Katawa Shoujo/Characters: Difference between revisions

These are the main and secondary characters who appear in the ''[[Katawa Shoujo]]'' [[Visual Novel]], as described at [http://www.katawa-shoujo.com the novel's website.].

== Main Characters ==

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** {{spoiler|In Shizune's route, after she and Hisao have been a couple for a while, an emotionally-broken Misha tries to seduce Hisao, who is obviously attracted to her.}}. In this case, whether or not he gives in to the influence is up to the player.

* {{spoiler|[[Anguished Declaration of Love]]}}: {{spoiler|In Hanako's [[Good Ending]], as they both collapse in tears.}}.

** Also near the end of {{spoiler|Emi's Good}} Ending. Though not quite ''as'' anguished as the above example, it's still a declaration of love {{spoiler|towards a girl who is very much ''not'' in the most stable state, and it takes quite a bit of insistence to make it work.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Break the Haughty]]}}: {{spoiler|In Hanako's bad ending. While by no means bad-intentioned, he thinks that Hanako is far more fragile than she truly is, and this blows BADLY on his face.}}.

* [[The Champion]]: You can play him as this towards whoever's route you're on. {{spoiler|It never ends well.}}.

* [[Chick Magnet]]: Averted. Hisao's not shown to be particularly popular as a romantic prospect for the female student body, despite other characters stating he's an easily likeable guy in general; none of the other girls show such interest in Hisao in story paths that are not their own. {{spoiler|Well, Misha appears to in Shizune's route, but it's not genuine, especially because she isn't even attracted to boys.}}.

** {{Not really. In Lilly's route, it's implied that Hanako still has some romantic feelings for Hisao, but she doesn't want to get in the way of him and Lilly and gets over it. Emi also takes jabs at Hisao in almost every route that is not her own, but at that time, he is already in a relationship.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Clingy Jealous Girl|Clingy Jealous Guy]]}}: {{spoiler|In the early parts of Emi's route, when he suspects that she's getting close to the track team captain. It turns out they're [[Platonic Life Partners]] instead, as [[Incompatible Orientation|the captain is gay]], and Emi has a good laugh at his expense.}}.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander's Minder]]: For Rin. Though it may be a [[Deconstructed Trope]], because he has huge difficulties with that later.

* [[The Complainer Is Always Wrong]]: In Hanako's route, he is the only one who objects to people not trying to keep Hanako in class, as well as seemingly not caring if she leaves. This is {{spoiler|double-subverted;: while he initially seems to present himself as being right, in the [[Good Ending]] path, he ultimately decides to give Hanako space when she isolates herself in her room}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Cool Teacher]]}}: {{spoiler|What he aspires to be in routes where he thinks about his future.}}.

* [[Depending on the Writer]] / [[For Want of a Nail]] : Some aspects of his character vary based on each route, such as his perspective on his condition, his goals for the future, and how he views certain people, all of which may be tied to different events. For example, in Hanako's route, he holds Mutou in a much lower regard than the other routes, thinking he's mishandling Hanako's situation.

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]: Variation -: Hisao forgets that Misha signs everything everyone says to Shizune, leading to an awkward moment.

* {{spoiler|[[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]}}: {{spoiler|Hisao himself in Lilly's route. Lilly calls him out on it in the [[Good End.Ending]]}}.

* [[Fee Fi Faux Pas]]: Using expressions such as "I see" around the blind Lilly. She laughs it off, though.

* [[Flat What]]: In the Act 1 scene "Don't Panic", if you take Lilly's or Hanako's route. He also does this in Lilly's route when Kenji claims that he's confirmed that {{spoiler|Lilly is in the mafia.}}.

'''Hisao:''' What. }}

** {{spoiler|Also, with Rin, after a fight in his room, she tells him to go away. He notes that it's his room, thus reversing it on her.}}.

* [[Good Scars, Evil Scars]]: Hisao went through surgery after his heart attack, so he has a scar on his chest. {{spoiler|He tries to use it to bond with Hanako in her route.}}. He also is grateful that Shizune isn't able to see it in their first sex scene.

* [[H-Game POV Character]]: Type I, akaa.k.a. [[Nice Guy]] kind.

* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: {{spoiler|[[Played for Drama]] in Hanako's route.}}.

* [[Non-Action Guy]]: [[Justified Trope|And with VERY good reasons.]].

* [[No Sense of Direction]]: A mild case, but one that crops up periodically and which he comments on in the narration. At one point, in Shizune's route, it takes him more than an hour to get back to the school from a teahouse that's close enough to visit during lunch break.

** Or Hanako's path. Hanako seems able to keep up with the class despite her bad attendance record, although Mutou suggests she isn't a "star student,", and she and Hisao find a shared interest in their mutual love of reading.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Not exactly straight, but Hisao's parents drop him off at the school, unpack his things, leave without bothering to say goodbye in person, and show little sign of returning throughout all paths (although, in a couple of them, Hisao says they asked him if he wants to return home during summer break, and in Shizune's, admits to himself that he hasn't tried to contact them).

** He also once thinks of himself and {{spoiler|Emi}} as "friends who happen to fuck"."

* [[Protectorate]]: {{spoiler|[[Deconstructed]] in Hanako's route.}}.

* [[Second Love]]: He's this {{spoiler|or better said, the third}} for {{spoiler|Emi}} if he pursues her. She used to have a crush on {{spoiler|the track team captain; he turned her down [[Incompatible Orientation|due to being gay]], but they remained good friends. She also had a boyfriend a while after coming to Yamaku, but since he couldn't cope with Emi's emotional damage, and she kept him at arm's reach, they broke up.}}.

* [[Tempting Fate]]: In the bad ending for Act 1, he suggests there's no way the day could get worse, just before [[It Got Worse|it does]].

* [[White Knighting]]: {{spoiler|Guilty of this, minus the attempting-to-curry-favor part, in Hanako's path, and overdoing it can lead to her bad ending. Luckily, he sees the error of his ways by the conclusion of her good ending.}}.

** Also in {{spoiler|Emi's route, with somewhat different results. Overdoing it also leads to the bad ending here, but in the good ending, she comes to realize that it's OK to let him get close to her.}}.

** Averted in {{spoiler|Rin's path;: choosing one of the dialogue options in which he expresses a desire to support her has him saying he doesn't want to be a white knight, and unlocks a dialogue option that enables you to continue without getting the bad ending}}.

* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: Late in Shizune's route, he shows Misha around the campus, showing her places that were important in his time with her and Shizune and what he thought back then, concluding by saying that {{spoiler|he doesn't want Misha to push Shizune away like he did with his old friends}}.

* [[Your Days Are Numbered]]: Said [[Heart Trauma]] means that Hisao's special condition is the only one of the main cast's that is outright stated to be a mortal concern, and he says at various points that he expects to die young. Again, this is one of the major issues he has (though he does get medicine and advice which will hopefully help stave off said mortality). During the opening hospital scene, the doctor tries to assure him that people with his condition can live fairly long lives, but Hisao seems to ignore this, and it's never brought up again.

