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Well, you make good points, and I will concede that you're probably right when you say I'll get busier. But in the end, even after I finish up translations, I still have to set aside time to edit everything anyway, so it will go through some polishing, i would say. I however don't think it's in my director's nature to want to rush things out so that we can fund the next game or something. if I bring up a concern that could take time to fix, I'm sure he'd listen. And also you seem to be under the impression that I "think" editors are expensive rather than know, which I do because my director tells me the prices quoted by places contacted. I don't know where whoever you talked to got their "cheap" editors, but we kind of have to go through proper channels when looking. If only it were so easy or cheap make me and my director's life easier.

It's not that we won't have editing, it's that it'll be the translator's self-editing in that case. I have to admit that we've simply been too busy to really polish up the prologue trial version and pretty much just used the old, unpolished version which may have been a bad move. I'm sure the next one'll be better though, so do look forward to it.

Well hey, we aim to please. Oh wait I shouldn't be on here. Er, definitely hope you guys are happy! I certainly am. Seeing you guys happy and satisfied makes me feel that all that effort wasn't wasted! It was worth all the trouble and hard work to make it a reality. Hope you guys will continue to support us!

I'm sure there are many impulse buys if it's real cheap...

Well i still have my job so im good i guess. Wasnt fun getting chewed out though. Still, there was some pretty decent feedback and advice, and im glad if i managed to pique some of your interests in the project.

Well, it's not like I can't understand why you would feel this way, people can be very judgemental. I'll bring this up to the director but we are having talks with other sales platforms and we'll see if we can come to an understanding with company V to release on like, Jlist or something. Also, there is something I want to confirm with the director that might skirt by this steam thing, and that has something to do with backer rewards on KS, but no guarantees unfortunately. will update you guys. I appreciate the feedback, guys. I must say, I'm almost a bit embarrassed at my TL quality back when I first joined as an intern. I'll definitely be going through everything once the, well, 'raw' translations are over and done with, and probably edit it to make it more...readable, so to speak? And the tenses are a problem I am aware of and plan to fix before release. Hopefully I don't miss any... Considering the current situation at our company, it'll probably end up being self editing after all is done. I'll look through the images, thanks for the help. By the way, guys, most of the stuff here is technically off the record. If you want concrete answers or rather, official ones, please direct them to twitter or when the prefundia/kickstarter page is up. Most of what I answer here does not necessarily mean that all of ninetail thinks that way, and could be tainted by my own bias or misunderstandings of the goings on behind the scenes. I'd appreciate it if you took my words more as a...personal prediction moreso than an official announcement. I do very much appreciate your advice and feedback, but please wait for official announcements by the official twitter, or on prefundia, or kickstarter and such! Thanks. Well, I mean, feedback and advice is no problem, but please direct questions at the official twitter, thanks! Edit: Also I got a warning from my boss that I may indeed be breaking NDA by revealing too much information here, so I'll probably be abstaining from posting anything more on this thread. Please direct any questions or inquiries at the official twitter, thanks! If you want to talk to me personally or have feedback and or advice, a private message on twitter would work, so please make use of that!

See, I brought this up with my director and he checked with that other company whom we have contractual obligations with (I'm just gonna call is company V from now on), they didn't want to risk it so our hands are essentially tied. IF they cave and let us negotiate a deal with Jlist or something, trust me, I'd be happy to let you guys know. Hell, I want that to happen too. I realise the allure of mosaic free releases, I brought up that argument while I was still on a probation period before getting hired. So to prevent people pulling out, so to speak, we plan to make this information very clear.

Don't knock it til you tried it, or so I think that saying goes? Or was it don't judge a book by it's cover, haha. Tilca and Regret eh? Great choices. I'll drop a little tidbit for you, but even in the story these two are particularly close.

This really is what I find compelling about narratives that split into two divergent paths of law and chaos, which may not necessarily be good and evil, but can be close to it.

