No real contest here for me (at least out of these three routes). I don’t know exactly where or how the sex scenes are cut if you disable them. I’m not sure if one part I’m thinking of in particular will show up in the LP though, since it was part of the lead-up to a sex scene. I think all the routes surprised me in one way or another, but the thing that surprised me about Emi’s route is how funny it was in places. That seems like a good route to start on. On my first time through there was no need to even think about it when a choice came up everything naturally fell into place and I ended up on her route.īeyond that, it seemed like (almost?) every route stirred up things from my own past, so while it was sometimes painful, it was always compelling.Īnyway. It probably helped that I have my own lifelong issues I’ve struggled with, so a lot of Katawa Shoujo resonated with me personally. Not offensive, or exploitative or whatever else along those lines that I’d expected. I was incredibly surprised when it turned out to actually be really good. It really sounds like it shouldn’t work a dating sim where you romance disabled anime girls, made by a bunch of random 4chan users? Like most people I’m sure, when I first heard of it I was expecting a creepy, fetishistic train-wreck. To be honest I still think that’s true of most visual novels (at least as far as my own tastes go), based on the couple of others I tried on the strength of my experience with Katawa Shoujo. My impression had always been that visual novels were kind of a waste of time especially the “dating sim” ones. Katawa Shoujo is the first visual novel I ever read, and that was only earlier this year. Votes for either of them will not count, because they more or less need to be done together and I’d rather save them for either the middle or the end of the LP.
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However, I’ve purposely removed Hanako and Lilly from the poll. I’ve put a poll here, but I’d prefer people post in the thread - votes in the thread will count as two votes. We’re coming up on the first choice that determines what route we’ll take at the beginning of the next update. In real life, there’s nowhere near the college that Yamaku could exist, but the writers placed it on top of an old ruined castle that exists on a hill across from where these photos were taken.Īnyway, I changed my mind on one thing: after doing some more research, I found out that the time paradox issues with the plot aren’t actually as noticeable as I thought. One of the writers took a trip there specifically to take photos for this game. In case you’re curious, all of the photos of “Yamaku Academy” are actually a college in Sendai, Japan. I’ll talk about the beta script when I get there. I am specifically not showing these as it would violate site rules (LET ME LP MONSTER GIRL QUEST YOU COWARDS) but you can probably find them somewhere if you look.Īs for rules, I have but two: no spoilers… and one other thing: no discussion of the “beta script”.
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Some other notes: Even though no one ever posts in the thread anyway, choices in this game are locked to specific routes - so unfortunately, I’ll have to pick all the dialogue choices to ensure that we wind up staying on certain routes.Īlso, this game does have some sexual content, including a sex scene with every female character.
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#KATAWA SHOUJO GAME SCREEN FREE#
The game itself is free to play, and you can find it right here:
![katawa shoujo game screen katawa shoujo game screen](https://animesuperhero.com/news/images/2012-02/katawashoujo/katawashoujo-5.jpg)
That is to say, it’s a really, really good VN. It’s also probably the best VN I’ve ever played and one of the only ones to hold my attention for any length of time.