r/visualnovels • u/AutoModerator • Jan 15 '22
Weekly Weekly Discussion #390 - Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate
Koi to Senkyo to Chocolate is a visual novel released by sprite in 1999. It got a fantranslation by Basic Translations in 2015. /u/ddui ported this fantranslation to the recently released HD "High Resolution" port. There's a translation for the console only Non-chan route on YouTube.
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Synopsis from vndb:
Two childhood friends attend Takafuji Gakuen: Yuuki, who wants to fall in love, and Chisato, who hates chocolates. They are part of the food research club along with their friend and classmate Mifuyu. Even though it’s a food research club, they don’t actually do anything except for buying candy with the club budget and enjoying their time together. It is an irreplaceable place to them. However, the club’s existence is in danger with one of the student council president candidates, Satsuki, vowing to close all clubs that don’t do anything. Since their club is in this list, they do their best to save it but there’s no other way but to participate in the student council president elections and defeat her. Yuuki is persuaded by Chisato to run in the election. At first he isn’t interested at all, but since the club members are trying their hardest, he too wants to win to save the club.
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u/castor212 Jan 16 '22
I genuinely liked it when I read it. Like, it's not spectacular, but it's a definite enjoyable read for me for the most part.
In as much Chisato's route is controversial, I think it's genuinely necessary for the most part of the VN. There is a certain catharsis knowing what happened in Chisato's route that complements the other route and enhance them.
#my2cents
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u/gc11117 Jan 17 '22
I really liked this VN. While Chisato wasn't great, I do have a soft spot for stories involving terrible people lol. You can really tell that it's made by the people behind Aokana when you play it
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u/August_Hail Jan 15 '22
I have this game in my backlog...and I'll get to reading it eventually...
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Jan 15 '22 edited Jan 15 '22
Alright, I’m really on the fence about this VN cuz of the heroine that everyone hates. I generally dislike skipping routes, but I kinda don’t want to suffer through her route in order to enjoy the rest seeing as how other routes are locked behind hers.
I suppose my question is: is her route skippable, or am I going to be missing important info for the other routes?
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u/Y0shiart2 Jan 15 '22
In the HR version, Chisato isn't forced into you in the first play through, so you have no worries there.
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u/ForlornPenguin Jan 16 '22 edited Jan 16 '22
I haven't heard of this VN before, but the VNDB page says it's set in the same universe as Aokana? What?! Is this before the invention of grav shoes and FC? And did Aokana have any references to this title that went over my head when I read it?
EDIT: Also, it looks like the VNDB link to the HD English patch goes to a Discord invite instead of actually linking to the patch download.
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u/ejennsyahmixcel Jan 15 '22
Hmmm, looks 2010-ish, or does someone accidentally sent some copies of the VN 11 years back in the time?