Line #10 Roleplay/KSTheNewGeneration


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2	A forum RP set in the same universe as the VisualNovel ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'', but overall having little to do with it. It takes place [[TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture eight years in the future]] (beginning circa 2020, 15 years after KS takes place), in a high school for disabled students called Yamaku Academy. Naturally, most students there have some sort of disability, mostly real-life conditions such as narcolepsy, missing limbs or seizures, but roleplayers are allowed to make their character... extraordinary, which has led to the inclusion of vampires, werewolves and cyborgs among the student roster. This premise may sound like a recipe for disaster, but in reality, a lot of effort is put to make sure that each roleplayer treats their character's disability with respect. Just because there is a student suffering from vampirism doesn't mean they'll go to war with the lycans. Surprisingly (or not, considering the amount of work that goes into crafting each character), everything fits almost perfectly. The forum focuses on the relationship between the students - their friendships, loves, successes and failures, and how each of those is affected by their condition and personality. Of course, not every character is a student - there are still plenty of adults who live their own lives in the town next to Yamaku.
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4	The forum can be accessed [[http://ksnewgen.forummotion.com/ here]], but as of August 11th 2015 it's closed and no longer accepting new registrations. Instead, the community has moved to [[http://www.missingpagesroleplay.com/ "Missing Pages"]], which has a similar, yet expanded premise.
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6	Has a GrandFinale in the form of ''WebOriginal/TheLastGeneration'', which bridges the gap between "The New Generation" and "Missing Pages".
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8	!!KS: The New Generation contains examples of:
9	%% Only general tropes for the work should be listed here.
10	%% Please restrict character-specific examples to the Character Sheet.
11	%% Please restrict tropes specific to the old Cybernetic Nightmare arc or any other Elseworlds to the appropriate folder.
12	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: Takeshi and a few other characters involved in his arc are still around afterwards, but since several major events in their lives no longer happened, they're very different people.
13	** Sayuri and Ichiko are this with respect to the stories their author adapted them from.
14	* AllGirlsWantBadBoys – Hitomi chose Setsuna, the heir of a Yakuza family, as her love interest over Wade, who, despite his heritage, is mostly harmless.
15	* AllJustADream: Implied with the Takeshi arc, when it comes to its relation to the regular continuity.
16	* AlternateHistory: The setting takes place in an alternative world that, while very similar to our own, still has a lot of differences, the most prominent one being the advancement of technology and the existence of supernatural beings like vampires and werewolves.
17	** Also invoked in-universe, as the events of "Cybernetic Nightmare effectively created an alternate timeline.
18	* AlternateUniverse: The "Elseworlds" stories in the forum. The Takeshi arc was retconned into one, another takes place in a medieval fantasy realm and there's talk of a third involving pirates.
19	* {{Animesque}}: Most, if not all of the character avatars have this aesthetic.
20	* ArtificialLimbs: Ichiko has a skeletal bionic left arm after losing her real one in a gas explosion. Unlike many examples, Ichiko's is handled realistically, so she won't be going around lifting cars and stuff with it.
21	** Kaim has a pair of bionic hands that are handled similarly realistically.
22	* BlindMusician: Kuriko Hatsuhara is a blind girl with a natural ability for piano and guitar. She also practices every day and has had lessons.
23	* BusCrash: After Kurai and Hitomi's roleplayer was permabanned from the forum for various rule infringements, his characters were promptly killed in an apartment fire.
24	** A few other inactive characters met this fate during the "Cybernetic Nightmare" arc, though since that arc was retconned, those characters may now return (though none have done so).
25	* CallBack: Since the forum unofficially continues the continuity of a separate KS-themed RP that took place on Facebook, those are bound to happen from time to time when returning characters talk about past events.
26	* CanonDiscontinuity: At the conclusion of the Takeshi arc, the entire arc was effectively made non-canon and moved to the new "Elseworlds" section of the forum.
27	* CareerEndingInjury: Sayuri was a skilled kendo fighter and wanted to become a professional in the sport, but after a severe growth spurt crippled her legs she had to give it up. She's not too happy about it.
28	* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: About half the forum's characters are no longer active. There's even a group for "Missing" characters which is positively ''huge''.
