White Album 2: The Greatest, Most Tragic Love Story in Visual Novel History | How to Get Started

Описание

For the past decade, Aquaplus, Leaf, and Fumiaki Maruto's White Album 2 had been consistently hailed as one of the best romance VN stories ever created. With a fan translation patch by Todokanai Translations released in 2021, the time is right to take a look at why this snow-covered tragedy has earned such a vaunted reputation as well as how best for beginners to get started.




Fan translation patch can be found here:
https://todokanaitl.github.io/
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Timestamps:
0:00 Introduction
0:56 Visual Novel Studio Leaf's Development History
2:38 The Story of Fumiaki Maruto
4:14 White Album 2
8:07 Beginner's Guide to WA2
11:05 Conclusion
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Resources/Further Reading:

Todokanai Translations:
https://todokanaitl.github.io/

White Album 2 (VNDB)
https://vndb.org/v7771

Katsunori Kobayashi (VNDB)
https://vndb.org/s6330

Fumiaki Maruto (VNDB)
https://vndb.org/s216

Fumiaki Maruto (JA wiki)
https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E4%B8%B8%E6%88%B8%E5%8F%B2%E6%98%8E

Kikakuya Writing Association
https://www.kikakuya.info/

Art, Love and Politics in the Works of Fumiaki Maruto (White Album 2, Saekano, Classroom Crisis), Frog-kun
https://frogkun.com/2015/09/14/art-love-and-politics-in-the-works-of-fumiaki-maruto-white-album-2-saekano-classroom-crisis/

4Gamer Interview with Maruto Fumiaki and Nakamura Takeshi, WA2 Analysis
https://wa2analysis.com/4gamer-interview-with-maruto-fumiaki-and-nakamura-takeshi/

Maruto Fumiaki & Nakamura Takeshi interview – Dengeki Playstation, WA2 Analysis
https://wa2analysis.com/maruto-fumiaki-nakamura-takeshi-interview-dengeki-playstation/

Fumiaki Maruto: The Romance Specialist You’ve (Never) Heard About, Thoughts of Ani-tan
https://nusanitan.wordpress.com/2015/03/29/fumiaki-maruto-the-romance-specialist-youve-never-heard-about/

Comiket
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Comicmarket62_00.JPG

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Music:

Touching Moments Three - Deeper by Kevin MacLeod
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Stoic Morning by Kevin MacLeod
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Windswept by Kevin MacLeod
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Touching Moments Five - Circle by Kevin MacLeod
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Reminiscing by Kevin MacLeod
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