/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa/Maiden
>I Walk Among Zombies - Released
Koikuma - Awaiting on Steam content and Chinese script integration, 2018 release
Dracu-Riot - Through 1st round of QA, fixes from QA next before more QA
Nanairo Reincarnation - In QA, waiting on a third party
Baldr Sky - 50% translated, Combined release of Dive 1 + Dive 2 in mid 2018
Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow - 100% translated
Ley-Line: Flowers Falling in the Morning Mist - 50% translated
Riajuu Plus - Release "within a couple months"
Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - 33% translated
Miko no Kanata - Picked up
Memory's Dogma - Code:01 Released, 02 onwards upcoming
Tenshin Ranman - QA and engine work next
Fault - Silence the Pedant - Demo released
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
CyberRebeat - QA done, need fixes
G-senjou no Maou - Denpa version announced
Nekopara Vol 4 - Announced
Rewrite+ - Picked up
NarKarma EngineA - Announced
Senren * Banka - Picked up
Ninja Girl - Announced
Island Diary - Announced
Love Duction - 100% translated, needs engine work
Koi ni, Kanmi o Soete - In QA, needs testing
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - Picked up
Sumire - Picked up
>I Walk Among Zombies Volume 2 - Picked up
>I Walk Among Zombies Volume 3 - Picked up
>I Walk Among Zombies Volume 0 - Picked up
>Re;Lord Volume 2 - Picked up
>Majo Koi Nikki - Picked up
>Harumade Kururu - Picked up
>Nekopara Extra - Announced
>9 -nine- - Picked up

Frontwing
Grisaia: Phantom Trigger Vol 5 - Kickstarter ongoing
>Sharin no Kuni - Targeting a September release
>Island - Summer release
Loca-Love - Fall release
>Lilitales - Picked up

Sol Press
Newton to Ringo no Ki - QA finished, awaiting approval from Steam, demo released
Sakura Sakura - Demo released, remain work includes finishing the increase in resolution
Yotsunoha - Q3 release, translation and editing wrapping up, demo Released

Nekonyan
>Sanoba Witch - 90% translated, 45% edited, October 26th release
>Hello,good-bye - 60% translated, 25% edited, November release
Fureraba ~Friend to Lover~ Mini Fandisc - Fall release
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren'ai - Early 2019 release
Melty Moment - Aiming for a release next Winter
"Two big titles" to be announced in August

Cherry Kiss
Harem Guild - Upcoming release
>Nekura Ijimerarekko o Tasuketara Natsukareta - Picked up

Other
>Tayutama 2 - July release, R18 patch planned but may not be ready at launch
Hemoimo - Dropped by SakuraGame and no longer being released on Steam, upcoming Fakku release planned. Currently waiting on beta build
Punchline - Summer 2018 release
E-Gene - 1st entry planned for Fall 2018
London Detective Mysteria - Fall 2018 release
Magical Charming - Release planned
Song of Memories - 2018 release
Neighbor - 2018 release, 100% translated, editing to start soon
Venus Blood Frontier - Prefundia up
Angel Beats - 50% translated
Love Sweets - Picked up
Noratoto - Picked up
Seven Days - Picked up
>Love Cube - Picked up
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - On Steam Greenlight
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

>http://mangagamer.org/lilycle/
>Yuno
Yuuno. Shiina wrong too. Absolutely retarded. Good thing no one gives a fuck about all-ages yuri.

>girl talk in english
>change it to espanol

Wasn't MG supposed to make a TM announcement?

>>19382993
Based Yuuki autist

>no robotics;notes
Fuck you

>>19382970
>Sengoku Rance - 100% translated and edited, in beta shortly
>Rance Quest - 100% translated, 84% edited
>Rance IX - Nearly finished translation
Are we likely to have gotten all of these before the end of 2019?
Do you think we could get Rance X before the end of 2019 too?

Do you think we'll get Sengoku and Rance Quest for 2018?
Actually. Sengoku and Quest for 2018 and IX and X for 2019 doesn't sound that improbable at all. Is it actually happening?
Galzoo island when though?

>>19383185
You would be very lucky to get Quest before the end of 2019.

>>19383193
Really? You mean it'd be stuck in editing for one and a half year?
Like even if they'd want some space between Quest and Sengoku, don't you think it'd hit the market before then?

Is Maietsu even out yet? Have not seen it anywhere.

>>19383233
the beta is out

>>19383185
All up to IX by the end of 2019 is plausible, as long as there are no scripting related snags. X is definitely 2020 though, that thing makes Clannad look like a midsized VN.

>>19383218
Ignore that fag. Late spring/summer is realistic, maybe earlier if Sengoku comes out this year. IX late 2019 is possible but I doub it.

>>19383132
That was obviously a joke rumor, since Type Moon licensing any of their VNs out to a western VN publisher is super unlikely.

>>19383185
It's not like I have any inside information, but I view a best-case scenario as something like:

Sengoku late 2018
Quest mid 2019
IX early 2020
X early 2021

Things could easily be delayed for months at a time, per game, for any number of reasons. X in particular is a behemoth.

Jast releasing 2 games. On the same day, sasuga

>>19384182
I can't imagine that much overlap between yuri and chuuni.

Man, I can't believe they actually announced Rance IX and X, X especially since it only came out this year.
I remember the times when they couldn't release anything but short, cheap and old Softhouse-Seal nukige.
Hopefully they don't neglect other non-Rance Alicesoft titles, since I want Pastel Chime 3 and Tsumamigui 3 one day.

>>19384400
It feels kind of like the Waffle situation where MG is only focusing on the Kyonyuu Fantasy series. That said, the Rance series at least has a clear ending, so they have to do other games at some point. I personally hope we get 01 and 03 eventually even if it's after Rance X.

They could also announce a non-Rance Alicesoft game for Otakon. I wouldn't bet on it, but it's conceivable. A shame that MG doesn't have 2 Alicesoft focused hackers to speed things along, but having one is already a miracle.

>>19383132
They were simply selling FGO merch.

>>19384129
Shouldn't Sengoku's testing be relatively fast?

>>19384592
Why? I remember how many workarounds the current release of SR has. Quest should be easier, considering it's pretty much the same thing as Evenicle.

We're never getting WA2, are we? How's the fan TL coming along? Any chance of it making 2018?

>>19384631
You can't really call it much of a translation with how much MTL stuff has gone into it. Is a reason why lots of people have been ignoring it and it got removed from the OP years ago.

It's all a herkz

>>19384941
gross

>>19383068
>spanish
>no accent marks
MI AUTISMO

I'm surprised MG would bother to announce IX/X before they've even released SR/Quest. Kind of expected them to announce 01 or 03 really

>>19384673
I read only the opening chapter last year some time and it actually wasn't so bad. I think the parts that have been extensively re-edited are okay, I mean not great or anything but it's improved a lot

>>19384989
Hello, herkz

>>19385109
Could be that Alicesoft pushed them to announce it so early. Alternatively they are trying to attract attention of other notable gameplay title devs such as Eushully by showing off how well Rance has been doing.
Makes no real sense otherwise since X is going to sit in their list with no real progress until the others are done.

>>19385109
Maybe they just want to build hype for SR/Quest since those at least should be relatively close

>>19385158
Maybe they want to show all the people who keep voting for Rance each year, that they aren't stopping anytime soon with the series.
It ranked 1st for over 3 years now.

>>19385109
Honestly I'm actually a bit happy to hear they locked down the licenses since always was the possibility of someone else underbidding them once the series gets successful and doing a shittier job kind of how happened with Xseed and Falcom

>>19385158
Well they did say the IX translation was nearly done, it's possible they might start on X this year. I guess Arunaru will be doing it? Not sure what Maria is doing now that Quest is finished. Leaving it to one person seems insane.

>>19385219
Even if IX was done right now, translated edited tested everything, it still wouldn't make any sense for them to release it for at least another 6-9 months minimum. They can't just dump all the games at the same time since they'd eat into each others sales

>>19383185
Its highly likely to get another release of Rance later this year. Its all because those games sell well that they are going all in on it.

>>19385236
Well I wasn't talking about releasing or even testing/editing, just translation-wise. Even if they started translating X right now, it probably won't be done until IX releases anyway.

So I take that Mangagamer is doing some mad bank on Alicesoft right?

>>19385283
And people were saying they were dying recently. If they can get X so suddenly they seem to be doing fine.

