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It was a close race, but Agave has won the poll for the next route. Better luck next time, Yukie and Koyuki fans. (It's okay, Happy Birthday. I still love you)

Confession: I must confess that I try to do my best when it comes to being open about what I like and how I act, because I hope that by doing so, I can make others in the community and Fuwanovel itself feel more comfortable with who they are. It's an interesting way to look at it, but I hope that by doing what I do and by acting the way I act, I can make others feel good about themselves. I love sharing my hobbies with others, and I am not ashamed of them. For example, I always say that I love female butts. I think that sort of thing is a compliment if said correctly, and I think that kind of open attitude is what makes people comfortable. It's good to laugh at yourself sometimes, and I want people to feel that way by being around a fun person. As I stated before, I love seeing other people happy, sometimes so much so that it comes back to bite me in the ass.

I love cats. They're such pussies though.

Chose option 4 because none of those above is true in my case I like love triangle, because that's the logical thing that should happen. Seeing the heroines all deredere with the MC in common route, then suddenly decide to give up and fully support the relationship between MC and other girl, just make me feel like wtf.

A few things My pure team is finally all level 80/100 (100 being the Kotori) Getting Umi idolized would replace the Moon Viewing Rin for a 300 stat increase, and when I get 1 more idolized event SR I'll finally remove that Promo Kotori, since I'm willing to sacrifice the 100 extra points compared to the Deer Hanayo since they're both scorers, and Hanayo gives more towards the special UR multipliers. ~~ Also about pure, I can finally have a full pure team of nothing but RinPana SRs! 8 event SRs from 4 T1s ~~ I'm actually feeling empty now that the event is over... I don't know what to do with my spare time now, since I could be doing a lot. I need to figure out what to start with! ~~ Lastly, I was hit with some major nostalgia earlier, which was perfect timing for hitting rank 200. The event was stressful and blocked out a lot of other mild emotions like nostalgia, but now that it's over, I played Sweet&Sweet Holiday again. I was hit with this huge nostalgia trip from memories of when I started the game during the very first event. The event song was S&SH and was the first time I heard the song, and was the first song I played a fair number of times. I dunno, the song just left an imprint on me because one of my friends was tired of hearing HAPPY HOLIDAY over and over, back when me being addicted was a new thing So yeah, that's all for now~

Confession: I think I'm a closet-otaku irl. I don't really share my hobbies of gaming, anime and such unless I can sense the person I'm around is open to it or also into it. Sooo, most of the time, I come off as a boring person because when someone asks me, "oh, what did you do over the weekend?" or w/e.. I always give vague answers like "Just stayed home" / "Nothing" xD and then the conversation dies. I don't really know how to connect with people.

First, I should say that the last part of this game was actually worthy of Eushully in terms of dramatic flair. For those who probably think I was bashing this game out of hand, let me also say that there were lots of hints of what is best about Eushully. There are great characters/companions, some truly excellent character interactions, and even a few really stand-out scenes scattered throughout the first three fourths of the game... but the problem is that they are spaced out with a ridiculous amount of map-grinding for very small gain and a definite feeling that you are screwed by hitting maps too early (since you want to grab as many companions as you can before you hit the extra/optional ones, in most cases). I can't help but praise the way they do their best to immerse you in the previously only hinted at animalistic demi-human races and hints of their culture, and there are also plenty of references to the ongoing themes of this particular world (such as the unending conflict between the Living Gods of Light and Darkness and the results of it amongst the mortals and not-so-mortal denizens of the world). At the same time, there is so much more that could have been done with this. Rather than wasting all those maps as story-free, they should have made an effort to add side-events specifically for those maps, filling in the gaps of why we should care about this region and what happens to it, rather than assuming that we do. This speaks to a laziness that is characteristic of many of their games outside the main IM series, in that they have a tendency to only really go into depth in games like Zero, Genrin, and Verita. I absolutely loathe place-holders for when a company just wants to milk the setting rather than really going through the effort to birth a new saga in the same world. The sheer lack of ambition that is represented by this game is a bit ridiculous, considering the amount of development cash that had to have gone into that battle system. Another three months with this, adding in more story events and expanding the cultural and religious elements, would have gone a long way to making this game feel like a worthy companion to the IM series. Needless to say, I found this game to be a disappointment, especially considering this was put out in place of the IM2 remake I was hoping for this year. So much wasted potential in a single game... it reminds me of what I felt about Kamidori after playing Zero. I probably won't go through a second playthrough of this anytime soon. That is primarily because of overplay-related exhaustion, though there is also a definite feeling that I'd be wasting my time if I bothered to continue, at this point.

