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Sorry but I didn't find your highly politically influenced argument convincing at all. I suggest you take a step back and recognize that your views are excessively emotional on the matter. To be blunt, please don't bring America's perverse and dogmatic tribal politics onto the forum. You have the right to feel the way you do, but please refrain from trying to 'convince' everyone that yours is the only possible logical argument.
Regardless of what 'views' Yorhel and the others might have (which I don't care about one way or the other), vndb serves its purpose of making people aware of new VNs when they come out and retaining basic information on VNs in general. I don't demand anything more of it, and I honestly don't care if they fiddle with tags for random reasons. It's their website and their efforts to maintain it are what have kept it alive for so long. Without vndb, finding visual novels would be much, much harder and more haphazard, like with anime and manga (which have way too many half-assed database sites with horrible structure that makes it hard to find anything). 'Rival' sites don't last long for a simple reason... those sites never manage to be convenient and relatively easy to search even if you don't know an individual visual novel's name.
Edit: I should also note that vndb is not primarily or even secondarily a social media site. Ultimately, it is a database where one can (with a sense of moderation and responsibility) post information and reviews for VNs. Treating it like the poisonous swamps that are Reddit, Facebook, and X does no one any good. The social element has its issues, but the bare bones nature of the social features shows how little interest there is in that aspect in the first place. While it is technically a community, it is a community whose focus is on a niche medium of entertainment, not a place for people to rave about political viewpoints.
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On 12/27/2024 at 2:47 AM, Somebody said:
Hello, I couldn't find any kind of support section so I didn't knew where to ask this question. Is there any kind of word limit or character limit for forum posts?
As far as I know, there is no word limit. I've never hit it, anyway, despite frequently posting walls of text early on. In addition, the massive posts by people advertising their VNs don't seem to have any issues that way, so you shouldn't need to worry.
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People still post, it is just that it is more likely to be people asking about technical issues than anything else. I don't like to sit on Discord, because it is too hard to keep track of conversations, and I prefer to just skim static posts rather than deal actual real time conversations. For visits, we still get plenty, because people utilize all the old posts for technical help on VN issues all the time. A lot of the other sites that had that information are long gone, so a lot of VN-readers treat us like some kind of archive for troubleshooting.
We do still get people asking for recs, but more and more it is stuff I can't get involved in, since I really only played untranslated VNs after the first six months or so.
Incidentally, the amount of bots is probably about ten times what you think. I prune at least ten for every one you report, because most just put their adlinks in their profiles rather than posting threads nowadays.
Edit: also the ghost bots that post meaningless and seemingly harmless posts that the bot goes back and edits a month or more later to add a link to. The key for those is that they tend to use real people names for their handles... so newbies, please don't use your real name or something that might be a real name for your handle, because it is automatically suspicious here, lol.
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The original translation isn't exactly great, but it also isn't so bad that it needs a full re-translation at this point. I'd rather see something that has been neglected get a translation, personally... there are tons of 'classics' from that era that probably won't get translated organically at this point.
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Tokyo Babel comes to mind. It has no ero scenes, and the romance takes a back seat to the story and action. Sadly, the restriction of English-only makes it impossible for me to think of any others, as most VNs localized and made here are romance-focused or if they have a solid plot, they also have ero.
Edit: I/O also comes to mind. I forgot about it because it was so long ago and I only played it once, It's hard sci-fi and some consider it the predecessor to S;G.
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Visa and Mastercard just want to pull fees from anyone they can get them from. They get slapped down every ten years or so in the US for sneaking illegal fees in, so it is no surprise they would be inflating fees in Japan.
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In response to the question, Clephas' true form, a mass of moon-sized tentacles with innumerable orange eyes, becomes visible in the sky, causing the entirety of humanity to go mad and begin eating each other. Clephas's tentacles writhe in benevolence as he bestows his terrible blessing upon all Fuwans. A moment later, everything is restored to as it was before, and none remember the horrors of the past twelve hours.
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Dark And Violent, depressing
Maggot Baits
Phantom of Inferno
Nemurenu Hitsuji to Kodoku na Ookami
Dead Days
Muramasa
Tokyo Necro
Ryakudatsusha no In'en
Houkago no Futekikakusha
Sora no Baroque
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Not really specific... there are plenty of VNs with murder in them, but you should specify precisely what you want. Do you want battles? Do you want mystery? Do you want horror?
