Katawa Shoujo

Katawa Shoujo

Hisao Nakai is a normal high school student, currently in his final year of high school. One day Hisao receives a letter from parties unknown in his locker and waits at the written place for the sender. The person who wrote the letter turns out to be his crush; while speaking to her, he suddenly collapses. He awakes in a hospital bed, and is told by the doctors that the reason he collapsed is due to arrhythmia, a rare heart condition that causes his heartbeat to sometimes become irregular. Due to this, his parents have enrolled him in Yamaku, a school for disabled students of all kinds.

283 thoughts on “Katawa Shoujo

      1. Dude, Emi’s Arc is just awesome. I like her so much! I guess I should go running more often. I did a few years ago and I really liked it, but I stopped one day. Now I think I’m trying it again, to “clear my mind” from all the problems I got, and yes, I got various big problems, too.

    1. Minor spoiler on how your emotions will be for these paths (ish):

      Been playin alot of VN’s, but this one made a mess of me…

      I was so angry and irritated during the Rin path, but the end was a nice touch.

      Shizune’s I kinda sped through it, kinda regret it. considdered doin it over again, but I must try to move on from this game…

      Emi’s was emotional and cute, with a touchy ending.

      Hanako’s path was… weird. not because of her “disability”, but things felt forced upon her, which kinda made me feel uncomfortable. The ending was really nice, though had a feeling of “is this really the end of this path?”

      Finally, Lilly’s path was the one that made the biggest mess of me tbh. I cried my eyes out by the end, and I am really glad I played this game.

      That said, I’ve been thinkin about this too much, it has caused me to have sudden urges to cry whenever… This VN had done an amazing job on making you really feel attached to the characters, and its hard to let go once all the paths are done. Due to this, I Can’t stop thinking about them, and I kind of want to see more and see a… I dunno, conclusive ending.

      This game is worth playing, no matter if you want romance, drama, sex, life-changing events, doesnt matter. you will not regret it, even thought you might end up like me, which isn’t the best feeling in the world. makes me really appriciate that I have someone of my own.

  1. Game was really great but when I start another character’s route, I felt weird, maybe I was feeling guilty 😀

    1. No shit, Sherlock. I know that feels.

      I did Hanako’s route first, and it feels like I’m betraying her…uuu….

  2. I’ve been playing some VN lately. One day I installed this new VN and press the full screen button. The game didn’t go to full screen, the size remain the same but all other things beside the game is black. Anyone know how to fix this? Usually I only got black bar on the right and left side of the screen, but now it stuck in 800×600 resolution even when i’m in full screen mode.

  3. Been hearing so much about this one along the lines of babbys first VN, but whatever, time for a go.

    I suppose not all can be pure and pristine as Hoshimemo.

    1. It has music and some sound effects but no voice actors. The lack of voice actors does not matter, 4leaf made a really good story.

    1. @Mito…..Katawa Shoujo doesn’t have a voice actor’s for the characters ,so its normal that you don’t hear a the voice of the characters

  4. How do I get the game to start with separated files?
    Do I have to put the files on the same folder?
    I haven’t downloaded the game yet but I got an error when I tried playing a different game that had separated files so I’m guessing this would be the same 😐
    Help would be greatly appreciated 😀

    1. If you still haven’t worked it out you need to have all the rar files in a folder then extract them in order overwriting any existing files and they should all compile into one folder by themselves.

  5. One of the best VN I’ve read and it’s up on my fav list along with Saya no Uta, 40 Days and 40 Nights of rain, and Kamidori Alchemy Meister.Recommended for anyone who enjoys a great story.

  6. there might be a lack of voice actors but the story and the timing of the sounds compensate for it trust me it good !

    1. That’s the best part…Its absolutely free…!!! Mind you,it may be free,but it is by far one the best VN available,paid or not…Highly recommended…

    2. theres also a whole site just for this game. you can download it from there for free and you dont have to open any rar files from there. it downloads into a folder with everything you need program wise so you can just open it and play

  7. this game does have H-Scenes but just so you know it’s really dramatic. And the drama is well-written.

  8. APPLAUDS!

    This game just hit me like a truck. Must admit, I was not expecting such a good plot and OST from a western VN (it is kinda peculiar).

    Hanako was enough to blow my mind, I am afraid I can not even start a new path, I feel disgusted and tainted whenever I try, like if I was betraying her (my strong sense of fidelity and loyalty will not allow me). I finished her path three days ago but I can not stop thinking about her, her personality and tastes are pretty similar to mine, not to mention the fact that she is just awesome. I am just going to play her path again until I get satisfied.

