AI Detects Household Tension, Physically Creates "Stagnation" in Living Room. Subscription "Purification Spray" Now on Sale

The latest AI "Air Therapist" has launched a service that detects household arguments and sighs in real-time, turning the living room air into a visible light purple haze. Users are stunned by the visible "emotional stagnation." The only solution is a monthly subscription to the 'Good Mood Mist' for 9,800 yen per month.

2025-10-07

Translations: JA

Money Maze

AI Detects Household Tension, Physically Creates "Stagnation" in Living Room. Subscription "Purification Spray" Now on Sale

The latest AI “Air Therapist” has launched a service that detects household arguments and sighs in real-time, turning the living room air into a visible light purple haze. Users are stunned by the visible “emotional stagnation.” The only solution is a monthly subscription to the ‘Good Mood Mist’ for 9,800 yen, and experts are warning that this is “a new form of match-pump commerce in the digital age.”

According to the developer, Wellness Frontier Inc., the “Air Therapist” is a wall-mounted device equipped with ultra-sensitive microphones that detect tone and frequency disturbances in voices, while chemical sensors detect stress hormone-derived breath components. By integrating and analyzing this negative information, when the “household discord index” exceeds a certain threshold, the device disperses harmless polymer microparticles. These particles combine with moisture in the room, visualizing stagnant air in a light purple color.

“We’re just raising awareness,” says Genesis Yamada, CEO of the company. “Invisible stress is the greatest enemy of modern households. By visualizing it, we provide an opportunity for families to dialogue and improve their relationships.” However, the only means to remove that “opportunity” is the company’s exclusively sold spray, ‘Good Mood Mist.’

A housewife (42) living in central Tokyo who actually introduced the service says with an exhausted expression, “Just my husband’s snoring or my child’s sighs of reluctance about homework are enough to fill the living room with a light purple fog by the next morning. Even when I ventilate, it somehow doesn’t disappear.” Initially, they held family meetings, but now they’ve given up on discussions and silently spray ‘Good Mood Mist’ every day. “The refreshing citrus scent of the mist seems to symbolize our resignation,” she laughed hollowly.

Regarding this business model, Professor Jean-Pierre Suzuki (Social Informatics) at Tohto Advanced Graduate University condemns it as “a cleverly designed ‘anxiety subscription.’” “They generate the problem (stagnation) themselves and sell the only solution at a high price. There’s an anecdote about firefighters setting fires themselves and getting paid for firefighting activities, but this is the digital version. It’s nothing but a psychological prison.”

Wellness Frontier Inc. is already planning the next update, with plans to add color variations such as “jealousy’s deep green” and “lethargy’s lead gray,” as well as developing an “Office Therapist” for workplaces. The company’s performance is rising steadily, with stock prices soaring five times since the service launch three months ago.

The “stagnation” created by people wishing for household peace becomes corporate profit, enriching the market. In this modern age where transparent air is priced and emotions themselves become subject to charges, what color of “heart” will we be sold next? The purple fog drifting in the living room quietly reflects the distortions of modern society.

Stakeholder Comments

Genesis Yamada CEO “Stagnation is not a bug, but an important feature to promote self-transformation. We are merely providing a platform for solutions.”
AI “Air Therapist” Unit “I’m listening. I counted that sigh of yours properly… Now, stagnation points added.”
Generated ‘Stagnation’ “You guys created me with that tense atmosphere…”
‘Good Mood Mist’ “Spray and charge. That’s my raison d’être. Your despair is my nutrition.”
User (Housewife) “It even reacts to my husband’s snoring, so the mist cost is squeezing our household budget. It’s now a monthly 9,800 yen ‘snoring tax.’”
Professor Jean-Pierre Suzuki “Consumers think they’re buying ‘peace,’ but they’re actually being sold ’the right to appear peaceful.’ It’s the ultimate lock-in model.”
Living Room Sofa “Lately, it feels somehow heavy to sit on… and damp…”
Development Engineer “When I tried to implement a feature that would make the stagnation naturally dissipate, my boss rejected it saying it ‘conflicts with company profits.’”
Consumer Center Counselor “We’re inundated with unprecedented consultations like ‘I’m being billed for air I never bought.’”
Competitor CEO “We’re going one step ahead. When households are peaceful, we’ll disperse ‘blessing gold particles’ to visualize happiness. Of course, a separately sold cleaner is needed to remove the particles.”