WTF

So I decided to give the new Debonosu game trial a go and joy....ITH is apparently not working annnd I'm having this issue with the game, even with everything closed. Never had this problem before. -_-

I feel like I've walked into a visual novel where they speak a strange, alien language that I have not ascertained. And yes, my locale is set to Japanese and it IS installed on my pc.

Dysfunctional Systems Episode 1 Review

14 year old Winter Harrison is a student mediator from an advanced utopian world that has achieved the ability to travel to different worlds. Mediators are sent to these distant, chaotic worlds to help resolve conflicts, while keeping their true identities a secret, that threaten to unhinge the balance between chaos and order.

Winter is sent to the country of Brighton on the planet Sule to shadow a full fledged mediator named Cyrus for her second mediation. In Brighton low wages, hunger, death, suffering, and poverty are common place as people struggle just to survive. As Winter struggles to grasp and understand these concepts, her and her mentor Cyrus stumble upon a conflict greater than they ever anticipated that threatens to change the world of Sule.

Juniper's Knot Review

One autumn morning a young boy lost in a silent, abandoned town stumbles across a female demon, or fiend, sitting alone by a fire. Through this accidental encounter, both the boy and demon's life are drastically changed forever.  This is a story of dual perspectives; Of the boy and the demon.

Juniper's Knot is a free, short kinetic novel by Dischan. Due to having only one ending and no choices, I will refer to it as a novel in my review. 

Castle Fantasia 2 ~Sacred War~ Renewal

On the continent of Synapus, a 200 year long war has been waged between two factions, those in power, the Injellans, and those trying to break from the system, the Rushierans. Our story follows Hewie, a newcomer fighting for the Injella empire and church. After a training battle with his friend and mentor Ducis, Hewie is called to the High Priests chambers along with several of his fellow comrades and friends. The High Priest tells them that it is time for the war and suffering to end, and for them to end the rebellion and destroy the "evil" Rushierans. His intention is to create a new army composed of seven "Holy Knight Corps" that will be the core of their force and handpicked by him personally.  Hewie is given the title of Seventh Holy Knight and two subordinates and Hewie, rather un-enthusiastically, accepts. Shortly after, the Holy Knights Corps are instructed to take back the Rusherian fortress of Borborade, which is key to breaking into Rushieran territory and ending the war. 

Castle Fantasia 2 Renewal is a remake/upgraded version of Castle Fantasia 2. In Renewal, most game CG's were redone/redrawn in a higher resolution, 800x600 (The rest scrapped), voice acting for all characters and text was put in, one omake ending was removed, and additional endings were added along with an extended common route for these endings.  The original had only voiced h-scenes, 640x480 256 color resolution, and a yaoi omake ending, but it did have more CGs than Renewal.

Yumina The Ethereal Debate Fight Video

I recorded the first debate fight in Yumina The Ethereal for those curious how debate fights are in the game.



I gotta say it was pretty fun, and I'm curious if this is how dungeon fights are going to work as well. Sadly, the demo is said to not have any dungeon crawling portions in it.

 There is also a video of the event before the fight that explains how debates work in Yumina's world with the combat tutorial at the end uploaded onto my youtube channel for those curious.

Too many depressing VNs

So I think my next VN is going to be something with fuzzy good feels and happy endings. My last 4 VNs have all had terribly bittersweet endings and/or death and mayhem all over. I like those kind of stories, but I don't think my heart can take that for a 5th time in a row. D=

Any recommendations on a good diabetes-inducing sweet VN? Can even be something from my backlog since I'm not too sure on which ones are like that...I WANT TO BE CHEERING AT MY SCREEN AT THE END! Not weeping in a corner.

Dengeki Stryker Review

Young Yuuki Yamato dreams of becoming a hero someday to protect the ones he loves. Modeling himself after his favorite superhero, Stryker Zero from the manga Dengeki Stryker, Yamato tries his hardest to protect his best friend Hongou Haruna from constant bullying. After yet another failed attempt at saving Haruna from bullies, she tells Yamato that she is moving away. Shortly after, an old man by the name "Memory Collector" appears before Yamato and offers to grant one wish for Yamato in exchange for a memory. Yamato tells the Memory Collector that he wishes to become his favorite superhero from Dengeki Stryker; Stryker Zero. The Memory Collector grants Yamato's wish, taking away a portion of his memories as payment. Years later, Yamato moves to the city to attend school, where he meets Haruna once again.  At the same time, cyborgs from a place called the Balbora Empire appear and attack the city.

Dandelion ~Wishes Brought To You~ Review

Heejung Kim seems like an ordinary 21 year old college student; She attends classes, is part of a school club and cram school, and works on the side, but Heejung's ordinary seeming life is merely a mask hiding a sad past, an empty present, and an unknown future. While going through the daily grind of her senior year in college, Heejung wakes up one morning to find five animals, two cats and three rabbits, in a basket next to her bed. Unaware of how these animals came to appear in her apartment, these animals are more than they appear to be and change Heejung's life drastically and threaten to make Heejung confront the demons from her past and the sadness she hides from the rest of the world. Unbeknown to Heejung, she has caught the eye and attention of a certain powerful Wizard...

Let the Game begin.