I've Read 30 Visual Novels. Let's Review ALL Of Them

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  • Опубліковано 20 лип 2024
  • I've Read 30 Visual Novels. Let's Review ALL Of Them - Those of you who enjoy my videos will know that I'm a pretty big fan of visual novels. I love reading them and talking about them. But what you may not know is that compared to most VN fans, I'm still kind of a newbie. My first visual novel was Katawa Shoujo back in 2016 and it wasn't for another few years that I really got into them. And furthermore, I have not yet gotten around to reading many of the classics and people tend to assume I've read titles that I've just not yet touched. So out of curiosity, I decided to check out how many I have read and realized that I just so happened to land on a nice even 30.
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    00:00 Intro
    01:19 Adventure of a Lifetime
    01:49 BlackHeart Hotel
    02:43 Doki Doki Literature Club
    03:43 Dra†Koi
    04:29 Euphoria
    05:53 Fault 1-2
    06:46 First Snow
    07:24 Greener Pastures
    08:03 Harem Kingdom
    09:11 Highway Blossoms
    09:52 Homeward
    10:42 Kana ~Imouto~
    11:47 Karakara
    12:16 Katawa Shoujo
    13:21 MIST
    14:29 Muv-Luv Extra/Unlimited/Alternative
    15:05 Muv-Luv Photonflowers
    15:34 Narcissu
    16:11 Nekopara 1-4
    17:04 Sankaku Renai: Love Triangle Trouble
    18:13 Saya no Uta
    18:55 Shining Song Starnova
    19:41 True Remembrance
    20:24 You and Me and Her (Totono)
    21:10 Conclusion and Outro
    Videos/resources referenced:
    Adventure of a Lifetime video - • Read This - Adventure ...
    My post about BlackHeart Hotel - forums.fuwanovel.net/topic/25...
    Dra†Koi video - • A Beautiful Love Lette...
    First Snow video - • First Snow Review | Wo...
    Greener Pastures video - • Why Is This Dating Sim...
    Katawa Shoujo video - • A Musical Analysis of ...
    Support the developer of MIST - / 395games
    Muv-Luv trilogy video - • Muv-Luv Is an Absolute...
    Muv-Luv Photonflowers video - • A Muv-Luv Medley | Pho...
    Sankaku Renai video - • Is Sankaku Renai: Love...
    Saya no Uta video - • The Grotesque Beauty o...
    Shining Song Starnova video - • Shining Song Starnova ...
    True Remembrance video - • Literary Brilliance in...
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  • @Adze
    @Adze  Рік тому +33

    Yes, I need to read Tsukihime.
    Yes, I need to read Subahibi
    Yes, I need to read Little Busters
    Yes, I need to read Clannad
    Yes, I need to read Grisaia
    Yes, I need to read Sci;Adv
    Yes, I need to read Umineko
    Yes, I need to rea-

    • @lemonov3031
      @lemonov3031 Рік тому +1

      Hanachirasu and Muramasa

    • @linuxgameplayxp6246
      @linuxgameplayxp6246 Рік тому +3

      You need to read White Album 2.

    • @yukari7350
      @yukari7350 Рік тому +2

      read all of when they cry higurashi umineko ciconia dont just read umineko

    • @ssgod101
      @ssgod101 Рік тому +2

      @@linuxgameplayxp6246 Just curious since you are mentioning it: how do you even get a digital copy of white album 2? I've heard it's an untranslated game and yet I've also seen screenshots of the game with english text.

    • @lemonov3031
      @lemonov3031 Рік тому

      @@yukari7350 alternative solution: don't read WTC at all because it's long and boring

  • @ShTHfan1
    @ShTHfan1 10 місяців тому +3

    Dunno if you've been recommended this one before, but I would highly recommend Kindred Spirits on the Roof. It's my favorite 18+ VN from its writing alone, and the sheer amount of content it has packed into it makes it more than worth the price. I don't cry when playing video games often, but this one made me bawl. Seriously, give it a shot, it is SO GOOD.

  • @bornanime3255
    @bornanime3255 Рік тому +3

    Dude you should check out Slay the Princess. It's an ongoing western vn and rn it's in a demo phase with chapters being released a few months at a time. Jammed the whole demo and it's pretty great. If you ever got like 1-2 hours to spare it's a fun run

  • @fwra1234
    @fwra1234 Рік тому +6

    In regards to CLOCKUP, something interesting a member of the team had said (paraphrasing) "there are certain themes that can only be truly explored through extreme violence." Thanks for your making videos, gives me that motivation to read more.
    Also one of the most memorable moments from your reviews (might be misremembering) was a screenshot from perhaps drakoi where the protagonist's loli mom was like "you stole my son's virginity? THAT WAS MINE"

  • @TheZalor
    @TheZalor Рік тому +2

    I love this format of mini-reviews. By in large I agree with most of your takes, really enjoyed the vid

  • @bossuhole
    @bossuhole Рік тому +3

    i would LOVE to see you talk about soundless - a modern salem in remote area - someday!! it's my absolute favourite vn and its rather unpopular. it's absolutely amazing and heart wrenching in the best way possible. the epilogue also made me cry my eyes out.