(An old parody I wrote in 2013, I'm reposting here for general amusement. See the original forum thread for initial reactions.) Announcer: It’s a beautiful day for baseball today in Eroge Stadium. I’m your host Sanahtlig here to provide commentary for Visual Novel Translation TV. Today the Localizers play against the Fan Translators in a special Western League All-Star game. This should be an interesting matchup. On the Localizers team we have representatives from Mangagamer including the rising star Kouryuu, as well as veterans from JAST USA including the well known Peter Payne. The Fan Translators are a truly diverse bunch of big names playing together for the first time ever. We have Ixrec from Amaterasu, Moogy from TLWiki, Haeleth, and Aaeru from Fuwanovel. It’ll be interesting to see how they interact as a team. The Localizers are up to bat first. But there seems to be a delay. The first batter from Mangagamer appears to have brought a large stick instead of a bat! He seems to be arguing with the umpire. Let’s listen in. Umpire: You can’t just waltz in here with a stick for a bat. Go borrow a real bat from one of the JAST players! Mangagamer player: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! Umpire: WTF? Announcer: The Mangagamer player just took off and started running the bases before the game even started! What is he doing??? We’ll be back after a word from our sponsors. [Commercial] VNDB, a compendium of visual novel knowledge, by you, for you: an oasis where you can request visual novel recommendations, speak freely, and engage in enlightened discussions. Please click our affiliates so we don't go broke! 5 min later Announcer: We’re back, and this time Peter Payne is up to bat with 1 out and 1 expelled player. Here’s the pitch and—it’s a hit! Wait, what is he doing? He’s just standing there! Let’s zoom in for a closer look. On close examination, Peter is actually shuffling towards 1st base so slow it’s barely perceptible from a distance. He makes it a few feet before being tagged out by the catcher. That’s two outs folks. Up to bat next is Kouryuu, Mangagamer’s newest darling. Here’s the pitch and—it’s a line drive. This— At that moment the microphone fades out. The game ensues soundless until a member from Mangagamer finally strikes out, ending the round. We’re back at Eroge Stadium. We apologize for the technical difficulties. A member from Mangagamer barged in and carried off the microphone, claiming we didn’t have rights to broadcast audio during their lineup. We’re assured now that the problem has been cleared up. The Localizers are taking to the field. Wait, what is this? Mangagamer’s players have taken to the field without clothes! This isn’t baseball, this is pornography! Outrageous! JAST’s entire bench has rushed onto the field to subdue them. They appear to be re-clothing the Mangagamer players—is that 2 bras I see??? We’ll be back after a commercial break. [Commercial] Mangagamer staff A: Somebody set us up the bomb! Mangagamer staff B: What you say?! *Screen flash and booming sound* Pictured is a box set of 3 games, priced at $150. A tag in the corner of the screen reads “no voice”. Narrator: Shin Koihime Musou! Otanoshimini! 5 min later Announcer: We’re back and the game looks ready to resume. First up to bat is Haeleth, the oldest member on the team and a true league veteran. He seems to be getting some boos from the audience…hmm? Haeleth just threw down his bat and walked out of the stadium! Amazing! Looks like the Fan Translators are down one member! Next up to bat is Moogy. Moogy is known for his often uncomplimentary remarks for his fellow players. Moogy steps up to bat and—he seems to be shouting something at the Fan Translator dug out. He’s throwing down his bat and…he just walked out into the field? He seems to have joined the Localizers! What an unexpected development! Next up is Ixrec. This guy is a monster folks; he has the highest RBI in the entire league. Here’s the pitch, and—it’s a hard hit to right field! Peter Payne scrambles for the ball…what is he doing? Is he riding a wheelchair in the grass? Why is he in a wheelchair?! Ixrec scores! And he’s running around the bases again! Look at him go! One of the umpires from the Japanese league, Age, has grabbed Ixrec and is trying to stop him! Oh my, Ixrec just kicked Age in the balls and is running the bases again! Unbelievable! We’ll be back after a commercial break. [Commercial] JAST USA is proud to announce the best hentai dating sim ever, Lightning Warrior Raidy 3! Play the role of a cute swordswoman as she fights creepy tentacle monsters and devilish vixens with her new lesbian fusion powers! Coming to a store near you in 2018! 10 min later Announcer: We’re back. Age has left the game, and I doubt we’ll see him back for another Western League game in the near future. We have a Fan Translator on 1st base from a single up the middle. Next up is Aaeru. A relative newcomer, Aaeru doesn’t seem to be getting along too well with her fellow Fan Translators. But in this game it’s results that count, which I’m sure Aaeru will show us today. Here comes the pitch…it’s a fast line drive to left field! That’s a base hit! Wait! Aaeru appears to making a beeline for 3rd base! What is she doing?! She’s stopped on 3rd base and doesn’t seem to be budging. It appears that she’s decided to run the bases in reverse order! What are the umpires doing?! The other Fan Translators are snickering, but no one seems to be stopping her. That leaves a player each on 2nd and 3rd base. Next up to bat is…Moogy? Did he switch sides again?! It’s probably best not to think too hard about this. Here’s the pitch—and it’s a pop up to right field! Peter goes for the ball—and his wheelchair tips over! The Fan Translators are running the bases and—Aaeru just collided with her fellow Fan Translator! Who would've seen that coming?! She’s getting up, and-- Mangagamer 3rd baseman: ALL YOUR BASE ARE BELONG TO US! Announcer: The Mangagamer 3rd baseman just clubbed her over the head with 3rd base! Ouch! Moogy runs up to her and…he’s kicking her while she’s down! I don’t know who’s the greater bastard: Aaeru, the Mangagamer 3rd baseman, or Moogy! Ixrec runs out of the dugout—he’s running the bases again! Someone catch him! What the hell??? The Mangagamer players are stripping again! Peter is still crawling out in right field towards the ball! This is utter chaos folks! It’s a wacky free-for-all today in Eroge Stadium. I’ve never seen such incredible dysfunction in all my days as an Eroge Stadium broadcaster. Will Moogy stop kicking Aaeru? Will Mangagamer stop turning this into a live porn event? Will Ixrec leave any points for anyone else? Will Peter ever get the damn ball? Stay tuned to Visual Novel Translation TV! In the meantime, let's get some comments from the stadium audience.

