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The AX panel schedule is up. The VN related panels are

July 4th
12:00PM-1:20PM - MangaGamer: Ryukishi Q&A
8:30PM-9:20PM - Sekai Project Industry Panel
11:00PM-11:50PM - Denpasoft: Erecting The Rise of Adult Gaming

July 5th
10:30AM-11:50AM - MangaGamer: Ohara Sayaka Q&A
1:00PM-1:50PM - Aksys Games Panel
10:00PM-11:20PM - Why Steam Sucks for Visual Novels (hosted by JAST)
10:30PM-11:50PM - FAKKU Industry Panel

July 6th
10:30AM-11:50AM - FGO 7th Anniversary x TYPE-MOON Projects
10:00PM-10:50PM - MangaGamer Industry Panel : A Look Into the Future of Visual Novels
11:00PM-11:50PM - DLsite Hentai Extravaganza

>>47020417
meanwhile on Project Sekai, they just removed all references to pusu's name and credited all songs as "ツユ". maimai and chunithm would probably follow the same.

Sekai/Denpa
NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN - In QA Testing, 2024 release
Happy Saint Sheol - 100% edited, 40% QA, Demo released
Harumade Kururu - Waiting on build
Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 40% edited, Steam page up, 2024 release
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
Sumire - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited, 70% engine work
Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 100% translated, 35% edited
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
A Maiden's Serenade - 95% translated, 50% edited
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 10% translated
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - 50% translated
Hamidashi Creative - Announced
Inupara - In Development
Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - In Development
Raspberry Cube - Announced
Wagamama High Spec OC - 15% translated

Nekonyan
Angel Chaos RE-BOOT!- Delayed after Steam rejection
Dracu Riot - Waiting on Build, Release date announcement on hold until after Angel Chaos
Melty Moment - 80% translated
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 70% edited, enging port ongoing
Kakenuke Seishun Sparking - 80% translated, 70% edited, QA started
Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated and edited, Engine port nearly finished, entering QA shortly
Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 99% edited, waiting on build
Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
Secret Project 2 - 100% translated and edited, queued for Unity port
Secret Project 3 - 100% translated and edited, 50% though QA

PQube
SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky - Announced

VisualArts
planetarian ~Snow Globe~ - June 27th release
Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release
Kanon - Announced

Dualtail
Venus Blood Ragnarok - Kickstarter started, reached goal, November 2025 release date listed

Frontwing
Lilja and Natsuka: Painting Lies - July 25th release
Revue Starlight El Dorado - August 8th release
Everlasting Flowers - Where there is a will, there is a way - August 29th release date
Sharin no Kuni - Working to resolve remaining issues

Aksys
Radiant Tale -Fanfare- - June 27th release
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch - Summer release
Virche Evermore -EpiC: Lycoris- - Fall release
Despera Drops - 2025 release

Age titles
Kiminozo - Aiming for a Summer 2024 release

Fakku
Two Beasts Or Not To Beast!! - 2.0 version, editing in progress
Forbidden Ward - In Pre-Production

Saikey Studios (mix of official/unofficial)
The Reason For Your Smile - Steam page up, Happy and NTR routes translated
Toaru Hahaoya no Ayamachi ~Yukari Hen~ - 50% translated

HyoukanOpera
Knight Case Files - Trial released, upcoming release

MAGES. GAME
Corpse Party II - Darkness Distortion - 2024 release

Voltage Inc.
Project Code Kaleido Tower - 2024 release
Project Code Neon Mafia - 2024 release
Project Code Vampire Hunter - 2025 release

B-cluster
Re;quartz Raid - 2024 release

MediBang Inc.
Cocktail Magic - Upcoming release

Kamitsubaki Studio
KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE - Upcoming release

Dayu Zixun
Voice Love on Air - Upcoming release

>>46976867
Miku has been supporting the trans character in Project Sekai. It's over.

>>46977972
Project Sekai feat. Hatsune Miku

>>46968301
I understand the need for Crypton to switch to NT and I think it's good for them to have their own engine in a vacuum, but what the hell are they doing over there that they don't have NT in a workable state yet.
Miku NT sounds okay to bad, from the Project Sekai songs using NT as well Rin also sounds meh and only Len seems remotely fine. Not even gonna mention Luka Meiko and Kaito since their NT voicebanks are atrocious.
If it wasn't for their character designs being the best, Crypton would be well and truly dead for a while.

Reminder that Project Sekai brought producers out of retirement and did more for vocaloid than any of you individually

I googled everywhere, but is Nightcord at 25 a real band? Is it a vocaloid? Is it just a story made up for Project Sekai?

