Eclipsed Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Title. Mhmm. Thinking of picking up 2 VNs; a typical lighthearted school friendship funzies one and a more srs drama/mystery one. ~~ Ty folks! Planned readings over the next few months: Funzies: Kira☆Kira -> Katawa Shoujo/Majikoi Mysteries: Kara no Shoujo -> Ever17/Danganronpa (OLD) Brainstorming -School slice of life group of friends lighthearted romance comedy drama <- genre pref in that order greatest to least. -Fully english translated. -Preferably modern visuals / no 800x600 or smaller resolution. (Sry I shallow) Things I already read/acknowledge: Key novels, KonoSora, HoshiMemo, Da Capo, My GF President Potential candidates: Harukoi Otome (cr. mitchhamilton) - Eyyy this looks fun Damn trolls Katawa Shoujo Kira☆Kira (cr. TexasDice )Majikoi Noble☆Works (cr. Fiddle) Yo bruh I already read this! ~~ If you can't think of anything for the above, help me choose a Drama/Mystery (no preferences, just post your thoughts on the following or suggest others) Amaranto (cr. Flutterz) "it's not bad, but you can tell there wasn't much of a budget behind it"Comyu - "Yo this ain't mystery it's more a G-Senjou drama btw I'm bad at judging drama" - AbyssalMonkey Danganronpa Ever17 - "Read this before you die" - Flutterz Kara no Shoujo (cr. Marie-hime) "the only actually good mystery VN tld" - Eyyy Marie-hime suggested it so now I'm obliged Shikkoku no Sharnoth Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kaguya Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Go read the only actually good mystery VN tld at once (Kara no Shoujo). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Amaranto isn't that great. It's not bad but you can tell that there's wasn't much of a budget behind it, and it wasn't a passion project like Katawa Shoujo. Danganronpa is apparently pretty good, although I've only played the first chapter. Ever17 is great, definitely read it (if not now, then eventually). Comyu is apparently pretty good, although I've only played the first route. No clue about SnS or KnS. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Let's drop the lighthearted and go with Kira☆Kira. What about Majikoi? It's almost everything you ask for in dumb and pretty much the best thing ever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhamilton Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Harukoi Otome! TexasDice and Eclipsed 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Abyssal Monkey Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 I would hardly classify Comyu as a mystery. It is for sure not a mystery story, as there is no real build up or dropping of hints in the story to allow you to piece together what the overall plot is, which is how I determine mystery. Compared to something like DanganRonpa (as I gather, because I have not read it), which I would classify as a mystery because the main focus is about finding out what is going on and why, Comyu is more like Ayakashibito in the way that events unfold in an RPG-like fashion of slowly fighting your way to the final boss. The drama in Comyu is comparable to maybe G-Senjou. Don't hate me, I just suck at judging drama and tend to shy away from it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhamilton Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Shuffle and its fan disks. https://vndb.org/v28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nimbus Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Katawa Shoujo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fiddle Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 My personal recommendation is Katawa Shoujo, but I also know of a /index.php?/topic/6989-noble%E2%98%86works/">semi-translated newish VN with frequent comedy and an impoverished protagonist who attends a rich school through ridiculous circumstances, similar to Princess Evangile. Eclipsed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Ty for all input folks! Especially Fiddle for the /index.php?/topic/6989-noble%E2%98%86works/" title="">semi-translated newish VN suggestion -_- I've decided to go Harukoi Otome for my lighthearted funzies & Kara no Shoujo for my mysteries Runner ups will be Katawa Shoujo / Majikoi & Ever17 if my 1 hour trial read period for the above doesn't go well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 While Majikoi isn't very thematically similar to PE, it is pretty good light hearted fun. Of the three translated Overdrive VNs, Edelweiss is the most lighthearted and ridiculous, and also takes place in a former all-girls school, but it's also kind of bad. Kira Kira is just good fun (for most of it), Deardrops also isn't bad. For mystery, Umineko is rather good, traditional style murder mystery. I liked Kara no Shoujo too if you want something much darker and more like a detective thriller. There are some character moments in KnS that are better if you read Cartagra first but it's not required if you only care about understanding the story. The Phoenix Wright games are also decent mystery adventure games, that also happen to be pretty lighthearted! Harukoi Otome (cr. mitchhamilton) - Eyyy this looks fun Eclipsed 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhamilton Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 OH CRAP!!! YOU TOOK ME SERIOUSLY?!?!?!?! i'm so sorry Eclipsed. if i knew you would actually read that vn, i would never have even thought about suggesting it. well if you already started it, i doubt youre gonna turn back now. god speed to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 Ohh That bad huh? >.> I started with Kara no Shoujo first so didn't check out Harukoi yet xD I might just do Katawa Shoujo as my second then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhamilton Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 its the kind of vn that starts light hearted in the common route and is nice in the first part of the girls route, but then later they take a dark turn. dont want to mention one specifically but there is one thats just................. kill me. starlessn1ght 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Decay Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Harukoi Otome is extremely bad. I'm pretty sure MangaGamer localized it with the sole intent to punish us. For what, I do not know. It is easily among the worst VNs ever translated, the true definition of kusoge. Give it a shot! mitchhamilton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhamilton Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Harukoi Otome is extremely bad. I'm pretty sure MangaGamer localized it with the sole intent to punish us. For what, I do not know. It is easily among the worst VNs ever translated, the true definition of kusoge. Give it a shot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed Posted April 21, 2015 Author Share Posted April 21, 2015 LOL understood!! Aight, thoughts on Katawa Shoujo, then? Forget about being similar to PE's wealthy all-girl school; something that's enjoyable and school life and group of friends oriented is good enough. Oh right, Majikoi. Majikoi or Katawa Shoujo?! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TexasDice Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 Kira☆Kira! As much as I love KS, Majikoi is just too much fun not to read. Imagine the Little Busters common route in ridiculously over the top and self aware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Flutterz Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 KS is great. It's not light-hearted through and through, though (it's a story about crippled girls, what did you expect?). I can't say if it's better or worse than Majikoi because I haven't read the latter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhamilton Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 definitely read Majikoi! it is one of the bestest translated vn's out there. long, but great. top 3 of my favorite vn's Katawa Shoujo, Maji de Watashini Koi Shinasai, and if my heart had wings. im a slice of life guy. what can i say? plus majikoi has Mayuzami Yukie what more reason do you need? FinalChaos and Thomas 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 definitely read Majikoi! it is one of the bestest translated vn's out there. long, but great. top 3 of my favorite vn's Katawa Shoujo, Maji de Watashini Koi Shinasai, and if my heart had wings. im a slice of life guy. what can i say? plus majikoi has Mayuzami Yukie what more reason do you need? mitchhamilton 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FinalChaos Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 MAJIKOI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mitchhamilton Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 have you seriously not read majikoi? i figured at least 99% of people on this forum have read it. i suggested shuffle earlier and i remember learning that the voice for Mayumayu also had a role in Shuffle. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starlessn1ght Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 its the kind of vn that starts light hearted in the common route and is nice in the first part of the girls route, but then later they take a dark turn. Why is that bad? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wonderfullyevil Posted April 21, 2015 Share Posted April 21, 2015 For Sharnoth, I wouldn't really call it a mystery. It's not like a crime thing, but it does have a good mysterious atmosphere with you asking questions from beginning to end. It's more of a survival horror. The drama's good though. I second Umineko. The mystery aspect may not be as good as a mystery with good planning, but as it's an unorthodox one it ends up being rather good. It also has good characters and story, so even if the mystery falls it manages to hold up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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