SERIAL FICTION / MICRODRAMA
NOT YET
A 12-part microdrama series
Twelve short films about small observations, unnamed questions, and futures that do not exist yet.
SCREENING ROOM / STILL AREA
A quiet moving image should sit here, without spectacle.
BEFORE THE NAME
NOT YET begins before a profession, before a category, and sometimes before a problem has a name. Across twelve stories, children notice things that adults often pass by: a person stopping in front of a machine, a sound disappearing from a station, a place in a game with no purpose, a grandmother struggling to speak to AI, insects no longer appearing, clothes carrying traces of previous owners, a button almost nobody presses, relationships that do not need a label, small changes that never become news, questions that do not fit inside one school subject, and work that changes when AI arrives. The films do not predict the future. They begin with observation.
COMPLETE FILM
NOT YET — Complete Microdrama Series
16:9 / DO NOT AUTOPLAY
Twelve observations. Twelve unfinished futures. Approx. 4–5 minutes.
12 EPISODES
01
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
NO JOB YET
まだ、ない仕事
A child has no answer for the future-career form, but already knows what keeps catching his attention.
02
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
THE SOUNDLESS STATION
音のない駅
A girl records ordinary sounds and notices the moment one of them disappears.
03
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
THE CHILD WHO DOESN’T FINISH GAMES
ゲームをクリアしない子
A boy prefers the places in games where nothing happens.
04
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
GRANDMA AND AI
おばあちゃんとAI
A child discovers that intelligence and understanding are not the same thing.
05
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
WHERE THE INSECTS DISAPPEARED
虫がいなくなった場所
A boy begins recording not only what is there, but what is no longer there.
06
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
THE CLOTHES SHE CAN’T THROW AWAY
捨てられない服
A girl wonders why an object suddenly becomes waste when its use ends.
07
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
THE BUTTON NO ONE PRESSES
誰も押さないボタン
A rarely used button reveals that low usage does not mean low importance.
08
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
WE DON’T HAVE TO BE FRIENDS
友だちにならなくてもいい
Two people discover that not every relationship needs a name.
09
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
THE DAY THAT DIDN’T MAKE THE NEWS
ニュースにならなかった日
A girl watches small changes before they become statistics or headlines.
10
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
THE SUBJECT THAT DOESN’T EXIST
学校にない教科
A child discovers that real problems do not fit neatly inside school subjects.
11
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
THE DAY DAD’S JOB DISAPPEARS
父さんの仕事がなくなる日
A boy asks what human work becomes when AI starts doing the visible tasks.
12
VERTICAL OBSERVATION
NOT YET
NOT YET
Separate observations begin to form constellations, but no final answer appears.
VISUAL LANGUAGE
The 12 vertical videos are treated as quiet moving observations. Their frames stay narrow, almost notebook-like: 9:16, no autoplay, minimal controls, thin edges, and only the slightest response on hover. The archive should never resemble a streaming platform. It should feel like field observations arranged for careful review.
OBSERVE BEFORE YOU NAME
NOT YET does not ask: “What job will survive?” It asks: What keeps catching your attention? What feels slightly wrong? What is disappearing? What is changing? What does everyone else seem to pass by? Possible futures begin there.
OTHER SIGNALS
CONSTELLATIONS
This is not an answer. These observations may not be related. Keep observing.
FICTION / FILM
NOT YET began as a twelve-part serial fiction. The microdrama edition does not summarize each story. Each film extracts one small observation, one moment of hesitation, one possible future, and one question that remains open. The written stories provide the full narrative. The films observe the same world again.
FROM OBSERVATION TO FORM
Observation → Question → Possible Future → Fiction → Film
SHIRO & Co. treats fiction, software, research, media, and business systems as different forms that can emerge from the same act of observation. The purpose is not to predict the future. It is to notice what may otherwise remain unnamed.
READ THE ORIGINAL STORIES
The complete 12-part NOT YET serial fiction is available online.
OBSERVE
NOT YET