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This week’s header image comes from two projects which both launched Kickstarters: Sakura Sakura and Shining Song Starnova.

Based on Okami's activity I would guess not, it seems like he hasn't done anything on fuwanovel since mid january. Also I think it is useful to mention that this list is pretty old.

VNTS (Visual Novel Translation Status Updates Series) is published each Saturday and brings the latest updates from VN translation projects — both licensed and by fans — from around the net. If you find any errors, or you think a project is missing from this list, please let us know in the comments.

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From The Team: Comparatively slow week, and it’s been a tough day over in Camp Tay. Thus! I’m going to let this intro stand alone: short and sweet. Much thanks to Decay for his help compiling game updates. – Tay

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PS: No forums ETA. Sorry, everybody. I’m trying.

The Short Version: Only the New Stuff

• Aiyoku no Eustia– Total TL: 19.80% > 19.82%; Total Edit: 12.66% > 12.87%; Total TLC: 12.36% > 12.55%
• Evenicle (MangaGamer) – TL: 96% > 100%; Edit: 53% > 63%
• Hapymaher (MangaGamer) – TL: 87% > 90%; Edit: 78% > 81%
• The House in Fata Morgana – A Requiem for Innocence (MangaGamer) – TL: 72% > 77%
• Lover Able– TL: 84.41% > 85.41%; TLC: 50.89% > 51.53%
• Maggot Baits (MangaGamer) – TL: 45% > 49%
• Magical Marriage Lunatics (MangaGamer) – TL: 75% > 85%; Edit: 72% > 82%
• Ne no Kami: The Two Princess Knights of Kyoto (Sekai Project) – Part 2: Releasing August 31st!
• Sakura Sakura (Sol Press) – Kickstarter launched! Check it out here.
• Sengoku Rance (MangaGamer) – TL: 3%
• Shining Song Starnova (Sekai Project) – Kickstarter now live! (link)
• Sona-Nyl of the Violet Shadows (MangaGamer) – Translation now underway
• Sorcery Jokers (MangaGamer) – Edit: 87% > 100%
• The Spirit Master of Retarnia ~Conqueror of the Labyrinth~ (MangaGamer) – Fully translated and edited!
• Suppipara Chapter 2 (MangaGamer) – TL: 100%
• To Heart 2– Proofreading: ~70% > 95%; QC: 80%
• Trinoline (MangaGamer) – TL: 28% > 32%
• Tsujidou-san no Jun’ai Road– Total: 37.06% > 39.67%
• Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou– TL: 9.8% > 10.3%; Edit: 5.9% > 6.7%
• Venous Blood Chimera– TL: 54.9% > 56.9%

All the Game Updates:

Fan Translation Projects

wdt_ID	(Hidden) Title	Game	Group & Progress	New Update?	Notes
1	Aiyoku no Eustia	Aiyoku no Eustia	Eustia Translations	New!	Total TL: 19.80% > 19.82% Total Edit: 12.66% > 12.87% Total TLC: 12.36% > 12.55% Detailed real-time progress tracker here: Link
2	Amagami	Amagami	Ni Shi Shi TL	TL: 94.5% Edit: 24.3% (07/17) Detailed update posted. Lots of info about fonts and formatting. Turns out it's incredibly hard. (Link) (01/07) Fairly good chance it'll be done in 2017 (Link)
3	Anniversary no Kuni no Alice	Anniversary no Kuni no Alice	Märchen TL	TL: 91% Edit: 90% Proofread: 90% (07/15/2017) New partial patch released!LINK This one adds 2 routes (Gowland stay, Ace non-stay). Now looking for more translators! Routes Released: Blood Dupre (S route), Elliot (S and NS), Boris Airay (S and NS), Peter (S and NS), Ace (S and NS), Julius (S and NS), Go]wland (S), and Nightmare
4	AstralAir	AstralAir	AstralAir TL	TL: 100% Edit: 100% Planning on second editing pass QC: 0% Project update, to-dos, and general timeline can be found here (07/2016). Rough estimate of release is Summer 2017; Would like to TL the fandisk; Updates will be infrequent for the near future
5	Bad Medicine -Infectious Teachers-	Bad Medicine -Infectious Teachers	Joker Trap	Partial patch release which contains half of all characters (Shido, Yanagi, and Kuzuha). More info and link here. Current Route: Nagihara Taiki (Mathematics) Link: Finished Translation Masterlist
6	Bishoujo Mangekyou -Norowareshi Densetsu no Shoujo	Bishoujo Mangekyou -Norowareshi Densetsu no Shoujo	Euphemic Translation	TL: 100% Edit: 100% QC: 100% Proofreading: 100% (07/22/17) Recruiting beta testers. More info and application form here. (05/06/17) Beta patch is under construction, with line breaks being meticulously manually assigned. May take a while.
7	Bishoujo Mangekyou -Katsute Shoujo Datta Kimi e	Bishoujo Mangekyou -Katsute Shoujo Datta Kimi e	Euphemic Translation	(Announcement) (Project Page) TL: 49% TLC: 45%
8	Clover Day’s	Clover Day’s	Yakusoku TL	Common TL: 100%; Anzu TL: 100% Anri TL: 100%; Hekiru/Hikaru TL: 100% Tsubame TL: 100%; Izumi: 100% All TL: 100% (Announcement) Note: This isn't coming out tomorrow, or next week, or even Soon™. Astro still has to do editing + TLC. Astro is also incredibly busy IRL. DMM Download version of the Japanese version available (more info here) 11/12/16 Note: Good update on the project here. Seems likely conman (Ittaku) will get roped into finishing Anzu's route TL. Still lots of work to be done: TLC and Editing remain. No ETA on patch release.
9	Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai	Daitoshokan no Hitsujikai	Library Shepherd	TL: 100% Edit: 100% 11/04/16 Note: 'There are still a load of images, some engine tweaking, and a long QC phase to go through, so don’t expect a release anytime soon - at the very least, not likely by this year.' (Link)
10	Fate/Hollow Ataraxia Voice Porting Project	Fate/Hollow Ataraxia Voice Porting Project	Jacktheinfinite101's Porting Group	100% files voiced! Still going to take a while before release, though. (Link) Aiming for a September release (Link) (Or September-ish, Link)

