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and the 2016 winner of the longest thread title goes to Nier! still need to read one and two but i am looking forward to this.

I'm going to say this straight out... Awesome job, Alcot!!! There is a peculiar balance needed to make the perfect fantasy story-focused charage... and it has literally been years since the last time a VN has managed it. I should know, since I play everything fantasy that isn't a nukige and some that are. Alcot's formula of comedy (in particular sexual comedy and situational comedy) is pretty straightforward and easy to enjoy, going across cultural lines fairly easily. As such, it doesn't require much effort to enjoy. That provides one element of this VN that 'completes' it. Another element is the setting. Is there a solid setting? Is that setting vital to the story and utilized well to enhance it and give it life? That is definitely the case with this VN. The fantasy elements are vital to every aspect of this VN and touch upon every element of the story. I am happy to say that this VN is one of those rare fantasy VNs (non-chuuni, non-rpg) where the setting is so integral to the story as to make it inseparable. Third is the heroine paths. Are the heroine paths consistent with the setting and the story of the common route? Are none of the heroines overly favored? Is there a good balance between ichaicha, drama, and plot? I can say yes to all these questions with this VN. The heroine paths are universally solid, with none of them exceptionally favored over the others. I was seriously impressed at the creativity of the writer when dealing with the endings, since they pretty much universally deviated from the 'golden road' of charage in peculiar ways while keeping to the spirit of the genre (happy endings for beloved characters). Fourth is the characters in general. Do they fit into the story? Do the relationships between the characters feel 'alive', even if they aren't necessarily always believable from an excessively realistic point of view? For that matter, does the protagonist 'fit' into his role as the center of the story (and the heroines' affections)? Again, the answer is yes to all. While the protagonist isn't necessarily exceptional in most ways, he has many qualities that both make him attractive enough to make the romance portions feel real, as well as the roundness to justify such a protagonist-centric story. What this all comes down to is that this VN is fairly close to a perfect example of the best of the sub-genre, as well as being an example of why I still play charage, even though most of them are crap hiding the gems. For people who like a strong element of fantasy in their charage, as well as a strong plot for both the characters and the game in general, this is an excellent choice. For those who prefer to avoid seriousness and stress at all costs, it might be a too much though. Also... SPOILERS BELOW

Let me put down a few clarifying points regarding this blog. I kind of felt that I had to write down my feelings about VNs I read somewhere, and this seems to be a nice place for the same. I also drew much of my inspiration from Clephas, who is my guru when it comes to VNs (I proclaim this myself). 0. This blog is NOT a review or what-to-read-next-recommendations site. This is only about the VNs I read and want to write about. Besides, I have got nowhere enough experience to be doing that. Clephas VN home is the place I recommend you go for the same. The only ones I can recommend are the ones I enjoyed reading, regardless of their flaws or things like that. 2. I don't read a lot of VNs in a short period. While I enjoy reading VNs a lot, it is impossible for me to read several VNs in a short span of time, simply because my speed is not enough. 3. My thoughts WILL be biased towards heroines I find more likeable. This is also part of the reason why my posts won't count as "reviews". They won't be unbiased. I will tend to gush more about heroine routes I liked, rather than trying to judge them from an objective viewpoint. 4. You may or may not like what I like. This goes without saying, but I had to make it clear. Each person has their own way of thinking and expectations from VNs. That being said... I'll dive in.

Hi guys x3 My name is Lucy and i'm new here, will try to be regularly on the forums and on the chat, please take care of me ^^

as someone who was never a BIG fan of tsunderes, i'll give you a 7, just because she's cute and all

@Novel21 Huh, I haven't played it, though I have heard of it. I'm currently playing Togainu no Chi [ saw the anime when I was younger, didn't even realize it was an N+C game until last week! ]. The art style of Break Chance looks interesting, and the plot sounds pretty damned good, too. T____T we're debating on rethinking our core plot with the Company and everything since it's been done so much. But seeing as how it's kind of just the glue that holds each character's story together, it's proving a bit tricky. The main 'element' in our game I guess are the Voidwalkers and the Boundary breaking down. How does the time traveling thing work in BCM, out of curiosity?

