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I started about 3 months ago.

On Namuwiki (a different wiki from Wikipedia in Korea), there is a "random article" feature. When I'm bored, I sometimes click it, and that's where KS came up. Out of curiosity, I started reading the wiki article, and after avoiding spoilers, I downloaded the game and started playing.

I feel a bit regretful that I started so late.

Additionally, I only discovered the KS Forums recently. When I first found them, I was surprised that people were still active there.

Started playing just before the game was released after reading about it in the newspaper. Wasn't disappointed

KS was the 2nd VN I ever played. I didn't like the 1st one.
As a result in the beginning I wasn't interested in KS even though I was aware that it existed. But later in the same year when KS was released I saw the picture below and it convinced me to try reading KS after all. My reaction to KS was wa-a-ay more dramatic then just sitting in the dark in front of some empty booze bottles. (I'd not look at this forum more than 10 years afterwards otherwise, right?)

Found it through Chilled Chaos' Let's Play.

I played it after reading about it on /v/... about 6 years ago, when I was still in high school. Time does fly, huh? I read it at the perfect time in my life, and I spent MONTHS ruminating on it afterwards. I think like Persona 3, it hits harder when you play it at that age, when you can really fit into the protagonist's shoes at that vulnerable, transitional part of your life where you are ready to question what you are and both fear/hope for the future.

Played it around 2016/2017 as my 50th or so VN, I was motivated to start it after reading through the dev blog. I originally found out about KS via a youtube poop featuring Hanako as a love interest of Michael Rosen, make of that what you wil

OtakuNinja wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:49 am

Started playing just before the game was released after reading about it in the newspaper. Wasn't disappointed

Hello! Was it a paper newspaper? If so, how did it come to be in a paper newspaper? What did the article say? Did you save it?

koi5000 wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 8:30 pm

OtakuNinja wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:49 am

Started playing just before the game was released after reading about it in the newspaper. Wasn't disappointed

Hello! Was it a paper newspaper? If so, how did it come to be in a paper newspaper? What did the article say? Did you save it?

It was a paper newspaper, yes. This was back in January 2012 when the game first launched, so there was a weekend special on it. I do actually have it saved, haha. It's in Swedish though. Mostly talking about how the game was made.

Wow! That's such a cool piece of media! Thank you for sharing this!!! I didn't actually believe it was newspaper till I saw it, I wish my city had such newspapers..

OtakuNinja wrote: ↑Tue May 28, 2024 3:59 pm

koi5000 wrote: ↑Mon May 27, 2024 8:30 pm

OtakuNinja wrote: ↑Sun Apr 28, 2024 9:49 am

Started playing just before the game was released after reading about it in the newspaper. Wasn't disappointed

Hello! Was it a paper newspaper? If so, how did it come to be in a paper newspaper? What did the article say? Did you save it?

It was a paper newspaper, yes. This was back in January 2012 when the game first launched, so there was a weekend special on it. I do actually have it saved, haha. It's in Swedish though. Mostly talking about how the game was made.

Oh hey, you delivered! Nice article by the way. It even has Hanako on the cover as well.

A friend of mine was playing it, he showed us the Emi anal scene (while we were in the school library) around 2012-2013. 4 years later when I was in college, I decided to play the game for myself. On the one hand, I regret waiting so long, but on the other, it gave fanfic author time to make more KS content.