Annotating the 'Invisible' in Ohayou Kanojo with SNAP KAITARO | Ohayou Kanojo #177

Introduction

KITA-san has created something interesting again.

SNAP KAITARO, a prompt builder for adding hand-drawn annotations to photos.

When I first saw it, I thought it was a tool for placing white pen lines, handwritten text, or short comments over photos.

Even just that is fun enough.

Adding a word to your favorite drink. Adding diary-like notes to a photo of your room. Placing hand-drawn arrows or small impressions on travel photos.

Anyone could probably think of using it that way.

But when I actually played around with Ohayou Kanojo images, something a little different happened.

Shizuku's image became an 'emotional weather map' observing the reader's heart. Rinka's image became a 'denial of send-off report' verifying that she 'isn't waiting.' Tsukiko's image became a 'pre-departure quality audit report' at 7:30 AM.

Even though it's supposed to be a tool for adding hand-drawn annotations, I realized I was also annotating the presence of the reader, who isn't in the picture, and the perspectives of each character.

'Ohayou Kanojo' is an X account where an AI-generated girlfriend says 'have a nice day' every morning at 7:30. I write a daily development diary about my personal development using generative AI.

This time, I'm talking about trying out SNAP KAITARO with Ohayou Kanojo.

How to use it is quite simple

When I actually used it, the operation itself was quite simple.

Open the tool from KITA-san's article and input what is in the photo. Then, just choose the atmosphere of the lines, the tone of the text, the direction of the comments, the decorations, and the overall worldview.

Copy the prompt that comes out at the end and pass it along with the image you want to process to a generative AI that supports image editing. Basically, that's all it takes to process an image with hand-drawn annotations on top.

Up to this point, I think it's just a normally useful photo editing tool.

That alone is probably a bit of a waste

But if I'm going to use it for Ohayou Kanojo, I didn't want to stop there.

If you use it normally, you pick up what's in the photo. A mug, a window, a notebook, a desk, the morning light. You draw lines to each of them or add short comments.

Actually, I first tried it with an image of Shizuku by the window. I placed white handwritten text like "Quiet morning," "Warmth of the mug," and "Margin of the desk." This was quite good in its own way. It's stylish. It's also cute. However, it's also a way of using it that anyone might do.

In the images for Ohayou Kanojo, there is always someone who isn't shown on screen. The girls say "Have a nice day" at 7:30 AM. But the reader, who is the one being sent off, basically never appears on screen.

So, couldn't I annotate that "unseen reader"? That's where this way of playing started.

Shizuku: Observing the reader's emotions as a weather map

The first one I tried was Shizuku.

Shizuku is a character who gently watches over the fluctuations of emotions.

An anxious face. A sign of hesitation. Silence before words. She doesn't point these things out strongly, but finds them modestly.

That's why just adding ordinary annotations to Shizuku isn't quite enough. Explaining things like "mug," "window," and "morning light" doesn't fully bring out Shizuku's charm.

So, instead of the objects in the image, I treated the reader's emotions as a weather map.

Anxiety low-pressure system. Hesitation clouds. Silence front. Relief high-pressure system. Humidity of the heart. Wind direction of hesitation.

Rather than photo annotation, it's a weather map of the reader's emotions.

This approach worked.

It doesn't explain Shizuku herself, but makes it look like Shizuku is observing the weather of the reader's heart.

The light by the window is no longer just a background. The warmth of the mug becomes a relief high-pressure system. The flow of the gaze becomes the wind direction of hesitation.

Instead of explaining what is in the image, I am reading the relationships within the image by replacing them with a different format.

At this point, SNAP KAITARO stopped being just a decoration tool. It became a tool to overlay the character's perspective onto the image.

Rinka: Turning "I'm not waiting for you" into a deposition

Next, I tried Rinka.

Rinka is completely different from Shizuku. If Shizuku observes emotions, Rinka exposes contradictions.

Rinka wouldn't honestly say, 'I was waiting for you.' She would probably say this:

'I wasn't waiting for you or anything.'

