Trends in Visual Novels
My presentation for VNConference18 is now up on youtube. That video is part of a playlist of all the VNConf presentations and I’d recommend them all. There are some really insightful (and funny) speeches~
High-resolution versions of the charts are here:
A few extra charts I didn’t have time to present are included below:
A high-resolution version is available here.
Nukiges are generally rated poorly, while plot oriented VNs are generally considered best.
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You can see that most newbies to the medium are coming from the well-known plot oriented VNs Katawa Shoujo, Fate/Stay Night, and Steins;Gate. However, there’s also quite a few entering via otomes, showing how divided the community is. Those into otomes tend to stay within that genre, and those outside it rarely try otomes.
A high-resolution version is available here.
This basically shows the inverse of the previous newbie chart, highlighting those VNs that have the most experienced fans. Unsurprisingly, this is mainly clustered around the untranslated region, as those learning Japanese for VNs tend to be pretty committed fans who have read extensively.
Please feel free to ask questions or for contact me for any further information~
