Funyarinpa

Yep. Best contemporary visual novel, probably.

Honestly, that comes down to the character. In many cases I love the character because she has a beautiful bond with the protagonist/ the VN creates the sufficient emotional investment to genuinely make me feel like I care about that heroine's well-being, so I guess personality matters more to me.

https://vndb.org/v12402 I'm serious. It's probably the best VN with a maid in it you could ever read.

two things 1) Fucking finally, the fountain pen I got for my birthday is about to be shipped lol 2) Went to see the international college counselor today and save for deciding to take the TOEFL exam ASAP, it's only served to make me feel even more lost. Feels like trying my best to study for and take the APs I want will be hell and not all that effective or impressive. Volunteer work and something to demonstrate my interest in astrophysics is what I need the most, save for like FAR AND WIDE BETTER grades. Still feeling lost. Never going to realize my full potential, but that hasn't sunk in yet. Also there's the fact that I am not at all confident in maths OR physics, and I don't have the theoretical knowledge of astronomy to establish a club at school or anything of the sort to demonstrate interest. So in short, I have no idea what I'm doing or going to save for the fact that my laziness fucked my shit up.

jeeeeeeesus fuck, and you're asking for other recommendations get on Umineko like yesterday that said I'm only partway through Swan Song and haven't even touched the others, but voted for that anyway, I kind of like it so far.

Generally speaking, Western. The gameplays are far, far more varied compared to JRPGs I feel, and the stories are often less generic. They also take less time to complete for the most part. (Mass Effect and Bioshock take 30 or so hours each for example if not less) That said, Persona 3 and 4 are better than any Western RPG I have ever played and they are the only JRPGs I've ever finished besides SMT4.

you should because both arcs are a fucking insult if you want to take them seriously as part of the Danganronpa lore

Saya no Uta is essential. The House In Fata Morgana is even better, although it's underrated and it is more horror in the implementation of its themes (extended abuse, etc.) rather than actually being scary.

I tried to learn German for three years at school, and dude just... wut. Adjective conjugation, article conjugation, changing (often seemingly arbitrary) articles for every noun... Shit is fucking crazy, especially grammar-wise. It's by no means easy.

jesus fuck fata morgana on vita I mean holy fucking fuck yes

HOLY FUCKING SHIT I need Novectacle to bring this over. I NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEED IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTTTTTTTT (hopefully it includes the fandiscs) No, seriously, I really need this game on my Vita. Holy fucking shit my dudes. BTW, is -Another Episodes- and A Requiem For Innocence the same thing? Hope that's included in the Vita release and the voices can be turned off.

well at this point DR3 is just memes for me, perhaps Future will be better, but with what little significant buildup the anime provided I felt practically nothing. Seeing that Hinata was not *fully* deleted is about the only meaningful thing Zetsubou added to DR2 for me- it makes the deus ex machina at the end of DR2 a tiny bit less bullshit.

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for what it's worth, I think only the DRm-free version of that VN has JP text but I am not sure.

I'll do this too. School- Loud jackass that always jokes around. In class, the enthusiastic question-asker type. Work- What's that? Can you eat it? Home- Yep, doing my own thing in my own room 95% of the time. High school BFFs- refer above. Fuwa- Funyarinpa is my name, And Fuwa is my nation; This thread my dwelling place, the waifus my destination.

We are now friends. Re: Ever17- I do agree that the first four routes get tedious, but for me Sora's route was utterly incredible though I played it before I played Tsugumi's, and I actually like it even more than the true route. However, although E17 is one of my all-time favorite VNs I do think that the four primary routes could really have used some differences amongst themselves (the calm atmosphere doesn't help, for the most part, either).

CRYING

Eh, it's been a really long while since I dabbled in what GG was about so I'll take your word for it I guess.

That's true but it doesn't change that the whole debacle got started due to a review that doesn't even fucking exist. Kind of pointless to associate your name with something so closely intertwined with harassment, misogyny and such shit either.

Regardless of what you think about Gamergate, it's undeniable that people have done fucked up shit under that name.

Yep, Takeshi Abo worked on Remember11, Ever17 and Never7's musics. Samples:

Rereading Steins; Gate after I came across a Vita code. Okabe's even more cringeworthy then I remember, lol. Daru is great. Props to Kurisu for being able to stand Okabe's shit. Mayuri and Faris could not be worse lol. Just got to the second chapter. The art is fucking gorgeous, especially the backgrounds. Didn't play much attention to the music the last time around but holy shit have I missed Takeshi Abo's style. His work in Remember11 and Ever17 and Never7 is top fucking notch. Especially in love with the calmer themes, sounds just like what I loved in his previous work.

Well, unless you *have* to finish that VN, I'd just say move on to another VN or game for the time being. You might not be in the right mood, or the VN might just not be for you.

someone link the Ren thread edit: enjoy bonus: I was practically a walking Ren advert at one point. Someone even changed by name to Funyarenpa at one point. Shit lasted like two months. Lol

The trailer was revealed during the press conference today by Sony Computer Entertainment Asia (essentially Playstation in Japan). I also hear that this week's Famitsu will have a feature about the game. I've already seen a couple scans floating around. The ahoge robot dude we were led to believe is apparently is NOT the protagonist, but a newly revealed female character. Love her design myself. I'm so fucking game for this. New OSTs are dope too. Kodaka just fucking fuck my fucking shit right up.