Hi, I’ve been lurking here for a while but I decided to join because I’ve had things to mention previously and I like Key. I believe I’ve watch all the Key anime and I’ve read all the VNs except Tomoyo After, Little Busters (I’m waiting for EX for Saya and Sasami routes) and Kud Wafter. Clannad is my favourite work by them as it was both my first anime and visual novel. I’m not sure how to end this really so I guess I’ll just end it here.
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Welcome! Glad you decided to join!
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Little Busters (I’m waiting for EX for Saya and Sasami routes)
[/quote]I was originally waiting because of that too, but then I just couldnt stand it anymore and went ahead and just read the original. Sooo good. Although I guess you already know the story so waiting is probably OK for you. 
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@chesca @HikariJake We all 3 have the same introduction to Key. Shoutouts to the CLANNAD anime once again.
Anyways- Glad to see your introductions~ Welcome. 
@Doublethree1 Another lurker turned poster! Yatta! Hello. 
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Clannad wasn’t just my introduction to Key but anime in general. I always gave up on series half-way through then a friend I have told me to watch Clannad and I finished it in about a week.
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It was the third (I think) anime I actually watched and felt a draw to. Everything else was in one ear, out the other. CLANNAD blew my mind and taught me to appreciate the anime genre as a phenomenal artistic presentation and story telling method. I wasn’t very respectful of many art methods at the time, where as in a span of like 3.5 years I’ve become appreciative of so much. It was a major player.
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Clannad is definitely a life changing work of art that got a lot of us into Key and anime altogether~ I am very thankful to Clannad because of this :3
yayyyWelcome, @Doublethree1!
I would have done so yesterday, but my tablet sucks. XP
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(I’m waiting for EX for Saya and Sasami routes)
[/quote]I’m kind of in the same boat. I already beat the vanilla version of Little Busters!, but I’m waiting patiently for the other three routes to be translated. In the meantime…
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Kud Wafter
[/quote]I’m looking at purchasing this and Rewrite soon.
I’d consider Kud Wafter but I suck at Kanji (and know very little vocab) so I’d be stuck with a machine translation which probably isn’t the best way to experience a story.
Just checking for reference, have you read Harvest Festa? How about Holy Breaker? The latter isn’t technically a Key game, but I figured I would still ask since it’s kinda related and it’s not listed.
It will take a LONG time at first, but if you actually stick with it you will learn a lot and it will get faster. Assuming you’re at least far enough in the language to be learning Kanji; because you probably won’t even know where to start if you’re not there.
I forgot about Harvest Festa and Holy Breaker. Not sure why I forgot Harvest Festa but Holy Breaker probably because, as you said, it’s not technically Key.
I think I have most the grammar, I know all of hiragana and just have issues with the katakana that look similar. I took 2 years of Japanese in High School and couldn’t get Kanji there and I’ve attempted learning it again through different internet sites but still having issues with Kanji.
I know this is getting a little far of the topic of introductions, but I’m self-teaching as well right now, and I think I’m moving pretty steadily. If you ever want to talk about resources and just learning the language in general you can shoot me a PM.
Ok, that makes more sense. I’ll admit that I’m a little sad that we didn’t just gain another person who reads untranslated VNs(we have like 3? 4 maybe? On the site, and they aren’t very vocal), but don’t let my wishful thinking bother you. Welcome to the forums anyways!
Hello everyone, it maybe late but just dropped by to say i have just joined. I usually go by the ign s0ewhat so if you see my ign somewhere online drop by and say hi, as for where im from im from LA and for key related things I should have watched everthing but kanon and for the visuals novels I have played Clannad, Rewrite, Planetarian, and Little Busters. I do plan on working on AIR and KANON but thats if and when i can find the time to play haha. But so far out of what I have read/watched my favourite is Rewrite. Please feel free to recommend me any Visual Novels for I am still new.
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Hello s0ewhat! Welcome!
Oh man, Kanon is my personal favorite. I don’t think everybody here agrees, but I would definitely recommend checking it out. Well, whenever you have time I’d be interested in hearing your first impression, especially coming from all these other Key works.
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Please feel free to recommend me any Visual Novels for I am still new.
[/quote]Aside from Key visual novels there are a lot of pretty good ones out there. I haven’t experienced as many as others have, but I’d say it depends on what you like. I think Steins;Gate might be a pretty good one to get into if you haven’t yet. I’ve only seen the anime (haven’t bought the VN yet – there’s an official English translation) but from what I’ve heard and seen of the VN it’s pretty good. (Anybody wanna weigh in on this?)
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Continuing the discussion from Introduce Yourself!:
Yh I read some summaries on KANON but I have trouble finding translated all ages version of most games since I don’t live alone so I can’t really play 18+ versions but when I do play ill be sure to write. As for Steins Gate i have not really watched or read but I have heard about it. Im some what intrested in it. So far I have only played a couple of non key games such as Symphonic Rain ( which is one of my favourites, I have tried to get anything related to it that I could find), sono yokogao (A profile) and If my Heart Had Wings I have read parts of Le Fruit De La Grisaia and have ordered the game on KickStarter so I will play that also I loved the stories for it too.
Yeaaaaah Symphonic Rain da bessss~
I guess to add to recommendations, Ever17 is really really good and you should check that out
Welcome, @s0ewhat. It’s never too late to say ‘Hi’.
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I do plan on working on AIR and KANON but thats if and when i can find the time to play haha.
[/quote]I’m glad you are pursuing Kanon and AIR. Both have really good stories, even if their presentation doesn’t stand up to Key’s later visual novels. Kanon, especially, is one of my favorite visual novels because of its story and characters (Ayu best girl <3). Even the music and presentation is pretty good, even if some people claim it has not aged well.
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Please feel free to recommend me any Visual Novels for I am still new.
[/quote]You should check out the General Visual Novel topic. You can probably find a good recommendation there if you ask. Personally, I recommend May Sky. It’s free and short, but it has a very touching story and a wonderful soundtrack. I think Takafumi would also agree that Moonshine is also worth checking out. Google them both; they’re free.
Forgive me if it sounds like I’m patronizing, but do not be afraid to ask us about anything. We won’t bite (at least, I don’t know anyone in this forum that does). Anyways, welcome to our big, happy family!
