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Hello /jp/.

I've recently acquired an interest in VNs thanks to a thread in /v/, and subsequently played Saya no Uta. I was surprised at how invested I was in the characters' fate, that by the end I cried when Saya was killed.

I am now interested in broadening my horizons, but with a few limitations for my second VN. Can you recommend any VNs with a similar duration, but with no gore or gratuitous sex scenes? I have no problem with sex being part of the narrative, as long as it serves a purpose, and is not in the spirit of fanservice.

You've been very helpful in the past, recommending me some good J-dramas, so I trust your judgement.

>> No.6958733

vndb.org

Don't be lazy.

>> No.6958750

You already have a chart. Start from there.

>> No.6958757

>>6958733
I'm sorry, and thanks. I love the search function.

I am still interested in /jp/'s opinions, though. You guys know your shit.

>> No.6958766

>>6958757
You already have a chart and honestly you shouldn't care about opinions. But my heart is soft tonight so I'll tell you to go read Kikokugai.

>> No.6958776

It depends on what type of story you are looking for really.

G-Senjou no Maou would probably be a safe bet.

>> No.6958790

Hanachirasu, Quartett, Planetarian.

>> No.6958808

Read Syphonic Rain, cute as hell hell bitter-sweet story with music to die for. The MC is a little bit of a waste of space but he has sufficient reason to be.
I can't believe that shart doesn't have it considering the praise it gets from people who read it.

>a similar duration
Not very many things worth reading are that short that are translated.

>> No.6958825

That chart is pretty funny, OP.
I won't bite and complain about the choices, though, sorry.

>> No.6958858

>>6958808
>Symphonic Rain
fixed

>> No.6958878

>>6958858
>I can't believe that shart doesn't have it considering the praise it gets from people who read it.
You're just not good at looking.

>> No.6958983
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Where do I download VNs?

>> No.6958988

>>6958983
http://vnddl.webs.com/list.txt
For download
http://vndb.org/
For knowing what is what and who is who.
Google for the translation patches.

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>>6958727

Why is /jp/ helping a faggot from /v/?

inb4 some smartass mentions my reaction image and think he is clever

>> No.6959130

>>6958989
Because he asked nicely, and isn't being a dick.

>> No.6959230

You posted a damn chart already on your own. Do you want us to hold your hand too while you're reading and maybe help you masturbate during the eroscenes?

>> No.6959560

>>6958727
wow someone updated that shitty chart. now it's less shitty, but still has some weird shit in it.

>> No.6959572

>>6958727
Saya no Uta is really short. You won't find much else as short as it that is really as good as it.

If you insist on it being short try Kikokugai, and Hanachirasu which are if I remember correctly from the same author and developer.

If you don't mind length try Sharin no Kuni.

>> No.6959598

>>6959572
Hanachirasu is by a different writer.

>> No.6959611

>>6959598
Didn't the writer for Hanachirasu write Muramasa?
Not as if I will ever get to read it... ;_;

>> No.6959624

>>6959611
Yeah.
It's being translated.
But Jast will never release it.

>> No.6959628

If I remember correctly, planetarian is rather short and doesn't have any H scenes.

>> No.6959652

>>6959628
Planetarian has guro

>> No.6959817

I'll recommend you Ever17. SnU was a vn I started with, E17 was next and although it's a hell of a lot longer, I also feel that it's better overall. You'll want to set some time aside for it though, it's not the type you can play off/on over the course of a month.

>> No.6959821

>>6959817

>SnU was a vn I started with

When did this become the norm for /jp/?

>> No.6959828

>>6959821
Good thing I got my recommendation from /v/ and started with Saya no Uta, a manly VN that made me cry twice and fap thrice.

>> No.6959834

>>6959828
Go back there.

>> No.6959839

>/v/

>> No.6959840

>>6959834
Say whatever you like; you'll never bend my お宅魂。

>> No.6959877

>>6959821

popular material will always be accessible to more people than "better" material. Sure choice-wise it's 'bout as simple as you can get, but I wouldn't call it bland or bad, if that's what you're implying. I wouldn't consider it the norm for /jp/ either, plenty of folk like OP come from /v/ or /a/ or what have you after a VN or saya thread.

>> No.6959882

So does anybody genuinely like Starry Sky in Spring?

>> No.6959899

>>6959882
It's your run of the mill "undecisive protagonist, pick your guy in a school setting" game, it's good because you don't get many english otome games, but other than that it's nothing amazing really.

>> No.6960411

I just read the chart 4 times over and it does not have umineko.
What the hell?

>> No.6960414

>>6958825
I know right, there is no Umineko

>> No.6960417

There is no such a thing as an "easy accesible" and "hard" visual novel

I JUST HAVE TO READ

>> No.6960421

>>6960417
CLANNAD is not easily accessible. You do it without a guide you might spend over 200 hours on it.

