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18.
(according to the warnings at the start of almost every VN)

Ah, it's good to be back on track for a change! 
And I'm surprised there's nothing by Dieselmine here yet. So let's change this! From Shokushu Byoutou 666:
 

Of all the adjectives in the English language, I would, indeed, choose to describe that disease as rather "unfortunate."

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*Cough* Alright, let's just pretend this thread never got derailed, and post another summary! (/・ω・)/
Not a Cyclet game this time. This is a pretty fun trap nukige from Heat Soft, Aku Josou.
(Maybe not everyone's cup of tea, but let's face it, nothing I post in this thread is (/ω＼) )
I mean, you know exactly what you are buying by reading that summary, lol.

Every market has scumbags. Believe me my family experienced something similar in the past. The VN market is just smaller so it's easier to spot the shit.
I always  knew Wingd Cloud was a shitty company, with shitty games but I never expected them to be this fucked up.

I went to go take a look at Maitetsu's Steam page, only to find it hasn't actually got one.  I wouldn't be surprised at all if the game doesn't wind up releasing on Steam after all.  And if it does, it will only be because the game's promotional materials (at least the ones up on the game's site right now) aren't pushing the sexualization angle.  They push the slice of life angle, none of the characters are explicitly underage, and the main character isn't a grown man with an explicit avowed interest in little girls.  Sure, it might be a lolige.  But they're not marketing it as one.
Whereas The Key to Home sure seemed to have been designed to be marketed that way from the get go.  I checked out their Steam page awhile back.  It had a screenshot that was obviously supposed to look an awful lot like a footjob without actually being one.  It's just much more open and obvious about it, and guess what?  Steam has the right not to sell something if they don't want to.  It is their service.  They obviously know about the porn games flooding onto Steam.  They've chosen to throw up roadblocks (the patches thing) but have continued to allow it.  They don't need to do that.  Nobody has a right to sell their stuff there.
If Valve decides "we're not comfortable allowing this title on Steam", they can do that.  I'm fine with them doing it because they're worried about bad press if the story somehow blew up.  I'm also fine with them doing it because Valve as a company decided 'this makes our skin crawl, we don't want this on our store'.
I would not be fine if Valve said something like "if you publish that game anywhere else, we'll never talk to you again".  That would be censorship.  Valve deciding it doesn't want to carry Imouto Paradise or Suck my Dick or Die or The Key to Home isn't censorship.  No one has a right to be heard using any platform they demand access to.  That's not how it works.  Other folks have the right not to associate with you, if they don't like you.  Steam is not a public utility.

I'm doing QC and here's a little tease on progress of where I'm at.
 

I don't like conspiracy theories, but it's either just a fairly poorly constructed clarification (language barrier?) or there's something seriously fishy about it. I mean, she doesn't have a contract because she "trusts her boss so much"? After years of working for the same company non-stop? Also, it's the only company in the world that needs talented artists and she wouldn't have money to buy food without it?
Like Narcossis said, it really doesn't prove anything. No example of her supposed commission work for other companies, no specifics on her relationship with Winged Cloud. Just "I'm happy, nothing to see here, don't look any further". It doesn't mean that the allegations are true, but they're strong enough to be worried about (and to blacklist Winged Cloud, I've considered buying Sakura Dungeon out of curiousity but definitely won't do it now).

But They Claim To Have No Knowledge Of This Being Done And Say The Devs Did It, Actually, So Who The Fuck Knows, But Yeah It Was Nutaku Releasing It So We Remain Suspicious
That Looks Like Pedo Bait Any Way You Slice It Honestly This Isn't Weird At All Holy Shit
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I mean, the headline would be less snappy if you told the truth. But you wouldn't be spreading misinformation, which is always nice.

Ascendance of a Bookworm is horrendously slow, slower than anything I've read before. Therein lies also its core strength. It's an isekai story with amazing world-building. If you can get past how rather whiny the protagonist is in the beginning, it's an enjoyable ride. There's also close to no romance until the last third or so.

