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Well, it was a half-size one for a start, plus I got it from a catalogue (it was my 6th birthday, so I think my parents wanted to just get me something to see if I'd stick it).
Still, you should probably, if you don't wanna pay for a Yamaha (which aren't too bad but I don't know your financial situation), be able to pick one up for ~$70-80 that'll be fit enough for purpose, I'd have thought

I regret nothing

...daft question, but what's the difference between a cupcake and a muffin? I thought they both contained allergenic ingredients. Always good to have a cool nickname like that though
Hope to see you about! Which VNs have you read?

My biggest pieces of advice I can give you with the guitar are
be prepared for it to hurt, possibly a fair bit. When you try basic chords you'll find your fingers having to stretch in ways that aren't familiar, so your fingers will either ache like crazy or just not do it. Persevere with it, it gets easier! Additionally, the strings will likely chew up your fingertips to start with (which is one of the reasons it's best to start of with a nylon-stringed or classical guitar, as opposed to a steel-string one), but again stick with it, as harder skin will form on your fingertips. Another benefit of classical/nylon-string is it requires you to fret properly, which is useful when you're starting out. It's easier to fudge it when you move into the electric world. When you fret the strings, try to do with more with the tip of your finger than your pad. This will, once the strength builds up in your fingers, help you to push down the string better and cleaner, and doesn't mute the other strings. If you've got any more questions then feel free to ask, I'll only be too happy to help

I regret nothing

Hey, do you guys remember my post from a while back, when I said rice tastes really boring and how baffled I was that entire populations manage to survive on it alone?
 
Well, turns out that dieting for 4 months actually makes you develop stockholm to rice. I can't get enough of that shit nowadays and I'm still going through every possible flavor of rice the world has to offer. 

Not getting a single girlfriend in the past 20 years of my life (I'm  20) 

a - あ
i - い
u -う
e - え
o - お
ka - か
ki - き
ku -く
ke - け
ko - こ
sa - さ
shi - し
su - す
se - せ
so - そ
I swear if I don't get 100% on my first hiragana quiz I'ma afk life and binge Re;Zero
 

Agreeing hard with the Sayonara o Oshiete suggestions.
Also, I'd bring over Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~. Looks just on the right side of twisted and the slightly pastel-y art style is pretty different to most other titles.

euphoria made me what I am today.

You should check Wacom ONE. You seriously don't need anything else. Alternatively, if you're interested in decent free software bundled with your tablet to start drawing out of the box, there are the ART and DRAW series, which aren't all that more expensive.
That aside, Huion is slowly growing to become a decent competitor to Wacom, offering similiar quality at more affordable prices, especially in terms of professional tablets.
As for more specific information, current gen tablets aren't really all that different, when it comes to quality. An entry level Wacom tablet's (like One or Art series) only difference between a professional one (Wacom Pro, Intuos) is the pressure sensivity (twice as much in case of Intuos tablets), additional functionality (like the control wheel and additional buttons, mostly useless), smart touch support (useless in general) and usually far larger workspaces; the rest of the tech is nearly the same. In fact, One tablets are so good, you're basically getting a thinned-down version of Intuos for a friction of it's price.
As for workspace, it's a matter of personal preference; the only reason you should be concerned about getting a large tablet is when you're working either as a CAD designer, or professional artist dealing with ultra huge resolutions and a lot of detail. Large tablets generally help with such work; for standard drawing, including anime-styled art, you don't really need anything above a medium-sized tablet. Small tablets have their benefits, but remain too small for drawing in overall, being a better choice in case of picture editing.

I know I forget about this thread a lot, but even I was surprised to see the last post was in February. Whoops.
Anyway, not sure how many people might be following along here, but I promise we're much better at updating on Twitter (team is @AlienworksDev, my personal is @Raithfyre) and I hope that we're going to get much better at updating our blog. Though that might depend on whenever we get web stuff figured out.
REGARDLESS, we've made lots of progress and improved many things since the last time I posted here. We're up to a couple hundred thousand words and, by our estimates, that's only maybe a quarter or a third of the way through. Naturally, quantity =/= quality when it comes to writing, and we're going to try to not have lots of padding and fluff (at least, not beyond what you'd expect/hope for from a largely-slice-of-life game) but HRP will definitely be on the lengthier side of things.
We're hoping to have the game out by this time next year - ideally more like June or July 2017 though. That new demo that we wanted to do will probably be around in the spring, though it's harder for me to estimate which month.
The biggest news we have is the premiere of our opening theme, with a coinciding new trailer. The theme song, "REIGNITE," was composed and recorded by the music studio ARTE REFACT (Love Live, IDOLM@STER, and more) and vocals are performed by Sasaki Sayaka (Planetarian anime, Nichijou, Girls und Panzer). Yeah, we're kinda shocked too.
 
Also, we released our first game, the yuri kinetic novel Highway Blossoms, back in June. You can grab it on Steam or itch.io. Bats did a review of it here on Fuwa if you'd like to look at that before (or after!) buying.

