Just finished chapter 2 and at this point, I think I will!
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Katawa Shoujo |OT| (VN, Free, Waifus, etc)
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Just finished chapter 2 and at this point, I think I will!
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Disliking her story is acceptable, but you'd best not be hating on Shizune herself.
I'm never doing her story. She sucks. SUCKS.
Not like my sweet, beautiful Emi
cj_iwakura
Member
If doing her story means I have to be mean to Lilly, then Shizune can burn for all I care.
Jim E. Rossler
Banned
Dr.Palutena
Member
Emi sucks deal with it.
You haven't gotten to chapter 3 with any girl
Its already Valentine's Day in my country and damn, that just got me an idea...
so another foreveralone day for me...
It was the worst.
Did you get better?
Chet Rippo
Member
Since Boney everyone wouldn't shut up about this game, I might as well play it too...
We'll see how this goes.
We'll see how this goes.
Wait was that an Arrested Development reference?
Holy shit Shizune route redeemed!!
wait no misread it..
sigh
back to lame shizune route
I told you didn't I?
Holy shit Shizune route redeemed!!
wait no misread it..
sigh
back to lame shizune route
I told you didn't I?
Dr.Palutena
Member
It's the talk of Pokegaf Irc.
Yep, that would melt all kinds of hearts.
I agree with ma boi KO Traveling Hobo: don't hate the character, hate the story. Shizune is a great character who deserves better. Can't really pick between her and Rin as characters though. So different and so great.
spyhunterzero
Member
Mother of God, You guys got Chet to play. Did he put up as much resistance as Pounchy did?
Kenji was right...looked at there avys man....the AVYS
chickdigger802
Banned
I don't care about your opinion. Emi and Shizune have the best expressions.
>:3
>:3
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
Give this man Member status.
Chet Rippo
Member
Is that bad?
Regulus Tera
Romanes Eunt Domus
<3
spyhunterzero
Member
There soo..beautiful. I love those V-day cards
KO Traveling Hobo
Member
The Hanako one is kind of fucked up. It'd be like having Emi's say
or something.
"I have a crush on you."
The Insane Dufresne
Member
A thread with people who enjoy Katawa Shoujo??????
Dynamite Ringo Matsuri
Member
A thread with people who enjoy Katawa Shoujo??????
Came across you in the Buy/Sell thread. Couldn't comprehend how you had that avatar and yet I'd never seen you in this thread. *bumps fist*
spyhunterzero
Member
Welcome dude. Welcome to the madness that is KS. I'd switch my avy, but there is no dual Hanako/Rin one
Chet Rippo
Member
Maybe I was reading it wrong, but I don't think the physical description that Hisao used for Rin was very accurate to the art of her at all...
Her hair is far more purple than it is orange...
Her hair is far more purple than it is orange...
Wouldn't it be odd if that were not the case?
XeroSauce
Member
THANK YOU
A thread with people who enjoy Katawa Shoujo??????
I thought you were Ringo. Was thinking that maybe he finally went off the deep end and completely forgot about this thread.
I spent a good chunk of Friday-Monday playing through the game four times (Hanako, Lilly, Emi, and Rin), and then reading this entire thread last night and today.
What a great experience. I really thought I was just going to play through KS once, to see what it was about. But I was so loath to leave the world, I've had to keep coming back for more.
It's weird. I don't think I have a favorite character or route. Every time worked for me, on some level or another.
It's hard to shake Hanako as feeling "right" to me, probably since I took her path first. And I was glad that it dealt with white knighting in the way I'd hoped it would. Someone early in the thread said that getting her good ending made him feel like he'd "won the game," and I still agree, in large part.
Lilly's was probably the most satisfying to me, in a conventional storytelling sense. And its good ending was
best ending, too. But the writing was the worst in this scenario. It's not just the
scene, but the writing/editing quality in general. (e.g., The writer was afraid to use the word "me," even when it was grammatically correct. There were several -- maybe dozens -- of sentences like, "She only has Hanako and I..." or "Akira drove Lilly and myself..." It bugged me for some reason, since the rest of the game was so clean.)
Emi's was the most fun, the most hopeful for the future, and -- because I liked Hisao the best in this one (give or take a little bit of dumbassery) -- the most relatable. Also the
sequence went from WTF to hilarious in the course of a few frames.
Rin's route was so frustrating. Rin was so frustrating. But that was kind of the point. So, while it's hard to say I enjoyed much of it, I thought it was very well done and effective. She's the most damaged one of all. Probably the best writing and pacing of any of the routes, and I thought the ending was great. The art teacher didn't really feel right as a character, though. There was something inauthentic about him. Maybe because he came off as more of a plot device than a person.
Haven't done Shizune's route yet. I've read all the spoilers already, but I'm sure I'll still play it, soon enough.
This thread has been a great post-game read, by the way. Kudos to all who've been posting in it.
What a great experience. I really thought I was just going to play through KS once, to see what it was about. But I was so loath to leave the world, I've had to keep coming back for more.
It's weird. I don't think I have a favorite character or route. Every time worked for me, on some level or another.
It's hard to shake Hanako as feeling "right" to me, probably since I took her path first. And I was glad that it dealt with white knighting in the way I'd hoped it would. Someone early in the thread said that getting her good ending made him feel like he'd "won the game," and I still agree, in large part.
Lilly's was probably the most satisfying to me, in a conventional storytelling sense. And its good ending was
Hanako's
"I love you" (ad infinitum)
Emi's was the most fun, the most hopeful for the future, and -- because I liked Hisao the best in this one (give or take a little bit of dumbassery) -- the most relatable. Also the
"Let's have anal sex!" to "Let us never do that again!"
Rin's route was so frustrating. Rin was so frustrating. But that was kind of the point. So, while it's hard to say I enjoyed much of it, I thought it was very well done and effective. She's the most damaged one of all. Probably the best writing and pacing of any of the routes, and I thought the ending was great. The art teacher didn't really feel right as a character, though. There was something inauthentic about him. Maybe because he came off as more of a plot device than a person.
Haven't done Shizune's route yet. I've read all the spoilers already, but I'm sure I'll still play it, soon enough.
This thread has been a great post-game read, by the way. Kudos to all who've been posting in it.
Chet Rippo
Member
I was eventually going to play it, they just convinced me to do it now...
chickdigger802
Banned
Shizune's route is the best! Probably the most interesting routes besides Rin (All the other routes are pretty typical waifu material ;P).
Has low points but so do all other routes. Has the best pout!
You gotta admit though, Hisao's sweater vest is pretty damn lame.
chickdigger802
Banned
Oh god yes. Sweater vests... isn't this game in the summer? Yuck.