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If you mean androids:
Komorebi no Nostalgica- Far-future setting, post AI vs Humanity war, history has mostly been erased and people are living in a world of high technology where most cultural and historical information was erased by the war. My favorite heroine from this one is the Metosera AI android, Fluorite. Like all of her kind, she is the result of android AIs constructing a basic evolving personality program and giving it a body to learn emotion emulation along the way. She often serves as a compare/contrast with Cinema, the central (non-heroine) character of the game.
Reminiscence- Far future setting, based in a version of a post-Akatsuki no Goei world where the conflict between social strata expanded into nuclear war, causing people to seek shelter in underground arcologies. Accela, the protagonist and his sister's maid, is the robot/android heroine for this one.
Kimi to Mezameru Ikutsuka no Houhou- Dystopian futuristic story with a protagonist who lives with two AI androids who basically serve as his mistresses as well as his helpers.
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AstralAir then. Favorite is pretty consistent. A Sky Full of Stars, for better or worse, is pretty meh in my eyes, from what little I remember.
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7 hours ago, ChaosRaven said:
I'm currently reading Irotoridori no Sekai as well (amongst others), and it feels overall weaker than Hoshimem. Characters seem a lot more bland at least. That said, I'm not that far yet, so things could still change.
Irotoridori is more focused on catharsis than character development compared to Hoshimemo. Hoshimemo kept most of the catharsis to the latter parts of the game, whereas later Favorite games tended to have multiple catharsis points along the way, with the largest appearing at the end. Sakura, Moyu is the culmination of this style, perfecting it, whereas Irotoridori was their first time to try it.
Hoshimemo is much closer to older nakige in style, mirroring Key to a large degree. This is opposed to the later games, which have their own style that is entirely distinct from Key's.
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I rate Sakura, Moyu as easily one of the top three nakige of the fifty or so I played during my years as a reviewer. Favorite in general has a bit of a lolicon issue, but their games are of the highest quality.
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6 hours ago, norema said:
"とらいの式により定義"
What would the best meaning for this be if someone can help me please ! It is the first line of a prologue section.
Mmm... well what I can come up with without context is 'Definition through use of trigonometric equations.' Sorry, with what you gave me, that is literally all I can come up with, as the first word isn't kanji, thus only giving me one meaning that makes sense.
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It's a good choice. Grasesta is literally the only stand-out game by Eushully in a decade (sadly, including their most recent game, Hyakujou). As far as I know Grasesta doesn't have an ongoing translation project. There is very little I don't like about Grasesta, which is a harder feat to achieve for a gameplay VN than you might think. I love the crazy personalities some of the heroines (you probably know which ones) have, and I love the protagonist. I love the prologue, and I even like the antagonists.
This game is somewhat lore-heavy, but relative to the rest of the games in this setting, it isn't so heavy on lore that you couldn't grasp it on your own coming in as your first Eushully game. Since it is based in a different region from most of the rest of the games, I doubt anyone will get on your case if you make a few mistakes about region names and the like.
Before you get too far in, I would suggest deciding whether you will use and translate the append content, as it is mostly extra details about events prior to the game, as well as cameos and easter eggs. While I'm sure most people will be urging you to translate it, it isn't really necessary if you don't have the energy to do so once you finish the rest of the game. I
I answered 2 on the second question, but my definition of MTL doesn't include using parsers or using it to figure out the meaning of individual words to save time, just to let you know. As such, I won't be annoyed if you use MTL in those senses.
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Who are your top five VN characters (other than the protagonist)? I went ahead and posted this thread because using my evil thread necromancy to resurrect the original zombie thread seems in bad taste, lol.
1. Kamio Ami- Semiramis no Tenbin's main heroine. Calculating, manipulative, and you can never tell when she is wearing a mask and when she is being honest. Her sheer intelligence and gut-level understanding of human nature combined with her somewhat hedonistic personality make her a fun heroine to pursue. While she represents the 'devil' (Eru being the 'angel') of the three main heroines (Touko being the 'human' of the three), ironically her path leaves most of the side-characters much better off than Eru's path, where a lot of horrific things happen to several of the protagonist's friends.
2. Welsheranto D Anoyance- Otherwise known as 'Belche', a three hundred year old vassal vampire turned by the protagonist's father. She was formerly a barmaid in Dublin, though she remembers very little about the time when she was human. She is Jun's guide, his surrogate mother, and the overseer of his vampire heroine. Her love for him is as pure as it gets, despite the fact that she is anything but pure in nature. She is terrifyingly powerful, even by old vampire standards, able to slaughter hundreds of humans in seconds if she wills it. When it comes to strangers, she is cold and distant, often ruthless if she thinks she can use them to better the circumstances of her vampire family. When it comes to her family, she often shows the face of a put-upon mother, despite spending most of her time in her smaller form.
