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Saya no Uta...
Best VN of 2013?

>> No.10602892

Did Peter finally release it?

>> No.10602907

>>10602892
Last twitter update says that the game is complete, all that's left is to touch up the box art then its off to make the master.

>> No.10602913

>>10602907
Did they retranslate the whole thing or what?

I mean, there was a full patch in, what, 2009? And TinFoil or whoever announced the JAST collaboration on /jp/ maybe three years ago?

How can something take so long?

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Probably

>> No.10602921

i want to lick her viscera

>> No.10602925

Someone dump the American comic.

I want to watch you weeaboos squirm.

>> No.10602933

>>10602925
>/jp/
>weeaboo

>> No.10602940

>>10602925
American... comic..?

EEEEEEEEEEEEHHHH?!

>> No.10602941
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It was pretty good.

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>>10602921
Enjoy

>> No.10602958

>>10602942
*licks*

>> No.10602968

>>10602889
>Best VN of 2013?

Heh, 10 YEARS after original release.

>> No.10602970

>>10602925

Those…BASTARDS! HOW DARE THEY RUIN SAYA! Her Image as a beautiful Loli-character and her long fleeting beauty has been ruined by fucking AMERICANS! This is one of the MAIN reasons why I FUCKING HATE AMERICANS! I am a Devoted American Otaku and I say that with great pride. But this BULLLSHIT is going too far.

>> No.10602992

http://bloody-disgusting.com/news/117993/

kind of interesting interview with the guys behind the american saya comic. they seem pretty well-aware of how much they needed to fuck it up to actually make the comic happen.
they also mention "a gallery of stills as extras so readers can see where it all came from and how it changed." , were those scanned?

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>>10602992
>As for the story itself, yes, there were some worries that Western audiences wouldn’t accept SAYA as it was. Such as the aforementioned tentacle sex, rape and cannibalism, not to mention the Saya character being underage.
>not to mention the Saya character being underage.

>> No.10603025

Saya no Uta is a very cleverly disguised pedophile game. It is pretentious as fuck. Don't be fooled. It is nothing more than an adult student fucking a by all means underage little child. It tries to hide this fact by indroducing an even older man trying to rape Saya making it seem wrong and simultaniously right that the protagonist fucks her. The protagonist is trapped in his own world where is primary focus is the little girl Saya. Just like any other pedophile he is obsessed with her since apparently she is the only desireable thing in a world seemingly made of agony. However this condition only exists in his mind. While the normal outsiders are baffled by his behaviour he justifies it by them being the non-understanding ones. He never tries to explain his condition because he knows that he is fucked up. And him fucking a little girl is acceptable to him because of the pretense of love. This love is strictly superficial since he does not love her because of her character but only due to her childish looks. The only looks he can find attractive by the way.

After Saya was nearly fucked by an even older man she goes from crying to sucking the cock of the protagonist. This is the ultimate desire of the pedophile love from an underage child expressed as sucking cock.

FUCK THIS GAME

>> No.10603029

>>10602992
>“SAYA” is a very foreign (pun very intended) concept

>> No.10603031

>>10603010
think of the lovecraftian spawn

>> No.10603040

>>10602925
I don't even know why they did it. Did they think western people are stupid and can only accept something that looks like a stupid superhero comics from 60's?

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>>10603025
I hope you're being ironic.

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>>10603041
Don't reply to copypasta.

>> No.10603099

>>10602889
Saya No Uta: Seems to be a favorite around here, and I can see why. Has a very "different", enjoyable story. Deep story? Not really. Dialogue? I found it all right. Not too many feels had. Made me think about sanity.

>> No.10603105

Is there any simple way of getting the Blu-ray release (the one with the extra goodies) over to the USA? I've had little luck so far finding anything reasonable cost-wise.

>> No.10603108

>>10603051
I reply to whatever I want, nerd.

>> No.10603131

>>10602992
Interesting stuff, thanks.

I haven't watched a lot of American horror movies, but this all sounds pretty dated. Isn't "torture porn" the in thing now?

Hell, while it wasn't American, Cannibal Holocaust was released 30 years earlier. It seems silly that a comic book author would have to justify these things in 2010. Aren't comic books more lax like ordinary novels are, or are they still censored because of their visuals?

