/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa
Amairo Chocolate 2 - Through QA, awaiting approvals
Harumade Kururu - Waiting on build
Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 20% edited
Hoshizora no Memoria (retranslation) - In QA
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
Sumire - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited
Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 90% translated, 30% edited
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
Gakkou no Seiiki - 100% translated and edited, Waiting on build
Imouto no Seiiki - 100% translated and edited, Waiting on build
Chiisana Kanojo no Serenade - 50% translated, 20% edited
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 10% translated
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - 40% translated
Re;Lord 3 - In QA
Marshmallow Imouto Succubus - In QA
Hamidashi Creative - Announced
Happy Saint Sheol - 100% translated, 25% edited
Inupara - In Development
Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - In Development
Nie no Hakoniwa - 90% translated, 10% edited
Parfait Remake - In translation
Raspberry Cube - Announced
Uso Kara Hajimaru Koi no Natsu - 50% translated, 30% edited
Animal Trail Girlish Square 2 - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Animal Trail Girlish Square LOVE+PLUS - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build


VisualArts
LUNARiA -Virtualized Moonchild- - 2023 release
Tsui no Stella - 2023 release
Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release

Nekonyan
Clover Days - Rejected by Steam, "Additional image editing in progress"
My Klutzy Cupid - 100% translated, 60% edited, Image Editing in Process, Through Steam Approvals
Dracu Riot - "Waiting on Warmsoft for a QA Build"
Melty Moment - 80% translated
Aoi Tori - "Porting work is still ongoing"
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Secret Agent of the Knight Academy - "Image editing complete, Engine work wrapping up, Nearly ready for QA"
Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 60% edited
Kakenuke Seishun Sparking - 15% translated, 5% edited
A Colorful World - 100% translated and edited "Image editing/integration of HD assets in progress"
Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated, 17% edited, "Unity port in-progress"
Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 17% edited, "Image editing complete, Engine work in progress"
Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, "Image editing in progress" working with developer on engine work
Tenshi Souzou "Angelic Chaos" RE-BOOT - 10% translated
Secret Project 2 - 100% translated and edited, queued for Unity port
Secret Project 3 - 100% translated and edited, image editing complete, waiting on QA build

Frontwing
>OPPAI Ero App Academy Bigger, Better, Electric Boobaloo - Released
Sharin no Kuni - August release
>Grisaia Chronos Rebellion - Announced

LoveLab
>Sugar Sweet Temptation - Through Steam review, finalizing the build

Aksys
Jack Jeanne - June 15th release
Radiant Tale - July 27th release
Norn9 ~Norn + Nonette~ Last Era - August 24th release
Virche Evermore: Error Salvation - 2023 release - Fall 2023 release
Spirit Hunter: Death Mark II - Fall 2023 release
Tengoku Struggle -Strayside- - 2024 release

Shiravune
Queen of the Otaku: THERE CAN ONLY BE ONE - July 18th release
Succubus Sessions: Mami Mamiya’s Sweet Slice of Hell - July 21st release
>ONE. - December 22nd release
Nukitashi - 2023 release
Sacrifice Villains - Announced

Success
>Akai Ito - Released
>Aoishiro - Released

Kagura Games
>Spiral Dystopia - Released
Samurai Vandalism - Upcoming release

Other
>Magic Charge Duet - Released
>The Princess in the Mirror - Released
Charade Maniacs - June 27th release
Venus Blood -Gaia- - Kickstarted succeeded, July 28th release
I want to have your babies! ~Long-awaited reunion! My childhood friend got sexy and horny~ - Announced
Monkeys! - English release planned
Haunted Obachestra Vol.1 Awaking - Upcoming release
NarKarma EngineA - Announced, in development
Taimanin Asagi - Page for the Trial of episode 1 back on Steam
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Below - Upcoming release

Where do I get the Dekachin Kozou patch?

Sukimazakura to Uso no Machi - Translation 100% complete TLC, editing, QA, image editing left

>>43598469
>>Dekachin Kozou - Released
Woah. Rad.

>>43598469
>>43599170
>Dekachin Kozou - Released

It's MTL right?

>>43599170
Is it really that good?

Why did CH; and CC; get random western switch release. Was this not actually as random as I think because there were older releases or something or what. I'm just confused at why these 2 together and not something else.

>>43598469
>GOS01 eng patch released
Where?
I can't find it either on VNDB, Ryuugames or F95.

>>43601197
Check the previous thread.

>>43601275
I must be blind because I couldn't find it in the previous thread.

>>43601304
>>43573280

>>43601340
Thanks. But unless isn't a mtl you should put it on VNDB.

