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Another otome release! This review comes to us from an otome fan, Sayuri, and is her first English otome review. Read the review here

For the 3 or 4 people who use Fuwachat and are wondering where it went, our IPB license hasn't been renewed so the chat functionality is currently down. It'll (probably) be back up whenever Tay can find some time. You're free to panic. 1 like = 1 prayer

Hi everyone, I've created over 2000 tracks of music and sound effects that you are welcome to freely use in visual novels, games or anything else you like. It's all original...all my own work. All I ask is to be attributed as detailed on my homepage: http://soundimage.org/ I sincerely hope my tracks are helpful. Any and all feedback is welcome and always appreciated! All the best, Eric

Update: Confusion and rioting in the streets as Invision misplaced all the pennies we sent them. I contacted them and gave them the peoples' demands: chat, forums, and liberty Invision was like, "Nah, bro" I was like, "Yeah, 'bro.'" They were like, "Oh. Okay." TL;DR: Should be back up shortly.

Porn doesn't have to be art. Porn can just be porn. That still doesn't discredit its existence in any way, shape or form. Again I'm repeating myself but this comes down entirely to people's taste in the genre. You clearly hate sex scenes, and that's fine, but don't bash other people and call them delusional for merely having a different preference. You are literally trying to justify a personal preference of yours as some universal fact, and I'm sorry to tell you but that won't go anywhere. And let's assume everything you said is true. That h-scenes give a bad name to vns, that h-scenes are pointless, that they literally only harm the medium. EVEN THEN, that is still no reason for people not to like them. I think you should just accept the fact there are different audiences in the medium and in this case you're just not part of it.

Dicussing this is fine, as long as you don't turn it into what happened in the last thead (which was broken beyond recovery.) Please, don't stop to shitpost. I don't know whether or not this person is baiting, but it really doesn't matter. Given how the last one ended up, this thread will be moderated much more strictly than what we usually do around here. Hope you understand. Now, happy discussing! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Well, I do like H scenes. VNs allow you to know the characters better and hold feelings for them, which has a pretty nice effect on the H itself. I read them for both H and the story (oftentimes separately, though.) By the way, I don't see much of a contradiction with saying that "I dislike H-scenes, but they're there for the sales" The point of the argument is that, in general, people are more likely to buy titles with H scenes than they are to buy titles without it. People saying that are making a statement about the majority of the VN-buying public, not about themselves. Whether or not the statement is correct is an entirely different matter. I know little data about it, so all that I can offer are my observations and speculation - Some VNs certainly can thrive without H-scenes. A (probably valid) argument against that is that only big-name publishers have the luxury of making said non-H VNs, though. Either way, the fact nukige tend to sell pretty well indicates that there's a pretty good interest in H scenes, at the very least.

Prob just someone's birthday,

The art is gorgeous, the story sounds like a prototypical moege, the English website is really quite nice, and I rather like what Frontwing is doing lately. Done.

I want Winged Cloud to make good games. I want any developer to make good games. Playing good games (or VN's) is my (the consumer's) ultimate objective. Regardless of their past record, this title appears to be written decently, in that it is easy to comprehend what is being said. The art seems to be the same as always, though I never understood why people like the art so much anyway, and the music also sounds good. Assuming the dungeon segments are not terrible, and by that I mean that there should be a sense of progression, then I have no reason not to buy this game. I will wait and observe for a little long- Wait, they use British spelling?! *buys*

Read the Review Here It's very different from the standard fare we usually have here, but it's really good.

thanks hitler <3

Alright. The thread has ran its course and I'll be off for now. I had to hide 15 posts while the thread was running. It's 1/3 of everything that was posted here. This thing has been super close to blowing up all the time. Taking that into account, I don't believe leaving it up is a wise choice. Because of that, I'll be closing it. Inb4 I'm Hitler. Night, everyone.

