You know, I wish I had known that Photoshop can automate shit for you. Welcome back to Katawa Shoujo, now in its original format.
: “…”
: “You’re the new student, aren’t you? Well, Shicchan, of course he is! If he wasn’t, he would have been standing up there for no reason, right? Right~!”
: “He seems like a very interesting person, doesn’t he~!”
I knew a girl like Misha when I was in college - no pink drill hair, but roughly the same personality. They’re even more annoying than Katawa Shoujo portrays.
: “We knew there was going to be a new student, but we didn’t know you would be here today. So soon! Hicchan, right?”
: “Yup~! It fits, doesn’t it?”
Hisao acts like he’s been called that before, but to be honest it seems like something only Misha would do. Then again, my personal theory is that Misha is actually an alien from a planet where the only race is “horrible anime gremlin” and they’re all part of a hivemind, so maybe it makes sense.
: “I don’t really see how.”
: “…”
: “Hahahaha~! Yeah, you look just like a Hicchan!”
: “I wonder why everyone seems to think so.”
: “…”
I like to imagine that Shizune isn’t actually deaf, she’s just got Final Fantasy Protagonist Disease and can’t say anything other than an ellipsis. Everyone just assumes she is because she’s forced to use sign language to say anything other than “…whatever.”
: “Ahaha~! Er, sorry about that!”
The other problem is whenever I read Misha’s laughter I can only hear the Circus of Values vending machine. Fill all your anime cravings at the Circus of Values!
: “Shicchan wants you to know that she’s the class rep, so if there is anything you need to know, you can feel free to ask her.”
: “…”
: “Do you like the school so far? We can show you around a little if you haven’t had the time to walk around and… familiarize? yourself with it!”
: “Thanks, that would be pretty helpful. Yeah, I just kind of came straight to class today.”
: “…”
Shizune giving us the death glare.
: “Always! Even if it’s a trip to the convienience store! Really, Shicchan? Hahaha~!”
Even if it’s a trip to the Circus of Values machine to pick up more ammo for your shotgun because all of the other guns are trash.
: “You look down, are you okay?”
: “…”
This whole section seems a little strange in hindsight - I’m guessing it’s because the writers assumed that only people who really liked Shizune would go down this route. But for Hisao to get an emotional hit like that from two girls he has literally met minutes ago just seems weird to me.
: “Asking for help is perfectly normal, as much as needing help! Stop looking like you just failed a test! Wahahaha~!”
: “All right.”
: “…”
: “Ah, and another thing, you don’t have to call Shicchan something so formal like ‘Hakamichi’ or ‘class rep’ all the time. Just call her Shicchan~!”
: [Ellipses intensify]
Looking at it now, it seems like Shizune reacts to Misha telling Hisao (out loud) to call her Shicchan. Writing deaf characters must be a pain.
: “Yup yup~! ‘Shizune’ is fine!”
: “Heh. Okay, that would be a lot easier for me.”
: “…!”
: “Huh? Oh, right, we haven’t even touched the assignment! We should start work now, or Shicchan will get mad.”
: “The assignment is also kind of long, so we should start now if we want to finish it before the end of class.”
: “Wahaha~! That too!”
: “…”
: “Okay, okay, I get the message.”
: “…”
: “After class, we can take a walk around the grounds together. It’s a nice day today! Okay~?”
A few days before I worked on this update, I wound up getting an email meant for someone else letting me know I was registered as a parent for an online portal belonging a private preschool in Illinois. I told the school that if they didn’t fix it, I was logging on and finding the kid they had given me access to, then marking him down as being allergic to everything but pizza. Truly, the best special diet there is.
: “…”
: “Do you want to know something?”
: “What?”
: “About anything! We’re your guides, so you should ask if there is something~!”
Oh, uh, I mean..
Here’s our second choice, and where I’m going to end the update for now. In case you’re curious, the top one is what we’re going with in the next update, as it gives us another point toward Shizune. The middle choice would put us on a different route. The bottom choice gives us no points to any route, and is specifically used for a certain route that requires we have zero points with both Shizune and Lilly up until the end of Act 1 that we’re already locked out of.
Next time, we’ll meet a nurse named nurse and continue progressing through Shizune’s route.