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For the ignorant (5.5k meme: League of Legends drama where a team owner to a player was like "WHY U NO SIGN MY CONTRACT, I OFFER U 5 POINT 5 FKING K / MO SALARY) Anyways, 5k posts, yippee. I've never actually done an AMA here before, so now's the perfect time I guess. Also might as well do a shoutout Apologies for anybody I missed, after Finals and all my brain's still fried. jkk i hatechu allllll @Kaguya-hime "Kaguya-hime-sama" "Kagu-chan" "Gu-Gu-chan": we don't rp as much anymore, but just know that I still and always will have utmost respect for you :3. It's like, hardwired into my mind to fawn over you~ @Zenophilious "Zen-chan": Sachi, you're like that one quiet studious kid who's just doing his thang, it's cute to see you chime in various threads, and of course see you always so diligently one-man-armying them double posts . PS I'll read Fate/Stay in 2027 - 10 + 1 - 2, dw. @Tiagfromverela: Huh? I could've sworn I typed this guy's username right.............. anyways, it's a shame that you actually feel bad when people lash out at you for offending them when it wasn't your intention, you were quite entertaining in your prime. Likewise though, I'm still a lot fonder of you than a lotta other Fuwamembers. @solidbatman "The Salt Knight" I wasn't gonna add you because you could care less about being mentioned in some spammers' spam amiright, but I pulled a Two-Face and flipped a coin. Because it's all, "part of the plan". Anyways, continue your Fuwa History / Reflections thingy sometime, and keep raking in the salt! @Decay "Dark Knight": Yes, I intentionally added Bats just so I could put Decay right after and give him the Dark Knight alias. I've mentioned it several times by now, but you're the best VN-oriented Fuwanovel member, and I am a fan of your work. Keep it up @Fiddle "The Fiddler of Diddlers and Riddlers": You're that one guy in that group of friends where everyone's chatting and babbling away with you being all quiet, biding your time, then when you finally say something, everyone laughs. It's magical. @Fred the Barber "Bob": I feel like I've been talking to you the most around these forums lately, with getting you interested in CodeRealize with dat hat and whatnot; you're a swell guy. Sorry for getting you to splurge every now and then @TexasDice "Elina Fanboy": <- sorry, is all I see you as nowadays <GODDAMIT WHERE'S AN ELINA EMOTICON WHEN I NEED ONE>. I'll read Kira star Kira one day... @Rooke "Brooke-ojii-san" Not revealing name for the purposes of not offending anybody via comparisons and for the sake of 'everyone's special', but I consider you the 2.0 of a certain other member. You're Oldier, Intelligentier, Wittier, Funnier, and Snarkier. -ier all across the board @Funyarinpa : You're in that sexy rebellioius high skoo teen phase where parents suck ass with their internet/game restrictions, potential friendship/relationship drama, and also feel ehh with the studying and homework. I've been there, done that. Despite all the crap, you gotta keep your head high; the absolute worst thing you can do right now which will lead to uber regrets is fail classes and push everybody away. @Dergonu "Derggy-chan": Ehehehehehehe I'm gonna ea t you during Round 3 ehehehee. You're a fun comrade to have around the forums :3 @Stray Cat: "SC-kun" Sorry I never emailed you when you PM'ed the Fantastic Five in that one last ditch effort to connect with peeps before your death. Online relationships aren't my thing, anymore :< @Shikomizue: Just like how I saw Rooke as a 2.0 of some other member, I see you as 2.0 Stray Cat, dunno why. Anyways, I'll be free this week so let's play that thing of yours sometime! @Ceris "La-da-da my name's Ceris and I luuuv collectin' CARDS n' being da best!" - (REN's Ceris Video impersonation): Our differences in interests mean we don't encounter each other much on these forums anymore outside of the sporadic times I'm in the Anime thread, but I'm fond of our LL time together. Still think you're insane (godly?) for having endured (enjoyed?) LL for so long though. OR: "Run": Bless (RIP?) his soul, wherever he may be with his 9k figurines. It shouldn't have escalated like this ;-; @VirginSmasher: We don't talk much, but you'll forever be my KnS buddy . When KnS3 comes out, let's have lots and lots of funtime! @Flutterz I totally didn't type your name first, then deleted you to place you later in the list so that it hides the fact that you're still my all time favorite Fuwa member, and then forgot to readd you, nope. The Youngins: Valmore Kawasumi Kiriririi Arcadeotic ... and any other 0 < x < 1k posters, because damn me for being too lazy to look you all up amiright: You guys are the new bloods of Fuwanovel. I expect, over the next 3 years, for a new Solidbatman to be born from you lot. A new Okami. A new sanahtlig. A new OriginalRen. A new Decay. And a new Tay. You guys are the future. :3 ~~ Feel free to AMA!

