{"id":10642,"date":"2022-03-18T14:04:23","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T05:04:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=10642"},"modified":"2022-05-12T17:14:21","modified_gmt":"2022-05-12T08:14:21","slug":"20220318-10642","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/20220318-10642\/","title":{"rendered":"Does filing taxes have you down? One developer is making a comedic RPG to help"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Written by. Nick Mosier based on the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/articles\/newsjp\/20220317-195804\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">original Japanese article<\/a>\u00a0(original article&#8217;s publication date: 2022-03-17 19:49 JST)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><br>Japanese game developer @aonimaru_games has announced the start of development on a free game called <em><strong>Kakutei Shinkoku o ganbaru RPG<\/strong><\/em> <em>(<strong>\u78ba\u5b9a\u7533\u544a\u3092\u9811\u5f35\u308bRPG<\/strong>),<\/em> which can be translated to something like <em>Do Your Best Filing Taxes RPG, <\/em>where players can have fun learning how to file their taxes. Filing taxes is a huge headache to many and we can already see the game getting a big response.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In Japan, the \u201cfinal tax return\u201d is a process everyone from small business owners to office workers with side jobs must do every year to determine how much they have to pay in taxes. And every year around the March deadline, it\u2019s sure to become a hot topic. Depending on the person, the documents required can be very complicated and is the source of headaches for many.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Around the start of tax season in mid-February, we could see Twitter users wishfully hoping for the gamification of taxes. If all those frustrating forms could somehow be gamified and made enjoyable, maybe tax season wouldn\u2019t be so bad. And that\u2019s probably why we\u2019re seeing this game get so much attention on social media.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"ja\" dir=\"ltr\">\u3061\u306a\u307f\u306b\u3053\u306e\u4e16\u754c\u3067\u306f\u6b66\u5668\u3084\u9632\u5177\u306f\u8cb7\u3046\u3068\u5730\u65b9\u7a0e\uff08\u56fa\u5b9a\u8cc7\u7523\u7a0e\uff09\u304c\u8ab2\u7a0e\u3055\u308c\u307e\u3059 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/b0nEDMEhyN\">pic.twitter.com\/b0nEDMEhyN<\/a><\/p>&mdash; \u3042\u3092\u306b\u307e\u308b\ud83e\udd8c (@aonimaru_games) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/aonimaru_games\/status\/1504377592052592644?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 17, 2022<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The game takes Japan\u2019s current tax system and applies it to a fantasy RPG setting. The self-proclaimed king and small business owner Michinaga somehow made large profits in forex trading. But he completely forgets about taxes and puts all his profits into building himself a castle. Since he can\u2019t pay his taxes now, his castle is seized by the Demon King Kokuzei. Distraught, Michinaga summons the hero Zeirishi in hopes of somehow getting through his predicament. The character names are also humorous puns in Japanese, like Kokuzei meaning national tax and Zeirishi meaning tax counselor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>From the available screenshots, we can see text that helps make the tax system a bit easier to grasp like, \u201cFile my taxes and take back my tax refund the Demon King Kokuzei!\u201d and, \u201cwith e-tax spells, you don\u2019t have to go to a dungeon (tax office) to file (battle)!\u201d There are other humorous touches like weapons and armor being considered fixed assets, so you have to pay a tax when you buy them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to @aonimaru_games\u2019s tweets, your HP is the money you have, and enemy HP is represented by tax amounts. You can win battles by using deductions and expense calculations to get the tax amounts (HP) to zero. In battle, your party members\u2019 tax exemptions for dependents and the expense sheets you find in treasure chests will be important. It\u2019s a comedic way to take Japan\u2019s actual tax system and make an RPG system out of it.<br><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"813\" height=\"647\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 813px) 100vw, 813px\" src=\"http:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-10644\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001.jpg 813w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001-600x477.jpg 600w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001-380x302.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001-768x611.jpg 768w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001-150x119.jpg 150w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001-300x239.jpg 300w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001-696x554.jpg 696w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/20220317-195804-001-528x420.jpg 528w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><br>As for @aonimaru_games\u2019s work up to this point, they also have an RPG based in Nara, Japan called <em>Fi-Nara Fantasy<\/em> that\u2019s now available free of charge. @aonimaru_games is a creator with a unique brand of comedy born from mixing unusual themes with different game genres. We can expect this game to be packed with their unique comedic taste as well.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For most Japanese citizens, the deadline for filing taxes is March 15, but the nightmare will return once again next year. Maybe <em>Kakutei Shinkoku o ganbaru RPG <\/em>can make filing a bit less of a struggle next time tax season rolls around. As a freelance writer who suffers filing taxes every year, I (the original writer of this article) wish @aonimaru_games the best of luck.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kakutei Shinkoku o ganbaru RPG (\u78ba\u5b9a\u7533\u544a\u3092\u9811\u5f35\u308bRPG), which can be translated to something like Do Your Best Filing Taxes RPG, lets you learn how to file taxes. 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