/jp/ - Otaku Culture

>>45100412
>>45100430
(2/2)
>Pilvamp/otome protagonists
Yes! I self inserted with Karen in Mashou Megane desu. Like you mentioned, the passiveness/zero character development with many otome protagonists is just so monotonous and annoying - no real way to relate at all. On the contrary, I felt Karen was one of the few who manages to pull it off decently from what I've seen so far. A qt and I thought she was relatable when it came down to her own personal issues. Really liked the whole split personality thing and all the depravity - there's nothing else quite like it. Gotta get back to it since I only finished Cidre's route. He's a sweetie. Pil needs to make more BL/otomes indeed.

>Paradise
Yeah, I recall JAST BL translations aren't very popular here, especially SD's. Tbh ad libbing and forcing in the current era memes was always a thing for localized weeb media since the 90s. Ted Woolsey and Working Designs were some of the biggest culprits. It's bad cuz none of that ages well but localization efforts still continues to allow it anyway. Can only imagine Paradise's TL will likely have similar "adjustments".

Btw I actually started Paradise not too long ago. Azuma is really cute. I immediately liked everything about him when I first saw him. I might have a thing for seemingly average brown haired ikemen with mental problems at this point lmao. Looking forward to Masada's haraguro trashiness too. I live for that stuff in my powerpoints

>>45138799
I'm really glad Voltage is improving themselves nowadays. Hoping they'll de-mobage their Doubt series one day and port them. Those were fun.

>>45113067
Reading immediately what you like is the best way to learn imo. Not only is it more memorable but also gives you better idea of the bigger picture, which is way more important for a context heavy language like Japanese. This is why I think immersion is so important. Unlike English, Japanese is not always clear to understand through isolated sentences and words but when all of this is working together with its surroundings, understanding becomes far less of a headache.
My personal recommendation is reading an untranslated VN you already read and liked prior. Anything that you already have some idea of the plot and characters, really. Shorter VNs are also very good for learning. You will feel far more motivated after finishing your first one as a milestone and it's easier to do a repeated reading after. Burnout time to time is natural so it's extremely critical to keep yourself consistent by reading things you genuinely are interested daily and maintain this consciousness to understand everything thrown at you the best you can - even during times when you feel bad. It's a marathon and you're only losing out if you stop. IMO I highly recommend asking natives if you have specific questions while studying. My experience with Hinative wasn't bad at all.