Well, hello there minna, i am...oh please, everyone know about me, the shity tsundere who always brags about his favourite show and has a big urobuchi fetish.
Well, what do you have to expect from this shitty fanfiction? Cringy english, poorly done fights, non-existant drama, shitty romance and a ton of stupid memes, i don't even know why am i doing this, but guess i have to do it.
And, of course, please correct me if my english is terrible (it is, there's no if)
(Really, feel free to give me any criticism, i need that in order to improve my english)
Prologue : the epitome of the genesis.
Typical japanese street, Akihabara, 26 Mars 2017
The sun was bright, too bright for my NEET eyes, the air is cold, too cold for my NEET skin and the streets are crowded, too crowded for my NEET mind...And here i am, in Akiba, the anime mecca, the holy land of the perverts, the sacred ground of the eroge and...
??? :Oi oi, gaijin-san, why the fuck are you standing like this? is that a gaijin tradition or what?
I got suddenly interrupted by mister Takao. I know it sounds weird, but he's actually my japanese pen pal, i just recently got to meet him, and since i discovered he was also an otaku, it was even easier for me to talk to him, i mean, it's been only 3 days since i got my vacations for Japan, and i'm already hanging out with a bunch of japanese dudes.
Gaijin-san : You can speak with yourself Mister Takao, it was just thinking about...stuff, stranger stuff as you may think, you know, i'm not really a NEET, i do have a job and all, but i prefer to drow myself into otaku stuff and all.
Japanese dude A : Hahaha Takao-kun, your gaijin-san friend is kinda right, i never expected to meet a gaijin so open about otakuness.
Japanese dude B : haven't you heard about the new big eroge? with lot of bishoujo and cute traps?
Takao : you may be the only one here into cute traps, i mean, what are you, gay?
Gaijin-san : nah, i don't think traps are gay, since they are girly and all.
And we continued, laughing and talking about stupid shit and anime...everywhere on screens, you could see the new Berserk anime made by Ufotable, new ads for some weird eroge as well as ads for creepy maid café...on the streets, you could see some Jietai patrols, equiped with modern, but they completely feel normal, compared to the HUGE amount of cosplayers roaming the streets, cosplay of every thing, from lusty maids to some crazy characters. In short, Akiba was a heaven for me...if only, it didn't happen, my biggest fear...
Takao : Eh, why did the sky suddenly turn dark?
Gaijin-san : what do you...what...
In one instant, the whole scenery changed, the peaceful akiba turned into hell, as the sky darkened, multiple....things fell to the ground, struck to towers, buildings or even the streets, the debris fell over us, and...nearly killed us.
Gaijin-san : guys! we must get the fuck out of here, run to the metro station! Now!
But as i was yelling, one of the things well on our position, crushing the ribs of one of Takao's friend...it took us a whole minute to awake again...unfortunately, one of us didn't make it.
Takao: Kuso kuso kuso! what do we do now?! what the hell is happening here!
We didn't even have the time to think of something, a ship approached us...no doubt was possible.
Gaijin-san : Aliens...FOLLOW ME! WE must get the fuck out of here!
.....
Meanwhile.
TV Journalist : as we speak now, the same scenes repeating everywhere, Paris, London, Tokyo, New York and many, many other big towns were assaulted in the same way, what was first mistaken as an meteor shower was, in fact, and trust me, this is not a joke, an Alien invasion, one of our journalist caugh the picture of one of these...things...before he got killed and..
the TV got interrupted and, a blurred face appeared...the counsilman, why am i not surprised.
Counsilman : Hello comma...eh wait, you're not the Commander...thanks to you i look like a stupid guy, get me your commander, now.
???: We still have no information regarding the commander, sir, it's his holiday and.
Counsilman : Wait, didn't he tell you? he's in Japan and...oh...ok, i'll tell them. Change of plan mysterious soldier, the UN has activated the FuwaCOM cell, unfortunately, your commander is missing.
As the Counsilman continue to speak, another guy entered the room, it was C.O Bradley, he's in charge of the logistic and supplying the field units with intel and orders, his nickname was Texas Dice, a rather weird nickname in my opinion.
Bradley : Oh sorry lieutenant Tsundere, didn't knew you were with the super secret counsil everyone on the base knows his existence.
Counsilman : Mh...seriously, why such people are our only chance?...speak, mister Bradley, why are you even here.
Bradley : We got a transmission from the commander...he's being under assault by the aliens, he's in Japan, i tried to pinpoint his position, he's near the Akihabara trainstation...why the fuck is he so fond of trains?..oh, and he asked Tsundere to lead the recovery team, so...good luck Lieutenant.
Tsundere : You know, i have a name, my name is Christina, not Tsundere!...Oh sorry Counsilman, but we have to recover our commander, i think it's the right course of action, you agree?
Counsilman : You could go fuck yourself, i don't care anymore...just go recover the Commander, i'll talk with him about the future operations, Dismiss!
We had no time to lose, i ran as fast as i could to the armory, the mission was vital, if we dont recover our rightful leader, we'll lose the war...it's your fault, stupid otaku! 
As i arrived to the armory, only 3 soldiers were here: The first of them, a tall slavic guy, with long white hairs, a big scar on his left cheek, and an adidas-inspired strips on his armor, a sniper rifle -the PGM Hecate II, with the inscriptions "Vodka for life", his name : Corporal Vlad "Voko" Brejnev, a fine soldier from the czech army, even if he's...rather lunatic, and mostly speak with dank memes. The second soldier, a bit shorter, with a brown skin, black hairs and a juvenile, beardless face, his name : Ahmed "HuMaN" Iskander, a Palestinian soldier under the Jordanese army...with an israeli flag...yeh, the flag was my idea, i wanted to mess up with him, if you've seen his face, magad it was funny. It's a tradition to do a bit of tease with new soldiers, and he wasn't the exception to the rule. He was our demolition experts, always carrying a standard FuwaCOM assault rifle and X-04 explosives.
And Finally, the last of them, a rather generic size(But a very big..."size" i can tell you), with anime-esque blue hairs, a rather generic brown skin, he is...oh, right, i remember now, Lance-Corporal Noel "Big Gun" Ferrara, a proud portuguese special forces member, bearing a big ass minigun ...i'll have to deal with that grotesque team.
Oh, who am i? Lieutenant Christina "Tsundere" LaRoche, even if i'm not a tsundere. I used to work for GIGN, and got promoted to this...ultra secret anti-alien project, FuwaCOM, our objective is to assure planetary defence, we're the first...and the last line of survival, if we do not save our leader, the world is doomed, with that in mind, i had only one order to give them.
-soldiers! we are humanity's last hope...let's save our Commander!
And this is the story of how humanity's trash dealt with the biggest threat even faced by earth since Donald Trump's Election.
END
 
