Foreword: A localized chunige with intriguing concept, can't miss that.
With gameplay pieces taken aside, there's nothing else to call a VN of the Month but 
Yay, I finally reached the 
Another August, and another record of over 140 visual novels. 
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VN of the Month May 2009 - Trample on Schatten!! ~Kagefumi no Uta~
Trample on "Schatten!!" ~Kagefumi no Uta~ is the only masterpiece this month. And I'll actually review its untranslated and uncensored version. Micchi mostly observes delayed and gameplay visual novels while being expectedly fascinated by Tenshin Ranman and Tayutama fandisc.
Heliotrope -Sore wa Shi ni Itaru Kami no Ai- ヘリオトロープ－それは死に至る神の愛－[Hatena]
Foreword: CGs of this game look perfect, so I decided to check out why evaluations are so different.
VN of the Month April 2009 - Heliotrope -Sore wa Shi ni Itaru Kami no Ai-
I'll only name Heliotrope -Sore wa Shi ni Itaru Kami no Ai- as masterpiece this month. Micchi finally has Zen to join with his ever-sarcastic comments, and they don't seem to be hyped much about anything this month.
School Five ~Itsutsu no Himitsu no Monogatari~ すく～るふぁいぶ～五つの秘密の物語～ [DisAbel]
Foreword: It looked like a chunige with some badass weapons. And I know that previous Disabel "chunige" I rated as 5/10...
VN of the Month March 2009 - Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a Shooting Star-
Outside gameplay titles I'd only call Hoshizora no Memoria -Wish upon a Shooting Star- and Boku no Te no Naka no Rakuen (because it's tsundere fantasy!) mastepieces. I'll review School Five ~Itsutsu no Himitsu no Monogatari~ since it has battle heroines and kind of obscure. I've always been shocked by the fact how untranslated moege Flyable Heart got so many reviews. I guess there was some horrible English translation, because otherwise it's super suspicious. Michi is pissing rainbows with this number of moege, but it's sad that comments did not survive.
Devils Devel Concept [Akatsuki Works]
Foreword: It's Akatsuki Works. Do I need to add anything here?
Shinjisougeki Carnival 神事双劇カーニバル [Talestune]
Foreword: A translated fighting focused vn, don't see significant reasons to skip it.
VN of the Month February 2009 - Devils Devel Concept
There are only six titles this month to choose from, but four of those are masterpieces - Shinjisougeki Carnival, Devils Devel Concept, Like a Butler and Tapestry -you will meet yourself- . Reviewing first two. Micchi has pretty much the same, plus three vns that I block as nukige, but what's really funny is that he considers only delayed game Areas and Yoake fandisc big titles. Expectations and outcome don't necessarily coincide.
VN of the Month January 2009 - Amber Quartz
Ore-tachi ni Tsubasa wa Nai - Under the Innocent Sky. and Amber Quartz are the only masterpieces this month. I'm reviewing the latter. michi has all the same titles, plus some delayed and one nukige.
Blog status update
After each my hiatus blog composition changes. This does not really need to be true, but something always happens that forces me to do it. Last time my youtube channel got deleted. This time I'm forced to drop ambition in the basis of this blog to provide descriptions for as many obscure visual novels as possible.
Concerto Note コンチェルトノート [Applique]
Foreword: I guess Concerto Note won the poll for extra review, because of partial English release that turned out to be a total scam covering literally only the first three minutes of the game where absolutely nothing is told, and no introductions are made. A lot of years ago I took this bait as well. Now it's time to satisfy that curiosity.
VN of the Year 2008 and POLL for EXTRA review
Year 2008 started with two failed months, continued strong, but by the end lost a lot of appeal for me. There is not a single full 10/10 masterpiece (although technically Dies irae reworked version may be counted), but the overall number of masterpieces is again 20, exactly the same as in 2007, so can't complain here. New portion of Visual Novel Openings 2008 with songs.
