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[StudyOfWumbology]

Is that why you did that one Rin scene?

"That one Rin scene" is pretty unspecific.

Well, the one scene where Rin hit you with a wall of text.

[Aura]

Is that why you did that one Rin scene?

"That one Rin scene" is pretty unspecific.

Well, the one scene where Rin hit you with a wall of text.

Still too unspecific for above reason, but either way, no. Scenes are Big Things, can't really sum up motivations of writing each one very simply.

[Doctor]

Im asking this out of pure curiosity.

How many deep (like really deep) messages have you received from people who feel that their lives have been changed from the game?

Just a rough number, no names.

[Aura]

Im asking this out of pure curiosity.

How many deep (like really deep) messages have you received from people who feel that their lives have been changed from the game?

Just a rough number, no names.

I don't know what should be considered "like really deep", but dozens, maybe low hundreds? I don't know.

[ewx]

When Mutou introduces himself to Hisao, he is referred to as the 'science and homeroom' teacher.

Does that mean he teaches them every subject or just science?
If it's the latter, why do we never see any of the other teachers? Is it because they wouldn't add anything to the story?

[Silentcook]

He teaches only science, and takes care of homeroom for Hisao's class.
There is a mention or two of other teachers, not taking Nomiya into account. But yes, you don't see a whole lot of extras exactly because they are extras.

[StudyOfWumbology]

Yet another question from me.

1) Who came up with the idea of Misha and her story line?

[Aura]

Yet another question from me.

1) Who came up with the idea of Misha and her story line?

Crud came up with the idea for a sign language translator, all writers developed the character together and A22 wrote the story

[rb867]

Do you feel that the sheer amount of love expressed in this game between two characters such as Hisao and Emi is possible in real life?

[TheHivemind]

Do you feel that the sheer amount of love expressed in this game between two characters such as Hisao and Emi is possible in real life?

Well yeah dude, it is just regular old love going on there, it's nothing earth-shattering. It only seems earth-shattering because it's high school.

Here's an illustration for you. It's the way I figure things play out:

Hisao and Emi are super-happy together for a while, but they don't go to the same college. They drift apart and eventually, they break up. Hisao takes it harder than Emi, or at least spends more time talking about how hard he's taking the breakup. Then they both get distracted by all the cool stuff you get up to in college, and get over it.

Eventually they both meet someone else and it happens all over again. But they remember each other, and eventually they stop focusing on how the breakup hurt and start focusing on the good bits. Maybe they run into one another a few years out of college. They talk like old friends, and then part ways again after exchanging email addresses.

Fifteen years after that, Emi will be at his funeral. She'll talk to his wife and tell him what a great honor it was to know him. She'll go home and cry into her lover's arms, who will understand the whole high-school romance angle because she'd been through it too, once. Then they'll go to bed.

[Shadowstalk]

First of all, before I get to my questions, I would like to thank everyone who took part in creating this game. It is truly a moving, amazing masterpiece.

My first question is "What are you guys planning to do after making such a successful game?"

Secondly, did you have any characters that were scratched before the full game was released? If so, what was their importance or role?

[Aura]

First of all, before I get to my questions, I would like to thank everyone who took part in creating this game. It is truly a moving, amazing masterpiece.

My first question is "What are you guys planning to do after making such a successful game?"

Secondly, did you have any characters that were scratched before the full game was released? If so, what was their importance or role?

We do something else, of course, the "second album that nobody likes because it's not the same as the first". I don't know what else to say. I mean, the success of KS is pretty meaningless as long as we keep doing noncommercial stuff just for a hobby, so there's really no need for us to get stuck in that.

KS had plenty of characters that were scrapped or never even made it past the idea stage, mostly fairly inconsequential minor characters or unnecessary subplots revolving around side characters. Some characters that were removed were several of Lilly's family members, underclassmen friends of Lilly and Rin, some event-specific characters that were scrapped as the events they were involved in were nuked, the captain of the track team that is still mentioned in KS and I'm sure several others.

[TheHivemind]

First of all, before I get to my questions, I would like to thank everyone who took part in creating this game. It is truly a moving, amazing masterpiece.

My first question is "What are you guys planning to do after making such a successful game?"

Secondly, did you have any characters that were scratched before the full game was released? If so, what was their importance or role?

What am I planning to do next? Something completely different, obviously (SHAMELESS PLUG OVER).

As for the second question, Aura pretty well covered it already. We had a lot of side characters who got cut on account of space, time, not wanting to overburden the art team with more sprite requests, or because they were hilariously bad ideas (SHINJI THE GAY TAILOR).

[OtakuNinja]

(SHINJI THE GAY TAILOR).

Which route?

[AllyHean]

To Aura,

May I use Katawa Shoujo as the basis for my art project? It will strictly be for schoolwork, non-commercialized of course.