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It's prolly actually Logi, but yes, roger is pretty hilariously wrong https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logi

I recommend trying this https://github.com/Artikash/NextHooker/releases/download/v2.1.2-beta/NextHooker-beta-v2.1.2.+starter-extensions.zip ...though you could probably try this as well

^ I always found this to be a nonissue; my approach is I don't worry about getting everything 100% all the time and if it doesn't seem important I just accept an incomplete understanding. Reading other sentences, helped by context, will further my knowledge until I either can actually look what I need up somehow or it just clicks into place. If it actually seems important, ask a more experienced friend, or in some channel like #learn-japanese in the r/visualnovels discord, etc. Honestly though the clever way to avoid having to ask other people for help (which I will fully admit I strongly dislike most of the time) once you're somewhat experienced is almost always to try to google it. In Japanese. Someone will probably have wondered about it before. Or maybe the Japanese dictionary definition of a word (which you can read using a j>e dictionary lookup tool in your browser) will be more complete and contain the meaning you're looking for.

A prominent user of the site and poster of walls of text used to be a very big Mare fan. He has since left, but his legacy remains..........

I decided to do the usual thing and look through my vndb list. I had to cast a pretty wide net, but here's some other candidates: https://vndb.org/v646 This is a chuunige, but Suzu is somewhat of a qt loli type and even the true route character. https://vndb.org/v751 Drama/chuuni mix, but Shizuru might be to your liking. Unfortunately her route is probably the worst in the game. https://vndb.org/v38 Straight up drama; Lise's route is generally considered the weakest, but she's pretty loli-ish and her route is fairly nakige structured as well. https://vndb.org/v16958 Ok mostly I just felt like shilling this but I do have a reason: the loli is really cute and wew that art. However, the loli is a brutal serial killer who puts little value on others' lives and likes to philosophize about how the world is a battlefield and you gotta kill them before they kill you. Not to mention it's kinetic and she's a bit more of a side character, though still important to the plot. It's not translated, of course. Maybe I'll do it in ten years.

Shinku, duh

There's some kind of official bonus (short) expansion content to Evenicle called Evenicle Gaiten. Might be from there.

Melon & black pepper. The spice sneaks up on you.

that assumes they can read english though lol

I mean most people have a dynamic ip in my experience so any unblock wouldnt last long anyway luckily Sweden / comhem seems to currently not be blocked anyway so I guess I'm good

