Major Arcana

Chancing The Market: Thoughts On The OELVNs Community (+Always Remember Me Review)

When I told my friend I was going to buy a commercial OELVN to check it out, the response was “Why would you do that!?” Even western fans of Japanese visual novels often frown upon the OELVN (Original English Language Visual Novel) community. Pro

Anohana and the Drama of Information Asymmetry

Menma, always there yet out of sight… [Ayazaka] Ever wondered what AnoHana would be like if we, the audience, couldn’t see Menma either? Would we believe Jinta from the start? Would we, like the rest of the gang, feel that he was hallucinating, s

Fate/Zero Light Novel Review: Surpassing Originals

Because the anime comes out this fall~ ^o^ Fate/zero is the prequel to the popular visual-novel and anime Fate/stay night, taking place ten years prior with Emiya Kiritsugu, Shirou’s adoptive father, as the leading role in yet another holy grail wa