    Can not remember the last time that I actually felt that way (and trust me, I’ve played far too many VNs and watcher far too many animes, I may cry easily, but to have my head tormented by a character is a thing that I thought to be impossible, at least after two years ago, when I started to actually distinguish my feelings for reality and fiction), I have fallen in love with her. Call me whatever you want, I am actually a ‘no life’ anyways; world seems to be far from interesting without people like Hanako (shy, kind, cute, interesting etc…), people nowadays appear to have no shame and all the romance and partnership is gone, nonetheless I rather be a ‘no life’.

  9. P.S. I hope you guys do not mind all my whimpering, what I was really trying to say is that Katawa Shoujo is great!
    And also, if there is someone matching my description (which is actually likely to happen) I apologize, it is just that I never met someone like that before.

  10. Well looks like the winner of having the most favorite character here is Hanako, well interesting story from her route, but….I like Lilly’s Route it really gives me the Chills..

  11. I got Emi’s route and she’s very cute, was trying to go down Hanako’s route but somehow ended up here but still, Emi’s story is very good also and just like those who’ve gone down Hanako’s route I’m going to feel guilty going down Hanako’s route when I finish Emi’s.

  12. help, I downloaded all the 3parts. And when i’m extracting part1 and part3 i get a checksum error.

  13. This was my first VN… and I think it has something to do with the fact that I do like these now.

    At my first run, I just followed my \own feeling\ and ended on Lilly route and straight to the good ending…

    Then I followed the 4 other routes but most of these left me with a feeling of something missing… The only one who felt really fulfilling was Emi’s… The other one miss some \long term\ future…

    I didn’t like the Rin’s route… Well, somehow, I don’t like Rin’s behaviour and way of thinking… Are there only people who do like her ?

    – most likeable characters : Lilly, Emi and Hanako (for Hanako, I think that if the good end was more fullfilling, she’d get the second place close to Lilly)
    – most heart-breaking bad end : Hanako then Emi.

    I somehow think that the sex scenes are out of place in this story… should they be absent, the game would really have been \all-ages\… This is even more sad as the game is quite an eye-opener on the situation of people with disabilities (at least those who fight to have a life… and it matches with what I saw in \real life\)

    Definitively a very nice story… and be prepared for a very long read if you plan to go through all 5 routes and all endings.

  14. It is uncensored. I played the android version though. Tell me if there is any difference.

  15. Loved Hanako’s route best, Lilly right after and Emi 3rd, although was not expecting Hanako’s bad ending, damn she can be scary

  16. Came looking for an ero game with hot H scenes for “research” . Downloaded this , played for 8 hours and cried a river.

    Fuck you game , you are supposed to give me “research” material not feels.
    One of the top tier best eroge out there. Must play

  17. At first, my favorite was also Shizune. But in hindsight, I realize that I loved each one of them equally for their respective qualities and defects. Each one of them is very interesting.

  18. this game was amassing the feels are real kind of reminds me of Princess Evangile but a bit more down to earth in a way

  19. the feels are real in this game i loved playing every minute of it with the exception of Kenji fuck that dude … ^_^

  20. what’s the point of uploading this here? it’s a free game, and downloading it from the devs means you don’t have to deal with the multi-part crap

  21. THE BEST VISUAL NOVEL DATING SIMULATION EVER CREATED! (not exaggerating)

    If you do not have this downloaded stop what you are downloading/fapping or both and download this (namely from the actual dev site as it is free there too) as you will love it!

    This was my first VN and it is my favorite out off all the other VN’s. This game WILL give you feels and no you can not man your way through the feels (reading and not skipping text) as the only way to love it is to play/read it.

    Yes, this game has sex and I do not consider this game porn in anyway as the sex comes from people actually in love (you will be in love too) and is not just pointless smut. The sex brings them (and you) closer together.

    Every other VN pales in comparison to what 4 leaf studio (group founded on 4chan) has created. Fate, NekoPara, Doki Doki, etc. all can not do what KS has done for me, and that is to feel every single emotion.

    I remember my first playthrough of the game and I was on Lilly’s route. One part made me so upset I bashed the desk and went and cried for 10 minutes. There has not been a game that has ever made me upset, angry or sad sure but not both at the same time. I knew this was an amazing game when I felt upset over a fictional character I did not know I feel in love with.

  22. I consider this to be my first introduction into Visual novels. It’s very good, very memorable and just a great story all around. All the girls are great in their own way and the ending will make your heart float away in happiness.

    All in all, it’s a must play if you’re into dramatic romances with happy endings.

  23. Katawa Shoujo is one of the best eroges out there. There’s too much to say about it, but I will say that the nostalgic music really sets the mood. When I first played Katawa Shoujo, I drank cream soda, and now I consider it to be so sacred that I only ever drink cream soda when I play Katawa Shoujo. My favorite character is Hakamichi Shizune. Her name “Hakamichi” seems to mean “grave road”, which is a pretty badass name, if I’m not making a mistake.

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