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Okay, so here I am try to following the tradition and confused how to write this. And if you found my post awkward, I'm sorry about that. So, about my activity in Fuwanovel, I actually joined in December 2014, but I didn't post as much as right now ie only came occasionally and post if something interest me. Then, back at November made Koichoco discussion thread, and the result was quite good (Also back in VNDB it was less lively). Since then, I decided to be more active here and I decided to introduce myself back at January. And as you could see, now I'd reach 500 posts here. Okay, maybe I'd spamming a little here, but to anyone else who read this, hopefully my post here would be useful and if not, I'm sorry about that. In here, I'd met with many good member here. And so I'll try to express my thanks here to some member @Tay @Nayleen Thanks for maintaining this site. I'd several time experience when Fuwanovel was down, and both of you always try to got it fix fast (At least according from the Twitter). Also thanks to Tay for establishing VNTS, which right now is the VN Translation Progress that I follow (And made the review) right now. @Down @Kaguya @Nosebleed Thanks for being Global Moderator here (And also I'd still call you 'Elite Four of Fuwanovel', although one member was inactive right now though). Good luck being moderator here, and sorry if I bothered you in the past. Oh, and to Nosebleed thanks for continuing Dracu Riot translation. @Zenophilious Thanks for answering some of my question here. Also for moderating the thread @CeruleanGamer I knew you didn't came here lately, but I still remember you give many tips for Eiyuu Senki. Oh, and if you read this, I enjoyed Eiyuu Senki. Thanks for your Eiyuu Senki tips and some of gameplay VN, although I remember more from Eiyuu Senki though (Also, your tier list from GOLD was interesting). @Decay We already met since I was active back at VNDB. And you always give some interesting info about VN Translation, which spark my interest. So, I'd decided to follow your step by commented on VNTS (And by the way, I like your musing in VNTS). Also @Zakamutt for making VNTS, although I didn't interact with him much though. @Arcadeotic Although claimed himself to be cold, I knew you really nice guy to have around here (And quite cool I guess). Anyway, thanks for reading my VNTS Review here (Also for translating Bishoujo Mangekyou). @Dergonu Thanks for welcomed me back at my very late introduction thread, and I knew you really like yuri. Oh, and thanks for translating Tsui Yuri. @Rooke Thanks for interesting insight about VN, although I need some time to digest it. @Clephas Thanks for some of your VN Review, even if you didn't the VN itself. I'd also like to say thanks to all of new Fuwanovel member here. Looking back from 2012, I'd already take some interest in Fuwanovel, although I didn't knew I will become involving in this forum though. And by the way I think new member mean that Fuwanovel here was indeed growing, but I also understand that some old member like @OriginalRen didn't like the change though. Also, about my VNTS Review, the reason was I already like to follow Visual Novel Translation Progress since back at 2012, and I'd find it interesting that VN industry right now compared to be around 2000 or so. I think that's all for my 500th post here, and sorry if I couldn't express myself here well and bad English here. PS - I'll try to answer any question that any of Fuwanovel member ask here, as long as it's reasonable of course.

Welp. Guess the countdown is canceled?

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.

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

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I can't sympathise with this sentiment. As unfortunate as this is, this sentiment reeks of people having a soft spot for the companies that have existed so far. While we owe them an awful lot, it does not mean that this is a sustainable business model in the long term. Assuming the original VN company does a good job of localising it to English, and it becomes successful, they reap all the financial rewards from any English sales and they're more likely to localise all their future titles to English. The only ones that stand to lose from this are the companies that exist solely to localise Japanese material they didn't author in the first place. If the company creating the artwork in the first place gets the most profits from their own creation that's better for the industry at large, as it keeps them in business, and cuts out one middleman. That can only lead to more VNs and more localisation long term. I'm aware of how bad some attempts at localisation have been so far, but that doesn't mean it will always be that way. It's a learning process for them too.

Thanks everyone who thought I did a good job, since English is not my first language I was really insecure about it. I liked this game too, even with all it's problems I enjoyed it. The art really was the game most standing point, it's a shame that there are so few CGs in this game tho, I would love if there was at least one more CG for each guy, but that just me being greed, rofl. I didn't expect this game to have a good story or anything too, since I played the other Yoshiwara Game I kinda knew what I was getting myself into, and to tell you the truth even so I was really surprised by Ohgiya, aside from two characters the other three had interesting routes, imo. About the protagonist, I don't know if it was just me who had problem with her. I think because the first route I played she was really duty driven and thought a lot about what she had to do, being the daughter of a "rich" family and all, I thought she would be like that in all the routes, cause I really liked how she acted in this particular route. Maybe I exaggerated a little, but I really didn't like how she would be so selfish and kinda childish in other routes, I don't know (/●◔∀◐●)/ Maybe I shouldn't expect a good Heroine from a mobile port too. The music is my biggest problem with all these Dogenzaka Lab otome games, they get repetitive so fast and makes me want to mute the game and listen to Llamas screaming instead. If they could at least transition the tracks smoothly it would help A LOT (imo, of course). But then again, shouldn't expect too much since it's a mobile port ( ´_ゝ`) Musashi was indeed the best guy and I still doesn't understand why he doesn't have a route??? Like, if the whole purpose of the protag going to Yoshiwara was to get pregnant she could do just fine with Musashi (/●◔∀◐●)/ Guess it's something cultural about the island or something like that, I gave up trying to understand what's the deal with all the "There's no man in this island" thing. And I didn't know if it was a good idea to summarize the routes, I was thinking if I had to do that or not... So I decided to try and don't spoil anything about the game, don't know if it was the right choice or not, lol

