History Characters / KatawaShoujo

%%* CoolTeacher

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: [[spoiler:Asking Hisao if he has any passions comparable to Rin's passion for art. Hisao is forced to concede that he does not]].

* CoolShades: Wears a tiny pair over his nose, with pink tinted lenses.
* DirtyCoward: During Act 3, he'll mention [[spoiler:Sae's dead husband and how the man put his creativity above all else to the point of]] [[DrivenToSuicide eventually ending his own life.]] [[spoiler: Despite this, Nomiya subtly guides Rin down a similar path while he chose to become an art teacher because he couldn't hack it as an artist like Sae's deceased husband.]]
* FatBastard: His intentions are good, but by the end of Rin's good route, you'll likely think of him as one.
* {{Foil}}: To Mutou. Both exemplify the cliché of goofy-looking lecturers guilty of some favoritism, but Mutou is reserved while Nomiya is exhuberant. Most crucially, Mutou shows numerous human and professional qualities that Nomiya distinctly lacks. Even discounting their art/science rivalry, it comes to no one's surprise that the two men dislike each other, even coming to a brief clash in Rin's route.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: There are several hints that Nomiya is far more flawed than he lets on:

* {{Jerkass}}: [[spoiler:While his intentions are good, and he only wants to help Rin be successful, he completely disregards her feelings. When she runs away from the art show during the path to her good ending, Nomiya completely blows up at her, feeling that all his work had gone to waste, saying that her work is worth nothing but "MOSQUITO SHIT" now.]]

* PeekABangs: Done more to cover her scars than for any sort of allure.

* TwoFaced: It somehow makes her only more adorable.

* BlindAndTheBeast: Hisao notes that since Lilly can't see Hanako's scars, she can't be repulsed by them or act awkwardly around them, making it easier for them to become friends.

* 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.]] There are a few cases where she's NotSoStoic, such as [[spoiler:Hisao's heart murmur, her PrecisionFStrike and Hisao being hospitalized for another heart attack]].

* RiddleForTheAges: What is her disability?

** In Shizune's route, she encorages Hisao in his efforts to learn Sign Language and allowing the two of them time alone together. [[spoiler:[[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy She wants Shizune to be happy after all.]] Though late in her route, her personal pain boils up and causes problems.]]

* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:It's revealed late in Shizune's route that her cheerful nature is a facade to cover {{Gayngst}} and unrequited love. Shizune lampshades this when she says she doesn't associate cheerful behavior with Misha the same way Hisao does]]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Even when he isn't indulging in conspiracy theories. He even fails to notice that Shizune is deaf. When Hisao says "It's me" to Kenji, making him panic because [[WhosOnFirst he doesn't know anyone named "me."]] He soon deduces that "me" must be a psychic spy.

* SubparSupremacist: He talks a lot about manliness, but with his scrawny build and lack of exercise, is about as far from manly norms as possible.

* PassionateSportsGirl: May lack a hand, but she's also a runner like Emi.

* {{Bifauxnen}}: The flat-chested and headstrong. That suit sure does look snappy, but it thoroughly confuses the protagonist for a good few seconds. Hisao actually stops himself from making any guesses in Shizune's path, as he just ran into [[DudeLooksLikeALady Hideaki]] a few moments ago. The usual personality that goes with this trope is averted, though - "refined" is not an adjective that describes her.

* CoolBigSis: Ignoring the fact that she smuggled wine to Hanako's birthday party, she's a kindhearted, caring sister who frequently uses her free time with Lilly despite being busy. [[ACupAngst She's just a bit jealous of Lilly in some areas, though.]]

* TestosteronePoisoning: Muscular man with a full beard, long hair, a hawaiian shirt, carrying a katana AT ALL TIMES. He even insults Hisao for wearing something not up to his manly standards: a sweater vest.

* ADateWithRosiePalms: Does this in front of Hisao while he's blindfolded, as a means to try and entice him.

* UnrequitedTragicMaiden: [[spoiler:The ''very'' rare lesbian version]].

%% * InformedAbility: During Act 1 and later in Hanako's route, he mentions that he is an avid bowler. He also points out in Shizune's route that he [[spoiler:and his old girlfriend]] used to bowl in the hallway.

* StealthPun: One of the earliest hints to Nomiya's character is that he literally wears RoseTintedGlasses, befitting of his view on Rin's art.

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->''"At least I still have something; even if it’s a ‘special school,’ it’s something. It’s a fresh start, and my life isn’t over. It would be a mistake to just resign myself to thinking that."''

* FishOutOfWater: Hisao's biggest conflict when he first arrives at Yamaku. He feels out of place and thrown into a new world. Thankfully, [[spoiler: if you make the right choices]] Hisao eventually changes his attitude and accepts Yamaku as his new home, along with his new friends.