Just in case people have missed it, Decay's given a wonderful interview with Sekai Project which you can find here - http://blog.fuwanovel.net/2016/05/interview-with-sekai-project/ Here's a few of the mindblowing statements that can be found within: So make sure to check it out, people! Personally my favourite part was Audi suggesting EVN developers stop setting their VNs in Japan :3

Time for my first(?) pathetic internet rant(?) whining self-post. I definitely need some bandages to cover up those wrist wounds while I listen to my Offspring album. ~ First off, I don't know if anyone who knows me has ever asked themselves "Why is this TexasDice guy - who loves to analyze stories and characters on academic levels and hates things that are made by lazy people who don't care about their work - only reading stuff that is low on plot and substance?" - Probably not, because I'm just one really handsome guy out of a thousand from an internet forum about manga porn. Here is the explanation anyway: Nowadays, close to everything has to be "dark" and "gritty". Movies, video games, TV shows, everything is filled with violence, depression and moral "'grays'. You know what else is this kind of "serious"? Real life. Every damn day, we hear about death and poverty, while greedy politicians and corporates play chess with billions of human lives. And I'm just sick of seeing that. I want color, I want to feel good as an individual and I want my heroes to be real heroes, while the bad guys are real bad guys. Fun, is the word, I want to have fun. Screw this "seriousness" that is so popular nowadays. And if things have to be a little more corny than they need to in order to accomplish that, so be it. All I want is to keep that stuff out of my escapism. Because if I don't, I'll snap someday and throw another hooker out of my bathroom window . This is obviously not meant as an excuse for everything to get a passing grade. I place a very high value on the "soul", "motivation" and "spark" behind every piece of fiction and things like Sakura Sandler will never get a positive comment from me, no matter how many colors and pixels they hide in between their memes and fart jokes. Because if I hate anything more than real life, it's exploiting the stupid for money (which kind of goes hand-in-hand, now that I think about it.) ~ Thanks for not reading and wordlessly burying this behind the next page. And be sure to notify Fuwanovel.txt if something cringeworthy is hidden(?) in there. I don't care...

Hm. Hopefully we'll mod the forums for all time to come. Congrats on 5k - Glad I picked you. Lova ya!

Oh god please no

I'm actually rather fond of Decay's typical demeanor.

Visual Novel Translation Status (05/28/2016) Sorry for late blog post here. For the title, this week I choose ultimate title (You knew what I mean if you play Dangan Ronpa) and since the image header was from Homeless School Girl VN, so I'd use Homeless Girl (I'm not using school since the synopsis indicate that the girl couldn't attend school) from the VN title. Okay, about the VN itself, I'd read the VNDB discussion and let's just said that the girl was suffered many rape and humiliation, especially from her step father. Oh, and by the way thanks for translating Homeless School Girl, Deep Blue even though maybe the VN wasn't too much cheery for me and too heavy (Also quite dark from VNDB discussion). Welcome to my VNTS Review for this week here. For catch up from last week, I'm sorry to said about Angel Beats (AB) translation team who must stop their work for translating it because Visual Art decided to translated AB by themselves. Oh, and by the way we also had news about Ixrec working to translating Rewrite + VN. As for my comment, maybe Rewrite was kind of divisive, but since we'd promised that there will be improvement about the scenario I wonder what kind of reaction we'll see later. AB once again not interested so much right now because it was only volume one, while KEY obviously will add more AB volume in the future. Let's see it later. For fan translation project, we had another one established here. As for the progress, right now it was quite hard to said but the translator promised us that the moment he update the progress, it'll be at least around 75%. For the VN itself, it was some sort of nukige with fantasy world setiing and loser MC. And for the woman, we'll had big breast one. Not on my list of looking forward though, but good luck on the project though and hopefully this VN will satisfied any big breast fan in the future if it's translated. About Indie Go Go (IGG), looks like it'll be trend in the future for localizing VN. At least it was had advantage over Kickstarter with flexible fund ie if the project didn't managed to get funded in time, the project itself could be extended compared to Kickstarter which couldn't be extended if it's failed (I guess). Also, apparently it was more flexible for the project with 18+ content ie not as restrictive as Kickstarter in term of adult content. For the report, this week we had 2 projects entering IGG (Corona Blossom and Princess Knight). For Corona Blossom, right now it was gathered around 8,329 out of 30,000 (Half of it thanks to some backer who backed at 4,000 though), and while the goal was quite small some member here said it was probably for promotion for the VN itself. And this time Princess Knight was very surprisingly almost achieved the goal, with 10,864 out of 12,000 funded. Both VN was said will be delivered at this year, and both of IGG still had one month left for deadline. Let's see it later for both of IGG, although obviously Princess Knight will fully funded first obviously. And before forget, my condolence for Princess Knight MC seiyuu, Mochi Yomigi here who passed away at 30 years old. Sekai Project Well, not much here other than Maitetsu picked up again at 15.68% translation progress and WEE at 86.52%. And I think I'd said enough about Princess Knight above. For Darekoi and Memory Dogma, it was had some nice progress (78.75% for Darekoi and 42.15% for Memory Dogma) although I'm still not interested with those 2 though. And for 2 new announced VN here, Sekai was surprisingly fast at translating it (Although the VN length for those 2 was short though). By the way, the progress for both new announced VN was at 50.11% for 2236 AD and 47.08% for Love, Guitars, and the Nashville Skyline (Don't know much other than it was probably about guitar play thing). Other than those progress, not much ie no Chrono Clock and Tenshin Rahman progress once again. Mangagamer For 2 weeks update roundup we already had Kyonyuu (Or Funbag) Fantasy was fully translated and edited, Kuroinu at 70% translated, Imopara 2 at 46% translated, Pygmalion was at 100% translated, MYTH was about entering beta testing, and Da Capo 3 was at 94.7% translated and 91.3% edited. For nukige progress, no comment other than the progress for Kyonyuu was very fast for just recently announced VN (Or maybe Mangagamer was already did all the work, including partnering with Waffle and keep it secret before announcing it). For Pygmalion, let's see how much fast the editing will be, although hopefully it won't be too long. For Da Capo 3, actually it was had the true route translated and what's left is only epilogue/omake thing. Looks like Da Capo 3 translation will definitely finished before July, and hopefully in next 2 weeks we'll see 100% at translation progress for Da Capo 3. Fan Translation For Astral Air, after crazy progress from last week, it was slowed down again at 0.95% progress from last week (I'm still grateful of course) bringing the overall translation progress to 79.71%. Koiken Otome, looks like the VNTS was wrong although we had the QC update though from 86.71% to 87.71%. For Koiken Otome itself, although the game might get not so good review, just try to low your expectation very low in case you want to play it ie not expecting action like Tokyo Babel even though the premise was quite promising for that of course. Hanasaki, after reading Clephas review (He was slightly dislike it though) I think the prologue was indeed mean common route and right now it was 100% translated. About the next route for Hanasaki, they said they'll translated Hikari's route next according to this post. Majokoi translation team just had the update after VNTS was finished, so I'll report the progress here. For the progress, it was at 5% translated and 3% edited. This is definitely good progress if I may said. Tsui Yuri, since Dergonu was faced the challenge with the name Math test (I understand) the progress was not much compared to last week, although it was still good though (3% progress, and the translation progress right now was at 25%). For last update, since Arcadeotic also busy with exam, there's not much progress in Bishoujo Mangekyou translation (The progress was at 4.7% translated for 8th script). Well, not much progress, but nevertheless good job for updating it even though both of you were busy. And last word for Fan Translation progress, there is another new translation project for VN called Mahou Shoujo. Here's the page, and if some of you want to offer help just ask Chronopolis there. That's all for my VNTS Review. And I think this week was quite usual ie not much excitement after many crazy time in April (I mean back in April we'd had many big release for translated VN). See you next week in my VNTS Review. Oh, and thanks for your interview with Sekai Project, Decay.