I'm happy to report that Sayuri aka @kumayu will be joining the FuwaReviews team.

is anyone working on a Walkure Romanze translation? if not can we get some people on that it needs to get translated its such a good VN.

These guys are on a roll with yuri licenses. Great to see the manga adaptation will be available to an English audience as well. Note this manga does not tell the same story as the VN, it's about different characters in the same setting, so it's still great for fans of the original VN. The manga is done by Itou Hachi who, in my opinion, makes some of the cutest yuri stories ever. I avidly recommend checking out some of his other series like Legally Married Yuri Couple, Chiyo's Marriage, and Sayuri's Sister is an Angel. For those that don't know Seven Seas, they've licensed lots of yuri titles in the past, including the famous Girl Friends by Morinaga Milk, which I have a physical copy of and can say it's of really nice quality. Other yuri titles also recently announced by Seven Seas: Kase-san and Morning Glories (Takashima Hiromi) https://witter.com/gomanga/status/737725482200911872 Secret of the Princess (Morinaga Milk) https://twitter.com/gomanga/status/737694049465991168 I expect to see more yuri titles from them announced soon as well. They promise their yuri catalog will bloom in 2017.

Alright, just rolled for the winner. Congratz to @suikashoujo! Will send you the code in a PM. I'd love to give out more, but I just had the one. Sorry to those who didn't win. (Thanks for the pics )

Few days ago I was staying at night at work and had nothing to listen. So I started on youtube Katawa Shoujo read by some random guy... and I liked. I didn't listen to whole thing, I didn't have 20 hours, but common route and start of Emi route were really great. I must say that I enjoyed it probably even better than first time(it was my first VN, 1.5 year ago), cause I had a chance to compare Katawa to 'typical japanesse' VN, I've read since them. And Katawa really momentarily really shines at their background. No not every reread experience is bad. I also have rather poor memory and tend to forget many plot points in books/shows/movies, so sometimes even twists are surprising even when uncovered the second time. Can't wait for MuvLuv.

It's like you are still living in 2008

ABOUT SAKURA DUNGEON In this story (porn game) players (basement dwellers) will assume the role of an ancient fox spirit (with huge boobs) who awakens after several hundred years of deep sleep to find that possession of her lovingly made dungeon has been taken from her (by creatures who, also, have big boobs)! As if that wasn’t enough cause for alarm, she has also been robbed of her power (ability to keep clothing on), leaving her weak and vulnerable (to boobs). She soon discovers that it was a heroic knight who woke her from her slumber (by copping a feel... on her boobs), and after a brief fight (foreplay) and “negotiation,” (sex) the knight decides to join her (for more sex) on an adventure (of sex) to reclaim the dungeon (or her vagina, whichever comes first)! Together, they will unearth great treasures (boobies galore), reveal secrets (euphemism for vaginas) and hidden rooms (also euphemism for vaginas), and recruit monster girls (with huge tracts of land) to fight by their side (threesomes and gang bangers)...all while avoiding traps (dude looks like a lady), fighting off dangerous enemies (who have huge boobs) and bosses (oppai oppai oppai) across multiple floors, and uncovering the devious plans (new sex toys) of the new dungeon lord (who has huge boobs). One of the most important mechanics of Sakura Dungeon is the ‘capture’ ('grope') mechanic, wherein the player will be able to capture monster girls (needless to say, monster girls are endowed with huge boobs) they encounter and add them to their party (harem).

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.

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.

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*

Amesemi Tactical Card for the Campaign Map. A touch of modern on a touch of Ancient.

So I was wondering, what animes are there that because of the manga having little content, not being popular, or going into a "rest" were dropped? I would like to know which animes you are still waiting for, like an old lady whose husband went out to buy cigarettes and never came back. Or what animes do you think will leave in the future. In my case, of course, I'm still waiting for the popular ones like DanMachi. I don't know, there's something about RPG like animes that I just can't get enough of. Like GATE too. The biggest dissapointments in my case would be Beelzebub and Groove Adventure Rave. Rave was the past series of the creator of fairy tail, and I loved the anime! But it ended! Like (insert number here) years ago. It is depressing! And I don't want to hear the "manga is available" thing. I know there is manga, and its ok too, but when you start an anime and move to its manga there is something wrong about it. A feeling you get. B)

Hey girls and boys, my name is Melissa, im 15 years old and i live in Portugal, i long time ago i used to watch anime and lovely shoujos, but i do not see them anymore because my old computer broke, and now i use a computer that i cannot insert my phones because the entry is broken DDDDD: So i started to play vn's and i absolutely fell in love with them . I play some vn's around but i'm kinda tired of the same old stories, sooo i want to you botyful people to suggest me some new and exciting new visual novels that i can play or opinions that you have of previously played ones and tell me too if it is possible to download them and how, because lately i tried to install one and i almost killed my computer D: Ty onee-sans and don't be afraid to tell your opinion openly.

