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Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels

I blog about visual novels as I read them.

  1. Sharin no Kuni Chapter 5 ("Sharin no Kuni" Arc) Impressions

    by , 01-17-2015 at 10:19 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)

    So it's already here, the plot's climax. And with it comes the obligatory plot twist that makes you feel so damn stupid for not realizing it before. G-senjou had it, Umineko had many of them, and now Sharin no Kuni has one too.

    Really, Sharin no Kuni's Chapter 5 is similar to G-senjou no Maou's in so many ways. You can really see how they took what worked great in Sharin no Kuni and worked it into G-senjou.

    Plot Synopsis
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    Updated 01-18-2015 at 02:22 AM by Karifean

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  2. Sharin No Kuni Chapter 4 (Natsumi's Arc) Impressions

    by , 01-17-2015 at 12:44 AM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)

    Okay smurf you game and your smurfing cliffhangers. It's one in the morning and I can already say that I won't be getting any sleep tonight because I so badly want to know what happens next. First, a quick impressions intermission.

    Natsumi is a very socially inactive girl with the worst obligation of all; Prohibition of Falling in Love, which disallows her contact with the opposite sex; no physical contact is allowed, no eye contact ...
  3. Sharin No Kuni Chapter 3 (Touka's Arc) Impressions

    by , 01-15-2015 at 12:44 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)

    I still have no clue what that sentence is supposed to mean.

    So, Touka's arc. For the most part it had a similar feel as Sachi's arc, although I think it was somewhat longer.

    Oone Touka is the daughter of Oone Kyouko and has been imposed with the obligation of fulfilling all of her parent's orders. For the most part this is stuff like "do one hour of exercise in the morning" or "study for three hours". ...
  4. Sharin no Kuni Chapter 2 (Sachi's Arc) Impressions

    by , 01-14-2015 at 06:27 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)

    Having just gotten done reading Chapter 2 of Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo, I'll give my thoughts on it. It focuses on Sachi, the "energetic type" as Kenichi likes to put it, and it seems the next chapters will subsequently feature the other girls as written above.

    Sorry I barely have any screenshots for this chapter.

    Now Sharin no Kuni is one long plot instead of a branching story so there will ...
  5. Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo: First Impressions

    by , 01-13-2015 at 05:58 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)
    So I've started reading this visual novel. Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo - one of the more popular visual novels made by the same company that made G-senjou no Maou.



    I already regret starting it now when I have tons of exams and deadlines coming up because this visual novel is hard to put down. I like it a lot so far. The writing is glorious and some of the characters are just really lovable.

    The story starts ...
  6. Narcissu Review

    by , 01-12-2015 at 10:04 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)
    Narcissu is a visual novel developed by stage-nana, published in English by insani and Sekai Project.
    It's a visual novel that I bring up for four main reasons.
    • It's on Steam
    • It's free
    • It's very short
    • It's very good



    Overview

    Narcissu is a story about two terminally ill young adults living in a hospice. One being a twenty-year-old man who only just got admitted, and the other being a slightly ...
  7. Katawa Shoujo Review

    by , 01-12-2015 at 04:12 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)
    Katawa Shoujo (lit. "Disability Girl") is a visual novel developed by Four Leaf Studios. The novel gathered a bit of attention as its developer team consists of volunteers from the 4chan community which formed Four Leaf Studios with the sole purpose of creating and freely distributing this visual novel.


    Katawa Shoujo is one of a vast minority of visual novels that was not made in Japan.

    Overview

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  8. Katawa Shoujo: Lilly Satou's Route Thoughts

    by , 01-10-2015 at 07:55 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)

    And thus ends the last route. Was it a good note to end the visual novel on? Hell yes.

    Lilly Satou is a half-Scottish half-Japanese student who is enrolled at Yamaku high school because she is blind. She is good friends with Hanako and on not-so-good terms with Shizune, who is also her cousin. She has an older sister called Akira who works as a lawyer and occasionally visits Lilly and Hanako.

    Lilly's route is ...
  9. Katawa Shoujo: Hanako Ikezawa's Route Thoughts

    by , 01-07-2015 at 11:46 PM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)

    I did have somewhat high expectations for Hanako's route and it was nice to not see them betrayed. It even caught me off guard a few times and the ending was pretty good.

    First about Hanako herself. She is the shyest of the heroines and has great difficulties interacting with people. She has rather obvious scars over the entire right half of her body, but it's something she apparently prefers not to talk about. She is good friends ...

    Updated 01-07-2015 at 11:54 PM by Karifean

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  10. Katawa Shoujo: Shizune Hakamichi's Route Thoughts

    by , 01-07-2015 at 01:08 AM (Karifean's Blog of Visual Novels)

    From left to right: Misha, Shizune, Hisao

    Shizune is a character I wouldn't have thought I'd appreciate much. She is a deaf girl who is also student council president. In the early parts of the story, Misha - who acts as the interpreter for her - and Shizune are on your case all the freaking time and it can be quite annoying. That is unless you go for Shizune's route in which case Hisao actually ends up appeciating their attention as it ...

    Updated 01-07-2015 at 01:14 AM by Karifean

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