Yuri/Yaoi in video games: Let's make a list!

[ZoharContact]

This is a shout out mostly to importers of Japanese games, but I would like to hear about any such games you know about.

First of all, let me just post a link (http://www.shoujoai.com/forum/topic...?tid=29037;pg=1) from another thread (this one comes from Rosa Chinensis). It's Yuri-specific, but you may find it useful. There are a few games listed in there somewhere. I'll try to include all of them below, so please list any you think I've missed:

Fallout 1 and/or 2 - It would seem these games (one or both) allow you to play as a gay or lesbian main character.

Knights of the Old Republic 1 and/or 2 - Bioware RPGs now usually have several relationships you can pursue as the main character. I don't remember if it was one or both, and I haven't played the games, but at least one of them has an official lesbian romance (or so I've heard, maybe subtext?). I don't remember hearing anything about a gay romance, though.

Baldur's Gate 2 - Another Bioware game. There are no official lesbian/gay relationships in this, but there are some that are downloadable as mods. For most of those, you should look here (www.sorcerers.net). I personally think the Imoen mod (www.imoen.org) is pretty good, but I haven't tried any others.

Rule of Rose - Some kind of survival horror-ish game. (But very different from the norm.) It has two instances of yuri in the opening (one is clearly present, the other through inference), but I don't really know its relevance in the main story yet. Unfortunately, the copy I have is in Chinese, and has a lot of very important-looking writing. -_-; The voices are in English, though. Of all the Japanese games I'm listing here, this has the biggest potential of being sold stateside (except for Xenosaga, of course). I'll post more when I learn more.

Enzai - I know next to nothing about this game (yaoi), but it was posted in an earlier thread by typhonblue, so I'll include it here. It would seem that it has been licensed for American release. If anyone wants to post more information about it, please.

Shinseiki Evangelion 2 - There's one for the PS2 (http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/eva2/) and one for the PSP (http://www.bandaigames.channel.or.jp/list/psp_eva2/). The one for the PSP is a remake with lots of new material, but I haven't played it. The original is basically a mix between life sim and strategy battles. In the life sim part you can do anything from hacking the NERV mainframe to taking a bath. You also have renai game-style conversations with other characters. If it's possible to develop a complete relationship at all, I don't know. But for each character, you have a friendship, romance, and family relation stat. Depending upon how high they are, it is possible to have romantic interactions with other characters. (Any other character. Just to warn you that you're likely to learn exactly how freaky Rei and Gendou's relationship actually is.)

Akai Ito - If you want to search for it, you're better off inputting Akaiito. This one is thus far my personal favorite. ^_^ It has very beautiful descriptive writing (so detailed that it can be disturbing) and I can vouch that it has some definite yuri in it. However, it's not a renai game, but a Japanese-style horror adventure game. There's no gameplay; you only choose the story path (like a choose-your-adventure book), so if you aren't willing to learn Japanese, you probably won't like it. If you are, however, I'm pretty sure you'll enjoy it. It's all around well-made. I personally like to think of it as my favorite book (with lots of pretty pictures ^_^). The main site is here (http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/). I guess you'd have to send me a private message if you want a link to a site that sells it.

Sotsugyou 2nd Generation - This appears to be a sequel to another game. At any rate, it might be yuri... Unfortunately renai games try to make it seem like the main character doesn't exist, more often than not. So they never seem to say outright that the main character is a female teacher. Also, I can't find any reviews to learn more. Oh, well, here's the main site (http://www.generation-x.co.jp/soft/2nd_generation/).

Kashimashi - Yep. They have a renai game based on the anime. If I have too much money to spend wisely one day, I might buy it. main site (http://www.mmv-i.net/game/ps2/kashimashi/).

Xenosaga - Might as well list this for the Shion and KOS-MOS subtext.

[VidelCoolGirl]

Ever hear of the PC game called "Lesbian Cruise?" Never played it, but the name gives what kind of material is in the game already.

[ZoharContact]

Ever hear of the PC game called "Lesbian Cruise?" Never played it, but the name gives what kind of material is in the game already.
I've never heard of it either, although the name makes me wonder about the primary target audience...

Incidentally, I found this (http://www.justadventure.com/articles/Ugly_Americans/Ugly_Americans.shtm) when I was searching for information about Lesbian Cruise. Unfortunately, I didn't find anything about Lesbian Cruise itself.

[VidelCoolGirl]

WOw. Here we go. (http://www.shoujoai.com/forum/topic_show.pl?pid=460313;hlm=adv;hl=lesb ian%20cruise#460313)

[rosa_chinensis]

Ever hear of the PC game called "Lesbian Cruise?" Never played it, but the name gives what kind of material is in the game already.

The Japanese title of the game is "Safizumu no Gensou" ("Sapphic Porthole"), but a lot of people just call it Lesbian Cruise in English (gee, I wonder why... Sapphic Porthole is such a lovely title ;)).
There's a manga short based on it in Yuri Shimai 4, the scanlation of which should be out soon. There's also a manga short based on "Akai Ito" in that issue, called "Swear." You can find that already out at Lililicious.
Speaking of Yuri Shimai/Hime, there are game reviews in some of the issues. I'll flip through them sometime and take down the titles.

[rosa_chinensis]

Enzai - I know next to nothing about this game (yaoi), but it was posted in an earlier thread by typhonblue, so I'll include it here. It would seem that it has been licensed for American release. If anyone wants to post more information about it, please.

This is about prison, and it has rape in it. There's an OVA of it out too.

[VidelCoolGirl]

And there you go. Co ED prison or just women?

[rosa_chinensis]

And there you go. Co ED prison or just women?

This is a yaoi game. I've forgotten if it's an all-male prison or if there are women there too, but my guess would be that no women are shown either way.

[ZoharContact]

EditSafizumu no Gensou: Link removed. Sorry. You'll have to private message me if you want it, I suppose.

I found a link: Safizumu no Gensou (18 and older... definitely. The pictures in there are nuts.)

I also forgot to mention another Japanese game I played, Aoi Umi no Tristia (http://kogado.nippon1.jp/tristia/index.html), that you might say has yuri in it. Basically, a supporting character, Nene, has (unrequitted?) feelings for the main character. It's mostly unimportant in the main plot, but not completely ignored. She confesses, but nothing comes of it (at least as far as I know - multiple endings). The only reason I list a game like this is basically because Azumanga Daiou is usually put on similar lists.

The main premise of the game is that a talented engineer (Nanoka, the main character) attempts to restore an island city in the midst of recession. It's not without any measure of charm, but overall you're likely to consider it a mind-numbingly boring game.

[ZoharContact]

There's a manga short based on it in Yuri Shimai 4, the scanlation of which should be out soon. There's also a manga short based on "Akai Ito" in that issue, called "Swear." You can find that already out at Lililicious.
I'll read it! :w00t: One of these days I simply need to find the time and read through the entire Lililicious database! Then again, exhausting resources is a bad idea... Must conserve...
Speaking of Yuri Shimai/Hime, there are game reviews in some of the issues. I'll flip through them sometime and take down the titles.
Getting a subscription to Yuri Shimai wouldn't be bad, either. Anyway, thank you as always for the wonderful resources, Rosa Chinensis.

[rosa_chinensis]

Here are those titles I promised from Yuri Shimai. Some of these are adult, some aren't.

Yuri Shimai 1 (p138-140):
Ayakashi Ninden Kuno Ichiban
Little Witch Parfait (I've played this game. It's pretty cute but I found it a little boring and pretty light on the yuri considering Yuri Shimai gave it a 100% yuri rating. The basic premise is that you run a store selling magic goods, and have to go out and collect ingredients to make them.)
Keshouzakura
days innocent
Boku to, Bokura no Natsu
Escalation (adult)
Atoraku=Nakua (adult)
Utsukushiki Emono-tachi no Gakuen (adult)

Yuri Shimai 2 (p144):
Fantastic Fortune 2

Yuri Shimai 3 (p144,147):
Hoshi no Joou
Hoshi no Joou 2
Shojokyu (adult)

Yuri Shimai 4 (p84):
Rei ~Akai Chou~

Yuri Shimai 5 (p113):
Engage (adult)(This is the one with Yumi and Sachiko clones in it.)
Noel (adult)

Yuri Hime doesn't have game reviews that I've seen. I guess that was cut when the magazine changed publishers.

Would you like me to upload the pages from Yuri Shimai that mention the games? Some of the reviews are more detailed than others.

[Animematt55]

^ anyway i can get a hold of some of those? Little Witch Parfeit sounds fun.

[ZoharContact]

Would you like me to upload the pages from Yuri Shimai that mention the games? Some of the reviews are more detailed than others.
If it isn't any trouble, that would be nice. ^_^

[rosa_chinensis]

If it isn't any trouble, that would be nice. ^_^

Sure, it's no problem. I noted down the page numbers especially for that.
They're in this directory: http://yurizuki.net/ys/
Be warned that some of the images contain nudity, especially the ones from Yuri Shimai 5.
Also, I realized I missed the Yuri Shimai 2 game review before, so I went back and edited my post. :)

[Venus]

I lost interest in playing video games when I was about 11 or 12. Leave it to yaoi to spark my interest in them again.

[ZoharContact]

Thank you for posting them.

Regarding the rating system in Yuri Shimai 2, (they appear in this order and are rated by stars):

Kokoro no Kizuna Do: (Degree of soul bonding) I take it this measures the seriousness of the relationship in the game (Strength of bond between characters)?
Sukinshippu Do: (Skin Ship Degree?) What is this?
Uffun Do: (?) What is this?
Kyarakutaa no Moe Do: (Degree of Moe) Basically remarking about how cute the characters are?
Fantasutikku Do: (Degree of Fantasy) A rating they make up for each game and give it an automatic five star rating? I like the one for Fatal Frame 2: Biohazar Do. ^_^

...Also, it seems that every game that gets a percentage rating gets 100%. Anyway, thanks again, Rosa Chinensis. There's a lot of valuable material here. If anyone is interested, I'll translate the reviews in detail.

Now I address the audience with a question: Are there any non-Japanese speaking people who would like to play Akai Ito if they had a fan translation word document? If I hear five or more people say yes, I'll do it. I'm crazy about this game. If enough people bought it, they might just make it into an anime!(?) What do you say?
I lost interest in playing video games when I was about 11 or 12. Leave it to yaoi to spark my interest in them again.
I would be pleased if your interest was somehow reignited, but right now the names of yaoi games are in short supply in this thread. Try to get some of the yaoi fangirls to participate. Particularly if they import games.

[rosa_chinensis]

Sukinshippu Do: (Skin Ship Degree?) What is this?

Skinship is a bastardized English loan word referring to physical contact (not necessarily of an intimate nature).

Uffun Do: (?) What is this?

Hmm. Maybe it's an indication of how boring the game is (yawn meter or some such), or how surprising ("Oh, hunh." meter or something like that)?

Kyarakutaa no Moe Do: (Degree of Moe) Basically remarking about how cute the characters are?

Yeah, how "moe" they are. "Moe" is the new "kawaii"... <_<

I would be pleased if your interest was somehow reignited, but right now the names of yaoi games are in short supply in this thread. Try to get some of the yaoi fangirls to participate. Particularly if they import games.

There are already whole webpages out there devoted to BL games.
For instance: http://blgames.ukepile.com/

[ZoharContact]

...I begin to feel that chill wind that seems to herald the moment a forum thread fades into obscurity.

Is five readers too much to ask? Is there any way I can persuade the good readers that it's worthwhile to import Akai Ito? You could have it in your mailbox in a week or so for thirty dollars. It has bunches of culture notes with information about Asian (and some global) occult mythology as well as Japanese nuances and history. The shoujo-ai is subtle at times, but it has a lot of heartwarming moments...

I guess I'd better stop before someone accuses me of being a corporate-affiliated forum infiltrator or something. Anyway, you don't have to promise to buy the game. Just show some interest if you have it. If there was enough reason for me to do a fan translation, it could help me develop a portfolio to get hired as a professional translator... I hope? ^_^ You can find the Akai Ito opening and trailer movies here (http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/download.html). (With a little work, anyway.)
Yeah, how "moe" they are. "Moe" is the new "kawaii"...
Although the kanji are different, when I hear "moe" I cannot help but think of the verb "to burn." In that respect, perhaps Dilandeu (from Escaflowne) was trying to make the world a cuter place.

Addition to The List:

Summon Night Series: Link (http://www.summonnight.net/snworld/sn3/). Apparently in all installments of this series, you can choose a male or female main character. They can also partner up with characters of the same sex. However, for the most part, same-sex pairings aren't really conscious of the same-sex aspect of the relationship... meaning that you simply have access to the same scenes and dialogue despite gender. There are some exceptions, however. Anyway, there are a bunch of games like this. I found it listed here (http://lilych.fairy.ne.jp/game/ych_game.html).

[Nyo-ohki]

It's not yaoi, but it does have some BL undertones (and it's in english).

Galerians:ASH (PS2) It's a scfi game in which humans have created a super-computer named Dorothy, who has come to the conclusion that she needs to put humans in their place. You play as Rion who it seems was raised for the sole purpose of stopping Dorothy. But Dorothy has plans of her own and has created the galerians to do her dirty work. One such galerian is Ash an angsty bishie who has a grudge against our hero. The two share a kiss under the guise of "uploading" and "taking power from" which makes for some very pleasing eye-candy, and as Rion learns about Ash's past he becomes sympathetic and tries to help him. I won't give away the ending, but it does end in a fan-girl's favor.

[Animematt55]

It's not yaoi, but it does have some BL undertones (and it's in english).

Galerians:ASH (PS2) It's a scfi game in which humans have created a super-computer named Dorothy, who has come to the conclusion that she needs to put humans in their place. You play as Rion who it seems was raised for the sole purpose of stopping Dorothy. But Dorothy has plans of her own and has created the galerians to do her dirty work. One such galerian is Ash an angsty bishie who has a grudge against our hero. The two share a kiss under the guise of "uploading" and "taking power from" which makes for some very pleasing eye-candy, and as Rion learns about Ash's past he becomes sympathetic and tries to help him. I won't give away the ending, but it does end in a fan-girl's favor.
NOOOOOOOOOO

i played that game. It was fun and all, but i couldnt get into it. same with the first one

[Nyo-ohki]

^ LOL

Yeah, I agree with you there. I'm not into linear game-play *at all* so a good portion of it was a chore (and really annoying when you had to fight the same characters)... but what can I say, I was a desperate fan and it hit the spot ;P

[Yukito Kunisaki]

Anyone hear of Choaniki: Legend of holy protein? O_o;;;;;;;

That is the most SCARIEST Yaoi game I think one could EVER conjure up. I even think the Yaoi fangirls might get scared >.>;;;

http://ps2.ign.com/objects/613/613319.html

Take a gander >_> I saw it on Cinematech, and literally got freaked out...especially with the lazerbeam coming out of a ... thing >_>

[h0ckey2244]

n-no ones said kingdom hearts 2 yet... wow...

[Jeyl]

What? Kingdom of Hearts 2? Which is it? Yuri, or Yaoi?

[Yukito Kunisaki]

Yaoi, most definitely. I never hear Yuri and Kingdom Hearts together, and I recall seeing some images of boys from there with eachother >.>

[ZoharContact]

What? Kingdom of Hearts 2? Which is it? Yuri, or Yaoi?
In that case, Sora and Riku appears to be the fan favorite pairing. If you ask me, though, the most definitive subtext is between Rokusasu (Roxas in English?) and Axel. At least, it's fairly clear that Axel likes Rokusasu in the official story.

Anyway, that was one I forgot to mention. Sorry.

[ZoharContact]

I bump this thread shamelessly with a new addition...

http://image4.play-asia.com/350/PA.66783.001.jpg

I couldn't resist. Anyway, it's coming out on August 24th for PS2. Naturally, in Japanese.

[earsofdoom]

I've been playing the new suikodon (great serie's) and there is one character who is a canon yuri character.... can't remember her name though (if you play suikodon's you know why.... LOT OF CHARACTER's it's hard to remember them all)

[ZoharContact]

I've been playing the new suikodon (great serie's) and there is one character who is a canon yuri character.... can't remember her name though (if you play suikodon's you know why.... LOT OF CHARACTER's it's hard to remember them all)
Canon, huh? Thanks for the info! I used to really like Suikouden, but as far as I know, the only really great game in that series was the second one. I haven't even finished the fourth, yet, but I guess I'll have to give the fifth a try...

...

...When I have the money.

[Danju]

n-no ones said kingdom hearts 2 yet... wow...
I'm so damn tired of hearing this...I've debated it in so many forums. There is no yaoi in Kingdom Hearts II. It's all in the minds of the fangirls/boys.

[ZoharContact]

Danju-sama, that user title...

Does that mean that you're an insomniac? ...^_^

Sorry, I had to take a gander.Anyway, while I've seen no evidence of mutual yaoi in Kingdom Hearts, Axel did say that he liked Roxas. And in Japanese, "aitsu ga suki da" doesn't really mean anything else unless you say it does, as far as I know. Anyway, pretty clearly not mutual at any point in time. Poor Axel...

