Shrimpy Reads!!

A Personal Aside...      My first foray into Aquaplus was, as I expect many Americans' to have been, Utawarerumono: Mask of Deception on the PSP in the mid-'00s. It left just the worst taste in my mouth, especially as I was looking for an SRPG, and was met with more visual novel with SRPG systems in play. Good lord, and the tutorials? You go 40 hours in and it's still introducing systems to you.     It wouldn't be until 2011 with Aquapazza that I'd dip my feet back into the company, having all the context of both, "I like airdashers" and "I like Examu" to carry my interest. It also did not go well; the game felt too rigid, coming from Persona 4 Arena, BlazBlue, and Arcana Heart. Next was Dungeon Travelers 2, a game I really only feel like was tangentially related as "the sequel to a spin-off game that featured characters from some game you've never played," but I'm easy to please when it comes to dungeon crawling. I had finally ...

      Howdy! I'm Shrimpy, a mid-30s visual novels enthusiast upset that I have too many words to say, and not enough letters to say it on Bluesky. I've been reading visual novels for around 20 years now, I think starting with either Fate Stay Night or Tsukihime? Nowadays, I typically read a mixture of different genres, but normally gravitate towards dating sims or more...violent games.     Currently, my two objectives are to finish out the Kara no Shoujo remasters and the English library of Aquaplus/Leaf games. White Album and White Album 2 out of the way, I'm about a route away from finishing ToHeart 2, and I've got Tears to Tiara coming up, so expect my next post to be about ToHeart 2. I'll try to keep spoilers to a minimum but ramp it up with my thoughts as the article goes on, with proper visibility options for those who want it.     Aside from those two, I also intend to start Little Busters! here shortly, a visual novel I dropped i...