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And done. Welp, didn't meet my expectations with how it's praised, but still pretty nice. Most surprising was how much I liked Tohru considering how different he's from the MCs I usually like. Though "like" might be the wrong term, I just could really empathise with him. What truly sealed the deal was what he said in Yayoi's route. Not really spoiler so the gist: "I tell lies to myself, and I accept these lies. That way I can put up with things." The guy is totally broken, but to live he piled lies upon lies to patch himself up, even if he ends up as a pathetic excuse of a man as a result, he just wants to have an "easy life". And after that the way you see his actions and thoughts is different, so I was really glad to have read Yayoi's route first. Anyway, now time to read the FD. Will most likely skip all the "side stuff" and concentrate on the "main part" though.

You can try kanjitomo too. Or the Google handwriting app, it's freaking amazing and sometimes and wonder how the hell it can recognise some of the things I write.

Didn't play it, as I played the Crossbell games in Japanese, but from what I heard it's "good enough to understand what happens", with it ranging from "kinda good" for the main story to "bad" for the side quests and random NPC talk. The Ao translation leaked a few days ago is a little better apparently. So you can either play them both now, or wait for Geofront as there is still time until CS3 in English.

Patch only works on Clover Day's, not Plus.

https://vndb.org/i1041

Checked VNDB and you forgot to mention the most important: VOICED PROTAGONIST!!!! (well, partially) Added to the backlog!

Yep, you just need to go in the options and remove the translation. That one, select "Display source only".

Didn't really work (or perhaps didn't took the good things) so searched somewhere else and managed to merge the thread with everything (minus words with furigana) with the one with the words + furigana. Because of that I have the furigana too, but I can do with them. Thanks! By the way, if someone else has the same problem, I did: :l4-2 4 being the id of the thread with the words+furigana and 2 the thread with everything else. Doing :l2-4 doesn't work. EDIT: Actually, I have to do it two times. And it's the second time it works. So :l2-4 then :l4-2 will make everything show up in the 4th thread, but doing :l4-2 then :l2-4 will make everything show up in the 2nd thread.

Yes, the words with the furigana are on a separate thread, and that's the problem. I mean, I don't care about furigana, most of the time they're kana so I can just read them, but it's a pain to change thread each time I want to check the kanji below. I found a screenshot where everything (speaker name included, though I don't care about that) is on a single thread, so I wondered if the problem was coming from the VN itself, my PC, or you just need a specific version of ITH.

Hi. Didn't want to create a topic at first so posted here, but I guess it didn't attract the persons who could help me, so better create one. So, the problem here is that ITHVNR (or even just ITH) doesn't parse words with furigana for Hello Lady. Like this: (do not mind the korean version of ITHVNR, just took the latest one on GitHub) Nobody else seems to have this problem, even found a screenshot where everything is parsed correctly. No H-code either. So yeah, want to ask to people who read Hello Lady if they had the same problem or not. And if a solution can't be found, well, I guess I'll just do with it.

I know that, but the thing is no matter how much I search, nobody else has this problem for Hello Lady. In fact, even found a screenshot where everything works, and no H-code. But not that much people check this thread (they just ignore it), so I'll try to create a thread when I'll be near the end of Ys VIII. But thanks for the answer!

Considering how active I am on this forum, I didn't except someone to wish me Happy Birthday here. Thanks!

Hey, it's me again. Kinda decided it was finally time to read Hello Lady!, but here is the problem: ITHVNR (or even just ITH) doesn't parse words with furigana. Didn't find anything by searching on google, so asking here.

Whoops, sorry, didn't look correctly.

And done. Man, was a pain to create a page and all for the bonus harem story on VNDB. Anyway, Fuyu was nice, but like Aki, it could be so much more. And everything ended way too easily (same as Aki). But hey, I thought a little, and considering they're under 10 hours and low costs VNs, that what's would be expected of them. In fact, it's actually rather impressive they're that good compared to longer VNs with far more budget. Anyway, story aside Dere Setsuka was amazing because of the gap with her previous self. And this time we get even more event CGs too. o/ As for the harem story, was the same length as the after after stories. The girls accepting the harem really easily aside, the way everything is presented is rather nice for a change as it shows the things Souichirou has to do to maintain the harmony of the situation. Anyway, never have been good to give my opinion, so I'll just say that it was a very nice series you can read easily and quickly, and while it could have been much more it's still better than most of the moege out there (perhaps, not like I played them all :p) While I'm at it, heroine ranking: Eris > Setsuka = Satsuki > Aoi. Route ranking: Eris = Setsuka > Satsuki > Aoi.

