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I apologize if this post seems a bit disjointed, but this game was long enough that I felt a need to write as I finished the paths. First, Otoboku 3, as the nickname implies, is the third game in the series begun with the original Otome wa Boku ni Koishiteru. Unlike the previous two games, which were based in the same school, this is based in a sister school a few years after the original game (probably a few years after Futari no Elder, which apparently happened about a year after the events of the original). The biggest proof of this is that Shion, from the original game, is a teacher of several years experience at the school the protagonist attends (meaning that at least four, most likely five years passed, plus the several years of experience… so probably about eight years after the original). The protagonist, Hisoka, is a young orphan who was raised by a friend of his parents to serve the game’s main heroine, Orihime. Hisoka is… one of those characters who can literally do just about everything to a certain extent. He can fight, he gets the highest grades, he can play piano (and pipe organs), he can cook (and do any other form of housework perfectly), and he can even draw. He does have one huge personality flaw though… he is one of those protagonists who completely disregards his own needs, always putting others before himself. This is what gets him trapped into becoming Orihime’s bodyguard… while attending the girl’s academy with her. He tries to live quietly, but that doesn’t last long (since Orihime instantly takes a liking to him). Before long, he is one of the three Elder Stars of the school (rofl, first it was one Elder, then 2, and now it is three of them… a bit obvious, isn’t it?). Being kind-hearted and perceptive, he ends up capturing the heart of just about every girl in the school, none of which know he is a guy. Now, I should say that the common route of this game is… loooooooooong. In fact, it is even longer than that of Futari no Elder, which was pretty long itself… longer than Grisaia no Kajitsu’s common route, for that matter. As such, this isn’t a game for those looking for a quick common route followed by romance and sex galore. The sexual content in this game is actually quite low, lol. I’m going to be straight with you… if you played Futari no Elder and enjoyed it, you’ll probably enjoy this one. The atmosphere is pretty close to identical, the protagonist’s role is identical to the previous two games, and probably the biggest difference is that this game is based somewhat later on in the same timeline. The reason this is important is because the game doesn’t ignore the real world… and as a result, the setting doesn’t allow for the kind of completely-closed environment the previous two games essentially were (in other words, far fewer of the characters are ‘ojousama’). There is also one other thing that differs from the previous two games… this one has a much, much bigger emphasis on ‘slice-of-life as the story’. To be blunt, ninety percent of this game is Hisoka dealing with the various characters’ personal issues on one level or another while going about her daily business. While the same can be said, to an extent, about the first two games, the first two games also had a much more extensive focus on the heroines (longer individual heroine paths). There are two main heroines in this game (well, obvious ones, anyway), Orihime and Mirei. Orihime is a pushy princess type, who has just been given a year of freedom after following orders her whole life. Mirei is your classic ‘new rich ojousama who is embarassed by/dislikes her father/parents’. She is sharp-edged, has an inferiority complex, but she nonetheless finds it impossible not to like the protagonist (there was one of these in both the previous games, lol). Orihime’s ‘whim of steel’ is her defining trait throughout the game (partially encouraged by Hisoka). This continues into her path and is accompanied by her tendency toward ‘classical romanticism’ when it comes to falling in love (knight in shining armor BS). Mirei’s growth during the game is perhaps the most obvious of the heroines, because she starts out as a living mass of inferiority complexes, defiance toward her position in life, and jealousy. The fact that, underneath all those negative aspects, she is actually fundamentally a good person (if somewhat dry and cynical by nature), is something that gradually comes to the surface during the course of the story. Mirei’s path is stand-alone, and it can be said that it has the strongest independent character development of all the paths in the game. There are several reasons I can think of for this, but the main one is that Mirei, due to her position at the school and as an individual, spends less time around Hisoka than the other heroines (most of the other ones aggressively seek Hisoka out or live in the same dorm). Hana takes the same role as Kana-chan and Fumi from the previous two games, being the protagonist’s ‘imouto’ at the school. She is very devoted and innocent, but her clumsiness makes her an object of constant humor and moe for the people around her. Hana’s path splits off from somewhere just short of the midpoint of Mirei’s path. As a heroine, she is easily the weakest of the group (this can be said of her predecessors, Fumi and Kana as well), as she spends most of the game essentially being an appendage of the protagonist, her role almost exclusively involving making him look good (to be a bit overly blunt, lol). As such, she was the last heroine I chose to follow (I wrote the character intros before I actually played the paths). This path, unlike most of the others, has little in the way of 'outer influences' to create drama. This is because Hana is essentially a 'normal' girl. To be honest, I don't like the way that Takaya excessively modeled certain of this path's aspects after that of Kana's from the original Otoboku (though there is no attempt to grasp for tears in this one). It didn't really fit Hana's personality or character as a whole, though having Hana gain more confidence and take a more active role in her own life was a definite positive element. Really, the best would have been to avoid having Hana as a heroine at all, but having the 'imouto' as a heroine has become an Otoboku tradition... Ayame and Sumire are twins who share a route in this game. Sumire is serious and straightforward, even slightly uptight. She prefers to act on logic and have a rational basis for any action she takes. Ayame is more intuitive, an artist by nature. Sumire is the school president and Ayame is the student council secretary. Their path is a rare twin love path (one of my favorite types), but it is pretty clear from the beginning that Takaya didn’t take this path that seriously, since it is easily the weakest one in the game. Ibara Kyouko is the protagonist’s collaborator and backup bodyguard, a young woman with a sharp tongue and a fondness for teasing Hana in particular and everyone else in general. She obviously has some kind of darkness in her past, but she is very weak to Hisoka in general, though she is good at hiding it (or at least better than everyone else, anyway). Her path splits off from Orihime’s path (literally, the two paths split off at the end, just before things spill over into romance), and the ending is fairly amusing, given the personalities of the three involved (sharp-tongued and logical Kyouko, the whimsical dreamer genius Orihime, and the natural mediator Hisoka). Matsuri is the game’s resident yurufuwa heroine. She is a violinist in the middle of a slump, who was sent to the school (which doesn’t have a musical support program) to recover after she became unable to use her arm properly for reasons unknown. Like Ayame, she is an artist, but she is very soft-natured and slow to speak. She is also probably the ‘happiest’ heroine on the surface of things, as very little seems to get her down, at first glance (another quality she shares with Ayame from the twins). Her path is surprisingly long (of the individual paths, it is probably the third longest), and I honestly enjoyed having her as a heroine. For the information of those who are interested, depending on which of the final choices you picked, you get a different set of scenes for summer vacation, and depending on what heroine you ‘picked’ (based on your choices as a whole), who the protagonist spends his free time with at the culture festival changes. This is pretty much the only major change made to the common route based on your choices before the heroine routes, which might bother some of you. For the most part, the endings in this game meet my approval, showing the characters years later, as opposed to merely just after the climax of the story. This applies even to the twins, who have the weakest path in the game. This is probably because the common route ends only a few months before graduation for Hisoka and the other third year students… The writing in this came, as is par for the course with any game written by Takaya Aya, is first-class. Despite this game mostly being slice-of-life, I can’t really all it a charage or a moege, since not one scene in this game is meaningless, for all its immense length. Visually, this game is Caramel Box to the core. If you like Caramel Box’s visual style, you’ll like the artwork. Otherwise, you won’t. Musically, this game reuses some tracks from the previous Otoboku games, but I honestly only noticed this because I compared it on a whim. The important thing is that the music is used quite well. It should be noted that about 1/3 of Hisoka’s lines are voiced, which is about standard for all of the recent works from Caramel Box and is effective for helping create Hisoka’s character and give life to him. Overall, this is a first-class game. In some ways, it falls short of Futari no Elder… but Futari no Elder was something of a miracle kamige, so that was inevitable. I do wish that they’d spent more time on the individual heroine paths, but the degree to which the characters were developed in the course of the common route really made long heroine paths unnecessary. Oh, incidentally… I wish Miimi was a heroine, since she was my favorite character. I also loved her narration during the play scene.

