Mr Poltroon

Idol Mahou Shoujo Chiru Chiru☆Michiru
 

 
Game:
 
アイドル魔法少女ちるちる☆みちる 

VNDB Link
 
From the publisher Frontwing, this alternate-world spin-off of the Grisaia no Kajitsu series features heroine Matsushima Michiru as a Magical Girl, fighting to save the world from the Seven's Chaos. Follow along as she argues with her familiar, fails to perform all sorts of magic, gets one-upped by other idols and Magical Girls alike, accidentally shows off her panties, and occasionally dies. She has a dream, and she's going to chase it the way only Michiru can.
 
The game is produced as if it were an anime in the form of a visual novel, so it is distributed into 13 episodes. Part 1 contains the first 7 episodes, and Part 2 (to be released in December 2014) contains the final 6.
 
Intro:





Technical Details:
 
As stated before, this game is split into 7 episodes of roughly equal length. The 7 episodes, combined, comprise roughly 5000 lines of text. Pretty small, by VN standards, but I'm very slow (~25-40 lines/hour).
 
In addition to the scenario text, each episode has an OP and ED movie, a pre-episode summary of the events so far, and a post-episode preview of the next episode.
 
The game runs on the CatSystem2 engine, the same as Grisaia no Kajitsu (as well as many other Frontwing titles, I believe).

Progress: ~50/100%
 



 
Menus/Config: 80/100%



 
Scenario: 40/100%



 
Episode 2 - A Strange Exchange and a Magical Change: 94/100%



 
Episode 3 - The Other Magical Girl: 90/100%



 
Episode 4: 0/100%
 
Episode 5: 0/100%
 
Episode 6: 0/100%
 
Episode 7: 0/100% 

Movies: ?/?%




Mastering/Second QC/TLC: 0/100%
 
Schedule:
 
As mentioned before, my translation speed is very slow. Each episode takes me about 20-25 hours (translating, reviewing, proofreading, editing, head-scratching). Summaries, previews, and OP/ED subtitles will take even longer (relatively, per word), since translating by ear is much harder than translating copy-able text.
 
As a rough guideline, I'm trying to finish the script of one episode per week, and hopefully additional TL tasks, cleanup, QC, mastering, etc. will take no longer than 2 weeks after that.
 
In all, I'm hoping to finish the whole project and have a patch out by this Thanksgiving, November 27th.

Translation Philosophy:
 



 
Recruitment:
 
I don't need anyone else in order to get this project finished, but it would definitely benefit from having a good editor or translation checker, or... a Japanese humorous reference checker? My biggest concern is that sometimes there may be subtle jokes in the script that are flying over my head. In any case, I will definitely at least find someone other than myself to give the script a sanity check before I release it.

Preview Screenshots:

Translated menus & config screens, and some example scenario lines.

PC.
 
Why use TV when you have PC?

British people are a bunch of pish posh ganglings.

To be honest, I think that the changes Ren suggested would help you generally appeal to people. But I value the bluntness and the honesty, so I have to say I like it. When I see a novel project that wants a thousand dollars, I fully expect a large amount to go to the writer, to make it a more feasible task. While I do think that the explanation you wrote in this thread is much better in terms of nicely explaining things, I don't support the obfuscation of information in order to make your project seem like anything other than what it is. I approve of your choices in general as far as your straightforwardness goes. (And to be honest, I'm expecting a lot of it to go to living or 'salary' costs, so it makes you seem very legitimate when you don't try to hide the facts)

The one thing I wasnt too sold on was the part about your writing. I think you could make it clearer that you're actually quite proficient with the language. It wasn't too unclear, but you definitely undersell your skills in that regard

I downloaded the Prologue and haven't read it yet, but I'm excited to! hehe

Someone got a new one just yesterday. What reason could you possibly have to assume it's not going on anymore?

As expected of the staff. The biggest trolls around here.

Happy birthday Tigof



And of course a happy birthday to Voltaire The Loli Meister who is 99 today wowwy zowwy! :o :o

Blacker than a moonless night, darker and more bitter than hell itself... That is coffee.
 

 
 
 
I'm neither a tea or coffee person myself. I am more of a living heart attack, so I prefer to chug iced tea and hot chocolate.

I don't know what this is about, but those bees are pretty sick. Gotta love the memecenter watermark.

I don't want to point out the super awful ones from any individual because I'm not that mean. But here's some that I thought were humorous.
 

