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Yup, we've past the goal. Now just need a few dozen (37 to be exact) people to hop on the Thunderclap and maybe we can hit some of the stretch goals. I can't thank the Fuwa community enough. You've all been super helpful and awesome! http://thndr.me/T7lwJD

Hi guys! New member here! I'm a big fan of Visual Novels. I have been playing them for around 5 years now. I enjoy almost all kinds of genres in them. I just don't like yaoi, trap and futanari. The rest are probably ok for me. My favorite kind of visual novels are netorare focused. I also really like when the netorare is avoidable in some routes, because I think that when I read the "nice/good/lovey-dovey" route first and then the netorare one, the feelings are stronger. But I'm also a fan of pure vanilla stuff.

Just for comparison, this is Getchu's sales ranking 2015. I've also added a list of the top twenty below. Only the entries which didn't appear already in the Getchu awards got an image and VNDB link for easier differentiation (and less work). Some interesting observations: I'm not sure what's more shocking, that Angel Beats didn't make it into the Getchu awards or that nobody even seemed to miss it. I think this is the first time that this happened to a major Key title, but it at least did sell well. Poor Key - beaten by Custom Maid 3D2. Eushully might not haven been happy about the ratings for Kami no Rhapsody but they certainly won't complain about the sales on third place. The same applies to Chrono Clock from Purple Software as well on fifth place. It also shows that a good writer isn't a guaranty for a good story. Both Looseboy's 'Boku no Hitori Sensou' and Ou Jacksons/Takahiro's Anekouji 'Naoko to Gin'iro no Shinigami' didn't get good ratings even if their titles sold well. That's why I love good artists - they always deliver. Edit: List fixed and several titles made it in from the Getchu winners like Sakura no Uta or... Custom Maid 3DR2. Other new titles are from Favorite, Feng and Ensemble. 1.) Sanoba Witch (Yuzusoft) 2.) Custom Maid 3D2 (KISS) 3.) Kami no Rhapsody (Eushully) 4.) Primal Hearts 2 (Marmalade) 5.) Chrono Clock (Purple Software) 6.) Angel Beats! (Key) 7.) Haru Kiss (Giga) 8.) Akai Hitomi ni Utsuru Sekai (Favorite) 9.) Sakura no Uta (Makura) 10.) Hatsuru Koto Naki Mirai Yori (Front Wing) 11.) Hanasaki Work Spring! (Saga Planets) 12.) Imouto no Seiiki (Feng) 13.) Tokeijikake no Ley Line -Asagiri ni Chiru Hana- (Unison Shift: Blossom) 14.) Soreyori no Prologue (Minori) 15.) Koi Suru Kimochi no Kasanekata (Ensemble) 16.) Pretty x Cation 2 (Hibiki Works) 17.) Anekouji Naoko to Gin'iro no Shinigami (Minator Carnival) 18.) Boku no Hitori Sensou (Akabei Soft2) 19.) Koko kara Natsu no Innocence! (Clochette) 20.) Amakano ~Second Season~ (Azarashi Soft)

"Everyone knew about my masturbation in the library?! Then the reason I was chosen for the Getchu Character Award-- No way... I was chosen because a bunch of people thought of me as the masturbating girl... this is terrible."

Well my last thread turned out to be a fruitless endeavour, but it was probably a really tough request to begin with so I'm not too surprised. This time though I hope some people will be able to help with my random urges. As the title says, I'm looking for a VN where at least one of the heroines is in a wheelchair. I'm not looking for any specific reason as to why they're in a wheelchair, they can even have lost their legs, I just want them to be in one. If they're not in a wheelchair for the majority of the story then it probably doesn't qualify (i.e if it's just a temporary injury) I don't want any gameplay heavy VNs (preferably no gameplay at all) Not really looking for a nukige either this time but an actual decent visual novel in terms of plot. Untranslated or not is fine. Currently on my plan to read list: Aaeru: The Visual Novel Imouto no Katachi Already read: Konosora Yes, I realize VNDB has a wheelchair tag, but because it's hard to know wheter a game is good or not from vndb, and also because sometimes the character tags aren't up to date (which is the case of Imouto no Katachi) I figured asking people would be more helpful. And if any of you played the above mentioned VNs, opinions on them are appreciated too. Thank you for any suggestions you may have.

I can understand why people demand 18+ content in romance VNs and shit, and I understand why people are not happy with large amounts of content being removed from Aselia like the evil route, but to just straight up be like "I won't play an RPG unless it has porn in it" is kind of baffling to me. I mean, I guess at the end of the day, you do you, but man, I don't get it.

