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NEWS: JAST USA Reveals 'JAST BLUE' Imprint for Boys-Love Games




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SonicFanA



Joined: 12 Jul 2017
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PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 5:04 am Reply with quote
Awesome! More BL games are always a plus. I do have a question though, why are a lot of the BL games that are picked up kind of violent and bloody. Have any sweeter ones been released?
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R. Kasahara



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 10:30 am Reply with quote
Didn't the founder of JAST once claim that BL VNs don't sell and that's why his company won't localize any more of them? Though I've heard that the two they released in the past weren't very good, which may be the actual reason why they didn't sell...

It's nice to see this change in their policy, but I do wonder what prompted it. Maybe MangaGamer's BL releases are doing well for them?

SonicFanA wrote:
Awesome! More BL games are always a plus. I do have a question though, why are a lot of the BL games that are picked up kind of violent and bloody. Have any sweeter ones been released?

I would like recs along these lines as well!
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SheRrIs





PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 11:46 am Reply with quote
SonicFanA wrote:
Awesome! More BL games are always a plus. I do have a question though, why are a lot of the BL games that are picked up kind of violent and bloody. Have any sweeter ones been released?


MangaGamer is working on Koshotengai no Hashihime.
There are plenty of translated BL games for smartphones though.
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katscradle



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 12:40 pm Reply with quote
Oh… Sweet Pool. That’s a difficult one to explain to people.
Been 10 years huh? I think I tried to forget it.
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crosswithyou



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PostPosted: Sat Feb 24, 2018 9:37 pm Reply with quote
sweet pool! I remember playing this game when it originally came out. 10 years flies by so quickly! Nitro+CHiRAL has a good fan base, I think, so hopefully their games will sell decently. But then again, the fact that 10 years has passed since sweet pool was released (meaning that most people already played it bootlegged) might be a strike against them. Togainu no Chi was a big hit but as Nitro+CHiRAL's first release, it's even older than sweet pool!
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