/jp/ - Otaku Culture

Sekai/Denpa
Harumade Kururu - In QA
Rewrite+ Harvest Festa - 100% translated, 40% edited, Steam page up, 2024 release
Subete no Koi ni, Hanabata o. - 50% translated
Sumire - Picked up
Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, waiting on build
Glass - Picked up
New Glass - Picked up
Karakara 3 - 100% translated and edited, 70% engine work
Yume to Iro de Dekiteiru - 100% translated, 35% edited
Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, in editing
A Maiden's Serenade - 100% translated, 65% edited
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi 10% translated
Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - In programming, Steam page up, 2024 release
Hamidashi Creative - Announced
Inupara - In Development
Nekopara After La Vraie Familie - 2025 release
Raspberry Cube - Announced
Wagamama High Spec OC - 25% translated
Amairo Chocolate 3 - 100% translated, 15% edited, 2024 release
Kuri Kuri Click ~My Favorite Boobs - Q3 2024 release
Miko no Kanata Zero - 100% translated, in editing, engine work mostly done

Nekonyan
Happiness! Sakura Celebration! - Delayed to fix some bugs
Dracu Riot - Summer or Fall release
Angel Chaos RE-BOOT!- Rejected by Steam for a second time, early 2025 release
Melty Moment - 80% translated
Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
Floral Flowlove - 100% translated, 75% edited, enging port ongoing
Love, Elections, & Chocolate - 100% translated and edited, in QA
Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
Ready or Not: The Deadline is Coming! - 100% translated, 75% edited, QA in progress
Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
Hatsuyuki Sakura: White Graduation - 100% translated and edited, engine work queued
Futamata Ren'ai: Two Times the Trouble - Steam page up
Hold Me Tight All Night Onii-chan! - 65% translated, 50% edited, Steam page up
Making*Lovers: First Blush - Announced
Hacking the Moon to Find My Goddess - 100% translated and edited, engine and image editing in progress, Steam page up
Koikari: Love for Hire - After Hours - In translation
Renai:Royale: Love’s a Battle- "Victory Parade" - Announced

VisualArts
Holy Undead ~Himote de Bocchi no Shirei Jutsushi ga, Seijo ni Tensei Shite Otomodachi o Fuyashimasu~ - December 20th release
Summer Pockets Reflection Blue - 2024 release

Dualtail
Venus Blood Ragnarok - Kickstarter succeeded, November 2025 release date listed

Frontwing
KANADE - 2025 release
Sharin no Kuni - Working to resolve remaining issues

Aksys
Despera Drops - March 2025 release
Utakata no Uchronia - 2025 release
Mistonia no Kibou -The Lost Delight- - 2025 release

Fakku
Two Beasts Or Not To Beast!! - 2.0 version, editing in progress
St. Yariman's Former Sluts: Mega MILF Edition - Winter 2024 release

Saikey Studios (mix of official/unofficial)
Kobonnou na Ryousai Kenbo ga Part Saki de Toshishita Ikemen Joushi ni Otosareru made no Kiroku The Game - Announced
The Reason For Your Smile - Steam page up, Happy and NTR routes translated

HyoukanOpera
Knight Case Files - Trial released, 2025 release

MAGES. GAME
Corpse Party II - Darkness Distortion - 2025 release

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

B-cluster
Re;quartz Raid - November release

MediBang Inc.
Cocktail Magic - Upcoming release
MoonFire: A Seeker's Saga - Announced

Kamitsubaki Studio
KAMITSUBAKI CITY REGENERATE - February 20th release

Qureate
>Prison Princess: Trapped Allure - Released

Shiravune
The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -A Tale of Cutthroat Lovers- - December 10th release
Sacrifice Villains - Q4 2024 release
Criminal Border 3rd Offence - 2024 release
>HENPRI: Hentai Prison - 2025 release
Kara no Shoujo III - Announced
Geminism - Announced
The Restless Sheep & The Lone Wolf -Woolly Eyes GAIDEN- - Announced
Real Hentai Situation! DT - Announced
Beastkin Training ~The Trials of a Beastkin Noblewoman~ - Announced
Another Way of Gettin' Paid - Announced
Night Shift Nurses - Announced
>Holy Valkyrie EXS-TiA: Concerto 1 - Announced

FG Remake
Doukyuusei 2 Remake - Announced
Yakin Byoutou Remake - Announced

Dramatic Create
Steam Prison Beyond the Steam - November 28th release
Nie no Machi -Iro Musubi- - 2025 release