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JAST USA (Blog)

wdt_ID	(Hidden) Title	Game	New Update?	Notes
1	Django	Django	Waiting on TL
2	Eiyuu*Senki	Eiyuu*Senki	Now available for pre-order on JList. Per AX 2017: Confirmed to be coming this summer This will be the 18+ PC version with all content intact.
3	Flowers -Le Volume sur Ete-	Flowers -Le Volume sur Ete-	TL: 60% (Link) Release planned for Winter 2017 (Link) Official site here.
4	Katahane – An’ call Belle!	Katahane – An’ call Belle!	Translation finished, editing and QC in progress. Per AX 2017: Coming early next year This will be based on an upcoming HD remaster of Katahane, and will feature some all-new story content.
5	Machine Child	Machine Child	Getting an official release, per AX 2017 announcement (Link) If you want to support development, see Oyari's Enty page (Link)
6	Majikoi! Love Me Seriously!	Majikoi! Love me Seriously!	Getting an official release, per AX 2017 announcement (Link)
7	Princess X – My Fiancee is a Monster Girl	Princess X – My Fiancee is a Monster Girl	TL: 100% In edting and QA Per AX 2017: Coming Fall 2017
8	Sumaga	Sumaga	TL: 100% Edit: 70%
9	Sweet Home	Sweet Home	TL: 100% Debugging script
10	Trample on Schatten	Trample on Schatten	TL: 100% In editing and image decensoring.

MangaGamer (Updates)

wdt_ID	(Hidden) Title	Game	New Update?	Notes
1	Bokuten	Bokuten	Translation: 100% Editing: 100% Port in progress
2	Evenicle	Evenicle	New!	TL: 96% > 100% Edit: 53% > 63%
3	Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome	Fashioning Little Miss Lonesome	Releasing September 8th! Preorder it here. Demo available on the MangaGamer store page. (link) Will be releasing both 18+ and all-ages versions. Official site here.
4	Final Overdrive VN	Final Overdrive VN	Preliminary details revealed here. Simultaneous English and Japanese release planned, as well as two rounds of crowdfunding, one for the intiial funding and another for near-release physical preorders. Will be written by Setoguchi Ren'ya, scenario writer for Kira Kira and Swan Song. Note: Has not officially been announced by MangaGamer, but it's assumed they'll be the ones doing the translation.
5	Funbag Fantasy: Sideboob Story	Funbag Fantasy: Sideboob Story	TL: 100% Edit: 62%
6	Hadaka Shitsuji	Hadaka Shitsuji	TL: 100% Edit: 100% Fandisc is also in translation but will come after the main game's release Official site here. (NSFW)
7	Hapymaher	Hapymaher	New!	TL: 87% > 90% Edit: 78% > 81% Official site here.
8	Hashihime of the Old Book Town	Hashihime of the Old Book Town	TL: 84% > 96% Edit: 14% > 19%
9	Higurashi (Retranslation)	Higurashi (Retranslation)	Get chapters 1-4 through the Question Arc bundle! Chapter 5 released! Get it on the MangaGamer store here. Chapters 6-8: Fully TLCed, now in editing.
10	The House in Fata Morgana - A Requiem for Innocence	The House in Fata Morgana - A Requiem for Innocence	New!	TL: 72% > 77% Edit: 44%

