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I think the mouth being open is more a part of the facial expression than displaying that they're talking.

maggot baits

^this If you're going to stalk a girl, at least keep at it until you learn something about her. You're already a stalker, but if you give up you're also an incompetent stalker.

"MoeNovel wanted to make KonoSora a game that “even 12-year-old French girls could enjoy.” I find this hilarious every time I read it. France is a very liberal country; the film Nymphomaniac: Part 1, which featured close-up, unsimulated sex, was rated as suitable for twelve-year-olds there. French girls are not the issue.

First, I should say that this starts out like a first-class nakige in classic non-Key style (which means no loli heroines with weird speech patterns and less than six heroines total, lol). I generally am fond of Applique for giving me Tasogare no Sinsemilla and the Arcology series, but when they screw up, it is usually in a way that should have been blatantly obvious as they were doing it. The protagonist and his daughter (yes, his daughter) are a great combo, and their past is one of one bit of tragedy and despair after another. The protagonist's personality is one I can definitely enjoy vicariously, and Millia (his daughter) strikes a perfect balance between 'genki' and 'emotionally scarred'. The choice of an 'onsen town' as the main setting was excellent, and things were really looking hopeful... ...until the common route ended immediately after you dig into the protagonist's past. Now, I'm all for tearful revelations and the like... but someone with the protagonist's past doesn't just come out and spill the beans only a few weeks after getting to know a bunch of people. That was unrealistic based on his personal setting, to say the least. Worse, the other characters' reaction to it was... weak. Making it worse is that, while you've gotten to know Misaki (the supposed true heroine) a little bit when the split occurs, you've barely scratched the surface with the other heroines. In other words... I went into my first path not caring one bit about the heroine I was supposedly going after. It was like seeing someone setting up a beautiful stained-glass mosaic... and then filling the last few pieces with concrete. To be honest, the haste with which they progressed the last third of the common route is game-breaking for me precisely because the protagonist and his past are looming in the background. Based on this alone, I can say this isn't going to beat Akeiro, though I thought it might compete for VN of the Month when I first started it. I might just update this post if I decide to drop this one... I'm going to finish the path I'm on, and if I don't feel satisfied, I'm dropping it. Edit: Based on my experiences in Honoka's path, I'm going to continue playing, but the problems with the common route and its pacing still apply.

Loving this vn atm...but but Belial really looks like Dojima from p4, i cant unsee it.

As someone who's watched GameTheory for like a year now, I am very, very saddened by these 2 latest videos. The bottom line is: There's no secret flawless formula to dating, just meet people you can feel comfortable around and form bonds with them. Don't assume it's a set of specific choices that will magically make them fall in love with you like in a game. Yes, there are some things you can do to make people like you more, but love will come as long as you're not a jerk about it. As for me, I am happily married to my anime pillow. Also don't spend your money on dating books and online courses. Seriously. Don't. You're better off spending your time watching random shit getting crushed by a hydraulic press.

Shoujo City is a dating simulator game for Android, developed by me. It's not a pure VN, but rather a mix of RPG+VN. You have ten days to try and win love of a girl by giving her gifts, playing games, or going to regular dates. While talking to a girl, each dialogue choice affects your intimacy score. Each girl has a different personality and requires a different approach. Gameplay video: Even though the game is released already, it's still updated with new features and locations on a regular basis, so if you have some suggestions on improving the game, feel free to post. ) Shoujo city: iOS: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/shoujo-city-anime-game/id1128360282 Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.laikastudio.shoujocity Shoujo City 3D: http://shoujocity.com

- VNDB - English patch - Miu's route completion translation project Ahh, Dracu-riot. My favorite from when I started reading VNs. I remember how this was the game, which made me start to learn Japanese, and thus finished it when just Elina's route was translated. But now that it has been almost fully released, and a lot of other people are going to play it, I'm making this thread for that reason. I hold an extreme amount of bias towards this title, and as I played it for the first time, it completely enraptured me with its entirety, and it still is to this day my favorite moege. Now that I am replaying it, it still holds all the charm it once had, and I still hold extreme bias to it. As per Yuzusoft's art style, the characters look good, the H-scenes are amazing, and the colors are vibrant. Never have I loved the character cast so much in a moege than in Dracu-riot. The protagonist is self-insert, but like in HoshiMemo, it's not completely self-insert. That's probably enough of me gushing about it. I'll finish my thoughts below on a later date. Now I'll continue Rio's route and probably die from heartburns. It's pretty damn good. Go play it.

come at me with stuff, plebs and no. no shitty oelvns or any recently translated stuff. talkin bout untranslated releases

No. People and terms are under "lore", weapons are under, well, "weapons". Again, you will unlock all of it once you finish a route. A little "extras" section will appear in your menu and everything will be there... It's pretty standard for VNs, lol.

