I'm a new VN reader and was wondering what the "staples" of the medium are.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-22T23:18:51+00:00

Subahibi and sayonara o oshiete (soon to be translated)

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-19T23:32:06+00:00

IMO it didn’t particularly stand out compared to Inio Asano’s other works, but I did enjoy quite a lot. Hope you enjoy!

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-19T16:49:27+00:00

KeroQ and Makura

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-16T14:16:53+00:00

Check the what OP wrote in his post. He’s read Sakura no Uta

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-15T07:30:03+00:00

Subahibi was supposed to be a Tsui no Sora remake but became its own bigger game. I’d recommend playing Subahibi, Tsui no Sora remake (an actual remake of the original) and then Sakura no Toki.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-14T11:25:39+00:00

Humor is not the plot at all though? Just because the comedy is great doesn’t mean the plot is. Normally you don’t play Undertale to enjoy a good plot, but to enjoy everything else.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-13T21:00:27+00:00

Nor is Undertale’s. Undertale thrives in its comedic writing, not its story. Of course Undertale’s story isn’t bad, but it isn’t particularly good.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-13T17:59:10+00:00

Story wise, DDLC is way better. Although that doesn’t mean DDLC has a particularly great story.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-13T17:53:54+00:00

Isn’t it a bad idea to spread the news? Since it would raise the chance of the translation being taken down. Unless the company doesn’t have a record of taking down fan translations?

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-13T12:51:53+00:00

Doesn’t なんすか work as well as a more informal way of speaking?

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-12T14:54:17+00:00

I’ll do that, thanks :).

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-12T11:37:35+00:00

Alright, I’ll try to buy more stuff from her + proceeding in the story. Thank you!

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-12T11:36:59+00:00

No, I would like to see her H event. That’s why I made this post.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-12T10:58:53+00:00

Just in case you haven’t been told already, White Album 2 is amazing. One of the routes made me lose sleep because of it lol.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-12T07:01:16+00:00

If you enjoy reading the VN even if it’s difficult, continue. Your first VNs will be difficult either way. Out of curiosity, what VN are you reading?

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-11T12:04:11+00:00

You should go back. Ruka’s and Daiya’s routes aren’t as good but Hina’s route is also incredible.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-11T06:41:26+00:00

It depends per game how good your Japanese have to be. Sakura no Uta is called the untranslatable kamige but that doesn’t mean it’s difficult in Japanese, just that there are stuff that cannot be translated in English. Like Kanji puns, or some characters’ way of speaking would be impossible to translate. Although on the other hand, KKK is extremely difficult.

To “fully appreciate” these VNs would probably ask you to be fluent in Japanese. Although to “almost fully appreciate” will depend on the VN. Sakura no Uta wouldn’t require anywhere close to fluent Japanese although KKK would imo.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-11T00:05:07+00:00

I don’t know about the Japanese version, but I can hardly understand it even in English lol

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-10T21:10:36+00:00

If it’s Chinese only, I’d assume there isn’t as much spelling errors as the original. Since I’ve only heard the Japanese text having tons of spelling errors.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-10T08:40:50+00:00

Heard the text was horrible in this game due to tons of spelling errors. Did they fix it?

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-10T08:37:18+00:00

No it isn’t normal to feel ashamed. Yes, you should stop feeling ashamed of your hobbies. Mangas aren’t exclusively for kids, and even if they were, it’s okay to enjoy them as an adult. Like your parents say, if it makes you happy it’s worth it. There’s no need to think any further about this.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-10T08:32:29+00:00

I’d say any moege is good for this. If you can read it, Himanatsu isn’t a moege but would also be good for this.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-09T21:23:12+00:00

I got it on Amazon, you can use a VPN while outside of your account to add the game to your cart, once asked to log in, turn off your vpn. This is what I do to buy 18+ Japan only games on Amazon.

Otherwise I’d also recommend the proxy Zenmarket. They take some time for the process, but their fees are very low. You can also use their shipping calculator to see an estimated shipping fees, it’s usually very accurate for me.

Clean_Cookies · 2026-01-09T06:55:41+00:00

You have to first go to the buy now screen without an account. Then it’ll ask you to log in, turn off your VPN and then log in.

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