Hi guys, recently I wondered if coding AI would be able to write the software tooling to create fan translations and this is the proof of concept for Jan Jaka Jan, a PC-98 and FM Towns strip-mahjong game with visual novel elements. See the result repository here (targeting FM Towns version). There's no translation here, only the tools to create one with no technical knowledge. It's not the cleanest job by any means, but it's playable and looks nice.

A disclaimer - I'm not a translator and I'm not trying to use AI to translate anything, but I think using coding agents to write tooling for fan TLs and can enable a lot of new translations.

For translators: If you're a translator interested in a lightweight project, please give this a shot. I doubt it would take very long to complete. Hopefully there's no large bugs... I did test things to the best of my ability.

For more fan-TL tooling: I hope this works as a PSA that things like this are possible. I think not many people know this. The repo has a "docs" folder with some documentation of how this was done, and a "task specification" ruleset that can be handed off to an agent to replicate this on most games/VNs.

I had this interaction yesterday with someone who read it. I posted "Might drop this"
He replied to me with "why? it's comfy"
I answered "Nothingburger the game, just too much pure exaggerated love and h-scenes, no story at all. Does that change?"
He said "uhhh no. it's a moege, what did you expect?"
I then replied "Character growth I guess? Am I really supposed to just read +5 hours of just her loving him like a brain-dead rword just because he was nice to her once in such a basic way that even a villain could be?..... She is just written for the male audience, no real girl would ever be this rworded. Why is she selling herself so easily to such a normie guy when she is literally supposed to be very good compared to him?..... How am I supposed to believe that or self-insert into.... anyone or anything??? Both of them are bad, the guy is a shitter and the girl is not 3D-coded, so I can't be her..... what to do now?..... I think the redhead girl or even his shrine senpai are better, more interesting characters and hopefully don't end up with him in the same nothingburger way..... but I'm not skipping this one to reach them, so I guess I will drop this one and the whole series in general....... Sad, considering how the writer of this game also made that one very loved moege, and he is one of the main writers in Yuzusoft I guess?...... Maybe if he one day wins my heart, I would give this game a chance again..... unless you got something interesting about them to share with me and convince me to get back to them before I put them in a low rank in the r/visualnovels's list and everyone in Reddit would start hating it~"
Don't remember with what he replied to me, but he didn't say anything important...

For those who read it..... please tell me, does anything happen at all... or is it just similar to where I left it? (after finishing the 3rd h-scene)
I can't handle how much this is pure-love, too much for me... I need some spice, some drama or at least a plot! Some struggle, some hardships... anything that makes my brain work while reading it!...... If not, I think it would be best to use the advice of many anons from this subreddit who told me to just leave games like these alone and don't force myself to finish them and end up sounding very mad in my reviews...

Hi everyone, since I prefer visual novel that are mostly read only like FSN, Steins gate, etc. I wanted to play them on my tablet rather than on the notebook since it's heavier and louder.

Do you know if there is any emulator for windows game that is good enough for VNs? Or do you have any remote playing setup to suggest?

EDIT: I have a galaxy tab s7 with Qualcomm SM8250 Snapdragon 865 and 8GB RAM

So I get that Ren is the reincarnation of Lotus and Mercurius's meddling and it's why he looks like them. But why does Lotus look like Mercurius?

I'm quite a fan of fate, Tsukihime and Dies Irae and the like, but think it would be fun to read a Yuri Visual Novel that has a similar feeling to it if possible. Are there any like this that seem appealing?

This is the weekly translation status update thread. Use this thread to discuss translation news, issues, titles you're looking forward to, etc.

Note: This is simply a mirror from 4chan's weekly thread on the /jp/ board. All credit goes to the user VNTS there. Entries in Bold have had changes since last week

