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    Ryechu reacted to Aizen-Sama for a blog entry, Dear Translation Requesters   
    Disclaimer: At the end of this post I get pretty salty, so be aware of that. This post endorses MY and MY OPINION ONLY. The numbers about the costs of a translation team were researched before putting them here.
    Hello guys. Aizen-Sama here with another spicy rant. Although I haven’t been around the forums as long as other users who have spent their time here several years (I have spent around 7 months more or less at the present time being) I have seen that there’s a huge problem that I’ve mostly seen here, in Fuwanovel, more than any other site that congregates VN fans. In fact, I think that this doesn’t happen anywhere but here, but again, what do I know? I don’t really visit Reddit nor 4chan that much, let alone interact there.

    Anyways, what I want to address is a problem that has been going on since the beginning stages of this site, and that problem is the Translation Requests, or what I like to call “e-beggars” (yes, I know this term has been invented already).

    First and foremost, the majority of people that make these Translation Request posts are usually new users and I’m fully aware of that. But this has been blowing up lately. I know that 4 posts in the last month and a half doesn’t sound like that much, but the proposals are getting so ridiculous that it’s hard to believe sometimes if the guys asking these things are for real or if they’re straight out trolling.

    Let’s take this post as a quick example. You’re scrolling through the forums and see this post, and then the thought comes to mind “Another typical Request Post. Sigh. Let’s see what this guy’s asking for…” and then you see this:

    These posts show nothing more than ignorance and arrogance, as well as no interest towards these groups they are begging to translate something for them. Do these people even understand what it takes to translate a medium length VN? A medium length, around the 35-40k line mark in my opinion, could easily take a year. And the guy in this post begged for 5 medium and long length VN’s to be translated, one of them being >50 hours long.

    But don’t be mistaken, the worst part about that post wasn’t the amount of VN’s he was begging for nor their length. It was the last statement: “Thanks in advance”. Although it sounds stupid, that’s what triggered me the most. A shitty “thanks in advance” is not something that motivates people to do these things. People have to put themselves in a translators’ shoes sometimes. Not only him, but also the people who aren’t translating, but the ones who edit the text, proofread it, the image editors, the quality checkers, etc… Do they think that the task can be easily done if the guy in question knows Japanese? Not even close.

    The secret of a translation project.

    I know this is hard to believe for the e-beggars, but the translation of a game requires an enormous amount of time, and one year to finish the TRANSLATION, not editing, of a medium length VN is a very decent deadline. And I’m talking about a medium length game, not a long one. Majo Koi has around 47k lines. Supposing it had one sole translator and the translator in question did 100 lines a day, the game would be finished in around 470 days approximately, this taking into account he diligently does 100 lines a day, no skipping, no nothing. Let’s convert that into hours spent in total, since that tends to shock people more; 470 days doing 100 lines a day, if the translator is an experienced one, meaning that he has done this before or is a professional in the field, he could get rid of that task in about an hour. But an amateur translator, basically the bulk of the community in itself when it comes to fan translations, could take around 1,5 or 2 hours to do the exact same number of lines. That could mean than in total, just translating could take from 470 hours for the experienced translator, which means around 20 full days translating something, to 705-940 hours for the amateur translator, which is around 30-40 days translating nonstop. And this would be just translation, I’m purposely taking out the other processes such as editing and QC’ing. Do you e-beggars understand the amount of work is being put in these projects? This is why Translation Request posts should be completely banned off this site and instantly deleted. Then again, where would I put my insulting memes towards the op’s to gain likes for no reason?

    Let’s throw in another question now that we’re shifting towards that matter: Is fan-translating Visual Novels even worth it in the first place?

    Before I answer (although it’s probably known what I’m going to say, given my tone) let me address this: I by no means think that fan-translation is bad, in fact, it has been the reason why we’re getting official localizations now and I think that no amount of praise of thanks can equate the amount of work the translators of these projects did in order for this genre to be known better in the Western community.

    But, as sad as it sounds, fan translating at this moment is not worth it. Why? I’ll put in some of the reasons:

    -          Although some members of the vocal community throw in the occasional thanks once the patch is out that’s all the team who translated the game gets. Nothing more, nothing less. Some people might say that recognition counts as some sort of reward as well, but personally I don’t think that’s the case.
    -          No reviews of the translated VN’s are usually made (this is what in my opinion spreads the awareness of these games), only discussion threads are made, which is pretty sad in my opinion.
    -          I’m going to quote something that Clephas said in one of my posts, that sums up this next point:  “Another thing is that most people in the community will never even try to experience fantl from the other side of things... they don't realize how much time it eats up, that emptiness you feel when you realize you've used dozens of hours of your personal time only to put out a patch that people bash left and right for 'errors' and other shit.”
    -          The work put in to translate the game itself is not worth, meaning that the compensation that the translator/team worked for it is not even close enough to what they should be getting.
    Lastly, I want to address the problem that comes with donations, awareness of localization costs/translation costs, and ignorance.

