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I bought the game off DLsite and installed the game easy enough, no problems starting the game in Japanese. But when I try and apply the patch from here I get this error: Here's the folder When I open the application on the bottom it starts the game in Japanese just fine, when I click on "koitate_en.exe" it comes up with the error message from the first picture. I haven't had trouble getting this kind of thing to work in the past, but it has been a while so hopefully I'm just missing something obvious. After extracting the patch .rar file these are the 4 files you get, I just copied them into the same folder I open the game from. I'm not sure if that's the issue or not.

I'm not sure I've read a VN that was 100% serious all the way through. Of course VNs with some serious content vary in how much comedy they have, Grisaia is loaded with it while something like Sharin has a little less. I think the general structure is some comedy or light hearted moments while you get to know the character/setting before gradually moving into more serious territory. No interesting/thrilling/dark VN story I've read has been "ruined" by having some light hearted moments in the build up.

I finally started Majikoi A-1. I started Benkei and Sayaka's route, both times I was roadblocked by Miyako "bad" ends. They were actually quite satisfying and dulled my motivation to load it back and and progress properly. I mean I probably will eventually, but the main thing I enjoyed about this VN was just seeing the gang again. I don't really care too much about non Miyako pairings cuz I'm an OTP fag, but I still read most routes because I like the characters and universe as a whole.

Finished the main story of Kindred Spirits and most of the extra ones. This VN has a really interesting presentation. First you read all of the scenes from MC/Ghosts' perspectives for the month, then after that/before unlocking the next month you read the same/similar scenes from the perspective of the side characters. Then when you finish the VN they add a 3rd layer where they show you extra scenes that may add context that was missing in the main story, but may have disrupted flow/spoiled certain plot points if they were plonked in the main story. It's a very interesting way of going about things, and in a casual Yuri VN of all places. Then again to implement this storytelling method you would need many characters with a suitably large role in the story. Many characters even have scenes from before they were introduced at all in the main story, hence the disrupted flow comment if it wasn't done this way. And since all these pairings have 2 characters with their own thoughts, some of these extra scenes that give insight could be spoiler-y if in the main story. Especially after reading their extra scenes, I really liked Aki and Youka; both as a pairing and as individual characters.

Juicy Yuuji is my spirit animal.

I've still got Grisaia 2/3 + the "OVAs" to read, but long term I definitely plan to check this out. Gonna be hard to match up to the incredible cast of the original series, but hopefully they give it the old college try. It's especially difficult to see Juicy Yuuji being topped personality wise, but I do like this new guy's fabulous character design; generally a fan of guys with long hair. Though when I was scrolling through the thumbnails on their official site I was under the impression there was no male MC due to them all looking like girls.

Been reading Kindred Spirits, first VN in a while. Nice read, all the characters are likable and fun. Main character is thankfully not a blank slate, but rather a cool and fairly unique character with a concrete backstory. As most of the game is unvoiced, the few voiced scenes can sometimes take me off guard. I kind of just mentally implant my own voices for the chars when reading the majority of scenes, based on their sprite and personality. In many cases it's a little off, and so it's kind of interesting to picture the subtle differences in how I would judge things if the whole game was voiced. It's hard to pick a fav character since everyone is so solid and likable, might actually lean towards Yuna because of how consistently cool she is. But in terms of absolute PEAK it's hard to go past

Finished Sena and Teacher's route in Noble Works. I only know of one other Short Green Haired Maid in anime/VNs, this girl: http://myanimelist.net/character/38128/Angelina_Nanatsu_Sewell She was the first thing I thought of when I first saw Sena. And guess what, her VA is in this VN! She doesn't voice many characters, so this is something. I guess she voices Sena then...nope. Ange's VA voices the teacher instead. But Sachi's VA is in this VN as well! Buuuuut she voices Makoto. All these chances to double up on the meido callously dodged. Anyways:

I still haven't read past the common route in this, but I wholeheartedly agree with that line. Since I"m skipping Chisato's I may read Satsuki's first. Will depend on how I feel when the time comes.

I used to 100% all my VNs. But over time I've lost some of my tolerance for some things, and now pick and choose what to read. With Majikoi specifically I sometimes read part of a route. I love Majikoi's characters and universe, so I'll read part of a route for unique "neutral" content, and then sometimes stop when the romance starts up. I make sure not to miss out on any unique tournaments or fun things like that just because I don't like a pairing. Yamato x Miyako is the only true pairing (the whole 85% business only made their bond stronger), but I still finished most of the others anyway. I also pick my (projected) fav route first. I take the "save the best for last" approach in several aspects of my life, such as when eating a meal. But with VNs I just lack the patience (plus there are some routes I'd rather not read at all).

