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Confession: I wrote another review and I need attention

Rejoice, AJTilley.com has farted out yet another pathetic attempt at an OELVN! The review can be found here: http://reviews.fuwanovel.net/2015/12/20/highschool-possession/ Remember, I play these 'games' so you don't have to.

CONFESSION: I use you guys in lieu of an actual social life. I really do. The internet has made certain things easier. When you find people you share things in common with and can socialize in some way, such as message boards about Japanese porno games stories, you tend to use it as a surrogate friendship. Heck, I actually got married because of CrossGen's boards way back in the day. So, I love you guys.

Well, with Ryechu editing the game I have plenty of faith it will read like cohesive English, however, I still will be doubtful on its entertainment value. But guys, never forget, it could be worse, it could be AJTilley.com, I think we need to appreciate Winged Cloud a bit for not being the lowest of the lowest. Having played Sakura Swim Club, I know the games are crap, but I still honestly don't think they're 1/10 crap, just below average/meh with bad fan service. I also think the artist for Sakura Santa and Sakura Beach is way better than their previous artist, so that's always a plus.

The D. Definitely the D.

A is the 1st letter of the alphabet K is the 11th letter of the alphabet R is the 18th letter of the alphabet. 11 - 1 = 10 18 - 10 = 8 C, h, i, t, m, s = 6 letters 8 - 6 = 2 Sakura also has 6 letters 6/6 = 1 2 + 1 = 3 ...

Tyrael is much nicer to this game than I would have been. I think the art is abject shit.

