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So, As I have been delving more and more into this community, I thought it would be a good idea to introduce me, before I delve too far. So, I'm Arcadeotic or just Arc, a VN-fanatic from the north. I have been lurking in this community for about a year, a little more than how much I have been playing VNs. But as I haven't really posted anything, that is kinda irrelevant. Anyhoo, how I started at this medium was watching Sakurasou Pet no Kanojo maybe, 1,5 years ago. Then i got into little more anime, then into manga, and then into Light Novels. I truly got into this community 11-ish months ago in the start of February, 2015. I know how many people start with easy, short Visual Novels and KS, but I started with, funnily enough, Princess Evangile. I was browsing Youtube, and I saw how some channel was playing PE. I watched an hour or two, and then right after bought it. Then I basically was locked in my room for 5-6 days. That's basically my origin. Now it has been almost a year. And I have collected about 70 VNs, beaten over 45, learned Japanese decently enough and made myself a part of several communities. I must say I'm happy for what I've gotten in under a year. And now I may try to grasp something even greater. Now that introductions are over, I can say, Thank you and I'm looking forward to our future patronage and collaboration. See you again very soon. - Arcadeotic

Petition to change the name back, anyone?

I'd thought I'd make a thread of everybody's top 5 visual novel heroines and the reasons behind them being liked so much. Also, one pet series or else some people's lists are gonna be filled with one series alone. My top 5 are 1. Usami Haru (G senjou no Maou)- she's smart, funny, and cute as all hell. Especially the hair, I don't know why I love it so much. 2. Mayucchi (Majikoi)- I love her awkwardness in the first game and how she starts overcoming it. Plus, she's adorable and busty. 3. Yumiko (Grisaia series)- I love quiet heroines, but she added a little more to that and seeing her transform from such a cold person into what she is currently in the series was great. Plus, she's hot and busty. 4. Sachi (Sharin No Kuni)- her personality and changes she goes through in her part of the game were awesome to watch and she was already a fun character. Also, she's hot and busty (and you see a common trend). 5. Tohno (Air)- again, back to the quiet heroines and although she's not the same kind as Yumiko, her personality shines through and her route is one of my favorites in all the Key visual novels I have played. It'll be interesting to see your guys' lists.

1/ Isurugi Chie (Kira☆Kira) Seriously, I don't really know why I love her. Probably because, she's very cute...and because I'm a Tsundere fan. Or is it because atheist characters are very uncommon ? 2/ Tohsaka Rin (Fate/Stay Night) Again I love Tsunderes. Morever I really love her design. Confession : I have a (big) weakness for witch/magician type 3/ Shiina Miyako (MajiKoi, MajiKoi S) She's smart, anticonfomist, very funny, tough and Loyal. 4/ Sion (Eden*) She's the perfect balance between extreme genius and extreme cuteness. And she seems so fragile...I want to protect her 5/Thyme Mayumi (Really? Really! ; Shuffle!) Tsundere + Mischievous/Funny + Heterochromia = Killer combo.

I'd like to direct attention to this important part of the conversation though.

Happy Birthday you two huge nerds \ /

I want the 30 seconds of my life I spent reading Kiriririri's and LinovaA's posts back.

Wait a second... 395 - 68 = 327 3 + 2 + 7 = 12 1 + 2 = 3 HALF LIFE 3 CONFIRMED YOU CAN'T FOOL ME

Finished up a new OST for a cute yuri-jam game. Get the ost here https://mockoff.bandcamp.com/album/syrup-and-the-ultimate-sweet-ost AND play the game, its wonderful http://nomnomnami.itch.io/syrup-and-the-ultimate-sweet Another new OST that I contributed a few tracks to is up https://mockoff.bandcamp.com/album/sickness-ost Get the game here http://store.steampowered.com/app/413870/

