Haika

whew, Just finished DEARDROPS. And I must say I'm quite pleased. Awesome Music. Awesome Storyline. Overall the visuals were great. H-scenes and ero content was a bit lacking but I think the other parts really make up for it. I highly recommend it to others, and I think it's a prime candidate for an anime somewhere down the line(or so at least I'm hoping). Now I just need to focus and finish up G-Senjou no Maou before I start something new.

Well that was awesome. I'm glad I chose these routes to play in the order I did. As much as I liked the end to the Riho route, the Kanade one seemed to fit at least as much, if not better(Especially for Shoichi imo). The scene where she was singing in the hospital was spine-tingling. And Magic Mirror is an awesome tune. It might even be my favorite of the actual singing tracks. (Though Stardust with the violin comes very close.) My only regret at this point(besides the still wanting a video of a concert) is that she never joins DEARDROPS. The opening listing her as vocals for the band,

I've never been fond of the violence and random beating type tsundere. It falls into that gender stereotyping that gives many more freedoms to females than to males. More of a cultural acceptance I suppose. A girl being standoffish and hitting a guy, sometimes repeatedly, is just accepted and the guy is supposed to just be fine with it. Yeah... No. A guy trying that with a girl would end up in jail. The description from wherever about Tsundere says, 'to turn away in disgust'; I find that far more acceptable than the idea of a girl bringing violence into the picture. Less so because the guy nee

I think the issue here is that many people don't understand the attraction to what we call 'loli' I think far too many people assume it means child porn and there's such a huge moral issue with that it becomes something hidden and shunned. Personally, I can see the view of those who enjoy it. While I'm not a huge Loli fan myself, I have run into decently good experiences from VN's. Koihime Musou comes to mind with having a couple very good Loli characters. With the trouble of telling people in real life about VN's and your own fetishes being the root of this issue, I think it comes back

Money is easy for me. Fill the shop with multiple weapons when I have materials, set everyone with decent service skills to selling, then I wait a month, and bam. I'm rolling in it. That along with selling treasure items at the church have made my money issues non-existant since like chapter 3 of my first run, when I realized I could just pass time instead of going to another dungeon to make stuff sell. As of right now, chapter 4 in my first NG+ I have around 300k sitting around. Mostly saving to enhance Yuela's clothes this time around, since I did spend quite a bit on Serawi's in the firs

hmm, I actually stopped reading this about 275 chapters in. So it's news to me that it ended. I do agree however about it turning into a typical shounen drivel. The latter stuff just didn't seem to work as well and felt a bit stretched. So I think it actually coming to an end is a good thing. Here's to hoping we can get a good anime reboot that follows the manga this time instead of all the crappy off-shoot things we've been seeing.

Directly from the Fakku tag description: Tsundere (ツンデレ) is a Japanese character development process which describes a person who is initially cold and even hostile towards another person before gradually showing their warm side over time. The word is derived from the terms tsun tsun (ツンツン), meaning to turn away in disgust, and dere dere (デレデレ) meaning to show affection. That mix of aloofness and standoffishness, sometimes with even violence that eventually crumbles away into love and care. That's how I see the trait we call Tsundere.

Oh god, Rimu route in Deardrops... she just said 'Forget it! Should I hit your head until you forget?' And all I can think about is that scene with Kohakuren in Kamidori, heh. Those two reminding me of each other never would have happened in my wildest dreams, but that's how it is...

Hmm, saying stuff from 2010 onward makes it a bit more difficult to recommend things. That's technically only 3-4 seasons if I understand how the anime stuff goes. I haven't really been completely impressed by many new shows of late, I have high hopes for Sankarea, but that doesn't start for another month or so. I suppose you could try Usagi Drop, as something very original. But it is also extremely different from most other anime, and may not be everyone's cup of tea. I'm also enjoying Kill Me Baby as a random comedy outlet. Usually base comedies don't work well with me, but the absurdi

^--Do want. I've been playing Deardrops all day today(night... morning now?) since I've spent most of the week playing Kamidori non-stop. I've been playing it more on the weekdays and reading more story-based novels during the weekends. Mostly because the overwhelming passion and addiction I had for Kamidori is wearing off as I get into NG+ grindy stuff. There's still more I want to see, but I need some breaks into something more relaxing. Technically, I'm also part way through G-Senjou no Maou as well, that one is just too heavy to read for an extended period and I need somethin

Oh man, I just finished my first route in Deardrops. This VN is wonderful, such a refreshing change from the typical high school slice of life. I just finished up Riho's route, and will probably go Rimu next. As to seconds... I'd have to actually say no. As much as I felt the heart-sucking emptiness in the pit of my stomach at the end of a really good story from this, I also feel like the way they took it wrapped things up nicely. Either way, incoming end of route reviewish-rant thing below: Spoiler stuff here, read at your own risk: Certain feelings like him leaving her to go

yeah, the NG+ stuff does carry over. And I've got so many armor enhancing gems now it's kinda silly, the +move and +skill% ones are nice. However, I too have been selling the treasures. Just got the orange jellies quest done, so I'm expecting there will be gemstone farming in my future. I also just recently got an item call Marwen's ring. That gives 1.5x stat growths upon level up, that I wish I had ages ago. I can imagine if someone really wanted to get the most out of their characters, that this would be a very important item.

