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Who am I? I think it's time to reveal my identity. Why am I here and stuff... I'm a kind of nomad. And a "newbie" also. Compared to most people, I'm not old in the otaku fandom. I've started getting into it a year and a half ago. I wasn't guided my recommendations, or anything. I just had some kind of "prejudice" towards anime and I wanted to know more about it. So I picked my first anime, that was currently airing, which was Nagi no Asukara. My purpose is to have some decent knowledge and experience in various storytelling "long" medias, since I prefer long stories and find them easier to immerse myself and be attached to them. Back then, I had no knowledge about Eastern storytelling media, so my perspective was all "Western". This is why I had some difficulties adapting to the otaku world. Adapting to the new world As far as I know, "forums" are mostly something related to the otaku fanbase, so Western stories forums aren't really "outstanding". So my contact to the Western community was through social networks, specially tumblr, and also through RL people. The Western approach to fiction was mostly "fangirling" and "fanboying", rather than "critical". So I didn't really pay attention to the stories' flaws and what could be improved, but what was 'cool' and what characters I liked and such. Then, when I joined the otaku world, I still viewed anime through that perspective. But one thing I like to do is 'searching'. I am not someone who watches tons of anime, and marathoning them to 'get into' anime more. My anime list is humble, it has only seven animes, not counting sequels, side stories, and etc. But I can tell the name of a lot of animes and what they are about, even the whole story sometimes. I don't go discussing those because I didn't watch them. This just serves to expand my knowledge of his this world works. My first contact to VNs was through a shoujo dating sim name "Amour Sucre" some girls played in my school. I found the concept interesting and I wondered if there was something like that with girls. I ignored it. But then I was searching a trope in TV tropes and I found a work called "If My Heart Had Wings", it was a 'visual novel'. I kind of liked how it looked and then I downloaded it. Then I started ctrling everything making some choices to see how was it like. I found it damn long but I couldn't be more curious about the media. I started searching for more and more VNs, until I found Fuwanovel. I searched for a VN for me to really play and I found Rewrite. Downloaded the torrent (when it existed) and started playing it. I didn't understand what was a route until I played Lucia's route (my first). And damn, my first route was incredible! The best route I've played yet! After Rewrite, I played IMHHW (for real) and LB! Back to the main topic: I took interest in "reviews" and I like how they were made after I joined the otaku world. I thought critique was just for critics before, but I find them specially "crucial", because they can tell what the fans want, what they liked and what they disliked about certain work. It's also good to explain why you liked something and discuss with others about it. My tastes for anime/manga/LN/VN I look for different things in those different medias. But there are some stuff I always dislike. In anime, I look mostly for good characters that I can attach myself too and also good soundtrack. The story has to have moments with big emotional impact on me. Notable examples: Sword Art Online and Non Non Biyori. In manga, I look mostly for a good story, something engaging that the more I read the more I want to read. Notable examples: Iris Zero and Masamune-kun no Revenge. In LN, good character dynamics so the story won't be boring in the beginning, that is generally lighter. And also a good protagonist, which I can relate to. Notable examples: Oregairu and Eromanga Sensei. In VN, "impactful stories". Yeah, I've seen the potential VNs have as a medium and I expect remarkable moments as well as an engaging story that isn't boring to read. Notable examples: Rewrite and Little Busters! As many of you must know, I dislike comedy. I do think it's a waste of time, and even if it makes me laugh I still think it's boring. I'm much more into drama. To be fair, the way anime does drama was something new to me and I liked it. Actually, I prefer the drama done in the anime-way than in the Western-way. I also dislike ecchi, it's also a waste of time imo. Back in my first anime stages, I thought harem was super cool, looking at the concept. It looked like a love triangle, except bigger. But after time passed and I read other people's opinions, I don't really like it anymore... I like moe, though Fuwanovel When I started participating on Fuwa forums, I was rather surprised. First, because of the Coliseum of Chatter. It was full of silly things, and you could post silly pics and say silly stuff. I found it strange, but eventually came to like it. Also, because of the way people treat ecchi, moe and even hentai here. I thought Westerners almost always looked down on those things. I also thought almost no one was interested in nukiges, and almost everyone skipped H-scenes, and almost everyone disliked lolis. But I was wrong. Fuwa showed me that. Not saying I agree with most fuwans, but at least here I can share my love for moe and cute girls. The end This is it. I just hope you know me a bit better after reading this. Here's a pic of Lucia:

For all my fapping to h, I am a bit tired of just how formulaic they are. I figured I'd make one of them bingo thingies for h scenes. Feel free to suggest replacement standard phrases for defloration / simultaneous orgasm.

