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Man, I've finally reached 1,000 post counts. It only took me 3 years, lol. My activity on this site has always been pretty volatile and spontaneous. Often I would be really active for a couple of months, then disappear for around half a year, and then return like nothing happened. It's for this reason that I don't feel like I know a lot of users very well. Especially newer ones. So I'm mostly going to dedicate this post as a retrospective of both my time here, and how much fuwa has changed. So hopefully even people who don't really recognize me, can at least take interest in some fuwahistory from this dinosaur ;P. The Fuwanovel community has changed significantly since I first joined in March 2013. Back then Fuwanovel was still a fairly new site, and the community was quite small. I really miss those days during the spring of 2013, which was my first round of activity on this forum. Back then, you ran into the same people all the time on the forums. There were few active users, but the ones that were active were fairly involved. A lot of the time it was the same people having conversations about different topics across the forums, and it felt like the community was a lot more unified. Whereas now, it seems to me at least, that users tend to stick to their favorite sub-forum or even thread (I feel like the people active on the fuwanovel confessions thread are their own sub-community, lol). I'm not criticizing this, and in a sense I feel like that is the natural progression of when online-communities get bigger. But back then, people would often post across all the boards; and you would see the same person’s views on different subjects. It allowed a chance to really get to know other users. Which is why even though the forums were fairly slow in activity back then, people remained; because of vibrant discussion and a comfortable small community. Regarding vibrant discussions, that was the reason I loved fuwanovel so much when I first joined. Before Fuwanovel, there wasn't really a good place to discuss VNs casually. The few other places where VN discussion did exist (notably vndb and JP), were fairly elitist and not welcoming to new comers and casual VN readers. Fuwanovel had a completely different vibe, everyone was outwardly friendly. Fuwanovel's goal since its inception was to make "VNs more popular in the west", and having a friendly community that welcomes the less initiated is crucial for such a cause. While admittedly most people that were active back then already had some experience with VNs, the friendly environment promoted discussion without fear of being judged. And I remember Aaeru (the founder of Fuwanovel) made it quite clear that fostering an anti-elitist vibe was a very important goal to her. But combined with being friendly, debate and intellectual exchanges were a huge aspect of many discussions back then. It was quite frequent that different sides would get into huge debates with each other, but would always have respect for the other. They were not flame wars because people were listening to the other side, and respected their views. I remember one of the first acquaintances I made on this site (I believe it was Sieg), was a guy I got into a long argument about G-Senjou no Maou with, and afterwards we became friends. Precisely because it was a small community, people usually posted meaningful replies and would then start a conversation with each other in the thread. If you are ever bored, I highly recommend looking at the really old threads on VN talk, as many of them are quite interesting. Aaeru would also very frequently get in huge debates with people (especially with Sanahtlig). Another aspect I miss about the old Fuwa, was the activity of the old staff, notably Ryoji, Tay and Aaeru. Ryoji has hardly been active since the summer of 2013 but was one of the first users to break 1000 post counts, back when merely having 100 was impressive. I will forever remember him as the Sage of Anime. He had been collecting and following anime since the 80's, and knew a lot about the topic. The only person who was his match was another user name Eldin, and when they conversed with each other we referred to it as "Ryoji vs Eldin". Both of