I made this thread to talk about Katawa Shoujo and to get more people to try it
I found out about Katawa Shoujo after seeing a recent youtube video from one of the people I am subscribed to. so i looked up the visual novel. If care which video for some reason that I don't understand then feel free to click on the link [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSOIbSdA5Sc].
It originated on 4chan. people claimed it is very touching, and handles it's sensitive subject matter of disability tastetfuly and in a respectful way. I never heard of anything associated to 4chan that was handled tastetfuly before this. naturally I was skeptical but since it's FREE (on the katawa shoujo website in Torrent or .exe form) the and I was open minded enough to I give it a fair chance.
this was the first visual novel I ever read and I was ever into Romance/Friendship stories. also I am not very emotional; so I rarely cry. if it's over something fictional it is even more rare.
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I don't know what the cause is so just deal with I guess or if you know how to fix it then tell me how because it slightly bothers me.
I found these a video and an article to describe/review this visual novel.
the video and article link http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/unexpected-sincerity-disabilities-girls-and-katawa-shoujo/
as the video states Katawa Shoujo contains adult content; but it can be disabled in the options menu.
even when disabled it removes sexual content and most nudity but not all of it. Even if left enabled they are a very minuscule part of the visual novel.
it took a about of 23 hours when combining the time taken reading 5 stories. only about 30-ish minutes of reading at most(if you are reading slowly) has adult content.
the video and article link http://www.kotaku.com.au/2012/01/unexpected-sincerity-disabilities-girls-and-katawa-shoujo/
as the video states Katawa Shoujo contains adult content; but it can be disabled in the options menu.
even when disabled it removes sexual content and most nudity but not all of it. Even if left enabled they are a very minuscule part of the visual novel.
it took a about of 23 hours when combining the time taken reading 5 stories. only about 30-ish minutes of reading at most(if you are reading slowly) has adult content.
It originated on 4chan. people claimed it is very touching, and handles it's sensitive subject matter of disability tastetfuly and in a respectful way. I never heard of anything associated to 4chan that was handled tastetfuly before this. naturally I was skeptical but since it's FREE (on the katawa shoujo website in Torrent or .exe form) the and I was open minded enough to I give it a fair chance.
this was the first visual novel I ever read and I was ever into Romance/Friendship stories. also I am not very emotional; so I rarely cry. if it's over something fictional it is even more rare.
the people internet did not lie when they said it is a touching story that handled it's subject matter tastetfuly. it's well written as well too.
what I am saying is surprisingly something nice came out 4chan.
I am glad I gave it a chance. I think People should be open minded and give it a chance.
I think got something positive out of this visual novel. I am able to look at physically disabled people in a little more open minded way. It kinda feels easier to look beyond there disabilities and see them as just normal people. well I least will not pitying disabled people now.
for a shorter version my opinion of Katawa Shoujo I will use a meme just because the idea of it partiality came from 4chan.
what I am saying is surprisingly something nice came out 4chan.
I am glad I gave it a chance. I think People should be open minded and give it a chance.
I think got something positive out of this visual novel. I am able to look at physically disabled people in a little more open minded way. It kinda feels easier to look beyond there disabilities and see them as just normal people. well I least will not pitying disabled people now.
for a shorter version my opinion of Katawa Shoujo I will use a meme just because the idea of it partiality came from 4chan.
1-Hanako-seen all endings
it took a little over 4 hours to complete. I did not cry at all. there were a some moments were I felt a significant amount of emotion and I came close to crying a couple of times but no cigar. but i did actually care about a few characters to an extent.
the one of the ending almost made me cry.
1.5-kenji-complete failure ending
while going for rin's story I saved a key point and I purposely took kenji's ending just for the fun. It's quite amusing if you don't get it on your first attempt.
2-Rin-seen all endings
it took almost 5 hour to finish. during that I never once came close to crying. There were a few touching moments that made me smile and a few sad ones. I had very little reaction other then that. This is mainly because I am unable to relate to her character.
I understand why this it is best story to some people and why it makes them emotional from a technical level. my inability to related to the character prevents me from seeing this story that way. her story is second to last place.
3-Shizune-seen all endings
It took about 5:20 to finish it. I had even less emotion then i had on Rin's story. I could relate to Shizune better then could to Rin but that did not help enough. it's a nice story that is worth seeing once.
from a technical stand point Rin's story is better and that is why Rin's story got more emotion out of me. Shizune's story was pretty good but went ranking stories one has be the worst. the story in last place happens to be her Shizune's.