Well, as of thirty-nine minutes ago, it is officially my birthday (as of the time I checked at the beginning of making this post). I have a lot of things to reflect on this year. I am now thirty-six, settling into the beginnings of middle-age, knowing my lifestyle will probably kill me before I hit fifty. I'm a sugar addict, I love fatty foods, I make my own alcoholic drinks (this year, a mixed fruit wine that actually turned out well and was much easier than the rum and hard root beer I did last year). I sit on my ass eighty percent of the time, I am hugely fat... ... and I'm surprisingly happy. I won't say I don't have my down moments. Looking back, I regret not going for more athletic pursuits while my knees and back could still stand them. I regret not trying for a more regular and less... frustrating line of work. However, I can honestly say that, for all its frustrations, I actually seem to like being a fat, balding otaku who has pretensions at being some kind of VN guru (lol). I do wish that I could fit into a plane seat, lol. If I ever go to Japan, it is going to have to be a sea trip, since buying two plane tickets for one person is both embarrassing and more than a little expensive. I hate my work, but I'm good at it and, in good times, it pays well, so I keep doing it. So what would I change? Honestly, it is hard to say. I won't pretend I'm all love and joy when it comes to life. I have too much toxic waste going through my brain for that (I just happened to have gained just enough maturity not to feed the trolls constantly *smiles dryly*). I'm fundamentally a passive person once I set foot outside my hobbies, preferring not to do anything I don't absolutely have to do. I'm also negative and misanthropic... but is that stuff I actually want to change? *shrugs* I've never been any other way, so it is impossible to say. However, every year I hit this day and wonder what could have been, which probably says everything that needs to be said about my experiences with life, for all my proclamations of relative happiness.