7/10 needs more ORA! bonus points if someone knows what mine is from

Well, there are two points to consider. First, the title Eustia itself is a very highly rated and popular VN. Second, it's widely considered to be August's best title, and August isn't just some run of the mill VN company, they are one of the most popular VN developers in Japan. The only thing that's missing is a smash hit anime, otherwise they would be right up there with TypeMoon and Key. If you take just Getchu as a measurement, they could be even considered THE most popular VN developer. Since 2003, they've released five individual VN titles which weren't just fan discs and every single one of them got a top five placement in the yearly Getchu Bishojo Game Awards: 2003 Tsuki wa Higashi ni Hi wa Nishi ni ~Operation Sanctuary~: 2nd Place 2005 Yoake Mae yori Ruri Iro na: 4th place 2007 Fortune Arterial: 1st place (Winner) 2010 Aiyoku no Eustia: 2nd place 2013 Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai: 1st place (Winner) The only other company that won the Getchu awards two times is TypeMoon with their two Fate titles long ago. And August's sales rankings look even more scary. The are pretty much the 'incarnation' of mass appeal in the Japanese VN scene. So they are not just a company that had a good run a decade ago *cough*Type Moon/Key/AkabeiSoft2*cough*, they are always at the top, be it 10 years ago, 5 years ago, or now. And if I would have to make a bet who'll win the Getchu awards 2016, I would make it on their upcoming title Sen no Hatou, Tsukisome no Kouki. And that's why August is 'special' and why the 'August Curse' is so infamous - they are the only VN developer with such a pedigree that don't even have a single title fully translated because almost all of their titles have a fan translation that was started, but none of them ever got finished. And what makes Eustia in particular even more special, is that it's also highly acclaimed by people who aren't really into moege but more into darker more serious stuff, since August is usually considered first and foremost a moege developer.

I don't really want the key, I just wanted to post best girl.

#BringbackChatwithAvatar

seems more like they wanna wait and see how this goes. So, remember to buy this folks, we wanna see sakura mori.

instead of translating sakura no mori or natsu no iro they decide to translate this shit not so great game

Looks cute. Though, I really oughtta play the real dungeon crawler with boobs, Dungeon Travelers 2, that's been collecting virtual dust on my Vita before getting this

EDIT: The giveaway is over. I just got my physical edition of PE in the mail today, and it comes with a steam key. I already have the digital edition, which also came with a steam key so I have no need for a second one. I will therefore be giving it away! Yaaay! Now, I don't really know if anyone are even interested in the steam version, seeing as you wont be able to see the animated boobs in it, but hey, if you do want it, just comment below. I wont make any flashy rules or anything, as those giveaways tend to just fail horribly. (Which is a shame, because those are a lot more fun ) So yeah, just leave a picture of a big tsun tsun or something. It doesn't really matter waht your comment is about, as I will decide the winner using RNG, but... Tsundere is love, tsundere is life! (A picture of a neko or a yuri picture is also very welcome It might increase your odds of winning, who knows. Fufufu ) Disclaimer: It wont actually increase your odds of winning.

Did, did I win?

Question: If you're trying to prove the viability of the H visual novel market, why are you including sale figures from the 'all age' editions? In fact, why are you demonstrating how STRONGLY the all age versions of Fate sell? EDIT: I would've thought you'd just disguise those figures, or gloss over them. It's what I would have done *shrugs*

Indeed, I have no complaints about this. Hope the translation will be good

#MakeChatDedAgain

Did somebody say tsundere?

give me the free stuff pls, tovarish derg

Well, as much as I despise your picture spam, I'm pretty sure that if you don't, you would probably go mad if you don't get to sp0m them and thus leading to the world imploding on itself

Good crossover pic.

i shall cut you if you didnt repeat it exactly 19000 times

FuwoChat's legitimately dead, discard hope Abandon god, believe in Aniki that believes on you believing on him Sieg heil \

Meanwhile I'm still waiting for my Citrus volumes... quality mail service.

I'd definitely love to make use of an app like this, linear walkthroughs are fine if all you want is the ending itself, but diagrams let you discover a route without fearing a wrong choice. I think a downloadable program is more practical in general but I wouldn't mind using a web app either.

...don't they feel a little bit cold?

Pretty sketchy stuff. That said, the internet does have a tendency to turn bungled corporate communications into conspiracy theories. I wouldn't be surprised if this all turned out to be totally legit, but just horribly bungled by one or two individuals who lack experience fronting a publicity campaign. It's certainly not always the case, but people are much more likely to simply make a mistake (and often a big one) than they are to be outright malicious. Here's to hoping this all turns out for the best and we find ourselves with a new contender in the localization game. Also, @Rooke, I'm very curious what you're watching that brought this to your attention, since Fuwa is so quiet when it comes to anything otome - I'd be delighted to find some Twitter accounts to follow to keep abreast of the news in that sphere.

Interesting, and by the way thanks Rooke (I couldn't access reddit because it was blocked by my own internet provider). About the countdown, guess we'll see if it's leading to something big (ie translation announcement) or only the translators boredom curing activity (ie nothing will announced) this Saturday I think. Either way looking forward to announcement.

OBVIOUS ALERT!!!

