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VN of the Month November 2011 - Yurikago yori Tenshi made


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Yurikago yori Tenshi made is VN of the Month. Another notable masterpiece is Hanachirutani Sanjinkou . Legend Seven ~Shirayuki Hime to Shichinin no Eiyuu~ would also fit those who liked Schatten. Zen finds merit in Mareni writing while Micchi goes full-scale moe with Shunki Gentei Poco a Poco, Hare Tokidoki Otenki-ame and even Sonicomi

 

1. Dare ga Koroshita Komadori o 誰が殺したコマドリを [111118] Smile Senki 1
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Kotori is a reserved schoolgirl and is pretty much uninterested with anything around her. Weighed down by anxieties and insecurities caused by her home environment, she grow up unsociable like confining herself inside a shell.
Ran is an outgoing nurse-teacher. She lives a life in the way like most other adult does. Kotori caught her attention and helps her in her own way.
Kakeru in the nerdy stalker of Kotori. He tirelessly bear his unrequited love for a long time. He is persistent enough to approach her no matter how many times he is shot down.
This is their story, the story of these three individuals, the story of their intertwining fate put upon each of their perspective.
There is an English review

 

2. Toaru Kagaku no Railgun とある科学の超電磁砲 [111123] Shade
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Follow the multi-branching plot through five chapters of suspense, mystery, action, and comedy where your choices determine the outcome. When it's time to do battle, press the correct buttons displayed on the screen and watch the Railgun girls lay the hurt on their foes in awesome CG fight sequences. And of course no Railgun game would be complete without shower and swimsuit scenes!
Anime spin-off

 

3. Tanteibu: The Detective Club -Shissou to Hangeki to Daidan'en- たんていぶ THE DETECTIVE CLUB -失踪と反撃と大団円- [111124] BOOST ON 1
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Last in the four volume romantic detective story. The detective team consists of Maya, Tora and Natsu, three teenage girls and Sodom, a little robot with a useful set of skills. Each game in the series focuses on three different cases you have to solve.
Detective

 

4. Hanachirutani Sanjinkou 花散峪山人考 [111125] raiL-soft 1
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World War II. A young man seeks revenge for his murdered lover. He rides a horse searching through the mountains, chasing his bitter enemy. In the woods, where no man never set foot, he finds a mysterious village, where fantastic creatures live.
In this story about revenge, you will learn what path this man will choose to achieve what he desires.
There is an English review

 

5. Hare Tokidoki Otenkiame 晴れときどきお天気雨 [111125] Palette 1 2 3 4 5 6 
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Kasugai Yuuya lives in small town filled with rumors of a "God".
Hardly differing from normal people, a "God" possesses the mysterious power to exterminate ghosts.
If you ask, you may realize your wish - says one of the legends.
One day, Yuuya, as a member of student government, participated in a new "God"'s welcome party. But somehow, that "God," instead of arriving by train, falls from above on the a head of our hero, clearly showing off her's panties!
Thus, Yuuya's relations with the new unreliable and clumsy "God" started!
------How can I fulfill my wish?
There are English reviews

 

6. Houkago Kitchen 放課後キッチン [111125] Atu Works 1
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The cooking research club at Miyosaka Gakuen is in danger of being dissolved unless they can fill up the now-empty school cafeteria by the school festival. With not much time to spare, the club members (Yuna who is bad at cooking, the only daughter of a top hotel chef Ringo, first-year Maaya who likes sweet things a little too much, homely senpai and club leader Suzuno) try out new recipes after school every day in order to create dishes that will attract students to the cafeteria. Yoruhiko is a guy who eats a lot and even though he doesn’t have much experience in cooking, he ends up being enlisted into the club to try out their food. Will they be able to accomplish their goal and save the club?
A normal clean school club pure love healing game similar to previous Atu Works games.