* [[Beneath the Mask]]: Near the end of her good ending, she remarks on how little her schoolmates truly know about her. {{spoiler|Rather than being friendly and outgoing, she keeps people at a distance, and [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|her favorite color is blue, not pink]].}}.

* [[Big Eater]]: The initial rooftop luncheon has Emi eating a lunch that's twice the size of the ones she made for Rin and Hisao, and on multiple other occasions, she steals Hisao's food after finishing her own.

* [[Genki Girl]]: {{spoiler|[[Subverted Trope|Subverted]]. While Emi indeed is a cheery girl, it turns out she's not as drama(or trauma)-free as she initially seems. The loss of her legs was traumatic, but she learned to cope with that well. The loss of her ''[[Disappeared Dad|father]]'', she did not cope with at all. Part of getting her happy ending is to help her deal with her loss.}}.

* [[Get Out!]]: {{spoiler|Happens at the end of her house visit, if Hisao says something insensitive to her, or if she catches him talking with her mother}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: In the H-scenes, she comes off as one of the most straightforward and kinky girls in the cast.}}.

** {{spoiler|Also, she is the girl who has the most sesx with Hisao -: three sex scenes that are shown, and at least three more being implied.}}.

* [[Manipulative Bitch]]: Although her personal brand of manipulation seems to be "Do what I ask, or I'll make sad [[Puppy Dog Eyes]] at you"." Still works though.

* [[Off-Model]]: Some of her in-game sprites have a "rougher" feel to them compared to the other girls. Artwork in scenes, too, often depicts her as looking younger than the sprite. This is because, unlike the other characters, Emi had a rather significant redesign late in development, which meant that her art had to be finalized in a much shorter time than the rest of the cast.

** {{spoiler|It's actually deconstructed. She knows that loss of a relationship is normal, and it is best to be strong and move on. However, at the same time, the same stubbornness that enables her to deal with her issues prevents Emi from growing close to anyone because she is afraid that the pain of loss will prevent her from moving onto the future. This prevents anyone from helping her.}}.

* [[Puppy Dog Eyes]]: See [[Manipulative Bitch]] above.

* [[Right Behind Me]]: {{spoiler|She overhears a significant portion of what Hisao and her mother are discussing}}.

* [[Shout-Out]]: Some aspects of her route were inspired by Nurse-kun's tale such as her close relationship with the Nurse and {{spoiler|losing her legs and her dad because of a car crash.}}.

* [[Sir Swearsalot]]: For a game that is largely devoid of foul language, she provides the majority of the "ass", "damn", and "hell"s spoken throughout story.

** [[Word of God|The writer of her path, Hivemind,]], has come out and said this is due to him being frequently foul mouthed in real life. Hivemind has even said that Emi cursed like a sailor in some of the early path drafts.

* [[Was Just Leaving]]: {{spoiler|Does this to Hisao if he talks to her mother}}.

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** In fact, in Lilly's route, {{spoiler|Hisao's less-smothering, more-ordinary friendship helps her to branch out, making new friends in the Newspaper Club (Andand she's even planning to go to Kyoto with the club girls during vacation!). At the end of the route, Lilly even tells her that she was genuinely happy to be her friend, and was NOT acting out of pity or contempt for her, something which resonates all the more if one has played Hanako's own route.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Angst Coma]]}}: A somewhat more mild form of this is applied {{spoiler|in Act 3. During a group-based exercise, Hanako is shaken by Shizune and Misha inadvertently forcing Hisao to reveal that he and Lilly had been buying her birthday presents, and ends up only half-finishing the assignment. All of this causes her to have a panic attack in the middle of the classroom, slipping briefly into a state of catatonia.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Beware the Quiet Ones]]}}: In her [[Bad End]], {{spoiler|she ''snaps'' after Hisao repeatedly insists that he wants to help her.}}. It's quite the [[Tear Jerker]].

* [[Birthday Hater]]: It's implied that the fire that burned her house down and her birthday are connected. {{spoiler|They're not, but it's actually even more of a [[Tear Jerker]] than that.}}.

{{quote|'''Hanako''': {{spoiler|Every birthday was the same. Everyone doing their best to pretend that I mattered. Everyone pretending everything was alright… for one day of the year. I didn't want to exist, but they wouldn't let me.}}.}}

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Her backstory {{spoiler|and her bad ending.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]: All the girls have shades of this, but she and Rin are the biggest examples.}}.

* [[Cannot Spit It Out]]: Hanako develops a crush on Hisao, but her social anxiety and shyness make it impossible for her to confess to him. Hisao at some point even describes Hanako as "always on the verge of saying something, but never quite doing it"."

* [[Chess Motifs]]: Chess happens to be one of Hanako's hobbies, as well as a pivotal connection between her and Hisao, and her first and third Acts are in fact named after particular moves in the game. {{spoiler|Particularly interesting is that Act 3 is called "Castling", a move in chess that basically places the Rook and King pieces next to each other. Considering that the King is a "weak" piece that is required to be defended, and that the Rook is a "stronger" piece, this [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic|could be almost directly applied to how their relationship develops]] within that Act.}}.

** {{spoiler|Your success with her depends on how much, or how little, you act like a [[White Knight]].}}.

** A scene of Act 1 that leads to her route is titled "Nc5xb3", which makes no sense unless you are familiar with chess notation, and still cannot be fully understood until you play the route. It means {{spoiler|"Knight at c5 captures the piece at b3"." Yes, [[White Knight|knight]] again.}}.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Far too sweet and shy to fit the trope completely, but Hanako is shown to become anxious whenever Hisao looks at or spends time with other girls or women;: she unfavorably compares her appearance to Lilly's, and notes that Hisao has spent a significant amount of time with Yuuko (who doesn't even have a route). Her anxiety is partially justified because {{spoiler|despite his feelings for her and them growing close, Hisao doesn't actually show any signs of attraction towards Hanako until the very end out of fear of scaring her off.}}. Her anxiety over losing Hisao to someone else {{spoiler|ultimately causes her to initiate sex with him despite neither of them being emotionally ready for it yet.}}.

* [[Depending on the Artist]]: Hanako's scars look different depending on the art in question. On her sprite, her scars are a light purplish red and are somewhat veiny, while in her Act 1 animation, they are a deep red and much more swollen and veined-looking. {{spoiler|When she strips herself down to show Hisao the extent of her scarring, they have the color of dried blood and look much less veiny and more like burned abrasions.}}.

** It's actually possible to receive extensive burns and save the eyes;: at least on that point, the burns weren't too deep (also thanks to {{spoiler|her mother partially shielding her}}, probably). Problems may rather arise from the damage on the ''eyelid'', but she may have undergone minor surgery to restore its functionality.

* [[Feminine Women Can Cook]]: Sort of. Hisao says that [[Supreme Chef|her cooking is good]], but Lilly says that Hanako likes to experiment and her tone suggests that [[Cordon Bleugh Chef|some of said experiments haven't gone so well in the past.]].

