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.
Katawa Shoujo

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18+
Blind Heroine
Class President Heroine
disabled heroine
Fictional Modern Day Japanese Town
Heroine with Eye Covering Hairstyle
High School
male protagonist
mute heroine
Painter Heroine
Romance
Short Sexual Scenes
Shy Heroine
Sickly Protagonist
slice of life
Student Protagonist
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283 comments
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'.
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.
Just to say I have no problem with any of the girls disabilities as I have my own.
rin route is just.. amazing i really like her
whats the difference with the regular Katawa Shoujo and the one with the 1.3J?
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.
Fuck you game , you are supposed to give me "research" material not feels.
One of the top tier best eroge out there. Must play
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.
Also this game was made by a community, simply amazing.
All in all, it's a must play if you're into dramatic romances with happy endings.