A place to discuss Visual Novels (VNs). WIP.
A backup community in the event Reddit goes downhill even further. Join and post on this outpost if you’d like to contribute!
Provisional Rules
Looking for VNs more tailored to women or with actual, fleshed out male characters? Check out the Otome Games community here!
Looking for a community to discuss VN development with other devs, or connect with them and find a crew? Check out this community here!
Need less pictures and more words? Check out the Light Novel community here!
That cat's face in the last panel makes this meme perfect.
It's not much, I know, but it's a start.
Hopefully I'll be able to play SCA-DI's works (replay H2O for learning, then get on the Subahibi/SakuUta/SakuToki etc.) along with other famous kamiges and great games alike (WA2, Majikoi, etc.) in time.
Longer write-up over here for those curious. Credits to u/Orixa1's post for the original encouragement, though the creeping censorship in localization certainly helps motivate one.
It's certainly not perfect and there are a few scenes that show their age but Majikoi as a series is a wonderful story about friendship and self improvement. Ended up reading through most of it (first game, S and A disks) in a month or so. Definitely worth the read.
As for JP learning, I'm taking a less structured approach for now. I did start with all the basics (kanas, some kanji, grammar) but I mostly moved to practice by reading as I have a serious problem staying focused when studying at the moment. I want to go back to that eventually but for now it's just: use use use. And hey, it does work - slowly, sure, but I can read more than I did a year ago.
Thanks for the suggestions, I'll note them down for when I'm ready to go back to proper learning.
Sounds great, I'll check it out! And try your method of reading while studying, too~