>> No.10603183

>>10602889
That scene was so hot.

>> No.10603222

>>10602889
it's shit

>> No.10603242

>>10603222
trips4truth lel

>> No.10603286

>>10603108 Wasn't >>10603041
, but I had no idea it was copypasta. Had me going for a few there.

>> No.10603320

>>10602913
>Did they retranslate

No.

>How can something take so long?

Because they're JAST.

>> No.10603373

I liked Saya no Uta, but I still think Saya is nothing more than an evil cunt. Same goes for the protagonist.

>> No.10603386

>>10603373
Did anyone inform you that you have no soul?

>> No.10603388

>>10603386
They fuck over absolutely everyone around them with sadistic pleasure just to make each other happy. They are completely selfish.

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>>10603386
yeah how can he be so INSENSITIVE
I bet he didn't even UNDRESSTAND it

haha idiot
go get fucked and turn into blob or something

>> No.10603415

>>10603388
Well if you bothered to look for motives you would know that half of people actually could easily leave them alone, and other half were partly accidentally involved.

Also I fail to see how 'selfish' is a inhuman trait, unless you head stuck in MLP show and likes.

>> No.10603417

Saya broke my heart

>> No.10603435

>>10603415
It doesn't change the fact that they completely enjoyed harming others, and even went out of their way to make things more painful for others.

All I know is that I can never forgive Saya. It was 100% her fault that she was raped, and it was made even worse by the fact that after crying over being a poor sad rape victim, she went on to rape someone even more pathetic than herself. That's very characteristic of a selfish bully.

I have always hated it when characters betray their friends for "love". It is the most disgusting thing imaginable for me, and Saya no Uta took it to the extreme. This is why I always prefer harem ends.

>> No.10603640

>>10603435
yup she was asking to be raped that's exactly what she wanted.... and then she had the AUDACITY to be sad about being raped? what a fucking bitch.. how dare she be upset about getting raped

>> No.10603658

>>10603640
I'm glad you agree with me.

>> No.10603744

>>10603658
I like you.

>> No.10603764

>>10603435
>I have always hated it when characters betray their friends for "love".
Sounds like you have some inner issue. I don't even think Saya's actions can be judged by human standards, because, you know, she's not actually human.

>> No.10603786

>>10603764
But Fuminori can. Some people think he's great because he loves Saya even though she's a monster, but that's only because she appears beautiful to him. Meanwhile he's going around ruthlessly killing people just because they look like monsters to him. He's a shallow asshole, the most shallow in the entire VN.

>> No.10603881

>>10603786
You clearly are not familiar with lovecraftian thematics, are you?

It's all about being driven by insanity. Fuminori is delving into insanity for a whole story. Ryoko was partly insane to start with. Koji went nuts in his ending. Fuminori is also a case of being Mad with love if you see a connection.
Shallow asshole? Really?

>> No.10604258

>>10603786
That's not it at all. He's going crazy. The VN is interesting because you get to explore his psychology and see how he eventually caves in. At the beginning he struggles to stay close to his friends despite their distorted forms, but that resolve eventually crumbles.

The theme of a beautiful girl in such a twisted world is touching. What's interesting is how it's subverted. He's a sympathetic villain and I think that's what appeals to people. It's more than appearances. Saya is the only right thing in his life; she is a symbol of hope, beauty, love, and innocence. The whole VN rests on whether or not you think he's justified in his actions.

He has some of the most depth compared to other characters, particularly that one bitch that got turned into a slave. Fuck her.

>> No.10604343

>>10603640
She's the one who drove the man crazy, which is what lead to the man raping her. It is her fault.

>> No.10604437

>>10603881
>>10604258
I meant he's a shallow person, not a shallow character. He's no better than the people who want to kill Saya just because she's a hideous monster, even though a lot of people seem to believe otherwise.

I agree that it's interesting to see him lose it, as I said I did actually enjoy Saya no Uta, but I do not feel like he was justified in what he did at all. He is the splitting image of evil and corrupted.