I have played many Yaoi games my favorite are this game https://vndb.org/v8195 It's very cool game to play

@Firemonk Oh that's awesome. What's your game called? And yeah, if we do it as an expansion, they'd pay extra. But it would mean we'd have to draw twice the number of CGs, make a whole new character model...the work would definitely be worth it though since it would expand our market two- or three-fold.

@ZodiaX yea it does I would include it but make it something you have to buy/ pay extra for not only would that make it appeal to the male side of the situation but you double your profits, I mean look at me I've made 14,063 EUR in a couple of days, which if I did the math right is exactly 15,000 USD just throwing that's out there

@Firemonk Heh I think so. We've been considering giving the player an option to play as a male or a female, but that would mean twice the amount of work. Maybe as an expansion or something. My personal preferences aside, yaoi works have a pretty big community and following.

Yeah agreed! I know Steam recently released an 18+ game so I'm HOPING they can Greenlight it when the time comes around for its release. I just wonder, since they say the content is pretty mature, if Steam would actively release something like that. I really, reallyyyyy hope so, though! ಥ ◡ ಥ Also omg look how cute this guy is!! I adore the 'best-friend' love interests, and this guy looks super fun and quirky. Guaaahhh I hope they reveal more character designs soon. ❤❤

Source: Your ass

@Nobody~~ nope too hard I'd rather solve the meaning of life before that

Why stop at twins? Have some quintuplets https://vndb.org/v18147

Thank you again, will ship us togeth- Will talk to you later! <3

Shippai better start creating another account

Day 2: I'm giving the mods some trouble, they'll never suspect it was me.

9.5/10 Shiina is so awesome. (totally biased here)

Shippai I forgot!!!

Yea welcome, once you get around some of the assholes of this community, it's a rather friendly rather non hostile community, I've made my mark as the rather impolite joker with an anger issue... at least I think so.... All of my posts are translated from my native language, Dutch so if I say things weird that's probably why , but enough of my bullshit ranting, good luck in putting a dent in this community, make them remember your name for generations to come, so when it's time to leave they will remember the name... nobody... lol I had too

everything you guys have bought is overrated. NO IM NOT JEALOUS!

yeah more boring VNs just what we need

well , you surprised me dude x) your sentence is not wrong gramatically or syntax wise , but it's more " faux ,je ne savais pas qu'il existait avant de faire / jusque a ce que je fasse des recherches " "regarde" in this context is wrong ,it mean "look at him " and not "look for him " and nope , i never had sexual intercourse with VR. next person never had sexual intercourse

Nikola Tesla from Ourai no Gahkthun is by far my favorite VN male character lead. He's exactly what I'd want from the stoic/badass character archetype with some witty sarcasm I can appreciate and he's just exhuding charm. Another good male lead would be Akihito from Comyu, who I very much love for how much more down-to-earth he is in comparison to most chuunige protagonists. Now, I've never really cared for anime protagonists unless they're adapted from certain Light Novels or Manga, but I must say that my favorite Light Novel protagonists have to be Ainz Ooal Gown/Momonga from Overlord, and Dantalion from Dungeon Defence. They both share the similarity of being somewhat of normal persons coming from our normal world to a fantasy-setting, though Dantalion's circumstances are a bit different. They're both different than the norm in a way that they just don't even want to go back since they don't have anything special to go back to. The two are also warped in their mindset, though in Ainz's case, it's because of the transformation, but Dantalion was just warped before he came to the new world. They're both intelligent and are that what you'd call "rulers". The way they drive their own goals above all else is quite interesting and entertaining to read. They're both also pretty sadistic and ruthless to everyone, who's not on their side, but show a degree of manners before all of that, which I do enjoy to a immense degree. They're both exceptionally fleshed out characters, and their mindsets, goals, and means of achieving said goals differentiate quited a lot from the norm, and overall, it's quite refreshing to see and read that. They're fantastic