    I’ll cut to the chase; for the people that think that with donations alone you can “pay” a translator to do some kind of game, you’re WRONG. Let’s put an example of what could a medium VN translation cost: let’s suppose that the team consists of three persons, to translate a 1.5 million jp character VN (equating to a 45k line count approximately). The translator gets 1 cent per Japanese character, the editor gets 1 cent per English word and the QC gets a quarter of a cent for each English word. In total, the final price equates to 33k dollars JUST FOR THE TEAM TO TRANSLATE A SINGLE VN. And these prices are apparently pretty shitty for a translator, so yeah, there you go. Besides, why donating a random group of guys, who could easily run away with the money and machine translate the game, or not even translate the game at all, when you can just support the official localizers? Contrary to what some people think they are actually releasing more games than ever and the 18+ industry in the scene has never seen so many official releases ever.

    Summing up this 3 page-long essay of frustration:

    1.       Please for the love of god don’t e-beg or Request for translations. Just no, it triggers people off and it only shows how ignorant you are about what happens behind the scenes.
    2.       Fan Translating in this actual moment is NOT WORTH, only people who are very commited and have a strong resolution will be able to start one, and very few out of those will actually finish the project.
    3.       Donations are NOT a solution to encourage Fan Translation, it ruins the very concept of it and it’s also ILLEGAL. Don’t support an already illegal activity by paying it.
    4.       Before posting retarded shit on the forums please look for other posts similar to what you might want to post. Maybe looking at the responses could enlighten you and help the other users not waste their time by reading the same shit over and over again.
    5.       Before criticizing Translations and patches for “errors” and “typos” and being a little whining bitch how about you try to show interest on how much effort people put on the translation of these games behind the scenes? (This goes solely to the people that haven't experienced working on a fan translation and whine non-stop about "how bad the translation of this is" and blah blah blah.)
    Anyways, I think that’s all the rage out. For those of you who haven’t dozed off already have a nice day and all of that stuff.

    And if you smash that like button you will get your very own… DIES IRAE MACHINE TRANSLATED PATCH. Yes! This is not a scam at all, your own personal Dies Irae Machine Translated patch. If you leave a like you can choose between a Google, Bing, or a Skype translated patch. I’ve invested so many hours on them, it was totally worth though ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°).

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    Ryechu reacted to Clephas for a blog entry, *cries* Soshite Hatsukoi ga Imouto ni Naru   
    ... I'm going to be blunt.  It has been a while (think 2014) since any company has produced a nakige that compares to this one.  The characters, their backgrounds, their personalities, and the setting all come together to form a story of deep affection, pain, and tears that had me crying more than a dozen times throughout the VN.
    In terms of heroines, this VN's imoutos are the best.  Shinobu is the twisted, obsessive half-yandere, super-capable imouto who adores her niisan (with good reason).  Tsubasa is the honest, affectionate, straightforward imouto who is incapable of hiding anything.  While the other two heroines kind of pale compared to those two, their routes are another story entirely.
    I'm going to be straight... there are no bad or under-developed paths in this VN.  The characters' emotional and real-life (to them) struggles are intense, engrossing, and emotional.  Neneko's and Yuuka's paths are cases of the 'paths surpassing the heroines', a phenomenon that has become sadly rare in recent years, as writing quality has fallen drastically in the charage 'genre'. 
    Technically, Tsubasa's is the true route, but none of the routes were neglected in favor of hers, though I could have wished for an epilogue based a few years later for Shinobu's path (a matter of personal taste).  This is a mark of the skill of the writer and the person who designed the scenario, as the fact is that in most cases where there is a true or central heroine, the other heroines tend to be neglected, at least in my experience.
    The protagonist in this story will probably get mixed reactions out of people, if only because he is a bit angsty, especially when issues of parents come up.  He has good reason, as he is a victim of child abuse (he doesn't hide this, and it is revealed within the first half-hour of reading).  At heart, he is a good person, but he is very exclusive in the people he cares about and insanely protective of those chosen few.  His obsession with his role as a big brother causes some big problems in Shinobu's route, but that is mostly because he is very hard-headed and straight-laced... the type of guy who makes a vow to himself and never breaks it, even in the particulars.
    Story-wise... this is classic non-Key nakige fare.  The protagonist deals with his own issues (to varying degrees) while doing his best for the heroines, the troubles and drama along the way designed to drag the tears out of you, though it all ends happily eventually.  I was particularly touched by the healing that occurs in the protagonist in Tsubasa and Neneko's endings (through different methods), and I, for once, wasn't frustrated with the protagonist and heroine's struggles in Shinobu's path. 
    None of the characters' struggles felt forced or unnatural, the way many charage make them seem, which was impressive in and of itself.
    Overall, this is a first-class addition to anyone's nakige collection, and it is definitely going to be stiff competition for my VN of the Month for May.  I wept, I laughed, and I suffered along with the characters and out of sympathy for them.  I come out of this VN glad that I played it, a rare experience for a person who is as jaded as I am when it comes to VNs.
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    Ryechu got a reaction from Gibberish for a blog entry, FuwaReviews - October 2015 [NSFW]   
    Since I don't have anything set up to get pretty images, we're gonna have to make do with title screen images and links for this month.  Next month will be shinier, promise!
    Here are all of the FuwaReviews for the month of October, 2015.  Pretty solid month, overall.  Some solid 8/10 titles that you should definitely look into, and some stuff that's more "If you like this genre, then maybe you'll like this."  I'd like to offer a huge thank you to our Community Submissions this month - Zakamutt, OriginalRen, and InvictusCobra.
    Review Count for October: 12