What pisses me off about slave girl is that I'm expected to feel bad for Saya for being raped (which was in fact, completely her fault) and yet she goes on to have someone far more innocent than herself raped far worse than she was. How the fuck does that make any sense, are these people who actually feel bad for Saya after getting raped at all sane? It's pretty much everyone else involved except Saya that you should feel bad for. It's all her fault this shit is happening.

>> No.10604543

>>10604437
>I meant he's a shallow person
Not following you here.

>What pisses me off about slave girl is that I'm expected to feel bad for Saya for being raped (which was in fact, completely her fault) and yet she goes on to have someone far more innocent than herself raped far worse than she was. How the fuck does that make any sense, are these people who actually feel bad for Saya after getting raped at all sane? It's pretty much everyone else involved except Saya that you should feel bad for. It's all her fault this shit is happening.
Its somewhat subtle but rape actually affected her and made more vile. You may notice how she gets noticeable gloomier and creepier after that.
Again I'm not sure you can say its completely her fault. She's not human and she had no way to comprehend human reaction just by observing Fuminori condition. Neither she should really care for any human in particular in first place.

>> No.10604564

>>10604543
Clearly you know more about what you're talking about than me, so all I'll say is that it bothers me that so many people sympathize with Saya. That's what really makes me dislike her. She doesn't deserve that sympathy.

>> No.10604583

>>10604564
You don't know what you are talking about. Saya is made to be sympathetic to the nerds and no-lifers who have no friends, like me. She's made of traits people with no friends would like to see in their dream girl. Its only natural so many people sympathize with her.
Now few years passed and I can see it all from the side, but back then I justified every single action Fuminori and Saya made.

>> No.10604601

>>10604583
I've never once had a friend, and I do prefer the body of a little girl, but I really don't like Saya. I never felt anything her and Fuminori did was justified. I'm not sure what's missing from me that's supposed to make me like her.

>> No.10604614

>>10604601
Absence of moral and society values.

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I don't know about you guys but I sympathized with Koji the most.

>> No.10605453

>>10604679

For real, man. Guy saw some shit...

By the time the VN ended he was like a film noir character or something, I loved it.

>> No.10605514

So they're just using the original translation and it's still taken them 2 years to release it? I was wondering if this could even be released in the West due to the H scenes.

>> No.10605521

If Saya was overpowered by the artist then does that mean that she's weak psychically as an alien? Can she only overpower people if they are frozen in fear?

>> No.10605524

>>10603025
the girl you're talking of, saya also only exists in his mind though. she's not real. nobody but him is even aware of her existence.

in reality he was fucking something like an animal.

>> No.10605536

>>10605521
Pretty much. She's not some sort of genetically enhanced killer but rather pile of tentacles.

>> No.10605544

>>10605521

>weak psychically

Did you mean physically?

If yes, when Fuminori is talking to Saya about the final confrontation with Koji, he says he might not be able to kill Koji in a straight-up fight.
Saya suggests that she do it, but Fuminori says she probably wont be able to handle a fully grown man after what happened with the artist dude.
Saya is kinda dejected and agrees, so I guess so.

Since in the ending where Koji dies, he was taken by surprise by and killed by Saya while he was fighting Fuminori.
So I guess yes, she relies on fear and surprise rather than physical strength.

>> No.10605610

Why are you still discussing this VN? It's been 4 years.

>> No.10605627

>>10605610
Its a classic. Breath of our time, you might say.

>> No.10605661

>>10605627
english only plebs pls go

>> No.10605668

>>10605627
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=6QkTS_AaMiI#t=114s

>> No.10605667

>>10604679
I liked the ending where he kills them the most.

>> No.10605676

>>10605627
>>10605661
Dude, this is not even about being an english-only pleb. You can recognize that Saya no Uta is not that good if you just play a few english-translated classics. It's just either plain shit taste, or the first VN you've ever read.

>> No.10605681

>>10605676
Everything has to do with being an english-only pleb. Fuckin' posers the whole bunch of em'. Go back to /a/ and play Muvluv and Ever17.

>> No.10605687

>>10605676

What do you consider "english-translated classics" anyway? Probably some straight up dating shite or F/SN.

>> No.10605692

>>10605681
I'm not a poser. I'm not pretending to know Japanese. I just plain don't know Japanese.

>> No.10605699

>>10605692
He meant poser in the "truOTAKU" sense.

