Babe wake up. New video about a niche Japanese developer that is actually pivotal to the medium
@lukethekuya
Жыл бұрын
Who are the other niche Japanese developers pivotal to the medium?
@Murasame
Жыл бұрын
My gf heard this while I was sleeping to it and she called me a nerd.. :'(
@waypastlame
Жыл бұрын
@@lukethekuya peep Elf. YU-NO is a hugely important game in the history of Japanese video game storytelling
@Vulpas
Жыл бұрын
I don't think "babe" exists if saying this lol
@johnross5098
8 ай бұрын
I'm not sure if they count as niche. They're one of the biggest VN brands out there
@OtakuVs
Жыл бұрын
The opening to this video made me feel real good 😌✨
@ArbitraryWater
Жыл бұрын
This video was super informative and fills in a lot of the knowledge gaps I've had about VNs as a genre. More importantly, I'm impressed by the number of times you said "ToHeart2" without laughing.
@fey2450
Жыл бұрын
One of the best video essays I've watched in recent memory. Huge fan of how you keep introducing these people and groups related to Leaf who would later become massive forces in the industry like it's nothing, it only further cements how important of a company they were. I'm self admittedly a huge fan of the first White Album game, its profound take on loneliness and relationships being one that struck me very closely and got me interested in the rest of the company's offerings. Hopefully one day everyone will be able to read more of the company's old offerings in English, be it officially or through fan efforts.
@Nifrigel
Жыл бұрын
This is the best documentary I've seen in years.
@hitagi8308
Жыл бұрын
man this video was so fucking good!! thank you for your detailed work
@astrades2601
Жыл бұрын
After twice watching of Nihon Falcom documentary i must say this video it's another greatly showed fascinating history from japanese video games world.
@captaincroatia8733
2 ай бұрын
Amazing video!!! I love Leaf so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
@ThomasFarmer21
Жыл бұрын
The return of the King
@PossumistZ
Жыл бұрын
I love this video, before this I had a vague idea of how it all came to be. But this is a real comprehensive version to see all of leafs and the vn history as a whole. Will definitely share with some friends. Just a constructive comment though, in 33:18 it sounds like you're saying K-on was key's first vn work, when its actually kanon. Sorry for coming out as a pedantic but I didn't see anybody mention it haha
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, and yeah I misspoke when I recorded the script and just never caught it.
@Ayryvyl
Жыл бұрын
Great video!
@PedroManX
Жыл бұрын
So awesome.
@masufu935
Жыл бұрын
Great work!
@pgasnow
Жыл бұрын
amazing video also PLEASE somebody tell me what game those gorgeous visuals starting at 9:10 are from, i know i've seen those before but i'm completely blanking on the source atm thank you so much in advance
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
Thank you and the game is Ring of Sias on the PS1.
@maruseu
Жыл бұрын
at 25:45 i was like "huh where have i heard of watanabe production before" then i started soyjack pointing at the screen at 26:15
@121597Luke
Жыл бұрын
BABE BABE BABE BABE NEW(ish) BOWL OF LENTILS DROPPED
@jetxmael
Жыл бұрын
The history of key next ? 🤩🤩
@ongakumaniac988
Жыл бұрын
I know this is out of your topic. Can you make video about boom of Light Novel and it's effect to otaku industry and decline of visual novel because of that. BTW excellent video, keep up the good work.
@peterpayne2219
Жыл бұрын
I TRIED so hard to license Queen of Heart through JAST USA, but the staff was terrified that they’d get into trouble. I should have tried harder to convince them. I have so much regret around that game…
@Sofiaode18
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Peter for founding JAST! So many niche games wouldn’t have been localized if it wasn’t for you.
@guidedbycthulhu
Жыл бұрын
This channel is criminally under-subbed for the quality of content you're producing.
@Priomful
Жыл бұрын
I was just about to say the same thing.