Anyway, I'm beginning to wonder... I aim to use Yuri and Yaoi as inclusive terms, but is Yaoi used inclusively? Sometimes I have to wonder if I scared away some potential contributors to this thread with a title that could be interpreted as "Let's make a list of games with homosexual porn!" or something of the sort...

At any rate, I've hardly seen anyone contributing to the yaoi side of things except rosa_chinensis and her link to the gaming site. To be honest, I've seen quite a few games on a certain merchant site that look like good candidates, but I can't confirm them.

Regardless, this thread can be characterized as having the essential opposite of insomnia, so even subtext would be welcome. (Although if someone said "Yuna and Rikku," that would be going a little too far.)

[Danju]

Danju-sama, that user title...

Does that mean that you're an insomniac? ...^_^

Sorry, I had to take a gander.
Yup, I'm an insomniac. Unfortunately.

[ZoharContact]

I see... that must be quite awful.

[Yukito Kunisaki]

I bump this thread shamelessly with a new addition...

http://image4.play-asia.com/350/PA.66783.001.jpg

I couldn't resist. Anyway, it's coming out on August 24th for PS2. Naturally, in Japanese.

A STRAWBERRY PANIC GAME? O_o I sure the hell hope the PS3 lives up to the Region free idea...I have another game added to my list T_T

Itadaki Street Special is one of the main games I am aiming for at the moment, and if I never get that game, I will be pissed. They BETTER make 3 region free...they better...

[ZoharContact]

If it allows me to play any game on PS 1, 2, or 3 in both English and Japanese, I'll consider the system worth six hundred dollars.

...I'll consider it a bargain, even.

Still, modifying your PS2 to play imports is a pretty simple matter. All you need to buy is a boot disc. You can improvise for everything else.

Here (http://www.mediaworks.co.jp/users_s/gs/strawberry/game/index.php) is a link to the game's main site. Unfortunately, my browser won't display any of the informational text, I cannot view the trailers and demos, and I don't see any screenshots, so I have no idea what the game is like other than genre, which seems to be the usual renai adventure.

It's my personal opinion, though, that if you want a Yuri Renai Adventure game, you can't go wrong with this!
http://images-jp.amazon.com/images/P/B0002ONEM0.09.LZZZZZZZ.jpg
People are probably tired of hearing about it, though, so I'll leave it at that...

[Yukito Kunisaki]

Looks good ;) Might check into it....what is it called though? I can't read Kanji ^_^

[earsofdoom]

i think that's the Akaitto game she mentioned on the first page (her personal favourite)
here's the OP

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Oll1V9vT7oo&search=Akaiito

im guessing those two are the yuri couple? im a bit curious as to there relationship and how the game is (the OP was pretty good) if you'd like to gush about the game a-bit by all mean's do lol. a shame i don't know japanese those "choose your own adventure" type game's look interesting but there is 0 percent chance of one ever getting licensed (in the OP it say's 15 but on that screen it say's 18.... is there rating system as bad as our's lol i hope they don't have any jack thompsons)

[ZoharContact]

i think that's the Akaitto game she mentioned on the first page (her personal favourite)

im guessing those two are the yuri couple? im a bit curious as to there relationship and how the game is (the OP was pretty good) if you'd like to gush about the game a-bit by all mean's do lol.I have confirmed authorization to gush! Gushing will commence in T minus 3 seconds...

...

It is indeed Akai Ito. From all the devotion I see for this game on Japanese websites, it seems like it's lining up alongside Marimite as a Yuri fan favorite. It's name is written phonetically, giving some room for some interesting linguistic plays on the title, but it basically means "Red Thread." If you're familiar with Japanese symbolism, you may know that a red string tied between two people's pinky fingers implies a destined romantic bond. This game takes it a step further by associating the symbolism with blood which, in the game, links the spirit and material world.

Plot: Kei Hatou lost her father at an early age, supposedly in a fire, but she doesn't remember it happening, or even his face. After living alone with her mother for ten years, she died from exhaustion shortly before the story begins. After researching her inheritence, she learned that she was entitled to an old Japanese-style mansion, passed down her father's family, located in a rural area called Hemidzuka. After she arrives, she is attacked by the twin Oni, Nozomi and Mikage, and learns that she inherited a special type of blood from her father, called Nie no Chi (Sacrificial Blood), which can impart great power to the spirits that drink it.

The game story is quite detailed and expansive, and you learn many interesting details of its history for each character's route. It uses many established premises from Linguistics, Parapsychology, general Occultism, and mythological coincidences. You will probably learn a great deal if you play it.

Yuri: The picture may say "over 18," but the version I bought said "over 15." (Not aware of any differences between these versions, if they exist.) Actually, there's no exposed nudity and not even any kissing, although there are some moments that can arguably be thought of as "above kissing." These are mostly the "blood-sucking" scenes, and I'll leave out the details, but you all can imagine what that entails, I'm sure. ^_^ Some would argue that the degree of Yuri is too low, but the game takes place over four days. The characters actually develop very deep relationships in a very short time in a very believable manner, considering the circumstances.

Overall: The genre says "Traditional Japanese Horror," but while it would be much more accurate to call it a Renai game, it has incredibly dramatic moments. The imagery they use in the writing is quite powerful, from the aforementioned "blood-sucking" scenes, to falling off a cliff or being impaled, among other grisly ends. If I'm correct, there are 32 endings for this game, and even several of the bad ones are often quite good enough to make you cry.

Anyway, you probably know by now that I will gush this game to kingdom come. I will gush it Akira Kurosawa style. ^_^ But, if you ever had the thought, "they should make Yuri (read: Shoujo Ai) Renai games!" then this is a game I would recommend highly.

And if you're worried about the language thing, take a gander and my previous posts. I'm crying out for a reason to post a translation of this game, and I could probably put one up on gamefaqs.

Also note, they have a Superlite 2000 (or something like that) version that's really cheap ($25 or less), and there are sites who will ship it at domestic US rates.

Oh, and just so you know, I can't view that youtube link you put up at the moment (cursed filters!), but I'll get back on that thought sometime soon.

For now, look at this!
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/images/menubg_tit.jpg

[ZoharContact]

Also, I couldn't fit this in with the above post due to an overabundance of images. -_-;

Characters:
The main character is Kei Hatou.
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/images/charpct00.jpg
Having lost her father at a young age, and her mother having died shortly before the story begins, she is left without a single living relative. Regardless, she is very cheerful. Her favorite phrase is "be prepared for anything," but she's very forgetful and, well... spacey. She goes off on mental tangents all the time. Considering that the writing often takes on stream-of-consciousness-like characteristics, from her point of view, it's rather funny to read. In short, she's really adorable!

Also, Strawberry Panic fans might be interested in the fact that she's voiced by Miyuu Akimi, Hikari's seiyuu from Strawberry Panic.

As far as yuri is concerned, my favorite storyline route belongs to Udzuki Senba
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/images/charpct04.jpg
She's a descendent of an ancient family line of oni hunters, using a special enchanted katana called "Ito no Tachi". She's about the same age as Kei (High school) and is very serious and reserved. When you get close to her, though, she becomes very kind. Anyway, she's really cool!

Her seiyuu, Akeno Watanabe, seems to have been in everything. If I were to use a recognizeable example, Chachamaru from Negima is one, but she's been in several major anime. (She's also been in Marimite and Yami to Boushi)

Might as well introduce them all... the next character could probably be considered the Main, or the route closest to and most revealing of the main storyline. She's a ghost-like entity called Yumei:
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/images/charpct01.jpg
She appears to be the same age as Kei, but acts more like a mother. She is also much like a guardian angel, and she would go to any length to save Kei.

Seiyuu: Yuuko Minaguchi. She played Hotaru (Saturn) from Sailor Moon and Hinoto from X!

[ZoharContact]

Furthermore, I still had too many images. This is the last one! -_-;

Next is Tsudzura Wakasugi:
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/images/charpct02.jpg
She addresses Kei with ridiculously polite language, talks really fast, and has a pet fox! She's also ridiculously smart for her age, and was squatting in Kei's Father's house before Kei found her. She has a very interesting and somewhat disturbing backstory.

Seiyuu: Kugimiya Rie. Also from Marimite, she played Touko from the ~Haru season.

Another Yuri favorite is Sakuya Asama:
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/images/charpct03.jpg
She was Kei's mother's best friend, and is quite old despite how she looks. Very carefree and humorous, Kei sometimes calls her "West" because of her demeanor (and measurements) being so far removed from the Japanese norm.

Seiyuu: Asami Sanada. She's Digiko's seiyuu from Digicharat! (I never would have guessed.)

And finally, the twin Oni, Nozomi and Mikage:
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/images/charpct05.jpg
Like Yumei, they are ghost-like entities. However, their aim is to drain Kei's blood and use it to revive an evil god. Their appearances are basically like two mirror images. They appear to be twins, but have opposing personalities. They are very, very evil, but very cute at the same time. It's quite creepy.

Seiyuu: Megumi Kobayashi. She plays both of them. She plays a character in Mahoromatic, but nothing particulary notable, I think.

And that's it! Gushing is complete! Also, just so you know, if you want to requisition my translation services for the Yuri game reviews from those magazine screenshots that rosa_chinensis posted before, let me know.

[earsofdoom]

hmmm... so the "blood-sucking" scenes are not only all about the "sacrificial blood" thing but also establish a spiritual and material link between the character's? (on a side note the girl with the katana looks owesome :) )

[ZoharContact]

hmmm... so the "blood-sucking" scenes are not only all about the "sacrificial blood" thing but also establish a spiritual and material link between the character's? (on a side note the girl with the katana looks owesome :) )I don't know how much I should be sharing about the Nie no Chi in this game, but it does do something to that effect. Also, since it is a vessel of power, it allows immaterial "oni" to physically manifest more easily, among other things. The symbolism of blood ("chi") in this game is really cool. "The 'chi' of chikara (power)," "the 'chi' of inochi (life)." "Kagutsuchi... Orochi, 'chi' is an expression of godhood itself." I'll leave it at that. ^_^

And, yes, Udzuki, the oni hunter, is wonderful! Her seiyuu does a wonderful job, too.

[Yukito Kunisaki]

Wow, the game sounds pretty cool, but not even kissing in it, thats not cool =\. The characters look really cute, and Hikari is my favorite from the Spica school, so her Seiyuu being in it totally kicks *** ^_^

[ZoharContact]

I don't like it either, but it makes up for the ambiguity in spades. More than a yuri renai game, you can simply think of it as a shining example of adventure games in general.

But... I imagine it's hard to take me seriously when I'm gushing like a fountain. Just know that I consider it to be similar in caliber (in terms of ability to emotionally manipulate you) to the Air series. Hmm... yes, Air seems like a good example.

...I'd better stop. Anyway, tell me if you want me to continue translating the game, or any of those magazine screenshots.

[earsofdoom]

A translation would be great (since allot of peaple can't read japanese)..... ummm is it just me or was there a kiss in the OP? was it not in the game?

[ZoharContact]

A translation would be great (since allot of peaple can't read japanese)..... ummm is it just me or was there a kiss in the OP? was it not in the game?...I might as well tell you, because that scene was rather shocking, and I don't want you to have your hopes too high...

...That's not a kiss scene. It's a blood-sucking scene. <_<

It was pretty humorous, but I couldn't help but feel like I was played for a fool. -_-;

Anyway, I'll see to the translation. I've already started it, but I haven't even seen all of the story branches, and catalogueing all of them is going to be crazy. If you're feeling up to it, do commence with encouragement/slave driving, especially when my copy of Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria arrives, which should be a week from now. Also, if you have any friends that you think would be interested in the game, please tell them.

...Also, tell me which character route you want me to translate first.

[earsofdoom]

Ah VP ill be grabbing to psp version very soon (missed out on it for PS and then it shot up to 300+ on ebay) im hopeing to get the new one eventually (before i have to go to Evilbay to get it)


...Also, tell me which character route you want me to translate first.

Uzuki Senba!!!!!.... umm... sure Uzuki Senba would be a nice choice ah-hem.

[ZoharContact]

Ah VP ill be grabbing to psp version very soon (missed out on it for PS and then it shot up to 300+ on ebay) im hopeing to get the new one eventually (before i have to go to Evilbay to get it)300 dollars?! Wow. I got it shortly after it came out, and then found the Japanese version on ebay two years ago. It was about seventy or eighty dollars, I think... Anyway, I imagine you'll like it. It's one of my two most favorite games (the other being Xenogears ::points at username:: ).

Advice: As soon as you feel comfortable with it, you should play it on hard mode. That's where the game really shines.

...Make sure you see the good ending, too. You'll be disappointed otherwise.Uzuki Senba!!!!!.... umm... sure Uzuki Senba would be a nice choice ah-hem.Very good choice. ^_^ As a matter of fact, I think you have to finish her route to unlock the others, so unless there are (really ferocious) objections, I'll start with Udzuki!

[earsofdoom]

I can't believe everyone forgot about fear effect, it's pretty obvois Hana and Rain are a couple.... btw Fear Effect Inferno was picked up by another publisher so it's not dead :)

[Yakura Shima]

fatal frame 2: crimson butterfly was yurish and kingdom hearts II
had a lot of yaoi lead ons in it.

[Loopy]

In Persona 2: Innocent Sin, you could pair off the protagonist Tatsuya with his best friend Jun who is a very femme male. Unfortunately the game will never reach US shores...

In the Japanese version of Wild Arms 2, one of the antagonists, Caina, was a male (in US version was female) and held great admiration to the point of infatuation with the terrorist leader Vinsfeld.

That's all I can think of at the moment...

kingdom hearts II
had a lot of yaoi lead ons in it.

So the love between best friends is actually homoerotic lust (Sora and Riku)? Unless you're referring to Roxas and Axel and even then, that's still stretching it a bit as how deep their friendship went was barely scratched upon.

[Yakura Shima]

^dont waste my time.

[ZoharContact]

In the Japanese version of Wild Arms 2, one of the antagonists, Caina, was a male (in US version was female) and held great admiration to the point of infatuation with the terrorist leader Vinsfeld....Geez. I had no idea. I'll bet the american gamers could never have understood the japanese cultural nuance of a gay character in a game. Good thing they "translated" it. <_<

It would be pretty nice if they had an ESRB rating for "heavily edited/dumbed down" games. Maybe I should import the Wild Arms series, too...

[earsofdoom]

Don't wry, wild arm's 2 sucked so editing it wasn't as bad as it could be (amazing how the first one is the only one really worth playing.... 3 is alright but that's purely for story)

[ZoharContact]

Don't wry, wild arm's 2 sucked so editing it wasn't as bad as it could be (amazing how the first one is the only one really worth playing.... 3 is alright but that's purely for story)I liked the second one well enough. It certainly doesn't approach the first, but it had a very unique storyline.

I agree with you about the third one. They did a very good job with Virginia, though. She was really cool, and well characterized for a female lead. Haven't played the fourth one yet, but Raquel (was that her name?) looks very cool.

Wild Arms in general is a very highly edited series, though. It's almost excruciating to be a fan.

[earsofdoom]

Not as excrutiating as being a resident evil fan first game had such horrible voice acting it hurt sometime's and the fourth one sold out us fan's and ditched all the story of the other game's by sending leon out to save the president's daughter (how the hell did we go from surviving a zombie outbreak to going to save the president's daughter from angry spanish villager's... just wtf and this one was the most populer)

[ZoharContact]

Not as excrutiating as being a resident evil fan first game had such horrible voice acting it hurt sometime'sI thought the RE games were in English to begin with? Although I guess it doesn't matter. Original sound or no, that doesn't guarrantee the voice acting is good. Anyway, I haven't finished the fourth one, but I thought they were going to tie it in with Umbrella somehow... I can certainly imagine you weren't happy, though, when monsters started dropping shiny little ammo boxes, even if they didn't use them on you. ^^;

Anyway, I'm more of a Silent Hill fan, myself, and that was much the same way. Horrible voice acting in many instances, but it was made that way originally, I think, so I can't be quite as peeved. To put it simply, I'm a purist.

[earsofdoom]

I can certainly imagine you weren't happy, though, when monsters started dropping shiny little ammo boxes, even if they didn't use them on you. ^^;


I absolutely HATED the enemy's dropping ammo... geez half the battle of the earlier resident evil's were "should i kill these guy's or save the ammo?" you can go through RE:4 blasting everything with your ultimate gun and have little fear of not haveing enough ammo. capcom made umbrella get destroyed by the stock market so all the other RE game's are now useless story wise (BASTARD'S!!!)... ah well at least we still got silent hill.

[Joeshie]

kingdom hearts II
had a lot of yaoi lead ons in it.

LOL. You fangirls just love to see yaoi relationships that aren't really there, don't ya?

[ZoharContact]

LOL. You fangirls just love to see yaoi relationships that aren't really there, don't ya?I'll agree that there's no definitive proof for actual relationships, but there seems to be one character with one-sided feelings.I really do like Axel. If he truly likes Roxas in that way, then that makes him one of the very few game characters who is gay and not a bad guy!Ah, speaking of which, there was at least one character in Star Ocean 3 that seemed to be gay, but he was evil and annoying (he was even named after a Christian demon, Belial or Beelzebub or something).I absolutely HATED the enemy's dropping ammo...If it makes you feel any better, I have a way to reconcile the ammo dropping. For instance, assume the flasher merchant guy works for an arms dealer that's working on a new line of weaponry or something? And they need field data, so he decides to make Leon his little research subject by getting friendly with Los Gannados and the rest, slipping little ammo boxes into their breeches with his lean, mean, flasher pickpocketing skills, and gathering field data as Leon does his thing? ^_^

[tenshi_a]

Sorry for turning up late to a thread again...

