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I'm certainly looking forward to this, whatever we choose. I haven't read any of these, and they honestly all look pretty good. Also, I just love stories about musicians. I dug up the fan TL patches for both Quartett! and Brass Restoration today, just to make sure they were still around, but I have to admit, I'm kind of hoping for either Deardrops or Kira☆Kira just since it will be much easier to get a copy of them from MG than it will be to import either of those VNs from Japan (or find a place to buy a digital copy, which seems unlikely to pan out). @Ariurotl, two notes for you: I may or may not have been interested in Deardrops in part because of seeing the guy in your avatar and thinking, "Now that looks like someone I want to read about in a VN." You dropped a ☆ there in Kira☆Kira. Here, you can borrow some of mine: ☆☆☆☆☆

As usual, I spent a lot of time thinking over this before I even considered making a decision. The original list of candidates at the end of the year (after the initial series of in-brain eliminations) is as follows: Tokyo Necro Akeiro Kaikitan Amatsutsumi Karenai Sekai to Owaru Hana (knocked Inochi no Spare out of the running) Tokyo Necro Tokyo Necro is Nitroplus's first masterpiece outside of the Science series (Steins;Gate, for those who don't know what I'm talking about) since Muramasa, all those years ago. As such, it is an obvious favorite, being the sole chuunige kamige of the year, as well as a solid story from beginning to end even without considering my personal tastes (if anything, the presence of zombies is a negative for me, normally). It is brilliantly written from start to finish, with a masterful twisting of the elements of the setting to create a fascinating variance between the paths that made for some really interesting endgame story paths. In addition, the characters themselves were awesome, acting out their roles within the story in a down and dirty way that you generally don't get in most non-rapegames. In other words, this is Nitroplus at its dark and dirty best for the first time in over half a decade. Akeiro Kaikitan Like its predecessor, Nanairo Reincarnation, Akeiro is a brilliant blend of supernatural darkness with everyday life... and with real consequences rather than the moe goofiness that defines most such mixtures in VNs. It has mystery, it has horror, it has catharsis, and it has great characters. Depending on what path you choose, the protagonist's path through life is dramatically altered, as is the fate of the heroines. This reminds me of why Nanairo won the incredibly competitive 2014 competition so easily, despite the presence of Bradyon Veda and a number of other awesome games. Amatsutsumi Amatsutsumit is a game for those who want a good cry, and it shows. It lost out to Floral Flowlove in its VN of the Month competition, but the truth is that it should have been a dual winner, when it came down to it, since they were equal in quality from beginning to end, with only the ladder-style story structure causing me to rate it somewhat lower. Seen apart from that, however, it is an ideal example of Purple Soft's evolution from a third-rate charage maker to a brilliant maker of fantasy nakige since the release of Mirai Nostalgia. Karenai Sekai to Owaru Hana This is 2016's biggest surprise, an overwhelmingly powerful nakige that doesn't bother doing much more than stabbing your heart with the plight of the characters and their travels from the depths of despair up the staircase of hope. In terms of emotional impact, I can honestly say no other VN in this year even got close, which is why Inochi no Spare got knocked off the list by this one. I'll be straight... I'm a sucker for the heroes drunk on their own heroism, and the protagonist in this one fills that bill perfectly. As such, I literally spent hours in tears playing this game. VN of the Year Announcement Those four were the final candidates when I moved to my inner-brain semi-finals, and they fought one another viciously for a place in the finals, then the golden Pocky of VN of the Year. Karenai Sekai shattered Amatsutsumi in a battle that lasted only a few moments, and Tokyo Necro and Akeiro Kaikitan fought a brutal fistfight that ended with broken bones and Tokyo Necro's heel on Akeiro's head. In the end, there came a brutal month-long battle in my back-brain between Tokyo Necro and Karenai Sekai, the two kamige blasting entire imaginary cities away in their attempts to claw out one another's guts. Again and again, they shattered swords on one another's bones and regenerated from seemingly fatal wounds in an instant. A continent sank beneath their feet, yet they continued to war with one another, even as their armies of followers drowned in the onrushing waters of the world's oceans. In the end it was a matter of overall brilliance of design as a victory over pure emotionalism that resulted in Tokyo Necro being victor over Karenai Sekai, thus becoming VN of the Year 2016. Unlike 2015, where there were few to choose from, 2016 was excellent, with numerous candidates from various genres to pick from. While I won't go so far as to say the year was awe-inspiring, it was indeed a pleasure to read the VNs listed above, as well as those below. Honorable Knockouts/Worthy of Memory Floral Flowlove Inochi no Spare Senren Banka Gin'iro, Haruka Akiyume Kukuru Ryuukishi Bloody Saga Signalist Stars Yomegami Sora no Tsukurikata Lamunation (this and Signalist were the best comedy VNs of the year) Sakura no Mori Dreamers (knocked out of the running by Akeiro Kaikitan) Soshite Hatsukoi ga Imouto ni Naru (knocked out by Floral Flowlove and Amatsutsumi for nakige candidacy) World Election Koi Suru Otome to Shugo no Tate - Bara no Seibo - (sequel, so not a candidate) Ou no Mimi ni wa Todokanai (two great games by AXL in one year...)