    fault -milestone two- side:above (by Ryechu) - October 2 - Rating 8/10
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    A Kiss For the Petals - Remembering How We Met (by Zakamutt) - October 6 - Rating 8/10
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    Cocoro@Function! (by OriginalRen) - October 7 - Rating 8/10
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    Black Closet (by Palas) - October 10 - Rating 8.6/10
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    Over The Hills And Far Away (by solidbatman) - October 12 - Rating 7/10
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    The "Jewel Stars" Series (Ruby Striker, Lapis Gunner, Amber Breaker) (by Ryechu) - October 12-14 - Ratings 4.5, 6, 5
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    The Menagerie (by solidbatman) - October 18 - Rating 3/10
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    Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish Upon A Shooting Star- (by OriginalRen) - October 19 - Rating 3/10
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    The Royal Trap (by Palas) - October 24 - Rating 7.5/10
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    Hanachirasu (by InvictusCobra) - October 26 - Rating 8.5/10
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    Ryechu got a reaction from Nimbus for a blog entry, FuwaReviews - October 2015 [NSFW]   
    Since I don't have anything set up to get pretty images, we're gonna have to make do with title screen images and links for this month.  Next month will be shinier, promise!
    Here are all of the FuwaReviews for the month of October, 2015.  Pretty solid month, overall.  Some solid 8/10 titles that you should definitely look into, and some stuff that's more "If you like this genre, then maybe you'll like this."  I'd like to offer a huge thank you to our Community Submissions this month - Zakamutt, OriginalRen, and InvictusCobra.
    Review Count for October: 12

    fault -milestone two- side:above (by Ryechu) - October 2 - Rating 8/10
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    A Kiss For the Petals - Remembering How We Met (by Zakamutt) - October 6 - Rating 8/10
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    Cocoro@Function! (by OriginalRen) - October 7 - Rating 8/10
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    Black Closet (by Palas) - October 10 - Rating 8.6/10
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    Over The Hills And Far Away (by solidbatman) - October 12 - Rating 7/10
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    The "Jewel Stars" Series (Ruby Striker, Lapis Gunner, Amber Breaker) (by Ryechu) - October 12-14 - Ratings 4.5, 6, 5
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    The Menagerie (by solidbatman) - October 18 - Rating 3/10
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    Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish Upon A Shooting Star- (by OriginalRen) - October 19 - Rating 3/10
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    The Royal Trap (by Palas) - October 24 - Rating 7.5/10
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    Hanachirasu (by InvictusCobra) - October 26 - Rating 8.5/10
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    Ryechu got a reaction from solidbatman for a blog entry, FuwaReviews - October 2015 [NSFW]   
    Since I don't have anything set up to get pretty images, we're gonna have to make do with title screen images and links for this month.  Next month will be shinier, promise!
    Here are all of the FuwaReviews for the month of October, 2015.  Pretty solid month, overall.  Some solid 8/10 titles that you should definitely look into, and some stuff that's more "If you like this genre, then maybe you'll like this."  I'd like to offer a huge thank you to our Community Submissions this month - Zakamutt, OriginalRen, and InvictusCobra.
    Review Count for October: 12