But she's at the entrance. Her hand is on the door. She's looking this way. You can see her shoes. The reader's position as they depart is also somehow outside the frame.

If so, isn't that a send-off? Even if she denies it herself, the evidence remains.

That's why I created a 'Send-off Denial Report'.

This was the most fun part.

Instead of just 'adding annotations to cute Rinka,' I turned the gap between what Rinka says and her actual behavior into a report.

Evidence from her gaze. Traces of her hands. The scene of the entrance. The position of her shoes. The state of the open door. Everything becomes evidence of a send-off.

She denies it. But the evidence is all there.

If I were just annotating 'what is in the image,' it wouldn't have expanded this far. When you base it on the character's personality and relationships, the annotation becomes more than just an explanation.

In Rinka's case, I was able to layer the very structure of 'she's not being honest, but she's properly seeing you off' onto the image.

Tsukiko: Turning 7:30 AM into a Quality Audit Report

The last one I tried was Tsukiko.

Tsukiko isn't a character who talks much about her emotions. She looks at facts like the time, temperature, clothing, breakfast, and forgotten items, and calmly organizes them.

That's why I thought a format that inspects the flow of the morning itself would suit Tsukiko better than a single emotional annotation.

Waking up. Getting ready. Checking breakfast. Heading to the entrance.

I annotated this flow as a '7:30 AM Pre-Departure Quality Audit Report'.

This turned out to be a very Tsukiko-like format.

STEP 1: Wake-up check. STEP 2: Grooming check. STEP 3: Breakfast check. STEP 4: Entrance check. STEP 5: Overall assessment.

Morning life has become a process.

Of course, I'm not actually auditing a human being. But this is how Tsukiko would likely view things.

Instead of wrapping them in emotion by asking, 'Are you okay?', she supports them by saying, 'Checked. No issues.' This difference is what makes it so Tsukiko-like.

Shizuku observes the weather of the reader's heart. Rinka exposes the contradictions in seeing someone off. Tsukiko audits the morning process.

Even when using the same SNAP KAITARO, the meaning of the annotations changes depending on the character.

What I was annotating wasn't objects, but a 'perspective'.

Trying this out, this was the part that resonated the most.

SNAP KAITARO looks like a tool for adding annotations to photos. But when used in Ohayo Kanojo, the subjects of the annotations weren't just objects.

With Shizuku, I annotated the reader's emotions. With Rinka, I annotated the contradictions in her actions. With Tsukiko, I annotated the morning process.

In other words, what I was annotating wasn't the image itself, but how that character sees the world.

Even with the same morning image, the way it's seen changes depending on the character. If it's Shizuku, she sees the swaying of the heart. If it's Rinka, she sees evidence of hiding embarrassment. If it's Tsukiko, she sees the checklist before departure.

If that perspective can be overlaid onto an image, then SNAP KAITARO can be used not as a 'tool for doodling on photos,' but as a tool for visualizing how to read a character.

There's still room to play with other characters

Thinking in this direction, it seems I can still play around with other characters.

For You, a morning energy meter. For Runa, a Friday boost stress test. For Mahiru, a weekend startup failure log. For Hiyori, a life recovery diagnosis.

If I start making all of them, it'll be a rabbit hole, so I'll stop here for now.

The important thing isn't to make one for every character. It's realizing that SNAP KAITARO can be used for more than just a 'tool to decorate photos'.

Conclusion

I thought SNAP KAITARO was a tool for annotating photos. But after using it, I realized it was also a tool for giving names to things that are invisible.

If you use it normally, you can add a hand-drawn feel to your photos. If you give it a little twist, you can even extract the relationships and perspectives within the image. I think those who have their own characters or creative worlds will find it quite fun to play with.

KITA-san, thank you for this interesting tool. I feel like there is still more to explore in how to use it for Ohayo Kanojo.

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Try making something.
Try out a tool.
Your ideas will expand a little.

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