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[FinalChaos]

My first impressions of Sharin no Kuni.

The setting and premise is pretty interesting along with the protag but for some reason it feels that him being 'weird' is kinda forced.

Yeah the vn does have a slow start, but it isn't so boring for me to drop it though.

 

Since the route order doesn't matter much I guess I'll just go with the flow on the first play-through.

 

I actually kinda like anti-heroes. I get kinda bored with conventional heroes after a while, since they're so popular, or at least they were. Anti-heroes seem to be all the rage nowadays, or at least in books and TV, anyway. The typical goody-two-shoes protag kinda gets on my nerves after a while, since they're a dime a dozen. I kind of assumed that it would be a lot darker, considering that the whole plot seems to be focused on revenge, and the protag was tagged as engaging in rape on VNDB, but thanks for the heads up.

Well I like anti-heroes a lot myself and well the protag being kinda 'evil' was meant to be plus point. 

[nohman]

I started on YU-NO yesterday, just to get a feel for it to decide if I want to read it in the near future. Got me kinda hooked, so it might be a little more near than I was intending.

Also making my way through Isuzu's route in Hoshimemo, but I'm barely 10 minutes in. I have a feeling that I won't find it as frustrating as some people make the route to be, given I'm expecting it.

[Funyarinpa]

I started on YU-NO yesterday, just to get a feel for it to decide if I want to read it in the near future. Got me kinda hooked, so it might be a little more near than I was intending.

Also making my way through Isuzu's route in Hoshimemo, but I'm barely 10 minutes in. I have a feeling that I won't find it as frustrating as some people make the route to be, given I'm expecting it.

 

I was trying to read YU-NO, got a bad end and I'm so frustrated I've not opened the game in a week. For your sanity, use a walkthrough.

[Deep Blue]

Really?  G-senjou's were good because of how twisted they were.  I'm not one to typically enjoy things like that, but Tsubaki's kinda came out of nowhere for me, and it was pretty high quality.  I usually read them because I like 100%'ing stuff, unless they're so messed up I can't stand reading them, and that hasn't happened yet.

they were but for example

seeing how you turned Tsubaki in a slave person it was just sad and I couldn't take it

also you rape her

[nohman]

I was trying to read YU-NO, got a bad end and I'm so frustrated I've not opened the game in a week. For your sanity, use a walkthrough.

 

Yeah, already doing so. The download I got included both a text and image walkthrough and just taking a look at it made me realize that I definitely should use one. 

[Decay]

I thought the Tsubaki bad end was the lamest corruption story ever.

[nohman]

^^ Aye, it was pretty forgettable overall, but that's kinda true of the side routes themselves anyway.

The only bad end I really even remember from that game was Mizuha's. As G-senjou was my first visual novel, I'm not even sure how it would stand up now. I really should reread it sometime.

[Funyarinpa]

Yeah, already doing so. The download I got included both a text and image walkthrough and just taking a look at it made me realize that I definitely should use one. 

 

I can't print the image walkthrough on a single A4 sheet of paper and the text one is literally 7 pages long O.o

[kingdomcome]

I love kanon's voice, sadly her route is so so

 

I liked her route, it was a nice romance.

[Kenshin_sama]

You didn't like Gakuto's route?  :/  I thought it was one of the better side routes, honestly, aside from Kazama's.  Most of the others were of kinda low quality or were just there for h-scenes, so yeah, I'm not surprised you didn't like them that much.

I did kinda like it, just not enough to have an impression of it. It was one of the easier side routes to read, but nothing particularly stood out to me.

[hussien-11]

I like Haru, but I felt that her backstory was a little forced.. and I felt that she didn't receive the same character development as Kanon or Tsubaki.

[Jade]

Consider playing Amagami at the moment, anybody know whether it's worth it or not?

[Satsuki]

Miyuki's route - Done!

Hitomi-chan, here I come~

[LiquidShu]

Consider playing Amagami at the moment, anybody know whether it's worth it or not?

 

I really enjoyed the anime and it's free on PS plus JP. I think it's worth a go, pretty sure it's popular over there too, no?

[Jade]

I really enjoyed the anime and it's free on PS plus JP. I think it's worth a go, pretty sure it's popular over there too, no?

 

You mean in Japan? Yeah i think it is.

Will start playing it then. Since if the anime is good the original would be much better right?

 

[Vokoca]

Well, just finished Sayonara wo Oshiete ~Comment te Dire Adieu~. What a VN... it was so unique that I don't even know how to talk about it in fear of spoiling things.

 

I will put the basic outline of the plot in spoiler tags just in case you want to know absolutely nothing at all about the VN - there aren't actually any real spoilers there outside of the prologue scene:

The story follows a trainee teacher, Hirosuke Hitomi, and his struggle with the mundane repetition of his tiring duties. As his stress grows, so does his anxiety. He constantly sees nightmares of an angel and a monster, but are they really just nightmares? As nightmares become reality, and reality becomes a nightmare, the protagonist slowly but surely descends into madness...

 

Sayonara wo Oshiete is definitely the best denpa I've read so far. It should come as no surprise, but as such it also deals with some really disturbing imagery - in fact, I would go as far to say that this was probably the most disturbing thing I've ever read, and I've read a lot of things that are quite out there. The horror here isn't as much in gore (although it has its fair share of graphic content), but in the implications. The author rarely ever tells you anything straight, and that makes everything all that much worse, forcing the readers to torture themselves with their own imagination. The writing is definitely my favourite part of the VN, as it can be both erratic and completely nonsensical, but also roundabout but poetic. The entire VN is written in the NVL format, and the author takes full advantage of this, writing more of a novel rather than the usual ADV narrative. Another highlight of the VN is the haunting but beautiful OST - and while dated and odd at times, I can't help it but enjoy the art a lot too. Though I like old KEY art as well, so take this opinion with a grain of salt.

