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acewing905 wrote:I dunno how many times I can recommend this before people kick me out of here, but I just HAVE to do it for a second time.

マジこい! まじこい!! MAJIKOI!!! (Hint: Click the link to know stuff like plot and characters. )

But seriously, it's awesome. I just managed to get through all of the currently translated content. (This VN is sadly currently being translated at a snail's pace due to the translator being occupied with more important matters. However, the currently available routes, 4/6 main routes, are pretty much standalone and can easily be enjoyed by themselves. Latest patch: Click here.)

However, here's the most impressive factor of this VN. Almost all high rated VNs on VNDB have those scores thanks to highly depressing/saddening emotional scenes that grip the reader. But Majikoi never relies on saddening the reader. Instead, it makes the reader smile. I literally couldn't stop having a goofy smile on my face through the majority of it. This is like the only top rated VN that doesn't depend on making the reader cry. It does have a couple of very nice emotional moments, but those are moments where you feel warm and fluffy inside. Very very few outright sad moments. Yet it is great. A healthy dose of comedy and a healthy dose of its main theme of "friendship" balanced really well. This is a VN that just SHOULDN'T BE MISSED.

(PS. Not for you if you are someone who can only enjoy a story that makes you cry. )

Silentcook wrote:Mysterious Stranger: Eien no Aselia is a gameplay-based product. If you like the idea of playing tactical battles to advance through the plot, you'll like it. If you don't, you won't.
I went through it once, but was so turned off by the idea of having to loop-replay it many times to complete it that I never touched it again. Your mileage may vary.
Also, and fairly oddly, the removal of the usual sex scenes from the VN left a few potholes in the plot. I imagine the porn would have been as dire as always, but the hack job isn't very inspiring either.

Hanachirasu is a 100% classic, standard VN instead (the first time around, at least). While it gets very faux-technical about faux-swordfighting techniques at times, it never got to the point of boring me - and I found the plot twists (more like U-turns) to be worth the wait.
It's not a progressive, daring piece of writing by any means, but I recommend it.

Megumeru wrote:
You know what actually made me checked out Majikoi in the first place?
This:

WARNING: MAY CAUSE PAIN IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN

and of course, epic response is epic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VVFxBcSqb8

acewing905 wrote:

Megumeru wrote:
You know what actually made me checked out Majikoi in the first place?
This:

WARNING: MAY CAUSE PAIN IN THE LOWER ABDOMEN

and of course, epic response is epic:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-VVFxBcSqb8

You watched the anime first? Many reviews I looked at say that the anime is terrible. And it also seems to end without any form of resolution. Is it worth watching for any reason?

Megumeru wrote:No. It's not worth it...the anime (aside from watching some of those scenes)

Well, I didn't watch the anime first. I read the manga, then got a little curious and youtubed some scene, after that I fired up my torrent and hunted for the visual novel.

Bookworm wrote:Two recommendations:

1) Kana - Little Sister; it has already been mentioned before, but it's - at least in my opinion - the best computer game ever. As it tackles some controversial topics (like incest), I can only recommend it to the open minded, though. A really sad, heart-wrenching and melodramatic story; but lovely Kana is simply adorable.

2) A fairly unknown VN about complicated relationships called Ori, Ochi, Onoe, which you can download for free; if you liked the somewhat dark and gloomy atmosphere in Rin's path in KS, you may enjoy this one as well.

acewing905 wrote: What route does the manga follow? Or is it another entirely new storyline like in the anime?

Megumeru wrote:

acewing905 wrote: What route does the manga follow? Or is it another entirely new storyline like in the anime?

Hmm...can't say for sure. I haven't even played the VNs due to its size and download (and I can't empty that 6gb until I completed AC:R).

But it's more or less an entirely new storyline I believe. The MC didn't go for any of the girls, and they're just going with their daily, comedic, life.

rydiafan wrote:Kana being the best computer game of all time is a big statement but ill say its one of the best stories in all of gaming

Bookworm wrote:

rydiafan wrote:Kana being the best computer game of all time is a big statement but ill say its one of the best stories in all of gaming

Well, that's just my personal opinion. There are other games I've liked to play so far, but KLS was without a doubt the most touching one with the deepest impact. And it definitely constituted an important reason why I was happy to get to know Katawa Shoujo - finally I had found another game with a comparatively deep meaning, touching serious aspects of life in a similar (though for the most part a little more jaunty) way.

acewing905 wrote:All new recommendation incoming! (I guess people would have to wait a while to make any use of this, but meh, I'm too hyper right now to not post this. )

A new group has begun translating Majikoi! S Currently, they're doing the trial version to see how it goes. Hopefully, they'll feel like doing the full game once they do the trial. Linky!

*snip*

WEEEEEE, I'm hyped.