Katawa Shoujo

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Ah. Yeah, I can move my fingers just fine. I guess it really is a trait of AS then.




Good call. I'm just going to assume I'm on Emi's path. I finished act 1, which ended with a cutscene of Hisao and Emi running along the track together, then Hisao hoisting Emi on his shoulders so she could reach an apple on a tree. All this after she started Hisao on a strict training regimen and corresponding diet. She didn't like his decision to buy fried food at the festival. As for Rin, I think more evidence for her possibly having AS is her tendency to be deep in thought all the time, withdrawing into her mind often, and shutting out the rest of the world when she's concentrating. She also seems to have a difficult time coming up with the right words for things when she asks for help. I might go back and try to get her path next. As far as people with opposite disabilities go, Emi and Rin are certainly much closer than Shizune and Lilly. I'm guessing that things are only going to get more interesting with act 2. All the more reason to start act 2, I guess.

What usually happens in Act 1 is that you go around the school meeting the different characters and just before the festival (usually), you ask yourself what you want to do during the festival. It seems the festival is when you get involved with a particular character...Rin, in my opinion, has the most boring day at the festival ever (and I thought Hanako's was pretty bad due to her introvertness, at least Rin is outside), Lilly and Emi's are interesting though...I especially liked Lilly's.

Yeah, she does seem to show it, but they aren't "that" close, as you will see in Rin's story...I can count only a small number of times when Emi shows up in Rin's story....and that is sort of true with Emi's as well.

I think Rin's an Aspie, but Hanako is just introverted, not autistic. I think that due in part to her scarring she's self-consious and doesn't really like to socialize. And maybe she has PTSD whenever she remembers the fire that scarred her and killed her parents.

I wouldn't be so sure about Hanako and the fire incident, yes...she is effected by it, but after years the incident will be easier to deal with...I personally thought that her introvert nature only came out on her birthday when it was around that time it happened, so I think she has more then just PTSD as I am sure she would have gotten the counselling in some form...and she seems at ease with Lilly (probably she reminds her of her mother?)

I would still think that she has autism, but it effects her worse then it would to us as she hasn't really tried to make friends even though she doesn't like showing her scars.

I'm blazing through this game. [spoiler]I just got past that scene in Emi's bedroom, where Hisao visited her to make sure she wasn't terribly ill, after she didn't show up at the track the morning after she decided to run in a heavy downpour. Emi definitely likes to push herself. She went all out in the track competition, and she isn't one to let bad weather discourage her, even if it means that she could get sick(something she claimed to be immune to). I get what CrazyStarlightReux is saying about Emi and Rin not being as close as they appear to me. A fact that wasn't really apparent until that last scene. I get the sense that Rin maybe dropped by once, if at all, to check up on Emi. They're definitely not Misha and Shizune close, but then again, who is? I get the sense that Lilly and Hanako are close, but I haven't seen much of them.

The other girls are really curious about what might be going on between Hisao and Emi. Misha especially. As usual, Kenji's sticking his nose where it doesn't belong. I noticed he stole a book from the library, which is odd, considering he could have just signed it out. Then again, Kenji is odd. Hisao got a letter from Iwanako. He ended up crumpling up and trying to toss it out, only to have it roll under his desk, which just made me more curious about the other routes. Maybe he would have reacted differently if he didn't have a great thing going with Emi. Then again, maybe his reaction would be the same if he had an equally great thing going with another girl instead, but I don't know that for sure. I kind of wonder how he would have reacted if he didn't hit it off with any of the girls. Oh well. All the more reason to replay KS after I finish it, which is a good thing.[/spoiler]

Last edited by Tross on 08 Mar 2012, 7:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Dude, you should spoiler some of that really. I am up to that part by the way.

Not going to say much but Hanako and Lilly are pretty close, but in a different kind of way, since Lilly is blind, she sees Hanako for what she is and not what she has.

Misha is like this with every girl in the VN except from Shizune.

Kenji is pretty hilarious though, although he was inconsistent if you play Emi and Rin's routes due to not knowing who Rin is in her story but knowing her and Emi in Emi's.

The letter is in every route iirc, the difference being his reaction towards it, he is more resentful in the Hanako story but not as much in Rin's.

True. Guess I wasn't thinking there. There seems to be a problem with the spoiler tag though.