None of my incarnations has ever been very good at pretending to be nice. Yes, that is an understatement, from a purely objective perspective. However, when you are a sentient universe-eating monster that used to be a fat, bald otaku from a frontier planet in a rather pathetic galaxy in an even more pathetic universe, it is kind of hard to understand how to be ‘nice’. Understand, I was just out to have a few drinks, perhaps eat some of the more nasty criminals that infested the city of Neo Lovenia, and maybe find a few people worth loving… I had no intention of getting involved in something so utterly boring as a slum-dwellers’ riot when I left the sewer-level apartment I’d chosen more out of memories of a certain child’s cartoon back ‘home’ than any practical reasons. Unfortunately, as with most matters involving mortals, I wasn’t exactly given a choice whether to get involved or not. Especially when a really pretty girl hidden under the rags of a filthy slum-dwelling piece of mortal trash was tossed off a bridge, straight into my arms… That, in and of itself, would not have been much of a problem. On any other day, I would have simply eaten the girl, made her into one of my trillions of immortal servants, then gone on about the business of getting myself debauched in the biggest city on one of the most degenerate planets in all of that particular universe. Unfortunately, the men in the silly blue robes with the magic staffs had the bad taste to try to blast me with lightning bolts, probably thinking I was one of the girl’s allies. Since this verged on that most terrible of all sins, incivility, I decided to retaliate in kind. It wasn’t my fault that the fragile matter of that particular space-time continuum wasn’t up to the task of withstanding the equivalent of a sigh of exasperation from me. The bridge, the rioting slum-dwellers in their filthy rags, and the entire unit of what passed for police on that particular sorry excuse for a civilized world, were suddenly wiped from existence, along with a large portion of the surrounding streets and buildings… and a perfect half-sphere of the water running through the reservoir below. Needless to say, I was somewhat dismayed. While I tended to devour all sorts of nasty things in my true form, I generally refrained from drinking the water on planets like that one… one could never tell just what was in it, after all. The oily taste of rotten fish and the bits of effluvia that tended to infest the waters on backward worlds like this one filled my mouth, reminding me of why I generally refrained from such activities when in mortal form. The girl in my arms was quite unconscious, and I was briefly tempted to just toss her in the river and be done with it… but she was also unreasonably pretty underneath all that grime. So pretty, in fact, that she reminded me of my own mortal days, when I spent most of every day staring at a computer screen at animated beauty because the world around me was so ugly. As such, I believe that it is only reasonable that I should be forgiven for deciding to refrain from eating her before I got to know her. Once an erogamer, always an erogamer, after all. Having returned to my home, such as it was, I found myself at a loss. Being a sensible creature, I’d long-since arranged for my own pocket dimension full of all the creature comforts to follow me wherever I went, and there was no chance of trouble from the outside entering without my permission. Unfortunately, I had seemingly lost my wits, deciding to bring a mere mortal child, however pretty, to my sanctum, full of walls of eroge, anime blu-rays, and video games from every era of my pox-infested homeworld’s technological age. As such, I was quite well-aware that my home wasn’t exactly suitable for the inhabitance of beings of the female persuasion. The nightmare of many otakus yet to obtain the power of true enlightenment, of taking a girlfriend home only for her to find out about his hidden passions and reject him furiously, briefly raised its head. I shook my head, smiling somewhat wryly at my rather prosaic worry. After all, if all else failed I could always eat the girl anyway. Pretty as she was, she would be even prettier with glowing orange eyes and a bear-trap smile full of endless hunger. However, now that I had refrained from eating her once, I found it difficult to consider doing so anyway. I am nothing if not stubborn, as a particularly bone-headed (literally) Neanderthal discovered when we got into a headbutting contest during one of my many pleasure trips to my homeworld’s distant past. So it was that I found myself transforming the girl’s rags into a simple kimono (again, once a weaboo, always a weaboo), cleaning her body by the simple expedient of turning all non-living matter on the surface of her skin into quick-evaporating anti-bacterial soap. Why did I have to inherit the original’s otaku-obsessions? I wondered, feeling a bit exasperated. All of the avatars made by the original have their own quirks and individual leanings, though the essential nature of the being we represent is unchangeable. However, I am one of the few unfortunates to have inherited the original’s ‘hobby’ and tastes. The one thing all of us inherit is ‘hunger’. It takes different forms, depending on the individual, but all of us eat people. If it is the simple fondness one might have for their favorite meal, the result tends to be what most mortal races would call a ‘monster’. The individual’s basic personality survives being eaten… but their body and their desires are changed drastically. In the billions of years since my maker had eaten this particular universe, I’d come to understand just how differently our emotions toward those we eat effect various species. If we happened to actually know and like the person in question, the result that came out the other side was generally superficially unchanged… after all, the more we know and like someone, the less likely we are to want to turn them into a duplicate of ourselves. But I digress. I was speaking of our ‘hunger’. In some cases it manifests as lust, in others it manifests as greed, in some it manifests as sadism, and yet in others it can manifest as a desire to kill. It isn’t always negative… if it was, very few universes would have managed to survive our presence. In my case, it is pride, the desire for recognition given free reign. Need I state how paradoxical my otaku hobbies and my ‘hunger’ are? I’ve not quite gone so far down that path as the original went… so I’m not about to proudly state that I love eroge to the world. Unfortunately, that meant that I was generally forced to hide my hobbies on whatever world I chose to use as a foothold at a given time. As such, I vanished the various otaku paraphernalia in the room, transforming the walls into something resembling the inside of a castle lord’s room from the Middle Ages (imagined by me), with a four-poster canopied bed, deep purple silk sheets, covering the walls with bookshelves filled old-fashioned hand-written, hand-bound books in the local language (translated in an instant). As a bow to my ever-present weabooism, I left the katana and wakizashi hanging sheathed on nails driven into the wall and the set of samurai armor I’d created in one of my all-too-common fits of obsessive madness on its stand in the corner of the room closest to the heavy varnished-wood door. I took another look at the girl and sighed deeply. Her fuzzy black cat ears and silky black tail attracted my otaku-obsessions like a fly to honey, and the fact that she was a Japanese-style bishoujo only made it worse (considering the whole reason this universe had been devoured was because the original found out there were naturally-occurring cat-people there). The urge to eat her was briefly overwhelming, but it soon receded, tamed by certain… other feelings. Unlike the original, I have some restraint, after all. I picked her up, threw her over my shoulder like a sack of potatoes, and carried her over to the bed, where I dropped her, covering her with a down-filled quilt I materialized out of thin air. Her white, oh-so-white skin which contrasted so wonderfully with her midnight-black hair once again invited me to dine upon my guest, but I had little difficulty suppressing the urge this time. That done, I picked a random book off of the shelves and began reading, Hmm… Waylander by Gemmel… my original’s tastes are a bit predictable. I reflected as I waited for her to wake. The story was about a kingslayer assassin, and it was written by one of the original’s childhood favorite authors. While the story started as a straightforward revenge story, describing the rapid collapse of the man who became Waylander into the worst pits of human nature, it was still an enjoyable read… very much like cheap fantasy junk food. A few hours later, I sensed her stirring in the bed, her ears twitching and her breathing becoming shallower. An instant later, she shot upright, screaming. Irritated, I created a sound barrier around her head and waited for her to stop. The cat-like ears of the native form I was using were highly sensitive, and her screaming could have awakened the dead. I observed her closely, seeing that her wide, unfocused eyes were a large, brilliant emerald in color and her teeth had the prominent canines that distinguished her visually from humankind, together with her ears and tail. Eventually, her eyes focused, and her screaming stopped, and I released the sound barrier, waiting for her to speak. “…w…wh…who are you?” She asked in obvious confusion, her voice hoarse, most likely from the screaming. “My name is Clephas.” I replied, giving her what I thought was a gentle, reassuring smile.