@one8576
Жыл бұрын
Because he makes over-edited videos with meandering content and never actually shows how they are "so influential" to begin with.
@doggerlander
Жыл бұрын
Most people just dont care about visual novels
@Murasame
Жыл бұрын
@@one8576 no way, it's because it's niche af.
@SecretIdentityStudio
Жыл бұрын
As a Key fan, Key and Leaf always seem to go hand in hand in industry history and Japanese fandom, but English-speaking fans seem to completely forget Leaf (and see Key as old hat, e.g. "uguu" becoming derogatory shorthand for moe, which always gets on my nerves). Thank you for making this!
@Kaimax61
Жыл бұрын
to be fair, they themselves (aquaplus) has forgotten about Leaf.... when's the last game made by Leaf, go to their website and it's just a green clone of the aquaplus website... I love Leaf as you can see who I am using as my avatar, but Aquaplus has been super focused on Utawarerumono.
@DoTtA1123
Жыл бұрын
I think the thing this channel has taught me the most is the difference between Eroge-Adventure games, Dating Sims, and Visual/Sound novels. In the west, we might just lump these all together as 'Visual Novels', but as you continue to show, all of these types of games are very different with very different histories and beginnings.
@AmelieDoree
Жыл бұрын
Perfect timing since I'm working on a video about something very closely related to Leaf!! Very excited to watch this ^^
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, I hope you like it and I can't wait to see your video :)
@tonk82
Жыл бұрын
Wow... you have a great channel. You got yourself a new subscriber :P
@DandyCrocodile
Жыл бұрын
omg my two favorite niche VN channels communicating?
@nekonekopanicnekonekopanic7335
Жыл бұрын
This comment lead me to sub can't wait to watch
@leoroberts7327
Жыл бұрын
I'm losing my MIND so much game history has fallen into place for me. Amazing work.
@EbullientSMP
Жыл бұрын
A video on one of my favorite VN developers in the industry? You are a hero! This is an awesome video highlighting probably the most overlooked "great" in terms of VNs in the western sphere. Leaf offers such a big variety of quality stories of all kinds, it's a shame most of them aren't even translated
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! And yeah, it is a shame that so much of Leaf's catalog is trapped behind a language barrier. It seems like some fan groups where trying to translate their games back in the early 2000s but only a few of them were ever finished. I feel like if more of their games had been translated back in the day, the company would have a larger presence in the English fandom today (like Key and Type-Moon).
@LumiRev
Жыл бұрын
i haven't heard of a single one of these titles but i'm invested as fuck
@Christopherjazzcat
5 ай бұрын
White Album 2 has some incredibly written characters. I highly highly recommend it. Get the deluxe version with all chapters and extra content. It's more important to the story than you think. You can find the translation add on, on a certain database for the medium, that (V) mentioning (N) gets (D) comments (B) automodded for some reason...
Good to know that 2ch was a toxic hell hole since its inception. lmao
@WaniArman
2 ай бұрын
Thank you for this hour long video essay on this. This is very informative and helpful. Visual novel is my favourite game genre and watching its history from where this genre starts is very important. Now I have more appreciation for the game that I already love so much. This is a side of internet that I'm glad for stumbling about.
@shai2O
Ай бұрын
Yeah I agree with you! I also stumbled into visual novels (:
@wanghosom
Жыл бұрын
My brain can't even comprehend how you managed to research all of this stuff, you are a legend man!
@Motsuribayashi
Жыл бұрын
Your channel is heavily underrated. The content you produce is exactly up my ally, looks like i found a new favorite youtube channel. Keep up the good work!
@chris-cu3kl
Жыл бұрын
Only learning about otaku culture in the modern social media landscape past the classic text forums, I really love how you captured this scene in history. I learned about comiket and doujinshii through Genshiken but couldn’t delve deeper because of how much i could even learn about it. I was surprised to hear how the roots of melty blood and french bread come from related fan projects as a fighting game fan who is only arcsys deep into anime fighters.
