Fred the Barber Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 I'm trying to set the hooks for various flagship VNs with existing English translations in as few words as possible. I'm not looking for a summary, nor even themes. Rather, I'm looking for the hook: whatever sells the VN as appealing; the word or words you would always utter when explaining what a VN is about. The briefer you can say it, the better. The acceptable maximum is six words. Here's a few examples of my own (maybe more will come tomorrow; this isn't actually that easy, in general): Comyu: absurdism and giant robots Little Busters: friendship Clannad: family The rules are simple: the VN whose hook is described should be good (otherwise, why bother?) the hook must be at most six words So write one and post it. Six words is a hard limit, because constraints encourage greater creativity. I'm mostly interested in VNs with an English translation, but if you've got something to share, go for it. Ioruko 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ヤミハナ Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 G-Senjou no Maou: Mind-bending mysteries Cross Channel: Loop Shikkoku no Sharnoth: Steampunk + Victorian = Great Fate/Stay Night: Sakura best girl Euphoria: Suzu Fanatic 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Funyarinpa Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Umineko: Without love, it cannot be seen Fred the Barber, Tyr and Silvz 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
littleshogun Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Interesting topic, although I don't know if I could make it correctly though. But, let me try a few, although it may be come as overgeneralize though, and I'll also give my short comment about VN if there was a need in bracket. Beat Blade Haruka - Sex with your ninja (Although I'd interested because magical girl resemblance though, especially with transforming Haruka) Yurirei - Yuri Cupid (It's one of the title chapter in game too) Muv-Luv Alternative - Attack on BETA (Since it's said that MLA was the inspiration for Attack on Titan manga, might use BETA as replacement for titan. It might still wrong though) Koichoco - School politic (Mainly in regard of election) Steins Gate - Time travel Kira Kira - Travelling All-Girl Rock Band (Although one of them was trap aka our MC though, and the music sound like J-Pop from some reviewer) Soukoku no Arterial - Yu-Gi-Oh and Survival (Had card battle obviously (Better than Princess Waltz, go get Soukoku even if the narration patch right now was machine translated one), and the plot was trapped in another world) Eiyuu Senki - Historical harem (You're in the world with all of major historical character were girl, and you the only man. Your goal was to conquer the world and got the girl. Go figure) Never7 - The Moege of Infinity (It's first infinity series, and before the genre shift most scene would be not out of place in any recent moege (I think)) Ever17 - Escape from Underwater Park (Quite obvious, and the most famous of Infinity series) I think I could describe all of those above. Feel free to correct me if those description were wrong though. Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcadeotic Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Ourai no Gahkthun - Radiant brave and badassery Grisaia no Kajitsu - School life with a twist Noble Noodle Works - Hiring an ojou-sama's brother Dracu-riot! - Vampires, Slice of Life and action Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nashetania Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 50 minutes ago, Arcadeotic said: Dracu-riot! - Vampires, Slice of Life and action More like... Never arriving translation ヤミハナ and Silvz 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
babiker Posted March 13, 2016 Share Posted March 13, 2016 Monster Girl Quest: This has plot PLZ BELIEVE ME Rewrite: Too long; Would still Reread <3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted March 13, 2016 Author Share Posted March 13, 2016 Awesome! This is actually helpful for something I'm working on, and I'm going to directly use a few of those. Oh, and by the way, even if somebody's already done one, feel free to do it again. I'm betting this is the sort of thing where you can get a few completely different takes on the same thing. A few more from me: Fate/Stay Night: Magicians and their Heroic Servants battle Symphonic Rain: The rain never stops. Deus Machina Demonbane: giant robot vs. eldritch horrors Still working on a good one for Majikoi... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barktooth Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Rewrite: Explore the mysterious alleys of Kazamatsuri Sharin no Kuni: Help reintegrate 3 girls into society Katawa Shoujo: The feels are intense Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawasumi Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Euphoria: like SAW but with sex DarkZedge and Dergonu 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scorp Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 If it was only sex... It would not be so infamous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kawasumi Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 1 hour ago, Scorp said: If it was only sex... It would not be so infamous sex is a pretty broad term you know Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyr Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Dustmania Grotesque: brain fuck Vorathiel, Kawasumi and FinalChaos 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dergonu Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Grisaia no Kajitsu: Does the routes start soon?.. Kono oozora: THIS IS A GLIDER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zalor Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 Swan Song: Humanity sucks Narcissu: Suicide ftw Kanon: Tragic girls in snow Saya no Uta: you're crazy and have sex with a grotesque disfigured monster Sayonara wo Oshiete: You're crazy and reality isn't real Kawasumi and FinalChaos 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyr Posted March 14, 2016 Share Posted March 14, 2016 I don't think obvious spoiler should be part of the hook... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted March 14, 2016 Author Share Posted March 14, 2016 Actually, the text on the back of the disc release for the Steins;Gate anime does a fantastic job at this, and as I recall, the second one is used in the VN intro as well. I can't decide which of these is better, but I love them both: The microwave is a time machine. He should have been more careful. I was struggling with Gahkthun for a while, but then I realized what the real emotional hook of Gahkthun is, and a concise answer followed immediately: Nikola Freaking Tesla finiteHP and Canicheslayer 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vorathiel Posted March 15, 2016 Share Posted March 15, 2016 Majikoi - Sex, laughs and martial arts Kara No Shoujo 2 - Village part is the best/worst Phenomeno - better wear a diaper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginSmasher Posted March 16, 2016 Share Posted March 16, 2016 I have my own description of Comyu. Too much red color. Canicheslayer, DarkZedge and TigerNex 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Youko Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Grisaia: tormenting tsunderes since 2011 Lonely Yuri- winning the most accurate name award Yume Miru Kusuri- guilt limiting you to one route Vorathiel 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyldstrykr Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 beat blade haruka: power rangers it is good enough? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dergonu Posted March 17, 2016 Share Posted March 17, 2016 Sono Hanabira (as in the first one): Onee-sama, I love you Katahane: DOLLS! Yosuga no Sora: Incest and drunk maids Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tamaki Sakura Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Hatsuyuki Sakura: She goes 'pyaa' ; I go 'baww'. Fred the Barber 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VirginSmasher Posted March 22, 2016 Share Posted March 22, 2016 Key VNs- SOL shit followed by many tears. Kara No Shoujo- mystery, brutal murders, pointless h scenes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred the Barber Posted March 22, 2016 Author Share Posted March 22, 2016 If anybody's curious what inspired this topic, I'm putting together slides for my presentation (which is in only a few days o_O) and I wanted to use these as catchphrases for the part at the end where I'm quickly going through some VNs to build a little excitement. Here's a sneak peek at a few of the better ones that I've made so far: Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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