them would talk about the most obscure anime that most people have never heard of, and get into intense debates about said long forgotten shows. It was quite entertaining, and fascinating to watch. Ryoji's wife, Kotomi, was also occasionally active on the site. It was always cool to see when the two of them posted in the same threads. Well, those were my thoughts on Ryoji, onto Tay from 2013. These days I feel like few people actually know Tay. I think for especially newer users he is the guy who runs the site, and is often too busy. But back in 2013 (and 2014 as well), Tay was really active. He would participate in many conversations, and he was a strong reason why many people felt that the community was so nice. He recognized users and got to know them. I remember after my first long absence from the forums when I returned, he sent me a pm greeting me back. That gesture deeply touched me, as already then, I felt like a lot of users that I once knew had left. This was back in late 2013, at that point Aaeru disappeared, and Ryoji was also no longer active, not to mention a lot of other formerly active people left. I didn't really know the new community (lol, this was back when Nosebleed was actually new) and I didn’t feel at home. But then with that one Pm from Tay, I knew that I wasn't forgotten. Tay really knew the community back then, and it was obvious he cared a lot about its users. This is still true about him, but now I feel he is too busy to be as engaged as he used to be, which I completely understand. I just want people to know that Tay really does care a lot about this community, and I am glad he runs this site. The last staff member I remember being active from 2013 was Aaeru. Unlike with both Ryoji and Tay, I never really interacted with Aaeru that much. She posted on my Introduction thread, and that’s about all I remember interacting with her. But what I do remember was her crusade against licensing and her vehement pro-piracy views. She believed two things very strongly about Priracy. 1) Was that Piracy was the most efficient means to spread word about VNs, and 2) That fan translators could do a faster job than official licensors and translators. To be honest with you, I agree with both these views still. I respect licensors, but Fan translators can translate any VN they want (they don’t need a license to do so), and I’ve noticed that they have usually been faster. Furthermore, of English translated VNs, I feel like more good ones have either been fan translated, or picked up from fan translators. They are still the backbone of the Western VN community in my view. Furthermore about Aaeru, it was her “Learn How to Read Japanese in 2 Years” thread that first motivated me to learn Japanese. I always assumed that it was an impossible task before that. But her thread convinced me that I could learn the language, and that motivated me to study. If it were not for that blog post, I probably would not know any Japanese right now. So I really must thank her for that. Even though Aaeru has long disappeared, I hope people don’t forget about her. While a lot of drama and controversy was started by her, we wouldn’t have Fuwanovel at all if it were not for her, and so we should pay our respects to her for at least that reason. The spring and the summer of 2013 were the golden age of the site for me. I’m glad that Fuwanovel has grown (and is continuing to grow). It makes me happy because it serves as evidence that Fuwanovel is succeeding in its mission statement to “Make Visual Novels popular in the west”. I have had plenty of great interactions with people during 2014 and 2015 (I have not been very active during 2016 thus far though). I’m constantly adapting to the community’s evolution and support where the site is going. But I don’t want the early days of Fuwanovel, the days that really first shaped the site, to be forgotten. I hope you guys didn’t mind my huge nostagiafest. In the title I mentioned that this was a "3 year retrospective". So if you are curious about my thoughts on 2014 and 2015 I would gladly share them. Every year of this site has been distinctly different, so I definitely have a lot to share. And if others have perspectives of old Fuwa to share, I would love to hear them.

