Types of emotional reactions to KS

[CoffeeDrive]

Planetarium cant make me cry

Are you made of stone?

Quite likely, although i will say it was definetly the saddest VN ive ever read, i was on the verge, if I find something sadder i might break.

[ParagonTerminus]

I found myself verging on tears a lot, but never did a single tear flow.

Spoilers from Hanako route: When that classroom-birthday scene happened, it was like having a locomotive hitting me in the stomach.

When, shortly afterwards, you get the scene with Hanako lying down crying, a bullet train hit my feels.

And finally, taking the cake, saddest scene in any video game, when Hanako admits what happened to her, show off that crayon drawing, and, worst of all, Painful History plays for the first time...

Katawa Shoujo does this to my feels

[Sohtak]

Well....where to start.

As has been said in this very topic. I'm a gigantic sap and softie. I may put on a tough facade sometimes but when it comes to love and such? I'm a leaky faucet

Nearly...every route made me cry. Not...super bad you know? None of the runny nose and red cheeks but more...A good amount of single tears slowly sliding down my cheek.

Rin will forever hold the title of having the route that NEVER made me cry.

Hanako,Lilly,Emi and even Shizune's routes all made me weep a few tears.

For me personally? I'd have to say Hanako's and Emi's routes are my favorites, They are simply the most emotional to me. In Hanako's route when she has her panic attack in the classrom and the sad music played and she started crying I was like reaching out to the screen going "No no no no no no no no no no don't cry, Shhhhh. It's okay, It's okay" : ~ :

As far as the whole "Waifu" thing goes? Hankao is far from my first but I'm known around here as the most recent Hanako waifu spasmer so..you can guess who mine is

I did feel a bit of emptyness multiple times however. After I finished Hanako's route? I felt so...emotionally blank. And it took about a week or two to get over her route. As silly as it sounds..Doing the other routes at the time..felt wrong. It felt like I was cheating on her by doing another route and I was perfectly okay with never seeing any other story because she was the story I wanted.

Eventually that passed and I did the other routes..and eventually came the day when I..more or less...completed KS. And I again felt that emptyness.

"I just don't know what to do anymore" pretty much summed me up for a week or so. That emptyness came back and I..so desperately wanted amnesia so I could re-live KS over and over and over again. Sad as it sounds.

So I guess you could say in the TL:DR version? I felt the feels, Got sad, Felt more feels, Got sad..finished..got sad..and wish I could experience it again

Hanako is best girl >.>

[SpunkySix]

Planetarium cant make me cry

Are you made of stone?

Quite likely, although i will say it was definetly the saddest VN ive ever read, i was on the verge, if I find something sadder i might break.

It's fine. Man though, that robot just beat my heartstrings into submission, really tenderized 'em.

[CoffeeDrive]

Are you made of stone?

Quite likely, although i will say it was definetly the saddest VN ive ever read, i was on the verge, if I find something sadder i might break.

It's fine. Man though, that robot just beat my heartstrings into submission, really tenderized 'em.

Such an incredible story though.

If youre looking for some serious feels, like more so than KS, just go play planetarian,
Actually, go do it anyway, its only a few hours long.

[hoborailcat]

Well, where to start? I guess I'll say that this game connected with me personally on more levels than I would have ever thought possible.

I first discovered Katawa Shoujo through Youtube, on MillBee's channel. I didn't know what to think of it when I started watching, but I quickly got into the story, despite MillBee's attempts to keep it merely comical. I watched him play all of Hanako's route, with all three endings, before deciding that I'd rather experience this firsthand. Playing for myself, I found out quickly though that I was being pulled towards the Hanako route once more, despite having already seen how it goes. It took me a while to think it through, but I figured out why. The way Hisao acts in Hanako's route, is exactly how I am in real life. I've always drifted more towards the girls that seemed like they were in distress. I wanted to help them overcome whatever problems they may have been facing. I think this is because I'm not comfortable around conflict, so I try my hardest to make their conflicts go away, just as Hisao tried to do for Hanako.

Going through Hanako's story for myself was a stark reminder of who I am, and the problems I face when trying to appeal to a more... troubled set of people, I guess is the best way to put it. My attachment to Hanako is much like the times I've found myself going out of my way to try and help a girl who seemed like she simply needed someone around. I've finished Hanako's route with the good ending, and I can say without a doubt that I will never go back to get the bad ending. Even though I know exactly how it goes thanks to MillBee's series, I don't think I could stand to see that unfold again while I was the one looking through Hisao's eyes. I can't stand the sight of that image of Hanako in the bad ending, I don't even want to look at it, not only because it's crushing to see Hanako in such a state, but also because I know that this is something that could very well happen to me in real life.

On another note, I agree with many of the other members here, that doing the other character's routes feels somewhat wrong. I've since done Lilly's and am close to finishing Emi's. Sure, they have both been wonderful emotionally taxing stories (especially the end of Lilly's route), but it feels weird to leave Hanako to her own devices, which is very noticeable in Lilly's route, since she and Hanako are inseparable.