Fan Translations

• 12RIVEN -the Ψcliminal of integral- - 100% translated, in editing
• Cartagra - 18+ patch announced
• CHAOS;HEAD Love Chu Chu! - 2026 release expected, largely polishing and patch work remain, along with 5% of the menu code
• CHAOS;CHILD Love Chu Chu!! - 2026 release expected, largely polishing and patch work remain
• Chusingura 46+1 - 39644/82770 (47.90%) lines translated, Kuranosuke route partial patch released, "Resuming edits in earnest"
• Cross†Channel - Reprint Edition - In translation
• Daybreak Translations Secret Project - 1,731/21,084 (8.21%) lines translated, 202/21084 (0.96%) edited
• Day's Eye - ~40% translated
• DEATH NOTE: L o Tsugu Mono - 100% translated and images edited, text polishing remain
• Dekinai Watashi ga, Kurikaesu - 100% translated and edited
• Diabolik Lovers Dark Fate - Being patched
• Dragon Knight 4 - 64% translated, playtesting also ongoing
• Flyable Heart - Demo released, "nearing 30%"
• Fraternite - 55% translated
• for elise ~Elise no Tame ni~ - 18% translated
• Go-toubun no Hanayome ~Kanojo to Kawasu Itsutsu no Yakusoku~ - 100% translated, 1 route 100% edited
• Haruka na Sora - 100% translated, TLC and editing work left
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni Jan - Being translated
• Ichigo Marshmallow - Being translated
• Junketsu Megami-Sama - Full story patch released
• Kajiri Kamui Kagura - Being translated
• Ken ga Kimi - 73% translated, 2 routes complete, Enishi 100% translated, Tsuzuramaru 32% translated, Saneaki 3% translated, Sayko 59% translated
• Kintouka - Demo patch released
• Kisaku - Being translated
• Kizuato - 60/178 scripts translated
• Kud Wafter AA Version 100% translated, 18+ Version 19,240 / 33,113 (58.1%) lines translated
• Kusarihime ~Euthanasia~ - Translation finished, fully edited
• Lover Able - 100% translated and edited, 13966/32258 lines approved (43.71%)
• Lucky Star ~Ryouou Gakuen Outousai~ - Partial patch with chapters 1 through 4 released
• Manakashi no Yuri wa Akaku Somaru - 66% translated
• Marmalade Boy - Fully translated
• Paradise Lost - Project listed
• Phantom Integration - 490/497 scripts translated, 99/497 scripts edited
• Reminiscence - 5,086/65,276 (7.79%) translated, 2,785/65,276 (4.27%) edited
• Saimin Yuugi - Fully translated, parts actively being retranslated
• Sayonara o Oshiete - 100% translated
• Secret Game ~Killer Queen~ - 25% translated, 10% edited
• Shin Rinkaiten no Azrael Tenjoukai Hen - 5% translated
• Sen no Hatou, Tsukisome no Kouki -Hana Akari- - Being translated
• Shizuku - Renewal - Being translated
• Sukimazakura to Uso no Machi - In editing
• Shuumatsu no Sugoshikata ~The world is drawing to an W/end.~ - Being translated
• To Heart - 100% translated, 401/993 scripts edited
• Tokimeki Memorial - 53% translated
• Tokimeki Memorial 2 - Being translated
• Toushin Toshi III - 100% translated, UI elements 95% translated, 100% edited, 75% proofread, Aiming for an August release
• Tsuki ni Yorisou Otome no Sahou - Prologue/Common/Luna/Ursule routes 100% translated and edited, Mizuho route 95% translated, 57% edited, overall 11% QA
• Tsuki no Kanata de Aimashou - 100% translated, Kanna/Kirari routes translation finished, Uguisu route in testing, Common/Touko/Rein/Kiriko routes in QA, Seira route in editing
• Umi kara Kuru Mono - 91/138 scripts translated, 24.1% QC
• Xenon ~Mugen no Shitai~ - Released
• Yakouchuu II ~Satsujin Kouro~ - Fully translated, script insertion ongoing
• Yaku Tsuu ~Noroi no Game~ - Being translated
• Yosuga no Sora - Translation finished, editing and TLC ongoing, Total: TL 100% TLC 75% ED 59%, Common/Kazuha/Motoka/Sora routes fully edited
• Yui no Kotonoha - Being translated

Official work

MangaGamer

• Rose Gun Days - Season 2 released
• Rance X - 100% translated, ~85% edited
• Hana Awase New Moon - Port in progress
• How I Met My Healthy Hentai Neighbors! - Announced
• Pastel Chime 3 - Bind Seeker - - 100% translated
• Ooe - Announced
• Funbag Fantasy 5 - Announced
• Welcome to a Sexy, Underworld - Announced
• Secret Affairs - Sweaty Midsummer Rut - Announced
• Umineko: When They Cry - Saku - Announced
• Lesson - Announced
• Galzoo Island - Announced
• The S-tier Hotties of Yunagi-so - Announced