Yeah, you can see from miles away that you people are by far more experienced than I am regarding this position. I'll do my best and will try to not dissapoint you by bringing a poor quality edit. By the way, I'm taking notes, reading these comments really opened my eyes in many ways. I've still got a lot to learn, that's for sure. Thank you guys.

Some more quick opinions on how these samples might get edited down. (Guessing at the missing portions, of course.) ORIGINAL And... ... since the clock tower looks very misterious and beautiful looking at it from a distance, I wouldn't like to get disappointed by ruining m(y impression of it?)EDIT And seen from a distance, the clock tower is mysterious, beautiful. I'd hate to ruin that impression. Much of the meaning is already implicit in the bones of the sentence. Paring down is fairly painless. ORIGINAL She's very self-assured and significantly popular with boys and girls (mostly boys, of course) because she kindly gives you advice if you ask for her (help?) EDITShe's confident and always has a kind word of advice when asked. As a result, she's quite popular — mostly with the boys, of course. This just needs a little shortening to fit. Plus, reordering cleans up the ambiguous cause/effect relationship — i.e., she's not self-assured because she gives advice. ORIGINALTheir first family head was obsessed with education, he even hired architectural professionals in order to reproduce an ancient greek building on this (plot of land?) EDITTheir first family head was obsessed with education. He even hired architects to recreate an ancient Greek building on the grounds. This one just needed superfluous words cut, as others have pointed out. ORIGINAL I haven't been thrilled about the visit, but her comments let me down a little bit. It's just like hearing negative reviews about a tourist spot that (is supposed to be great?) EDITI was already down about the visit, and her comments aren't helping. It's like hearing bad reviews of a supposedly great tourist spot. I think Rooke's got the right of this one re: context, but I took a stab at keeping "comments" anyway. "But" is also an odd conjunction here, since her words amplify matters rather than contradict them.

Gathering MOE has been a bit slow, not as many intro threads, but I persevere for the sake of MOE!

I would like to offer you an invitation to the "old people who read this stuff for escapism even though we know it's not exactly high literature" club. My fellow members (you know who you are) will be chiming in shortly.

You appear to have committed a mistake. Upon rigorous research, it is indubitable that Texas Dice is merely putting up a front. In reality, he is a complete and utter Key Fanboy.

Any VN > its anime this is a fact

I decided to ride the good reading feeling and started Kusarihime. I had been thinking about reading it for a while, even more so after reading Forest, but never really got around doing that. And now I've been completely hooked in since the amazing opening, it just sets such perfect mood for the game. Same melancholy and the sense of discomfort when something feels ever so slightly wrong carries over the story, emphasized by the great music. And while the character art is little rough, I really like background, especially scenery art. They have that magical children's picture book feel to them. Don't know how to explain it properly, so just have a look. Haven't gotten too far yet, but I'm really liking it. The atmosphere is pretty low-key, but really captivating. The memory loss of the protagonist is also handled in a interesting way and the small hints about the past and the mysterious events are really tickling my curiosity. I just got into a part where I think things are going to get lot more interesting (the red snow in the fourth day), so looking forward to what is to come.

