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http://vndb.org/v14965 http://vndb.org/v7836 http://vndb.org/v10570

After you're done with kana, Tips for learning kanji: Check out kanjidamage (provides good mnemonics for kanji, gives names to radicals that dictionaries such as jisho don't acknowledge at all - mnemonics here also include a way to remember the ON-yomi reading, the one you'll be using for compound kanji words without okurigana (kana following the kanji) but that only really matters if you want to do more than read. Kanjidamage also excludes ~300-400 useless joyo kanji that, according to its author, are not used anywhere anymore) and memrise (a good trainer website that not only helps you memorize like normal but also has a good pattern for refreshing that knowledge - first it lets you "water" it (plants = knowledge and all) after 3 hours, then a day then more and more and if and when you fail, that will reset which is pretty convenient). Memrise also has a course based on kanjidamage's pattern so make sure you use that. If you find the mnemonic from kanjidamage ineffective (inevitably there are some, this is kanji we're talking about) and memrise's userbase fails to provide a better one, do your best to come up with your own. Take some time thinking it through, whatever works for your mind is good enough. You want to avoid relying solely on visual memory as much as possible. Trust me, I learnt over 3 grades of kanji (~500) before realizing how much trouble I have remembering many of them and need mnemonics.

I pretty much just look at the screenshots which is most often a sure way to tell if I'd enjoy it (staying away from bad art style, awfully dark stories and most nukige). I also look out for group sex tags to make sure there isn't more than 1.0 on that, though having any at all is already a big turn off for me. Same thing about NTR (reverse is fine). Don't mind some rape, though it's usually hidden as spoilers anyway. Unfortunately, that really, really wasn't the case with the Da Capo series which has a good art style yet it's 90% cliche and is really long nonetheless (Innocent Finale is a bit of an exception, but I didn't like that either because of the main cast).

My little pony

I like the default one the most. It's kind of nice and calm.

It's good so long as it's not lolifest like Kiniro Mosaic and Gochuumon wa Usagi, though I haven't watched many yet. I love the atmosphere of Non Non Biyori, it's totally chicken soup for the soul.

almost all nukige is morally questionable to various degrees, so I can understand staying away from it even if you're looking for H-scenes.

Thanks a bunch, I just kind of went for the vocabulary first and didn't expect the grammar guide to have entire pages for specific words.

Can somebody explain the difference between　方 (hou) and 方 (kata)? They both seem to mean direction and share some less common meanings.

Some VNs have pretty fast auto-modes by default and you won't be able to keep up without paying attention. Also, count in the time you spend taking pauses and breaks.

I would appreciate it if you stopped throwing that insult around already. I can't be the only one who reads his H-scenes with both hands above the table. Don't you think the authors knew what they were signing up for from the beginning? There are companies that focus on releasing all-ages titles, and they still chose to bear with an eroge developer.

It's a bit late, considering the tremendous growth speed of this thread, but as someone who's learning Japanese and planning to read everything they ever wanted, I'd pick an uncut partial over a better game's full patch with cut H any day of the week.

Hatsukoi

They might simply make something different from the 3 routes in the VN and take some stuff out of each of them. I hope the plot won't just follow the Fate or UBW route though.

Edit: issue solved, please ignore

And yet everyone says ef - a fairy tale of the two has reverse NTR, mixing up the term with simple jealousy (pretty high amounts of it though).

ef: a fairy tale of the two (just one of the chapters)

Both Saya no Uta and Steins;Gate had fan translations before official EN release.

I found many of the Harukoi Otome H-scenes to be pretty hilarious, actually. "I drive my shuttle all the way into the docking station"

Hoshizora no Memoria H-scenes... that art style really sucks for H-scenes IMO. Also I really wish they'd done something about the hospital one where the main girl really looks just too pale and it is the only H for that heroine. Canvas 2 H-scenes are wasted by third-rate voice acting. Nice art though. Grisaia no Kajitsu's Yumiko H-scenes - what's up with those muscles? She looks like a man with female genitalia. Most of Da Capo and Da Capo 2 H-scenes seem out of place since they happen in the middle of the main plot with the heroine either too sickly (and you know beforehand that doing it will make things worse because supernatural crap) or secretive or amnesiac or done on impulse and whatnot. Air H-scenes... what the hell was that!?

Nothing gives you the right to criticize a product you didn't pay for, though. You aren't the one doing the favor here, the TL group is. And it's 100% charity.

I dunno, Rewrite took me 60-70 hours and Muv-Luv + Muv-Luv Alternative combined about 80-90. Some medium-length (10-30) VNs took me 40-50 hours, but I wouldn't really call myself a slow reader. Well, it's all the better if you spend more time enjoying a good game, isn't it? ^This