Porn/hentai fetishes are usually very far from real life desires. I don't see any problem in liking any kind of hentai, but defending or liking to cheat in real life (not unusual at all) is something that goes beyond my comprehension. Cheating is just a huge sign of weakness, the inability of confronting reality and relationship problems.

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Hi everyone, I've been building a library of images that you are welcome to freely use in your projects. They are all original...all my own work. I think a lot of them could be made into cool textures for games. All I ask is to be attributed as indicated on my homepage: http://soundimage.org/ The images are on my "TXR" pages. I'm adding new ones all the time, so be sure to check back often. I sincerely hope that some of them are useful. Any and all constructive feedback is welcome and always appreciated. :-) All the best, Eric

Here are your lovely nominees for the music-themed month of April. The poll will be open through the evening of March 31st PDT, at which time the selection for April will be declared and we'll all start reading. As usual, please only vote if you intend to read along with the club. Happy voting! Deardrops Kira☆Kira Quartett! Brass Restoration

I really liked the P4DAN opening as well. Might as well share this pretty cool MAD I found a while back, was surprisingly well made. Edit: Does spoil some stuff with some of the imagery. Nothing from P5 is included.

It's an awesome series. Not perfect and if you dig too deep you'll find all kinds of plot holes and stuff like that. But it's still one of the most unique and special visual novels series ever made.

I would love to try Natsu no Kusari (a game about repeated rape). I'm curious about rape and I enjoy some rape stories, they make me think. But I would never actually try it IRL even if I had the power, because it would harm the other person; that's the difference between fictional characters that you may maim and kill freely and real people. Or should we feel sorry for all the people we kill on RPG and action games?

