Category Archives: VN Reviews

A two-part visual novel review. First I look at the very melancholy 40 Days and 40 Nights of Rain. Second I look at a short spinoff visual novel which taks place during the story of 40 Days and 40 Nights, A Happy Valentine.

A short original English language visual novel which teaches us that seasons are people and people have feelings.

I previously reviewed a visual novel called The Dandelion Girl: Won’t You Remember Me? That was a 2016 remake of a 2010 The Dandelion Girl visual novel. Here, I review the original 2010 novel with reference to its remake.

Crystal the Witch is a freeware English-language visual novel which takes place on the eve of Halloween. We Crystal, who is a (beginner) witch, her cat, and online friends.

Reviewing a freeware Halloween visual novel that just wants to ask you a question and takes about 60 seconds to read to completion.

Our first review of an original English-language ONScripter visual novel covers The Dandelion Girl: Won’t You Remember Me, a short kinetic novel based on Robert F. Young’s 1961 short story, The Dandelion Girl.

I review The Boy I LIke? — the English localization of what is effectively a freeware doujin meme visual novel

I celebrate White Day with Boku no Shokora, an unofficial English translation of an over-the-top doujin visual novel that comes with an entire “White Day Scenario”

I review Insani’s 2008 local treanslation of Satomi Shiba’s excellent doujin freeware visual novel, True Remembrance.

A full review of EDDA Café, a short, very aesthetic, freeware original English-language visual novel by an Indonesian studio focusing on overcoming regrets related to a tragedy that occurred on a certain Valentine’s Day.

I rank the top 10 visual novel translations to emerge from the 31 pieces translated for the 2005, 2006, and 2008 al|together festivals.

The second part of my al|together visual novel ranking covers the ten translations I have ranked 20-11.