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Happy 1-year Fuwa anniversary.   Congratulations!

Today my Fuwa account turns exactly 1 year old, and, in catgirl years, that means I'm already legal and ripe for the taking for anyone interested 
It's been a fun time, though it seems like it was yesterday when I sign in. Time sure flies by huh  I still clearly remember when I wrote my introduction post. 
Anyway, I'm glad I entered Fuwa. I've had the chance to discuss the adventures in  VN land with great, super friendly people and that made it all the more enjoyable. 
So, for the year to come, thank you for everything and yoroshiku onegai shimasu ne. 

Today my Fuwa account turns exactly 1 year old, and, in catgirl years, that means I'm already legal and ripe for the taking for anyone interested 
It's been a fun time, though it seems like it was yesterday when I sign in. Time sure flies by huh  I still clearly remember when I wrote my introduction post. 
Anyway, I'm glad I entered Fuwa. I've had the chance to discuss the adventures in  VN land with great, super friendly people and that made it all the more enjoyable. 
So, for the year to come, thank you for everything and yoroshiku onegai shimasu ne. 

Today my Fuwa account turns exactly 1 year old, and, in catgirl years, that means I'm already legal and ripe for the taking for anyone interested 
It's been a fun time, though it seems like it was yesterday when I sign in. Time sure flies by huh  I still clearly remember when I wrote my introduction post. 
Anyway, I'm glad I entered Fuwa. I've had the chance to discuss the adventures in  VN land with great, super friendly people and that made it all the more enjoyable. 
So, for the year to come, thank you for everything and yoroshiku onegai shimasu ne. 

The season I'm in.
I find it a bit jarring to have cloudless blue skies on my novel where outside my window it's raining buckets. Plus, the temperature it's supposed to be. It's called IMMERSION.

Today my Fuwa account turns exactly 1 year old, and, in catgirl years, that means I'm already legal and ripe for the taking for anyone interested 
It's been a fun time, though it seems like it was yesterday when I sign in. Time sure flies by huh  I still clearly remember when I wrote my introduction post. 
Anyway, I'm glad I entered Fuwa. I've had the chance to discuss the adventures in  VN land with great, super friendly people and that made it all the more enjoyable. 
So, for the year to come, thank you for everything and yoroshiku onegai shimasu ne. 

Today my Fuwa account turns exactly 1 year old, and, in catgirl years, that means I'm already legal and ripe for the taking for anyone interested 
It's been a fun time, though it seems like it was yesterday when I sign in. Time sure flies by huh  I still clearly remember when I wrote my introduction post. 
Anyway, I'm glad I entered Fuwa. I've had the chance to discuss the adventures in  VN land with great, super friendly people and that made it all the more enjoyable. 
So, for the year to come, thank you for everything and yoroshiku onegai shimasu ne. 

Whoa, really? 2017!? I felt like you were a way older member. Wow. Nice!
Hope you continue to enjoy it here.

Today my Fuwa account turns exactly 1 year old, and, in catgirl years, that means I'm already legal and ripe for the taking for anyone interested 
It's been a fun time, though it seems like it was yesterday when I sign in. Time sure flies by huh  I still clearly remember when I wrote my introduction post. 
Anyway, I'm glad I entered Fuwa. I've had the chance to discuss the adventures in  VN land with great, super friendly people and that made it all the more enjoyable. 
So, for the year to come, thank you for everything and yoroshiku onegai shimasu ne. 

Today my Fuwa account turns exactly 1 year old, and, in catgirl years, that means I'm already legal and ripe for the taking for anyone interested 
It's been a fun time, though it seems like it was yesterday when I sign in. Time sure flies by huh  I still clearly remember when I wrote my introduction post. 
Anyway, I'm glad I entered Fuwa. I've had the chance to discuss the adventures in  VN land with great, super friendly people and that made it all the more enjoyable. 
So, for the year to come, thank you for everything and yoroshiku onegai shimasu ne. 

Hmm tough choice, every season has its own appeal. I'll go and say winter... the colder the weather, the more it contrasts with some nice heartwarming moments, and the better they feel. Then again, the same could be said for the other two seasons. Yes, you heard me right. Fuck summer, it's disgusting.

They all each have their own charms and I find it very difficult to pick one. The freshness and delicate feeling Spring can bring, the carefree heat of Summer, the slight melancholy and colours of Autumn and the chilly soft snows of Winter.
I've seen different seasons portrayed very nicely in VNs: Flowers -Le Volume sur Printemps- for Spring (if only all four volumes were translated given that each volume corresponds to a season!), AIR for Summer and Cartagra for Winter. Oddly enough, I have most trouble thinking of a VN I associate with Autumn. I wonder if Autumn is portrayed more subtly? It's easy to spot Winter for snow, Summer for heat/holidays/crickets and Spring for... sakura?
I might have to add to the Summer hate slightly, it's my irl least favourite season and I reckon it's the least interesting thematically. Excluding AIR!
I'll pick Winter, mainly because it's really lovely to see the effect of snow falling in a VN.

