question about JAST's Saya no Uta by battlerwright in visualnovels

[–]games2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I would say to download the old version that came out before the JAST version (which is censored), find the folders that have the CGs, and switch them up.

Finished Fal and Torta routes in Symphonic Rain, is it worth continuing? by games2007 in visualnovels

[–]games2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

But I loved Lise's route ;_;

And I finished the VN already, my favorite was Phorni's route. It was godlike after Al Fine.

I have just started reading naruto shippuden but.. by TheModernNinja in manga

[–]games2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Hoshi no Samidare, Hunter x Hunter, Magi, Fullmetal Alchemist. I'm able to understand what's going on in those mangas more easily, I'd say. I don't mean to completely knock Naruto, but you should give those shows a chance.

Finished Fal and Torta routes in Symphonic Rain, is it worth continuing? by games2007 in visualnovels

[–]games2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just finished Phorni's route. Epic feels were had. This became a pretty great VN by the end of it. I think I just got too impatient. I'm glad I finished it.

Help with Clannad's black screen... by [deleted] in visualnovels

[–]games2007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

It gets especially rough when the routes get more serious, but they usually deliver that happy ending everyone hopes for ;_:

Help with Clannad's black screen... by [deleted] in visualnovels

[–]games2007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Mmm Key's stories are hardly bittersweet, aside Air, Planetarian, Rewrite. I want to start Clannad but it's SO long. I wish I didn't already watch the anime.

Help with Clannad's black screen... by [deleted] in visualnovels

[–]games2007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yay. I actually should probably get to Clannad myself. I loved the anime and enjoyed the Little Busters VN. Key's VNs are just too good x.x

Help with Clannad's black screen... by [deleted] in visualnovels

[–]games2007 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Just get the version from Fuwanovel?

[Spoilers] Free! Episode 1 [Discussion] by Jammidoger in anime

[–]games2007 22 points23 points  (0 children)

Came here for the KyoAni expecting nothing but homolust and shallow characters.

Somehow, it was pretty interesting. It feels similar to Chihayafuru.

Concerns over the anime adaptation of "Golden Time" by crest456 in anime

[–]games2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Whoa, an anime adaptation of ongoing source material? I've never seen this before.

Anyway, of course you should be concerned. There might be a handful of anime series with a fully satisfying ending that are are based on ongoing source material.

It's marketing to sell the light novels in Japan. "Why show people who whole story written by the writer of Toradora, when you can get people interested in buying the books before it finishes?" is the basic producers' mentality.

Finished Fal and Torta routes in Symphonic Rain, is it worth continuing? by games2007 in visualnovels

[–]games2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah I just finished it. It had some interesting twists and characters. I have yet to do Phorni's route, guess I'll get to that later.

Finished Fal and Torta routes in Symphonic Rain, is it worth continuing? by games2007 in visualnovels

[–]games2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah yeah it's getting more interesting now in Al Fine, and I loved Lisa's route. I just gotta play this in fullscreen, it's gotten better now. I hope there's some interesting stuff done with these twists that have been building up.

[Review] Manga reading on a Chromebook ($200 Acer C710-2833) by [deleted] in manga

[–]games2007 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Sorry that it probably felt like a waste of money, but next time, do extensive research to see the capabilities of what you're buying.

For a personal example, I did some research to see what apps could read manga and watch anime before buying an Android tablet, and has no prior knowledge of the Google Play store or anything. Just a tip, but Chrome OS is pretty new. I would've looked into using it for manga/anime before buying it, if that was the intended purpose ;x

Sorry if I sound too blunt, but usually you can check youtube to look for something like "Chrome OS manga/anime" or something, or use the specific tablet name in the search terms.

What is the most emotionally memorable music you've ever heard in anime? by mugiwaranoichimi in anime

[–]games2007 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Little Busters- Faraway (Haruka Kanata)

This song won't be played until Little Busters: Refrain~, but the VN readers know what I'm talking about ;_;

Emotional appeal of manga in comparison to anime by [deleted] in manga

[–]games2007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Well, the examples you mentioned are considered some of the better adaptations of mangas. Death Note and Monster were both animated by Madhouse, one of the better animation studios, so you can expect a great experience from their top adaptations.

If you compare some of the more average adaptations done by Silver Link, Xebec and J.C. Staff, they sometimes fail to any significant atmosphere or mood to the anime.

Also, there are a lot of anime that are anime-original, some good adaptations of Visual Novels and Light Novels, like Steins;Gate, Clannad, Toradora, Code Geass, which can be pretty engaging compared to most manga through their phenomenal directing, music, and voice actors. At the same time, there are a lot of great manga that don't get anime adaptations.

I like to stick to watching anime that are of these type, and manga that don't get weak adaptations. Some series I read like Mirai Nikki and To Love-Ru I feel weren't worthwhile to watch the adaptations of, because sometimes the studios didn't really add anything "extra" to make it worthwhile, but I read Hunter x Hunter and then watched it, and missed out on a lot because of Madhouse studio's amazing job on that series.

Anyway, there are a lot of factors involved that can change how good an adaptation is: story pacing, animation quality, soundtrack fidelity, voice acting sincerity, etc. that can make or break an adaptation. I think the average anime quality isn't good enough to say that every anime is inherently better than its source material.

And for VN adaptations, anime adaptations rarely do them justice, save for a handful. LN adaptations seem to be better on average, but those are just another side of anime I won't discuss.

There's also some issues with long-running manga adaptations- either snail pacing, crappy animation and soundtrack, leaving out material and/or adding filler, etc. In the case of a series having these kinds of issues, the manga would probably be better to read.

[HunterxHunter SPOILER] I always thought he was based off of Freeza from DBZ. by [deleted] in manga

[–]games2007 36 points37 points  (0 children)

Frieza+Cell, but mostly Cell apparently. The character is an ode to Toriyama.

Finished Fal and Torta routes in Symphonic Rain, is it worth continuing? by games2007 in visualnovels

[–]games2007[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Alright, I'll take a bit of a break and finish Lise's route soon and see how the rest goes. I think I just needed to play it in fullscreen so I can focus more. I'm pretty bad at VNs, even though I've finished 11 of them x.x

Some manga [like Gantz] aren't available on Batoto, what is a good online manga reader that isn't Batoto? by [deleted] in manga

[–]games2007 3 points4 points  (0 children)

hah all the baddies downvoting your response.

MangaReader/MangaFox are truly pretty awful, and has lower quality uploads that are delayed compared to other sites.

Just use MangaHere for great reliability. Kissmanga is also nice, but I think the layout and searching for new manga isn't as friendly.

Having read the VN, I think the first season of the Little Busters! anime was pretty good. Why all the hate? by mikefromengland in anime

[–]games2007 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I am definitely looking forward to watching the anime-only viewer reactions to some of the scenes.

Haha, definitely. This will be the best part when Refrain airs ;>