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Almost every beginner visual novel guide has story, gameplay, and western original visual novels. What about for people who want to try that slice of life genre? In this video, I'll provide 10 moege options for those new to the genre.  
 
 

It's strange that Mashiro Iro Symphony wasn't translated yet. We got SakuSaku and almost the whole 9-nine series from Palette, so the absence of Mashiro Iro Symphony is a bit weird.

Ah, Mashiro Iro Symphony   I haven't seen the anime, but I played this, and it's perhaps the greatest moege I've ever played. Indeed, it would be nice if it got translated release, since more people could experience its greatness

This are just my personal opinion that should be treated as a grain of salt rather than taken as it is. 
1. It is evidence that moege is actually quite popular, despite how a part of the vn community thinks that it is just a lump of diabetes. (I mean look at Nekopara)
2. Because moege has simple story. Meaning, it is easier to translate. Hence, for translators who are still lacking in translating experience and would like to get that experience, moege is a very tempting choice, rather they can't go wrong with it. (I mean you can't expect a rookie translator to translate something like Dies Irae right?)
3. Just general assumption, most fan translation are made by translators who are still new because they want to get experience. We should expect larger portion of veteran translator to not be involved in fan translation projects because they want to get paid jobs because they want to make a living.

I pushed Akeiro, Silverio Vendetta (since Akabei has an in), and Aoi Tori.

I vote for Shinigami no Testament and Evolimit. Looks interesting. 

I'd say there are two reasons:
1. Some translations are actually pretty bad. I mean, I wouldn't mind finally rereading Fate if it actually got a new translation. The problem here is that it never will, and if it does, it won't be done by MG.
2. Some people just want a way to get a way to support a novel they like officially. Not everyone is comfortable buying games on Japanese websites. Especially since many games don't even have download editions, so you have to import a physical copy, which leads to many different problems. And some older games, especially by smaller publishers, are often not available at all. I tried to look for a way to buy Rose Guns Days, but I was out of luck.

Currently playing Hapymaher, i found it pretty good especially the ost,. The last VN that i finished was Majikoi, one of the greatest pieces of media that i touched, wonderful comedy, excellent chemestry between the cast, nice protag. For the future i am looking foward for Aokona, and waiting for the complete translation of Ginharu

Regional pricing is pretty much irrelevant in my country, but Steam sales are a big deal and the convenience of having my whole catalogue under one client is huge.
Also, I have my tiny Curator account to shill for EVNs I like, so if I can find something on Steam I'll rather play it there and review/catalogue it.
Plus I generally don't care for H-scenes, so the kind of censorship Steam forces on some VNs do not bother me, or is even preferable... Of course, that is when Valve does not randomly screw over developers and remove games for no legitimate reason, but that's a whole different conversation. 

Sakura no uta

Let's say you get chance to become translator or get chance to join translator group.
Which few or more VN do you want to translate?
feel free to provide information about VN and show VN you want to translate and why you want to translate it?
Should i become translator or join translator group, here it's few VN i want to translate.
1. Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka ( I have watch anime and i simple feel in love with anime and i have always dream to play VN and it have beautiful story. 
2. Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi ( same with Akeneiro and i love rivalty in anime)
3. D.C. Girl's Symphony ~Da Capo Girl's Symphony~( it sems to have great story and i wonder how game it's differnt from other Da Capo games) 
4. Mashiro Iro Symphony(I just love this anime of it more than Akeneiro and Hoshizora, it have beautiful story with great romance and rivalty)
5.Memories Off(Memories off seems to have great plot with drama and romance, i wonder how other memories off serie are)

Just sharing the news
https://alkatranslations.com/a-sky-full-of-stars-fine-days-translation-patch-released/

Status update
Overall progress:
Translation: 15982/43896
Editing:       8289/43896

Yeah we have Nekonyan announce the exact release date for this. As for me while granted I know that some reviewers didn't exactly have favorable opinion on this, I still look forward to the release of this. Also I'm quite surprised that Nekonyan decided to release this first seeing that I did guess they'll release Hello Lady, but more VN is always good so I have no problem with that. I'll add the heroines along with their VA info later, and of course the poll as well. Forget to say that the title is the pun of 'aishiteru' (TL Note: Aishiteru mean I love you).
The tweet from Nekonyan below for the proof, and yes we also already have Steam store available for this as well (The link to the Steam store).
Edited - As promised I'll add the VA info for the heroines below.
1. Hanamori Shiori

