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Back in the cavemen days, rocks and sticks also never had any kind of failure. They always did what rocks and sticks were supposed to do. But I think we're all better off now.

It's... It's back! It works! My eyes no longer suffer as they go from a completely black theme to other, regular sites! The glorious, fabulous pink is back at last! Thank you, o glorious leader!

Hey everybody, The theme on which FuwaFabulous is based finally got an update (came out this past weekend) and I finally found the time to tinker around and get it up and running. The theme is supposed to better handle mobile clients, so please let me know what bugs/features/problems/nice changes you find! How to Change Themes: Scroll to the bottom of the page and click the drop-down menu "Themes". It's usually at the bottom-left of the page. Thanks!

First, a little background for those who didn't read my previous posts on the subject. I'm one of those rare souls who read Aiyoku no Eustia, by this same company, and came to hate it in the end. I have reasons... even good ones. The biggest one is that the side-heroines' endings make no sense in the context of the story as a whole. This isn't a joke and it isn't something that can actually be denied by anyone who finished the main path (Eustia's). This is actually the thing I despise most about the 'ladder-type' story progression seen in this and G-senjou. The inconsistencies in the setting and plot as a whole bother me, precisely because those side-heroines almost always seem to be more interesting than the main ones (this seems to apply to almost all VNs that utilize this story structure, for whatever reason). This is not so much an excuse for how I feel about this VN as an excuse of why I temporarily abandoned playing it. I got so stressed out when I found out it used this story structure that it took me seventeen days to get back to it. Sen no Hatou is August's second chuunige. In some ways, it echoes Eustia's flaws while escaping others. The thing that both VNs share is a massive hole in the setting (again, anyone who plays the main path of either game is going to run across that hole). However, on the bright side, Akari makes for a far better true heroine than Eustia. Eustia was a weak-willed, weak-spirited, and overall weak heroine in every possible way. Akari, despite being politically naive (sorry, but no matter how you look at it, she is that), is a far stronger spirit and she grows a lot more during the story than Eustia does, which shows that August at least learned something from us hecklers' complaints, lol. I did play the secondary heroines' paths, and they generally had interesting endings... that just aren't possible when you consider the elephant in the room waiting beyond the door to the true path. Considering the nature of said elephant, there is no way any of those endings could have turned out that way, logically speaking. The common route has its ups and downs, with plenty of blood shed for the 'hungry' ones such as myself. If I have a complaint about this aspect, it is the relatively low number of combat CGs (considering August's investment in artwork, you'd think they would have included more than there were...), but the clever usage of the sprites made up for a lot of that. The protagonist, being your classic stone-faced samurai by nature, tends to bear a distinct resemblance to numerous other 'donkan' protagonists, but, considering his origins, this isn't surprising. For those looking for slice-of-life or comedy, this VN won't be a winner in your eyes. August went completely for the 'serious storytelling' bug, so no scene is wasted and everything is focused on progressing the story. From my point of view, this is a plus, but for people who have fond memories of more 'peaceful' works by this company, such as Fortune Arterial or Hitsujikai, this would probably be a disappointing aspect. There are some really great moments in this VN... but as an addict of chuunige and fantasy-action VNs in general, it was a bit too obvious when it started stealing from Chuusingura and Hachimyoujin (yes, by Masada). While stealing stylistic approaches and setting concepts is common in chuunige, those moments were definitely 'ah, I've seen that before' moments for me, and since August's team just doesn't have the flair for this that Light and the makers of Chuusingura do... Some of my complaints about the setting from my previous - raving - post and certain pms were eased by things revealed during the progress of the story (the elephant mentioned above helped with that). As such, you can disregard most of that rave, save where it concerns the annoyances of this story structure. As story-focused VNs go, this VN does manage to move the emotions and there are moments where it is exciting, but when I compare it with other VNs with similar themes and concepts, it tends to lose out on the details and in terms of impact. It is definitely above 'common' chuunige like ExE by Yuzu Soft, but I can't really classify it as being in the same league as works by Nitroplus, Type-moon, or Light. I did think the way they ended it was a bit cheap (I sighed in resignation there, since I was hoping to be allowed to cry for an hour after the end based on what was happening up to that moment), though. The addition of extensive after-stories in the extras section is a huge plus and a familiar one for those who read Eustia. In the end, I enjoyed this VN, and it was an interesting one to play. However, if you were to ask me whether it would remain in my heart forever, I'd have to say no. PS: For those who love Eustia, understand that I consider this VN an improvement in some ways, but in terms of the raw setting, Eustia was about equally as interesting. The biggest improvement, to me, was the decision to use a true heroine who doesn't grate on my nerves by the end (in opposition, Tia drove me insane every time she came on the scene, and I hated the way Kaim acted in her path).