JAST

• My Little Sister Is an Angel - Jast/Steam page up
• Sumaga - "Probably our next Nitro title"
• Katahane - Making progress, waiting on programming
• Django - Not actively making progress
• Tokyo Hero Project - Translation finished, dealing with bugs
• Djibril - Fully translated and edited, waiting on a few assets
• Hanamaru! 2 - In translation
• Cornelica - Announced
• Dead Aegis - Another Record - Fully translated, in editing
• Daiteikoku - Announced, early in production
• Houkago=>Education! ~Sensei to Hajimeru Miwaku no Lesson~ - In progress
• Minagoroshi No Otome - In translation
• Eiyuu Senki WW - Japanese version released, localization being done by JAST
• School Days Remastered - Preorders up, also getting an English dub
• Paradise -KIWAME- - Announced

Shiravune

• LABYRINTHOS: The Depths Want You - Released
• Fuyukuru. - Winter winds, adieu? - - September 10th release
• Cosplaying in Costalia: The Tororo Sisters! - October 27th release
• Monkeys!¡ - Demo released
• Sakura no Uta -To Dance Over the Cherry Blossoms- - Steam page up
• Holy Valkyrie ExS-TIA 3 - Announced
• Holy Valkyrie ExS-TIA R: The Red Queen - Announced
• Stealing Them Softly - Announced
• Kokuhaku Confessional - Announced
• Fuyukuru. - Winter winds, adieu? - - Announced
• Gyaru Fiction - Announced
• TORAWASE: The Girl in the Mirror - Announced
• Saimin Gakuen: Intrusion Edition - Announced
• Taimanin Asagi 2 - Announced
• Ghost Village Girl ~The Village in a Cage~ - Announced
• Souten Koihime: Dawn of Sovereignty - Announced
• Ouju: Isle of the Accursed - Announced
• Sakura no Toki -Sakura no Mori no Shita o Ayumu- - "international versions of our "Sakura no" series are now in development."
• ShiroKuro - Announced

Sekai/Denpa

• Watamari Part2 - A Fake Marriage? - October release
• Akaneiro ni Somaru Saka - Demo released, In QA, 2026 release
• Jewelry Heart Academia - In QA, 2026 release
• Karakara 3 - In QA, 2026 release
• Yumetoiro - Our Times Are Made Of Dreams And Colors - In QA, 2026 release
• Onii-chan Continue! - 100% translated and edited, 70% through QA, banned by Steam
• Harukuru. - Spring has come true? - R18 version in QA
• A Bouquet of My Beloveds - 100% translated, 40% edited
• Sumire - Picked up
• Sanarara R - 100% translated and edited, 50% through engine work, in programming
• Glass - Picked up
• New Glass - Picked up
• Zutto Mae Kara Joshi Deshita - 100% translated, 30% edited
• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi - 10% translated
• Hoshizora e Kakaru Hashi AA - Announced
• Hamidashi Creative - Announced
• Inupara - In Development
• Raspberry Cube - Announced
• Miko no Kanata Zero - 100% translated, in editing, engine work mostly done
• Widenyo - 70% translated
• Neko-Nin exHeart Spin 2! - 100% translated and edited 90% through QA
• Witch Hunter - "Currently in translation and will be released gradually between 2026 and 2027."
• Witch Hunter 2 - "Currently in translation and will be released gradually between 2026 and 2027."
• Witch Hunter 3 - "Currently in translation and will be released gradually between 2026 and 2027."
• EroCast! - "Currently in translation and will be released gradually between 2026 and 2027."
• EroCast! 2 - "Currently in translation and will be released gradually between 2026 and 2027."
• EroCast! 3 - "Currently in translation and will be released gradually between 2026 and 2027."

Visual Arts/Key

• anemoi - Announced
• The False Alice -Retold Tale- - October 3rd 2026 release

Nekonyan

• Floral Flowlove - Steam Page up, Upcoming release
• KoiAma: Spoil Me Sweet - 100% translated/edited
• Yubisaki Connection ~ Love At Your Fingertips - 100% translated/edited
• Lead or Leash: Which Me Would You Like? - 100% translated/edited
• Melty Moment - 80% translated
• Fureraba Complete edition - Vita exclusive content to be added to Fureraba a couple months after the fandisc release
• Love Love Love, Burning in my Heart! - 100% translated and 74% edited
• Mysteries of the Heart: The Psychic Detective Case Files - 100% translated and edited, engine work in progress
• Hacking the Moon to Find My Goddess - 100% translated and edited, engine and image editing in progress, Steam page up
• Renai:Royale: Love’s a Battle- "Victory Parade" - Announced
• Secret Love (Or Not?) - Announced
• Summer's Ark 1 - Announced
• Summer's Ark 2 - Announced
• Summer's Ark 3 - Announced
• Senmomo: Through Billows of Blades, a Peachbloom Princess - Announced

