# A Real Heartbreaker: Let's Play Katawa Shoujo

**URL:** <https://www.lp.zone/t/a-real-heartbreaker-lets-play-katawa-shoujo/3265>\
**Category:** Completed Let's Plays\
**Tags:** visualnovel, anime, screenshot\
**Created:** [August 11, 2018, 11:03pm UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/a-real-heartbreaker-lets-play-katawa-shoujo/3265 "2018-08-11T23:03:59Z")\
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**Author:** ![Timrod](https://www.lp.zone/user_avatar/www.lp.zone/timrod/32/85274_2.png) [@Timrod](https://www.lp.zone/u/Timrod)\
**Post date:** [September 24, 2018, 1:50am UTC](https://www.lp.zone/t/a-real-heartbreaker-lets-play-katawa-shoujo/3265/14 "2018-09-24T01:50:34Z")

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Welcome back to Katawa Shoujo. Today, we’ll be meeting probably the one character in this VN that did not age well at all.

![Nurse](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/c82e140c2581ea449dcab8b0aee26ee4d9a14748.png): “Just get some light exercise regularly. Brisk walks, or even light jogging, jumping rope, that sort of thing. Swimming, maybe? There’s a pool here.”

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “So I was told.”

![Nurse](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/c82e140c2581ea449dcab8b0aee26ee4d9a14748.png): “You were? Very good. At any rate, and I’m sure you’ve been told this before, you just need to take care not to overexert yourself.”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-00-54-26](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/ca303d399622373d54cbf419a6e8ed90d6199362.png)

![Nurse](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/c82e140c2581ea449dcab8b0aee26ee4d9a14748.png): “Absolutely no unnecessary risks. Take care of yourself.”

What’s kind of funny is that on every route that isn’t Emi’s, Hisao absolutely disregards all of this.

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-01-00-30](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f2395ba481dcaccb5c721970dfe4411151eca1f7.jpeg)

![Nurse](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/c82e140c2581ea449dcab8b0aee26ee4d9a14748.png): “Good, that’s it then. Come meet me if you ever need something.”

 ![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-01-11-63](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/6/623fa2ce38fb172388859ab89e5476c543d1ae01.jpeg)

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![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-01-30-66](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/a/ade2a3a2e67aa25524c173efa4a0330d73b723e8.png)

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “…”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-01-40-49](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/c7663c997405fa2b8af8fcfeb1a3fbce8b2b7761.jpeg)

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 ![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-01-51-33](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/1/130392c5a7fe7cad6fbc1aad7fa609d80a642c1a.png)

 ![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-00-26](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/9/9dc423ec6ebd1e45eab830b139c18b67db9cec9a.png)

This screen here is actually (as far as I remember) the only dynamic background in the entire game. The mural on the wall there is extremely important to Rin’s route and changes based on how far you are with her. I don’t know if it changes on any of the other routes, but I don’t think it does.

 ![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-04-46](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/a/afd5a4a73075772c3d042cc80a773f5bf97a1563.png)

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “Room one-one-nine…”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-09-13](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/2/26ef45a0ac84e33798e67a83f5bd0955f4d9db02.jpeg)

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He’s not wrong. Apart from the staff and one other person, Hisao is the only male character in Katawa Shoujo.

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-24-26](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/7/7d08bf9e5a0692723a726f0baa1fd41faa4d4c7f.png)

 ![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-27-13](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/9/91b599fffce346e34daf24617898743ea659e627.png)

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-29-36](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/c7ff2991a6b5b473d92334d8a3da0229280d1d89.png)

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-31-29](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f6b87535eafc42b0a793a673ba2c0b95537cc760.png)

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![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-35-93](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/e/e5d7f114a1ef6bf41476ea055689e77c8da6624b.png)

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “Hello, is anyone home?”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-40-76](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/b/beb0e460c67ff2aad8f9d85d618c8a1591a6a550.jpeg)

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Meet Kenji. Kenji is probably the only thing about Katawa Shoujo that really did not age well - he’s basically 4chan incarnate circa 2007-2008. Why he wears that scarf when it’s clearly summer/early fall, I have no idea.

![Kenji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f244eab87fb338958e5d447360a34bef4704dcba.png): “Who is it?”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-50-26](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/fe9ab043feeee69e1b5ce05e0de04ff8aa157ce0.png)

Kenji’s disability is that he’s nearly blind, though honestly it’s kind of a mystery why they wouldn’t just get him laser eye surgery (which was definitely a thing in 2007) and be done with it.

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-53-33](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/1/1d791aeb87fb0078e8f41cc9d862ae08a7f6f87b.png)

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “Hisao Nakai… I’m moving into the next room. I thought I should introduce myself.”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-02-59-16](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/d/d47faaa9067eaf17e56e2ccd607bcbaadfa24ad9.jpeg)

![Kenji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f244eab87fb338958e5d447360a34bef4704dcba.png): “Oh, 'sup dude? The name’s Kenji.”

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “Ah, hi.”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-03-06-53](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/c/c265371a86d91fadb7fee993ef16d673a8e7e6fb.jpeg)

![Kenji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f244eab87fb338958e5d447360a34bef4704dcba.png): “There were some suspicious-looking people going in and out of your room earlier.”

Kenji is also a paranoid conspiracy theorist. If I had to guess, he’s one of those people who posts shit on /x/ (4chan’s paranormal/conspiracy board) about how the government is in league with companies that produce light bulbs and is sitting on the secret to making a light bulb that lasts forever.

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “It was probably my parents.”

![Kenji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f244eab87fb338958e5d447360a34bef4704dcba.png): “Your parents? You sure? 'Cause they could have been some other people too. You can’t judge a book by its cover.”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-03-15-86](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f669894c176461c205da61790704a1c3994a2e13.jpeg)

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “I’d say the chances are high enough.”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-03-19-39](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/4/415d97c42453b3eaaf52415ef5aefbd87a385f15.png)

![Kenji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f244eab87fb338958e5d447360a34bef4704dcba.png): “You’re a brave man, Hisao. Me, I don’t think I could trust the chances. The only one I trust is myself.”

I would stick a photoshop here of Kenji’s head pasted on the Shadow the Hedgehog cover, but I’m pretty sure someone already did that a long time ago.

![Hisao](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/3/31130be67b84cda5882cc6aec6dd0bab19bd2489.png): “Does that mean I shouldn’t get to know you either?”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-03-31-16](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/8/84925b164defc26d58ca5f2df7160d74a7241925.jpeg)

![Kenji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f244eab87fb338958e5d447360a34bef4704dcba.png): “A wise decision. Damn, you are smarter than you look. Probably. What do you look like? I hope not smart.”

In reality, I think Kenji is heavily inspired by a parody VN called “OMGWTFOTL”. Released in 2006, it was the source of a ton of 4chan memes, mostly due to the fact that almost every dialog choice gave you the option to “genuflect”.

 ![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-03-42-83](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/1/1475dcdce1a16d7c5756b62f0ec09a3d76d3d14a.jpeg)

![Kenji](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/f/f244eab87fb338958e5d447360a34bef4704dcba.png): “Never mind, it doesn’t matter.”

![obs64%202018-09-23%2011-03-48-96](https://d1f06i8bb2eer3.cloudfront.net/original/2X/0/0026e2fad815cb15a4336df924008ea2fcc5276b.jpeg)

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Next time, we’ll get a look at Hisao’s daily routine.

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