Greetings friend, enjoy your fresh start

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I should point out that the one constantly working, usable, specimen of magnificence has been Rooke’s Awesome Default Theme. Every other theme has had problems ... Just sayin’.

Persona 4 Golden. It sucked me in. Buying a VITA was an enjoyable mistake.

Over two years. wow. a lot has changed in that time. torrents were still a thing and little hanako was peeking her pretty head out while grasping a heart on this page. i originally started here to thank someone for a completely forgettable vn he had posted on here and to post some vns myself. Maman Kyoushitsu ~Mirai no H na Obenkyou~ was my first. cant remember my second. mightve been the sort of expanded da capo vn with new routes and an easier way to know if youre picking the girl you want to hang out with. whoops, getting off topic here. god, does anyone remember when fuwa looked like this? or was even here when it looked like this? for some reason this is the image saved on my tabs in firefox. XD i dont know why but i love that it is. <3 Hanako. <3 you know, i dont know why i stayed after torrents were gone. i think i started to get in a discussion on the princess evangile thread and it just kept going. met some friends along the way, got to know people. it was fun. im glad i did though. i care deeply about this community despite my inactivity here. i dont really know what else to add so ill get started with the mentioning. @Funyarinpa the very first person to message me to ask about a vn. @Dergonu my absolute best friend here who i cherish dearly. @DarkZedge someone who i will always care deeply about, no matter what. <3 @TexasDice who i chatted nonstop on the princess evangile thread. i know we havent talked much lately but i still havent forgotten about you. @Eclipsed same with eclipsed. man those were some fun times. @CeruleanGamer who invited me into her secret cult. i mean... @VirginSmasher who accepted me into his secret cult. i mean... ... im really bad at this. @Deep Blue a pretty great guy. best of luck to you in uni deepy. @Forgetful Frank i miss you so much man. please come back soon. @Kawasumi my partner in crime in traps. TRAPS FOR LIFE! @Flutterz the lovable moe lover... who also likes traps. TRAPS FOR LIFE! @Kaguya a reasonable and kind hearted moderator. keep up the great work kaguya! @Asonn the lovable loli lover. you keep living that dream buddy. @AaronIsCrunchy who ive known recently and is a pretty great guy. @Ashbell the centaur addict. @Aizen-Sama for giving me a chance and starting a really great team. lotsa love man. no gay stuff... well, i mean, unless you... @Kiriririri youre something else kiririririririri. keep it up. @Hanako the great yuri lover. YES! THERE ARE OTHERS BESIDE DERGY! NO ONE IS SAFE! @Tay for helping fuwa be the way it is. thank you very much. and of course, last and certainly not least, my goshuin-sama who i can never say his name now. thank you for accepting me and my weirdness. i think thats everyone. if i missed someone, i apologize. welp, ask me anything, derp out, i dont care. just have fun. love ya. <3

0/5 veri baddo

You have missed yet another opportunity to rename the theme to Fuwabulous

That's a bug I have always had with fuwa fabulous. It will never save your settings, so every time you close and relaunch your browser or visit on a different browser, you will have to select your colors again. It's an old bug that has gone at least a year without being fixed so far so it will probably never be fixed.

@Tay I seem to be having an issue with the theme where the color settings get reset constantly. I don't know if it's because I use multiple devices, but the color gets changed to the default green whenever I visit fuwa again on either my PC, my phone or my tablet, despite setting it to pink on every one of them.

