Welcome to the Katawa Shoujo (Crippled Girls) thread!
Quick overview: A while back, a group of 4Chan-ers saw a WIP sketch about a possible visual novel about falling in love with girls with various disabilities. After swooning, those same people rose from the wretched hive of scum and villainy with a new purpose: to make a tasteful, mature, adult visual novel about a young man struggling with normalcy and finding love through those different from him, and growing a little in the process.
So, that's how we came to have...
Best of all, it's completely free! Yep, you can get Act 1 (translated into a ton of languages), or the whole game (only in English, so far) for a grand total of 0.00$ at the game's site, [REMOVED].
Now, let's meet the team:
Hisao Nakai
"Troubled over his months-long stay at the hospital after his heart almost gave out and trying to adjust to his new surroundings, he is trying hard to find his place in the world. After being thrown into a new beginning, the chaotic circumstances have forced Hisao to rethink his apathetic disposition, especially regarding things like life, friendship and future. "
Emi Ibarazaki
"Despite being left with legs amputated below the knee, Emi is perhaps one of the most cheery, happy-go-lucky girls on the entire globe, let alone the school. Not one to be left in despair even after the accident that claimed her legs, Emi views her disability more as a blessing, her prosthetic legs having brought her to the heights of her ability on the track team rather than becoming a permanent obstacle. "
Hanako Ikezawa
"At a young age, Hanako had a traumatic experience that left her life in shambles. Her father died when their home burned down in an accident, which also disfigured Hanako herself permanently. She is reclusive to the extreme, shunning from all other people to the point of actually panicking from any social contact. Her only trusted friend is Lilly, who has taken Hanako under her wing ever since the two were introduced to each other."
Lilly Satou
"Blind since birth, Lilly is caring, responsible and friendly - the perfect foil to Hanako, her best friend, whom she shares an almost mother-daughter relationship with, in addition to her free time often being spent drinking tea alongside her companion. In class she is a diligent student, with her sense of confidence serving her well in her role as class representative of class 3-2."
Rin Tezuka
"Since Rin’s arms are tiny stumps due to a severe birth defect and subsequent surgery, she uses her feet and occasionally her mouth to do everything, which includes painting. Because of her disability, using skirts is tough, so Rin is wearing a boy’s uniform at school. Her creativity is matched by her philosophical streak: Rin is fond of occasionally getting lost in thought and giving voice to abstract ideas about man, the universe, and other things that thoroughly confuse people."
Shizune Hakamichi
"Strong willed and forceful, Shizune is definitely the leader type. She’s been the class rep, despite being deaf and mute, for as long as her class has had one, and generally takes charge in just about any situation she’s placed in. Shizune is known around the school as a fearsome taskmaster, and skilled manipulator, but also as a fair and just leader."
Shiina "Misha" Mikado
"Misha is the interpreter for Shizune and a fellow member of the student council. Cheery, playful, and never one to pull a punch, she happily joins in Shizune's attempts to get Hisao onto the student council. "
You have no reason not to play this; the art is great, the writing is great, the stories are great... it really is a very well done, mature product for something to come out of 20-30 random anons... no, it's just great in general. Try it out; you won't be disappointed.
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Maybe it gets better? I was told that the narrator isn't too uncommon in visual novels.
Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
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I've played 4/5 of the lines so far, and only one of them wasn't for me. Everything else? Solid emotional gold. Seriously, I cried at the end of one of them (not saying who~ :P ).
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Anyone want to beta read a paranormal mystery novella? Here's your chance.
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It's not that I didn't like it. It was just very frustrating. I mean you've met the character right? She isn't all there and it is very hard to read her.
*Edit* However I do know that hers is the must frustrating story, and eventually I'll go back and try some of the other ones.
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Oh, I see what you're saying. Yeah, I didn't really like Rin as a person, so I decided to stall on playing her story as long as possible; I still don't really know if I want to play it, just because I don't like her personality that much... but, that 100% completion. I'm a sucker for arbitrary metrics. :P
That being said, I think that counts as a +1 for the game's writing. IRL, I don't like everyone I meet, and it was like that in KS, too; I naturally gravitated towards Lilly and Emi, hated Rin with a passion, and was mildly curious about Shizune and Hanako. That I can feel that way, naturally and sincerely, about different characters is cool to me.
Rin is not a good one to start with. I ended with her and I'm glad, because yeah, her route makes you go, what???
The other routes are nothing like hers, I'd give the game another try if the concept at least seemed interesting to you.
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Fuck you, no.