Line #57 FanFic/Reconciliation


1	''[[http://ks.renai.us/viewtopic.php?f=52&t=5600#p80479 Reconciliation]]'' is a ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' fanfic that takes place eight years after Hanako’s bad ending. Hanako, having cut ties with Lilly and Hisao over the shame of what she did, is now a best-selling author, but has no real friends apart from her publicist, Sho Yamane. But her past may not be completely behind her, and an unexpected phone call from Lilly gives her the chance to renew her ties with people from her past.
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3	This fanfiction shares a name with ''[[Fanfic/ReconciliationWorm Reconciliation]]'', a Literature/{{Worm}}-derived work.
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6	!!Tropes associated with Reconciliation:
7	* AngerBornOfWorry: Akira [[spoiler:in response to Lilly not sleeping for days after Hisao's death, not wanting to go back into the room they once shared]]. Hanako can't decide whether she's angry with the person she's worried about or herself.
8	* AuthorAvatar: {{Implied\| Trope}} with Sho. Those more critical of the fic have noted that Sho seems to fill all of the 'necessary' roles for a replacement love interest; he acts as a close companion to Hanako for the beginning of the story and ends it alongside a subversion of the JustFriends trope. The fact that the author has Hanako as his forum avatar doesn't help.
9	%%* BigShutUp: [[spoiler:Lilly to Hanako, while consumed by anger and grief]]
10	* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Hisao is dead, but Lilly and Hanako have renewed their friendship]].
11	* BrokenAce: Hanako is a best-selling author, but is also perhaps even more withdrawn than her time at Yamaku. [[spoiler:By the end of the fic, the “broken” part appears to have faded]]
12	%%* CanNotSpitItOut: [[spoiler:Sho in the epilogue]].
13	%%* CooldownHug: [[spoiler:Hanako to Lilly]]
14	%%* DeathByChildbirth: [[spoiler:Sho's mother]]
15	* DeathFic: [[spoiler: Hisao’s heart gave out once again, and this time, it could not be restarted.]]
16	* DeceasedParentsAreTheBest: Subverted for [[spoiler:Sho; he considers his father's suicide to be a selfish act of abandonment]].
17	* DespairEventHorizon: Hanako nearly crosses it after [[spoiler:hearing about Hisao’s death. Lilly crosses it after Hisao’s body is lowered into his grave]]
18	%%* DidIJustSayThatOutLoud: Hanako’s remark that Akira is wearing girls’ clothing.
19	* DistantPrologue: The Bad Ending, eight years prior to the start
20	* DownerBeginning: It starts with the bad ending from Hanako’s perspective, so it’s naturally this. And [[FromBadToWorse it gets worse]] [[spoiler:after she learns about Hisao’s death]].
21	* DrivenToSuicide: Hanako contemplates this at one point, but decides not to for Lilly’s sake. [[spoiler:Sho's father did this after his wife died, and Sho considers this decision extremely selfish]]
22	* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: Hanako’s hair is shorter, while Akira’s is much longer. Hisao also has a small beard [[spoiler:on the picture at his funeral]].
23	* FanGirl: Hanako has Julia and Lilly, among who knows how many others. It also turns out that Lilly bought all of Hanako's books[[note]]although there is some speculation as to what form they were in, given Lilly's blindness[[/note]], and knows that Hanako doing in a book signing tour.
24	* FlatWhat: Hanako's reaction to finding out that Lilly was never angry with her.
25	* FromBadToWorse: Hanako is a relatively lonely, if successful, woman who blames herself for cutting herself off from Hisao and Lilly. And then [[spoiler:she hears about Hisao's death]].
26	* FullNameUltimatum: Lilly uses it on Hanako during her YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech.