-->'''Kenji:''' [[HypocriticalHumor As expected of blind people.]]
-->'''Hisao:''' What.

** [[spoiler: Also, with Rin, after a fight in his room, she tells him to go away. He notes that it's his room, thus reversing it on her.]]

* InconsistentColoring: His eye colour keeps on changing depending on the [=CG=].

-->'''Hisao''': To tell the truth, though, I do prefer solitude to being surrounded by others. I don't think I could maintain a social circle like you do.
-->'''Lilly''': I don't think that's true either. I've seen how gentle and caring you are around Hanako, and you get along marvelously well with others, even those whom you hardly know. I think you're quite adept at social situations.

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He realizes the gravity of what he said when he, in a fit of anger, [[spoiler: yells at Emi that she can take whatever she's hiding and don't want to talk about "to the grave".]] Ouch. Hisao also tends to do this a lot at the climax point of nearly all routes.

-->''"I don’t have to worry about anything while I’m running. I just concentrate on breathing, on the rhythm of things. It’s easier that way. Life’s easier that way. Just keep moving forwards, you know? Nothing else matters, just getting around the next curve."''

* BerserkButton: In Act 4, when visiting Emi's house, [[spoiler: should the player choose to follow Emi instead of talking to Meiko, Emi and Hisao have an argument over Emi keeping Hisao at an arm's length and being stubborn about letting other people get close to her, in his anger, Hisao says that Emi can take whatever she's keeping from him about her traumas and her father with her "until the grave"]]. Given what happened to Emi's father, [[spoiler: Emi flips and kicks Hisao out of her house afterwards, despite Hisao regretting saying that.]]

* BookDumb: Implied to be this. At the very least, in Lilly's route, it is shown that she got an awful grade in an English test. [[spoiler: It could also be partially related to the fact that she had to take a year off due to her accident.]]

* DefrostingIceQueen: She is not an ice queen by any definition of the word, but the scenes in her route where [[spoiler: she makes up with Hisao after she kicks him out of her house, causing her to drop the walls she was putting between her and Hisao completely and let him into her heart]] count.

* LovableSexManiac: In the H-scenes, she comes off as the most straightforward and kinky girl in the cast. [[spoiler: She's also the girl who has the most sex with Hisao - three sex scenes that are shown, and at least three more that are implied.]] Makes sense, as Hisao exercises regularly and is in the best shape in Emi's route.

--> '''Emi:''' All part of my master plan, Hisao.

* MeaningfulName: Emi means "smiling beauty" (笑美)[[spoiler: Her surname uses the kanji for thorn, representing how abrasive her stubborn tendencies can be for the ones who care for her.]]

-->''"I believed it didn’t matter if nobody else acknowledged me. All my existence did was make people troubled, after all. It was... easier... if I just didn’t exist."''

* ArmorPiercingQuestion: In Lilly's route she unknowingly delivers one to the Satou sisters [[spoiler: by simply asking them if they enjoyed their stay in Scotland, this causes Lilly to have a brief moment of stunned silence before quickly rebounding, all while her older sister Akira suspiciously observing Lilly's reaction. A sign that things may not be as they seem.]]

--> '''Hanako''': [[spoiler:Every birthday was the same. Everyone doing their best to pretend that I mattered. Everyone pretending everything was alright… for one day of the year. I didn't want to exist, but they wouldn't let me.]]

** Might be a moot point since one CG image [[spoiler: in her Bad End]] brushes back her hair, revealing that her burn scars curl up her cheek, but never actually reach her eye.

* TheWoobie: [[invoked]][[spoiler: And then {{Deconstructed}}.]] On her route, this is [[spoiler:initially]] the reason why Hisao wants to get closer to her. [[spoiler:However, she's aware that he sees her like this, and [[DontYouDarePityMe secretly resents it]]. Even Lilly realizes that being doted on is not what Hanako wants or needs.]]

* CovertPervert: Hisao decides she is this after she admits that [[spoiler: she knew that there was the possibility that they'd end up having sex in the bath]]. Lilly insists that she merely has [[spoiler:"a healthy adolescent sex drive"]] with a smile on her face.

-->'''Lilly''': If you'd pitied us, I would have been quite offended.

* GladToBeAliveSex: [[spoiler: After Hisao has a heart flutter during their trip to Hokkaido, Lily admits how worried she really is for him, especially since she had no idea what was going on due to her blindness. In the wake of it, as well as her and Hisao's mutual LoveConfession, their first H-scene takes place.]]

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: In the PrecisionFStrike incident, Hisao notices that she's angry in a way she has never been before, not even around Shizune]].

** She also ships Hisao/Emi on Emi’s route.
--->'''Lilly''': Ah, so it's just friends is it? How disappointing.

-->''"I don’t really like talking about art. It is already a way to talk without talking, so why bother talking about it?"''