There's just too much spoonfeeding going on lately. Not trying to say "muh gatekeep" because no matter what we do there will always be dumbass secondaries and trend hoppers. But seriously, do you guys not even know how to google?
>>46948892
Like come on. First of all, how do you find the vocaloid thread on jaypee on 4chan but not know what project sekai is? Second, you couldn't just search "what is project sekai" on google instead of making a post?

>>46946741
Wherever you go and whatsoever you decide upon, your future will look something like this:

You join Shiravune and contribute to translating its ongoing parade of quality licensing acquisitions, subsuming the remaining members of your team into it. Here, your name will be entangled into the annals of posterity, and everyone will smile. In the end, you'd likely be

Alternatively, you join JAST and accelerate its end goal of translating every single NITRO+ game, with a specific trajectory veering you into Gen Urobuchi's works, and pass an attempt into retranslating Gekkou no Carnevale, to occasionally then focus on quasi SRPGs/RPG VNs, of which you're already likely familiar with, given your history in working with games. Sometimes, you'll be translating this or that highly appreciated VN, too.
As an anon, you should request deployment into furthering the efforts in Django and Axanael.


NekoNyan, where your inoculation as a well informed anon will present them much needed aid qua how to not get your games banned on steam 101, and in which you'll --shouldering the hopes and dreams of people here-- translate the remaining FAVORITE catalogue, post mirai, as well picking up that which must be picked, such as in anything from the companies HARUKAZE and HOOKSOFT, to name a few.
Seeing as how you're asking this on 4chan, of all places, you'll probably have 0 compatibility as far as socio-stratums are concerned, but that shouldn't discourage you.

Sekai Project, where you will translate everything and anything, deployed to tend to their sizeable backlog. They've got relations with pretty cool producers, so a good idea. Means you'll work on worthwhile stuff.

Mangagamer: see Sekai Project, only now rather than -typically- fairly short VNs, you'll be translating rather sizeable ones, in line with things like FF.

Now, disregarding all the above, you can also do this:
A: Without a shred of irony, or any intended joke, or whatever, inoculate yourself into Daybreak translations [ they're a fan TL group ] and help pave the way forward for a potential Reminisce TL [ once they're done with the Goei trilogy ] . Discord jokes galore.

B: Chusingura anon will probably finish this VN after another 3 years. Maybe if he's looking for help, you can assist, and speed things up, to later -together with him- translate the entire inre catalogue. /vn/ blog posting every 20 minutes.

C: Become the new NTRanon. Please don't.

D: Actualize biman schizo's dreams. An ambitious objective.

E: Establish your own group, with your own friends, and translate whatever the fuck you want, reporting here for funnies. Fiasco ensues with some IPs. 'Fiasco'.

F: See [E] but now become multifarious and extend into LNs, translating their own version of 'never evers' such as in Buncololi's stuff, or editing js0 works. Sol Press rebound.

G: See F & E but now exist as a translating group with an explicit focus on one author/producer, for example Masada Takashi qua light or Mareni qua Liar-soft. Perhaps even Ou Jackson qua Novel and Wakase Ryou qua CRYSTALIA....Lucle too, or SCAJI. GHS arc 2.

H: Ignore this comment because it isn't even answering your question.

I: Become colloquial Kamige.

That is how you can put your translation skills to use for the visual novel community. Thanks for reading.

Sekai/Denpa
NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN - In QA Testing, 2024 release
Happy Saint Sheol - 100% edited, 40% QA, Demo released
Harumade Kururu - Waiting on build
Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 40% edited, Steam page up, 2024 release
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
Sumire - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited, 70% engine work
Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 100% translated, 35% edited
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
>A Maiden's Serenade - 95% translated, 50% edited
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 10% translated
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - 50% translated
Hamidashi Creative - Announced
Inupara - In Development
Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - In Development
Raspberry Cube - Announced
>Wagamama High Spec OC - 15% translated

Nekonyan
Angel Chaos RE-BOOT!- Delayed after Steam rejection
Dracu Riot - Waiting on Build, Release date announcement on hold until after Angel Chaos
Melty Moment - 80% translated
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 70% edited, enging port ongoing
Kakenuke Seishun Sparking - 80% translated, 70% edited, QA started
Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated and edited, Engine port nearly finished, entering QA shortly
Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 99% edited, waiting on build
Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
Secret Project 2 - 100% translated and edited, queued for Unity port
Secret Project 3 - 100% translated and edited, 50% though QA

PQube
SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky - Announced

VisualArts
planetarian ~Snow Globe~ - June 27th release
Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release
Kanon - Announced