>>19385283
Probably. They always sell well and also they don't even need to pay royalties to the voice actors which usually eats a huge chunk of the profits

>>19385296
Not sure why people would think that. Steambux and Alicesoft have had MG doing better than they have been for years, even if the Steam thing isn't as good as it once was

>>19385301
People were just looking at their plot heavy titles which even on steam did pretty poorly.

>>19385314
I mean those kinds of games have always been kind of loss leaders for them. I don't think it's a huge problem as long as they can make up for it with other stuff

>>19385109
My guess is Quest,01,03 will be announced and worked on soon. If I am not mistaken there is some fan tl they can probably get and then move forward and try to finish the rest.

>>19385319
I know, but people love reading into the numbers too much and then running away with the idea that they are dying. Though I do imagine they did lose more than average on Tokyo Babel with its high profile VAs which probably have high royalty fees.

>>19385319
Kara no Shoujo did well enough for hard copies at least.

>>19382993
I think they’re doing it just to piss you off at this point. Adopting dovac’s PR tactics.

>>19385283
Rance is the thing that has really pushed them beyond normal. I bet it was worth it to get through the smaller stuff to get to Rance from Alicesoft.

>>19385314
It has to do more with Moe titles and the play it safe ones. Evangile and Kiss for petals,kindred spirits did sell well. But then you add in Da Capo R,Dal Segno that really did not perform up to expectations.

>>19385801
>Da Capo R
DC3 did pretty well on their own site if you go by what was said on twitter at the time and the end of year review. Dal Segno less so since it ranked lower.
http://blog.mangagamer.org/2018/01/10/2017-in-review/

Another look at Maitetsu on Steam, after a couple soft days last week it actually looks to now be holding up surprisingly well and it got a bit of a boost this weekend. It hit 37 concurrent users shortly after launch, but has managed 37, 36, and 36 for daily peaks the last three days, and has a respectable 52 reviews. It won't be any type of huge hit, but there is a fair shot that it will do better than any of Sekai's other moege as far as non-bundle Steam sales go, although with its cheap retail price it will be making less per unit sold. It is still peaking in the mornings US time, showing that a sizable portion of its sales will be from the Asian markets, so its tail will still likely get cut somewhat short once the separate Chinese localization is released.

>>19385283
I just hope this leads to them picking up more higher profile licenses in future. Apart from rance mangagamer has had slim pickings for the past few years

>>19385931
While their current catalogue is better compared to 3+ years ago, I doubt you'll see something like Shin Koihime, WA2 or Sakuuta from them.
Alicesoft titles selling just means more of their catalogue or gameplay titles in general.

>>19385214
Locking down the license would certainly be one good reason for MG to grab X now. They've previously got burned on Flowers where they had assume that they would get the license down the road, it is clear that there is a sizable market for gameplay eroge (The Alicesoft titles are doing very well as a purely MG release, Fallen sold very well, and there is a reason why Frontwing's only new license was Lilitales), and there is a growing number of platforms looking to sell R18 titles.

>>19383185
Are they remaking Sengoku Rance, or is it just getting an official licensed translation?

>>19386052
I wonder what will happen to KnS 3 once it gets released and who would get the potential license, not like it sold that well to license it right away.

>>19386001
>Shin Koihime, WA2 or Sakuuta
Evenicle is more high profile than any of those.
If not for MG stubbornness about not butchering 18+ games for STEAM it could sold 20.000 - 50.000 easily there.

>>19386359
No one has even heard of Evenicle a year ago.

>>19386359
>taking the porn out of Alicesoft games
Good fucking joke

>>19385219
>Leaving it to one person seems insane.
The problem is is that it will likely take much longer if it were anyone else. The only other person I can think of comparable to Arunaru in speed is probably Aroduc.

>>19386376
Maybe if you are newfag
>>19386386
Just make a patch? I mean, I agree that porn is very important and good in Evenicle but if you can put SubaHibi/Koikuma/TsundereIdol/that shit from Frontwing about otaku girl etc. on Steam surely you can put Evenicle on Steam?

>>19386415
>>19386359
After they got a title removed along with the threat to remove others recently I doubt they will be willing to even risk such a big undertaking any time soon, even if Valve now says they have changed their mind. We have seen in the past how fickle Valve has been afterall.

>>19383068
>>19385051
Actual translation: "Hola, Kagami.¿Cómo estás? onions una extraterrestre."

good job though

>>19386611
4chan filter is a joke

>>19385825
I agree on their site they did and it was decent enough. But I am saying in terms of having successful steam releases. I would like to see more plotge, psychological types.

>>19386001
>While their current catalogue is better compared to 3+ years ago, I doubt you'll see something like Shin Koihime, WA2 or Sakuuta from them.

I believe the same thing. It would be best to have partnerships with companies that make solid Visual Novels instead. For example Clockup has been a good partner with Euphoria, soon to have Maggot Baits, eventually Nemurenu Hitsuji. Alicesoft after the hard work of making money for their other titles has given them Rance. Those titles will prove to help them make it.

It seems like those with WA2 etc are stingy with the mindset of "you get nothing". And I say good riddance to that. Why focus on titles that will not come out, but instead focus on companies, and indie VN makers that are trying to do something new outside the box ideas. Besides Wasting money on licenses that may not sell as well when you could spend on a few VN's of something as good is a wise investment unless they have a good dream Project.

>>19386052
>is clear that there is a sizable market for gameplay eroge (The Alicesoft titles are doing very well as a purely MG release, Fallen sold very well, and there is a reason why Frontwing's only new license was Lilitales)

This is true. I can see that being for a broad audience that may not even consider VN as a good alternative. Phoenix Wright, even proved that you can have a high selling game if you make a visual novel with gameplay elements. Most high end successful games have this even if they did not have an anime behind them.

>>>/vg/220574642
/vn/ reached peak autism so I'm gonna take refuge here.
What are your hopes for otakon?

>>19386837
I'll rather take a few older niche gems that nobody has on the radar to supposed kamige or newer titles which came out in 2017/2018, just because they are new doesn't mean they are good.
Of course getting some BaseSon titles would be nice too, but with the amount of money they would spend on the VAs alone, they could license at least 3 other titles.

Otakon is around the corner, so we'll see what they'll announce there, it's usually at least 5 announcements.

>>19386903
Ask closer to the con, when announcement pages and such are up.

>>19386903
We already know that there will be at least 1 otome title, most likely another Kalmia8 title, just because it sold so well.
>https://twitter.com/verdelishJP/status/999148775791722497
Sakura no Mori † Dreamers would be another announcement if we go by the ''sakura'' hint, unless it's actually Sakura no Uta, which I really doubt.
They will most likely announce another moege, either Moonstone or some older one from a new partner.

The remaining hints are language, sorcery and joker I think.

>>19387022
Pretty sure 'Sorcery jokers' was the hint not 'sorcery' and 'jokers'.

>>19386124
Man are IG ever taking their sweet time on that one too. It was announced in early 2016

>>19387033
So a title from the same company or an action title in general.

>>19387086
I'd probably say it's one of 3rdEye's older titles (which is a good thing) that they got for a pretty cheap price bundled with Sorcery Jokers.

>>19387096
>3rdEye
Not sure how Sorcery Jokers sold in Japan, but I wouldn't mind if they do a fandisc.

>>19387126
Tbh it needs a fandisc. Sorcery Jokers was good until the endings.

>>19386967
>I'll rather take a few older niche gems that nobody has on the radar to supposed kamige or newer titles which came out in 2017/2018, just because they are new doesn't mean they are good.

This is true but I would contend to find smaller companies or teams that have great ideas and take risks on them and also a few niche titles. MG needs to expand internally. Spike and a few others are going to try and corner the market.

>>19386903
Kamilia8 title

Sakura Mori Dreamers (Sakura hint)

Moege mostly because MG has only announced one minor one so far IIRC

Another Alicesoft title because the other AS titles MG has sold before were successes too.

A major nukige title because the only one so far is Funbag Fantasy 2.

A surprise high tier title that was only recently negotiated because MG baited with Rance X

>>19387209
Would they really be so cruel to the Alicesoft team as to dump another title on their already-busy shoulders?

Hope someone announces some orcsoft at Otakon

>>19387126
Sorcery Jokers probably sold pretty well, EGS has it rated pretty high and it won a Moe Game Award for the year it came out.

>>19387264
Quof said that his title will be announced at Otakon, so it must be some bigger nukige than the usual Ammolite stuff.

>>19387223
Translation wise, Sengoku and Quest are finished and IX is almost finished, and editing is finished on Sengoku and nearly finished on Quest. They only seem to have just picked up X very recently, but it wouldn't be a surprise if they had already picked up another Alicesoft title before they grabbed X.