 

Overall, Sayonara wo Oshiete is an amazing 9/10. There's nothing else quite like it - and if psychological horror, more specifically denpa, is your thing, you should absolutely give it a read. Just remember... this story is not for the faint of heart.

[Kawasumi]

Well, just finished Sayonara wo Oshiete ~Comment te Dire Adieu~. What a VN... it was so unique that I don't even know how to talk about it in fear of spoiling things.

 

I will put the basic outline of the plot in spoiler tags just in case you want to know absolutely nothing at all about the VN - there aren't actually any real spoilers there outside of the prologue scene:

The story follows a trainee teacher, Hirosuke Hitomi, and his struggle with the mundane repetition of his tiring duties. As his stress grows, so does his anxiety. He constantly sees nightmares of an angel and a monster, but are they really just nightmares? As nightmares become reality, and reality becomes a nightmare, the protagonist slowly but surely descends into madness...

 

Sayonara wo Oshiete is definitely the best denpa I've read so far. It should come as no surprise, but as such it also deals with some really disturbing imagery - in fact, I would go as far to say that this was probably the most disturbing thing I've ever read, and I've read a lot of things that are quite out there. The horror here isn't as much in gore (although it has its fair share of graphic content), but in the implications. The author rarely ever tells you anything straight, and that makes everything all that much worse, forcing the readers to torture themselves with their own imagination. The writing is definitely my favourite part of the VN, as it can be both erratic and completely nonsensical, but also roundabout but poetic. The entire VN is written in the NVL format, and the author takes full advantage of this, writing more of a novel rather than the usual ADV narrative. Another highlight of the VN is the haunting but beautiful OST - and while dated and odd at times, I can't help it but enjoy the art a lot too. Though I like old KEY art as well, so take this opinion with a grain of salt.

 

Overall, Sayonara wo Oshiete is an amazing 9/10. There's nothing else quite like it - and if psychological horror, more specifically denpa, is your thing, you should absolutely give it a read. Just remember... this story is not for the faint of heart.

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I need to read this so fucking bad I cant even ;W;.

Im FINALLY almost done with coµ holy shit that was long (good that I begun an even longer one right after lol)

Im finishing up eden* so I can start G-senjou no Maou, its been long overdue with me reading it.

I miiiiiiight try to read majikoi again soon, I need to give it an extra chance because i dont feel like I gave it a fair judgement when I dropped it. (I just hope the humor gets better than in an mediocre harem anime)

[starlessn1ght]

I'm playing the common route of Steins;Gate Hiyoku Renri no Darling.

[Satsuki]

Massive Love Rec spoiler

It's going to be Little Busters Refrain all over again mannnn. So many signs, so many hints...

Akira = Riki?

[Berilium]

I'm replaying Grisaia no Kajitsu for the 4th time because I got nothing else to do.

 

Maybe being productive?...Meh

[Berilium]

This should be the moment when I write that I have been ocuppied with work and could't post anything for a while but in reality I just completely forgot one day and the day after...and the day after...and now that I decided to start with Japanese again I remembered that I had an account on this forum.

 

I tought Ritsuko was the best girl aswell. She just looks so cute when she is flustered   .

 

But after I played Ayaka's she took the spot as my favourite with Ritsuko close second. 

[Berilium]

When people get to know me "Interesting" is not a word they would use to describe me xD

 

Oh now I remebered that I left Miyako's route incomplete after my HDD broke and decide to replace everything. And the True Route aswell (dont' know what's this about).

 

So yeah my night is full it seems 

[Funyarinpa]

YU-NO's Mitsuki/Eriko route is enjoyable so far. I really like it but I have a long way to go.

[LiquidShu]

OK, I finished Rio's route in Imouto Paradise. At first I thought she was completely best girl, h scenes are the bomb, funny lines, etc. The deeper I got into it, the worse it got. For a good eight-ish h scenes the protag literally uses Rio to jack off. Nothing more, no romance, not even regular sex, and throughout it all he does is say crude jokes. As I finally get on her route I was thinking it would get better.

 

N o p e

 

Oh hey, I just now think you are a girl and more than my imouto! Still going to have wierd sex with you though and treat you like an object. 

 

Up to this point I went from super hype to meeeeeeeeh this is trash. Fast forwarding some, Rio now needs medical attention, and MC finally realizes Rio isn't just his imouto/sex toy, but instead a girl he loves. So, he rushes her to the hospital trying to get her there as fast as he can. Rio had to stay a few days but luckily nothing happened. When she gets back MC says he loves her, she says she loves him, and I start to get happier. The other imouto's are there to witness and decide to give them alone time. After they leave the last h scene begins, and it was awesome. There was flirtation, MC not being a dick, instead he uses his dick for normal sex, and they kept referring to each other as a couple. Basically  more lovey-dovey than anything else in the route. 

 

The beginning of the route was promising, the middle was shit, and the very end redeemed some of it. 

 

After all is said and done we get the amazing swimsuit CG and I am way happier. Rio still cute has hell.

 

 

I now have Hiyori's and the harem route. Aya is currently the best route and Koharu not far behind. With the two sub-par routes in a row, I can only hope the remaining two aren't shit.

[granit]

I'm currently reading Ruitomo and oh my god it's sooo hard to read.  Despite that the characters are awesome, the story is weird but also interesting and Tomo is a really good trap protagonist. I kinda wish that he would be a girl instead.