Posting this on Monday afternoon is probably not the best possible moment, but it wouldn't feel this special if it wasn't the actual 500th post. The most creative/painful insults will receive honourable mentions after the thread dries out. Rewards are a possibility - I still have a few of those Humble Bundle keys to give away. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hello there, Fuwanians and Fuwanettes! It’s been nearly 4 months since I’ve written my first post on Fuwa forums. In this time I’ve produced an absurd number of 500 posts, more than 4 per day. I’ve been ever-present. I’ve been obnoxious. I’ve called you elitists and snobs. I’ve insulted your shitposting just after spamming meme-generator pictures in different topics. I’VE INSULTED YOUR PORN. Now is your hour of revenge. Insult me! Let out your darkest thoughts and reach out to most twisted portions of your imagination! No mod will hold you accountable! Let the roast begin!

Nice to meet you! We are a recently formed Visual Novel startup with a passion to create wonderfully sweet stories as our major objective. As per now we’re about to reveal our debut nakige, One Last Crane. There will be more going on about the project so don’t hesitate to follow our social media accounts for future updates! Facebook Twitter Our Homepage of course, you can check them in our Signatures as well!

You're a, uh... you're an... I bet you... uh... uhhhhhhhhhhh.... shit. You're a darned poopyhead. ... .... .....

i must say this is quite the accomplishment, dude. 4 months on the site and 500 posts and i dont know who you are. well done. ^ See, what i did here was something called math. might want to look into it.

Link here: https://discord.gg/F79q4dp After about a week of setting it up, I am proud to announce that fuwanovel's official discord server is finally open! I imagine this is superfluous to most of you, but for the unaware, discord is a real time chatting service that's all the rage with the new kids nowdays. Making a discord account takes only a few seconds and is as simple as the image below so please relax, congregate and get to know all the locals in our small forum community!

MAMANKYOUSHITSU MAMANKYOUSHITSU MAMANKYOUSHITSU Starless and Ochiru Hitozuma have them in abundance but they're both about rape.

https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=2188232 [he draws comics with the same art style too, i haven't read them yet but i saw some of it on his deviantart, looks beautiful]. https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=46419 https://www.pixiv.net/member.php?id=1313098

Maman Kyoushitsu has them in abundance

Right next to the Tsukihime remake happening year 2024.

And like that a lasting alliance was formed the two sides with polar differences recognized they had common ground. They both liked when two people of the same gender hooked up. Bound by flame and sealed with the firm handshake of manhood and womanhood this alliance would remain for generations to come. Also good news Maggie (insert Jast joke here) (insert demand that Jast release Flowers already so I can give them my money)

The Otoboku series is often put forward as a prime example of a sub-genre that first gained popularity about eight years ago... the 'trap protagonist in a girl's school' type. However, there are a number of aspects that make this series a bit unique... or at least make them feel unique. One is their protagonists... despite their differences in personality and upbringing, all three protagonists end up taking a similar role in the common route, even aside from the 'Elder' issue. To be straight about it, the Taishou-era 'oneesama' concept, where girls in an isolated environment form half-romantic relationships with older girls, is the biggest influence on these games. The odd irony of a trap playing the same role as one of those 'oneesama' characters often had me smiling in humor and exasperation, but for some strange reason, Takaya Aya seems to make it work every time. Another aspect of these games that is unique is the rather blunt way each of the games portrays the 'old wealthy families' of Japan's attitude toward their females, as well as the attitude of the 'new rich' toward them as well. Despite skepticism on the part of some when I've mentioned this in the past, it has to be noted that the wealthy in Japan still frequently use arranged marriages to form connections and incorporate capable individuals into the top of family-run businesses. The former kazoku families, in particular, obsessively arrange the marriages of their children due to traditions going back over a thousand years (including a tradition of ignoring commoner's 'common sense'). While the most recent game is a bit lighter on that issue, you'll still hit it in several of the paths and even in the common route (though the common route is more like a gentle manipulation to try to stick two people together). Last of all, in every one of these games, at some point, gossip gets out of hand and causes at least some of the characters to suffer. This is actually a common thing in games based in girl's schools, but the way Takaya handles it is generally more interesting and emphasizes the isolated nature of the gender-restricted environment. All of this comes together to create a game that has a deliberate atmosphere of 'isolation from societal norms', one of Takaya's favorite themes in his games (every single one of this games does this, regardless of who he is working for at the time). For this reason, the series has a rather unique 'taste' to it that isn't quite matched by any of the other similar games I've played.