>>19387321
The problem is programming and beta testing. I've heard that Sengoku in particular is very messy to deal with.

>>19387264
If so I hope it's a title from one of their subsidiary companies like Dwarfsoft or Team Goblin, I don't think there is a single game I'm interested in that they have released under Orcsoft.

I guess it's possible Chi-chan's game might be the pick if we're going to go with an Orcsoft theory. Given that Shigeo is the artist and everything.

So apparently Rance IX will be fully uncensored while X will have mosaics since Alicesoft lost the uncensored assets

Frontwing really can't release anything without kickstarting it first, eh? Can't wait for the Lilitales HRPG kickstarter.
>https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1569438593/be-a-part-of-the-grisaia-phantom-trigger-anime-lau

>>19387532
Source?

>>19387532
>while X will have mosaics since Alicesoft lost the uncensored assets
Didn't it only recently come out? I find it hard to believe they already lost them.

>>19385219
>Not sure what Maria is doing now that Quest is finished.
Waiting for KnS3 maybe. Fuck i'm so hype Innocent Grey announced that they are still working on it.

>>19387532
It says it is uncensored on MGs website, but who knows for sure.

>>19385334
Indeed. 1 + 2, it's only Cartagra which flopped? Maybe people are too dumb to understand that Cartagra is a prequel to Kara no Shoujo. I really really want my Cartagra hard copy but i'll never happen huh.

>>19387405
>Chi-chan's game
>Hamashima Shigeo art
>Orcsoft (okomeman) supervision
>Misonoo Mei voice acting in a fellatio oriented eroge

This one is a freaking masterpiece.

>>19387772
I read it awhile back, she's a pretty decent gyaru heroine. My only problem is that it's the usually Orcsoft coloring on the title, meaning high gloss and everything looks a bit too plastic for my tastes. That being said, it was still a good fap (and good for the heart, too)

>>19385334
Are there hard copies of Kara No Shoujo I can buy? Is it on their site? Maybe I can go on Rightstuf.

>>19387782
You can buy the collector version of the hard copy of KnS2 on MG website. A shame that only normal version is left for KnS1, the collector one is sold out.

>>19387541
They just funded part 5 and now they want an anime. Then again Watanabe is the director and Character designer of the anime.

My hope is that they begin to actually do a huge project than just doing this with episodes.

>>19387724
Give it time.

>>19387792
Thanks I am going to purchase it. I heard many good things about it. Surprised it was not on Steam.

>>19387792
I remember looking for KnS 1 out of curiosity a few months ago and it was out of stock, seeing it now and there are 6 copies left before it's out of stock again.

>>19387801
>I heard many good things about it.
You mean about the KnS series? I can assure you that this is the one of the best plotge you can find in english and the best detective/mystery one. Don't forget to read Cartagra before them.

>>19387713
Probably just "uncensored" in the sense that no content is cut

>>19387839
Nah, when a visual novel has mosaics they tell you:
http://mangagamer.org/trinoline/
>mosaic censorship
vs
http://mangagamer.org/rance/10/
>uncensored

How come MangaGamer always makes it so hard to navigate from their individual game pages (for example http://mangagamer.org/mml/)) to the store page for that game (for example https://www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?product_code=1049)) They link their front page of the store but you'd think they'd make it easier to go from the promo page to actually place an order. Unless I'm just a brainlet and not seeing the links... Annoying since I have browse by name enabled by default and often get dropped on those promo pages when I wanted to check something on the store page

I'm a little bit surprised that MG didn't announce another pre-order at AX, I guess they're just going to wait till the 12th.

>>19387878
Because that's the announcement page, not the store page. The store pages are put up much later. Also, don't you fucking dare buy MML.

>>19387881
I mean they've got hapymaher coming in a few days probably don't want to cut into that

>>19387881
Steam Summer Sale and Summer Sale on their own site, Evenicle eating all the sales and as >>19387906 said, Hapymaher coming out this week.

I'm curious what the next pre-order will be, since even Sisterly Bliss is now out of beta testing and waiting to be released.

>>19387931
>Damekoi - "Beta testing complete, in scripting"
>Sweet Switch - Testing complete
>Bitter Exclusion - Through beta
>Tsui Yuri - Through Beta
These are the ones that have been through testing so it could be any of those.

>>19388022
Skipping SukiSuki and Bokuten, you're breaking my heart anon.
Jokes aside, I wonder if they are trying to get the remastered edition for Damekoi and that's why it's getting delay for so many months.

>>19387906
>>19387931
Yeah, I guess that makes sense. I just kinda expected a Damekoi release date because it is the only title that was announced by them last AX that is still to be released.

>>19388057
Skipping SukiSuki is just being realistic. I want it to come out too (I've had the money set aside for it for more than a year now, incidentally) but I don't expect it.

>>19388086
The real mystery is why not a single person asked about SukiSuki during the Q&A. Maybe no one wanted to know the horrifying truth?

>>19388086
Don't support releases with fucked up names.

>>19388097
Maybe because it's been asked about at almost every single other Q&A session they've had and they give the same answer every time.

>>19388097
Wouldn't be surprised if a lot of people have forgotten about it by now. It's been a year since it's popped up in their monthly progress reports.

>>19388097
There is no ''horrifying truth' really, it's just ChuableSoft going bankrupt and now they are either trying to get the rights themselves or are waiting to see who the new IP owner is so that they can get the cut from the sales.

Speaking of ChuableSoft, does anyone have any idea what the date at the bottom of their website means? I noticed it a few days ago.
http://www.chuable.net/

>>19388226
Probably the date it was last updated.

>>19388244
Nah, I definitely noticed it before the date mentioned on there I remember checking.

>>19388226
Chuable filed for bankruptcy a year or two ago.

So when will Visualarts make their inevitable announcement for a Summer Pockets English release?

>>19382970
>SukiSuki - In Beta

Only two more years to go!

MangaGamer banned me from using their site due to frequent chargebacks, am I forced to use Steam if I want to buy their stuff or what? Not sure what to do for 18+ stuff that doesn't get a Steam release

Other than chrono clock (which they got shamed into doing), has denpa/sekai ever released a game translated from japanese without mosaic censorship? I can't see a title announced in the last two years that mention they'll be without mosaics. Given how few titles their competitors have that release with mosaics, I'm not really buying their excuses and suspect that they really aren't making any effort at all.

>>19389069
>frequent chargebacks
Why? If it's that frequent, then you might actually benefit MG more by just pirating everything. Chargebacks can be costly

>>19389069
Pretty much every site out there will ban you for doing chargebacks, steam included. It costs them lots of money in fees.

>>19389079
That one yuri series

>>19389069
If you want to be a thief why not just pirate in the first place

>>19389081
Basically I bought a bunch of their games in the summer sale and then shortly after lost my credit card and reported it stolen so my bank would send me a new one, they wound up charging all that shit back in the process and MG banned me without even bothering to ask for an explanation or anything

>>19389079
There was that one doujin yuri title I think, but Sekai almost always keeps mosaics. I've read enough h-manga to be apathetic to them, but it's the standard of H-game localization to have it be uncensored whenever possible. It's just another way of them showing that they don't give a fuck.

>>19389093
Maybe consult their support on what happened?

>>19389093
Wait, the bank didn't bother to ask what charges were valid? That's retarded.

You could always make a new account and pirate whatever you used to have. They don't keep credit card information, so they wouldn't know.

>>19389109
Yeah I guess I could though I'm kind of scared they'll ask me to pay them back for all the stuff again since I don't really have the money for it anymore

>>19389111
Nah they just asked me when the card was stolen, and I gave them a date a few days prior and I guess they just reversed everything after that date

>>19389093
The thing is I think just about any business will do that. The basic assumption with chargebacks is that they're fraud... and it's often not wrong. A company loses the money you give them, probably costs them some $30-40 in processing fees, and if chargebacks hit a certain amount may cause them to lose a larger % on all credit card processing processing or lose their card provider all together.

That said, you may be able to contact support and have them take a look at the situation for you. MG support is not usually that bad to deal with.

>>19389131
$30-40 per transaction? Damn, I hope they're not expecting me to pay that back I got 6 different things that all got charged back

>>19389153
I doubt they would, but that's why companies always ban first and ask questions later when chargebacks are involved.

>>19388128
>or are waiting to see who the new IP owner is

Bamboo should just buy it already.

>>19389209
Bamboo is getting old now

>>19389225
It still werks.