This guy fucking gets it. 10/10

chuable, pil/slash & silkys+

I know we already have a Corona Blossom thread of sorts but I wanted to make it more specifically on the campaign itself. Discuss what's right and wrong with it and ultimately whether or not people plan to back. So I'll ask the question (before I scare people away with the length of this thread) What are your thoughts on the Corona Blossom Indiegogo Campaign. You know I'm surprised at the low amount of backers but when it comes to flexible funding I really shouldn't be. I really dislike kickstarter and indiegogo and not really knowing the translation quality of Frontwing's in house team makes this initially questionable. It does not help that we know nothing of the length...for all we know we could be paying money for an extremely short vn less than an hour or two. I think lack of information is probably the biggest reason why this campaign is not doing all that well. Let's take a look at their actual indiegogo campaign https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/corona-blossom-a-visual-novel-by-frontwing/x/12572100#/ First thing to note is that all versions of the game will contain both English and Japanese text, with Japanese voices. This is an unexpected surprise and allows for people to choose how to read it. For those of us that know how to read Japanese we might actually prefer to read it that way instead of trudging through potentially cringe-inducing poor english dialogue. Then again nothing currently hints at that. Honestly I'd mark this as a point in favor of the game. Second thing to note is that the All-Ages version of Corona Blossom Vol.1 is scheduled to hit Steam July 29th for a mere $10 dollars. There are a number of things to take away from this sentence alone. The scheduled release date for both english and japanese version of the game is July 29th which likely means the translation is either going to be really quick or they are close to finishing it already. I can't help but think that Frontwing is simply using Indiegogo as a pre-order system. Admittedly this can save them money as well as they only need to create enough physical editions and extras for the amount of backers they receive. One area of potential caution is the fact that this is vol.1 usually this means that the story will not be fully resolved by the end of the game and that we are just getting a volume 1. The worry here is that the game is going to be really short similar to Nekopara which admittedly does have its fanbase like even the sakura titles . It means they can sell pieces of the game for cheaper. How many volumes will there be? If the game sells poorly will we even see any future sequels. How much is the game really worth? These are questions that the 'vol.1' makes people think about and is something to keep in mind when determining to back or not. edit: seems to hint that there will eventually be 3 volumes if it ends up succeeding. All-Ages version seems to imply there will also be an 18+ version and yes indeed a little further down they make mention of the fact that "ecchi fans, fear not - an 18+ patch, removing censorship and adding adult scenes, will be available at launch for an extra $10 (prices may be subject to change). It is likely the censorship being removed is not the actual mosaics and this is simply poor wording. They likely mean that any added censorship from the all-ages version will be removed and the adult scenes will be added in. Do not be expecting it to be free of mosaics. The patch is also 10 dollars which likely means the game's probably worth about 20 dollars to begin with. Not a huge visual novel but not a 2 hour one. We can probably expect something around 10-20 hours or maybe a bit more. The fact it will have adult scenes does make it likely it will have a story as this does not seem to be 'sex-romp'. If you scroll down a little bit more we get another big piece of information. "The Physical copy version of the game includes 18+ content by default, and is currently stated for release in August at a price point of ¥2000 in DVD-ROM format. This will be sold at select stores in Japan, and for anyone outside of Japan, the physical copy is available as a reward on Indiegogo". It seems that people who enjoy physical editions of visual novels their only chance to pick the game up is via Indiegogo (or buy from Japan). It does confirm the 18+ content is included on the physical copy of the game so that's also a plus. People who buy the physical version get a copy of the digital with the 18+ patch included. No hassle to install the patch on a disc version and potentially no wait to play once it releases on steam. The 18+ patch itself seems like it will appear by end of August if the perk date expectations are to be believed. What we are not told about however is whether or not the game will have DRM. This is something that I believe needs to be addressed before the end of the campaign. Honestly I'm hopeful for the translation. The website for corona blossom is actually decent as far as the english goes while the story description is a bit awkward the character descriptions are written well enough. We've yet to see Frontwing translate in-house so we can't say for sure the translation is going to be good but neither can we say it is going to be bad. The Staff: Producer Ryuichiro Yamakawa (frontwing's producer) Character Design/Art nanaca mai (she is also doing the art for Purino Party coming out soon) Super-Deformed Character Art nanaca mai (did some Pure Girl and Grisaia art) Story Yuhi Nanao (did the story or a scenario for a number of games that can be seen here Art Director Yuji Kaneko (don't know much beyond does backgrounds for trigger) Mechanical Design Hiroyuki Taiga (done a number of mech designs in numerous anime) Opening Theme "Happy! Corona Blossom" by Haruko Momoi Ending Theme "Be Myself" by Ayumi.(Astilbe×arendsii) BGM Production Fuminori Matsumoto Let's look at the pricing and perk tiers: You know these tiers are not bad...however not having anything above 550 for backing means some of those more rich-ish folks have nothing to overly back on. Which is not a bad thing as honestly these tiers are pretty decent (if you live in the U.S.) The only thing they need to do before the end of the campaign is to show off the goods. For a mere 7 dollars you can get the game on steam for backing. That's good. It does however lead into the qualms about how long a game it might be but there is also the possibility that Frontwing is simply giving backers a really good deal as well. For 15 dollars you can get the game on steam and an 18+ patch. I imagine this is closer to the amount the actual game should cost. If they release the game on steam for 10 dollars it might actually pick up enough traction to convince people to buy it and then if they like it they can try picking up the patch for 10 additional dollars which people likely will do as people on steam are that type of crowd more often than not. For an extra 10 dollars you can get the digital soundtrack with. 25 dollars for the game and soundtrack is not bad at all. For 40 dollars those of us that prefer physical copies can back and get a physical and digital copy of the game. All physical copies are 18+ so essentially this would give you an 18+ version and an all ages version plus a digital soundtrack. This is about the same that games tend to go for physical at a place like JAST (unless it's a big game) so this is yet again a very nice price. For an extra 10 dollars you can get a shikishi (likely the pre-order item in stores in Japan). For 60 dollars you get the 40 dollar perk plus an art book. For 80 dollars you can get the 40 dollar perk plus either tapestry A or B (of which neither are currently shown which is likely why they have no backers). For 140 dollars you get the 40 perk tier plus a traditional happi coat or a one color hoodie (which is neat but like everything else really needs to have an image to see what people are getting) and get your name listed in the end credits. For 150 dollars you can get the standard collector's edition which is everything from the 40 perk tier plus a shikishi, an art book, name in credits and both tapestries. For 240 dollars you get boobs. (you get a giant 3D Boob Mousepad and the 40 dollar tier). For 550 you get everything in all the other tiers. In all I actually think this indiegogo campaign is more of a way to check interest and allowing people to pre-order. There are a number of concerns about this potential release but there are a lot of positives about this particular campaign as well. It has a month to reach goal and is only at 30% the lack of any stretch goals make this all the more likely a means of pre-order. The flexible funding is a concern as they get the money whether they make goal or not but at the same time I'm pretty sure this will get released regardless of indiegogo. Would I back this? Originally I believed it was a bit too early to say. More information is needed regarding length and perks. For seven dollars (15 for adult) the price is actually quite good. Do you think Frontwing can do a good game and have a proper translation? Then I'd say yeah go ahead and try them out. I've backed a number of kickstarters and indiegogo's in the past to varying degrees of success and results. Frontwing has yet to release a game in-house and I personally have nothing to base their translations on outside of a bit of a questionable move with chirchiru idol. I'm willing to give them shot. If this ends poorly or the game isn't what it's advertised as then so be it. Decide for yourself if it's worth it and if it is feel free to back. Is there anything you believe Frontwing can do to make it more appealing to people? Why do you believe this isn't getting as much notice as other games...are people simply sick of indiegogo and kickstarter and has fatigue finally settled in? Discuss below.