I think the difference between good and bad comes from how much character depth the characters actually have. Are they a character who just happens to be Tsundere as part of it, or are they a Tsundere as their whole character. If it's the latter and the tsundere part is everything that defines them, then it usually ends up being a bit lackluster. That's my 0.02$ dropped into the bucket.

Time for another of my favorites: *hums along*

Ok, I just caught myself stopping my VN and feeling like the world was crashing around me for several minutes. We've had conversations here about the feelings of emptiness or emotional highs we get from these games, but I felt like I needed to post a new thread. I'm playing Deardrops, and one of the characters has firmly decided to dive full into music, abandoning societal norms. And her excuse is that she doesn't want an escape route that might make her abandon her dream because of her human weakness. This hit home. HARD. Beyond this I don't even know what happens, because I

Wow, SB, you're playing the game without using Ful's Mill. o.o I can barely kill anything without swapping that accessory around to my different characters. By the time I get through all three main heroine routes, most of my team will be having one of those equipped at all times. And yes, I'd go with armor 100% of the time with the angel beads question. As good as that hammer may seem, it's still elemental. Meaning some enemies will be resistant or even absorb the damage from it. And from the sound of things, the skills on that armor are much more useful.

Bah, I just met Roka, and now my hopes are dashed... Maybe there are H-scenes and you just haven't found them yet? There's that odd segment showing Wil in the scene room. So far these NG+ angels are a bit lackluster in personality. And is it just me or is the Mare one drawn messily? Makes me sad.

I'm finding in my NG+ run here that I do every map until it says complete on it, then move on. Stockpiles some alchemy mats without feeling like I'm actively grinding. But it's always nice to know there's more hidden stuff like this. I really do enjoy the depth this game has, even if the story is a bit standard at times.

Mel is definitely gorgeous, and her story is pretty awesome too. But I've had mediocre success with her combat ability. The Reaper is awesome as well, but feels unfinished, maybe it's because I haven't leveled her much since she started so high level. I also know there is some NG+ stuff that I haven't gotten to yet, so we will see how things turn out as we go. On a side note, I think Kohakuren's voice is the best in the game. It just seems to add so much to her personality and feel to the character.

If I recall that was the one that said Yuidora Woodland, and ended up in the Amurent Forestland west of town instead. Might want to check there for the scene. Also... my god... Yuela with double action...

So it seem like tons of us are playing this game. I was curious now that some time has passed, what's your favorite character in the game? and why? Mine is probably Sunia. Some of the others come close, but her shyness and amusing plot points really make me smile. I also think she is shaping up into one heck of a combatant after her 2nd upgrade that gives her the Ice Blade attack. She has good range, and while a little low on hp, her defenses seem to be decent.

Hard to say if they have full on H-scenes. As they don't have any segments in the 'replay' section of the extras. They have a bunch of CG's however. I just started my NG+ so haven't explored every bit of that just yet.

Sort of. There are side quests that end up adding other characters, and certain events happen depending on what level your characters are. Other than that, you can go to repeated battles with no further story change after you do the first battle on each map. Basically this is a rpg game with VN story between battles. Sort of like Fire Emblem, but with repeatable maps and a great deal of items and customization possible. If you are looking for a typical sit back and relax VN to read, this isn't a good choice. There's quite a bit of good story, but the core of it is more a game than a novel.

Yeah, I'd be sending my powerful AOE-ers at that group. Some Carpet Fire from Serawi, some Io Rune from Emi, then probably thunder breath and the tidal wave aoes from the dragon and afnac to clean up. Don't know what most of those characters you have are, I assume the NG+ angels. But I've never had much luck with any of the angels as far as powerhouses. Melodiana is ok... but she's much more melee than ranged, the other one I have Elizawhatsit, just seems a mess. However she is a mage type, so I might bring her into a battle against all those annoying Wraith types. Suina would probably be awes

I assume that's new game+? I'm just getting ready to finish the game for the first time, and don't remember that. Spectre types in general annoy me though... so it's nice(not really) knowing I have that waiting for me. heh.