    fault -milestone two- side:above (by Ryechu) - October 2 - Rating 8/10
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    A Kiss For the Petals - Remembering How We Met (by Zakamutt) - October 6 - Rating 8/10
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    Cocoro@Function! (by OriginalRen) - October 7 - Rating 8/10
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    Black Closet (by Palas) - October 10 - Rating 8.6/10
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    Over The Hills And Far Away (by solidbatman) - October 12 - Rating 7/10
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    The "Jewel Stars" Series (Ruby Striker, Lapis Gunner, Amber Breaker) (by Ryechu) - October 12-14 - Ratings 4.5, 6, 5
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    The Menagerie (by solidbatman) - October 18 - Rating 3/10
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    Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish Upon A Shooting Star- (by OriginalRen) - October 19 - Rating 3/10
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    The Royal Trap (by Palas) - October 24 - Rating 7.5/10
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    Hanachirasu (by InvictusCobra) - October 26 - Rating 8.5/10
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    Ryechu got a reaction from solidbatman for a blog entry, Welcome to FuwaReviews!   
    Hello everybody!  Ryechu here~
    I decided to go ahead and do a monthly recap of all the FuwaReviews released by our in-house team.  October's Recap will be up in the next day or so.
     I am interested in feedback in regard to how everybody would like to see this formatted.  Should I use images with the Pros/Cons and the score and make the image clickable (which is mostly just a bunch of image copy/pasting on Paint.net for me), or would you prefer just an image of the game cover/title screen (In other words, the "Featured Image") with a link to the review without the spoilers?  Let me know below!
    Anyway, I wanted to take a little time to talk about what we do, and who our members are (at time of writing).
    What is the Goal of FuwaReviews?
    Our goal is the same as the motto you see on the forums:  "Making Visual Novels Popular in the West." We do this by presenting honest, thoughtful reviews on all sorts of visual novels, from the latest and greatest OELVNs, to the latest fan-translation releases, to the major releases from Mangagamer/Sekai Project/JAST.  We want to be that one-stop shop for all things Visual Novels, and reviews are our way of doing that.  Translated, untranslated, we don't care.  If it fits the requirement of a Visual Novel, it's something that is on our list to review.

    We using a scoring system when it comes to our reviews, and our scale is on a 1-10.  Some of our reviewers break that number down a bit further and translate their score from a 1-100 scale, so you may see a number like 7.8 or the like, but that's all the more specific we intend to get.  This is how the reviewer rated the game.  This number is based on their opinion, and their scores may very well differ from yours.  Are your tastes different from the reviewer's?  Quite possibly.  Are you going to read the review anyway if you're genuinely interested in the game and regardless of whether or not you've played it?  Quite possibly.  Will fans of certain franchises/fetishes/characters get incredibly angry and locate their nearest pitchforks if we don't give their favorite game a 10/10?  Quite possibly.  Here's my answer to that:  We are not going to please everybody.  Honest reviews will never please everybody - that is the unfortunate truth about this business.  For me, my review has the same score that I put on my VNDB profile, and if it doesn't follow the bandwagon average, then there will always be justification in my reviews.  Well, there's always going to be a justification for my score in my review, but you get the point.
    Some of our reviews will tell you "If you like x or y, then you'll probably like this," but it's not required.  If I play a game filled to the brim with gore or the like, it'll be the first one I play.  I won't (and don't, to be perfectly honest) know other titles in the genre, and I can't provide suggestions, so I'm not going to.  Many reviewing sites don't do that, because there's a chance that mentioning other titles may detract from the publicity of the game we are reviewing, though that is an arguable statement from either side of the coin.  The information in the review should be more than enough to help you make a decision on whether or not you may be interested in the title being reviewed.
    We have two styles of reviews:  Featured (which are full-length, 800+ words, multiple pictures, "complete" reviews), and Minute reviews (300-500 words, one-two images, "Overview" reviews).  Most nukige and short OELVN reviews will end up being Minute reviews, while basically everything else is Featured.  Virtually all of my nukige reviews are Minute reviews.
    We know we're gong to get the same flak as every other reviewing site, and that's fine.  We appreciate any and all feedback about the site, even if we don't immediately acknowledge it.  That much I can assure you.
     
    Who Are We?

    Ryechu - I'm the PR guy for FuwaReviews.  I do most of the talking with companies to get review keys for the team, I run the nukige corner, and I handle Community submissions.  I'm also the author of this blog! Flutterz - He's our editor.  He's also a god.  You will bow down to him. Full-Time Reviewers
    solidbatman - This guy was the one that started it all.  He's also my bae.  He handles a lot of newer, popular releases, and is often abused for his honesty. Palas - The OELVN god.  He normally snags all of the OELVN keys, and puts out excellent reviews for them. Tyrael - The fresh meat.  We just picked Tyrael up as a full-time reviewer.  Can't wait to see what he has in store! Part-Time Reviewers
    Down - He had a soul once, then Batman ate it.  Down still hasn't recovered since that day. Exenorate - He's hiding most of the time, but he's still shiny. Community-Submitters (that I would pick up in a heartbeat)
    OriginalRen - He needs to write more reviews.  Straight up.  C'mon Ren, you know you wanna~ Zakamutt - #blamezaka There are also other reviewers that I've spoken with, and they'll be mentioned once I get some reviews published by them!
     
