News posted by beliar, the other admin of the site.

Official announcement:

As many of you have already suspected, the VNDB.org has lost its founder and soul Yorhel, who has passed away on 17 March 2026. He will be dearly missed by the moderation team and by the fans of visual novels. He was a great friend and a great boss.

Initially I wanted to wait a bit with the announcement until the moderation team can provide more information about the future of the website, however the rumour mill has forced my hand. At the moment I can only say that we are working on certain channels to preserve the website, but cannot give much information today.

Peace.

I'm not really experienced with writing stuff like this so I'll keep this brief. Huge loss for the Western VN community, with a wonderful legacy left behind. The usefulness of the Visual Novel Database cannot be overstated. ( -_-)7