In Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan, step into the shoes of Maria Ramirez, a public school English teacher whose happy life is suddenly thrown into chaos through no fault of her own when the dispatch company she works for loses its contract with her workplace just two months before the end of the year. Experience the pain that thousands of real-life teachers face every year, and then make a tough choice with no easy endings. Will you choose to fight for your happy life and keep working? Will you try to make a fresh start in a cross-country move? Or will you return to your home country like so many do?
The game discusses cultural diversity, foreign worker exploitation, English education problems, LGBTQ+ issues, and more, all in a tightly paced game available for free on Steam and Itch. You can play on PC, Linux, Mac, and on your web browser.
About Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan
In “Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan,” you play as Maria Ramirez, an American working in Japan as an English teacher. It’s a rewarding, fun job, and you’re beloved by students and coworkers alike–until suddenly, one day you lose your job. You work for a dispatch English teaching company, and they lost their contract with your school, just one month before the end of the school year.
Out of nowhere, you must change the course of your life. You have a loving girlfriend to support you and other friends facing this alongside you, but ultimately you must make an extremely tough choice about your future.
This game is based on the real-life experiences of English teachers throughout Japan, on issues that tens of thousands of people endure every single year, and is designed to provide an up-close viewpoint of what the dispatch contract system does to the individuals impacted.
Key Features
- Live through real-life shock – You’re an English teacher in Japan, and suddenly, your life is turned upside-down. Experience the chaos of a last-second life meteor.
- Make tough choices – End your relationship? Risk it all? There are no easy answers to how to face your future.
- Exploration of underdiscussed problems – Tens of thousands of English teachers in Japan face the same problems every single year, and “Life of a Dispatch English Teacher in Japan” sheds light on these solvable issues to a mainstream audience.
- A myriad of social issues – Job loss, foreign work visas, cross-country moves, same-sex marriage, adult loneliness–this game covers many different factors in a short time span.
- Brisk story – Across all endings, the story runs about 6,000 words long, so a full playthrough should take thirty minutes or less.
About Yuri Kissaten
Yuri Kissaten is a game studio that makes narrative-focused games about girls loving girls, founded in 2024 by Fruz and Beatrice Baker. We create experiences with strong stories and memorable characters. All Yuri Kissaten projects focus primarily on LGBTQ+ characters and their relationships, romantic and otherwise. We hope you enjoy our games!
