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Just got back from the Sekai Project panel at Sakura-Con (well... and the VN novel panel that ran for a couple hours afterwards), and thought I'd dump my notes here (although it seems I'm much too slow to beat Anime News Network's summary... oh well) New game announcements: - November Boy is a Boys Love VN about a stalker. Not really my thing, but maybe it's yours. They're claiming it's a really compelling story, so I guess there's that. - I'm not really sure how this counts as an announcement, since they have had it out on Early Access on Steam (http://store.steampowered.com/app/340730/) for a while apparently, but they "announced" Sunrider Academy. It's the sequel of Sunrider: Mask of Arcadius, which Sekai Project published last July, but unlike the first game, the sequel is a full-on dating sim. - Machina of the Planet Tree -Planet Ruler- is a JRPG. Apparently they are already in the editing phase. Didn't get a lot of details about the gameplay. Watch their Twitter and Facebook for further details on this one. It's interesting to see the variety here, since I at least had the impression that most of their credits were straight-up visual novels or kinetic novels, up to this point. Other interesting random announcement: - They're bringing Isuna Hasekura of Spice and Wolf fame to Anime Expo (utilizing the World End Economica connection). Kinda cool. They only gave vague assurances otherwise about in-progress projects: - WEE Episode 2 is coming "really really soon". - Fault Milestone 2 is coming out in Q3 of 2015. I hadn't even heard of this series before (apparently it's basically a doujinshi?), but they were praising it to the roof, so I might have to give it a try... - WAS is still in progress because of the work being done on the extra scenario that was funded as part of the Kickstarter (apparently it is quite substantial). Nothing even remotely approaching a release date was given, though I did separately get assurances from them that there will at least be a Kickstarter announcement coming soon. - Clannad is "still on target" - Fruit of Grisaia will be out "by the end of this month" - Ame no Marginal is coming out "in a bit". Still in translation. Memorable quotation of the panel: when trying to describe Sakura Spirit, the Sekai Project dude's preferred epithet was "geometrically-gifted".

Subjective opinion makes them great

Seiya-saiga, Foolmaker, Desertrain Foolmaker does the best, most efficient walkthroughs for VNs prior to 2012, and Seiya-saiga does walkthroughs for about 90% of all non-nukige, no-gameplay VNs. Desertrain is mostly defunct, but there is a large number of walkthroughs for VNs up to two years ago on that site. http://desertrain.sakura.ne.jp/fr_index.html http://www.foolmaker.net/ http://seiya-saiga.com/game/kouryaku.html Edit: Also enter the name of a given VN (in Japanese letters) followed by 攻略 into a search engine.

Our story begins with a mighty witch named Aaeru, now long dead, who once ruled over the land of Fuwanovel using the power of a magical crown, forged in the Valley of Lolis by members cruelly enslaved to piracy magic. For many centuries the witch reigned supreme until, after a long life spent amongst her visual novels and spells, she sensed her days were drawing to an end thanks to DMCA takedown notices. She resolved to hide her crown in the most perilous part of the most dangerous section in her realm, setting around it such fearsome guardians as her most powerful spells were able to command. Once she had done so, she perished, proclaiming with her dying breath that only a member with the strength, wisdom, and courage to take her crown would rule in her stead. Hundreds of years have passed, and the realm, now governed by the mighty wizard Tay, has grown more dangerous, becoming infested by forum trolls and troubled by torrent seeking beggars. To this very day, the ancient legend draws gallant members to the troubled land - each seeking Aaeru's crown and the kingship of the realm of Fuwanovel. So far no one has proven worthy of the challenge. The seekers' bones lie bleached and broken upon the Plain of Fan Translations or else cast idly aside to be gnawed by wild beasts and monsters. In Fuwanovel's Fantasy Quest, up to six bold members assume the roles of hopeful adventurers - the would-be rulers of the land of Fuwanovel. Each member is very different and has their own strengths, weaknesses, and special powers. To win the game they must journey to the heart of the land's most perilous region to find Aaeru's crown, now guarded by the ancient dragons of visual novel lore, Gangagamer, Sekaithrax, and Jastaitis. They must use the crown's ancient magic to cast a mighty spell to subdue all their rivals. Their travels will be hard and fraught with danger - and it is in overcoming these dangers that the challenge of the game lies. Only by gradually building up their powers, gathering valuable allies, and winning potent magical items will they stand a chance of surviving the ultimate test that lies beyond the Portal of Visual Novels. This is my final reveal for the 2015 game season. In addition to the murder mystery game (which has been revamped slightly to fit new member's needs) and the revamped Kancolle naval battle game, this will be the 3rd game to be rolled out during the summer and into the 3rd quarter. I won't be revealing much about it at this moment in time, but to give you a preview, feel free to check out some of the cards featured in the game: I'll reveal more as time goes on, but if you are interested, please let me know. Unlike previous games, this forum game will take place via a live session on stream, where anyone in the community is allowed to view it. With that said, see you in the next update!