How do you know that its "such a good game" or " needs to get translated" before reading / being able to read it? From the boobs CGs of the game?

Starting to get more into trance.

Well, if you really want something different I'd recommend Planetarian and Narcissu, as they are both short but interesting and potentially very powerful, for better or for worse

Good writing? In translated VN? Really?

If you are looking for something similar to shoujo manga then yeah, I'd suggest otome games too.

kaze no stigma would of been amazing, had the ln author been able to finish. Also really blows that there still is no season 2 to chrome shelled regios

I spoke with you, after I replayed VLR, remember how much stupidness were there? So never try to replay it, it is even worse (imo). By me any story game would be ruined if you reread it - as you will know the grand finale and all what is between you and epic would be considered as "dragging too slow".

On Android, when you quote someone in a post, you can't then remove that quote and If you try, your entry box for that topic just kind of freezes

You called me a weirdo? How dare you, my good sir! I'll let you know that I'm a Blatt Master

Only papa Demo. For the memes.

New Update, more images and a short rin demo https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1070798205/book-of-zhu-legacy/posts/1592801

There are definitely some anime that I would break kneecaps to get continuations of. Sadly, most of the ones that I want are pretty old and probably never gonna happen. I NEED a modern remake of Legend of Basara so badly, DAMMIT! My hope isn't completely dashed though with modern adaptations of things like Parasyte and the early parts of Jojo's Bizarre Adventure, if those can happen anything can happen. The only current ones I want are Kekkai Sensen, Overlord, Prison school, and maybe No Game No Life. I hope at least one of these gets a continuation, but until then I can wait. (Until I inevitably cave and read their source material.)

Nichijou and PSG

It's from Kimi e okuru, sora no hana.

The lowest I've gotten it down to was 1.5 mil, but couldn't really manage more, since I eventually ran out of time. I relied on Heroine X and support Jack for damage, and Jeanne for protection. lol, Valmore, I could add you if you want? The pain of never getting a 5-star and sticking with it earns respect from me.

A common recommendation for translating such scenes is to take whatever you've written as an initial translation and then say it out loud it after putting something in your mouth (fingers are a common recommendation, but you do what you gotta do) and then transcribe that sound to get the same effect. That said, "shtahf" is probably what I'd end up with for "stop", and is probably going to be completely indecipherable, and that kinda matches my usual experience whenever I've tried to do this. So I tend to just leave whatever the original translator thought was best, which is typically a straightforward translation of the actual word, not some garbled phonetical transcription of the translation. I think that original recommendation is probably only good if you're transcribing, and is not a good idea if you're translating; it may work fine for the original JP transcription to do the more phonetically-correct thing, but an English reader is lacking the additional vocal clues, and therefore is going to just be confused by it. Heck, clearly the JP-savvy people here were pretty confused with the JP transcription and no vocal clues, but I bet they would have had no initial confusion if they'd heard a sound clip.

I watch DemolitionD whenever he decides to make his yearly upload. Does that count?

It's much better now. The less bright blue really does wonders and now I can actually stand it and stay long enough to read posts. However sadly I'm not completely free of any reaction in my eyes, even mow a few minutes after reading there. I wonder if that is possible to get rid of without losing the company colors. I'm not sure.

There is a very simple reason h-scenes are in most VNs... 'sex sells'. Without h-scenes, games tend to be judged a lot more harshly than they would be otherwise, at least from what I've seen. Tokyo Babel, for instance, is something of a cult classic over there, but the 'mainstream' VN-players complained rancorously about a lack of erotic content and moe fanservice. The same goes for a lot of the VNs with great stories out there that also didn't have erotic content. Just to give a refresher VN history lesson, until the last six years or so, almost all the new translated VNs were nukige, because nukige players made up almost the entirety of the market (heck, even before that, they were importing the stuff even though they couldn't understand a word that was being said). Even now, nukige-players make up about four to six in ten of all VN players, though many of them also moonlight playing 'regular' (lol) VNs. Moreover, it is a lot less costly to license a nukige than it is to license even a moege, so it is no surprise that localization companies still bring over more nukige than they do others.

10/10. Don't know what it is, or what planet its from but its fucking beautiful.

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.

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.

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

Dies Irae confirmed!!!! Or maybe not.

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