* {{spoiler|[[Genre Savvy]]}}: {{spoiler|In her route, she soon notices how despite his good heart, Hisao approaches her with a rather patronizing attitude. And if you make him keep it, [[Beware the Quiet Ones|she WILL let him know]].}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Intoxication Ensues]]}}: {{spoiler|She gets drunk at her own birthday party in her own route (in Lilly's, she passes out without displaying any such behavior), after she fails to moderate herself properly with Akira's gift. When intoxicated, she's quite a bit more cheery and upbeat, and a bit silly. She's also confident enough in this state to ''hit on Hisao.''}}.

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: {{spoiler|In Lilly's route, she ''might'' have had feelings for Hisao, but if she has, she puts them aside because she wants her friends to be happy.}}.

* [[I Will Protect Her]]: How Hisao feels about her. {{spoiler|Initially, at least. She is NOT happy about this, and keeping up this attitude for too long leads to her [[Bad End]].}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Orphanage of Love]]}}: Where she lived until coming to Yamaku, as she tells to Hisao during {{spoiler|their pool game.}}. There's somewhat of a subversion there, though: {{spoiler|while the staff treated Hanako kindly, and she was kind of a [[Parental Substitute]] for the youngest children in her last days there, she still couldn't make friends.}}.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Hanako's parents died in the same fire that scarred her. {{spoiler|Her [[Mama Bear]] actually pulled an [[Heroic Sacrifice]], covering little Hanako with her body and dying for her.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Sex as Rite-Ofof-Passage]]}}: {{spoiler|Has sex with Hisao to prove that she's no longer someone who needs to be protected}}.

* [[Trigger]]: {{spoiler|She doesn't take mention of her birthday very well.}}.

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: In her own arc, this describes her relationship with Hisao until the very last scene. It's hinted she developed a crush on him fairly soon after meeting him and Hisao becomes attracted to her as well. There are plenty of moments where they seem to connect, yet nothing comes out of it afterwards. This is sometimes because of Hanako's own emotional baggage starts acting up, but more often because Hisao keeps things platonic because he believes Hanako is too fragile to handle an actual relationship. It turns out Hanako is aware that this is preventing them from becoming involved and eventually takes drastic steps to try and change it, though it almost backfires on her.

* [[The Woobie]]: {{spoiler|[[Deconstructed]].}}. On her route, this is {{spoiler|initially}} the reason why Hisao wants to get closer to her. {{spoiler|However, [[Genre Savvy|she's aware]] that he sees her like this, and [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|secretly resents it]].}}.

* {{spoiler|[[You Bastard]]}}: {{spoiler|Hanako's [[Bad End]] can come across as Hanako not yelling at Hisao and Lilly so much as she's yelling at ''YOU''.}}.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]: Hisao comments on Hanako's purple hair, and she's called "Purple haired girl" at first.

Blind since birth, Lilly is caring, responsible and friendly -: the perfect foil to Hanako, her best friend, whom she shares an almost mother-daughter relationship with, in addition to her free time often being spent drinking tea alongside her companion. In class, she is a diligent student, with her sense of confidence serving her well in her role as class representative of class 3-2.

* [[Adult Fear]]: {{spoiler|Hisao has a heart murmur in Act 3, and Hanako is too terrified to even tell her what's happening}}.

* [[Anguished Declaration of Love]]: To Hisao, {{spoiler|after his heart murmur in Act 3}}.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Half Japanese, half ''Scottish'' no less. She also partly subverts the expected stereotype, as while her family is rich and lives abroad in a [[Big Fancy House]], the money comes from her Japanese businessman father. (Herher mother is a journalist).)

** [http://i.imgur.com/LjXSw.png Also] "[[Everything Sounds Sexier in French|Eh bien, eh bien]]", "[[Italy|O cielo]]", and "[[Chinese LanguageMandarin|Ma ma]]".

* {{spoiler|[[Cool Teacher]]}}: {{spoiler|She wants to be an English teacher once she grows up partly because she had a crush on her old English tutor.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Covert Pervert]]}}: Hisao decides she is this after she admits that {{spoiler|she knew that there was the possibility that they'd end up having sex in the bath}}. Lilly insists that she merely has {{spoiler|"a healthy adolescent sex drive."}}.

** She apologizes for {{spoiler|pushing her desires on to him after his heart starts acting up in one of her H Scenes.<ref>Said H Scene is the ''only'' H scene where Hisao's heart acts up enough to force the sex to stop.</ref>. What were they doing before? ''Blindfold Sex!!''}}!!

* {{spoiler|[[A Date with Rosie Palms]]: Does this in front of Hisao while he's blindfolded, as a means to try and entice him.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Death by Sex]]: The only time Hisao gets close to this is with Lilly, yeah, Lilly manages to give Hisao a heart attack during sex.}}.

* [[Everybody Hates Mathematics]]: She says math and science are her worst subjects, although considering that we never see her scores, and she's Class Representative, it's unclear how much difficulty she has with them.

* [[Eyes Always Shut|Eyes Often Shut]]: Her eyes aren't ''always'' shut, but she does close them very often.

* {{spoiler|[[Hot for Teacher]]}}: {{spoiler|Fell in unrequited love with her tutor before coming to Yamaku, though Lilly admits to Hisao that she always knew her crush was hopeless. She also wishes to be a teacher so chances are she'll get this trope from both sides.}}.

* [[Insistent Terminology]]: Says her [[Big Fancy House]] in Scotland is not a "mansion", and {{spoiler|when it turns out she's a [[Covert Pervert]], she describes it as a "healthy adolescent sex drive."}}

* [[Mary Sue Classic]]: [[Word of God]] is that Lilly's first draft was "the most cliched [[Mary Sue]] character ever"."

** This is deconstructed in her own route. {{spoiler|Specifically BECAUSE Lilly appeared to be so perfect, Hisao never stopped looking up to her and quickly became content to just hang back and leave everything to her. When Lilly admits planning to move to Scotland, Hisao silently resents her decision, but finds himself too stuck in his dependancy on her to argue or challenge her plans, despite Lilly obviously being less than confident about the decision herself. Ultimately, in the good end, Hisao comes to the realisationrealization that rather than a flawless saint who can handle everything that comes her way on her own, Lilly is just an ordinary human being who needs support at times just like everyone else and who's not too good to be questioned whenever she makes a foolish decision. In this way, her route is the exact opposite of Hanako's arc.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[The McCoy]]}}: {{spoiler|1=To Shizune's [[The Spock|Spock]] on the Student Council before she left; their falling-out and current feud is more or less what happens when a Spock and a McCoy just have Misha instead of a Kirk to mediate between them.}}.

