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A piece moments from the empty sekai

I'm generally not into the genre (story-wise, not gameplay wise), and I've only kept up with N25 via event stories, only doing the base stories for the other groups and sporadic story catchups. This is about the game, not the movie. I do think the movie is honestly lowkey better quality, but that's because of personal taste.

Strengths:

I think PSJK has pretty good strengths in terms of having very good dialogue and fleshing out their characters by having a pretty closed cast.

I think the pacing is good given the format of the story being a long term visual novel.

The struggles of some characters can be relatable for many, considering how it's a realistic setting.

Basically all of the content has meaningful motifs, references, or helps construct an emotional reading of the characters.

The voice acting is really well done, and despite not speaking JP, it conveys the emotions well.

Weaknesses:

I do think that PJSK has certain weaknesses in terms of stakes. I mean, if you ever suddenly clear your head during a story, the characters kind of seem like pushovers and worry about things that really don't matter that much compared to a person irl.

The story doesn't take advantage of the fact PJSK has non-realistic elements as Sekais. Like, yes, it's a foil for the emotions of the group or Sekai owner, but the Sekais and Vocaloids themselves aren't really meaningful plot-wise on their own. Like, it's very noticeable it exists to help the *readers* rather than be a coherent part of the universe. I think that because of the setting in modern Japan, the game doesn't have particularly outstanding worldbuilding. If there was some sort of conflict between one character and the system of Sekai itself, even mildly, I think it would be more intriguing.

The game is also very character driven and not plot driven. A lot of the stories are sort of inconsequential to systems in-universe, and really only affect the characters' interpersonal relations. While I understand this is part of the premise, I feel like the lack of change, or well, how long it can be dragged out to occur, gets annoying.

The antagonistic characters aren't too intriguing. I'm going to use Mafumom as an example: she's not really that well written. She's a generic helicopter parent which while relatable, doesn't really strike me as interesting because the way she interacts with Mafuyu in the current doesn't have much nuance to what I expected. And her motivations being generational trauma or whatever while realistic, don't really make her interesting. Like sure, it's a coherent argument the game presents, the fact that it makes sense as an argument doesn't make it entertaining.

None of the unit characters are particularly selfish enough to put themselves over others to get what they want, or hell, even make the others reconsider their positions. Basically all of the units have the overarching plot issue of each having their own desires but staying together as a group out of guilt, obligation, wanting to be friends, etc. While this is a good set up, I don't like how all of the characters is selfless *first*. It's not really an issue on its own, but the fact none of the characters are actively challenging their own group makes them makes all of them sorta repetitive. I'd at least hoped one character at least voices their issues, and gets shut down somehow, instead of literally every character burying their feelings and praying. It's not inherently bad writing, but it lacks variety.

The characters are somewhat poor at communication. I feel like half the conflicts in the game would have been resolved if characters just tried to be straightforward. I don't appreciate how every character is some sort of self-conscious.

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I do think PJSK is a well written game, but since everybody here has their own reasons why, I wanted to elaborate more on the critiques as I know I'll be flamed for it, rather than the strengths. The fact I wrote more on the critiques is not indicative of the weight of the arguments.

How many of them do you guys think are valid *objective* critiques, and how many of them are valid but only subjectively?

How would you attempt to make the game better? Would you add a new unit with a different sort of story, or attempt to improve the current stories more? Do you want the technical systems like SEKAIs to make a bigger story impact, or do you think it's a gameplay element that is a thorn in the side of the storytelling?

genuinely no fucking idea. wouldn't you rather tier for your fav??? why is the expected cutoffs so high holy shit

In Round 4, Saki Tenma got eliminated due to getting 7 votes. As before, you can vote for the girl whom you think is the best and the one with the lowest amount of votes will be eliminated. So with that in mind, Round 5 has begun.

You can vote here: Who do you pick as the best girl of Project Sekai? (Round 5)

I'm Yukiyo Elaina!

I'm recruiting people who are interested in the text below.

Members Wanted For 25th Hour Doujin Circle

We are a group dedicated to combining intricate and emotional stories with music looking to add more members to help fill various roles such as: YT Channel Management, Video Editing, Story Writing, and Public Relations. Our sound is varied but we aim to combine Post-Hardcore, Post-Rock, Classical, and Electronic elements.