Oh good, some of us will become girls.... Can't wait to see how that turns out.

Constructive. Take a chill pill, come back again on Tuesday, and consider yourself warned for trolling and abusive behavior - yes, even mods are people.

Why hath thou forsaken me

This your daily reminder that Motoki Ougi is the best character in the history of everything That is all

Update time: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1hNQ-u36mto5xgYT_zPGikLGbu95XwrF5fx9m0KnGJac/edit#gid=0

No

Net

Akeiro

Not yet, no.

いいえ。

Did four more 40 quartz pulls since the last one I posted, got all 3* servants and CE with a single 4* CE in each. I don't want to play this game anymore.

It's actually been long enough that I remember pretty much nothing about Dracu-Riot! other than Elina being the most yummy heroine ever Why isn't her emote a thing yet?

having a character mouth open just because it's talking would look weird, characters should exteriorize expressions with their sprites, including the mouth, not what they are "actually doing", having the mouth open should mean something like being angry, expressing happiness or surprise but not the reflect of an action they are normally doing.

Happy birthday to @Ryechu and @Arkamondal Ryechu - Haven't really talked to you, but I do see your influence every now and then. Happy Birthday. Arkamondal - Liked your topics very much, looking forward to more. Once again, Happy Birthday

It's still around 4,000-ish lines, he's not going to finish it in a weekend. Oxford Comma guy said 2 months so I'd stick with that estimate for now.

@Valmore Interesting! I'm very fond of Matthew Sweet's album Girlfriend, which seems to be generally regarded as his best, but I haven't even ever tried anything else, and I've often felt like I was doing him a disservice because of that. I'll give that album a spin. @Kawasumi - I picked up Uchu Conbini's first album a long time back. Great stuff. That song, especially, is perfect for when I'm in the mood for some prog rock. Their guitarist is something else, and I love the vocalist/bassist's voice. I haven't heard any of the other bands you linked before, though. Unfortunately, some of what you linked is blocked by record companies for me , including that second one. But I listened to the tricot song (which is great - fantastic musicianship and really unusual harmonic choices that are quite appealing) and the Cuushe song (which is really unusual, and I'm still trying to get a feel for). I picked up albums from both of them, though that Cuushe song is definitely stretching the range of what I normally listen to - but that's a good thing @Mugi letlive was interesting - at times they reminded me of Fall of Troy, but a little more listenable and with a little more range. Might keep listening to them. Hands Like Houses, the vocal style just didn't click for me. And, pssh, of course I've already got the Persona 4 soundtrack, and the P4 Reincarnation album, and both the OST and Reincarnation for Persona 3, and the Persona 4 DAN OST, and... I should just say, yeah, I like Shoji Meguro. The music is a big factor in my hype for P5

what? another kaga!? *brain implodes after an intense retrospection on my identity as a carrier* anyhow, welcome!

Hm, might as well just suggest a few things that I've been listening to lately. Basically anything by Aimer is 10/10. One of the few songs that isn't pitched that I could find on Youtube by her letlive, which I haven't listened to that much, might be a bit too harsh for what you are looking for Hands Like Houses, which I have listened to for years. I'll link one of their newer songs, which again might be too harsh for what you are looking for. Their older stuff is a little less so Also another by them, which is a little less harsh but just as good IMO And then there's L'Arc~en~Ciel, another weeb artist. Gonna link one of my favorite songs by them, though it's just the regular OP version. And then obligatory Serj the Tankian engine Oh, and the whole Persona 4 Golden soundtrack