I said to myself, well I'm just an impatient "kid" so I'll do 10roll again, and then... Waifu material happened! xD Who's partying with me ?

I have the Memorial Box. Just saying :3 I have this game too and it works. Just saying :3 I wouldn't say "no way of getting it". And I also didn't need a serial. Just saying :3

Yea, im talkin bout the Mosaics... Well, thats a bummer. w/e Thanks for responding~

Combined impression post on Fureraba and Pure x Connect. I played Fureraba a good while ago. The game is essentially plotless, but it has very good comedy, relationship progression and a proper ラブラブ mood with very gentle H-scenes. It also features a conversation system through which you earn points with your chosen heroine, but honestly I used a walkthrough for half of it. Well guess what, Pure x Connect, SMEE's next title, doesn't have half of that. Relationship progression? How about we just move it from zero interest to full bloom with sex right around the corner? Gentle H-scenes? Bah who cares about that, let's just do it like every other moege where the protag has his way with the heroine without a care in the world while going on about how much he treasures her. Compared to Fureraba's protagonist, he moved a long way into the "tough guy" corner, and with all his onahole talk he might as well be tagged as a protagonist with sexual experience. Oh and don't mind that he's a university student, because there's very few scenes there and most of the game is set at his workplace. For the reference, I only played two routes in Pure x Connect as I don't have the patience to bear with it any longer. /rant over TL;DR play Fureraba.

Well, someone is above Sekai Project, it's Regista who decide what to do and when to do, SP can just give them ideas, propositions and state their opinions. Regista have final say on everything... They decided to allow lower tiers, so they're now available.

If my waifu was real she wouldn't be my waifu. Dragging 2D characters to 3D is the worst one can do. Waifus should only exist in our imagination.

Getchu awards seem to be more of a popularity than quality contest; surprised to see 花咲ワークスプリング！ and 果つることなき未来ヨリ on the list even though they were getting pretty bad reviews, while the lack of Fairytale Requiem is a mortal sin against mankind as it was probably the second best game last year (after Sakura no Uta). Other entries seem to be fairly legit, although サノバウィッチ, ソーサリージョーカーズ, 見上げてごらん、夜空の星を seem oddly high compared to ランス03 リーザス陥落, シルヴァリオ ヴェンデッタ, and Maggot baits if you look at erogamescape. The only other games that I can think of as missing from those awards are ゾンビのあふれた世界で俺だけが襲われない, but they probably don't allow doujin games into the context to begin with, and Bansenjin (maybe they don't allow fan discs either?).

YES! YES! YES! HELL YES!

@CeruleanGamer, you just found a comrade. That said, please play Euphoria and do tell us if your preference of anything but futa, yaoi and trap is still the same. Welcome!

1) Commas are used as a sort of pause in between words in a sentence and can be used when listing three or more things. If you only have two things in the list, you would use and instead of commas. If you have more than two things, it would sound strange if you kept putting the word and in between every one of them. Example 1: Three of my favorite visual novels are Grisaia no Kajitsu, Princess Evangile and Muv-Luv. Example 2: The translation was incorrect, so he went over it again to fix it. 2) Commas are used to separate adjectives in some situations and when the adjectives are interchangeable. One way to determine whether or not to use a comma in this situation is to put the word and in between them and if it still makes sense and sounds right, replace it with a comma because it also reduces the amount of words used since you can replace and with a comma in a lot of situations. Example 1: She is a smart, beautiful woman. Example 2: She is a beautiful, smart woman. Example 3: She is a smart and beautiful woman. (The word and could be used as a substitute here and still technically be correct but you can shorten the sentence by replacing it with a comma.) Those are the two main uses of commas but there are plenty of other situations where you can use them. Most of the time, you can tell just by reading the sentence out loud whether or not using a comma is appropriate. Sometimes commas are used even when they don't have to be and either way would be correct. If you are having trouble with commas, just think that they represent a pause in the sentence and serve to make it sound more appropriate. I've never taught anything before in my life so this is the best explanation I could give you, I hope it helps. One other way to get a grasp on commas are to pickup an English novel or read something online that has correct grammar and you can use them all as examples. EDIT: I can't believe I forgot to add this but one other important use of a comma is when starting and ending a letter. Note that normally the first sentence in the paragraph is indented but when I press tab it takes me out of the editing window, so lets just pretend it is indented. Example: Dear Fuwanovel, I love your website! Sincerely, Saggz

I voted on these 3: Walkure Romanze (I was torn between it and Pricess Lover!) Sore de mo Tsuma o Aishiteru (bring the NTR!) Boku no Kanojo wa Gatenkei ... (bring the NTR 2! - since elf is out for good now, I believe it's now probably impossible to license it, but I just had to put it on my list)

It's on a case-by-case scenario. If you are working 80+ hours a week and have to raise a family, it's gonna be extremely challenging to fit some time in there to learn a new language.