Kagura Games
Yoru ga Kuru! -Square of the Moon- Remastered - 2024 release
Welcome to Maison Chichigami - Announced

Aniplex
Seedsow Lullaby - Demo released, December 13th release
Fate/hollow ataraxia REMASTERED - Announced
Tsukihime -The other side of red garden- - Upcoming

Love Lab
Ever Maiden - 2024 release

DLsite
Friendly lab - unlock(); - Upcoming release
Club Suicide - Picked up
Sennagi Kegareta Chigiri to Kami Koromo - Announced

Idea Factory
Death end re;Quest Code Z - 2025 release
Temirana: The Lucky Princess and the Tragic Knights - 2025 release
Battlefield Waltz - 2025 release

Harukaze
Monkeys! - English release planned

Moonchime
Haunted Obachestra Vol.1 Awaking - Upcoming release

Alice In Dissonance
Fault Milestone 2 - Side Below - Upcoming release

PRODUCTION PENCIL
Paradise Cleaning! -Tutor X Hypnosis- - Upcoming release

072 Project
>Forest of soul slave - Released
>Together with Oneesan~Yuina's Sweet Encouragement~ - 2025 release

F&C
NTR with hypnosis application - Upcoming release

Charon
Lost Paradise of Karuta - Announced

Sister Position
Ecchi de Ichizu na Doinaka Nii-sama to, Koshikiyukashii Byoujaku Imouto - Announced simultaneous release

Kemco Corporation
Decollate Decoration - Trial released

Alliance Arts
All in Abyss: Judge the Fake - Demo released

Alterciws
Phantom Thief Angels: Twin Angel - Labyrinth of Time and World - Re:light - Demo released, Q4 2024 release

Ramune Games
LingerieS - Demo released

Tensei Games
Akizora Memories - Horizon of Fate - - 2025 release

Gravity Game Arise
>TOKYO PSYCHODEMIC - November 28th release
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>Stuff like this has been either added or updated since the last thread

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

https://vndb.org/v50148#main
Holy crap this is my fetish. Anyone know anything about this? It looks like chinese shovelware but I am too into lingerie talk to pass on it

>>48297939
It's Hadashi Shoujo's new brand that focuses on releasing things in jp/eng/cn. I checked out the demo and the eng tl was complete shit.

Remember when Shiravune used to announce stuff close to its release date? Those were fun times. They now have 21 unreleased projects and that number seems to only be going up.

>>48298202
>It's Hadashi Shoujo's new brand that focuses on releasing things in jp/eng/cn
B-But... the whole reason any EoPs would even care about Hadashi Shoujo's stuff is because of all their good nukige under their Hadashi Shoujo label.

>>48299251
I can't remember exactly what they said, but I think they mentioned potentially working on their old catalogue too.

>>48299290
If it ends up being cheap MTL slop like what Poison does then I will be upset.

Tsukikana fanfiction in the making!

>>48297481
>Sexy Open World
I find it remarkable it was allowed on Steam with the Adult Rating. But then again no loli characters.

>>48299764
Yes this kind of translator is very common in Anime, Manga and even mostly in Video Games. They are professionals and no way can a MTL beat their Kusoge Fanfiction TL.

>>48299032
crypto heist, pls understand

>>48299764
Why'd you include the first screenshot where literally everything reads 10x better?

>>48299032
still releasing way more worthwhile vinnies than the rest of loc friends
>nekonyan
>3 vinnies (1 good title)
>jast
>3 excluding VB fds, (1 good title)
>shira
>19 vinnies (over 50% good vinnies)
>sekai
>3 releases excluding evn garbage (0 decent titles)

What is a "HENPRI," Shiravune?
Oh well, another eroge ruined.

>>48300416
Agreed, the title on Steam is wrong, VN ruined

>>48300416
It's the same as Real Hentai Situation -> Real Anime Situation, Holy Slave Academy -> Holy Maid Academy, Revenge of the Orcs: Flag of Big Green Cock -> Revenge of the Orcs: Flag of Conquest, and Criminal Border -> Liminal Border, where the Steam name is different than the non-Steam release since apparently Valve has problems with titles. Though in this case they are calling it Henpri: Hentai Prison off of steam.

