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Japanese Game Reading Guides
OCR setup, text hooking, Anki mining, and everything in between — for learners who want to read Japanese games.
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YomiNinja Setup Guide: From Download to First Lookup
Step-by-step: install YomiNinja, import dictionaries, configure your capture, and get your first Yomitan popup in under 10 minutes.
Read →YomiNinja vs Textractor: A Complete Comparison
OCR overlay vs text hooking — what each tool does, which games each handles, and when to use which approach.
Read →Anki Mining from Japanese Games
The complete WebSocket → texthooker → Yomitan → Anki pipeline. Create flashcards from game sentences automatically.
Read →The Japanese Immersion Toolkit
Every tool you need for immersion learning — OCR overlays, text hookers, dictionaries, SRS, and audio tools explained.
Read →How to Get Yomitan Working Inside Games
Why Yomitan can't reach game windows directly, and how YomiNinja bridges the gap to bring popup dictionaries into any game.
Read →YomiNinja vs Game Sentence Miner
Two different tools for Japanese game reading and Anki mining. Which is right for your workflow?
Read →Try it yourself
Download YomiNinja and start reading
Free, open source, works on any game. No text-hooking compatibility issues.