That Akaiito game looks well worth getting... if only for the intro, if it turns out too hard to play for a person of my very-limited language capabilities... it's on the very cheap Superlite 2000 series after all... so thanks for the recommendation...

BTW I saw a few mentions of this game at the end of last year...
http://www.alchemist-net.co.jp/products/otoboku/
and there was going to be an anime based on it? Then I heard.... nothing after that? Does anyone have any info?

Anyone hear of Choaniki: Legend of holy protein? O_o;;;;;;;

That is the most SCARIEST Yaoi game I think one could EVER conjure up. I even think the Yaoi fangirls might get scared >.>;;;

Ever hear about a game called "Ie, Tatemasu!"? It's a doujin game, but only meaning that it's made by a small independant group, like Tsukihime was a doujin game. There's a review here (http://www.insertcredit.com/reviews/ietate/). It's a great, hilariously blunt review.

That review has got the best censorship I've ever seen of yaoi scenes, ever.

I'd been wondering if there was any yaoi for men the same way as there is yuri for women (i.e. not created to pander to an audience of the opposite sex), and this review has confirmed to me that it does indeed exist. Very much so.

EDIT:

Also, one of the scans Rosa Chinensis has provided (thank you) has a game called "Fantastic Fortune 2" in there... (I'm hunting PS2 games..) but I see there are two games; "Fantastic Fortune 2" (the one featured and pictured in the magazine) and "Fantastic Fortune 2: Triple Star".

Is the Triple Star game a different game? Or is it an enhanced rerelease, or a side-story?

Looks like an enhanced release to me, but I thought I'd ask and make sure...

http://www.generation-x.co.jp/soft/fanta_2/main.htm
http://www.fortuner.net/

I found some info (http://uk.ps2.ign.com/articles/593/593998p1.html) on the Triple Star game:

Fantastic Fortune 2 *** (Triple Star)
Publisher: Gen-X
Genre: Love, Simulation; Release: 03.03.05
Price: 7140 yen, Memory: 240K
This love simulation title features three female main characters: Marine, Aqua and Aoi. You select one of these girls and play as her through a seven month training period as you work to become the "Star Girl." During weekdays, you attend classe's, building up your character's parameters. When the weekend comes around, you're off on the town, hunting for men. The game features lots of interactive conversation sequences as you choose to fall in love with a guy, make friends with a girl or work towards your stardom.

So.... [shrug]... what's the article say about the game? They seemed to like it... so it must have a significant amount of yuri content...?

[ZoharContact]

That Akaiito game looks well worth getting... if only for the intro, if it turns out too hard to play for a person of my very-limited language capabilities... it's on the very cheap Superlite 2000 series after all... so thanks for the recommendation...I'm working on a translation for it and will post it on www.gamefaqs.com when I've finished Udzuki's route. There was a bit of a hangup coinciding with the arrival of Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria in my mailbox, (-_-; Sorry!) but that's now over with and I hope to engross myself in it again really soon. (Which unfortunately requires a little more by way of hard drive contortionism.) Other than that, it's progressing smoothly. Ehehe.So.... [shrug]... what's the article say about the [Fantastic Fortune 2]? They seemed to like it... so it must have a significant amount of yuri content...?Article translation is as follows (I'll give caption translations and coupling details if space allows):
"Beginning from friendship is a natural bond between two people.

The island ruled by a prognosticator known as "Star Reader," "Arolandia." One day, "Star Reader" obtains a prophecy saying that they must find the "Daughter of Stars," the reincarnation of the gods. Thus, three candidates for the "Daughter of Stars" are found, which is where the story begins.

In a word, a work classified as an "Otome ge-" (Maiden Game). A maiden game is typically defined as raising a young female main character to have romance with a boy. If you fail to study dilligently and become a wonderful girl, you will not achieve romance with your target character. Of course, there are many other goals, but the main objective in this work is achieving "Daughter of Stars" status and succeeding with a target character. In this work, the optimistic Marin; the unsociable, poison-tongued Aqua; and the priestess from another world, Saya, are the candidates from whom you choose the main character, however, the unchosen candidates also become possible target characters! In typical maiden games, supporting girl characters either become forceful rivals or become relegated to an obscure supporting role, but the situation in this game is different.

Their connection begins with friendship but, in time, you blushingly invite them for dates, let them sleep in your room, spend Christmas alone together, as they bare their souls to the main character alone... and thus, it progresses unto a connection you can't file under friendship. Before you know it, their bond becomes deeper than anything, and in the end they swear to be together forever, living to support eachother. Of course, those characters also have a large number of featured events. For example, Marin, skilled at housework, cooks food for her loved one, and the gifted Aqua will offer tutoring. And when you're caught in trouble in the city, the strong-willed Saya will gallantly save you! Many other fascinating events await. However, it is a shame that the two characters are never grouped in one picture until the end. Furthermore, playing the Yuri route, you cannot discover the truths of the storyline itself, and you have to give up on becoming the "Daughter of Stars" so, a word of warning.

Originally, it never aimed to be a yuri game, so there is very little physical contact. Even so, in the ending, being told by their loved one that she's "cute" makes the main character incredibly happy, and saying "Daaii suki!" while they use your knee as a pillow, among many others... sometimes they show you such lovey-dovey behavior it's embarrassing. Not a mere "maiden game," but also one you can enjoy plenty as a "yuri game." By all means, enjoy to your satisfaction a casual world of Yuri between girls from another world!"

...Would a summary have been better? Caption for picture one: "Marin will give you a feast with her skillfully prepared food. She's so loveable when striving for the smile of her loved one!"

Caption for picture two: "However unsociable she may be, tie up her hair, and Aqua will call you "Onee-chan!"

Caption for picture three: "Become friendly with Saya, and she'll let you stay in her room. Seeing her rare expressions in private dress will make your heart skip!!"

Coupling analysis: "Six couplings in total. Even if it's the same couple, events will change depending on the main character. You can also succeed in multiple scenarios at once, so be sure to complete all of them!!"

"Marin x Aqua, boke boke sisters?: A couple between a klutz and a taciturn girl, they fill in each other's insufficiencies. Here you can taste a special 'sisters' atmosphere."

"Marin x Saya, a naturally peaceful couple: A couple that become used to eachother before you know it. They're close in age, and develop a pleasant connection."

"Aqua x Marin, the younger is the 'lead': Even though she's the youngest, 'my pace' Aqua grasps the initiative, but Marin, even as she's dragged about, seems to be having fun."

"Aqua x Saya, difference in age: The difference in age and height is so very cute! Still, many instances arise where Saya is saved by Aqua, who is three years younger."

"Saya x Marin, like a married couple?: The vision of Marin, dutiful in her housework, is the very image of a brave housewife! It'll pull on your heart strings!"

"Saya x Aqua, the prince and the little princess: Whenever Aqua is in a pinch, Saya always comes to save her. Much in the feeling of a little princess and a prince from another country."

Ohmygod, I'm done! For those who wish to view the original article, it's ys2_144.jpg at this (http://yurizuki.net/ys/) link.

Uncovering any connections with the "tripple star" one will late until waiter... ehem. (Actual typo... -_-) By the way, don't hesitate to ask if you want me to translate another one.

[tenshi_a]

wow thanks for the swift translation!

("boke boke sisters" means... what?)

That Fantastic Fortune 2 game looks to be very pleasant indeed. I've played through plenty of cute non-H renai games (Tokimeki Memorial 1 & 2, True Love Story etc), the kind where you're an invisible (male) protagonist meeting up with various girls (when your character is invisible, it doesn't really matter so much that you're supposed to be male), and I've played through some of the "raising" games (Princess Maker, the Evangelion Ayanami Rei raising project), but I've never come across the "maiden" game which is a cross between the two. I like both those sorts of game; they tend to give the player a lot more freedom than linear adventure games, there are usually many multiple endings, and you get a feeling of "training up" a character throughout the game. Add to that the fact you can get cute girl x girl pairings, and you have me 100% sold.

Looks on the website like the "Triple Star" game is an enhanced version, which I've seen before in games (like "True Love Story" to "True Love Story ~Remember my Heart~" - more of the characters were voiced, and there was a CG event gallery). I think it's the same as that, with that Neko section.

It's not a surprise you can't get the "true ending" taking the yuri route. After all, it's a curse; yuri can never have a true happy ending in mainstream works! ;)

(I put through an order for a copy of "Fantastic Fortune 2: Triple Star"... much easier to find than the 1st game...)

Oh and... carry on playing VP:S as long as you like, don't stop on my account. My copy of Akaiito gets despatched on 28th August and then it's a week before it arrives so it's a while until I could even attempt to use it. But... looks like you want to get back to the game anyway... ^_^

BTW since you mentioned Summon Night in this thread (a few months ago), I thought I'd add that one Summon Night game has now been brought out in English! It's the Gameboy Advance game Summon Night: Swordcraft Story (http://www.atlus.com/cgi-bin/games?action=details&game_id=68), and came out a few weeks ago. I don't have it 'cos Atlus games are so hard to find and import here!

EDIT: There's a thread on Summon Night (http://animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=194664) in the video games forum here on AN.

[rosa_chinensis]

I'd been wondering if there was any yaoi for men the same way as there is yuri for women (i.e. not created to pander to an audience of the opposite sex), and this review has confirmed to me that it does indeed exist. Very much so.

To my knowledge, there's a whole genre of BL (yaoi) for men. It's called "bara" (going back to the old gay magazine Barazoku and all that, I guess). The game you mentioned is an example of the typical style I've seen in it-- very muscular men.
If you're interested, there is a 2chan.net board devoted to bara, though I'd imagine that as with the yuri 2chan board, there's a lot of off-topic stuff too. There's also bara stuff posted to the 4chan.org yaoi board sometimes. I haven't actually gone looking for bara, but I'd imagine there are some webpages devoted to it too.
Thanks for the link to the game review, btw. Looks like an interesting game. :)

[ZoharContact]

wow thanks for the swift translation!

("boke boke sisters" means... what?)You're welcome. ^_^ Translation is basically recreation to me, so I'm pleased to be of service. Be sure to tell me if you're interested in any other articles.

As for "boke boke," I tried to look it up with no success. If I were to wager a guess, it would basically be "spacey sisters."(when your character is invisible, it doesn't really matter so much that you're supposed to be male)Ah, yes, the Invisible Danseishujinkou (Male main character) Paradigm. It's caused me no end of trouble, especially since so many renai games tend to put two female characters on the front cover, looking friendly. (To be honest, I have to wonder if they have anything to do with each other.)Oh and... carry on playing VP:S as long as you like, don't stop on my account. My copy of Akaiito gets despatched on 28th August and then it's a week before it arrives so it's a while until I could even attempt to use it. But... looks like you want to get back to the game anyway...Believe me, I took my time. (It was sooo hard! >_<) Super dungeons will wait, however.

Anyway, translating Akai Ito is challenging, but fun. It's REALLY Japanese. It has a lot of information about Shintou mythology, Japanese history, Japanese occultism, and is loaded with neat word play and symbolism. I'm going to try and incorporate all of it, so I really hope you like it!

[ZoharContact]

A while ago, I found a rather valuable resource for yuri gaming. So I'm bumping. People may have noticed that in the scans posted by Rosa Chinensis, Yuri Shimai was a bit... lenient with their reviews. (Seriously, they just hand out 100%'s to everyone.) So, lately, I found a diehard lesbian who writes down her impressions about games she's played with yuri content. In fact, her grading seems to be rather harsh. If anyone is confident enough with their Japanese to read a review, you can find them here (http://blnd.sakura.ne.jp/game/game.html).

Even if you don't know Japanese, you can just paste the title of a game with a good review into google and get some information about it. The mature games are marked with an "18 'Sai'" in red, so that's nice and obvious.

So then, I'll write a truncated list for the games rated A and above:

Summon Night Craft Sword Story / GBA / General / A Note: tenshi_a says this game came out in English!

Akai Ito / PS2 / General / A ^_^

Safizumu no Gensou ~an epic~ / PC / Mature A+ (Notice her "Lez game degree" score, at the bottom, is five stars plus infinity.) Note: Reviews with pictures in ys1_138 and ys4_176 from the links (http://yurizuki.net/ys/) provided by Rosa Chinensis.

Atoraku = Nakua / PC / Mature / A+ (She gave this a five star plus infinity score for story.) Note: Also see ys1_140 for screenshots and such. (Middle of the page.)

Little Witch Lenette / PC / General / A+ ("Lez game degree" got five stars plus infinity.) Note: Obviously enough, the sequel to Little Witch Parfait, which she gave a B.

Shojokyuu (Virgo) / PC / Mature / A+ (She gave it five stars for every score, and a "+ infinity" for "lez game degree") Note: Pictures at top of page in ys3_147. Looks kinda cute...

Ayakashi Ninden Kunoichiban / Playstation / General / A Note: Short blurb on ys1_128, middle of page. Also, it has ninjas! (Ayakashi Ninden : Naruto :: Little Witch Lenette : Harry Potter ...?)

Nikutai Teni (Bodyswitch) / PC / Mature / A (At the start of her review, she writes in red font, "Buy it. All lesbians, buy it.") Note: I imagine it's not too hard to infer, but it would involve cross-sex body switching, though it also involves same sex body switching, or so it would seem.

For those who would like to understand her scoring, the criteria are, in order: Lez game degree (basically how lovey-dovey they are, or how concrete the relationships are), Ero Degree ('nuff said), Graphics, Story, System.

Another item of note: Saga Frontier was on the list, and that came out in English. But, she obviously didn't like it much. (There was a female main character whose special feature was that she could change costumes for different skills.) I actually played that game... a long time ago... but I didn't notice anything. Maybe the yuri was edited out? ...Well, not exactly a great game, anyway.

Also, tenshi_a, just so you know, she gave a review of Fantastic Fortune 2, and she didn't seem to like it much... Would you like me to translate her review? At any rate, I would like to hear your opinion on the game when you play it.

That goes for the rest of you, as well. If you want me to translate a review, just ask.

[tenshi_a]

The budget release of the PS2 game of Kashimashi ~Girl Meets Girl~ (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-43-49-en-70-1l16.html) is coming out on the 16th of November.

[earsofdoom]

wow ys4_178.jpg from that link has an adorable picture of Udzuki Senba and the main character... I'm guessing she's the definative Yuri route? (i wonder.... is she dressing her or undressing her :P ) I've noticed allot of the game's have a higher level of "intimacy" then most manga's and anime's I was curious about if any of them were really deep? (There's allot of adorable manga's about schoolgirl's getting crush's on there onee-sama but i still have yet to find anything with a meaningful intimate relationship)

[ZoharContact]

I've noticed allot of the game's have a higher level of "intimacy" then most manga's and anime's I was curious about if any of them were really deep? (There's allot of adorable manga's about schoolgirl's getting crush's on there onee-sama but i still have yet to find anything with a meaningful intimate relationship)I have been reading a great deal of yuri manga of late, and I'm starting to get a little tired of yuri manga failing to take their relationships seriously. They always seemed either to go comically overboard, or shower you with vague hints, but no definitive bond. Maybe I've been reading the wrong ones, or maybe I'm just hard to please?

That being said, Akai Ito was, for me, the diamond in the rough. ^_^ The physical interactions between characters will certainly be... different... from what you're used to, but the emotional, spiritual and, yes, intimate bonds between them are heart-wrenchingly gorgeous.

...And just to clarify, Uzuki's route is not the only yuri in the game. Her's is just the most... normal? It's very close to the usual "sempai admiration" that you see elsewhere, but defines itself clearly as pure, romantic attraction, towards the end of the game. (And several endings serve to paint a picture of Uzuki's thoughts on the matter.) Anyway, many yuri fans like Sakuya's route the best (including the person I mentioned above), and I can definitely understand why. (Sakuya's route has my favorite ending thus far, actually.) And I really need to see more of Yumei's plot tree...

Just trust me when I say that all of the character routes are very rewarding... and yurirific.

[earsofdoom]

I have been reading a great deal of yuri manga of late, and I'm starting to get a little tired of yuri manga failing to take their relationships seriously. They always seemed either to go comically overboard, or shower you with vague hints, but no definitive bond. Maybe I've been reading the wrong ones, or maybe I'm just hard to please?