Mages are releasing new remasters of Ever17 & Never7 for Steam/PS4/Switch March 2025
JP/EN/CN supported
https://game.mages.co.jp/infinity/

>>48300416
oldman is so retard lol

Kusarihime kudasai!

>>48282124
It is amazing. At this point maybe just hope George Henry shaft drops another bomb like in 2020

Tempted to translate 僕は天才かもしれない as "is this niggerlicious or is this divine intellect"

>>48300684
Can not wait. I am excited. Hopefully Steam Page is up soon.

>>48300416
What is a "ヘンプリ", Qruppo?
Oh well, another eroge ruined.

>>48302071
The company is called Crappo in English so it makes sense.

>Henpri
This game just looks ugly to me.

>>48303664
It's a prison setting. The characters are supposed to look ugly.

>>48303664
It's a meme game. The characters are supposed to be ugly

>>48303726
>>48303775
I don't want to look at something ugly for dozens of hours.

>>48303790
But you married your wife

>>48303808
That's what the paper bag is for

>>48303828

>>48300684
https://twitter.com/PhantomZero99/status/1860971541166538830

https://unrollnow.com/status/1860971541166538830

>>48300416
I wonder how many will read the all ages version of this nukige. Either way I'm skipping it, the Nurse rapege seems better.

>>48304545
You should come up with a better bait.

>>48299764
left needs an QC pass and right is too edited

https://x.com/shiravune/status/1861213280175579262
Night Shift Nurses - December 17th.

>>48306055
>All ages: 0,5h long.
>Patched: 5h long.
I like old games but this one is toooo short.

>>48306344
>5h
Don't trust vndb times.

>>48304545
Both Hentai Prison and Night Shift Nurses are going to have the bare minimum content on Steam with the vast majority of the release in an off Steam patch, just like Nukitashi and plenty of other recent releases, with zero intention of being played without it (and any moron who doesn't realize there is an off Steam patch would likely refund either title after going through the 20 minutes of content in either).

Any loli routes coming out before the year ends? I know we may get Akatsuki no Goei but is there anything else?

>>48311392
Not very new but https://vndb.org/v30461

>>48304467
Why not just retranslate certain sections that would foreshadow everything and put out a patch?

>>48312386
Why not just release the version everyone wanted?

>>48312463
Because a few lines are easier to change back than re-releasing a version Japan hated when it was 3D.

>>48312463
Because the first version is easy to find while the one getting re-released was in japanese 360 jail. 360 emulation is ass and wont import a jap 360 either

>>48312472
>a few lines
The whole script was rewritten.

>Cooooooomeeee plaaaayyyy mmyyyyy gaaaammeeee
>IXSEAL IXSEAL IXSEAL

Hatsuyuki next month.

>>48316733
worth it? the enforced playing order tag is already a big minus for me.

>>48316797
It's lauded as their best game, but if you're a moege fan you probably won't like the protagonist and the fact that it's a nakige/utsuge

>>48316817
are we talking about key' style of nakige or it's something more depressing\doomy?

>>48316858
Somewhere in the middle.

>>48316733
I'm surprised by the lack of hype. It was one of the never ever kamige like Iroseka.
And it will flop just like it, huh? Only meme shit seems to sell nowadays...

>>48317691
It pains me to see actual good VNs fail. We're likely never getting the Iroseka sequels now, and neither Sakura Moyu and AstralAir.

>>48317691
It will likely sell well with the chinese audience.

>>48312526
It's still easier to change the script than to rework the entire game and place everything together. It would save headache by copying and pasting the original script put it in the new game and then everyone could work off of that.

>>48317691
The sad part is I do not think VN's will be popular until the end of the decade or beginning of the next for here. But at the very least we could keep trying to get Kamige here so future generations do not have to suffer the drought of no good VN's to read.
>>48317793
I think we will. Only because the VN market in Japan has stabilized to where it was 30 years ago and I do think they are looking for reputable translation companies to bring these VN's over for the EN/CN audience.

>>48318287
What the fuck are you even talking about?

>>48318303
About what?

>>48318310
>Only because the VN market in Japan has stabilized to where it was 30 years ago
What the fuck does that even mean? 30 years ago everything was a 30 minute - 10 hour PC-98 release.

>>48318287
VNs will never be popular, and that's a good thing

>>48317691
The timing is not good. The market is already saturated with moege.

>>48318717
but it's a nakige.

>>48318717
If you go into it expecting a moege you're not going to have a good time.