* [[OOC Is Serious Business]]: {{spoiler|In the [[Precision F-Strike]] incident, Hisao notices that she's angry in a way she has never been before, not even around Shizune}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Parental Abandonment]]}}: {{spoiler|Both of her parents live in Scotland. Akira feels that their parents have basically abandoned them and is very bitter about it.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Put on a Bus]]}}: {{spoiler|In Hanako's route, she goes to Scotland for a while, and is not back by the end of the route. This also happens in her own route, but}}...}}

** {{spoiler|[[The Bus Came Back]]}}: {{spoiler|She comes back from Scotland midway through Act 3}}.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: For Hisao and Hanako;: she sets up a date to go into town to get them closer together, and during their phone conversations, seems on the verge of mentioning that Hanako is in love with Hisao.

** She also ships Hisao/Emi on Emi’sEmi's route.

{{quote|'''Lilly''': Ah,, so it’sit's just friends is it? How disappointing.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Spoiled Sweet]]}}: {{spoiler|like her cousin Shizune, but a lot better at showing the "sweet" part.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Stepford Smiler]]}}: {{spoiler|In Lilly's route, Hisao spends enough time with Lilly to figure out that her usually cheerful expression can sometimes merely be a facade to hide deeper issues.}}.

** [[Not So Stoic]]: A few cases. {{spoiler|Hisao's heart murmur, her [[Precision F-Strike]] and Hisao being hospitalized for another heart attack}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Theme Song Reveal]]}}: {{spoiler|Your first indication that you've gotten the [[Good Ending]] is hearing Lilly's music box.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[We Used to Be Friends]]}}: {{spoiler|In her route, Shizune reveals that the two of them used to be very close;: she actually joined the Student Council when the orginal members started leaving to help her cousin, and even encouraged others to do so. However, being forced to work together in close proximity caused the natural tension between their personalities to come to a head. The result was ther falling out and current feud.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Wine Is Classy]]}}: {{spoiler|She drinks wine whenever she can, often to Hisao's dismay.}}.

** {{spoiler|[[Deconstructed]]. Her being this is why Hisao often has a difficult time reading her emotions. Furthermore, she annoys [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!|him with her pity]]. She represses her emotions to the point where Hisao has to get a severe heart murmur before she can confess to him. Near the end of Act IV4, she can't reject her parents' wishes for her to return permanently to Scotland despite how unhappy it will make her. In the [[Good Ending]], Hisao has to give himself a heart attack chasing her before Lilly can follow her [[Incredibly Lame Pun|heart]] and choose to stay with Hisao.}}.

Since Rin's arms are tiny stumps due to a severe birth defect and subsequent surgery, she uses her feet and occasionally her mouth to do everything, which includes painting. Because of her disability, using skirts is tough, so Rin is wearing a boy's uniform at school. Her creativity is matched by her philosophical streak: Rin is fond of occasionally getting lost in thought and giving voice to abstract ideas about man, the universe, and other things that thoroughly confuse those around her.

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]: All the girls have shades of this, but she and Hanako are the biggest examples.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[But Now I Must Go]]}}: {{spoiler|In one of her two [[Bad EndingsEnding]]s, where she tells Hisao that Sae and Nomiya got her a scholarship in Tokyo, and she plans to go there during vacation.}}.

** {{spoiler|[[Deconstruction|Utterly demolished]] in her route. Later scenes show that her eccentricity isn't always funny or cute, and Rin herself proves to be frustrated and discouraged with the fact that people can't understand her thoughts, whether through words or through her art. Not to mention Hisao finds himself struggling to keep up with her train of thought, and sometimes gets extremely angry at her.}}.

{{quote|'''Hisao''': What are you doing? <ref>It's obvious that she's lying on her back on the rooftop, but what isn't obvious is why.</ref>

'''Rin''': I thought you had a heart problem, not an eye problem. }}

* {{spoiler|[[Driven to Suicide]]}}: {{spoiler|Implied to happen eventually in one of her [[Bad Endings.Ending]]s}}.

** {{spoiler|She's also willing to harm herself (not eating, not sleeping, smoking, ectetc), if it means she can gain inspiration.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[I Am What I Am]]}}: In her [[Good Ending]].

* [[Innocent Fanservice Girl]]: To a degree. {{spoiler|Though in a subversion, when Hisao gets to see her only in panties and a shirt, she's actually high on cough syrup.}}.

* [[Kissing Under the Influence]]: {{spoiler|Rin, high on codeine due to some really strong cold meds, wearing only an unbuttoned shirt and panties, lets Hisao into her room and eventually kisses him. Then she falls asleep and forgets about it the next morning.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Muse Abuse]]}}: {{spoiler|During preparation for the exhibit, she refuses to reply to Hisao's confession, tells him not to visit, and shuts him out entirely. One of the biggest conflicts between them is Hisao's struggle with Rin's incomprehensibility, and Rin's difficulties with expressing her feelings.}}.

* [[No Title]]: Rin doesn't create titles for any of her paintings {{spoiler|to avoid influencing how other people see it.}}.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: All the other heroines have at least one parent who appears in her respective route ( {{spoiler|Shizune's father, Emi's mother}}) or have a good reason for not appearing ( {{spoiler|Hanako's dead parents, Emi's [[Disappeared Dad]], Lilly's estranged parents.}}). Rin's parents, however, don't appear at all even though the game confirms that they are alive.

* [[Rule of Symbolism]]: There's a lot of symbolism in Rin's route. In her Act 2 Cinematic alone, there's {{spoiler|Rin's incomprehensible inner thoughts, dandelions, and the visible gap between Rin and Hisao. Her inner thoughts in particular are so alien and possibly unsettling that even Rin looks a little jarred when she wakes up, indicating that she definitely isn't as carefree as she appears.}}.

'''Rin:''' I haven't. It's raining pretty hard though. I was out on a walk. }}

* [[Sleep Cute]]: In her Act 1 ending {{spoiler|and her own route.}}.

** {{spoiler|Part of the problem in her route is that she wants other people to understand her through her art, but no one can do that satisfactorily.}}.

Strong willed and forceful, Shizune is definitely the leader type. She's been the class rep, despite being deaf and mute, for as long as her class has had one, and generally takes charge in just about any situation she's placed in. Shizune is known around the school as a fearsome taskmaster, and skilled manipulator, but also as a fair and just leader.

* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents]]}}: {{spoiler|Her [[Jerkass]] father constantly insults and belittles both her and her brother Hideaki. On top of that, Mr. Hakamichi does not know sign language nor does he care to learn, despite having a deaf and mute daughter; he might even consider her disability to be self-imposed, and mentions having spent twelve years trying to make her 'normal'.}}.

* [[Batman Gambit]]: {{spoiler|More or less what her interactions with Hisao early in Act 1 boil down to. Seeing that he is depressed, Shizune decides that he needs cheering up. Her way of doing this is by goading him into joining the Student Council and spending time with her and Misha so that he would have something to do or think about other than feeling sorry for himself. [[Fridge Brilliance|The thing is, even if you don't choose her route, the plan still works]] [[The Gadfly|because she is still the one that forces Hisao out of his complancency and forces him to make choices.]]}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Black Bra and Panties]]}}: {{spoiler|Very lacy ones, combined wirh her dark blue stockings.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Brains and Bondage]]}}: {{spoiler|She's quite clever, and quite kinky too, judging by her first sex scene with Hisao and other details.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[For Happiness]]}}: {{spoiler|A big motivation for her.}}.