>>43601361
Not my TL, nor do I care for the title. I don't care if it's on vndb or not.

>>43600623
Chaos;Child was already localized, so it was just a decision to localize Chaos;Head.

>>43600338
If you like /ss/ it's a fucking masterpiece.

>>43602316
>>43600623
I swear it's very odd with Steam allowing Chaos:Child but not Chaos:Head then again, their approval process is random and shotgun.

>>43605266
Chaos;Child was released on Steam in Jan 2019, within 2 months of Evenicle getting put onto Steam uncut, it was never going to get rejected.

Chaos;Head was released in Fall 2022, and while the review process had a lot of variability, overall the Steam reviewers had at that point added more and more restrictions to all age builds on the platform, and Chaos;Head has content that would have been rejected in the all ages build of any other VN so it wasn't too surprising to see the original ban aside from the fact that Spike-Chunsoft is a much bigger company. Thus because of that it caused enough of a backlash for them to revert on the ban, and with the lack of rejections of all ages builds since it appears that steps were taken to try to reign in rejections at least somewhat.

goddamn it, I can't believe all of that guy's patreon subs are hogging the patch. what the fuck is wrong with you

>>43606532
What are you talking about

>>43606840
How about read the thread, dumbass

>>43606840
see
>>43599170

>>43607363
Just give it a few days and it'll most likely be up on kemono

>>43603099
Meh, I'll pass.

https://twitter.com/shiravune/status/1663334410362691585

>>43608842
BLACKED.com

>>43605748
This is true in regards to Chaos:Head, the backlash helps a lot especially news coverage putting Steam in a bad light for censorship even though they said they would not do so or at least saying it's on GOG. Which Steam knows it has to compete with even if they are the dominant leader. I am happy though Spike Chunsoft was smart enough to write in their corporate letter about the issue saying Steam is in the wrong though. It helps overall to have companies doing this kind of thing more often. It helps even if it's JAST, MG or PQCube or whoever just putting out a corporate statement and naming Steam and it's review process as unsatisfactory in regards to X game being rejected.

>>43608842
Some obscure Nukitashi thing again?

>>43609123
Most of the companies dealing with Valve rejections have done so at some time or another, for example, Jast put up https://jastusa.com/page/the-state-of-muramasa after the Muramasa rejection. That said, at least for now none of the English publishers of Japanese VNs are known to have had a full ban of an all ages version of a title since the Chaos;Head reversal.

>>43608842
Are those eggs? Maybe KnS3 then?

>>43610357
I absolutely agree it always helps, especially if it's there, and made into an image that becomes easily shareable. It just helps people begin to add these things up over time and it becomes memetic material. I am glad to hear though that English Publishers of VN's have not had a full ban of the all ages version. My hope is Dungeon Travelers is next to get back soon or at least be on Switch/Eshop and GOG.

>>43610932
give up already

>>43608842
fairytale requiem

>>43608842
Music rhythm game.

>>43598469
>Dekachin Kozou - Released
Can anyone share it?

*internal screaming*

>>43611010
>Dungeon Travelers
Give up, Sony will not allow a Switch port and most japs don't like GOG because the no DRM policy.

>>43608842
Egg? Kara no Shoujo?

>>43598469
>Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~ - "Translation finished. Rest of the processes ongoing."
I can't wait anymore

>>43611010
The steam deck absolutely flopped tremendously in japan so expect steam to revert to the "japanese hate mode" somewhere between this year.

https://shiravune.com/archives/4394
MG cucked again.

>>43616685
rip the uncensored mankos and chinpos

>>43616685
https://twitter.com/shiravune/status/1663713950377349122
It's all 3 games.

>>43616685
Provided that the ban for volume 2 still holds, probably going to end up with 1 and 3 on Steam.

>>43616750
Well they got 1 on steam by licencing the Remaster, I'm sure they can do the same for 2.

>>43616770
2 got a hard ban by Valve (unlike 1), I don't know if licensing a different version will get around that.

>>43616685
It's a new localization from scratch, rather than using the MG version, https://twitter.com/jhooper_g_ace/status/1663717027343917056 .

>>43611013
Today, I find your lack of faith disturbing.

>>43616796
They will, Steam are incredibly inconsistent and they'll just need to call it something else and gut the fuck out of it.

>>43616544
>Flopped
Are you going with the entire article where basically a few Japanese people entered in a store rather than the language percentage of Japanese users on Steam? You should know they are anti social and are mostly ordering online like everyone else.

Time for the mangagamer employees to go on an anti-steam tirade again. Expect tweets from that cuck doddler to be screeching about it too.