Dualtail
>Venus Blood Ragnarok - Kickstarter started, reached goal, November 2025 release date listed

Frontwing
Lilja and Natsuka: Painting Lies - July 25th release
Revue Starlight El Dorado - August 8th release
Everlasting Flowers - Where there is a will, there is a way - August 29th release date
Sharin no Kuni - Working to resolve remaining issues

Aksys
Radiant Tale -Fanfare- - June 27th release
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch - Summer release
Virche Evermore -EpiC: Lycoris- - Fall release
Despera Drops - 2025 release

Age titles
Kiminozo - Aiming for a Summer 2024 release

Fakku
Two Beasts Or Not To Beast!! - 2.0 version, editing in progress
Forbidden Ward - In Pre-Production

Saikey Studios (mix of official/unofficial)
The Reason For Your Smile - Steam page up, Happy and NTR routes translated
Toaru Hahaoya no Ayamachi ~Yukari Hen~ - 50% translated

HyoukanOpera
Knight Case Files - Trial released, upcoming release

MAGES. GAME
Corpse Party II - Darkness Distortion - 2024 release

Voltage Inc.
Project Code Kaleido Tower - 2024 release
Project Code Neon Mafia - 2024 release
Project Code Vampire Hunter - 2025 release

B-cluster
Re;quartz Raid - 2024 release

MediBang Inc.
Cocktail Magic - Upcoming release

Kamitsubaki Studio
KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE - Upcoming release

Dayu Zixun
Voice Love on Air - Upcoming release

SKSK Dan
>Oji-Mama - Released

Sekai/Denpa
>NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN - In QA Testing, 2024 release
Happy Saint Sheol - 100% edited, 40% QA, Demo released
Harumade Kururu - Waiting on build
Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 40% edited, Steam page up, 2024 release
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
Sumire - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited, 70% engine work
Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 100% translated, 35% edited
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
>A Maiden's Serenade - In Editing
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 10% translated
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - 50% translated
Hamidashi Creative - Announced
Inupara - In Development
Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - In Development
Raspberry Cube - Announced
>Wagamama High Spec OC - In Translation

Nekonyan
Angel Chaos RE-BOOT!- Delayed after Steam rejection
Dracu Riot - Waiting on Build, Release date announcement on hold until after Angel Chaos
Melty Moment - 80% translated
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 70% edited, enging port ongoing
Kakenuke Seishun Sparking - 80% translated, 70% edited, QA started
Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated and edited, Engine port nearly finished, entering QA shortly
Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 99% edited, waiting on build
Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
Secret Project 2 - 100% translated and edited, queued for Unity port
Secret Project 3 - 100% translated and edited, 50% though QA

PQube
SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky - Announced

VisualArts
>planetarian ~Snow Globe~ - June 27th release
Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release
Kanon - Announced

Dualtail
>Venus Blood Ragnarok - Kickstarter starting May 22nd

Frontwing
Lilja and Natsuka: Painting Lies - July 25th release
Revue Starlight El Dorado - August 8th release
Everlasting Flowers - Where there is a will, there is a way - August 29th release date
Sharin no Kuni - Working to resolve remaining issues

Aksys
Radiant Tale -Fanfare- - June 27th release
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch - Summer release
Virche Evermore -EpiC: Lycoris- - Fall release
Despera Drops - 2025 release

Age titles
Kiminozo - Aiming for a Summer 2024 release

Fakku
Two Beasts Or Not To Beast!! - 2.0 version, editing in progress
Forbidden Ward - In Pre-Production

Saikey Studios (mix of official/unofficial)
The Reason For Your Smile - Steam page up, Happy and NTR routes translated
Toaru Hahaoya no Ayamachi ~Yukari Hen~ - 50% translated

HyoukanOpera
Knight Case Files - Trial released, upcoming release

MAGES. GAME
Corpse Party II - Darkness Distortion - 2024 release

Voltage Inc.
Project Code Kaleido Tower - 2024 release
Project Code Neon Mafia - 2024 release
Project Code Vampire Hunter - 2025 release

B-cluster
Re;quartz Raid - 2024 release

MediBang Inc.
Cocktail Magic - Upcoming release

Kamitsubaki Studio
KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE - Upcoming release

Dayu Zixun
Voice Love on Air - Upcoming release

>>46875540
The Chinese release of Hamidashi Creative is one of the bigger successes that Sekai Project has had over the last few years (and did quite well for Madosoft as well), and Madosoft's seemingly solo effort on a Chinese version of Hamidashi Creative Totsu ended up banned by Valve. So in that regards, Sekai Project ending up with Wagamama High Spec OC makes sense, and there is a reasonable chance they end up with Select Oblige as well.

