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JAST announcements: Flowers Summer and Trample on Schatten BOTH releasing on July 16th, with early copies available at AX. Togainu no Chi, Lamento, and Dramatical Murder announced for JAST Blue, their BL brand. Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi. announced. This game is really popular. Sweet Pool is coming soon, and not just "jast time soon." Work on Flowers Autumn has started (though JAST already announced their intent to translate the entire series a few years ago)

Hello, hello my fellow Fuwa'ers, My name is Hata, I've been allowed this post by Dergonu Would you like to join our visual novel community? We are a small group of German people, that had the dream of popularizing visual novels in the west, same as you do. As we are currently expanding and exceeding 300 members in discord, of which quite a lot are active daily, we are finally trying to find some people from this particular community. We are a German website called Visual-novel.info. The domain for the site is http://www.visual-novel.info and we are posting several news, trivia, reviews (fairly extensive ones) and other stuff there. Our goal thus far has been to popularize the genre in Europe and especially Germany. We are also cooperating with Sciadv sites like Kirikiribasara and Japanese publishers like Chloro (2236 A.D) and Studiopolaris.jp . Since the website is completely German and for the time being will stay German, the least of you might feel interested enough in that. I've been told it is quite readable with Google Translate though but doing that would require some dedication But since we started expanding towards the further areas namely America and Japan via our discord server https://discordapp.com/invite/gtNRnbe we grew substantially and it evolved into a very nice place for people to gather, discuss, theorize and talk about their brightest and darkest eroge fantasies without getting judged. The server is as international as it gets with [EN/GER/日本語] because we split it into three language sections which are thriving to get equally populated. We also hold discussions about the currently released games and events. You can also learn japanese from natives and capable learners for your own enjoyment and going towards mastery for your own JoP needs! If you are interested in talks about VN and Eroge or all the other games from glorious 日本 I'd be pleased if you gave us a chance and joined the server. Lastly, I also want to mention, that there are quite a few company affiliates active on the server of publishers and KS/Indie and we are always eager to sort more potential visual novel enthusiasts into the mix. This causes that the conversations don't really stay shallow, as we are very dedicated and passionate people. Also FanTLers are welcome to talk in private rooms about their stuff. I hope you'll enjoy your time at our place. (｀･ω･´)ゞ https://twitter.com/ghostryder333/status/1014613027398782977 Link to the server: https://discordapp.com/invite/gtNRnbe Social Media: http://www.twitter.com/BishoujoNEWS

Rejoice Fuwa for I have returned and I bring glorious news to help bring about the BL Revolution Announced in the very early hours of this morning JAST is officially bringing to West - DRAMAtical Murder Togainu no Chi Lamento -BEYOND THE VOID-!

My follow Yuri lovers, we finally know when Flowers 2nd part will be released! 16th of this month! Summer is already here and Flowers -Le Volume sur Été-(in english: FLOWERS -The volume of summer-) too I am really happy to read it. I didn't read any VNs in the last months and now I am really excited to read the 2nd part. Hopefully they don't delay it again >.< Source: CLICK One more good news! JAST already confirmed it, that they are working on the 3rd part -Autumn-!!! I seriously can't wait to read that part. Why? Because of:

It's not great, but usually that is the best we get, and I am thankful for these videos so that we can get a few more information than just the pure announcement without any context. Especially the Q&A sessions sometimes give a little bit of insight. Sekai Porject tried to livestream one of their panels a few conventions ago but that didn't work out. I guess it is quite a bit of extra work for them to set up a livestream, and honestly I don't know if its worth it for them, because the group of core fans that want to watch something like that is probably rather small. As for not filming the presenters, maybe it's an issue with the rights? I know that it wasn't allowed so film/photograph some of the guests at earlier conventions. But I am not really sure. And after watching the stream from the JAST Panel right at the end there was question regarding Tokyo Necro that hasn't been discussed here yet but is super relevant for me since that's one of the titles that I am looking forward to the most. So I am pretty happy that these videos exist. Info from the panel video: Regarding Tokyo Necro, there are no plans for it at the moment, because Nitroplus prefers JAST to work on one title at a time to ensure quality. That's perfectly understandable but still quite disappointing for me to hear. That's also one of the reasons for the delay in Sumaga and Django, because SoniComi and Kimi to Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi. had priority over those two titles. And if I haven't misheard or misunderstood them, Nitroplus has higher expectations for those titles than for Sumaga and Django. The other problem with Django according to their panel is that the game right now is incompatible with Windows 10 and would need some engine work from the Nitroplus side. Most likely in the form of a new (anniversary?) release from Nitroplus. (Something like the new release of Jingai Makyou last year.) So I guess Django isn't cancelled, but we should not expect a release any time soon. On the bright side they also said they expect Kanojo to Kanojo no Koi. to release before or at Anime Expo 2019 so in the next 12 months.

