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VN of the Month August 2024


kivandopulus

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Even without fandiscs there's a whole dozen of titles.
 
1. everlasting flowers  [240829] flowers.studio & sprite
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Sakashita Mina finds herself in a new town attending a famous all-girls high school. A misfit among a class of young, affluent ladies, she soon stops attending, realizing she'll never make any friends. In the year since, she has barely left her room.
Time passes slowly, each day a suffocating eternity. Mina would stare at the dried flowers in her room, trying to convince herself that this space is the only place in the world where she belongs.
Seino Ran is a child of a wealthy family and has lived the life her parents laid out for her. That is, until she realizes that nobody truly cares about her. With that in mind, her happy life begins to fall apart.
These circumstances lead both girls to apply for a live-in job at a seaside lodge. Here they meet, and the two girls end up spending the summer together and healing their wounded hearts. They found someone they could trust in each other, something they never thought they'd find again.
Spending her days together with Ran and the owners of the lodge, Yanase Michiko and Naruse Himari, Mina starts to wish that she could remain there forever. However, Ran's friend, Tachibana Sanami, gives Mina a reality check—it's high time she faces her problems.
Mina is convinced that nobody likes her. She avoids speaking her mind, she avoids school, and she avoids everyone she once considered friends. And while facing those problem will be tough, she also doesn't want to go back to that room and go back to being her old self.
As the time they have left at the lodge dwindles, Mina desperately searches for a place where she can belong. As for Ran...
SFW nakige about girls friendship
 
2. Nagaruboshi -a wish star- 流る星 -a wish star- [240801] Frontwing & NANACAN
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"I've come to be your girlfriend."
Just before summer vacation, on a hot and humid night. Our protagonist who lives with his older sister――Mihoshi Kanata――encounters someone "extraordinary."
The mysterious girl calls herself "Kamisama," from the moment that they met, for some reason, she falls head over heels for him. Without hesitation and very straightforward, like a wild boar lunging.
Spending time with such a mysterious girl, everyday is filled with laughter. Living under the same roof, helping others, playing in the sea, eating delicious food. All the time, they have always been together.
Wishing for these peaceful days to last forever. Never thinking that one day, there would be so many tears, at the cost of love. Emotions that are experienced for the first time. Irresistible and helpless feelings.
Having touched by the kindness of this girl, the world changes.
And so begins, an unforgettable summer―――.
Short amateur singe heroine work of individual, but drawing is great, so even lured professional publisher 
 
3Shoujo☆Kageki Revue Starlight Butai Souzougeki Harukanaru El Dorado 少女☆歌劇 レヴュースタァライト 舞台奏像劇 遥かなるエルドラド [240807] Frontwing
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Our last summer at Seisho Music Academy――
With the 101st Seisho Festival "Starlight" coming up,
we the students of the 99th class take up the challenge to perform "El Dorado",
an oceanic epic that Japan is proud of, for our summer performance.
The exiled admiral, Salvatore Guglie.
The heir to a royal Spanish family, Alejandro Javier Cavallero Cruz.
Who will "we" choose... between the "two protagonists" of this story?
The curtains rise upon the "next stage",where students of the 99th class take on the vast ocean.
Theater stage with a bit of girls love and much competition
 
4. Famicom Tantei Club: Emio ファミコン探偵倶楽部 笑み男 [240829] MAGES.
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“I CAN GIVE YOU A SMILE THAT WILL LAST FOREVER!”
Junior high school student Eisuke Sasaki has been found dead in a chilling fashion, with a smiley-faced paper bag over his head.
This unsettling visage bears a striking resemblance to a recurring clue in a string of unsolved murders from 18 years ago – as well as the urban legend Emio, aka the Smiling Man, a serial killer said to grant his victims “a smile that will last forever”.
Does the Smiling Man really exist…or is a new culprit continuing on his legacy?
As a member of the Utsugi Detective Agency, you’ve been tasked with investigating the events that led to Eisuke Sasaki’s death. Along the way, scrutinise the clues and testimonies you gather for potential connections to the gruesome events of the past.
Console exclusive detective
 
5. Kyokkou no Marriage 旭光のマリアージュ [240830] ensemble & ensemble#
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一In that country, there were fairies.
Having heretical views on modernizing the continent, the "Religious Country Midir." In this country, there lives a mysterious being called "Fairy," and the people here practice "Magic." Among them are those that arrived 10 years ago, the "Brides," who, after saving the people from an invasion by other countries, using their immense power, were revered as heroes.
At Ainsel Abbey. Home to the Holy Church worshiping the fairies, and the only academy in Midir which trains magic users.
Our protagonist, Sreng, among many renowned students, has shown a promising power, and is qualified to be the partner of the most outstanding "Bride."
The bride, Lia, is as beautiful as a saint, a fairy who has a strong sense of justice. To be her partner, is the path of a glorious hero that everyone yearns for. Sreng as well, is one of them, aspiring to become a hero in order to protect things that are important to him.
However, he has a secret purpose that even himself is unaware of. The path that Sreng is walking, would lead to the destruction of the land, a bloodstained road. This is the fact, that at this moment, no one has yet to realized一
More Than Anyone Else, That Bride is the Most Beloved, and Also the Most Hated
Good battle romance with weird ending 
 
