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I honestly don't like this attitude from MangaGamer. They got burned on ef not because it was fan translated first, but because they completely failed to adequately market it. ef was a lightly popular anime, they could have tried to get fans of the show to pay attention to the VN release, but they didn't. They could have tried to push it to fans of romance as it's a fairly serious romance title, but they didn't. They could have advertised it at common otaku sites like 4chan, but they didn't. They did literally no external advertising for it whatsoever and only told people about it through their own site and newsletters. No shit it failed. They now use this negative experience to campaign against fan translations in general, claiming they hurt the industry. The failings are on their end. When JAST is given a fan translation, they polish the hell out of it and release it better than ever before (the ef script was barely changed in the MG release) and advertise the hell out of it. You could see Saya no Uta ads at a lot of common otaku-frequented sites. MangaGamer should exercise some self-reflection before criticising others. Their message pretty much comes off as "please stop". Not "don't translate titles from our partners" but "don't release any complete patches for any VNs at all because it makes contract negotiations hard". Meanwhile, Doddler, their twitter idol, is working with Arudoc to release complete translations for multiple games, Maria is working on a complete Rance Quest fan patch, and Cafe ostensibly will finish Aoire Rinne some day. The behavior of their own staff goes against what they say. They should either get their own ducks in a row before standing on a soapbox or shut up, preferably the latter. I will also say that fan translations obviously have very many benefits for the industry. They suggest that all fan translators only translate trials. I would have never read my first eroge, Fate/Stay Night, if there was only a trial patch available. I would never have given any eroge company a penny of my money if it wasn't for multiple complete translation patches that drew my attention. The industry is still so niche that it can't survive without a thriving fan scene. I can guarantee that MangaGamer would be nowhere if fan translations weren't around and they'd be in serious trouble in the future if all fan translations suddenly ceased. They may seem like an evil to MangaGamer, but at the very least they're a necessary evil as they provide the lifeblood of the industry.

FuwaChanges "With great change comes great confusion" Missed out on any of the recent changes and/or implementation of features on Fuwanovel's site and forums? Look no further! What's new: (9 Oct) Upgrade to IPB 4.0. Earlier this year: (28 June) FuwaChat 2.0: Now live.(25 June) Loli/Shota Policy: No more sexualizing lolis/shotas on these forums!(9 June) Steam User Profiles: In addition to linking your VNDB and MAL profiles, you can now link your Steam!!(6 June) FuwaFabulous: New forum default theme! RIP Gravity Green (reasoning: IPB 4 when it comes out will not support). Though, you can still switch back to Gravity Green for the time being.(1 June) Donations: Now accepted! If you enjoy Fuwanovel and would like to make a contribution, you can do so here!(22 May) FuwaDirectory: Updated!(20 May) VN Reviews: Discontinuing community submitted reviews; Reviews site overhaul.(24 April) Community Updates: Thought Fuwa has stagnated? Well, perhaps on the forums, but there's been plenty of things going on behind the scenes with Tay!New Dark theme: No more eyes burning in the middle of the night from bright white backgrounds!!(3 March) No More Torrents. Fuwanovel's going anti-Jack Sparrow (pirate) yo due to legal reasonings along with compliance to a new server host's Terms of Service. Site NO MORE TORRENTS, fuwanovel.net has changed to fuwanovel.net; Site features: Fuwazette, FuwaReviews, PlayerMentorProgram, and like+follow on Facebook+Twitter! Domain and Host Transfer: Fuwanovel.org has changed to Fuwanovel.net. Remember to change your bookmarks! Summary of changes: here. Tay's plans for the future: here. Report any site bugs: here.No More Torrents: Fuwanovel no longer hosts torrents. Also, please do not link to or mention torrent sites. Mhmm. No. More. Torrents. Also, please beware keywords 'Fuwanovel' and 'Pre-patched' in your future searching endeavors~FuwaZette: "Connecting the world". Get the latest info, translation updates, and other VN-related news here!FuwaReviews: "An ongoing project to build a one-stop portal for VN reviews across the interwebs." Want to read VN reviews? Submit VN reviews? This is the place to be!Facebook and Twitter: Avid user of social media? Remember to Follow Fuwanovel on Facebook and Like on Twitter!Player Mentors Program: Veteran or newbie? The PMP is designed to allow experienced VN players to help newer players find, play, and enjoy VNs! Sign up now!Front Site Redesign: Tired of the current look of the front site? Fear not. Revamps are on the way~Site Funding Plans: Funding plans include utilizing ads & developer affiliate links. Donations accepted! You can donate here. Forum A shoutbox, blog app, recognition & award systems, new skin themes, and other goodies! Forum Rules: First, be sure to know and understand all of the forum rules!FuwaDirectory: Ever wondered who does what for Fuwanovel? Well here's your chance to find out!FuwaChat 2.0: Yes, we have a (new) shoutbox. Yes, it's (still) dead. Yes.Blogs: Need a place to blog? Look no further. Fuwanovel now has its very own blog feature!Fabulous on Fuwa: A blog dedicated to recognizing peoples' efforts. Be sure to drop by and share the love!Forum Skin Themes: Tired of Gravity Green? There are new themes available, and they have customizable color schemes!Contribution/Participation Recognition (CPR): I like awards. Do you like awards? Check them out here!