* [[Girls Love Stuffed Animals]]: She really seems to appreciate the stuffed cat that Hisao wins for her in her Act 1 Ending, to the point where {{spoiler|Itit is hanging out of her school bag in the closing CG of her [[Bad Ending]]}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]}}: {{spoiler|Goes through one throughout Act 4, and concludes that she has pushed away those closest to her}}:

{{quote|'''Shizune''': (regarding Lilly) {{spoiler|[That was the worst to me, that she could be so nice and still take so many people for granted. Why even join the Student Council, then? It seemed so shortsighted and selfish, don't you think? But it's actually me who's this way].}}.}}

* {{spoiler|[[I Just Want to Have Friends]]}}: {{spoiler|Late in her path, this is revealed to be a major motivation for her behavior. Shortly after she came to Yamaku, she became frustrated with the obvious communication problems that her deafness caused her in this regard, so she turned her efforts towards doing things to make other people happy, the main reason why she joined the Student Council. Sadly, she eventually lost sight of her original goal and came to take her only friend, Misha, for granted. How this turns out is up to the player.}}.

* [[Lonely at the Top]]: The reason why she has so few friends: she takes her duties as [[Student Council President]] and [[Class Representative]] ''very'' seriously and wants to actually do something ''meaningful'' in her time at Yamaku. This, combined with the natural communication problems her deafness causes results in her coming across as bossy and agressive, which pushes many people, {{spoiler|like everyone else in the council (except Misha), including her cousin Lilly with whom she used to be very close}}, away. This is very ironic when you consider [[I Just Want to Have Friends|why she joined the council in the first place.]].

** Heck, she's one step away from being a [[Bespectacled Bastard Boyfriend|Bespectacled Bastard Girlfriend]];: while she is not actively malicious, her cold, controlling personality {{spoiler|and her dominant sexual tendencies}} fit much more closely with this kind of glasses-wearer.

* {{spoiler|[[Non-Idle Rich]]}}: {{spoiler|During her [[Good Ending]], she decides to become a philanthropist after she leaves school, using her family's wealth to help make others happy.}}.

** Also, at the end of Lilly's route, {{spoiler|the two seem to genuinely set aside their differences when Lilly assists her with student council work, and Shizune seems she really will miss her once she's gone.}}.

** A retroactive one in her [[Good Ending]] {{spoiler|when she talks to Hisao and admits that her actions were all designed to make Hisao happy, since she couldn't stand his dejection and total lack of motivation when he first came to class.}}.

* [[Pillars of Moral Character]]: Her devotion to the Student Council (and her frustration towards everyone else's seeming lack of interest in it), can be said to be rooted in a very highly developed sense of ''Giri'' towards her school and its students. Her main grievance with Lilly (who she says put off her duties and missed deadlines to help friends) can also been seen as a percieved lack of it from her towards the same {{spoiler|and towards Shizune personally, since she is part of what little family Lilly still has in Japan.}}. She is also insists on honoring her bet with Hisao in her own route and carrying Kenji's box on her own, which can be said to be very much and example of ''On''.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Supports Misha's shipping of Hisao and {{spoiler|Hanako}} during the latter's route because she really does care for her, {{spoiler|but due to her rivalry with Lilly and her Student Council duties, she can't help her as much as she would like to do so.}}.

** Unless of course you pursue her route. Then Hisao manages to pick up enough sign language skills to converse with Shizune by himself. Signed 'speech' by Shizune, Misha, and Hisao are rendered in […] brackets to represent this.

* [[Spirited Competitor]]: Shizune's strictness and harsh initial personality seems to stem from this, oddly enough. To her, '''everything''' is a competition, from [[Risk]], to mental duels to snare a new council member, to work in general. {{spoiler|In their final H scene, Hisao considers that she's even competitive regarding sex, specifically when she pushes him onto a table so she can be on top. Not that he seems to mind much.}}.

** {{spoiler|[[Deconstructed]] in her route. Her competitiveness drove the other members of the student council away. In her [[Bad Ending]], she believes that her being this is the reason Hisao and Misha are avoiding her, so she breaks up with Hisao; in her [[Good Ending]], she reveals that she knows that it's jeopardizing her friendships, but she doesn't know any other approach, and she thanks Hisao for talking to Misha for her.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Spoiled Sweet]]}}: {{spoiler|All she wants is to make other people happy and to have other people open up to her and be her friends. Sadly, her deafness makes it very difficult for her to get the "sweet" part through.}}.

* [[The Tease]]: {{spoiler|In her final H scene, she gets on top of Hisao then says "[I should just stop now, and leave you stewing in your lust]" with a cheeky smirk on her face.}}.

* [[Tsundere]]: Subverted. You may think Shizune is one, until you actually go through her storyline. She has the forceful personality, but lacks the antagonistic attitude. Doesn't stop fans from [[Alternate Character Interpretation|portraying her as one]].

* [[Tsunshun]]: She is assertive to a point that borders on abrasiveness. {{spoiler|And also extremely lonely and frustrated over her inability to keep friends.}}.

* [[Visible Silence]]: Typically used to represent when she "says" something, followed by Misha's translation of it, but also used for pauses or for things Hisao can't understand ("if a ...<ref>armadilloArmadillo.</ref> bit you")

* {{spoiler|[[Well Done Daughter Girl]]}}: {{spoiler|Though not stated, it is implied that her competitive workaholic streak rises in part from a desire to earn her father's approval. Unfortunately, the Student Council is one of many things he holds in contempt, in particular because of how it can operate with only three people (Hisao included).}}.

* {{spoiler|[[We Used to Be Friends]]}}: {{spoiler|In Lilly's route, Shizune reveals that she and Lilly used to be very close to one another. In her own route, it is also revealed that Lilly actually joined the council to help her out when members of the original council started leaving. However, being forced to work together brought the natural clash between their two personalities to head, resulting in their falling out and current enmity.}}.

* [[When All You Have Is a Hammer]]: A major problem for her. It's exteremly hard for her to deal with ''anything'' without trying to turn it into a contest or a game. She even uses this approach when it is clear that it's probably not a very good way of dealing with a situation, like {{spoiler|Misha pulling away from her}}, because she literally knows no other way.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Shizune qualifies for a Grade A, only lacking [[Tsundere]] attitude and twintails for Grade S. {{spoiler|In her second sex scene with Hisao, she keeps the stockings on.}}.

Misha is the interpreter for Shizune and a fellow member of the student council. Cheery, playful, and never one to pull a punch, she happily joins in Shizune's attempts to get Hisao onto the student council.

** {{spoiler|The sleep could be explained with this condition: the [[wikipedia:Advanced sleep phase syndrome|Advanced Sleep Phase Syndrome]].}}.