The real surprise is that they are actually working on an English release here while the Hamidashi Creative Translation seemingly hasn't gone anywhere.

>>46842538
in my mind and probably no one else's, sekai is the climax of the HSE story, and then Hana/Yukari/Anon/Reimu is the emotional climax of the whole project. because I'm a nerd for this sort of thing I probably would barely even have them fight if it was up to me and it would be THE conversation that all of them could never have before
all the endings come after and could be set whenever and wherever down the line.

>>46842252
Not really? Sekai's inclusion is just a metaphor for the HSE project itself as the sisters want to mold her the way they want to and end up fighting over it when it's clear that it's not up to them.
The lunarians have zero presence in the story, so pulling a "yup, Yorihime and Toyohime are pulling up to Gensokyo when all 2hus are battered from a mega battle to swoop Sekai and Sekai, likely weakened from the revival, will be unable to defend herself and so need call up to her parents to protect her" wouldn't properly work.

Sekai/Denpa
>Happy Saint Sheol - 100% edited, 40% QA, Demo released
Harumade Kururu - Waiting on build
>Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 40% edited, Steam page up, 2024 release
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
Sumire - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited, 70% engine work
Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 100% translated, 35% edited
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
Chiisana Kanojo no Serenade - 75% translated, 35% edited
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 10% translated
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - 50% translated
Hamidashi Creative - Announced
Inupara - In Development
Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - In Development
Raspberry Cube - Announced
NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build

Nekonyan
Angel Chaos RE-BOOT!- Delayed after Steam rejection
Dracu Riot - Waiting on Build, Release date announcement on hold until after Angel Chaos
Melty Moment - 80% translated
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 70% edited, enging port ongoing
Kakenuke Seishun Sparking - 80% translated, 70% edited, QA started
Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated and edited, Engine port nearly finished, entering QA shortly
Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 99% edited, waiting on build
Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
Secret Project 2 - 100% translated and edited, queued for Unity port
Secret Project 3 - 100% translated and edited, 50% though QA

PQube
SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky - Announced

VisualArts
Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release

Dualtail
Venus Blood Ragnarok - Kickstarter starting in May

Frontwing
>Lilja and Natsuka: Painting Lies - July 25th release
Revue Starlight El Dorado - August 8th release
>Everlasting Flowers - August 29th release date
Sharin no Kuni - Working to resolve remaining issues

Aksys
Radiant Tale -Fanfare- - June 27th release
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch - Summer release
Virche Evermore -EpiC: Lycoris- - Fall release
Despera Drops - 2025 release

Age titles
Kiminozo - Aiming for a Summer 2024 release

Fakku
Two Beasts Or Not To Beast!! - 2.0 version, editing in progress
Forbidden Ward - In Pre-Production

Saikey Studios (mix of official/unofficial)
>Yaricir Kanojo ~Seiso de Yasashii Kanojo wa Yaricir no Hime Deshita~ - Released
The Reason For Your Smile - Steam page up, Happy and NTR routes translated
Toaru Hahaoya no Ayamachi ~Yukari Hen~ - 50% translated

HyoukanOpera
Knight Case Files - Trial released, upcoming release

MAGES. GAME
Corpse Party II - Darkness Distortion - 2024 release

Voltage Inc.
Project Code Kaleido Tower - 2024 release
Project Code Neon Mafia - 2024 release
Project Code Vampire Hunter - 2025 release

B-cluster
Re;quartz Raid - 2024 release

MediBang Inc.
Cocktail Magic - Upcoming release

Kamitsubaki Studio
KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE - Upcoming release

Dayu Zixun
Voice Love on Air - Upcoming release

moesoft
>Devil Girl - Released

What made Bad Apple iconic?

Project Sekai (Vocaloid expanded universe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-fc1zv31zE

Sekai/Denpa
>Kuri Kuri Click! ~My Summer Vacation!~ - Released
Happy Saint Sheol - 100% edited, 40% QA, waiting on build, Demo released
Harumade Kururu - Waiting on build
Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 40% edited
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
Sumire - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited, 70% engine work
Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 100% translated, 35% edited
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
Chiisana Kanojo no Serenade - 75% translated, 35% edited
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 10% translated
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - 50% translated
Hamidashi Creative - Announced
Inupara - In Development
Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - In Development
Raspberry Cube - Announced
NEKO-NIN exHeart SPIN - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build

