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A short while ago I’ve reviewed PixelFade’s Crystalline, expressing my disappointment at what was a visually brilliant, but rather hollow experience, in many ways inferior to that studio's first project, Ace Academy. While AA, a mecha-themed game set in near future’s Japan, mixed convincing drama, a cast of archetypical, but compelling heroines and great SoL sections, providing a fairly balanced and enjoyable game, Crystalline focused much more on comedy and despite the fantasy adventure framework, failed to produce an engaging plot or characters interesting enough to make the whole experience satisfying. The genuine chemistry between Ace Academy’s characters and its compelling atmosphere let me even forgive its anticlimactic ending – PixelFade struggled heavily with that game's development, being forced to cut a large portion of the plot and rush the conclusion, infuriating many fans. The cuts and omissions were definitely visible, for me however, what was already there was simply too good to disregard and I still consider AA as one of the best EVNs I’ve ever read. As you can imagine, it was hard for me not to get excited when, shortly after Crystalline’s release, the studio announced Kaori After Story – a spin-off to Ace Academy, continuing the romance arc of Kaori, arguably the primary heroine of the first game. Using the Live 2D engine and animations from Crystalline, it promised to be another eye-candy, this time directed to the fans of PixelFade's debut title. What worried me, however, was that it was also described by the devs as primarily a comedy, most likely ignoring the bitter-sweet climate of the original and its somewhat ambivalent ending. Thankfully, as much as some might be disappointed with this game’s obvious disinterest in continuing Ace Academy’s main intrigue, connected to protagonist’s father’s scientific research and tragic death, there are many things here they should find highly satisfying – and even I, as reserved as I was when approaching KAS, couldn’t help but to enjoy it quite a lot. Read the full article at evnchronicles.blogspot.com

well theres only a small margin of visual novels with romance that take place in a high school but glad you found it.

The Promised Neverland, Mob Psycho 100 II and Jojo part 5. Also Vinland Saga and Dr. Stone coming up later this year. What a great year to be an anime fan.

I'm going through Shiny Days right now, and it's even more of a technical disaster than School Days HQ. The first freeze happened within less than half a minute from starting, and it was just downhill from there. After a ton of crashes and freezes, I began troubleshooting like a madman for hours on end. I tried a billion-or-so different fixes in Windows 10, like playing in Windowed mode, different compatibility modes, closing all other programs and so on, and then I gave up and figured I'd try playing it in Windows 7 instead. Problem was, I didn't have Windows 7 installed anywhere, and getting that taken care of turned out to be easier said than done. I decided to install it on Boot Camp on my MacBook, but then I ran into all sorts of trouble with that instead. I had to pick up old Boot Camp files because the newer ones were incompatible with Windows 7 on my machine, and when I finally managed to install and get into the OS, no devices worked. No USB ports, no network, etc, so there was no way for me to install the game. Defeated, I moved on to install Windows 7 on a USB drive so I could use it on my PC, but after a gazillion BSOD's and whatnot, I accepted that this apparently wouldn't work either, hung my head, sighed and turned to my last resort: An old computer I haven't used in forever. I had to make some hardware changes first, but then I was finally able to install Windows 7 and start Shiny Days again... only to see it freeze within a couple of minutes. I gave it one final attempt by switching to Windowed mode, and apparently the combination of that + Windows 7 seems to have done the trick. ~2 hours and no crashes or freezes yet. This has been a battle, let me tell you. I have never before fought this hard to make a visual novel or game run on my computer, and it feels kinda weird that it was for Shiny Days of all things. I guess I'll blame my OCD tendencies.

Confession: I'm not sure how long it'll take me to get a full grasp on Japanese. I worry sometimes the translation I deliver will be sub-par and I'll all motivation to continue.

Keep us posted.

I'm afraid "males" is too wide a term for me to make an assessment. For instance, though I or Eclipsed may like such games, you may well not. There was, in fact, a thread about otome fairly recently. As you've already partaken in such a thread, perhaps the opinions of others cannot aid you here? I suggest you take the plunge and decide once and for all.

You've already done what could be considered the 'best' route because in Tsukishima's one, minor spoilers- Also since you mention childhood friend, the one in "If you love me then say so" is one of the best i've read seems so, even in Giniro Haruka from what i've read, they've learnt from their mistakes in Hatsukoi (although MC in that is apparently too flawless)

Unfortunately you can't, because it'll broke your PC/laptop. That said, I think Yukino's after story here did sort of redeem the route here, although obviously you can only enjoy that after all the route thing is over. Also apparently Tone Work's did REALLY get the note on HatsuKoi's bad reception, so they decided to improve childhood friend as hard as possible and I think you can see their effort in Marika's route at Hoshiori later if you compared it with Yukino's route.

Wow, I actually made another entry. Nobody saw that coming.

I have to say that I admire your madness. Sometimes reminds me of my own

Nim?! You monster!

Confession: I've never expected to fall victim to power play by our college's department chairwoman in Tourism Management, thanks to that I wasn't able to be enrolled this semester and I might end not being able to complete my college degree and graduate?! God damn it that bitch!!! I always knew she has some loose screws in the head, however I would never imagine she could be this vile and unreasonable. Perhaps this is what I get for being lenient and kind for my own good... I should have just devise a way to get her out of the equation sooner in the first place... Such a fatal mistake on my part... I do not really desire to do this and leaves a bad taste my mount, nonetheless desperate situation requires desperate measures... Since I couldn't get rid of her through conventional means, stabbing her with my folding knife is out of the questions since I don't have plans to go to prison, constructing an IED is also out of the damn question for it may harm innocent bystanders and I don't have access to the necessary components in creating one... (How I wish I bought some fireworks last new year ) So I'll do the next best option available... Magick.......... Hmm..... If I may ask dear Fuwanovel members, Please give me some of recommendations of the most bizarre and horrible Visual Novels you've people played so far that could generate a feeling of dread or any kind of negative feelings, something similar to Kara No Shoujo or Saya... I require all the negative energies I could muster for my scheme to succeed! Many thanks in advance! And it has to be English translated or localized please since time is against me and don't have the luxury to learn Japanese which I really want to learn! (Even got some ebooks regarding the subject) if I'm going down, I'll drag that despicable bitch with me in hell hahahahahah!!!