Octave Review To Be Someone (Didn't We Have a Nice Time) (For a change of pace I have decided to review a manga this time around. Hopefully, the Fuwa Gods will not strike me down for this transgression. If they end up doing so be sure to honor me like the hero I have always been. You know I deserve it.) The Setup Who doesn't dream of greatness, of achieving fame, wealth, and adoration? The dream of being someone, to be admired and known for what you have achieved. Countless lives have been spent in pursuit of that aim, with a precious few actually reaching that mantle. Yukino Miyashita, had a quick taste of that fame that so many hunger for when she joined the idol group She'sN. Unfortunately for her, that moment in the spotlight turned out to be exactly that, and both the group and her dreams proved to be short lived. She left the hustle and bustle of Tokyo back to her quiet hometown, back to a high school that did not understand and assumed too much. Yukino, unable to endure the rumors and slander was forced to drop out. Now at eighteen years of age she decides to return to Tokyo to be a talent manager. All she wants is to regain some of her lost pride and find a boyfriend. Her life takes a turn though when she becomes involved with the beautiful Iwai Setsuko. The Story With yuri themed media it seems that a lot of it simply revolves around cute girls being cute. Usually, it is set in a all girls high school with nary a male face to be seen. The girls are free to pursue romance and love for the sake of love without a care to spare. Most of the time they are free from the unfortunate hardships that often accompany the simple act of romantically pursing the same sex. This isn't a bad thing in fact it is one reason I like the genre as much as I do. Sometimes though it gets kind of repetitive and I find myself wanting something a little more realistic, something with more bite to it. Octave, written by Akiyama Haru proves to be the very thing that I was looking for. This is not a cutesy lovey, dovey tale. There is a lot of weighty themes present in Octave; depression, loneliness, judgment, jealousy, it's all present here. The romance in Octave feels organic, and believable without any trite cliche's or nonsense. There is a aching tenderness to it that is quite wonderful. The sex, which is prevalent throughout the manga is very passionate yet restrained. It's not used in a exploitative way and it displays the need the two feel for each other. There is a lot of drama in this story and some of the time it can come across as being overtly melodramatic but for the most part it feels grounded. It gives the characters the ability to grow from out of a many of these unfortunate experiences. Which brings me to the characters. (Setsuko up top, Yukino Bottom) The Characters Both Yukino and Setsuko make a great pair and when they are together they complement each other well. Setsuko is probably my favorite character in Octave, she has a very calm and cool headed demeanor and I was instantly charmed by her. Like Yukino she has had a moment in the limelight, which she has been able to turn into a career as a freelance composer. Setsuko is a alluring, dependable, and loyal woman. Despite that, she is not without her faults. At first Setsuko just sees Yukino as a lonely girl that is looking for affection. This causes some problems down the line for their relationship. Setsuko occasionally says the wrong thing, or makes a lapse of judgment, but for the most part she is a very stable character. Yukino on the other hand, is quite the opposite. She constantly blurts out the wrong thing or makes bad judgment calls. For the most part, it feels natural for her character but it can feel excessive at times. She is a very lonely, very morose character. I wouldn't say she is broken but she was definitely knocked down by her experiences. Her story is all about her trying to pick herself up again. She cries a lot, and there were a few times that her angsty whining really annoyed me, so much so that I just wanted to shake her. Thankfully, she does show a remarkable amount of growth throughout the story. I found myself feeling sympathetic to her plight. I often second guess myself or others and I'm fantastic at assuming the worst, and taking things the wrong way. I'm also overly concerned with what people might say about me when I'm not around. Yukino's depression felt real and I could relate. Still it's a real toss up if you'd like her character or not, and that's another reason I enjoyed her. She is a challenging character. She is not some sweet moeblob that was birthed out of sea foam. It is important to also note that Yukino is only eighteen, and this is her first romantic relationship. It is easy to make dumb decisions and have crippling self doubt at that age. Setsuko, meanwhile, has the advantage of being several years older than Yukino and of having more life experience because of it. There are also a surprisingly large cast of side characters, both male and female, that make up the story as well. Some of them are more well developed than others and for the most part they are able to offer their perspectives, which frequently crash against Yukino's often misguided perceptions. (Love That Lovage, Baby) Final Thoughts I loved this manga, it felt new and fresh to me. There are a few times that the romance in the manga and visual novels that I have read and played felt overtly idealistic, and simplistic. In those eternal love seems self assured and the relationship trials that they must go through are virtually nonexistent. I didn't feel that way with Octave. One small criticism I have for it however, is that the art was not as detailed as I was accustomed to. It did it's job but I was not blown away by it. Overall, it was a wonderful experience and I hope that this has a picked up for a English release at some point in time because I think it deserves to be read by a large audience. There is a growing amount of yuri themed manga that has had it's time time in the sun and so to does Octave. It is a great story of a lonely pair growing together, through each other.

