It’s safe to say that my awareness of interesting threads of meaning has been raised by you and IKnight’s odysseys through F/sn (though I have yet to really read through your posts on it for fear of spoilers). I have expectations now, and fortunately F/sn seems inclined to cooperate with me in fulfilling them.

@Cuchlann

I suppose my liking of “clever” domain names borders on unhealthy at this point. I have played one visual novel before — this one — though I didn’t get farther than a few hours in, so I’m essentially new to the genre as well. To be Super Fanicom-relevant, one thing I’m trying to figure out is to what degree they work like other video games.

@Martin

Ah, I like complicated magic systems. Or maybe it’s that I strongly dislike overly simple magic systems.

Yeah, I’m really hoping I accidentally run into some foreshadowing. I’m doing a note-keeping blog in part to have a record of what I think of little seemingly-minor things all along; I figure it’ll be easier to bring everything together into cohesive analysis this way, and hopefully I’ll be surprised at how relevant some things turn out to be. Saves me the trouble of rewatching!

It’s mentioned (but in fairness not really shown) that Rin is popular at school, but Shinji Matou is a bit of a git. In fact he seems to plumb further into the scummy depths of bastard-ness as the game progresses. Honestly, you’ll hate his yellow guts by the end. The magic seems to have quite a complex set of mechanics behind it, a bit like Earthsea’s; it’s like a science of its own, with rules and arcane terminology. Quite fascinating really.

The fourth screenie is an example of how the game tosses in little details that don’t really register at the time but looking back are cheeky little hints of what’s to follow; you seem more adept at spotting things like that than I am so I’m looking forward to seeing how you get on! Yeah, every bugger seems to be playing it but that doesn’t detract from the fact that it’s excellent.

Does immeasurable equal meaningless, then? Or, rather, does someone who focuses on the immeasurable lead a meaningless existence?

Strike one!

Surely Rin doesn’t believe this, and she’s just cynically echoing the opinion of society.

Strike two!

Where’s the meaning in doing a meaningless thing?

Strike three!

I believe you’ve just broken the bank, dear sir. This VN was made for you.