Sekai Project talked to this WRT Key, a little bit. Although it doesn't answer how they got Planetarian in the first place, they directly credit the success of Planetarian with their ability to license Clannad. The "success" there comes in two forms that they explicitly talked about (and interestingly did not include any mention of sales): - Positive reaction from fans fed to Sekai Project, which they passed on to Key - Positive reaction from fans directly to Key On the second one, they told an interesting story. Some folks from Key showed up for an anime convention in the US (I missed exactly which one) and were promptly swarmed by people asking about, of all things, Planetarian. They were apparently floored: Planetarian, to them, was old. They weren't prepared to talk about it at all, and they found themselves surrounded by enthusiastic Planetarian fans talking at them. It seems like that was a wake-up call for those folks from Key, and Sekai Project is what made it happen. So, with that background, that kind of gives a good picture of what needs to happen for the English releases of both Clannad and Grisaia to be viewed as successful by Key and Frontwing, and for us English speakers to get more chances like this: they need to get a similarly huge fan response. Of course sales numbers are important, but it sounds like that personal touch is probably going to be more important. So, when it comes time, get out there and give positive reviews; send emails filled with effusive praise; when it comes out in the very near future, declaim your love for the English-translated Grisaia to Sekai Project and directly to Frontwing (you know, assuming you actually like it ). This could be a great opportunity for all of us to help the English VN translation industry pick up momentum.

Just like my smile.

Hmm i feel like the breast design in DxD changed a little.... I also feel extremely sad that i'm even judging this. oppai/10 best animu of the season already.

The following list only contains threads made from March 28 to April 04, any older thread will be placed under the "Updated" banner if new relevant content is added to it If you don't know how the list works, please check the project thread. Announcement Bunny Black 1 translation patch released! (Link) Discussion How Global is Fuwa (What country do you actually reside in?) (Link) Interest in a Fuwa Gaming Club (Link) How did you discover Fuwanovel? (Link) Spring 2015 Anime Discussion (Link) Weekly VN/Route Appreciation Thread (Link) Games Fuwanovel's Fantasy Quest! (Link) Blog Post VN Review: Dies Irae (Link) Updated Blue* TL Project [Demo/Prologue Released] (Link)

I know I'm a little late to the party, but I recently got into VNs and wanted to give this one a shot. I've gathered that this particular VN is a bit of a problem case to many people, but after reading every problem and solution I can find, nothing I do seems to solve mine. My dialog boxes look like this: http://imgur.com/xcYL9V0 I have 3 dialog boxes, two with Okay and Cancel options, and the last one which just says Okay. Some more info: Are you running your computer with Japan system locale? (link to instructions): Yes Your Operating System: Windows 8, laptop 64 bit What did you already try? I've tried redownloading the torrent, redownloading Daemon Lite (Which I am using, not any other mounting platform), Changing the folder I have the game in off of read only (side note: for some reason, every time I go into properties the box is ticked again, even after I apply the changes), changing the virtual drive from E: to F:, restarting my computer, offering sacrifices to the gods, and smashing my face against the keyboard. So far only the last one has made any significant changes, by making me feel better. I'm using 7Zip if that's relevant.

There isn't an uncensored version of CG. The censor is drawn along with the CG so the only way to get a uncensored one is to redraw it.