 

7. Ima mo Itsuka mo Faluna Luna 現在もいつかもふぁるなルナ [111125] MANATSU_8
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The magic world exists in parallel to the human world. After a while, it became possible to travel between these two worlds and humans started to be able to use magic. Kokoro is a new transfer student at the magic user training school Ougetsu Gakuen and for some reason, he always sneezes when he is around girls. However, the principal Artemis knows that Kokoro possesses great magic power that rivals even the imperial family of the magic world. He stays with his imouto Misaki at the school dormitory Tokino-sou, where there are many girls. He loves girls a lot, so much that he has always dressed up as one since he was small. However, will he be able to fall in love while dressed up as a girl?
Trap moege

 

8. Kanojo wa Sora ni Inoranai -quantum girlfriend- 彼女は高天(そら)に祈らない -quantum girlfriend- [111125] Escu:de
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A fantasy battle SLG that is very loosely based on Japanese mythology game. The fictional city of Kyouto-shi in Kansai is a traditional city full with history. There are many tales of first-hand encounters with gods and strange things. Wakahiko sets out to find the truth behind these rumours and three goddess appeared before him. He ends up being dragged into their affairs and is given powers to fight alongside the do-S queen of the heavens Amaterasu, ultra-sensitive god of war Takemikazuchi and natural exhibitionist Amanouzume.
RPG

 

9. Legend Seven ~Shirayuki Hime to Shichinin no Eiyuu~ LEGEND SEVEN ~白雪姫と7人の英雄~ [111125] NONSUGAR 1 2
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One day, the giant ‘world tree’ appeared and it was controlled by an organization known as the ‘Visioners’ who massacred innocents to achieve the end of the world. However, one girl and her soldiers stand in their way. They are Shirayuki-hime and the ‘seven heroes’ that protect her. Yuu is a normal student that has a high sense of justice who gets involved in this epic battle. Will he be the one that can lift the curse bestowed on Shirayuki-hime?
There are English reviews

 

10. Mahou Shoujo to Koi+ 魔法少女と恋+ [111125] DisAbel
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There is a secret magic school on an island in southern Japan where only those people with magical talent are accepted. Normal people do not know about its existence aside from being an urban legend. It is the magicians’ task to help normal people secretly when strange events occur.
Tsukumo has lost his memories and wouldn’t have known his own name if not for the sole thing that he was carrying – a student card to the magic school. It seems that he used to be a magician, but somehow his memories were sealed. At the school, he is assigned to the special S group, which is full of problem students who possess great magical power. He notices that everyone at the school is female except him. Will he be able to recover his memories?
Last DisAbel title has annoying fighting mini-game and feels both unfinished and uninteresting.

 

11. Mashiro Summer ましろサマー [111125] Mana 1 2
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Many years ago, it snowed even in summer. It was said that the snowfall can grant wishes, so the townspeople made lots of wishes and prayers. As time passed, everyone gradually forgot about that strange summer. Keiji is a normal student who wanted a peaceful school life, but he is surrounded by troublesome girls: his cousin Chihiro who’s only good at housework and nothing else, sports freak Aki, poor ojousama Sakino, Mio who always seems to get herself wet and do-M stalker Kaho.
There are English reviews

 

12. Shunki Gentei Poco a Poco! 春季限定ポコ・ア・ポコ! [111125] Alcot Honey Comb 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 
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The third installment in ALcot Honey Comb’s mid-priced novel series. Even since his parents disappeared a year ago, Kanata did part-time jobs every day in order to take care of himself and his imouto Ai. He skipped classes and didn’t join any clubs even though he had entered the music academy with a scholarship, believing that music doesn’t help bring food to the table. However, it was natural that because of this, his scholarship was revoked. The granddaughter of the principal, Mana, gave him a second chance at his scholarship if he revives the legendary quartet. So, he picked up his cello for the first time in a year and was joined by bracon imouto Ai, my-pace and self-centered Sakura, and super cool beauty Natsumi. Will he be able to regain his scholarship, and more importantly, his love for music and lost friendships?
There are English reviews

 