Not Sakura Highschool, that's for sure.

Of course. Katawa Shoujo is not a perfect game, but it is a labour of love for sure. The story is engaging, has an okay protagonist (depends on the route I guess), the art is adorable and the music... A+ The best thing about KS for me personally were the H-scenes. They are very respectful towards the girls, which (in my experience) is a rarity for an eroge, even though it's an OELVN. As far as OELVN's go, it's probably still the golden standard, along with Dysfunctional Systems and the like.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadomasochism

Yo dw brah, i gotchu ~~

Spoken like a true corporate shill

I was the one who did the editing for this title, as well as Sakura Swim Club, for Mangagamer. I won't have proof until my Editor's Corner for this title is published, so all I can ask is that you take my word for the time being. For those who are unaware, my twitter is @JRyechuR, which is also how I sign all of my stuff~. Anyway, I really do hope you guys get some enjoyment out of the game. Editing these is actually pretty fun, and if you like lighthearted stories with a little bit of ecchi, hopefully you'll have some fun with this title. I'm always open to suggestions for improvement, but there are certain rules I have to follow. My main task is to improve readability and try to add some fun to it. I hope that you'll at least take a chance with it!

That would be an ecumenical matter.

Confession: I sing about as well as I draw and play an instrument Confession 2: I can't draw Confession 3: I can't play an instrument

The latins didn't invent an alphabet for this.

Izuna Zanshinken is one of three pretty high-quality VNs made by Akatsuki Works Black during the period of a single year. I say 'high-quality', but it was more for the pleasure levels rather than literary value. Izuna Zanshinken and Yurikago yori Tenshi Made are both what I like to call 'perfect examples of chuunige crack' that are also readable by people who aren't translators or native Japanese. Of course, there are hard moments, but in comparison to the normal ruck of chuunige, they are relatively easy on the brain. The third VN is Hotel, a post-apocalyptic utsuge based in a post-war world where for some reason, all life is slowly dying out for no apparent overt reason. It is a story about how a small community of survivors live their best amidst the growing realization there is no salvation coming. It is a melancholic VN that had me crying repeatedly and hit me with a mild mindfuck revelation at the end, while at the same time ending on a highly emotional note. Izuna Zanshinken is the story of Musumi Kotarou, a young boy trained from birth for the sole purpose of being a 'kept' vigilante assassin. Kotarou's style integrates basically 'whatever works', though he prefers to use katana, claws, kunai, and his bare fists. Since his style is specialized for killing with no element of 'sports' to it, it is pretty brutal at times, lol. Mmm... to be blunt, this VN is drenched in blood. There is more raw violence and bloodshed in this VN than in any other I've ever played. I don't mean the kind of magical violence that you see in a lot of fantasy VNs, where people are wiped out without a trace... I mean people being cut down, strangled, stabbed, cut open, dismembered, etc. Both the CGs and the writing are kind of graphic at times, and for those not used to blood, this will probably put them off. However, because of the nature of the protagonist's work, there is always good reason why people have to be killed by him, at least... and his killing are generally pretty cathartic. The musical style of this VN is almost exclusively variations on classical Japanese music with Japanese or Chinese instruments. Everyday scenes will sometimes have more western additions, but even those will include at least some Japanese instrumentals. Indeed, in many ways they were basically reinventing the 'jidaigeki' style in a VN based in a modern era. Visually... think lots of blood? The style itself is pretty and there are a lot of CGs in this VN, not just H ones. Content-wise... other than blood, there is some rape (no heroine rape though). There are also other objectionable concepts introduced such as human slavery, cannibalism, and lolis with bone fetishes. Most of the VN is done in episodic fashion, with single incidents making up a single chapter. The paths are distinctive, with the 'introduction' or 'common' route helping you to get used to the atmosphere before you go into the heroine routes. In the heroine routes, romance generally isn't the focus, though it is an element. One of the more enjoyable things about the routes is how they shape things so the protagonist plays a different role with each heroine. With Suzuka, it is the protector, servant, and confidante, with Shinobu, it is the role of the mentor and partner, and with Hikaru it is the role of friend and eventually an ally. 'Choices' in this VN are actually mostly choices of what scenes you want to watch (except for a few bad-end/good-end choices at the end of each path). For instance, in one scene you might get one focused in a slice of the protagonist's daily life interacting with the heroines or people at school (though school doesn't play much of a role, overall). However, the other choice might be a Socratic-style lecture from a teacher, where the students debate recent events and issues, like the recent abolishing (fictional) of the death penalty and its effects on society (this issue is actually a central social theme of the VN as a whole), or a scene told from the viewpoint of a victim, an assailant, or an antagonist. Perhaps my biggest objection to this VN is that it was designed with a sequel in mind. You can tell because of the way the secret ending (accessed by filling in the rest of the flow chart) is done, leading you to think that matters are nowhere near their conclusion. Overall, this VN is one of those that I think everyone who can stand the sight of blood should read, just so they can have the experience. It isn't a kamige, but it is a highly cathartic, highly emotional trip down a bloodstained road inside the experiences of a vigilante assassin. Here is one of my favorite CG progressions, for those who want to have a idea of what it is like (spoilers)

