Revisiting the Denpa Game that "Invented" Visual Novels

Support the show on Patreon:   / speedynoelle   Or donate one-time via Ko-Fi: https://ko-fi.com/ameliedoree Leaf is, without any doubt, one of the few visual novel developers to truly achieve ‘legendary’ status. But all legends have to start somewhere, and in 1996, it began with Shizuku - the game that invented visual novels and denpa... or did it? Special thanks to Very Ok Vinyl for sponsoring this episode! https://www.veryokvinyl.com/ For sources, purchase links, shout outs, and the script to follow along with, please check out the accompanying Patreon post:   / game-that-never-88768963   This months shout outs: https://www.youtube.com/@ced-_-/videos https://kastelpls.itch.io/ Tweets:   / speedynoelle   Tumblr:   / ameliedoree   PayPal: https://paypal.me/noelleamelie Bandcamp: https://speedyspcfan.bandcamp.com Soundcloud:   / speedyfm   00:00 Intro 04:14 Story 15:05 Denpaesthetics 23:16 Patreon Break 27:20 Plot Summary [SPOILERS] 32:34 The Messy Themes [SPOILERS] 41:09 When the Dust Has Settled