Another metaverse,
beyond picture books.
A 175-page record of lights
walked by humans and the latest AI.
What is Egaki-sho
Neither a picture book nor a comic.
A form of expression for long-form storytelling,
where stories and ideas are built light by light.
A 175-page record of a journey,
walked through dialogue between humans and generative AI. That is Egaki-sho.
Abyss — World and Structure
A world with layers. The story unfolds within them.
175
Pages
4
Chapters
35
Lights
∞
Redesigns
The total distance traveled by generative AI and a human, side by side.
To continue, a new form was invented.
Neither a picture book nor a comic.
A form of expression for long-form storytelling, built light by light with story and reflection.
Each time the fluctuations of generative AI met human intention, the structure was revised.
That is why this work is both a story and a record of its making.
Redesigned through dialogue.
Generative AI does not always return the same answer. Model updates, parameter changes, even a slight difference in prompts can produce a different world from the same conditions.
Compositions were fixed, lines adjusted, and sometimes the design itself was rebuilt.
The output is not coincidence. It is the accumulation of trials and decisions.
The structure changed with the evolution.
Early phase: dependent on the dimensionality of generative AI
Middle phase: redesigned for reproducibility
Late phase: fluctuations integrated into the worldbuilding
The form emerged within the fluctuations.
And with that form, the story begins to walk.
Journey — Main Story
A chain of lights becomes chapters, and the chapters become a journey.
Conclusion: Invitation
Bring this journey into your hands.
And light your own lamp.
Egaki-sho is not something that ends when you finish reading.
It is a work where the light passes on.
What remains after the final page becomes the beginning of the next story.
The one who carries the light forward is you.