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I'm actually quite confused with your idea of "if it's an animated game made in Japan then it's a visual novel". They are allowed to make other types of the game too, you know? And yeah, I generally do not consider these games to be visual novel - just interactive game/movie. After all, it's a visual NOVEL, so the reading need to be the main part, not the clicking (I have tried a game of this type before - the darn thing made me pick a choice every minute or two) and listening. Other things should only play as support element that even if you remove them, the game will still work just fine. That's why kinetic novel - a type of visual novel - exists - there is no choice in the game, some don't even have voices, all you need to do is read. Btw, I do think that live-action and other non-traditional stuff are fine - as long as they still keep the elements mentioned above in the game.

No for the live action. There has been a few that have been animated like School Days, but it still keeps the text box as it reads like a novel. Here is how Visual novel database defines visual novels. https://vndb.org/d2 Section 1.

I figured out what was wrong. I know that the H-scenes aren't actually in the routes themselves but in the extras menu after completing the stories. I just wasn't unlocking them before. My problem was that I hadn't bought the patch from the Fakku website and used it. I just assumed that all I needed were the files from here and the game on Steam. You have to have the 18+ patch from Fakku or these files will only let you see the nudity in the bath scenes and not unlock the H-scenes. That was where my problem was. You have to sign up for a free Fakku account and enable controversial content to even see Maitetsu and the 18+ patch in the store though or you'll never find it. Just a heads up for anybody else with this issue.