Well, that was one heck of a first post.

[ParagonTerminus]

Well, where to start? I guess I'll say that this game connected with me personally on more levels than I would have ever thought possible.

I first discovered Katawa Shoujo through Youtube, on MillBee's channel. I didn't know what to think of it when I started watching, but I quickly got into the story, despite MillBee's attempts to keep it merely comical. I watched him play all of Hanako's route, with all three endings, before deciding that I'd rather experience this firsthand. Playing for myself, I found out quickly though that I was being pulled towards the Hanako route once more, despite having already seen how it goes. It took me a while to think it through, but I figured out why. The way Hisao acts in Hanako's route, is exactly how I am in real life. I've always drifted more towards the girls that seemed like they were in distress. I wanted to help them overcome whatever problems they may have been facing. I think this is because I'm not comfortable around conflict, so I try my hardest to make their conflicts go away, just as Hisao tried to do for Hanako.

Going through Hanako's story for myself was a stark reminder of who I am, and the problems I face when trying to appeal to a more... troubled set of people, I guess is the best way to put it. My attachment to Hanako is much like the times I've found myself going out of my way to try and help a girl who seemed like she simply needed someone around. I've finished Hanako's route with the good ending, and I can say without a doubt that I will never go back to get the bad ending. Even though I know exactly how it goes thanks to MillBee's series, I don't think I could stand to see that unfold again while I was the one looking through Hisao's eyes. I can't stand the sight of that image of Hanako in the bad ending, I don't even want to look at it, not only because it's crushing to see Hanako in such a state, but also because I know that this is something that could very well happen to me in real life.

On another note, I agree with many of the other members here, that doing the other character's routes feels somewhat wrong. I've since done Lilly's and am close to finishing Emi's. Sure, they have both been wonderful emotionally taxing stories (especially the end of Lilly's route), but it feels weird to leave Hanako to her own devices, which is very noticeable in Lilly's route, since she and Hanako are inseparable.

Well, that was one heck of a first post.

Hi there, welcome to the Waifu Warzone. Pick your allegiance, load up the flame bombs, and start throwin'.

(Seriously, though, welcome.)

[Potato]

I watched him play all of Hanako's route, with all three endings

Literally the worst thing you can do is watch someone else play it. (Welcome!)

[hoborailcat]

Yeah, you're probably right. I'm entirely new to virtual novels, so I wasn't sure if I'd even enjoy it when I first started watching MillBee play it. I think the fact that I was able to go back almost immediately and play Hanako's route and get even more from it than when I watched it speaks bounds for the capability of the story.

I think that for me, at least, being that I was so willing to see Hanako's route twice in a row without moving to the next route was a glaring reminder of my obvious White Knight Syndrome.

[Atario]

Literally the worst thing you can do is watch someone else play it. (Welcome!)

Especially Millbee.

However, I'm fine with watching face-cam let's-plays after having 100%ed it oneself. It's kinda entertaining to see others ride the rollercoaster too.

[hoborailcat]

I will say, looking back on it, it was interesting to see him go from "I don't really get affected by these, so I'll just keep it funny" in the beginning to "wow, I really liked that ending, that was nice" by the end of Hanako's good path.

[Sohtak]

I've watched CriousGamers play it (ChilledChaos)

He has like a...140 pt series? But suddenly stops midway through Act 1 of Shizune's route. Apparently he claimed it made him depressed and feel alone so he had to stop playing. But his seires is entertaining. To ME personally.



He even tears up at Hanako's birthday, It's sweet <3


Jesse Cox also did a fan-friday of KS



But Jesse Cox is just ridiculous..."The Cacophonous Noi...Damn game you wordy!"

[Atario]

I will say, looking back on it, it was interesting to see him go from "I don't really get affected by these, so I'll just keep it funny" in the beginning to "wow, I really liked that ending, that was nice" by the end of Hanako's good path.

Yeah, see, I liked that too. It was an honest reaction. But the vast majority of the time, he purposely sabotages any reaction to stop from feeling anything, and then he blames it on "having to be entertaining". Meanwhile, his honest reactions are the most entertaining thing he does. Certainly not the hundred "MY BRAND!" and "HADOUUUUKEN!" references out of nowhere. :/

Yeah, yeah, I mad. Whatever.

[Guest Poster]

If KS was meant to have an inane commentator in the background, I'm pretty sure the devs would have added him. As it is, I'd highly recommend playing the game without some random guy doing voiceovers on top of it.

[Potato]

If KS was meant to have an inane commentator in the background, I'm pretty sure the devs would have added him. As it is, I'd highly recommend playing the game without some random guy doing voiceovers on top of it.

Exactly. Commentators with face-cams especially tend toward irrepressible obnoxiousness. Totally ruins their (fake and clearly played up for the camera in the worst way possible) reactions anyway.

If only KS had been created so many years earlier, Mister Rogers could narrate. Lovable bastard.