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dub3's pixel tribute to Kakuyomu in 2016: a Modern-era digital library
Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2016 page

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Kakuyomu (2016)

Now with 40% more bandwidth.

Cost
6 RAM
Power
12
Rarity
Common
Family
Tech
Era
Modern (2009 on)
Collection
The Long Tail

What it does

On reveal: -2 Power to the strongest enemy card here.

On reveal happens once, when the card flips.

It costs 6 RAM to play and brings 12 Power to its lane. You get 1 RAM in round 1, 2 in round 2, and so on.

Tech cards bend the rules: more RAM, cheaper cards and patches that weaken the other side.

The site, in 2016

A Japanese website where anyone can publish novels online for others to read.

The publisher Kadokawa and the company Hatena opened it on 29 February 2016, with a writing contest from the start. By September 2017 more than a million people used it each month.

Modern era, 2009 on. Phones, feeds and cookie banners. The web got fast, flat and very sure about notifications.

The Long Tail: The niche, the local and the specialist. Most of the web, really.

Pixel tribute by dub3, after the 2016 page.

Put it on your site

Run Kakuyomu, or just remember it fondly? Here's its button, 88 by 31 like it's 1999. Paste this into your page:

Kakuyomu is a dub3 card

In the game, this pixel page loads the way it did in 2016, then plays a short scene. Want Kakuyomu in your deck? Make a free account and open some packs, or try a match first. No sign-up needed for that.