Yes because sensei route!

This giveaway has now ended: As promised in the Lucy thread, I'm giving away the Steam Key I got when I purchased Lucy -The Eternity She Wished For- now that the game is finally available on Steam. Because I'm lazy and don't want to work on some crazy contest, all you need to do to enter the giveaway is post in this thread clearly stating that you're interested in recieving the key and post an image of a catgirl. The winner will be selected via random draw so it doesn't matter when you post or what you post as long as you post. I will livestream the draw over at http://hitbox.tv/nosebleed May or may not rig it if I like the catgirl you post. Entries will close about 24 hours after this thread is up. Last time I did one of these giveaways a few people gave me their key to hand out. You can still do that if you have a key you'd like to giveaway, just make sure to PM me before I pick a winner. Have fun. Do it for lucy~

http://factor-tech.com/feature/can-artificial-intelligence-automate-video-game-translation/ Now if only /a/ knew about this ...

everything in Majikoi is worth reading.Main route,side route,H-scene, and bad ends all worth it.

Hello members of Fuwanovel, welcome to Eclipsed's Lucy & Danganronpa Steam Key Giveaway. First off, if you would like to try winning Lucy via luck instead, you can participate in Nosebleed's Giveaway here. Mine however, will require a day of patience. And Skill. Perseverance. Tenacity. Maybe a bit of Luck. And yeah, noone has ever won the Danganronpa Scavenger Hunt btw, 'cept Almighty Everybody-Copies-Him-OriginalRen, so that giveaway will be replaced with this one. ~~ Lucy Giveaway WINNER: Dergonu "Rank these characters in order from most favorite to least favorite" Lucy's question will be easy, as soon as the question goes up on March 1st, 12:00PM PST you can PM me and hopefully you get the question right (if noone wins by then, everyone will get another try the following day, ie. one attempt/PM per day; #attempts may change depending on how rekt you guys get) Answer: Danganronpa Giveaway: WINNER: Eclipsed "Why were we chosen...Why did this happen to us...?" "Homura-chan..." "Don't worry, Rito and my sisters will come for us, I'm sure of it!" "Saito... you're supposed to protect me...because you're my familiar!" "If I don't get out of here, I'll never be able to reform Vincennes Academy!" "Never lose hope!" "Not again...I can't afford to be here, I have to get out! I need to see Snake!" "Given our circumstances, I highly doubt a first class maid such as myself can claim to be #wet " "..." "Their time has come. I am, and will forever be, the Ultimate Pink". "Who is the Ultimate Pink?" Ans: Eclipsed For Danganronpa Giveaway: supplementary Hints will be revealed on a when-I-feel-like-it basis via my blog as long as their is no winner.* Read the first chapter now! Danganronpa's question will be harder. You will only get one shot to get the right answer.That's where the Blog Saga of Pink chapters will come into play- for them "hints". But be careful! Take too long and someone might just get the right answer before you do, but jump the gun and PM me the wrong answer and you're out! If every participant dies, there will be no winner . C'mon, it's 30 bucks, I'm crossing my fingers that y'all will fail miserably!

I can sense the elitism being triggered as I read through this post. But yeah all of what this person said aligns with my personal views on translation as well. Imo it's always best to adapt the text for the audience you're reading, not try to stay super literal and possibly make the end product sound unnatural. One who's familiar with Japanese might appreciate you being more literal, but if I wanted something to sound Japanese, I'd go ahead and read the original text in Japanese. When I read something in English I want it to sound nice in English. In a way though, this mentality has also hurt my enjoyment of certain things, because now when I read translated manga or VNs I start noticing all the typical Japanese sentence structures still lingering in some of the translations and it always irks me somewhere deep in the back of my brain. However, I like to think that this makes me a better human being.

My fucking sides. So this friend of mine lent his laptop today to a history nut classmate of ours since he had some urgent stuff to take care of during English. He just received it back and his history is full of porn searches including HD porn of Ottoman emperors. My fucking sides oh god

Leo finally got that Oscar that has been avoiding him for so long. My opinion is he should've won it earlier. The Revenant is far from his best performance he was nominated for. I'm still proud of him for winning finally.

Pretty much the entire post was sarcasm. First things first: I don't hate Leonardo DiCaprio. He's always doing a fine job and is really good at shouting and making angry faces. But ultimately, he falls into the same hole as Tom Cruise: Leo always portrays Leo on screen. Leo can not play other characters, he can only play Leo pretending to be another character, which is different from actors like Tom Hardy or Jake Gyllenhaal who actually become different people on screen. Should Leo have gotten an Oscar? The answer: Maybe? Ultimately, who cares? The oscars are just an award show, despite people treating it like an election. Slapping an "WON xx OSCARS!" sticker onto a DVD doesn't make the movie a better movie, it just makes more cash because people are stupid. Should Leo have gotten an Oscar for this role in particular? - Probably not, because eating a raw fish and being filmed in the cold doesn't really require you be a good actor, it just requires you to eat a raw fish and be filmed in the cold. Other than that, Leo didn't do a lot in The Revenant and the scenes in which he had actual dialogue, he was utterly trumped by Tom Hardy, who once again proved how great of an actor he is. But honestly, who cares? The oscars are something everyone looks forward to for 3 months and forgets about in 3 minutes, until the next Oscars come along.

