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    Alcorin reacted to littleshogun in Good romance VN in pre-modern fantasy setting (in English)   
    Just want to point out here that actually translated isekai harem VN here is surprisingly quite rare here, especially the one that isn't nukige. As for the recommendations, if you okay with otome VN then you can try Nightshade. I also recommend Fata Morgana here, if you're okay with tragedy and some disturbing moment. I hope my recommendations here will be helpful to you.
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    Alcorin reacted to MIUUZICK in Good romance VN in pre-modern fantasy setting (in English)   
    The only thing I can think of rn is Hakuoki
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    Alcorin reacted to Yuuko in To All VN Licensors and Publishers - Why We Want R18 Patches For Our Games   
    OP negotiating with visual novel publishers [Colorized]

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    Alcorin reacted to solidbatman in To All VN Licensors and Publishers - Why We Want R18 Patches For Our Games   
    This is the one, this is the post that will finally get us our anime titty back into VNs


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    Alcorin got a reaction from Kenshin_sama in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    It's been a while since I've visited this place, mostly due to life being kinda crazy lately... So what made me visit today? An e-mail notification about a PM I've apparently received from a pornbot. Like I didn't have to deal with enough of this crap on Tumblr, what the hell -,-"
    (Hope y'all are having a good time, btw. Can't wait to have the time to read and rant about some VNs again )
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    Alcorin got a reaction from Plk_Lesiak in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    It's been a while since I've visited this place, mostly due to life being kinda crazy lately... So what made me visit today? An e-mail notification about a PM I've apparently received from a pornbot. Like I didn't have to deal with enough of this crap on Tumblr, what the hell -,-"
    (Hope y'all are having a good time, btw. Can't wait to have the time to read and rant about some VNs again )
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    Alcorin got a reaction from Mr Poltroon in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    It's been a while since I've visited this place, mostly due to life being kinda crazy lately... So what made me visit today? An e-mail notification about a PM I've apparently received from a pornbot. Like I didn't have to deal with enough of this crap on Tumblr, what the hell -,-"
    (Hope y'all are having a good time, btw. Can't wait to have the time to read and rant about some VNs again )
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    Alcorin reacted to ichigop3p in Hello guys newbie here   
    Hi guys! I want to say that I'm very glad i found this site.
    I'm starting a project, which is to port P/A Potential Ability by Empress/Sei Shoujo (for me this guy is the best illustrator for visuals) to Ren'py.
    I need some help from you guys for this project to happen!   >.<
    I'm currently extracting all data needed.
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    Alcorin reacted to r0xm2n in Fuwanovel Confessions   
    Added 4 more Neon Tetras to my Tropical Tank.

    (that picture is a stock image)
     
    Did a water test beforehand, ph and other levels were perfect.
    The 4 new ones are a tad smaller then the 6 I had in there already (new ones are either younger, or the 6 existing ones have grown somewhat due to being in a bigger tank with far less fish then at the pet store).
    They assimilated pretty well. Until I turned the lights on....
    The 6 existing fish know it's feeding time when I turn the lights on (they basically zip to the top of the water), but the 4 new fish didn't know what was happening (so they hid in a remote corner of the tank).
    So I feed them more then I usually do, and eventually the 4 new fish catch on. Some of them dogfight with the existing fish, but I can't blame them, and it's harmless.
     
