We translate Japanese visual novels into English.

Download our patches, follow the installation guides, or read the complete Japanese and English scripts online.

Releases

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English translation · v1.1.0

FATE/STAY NIGHT

An English language patch for Fate/stay night Réalta Nua Ultimate Edition, covering all three routes with original and all-ages text. The complete Japanese and MAO English script is also available online.

Includes
English XP3 · Original + all-ages
Online script
27,530 Japanese/English passages
Runs on
Windows · Ultimate Edition
Downloads and instructions
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English translation · v2.1.0

WHITE ALBUM 2

This release translates WHITE ALBUM 2 Extended Edition in full: the main game, Special Contents, all eleven audio dramas, all fifteen main-game movies, and two digital novels. The complete Japanese and English game script is also available online.

Includes
Main game + Special Contents
Online script
77,198 Japanese/English lines
Runs on
Windows + Wine/CrossOver
Downloads and instructions
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English translation · v1.1.0

CROSS†CHANNEL

A complete English patch for CROSS†CHANNEL ~FINAL COMPLETE~, the Japanese and MAO English script, a source audit of George Henry Shaft’s translation, and a fully annotated edition of his approximately 160,000-word On Cross Channel monograph.

Includes
Main game + FINAL COMPLETE content
Online script
50,942 Japanese/English lines
Runs on
Windows + Wine
Downloads and instructions
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English translation · v1.2.3

BLACK SHEEP TOWN

A complete English translation of BLACK SHEEP TOWN, released with a verified Steam Windows/Wine installer and the full Japanese and English script online.

Includes
Full game
Online script
29,753 Japanese/English passages
Runs on
Windows + Wine
Downloads and instructions
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English translation · v1.2.1

TSUKIHIME

A complete English browser edition of Tsukihime (2000), translating all five routes, the prologue, and the epilogue. Play the visual novel online, read the complete Japanese and English script, or inspect the public source audit of the earlier mirror moon translation.

Includes
Full game
Online script
14,620 Japanese/English passages
Runs on
Modern desktop browsers
Play online and read script

MAO Translations introduced the first full-scale agentic visual novel translation workflow in the summer of 2026. We apply it in both directions: to bring works from the untranslated backlog into English, and to audit and replace inherited translations that do not survive comparison against the Japanese.

“There are many depressing moments of what most people would describe as ‘human ingenuity,’ coming up with creative solutions to difficult problems while avoiding translationese.”

Quof, professional translator of Ascendance of a Bookworm and Lazy Dungeon Master, on MAO’s English translation of BLACK SHEEP TOWN

“Far superior to the existing Todokanai TL… the definitive way to read WHITE ALBUM 2 if you are unable to read the original Japanese.”

gambs, r/visualnovels head moderator, JLPT N1 + Kanken 2, on MAO’s English translation of WHITE ALBUM 2

“It just reads so incredibly well I feel it will take some time to adjust back to the more amateurishly written translations VNs normally get.”

Anonymous, /vn/, on MAO’s English translation of BLACK SHEEP TOWN

“I regularly read high level Japanese literature, and I don’t even think AI translations are usually good, but by comparison, no one can deny this is a huge improvement.”

TeacherSterling, r/visualnovels, on MAO’s English translation of WHITE ALBUM 2

“MAO’s translation is so good and fun to read. I want to reread the entire VN with this translation.”

Anonymous, /vn/, on MAO’s English translation of Fate/stay night

“This one might be better than all previous human translations!”

Anonymous, /jp/, on MAO’s English translation of Fate/stay night

“…this translation has been a marked improvement over legacy mirror moon’s work.”

Kisetsunai, GitHub, on MAO’s English translation of Tsukihime

“MAO’s prose feels like a breath of fresh air.”

Anonymous, /vn/