>>19389079
Ne No Kami which is the only SP release I'll actually defend because it has a great translation, no mosaics, AND they edited images from JP > English. Series itself was OK as well. Not bad but it does nothing new and all the plot twists are super obvious. I like the characters though and it didn't feel like a chore to read through.

>>19389414
I guess even SP has flukes, to bad the fluke happened to be something nobody cares about. I never even heard about it before.

so should i start with rance 6?

>>19389463
Yes

>>19389414
>>19389459
Really depends on the team I guess. Incidentally it appears that the titles with some of the biggest problems in the past few years were all led by Dovac.

>>19389487
Yeah I saw that. I'm not normally a fan of witchhunts of whatever but Dovac is just such an abrasive piece of shit that he deserves hell until he's fired.

>>19389499
Ultimately, Dovac isn't the only problem with Sekai. The other execs honestly think like him, but they are professional enough to not be overly explicit with it. All of Sekai should be burned.

>>19389459
I only somewhat like yuri and chuunige make me fall asleep, yet this combined them and I liked it a lot. The part which everyone should appreciate are ASMR H-scenes.

>>19389414
>Ne No Kami which is the only SP release I'll actually defend because it has a great translation, no mosaics, AND they edited images from JP > English
Yeah I was impressed with it too, if I didn't know better Sekai had nothing to do with it. The girls were pretty cute and fun

>>19390121

>>19386103
Just an official translation. But the fan translation has so many hiccups I'm glad it's getting a new release.

They better release Rance 01/03 before X.

Still waiting. Three years later.

>>19390398
I wonder what the issue is that Sekai just can't manage to fix with Yuzusoft games. I don't see Nekonyan running into these problems so it's probably just laziness.

So I guess FW isn't doing a Kickstarter for Island? I thought I read somewhere that they were.

>>19384575
>FGO merch
And Mahoyo.

>>19390395
This. I wonder why they announced X so soon, it's a bit dumb. Sengoku and Quest are not even out and they are already teasing the final episode of the series. At least give us the prequel before the ultimate ending.

>>19390492
I'm a huge Mahoyo fan but be pragmatic anon.
Mahoyo will never be translated in english. First of all it was a huge flop in Japan, Nasu was so fucking mad he decided to focus on gacha shit and never write for Mahoyo/KnK/Tsukihime ever again. Only Fate spin-off. Japanese said that Mahoyo was too expensive, no ero and too short for them.

So why would they sell a failure to the west? Type-Moon will never work with a western company except for anime shit, games and FGO. You will never see a Fate novel like Strange Fake or anything.

>>19390491
They currently have a kickstarter for Phantom Trigger anime series. >>19387541
Maybe they don't want to have 2 kickstarters at the same time.

>>19390725
I think it was more a case of Alicesoft wanting it localized as soon as possible than it was MG.

>>19387702
I'm still so mad they spoiled what happened to Touko in the fucking opening scene.

>>19391337
Based Alicesoft

>>19391337
I personally think it's MG just trying to reassure people that they are definitely finishing up the Rance series, and no one is stealing it from them like how JAST got Flowers instead of MG. I wouldn't be surprised if Rance X got stalled a bit so MG could finish 01 through 03 first. It would be amusing if they announced those games during Otakon. There are no real issues if they release 01 after IX honestly speaking. They just have to make sure 01 is done before 03, and 03 is done before X. I hope they bundle 01 and 02, but it's not a huge loss if 02 is skipped.

>>19391453
>Even more ranceshit at otakon
Please no. Rance and BLfags already got their spotlight, let us nukige/moege fans have one at least. We're MG most loyal fanbase that have carried them to the status they have today, hope they understand that.

>>19391490
Rance is a moege.

>>19390398
It could be worse.

>>19391493
How?

>>19391490
Look at it this way, there are plenty of nukige/moege to go around, but theres only few titles like Rance, cut people some slack.

>>19391453
Does JAST even release shit? I already sigh if I see JAST gets another title since that means I can only expect it in two or three years, or more. Out of all the VN localizers, I prefer MG if only because they act professional and deliver on it on top of not taking fucklong like JAST. If they announce a release date, it will definitely be released on that date.

>>19384400
Evenicle literally just came out. They'll probably hit the backlog once the best seller (Rance) is finished.

Do VN translations add a lot of text that the game characters don't say in the original jap version? Why can't they just stick to a more literal translation

>>19391545
>Look at it this way, there are plenty of nukige/moege to go around, but theres only few titles like Rance
And MG will spend 50% of their time and effort on Rance-like titles for 3+ years to keep up the steam even after running out of Rance to pick up.

>>19391562
Anon, don't start this, there is already something like this on AX thread.

>>19391562
You really don't want "daisuki" to be translated as "Very like".

>>19391573
No, but what's wrong with "I really like you"?

I don't mean that they should translate word for word but something that feels more natural

>>19391565
Sounds great to me.

>>19391565
If it is more Alicesoft titles then that time and effort wouldn't really be used anywhere else anyways. Most of the team working on those titles are basically just dedicated to Alicesoft stuff and probably wouldn't work outside of that anyways.

>>19391490
Nukige fans got Funbag Fantasy in Anime Central and moege fans Amaterasu Riddle Star in Anime Boston at least. I would expect at least one notable moege in Otakon, though whether or not MG will announce a notable nukige there is up in the air. It's not impossible though. This year happened to be the first time yuri and Rance were announced at Anime Expo rather than Otakon. The only obligatory announcement Otakon has right now would be the otome game.

Looking back, it's kind of funny how MG has had at least one yuri thing announced for every panel this year so far if you count the voiced edition of Kindred Spirits. It's possible that Sono Hana has sold better than expected, but one issue or another is preventing those games from getting physicals. The amount of female focused titles a year is within expectations (4 major ones a year at most), but the amount of yuri is a bit bizarre even speaking as a yurifag. I guess there's only been one minor and one sort of significant release so far, but still.

>>19391532
Despair and suffering is moe.

>>19391545
I used to be sad if JAST got something, but once Sekai came around, I figured that as slow JAST is, it's better than Sekai.

>>19391622
This is definitely true for the hacker. Maria and Arunaru have done other stuff, but the former only did Kindred Spirits willingly while the latter only did moege because he was an in-house translator at the time.

>>19390725
Probably because it doesn't cost them anything to announce it now. No-ones going to be mad about it still not being out in a few years given how much other rance stuff is in the pipeline already

>>19391747
I think you have it reversed as Arunaru only did one moege title if I'm not mistaken and that was SukiSuki which is in release hell. Maria has done a lot more other stuff besides Rance like the Cartagra/KNS series, Sorcery Jokers and I'm sure there's more I'm not remembering.

>>19391906
Oh, I forgot Maria did Carta/Kara no Shoujo. Don't know how I forgot everything about SJ though.

>>19382970
>Mahou Tsukai no Yoru - 3 semi-active projects, one project released ch 1-7
Never ever

>>19391545
>Does JAST even release shit?
JAST actually appear to be pretty good with just about anything that isn't Nitro+. Don't know why that is though.

>>19389079
Why do people give so much of a fuck about uncensored cg's anyway, half the time they look like shit underneath the mosaic because the artist has no need to actually make it look good since no one is supposed to ever see it.

If you're big enough of a weeb that you read VN's then you're used to mosaics in hentai anyway, fuck's sake.

Can anyone point me in the right direction to a good text hook machine translation program? Ive been googling for awhile now and I'm just finding a lot of dead links and outdated articles.

>>19392230
https://pastebin.com/rfZJUe6K

>>19392240
you're a god

>>19392175
Anti-mosaic autism is prevalent enough that it affects sales. There are probably more people who care about mosaics than those who care about DRM. I wouldn't say that it's a huge portion of the VN buyer base since Sekai is still up and running despite leaving mosaics on nearly all of their titles, but it's big enough to make JAST enforce a zero tolerance policy of mosaics and for MG to remove mosaics in all but a few cases (usually due to the original company losing the assets or in the case of Minori, being stupidly stubborn). Evenicle is actually an amusing case where Alicesoft lost many of the original assets due to a fire like the interface stuff, but still had the non-mosaic CG's around.

Sekai seems to barely try to push for no mosaic releases. They probably just casually mention it to their partner at best and fold at the slightest piece of resistance.

>>19392071
>3 semi-active projects
It's wrong tho. When is OP going to change that one ffs. There is no active project, one was a fake (commie) the other one was from a no name using machine translation and the third one (partial patch) is dead because the translator is too busy with his real job.

