Katawa Shoujo/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Blush Sticker]]: Not always, but often.

* [[Cat Smile]]: A common smile for her (though not ''all'' the time).

* [[Cloudcuckoolander's Minder]]: For Rin.

* {{spoiler|[[Disappeared Dad]]}}: {{spoiler|One of the most poignant scenes of her route happens in front of Mr. Ibarazaki's grave.}} Additionally, though it's not completely clear, there is some evidence {{spoiler|that her dad died in a separate accident ''while he was on the way to the hospital to see the hospitalized, leg-less Emi''. So more than the accident, it was her condition that made him die. [[Break the Cutie|Yikes]].}}

* {{spoiler|[[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]}}

* [[Leitmotif]]: [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UaQzRABeXX4 "Standing Tall"], a track that's both fitting (due to her upbeat attitude) and ironic (due to her short height and artificial limbs).

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

* [[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.

{{quote|'''Emi:''' All part of my master plan, Hisao.}}

* [[Passionate Sports Girl]]: Despite not having her flesh and blood legs anymore.

* [[Plucky Girl]]: She relearned how to run a mere year after losing her legs.

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

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

When she was just 8, Hanako had a traumatic experience that left her life in shambles. Her parents died when their home burned down in an accident, which also left Hanako with half of her body permanently disfigured. She is reclusive to the extreme, shunning from all other people to the point of actually panicking from any social contact. Her only trusted friend is Lilly, who has taken Hanako under her wing ever since the two were introduced to each other.

 

* {{spoiler|[[Am I Just a Toy to You?]]}}: {{spoiler|[[Inverted Trope|Inverted]]. She thinks that Hisao and Lilly feel that she's like a child that needs protecting, and allows Hisao to have sex with her in an attempt to change his perception of her.}}

** 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 (And 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.}}

* [[Bandage Babe]]: In at least one of the official artists' works.

* {{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]].

* [[Covered in Scars]]

* [[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.}}

* [[Don't Look At Me]]: Not really directly used, but played with in a number of ways. {{spoiler|Apart from the obvious self-consciousness regarding her scars, Hanako would literally rather go unnoticed, particularly on her birthday, than anyone attempt to feign that they care about her. This stems from her time in middle-school, where she was bullied constantly.}}

** {{spoiler|She then inverts it near the end of her "good" path in an attempt to change Hisao's perception of her; she strips completely naked, letting him see the full extent of her scarring, and allows him to have sex with her. It works, but only after she has to explain it.}}

* [[Establishing Character Moment]]: Getting nervous and fleeing from her first meeting with Hisao in the library.

* [[Eyes Are Unbreakable]]: [[Word of God]] says her right eye still works, and it is clearly shown in several of the CG images in her route.

* [[Purple Eyes]]

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

* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Lilly's route, obviously. After {{spoiler|the love confession and [[Their First Time]]}}, she actually tells Lilly and Hisao that she had thought of them getting together:

{{quote|"At first I didn't really know what to think about it… but I… I decided that in the end, if my friends are happy… then I'm happy. [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming|I was really glad to have another friend when we met Hisao, so you finding love through him is even better... right?]]"}}

* [[Sleep Cute]]: It's one of the first times the extent of Hanako's facial burns is shown and she's still adorable.

* {{spoiler|[[Survivors Guilt]]}}: {{spoiler|She only survived the fire because her mother shielded her with her own body.}}

* [[Terrible Artist]]: Her drawing of her house fire in crayon.

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

* [[Two-Faced]]: It somehow makes her only more adorable.

* [[When She Smiles]]:

{{quote|'''Hisao''': Smiling for other people might be a completely normal, everyday thing. For Hanako though… she smiles so rarely and so sincerely that each and every time she does it, I feel a sense of relief and happiness.''}}

* {{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''.}}