So, the second vid is out: While I do understand that both the past video and this one don't exactly bring new discoveries to how you should date, I think it highlighting the important parts of what you should and should not do to get a real grill is very enlightening, and self assuring. I personally think I'm going to take Huniepop, and games like it, more seriously after watching this. I never considered giving gifts to be a big deal for example (I thought it was just a cheap way to get a grill), but now I understand both how important it is and how to do it right. Whether you look at it the same way or not, I would like to ask if you think the same can be said about the popular VNs in this community. The kinds Matt brings up as an example are mostly dating sims, which aren't really the same as your average Japanese VN. The latter tend to have more story and less mechanics, it's not as simple as getting to sleep with a girl. The methods used in things like KEY VNs in particular feel a little... Extreme and unrealistic. It's been a few years since I last read Clannad so I don't remember it too well, but I recall thinking "who dafak does this irl, these silly fapanese VNs" I suppose it would require me to read VNs in a whole new light in order to come to a satisfactory conclusion, taking them a lot more seriously than I usually do. But what do ya'll think? : >

The Akagoei series Hyper Highspeed Genius Hello Lady (though it is also a chuunige)

For a really good piece of power-pop/rock that even keeps in theme of Fuwa: Kimi Ga Suki * Raifu Back in 2003 Matthew Sweet released this in Japan only as a sort-of "Thank You" album to his Japanese fans, where he's always had a bigger following than in the States. It was eventually released here, too, but it was probably ignored. "The Ocean in Between" is a piece of pop perfection, in my opinion, but the entire album is a good listen.

Sharin no Kuni and G-Senjou no Maou both have beyond capable protagonists. The former has one where being superior is quite literally his job.

Might sound weird, but I wonder if the video is onto something I haven't actually played any dating sims as far as I can remember, aside from vn's in general. But if you believe the statistics from the video and the concepts it spurs. The sims does actually promote the basic concepts of dating. But not in that you should try to imitate how dating sims work. But rather understanding the concepts that dating sims have and the similarities they have in real life. The nuances of language, communication and relations to others. Knowing the difference between saying "how's it going" compared to "hello". "Do you like the taste of beer?" means more than just liking beer. Rather, saying yes to it. Would mean yes I'd like to drink with you as well. These should be might obvious for any functioning human being. But I am afraid for some people they aren't. That sims have a value is based on that those statistics in the video are actually legit/good.. Their reliability aside. Actually talking to people is the only way to will actually become good at it. Also trying to randomly use dating advice without knowing how your actions work. Frankly is retarded.

Because of the Audrey Fan Club, I have now found myself playing Huniepop for the first time. I started at around 8 PM last night. I wasn't able to make myself stop until midnight. That is so far past my bedtime it's not even funny. Curse you people for getting me hooked on a gem-matching game with cute girls. This may be even more addicting for me than Puzzle Quest was. Additionally, I'm really looking forward to the Destiny content patch landing in 10 days. Prison of Elders was my favorite Destiny release (I don't even know how many times I killed Skolas...), and I have a regular 3-person group to play with now, so we should have a lot of fun with it. The 6-person raids are just too much cat herding for my taste, and my group already does a lot of PvP together, so some fresh 3-person PvE content is pretty much perfect.

Ah, thanks for reminding me how everything surrounding dating advices and this kind of crap makes me want to throw up. The best part was probably when he spends 2 minutes advertising shitty dating advice books. Pro tip: I don't think calling girls with racist slurs works very well irl.

Well since I've been using this site as a lurker for awhile now, I thought I might as well contribute something I'm able to do. A lot of people have been initiated by this in the medium of visual novels so it should be familiar to most.

It gets me pretty emotional too, every once in a while.

For me even though they have the same song list, day 1 and day 2 are really different. For one thing the crowd of Day 2 is amazing. When it's time for a group skng almost everyone stand up and sing along, one girl even screaming 'Rippi' 'Mimorin' and 'Pile' behind me, though i did the same when Ucchi came As for the live show itself i think i don't have to comment much, if you there then you know how emotional the concert was. All in all i definetly happy that i got to see Day 1 and Day 2 concert and i am definetly happy that i have become a part of Love Live. LOVE LIVE FOREVER!

