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If anyone likes to use Discord and want more places to discuss visual novels or you want to post more about visual novels you're reading, here's a list of the discords I'm aware of. Feel free to point out any I'm missing. List of Discords for official licensing companies, TL groups and major websites MangaGamer's Umineko Golden Fantasia - https://discord.gg/xsgJKjh JAST USA - https://discord.gg/rMGjzQE Sekai Project - https://sekaiproject.com/discord/ Sol Press - http://discord.gg/hrcAzxq Nekonyan - https://discord.gg/BK4dFsG Todokanai (White Album 2 Fan TL group) - https://discord.me/TodokanaiTL /r/visualnovels (also a place for Visual Novel Developers to go by going to devtalk channel) - https://discord.gg/Z6skErt Fuwanovel - https://discord.gg/F79q4dp ----- List of fanmade discords for VN series Air - https://discord.gg/N8wTXEK Chaos;Child playthrough and discussion server: https://discord.gg/aqcsPWY Dies Irae - https://discordapp.com/invite/fVgRb7T Doki Doki Literature Club - https://discord.gg/6cKj8cq Fata Morgana - https://discord.gg/3vVkkH2 Grisaia - https://discord.gg/0vIZSb9oQQcDDPTX Higurashi + Umineko (Hinamizawa): https://discord.gg/c8Akk4G If My Heart Had Wings/Kono Oozora + other Pulltop (Latte) VNs - https://discord.gg/pjWQw57 Kanon - https://discord.gg/9dHnpXS KEY/VisualArts (Kanon, Air, Clannad, Planetarian, Little Busters, Rewrite, Angel Beats, Harmonia, Summer Pockets) - https://discord.gg/Wd4DrgN Katawa Shoujo https://discord.gg/S2EHXbA Little Busters - https://discord.gg/PPz6xRa MajiKoi - https://discord.gg/wqAcmHp Muv-Luv - https://discord.gg/0wXwnqY9lQcO0u0E NekoPara - https://discord.gg/xGY7Hec Otome Games - https://discord.gg/gYFY5yF Overdrive (Edelweiss, KiraKira, Deardrops, Dengeki Stryker, Go Go Nippon, etc) - https://discord.gg/m8sGK4u Rewrite - https://discord.gg/FCBb8M4 Root Double / Infinity Series (Never7, Ever17, Remember11) / IO - https://discord.gg/7fy6A6n Steins Gate + Science Adventure VNs (Chaos;Head, Robotics;Notes, Chaos;Child, etc) - https://discord.gg/YBmZzfA Symphonic Rain - https://discord.gg/DtmxqSY Tactics (One and Moon) - https://discord.gg/XUfvN2p Type Moon - https://discord.gg/fate Umineko (/r/umineko) - https://discord.gg/mV9jM9G Umineko (Rokkenjima) - https://discordapp.com/invite/0lT4R2yl29qJKjkc Yuri (Girl x Girl) Visual Novels - https://discord.gg/MykW77j Not including things like DanganRonpa/Ace Attorney discords since those games are so popular theyre not really VN community based as much and are super easy to find. Most of these should be welcome to all readers. Whether you want to read the series for the first time, or have already and just want to discuss the VNs. Just make sure to respect spoilers and any other rules the discord has. If there's any I'm missing on the list, feel free to point them out and I can edit them in.

in the trash where it belongs

Don't worry I'm not going to leave Fuwa, I'm going too stay member for looooooooong time

Don't worry, Barney is I am here to save you, by explaining how Pepe Silvia Chiho works As we see here, it's not that complicated of a story. The execution of it all is just pointlessly confusing. Everything happening between step 14 to 18 happens in a span of 20 minutes and Chiho's epilogue is basically just her attempting to tell you what happened in 15 minutes of straight expository dialog. I don't think would've been a bad story if someone ironed out those clunky parts in a second draft, but the real issue with Chiho is that both she and her route feel really out of place. The tone, content and character has nothing to do with anything else that is happening in Sukisuki. (Even QP fucks off for almost the entire thing, although they did adress that.)