MS paint Lancer
 
 
 
 

(off centered mustache  )
 
 

I don't know who would use this signature  except for bees

nooooooo, goodbye wonderful sunflower girl. I'll miss you very much. Looking forward to this though

I know that, it's hard to stick to your character.

He still hasn't played it. And he keeps on spoiling himself. He doesn't do it on purpose, or so he claims. He's either an idiot, or is really bad at not reading stuff that says:
"Obvious spoilers ahead. Do not keep reading, you muppet"

If you liked Michiru and her route in Kajitsu, you're going to like this as well; it's pretty much more of the same thing. I just can't take Michiru seriously, and definitely not as a heroine on top of that. Her idiocy is great when she fills the comic relief character role, but in the heroine position it just has the opposite effect.
 
But again, if you liked Michiru as a heroine, you're going to love this.

This post MUST be read against one of the following background music tracks. You can choose any of the songs from the selection, but you cannot proceed to the party without reading this post to background music. These songs were chosen to match a wide range of emotional states. If you want the feels, you can find the feels. If you want the party, you can find the party.
 
Option A (Default Option)


Option B


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Option E


Option F


Option G


 
 
 

 
 
“My dream is to become the Eiffel Tower.”
 
If you recognize this quote, then chances are good that you are/have been a moderator. It mathematically follows that you’re a stellar human being and a friend to the masses. Being a moderator has its ups and its downs, but at least the money is good and the global fame helps… right? (… anybody?) Every moderator who has given time to the endless war against spam, derailing, AMA threads, and otherwise served the People’s Republic of Fuwanovel has impacted the evolution of our community. Your blood, sweat and tears have left Fuwanovel changed for the better. The dozens/hundreds/thousands of hours you gave our community – more often than not without a lot of thanks – can never be adequately honored.
 
But that doesn’t mean we can’t try!
 
And what better way to honor moderators’ work than create a party thread which is doomed to much derailing, spam, and an ungodly amount of imgur/youtube tangents? Kidding! Well. Kinda. This thread IS going to be all of the above, but it’s also a chance for the community at large to voice their thanks.
 
THE RULES
SO! Here are the rules for this party thread:
·       Party like it’s 1999
·       Have a ton of fun
·       Also take time to thank the moderators (as a whole and, if you can, specifically) for all of their time and effort. Please be sure to make at least one such post today.
·       Moderators should be encouraged to give speeches
·       Embrace the feels
·       Be a little vulnerable and say something nice!
·       Listen to your heart (when it’s calling for you)
·       Say a lot of nice things about the mods and share favorite stories
·       This thread will (theoretically) close at 11:59 PM tonight (October 3rd, 2014). You have but 24 hours!
·       Party like it’s 1999
 
 
I'd like to close with a quote from a certain fanfic. “Search in your heart. Batman is not any one person. Batman is a symbol of justice and freedom from fear of criminals. Batman can be anyone.”
 
Today, my friends, you moderators are batman. (Literally, for at least one of you.)
 

 
 
HAPPY MODERATORS’ APPRECIATION DAY 2014!

Hello everybody,
 
First of all -- I'd like to thank everybody for coming out yesterday and showing a lot of love to our mods. Many of you truly took the burden of the holiday on your shoulders and strove mightily towards that ideal of 1000 posts. We didn't make it all the way, but we did well. We did dang well.
 
 
I know lots of you wondered why I opened up a 24-hour marathon party. Granted, my internet (power) going out made it so that I couldn't be there the last few hours, but I spent the vast majority of the day furiously reading status updates and posting with everybody. I know that a lot of you got caught up with me and really brought your A-game to the table.
 
So why the thread? 
 
A lot of it had to do with wanting to send the moderators out with a bang. But also, looking at how hard everybody worked to be a part of that thread (I think we were all up waaaay past our bedtimes at at least 2 different parts of the 24 hour run ; )), I'll just leave you with a thought. Could it be possible that that thread became a metaphor for Fuwanovel itself?
 
 
Thank you for coming out and making the first-ever Fuwanovel Rock-Around-The-Clock Moderators' Appreciation Day Holiday a success. Go and sleep in peace, the madness has ended!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PNNmf0yyILs

Can't believe how much I miss this.

You're so lucky I always read everything. I would've otherwise missed it. 
You're also a bastard for stealing my song.
 
That was terribly offensive. I'll have you sued. You better get a good defense attorney.
 
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On a more serious note (if you call it that), here are my current thoughts on the mods of Fuwanovel (in my limited experience with them since the time I joined). 
 