    They've calmed down now, and their stripes are bright (if their stripes are faded, they are stressed).
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    Alcorin reacted to Clephas in VN from the perspective of gender rebellion   
    I've made this observation before, but Otomege, for all that they profess to be directed at a female audience, are in fact simply directed at a different male audience.  Almost all otomege protagonists are passive, helpless, or have some form of DIDS (Damsel In Distress Syndrome).  There are (a very few) otomege that manage to escape this to one extent or another (my favorite being Sanzen Sekai Yuugi), but those are even more of an exception than the charage where the protagonist has a real personality.  I don't like to be a bastard about this, but the reason I end up only finishing one path or not finishing most otomege is not because I don't like female protagonists... but because the female protagonists are all beta personalities who are just short of being airheads (and some of them are airheads too).  Alpha personality (dominant) female protagonists are about 1 in 50, in my experience, in otomege, to the point where I'm starting to think the industry is trying to brainwash female otakus outright (except more female otakus play BL than otomege in Japan).
    Now, the tendency to find it difficult to forgive promiscuity in females is, in fact, the very reason why most charage have 'all virgin heroines' tags.  This is partly a leftover of pre-modern  society that seems to linger in most cultures across the world that profess equality of the genders, but it is also hard-wired into the male brain.  Games where the heroine is a rape victim are easier to find than ones where the heroine is 'experienced', has an affair, or goes back and forth between the protagonist and other men (if you exclude nukige).  In fact, the percentage of that type of game is vanishingly small, to the point that I can only think of about twenty-five games off the top of my head.  Most of those were horror, had dark elements, or had some kind of brainwashing element involved, so you can see how strong the aversion to NTR in non-nukige is. 
    To explain some of the cultural background... Japan, despite it's 'modernized' culture, is in fact still a culture only a century and a half away from an age where wealthy and/or powerful males were actually more or less expected to keep multiple partners (in the case of the Shoguns, multiple wives outright, most of them chosen for political reasons), all of whom were considered legitimate under the law as long as he had the means to support them and their children.  Even now, most don't think much of it when a wealthy businessman has a mistress or two, as long as there is agreement or approval from the wife (it is the act of hiding another sexual partner that is considered to be dirty, as opposed to  having one).  Oh, if he flaunts the fact that he has multiple partners, it might become an issue (seen as a sign of a lack of proper modesty/humility), but most of the time it doesn't. 
    However, if the female, on the other hand, was with another male, it was pretty much standard to see them beheaded, hanged, or otherwise killed out of hand, along with the man in question.  Modern Japan's taboos are a product of the active encouragement of Western influences after the Meiji Restoration and after WWII, as well as the fact that a huge portion of the privileged castes vanished outright after the Restoration (thus vastly decreasing the number of males that were considered 'entitled' to multiple partners) and the newer castes were eliminated completely after WWII.
    The fact is that Japan is not as progressive in this matter as the urban West even now (the rural West still being generally chauvinistic for various reasons, with exceptions).  Women's choices are questioned if they don't marry by age 25, and there is still a cultural assumption that females will retire early to have children.   While aggressive female personalities are accepted there (outside of non-management work, where aggression is generally discouraged in both genders), aggressive female choices aren't. 
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    Alcorin reacted to Plk_Lesiak in VN from the perspective of gender rebellion   
    Well, it definitely wouldn't hurt your case. 
    I think [redacted (:p)] break these stereotypes to an extent, as do many other chuunige with proactive, strong heroines. Plot-oriented yurige like Fatal Twelve or Shadows of Pygmalion also create a different dynamic, from the sheer lack of male leads. Many otome VNs are, in a way, mirroring eroge, trading the passive heroines for a passive, spineless protagonist (but also, the heroes in them are often absolved from moral judgment, even if they're literally rapists or murderers - yandere love interests are plenty in otomege). There are important exceptions though, like Code: Realize or Cinderella Phenomenon (the last one being an EVN and those generally treat female characters differently).
    Maybe I'm fixating on agency a bit too much, but I see it as a broader rule. Wherever characters are just romantic or sexual objects (most moege and nukige, and also most otomege), they'll be absolved from everything as long as they love the protagonist and stay faithful to them (I mean... The romance wouldn't really work otherwise and most VNs go for wish fullfilment over anything else). When they're actors influencing a (proper) plot, what they do and how they behave will have a lot more weight.
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    Alcorin reacted to Ranzo in VN from the perspective of gender rebellion   
    Um....okay...what?
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    Alcorin reacted to Plk_Lesiak in VN from the perspective of gender rebellion   
    Uhhh, this might be true if you just look at moege, but in better plotge, some otome and much of yuri you'll easily find female characters with actual agency and whose actions have clear moral weight. The picture is not this black & white. Just don't expect a "breakthrough" when it goes to typical eroge - those games are like this because they cater to very specific needs of a very specific audience, and deviations from the formula rarely pay off for them. 
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    Alcorin reacted to littleshogun in VN from the perspective of gender rebellion   
    That's quite a long winded way to say that you want to play otome VN there, so I hope you'll have fun on playing that latter.
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    Alcorin reacted to BunnyAdvocate in Analysis of Steam VN reviews   
    If the quote “our language is the reflection of ourselves” is true, then what could we learn from Steam user reviews (other than that we deserve every bad game ever published there)? I thought it’d be fun to generate some word clouds of Steam VN user reviews: what words tend to pop up in positive reviews vs negative ones, which words are overused in 18+ VNs, and how old can I make myself feel by seeing all these memes references.
    Data collection
    Using the Steam API, I collected the English user reviews for any VN released before 2019 on Steam, giving us 250,000 reviews in total. I filtered out Doki Doki Literature Club’s 71,000 reviews to prevent the results being skewed too heavily towards one VN. I also filtered out any word that appeared in fewer than 5 different VNs to prevent character names from popular VNs from filling up the results too much.
    Word associations
    A higher resolution set of these word-cloud images can be found here. The larger a word is the more frequently it’s used.