Sekai Project (Update Page)

wdt_ID	(Hidden) Title	Game	New Update?	Notes
1	2236 A.D.	2236 A.D.	TL: 100% Engine/QA work in progress Both adult and all-ages versions are planned.
2	Baldr Sky	Baldr Sky	Official site here. Releasing in one package in 2018 Steam version confirmed, 18+ version prospects still unknown
3	The Bell Chimes for Gold	The Bell Chimes For Gold	TL: 62%
4	Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma	Boku to Koisuru Ponkotsu Akuma	TL: 74.21% Official site here. 18+ version confirmed, and apparently the devs want to do a Steam version as well.
5	A Clockwork Ley-Line:The Borderline of Dusk	A Clockwork Ley-Line:The Borderline of Dusk	Kickstarter for physical copies now live! (The entire trilogy is already guaranteed, this is only for physical copies) 100% translated and edited, engine/QA work in progress. The Kohaku team's translation is being used for the official TL. Congrats to them for all their hard work! (Link)
6	A Clockwork Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow	A Clockwork Ley-Line: Daybreak of Remnants Shadow	TL: 72%
7	Connie Amarance	Connie Amarance	Official site here.
8	Creature Romances -Kokonoe Kokoro-	Creature Romances -Kokonoe Kokoro-	TL: 100% Engine work in progress Renamed, new site here.
9	Creature Romances -for the Ladies-	Creature Romances -for the Ladies-	Official site here. TL: 100% Engine work in progress
10	CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare	CyberRebeat -The Fifth Domain of Warfare	TBA

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• Here’s a handy link to sort Sekai Project’s Steam releases by release date: link

Other Projects

wdt_ID	(Hidden) Title	Game	Group & Progress	New Update?	Notes
1	428: Shibuya Scramble	428: Shibuya Scramble	Spike Chunsoft	Coming to PC and PS4 in Spring 2018.
2	7'scarlet	7'scarlet	Aksys Games	Releasing 2018
3	Angel Beats!	Angel Beats	VisualArts	Official English release planned Half translated as of 5/21/16 (link)
4	Bad Apple Wars	Bad Apple Wars	Aksys Games	Releasing September 29th
5	Chaos;Child	Chaos;Child	Pqube	Officially announced via Twitter (link) PS4 and PSVita releases Q3 2017
6	Chuusotsu - 1st Graduation	Chuusotsu - 1st Graduation	Fruitbat Factory	Kickstarter campaign successfully funded. Check it out here.
7	Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~	Code: Realize ~Future Blessings~	Aksys Games	Fandisc for Code: Realize. Releasing 2018
8	Collar x Malice	Collar x Malice	Aksys Games	Released! Get it on Amazonhere. Will remain on this list until 08/26.
9	Dies Irae	Dies Irae	Light	Released on Steam! Get it here. Common route released for free, with the rest of the game split in two parts, available as separate purchases. 18+ patch to release later. Vita version to come much later.
10	Dormitory Love Spring + Summer	Dormitory Love Spring + Summer	Hase im Haus	Demo released (Version 0.2 - here)

Zakabox™ 「This is the place where Zaka occasionally shares his wisdom. Will he show up this week? Will he have anything to say? Only time will tell.」

Decay’s MusingsHey all, it’s been a little while since I’ve done a commentary. I’ll try to be a bit more active here from now on.

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Since I missed last week’s commentary, I’ll say that Otakon was pretty cool. It was kinda disappointing that MangaGamer was the only company who announced any VNs there, but they were still good announcements for Rance fans. I’m not really a Rance fan, though, and none of their other announcements really spoke to me. They have enough good stuff already in the hopper that I’m not really too worried about it.

SP may not have had anything at Otakon (apparently because it was a last-minute addition to their con tour), but they have teased some announcements at their AnimeFest panel happening… *checks watch* really fucking soon! 1PM EDT today, to be exact. I’m really not sure what to expect from that. I suspect their biggest announcements of the year have already been made, but you never really know.

JAST probably won’t have another announcement this year. Like last year, they said their piece at AX and will probably let that be that. Unlike last year, they’ve been making a minor stink about how they’re turning a new leaf. New JAST, according to them, will post more updates, will have a fancier site, and most importantly, will release more VNs. They’ve already launched their new site this week. I’ll believe the last part when I see it, though. I would really, truly love for JAST to start kicking ass and releasing loads of VNs, but it’s just so hard to imagine. They made similar claims in 2015, where they claimed that they would release almost their entire backlog, and only ended up releasing a tiny fraction of it. I want to believe.

Sakura Sakura’s Kickstarter is pretty interesting, but it had a pretty unfortunate start and it’ll be a struggle for them to reach their goal. My current prediction is that, assuming they get no additional promotion, they’ll end up with daily gains in the low hundreds and have around 50% a few days before the end. And at that point they will basically need additional promotion if they want to make it. I hope they do make it because I always appreciate more competition.

Their promise to have an honorific toggle is quite bizarre. To be honest, I don’t really see the point. I’ll support translators on either side of that issue, but I feel like you need to pick one and commit. They gave a glimpse of what it would look like on their Discord, and it was rather unimpressive, with honorifics just straight cut out and no other changes made, including for a teacher character where students called them by their last name alone, something no one does anywhere. If you don’t want honorifics in a translation, then you have to localize them, not remove them.

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Anyway, that’s it for this week. Have a good one, everyone. And if you pray hard enough, then just maybe we’ll get our forums back!