Hello everyone, Rose here bringing you a post relevant to all Fuwa users. As we all know, the site went through a lot of changes lately and lots of people are still a bit lost about things, so to make everything clear, Tay made a really big post explaining his plans for the future, a summary of some new features planned and much more, so be sure to read it even if you're not confused, for you might actually learn about more stuff to come. Together with that, Eclipsed made a comprehensive list of the recent changes, and it brings you all the links you might possibly need to check if you're late for the party. Huge thanks to Tay for making a really clear and enlightening statement, and to Eclipsed for his great list of changes. Those two are surely going to help a lot of members understand the current situation.

Or a very angry man frothing about promising releases not meeting your professional standards of quality.

Just translated this whole book. It's been a while since i translated anything major, but this was too cute to pass on, and it wasn't too hard to do either with such small dialogue. I'm still not back to full translator work or anything, but it was nice translating something cute for a change. Download here (i.e give me views pls): https://niconii.wordpress.com/2015/03/11/c87-maccha-aji-cha-mirai-maki-chan-kawaii-ka-ki-ku-ke-ko/ Or for the lazy people (until it's uploaded on dynasty scans): http://imgur.com/a/fkLcR

Translation: 5135/33014 There isn't much translation progress this week since I'm currently transferring the translated lines to our drive. I updated the website also if anybody cares.

Porno Switch is coming out in a week! https://www.fakku.net/manga/porno-switch-english It's drawn by Hisahi, this guy makes some glorious hentai, I definitely recommend anyone to read his stuf. They announced this book some months ago and it looked really good, it sure took its sweet time to be published. Now I just hope they release Toroke Manako soon after this one. Anyone hyped?

On a more serious note, the dimensions really are annoying, I had to cut pretty much all of the sunflowers so all you see is petals flying (it was either that or cutting Misuzu's head in half) find better proportions, facebook.

Everyone with finite time has to choose their VNs somehow. Directly or indirectly, you're being influenced by others' opinions unless all you do is browse VNs you've never heard of on a site that carries a large variety of VNs with no bias to any in particular. Without the subjective opinion of others, it's quite difficult to distinguish misleading marketing of an unappealing title from a title that will genuinely interest you, especially if your experience with VNs is limited. Metascores simplify the process of gauging the reaction of others. They simplify the process of ranking VNs of a given type. With 10,000+ VNs to choose from, a score ranking is a pretty good place to start looking for titles that might interest you. Looking at a new brand you've never tried, a score ranking gives you an idea which title would be the best one to start with. While a review or demo might be the tool you use to make a final decision, scores are a quick way to take a list of 10,000 and whittle it down to a few dozen that might be worth your time to investigate further.