Because they have...What is it, subbranches or something? In America or other countries and they host those decensored stuff on the servers there. Hell, Japanese IP addresses aren't even allowed access to those sites, and that's why it's allowed despite coming from a japanese company! Cuz we cant access it. And that's another problem. No access = No chance for support or if any problems arise. Glad to hear it, friend. I'm just wondering personally, but is there any girl in particular you think you might like, looking at the official page? Course, you don't have to answer if you don't want to XD. Just curiosity on my end, like if any of them in particular catch your fancy.

Hey, craftiness is part of his nature. His name is LOKI after all. Crafty, tricky, a tactician, so to speak.

Well...There is the 'Law' route, everything there is nice, lovely, and even the 18+ stuff is all lovey dovey and stuff. I don't want to spoil, but I really love the scene he spends with his chosen heroine the night before the climax of that route. If you want to be an over the top violent evil bugger, there is always the 'Chaos route'. Unfortunately, some of the more...cruel or sadistic parts of his personality remain intact. Sure, we might tone it down a bit but the base is still there. Rape and tentacle stuff is not in there if you do not patch it, though. Also I will say that Loki is indeed one of the more popular(?) if not well known protagonists of the VB games on account of how despite being a bit of a cold, evil guys sometimes, he can have relatable motives and occasionally shows his softer side (especially in the law route). He is, indeed, a rather decent human(er, demon) being in this route, and you can choose not to taint the goddesses at all. Hell, even if you do, they still get a nice ending with him. The chaos route, well, it's named that for a reason. Considering the rape and stuff is gone, all you might have to 'suffer' through would probably be violence? I do find the whole 'revenge' narrative rather cathartic in this route though, a different kind of happiness than the one I get from the law route. Also I don't consider mentioning revenge to be a spoiler as it's in the OP movie(Sorry if you consider it one tho...)

I actually fought tooth and nail (ie spent a few days discussing) for the removal of mosaics, but it simply could not be done due to a problem in japanese law, where if we are based in Japan we are bound by japanese law and cannot decensor. You seem to understand this, and yes, those publishers can decensor it because they are based outside of japan. Unfortunate, in this case we'll just have to settle for slightly thinner mosaics than the original. Hopefully that will be enough, sort of? Probably not, but I can only hope. Also, I'm not allowed to divulge too much, but I will say that unfortunately, the hold up is not what you have mentioned. Erm, also you're wrong on the very next sentence regarding who owns 'All' the rights, and that's pretty much all I am allowed to say. we have certain contractual obligations with another company that, lets just say, holds a lot of sway within our company, and going against those contractual obligations would burn more bridges than it's worth. It would severely hamper our efforts in developing future titles and is a loss that is unacceptable on account of a single project that, as a company, we are not yet sure will succeed.

Hmm...To be honest, there are also a few system restrictions considering this game is from like, 2012, so I honestly doubt we can make amazingly huge, crazy changes to it. Extra scenarios, extra CGs etc might still be possible, but something like reworking how the system works is a lil...tough. The tentacle rape is only there if you apply the patch. If you don't, well...You'll find out how Loki gets them on his side in the actual game. Indeed, one twitter user said he won't support us on account of his values or something where he doesn't like the idea that we had to gut the core premise of the game, remove the H, and 'pander' to steam users. I...tried my best to talk to the director about this, I really did, but there are just problems that go beyond our own company, Ninetail, when it comes to certain rights or as I said earlier, contractual obligations. I do however know that the director has talked with companies like Jlist or others and I do believe we may have hope for Jlist or similar companies but he says that even if we can, it'll be at a slightly later date while the steam version will come out first, and those who can't wait or are impatient really have no choice. Personal opinion though. I really, really wish this damn NDA wasn't a thing, if I could explain in detail why exactly we are unable to accomodate your(and mine own personal ones tbh) wishes when it comes to this point, you would have more information and possibly be able to understand us as well. I'll try talking to the director and see if we can maybe divulge information on the prefundia but honestly, I doubt it, because NDAs.

I actually forgot to post it when you mentioned it to me, haha. It was sitting there in the 'tweet' box but unsubmitted. Also, how did I know? Because I'm the translator, my friend. And that means I'm in charge of the twitter too, haha.

