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Heya Fuwanovel, Eclipsed here, ready to do another trolly trolls filled with pure enlightenment and innocent funzies. First, let's talk about VNDB: Vector Newton Digimon Battlefield. With this site, you can diary-style all of the Visual Novels that you've read over the course of your career. I. Linking your VNDB profile to Fuwanovel "Want your profile & sidebar to look sexy (and taller) while roaming the forums? Load it up with your VNDB!" Create your VNDB account over at https://vndb.org/ Go to your VNDB profile, make note of your ID number, then go to your Fuwanovel profile -> Edit Profile and input that number under the VNDB section (without the letter "u") You can also link other things such as your MAL and Steam!sdfdsfsfs II. Commentating on your listed Visual Novels "Want your VNDB list to look SEXY (& cluttered wall-of-texty) as hell?" Tick the Visual Novel you want to comment on "Set Note" Type in your comment "Update" III. Rating Visual Novels with "Fractionals" (cr. palas), Because Whole Numbers Are Too Mainstream & Hipster "Sometimes, you just wanna rate things the SEXY way using decimals!" Go to your desired Visual Novel's profile. Select "Other" from the voting menu. Input your desired score, ranging from 1.0 to 10.0 (one decimal place only!) IV. VNStats! "It's all about dem stats." "Noslyl from Reddit made VNStats, a cool site that hooks into VNDB's api to analyze its data. It gives some broad data on VNDB's overall voting habits and then it allows you to dig deeper and see data on individual VNs, tags, character traits, and users of VNDB. My favorite feature of the site is the way it gives you an analysis on the VNs you've voted on and your own reading habits. " -Decay V. The English-only Pleb's Odyssey for the TL'd Vector Newtons (Search Filtering for Translated Visual Novels) cr. Nosebleed VI. The Power of Chaos, Disorder, and... Randomness! cr. Final Chaos "Sometimes. the only way to find what you are looking for, is to not look for it!" Select "Random Visual Novel" from the upper left menu on VNDB. ~~ Feel free to add any VNDB tips n' tricks that you think the public should know about, and I will compilethemtotheOPTM