Hey guys~ Been a while since I updated this post last. DEMO NOW AVAILABLE Links below: Direct DL Steam On sale now: http://store.steampowered.com/app/367020/ No One But You is a Visual Novel/Dating Sim about Hideaki, a high school student who has just returned to his hometown, Okutama. Upon returning, Hideaki re-discovers a town he knew from childhood, meeting new friends and reuniting with those he had long forgotten. He resumes his high school life in the big city, quickly adapting to the change in pace, and before he knows it, Hideaki begins to think of this city as his home once more. Hideaki's life in Okutama is upbeat and fun, thanks to the many friends he makes, including Megumi, an energetic student council member; Chinatsu, a reserved senior in the literature club; Shiro, an unsociable music-lover; and Yui, an obstinate girl who rarely expresses herself honestly. Surrounded by an interesting group of friends, Hideaki lives out his days without a care in the world, content to enjoy a normal high school life. Whether he's going out with friends or studying for exams, his new life is truly peaceful. But not for long. As Hideaki's stay in Okutama continues, ghosts from his past begin to come back, increasingly intruding on the new life he's trying to build. As if that wasn't bad enough, his new friends all have secrets of their own, and the more Hideaki involves himself with their daily lives, the deeper into mutual despair he sinks. Will you be able to put to rest the evils of the past and finally live out the normal high school life you crave? Will you be able to put your friends' minds at ease, erasing the trauma and misery ruining their otherwise peaceful lives? Because whether you like it or not, for this very task it can be no one but you. A little info: At the moment we are partnered with both Sekai Project and MangaGamer Characters: Screenshots:

The AGDQ stream last week motivated me to play some retro games, so I thought I'd bring out some of the classics with my favorite video game of all time. If you like 2D butts and retro games, come into my stream and watch me play some of the following games: 1. Donkey Kong Country 2 (SNES) 2. Super Metroid (SNES) The stream will feature me (of course), salty rants, 2D butts, and TeamSpeak chats. Can't get into TS? No problem! I'll be chatting on stream as well when I can. Want to be a part of the fun? Here is all the information you need: Stream Location: http://hitbox.tv/originalrenfuwanovel TeamSpeak Client Information: ts3.fuwanovel.net I'm live right now and might take some breaks here and there, but for the most part I'll be going for awhile. Come and watch!

5 Yuela. from kamidori alchemy miester strong and stubborn, yuela was able to make a place in my heart. 4 Kitamikado Ayaka. from Princess Evangile. one of the most fulfilling routes in PE. her teasing nature mixed with her candy like voice, makes for a memorable character. 3 Mayuzumi Yuki. From the majikoi series sweethearted girl with a simple goal of wanting to make 100 friends. her social awkwardness make for some great laughs and memorable moments. 2 Kotori Habane. From the Kono Oozari ni Tsubasa o Hirogete series hard decision putting her in 2nd. i love everything about this girl. from design, to voice, to every interaction. i fell in love with her at first sight. thickheaded and strong driven towards her goals. she would be number one but number one has all these traits plus one more. 1 Mihagino Ayano. from Kanojo to Ore to Koibito to. as i said, she has all the traits of Kotori plus one. She loves the mc so much that she is willing to allow him to sleep with another girl. just to clarify, she isnt sad by this and theres no feelings of betrayal, she just wants haruto to be happy and so long as she gets to share in that happiness, thats fine. she even helps the other girls to get the courage to go after him. what a great gal.

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Ah. I completely forgot about that Fixed my list Granberia would be on 6th place. Also you're completely right! People should understand that School Days is great. It's Makoto who is a piece of shit, not the VN/anime.

I was seconds from picking Amane myself, but ended up with Kotori. Since we cant pick 2 from 1 game I couldn't choose both No school days heroine? I'm dissapointed. Also a school days fan I don't usually tell people, because when I do, I can feel them judging me. People just don't understand us!

lets try more dark...

What... You think you can just load a save and start over in case the teacher(s) won't like it?

Stop being mean people! I love you! Favorite moderator! Here, Sion. Sandwich. Adorable.

They are one Hideo Kojima away from just making this a Metal Gear Solid movie

Hinaori Kagome. And who cares about the rest?

Kawai desu nyan .