I see. But again, I must reiterate. Rather than us having 'made up our minds', there really are contractual obligations preventing such a thing from happening. Sorry... After seeing your comments I have brought this up with the director, and I shall let you guys know the result. He said that while there is no doubt that we will release it on Steam as an initial release, there IS a POSSIBILITY that we may release it on something like Jlist, or somewhere similar. I suppose there is a possibility, at least? I will however say that this is not a guarantee, but merely that he intends to try and renegotiate some of these so called...'Contractual Obligations'. I certainly wish him luck, as I sit here slowly translating scene after scene.

Erm...I don't know, sorry. Also please correct me if I'm wrong, but Mangagamer themselves are translators/have a localisation team, yes? I'd appreciate it if you don't er...Put me out of a job, please.

Here you go my friend. Now seeing as I'm under NDA I can't divulge the full details, but uh...I have actually brought up Mangagamer, JAST, hell even FAKKU to them when it comes to sales platforms. But let's just say there are certain...contractual problems and such that will not allow us to pursue those avenues. Terribly sorry, but we essentially have no choice in the matter and so we will be using Steam, with a patch for those who would rather have those scenes in it as well.

I believe @sanahtlig actually has the tweet where the director mentions the 18+ patch thing? But you're right, I guess I absentmindedly forgot to post that bit of information hahah.

https://twitter.com/Intl_Ninetail Here you go!

Friend, it would appear that you are not updated with the latest news on twitter! The director mentioned that we would be releasing it as an all-ages version, but you see...There's also this patch that comes with it, yeah? And magically certain scenes return...If you catch my meaning. My point with what I said was regarding what we would do for those who...let's just say don't appreciate those scenes as much as some of us do. Rest assured those who like them tentacle loving and such will get what they want, and those who don't get a solid game too! I certainly hope we can count on you guys supporting us on kickstarter! And of course, no worries, we have some goodies for our loyal backers of the project eh?

Hey guys, the English staff/translator from Ninetail here. I'm glad to see discussion on this project as well as the...Well, enthusiasm! There's a MEGA link posted on the official twitter page by the way for those who can't access or download the trial version from the official site. Well, what can I say, tentacles corruption rape mindbreak etc, everyone has their own cup of tea. You might be surprised to hear this but even I, the dang translator of this title, don't even particularly love tentacles rape mindbreak etc. But that's the thing isn't it? The gameplay, the storytelling...That was enough to get me on board. In regards to some of what you guys have discussed here, well... 1) Regarding GoD: I did actually bring this up with the boss, saying that Gears of Dragoon would be a good series to translate considering it's actually easier to cut the H out of this than something like VenusBlood where the 18+ stuff is kinda integral, but he said the VB series was more...popular. So here we are. 2) To batman: Hard Pass, eh? I personally like giving things chances rather than straight up denying it, but if, under any circumstance, it just doesn't looks like something that appeals to you? Feel free to pass on it, but I feel calling it horrible is kind of...uncalled for. I'd love to clear up any other questions you might have, but I'd like to ask that you guys please wait for the Kickstarter and other pages to go up and direct your questions there. Thank you for your interest in this project and I(along with the others here at Ninetail) certainly hope we can count on your support!

I think I can easily find that Spoiler CG for Miyako route that But i guess I won't. Waiting on the patch is probably a better idea.

Haha. Still waiting on the TL. Miyako...Was never really my most favourite character, but since she loves Yamato the most I kind of want to see how her route plays out. I bought the artbook so unfortunately I think i got spoiled about her route a bit. (And possibly, )

Sofhouse Seal is master of Nukige works XD. http://vndb.org/v10362 The recent one, Touma Koujirou (I FRICKEN LOVE IT. Except for the murder CG, it was pretty gruesome. ) There are MORE animated scenes than usual for Softhouse Seal, and the art looks very polished here. I love it. I can't wait for the sequel to get translated! Btw, Youko = best girl XD. (Especially the first scene. Also, http://vndb.org/v2191 Another one i found to be really, really funny and interesting. Black supreme leader...Lols. And one OST in particular in this one, I absolutely love. ---- About the topic, I'm glad someone picked it up. Poor Miyako.