I wish there was an option to specifically challenge friends during Score Matches, regardless of team strength. I'd enjoy getting wrecked by Nicocchi's 'true' teams and wrecking RL friends who just started all the same.

If it makes you feel better, there are some of us who have been having those feelings since... forever

I’m going to respond to Maef’s post here: http://forums.fuwanovel.net/index.php?/topic/8694-important-domain-and-host-transfer/?p=240053. I realize the topic has moved in other directions, but a promise is a promise! Hi maef. As I’ve told you before, I think you do a great job cutting to the heart of the issues, and while I think I’ve answered all of these questions here and there in several different posts, it’s worth the time and effort to collect them all here for your consideration. I look forward to your feedback/input. Here are the questions I’m hearing from you. Let me know if I missed any: What is the objective of Fuwanovel? If it’s still “Make VNs popular in the West”, what’s the new gameplan for doing so? In my (Tay’s) mind, how did dropping torrents affect the site and its goals? What new features are being planned to compensate for loss of torrents? How do you plan on getting new players? What is the objective of Fuwanovel? If it’s still “Make VNs popular in the West”, what’s the new gameplan for doing so? If we’re talking about site stationary, then yes, we’re absolutely keeping “Make Visual Novels Popular in the West” as our tagline : P. If we’re talking about site strategy, let me break it down into short and intermediate-term goals (I’ll leave the long-term goals for another post). Short term goals (6-8 months): A) Keep Fuwa relevant, B ) keep building the house, C) Foster/rebuild relationships, D) (possible) VNTLS replacement A) Keep Fuwa relevant: by building new features and increasing blog draw; optimizing searchability by a complete SEO overhaul; building a resource stream to commission special articles and projects; B ) Keep building the house: get the redesigns up (for all 3 sites); enhance Fuwa Academy content beyond lessons and lexicon; build the PC database to >250 games and get a good start on the mobile database; start getting patching guides up; we have 12 VN reviewers on the hub but I wont be happy until I get the last 2 “big” fish on my list; and finish my Fate/HA walkthrough : P C) Relationships: I’ve started forming partnerships with devs for the reviews team, but there are many more I’ll be approaching soon; outreach to TL teams whose patches were on front site + discussion about ways to help; prep resources for TL teams who want private boards on forums for their projects; outreach and joint projects with other VN communities (in discussions atm); evangelizing anime/FB groups and equal-exchange with bigger anime/manga/LN communities; D) I’m talking with folks like [need to get permission before adding name] about ways we can set up a VNTLS replacement Intermediate-Term Goals: E) Fan TL Academy; F) Fan Creation Academy; G) Special Japanese VN news program (Planning on these 3 projects is pretty far along, but as I haven’t had a chance to even bring them up in the LC, yet, I’ll leave it there for the moment) In my (Tay’s) mind, how did dropping torrents affect the site and its goals? I agree with you, Maef, that dropping torrents was a big deal and a threat to our appeal. I think the most important way that it affected the site and its goals from my perspective, is that it forced me to look at the profile of the average user who was going to stick around even after the torrents went offline, and figure out what keeps them coming back. I came to two conclusions: users who “stay” do so for at least one of two reasons: 1) community, or 2) ease of use. If you’re reading this post, you probably get #1 already, so let’s talk #2: People like Fuwa for how easy it is to access information and resources – and that went/goes for more than just torrents. If you take our walkthroughs as an example: they’re far-and-away the most popular English VN walkthroughs on the net. According to Google (I’ve been spending a lot of time with their keywords tools), our walkthroughs are used more and rank higher than GameFAQs for the vast majority of the “popular” VNs, and almost 100% of the less-popular VNs for which we have a walkthrough. Zaka’s TL updates are the same way. The Ongoing Projects board has been quite popular, too, as it allows people to easily find and track a project. The list goes on. If Fuwa can build products which hit on each facet of the hobby and make it as easy as possible to use, we’ll have staying power and we’ll have growing power. There were tons of other mental changes, too, like the benefits of stability. For me, personally, there was a huge mental shift when I realized that there is no longer the threat of unannounced, sudden destruction: I/we now have control of our staying power: owning our own domain and hosting means that as long as the bills get paid, we’ll be here in 12 months time, or in 2 years, or 3 years, etc. What new features are being planned to compensate for loss of torrents? Reviews hub, possible further takeover of VNTLS role, expanded and commissioned blog content, guest blogging program, possible auto-patchers for VNs (user gets the game, gets the patch from the TL team, downloads our autopatcher, and avoids a headache of installation) (this is just on the drawing board, though, so temper expectations), Fuwa Academy lessons + mentor program + lexicon for new players, mobile VN database, partnerships with big TL companies and big/small OELVN devs for review copies of games for FuwaReviews team, a smokin’-hot new front site design, expanding PC database to >250 of most popular VNs, patching guides for the most popular VNs, VN buying guide written by a new friend who wrote the reddit buying guide. Further down the road: Fan TL Academy; Fan Creation Academy; Special Japanese VN news program; expanded interactive fiction section How do you plan on getting new players? Fuwa Academy lessons and resources; complete overhaul of our site SEO to improve visibility; evangelizing and partnerships with anime groups (where the anime group’s corresponding VN has its own page with lots of info); providing lolis for clephas to sacrifice to the Old Gods; intermediate players via possible VNTLS replacement; Steam curation programs (includes promoting, for example, Meru’s list); I have a handful of other ideas but I think I left that notebook at school and I'm tired The last thing I'll say is that the reviews hub is a good illustration of how I personally function. I think Fuwanovel can be a hub of all the facets of the VN hobby, and that we'll be relevant because we are going to write/commission authoritative guides/articles, host our own stuff, and link and promote external groups/sites generously. I want to get to the point where Fuwa is so easy to use, that people want to use it to navigate the VN landscape just because we make it so easy. My brain got pretty tired writing that up, so I’m sure I missed some stuff. Let me know if an answer isn’t clear or not sufficiently comprehensive for you. I really appreciate your Qs and input, Maef. I see Fuwa as a hobby -- I give the site a lot of time, but that's because I have fun working on stuff with friends here. Yes -- I have a vision and roadmap of where I think Fuwa can go, but underneath all of those ideas is a foundation of fun and cooperation. I want to enjoy myself when I come to Fuwa, and I want everybody else to, too. We need to pace ourselves and make sure we're all having fun, and the improvements will come along.

