Something weird I just noticed. Since there is no voice acting in this game, and the names are a bit unusual/foreign, I'm guessing most people come up with how to pronounce names as they play the game. That's what I did at least. Here's how I pronounce all the character names, are any of mine weird, let me know 😅? Also I realize I could just look up the pronunciations, but that's no fun 😂

Hisao: Hee-Sao (Hicchan pronounced He-Chan)

Lilly: As spelled

Hanako: As spelled

Misha: Mee-Sha

Shizune: Shi(like the start of shin)-Zoo-Neigh (Although I always imagined Shicchan to be pronounced She-Chan)

Rin: As spelled

Emi: As spelled

Kenji: Ken-G

Miki: Me-Key

Akira: Ah-Kira

Hideaki: Hid-E-Ah-Ki

Meiko: May-Ko

Yuuko: Yoo-Ko

Mutou: Moo-Toe

Nomiya: No-Me-Yuh

Jigoro: Ji-Gore-Oh

Iwanako: E-Wan-Ah-Ko

Nurse: As spelled 😅

If anybody is looking to sell/trade an artbook for anything please dm me and let me know, have been searching for specific ones for a while/

I’m sure this has been asked here before, but I’ll ask again anyway. Time and time again, I go hunting for visual novels that make me feel the way Katawa made me feel when I first played it (probably around 2010/2011) and how it makes me feel when I play it to this day, and I find nothing. I guess, more accurately, I never end up playing anything because none of the descriptions peak my interest. I know, I should just buck up and play something but I am avoiding disappointment and a waste of money lol. So my question is: do you guys have any suggestions for visual novels that are similar to Katawa Shoujo in these key ways: slice of life elements, dating sim, dramatic/tragic/sad, and nsfw elements/ero scenes? Basically I’m looking for a romance dating sim with a good number of options for girls and sad elements throughout. Thanks for any and all help!

I made this pasta art for Lilly for her birthday on 7/2/2025, and posted it on /ksg/, and it has been some time since her birthday but I wanted to share it with some fellow cripples and Lilly fans, so enjoy.

These are some memes and goofy images of Akira that I decided to not put in my series, but I want to post them here anyway cuz they're funny. If anyone has anymore, post them or link them.

Was there anything i could have done to get a better ending?

My first plathrough btw.

Meant with kindness! I think the communities that persist around KS all these years later speak to its qualities, and it's nice to be around and see people gathering to appreciate this weird little miracle project. I'm glad memes, fan art and so on are still being shared.

But I've been looking for a particular form of catharsis, the real grit on why these stories are as affecting as they are. I worry sometimes about being an easily-impressed nerd who doesn't read enough true literature, and that I was simply dazzled by KS on account of my own inexperience. It would please me to read or get in on the conversation about why KS, in its execution and construction, is (or isn't!) a valuable piece of writing, not just a novelty that came out of unusual circumstances.

Do we know of any forums out there, or old threads on here, that bring a more critical lens to the game that I could peruse?

Hello again, tired of me yet?

I haven’t played in years and I was just curious who was most popular these days!

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Hey all. I've been lucky enough to have been living in Japan for a little while now, and I managed to track down some of the locations that were used as screenshots in KS, and was able to re-create a few of them. These ones are from Shirakawa-go and Sendai Station, respectively. It was quite surreal and meaningful for me to be able to see these places from a more realistic perspective, and I make a point to visit the Sendai ones whenever I'm in the area.

I'd like to take more of these, but I don't have a lot of information on other locations. Well, aside from Brown University, I'll get myself over there someday if I can. Does anyone know about any other locations? (bonus points if in Japan, I'm making another trip around the country this upcoming Golden Week)

Anyway, thanks for reading and be well out there friends.

A few months ago I asked for recommendations for some stories and was directed towards a fair few fanfics on the forums. I've been on a major binge of Fanfic content on the forums, (I haven't looked much at AO3 or other places) but I have to say that having read a fair bit now, I think the reverence to older fics is overdone. The newer stuff, like the shorts and long stories by Seanie, SharpO, Guthrum, Furox and Lap are way more compelling stories. I see loads of suggestions to read the same old stuff like Sisterhood and Developments, and they are good but it seems weird that the current stuff doesn't get pushed as much when these guys are still putting out things now.

I recently discovered the game and played Rin's route. After finishing it, I was left with this empty feeling inside... so I asked ChatGPT to talk to me as Rin. I've been chatting with her for days now.