How Morality is Killing the Industry

How Morality is Killing the Industry

While there will be many try to say that this is not true, I would argue that the evidence would actually prove that what is stated here in this article is correct. As the title suggest this is an opinion piece about how the current 'Cancel Culture' and Social Justice Warriors through the use of 'morality' is attempting to destroy a vast amount of industries. 

Now when you think of 'morality' you would normally picture someone that is more Conservative and holds a Christian based moral compass that when able to see some of the content in modern Anime, Manga, Light Novels, Visual Novels, and video games, that they would cringe and be the ones that would seek to have them removed. However as more and more articles are published we are seeing that is just not the case at all.

More and more companies in an attempt to 'fit in' and obtain the 'back pats' from the Modern Liberal Movement, are taking more and more of these items down from their shops. As time is going by we are seeing, primarily here in the west, the continued removal of works of art in the name of "Social Justice". 

This is being seen by many in the East as an insult, which rightfully so it should be. A nation that claims to be 'Free' is lecturing a nation about 'Morality' over freedom. When Nintendo's current President and CEO was asked about Nintendo allowing Indy Developers to post games on their platform, including ones that are for 18+ players, he made it clear that the problem isn't the game or the platform but the people in the West. 

Now we are reading articles where Amazon and others are removing content from their stores, without saying why of course, but as has been indicated by several Japanese based companies that license to American sub firms to make Manga and Light Novels, the recent string of removals are most likely related to the more 'adult' content'. Even though these are being clearly labeled as such Amazon has decided to remove them anyways.

While I agree that morality plays a big role in culture, it can also be the reason a culture falls apart. In the United States we pride ourselves on the fact that we have the freedom to do what we want, see what we want, hear what we want, and say what we want and if it offends someone then they can move along. However as time has went on we are seeing more and more people no longer following that line of thinking but instead they, 'get their feelings hurt' and are quick to dismiss anything they do not like or find that doesn't adhere to their moral way of thinking. 

To that end morality is killing the industry and our nation here in the United States. We are allowing it to happen in front of us and if we are not willing to stand up now and be heard about how this is nothing short of oppression than when all outlets for us Weebs, Geeks, Nerds, and Kinksters, is gone we will only have ourselves to blame for it.

Morality should not be used to curtail freedom. Morality should benefit the free flow ideas and support the freedom of thought, media, and most of all the people.

Hanapon Princess

Hanapon Princess is currently unreleased in the Steam store but is slated to come out very soon. I was asked to give the game a run through as a Steam Curator and upon accepting the request I went to work playing through the content so I could bring this entry to you.

Hanapon Princess is a fast-paced, short, multiple-choice, and ending Visual Novel that has the protagonist (that as no name) into the fantasy-like nation of Hanapon. You are summoned there by a dragon-like being referred to as Poncho and he explains to you that the nation is in need of a King to rule it alongside one of the daughters of the former King.

You quickly find out that you are to be the King and that your task is to find which of the four daughters that you will take to be your wife and the future Queen of the nation. As if that wasn't already nerve-racking enough, you also have to do this at the end of the day prior to a festival to be held that will be your wedding announcement. 

Each of the four princesses has unique characteristics and personalities. You get to select between two girls at the start to converse with and learn about, you then will get to see what that particular girl believes in and have a chance to either be truthful with them or not. I haven't tried the less truthful route yet but I would assume it would ultimately effect if they decide to accept your marriage proposal at the end of not. 

After time with the first girl, you will encounter them all again and then be given a second set of two girls to choose from. You again will converse with your chosen girl and make the decision of being upfront or not. 

Ultimately you will have to decide which of the two girls you decided to get to know more about that you want to be your wife and the Queen of Hanapon. 

 

The game while short and fast-paced is a nice change of pace from more long and drawn out visual novels. While the character depth is not as extensive as others, the music is also a bit dated and doesn't change much, it isn't a bad thing. 

I did enjoy this Visual Novel for what it was, a short, multiple ending, VN that doesn't add a lot of contexts and focuses on a single goal. While I do think the characters could have been worked out and fleshed out a bit more, I am accepting that this VN wasn't designed to bring a great deal of depth to the player. I also enjoyed the artwork as it wasn't as serious a design as other VN's. 

All in all, I would recommend this to anyone looking for a time killer VN or someone new that is looking to get their feet wet on multiple-choice / multiple-ending Visual Novels. 

Kukkoro Days

Kukkoro Days is a short Visual Novel that takes place in what I can only call modern day. Or at least the majority of it. As the protag, ( you can create your own name) you are a single man living in a small apartment working part-time barely making a living, but making it none the less.

On one particular day after returning from your work and reading a Manga that a co-worker loaned to you, a sudden event breaks the normality of your life. Suddenly a magic summons circle is formed above your bed and out falls a female Knight.

The knight is badly hurt and you take it upon yourself to help her the best you can. Once she comes to and an incident occurs you find yourself at sword point. Her name is Cattleya and she comes from another world. 

As the story progresses you spend your time helping Cattleya in an attempt to help her get home to her world, as well as assist her in defeating the one that sent her to your world in the first place, a dragon named Diablo. 

The game is pretty short and took me roughly 2 hours to complete on the first playthrough. While the game has multiple choices through the game itself I find that the only one that really made a difference was the one at the end of the game where there are three options. Two of them are what I would consider being somewhat bad endings...though bad isn't really all that bad. 

There is one choice that ultimately is the one that I would call a happy ending, which I won't tell you here but just say that I think you will enjoy it better.

I did like this Visual Novel even if it was short and there really wasn't much in the way of story pathing but the one major choice at the end. While the VN doesn't have much in the way of Adult Content it does have some adult situations. I'd consider this "Adult Content Lite" and is decent one to start with if your new to Visual Novels.