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Baseball3b Fuwa Novice

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8 hours ago, nazim10 said:

I think that doing an A-6 will be a mistake. We had a good run, had great laughs, maybe even shed a few tears, and stretching the series will not in favor for the Majikoi world. Maybe I'm wrong, but I'd rather see it end with a high, and Minatosoft moving to something else.

Yeah I agree to an extent. The A "series" is pretty much played out, but with some good writing, there's still so much they could do with the Majikoi world in the same vein as S (except, you know, better). Though I do think they're probably done.

I'd just like to see more of Minatosoft's titles get translated -- I'm still hoping for a TL of that butler one (completely forget the name). Eagerly awaiting Front Wing's new project tho.

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2 hours ago, Baseball3b said:

Yeah I agree to an extent. The A "series" is pretty much played out, but with some good writing, there's still so much they could do with the Majikoi world in the same vein as S (except, you know, better). Though I do think they're probably done.

I'd just like to see more of Minatosoft's titles get translated -- I'm still hoping for a TL of that butler one (completely forget the name). Eagerly awaiting Front Wing's new project tho.

The problem is that the further you go, the more difficult it gets. We see this everywhere, be it series, books, manga, anime... Majikoi was awesome, S was a disgrace with an awesome concept (and a couple good routes), and A a smart way to finish it off without taking the risk they took with S.

But if they actually had the ability and/or will to do smth of similar quality of the first game, they could pop more than one other game, without making it feel repetitive or boring. Ofc, that's both difficult and time-consuming, and this world is not popular for taking unnecessary risks or put too much effort into things, so it's a 99% sure that it won't happen, no matter how A sells.

twdarkeh Fuwa Veteran

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The reason A is so compelling is there is no single story-line. It's basically just a collection of single-route VNs, since you directly choose the route you want without any guesswork regarding vague conversation choices. The routes still have some variance within them, but you know that you're not going to end up in the wrong girl's route. This is something that set Maji Koi apart; while not necessarily unique, it is rare enough to be compelling.

The problem with S was that it took the base routes from the first game, robbed them of the mixture of comedic and serious story, and made them essentially short sex-based bullshit. The Margit, Kokoro, and Iyo routes started well, but finished poorly and also lacked any real depth, failing to add anything to any of the characters. Only Monshiro and Tsubame were proper routes(and Koyuki, but for spoiler reasons, I won't discuss the myriad of issues there), and two routes that, in my opinion, could only charitably be called passable can't carry the weight of the rest of the game's failure. This was especially a shame, since from a format, feature, and ease of translation standpoint, S was vastly superior. It had everything going for it, other than the story, which is why, again in my opinion, the game was largely a failure.

A preserves those things that made S great from a technical standpoint, and adds back in the story based content, returns to proper character development, and actually put a bit of effort in to the writing. Even the H-scenes are better written than large swaths of the story from the 5 original girls in S. It's one reason I wanted to keep going, and I think it's why the team stuck together. As bad as S was, as annoying as it got, A reminded us why we liked the series in the first place(Koyuki's route played a role in this, as it was story based, but again, due to spoilers, I won't go into depth on this).

This is obviously just my opinion, so feel free to disregard it, but I think that A is enough. Are there girls/routes in general I'd have liked to see? Sure. I liked the friend arcs from the first game; Moro's route was excellent, and Capt's was just hilarious. I'd have liked to see something similar for Gen and Kuma. As well as a proper route for Kokoro. However, the game has run it's course, and if it can end strong with what we have in A, then I'd rather it stay like that than to descend back into what S was.

Baseball3b Fuwa Novice

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Yeah, no I agree, A is a good stopping point. (And likely the stopping point.) I guess I just worded my last post wrong. I'm just saying, theoretically, and with proper writing, there's still a lot they could with the series if they decided to keep going. When I mentioned S, I meant more the S format of a quasi-sequel as opposed to the A format of having 3 routes/title in more of a fan-disc fashion. 