Nekonyan
>Aoi Tori - Released
Angel Chaos RE-BOOT!- Delayed after Steam rejection
Dracu Riot - Waiting on Build, Release date announcement on hold until after Angel Chaos
Melty Moment - 80% translated
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 70% edited, enging port ongoing
Kakenuke Seishun Sparking - 80% translated, 70% edited, QA started
Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated and edited, Engine port nearly finished, entering QA shortly
Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 99% edited, waiting on build
Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
Secret Project 2 - 100% translated and edited, queued for Unity port
Secret Project 3 - 100% translated and edited, 50% though QA

PQube
SINce Memories: Off the Starry Sky - Announced

VisualArts
Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release

Dualtail
Venus Blood Ragnarok - Kickstarter starting in May

Frontwing
Sharin no Kuni - Working to resolve remaining issues
Lilja and Natsuka: Painting Lies - June 6th release
Everlasting Flowers - June 27th release date
Revue Starlight El Dorado - August 8th release

Aksys
Radiant Tale -Fanfare- - June 27th release
Tales from Toyotoki: Arrival of the Witch - Summer release
Virche Evermore -EpiC: Lycoris- - Fall release
Despera Drops - 2025 release

Age titles
Kiminozo - Aiming for a Summer 2024 release

Fakku
Two Beasts Or Not To Beast!! - 2.0 version, editing in progress
Forbidden Ward - In Pre-Production

Saikey Studios (mix of official/unofficial)
The Reason For Your Smile - Steam page up, Happy and NTR routes translated
Toaru Hahaoya no Ayamachi ~Yukari Hen~ - 50% translated

HyoukanOpera
Knight Case Files - Trial released, upcoming release

MAGES. GAME
Corpse Party II - Darkness Distortion - 2024 release

Voltage Inc.
Project Code Kaleido Tower - 2024 release
Project Code Neon Mafia - 2024 release
Project Code Vampire Hunter - 2025 release

B-cluster
Re;quartz Raid - 2024 release

MediBang Inc.
Cocktail Magic - Upcoming release

Kamitsubaki Studio
KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE - Upcoming release

Dayu Zixun
Voice Love on Air - Upcoming release

moesoft
>Devil Girl - May 9th release

https://twitter.com/amane_bushi/status/1786339522697134549
Hope she'll voice new character in project sekai

are all the songs in project sekai vocaloid? i like the looks of the gameplay but vocaloid songs are kinda meh to me.
ill try out arcaea since i like hardcore tano*c stuff
(i mostly like the songs from iidx/sdvx)

"Ah, there you are, Patchy! Why, when Sakuya told me that you'd actually left of your own volition, I-" Patchouli caught sight of Remi as she rounded a corner, her arms spread wide and a smile on her face. Unfortunately, it was the third time she'd heard this line today, so she had little patience for it.

"Yes, yes, Remi. I left of my own free will, I performed several important tasks, and I returned unharmed. Anything else you wish to comment on? The weather, perhaps?"

Remi raised her hands in surrender. "My, my, such a temper. I surmise that I am not the first to make this comment, hmm?" She lifted her cap from her head to run her fingers through her hair. "Though, speaking of the weather, I do find it rather cold for my liking. Is there any chance of a new Scarlet Mist blossoming any time soon?" Patchouli raised an eyebrow. "Just joking. I saw your new project in the library. Quite the spectacle, I must say. Breath-taking, even."

"And unfinished, thank you very much. No, I cannot explain it. My apologies, Remi." Remi merely nodded in understanding. "I fear I may need to apologise for something else, too. Part of my work today required me to seek out a certain individual."

"Is that right? Well, I do like a lot of individuals. Do I know this one?" Remi's smile widened. Patchouli suspected that she was about to wipe said smile away.

"I had to seek out Yamame Kurodani. While I was there, I made her aware of the need to remodel the library." She waited a moment for her words to sink in. "I may have also mentioned that money was no object. As a result, a Kurodani will be appearing here before long."

Remi did frown, but not for very long. "Ah, I see...Well, I wish you'd let me know beforehand, but what's done is done. I knew that fixing that mess wouldn't be cheap, anyway. We'll just have to show her as much hospitality as we are capable of doing. Maybe she'll even give us a discount.” Remi smiled slightly, but it was a short-lived smile. “Perhaps you should talk to me before making a decision like that, next time. Now, I'm afraid that I'll have to be off, Patchy. Sakuya's been begging me to review the Solstice celebrations for days."

"Truly a nightmare, Remi. Try not to bite her head off. Figuratively or otherwise." Remi laughed slightly, then placed a hand on Patchouli's shoulder.

"I'll have to keep that in mind for the next time you offer up all of my money, my dear friend." And with that, she continued to stroll down the hallway. “Do try to make it a little less soon, won’t you?” She called back, disappearing around a corner. So, she was a little bit annoyed. Not particularly, and she'd be over it in a day or so, but still. Patchouli began heading toward the library again, and on the way, she thought about what Meiling and Yamame had said.