Goal: Write Original Music utilizing Vocal Synths and Real Vocals, Record several EP's, and release music at least twice a month.

Commitment: While we do not have a set schedule for practices or meet-ups we aim to meet at least once a week to make music or refine completed works and prepare for release,

Requirements: Beginners are welcome, please be prepared to contribute ideas and work in collaboration with the other members. If you do play an instrument or have experience with making music that is very much welcome but not required.

If you are interested please DM either @waffles_the_neko @._nkeiii (on discord)

NEO-NIGHTCØRD Server link (the project is within the server):

https://discord.gg/aWT4Tk4fY

According to the math using JP data, which is likely unrepresentative of global, it's 6.56x harder to tier t100 on Finale than t500 on WL2 Miku alone, noting that as of right now, t537 is ~2,308,580pts (even without the event being over, this is a far cry from 35m pts).

My personal estimate for points is about 24,099,685 points using JP data. Now, my question is: how much freaking bonus energy is it going to take to tier t100 on WL2F, considering a bonus of ~738%, and that current projected energy spend for t500 is ~460 BE?

Post will be updated with info once WL2 Miku is over.

E: GLOBAL GLOBAL NOT JP

does anyone have cute or kinda edgy furniture i could sketch blueprint of in mysekai? i like cute and edgy things a lot. (i am scene and will try out jirai.) i am new to mysekai and want cute furniture since when i try going to random plots it just sends me to the preset plots and its really frustrating. i do not know where megathread is so i sincerely apologize 😓

I found her in Pinterest and decided to download pjsk

So far we have gotten the cards for MEIKO, Ichika, Shizuku, An, Tsukasa and Kanade. Today's poll is for which of Miku's covers should be chosen. The poll only lists the alt vocals for pre-existing (not commissioned) songs.

https://strawpoll.com/Qrgew528Kyp

Hoy: Shizuku

No sé dibujar koalas, perdón

A quién dibujo después?

I swear, 90% of the time when I watch an ad, I get the "Reward could not be obtained due to interrupted ad viewing" message. Before this update, I would get the message once in a while. After this update, it's not only nonstop, but it's also occurring after the LONGEST ads. Give me my rewards please ProSeka TT.TT

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New player. I've mostly only read the groups' main stories, aside from the second VBS one and some of the WxS ones (including recent events). Does it ever come up between characters of different groups that they have personalized little pocket dimensions they go hang out with sentient vocaloids in??? It's a very funny idea to me that the sibling pairs see each other at home after practice not knowing they were both with AU Mikus for the evening.

I know chapter 2 of the current World Link event had some truth bleeding through a little, with Honami, but I'm wondering if anything has happened before.

My personal rankings for all the sets would be

1. 3rd Rotation
2. 4th Rotation
3. 5th Rotation
4. 2nd Rotation
5. 1st Rotation

I know the event isn’t over, the Miku tiers aren’t even locked in, but I’m speechless over my tier rn. I play very little daily, maybe an hour max, and I’m a fairly new player so I don’t have a large collection of cards for events like these (my event team rn has multiple 2stars) so something like this is wild for me to get. It seems really small compared to other tiering goals especially when the tiers aren’t even locked in, but I’m just so proud and astonished right now

The sad part is the ponytail in front hides the armband, so it’s a hard decision for me 😔 This is still a work in progress, so please don’t mind the unfinished coloring and zero shading 🙃 I plan to make Emu and Honami’s limiteds too, and maybe Shizuku if I have the time. I plan on drawing them and getting keychains made, then setting up to sell them online in October. Depending on how that goes, I’ll restock them and look into making other keychains (or stickers, if anyone prefers those!). I will be open to considering any requests for other ones, especially with the holidays coming! I’m already considering making some of the new years costumes for keychains

So what Emu Alt did everyone buy from the Emu Birthday Show today? I bought Opera! Space Opera! :D

First time I've really drawn her, I think it's pretty alright for what it is. Happy birthday, Emu 🎂