This thread is gonna die soon.

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>What is Ririkuru?
Ririkuru is a franchise that started out as a series of drama CDs but then went on to get a visual novel which was picked up and translated by Mangagamer.
>Where do I start?
That's a good question. Obviously the two choices are starting with the drama CDs or with the VN. I would recommend the former, as the VN doesn't really bother with introducing the characters too much. Unfortunately of the drama CDs relevant to the VN only half are translated - Vols 1, 2 and 3. Translated by anons from /u/ I might add as somehow Mangagamer figured they don't wanna bother. 4, 5 and 6 remain untranslated but there are sequel CDs to Vols 1-2-3 that cover Winter and Summer activities of the three couples and those CDs are translated.
If you plan to start with VN I strongly suggest to listen to the drama CDs when you hit relevant story events in the VN - each couple has their own and they share the title with the drama CDs.

I'm gonna have to play this game, I know it supposedly isn't very good, but still, it deserves it.

This is like buying a new cat the day after your 15 year old cat you had since you were a baby died.

>>3649128
How dare you stand where she stood!

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>>3649128
If we're allowed to go for round 2 on this then can we have a yurirei thread as well?

>>3649277
This hits way too close to home, kindly go fuck yourself anon.

>>3661938
I only wanted to prove a point to the OP, I'm sorry anon.

>>3654833
This is technically Round 3/4.

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Started the game just the other day and I'm really enjoying it so far.
My favourite pairing at the moment is Hina x Ayame, but Tama-chan is the cutest thing in the world.

A pale imitation of an ancient being

>>3715633
It's always like that in the beginning. Gotta look at the long term though.

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So did anyone buy and listen to 少女軌道のリユニオン? Been out for almost a week now. I'm thinking about it, but the price is, as usual for Particle, on the steeper side for audio dramas.

>>3741504
I've been keeping an eye on it but somehow I found myself looping through not being in the mood to sit down and listen to it even though I have the time and being in the mood but not having the time. I'll get there eventually. They chose a pretty elaborate setting considering it's yuri audio dramas, kinda curious what they did it.
Do share your opinion if you ever get around to listening to it yourself.

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uYe-2B-PRo
Apparently Particle is dead. The parent company, Pencil, is focusing on its core revenue streams (something which is quite common in the current recession period), and Particle sales were relatively small, to nobody's surprise. Pencil doesn't want to take risks on new projects with an inherently smaller audience. A VN based on LLC Heart was planned, but is now cancelled.
Fumiya is saying that the sales of LLC Heart and Reunion weren't that bad, they were just worse than Pencil's 18+ and otome games, and the company needs to cut expenses so it naturally chose to cut the worse performers. As a result, Fumiya chose to leave the company (the company let Particle exist as long as it's not in the red and Fumiya helps out elsewhere, without Particle he's not terribly motivated to work on that other stuff).

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Finally finished the VN.
Tamaki x Saeka were truly the cutest.

Is there a mega/mediafire folder with all of the audio dramas floating around? I checked everywhere I could think of and couldn't find anything. Price on booth is a bit to high for me to personally justify it.

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>>3760923
>glasses

>>3767160
Ah fuck my dumbass forgot to mention I did find the first 6 on an old /u/ post.
https://mega.nz/folder/WypBSZpR#OGuKoihtbktte8LWEM2tjw
I also ripped the 7th one bundled with the physical copy of the VN if anyone is interested.

>>3767160
I'm thinking of importing the discs, as indeed the DLsite/Booth prices even with sales (15%... haha...) and coupons are a bit too much, and even with shipping and import taxes physical might end up being cheaper. All I bought digitally were the new SF ones, yet to listen to them though.

>>3769278
You should upload those as well.
I did check yahoo auctions a few days ago and only found a couple CDs but best of luck.

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Bought two random CDs from yahoo auctions and ripped them. About 13 minutes of content between the two of them. If I get my hands on more stuff I'll continue to share them here.
https://mega.nz/folder/YeUHzRgD#6-yjcytr-3cZJH3bMqCYMQ
https://mega.nz/folder/NDkn0CQa#9_J3sE9rx1VWmg7V6q3cvA
Also I'll mention here that JapaneseASMR uploaded a few.
https://japaneseasmr.com/?s=%E3%82%8A%E3%82%8A%E3%81%8F%E3%82%8B

>>3649142
>the VN doesn't really bother with introducing the characters too much
Sounds like a bit of a misstep if they want to attract newcomers

>>3816676
Why do you think the VN bombed? Normally, with those voice actors alone, you get a certain audience. But they not only had a really terrible writer for what they were going for, they also didn't give a shit about getting new people in.
Kinda sad, but alas. It's not rare for companies to splurge for voice actors, but forget how important the writer is. For a drama CD this might still be okay, but for a VN.. it's harsh to go bottom tier, given that even average is not really that good with VNs.