>>48317691
The staff of nekonyan have confessed to having the full translation of AstralAir and it's FD, Iroseka sequel and FD, as well the recently shut down Sakura Moyu TL.
Whether or not they do anything with them remains to be seen, as 0 announcements pertaining to their relation has never been made.
Maybe Shiravune will randomly drop by, paying a friendly visit like it did MG, and go on translating and retranslating as they do.

>>48319460
>The staff of nekonyan have confessed to having the full translation of AstralAir
No shit, retard.

>>48318336
I am saying in terms of sells. The market is not as huge as it used to be. I am saying because it's not as popular in Japan it's more than likely we will be getting licenses alongside China. So it's possible more Kamige could come.

>>48320025
I highly doubt you have the sales data for eroge back in 1994, let alone 2024.

https://vndb.org/v12167
Any chance of Amairo being TL?

>>48320053
Flip a coin for your answer.

>>48320053
Nekonyan is probably too scared to pick it up because of Steam

>>48320045
The graph was posted a few months back. The peak was the late 90's/00's and ever since mid 10's it has been on a decline to where it is back to low 90's again in terms of fan size. But then again. It may just be you do not understand the market.

>>48320151
You mean this one that I posted where it literally doesn't show sales for that period.
Also I have no idea what your pic related is supposed to mean.

>>48320053
None

>>48320053
It probably depends entirely on how well Dracu-Riot does.

>>48318726
>>48319091
I know it's a nakige, however it looks like moege to casuals because of the artstyle. I don't see people who are interested in plot checking out this vn.

How good or bad are the translations of Shiravune?

>>48323315
Depends on the game, some of them have multiple translators and it can be obvious. I haven't read anything that felt like ESL crap, but some of the translators localize too much for my taste, while others don't.

>>48323469
Hmm, do you think I should send them an application? I don't know much about their reputation, so I'm hesitating between Shiravune, Nekonyan, and Mangagamer.

>>48323565
Shiravune and NN both pay like 3x as much as MG. Though the problem with NN is that it's very clique-y and they don't really hire people from outside their friend group.
Also you might as well send them all an application, you'll have to take a translation test anyway, so there's no harm in sending in multiple.

What's the most recent visual novel from purplesoftware and why should I play it?

>>48323705
Aoi Tori.
It's pretty fun, but a step down overall from Amatsutsumi

>>48323315
>>48323565
You sound like an ESL and you probably don’t know Japanese, so I suggest not applying to any of them.

>>48324258
Why do I sound like an ESL? Go on, kindly explain to me what the hell is wrong with my writing, and I promise to give you the rimjob of your life as a reward.

>>48320071
NekoNyan isn't going to avoid any modern Yuzusoft title because of Reboot failing, just because of how well every other Yuzusoft title has sold, especially if Hikari Field is doing a Chinese translation for it. NekoNyan, Hikari Field, and Yuzusoft are just going to be much more restrictive about what they actually submit to Valve in the future and put more of the game in an off Steam patch. If Qruppo titles can safely be submitted to Steam as long as most of the game is in an off Steam patch so can Yuzusoft titles.

>>48324684
Nah, It's random. But if a company gets a ban once then it will remain in the black list of the reviewers. Which mean that Steam will be extra strict for their releases.

>>48322836
most nakige looks like moege anyway, this is just nekonyan failing at marketing like usual.

>>48324684
>If Qruppo titles can safely be submitted to Steam as long as most of the game is in an off Steam patch so can Yuzusoft titles.
Nekonyan seem adamant about not cutting their titles like Shiravune does. They say its so people can enjoy them all-ages too, which just seems retarded when there literally is no all-ages version if it gets banned.

>>48326756
Shiravune has had several titles get banned, they seem to get most stuff through just fine.

>>48327155
Yes, but in the NN case is worse as they tried to avoid the ban passing the game through a different publisher... and they got caught by the same person who banned it. Karma.

>>48316733
Not reading utsuge, those are an aggressive waste of time.

>>48326756
It's random if a build gets banned if it has content that certain reviewers would ban a title for while other reviewers wouldn't. The submitted version of Re-Boot wasn't toned down, and the reviewer used the content to ban it. However, there needs to be some content in the submitted Steam build to get banned in order for a bad reviewer draw to ban a title. Titles can be held up for other reasons if the reviewer wants to be a pain in the ass, but actual bans come from a reviewer being able to justify a ban based off of content submitted to them, even if individual reviewers have a wide range of digression as to what content they use to justify a ban.

