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Southlight

United States11768 Posts

June 04 2010 14:19 GMT

#6221

Yeah 'cause if you're gonna go with a list of what I presume are yet to be translated or a list of "go figure it out yourself" I'd give you things like Cartagra/Kara no Shoujo and Muramasa and Oretsuba and and and...

:x

Otherwise you're quite limited in options 'cause only the most foolhardy venture to t/l a whole VN.

Planetarian was quite awesome, though, for such a shorty :D

Oh, now that I think about it, though, I highly recommend Ever 17 (translated), and I believe Cross Channel is also highly touted (also translated). I never could get myself into CC though, for some reason.

triangle

United States3803 Posts

June 04 2010 14:22 GMT

#6222

Actually, I'd also like VN recommendations, since I now have some time. I've read Planetarian, Narcissu, Ever 17, and Umineko 1-5

Edit - I definitely need translated lol :p

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

June 04 2010 16:38 GMT

#6223

Oretsuba apparently has a fan translation project going, and since Muramasa is Nitro we might see one eventually :p

Of ones I know that has translation for sure, Saya no Uta and Chaos;head. If you don't might it also being a game and 18+, Eien no Aselia. Hm what else...there was something I threw at people...oh yeah Utawarerumono also has translation and imo game > anime there. Then the two Sharin no Kuni games aren't bad, though Southlight might disapprove

Umineko 6 still stalling?

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

June 04 2010 16:44 GMT

#6224

I think Saya no Uta was vastly overrated, but maybe that's just me. I despised Chaos;Head.
Sharin no Kuni was okay, I think it's also overrated but meh.

o/

Shooting 'em down, one at a time, yep, that's me!

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

June 04 2010 16:54 GMT

#6225

Just different levels of par~

So few things that I know be translated for a fact though...oh actually Inganock was translated a while back, now that I think about it. So anything from that series from Liar-soft...well the latest one was somewhat weak ><

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

June 04 2010 17:07 GMT

#6226

Let's see, based on this list
http://translationlibrary.blicky.net/ff/ff_visualnovels_01.htm

Um, wow, that's a really crappy list, poor fellows.

Inganock, Sharin no Kuni, Saya no Uta, Higurashi, Utawarerumono, and Tears to Tiara.

There're a lot of good ones in the "In Progress" list but I dunno peoples' tolerance for those.

Lucumo

6850 Posts

June 04 2010 17:17 GMT

#6227

On June 05 2010 02:07 Southlight wrote:
Let's see, based on this list
http://translationlibrary.blicky.net/ff/ff_visualnovels_01.htm

Um, wow, that's a really crappy list, poor fellows.

Inganock, Sharin no Kuni, Saya no Uta, Higurashi, Utawarerumono, and Tears to Tiara.

There're a lot of good ones in the "In Progress" list but I dunno peoples' tolerance for those.

I played Tears to Tiara and it's actually pretty decent. Ok, the sex scenes suck(partly because the character drawings are plain bad sometimes), but you can skip those, so it's no problem.

I especially liked the music and the timing of it.
+ Show Spoiler +

Southlight

United States11768 Posts

June 04 2010 17:23 GMT

#6228

Decent story, decent gameplay, it's a decent VN, I think the anime portrayed it fine though so I'd be torn if asked whether to recommend the VN or the anime. I guess it needs to be stated that both Utawarerumono and T2T are both games, as opposed to VNs, and it's why I'd recommend Utawarerumono - the anime also stayed true to it, but the game itself was pretty challenging. But if you don't like SRPGs like Fire Emblem and/or you're just looking for a VN there's no need to play through it over watching the anime.

neobowman

Canada3324 Posts

June 04 2010 17:24 GMT

#6229

FSN is a great VN if you ignore the H-scenes.

Also, Clannad if you enjoy that kind of story like I do.

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

June 04 2010 18:00 GMT

#6230

I thought the Utawarerumono anime was slightly underwhelming, though the OVAs add a lot of the little stuff that I wanted to see. The Tears to Tiara anime was quite good though, since we got to skip the whole middle of game where they were just doing nothing

Tears to Tiara on the PS3 was pretty as hell though, to the point where I was considering to get that fandisk/expansion/whatever for it. Also funny how one of the faerie maids underwent complete transformation from PC to PS3/anime~ Now if only Leaf will push for a Kizuato/Shizuku anime.

