Katawa Shoujo

[Guest]

Shizune's route though

... there was like 0 romance

They just had 2 really awkward sexy times with 0 love

 

It felt really strange, didn't quite like.

 

But it was a funny route, can't say anything about that.

[SieghartXx]

I've brought this up a few times on IRC, but I'd say:

Rin was the best route. Shizune was my favorite girl. Lilly was my favorite route.

 

I totally dig refined/reliable/sweet characters, so I was happy with Lilly's character. The ending was quite hollywood, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. To be honest, I enjoyed all of the routes.There's criticisms to be made of all of them, but they all left a decent taste in my mouth.

That's so accurate xDD

 

[Yeah Way]

Shizune's route though

... there was like 0 romance

They just had 2 really awkward sexy times with 0 love

 

It felt really strange, didn't quite like.

 

But it was a funny route, can't say anything about that.

Yeah, it was a sort of parody of teenage romance. I can appreciate it; but would've preferred if she'd gotten a more heartfelt route, being my favourite gal.

[Guest]

Yeah it kinda was a parody of teenage romance ...

Man that's sad,

 

Is sex the new word for teenage romance nowadays ?

 

I dunno, They could have at least kissed.

 

Or even held hands, Japanese shojo always make a huge fuss about it, I find it a bit ridiculous, but please, at least show some affection.

 

It was like , *funny ... drama... oh sexy time ... some kind of drama... drama ...yeah,more sexy time ...Bye folks*

 

Plus Shizune has the worst CG's

[BrazilianBash]

Just finished playing it today. Some mixed feelings about it. 

Good vibes: Truth be spoken here: I got familiar with VN's 'cause i found Katawa,simple as that. I fell in love with the whole concept 'cause i played this game. So i really have to thank this title for it.

Another rather important aspect: It's not easy doing what Katawa did. Dealing with disabled characters and just putting a plot together without being disrespectful is quite a hard task. There's a lot of positive messages all around,specially regarding how ungrateful we are for the health we have, and how dismissive a person can be with the limitations of a disabled person. Every route has a strong woman behind a endless path of challenges, and i really admire Katawa for it. Props to the game here.
Katawa also didn't treated women like nerdbaits here. They're strong,independent and brave. That's also a major positive factor.

Emi was alright. My favorite,all day. Strong,vivid,and just interessing from the beggining to the end. She does her best to not bother anyone with her issues,you have to push through all the time. She isn't a cry baby at all,and the relationship develops in a rather interessing natural,lovely way.
 

Hanako also really intrigued me. Such a well thought character overall, you know? The devs made it challenging to get your misconceptions away regarding her appearance,but delivered a heartwarming relationship that develops pretty naturally once you get past her uber-shyness.

Nurse is epic. Such a nice surprise. He is named nurse. He's a dude.  Doesn't care at all. Does his best to spy on every single person surrounding you to see if you're following his instructions closely. Genuinely cares for everybody. Trully a nice guy,easygoing all around.

Bad vibes: I just didn't clicked with the majority of the characters. I really mean it.

Hisao was a pain the entire game. He complains about his friends,parents,habits & even about a regular bus ride. (even mentioning the "clanking" that Emi was doing between the bumps with her prosthetic legs. What a dick.)
More than that,He is really disrespectful sometimes with his friends and family. A selfish,sad guy. And a bit of a wuss.

Emi infamous lube-in-a-hole scene was equally forced,unnatural and out of place.

Kenji IS SUCH A PAIN. MY GOD. I don't use caps that often,but this one deserves it.
Unfunny,unlikeable,unbearable. I just hope a hit squad of feminine extremists take care of him. Quickly.

The rest of the cast didn't clicked with me as well, but this post is big enough.

5/10 (i wish i could get the score higher,but when you don't click with the protagonist...it's just hard.)