>>48326811
Aoi Tori went with as little content as they could for the Steam release (the first build had so little content it was rejected because the minimum build they originally submitted suggested that it was just the opening within the game itself, so they had to resubmit it). Their partnership with Kagura Games will probably have a few minimum builds, when they are aiming to put stuff like OniGyu onto Steam.

Hatsuyuki Sakura was likely heavily cut for the Steam release since the content warning reads as:

>This work contains depictions of the protagonist’s alcohol abuse and use of coarse language, which may not be suitable for some users. Please ensure you are aware of this information before making a purchase.

>>48327243
The Aoi Tori build apparently was the common route up till the choice at the end and when you picked a choice it played the credits. I don't blame steam for declining that.

>>48316733
This looks like all of it H scene will be clothed sex, I hate moege

>>48327727
clothed sex is based though? Fully naked women are boring

>>48327751
Your dick broke

>>48327751
both are good, better to have diversity in h scenes

>>48327416
It sounded like the other problem for Aoi Tori was stuff like calling it a prologue and other stuff along those lines that indicated that it wasn't some standalone game. Shiravune surely has ran into the problem before because they go out of their way to accurately describe their barely anything Steam releases. Night Shift Nurses for example states "0.5+ hours of story" on the Steam page, and I am guessing nothing in the build itself that indicates there is any more content.

>>48323315
For me Shiravune is good.

>>48323315
Some of the translation choices in Nyonin-jima were questionable. Although luckily that's like a sub 10 hour nukige, so it doesn't really matter that much since the game's over before the TL choices get too annoying. Biggest offenders being everyone calling the protagonist Mr because they use -san for his name, even after these characters have gotten so acquainted with the protagonist that they have been spending over a year with him and have even had his babies, and おちんぽ様 to "revered penis" and only that, pretty much every time anyone says it, like everyone automatically calls a penis revered like that in English.

>>48317691
Hatsuyuki has more follows on Steam already then Kakenuke did at launch, and Kakenuke seems to have done fine (though it was likely Chinese driven).

>>48334996
Holy shit Night Shift Nurses has a lot of follows.

>>48335624
Never underestimate fans of Nurses and Retro VN fanbases of the classics.

>>48335624
It already has more follows than Nukitashi (~1200) and Doukyuusei (~1900) both had pre-launch, and it is still more than 2 weeks before launch.

>>48337146
The former is a remake from a renowned VN series which has manga and hentai adaptations. So no wonder why has more followers. The first Nukitashi was good but nothing memorable.

Purple Software has released a new visual novel called Lip Lipples. How good is it and what are the chances it will get a decent translation?

>>48338045
It's only been out for 24 hours. I doubt anyone knows how good it is yet.
I did play the original 1~ hour trial when it came out and besides a small section at the start it was just run of the mill moege.

>>48338045
>Lip Lipples
That name sounds like something a pornstar from the seventies would use.

>>48335624
Shiravune is known to buy followers

>>48342171
Why don't they do it for any of their other games then?

>>48342540
Because they aren't close to release, as there is a risk the bots will get banned or unfollow to make you buy more. And speaking of buying, they are also giving away money on Twitter atm if anyone cares for a quick buck.

>>48342957
Why didn't they bot their previous releases when they were close to release either then?

>>48342988
They did the major ones, obviously they aren't going to waste money on botting no name shit.

>>48323565
Apply to them all, give yourself options.

>>48323565
Why not JAST?

I used to think this idea that MTL was gonna kill off actual translations was flawed, but I stand corrected. It feels like all the real fantranslators are dead, especially nukige translators

>>48348739
>especially nukige translators
I'm glad Rattanman is still going strong.

someone asked in last thread what game I was translating that I thought was about to be localized
https://vndb.org/v27152

>still no Doukyuusei 2 remake announcement from Shiravune
It's fucking over.

>>48350677
Oh yeah, that's bound to be picked up.

>>48351629
It's annoying that they picked up everything around it except it. Smh

>>48352003
Probably means it's picked up but work on it is slow.

>>48350677
>can't impregnate maid or daughter according to tags
Interest lowered.

>>48354811
New thread up with the updates for this week.

>>48350810
I will be very mad if we do not get White Album 2 Remaster from them.