Liking niche stuff makes you feel superior. Same goes for visual novels. That’s why I’ve always figured that compared to the tight, length-constrained assembly line of TV anime, visual novels have way more freedom when it comes to storytelling, and they just do it better. Plus, original anime is pretty rare—most adaptations come from light novels, manga, or visual novels. So at least in terms of originality, VNs should have a slight edge over TV anime… But there’s always an exception… I never thought a visual novel would actually choose to go the light novel route… And a knockoff light novel route at that…