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Well, I don't have anything to suggest other than Trianthology this time. Who knows if they'll actually pick it.

The current version is based on an original project which was once available under fuwanovel.se and was initially initiated by some Forums members (especially @Emi and @BunnyAdvocate), iirc. At some point, it was "integrated" into Fuwanovel.net, but in a really improvised way and thats still the case today. Unfortunately, its currently not really mobile-friendly, it has a few bugs and yes, as you realized, its game database is also quite outdated these days.
But as KosaKyun already mentioned, we work on a completely new version of it, which will address all these issues. But before we can release a new version of this quiz itself, we first want to have common base for some different features we currently plan for Fuwanovel.net. But once we have this base done, the quiz will be the first thing that will get a remake.
 

Currently I think it's still being overhauled! They'll probably give us an update once it relaunches or something. 

Frontwing is totally doubling down on the whole cute young poster heroine in an oceanic setting lol. Finished Ginka and currently reading ATRI


"I'm something of a Ginka-lover myself"

I can't contribute a lot because most of my year was spent reading the notoriously long White Album 2, the best girl being Touma, of course.
The biggest surprise for me is Mamiya. I already had some expectations for it being called a hidden gem, but I did not expect how much I'd enjoy it. One of the best VNs I've read overall.
Best support character is Sunohara, from Clannad, which I read for the second time.
Aside from WA2, my best girl was Olivia Berry, from Aojashin.

for a minute I thought I was back to /visualnovels
 

Started reading Cross Channel after @AmelieDoree's glowing review using the Amaterasu TL since it's supposed to be the only out of the three that's at least attempting to be somewhat accurate. I really like the game so far, but the TL notes are killing me sometimes.
Like what the hell is this? 1) "My stomach bug" is not a personification. 2) English has a metaphor with the identical meaning: "my stomach growls". It's even comparing the noise to one an animal makes. 3) The phrase "stomach bug" also exists in English, and means something different.
I'm usually quite lenient when it comes to TL quality, at least as long as there is some basic flow to the translated text, but when it's making me read three lines of text consisting of a wrong translation accompanied by a wrong TL note to explain a three word Japanese phrase that has an accurate three word English translation, it takes me out of the scene. So much so I decided to interrupt my read through and rant on the internet about it.
 
Edit: the next line is "like a beast". Goddamnit.

Hmm, I don't know how to help you. If you can't find anwsers here, maybe it's worth trying to get help on Shiravune's Discord server.

Hey, had to format my PC and now I can't play my save of the game. There is an option to open the save game files, but I don't know how to inject them into the game.

Idk man, thanks to all those years on the fantl circle, I managed to find a job related to what I enjoy doing. The otaku and VN industry is pretty much based on recomendations and contacts, not only skill or higher education. Hell, most professional translators worked as fan translators for years before becoming professional.

I worked a lot with fansubbing when I was younger, for free and just for fans, and that was what cemented my career as a translator. It is just like you said, we do it as a hobby in our free time, but at the same time we gain valuable techniques and knowledge that will be useful for us in the future. Nowadays I don't do fansub anymore as this is now my job, but without it I would not be where I am now.
Besides that, VN fan translations are basically what made the market exist nowadays. When I began reading them, we only had a handful of good translated vns, fuwa still had torrents and the same teams worked in different projects for free. Now, if you check VNDB for official releases' staffs, you'll see many of those translators now being paid for their work at the same time we keep getting quality VNs WAY faster than before.
Also, charging for fan translations is shady as hell.

Joke on you, most of us fan translators do this just because we want people to be able to enjoy the same thing that we do (and spreading the VN genre blah blah...). Also, good language practice for the future.
We don't do this in order to beg for money. Our day job can cover that just fine.

It always caught my attention how cheap VNs were at Jast even though they should be far more expensive based on their price in dollars, now it all makes sense. Honestly, I'm at a blast when I can buy a VN I'm interested in playing for as cheap as 30 reais.
So I'm happy Shiravune is distributing their games in other stores (specially on JAST), I hope Ryuusei World Actor and WA are made available there soon as well.

works on my machine

Reply all… long story short? I went to Alka before beginning work. I wanted to help them. They turned me away or completely ignored me depending on the person I was able to message. 
 