Closing Date: Tuesday, March 17th @ 11:59pm JST Hey all! This post is a little overdo, but our very own Rose asked me to host a giveaway for reader's of the VN club! After meeting up with him in Japan last December, he bought a copy of Ayakashibito for those of you who decided to play the game. Below is a list of participants who are eligible to win their very own hard copy of the game with all expenses paid for! Check it out. Participant List: Clephas Down Zakamutt Marie Yukiru suikashoujo MiyukiMiya ServeTheServant MikeTheShadowSage Kurisu-Chan Pyonnu Homaru babiker Ayana CLuBLioN CruelN1N1 Alex Amagami Shimakaze Rilarion Asterisk KosakiFag OnePeople Eclipsed Madcow M.Gladstone If your name is posted above, you are eligible for a copy of Ayakashibito, courtesy of Rose! In order to be entered in the drawing, simply imagine that you, like the characters in the game, used to be a youkai. Which choice would you make? 1) Remain as youkai and watch over the land 2) Return to the netherworld 3) Give up your power and status as youkai and live amongst humans Simply post your reasoning in this thread if your name is on this list and at the end of next week, I will host a random drawing for the winner. The giveaway itself will close on Tuesday (03/17) @ 11:59pm JST. Good luck everyone! Please Note: It is safe to assume that based on people's responses and reasoning, this thread will contain spoilers for the game Ayakashibito. Proceed with caution.

I suck at designing, nevertheless I gave it a try since I'm bored, sorry if it's too bad, but... oh well...

