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Hey guys, for the past couple of years, I've been using VNDB to keep track of what I've read but recently I've created a spreadsheet for everything I read, watch & play and now I'm wondering if anyone has done anything similar. For Visual Novels I have two different sheets that I use (all contained in one master sheet), one contains games that I've read and the other that I plan to read. The sheet for games that I've read contains the following cells: Title | Routes Completed | Status | Rating | Date Started | Date Last Played | Time Invested | Notes I use date last played instead of date finished just in case I don't finish the game. And the sheet for ones that I plan to read contains these cells: Title | Planned Release | Quick Search The quick search cell contains an auto-generated link based on the first cell that searches my favourite torrent site for the title. The sheet originally took me a while to set up but now that it finished it only takes me seconds to update it with new games as I play them. So what about you guy/girls? do any of you a spreadsheet or something similar to keep track of what your reading?

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Sekai Project VN Start of Kickstarter Estimated delivery Actual delivery World End Economica June 2014 May 2015 Not yet delivered Clannad November 11th 2014 October 2015 March 2016 Grisaia Trilogy December 2014 October 2015 April 2018 Memory’s Dogma June 2015 December 2016 Part 1 of 3 delivered August 2020 The Human Reignition Project June 2015 December 2016 Not yet delivered Narcissu 10th Anniversary Anthology Project October 2015 April 2016 Not yet delivered Root Double January 2016 March 2016 November 2016 Chrono Clock August 2016 April 2017 Not yet delivered A Clockwork Ley-Line Febuary 2017 January 2018 Not yet delivered Fatal Twelve March 2017 January 2018 November 2018 Hoshizora No Memoria May 2017 September 2018 Not yet delivered Shining Song Starnova August 2017 August 2018 June 2019 A light in the Dark February 2018 June 2018 July 2019 Tokyo Chronos July 2018 April 2019 October 2020 Frontwing VN Start of Kickstarter Estimated delivery Actual delivery Corona Blossom vol 1 June 2016 October 2016 July 2019 Corona Blossom vol 2 September 2016 December 2016 July 2019 Sharin no Kuni November 2016 October 2017 Not yet delivered Corona Blossom vol 3 December 2016 March 2017 July 2019 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Volume 1 and 2 March 2017 June 2017 March 2019 Grisaia Complete box March 2017 Q4 2017 Febuary 2019 Grisaia Phantom Trigger Volume 3 June 2017 September 2017 Not yet delivered Wonderful Everyday August 2017 January 2018 Not yet delivered Grisaia Phantom Trigger Volume 4 November 2017 April 2018 Not yet delivered Momoiro Closet Febuary 2018 July 2018 Not yet delivered Grisaia Phantom Trigger Volume 5 June 2018 October 2018 Not yet delivered Island August 2018 December 2018 Not yet delivered Sol Press VN Start of Kickstarter Estimated delivery Actual delivery Sakura Sakura August 2017 December 2017 Not yet delivered Newton and the Apple Tree December 2017 May 2018 Not yet delivered Irotoridori no Sekai Febuary 2019 December 2021 Not yet delivered Others VN Start of Kickstarter Estimated delivery Actual delivery Muv-Luv September 2015 September 2016 July 2018 Libra of the Vampire Princess December 2015 November 2016 May 2017 Dies Irae December 2016 May 2017 April 2018 Koropokkur March 2018 September 2018 October 2018 Venusblood Frontier September 2018 December 2019 December 2019 Seven Days September 2018 January 2019 Desember 2019 Aokana June 2019 December 2019 September 2020

Yeah, I guess these are all the things that summed up in my mind as this game's "wholesomeness". There's also something to appreciate with how the heroines behave (at least the classmates, the principal route has a very different dynamic for obvious reasons), quickly noticing something's off but respecting protagonist's privacy, at worst pushing him a bit to come clean. This really is such a weird game for Dharker, of all people, to make. The sequel also has a little bit of these qualities, but damn, that game is just wasted potential incarnate. Great concept, characters, art... And all put together in a weirdly unsatisfying manner. At least the sheer incompetence of that fell more like something Dharker would do. ...

So, I played a route in Highschool Romance and... I really really like it! I had an inkling that any trap protagonists that aren't in a nukige will, by necessity, fit into my tastes, but I really like Shoji! He basically fits this Once he gets used to the idea, after the first week or so, he becomes able to casually interact with everybody. And, unlike normal protagonists, he isn't constantly thinking about people's bodies or sex. Wonderful! In one of the common route paths a female friend fell asleep on his shoulder and he ended up going to sleep too. Do you know how much I love having a protagonist that doesn't go "I-I can't sleep." "I didn't sleep that night because my friend from school was sleeping over." Urgh, horrible. (He's also smooth as h*ck once he knows somebody is interested in him but that's an aside)

Hey, welcome!! Aside from what Plk_Lesiak recommended, there's this discord server from https://visual-novel.info/, they are pretty active. That hard stuff you are going through: try to keep being positive even if it's hard Hope it gets better for you and make many good friends. I'm pretty socially awkward myself but I'll pm you my discord in case you wanna talk about VNs and anime

I'd say VNDB is my spreadsheet. It gives an easy look at what I've read and what I haven't, and in case I don't remember the VN it has some captures of it, and the characters, usually enough to remember.. Pretty much all I need

Nah, VNDB and MAL are enough for me. Especially when I read so much small stuff, it'd be pain in the ass to track it individually. On the other hand, I sometimes get paranoid that the archive will go down and I'll lose all my data, but I'm too lazy to do anything about it (I don't think there's away to export it conveniently?).

Discord really seems to be the place nowadays. /visualnovels subreddit has a really active server, there's also probably like hundreds connected to particular shows/VNs etc. The communication there is also way more relaxed than on forums, so it's easier to get to know people - probably won't find a better way to socialise with other otaku online.