    I hope you enjoyed this little post, and I look forward to hearing some feedback about how you'd like to see our Monthly Wrapup posts!
     
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    Ryechu got a reaction from Darbury for a blog entry, Welcome to FuwaReviews!   
    Hello everybody!  Ryechu here~
    I decided to go ahead and do a monthly recap of all the FuwaReviews released by our in-house team.  October's Recap will be up in the next day or so.
     I am interested in feedback in regard to how everybody would like to see this formatted.  Should I use images with the Pros/Cons and the score and make the image clickable (which is mostly just a bunch of image copy/pasting on Paint.net for me), or would you prefer just an image of the game cover/title screen (In other words, the "Featured Image") with a link to the review without the spoilers?  Let me know below!
    Anyway, I wanted to take a little time to talk about what we do, and who our members are (at time of writing).
    What is the Goal of FuwaReviews?
    Our goal is the same as the motto you see on the forums:  "Making Visual Novels Popular in the West." We do this by presenting honest, thoughtful reviews on all sorts of visual novels, from the latest and greatest OELVNs, to the latest fan-translation releases, to the major releases from Mangagamer/Sekai Project/JAST.  We want to be that one-stop shop for all things Visual Novels, and reviews are our way of doing that.  Translated, untranslated, we don't care.  If it fits the requirement of a Visual Novel, it's something that is on our list to review.

    We using a scoring system when it comes to our reviews, and our scale is on a 1-10.  Some of our reviewers break that number down a bit further and translate their score from a 1-100 scale, so you may see a number like 7.8 or the like, but that's all the more specific we intend to get.  This is how the reviewer rated the game.  This number is based on their opinion, and their scores may very well differ from yours.  Are your tastes different from the reviewer's?  Quite possibly.  Are you going to read the review anyway if you're genuinely interested in the game and regardless of whether or not you've played it?  Quite possibly.  Will fans of certain franchises/fetishes/characters get incredibly angry and locate their nearest pitchforks if we don't give their favorite game a 10/10?  Quite possibly.  Here's my answer to that:  We are not going to please everybody.  Honest reviews will never please everybody - that is the unfortunate truth about this business.  For me, my review has the same score that I put on my VNDB profile, and if it doesn't follow the bandwagon average, then there will always be justification in my reviews.  Well, there's always going to be a justification for my score in my review, but you get the point.
    Some of our reviews will tell you "If you like x or y, then you'll probably like this," but it's not required.  If I play a game filled to the brim with gore or the like, it'll be the first one I play.  I won't (and don't, to be perfectly honest) know other titles in the genre, and I can't provide suggestions, so I'm not going to.  Many reviewing sites don't do that, because there's a chance that mentioning other titles may detract from the publicity of the game we are reviewing, though that is an arguable statement from either side of the coin.  The information in the review should be more than enough to help you make a decision on whether or not you may be interested in the title being reviewed.
    We have two styles of reviews:  Featured (which are full-length, 800+ words, multiple pictures, "complete" reviews), and Minute reviews (300-500 words, one-two images, "Overview" reviews).  Most nukige and short OELVN reviews will end up being Minute reviews, while basically everything else is Featured.  Virtually all of my nukige reviews are Minute reviews.
    We know we're gong to get the same flak as every other reviewing site, and that's fine.  We appreciate any and all feedback about the site, even if we don't immediately acknowledge it.  That much I can assure you.
     
    Who Are We?

    Ryechu - I'm the PR guy for FuwaReviews.  I do most of the talking with companies to get review keys for the team, I run the nukige corner, and I handle Community submissions.  I'm also the author of this blog! Flutterz - He's our editor.  He's also a god.  You will bow down to him. Full-Time Reviewers
    solidbatman - This guy was the one that started it all.  He's also my bae.  He handles a lot of newer, popular releases, and is often abused for his honesty. Palas - The OELVN god.  He normally snags all of the OELVN keys, and puts out excellent reviews for them. Tyrael - The fresh meat.  We just picked Tyrael up as a full-time reviewer.  Can't wait to see what he has in store! Part-Time Reviewers
    Down - He had a soul once, then Batman ate it.  Down still hasn't recovered since that day. Exenorate - He's hiding most of the time, but he's still shiny. Community-Submitters (that I would pick up in a heartbeat)
    OriginalRen - He needs to write more reviews.  Straight up.  C'mon Ren, you know you wanna~ Zakamutt - #blamezaka There are also other reviewers that I've spoken with, and they'll be mentioned once I get some reviews published by them!
     
    I hope you enjoyed this little post, and I look forward to hearing some feedback about how you'd like to see our Monthly Wrapup posts!
     