4-Emi-seen all endings
it took about 3:30 to finish the story. this was the first one of the stories to make my cry. I would say the story successfully manged to make me care about Emi a bit.
while it the first one to make me cry a little. I would say Emi's story is at second place.
5-Lilly-seen all endings
it took 4:40 to finish it and that's not including the time it would take to read the high amount the dialog from act 1 I skipped. the ending made me shed a few tears. the story made me care about Lilly a little. the ending was very emotional
6-Hanako(again)
I am missing one scene in the extras menu library. all need this one scene to get 100%. Instead of just speeding thought it just see/obtain that one scene; i want to re-experience the story.
it still can't decide if which story tied at first place is better so i guess they both win. I was really close to crying once again a few times but it never happened.
Ranking it term my favorite story to go though
1. Lilly or Hanako(it's tied)
2. Emi
3. Rin
4. Shizune
it took a little over 4 hours to complete. I did not cry at all. there were a some moments were I felt a significant amount of emotion and I came close to crying a couple of times but no cigar. but i did actually care about a few characters to an extent.
the one of the ending almost made me cry.
1.5-kenji-complete failure ending
while going for rin's story I saved a key point and I purposely took kenji's ending just for the fun. It's quite amusing if you don't get it on your first attempt.
2-Rin-seen all endings
it took almost 5 hour to finish. during that I never once came close to crying. There were a few touching moments that made me smile and a few sad ones. I had very little reaction other then that. This is mainly because I am unable to relate to her character.
I understand why this it is best story to some people and why it makes them emotional from a technical level. my inability to related to the character prevents me from seeing this story that way. her story is second to last place.
3-Shizune-seen all endings
It took about 5:20 to finish it. I had even less emotion then i had on Rin's story. I could relate to Shizune better then could to Rin but that did not help enough. it's a nice story that is worth seeing once.
from a technical stand point Rin's story is better and that is why Rin's story got more emotion out of me. Shizune's story was pretty good but went ranking stories one has be the worst. the story in last place happens to be her Shizune's.
4-Emi-seen all endings
it took about 3:30 to finish the story. this was the first one of the stories to make my cry. I would say the story successfully manged to make me care about Emi a bit.
while it the first one to make me cry a little. I would say Emi's story is at second place.
5-Lilly-seen all endings
it took 4:40 to finish it and that's not including the time it would take to read the high amount the dialog from act 1 I skipped. the ending made me shed a few tears. the story made me care about Lilly a little. the ending was very emotional
6-Hanako(again)
I am missing one scene in the extras menu library. all need this one scene to get 100%. Instead of just speeding thought it just see/obtain that one scene; i want to re-experience the story.
it still can't decide if which story tied at first place is better so i guess they both win. I was really close to crying once again a few times but it never happened.
Ranking it term my favorite story to go though
1. Lilly or Hanako(it's tied)
2. Emi
3. Rin
4. Shizune
you could read this before seeing Hanako's story and Lilly's story but but you would be lacking context so it would be pointless to read it.
they were written by the same person who wrote Hanako's story. It sort of continues the story of what happens after Hanako's good ending. It's is kinda interesting and it might make you cry.
http://cplcrud.wordpress.com/4ls-era-fanworks-and-scraps/a-runners-afternoon/
http://cplcrud.wordpress.com/4ls-era-fanworks-and-scraps/a-runners-afternoon-part-2/
they were written by the same person who wrote Hanako's story. It sort of continues the story of what happens after Hanako's good ending. It's is kinda interesting and it might make you cry.
http://cplcrud.wordpress.com/4ls-era-fanworks-and-scraps/a-runners-afternoon/
http://cplcrud.wordpress.com/4ls-era-fanworks-and-scraps/a-runners-afternoon-part-2/
so did you cry?
the short awnser for me is no
read them shortly after re-reading Hanako's story in KS with the good ending. while playing this song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y6DNQdlxNo] in the back round. well I can say I tried but feeling enough emotion to cry is something i can't easily do. it It's just who I am
the short awnser for me is no
read them shortly after re-reading Hanako's story in KS with the good ending. while playing this song [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Y6DNQdlxNo] in the back round. well I can say I tried but feeling enough emotion to cry is something i can't easily do. it It's just who I am
I don't know what the cause is so just deal with I guess or if you know how to fix it then tell me how because it slightly bothers me.
