World Stick Appraisal Bureau
Submit one photo. An AI appraiser weighs its material, silhouette, weathering and provenance with a completely straight face, then issues a certificate — a trading card bearing a kanji title, a special move and the kami that dwells in it.
Request a free appraisalNo install — runs in your browser / 3 free appraisals a day
How it works
Nothing complicated. Found one on a walk? Send it in exactly as it is.
Any natural stick found outdoors. Declare where you found it and provenance is weighed in.
Five axes: material, silhouette, weathering, ergonomics, provenance. Your certificate takes seconds.
The card goes into your private codex. Whether to publish it is entirely your call.
What is on the card
Drawn from Shinto and Japanese myth, and always written in kanji. No two sticks are alike, so no two names are either.
Attack, Magic, Durability and Weight, each out of 100. Their sum is the total power, out of 400.
A finishing move only this stick can use. The more embarrassing it is to read aloud, the better the appraisal.
Following the idea of 八百万の神 — the myriad gods — a deity matching the stick's element and form dwells within it.
Rarity is decided purely by published thresholds on the total power. The same score always earns the same rank.
Things to do
Save or share the card as an image. Pull a divine-tier stick and you will not be able to keep quiet.
Only cards you choose to publish appear there — and there is a ranking by total power.
Send respect to another member's stick, and see how much respect your own has earned.
Not convinced? Roll again. It may go down as well as up, and it cannot be undone.
Before you enlist
No. You get 3 free appraisals a day. Used them all? Come back tomorrow — good sticks do not run away.
Natural sticks found outdoors — branch, driftwood, bamboo, root, vine or bark. Weathered, broken and dirty are all welcome. Manufactured articles such as pens or chopsticks, food and living creatures are turned away at intake.
Yes. Just open it in Safari — no install needed. Tap Share and "Add to Home Screen" to launch it full-screen like an app. Android also has a Play Store version.
No. Your codex is visible only to you. Only cards you explicitly choose to publish appear in the public gallery. Location metadata is stripped from photos on upload.
Japanese, English and Spanish. The title, special move and resident kami are always inscribed in Japanese kanji, whatever your language.
A formal appraisal for the one you found by the roadside.
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