https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/ AUTOMATON is a website that covers the Japanese gaming world. We bring you the news on video games from Osaka and Tokyo. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:14:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/#comment-8573 Sat, 06 Jun 2026 16:14:46 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67631#comment-8573 Oh, great. MORE “comfort gaming.” We certainly don’t have enough of that already.
Everything is going to slop, because of hurt feelings.

]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/#comment-8567 Fri, 05 Jun 2026 07:43:26 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67631#comment-8567 “spicy and sour being signs that something is poisonous in nature” lmfao what a tastelet

]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/#comment-8561 Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:14:06 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67631#comment-8561 This just encourages me to get started to reading these classics.

]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/#comment-8559 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 23:27:09 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67631#comment-8559 I can not disagree, in the current times, everything sort of feels hopeless in terms of expression and creative liberty of artistry in the mainstream. I can not blame everyone for looking for escapism and an antidote from the harshness of the world itself through Visual Novels. Taking a step back for awhile might be a good thing until society calms down.

]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/#comment-8558 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 19:55:00 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67631#comment-8558 One of the most upsetting pieces of media I’ve ever consumed. The Salò of video games. Ghost pepper for the soul. You don’t enjoy it, you survive it. Made me a more gracious person.

]]> https://automaton-media.com/en/news/saya-no-uta-author-gen-urobuchi-thinks-audiences-no-longer-crave-poison-from-fiction-but-an-antidote-to-reality/#comment-8557 Wed, 03 Jun 2026 18:43:48 +0000 https://automaton-media.com/en/?p=67631#comment-8557 I hope Urobuchi doesn’t stop making stories. Some of us still like his style “poison”.

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