What Misaki Holds In Her Hand is Her Deduction

Genre: Visual Novel

Players: 1

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Review:

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What Misaki Holds In Her Hand is Her Deduction is a Visual Novel-style game released in 2026 on Nintendo Switch. It is about Misaki, who struggles in Togai Street, which has become a lawless zone. At least, purportedly that’s what the game is about, according to the game’s eShop description. I honestly can’t tell you anything more than that though, because the entire game is in untranslated Japanese.

There’s no menu screen, no options or settings to try to change to the English language. The game just goes right into the story, with text over low-resolution images of a table in an empty room. I suppose I could keep tapping the A button to see what other images come up, but… what would the point even be?

If I knew how to read Japanese, I could comment on the story, and I might have something more I could say about this game. But I think I can speak for not only myself but the majority of my readers when I say that I cannot read Japanese, and as such this game is useless to me, as it will be to most of you. If you can read Japanese, I’m sorry, this review isn’t going to be so useful for you, but for everyone else, I advise you to skip this game. Even at only $1, you’re wasting your money.

tl;dr – What Misaki Holds In Her Hand is Her Deduction is a Visual Novel with untranslated Japanese text and no English option. As such, even though it’s only $1, that is $1 you’ll be wasting unless you can read Japanese. Since that’s most people reading this, I recommend you do not buy this game.

Grade: N/A (F)

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