Happy New Year thread

>>3649142
Are there any good fanfics?

Am I too late for this? Anyone here got the collection from nyaa? Could you seed for a bit

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>>3715633
Every flower was once a tiny seed, nee-san.

Here is your hat.

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Does anyone have vol.7 of the CDs that came included with the limited edition of the game? That's the only one I'm struggling to track down for a reasonable cost, out of things that aren't store specials.
Its Japanese title is りりくるVol.7『輝く!? スターの条件!』
It's available as part of the game on booth, but I already have the digital game elsewhere (MG version is just plain superior even for playing in JP), and spending 6k yen for basically just the mp3 release is a bit more than I'd like. Used game boxes float around here and there, however it's always in a "tokutens probably missing lmao" state, so there's a big risk that it's a waste of money.

>>3800534
I would be really grateful if you could reupload these, the folders now show up as empty (probably because of some copyright strike).

May thread

Is this ever getting an anime?

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>>4237004
No, the franchise is officially dead, and its creator left the company that was funding it. The reason according to Fumiya was something like "it's not that Lilycle is in the red, but in this shitty post-covid economy we have to brutally optimize, so we'll consolidate around our stronger franchises" (there was a livestream on youtube where he talked about that in vague terms). He was assisting with other Particle projects in exchange for being able to do Lilycle, so he had no reason to stay anymore. Currently seems to be busy doing various contract work (the latest was a script for an Arknights drama CD), so no new yuri from Fumiya for the time being, although he's low-key working on a novel that seems Lilycle-ish in style.
>>4120658
I did actually get Vol. 7 along with the game disc. I'll be compiling an archive of what I have, which is (almost?) all of the main discs, plus a few digital releases to fill the gaps, some music, and a few specials, but I'll really appreciate it if someone can share the specials that were uploaded here earlier, or any other ones. Nearly all of the specials are also available digitally on Booth and DLsite in various package deals, but I'm just not yet ready to shell out 2800 per disc only to get the specials (which will amount to well over 20k yen), at least not all by myself.
I'd also love to translate the discs that are still untranslated, but I'm just not sure if I'll have the time and energy for that any time soon.

>>3715633
>A pale imitation of an ancient being
Which ancient being would that be?

>>4270249
My fave pair.

>>4078923
Preview looks like a moustache.

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So, I'm trying something for fun. I'll be gradually filling up the folder as I go, until I run out of space there.
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Lqzn_S5JUVTNgjuXgLIz-XaaOCWA5Dpd?usp=sharing
I know translations of 1-2-3-summer-winter already exist, but this is a therapy of sorts for me, so I'm starting from the first one anyway.
Normally I wouldn't post it having only done the first file of the first CD, but this is the first time I'm muxing an .mka with subs and cover art so that it plays as if it were a subbed video (in mpv at least) and I want to know what I did wrong before I mux more.

>>4320814
Are you translating all the CD's?

How the fuck were this, Sono Hanabira, and Kindred Spirits just allowed to die out without any attempts to capitalize on their popularity and expand? None of these got any anime, just a single hentai episode.

>>4343857
Kindred Spirits did at least get a manga pseudo sequel.

>>4343857
You do realize anime costs millions of dollars and has an abysmal rate of return without even more funding for advertising on the product it tries to advertise. Small game studios aren't dumping their entire studio's budget into anime hoping to be the 1 in 100 smash hit that will make their money back and more. Sonohana is almost 20 years old with dozens of multimedia releases, I'd say that is pretty successful. Lilycle is not nearly as big as the other two and the fact it got a highly produced game is pretty cool on its own.

>>4343895
Kindred spirits came out over a decade ago and had multiple audio dramas because it did well enough to fund them, and a stroke of luck made it successful enough to fund a voiced remaster.

