Visual Novel - Critical Abstraction

One Year of the Feels

It's been one year today that Katawa Shoujo was released to the public. At first I thought I might try to start Hanako's path since I never got to it,

Anime

Empty Male

There is a ton of effort and focus on making female characters interesting in a majority of anime, however more often than not, we have a much blurred focus toward

Broken Themes

Manipulative Shizune

According to most people, Shizune is the least liked of the five routes in Katawa Shoujo. Despite that I found it to be one of my favorite compared to the three I've actually completed. Mainly because the balance between love, friendship and duty is far more prevalent in this route...

Broken Themes

Inconsiderately Considerate Lilly

More often than not, Lilly is know as extremely nice and the happiest of the five routes. I agree with Lilly's route being the happiest, and she is nice, but sometimes she tries be kind to many people and end up spread to thin, and get to the point of ignore peoples feelings.

Broken Themes

Emi's Deception

At first glace Emi seem like the friendly track women, that gets along with everyone. Take a walk down the path of Emi and be welcomed by the wonderful bumps and turns as you try to get to the end.

Katawa Shoujo

Experience Taking

The subject I'm about to talk about comes from an article published in the Ohio State research news. The research mainly focuses on books, but there are other mediums that