https://www.jastusa.com/blue/ And Sweet Pool will be the first one of this new BL brand!!!! Okay, it's JAST we're talking about here, but maybe we can be hopeful? I mean, there's a fan translation going on and they were very close to finishing the patch when this happened. Maybe they bought it, like they did with other Nitroplus titles? Anyway, at least now it'll be way easier to acquire the actual game. And I hope they make some no porn version, so I can convince more people to play it!!!! Sweet Pool is a pretty nice dark plotge. I mean, it's possible. N+C themselves will release a PSVita version of the game in the future.

Alright, since my first Fuwanovel Solar System thread was well-recieved, I think I'll be doing round two and start naming more stars and planets after users. However, this time, I'll be taking requests. This is so I do not leave out any more common users that I don't know about, and also to give anyone a fair chance. K, the solar system I found in Space Engine contains 2 stars and 17 planets. That gives me 19 more options for naming. The first 19 users to post here will have a star or planet named after them. Important Note: Multiple posts from the same user do not factor in the list. I'll only take the first post from each user on the thread. Also, anyone who already has a planet named after them from the first thread do not count. Stars: -G8 V Yellow Dwarf - @MaggieROBOT -K8 V Orange Dwarf - Fuwamember Planets: -A1 Hot Ice Giant - Fuwamember -A2 Hot Selena - @Thatcomicguy -A3 Warm Gas Giant - @Mr Poltroon -A4 Temperate Terra with Life - @URV -A5 Cool Gas Giant - Fuwamember -A6 Cold Ice Giant - @Ranzo -A7 Cold Ice Giant - Fuwamember -B1 Hot Desert - Fuwamember -B2 Hot Gas Giant - Fuwamember -B3 Hot Desert - Fuwamember -B4 Temperate Ice Giant - Fuwamember -B5 Cool Selena - Fuwamember -B6 Cold Ice World - Fuwamember -B7 Cold Ice World with Life - @Arcadeotic -B8 Frozen Ice World - @VirginSmasher -1 Frozen Gas Giant - Fuwamember -2 Frozen Ice World - @finiteHP

After seeing your pic in the irl thread, I came to the conclusion that you'll never be hot no matter how much we tried to roast you. But I suppose I'll give it a shot anyways. Kinda dumb how you made a 500 post thread with only 499 posts, but I suppose that's to be expected since yo mama is so stupid she spent twenty minutes lookin' at an orange juice box because it said "concentrate". For real though dude, it's been a pleasure to have you around. Keep up the quality OELVN posts no one cares about! Oh and feel free to fall into a ditch for insulting my porn.

Anyone claiming that Analogue: A Hate Story is the best VN of all time needs their head checked.

Yes, of course watch the bloody thing! Honestly, his death is where the story opens up. It's serves as the catalyst for the rest of the anime. Besides, it's hardly a huge spoiler in the grand scheme of things anyway.

Us old timers appreciate the new spammers, although you still didn't reach 500 posts in 3 months like some of us did. Step your game up.

I was just going to mock you for being a special snowflake who saw the burning need to use a non-default font, but I guess you should also retake your elementary lessons once more, huh.

