How to use

A guide to each screen in mekuru.

Screenshots show the Japanese version of each screen.

1.Landing/en

The entrance to mekuru — a quiet reading room for paper books. You can start reading right away, anonymously, with no account.

Start / To the room	Enter a public room now, anonymously
Concept / How / FAQ	What the service is for, and what it does
Log in	To the account screen (link an account later)

2.Account/en/account

Sign up or log in with an email. Start anonymously, then create an account later to carry your reading time over (you pick a name and avatar once the account exists).

Log in / Sign up	Switch with the tabs; start right after sign-up
Carry over from guest	Keep the records you built as a guest
Reset password	A reset link is emailed to your address

3.Profile/en/profile

Your reading so far, and how you look. Make and share your reader card (your character reading a book) from here.

Reading-time card	Your accumulated reading hours (a quiet achievement)
Make a reader card	Generate and share an image of your avatar reading
Avatar / book cover	Choose your character's tint and book cover
To the rooms	A link to the rooms hub
Account	Email + log out (guests see the sign-up link)

4.Rooms (the hub)/en/room

The single doorway. Three ways in — open your own room, drop into someone's open room at random, or follow an invite link — plus your reading companions (people you've read with).

Enter your own room	Choose how to open it (alone / with reading companions / everyone / link)
Choose a room (paid)	Switch up to 4 presets; pick an empty slot to create one
Enter at random	Into someone's open room (public personal rooms are mixed in)
Enter with a link	Type an invite link's code to enter
Reading companions	Your room + your companions' rooms. A lit room is enterable now; accept or decline a proposal

5.Public room/en/room/local?sky=dusk&rain=0

Read at the same time as strangers. You're seated in a room with an open chair. No chat — all that travels is the sense of a page being turned.

Change seats	Click an empty chair to move there. Clicking your own chair does nothing — you are always seated
Reading / Break / Away	Your current state; Away frees your chair
Page-turn presence	When someone turns a page, their avatar stirs and a faint sound plays
Sound (♪)	Mute rain / candle / page sounds (soft by default)
Leave	End the session; you can make a share card of your time

6.Read alone/en/room/solo?sky=dusk&rain=0

A study of your own. No one to share the air with, but your reading time still accrues. The character and room are scaled up so one reader fills the frame.

Seat / state	Same controls as the public room
The room	Rain window, candle, gramophone — a quiet setting
Leave	Leaving returns you to the rooms hub to pick another room

7.Start a reading circle/en/rooms/new

Make a disposable room to read with friends (4 seats). Share the link to gather. It can also recur weekly.

Title / start time	The room's name and when to gather
Repeat weekly	Turn on for a permanent recurring link
Invite link	Share the link shown after creating

8.Arrange (3D placement)/en/room/edit

Edit one of your room presets (paid). It happens in a 3D space with a visible floor and walls: place furniture freely, and each chair becomes a seat.

Size	Switch Basic (4 seats) / Medium (6) / Large (10)
Place an item	Pick from the tray and click the floor to place it there (pick again for another). Green = fits, red = doesn't
Select a placed item	Click to select (it glows gold) → rotate / put away; press and hold to pick it up and move
Seats n / cap	Chairs = seats, up to the size's cap
Save	Saves only when valid (furniture past the walls after shrinking turns red)