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I know that certain VN communities that don't like us (i.e the poisonous 4-chan VN community) has this misconception. They will say things like "any translation done by Fuwa is garbage". What they really mean though, is that any translation started by Fuwa users "is garbage". As Fuwanovel itself is not a translation group. For whatever reason these communities (especially the 4-chan one) hate us and everything even slightly affiliated with us. In any case don't listen to them! Fuwa isn't a translation group, and the translators that do hang out here tend to be pretty good.

Swan Swan's first ending ends on a depressing note, and in my view is superior to the "good" ending. However, I already know you read Swan Song. Saya no Uta also fits the bill, as none of its endings are particularly happy.

*Looks at Nosebleed's post count* It would appear Nosebleed is almost 3x cooler than you.

You know a work of art (VN, anime, movie, book, etc) is good if it holds up over time. My thoughts on certain VNs change over time, but I find for the truly good ones, my appreciation grows over time. In my view it is easy to enjoy most VNs the first time around, but it is hard to enjoy it a second time. If you can reread a VN, than it's good. If rereading it isn't fun/worth it, than it deserves a lower score.

I'm replying a year late (by almost exactly a year) but I can relate to this. That's one of the main reasons I like forums so much, since they maintain a sort of purpose (focus on a hobby) that formalizes our interactions a bit. I can't stand something completely informal like irc. I briefly tried Skype chats and irc, and hated it. In fact, I would rather socialize in real life than through exchanging real time text messages. So long as I am exchanging thoughtful comments that I had to think about even just bit about, I am happy. Specifically the weird thing about me is that I don't hate socializing in real life, and on a superficial level I get along with nearly everyone. My main problem is furthering relationships to a meaningful level. Over the years I've come to realize that the biggest problem is that I genuinely feel like nobody should care about me. I'm afraid people will find me completely boring if they actually try to get to know me, so I avoid trying to get to know others. I focus on "intellectual pursuits" because writing and talking about literature, philosophy, politics, VNs, etc is so much easier for me. Talking about interesting ideas with people is easy, talking about myself is impossible. I'm a severe sufferer of the Hegehog's Dilemma, which is probably the reason why I relate so well to Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion. For instance I want a romantic relationship with somebody, but trying to advance a relationship with a girl beyond friendship is a near impossible step for me. "She could do better" or "She will find you boring" is what I immediately think. Social people I've noticed feel comfortable with themselves. They either know people will like being around them, or they don't give a shit. I'm not carefree enough to not care what people think, and I don't have the confidence to think that people will like me. What's even more funny is that even for the people that I know do like me, I have to question why. "What do they honestly see in me?" is what I ask. I'm sorry for this rather long post, this has been troubling me more than usual the past couple of days.

Will there be a part two to this? We still have a whole classroom to work through. This reminds me of the Symphonic Rain scene when

Ever since I've posted my previous comments I've been hooked. I honestly check for updates at least every day or two. I'm not trying to put pressure on you though (take your time or take a break if you want). I just said that to show that I am a fan of this project, and I really am hooked into this story.

I see what you did there with your typo. More on to topic though, thanks a lot for this.

I can see it, I really like the idea as well. I also like seeing my work get featured though.

Cross Channel for $40 and Rewrite for just $20 dollars!?! I can't believe that! Rewrite goes for over 100 dollars on Jbox. Personally though I'm not interested in Rewrite, but I am considering Cross Channel.

Glad to know that VNs and Fuwanovel ruined saved your life like for so many of us. I hope my negligible presence on the forums made you more miserable happy. By the way, can I gain access to the Secret rave part for non peasants? Or born a peasant always a peasant.

Indeed, I'm in as well. This is one of those things that would only happen in the OELVN market. I couldn't picture any Japanese VN developers doing something this innovative and unique.

It makes sense why Sena is portrayed in an idealistic way. When Brian briefly thought about how he knew nothing about her other than what he has seen. I read that as you signalling to the reader that she is far more complex than meets the eye. I was mostly criticizing that I though their relationship developed a bit too fast, but since their interactions feel very natural, it's easy to disregard. Now that I think about it again, it makes sense why Brian can get away with privately tutoring Sena. When I wrote that criticism I forgot that he is just volunteering. Regarding the grades, yeah that was just me nit-picking. I basically disregarded it as what you said "8 years is a long time. " I just remember that when I first read that he earned scholarship money, I was briefly confused since last I remembered his grades were in the dumps. But I easily dismissed it as time passing. P.S. You're not alone in being out of touch with Western fiction. Other than books and short stories I get assigned for my classes (which are all classics anyway), I pretty much only read VNs (and subbed anime. That kinda counts as reading right? lol).

