How much do you remember about VN after you finished it?

[sion12]

i ask this because i see many thread discussing different novel and it seen everyone can remember and just join in the discusion but i cant remember anything, for example i love Rewrite/Muvluv/cross channel but i completely forgot everything except basical setting and character. heck i play some vn and stop for a few month and when i come back i have to replay again because i forgot nearly everything. this really make me question my memory

[Flutterz]

It'd take me a little while to recall more than the most important events of Rewrite, Muv-Luv or Cross Channel, but I certainly remember the basic setting. Maybe you're reading too quickly so the text doesn't stick?

[DimDito]

Often times you just feel like having forgot, because it usually won't occur to you unless you're asked about a particular part of the VN. 

[Zakamutt]

To be honest, there might indeed be something wrong with your memory. I don't know if this hits you in any other parts of life though, so there are certainly other possibilities...

 

While I don't have perfect memories of anything, I can usually remember a decent lot of standout scenes, and the general themes, of just about anything I've read. Not necessarily good, because then I can't really read it again T_T.

 

I read quite slowly in general (not super slow, but probably at like half to one-third of batman speed (although when he actually seems to focus and read the text, he's pretty much reading at my pace...) because I tend to sometimes lose focus otherwise (backlog is a godsend because I can forget what the last line said when I reach the next sometimes... I really don't know.) That might make me remember stuff more, idk. Maybe this is a thing with people who can't really into books but are ok with VNs? I read fuckloads when I was younger.

 

Tl;dr don't skim your VNs, you miss all the detail and then you post a thread saying the MC is stupid and I get depressed

[monkeysrumble]

I have a pretty awful memory but I can remember VN's I have read, it's just a matter if I'm triggering the memory or not. I can usually trigger the memory if I see something similar to a particular scene or something like that. I never actually forget about the VN though, it just just kind of sits in my head with a shit ton of other things.

[DoodlyNyan]

I personally can remember the main plot from VNs, but names, curse them, It's just so freakin' hard for me to remember names   , even if I read it for like 5 times, 10 seconds later, boom I already forgot about them.

[Katatsumuri]

I... probably remember VNs better than I remember "more important" RL stuff, Since, after I'm done, I can usually name tiny details, as well as the larger plot point, and in great detail to boot.

 

Even for VNs that I read a long while back.

[Vokoca]

I do forget details over time, but it's not like I can just re-read something and feel like it's completely new again. Even if I feel like I forgot, I usually remember when I see something related to it - that, and you simply don't forget the ending and other important plot points, do you?

 

That said, I can't for the life of me remember what was the first VN I've ever played. And it can't even be that far back, 2011-2012 I think? I know which were the first I played, but what exact one was the very first? ...not at all. That honestly kind of worries me.

[Bolverk]

I usually have a good memory of the vn's I've played. Albeit I've noticed that if I start putting 7+ hours each day into a vn I start to forget details and the overall plot much faster.

[Zephryion]

I remember the general plot. With a little kick-start, I can usually recall most details. It's fun to have everything slowly come back to you when recalling a VN, it feels like you just re-read the VN even though you didn't.

[Okami]

I remember pretty much everything about VNs that I have read, true I might need to think a little more about VNs that I have read a long time ago to recall everything I never really forget things (Except for names I often forgot them).

[ServeTheServant]

I can generally remember major plot points and CGs, but have trouble remembering the MC's name and can never remember specific quotes.  

[Clephas]

Before I passed the hundred mark, I still remembered practically everything about the ones I loved, but once I got past there... I got to the point where I mostly recalled impressions and basic plot flow, except for the best ones in the group. 

[shcboomer]

I feel like selective memory is in effect for VNs after you read enough. Sometimes the important plot points are all there, other times, just general impressions.

[Zhiroo]

I'm a very slow reader so I remember pretty much most of the important bits of a VN.

[Nyanko]

If you don't recognize the events you've read when you reread them then you might have a bad memory.. or maybe you're reading too fast? Sometimes I'm not that good with names but I do remember everything again when I reread something.. sometimes already after rereading a few sentences. 

 

I'm a very slow reader so I remember pretty much most of the important bits of a VN.

 

I have the same, I'm a really slow reader, so after reading a story it will stay in my memory for a longer time probably. Although after 2-3 years or something I only remember the details of VNs that were special to me. 

[Life]

I remember a lot about the VNs after I finish reading them. Sometimes I even remember specific scenes and quotes.

[Clephas]

lol... I can generally remember the entire scenario, if I see the first few scenes.  That makes replaying them pure hell though.  Very few VNs are interesting enough to play all the way through twice for me...

[sion12]

guhhh now i really starting to question my memory

 

If you don't recognize the events you've read when you reread them then you might have a bad memory.. or maybe you're reading too fast? Sometimes I'm not that good with names but I do remember everything again when I reread something.. sometimes already after rereading a few sentences. 

 

nah i remember the event when i reread them or jog my memory with somthing just that i can remember much out of the top of my head. for example i read rewrite when it first translated, without refreshing my memory with vndb or wiki but i only remember a few character and they have super power and somehow the world kind of ended and that about it

[Freestyle80]

IF the VN interesting like Grisaia i'm confident i'll remember the funny parts,important parts for the rest of my life but the less interesting ones i prolly forget soon enough. Thats how it is for me for more or less everything xD

[InvertMouse]

It would depend on how good the VN was for me. I remember quotes from Narcissu, while other VNs I can no longer even remember the names of. It also depends on how long the game was. With Ever17, I can remember some key scenes, but not some of the specific details .

[Nyanko]

lol... I can generally remember the entire scenario, if I see the first few scenes.  That makes replaying them pure hell though.  Very few VNs are interesting enough to play all the way through twice for me...

^This. I've had this disappointment every time I tried to reread something. I thought I forgot enough to enjoy the second read but I always remember too much after reading the first part. This is also what made anime adaptations really annoying for me. Before I started reading VNs I already watched some adaptations, I'll never make that mistake again.. because you always remember too much, even after a few years..

 

nah i remember the event when i reread them

If you look at it this way, forgetting about things isn't that bad at al, if you can enjoy a story as much for a second time that way. But it seems you also remember the scenario again if you reread it, so... apparently you did lock it somewhere in your head.

[Zhiroo]

^This. I've had this disappointment every time I tried to reread something. I thought I forgot enough to enjoy the second read but I always remember too much after reading the first part. This is also what made anime adaptations really annoying for me. Before I started reading VNs I already watched some adaptations, I'll never make that mistake again.. because you always remember too much, even after a few years..

 

If you look at it this way, forgetting about things isn't that bad at al, if you can enjoy a story as much for a second time that way. But it seems you also remember the scenario again if you reread it, so... apparently you did lock it somewhere in your head.

 

I've seen Clannad, F/SN(Yes I know it's bad compared to the VN), Kanon, AIR(Haven't read the VN yet), Steins;Gate(Still not read it), Chaos;Head and I still enjoyed the VNs yes there were certain points I remembered a part from the anime but it didn't stop me from enjoying those VNs

[Kimanor]

Completely depends on the vn. Sometimes I remember nothing, and sometimes it's Hoshizora no Memoria, where I have forced myself to remember every line of dialogue from Mare and that other girl.

[hussien-11]

by a short time, I remember everything important, but with time I forget a lot of details. I don't know why, I was not as forgetful as I am these days, maybe because of life pressure and stress.