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    Ryechu got a reaction from Gibberish for a blog entry, Welcome to FuwaReviews!   
    Hello everybody!  Ryechu here~
    I decided to go ahead and do a monthly recap of all the FuwaReviews released by our in-house team.  October's Recap will be up in the next day or so.
     I am interested in feedback in regard to how everybody would like to see this formatted.  Should I use images with the Pros/Cons and the score and make the image clickable (which is mostly just a bunch of image copy/pasting on Paint.net for me), or would you prefer just an image of the game cover/title screen (In other words, the "Featured Image") with a link to the review without the spoilers?  Let me know below!
    Anyway, I wanted to take a little time to talk about what we do, and who our members are (at time of writing).
    What is the Goal of FuwaReviews?
    Our goal is the same as the motto you see on the forums:  "Making Visual Novels Popular in the West." We do this by presenting honest, thoughtful reviews on all sorts of visual novels, from the latest and greatest OELVNs, to the latest fan-translation releases, to the major releases from Mangagamer/Sekai Project/JAST.  We want to be that one-stop shop for all things Visual Novels, and reviews are our way of doing that.  Translated, untranslated, we don't care.  If it fits the requirement of a Visual Novel, it's something that is on our list to review.

    We using a scoring system when it comes to our reviews, and our scale is on a 1-10.  Some of our reviewers break that number down a bit further and translate their score from a 1-100 scale, so you may see a number like 7.8 or the like, but that's all the more specific we intend to get.  This is how the reviewer rated the game.  This number is based on their opinion, and their scores may very well differ from yours.  Are your tastes different from the reviewer's?  Quite possibly.  Are you going to read the review anyway if you're genuinely interested in the game and regardless of whether or not you've played it?  Quite possibly.  Will fans of certain franchises/fetishes/characters get incredibly angry and locate their nearest pitchforks if we don't give their favorite game a 10/10?  Quite possibly.  Here's my answer to that:  We are not going to please everybody.  Honest reviews will never please everybody - that is the unfortunate truth about this business.  For me, my review has the same score that I put on my VNDB profile, and if it doesn't follow the bandwagon average, then there will always be justification in my reviews.  Well, there's always going to be a justification for my score in my review, but you get the point.
    Some of our reviews will tell you "If you like x or y, then you'll probably like this," but it's not required.  If I play a game filled to the brim with gore or the like, it'll be the first one I play.  I won't (and don't, to be perfectly honest) know other titles in the genre, and I can't provide suggestions, so I'm not going to.  Many reviewing sites don't do that, because there's a chance that mentioning other titles may detract from the publicity of the game we are reviewing, though that is an arguable statement from either side of the coin.  The information in the review should be more than enough to help you make a decision on whether or not you may be interested in the title being reviewed.
    We have two styles of reviews:  Featured (which are full-length, 800+ words, multiple pictures, "complete" reviews), and Minute reviews (300-500 words, one-two images, "Overview" reviews).  Most nukige and short OELVN reviews will end up being Minute reviews, while basically everything else is Featured.  Virtually all of my nukige reviews are Minute reviews.
    We know we're gong to get the same flak as every other reviewing site, and that's fine.  We appreciate any and all feedback about the site, even if we don't immediately acknowledge it.  That much I can assure you.
     
    Who Are We?

    Ryechu - I'm the PR guy for FuwaReviews.  I do most of the talking with companies to get review keys for the team, I run the nukige corner, and I handle Community submissions.  I'm also the author of this blog! Flutterz - He's our editor.  He's also a god.  You will bow down to him. Full-Time Reviewers
    solidbatman - This guy was the one that started it all.  He's also my bae.  He handles a lot of newer, popular releases, and is often abused for his honesty. Palas - The OELVN god.  He normally snags all of the OELVN keys, and puts out excellent reviews for them. Tyrael - The fresh meat.  We just picked Tyrael up as a full-time reviewer.  Can't wait to see what he has in store! Part-Time Reviewers
    Down - He had a soul once, then Batman ate it.  Down still hasn't recovered since that day. Exenorate - He's hiding most of the time, but he's still shiny. Community-Submitters (that I would pick up in a heartbeat)
    OriginalRen - He needs to write more reviews.  Straight up.  C'mon Ren, you know you wanna~ Zakamutt - #blamezaka There are also other reviewers that I've spoken with, and they'll be mentioned once I get some reviews published by them!
     
    I hope you enjoyed this little post, and I look forward to hearing some feedback about how you'd like to see our Monthly Wrapup posts!
     
