Katawa Shoujo (visual novel), generic discussion thread with poll 416937

This is a generic Katawa Shoujo thread for voting and telling (with words) which character is the most adorable in the visual novel.



Characters above (in same order): Emi, Hanako, Lilly, Rin, Shizune, Misha

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If you have no idea what this is, and play the game before voting. Voting any character purely based on images above is shallow (making me wonder why I even put those images there, WAHAHA~!).

Changing vote is allowed, so you can give a temporary vote before completing all the routes.

http://katawa-shoujo.com/.php (freeware)

Great group. I started this visual novel about a month ago and just haven't had the time to get back in to reading it. It looked really good, especially since it was anonymously made.

Yeah, the visual novel is kinda long. Up to 10 hours per route if you tend to chew on and lament things. A couple of hours easily skippable from ACT 1 as that's shared among all routes (minus minor flag-setting choices and short scenes that follow them.

So far I've done Emi, Shizune and Rin. Pun intended.

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My Misha-vote is only temporary, btw. I don't even know if it's accurate even at this point. Emi was just a bit too genki. Shizune was just a bit too much ...a bitch. In a non-hooker kind of way. About Rin... mixed feelings. I voted before Rin's route but even though I left the poll open to changing the vote, I feel like I'd have to change my vote several time even if I did update it to Rin. So I'll consider re-voting after I've finished all routes. The only thing I'm sure is that I dislike Shizune.

Misha commentary (Shizune route spoilers):


Thankies. Felt like creating it despite the discussion being more active on Katawa Shoujo forums (ks.renai.us)... which is why I also added links to similarly themed anime. I was actually surprised to see theres no club even vaguely to that topic... but I shouldn't have been... surprised, that is. AniDB may have four different pedo groups (with a combined member count of over thousand) but it seems that I end up creating niché group after another not finding any to exist.

Hmm.... that ended up sounding a bit melancholic. No. Not "a bit". Probably Rin's influence since I just finished her route. And Rin's route is quite straining. Especially since I've dated a girl quite like her... except she had arms. But Rin's route really hasn't much to do with lack of arms even though Rin's (external) disability is the clearly most visible one.

I feel kinda stupid for taking about ten seconds before I got your pun...

Anyway, I've completed Hanako's and Lilly's routes as of yet in that order, and am currently on act two in Shizune's. I have to say, I am very glad I started with Hanako's, as Lilly's route (in my opinion) is similar to Hanako's but... better in every way. Not to say that I wasn't entranced by Hanako's as well.

Shizune's route, though, is for the moment kind of boring. I think the writer's knowledge in language plays a part in it. As English is my second language, I had to look up words I didn't know every ten minutes or so in Lilly's path, but in Shizune's I never have to.

I voted for Lilly if you didn't get it.

I don't think it has much to do with the story writer's language skills (AFAIK, there was several storywriters on this project, and which one was the leading writer varied between routes). It's the characters and situations themselves. Shizune's route is quite a bit about setting the mood and researching motivations behind Shizune's actions. Which is kinda boring considering the mood is mostly about student council activities, fooling around, cake. And because Shizune's actions don't really need such in-depth review. It's not like Shizune is totally fucked up inside, like some other character(s?).

Shizune route SPOILER:

Vote changed to Lilly. Reason: healthy adolescent sex drive.

Hey do any of you guys know how to move Katawa Shoujo from one computer to another and have it still save your place from previous computer? See, I have Katawa Shoujo on my laptop and am probably 30% finished with it, and I rarely use my laptop now. I tried copying the files and folders containing Katawa Shoujo to my desktop so I could play the game on my big screen--the program worked just fine, but it started me at the beginning. If one of you could help me with this predicament (if possible) then it would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,
JavaNick

The saves are kept in AppData\Roaming\RenPy\katawashoujo_actual
The bonus images and such will be reset though.

Ah, thanks

Lilly Satou for me. Despite being a little cliche like the rest of the cast in certain aspects, I really like her calm and mindful personality and looks. Not to mention, her story or character development and conflict in route got me emotionally invested the most.

Here's 23 things she wouldn't be likely to say.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5JEsk4Pa8Q

Lilly's character is good and balanced, maybe even too flawless. Her route is good up until the point of

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Shizune's route on the other hand was pretty much shit until Not only is Shizune unlikable brat, 3/4 of her route is just boring.

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Emi is a bit too happy-go-lucky, to the point of hyperactivity and being shallow and random.

Rin is deeper than Marianas Trench but since you can't dive that deep most of it end up as mystery even in the very end. But like Lilly's and Hanako's routes, it had the FEELS.

Hanako... Hanako is moe. MOE!