>> No.6960430

>>6960417
>There is no such a thing as an "easy accesible" and "hard" visual novel
yeah, I mean, your average school life text where the most difficult sentence you'll encounter is "the bell rang" and games with complex writing like Oretsuba sure are on the same level.

>> No.6960436

>>6960417
Kagetsu Tohya.
LOOPS, LOOPS EVERYWHERE

>> No.6960450

I don't believe this shit.
Why is G-Senjou on the bottom but A kiss for the petals and over the rainbow on the top?

>> No.6960453

>>6960450
Because the chart sucks and has a lot of retarded placement, we already went over this dozens of times.

>> No.6960456

>>6960453
It's actually a pretty cool chart for people new to vns. /jp/ just hates on it because someone from /v/ made it.

>> No.6960462

>>6960456
/jp/ hates it because /jp/ hates charts in general.

>> No.6960463

>>6960456
I didn't even know it was made outside of /jp/, actually. But the selection for the two groups is all over the place, honestly. And why do you need an untranslated section for recommendations?

>> No.6960474

>>6960421
>CLANNAD is not easily accessible. You do it without a guide you might spend over 200 hours on it.

Then it's just VERY LONG,

It doesn't take a genius to read it.

>> No.6960481

>>6960474
But people who've just started would be put off by it.

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>No Galaxy Angel

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>>6960436
...and each loop looks like this.

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6960681

tr;dr'd the entire thread.

OP's picture didn't have the Phoenix Wright series. I would put that under "Baby's first VN". They aren't mind boggling hard, nor have multiple endings, but they are very much worth playing.

>> No.6960691

>Katawa Shoujo

Who keeps putting this garbage on recommendation charts? It's ass.

>> No.6960692

>>6960681

Phoenix Wright isn't a visual novel. People need to learn the difference between an adventure game and a visual novel.

Phoenix Wright,Hotel Dusk,Trace Memory etc etc are adventure games.

>> No.6960709

>>6960692
>999
>Sengoku Rance

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>>6960692
I can't remember where I saw it where they said
Phoenix Wright was a VN. But whatever. Prob Destructoid/JTor

Not like there is a huge gap between VNs and Adventure games anyways. Both are very storyline reliant to be fun. Well, enough with my defense. Continue.

>> No.6960813

>>6960692
>>6960719
I thought adventure games were games like monkey island, grim fandango, or the longest journey.

>> No.6960845

>>6960692
PW isn't REALLY an adventure game, either. It sort of falls in between VN and Adventure.

>> No.6960848

>>6960845
Ace Attorney Investigations is strictly adventure, though.

>> No.6960945

>>6960845
>>6960848
Investigation parts = adventure game
Court and witness badgering scenes = VN

>> No.6960963

Retards arguing about video games semantic when they don't really know the difference between ADV, VN, eroge,...

Just another day on /jp/.

>> No.6960969

>>6960963
Nobody's arguing, and nobody even mentioned ADV.
Adventure game is not the same thing as ADV.

>> No.6960975

>>6960456
Most people hate it because it's biased, 'obscure /jp/ shit'

It would be like if I made a chart saying "Interested in video games?" and then stuck the Final Fantasy series and Mass Effect under obscure /v/ shit.

>> No.6960976

>>6960963
>>6960969
Hell, nobody even mentioned eroge.

>> No.6960995

Just popping in to ask a question.

I'm playing through Clannad right now and the story structure is getting me confused. I'm on the 20th day of the Misae route for my first playthrough (I think that's a route at least) but there are a lot of dream sequences that I assume are with Nagisa. Is this game like a traditional VN where you 'pick' a girl, or is there only one path? If so, is Nagisa the canon end, because it seems like it and I do not like it.

>> No.6961002

>>6960975
It technically is though.
Most people will never have heard of the games in that list.

>> No.6961006

>>6960995
It's not Nagisa.
As soon as you actually enter a route, they disappear.
But yes, Nagisa is the main route, but there's no canon/the other didn't happen. You have like 10 routes more or less.

>> No.6961007

>>6960456
Most people hate it because /jp/ hate to spoonfed and having a sheep herd mentality is dumb.

>> No.6961017

>>6961006
Ah ok.
I thought it was Nagisa because of her speech at the beginning of the game and how surreal everything is. Someone also said it has something to do with alternate realities, so I guess I just got trolled.

Thanks!

>> No.6961067

>>6961002
Exactly, it may be true that they are obscure but that doesn't instantly mean they're shit.

That's the point I'm trying to get at.

>> No.6961161

>>6961067
You're taking the definition too literally, it's a saying.

>That's some good shit

Or I'm taking it too lightly, whatever.

>> No.6961169

>>6961017
No, alternate realities it's true, but it will be expanded during Kotomi and Yukine's routes.

>> No.6962640

>>6961067
I don't even think you know what 'obscure' means.

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