>>1795532The past couple of days I've been going through Katawa Shoujo. It's fairly enjoyable. Only finished two routes so far, but throughout each route, I could feel myself tense up, or get anxious, or even feel like crying. Why is it that something like text can move me to emotional extremes, but real people can't? I often find myself getting so attached to these fictional characters that I find it hard to continue my day without some sort of interaction with them.
Katawa Shoujo has also brought some other things to light. As each route is progressed through, the main character, Hisao, finds genuine love with these crippled girls. Of course, the crippled past is mostly irrelevant, though I will say that Lilly's blind moe is particularly adorable, but that's besides the point. Hisao finds true and genuine love within these routes, and I sometimes get caught up in thinking about what that must be like. I've been in relationships before, they've all ended kinda bitterly, but that's not the point right now. Love is something that I feel very strongly about. I like to think of myself as incredibly loyal; I would never betraay the trust of my loved one, and I know I'm not the only person that is this way either. There are plenty of people like this!