>> No.10605706

>>10605676
I'll have "plain shit taste" then, thank you.

>> No.10605713

>>10602889
"Saya's pig"?

I know a bit of Japanese, but I'm not sure if that's the actual title.

>> No.10605714

>>10605681
I was not talking about that. You are not understanding what I've meant with that. I said that even someone that has played MuvLuv, Ever17, Clannad, Kanon or any other english-translated Visual Novel can easily understand that Saya no Uta is far away from being a masterpiece. Naturally, the barrier of japanese will block them from getting to fully appreciate the VNs they've read or other great VNs that are stlil being translated, are too unpopular to be translated, or most likely will never be translated. But even these people aren't dumb enough to claim that Saya no Uta is a masterpiece.

>> No.10605718

>>10605714
It's objectively a masterpiece.

>> No.10605717

>>10605714
Yeah, I know. I'm just trying to stir some drama up. I'll stop now.

>> No.10605724

>>10605714
Nobody is really claiming it's a masterpiece, it's just a good VN.

I don't know why you think it's "not that good", but I have a hunch it's nothing to do with the game and everything to do with its fans.

>> No.10605750

>>10605713
Uta = Song
Buta = Pig

>> No.10605752

>>10605714
I never said masterpiece, I said it's classic. Lots of classics are shitty, but they are more of supporting pillars for your view and other works. Personally for example I hate Tolkien because of his food porn and boring writing, but he's classic to fantasy nonetheless. Saya is a classic to psychological horror and its fairly solid at that.

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Started reading this just now. And yeah, I know I'm slow as fuck. The reason why I ignored this for so long is mainly because of the fanbase. I've read most of NitroPlus's other works though.

I can definitely say that it keeps you on the edge of your seat. Not often I encounter VNs like this, mostly because of the Japanese having a tendency to go on for hours with characterization before anything interesting happens.

>> No.10605822

>>10605714
All those "classics" are relationship simulators, you fucking retard.

You'll be hard pressed to find anything resembling a classic in the VN horror genre, I think Saya no Uta fits the bill just fine.

>> No.10605829

>>10605752
That's like those faggots who call Super Mario Bros or The legend of Zelda "masterpieces" or "the best in their franchises" because "all the other games exist thanks to them". It's bullshit and Zelda is pretty shitty in every single way compared to a few Zelda games.

>>10605718
Nothing can be objectively a masterpiece. It's only one when you personally don't care about its flaws. Other people could hate that masterpiece just because they can't forgive those flaws.

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>>10605829
>Nothing can be objectively a masterpiece.

What about things like the Mona Lisa?

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>>10605829
The 2D Zeldas were great. I think ALttP is a masterpiece, it's seriously a near-perfect game in my eyes.

I guess maybe someone should re-release ALttP in a gritty, noir style, bill it as an indie "art game", and then it'll be acceptable for me to have this opinion.

>> No.10605855

>>10605841
The average normal considers it a masterpiece just because it's popularly regarded as a masterpiece.

>> No.10605863

>>10605822
>All those "classics" are relationship simulators
Thats like saying every book's classic is Bible.

>> No.10605869

>>10605855
I dunno, I just consider it a fact. "The Mona Lisa is a masterpiece" is something you could see in a factual encyclopedia or news article.

>> No.10605900

>>10605850
the issues were the lack of puzzles that were later introduced to the series making it look worse now as well as many of the items overlapping in use or like the magic, all effectively doing the same thing

or just useless like the flame and ice rods

>> No.10605903

>>10605850
As I said before, the original Zelda isn't worth playing anymore, but every other 2D Zelda is really good.

Both Oracles > Link's Awakening > ALttP

I'm aware that ALttP is better than LA in pretty much everything, though.

My only problem with ALttP is that there isn't a perfect version of the game. In the original, you lose the shovel after getting the ocarina. Why is that? The shovel was fun! If there wasn't enough space in the inventory, they could have just removed one of the two invencibility items (both items did almost the same thing) or one of the useless medal things.

In the port, you can finally keep the shovel. But Link's voice is fucking annoying and doesn't fit the character. He sounds like a little kid even though he clearly isn't one in the artwork.