13. SoniComi ソニコミ [111125] Nitroplus 1
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SoniComi is based on Sonico, an overly busty amateur idol and mascot of Nitroplus, and features players as her cameraman. Naturally as a cameraman, you will both film and court her. The game flow will consist of two phases: the adventure and action phase.
The adventure phase deals mainly with your job as a cameraman, giving you the task of planning her photo shoots to the client’s requests. Gravure fans will be happy to know that they actually get to take pictures as Sonico poses around the set.
The action phase is similar to what players are used to in visual novel games – building a relationship with Sonico outside of work. These get broken up into scenes that involve physical contact, eye contact, and talking. Talking seems to be pretty basic, , but physical contact and eye contact seem to be the more interesting aspects. These include holding her hands at the right time, eliciting either embarrassment or a romantic moment. Likewise, eye contact during a conversation will be important. This means that either players will be rewarded for paying attention to Sonico or get a scolding for letting their eyes wander.
There is an English review

 

14. Strawberry Nauts [111125] Hooksoft 1 2 3 4 5 6
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Seitarou starts his first year of highschool by moving to the Goukoukan school away from home. Of course he is to move to the dormitory so he is surprised when told that he will be staying in the girl's dorm! To be precise he will be staying in an appendage of the dorm because the boy's dorm is full. That day he meets with the other residents (who are of course, all girls), Asagiri and Aisa are his senpais, his childhood friend Itsuki, Houmi the school chairman's daughter, the timid and petite Yao, the bright Touko and the childish teacher Chiyori.
One year later all the members of the dorm are like a close knit family, while everyone spend their time and energy doing what they love (be it club activities or student council duties) Haruto uses his now famous cooking skills to make sure food is ready when they wake up in the morning and come back after school. With the addition of two first year girls the clumsy Mikamo and the serious Suzume the new school year starts, who will Haruto end up with?
There are English reviews

 

15. Tentacle Lord -Waga Te ni Ochiyo Yuusou Naru Otome- テンタクルロード -我が手に堕ちよ勇壮なる乙女- [111125]  Yatagarasu
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On the continent of Septentrio, there are tales of the past when heroes and demon lords fought against each other. There was a maou that ruled over the fertile Kingdom of Grüngard. The imperial family was quite adept at magic and lived much longer than humans. The neighbouring countries feared history repeating itself and attacked, but they were always defeated. Now the kingdom is ruled by the young but skilled Dune Angrojia Grüngard, who is well respected by his people. He has the special ability of being able to control tentacled creatures to defeat enemies. Due to an unfortunate accident, he was put into a deep sleep for many years. During this time, the Kingdom of Rindveld which is full of heroes declared war on Grüngard with the intention of defeating him. When Dune awoke, the attacking forces led by Aria Ashtein had already reached the city limits. He decides to unleash his tentacled minions to defeat them and reclaim his territory.
RPG

 

16. Yumemiru Tsuki no Lunalutia 夢みる月のルナルティア [111125] Arianrhod 1
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In a slightly different future, there is an atmosphere on the moon and people study science and magic there. The protagonist transfers into a magic school on the moon aspiring to become an alchemist. His mahou shoujo imouto Satsuki, and classmates Asuka (swordswoman) and Enora (shaman), help him with attaining his dream. However, some residents of the moon find their adventures to be a nuisance and want them to leave…
RPG

 

17. Yurikago yori Tenshi made 揺り籠より天使まで [111125] Akatsuki Works Black 1 2 3 4
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Hiro spends his days attending school without a goal in his life. Two years ago, he inherited an unworldly object known as the knight frame, which can cause great destruction at a whim. He is determined not to use these powers because they would be a disturbance to everyone else. Even though he hates himself, he believes that this is the best thing to do.
Along the way to school, he looks around after sensing a warning from the knight frame. There he saw a girl with a carefree smile, who quickly vanished before his eyes like an illusion. He then found himself in another world with a battle about to begin.
There are English reviews

 