Oh what the hell let's just push Inganock, maybe if more people read that we'll see people work on the rest of the series. I know people didn't quite like Sharnoth, but as a sucker for the Count of Monte Cristo I can't stop recommending that one

So yeah, if people want read something, go for Inganock first.

bearbuddy

3442 Posts

June 04 2010 21:18 GMT

#6231

On June 04 2010 22:07 Oddysay wrote:
gantz and psyren are clearly not the same . yes the start look the same but after the first arc end the story realy change . psyren pg-13 ? maybe at the start . because that realy bloody the more you read . and after chapter 90++ that totaly seinen .

random page from a later chapter :
http://read.mangashare.com/Psyren/chapter-101/page010.html

you need to read more of something before say they ripped the story from something else . i cant spoiler the psyren story but they realy got one amazing story the more you read the manga .

im following gantz too and that pretty good also .

Okay, let me rephrase that. The premise of Psyren is taken from Gantz. The author of psyren even got the-- let's gather a group of strangers together to perform a mission that has monsters in the way, in a place with no one else. The newcomers do not believe anything the protagonist say, wonder off on our own, get killed, and look awe.

This cannot be a series of coincidences.

Blood on the wall with the bodies blurred and blood under the door does not make it seinen. Blood is everywhere in shounen titles (though not on TV because of censorship). Not to mention Psyren is published on the weekly shounen jump, the epitome of shounen series.

This is not to say that Gantz is the more mature title. In fact, I can see 12 y.o. reading it and go, lololol boobies. Hence, I refrained from slapping the shounen and seinen genre and labeled it R and pg-13 instead.

On June 04 2010 22:47 Lucumo wrote:
Started watching RD Sennou Chousashitsu aka Real Drive(first two episodes) and Aoi Minamo is so annoying. Will she change and won't there be any more panty shots(those really piss me off)?

Aoi stays pretty much the same -_-b. The badassness of her brother is there to counteract her foolishness.

triangle

United States3803 Posts

June 05 2010 00:31 GMT

#6232

Huh.

Well, maybe I'll try Katawa Shoujo as a VN.

Taku

Canada2036 Posts

June 05 2010 01:31 GMT

#6233

Man, Angel Beats! is so ridiculous now...

Mystlord

United States10264 Posts

June 05 2010 04:08 GMT

#6234

Lol Angel Beats. I don't even know what to say. I don't even know what to say. I can't think of what to say... LOL.

Lucumo

6850 Posts

June 05 2010 05:02 GMT

#6235

On June 05 2010 06:18 bearbuddy wrote:

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Aoi stays pretty much the same -_-b. The badassness of her brother is there to counteract her foolishness.

Thanks, good to know -_- Gonna drop this then.

Gliche

United States811 Posts

June 05 2010 05:17 GMT

#6236

Angel Beats seems to be just pulling plot twists out of thin air now. At this rate, for the last episode of the series they might as well + Show Spoiler +

just have everyone reincarnate into episode 1 of The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya.

FragKrag

United States11566 Posts

June 05 2010 05:22 GMT

#6237

Yeah I have no idea why they chose that direction in Angel Beats.
+ Show Spoiler +

I guess they may want to wrap up the show in one season?

Ecael

United States6703 Posts

June 05 2010 05:41 GMT

#6238

I am probably just going to buy the novel and read all the back stories to see if that makes AB any better lol.

Netherlands12045 Posts

June 05 2010 06:54 GMT

#6239

hello there anime thread, im pretty new to this thread and right now i need a good anime to kill time.
I prefer some echii/comedy/cute type of thing OR some super psychology thinking such as Ghost in the Shell stuff...(no honor please)
Not that much into battle/action anime and hv no fun with mecha and sport.

thanks before hand ^^

FragKrag

United States11566 Posts

June 05 2010 08:23 GMT

#6240

Just finished watching Whisper of the Heart and I have to say that it is pretty damn good. I don't really know why I liked it since it seemed a bit average in every way a lot of the time, but whatever.