** There are also theories that {{spoiler|she could have some inner ear problems. It's not a "true" disability, but can cause issues with voice volume control and equilibrium -: she says climbing stairs makes her dizzy, and it could explain her [[No Indoor Voice]]}}.

*** {{spoiler|And this theory is correct, since she herself states in Shizune's route that she has no disability. Unless you count her being a lesbian a disability, mind you. She kinda does.}}.

* [[Annoying Laugh]] / [[Signature Laugh]]: "Wahaha~", although she also uses "Hahaha" and the occasional "Ahaha".

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]: Meta-example for some of the fanbase. Turns out, {{spoiler|you ''can'' get an H-scene with Misha! Too bad that acting on it directly causes Shizune's [[Bad End]] and leads to [[Tear Jerker|one of the most heartbreaking]] [[Downer Ending|moments in the game]], [[You Bastard|you monster]].}}. And on top of that, {{spoiler|said H-scene is ''[[Fan Disservice|very]]'' [[Fan Disservice|uncomfortable]]; it's evident neither her nor Hisao enjoy the sex}}.

* [[Big Beautiful Woman]]: At least in comparison to the other girls, she's got a bit more meat on her bones. {{spoiler|Her sex scene shows that she's got pretty big breasts abd a little pudge on her belly and legs, specially her hips and thighs.}}.

* [[Book Dumb]]: Possibly;: she's not entirely stupid, but seems to have the most trouble with academics.

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Cool Teacher]]}}: {{spoiler|She hopes to become one, coming to Yamaku to become a sign language teacher and getting a reduction on her tuition fees as part of a related program.}}.

* [[Did I Just Say That Out Loud?]]/[[I'll Never Tell You What I'm Telling You]]/[[Could Say It, But...]]: She occasionally says things she's not supposed to while translating, sometimes with a lampshade, sometimes not. Sometimes deliberate, sometimes by accident. Maybe, it's hard to tell, as she's smarter than she appears. Hisao wonders at one point if she does this so that people who can hear but not understand sign language are not excluded.

* [[Genki Girl]]: {{spoiler|It's partly a pretense to hide the emotional trauma of Shizune rejecting her love confession, as well as being [[Love Hurts|a coping mechanism for said trauma]].}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Important Haircut]]}}: {{spoiler|Implied that she cut and dyed her hair pink in response to being rejected by Shizune, and cut her hair again when she felt threatened by Hisao's affection towards Shizune.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Incompatible Orientation]]}}: {{spoiler|She's a lesbian and Shizune is not (Oror at least not into ''Misha'', if she ever liked girls.)}}.

* [[Innocently Insensitive]]: She seems to be rather oblivious to social cues which is hardly an ideal trait in an interpreter and results in more that a few "blind leading the blind" situation {{spoiler|like the panic attack incident in Hanako's route.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]}}: {{spoiler|The reason why she helps Hisao and Shizune get closer in Acts One1 and Two2 of Shizune route. Though later on, her jealousy starts getting the better of her.}}.

* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LCowFcEXt0Y "Generic Happy Music"].

* {{spoiler|[[Love Hurts]]}}: {{spoiler|After having her affections rebuffed by Shizune, she accepted her offer of friendship just so she could be close to her. She later expresses regret for this decision, the proximity making the [[Just Friends]] relationship even more painful.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Matchmaker Crush]]}}: {{spoiler|She aids Hisao and Shizune to get together... because she loves Shizune and wants her to be happy. It doesn't work that way.}}.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname|Only Known by Her Nickname]]: Virtually everyone calls her "Misha". Only Mutou seems to call her "[[Last-Name Basis|Mikado]]".

* {{spoiler|[[Schoolgirl Lesbian]]}}: {{spoiler|Confessed to Shizune after they became friends and was rejected, and is jealous of Hisao in Shizune's route.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Sex for Solace]]}}: {{spoiler|One of the many motives behind her attempt to seduce Hisao. It quite obviously doesn't work, as accepting leads to a painfully hollow and loveless act that just reminds both why this was a terrible idea.}}.

** In Hanako's route, she seems to be rather curious and excited about her and Hisao's developing relationship. {{spoiler|And because she and Shizune do worry for Hanako's sake, but due to the rivalry with Lilly and the Council work, they aren't always able to keep an eye on her. (Thoughthough [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom|this doesn't work as planned]] [[Angst Coma|at some point]]).}}.

** In Shizune's route, she encorages Hisao in his efforts to learn Sign Language and allowing the two of them time alone together. {{spoiler|[[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy|She wants Shizune to be happy after all.]]. Though late in her route, her personal pain boils up and causes problems.}}.

** In Emi's route, she shows up {{spoiler|after Emi and Hisao have a fight at Emi's home}} and pushes Hisao to talk to her {{spoiler|and mend their almost-broken relationship.}}. Whether you {{spoiler|get the Bad or [[Good Ending]]}} depends on what's your reaction to her.

* {{spoiler|[[Stepford Smiler]]}}: {{spoiler|It's revealed late in Shizune's route that her cheerful nature is a facade to cover [[Gayngst]] and unrequited love. Shizune lampshades this when she says she doesn't associate cheerful behavior with Misha the same way Hisao does}}.

{{quote|'''Shizune''': {{spoiler|The Misha you know is different from the one I think of, when I think of the time we first met. Even though I think she looks better cheerful and smiling, that isn't how she typically is.}}.}}

* [[Unwitting Instigator of Doom]]: {{spoiler|During Hanako's route, she teasingly questions Hisao and Hanako about their relationship, which causes him to spill the beans about the birthday party he and Lilly were planning for Hanako, resulting in her panic attack. To Misha's credit, though, she genuinely has no idea that Hanako's birthday is a subject that is not to be talked about in front of her, and once she finds out, she apologizes to Hanako immediately.}}.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]: Lampshaded. Misha's pink hair is immediately noted as being unusual.

** Akira eventually reveals {{spoiler|her hair used to be brown and ''much'' longer.}}. It's also visible in one of the CGs in Shizune's route and Lilly's route.

* [[Ambiguous Disorder]]: Besides his obvious legal blindness (his vision is extremely limited, though, unlike Lilly, who cannot see at all), fans speculate that he may have a form of schizophrenia due to his obsession with conspiracy theories.

* [[Bromantic Foil]]: A [[Subversion]], as he is a [[He-Man Woman Hater|misogynist]] rather than a [[Chivalrous Pervert]]. {{spoiler|Possibly double-subverted when it turns out he had a girlfriend in the past, and is considerably less misogynistic when talking about her. He may have even become a feminist-hater because of their breakup.}}.

** He does display some more traits of this in {{spoiler|Lilly}}'s route. When Hisao {{spoiler|is depressed because she's leaving Yamaku to go to Scotland}}, Kenji is surprisingly understanding of his situation.

* [[Character Filibuster]]: Many of his rants push their way into this territory, for [[Overly Long Gag]] purposes. One of them even gives you the option to "ignore his insane ramblings.".