....I'm sorry, sorry!

Being one of the voices that pushes this VN the most loudly as Purple Soft's single best work (by several degrees), I was immensely glad to see that this was getting a localization from Mangagamer.  This was my VN of the Year for 2013 and it has by far the best soundtrack I've ever seen in a VN, period.  Not only that, but I've never come across a VN that utilized its soundtrack so effectively to stimulate emotion in-sync with the story before, so it was in some ways my awakening to the fact that there were still music directors who could 'do the work' around outside of the makers of the Drakengard and Nier jrpg series. 
This VN focuses on the reality-blurring experiences of Tohru, a young man who sees nothing but lucid dreams (dreams where you are aware that you are in a dream) and suffers from physical and mental health issues as a result, and his group of female friends/acquaintances.  The VN itself is something of a mindfuck experience, mostly because the line between dreams and reality is so vague to the protagonist himself. 
If you want my translation of the first scene, go here (the narrated videos are dead, but meh):

 
I also did introductions for the protagonist and Maia, two of the major characters.

 

 
 

This glorious mofo of a soundtrack. What's weird is, it was composed by Stewart Copeland, drummer of world-famous group The Police... and this is easily the best thing he's done

I recommend this so much to anyone with a passing interest in post-metal/post-punk/shoegaze... unbelievably good.
 
 

They sort of sound like a slower version of poison the well

Last up for me was Umineko for the review, so uuh.
I guess Neptune would still be as meta and 4th-wall breaking as always? Too much of an idiot to solve mysteries, but still a goddess, so she'd do well in battle scenes, though those might be completely worthless for that series. 

Agreeing hard with the Sayonara o Oshiete suggestions.
Also, I'd bring over Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~. Looks just on the right side of twisted and the slightly pastel-y art style is pretty different to most other titles.

Maki and Sachi where sitting together watching Tuna Fish Man, when suddenly Forgetful Frank's logo orb rolled across the room.
It was love at first sight.

The last game I played was Football Manager... so Io would do surprisingly well with an underdog club, and Tsumiki (best assistant manager) would whip the arse of any player who dared suggest her relationship with Io is anything but professional.

The last game I played was Football Manager... so Io would do surprisingly well with an underdog club, and Tsumiki (best assistant manager) would whip the arse of any player who dared suggest her relationship with Io is anything but professional.

Well I played Game Dev Tycoon as last, so Hanako will make some Games... probably about fires

On the flipside of this (I love a good soundtrack too), I can listen to the Grisaia soundtrack all day long - and for that matter I have.
I personally really enjoyed Grisaia, though I'll agree that the plotline is... completely batshit in its conception. Like, it's not 'ZOMGGG I'M SO RANDOMMM RAWR' but there's just themes, occurrences and dialogues that would just never happen. But then, it's a visual novel, so as far as I'm concerned it doesn't have to stay within the planes of reality (like, this is a thing [NSFW depending on vndb settings]) Personally, I really like the protagonist too, which was a major +1.
Haven't played Princess Evangile, but the plot premise sounds fucking revolting

Bleaker than a night on the moors.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6kRJJvU-OYs