Bishoujo Game Junkie

Visual Novel Community Archive, 2000-2009
#201

OK… First I am Happy I think I understood a YMK Reference… Second… That is Terriable Y_Y Part of me think’s If I post a death note Here she will love it.

Japanese Games… I should Just Buckle Down and Learn the Language. I think I would Enjoy alot more Games that I really couldn’t Otherwise… I am just not great at learning new things…

Yea I did sorta Assume the Maid Games where more Dark based… I just found the maid outfit just soo… O//O well you know. In that Aspect I think I am going to Pre-order Cosplay Academy because that looks fun… and with my likeing of Emiru and Chisato( thought chisato only looks Emiru I liked her story alot)

#202

Well, If you don’t have the time or the patience to learn Japanese(likewise here), you could use a translator.
However, if you do use one. Usually, the translations will not make sense. So you will spend time trying to figure out what’s being said.

I merely bring this up as the poor man’s alternative to not wanting to learn Japanese(you really should make the effort to learn).
Perhaps, the other board members can help you with that.

Now, as far as the tattoo is concerned… GO FOR IT!!! 8)

#203

I put the bulk of the time into learning Japanese back when I had a lot of free time (and nothing to do with it). No way of getting around the fact that learning Japanese is going to be a HUGE timesink no matter what you do. All depends on whether it’s worth it to you or not. It was worth it to me.

#204

nodnod

Errrr… don’t let’s take that too personal! The “smileys” in there were a sure hint that the words weren’t to be taken literally - the same goes for my reply that was just meant as a small warning that he/she might have targeted the wrong person with that kind of humor.
So let’s not start a flamewar because of a misunderstood joke.

Indeed - I know! After all, I definitely have that certain weak spot for maids in these games.
But then, I also play them indiscriminately - the dark ones as well as the more light/comical ones.

Ah, one more maid-related japanese game that I think you should like (though it isn’t exclusively focussed on the maids) is Wind of Ebenbourg, but hence it is from 2002 (CD-Release) and was re-released in 2004 on DVD, I fear it should be nowadays a bit difficult to get.
Its advantage in comparison to “Maidsan to ooki na Tsurugi” is its more serious storyline, but on the downside it has there also dark paths - though it isn’t the player’s character causing those events…

#205

Sorry I over did the Drama on the Happiness of my Death Note. I didn’t mean It seriously… I guess I needed to add a Smiley to it. I really really didn’t mean it seriously just trying to be funny but apparently not so much.

I know Japanese would be a bit of a Time Sink… I took it in Highschool and I am just going to assume the Kanji alone needed to play the Games would be Immense, But I think I may Like Bishoujo Games Enough to Learn. But how should I go About Learning??? Is there a Popular Program Perphaps??

Ill Check out the Wind of Ebenbourg. I Guess I do Sorta hide from Dark Stuff. But It can Really add and make a Story Fantastic… So I just want to stay away from heavy Dark stuff… Like Training Sex Slaves… Heavy Rape type Stuff (shiver Virgin Roster types) Or Huge Emotional Abuse. (Though if it is used well It can make the story really really Good… I’m looking at you Aeka!)

For the Tatoo I am pretty sure I will have the YMK on maybe my Back… Lower Back or maybe my Stomach… hmmm

#206

If you do a little bit of searching, there are threads discussing the options for learning Japanese. I think that in the brief time I’ve been here, there have been three or four. As for myself, I am entering my third semester of Japanese. This third semester (Japanese II) should be harder than the first two however, as it is 5 credit hours, and the two at the last community college I went to (who only offer Conversational Japanese I and II) were 3 credit hour. I think that once I get going I’ll be alright though, as I got a 4.0 the previous two semesters with hardly any effort put in. :stuck_out_tongue:

#207

Oops, then it was probably just me who misunderstood… :shock:

Yes the Kanji - they are indeed the worst obstacle that a learner of the japanese language has to surmount.

While for me Remembering the Kanji worked pretty well, I know of others (one of them a professional translator) who aren’t too fond of this one but prefer the classical way of learning the Kanji.

Perhaps Kanji de manga could be a more entertaining approach for you - or at least a way to get started.

Exactly! The comparison with Aeka and Antoinette works for this case - though it isn’t 100% the same…

#208

its my Bad for not Being more Clear on my Thoughts There… but to be fair without a Smiley and some of my Previous Post’s I guess That definitly could be taken exactly the way you did.

Yea Kanji Is rough… I am actually thinking of buying a Japanese Learning program to start at the basics and work my Way up from there.

Yea I need to get out of my Super Lightsidedness… Alot of good games are out that are just Darker… I just don’t like being deppressed…
but sometimes I think there is such things as to Light Happy Fluffyness… Pick me Honey for example. I just recently started on this Game and I just can’t Take it seriously… I crack up…

#209

There is nothing wrong with eating your favorite dish - as long as it doesn’t mess up your digestion! :wink:
Don’t force yourself towards games that you think you wouldn’t like right now!

