
His main hobbies include reading, which was his sole escape from the boredom of staying in the hospital, and soccer, which he played casually with friends but can no longer do so given his condition.Įmi Ibarazaki ( 茨崎 笑美 Ibarazaki Emi ?) Emi is a short, pigtailed girl with light brown hair and forest green eyes. Through his new relationships and interactions, he begins to reconsider his own preconceptions towards disabilities. Though initially resentful of his placement in a school for the disabled and of his condition in general, he eventually adapts to his new lifestyle. After being discharged, he transfers to Yamaku High School in class 3-3. They break off relations after him having been detained for several months in a hospital. In the prologue of the game, he collapses from a heart attack after receiving a confession from the girl he likes on one snowy day. Hisao Nakai ( 中井 久夫 Nakai Hisao ?) Hisao is a male high school student with arrhythmia. The sayings are contradicting the main characters' disabilities.

The goal of the game is to make certain choices that will advance a relationship with one of the five heroines and result in the viewing of the corresponding heroine's erotic scenes and ending.Īlso, the main page has a sentence for each one of the main characters. The gameplay of Katawa Shoujo is choice-based, with the player reading through text and occasionally making decisions that impact events or dialogue within the story. Despite his difficulties, Hisao is able to find friends, and perhaps love, if he plays his cards right. Hisao Nakai, a normal boy, has his life turned upside down when a long-dormant congenital heart defect forces him to move to a new school after a long hospitalization. Set in the fictional Yamaku High School for disabled children, located somewhere in modern Japan. Īct 1 has since been updated for several additional languages As of v4, English, French, Italian, Japanese and both Traditional and Simplified Chinese are included. On April 29, 2009, the team released an "Act One" preview. The group took the name Four Leaf Studios. From January 2007 the sketch was discussed extensively on the 4chan image board, and a development group was assembled from users of both 4chan and other internet communities. The game originated in a sketch created by Japanese doujinshi artist Raita.
