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It's been two years since I first read Katawa Shoujo and joined Fuwanovel, and holy fuck does it feel like time flies. I remember posting my introduction thread, not really sure what to expect and honestly kinda nervous for whatever reason. Looking back at that thread I remember I would get so excited every time someone posted a comment A lot of the members are still on Fuwanovel as well Maef, Asonn, Nosebleed, Dim, Nohman, Monmon, Rose, Flutterz, Emi, Funy, and shcboomer and others all posted and welcomed me to the community which was just really awesome. Asonn would later make the signature I use everywhere to this day, which I am super grateful for. Monmon and I were pretty close friends for a while there. I would stay up super late to message him and talk about anything really, it was just fun. Unfortunately I haven't kept in touch with him lately Maef introduced me to Go, which has become one of my main hobbies right now. Then everyone else I have always wanted to really get to know and participate in more conversations with, but that didn't happen too often. Hopefully this year I can finally change that (though I suppose I would actually need to post more often ). There's a lot I want to say but I can't really put it into words. That statement applies to both how I feel now and how I have felt many times in the past on this site. I would always want to write an in-depth summary of my thoughts on VN's or anime or anything else but I've always had trouble. It seemed Rooke, Nosebleed, Rose, Sanah, and others could just do it and I was always so excited about whatever I had to say that's all I could think about Not to say this is a bad thing, on the contrary, I still look up to a lot of members on this site. At times it even made me not want to post since it would just be a bunch of mumbo jumbo hype. For awhile now I've wanted to improve on this but never took the initiative to do so, which is something I really want to change about myself for sure. Just these past four months I've lost 42 pounds! I've been pushing myself and pushing myself in regards to my health and I don't see why I can't when it comes to being able to better express myself now either. I really love this site and community. There was one time when Tay messaged me last year, just something really simple. I was having a rough time and he messages me saying "Hope you're taking care of yourself. You've got lots of friends 'round here, so don't be afraid to speak up if we can help." and man that was just awesome, it even kinda makes me tear up now. Even when I didn't post a lot, kinda like right now, Fuwanovel has always been a part of my day one way or another. It's even been my homepage for the last two years. I really love it and I've tried to put the best quality me out there but that didn't happen very often, but that means I'm just being myself I guess. I've been hypocritical, on the fence, excited as all hell, and sometimes afraid to speak my mind since I have a habit of changing it more often than not, but that's just what I do. I'm sure I can type up more but I'll be sticking around for awhile longer, so I have time to throw out more thoughts as I go The last part of this is just going to be an AMA since I have never done one before. If anyone feels like asking a question go for it~ If not oh well Have an Inori I especially want to thank @Tay and all the other mods that help keep this site running! As well as anyone who welcomed me and has continued to on Fuwanovel, you all mean a lot! P.S My official two years is 5/25/16 (tomorrow at the time of posting) but since I will be super busy tomorrow I wanted to make sure this goes up before I go to bed. P.S.S It can't be Fuwanovel without

You could also pay me $3.99 and not own 4 Sakura games.

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We're switching to a 5 star system effective immediately. Past reviews will be converted to the 5 star system when I get to it. There will be no half stars except on rare occasions. Hopefully this doesn't break anything either. Place all bitchy comments and/or sarcastic praise below. Thank you

Who cares about Vita? i want my chinese porn game on a big screen.

Kara no Shoujo would also be about a girl searching for her true shelf, where she can store herself in. (´・ω・`)

eushully sprite yuzusoft

Now I have to imagine something going "I AM SHADOW VOKO, THE TRUE SHELF"