>>19382971
>Nekura Ijimerarekko o Tasuketara Natsukareta
I've been wondering. Is Cherry Kiss Games basing off their translations from Quof's translations or are they just doing it from scratch?

>>19389414
Thanks for reminding me my "estimated delivery 2016" physicals has yet to be sent. Dovac is working hard as usual.

>>19391954
Apoptosis did KnS 1. I'm not sure how much of the unreleased fantl for cartagra mangagamer used if any

>>19391747
These days I'm happy as long as Nutaku doesn't get a title.

>>19391545
>Does JAST even release shit?
Trample-On Schatten in a week!

>>19392262
>Anti-mosaic autism is prevalent enough that it affects sales
Do have any actual facts to back this up? I guarantee you don't. CC doesn't count because they only got shamed into doing it uncensored and it came months later after the release

>>19392723
Or Moenovel. Or Sakuragame

This general is only for discussing translation related news/dramas, yes? Is there another one where I could post about VNs that have been released in english? Second general on /jp/ is for untranslated ones.

>>19392262
The best way around it all would be to have a toggle so you get best of both worlds, but it seems one of the main obstacles for having the option is the sheer file size. Ends up nearly half the game size for Imopara 2 going by what Doddler is saying.
https://twitter.com/The_Doddler/status/1016415847831646214

>>19392907
This isn't a general, there is a whole board for that.

>>19392907
You would have to make one if you really wanted one on /jp/, but /vn/ on /vg/ will be the place you are after.

>>19392916
>This isn't a general
Until someone tried to force it to be one recently.

>>19392916
>>19392928
Thanks, I will check it out.
BTW, is the Amagami in the OP, the same Amagami that was there around 2012? I'm out of the loop.

>>19392947
Yes

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHpDY-GOFsl5b79y48FlxJMHwQEnRQ04ZEz5fWgFtj1pYCBQ/viewform

Tell me what's the best one to vote for

>>19393058
From my experience Norn and Miel titles are all kinda meh, just pick whatever one you think looks best.

Is this the /vn/ refuge?

>>19393210
No, go back.

>>19393210
No, feel free to return there along with your funny frogs and feeling faces.

>>19391453
I agree they should announce it. I do not know if they will do Sengoku at all. Either way this is good because there are fans that have been waiting for more Rance and it's also an easy way to shill on /v/ without saying "it's just a visual novel" as well. Hopefully there will be physicals for Rance as it will help out on sales for those that want it.

>>19391490
I agree with Nukige and Moege. But I have not seen much Chunni, Plotge at all.

>>19393058
I chose
https://vndb.org/v19544
but I have absolutely no idea what other people are voting for.

>>19393058
>Is there another game you'd like to see get translated?

What BL should I suggest?

>>19391747
>The only obligatory announcement Otakon has right now would be the otome game.

There's still 3 other hints left: language, Sorcery Jokers, and sakura.

>>19393331
Sengoku was announced last year and is already done. Currently waiting or in beta-testing right now.

>>19393666
>language
Didn't someone say that it has a good chance of being Kotonoha Amrilato? Then again, with Lilycle, not sure if that increases or decreases that game's chances.

>>19393666
I could be completely wrong but I assumed the 'language' hint was just the Chinese version of Fata Morgana?

>>19393666
Assuming Sakura Mori Dreamers is happening, I wonder how it will do. Sure, it's Moonstone, but it's not a moege. It seems like a plotge, but I wouldn't know that for sure.

The Sorcery Jokers hint could be referring to another 3rdeye game. That's something for chuunifags. If it's somehow referring to Riddle Joker, then that's something for the moegefags, but that's doubtable.

The best guess I've seen for language is Kotonoha Amrilato, but that's yuri. Even as a yurifag, that's probably too much yuri announced for one year.

.

>>19393776
The only real guess I can make with language is Amatsutsumi. But considering that Hapymaher hasn't been released yet, there's no way that Purple Software would give MG another title before they even see how the first one did.

>>19393762
I doubt that, since that's not a new release. At least with Kindred Spirits Full Chorus it's a new version of the game.

FSN when, lads?

>>19393799
I'd agree with you if any of the other options were feasible, but I don't see them announcing another Yuri game this year nor Amatsutsumi like the other anon said.

>>19393776
It's been compared to Persona in terms of writing iirc, so I can see it getting popular as that kind of juvenile writing style is usually well received in the community.

>>19393762
They've added languages to games without any fanfare before. I doubt they would start now, especially since it's an American convention.

>>19393795
Yeah, especially since the hints were made in the beginning of the year. Japanese fan outrage did seem to convince Purplesoft that pandering to Steam with disconnected H-scenes wasn't the answer and maybe they figured Hapymaher's sales wouldn't be too dissimilar from Chrono Clock. They would probably be completely wrong, but still. If Purplesoft happened to be satisfied with MG's standards of breaking even, Hapymaher will probably do so in a few months at worst. It has managed to stay in the top 5 so far.

https://twitter.com/The_Doddler/status/1016440164862681088
>I've been on projects where momentum carries it forward, if something isn't explicitly tasked... it just doesn't get done.

Doddler, master of irony.

>>19393809
Everytime someone asks they push it back a year

>>19393844
The hint might be more obscure than you think. Or it could just be something they'll announce that has dual language.

>>19393926
https://twitter.com/The_Doddler/status/1016443397828067328
For a guy that really tries to make SP's shit work, he also says some pretty unflattering things too. I mean, we all suspected that was the case, but to say that in "public" on Twitter is another thing. Hopefully, it pisses Dovac off.

>>19393950
I meant that a bunch of his projects, especially the ones not for Sekai Project like Higurashi, are stuck waiting on things explicitly tasked to him. Complaining that shit doesn't get done if not explicitly tasked while holding up releases because you're not doing shit that's been explicitly tasked to you is some real thick hypocrisy.

>>19393946
If you really want to stretch "language", you could say Shinsou Noise is another candidate, since you can hear the "voice of the heart" in that one. But of course, that just opens the floodgates to basically anything that's tangentially related to language.

Ninetail put up some surveys.

Localization Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfkkEWUg7TbGbAtPBZefL2OVI-vug78aOC-mXRAiXONns5tEg/viewform

Backer Goods Survey: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdI7Ose9D9HkP8NpjZM4aN4gmVfaUqmHXWcgwiOE25LWs4zVw/viewform

Favorite Character Poll: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfKzt_dOyCrrXe-FuksdgUkzplQAz-m_dLt_6YYs97r8exOLA/viewform

>>19393986
At least Shinsou Noise has Shigeo as the artist, so MG has a contact for that game.

>>19393776
It's a moege cum plotge cum nukige. It's a helluva lot more interesting than MML that's for sure.

>>19394095
iirc Haro said that the problem with that title is a bit of an issue due to DMM's involvement.

Does anyone believe JAST is going to keep its release date promise this year.

>>19395603
You'd have to be an absolute fucking retard to believe JAST about anything

>>19382970
So will that LoverAble translation ever finish and how likely is that Nekonyan will buy it out?

>>19392168
Speaking of Nitro+
>It evily shone
Was that the power of Urobuchi, or a bad translation? (I know JAST had nothing to do with this one)

>>19395603
I doubt we'll get both the remaining titles they've mentioned for 2018 (Majikoi and Katahane). We might get one based on previous history.

The past few years they've tried to release something in October/November so they can push it during Christmas sales. I would guess it'll be Majikoi this time since they've already started promoting it via AX (and they have a demo which would suggest its far along).

Katahane is probably going to be the new Schatten. They'll let it sit there and just release it randomly in some future year.

>>19395822
That title is known to have a terrible translation.

>>19393985
There’s several of these projects, and only one doddler, so of course some of said projects will be stuck in the back burner until he can get to them. It’s not like he’s slacking off either since he regularly tweets about what he’s working on at the time.

I just finished reading Steins Gate, am I just a brainlet? How does Deleting an email from a server in the present throw you into another timeline? and Isn't Luka's route a bad end? Since SERN is still after Okabe. and also Why do they have a wire directly to SERN HQ? I can't imagine Suzu setting it up or FB having any need for it. Was very enjoyable though, Miyano gave a hell of a performance.

Is this the place for people who lost all hope on Mahoyo getting a TL?

>>19396003
>Isn't Luka's route a bad end? Since SERN is still after Okabe.
Most of the alternative end are kinda bad ends
>Why do they have a wire directly to SERN HQ? I can't imagine Suzu setting it up or FB having any need for it.
Yes, it's because FB had a direct connection to CERN. I don't see why it doesn't make sense, it's foreshadowing and he needs to communicate with them somehow
Haven't read S:G in a damn while, so I can't answer your first question.