As I mentioned in my previous post, I've simply reached a point where playing four VNs from every month's releases is now unfeasible. However, at the same time, I wish to ensure that the role I set this up for in the first place continues to be fulfilled. The Original Purpose of VN of the Month The central purpose of VN of the Month is to give people a general idea of what they can expect going into a VN that is untranslated. Is it enjoyable? Who would it be enjoyable for? What kind of genre is it a part of? Is there something that makes this VN special? The current situation I no longer have the energy to do everything I have been doing. Doing VN of the Month takes up amounts of time I'd rather be spending asleep, being social, or helping with translation projects. Moreover, I'm currently in the middle of an apparent rush season for my work, so keeping up with it has become burdensome in the extreme. However, I remember when all opinions of VNs were basically given off-hand in instant messaging and chat platforms, and no one really had any idea if a VN was any good, because of the troll voting that plagues all database sites. While there are some English language VN bloggers out there, they mostly concentrate on translated entries and titles by companies everybody is already familiar with (such as Favorite, Pulltop, Yuzusoft, Minori, etc). My solution I want to ask some of the people who regularly play new VNs on Fuwa to take some of the burden off my shoulders... in particular, I'd like to at least offload two of the charage from each month on some people so I can concentrate on VNs I have a standing interest in. Preferably, I would like four or five people to do maybe one of these VNs each every two months (accounting for other people's reading speed and time constraints). To be blunt, I have no interest in aiding and abetting another person's burnout by forcing them into handling a VN or two every month on schedule, so that is why I want the greater numbers. The issue Japanese readers are still a vast minority here, and I don't know if it is even realistic to expect anyone but me to even consider helping with something like this. I know a few people who read fairly fast, but I honestly don't want to make a request directly that is fundamentally burdensome. If you are interested, comment on this blog post and we'll work things out in a PM. Edit: Keep in mind that what I want are opinions. To be blunt, I can write up a blog post based on someone else's opinions in under ten minutes if I need to, even if they themselves are terrible at writing or organizing their thoughts. It is what I do for a living, after all. In this way, the focus will shift somewhat... because I'll be handing things over to people who have a preference for the genre they are playing. That's why I'd like to get some charage players on board. While I personally strive for as little bias as possible, the fact is that charage reviews should be geared to charage lovers, and that is something I can't provide, sadly. The same goes for mystery, sports-focused, and denpa types. I have no taste for those genres, so it is best that I leave them to someone else who does like them. Current new Members- fun2novel: Specialties are mindfuck, mystery, and chuunige. I'll be depending on him primarily for mystery VNs, which I dislike. For a start, I've asked him to take over Ouka Sabaki, since I can't bring myself to play it. He's got a decent level of experience, and he is reasonably fast.

http://eiga9.altervista.org/articulos/obscenity.html

You want to play this one first: https://vndb.org/v369. The other one is its sequel. The protagonist ends up becoming the lord of a bunch of generals (read: cute girls who fight each other) and armies (read: faceless cannon fodder).

Today they bring another update and it goes like: Prologue: 100.0% Common: 100.0% Midori: 100.0% Yukino: 0.0% Runa: 100.0% Kyou: 42.13% Maya: 0.0% Total: 58.79% No much comment other than usual fast progress there.

it says you can copy this message with ctrl + c. and the real message says: please insert disc 2. after you insert disc 2 the install will most likely continue.

Draw your own conclusion

Okay, I read a lot of manga but the one I am recently reading (Don't kill me) is Prison school. I saw the anime and I was like "Maybe I finished it through manga." crazy stuff. Any one can recommend any ROMcom manga? It's hard to find a really good one.

I highly recomend Da Capo II. Since the last Side Story of DC III is very related to it. I did the same as you, 1st played DC III and didn't regret at all DC II. DC I well... if you're really interested in the story you could give it a try.

From what little progress I've made on 3 (two routes), I'd say I prefer 2. It certainly has a better common route, if you don't mind the more generic setting. 1 is just an average to bad game all around. Real fans only. In terms of story, if you're already far into three, there might not be any real point in going backwards... Or maybe there is, I wouldn't be sure.

I just finished reading Oyasumi Punpun, and... wow. Just wow. Can't say I have had anything had any other manga affect me in such a way. I read it all in one day, and man, was it ever a ride. I'm not even sure how I am supposed to put my thoughts into words for this. It was surreal, yet so very rooted in reality. It was an unapologetic look at life and mental illnesses, that really drives a nail or ten through the heart with its relatively relatable (for me) stories. There is a lot more I would like to talk about, but I really can't get it into words right now. It was just so good, and honestly, with some time to stew on it, it is probably my number one manga of all time. Just, if you are thinking about reading it, be prepared. It has an EXTREMELY depressing atmosphere. Like, an unhealthy level of depressing.