She knew what she could use. She knew what would meet the criteria. Even so...It was hard to do. But when compared to the alternative of letting Sekai die, it wasn't difficult at all. Patchouli Knowledge took in a deep breath, then reached up and pulled the crescent moon from her hat. It was metal, and surprisingly weighty. She'd forgotten since she'd gotten used to the way her hat felt with it on.

Remi had given it to her. A long, long time ago. It was a thing of beauty, and Remi had said that it was a symbol of her trust in Patchouli. That she could handle the library and that she would always have a place at the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Patchouli had since thought of it as a turning point in her life. There was the period before Remi had given her the crescent moon, and the period after. Patchouli had worn it ever since. It was her most precious possession. In her eyes, it was what symbolised home.

It symbolised the life she led. And that, more than anything she could think of, was the spark of life she needed for Sekai's body.

There was little room for self-doubt in her mind. Little room for the luxury of sentimentality getting in the way of what needed to be done. That crescent moon meant a lot to her, but it meant nothing in comparison to Sekai's life. Patchouli might not have been a mother, or at least not a traditional one, but in this, she suspected that she was no different from Yamame Kurodani.

Patchouli Knowledge squeezed her hand around the crescent moon. Patchouli Knowledge reflected on what it meant to her. And then, Patchouli Knowledge dropped it into the bag with the rest of the ingredients.

Anything for the child.

Patchouli drained her tea cup and stood. "Thank you for your hospitality, Yamame. And for the answers to my questions." She patted her bag, containing the new additions to the ritual.

"Ah! Sorry, sorry, I forgot to actually get you the silk." Yamame rose from the chair too, heading over to the workshop part of her home. "No, no, no...Where are- Ah, here we are." Yamame raised her hand, containing a small spool of white thread. "I hope that this is enough for your needs."

Patchouli took the offered thread and delicately slid it into her bag. "I'm sure it will be." She nodded, then headed for the door. "Once again, thank you. This is more important than you know." She couldn't explain any further, but Yamame seemed to understand the need for restraint.

"That's okay. Perhaps I'll learn more in the future." Yamame accompanied Patchouli to the door. "I'll have to head back out to the festival in the Human Village soon, but I'll tidy up in here first. Can you find your way back?" Patchouli squinted through the column of light in front of her and into the darkness of the caves. Undoubtedly there would be someone out there who could guide her, but...

"Where does this come out?" Patchouli asked, pointing up at the hole in the roof of the cave. "I can fly."

"Ah, it's, er...Up on the mountain. Shouldn't cause any problems, but the tengu like to get all territorial about it from time to time and say that they own the whole mountain, so..." The tengu were certainly annoying creatures. Patchouli had plenty of aggravating encounters with Shameimaru to attest to that. "Well, good luck with your project. I - Or one of my family members - Will see you soon, I'm sure." Yamame gave one of those motherly smiles, then closed the door as Patchouli took to the air.

Patchouli burst out into the cold air and took a moment to orient herself. Yes, she was somewhere on the mountain, but she could see the Human Village in the distance, so she already had some vague idea of where she was. She did need a few more ingredients, though. Fortunately, none of them were particularly strenuous. Patchouli thought for a moment, then pulled Sekai's book out. The child was in a pensive mood, it seemed. Was, as in she was going off of the conversation she had seen while going through their fates. Patchouli had to remind herself that Sekai wasn't actually communicating in real time through the book. "Well, brat? Any wisdom to share with me?" Patchouli muttered to herself.


It's funny. So, Yamame Kurodani is what a mother should be like. I'm not trying to upset you, Mother, but I would love to have a mother like that. I look at them - At Anon Hakurei and Yukari Yakumo, and I just...I can't see it. Even if it wasn't for all the horribleness of the HSE, I just can't see a love like what Yamame has for her husband ever blossoming between them.


"It sounds like you could use a hug, but you're not getting one from me." Patchouli whispered. She squeezed her eyes shut. Just get Sekai out of the HSE. Everything else could come after. "And - No, I somewhat doubt Yukari Yakumo is capable of something like that." Baseless speculation was pointless, but Patchouli doubted that Yukari still remembered what true, unadulterated love was. "Time's wasting." She sighed. That was the thing about being alive. Especially as a youkai. Yukari Yakumo was old - Older than Patchouli by many hundreds of years, and as young as Patchouli was in comparison, she knew that some emotions became harder to hold onto without constant reminders. Yamame Kurodani would likely never forget, and she had enough family and reminders around her to always remember the love she felt. Yukari Yakumo, on the other hand, kept everything aloof and at arm's length. Perhaps she had been hurt at some point in the past. It wasn't Patchouli's concern. But it was very unlikely that she could be the mother any child needed, let alone the mother that Hata no Sekai needed.

