being able to read a 20 year old VN (on linux natively) is something that Type Moon would probably never concern themselves about.
That’s definitely true. I don’t know of a Japanese company that has released a visual novel with a native GNU/Linux binary.
Type Moon has also been very lax when it comes to derivative works (I probably don’t need to mention that with all the fate spin-offs and doujins floating around).
I’m aware of how uh, interesting, copyright law is in Japan, but I don’t think I’ve seen anyone get raked over the coals for a doujin. Is that something that actually happens? And, aren’t the Fate spin-offs authorized by TYPE-MOON?
Mahoyo is the indirect prequel to that (get used to not having any direct sequels in the nasuverse)
Sounds like it’s just up my alley, then! I’m excited! I’ve been wanting to read Fate for a long time, too. I’ve seen the DEEN anime, UBW series and movie, but I haven’t touched Heaven’s Feel. I want my first experience to be with the visual novel. I think I mentioned I’m a fan of slice of life and not much of a fan of action, but a blend of the two is a nice cocktail. I like the “dramedy” genre for similar reasons; I can’t watch a pure comedy for too long but drama makes it feel grounded. BoJack Horseman comes to mind.
Anyway, it sounds like a good time. Animations are a plus too, because most VNs don’t have that kind of budget :)
although I have a couple youtube channels that cover anime news really well
I have a confession to make: I’m not too interested in keeping up with the latest anime. I don’t even have a Crunchyroll subscription. The only anime I watch tend to be 10-20 years old, though I was thinking of watching Kimagure Orange Road the other day…
That said, I am interested in VN news. Particularly localizations, because as I said earlier, they’re easier to get my hands on when I want the Japanese script. Thanks for providing invidious links though!
but every time I start my free time gets eaten up by something else and I end up having to put it off.
Feels like my life this year. Unfortunately, certain things have had to take a much higher priority, but about half of it was just me getting distracted by something else, lol. You don’t need to spend hours learning Japanese every day, though. Half an hour is good enough to form a habit and get acclimated. But I’m sure you don’t need me to tell you that, since this isn’t your first rodeo :)
if I would seriously start immersing myself I bet I could form a pretty decent understanding of Japanese in no time
I bet you would! Take this as my encouragement to do so when you have the time! I never had any formal classes on Japanese, don’t know any Japanese people, and only really interacted with Japanese media, so I’m self-taught, you could say. I only knew English beforehand. It took a while to wrap my head around some fundamental stuff, but it feels natural now. It’d probably be easier for you, haha.
Mushoku Tensei
I have not. The kind of web novels I was interested in were the villainess kind. You know, Destruction Flag Otome (or Bakarina, whatever), Reika-sama, Evil God Average, Eliza, stuff like that. I prefer female protagonists (and somehow Saga of Tanya the Evil counts as that). I liked Ascendance of a Bookworm and really liked So I’m a Spider, So What? but have only seen the anime adaptations in any great detail at the moment. I’ve transitioned to reading the light novel adaptations of the web novels, mostly, but because Syosetu novels are free, I’ve downloaded a fair few. Mushoku Tensei was one of the few stories with a male protagonist I was interested in reading at some point.
I just remembered that the story that got me into reading was actually HakoMari. I think I read all 7 volumes in 3 days… I have no idea how I managed that and I have never read that fast again, haha!