Mad that you attempted to play this game but you were put off by a few things!? Mad cuz there is not one media player which has all the neccessary functions? Mad that sub titles aren't appearing/synching properly with certain media players? Mad that theres no optimal playback forcing you to read over everything again? WELL GUESS WHAT PUNK I GOT SOMETHING FOR YOU TO KNOW! So i pretty much found a website where someone had actually explained how to play Phantom of Inferno without any major problems however its so god damn hard to find on google without spoiling yourself you would have to literally dedicate yourself to find answers (unless you stared through the same scenes over again in which case i am no masochist). So pretty much i simplifyed his guide through my own testings despite the fact that its not even complicated any who and that i am no expert with codecs and such but things just make sense when you put it together. Shout outs to Suicide Victim ... http://imaginedpoetry.blogspot.co.uk/2009/12/running-phantom-of-inferno-in-mpc.html?zx=f9b27172d18e6851 Those "Mad" sentences i put at the top are typically the common problems you will find if you try and play the game straight off the bat. MPC player allowed playback but failed to show the sub titles throughout the whole DVD. Any Power DVD software synchronises the subtitles properly but unfortunately the playback seems to be somewhat crappy and unreponsive. And because the game itself is a DVD you realistically don't want to wait trying to get another ending especially because there ARE choice texts in this game. SO WHAT ARE WE GONNA DO ABOUT IT!? We are simply going to put the two together! It's very simple. We are going to steal Power DVD codecs, add them to MPC player and BOOM! You got yourself PLAYBACK and SUB TITLES! You can use these pictures as a guideline http://imgur.com/a/sojxw Step 1 You need to install the following: MPC-HC 32-Bit Power DVD 9 MPC player must be 32-Bit and at all times when playing because Power DVD 9 is a 32-Bit program (Meaning that the codecs we are going to be using will only go through as 32-Bit Duhhh). The good news is that you don't have to pay for anything apart from the game from wherever the hell you got it. You can download both of these programs from legitimate sites which i will put below. http://www.geforce.com/games-applications/pc-applications/powerdvd_9 https://mpc-hc.org/downloads/ You can go through the installation like any other program. Just watch out for any Ads and just leave everything as default. You can even try and play the game in Power DVD 9 and see that there is no playback availability and on MPC the sub titles are not synched correctly. Power DVD 9 is a trial and that is perfectly fine as we don't even need to use it. We just need the files on our PC thats all. Step 2 We are nearly there now. On this step we need to simply place some codecs on our external filter so... Open up MPC-HC and go to VIEW > OPTIONS. Go to EXTERNAL FILTERS and select ADD FILTER. On this section locate the following and press okay. CyberLink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD9) Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder MPC - MPEG-2 Video Decoder (Gabest) If you are unable to find the last two (Microsoft and MPC) then don't worry about it because on my PC i only had Cyberlink. If you do have them make sure you select it as worded above (On his guide he had those so i put here just to be safe than sorry). Do the following for each one. CyberLink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD9) - PREFER Microsoft MPEG-2 Video Decoder - BLOCK MPC - MPEG-2 Video Decoder (Gabest) - BLOCK Apply it and now open Phantom of Inferno by whatever method you are using. I have an image file of the game and i mounted it using Daemon Tools Lite. Most likely you will select FILE > OPEN DISC > PHANTOMDVD. When the DVD loads right click any space, FILTERS > CyberLink Video/SP Decoder (PDVD9). In the window look for Miscellaneous and UNCHECK DxVA. Apply it, close down your MPC player and get ready for the next section as it gets a bit more complicated from here. Step 3 Open MPC-HC and open up Phantom of Inferno. ... CONGRATULATIONS You can now play this game with synchronised sub titles and the ability to slide through the time bar and use playback settings. What you should know!? You probably won't touch the playback until you get your first ending so don't even bother fiddling around with it until then. Create favourites as a save point instead of the Password system (unless you want to play super casual). You can name them to help you get through. If you saved a favourite half way in a scene and return to it, it may go black and only audio will be present. To fix this simply remember the time it was on and roll it back to the beginning of that scene (this causes it to refresh) and now drag it back to the time you was on. Note that you can't abuse the play back because... Im not too sure why, just treat the slider gently and if you mess up just refresh the chapter by dragging it back to 00:00. This happened quite a lot to me. It gets pretty finicky on scenes that are like 20-30 minutes long so you have to be patient if you are trying to get to a certain time. If you are using MPC-HC for other media files and you feel that its causing problems to it just remove the items in the filter. Or you could just use your 64-Bit MPC-HC. I don't think this just applies to Phantom of Inferno but for any other interactive DVD game which has common problems like this. It's worth keeping hold of it! Don't you dare touch the navigation and select chapters. The favourites cover this for you if you are using them. If you end up using navigation you could potentially spoil yourself and enter another route. Mess around with the Video Frame settings to your preference. Hope this guide helped you out. I finished this yesterday and i absolutely loved it. I don't want anyone to go through the trouble of not playing the game because of media players and other bullshit. If there are any problems please let me know i will try my best and help you but as i said i'm no expert about these things. If there is someone else who could help explain things that would be great! May be editing this randomly or when i'm bored.

1-10 scoring is a 7/10 system. It has great moments, yes, but overall it isn't all that impressive. IMHO it does not deserve very high a place in the hallmark of scoring systems.