6. Zombie Police ~Zombie Keiji to Odoru Christmas~ Zombie Police ~ゾンビ刑事と踊るクリスマス~ [240808] Alterciws & Lobstudio
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She's the only one who can conduct this investigation... (because she's a zombie)
A mystery adventure game featuring the odd-couple buddy duo of newbie detective Tamura Yasu and zombie detective Kabane Akemi as they take on cases together.
Based on the testimonies and evidence collected, you will ultimately deduce the truth behind each case.
The game features multiple endings that vary depending on your deductions.
Detective
 
7. Kira☆Kano きら☆かの [240830] Azarashi Soft & Lump of Sugar
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A collaboration project between Azarashi Soft and Lump of Sugar to commemorate the former's 10th anniversary.
In every class, there is at least one so-called "Mob Character," and this time, it is our protagonist, Hagakure Yuzuru.
Although he does not stand out in the real world, while hiding his true identity in the Online World, he has gained popularity as the virtual Performer, "Yuzuriha Gakuto."
Everyday, he spends his life as a mob character, but on the Internet, a popular person, however..... One day, because he lets his guard down a little, a famous classmate at his school, Kiraboshi Runa, learns of his identity as Yuzuriha Gakuto.
Thinking that he will be taken advantage of from now on, such as giving her money to keep his secret, Yuzuru falls into despair.
But――
"I beg you!, please let me be your apprentice!"
――Runa's request, from what he had expected, is completely different.
Short romance with V-tuber
 
8. Shitsu Rakuen Karuta 失楽園カルタ [240811] CHARON
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"The one who came to greet me in my final moments was a pure white grim reaper..."
She speaks of ancient tales akin to the Arabian Nights.
The protagonist, Shatarou, suffers from insomnia, spending each night unable to sleep. Suddenly, a pure white girl, a 'shinigami,' appears before him. She promises to tell him ancient tales every night until he can fall asleep again... But these tales reveal the sins and punishments he has committed.
Until his anger subsides, she continues to speak.
Until his sins are purified, until this body is cleansed...
Until "you" can forgive him.
Pixelated amateur short nakige, but probably getting localization
 
9Hyakusen no Jou ni Kawatareshi Toki 百千の定にかわたれし剋 [240830] Eushully
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Sequel of Kamidori Alchemy Meister
RPG
 
10. Moonless Moon ムーンレスムーン [240808] Kazuhide Oka 1
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Yomichi is a normal girl living an average student's life—except for one thing: sometimes, after sunset, she finds herself transported into a different world.
Be it a desert on the moon, a coffee shop inside of a tunnel, or an island in the sky, she enjoys her time in these new places, making friends each time.
However, this leaves her with some questions.
Do I really have to live in my daytime world? Is that life, the one where I go to school each day, the real one?
In this story, she tries to find out more about the worlds surrounding her and what they mean for her.
Game's localized and has English reviews
 
11. goHELLgo Tsukiotoshiteko ゴーヘルゴー つきおとしてこ [240829] AizenProduction.inc & ENTERGRAM
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The story is set in Hell, and sees our protagonist, an oni named 8246 (Yatsushiro) making ends meet as a guide for the departed. That changes one day when he meets Tomori, a recently deceased girl. With her, he stages an outrageous plan to break out of poverty at all costs. But the chaos the two end up unleashing in their ill-fated get-rich-quick scheme threatens to shake the very foundation of Hell itself...
RPG 
 
12. Shinjuku Rashoumon 新宿羅生門 [240727] Karin Entertainment
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Set in modern day Shinjuku, where groups of individuals are out slaying demons that plague the town, following the way of the samurai. The era of Bakumatsu meets modern day Japan.
Console exclusive

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The new Eushully game is not a sequel, it is simply based in the same general region of Dir Lifyna (Eushully's fantasy universe).  So far, my impression of it is that Eushully should have made it more linear.  Due to the sheer freedom of how to proceed, it is hard to get a sense of the story in general, and there is no unity between the characters other than during their individual scenes or Mark and Luilie's bromance.  In addition, they made the odd choice of making you go to the title screen to access h-scenes, rather than including them in the story, as is customary.

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Quite surprising there's much more releases compared to last month at 11 VNs. As for VN of the Month, I agree that it should goes to Kyokkou no Marriage (Rare ensemble VN with no trap MC and surprisingly intricate plot), with everlasting flowers come second thanks to it's nice graphic despite vote bombing for sprite's careless mistake (sprite decided to add the DRM which force the player to connect the internet each time they play it, which obviously no go for Steam deck user). Also while it's easy to see everlasting flowers as GL VN, turned out it's just have woman friendship at most.

For the rest, goHELLgo has same director as Dohna Dohna and therefore have similar gameplay, Nagaruboshi was made by the regular illustrator for Frontwing (So they can publish it), and Hyakusen Toki is more like Kamidori prequel with the main casts is the member of the ruined noble in Kamidori (And looks like the reception are not as warm as Amayui 2).

That's all for my comment on August 2024 releases.

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