User blog comment:Darkravenlord/Rance V VI Review/@comment-29190626-20170124020533/@comment-29190626-20170124222807

The 'visual novel' term as it is used in the west is a nonsense missmash.

The Rance games are pretty much all RPGs of some sort. IX is the only one that is arguably a VN due to the text/gameplay ratio compared to the other games.