Speaking about advertisement that go beyond being mere random clips, this advertisement here is Makoto Shinkai doing what he does best: touching, simple movies.

I knew it! Fuwanovel's secret agenda all along was to convert Otaku into Bing users. Fuwa's real motto is "Making Bing popular in the west" Microsoft™

Confession: I'm very happy today. I called the vital records in my county and they gave me a lot of information that the attorneys wouldn't/couldn't reveal. The lady on the phone was very sweet and helpful and I could trust her because she didn't have any special interest unlike the other group. It looks like I won't have to break my bank nor stress out about this situation so much anymore!

Is it just me or does that sound like a euphemism for masturbation? This only makes it sound more like a euphemism.

I take offense at this English bastardization. The proper term is "衛士", and that's what I expect to be used in the English version.

OCD first; THEN waifus~ <3 Sumika is best girl. Haters can deal.

I've concluded that this thread isn't dank enough at the moment. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnS-05XoXs4

Hi! If you're interested in going with the latest popular VN, it would seem that the cool kids on the block are all over Butter Me Up. Welcome back!

Hi Everyone! Stopping in to give y'all an update on Krill ..He is doing pretty well this week he has his good days and bad. He has had therapy and they are helping so much.They gave him a list of about 50 words to work on at home with me and he can say almost all of them missing only maybe 5 to 10 depending on how his days been.He went to a therapy session by himself with medical transport.He also stayed home a few hours yesterday as i had a Dr appointment and our son was at his grandparents house.When i got home he had cleaned up our sons toys in the livingroom for me :-) He has been able to make his own bowl of cereal for breakfast without making a mess.He has been online and trying to type to friends.He can say "ok" which is better than it was.Tomorrow he is going with his father to sign paper work at the lawyers. Im not sure if i told you about the lawsuit against the first hospital i sent him to the day he had the strokes.They said the catscans showed nothing and his symptoms were a chronic issue from his schizophrenia and sent him home with a blood pressure super high 168/109 and him at that point unable to speak. I sent him to another hospital with a stroke unit later that day and they told me they could see the strokes on those exact same scans and they knew he was having the strokes immediately.So the first hospital missed the 2 hour window to give him a clot busting drug and prevent anymore strokes and cause all this damage he is now dealing with.So we are suing them for malpractice.Please if you have any questions or advise dont hesitate to reply with questions or comments.

Kenseiki Alpha Ride (VNDB, Getchu, Official site) Genre: SRPG This game is by Eternal-Will, the makers of Yumina the Ethereal. There's a fair chance this game could see an English release if people pester JAST USA for it.

On mobile so please forgive my brevity. Krill has suffered a stroke and is in the hospital. It sounds like he's okay but he will need significant therapy. His wife is willing to pass along messages to him, so please post and let him know you're thinking of him and sending best wishes, and I'll make sure she gets them.

Time to head off to AX! Maybe I'll see some of you there P.S. - If I don't make it back, you can blame Tay. taypls

What a sweet dream.

UCHIKOSHI TWEETED "D" YESTERDAY IN MORSE CODE TODAY 4INFINITY HAS "D" ON THE WEBSITE THIS IS LITERALLY CONFIRMED TO BE A FUCKING NEW UCHIKOSHI TITLE WE ARE GETTING A NEW UCHIKOSHI FUCKING TITLE FUCK HYPE

Although I have no experience with dorms. But I imagine it won't be change much the fact that you are dealing with people. Most people are reasonable and they shouldn't be a problem. If they don't get that I like to keep to myself moderately after a while. I'd straight up tell them that I piss them off if I can't get time off to myself lol. I find myself being relaxed and good as long as I people don't distract me a lot. Some people are quite shit being around, I'd like to think they are in the minority though. So I don't think that will be a problem. Besides I think you will manage the problems you will meet tbh.