Yeah, click bait topic title, whatever. Enough is enough. After this post, I am never coming back here again, so you can make hate posts all you want. Seriously, all I see is hate for the Sakura series. Why? Because it's popular? Or because you think they're milking the series? Well, that's subjective, so we can argue about it all day long and never come to a conclusion. The Sakura series is still a piece of creative art, and we need to at least show it that much respect. All right, I will just come right out and say it. The Sakura series actually introduced me to the visual novel genre. It will always have a special place in my heart, yet you all just keep sh*ting on it. Every damn post guys. It makes me so , and I have been trying to hold it in, but I can't contain it anymore. Screw this. I am going to post one final picture here, then maybe some of you will actually have a change of heart and realize the Sakura series in fact deserves a lot of respect:

I started to do these as well, so I'll be editing this one post as I gradually finish these Alternative Kindred Spirits banner Alternative IMHHW banner

@Shikomizue - What the hell's with your voice, man? I'm fond of you, but for some reason, I don't quite know why, I seem to have you pegged for being a bit thick or slow. I think it's because you're one of those people that let me win or can't be bothered to fiercely fight back when we start an exchanging of ripostes. But I really do like you, because I like people who like me (clearly superior taste) and I believe you like me. Most of what I said here applies to @KosakiFag, except the voice and except that I barely interact with him. Once every couple of weeks, at the most? And @Cyrillej1, too. What the heck have you guys been doing? Getting lives? @babiker - It's because I don't remember. You were one of the first members I was really fond of. That's all I remember. I don't remember why, or how, or anything at all. I keep making a point of reading everything you post in case it sparks my memory. So let's put it like this: I liked you, but I don't remember why. By that logic I shouldn't like you any more, but you haven't done a single thing that'd make me dislike you, so in all technicality I'm neutral with a positive bias. Or something. I was guessing most people would mistake sanah's for Steve's, BUT SINCE NOBODY TRIED TO DO THE EGG, I HAVE NO IDEA. I didn't quite get if by being on the egg you wanted my opinion...? The people who I put on the egg were completely random. For instance, I haven't interacted with shcboomer. In fact, from my point of view he's more of an urban legend or something, hardly ever seen him. @LiquidShu - I seem to remember liking you, and I certainly think you're nice. Your previous Yuuji avatar's probably helped. I think you were in a similar position to @Fred the Barber, I occasionally chatted with you on some random Coliseum of Chatter thread and I came to find out our tastes were rather compatible. Kept an eye on your posts since and that's about it. With Fred it went a bit further in that he's more talkative than you are, so I see him more often, interact with him more often, but I'm fond of both. Presuming you're asking me for my opinion, I'll give it to you. @Kurisu-Chan - Always had some issues understanding your English. C'mon, how many years have you been on this forum? You gotta English better than that by now, surely? I remember being rather fond of you, back when we interacted often in the Unlimited Chatter Works thread and later, Fuwachat. You also seem to have a bit of a short fuse, or if not, occasionally you blow up. I'm terrible with that kind of people. Somehow, completely unbeknownst to me, my words only seem to aggravate said people further. These days I'm more or less neutral, but when I very very rarely pop into Fuwachat, I'd rather x100 you were there than some random folk I don't know. <3~ Or something. Sheesh. Keep at it. Yes, one of those seldom games where most stuff went smoothly. I remember it had something to do with you. I don't remember what, but I do remember you were the first to completely identify the people on the egg. Since then I haven't seen much in the way of people trying it out.

Cool, I shall post it then \o/ I like the 'or lolis' part hahaha Disclaimer: Monshiro is 18! and... not a loli in... Link is for the Calendar images https://mega.nz/#!0pBW3AhY!nE2qM2Yvcs9QQAivth691f4Y-c5eLDNlTLm8IKRrBv0

Again though it's probably just a momentary thing in one or two specific scenes and the reason it's there is probably because there's people who enjoy it. All those 3 games you listed mostly exist for the sake of catering to people's fetishes, so it shouldn't surprise you that sometimes they'll have scenes that may not be your cup of tea, but you just gotta put up with it sometimes. If I could I'd also get rid of boobjobs, I hate boobjob scenes, it doesn't work in real life and always kills the mood for me when I see a scene with one, but I know a lot of people like them so I just have to accept the fact they're there and move on. As for the factors that go into making peeing scenes arousing, in this case it seems to be mostly pleasure derived from the embarrassment of someone wetting themselves. If I may add my input, I personally prefer the scenes where they pee on their partner to assert dominance.

I really liked this VN and thought I'd post my review of it here for if anyone is interested It is my first review so.. feedback is welcome! http://vnteaparty.wordpress.com/2014/04/13/io/