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Actually, you can get pretty consistent imagery with img2img software, which isn't that much harder to get ahold of than regular AI art that isn't those shitty online ones that always make the same crap.Setting aside the ethical and environmental issues of AI art, it's biggest issue in the context of a visual novel is a lack of consistency between images. Like even with genuine expert prompting you just can't get the same character twice. Which means that as you move through a series of images you have what is supposed to be the same character changing. Facial details will be different, the outfit will have different details, colors will shift, hair in particular can get wild. It just visually throws the player off.
See, the trick is to sketch it out for the AI, have the AI do the work, and if you have the art skills touch up the result. Most people skip both the first and the last step, so their gens are weird and inconsistent. But then most people just type their prompt in in plain english like they're getting a commission, which inevitably results in horrible abominations.
With a combination of img2img and inpainting you can actually skip having skill in traditional artistry entirely and get something pretty decent, though if you want to avoid that uniquely generic AI artstyle you'll need some level of skill in prompt engineering.