My aren't you optimistic.

Seriously, pickup and buy Clannad this second (and a box of tissues while you're at it). Has quite a lot of themes that will smack you in the heart. Other suggestions.... * Eden . The setting for the VN speaks for itself... * ef - a fairy tale of the two . Various relationships, which are all somehow interconnected. Packs serious emotional feels later on too... * Kono Oozora . Quite a lot more light hearted then the other picks. But you're still helping girls move forward in their lives. Has some breathtaking flight scenes. * Symphonic Rain . Interesting setting, and some plot twists.

Evenicle just got released.

JAST didn't buy the fan translation for sweet pool, and I'm pretty sure they're not buying the fan translations for these, either.

Now I get more and more excited For me the best announcement in this year! I loved the first part and imo it's a really good VN. I read most of the english VNs already but Flowers is one of my favourite now. I love all the characters and the character development is really nice. However that Cliffhanger in part 1 >.< I really want to read all 4 parts. But we have to wait a "bit" more. Yea same reason, why I am so excited to read part 3 is because of Yuzuriha. She has the best character design in this game, I mean silver/light blue Hair and her personality is awesome. My favourite girl in Flowers Before we get part 4, I will probably read all parts again

To explain exactly what makes totono special would be a huge spoiler. Which means it's the type of school life VN where major spoilers are possible. There's a lot more to it than it first seems. I wouldn't say it's much like Subahibi. If you want to compare it to another VN, I'd say Doki Doki Literature Club is a poor man's version of totono.

Played in one sitting Wolf Tails after reading a guy's comment on it being a nice, little read. It was indeed fairly short and very sweet. The art's also great.

Wow, Google Translate really does work much better with German than with Japanese. Looks like you got a cool community there. I'm not a Discord (or any IRC) user, but I support your goal in popularizing VNs!

Most importantly, the Discord server has a dedicated Venus Blood Frontier channel that's actively observed by Ninetail and used as a focus group to assess fans' reaction to new ideas. A JAST representative is active there as well, so it's fun trying to claw information out of him.

This is a very chill server with lots of cool people. You should definitely check it out!

That's Flowers Summer, and it's available at AX already and is coming out everywhere else in 11 days.

HOLY SHIT! 2025 can't come soon enough!

It's been four months since I updated this last? Huh. That's no good. Editing is now at 71.0%

No real news. They handed out the demo, then moved on without saying anything about the actual status of the translation. Panel video here btw: https://www.pscp.tv/w/1BRKjeOQApBxw It's sideways, so watch it on your phone or rotate your monitor.

Well, that was fast. A Jast USA employee responded to my post saying "That's a misunderstanding. It's still in the works." So I guess Django is not cancelled. Edit: Ninja'ed again. Someone should call some pirates and get those scurvy dogs off the forum, arrr

Ask about Sumaga while you're at it. I'm curious if that's in the same boat.

Reddit is saying that in the Q&A, Jast said Django won't be coming because it doesn't work on Windows 10. I've asked for confirmation in Jast's forum. Edit: Damn ninjas. Quit reading my mind like that, Decay. You'll go blind. That would explain why Django was stuck in 'awaiting translation' for literally years. They put it on the back burner when Win10 released. Three years ago. Did they say anything about Sumaga? That game was 70% through editing but it seems to have also completely stalled. So Django joins La Voyeur: Used Condom and Newscaster Mariko and Slave Bazaar, and one other Nitroplus title Jingai Makyou. Hopefully they won't now start denying they ever announced it (like they did to JM!)

There was actually django news at the panel! It's canceled. No, really. They said that unless Nitro+ ever releases a windows 10 version (not a guarantee), it's never happening.

99% of SP's workers are just freelance so yes he is just like the 3 other normal employees.

You mean he fixed issues that were not issues and made it even worse???

My kokoro hurts.

Japan? Sexist? Naaaaaah.