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It has had some pretty incredible effects on my life. For starters, it got me my job. Had I not started reading VNs I probably would never have started learning Japanese, and I certainly wouldn't have thought of starting up a fan translation, which is what led me into full-time translation. I realize now translating has always been my dream job, I just never knew it, heh. It also got me to Japan. Sitting in my new Japanese apartment typing this right now, actually. Once again I never would have thought much about going here, let alone moving here, had it not been for VNs. And of course, it has introduced me to so many great people, both online and in real. I met so many great people at uni, which I started to study Japanese as a result of my interest in VNs, and of course, I've met tons of great people in online communities like this, discord, etc, and through work and whatnot. So overall VNs have affected my life very positively, and I don't know where I would be today without them, honestly.

On Amazon.JP, there's actually a "History of Eroge" book in Japanese. https://www.amazon.co.jp/エロゲー文化研究概論-増補改訂版-宮本直毅/dp/4881818597/ref=pd_lpo_sbs_14_t_0/358-2814548-5781603?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1&refRID=N08SVS7QT2S0BP36KNTS This is something I personally wanna check out and possibly translate in the future.

Outside the more direct things like being entertained or having a waifu/husbando or whatever. It can be positive or negative influences. So I've been thinking of why I have such a high attachment to VNs as a whole compared to others. Thinking all the things I got and accomplished through VNs made me realize how much VNs affected my life: A lot of my online voice chat experience has been through online visual novel fans My closest online group of friends was through VNs, sometimes I talk to them more than my IRL friends through voice chat In general these days, the discords I mostly hang around are VN-related and the ones I'm active in go at the right speed in terms of activity for me. Visual Novels have become the major reason I even go to Anime Convention these days (mostly Anime Expo since I live an hour away). Meeting at least 1 new person at an anime con that has VN stuff has become a personal goal of mine. Speaking of which, rooming with fellow VN fans/industry people at a hotel for a con was something I did was really cool And meeting someone who I can actually cosplay VN characters is something I never thought would happen. I'm not usually a big cosplayer. I've even done my own visual novel panel at smaller conventions before. I've never done a panel at a con otherwise. I've been a major cohost (and not just a guest) of a podcast through VNs, something I never thought I'd ever actually do Visual Novels have become around half (if not more) the reason and inspiration for me actually studying Japanese. 1 year so far and still going strong. I've been on a (fan)TL project as QC (Konosora Retranslation). Never thought I'd be on a project like that for anything. Of course on the other hand... My attachment to 2D porn has probably increased due to VNs (though some may view this as good) I've kinda started comparing other media to how well VNs do certain things I know have more reasons/excuses to stay inside my house, especially with how long VNs are.

Oh, my spoiler isn't too spoilery. Like, I don't mention which heroine or what happens exactly. It's just a slight clarification about the meaning behind the tag. It is, indeed, not a clear-cut case. There was quite the discussion some time ago in this forum regarding the issue, actually.

Hi there! I’m currently editing some of the older scenes in the game, including the tutorial-prologue scenes, preparing to share the current version of the game with some testers. There’s so much new content that needs some additional feedback, and I keep finding (and fixing) annoying bugs... I’m both excited and terrified. : P

It's given me the opportunity to play through a few truly incredible stories that have had a lasting impression on me and influenced a lot of the writing I want to do Plus, it's shown me a bunch of truly great female characters that I would never had encountered had I just plain regular old videogames Negative Fuck man I can't hardly talk about it with anyone without a shit ton of caveats and provisos. You know, I think it might have something to do with some vns called I Want to Throat Fuck You Till You Pass Out~Fun Sucking Whore Time!!? or I Dream of Semen Filled Sluts! But, maybe that's just me.