Illusions is a Japanese fiction-writing editor built for uninterrupted drafting. Write vertically or horizontally, add ruby text, run Japanese proofreading, and keep every change safe with autosave and version history. Export your manuscript to PDF, EPUB, or DOCX. Available on iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux. 縦書き、ルビ、日本語校正、自動保存、履歴、PDF・EPUB・DOCX書き出しを一つに。iOS、macOS、Windows、Linux対応の日本語小説執筆エディタ。
Hi Product Hunt! We built Illusions for people who write fiction in Japanese and want their editor to stay out of the way.
Japanese manuscript writing often needs features that general-purpose editors treat as edge cases: vertical writing, ruby (furigana), Japanese proofreading, and reliable manuscript export. We wanted these to feel native, not bolted on.
Illusions brings those tools together with autosave, version history, and exports to PDF, EPUB, and DOCX—across iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux.
We’d love to hear from writers: which part of your writing workflow feels most frustrating today, and what would make Illusions more useful for you?
This is impressive.. market yourself on Note .. you should get more audience.. great launch.. good wishes for its success..
We've come a long way since the old days where trying to write Japanese on a western PC was an absolute nightmare of encoding issues and clunky software. This looks really slick, I especially appreciate the ability to write vertically. Hope the launch goes well!
About illusions on Product Hunt
“A Japanese-first writing editor for focused fiction”
illusions launched on Product Hunt on September 18th, 2026 and earned 56 upvotes and 3 comments, placing #72 on the daily leaderboard. Illusions is a Japanese fiction-writing editor built for uninterrupted drafting. Write vertically or horizontally, add ruby text, run Japanese proofreading, and keep every change safe with autosave and version history. Export your manuscript to PDF, EPUB, or DOCX. Available on iOS, macOS, Windows, and Linux. 縦書き、ルビ、日本語校正、自動保存、履歴、PDF・EPUB・DOCX書き出しを一つに。iOS、macOS、Windows、Linux対応の日本語小説執筆エディタ。
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