Jump to content
  • entries
    6
  • comments
    16
  • views
    3853

About this blog

Relaxed list-of-topics-style posts about VN's I play.

Entries in this blog

On Writing: Creating a World vs Telling a Story

On my journey to try and write a complete story, I found it incredibly satisfying creating my story's universe. Mostly characters, relevant parties, and cause and effect. So after a few months of creating, I end up with a decent amount of details and a fair chunk of my story plot filled in.   But I haven't written a story. In fact, I haven't even completed a single scene in it's entirety. Strange.   These "details", feel so integral to the story. I feel like I'm creating the

Chronopolis

Chronopolis

Koukyuu Shoufu Review

Would have liked to put the main title, but it's NSFW. Introduction:Koukyuu Shoufu (高級娼婦), is the first of two games (the second being Hotel Ergiffen) released in 2002 by the unknown and defunct company Maple. It boasts an unusual painted art style by Haimura Kiyotaka (灰村 キヨタカ). These being his early works, he is much better known for his art in Yume Miru Kusuri (ユメミルクスリ) and the anime Toaru Majutsu no Index. This game is obscure. Like 1 vote on VNDB obsure. I could only find one (japanese) revi

Chronopolis

Chronopolis

Japanese Learning for VN's: Skills

Introduction:   When it comes to reading VN's in Japanese, required skills can be grouped into four areas: Vocab, grammar, basic parsing skill, and kanji skill. In this post, for each area I'm going to explain: -what knowing skills in the area are good for -how you might study them -how much you'll need to start reading. I'll also give some related tips.   The requirements mentioned below are a conservative estimate. I've known people who've jumped in to playing VN's with less or much less, but

Chronopolis

Chronopolis

Gurenka Part 2 (End)

Made sure to use the version where Kuon is actually wearing something. Introduction:   Phew, that was long. I wasn't playing the whole time, but I still took nearly a good month and a half. Despite that, I actually have less to talk about than last time. Gurenka left me with a satisfying feeling finishing Kuon's route. The game has two satisfying routes with decent endings (two of them, to be exact), but outside those two routes it seriously lacks substance. I'd say what I en

Chronopolis

Chronopolis

Gurenka Part 1: Common + Elsrise's Route

Introduction:   Gurenka (vndb) is made by Escu:de, a VN company which has a fairly long history of games I've never heard about. I stumbled upon the title on vndb (The naked red-haired girl in the screenshots had nothing to do with it, I swear!). As a Chuunibyou story, I thought I'd try to make a new start to the genre. My previous experiences in Chuunibyou ran me aground with 11eyes -Tsumi to Batsu to Aganai no Shoujo, which featured lack luster school slice-of-life combined with endl

Chronopolis

Chronopolis

First Post and about this Blog

Welcome to my VN Blog! As for a why I'm making this blog: I've always wanted to do write-ups on VN's I read. I admire those reviewers who can see deep into all levels of the story. It's also those people I depend on to make sense of mystery of complex VN's like Subarashiki Hibi or Cross Channel. But varying levels of astuteness aside, I love to share with others this hobby of VN's and see all the peoples' different reactions.   As for why I don't consider myself to be reviewing visual

Chronopolis

Chronopolis

×
×
  • Create New...