So... I can't sleep and since I was really bored I decided to write this tips about doing a translation in general (or ramblings whatever you want to call them xD ) this is aimed for those who are starting a project or want to start a new one. *I'll start by saying that If you really want to translate something just do it, don't pay attention to anyone just do it, nobody can stop you from doing it aside from yourself! (and maybe a C&D letter but that's a whole different topic that I wont address right now xD). *Before starting a project be sure that you LOVE the vn you want to translate or you are getting paid for the job in that case what you want it doesn't really matter xD , you are going to work hours with the same text, fixing errors, reading over and over the same lines so if you don't actually love the vn you are working with sooner or later you are going to give up and drop it. *This point might sound silly having the previous one but read the vn at least 2 times before starting the translation, you really need to know the plot and every little aspect of it, if you don't understand the plot or some parts of it, how a character thinks or why he/she acts the way it does etc you wont be able to do a good job, this is essential! *Internet is you friend, if you don't understand something google it, you will find the answer sooner or later, if you search in Japanese is better, most of the time someone in yahoo or some similar website already asked that question (yes I've seen japanese people asking for some really basic stuff there!) there are tons of webs where you can find examples of a word if you don't understand how it works in some specific context (weblio for example) and last you have fuwa and some great users who are always willing to help you out. I hate asking for help so I try to avoid it as much as, also the satisfaction for achieving something for yourself is much more rewarding than just asking and having the answer served for you. *Work a little bit every day, eat the whale one bait at a time. * And last but not less important, have fun while you are doing it, if it's not fun then it's not worth it! Most importantly translate for yourself! Don't translate something because someone else might like it or because is really popular (I'm looking at you moe vns), you are wasting your time, this might sound selfish but if you don't enjoy what you are doing, eventually you are going to drop it. Now this is something I asked myself a lot of times and I was sure I had the answer but I didn't... Did I improve my Japanese because of the translation aka "Do you learn Japanese by translating something"? It's hard to say, I did learn several sexual terms, if that counts for something... even some really obscure ones that I want to forget Overall I don't think so (yes Decay was right on this one) if you get stuck too often then it's probably a good idea to postpone the translation for a few months, learn more and get back to it later on. (This is what I did the first time I started translating this vn 4 or 5 months ago) And that's pretty much it I want to thank everyone that helped me throughout this project, Schwarzstorch who hacked the game, edited most of the images and helped me out with pretty much everything (he worked for more than 2 hours with a picture of a dick lol sorry dude!!) Outofthebox for helping me out with the editing (oh boy did I bother him xD) to Arcadeotic for editing the text too, XReaper for all the amazing advice, MikeY91 for being the first beta tester and Tyrosyn for testing the patch and giving such an amazing feedback, finally to all the guys who helped me in the Japanese help thread. Until next time じゃあな

Approximately 400 million Myspace passwords have been stolen and up for sale. Most of them probably obsolete … like the people still using Myspace (ahahaha.) The most important things to take away from this are: If you still use MySpace, change your password. Then change it once a fortnight for the foreseeable future. Why? Because Myspace uses a very out of date and weak encryption method revealing they don’t take security seriously. They use a weak algorithm and don’t salt passwords. (Bats should give them a call.) Lastly Social media continues to suck. I mean why people. Why? http://motherboard.vice.com/read/427-million-myspace-passwords-emails-data-breach

The problem with these breaches isn't so much the data in the particular hacked account. The real problem is that people reuse usernames and passwords across multiple sites, and once these passwords are leaked they're stored in a massive database for brute-force attempts on other sites. So one password getting linked could compromise dozens of other accounts. One site getting hacked compromises accounts all across the Web. If you reuse passwords, you're vulnerable. If you don't secure accounts with multi-factor authentication, you're vulnerable. Most of us rely on not having anything worth stealing as our primary form of security ("Security through obscurity"). On the flip side, online security is often more robust than traditional methods. Most credit card theft probably stems from offline purchases or interactions. So really, you're vulnerable no matter what. The sad truth is that security is not a priority, either for businesses OR users.

Texas has officially evolved into stereotypical get-off-my-lawn-shotgunner Texan with a heart of fun.

