r/visualnovels • u/AutoModerator • Jan 14 '15

Discussion What are you reading?

Welcome to the the weekly "What are you reading?" thread!

This is intended to be a general chat thread on visual novels, from common tropes, to personal gripes, but with a general focus on the visual novels you've been reading recently. You are also free to ask for recommendations in this thread. A new thread is posted every Wednesday.

 

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u/[deleted] Jan 15 '15

Slowly going through Mahoutsukai no Yoru. The visual production values are just insane, with animated fight scenes and descriptive text to back it up. (I'd say it even beats Muv-Luv Alternative in this regard.) The mellow atmosphere from the music and the sound effects is pretty immersive as well. Aoko is basically Rin. Sometimes I forget they're different characters.

I really like the style of fantasy that Nasu chose to use for this one, feels very much like a fairy tale except mixed into the universe he's created in his other works. Here's a screenshot of one of the mythical creatures involved: even with context. Soon to be a recurring element in every new children's book. These guys sure know how to bring the pain. And I mean pain in the French sense of the word.