History Characters / KatawaShoujo

* NiceGirl: Possesses a very infectiously cheerful and upbeat personality.

* {{Jerkass}}: Heck, maybe twelve. Though this might just be Hisao's viewpoint making him seem worse than he is. At least both Shizune and Hisao give the guy some credit, both believing [[HiddenHeartOfGold he cares about her more than he lets on]]. That said, it's still obvious Hisao wants to give him a big smacking and Shizune strongly disapproves of the way he treats her friends, and they can't be blamed.

* TheBusCameBack: [[spoiler:She leaves about halfway through the course of the story to visit her family in Scotland when her aunt is hospitalised after falling into a stable condition. This affects Hanako's route and her own. Hanako's route ends before she returns, but in her own route. She returns for Scotland midway through Act 3.]]

* CryCute: [[spoiler:When she first confesses to Hisao in Act 3 and when she visits him in the hospital after the heart attack he had chasing her to the airport.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: Takes this UpToEleven.

* {{Jerkass}}: Takes this UpToEleven. Heck, maybe twelve. Though this might just be Hisao's viewpoint making him seem worse than he is. At least both Shizune and Hisao give the guy some credit, both believing [[HiddenHeartOfGold he cares about her more than he lets on]]. That said, it's still obvious Hisao wants to give him a big smacking and Shizune strongly disapproves of the way he treats her friends, and they can't be blamed.

* NiceHat: She has one when she's out of her school uniform. {{Justified|Trope}} since it helps her hide her scars if she keeps her head lowered.

* NiceHat: The always classic beret, often associated with artists.

* ScarsAreUgly: Considering the circumstances in which she received her scars, and the bullying she received for them in middle school, Hanako is ''deeply'' ashamed of her scars and goes to great lengths to cover them. In her route, thanks partly to Hisao showing her his own (less extensive scarring, she gets over it enough to [[spoiler:strip almost completely naked in order to show Hisao the full extent of her scars]].

* MasculineGirlFeminineBoy: A non-romantic example with Hideaki, who she sometimes babysits.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:It's ''Jigoro'', after all. He may not have it as hard as Shizune, since he has no disabilities and is the youngest of the two, but still.]]
** [[spoiler:His feminine way of clothing, however, may be a reaction to his father, a figure so overbearing it has lead to a symbolical "emasculation" of his son.]]
* AdorablyPrecociousChild
* AlliterativeName

** This makes a pretty big contrast when you meet him in Lilly's route, accompanied by {{Bifauxnen}} Akira.
* HairAntennae
* SayingTooMuch

* TheStoic: Tries his hardest to be this.
** NotSoStoic: Near the end of Lilly's route, [[spoiler:when Hisao is going after Lilly before she can leave for Scotland]], his facial expression alone reveals that [[spoiler:she has already left]], and he seems somewhat concerned for Hisao.

* BandageBabe: In at least one of the official artists' works.

* BandageBabe: Wears bandages over the stump on her left wrist.

* BandageBabe: Wears a knee brace.

* TheStoic: Has shades of this, as Hisao notes she often hides her emotions. [[spoiler:This is also her FatalFlaw, as she's reluctant when it comes to expressing what she truly want.]]
** NotSoStoic: A few cases. [[spoiler:Hisao's heart murmur, her PrecisionFStrike and Hisao being hospitalized for another heart attack.]]

* YamatoNadeshiko: A tea-sipping, {{woobie}}-nurturing, well-cooking, graceful girl. What more could a man ask for in a wife? In a stroke of possibly intentional {{irony}}, she is the ''least'' Japanese-looking member of the entire cast, [[ButNotTooForeign and she isn't even fully Japanese]].
** {{Deconstructed}}. Her being this is why Hisao often has a difficult time reading her emotions. Furthermore, she annoys [[DontYouDarePityMe him with her pity]]. She represses her emotions to the point where Hisao has to get a severe heart murmur before she can confess to him. Near the end of Act IV, she can't reject her parents' wishes for her to return permanently to Scotland despite how unhappy it will make her. In the Good Ending, Hisao has to give himself a heart attack chasing her before Lilly can follow her heart and choose to stay with Hisao.

* PantyShot: The duel between Shizune and Lilly has an upskirt shot of Shizune. Hilariously, her panties read [[EasterEgg "Stop Stem Cell Research"]], though the text was removed in the final release.

* {{Qipao}}: Wears one during her first date with Hisao in her route.

* AbsoluteCleavage: In her pyjamas, which Hisao has a moment of FirstPersonSmartass over in Hanako's route.
-->''I also can't help but steal a quick glance into Lilly's top as I sit. To be robbed of sight would be a most terrible fate.''

* RapunzelHair: She had hair down to her butt in the past.

* BatmanGambit: [[spoiler:More or less what her interactions with Hisao early in Act 1 boil down to. Seeing that he is depressed, Shizune decides that he needs cheering up. Her way of doing this is by goading him into joining the Student Council and spending time with her and Misha so that he would have something to do or think about other than feeling sorry for himself. [[FridgeBrilliance The thing is, even if you don't choose her route, the plan still works]] [[TheGadfly because she is still the one that forces Hisao out of his complancency and forces him to make choices.]]]]

* FirstGirlWins: If you pick her path. Actually, both she and Hanako qualify: Hanako is the first girl Hisao sees, but Shizune is the first one that interacts with him.

* InnocentlyInsensitive: She can be very blunt when dealing with other people and can be *extremely* socially awkward. Though this can be justified by the fact that it is extremely difficult for her to communicate with anyone directly, as well as being unable to perceive vocal cues of emotion and intent in other people.

** A few scenes in Act IV indicate that she worries about Hisao's heart condition more than she openly "says," especially when Hisao reflects on her reaction to Emi running into him.

* TaremeEyes

* TranslatorBuddy

* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: The ''very'' rare lesbian version.

--> '''Hisao:''' "I think I broke Misha"

* SoullessBedroom: Her dorm room is bleaker and blanker than any other that Hisao sees.

* {{Meganekko}}

* {{Meganekko}}: Outside of the game, she is often shown wearing glasses.

* {{Meganekko}}

* {{Meganekko}}: She's an aged woman with glasses.

* {{Meganekko}}: She has shades of the personality, if you manage to get past her cold, calculating exterior.

* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine.

* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: Supine/Leukine.

* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic.

* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic.

* HandyFeet (Skilled Feet): Due to having no arms or hands, she's adapted to use her legs and feet for fine manipulation.

* FiveTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric.
* ForHappiness: A big motivation for her.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She really seems to appreciate the stuffed cat that Hisao wins for her in her Act 1 Ending, to the point where [[spoiler:It is hanging out of her school bag in the closing CG of her Bad Ending]]

* LargeHam

* AdultFear: How would you feel if [[spoiler:the friend you secretly have a crush on had a major heart murmur 5 meters away from you, and your other friend is too scared to even tell you what was going on?]] Lilly has to go through exactly that.

NOTE: Please only list tropes that are canon or at least backed by WordOfGod. And, no, art by the official artists which is not in the game does ''not'' automatically count as canon, unless it's explicitly confirmed to be such; neither do side stories written by the devs.W The developers' official stance is that only what's actually in the game is canon.

NOTE: Please only list tropes that are canon or at least backed by WordOfGod. And, no, art by the official artists which is not in the game does ''not'' automatically count as canon, unless it's explicitly confirmed to be such; neither do side stories written by the devs. The developers' official stance is that only what's actually in the game is canon.

Classmates of the main cast. [[http://shimmie.katawa-shoujo.com/post/view/1827 Full names and disabilities here, along with the cameo characters.]]

* PhenotypeStereotype