A place to discuss Visual Novels (VNs). WIP.
A backup community in the event Reddit goes downhill even further. Join and post on this outpost if you’d like to contribute!
Provisional Rules
Looking for VNs more tailored to women or with actual, fleshed out male characters? Check out the Otome Games community here!
Looking for a community to discuss VN development with other devs, or connect with them and find a crew? Check out this community here!
Need less pictures and more words? Check out the Light Novel community here!
That cat's face in the last panel makes this meme perfect.
It's not much, I know, but it's a start.
Hopefully I'll be able to play SCA-DI's works (replay H2O for learning, then get on the Subahibi/SakuUta/SakuToki etc.) along with other famous kamiges and great games alike (WA2, Majikoi, etc.) in time.
Longer write-up over here for those curious. Credits to u/Orixa1's post for the original encouragement, though the creeping censorship in localization certainly helps motivate one.
In my experience it was a bit easier getting started with Manga than going straight to VNs, though admittedly I've only played through one VN so maybe others are easier than the one I've tried. If you find VNs overwhelming I definitely recommend giving something like Yotsuba a go. I know a lot of people recommend it so maybe you're tired of hearing about it, but that's only because it's both funny and (relatively) easy.
I've not heard of it before, surprisingly. (The only yotsuba I'm familiar with is 4chan, lol). Thanks for the rec!
Oh! Well then, I guess I should be more specific; earlier I left off the end of the manga's name. It's actually よつばと!. Here's a good write-up about what makes it a great first manga for a Japanese learner.