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http://tlwiki.org/index.php?title=Little_Busters Fruitbat Factory apparently handling the release. Pancakes on Steam. What a time to be alive. God will render judgement on you sinners for wishing this on me.

Thanks everyone who volunteered, I should have closed this way earlier but got caught up with some issues regarding some personal projects, sorry about that. I'll eventually PM everyone back, don't worry. You can still read the recruitment OP in the spoiler below if you feel like doing so for whatever reason.

Why the hell is Fruitbat Factory handling it? Wonder if Sekai Project wanted to do another kickstarter and Visual Arts didn't this time around. I'd be very interested in finding out how this business partnership for Little Busters actually came about and what reason Sekai Project is getting dropped. Did they not like the translation of Clannad or did Sekai Project refuse since they have too many other games in the pipeline right now? Perhaps they had no wish to create physical versions of their games again? I'd be very curious what happened here. I find it quite interesting how very different japanese visual novel companies are to other businesses....they don't really stick with one particular company and they don't just go for the more popular companies in a particular area but will randomly go with a new company if it means getting their product out quicker. Very interesting.

Maybe they hired translators that don't live on air

boo

I've never seen a company/developer new to the Western market so engaged with its customers and fans. Wish some of these companies I really like werent so arrogant and would follow your example MiKandi Japan.

hi there! i'm a 20 year-old autistic Dutch joinery student who started to get into visual novels about 5 months ago, first from seeing the usual clickbait bollocks on youtube, then watching a few let's plays out of serious curiosity (reject demon toko, fault milestone) after that, i decided to try one for myself. that first one was planetarian, which moved me more than any book or film had ever done and completely changed the way i look at stories. since then, i've done a lot of research and played(/read?) a few more: kanon, narcissu, air, fault milestone 2 and an octave higher. none of the supposed 'flagships' yet, though i'm anxiously awaiting the steam release of clannad. i don't really have any preferred genre yet, as long as it has a strong enough atmosphere, which i have always cared about i've been reading on this forum and listening to some of the podcasts for about two weeks now, and i decided it was time to try blending in. i hope my sluggish but deeply philosophical mindset can be of use here, and equally, that i will be able to gain experience from what seems like a group of friendly and open-minded people yours dreamily, me

Welcome to the community, feel free to ask any questions you may have.

Well considering the translation for waku in Japan is to 'grow hot' 'to get excited' or 'boil' I think that perhaps the people worried about Tomoyo After's adult content might actually have a glimmer of hope with a company name like that. I think it's more likely that this will either be a completely new studio or a studio originating from Japan. We'll have to wait and see what becomes of Tomoyo After. It definitely seems though that these visual novel companies are much more interested in grabbing fan-translated games rather than new content...one of the reasons I plan on supporting mikandi's Libra kickstarter...it's something not yet translated and I want to show visual novel companies that untouched/non fan translated visual novels have just as much interest as something already fan-translated.

Heya John. Welcome to the Fuwanovel Forum! Enjoy your stay and share in your love of VNs and animes!

Prepare to be spooked

In the case of Tomoyo After, there is an (all-ages only) Memorial Edition that is much expanded and has a new ending. People tell me it's much better than the original. If that's the version they're bringing over, then that's a pretty big benefit for us since only the original has been translated until now.

My wallet can"t handle all those awesome VN to buy / back...

Hm, might as well answer. Well, i'm not really into NXT at this point because it seems the main title picture is only gonna really advance once Itami comes back. When it comes to the main roster, the shows are really boring, so you might as well just watch the highlights on youtube, but i'm interested in the Reigns vs Rollins and Wyatt vs Taker storylines. Hopefully Reigns gets the title in november so that more shit can start happening regarding the world title. On a sidenote, i find it kinda funny that no one in this "visual novel aficionado" website has any interest in japanese wrestling.

I'm still holding out hope for a PC release. I really doubt releasing it on PS3 will allow them to recover the localization costs and I'm done with console gaming so this just won't be picked up by me...which is a shame because I love these type of games normally.

Actually, this is already God's way of punishing you, you silly 4/10 lovely bats you

I'm a social media marketer in real life so it's kinda what I do...

Of course you can't get a job Ren, when you go to job fairs in that outfit

Thank you! Favorite color huh? It's blue! Yours? White! Blue is a pretty stellar color too, though.

After playing enough of them, if there is one thing you learn from VNs it is what your fetishes are. Even ones that you had no idea even existed... Of course, the exact opposite is also true - you find out exactly what a lot of your turnoffs are as well.

2.15/10 would bang, Nosebleed's the killer /ad *[a]ttractive [d]istractor

You actually believed him?

EVERYONE WHAT ARE YOU ALL NEPPING FOR!? Neptunia Re;Birth 3 is already out in Steam!!! 40% off for a week! Also we get all the DLCs except the Histy's Emergency Aid Plan Pack (for a buck!) for FREE!!!

welcome to fuwa zerocraver enjoy your stay ~ you should play katawa shoujo and sharin no kuni if you are new to this world of vns

Welcome! What's your favorite color?