Alright caught up to date. Fuck you... I'm hooked! On a serious Note (This is a stream of my unpolished thoughts and criticisms):

Personally I'm shocked and really impressed at how fast of a pace you have been updating this story. I managed once to write a 10 page story in a single day, but that was because my Creative Writing final was due the next day. The fact that you're doing this solely out of self-motivation is great! I told myself a few days ago I would stay up to date, but I haven't. I'll do so right now.

plus the whole story was nonsensical considering the game setting.

I always thought you liked Little Busters, glad to see we agree on this. This is what I mean with how KEY VN's got progressively worse over time. I completely agree, Swan Song only needed the regular ending. Thankfully the good ending is only available once you finish the VN, meaning it's very easy to avoid the "good ending". In G-Senjou no Maou I hated Tsubaki's ending (both the good and the bad one).

Since your into visual novels, I agree with the suggestion to watch Welcome to the NHK. Welcome to the NHk does an excellent job portraying the quirks of otaku subculture in a funny, and serious way. The show thus often goes for dark humor. If you're looking for something with really really good story and subtle/sophisticated writing, I would highly recommend Berserk and Monster.

Welcome to the forums! You're reading some good VNs. Although personally I could never read more than one VN at a time.

Great lesson! I was going to provide my own feedback, but I stand by everything Nosebleed said. I would really appreciate if the words were in Japanese, but you provided English means. So basically I heavily support the text box idea. And most of all. Rainsismyfavさん ありがとうございます. Noob Question: Could I have written ありがとうございます Rainsismyfavさん?

And then you read Makoto's route in Kanon and cry like a baby. ;P From the looks of it, KEY is still voted better than Type-Moon. I am pleased, lol.

Why are 2 of my favorite Visual novels so underrated. Both Symphonic Rain and Swan Song deserve to be more popular. It's hard to relate to other VN fans when they have never read your favorite works...

To share my experience and journey with RTK a little. For the most part I avoided any grammar learning while doing RTK, so when I spent time on Japanese I was either doing Anki or learning new kanji. It took me a cumulative effort of 8 months to do (I believe Aaeru said she took 8 months as well actually). However, that was mostly because real life got in the way of learning new words sometimes (I always did anki everyday though). I started RTK at the beginning of July. All the way through mid September I went at a pace of 20-25 kanji a day. So by the end of Summer vacation I had done around 1300 kanji. Then school started, and that's when things got really tough for me. I signed up take two classes with the notoriously hardest teacher in the Humanities department at my school. He's a really smart and nice guy, and I learned a lot from him. But he assigned a crazy amount of work. On top of that I had to study for the SAT (college entrance exam in the US) and had to do other things for the college application. So for a whole semester (from mid September - mid January), I basically didn't learn any new kanji. There were some days where I struggled to find time just to do anki, lol. When the semester finally ended I had a half month vacation until the next semester began on February 3rd. I felt really depressed and discouraged at this time. I sort of felt like I wasted a lot of time, because in that entire semester I only learned around 200 new kanji. I seriously contemplated quitting RTK, but if I did that then I knew for sure that I had wasted my time. At this time I reread Aaeru's guide almost religiously. Her words always filled me with inspiration and provided me with hope. I asked other self-taught people for advice during this period, and often they encouraged me to quit RTK and move onto the grammar (quitting was something I really didn't want to do though). Aaeru's words encouraged me to continue onward. Rereading her guide made me feel like I was doing the right thing, and that my diligence would pay off in the end. So I decided to create a deadline for RTK, and chose April 4th, because that seemed like a reasonable amount of time. During the half month off I did 25 new kanji a day, and by the start of the new semester I was 1900 kanji through. Although I slowed down a bit, throughout February I maintained a diligent pace. I finished RTK on February 28th. I beat my deadline by over a month! I'm glad I didn't quit because a lot of really important and frequent kanji are saved for the latter half of the book. I've said this before, but I consider RTK to be prologue to learning Japanese. It's not actually learning Japanese, but if provides intellectual tools and advantages that make learning Japanese a lot easier in the long term. So now I can truly begin learning Japanese by studying grammar and knowing that I have a huge long term advantage over other beginners! I have the kanji more or less out of the way! Sure I need to learn their readings, but I've already done the hardest part. Memorizing how the damn things look and their general meanings! For people either doing RTK, or who are contemplating starting it. If you read this, I hope reading my journey through RTK was even half as inspirational as Aaeru's words were for me.