The OP is freaking amazing. I get goosebumps every time 
Yeah maybe, but the way I see it, that's unimportant. We are getting a DUBBED localization of not a random VNs, but an absolute behemoth like Umineko. This is history right here. And the English voices sound really good to top! 
If fuwanovel's motto is "make visual novels popular in the west", this should be a day to celebrate for any Fuwa member 

The OP is freaking amazing. I get goosebumps every time 
Yeah maybe, but the way I see it, that's unimportant. We are getting a DUBBED localization of not a random VNs, but an absolute behemoth like Umineko. This is history right here. And the English voices sound really good to top! 
If fuwanovel's motto is "make visual novels popular in the west", this should be a day to celebrate for any Fuwa member 

Not a bad dub at all. I'll do a voice comparison later to decide if I want to take the English voices over the Japanese, but I'm definitely not turning it down outright. This may be an effective way to pull in a new audience to visual novels (especially with something as noteworthy as Umineko).
Hmm, I wonder if my mom might like this.
I was thinking the same thing, actually. I do hope they put in an option to mute the narrator to make the read more immersive.
Edit: Almost forgot to mention how much I love the OP dub. Normally I don't care much for dubbing Japanese songs, but this is damn good.

These days they have airbags, and other safety features ordinary cars have. They are designed for city driving though, 60km/h(this is the speed the drive them up to on the emissions tests) to 80km/h at most even if the meter goes all the way up to 120km/h or 140km/h if it is a turbo(older pre-2000 ones it is 100km/h and 120km/h). Sure you can drive them on the highway but then they will guzzle gas just like SUVs do.

This.
Conservative sectors have been putting pressure on the videogame industry for decades, blaming the sexual and violent content for all the school shootings, rape cases and pretty much any criminal act committed by young people. The industry never gave a fuck about it, and they just kept on releasing even more extreme content. Why should they care? Conservatives are nowadays mostly on the older side of the demographic spectrum, and those people are not their primary clients anyway. 
It's when they receive flak from that considerable fraction of the youth that are oversensitive about sexism and gender ideology, that they start to care. After all, most left extremist are very young and belong to fairly accomodated families: exactly the part of the population that is likely to buy console games. This reasoning would also explain why they get away with any violent content, but sexual content or slight nudity is a no no, wouldn't it? 
And don't freaking tell me that these people don't exist or don't have that big an impact. Everyday in my day to day life  I hear complaints of people with persecution complex about how everything around us objectifies women, about how any nudity or skimpy getup in movies should be banned, and even that the most wholesome romance novels and movies out there are sexist. 
Heck, this last month we even had all the controversy about this new a anime series, Goblin Slayer, where rape is depicted as a despicable and atrocious act and people in social media STILL went wild. I still recall cases like this, when the UN tried to ban hentai content, and how essentially Japan told them to mind their own business and care for the rights of actual real women (gosh that reply was so satisfying ), or this other issue that pisses me off, as it lead to minori's website to be closed off to non japanese people and the company refusing to export their products for a long while, and even today, 9 years later, the website stays like that. 
 

This.
Conservative sectors have been putting pressure on the videogame industry for decades, blaming the sexual and violent content for all the school shootings, rape cases and pretty much any criminal act committed by young people. The industry never gave a fuck about it, and they just kept on releasing even more extreme content. Why should they care? Conservatives are nowadays mostly on the older side of the demographic spectrum, and those people are not their primary clients anyway. 
It's when they receive flak from that considerable fraction of the youth that are oversensitive about sexism and gender ideology, that they start to care. After all, most left extremist are very young and belong to fairly accomodated families: exactly the part of the population that is likely to buy console games. This reasoning would also explain why they get away with any violent content, but sexual content or slight nudity is a no no, wouldn't it? 
And don't freaking tell me that these people don't exist or don't have that big an impact. Everyday in my day to day life  I hear complaints of people with persecution complex about how everything around us objectifies women, about how any nudity or skimpy getup in movies should be banned, and even that the most wholesome romance novels and movies out there are sexist. 
Heck, this last month we even had all the controversy about this new a anime series, Goblin Slayer, where rape is depicted as a despicable and atrocious act and people in social media STILL went wild. I still recall cases like this, when the UN tried to ban hentai content, and how essentially Japan told them to mind their own business and care for the rights of actual real women (gosh that reply was so satisfying ), or this other issue that pisses me off, as it lead to minori's website to be closed off to non japanese people and the company refusing to export their products for a long while, and even today, 9 years later, the website stays like that. 
 

Just seen this on Reddit. It looks like they're going to be including full English voice acting for free to existing Steam owners of Umineko (if successfully funded), as well as PS3 graphics and some new content. 
https://www.umineko.us
Looks like it's been delayed, though :(. 
 

Hi, I like mostly yuri/otome visual novels(I've read Fate/Stay Night though for example). Not really new to the community per say, I've been on the Discord quite a while now(Hi Dergonu!). I have a interest in Japanese culture, and language. I also have a great interest in kei cars that are produced for the Japanese market exclusively, I've owned 2 before, and I'm about to get my 3rd as soon as I get the tires so I can drive it out of port.

Sadly of those three I've only read MLA, but I don't even think I need to read the other two in order to wholeheartedly recommend Muv Luv. It's just that good, you can't go wrong 
Of course other people will say the same about the other ones, but with titles considered "kamiges" that's to be expected! 

Historically, it's true that conservative media and politicians have complained about sexual content and violence, but I haven't really noticed the sexual content complaints from them, since Mass Effect. On the other hand there's tons of people involved in the video game industry talking about how sexist Japan is on an ongoing basis. I find it hard to believe that Sony is going to change their policies for a couple church mom's or conservatives that don't play video games anyway, but when they're getting bad press within the industry itself, maybe.
As a PlayStation Vita owner I've been putting up with having the games I like being labeled sexist or creepy and getting bad press for years now. I could give you guys some examples if you like.

To sum it up, what we can see is two extremist ideologies that, parting from opposite sides, end up in the exact same place. Nothing new under the sun. And it's always the individual rights that get compromised, sadly. 

3kyu furendo. Here's one for you. Happy Halloween.
 

3kyu furendo. Here's one for you. Happy Halloween.