Hey all, Does anyone remember when I posted details about an Akihabara tourist guidebook I wanted to create a few months ago? Well, I have been diligently working on that for some time now, and by the end of this December I hope to have it finished so I can start getting feedback. I never actually mentioned this, but depending on how well it's received, I really wanted to launch a Kickstarter for the rest of the world to enjoy. Specifically, I want to launch a KS so I can fund certain elements and expand the guidebook to a more professional level. I won't go into all of the details at the moment since this is something I want to start considering for next year, but I will give you an idea of what sorts of things I was hoping a KS campaign would help fund. Through fundraising, I hope to do the following: Hire a professional editor or editors who can check most of the material written in the guidebook.Hire a professional photographer who can get permission to take pictures of buildings in and around Akihabara.Hire professional translators who are willing to help translate the guidebook's articles into a multitude of different languages.While the list seems small, there are probably other things to consider as well, such as hiring an artist who is willing to draw me pictures and a possible mascot for the project. Also, obtaining rights for using certain images may also be something I need to look into. Overall, I don't have a lot of information on this yet because I don't know how well the "rough" version will turn out. Still, I wanted to make this thread for a couple of reasons. First, I wanted to talk about why I think this Kickstarter can be successful. I was originally planning on contacting Danny Choo (the president of Culture Japan) in order to help promote the campaign. Who would have guessed I met the man standing alone with nobody around him in Shibuya the final day I was about to leave? To be honest, I was quite surprised. We ended up chatting about localized PC games and how companies like MG, Sekai Project, and JAST are affecting the market. Turns out Danny is familiar with Fuwanovel as well, or so I gathered, though I'm not 100% sure on that. Anyways, after telling him about my KS in person he ended up saying that he would proudly support it and that I could use the photo shown above as a way to promote it. He also gave me his card and said to email him when and if the fundraiser was launched. If you aren't familiar with who he is, check out his homepage linked below. Hopefully things can work themselves out! http://www.dannychoo.com Second, I also wanted to make a request to the community of Fuwanovel and its surrounding members. I am in desperate need of some assistance on this project. While I totally thought it could be tackled by myself, I realize that using InDesign to create layouts is proving to be extremely taxing; any help would be greatly appreciated. So how can you help? All I would really need help with is design ideas. If anyone is good at creating magazine-style layouts or has any ideas they can describe to me on paper, that would be awesome. I used to design newspaper layouts back in high school and I often look to the internet to see some awesome design ideas and award winning templates, but it's still difficult to come up with something unique and appealing. Not good at layouts? That's okay! I would love to hear your input on color choices if you have any, and of course if you have any ideas for a mascot I can use to promote the project (artists, I am looking at you), I would greatly appreciate it. As you may realize, I am very serious about launching this KS and seeing this project become a huge success. If there are people who are willing to assist me in that dream and help me out, please PM me or post in this thread. Again, any assistance goes a long way. Thanks again all!

I'm pretty sure translators are being paid a little bit more these days than they used to. And if they aren't, they should be, because MangaGamer's wages were downright exploitative and dirty. So I'm okay with them asking for more on that front. $170k though, that is a TALL order. This is an unknown game from an unknown company (in the west) being brought to us by an upstart localization company. I am very highly skeptical that this can actually reach that goal.

Heya ZeroCraver! Welcome to the Fuwanovel Forum! Enjoy your stay here with us! :3

Confession: So I went to the Otorhinolaryngologist for the first time in years, and as it turns out, I've got quite a bit of allergies, I suppose you could call it. I've got Rhinitis, which would be the main cause of my constant nosebleeds. Additionally, I've got eczema in my ear canals... somehow. I had no idea. Just to add more salt on the wound, I had ungodly amounts of ear wax in my ears, to the point where the doctor was wondering how I could even hear anything at all. How did it get to this point? My father insisted on cleaning my ears because, admittedly, I have a large amount of ear wax. The results of his zealousness were as follows: Most of the wax was pushed even deeper, making removal and normal function of the natural ear cleaning mechanisms impossible. Possibly, my hurt inner ear canals may have resulted from his efforts as well. I just knew that sticking things in your ear isn't good.

4 more hours until I take a vacation. Can't wait. Comic Con and a week spent with friends gaming and enjoying ourselves. We rarely see each other because they are studying in another city. I am going ot buy some awesome posters at Comic Con though. I got space on my walls in my new apartment. I can feel the money cry in agony.

I feel like a VN that is best described as "not bad per se" isn't the best idea for a starter VN - why not use the best VN you know of in the genre your audience is interested in, with maybe one or two other restrictions (mainly, not too long)? Either Fate/Stay Night or Symphonic Rain would be my starter VN recommendation, depending on the person's interests; I'd go with a Key game instead of Symphonic Rain, maybe, but at least the recent ones are probably a bit long for a starter.

Sadly, I wasn't able to order a lot of VNs before returning home, but I guess this collection over 3 years is worth mentioning? There are some very light NSFW stuff in this album. A couple of notes about everything. Obviously reorganization needs to occur as the small room has most of that stuff crammed in it. I have yet to purchase my glass cases for most my figures, and as you can see in some of the images, I haven't unloaded all of my figures yet. In addition, the Love Live cosplay uniform is not worn by me. What I want to do is put it on something for display purposes. A culmination of the past 3 years, and with another 4 figure orders on the way so far and a full order of VNs (about 22+) planned for the beginning of 2016, it will only continue to grow larger. Please weeb responsibly.

The World Ends With You is the fucking tits (SPOILERS INSIDE) edit: Also the fucking OST, don't know where to begin. Finally got to where Twister pops up in the game, and it's glorious.