Dear Listeners,
Woe! Technical Catastrophes be upon us!
Sara's internet is going through some extreme difficulties this week, so our episode on Gnosia will be delayed until
Next Thursday, 4/30, aka Walpurgisnacht. We're sorry for the delay and please look forward to the episode!
Dear Listeners,
Our very first episode in 2020 covered Eliza, a game about tech companies using AI slop for therapy & pressing humans into low paying gig work. So... how's that feel in 2026?
We revisit Eliza in our latest bonus episode, now available on Patreon!
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Dear Listeners,
How do you feel about Curry? Do you enjoy Curry? Have you eaten Curry recently? Curry bread? Curry rice? Curry Chocolate? Curry Candy? Curry Yogurt? Curry Coffee? Curry?
Say it in Red Episode 75: Tsukihime Original - Ciel Route is now available!
www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...
Folder of Yu-Gi-Oh cards from the Labrynth set, including Lovely Labrynth of the Silver Castle, her servants and Labrynth Labyrinth
Other side of the folder including cards like Big Welcome Labrynth, Labrynth Barrage, and Farewelcome Labrynth
This one is for the Say it in Red patrons
Dear Listeners,
Do you remember the day we first met, bumping into one another on the way to school? That day changed our lives forever, though I suppose the fact that you have Mystic Eyes of Depth Perception helped.
Say it in Red Episode 74 is now available!
www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...
Listener, I did in fact buy some Yu-Gi-Oh cards after this recording.
(Don't be like me, but do go listen, it was a lot of fun)
Dear Listeners,
In our latest bonus episode, Runa and Sara look through binders and decks of their trading cards while staring lovingly at gorgeous artwork. Join us for this month's bonus ep on Storytelling in TCGs like Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh!, and Magic the Gathering!
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Dear Listeners,
Return with us, for a brief moment, to the year 2000. Malls were still popular hangout spots for teens, cell phones were scarce, and sometimes a vampire would greet you on your way to school.
Say it in Red Episode 73 is now available!
www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...
Say it in Red podcast's upcoming schedule, listing the release date and episode topic for their next 3 episodes spanning January through March of 2026 January 30th: Tsukihime Original - Arcueid Route February 27th: Tsukihime Remake ~ A Piece of Blue Glass Moon (Part 2 of 2) - Ciel Route March 27th: Tsukihime Original - Ciel Route
Dear Listeners,
Our new schedule is available.
Patrons, as always, are able to see our schedule all the way through July of this year - If you'd like to know where we're headed after we finish reading through Tsukihime's Arcueid and Ciel routes, please join us.
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Our 6th Indie VN Compilation episode is out now! In this episode we talk about NINE indie games, some of which are short enough to play within a single sitting while still packing a huge punch.
So, if you're having a relaxing New Year's Day, why not curl up with one of these games? For example...
I completely forgot words like "Dark academia" or "60's vintage chic" so my brain defaulted to "Like Daphne from Scooby doo but if she was even More Stylish" 😹
Clara and Bec both look incredible, and I really love how they're both like, kinda (very) suspicious. All these girls are great.
-Runa
And, though it's not a VN, Runa also mentioned playing Cycle! A metroidvania about a girl trying to figure out what happened to her mother, who went missing on a quest to turn on a mysterious tower. Delightfully fast and with a lot of difficulty customizations
store.steampowered.com/app/1947160/...
A screenshot of the game "Taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store" in which Brunhilde, the eponymous Dark Knight Girlfriend, has one eye closed and is looking aside while muttering " 'Donkey Kong' is not a mere game. 'Tis a work of art."
Then, Runa laughed almost to the point of tears playing @foreverfuture.bsky.social 's "Taking my Dark Knight Girlfriend to the corner store"
Listen this game is such a fun experience. You can give Brunhilde her first taste of Mountain Dew. GOTY honestly.
store.steampowered.com/app/3789280/...
A screenshot from Parfum Nostalgique of Valdemar holding a crop and wearing a leather harness. Valdemar says "No boast thee, death, in thy possession lies."
Parfum Nostalgique from @princerosalium.bsky.social was one of Sara's favorites, featuring not only gorgeous artwork but incredibly compelling character dynamics.
You owe it to yourself to meet Valdemar, a vampire who daylights as a therapist and moonlights as a dom
priro.itch.io/parfum-nosta...
Now, on New Year's Day you may want to relax with something lighter and sweeter. Perhaps you could try the Adult Life Yuri Bundle published by @quill-yuri.bsky.social
You know how sometimes you spill coffee on a CEO's daughter and now you're her maid? Yeah👭
store.steampowered.com/app/3601840/...
Homunculus Hotel from Team SolEtude is a gorgeous, often melancholy foray into the life and dreams of various hotel guests and their lives, their hopes, and their regrets. On top of having a heartwrenching story, the visuals in this game are all breathtaking.
team-soletude.itch.io/homunculus-h...
