r/vnsuggest

and, if possible, free?

I need to study how they work ^ u ^

Might be silly, but one of the things that kills my interest so fast in a VN is some static image of a school rooftop, a sunset, or a tiny Japanese alleyway where I have to then read 17 paragraphs, one sentence at a time, about feelings and reflections... ESPECIALLY if it's done right at the start of the game before I see a single character.

So looking for any stories that kinda throw you right in getting to know the characters and the plot is handled mostly on screen with dialogue/actions and not slow the pace down with lots of multi-paragraph inner monologues.

Additionally I'm looking for human/humanoid boy/girl pairings, so please no pigeons or inanimate objects brought to life. I do WANT the feelings, I just want it to be very character-driven and not bore me to death.

More risque type games is fine. Eroge is fine, but no Nukige. Also no Kinetic Novels please, I like having some choices :)