I really liked Leonardo DiCaprio's performance as "Leonardo DiCaprio in the cold". Remember when he grunted, ate a raw fish and was filmed in the cold? Brought tears to my eyes, what an actor.

What irks me is that JAST is going to burn further time and resources trying to edit an irreparable translation. It's not only a disservice to their customers. It's a waste of effort.

She was really loud

Everyone's saying that SP should have investigated the company more, but really, these things will just happen sometimes - to much bigger publishers too! It doesn't seem like any of you have had much insight into how SP did the whole thing, so why are you so sure it's their fault? Hell, the creators had actually both completed a game and added partial voicing to it, which should speak in their favor. This is just part of the risk associated with crowdfunding; believe it or not, it is not (always) a glorified pre-ordering system. SP even delivered on translating the initial version of the VN. I'd put most of the blame on SRL for this one unless some info surfaces that actually points to SP being at fault. I'm glad Sekai Project decided to work with doujin circles - it's had a great success in the fault series. I'm not really a fan of the crowdfunding-as-risk-reduction approach they've been using, but please, try not to think in these absolute terms. It makes my head hurt, and I already have a headache tonight for unrelated reasons.

It was so funny that i need to stop being a lurker and comment that post.

Every translator in the world or even anyone who's read/thought a bit about translations and knows more than one language should already know that kind of stuff and somehow the VN community is still bogged down by retarded literal vs. liberal "debates". ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ Well, what did you expect, that they would copy the text by hand with quills before comparing it with dictionaries written on parchment scrolls?

They look fine to me. is really hard to confuse the kanji meaning because they are always in context, I mean yeah there are several that look alike, for example 士土 but when the hell will you use the samurai kanji and confuse it with soil/ground? "ほらほら! 土に花は咲き誇ってを見る. きれいね " hey hey, look look at that full blossom flower in the samurai. Pretty isnt it? (?) (yeah is probably wrong xD but you get my point) now katakana is actually a bit harder because they are used most of the time for borrowed words(english words) or just names, so yeah is easy to confuse ンソ シツ etc (I still confuse them from time to time xD

ive been thinking about reading ore no otouto but havent gotten around to it. its really hard to find a trap vn with an art style i like. i tried reading pure my imouto milk but couldnt get the text right for my translator. i have to use one since i dont know how to read japanese.

i give. you win this round!

You never know but no.

O boy... Guys, I need your help. There is a person who can't run Lucy from STEAM and I honestly have no idea why, since he's the only one who's having this trouble so far. (There was one case, when the game is not running because of AVAST anti virus. If you disable it, it works) http://steamcommunity.com/app/430960/discussions/0/405692758720106226/ He also posted Youtube file to show how he tries to run from his system. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dd6qWvLpcas If anyone has any clue, I humbly ask you to share your kind wisdom.

I'm expecting my dank robot girl (´っ･ω･)っ. Bonus:

I want it. Gime (Did I state it clearly enough? ) Catgirl:

I don't give a fuck about the oscars, I'm just here for the memes (´・ω・`).

Found it. Events end at 3AM my time The cutoff usually rises a lot on the last day, especially in MedFes and SM where it's just straight points being earned from playing, and not having to grind tokens. Looking at the Reddit prediction that is generally very accurate, the cutoff was a little crazy, since it beat the prediction by over 2k. Good luck and stay diligent!

MG update from Twitter.

Hmm Yeah, I expected as much All of the catalysts were in place A true story? Check. Acting people who actually lived? Check. Dramatic story? Check. And the list goes on and on... Anyways, good job Leo, you most definetly deserved this

I think she has a younger brother

Go for Hanachirasu, you can hardly find a better antihero in any translated VN atm

Oh right, I played that too, thanks for reminding me It was decent. Decent enough for me to be glad to have played it. I'd recommend that too.