Archimedes is earned at the start of a turn after selling 30 items to the shop. You can easily buy back the items once you get her, so you're not losing anything besides gold. @EcchiOujisama: Very Hard and Nightmare modes are for speed running so they aren't ideal unless you can carry over everything to a new playthrough. I had to borrow one of sagaoz's saves to do it. It's really hard to do a normal playthrough on it because I've seen enemies easily reach 30k troops by 100th turn and it's not fun fighting those because they can easily kill you in a single normal attack. Also, the troop multiplier seems to apply in dungeons and Shambala as well, so yeah.... that 6 Montezuma battle I mentioned earlier, those have 999,999 HP on Nightmare mode... THE FINAL BOSS IS A FREAKING JOKE IN GOLD!!!! It's probably the easiest battle in the entire game. She's so dumb because she just wastes her turn trying to use that mass debuff skill which has some serious wait time. You have all the time in the world to interrupt her over and over again with critical hits and she won't be able to do anything. Just slap in Achilles with Dagda Mace or Ishigawa Goemon with some reduced delay and critical gear for her Flash Kill and you're all set. I fought her on turn 200+ something and she had 540k HP but it was nothing but an HP sponge that I easily depleted within 5 turns. I also had Faust, Nero, and Cleopatra to venom/poison/grudge/curse/seal stack her, and she's losing like 100k HP per turn, which is pretty damn hilarious.

@firecat I have to say, that you are harshly generalizing if you want to realise an project of this scale (be it game or movie) you need to have an company under which the creator team works while I do admit Sekai pushing it a bit with myself, you can´t compare that to every other company based on that Rayark is an relatively small studio and needed this Kickstarter to let this movie become a reality they already had funds set aside, but were in need for the rest to make it happen if you want to further discuss this I would like to ask you to create a new thread I will gladly join you there to have an fair discussion Now then in addition to the funding, the ZERO_DAY campaign was marked as an favourite project from Kickstarter Also for those more interested in the staff who will shape this movie - here is something to indulge (I´m sure you´ll be surprised!):

My top 5 heroines and also waifus. 1. Kurisu Makise (Steins;Gate) - Genius, sensible, logical, calm, mature. 5 traits that 99% of all VN heroines don't have, that's why she will always hold a dear place in my heart. Also dons a collared shirt and tie better than most guys. 2. Ema Skye (Phoenix Wright Ace Attorney) - Like Kurisu, also smart and logical. One of Phoenix Wright's best partners in the series. However, she shows most of her ingenuity when she worked together with Miles Edgeworth. I'm a sucker for forensic shows and her having that background makes me like her more. 3. Mekata Mitsuki (Princess Evangile W Happiness) - Possibly the best tsundere heroine I have ever seen. She's also a bad liar and it's funny as heck whenever she gets caught. Beware Kitamikado fanboys: once W Happiness gets localized most of you will start jumping the Mitsuki bandwagon. She's also a HUGE HUGE HUGE closet pervert. If you thought Mayuzumi from Majikoi was a big one, this girl easily beats her. She almost misses a date with Masaya because 4. Musashibou Benkei (Majikoi S, A-1) - Usually it's hard to find likable lazy heroines but Benkei is one. She's unbeatable whenever she gets serious. Like most heroines, she has lots of strength and intelligence so you will never see her in a damsel-in-distress situation. I also love how her demeanor changes whenever she's drunk. 5. Aomi Isara (Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate) - Resourceful girl tries to make ends meet even in romance despite being poor. That takes a lot of dedication and hardwork. Also stays calm and doesn't get angry despite all the bias and discrimination against her kind. That deserves a lot of respect.

The premise of Boyfriend Stealer seemed like one of the most hilarious out there. The thought of playing as an Audrey is worth my funds, what a shame it won't come out. As a huge fan of male netorare, I am weeping inside.

If I win the lottery, I'll have that shit funded in a day as well as have every NTR in existence localized. We need more NTR/Reverse NTR/Netori genres. This moege filled market sickens me to death. P.S. please don't hurt me @Flutterz

The kickstarter page is the best place to get up to date information, since they update it with any progress they have to share. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sekaiproject/the-grisaia-trilogy-three-huge-visual-novels-for-p/updates Most recent word was from last week, Meikyuu is 75% translated.