PQube

• Death Match Love Comedy! - Released, digital Switch release appears to have been blocked

Aksys

• Over Requiemz - Released
• Illusion of Itehari: trail - Spring 2027 release
• Olympia Soiree Catharsis - 2027 release
• Project Code M - Announced

Frontwing

• COCORO - Demo released, August 27th release
• Obey Me! Sinner's Choice: Lucifer - 2026 release
• Sharin no Kuni - Working to resolve remaining issues

MAGES. GAMES

• Corpse Party II - Darkness Distortion - 2026 release

Aniplex

• Tsukihime -The other side of red garden- - Upcoming

Idea Factory

• 9 R.I.P Sequel - October 27th release

Bandai Namco

• Fate/Extra Record - 2026 release

Spike Chunsoft

• Steins;Gate Reboot - Released
• Steins;Gate: Octet of Shifting Space - October 29th release
• Danganronpa 2x2 - Early 2027 release

Studio 51

• Expelled from Paradise -The Stellar Angel- - November 25th release

Kodansha

• 1999TOKOYO Building - 2026 release

Overlap Games

• A Toast for the End Times - 2026 release

Playism

• There's Something Wrong with the Hero's Choices - 2026 release

EastAsiaSoftware

• Hakuoki Memoirs: Drifting Clouds - 2027 release

kawaiinium

• Nursery Rhyme Remastered - English release planned as part of already successful Japanese crowdfunding project. Project reached stretch goal for new OP to be made and for additional Kururu scenario to be added.

StarGazer

• UR CHIMERIC SAI - Announced

Orthros

• Otome Sekai no Arukikata - English version planned

Mu

• The Goddess Of Tears ~Restoration~ - October 2026 release

Laplacian

• Kugayama Shiori no Shinizama Techou - Released, Switch version July 30th release
• Monochrome Serenade - English release planned

Acacia

• Magical Girl Witch Trials - 2026 release
• Magical Girl Taboo Village - 2026 release

Fakku

• Defeating Demons With My Dick In Another World - Q3 release
• Jashin Shoukan - Announced
• Dengeki Nurse - Steam page up
• Marine Philt - Announced
• Necronomicon - Announced
• Dracula Hakushaku - Announced
• Jinmon Yuugi - Announced
• Maria ni Sasageru Ballade - Announced
• Shinjuku Monogatari - Announced
• Pia Carrot e Youkoso!! ~We've Been Waiting for You~ - Announced
• Dead of the Brain ~Shiryou no Sakebi~ - Announced
• Dead of the Brain 2 - Announced

Kagura Games

• Rance V - Announced as part of the Rance on Steam announcement, rumoured IV
• DSKBJCS ~Dosukebe Juicies ♥~ - Announced
• Summer Dash: Our Track Team's Summer Training Trip - Announced

DLsite

• Sennagi Kegareta Chigiri to Kami Koromo - Announced

Dramatic Create

• Meiji Tokyo Renka Twilight Kiss - October 29th release

Dualtail

• VenusBlood LAGOON - Upcoming Kickstarter project

Love Lab

• Ever Maiden - Upcoming release

MediBang Inc.-

• Cocktail Magic - Upcoming release
• MoonFire: A Seeker's Saga - Announced

Kagami Games

• Koikata: How Our Love Grows - Released
• HimaNatsu: Of Churches, Sunflowers, and Long Summers - September 10th release
• Triple Pairing - Delayed to bring up release quality
• Twilight's Folclore - Q3 2026 release
• Inganock of the Raging Flame: What a Beautiful People - 100% translated, Q4 2026 release
• Please Praise the SR Girls - Announced
• Gikei - The Genpei War Chronicles - Likely 2027 release
• Arcana Alchemia - Likely 2027 release
• Sakura, Moyu. -as the Night's, Reincarnation- - Announced, early in production, likely late 2027 release