I'd say that Umeko's and Chica's routes are worth it I myself haven't played Capt's, Moro's or Gakuto's routes, but I've heard that Capt's is rather decent So go with those three

Wanko is always adorable and worth it...it's juat a law by now...She's just so damn cute!

S doesn't have much greatness to it. They butchered the after stories pretty badly, same with Margit's route, and there was only one fun route to play and two decent ones. It's like they knew people would buy S anyways so they stopped trying.

Just some fun teasing, in all seriousness..congratulations to Leo, he's been deserving it for a good while now and finally luck caught up to him and his hard work paid off

Mangagamer's failures are in areas incidental to their products, like marketing. JAST's flaws are more severe because they affect the basic quality of their releases.

I completely forgot about it earlier but i think Highschool DxD, NeW & BorN would make for a great Vn, it has a bit of everything and if you add H+ to it then it's almost perfect....Maybe that's just me though

Aight. Been a great help. Thanks.

To celebrate the 20th anniversary of Pokémon, we're having a "twitch watches Pokémon" stream right now, 51k viewers with all the memes you'd get on any other stream, but while watching Pokémon movies instead of games. Currently airing Pokémon Origins, come have fun too. http://www.twitch.tv/twitchwatchespokemon

I started and finished Phenomeno. In around 45 minutes, lol. https://vndb.org/v10526 But it was PHENOMENAL. Short, but extremally eerie, scary, moody, climatic and tense little story. Taking fully advantage of VNs nature. Fuck, I want more, I want horrors! Never been scared like that before (exception - movie The Conjuring) after I celebrated my 13th birthday. Even the crepiest and scariest parts of Saya no Uta were no match for this gem.

This is mildly incorrect. Batman v Superman will get an R rated cut (like unrated cuts that come out after theater runs are over). The theatrical release, as far as I know, will still be PG-13, unless something has changed since last week. Still and obvious jump onto the bandwagon, and a shot at Marvel Studios, but it is not an R release into theaters.

Oh you havent even seen the best yet.

i think it was done better in Amagami ss since in yosuga no sora still followed a path but also had "what if" scenarios. there have been lots of animes that still have the story from the girls path done, without it turning into one giant harem. Clannd, Kanon, Air, Persona 4. well, to be fair, persona 4 the game and the anime wasnt about the girls routes. btw, the second paragraph isnt directed at you derg, i was just speaking in general.

i want vns of Space Battleship Yamato,GATE, and Log Horizon. and i want Animes of Dra†KoI,Yume miru kusuri,Paca+,Manyokko Minorin/Makorin, and Josou Sanmyaku.

Akane 'Bio Hitler' and Lucia 'Poison Ivy' turning into ruthless massacre queens and Kotarou treating their actions more like a simple shop lifting incident than serious crimes killed the whole VN for me. I liked them both in the common route but hated them with a passion at the end of their routes. I've no sympathy for mass murderers.

It's shit. Shiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiit Quick summary: 6 episodes of near meaningless SoL bullshit; 4 episodes of intense melodrama that makes you want to stick forks in your eyeballs; 2 final episodes revolving around even more pointless shit no one cares about because the main plot already went off the rails 6 episodes ago, including a really dumb tacked on romantic subplot, because of course it has to have romance, even if it doesn't fit at all in the story.

No, no. This is hilarious, actually. People have this stigma against kickstarter when big or better known groups use them (Sekai Project?). If they now develop a dislike against kickstarter being used by unknown groups (also Sekai Project...?) then... well... I dunno. lol hypocrites.

Kono yo no hate de koi utau shoujo YU-NO, obviously, the grandfather of all multiverse-based storytelling in VNs.

I'm sure the Sakura series left their mark on the history of VNs