Personal blog (Sanahtlig's Corner) VNDB profile Fuwazette articles LewdGamer articles I've been into VNs since around 2002, and active in the community since about 2004. I go by various pseudonyms including sanahtlig, Dark_Shiki, and magusgs. Boards I actively follow include Mangagamer, JAST, Fuwanovel, and VNDB. I was also formerly active at NIS America. I've been actively following VN localization for over 10 years, so I've become familiar with business aspects of the market that often elude other fans. Over the years I gradually became interested in playing games outside the walled garden of English releases. I enrolled in a year of Japanese courses in 2005 and casually studied the language. I used text hookers to machine translate Japanese VNs, especially RPGs and other gameplay-centric titles. In the past few years I've gradually shifted to using dictionary lookup more often as my knowledge of the language improves and machine translation becomes less attractive as a crutch. Today I remain reliant on text hooking, and I use machine translation as a grammar reference (or when I'm feeling particularly lazy), but my Japanese is good enough that I can often understand written dialogue unaided. With all the tools at my disposal, I'm fairly confident my overall comprehension approaches native level for the games I typically play, even if my reading speed is a bit slower and I don't necessarily understand every word or every phrase. I play VNs voraciously, though I go through spells where I play 30+ hrs a week, and other times where I'll go months without playing any. These days I mostly play Japanese-language VNs, though I try to sprinkle English VNs in (with auto-mode enabled) to give my hands a rest from scrolling over unfamiliar Japanese phrases and repetitive clicking. I keep my VNDB profile mostly up to date. My focus is eroge with gameplay; I consider myself nearly an expert on this genre and I've played games from most of the major developers. I play eroge almost exclusively because, well, I like my animu ero, even if it's just a scene or two tacked on at the end. I usually shy away from nukige, which tend to bore me, but I play a few. To this day I've completely spurned original English VNs for several reasons: the low production values / severe lack of professional quality releases, lack of Japanese voice acting, lack of ero, and a general disdain for Western cultural and artistic values which often creep in (especially into the ero, if any). I might be persuaded to try one eventually if some or all of those concerns are addressed. I like to argue and debate, and my forum post history is filled with posts on all sorts of topics including the VN industry, VN piracy, censorship, legal issues and obscenity, and much more. I also post on Fuwanovel's Fuwazette as well as my own personal blog. My tone is often callous but I typically attempt to argue concepts and ideas, not people. My view is that ideas exist to be challenged, and unchallenged ideas lead to complacence and zombie-think: simply echoing what others tell you. Wherever I see complete acceptance of an idea, I see a viewpoint not being considered. True objectivity means openness to new ideas, an ability to see controversies from multiple perspectives and understand how different premises and viewpoints can lead to different conclusions. I pursue truth, and where truth is elusive I seek to approach it through the sum of all valid viewpoints. Even viewpoints that don't hold up to scrutiny often provide a valid insight into the minds of men. I write fiction occasionally. My current project is Memory's Wounds. I am sanahtlig, and this is my story.

