From fb0def13c917f2087ee3b12e8dfa49a5fba5b678 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: dazedanon <dazedanon@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 24 Aug 2025 13:38:10 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] yeah i totally tested this

---
 modules/rpgmakermvmz.py | 10 +++++-----
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/modules/rpgmakermvmz.py b/modules/rpgmakermvmz.py
index 5b6992f..e4357f1 100644
--- a/modules/rpgmakermvmz.py
+++ b/modules/rpgmakermvmz.py
@@ -1153,11 +1153,11 @@ def searchCodes(page, pbar, jobList, filename):
                     finalJAString = finalJAString.replace("\\,", ',')
 
                     ### Remove format codes
-                    # Furigana
-                    rcodeMatch = re.findall(r"([\\]+[r][b]?\[.*?,(.*?)\])", finalJAString)
-                    if len(rcodeMatch) > 0:
-                        for match in rcodeMatch:
-                            finalJAString = finalJAString.replace(match[0], match[1])
+                    # Furigana: \r or \rb [base,reading] -> keep reading/base per pattern
+                    finalJAString = re.sub(r"[\\]+[r][b]?\[(.*?),.*?\]", r"\1", finalJAString)
+
+                    # Curly-brace furigana: {base|reading} -> keep base
+                    finalJAString = re.sub(r"\{([^|{}]+)\|[^|{}]+?\}", r"\1", finalJAString)
 
                     # Remove any RPGMaker Code at start
                     ffMatch = re.search(