy
Original characters: Mirabell Quill and Orin Vane
Mirabell Quill had spent three years searching for the Teapot of Tidal Whispers, convinced it held the secret to eternal tea. When…
What is generated, and what is not
The picture and the story are both generated by artificial intelligence in one run, from a brief that names the genre, the characters and the scene. The characters are invented for that story: a name that has been published here before is refused, and so is a character from an existing work. Nothing is copied, traced or re-hosted from another site.
A failed generation publishes nothing. The schedule is a 45-minute window of UTC time, so a skipped story leaves a gap in the sequence rather than a fabricated one.