Take a look at the front page: http://blog.fuwanovel.net/ I challenge you to find the second most recent in-depth discussion of a single visual novel on Fuwazette (not an argumentative or opinion article). You have exactly 20s to do so (12s more than the attention span of your average Internet browser). ... Did you succeed? I bet you didn't. It's

I just don't know. It's funny you know, usually I don't get too hyped with a visual novel but after playing the first seconds of YU-NO... omg, it's just beautiful. So I was going to check some info of the game on vndb and.... https://vndb.org/v16546 SAY WHAT. I MEAN IT'S WONDERFUL NEWS AND ALL BUT... BUT.. MY HIPEEEE

This shit is real: http://www.ign.com/articles/2015/04/30/spiritual-successor-to-banjo-kazooie-reveals-its-lead-characters The veterans from Rare and the original character designer of Banjo-Kazooie?! Holy hell. Yes please. Take all of my money. I just came. 3 times.

So that instead of stiff you'll become bouncy?

Fell free to recommend me things on this front. I've recently been slowly crawling out of my comfort zone leaving shoujo behind. (But shoujo is still great anyway) School Days spoilers And no, I did not get that ending ever. I was always faithful to one heroine, thank you very much! Before FuwaReviews came and really advertised Makoto in a bad light I played this game... Since I'm a faithful lad I never really thought Makoto was all that bad of a protagonist, until I started getting more and more endings. Geez, this guy can be really really mean if you make him so. This. Yeah, I remember when I started watching this. This is great yeah, though there is, as you say, some weird drama, to the point I ended up putting it on hold after one of the routes and leaving it to gather dust as I failed to recall why I dropped it and got scared. These are good points, yes... I've been reading a manga (which made me make this thread, actually) titled Suzuka. And it turns out the protagonist's dearly loved by... not Suzuka, since that might as well be her name. And he decides to date not Suzuka. And then... he breaks up with not Suzuka and aims for Suzuka once again. Spoiler alert. Gosh was I surprised by this turn of events in my Suzuka manga.