@slowyourroll1146
Жыл бұрын
A new Bowl of Lentils vid is always welcome surprise in my notifications! I'm also surprised to hear just how many of the titles I have in the backlog were created by Leaf, can't wait to watch this one
@electrosphere5581
Жыл бұрын
For me any aspiring developer should watch this video. To understand Leaf's struggle to make it big and leave their mark on the market. And more importantly, to not just to see their beautiful case of success, but to also see the troubles and hardships they went through after being launched into stardom. I think it's important to learn from such troublesome stories as well, not just their case of success.
@bornanime3255
Жыл бұрын
Never realise how much of a titan of the gaming industry Leaf was. Like, they really helped inspire, contribute and kick off so much. The entire anime, manga and gaming landscape would be drastically different without them. Incredible.
@henriquebecker4453
Жыл бұрын
9:48 those demands are so oddly specific that it sounds more like the producer was ether a time treveler who knew about the demand in the future or a hardcore hentai otaku who wanted to fullfill his dream of making an game with a story apealing to his niche taste of horor echi, nowhere in betwen.
@epicalexfurry4377
5 ай бұрын
33:05 This part is hilarious to me, imagine if more sites could just let people “quarantine” certain fandoms. I think that would actually improve a lot of sites
@Kougeru
Жыл бұрын
Watching this right after they announce an upcoming Utawarerumono event is exciting. Likely a new game in the franchise. It's also interesting to remember the PC market was dying in Japan back in those days, while now PC has grown over 3 times in size in the last few years alone. Still praying for White Album 1&2 official translations 😭😭 Also, wow... The amount of research and care you put into this video! Amazing work!! I do wish you would've mentioned Suara at least once since she's done music for almost all of their works lol
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I thought about mentioning Suara but I decided to focus more on Leaf's games. But looking back, I could have at least mentioned her in passing at some point.
@PipimiOden
Жыл бұрын
Here after Aquaplus got bought out by someone named CREST
@nazgulsenpai
4 ай бұрын
Its hard to imagine that if it weren't for this little upstart group of friends making booby mahjong, I might not have been able to date Colonel Sanders.
@jno7
12 күн бұрын
Absolutely Amazing Video! Than you so much for making this!
@clifto5187
Жыл бұрын
While i was aware that leaf's utawarerumono, to heart, and white album 2 were regarded as legendary classics, i didn't know that they were also what caused the conception of even more legendary titles like the fate, higurashi, and key titles. Hearing about their humble beginnings and ups and downs was a freaking blast. You my friend have just earned a new subscriber.
@shai2O
Ай бұрын
This is so fascinating, as I know little tidbits of information on some visual novels from just unhealthily browsing hours upon hours on VNDB, and seeing how these other works are connected is just so interesting to me. What a great video!
@Esskaden
Ай бұрын
I've watched this video 3 times over the year when i go for a walk. Its such a vibe
@Sophilautia
Жыл бұрын
Holy crap, when I heard the name Tetsuya Takahashi I got really surprised, but I guess this is a different Tetsuya Takahashi to the Xenoblade creator 😂 I'll leave another comment when I finish the video~
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
Haha, yeah no, it's a different Takahashi.
@YourFavoriteSon1
Жыл бұрын
This is an incredibly wonderful video. The editing and narration are fantastic. Very informative and well written, keep up the good work!
@HanSDevX
Жыл бұрын
**Grabs popcorn**
@interweb0069
Жыл бұрын
did the image at 21:31 come from an old website? i cannot find it for the life of me and i have been trying to find information about those plush straps for months now
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
That screenshot came from Hatsune no Naisho. There is a section of the fan disc that lists different merchandise available from Leaf.
@shyangate8172
Жыл бұрын
Always look forward to seeing your videos. They really scratch all the right itches when it comes to my interests plus they're always well researched and edited. I appreciate all the effort you put into these.