Yuzu Yuzu: for Dracu riot and Noble works Spikey Chun: for DR, ZE Keyster: for Rewrite - Nitrogen x 10bp: for S;G Guilty Grey: for KnS

In order to include them as a favourite developer, I must have necessarily played more than one game by the particular developer. Yuzusoft - Their brand of fake drama, protagonists, settings and romance are everything I could ever ask from a VN. Fluffiness and loveliness ahoy. Key - In light of having played 4 VN's by this developer and having liked them all lands them a spot high on this list. Minatosoft - Huge casts, great comedy, romance and a fantastic protagonist (when he doesn't have his head in the gutter) make their Majikoi series one of my favourites. Akabei Soft and derivatives - Both of the two games I played from them proved to be incredibly enjoyable in a different manner from my usual tastes, making them the only company not on this list for the romantic elements in their VN's. Overdrive - Having played Edelweiss, Deardrops and Kira☆Kira I guess it could be said I rather like their games, except not always. My favourite was Edelweiss, and Kira☆Kira had some good moments in its earlier parts, but unfortunately it didn't develop its romance, the main reason I play VN's, with my favourite heroine, and had a tonal shift, or at least it was more drastic than in other routes, in one of them, and I absolutely hated it. I hate those curveballs. Deardrops also seemed to be failing to meet my expectations in the romance department, leading me to having never finished thus far. 07th Expansion - Umineko and Higurashi make for some of the greatest (both in size and in enjoyment) experiences I had with VN's, except I've never fully read either (Not the first 4 episodes in Umineko and not a single full episode of Higurashi), disqualifying 07th from the list.

Confirmed: Old Man Rooke has an artificial hip.

Glorious. Will be waiting with anticipation to be unable to play it on PC. Thankfully, I do own a PS4. Assuming I'm able to get it digitally, even I should be able to play it.

I'm not okay!!!!!!!!!!!! I'm gonna rob a bank! i'm gonna rob a bank! i'm gonna buy that fucken ps 4 and that fucken steins;gate 0 will be Mine!! MINE ALONE!!!! MUAHAHAHAHHAHA MUAHHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Gz on 2 years shu! why are gameplay VNs horrible?

Wait, are we just talking about localizing games other than vns here? If so, don't care, I have steam If not, fairytale requiem, because I LOVE the visual style, but it's probably too weird and un-nukigelike for MG to even consider picking it up

Thanks 1. Guilty Crown 2. Best huh? I suppose Swan Song wins. Katawa Shoujo and Majikoi are my favorites though.

srs, it looks like shit, but what do I expect from the guy with the most shitful taste on fuwo (this was my daily dosis of )

Congratulations! It's pretty cool that both of us have our account anniversary on the same month. As for a question, what happened to the drunk Shuu? (/ω＼)

congratulations! and cheers to the many years that yet have to come!

Slowly progressing through Root Double, onto like mid-Chapter 5 Welp, we had a good survival run full of last minute saves and suicide missions, but once your drugs get jacked it's time to start the blame game and to hell with everyone! Jun was like my best buddy, sad to see her lose trust and snap so fast ~~ Overall right now there's too much mystery being placed on l0lamnesia so it's pretty frustrating when you're getting verbally manhandled by Ukita and can't do crap because I DONT KNOWWWWW e: WTF WAS THAT END I DON'T GET IT FK THIS VN

Congrats for two years I have one question. 1. Which upcoming translate VN are you looking forward to?

That's a weird way to format your post Grats on the 2 years, with any luck we'll all be here in another 2.

Congratulations on your two year anniversary I have a couple of questions too Favorite anime ? Best vn you've played during these two years? Once again congratulations.

So, here are my mighty scores for the Gosick!

Nozoki Ana, huh? That's quite a good one, good taste

Greetings and welcome to the community! Hope you'll enjoy your stay!

1. Minato Soft - Maijkoi is like top three VN's for me, I adore it. Minato Soft made Majikoi, so yeah. 2. Nitroplus - While I'm less familiar with their VN's, Guilty Crown Lost Christmas, Steins;Gate, and Chaos;Head are the bread winners for me. 3. Three is a toss up between Akebei Soft2, Frontwing, Moonstone, Yuzusoft, and Pulltop. All of these publishers have one or two games I liked but can't say one is better than the other for sure.

1. No but I am closely related to Sawk. 2. Obvious answer is Inori, however 3. My favorite thing huh? To be honest I have a hard time with favorite anything, just because my definition of "favorite" is entirely on the extreme side of "you have love it with all your being". So I guess nothing is my favorite anything. Girls and well written plot lines are nice though. Also cute things I like those.

Thanks man. I worked really hard on it and it's nice to have my hard work recognized.

It'd probably be better if I just put up a wishlist. Between the games I own currently, the games I've played in the past and don't wish to own again, and the games I'm just not very interested in there is a pretty specific set left so I'll just make a list. Here's a list of pretty much every game I'd be looking for the US version of: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1wTtXXTb3rxVYRtYWZ_EjlNsFPSryahKcDihrvDvV7X0/edit?usp=sharing If there are awesome games that aren't on that list just assume I either A) own them already in English or Japanese or B) have already played them/do not wish to own them at this point.

This is art right here, Innocent Grey levels even. As the neko lover that I am I can't allow such abuse of the most adorable kind of creature! I'll fight to save them!