Maybe this is more of an issue of defining clean lines between what can be in Members' Lounge and what can not, and make sure it is enforced, then. I'll admit that I do sometime see threads in there where I think "shouldn't that be somewhere else instead?" - Maybe that's just me.

"The game was not installed properly. Please try to re-install it a second time" That's what the error says. I'm going to assume it has to do with the fact that you tried installing it multiple times like you mentioned on an earlier thread so make sure you completely got rid of all the previous installs before re-installing it. Also, once again, these threads belong in the voluntary tech support forum. We've told you this several times already.

It's not so much the quantity as it is where they are placed. The blog shows too few articles in the "recent posts" and the VNTL ones take up most of the spots because of it which is quite unfortunate. But more importantly I really don't know why there isn't a page selector or a loading on scroll function because I know wordpress themes usually have one, so this is quite an annoying layout if you just want to see older posts (I never even noticed that until today). Why not put them on a side box like the rest of the stuff, or just like sanahtlig said, have a way to view older posts directly from the recent posts page. And I really think it should show at least 10 posts and not just 5.

I can think of perhaps Amagami SS. That's because each arc (4 episodes) is based on one girl. It's like all possible routes played out, but separate stories. It's a really nice/cute anime. My fave ones were Nakata Sae, Ayatsuji, and Rihoko. There's also Amagami SS Plus, where it continues after the characters become a couple. So there's more fluff there. Tiago, if you're looking for cute love story that's just cute and about confessing love.. I think Amagami SS, characters you could watch are Haruka, Sae, and Rihoko. They don't have as much weird drama as the other characters. Here's ending songs sung by each of the characters 0:07 - Morishima Haruka 1:43 - Tanamachi Kaoru 3:19 - Nakata Sae 4:52 - Nanasaki Ai 6:28 - Sakurai Rihoko 8:02 - Ayatsuji Tsukasa 9:38 - Kamikaze Risa

That all said, out of all the conflict-filled situations, Love Triangles are still the one I hate most. Along with the stupid misunderstandings because two human beings can never communicate properly that arise because a person is always on the wrong place at the wrong time, ready to eavesdrop something that will make them misunderstand.

Remember Nuts & Bolts? Not everything Rare touched was gold.

Thank you for the signature I really like it

Don't you dare tease me with things that will never be localized. >

remakes of classics like YUNO will almost always be worse

Well Japan is cranking out anime like there's no tomorrow and there's already more anime from years gone by than you can shake a stick at so if you want to keep up with the Joneses you're gonna have to burn the midnight oil and watch anime like all get out.

9/10 AIRIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII! Brings back a lot of memories. Not 10/10 because it also reminds me that I will never be able to play Break Record.

Yeah, that sounds really familiar. Generally, the approach I take is to not be shy about showing off my appreciation, but also not to start talking about it unless directly asked about it, or unless I'm really comfortable with the person (e.g., I often talk in small amounts about what anime I'm watching with my friends, to fill in a gap in a conversation; they usually seem to find it at least fun to hear about, in small amounts, even if they aren't going to go watch it themselves). To be clear, I'm generally quite open about displaying it: for example, at work, my computer lock screen and desktop wallpaper are always safe-for-work depictions of anime or VN characters. Given that I'm in an "open office" floorplan (not cubicles - wide open), people see it all the time. Basically nobody ever comments, but... well, I'll just keep hoping that somebody will strike up a conversation about it someday...