 

But yeah, I'd much rather they end it here than revert back to S. 

 

 

TsukiBaka Fuwa Senior

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10 hours ago, MFrost said:

Ah cool, I actually just bought that calender...I think (Has Margit in that uniform on the front, right?) So I'm looking forward to it whenever I get it. How'd you get yours?

And yeah! That's it, a censorship with Inarizushi.

I got it from Comiket 89. The calendar is pretty awesome!

Censorship being Inarizushi would be.. strange.. as it'd give a new meaning to.. eating her out..

 

10 hours ago, FinalChaos said:

I really liked that pic, mind sending pics of the other months too ? 

Sure, I'll PM them to you when I can.

Flonne Newbie

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It has been a while now. How is the famous Majikoi A still not done? Even Hosizora No Memoria Eternal Heart and Grisaia No Meikyuu are still in progress.

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1 hour ago, Flonne said:

It has been a while now. How is the famous Majikoi A still not done? Even Hosizora No Memoria Eternal Heart and Grisaia No Meikyuu are still in progress.

Because reasons, and we're humans with responsibilities other than computers.

TsukiBaka Fuwa Senior

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Sent to everyone who asked for them! I can post it here too if the moderators are okay with it. Sorry that it took some time ._.

E/ I kinda wanted to share this too, hope that's alright. All credit goes to a great friend of mine!

Kl0qbY3.jpg

 

TsukiBaka Fuwa Senior

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29 minutes ago, Zenophilious said:

I don't care  ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Can I ask that you put the pics into a gallery, and then post the link to the gallery?  Loading up 11 other fairly-large pictures makes the page take longer to load, and is rather annoying.

I actually just uploaded to Mega. I just wanted the okay that DDL links were still okay is all. xD

TsukiBaka Fuwa Senior

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5 minutes ago, Zenophilious said:

Yeah, that's fine.  As long it's not illegal content (you have the right to take pictures of your own property  : P) or lolis, we're not really required to care.  Go crazy.

Cool, I shall post it then \o/ I like the 'or lolis' part hahaha

Disclaimer: Monshiro is 18! and... not a loli in... :D

Link is for the Calendar images :sachi:

https://mega.nz/#!0pBW3AhY!nE2qM2Yvcs9QQAivth691f4Y-c5eLDNlTLm8IKRrBv0

TsukiBaka Fuwa Senior

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Yeah, it was Comiket 89. Minatosoft was selling a lot of A-5 related items. Getting special bags and whatnot too if you bought anything.

http://www.minatosoft.com/c89/ (Has a couple of NSFW stuff on it)

As for being able to buy it now? I don't know besides maybe Amazon.jp and Ebay. I think MFrost said he also recently just bought it? Maybe he can provide a place to purchase it from.

TsukiBaka Fuwa Senior

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4 hours ago, DarkZedge said:

I want that calendar! i need it!

does someone have a link to where i could buy it? amazon? E-bay? anywhere!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/C89-MAJI-DE-WATASHI-NI-KOI-SHINASAI-majikoi-desktop-paper-calendar-2016-/361488691219?hash=item542a67b013:g:LsQAAOSwbdpWY0Px 

Unfortunately someone already bought this..

I can't find it anywhere else sorry :[ Best bet is asking MFrost since he said he recently bought it.

MFrost Fuwa Veteran

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*ahem*

I actually just bought it along with the Rinchou plate from Yahoo!Auctions for like $20...so...probably won't help. I actually wanted the 2013/2014? calender with Yoshitsune & Benkei on it? ...I think they were on it at least. My bookmark for it doesn't show the image anymore.

TsukiBaka Fuwa Senior

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3 minutes ago, MFrost said:

*ahem*

I actually just bought it along with the Rinchou plate from Yahoo!Auctions for like $20...so...probably won't help. I actually wanted the 2013/2014? calender with Yoshitsune & Benkei on it? ...I think they were on it at least. My bookmark for it doesn't show the image anymore.

Do you mean Rinchuu plate? And what plate? haha

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