* {{spoiler|[[Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette]]: When he removes his glasses in Shizune's route.}}.

** Personality-wise, he's similar to Ackley from ''[[The Catcher in The Rye]]'' -: an annoying [[Loners Are Freaks|loner]] with [[No Social Skills]] or [[No Sense of Personal Space|sense of personal space]] who lives in the dorm room next door to the protagonist (but frequently comes over to bother him).

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Though most of his scenes are played for straight humor, {{spoiler|after Kenji reads Iwanako's letter to Hisao, he talks fondly of how he misses his old girlfriend (strongly hinted to be Yuuko), and even tries to encourage Hisao to write Iwanako back. Hisao tries to call him on this, to which Kenji replies that he doesn't hate all women, just feminists.}}.

** The [[Memetic Mutation|most famous]] instance is when Hisao says "It's me" to Kenji, making him panic because [[Who's on First?|he doesn't know anyone named "me."]]. He soon deduces that "me" must be a psychic spy.

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]: Even though he can be weird, annoying, offensive, and abrasive at times, Kenji is genuinely a nice person at heart. Later interactions show that he ''does'' listen to Hisao, and that he's sometimes actually concerned about his well being. This kindness is not exclusively reserved for Hisao, though: when he accidentally bumps into Lilly and knocks her over, he even makes an attempt to help her up. Later in the same route, {{spoiler|when Hisao is clearly bummed out about finding out that she is going to leave for Scotland, he runs into Kenji who asks him what's wrong, and says that if he ever needs to talk, to come talk to him, because that's what friends are for.}}. He also shows quite the insight after finding out {{spoiler|about Iwanako's letter... and talks fondly about his old girlfriend.}}.

'''Kenji:''' You mean that's you? That can't be, because ''I'm'' the last sane man in an insane world. That is my dream, you can't just steal a man's dream. }}

* [[Shoo Out the Clowns]]: Kenji becomes very noticeable in his absence after about midway through Act 2 of {{spoiler|Emi and Rin}}'s routes. His last appearance in {{spoiler|Lilly}}'s route, while fairly late, is on an uncharacteristically serious note. (Seesee [[OOC Is Serious Business]] above).

** In Shizune's route: "[[Star Trek|She's like the Picard to my Kirk, or even the Janeway!]]" He also mentions a desire for ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' Legos.

** He also references ''[[Braveheart]]'' a couple of times.

'''Kenji:''' Maybe I overwhelmed her with my logic, so badly that she just retreated into denial. Maybe she is just an asshole. Either way, she didn't reply, and [[Chrono Trigger|the future refused to change]]. }}

* [[Testosterone Poisoning]]: Normally, this trope refers to hypermasculinityhyper-masculinity that affects the body. But arguably, Kenji's ''mind'' has been poisoned.

Kenji: It should be. With rings. Rings with big-assed emblems. And gold! }}

** {{spoiler|And before that, it was icecream.ice cream}}.

The chief of the nurse staff of Yamaku, and a surprisingly young person for someone in his position. He is a funny and jovial guy, always a good for a laugh and well liked by students. Nonetheless, he has a heart of pure gold, and he is very passionate and serious about his job.

* [[Shout-Out]]: The character is based off a real life nurse who posted a series of threads on 4chan about his experiences taking care of a multiamputee car crash victim <ref>In truth, there is no definitive proof of both the nurse and the little girl not being fictional. Doesn't prevent the story from being heartwarming.</ref>, inspiring the relationship between the Nurse and Emi. A collection of them can be found [http://shii.org/knows/The_Awakening_of_Nurse-kun,_Chapter_0 here]{{Dead link}}.

* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: Calls Hisao and {{spoiler|Emi}} out when Hisao's heart almost gives out due to {{spoiler|trying to pick a race with Emi without taking precautions.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Pedestal]]}}: {{spoiler|Becomes one for Rin by the end of her route ("I thought he was my friend...")}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Fat Bastard]]}}: {{spoiler|His intentions are good, but by the end of Rin's good route, you'll likely think of him as one.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Jerkass]]}}: {{spoiler|While his intentions are good, and he only wants to help Rin be successful, he completely disregards her feelings. When she runs away from the art show during the path to her good ending, Nomiya completely blows up at her, feeling that all his work had gone to waste, saying that her work is worth nothing but "MOSQUITO SHIT" now.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Two Guys and a Girl]]}}: {{spoiler|Him, Sae, and Sae's dead husband.}}.

* [[Bifauxnen]]: The flat-chested and headstrong. That suit sure does look snappy, but it thoroughly confuses the protagonist for a good few seconds. Hisao actually stops himself from making any guesses in Shizune's path, as he just ran into [[Dude Looks Like a Lady|Hideaki]] a few moments ago. The usual personality that goes with this trope is averted, though -: "refined" is not an adjective that describes her.

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]: Not halfways as other girls, but she can show a very cynical and sad side to her.}}.

* [[Christmas Cake]]: Averted. She is 25 years old, but she does have a boyfriend (we never see him, though). {{spoiler|In Lilly's route, she breaks up with him in order to get ready to go to Scotland, but in the [[Good Ending]], she decides otherwise and rekindle their relationship upon seeing how much Lilly and Hisao love each other. She then tells Lilly and Hisao that he will go to Scotland with her.}}.

* [[Drives Like Crazy]]: In Hanako's route, when she and Lilly take Hanako and Hisao to a Jazz Club, she drives them into town and apparently scares Hanako in the process.

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: "Akira" is a unisex name in Japan, which is fitting for her masculine appearance. However, this is averted if you take into account that "Akira" is also a Scottish name, since in Scotland, it's only given to girls.

* [[Hidden Depths]]: Despite seeming laid-back and carefree, late in Lilly's route, she reveals a more [[Broken Bird|angsty, bitter and cynical side of herself]] when talking about her and Lilly's past, {{spoiler|including Lilly's impending departure for Scotland}}.

* [[Jade-Colored Glasses]]: After mentioning that she {{spoiler|had to break up with her boyfriend because of her taking a job in Scotland}}, tells Hisao that life is not a fairy tale and "sometimes stuff happens that you have to roll with, even if it means hurting yourself and others"."

* {{spoiler|[[Parental Abandonment]]}}: {{spoiler|Her parents left her and Lilly behind to go to Scotland when Akira was nineteen. She blames their unwillingness to deal with Lilly's blindness.}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Promotion to Parent]]}}: {{spoiler|For Lilly, after their parents left. She's not too happy with her parents for abandoning them, and confesses to Hisao that [[My Greatest Failure|she feels she didn't do everything she could to raise Lilly well]].}}.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Averts the negative aspects of the trope, {{spoiler|besides being willing to give alcohol to minors.}}.

* [[Sibling Yin-Yang]]: She's unrefined, a bad cook, and a [[Bifauxnen]], while her sister's a [[Yamato Nadeshiko]].

* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Parents]]}}: {{spoiler|It's ''Jigoro'', after all. He may not have it as hard as Shizune, since he has no disabilities and is the youngest of the two, but still.}}.

