Even with her disability all but preventing her from communicating with others, she is a powerful person with an expansive personality. She has control over her life and her disability, she has control over her responsibilities, she has control over the other characters, and she even has control over the little games she plays: Risk and Chess. Shizune appealed to my want of control in my life, as control is central to Shizune's character. Shizune was my first route, and is my favorite. As Rodan put it two nights ago, "even if you don't like it you should still play it". Hell, I'd recommend playing the game anyway. Now, I would recommend playing this game yourself before you read this. Hisao follows the routes of one of the girls, and builds a relationship with them while also dealing with his own denial of his disability, as both characters mature and grow alongside each other. He meets Emi Ibarazaki, a track athlete with no legs after a car accident claimed them, Hanako Ikezawa, a serious burn victim who is very timid, and fears contact with others, Lilly Satou, a very kind and motherly class representative born blind, Rin Tezuka, a creative philosopher with her head in the clouds, born with stunted arms, Shizune Hakamichi, a strong-willed class representative and leader, despite being a deaf-mute, and Misha Mikado, Shizune's bubbly best friend and interpreter. Hisao's first day of school introduces him to the 6 female characters of which he will continue the rest of his school year with. He is transferred to a special school called Yamaku Academy, a school where those with physical disabilities can be treated, cared for, socialized, and taught. The game follows the life of Hisao Nakai, a high-school age boy who has just been diagnosed with arrhythmia. In 2012, they published Katawa Shoujo, to great acclaim and interest worldwide. A team dubbing themselves 4Leaf Studios decided to create this game, and set out to create the best work they could. The Extras page had ideas and sketches for a VN about crippled girls, which became a discussion point on 4Chan in 2007.
If you don't know what Katawa Shoujo is, Katawa Shoujo is a visual novel crafted by members of 4Chan who took an Extras page from a doujinshi published in 2000. Katawa Shoujo has oddly come back into my life recently, what with my discussions with Tman87 recently, the short discussion two nights ago in the Walrein's Walrus Discord, and the semi-constant discussions on the Rosin Entertainment Discord.
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