Despite playing more VNs than before, I've mostly stopped posting my impressions since then. There is the fact that finishing an untranslated VN doesn't feel like an accomplishment worth celebrating anymore, however there are mainly two reasons: 1) My impressions of the VN are too personal to be worth mentioning. "I loved that aspect of the game, but I'm sure most people wouldn't care", "I hated it, but I'm sure most people wouldn't mind". あと、単に恥ずかしい。 2) The game left such a bad impression that I prefer to forget about it asap. I think it's a healthy attitude to help one get through the regular disappointments on one's VN world exploration journey. This time, I played Aiyoku no Eustia, and simply put - I didn't like it much. However, I wanted to discuss the issues I have with the characters of the story. Starting with Caim, specifically. I'm sick of his tough guy attitude. He's not such a bad protagonist, he doesn't find himself at a loss for words every time someone makes a seemingly sound argument, he's capable in a fight - there's that. But He also has less face than the protagonist of Fortune Arterial, which was nowhere near as plot-focused, and chronologically came before Eustia. Moving on to Irene. I can't tell if August made an awful heroine by accident or was intentionally making fun of religious people with this one. Finally, something that concerns pretty much the whole cast. Basically, they're too Japanese, despite the setting. 1) Gladly accepting whatever unreasonable burdens other people push onto you. Letting others set your direction in life as if it's the most natural thing ever. Applies the most to Eris, Irene, Eustia. 2) Pride. Caim loves to lecture Fione, Irene and Licia about how spoiled they are, bringing up the miserable state of things in Rougoku, yet he and other characters, who are in a much direr financial situation, stubbornly refuse to accept easy money, insisting on earning it instead. I'm sure those prostitutes love their job and wouldn't jump at shortcuts to leaving the brothel. 3) 恩返し (returning the favor). This is related to #1, but specifically involves wasting your life away for no good reason, in a way that won't benefit anyone. Oh my, I'm really negative about the culture, aren't I? Then again, the VN is written by the Japanese for the Japanese, so it's understandable. I apologize for only touching upon the negative points and making it sound like it's the worst thing ever. It's not. I quite enjoyed the early parts of the game, as well as some specific things later in the story - and thanks to the complete absence of slice-of-life outside of non-Eustia heroine endings and side stories it was an exciting read all the way. Fione was decent, Licia was good and is my favorite character in this game. This post isn't intended as a review and is more of an outlet. Whether you agree or disagree with my impressions, I'd be glad to get some feedback. P.S. Listening to "Roots" was what kept me in the mood while writing up this post.

Finished B in I/O, ermahgawd i'm actually making progress faster than i anticipated Overall a bit more enjoyable than A, the camaraderie between the members of Criminal was refreshing after having to put up with boring ol' qq-er Hinata, and I liked how every bad end resulted from you not picking the obvious 'power of friendship conquers all!@#' choices The code backwards thing was l0l, i would've never noticed that Fk Enlil, Ishtar shall have her revenge!@# Yumi > Sami ~~ Also somehow just breezed through C cuz I started it up while typing this post but then got hooked, First impression: Oh look, it's Ishtar again, but she seems a bit different, maybe she's the onee-sama to Route B's Ishtar y'know, twin style, or maybe she's just hardened/broken after the events of B, or- Queue the selective amnesia and the future -> past quantum mechanics schrodingers cat virtual reality shadow null BS, and I'll admit that things did feel a bit annoyingly convoluted at times. Did create an irresistible hook though- i just had to know what wtf going on HE's identity was obvious as fuh, like idk if they wanted it to be a mystery or anything, but i was just screaming at my Tabby the whole time so when I finally see His face I'm just like Enlil's a girl. Oh noes. It was obvious since Route A, but baka Hinata is as unreliable narrator as can get apparently. Ending revelation was good, wow'ed me, though they kind of spoiled it early on with the ~~ I'm guessing D will fill in the horrific blanks C left with its fragmented narrative and then continue where C left off, but I'm tired tho so gnite Btw Yumi >>> Sami

Welcome back to the forums! Hope you're enjoying your stay! I think I recognize you... I might be wrong though. Have a moe:

Not to jump to conclusions or anything, but that sounds kind of like you didn't buy the game. You know, if you think the game is a masterpiece, it's probably worth dropping a few bucks to give the developers some cash. If you're anything like me, you want the spinoffs to come out, right?

Welcome back!

Is going to be pretty hard to find an artist willing to work for free, specially if you can't show them the script. Try to write a bit first so you have something to show. Good luck anyway!

0/10 literally hitler

Ultimate Boob Wars. You get exactly what you're asking for and some more. I have absolutely nothing bad to say about it.

Tay. Just what do you think you're doing, Tay. We really think we're entitled to an answer to that question.

Thank you both so much! AE got them out really quick! I hope to start translating soon!