You might like Haru yo koi then, though it's not just yuri there is HET romance 2 (rosa chinensis is hosting the yuri part on her live journal) to summarize the yuri part: Mafuya is sent to live with her brother after she arrive's there she explain's it's becouse she and her girlfriend were caught kissing and petting eachother. soon her girlfriend Sae show's up and then soon find out her parent's disowned her (what on earth do parent's find so bad about haveing a lesbian daughter.... sheesh). so they both live with her brother, they act like newlywed's and it's pretty cute, though both of them do care about eachother i wouldn't go as far to say they were in love i think there relationship was much more about experimentation. soon they break up and Mafuya start's a relationship with a guy so she can be "normal" again.... but she doesn't enjoy it at all and is relieved when they break up. afterward's Mayuka know's she can only love another girl so she confesse's feeling's she has for a young supply teacher... lucky her the supply teacher was a lesbian to and say's they can start haveing an open relationship when she goes to university. the manga is a little mature with some nudity and very ecchi scene's (nothing graphic) but it's so far the only manga I've read with yuri intimacy and it's pretty good. also i haven't read any of it myself but I've heard countless good thing's about a manga called "Charilaty"

http://img172.imageshack.us/img172/7872/hykv05ch4421kz7.th.png (http://img172.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hykv05ch4421kz7.png)

cute


Just trust me when I say that all of the character routes are very rewarding... and yurirific.
careful Arcaj is gonna sue you for using her word :P

[ZoharContact]

Sasuga Lililicious. (I'd expect nothing less.) They seem to host all the good ones.

Hardly any of the good ones make it to tankouban release, it would seem. Well, the kind that I like, anyway.

Thanks for the recommendation. ^_^

Disclaimer: The word "yurirific" is the trademarked property of ArcaJ. Please don't sue me!

[rosa_chinensis]

I have been reading a great deal of yuri manga of late, and I'm starting to get a little tired of yuri manga failing to take their relationships seriously. They always seemed either to go comically overboard, or shower you with vague hints, but no definitive bond. Maybe I've been reading the wrong ones, or maybe I'm just hard to please?

I feel like I've read quite a few that take the relationships seriously; maybe we just have different standards? Or aren't reading the same things?

The manga that earsofdoom mentioned, Haru yo, Koi, is being scanlated by Chaotixubs. There is a community on livejournal called daily_yuri; I'm currently posting parts of the manga there.

Chirality, the other manga that earsofdoom mentioned, is by Urushihara Satoshi and is commercially available in English (from Central Park Media). It's a sci-fi story, and one of the main characters is an artificial life-form with shape-shifting abilities (she can appear as either a man or a woman, but I've read that her female love interest likes her female form better) who falls in love with a human girl. It's four volumes long.


Hardly any of the good ones make it to tankouban release, it would seem. Well, the kind that I like, anyway.

Do you mean in Japanese or in English? Nearly all the Japanese-language yuri manga I've read has been available in tankoubon (the last kanji there is "book" rather than "edition"-- I used to get that one wrong too) form, especially now that Yuri Hime is putting out tankoubon for their manga series.



Also, by "intimacy" are you two talking about emotional intimacy, physical intimacy, or a combination of the two?

[ZoharContact]

I feel like I've read quite a few that take the relationships seriously; maybe we just have different standards? Or aren't reading the same things?I'll readily admit that maybe I've just been reading the wrong manga, lately. Maybe I should ask a specific question. Is Hayate X Blade ever going to take its relationships seriously? Or will it remain as some hyperactive story with hyperactive, comedic yuri? Somehow I've been getting that impression from more than one tankouBON (thank you) of late.

Let me just say that almost all manga on Lililicious have been manga I really like. I've simply been importing manga randomly off the list from the Yuricon site, and maybe my mind got ahead of itself and "noticed" a trend.

Well, the end justifies the means. I've heard a few recommendations that I think I'll like, thanks to my ranting. -_-;Also, by "intimacy" are you two talking about emotional intimacy, physical intimacy, or a combination of the two?Both, but I lean towards appreciating emotional intimacy.

By the way, maybe one of us should post the recommendations in the "Series help..." or "need some help with some yuri" threads.

[earsofdoom]

Also, by "intimacy" are you two talking about emotional intimacy, physical intimacy, or a combination of the two?

Both i guess, though I've never really considered them seperate. I've alway's thought of intimacy as a combination of the 2 for example: when a couple (HET or yuri) is all alone without anyone else around they get a little more flirty around eachother and hug and talk about there relationship (stuff about it they wouldn't talk about with other's around) and just make eachother comfortable both physically and emotional. Even with the most physical thing (sex) there's alway's emotional intimacy (re-assureing the other person and makeing sure there ready, etc). It's just kinda weird seeing a couple act the same as if they were in a room full of ppl when there alone.

[rosa_chinensis]

I'll readily admit that maybe I've just been reading the wrong manga, lately. Maybe I should ask a specific question. Is Hayate X Blade ever going to take its relationships seriously? Or will it remain as some hyperactive story with hyperactive, comedic yuri? Somehow I've been getting that impression from more than one tankouBON (thank you) of late.

I've only actually read the first chapter of Hayate x Blade (and skimmed the first volume or two), but from my experience with Hayashiya's manga in general I would hazard a guess that it's going to continue to be hyperactive, comedic yuri.

Let me just say that almost all manga on Lililicious have been manga I really like. I've simply been importing manga randomly off the list from the Yuricon site, and maybe my mind got ahead of itself and "noticed" a trend.

Cool. I know the feeling-- sometimes you just can't take any more of the same sort of stuff. There was a point in the past when I was desperate for yuri manga about women above high school age... thankfully there was some manga and original doujinshi like that out there, I just didn't know about much of it at the time. lol
If you don't mind Plica-esque (if you don't know what Plica is, Google "Amamiya Sae" and you'll find reviews/info; a friend and I have started scanlating it together but haven't released any of it yet) artwork, get honey & honey from amazon.co.jp (it's not listed in the Yuricon Shop, but I think if you go to amazon.co.jp through the Yuricon Shop they might still get a few cents from your purchase... not really sure how that all works). The ISBN is 4840115222. It's a sweet, realistic (I believe it's autobiographical) story about a Japanese lesbian couple. Lililicious may end up scanlating it after we finish up a couple of our current projects.

By the way, maybe one of us should post the recommendations in the "Series help..." or "need some help with some yuri" threads.

I've recced manga (though not Haru yo, Koi or Chirality) in some other past threads... don't remember what the thread titles were.

[rosa_chinensis]

(There's allot of adorable manga's about schoolgirl's getting crush's on there onee-sama but i still have yet to find anything with a meaningful intimate relationship)

Both i guess, though I've never really considered them seperate. I've alway's thought of intimacy as a combination of the 2 for example: when a couple (HET or yuri) is all alone without anyone else around they get a little more flirty around eachother and hug and talk about there relationship (stuff about it they wouldn't talk about with other's around) and just make eachother comfortable both physically and emotional. Even with the most physical thing (sex) there's alway's emotional intimacy (re-assureing the other person and makeing sure there ready, etc). It's just kinda weird seeing a couple act the same as if they were in a room full of ppl when there alone.

Okay, here's a list of some yuri manga available in English that I would consider to contain intimate relationships. Not sure if you've already read all of them, but maybe someone somewhere will appreciate it. lol
Lililicious scanlations:
-Anniversary (one-shot)
-The Best Lover (one-shot)
-Claudine (though not everyone would consider this yuri)
-Even If We're Not Friends and its sequels (though the sequels aren't available scanlated yet)
-Free Soul
-Indigo Blue
-Love Vibes
-Maka-Maka (though I suppose that's debatable)
-Chapters 20-21 of Maria-sama ga Miteru (not yet available scanlated, though earlier chapters are)
-Moonlight Flowers
-Piano Lesson (one-shot)
-Pieta
-The Red Love Letter (one-shot)
-Real Love (one-shot)
-Shiroi Heya no Futari
-Surprise Party (one-shot)
-Sweet Blue Flowers
-Wedding Bells (one-shot)
-Wine Road of Love (one-shot)

Scanlations by other groups:
-Himitsu no Hanazono (maybe)
-Love My Life
-Ningyo Ouji (though not everyone would consider this yuri)
-The Sword of Paros

Licensed manga:
-anything from ALC Publishing
-Blue by Nananan Kiriko

[earsofdoom]

Cool. I know the feeling-- sometimes you just can't take any more of the same sort of stuff. There was a point in the past when I was desperate for yuri manga about women above high school age... thankfully there was some manga and original doujinshi like that out there, I just didn't know about much of it at the time. lol


I've noticed that to, i imagine that's becouse most lesbianism in japan happen's around that time but rarely last past it. im sure most girl's don't mind trying out a cute relationship but back out when it start's to get serious (going out on date's, spending the night at eachother's dorm's/apartment etc) and there seem's to be some mentality that haveing sex with a man "make's them a woman", (what a weird way of thinking) so sadly they probably dump there girlfriend's after or dureing highschool for a guy. another thing 2 is that japan is pretty heavy on ppl starting a family (and as we all girl's can't do that on there own)... though on the flip side unlike in the west gay and lesbian couple's in japan are actually expected to adopt a child so they can be a family. i wonder.... with all the stuff to discourage a relationship if very many lesbian's on this forum have had a healthy relationship with a girl? (i don't imagine it's very easy) my friend has only ever had 2 girlfriend's over a 7 year period.

Edit: just watched a movie called Saving Face, if you haven't already seen it WATCH IT!!! it was very good, i love the last line "so when are you haveing a baby?" :P

[ZoharContact]

i wonder.... with all the stuff to discourage a relationship if very many lesbian's on this forum have had a healthy relationship with a girl?My girlfriend and I are past a year and a half, actually. There certainly are barriers, though. And anyone who rationalizes their bigotry with the bible needs to be stoned for shaving their beards. (Yes, the law is right there in the same book, as many of you doubtlessly know.)

In oriental countries, the barriers seem less extreme, but more fully integrated. Any woman who goes past the age of twenty-four without being married seems to be hounded about it by everybody they know. Apparently it's everybody's business.Edit: just watched a movie called Saving Face, if you haven't already seen it WATCH IT!!! it was very good, i love the last line "so when are you haveing a baby?"I LOVED that movie! My favorite part was when the dancer taught the doctor how to fall down. ^_^

Also, try Tipping the Velvet if you get the chance.

[rosa_chinensis]

i wonder.... with all the stuff to discourage a relationship if very many lesbian's on this forum have had a healthy relationship with a girl? (i don't imagine it's very easy) my friend has only ever had 2 girlfriend's over a 7 year period.

I'm a bisexual woman, so I don't know if I count, but my girlfriend and I will hit our five-year anniversary in November. :) We've been very fortunate in that both of our families support our relationship.

Edit: just watched a movie called Saving Face, if you haven't already seen it WATCH IT!!! it was very good, i love the last line "so when are you haveing a baby?" :P

I loved Saving Face too. :)

Also, try Tipping the Velvet if you get the chance.

I was a little disappointed by Tipping the Velvet, actually-- I liked the book better. :-/

Apparently there's another movie coming out soon called Red Doors which covers similar material to Saving Face. Might be one to keep an eye out for. :)

[earsofdoom]

My girlfriend and I are past a year and a half, actually. There certainly are barriers, though. And anyone who rationalizes their bigotry with the bible needs to be stoned for shaving their beards. (Yes, the law is right there in the same book, as many of you doubtlessly know.)


Congrat's "throw's leftover confetti from the wedding i went to last week" though i imagine those barriar's must suck.... not being able to show sign's of effection until you get home or introduce her to your parent's must be a drag (that is what you meant by barrier's right?). ah those annoying bible thumper's... they'd sooner pair you off with the most abusive person they could find then with who you wanna be with. (out of curiosity did you give the KnM necklace to her? ^_^ )


In oriental countries, the barriers seem less extreme, but more fully integrated. Any woman who goes past the age of twenty-four without being married seems to be hounded about it by everybody they know. Apparently it's everybody's business.
Not sure why japan is so big on getting married... they are mostly shinto and buddhist and marriage is a christian thing, though if you wanted to in the future you could drag your girlfriend down there to get hitched lol.

I'm a bisexual woman, so I don't know if I count, but my girlfriend and I will hit our five-year anniversary in November. :) We've been very fortunate in that both of our families support our relationship.

Of course it count's the only difference is she has to smack you on the head for looking at both pretty girl's AND boy's :P ... though im kinda surprised your still bisexual after five year's i thought that bisexual's would conform to whatever oriantation they were with. your girlfriend isn't jealous at all? if i were in her position I'd constantly be worrying that you would rather be doing some thing's with someone of the other sex (but then again im a hypocondriac... and i dwell on thing's to much)

It's nice to know some ppl are living happy... i've been reading to many tragic/depressing yuri manga's lately.

o almost forgot "throw's more confetti"

[ZoharContact]

not being able to show sign's of effection until you get home or introduce her to your parent's must be a drag (that is what you meant by barrier's right?).Think of it this way. Sometimes it comes down to a choice between your lover or your family. Far from simple, since you've lived with your family all your life.ah those annoying bible thumper's... they'd sooner pair you off with the most abusive person they could find then with who you wanna be with.My family comes from a very laid back denomination/church, thank goodness.(out of curiosity did you give the KnM necklace to her? ^_^ )She seems to like it better on me. -_-;Not sure why japan is so big on getting married... they are mostly shinto and buddhist and marriage is a christian thing, though if you wanted to in the future you could drag your girlfriend down there to get hitched lol.I think gays aren't allowed to marry in Japan. Maybe I'm wrong?if i were in her position I'd constantly be worrying that you would rather be doing some thing's with someone of the other sex (but then again im a hypocondriac... and i dwell on thing's to much)Personally, I think there are far too many people in this world for orientation to make a significant dent in the statistics of infidelity. Besides, I share the opinions of many people on this board when I say that anyone even halfway honest with themselves/comfortable with their orientation is probably bi.was a little disappointed by Tipping the Velvet, actually-- I liked the book better. :-/Maybe I should read the book, then. Did you read the book first?

We actually saw Saving Face again tonight. Quite coincidentally.

[rosa_chinensis]

Of course it count's the only difference is she has to smack you on the head for looking at both pretty girl's AND boy's :P ... though im kinda surprised your still bisexual after five year's i thought that bisexual's would conform to whatever oriantation they were with. your girlfriend isn't jealous at all? if i were in her position I'd constantly be worrying that you would rather be doing some thing's with someone of the other sex (but then again im a hypocondriac... and i dwell on thing's to much)

I think sexual orientation is kind of different for everyone... but I don't see my relationship with my girlfriend as something that could really change my orientation. I've heard some people say that when they're in love, they don't desire or feel attraction for anyone else period, but that hasn't been the case for me. ^^;
I'm still attracted to (and fantasize about) both men and women and could see myself having a happy relationship with someone of either sex, so at this point in time I consider myself bisexual.
My girlfriend knows that I love her and that I wouldn't leave her for someone of either gender. :)

It's nice to know some ppl are living happy... i've been reading to many tragic/depressing yuri manga's lately.

o almost forgot "throw's more confetti"

Thanks! :D

I think gays aren't allowed to marry in Japan. Maybe I'm wrong?

They aren't. You could go to Canada... or Massachusetts. lol

Personally, I think there are far too many people in this world for orientation to make a significant dent in the statistics of infidelity.

Yeah. To be fair, I think sometimes there are sometimes other issues involved when gender comes into play: curiosity (though I suppose you could argue that's always an issue ^^), or an ingrained desire for a husband and 2.5 kids (or, along those same lines, to marry to please one's family).

Maybe I should read the book, then. Did you read the book first?

Yup, I read the book first. Have you read/seen Fingersmith? I thought it was a more captivating read than Tipping the Velvet, though I liked both.

[earsofdoom]

(and fantasize about) both men and women


If your girlfriend read's that your SO sleeping on the couch tonight :lol: im just kidding of course (i hope) but humor aside i guess i understand. I've been covering conformity in Sociology class so i kinda thought it would apply hear but humen sexuality is a weird thing (not saying your relationship's are weird or anything just so you know) you can't choose or conform.


Yeah. To be fair, I think sometimes there are sometimes other issues involved when gender comes into play: curiosity (though I suppose you could argue that's always an issue ^^), or an ingrained desire for a husband and 2.5 kids (or, along those same lines, to marry to please one's family).


yea I can understand that desire (though i feel bad for the parent's that end up with only 0.5 of a kid :P ), i think everyone want's a kid (whether they admit it or not) i know that if my son or daughter turned out to be gay i would be dissapointed without grandchildran... I'd hope they would adopt though.

Think of it this way. Sometimes it comes down to a choice between your lover or your family. Far from simple, since you've lived with your family all your life.

Ah, I imagine that choice can be difficult.... my parent's split up so i have to chose sometime's between my mother and my father. different situation i know but i have some what of an understanding.

We actually saw Saving Face again tonight. Quite coincidentally.

Good movie's require more then one viewing (beside's... you get to do the cheesy yawn-and-arm-over-shoulder maneuver :P ), many will argue that it ended to well for them but they did'nt exactly ignore the "stigma" i thought it was most apparent when ppl were leaving the party at the end.

O my.... i think I've accidently turned Zohar's topic into a casual Cafe discussion lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtyIT1j1BjY

Some yuri video game humor for leading everyone astray.

[ZoharContact]

O my.... i think I've accidently turned Zohar's topic into a casual Cafe discussion lol.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xtyIT1j1BjY

Some yuri video game humor for leading everyone astray.No worries. ...I wish I could view that movie, though.

Anyway, back on topic...