>>19396019
>Is this the place for people who lost all hope on Mahoyo getting a TL?
i stopped caring a long time ago, honestly

>>19396039
Well it showed him and Luka having a kid on the ending CG so it seemed everything worked out, even though I thought SERN would still want that WORKING TIME LEAP MACHINE. Fayris was also a good end in my opinion. True end was a little disappointing Tbh, everything works out fine AND Kurisu gets her memories back (somewhat). Kind of a slap in the face to the other routes.

>>19396019
Now even the french translation is dead.

>>19396060
>Kind of a slap in the face to the other routes.
Because they were never actually canon.

>>19396003
>How does Deleting an email from a server in the present throw you into another timeline?
At the time when they deleted it the mail had only been flagged and automatically added to the server by SERN's algorithms, it hadn't been manually verified. So by deleting it they made it so no human ever actually verified and acted on it. This is the reason why you get more time after you undo each D-mail; the more times the past was changed the faster SERN picked up on it and acted on it.
Don't feel bad, that part confused me for a while too.

>>19396142
That was kind of what I was thinking but shouldn't they move silently into the Beta worldline in that case, same as taking any other normal action in the present? Why does divergence shift so crazily without doing any kind of time travel? If the Alpha world line hinges on the Email being "read by SERN" instead of being "sent", why does history change when Okabe sends it? Does that make any sense?

>>19396175
As soon as the first mail was sent, the future of it being read by SERN was set in stone, since they hadn't taken the action of deleting it, and indeed wouldn't delete it if not for Okabe time leaping back. So both the mail being sent and the mail not being deleted were the combined factors that led to the world line shift, as they together resulted in the future of it being read. By deleting it, the future of it being read no longer existed, so they shifted back.
I think this all makes sense, at least.

>>19396262
>>19396175
You should probably take this to the S;G thread on /a/ or /vn/ on /vg/.

No new announcements slots yet, but MG added a section for Anime NYC.

>>19395741
Lover Able looks like ass and is terribly old.
Nekonyan aren't stupid enough to buy it, right Chuee?

>>19395741
Well, It's already completely translated and only missing editing work, so it can be either a few months to a year.

NekoNyan has two announcements for next month. One is expected to be AstralAir since they already have a complete translation from when they were Shinku Translations, also because Chuee's been posting pics of it on his twitter.
The other can be either Irotoridori no Sekai since they also have a translation for it, or another SMEE title since Fureraba was so well received. I expect the latter to be the case, but it's unlikely that they'll buy out the LoverAble fan translation because >>19397661 and I imagine they want something more recent like Making*Lovers. But I want it anyways because it has a blood-related imouto, a dying breed in moege

>>19397661
Speak for yourself fag. I enjoyed Lover Able much more than I did Fureraba, judging something because the art is old is a pretty retarded thing to do, unless you're only into VNs for the porn.

>>19397661
If its quality is anything near Fureraba, it's a kamige.

Now that we're talking about it, what do you guys think of FureRaba translation?
My opinions is that they managed to convey the tone of the game really well, but there's tons of little grammar mistakes that one wouldn't usually notice while reading but are still there. Not to mention bad word choices like "Sissy" for Onee-chan and the infamous "holy shit mommy" (fits the tone, but it's not what a little girl would say to her mother). Also the overuse of things like literally and legit/legitimately.
Here's a whole thread of them:
https://forums.nekonyansoft.com/index.php?/topic/82-typos-and-quality-control/

But I still think it's a really good translation, for a first game it's really good and very colorful on its use of language. All NN needs to do is to get rid of Chuee because it's obvious he doesn't do his job. Thank God Sanoba Witch is being worked on by Decay.

>>19397834
I played both and the MC is less random and funny.
Routes are okay, though generic.
The only good thing about it is the manager coz he's funny as hell.

>>19397878

>>19397878
>tons of little grammar mistakes
Hundreds. They were quite distracting.
>Not to mention bad word choices like "Sissy" for Onee-chan
Terrible. It removed so much eroticism from their roleplay - just like removing Onii-chan does. I have no idea why they didn't fix it in their patch after I specifically mentioned this to them.
>>19397910
The girls and their dere are my main interests.

>>19397834
SMEE fan over here. Recent SMEE games are far better like Kanojo Step and PXC. Loverable is mediocre, really.
Making Lovers is good

>>19397878
I really wish that they didn't use all-caps every second line of character dialogue, sure it can be a good use of emphasis but it just gets annoying to read if you use it as often as they did.

>>19395741
I rather have NN send a C&D to that fan-tl group and do the tl themselves.
Fan-tls are cancer and fureraba had good localization.

NN would be pretty dumb to not get Making Lovers if they went after another Smee title

>>19398049
>Fan-tls are cancer
Hahaha yeah because as we all know, official releases are always better than a fanTL. Think someone on Reddit spouted that shit once

>>19398077
>official releases are always better than a fanTL
This is true though.

>>19398083
Sakuragame titles count as official releases

>>19397924
If you provide me with the tools, it's just a matter of finding and replacing them.
NekoNyan is also doing another patch that adds the extra stuff from the Vita version to it, so it's likely they'll fix more mistakes then, but I'm willing to do it just to piss Chuee off.
It also gives me an excuse to re-read the game

>>19398077
>Think someone on Reddit spouted that shit once
Guess who.

>>19397878
>Thank God Sanoba Witch is being worked on by Decay.
Aren’t you getting it mixed up with Dracu-riot? Chuee was posting screenshots of it on twitter so I assume he’s doing the editing.

Mangagamer's contact form doesn't work.

>>19398261
support@mangagamer.com should work at least?

>>19398217
https://twitter.com/Decay382

>>19398367
Decay the fuwa freak

>>19397878
I couldn't even make it through the prologue because I hated how the characters talked. Does it settle the fuck down later?

>>19398049
if only it had gotten a good editing pass and didn't read like a dumbass ESL wrote the script

>>19399177
Pretty sure Fureraba reads great. It only has some typos here and there.

>>19399202
There's quite a few instances of incorrectly used adjectives, slang and idioms, not even addressing the retarded overuse of "literally". It may not be Engrish, but it's pretty obvious to a native speaker with decent mastery of the language that Chuee isn't nearly as good at English as he thinks he is. He's a hack and needs to be fired asap before he's allowed to ruin anything else.

>>19399202
>reads great
Don't give yourself too much credit where it's not due Chuee, it reads okay for it being Nekonyan's first release but it wasn't a very good localization. Be sure to improve when it comes to Sanoba Witch.

>>19399233
Rude
Chuee is /our girl/

It is time to put your blindfold on.
https://imgur.com/a/NOY4UJu

>>19399245
coco is the only /our girl/ we will ever need or have

>>19399305
Please don’t post propaganda. There is nothing wrong with Evenicle. Arunaru did nothing wrong.

>>19399486
Don't worry, I am not expecting MG employees to stop worshipping MG's releases. Neither am I expecting a fix for any of this. People told me to compile it, so I did. That's all. I doubt the average reader of Evenicle on Plebbit, Fuwa, and various warez forums will ever know about this.

>>19399486
Arunaru is a good translator. Whoever is localising, if it's Arunaru, is doing a fucking awful job of it.

Helmanian Revolution? Who the fuck decided on this. What kind of fucking moron went with "Helmanian" instead of "The Helman Revolution" or simply "Helman Revolution"?

>>19399513
I was actually happy about MG releases the other day. After weeks of not remembering the name, I just remembered Funbag Fantasy again.

Was such a great choice to pick a title I barely ever remember. But it was all worth it as it feels like an accomplishment when I do remember it!

I want to buy Orion's book. Is there much questionable shit that'll get me v&? Leaf here.

>>19399513
Its unfortunate, but its a niche industry where fixes of any kind are rare. Credit is deserved when fixes happen, although they should be common. Regardless, just about every release in the VN industry sucks in varying ways. Like how your last point can apply to Arunarus translation choices, but can also apply to almost every Sekai release these past couple of years. Especially if their kickstarted releases are any indication. (Other than issues that may be present with the VN itself)
https://fuwanovel.net/reviews/2018/01/03/hoshizora-no-memoria-3/

>>19399578
Likely Arunaru. He's the type of person who believes his choices are perfect, and all that. This is also seen from one of the item TLs in Evenicle and the same item from RQ that Maria worked on that made more sense to me. Arunaru is one hell of a fast translator if nothing else, but it doesnt excuse some of the things he does.

