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Well, I'm writing on a phone so I'll be brief... 1. You probably through your absence missed the worst times of institutional paralyses due to Tay's disappearance. This was partially resolved by Emi taking charge, but generally, nothing could be done on Fuwa for literal years because Tay went AWOL. When it got (partially) fixed, there was no energy left to ressurect the site as something more than the Forums, which is also staying alive through inertia more than anything else. Because no main site content = no traffic and no new people. 2. The main roles of this site are not as important as they once were. People get news and discuss them on Reddit. Socialise on Discord. Organise fan translation... Pretty much nowhere because those are dead. I'm being hyperbolic, but only a little. Fuwa is a cool community... But is in no way essential as it once was. The "fix" I was hoping to spearhead for that issue was making it something like an editorial/review hub once more... But few people, me including, had any kind of energy for it, and none had enough for long-term commitment. 3. When it goes to the community itself and the atmosphere on the site, I think it's overwhelmingly positive. I'm not objective here of course, but I don't think it's toxic members of any kind of cultural flaw that keeps Fuwa down. Unless you count lethargy as one. I don't want to discourage you and any initiative to energise the community is welcomed. I'm not sure there's an answer to this crisis though, different then the community being old, slightly anachronistic and really not having time or energy for all that reforming/rebuilding business. :>

Because passione produced a subpar season (DxD Hero), while you may be able to bash TNK for the last season (BorN) and their decision to cut content from it plus the pacing being all over the place, passione did no better in their first attempt plus while more faithful to the LN the art style was also lost and downgraded. Overall I don't think Passione did a good job, personally I would've gone with a different studio tbh. TNK was out because they couldn't shoulder it financially anymore either.

What are you interested in outside of Japanese culture? Even outside of video games or TV? And what did you used to enjoy but don’t really anymore? Fore me I’m always playing around with something new, spent some time in the past gardening but now don’t really have a care for it. Then moved on collecting bolt action WWII rifles, which has been difficult as I am by no means wealthy, over time I’ve collected examples of most of the rifles used by the major forces in WWII. I’ve actually noticed a lot of people interested in otaku stuff are also interested in military surplus firearms and history. More recently I’ve been getting into wine, though it’s partially due to my job requiring me to have that kind of knowledge. Learning about various varieties around the world and pairing with food is extremely difficult, but enjoyable. Never would have imagined I would enjoy wine as an adult but now I drink it relatively often.

What I mean more specifically is whether you have VNs that you would recommend to somebody who falls under a particular category. For instance I usually organize my VN recommendations under three categories of people I could potentially be speaking with: 1) Somebody completely ignorant of weeb stuff, 2) Somebody familiar with anime, manga and/or Japanese video games, 3) Somebody who is already exposed to VNs looking to try new ones out. More specifically I always find myself recommending people who have minimal contact with weeb stuff Narcissu since firstly it doesn't have an overtly anime-ish style in comparison to most VNs, I consider it to be quite good, and its short as well as free. It seems to be the most accessible VN I could recommend to somebody. But then I also have a VN like Suba Hibi which is among my all time favorite, but I struggle to recommend it even to the 3rd category of people because of how difficult it can to be to get through to the finish. Inevitably most of my recommendations are best suited for people who fall under categories 2 or 3. So I guess I'm asking whether anyone else uses a similar system when recommending VNs, and if so do you mind sharing what system you use and which VNs you recommend for the different categories?

Each main route should take around 40 minutes to an hour. And there are a total of ten endings you can get.

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VN of the decade's gotta be the one I simultaneously never shut up about and also never say anything about, Subahibi. I don't read manga so I'll abstain from that category. I also only recently got into anime, so I'll abstain from that category as well. Game of the decade's gotta be Just Shapes and Beats!