The 1st thing you need to understand is that a dorm is not an apartment nor is it a house. This makes a huge difference in how people act. To be honest, dormitories are actually the easiest to live in with other people since all it really houses is a bed and microwave. The experience itself is actually a blast! Only really problems are to be sure to manage your volume levels at night when hanging out and be sure to warn your roommate(s) if you are going to bring someone over to have sex (nobody likes walking in on that stuff). Other than that, no real problems. Most roommates are actually interested in getting to know you so share your hobbies with them. Everyone has weird hobbies, and this is your chance to talk about them should your roommates ask!

Oh man. College, huh. It was better than living with my family, but pretty bad. The dorm didn't have enough space for everyone going there. Students came from other cities, spent a fortune on the bus trips (what was a fortune for us at the time, anyway. More like 30 dollars right now, but that's in a time where the minimum wage was what would be 150 dollars now- and a lot of people received less than that. Do note that the dollar has been raising related to the Real lately, so the situation wasn't that bad. Still pretty bad, though.), studied like hell to enter the only college in any nearby city and couldn't actually go because they didn't have any place to live in the city. I was one of those students from somewhere else who couldn't get in the dorm. Fortunately, students there were pretty understanding. Regardless of space, they let everyone in and we slept on the ground or on airbeds (not sure that's quite the word. It's the tl google gives me for "colchão", so /shrug). My college life was marked by strikes from professors and sometimes students over poor work/dorm conditions in that cramped space with no privacy. Other than that, it was pretty fun. I'm an extrovert, getting friendly with new people wasn't too hard as long as we didn't go into politics or philosophy (topics I thankfully knew to avoid).

Space Battleship Yamato 2199

The only thing going through my mind: god Damn IT FLUTTERZ Confession: You know you are a part of fuwa when you just go "eh, just another day on Fuwa" like I just did

Woah! Starlessn1ght, are you actually making a serious post! Then I shall respect your seriousness with my usual seriousness. I'm glad you find the western otaku community intellectually stimulating. I was first attracted to Fuwanovel for that same appeal, it was a place I could talk about and analyze the VNs I loved; as well as read other peoples thoughtful comments on their favorite VNs. Sadly most western otaku do look down on nukiges and lolis, Fuwanovel is just a rare place that is relatively accepting of those things. Most people involved in the western otaku community are generally anime and manga fans (who usually haven't read VNs), and plenty of them look down on nukiges and lolicons. But that's what I love about Fuwanovel, it is a very open minded place. You can have controversial views and interests, and people won't shame you for it.

That's not surprising given that But it's far from the truth, you just looked in the wrong places. There's always a place for critical analysis of any medium. Tumblr is just not one of those places.

Here's my review of Space Pirate Sara: http://gamesforadultsandeveryone.blogspot.com/2015/06/games-for-adults-space-pirate-sara.html

great review keep up the good work

Last week ESL Frankfurt was epic. Techies picked on by Secret and the entire crowd goes wild. Better than TI4

Welcome to the infinite VN, fellow reader. For the 'proper order' most of the new arcs in the first 'file' assume that you've read Watanagashi at least, so you might go with that - or just leave them all for last. You can actually get all of them from the common route (includin'g Natsumi's, Someutsushi), even if it gives you the choice in the scenario select, just somehting I found interesting. Also the cut content will get worse the further you get. The first season is still good, believe me... Kai gets so bad that entire characters get cut, but I suppose we should've expected no less from DEEN. And Satoko is still worst girl, normal moments or not.

After they made that first tweet, dovac posted on reddit about how it was a bad idea to be so open about having an 18+ version before the kickstarter concludes. Kickstarter really doesn't like erotic content on their site. This may be them just covering their tracks so they don't get on kickstarter's bad side.