According to Tay, the VN translation updates drive a lot of traffic. That should be leveraged... within reason. Apparently there's an audience that wants weekly updates of translation progress. God knows why, but the demand appears to be there. And actually, if people want that sort of content we can expand on it--intelligently, without crowding out all the other content on the blog. Fuwanovel should consider a partnership with Hau Omachikaeri. Their blog has a monthly feature that gives synopses and impressions of professional eroge being released in Japan each month. An English resource for Japanese releases can guide fans to make more educated requests for titles that interest them, both to fan translators and official licensing companies. That's highly relevant to making visual novels popular in the West. This could be paired with a section featuring reviews of Japanese titles by Fuwanovel users like Clephas and others from FuwaReviews. I think it's very important however that we clearly distinguish reviews of Japanese-language and translated titles, which FuwaReviews currently does not. In any case, we should consider reblogging Hau Omachikaeri's monthly Japanese release feature on Fuwazette and see how it's received.

Best Rie voiced girl is Kagura, who needs tsunderes anyway. Toradora is really good, the tone shifting in the later half was great and the series really packs a punch overall and makes you care for its cast. Louise is still best though.

Saya no Uta and Narcissu, which is free on Steam.

Grisaia no Kajitsu

That's an understatement. Toradora becomes amazing in the second half, the first just being okay. It's an anime that has to build up to it's full force.

You know what bothers me? (Spoilars)

(Sauce)

That's O.K. I can fix the mood.

I know I know...I'm listening to the ost of narcissu so I'm pretty down right now

No! Bad Deep Blue! No Feels! Speaking of feels this one gets me every time. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xCkNgsU1IUM

this song..

prob will be xbox one exclusive out the gate like the psych-pass vn coming out next month. http://5pb.jp/games/div8/

I've been hoping to improve the video versions of the podcast that get uploaded to Youtube for this revival of the podcast. If somebody wants to help me with that in the form of spiffy graphics and nice music, that would be cool. Or just throw some suggestions out there on what I can do to make them better.

Star cancer! Also:

Thank you!

Yup...resistance is futile... another successful victim client of my song recs By the way...I sang along with it too while I was watching the show

THANKS

This is a response to a comment from Tay (which I suspect has ulterior motives). Eroge, as told through the visual novel medium, fill a void in my life. I'm well past college age, yet I've never touched a girl romantically, much less kissed or dated. You might say I'm starved for romance, yet I have little interest in dating. I could go into detail, but I'm not that interested in discussing my personal life publicly or privately. I'm going through changes in my life that might very well change my outlook, but this is how I've lived my adult life until now. Suffice to say, I find anime-style heroines attractive, and I crave sexual and romantic fulfillment. Nukige don't typically do it for me because I want to be emotionally moved. I need drama. I need context. I need to immerse myself in a fictional world. Non-ero VNs don't do it for me because they lack sexual content, which is a large part of the draw for me, even if it's a small part of the overall package. Before I was into eroge I was into RPGs, fantasy novels, and anime, so story-driven eroge were a natural evolution of my interests. I suspect this isn't the response Tay was looking for. "Join Fuwanovel and enjoy sexual fulfillment!" doesn't make a great tagline, after all. It might also invite unwanted attention from authorities. I'm interested in the eroge industry (eroge account for ~90% of PC VNs originating in Japan), especially the English side, because it's such a fascinating niche. The market dynamics are completely unique. The stigma of porn hamstrings the market, preventing exposure through traditional channels. Cheap low-budget games often turn the most volume and yield the most profit: mediocrity reigns supreme. Most Japanese eroge publishers simply refuse to deal with English licensors, for a variety of business and cultural reasons. The fanbase is small but extremely vocal; it's possible to keep up with all major developments and voices in the community simply by following a few forums. Despite the tiny size of the English market, piracy is rampant and has threatened to completely annihilate the industry at several points. For every eroge customer there's probably 9 "fans" who've never bought an eroge, or who buy only when they can't get what they want for free. The market is so exquisitely fucked up that watching it inspires the sort of morbid fascination of observing a train wreck in progress. And then there's all the *unique* personalities that such a niche invariably draws. Shameless plug: Those interested in seeing the world through my eyes might want to give my novella in progress Memory's Wounds a try.