3. Kuki Youkou- A brilliant martial artist and first-rate teacher who fell to his own hatred after his son was raped and killed by a serial killer with powers. He is both teacher and antagonist to the protagonist of Ayakashibito, while being the tortured protagonist of Chrono Belt. While we mostly see his bad side in Ayakashibito, Chrono Belt gives us a chance to see the man behind the vengeful demon so familiar from the original game. He is perhaps one of the most complex and deep characters written by Higashide during his time with Propeller, and it is worth playing Chrono Belt to see him come to life, even if only temporarily.
4. Christopher Valzeride - The hero and Fuhrer of Adler and the prime antagonist and cause of most of the conflict in Silverio Vendetta. Despite his supreme power and absolute heroism, he is not very talented. However, he is a supreme hard worker, turning a mediocre level of talent into a monstrous level of power by being utterly ruthless with his own body and enduring things that would drive almost anyone else insane. However, his seeming perfection of personality comes from a simple inability to understand the idea of giving up and doing evil, even if he can comprehend it logically. He is devoid of weakness, which is in itself his greatest weakness. As he once put it 'I am not an ally of justice, I am a slayer of evil.' He is self-aware enough not to hold others to his standard and he is in a constant state of rage toward himself and self-hatred due to his absolute hatred of evil. Unlike many would-be 'heroes' in stories, he doesn't think of himself as good but rather as the worst kind of trash due to his inability to find a perfect way to his goals that don't require the sacrifice of others. If he had it his way, the only sacrifice would be himself. "I will live and die for others. Know that my heart beats for only that purpose."
Spoiler5. Marie- Dies Irae's main (if not true) heroine. A young woman born at the foot of the guillotine during the French Revolution, whose life passed without ever once knowing the touch of another human being due to the guillotine's curse. At the end of her life, she spoke something other than the song of the executioner's grounds for the first time, only to state 'I will always be here', becoming eternal at the moment of her death, inspiring the events that led to the 'war'. If there is a heroine one could say is 'pure of heart' with a straight face, it is her. A tragic figure who, in the end, turns her tragedy and innocence into compassion and an all-encompassing love for humanity. "I am watching. I'm at your side. I will never abandon you. I will embrace you. ... No, please allow me to embrace you. Oh precious everything, I wish to watch over you forever. Amantes Amentes, Omnia Vincit Amor. Everyone, please someday find happiness."
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Shigure Sora from Devils Devel Concept or Shiranui Yoshikazu from Evolimit.
The former is a lawful evil protagonist with a strong animalistic side combined with a transactional view of the world, while the latter is a 'hero' type in the purest sense of the word. All my favorite protagonists are psychological messes to one degree or another, though. lol
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The last five years or so has been mostly devoid of superior VNs, so I honestly don't have much to suggest.
Since you haven't played it yet: Komorebi no Nostalgica
Komorebi no Nostalgica easily makes it to the top of my sci-fi list, though it has very little action. The story and presentation is awesome. It might be a little too SOL for your tastes at times, but to my mind it makes up for it for presenting an interesting 'after' picture of a post Human-AI war.
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Since you haven't played it yet, Fuukan no Grasesta by Eushully. It is easily the most memorable Eushully game made in the last ten years, with the best story.
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Elfen Lied
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Even if you download, VNR won't work on Windows 10 or 11. At least not consistently. Better to use Textractor. Also, I doubt any downloads of VNR that are still active won't be infected, given that no one has updated it in the last seven or eight years.
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Ah, let's keep the heat down, and you guys are thread derailing, so please make another thread if you want to debate the merits of the VN-learning method of mastering Japanese.
Edit: Also, I should note that there is a small but significant (around eight percent of all humanity) portion of humanity that is incapable of learning languages that aren't directly related to their native language. Basically, these people, if they already know English or Chinese, they can't learn any language whose grammatical structure differs significantly from their own. This is not a problem with their intelligence but rather with how their brain works (basically how their brain forms associations).
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It kinda sounds like the thread author was the one decided to make it personal... even though the entire thing isn't worth arguing about in the first place. If someone has time to nitpick over gender political tags, then they also have time to be doing something more constructive... like reading visual novels or watching anime.