Confession: I don't think there's a 'right' solution at this point any more. She's insane after all

http://www.siliconera.com/2015/06/30/disney-magical-world-2-teaser-revealed-for-nintendo-3ds/ AHH AHHHHHHHHH! AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!! What's that the greatest game ever invented is going to have a sequel? Why yes I WOULD like to buy a 3DS again now, thank you for asking. A game where I can invite Disney characters to my cafe that I've decked out in their honor and hear them tell me how delicious the them-shaped cakes I have made are? Why yes please, I'll take a dozen. Rabid fanboyism aside anyone who is even a passing fan of Disney should try the first game and should be hyped for the second. All I ask is more characters, and I don't doubt they'll do it. (... though I was pretty miffed that their 'Aristocats' DLC was almost 100% Marie stuff. I named my cafe Berlioz in protest)

Here's a few I think may or may not have been missed: "I started to feel like teasing her" from an otherwise gentle protagonist Stopping stimulating her till she says what she wants by name "My voice is coming out by itself" It got even bigger Women urinating after orgasm Painful first experiences that always wane and turn into ecstasy Insides that squirm like they have a life of their own All semen is tasty or at least enjoyable because "it has your taste" My mind went all white I feel numb from pleasure I'm going to feel strange I want yours (not what, just whose) but that's just literal Japanese translation

Hmm, I almost wish I could have that problem instead since mine is the opposite^^; I very much prefer 1-on-1, since in a group setting I tend to disappear into the background because I can get quiet from nervousness depending on how big the group is, and who I know/don't know. I can be shy and very self-conscious, so if there's only 1 person to focus on, it's not as bad compared to many people I have to worry about.. and it can paralyze me or I get panic attacks >_<; This is why I dislike presentations in front of crowds.... my legs/hands/voice can shake against my will. I have to try and calm myself down or fight back the paranoid thoughts. On the outside, I may appear calm if my feelings haven't leaked out yet, but inside my mind is like AHHH%@*#& get me out of here. I think that fear of mine influences me a bit on the forum even, but to a lesser extent probably because of the feeling of anonymity.

Don't worry. It'll be released on the end of the world.

Well, there is kinda of an in-game reason for leaving it as it is.