Alka has apparently been working on this title for 2 years now. When was the last time they gave an update? 
 
my team (2 people) have done substantially more work in 6 months than any other group who picked this up publicly. I’ll be damned if my work is published by a group who treated me and my partner this way. No problem, we will simply do it ourselves and I wish them the best with their version

It is an issue, and one that doesn't really need to happen with localized VNs.  To be blunt, compared to JVNs that haven't been localized, the prices are unbelievably cheap even in the most expensive cases.  There is no excuse for pirating localized VNs... especially since sales on digital versions are a regular thing if you just wait.

Not a bad summary, but you left out a massive reason they're not very profitable - piracy. People feel a sense of entitlement to porn, and also a degree of guilt with buying porn, so they pirate it instead. It's estimated there are 10x as many pirated copies of eroge compared to the number of units sold. Add a section of the community that is toxic and encourages piracy or discourages purchasing because they have some personal beef, and you've got a clusterfuck right there.  Whilst pirating is rife in all media areas, eroge seems particularly bad, which makes it much worse when the profit margins are so slim now.  VN translation is not a good business model, and virtually all the Western localisers do it because they're passionate about the medium, and most of the staff accept relatively poor pay for the same reason.

I'd suggest you wait a little longer, as the game is being localized by NekoNyan.

It's been a while since I've done a visual novel publisher history retrospective video. This time I'm going to do Shiravune: a relatively newer publisher with quite the catalogue. Thanks to @TheLocalWeeb for editing!
 
 

Play the game on steam
In this aimless darkness of space, this world that we’ve been placed on continues to turn.
This world was fated to end since its inception.
And on it, we mortals wait for its inevitable end.
To travel through time, one must be willing to leave everything behind and be self-centered enough to change one's own fate.
And changing one's fate means going against the very same God who placed us here.
 

Genre: Time Travel, Sci-Fi, Adventure, Mystery
 
Retrocausality is a kinetic visual novel where you encounter paradoxes, causal loops and inversions as you strive to make your dream come true. Set in Akihabara between the years 2000-2069, the story follows a group of college students who survive an anomaly only to find themselves in the midst of a temporal war.



Game Info:
Hello guys! I'm Thanatos and this is going to be my debut visual novel!
This is a short game that was inspired by Steins;Gate.
The game is now up on steam with Neoclassic Games publishing it.
Here's the VNDB link and also my twitter.
Let me know what you think about it!
 
 
Features:
Kinetic Visual Novel - In this predetermined world that we live in, there is no free will. We don't afford such a luxury. Cyberpunk setting - Dive into a futuristic cyberpunk dystopian world where everyone resides inside a structure ruled by a strict regime. Temporal War - Fights take place in ways you have never seen before, with characters inverting, completing paradoxes, and sometimes even causing causal loops. "The grandfather paradox is impossible. In fact, all paradoxes are impossible. The Everett-Wheeler-Graham or multiple world theory is correct. All possible quantum states, events, possibilities and outcomes are real, eventual and occurring." - John Titor

Now if the grandfather paradox isn't a thing, does that mean that we can we kick grandpa down the stairs?
 
Timeline:
circa 2000 - Root timeline is newly constructed with the appearance of its creator circa 2020 - Time travel is proved to be possible circa 2039 - Temporal wars conclude circa 2064 - Temporal wars begin circa 2069 - The world's first time machine is built Did reading that hurt your one-dimensional time brain? In that case, try thinking backwards instead.
 

So the Dessert de Otomate 2023 was yesterday and here are the announcements.
I borrowed the summaries from this Gematsu article. Especially for Hakuoki they probably contain more info than I could give.
 
Radiant Tale: Fanfare fandisc announced

Radiant Tale's description:
Summary: A fan disc of the May 2022-released Radiant Tale. Delivering smiling faces to everyone once more.
Radiant Tale was announced to be relased in English as well this year in Summer. If it sells well we could get this fandisc too in the future.
 
