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3 years after completing the Higurashi VNs... it's finally time. I finally feel ready. I have installed Umineko on my steam deck.
Specifically the Umineko Project mod. It took some doing compared to the 07th mod, but it already feels worth it. Looking forward to giving my impressions!
Couldn't even find it with a search! Probably best to use a thread that's alive in a subform I use anyway.
I've been sufficiently warned away from the adaptation, I heard the Higurashi one has some major faults too. But in both cases, wow, incredible OPs.
for higurashi i prefer the console sprites overall, but with umineko none of the other versions quite capture or succeed the energy of the original art
I've seen the ryukishi artwork and, well, they certainly seem like an improvement over the higurashi sprites but they just don't do anything for me at all. Maybe there are some key moments that work better with the OG sprites, but I'm willing to make the tradeoff. Had to look up NVL style but hoo boy, I played half of chapter 1 of higurashi unmodded and you'd have to drag me kicking and screaming to ever go back to NVL style. I like me that nice simple textbox that makes things readable and doesn't block the scene. NVL might be for some people, but not for me.
but like so long as y'ain't usin the pachinko sprites we cool
Dare I ask what the pachinko sprites look like
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Here's a big pic featuring all the suggestions and their suggesters. If you're interested in possibly watching some of these shows and having a say in future lineups, feel free to PM me for an invite to the Discord server. We're about to begin watching Urusei Yatsura, Violet Evergarden, and Kids on the Slope on Monday nights soon!!!
It's a very good mafia show in that context, and somehow I managed not to get to the big spoiler of the basic premise of the game it's based on, so it genuinely hit different that way because the second act was a total surprise
If you are at all curious, and especially if you don't know what the deal with Gungrave is, I strongly recommend watching it like this -- everything in the first episode all shows up again later, anyways, so you lose nothing by skipping to the second and the show is wildly better for it in terms of pacing
L to R: anime, console, original, pachinko
I have refined tastes
But yeah, Umineko is all about the OG art, especially for the expressions, but all the other little details are better too, even the outfits seem to have more personality.
(Don't mind the hands, Ryukishi's working on it.)
But yeah no I don't have the pachinko sprites (why there are pachinko sprites???)
There's a pachinko machine tie-in for literally EVERYTHING. It's like rule34, but for gambling. There are entire franchises that exist primarily in pachinko machine format that they themselves eventually spawn anime. Sometimes multiple anime. eg Kaitou Tenshi Twin Angel.
E:
Go on a magical journey and see how many obscure anime you can ID.
https://a-pachinko.store/collections/all-pachinko-machines
I will say that Episode 20 of Mushishi "A Sea of Words" has, for my money, my favorite romance scene in any story ever, which is impressive considering it's just two characters chatting about stuff and if you haven't watched a decent portion of the show already you might not even realize there's anything going on there at all.
The show's been very episodic and the stories mostly all follow the same formula, so when there's this one episode and one character where suddenly the formula goes out the window it's subtle but really effective way of letting you know like yeah, this lady is different, their relationship is different from any characters we've seen before.
As for the pachinko, I'm more surprised that there'd be sprites for every character - and presumably multiple poses for each? Whatever the pachinko game is, I can't imagine it involves reading through the actual novel. Browsed through that list and didn't recognise any anime but did get a little bummed out at the sheer quantity!
Also I'll always fly the flag for Black Lagoon, but I get that it's got a bunch of shit in it that's gonna chafe hard with folks, for good reason.
Steam ID - VeldrinD
I seem to remember it fumbling the ball towards the end, but it's still funny how forgotten it is now. It was a pretty big deal at the time.
Two of the exceedingly rare 10/10 ratings on my MAL profile -- out of like 300 entries, there are currently eight perfect 10s
I now have no doubt that this will follow a similar structure to Higurashi, because you don't kill off a third of your cast just like THAT with seven parts to go. But man, what a well-executed scene. So glad I'm sticking with the VN for this experience.
I'll probably elaborate in my post-part 1 thoughts, but for now I'll just say...
Golden slaughterer is a BANGER.
By default, the fighting game has one of the best OSTs in gaming history, since it pulls almost entirely from the VN.
(The game's a blast, too.)