Patchouli shook her head and took off. Ingredients needed to be collected, and she wanted to get back to the Mansion before sundown.

Much to her pleasure, the rest of the things she had on her list came easily. At one point, she had to frighten off a cocky fairy, but she made good time, and just as the shadows began to lengthen, she alighted at the gate of the Scarlet Devil Mansion. Meiling was leaning against the brick wall, her head tapping against the bricks every few seconds. A single coin lay in her hand, which she was idly rolling across her knuckles as she stared off into the snow. She looked pensive, too. Everyone, it seemed, was deep in thought these days. "Meiling." Patchouli sharply called.

Unlike usual, Meiling didn't startle. She looked over, then flipped the coin into the air, catching it in her other hand. "Lady Patchouli, you're back." The gatekeeper looked up at the sky. "And just before sundown."

She looked back at Sakuya. "Ancient pagans in the Outside World once said that stars are the holes in the firmament that covers the Earth, through which the much greater beyond can be glimpsed while the sun does not shine upon us. That the stars give us the tiniest view to something beyond. It is an interesting theory, is it not?" Patchouli had been ruminating recently. While thumbing through the pages of Sekai's book and pondering her existence. The viewpoint of those ancient pagans seemed very fitting, then. "Bring the theory back home. Perhaps I am attempting to recreate that worldview for myself."

"That...Worldview." Sakuya repeated slowly. Patchouli couldn't say for sure if she truly understood, but she seemed to be trying. But then, from what Remi had told her of their ill-fated trip to the moon, Sakuya did have something of a weak grasp on scientific concepts, even as they related to magic. "Lady Patchouli, I must confess that I do not understand."

"The world is a curious place." Patchouli found herself pacing. She reached an arm out toward the sky. "What if the stars let you see a different world? Someone else's world? A place that you had not considered to exist?" She spun back to Sakuya. "What if through those pinpricks of light, you could see the infinite potential? The day someone is born. The day they take their first steps. The days when they laugh and the days when they cry." Patchouli hadn't lectured anyone for a long while. Not in this sense. It was...Surprisingly enjoyable. "What if you could see everything laid out at once? A tree, with branches of experiences and leaves of emotions. The moment they experience their first breath - The feeling of freedom! A world tree made of boredom and happiness and heartbreak and learning to walk and deciding what to eat for dinner. What if you could bring that through to this world?"

"Didn't you say that manipulating the stars is beyond our powers, Lady Patchouli?" Sakuya asked, tilting her head.

Patchouli sighed, feeling a little deflated. What was the point of grand speeches if the target didn't understand them? "We manipulate not the stars, but the representation of the stars. And aside from that, I heard that there's a tengu on Youkai Mountain who can manipulate the starry sky as she sees fit. We move past the limitations of yesterday, one day at a time." She almost started to go on a tangent about time, but just barely caught herself. "Anyway, Sakuya, my point is that my current project is incredibly important, but is still unfinished." It wasn't just the spell, of course. She still needed the receptacle. A body for Sekai to inhabit. "And now, I must take my leave in order to continue my work. I need to collect several ingredients."

The thing about alchemy was that it didn't make sense. Inherently, it was something that functioned on a lack of logic. With alchemy, you could make a piece of glass bend and fold as if it was a piece of paper. You could take a piece of wood and give it the properties of tungsten. So, you could take the ingredients that evoked the idea of parts of a body, and weave a body out of them. It was partly alchemy and partly a ritual, but it would do the trick. That, in essence, was the conclusion that Patchouli had come to from Sekai's notes. It didn't make any sense if you thought about it for more than a few seconds, but Patchouli was fortunate enough to not need to think about it more than that to understand it. If Sekai's notes said it, then it would work. She had a list, and she had a place to store ingredients. She didn't need more than that. "Do not worry yourself about my physical condition." Patchouli finally said, noting the way that Sakuya stiffened slightly. So, that had been her angle. "I am recovered from the injuries that I faced, and I do not believe that anything of that nature will happen to me again. You will not need to send Meiling to retrieve me on this occasion."

"...I understand." Sakuya finally conceded. She didn't look too pleased about it, though. "May I please request an idea of where you are going?" Patchouli opened her mouth to rebuke Sakuya for continuing to worry. "For - For the Mistress. She worries." That was a cruel piece of manipulation.