@GoldenPincers
Жыл бұрын
This was a blast and very enlightening. There were many things I was unaware of about Leaf and Aquaplus, so I'm glad I found this. I didn't realize Leaf was essentially the beginning of an entire sub-culture that many of us take for granted. I love the Utawarerumono series and recently finished Mask of Truth, which I loved. I might try To Heart 2 at some point, since there's a translation of it. Amazing work on this video essay and for spreading knowledge on this company. Thanks a lot!
@meguminblast
Жыл бұрын
God I wish more Leaf VNs were tled, I read a bit of ToHeart PSE and the SoL atmosphere was so fun. Shizuku was actually the first VN I ever read in JP and even though I found it average, it has a special place in my heart for that. Thanks for talking about Tasogare, I was curious why I never heard anyone talk about that one.
@Ririi0528
4 ай бұрын
amazing video. I now see Leaf games in a different way now. I should try playing their older games once my Japanese gets better.
@wertville
Жыл бұрын
I was hoping for a video like this, so I'm glad that you covered it! Leaf has always been a mysterious company for me, since they inspired everything I like in Visual Novels (Tsukihime, 07th Expansion), but also exited the medium just as I got into it. When they started bleaching their Eroge past a few years ago I got really sad because I thought I'd never be able to (legally) experience their roots, but this video at least helps me understand how they got to where they are today. Excellent video, as always.
@DisasterMillennial
Жыл бұрын
so what you're saying is that Leaf is responsible for Ryukishi07 being in charge of Silent Hill F's story. This is incredibly fascinating to learn about as someone who read White Album 2 a few years ago when its English fan translation was released in full. Hopefully more of their works can be translated in the future, even those controversial ones. I'm curious about Routes. I wonder if Leaf fans saw what happened to the Tsukihime remake getting released exclusively on console and going "oh no... it's happening again"
@Kindi001
Жыл бұрын
man this one hour video really fast to end. im listening this video while working in my office but suddenly stop when in the part about problem Leaf had. its really make me sad about it. while in experience my first VN is by eternal, its Eien no Aselia the all age port from PS2. its really mind blowing experience for me so i search for another VN that have same feeling in some online local forum, and they recomend me 2 tittle, Utawarerumono and Muluv Alternative. well i want smack that person in the head for recomending me Mu luv alternatif without knowing what this story about but Utawarerumono was really hit my spot.
@loganoss2k
Жыл бұрын
27:18 studio key k-on studio key k-on
@nainetsu
Жыл бұрын
I'm thankful you decided to create such an impressive video about Leaf/Aquaplus history for english audience, who unfortunately don't know too much about this amazing company, but I hope your video reaches a lot of people and they start becoming more aware of its background. Once again, thanks for putting so much passion and work into these videos!
@rydercloud
Жыл бұрын
I’ve always loved Leaf/Aquaplus though its a shame we don’t get much aside Utawarerumono from them, especially Leaf sorta being dead for close to 12 years now.
@arbelnox
Жыл бұрын
Your videos are always so well researched and entertaining! Glad to see you back with another one. Keep up the great work!
@pepemosu3867
Жыл бұрын
I've always had such high respect for Leaf despite my only experience with their games being the officially localized Utawarerumono series. Fond memories of seeing CGs of To Heart and To Heart 2 flooding the Internet almost 20 years ago back in high school. And then White Album 2 with it's excellent anime adaptation and the fan TL on my ever-growing VN backlog. Anyone who has delved enough into the VN scene knows the immense influence Leaf had, and I'm sure even other fans like me who haven't read most of their works have the same level of respect. I'm also amazed how you could gain so much info even up to fan reactions and scandals, as I imagine most of these are hidden way deep in various Japanese message boards. If you're ever interested in making a similar video for Key I'd be willing to help out, and can hook you up with contacts from the former Kazamatsuri org who can also help with a lot of the research!