The funny thing is, that she was way less annoying in her route, once the romance started, than compared to some of the other routes where her jealousy went overboard (Aomi), OTOH, for example in Michiru`s route, she becomes pretty sweet. In the end I'd say the Mifuyu route was the one I liked the least. I just don't sympathize that much with her preferring to be the victim approach.

Still playing Kokuzai wo Ukerubeki mono. Seriously, the author has a penchant for utsuge developments. I'm feeling pretty sick to my stomach. If the VN didn't have it's own charm, genuineness, and impression-lasting characters, I would have called bullshit and quit already. Edit: Finished the game (Kokuzai wo Ukerubeki Mono) Honestly, I should have known from the opening chapter where this was headed. Oh, the thought passed by mind. But I think I took for granted the structure this VN would take. "Maybe this game is about giving someone something and then slowly taking it away from them, in the most painful way possible." "Ohh, the protagonist is going to get it?" Those ideas I had jokingly were very wrong, but also correct in a way. What I wasn't prepared for was how painful and sick this game would make me feel. I thought I liked dark things. No, I just like sorrow, melancholy, gentleness, stoicness, and catharsis. This is like the first part of Saya no Uta, except without the excitement of horror. You're like "WHY is this happening?". And there is no answer. At least no answer that will answer your question. Plot twists that revolve around some iron law, already sit pretty sinkingly in my stomach. But this didn't use that. It, while not directly, was thematically bound to that, all over, which some how made things much much worse. The characters, even the ones you want to adore, weren't my favorite characters of all time, not by a longshot. I wouldn't even call them my favourites. Most of the characters here were rough around the edges, lacking the polish and focus that you see in most characters. Basically they had all these human like moments which normally would be superfluous in a normal story. But they all had moments were you could acknowledge them, or even be moved by them. The cast of characters was something the VN did well, even if I'm left wondering if it had any meaning in the end. The plot progression. You can't really predict what will happen next. You probably can't, and if you can, I doubt it's the kind of story where you'd gain any satisfaction from doing so. While the cause and effect is decently explained, the plot is kinda forced and railroaded at times, though it does pass through a number of memorable moments and countless semi-memorable (also semi-weird) moments. As a fantasy story, this story doesn't exist. Even though there's a somewhat of a world, and worldy events. If you take it as such, you'll be extremely frustrated come the end. One should read it as seeing a cast of characters, with their own views, positions, and personalities. Notably, Kokuzai wo Ukerubeki Mono, relative to any other VN I've played, was fucking torture. The first half was balanced, if not kinda jagged and severe, but the second half was ridiculous. Even the really well-closed out ending and it's catharsis was not enough to hold at bay the frustration and anger of "what the fuck was the point of that?" of the last third. (The ending was great. I cried buckets.) Who the fuck enjoys this? How do you expect me to feel the rush of valor at some character's last moments when I'm too busy vomiting internally and being empty from what's happened in the last couple chapters. It's like trying to enjoy your favourite comfort food while swishing a mouthful of hot sauce. I'm numb, I'm in pain! In any case, the doujin artist is an otome writer, and their preferred pairing is younger woman with older men. So you get some pretty odd and somewhat unsettling (probably as unsettling as typical moe eroge relationships to a normal person) relational undertones. And so the tactic of surviving utusge by periodically gazing at the moe doesn't work at all here. It was a very bitter VN to read. I don't regret it...but, that doesn't change the fact that the last third was torture. I respect what the author's created and acknowledge their skill in certain areas (like pulling one in to the story, and the characters), but I'm not touching any of their utsuge works with a twenty foot pole. Even though the premises catch my eye... Never.

Omg, these charts are so depressing... the downward trend continues http://www.kicktraq.com/projects/sekaiproject/root-double-before-crime-after-days-xtend-edition/#chart-daily

Happy birthday Model Moderator Eclipsed! And to myself as well I guess?

Happy birthday, Eclipsed! I'll leave others to leave witty birthday wishes. yayfirst

Well one of us have to give up and it ain't gonna be me

raging ren is the best ren.