Welcome back! Fellow programmers! Hello and welcome back to my 5 part guide "How to code a VN with Ren'py." Today we will have a special guide, a walkthrough on how to code an actual VN project. Last time we coded a mock VN however this time I'll be using a personal project as a guideline to teach you how everything's done straight from the drawing board! Fear not as you are on the right track and if you've checked out part 1 and part 2 then you'll have no problem figuring this third part out. (Hopefully, since my explaining is terrible. XD) That said please bear in mind once more that this is not an infallible guide to program with python or ren'py and it will not make you an expert after you've read it. However I'll do my best to try and explain how to code a VN with Ren'py to the best of my ability and I will be with you for the entirety of this guide. So let's go fellow programmers! the sky is not the limit as your creativity is...boundless. Let's start, shall we? first off, open your HUB and go to your active projects, then launch your stub project which should look similar to this: The background is black to emphasize that we have nothing set so far, some of you might have a different color depending on your stock theme. The resolution you use for your VN will also be present from the moment you boot. In my case, I'm developing this VN in 1920x1080 resolution. Now, we need to get rid of this boring background and plainGUI design. Let's make a custom main menu. First, close your stub VN, go to your HUB and click on the "screens.rpy" link. This will open the script for screens, the place where we will create our very own main menu. Leave that open for now and then open your favourite image editing software, photoshop, SAI, illustrator, Paint studio, etc. Create a blank image with the resolution of your VN (for example, if the resolution of your VN is 800x600, then you make a blank image with those dimensions.) After that just get creative, use some flaming skulls and bleeding hearts or whatever you like. Alternatively you can just use text (That's what I'll do since my project has a minimalistic UI by design. xD ) the point here is to edit the main menu to your liking. So let's go and see how it will look: This is my title screen. The focus of my VN is to make a reference to retro games, hence the austere 8 bit console look. You ought to make something different as my project is only a guideline, remember that. Now back on topic, as you can see, the clickable sections are displayed in this image, so you might be wondering: "can't you do that with Ren'py?" Yes and no. Ren'py allows custom styles but those are limited in a sense and require you to have more than just the basic python knowledge so we'll be going with this option because it's unconstrained and it allows you to make your VN look any way you like. So back to those clickable sections such as "new game" and "continue", what are they for? They are your mouse hotspots. We'll be using those to give coordinates to ren'py so it remembers where they are located and map an action to said hotspots. This image above will be called your "ground image." This is the way it looks when you are not hovering the mouse over any options. Now once you're done with this let's go and make the "hover version" which will look like this: As you can see I added an orange arrow to every clickable option. This will reflect each hotspot "hover" action when I pass the pointer over them. This will be our "hover image". Note that you can do whatever you want for your own hover effect, for example you can make the text grow larger or smaller, change colors or add a blending effect like glow or a simple transform. Once you're done with this, save both images in .png and place them inside the "game" folder, then let's go back to the "screens.rpy" script that we left open. Back in the screens script, scroll down till you reach this part: This is the default main menu that all stub VNs have. Don't worry about all that code though, we're going to completely replace it with our own. Let's start with making an "imagemap." First delete all the code shown on the image (except for the red parts, so you remember what you are changing. XD) Then type in this: screen main_menu: tag menu (this line is very important when using custom screens, forget to add it and you will regret it.) imagemap: ground "your ground image.png" (remember to replace the filenames with your own. Also don't forget that images need to be inside the "game" folder.) hover "your hover image.png" hotspot (xxx, xxx, xx, xx) action Start() hotspot (xxx, xxx xx, xx) action ShowMenu("load") hotspot (xxx, xxx, xx, xx) action ShowMenu("preferences") hotspot (xxx, xxx, xx, xx) action Quit(confirm=True) There you have it. It's a basic imagemap with the essential functions of a main menu. Pretty simple, no? So you might be wondering, what are those "X" symbols right next to "hotspots" Well, those are coordinates for the mouse. Those coordinates will tell Ren'py where your hotspots are located so let's go ahead and find these coordinates. Don't save any changes yet, instead go to your HUB and launch your project, then press SHIFT+D to enter the developers menu. while navigating through the menu find the "image location picker" option which will summon a list of all the images that are inside the "game" folder. Find your hover image and open it: As the image says, draw a rectangle over the area where you want your hotspot to be recognised. You'll get he coordinates for this hotspot on the lower left corner of the window. Input these coordinates on the screens script where the "X's" are. Repeat this process for each hotspot and remember to input the coordinates that match each section, don't go mixing them by mistake. XD Once you're done, your hotspot section will look smilar to this: hotspot (720, 611, 391, 70) action Start() hotspot (726, 691, 384, 60) action ShowMenu("load") hotspot (726, 758, 378, 63) action ShowMenu("preferences") hotspot (815, 828, 209, 59) action Quit(confirm=True) These are my coordinates by the way, don't copy/paste them because they won't work for you. Get your own coordinates. XD Once you're done typing the coordinates in, save your changes to screens script and close it. Then boot up your project to check your brand new custom title screen. If all went well you'll have a fully functional main menu, otherwise scroll back and try to follow the instructions to the letter. Previously we covered assets though briefly. This time we're focusing on the essential things to make an actual VN project, that said we already have the most important asset of them all. YOU. Yep you only need one person to make a VN. This in paper however is terribly inefficient and making your VN would take you a lot longer than if you had help. But, you can't always sit around waiting for help to come, you need to show something to the community to get feedback, and maybe help, later on. So you need to get some placeholder assets and show your idea to the world. It's what I did and what you should do if you plan on making a large scale project. However there's always the alternative to go solo, which is totally possible and moreso if you happen to be a really talented individual who has all the skills needed for making a VN, if not then there's always the "one man army method" which we will cover below. Backgrounds: There's 3 ways to deal with backgrounds when getting started/going solo: 1. You have the artistic skills and you draw them by yourself. 