My first heartbreak took me a long time to recover from since I had invested a lot of my feelings into getting to know the person for about 3-4years (talked almost everyday). It hurt a lot for a long while, but I got over it eventually by just not thinking about the person (whenever I started to, I'd stop myself), and also got rid of anything that might remind me of them xD. My last one, I kinda did the same thing. Mostly, what helps is just not letting yourself brood over the memories/person (stop every time you start to) and distract yourself with work, anything you're passionate about. I think best way is just focusing on something else you care about, have fun, and keeping yourself busy. Hanging out with friends can help too. Since you're 18 in college^^ you could focus on school to help get your mind off of her. And there are chances to meet new people too. Don't torture yourself with imagining her with the new guy and don't stalk her (at least until you feel you're finally over her). >_< What I mean by stalking is -> checking her Facebook, finding out what she's doing, etc. it'll make it harder to get over. You'll need some distance to recover.

Mangagamer is commenting based on Mangagamer's negotiation experiences and Mangagamer's sales data. Their points are valid when qualified as such. I would interpret their response as "Hey, if you want to fan translate a title that falls under the umbrella of publishers we work with, talk to us first." I feel quite certain that JAST has a very different perspective on the impact of fan translations on the market and their ability to negotiate with Japanese publishers. Mangagamer certainly can't speak for JAST or their business model, which is quite different from Mangagamer's.

"It’s true that fan-patches for visual novels means that fans might get to play the game in English, but we're now in the age where official licenses are much more common, and quite more likely." Ugh no, still rare as hell. That said, if translation teams and MG can work peacefully together, then I see no harm trying.

The protagonist likes girls with big eyes, that's all you need to know

Huh, for some reason I thought you liked Yomi best. Well well, look what just appeared. I guess it's August 11th then: http://www.gamestop.com/nintendo-3ds/games/senran-kagura-2-deep-crimson/120812

Crimson Girl Squad best? I'll fite you after I'm done with them. HIBARI BEST HIPS But really now. The whole thing is interesting. I'm expecting a lot from this series. Gonna dedicate my money to it now too.

Hi all, Exciting updates! As part of our commitment in Prose Edda to improve the Sekaiju: Yggdrasil, we have updated our demo. Voice acting has reported to have had bugs - It has been fixed. We also have added transitions to the scenes between characters as well as music to smoothen out gameplay. We also have a trailer coming up. HOWEVER! Everything I have just mentioned will be a Kickstarter and Desura exclusive! Remember to help support us on the 15 of March when we officially launch our project! Regards, The Prose Edda Team

I've been in the situation. Luckily though, work kept me busy that I was not really able to think about it that much. Then I have friends I can hang out with be it work, anime, games or whatever. I don't know about you. But I realized that there are things that I want to do and that I'd rather enjoy myself alone or with my friends for a few years or so.

People always break up for a reason. While this is cliche, just remember that if you were together, it wouldn't have worked out and you'd probably be in a worse situation right now. She's not part of your love life now, neither are you a part of hers. Just let that sink in and realize there's a plethora of more interesting things to do in your life other than scratching your head over your ex girlfriend. This is coming from someone who traveled about 250Km one day to meet up with a girl, only to get rejected via text message, later finding out she's doing fine and even has a boyfriend, and i'm still doing just fine, i wasn't particularly depressed at the time either, the trip was fun too so it wasn't all bad. Things come and go, there's nothing to brood over when someone's moved on, you just need to move on too. Lift your head up and look forward not backwards. Just take your first step, doesn't matter towards what, all that matters is that you try to focus on something else, go out with friends, waste time reading porn games, watch paint dry, anything. I promise you'll feel better in no time.

there are some opinions about the japaneses seeing the anime's characters like japaneses, and not like whites (for more information, see the link below). So, the characters that we see as "white" are japaneses (so, asians), except for the foreigners (Saber, blonde, blue eyes= white) Why do the japanses draw themselves as white? And for some reason, I just can't think in other couple besides Hisao and Lilly from Katawa Shoujo, I liked them

1) Because

1st line: "You make it sound so lewd." -Crunchytaco 03/06/15 2nd line: if you knew what kind of H-doujins they were, you'd be surprised she didn't say anything......