Damn, I got rekt again Grats on the 5k you crazy spammer

Expected shitpost, got heartfelt horoscope. 7.1/10 Happy 5K buddy, may you have many more!

I'd more consider the Kara No Shoujo series as nonstop sadness time. You can join @DarkZedge and I in our Innocent Grey group. We'd be honoured to add you.

Oh just you wait! I'm fired up, and ready to beat you! Round 3 is mine!!! Fufufu I have to ask, because it has been bugging me for ages... are you me from the future? Gratz on the milestone. Kuma~!

Congrats! Why do you pronounce school as "skoo"? I do talk to him a bunch, and we have a lot in common, so I'm not surprised. Cool, hit me up later.

Holy fucking shit are you aware that you just hit 5K

Well, I know which VN I'll be reading next then. Thank you. =)

It's from SonoHana nyuu jene, of Ai and Aya https://vndb.org/v16262

@ittaku How can you be disappointed by such a terrible anime continuing to be terrible

It becomes a little easier once you realise (only if you watch the video) that the comments he's talking about directly precede that screenshot. Therefore, if you move his reaction to her comments to directly after her comments (that is, to the beginning of the sentence,) he no longer has to specify that his reaction is to her comments (what else could it be? If it's anything else, it would likely need to be specified.) It becomes implied. So instead of 'her comments let me down a little bit' -> 'My spirits fall a little', 'I'm a little dispirited/deflated' etc. You could put 'I feel a little deflated', but the 'feel' isn't really necessary in first person. Could use dispirited instead of deflated, but deflated is more juvenile and means the same thing (the losing of enthusiasm.) "I'm a little deflated. I haven't been thrilled about the outing, but it's like hearing bad reviews" etc etc EDIT: You could still use 'down' or 'disappointed' if you want. "I'm a little down/disappointed. I haven't been thrilled about the outing, but it's like hearing bad reviews" etc etc

Here, your dose of wtf.

Step 1: Find a post that seems constructive. Shitposting on a shitpost doesn't gain as much salt since everyone is doing the same thing you are Step 2: Dig deep and find the most irrelevant, cancerous tumblr reddit brainchild of a sentence you can find. If you don't have the mindset for it or you're not familiar enough with the ways of cancerbending to do so please refer to one of your mentors such as @Flutterz or @VirginSmasher. Step 3: Repeat this as often as possible to establish yourself as a reputable shitposter. Step 4: Make sure your shitposting maintains consistent quality. Only have 1 or 2 good shitposts out of 500 makes you an irrelevant tryhard. Step 5: Be extra salty (Like @solidbatman). Step 6: Remember all tastes and opinions are shit in the shadow of your own. Insult someone's taste as often as possible Step 7: Post count is life. Step 8: Fuwachat is where you should spend most of your time to practice your shitposting and gain new techniques such as when to kek, lel, > and abusing the /me function. Step 9: Play F/GO or Kancercole and claim to love it for the waifus then proceed to talk about it excessively with other shitposters Step 10: Never be relevant and constructive. Now that you know how to be a shitposter go out there and use your talents to better society. Stay salty my friends.

Based discord still had the tweet saved.

There are some instances where you don't need a passport, but it's usually between friendly countries that share borders for land entry. For instance, from what I've read Americans don't need a passport to travel over the border into Canada, but they do need other valid forms of ID, and a passport is easier, unless you have an Enhanced Drivers License from an issuing state (not all states have EDLs yet). Also in Europe if you're a citizen of a European Union country (EU National) you don't have to present a passport when going from one EU country to another - ie, A Finnish resident can cross into Sweden without showing a passport, but would if they went to Romania, as Romania is not a EU member. And it would still be a good idea to have it even in fellow EU countries in case of problems.