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
When I was researching fan reactions to Leaf's games I actually got a lot of that info from Japanese fan wikis, timelines that chronicled the Leaf fanbase, and various interviews. And as for Key, thanks for the offer but I don't think I'll be doing a video on them any time soon. A lot of their games are on my own backlog that I need to get to someday.
@pepemosu3867
Жыл бұрын
It's interesting how those wikis documented everything up to the scandals. Truly a sign of their impact as well. And hey, no worries :) best of luck on the backlog (to both of us lol)
@maydee3000
28 күн бұрын
trying my damn hardest to get shizuku to run with textractor right now and god no wonder these games are so obscure. thanks for covering them!
@peterpayne2219
Жыл бұрын
Nice video. I’m Peter Payne, the founder of J-List and JAST USA. Totally subscribing to your channel now!
@thegondola9877
Жыл бұрын
As someone who doesn't play visual novels or even particularly care for their history/cultural impact, this video was so fantastically well-researched and put together that it was engrossing all the same. Even the list of sources linked in the description alone is staggering in how thorough you've been. Which, considering you don't speak japanese, is all the more impressive (I did not spot any immediately apparent errors in that regard, for what it's worth). I'd also like to thank you for using そして愛する者の名を呼び where you did, because it's a haunting song that was perfectly utilized, and I'm grateful to know about it now. Bravo!
@kaishmuper
Жыл бұрын
Awesome documentary. That 2ch part was wild, wasn't expecting all that drama.
@JeanMuta
2 ай бұрын
New ToHeart game coming out!
@hakureiararagi6640
Жыл бұрын
absolute goats!!
@Vulpas
Жыл бұрын
That was a pretty surprisingly emotional story about a niche hentai game company from the 90's. The Utawaromono series is great but it's the only one I played.
@dorcasmutton6335
Жыл бұрын
Holy shit, Rance was dethroned once in the character popularity polls before he was banned for being too OP? What a revelation!
@DeadJosey
Жыл бұрын
This is such a good video on the history of this company
@YukitoOnline
Жыл бұрын
White Album 1 & 2, To Heart 2, Tears to Tiara (only the original PC release) and Utawarerumono, are my favorites. The only thing I didn't like was Utawarerumono 1 & 2's official translations. Too many butchering of the names & terms, used too much of replacing L & R, instead of actually listening to how the character names & terms are pronounced by the JP VAs.
@hiitoshura
9 ай бұрын
Uta 2 and 3's translations are great though... though when it comes to terms and names, they were demanded by AQUAPLUS to be like that, not Atlus. That was their romanization even in the JP media.
@YukitoOnline
9 ай бұрын
@@hiitoshura It wasn't demanded by AQUAPLUS. It was suggested by the crappy Localizers. If it was demanded by them then their re-release of the Anime wouldn't be different from the Localized version. There's no 2 & 3, it's just 1 & 2 Hakuoro's story is 1, while Haku's story got split into 2 parts. So it's just like Final Fantasy X & Final Fantasy X-2. Their romanization was at the suggestion of the Localizers, if it was them then the older media & older promotions/advertisements wouldn't be conflicting with the new ones. The inconsistencies supports my and every old fan's arguments. Also Japanese companies have a naïve view of outsourced EN localization, they think those people would do a good job just because they paid them.
@miguybaltasar1111
4 ай бұрын
Hi, what a great video. Anyone knows the game which appears in the 14:24 ? I like this aesthetic so much!!!
@bowloflentils
4 ай бұрын
Thank you! That game is Doukyuusei for the PC-98.
@miguybaltasar1111
4 ай бұрын
@@bowloflentils Thank you so much for answer, keep it up with the videos, you do a great job, new sub here!
@ayuvir
Жыл бұрын
I mean, it's only fair you do AliceSoft next right? XD
@rydercloud
Жыл бұрын
The artist for Magical Antique, Hagiya Masakage, ended up going to AliceSoft so yeah it’s actually fair lol
@mii9010
Жыл бұрын
A very lovely video, I feel wiser every time I watch a Bowl of Lentils video!
