What is that "Soft Spirits" thing that's on the Google Translated version of that page? I can't find anything going by that name, but it's probably a mistranslation since it's, you know, Google Translate.

It's the name of the site where Yuzumori-san is published. It's Yawaraka Supirittsu in Japanese.

Oh okay, thanks for the help! I'm a bit disappointed since it seems like it'd make a great name for a manga, but I suppose it being the name of a site doesn't necessarily preclude it from being the name of a manga in the future (some random mangaka, make it happen!)

What is that "Soft Spirits" thing that's on the Google Translated version of that page? I can't find anything going by that name, but it's probably a mistranslation since it's, you know, Google Translate.

I went in knowing that human doll transformation is a horror trope/fetish,

Is that really a freaking fetish? I thought I knew them all by this point, but... apparently not.

Well, I thought it'd be screwed up, but instead it was weird and confusing... okay, yeah, it was definitely pretty screwed up too. Interesting read for sure...

Hey, it's Ib! Didn't expect to ever see that game of all things here... I guess it isn't an entirely unreasonable ship though depending on how you look at it.

I have no idea what's going on here, but... it's cute, so whatever.

Nice to know that I can hopefully safely remove all the het stuff and all the unsavory stuff with the all-ages version. And 3D models, huh? I don't think I've ever seen a VN with 3D models before (granted, I don't read many), but I can't imagine that they'd look too good in any VN.

You know, for some reason, I thought this would be a VN with an actual decent story, but after looking at these CGs, well, I kinda have my doubts... you know what they say about assumptions though...

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Nitroplus Blasterz: Heroines Infinite Duel is a 2D fighting game out now on steam if anyone cares. It has a lesbian playable character from one of Nitroplus' visual novels "Tokyo Necro" who is actually one of the two protagonists of that game.

How is Tokyo Necro anyway, anyone who's actually played it? I commend it for having an actual lesbian heroine, but how important is she anyway? I can find like basically no information about this VN anywhere, but it seems that she's sharing the spotlight with some dude, so is it an "alternate between characters every act" kinda thing or a "choose who you want to play as in the beginning" kinda thing? Also, apparently it has lots of fucked up stuff in it... so how fucked up is the fucked up stuff...? I mean, I won't exactly be surprised if it's super fucked up considering this is from the company that made Saya no Uta (that's pretty much their only VN that I know, but I'd say it's enough...), but, yeah, still.

Wtv posted:

The Last of Us 2 trailer has been announced.

Ellie is all grown up and looks badass. She is talking about some revenge.

Did someone kill her girlfriend?

I'm interested. Will they go canon lesbian way with her or change her to bisexual?

They never said she was a lesbian, so they wouldn't actually "change" it. I doubt the game will have any romance though.
Anyway, it's probably my favorite game on the PS3, so I'm hyped.

There is a DLC where she is show to be lesbian and is flirting/kissing other girl. So for now she is canonically a lesbian.

Yeah, but they never said she's a lesbian, so she could be bi yet without "changing" anything.
I do believe she's a lesbian, though. There's a part in the main game where she looks a gay magazine with not interest at all. She even says she wanted to understand what's so interesting about that.

That was a straight adult magzine -_-

Not to mention she even said with disappointing that were boys and dresses only concern for girls?

So yeah thats that.

Uh, no, it was a magazine for gay guys. I'm not really sure what you're saying in your second sentence, but I would agree with Wtv that it's still entirely possible that she's bisexual and not gay. Though ND didn't really give us much info about that so it can really go either way at this point. I suppose that it'd be the exact opposite of all that bi erasure stuff happening nowadays.

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Well, disappointed to see that Twofold is apparently a harem (love triangle?) het VN. I'm not really sure who these two girls are since they don't seem to be on the Twofold character page... guess they aren't really important characters then. But still, ONE OF THE KATAWA SHOUJO WRITERS IS WRITING THE SCRIPT. THAT ALONE MADE ME SO HYPED FOR THIS THING. Who's writing it anyway? Although all the KS writers were great, some were better than others... Since it's a prequel spinoff, I can't imagine it'd be that long, but, well, who knows, maybe I'll be surprised.

You can also get Shadow Warrior Classic Redux for free if you do all the stuff on this page https://www.gog.com/my_promo_status and if the Twitch stream goals are met. Might be a bit too late now though since you're supposed to check in every day, but, eh, it's worth a try, right?

Also, so Neverwinter Nights has yuri mods, huh? I was already interested in the game... but now I'm even more interested!

It's not yuri. The anime has the faintest traces of subtext from a minor character, but that's it. In the manga there's been a gradual escalation of homoerotic subtext in the story, but nobody is actually a lesbian (yet?).

The cringe is still very much there and still the main draw of the series. If in the early chapters/episodes it was enough to put you off then you probably won't enjoy the rest of the manga or anime, as the spaghetti only intensifies from there.