  • @marcusbayley5126
    @marcusbayley5126 10 місяців тому +2

    I've only been into visual novels for 6 months and so far I've completed 15. somehow I haven't played a single title this guy has.

  • @Birdhouse2000
    @Birdhouse2000 Рік тому +1

    Thanks for all the recommendations dude! Maybe next time put in some gameplay scenes and songs related to the vn you are talking about. Still great vid, though.

  • @maxpayne4315
    @maxpayne4315 Рік тому +2

    Kana imouto is just so good but so sad.

  • @HanSDevX
    @HanSDevX Рік тому

    Great video as always

  • @EinManU
    @EinManU Рік тому +2

    DEAR GOD i see saya no uta in the thumbnail
    oh no

    • @Adze
      @Adze  Рік тому +1

      I dare you to find a more adorable eldritch abomination than Saya

  • @rkraccoons
    @rkraccoons Рік тому +3

    Excellent reccomendations! Need to get to totono and KS stat...

    • @Adze
      @Adze  Рік тому +2

      Can't go wrong with those two. Both are great for completely different reasons

  • @xXSoulGeoXx
    @xXSoulGeoXx Рік тому +1

    4:29
    I gotta asume then the Hentai OVA doesn't do justice to the VN Eroge, right?
    Lance funny enough its one of those OVAS where I learned that it was based on an Eroge, and one so beloved as well
    ( and the animation on the ones available its just amazing, great H-Scenes as well

    • @Adze
      @Adze  Рік тому +1

      I haven't seen it, but I've heard the hentai adaptation is terrible

  • @peterstrianus1790
    @peterstrianus1790 Рік тому

    So many interesting titles

  • @Sergey__Kazak
    @Sergey__Kazak Рік тому +1

    For clerification: when you say "nakige" do you mean "nukige"? These are two different things. "Nakige" os a vn with heavy emotional impact on a reader, usually making the reader cry. Examples are Key's vns, like Clannad, Little Busters, Angel Beats, Planetarean; another example is Fruit of Grisaia. Sachi's and Amane's routes from FoG especially hit your heart like a truck, making you burst into tears. Well, most people do. You seem to have not read any. I highly suggest any of aforementioned to experience that rollercoaster of emotions
    While "Nukige" is what you meant, probably: p* rn games, basically

    • @Adze
      @Adze  Рік тому

      I was saying "nukige." Maybe you misheard. You can check the closed captions if you want to confirm.
      And while I haven't read very many nakige, I would say that Kana ~Imouto~ is definitely one. After all, it's about a guy taking care of his dying sister

    • @Sergey__Kazak
      @Sergey__Kazak Рік тому +1

      @@Adze 0:46 You're pronouncing it wrong, then. You have to say "u" in that word (well, like in any Japanese word that has "u") like in the English word "put", and NOT like in the English word "cut"
      I haven't read Kana Imouto, but it does seem to have the "Nakige" tag on vndb. I'm not sure if I want to check an incest title...

    • @Adze
      @Adze  Рік тому +2

      Ah, ok. I've never actually heard the word spoken out, only written. I'll keep that in mind for next time.
      Reminds me of the first time I said "tsundere" in a video. I actually had to look up how it was pronounced because I just had no idea (and found out that a lot of the pronunciation guides out there literally just make stuff up)

  • @AngeVNs
    @AngeVNs Рік тому

    Thank you for not including gameplay VNs that are not VNs
    If you like harem kingdom than consider the other SMEE visual novels like Fureraba, making lovers and sugar style, they have really similar stupid kind of humor
    Similarly if you liked Sankaku Renai humor I would consider the other Asa project VNs like Koikari Love for Hire and Renai X Royale loves a battle

    • @Adze
      @Adze  Рік тому +1

      Personally, I feel like games and VNs are a bit of a spectrum where VNs can have some gameplay (DDLC has that poetry minigame) and games can have VN-esque writing, but it gets a little ridiculous when people call things like Rance and Ace Attorney VNs

    • @AngeVNs
      @AngeVNs Рік тому

      @@Adze
      >gets a little ridiculous when people call things like Rance and Ace Attorney VNs
      YES, thank you. Finally, some sanity in the visual novel community.

  • @KnightCrown
    @KnightCrown Рік тому

    Alright alright clearly you're winding up for the next video where you review 30 nukiges

    • @Adze
      @Adze  Рік тому

      Honestly, I would do something like that, but when I read a nukige, I tend to forget about it before long unless it's really good lol

  • @jonathangalindo3899
    @jonathangalindo3899 Рік тому

    10:50 Naw u don't actually support incest right

    • @Adze
      @Adze  Рік тому +1

      Not in real life, but anything goes in fiction

    • @linuxgameplayxp6246
      @linuxgameplayxp6246 Рік тому

      Kana is an extremely well written novel. Give it a try. I was also put off by the subject at first but I am glad that I read it because now it's one of my favorites.

    • @maxpayne4315
      @maxpayne4315 Рік тому

      He didn't even say he support incest. He only said he liked the story because it took incest as something serious and not just as a fetish because most vn does that.
      I certainly don't follow incest at all, but the notion of incest and forbidden love are pretty good ways of adding drama, and deviancy to an otherwise ordinary plot. So I would advise you to keep a more open mind, you never know what you'll find..