Ero scenes are only thing that makes it only bad and not terrible in my eyes. But you know, there is a version without ero scenes. Why anyone would like to read this if not for ero I have no idea.

1) やりにくいなあ．．． 2) ひんやり．．． 3) もういいよ

Never play Muv Luv Extra.

The torrents are gone. http://forums.fuwanovel.net/index.php?/topic/9077-fuwachanges-a-comprehensive-list-of-fuwanovel-changes/

Novel21 I suggest that you delete that location from your post before a mod comes by and deletes it for you. If you are looking for MOON vn I would recommend checking with OriginalRen (the potential middleman) as he might be able to give you a good idea of how much it might cost from Japan as well as possibly ship it from there for you (saving you tons of money on shipping and costs elsewhere).

True, the answer is Next person knows of Doraemon

Goddammit why does the one chick I'm interested in have to be the suggested last route. Doesn't matter what game I always have a distinct interest in the "last" suggested route and I'm meh at best about everyone else

Thanks for being here

According to Hideo Baba, every new Tales of from now on will have Dual Audio. But the Dub is good, I don't get why some people are not buying it just because of that the game is still good.

Headmistress route, anyone?

If you're looking for a physical copy, this is the cheapest I can find: http://www.suruga-ya.jp/product/detail/145001465001 The only issue now is finding a middleman~

Persona 3, don't know if i should talk about it here or in Videogames thread.

(Very minor possible R11 spoilers) Enjoy Remember11. It is pretty much a masterpiece (Best work of Uchikoshi right behind Zero Escape, IMHO)

Alright. I'll go tier 1 this event (the extra SR will be worth it and it seems like it's easier to go t1 than to go t2 twice) There's still 70 people to max bond and 6 days of new player bonus... Plus loveca from FCing several dailies that I haven't yet. My weakness is that I can't keep gems since I always soloyolo with them. The event is starting tomorrow, so I decided that I'll beat that weakness by spending loveca in the actual event when they appear. For real value, I'd keep them until Honoka's event... But I can't wait that long >.<

I'm really disappointed with Rise so far. Chapter 17 to 21 take three hours reading time, but I felt like it took 12.

There isn't a TL on EXH either. Chances are, if it's not there, it hasn't been translated. Might be worth asking an H scanlation group to pick it up. This was uploaded 5 months ago, so there might not be anyone willing to work on this without commission. But this is cute, and not too long, so you have a shot.

Fine. Want something else? Here you go.

The question is if you can open exhentai or not.

True, but by badass I do not mean completely op....whats the point of a character if they can just beat everything up... Next person has finished a VN in the past week

April 13 will be the date it airs. Since it's a one hour special, it might take a while for subs to appear. Unless some site licenses it.

Try bakabt. A lot of old obscure anime are there.

From what I've heard (since I tend to avoid depressing stuff): Saikano Now and Then Here and There

Yup, that's utsuge except for the fact that utsuge specifically refers to games (utsu-geimu). Unfortunately I haven't watched any though, so there's nothing I can recommend.

Despite all my parents do for me, I cannot live up to a millionth of what they deserve. I never do homework and my grades have plummeted. My mentality has become overly sexual, to the point where I am deadly afraid if I ever get drunk I will attempt to rape someone. In spite of the incredibly comfortable life I am leading, I make a huge (mental) fuss out of my problems. It feels more likely each day that I am outright retarded and have not realized it yet. I expect a lot from myself, yet do nothing. I fear disappointing my parents and myself, yet I do nothing. I have lost all patriotic etc. feelings. I have lost all respect and pride I felt towards my country's founder (practically the nation's savior) and the nation. I never had respect for the current government in the first place. I feel like I have lost faith in Islam. I am afraid that it might be the truth or it might not be. If I HAVE lost faith, I dread the reaction of my family (which is, for the most part, consisting of conservative Muslims). Even hearing Allah mentioned in daily conversation ticks me off. I do not know what to do. I am losing my love of books. I should practice with my guitar much more, but I just fail miserably to manage my time (in general). All my friends and family probably have a better opinion of me as a person than I actually am. I do not think I am getting the most out of life, bu there is nothing else I feel like doing. Edit: Even though my family is very rich, I feel like I do not deserve that because I never work, and I feel very ashamed when I see people who have accomplished more with far less opportunities. I do not work enough to make use of all opportunities my life, family and friends provide. I am in one of the best schools in the country with a huge tuition fee and I feel like I am not making worthy use of that either. My father told me about how they were preparing to pay my tuition fee for university (the number was a huge amount, more than $100K is all I will say) and I felt very ashamed because I fear that I will fail miserably in my uni entrance exams (three years ahead) and not deserve that money and my family's countless sacrifices one bit.