Fuwanovel "nobody gives a fuck about your personal problems"-thread. Quite catchy, if you ask me. Just rolls off the tongue.

managed to play through izumo4 just in time & after more or less creating a small timetable (daily chart) i´m mentally prepared to the fullest for whats considered entering the holy realm of "eternal NEETism". this basically means due to current unemployment of mine the next 3-4months (or longer) will consist of reading (dark) nukige for 6h, 5h on more storydriven stuff (chuuni/militaristic/horror/mystery/apocalyptic/non-moe), playing oldschoolish rpgs for 5h & talking/groping/playing with my figurines for ~2h. edit: though i still need getting rid of the huge backlog of mine first, before moving on to the main dish. edit2: nah i dont have anything more meaningful (?) to do with my life, as i grew to despise humanity as a whole, dont plan on getting intimate with 3dpd´s anytime soon & prefer to talk to those only via phone if its non avoidable from the beginning...

Or a Nintendo product in general

If you need an editor down the line, let me know. Would be happy to pick this project up.

I give this review a 6 out of Umaru divided by zero

I'm glad that at least someone appreciated my badly formed ramblings about Chapter 6. I really should avoid writing about complicated topics just after waking up in a hurry. Anyways here's some thoughts about chapter 3&4

this is the only good thing I've read all day edit: Fuck it, I've been wanting to say this for some time. Cerulean, I really appreciate your contributions in threads like this. It's just that there's practically nowhere else where I see women open as you about their sexuality and fetishes. It's just a nice exception to see, one hell of an alternative viewpoint, and might as well go all the way and confess that I think it's pretty hot. I hate how most women don't show (or are forced to not show) their sexuality because I hate the perception "boys= hormone driven sex monkeys, girls= prim, prude beings who aren't so vulgar about sex, or anywhere as interested". As a man, I feel happy that there are exceptions like you out there. Thank you, Cerulean. Thanks for being able to be so open about yourself.

I have a feeling that i heard this song somewhere. Sounds very familiar. Is it just me?

here's me, standing in front of the zeiss planetarium in Jena, Germany (the city where miss jena was made) it's also the oldest one in the world, and those two facts were enough for me to want to spend 15 hours alone in a train to be able to see a show there. and yes, it was amazing, although not as amazing as planetarian this was like 2 days ago

And so airs the last episode of Working. Perfection isn't enough to describe it, it was literal porn for anyone who's watched the series from the beginning. This show is a prime example of how you handle slice of life, comedy and romance and I avidly recommend anyone to watch it.

Emries has discovered an easy and cheap way to experience real life tentacle sex... the hard way.

I hated this story. The beginning was already really sketchy, I mean, we get introduced to three characters in two paragraphs and one of them (the cashier at the drug store) doesn't even make a second appearance in the story. Hello author, ever heard about chekhov's gunman? Next, our incredibly badly paced "romance" jumps into an H-scene, which goes on for way too long and annoys the audience by switching locations every other paragraph. And in the end, we the audience, are left just as blueballed as the protagonist. A minor saving grace would be the comedic element, but all in all it was too short and bad to leave an impression on me. Did the author just make a first draft and decided to go with it? I mean, what the fuck happend? Overall score: Pros: + The comedy parts were really good, like when the dogs came into play. + The protagonist is a likeable and relatable character. I mean, he has sex and a ton of weeb shit, that's everyone's dream, right? Cons: - Too short - Awkward pacing (the scene jumps happend to sudden and there is no real ending). - Tone issues (we go from self depriving "mimimi, I can't get laid" to comedy and porn, pick your tone ffs). - The utter lack of voice acting and music. I mean, am I supposed to hum baby got back while reading this? - Plot holes: We never get to know why the mother can't see the protagonist and his ex hanging out in a hot tub at 3:00 AM in the garden. Her motivations aren't explained at all. 3/10

I noticed this one's been getting attention thanks to the translation going on over here so I figured I'd share my thoughts on the whole thing, see if more people get interested in it. https://bananashiki.wordpress.com/2015/04/10/review-aokana/