-->'''Hisao''': What are you doing? [[note]]It's obvious that she's lying on her back on the rooftop, but what isn't obvious is ''why''[[/note]]
-->'''Rin''': I thought you had a heart problem, not an eye problem.

* EccentricArtist: She's a painter and she's ''really'' weird. Deconstructed in that her eccentricites sometimes cause significant aggravation when other people can't understand the way she thinks.

* RedheadInGreen

-->'''Hisao:''' Why'd you be outside? It's raining buckets out there, if you haven't noticed.
-->'''Rin:''' I haven't. It's raining pretty hard though. I was out on a walk.

---> '''Rin:''' Would you like me to show you the places?
---> ''She looks down at her half-open shirt quizzically, making me inadvertently follow her gaze to her chest.''
---> '''Rin:''' Oh...I guess I already did.

--> '''Hisao:''' Yeah. I guess that art is meant to be interpreted, not understood. That's how I'd put it.

-->''[Sometimes I treat everything like a competition between myself and everyone else. [[WhenAllYouHaveIsAHammer Even when it doesn’t make any sense to]].]''

-->'''Shizune''': (regarding Lilly) [[spoiler:[That was the worst to me, that she could be so nice and still take so many people for granted. Why even join the Student Council, then? It seemed so shortsighted and selfish, don't you think? But it's actually me who's this way].]]

* SpiritedCompetitor: Shizune's strictness and harsh initial personality seems to stem from this, oddly enough. To her, '''everything''' is a competition, from TabletopGame/{{Risk}}, to mental duels to snare a new council member, to work in general. [[spoiler: In their final H scene Hisao considers that she's even competitive regarding sex, specifically when she pushes him onto a table so she can be on top. Not that he seems to mind much.]]

* TheTease: [[spoiler: In her final H scene she gets on top of Hisao then says "[I should just stop now, and leave you stewing in your lust]" with a cheeky smirk on her face.]]

* BrokenBird: [[spoiler: [[SadClown Beneath that jolly exterior]] is a mess of {{Gayngst}}, jealousy and self-confidence issues.]]

-->'''Misha''': [when Hanako and Hisao come to class together and a little late]: Aaaaaah, the lovers have returned! WAHAHAHAHAHA~

* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: It's revealed late in Shizune's route that her cheerful nature is a facade to cover {{Gayngst}} and unrequited love. Shizune lampshades this when she says she doesn't associate cheerful behavior with Misha the same way Hisao does]]
-->'''Shizune''': [[spoiler:The Misha you know is different from the one I think of, when I think of the time we first met. Even though I think she looks better cheerful and smiling, that isn't how she typically is.]]

--> '''Misha:''' Of course we're not trying to get you to join just because we would obviously benefit from you joining the student council and therefore have an incentive to try and get you to…

--> '''Misha:''' Misha, stop doing that! Wait... I'm Misha...

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

** He does display some more traits of this in [[spoiler: Lilly]]'s route. When Hisao [[spoiler: is depressed because she's leaving Yamaku to go to Scotland]], Kenji is surprisingly understanding of his situation.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Even though he can be weird, annoying, offensive, and abrasive at times, Kenji is genuinely a nice person at heart. Later interactions show that he ''does'' listen to Hisao, and that he's sometimes actually concerned about his well being. This kindness is not exclusively reserved for Hisao, though: when he accidentally bumps into Lilly and knocks her over, he even makes an attempt to help her up. Later in the same route, [[spoiler:when Hisao is clearly bummed out about finding out that she is going to leave for Scotland, he runs into Kenji who asks him what's wrong, and says that if he ever needs to talk, to come talk to him, because that's what friends are for.]] He also shows quite the insight after finding out [[spoiler: about Iwanako's letter... and talks fondly about his old girlfriend.]]

* ShooOutTheClowns: Kenji becomes very noticeable in his absence after about midway through Act 2 of [[spoiler: Emi and Rin]]'s routes. His last appearance in [[spoiler: Lilly]]'s route, while fairly late, is on an uncharacteristically serious note. (See OOCIsSeriousBusiness). In [[spoiler:Shizune and Hanako's routes]], he disappears when the route takes a turn for the dramatic, then reappears after the player has resolved the ending-deciding issues, [[spoiler:but appears shortly before the last scene of Shizune's bad ending]].

** To ''Film/DrStrangelove'' when Kenji complains that sex sapped his life force. [[spoiler: Which is the reason for all his crazy conspiracy-theorizing about feminists]].

* EverybodyHatesMath

* TheLadette: Her tomboyish, athletic personality, lack of interest in studying, and semi-teasing attitude to Hisao over [[spoiler: Hanako]] hint at her being this.