I guess the downside of having more than one writer is that it opens the door for these kinds of inconsistencies. So far, I'm only on my first playthrough though, so I haven't seen the differences in writing for myself yet. I finally finished act 2 though. I guess act 2 is all about building the romance between Hisao and whoever he hooks up with. I only recall making one choice the entire time, but maybe it made a difference. Oh well. I enjoyed that scene on the roof, alone with Emi. The result generated some gossip for Misha, as expected. I guess I should start act 3 then.

No worries, just be careful.

Indeed it does.

There are three endings for each one except Lilly (her's is based on you being honest EVERYTIME you answer, plus the ending is bittersweet on both fronts I hear), Hanako's bad ending is worse then her worse ending I think.

You get like 7 throughout the story I think...some have more, some less....I think Emi's has the fewest.

Well, I finished it. Or, I finished Emi's route at least. I kind of figured that there would be multiple endings for each character, with all the choices I had to make, especially in act 3. I got the good ending though, or at least a good ending. I'm pretty sure it's the best ending I could have gotten though. I have to say, overall, the story was really good(meaning, the story I got). There's one glaring flaw in the whole thing that I'd bring up if the spoiler tags were working, but it was far outweighed by all the good parts. I especially liked Hisao's reaction to things, which showed that even he isn't just a generic hero in all of this. He has personality, and he showed that he has flaws too. Emi's character had a lot more depth than what was immediately apparent. Well, I guess the only logical thing to do is go back through the game, and go for someone else's route. Will I lose all the extras I unlocked, if I overwrite my save? If not, then I plan to do that. Otherwise, I'll avoid it.

No, you don't lose your extras/gallery or the like, but the Library section is not saveable, so you would either have to do a save from a previous point (I resume my routes from before Shizune gives you the first branch that changes who you will go with), there is no point starting at the very beginning and I think the first choice doesn't matter (when you are asked to meet your classmates).

Well, I decided to start a new file. I do have one that's part way through the first act, but this time, I was curious about certain choices I didn't make the first time around. The skip mode feature came in handy, so I was able to make my way through the first half of act one(give or take) really quickly. I stopped and read all the text when a different scene came up, or a different outcome of a scene I had before. Because Rin really intrigued me in Emi's story, I decided to go for her this time. I took my time in the later half of act 1, because I wanted to refresh my memory of Rin's introduction, and hopefully make the right choices to end up with her. I did, except for one later on, which I chose wrong, because I was attempting to shrug off Lilly(I definitely want to go through her story, but I want to do it when I intend to). In any case, I ended up getting drunk with Kenji and falling to my death, but I saved before I made the choice, because I was unsure of it, so I was able to go right back to it. I'm pretty sure I'm on Rin's route now. I haven't quite finished act 1, but I'm positive I made the right choice with the art teacher.

Skip Mode should stop if it detects a paragraph not seen by you before, unless you turned it off at the options menu.

I wish I had that route...and you should have went through with it as it is short!

You pretty much follow what happened with Emi, only changing your choices towards Rin, such as running with Emi but giving up after trying to run.

I did not know that. It's the first time I used skip mode. It does stop when I have to make a choice. If I made a different choice than normal, I decided to go on manually, because I wasn't sure about that.



Actually, I did go through with it. I just skipped the credits afterwards. It certainly didn't end well for Hisao. Despite not saving then, I still unlocked the screenshot of Kenji and Hisao on the roof, in the gallery. If you haven't seen it, I won't spoil the whole thing. Well, I kind of spoiled the ending in my last post, but I won't spoil the rest of it. It's pretty quick and easy to get, as long as you don't make any choice that would bring you closer to any of the girls. All you have to do is get to the festival. As I said, that route with Kenji ends with the first act. I guess Hisao has to get closer to a girl in order to advance the story. That makes sense, since act 2 and beyond is based on who you hook up with.



I kind of figured that. I saved before making the choice with the nurse, because I wasn't sure about that. But, I kind of figured that over-exerting himself was the catalyst that sent him down Emi's route. I kind of wanted to get a little closer to her, so that she'd invite me up to the roof for lunch, so I could see Rin. It turned out that I made the right choice there. The choice with Lilly and Rin was where I went wrong. I was a little disconcerted because I still hadn't made a choice with just Rin at that point. It turned out that I made one after that, if I end up seeing her the day of the festival, which I only would if I was honest with Lilly. I wonder if I meet Lilly on the way to the corner store on her route? I guess I'll find that out later.

Is this the 4chan made visual novel game?

Lol True, best not say any more there.

You won't get Lilly on that choice if you have been with Rin and Emi before....you would have to choose Lilly if you hang around with her or Hanako more though.

And yes, it is Infoseeker.

where do I download it?