Episode 14 – Endings

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Hey, folks!

Back again after some delays due to real life shenanigans (I moved back to America!) but we’re hoping to get back on a regular schedule very shortly here. Our guest this episode is noted Umineko enthusiast, ctom42.

Despite the episode title, we strove to avoid explicit spoilers as much as possible, so that this episode would be safe to listen to for everyone!

Also, we’re looking for more shill segments! If you’d like to raise awareness about your favorite visual novel, just drop us a line on Reddit.

Topics Covered

00:00 – Introductions and Topic

00:16 – ctom42 Guest Introduction

00:52 – Endings and Potential Impact on Enjoyment of VN as a whole

11:37 – Notably Exceptional or Terrible Endings in VNs

35:02 – Types of Endings We want to see in VNs

43:43 – News

1:03:24 – Shill Segment w/ Ange

1:07:05 – Closing

News Updates

Due to the delay in the episode getting posted, there’s a few news updates we’d like to include.

• Akari route originally only on PS3/PSP port for Konosora put in Flight Diary
• Light (Dies Irae Company) is now dead (Light’s parent company Greenwood is gone, The sub brand Campus will continue under Akabeisoft 2, and supposedly the Silverio Trinity series too, Dies Irae Pantheon is cancelled)
• Trinoline releasd
• MangaGamer made some announcements of some CatGirl VNs
• Yotsunoha got banned on Steam, delaying its release even longer.
• Damekoi/Most Forbidden Love in the World released
• Unrated G-senjou no Maou released on Denpasoft. Still uses cropped CGs and translation from fanTL (without many edits). 4:3 version still being worked on
• Fata Morgana will be getting PS4 and PS Vita releases
• YU-NO Remake for PS4/Switch/PC has release date for October 1

Visual Novels Discussed

• Fate/Stay Night [and Realta Nua]
• Rewrite
• YU-NO
• Zero Escape series/Virtue’s Last Reward
• Zero Escape series/999
• Zero Escape series/Zero Time Dilemma
• Swan Song
• Saya no Uta
• Muv-Luv Extra
• Sekien no Inganock
• Yumina the Ethereal
• Steins;Gate (and Elite)
• Umineko
• When They Cry 5/Ciconia no Naku Koro ni
• Umineko Saku
• Deardrops

Visual Novels Mentioned

• MajiKoi S
• If You Love me, Then Say So/SukiSuki
• Senren ＊ Banka
• Making Lovers
• Aokana
• Grisaia trilogy
• Kara no Shoujo 2
• Irotoridori no Sekai
• MuvLuv Photonflowers
• Kindred Spirits
• Trinoline
• 9-Nine (Episode 1)
• Sakura Sakura
• Under One Wing
• Hello Goodbye
• Fureraba Fan Disc
• Subahibi
• Konosora Flight Diary
• Dies Irae Interview with Bey
• Linear Bounded Phenogram
• Daitoshokan