I don't know if there are more than three people reading this thread anymore, but I wanted to elaborate on a previous addition to the list:

Rule of Rose! A rare example of a rather yuri-heavy game being released overseas. ...But it's survival horror. It's deceptively tame at the beginning, but later on it gets really, really freaky.

I think it's made by the development team from Silent Hill, and it definitely follows their pattern of a psychological horror, freaking you out with its atmosphere, rife with hate, rather than sudden, jerky movements. However, its choice of subject matter sets its horror well apart from Silent Hill, as well. In fact, it's quite unique.

As for the yuri, however, you can expect it to end about as well as a Silent Hill game would end on that note. (Read: not too well) In fact, it's very, very depressing. Especially when you piece the complete story together.

(Addendum: probably not the same development team, despite similarities)

Edit: I mentioned this game again because of the localization. I can't really gauge the yuri if I'm playing the game in Chinese! -_-;

[earsofdoom]

The link doesn't work? funny i clicked on it and it work's fine. basically the video is of Clock tower (the SNES version... which sadly was never released in the west but there's a translation patch out) with a Marimite twist (the main character is Sachiko and the scissorman is Yumi) it a pretty funny scene about the petite souer thing.

How's the akaito translation going anyway's? any story path's hosted yet? (c'mon Uzuki path!!! :P )

[ZoharContact]

How's the akaito translation going anyway's? any story path's hosted yet? (c'mon Uzuki path!!! :P )Umm...... look! It's a vampire! ::ducks::

Christmas made ni dasenai no nara, seppuku shimasu!

[tenshi_a]

[agrees that sexuality is very complicated and individual, disagrees with parents being disappointed simply because of no biological grandchildren, I believe it must be more than that in most cases, because there are so many straight couples who just don't want kids and they're hardly ever treated the same way, it seems]

[laughs at the Marimite / Clock Tower youtube vid]

I was going to post on this thread that "Rule Of Rose" is coming out here in Europe on 27th October 2006, but now I see it's already out in the US. Heh. Ah well. I'd seen the Chinese version going for very little money (and all the spoken dialogue is in English, apparently), but I heard it's quite useful to be able to read the text (item descriptions etc) as well.

[ZoharContact]

I was going to post on this thread that "Rule Of Rose" is coming out here in Europe on 27th October 2006, but now I see it's already out in the US. Heh. Ah well. I'd seen the Chinese version going for very little money (and all the spoken dialogue is in English, apparently), but I heard it's quite useful to be able to read the text (item descriptions etc) as well.Don't get the Chinese version unless you can read Chinese. It may have English voices, but it's far from full-voice. Most of the dialogue is written, and it's really hard to know where you have to go without written hints. (Not to mention puzzles.)

[earsofdoom]

Don't get the Chinese version unless you can read Chinese. It may have English voices, but it's far from full-voice. Most of the dialogue is written, and it's really hard to know where you have to go without written hints. (Not to mention puzzles.)

I ended up getting the japanese version of Onimusha 4 becouse i heard some english dialogue, thankfully though you can change all the text and dialogue over to english (i was lucky), I downloaded the Akai ito demo not to long ago and it showed my just how bad my japanese really is, I saw some pretty picture's but ended up just selecting thing's randomly..... it was worth it though for the picture's.

Also I've also found another manga you may like with intimacy "Hanakotoba" by Sakuraike has made it's way into my favourite's mainly due to 2 story's the one shot "Last Day" is about two girl's who run away from home (becouse there parent's don't approve) and try to have as many happy time's as possible before they commit suicide (DON'T WORRY!!!! they don't do it. in the end they make the smart choice of waiting till till they can be together, it's a happy ending) the other story is about 2 yuri doujinshi artist, one a stright single girl and the other a lesbian in a relationship. it's very cute and funny especially near the end when the straight girl's sister find's out her hobby and totally misunderstand's she goes on about how she support's her and her "girlfriend's" relationship's and accept's her for who she is :lol: as usual they are hosted by Rosa Chinensis. (i swear.... is there anything she doesn't host? Yuri fan's would cease to exist without her)

[ZoharContact]

Quote from another thread, partly to avoid off-topic-ish posting there and partly to bump this one. (I haven't even had the chance to look at the manga recommendations from earlier, here.)WHAT!? im the only one interested in this!? there's gotta be someone else, well there is one more person, a female friend of mine is also eager to read the translation's (and not much interest's her enough to stop writing naughty chikane/himeko yuri fanfiction for 5 minute's... so she must be very interested) so there's gotta be more ppl. And don't wry you didn't sound offended, just after re-reading my own post i realized i sounded a bit pushy.Tenshi_a (if I remember correctly) expressed interest, but that was back before I took a hiatus. (So very sorry!)

Anyway, it's nice to see you know another who's interested. I'd originally planned not to write this unless five people expressed interest but, well, five would be a good mean for the total active yuri fans on this forum, I suppose. Maybe I should mention it in the shoujo-ai.com forum, or whichever it was, but I haven't created a user ID there, and it would be just as good to simply focus on translating at the moment.

If only my girlfriend were interested, I might have churned this out by the end of summer, but she doesn't seem to find the idea of a text adventure game interesting in the least. -_-;

Anyway, I'm really close. I may even finish the rough translation by the end of this weekend. The problem is where to put it, so I would like those interested (*ahem*) to brainstorm about what the best format would be. I considered putting it on gamefaqs, but I don't know how they would feel about this document that very few people are going to read. (Furthermore, the NJStar file is going on 1 meg now, will likely go over, and it's also less than 25% of the whole game, anyway!) It also wouldn't be very user-friendly, so maybe some type of website or finding a host would be best, but I've never made a website...

Anyway, those interested would do well to give this some thought, for the sake of expediting the actual display of this translation. And for those of you not interested in the game, you should know that the description allows this to serve as some kind of choose-your-own-adventure type fanfic-ish work on its own. I can only hope that those who read it would be hooked into buying the game. I hardly feel I've done it justice.

[earsofdoom]

Anyway, it's nice to see you know another who's interested. I'd originally planned not to write this unless five people expressed interest but, well, five would be a good mean for the total active yuri fans on this forum, I suppose. Maybe I should mention it in the shoujo-ai.com forum, or whichever it was, but I haven't created a user ID there, and it would be just as good to simply focus on translating at the moment.

Sadly yuri fan's never post much on this forum.... besides the ppl in this topic, crawlspace and shezai_neko there arn't a whole lot of active posters. (for some reason allot of poster's like Evaligan don't post here anymore.) shoujo-ai.com had a few akaito topic's so i think more ppl there would be interested.


If only my girlfriend were interested, I might have churned this out by the end of summer, but she doesn't seem to find the idea of a text adventure game interesting in the least. -_-;

I guess allot of ppl just arn't interested in a game without any real gameplay element's. I don't think there's been one text adventure game released over here yet becouse there's just no demand for them.... or is it just she's just not a gamer girl?


Anyway, I'm really close. I may even finish the rough translation by the end of this weekend. The problem is where to put it, so I would like those interested (*ahem*) to brainstorm about what the best format would be. I considered putting it on gamefaqs, but I don't know how they would feel about this document that very few people are going to read. (Furthermore, the NJStar file is going on 1 meg now, will likely go over, and it's also less than 25% of the whole game, anyway!) It also wouldn't be very user-friendly, so maybe some type of website or finding a host would be best, but I've never made a website...


Lililicous might be interested in hosting your translation, I don't think they've done game translation but it could be a first. (never any harm in asking) I'd offer help but i learned about website design a long time ago (and never really did anything with the knowledge) so not only would have forgotten stuff but im sure allot of it is out of date to.


Anyway, those interested would do well to give this some thought, for the sake of expediting the actual display of this translation. And for those of you not interested in the game, you should know that the description allows this to serve as some kind of choose-your-own-adventure type fanfic-ish work on its own. I can only hope that those who read it would be hooked into buying the game. I hardly feel I've done it justice.

Might be harder to get the game now, sony killed lik-sang. >_<

[ZoharContact]

I guess allot of ppl just arn't interested in a game without any real gameplay element's. I don't think there's been one text adventure game released over here yet becouse there's just no demand for them.... or is it just she's just not a gamer girl?That would be the former. She likes games, and she likes yuri (though with a preference for the... racier kind...), but games with still-picture cutscenes just aren't her thing, evidently.

I might be able to convince her to play through Yumei's route when I'm finished with it, so that'll be next. I have the feeling that anyone who plays with the translation will clamor for Yumei, anyway. She plays a big role in Udzuki's route.Might be harder to get the game now, sony killed lik-sang. >_<Lik-sang? What is that? Is Sony cutting down on importing, now?

[earsofdoom]

That would be the former. She likes games, and she likes yuri (though with a preference for the... racier kind...)
racier kind? im usually good with allot of terms but i don't think i know what that means. [/QUOTE]


I might be able to convince her to play through Yumei's route when I'm finished with it, so that'll be next.

Yumie's route? you mean there is more then one playable character :w00t:


Lik-sang? What is that? Is Sony cutting down on importing, now?

Yea, sony caused them to shut down for some stupid reason (selling japanese psp's i think) a real shame since i got allot of my 2D fighting game imports from there.

[ZoharContact]

racier kind? im usually good with allot of terms but i don't think i know what that means. Racier would typically mean... more fanservicey. But that would be innaccurate, since she generally dislikes fanservice. What I meant was, well... the only manga she'll ask me to read religiously is Shoujo Sect, in which they have a sex scene for every chapter.Yumie's route? you mean there is more then one playable character :w00t:Not "playable." Kei is the only main character. I'm translating Udzuki's route right now, in which Kei and Udzuki wind up together at the end. There are five routes all together, and I would say Yumei's is probably the "best," though I'm unsure which is my favorite. The reason I'm doing Udzuki's route first is, for one, most people seem to like her based on the character summary. Primarily, though, Yumei's route is locked, at least partially, until you get the true ending for Udzuki (or Sakuya, maybe, but it was Udzuki for me).

There may be more route locks than I'm aware. I didn't exactly record them the first time around, but hopefully the stories I've translated will be completely open when you get to them.Yea, sony caused them to shut down for some stupid reason (selling japanese psp's i think) a real shame since i got allot of my 2D fighting game imports from there.For a moment, I thought you meant that Sony was cracking down on any vendor that sells the means to import, so I was a bit alarmed. So you mean an import game vendor, then? I'm sorry for your loss, though.

Anyone who needs a recommendation can ask me through a PM. Akai Ito is in a Superlite version now, so it will probably sell for about $20 wherever you go.

[earsofdoom]

I thought you meant that Sony was cracking down on any vendor that sells the means to import, so I was a bit alarmed. So you mean an import game vendor, then? I'm sorry for your loss, though.

I wasn't sure at first but i think Sony is cracking down on importing, just recently I've read about another Import-company playasia falling victem. (they say that the import's have not been inspecting for safety reason.... yeah.... we all remember those import's we got that exploded without warning <_< ) i wonder if we should stock up on imports before its to late.

Edit: I've heard about an Akai ito doujinshi, and there was also a short page or 2 scanlated on lililicous dealing with akai ito, there wouldn't happen to be a manga out or in the works would there?

[ZoharContact]

..................Huh?

::googles "sony" and "play asia"::

Holy COW! Don't tell me they're doing this! They can't be doing this. No way! After all the effort I spent learning Japanese... ::breaks down and bawls on the floor::

Well, at least for now, it seems Play-Asia is still selling the majority of their merchandise. It's only PS3 and PSP systems... and maybe games... at the moment. Of course, I will truly be irked if I cannot play FFXIII in Japanese.

Honestly... their way of doing business doesn't make sense. For most of the games I've imported, I bought the English version as well. That means double the income for Sony... Suddenly I feel like writing an ornery letter in Japanese that would make the poor PR lackey reading them blanch so hard, their eyebrows would rot off! /ranting

Anyway, Akai Ito is still available at any import store that's still open. It really is a shame what happened to Lik-sang.

As for doujinshi, I've read the one you mentioned. And while cute, it is oh so very short. She has another she showed me, "Tsuki ni Mukau Chou," which I liked, but you would have to ask her personally. There are actually a number of doujinshi, but no official manga.

There is, however, a new game coming from Success by the same team as Akai Ito. It is rumored to be another yuri renai-ish game, and I would view that as a highly likely possibility, since the name is Aoi Shiro. (Translation: "Blue Castle"... maybe. It's in katakana.) It has the same rhythm as its predecessor and begins with a color.

[earsofdoom]

Another game by the same team? that's nice to know, i wonder if we will get a cameo of any of the character's from akai ito... actually is it a sequal or a whole new game? if it's a sequal there's a chance you may get that kiss you were dissapointed that didn't happen in akai ito.

[earsofdoom]

sry for the double post but the official site is up for that other game.

http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/aoishiro/index2.html

even with the japanese language pack installed i still can't read it (it shows up rather unintelligible with words all mixed together)
But i must say the drawing's in akai ito and aoi shiro look AMAZING the scenery, character's, and even the writing is done so beutifully. its such a shame we don't get games like these over here.

[ZoharContact]

Hmm. The main character is the captain of a kendou club... Cool!

The game takes place in a summer kendou camp event. Most of the characters are fellow club members. Aoi Shiro is, like I thought, "Blue Castle," and instead of focusing on blood, it focuses on the ocean.

There are oni in the cast of characters. One of them comes from an oni slayer organization, so this probably takes place in the same world as Akai Ito. That makes the chances for a cameo a little better...

[earsofdoom]

Hmm. The main character is the captain of a kendou club... Cool!

The game takes place in a summer kendou camp event. Most of the characters are fellow club members. Aoi Shiro is, like I thought, "Blue Castle," and instead of focusing on blood, it focuses on the ocean.

There are oni in the cast of characters. One of them comes from an oni slayer organization, so this probably takes place in the same world as Akai Ito. That makes the chances for a cameo a little better...

Kendou camp? Is kendou by any chance a form of martial art's? hmmm.... an oni slayer.... isn't udzuki an oni slayer? (i smell cameo) on a side note wow.... i guess i am the only one interested in akai ito. (c'mon ppl show some support <_< )

[ZoharContact]

Kendou is the sport where people wear plastic armor and have matches with bamboo swords (shinai).

And, no, the oni hunter I mentioned is another one, in the list of main characters. Her name is Kaya. She may even be an oni, herself. Of course, there may be cameos. One day when I have the time, I'll check the Honma P archives (some type of PR journal).

By the way, my girlfriend said she would help with the website! (Yay! ^_^)

[tenshi_a]

i guess i am the only one interested in akai ito. (c'mon ppl show some support <_< )
I am still interested btw, I just have a big pile of other-games-to-play and anime-to-watch and manga-to-read in the meantime, and besides, I'm in no position to tell anyone to hurry up. -_-;

[earsofdoom]

I am still interested btw, I just have a big pile of other-games-to-play and anime-to-watch and manga-to-read in the meantime, and besides, I'm in no position to tell anyone to hurry up. -_-;

Same with me, i just recently got VP silimaria ill tell ya, an rpg with a female main character is hard to come by. (like virginia from wild arm's 3, she was enough to keep me playing a game with quite possibly the LAMEST battle system on earth.) i didn't exactly mean support the project... but rather show support to the person kind enough to do this, im sure zohar would really appreciate it. (thank you zohar for doing this ^_^ )

[ZoharContact]

Yes, I appreciate it very much! ^_^

...And I'm really sorry for the hiatus. I could have finished this long ago, and I've neglected the glossary terms (although I do provide short summaries for each one...) to save time...

[earsofdoom]

And, no, the oni hunter I mentioned is another one, in the list of main characters. Her name is Kaya. She may even be an oni, herself. Of course, there may be cameos. One day when I have the time, I'll check the Honma P archives (some type of PR journal).


Darn, from the summarie's I've read she seem's to be the most interesting character in akai ito, if there's any cameo i hope it's of her (if she show's up with the main character of akai ito then that means their ending was the canon one ;) )


By the way, my girlfriend said she would help with the website! (Yay! ^_^)

Ah thats great. chance's are if you posted it on gamefaqs not many ppl would read it (any faq about a japanese game is all but unknown there... just take a look at the melty blood faqs) and im sure your girlfriend would be willing to teach you how to do it yourself incase you'd like to do more with the site. (like add some screen caps if you want to in the future) And it's always good to do things together i'll bet. I guess it ends up she was interested in Akai ito.

Yes, I appreciate it very much! ^_^

...And I'm really sorry for the hiatus. I could have finished this long ago, and I've neglected the glossary terms (although I do provide short summaries for each one...) to save time...

I thought when you said you were on page 300 and some that that was a fast pace, don't wear yourself out over it we'll gladly wait longer if it means your not passing out from lack of sleep :lol:

[tenshi_a]

The thing about gamefaqs though, is that a lot of people go there for help guides by default. I know sometimes in the past, I've bought import games in the past based on the fact I've seen there's a good translation guide on gamefaqs. So if you post it on there, you might lure more people to this game. ^_^

And there are loads of other games with huge translation guides on there; have a look at the guides for the Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars) games, for example. Or some of the Super Robot Wars (or Taisen!) games, too. They sometimes split the guides into separate parts, etc, 'cos they're getting huge.

I didn't think gamefaqs are ever bothered about the size or popularity of faqs, though, are they? People just put up their faqs and they stay there forever, don't they?