Otoboku 2 is better than the first one to the seventieth power. *Clephas smiles evilly, tormenting those who have yet to relearn the one true language*

Got answers for everything so far; keep suggestions and questions coming, and I'll keep relaying He hinted there will be some news about this at their Sakura-con panel tomorrow night, and promised that there will be a Kickstarter update very soon. Got a kind of boring, but understandable, answer: they don't know yet because none of their games that were initially funded through Kickstarter has yet been released (note that though there was a WEE Kickstarter, that was only episodes 2 and 3; 1 was funded through Steam Greenlight, IIRC). This one got a very interesting response: "That's entirely up to Key". My interpretation was that they're already very interested and probably even already voiced their interest to Key, and the ball's in Key's court.

Most of my hype for this is killed by Ryu-art and the most likely lack of budget tht signifies. I love Ryu's stories, but damn it he needs to stop drawing and acting like he's still a circle. Let alone with three writers like this... this deserves far better treatment than a mere doujin it's trying to be.

Okay, I guess I'm not the only person from Canada... Although I'm still the only Russian here!

I'm adding more Finnish power here

The picture is entirely unrelated to most of this post. So, as many of you who play UnTl'd VNs may know, JParser is a lifesaver. It is both love and life, bae, and every other romantic term you can possibly apply to a normal human. In other words, for someone who is a JLP (Japanese Language Plebian), it is a god send. I've been using it up until now, which is about a month (I can't believe I've been reading AkaGoei for like a month..) and it has really been working for me. But the other day... something happened. Something that changed everything for me So I was talking to a certain SubaHibi fan the other day, and he informed me of a different way for me to understand moon runes. While my grasp of grammar has definitely improved, I still rely heavily on dictionaries to understand the other words, so I was all ears. As he spoke the name... it was like heaven itself had opened up and rained down it's infinite glory of kamige on to me. .... Rikaisama. What is rikaisama? It is basically JParser, only it actually gets updated. That and it is used in your browser. Problem is rikaisama is only for an inferior internet browser Firefox. Here is an image of what my setup looks like now: Looks a lot cleaner in my opinion. So let me break this down for you. Like JParser, mousing over words brings up defintions and different words for what it might possibly be. Making sure that ITH is set to automatically copy to clipboard, I have a site open that has a resizeable text box so I can paste what is on the sceen and check it out in my browser by mousing over stuff. Ironic that the page I am using is Translation Party, but it doesn't really matter what you use as long as there is a textbox. I am using Translation Party because a certain SubaHibi fan showed me to that site first. There ARE alternatives to rikaisama, such rikaikun for Chrome.. but rikaisama is more customizable. So yeah, sure you will have to switch over to Firefox if you aren't already using it. Honestly the switch isn't so bad. After all... Rikaisama has an optional name dictionary.. and if that isn't enough to convince you.. then I don't know what will. All credit for this goes to a certain SubaHibi fan. Thanks for showing me this method, as it is definitely more convienent. Or at the very least... it makes my screen look nicer. On an unrelated note, seems I haven't updated this in a little bit. I have been busy over the last few weeks, but I certainly have not forgotten about it (not that many people read this thing at all xD). I finished Aya's route and am on Tsuki's now, but I am taking a break from AkaGoei in order to play some Totono, if you couldn't tell from the above picture. Totono is kind of like a break for me, as it is easier to read than AkaGoei in my opinion. Anyway, thanks for stopping in guys. Hopefully I'll get something else up again soon.