* AlliterativeName

* RepetitiveName

* TheCameo: Briefly featured with Natsume in Rin’s route; it’s mentioned in passing that she had a epileptic seizure a while ago.

* NiceGuy: [[TranquilFury He can get a bit angry if you don´t watch your health]], but at the end of the day he´s a friendly, loveably guy who just so happens to be a bit of a [[TheGadfly gadfly]].

* SchoolNurse

* ShutUpKirk: He deflects Hisao’s arguments against him with a series of these, particularly when he tells Hisao that he “could never understand” his life.

->''"Still, just look at this. I just can’t take my eyes off it. Like a little [[TheNicknamer kitten]] playing around. That’s what your art makes me feel like, young lady."''

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* LikeMotherLikeDaughter: Hisao is quick to note that Meiko is basically an older Emi [[BuxomIsBetter with a bigger chest.]]

* HelloAttorney

* OffModel: Some of her in-game sprites have a "rougher" feel to them compared to the other girls. Artwork in scenes, too, often depicts her as looking younger than her sprites. This is because, unlike the other characters, Emi had a rather significant redesign late in development, which meant that her art had to be finalized in a much shorter time than the rest of the cast.

* [[BigLittleBrother Big Little Sister]]: While she's the younger of the Satou sisters, it's indicated she's also the taller one, considering Akira's complaints about her getting the height genes.

* WidowWoman: [[spoiler:Her husband died on the way to the hospital after the car crash that claimed Emi's legs.]]

* WidowWoman: [[spoiler:Her husband was an artist she met at the Atelier, who committed suicide. Rin being in a similar position as him worries Hisao.]]

* {{Gainaxing}}: Barely noticeable, but she gets some in her introductory FMV.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Watch her chest in the FMV introducing Act 2 of Shizune's route.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Textual version. When Miki explains why she has a boy's uniform shirt, Hisao's attention is briefly caught by the two differences between a male and a female being as enthusiastic as Miki.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Rin's inability to communicate outside of her art, and her behaviour in the later acts of her route, seem to indicate something, but at the end of the day the game never comes to a conclusion about what makes Rin so... Rin. [[spoiler:In the end, the point is moot, since her route makes it clear that Rin needs support more than understanding.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: It's never explained exactly ''why'' she's at Yamuku. An early scene in Shizune's route has her claim "stairs make me dizzy", and her apparent struggles to maintain focus and grasp social norms could imply some other learning disorder, but at the end of the day the player is never given an answer.

* AmbiguousDisorder: Besides his obvious legal blindness (his vision is extremely limited, though he can see, unlike Lilly), fans speculate he's mentally ill due to his obsession with conspiracy theories.

* AmbiguousDisorder: [[BrutalHonesty His lack of tact]] and certain social skills and unawareness of social norms (like not realizing he was wearing girls' clothes) could be a sign of a disorder. Or it could just be a side effect of being raised by [[{{Jerkass}} Jigoro]], who doesn't seem that keen on teaching his children social skills.

* BrainyBrunette: Downplayed; while other characters note how he's good in science, he himself states that he has problems in other subjects such as English.

* {{Jerkass}} : He can come off this way in some of the bad or neutral paths, [[spoiler:especially in Rin's bad and neutral paths.]]

* NonActionSnarker: By virtue of being possibly the least physically fit of the known cast members.

* NiceGirl: Once you get past her shyness, she's just an absolute sweetheart.

%%* ShrinkingViolet

* TerribleArtist: Her drawing of her house fire in crayon.

* UnusuallyUninterestingSight: Considering the other sorts of disabilities the school caters to, Hanako's scars tend to be treated like this. However, her complex over them makes it an issue of its own.

* WhatTheHellPlayer: Hanako's DownerEnding can come across as Hanako not yelling at Hisao and Lilly so much as she's yelling at ''YOU''.

* ShesGotLegs: Which Hisao gets a good look at when she wears her pajamas.

* GenderBlenderName: "Akira" is a unisex name in Japan, which is fitting for her masculine appearance.

-->''Hisao:'' It's not a secret club being a guy.
-->''Kenji:'' It should be. With rings. Rings with big-assed emblems. And gold!

* AlliterativeName: ''M''iki ''M''iura.

-->Hisao: It's not a secret club being a guy.
-->Kenji: It should be. With rings. Rings with big-assed emblems. And gold!

* AlliterativeName

* HeelRealization: Goes through one throughout Act 4, [[spoiler:and concludes that she has pushed away those closest to her.]]
-->'''Shizune''': (regarding Lilly) [[spoiler:[That was the worst to me, that she could be so nice and still take so many people for granted. Why even join the Student Council, then? It seemed so shortsighted and selfish, don't you think? But it's actually me who's this way].]]