2.You use the stock VN backgrounds readily available online (Uncle Mugen's collection is pretty solid.) just be aware that thousands of other people will be using them on their VNs as well. And 3. You use RL photographs. Out of all the choices for starter programmers and project leaders this is the most sensible option, you take a camera and venture outside to take pics of suitable locations for your VN. Contrary to popular belief, this method is used by professional studios, although this largely depends on the visual style of your project. That said you don't have to use the photos as is. You can make them look more cartoony and more suited for VN format: 1. You take your photo to Photoshop and add an image filter to it. A combination of sponge+cutout gives it a painting feel for example. 2. You take your photo to Illustrator and image trace it for "low fidelity" then crank up the paths and corners to 100% and finally export as .png (this is the method I'm using for this project.) 3. You do an outline tracing by hand and then paint over the details with Photoshop or SAI and a tablet. (you need some basic art skills for this.) Out of these 3, number 1 is the fastest and simplest to do. Chances are you have Photoshop installed no matter if you dabble on art or design or not and filtering is just 2 clicks away. Number 2 has a nicer looking tracing effect but you require Illustrator and the 3rd one is so tedious and time consuming that you probably shouldn't consider it unless your VN has less than 10 backgrounds or something like that. Those aren't the only methods available though, you can always come up with one of your own and use it, Go wild, make that creativity explode! For reference, here's what I did for one of my backgrounds: Here's the RL picture: Here's the traced and edited version. As you can see I boosted the vibrance for added cartoony feel and even added some otaku touches to the room... ......I'll give a cookie to the one who identifies them all Of course that doesn't end there. You can always make variants for other times of the day as well For example late afternoon: Night time: And even artificial light: There's tons of things you can do with photographs, so don't feel discouraged if you are not an artist or can't find artists. Always remember: Creativity is boundless. Music: This one isn't particularly hard and it's the same deal as with art mostly. 1. You compose music yourself if you have the talent and skill for it. 2.You use the readily available stock of P.B. (Public Domain) or R.F. (Royalty free) music. In both instances make sure to credit the composers properly. A good site for all things sound is freeSFX.co.uk Sprites: Here comes the big fish. One of the most important parts in any VN in existence. The graphical representations of your characters. AKA sprites. The lack of artistic skill shoots down many projects because there's not a "quick fix" for this. There are public use sprites but they are not very good and they might not suit your needs or the style of your VN. In this case if you're a one man army, you grit your teeth and start drawing. I had to that myself at some point. Practice makes perfect and while your sprites will not always be professional looking, you can only get better as you practice. If you simply cannot draw to save your life, you can always use the "rotoscope" technique. Don't be fooled by the word tho, It's just a mock term and you only need a camera and a PC. You get volunteers, take their pictures, transfer them to your PC crop and edit them the same way you do with backgrounds. You can make them look more cartoony or hell you can even go with black and white +stamp effect to make a Sin City style VN! If you are still inclined to make your own sprites however, you certainly can. That's what I'm doing for this project. Here a sample of my main heroine. Notice my Tsunako influence? What do you think? isn't she cute? Mind you, she went through 3 redesigns so indeed it's no easy task. And this will be all for now concerning the one man army method. If you have all your assets in order then let's get coding already! Let's get a test script underway. Remember that this is an actual VN project and not a mock script as before so if there's something you don't understand. Please do tell me With your assets handy, go to HUB and then open your stub script, then check that you have the following things in order. (Add stuff as needed.) REMEMBER: THESE ARE MY ASSETS, YOU NEED TO REPLACE NAMES AND FILES YOU SEE HERE WITH YOUR OWN: 1. Image definitions: Like we covered previously, you have to define most images here in the main script: 2. Character definitions: Same drill, follow the coding and remember what we've seen part 1 and 2: 3. CTC animation: a click to continue animation. it will appear when a character has finished talking. It won't activate with narration unless you define the narrator as a character. Follow the code and replace with your own animation. All you need is a set of frames in .png (images should be 30 to 50 pixels wide.) For example: a blinking arrow. The x and y values at the end must be tweaked to match the position of your textbox. 4.Custom position definitions: Chances are your sprites appear cut off from the screen or too low. Ren'py is not exactly intuitive so you can use this code to create a default position value for your sprites. Results will vary depending on the size of your sprites and the resolution of your VN. You can also use this code for custom sprite positions. To use this position remember what you learned in part 1 and 2: example: show Neru at myposition 5.Custom transitions: Ever felt the fade out was too fast or the dissolve effect needed some tweaks? Worry not, as you can make custom transitions out of the existent ones. In this case this is a slow "drop down" but you can also make a custom dissolve, example: dissolve (0.5, 1.0, 0.5), which is a very slow dissolve effect. 6. Splash screen: Ren'py doesn't have stock code for splash screens. You can make a splash image appear while your game is loading, but the loading is so fast that the splash appears for half a second sometimes. Thankfully there's custom code to make your VN boot to a splash screen before the title screen! Follow this code replacing "mysplashscreen" and "mysplashsound" with your own. And that's it for the third part of this guide, kind sirs and madams. I thank you deeply for reading this far and bearing with my ugly orthography and sorry attempts at explaining. You are now one step ahead into programming your visual novel and we'll work together for the remainder of this process. Don't forget your passion for VNs and don't lose motivation, programming a VN is hard but your efforts will certainly pay off. Do join me next time, when I'll be covering the rest of this section and UI styling in detail. Many thanks for your time and until then. See ya Kind regards. Helvetica Standard.