I've played more VNs than many, but not nearly "hundreds". And being restricted to English VNs, means many of the ones I have played are from the dark days of official localizations, when mainly crap yarugee was being localized. Ones that stick out particularly: - Yuka from Crescendo. (I swear, I was going to pick her before I saw two other people in this thread do it. I was into her before she was popular, god damn it! ) - Sora from Ever 17. - Sari from Nocturnal Illusion. (Big surprise, I named someone from a game I liked enough to work on.) She's probably the most memorable of the game's cast, for reasons I won't elaborate on (the game's so old that so few who have played it are still fans that it's come back around to spoiler territory!) - Sei from Koihime Musou. Pretty much everything she does is memorable, and half of it is completely hilarious.

Well, long time no content here, eh. So, uhh, I started writing a diary when I poop. But it’s in bad Fapanese. I have some faint hope that seeing my amusing stumbles might inspire you to practice writing in Japanese. Yes, you over there in my target audience of maybe one person. The actual content of this entry is unlikely to inspire anyone, so it’s all the better that nobody will understand it anyway. For authenticity (and hopefully showing that it’s ok to mess up a bit or something) I have preserved all the grammatical and kanji errors I made, noting what I spotted reading through it again below. １１月２４日 ２８日が近づつつ[1]、メールをまた書かなかった。ウェルフェーアのことも準備はなかった。正直に・・・この一月[2]は、リアルに対してゴミにしただけ。バーチュアルはもっと良かったけど、この生活はどうだろう？変化は難しいのはよく分かるでも、このゆっくり過ぎ流れは誰にも良くない。 まあ、ウェルフェア[3]限り[4]は今日するつもりにして・・・かもしれない。 ・・・その適当すぎな感請[5]がきらい。でもそれ以上は出来ない。 いやでも、悪いでも、恥ずかしいでも、それは私の本当の気持ち。 それ以上の方には、負けの機会[6]っが沢山ある。 。。。また明日、うんこするなら。ってその終え方下手すぎ！ごめんなさい、みんな。 Fuckups [1] I’m not even sure if the つつ grammar is any good here, but I made a more fundamental error. つつ needs to be attached to the actual stem of the verb in question (here 近づく), rather than what you get when I use ichidan verb rules on godan verbs. tl;dr this should be 近づきつつ. [2] While 一月 apparently can mean “one month”, it also means “January”. What I meant to write was 一ヶ月. [3] Pls decide if you want a chouon or not in the word you katakana’d because you don’t know the fapanese one, zaka. [4] I wrote this kanji wrong, using 良 as the right side. [5]感請 should be 感情 here. [6] I wrote 機 without the tree on the left and kinda wrong in general. I have recreated my failure in paint for you to enjoy. 準備のことはまだ、でも今すぐやるつもりです。メーレは・・・まぁ。 View the full article

40.2%! (Let's hope Sekai doesn't buy this one out too.)

In the anime, he's full of personality and I find him really likeable, but in the VN, since the player is making all the decisions and since you hardly see his face, he comes off as not having much of a personality, at least to me. I can appreciate most any protagonist with a sprite. If they don't get a sprite, I generally don't think of them much at all. Akihito from Comyu and Gii from Sekien no Inganock were both interesting to me, but probably largely because they had sprites (even though Akihito's wasn't used all the time, by a long shot). I also rather like Daijuuji Kurou from Demonbane... can't remember if he gets a sprite or not (I don't think he does), but they're not shy about showing him in CGs, at least, which is almost as good. When they make the protag faceless even in CGs, I can't help but roll my eyes.

Tomoya from Clannad, because he's basically just me. I generally like most male characters in Overdrive games (excluding Edelweiss, because it's the male version of Ikikoi). Lastly, the protagonist from Ayakashibito is easily one of the most believable characters I've ever come across. After finishing the VN, I felt like I had known him for years and wouldn't be surprised if he suddenly appeared on my doorstep.