27	* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: Hanako regarding Sho. This is true, [[spoiler:but the events of the Epilogue change this]]
28	* HeroicBSOD: Lilly after [[spoiler:Hisao’s funeral]]
29	* HeroicResolve: [[spoiler:Hanako suppresses her grief so that she can provide emotional support for Lilly]]
30	* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Hanako does this quite a bit, partly due to her personality, and partly due to blaming herself for what happened between herself, Lilly and Hisao.
31	* InnocentlyInsensitive: One fan at the first chapter who wishes Hanako a happy birthday. The results aren't nearly as severe as what happens in her route, but she still finds the mention of her birthday to be painful.
32	* ItsAllMyFault: Hanako, Lilly and Hisao all blame themselves for what happened.
33	%%* LuminescentBlush: Julia after Hanako waves to her.
34	%%* MeaningfulFuneral: [[spoiler:For Hisao, in Chapter 7]]
35	%%* MenDontCry: Averted by [[spoiler:Lilly and Hisao's fathers]].
36	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Hanako’s immediate reaction to her actions in the bad ending.
37	* NeverGotToSayGoodbye:[[spoiler:Hanako and Lilly to Hisao, who died of a heart attack]]
38	* NiceGuy: Sho. One particular instance is not flinching upon seeing Hanako's scars for the first time.
39	* NoNameGiven: Akira’s boyfriend, the one she was dating in VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo and still is in this fic, is never referred to by name, and she tends to refer to him as “The Boyfriend”. Hanako has to ask whether he’s the same one she was dating in the past, and Akira says yes.
40	* NotWhatItLooksLike: When Sho finds Hanako, her shirt is unbuttoned, and she only gets it buttoned up most of the way before Akira walks in, leading Hanako to say this. This is ''not'' PlayedForLaughs.
41	* ObligatorySwearing: Hanako tends to use a fair amount of profanity in her narration.
42	* OriginalCharacter: Sho Yamane.
43	* OutlivingOnesOffspring: [[spoiler: Poor Hisao’s parents have to attend his funeral.]]
44	* PartingWordsRegret: [[spoiler:To make matters worse, Hanako already feels extremely guilty about what she says before she hears of Hisao's death]]
45	* PlotTriggeringDeath: [[spoiler:Hisao, whose death motivates Lilly to contact Hanako.]]
46	%%* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Hisao]]
47	* PrecisionFStrike
48	** Lilly says "That's bullshit” [[spoiler:when consumed by grief and rejecting Hanako’s attempt to console her]].
49	** While Akira tends to throw profanity around more often, her comment that she's "really fucking scared" [[spoiler:for Lilly's well-being after Hisao's funeral]] also fits.
50	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:A distraught and grieving Lilly]] gives one to Hanako, accusing her of not understanding what it means to [[spoiler:lose her most important person]] and of running away from anything difficult. While Hanako is upset by and agrees with what is said, she is able to take it in stride, knowing [[spoiler:Lilly]] didn’t mean what she said.
51	* ReclusiveArtist: InUniverse, [[ShrinkingViolet Hanako, naturally]]. She does book signings, but is not entirely comfortable with them, and tries to avoid calling attention to herself when Julia the flight attendant recognizes her.
52	* SecondLove: Lilly for Hisao (third if you count Iwanako) [[spoiler:Sho for Hanako]]
53	* SoHappyTogether: [[spoiler:Lilly and Hisao, whose relationship was apparently deep enough that Hanako was able to accept them as a couple. ]]
54	-->'''Hanako narrates''': ''I couldn’t be happier for [[spoiler:her]]. And I couldn’t feel more horrible about what [[spoiler:she]] must be going through now.''
55	* SoProudOfYou: Lilly to Hanako
56	* TakeThat: Sho does one to ''Literature/TheTwilightSaga'' as a means of lightening the mood, saying that telling off Stephanie Meyer is a perk of his job.
57	* VisibleSilence: Hanako's first reaction to [[spoiler:hearing about Hisao's death]].
58	* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:Hisao, being dead]] is thus difficult to talk about without spoiling the plot.

Context FanFic / Reconciliation