MARY guide: start on mobile and understand six endings

Start MARY - メアリ姫の奪還 by adding one Japanese character, use phone or PC controls, and understand the October 2026 update with 544 branches.

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Listen reads the article aloud. Speed read shows phrases in sequence at your chosen pace. Language practice compares available translations. Save keeps a bookmark in this browser; find it in the player’s bookmarks. Play this article as Breakout turns its own words into bricks for you to knock out.

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Add め to the title button はじる to form はじめる (“start”), then confirm. On mobile, tap the button to open the mini keyboard. On PC, hover over the button, type one character and click or press Enter.

Free edition and update

Play the official browser game. First released in December 2025, it gained mobile support, 103 branches and one secret ending on October 26, 2026. The official totals are four regular and two secret endings, six altogether, and 544 story branches. Branches are not endings. The expanded Steam edition is planned for 2027.

Your first five actions

  1. Open the official game. On a phone, tap the action button to reveal the small keyboard.
  2. Insert only め into はじる; do not retype the entire button.
  3. On PC, hover, type one character, then click or press Enter.
  4. Read each action and consider how one extra Japanese character could change its meaning. Compare altered and unchanged choices.
  5. For another run, record the original phrase, inserted character and resulting scene. This is an exploration method, not a proven secret-ending route.
Situation Verified fact
Start はじる + め → はじめる
Wordplay example きる + れ → きれる (official announcement)
PC extras Up/down adjust volume; Tab shows credits
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Secret endings and FAQ

The developer places the new secret ending on a hard-to-reach route that previously had no special outcome. Its precise choices and prerequisites have not been tested here. A new branch also appears at the title screen. Need a physical phone keyboard? No. Does this solve all six endings? No: it documents verified controls and changes, not invented unlock recipes.

Bottom line: add め to start; after that, each action is a one-character puzzle. You must fix the start button before rescuing the princess.

Sources: official game, developer announcement, update coverage. Checked October 27, 2026 JST; no hands-on completion of the new secret ending.

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