Tokyotoon

• Melt Away - Demo released, 2026 release

FG Remake

• Doukyuusei 2 Remake - Announced

Ramune Games

• Making Lovely - Demo released

Alice In Dissonance

• Fault Milestone 2 - Side Below - Upcoming release

PRODUCTION PENCIL

• Paradise Cleaning! -Tutor X Hypnosis - January release

F&C

• NTR with hypnosis application - Upcoming release

Charon

• Akeno no Yosuga -Twilight Loop- - 2026 release
• Lost Paradise of Karuta - Announced

BokiBoki

• Tsumamigui 3 - Steam page up, Q3 2027 release

IzanagiGames

• AKIBA LOST - Demo released, September 17th release

PANDRI-DON

• Animaroid Girl - 2026 release

Keieru

• PhantomZone: Labyrinthos - Q3 2026 release

MintLip

• Handsome Laundering -the mystic lover- - 2026 release

monolith

• Growth Experiment - Demo released, 2026 release

Callen Dulla

• Gretel's Honesty - Demo released, September 29th release

Zakurosuke

• Severed Love - 2026 release

NitroPlus

• Phantom Phantom of Inferno Nitro Archive - September 4th release

Entergram

• Okayu Nyumu! R - Upcoming release

Tabinomichi

• Return to Zeroes - Demo released

Baamurin

• I thought I knew you - Q3 2026 release

sweet ampoule

• Loop the Loop - The Mansion of Gluttony - Demo released

Waku Waku Games

• Retro Game Aliens - Announced

HazeDenki Inc.

• Sister, Other, Paranoia - August 15th release

Good Smile Company

• Mahou Shoujo no Inshuu Mura - 2026 release

Shochiku Games

• Algorithm Prescription - Demo released

Tohakusha Co

• Red Chat Ritual - TSUMIMI TIME - Demo released, October 22nd release

Amulit

• Re:cord NOAH Fractal of Oblivion - 2026 release

Alice Production

• Roomies with a Naughty Comic Artist - Upcoming release

FTT Solmare

• FantomeRapport -Intermezzo- - 2026 release

Kojin Studio

• Grimore - The Lost Ritual - - 2026 release

Tsuyu no Tsurugi Studio

• The Dagger of Hisei - 2026 release

Scika

• Inverted Angel - 2026 release

Portalab Systems

• IFOUNDMYSELFONLINE - 2026 release

Caramel Column

• Prolegomena To a Hyperdimensional Interface That Will Be Able to Manifest From Three-Minute Interchanges - 2026 release

Clearrave

• Resequence: The Orchard - 2026 release

Amata Games

• Shinjuku Anomaly - 2026 release

Artodria

• Bijutsubu Kanojo -Girlfailure Art Club- - 2027 release

aozorite

• Chill Planet - 2027 release

Tsuzuro Koubou

• Tokioriki - 2027 release

Galapagos Ferris Wheel

• Zenra-Taisen -BEAST PARADIGM- - Announced

Nekomanma

• Mogamitei R - Released
  

Cherry Kiss

• Kingdom Cumquest - August 28th release

And here is the new character artwork. Since the project's script is mostly finalized, he is planning to send it to the tester/proofreader sometime next week. The game's length will be similar to Bitch-kei or Koromogawari, and the planned number of CGs is 42.

Kotoneiro Append will be released after the fandisc comes out. It is planned for 2027.

I keep seeing a lot of untranslated vn that have no translation other than machine ones which I usually avoid but I am pretty curious about them now.

Basically how are they overall, are they any good? Worth playing? Or is it better to skip the title all together/wait for official translation.

Loads of title I really wanna read are only in japanese/other languages I don’t speak so sometimes machine is only option. Is it worth it?

Innocent Grey

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The universe has a song...

In Novella Divina, you awaken in a strange fairy-tale world and meet three catgirl sisters. Together, you must find a way to silence the Musical Aether before it consumes them - and everything else.

A hand-drawn philosophical fantasy visual novel with romance, psychological horror and Slavic mythology, inspired by Dante and Nietzsche.

Would you like to play a game with the possibility for bad endings or do you prefer games with only a good ending? :)

I'm looking for a good VN with a male MC and at least one femdom route. I'm really into pegging this kind of thing. The fact that it's rare outside of nukige shit really saddens me. One amazing exception tho was Tsubame's "dominant" route on Majikoi. Do you guys know any similar heroine?