I really, really want to read Sayonara wo Oshiete. The art looks beautiful, especially for its time, and it's story and themes sound right up my alley. In a similar vein, I would love to read Iwaihime and Fairytail Requiem. I love both 07th and Liarsoft. I already know that Ryukishi is good at that sort of thing and I would absolutely love to read a horror from Liarsoft, which might be my favorite VN producer.

Faux, je ne savais pas qui il était jusqu'à ce que je le regarde ... next person has had sexual intercourse with a coffee mug..... what only me?........just kidding.... yea.... kidding... (sorry my French is a little hazy if it's not completely correct I am sorry.... I'm Dutch not French)

Okabe Rintarou for non-romantic reasons since i'm not related in any way to that idiotic baka. Makoto Naegi from Danganronpa because...he's a better Subaru than Subaru. The protag from Comyu actually, i like to hate him, but his character is quite interesting.

So, I actually read the first few hours of this. It dumps you in right after the events of the first game without explaining anything to you or bothering to introduce the existing characters. And everything that's happening is motivated by or directly related to the events of the first game. Terms like "SERN Rounder" are thrown around and you're expected to know their significance. The only explanations offered are the brief snippets from the in-game encyclopedia which are entirely inadequate for anything other than reminding forgetful fans of the first game. Basically, if you go into S;G0 without playing the first game, you will be completely and utterly baffled by the first few hours. Perhaps as things go on you'll be able to get a handle on what happened in the past and what's happening in the current story, but it's something you'll have to work at piecing together. And it's also something that will hamper your enjoyment of S;G0, while completely spoiling the first game in the process. Again, though, I don't think this is necessarily a negative. On the contrary, often times sequels that try to be new-player-friendly end up losing something by loosening their connection to their predecessors. I think such a strong connection to the previous game can actually be seen as a positive. And for a game review, I don't think something like "a translator giving incorrect information on a message board" should be a factor, but that's more due to my personal review philosophy of trying to review games on their own merits, not taking such outside factors into account.

For me, it really depends on the game and how much I care about the characters' relationships (or, if it's based on self-insert, how much I am attracted to that character). Often, by investment in a given relationship is connected to how it is executed and how it ties into the story. Ever17 had four routes that had romance, and I only cared for the romance in Sora's route, for example- It had some really intriguing themes and executed them in a poignant and thought-provoking way. It was my favorite love story in VNs for a long time. Sora was also beautiful. Two certain characters in Fata Morgana, however, have surpassed Sora and Takeshi's relationship for me. These two characters have an incredibly fleshed out and nuanced relationship that develops in a truly heartfelt way, and ultimately, you end up cheering for the two of them. Will not say much more, but that is half the reason this VN is my VNOTY, GOTY, and in my top 5 VNs. (From a literary perspective, it's only matched by Umineko.) Grisaia's romances in comparison, for example, did nothing for me because pretty much none of the girls clicked with me -nor did their routes except one particular flashback- and it was a banal story if you ask me. Same goes for any sort of romance in Muv-Luv.

Define "pants" - the British use "pants" as Americans use "underwear" and they use "trousers" as we do "pants." So I'll put false and let that sink in. Next person is now traumatized for life.

Welcome, and nice nickname there I suppose. Asf for ef, I knew that it was somr kind of VN which had very good graphic there and romance. Hope you enjoy yourself here and looking forward to your participation here then. Oh, and if you need some VN Reccomendations here just ask us.

Welcome to the community!! Hope you find what you need

I hated Cross+Channel because it felt like a damned endless loop that went nowhere until I cheated and read a walkthrough.

Welcome! Please enjoy your stay.

hello and welcome to the forums! shiina is great. great belief. anyway, hope you like it here and have a great time!

Just bought my first Japanese physical manga. Browsed the fairly limited Japanese section of the comic book store nearby, and decided to go with Akame ga Kill #1. I already own a decent amount of unTLed digital manga, but there is something special about holding the first physical one. It's a pretty great feeling

Oh that game, I have played little bit of it but I didn't enjoy it very much. I really hope ZodiaX Get on Steam in near future, since I would really like to play that VN

Updated first post with Alpha's finished sprite!