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    Ryechu got a reaction from LiquidShu for a blog entry, Welcome to FuwaReviews!   
    Hello everybody!  Ryechu here~
    I decided to go ahead and do a monthly recap of all the FuwaReviews released by our in-house team.  October's Recap will be up in the next day or so.
     I am interested in feedback in regard to how everybody would like to see this formatted.  Should I use images with the Pros/Cons and the score and make the image clickable (which is mostly just a bunch of image copy/pasting on Paint.net for me), or would you prefer just an image of the game cover/title screen (In other words, the "Featured Image") with a link to the review without the spoilers?  Let me know below!
    Anyway, I wanted to take a little time to talk about what we do, and who our members are (at time of writing).
    What is the Goal of FuwaReviews?
    Our goal is the same as the motto you see on the forums:  "Making Visual Novels Popular in the West." We do this by presenting honest, thoughtful reviews on all sorts of visual novels, from the latest and greatest OELVNs, to the latest fan-translation releases, to the major releases from Mangagamer/Sekai Project/JAST.  We want to be that one-stop shop for all things Visual Novels, and reviews are our way of doing that.  Translated, untranslated, we don't care.  If it fits the requirement of a Visual Novel, it's something that is on our list to review.

    We using a scoring system when it comes to our reviews, and our scale is on a 1-10.  Some of our reviewers break that number down a bit further and translate their score from a 1-100 scale, so you may see a number like 7.8 or the like, but that's all the more specific we intend to get.  This is how the reviewer rated the game.  This number is based on their opinion, and their scores may very well differ from yours.  Are your tastes different from the reviewer's?  Quite possibly.  Are you going to read the review anyway if you're genuinely interested in the game and regardless of whether or not you've played it?  Quite possibly.  Will fans of certain franchises/fetishes/characters get incredibly angry and locate their nearest pitchforks if we don't give their favorite game a 10/10?  Quite possibly.  Here's my answer to that:  We are not going to please everybody.  Honest reviews will never please everybody - that is the unfortunate truth about this business.  For me, my review has the same score that I put on my VNDB profile, and if it doesn't follow the bandwagon average, then there will always be justification in my reviews.  Well, there's always going to be a justification for my score in my review, but you get the point.
    Some of our reviews will tell you "If you like x or y, then you'll probably like this," but it's not required.  If I play a game filled to the brim with gore or the like, it'll be the first one I play.  I won't (and don't, to be perfectly honest) know other titles in the genre, and I can't provide suggestions, so I'm not going to.  Many reviewing sites don't do that, because there's a chance that mentioning other titles may detract from the publicity of the game we are reviewing, though that is an arguable statement from either side of the coin.  The information in the review should be more than enough to help you make a decision on whether or not you may be interested in the title being reviewed.
    We have two styles of reviews:  Featured (which are full-length, 800+ words, multiple pictures, "complete" reviews), and Minute reviews (300-500 words, one-two images, "Overview" reviews).  Most nukige and short OELVN reviews will end up being Minute reviews, while basically everything else is Featured.  Virtually all of my nukige reviews are Minute reviews.
    We know we're gong to get the same flak as every other reviewing site, and that's fine.  We appreciate any and all feedback about the site, even if we don't immediately acknowledge it.  That much I can assure you.
     
    Who Are We?

    Ryechu - I'm the PR guy for FuwaReviews.  I do most of the talking with companies to get review keys for the team, I run the nukige corner, and I handle Community submissions.  I'm also the author of this blog! Flutterz - He's our editor.  He's also a god.  You will bow down to him. Full-Time Reviewers
    solidbatman - This guy was the one that started it all.  He's also my bae.  He handles a lot of newer, popular releases, and is often abused for his honesty. Palas - The OELVN god.  He normally snags all of the OELVN keys, and puts out excellent reviews for them. Tyrael - The fresh meat.  We just picked Tyrael up as a full-time reviewer.  Can't wait to see what he has in store! Part-Time Reviewers
    Down - He had a soul once, then Batman ate it.  Down still hasn't recovered since that day. Exenorate - He's hiding most of the time, but he's still shiny. Community-Submitters (that I would pick up in a heartbeat)
    OriginalRen - He needs to write more reviews.  Straight up.  C'mon Ren, you know you wanna~ Zakamutt - #blamezaka There are also other reviewers that I've spoken with, and they'll be mentioned once I get some reviews published by them!
     
    I hope you enjoyed this little post, and I look forward to hearing some feedback about how you'd like to see our Monthly Wrapup posts!
     
