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Yep, same here. I read through the route, but had to skip the h-scenes. They were way beyond the line for me. I mean, come on, in-story she's 13 or 14, but resembles rather 8-10. As you say, she's total child. H-scenes with such character are just creepy, period. Other than that, the route was actually decent (but still my least favorite). ************************************************************************************ Actually, just a while ago I completed SukiSuki. I have really mixed feelings about it. Choice system with it's dating-sim approach was really tiring, I'd prefer more traditional structure, with choices at branching points. The way it was, before locking onto a route we're limited to short scenes, that have to be episodic in nature, as reader can watch them in random order. That somehow limits the possibilities of proper build-up etc. I felt that sometimes there were too sudden jumps in relationships, or in general things felt rushed. My favorite routes and heroines were definitely Rinka, followed by Yuuki. Ayame was nice too, but drama in her route felt a bit forced - like writers were trying too hard. Chiho's route was weird and a bit confusing, but enjoyable, and I wrote about Mahiru in the beginning of this post... Like some other posters in this thread, I prefer "normal/non-confession" endings for Yuuki and Rinka, although that's close tie. Sadly, h-scenes seriously dampened my enjoyment of this VN - just didn't align with my tastes I guess. I can see that there was lot of attention paid to them by creators (animations etc), but I didn't enjoy them - they were filled to the brim with almost all bad eroge cliches, and I didn't feel too much love there, just porn. Something was off. Also, for each heroine they were following basically the same formula/scenario. They could have been cut out just like in Steam version of Sanoba, and I think I'd enjoy this VN more that way - sometimes the way the scenes were written and main "eroge sin" - how characters changed during them - killed the mood for me I played the routes in order suggested in walkthrough - Ayame, Chiho, Yuuki, Mahiru, Rinka. After first two I thought I would rate it around 7, and Mahiru's h-scenes made it even lower, but I have to give some bonus points for Rinka and Yuuki - those two routes save this VN. It still isn't worth 8 IMO, as I feel it isn't as good as other titles I gave that score, but I think 7.5/10 will be fair. Overally I enjoyed it, but still feel a bit disappointed... Ah, about the translation - "dude" wasn't the best word choice ("bro" would've been better ), but the rest is decent. Engrish converted to other languages (Spanish, and - in one scene - German) also is featured just in a few scenes, so not really an issue. **********************************************************************************************

Or for Hoshimemo...

That depends on what we consider to be "decent", but they released Koikuma in October, Koi ni, Kanmi o Soete in September, and Maitetsu in June, so "a year or more" is definitely wrong.

Also, Harukoi Otome (although it isn't that great in itself either way ). Some scenes looked really horrible. But they could brag that it's "uncensored"...

Yep, looks very promising, and looks gorgeous - I love the art. The premise looks interesting too. But we have to wait at least a year for it, right? Or do they mean upcoming January/February '19?

I finished Yuuki's "main" route. It was good, indeed better than Ayame's or Chiho. It's easy with abovementioned walkthrough and use of saves Also, this game has one of the most sophisticated skip systems I've seen

From the screenshots on VNDB, I don't like art style. Those characters look weird.

But they did something horrible to her face instead

Train theme interested me, so I got Maitetsu all-ages version, but haven't read it yet. As for Matsuri in Kazoku Keikaku - h-scene occurs after some rather big timeskip, so technically she isn't loli anymore (and still her body wasn't as disturbingly childish as Mahiru's if I remember correctly)

Nice I was planning to get My Girlfriend is President for some time, but base price was too high for me. If someone didn't read it yet, that's also good opportunity to get YMK.

That's what all-ages versions are for, my friend (and that's the version of Hoshimemo I'm going to play ) But I suppose, SukiSuki wouldn't work as all-ages title - it seems to me, that h-scenes are one of its main points, with story being in second place (though it obviously doesn't reach nukige levels).

I think that with Chiho they tried to pull a KEY on us, but didn't fully succeed Some parts about memories reminded me of Mio's route from LittleBusters. But yeah, considering how the dreams and reality were mixed up in this route, I'm also not sure what exactly happened. If you say Yuuki and Rinka are better than Ayame and Chiho, then maybe I have something to look forward to And, like you, I probably won't read Mahiru, or at least will have to skip thru h-scenes. She's middle-schooler age-wise (7th grade, that would make her 13), but her looks and behavior are those of grade schooler - that's too much to stomach. From what I remember from 7th and 8th grade, most girls in my class already had pretty feminine bodies. (BTW It was me who said Mahiru is for hardcore lolicons only ) And I totally agree, that lack of Maya's and Eri's routes is grave sin. 許せない！Somebody on vndb suggested that MangaGamer should produce the FD

Today I'm going for Yuuki's route - completed Ayame and Chiho so far. For now, I'm a bit underwhelmed. If Yuuki's or Rinka's routes don't grab me with something, I think it'll end up around 7/10 score. This game at various points gives me hopes or raises up expectations, but then never really gets there - close, but something's still missing.

FictionJunction's "Elemental" album. 時の向こう 幻の空 - such a great song

Going away from translation discussion for a moment - Yesterday I finished "alternate" versions of Ayame's route, including "reverse confession" variant. What I loved the most about that part was

That would be really nice Meanwhile I'm already preparing to read it untranslated - wonder what will happen first

I read it in May, and I'd say it holds up. For me it had painfully slow start, but it was just in the very beginning. Once it gained momentum, it was good. I was only disappointed by Namiki's side route - I liked her as character, but her route was pure fanservice. If you plan to replay it now, remember about sound fix: Also, running it in fullscreen mode with upscaling is neccessity, as in modern resolutions 640x480 window is so small, that reading becomes eye-straining.

Ah yeah, I liked Asumi too, but was a little afraid to mention it, as HdR seems to be even more divisive than Chisato's route from KoiChoco You're welcome Also, robot girl. Don't know why, but I have soft spot for them. Just remembering "Planetarian" or Ame's ending from "DalSegno" still makes my eyes moist

Can argue with "Mahiru's 3rd person speech", but I don't care enough. Either way is fine. If you found any bugs report it to vg/vn/ on 4chan. Don't forget to replace every instance of 仕方ない with "It can't be helped" And mess up grammar a little, to recreate that awkward vintage translation feel BTW I'm currently on Chiho's route. I have to agree, "dude" sounds weird, would've opted maybe for "bro" instead. That would shoot two birds with one stone - preserve her "male speech patterns" quirk, and at the same time keep "brother" reference. But I still think that in her case it should be translated. Also, IMO leaving "sensei" untranslated sounds very awkward most of the times, but it looks like that's what patch creators are aiming for... Shit, I promised to not discuss translation...

I'm not dropping it, there are enjoyable things as well, but something feels off.

I completed only Ayame's route so far, but my feelings are similar. That drama in the ending felt a bit forced. Also, the story as a whole doesn't flow smoothly - partially probably due to the choice system implemented. But even after entering the route, it felt like a collection of no-so-well-connected scenes, rather than coherent story.

I'd like to add one tip (I think it's in the walkthrough too) - when going for next route, always start from New Game, not from save. That way there are some differences in common route, and each time you start new game after completing a route, the characters level up (start with higher stats), which somewhat changes the battles and baseball.

No - but it feels very satisfying for some reason Rest assured - batting minigames have no impact on endings.

You missed part of one character in Yuuki's family name - should be Goshogawara 御所川原 - ご　しょ　がわ　（は）ら

I think I once or twice managed something around 8 or 9