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Mostly trash this month, except for Kimagure Temptation 2, which might be good or awful, depending on how they follow up from the original.  There are more non-nukige releases than were originally scheduled, but Purple Soft has gotten so trashy the last few years that I can't trust the brand anymore (which is sad, because they were so reliable from 2010 to 2020).  I bought Kimagure but the shipping company cancelled and now it is being re-routed.  No idea when it will reach me, sadly.  

Tbh, I would rather have a canon sequel for Akeiro Kaikitan or Nanairo Reincarnation, as there was no conclusion as to which ending was canon in either (though most think one of Kotori's endings was the canon ending for Nanairo).  Most think that Kana's ending is canon for Akeiro, but my personal preference is Velvet, though the twins' ending is my favorite for sheer feels.

Out of all VN, the only viable candidates for VN of the Months in November 2024 are Kimagure Temptation 2 and Lip Lipples. For the rest, well Kanokari was the interquel of Season 3 anime with it adapt the best arc of the whole manga, High-speed Etoile is the game based on Spring 2024 3D anime with it has less popularity compared to the other 3D anime (Girls Band Cry) but it was available for overseas audience immediately, and Furimukasete is the single heroine VN by Hooksoft branch company.

Speaking of Hooksoft, Purple Software decided to hire one of its game writer to write Lip Lipples, and the result is like what we can see, a short charge/moege with outrageous premise. Apparently it has some drama looking from the spoiler, but in the end it's still one of Purple Software experiment along with Criminal Border and Moon Ghost, with they decided to use Kirikiri engine instead of usual CMVS. We may have them manage to produce something similar with their old game using Kirikiri, although it'll took some times. By the way, the opening video is from Moon Ghost.

Kimagure 2 is obviously the sequel of Kimagure, which mean the first game has see some success, with Haruhisha and Anneliese need to handle yet another case with supernatural element. Of course by the time we have this most people already know what to expect from Kimagure (Supernatural detective story with some sex instead of full nukige), but it may be still interesting to see on how the duo will handle the new case. Oh yes, we have the new design for the side characters in the first game, and I'm quite surprised on how good looking they are, especially Cooley.

To me, the VN of the Month 2024 is pretty clear, and it's obviously not Kanokari VN but instead Kimagure Temptation 2 if only for the VN that was better received in VNDB and Erogamescape along with it had story. Lip Lipples definitely has the making of good charge/moege, although it's too short seeing it's the experimental work. Whether we'll see Lip Lipples will be available in English or not, we don't know yet seeing Purple Software had tight deadline when it come to localizing their VN with they can threaten to withdraw the license if the publisher took their time too much on working their VNs. Also obviously we would expect Sekai to localize Kimagure 2, although it looks impossible if we look at their current situation.

That's all for what I can comment in regard of November 2024 releases.

Edited January 7 by littleshogun