Such cute worldbuilding and a neat mechanic! Got Pokemon Ranger vibes from it. I wasn't able to figure out what kanji it *wanted* me to draw, so I was glad I could bruteforce it, since I had to.
Mayor Knitsune is such a peak name. Also very cute. As were the lil lion guys (and really, all the yarnkai)
Making the needle cursor go up and to the left instead of down and to the right was very awkward at first haha. Some of the text was hard to read.
Also wasn't sure what to do after getting fried tofu the second time... was it a bug that I was able to offer it right away when I got to the village? (Is catching the sprouts meant to be the first quest?)
I got stuck after dying to the enemies left of the village, and Knitsune kept warning me to be careful but I could sadly not go back over there!