kotorizawa724

Thanks! I looked these up (along with your previous recommendations) and I noticed that several, if not most, of these 10+ years old. Do you have a preference for older JVN, or are newer ones not considered very good?

This is excellent context; thanks! Though also quite sad. Do you see the JVN market making a recovery in the coming years? I really hope tone work's releases another game at some point! (Though I still need to get around to Tsuki no Kanata de Aimashou.) Speaking of nukige, are there any worthwhile looking into that meet the criteria I mentioned? Obviously the romance depth is not going to be the same, but they can be light fun too. I have played one of Frill's games before (the one about the baseball manager) and I liked the art.

Thanks for the quick (and detailed) response! This is great and I will look into these. Speaking to your first sentence, why is it that tone work's is kind of in a league of their own? I've heard others express this opinion before, and I find it baffling that no company has attempted to compete with tone work's' style? (I've also heard that tone work's is kind of in bad shape right now and has no prospective games on the horizon . . . is that true?)

I want to get into more romance VN/eroge but am very picky about art quality. I really like the art of all the tone work's games (e.g., Hatsukoi, Hoshi Ori Yume Mirai, Gin'iro Haruka, etc.), and I like the scenarios for those games as well. I thought these would be a dime a dozen but I'm shocked I haven't been able to find more games like this to my liking. I'm currently playing Windmill Cosmos' Ichizuna Kanojo to Koi Shitai (both Kyoka and Runa versions) and I LOVE the art for these games. Exactly what I'm looking for when I say something comparable to tone work's. Unfortunately, this company has only put out these two games so far (and the art of the parent company's games is not nearly as good imo). I would prefer a modern Japan setting, but really anything realistic is fine. I'm not really into fantasy, action, etc. But may be willing to make an exception if the art/romance is really good. I also don't need the games to be translated. I read VN for Japanese study and want to play the games in the original. Any recommendations fitting this criteria would be appreciated!