EDIT: Although, the idea of having your own website to host it is also a good idea. If you still want to use this project as a translation portfolio for looking towards a career, having it in your own site will make it look a lot better. Plus if you have the freedom to use images too, rather than just plain text, you can do more neat stuff, like giving the guide an easier-to-follow structure to follow, using a big story-path-map diagram as an image... linking through to the relevant text... maybe...

And you could have the "flat" plain text version on gamefaqs, but mention your site in it, for further reference. There are a whole load of options open...

[ZoharContact]

Plus if you have the freedom to use images too, rather than just plain text, you can do more neat stuff, like giving the guide an easier-to-follow structure to follow, using a big story-path-map diagram as an image... linking through to the relevant text... maybe...

And you could have the "flat" plain text version on gamefaqs, but mention your site in it, for further reference. There are a whole load of options open...Hmm, indeed, indeed. Thank you for the input. I did consider doing a plot branch diagram interface for a website. It would make it much more user-friendly. Considering how wildly the story branches at times, it would probably be much better than having a mess of blurbs connected with text finding codes...

Further, getting Japanese text to display from SHIFT-JIS encoding can be difficult for some people... And the selection orders in Akai Ito switch, (I think) so I can't say "the top one says this" or "pick the bottom one."

At the very least, though, I could put up a character route FAQ that points to the website, while giving strategies to gain the CGs, endings, and so on. If you really think posting on GameFAQs will garner more support, then I think I shall.

[earsofdoom]

Further, getting Japanese text to display from SHIFT-JIS encoding can be difficult for some people... And the selection orders in Akai Ito switch, (I think) so I can't say "the top one says this" or "pick the bottom one."



If you decide to go with posting image's you could just post the image with the japanese text to solve this problem (might have to bump it up a few size's though), I guess gamefaqs is a little more import friendly then i though, i've only ever gone there for melty blood re-act combo faqs.... and only found faqs for 3 characters -_-; (It's a really good fighting game if anyone here is into them, and it gets major points for haveing the female cast of character's dressed and with normal cup size's. It's a nice change when all you ever see is ppl playing DOA)

[earsofdoom]

I was just wondering (and trying to bump this nice little thread up for a bit) what everyone's gameing habits are, i myself am really into RPG's and survival horror. I really enjoy them when there's a female main character becouse i find them to be a bit more believably then most male main's (be sure to check out parasite eve on ps1, one of my fav's ^_^ ) some favourite serie's of mine: resident evil, silent hill, shadow hearts, shin megami tensai, valkyrie profile, and Disgaea.

[ZoharContact]

I'm an RPG fan, too. I dab into the other genres a lot, and I like Silent Hill, but if you want to make a game I like, a good rule to follow is "more text = better." (The exact opposite of most gamers, it would seem.) Following that model, my favorite game of all time is Xenogears! But I have a hard time choosing between that and Valkyrie Profile. Right now I lean toward the latter.

I make a point to try games with female leads. Lenneth is my absolute favorite (of course). Virginia (from Wild Arms 3) is the second most prominent in my mind. She has a great presense of heroism, and is a very well developed character.

I also like dark, really gloomy, depressing stories (Valkyrie Profile: Lenneth, the Xeno games, Vagrant Story and Thief stand out in my mind). My taste is actually... quite morbid. Also, I'm almost guarranteed to like any multimedia whatsit with a good soundtrack. (Favorite game composer: Mitsuda Yasunori. Shimomura Yuki is great, too! She did Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, and Kingdom Hearts.)

[DazzleKitty]

I'm so selective with video games, so it takes me a while to find something I like. It's either hit or miss with me. I like 'weird' sim games, like Harvest Moon and Animal Crossing.
I like some RPGs, but I am selective with them too.
I actually think the whole dating-sim game popularity in Japan is neat, but I wish most of them weren't for the computer. When I want to play a video game, I prefer using a console. I've thought about getting some of the translated ones, but there aren't that many that appeal to me. I don't mind getting one where you play as the boy (it actually sounds fun), but I hope they bring some female-oriented ones out too (and not just yaoi ones, I want games where you can play as a girl. Even yuri games would be fun).

[typhonblue]

I like games that have compelling characters.

I admit that I'm drawn to playing well-written male characters. Some of my favorites and the characters that I love are:

Halo Two - the Arbiter
Stranger's Wrath - Stranger
Planescape Torment - The Nameless One
The Soul Reaver Series - Kain and Raziel

I have the opposite problem of ears of doom. I find the female characters to be... stereotypical (for the game world) and not very compelling or believable.

They're always impossibly kick-*** and tough. (I've sparred with men, finding a woman who can blow through men in hand-to-hand like klenex is tough. Finding one that fits into a size 0 with DD boobs is impossible.)

[Soluzar]

The thing about gamefaqs though, is that a lot of people go there for help guides by default. I know sometimes in the past, I've bought import games in the past based on the fact I've seen there's a good translation guide on gamefaqs. So if you post it on there, you might lure more people to this game. ^_^
I have to agree. GameFAQs is the first place I look for a translation guide for any Japanese game, and the first place I look for any other kind of game guides.

And there are loads of other games with huge translation guides on there; have a look at the guides for the Sakura Taisen (Sakura Wars) games, for example. Or some of the Super Robot Wars (or Taisen!) games, too. They sometimes split the guides into separate parts, etc, 'cos they're getting huge.
Yeah. Where would the SRW player be without Mark Neidengard? GameFAQs is the only place you can find his guides. I'm in full agreement with you.

I didn't think gamefaqs are ever bothered about the size or popularity of faqs, though, are they? People just put up their faqs and they stay there forever, don't they?Unless the original author pulls the FAQ, or unless it is later found to be in violation of the rules, it will stay up forever.

[earsofdoom]

I'm an RPG fan, too. I dab into the other genres a lot, and I like Silent Hill, but if you want to make a game I like, a good rule to follow is "more text = better." (The exact opposite of most gamers, it would seem.)

That's the exact problem i have with one of the games on my favourite's list, shadow heart's suffer's from just not haveing enough text. All the character's though not exactley "weak" just don't seem to have enough of a presence in the story as they should.... cept the main character Yuri who's one of the few male lead's that are truely memorable to me. (hey.... It's a guy named "yuri" in a video game im techniquely on topic :lol: ) I guess with gameing becoming more casual ppl don't want to read in-game discussion's giveing you a window into who this character is. they'd much rather just start smashing stuff.


I'm almost guarranteed to like any multimedia whatsit with a good soundtrack. (Favorite game composer: Mitsuda Yasunori. Shimomura Yuki is great, too! She did Parasite Eve, Legend of Mana, and Kingdom Hearts.)

"Google's Shimorura Yuki to see what other games she's composed for"
That is quite possibly my favourite part of Parasite Eve, the use of music was just perfect and really brought square's "cinamatic rpg" to life. That game's music is up there in my top five along with System Shock 2 and shadow hearts covenent. ^_^

I have to agree. GameFAQs is the first place I look for a translation guide for any Japanese game, and the first place I look for any other kind of game guides .


What's after gamefaqs? i need some faqs for melty blood act cadanze but there is nothing out :( there

[ZoharContact]

Planescape Torment - The Nameless OneI love that one! Long live the text!I admit that I'm drawn to playing well-written male characters.I have recommendations:
Vagrant Story - Ashley Riot
Dragon Quarter - Ryu (although more for the story than the character)
Metal Gear Solid - Solid Snake
Wild Arms 2 - Ashley WinchesterI've thought about getting some of the translated ones, but there aren't that many that appeal to me. I don't mind getting one where you play as the boy (it actually sounds fun), but I hope they bring some female-oriented ones out too (and not just yaoi ones, I want games where you can play as a girl. Even yuri games would be fun).Renai games would be nice, but sometimes I wonder if Japan even wants outsiders to know about them. If you were to ask me, though, I think the ones targetting girls would be much more liable for localized success than renai games with a male demographic. Especially games like Angelique, or the like. You might be able to find a ROM for the Angelique game on the SNES. (Although nowadays it's impossible to find ROMs without feeling like you're putting your PC in clear and present danger.) The only other renai game I remember finding a ROM for was Tokimeki Memorial.

As for "wierd simulation", I once imported a game called Aoi Umi no Tristia where you play as a young female inventor trying to revitalize a failing island town... Of course, it's probably nowhere near as good as the games you mentioned, the music is mind-numbing, and it has yuri undertones, but I was unable to pry myself away for a little while.

(Also, if you're interested in the idea of well-characterized female main characters in general, I highly recommend you try Valkyrie Profile: Silmeria. It was really, really hard, though... at least the Japanese version was.)

[Soluzar]

What's after gamefaqs? i need some faqs for melty blood act cadanze but there is nothing out :( there
Sadly, I do not know of a general purpose site, other than GameFAQs. I know sites for popular game franchises, but nothing that would apply to you. Wish I could help you, but I've not seen anything applicable either.

[tenshi_a]

I like RPGs and SRPGs and text-heavy games too... and music games and fighting games and the occasional shmup too (though not FPS)... and totally random and brilliant games like Katamari Damacy...

I also miss the point-and-click adventure. It seems the genre has withered.

Anything with a huge amount of text is usually unlikely to get brought over from Japan. It's much easier to localise a fighting game!

For text-heavy translated game recommendations, I'd go with the crimesolving ones first; Phoenix Wright (for NDS), Eve Burst Error (for PC), and Glass Rose (for PS2). No yuri-content in those three, they're just ordinary generic recommendations. "Eve Burst Error" was originally made by a company that specialise in H-games, and this isn't an H-game but it's still very much adult-rated and definitely not for everyone.

Some text-heavy console games get localised to PC games, I noticed. Like "Eve Burst Error" was originally a Sega Saturn game but got localised to PC, and the people who did the "Ai Yori Aoshi" game (http://www.hirameki-int.com/appc/products/ai/index.html) took it from a PS2 version and sold their English-language PC version.

I noticed on ANS (http://www.animenewsservice.com/) yesterday they were "advertising" some people who've come up with software that helps you create Visual Novel games. http://www.bladeengine.com/ I haven't checked it out myself, but it seems you just add the pics, music, and text and the engine takes care of the rest. There are sample visual novels there, if you want to take a look to see what other people have created.

There's also the doujin visual novel (http://altogether.insani.org/) scene, which I know exists but I've never really bothered looking into...

On Topic: I started playing Summon Night Swordcraft Story 2 for GBA the other day. I'm not very far into it at all, though. If you happen to choose a female lead character and the devil girl guardian beast (which I happened to), it's overwhelmingly cute and sweet and just randomly throws implied shoujo-ai at you. So you think... "omfg! wha? wow. That's... acceptable? Cool!"

I think it's that the story is going to play out a certain way and it would play out the same way if you chose a male or a female lead character. I restarted the game with a male lead and male guardian beast, just to see, and it wasn't nearly as cute. It probably won't gather shonen-ai tones as it goes along, haha. The gameplay's like a "Tales Of..." game.

EDIT: if you're wondering why I suddenly took to the term "shoujo ai", it's because... it would be like calling Tomoyo's affection for Sakura in Cardcaptor Sakura "yuri". It just seems terribly wrong to use the word yuri, for a certain level of age and super-kawaii-ness.

[earsofdoom]

On Topic: I started playing Summon Night Swordcraft Story 2 for GBA the other day. I'm not very far into it at all, though. If you happen to choose a female lead character and the devil girl guardian beast (which I happened to), it's overwhelmingly cute and sweet and just randomly throws implied shoujo-ai at you. So you think... "omfg! wha? wow. That's... acceptable? Cool!"

Not sure if i mentioned it before in this topic but in one of the suikoden's (can't remember if it was the newest one or the one before it) there is a canon lesbian character in it. so you might be interested in that ^_^


The gameplay's like a "Tales Of..." game.


Dang, im starting to regret selling my GBA after i got a psp. im a big fan of "tales of" games. (o well.... at least i got my tales of eternia european import)

[ZoharContact]

I've heard a bunch about the Summon Night games. Apparently every game in the series allows you to choose your main character's sex, and there are several companions you can have, with romance options, not restricted to the sex of the main character. However, for the great majority of the games, the dialogue and scenes of those romances are exactly the same, as if your main character was the originally intended sex for that romance.

The catch is that Japanese is a wonderfully ambiguous language where dialogue can actually apply equally to either sex, for the most part... This could be why the Summon Night games haven't been translated. (Translations are limited by memory restrictions.) The games are actually pretty popular in Japan, I think. Anyway, does this mean that one game made it over for the GBA? I heard the later games are more apt to have different scenes for different sexes, now.

Anyway, I'd like to import them, but I have no idea where to begin. I guess I don't have the time for it, either.

[ArcaJ]

[QUOTE=ZoharContact;5964970]I've heard a bunch about the Summon Night games. Apparently every game in the series allows you to choose your main character's sex, and there are several companions you can have, with romance options, not restricted to the sex of the main character. However, for the great majority of the games, the dialogue and scenes of those romances are exactly the same, as if your main character was the originally intended sex for that romance.

The catch is that Japanese is a wonderfully ambiguous language where dialogue can actually apply equally to either sex, for the most part... This could be why the Summon Night games haven't been translated. (Translations are limited by memory restrictions.) The games are actually pretty popular in Japan, I think. Anyway, does this mean that one game made it over for the GBA?

Yup. Summon Night Swordcraft Story's here for the GBA.
http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hinocr5.jpg
Pratty and Sugar FOREVER!!!!

::HUGS::

Arca Jeth

[earsofdoom]

Yup. Summon Night Swordcraft Story's here for the GBA.
http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hinocr5.jpg
Pratty and Sugar FOREVER!!!!

::HUGS::

Arca Jeth

Yay it's nice to see more japanese games makeing there way over here (theres so much RPG fans miss out on) now we need someone to bring over the first persona. are those 2 really named Pratty and Suger :huh: ?

[ZoharContact]

So sorry for my tardiness, but the Akai Ito Udzuki route is complete! I can't believe that last stretch took so long...

Anyway, what remains now is editing and display. Hopefully I can have it up before Christmas, but at least now I don't have to cut my stomach... -_-;

[tenshi_a]

In case any of you were still looking out for a European release of "Rule Of Rose", the release of which had been put back until *today*, the publishers have decided not to release it at all (http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=149826)!

Strangely enough, the page about the game is still on their site:
http://www.505gamestreet.com/gameinfo.htm?id=114

I guess the site's just out of date, though.

[ArcaJ]

Yay it's nice to see more japanese games makeing there way over here (theres so much RPG fans miss out on) now we need someone to bring over the first persona. are those 2 really named Pratty and Suger :huh: ?

Yup. I've played the ROM from the original Japanese and I have the U.S. GBA cartridge. it seems Pratty is quite the player. :naughty:

::HUGS::

Arca Jeth

[earsofdoom]

So sorry for my tardiness, but the Akai Ito Udzuki route is complete! I can't believe that last stretch took so long...

Anyway, what remains now is editing and display. Hopefully I can have it up before Christmas, but at least now I don't have to cut my stomach... -_-;

Yay, out of curiosity are there different ending's with each said character? kinda like in that translation for Tsukihime where each girl has an a)dies B)lives c)ends romanticly involved with shiki ending.

Yup. I've played the ROM from the original Japanese and I have the U.S. GBA cartridge. it seems Pratty is quite the player. :naughty:

::HUGS::

Arca Jeth

If your one for ps1 roms you might like persona (just be sure to get the english patch, bastards never released it over here) I have yet to play it myself but there is soppoused to be at least 2 lesbian characters in it.

[ZoharContact]

Yay, out of curiosity are there different ending's with each said character? kinda like in that translation for Tsukihime where each girl has an a)dies B)lives c)ends romanticly involved with shiki ending.There are quite a few, actually. If I remember correctly, they said there were 32 endings in total. There might be some overlapping, though. If you average it, it would be six or seven endings for each character (although one actually has only two endings). And yes, they come in three types: red) Kei dies, blue)Kei lives, but it's usually really depressing, and white) the "true" ending, where Kei gets together with the character.

Even the "bad" and "normal" endings can be quite good, however, or at least... poignant. ^_^ (A~ngst!) And one of my favorite endings overall is one of Sakuya's blue endings. (blue doesn't necessarily mean that they don't wind up together)

[earsofdoom]

There are quite a few, actually. If I remember correctly, they said there were 32 endings in total. There might be some overlapping, though. If you average it, it would be six or seven endings for each character (although one actually has only two endings). And yes, they come in three types: red) Kei dies, blue)Kei lives, but it's usually really depressing, and white) the "true" ending, where Kei gets together with the character.

Sound's like one hell of a hard time to translate "hands zohar some coffee for those long hour's" yuricon should have a link to your site when you finish for all your hard work like those lililicous girl's do, you definately deserve it.

:cheers:


Even the "bad" and "normal" endings can be quite good, however, or at least... poignant. ^_^ (A~ngst!) And one of my favorite endings overall is one of Sakuya's blue endings. (blue doesn't necessarily mean that they don't wind up together)

Gotta love angst, it make's it all the more meaningful when they get together. I take it some "blue ending's" they get together but give the impression thing's are going to be hard?

