OriginalRen

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I'm not against free speech on this forum, but threads that specifically target religious/political discussion hardly seem like they would relate to visual novels or Japanese 2D animation. Having a discussion such as this outside of the forums seems okay, but I really don't want to see America being attacked, seeing as I was born here and actually respect my country in some ways. Jokes aside, this thread seems like it will turn into a mudslinging contest about America; I don't think this forum is the place for that.

I'm not talking about the fan translations, I'm talking about localization, sorry.

@Nosebleed and @Clephas brought up an excellent point in a recent thread regarding a Japanese artist's views on censorship and how this affects their artwork. As quoted by Nosebleed: "Clephas basically nailed it, Japanese people have this line when it comes to obscenity that they won't cross, and many artists are very comfortable with the censorship they use in their work already." This quote is a perfect example of why I believe visual novels will never make it big in the western market. As [they] stated, Japanese people are very conservative, and for that reason translations will eventually be non-existent once all of the "popular" titles have been released. The fact that being an otaku is viewed negatively in the country and coupled with the fact that VNs are a huge dying market, I honestly see the translation scene dying out in a decade.

That isn't true. One of my best friends is an artist who frequents a lot of the main sites (including the Japanese ones), and male reproductive tutorials are very common. Yes, furry fans may draw some weird stuff, but their 3 foot penis drawings are actually pretty spot on. The real problem is the lack of female reproductive tutorials; artists have a very hard time drawing a vagina, especially ones that need to be drawn during the act of sexual intercourse.

Ask @Lewycool.

In case anyone missed this: Yum.

Get good taste you cat loving weeb.

You found the hidden surprise! Now ask Nosebleed about that reference.

@Down Tu sais bien que tu m'aimes.

Look on Mandarake by typing the following in the search bar: おまもりひまり. Also, I just looked on my proxy site and they are all available via Yahoo! Auction.

I wonder if it was just for that specific site and its services. Hmm. It's a third party proxy site so I suppose that makes sense. Thanks for looking into that for me.

That's correct. Japan's boom with the Yen has also seen an increase in EMS international shipping rates as an email stated to me from a website I order from. To provide an example, the North American, Oceanic, Central American and the Middle Eastern shipping zone has added an additional 500 yen charge to all packages being sent via EMS. Here are the new shipping charts/weights for reference: http://www.post.japanpost.jp/int/charge/list/ems_all_en.html This makes me sad.

@Down

No, but I did Hinata.

Bow before me filthy plebs. 11/10. I'd like to thank Animate for making this all possible, and @Nosebleed for constantly telling my I have shit taste in grills. We'll see who's laughing when that Shiro swimsuit figurine wrecks your entire life savings.

None that I can think of, but I definitely recommend anything that is a cross genre masterpiece.

TAKE THAT PULLTOP YAKUZA! UPLOADING ALL THE COCK@FUNCTION VIDEOS NOW!

Can you not have such terrible luck? Thanks. I'm here if you need someone to rant to on Skype.

Is this memes?

Wait, so all I need to do is make a Steam account and post Fate/Stay Night on Steam Greenlight to make everyone get a raging hard on and believe it instantly? Wow, I really didn't think it was that easy.

@Asonn + @Nosebleed Look at these kids. Trash talk OriginalRen for his poor choice in collecting and then you guys are endorsing the waste of your money. Also, that damn Umaru pillow... You and your Chinese bootlegs.

@Nosebleed You even copied the text over with all of the glorious grammar mistakes. Not even OC...what a scrub. Still brilliant though.

After reading this over (for real this time because I didn't before), I realize that this is Okami and Steve. So beautiful.

@Nosebleed You sir are on a role with dankness this week. So many shit posts; I'm proud. Also, that Okami drop is beautiful.