By circumstantial reasons I mean "personal preferences that have little to do with the character themselves". Sometimes I don't like a pairing because of the character (most tsunderes for example), sometimes I'm fine with the character but dislike the romance for other reasons.

I can definitely see the argument for this. It's just whenever I saw Yamato with Benkei (frequently) and Sayaka (infrequently) in S, they seemed to "click". Of course in S Benkei was a bro, and Sayaka was "mutually concerned about Yukie"; but I could see both pairings working out. There are just some pairings in Majikoi I have zero interest in. It's not always even down to the character themselves, sometimes it's just circumstantial factors that turn me off.

There's approximately a 0% chance of me reading Azumi's route. Sayaka's and Benkei's routes are interesting to me though. Both of them are fairly similar to Yamato in their own way.

I stopped reading this a while ago, mainly because I found Chisato absolutely intolerable. I don't mind this character type when they're a villain, but can't stand them when they're treated as sympathetic protagonists. Also to make things worse, everyone around the MC seems to love her, and chastises him for his completely justified (occasional) dissing of her. Even common route levels of Chisato annoyed me, I can't even fathom reading her dedicated route that will no doubt portray her sympathetically. I've seen it all before. There are other things in this VN I'm not big on, but I can tolerate everything but her. How dare she ruin the childhood friend archetype for me. So, would I encounter any problems story wise if I skipped her route? Also is there a clear point at which the common route ends and her route begins? Because my last save is in the common route. I'm not sure if the transition is obvious like Grisaia, or more subtle and there's something I need to look out for.

Alright so now I've finished Shizuru's and Hinata's route in Noble Works. Reading these routes only strengthened my belief that the bromance between Shuri and Takumi is easily the best thing about this VN. I'm so salty Shuri doesn't get more screen-time. Every-time I see him I'm satisfied emotionally, spiritually and sexually. It's ridiculous how much more likable he is than his sister. The only reason I'd even wanna read Akari's route is if it had a lot of Shuri in it. Anyways, there's one interesting contrast between the Shizuru and Hinata routes that I noticed. Shizuru has a chill grandfather, but hard-ass parents. While Hinata has chill parents, but a hard-ass grandfather.

Read a fair bit of Noble Works over the past few days. After realizing she's voiced by Amane I went with Shizuru's route first. The one thing that stands out is HOLY SHIT SHURI BEST GIRL. He should have more screen-time.

Finished Last Resort a while ago. It was alright, art was the nicest thing about it. Wataru still best gril. Also started Koichoco more recently. Not really that big on any of the characters so far, but I'm gonna keep reading anyway. I was outright skipping the H-scenes by the end. I usually just skim through them quickly, but even that wasn't enough. The actual skip function was needed.

I actually really liked the "Smart guy/strong girl" set up in Majikoi. I would like it less if the main character were totally worthless, but Yamato has brains and a silver tongue which I enjoy in an MC much more then brute strength. Plus Majikoi had a much better supporting male cast than most VNs. Basically, I would like Majikoi a lot less if Yamato was super strong and all the girls around him were the tacticians.

Michiru is a great character, but I found her route the worst in the VN. That's what I need to do to people who haven't read Majikoi or Kara No Shoujo. Well, I've beat you to the punch with Majikoi come to think of it. Only one for this though, the first person I "encouraged" to start Grisaia. The process here was less screenshot intensive than Grisaia, but there were still a fair few. As for Kara no Shoujo, well, I haven't read that myself.

Oh yeah I forgot this before, but I've actually gotten 3 people and counting who hadn't even heard of Grisaia to read it based on the aforementioned screenshots alone. Kinda spammed them into submission. The first two have finished, the 3rd is reading it now and we're talking about it, which reminded me. Not sure I've done that with any other work before, and even if I have it would certainly be one person max per VN/anime/manga.

Finished Shiori's route in Koisuru. Probably the most solid of the 3 I've read so far (Shiori, Sango and Rito). They all played out in a broadly similar way, but I found the specifics in this one the most interesting. Decided I will give Umi's route a go. Given the context, I'm expecting it to not follow the same basic pattern as the other 3. Will be interesting to see what differences there are, if any.