Yohoho~ Its been so long since I last posted something on Fuwa (other than the occasional technical help which I rarely need...). I've decided to be more active on the forums (as active as I can, anyway) but so much has changed lol. During my absence, I didn't really stop reading VN but I guess i got too lazy to write about what I read. Anyway, this is my first VN review in a looooong time. I'll put the summaries and w/e else under the spoilers tag. I don't really know how to match the text with the background so I apologize in advance for any spoilers v.v And... here goes... *** When I first started playing Grisaia, I didn’t really know what I was getting myself into. All I knew was that there were five girls who had traumatizing pasts and Yuuji, the protagonist, helps heal them. When I read the summary on VNDB, I was honestly very excited because my mind started thinking up all sorts of mental trauma and how the protagonist would help them cope with it. But when I started playing I was somewhat disappointed but at the same time, what I did find exceeded my expectations. The way Grisaia started off was, put bluntly, boring. If that was my first VN, I’m sure I would have stopped reading after ten minutes. The whole first scene is about Yuuji getting caught by the cops because he’s ‘suspicious’ which was boring. The way it was all portrayed was kind of bland until Yuuji got to the sweat box. That’s where it got really good. Yuuji’s insight and narration blew me away so many times. I learned more words from Grisaia than I did from any other VN. When Yuuji finally made it to his new school and met all the residents in the dorm, I didn’t find them odd in the slightest. It kind of made me wonder what kind of problems they all had. Sachi’s and Yumiko’s problems seemed kind of obvious as I got more into the story, but the other three remained a mystery to me until I got on their routes. Yuuji’s school life was…different from other VN protagonist’s. It was lacking the usual vigor that is present in other VN (like LB, Clannad, KoiChoco). Yuuji was an unusual protagonist in my opinion since he went to great lengths to greet all his classmates. His first meeting with Yumiko was quite interesting. It was also a great chance for Yuuji to show off his abilities. The CG during that moment is one of my favourites. The common route was both good and bad. Most of it was both funny and interesting but all the times that it was neither of those, it was… boring. There were a lot of moments when I lost the will to read the VN and whenever that happened, I’d save my game and listen to the openings for the different Grisaia games and anime. I felt those openings gave me the most motivation to continue reading when I had none. So in a way, my main motivation for reading was because of the openings and the thought ‘It will get better soon.’ And it did get better. But went back down a while later. Grisaia was a really tough read in that respect. After having played Grisaia once, I would recommend playing through the routes in this order: Amane –> Sachi –> Michiru –> Makina –> Yumiko. I didn’t really play in that order but if I were to give this to a friend, that’s the order that I would recommend. Amane: The first route I went on was Amane’s, simply because I couldn’t really ignore her previous confessions and it seemed that Yuuji had grown quite fond of her, so I clicked the choice that would lead to her route. There were quite a lot of H-scenes in her route, most of them driven by Amane alone. I’d give Amane’s route an 8/10. Most of that rating is being carried by Kazuki. Aside from all the negative aspects of this route, it really is a good start to learning more about Yuuji and his family because in other routes, it becomes easier to catch the references he makes about them. Michiru: Michiru’s route was the second one I completed, simply because there were other routes I wanted to play, so I used them as motivation to complete Michiru. I didn’t really like her much from the start. She was funny and her comedy routine with Yuuji was hilarious but aside from that, I didn’t feel that she had any role in the story. I really like the random sound effects she makes at random times though. The rating I give this route is 7/10. Mainly because I thought the drama was way over the top. I also kind of hated Michiru’s other half since she talked back to Yuuji so much and was a bitch about the smallest of things. Michiru also cried a lot as well, which was alright for the most part. But what I disliked the most was the fact that Michiru was suicidal… way too much. Every other day, she would attempt to kill herself. In her childhood, in Mihama, hospital… etc. I lost interest a lot of times. Why? Because if someone’s lost the will to live then it’s probably not worth saving them. They’ll probably end up in the same spot again. But!! If you can rekindle their will to live, that is the best way to save someone. Yuuji did just that to help Michiru. Now the H scenes… they were pretty cute. Which is the reason why the rating is what it is. Also, this route has nothing to do with Yuuji’s past. Yumiko: Yumiko’s route was the third one I completed. And I have to say, it is my most favourite of the five. The way the story naturally flows in Yumiko’s favor makes this route almost seem like a true end. Yumiko wasn’t on good terms with her father to begin with, and I thought she was really interesting/cute/beautiful/etc. from the start, so I was really anticipating this route. I gave this route a 9/10. Best rating in the whole VN, mainly because of Yuuji’s profound narration about ‘time’ towards the end. The whole route was very touching and I really liked how their classmates from Mihama helped them out. They even stayed in touch after graduating!! In this route nothing particular is mentioned about Yuuji’s past like in Amane’s but it makes up for that by having lots of CGs with Yuuji’s face in them. Sachi: I wasn’t really looking forward to Sachi’s route since she didn’t really seem like my type. In the opening, I find her really cute but in the VN, not so much. Anyway, not much happened in Sachi’s route, but I wasn’t expecting any action scenes from her route to begin with. It was all like one long emotional rollercoaster. The route followed the typical pattern all the other routes followed. Honestly, I don’t really have much to say for this one. When a friend told me that Sachi knew Yuuji since childhood, I got pretty excited about it. But I guess I was expecting too much. I was under the impression that Sachi went there every day or something while it was just a misunderstanding on both Sachi’s and Yuuji’s ends. Sachi had gone missing for a while and eventually, Yuuji figured out where she might be, and he was right. Sachi was waiting for him at the playground, starving, and wet from rain. I found this scene quite touching since Yuuji realized that Sachi was his childhood friend. I gave this route a 9/10 despite the starting being quite slow. The rating is probably being carried by the ending, but I don’t really care. The bottom line is, I liked this route and loved the ending. The CG of Sachi when she’s laying on Amane’s bed has to be my favourite from the whole route. I didn’t really pay much attention to the H scenes in this route but the H has nothing to do with the main story anyway. The pattern that I noticed the route followed was that in the beginning, it is kind of bland and boring but then all of a sudden, it gets highly emotional and it feels a lot has been thrown at you all at once. This pattern was quite effective on me (lol). As for Yuuji, this route is a great way to learn what his childhood was like and is a fitting sequel to Amane’s past in terms of Yuuji and Kazuki being the main subject of the flashback. Makina: Makina… I haven’t played her route yet. I got to it but after they make out on the second or third day, I stopped playing. Since February was fast approaching, I decided to play KoiChoco since that seems to be a suitable VN for Valentines. I kinda missed the opportunity to play Xmas related VN, so I wasn’t gonna pass this one up! Anyway, I’ll probably play Makina after I finish KoiChoco and make a review for it. And I probably won’t make a review for Makina’s route.

GRISAIA NO JUTSU!

It's fine Derg. I think your ratings are shit as well...I mean you're shit I mean the ratings are And nope. Everybody knows that the best VN of 2015 is this https://vndb.org/v18077 Guro for laifu.

This is by far the worst post in the entire thread ... and that's saying something because this whole thread is pure cancer.

I don't know if that's the right word for when you're obstinate about claiming the superiority of one game over another while not having read either.

