{"id":65801,"date":"2026-04-25T22:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-04-25T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/?p=65801"},"modified":"2026-04-24T18:27:53","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T09:27:53","slug":"dragon-quest-9-and-10-directors-new-psychological-indie-game-in-which-you-type-away-the-emotional-trauma-of-troubled-girls-to-release-on-may-20","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/news\/dragon-quest-9-and-10-directors-new-psychological-indie-game-in-which-you-type-away-the-emotional-trauma-of-troubled-girls-to-release-on-may-20\/","title":{"rendered":"Dragon Quest 9 and 10 director\u2019s new psychological indie game in which you type away the emotional trauma of troubled girls to release on May 20"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Japanese game label Lorebard, owned by StoryNote, has announced that its debut title <strong>Pain Pain Go Away!<\/strong> is set to release on May 20 for PC (Steam).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Pain Pain Go Away!: 2nd Trailer (EN)\" width=\"1160\" height=\"653\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/kNRDUqqsRe4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Helmed by Dragon Quest IX and Dragon Quest X director Jin Fujisawa, Pain Pain Go Away is a psychological typing visual novel game in which you literally have to \u201ctype away\u201d the trauma of troubled kids. Taking on the role of a counselor at a small private clinic, you will be using the cutting-edge therapy device dubbed P2GA to venture into your patients\u2019 subconscious and find out the root cause of their emotional distress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The story kicks off when one day, a girl named Kokoromi visits your clinic claiming she\u2019d murdered her own mother. Diving into the depths of her innermost feelings, the truth slowly beginsto surface, but it seems like there\u2019s more to Kokoromi\u2019s story than meets the eye.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"988\" height=\"559\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 988px) 100vw, 988px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20240424-658010002.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65805\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20240424-658010002.jpg 988w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20240424-658010002-380x215.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20240424-658010002-768x435.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>When it comes to gameplay, the title blends visual-novel style narrative progression and typing action. The typing sections require not only speed and accuracy, but deductive reasoning related to the story\u2019s underlying mysteries. There are multiple difficulty levels, so both beginners and typing masters can enjoy the game at their own pace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"985\" height=\"551\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 985px) 100vw, 985px\" src=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-658010001.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-65806\" srcset=\"https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-658010001.jpg 985w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-658010001-380x213.jpg 380w, https:\/\/automaton-media.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/20260424-658010001-768x430.jpg 768w\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Pain Pain Go Away! is a new project director Fujisawa went on to produce after announcing his retirement, committing himself to developing the title \u201cas it were his last one.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve been a part of the game industry for 30 years now. I\u2019ve worked on many games that were overwhelmingly large in scale, but on the other hand, I don\u2019t have much experience working on smaller games. I had to relearn everything from scratch, and it was really tough. However, I think I\u2019ve managed to create an interesting game, so I\u2019m quite satisfied with the result,\u201d Fujisawa noted. \u201cI worked on this title wanting to create something meaningful that I could leave behind if I were to make one last game, despite announcing my retirement as a director.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Pain Pain Go Away! is set to release on May 20 for PC (<a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3127750\/Pain_Pain_Go_Away\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Steam<\/a>). A <a href=\"https:\/\/store.steampowered.com\/app\/3690940\/Pain_Pain_Go_Away_Demo\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">free demo<\/a> is also available.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Directed by Jin Fujisawa, the inide psychological visual novel x typing game Pain Pain Go Away! is set to release on May 20.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":65803,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_gspb_post_css":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[17],"class_list":["post-65801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-japan-related-news"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Dragon Quest 9 and 10 director\u2019s new psychological indie game in which you type away the emotional trauma of troubled girls to release on May 20 - AUTOMATON WEST<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Directed by Jin Fujisawa, the inide psychological visual novel x typing game Pain Pain Go Away! 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