>>19399578
Arunaru is famous for his love of localizing names in odd ways. It was to be expected.

>>19399305
I expected more to be honest, we had like 3 threads of people arguing and insulting each other that Evenicle is a horrible release, but after reading through each example it seems still better than the usual release that we get.
That's sadly the state of the western visual novel industry. We have a release with visible flaws which you showed, but if we compare it to Hoshizora, Leyline 1, Maitetsu, Princess X or Fureraba, it's still good or if you want it in other words, it's less bad than the competition.
Also, send it to MangaGamer and apply as beta tester since you seem better than the usual people doing it.

>>19399652
Is English not his first language?

>>19399695
He does the name thing for fun.

>>19399680
What's the pay like for their beta testers?

>>19399704
Free copy of the game you test or a small amount of money.

>>19399701
He enjoys being ridiculed for his awful translations? Embarrassing. What happened to people having professional integrity.

>>19399717
How small are we talking? I'd moonlight as a labour of love, but not for free.

Is Steiner really Ludo?

>>19399722
VN industry doesn't really have professionals. It's so niche the pay is shit, so it attracts a ton of hobbyists who want to be paid for their work.

>>19399722
>What happened to people having professional integrity
They never really existed at the level you are probably thinking of. The industry is made up of ex-fan groups mostly.

>>19399305
Only the way he handled honorifics and background images bothers me.

>>19399680
>Also, send it to MangaGamer and apply as beta tester since you seem better than the usual people doing it
Implying I would be able to work for a company which has fucked with the original names in several VNs and refuses to communicate with its customers.

>>19399680
For someone trying really hard to be offended and find fault with it, if this is all he's got then that's pretty decent. Maybe it's because the industry is in a sad state that I can say that, but If you were to try doing the same thing for saku saku, leyline, or horizora, you might be better off writing down which lines don't have issues.

Baldr Sky Steam version to release 8/20, free 18+ patch to come soon after release

>>19399861
Less bad = Good

>>19399897
nice joke

What was the opinion on Funbag Fantasty SS' translation. Because I remember hearing around here people saying it was done really well despite it some of the characters reading in ye olde English

Jesus Christ, Chuee is such a loser. Why does he lurk in these threads when he claims that anyone that posts here is trash?
https://twitter.com/TheChuee/status/1016802095926833154

>>19399722
Anyone with the special kind of autism to be a career translator is also the kind of person to be stubborn and do things their way and their way only.
Weebshit (and also video games) attract this type especially.

>>19399977
He's right, you know?
Fureraba would be a borefest if it had a more literal tl.

>>19400025
Why are the only options overly literal and overly liberal? Just because one is shit doesn't mean the polar opposite is any better.
Fuck off, Chuee.

>>19399977
He use to frequently post around with a trip before the whole Chrono Clock mess. After the backlash of defending it he never really posted with it again.

>>19400040
すげぇ: literal boring tl: amazing, incredible
better tl: holy shit!

>>19400040
If you tell a translator you want an accurate and natural translation their head explodes

>>19399968
I was scared that they would fuck it up like SP did with Chrono Clock. If you haven't read Funbag Fantasy, one of the heroines is from the fantasy land ''Fronce'' and she has a French accent. The first thing that came to my mind was: Fuck, they will put in some random French words and translate the other half normally, similar to Chrono Clock and DD's weeb speech.
Thank God they just used Medieval English instead, but only for her character.
Thanks to that Sideboob Story was such a enjoyable read, it wouldn't be even half as good if they fucked up her speech or translated everything normally.

Whens the next con? hope for some good nukige.

CHUEE
I KNOW YOU'RE LURKING IN HERE.
FUCKING POST WITH YOUR TRIP AND DEFEND YOUR LOGIC INSTEAD OF HIDING BEHIND TWITTER LIKE THE FAGLORD YOU ARE.

>>19399968
it was the good kind of balance between literal and liberal, i dunno if it was the same translator who did the first game, but if it was they improved overall a lot

like the other guy said the Fronce scenes were incredibly enjoyable because they did a creative localization of the dialect and it worked. the most important thing is that they kept in mind the genre and context so it didn't really feel out of place

>>19400230
The dude clearly just wants to whine and circlejerk his beliefs. He's like that everywhere he posts. He just leaves the second he encounters anyone that has an argument he can't sarcasm to death.

>>19400230
>>19400267
It's pretty sad how he's resorted to pulling a "herkz"
Posting 4chan caps on twitter claiming how smart he is and how dumb they are.

>>19399977
Why is he getting mad at a rare post actually praising the Fureraba translation? Seems a little bit dumb.

>>19400406
I wish we could do the same now with Fureraba just to shut up Chuee once and for all.

>>19399305
My bet is they will fix certain lines and go back on it.

Any news on KKK?

>>19400492
The good KKK or the chuuni one?

>>19400445
The same what?

>>19400517
The good chuuni one

>>19400175
IIRC, Otakon starts August 10th. Only MG announces stuff there though.

>>19400567
I think he's referencing the Evenicle/MML imgur mistake dumps.

>>19400634
Meant for: >>19400532

>>19400644
I did that too, though. https://imgur.com/a/V3tYU

>>19400654
Looks hollow in comparison.

>>19400777
Yeah, it's only one route and no localization shit. What sucks is that they kept Sissy in the update, so they clearly think it's erotic.

>>19400955
Jesus, only one route? I don't want to image how much shit you would find if you go through the other routes and add the meme stuff too.
Did they translate the images? That one arcade picture has some japanese in it.

>>19400654
That list is outdated and >>19400777.
A more complete list would be the forum post >>19397878 linked.
Make a better one pointing out what exactly needs to be changed and I'll do the fixes myself out of spite.

>>19401090
I don't think so. I'm happy nekonyan agreed to fix their nameshit. The only reason why I did the original was to encourage them to do better QA.

>>19399305
Thanks for putting this together anon. You caught everything I did and much more.

>>19399740
Like fifty bucks.

https://twitter.com/TheChuee/status/1016883488828641280
Maybe it's because everyone else's definition of constructive criticism is different from yours. If you only go about listening to yes men and the people sucking you off on twitter that is what happens Chuee.

>>19401449
For someone who has been on here for so long, he sure is thin-skinned. And anyway, he's objectively incorrect, as the post he took a screencap of (>>19397878) is pretty kind; going as far as to say that the tone of the game is "great and enjoyable, but here are some small quibbles that I have with the translation." Imagine being so assblasted by a tiny critique like that as to claim that there's nothing constructive there and to snark about it behind the poster's back on Twitter (and likely on Discord as well). Especially when, objectively speaking, the script is still littered with innumerable typos and grammatical issues, even after your patch (not to mention the embarassing state of the release)

>>19401522
He's probably still salty that after shilling Sekai for months on /vn/ and touting all fan-translations as completely inferior to official ones, his work on Hoshimemo ended up being so terrible as to necessitate a public apology and re-examination of the script.
>Untranslated lines
>At least hundreds of typos
>Verb tense of narration changes so frequently it’s actually constantly confusing. Even individual sentences frequently flip back and forth between past and present tense.
>They deleted every single comma from Chinami’s lines. All of ’em. Even the ones on the slow, emotional lines. Even the ones that are grammatically required for direct address, to avoid ambiguity. Every last one.
>The translation constantly abuses the English language: transitive verbs have their object stolen by incorrect prepositions (“I relish in my memories…”); idioms are used incorrectly (“spinning on our heels” appears where they meant to say “spinning our wheels”); bizarre phrases are made up which sound kind of like idioms, but which actually aren’t (“stroke of sharpness”, by analogy to “stroke of genius”, I assume, except nobody in the history of the world has ever said the former until HoshiMemo’s localization dreamed it up).

>>19400040
Because "vn translators" can operate only in these two modes.
Keep in mind that nobody in vn scene is actually professional translator. They don't have any proper education, they just learned to read Japanese and think this is all it takes to translate Japanese to English.
I think only koestl have some linguistic background.

I think that is just how it globally is these days. Take video games or comics or anything, and a complaint on lack of quality is a racist and misgynist attack on the professionals working on it, done by alt right customers who should just die.

>>19401929
No one, not even that archfag Chuee brought politics here.
So go back to your containment board /v/ermin.

Once again, it's only early Wednesday yet we're well past bump limit and at page 8.

>>19402106
I'M NOT MAKING A NEW THREAD YOU HEAR ME?
DON'T THINK OF MAKING ONE YOURSELF EITHER.
WAIT TILL NEXT SUNDAY.
GOD.