Shakugan no Shana's first 2 seasons are pretty decent, the 3rd one is really iffy, though and is a huge rocky ride, most of it felt stupid but the ending kinda makes up for the whole journey. It still felt stupid, but at least you get a decent conclusion. I recommend you try out Zero no Tsukaima over Shakugan no Shana, it's similar to Shakugan no Shana in terms of the interactions with the characters, main heroines are both tsunderes as well (Kugimiya Rie voices both the main heroines too), but in Zero no Tsukaima you have a much less rocky ride, the show is a lot more consistent in what it wants to do and the main couple is much cuter, although it also has less seriousness in comparison and although the action is still there and you'll get several magical battles, it's not the biggest focus of the show. I also second Hunter x Hunter 2011, you can't go wrong with that show. Other than that, try the Higurashi series. It's pretty good, an actually decent horror anime adaptation, but there's not much action in it, just supernatural.

Lol I opened two threads in a row and it's about people breaking up with their gfs..... cupid must have turned to the dark side.

It helps if you understand that all translated VN ratings are inflated upwards, non-rape nukige are generally inflated slightly downwards, moege are always inflated upwards (to varying degrees, depending on a number of factors), chuunige are generally deflated downwards slightly, and story-focused VNs are all over the place (it isn't uncommon for the votes to be concentrated at the top and the bottom with story-heavy VNs)

Greeting , Onodera Punpun-san Welcome to the Fuwanovel Forums . Enjoy your stay.

Congratulations on becoming a bachelor again! Welcome to the forums!

Holy shit, I'm emotional. Majikoi is fucking translated! WOO!

Kinda shocked there's still not this masterpiece : Title: Brandish by Venom and Rusty Soul Genre: Monster Girl, Tentacles, Group, Rape, Futanari, Yuri, Pettanko, Oppai, Shotacon, .... Actually, it would be easier to name what it not there : Scat, Gore and Snuff Summary: Follow the sexy story of the well endowed Succubus Twiska and the legendary shota-hero Theo (and his companions). Details: Complete, 5~6 Volumes IIRC, and 2 OVAs Why You Recommend It: Well drawn panels, with a lot of differents situations there's actually a plot (with a little of effort, but don't expect it to be a litterature award candidate). Like said earlier in the Genre section, there is almost everything in this very complete manga and will certainly please to everyone, plus, who doesn't like succubus ? Opinions: 9/10, still one of my favorites.

I want more of every route.

So after 1 million players on EN, we reached another milestone... 10.000 replies in this thread! Where's our love gem bonus? Fuwa 4 best SIF community 2015. Couldn't help but think of Honoka's "Ichiban!". I'm not even running into bots as much as I thought I would, but it's still pretty annoying, so I might try nerfing my teams a little starting tomorrow or something. Maybe I'll throw in as many Nicos and Makis as I can.

Hello everyone, quick post and no time for introductions this time, for if you didn't received the news, then there you have it: After four years in development, the Majikoi translation project is finally complete! So if you plan to read this game or was waiting for the complete patch to finish it, then go thank the team in the discussion thread, you can find their profile links in the translation thread if you feel like PMing then as well. Thanks a lot everyone on the team, you guys are amazing and our deepest gratitude!

Tsundere for me, It's pretty nice to see them go all flustered and I don't mind an abusive one. I-It's not because I'm a masochist you know!

Wish you the best with the project. I really like to play this game, well to be honest, i fell in love with the art. We know its hard but with our thoughts in your back, i can always give you a little push whenever you are having a hard time. Do your best. Cheering is the only thing i can do for now.

Saya and Fuminori.

Seems I might have been a bit late but if you go to http://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Porco-Rosso-Blu-ray/45666/ you should be able to look at some reviews people have done comparing the blu-ray to dvd versions and this might help you decide which one seems like a good bet.