[ZoharContact]

Sound's like one hell of a hard time to translate "hands zohar some coffee for those long hour's" yuricon should have a link to your site when you finish for all your hard work like those lililicous girl's do, you definately deserve it.

:cheers:::accepts graciously:: Let's see...

454 pages in total. (Including transcripts of Japanese text. NOT including glossary entries, which will come later.) ...And remember, this is about one-fifth of the finished product. -_-; I hope to display it sometime before Christmas, but for now I'm catching up with an entire season's worth of entertainment, while applying for the JET Program, AGAIN! <_<Gotta love angst, it make's it all the more meaningful when they get together. I take it some "blue ending's" they get together but give the impression thing's are going to be hard?I do very much love angst.

And yes, that's the gist behind the blue endings. There's one where the character transfers into her school, but with an air of "things will never be the same." Another ending leaves Kei so drowned in regret that she basically resolves to die. It might as well be a red ending.

[earsofdoom]

::accepts graciously:: Let's see...

454 pages in total. (Including transcripts of Japanese text. NOT including glossary entries, which will come later.) ...And remember, this is about one-fifth of the finished product. -_-; I hope to display it sometime before Christmas, but for now I'm catching up with an entire season's worth of entertainment, while applying for the JET Program, AGAIN! <_<

The JET program? my uncle applied for that when he went back to school if i remember correctly isn't that a japanese teaching exchange type thing? I still remember all the wonderful pictures he brought back ^_^ (for future reference you don't have to eat the squid to get your picture taken, its a pretty funny story) you may be able to get some beutiful self-published Yuri manga while your there (it's pretty hard to get a publisher for something that has almost no audiance) I hope one day to take part myself, i haven't seen much of the world besides my visit to europe.

[ZoharContact]

you may be able to get some beutiful self-published Yuri manga while your there (it's pretty hard to get a publisher for something that has almost no audiance) I hope one day to take part myself, i haven't seen much of the world besides my visit to europe.You mean, like, go to comiket? The very thought of the crowds freaks me out like you wouldn't believe. And thinking about the type of work that probably comprises 75% of what I would find there... doesn't help all that much.

I guess they have doujinshi shops that you can visit year-round, though, yes?

[earsofdoom]

You mean, like, go to comiket? The very thought of the crowds freaks me out like you wouldn't believe. And thinking about the type of work that probably comprises 75% of what I would find there... doesn't help all that much.

I guess they have doujinshi shops that you can visit year-round, though, yes?

Comiket? that's the place with mile long lines of ppl trying to get "mature" doujinshi isn't it? (that would be pretty freaky) there are some doujinshi shop's year-round and a few "rare" ones that stock up on lesbian written doujinshi like Hanakotoba (one of my personnal favourite's, you can read it on daily yuri on live journal) of course finding them is sure to be a challange but then there's also yuri hime magazine which should be much easier to find. theres a few links on yuricon's sight to japanese yuri sites that may be of some help. There's allot of very nice yuri doujinshi's written by lesbians who had to publish there own work becouse no company would publish them, thankfully a few of them were able to get some of there works published in yuri hime. (i think there was even an akai-ito doujinshi one shot in one issue.)

[rosa_chinensis]

I guess they have doujinshi shops that you can visit year-round, though, yes?

Yes, Tora no Ana comes to mind.
Also K-Books, though I didn't think to look for original yuri doujinshi there. And I think Mandarake sells both manga and doujinshi.
There might also be some yuri-specific resources... I'm not sure. Probably some info online about that, but I haven't looked.
It'll really depend on what part of Japan you're in. If you're in Tokyo, there should be quite a few places you can go to get doujinshi. :)
Good luck with your JET application. Some of my friends are doing JET right now and seem to like it a lot. :)

[ZoharContact]

Well, thank you both very much. And thanks for the recommendations!

Indeed, I heard numerous people talk about how they wondered if they would last a year after trying it for a few weeks, then they wind up staying for three years, after which they're practically dragged away.

Anyway, thanks for the well-wishin'. ^_^

[earsofdoom]

There's allot of belief that Nel from star ocean till the end of time (or as the fan's of star ocean call it "the matrix") has feeling's for Claire at first i didn't believe it much but after replaying and getting more scenes involving her it's not all that far fetched. The majority of her battle quotes speak about claire, they are very close, and there is this one scene where the main male lead and another girl are asking her about if she has someone she loves and from the way she act's the character's draw the conclusion she does have someone, at first you'd think it would be the male lead but she never showed any interest in him.... or even associates with any guy much in the series for that matter, and besides she asked him "do you really want to die so soon?" after he asked Yike! and then there is Nel's ending where Tynave and farleen (whom's voice acter's i will murder) say she got so jealous when she saw fayt talking to claire. Add unto that Claire's father is always trying to find someone for her to marry and you get the feeling Claire already found someone but doesn't wanna reveal it.... or that her father is trying desperately in a last ditch effort to find a guy before she confess's or something lol. All in all i liked that game though the AI is pretty stupid at times (if you play it be sure to pause and switch character's often) and i didn't mind the plot twist as much as some ppl did.

[Animematt55]

[QUOTE=ZoharContact;5964970]

Yup. Summon Night Swordcraft Story's here for the GBA.
http://img123.imageshack.us/my.php?image=hinocr5.jpg
Pratty and Sugar FOREVER!!!!

::HUGS::

Arca Jeth

One of these games made it to the states??
What othe rsystems are they for?

[ArcaJ]

[QUOTE=ArcaJ;5965048]

One of these games made it to the states??
What othe rsystems are they for?

http://gameboy.ign.com/articles/714/714015p1.html

It's on the GBA. Pick the female character and you're off and running.

::HUGS::

Arca Jeth

[ZoharContact]

There's allot of belief that Nel from star ocean till the end of time (or as the fan's of star ocean call it "the matrix") has feeling's for Claire at first i didn't believe it much but after replaying and getting more scenes involving her it's not all that far fetched.I played that, too! That's one game I need to play an import of.

I never really thought of those two, but when I think about it, they fit together perfectly! ::wonders if there are any doujinshi::

A replay of that game would take so long, though...

Anyway, it always seemed to me like the Star Ocean series was the Japanese gaming version of Star Trek while Xenosaga was Star Wars.

[earsofdoom]

I played that, too! That's one game I need to play an import of.

I never really thought of those two, but when I think about it, they fit together perfectly! ::wonders if there are any doujinshi::

A replay of that game would take so long, though...


Thats why they called it "till the end of time" becouse that's how long a complete play through takes :naughty: . Im sure there's a faq around to get all of nel's scene's though.



Anyway, it always seemed to me like the Star Ocean series was the Japanese gaming version of Star Trek while Xenosaga was Star Wars.


That's the impression i get from them to, Star Ocean always had a scientific explaination for everything (EX: Symbology the games magic) While gear's always had a "spiritual" like explanation. Though a big difference is that the fan's haven't declared war on one another. :lol:

[earsofdoom]

I don't mean to bug you zohar but I've been trying to translate that sig of yours for awhile without success. If you have the time could you post it in english if its not to much trouble? The word "Orochi" really stands out. (And if yuri has taught us anything its that where you find an evil eight headed god you will find angst ^_^ )

[ZoharContact]

I was wondering if anyone would ask. It's basically a quoted speech from the two oni twins, Nozomi and Mikage.

Mikage: "The 'chi' of 'chikara' (power) and the 'chi' of 'inochi' (life)---"
Nozomi: "Simultaneously part of the material flesh, and of the immaterial spirit."
Mikage: "Namely, extremes born of a double meaning."
Nozomi: "The source of all things."
Mikage: "Tokotachi, Satsuchi, Kagutsuchi, Orochi - 'chi' is the kotodama defining the nature of the gods themselves." (Translator's Note: Kotodama is litterally "word" and "spirit." Basically meaning a "power word.")
Nozomi: "That is why humans offer their blood."
Mikage: "Their Nie no Chi."

This is the conversation where the twin oni first meet Kei and tell her how special her blood is. Just so it's clear, "chi" is "blood" in Japanese. I found this little blurb to be very interesting, linguistically. There are a whole bunch of interesting coincidences in languages and mythologies that are touched upon in the game.

Oh, and by the way, "Kagutsuchi" is the name of Mai's child in Mai-Hime.

[earsofdoom]

^Chi means blood? i was under the impression Chi was some sort of "kenetic energy" or maybe im thinking of "Chii". On a completely unrelated note i just bought a sealed copy of Xenogears!!! im just giddy and felt like saying it after getting this "relic".^_^

[ZoharContact]

^Chi means blood? i was under the impression Chi was some sort of "kenetic energy" or maybe im thinking of "Chii".In Japanese, "chi" is "blood." It means "energy" in Chinese. And as for "chii," that's just the sound Chii makes in Chobits.

Anyway, I'm glad to hear of your acquisition. Xenogears is a wonderful game loaded with text! If you're interested in buying other wonderful "relics," I would suggest: Vagrant Story, Suikoden 2, Legend of Mana.

[earsofdoom]

Anyway, I'm glad to hear of your acquisition. Xenogears is a wonderful game loaded with text! If you're interested in buying other wonderful "relics," I would suggest: Vagrant Story, Suikoden 2, Legend of Mana.

Already got'em all ^_^ . Video game's have been my hobby since the age of 5 (The old Text rpg's where the reason i learned how to read lol) so i've got quite the collection already (im glad someone else liked vagrant story). To add a game to the list of "yuri in video game's" there was a Negima Renai game for the ps2 and you just know there's gotta be some Konosetsu cuteness in it, there was also one for the GBA (looked like a card based RPG). O if only i could read japanese. I love konoko and setsuna to pieces :heart: .

Out of curiosity would it be possible to get a sneak peek of the Akaito translations? it would make a great christmas gift for all everyone :lol: hows the site going anyways? i hope the learning curve for website design wasn't to tough to learn.

[ZoharContact]

I don't remember if I've mentioned this before or not, but going through and editing the Akai Ito translation reminds me of this issue...

Which tense sounds better (to all concerned...)? Present, or past?

I'm beginning to learn that Japanese fictional prose doesn't really have rules about keeping tense constant. Akai Ito, in particular, is written from Kei's point of view in first person. On one hand, past tense gives the feeling of conventional fiction, and would be easiest to write/understand. On the other hand, I've written a good portion of the translation in present tense which seems better able to put the reader in Kei's shoes, but on the other hand, is really awkward to translate and write.

I'm not even sure, really, how much I've written in one or the other, but I get the feeling that I'd better decide to lean towards one right now. Of course, there will likely remain some switching between tenses, but...

I know that most people who want to read this translation are more than likely to say, "do what you think is best," but I welcome, or rather, desire your input.

Please! (Note: This also means that I hope to post this online very soon and continue translating other routes.)

[Soluzar]

^Chi means blood? i was under the impression Chi was some sort of "kenetic energy" or maybe im thinking of "Chii". On a completely unrelated note i just bought a sealed copy of Xenogears!!! im just giddy and felt like saying it after getting this "relic".^_^
I believe that "Chi" such as you might be thinking of is pronounced "Ki" in Japanese. Just on a side-note, there can be any number of kanji which are pronounced the same but mean different things. My dictionary lists 24 kanji which can be prounounced "Chi".

Blood (血) is one of the more common ones though. Another thing that can help to really confuse things is that some kanji can be read (ie pronounced) multiple different ways depending on what sort of a context they are in. That amusing and interesting passage in Zophar's sig is especially mind-boggling, because "Inochi" (命) and "Chikara" (力) are both single kanji, so there's no part of the word "Inochi" or "Chikara" that means literally chi in the sense of blood. It's just clever word-play. Other than "Orochi" I'm not able right now to find out what the kanji are for the various mythological creatures that are mentioned, which is a shame. I'd like to know if the "chi" in all of their names is the same kanji. It could mean that the wordplay goes that bit deeper.

Japanese is serious business.

[earsofdoom]

I don't remember if I've mentioned this before or not, but going through and editing the Akai Ito translation reminds me of this issue...

Which tense sounds better (to all concerned...)? Present, or past?

I'm beginning to learn that Japanese fictional prose doesn't really have rules about keeping tense constant. Akai Ito, in particular, is written from Kei's point of view in first person. On one hand, past tense gives the feeling of conventional fiction, and would be easiest to write/understand. On the other hand, I've written a good portion of the translation in present tense which seems better able to put the reader in Kei's shoes, but on the other hand, is really awkward to translate and write.


Past Tense sounds better (and is easier to write on your end) I believe the ppl working on the Tsukihime translation are doing the past tense thing as well and the majority of translations i read are in past tense so that might be the "usual way". good to see your still alive :P lol the thread kinda went into oblivion for awhile.

And thats the exact reason I abandoned my japanese course soluzar.

[ZoharContact]

I'd like to know if the "chi" in all of their names is the same kanji. It could mean that the wordplay goes that bit deeper.Well, here you go.

Orochi - 大蛇 (Yes, it literally means "big snake.")
Kagutsuchi - 軻遇突智
Satsuchi - 狭槌
Tokotachi - 常立

As you can see, there are no notable similarities in writing, but the person who wrote Akai Ito probably had a background in linguistics, and such people focus less on the written word and more on the spoken. The game is filled to the brim with wordplay like this, that point out the power of relationships in spoken language.

Of course, there are lots more gods in Japanese mythology that don't have a "chi" in their name, so this little revelation is little more than a neat coincidence. ^_^

Also, ears, thank you for the decisive reply... And don't give up on Japanese! It's so fun! Anyway, we'll see if you can give up on the language after playing this game. ¬_¬

[earsofdoom]

Also, ears, thank you for the decisive reply... And don't give up on Japanese! It's so fun! Anyway, we'll see if you can give up on the language after playing this game. ¬_¬

I may decide to continue the course but for now it's just a bit to much for me to handle, Im getting rather heavy into drawing (currently experimenting with Inking) so i kinda need all the time i can get for that.... on a side note If you need Fanart's for that site your working on feel free to ask, im currently planning an Uzuki Senba sketch as congratulations on a job well done ^_^ . (ill post it when its finished)

[ZoharContact]

If you need Fanart's for that site your working on feel free to ask, im currently planning an Uzuki Senba sketch as congratulations on a job well done ^_^ . (ill post it when its finished)I would be overjoyed. Thanks. ^^

[earsofdoom]

Say zohar you wouldn't happen to have a good pic of Uzuki to use a reference would you? Ive been trying to use that pic of her posted way back but its hard to make out allot of the details, (mainly the sword since its behind her back.) also those japanese symbols are her name right? (wouldn't want to go through all that effort and label it in beutiful text on the side that say "character #2" by accident :lol: )

[ZoharContact]

Say zohar you wouldn't happen to have a good pic of Uzuki to use a reference would you? Ive been trying to use that pic of her posted way back but its hard to make out allot of the details, (mainly the sword since its behind her back.) also those japanese symbols are her name right?That's her name, last name "Senba" at the top, and "Udzuki" at the bottom.

Anyway, I'm searching around online, and I'm finding
http://pds.exblog.jp/pds/1/200606/08/70/b0095270_032773.jpg
a lot of images.
http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/akaiito/images/f_bbok10.jpg

Unfortunately, I can't find a detailed image of her sword for you online. But, on the bright side... WATCH THIS VIDEO! (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hsydijja-Bg)

There's a shot of Udzuki, weapon in hand, at the very end of it. Of course, it's unlikely to be anything you can use. I can tell you this, though: the blade itself looks unique. It has the traditional wavy sharpened effect, but on the unsharpened surface of the blade, it has discolorations that are shaped kind of like age rings on a tree. (In fact, that's how Kei describes it when she looks at it.) They're somewhat greenish, not concentric. And the hilt is gold-plated. If you watch a movie of the opening sequence, they show it for a split second. They only show it being held up. They don't show Udzuki in that picture. I think it's about... halfway through?

The sword is called 維斗の太刀 (Ito no Tachi).

Edit: Thanks to AkuTenshi, here are two more.
http://weiss.vis.ne.jp/teleca/ito05.jpg
http://weiss.vis.ne.jp/teleca/ito06.jpg
The second one is the one that appears at the end of the music video I linked, actually. Hopefully that gives you enough to work with.

[earsofdoom]

Im curious about her sword, it doesn't appear to have a sheath but rather its just wrapped in cloth which is rather interesting.... or is there a sheath under that cloth? Hopefully ill be able to see enough details to show the blade but that "sheath" doesn't look half bad either so i may have her sword sheathed (btw which one would you like to see drawn?) thank you zohar and tenshi those are very helpful. (I was unable to find anything much with my own search's)

[ZoharContact]

There's a sheath. She just has the whole thing wrapped in cloth when she walks around. It would attract a lot more attention, otherwise, and I imagine it also has something to do with the provisions of the license for carrying it around in public.

The sheath is also either gold-plated, or solid gold. I seem to remember it having angular edges.

Anyway, draw it however you like. I suppose I would like it best if she was holding it drawn, but go with whatever you feel is best. ^_^

[earsofdoom]

There's a sheath. She just has the whole thing wrapped in cloth when she walks around. It would attract a lot more attention, otherwise, and I imagine it also has something to do with the provisions of the license for carrying it around in public.

