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I don't think this comment really needs spoilers, but I will put it in this way. Sumika was one of my most hated characters in the franchise (and it didn't change), but I still find Alternative really good. Furthermore, Meya still remained the best girl with Kasumi coming close. Romance is not the main focus of the story anyway.

So I finished both Silverio Vendetta and Silverio Trinity. Simple opinion: Vendetta's route>>>>>>Trinity's true route=Chitose>Rain>Aya>Milly>Mistel. Anyway, these VNs were the hardest VNs in terms of JP that I have ever completed, so, honestly, there were a few things that I misunderstood or missed (especially during chunni info dumps) so I would like to make a few things clear. Heavy spoilers from all routes of Vendetta and Trinity below These are the few questions I could think of for now.

Hmm... 2 highest were Not Sexually Involved and Mindbreak... How should I interpret that?

While language is an important barrier, I think that amount of pornographic content is another big issue. Many countries have problems with it as well. For example, in the region I live, the only true way to find any pornographic content is to google it. You cannot see it on TV or any kind of stores. It is viewed extremely negative. Due to this, it is hard to recommend it or to even talk about it with others. Majority of VNs have little story and a lot of h-scenes. If you want to sell them, you need to censor them. Another point, many cultures don't care about high school that much. While it focuses on specific demographic, but lack of variety is harmful. If more VNs with different settings and without h-scenes were released in the west, it might be easier for younger generation to freely introduce it to others, which in turn would lead to higher fan base.

Since I Baldr Sky and Fate have already been mentioned, I would like to share one VN, all openings of which I have sweet spot for.

Both of them were bad, so I would go with the one which I consider to be lesser of 2 evils: Chaos;Head. I will try to put this without spoilers: 11eyes has multiple routes, however they all differ by only a few scenes including h-scene. Otherwise they are identical. After I read this VN, I sincerely regretted wasting time on it. There is literally nothing worth mentioning about the story or characters. Seriously speaking, OP of VN was worth more than entire VN. Chaos;Head had a great concept, but completely failed in using it. Heck, if you can deal with protagonist being what the rest of the world imagine otakus to be, then the beginning of C;H is pretty decent. Though, it completely shifts its tone later on. However, the main idea/concept was interesting enough.

Well, I live in Europe so I am not that well versed in everything that happens in the USA, but I did write a BA thesis on his political career. The more I tried to analyse what he says, the more I reached a conclusion that he is an egoistic, self-centered, perverted racist with a pride and god complex of a third rate villain. That was just from my personal analysis of his public speeches, but when you look at real situation it doesn't feel that far off. His entire political campaign and election process was filled with scandals and most of his political speeches were ether discriminating certain groups, for example women, or directly insulting. His political ideology is directly an opposite of what previous generations wished America to be. Everyone who says something that he does not like (like polls on TV) are lying,. Heck, even his own party is crumbling. How many of group have left since he became a president? The way I see it, his supporters now can be divided into 4 groups: misinformed people; racists; those who find him easy to manipulate/those to whom he is useful; idiots.

The majority of VNs I have played ether had enforced playing order or recommended one. Though, in other cases I read the best girl last. Reason - simply to motivate myself to finish other routes

Assuming you want more serious type of mystery: Umineko series - a must read. Personally I consider this to be the best VN series ever. Story is very well written, characters developed. Furthermore, its soundtrack is amazing. Just make sure to read it in the right order. Also, the entire story is very long. From what I heard it took at least 90-100 hours to complete it for most readers. Kara no Shoujo series - this is another great detective story, but I have to warn you. If you have weak stomach and cannot handle horror elements (dead bodies at least), you might want to avoid it. Sharin no Kuni - probably the closest thing that I can recommend as something similar to G-Senjou, though not really a mystery VN. Not in terms of plot, but rather feeling it gives. Though, G-Senjou was vastly superior to me.

Umineko hands down. While it is one of the best known and the most popular translated VNs, many people seem to ignore how unique it actually is (and I am not talking merely about the fact that it does not take place in high school). If we include VNs, LNs, WNs, Manga and western literature, I have read over 3000 volumes of literature (though majority of which consist of manga), but I am yet to find a more unique story. Umineko is: Murder mystery Modern Fantasy Commentary on the detective genre And does a lot of other stuff romance, philosophy, breaking the 4th wall etc. Furthermore, it claims to be a kinetic novel (aka no choices) and technically has only 1 relevant choice for the ending, but manages to crush even that, by making player do not a physical, but a mental choice how to treat this story. At the same time it can be both: pure murder mystery without fantasy elements and a pure fantasy story. I could go all day, but I think this much is enough for the explanation.

