But there’s always an all-ages alternative. From Kanon to Rewrite, many of these games feature erotic content. But I feel the need to speak my mind today.Īs you may know, I’m a huge fan of Key’s works. I dunno if it’s because I’m a westerner or because I was raised to be a bit conservative with my ideas of sex, so I’ve always swallowed my voice. Perceptions of not only the public, not only the fans of these games but even the people who make them. I know it’s just Japan and they often use English words in ways that may not accurately correspond to their original meaning, but that doesn’t stop people’s perceptions. Aren’t I such a fool for forgetting this simple fact? But, I’ve seen many games which feature no erotic content fall into this ‘Eroge’ labelling. What does Eroge stand for again? Oh, that’s right, Erotic Game. I tote around the term ‘Visual Novel’ quite a bit because I believe it more accurately describes the broad spectrum of the medium without specifying any particular genre, but most people lump these games under the blanket term ‘Eroge’. This goes to the very core of the industry. This goes a lot deeper than just the community getting a bit too upset over something I don’t mind. But, getting so aggressive over the removal of sexual content? Is this really the same? Is this really okay? Just look at the flack various Anime adaptations of manga, light novels and visual novels get for not being ‘true to the original’. This is hardly a new thing it’s pretty commonplace to see Otaku getting mad when a release of something differs from the source. I haven’t seen it myself, but I wouldn’t be surprised at all if they were getting death threats over it. Moenovel have copped so much flack over this decision. I’m still figuring out why, but there’s this clear disparity between my views and the views of the majority. Specifically, there’s been much discussion (mostly backlash) over Moenovel’s decision to remove the game’s erotic content. There’s been a bit of drama in the Visual Novel community lately with the recent localisation of If My Heart Had Wings by the new Visual Novel publisher Moenovel.

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