>>43616796
That is 100% why they're calling it The Shell

>>43616685
>all 3 games
Holy based. Non-believers >>43611013 get FUCKED

>>43616685
Cucked retrospectively too lol

I read KnS1 and enjoyed it, but didn't love it. This is bad news for me, wish they worked on new stuff

>>43618776
Japanese companies are starting to learn that you have to make compromises. This is only a good thing for future content coming to the west.

>>43618968
Or does Shira have some pull with Japs? They seem to be getting lots of licenses

>>43619023
isnt Shira a jap company? i'm sure it helps.

>>43619023
They're DMM so they have a fuckton of influence.

The first kns is the weakest in the series. Kns2 and cartagra is miles better

>>43619034
>>43619073
Well that makes sense

>>43619084
>cartagra
Kek

>>43618776
I find it disturbing they actually thought "old man" was worth weeks of emails instead of just accepting the L

>>43619671
That's just his version. From what we know could be as well a truckload of crap.

>>43616685
>>43616737
>they will translate the third episode
OH MY GOD I'M SO HAPPY FUCK MANGAGAMER THIS IS THE BEST DAY OF THE YEAR

https://twitter.com/NekoNyanSoft/status/1663882472109535233

>>43617266
Who is this guy? What's his past works? KnS1&2 translations were great because Maria is one of the best tl we have in the western market so i'm a bit worried about the tl quality of KnS3.

>>43620391
He's the guy who did the poorly translated parts of DI.

>>43620630
>t. Steiner

>>43619034
Yes it's in Tokyo, I have a suspicion that they are hiring freelance translators and overlook their translations from Japan. This is in order to get the key licensees and trust from Japanese VN companies.

>>43621021
Being DMM, I expect they already have established connections with all these companies, and simply tell them "If you let us do an English/Chinese release of X, we could potentially make a bunch of money".

>>43616685
Shame they localized the title into something more generic. I guess they excised "girl" to be extra safe from steam jannies.

>>43620265
You made it.

>>43621392
That is true. But I am saying they have more trust when it's their own people telling them this and the fact it will not be changed or censored in the West. That gives a huge boost to DMM overall. Money matters but censorship matters more to them than you think.

Wondering if anyone here has any impressions on oldshit. Like, 90s VNs. If you know then you know, about a certain html site which to my surprise is still up and houses a load of 90s VNs. I think they were all of the same genre pretty much. Date em, fuck em. Anyways it's a lot of fun going back and playing THESE kinds. With the really simple mechanics but to westerners it was like really insane to have clock based systems and shit, stat enhancing. My favorite, and anyone is allowed to shit on my taste was True Love. I'm replaying that one right now. Just wondering if anyone else itt has those experiences too. Playing these shitty games and y'know. Getting excited over boobies and romancing women over twice your age playing as a college student/high schooler.

https://twitter.com/shiravune/status/1664074288419446784
Nukitashi June 23

>>43618968
>good thing for future content
Are you actually saying modifying the original script is a good thing?

>>43624962
Not that guy but I think Japanese companies can modify their own scripts all they want. Like Frontwing always has crazy translations and I don't really give a fuck because it's not some westoid troon putting memes in. It's literally their game.

>>43625460
The insertion of memes always annoys me more than usual in recent years. Always feels forced and trying to be original but always dates itself.

>>43624298
>romancing women over twice your age
Most otakus hate this shit nowadays. Only high schoolers allowed.

>>43624494
JOPs say this is good so I guess I'll try it and be disappointed. Also kind of curious to see how that retard editor fucked it up unless they retranslated from scratch.

Seriously, what will happen to MG once the release the last Rance games? They have absolutely nothing else left

>>43626776
Cease to exist and freelance to Shiravune/NN.

>>43626828
And that's a good thing

>>43625460
oh my

>>43626828
I wonder if Shira could take them over and release uncensored through them.

>>43626776
funbag fantasy

>>43625460
by that logic square enix translations are okay

>>43625814
>Most otakus hate this shit nowadays
Projecting.

>>43629647
Not many left.

>>43632361
They'll be making those forever

where's my dekachin

https://twitter.com/shiravune/status/1664438080781312000

https://twitter.com/shiravune/status/1664438080781312000
Wew

>>43633403
No R18 version it looks like, as they have it on the all ages version of Johren, which isn't too surprising with no modern R18 version. I wonder how they would handle White Album 2 though.

>>43633403
is this as much as a soap opera as WA2?

>>43633403
>>43633407
Jesus Christ. Looks like there is Angels coming in December after all. Shiravune is on a roll.

>>43633784
>Angels coming in December
Wrong game.

>>43633460
Even if it's not R18 they will have a way to patch it in easily. I am sure if WA1 sells really well which it will this means WA2 is inevitable.