The problem While spurred by recent events, this essay touches on something that seems to have been a pattern in site moderation for some time now. Let me make a claim: if a rule, especially one that is vaguely worded, is not enforced, for a decent amount of people that rule does not exist. This nonexistence integrates into the mental model of the rules that forum members construct, no matter what the formal rules may say. For members using this mental model, beginning to enforce a rule that was previously unenforced is equivalent to creating a new rule. As such, the same procedures as those used to notify forum members of new rules should be applied, possibly with some adaptation on the lines of "we will now actually enforce this rule", as the rule effectively did not previously exist. The ur-example of this is the loligeddon of yore. The takeaway from the loligeddon when it comes to this essay is this: mods repeatedly stated that no rules had actually been changed. Yet nevertheless the appearance and subsequent removal of a particularly problematic post sparked sweeping policy changes, a cleanup operation, a tl;dr post by the administrator explaining the changes, et cetera. This should make it clear that changing policy is a big deal, even if no written rules actually change. Recent policy changes, however, have been very different from what happened during the loligeddon. Frequently the only indication that effective rules have changed has been moderator action, sometimes fairly strict. In essentially all cases this action has been explained either inadequately or, most commonly, not at all. When this occurs the target(s) of moderation will likely feel that they have been unfairly, erratically targeted by a capricious, uncommunicative bully. What do you do when you get bullied? Well, you could talk to HR, but the mod that bullied you is probably in HR anyway and you might not even know who did it. Another option is to fight back. You annoy me, I pay you back in kind - and if I can get some fun at your expense, sure, why not? You're a bully, you deserve it.[1] I do not mean to suggest that we need to have a tl;dr writeup every time a rule is changed, but a simple statement of intent would be appreciated. I estimate that writing this should take no more than 20 minutes. As an example, here's a hypothetical notice regarding the changing of rules on gifs that took me ~10 minutes to write. Note that the policy mentioned here could be reversed or altered to be more specific if it turns out that it was unclear or did more harm than good, which is arguably more difficult to do if the rule has been made official.[2] In the light of this, I would like to present some recommendations. Recommendations When moderating, consider if your action is effectively creating or modifying rules Remember: in the minds of some of your users, unenforced rules may as well not exist. If you decide to moderate something that was previously typically not being moderated, this will cause confusion and consternation. As such, whenever you make a decision, ask yourself: am I changing the rules? If so, you need to consider both whether your action is actually justified, and how you are going to inform the public of your policy change. You are not a cop, you are a judge in a precedent-setting court. This is especially true due to the (understandable) current policy of supporting other mods' decisions near unconditionally. Do not make controversial decisions when following up is difficult On some occasions moderators have moderated while on vacation, using their phone, with bad connections et cetera. I strongly recommend against making anything close to a controversial decision in these conditions. You will end up both ruining your vacation and doing a bad job. Talk first, shoot later If you are performing a moderator action which reasonably should include notifying the target of the action, write up the informative PM or otherwise establish communication before enforcement. You could also consider writing up the notification of intent to change / differently enforce / clarify rules before moderating. Most of the time nobody is harmed much by leaving something up until you can handle it properly. For things that require more urgent management such as a fast-evolving derailment, consider either using a PM template for 1-2 people or making a post stating that you have removed derailing posts in the thread you moderated. Make people feel heard One key theme of this essay is the importance of communication. This extends beyond just notifying people of changes to the rules. I am under no illusions that your actions will go uncontested or that people won't meme and fling shit at you even if you try your best to communicate as advised in this essay. In part this is due to the frustration some people, and certainly I myself, consider you responsible for creating due to your actions up to this point. However, when hostility meets well-practiced civility its fires often run out of fuel. If you constructively engage with those who would oppose you, you can both soothe their frustration and create better, more precise final rules. Obviously there has to be a limit and ultimately you set the rules to follow. But explaining, refining, and justifying your position elevates it from that of a dim-witted bully with little justification for their actions to someone who has a well-grounded but different opinion of what the rules should be. The first one deserves punishment, the second, grudging respect. As a personal observation: in general, you should assume that much less of your decisions are obviously justified than you currently think. One man's common sense is another man's borderline acceptability is another man's utterly idiotic rule enforcement. Moderation is a hard job If this all seems like a lot of hard work to you, congratulations! That's what I thought too when the mod applications came along, so I didn't apply. Any moderators that cannot actually moderate disputes should either confine themselves to routine, uncontroversial moderation tasks or step down from their position. Believe me, nobody will die either way, and you'll get to spend your free time doing something that suits you better. Notes [1] I personally don't consider the mods bullies when I do this kind of thing, but I do consider them deserving of public ridicule. The intention is both to correct behaviour and to extract some entertainment out of people that deserve to be made fun of. And yeah, I have no respect for authority. None. I will judge you by your actions alone. [2] This is an assumption based on my conception of normie considerations like pride, sticking with your decision, whatever. Obviously if a rule does more harm than good it should be removed whether or not it was enforced temporarily, but it is probably easier to do so politically if it was in fact considered temporary. Look, I'm trying desperately not to kill all normies every day here. Give me a break.

delete people using frontpage and not unread content tbh

>texas has literally already addressed mosaics Further proof that nobody actually reads things As for avatar suggestions...

Ibn al-Nafis comes to mind. Unfortunately it kinda sucks, whatever @babiker may claim.

Honestly there are several interesting VNs released originally in Chinese and idk if there's a single fan translation of one of those out there. Rather than working on JP->EN translation, CN->EN seems like a much more productive use of your time, not to mention that the average quality of cn>en vn tls that we have gotten has been pretty low too so standards might be different.

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> no total % coward

Having read one route of Plain, I would recommend against it - if you're not starved for choice - on account of bad prose and lukewarm plot. For busy vn devs: read the first scene then ditch it; the mode of presentation is interesting, though probably only surprising because VNs put so little effort into it a lot of the time (those versed in Fapanese can try みにくいモジカの子 or something instead).

I'm sorry, but we haven't yet reached a golden age of VNs. Everything currently released is bad. No exceptions. Visual Novels are far too young a medium to have reached the maturity required to produce something of actual quality. What we have now can be likened to amateurish cave paintings: probably impressive in their time, but ultimately of little consequence. Wait a hundred years or so and you might see the first good Visual Novel made; until then, we're stuck with garbage. Entertaining garbage, but garbage nonetheless.