Look what I got

ok so phersu asked me for some recommendations for manga involving a yandere, so i made a list and i figured since i spent the time to make a list id post it here as well , if you find some you didn't know of and like im glad i helped out and spread the deep love that is the yandere fandom, if there are any good ones besides mirai nikki (everyone knows that one) please feel free to post and let me know. Abnormal-kei Joshi - (many people like to say a yandere harem is not possible iv argued against that opinnion many times and here is a manga that shows to a degree how it can work) https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=78305 Aigan Ningyou to Kako ni Torawareta Kanojo - https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=67700 (very NSFW!, HENTAI) Domina no Do! - https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=29266 (also NSFW, though less H then ecchi, kind of a bdsm, light yandere romcom, pretty funny) Double Image Kafka - (hentai again NSFW!, comedy about a eroge player, involves yandere and its 6 issues long, its pretty decent) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=67833 Onii-chan Control - (dual bro/siscon romcom/drama with a yandere imouto not hentai but still NSFW ) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=42379 Paperweight Eye - (psychological dramaand romance with a male yandere, and female yandere) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=63161 Re:Birth - The Lunatic Taker - (exelent action with romance undertone staring one of the hottest yandere around, makes yuno look derp!) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=44570 Please, Hold Me - (yet another hentai, NSFW!) https://www.mangaupd....html?id=102334 Saitama Chainsaw Shoujo - (a short 6 chapter manga with a female yandere , non H , lots of violence and pscholigical drama) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=31393 Sai:Taker - Futari no Artemis - (this is the sequal of re;birth lunatic taker, its still being released, but the chapters come out very slow and sporadicly ) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=74424 Shinigami-sama to 4-nin no Kanojo - (good harem romcom with a yandere included, still being released and only 17 chapters in but its very enjoyable) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=98567 Akarui Sekai Keikaku - (harem romcom, psychological drama and action manga a lil NSFW!, nudity and ecchi abound) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=86800 Ane Control - (very very! NSFW!, hentai and on the darker side at that)https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=64933 Choko Yori Amai Nichijou - ( older sister yandere, hentai NSFW!)https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=41459 Fukashigi Philia - (not strictly a yandere story but does contain psychotic characters and great yandere like art) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=66889 Ibitsu - ( i can not recommend this one enough, the yandere is fantastic, the art is amazing the story is above average and done extremley well) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=48080 Karakasa no Saien - (supernatural romcom with a fun yandere, very funny wish it was a lil longer, also the art is nice.) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=22145 Koharu no Hibi - (yandere and moe combine for a fun and light-hearted romantic comedy with a yandere and a realistic look at what a mildly obbsessive yandere will do for the one they love)https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=40603 Mahou Ineko to Ibarahime - (one shot yuri yandere) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=31792 Nejimaki Mano-san - (realistic male yandere shoujo manga, very well done )https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=71028 Ningyo ga Fuchi - (shoujo romance one shot pretty dark and depressing)https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=68536 Tsukasa Blog &Tsukasa Valentine Dream - (yandere imouto this time its a full on hentai NSFW!, ) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=28715 https://www.mangaupdates.com/series.html?id=28716 Usotsuki Mi-kun to Kowareta Ma-chan - Totteoki no Uso - (5 chapter novel adaption about a boy and a girl, serial killings, yandere, and more, pretty deep, psychological drama and romance and some action) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=56523 Mousugu Shinu Hito (HARUSE Hiroki) - (action, drama, romance, psychological and yandere, very good series still running and releasing but doing so at a decent rate)https://www.mangaupd....html?id=100868 Uwakoi - (romcom borderline hentai, NSFW!, involves a nice yandere, lots of sexual situations, the protag is a bit of a douche but otherwise its very good, series is coming to a end soon and is at issue 22 at the moment) https://www.mangaupd...s.html?id=69690

The only reason to play VNs is for lonely people to gain a fake interaction with people after their cruelty have driven away all real people from even speaking to them.