    First up is a comparison of what words tend to appear more often in VN reviews vs a random selection of other games on Steam. There’s nothing too surprising here, it’s mostly just popular VN series and various “weeaboo” terms. “Uncensored” also pops up quite prominently, showing how much 18+ content matters to the medium.

    Next is the list of words that are more likely to come up in reviews the user submitted as a thumbs-up (a positive review). While there’s all the usual flattering terms you’d expect, it’s fun to see how many words traditionally associated with negative feelings come up here: tears, cry, sadness, and bittersweet all show up indicating how much we seek a deep emotional release in VNs... also “memes.”

    What goes up must come down, here we have words that tend to come up in thumbs-down Steam reviews. Despite VNs being a visual medium, almost all the terms would seem to describe their opinion on the story/writing rather than the visuals, with “boring,” “waste,” and “stupid” all coming up more often than “ugly.” This suggests the most common way a VN can disappoint its users ie through its writing rather than its aesthetic, although this may because it’s easier to judge the visuals from screenshots before you purchase the VN.

    The English-developed VNs reviews are mostly full of titles of popular EVNs, but we can also see how much more socially progressive EVNs are, with terms like gender, diversity, and lgbt coming up more often than in JVNs.

    Truly Japan is the land of wonder, or at least kawaii catgirls according to these results. It’s curious that “fighting” would be linked to JVNs, perhaps because there’s so few EVNs that depict violence.

    Thank you Steam reviews for telling us in the review that a free VN is free. Truly a valuable service.

    There’s a certain irony that the words that come up more often in commercial VNs are all about how to get it cheaper: sale, bundle, and discount are all prominent terms.

    These are the words that tend to come up more often in otome VNs reviews (VNs with a female protagonist pursuing male love interests). Words associated with fantasy type settings pop up frequently, queen, princess, and prince are all present which is unsurprising given otome’s love of the fantasy genre.

    These are the cursed words which come up more often in 18+ VNs, what is lacking in eloquence is at least made up in “tiddies.”

    These are the words that tend to come up in shorter reviews. We’re told a picture paints a thousand words, but who needs a thousand words when you have swear words to convey meaning instead? Who needs verbose reviews when you have “fuck gay catgirl boobs.” I’m sold on that VN already.
    You can find higher resolution versions of all these word cloud images here (as well as the longer-review wordcloud which wasn’t included here because it’s boring). You can also view the results in spreadsheet format here, which is useful for reading the smaller (less-common) words.
    Review trends
    I’d be ashamed to put my name to an analysis post that didn’t have a graph or two, so to cleanse the palette after all those word clouds here are a few graphs looking at some review statistics.

    Typically reviews tend to be fairly short, just a few sentences at 150 characters, but there’s no stopping the more long-winded of us who might be few in number, but dramatically pull up the average wordcount with their detailed account of everything that happens in a VN.

    I expected that the longer a review was, the more likely it would be that the reviewer liked it. It’s the fans who want to talk about it the most isn’t it? Well it turns out to be the other way around, the longer a review is, the more likely it is that the reviewer disliked it. Perhaps unhappy user’s feel the need to justify their opinion more when it goes against the general positive consensus on Steam, where 86% of all reviews are positive. So in accordance with this trend and the excessive length of this post, I hereby give my Steam VN review analysis a thumbs down. Not enough kawaii catgirls.
    While I don’t think any of these results were surprising, I hope you found it a fun read. If you’re interested in more, check out my other posts on tumblr. Feel free to give any feedback or suggestions for other analyses either here, twitter, or Discord (Sunleaf_Willow /(^ n ^=)\#1616).
    Thanks to Lunaterra, /u/8cccc9, and Elm for their input during this analysis.
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    Alcorin reacted to Happiness+ in Why do you play Visual Novels?   
    I read visual novels because they are a form of literature. Unlike most literature, reader has more choice in the narrative with nonlinearity. (Except for kinetic novels, but I digress) Thus being able to explore multiple themes, motifs, and various point of views. Reading visual novel literature exercises the imagination. We enjoy stories; it is a pleasure to meet characters and to live in their world, to experience their joys and sorrows. In a practical sense, an active imagination helps us perceive truth, make value judgments, and deal with the complexities of life in creative ways. There are quite a visual novels deal with heavy topics such as grief, depression, and addiction. While many JVNs are essentially porn, while many EVNs are, well, meme-filled parodies. There are some visual novels that hold literary and philosophical weight like Wonderful Everyday that’s inspired from many works such as but not limited to: Tractatus Logico-Philosophicus by Ludwig Wittgenstein, Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll, Cyrano de Bergerac by Edmond Rostand, Critique of Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant, and The Black Swan by Nassim Nicholas Taleb.
     
