>>528234I'm learning jp right now to play rejet's catalog (mostly looking forward to BWS), some bl games, takuyo's catalog (shinigami to shoujo and sweet clown especially) and the choudoku fandisk lol, the corda series is also one the ones i'm super excited to play too, it looks 100% up my street. There's also the Harukanaru games and Juuzaengi, then the entire dlsite site for any niche specific thing I might be interested in. A whole damn bunch of untranslated games are out there that drive me kek
Also nona you can totally learn directly through VNs if you have the patience to look up stuff regularly and can tolerate ambiguity while reading. Look up japanese immersion learning methods, literally changed the game for me when paired with SRS since I'm having fun while also learning. Its basically similar to how many ESLs learned English by spending hours on youtube and the english internet. Textbooks are good at the start and good to refer back to when you specifically need them, but eventually your learning can just be hours of pure japanese input aka doing things you love in japanese (like reading vns or watching anime). Also there's nothing embarrassing about learning for the sake of anime boys, its called being earnest and sincere about your hobbies instead of the irony-fuelled state people treat most online hobbies nowadays.
And sorry if you already knew about immersion learning, i know its not like some sekrit hack but i get really excited talking about it because it completely changed how i approached language learning