  10. Like
    Ryechu got a reaction from Nimbus for a blog entry, Welcome to FuwaReviews!   
    Hello everybody!  Ryechu here~
    I decided to go ahead and do a monthly recap of all the FuwaReviews released by our in-house team.  October's Recap will be up in the next day or so.
     I am interested in feedback in regard to how everybody would like to see this formatted.  Should I use images with the Pros/Cons and the score and make the image clickable (which is mostly just a bunch of image copy/pasting on Paint.net for me), or would you prefer just an image of the game cover/title screen (In other words, the "Featured Image") with a link to the review without the spoilers?  Let me know below!
    Anyway, I wanted to take a little time to talk about what we do, and who our members are (at time of writing).
    What is the Goal of FuwaReviews?
    Our goal is the same as the motto you see on the forums:  "Making Visual Novels Popular in the West." We do this by presenting honest, thoughtful reviews on all sorts of visual novels, from the latest and greatest OELVNs, to the latest fan-translation releases, to the major releases from Mangagamer/Sekai Project/JAST.  We want to be that one-stop shop for all things Visual Novels, and reviews are our way of doing that.  Translated, untranslated, we don't care.  If it fits the requirement of a Visual Novel, it's something that is on our list to review.

    We using a scoring system when it comes to our reviews, and our scale is on a 1-10.  Some of our reviewers break that number down a bit further and translate their score from a 1-100 scale, so you may see a number like 7.8 or the like, but that's all the more specific we intend to get.  This is how the reviewer rated the game.  This number is based on their opinion, and their scores may very well differ from yours.  Are your tastes different from the reviewer's?  Quite possibly.  Are you going to read the review anyway if you're genuinely interested in the game and regardless of whether or not you've played it?  Quite possibly.  Will fans of certain franchises/fetishes/characters get incredibly angry and locate their nearest pitchforks if we don't give their favorite game a 10/10?  Quite possibly.  Here's my answer to that:  We are not going to please everybody.  Honest reviews will never please everybody - that is the unfortunate truth about this business.  For me, my review has the same score that I put on my VNDB profile, and if it doesn't follow the bandwagon average, then there will always be justification in my reviews.  Well, there's always going to be a justification for my score in my review, but you get the point.
    Some of our reviews will tell you "If you like x or y, then you'll probably like this," but it's not required.  If I play a game filled to the brim with gore or the like, it'll be the first one I play.  I won't (and don't, to be perfectly honest) know other titles in the genre, and I can't provide suggestions, so I'm not going to.  Many reviewing sites don't do that, because there's a chance that mentioning other titles may detract from the publicity of the game we are reviewing, though that is an arguable statement from either side of the coin.  The information in the review should be more than enough to help you make a decision on whether or not you may be interested in the title being reviewed.
    We have two styles of reviews:  Featured (which are full-length, 800+ words, multiple pictures, "complete" reviews), and Minute reviews (300-500 words, one-two images, "Overview" reviews).  Most nukige and short OELVN reviews will end up being Minute reviews, while basically everything else is Featured.  Virtually all of my nukige reviews are Minute reviews.
    We know we're gong to get the same flak as every other reviewing site, and that's fine.  We appreciate any and all feedback about the site, even if we don't immediately acknowledge it.  That much I can assure you.
     
    Who Are We?

    Ryechu - I'm the PR guy for FuwaReviews.  I do most of the talking with companies to get review keys for the team, I run the nukige corner, and I handle Community submissions.  I'm also the author of this blog! Flutterz - He's our editor.  He's also a god.  You will bow down to him. Full-Time Reviewers
    solidbatman - This guy was the one that started it all.  He's also my bae.  He handles a lot of newer, popular releases, and is often abused for his honesty. Palas - The OELVN god.  He normally snags all of the OELVN keys, and puts out excellent reviews for them. Tyrael - The fresh meat.  We just picked Tyrael up as a full-time reviewer.  Can't wait to see what he has in store! Part-Time Reviewers
    Down - He had a soul once, then Batman ate it.  Down still hasn't recovered since that day. Exenorate - He's hiding most of the time, but he's still shiny. Community-Submitters (that I would pick up in a heartbeat)
    OriginalRen - He needs to write more reviews.  Straight up.  C'mon Ren, you know you wanna~ Zakamutt - #blamezaka There are also other reviewers that I've spoken with, and they'll be mentioned once I get some reviews published by them!
     
    I hope you enjoyed this little post, and I look forward to hearing some feedback about how you'd like to see our Monthly Wrapup posts!
     
  11. Like
    Ryechu reacted to Rose for a blog entry, FuwaChanges   
    Hello everyone, Rose here bringing you a post relevant to all Fuwa users. As we all know, the site went through a lot of changes lately and lots of people are still a bit lost about things, so to make everything clear, Tay made a really big post explaining his plans for the future, a summary of some new features planned and much more, so be sure to read it even if you're not confused, for you might actually learn about more stuff to come. Together with that, Eclipsed made a comprehensive list of the recent changes, and it brings you all the links you might possibly need to check if you're late for the party. Huge thanks to Tay for making a really clear and enlightening statement, and to Eclipsed for his great list of changes. Those two are surely going to help a lot of members understand the current situation.
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