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>>4341053
I suddenly got busy, but the intention is to go as far as I can manage. Each disc is pretty long though, so even timing takes a long time, let alone translation. I've also changed up things a bit. The video stream bloat needed for making a MKV is probably worth the added convenience for people not using mpv. Also I made it look similar to the game UI now, not sure why I didn't think about it from the get-go.
>>4343857
These are all really niche franchises, we're just in a bubble. The only yuri VN that I think could've lucked out on a TV anime was Flowers, and even that ship has clearly sailed by now. The anime world is now brutal anyway, it's just a bloodbath between Shueisha and Kadokawa to get good quality staff with an occasional passion project by industry veterans.

>>4346869
>>4320814
Thanks for the Christmas gift.

>>4369772
This March?

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Fumiya is back with what is essentially a LLC reboot (I assume all of the LLC IP is still with Particle, so new characters and all). Now with duet songs on the same CDs spliced between the story segments.
https://petitcopine.booth.pm/items/6718215

>>4290544
Agreed, there is some strange allure to ojou-san/maid relationships where they are also childhood friends and fuck each other.

Does anyone still keep the translation for the first 3 vols? Tried searching but the old links are dead.

>>3649128
>>3649134
>This thread is gonna die soon.
>Lasts over three years
Talk about thread immortality

>>4427020
You mean the drama CDs or something? You gotta be more specific when you say volumes.

>>4399927
...that didn't last long, Fumiya parted ways with this new company, and apparently non-amicably. Though petitCopine will still release new drama CDs, it appears.
There was a post about this, but he took it down because he was threatened with legal action. I do wonder what was there, although I guess it doesn't really matter in the end. The one project I didn't expect any drama from, damn.
https://ci-en.net/creator/15601/article/1438115
>>4446788
LLC's mainline CDs are officially called "volumes" (LLC 1-6, LLC RS 1-6 & 7A-7C, LLC Heart 1-3) so it's appropriate.
>>4427020
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1KF8kyN1zpt2SFs47qMfaZ0ADO3bdBQ-D/view?usp=sharing

>>4446788
Ah yeah, I meant the CD Drama, should have been a bit more specific.
>>4448343
Thank you kind anon!

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Which pairing is getting married first?

>>4480605
I think the maid and the ojou-sama are basically destined to. The rich family will not accept their daughter to have a mistress without a ring on her.

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If you bump and delete your post one more time instead of properly replying to this thread I will be posting a bunch of on-topic stuff and shorten this thread's lifespan significantly. You have been warned.

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I have warned you not to bump and delete your post. So now you reap what you sowed.

So first of all I got into Lylicle through the visual novel, Lilycle Rainbow Stage. I feel like it introduced the series really well. I especially liked the calendar system. Advancing each couple throuhgout the year at your own pace is really cool, especially compared to either being forced to follow a route each time or having to read through every single couple's development simulteaneously in a linear kinetic VN. Ensemble casts should always be handled this way desu!

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In my first playthrough I didn't really understand the VN's choices or how they worked, so I just reloaded them and thus unlocked all three possible combinations of the main triangle at the same time. For a series that builds such a strong identity on established pairings, it is quite surprising that they gave the player so much variation for the new main triangle. Like I am aware each couple variation has their own song and all, but it seems way harder to maintain. I guess it would be easier to have them in a threeway poly relationship to keep things concise...

Of the three combination I did prefer Yuuno/Tamaki the most. Teacher and student yuri is always great, but Tamaki being almost a loli gave it a weird reverse age gap feel from what is actually going on. Sensei is also way more fun with Yuuno than with Saeka. Although I can't say I disliked any of the combinations. Saeka does feel sort of like the main love interest for Yuuno contextually to me though.

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If I had to rank all pairings in Lilycle Rainbow Stage!!! it would look like this:
1. Hare/Seira (tsundere couples are the best)
2. Alice/Ibuki (ojou-sama/maid is classic stuff)
3. Takami/Yuuno (the fun student/teacher one)
4. Mio/Natsuki (this feels like oneeloli)
5. Mai/Mayu (incest is wincest as they say)
6. Waka/Ayumi (Waka is just so freaking earnest)
7. Yuuno/Saeka (feels like the "canon" couple)
8. Ayame/Hina (I keep forgetting this pairings exists)
9. Tamaki/Seaka (despite my love for student/teacher, this one feels tagged on)

There isn't any bad couple here, but some are clearly more fleshed out and interesting than others. Though I am sure Ayame/Hina is actually trying to appeal by being such a basic and straightforward dynamic of normal pure lovers.

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More thoughts next time that anon decides to bumpdelete.