It makes sense from Moenovel's point of view, I suppose. Push out a cheap, censored version on steam and rake in the cash. Add in the "nudity" tag to snag those extra horny steam users and they are set. 
On that note, for anyone who actually cares about getting good localizations of Pulltop titles in the future: Do not buy this game. It just endorses censorship. Instead, send a tweet to Moenovel, (this seems to be the only way to reach them...) saying you would consider buying the game if a full version is ever released. (In a polite manner, of course.) They haven't shown any interest in listening to fans in the past, but if their sales starts to get hit, and a large portion of fans asks for a full version, maybe there is a tiny chance they will change their mind. If you speak Japanese, sending an email to Pulltop directly might also be a good idea.

Oh by the way, not a premise for the whole nukige but...
Mamankyoushitsu, my favorite nukige, has a harem route and it starts off like this:
The protagonist, when asked by one of his students (he ends up teaching a course to pregnant women about pregnancy & childcare) whether it is safe to have sex while pregnant, says that they can only have sex with him because actually men have a secret pact among them that they have to own a certificate to fuck pregnant women and that they lose this licence (awarded for knowing the risks etc. of sex while pregnant) if they let any woman know it exists. Three people out of the female cast consisting of four functioning adults buy into this (the last one lets go to see where this ends up) and then they start to have group sex in all the lessons. Then the protagonist's mom enrolls in the class and joins in. 

Stuck in a coffeehouse, having to wait for two hours for my gf, I've started reading Locked Heart on my tablet. Considering my experience so far,  I'm starting to think I might be into Otome... 

I thought it's pronounced similarly in Italian, or am I wrong?
Exactly. I already mentioned it earlier in this thread, but I'll repeat myself: I think this route should've been used in a different VN. It's good by itself, and has some great moments, but considering the type of VN Grisaia is, it looks weird.
Also, I like the alternative interpretation more (can't use spoilers on a phone, so I'll leave it at that).

I finally finished Grisaia no Kajitsu, every route and every ending. Michiru's route was hmmm interesting, though the supernatural elements out of the blue, not present anywhere else in the VN, feel at least a little bit odd. But hey, overall interesting story, pretty emotional, her backstory was great and she's a fair contender for best girl position 


As for Yumiko, to be honest I thought the story was somewhat boring, very similar to Makina's story but without all that made it exciting. The girl was sweet though, I must admit, but that's par for the course in Grisaia.
Now I got a hold of Little busters! English edition and I'm replaying it for the good old feels. I think it was like 2 or 3 years ago when I played it for the first time, so most important points are still fresh in my mind, but who cares, quality is quality.

For once..nah actually it's the second time, i'll agree with Jun right here, now that the show is over, i have a less heated up opinion about it, and i can apply cold logic to it.
The show has a lot of flaws, flaws that are kinda inherent to the isekai genre and the LN format, but the MC is not, the writing isn't cut clean, but that's because of the LN format, not really because of inconsistence, the same can be said about VN adaptation, where you clearely feel the "route" construction in such adaptations, but still, the idea is executed, maybe not to its fullest, but still.

Isn't that just a perfect description of nukige-verse in general? :3

This is some another level poetry... Fantastic!
Aaaaaand, since I like to bring you guys different but equally creative things, here's an awesome synopsis of a yaoi nukige. Name's Ikare Chinpoya:
 

Well sorry if some of you didn't find that my thread title was very creative, but you should get the gist of that anyway because it's very obvious. Anyway, here's the tweets from Mangagamer in regard of the release for both of 18+ version and all age version below.
As for mine, I definitely think this is quite a good news that Mangagamer did have big release at January. Also, I'm looking forward to the release here seeing that I saw some good receptions here. You may use this thread to discuss about Sorcery Joker later.
Edit (1/8) - Now that it's already 2018, I decide to edited the title which obviously was not fitting anymore if I keep the 'next year' part - even though it's belated because I should delete that part from back at 1st. Oh well, better late than never.
Edit (1/16) - Since this was already released, I decided to change the title a bit for obvious reason. Have fun.

A representative of Nutaku posted this on reddit: