/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa/Maiden
>G-senjou no Maou - R18 patch released
Ninja Girl - 6/28 release, 100% translated+edited
Majo Koi Nikki - Submitted for Steam review
Karakara 3 - 2019 release
Nanairo Reincarnation - 2019 release, technical issues remain
Re;Lord Volume 2 - 100% translated+edited, awaiting engine work by the developer
9-nine- Episode 2 - 100% translated and edited, awaiting build from developer
Harumade Kururu - 100% translated and edited, awaiting engine work, 2019 release
Rewrite+ - 67% translated, 17% edited
Baldr Sky - 90% translated, 90% edited
Love Duction - 100% translated and edited, needs engine work
Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
Ley-Line: Flowers Falling in the Morning Mist - 100% translated and edited, engine work after Ley-Line 2
Hoshizora no Memoria (retranslation) - In progress, 2019 release
Hoshizora no Memoria Eternal Heart - 35% translated, 2019 release
Island Diary - 15% translated
Riajuu Plus - 100% translated and edited, awaiting engine work
Creature to Koi Shiyo!! for Otome - Waiting on a third party
Miko no Kanata - 100% translated and edited, awaiting engine work
Memory's Dogma - Code:01 Released, 02 onwards upcoming
Tenshin Ranman - QA and engine work next, in "icebox"
Fault - Silence the Pedant - Demo released
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Above released, GE still to come
Nekopara Vol 4 - Announced
NarKarma EngineA - Announced
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - Picked up
Sumire - Picked up
I Walk Among Zombies Volume 2 - 100% translated, awaiting editing and engine work
I Walk Among Zombies Volume 3 - Picked up
I Walk Among Zombies Volume 0 - Picked up
NEKO-NIN exHeart 3 - 71% translated and edited
Winter Polaris - 70% translated, Summer 2019 release
Sanarara R - 100% translated, Q3 release
Kemomusu - 100% tanslated and edited, awaiting engine work, Q4 release
Secret Project 4 - 46% translated and edited

Frontwing
Loca Love Vol 2 - Summer release
Sharin no Kuni - In the last stages of debugging
Lilitales - Picked up

Sol Press
Yotsunoha - Rejected by Steam, demo released
Irotoridori no Sekai - Kickstarter succeeded
Mirai Radio to Jinkou-bato - 2019 release
Himawari to Koi no Kioku - 2019 release
Kimi o Aogi Otome wa Hime ni - 100% translated and edited, QA build under construction, 2019 release
Shitsuji ga Aruji o Erabu Toki - 30% translated, 11% edited
Nukitashi - work started, 2019 release
OniKiss - 72% translated, 71% edited
DareSora - Volume 1 Released, info on future volumes soon

Nekonyan
Suki to Suki to de Sankaku Ren'ai - May 31st release
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Melty Moment - Early/Mid 2019 release
Hello Lady - Translation started, Early Q2 2019 release
Aokana - 90% translated, 50% edited, Summer 2019 Release
Senren Banka - 20% translated, 20% edited, Late Summer 2019
Making Lovers - 25% translated, 25% edited, Winter 2019
Making＊Lovers: Geki Icha After Story - "we plan to translate the Fandisc as well"

Cherry Kiss
Nekura Ijimerarekko o Tasuketara Natsukareta - Future release
Deka Chichi Muchi Shiri BBA Kishidan - Picked up
Mesu Inu Haramase Oyakodon - Picked up

Fakku
Love Cubed - July 25th release,
Oral Lessons With Chii-chan - Summer 2019 release

Fruitbat Factory
Seven Days - 70% through testing, demo released
>Nora to Oujo to Noraneko Heart - released planned, Fruitbat Factory now listed as a publisher

Other
Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation - June 18th release
Lamunation - 100% translated, Q2 2019 release
Yumeutsutsu Re:Master - Release planned
A Day in the Life of Maria - 100% translated and edited, August 2019 release
Venus Blood Frontier - 55% translated, December 2019 release
Yumeutsutsu Re:Master - Announced
Utawarerumono Remake - 2020 release
Project Sakura Wars - 2020 release
Magical Charming - Release planned
Angel Beats - 50% translated
Tayutama 2 - Future release, R18 patch planned but may not be ready at launch
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

>>21414566
>Date A Live: Rio Reincarnation - June 18th release
Not anymore, no. Check the steam page, it said July 23rd not long ago, now it says coming soon.

DUDE
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So it's t's basically confirmed that Nora to Oujo won't have a 18+ patch.

Made a thing. I don't think the imgur is in the right order, so you're better off downloading the mega.
https://imgur.com/a/C6RLZDT
https://mega.nz/#!vodDBAYT!x0f7_qUqmo5lG_CGeaMV-K1Sa7dGs3zWstjITjLowDI


Mistranslations:
11. No, she is about to tell MC what the president told her, as you can see just 3 lines below. Remember that MC's had no contact with him since his interview.
16. At least make it "Laid-off's Two"
24. I can just make Himeo-san spend the night here.
27. She's answering for him. Line would be something like "He's not loitering around. He said he's looking for a job, even a part-time one, every single day."
33. She had never mentioned breaking up. She means that despite the fact that she's moving out, she's not ready to end the relationship completely.
34. He's saying he'd help out and pay half if it wasn't for the ridiculous logos.
39. I wonder where exactly you got the part about money from and why, since two of the tenants are often late with their rent, meaning they can't be trusted when it comes to money.
60. There's no "we". He wasn't there in this route.
76. Come as in enter, not ejaculate.
97. before, not after. Pretty big difference.
101. No, he took a day off just 2 weeks before this. She's saying that he's been working Saturdays.
110. Hit, not hate
112. about feeling/being cold, not having a cold
116. I wondered if I should tell her (Mitoko) that I'm still meeting Asami from time to time.
123. He's comparing them as a couple to MC+Mitoko as a couple
127. She's talking about the stone, not him

>>21415574
Technical issues:
1. Merged a line and the next line's voice call command (fixed)
12. Lorem ipsum (3x) (fixed) + merged her line with narration (fixed)
17. That's Mitoko's line from a few lines back.
29. Kaya's second H-scene has the wrong animations https://webm.red/CXPr.webm (EN), https://webm.red/XyBj.webm (JP). Even worse, the animations go directly against the narration.
106. Save comments are screwed, but I don't think anything can be done about that.
111. Merged her line and narration
130. Mitoko appears right from the beginning, before she's supposed to. This goes against the narration. https://webmshare.com/gLQmy (EN), https://webmshare.com/RyYPd (JP)

>>21415576
Fucked up kanji readings:
2. Matsuru
7. Tsuyoshi, not Takeshi (4x)
19. Hiraki, not Hiragi (26x) https://instaud.io/3J3s
30. Hachizouji, not Hachisouji https://instaud.io/3J3O
31. The already introduced Kojima OA Commerce, not Kagoshima Sales. Different company https://instaud.io/3J3R
32. Using Toko in Kaya's route, nope
38. Teiou/Teiou(dai), not Teidai https://instaud.io/3J4d
40. Kouraisen (2x) https://instaud.io/3J4u
44. Yuuichi https://instaud.io/3J6k (https://mnamae.jp/p/88d54e00.html))
46. Subaruta, not Subata (3x) https://instaud.io/3J6o
48. Shikijou, not Shikijo (11x) https://instaud.io/3J6q
50. Shinoyama, not Shinayama (6x) https://instaud.io/3J6s
54. Michihama, not Michima
58. Hamasaki, not Hamashima. Hell, you've got it right on the very next line.
68. Kamikojima, not Kagoshima. Yes, Kagoshima is the correct reading of the name, but he mispronounces it. Same for his next line, NIS_0006.OGG
71. Kihee, not Kihei
73. Kurahashi Zenjuurou. Bonus - this screenshot has "advisor", while #58 has "adviser".
86. Kyoumoto Masashi https://instaud.io/3J7i
96. Same thing, why does it have 2 names?
99. Ogawa, not Ogakawa https://instaud.io/3J7B
104. Ontake, not Otake (2x) https://instaud.io/3J7C
108. Takiyama, not Takeyama (3x) https://instaud.io/3J7I
128. Kihee, not Kiei

>>21415577
Misc:
4. Western name order when all the other names in the game are in JP order
5. Forgot to write the rest of the sentence (fixed)
8/9/10. Name doesn't fit
14. Buntarou, Yoshinori, and Kihee are speaking in this line.
13. Unedited Engrish from the JP release
18. Removed the talk about Obon for no reason, especially since it appears later on in the VN anyway
21. Fuck you
23. We all love full romanization, but you're inconsistent when you have Kyushu, Tokyo, etc. in the script
26. Original line is slurred to the max.
28. She uses "Mr. Kumazaki" throughout the whole VN. There's no change in the JP script on this line.
41. Chronologically, the bottom pic goes before the upper one. Localizing both -sama and -san as Mr. came to bite you in the ass. Buntarou's laughing at something that Kihee's already "said" in the EN version.
42. Let's be honest here, amerifats won't know what be able to imagine a 10msq room any better than a 6 tatami room. What's worse is that 4.5 tatami was localized to 5msq (line KIN_0110.OGG), which is like 2/3 of what it actually is.
45. Princess, not Himeo
51. Nice meme, but it doesn't fit here. Himeo, not Sasaki, is the master. His words are from one retainer to another - the reference is https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mito_K%C5%8Dmon
56. It's retarded to pull out Ms. for one scene (2x) when you've made him use just Himeo up until now
59. Very minor, but is this really appropriate here? She had a small amount of alcohol put in her non-alcoholic drink. The goal was to get her drunk, not unconscious.
63. Toko(-chan), not Mitoko.
75. A complete mess, not to mention the missing line break. "55, which exceeds Father's 30 by a wide margin."
77. Bad double quotes. This is not a flashback line.
84. Yeah, how comes? Maybe because you changed a gender-neutral honorific to a male one.
93. There's a bunch of lines like this. The line break is completely unnecessary here; Look at all that space.
122. He keeps switching between Honoka and Ms. Honoka constantly, even in the same scene when talking to the same people.
124. Forgot honorific
126. Not chest?

>>21415578
Grammar, typos, and shit:
3. Doesn't work in English. Subject = you, object = pub
6. Hinosaka household
15. Actually
20. Your
22. Yoshimura
25. I'd said
35. hadn't managed
36/43/94 object - me, not I
37. hear it
47. Shuusen, not Shusen. 58x correct and 1x wrong, so I'm gonna assume it's a typo
49. She switches to maximum politeness mode when talking to her father, which was ignored.
52. first it had taken over and then it disappeared. That's the chronological order.
53/66. Missing period
55. You accidentally a verb
57. Five years' worth, just like you would say "A year's worth"
61. Double space (30x)
64. Or have I
69. Pick one
70. wake-up
79. The
81/107/118/119/121 Capitalization
82. Subject - we
83. in
85/95 missing commas
87. consider
89. double past
90. nor, not or
91. had been
92. had supposedly done
102. you'd - quit smoking -> took up smoking
103. missing "s"
105. volume
113. Terrace
115. on
117. wished. We're doing past narration here
120. Pretty sure the subject is "sperm".
125. Bonus space
129. Double negative

>>21415574
based

Time to make an angry blogpost on Conjueror’s blog?

Told you Sol Press was shit. https://forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/21811-sol-press-looking-for-newerlesser-expererienced-translators-for-future-experimental-releases/

>>21415574
This shuts down the cartel.

>>21415574
This is a shame, I was really looking forward to Damekoi.

>>21415849
Told what? How exactly do you think companies get new translators? How do you think they learn?
By the way, I recognize the name as someone who’s worked on fanTL before.

>>21415849
We've known this for two months now fuwatard. And as mentioned last thread, MG does the exact same thing and it's not always bad. The guy who did Kyonyuu Fantasy Gaiden (and 2, but that's not out yet) was one of these "lesser experienced TL's" and he did a fantastic job for his first project. The guy saying he got a job in that thread was the guy who did To Heart 2 and is currently translating HaruUru, so it's not like he doesn't have experience already, he just doesn't have any professional experience.

>>21415889
>The guy saying he got a job in that thread was the guy who did To Heart 2 and is currently translating HaruUru, so it's not like he doesn't have experience already, he just doesn't have any professional experience.
Actually now that I've done a bit of looking around it turns out he's working on Nukitashi, which seems like a horrible idea.
https://twitter.com/ConmanIttaku/status/1132435138023833600

>>21415922
>which seems like a horrible idea
He's bad?

>>21416085
I don't think he's "bad" but I don't think he's good enough to give Nukitashi the translation it deserves.

>>21415574
>>21415576
>>21415577
>>21415578
>>21415580
You realize you're doing their QA job for free, right?
>>21416100
Ittaku is a well-seasoned translator. Almost a decade iirc. Guy's so old he has a wife and daughter already. Close to his fourties.
You're forgetting he translated Clover Days too.

>>21416147
>You're forgetting he translated Clover Days too.
Clover Days had quite a few translators though, did it not?

>>21416151
Not really, it was mostly conman aka Ittaku because astro dropped the ball hard on that tl.

>>21416147
Their “employees” must be doing it for free, too, considering the end result.

>>21416193
savage

>>21416193
I presume that mostly do it to read it early and not actually check for errors.

And might literally be doing it for free, don't they get like coupons or something for the MG store?

>>21415573
Might do an Eiyuu Senki and get bought by JAST for an 18+ version.

>>21416429
Now you just reminded me and made me wonder if they might ever do Eiyuu Senki Gold. Somehow it feels impossible, just like how "localization of Eushully stuff" seems to be within the realm of impossibility too

>>21415578
>Amerifat
And that's when your opinions are dismissed Europoor.

>>21416576
Cartel getting better at shitposting with every passing day. Look, they learned how to attack the critique under /int/ disguise.

>>21415573
>>21416429
The fact that Fruitbat Factory is involved at all suggests that the Japanese developer took the criticism of their original translation plans to heart and went out to find an actual localization team. The other strong criticism has been the lack of a planned R18 patch, so if the developer were also to take those complaints seriously it wouldn't be at all surprising to see an R18 release going through Jast like Eiyuu Senki, especially with Norotoro being a big enough title that Jast would likely be quite willing to offer to distribute an R18 release.

>>21415872
Well it's Conjueror so...
If you gave Himawari the same treatment on release you would find probably a similar level of mistakes. He is nothing if not consistent.

>>21415574
#24 is actually right, I was retarded.

In before Doddler angrily tweets that people aren't being nice enough.

>>21417845
more likely to be annoyed that nobody emailed these issues to support

>>21418176
Fuck off, Doddler.

So Conjucuck is not so good after all?

>>21416803
>went out to find an actual localization team
That's good. Nora to Oujo's strongest point seemed to be the comedy. With a half-assed translation it will definitely flop, hard.

>>21418293
You mean Cuckjueror? The dumb title translation of Damekoi should say that.

>>21416616
>Anyone that disagrees is apart of a group I hate
LMAO why is this always a common trope. Without fail anytime I witness anyone call into question something it is dismissed as the other group they dislike. Learn to take some Banter butthurt fagulon.

>>21418578
>And that's when your opinions are dismissed Europoor.
Ironing.

>>21418593
>Can't take banter
Is this peak Europoor?

>>21418647
Who are you quoting?

>>21418649
You're a poor. Oh that's a typo :)

>>21418372
But that's basically what Sekai de Ichiban Dame na Koi translates to. Or is not putting "World" first that big a crime?

Hahaha, cool destruction of that translation.

I wish I cared enough to do something similar, but in truth I'm happy with just saying "lol EOPs" and "all translations are shit" a lot.

>>21418811
It's not always a good idea to translate literally.

>>21415576
The 3P scene where Mitoko’s licking the dick when she’s described to be in the corner watching the two of them and masturbating is the funniest one.

>>21419680
Maybe her tongue is really long

>>21418649
Europoor.

Doddler here. It’s over, mangagamer is finished.

>>21419996
based

>>21415872
Most of those things he pointed out are editing errors and misreadings of the names of side characters, businesses, etc. I noticed a lot of them while I was playing the game, but the translation still reads very well overall.

>>21418903
What do you think the title should be then, if not the literal meaning of the title, which makes perfect sense given what the game is about?

Imagine playing visual novels when you can watch top tier anime versions instead. LOL

We're approaching 3 months.

>>21418293
He does some things well, but every title he's been involved in - that I've read, at least - has had a lot of translation issues. Even putting aside localization quibbles, there's always a shit ton of English problems: grammar, typos, phrasing, and so on.

>>21420454
We're approaching 2 months.

>>21420465
Please forgive my retardedness.

>>21420459
That’s in every game regardless of who’s the translator.

>>21420483
Not all. In Conjueroror's titles the issues tend to be more egregious and overt. I'd think even someone that's usually dismissive of such issues would probably find themselves raising an eyebrow. Not to mention that while some translators make an English mistake here-or-there, Conjueror tends to make many repetitive mistakes that are indicative of a poorer understanding of the language.

>>21420505
That’s the editor’s fault.

I think we need to do a research on how liking Umineko among translators proportionally correlates to their lack of intelligence and translation quality. Conju-poo would be the first on the brainlet list.

>>21420159
> What do you think the title should be then, if not the literal meaning of the title, which makes perfect sense given what the game is about?
Is DameKoi about "The Most Forbidden Love in the World" ? Really? Did you read it?

>>21420531
Why is that?

>>21420537
That subject gets harped on continually in the main heroine's route, so yes.

>>21420537
Also please tell me what you think the title should actually be, as that was what my question was.

>>21420544
A translator is supposed to have a good grasp of English, but his main task is to translate the meaning. The editor’s job is to make that better.

>>21420159
>What do you think the title should be then
The Ditzy School Girl is in Love With Me.

>>21420537
I saw your thread on vndb. Conjueror is retarded, but you’re even more retarded. The title’s good.

>>21420552
I think "The Most Hopeless Love in the World" better describes the content.

>>21420531
I agree that the editor should have done more, but much of these issues stem from Conjueror not having the best grasp of English in the first place. In my opinion, the fault lies with both of them.

How accurate is this?

>>21420566
As an onlooker to the discussion, I'll throw in my two cents and agree that is a better title. I think the original one is fine as well, however.

>>21420566
How is that the case when it's referring to the societal disapproval associated with their relationship?

>>21420566
Also the title is the most "NG" love in the world, not the most "dame", which is just furigana for "NG." NG does not mean hopeless

>>21420580
> How is that the case when it's referring to the societal disapproval associated with their relationship?
It's not the main theme and barely touched.

>>21420591
It's brought up continually in Mitoko's story, both from her own Osamu's personal anxieties, to the feelings of other characters who disapprove, and is the main conflict in her epilogue. I think it's you who have not read the game.

>>21420591
Read her route, dumbass.

>>21420590
Why you so sure it's furigana and not two different words?

>>21420610
Because it's a small hiragana reading above the word NG (smaller than every other word in the title)? Because it looks exactly like furigana? What do you even mean two words?

>>21420626
> What do you even mean two words?
I've seen some cases when furigana has the different meaning than the word it is placed above.

>>21420655
I think there's kind of a double (or maybe expanded) meaning here, but the primary sense is "forbidden" as the story makes clear. I don't think hopeless would be a good translation as it obfuscates the main sense in favor of the secondary one.

>>21420721
"Forbidden" sounds too over the top and makes the wrong impression about the nature of it.

>>21420740
No it doesn't. It's referring to the relationship being forbidden by society. I can't count how many times it's brought up in just that way during the game.

>>21420768
It's brought up only during the last route which is maybe 15-20% of whole the vn.

>>21420786
I don't think you read the game then. There are plenty of times it's brought up earlier, e.g. with her friends trying to stop her during the common route. She's also the main heroine and a main character in every route, which each explores different ways her relationship with Osamu could have ended up if it didn't go all the way. You're basically saying the title isn't referring to the main heroine and the true ending of the game, which is ridiculous.

>>21420573
>English doesn't have politeness registers
u wot m8

I think people overestimate the size of the hole left by removing honorifics, even if the translator is inept at portraying it differently. Honestly if Japanese honorifics didn't flow so incredibly awkwardly in English prose, maybe I could see it. Japanese writers definitely can be lazy and use extremely rote role language while not reflecting the relationship mode in some other way. On the other hand, if the relationship working a certain way isn't touched on in the source text in other ways than the 'mention' achieved by role language, is it really important? If you really do need to provide their roles for context, an inserted box providing some short narration 'Naruto was about to meet his loyal vassal, one Harold Weebe' or whatever could work.

>>21420814
> You're basically saying the title isn't referring to the main heroine and the true ending of the game, which is ridiculous.
Yes, in my opinion it's referring to the middle age crisis of protagonist.

>>21420865
That's generally brought up in a comedic way, and his primary conflict is trying to find meaning in his life by being needed, which takes different forms, primarily his attempt to be a parent to Mitoko, which is the thing Asami was trying to give him by making him a father, but was not able to by being infertile, which is also why it's such a problem for him to change his relationship with Mitoko to being a lover (as he says when he finds out how she feels, that his heart was poisoned). His age is only the main theme of the game when considered in the context of it making his romantic relationship with Mitoko "forbidden." I am utterly convinced you haven't read the game.

>>21420886
> That's generally brought up in a comedic way
Lol. The vn's cover has a comedic feel with the lettering. It implies a light comedy, but not some heavy forbidden drama.

>>21420923
>It implies a light comedy, but not some heavy forbidden drama.
It's both. Stop trying to argue about it when you haven't read it and don't know what you're talking about.

Stop discussing shit games.

>>21420964
Translate a good game then.

>>21420964
No one was doing that to begin with.

>>>/vg/254550145
>>>/vg/254550228
I didn't even know about this bullshit, what a waste of 1 million dollars. The biggest middle finger is the all ages version of the fandiscs.

>>21421018
Was worth it to get a better translation. Don't care about the loss of H-scenes and a plagiarized song.

>>21421018
Jewstarter steals money from idiots. Nothing new.

>>21421018
It was the same thing with G-Senjou no Maou. The fan translation is superior because you can actually have uncropped CGs rather than the pan-scan bullshit that it somehow acceptable.

https://twitter.com/jaysanddesu/status/1132793853042417664
Yeah, put a guy who has been learning Jap for less than two years on an official project.

>>21421873
>One True End 3.0
It's trash so who cares.

>>21421873
Same thing for Nukitashi, if they are going for the MangaGamer approach at least give them some Ammolite shit first.

>>21421896
You mean the guy who's done 2 big fanTLs?

>>21421884
Wait a second. I looked through the HCG and the last page is telling me it's a masterpiece.

>>21421884
retard

>>21421884
/vn/ is leaking

>>21422108
If you're incapable of making a proper branched story, then make it kinetic.

>>21422116
Just go back. I'm sure there are plenty of retards there that would like to argue with you.

>>21422135
Not an argument. Building a route on the exploitation of emotions and suffering of the other heroines is complete and utter trash. Such VNs make sure to utterly invalidate their relationships.
Like Damekoi released just now. You are forced to make all the other heroines fall in love with you and then turn them down, before doing the final route.

>>21422143
>Such VNs make sure to utterly invalidate their relationships.
Nah, that's just your autism and you who can't grasp the concept of alternate timelines. Let me tell you on a secret that will make your life easier I doubt you can even get it with your tiny IQ, but still: routes that you liked happened. Routes that you didn't like not happened. That's it.

>>21422143
The ladder progression in Damekoi makes sense, since it shows everything that had to happen in order for Osamu and Mitoko to finally reach that final stage of their relationship. Osamu had multiple, legitimate chances to get off the train, get with another woman, and clarify his relationship with Mitoko as parental, and every time he doesn't do it, it brings them closer together and increases the possibility of them entering the taboo zone. It's actually well-done in this case, and you can even see the same sort of thing going on with Mitoko, as she tries to get over Osamu by getting closer to Tsuyoshi, but fails and gives into her feelings for Osamu. Also Mitoko needed to suffer as much as she did in order to finally confess and try to win Osamu earnestly.

>>21422161
You know there are true end VNs which deny the alternate timelines. Such as Hapymaher, which says the other routes were mere dreams.

>>21422143
>Not an argument. Building a route on the exploitation of emotions and suffering of the other heroines is complete and utter trash. Such VNs make sure to utterly invalidate their relationships.
Clannad did this with Kyo/Rio route, WA2 is just that. Any VN love triangle ever is just that. You are literally complaining about disliking entire genre. Now go back.

>>21422167
Never heard about such a thing. After all, why should I care about what VN says when what objectively matters is my own enjoyment and I have all the rights to twist everything for the sake of it?

>>21421896
>Same thing for Nukitashi
It's not really the same.

>>21422181
>Clannad did this with Kyo/Rio route
Is this actually a good example? It has two endings and you can end up with either of them. You're have to dump Ryou and date Kyou instead in order to get the light orb, but Ryou ends up with Kappei afterward, who she ends up marrying in Kappei's route. She's a sub-heroine and still gets happy ending even when she loses so I think it's fine.

>>21422143
> Like Damekoi released just now. You are forced to make all the other heroines fall in love with you and then turn them down, before doing the final route.
I agree, though the game itself is a disappointment. It's not a good comedy and it's not a good forbidden romance either, but the most bad thing about it are the shitty cliffhangers.

>>21422181
>>21422198
Actually nevermind, I didn't really read your post and thought you were using Clannad as a negative example and were agreeing with that guy. Ignore what I said.

>>21422198
>It has two endings and you can end up with either of them
Guess what? All those heroines in Damekoi have their own endigs as well.

>>21422203
The comedy and romance were both great.

>>21422216
4U

>>21422218
True; I knew what it was going into it and it lived up to the hype for me. I'm the same age as Osamu so maybe that helped.

>>21422234
As for me, I prefer the branching plot structure in romantic vns, don't like hetare protags and hate excessive use of cliffhangers in narration that go nowhere.

>>21421884
>>21422143
Please do everyone a favor and just get the fuck off the thread. Acting like a professional reviewer is pretty cringe it's obvious by your comments you are not as smart as you think you are.

>>21422606
You don't need to reply multiple times.

>>21421896
Mangagamer is the only decent one out of the rest. And perform very few fuckups on VN's. Besides your comparison is a really shitty one.

>>21422613
>And perform very few fuckups
Scroll up a little.

>>21422611
I want to reply multiple times.

>>21422614
Someone lacks reading comprehension. I said they perform very few fuckups. Meaning on some VN's they will bomb it. But on most VN's they do well enough to get by. When the competition is better than MG let me know. Otherwise you are just complaining about a niche genre that everyone knows does not make a lot of money unless it's porn.

>>21422613
>And perform very few fuckups

>>21422627
>>21422611

>>21422631
>>21422615

>>21422636
Thanks for letting me know that was (you) twice there.

>>21422625
>But on most VN's they do well enough to get by
Let's take a look at their last 5 releases.
>Damekoi
lol.
>Trinoline
Quite a few misTLs that were posted here and a shit ton of programming bugs.
>Lilycle
Untranslated images and the translator kept swapping the name order from JP > ENG > JP > ENG.
>Steam Prison
I didn't play it but when it was released there were a lot of people complaining on steam that the game wouldn't launch.
>SukiSuki
l o l.

>>21422643
But that wasn't me. I just though that'd be a good follow up.

>>21421873
Bee is an experienced translator. He's been working in fan translation for a long time, the mad lad.

>>21422648
No need to be modest about it.
>>21422644
Still better than Sekai project that has not released anything. Besides the mistranslations do get fixed.

>>21422650
Hasn't he only done Akatsuki no Goei and a CherryKiss kusoge?

>>21422656
You say that like akagoei was nothing. He also translated the common route of Senmomo.

>>21422661
I'm saying that because neither are fucking released so I can assume it's shit.

>>21422655
>Still better than Sekai project that has not released anything.
That's some serious fucking backpedalling.
>Besides the mistranslations do get fixed.
No they don't. I'm pretty sure all the ones that yuuriautist pointed out are still in their copy.

>>21422650
I think I know that cunt. He hates honorifics. Sol Press will force him to use them, as they should.

>>21422673
>Serious backpedaling
Like I care man.
>No they don't. I'm pretty sure all the ones that yuuriautist pointed out are still in their copy.
How are you so certain? Do you work for them or something? Or is this your own version of pulling shit out of your ass because you have something personal against them? It seems very very odd that you are going all in the last two threads with this vengeance mindset for mistakes that can be fixed when given time.

>>21422697
Find 5 differences.

>>21422697
>How are you so certain? Do you work for them or something?
Because I fucking bought SukiSuki and can check if there has been any updates to fix the mistranslations. Why the fuck would I need to work for them to check my copy of the game to see if they fixed it?
>It seems very very odd that you are going all in the last two threads with this vengeance mindset for mistakes that can be fixed when given time.
Who are you talking about? Because it's certainly not me, more than one person can dislike MG, retard. And you say "can" but they don't show any sign of fixing anything so for what it's worth Sekai "can" fix all of the problems in their games given time too which makes them just as """decent""" as MG.

>>21422697
>>21422697
>How are you so certain? Do you work for them or something? Or is this your own version of pulling shit out of your ass because you have something personal against them? It seems very very odd that you are going all in the last two threads with this vengeance mindset for mistakes that can be fixed when given time.
Not that anon, but it's pretty easy to check in between the mistakes pointed out and whether or not a patch to fix them has been released. At least for SukiSuki, I think YuukiAutist has mentioned that a quick look-up showed that they didn't since the last time.

I mean, some of it is because it's all posted here and it feels like Doddler is the only one who bothers coming here, so they go unreported.

>>21422697
1 cent was deposited into your account.

>>21422725
Doddler is a MG employee, so even if he is the only one who comes here (he's not) then he can forward them to support. Doddler was also part of the team for SukiSuki so he's the perfect person to report the mistakes to.

>>21422751
Doddler is too busy playing Funbag Fantasy it seems.

>>21422720
I am not the one on the attack here.
>>21422722
>Because I fucking bought SukiSuki and can check if there has been any updates to fix the mistranslations
You just said you are "pretty sure" not that you can find out if they can fix it or not.
>Who are you talking about? Because it's certainly not me, more than one person can dislike MG, retard.
No I am noticing it's either 2 or 3 people here who have a hateboner for MG and I do not understand it because they are better than the rest despite having some bad translations. I guess it's not saying much considering JAST makes a few Sekai just prolongs everything to hell and Sol Press is an iffy situation.
>you say "can" but they don't show any sign of fixing anything so for what it's worth Sekai "can" fix all of the problems in their games given time too which makes them just as """decent""" as MG.
My whole thing is if they are not fixing the errors at all they should be called out but if it's something that takes a week to entirely fix it may take time. That is it really. Not trying to defend on every single decision here. If it has been months since a fix I do agree on calling them out on it especially if it's severe errors. But expecting shit to be fixed in a few hours or a few days is kind of a crazy concept to me especially if there is tons of errors that Damekoi and Sukisuki had.
>>21422725
>I mean, some of it is because it's all posted here and it feels like Doddler is the only one who bothers coming here, so they go unreported.
I think that might be the issue is because if things were posted here and emailed to their staff they can do it.

>>21422769
>I am not the one on the attack here.
Take your time before replying, so you don't look like a complete retard. The difference is that sukisuki has no "updated on xx/xx" line.

>>21422769
Nobody hates here MangaGamer, it's just that MangaGamer releases the most titles out of all (at least 1 title per month) and people call out mistakes much more often than lets say Sekai Projects, which last released title was Ditzy Demons in November if you exclude all the 2-4 hour meme shit and EVNs.

>>21422795
I do hate MG, because retards like >>21422769 put them on a pedestal when they're the same arrogant incompetent fucks as the rest of them.

>>21422769
>You just said you are "pretty sure" not that you can find out if they can fix it or not.
Who cares? The point is that they still haven't fixed them, it's been 5 months.
>they are better than the rest despite having some bad translations
Can you explain how? Surely the translation is the most important part (maybe besides something major like the game not starting, but hey they have that too!) so it's a pretty major fuck up to have bad translations as much as they do.
>But expecting shit to be fixed in a few hours or a few days is kind of a crazy concept to me especially if there is tons of errors that Damekoi and Sukisuki had.
Again, it's been 5 months since SukiSuki came out and there hasn't been a single patch. It would take less than an hour to fix the TL issues, especially since it's Arunaru doing it who is known for his speed.

>>21422795
>and people call out mistakes much more often than lets say Sekai Projects
You're kidding, right? Their last title (which was 9-nine-, not Koikuma) had a shitstorm because they butchered the imouto.

>>21422795
Good point. I can agree with that. It does seem like they are the only ones to release anything.
>>21422802
>Putting on a pedestal
I never said they did nothing wrong and never can be called out. That would be putting them on the pedestal.
>>21422815
>Who cares? The point is that they still haven't fixed them, it's been 5 months
Nevermind then you are correct to call them out on that.
>Can you explain how? Surely the translation is the most important part (maybe besides something major like the game not starting, but hey they have that too!) so it's a pretty major fuck up to have bad translations as much as they do.
That is a decent point but like I mentioned. But expecting things right this instant might be a little bit difficult. Especially with Damekoi being with this many errors.
>Again, it's been 5 months since SukiSuki came out and there hasn't been a single patch. It would take less than an hour to fix the TL issues, especially since it's Arunaru doing it who is known for his speed.
Like I said earlier its correct to call them out on that. Especially if it's something minor that can take an hour to fix.

>>21422827
Only because the translator proudly posted on twitter how he finally triggered /jp/ as if it's some sort of achievement.

>>21422844
>Only because the translator
Editor*
>proudly posted on twitter how he finally triggered /jp/ as if it's some sort of achievement.
I don't know what you're trying to say? The shitstorm wasn't caused by the guy saying that on twitter because that would make no sense, it did add fuel to the fire though.

>>21422725
>some of it is because it's all posted here and it feels like Doddler is the only one who bothers coming here, so they go unreported
The staff do come here just they don't post publicly any more (except Doddler). And even if it was true with what Doddler complained about, with how no one can see it if it is posted here, he and other MG staff have always known that this thread will be the the place where any notable problems will be posted within the first week or so of release making it a dumb choice to not at least scan the thread once a week. They are basically getting a free post launch QA pass with some of the detail some people are going into for some of the issues here, which is a pretty sad thing since the consumer shouldn't really being doing that kind of thing.

>>21422795
I am sure there are a few people here that have a hate boner for MG. They are still mostly considered as being one of the better companies of the lot, but considering the standard of the industry that isn't that great of an achievement.

>>21422844
To be quite honest, fred is a special person, you see. He genuinely believes visual novels can be read like real books. Not his problem you can't understand his autism.

>>21422989
Switch MG with JAST and we got a deal

>>21422989
Nekonyan is rebranded Sekai Project, so put them together, and then drop all of them a tier, including Sekai Project.

>>21422989
Not only do JAST hardly release anything, they also have mediocre translations, rewrite/remove content like they did in Schatten and have bugs where the game doesn't even launch like Sweet Home did after 8 years in development.

>>21423040
meant for >>21423019

>>21423040

>>21423040
Actually Schatten didn't have anything removed! All of the content was still inside the title including the original art assets for the scene that was "removed". They didn't actually remove anything and instead just changed some pointers so that instead of going to the scene it went back to the scene selector.

>>21422844
No it's because it was shit. It does not take the guy posting the image. It would take people literally buying the game and seeing it for themselves to witness how bad it is. I feel bad for anyone that had witness that butchering of imouto.

>>21423206
I was told to remove the content entirely, and was also forbidden from making a patch for the game, so I did the next best thing and deliberately left the resources inside the game files so that they could be restored by users. The archive and game code is all c# so I thought it would be pretty easy to reverse engineer and with the uncensored art still there a restoration patch wouldn't be impossible to do well. I would have left the cut script file in too but I wasn't the one who compiled the game for release.

>>21424477
>and was also forbidden from making a patch for the game
Why? Seems like some Frontwing level shit.

>>21424477
Based.

>>21424477
You're a good man. Or woman. Or whatever. You're also the only reason I didn't refund my purchase since I decided to go digging around when people said content was removed and saw that everything was the same as the JP gallery aside from the removal of mosaics. So your actions literally earned the company a sale, you should bring that up next time someone tells you to censor something.

>>21424553
>You're a good man. Or woman. Or whatever.
That's Doddler.

>>21424576

>>21424477
How long we have to wait for Sumaga? Is it canceled?

>>21424477
I always thought that the situation with Schatten was the same one as Shiny Days and Starless where it was done intentionally so as to facilitate an "unofficial" patch. So only Schatten was a no-no?

>>21424785
There's two patches out for Schatten one that is a "unofficial" patch and a different one made by fans that also restores what was cut.

>>21424576
That wasn't Doddler.

>>21424893

>>21424903
>I wasn't the one who compiled the game for release
>tHaT mEaN iT mUsT bE dA gUy WhO cOmPiLeD dEr GaMe!

>>21425031
Why are you typing like that?

>>21425031
>Porting = compiling
So this is the power of humanity degrees...

>>21425031
What happened is it was set up so that the translation/editing staff could build the script archives and make adjustments prior to release, which is why the final script build was out of the hands of the programmer.

>>21425031
Fuck off retard

>>21429073
I don't see anything wrong with that.

>>21429073
I don't know. I think they should have thrown a meme in here somewhere.

>>21429073
Fixed.

When the HECK is KGNE already? I hope it comes out before otome function atleast.

>>21429073
https://youtu.be/s6VnW-QYaR0?t=1587
Can't even keep any consistency, why only translate some of the English to Spanish?

>>21430117
Why is the text in the english release so fucking small?

>>21429843
Can you explain the mysterious Otome Function? Why is /jp/ so into it? There seems to be no info about it out there.

>>21429073
But remember that they initially wanted to change Shiina’s name to Shina. They listened to reason before releasing even a single game with changed names.

>>21414565
>Maji Koi A-3 - 45/95 scripts translated
Where can I contribute translations?

>>21431840
Likely nowhere because JAST are bottlenecking the translation.

>>21432000
How are JAST bottlenecking it? Just issuing DMCAs to anywhere they're hosting?

>>21431265
>Why is /jp/ so into it?
It's a dead meme at this point.

>>21432181
>>21431265
To elaborate, it's an eroge made by the devs of Hizashi no Naka no Real, supposedly with similar gameplay just on a larger scale and with INO artwork. It's in "development" since 2008. The last entry in the dev blog was on January 2019 explaining that the game will come but with heavily reduced content. It's nothing.

Is Sumaga coming this year? Place your bets.

>>21432261
Did you know that their domain was shut down and is now for sale?

>>21432298
No, I stopped visiting the site when I got a malware warning. I'm not surprised.

>>21432274
no

>>21432261
>the game will come but with heavily reduced content.
>heavily reduced content.
What happened? How did it come to this?

>>21429843
you do realize âge is a dead company, right?

>>21432770
doesnt stop muvluv from getting translations.

>>21432834
Was it better than Ixrec's?

>>21432843
i havnt played them but they removed the ricky martin song. i dont think the ero patch for MLA is out yet still as well.

kgne is still listed as an active project but its been "active" for years with nothing to show for it.

>>21432856
>i dont think the ero patch for MLA is out yet still as well.
The "directors cut" patch for Alternative has been out for nearly a year now. Came out June last year.

>>21432843
Not really better.

>>21432643
He gave no reasons in his post. Maybe it's buried somewhere in the dev blog. My guess is he bite off way more than he can chew.

>price will be reduced from 9240\ to under 4000\
>story and number of heroines will be left untouched
>ero content and gameplay will be reduced to 60% of what was planed
>download only

I'll believe it when I see it.

lf VN with milfs

>>21434131
There's this neat little website that can do that for you.

>>21432834
it does legal ones.

https://twitter.com/jastusa/status/1133575172726747137
Jast put up an update saying that Katahane is through translation and editing for both English and Chinese.

Separately, MG manged to get the Steam page up for The Expression Amrilato

>>21434542
>Jast put up an update saying that Katahane is through translation and editing for both English and Chinese.
Wow, only 8 years after I read Coco's release!

>>21432261
Damn I really hate the sound of that. I wonder if they can get away with cutting content if they just reduced the number of heroines. The first one looks decent but I'm glad they reduced the price tag hopefully it would make the title more accessible when in finally comes out. What is the Japanese reaction to this? Also why isn't it on vndb?

>>21434552
I wish Coco didn't get hit by that truck and die.

It doesn't mean much, but https://twitter.com/cj_iwakura/status/1133902595909701632

>>21432843
Yes, it's much better.

>>21432274
Totono probably is. Sumaga will probably never be released unless Nitroplus makes a new version that supports modern Windows.

>>21436925
> Totono probably is. Sumaga will probably never be released unless Nitroplus makes a new version that supports modern Windows.
They can't do a unity port?

>>21436901
Slander and lies

>>21437356
They technically could but one of two things is stopping them.
1. Nitro+ isn't letting them.
2. JAST are lazy fucks.
And it's pretty obvious which one it is.

>>21437541
> 2. JAST are lazy fucks.
They did a port of Schatten though.

>>21437583
And Schatten only took 6 years to come out.

>>21437583
Doddler did it and knowing him he would do it for free.

>>21437356
>>21437541
>>21437583
Just be glad Muramasa already has a Windows 10 version in case it's true that it's being translated.

>>21437605
I don't care much for Muramasa though, Django and Sumaga look like genuinely fun VNs.

>>21437617

>>21437629
You should know by now that you shouldn't trust e-celebs on what's good or not.

>>21437642
I can already see it, as soon as it gets released moogy and Co will lower their score and pretend it was never good to begin with.

>>21437642
I want to read it because I genuinely liked Hanachirasu, which is one of my favorite VNs.

>>21437654
Then do it. At this rate you will learn it faster than JAST would release it.

>>21437666
I tried a few times and failed. I'm almost 30 now and I'm not trying again.

>>21437671
How many languages do you know?

>>21437679
English and a bit of Latin

>>21437685
I, too, have read Dies Irae.

>>21437696
semper ubi sub ubi

I'm really interested what JAST employees are really doing all these years? Do they even get paid?

>>21437731
QA for Totono

>>21437731
There aren't that many to begin with, most are freelance contractors who when they finish their job move on to the next project while JAST sits on the complete translation and in most cases JAST gives it to the Japanese developer who does the technical stuff for them.

>>21437760
I'm sure it's an exaggeration considering how fan tls are always better in general.

>>21437773
>>21437760
She worked on Steam Prison and it was shit on release, so don't expect much from her 'QA'.

Isn't mary an editor rather than QA?

>>21437760
I'm so glad /vn/ spoiled me the VN.

>>21437861
It's not that good anyway unless for some reason you're a big fan of metafiction that takes itself way too seriously.

>>21437861
I doubt there's a person here who didn't hear about DDLC and the twist.

>>21437874
>>21437890
I was talking about the MC licking another man's semen from his gf's pussy

>>21437896
Well then you didn't exactly get the VN spoiled for you, did you? You got one scene spoiled.

>>21437903
My first post wasn't sarcastic.

>>21435920
Has that dude been involved in anything that was actually finished and released?

>>21437896
Purest form of love

>>21437896
If you wouldn't do that for your gf then I don't think you can honestly say that you love her.

Surprisingly AX already has their schedule up, VN related panels look to be (times US Western)

JAST USA New and Upcoming Titles
Wednesday, July 03, 9:30pm - 10:30pm

Visual Novels with Sekai Project
Thursday, July 04, 4:30pm - 5:30pm

Denpasoft: Erecting A Market & The Rise of Adult Gaming (18+)
Thursday, July 04, 10:30pm - 11:30pm

Aksys Games Panel Of GLOBAL DOMINATION!
Friday, July 05, 3:30pm - 4:30pm

MangaGamer: The Now & Future of Visual Novels (18+)
Saturday, July 06, 8:30pm - 9:30pm

FAKKU Industry Panel and Q&A (18+)
Saturday, July 06, 10:00pm - 11:00pm

What's going on in the industry with Sol Press?! (18+)
Saturday, July 06, 10:00pm - 11:00pm

Is the YU-NO remake really that bad?

>>21439682
>shit art
>shit voice acting
>no ero
You tell me

>>21439127
Tokyo Otaku Mode is also running a panel, which could potentially have some VN related stuff since they are involved with the Sharin Kickstarter and a few other projects, but I wouldn't expect much. It also wouldn't be a surprise if the Nekopara anime panel ends up also having some Nekopara 4 info, especially since Sayori is going to be at AX.

>>21439766
>Shit art
Why do people like you always get mad about the art?

>>21439953
Because new bad old good.

>>21439953
Where did he mention getting mad? All he's saying is that he thinks the new art is bad compared to the original. Dismissing his opinion with a "u mad bro" is pretty stupid.

>>21439966
Lol true that. How ironic when Millennials become the new Boomers.
>>21439976
>Where did he mention getting mad?
It's implied.
>Dismissing his opinion with a "u mad bro" is pretty stupid.
Not at all. You always see nostalgiafags dismiss anything that is new as shit, simply because he did not grow up with it. If it was the same game upscaled you would hear Anon say it was great even though it would sell terribly. I am certain they created the new artwork to try and make it modern looking and have respect for the original game but they need it to sell. But nostalgicfag Anon will never want to hear it because it needs to be the old artists, the old character designer otherwise it's shit. It's the same tired argument with the people who live in the past and can't accept anything new and change in their lives. Even if it's a slight change to the art.

>>21440030
>It's implied
I'm not mad and I don't really care about the remake.
Anyway, people -including me- seem pleased with the Rance remakes, so you may need to review your arguments.

>>21440060
>Anyway, people -including me- seem pleased with the Rance remakes, so you may need to review your arguments.
Oh Nostalgiafag please. This is fucking killing me LMAO!!

If I buy stuff off MangaGamer, does that actually support the original creators of the VN?

>>21441467
Most VN contracts are some combination of an upfront licensing fee and a percentage of revenue it brings in.

>>21442335
No honorifics.

>>21442663
Please make up your mind if you want to translate her speech quirk or not.

>>21442335
Just skipped through the demo a bit and the TL looks serviceable, minus the lack of honorifics and a few weirdly phrased sentences.

>>21442769
And also the SFX stuff makes the game run like absolute shit.

>>21442720
Is this supposed to be good or bad?

What are the chances that Maggot Baits has a summer release?

>>21443046
There is so much other stuff that is has been basically complete for a while now that if they keep to the one release a month schedule it might not come until autumn or even winter if no one intervenes to push it up the queue.

>>21443083
That’s unfortunate, I’m hoping someone does give it a push as it’s already been 3 years from the announcement.

>>21439766
>>no ero
Why would that even matter? The original has unvoiced h-scenes that are only like 1 or 2 minutes long. They're fucking awful.

>>21443160
The reason they're unvoiced is because the voices aren't part of the pc-98 or windows versions. They're from the all ages sega saturn port and the fan translation just ported them over.

>>21443198
That doesn't make them less unvoiced, though.

>>21443254
the point is that it's not the game's fault

>>21443260
The point is that it might as well be all-ages since all of the H content is dogshit.

>>21442720
I don't get it. Seems consisted to me.

>>21442335
Still no word on a h-patch?

>>21444262
nevermind according to this https://i.imgur.com/7L88IC9.png they only have the voice license to the all-age ver.

So how is the new NN game's tl?

>>21444479
It's very sugoi

>>21444479
Apparently it's full of memes

Sankaku Renai has got to 55 concurrent users on Steam already at a time when Chinese users would be at a minimum. At least judging by the launch, NekoNyan likely has another rather successful release on their hands.

>>21444479
Shit as usual.

With Sankaku putting up good numbers, good chance Nekonyan decides to pick up another recent ASa Project title.

>>21446347
>>21445130
Based moege keeping this industry afloat.

>>21424477
You are doing Gods work.

>>21445130
It is easy to get sales though.
- Free patch
- No Broski

Sekai could still learn a thing or two about the industry, but hey they were never intending to do visual novels anyway and it is just their side gig to waste money.

>>21447880
3. memes

>>21447905
4. ????????????

Seems that theDevil on G-String patch was removed by steam?

>>21448120
Patch is only on denpa. They are too afraid of censorsteam to try and put it there.

>>21448364
Apparently they tried and got banned.

>>21447905
Is dagnabbit a meme?

>>21448652
It has no place in a translation of a VN about Japanese high school students.

>>21447905
>>21447941
How can people read shit like this?

>>21448672
What? Do you not like reading an endless barrage of sex jokes, meta jokes and references or something?
My favourite one has to be where they change "Cola" to "Mountain Dew"!

>>21448693
That's a good one, unironically.

>>21448693
>so yeah lets just include casual racism in our VN translation hahaha that'd be so epic

>>21448693
This can't be real.

>>21448708
China dog go home

>>21448729
Not a chink, friend. I Just think an "arr rook same" joke has no place in an official VN translation as it's pretty rude to the creators of said VN.

Current peak player count is 77 on Steam with 75 right now. Wonder if it'll keep climbing.

>>21448723
That's real.

>>21448749
Japs are racist as fuck so I think they'll understand.

>>21448782
That makes it even worse. Why the fuck would they want to be compared to chinks if they hate them?

>>21448791
I just mean that they should be able to take a jab or two given how much they dish it out.

>>21448796
That's not how racism works.

>>21448801
I don't care, sorry.

>>21448708

I bet that the unstranslated script has this line with the exact same joke. I don't get what you want.

Change the text just because the west is too much of a baby for it?

>>21449264
Just in case you're serious.

>>21449312
I'm pretty sure 99% of EOPs never heard words like galge or bishoujoge. You retards only catch up to shit like moege or chuunige or make up your own stupid shit like plotge.

>>21449346
I don't mind them changing galge to eroge.

>>21448708
Fuck off

>>21449312
>>21449346
My immediate thought was to just go with dating sims, but there are dating sims for female players too, so that wouldn't work. I guess you could still use something like "Dating sims? Aren't those only played by boys?" to make the MC sound ignorant on the subject matter depending on the context of the conversation.

>>21449551
Are you the TL?

>>21449551
Nobody has any trouble with eroge, the problem is including a dumb meme where there never was one originally.

>>21449442
I've already emailed ASa Pro, nothing you can do.