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1. d2b VS Deardrops -Cross the Future- d2b VS Deardrops -Cross the Future- [111125] Overdrive 1
A collaboration fandisk celebrating the 5th anniversary of OVERDRIVE, featuring a crossover between Kira☆Kira and DEARDROPS. Riho watches Kirari and Shouichi’s overseas performance on TV and sees that Shouichi is enjoying it more than before. She wonders if she would be able to beat Kirari. At that moment, she never thought that she would have a chance to do just that.
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2. Yaya Okiba ga Nai! やや置き場がない! [111125] Akabei Soft2 1 
This is the fandisk to Okiba ga Nai!, with 4 after stories as well as a new story. The giant pure-white robot Velaltoides was returning home from a mission when he was hit by a meteorite and crashed to Earth. Unable to fly, he was stuck in Africa until the repairs are done. In the vast land, even a large robot like him could live comfortably, but he was soon confronted by a major problem: it’s too lonely!
Fandisc

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Hare Tokidoki Otenkiame is a somewhat half-assed attempt to resurrect the miracle of Moshimo Ashita ga Harenaraba which is based in the same setting.  I like games with mimikko girls, so you can probably tell how much it pains me to hate on this game, but it really isn't worth playing.

Ima mo Itsuka mo Faluna Luna is a game I assess to be somewhat higher than the rating I gave it in terms of quality (I was in one of my charage overdose pits at the time).  It is a pretty decent to high-quality (depending on the heroine path) fantasy charage with a reasonably enjoyable concept/story.  The protag is nothing to write home about though.

Legend Seven... is for people who like the burning type moe in their VNs and anime.  It is hot-blooded everything, whether it is conversation or action, everything is hot-blooded and extreme.  Decently fun to read, but afterward you never want to read it again.

Shunki Gentei Poco a Poco is actually a pretty good game I played later on because I loved one of the other VNs based in the same setting, Hatsugamai.  I find it amusing that Alcot's mid-priced games are actually better than charage by other companies, and this is one that proves that particular rule true.

Strawberry Nauts is Hook Soft's single best game, ever.  I'm not kidding.  Nothing they've made before or since has come close.  That said, it is Hook Soft and sugary sweet moe and SOL is the name of the game, even if the characters are better than in all their other games and the heroine paths are actually almost interesting.

Yurikago yori Tenshi made is an old favorite of mine.  It is probably the ideal gakuen battle chuunige, the pinnacle of that particular sub-genre before it vanished forever.  The protagonist is an angsty unreliable narrator who is constantly abused by several of the main characters but has a ruthless streak a mile wide.  He is quite capable of murdering someone he likes simply because someone more important to him needs him to and not feeling anything resembling guilt afterward, but he is also capable of loving with single-minded fervor.  Generally speaking, this game is just... fun for chuunige.  

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Hare Tokidoki Otenkiame - Palette VN that didn't employ Tsubasu as the artist for the characters, and one of the heroine was used by Aaeru as her avatar. No much to say other than it's a charage with some supernatural setting, which to say it's what Palette did produce with both of Saku Saku and Nine (Nine is more like story VN though).

Sonicomi - A VN that has you as the cameraman of Sonico who is Nitroplus mascot, and your job is to make a good photo on her. That said, unless you want to see Nitroplus VN with lighter story, there's a lot of translated Nitroplus VN (ie Saya no Uta, Carnevale, Kimikoi, Steins Gate) that provided more interesting story. At least it's available in English if anything else, and of course it's not censored for overseas releases like any VNs that were localized by Pulltop because the VN itself (Sonicomi) is all age VN in the first place.

d2b vs Deardrops - The crossover between Deardrops and Kira Kira, although from what I read apparently it also provided some sort of additional closure for Kira Kira and Deardrops to a degree. Still it would be a nice read though if you already read both works and want more of it, although I'm content enough with both endings from both VNs. It also should be noted that the writer is also the one who wrote Bokuten, but at least he didn't write some unnecessary soap opera plot like in Bokuten (Well it's just short VN so there's no real need to provide that in the first place). Lastly at least this FD didn't give me bad impression from just read the synopsis like back at when I read Curtain Call synopsis.

Well this month here has less translated VNs that I know, so that's all for my comments in regard of November 2011.

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