edit: did I really just type all this warning wall of text ahead apologies. I definitely prefer JAST. Physical copies offered every time (with a download copy usually given as well), most of the events J-list or JAST show up Peter shows up and sometimes get wrapped up in talking with fans at his booth. His panels are often a lot more organized enjoyable and while question wise they sometimes can't answer everything the way you'd want (if he can give an answer he does). He's a professional which is a big difference from both mangagamer and sekai project panels that I've seen. They try to only release games fully uncensored which is something sekai project has yet to do for any of its japanese games (likely not their fault). Generally they also have good prices (at least in the U.S.) and a good variety. The main issue with JAST is the release schedule for games, the acquisitions, and the quality of translations are sometimes leaving much to be desired. I'm pretty sure a bunch of the people working for JAST are freelance with maybe a few actually working. I also get the feeling that they've not had the best of luck with partners. I also have to say the customer service while sometimes a bit slow is usually excellent. I'm expecting a few announcements this year and a few additional releases besides sonico but they definitely don't release quite as many games as the second best. Mangagamer on the other hand the only thing I have fully against is the lack of physical copies and the DRM. While they have definitely gotten better with that the recent issue with not giving steam keys with purchases and not doing physical editions (where they could put the steam keys and have no issues) definitely hurts in my eye. Their lineup of games has definitely gotten better over the years and their ability to release about one game a month is a very nice bonus the problem lies that they get games that are not top tier. The majority of Mangagamer's games are not anything special. They release more oelvn and nukige than good quality story driven games but like I said that is getting better. Especially recently I've been buying at Mangagamer more often now that the majority of their new games require no DRM. I have a huge stance against DRM and for the longest time the only way I bought their games was via physical copies. The problem here is that their physical copies are often limited runs and if I don't have money at a particular time there is always a chance that when I do have the money they will be out. They to my knowledge do not reprint titles nor have they gone back and gotten rid of DRM from everything which means some DRM still exists. They also are quite a bit more expensive for the better quality titles. I also have to praise their ability to keep us informed on titles they've announced. Allowing us to see where they are with each title is not just a good gesture to the community but is a good marketing strategy. Now people can predict when they will need to scrounge for a bit of extra dough (or take it from the grocery budget), this makes it more likely someone will be able to purchase their games. Like JAST the few times I have had to talk to customer service the service has been impeccable and the quickness at replying might actually be quicker than JAST. Both JAST and Mangagamer also take care of All Ages and Adult fans and release titles on both sides of the spectrum rather regularly. Honestly both are very good companies and while each will have an occasional spot of bad every so often generally they are both very good companies. Sekai Project: Oh boy this one. I may not have the most favorable of opinions on this company but I do appreciate them. It's thanks to Sekai Project that we even have the chance for official versions of certain titles and despite my dislike of how they go about their business they have spread visual novel awareness to more than regular visual novel fans. I would not go as far as to say they've made visual novels popular in the west but they have made them noticeable. Sekai Project generally releases pretty cheap games which is a plus as well however it has its fair share of problems as well. The lack of physical copies. The majority of all of their released games have been digital only or kickstarter physicals only. While business wise this is a sound method as a fan and collector it really annoys me. Sekai Project also has the bad habit of releasing only all ages titles and while they do have an adult spin-off website under denpasoft it's treated like a neglected child. Sekai Project's habit of releasing via kickstarter or indiegogo only if successful is also a real annoyance for those of us who expect acquisitions of licenses to mean they actually already have the rights to release the game. Sekai Project has made it possible for things like Clannad to release westward but has also caused a shift in the way japanese visual novel companies think about licensing. I imagine this hurts the chances of some big names coming to Mangagamer or Jast because they wanna try the kickstarter route. I see kickstarter as eventually not working as a means of funding projects and hopefully once this happens the japanese companies will try the normal way or will release titles themselves (with proper translators). Sekai Project has had a few failed kickstarters (or extremely delayed kickstarters) because they like to fund the little guy which is alright and good so long as the little guy does not fall through on his promise. Another big area of concern is that because the majority of their games are steam only they do not offer a way to get them outside of the Steam DRM which is really annoying for someone who wants a DRM-free game. Sekai Project is not the greatest of the visual novel companies but it's also not the worst either and despite most people's disatisfaction toward them it cannot be denied that Sekai Project has had a profound effect on the visual novel market in the west. Denpasoft: Technically a part of Sekai Project for the longest time denpasoft was ignored and even now is not overly hyped up. Denpasoft never has a panel or a mention at Sekai Project's visual novel panels at cons. It has a very limited selection of games the most of which are extremely short or were only added because of kickstarter. Going forward Sekai Project does not wish to release full games but rather only 18+ patches that you buy separate of the game. They don't seem to bother with trying to get titles mosaic free. Recent announcements have made them decide to try indiegogo for an adult title one of which they announced over a year ago (with no kickstarter/indiegogo...it was likely Karakara's fault this is now happening), they fail to release the higher quality titles with the 18+ content they were originally released with (G-Senjou), and they do not keep people well informed about the games in their lineup. They take no risks which business wise is probably a smart venture but is really irritating for those of us who are sick to death of funding via indiegogo/kickstarter. It is almost June and the last update on the website was back in February when they announced the removal of steam keys. They also seem to be having issues with having adult only titles and an actual payment processor which isn't their fault but is yet another thing that just isn't working. It does not help that because most of denpasoft's games were either from a kickstarter, available elsewhere, niche genre, or really short that people have a habit of pirating their games more than anyone else. Part of this likely comes from the bad rapport denpasoft has made with the fans. The change of the website from the original is a nice change but that was months ago and nothing new has been updated outside of a single release that may not have even gotten a news update. Sekai Project is essentially ignoring Denpasoft. I want to like Denpasoft as much as the others but until Sekai Project gives it the due attention it needs (which I do think will happen eventually) it's just going to be taking a backseat to the visual novel companies that do the same things better. Moenovel: The Black-sheep of visual novel localization companies. One of the worst releases of a popular visual novel yet. Censored for 12 year old french girls so they could play it. The translation was awful, the censorship was beyond simple sex/nudity, and the release was a joke. They've released a total of one game. If anything it did show what not to do with a visual novel release. It did however have a physical edition and did have a pretty decent record of keeping people informed about the release leading up to it. I think it would be incredibly smart of them to work with the current (does this exist still?) translators of the restoration patch and have them re-release the game without the cut content as they'd make some money from it but then that's unlikely as well. Nothing really worked about this release and it's considered quite possibly to be the worst of the vn localization companies. Honorable Mentions (verdict is still out): Degica (Muv-luv no idea on translation quality), Mikandi Japan (Libra of the Vampire Princess no idea on translation quality), NISA (released Danganronpa and Psycho-Pass vns), Aksys (blazblue, norn, virtue's last reward, hakuoki, fate/extra, sweet fuse), frontwing (nothing in house yet), and capcom (iffy translation for phoenix wright games but usually enjoyable nonetheless)

Happy Birthday, Fred the non-barber!