LOL! Cerlulean, answer honestly Are you indeed a 2000 year old immortal being that consumes visual novels as well as people? (Or is that clephas? )

Same with Key. Little Key fanboys are like, "OMG GAIZE! Key released Clannad, Rewrite and Little Busters. Angel Beats automatic 10/10 yo!"

You probably weren't glad to hear that Senshinkan won against Parfait then...

Thank you Cleph. Now I have more backlog to worry about for when I learn Japanese. At least they're good VNs. Seriously, you don't want to see my wishlist

I won't put them in order because I haven't declared my VN of the Year yet... Kikan Bakumatsu Ibun Last Cavalier Natsuiro Recipe Koko Kara Natsu no Innocence Sakura no Uta (not from my personal tastes, and probably in ninth or tenth place) Sorcery Jokers Hana no No ni Saku Utakata no Silverio Vendetta (in seventh place) Sanoba Witch Love Rec Soreyori no Prologue (the fact that it could get me to rate it so highly despite it being typical Minori fare...) Edit: I was seriously surprised that there were not one but three chuuni or almost-chuunige on there... (Sorcery Jokers, Bansenjin, and Tokeijikake). However, I generally don't approve of naming partial games or chapters as part of the top ten...

I guess I've profited already then

How to read Japanese nukige: Step 1) Grab tissues Step 2) Learn the meaning of "iku!" Step 3) ??? Step 4) Profit

If you would gladly bless us with your top 10, we'd all really appreciate it

YES, YOU ARE SHIT! Oh.. you meant the ratings. Ah. Yeah. They sure are shit .. Ehe... Ehehe... Everyone knows the best VN of 2015 is https://vndb.org/v16262

Excuse the corpse digging, but I want to avoid cluttering the "What are you playing"-thread with my shot. @Suzu Fanatic (how do you tag users?), route completed. Feel free to ask away.

All right seriously, stop trolling. You did the same thing in a previous thread of yours and your posts were hidden. Don't do the same thing here. If you have a problem with people and how they treat femininity, don't participate in the forums or keep it to yourself please. None of us judge you or start telling you to stop posting based on your fetishes or preferences, so respect a thread and do the same here or don't post in it. He asked a question, so calm down.

I'm still puzzled how people consider the common route of Grisaia "boring", I mean I would much rather read the common route of Grisaia over entire mediocre VNs like Da Capo and Kono Oozora ni, Tsubasa o Hirogete. There are also many other highly rated VNs with incredibly boring 1st acts, such as the MuvLuv Trilogy and Rewrite. However, I still feel that the common route of Grisaia gets harped on much more.

short answer = yes long answer short = yes super edit: can you study them in 2 hours (the whole kana hira/kata)? no, that's not possible, is not hard but the average time to study them is 1 week minimum. super edit*: I need to say this because maybe people don't realize when they write things saying "learning japanese is really easy it should take you 1 hour max, if it takes you more than that you are hitler" or "studying japanese is harder than a phd than im doing right now in theoretical physics" those comments which are obviously exaggerated don't do anything except discourage the person who wants to learn the language even if they don't intended to do so, that's what they do. Know this, learning a language takes a lot of time and perseverance. Don't feel bad if you don't learn it like the rest of the people, don't mesure or compare yourself with them, every person is different and it will take different times to learn the same things. If you have perseverance you will learn it, just don't give up!

STOP CHANGING THE THREADNAME! KAWAII IN THE SHEETS, RIOT IN THE STREETS!

If this thread was a reality show, I bet everyone would be dead by now.

I finished it two days ago, contender for top 5 manga. I'm not going to spoil much but it is 100% worth finishing! Though the ending was kinda brief. Other than that, you shouldn't have anything to fear ~

Its more honest than saying "you seem nice" after a superficial conversation at least. The old adage "men think about sex every 7 seconds" holds more true than people want to believe. Conscious of it or not, more than half of your opinion of someone is formed by appearance, even well into a relationship. Might as well be up front about that fact.

My untranslated backlog is getting filled with long, 50+ hour romance titles, and ... Well, that takes ages for me to finish and it gets old. And so... I´m looking for some new untranslated VNs that I can play in between these ^. It should fit a few of, or all of these critera: * Not longer than 30 hours, preferably medium / short. (2-10 hours is the best.) * Preferably Action with a fairly good plot. (Things like difficult to read thrillers or complicated sci-fi might be a little too hard for me at the moment.) ** Romance is fine, but I´d like it to be a secondary attribute and not the primary. The action / story should be the main focus. ** * In case "action, not too long, untranslated" gives about 29.2334.23344.23234 results, to narrow it down a little bit at least: (hopefully ..) * I´d like some VNs with actual combat / battle scenes, something super powered like. - (Alternatively, normal people skilled in martial arts, armed combat etc.) * Preferably something with some seriously badass characters. Can you help a poor scrub out of the moege / slice of life pit?

