Happiness+

Shit. That was one my top 5 VNs for 2018. *Prepares line of defense for tasteless opinion* I don’t know another JVN like it that was so much fun to read in a single setting. I think it’s popular because it’s a quick, fun, “accessible” visual novel. Also, there’s a strange lack of horror VNs. Like seriously, when was the last good horror JVN? Anyone? Because all of the other ones or just gore fests. Trust me, watching cute anime girls getting mauled, decapitated, disembowled, dismembered, etc. can get boring real fast. Accessible meaning, no stupid nudity, nothing too vulgar either. Like I have puritanical Christian friends and I can comfortably recommend this VN to them because it’s just a ghost horror. Like the exorcist is more disturbing than this VN and religious wingnuts each that crap up like the Blair Witch Project and Paranormal Activity. And, to be honest, this time I simply cannot understand why it isn’t popular enough.

I am actually glad someone talked about this: I actually enjoy the comedic parts. That wasn’t a diss against it. My main gripes with it were... By the way, put all of these VNs in context. SeaBed is not on the list, FWIW.

I was just going through their past releases on their Wikipedia and you guys know better than me, that 2015 and 2016 were their best years as far as releases. Then things slowed down in 2017 and all of 2018 they released just two VNs. What the hell is going on here? Did they loose a bunch of workers after 2016 and now it’s only five people in that whole company.

So, forgive me for making a post like this: But I have the sudden urge to tell everyone how much otaku shit I’ve done in 2018. Without further ado, let’s get started with this. I’ve only read six visual novels this whole year. Which is a lot for me. DDLC kinda rivitalized my interest in VNs again. It’s what led to me making a that reddit post. The controversy that led me to here on Fuwanovel to begin with. So, here are my top five visual novels for 2018 that I read. 1. Subahibi Why? It’s pretty damn obviously why this takes the top spot. I was skeptical about it being a God Teir Visual Novel, but it magically exceeded my expectations and changed me a bit. Before reading it, I was on a anti philosophy binge. Because I felt as though, that science ended philosophical thought. That was when I kept reading the words of Wittgenstein over and over again. I am no means a logical positivist, yet just like how Evangelion got me into learning about philosophy eight summers ago, I found appreciation in learning about how to live happily. I can go on and on. Yet, everyone here knows why this VN is a masterpiece. 2. Kara No Shoujo 1 This VN feels kinda underrated to me, because I hear a lot about Subahibi and Saya No Uta as wonderful medium defining visual novels. However, KnS1 is actually scary a little bit. The mystery was really fun. I really enjoyed binge reading this VN and losing my mind trying to solve it. 3. Saya No Uta This VN is not scary. Disturbing, not scary. Hell, even the disturbing stuff was meh to me. After seeing blood and guts plastered everywhere for about an hour, you get used to it. However, what I love about this VN is that it’s a lovecraftian love story. It’s not really that long either. I can recommend to some of my friends and family who don’t mind this kind of disturbing stuff. You can finish all of it in five hours which is super lovely. The reason why it does not top because competition is fierce up there, plus it’s not that scary which is why I started reading it in the first place. It’s hard to be scared of Saya when you keep finding her so kawaii. 4. Phenomeno Damn. Everything about this VN is spot on. The music. The sounds. The effects. So damn atmospheric. I read this with a friend and they were spooked because they actually are afraid of ghosts. LOL. I don’t usually like NVL but this VN made me enjoy it. It uses the power of the VN to tell such a hauntingly good narrative. I am sad that it’s only the prologue to the actual book series. This is a great VN to read with a friend because it’s really short. Like less than 2 hours long. And it uses that length to it’s advantage quality over quantity. DAAAAMMMNNN this was so good. I would pay AAA game money for a sequel even if I like finish it in like a few hours. 5. Kara No Shoujo 2 Personally. This VN is more comedic and light hearted than KnS 1. Why? Well, it’s hard to discuss without getting into details. The first VN felt depressing with it’s themes of obsession and lost. It made me feel horrible for a lot of things. Meanwhile in KnS2, I was laughing my ass off for a decent portion of it. Plus the murderer was so obvious to figure out. Like, by the second victim I knew who it was thanks to the flashback you get in the prologue of the VN. Plus the religious organization did not get that much explanation. Plus, the main girl Yukiko, cannot replace the main girl from the previous VN, Toko. Yukiko is so boring. She’s shy. But when she opens up. We don’t get that much into her character. Every time she would be on screen, I would be like, “okay, she’s going to say something cool or do something interesting.” And then I would be disappointed. The main girl from the Previous game can easily steal a scene. She basically made KnS. Her humor, wit, and charm is replaced with some mopey indecisive teenage girl. Like, we don’t get into her backstory. Who’s her biological parents? Why she’s so important to the religious organization. It’s really weird. 2019. I will read a yuri. Thanks for reading my post.

