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Kugayama Shiori’s Death Diary – Review

Kugayama Shiori’s Death Diary (Kugayama Shiori no Shinizama Techou) is the latest visual novel from developer Laplacian, and it’s one that sees the studio trying new things. The lead writer is Kazuki Fumi, known for the Criminal Border and 9-nine series, rather than Ono Wasabi, who was the main writer on Laplacian’s previous visual novels. It’s […]

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Interview with Pellet (Visual Novel Art Director/Lead Illustrator) | On Kugayama Shiori’s Death Diary

Kugayama Shiori’s Death Diary (Kugayama Shiori no Shinizama Techou) by Laplacian is a mystery visual novel with a striking visual style. This was overseen by Pellet, the art director and lead illustrator on this title. Pellet has worked on quite a few Laplacian titles and has been with the developer since their earliest title, Kimi […]

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Interview with Hayashi Ryousuke (Visual Novel Director) | On Kugayama Shiori’s Death Diary

Visual novel developer Laplacian recently released Kugayama Shiori’s Death Diary (Kugayama Shiori no Shinizama Techou). The project was directed by Hayashi Ryousuke, who has worked in various capacities on titles for Laplacian titles such as Cyanotype Daydream and The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons, along with titles from other developers including Chronobox and Waning […]

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Harmonic Reflections – Review

Harmonic Reflections, the latest visual novel from Laplacian, first released in English back in July, albeit with significant controversy. The original English translation was via DMM Game Translate, a service that uses AI machine translation with human supervision. While Laplacian was forthcoming about this, as well as the fact that Adobe Firefly was used to […]

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Interview with Ono Wasabi (CEO of Laplacian) | On AI Translation, Industry Challenges, and Future Plans

Visual novel developer Laplacian recently announced the retranslation of Harmonic Reflections (Kioku no Kenban) following strong negative feedback regarding the initial translation by DMM Game Translate, which utilizes AI machine translation (MTL) with human supervision. At the time of writing, the majority of the Steam reviews regarding the English version are negative, with most citing […]

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The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons – Walkthrough & Guide

The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons includes a common route with a ladder structure. It contains four routes, some of which have unlock conditions. This guide will tell you about the choices to access the various routes, and explain the situation regarding the patch. If you’ve not yet purchased this game, you may wish […]

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The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons – Review

The English release of Laplacian’s The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons was one of my highly anticipated visual novels of 2023. Future Radio promises science fiction that radically reshapes society and a mystery with a solid hook, which were enough to get me on board. Silent Planet The Future Radio and the Artificial Pigeons has […]