Tay, the host of this party. 
 
-Thanks for including Monty Python as one of the tracks for this party. I was worried I wouldn't know any of them.
 
Kendjin, a guy who acts like a moderator. He often takes the role of the villain in place of other mods. This makes him look harsher when coupled with how much more professionally he acts compared to other mods (that's not saying much).
However, when not acting as a moderator, he always manages to give off a nice mood, courtesy of that avatar.
 
-Thanks for being the evil-doer for the sake of order and peace.
 
Down, the other somewhat professional mod. I'd say he likes things tidy and organized, so I'm going to assume he's one of the mods who does cleaning on the boards. Creates useful threads and likes content as opposed to useless rubbish. Anime specialist, but not VN-hophobic.
Enemy of spam and useless posts, Down is an otherwise knowledgeable guy, and as is par for the course, nice. 
 
-Thanks for being organized in an otherwise mess of a lax environment.
 
Nosebleed, the guy who interacts the most with the rest of the community, all around friendly. Acting professionally is something he tries to do when moderating and courageously fails. But that's all nice and dandy. People love him all the same. 
 
-Thanks for being a really nice guy, as if all the others weren't already.
 
Kaguya. I have no idea what the heck he is. He has told stories of his moderator duties but I have never seen him moderate myself. He also seems like a guy with a head on his shoulders. Yet another thing I've never seen him use. All I have is myths and legends. I look forward to one day seeing you do stuff. (All the trolling [with a positive connotation, nothing prejudicial] and spamming he has done has been omitted for the sake of leaving this gentleman in a positive light )
 
-Thanks for all the work behind the scenes, which I'm sure you do as you'd otherwise be useless and I'm supposed to thank and congratulate you people.
 
Beato, I've seen very little of this lurker. But it seems like she knows things and helps fix a variety of visual novel issues. Good. 
 
-Thanks for knowing things and fixing other people's troubles.
 
Steve... is not nor ever was a moderator since the time I joined. End quote.
 
-Thanks for not being a moderator and saving me the trouble of writing something witty. (yes, the others were supposed to be somewhat funny)
 
zhurai, you were not forgotten http://youtu.be/ZsqI3NOZBiM?t=5m3s.
Unfortunately for you, I know jack all of the work you've done. You're really nice. I've always found people with broken English to be the nicest. Fops like me come across as twats.
 
-Thanks for being a nice shadow hidden in the corner.
 
ilegend. I think I saw an altogether of one post from you. I've grasped your character to such lengths that I could go on for pages, but I'm sure you'd get bored, so I'll leave it here.
 
-Thanks for existing and for letting me butcher your name for over an hour.
 
Mods who I haven't mentioned, I'm afraid that I've simply hardly ever seen you around. Thanks for being mods though, otherwise this page would be barren, that'd look awful. 
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This is the part where I join the party, right? Let's add a classic just because I can, then.
http://youtu.be/O2ulyJuvU3Q
 
Anything else? Have I filled my quota yet?
Eh, time will tell.

You're so lucky I always read everything. I would've otherwise missed it. 
You're also a bastard for stealing my song.
 
That was terribly offensive. I'll have you sued. You better get a good defense attorney.
 
-----
On a more serious note (if you call it that), here are my current thoughts on the mods of Fuwanovel (in my limited experience with them since the time I joined). 
 
Tay, the host of this party. 
 
-Thanks for including Monty Python as one of the tracks for this party. I was worried I wouldn't know any of them.
 
Kendjin, a guy who acts like a moderator. He often takes the role of the villain in place of other mods. This makes him look harsher when coupled with how much more professionally he acts compared to other mods (that's not saying much).
However, when not acting as a moderator, he always manages to give off a nice mood, courtesy of that avatar.
 
-Thanks for being the evil-doer for the sake of order and peace.
 
Down, the other somewhat professional mod. I'd say he likes things tidy and organized, so I'm going to assume he's one of the mods who does cleaning on the boards. Creates useful threads and likes content as opposed to useless rubbish. Anime specialist, but not VN-hophobic.
Enemy of spam and useless posts, Down is an otherwise knowledgeable guy, and as is par for the course, nice. 
 
-Thanks for being organized in an otherwise mess of a lax environment.
 
Nosebleed, the guy who interacts the most with the rest of the community, all around friendly. Acting professionally is something he tries to do when moderating and courageously fails. But that's all nice and dandy. People love him all the same. 
 
-Thanks for being a really nice guy, as if all the others weren't already.
 