Hakuoki Shinkai: Manyou no Shou fandisc and Hakuoki: Sweet School Life port for Switch announced

 
Hakuoki Shinkai:
Summary for the fandisc announcement: A fan disc containing a number of spin-off stories and illustrations not included in the main story, such as a recollection of the events of Hakuoki: Zuisouroku.
Hakuoki SSL:
Summary: A Switch port of the 2014-released Hakuoki: Sweet School Life. The setting shifts from the Bakumatsu period to a modern era school, where you can enjoy a cheerful and slightly heartrending love story.
Hakuoku SSL also got a fantranslation patch for the PS Vita in 2021.
 
Collar x Malice: deep cover 2-part movie information:

The two movies will open on May 26 and June 23, respectively this year.
The movies will cover an original story and introduced a new character called Mitsuru Sowa (CV:  Katsuyuki Konishi ) that will appear:

They also announced that the protagonist Ichika Hoshino will be voiced by Kaede Hondo.
Collar x Malice:
 
I hope the original story will be interesting enough. I just hope they animate it properly, that Ichika is cute and that my favorite Shiraishi get's screentime.
 
Cupid Parasite: Sweet & Spicy Darling fandisc updates:

Cupid Parasite:
 
Summary: A fan disc of the goddess / marriage hunting love comedy game Cupid Parasite. The story follows the good ending of the previous game. In addition to the hidden romanceable character Peter Flage (voiced by Nobuhiko Okamoto), Melenis Levin (voiced by Yuuto Uemura) the Fate Parasite appears as a newly romanceable character. Japanese band The Biscats will once again perform the opening and ending theme songs.
Melenis Levin (new love interest):

 
I sure wonder what kind of a mess Melenis will end up being? "Fate" doesn't tell me too much. What made him a Parasite?
 
OP video and more revealed to Alice in the Country of Spades: Wonderful Black World:

 
Summary: A sequel to the September 2021-released Alice in the Country of Spades: Wonderful White World. The opening movie and shop-specific bonuses have been newly revealed.
Alice in the Country of Spades
The good old Heart no Kuni no Alice series! The Anniversary edition of the first game in the series has an English fanpatch for PC.
A very unconventional series which most might know from all the manga adaptions this series spawned which got localised around the world (I have quite a few of them in German).
 
Cast announced for 9 R.I.P.

9 R.I.P.
Summary: A slightly strange omnibus romance visual novel that unfolds in various “other worlds.”
Announced cast:
Kureha CV: Toshiki Masuda
Hibiki CV: Toki Shunichi
Kouyou CV: Suzuki Ryota
Sena: Kakihara Tetsuya
Minami CV: Okamoto Nobuhiko
Seiya CV: Tachibana Shinnosuke
Yukimaro CV: KENN
Koharu CV: Azakami Yohei
 
Very interested in this one. I remember it having to do with urban legends and I like my otome games a bit spooky.
I don't know about the large number of love interests tho. Quality > Quantity for me.
 
My9Swallows TOPSTARS LEAGUE:

My9Swallows TOPSTARS LEAGUE:
Summary: A new professional baseball league has been organized, and a team of newcomers who passed the Yakult team auditions is formed with the goal of making it the league championship.
This is the story of the romance between the protagonist put in charge of the team, and the players on the team.
The story summary, first characters, and stage portraits have been newly revealed.
 
Well. This is quite something. Tfw you have to be a baseball star aiming to win the league championship AND be an idol.
I do not know how that works but alright. Could be funny to watch honestly.
 
 
There is also something about them recruiting for the newest Altergear (non-romance branch) title. I would be surprised tho if any of the titles from this branch end up as a success.
I haven't heard anything good about the title that was already released. Doing romance-less joseimuke visual novels only works with good characters and story.
I guess we'll see...

Added some stuff to wordfilter. see how effective  it will be. 🙂

A simple question during signup like "What is the name of this site?" or "What is our slogan?" might be effective for deterring spam.