We'll do it one day, but its not a priority. Also, Winged Cloud likely won't give me any more keys after Sakura Santa, not that I plan on asking, and I dont plan to spend my money on anything they do.

I saw Conjueror's "5" a couple days ago and actually responded to Gare's "3" this morning; didn't know about the others. I'm assuming it's the much-hyped "secret project". Speculation seems pointless right now, though; I'll just wait patiently for Friday.

I'm pretty sure the Japanese company hired them directly and not through Mangagamer. There's also this thing that could be referring to Reading Steiner. http://ask.fm/Conjueror/answers/134625395931?utm_source=twitter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=answer_own#_=_ The last thing is that I remember Conjueror saying that the project could be announced around AX. There's a possibility that this is it and it's being announced early. Still, saying it will definitely be the secret project was ignorant on my part.

Definitely? Why? Countdown was started by Reading Steiner (with 6, maybe somebody had higher number). Number 5th was Conjueror, but 4th was by Black Winkel. What do they have to do with Conjueror+Gare? Conjueror and Gare as a team worked on Himawari and Tokyo Babel. It would be safe to say that they're working on their secret project with MangaGamer as well. And MG are doing announcements at conventions. [but here I must rebutt what I just said. I just checked and Conjueror has his 'about' on twiter written like that - " translator for MangaGamer and other places (Himawari, Tokyo Babel, ???) " MG & other. First two titles are for MG, so probably that ??? is for other place. Maybe.] Also other things I will break down mainly for myself, but maybe it will clarify something for others too, or maybe others know much more than me and will correct me, where I'm wrong: It would be safe to assume it's a assembly project(if it's a translation project at all) between Con+Gare and Steiner+BW (and others? still 2 numbers to go). Steiner has two projects on his hands right now. One smaller, and one big and demanding. He also said that "he not necessarily is translating a VN'. https://twitter.com/DistantValhalla/status/734500794473586688 Black Winkel was not active on his twitter about what he's doing recently, but he's using 'official' twitter for Lemnisca, so maybe he was working on something individually (with Steiner and or Con and Gare), and just not talking about it. People on reddit reminded that also Moogy is working on some secret vn translating project. Personally I would not connect him to Con+Gare. I'm not expecting anything big from this. But I'm naturally sceptical about probably almost everything.

They lifted character summaries and the story summary straight from a fan site without accreditation and without asking for permission. They since said they have gotten their own team to offer a unique translation, but it looks to have only been edited (and paraphrased,) and not retranslated. This example of a non-translation doesn’t bode well for a company who has never translated anything before. It makes me question whether they actually have any in-house translators, or whether they intend to use the money they raise on kickstarter (yes, they’re going to kickstart/crowdfund) to go hunting for one.

That's some epic first world problem sibling crisis shit right there, Dice.

I'd like to take my time to thank @Down for going out of his way to make this dream come true. Without him, this probably would still have happened. But I'd also like to dedicate this thread to all the people who have supported me over the years on Fuwa. Without them, this great achievement wouldn't have been possible. OriginalRun, who at the time of this thread is still dead after having fought in the Indonesian war in 1336 where he was decapitated by Somalian pirates. Your awful memes will never be forgotten. RIP in peace. @Dergonu who likes so many of my shitposts I have lost count. You're the real MVP that helps propagate my spam agenda. @Kaguya who's one of the first people I interacted with on this forum and who I formed an alliance with many times to annoy everyone else. @solidbatman because he creates the salt with which we run Fuwa every day. @Fiddle, official provider of skeleton gifs and overly verbouse posts. @Tiagofvarela who has a nice accent so he gets mentioned as well. @Tay for creating this amazing platform we all complain about daily. @Kiriririri, the only person who understands VNs without moe are all worthless. @Ceris, who's still stuck in Love Live hell and who I hope will one day recover from the trauma. @Monmon, who helped me discover my addoration for traps and realize their superiority @Nayleen @madvanced who still puts up with me in classes My mom and dad who are probably really disappointed in me. My cat and my 2 birds. Jun Maeda I would like to close off this entry in the Fuwa logs by officially declaring Fuwanovel as a Marxist state. This is now, for all intents and purpoes, our official flag: Thank you all for making the rise of the proletariat possible. I will be consulting with Kim Jong Un soon in order to decide the future of Fuwanovel. Sieg Heil-desu I hate my life.

(I'm pretty sure I had taken your 1000th or 2000th like too, not sure which one it was) (sorry I don't have dancing skeletons gifs or w/e I'm not Fiddle) (please excuse me for the shitposting)