#aoishiro

well. the port is Bad. the translation being the main issue. so i just can't in good faith recommend it to people. or give away copies or anything. i cannot recommend people play Aoi Shiro that way.

so i'm considering this idea again. i have the files for the old fan translation. if any of you would be interested..... i honestly want to try streaming it, so people can finally experience this piece of yuri VN history without having to wade through the awful garbled 'english support' the remaster has.

would anyone be interested in this, potentially.....?

(Akai Ito eshop, Steam, Aoi Shiro eshop, Steam)

There is a visual novel called Aoi Shiro. it’s a yuri visual novel about a kendo club that goes on a school trip to a temple by the sea, and, while there, various mysteries surrounding the temple, an island off shore, and the characters emerge. The characters are put in danger as they try to unravel why the main character feels she remembers this place, why a girl has washed up on the shore, and why a storm has come to tear the island and the temple apart.

A lot of lesbian/wlw/sapphic narratives, especially from visual novels, tend to stick to certain genres....... mostly slice-of-life. Aoi Shiro delves into action, fantasy, and mystery which I think is super refreshing.

Sadly, the initial translators who released the patched english version have vanished from the internet, and all their links and original files are down, plus it’s hard to set up even with the original files. You can find some downloads on backend sites of course, but I can’t speak to their safety or if they work. 

BUT! I still have the original files, saved from my old computer as a teenager, and I have the game working. Would anyone be interested in watching me stream it? ie, reading through Aoi Shiro together with me? It’s been a long, long time since I played it, so a lot of it will be fresh for me, and I want to share the experience of re-reading it with people. I won’t give anything away, only talking enough to contribute to discussion.

Reading visual novels alone is fun, but I think there’s something special to having a group of people experience a visual novel together, and discussing it as we go along. If you’re at all interested in visual novels with complicated, interwoven storylines, japanese fantasy and folklore, and a yuri story that has action and mystery and a little bit of adventure, let me know if you would possibly want to watch me play through it....!