>>19402106
That's just how it goes sometimes
The fact we've been invaded by /vn/ hasn't helped either

>>19402106
>>19402111
1. Only make a new thread if something actually important is happening like a Hapymaher controversy. Discussion over things like announcement hints can wait.

2. Don't call such a thread VNTS because such a thread will be focused on that one industry controversy rather than "visual novel translation status".

In any case, /vn/ seems to have calmed down, so if you really need a general for vns, then go there.

>>19402166
I will be on vnts.

For what it is worth, there are a surprising number of "unsafe" VN Kickstarters ongoing or upcoming, which is a change from the mostly safe Kickstarters we had been seeing recently. Sekai's $75k goal on the Tokyo Chronos Kickstarter will likely be reached, however it is off to an okay but not exactly great start, being roughly 25% funded 18 hours in despite getting a relatively broad amount of press, so it likely won't clear its goal by that much. While it is possible the upcoming Venus Blood Kickstarter takes off and surges pass $125k, it seems at least as likely that it could struggle to get anywhere close to that if it doesn't take off. Even already well known titles have struggled to reach $125k on Kickstarter recently (such as Subahibi and most of Sekai's moege), especially without a console release being tied in.

Phantom Trigger Volume 5 recently reached its $30k goal with a final total $38k, which was a significant drop off from the nearly $50k Volume 4 managed to get. With the Japanese Vita releases being done in pairs a volume 6 seem inevitable, but if it sees another drop reaching $30k again could be a close call. The related Phantom Trigger anime Kickstarter also looks like it will be a struggle, being at just $26k of $100k 6 days in, and seeing a substantial drop off after the $18k from the first day. Even with it being listed as a 60 day Kickstarter it could be a tough climb to reach their goal, especially with the minimum bid being $99.

>I will also say that we first approached them, not the other way around, a very long time ago now.
Sekai isn't even poaching fan TLs anymore. They just willingly offer themselves up to them now, apparently.

>>19403024
That's the case with most fan TLs who go official, you know.

>>19403024
Been that way for a long time. Some even start projects with the intention of being officially picked up once it gets attention.

>>19402602
I think when you put two in a single week that is a recipe for disaster.

>>19399680
What is wrong with Princess X?

>>19399977
cause he's a bitter, stubborn autist like all the other VN industry losers that got bullied off 4chan

>>19401802
Not defending anyone here but are professional translators even exist? Every japanese game I ever seen has a worse translation than even badly translated VN. Xenoblade X sure as hell had professionals working on and it's the worst translation I ever seen.

>>19403916
Games can get away with bad translation a bit more than VNs since they depend on other factors besides writing.

>>19403990
You can get away with bad translation in anything if you're determined enough.

>>19403990
>>19403916
I've seen similar types of complaints in official manga, anime, and light novels honestly speaking. I don't think that VN translators for MG or even JAST are usually particularly bad.

Real translators work with literature, technical publications, business and government communications, etc. That any of you expect translators for cartoons, video games, and porn to be talented or produce quality work is funny.

>>19404189
Suck My Dick or Die is peak literature.

>>19404189
Spoken like a true adult.

>>19404189
You also can make money on cartoons so your point is invalid

>>19404327
If by money you mean pennies, then you're right.

>>19404327

That doesn't invalidate his point at all.

>>19404327
Yeah, I'm sure companies that translate cartoons are hiring the best translators in the field. It's clear just from visual novels that no one actually cares if you get a shitty product because people will just buy it anyway. There isn't any meaningful standard here.

>>19404189
Average literature translation is of the same quality as video games and worse than VN, you would know you read any. Technical publication only require knowledge of technical terms and the whole translation could be literal. Business usually require knowledge of multiply languages, the more the better, and case to case specifics.
You're like a child who trying to look cool by mimicking adults and their "serious" stuff.

>>19404428
>Average literature translation is of the same quality as video games and worse than VN
It's fair to disregard the rest of your post just form reading this.

>>19404428
>the whole translation could be literal.
>implying this is a bad thing.
fuck off Chue.

how do we get hofstadter to learn japanese and tl vns?

>>19404470
I was never so btfo'd in my life! How will I ever recover?
>>19404479
Hold off your implications.

>>19404428
I don't know what do you mean by "average literature".
Of course there are examples of terrible works being translated by horrible people, resulting in shit product.
But there are also lots of examples of absolutely stunning works like prof. Donald L. Keene's Taketori Monogatari. This is what professional translator looks like: 4 degrees in linguistics from different universities, over 50 years of experience in the field at the moment he was translating that book.

How many linguistics professors are there in vn scene? 0.

>>19403990
Games in general can get away with bad translations because most game consumers are drooling retards that couldn't give less of a shit about quality and will defend the company to the death for bringing it over at all.

>>19404577
Uh... well, s-see... the thing that's important is that you retain honorifics...! If you can't do that then it doesn't matter how many degrees you have! Oh, and make you keep "uu" in names! That's the kind of thing that translation is about.

>>19404612
Honorifics are important in porn games. this is obvious.

>>19404612
You are so mad, chuee.

>>19404344
If that would be pennies, then Sekai, Jast, Mangamer etc would have been dead long ago.

>>19404577
By average I mean average. Any modern bestseller like Harry Potter. It's basically the same medium as VNs.
I agree, classic literature gets a much better translation and people working on it are someone VNs nor cartoons will ever get. But average novel will never get them either. Call it moving a goalposts if you want.

>>19404577
Taketori Monogatari is not an average literary translation.

>>19404717
Pennies for the translators, not the companies.

>>19402602
I'll take any bet that SP's Tokyo Chronos kickstarter will be successful, while the Venus Blood one will fail to be funded.
SP just has a huge amount of mindless idiots who will back or buy anything despite them fucking up almost all recent big releases.

We can bitch and bash Sekai Project forever, we openly show how bad their releases are with proof, but at the end of the day they still make a shitload of money despite everything.
With Denpasoft exclusive releases they have over 40 visual novels in TBA status now, that's more than all other visual novel localization companies combined.

>>19404766
If they earn pennies then doing almost anything else would bring them more money.

>>19404825
They are so bad at translating that no one else would take them.

Speaking of classic literature. I had a glance at Crime and Punishment (i'm russian native) and the translation is pretty much word to word literal. I guess this is what get when you respect source material instead of trying to make it "more natural" for burgers.

>>19404951
>what you get*

>>19404831
Flipping burgers would make more money

>>19404813
Let’s be real, they only people who can see this proof is those who happen to come across it here or places like twitter and reddit. And even then it’s only going to be one or two cases, and it usually takes more to convince people. I think there should be a resource that archives all of Sekai’s fuck ups, so it’s easy to pass it around and let everyone know of them. Ideally it’d also be in japanese so eroge companies could learn about Sekai too.

>>19404813
They will always make money on their kickstarters so long as the website isn't blocked in China.

>>19405180
Yeah, pretty much this. A lot of Chinese people like to use their Kickstarter as basically a storefront. They don't really care about the actual promises of the campaign aside from the merchandise.

>>19405101
You can't flip burgers while sitting at home on your PC.

>>19405224
Didn't mcdonalds or some other big network start replacing humans with drones?
You can be burger-flipping drone operator sitting at home on your PC.

>>19404766
IIRC, the rate is one penny per character, but that varies a bit. I think Sekai used to brag that they paid more, but that was before G-Senjou flopped.

>>19405180
The Venus Blood prefundia has a Chinese translation, so it might do fine.

>>19404813
>I'll take any bet that SP's Tokyo Chronos kickstarter will be successful, while the Venus Blood one will fail to be funded.
SP just has a huge amount of mindless idiots who will back or buy anything despite them fucking up almost all
recent big releases.

I would have to only agree with you. I have yet to see one fail despite the fact there is a release failure rate of 98.9%.

>We can bitch and bash Sekai Project forever, we openly show how bad their releases are with proof, but at the end of the day they still make a shitload of money despite everything.

That's not completely true. They have been struggling and those who have bought in know they made a bad move. They will wake up to it and tell others.


>With Denpasoft exclusive releases they have over 40 visual novels in TBA status now, that's more than all other visual novel localization companies combined.

They will never finish them at a good rate though. That's the problem. So it does not alleviate the issue.

>>19405140
We should make images and spread them around on Twitter and Reddit. Especially the fact of how many promises they made on games being released and it being a few years after even for smaller VN's. Imgur would be a good choice as we can spread it around.

>>19382970
>Fate/Extra CCC - 17% translated