What are EOPs?

Yeah

Both. Because why should language be a barrier to good stories?

What do you think?

Too bad I cannot read it

All the while drunk and high, I gave my cousins xmas presents. Then I gave my aunt a charm for the bracelet she received from her sons. The charm symbolizes a promise I made to her last year. Before that, I bought “LadyKiller in a bind” for my friend. I had a feeling that they would love that VN. I bought another friend 1 TB external hard rive. I even wrote a post on the CoC, but it’s gone now. I think it was hidden because it looked too meme-y. Or maybe I just didn’t write it all. I wear everything felt dreamy.

Happy Holidays ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) You gotta be politically correct these days.

Be honest.

So, I am trying to figure out why does Fuwanovel even have VNTL-Moon. I keep hearing on how broken it is apparently. So, why not scrap it? I mean, you cannot even set up RSS feed updates on it at the very least. I can help modernize web page and take care of it. Therefore, users here don't waste their time looking at outdated translation updates on a basic looking web page. I can even probably set up a user notification system for them so they know immediately the translation status of their visual novel. Also, why do we have VNTS if r/vns is arguably better at notifying users? Fuwanovel users could subscribe for email updates, but translation updates are becoming more and more frequent because anybody who knows Japanese and English well enough can set up a translation project or pick up someone else's failed translation project. Why does Fuwanovel keep VNTL-MOON and VNTS if they aren't regularly updated or even maintained properly? Now, I get it. Everybody has lives and they are busy to constantly update. Howbeit, Fuwanovel is home to visual novel fan translations... isn't it? People often come here to create or join translation projects. I literally just joined one with @AlphonseClauze and @waterflame for Eiyuu Gold little over a week ago. People should come to Fuwanovel first for translation updates: not Reddit. Translation updates are essential to make visual novels popular in the west.

Wait why was the fuwabundle killed? What was the fuwabundle? Could the fuwabundle come back today? What was the fuwabundle’s purpose?

How about adding the fuwabundle! What, what is the fuwabundle?

Man, I want some vegan noodles

I am just curious

@sanahtlig, it appears that the Aaeru's rant is lost: https://web.archive.org/web/20130902161758/http://visualnovelaer.fuwanovel.net/2013/03/da-capo-iii-fan-translation-cease-desisted-by-mangagamer/ It looks like wayback machine did not archive it. Do you know where we can find a copy of it?

Then I think you would like this:

“Is my boyfriend going his own way?”

To be fair, I still don’t know how to do spoiler tags.

Eh.... I loved Song of Saya AS a Visual Novel. Making it into a novel is pointless, plus urobuchi isn’t writing it....

Okay. So, help me understand this. Is there a way for me to read in English all other Higurashi arcs in visual novel form? Because I thought Manga Gamer only translated the eight original ones. I thought most of the other arcs were only in weren’t localized like Kotohogushi-hen and Someutsushi-hen. I would love to read a new Higurashi VN that delve into arcs besides the original eight we deal with before. People from a previous post I made were talking as though that this VN was translated in English

Good point. I was satisfied with with the festival accompying arc, but I would read more if they were localized like the mangas, like Onisarashi-hen. What do you mean?