The MC (Hajime) childhood friend in that she's quite devoted to him, in that she'll do anything for the sake of Hajime including helping him to abolished the romance ban rule. That said, she's quite anxious so much that she prefer to show her intend through action instead of words. Her VA is Nakajima Saki in that she's voiced Kouzaki Umi from Koiresort, Saotome Miharu from Miagete, Shigure Kanako from Konosora, Alexander from Eiyuu Senki, Sasamori Karin from To Heart 2, and Mochizuki Maho from Daitoshokan.
2. Koshimizu Kasumi

She somehow know Hajime from the past, and she decided to transferred into his school in order to know him more. That said rather than she take the initiative, after she confess her feeling to Hajime she prefer if Hajime himself is the one who take an action to her. Her VA is Ozaki Mami in that her roles are Okihara Misa from Hoshiori, Aritagawa Nio from Loca Love, Amabane Madoka from Love Cube, Bors from Eiyuu Senki, Ginjou Haruko from Tsukiyori 2, and Okita Shino from Ouka Sabaki.
3. Yuuki Ayaka

The winner of school beauty pageant for two years straight. Because of her personality in that she's quite bright and bombastic people did think of her as a playgirl, when in fact shes more or less quite innocent when it come to the romance in that she's hoping that the romance is like fairy tale. Her VA is Ui aka Oohashi Ayuru in that she also voiced Enomoto Kaho from Your Diary, Narutaki Maho from Sukiren, Sairenji Murasaki from Seven Days, Hotaru Rinne from Astral Air, Sakurakouji Luna from Tsukiyori, and Eurasia of End from Noraneko duology.
4. Kozuka Yui

The youngest heroine in IxShe Tell who is also the student council president for the sister school. Despite being the youngest heroine, Yu also tried her best to act as an adult so much that she looks older than her age is, and she also didn't like that people judge her character based on the her appearance alone. Her VA is Suzuya Maya (I prefer her alias this time) who also voiced Nashiro Momiji from Ginharu, Liese von Archlond from Venus Blood Hypno/Hollow, Forunisgein from Kami no Rhapsody, Nanase Shizuku from Imopara 2, Seguchi Saya from Onikiss, and Spartan Clarke from Evenicle 2.
5. Yamabuki Yoshino

The vice president of student council president (Forgot to mention that Hajime is the student council president) in that she's against Hajime revoke the romance ban rule. That said even with her political stand is against Hajime, slowly but surely she find herself to fall in love with Hajime. Out of all other heroines VA, Yoshino's VA here (Gotou Mai) here is have quite a number of well-known roles such as Narumi Toa from Wagahigh, Wakakusa Nanoha from Baldr Sky, Hayama Mizuki from ef, Angelica Rocca from Katahane, Takekawa Benio from Comyu, and Mukou Aoi from Kimikoi.
That's all for the heroines along with VA info, and I guess what I can suggest in regard of this VN would be just treat this as a moege (In the most normal sense, not in a sense like 'all VNs are moege' or 'hot blooded VN are moege').

https://store.steampowered.com/app/668360/Bokuten__Why_I_Became_an_Angel/

The ban is quite odd, considering all the H-content was removed and it was so long on Steam already. I assume it was reported by some VN haters and Valve banned it as a reaction. However, I don't really get why the same doesn't happen to other titles with a lot more questionable content. Evenicle 2 in particular seems to have some pretty rough scenes and it was actually banned in Germany some time ago at least. It's hard to believe that such a title was spared from attacks. Popular titles like Nekopara also seem to be immune to such attacks, even if their characters look very young.
I actually wouldn't be surprised if there's an automatism in play, that bans a title if the number of malicious reports exceeds a certain percentage of its owners. That would explain why the actual publishers are not explicitly informed about the ban by a Steam employee, and also why popular titles seem to be almost immune against such bans. So the victims would be mostly niche VN titles with few sales.
I'm still not sure why some titles are only banned in some regions, while others get banned everywhere. On the other hand, since Germany forced green blood into Command & Conquer more than 20 years ago, I suppose no other country takes them serious anymore concerning censoring stuff.  Though, it could have been also when we started censoring Harry Potter movies, that we just lost all credibility. 

