Welcome to this week VNTS Review, and sorry for being very late here. For the title, because we have Soushin no Ars Magna release with it has alchemy school as the part of the story, I decided to make a parody of Mana Khemia because Mana Khemia also has alchemy school, so we have 'Soushin Khemia: Alchemists of Archeus' as the title with Soushin here is the equivalent of Mana (Both 'Soushin' and 'Mana' are the in-game name of the spiritual creatures that had connection with nature) and Archeus is the place setting of the VN. As for this week, with Ars Magna release I can say that it's an interesting week, although of course we also have several other notable updates beside Ars Magna release, such as Anonymous Code exact release date. Let's see what I can write in regard of this week.

Cherry Kiss released Sex x Hex, and well feel free to play it if you've been looking forward into it. Speaking of exact release date, we have JAST and Aksys announced the exact release date for their VNs. As for which VN, JAST will release Sorcerer's Choice on 21st while Aksys will release Koinegau on May 18th later. As for Anonymous Code release date, I did late to know this but better late than never. Anyway, Spike Chunsoft will release it on September 8th later, so you may note the date if you want to play it. It also will be available for PC, so you didn't need to buy the console to play it. Last but not the least, we finally have Shiravune announced the exact release date for Tamayura Mirai, and it'll be on May 12th later.

Forgot to mention that we also have Bishoujo Mangekyou 2.5 release, or if you prefer translated title it would be 'Kaleidoscope Beauty: You were the Girl (I Knew) Back Then'. The premise is about a man visited his lover who work as a waitress of a hot spring inn in the middle of the mountain, and in said visit both couple will have a lot of passionate love making. Well go get the VN if you took a liking of Bishoujo Mangekyou art, and have fun. Almost forgot to mention that it's been in the working ever since 2016, so it's nice to see that it finally fully translated even if it taking almost seven years to have it. For the rest of fan translation updates, we have Senmomo is at 94.63% edited with side stories is at 81.2% edited, Tsukihime Remake Ciel's route day 11 is finalized, Yahiro's rute of Haruka na Sora is fully TLC-ed with Sora's route is at halfway edited, H2O is at 38% edited, and December When There is No Angel is fully translated with TLC work of it has begun.

We also have White Album translation project, as in the first White Album in which it didn't have the connection with WA2 except for the vocal songs. The premise for White Album is about Tooya who already has girlfriend Yuki, although currently their relationship has some strain because of Yuki's popularity, so Tooya here can try very hard to maintain their relationship or break up and find a new girlfriend. Oh yes the translator chose the new version, which to say is understandable seeing that 1998 version graphic is quite outdated, although it should be noted that new version is the backport from PS3 version so there'll be no translated sex scenes. For current progress, currently it's been at 16.53% translated.

For Ars Magna itself, on paper it gameplay has some alchemy, although turned out it's not as in depth as like in Kamidori or Atelier franchise. That said, the story itself is definitely has some alchemy element, especially the aforementioned Mana Khemia. For the premise, we have Shin who live in Archeus that faced the crisis with a mysterious power corrupted the spiritual creatures resulting in the birth of the monsters, and in order to face the crisis Shin entered the Cagliostro Academy that train the alchemists. After some times, Shin find out that his own hidden power might be the key to resolve the crisis. Like in Venus Blood (Same developer), in here we can either had Shin keep going to do his quest to save Archeus or perhaps give in to the temptation to abuse his power, or in easier word law and chaos routes respectively. Go get Soushin no Ars Magna if you've been interested with it, and have fun.

That's all for what I can write in regard of this week, and see you next week.