I would personally disagree with this, but with important caveats. As you may remember, we moved domains and servers a while ago. The decision to not go with a host which would allow torrents was understandable - hosts that allow for such dangerous content to be posted are likely going to be both more expensive and more difficult to work with. It would also likely be less stable, as a less legit outfit is more likely to fold. It also went against Tay's personal preferences, and furthermore there may have been legal troubles for our admin (which is pretty serious! He's this busy and we still don't have a replacement!). But you could argue the other way around: it probably was possible to maintain the torrents somehow if the leadership really wanted it. A certain site containing an index of previous Fuwanovel torrents has been online for years by now, anime-sharing doesn't seem like it's dying anytime soon, et cetera. On balance it is quite possible that dropping the torrents was the right choice, but I am not sure if I agree that it was absolutely required. That said, I totally agree that conversion from torrenter to poster might not have been huge. And going legit certainly opened up opportunities we didn't have a while back. VNs have also gotten significantly more mainstream, though obviously still a niche, in recent years - just look at all of the VNs on Steam. This means that the illegal distribution to hook people in argument is getting weaker (though it's hardly dead).

whynotboth.jpg, just look at nakazawa with ever17 and I/O

Introduction This article's probably going to look like shit on this forum no matter what I do to it. Try my offsite blog for a better visual experience. Mercy sees things. It’s too bad that what she sees are warped distortions, filthy beetles, tentacles, horrifying flesh-beasts and all that, but at least it isn’t permanently on so she’s not quite Fuminori yet. Too bad it’s getting worse, though. Mercy lives in a small, secluded village; the village is strongly religious, ruled by the local church, and all the kids around see her as a convenient punching bag. But hey, it’s probably her fault anyway, she was cursed by sinning at the tender age of ten. She was seeing nice things before that. Mercy is the protagonist of Soundless -a modern Salem in remote area-, which is a bit too weeb of a title to not have me wrinkle my nose, but hey apparently they’re trying to pay homage to the old denpa game aesthetic, down to the 640×480 resolution (handily you can play at 2x window size…). Soundless is about knowing that you are never safe, you could be hit any time, you could start seeing horrors any minute, and you will be punished for your own misfortune. Soundless is about freaking out and watching distorted background upon distorted background parade in front of your eyes, the attention to direction making the NVL format much less stuffy than you might expect. Soundless is about surviving when almost everyone you know is trying to destroy you, whether slow or quick. Soundless is about being trapped by guilt. Soundless is about being exploited. Soundless is, perhaps, about breaking free from your tormentors – but it is not afraid to humanize them. Sometimes, you just have to let go anyway. Maybe a 1.5x setting would’ve been good for those funky 1366×768 screens? Judgement Soundless is written… acceptably well on the prose front, though it gets awkward more often than I’d like. There are a few standout moments, mostly during freakouts, but mostly it’s just… there. There’s also some annoying confusion in the tenses that 7 beta readers couldn’t catch, which I guess proves that you need not just QC but competent QC (though they did catch a lot of typos according to the dev). Overall I would recommend an editing pass by someone competent, but I think that stands for like every EVN I’ve read bar Lynne so whatever. I guess this is okay, though. The music and ambient sound generally work well at conveying the atmosphere, though sometimes it suffers from short loops in ambient sfx leading to stops and starts in the track (a pet peeve). Sometimes the volume of the ambient sfx seems off, but I think that might actually be intentional. This is a denpa game, after all – you expect it to screw with you. A major bonus for adding sound effects to some of the distorted speech, though the VN is generally unvoiced. brb kms If there’s anything to criticize, it’s the last part of the novel where things go seriously south. You could argue that the change in pace is too much of a break, but for me the themes remain consistent and carry it through to a natural conclusion. Soundless sets you on a bloody path to madness, gore, and suffering, horrors, despair, a crescendo – and then, the point. It ruined my sleeping schedule yet again. It was kind of fucked already. I guess I don’t really mind. Soundless is one hell of a ride and I recommend it to anyone into the horror/madness aesthetic that can take the content portrayed – none of which is sexual, but expect violence. Download: https://milkplus.itch.io/soundless View the full article

Read through the English trial (fairly short, no gameplay shown). I saw someone claim that there's no editor on this, and well, it shows. Besides awkward wording, there are quite a few more blatant problems like mixing tenses in the same line or even sentence. As a raw translation, which I'll assume it is, it doesn't look too bad - there's definitely some effort put into it. The awkward phrasing you can probably get people to live with from a cynical point of view, but the tense stuff is going to be jarring to more people in my experience. I recommend trying to get some kind of skilled QA on the project. If you want quality you also need to do better self-editing (hard to do though) or hire a good editor. Decided to make an imgur album w/ some screen of quality issues. Be aware that it's in reverse chronological order because imgur hates making sense. Actual game looks like it could be quite entertaining. I'm considering just reading it in Japanese to be honest.

oh hey, I'd like a key for highway blossoms I guess