    I don’t just read visual novels— I create them as well. But that’s beside the point of your question.
    TL;DR  I read visual novels because they are art. 
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    Alcorin reacted to Chronopolis in Feeling Uneasy near human   
    I agree with what Plk_Lesiak said.
    Popular and corporate culture says a lot about what should be glamorous, what success/happiness should look like. None of is grounded in objective reality, and shouldn't be taken to heart. If people insist, it might be good to just keep a diplomatic face, acknowledge what they are trying to do, and assert that you have right to believe in whatever the heck you want, without being berated.
     
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    Alcorin reacted to Plk_Lesiak in Feeling Uneasy near human   
    I think Kenshin-Sama got it right, but I'd add one little, small thing. You can decry how society treats you, but remember that none of us is self-sufficient. Humanity can't be "an obstacle to one's happiness", because there's no happiness without it (unless you feel like becoming a hermit - I guess there are both monasteries and forests for that). Those favourite books you read? Made by people in society. And made only because there are others that enjoy them, just like you, maybe even facing similar problems. The country you live in might suck in all the regards you mentioned in the past, but as long as they don't outright behead you for being different, there are ways to cope with it and find a somewhat comfortable path through life. Don't obsess over how people treat you, think about what YOU can do to find your own happiness, and where it truly lies.
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    Alcorin reacted to Kenshin_sama in Feeling Uneasy near human   
    I see what you're trying to get at, but I don't think it's healthy or productive to blame your problems on society. Now don't get me wrong, I am well aware that humanity sucks and there will be times where your success is severely hindered by the people around you, but that doesn't mean you're completely devoid of options. Keep a level head, plan things out, and take action. Invest whatever resources you have (time, money, information, observations, etc) at your disposal towards self improvement, and stay focused.
    And yeah, I think you should definitely consider Stormwolf's advice. As someone who's been getting anxiety treatment for 2-3 years, I can vouch for its effectiveness.
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    Alcorin reacted to Fiddle in Feeling Uneasy near human   
    It's true. I unabashedly try to convince other people to follow my more glorious lifestyle. "But Fiddle," they say, "I don't want to have sex with penguins." "You must," I insist. "It's the noble way to live."
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    Alcorin reacted to bakauchuujin in I'm Looking for harem hentai animation or visual novel or manga or doujinshi   
    Just learn how to use tags to search for things on vndb if you want specific VNs and just stop with these threads.
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    Alcorin reacted to thelink1123 in I'm Looking for harem hentai animation or visual novel or manga or doujinshi   
    Okay dude, at this point you're just spamming the same thread over and over and over and over and over(17 times at this moment). Seriously, move to a different forum, the only posts you've made to date are "I'm Looking for harem hentai animation or visual novel or manga or doujinshi" or something very similar. Go to a hentai site for the love of all that is good as if 6 months of nonstop posting this hasn't already told you that nobody has a recommendation for you here, especially not hentai and doujinshi. Your posts span back to around AUGUST of last year and have been the same since then. Please stop making the same thread (honestly, I don't see how the mods haven't stopped you from being able to post this again). 4chan, hanime with the "harem" tag, nhentai with the "harem adventure" tag. Anything besides another thread that says "I'm Looking for harem hentai animation or visual novel or manga or doujinshi". Hell, even one of the site admins said that your thread title is too generic and broad.
    Oh and go try Sengoku rance and watch the hentai. Maybe it'll keep you away from the forum for at least a week. 
    And it doesn't help that you're literally copy and pasting from a different site evident by the white highlight on your text.....
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