Visual novels(VNs) are a special gem in the 21st century. It's exactly what the name implies, a story with pictures to go along with it!
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Undisputably the best Visual Novel of our generation |
Most commonly produced in Japan, VNs provide the player/reader with stories of all sorts, ranging from horror, sci-fi, comedy, and even romance! They also have interactive elements, giving the player control on how the story progresses. The most common examples of VNs are the video game series
Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney, where you play as a lawyer to defend his clients
and more recently the cult classic
Katawa Shoujo, where essentially you go to a school full of crippled girls for you to fu-Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiii mean a school full of disabled girls for you to have se-Iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii mean a romance novel about a young adult who goes to a school full of girls whom suffer from physical challenges which you can enter mature courtships with.
God it's hard to describe that game without sounding creepy... ANYWAY
Essentially, they are all VNs with the option for the player to interact with the story. This gives the chance for players to experience the rich stories this media has to offer... most of the time anyway. Much like any other form of entertainment, there are the bad that come with the good. There is even the really weird. The VN I am about to explore for you, is just that. Ladies and gentlemen, "My Girlfriend is the President"!