My grandparents had a habit of learning new languages when they entered retirement and by the time I know it, they know 6-7 languages already... For some reason, learning new languages seems easier when you are old and retired because you don't have to stress out about work and stuff and only have 1-2 things in mind. Now I can't really imagine myself still playing VNs when I'm 70-80 years old, so I doubt learning Japanese by that time instead of now would be of any benefit to me.... So yeah, if you are not in the working world yet, learn Japanese now or forever regret it!!!

Ooooh, I'll add you~ Why exactly do they need to do this anyway?

There's an Akane route... in the Plus Communication version. There are a crapton of routes in that version, actually, too bad there's no english version. MangaGamer's refusal to translate the bonus DC2 content has always disappointed me. The Koko's route is pure shit. Everyone involved acts like an idiot and the number of times they postpone their eventual confession of love is nearly record-breaking. So incredibly frustrating. Also, you mean "Minatsu," lol.

Finally got around to playing Da Capo II. I should have started ages ago!

It's a normal reaction to every thread about untranslated visual novels being turned into "I wish this got translated" "cmon guys we all know it's never gonna get translated" "life's so unfair".

Okay, 999's done It's a 7/10 game with decent scenario, characters, and escape room gameplay Then it becomes a 999/10 in the last couple hours True End with the revelations, seriously some of the best mindblow revelations I've read, very fun, still have a bit of difficulty wrapping my head around it all so I'm mass researching, if anyone feels like posting a quick sum sums for me feel free : P I found some cute images that kinda explain some of the mechanics, Dunno what Virtue's Last Reward will be about, but #HYPE ~~ The "village filler is boring but after that it gets good" people officially declare war against the "village filler is good and after that it gets boring" people!!!

STILL not done, but, Alright boys, finally got the mindscrew I wanted, 999 is masterpiece, read now pls

Not meaning to offend anybody, but that is the definitive list of what English only readers pick. Seriously, haven't seen a more exact representation of what we plebs want.

" Swallow girls and violate them while they struggle in your Stomach. Their screams can’t be heard from deep within your belly… " Wow, just... wow.

Um, Baldr Force is the precursor, which is why it's so weird to me people rather seem to want to start their series in the middle with Sky.

too bad only few of them will be translated in 5 years and more...

let's leave all that aside for now, we did it, after a really hard trip we did it! Now the long 1 month of waiting

https://vndb.org/v1002 really good easy to find https://vndb.org/v1170 also really good, you can only play the psp version...there is no way to get the pc ver as far as I know (only buying the whole memorial box... which cost A LOT) you can hook the text easily even using ppsspp. https://vndb.org/v5353 if you get this vn please let me know, it has copy protection so I don't want to buy it from dlsite, it has natorare too https://vndb.org/v6342 if you can leave aside all the nonsense eroge is actually good too, no way of "getting" this novel you can only buying it, pm if you want it (you need a serial to install it) if you come across another good vn with this traits let me know I'm interested too.

I agree, it looks really well

I thought it was just a feature.

It made it, hopefully though SP learns some lessons from this kickstarter, as much as I dislike Sekai Project, I will admit they handled their past campaigns much better, at the end I was seeing backers scrambling around desperate to get this game some press. That isn't something a backer should have to do.

Great! The Kickstarter finally made it. Even if I was confident, you never know... With over 40 hours to go, even some stretch goals might be reached. Very happy!

I shall find you a B-chested waifu to steal.

Blame Nosebleed.

I'm waiting for the kickstarter to reach the base goal with a botte o fine wine (barbaresco) ready to be opened.

A temporary topic about temporary bugs. Brilliant.