Hahahaha, what! What game is that Anekouji Naoko to Gin'iro no Shinigami - it gives off a similar feel to Majikoi without the consistent fighting (so far) and then there's the town's hero mascot - Kamabokoman!!

Sanzen Sekai Yuugi is pretty much the only otomege I've played where the protagonist isn't a sufferer of DIDS (damsel-in-distress syndrome) to one degree or another. Asaki Yumemishi was a bit better than the usual ruck of otomege, but it still had a lot of 'classic otomege' moments. Sanzen Sekai Yuugi is pretty violent though, and the protagonist is a katana-wielding bounty hunter who tends to bring in her targets dead more often than alive. It isn't an otomege, but this: https://vndb.org/v8311 is really, really good if you can get past the prologue without puking. The protagonist starts out as a slave in the worst sense of the word and gradually - over the course of several centuries - becomes a strong woman with a long, wide streak of independence. Yes, she gets raped (nothing from this company could possibly have it any other way), but the worst of that is early on. I played it on a recommendation (an insistent one) and I didn't regret it, though the beginning is pretty freaky.

WHAT THE FUCK

I kinda casually decided to re-read Fate/stay night, so I went and just read the Fate-route. I was curious how F/sn would stand now that I've read considerably more VNs, and I wanted to know how much the Realta Nua content improves it. To my surprise I think I enjoyed F/sn more now than back then. I definitely appreciated the narration better, Shirou wasn't annoying anymore, and I had even forgotten how impressive the visuals and visual effects were. Or maybe I just rekindled my love for an old favorite and took pleasure from noticing all kinds of small details that went over me the first time through. Either way Fate/stay night is still amazing, The Realta Nua additions are also really nice, especially new music and H-scene replacements. I always thought the dragon everyone was talking about was some kind of joke, but it was legit pretty impressive. I've been also reading the Tiger Dojo skits for the first time, as I skipped them for some reason when I first read F/sn. And oh boy what I've missed, there's some ingenious humor there.

Of course. Katawa Shoujo is not a perfect game, but it is a labour of love for sure. The story is engaging, has an okay protagonist (depends on the route I guess), the art is adorable and the music... A+ The best thing about KS for me personally were the H-scenes. They are very respectful towards the girls, which (in my experience) is a rarity for an eroge, even though it's an OELVN. As far as OELVN's go, it's probably still the golden standard, along with Dysfunctional Systems and the like. Not to mention one of the greatest anal scenes ever just due to sheer awkwardness and hilarity ensuing, as I'd expect most consensual first-time anal engagements to be like. as someone who have tried this, I could relate so much to that scene, so yes, yes its very accurate

Radical thinking, I know. Blasphemous is the word, really. *hides in the dark corner*

It's just a by-product of the ridiculous "if it's Japanese, it's automatically better!" mentality. Wait, are you saying that not all Japanese things are better? Mind.... BLOWN!

Some press is better than no press at all? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ They say there's no such thing as bad PR. I don't completely subscribe to that but sometimes if something gets panned really hard it has the affect of people wanting to read it just to see how bad it really is. Heck, I may get Sakura Santa just for that purpose. I'll probably buy it from Mangagamer if I do, so I'd probably get a Steam key for it. But if I give away the Steam key, I can't collect the cards...