>>21449600
It made it funnier though. You keep posting all those memes and I might give in and read a VN in English translation which I haven't done in more than a year.

>>21449636
>It made it funnier though.
Maybe if you're a teen.

>>21449581
>>21449600
Not the TL, just wondering what would be a good way to translate that sentence into English, but found it surprisingly hard due to a lack of distinction in English regarding galge and otomege. Personally, I'm not a fan of the "so randumb" approach of TLing since it feels more like the TL/Editor trying to prove their comedic talents. It would also make it very dated and probably cringe-worthy for anyone reading it in the future if they just inserted memes just for the sake of it.

Honestly the meme translation for a title like this was probably good at least commercially, regardless of the merits of it being faithful to the original or not. Obviously though it is going to fall flat for those looking for a faithful localization, but the script itself has successfully generated quite a bit of PR and helped boosted its sales numbers while remaining faithful at least to the spirit of the original which was filled with Japanese memes. Although that said, localization companies going down this route should exercise caution as while it works here, it can just as easily backfire if a broader audience dislikes your choices or how you handle characters, such as it did for Chrono Clock.

Along those lines though, I would suggest that a localization team should avoid something like the "Chinese Power Point" line, not because the line itself should be a problem in the context of the style of localization they choose, but because English localizations of VNs that are released on Steam have a tendency to get a meaningful number of Chinese purchases even without a Chinese localization, and choosing to add such a line seems like laying a needless landmine for that subset of the audience.

>>21449312
Not sure if you're the same guy as the /vg/ guy posting jp screenshots, but comparing the vita version that itself is edited to cut out sexual jokes is probably not a great starting place for a comparison.

>>21449873
Just replace galge with eroge and the line is identical to the PC version.

https://imgur.com/a/aixBWfL

>>21450005
A comedy game has jokes, news at 11.

>>21450079
"""""Comedy"""""
Is this the same translator for fureraba or something? Is there a translator or company I should be avoiding? I could probably read this in Japanese if I wanted to.

>>21450116
Same translator (TBAC) and same editor (Chuee).

>>21450079
Where are the jokes, I only see inserted memes?

>>21450247
>inserted memes
How do you figure? This is the kind of comedy the original had too. Just cause you don't like it doesn't mean it's wrong.

>>21450260
The first two screenshots are fine.

Nekonyan defense force here as per usual

Nekoshills, if you’re here for actual errors, take a look at the line where the gang discusses pantyshots in Idola. TL has Nanaru say that she wants pantsu, but the line should be the opposite. She likes the lack of pantyshots. Very important, please fix.
Might post some other misTLs, but don’t hold your breath. I’m not taking this game seriously.

>>21450291
>all reviews of the game positive
>the reviews all praise how funny the game
>only here is anyone complaining, like it always is any time there's jokes in English
There's little reason for them to care when those that actually matter to them (those buying the game) are all on board with it

>>21450339
Yes, well, we all know that most people don't care about translation quality.

>>21450339
>>21450381
Why do you guys support these cartel groups that obviously only caters to trannies and teens?

Present or past narration?

>>21450391
I don't know why you're replying to me. I don't approve of Nekonyan.

>>21450339
This is some Dovac level of mentality, just because it's doing well sales wise it shouldn't be criticized?

>>21450403
I believe he's suggesting that it will do well regardless because most people don't care about the quality of a translation, and that he doesn't see the point of the efforts here insofar as translation criticism is concerned. He is not incorrect in regards to the former point, but that never really stopped this general.

>>21450403
But it's not wrong, there's clearly two different communities here. One side just wants to play the game in English and have the same emotional experience as the original offers (even if some of the content delivery is adjusted to provide for it), and the other side wants to play the game in original Japanese and be made to understand it. They're fundamentally incompatible views and I don't think you can really appeal to both camps at the same time. I'd also argue that the more you learn about the language, the less the second option is even feasible.

>>21450443
You're giving the first side far too much credit. There isn't any more thought put into it other than, "just wants to play the game in English."

>>21450435
I would argue that Sankaku and Fureraba's successes show that the game script itself actually does matter quite a bit, at least for something with a comedy setting. However commercially what matters is "Is this script entertaining to read?" rather than "How accurately does this script portray the original Japanese?".

>>21450443
>I'd also argue that the more you learn about the language, the less the second option is even feasible.
That's true. I'd wager to say that only outright EOPs and N5-kuns who know jackshit about the language get up in arms about translations not being literal.

>>21450460
Moege do well regardless.

>>21450457
I think you mean "just want the game to be vaguely legible to english speakers." Most people don't seem to give a shit if the translation is right or wrong because they wouldn't know, and they probably wouldn't care. Same reason SakuraGame still releases shit in "english". It sells more copies doing that.

>>21450463
Why the extremes? I want a healthy balance. Shitty memes date a translation almost immediately.

>>21450391
I'm too poor to start my own rewrite company to publish games in English that doesn't match the original script. So I'll just buy their games who do the same.

>>21450469
The VN itself should be the one creating memes. Ever17 did a good job there.

>>21450457
You're giving them too much credit. We've seen that group doesn't give a shit about fidelity to the original or quality of English prose or editing, so obviously, playing THE game in English isn't what they care about, it's playing SOMETHING in English, even if it's machine translated fan fiction.

>>21450469
Well, you are getting the same experience as Japanese readers who, I have no doubt, all get up in arms when they see m9（＾Д＾）プギャー or wwwwwwww, so what's your problem, faggot? Oh wait, they don't. So shut up and suck up your xDs, LULs and roflcopters, dumb EOP.

>>21450512
They’re adding memes to lines which didn’t have them, retard.

>>21450526
Yeah, they are doing great job. After all, should I give in and read it in English? I remember you faggots coming to cry in untranslated eroge general about "dude" in sukisuki and everyone laughing at you and calling translator based.

>>21450542
Not an argument.

>>21450542
If you think translating ギャルゲ、ですか？女性なのに？ to “chinese powerpoints for dudes” is a good translation, then you are beyond saving. Though I doubt you can read the jap sentence I wrote.

>>21450558
If you still don't get that I actually do want you EOPs to have bad translations, then you are beyond saving.

>>21450586
Then why are you here then?

>>21450725
Visiting the zoo, that's all.

>>21450750
Are you retarded?

>>21450777
No, but you seem to be, if you don't get this analogy, so let me quote Quof word for word:
>The only people who deserve to get looked down on are EOPs, but I think we can all agree about that, am I right?

>>21450800
You really are retarded.

>>21450845
Changing to repeating insults like a broken record, I see.

>>21450881
How am I reapeating a insult when I asked question and you gave a response that confirmed that you are retarded.

Peak has made it up to 93 concurrent users now. It surprisingly doesn't seem to be doing well with the Chinese market like other moege have done, as it had a concurrent minimum during their peak hours earlier, so most of the sales would be coming from Western markets in this case.

>>21450925
It's hilarious how how you are calling other people retarded when you can't even get the simplest analogy. Fitting for an exhibit in the zoo, it seems.

>>21450953
Wow. All I did was ask a simple question and you keep acting like a retarded over it.

>>21450558
Stop replying to obvious baits.

>>21447905
>>21447941
Ok who translated that shit? I have to add him to my huge blacklist.

>>21453121
New thread up with the updates for this week

>>21447905
>>21448652
It sounds like the kinda of "quirky" language people would use back in the day on places like SA.