永遠の終わりに Eien no Owari ni [Tama-Soft]
Foreword: There was very limited selection of games to choose from in December, but I chose Eien no Owari ni because of phrase unfinished masterpiece that I glanced in some review. The fact that Tama-Soft made Lost Child also matters a lot for me.
VN of the Month December 2008 - 428 ~Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de~
428 ~Fuusa Sareta Shibuya de~ is VN of the Month. But since it's translated already, will review Eien no Owari ni . Micchi focuses mostly on gameplay visual novels, but there are lots of comments to enjoy.
Kokorono ココロノ [FlyingShine Black]
Foreword: FlyingShine was never a good brand, it only flew and shined with invited writer stars like Tanaka Romeo, Setoguchi Ren'ya and Takemiya Yuyuko. But its works always try to seem more mysterious than they are. Kokorono is just like that - a game that I can't see through from the start, so yet another time I try even though nothing good can come from it.
VN of the Month November 2008 - Shikkoku no Sharnoth -What a Beautiful Tomorrow-
With gameplay pieces taken aside, there's nothing else to call a VN of the Month but Shikkoku no Sharnoth -What a Beautiful Tomorrow- . Still don't consider it a masterpiece, though. I'm taking Kokorono for review because... don't know why, really. At the very least it poses some mystery for me. Does not look like micchi had a favorite this month either.
Volume 7 [RococoWorks]
Foreword: Dropped this game a decade ago, but I played all other RococoWorks visual novels, so I have a history with this brand, and I quite like its works.
VN of the Month October 2008 - Volume 7
Yay, I finally reached the point where micchi started his blog. It includes many games from August-September with super brief commentaries and no synopsis, but it's a start. Volume 7 is VN of the Month, reviewing it. Concerto Note is another masterpiece.
Supreme Candy しゅぷれ～むキャンディ～王道には王道たる理由があるんです！～ [Makura]
Foreword: Took Supreme Candy for review blindly, just because of the brand, so was not sure what to expect.
VN of the Month September 2008 - Sumaga
Sumaga is the only masterpiece, but it's not really a Nitroplus game in spirit, so I'd rather review game from KeroQ sister brand Makura Supreme Candy
Koisuru Otome 恋する式 ～SHIKIGAMI 2008～ [White Cyc]
Foreword: The only chunige of the month, so I'll even overlook the fact that the last game of White Cyc I evaluated as 2/10
VN of the Month August 2008 - Koisuru Otome ~Shikigami 2008~
Another August, and another record of over 140 visual novels. Amatsukaze contains serious gameplay elements, so I don't include it in the race. I'll name Koisuru Otome ~Shikigami 2008~ VN of the Month, but will have yet to decide whether it's a masterpiece.
Kagerou Touryuuki 霞外籠逗留記 [raiL-soft]
Foreword: I'm not a big fan of raiL-soft, absolutely hate Albatross Koukairoku. But their first game Kagerou Touryuuki is probably the best game ever done by them.
Aion Garden [LiLiM]
Foreword: LiLiM is an old and curious brand that produces high quality works of different genres. This work is chunige, so I can't pass by it.
VN of the Month July 2008 - Kara no Shoujo
Kara no Shoujo is VN of the Month. Other masterpieces are Sora o Tobu, 3tsu no Houhou and Kagerou Touryuuki and also Aion Garden. Reviewing last two.
Nidaime wa ☆ Mahou Shoujo 二代目は☆魔法少女 [Sumikko Soft]
Foreword: Took this game for review because could not understand the gist of the game from synopsis or reviews.
Samayou Mitama ni Yasuragi no Toki o 彷徨う魂に安らぎの刻を [DisAbel]
Foreword: Game looks like a chunige, so why not try it.
Rui wa Tomo o Yobu るいは智を呼ぶ [Akatsuki Works]
Foreword: Took this game blindly for review just because I consider Coμ a full 10/10 masterpiece and want to see what games preceded it.
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