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Really hope this will make it. Hopefully they will make some changes to the higher tiers to make it more appealing for people who want to get better rewards. Already backed it, but might upgrade to a higher tier if something a little more appealing comes along. (Or if I suddenly win the lottery. Ne, Kami-Sama?) It's good to see that Sekai project/Denpasoft and MIKandi Japan are promoting each others' kickstarters and that they are kind of working together. Was afraid there would be some rivarly there.

Hey nice to meet you, welcome to the forum!

So ... its all your fault! Shame on you!

Took this gem from an episode of Yuru yuri. Ahh Kyouko-chan.

I am going to win the lottery. You see, me and Kami-sama have a deal. Right?! *stares up in the sky* Nah, I guess read visual novels, watch more anime, read more manga, write some more goofy stories. What I hope to change from last year is my horrible tendency to not finish shit. I always start a VN or a manga series, then stop when I'm like 80% done. No more! (In before I break that promise a few days into January.) Happy new years everyone!

Welcome to the forums! Nice to meet you! I tried reading the tiny text and I now have a headace. ありがとう、ロルビちさん

Next time you see someone make cute faces out of their food. Monsters!

Nope, and that's actually the reason Meikyuu gets all the 'Michiru was retconned!@#' hate. Yeah... That would have been hilarious though xD Very light Rakuen spoiler.

I find this statement in itself to be a spoiler to the game. Might wanna put that in a spoiler tag. Also, Euphoria has a lot of messed up deaths in the bad endings, and its mind bending and depressing as all hell. (It's good though.)

The game looks really nice. I'm not really one for otome games, but I might give this a try. Especially considering the price; quite cheap at the moment, looks like you get a lot worth your money. Don't have much to supply in the form of discussion yet though, as I haven't actually read it yet.

Dear lord have mercy ... the writing and translation in cosplay alien makes me want to jump out the window ... What the actual fu** is happening! AND WHO THE HELL IS TOM?! (The H-scenes in this thing better be good ...) Like, seriously... What the hell?

Then, just recommend a few of your favorites

Have you tried running the game in compatibility mode? Also, you have Japanese locale and text format on right?

Welcome to the forum! Your project sounds interesting, that is like every creative guys' dream; being noticed for what you do and actually get rewarded for it. I look forward to hear more about it in the future Wise words sir. Wise words. I approve!

My recommendations would be: Sono Hanabira 1 if you like yuri, Nekopara for nekos (pretty much nothing more light hearted than this), Shuffle! for a generally light romance eroge with choice routes and heroine routes and some drama at times. Its still very light and filled with comedy.

Ahhh, years you said? Gah, I guess I wouldn't mind devoting about 5 years to learning Japanese if I could no longer have the need to rely on translations to read visual novels anymore. I just hope that it's possible to have an end-goal in sight rather than finding out later that you need a whole lifetime of Japanese-learning to truly enjoy visual novels. lol Well, although it will most likely take a few years to be able to read without any programs at all, during the learning period you can still read things untranslated with the aid of programs, such as text hookers and parsers. And let me tell you, there is nothing more satisfying than actually being able to understand lines in the VN, completely without the help of the programs; actually noticing your improvement. It's a long ride, but it will be worth it in the long run if you are actually serious about it and want to do it. I'm sure some of the other members who have actually know Japanese can give a little more info on this topic. Anyways, I've ranted long enough. Again, welcome to the forum!

Hey, welcome to the forum! To answer your question, reading visual novels untranslated is possible even without knowing the language completely, with the use of text hookers and translation programs. Personally, I have been learning Japanese on my own for about 6 months, and I am capable of reading fairly normal moege titles with ease. That being said, a lot of VNs in the mystery, horror genre and also other VNs with plot that would naturally introdouce difficult words and phrases are difficult to read, even with these programs, and it would probably take years of learning to truly have a pleasant reading experience with such titles. Clephas has a fairly in depth thread on this, though I don't have the link for it at the moment. Let me edit the post once I find it. EDIT: Here it is

Well thanks to this thread I have some nukige to go through. Just finished hypno-training my mother and sister. Actually not bad, all things considered. I liked the bad ending, and I had to try a few times to get the good ending. Though I wish they would have added a few different bad endings, as getting the same one 3/4 times is kinda ... meh. I rate it 5 sisters from Kiss x Sis out of 10. Cosplay Alien next ... This one seems ... colorful. Sigh ... what the hell am I doing ...

Your argument is irrelevant becuase:

So I haven't played shiny days myself either, though I think we can safely conclude that shiny days is not at all as disturbing as school days. I am personally one of those people who actually enjoyed school days,(Yes ik, I'm a freak), so maybe I am a little biased, but based off the VNDB ratings, the reviews I've read, and based on the fact that there isnt a point made of the bad endings in that VN anywhere that I can find at least, I'd say its a big step up from school days. That being said, it probably is still similar, and therefore might not be enjoyable if you find school days to be absolutely horrendous. I'd say give it a go if you really feel like it, though if you aren't really up for it and would rather play something else, then do that instead.

Well I do agree that most kinetic novels have less replay value than most VNs with choices, but nekopara is an exception. The moe factor is just too damn high! Already played it 3-4 times. Hopefully the second volume will be the same, or even better Of course, if they do decide to add choices to spice it up, I wont complain at all.

Ahh! G-G-G-Ghooost! Welcome to the forum, please don't haunt me, I scare easily. If you have any questions,just ask. @Flutterz, challenge for yah'. Got any ghost themed moe picutres? PS: This doesn't count as summoning, please don't take my soul

The amount of choices equals the writing quality. That's common knowledge, duh. Don't mind this unrelated picture. It has no meaning. Then I would like to point out that sakura games, like sakura fantasy, has like 10000 million choices

And here goes my plan of protecting myself from being shocked by a potential worst-case scenario. Thanks for giving me something to look forward to, you jerks. I hope they let us pick characters this time, instead of having another kinetic story. Otherwise they'd have to include scenes with the girls from the previous volume into each new one. Just imagine vol.4 is the long awaited Shigure ending, but you first have to fuck all the catgirls before you can do her. ... Wait, that sounds awesome, what am I talking about? Hate to burst your bubble, but I am pretty sure this one will be in the same kinetic style. Look at the CG; Choccola and vanilla are also in the scenes. We can hope of course, but I would think this means that its going to be this way for all the games, and they simply introdouce the characters 2 at a time, chocola + vanilla, Azuki + coconut, Cinnamon + Maple.

Yumiko route spoilers.