Innocent Grey: Make good murder mystery games. Fav: Kara no Shojo Waffle: Showed me even nukige can have good stories and characters. Fav: Kyonyuu Fantasy Gaiden 2 Minatosoft: Their games make for very good light reading. Fav: Tie between Majikoi and Tsujidou-san no Junai Road Honorable Mentions: Black Cyc: Back when they made good games (here's hoping the new Extravaganza game will be good) I used to watch their pages like a hawk, anticipating what the next game would be. The reason is they told some really enjoyable dark stories that would have at least one satsifying conclusion. Fav: Tie between MinDead Blood and Gun Katana Type Moon: Because of how awesome their universe is. Honorable mention until/if that Tsukihime remake comes out. Fav: Fate/Stay Night Speed: As far as I can tell, the only ones who managed to create a good zombie eroge series...until Ball Buster Fav: Kansen 3

Too many shit companies are getting mentioned..... like yuzusoft... yuzusoft.. yuzosoft and navel. Well you get the point for real moege, you should try something from whirlpool you damn weaboos. And honestly I wouldn't give a shit about the developers it is all about the writers. so here are my favorite writers whose work I totally did read.. 1. Watanabe 2. Sca-ji 3. Goo yeah they are definitely not the only writers I know okay, just saying

• ELF incl. their derivates of the past (Kawarazaki-ke2, Tanteidan, Yu-No & Be-Yond) • Black Cyc (Mindead-Blood, Gun Katana & Mugen Kairou1-2) • Liar-/Railsoft (Kusarihime, Forest & Kagerou) • FlyingShine (Umi kara Kuru Mono, Chross Channel & Carnival) • Eushully (Ikuza Megami Zero, La Dea Memoria [yes, it´s been fucking enjoyable, even though i got to fight the same big-bad in every route], Genrin2 & Tayuuta) could´ve mentioned more, but tried keeping it down to those who keep/kept on releasing at least 3 titles which i thoroughly enjoyed reading, excl. series & works done in cooperation with others such as RUF´s etc. edit: coming to writers those are doten meikai, (the very earlier)tashiro hayato, (almost tempted to say to the earlier, too)izumi ban´ya, kusaka matsuri

Congratulations on getting married! What kind of games do you already have (US)? I do have old PS1/2, DS, and 3DS games I'm not really playing anymore that I might want to trade. But it'd be kinda pointless if you already played most of what I have in my collection already.

I guess Nitroplus and Propeller would be my current favorites. Looking forward to improving my JP to read more stuff from them and add Light to the list.

"I'm too lazy to properly communicate." - What a terrible policy, but that's just my opinion. Anyways, I did indeed. I was called a teacher by you, which would therefore imply I taught something, in that case, how to construct, formulate and interpret a sentence: This best part of this whole ordeal is that my English was comparatively worse back then.

I am the only one who mentioned aksys games, they are note entirely focused on VNS, and despite that they have a release shedule better than JAST. Mo0st of their titles ar otome but they have a deal with chunsoft, that is enough for me, even if english translations of their older titles is still a pipe dreem.

Confession: I'm honestly kinda surprised at how well I did on the placement test for college. Despite having been out of school since 09, I'm apparently not required to take any remedial classes. I had a feeling I'd get decent scores for reading and writing, but the one for math had to have been a fluke. I think there were 5 questions I random guessed on, and a few where I worked out the solution by doing math off of the choices rather than the actual problem. Maybe it's not a bad thing that I have till Fall to start; it'll give me time to do some actual studying before taking the intermediate college course.

Why you be drinking all dem chemicals when you can have yourself some water!?

went through my special something list & managed to come up with few good, albeit (partly) unique ones. well, here you go: kyojin-tachi (it´s a huge mess in more than one way) norukasoruka omega no shikai (every fukking single one of them) hotel ergriffen (quite some nice prose in there) umi kara kuru mono edit: tried my best in staying away from the extreme, though some may find the content of theirs still being morally & ethically questionable, depending on ones own upbringing. edit2: reg. omega no shikai, personally i found them being non suited for one to halt his/her read & decide on continue reading later on, simply because 1)the flow/ atmosphere gets broken 2)they can be slightly confusing, so there´s a risk of one non catching up to their plot . edit3: you also might want to give zigzag´s titles a try, especially kurai nichiyoubi comes to mind.

Looks like we got some wiz kids around here.

Wow! I love the western art style. It's something more Original English language VNs should do in my opinion. I'll check the demo out right now! (And really, I love the art style already.)

Hana... making me post for the first time in months! I still remember when I became your romaji teacher. Fucking measly romaji! And now you can even Kanji! Haha, I'm happy to have been the one to influence you to learn Japanese. (I always thought you just wanted to read all the yuri VNs )

Hana... making me post for the first time in months! I still remember when I became your romaji teacher. Fucking measly romaji! And now you can even Kanji! Haha, I'm happy to have been the one to influence you to learn Japanese. (I always thought you just wanted to read all the yuri VNs )