I actually have the opposite problem that a lot of people do: I'm great when I'm talking within/in front of a group (hence why I like, say, forums), and public speaking is rarely too stressful for me. But when I need to talk one on one with someone, it doesn't matter how well I know them- I start feeling nervous about it. I'm always worried that I'm going to screw things up with that person. Basically, I'd rather embarrass myself in front of a crowd than say something in private that could cost me a close relationship. It's hard to explain, but... well, that's why I'm really bad at responding to private messages of any form, be it PMs here, texts, emails, etc. I have a well-deserved reputation in my family for never responding to anyone's texts. On a different level, I actually really can't handle vomit at all, whether I'm the one who's sick or someone else is. Like, we're talking mini panic attacks at the sound of it. It's... weird, but I've been that way since I was a kid. Why can't I have normal fears, like a normal person.

I still need to get volume 5... But I really loved the first 4 volumes. Granted I only read a few LNs, Hakomari was definitely a great standalone experience, if compared to other media. I enjoyed the Kings game in Vol. 3&4. This series is definitely a recommendation from me; it just felt good to read it.

I liked the post because I thought it was awesome but... pfffft, like I was ever going to do it for the topics I created. Adding this tag thingamybob sounds like extra work to me, and "extra work" sounds like something that goes against my creed. I don't even know the difference between a tag system, and a prefixed tag system, and finding out once again sounds like a whole lot of extra work.... But what I will do is like your post again, and then promptly forget about it

Butter Me Up was an emotional rollercoaster, which moved me to tears upon finishing it. I too recommend this masterpiece.

Shall I tell you a tale? Once upon a time there was a thread where they posted updates. Unfortunately, people filled the pages so fast the thread became nigh-on useless. And so, two threads were created for a single project. The end. Now tell me it's difficult to find info on that one.

My opinion: "Who cares?" I use the two interchangeably because it really doesn't matter. I couldn't possibly think of a less important issue.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6C6TiGNcDrc

You can be blocked by anyone, as long as you're angry enough.

Just finished Sekai de Ichiban Dame na Koi, I actually liked it quite a lot, everything was so realistic and it just made me want to keep reading it, I don't really know howto describe it, but it is a really good read,and the romance is really damn good, best romance I have read so far, but I don't read much romantic stuff anyways, good story, good humor, and good character, the only down side is some of the crying sounds so damn fake...Currently reading Gekkou no Carnevale,seems to be packed with action, and as above stated, I'm also looking forward to Majikoi S....hopefully it will come out in a couple weeks....months....I really doubt more than half a year at max...but right now all we can do is wait....

My mom had to upload a number of rather large sized files to the internet today. She complained about how slow it was, which I've been noisily whining about ever since I got a gaming PC. My mom now thinks that our internet sucks.