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I'm currently trying to clear my backlog, especially the titles I paid more than 20€ for. First up was AI: The Somnium Files and well, it is probably what happens when Uchikoshi is trying to do something a little more lighthearted than usual. Despite still getting rather dark at times and the overarching mystery being quite complicated, there are several wacky characters and a lot of silly humour (one of the recurring locations is a mermaid café, sigh). What I really like in general about Uchikoshi's writing style though is that his stories - despite employing complicated supernatural concepts and plots - still at their core explore themes that feel deeply human without ever getting too clichéd, with his favourite seemingly being about the importance of meaningful relationships while growing up in an otherwise unloving environment. AI is no different in that regard, making for an overall satisfying experience. 8/10 I also wanted to mention that, although AI is not as heavy on characters explaining unintuitive concepts through metaphor as other Uchikoshi titles, it still manages to have the uchikoshiest of uchikoshiisms: Next up was Raging Loop. Being based on Werewolf/Mafia (games I really like) and receiving pretty positive reviews, I went into it with high hopes. After finishing it, I'm torn about if I liked it or not. For about 80% of the reading time it was just as I hoped it would be, but there are two major aspects I don't like. The first one is the third act. The explanation for what is going on feels like the writers were trying too hard to be clever and the order in which the remaining conflicts are resolved seemes backwards, with the emotional arcs of the characters being concluded first and the lore discussion with the big bad at the end. The other thing that annoys me is the way the protagonist is developed. I get why a story like this needs a protagonist who is so level-headed to degree that borders on cynical and sometimes even sociopathic. What I don't like is when this way of thinking doesn't ever really get challenged. Other than that it was an entertaining read, with enough suspense for three VNs and an intriguing mixture of occult stuff and psychological thrills. 8/10 And lastly, yesterday I started reading SubaHibi. So far it seems nice enough. Yeah, I know of its notoriety and expect things to get way darker over time. I feel like this this VN could be either a thought provoking masterpiece or pretentious bullshit. I'm pretty excited because I love passionately hating stuff, so either way it's going to be a win for me.

Demon Slayer was pretty lit.

The best I can give you is Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou, real good comedy. You may also like Kaguya-sama.

Enjoy having a super tanky archer and a million broken bridges.

Sorry that I kept you waiting for half a year before posting an update about my progress. It just takes a lot of time to read through so many VNs with some of them having over 30 hours of reading time. I have a little question: do you prefer English or German text in the family trees and timeline? No problem! I'm enjoying to read through these great VNs and to collect a lot of interersting facts about the D.C. characters and timeline and I'm happy that people are interested in this kind of stuff like me! If you want to I could send the family trees and the timeline to you too once I'm finished but I will need a method to contact you by mail or something. PS: I read the four main VNs in order (D.C., D.C.II, D.C.III, D.C.4)

VNs can easily lag when animating something because most of the stuff just runs on single core causing the single core to 100% even on a relatively good CPU.

It's pretty shonen-y I guess but I enjoyed it. It's a tighter, more focused story than any of the big shonen names for sure.

Nice (even if simple) playing, however I'm not big fan of that singing style But overally nice song.

Try Kiseijuu: Sei no Kakuritsu it's a psychological horror, has good characters and story (IMO), it also has some romance, idk about crying, depends on the person, but I'd say it's definitely possible

It is an opening movie for Komowata's imaginary eroge he has done few art books about.

Off the top of my head... Comedy: Keep Your Hands off Eizouken Magical Sempai Comedy/Drama: My Roommate is a Cat

Saiki Kusuo no Psi-nan is a great comedy series.

3 tickets xD

FWIW, recently Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai english patch got an update.

Because virgin writers don't know how women work.