So, I did read something before Natsu Uso, but couldn't wait for Eris and did Aki Uso just after. So, for Natsu, to be honest I wasn't really in all the Student Council thing, but other than that it was twisted like in Haru, if not more. Aoi was cute, but that's it. Liked the the memories of the past. Also, same problem as Haru with same number of event CGs and HCGs/H-scenes. :/ Then comes Aki. I'll be honest, I was disappointed, it could have been SO MUCH more, it had so much plot potential. Oh well, was still plenty nice because I just love Eris, and she has the best after story and after after story so far. Same as Natsu, I liked past memories here too. We need to talk about the new character, Shizuku, who was pretty fun too. Loved how she would add things the the end of her sentences desushi osushi. Also this time we actually get 7 event CGs, yeah. o/ (so "only" 17 HCGs and 10 H-scenes) So, Fuyu, after after Fuyu, Shizuku SS and Harem Route to go. I know the Harem Route will probably just be a joke route (though considering it's 1gb I still hope for at least a few hours reading), but still happy there is one to see all the girls happy, mainly Eris after knowing more about her. (and I guess Setsuka got it worse if the thing I got unintentionally spoiled about is true...

That's the good way to use these tools: checking kanji/vocabulary you don't know. As long as you know your grammar, it's a good way to learn new vocab and the kanji with them. Or just a way to avoid learning kanji.

Best I could find: https://www.suruga-ya.jp/kaitori_detail/145037803

Same complaint about Phoenix and Layton, but another big one I have is that the end/truth is too "Layton-esque" and full of plot holes.

I don't know, I'm pretty sure everyone explained that MTL is bad, because, you know, the translation is wrong. I think you're able to defend MTL that much for now because you basically have almost no Japanese knowledge. As you said you were learning, I wonder what your stance will be in a few months once you'll have enough knowledge to realise how bad MTL is.

The point is that GT, while sometimes correct for simple sentences, is wrong most of the time. So if you're fine with that, that means you don't care about the VN in itself, you just want to know the story. And in that case, like they said, might as well read a summary from someone. Also, yes, Japanese isn't difficult. It just takes time to learn like other languages. And if kanji are your only problem, know that in a few months (or even less if you're diligent) you can just read with chiitrans or Yomichan thanks to the grammar you learnt.

So I thought it was finally time to read VNs in Japanese again (only read a few VNs in English recently). But I decided to do that slowly so I'm starting with the Uso series. That way I can do one, then read a LN, then VN, then LN, etc... Anyway, started with Haru Uso (because, well, it's the first one) and I'll say my biggest complaint that will most likely be true for the rest of the series too: we have gorgeous 1080p art, but there is only 4 FREAKING EVENT CGs FOR 20 HCGs counting 13 H-scenes, and it's a <10 hours VN. (my inner pervert is still happy about the 5 BJ scenes because Shimizu Ai did a perfect job ) Anyway, as for the story itself is pretty nice. It's a short VN so you don't have the time to find it boring, and the principle of seeing lies is pretty cool. Characters are nice too, protagonist, Souichirou, is cool and straightforward (but with the usual denseness). Satsuki (Haru's Heroine) is nice and the twist of being a big liar gives her a certain charm. Eris, is well, let's be honest, she's a complete strike for me (Vampire + (future) neet + ponkotsu + best pal) and I'm hyped as hell to do her route. Aoi is intriguing with her past with Souichirou and you can't help wanting to know more. Then Setsuka is intriguing, but you still basically know nothing about her for now. Based on what @Clephas said I'm really hyped to play her route too. So yeah, I think I'm going to greatly enjoy this series. As a side note, while I think the VN was a pretty easy read objectively, subjectively I found it easier than usual. Being accustomed to read LN narration for the past few months, a VN made mostly of dialogues is a walk in the park. I'm pretty sure I upped my reading speed by at least 0.5. o/ Anyway, back to LN/WN before Natsu Uso. EDIT: Going to do Satsuki's After After Story first, I think it'll be better than wait to have done everthing first. Will do each of after each route/VN.

Exactly. I didn't understand why Gintama was so popular when I watched the first two episodes. But I didn't really had something else to do at that time and decided I might as well continue. Didn't regret it one bit. One of the funniest anime I've seen, and serious moments and battles are really good too. Though I would understand that some people don't like the humour as sometimes it's really "Japanese" and we can't relate to it.