A few days ago I watched an anime about a series of child murders. The show was pretty solid except for the fact that I was able to correctly guess the culprit the moment the show established that they were going to be more than just a minor character. Was it because the show was really bad at foreshadowing? No, except for one scene where the protagonist casually mentions that the culprit could be someone he knows. Was the character behaving suspiciously? No, they were cooperative to the point of actively sabotaging the murder attempts. Then what did they do wrong to earn my suspicions right from the beginning? Be a grown male authority figure with a more or less friendly relationship to the young protagonist without being related to them by blood. I'm relatively new to anime and visual novels*, and I've already seen characters fitting this description turn out to be villainous to varying degrees in about ten different titles (in one of them even twice within a few chapters).** Some of these guys are just being forced into doing something shady because of unfortunate circumstances while some them are psychopathic monsters because the writers liked themselves some shock value. Sometimes they are only minor villains or even red herrings, sometimes they are the big bad. What most of them have in common is that they at least pretend to be helping the protagonist out to the best of their abilities while secretly using the information they get from their conversations against them. I found only one example where the character in question is female, and even then the same twist happens another time with the male one being the major villain (#feminism I guess?). I get why this trope is popular with writers. The culprit should be someone who has been introduced early on and appeared in a reasonable amount of scenes for their reveal not to come out of nowhere. They should be an adult to have the necessary physical, mental and financial capabilities to properly commit and cover up a crime. Having a close relationship with the protagonist is a good justification for giving them enough scenes in a story that mostly revolves around younger characters. Add to that the betrayal of the protagonist's trust and you have everything for a good dark twist. So in theory "the nice adult is actually a murderer" can be a very effective trope if well implemented, it's just so overused it lost most of its its element of surprise, at least to me. I suspect that the writers of some of the titles I consumed were aware of this, but instead of not utilizing the trope they took the "let's add shock value by making the bad guy psychopatically evil" route, which is something that rarely turns out well, even if you add in discussions about the nature of psychopathy. I would really love to give examples of cases where I either really liked or really hated the implementation of this trope to add a bit more substance to my rambling. But I have no idea how to discuss plot twists when even mentioning the title of the game means spoiling them, so this will have to do. *This twist isn't exclusive to Japanese media. For example two of the first four Harry Potter books utilize it and I played one well known western storytelling game that does as well. **I even went through my vndb profile and made a list to confirm this. The reason I don't share it here is obviously spoilers.

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On average, the estimated time to delivery (ETD) is 255 days. On average, the actual time to delivery (ATD) for companies that already delivered is 633 days. On average, the tardiness in delivery (tdd) for companies that already delivered is 401 days. The slowest company (taking into account realized deliveries) is Frontwing, with an ATD of 716 days and tdd of 532 days. Despite this, their ETD is 150 days, with games from 2016 and 2017 yet to be delivered. Optimistic much? I was bored, so here's a pie chart...

Sankaku Renai || Love Triangle Trouble || スキとスキとでサンカク恋愛 **Summary** This Walkthrough is based on the Official Western release of Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren'ai, published by NekoNyan and is available for Purchase on Steam And NekoNyan Store as well as other 3rd party storefronts. The VN was originally Developed and Published by ASa Project. **Description** Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren’ai is a game by Asa Project. A game in which protagonist Sousuke, his stepsister Nanaru and their parents make up their small 4 person family. Living a normal life, and enjoying their school days. All of that changes however, once his real sister Suzu comes back in their life. A love triangle unfolds whereby both of his sisters try to win his favor. Nanaru being open and energetic one, while Suzu is more reserved yet gentle. Then the story heats up even more once his childhood friend Maho and the mysterious senpai Shiina join the battle. So with 2 different love triangles happening around him, what will become of Sousuke? **Ending Guideline / Suggested Route Order** This VN has 4 Main Heroines and 2 Side Heroines. Each Route can be completed in any given order. The save system in this VN is slightly different from your standard save system. It uses Bookmark system. The Bookmarks can be further filtered according to various categories of your choosing. You will need 5 bookmark slots for the Purpose of this walk through. Note that Bookmarks cannot be overwritten, however they can be deleted. The guide follows the following Route order Shiina > Maho > Cara > Akane > Suzu > Nanaru. The Route order needs to be followed in order to make use of the Bookmark points used by this guide **Route Guideline** Kisu Shiina Narutaki Maho Cara Olivia ( Side Heroine ) Warota Akane ( Side Heroine ) Komorie Suzu Komorie Nanaru **Attribution** This Walkthrough was referenced from Seiya-Saiga, Chuee's Guide on Steam as well as my own playthrough of the VN

Wow, i've read this vn when the patch just come out or sometime after that, didn't finish the common route and just dropped this vn because i think the team had died or that there's no update and my english was rather bad at the time so i didn't really get the story >.<, but after 3/4 years or more suddenly this vn popped up in vndb and i decided to check it up and bam, the translation is still going apparently XD. i'll be sure to pick it up again when the patch comes out later, good luck with the translation, godspeed

I decided to rewatch Princess Tutu, and my god, this anime is good! Actually, I remember being completely weirded out and skeptical for the first several episodes when I watched it the first time, but now it actually feels amazing from the very beginning. Definitely a must-watch, unless you have very specific taste in anime.

Just watched the 2nd Heaven's Feel movie...and wow. It is exquisite. Superb. Awesome. Splendid visuals. Also...the way Sakura was rendered in a certain scene, well, lets just say that kind of appeal at that kind of proximity in real life you'd explode. Just off the charts.

School-Live, Flip Flappers, Happy Sugar Life, Golden Time, and the Kara no Kyoukai movies