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For most of the time that I have been reading VNs (been doing so for over 4 years now), it was something I used to only indulged myself in occasionally. Like maybe one VN for every couple of months - half a year. It was only within the past year or so that VNs have actually become something that I really care about. If it weren't for VNs I probably would never have found the inspiration and motivation to learn Japanese. I like anime a lot, but since virtually every anime has fansubs these days, there is little incentive to learn Japanese for anime. It's all the untranslated VNs I want to read that motive me to learn Japanese. Since there is no other alternative to reading them other than to learn to read the language, I decided to make that commitment.

Fucking love that game! Almost every year for the past 4 years I replay Castlevania Aria of Sorrow around Halloween time. Symphony of the night is also good, but for some reason I prefer Aria. Edit: I'm not technically part of the gaming club, can I still post here?

Funny you should mention that as when I was initially writing this topic out, it ended up being a rant about just that. How the only adults in VNs tend to be teachers, parents and antagonists, just as you said. I ended up scrapping that part out, but I'm glad to see we're on the exact same wave length regarding that.

Warning, this is not a recommendation that will suit your taste: I agree with the general criticism that most harem stories in otaku media tend to be all the same thing just with different characters. The one harem anime I actually really liked was the infamous School Days. It was immensely enjoyable to see a harem anime go where no harem anime has gone before.

I totally can understand this. Usually after reading a dark VN I intellectually digest it for a while before reading another one. While I can't see myself playing a full on moege, I could totally read something more lighthearted after something intense. Great post, it was interesting to read. I kind of have the reverse problem. I'm a few months away from graduating high school and I want to see something other than high school in my fiction/escapism.

In Genesis (not sure if you ever had to read the bible). God bet with Satan that even if he tortured one of his most loyal followers, that the follower would still have faith in him. Somehow God won that bet in the story. Lets try a similar thing here. I bet this thread will remain civil, you of course have the devil advocate's side. Lets please return back to the topic at hand...

That's totally true. But late teens/early twenties is still a fairly big difference compared to early to mid teens. The reason I posted this topic in the first place is because I have enough faith in this community for it not to degenerate into a flamewar. But who knows, maybe my faith is baseless.

No, I mean am I the only one in this community who doesn't really enjoy moe? Or rather I treat moe like how sugar should be treated, a bit of it every now and then is nice. But too much of it is not so good (at least for me).

That's kind of what I was also hinting at. I found this aspect of VNs funny for a while now. I like them as a story telling medium and I can tolerate moe if I have to. But seriously, am I really the only one?

It's sort of ironic that a medium predominated in "18+" releases usually due to "adult content" generally has so few adults in it. And what's more, due to the popularity of moe, a lot of characters look and behave younger than their age. I feel like I'm sort of the oddball out in this opinion, but I don't really like moe. Sometimes I laugh at it, but I mean that in the sense that I laugh at it (for trying so hard to be cute), not with it. Why can't we have more mature heroines that look and behave maturely (simply having large breasts doesn't count as "mature" looking). Maybe it's just me, but I often prefer the "Milfs" in VNs, and there's usually never a route for them! Going beyond the fetishy implications of this, adults are also more interesting than most teenagers. They have more life experience, responsibilities, freedom, etc. So what are your thoughts on this? And please tell me I'm not the only one who doesn't like moe (because I kind feel like I am). Edit: Please keep in mind, I'm not attacking moe. I'm just suggesting that it would be nice if we could have more of other stuff as well.

Is it weird that when I clicked the link I found myself wanting the game even more.

3 or so years ago pre-fuwanovel, the visual novel community was known for being kinda hostile. Oh have times changed! This is one of the nicest and most welcoming communities I've ever been a part of. Even if you don't read many VNs, I'm sure you can make yourself at home here. For a beginner I would like to recommend a lovely, short, and free visual novel called Narcissu. You can get this visual novel for free on steam. I suggest reading the original Narcissu before reading the prequal Side 2nd. It should only take like 3 - 4 hours to read Narcissu, but be prepared, it can be kind of depressing.

Honestly this applies for me as well. Even though I don't plan on getting married anytime soon, I tend to look for people who I could imagine myself married to. That sounds kind of weird, but its true. I'm not the type of person who likes making commitments, but that's because when I do, I treat them dead seriously. And no matter how you look at it, a relationship is a pretty big commitment. A casual relationship (even if sex was likely to be eventually included) wouldn't be something I could involve myself in. Mostly because I can't see myself committing to somebody under those circumstances, and if I can't at least picture myself devoted to a person, then I won't bother with even staring a relationship. And for the record, I have been in the situation where such opportunities were available, but I turned them down. I felt kind of stupid afterwards, but it's how I am. TLDR: I agree with what Cyrillej1 said, especially the part I included in the quote.

Congratz man! Actually, I'm in the process of working through my first untranslated VN, Snow. I decided to read it mostly just because I liked it's opening, but thankfully the Japanese is actually quite simple, (well with the help of Jparser that is). At times it's a bit too moe for me, but I tend to just laugh at moe sometimes. So it's all good.

This. I'm introverted as well, and an extrovert would be too much for me, lol.

Actually, don't give up hope just yet. As someone with an avid sweet tooth myself, I am underweight (I actually have trouble gaining weight) and I don't have any cavities. So long as she brushes her teeth everyday and has a high metabolism (or exercises frequently) then your dream of having an attractive girl who enjoys sweets is not in vain! Regarding myself...It would probably be best for her if she could at least tolerate or look past my socialistic rants (she doesn't necessarily have to agree with them). Also, if she could physically be of East-Asian descent while dating that would be great.

Lets be legit here for a second. Are you guys just really committed to this troll, or is Hatoful actually a decent game? Nah, from the Youtube footage I saw there's no way it could be. You almost had me.

Happy birthday to Kotomi! I miss when both you and Ryoji were active in this community.

Originally meant to respond to this thread sooner than this. But this information shocked me more than Sakura Spirit's high sales: People actually paid for that Pigeon VN!!! At least Sakura Spirit has lewdness and sex appeal, but other than a joke that gets old after 10 minutes, I don't see why people would be compelled to pay Hatoful Boyfriend.

This. I'm sure there are plenty of Otaku in Japan who are avid VN readers who are young adults that have already graduated highschool. So I think the answer to this question may be more complicated than what Aniki originally said. Also Aniki, I spent a good 2 minutes staring at your signature.

In real life that's actually the good ending.

Unless it's a comedy, always marathoning. If a show I like is currently airing, I wait for it to finish and than marathon it. However, usually I only watch older anime anyway, as I don't like the recent stuff that's been coming out.

I almost applied to an all girls High school by accident, true story. But right before I submitted the application, I realized that it said girls only. At least for me, most girls in my school are rather nice. Although, I'm sure they have their fair share of drama between themselves, I just don't know about it. But the one thing I hate, is the gossiping. As somebody who is a fairly private person, I have to actively be careful of what I say around them, lest I want most people I know to know what I said. One time I tested them by giving some information about myself they were curious about (a romantic interest), and as we were decent friends I was curious whether she would keep it a secret or not. She didn't, although I was hardly surprised.

That's when I begun my stalking waiting.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SiMHTK15Pik Nosebleed's post count that is. おめでとうございます!!! I've been waiting to do this for a few days now, lol.