The sheath is also either gold-plated, or solid gold. I seem to remember it having angular edges.

Anyway, draw it however you like. I suppose I would like it best if she was holding it drawn, but go with whatever you feel is best. ^_^

Interesting sheath (with that much gold in her sword she must be carrying around a fortune) Ill be sure to search for a pick of it since i have this idea for an Unsheathing of the sword pose, you or tenshi wouldn't happen to have a pic of the sheath would you. (Is it just me or am i really slacking on my own project -_-; )

[akutenshi00]

ara, it must be your lucky day~ (http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1ev3.jpg)

[earsofdoom]

ara, it must be your lucky day~ (http://img249.imageshack.us/my.php?image=1ev3.jpg)

Nice, i can use every referencer i can get. I just hope i don't have to go to 4chan 2 get a pic of the sheath (After all the horrible stuff I've heard i don't wanna touch that place with a 12 foot pole) but i think i have enough pics for the sword. Now i gotta use what little japanese i did learn to think of a title -_-;

[ZoharContact]

After taking a look at a certain reviewer for the first in a long time, I saw something that looks like a nice little gem (http://blnd.sakura.ne.jp/game/game023.html). So, just in case anyone would appreciate the apprisal, I link. (Those who don't read Japanese can just look at the overall scoring at the bottom.)

http://ec1.images-amazon.com/images/P/B000IJ6XAO.01._SS500_SCLZZZZZZZ_.jpg

I can't link the site here, though. If you put "Katahane" (written in katakana) into google, you'll probably find it.

Also, a few days ago, I thought I had found Summon Night: Swordcraft Story, but I neglected to notice the "2" at the end of the title. In playing it, I thought I'd ask, are there voices in the first game, too? The dubbed voices in the second one fry my nerves every time the summon creature casts a spell...

[Nia]

Does the game have to involve sex? If not, you should add Galerians to that list. Actually, Galerians: ASH (the second game). As far as I know, it's one of the few games translated into English that has yaoi in it. There isn't a relationship exactly, but there are TWO scenes involving male/male kissing. I was pleasantly surprised by this.♥

I can provide pictures/screenshots, but I'm not sure if this falls under the correct category.

[ZoharContact]

It's up! I'm really sorry about the wait (for those who waited), but the Akai Ito (http://digitalmedia.arts.ufl.edu/~kmcgo/Akaiito/) line-by-line translation is up and running, at last! ...For Uzuki's route, anyway.

Please, by all means, take a look and see if you're interested in importing the game or not.

...Now I'll be getting some sleep, then starting Yumei's route. Sorry for the lack of a navigation function. I should have something nominal to show you in the near future...

.........

-_-

[tenshi_a]

Wow! Excellent! That's fantastic! :w00t: Thanks for all your hard work!

Now I have to work out some way to get my computer monitor close enough to my PS2 screen so I can read both at once... -_-;

BTW there's another method for getting imported PS2 games running: HD Loader (which our mod Sharp-kun also advises using (http://animenation.net/forums/showthread.php?t=202712)). It involves installing a hard drive into an older-larger-model PS2, using a PS2 network adapter. That's possibly more expensive than buying an imported console, but it's convenient and you don't have to open up your console. For anyone who's already set up their PS2 like this to play imported games, I can confirm that Akai Ito runs under HD Loader with no problems! (or at least, it seems to... all I did to try it out was start it up, though; I didn't start playing because I had been waiting for this translation...)

For all of you who are still trying to locate a copy of this game for sale, it's available at Play Asia (http://www.play-asia.com/paOS-13-71-43-49-en-15-akaiito-70-u3k.html), and since they're having a sale (until the end of Thursday, Hong Kong Time), it's on sale with 20% off!

EDIT: [reads the first 2 pages] Wow, this is really well written! It's good to see a translator that's as much in love with the English language as they are with the Japanese language... and yet the spoken dialogue remains natural and vibrant...

[rosa_chinensis]

It's up! I'm really sorry about the wait (for those who waited), but the Akai Ito (http://digitalmedia.arts.ufl.edu/~kmcgo/Akaiito/) line-by-line translation is up and running, at last! ...For Uzuki's route, anyway.

Please, by all means, take a look and see if you're interested in importing the game or not.

...Now I'll be getting some sleep, then starting Yumei's route. Sorry for the lack of a navigation function. I should have something nominal to show you in the near future...

.........

-_-

Neat! Congratulations on your accomplishment. :)
Will you be mentioning the translation on other yuri boards and mailing lists too? I know there are other yuri fans out there that don't read this forum, and that would help you reach more people who might be interested. I'll add your site to the Lililicious links page as well, if that's all right with you.

[ZoharContact]

EDIT: [reads the first 2 pages] Wow, this is really well written! It's good to see a translator that's as much in love with the English language as they are with the Japanese language... and yet the spoken dialogue remains natural and vibrant...Wow. Thank you so much! ^_^ Now I really want to get started on Yumei's route. I'd better fix the navigation first, though. I've been going through, editing my work, and going down the projected path to reach your place is really a pain, once you get farther along.

Also, some parts of her route may be locked. I'll research those and post another how to, but unlocking them may involve seeing a bad ending or two, and you may have to cross over to Yumei's route to unlock scenes in Uzuki's. (I know I got a bad ending in her route before I beat Uzuki's route...) If any of the choices you see in my translation don't appear in your game, you can assume that that's the problem.

Anyway, you've certainly been waiting a long time to play that game, haven't you? I'm really sorry! Yumei's route may be the biggest in the game, but it overlaps with Uzuki's at points and it should go a lot smoother, now that I have a site to edit, and everything. (At the very least, it shouldn't take eight months. -_-; )

Since you're playing with the game, too (you rock!), I would very much appreciate it if you tell me of any points you notice where the game text and the translation text don't match up, or if you lose your place because of a mistake I made. Also, if you get to an automatic branch and follow the instructions, but the divergence map hasn't shown the branch yet, let me know. I'll probably play through my game also, just to make sure.

Anyway, thank you very much for the kind compliments. I certainly do like language. I'm a linguist, after all. ^_^Will you be mentioning the translation on other yuri boards and mailing lists too? I know there are other yuri fans out there that don't read this forum, and that would help you reach more people who might be interested. I'll add your site to the Lililicious links page as well, if that's all right with you.I've already mentioned it on the Shoujo-Ai forums, but I've seen no reaction. By all means, post a link if you're feeling up to it. Thank you. ^_^

[tenshi_a]

I haven't quite gotten as far as playing the game with the translation in front of me, yet. I managed to swivel things round in my home so I could sit between my PC and PS2, but that meant the screens were 180 degrees apart, and looking at both screens a line at a time is a pain in the neck (literally). So I'm busily making myself an offline plain text version so I can use something other than my PC to view the translation. (I'll have to look up the wiki links separately, and I lose the formatting, but it seems my best option at the moment)

I could just read the translation on its own, but... oh, this game is too beautiful to do that to, and I'm drawn in right from the start, so... I'm taking the long way round to get this as near to right as I can.

Just skimming through, I noticed that this page (http://digitalmedia.arts.ufl.edu/~kmcgo/Akaiito/StoryFiles/sleepy_face.html) has a broken html tag right at the top of the page. That's the only obvious mistake I've noticed so far (I understand; you were all too *_* at that page...)

I like the little option in the menu of this game that lets you change the system voice to whoever you want. That's very cute. It seems like an extraordinarily sweet kind of horror story...?!

[ZoharContact]

Okay, fixed.

I also have a navigation section up. It's ugly, but please bear with it for the time being.

tenshi_a has also provided an archive of .txt files for me to host on the site, for all those who would have trouble arranging an online translation-friendly setup near their television. I'll have them up soon enough. Good work, tenshi-a! ^_^

By the way, for those of you who are noticing all the bold lettering, those would be words that come from the in-game glossary. I found the glossary to be an incredible source of information for all sorts of facets of Japanese culture, and I had a glossary translation in the works, but...

I quit that about the time I was translating the "Nebai Ito" scene... (Just take a look and you'll see why.) So, I was wondering... should I rush ahead and translate Yumei's route? Or does anyone want me to finish the glossary?

[tenshi_a]

I'd say... only continue with the glossary if you find it more interesting to work on than the story, or if you think the info in the glossary is more accurate/relevant than the wiki links you've inserted into the text.

[Samael]

If you go to pinkprincess they have so far 3 yaoi video game titles. One deals with World War 2 nazi S&M. So if you like meat lockers you might like that game. I'm waiting for a yaoi game with male to female transsexuals or what Japanese call now days New Halfs.

[ZoharContact]

I've made some big updates to the Akai Ito Translation page (http://digitalmedia.arts.ufl.edu/~kmcgo/Akaiito/) in the last few days. Day one of Yumei's route has been posted. There is also a Game Info section, and I put in a "What's new..." section to keep visitors apprised of any (or rather, most) updates I make.

...I swear I have learned enough html in the past week to make my head expl--12po4u63 9tyiooooooooooooooooooooogjsdssssssssaaa a

[ZoharContact]

Day 2 of Yumei's route is posted. I hope you like it. ^_^

Dewa, gokigenyou... -_-

[ZoharContact]

I posted this same video a page or two back, as a link to youtube...

This (http://stage6.divx.com/Japanese-Mad-Movie-Archive/video/1178035/%5BMAD%5D%5BAKAIITO%5D-Yamada-(Fixed)) one is much higher quality, but you may need to download divx plugins to play it. Anyway, it's very well done. ^_^ (an Akai Ito compilation/AMV)

[ZeroRyoko1974]

Enchanted Arms- One of the three main chracters, Makoto is flaming gay for one of the other characters, Toya.

[tenshi_a]

It's about time someone bumped this thread...

I started playing a game called "Brooktown High" on PSP this past weekend, it's an American game but has been published by Konami (North America only). It's a dating sim, where you go through a year of school, getting your grades up, and try to get together with another student. That's similar in structure to the famous "Tokimeki Memorial" games by Konami (Japan only). However, the game is unfortunately extremely American-teen-Hollywood-movie stereotypical, everyone is really really shallow, and most of the characters are extremely dislikeable. Also, people are far, far too willing to drop any feelings they had for you just because you have a differing opinion about something that doesn't really matter to either of you. Or you're wearing the wrong shoes that day.

I also didn't like the cheap thinly veiled innuendo abstract cutscenes they used instead of kissing, "making out", etc. Or the fact that you'd get to your date, say about 2 lines and either have the guy hating you, or you kiss and then it's goodbye and that's a success.

What; is that too realistic of teen dating? It's pretty horrible.

Why do I even mention this game, and in this thread?

Well, one of the girls - Bethany - is clearly seeing another girl - Meena - and that's when I first realised, hey, you can use the "ask out on a date" button on girls (I hadn't expected it; it's such a predatory heterosexual meat market game). I tried it on Bethany and she looked shocked and said something like "sorry I don't swing that way" (even though she's pretty much just clearly stated she's interested in girls).

I looked up and found out that if you're playing as a guy and try and date Bethany, she tells you straight out at the summer prom that she's turning you down because she's interested in girls. But then you marry her.

(And on the game I played, I found that with the guy I ended up with, if I refused to make out with him at the prom and his love turned to hate, he'd end up marrying me, having 5 kids and we'd then divorce. But if I made out with him and told him I loved him, the ending would say that it was a shame I never made out at the prom, and I'd never marry. I think this game is just broken when it comes to telling you what happens in the future. It's all reversed.)

Anyway. More research is needed to find out whether it is actually possible to date the same sex as yourself in this game. That is, if I can stand to play it through again. -_-;

I miss Tokimeki Memorial. So innocent and much funnier and fun.

[earsofdoom]

Well, one of the girls - Bethany - is clearly seeing another girl - Meena - and that's when I first realised, hey, you can use the "ask out on a date" button on girls (I hadn't expected it; it's such a predatory heterosexual meat market game). I tried it on Bethany and she looked shocked and said something like "sorry I don't swing that way" (even though she's pretty much just clearly stated she's interested in girls).

I looked up and found out that if you're playing as a guy and try and date Bethany, she tells you straight out at the summer prom that she's turning you down because she's interested in girls. But then you marry her.


Wtf?
"Im sorry, im totally seeing meena but im not interested in girls."

"Im sorry, i turned you down becouse i like girls.... but i just can't resist that thing you have in your pants for some reason so im going to dump my girlfriend Meena and marry you."

Game sounds kinda broken..... I've never heard of that other japanese sounding game before but im guessing it handled the yuri much better?

[tenshi_a]

I went back and tried the game for a bit this evening. These characters are just horrible people, backstabbity all the way. The girls are also all still shocked and insist they "don't swing that way" if you ask to date them (when playing as a girl).

Yeah, this game is too broken to tolerate. #¬_¬

These girls aren't the kind I want to be talking to, either.

Oh and Tokimeki Memorial is just the all-time classic dating sim series. All dating sims should aspire to the greatness of the Tokimeki Memorial games. IMHO. The 2nd game is the best of the lot, a 5-disc PS1 game. You play as a boy (though you rarely see him and you can put in your own name) and you try to get girls to fall in love with you, there is no yuri content. There's also no kissing or making out, it's pure romance.

Well, actually, in the first game there's Ijuin Rei (http://www.endtears.net/tokimemo/rei.html) who is like... the one super-rich smartly dressed rogue who all the girls in class go sparkly-eyed over, who sets up the annual big Christmas party, gives a truckload of chocolate to everyone in school on Valentine's Day, has a personal army... if you get to the end of the game and haven't got a girlfriend and have spoken to Rei a lot... Rei turns up under the tree and confesses her love to you. And you're supposed to think "oh, you were a girl? I didn't notice". Perhaps. I don't know. She was really your love rival up to then! She's voiced by a seiyuu (Tsunoda Narumi) who plays one of the Starlights in Sailor Moon Stars... I thought she might be worth mentioning here... even though that's kind of a "secret ending" that's only one step above the "bad ending"s

EDIT: oh hey, links in spoilers still break. Ah well, I'm sure anyone who recognises the name probably knows this "spoiler" anyway...

[tenshi_a]

There are murmurs at the moment that there's some kind of homosexuality in the upcoming Xbox 360 game Mass Effect by BioWare. It seems like it's to the level of Jade Empire (mentioned much earlier in this thread), so nothing really intimate or graphic.. at first I heard there would be male gay activity in the game, but now I read that the player can, through taking certain routes through the story, trigger a sex scene between a female human and a female humanoid alien. This earns it a BBFC age rating of 12. So, it's nothing too graphic, I expect.

[ZoharContact]

Wah... Way to go, Bioware! ^_^ Is it like a romance a la KOTOR and their D&D games? That would be nice...

...Except, since it's 360 exclusive, I can't play it. (Tell me how it is?)

By the way, Aoi Shiro (http://www.success-corp.co.jp/software/ps2/aoishiro/index2.html) is coming out in March next year.

[earsofdoom]

^Im sure a PC version will come out soon, All Bioware's games have PC versions. (some are glitchy like jade empire though.)

[KatayokuのTenshi]

Yuri/Yaoi in video games?

Um... I've heard that there is some subtext going on in the background of Metroid Prime 3, though not having played it I can't even begin to comprehend how that would fit into a Metroid game.

[DysPerDis]

I just ordered Core-Dusk's Messiah today- I can't wait 'til it gets here!

Game Synopsis:
The main character is Takuto, living a busy life with working part-time and practicing his band. Takuto lives with Ryota, who also belongs to his band. On Christmas night, a man comes to a flower shop where Takuto works and buys a bunch of white roses.... Since then the man frequently comes to the flower shop and they become friends. A while later, the man (named Kou) suddenly disappears and never comes to the flower shop.... Takuto misses him.... One night, Takuto receives a phone call from Kou that Kou is struck down by illness. Takuto visits Kou's house with Ryota. Takuto accidentally sees Kou's secret there and they get confined.... "If you want to get out of here, kill me....", Kou says it to Takuto. Desire, love, jealousy, sadness and forgotten memories.... Is Takuto going to kill Kou or...?

I've heard a lot of good things about it (well, obviously, or else I wouldn't have paid $60 plus S+H), has anyone here played it?

*goes back to drooling over CGs*

[~ Lawliet ~]

Not a single title came to mind, it would appear.

[Samael]

While we are speaking of yaoi stuff in video games. Does anyone know how to get the Yaoi ending to Happiness Re: Lucks with Jun? I keep getting the one where he turns into a female. She's suppose to be a he!!!! arrrghhh

[Samael]

Oh I got the yaoi ending for Happiness Re;Lucks with Jun. Which brings into question what other Yaoi games are there where you can persue a relationship with a pre-op Transsexual or cute (like Jun) crossdresser?

[tenshi_a]

Current News: "Mass Effect" has been banned in Singapore, specifically for containing lesbian love scenes. Boo, Singapore.

Source:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/15/AR2007111500476.html
http://www.escapistmagazine.com/news/view/78968-Mass-Effect-Banned-In-Singapore

[zoroxsanjilover]

i wanted to know if there are any Zoro x Sanji yaoi video games. zoro and sanji are characters from the anime One Piece. the only yaoi couple i like is zoro and sanji, so i wanted to know if there were any zoro x sanji video games

[ItaNaru354]

what game Systems