** {{spoiler|His feminine way of clothing, however, may be a reaction to his father, a figure so overbearing it has lead to a symbolical "emasculation" of his son.}}.

'''Hideaki:''' They are cool. }}

* {{spoiler|[[Abusive Dad]]: He constantly insults and belittles both Shizune and her brother Hideaki. He could not be bothered to learn how to communicate with his own deaf/mute daughter. It goes to twelve ''thousand'' when he offhandedly mentions he has indeed hired tutors -... trying to get ''Shizune to speak''. He seems to imply he just thinks Shizune is being stubborn about this whole speaking thing.}}.

* [[Hey, You]]: Refers to Hisao as "boy" and Misha as "you" or "the pink-haired girl.".

** Case in point, he is so full of himself {{spoiler|that he could not be bothered to learn how to communicate with his own deaf/mute daughter. It goes to twelve ''thousand'' when he offhandedly mentions he has indeed hired tutors -... trying to get ''Shizune to speak''. He seems to imply he just thinks Shizune is being stubborn about this whole speaking thing. While it is possible for deaf people to learn how to speak, such as Helen Keller, a deaf person has a very hard time modulating his/her voice correctly, something hearing people normally take for granted because they can, well, ''hear their own voices''. A deaf person talking can be very embarrassing, often sounding like he/she is mentally or physically handicapped ''on top'' of being deaf. Unsurprisingly, even in real life, a lot of deaf people are uncomfortable with this and choose to stick to other methods of communication instead. Shizune may have tried talking in the past, only to witness the results in front of other people;, and knowing someone as competitive and strict as Jigoro, it's hard to imagine him being satisfied if she spoke less than perfectly.}}.

'''Shizune''': [I know] }}

* {{spoiler|[[Why Couldn't You Be Different?]]}}: {{spoiler|Poor, poor Shizune.}}.

* [[Like Father, Like Son|Like Mother Like Daughter]]: Hisao is quick to note that Meiko is basically an older Emi [[Buxom Is Better|with a bigger chest.]].

* {{spoiler|[[Widow Woman]]}}: {{spoiler|Her husband died either in the car crash that claimed Emi's legs, or an an accident that happened few afterwards.}}.

* [[Expy]]: Maybe unintentionally, but she looks like an aged-up [[Darker than Black|Kirihara.]].

* [[Good Smoking, Evil Smoking]]: Sae isn't antagonistic, and she smokes, {{spoiler|but her smoking is what leads Rin to try it in order to get inspiration.}}.

* [["Ma'am" Shock]]: Doesn't like being called "Mrs. Saionji," despite her age and {{spoiler|formerly being married}}. She prefers [[First-Name Basis]].

* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: {{spoiler|Unlike Nomiya, does not take it personally when Rin flees the exhibition}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Widow Woman]]}}: {{spoiler|Her husband was an artist she met at the Atelier, who committed suicide. Rin being in a similar position as him worries Hisao.}}.

** Emi: {{spoiler|Hehe throws it away midway through reading it, having moved on. If he talks to Emi's mother, however, he fishes it out and reads the last part before resolving to face Emi again.}}.

** Hanako: {{spoiler|Hehe realizes that their relationship is over, but is saddened by being reminded of it}}.

** Lilly:{{spoiler|Hehe concludes that the letter is an "abdication of responsibility", throws it away and is in a bad mood the next day}}.

** Rin: {{spoiler|Hehe is somewhat saddened by the reminder of everything he has lost, but not bitter toward Iwanako. He sends her a letter in response and receives no reply}}.

** Shizune: {{spoiler|Hehe believes Iwanako had slowly been distancing herself from him in the hospital, but eventually realizes that he pushed his friends away. He decides not to write back, concluding that the letter is her way of saying goodbye}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name includes the Kanji for "fish" (the one that got away.). Kenji once refers to her as a "rock-fish-kid chick".

* [[One-ScenePink WonderMeans Feminine]]: {{spoiler|AfterThe theletter she writes to Hisao is in prologuepink, and Hisao notes that she isoften onlywrote mentionedin whenpink, and that she sendswas avery lettergirly tolike Hisao.that}}.

Classmates of the main cast. [https://web.archive.org/web/20140220151356/http://shimmie.katawa-shoujo.com/post/view/1827 Full names and disabilities here, along with the cameo characters.].

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Previously only seen in background shots, she gets actual lines past actAct 2 in {{spoiler|Hanako's route.}}.

'''Miki:''' Screw math. It's boring as hell. }}

* [[The Ladette]]: Her tomboyish, athletic personality, lack of interest in studying, and semi-teasing attitude to Hisao over {{spoiler|Hanako}} hint at her being this.

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: In {{spoiler|Hanako's}} route, if Hisao admits to Miki that he might like her, she'll support his interest in her. (Converselyconversely, if he denies such an interest, she'll look rather unhappy and lament that she was seeing too much into it.).

* [[Canon Immigrant]]: Sort of. She is a character from ''Measuring Shadows'', an abandonded project for a visual novel some of the devs of ''Katawa Shoujo'' were previously working on. Her appearance in the classroom CG was intended as a mere cameo; yet [[Ensemble Darkhorse|she became quite popular with the fandom]] and, in the final game, she gets a further appearance in {{spoiler|the closing CG of Hanako's path.}}.

** With a name like "Kapur", it can easily be assumed that she is either attending Yamaku in an exchange program and is from India, or that she lives in Japan with an entirely Indian family.

* [[Expy]]: Probably unintentional, but many players have noticed a resemblance to [[Family Guy|Peter Griffin.]].

* [[Hikikomori]]: theThe little that exists about Suzu portrays her as such. It may be not far from reality because while narcolepsy is often portrayed as [[Sleep Cute|cute]] or funny in media, it's not: the embarassment and danger associated with it often drive the affected into social isolation.

* [[Author Avatar]]: Is one to Aura, who actually uses her as his avatar in the ''Katawa Shoujo'' forums.

* [[School Newspaper Newshound]]: Is a member of the newspaper club, {{spoiler|and manages to rope Hanako into it in Lilly's route.}}.

* [[The Cameo]]: Briefly featured with Natsume in Rin’s route;: it’sit's mentioned in passing that she had a epileptic seizure a while ago.

* [[Hair of Gold]]: Subverted,: it's bleached.

* [[School Newspaper Newshound]]: Presumably works with Natsume {{spoiler|in roping Hanako into the club.}}.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: When Hisao notices that she’s smiling in spite of recently having had an epileptic seizure, he wonders about how Yamaku students live with their condition.

A girl who suffers with spinocerebeller ataxia, a degenerative disease that makes her lose muscle control and will eventually kill her. Appears as an April Fool's prank on the KS''Katawa Shoujo'' blog, as an additional girl Hisao can pursue.

* [[Canon Immigrant|God Created Canon Immigrant]]: Only made an appearance on the blog as an April Fool's joke. Whether or not she exists in the game is unknown.