Aww, that's a shame. Still, it has been more than a year since I tried it out... even though I didn't really like the comedy that much, it still had that special something that made it memorable. Maybe my taste in comedy changed since then, who knows.

http://i.imgur.com/UUTWsEF.jpg (from a later chapter in WataMote)

^
Makes me think that Ucchi is discovering something.

So what I got from this is that... LGBT stuff is taught in school in JAPAN of all places (JAPAN? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?) but not America? Well, yeah, America is plagued by ultra-conservatives too, but I at least thought it was better in this respect than JAPAN (I would also like to take this opportunity to say "fuck you" to Korea cause, you know, I think I can say that as a Korean).

And, yeah, it probably isn't considering this is JAPAN we're talking about here, but I really do think that it'd be a great idea to teach this class. It'd be better in elementary than high school, but I guess something's better than nothing. Of course, this is never happening as long as idiots still walk this earth...

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So WataMote is actual yuri now, huh? I stopped watching the anime after like 4 episodes since the cringe factor was just... not working for me, but maybe I'll give it a shot now. I mean, it's probably still gonna be a cringe comedy, but I'll bear with it for the yuri comedy aspect.

But then what is the role of nail clipper is in this whole thing? Hint up for future event? As a resistance for change in the two relationship as time progress? A hidden feeling that Corona has about her sexuality? I edged closer to the last interpretation, simply due to the music of that scene (funny/teasing music). As in "Hey, you need that nail clipper when you are alone with Papika. Don't cha? Don't cha?" kind of teasing (Instead of some foreshadowing or mood directing musics)

I remembered reading something about this in the reddit discussion thread so I looked it up and I got this neat tidbit from the ANN review.

Fingernails are still on Cocona's mind as a result of the change in Iroha (from a girl who "can't" wear nail polish to a girl who loves it) so Sadako-Papika uses her creepy charms to show Cocona the nail clippers she's hidden in her own mind. Of course, if Cocona isn't going to address the emotions behind imagining Papika in a negligee, she's definitely not going to think about an innocuous pair of clippers, but the audience (especially Jojo's fans) are bound to recognize their symbolism immediately. Fingernail clippers are a tool for trying to reverse a slow but unstoppable change. (They can also be used as a symbol for trust and intimacy just like ear-cleaning, but nobody actually clips their nails in this episode, so I guess we'll hold onto that for later.) Cocona has always been scared of moving forward in life, and now that she knows her future means holding back a floodgate of feelings for Papika, she's more desperate than ever to stop time from moving forward. Of course, she can't do this any more than she can stop her nails from growing, so what now?

Of course, there's also the sexuality angle as you mentioned... or perhaps the writers had both interpretations in mind. Or maybe they just threw in a nail clipper for no reason, who knows?

I don't get it. Is Maruta notorious for turning yuri stories into het?

Bisexuals exist, yo.

Haha, yeah. In their defense though, maybe they're talking about the relationship in the story and the ending more than anything else. (something like yuri relationship for most of it then having a het relationship in the end)

I haven't read any of Maruta's het works (and I don't plan to either!), but, based on the comments in that other full yuri work, I think this is pretty much what happens in all of Maruta's stuff. Everyone was surprised that Nadeshiko Hiyori turned out to be full yuri (especially with that weird Papa thing... glad that got taken care of without any problems), and I guess I was too because of all the bad things I heard...

Also, Fate/Extra, huh? I still need to get around to reading the Fate VNs one day... although I don't believe they were ever officially released in America? And, well, even if they were, I certainly wouldn't have the money to pay for it based on how much stuff like Grisaia and Nurse Love Addiction are! (and, yeah, sorry for talking about this here, I don't want to derail the thread either).

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What game is that image from? It looks like a good one (though, alas, it's probably not implying yuri nurse bed stuff since I think I know every vaguely yuri game out there and I have no idea what this) since I'm a sucker for sorta meta jokes like this.

Also, I can't imagine how very weird applying perfume to your crotch would feel...

Minutoh posted:

I also have a technical issue too: why is the music not playing for me? I left the tab open for an hour before I read it, but... nothing. I did notice that the music was rather quiet, so I ramped up my volume, but... nothing. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Always Human has such great music, and I'd hate to miss out on it just because of some random bug.

Only time when I had issue with music was when I didn't have flash installed. I doubt that is why it doesn't work for you, but might be worth checking out.

I have issues playing music on my Chrome; installed Firefox and everything works fine and dandy.

Actually, asked around a few friends that use Chrome to check if it's working for them. It wasn't for all of them.

Ah, I was using Chrome all this time, so that's probably the reason. I tried out Firefox and it works like a charm now. Thanks for the help!

Thanks for telling me about that thing! I completely missed it before.