"I do apologise, but Remi understands why I must keep certain things secret from her for now." Sakuya's mouth took on a decidedly frustrated look. "I will not be putting myself in any danger." She didn't think so, at least. Some of the ingredients would put her in danger of an unpleasant amount of social activity, but aside from that... "Now, may I please leave the library, or am I confined here?"

"I - No, I apologise, Lady Patchouli." Remi had, of course, relayed the general details of Patchouli and Meiling's predicament to Sakuya, and from the way Sakuya's distress became even more pronounced with those words, she now felt like she was the villain of the piece. Sakuya stepped to the side, looking somewhat miserable.

"You don't...Do this." Sakuya Izayoi's voice was the most hesitant that Patchouli had heard it since she had first found Meiling after her first loss under the Spell Card Rules. "You don't...Go out for these sorts of things." She stood in front of the imposing front doors of the library - The only part that was left to be imposing, given the destruction - Her hands neatly folded in front of her and only the slightest indicator of distress visible in the back of her subconscious. The maid liked things ordered. She liked knowing where everything went and what everything - Or indeed, everyone - Was doing. Patchouli knew that well enough, and she didn't particularly intend to cause her any issues.

"I didn't, and now I do. Is there any need for me to explain further?" Patchouli replied lazily, securing the bag she'd slung over her shoulder. "I might start thinking that you're trying to prevent me from leaving at this rate." The Head Maid's eyes widened so slightly that even Patchouli barely caught it. Oh, Sakuya had a curious sense of humour that could show itself in the form of baffling pranks, but somehow Patchouli suspected that preventing her from leaving was not a prank. She considered trying to gauge Sakuya's emotional state magically. Normally, she would have done it by now, but for some reason, she'd been finding reasons not to do it lately. Perhaps it was some unintended emotional consequence of the library being wrecked. Perhaps she didn't want to fall back on crutches such as detection spells when said crutches had allowed so many problems to compound into the blast that had destroyed the library.

Or perhaps it was her Remnant self's fault. Yes, that sounded about right. That girl had a lot to answer for.

"Lady Patchouli, I simply-" Sakuya's stance had changed slightly. Her hands were clenched now.

"I know, Sakuya." Patchouli replied, cutting the girl off. "You're worried. I understand that." It was evident in the just barely noticeable frown on her face. The way her shoulder were pulled back just slightly more than normal. In truth, Patchouli had experienced some slight misgivings about what she was about to do, too. That, most likely, was the fault of her memories. It wasn't a fear of going outside, no, but...Once she'd been trapped in the HSE, she'd gained the slightest concern about wide and open spaces. It was something that she was sure she'd have overcome by the end of today's trip. "What occurred on my last trip outside of the mansion will not happen again. You are worrying unnecessarily." She stared Sakuya down, and at long last, the maid sighed.

"Your condition and injuries hurt the Mistress both physically and emotionally. I wish not to see it happen again." Sakuya finally admitted, her icy blue eyes looking slightly conflicted. "Are you certain-"

"Yes, Sakuya. I am certain that I need to leave the mansion." Patchouli painstakingly replied. She could only repeat herself so many times without giving away sensitive information, after all.

"And...Your current project?" Sakuya asked, casting her eyes upward. Patchouli turned and looked up. Across the roof of the library, as well as the majority of other space in the library starting at roughly a head over Sakuya's height, was a small-scale universe. Thousands upon thousands of glyphs twinkled in the gloomy darkness, some pulsing and some twinkling like the stars in the night's sky. Patchouli was about halfway through Sekai's book, and she was already considering asking Sakuya to expand the room once more. The ritual itself was the most complex thing Patchouli had ever worked on. "I must ask if it is-"

Patchouli found that, while she absolutely understood the need for secrecy and would never do something foolish to endanger Sekai's future life, she wanted to elaborate. Damning her Remnant self once more for daring to make her feel the need to comfort and calm Sakuya's feelings, Patchouli strode back into the centre of the room and surveyed the stars above. Already, constellations and star systems were becoming apparent. Over there, a collection of spells that worked to facilitate the transfer of the soul. Over here, a binary star system that worked to follow the pathway of ki in Meiling's body so that she could channel Sekai's soul. Patchouli hadn't consciously decided on the groupings but had allowed her movements to naturally move things around. Half of it, she suspected, was Sekai's manipulation of fate, and the other half was likely her own subconscious. It stretched out before her, stars made of days made of pain, but full of love. Sekai's love for her parents, even as they both caused each other so much pain that it was unbearable. Her days as part of the HSE, watching and unable to do anything as sordid act after sordid act was carried out.