I thought that too when I finally made a MAL account like 1 month ago, but making lists is addicting yo.

Since I know you like Yuri, have you ever tried Seisai no Resonance? It has a combat system so you can't get more action-y than that (can be turned off if you want) and you get to see cute girls doing cute girls. I guess in terms of seriousness it might not be too up there but figured I'd mention it to you.

Hey I only edit SonoHana titles that needs updating. Since its yuri its ok! I should change my title to "The scrub who likes yuri"

Yeah this ... I recognize myself in this My VNDB wishlist has some length to it, but add the other lists I have lying around its disgusting. Will take me a few hundred years to get through these

those are public just like everything you do, but you can hide them from everyone if you want, just go to "my profile" and check the line that says "Don't allow other people to see my visual novel list..."

Welcome to the forums, mate. I was looking for something like this for quite some time. I wonder why I didn't stumble upon your channel. Anyways, you got yourself yet another sub. I'm looking forward to witness some of your reviewing prowess.

Nice, did you go through all her endings (including the bad end)? One interesting thing is how that route is one of the rare ones in a VN, that make it a important choice if you impregnate or avoid impregnating her - it has a big effect on that "final battle" (and the ending you get after). Beyond that, thoughts on that routes story and character development? Any of the writing bother you? Anything you liked in particular? I admit I liked the rare twist they took, with him being possessed, and enduring a battle of wills against the tail~ That and I really don't like Kouru, so I have zero sympathy for anything that happens to her - or her team of doofuses. You were half right/bhalf wrong about what was housed in the temple/animals disliking her, so you get half a cookie it didn't have anything to do with why animals disliked her, but you were right about the animalistic demon~ I feel, what I enjoy about this VN overall is the focus on Japanese folklore and mythos - so many stories focus on "typical" folklore (medieval europe, etc). I liked learning about the various fey legends from that region. Learning is fun!

Rance 03 #6? Should have been #600

This is an outrage! It's unbelievable! It's immoral! we should do something. make a petition or something.

That's VNDB for you.

You should of given it a 0/10 cause there is not route for the principal. GG, NO WAIFU NO LIFU!!!!!

I voted for Chaos;Child. Seems like an unpopular opinion around here...please don't hurt me

Supply and demand. People are willing to work for free, and Valve simply leverages that (with the very important caveat that they have little control over the final product). I don't see anything wrong with Valve taking advantage of it, and it appears that there's also a program where teams are paid for their work (to retake that all-important control). Now you see why some argue that fan translation by its very nature subverts the English VN industry and those who work for it. Fan translation is the Chinese sweatshop of translation, driving down salaries for professional translators.

You need to understand that in japanese there are basically 3 ways of speaking, 1 formal or polite (with your superior for example or boss), another one informal which is used in every day situation or talking with friends etc, and last one a humble with honorifics(if you go to buy something the guy in the store will use this one), you even need to change the conjugation of the verbs depending on which one you speak. So in japan is a big deal and they really care about it

It pops up sparingly in some VN's, but never significant parts of a VN. A few passages from Muramasa. Including the 'noh play'. Dies Irae definitely features some, and Kajiri Kamui Kagura definitely contains a bunch. Kikan Bakumatsu has a bit (phrases, idioms). Subahibi has some, because it quotes shit. It's more like it shows up uncommonly in phrases/idioms or artistic exposition (that's why I want to learn the basics). I'd doubt anyone would write a VN in it because it'd be a pain in the ass for most Japanese people to read.

Correction: Kajitsu, not Kajutsu. This is not Naruto.

lol the font too big or... what?

Such troll always call forth such Well Steam is all-ages so they're bad from the start Morever SP always use them, they really can't be good More seriously, now even if they fire the guy, the harm is done and the repercussion of Steam as a whole may be quite dreadful :/ I'm glad I don't steam

I am not a tsundere!!!

Named after my favorite Katawa Shoujo girl. Nice.

Oh wow, I have no idea why but Nozomi's SM is a hell for me. It often pit me with those single digit rank guys I even met the No. 1 Twice Also, i finally met someone familiar in SM. Hey Zehel! The result are......predictable to say the least

thank you soooooooooooooooo much. id like your comment but i cant for today.

WIsh they would quit all this "it's my first time" nonsense. Sometimes it's believable, but sometimes i wonder if the girl has been in solitary confinement for her whole life without ever seeing anybody. Absolutely ridiculous how they need to reassure the protag/reader that he's the first in more or less everything. Ohh, so she has danced with someone at a party before? who gives a shit, it's only natural. And at the same time, the protagonist should learn to shut up about these things. Quite out of line when he starts digging for crap like this.