I apologize for making a discussion thread for this when another already exists, but there doesn't seem to be a search function for the forum and I can't find it anywhere. Anyway... jeez, this last chapter really hit me hard. I'm only in high school right now, but I can certainly relate to Austen's dilemma now... I'm taking all these AP classes and doing so poorly in some of them even though I'm spending so much time on them which is fucking over everything, but I refuse to drop any of them. Maybe I should, but, yeah, I'm never going to. This chapter (and the last one) did make me think more deeply about the major I want to choose when I enter college, so I suppose that's a plus. I know everyone says this about this thing, but I have to say it too... it's so different from most Japanese lesbian media what with the actual, realistic problems and relationships (not like I'd know anything about THAT though) and all that other stuff. Cute moe anime has its charms too, of course, but reading stuff like this is such a wonderful change of pace.

I also have a technical issue too: why is the music not playing for me? I left the tab open for an hour before I read it, but... nothing. I did notice that the music was rather quiet, so I ramped up my volume, but... nothing. Does anyone know how to fix this issue? Always Human has such great music, and I'd hate to miss out on it just because of some random bug.

Regarding the page cuts, the translator says (on his website) that that’s how the raws he gets are formatted. If you look at this on Batoto you can read each chapter as one long strip. The uploaded file to Batoto is the same as the file uploaded to Dynasty. Either the Dynasty reader doesn’t have the functionality to stitch the file together as one strip or the functionality exists and isn’t being used for this strip.

I'm pretty sure you posted in the wrong thread since Ouji-sama Nante Iranai has the page cuts, not this one. Regardless, I have seen some longer strips on this site such as the Their Story pages, so it appears it is possible for the files to be stitched together as longer strips. Not too sure how one long strip would work though since Their Story's strips are usually much shorter than Ouji-sama's seems to be.

As for Nanashi no Asterism, I can't believe that I'm actually starting to look Kyousuke Asakura. He seems like a pretty good guy, though his "I WON'T GIVE UP ON HER" attitude is pissing me off a bit (a lot). I can only hope that he and Subaru hook up and they help improve the bad parts of each other's personalities. I can't really see how they could, but that's why I'm not the mangaka here.

You know, speaking about Nanashi and Ouji-sama, I just realized that the scanlators for these manga both released a chapter with the word 'hero' in it (Hero... Part 1 vs Little Hero) focusing on the younger brothers (well, Subaru's not younger but still) and their attempts to be 'heroes' by protecting their older sisters from a potential love interest since they're scared of letting them go! I mean, I'm not sure where I was going with this, but it's an interesting coincidence (to me at least) to be sure.

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You are hardly nice nor are the people who "attacked" you rabid fangirls. You are allowed to say whatever you want, but with the condition that people are allowed to call you out on it if it's stupid. If you don't like the people here, then just get the hell off this site.

Jeez, filthy MEN like this asshole ruin everything, even this place, don't they? (I think I'm allowed to say this since I'm male myself.)

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Can't believe i used to like this.

Why feel the need to post in here if you no longer care about this?

I was going to actually read cuz i favorited it a long time ago on mangafox without knowing whose manga it was. Then you know now i read the author name.

But yeah my last post on this thread :P

You just don't stop being an utter idiot, do you...? I'm not saying that I don't act like an idiot but at least I stop when people call me out on it.

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Hey, someone's working on Soukaku Kankei, nice! I've been waiting for that to be translated ever since it was announced; I mean, more Tachi's never bad. Himitsu, Hitotsu was ehhhh, but I'm sure that the other stories will be better.

As for this story... it was good, it was good. It's nice to see that Hana has finally realized that she's in love. Kinda sad that there's only one volume of this goodness left, but, eh, I suppose it's better than being dragged out for too long.

haha yeah, guess I'm not on the same page then, it would have to be good for me to like it, either way. Even het harem can have good drama, romance and comedy, but I can get that it's hard for poeple to watch that if they have some personal issues. If I was gonna like this only for the yuri, the yuri would have to be better, to me it seems like the series only barely qualifies as yuri.

There was a good yuri harem series I saw on here, some girl who get's continuously kidnapped by deities, I recommend that one. Yurika's Compus life maybe, it's pretty funny, but it's also pretty much hentai, recommend that one if you like Golden Boy maybe.

But which is worse, this one or Love Hina?

Hmm, I never heard about that deity kidnapping thing. What is it called? YuriCam's alright. I haven't heard of either Golden Boy or Love Hina though, so I can't provide my opinion on those two.

Hazukish posted:

I want to like it, but it's real hard to do it, even the one above me here seems to see the problems. I have seen examples of ecchiness and fanservice not being any obstacle for good story and characters(To Love-Ru D1&2 being one), so thus far this doesn't cut it for me. I hope it gets an anime(more then unlikely I know), maybe things will be done better then and maybe the voice actors would be able to bring something to the characters. It was great to finally see the translated version of Chapter7, as that was my first meeting with this series, thanks for the link h3x! :D

The only critic I can give to this manga would be... If this were het, I wouldn't like it at all!! doble standars ftw XD

I feel exactly the same way haha. I shit on het harem manga all the time, but yuri harem... I love them. I don't have a problem with reverse harems either, and I don't believe I'll have a problem with yaoi harems (someone give me a yaoi harem thing so I can test this theory!).