Novelaer

There was a thread a while back that discussed another game which is using a similar engine.
 
A tool called will_con should be able to extract the text from the scripts.
 
You can find it under item 009 over here.
 
To use it, put the game's Rio.arc file in the same folder as the will_con tool and run it.
You'll see a bunch of txt files which contain the extracted text from the game scripts.
Since will_con can only handle extraction, you'll have to look elsewhere to re-insert a translation.

I'll go ahead and link you (or whoever is helping you) to the Data Extraction Thread, where you can find some tools to extract the data of .arc files. And I'm kind of guessing here, but I've found that se.arc usually contains sound effects. I've encountered se.arc twice I think, and both times it contained sound effects. But I could be wrong. Anyway, good luck with the translation!

Totally relevant to the discussion:

And that is why 2D imoutos will always be superior.
If it wasn't clear before, this thread is for imouto-chara, not for rl-imoutos.
 
You see 2D Imoutos are eternal, that's their beauty, that's why they'll never compare to 3D ones.
 
And Yukiru a loli would still call me onii-chan, only an infant would call me onii-tan genuinely, and i'm not interested in them at such a young age
At least not in that way. I'll appreciate them as an adorable existence and show my love for them though.
Of course when they become fully fledged lolis you can love them all you want.

Hatsuyuki Sakura



 
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Not sure if there are any solid explanations for それ and これ in regards to what you are looking for. Just stick with the basic idea that これ = this それ = that. 
 
In regards to your specific example, yes, それ is referring to 目の前に元気な桃花がいれば. 
 
The reason it uses それ instead of これ there is more or less the same reason we would use "that" instead of "this". It has a more distant feel than "this". It uses that in this case since it's like "that is an answer right?". これが答えだろう would say "this is an answer right?". I don't really know how to particularly answer your question since this is a very case based thing in my opinion and there aren't particularly any set rules besides the basic definitions of the words. 

Great. Another HakoMari reader. Love the series. Totally my favourite of all times. Can't wait for volume 7 to get released! 
I'm always in for a good talk about good light novels.
 
 
 
Thank you. I've been studying Japanese for three years now. 
 
 
Thank you. ^^

Welcome to Fuwa! I hope you'll enjoy your stay here! 
  I've been waiting for someone like you! 
Have you read HakoMari? I'm always looking for LN fans to recommend this to, but they are very few as of late. Most of the otakus that I've met are into VNs, manga, anime and games. I rarely see people that read LNs, and if they do, it's usually due to an anime adaptation. 
 
If you haven't, then I highly recommend you to read Utsuro no Hako to Zero no Maria (or HakoMari for short!). HakoMari is the best work of fiction I've ever seen, not just the best light novel. You should definitely give it a shot, if you don't mind it being very dark. It's one of the very few things that I would call a masterpiece. The way the author writes really draws you into the deep and complex story. He loves to lead you in with clues and then surprises you at every turn.The characters are all fleshed out and very unique. You're gonna be in for a treat. 
MAL: http://myanimelist.n...o_Zero_no_Maria BakaTsuki: http://www.baka-tsuk...o_Zero_no_Maria