>>43633800
My bad I overreacted. Still a huge announcement regardless.

>>43633818
I mean
>Tenshi no Inai 12-gatsu - 100% translated, TLC and Editing upcoming
So it could still happen in december, just not by Shira.

I'm here to dunk on the mangacuckers.
Get fucked lmao. At this point just go bankrupt you retards.

>>43632361
4th and the majo spin-off, unless they're gonna release 2if too (doubt it).

>>43633807
>patch it in
there is nothing to patch in, the japanese version is 17+

>>43633937
Maybe he wants to patch in the 1998 version's h-scenes lol

>>43633807
WA2 would be simple enough to patch if they pick up the all ages release, but it wouldn't make sense to try to patch WA1 as a release based on the PS3 version would be quite incompatible to the 1998 release.

>>43633403
>>43633407
Shiravune are the only company worth shit in this industry anymore. Someone just put Mangagamer and JAST out of their fucking misery already.

>>43634111
And SP too. But they are already irrelevant.

I find it hilarious because two years ago everyone was hating on Shiravune, when they put out their first game (that megane nukige)

>>43635068
they're not a good company. It's just that they're the only ones putting out anything of worth. It's kinda like being in some fucking hick town and your options are eating at mcdonalds or buying raw potatoes from the local farmer

>>43635068
Turns out actually releasing more than one good thing per year makes people like you.

>>43635068
As long as they release things outside of Johren. It was Johren that was the problem for me. Fuck Johren.

>>43635068
That's not exactly surprising when they didn't have shit back then. Now they have a few games I like. As long as they don't fuck up Kara no Shoujo I'll be on board. Maybe even Nukitashi.
They also did Dohna Dohna which was a shit game but the translation seemed decent. If MG was doing it we wouldn't even have it for another 2 years. Shira seems to be the only ones that get games out in non-glacial timeframes. If they sniped Rance a few years ago we'd probably have X soonish instead of in 10 years.
The mosaics do suck though.

I don't care, I just want a new loli route to play. We haven't had one in months

>>43635068
Their first game was Utawarerumono if you don't count Marco.

>>43635898
you're like 4 years away from ending but like the bestiality fags.

>>43635068
Ah, so different from all of the other localization companies who received positivity and praise when they started up, like...

>>43636658
So you're saying VN people being retarded is just natural?

>>43636893
>VN people
kys out of jaypee.

>>43636931
excuse me, eroge fans my fellow schizo

>>43636077
That game was already infamous for censoring the lolis slap scene, adding LooneyToons sounds and rewriting other outscreen. like another with the loli where the translator rewrote the slap scens for puntches, (which is even worse)

>>43637704
None of that was Shiravune's doing though.

>>43637736
Shiravune agreed with that censorship and din't tell any of this to the costumers before the launch. So yes, it's partly their fault.

>>43637756
>costumers
How do ESLs always make this mistake?

>>43637773
>mistake
can't afford a costume, eh?

>>43635068
What are you talking about, they are still hated. People are just happy they can F95 the games without feeling bad about it.

>>43632500
https://bayfiles.com/Ga8bU5u5z0/patch_rar
pass doujin3aries

>>43638499

>>43635068
I jumped on Shiravune bandwagon when they released Doukyusei remake.

>>43635068
It was like most people are saying it was due to Johren and questionable translations. That alone can get companies in bad reputations, but thanks to Steam releases and the translations becoming better that is already mitigated.

>>43639711
There's other motives why they weren't liked; stealing licenses, mosaics, no cummunication with Shiravune staff, etc... and no, their translation din't improved that much.
But with that big budged no wonder how they can stomp over others with big tittles and atthe same time gain more fans. Though I wish shira release more new stuff from new partnerships because usually half of their announcment consist on a new stealed licences/partners from the competence. Which from my point of view it's a dick move because otherwise we could get more releases (and mosaic-less).

>>43638551
AIIIIIIEEEEE, linkposterGOD I kneel

>>43638990
All ages games get wider marketing and exposure than anything JAST releases.

>>43638499
>they are still hated
By who exactly?