For this episode Runa also played Devil's Liminal from @studiointerlude.com, a yuri horror game about Margo, a girl suffocating at home over the summer after graduating high school.
It's incredible, the visuals and vibes are immaculate and both romance options are😍❗😨
heptad.itch.io/devils-liminal
Then, Sara tells us all about @wakayrd.bsky.social's Dramatic Irony, a game about being trans in high school that presents every situation and character as part of a Shakespearean drama. An incredible concept that's also delightfully, sometimes painfully executed.
wakayrd.itch.io/dramaticirony
A screenshot from the game The Mysterious Thief: Forget Me Not, in which the eponymous theif is dipping a beautiful woman while both of them blush. The thief, Desirée, asks "A-Are you alright?!"
Next, Runa talks about the jubilant, heartfelt, and incredibly endearing love letter to Phantom Thief stories - The Mysterious Thief; Forget Me Not by @solarprotag.bsky.social
A true delight, especially if you're a fan of Kaito Kid, Yuri, or dorks in love.
solarprotagonist.itch.io/forget-me-not
A screenshot of the fangame Char's Ennui featuring the title "FAN-WORK Gundam Char's Ennui" and an ADV textbox saying "It's an inelegant solution, but I layer several sheets of the bathroom tissue together and dab at the sides of his head first" the background is an image of Amuro Ray's hand dabbing tissues on Char's head.
The first game we talk about on our episode is @esshemasha.bsky.social 's Gundam fangame, Char's Ennui!
This game has an incredibly compelling premise and it's an excellent read for fans of the original Gundam series, especially if you've ever been intrigued by Char/Amuro.
Our 6th Indie VN Compilation episode is out now! In this episode we talk about NINE indie games, some of which are short enough to play within a single sitting while still packing a huge punch.
So, if you're having a relaxing New Year's Day, why not curl up with one of these games? For example...
Dear Listeners,
Happy New Year! Even in this year of 2025, Indie Visual Novels continue to be a source of joy, delight, catharsis, resilience, terror, and excitement. We'll see you in 2026, and in the meantime Say it in Red Episode 72 is now available!
www.buzzsprout.com/1470223/epis...
Dear Listeners,
On account of Holiday Travel Time Plans (https) we'll be recording and releasing our next episode a bit later than anticipated. That also means, however, that you have more time to tell us about the Indie VNs you've played this year! Open to all Listeners until Friday December 26th!
Dear Listeners,
There's still a bit of time to tell us about an Indie VN you've played and enjoyed! You can write or record a voice memo and send it to us on our patreon at patreon.com/sayitinred - open to all listeners!
www.patreon.com/posts/indie-...
A Promotional banner for Say It In Red's 5th Anniversary bonus episode. The top 10 rankings are displayed here but are so completely mosaic'd out that you couldn't possibly tell who any of these characters are. If you can, then don't spoil it! We know that at least two or three of these are super recognizeable! The mosaic setting in old CSP just isn't that good at hitting the zone between "completely illegible as anything" and "basically not obscured at all" This is Runa's version of the list.
A Promotional banner for Say It In Red's 5th Anniversary bonus episode. The top 10 rankings are displayed here but are so completely mosaic'd out that you couldn't possibly tell who any of these characters are. If you can, then don't spoil it! We know that at least two or three of these are super recognizeable! The mosaic setting in old CSP just isn't that good at hitting the zone between "completely illegible as anything" and "basically not obscured at all" This is Sara's version of the list.
*"Every" in this case includes 45 of the protagonists, deuteragonists, and other lead player/POV characters from the VNs we've played for main episodes of the podcast, and also with some exceptions.
Listen as Sara and Runa pick their favorite VN protagonists and marvel at the results!
Dear Readers,
Say it in Red has been covering Visual Novels since late 2020. It's now the final month of 2025.
How many years is that? The answer may surprise you, alongside our latest bonus episode in which we pit every* VN Protagonist against each other!
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photo of a variety of anime merch, including stickers, keychains, acrylic standees, and more
The Black Friday Sale on our webstore has started! Get 15% off everything, including keychains, mini prints, acrylic standees, and more until December~
p.s. if you're a Kickstarter backer and want to bundle items together to save on shipping, DM us on Kickstarter!
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The House in Fata Morgana physical deluxe edition is on sale on MangaGamer for $29.96: www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?a...
Includes game disc, 4-disc soundtrack, and Steam key card.
First print edition without the physical soundtrack is on sale for $18.71: www.mangagamer.com/detail.php?a...
Developer Interview Crafting a Killer Lawyer in of the Devil with Nth Circle
It takes a lot to make a visual novel—especially one with as killer a style as @nthcircle.bsky.social 's of the Devil. This month I interviewed some of the team to talk about their game dev process, how they approach designing visual novels & more!
Read it here: arimiadev.com/developer-in...
Ever wondered about our game jam process? What the first pitches for "of the Devil" were like? The connection between Jetstream Sam and Emma Rockford? Thanks to Arimia, you don't have to wonder anymore~!