it's time to re-read White Album 2
>>283355810But it's not the season of White Album yet.
Why do people say that White Album 2 is a masterpiece and that the original is mediocre?
>>283356046it's like 100h long with Novels it's gonna be december when you finish it.
>>283356084Nah, I'd say 70h max. And I reread IC 3 times at this point, so it'd take me even less.
>>283356076because that is correct
>>283356076The original is just an awful dating sim written by someone who never touched women. The sequel is written by a great writer who liked some ideas from the first game setting out to make the masterpiece of his career.
>>283355810most of /a/ are too normalfag to even recognize what white album 2's themes and symbols mean and what it's trying to say
>>283356814>written by a great writerNo. He's dogshit.
>>283355810A month later. Be patient.
>>283358186I also believe this but is your interpretation a pro-Setsuna one?
>>283358236Filtered
>>283358236Yup. Lots of people think gratuitous melodrama is good writing.
>>283361026Lesser writers have tried and failed.
I love Kazusa True!!
>>283358236>picWay to disprove your own point.
>>283355810I'll probably hold out for an official TL to reread.
>>283361571The true finale of WA2
>>283364321I'm "working" on that too. WA2 is why I started :3
>>283358236Even Saekano was better than that
>>283356814Touya describes Yuki's boobs as average-sized but they look big to me.
>>283368400Those are some prodigious-looking sweater puppies.
>>283368400Which routes are worth it in WA1? Or is it worth it at all?
>>283366319learning Japanese for Kazusa only to come out of the game as a Setsunafag lol don't want to say much but IC is Kazusa's best part
>>283368749I'm planning to read it one of these days anyway, but god knows when I'll have the time.
>>283356076>>283356814its actually kino
>>283371295>>283371552I did read Mana and Yuki routes but it was absolute trash. I expect Misaki, Rina and Sayoko to be a bit better but probably still not worth it except for the atmosphere.
>>283364202You'll be able to read it in the retirement home if you wait for an official tl.
>>283371578That's the plan, alright...
>>283368789My OTP did not change, and never shall.
>>283355810who is best girl and why is it Koharu?
>>283376644The youngest and sluttiest
>>283361571I thought people were overestimating this game giving you psychological damage, but holy fuck man, KT ruined me. People say ST feels like too much of a fantastic dream, but the shit Haruki did in KT was just straight up unthinkable. The scenes of him apologizing to all his friends and Setsuna's family were straight up brutal, but "I'm not guitar-kun anymore" just killed me
>>283368351Saekano is actually an unironically good story, except for that part of the last stretch where Eriri and Utaha ask Tomoya for help again after abandoning him. What an odd writing choice
>>283355810
>>283376644I'm more of a Chiaki fan.
>>283377171It was probably editor meddling or Maruto appealing to the fans.
>>283368749Read Yuki first and Rina last if you want to get the best experience without throwing your PC off the window.As for the other girls, I'd say read the character descriptions and read whatever suits your fancy though everyone likes Mana.
>>283376644Kouhai Love!
>>283355810Going to read it for the first time this winter. Anything I need to know first?
>>283379765Other than paying attention to song lyrics, you should be fine.
>>283379765You don't need to read everything but The Idol Who Forgot How to Sing,The Snow Melts and Until It Falls Again + Mini After Storyreally enhance the experience also Before the Festival,Day of the Festival it's a Drama CD
>>283380429Reuinion and Atonement at New Year's hurt like hell to go through for the first like ten minutes
Hows the eng translation or should I stick with jp
>>283380429>>283379765>meme chartDo not follow this chart unless you absolutely want to kill the pacing of your read-through.The VN is already good by itself.
>>283380561I hated that they turned it into a joke when it was such an alluring scenario, god damn it.
>>283376702No kidding.She telling all her coworkers that she got fucked in the changing room was utterly retarded.
>>283379765Every route has something to offer, so don't skip them. Among the side girls, >>283380429 says Koharu first, but Maruto says he wrote Chiaki first in terms of escalation, FWIW. (I already went with Koharu first, but I can kinda see the idea in retrospect.)Chiaki has a Normal End the first time you do her, which unlocks an early grayed-out choice in part 2 to access her True route.The Mini After Story TL patch includes fanmade VN-style sprite videos for the drama CDs. I think they're in the drama CD subfolder.The side novels are translated in PDFs due to game engine limitations. The in-game raw versions have background music and CGs, if you care. They can be played in the Mini After Story game exe. (They were in the main game exe too, but the TL patch bounces you back to the title screen. This was fixed for the after story game patch.)
>>283379765The only "english translation" is bad and you have to consider that it will be hard to have the experience of reading WA2 for the first time again, even if you learn Japanese.If you have no plans of learning though, then sure, go ahead and use the only opportunity you'll have to read it for the first time.
>>283380606This is the one VN where I think the anime is a better first experience in some ways, since it feeds you Kazusa's POVs as a flashback in the same run to enhance the climax. In the game, you have to circle back for unlocked scenes, and dig up a side story. This made more sense historically for the original IC release where you had nothing better to do while waiting for CC to come out, but now it feels convoluted to have to follow this spaghetti route to get the full context.
Is this worth reading if I'm not interested in soap opera type romance stuff? I only like plotge
>>283371578People became such choosey beggars about translations. Official translations aren't necessarily going to be better than fan translations anyway.
>>283381462Nah, it's the same fucking faggots who didn't even read that TL. They know that in 2018 the same group released incomplete CC TL that was bad, so they are sure the final version is the same.
>>283381133I would say the intermediate CC patch had sections that were downright unreadable, but those were cleaned up for the Coda release.
>>283381422There's only girls being NTR'd here, sorry.
>>283381542Back in my day we read shit like Amaterasu translation and thanked them for it. Ungrateful faggots.
>>283381674that's a shame. Not for me then
>>283381677I know that feeling...............
>>283381693The story goes from high school through college and even early working adult life, is that close enough? Genuinely it's a grand epic I'd say on par with MLA and FSN
>>283380905Forgot to mention, do the side girls before Setsuna in part 2, the buildup and catharsis is designed that way.>>283381693Wait, wait, there was a point where a guy, uhh, touches Setsuna's arm?
>>283381422>>283381693In all seriousness, it's the pinnacle of soap opera romance type stuff, so it's worth checking out just to see what it's about. The anime's a good sample of what the VN offers, if that's easier for you. Beautiful adaptation of part 1.
ya'll niggas readin days of lives japan. Are you grown men?
>>283382183nigga this is just a natural evolution of enjoying romcoms but wanting a more sober and grounded take on them
>>283381369>This made more sense historicallyOn a similar note, looking up One-Night Triumphant Return was immensely therapeutic for me between the CC and Coda TL releases, and really capped off the CC experience. But nowadays you can go straight into Coda, and pausing to look up the sidestory may not be worth breaking the flow in that moment.
WA2 is midRead something good like Sanoba Witch instead
>>283385558>only good endingsEh, I don't particularly dislike yuzusoft stuff but wrapping everything in a nice little bow every time gets repetitive. You could have said Aokana at least
>>283385558Anything's better than marutoslop honestly.
>>283385663Aokana has downer endings? Who's the unlucky girl?>>283385724*Nothing's better
>>283381462I already read the fanTL and it was fine*, but rereading is a hefty task, so it helps to have extra incentive like an alternate TL to check out. That said, I still haven't checked out the official FSN TL either.*: Actually CC wasn't so smooth at the time, and they hadn't patched in the console-exclusive CGs yet, so rereading now would let me see the more spruced-up version.