Even if there was a perfect version, I still like the three Gameboy zeldas better. Dat huge sword! It's so satisfying to use!

>> No.10605904

>>10605869
That's exactly what I meant.

>> No.10605905
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Who gives a shit. All Japanese VNs are just porn with plot.

Sure all the Lovecraftian gore horror stuff is interesting, but it's just there to segue between the underage girl getting raped and the mind control tentacle sex scene.

There are probably Japanese authors and artists making real stories, but I've yet to come across any.

>> No.10605911

>>10605905
Who is that ugly cunt and why do you keep posting pictures of her? Is she the new milk?

>> No.10605913

>>10605903
I liked the shovel too, but it's not particularly useful. It was basically there to dig up one item, you didn't need it to clear areas or anything like in the Oracle games.

>Link's voice is fucking annoying and doesn't fit the character.

Didn't they do this with the GBA Mario ports as well? "Woohoo! Woohoo! Just what I needed! Woohoo!" Who the fuck thought that was a good idea?

Also those bright colors because no backlight.

>> No.10605915

>>10605905

The entire second half of Saya no Uta contains no porn, f**ker

>> No.10605916

>>10605911
Some guy shitposting trying to get some reactions.

And it's Christine Love.

>> No.10605918

>>10605905
>All Japanese VNs
I'm glad I like SNs.

Also, Lovecraft a shit. A fucking piece of shit.

>> No.10605922

>>10605905
Only around 15% or 20% of all visual novels have porn in it, actually.

>> No.10605924

>>10605905
#feminist #girlpower #fuckimbleedingagain

>> No.10605925

>>10605918
>SNs

So Chunsoft games only? They own the trademark.

>Lovecraft a shit. A fucking piece of shit.

His stories were decent but I liked Poe better.

>> No.10605927

>>10605798
>having a tendency to go on for hours with characterization before anything interesting happens.

That's why you read VNs that are tagged 時間: 短い with a high rating on EGS.

>> No.10605931

>>10605925
What the hell is Chunsoft? I was talking about 07thExpansion.

Lovecraft can't write for shit. His ideas are good, though. Poe is good.

>> No.10605932

>>10605922
http://vndb.org/g235
27 pages.

http://vndb.org/g23
121 pages.

>> No.10605934

Here are my opinions
>Both Saya and Fuminori are shallow, insane and evil. Sympathy or not, none of the shit they did throughout the story is even close to okay.
>Yoh was extremely unlucky. She's probably the closest thing to "innocent" in this entire VN, and she got the worst treatment.
>Koji's girlfriend was a dumb cunt. She knows something horrible is looming in the house and that Fuminori probably isn't in, but she keeps on walking as if she has anything productive to do in there.
>Ryoko was crazy, but at least she wasn't a completely terrible person, just heavily jaded.
>Koji was probably the most sympathetic character, the more classic protagonist for a story.
Anyone who disagrees is wrong.

>> No.10605941

>>10605931
Wait, I just googled it and it seems that Chunsoft created my beloved Dragon Quest IV.

Were they like Quintet?

>> No.10605944

>>10605934
>opinions
>Anyone who disagrees is wrong
I disagree with calling them opinions. They are facts.

>> No.10605969

>>10605934
>>10605944
Nice samefag. Now go back to whatever hell-pit spawned you. I figure it was somewhere in this direction:
>>>/a/

>> No.10605985

>>10605969
Stop bullying, especially since you're wrong.

>> No.10605993

Why has this board been incapable of having anything other than a dumb "troll"-riddled discussion since /q/ was born?

>> No.10605999

>>10605993
Flames like this are a violation of the global rules.

>> No.10610010

I live in Canada.

If I imported Saya no Uta, could I get arrested?

>> No.10610032

>>10602941
She's not a Shoggoth, she's the Crawling Chaos!

>> No.10610130

Whole thread and not a single mention of Tezuka's Phoenix.
A little shocked.

>> No.10610145

>>10610032
She's not Crawling Chaos she's Mother of Pus!

>> No.10610157

>>10610130
is it spammed a lot in Saya threads usually?

>> No.10610166

>>10610157
the general plot of Saya no Uta was pretty much taken from the sixth volume: Resurrection

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