Well yeah, that's what I said. Perhaps that's a bit of a prejudiced opinion, but that's generally what they're like. edit: The word "otome" in this case actually describes the target demographic, "otome" basically meaning "maiden." So they're romantic VNs for young maidens. Make of that what you will. If you want LOTS (I mean LOTS) of cliffhanger romance scenes (damn, almost kissed that hot stud moments), simple peck kisses (where's my passionate 10 min kiss scene like from my moeges dammit!?), pointless "built for afternoon telenovelas" drama plots, guy always take in charge of the relationship while the girl sits back like an obedient bitch, otome game is where it's at. Oh and don't forget the absence of h-scenes, because finding an otome game with some is like finding a shiny pokemon. If you do find one, it will be the boring vanilla filled missionary sex position h-scenes. Finding anything outside of that is almost taboo in otome. Also, it freaks me out when they make the males even "hotter" than the female protagonist herself. Those long slender fingers (only otome does this... you won't even do this with males in other Japanese entertainment mediums unless you want to make them look homosexual, genderbender, or more feminine), with long polished fingernails to boot (as if they went to get a mani/pedicure), unblemished no-facial hair face, looking like 18 when some of them are really 30 year olds, yeah... those kinds of things. /end rant on otome games P.S. I DESPISE the otome genre and I'm a girl ffs. They always make the girl protagonists stupid and frail. Thus, I would not recommend any of them. Maybe except that one Clephas recommended because he's such an awesome guy and he has never disappointed me when it came to his amazing blogs, reviews, and suggestions.

I don't think there's an issue if I recall things correctly.

Sakura games taught me girls can lose all their clothes and find themselves tangled in a controller cable when they trip and fall. Realism/10

How about Mimiko (耳小)? (Mimi = ears / Ko = small), pretty basic pun but does the job well enough. Although I guess that sounds more like a first name rather than a last name. Could also be 子 at the end (ko = young girl). The fun thing about ko is that it can be pretty much anything and it's a pretty standard ending kanji for female names so it always works out.

Kitsune Kizune Kizu mean scars or wound, and ne is like 'right?' or something like that. Rather than a pun of a physical appearance, it's more of a threat about what will happen if you decide to mess with her. She may be lazy, but never underestimate a fox! Of course I'm talking out of my ass here so feel free to ignore it

I'm a filthy casual

I shall make it my friend though x) i appreciate the link and also the nice attitude everyone has had in Fuwa ^^ Ps: is it really a word? >.> - stares suspiciously-

@DarkZedge, VNDB is great for cases like this. Its basically your best friend when it comes to anything visualnovelly. (yes thats totally a word.) https://vndb.org/g542 You can look up a lot on there Dont worry about sounding "nooby" though. People love helping out here. Besides, I´m kind of a noob myself.

There are a lot of these actually, they're referred to as "otome" games and are usually sappy romance titles aimed at teenage girls. There are only a few games with female protagonists that can be said to have cross-genre appeal. Many of the games in Liarsoft's Steampunk series are in this category, such as Shikkoku no Sharnoth and the upcoming Gahkthun, coming out in just a couple days. Handy link, https://vndb.org/v/all?q=;fil=tag_inc-134.tagspoil-0.tag_exc-292;o=d;s=rating As always, VNDB is your friend. edit: I actually forgot about yuri games, lol.

I quite agree, I've only tried one of them (I think it was swim club) and it was definately not my kind of thing nor what i could consider a good Vn but i won't bash it...just isn't my type of thing...i'm sure people out there enjoy Sakura games...right? some people do anyways haha.

Santa "One of the many daughters of the big man in the red suit, Santa is a naive, clumsy girl who loves to make toys for all the good little girls and boys. She meets Koji by accident, and after helping her find her "wand," she offers to be Koji’s friend. Wielding Christmas magic, Santa can turn something dull into something fantastic. Will Koji believe in the Christmas spirit enough to meet the big man himself? Only time will tell!" ^Aight, so, to get Santa's (the big man himself) H-scene, you first gotta get Santa's (one of the many daughters of the big man in the red suit) H-scene, right?

Santa now has boobs. Discuss.

why dont you feel even worse about actually knowing about them now?

Found my new meme

Well summer of 2017 is still a very long time away so I may try reading the visual novel before then. But when it does come out, if the animations are as good as something like Fate/Stay Night Unlimited Blade works, then I might end up watching it just to see the epic fight scenes.

My doujins have taught me that all the cute battleship girls want to suck the admiral's schlong, so maybe I'll play this someday.

Here are some sneak previews of out new character designs. Yamakazi Kusanagi Kogara Sachi Maiko, Yuki and the Doctor( doctor who? no just the doctor :P) Last we have our teacher and kings right hand man that may or may not be evil. Who knows maybe hes a good guy......or maybe not?

Most English speakers can barely speak English anyway, so don't give people being jerks any thought. Im glad you like it here at Fuwanovel

It's okay Deep Blue they can make fun Of my english so much they want, I'm used to it and It's not everyone so are Expert in english or other languages.

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