@animonarch3858
Жыл бұрын
For some reason I cryed at the leaf's comback part I never played a leaf game I just got into Vns too for now I played clannad and fate/stay night anyway I love this video and you got a new sub keep up the great content my guy
@Kaimax61
Жыл бұрын
Why hasn't the youtube algorithm suggested this channel earlier. Damn. Any way Great work, as you can see from my avatar, I totally love LEAF, sadly they haven't made anything new since Aquaplus went super focused on utawarerumono. I came in from To Heart 2.
@Alberto-kb6iy
Жыл бұрын
I seriously hope you keep up it with this kind of golden content. I will use every bit of strenght in my hands to share this to the world. Thank you!
@aseem481
Жыл бұрын
fun fact in one of the endings of Touhou: Phantasmagoria of Dim. Dream on PC-98, Multi from ToHeart appears in the cutscene, with a censor bar over her eyes, and her name censored in the dialogue as a joke.
@Hanami63
Жыл бұрын
I knew of Ryukishi07 doing Leaf Fight cards (that's basically where the design for Rena and the Angel Mort outfit came into existance I believe) but had no idea that the creators of ToHeart were the ones that created that TCG in the first place.
@SugarFreeMocha
Жыл бұрын
Dude, this clearly took so much effort and work. Thank you so much for this. I really hope you get the attention you deserve because this kind of research for visual novels is such a blessing. Thank you again! Edit: Out of curiousity, what is the name of the last song? It's pretty hype.
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! And the song at the end of the video was a remix of a To Heart song called "Sunshine Day". This was the album it was taken from: kzitem.info/news/bejne/rKmY14qKnZGpoaw
@SugarFreeMocha
Жыл бұрын
@@bowloflentils Thank you! I appreciate it!
@artificialnightsky3.33
3 ай бұрын
Wonderful video! Leaf is a development studio that I hold close to my heart, even if I have not played that many of their games. I found out about Leaf after wanting to learn more about the anime adaptations for Comic Party, only to find out it was based on bishoujo games from the same developer as To Heart! After that I watched the To Heart anime then played To Heart 2 and became a huge fan of their work. Their titles are, as you point out, not defined by much commonality between them. But regardless there is an appeal within their work that beckons to me. Learning about the history of Aqua Plus/Leaf was really worthwhile and I appreciate the effort that went into this video.
@gnome5676
Жыл бұрын
bruh. i have a figure from To Heart, it was insanely cheap on mandarake AND very cute so i grabbed it.
@Ninjacatmuffin
Жыл бұрын
While watching this video, I was amazed by how many properties I've heard of despite not being familiar with Leaf. White Album, To Heart, Comic Party, and Utawarerumono are examples (all because they had anime adaptations?). Thank you for this educational video
@CreeperShorts
Жыл бұрын
hell yeah, 1 hour of visual novel goodness!
@mamaharumi
Жыл бұрын
Wish we could get more of their work translated, I love the artwork and aesthetics. Same goes for a great deal of retro visual novels.
@koopashell10
Жыл бұрын
i forgot why or how i subscribed to you but wow, i'm glad you're still making videos.
@thehobbler1349
Жыл бұрын
I don't know how much interest there is in these topics, but I've always been interested in ELF and Mink, two other old VN companies, neither of which exist now. I don't know how influential mink was, though. Could be just a nukige company lol and I'm overblowing their influence because some of their games look interesting.
@ryssen339
Жыл бұрын
You should explain what doujin means next time you cover something like this. There is this perception that doujin means porn manga in the west when in actuality it means it was self published. That's why it's not enough to call something a doujin, you need to say doujin music/game/manga etc unless it's obvious from context. Or call it self published instead.