I agree, but you should keep in mind that Bokuten is one of those VNs where there are some h-scenes that are actually relevant to the story. I haven't played the all ages version though, so I can't really comment on how things were handled there in comparison to the uncensored release.

As for the ban, it must be pretty aggravating to go out of your way to modify the game in order to pass Steam's approval process, only to have all your hard work invalidated out of nowhere seven months later.

Shit... I didn't make it in time to get it...
It would be nice, at least for the weirdo like me, if, once the VN gets removed from Steam, publishers would offer all-ages version on their own storefronts along with the adult one.
I actually was interested in all-ages version of Bokuten... Yeah, I know, I'm a sick pervert

Currently playing Kanon. Really fun so far, been loving it.

Anime Expo is usually the place where a lot of the VN Publishers drop their news, but this year AX is cancelled due to the ongoing pandemic. But that doesn't mean that there are no news to share.
Âge
The first round of news came from Âge the creators of Muv Luv. They had an event live stream on July 1st that you can watch here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIc6XHZiDEY
 
Announcements:
Muv-Luv Photonmelodies♮
Release: Summer 2020
https://twitter.com/muvluvseries/status/1278506748706357248
and
Muv-Luv Unlimited - The Day After
Release: 2020
https://twitter.com/muvluvseries/status/1278510380961034241
I guess that this is Alternative Chronicles Vol.1-4 but I can't quite confirm that since I couldn't catch the live stream. Besides that they also announced the translation of the Muv-Luv Alternative manga.
 
Jast USA
Jast and Ninetail announced a Kickstarter for Venus Blood -Hypno- named VenusBlood HOLLOW for the international release.
The Kickstarter should launch this Autumm.
You can find more information on the official website: http://www.ninetail.tk/tde12/index.html
https://twitter.com/Intl_Ninetail/status/1278741873306157056
 
Mangagamer
Mangagamer announced an expansion for Steam Prison centering around Fin.
 

https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/1278903093376270336
and
Jeanne at the Clock Tower ~Jeanne a la tour d’horloge~ from Liar-Soft
https://twitter.com/MangaGamer/status/1278903363569098752
Here is the website for more information: http://mangagamer.org/jeanne/
 
 
Sekai Project
Sekai Project had a panel at the online convention KuroCon on this Twitch channel. (Maybe there will be a VOD later on the channel?)
Here are the news posts on Sekai Projects website: https://sekaiproject.com/blogs/news/kurocon-2020-updates-announcements
And on Denpasoft: https://denpasoft.com/blogs/news/kurocon-2020-updates-announcements
Announcement 1:
9-nine-:Episode 4
https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/1279560338522824704
They hope to have Episode 4 quicker than the wait between Ep.2 and Ep.3
 
Announcement 2:
Karakara 3
https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/1279560593712672776
 
Announcement 3:
Slobbish Dragon Princess the newest VN by Whirlpool
 
https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/1279561225416785921
They are aiming for similar release window as the Japanese release this October.
 
 
Announcement 4:
Please be Happy by Studio Élan 
https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/1279559820316565504
Official website: https://vnstudioelan.com/games/please-be-happy/
 
They also showed an free HD Update for Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a Shooting Star- and it's Fandisc Hoshizora no Memoria -Eternal Heart-.
https://twitter.com/sekaiproject/status/1279558951713964032
 
 
 
Since this news round will be a lot less centralized than usual I am certain that I will miss some news, so please post what ever news I miss in this thread!
 
I don't think Nekonyan had planned to attend AX, so I am unsure if there will be any news from them.
 

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Some pople seem to have access to the game now (it seems to depend on the timezone?) so if you are interested check out JAST USA website.
Alos there is no Steam entry for those waiting on the Steam version, but the release seem to be on the 25th.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/1293820/YOU_and_ME_and_HER_A_Love_Story/

Status update
Overall progress:
Translation: 11948/43896
Editing:       5287/43896

Why would you be interested in worst VN? I don't like to play bad games, so unless it's to keep away from them, I'm not finding much use to this discussion.
That said, everyone should use VNDB to see if a VN suits them, and if you don't, just ask for recommendations!