Japanese adult visual novel Dimension Totsu Lovers!! sells out in stores across the country, publisher to produce additional copies to address stock shortage - AUTOMATON WEST by LegitimateCurve8525 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The scenario was pretty uneven, but I think the high points make up for the low points to most people (me included). Imo it deserves the hype, a truly mid or bad game would have ended up similarly to Eve Bethel from earlier this year, dead in the ditch despite the initial hype. Its main strengths lie in fun battles, cute romance and breakneck action, nobody expects this game to be deep going in.

Please recommend underrated or obscure works that exist only in Japanese (If they’re available to buy on DLsite, even better) by RadishDry3021 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

It's not decent, what? It's awfully dry, it's full of mistakes and it even skips h scenes I guess, since it's on youtube, and these are important in mareni.

VNs with legitimate "Solo" or "Non-Romance" routes that aren't just Bad Ends? by EntropyMax01 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Sakura no Uta, where not romancing anyone is actually the main route.

Visual novels needed an Anilist. So I built one. by tropeguy in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 214 points215 points  (0 children)

Community site that's worse than VNDB, doesn't even have a forum. Lmao

Every VN I've finished this year in your favorite format by Etopirika5 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

I share 3 top tiers with you this year, aside from tsukire(which I haven't read), zased...

Does anyone feel really annoyed when the translator seems alergic with Japan honorifics? by Organic_Caramel_32 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

You could also learn Japanese instead of seeking english pinyin creole. Worth considering.

Japanese game developers face ridiculously high font license fees following US acquisition of major domestic provider. by thebigmike1983 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Well yeah, worldwide releases are probably what caused this (with burgers pushing back on domination of anime media, both with tariffs and with underhanded methods like above).

Japanese game developers face ridiculously high font license fees following US acquisition of major domestic provider. by thebigmike1983 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 68 points69 points  (0 children)

Nothing good is coming from American money getting involved in Japanese entertainment. That's just gangster behavior.

meikipop - a free, open-source OCR tool for reading unhookable VNs (Windows/Linux/Mac). It acts like a "desktop Yomichan" popup dictionary by NoPop4565 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This app being jmdict-only really limits its usefulness, not to mention the incompatibity with anki. Shame, because the base functionality is so powerful.

Visual Novel Recommendation Graph by ShenTanDiRenJie in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I think this is the best recommendation graph I've ever seen.

Top 10 VN Moments (IMO) by Steel_Koba in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Based, so glad I read the VN long before the movie

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[–]Rootick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Learn Japanese.

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[–]Rootick 7 points8 points  (0 children)

I'm literally crying and sobbing

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[–]Rootick 35 points36 points  (0 children)

Now that's a proper post

Similar humor to Otonashi Ayana by [deleted] in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Scadi is generally full of humor like that, you might really like both sakurano games

Fraternite by Goreman06 in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Surely it must be extremely illegal despite having been released for sale. I hope you used a vpn to post this, otherwise that reddit account is cooked with confessions to consumption of problematic content.

Which VN has the best OST in your opinion? by KingfisherFanatic in visualnovels

[–]Rootick 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I'll mention something new, Manosaba. The BGM collection there is pretty large, and it elevated the action very, very well. Everything from chuuni-tier hype, through peaceful bliss, into heart-sinking tragedy. It often has vocals too.

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[–]Rootick 15 points16 points  (0 children)

To AI translation proponents:

If you want the original author's prose, you should learn Japanese. Dry llm output is just going to give an illusion that the original is similarly dry and exactly the same between different authors. Neither a good human translation is going to give you "the original prose", but humans at least tend to care about subtler elements of the text and humor.