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, I did try to give a quick explanation on "doujinshi" around the 12 minute mark but I understand that "doujin = porn" is a common misconception so maybe I should have made it's definition more clear.
@LightFykki
Жыл бұрын
It must have been such a treat to grow up during the golden age of Visual Novels. I remember it only partially here in the West, but for us it already came during its twilight. A great retrospective video, I truly enjoyed it.
@nitoniwatori
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for this great documentary, I really like White Album it is happy to hear that writer of White Album 2 accept job because he is also fan of the first one.
@Rancid220
Жыл бұрын
What a great video! So much was unbeknownst to me during the 90s. I absolutely loved Comic Party and ToHeart 2 during my youthful days. Little did I know also If it weren't for Leaf's influence, we wouldn't have amazing works from Key studio.
@niclasbelrra
Жыл бұрын
Great video as always, commenting to call the algorithm gods.
@GervasiusMC
11 ай бұрын
watching 16bit sensation made me come back here, love this video so much
@hummusprince
8 ай бұрын
i regularly come back to this video, it's one my favorites on yt thank you for this incredible work
@renaiaspiration
Жыл бұрын
I'm fresh off of the Danganronpa series and it was fascinating to learn some history relating to the visual novel genre, I can't believe that such strong fanbases existed even back in the day. Really lovely video, now I can better imagine through how much evolution the genre went through
@aitakute436
Жыл бұрын
Amazing video! This really made my day. I really appreciate when people take the time to cover niche topics that they’re passionate about. I remember reading the To Heart manga when I was a kid and that was how I found out about Leaf and visual novels. It’s a shame that Leaf is so often neglected/forgotten in Western fan communities.
@fmsyntheses
Жыл бұрын
Without hyperbole, this is one of my favorite videos I've ever seen on this website.
@heavymetalmixer91
Жыл бұрын
Thanks to Leaf and French Bread making the To Heart FG is that Nasu saw their potential, and Melty Blood was borned. Even though I don't like Leaf games, I'm forever thankful to them, as Melty Blood is my favorite FG franchise ever.
@GeneralVan
Жыл бұрын
Man I haven’t thought about To Heart and Uta in forever. This video was fun to listen to and I’m glad Leaf got a great video dedicated to it!
@mixufixu
Жыл бұрын
Loved the video and watched it to the end in one sitting. This clearly took a lot of love and passion to make and I commend you for it. Maybe next time try to pronounce the Japanese names properly though haha
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
I'm glad you liked it. I tried my best to pronounce the Japanese names correctly. Which ones did I get wrong?
@mixufixu
Жыл бұрын
@@bowloflentils Don't worry, it showed that you tried your best and it's a minor nitpick, especially for a person who does not speak Japanese. If you want to improve, try to compare your pronounciation to native speech or a text-to-speech program's (such as google translate Japanese) speech.
@randommodnar1669
Жыл бұрын
@@bowloflentils They were mostly correct, but here’s a couple that I noticed: - You pronounced Umineko as “yumineko”, when it should be “oomineko” - A couple of times you said yume as “yu-mi”, when it should be “yu-may” - Not really sure what went on with Kanon, it kinda sounded like you were talking about the anime K-On 😅 But none of this detracted from the overall great quality of the video, and again your pronunciation was mostly good.
@bowloflentils
Жыл бұрын
@@randommodnar1669 Ok, good to know. I think Kanon was an instance where I just misspoke the game title and somehow never picked up on it while working on the video. To err is human 😓
@koopanique
Жыл бұрын
What an interesting video. The story has success, drama, tragedy, twists. Makes me want to try several of the mentioned VNs.
@BAIGAMING
Жыл бұрын
I used to feel sorry for these Japanese devs/publishers, but when I cover their niche games with streams and reviews I get copyright striked. I stick to the "big" visual novel and adventure games like Ace Attorney and Danganronpa, and I think that's why others stick to them too. Not worth having my channel shut down to provide coverage for Key or 5pb's games.
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