Dunno if prequel's the right word (it was for the first episode, but this episode was after Hotaru joined), but it's looking like just more tales from the year in Asahigaoka. Not that I mind, adds detail and depth to the characters
Well... I just d'awwwwwed my way to an early grave there I think.
I think I'm starting to warm to the new themes, although it'll be a while (if ever) that I consider them to be as good as the 1st season's ones. That said, this week's episode was, of course, absolutely wonderful. I can't remember the last time I fell in love with a show quite as much
Recently I finally decided to start up a Youtube channel for music in general. I've recently uploaded my first video on Youtube, and it's for all the J-Jazz people out there, featuring a little known artist Pomodorosa.
Hence, I made a 30 minute min mix on my favorite songs by her.
Support MEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE by giving it a shot and also Pomodorosa because she really really really needs it.
Here's a link:
If you do like it, please give it a thumbs up and a subscribe, if you hate it, give it that nasty thumbs down, but do tell me where I went wrong (even if it's in music selection choices)
To be fair, it is a moege, so there's a certain level of predictableness that's to be expected. What really makes me laugh, though, is it's rated 9/10 on Steam. I like it so far, but it's definitely not even close to a 9/10. I doubt any moege deserves a 9/10 rating.
JAST USA does not exactly have the best marketing strategies in place but that is possibly do to not wanting overexposure. It's hard to really know what a company is thinking when they are creating material to try and help sell a product but JAST is probably one of the few places that actually bothers to create material and just doesn't say anything about it. The following is a compilation of as many JAST USA officially made websites that I was able to find both to share with you as well as discuss a bit more in depth. Honestly some of these you might actually be surprised exist in the first place; I will be updating this first post whenever a new website is created and if I happened to miss any please let me know so I can update this page accordingly.
A number of these websites have trailers created by Primus Animations which are specifically made for the english market often adapted from the original japanese trailer. I for one ended up purchasing Hanachirasu when I did specifically because of their trailer. So props to them for making some cool trailers. With my rambling ceasing let's begin looking at the websites (and subsequently the trailers on the websites) and then when they are all listed let's talk about them.
Shiny Days: http://shinydays.us/
Super Sonico: Communication with Sonico: http://sonicomi.com/index.html
Flowers-Printemps: http://flowersgame.com/
Raidy III: http://raidy.us/
Starless: http://starless.us/
Hanachirasu: http://hanachirasu.com/
Littlewitch Romanesque: http://littlewitch.us/index.html
Yumina the Ethereal: http://yumina-the-ethereal.com/
Steins;Gate: http://steins-gate.us/
Aselia the Eternal: http://aselia.us/
School Days: http://schooldays.us
My Girlfriend is the President: http://mygirlfriendisthepresident.com/
Demonbane: http://demonbane.us/index.html
Moero Downhill Night Trilogy: http://moeronight.com/
Yukkuri Panic: Escalation: http://yukkuripanic.com
Princess Waltz: http://princesswaltz.com/
Cosplay Fetish Academy: http://cosplayfetishacademy.com
Seinarukana: The Spirit of Eternity Sword 2
Nympho Sensei Ryoko
My hopes for the future: It would be nice if they actually bothered marketing these a bit better admittedly half of these are able to be found on their website although a few of them you have to scrounge around to find. It's a decent step. I think the most recent trailers are definitely a step in the right direction as far as trailers go. I think that JAST really needs better marketing of it's actual gameplay visual novels. The websites have basic information and are generally decent overall. I did notice a few of the websites seem to have nothing until you scroll down a bit which I think is rather bad design at least put something there (littlewitch romanesque is one of the examples I'm talking about).
So which of these websites JAST has created is well the best designed and what additional features would you like to see on their websites in the future? Personally for me I think having links to reviews or possibly allowing user reviews (similar to mangagamer) would be a good step to take with these websites. A little bit more user interaction as well as keeping the websites up to date with any new details (School Days, My girlfriend is the President, Raidy III, and Aselia the Eternal should all have links to their sequels, prequels, and fan-discs). One specific detail that more of their websites need to have in the future is a goodies page with the ability to download wallpapers and other cool little things like a lot of the Japanese websites have. School Days is one such website that they actually did have the wallpapers for.
The main website on the other hand is currently lacking a proper forum (the way it currently works is absolutely horrendous), the website itself is rather not fully up to date...it would be nice to get progress updates a minimum of once a month considering we sometimes go a lot longer than that without any type of news. The JAST Devlog (tumblr) page is a step in the right direction but some aspects of that should be carried over to the main website in my opinion. The website also needs to let people know when there are sales...there is a sale currently going on and I could not find any information about it on their main website outside of the fact that the prices have been reduced. It doesn't say when it ends, what percentage off, any potential deals, etc... The website could use a bit of work...but JAST is not the only english visual novel company that has some major issues with its website but that will be for another post.
Just my opinion, and as new websites get created I'll add them to this list do let me know if I happened to miss any for JAST.
I must admit to not expecting it to be a prequel (perhaps we find out what happened in Okinawa next week?), and for what it was it seemed mildly pointless, but it was still Non Non Biyori doing what Non Non Biyori does, so I'm very happy I've also decided I want a daughter like Renge, because she'd be hilarious.
The second episode comes out on my birthday, so I think that's a pretty darn good present
Never read the manga, I presume it's definitely worth reading?
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