Well, congrats on y-- WAIT, Whoa! There are some lines you simply don't cross! How dare you! No congrats for you! Okay, fine, grats. Well spammed, friend. You make old spammers like myself proud.

Huh? You didn't notice that until now? Are you stupid or something?

Fufufu, how disgraceful. Clearly you don't deserve to be ahead of me in the rankings. I'd say I expected better but that would just be a lie. Reflect upon your past and future disgraces, and purify yourself in the waters of Lake Minnetonka.

I mean, you fucking up your 500th post by posting it as your 499th post is a good enough roast as is. Serves you right for liking OELVNs.

If you don't even know that 499 comes after 498 you are not allowed to use the image of God, you should change your profile picture to someone on your intellectual level like Chocola from nekopara.

At least 499 is a beautiful number... or something......... We'll remember this!!!!

Most lamentable. Can you feel my pity?

You messed up your math and now this is 499 post instead of 500. Therefore afternoon is wasted. Rippu.

Source: http://imotosae.com/products/bd/bd_2.php As much as I'd like to, I haven't been able to find an artist page to link to. It's cover art for Imouto Sae BD volume 2. Edit: Scroll down to Dharma's post for a Pixiv link.

Checked your homepage out, looks rather interesting so I went ahead and followed you on Twitter. Best of luck to you, I hope you'll manage it till the end.

[Syoukaki] Jounetsu Engage Passion Engage (Yawaraka na Taion)

I'll add it as a subtitle to your username maybe.

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https://vndb.org/v12849

Maybe this one could be interesting to you. Other than that, both of Family Project and Kyonyuu Fantasy did have married heroine so that's count I guess. Hope my recommendations will be help.

I think SeniorBlitz pretty much already answer your question, so I just say what I think. As for your wording, when you said 'I strongly suggest that you delete it and rethink what you've done and if your attempt is really accomplish anything' I'd find it quite rude and didn't really respect the writer. That aside, everyone is entitled to their opinion so if you feel the list was inadequate to your taste, then you can make your list as well here. I'm sorry that I got a bit emotional here.

Hi, I'm Truffa Hum, I've been reading for a time this forum and only today I take the resolution to join. I started like 6 years ago in this of reading vn, I don't really remember which was my first vn, but if I'm not wrong it was 'Saya no uta' for some reason, but the first that I finished and make me really start in this was 'Dramatical Murder' I read almost any genre but i don't like nukige, mostly because I'm more plot oriented when I read... yet I love 'euphoria' lmao So, yeah, that's it

Interesting, I also like this isakai genre. Waiting for shin koihime in english so bad too. Good luck with your search.

It's cool to see that JAST is expanding their brand to new localizations, but if I can't even trust them with localizing any of their current titles within 5 years of their announcements, how is anyone supposed to trust this new brand in doing the same?

First, I should say that I disapprove of releasing visual novels in pieces. I'm perfectly willing to wait three or four years for a good story, but I hate nothing more than being interrupted in the middle and having to wait another year for the next one. The habit of releasing VNs in chapters was a vice mostly restricted to doujin VNs in the past. The more obvious reasons are people like me who hate having their stories interrupted, the previous dominance of physical media, and other issues. However, as digital releases have become more common, companies have begun to try to find ways to suck more blood out of their readers without investing as much money. The result has been a rash of fragmentary game releases, like Corona Blossom, Grisaia Phantom Trigger, and the Uso series by Campus. Now, while I used them as an example, those are mostly positive examples. All three constructed their 'pieces' so they could stand on their own. Phantom Trigger takes an episodic approach, making each entry feel like an anime episode in a series or a novel in a series that does a good job of concluding the events of each entry, so that you don't become desperate waiting for the next. The Uso series by Campus made each entry so that it stood on its own without needing previous knowledge of the other entries, despite their interlinked setting and characters. These are probably the two best ways to approach micro-releasing VN stories... but in both cases, I would actually much prefer to read all the chapters at once, lol. I say I hate micro-releases, but that is because I see VNs as game hybrids. For me, I only want to invest money in a game once. I hate subscriptions, I hate microtransactions, and I absolutely despise random additional (paying) content. I can justify buying a season pass along with the game itself, but that is because it is a one-time transaction that gets me everything without having to concern myself with continuous pushing of bits and pieces of essentially worthless digital merchandise. In other words, I hate that this has become more common because I instinctively fear the day when some 'brilliant genius' manages to incorporate true microtransactions into a pure VN.

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