Yeah, I noticed when I read Interview with K. B. Funny thing is that Vendetta was extracted perfectly with ITHVNR...

Thanks. It did extract something. Sadly it is in a form of group of sentences in the pages instead of separate lines. Though it at least makes it readable

Is there any working way to hook Silverio Trinity? I have tried Chiitrans, ITH and ITHVNR but none of them found anything. Hook code on VNDB didn't work ether. When I played Vendetta (prequel/should be same engine) ITHVNR worked, but it doesn't work for Trinity for some reason.

Animation showcase rather than anime? Personally I disagree. The majority of modern anime is ether adaptations without proper endings. Furthermore, it is the same school/SoL story with 1 or 2 different small elements. At least GC had an ending. In fact, it was pretty good ending if you go with the theories. Moreover, if you want to say that it was showcase of something, it would be soundtrack. Now that I would agree on.

Hah...In post so far I actually see some anime which were not that bad. For example, Guilty Crown. People keep comparing it with Code Geass and claim it is trash, but to be perfectly honest, majority of anime compared to it is trash. Heck, majority of modern anime are rip off ether other anime or just plain bad. Anyway on topic, here are a few I could think of:

Worth playing? Which one, Komyu or 11? In ether case my answer would be no. Out of those 2 VNs together, I personally found only Kagome's route decent enough to read. Assuming that your VNDB consist of all VNs you have read and that you most likely cannot read Japanese, it would be better to read classics like F/SN + F/HA, or Tsukihime. Heck, even Guilty Crown Lost Christmas which serves as a prequel to anime and is like 3 hours worth, was better than Comyu and 11Eyes combined

Since it is related with the ending I will put it in spoiler:

Imagine how us, those who read it without walkthrough and this info felt... All that wasted time

Doesn't really matter. It is really meant literally. The routes only differ by a few short scenes and h-scene. It was a while since I read it, but as far as I remember excluding h-scenes routes differed by 10 min. worth of content at most. If I were you I would simply go with the heroine you liked the most.

I think I will go with Kara no Shoujo for now. It is relatively short. I might even complete entire franchise this week. I heard how brutal it was with Marie and what they have done to Ren and I loved both of them as characters. Heck, my entire MAL profile is Ren and DI based (you should check it out, it is pretty good). Silverio series looks very similar (based on videos you dropped). How do they compare to DI?

I am finishing Rose Guns Days and want to decide what to read next. I will try to make a poll (though I don't know whether I will succeed). Just to add 2 more points: I have been completely spoiled about KnS 2 true ending. Also about KKK Tenma group and Yato + I loved original cast of Dies Irae

Translation might have distorted things a bit, but routes were bad before it. For example, that hamster kouhai route. It was such a trash, that I don't even bothered to remember what it was about

From what I know, majority of readers only cared about Kagome from the heroines. Well, Comyu had a ton of wasted potential. For example, it had a concept of classes which turned out to be useless. Multiple people control system was reduced to number=power, while it could have been exploited much further etc. To summarize, the problem lies not in the tags, but in trashy writing.

Personally, I love this genre. This type of VNs probably the best represent the unique points of VNs as a medium. Take Balrd Sky Dive 1 and 2 for example. 2 VNs x 50+ hours long for a single multi route mystery. It was so good, that I didn't even notice how fast I read it. Considering that it took me 3 weeks, that is a huge achievement. Then we have Dies Irae. I don't think that I need to comment much. The fact remains, multi route mystery genre allows supreme world building experience. The problem with enforced playing order is that many people confuse it with multi route mystery when they are 2 different things. While both are connected, they are not the same. Mostly people complain about playing unwanted routes to unlock the one way want. This is not the problem of multiple route mysteries, but rather of enforced playing order and terribly written characters

I would recommend Hoshimemo. Sora is good if you are interested in wincest. Shinikiss had its problems but it is not that bad. From my personal point of view, Hoshimemo had the best story, soundtrack and heroines out of these.