Kaguya. I have no idea what the heck he is. He has told stories of his moderator duties but I have never seen him moderate myself. He also seems like a guy with a head on his shoulders. Yet another thing I've never seen him use. All I have is myths and legends. I look forward to one day seeing you do stuff. (All the trolling [with a positive connotation, nothing prejudicial] and spamming he has done has been omitted for the sake of leaving this gentleman in a positive light )
 
-Thanks for all the work behind the scenes, which I'm sure you do as you'd otherwise be useless and I'm supposed to thank and congratulate you people.
 
Beato, I've seen very little of this lurker. But it seems like she knows things and helps fix a variety of visual novel issues. Good. 
 
-Thanks for knowing things and fixing other people's troubles.
 
Steve... is not nor ever was a moderator since the time I joined. End quote.
 
-Thanks for not being a moderator and saving me the trouble of writing something witty. (yes, the others were supposed to be somewhat funny)
 
zhurai, you were not forgotten http://youtu.be/ZsqI3NOZBiM?t=5m3s.
Unfortunately for you, I know jack all of the work you've done. You're really nice. I've always found people with broken English to be the nicest. Fops like me come across as twats.
 
-Thanks for being a nice shadow hidden in the corner.
 
ilegend. I think I saw an altogether of one post from you. I've grasped your character to such lengths that I could go on for pages, but I'm sure you'd get bored, so I'll leave it here.
 
-Thanks for existing and for letting me butcher your name for over an hour.
 
Mods who I haven't mentioned, I'm afraid that I've simply hardly ever seen you around. Thanks for being mods though, otherwise this page would be barren, that'd look awful. 
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This is the part where I join the party, right? Let's add a classic just because I can, then.
http://youtu.be/O2ulyJuvU3Q
 
Anything else? Have I filled my quota yet?
Eh, time will tell.

Seems like a good day to revive a dead topic, don't you think? Fantastic weather, if I do say so myself.
 
Sekai Project has clarified a bit of information on the Grisaia no Kajitsu release we'll be getting, and so, I've aggregated everything I've found. 
-It'll be released on Steam. 
-It'll be the Vita version. It'll not have H-Scenes. It'll instead have extra scenes.
 
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->No 18+ Patch plans
http://sekaiproject.tumblr.com/post/97546989591/since-youll-be-releasing-the-all-ages-version-of 
They state Steam doesn't let them release an 18+ patch. Probably a misunderstanding referring to upgrading the game on steam since this goes against an earlier statement by another member of staff (Raymond Qian - RQ on the Sekai Tumbler, who also answers some questions, note the signature):
https://twitter.com/dobacco/status/496741478337482753
Also note that that statement was made back in August, on twitter. It is liable to inaccuracy's and mistakes.
 
->The Version on Steam will be the Vita
http://sekaiproject.tumblr.com/post/97599164916/i-recently-read-your-answer-to-an-anonymous-asking
http://sekaiproject.tumblr.com/post/97604658311/sorry-i-am-confused-about-a-previous-post-referring-to
Here they talk about how it's going to be the Vita version. 
This Vita version was made by the same company who made Grisaia in the first place. It does not have H-Scenes, it instead has extra scenes.
This is an image of the game that is being brought to Steam (no H-Scenes):
NSFW



 
->Conflicting statements
http://sekaiproject.tumblr.com/post/97607478316/so-are-you-ruling-out-the-possibility-of-an-18
Please note the miscommunication between different members of the Sekai staff.
https://twitter.com/dobacco/status/486377261679919104
 
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Now for my personal opinion. 
Releasing a game with H-Scenes on Steam would probably do more harm than good (not to mention it wouldn't be allowed in the first place), so I'm very pleased with the fact that it'll be the Vita version. 
At least for now, it appears the staff's either divided or their plans have changed since back in August, no uncensored version is in sight, probably since there is nothing to uncensor, as the story has been rewritten to not include said scenes in the first place. 
That image is also clear proof that the adult humor isn't going anywhere, so the story won't be hurt there. 
The main, story-wise problem with this version is Amane's route, who actually uses the H-Scenes for something useful. It was written by Frontwing, so I'll just have blind faith myself. 
 
Finally, I'll just say this. If it does turn out to be a problem, the fans can always do their magic and put H-Scenes back in.
The version being put on Steam is for the masses, who wouldn't really know what they're missing. Not for us hardened fans who want H-Scenes everywhere for no good reason and have already read the bloody thing.