Well if all we are going by is "nice art" "released after 2010" "romance/ h-scenes" there is a LOT to pick from. There is a lot of good stuff above, so I'm just gonna throw out some stuff that the others probably would never recommend Sacrament of the Zodiac (yuri) It's kinda short, and it's nothing special, but the game is rather cute at times and the art is quite good. Lilium x Triangle (Yuri) kind of a nukige type game, though it is filled with moe and adorableness. I mean, what more do you need Sunrider Academy (OELVN) Believe it or not, it's actually quite enjoyable. Many people hate on OELVNs, but I do recommend giving this a try if you want something a little bit different. (Turn the game to waifu mode to avoid annoying RNG.) It is a dating sim, so although the primary aspect of the game is VN like interactions, there is some "gameplay" ish elements, where you maintain your character's daily life, keeping him from failing his exams and making sure he does his job on the student council. The heroines (except Ava) are quite interesting, and the art is really pretty. There are some hilarious moments in the game. You should go ahead and make that VNDB page so we can see what you have and haven't played.

Happy birthday, Fred!

Happy birthday @Fred the Barber

Happy birthday, Fred!

Happy birthday, FredTheHairstylist. Enjoy your day

Another member here had birthday, so I'll said happy 31st birthday @Fred the Barber even though in your location still too early and hope you had upcoming years well. Also hope I see you more, even though I'd already saw you here a lot though. I'd remember that you came to Anime Boston by the way, and I'm thankful for that (Also thanks for funding Root Double, since I saw your name on True ED Credit there). So, once again happy birthday, Fred. PS - Just remember, also thanks for editing 2 routes from ToHeart 2 at the translation project itself.

Well, I guess I'll chime in to support the unpopular opinion - SP is my favorite at the moment. MG is close behind, and JAST USA is a distant third. In terms of # of games released (a few months ago I crawled through the data for the three companies, so this should be roughly correct): SP is releasing more games per year than MG and JAST USA put together (not that the last one is helping much...). Both SP and MG are accelerating their number of releases recently, especially SP, while JAST is flat and much lower than the other two. Now, of those, the rebuttal will go, most of SP's are random doujinshi nobody has ever heard of, but replace "doujinshi nobody has ever heard of" with "nukige" and the same argument applies to both MG and JAST USA. If you remove both of those from the list and look at the remaining, I expect SP is still in the lead, though I didn't look at this data point. Now, granted, if you're a nukige fan, more power to you, and you probably don't care about the last thing I said. But this is about who I like, and frankly I'm more likely to enjoy a random doujinshi I've never heard of, but which SP decided to localize, than I am to enjoy a random nukige. The claim that only MG releases stuff in a timely manner is, I'm pretty sure, bunk - I honestly don't know where it comes from. JAST USA is the only real laggard in the industry (I find this post hilarious, since it shows the translation was done three years ago, and we only saw the release last month...). The other two are getting things done in a reasonably timely manner, for the most part. There are outliers like WEE for SP, but there are far more things like the complete retranslation of Clannad that got done on schedule in a year, or the rather punctual release of Root Double, which people nonetheless cried bloody murder about because it was a month late. If you're going to kick and scream about them releasing something at the end of April after predicting a March release, you're setting the bar way, way too high; that's just not how the world works when you're talking about a half-year (or longer) project involving tens of people. If you think differently, I'll eat my hat if you've ever actually been involved in such a project (but if you actually have, then the joke's still on you, because I'm not wearing a hat). And a point in favor of all three: they've all caused big changes. SP's happens to have been the most recent, but JAST USA has been around and kicking forever, and proved that there was a market here at all. MG found a way to substantially broaden that market and upped the volume substantially. And now SP is changing and broadening the market yet again. We benefit from all three of them. Even if we make jokes at the expense of one or all of them from time to time, they're none of them causing us any problems. Be happy for what you have, and if you think you can do it better, in all seriousness, go do it. This is the place to find people who are passionate about VNs; maybe you can build a crew to found the next big VN localization company that changes the market yet again. It's already happened three times. That it will happen a fourth time is practically a given.

Finished Sekien no Inganock, and holy fucking shitballs, why didn't I read this sooner? Seriously the atmosphere, the music, the charcters the story I think I may have found my next 10 on my vndb no exaggeration

Handle: Arcadeotic Positions I can fill: Proofreading, Quality Checking, Translation, Image Editing and Game Engine Configuration/Translation I'm confident in my grammatical skills and language skills in general when it comes to English language, and I've studied Japanese for over a year now, so I can translate rather adequately. Of course I want to give out as high-quality material as I possibly can, and I want to give material that is of high quality to the community. Type of projects (VNs) preferred: I will work on any project that is interesting to me. Basically anything between moege, nukige and charage. I don't mind H-scenes at all, and I would like to say that I'm rather well endowed in them. Anything except Yaoi and non-PC titles. Otomeges are fine as well if the game itself interests me. But the most that I'd like to be a part of is SoL and moege. Avaliability: Currently occupied with the translation of Bishoujo Mangekyou -Norowareshi Densetsu no Shoujo-. Hopefully will be free after halfway through the year. But it never hurts to give me a call. VNs most intrested on giving a FTL for: Honestly, I'm intrested in almost every moege ther is, but more-so towards Yuzusoft's, Alcot's titles and to every moege with brilliant art. Motivation for joining a FTL: As stated above, to give more to the community, but to also help my language skills in the future, as I'm heading to that direction. Conditions: I honestly just want a decent, motivated team, that wants the FTL to be in the general public as much as I would. The members should have experience, even if for just a little bit. I am a rather blunt person by nature, so I won't necessarily need the team to be chummy with each other, but I'd like they to be friendly or at least in the neutral ground with each other to some extent. Also, I may not need friendliness from my fellow teammates, but I'd like to get respect, at the very least. I just want a team that works as a team, everything else is just extra. Contact Information: You can PM here, or you can check my contacts here: https://euphemictranslation.wordpress.com/about/