I know the feeling man...unfortunately

at least I dont get off to people stealing and raping others lovers

[18:48:15] 妹ちゃん: Tay, did I break fuwa's search engine? [18:48:45] Archmage Tay: ...? [18:49:36] 妹ちゃん: Basically I unticked the box, then I just ticked it back and saved. [18:49:44] Archmage Tay: hm [18:49:46] 妹ちゃん: Didn't think it would do anything [18:51:06] Archmage Tay: hm [18:51:11] Archmage Tay: looking into it [18:51:44] Archmage Tay: did you trigger a re-index? [18:51:52] Archmage Tay: like, manually, or something? [18:55:46] Archmage Tay: I doubt you caused it [18:55:51] Archmage Tay: I mean [18:55:54] Archmage Tay: it's more fun to pretend you did <19:05:12> "Nosebleed": Well Tay just said I probably wasn't the cause of the fuwa search breaking <19:05:22> "Nosebleed": Because changes only take effect when you click save <19:05:51> "Down": I'm still gonna push #blamenosebleed2016 if you don't mind DON'T BELIEVE WHAT THESE PEOPLE MAY TELL YOU #EXPOSED

there is nothing wrong with it, its most likely gonna be enjoyable at least when so many people think that its good, games doesnt get hyped for nothing, but a wise man once said to me. "Find your own kamige"

Would be hard. It's not something that I have yet "digested" well enough that I can feel confident expressing in words why I feel about it the way I do. I could cite a number of "generic" qualities: it's often hilarious, has an emotionally compelling overarching plot, cool characters, some very impactful scenes, sca-ji's characteristic erudition that he delivers in a simple and pleasant way. All the same it'd be easy to point out flaws: some annoying cliche sexist scenes, some scenes dragging on, Rin's and Makoto's route not being that great, etc... But in the end I think what really makes this game special is the way it talks about Art. It's all about exposing various visions of art, often incarnated by various characters and the way they develop(ed). It's about the relationship between art and reality, perception, sublime, banal, original, mimesis and anti-mimesis. And it's also about finding happiness, in a way. If I felt like I grasped all of that in a more clear way I'd have written a review or a blog post about it but that'll probably only come in a long time.

Ahh, this is the part where you dismiss games with really vague and misleading generalizations just like in the tournament thread. Okay, I think we're done here, you don't want to argue in good faith. lmao at calling himawari a lolige.

Filling cups forever. Well, working as a scullery maid can be mind-numbingly tedious I suppose. To make it more bearable, what you should do is develop mental exercises to while aw- ... Ohhh, you’re talking about something different ... Carry on, then.

Because boobs. Duh.

Rooke is literally Hitler.

I see many frequently encountered issues in the visual novel community. I've taken some time to address them, with a focus on pragmatic solutions rather than long-winded explanations. Issue: I really like <insert type of VN>, but I can't find others like it, or I've already played through all the suggested titles. Answer: There's over 17k VNs in VNDB's database. 2356 are available in English. The sorts of VNs you're looking for are almost certainly there. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: JAST USA is really slow, and it licenses nearly finished fan translations and sits on them for years before releasing them. Answer: Time to learn Japanese. You'll probably finish before JAST does. Issue: Companies keep licensing eroge and releasing them censored on Steam. Answer: They're doing this because few people buy eroge, whereas Steam users are more than happy to overpay for softcore porn. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: JAST/Nukaku is censoring my lolis / guro / scat / all the content I'm interested in. It's really ticking me off.Answer: Distribution of offensive pornographic content is restricted in much of the English-speaking world. Time to learn Japanese. Also, best not to import the stuff, or you could end up like this guy. Issue: Original English VNs are terrible. Help! Answer: Yes, the English VN market has thus far failed to attract professional game developers, especially when it comes to sexual content. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: The game I'm interested in has a fan translation or a fan translation in progress, but the translation is terrible or the project is stalled. Answer: Fan translators cannot be relied upon to provide high-quality translations quickly and reliably. They have real jobs / studies that take precedence. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: Localization companies pick mediocre or short titles I have no interest in. Why can't they release something I want like <insert title from Type-Moon, Eushully, or other famous developer here>? Answer: Japanese companies don't care what you want, and neither do localization companies. They want profits, and releasing titles people want is often unfeasible or unprofitable. Time to learn Japanese. Issue: I tried text hooking with machine translation so I could play Japanese VNs, but I can't understand it or it's too frustrating to use. Answer: Understanding machine translation requires practice and exposure. It's a bit like learning a new language. If you'd rather not learn machine translation, you could learn Japanese instead. Issue: Learning Japanese is hard. Like, really hard. Answer: Yes, it's one of the most difficult languages for a native English speaker to learn. The US government estimates that 2200 hours of intensive study is required to gain basic proficiency in Japanese. To add insult to injury, Japanese has a special asterisk next to it reading, "Languages preceded by asterisks are usually more difficult for native English speakers to learn than other languages in the same category". That means they lied; it actually takes significantly more than 2200 hours to learn the language. Good luck. So there you go: practical solutions to frequently encountered issues. I hope everyone finds this guide helpful.