2018 was the year I really started reading VNs on a regular basis, and it also happened to be a year where I had a lot of time to kill, so I finished about 18 of them (including several long titles), and started a few without finishing them. So my list obviously contains well known ones since so far I mostly read those. 1. Umineko. I don't even know where to begin with this one. Both parts are only sitting at a 9.5 on my vndb list because each one suffers from some minor flaws, but as a whole it's closer to a 10.5. Also gave us Goat-kun and Erika wearing a pirate hat. 2. Steins;Gate. Great in every aspect. It's a shame they had to cut 4°C for the anime adaptation. 3. Muv Luv Alternative. Has the highest quantity of "holy sh*t"-moments ever. And Meiya. 4. Clannad. I love Clannad despite thinking it isn't that good. Has several mediocre routes and heavy pacing issues, but it still got me on a personal level in a way I didn't expect, mostly because I just love 90% of the characters. 5. The House In Fata Morgana. Soo much pain and suffering. As for honourable mentions, I'd pick VA-11 HALL-A and fault Milestone 2 (side: above).

I remember it being reasonably interesting and it shocked me by being action-focused, considering the game's maker (Lump of Sugar). It has been too long since I played it remember it clearly, though.

Thank you very much to each and everyone of you that took the time to read and respond to my discussion (Over 1,000 people!). It's nice to have some people to relate to that plays visual novels because I don't really have anyone like that at the moment who I could talk to about it and I just had to get my feelings out there. I already said it but happy new year; I'll be on the forum regularly and will be posting again on topics or creating new ones, I'll cya soon!

Grisaia no Kajitsu, without a doubt. I had actually read a few visual novels before, like Danganronpa and Phoenix Wright, but I didn't think of them as such at the time because I had no real knowledge about the medium. I actually experienced my first visual novel, which I have now forgotten the name of, sometime in the late 90's, but I didn't even realize it until recently because at the time I just thought of it as some random porn game. Gaming has always meant a lot to me, but over the years as I've grown older and had to take on more responsibilities in life, I've become less and less inclined to waste time (I don't really like that term, but whatever) on gameplay-heavy games. I now prefer games that prioritize the story, and I've even started playing almost everything on Easy difficulty just to be able to experience that story without any hassle. That, in turn, made me take a real interest in visual novels, since they are so focused on that story element I'm seeking. That spark ignited, I started picking up on people mentioning this visual novel called Grisaia no Kajitsu, or The Fruit of Grisaia, time and time again on some of the gaming websites and forums I frequent, and that made me more and more curious. Said and done, in early March 2018, I picked up Grisaia no Kajitsu and was hooked more or less immidiately. It was both fun, exciting and sad, and the story connected with me on a deeper level than anything I had ever experienced in a game or movie before. Despite having read/played those other visual novels I mentioned earlier, I consider Grisaia no Kajitsu to be my first, because it was the first time I looked at something as such, and it opened my eyes to the medium and made me fall in love with it. I've read a ton of visual novels since then and might even consider a few of them better than Grisaia no Kajitsu, but I think it will always hold a special place in my heart for taking my life in this direction.

thought you were saying goodbye and i was like "nuuuuuu!"

I sort of half-thought about it before it, but that same video is what made me write that comment yesterday

G-senjou no maou

There is also the white album 2 discord which you find on their web site.

Yandere (just once was enough for hating it forever)

Personligen rekommenderar jag att dö efter man läst Clannad, då detta projekt tar så lång tid att man hinner bryta sig ur vansinnets grepp innan man blir klar. Däremot har jag inget emot att välja det senarekommande alternativet i det fall då man är starkt fäst vid spirituell nederböring.

Conjueror gave it a bad review, so no thank you.

Surely, this Visual Novel deserve to be fully translated. I'm relying on you guys, hopefully your project always goes well. Thanks for your hard work and keep it up!

Still working on the playtesting part. I'm checking things on my end first, but I'm getting closer to finishing it. Then I can send to QC. Hopefully, we can still release the partial patch by the end of the year. Fingers crossed!