>>43640150
The same people as always, everyone who hates censorship and bad translations. Big name VNs won't make much of a difference there. White Album gets more love because of the Anime crowd and mainstream all age fans who don't particularly care about what Shira does outside of all age shit,

>>43640017
>; stealing licenses
Proof?
> no cummunication with Shiravune staff
Could be they are Japanese and can not communicate in English.
>their translation din't improved that much.
Proof?
>But with that big budged
The thing that matters most is they dislike having content censored to cater to "global audiences" or because someone is offended about it wanting these changes behind the scenes coming over, memetic translations written by someone who hardly cares about the content itself and Japanese people having to explain they do not like that, why it needs to be kept in etc etc. That is the reason why these companies are getting steamrolled by Shiravune who are run by Japanese and has the trust of those within the industry to have things written professionally to have VN’s taken seriously as a medium, fight to preserve the content within the game or to get it out through a patch off site. Sure it’s not perfect nobody is saying they have the greatest translators ever, but they are by people who care about the content overall and are fighting to preserve that content in the way it should be, even if they have to host patches off site, there is an effort and amount of care that often overlooked even in the Video Games industry when Japanese stuff goes overseas to the West. It’s not rocket science.

>>43640555
>The same people as always, everyone who hates censorship and bad translations.
I hate censorship and bad translations, but i will take no censorship and a translation that has effort anyday out of the week.

Shiravune won.

>>43641915
>TFW Director mentioned if Dungeon Travelers sells well there will be a Dungeon Travelers 3
Please bring the series to GOG and Eshop!

Can't believe jast shills still trying to shill their retarded trash.

>>43641983
Better than being a mindless Shiracuck sheep.

>>43640555
Sounds like that's just what you want to believe

>>43635068
As long as they're fucking scamgamer over I'm fine with translation done by a fucking chatbot.

Hello guys, I'm having a little crisis. I know a little bit of japanese, but I'm not sure if I want to continue learning the language because I don't really like (modern) JP culture - and thus I don't have much motivation. However, I do like VNs and I want to read some that are untranslated (like Tsui no Sora). Plus, I'm not sure how good can some translations be (like Higurashi or AIR) - Although some are very good (ChäoS;HEAd fan TL for example). Should I read in english those which were TLd and in japanese those who weren't, or should I go full JP?

>>43643976
I'm pretty chill with manga/anime TLs but VN TLs maybe include many grammar or spelling mistakes, or not convey what the writter wanted to show us.

>>43643976
I learned japanese for VNs but these days I mostly read actual books. Have to import them though because the piracy scene is trash

>>43643976
Even if you don't like modern Japanese culture, there's still decades of past media and who knows what could come in the future. Unless VNs are absolutely the only thing you're learning the language for I don't really see the point in stopping when it'll open up an entire new world of media to you.

>>43643976
Honestly surprised everyone isn't jumping on this poster to become a JOP ASAP.
I only read VNs, and a pretty specific kind at that, and have no interest in anything else japanese. So I can't justify the timesink.

>>43644119
Japan is a dying country. They're even getting cucked out the gacha market by China and Korea. In a few decades they will be like Germany, exporter of tech but no culture.

>>43644119
I mean the majority of the time you spend learning Japanese will be spent reading VNs, so you'll be doing what you want to use the language for while learning it.

>>43644119
If you become a JOP you will be doomed to see the thing you love die while having first row seats.

>>43643976
>>43644119
I would tell you to not learn Japanese or any language if it's to read niche things or specific genres. You have to do it if you like multiple forms of that media itself.

>>43644505
>China
>Korea
Both countries are even worse than Japan in terms of birthrate and demographics.

>>43644667
I keep hearing people say that. It's japreader, right? You all use japreader.
I'd consider it, but afaict you all use that with the game in windowed mode. It can't be placed on top of a fullscreen window. That bothers me tremendously and was a massive deterrant from me using it.
Not to mention the incredible slowness at which you'll be reading. And how much boring stuff you have to read before you can advance to remotely interesting things. It's still study

>>43645660
Pretty sure most people use https://github.com/rampaa/JL which I believe works in fullscreen.
There's plenty of interesting things that are easy to read. If you haven't read the Leyline trilogy yet I'd recommend them as your first JP VN.

>>43645660
JOPs can read without training wheels. The people you're talking about are glorified EOPs

>>43636658
I actually do remember early praise for Sol Press thanks to /vn/ shilling and Newton's honorific toggle. 4chan really knows how to pick em

How long until Shiravune translates Oretsuba?

>>43649351
The old English Shuffle license is long expired and Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou and Shuffle Episode 2 have official Chinese releases on Steam, so the Navel titles in general are probably up for license if someone wants them.

>>43644119
why would jops be active in a thread about shitty translations

>>43649538
they're active on /vn/ and that's a general about shitty translations

>>43644071
Why are you here then? serious question

>>43650219
I am terminally online and check about 10 different threads all over 4chan daily. The eroge thread is on the same board this one is

>>43649538
To shit on EOPs.

>>43649538
anyone learning a language for otaku media has nothing in their lives outside of it

>>43654268
New thread up with the updates for this week

Smellvune be smelling

>>43598469