That’s the point!
You may have to build up a tolerance for the darker things - by discovering the dark side from other sides. For example by playing Makoto’s scenario in “Desire” where the player’s character becomes the victim and ( to my big surprise back then) the victim actually becomes attached to her tormentor in a way that could not be easily explained by the Stockhom effect!

Sure, that’s typical Trabulance for you!
Though I have to admit that I never got arount to play this one in particular.

But what would you think of a game that contains comedy as well as dark elements with comedy usually outweighing the dark parts? That would be one of my all-time-favourite english localized bishoujo games: “Tokimeki CheckIn!”

#210

Yea I think I can work on Getting up into a little more Darker Scenario’s It could be very good. Espically because I know that there is great Games out there that just have dark story lines… If I stuck to straight Light Games I wouldn’t have tried YMK… (Sniff Poor Aeka!) and found a Charecter I really enjoyed (Kirimiya Muzuki) So I don’t want to say no… I just think I should work up to games like Hitomi (Still Wraped and on my Desk)

I was thinking about trying “Tokimeki Check In!” But didn’t in the End… Is it Pretty Good?? Pick me Honey just was sooo out there… I mean sometimes when Playing I really get into the Charecter and scenario… like in Snow Sakura it seemed somewhat Realistic… But this is just so never gonna happen and the way it goes is just crazy.

Ok I really really wanted to ask but not get Yelled at… I don’t understand alot of terms being used could someone help me a bit with the Lingo… I remember not understanding i think it was Re’nai and Trabulance. Sorry for the bother but I was curious

#211

There’s a big difference between ‘dark’ games like Gore Screaming Show, BLACK CYC’s other stuff and such, and non-light games like Yume Miru Kusuri, SWAN SONG, EDEN, December When There Is No Angel, Kusari-hime etc.

‘Light’ and ‘Dark’ really isn’t enough to convey what sort of a game it’s really like… we need more tiers =p

#212

I think it depends…
Tokimeki CheckIn! is a game that is meant to be played through many times because of its many endings (17 endings: 1 normal no-girl-related, 2 bad endings and 14 good or even better girl-related endings). You may count it as a weak point that it is pretty short in comparison to newer games and its storyline also covers only three consecutive days.
Another thing that people frequently criticize about it is that some decisions seem to be illogical. While I can agree with that in a straight-ahead manner of thinking, I tend to think that actually those decisions make sense though - if you look at the entire picture.

I won’t yell. After all, it’s partly my fault for assuming you’d know what “Trabulance” is: take a look at the lower right corner of the box of “Pick me, Honey!”. It doesn’t matter whether you do that on the front or the back cover. There you’ll find that blue sign written in Katakana and below the katakana written in black the word in Romaji: “Trabulance”. That is just the name of the brand. All their games that I got so far are in a comparable style regarding graphics and story and hence you liked this one, I directed you towards that brand of CD-Bros. (CD-Bos is the japanese company that was the main puppeteer behind the original G-Collections before they folded and Peter/JAST took over the support for their products and the label “G-Collections”).

The more important japanese vocables for you should be “ren’ai”, “jun’ai” and “kichiku”. They stand for: “Romantic Love” (ren’ai), “Pure Love” (jun’ai) and “Brutish” (kichiku) and thus express the main orientation of the relationships that you would encounter in the respective game.
So far, I couldn’t really figure out the difference between ren’ai and jun’ai. Perhaps, in jun’ai the erotic part is restricted to only one girl per storyline and maybe even to only late in the story or just the ending (thus for example no teasers like Aya in YMK!). But that are only wild guesses on my account and others may know better in that regard than me. I think the translation for “kichiku” doesn’t need any further explanation, though… :wink:

#213

While we’re on the subject of defining terms, could someone exactly define an otome game?

#214

Reverse the proportion of boys:girls in regular eroge. Give it (usually) a shoujo story and art. I don’t think they’re prone to have as much sex either, but I’ve never played one, so I’m not sure.

#215

ok I understand ALOT more now. ^.^ as for Tokimeki CheckIn! I will have to see about money but I might… though 17 endings does seem like a great deal. but that is just replay Value.

CD-bros huh? Well I like alot of things from F-collections So that sounds like a Fairly Good Idea to look up. and with those Definitions I know what to stay away From I am thinking. ooo and Y_Y I got a Parking ticked and had to pay it off… … tatoo is put on hold tear

#216

Cosplay academy I was wondering if it was out yet. I have been busy and haven’t been able to do much of anything tear but I just got back and got my Computer running and remembered that one I was interested in how it looked. ^.^

#217

Nice to see you back Setsuna. I’ve kind of missed having you around the forum to chat with. As for CFA, it isn’t out yet, but the latest newsletter indicates that it may be the next one out. However, this is always subject to change, as before that, it seemed that Family Project would be up next. Some here think that JAST/GC/PP may be gearing up for a near simultaneous release of multiple titles.
Edit: In case you were interested, Princess Waltz came out while you were gone. Thought you might want to check it out.

#218