Noelle Aman

A Dive into the Denpa Horror of Tsui no Sora: The Original SubaHibi (Patreon Cut)

Added 2025-04-05 21:20:38 +0000 UTC

A special thanks to Very Ok Vinyl for sponsoring this video! https://www.veryokvinyl.com/

A Dropbox repository with a downloadable copy can be found here!

Before KeroQ created the denpa classic SubaHibi, they created Tsui no Sora in 1999: a bizarre visual novel that laid the foundation for everything of theirs to come, and one that - despite all its flaws - is still fascinating today.

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Extra thanks to EN Sky & Ena Project staff for proofreading and providing an early copy of the translation to look over! Please support their original works here: https://x.com/enapro_circle

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00:00:00 Intro
00:05:25 A Very Ok Sponsor Break
00:07:16 Synopsis
00:09:15 Writing the End
00:17:42 Going Denpa for Denpa
00:21:47 Questionable Aesthetics
00:25:31 The Engine is the Real Denpa
00:28:06 An English-flavored Hope
00:29:19 Patreon Break
00:33:10 [SPOILERS] The End's Dawning
00:40:38 [SPOILERS] World of Lies
00:47:42 [SPOILERS] The End's Arrival
00:50:53 [SPOILERS] Hopelessness
00:54:15 [SPOILERS] And Yet, Hope
00:59:15 Then, from Here
01:03:36 Overall