29	* ClingyJealousGirl: Hitomi certainly qualifies.
30	* CosplayCafe: Ai is the owner of an extremely popular chain of maid cafes where all maids are wearing fox ears.
31	* CoversAlwaysLie: Other than the shared setting, the forum has very little to do with Katawa Shoujo. Even the setting itself may count, since it has changed considerably during the last 15 years.
32	* {{Crossover}}:
33	** With the Website/SCPFoundation, who have a site just outside of Yamaku and are monitoring all paranormal activity in and around the school.
34	** A minor one with [[Franchise/MarvelUniverse Marvel]] and [[Franchise/DCUniverse DC]] - Wade Wilson Jr. is, as the name would suggest, a clone of a certain [[ComicBook/{{Deadpool}} merc with a mouth]], while other characters (such as ComicBook/{{Deathstroke}}) have been mentioned in passing.
35	** Sayuri and Ichiko are both lifted from separate stories written by their role-player, but with minor backstory changes, so could be considered this.
36	* CreatorsCultureCarryover: Since pretty much none of the roleplayers are Japanese, mishaps happen from time to time. One of the admins even had to go out of his way and explain that Japanese Valentine's Day is NOT celebrated the way it is in the West.
37	* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Ryuu has red hair, which is completely natural, along with his similarly-coloured eyes.
38	* CuteClumsyGirl: Sayuri seems to fit this trope. Justified as she's not quite used to life in a wheelchair yet and this results in incidents.
39	* {{Cyborg}}: Ichiko Asari, Takeshi Tachibana and Inna Wilson all used cybernetics to repair grave injuries to their bodies. Kuriko, post-reboot, also has cybernetic eyes.
40	** [[spoiler:Toshiaki]] also has extensive cybernetic repairs.
41	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Kaim is a prime candidate, due to his past life in the UK and the very reason why he moved to Japan.
42	* {{Determinator}}: Sayuri is intensely focused on one day being able to overcome the severe weakness of her legs and being able to walk again, to the point that she risks harming her legs further by constantly getting up out of it and even attempting to cross from one side of her room to the other.
43	* DontYouDarePityMe: More or less Sayuri's default state of mind.
44	* DisabledMeansHelpless: Mostly averted.
45	* DownerBeginning: Most of the students aren't particularly enthusiastic to study at a school for disabled kids.
46	* EyepatchOfPower: Not really a heroic example, but Ichiko has one after being blinded in one eye by flying debris after the gas explosion that claimed her arm. She certainly sees it as a "cool" status symbol.
47	* EyeScream: Implied. Ichiko is stated to have lost her eye after due to being hit by flying debris during an explosion. It left a scar running down the left side of her face, passing straight through her eye socket.
48	* GenkiGirl: Ichiko, to an extent.
49	* GraduateFromTheStory: Downplayed; while the seniors are currently going through graduation, it's likely that most of the characters will stick around the forum afterwards (unless they suffer ChuckCunninghamSyndrome).
50	* HaremSeeker: Pretty much Wade's entire character motivation.
51	* HiddenDepths: A character rarely gets approved without having at least some level of hidden depth.
52	%%* {{Hikikomori}}: Megumi is the embodiment of this trope.
53	%%* HospitalHottie: Eos. No pun intended.
54	* InterruptedIntimacy: Hitomi catches her father Kurai having a fun time with his girlfriend in the bathtub.
55	* {{JadeColoredGlasses}}: Kaim is a prime example of this. His previous DarkAndTroubledPast changed his complete outlook on life and is now a extreme cynic and pessimistic to everyone.
56	* {{Jerkass}}: Christopher's father – an abusive alcoholic who constantly pushed his son way past his limit, which indirectly caused Christopher to lose a leg.
57	** Kaim Matsura as well, at least as of his introduction.
58	*** Further supported in a sense in that he is a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. He [[spoiler: does have a good heart, but currently has it locked in his own TailorMadePrison due to his past trauma of his friend betraying him and him losing his girlfriends life and all he lived for.]]
59	* KillItWithFire: Kurai and Hitomi Hikari died when a fire started in their apartment.
60	* LesbianVampire: Ai is a vampire and has her own harem of maids living in her mansion. Yeah...
61	* LonelyRichKid: Setsuna was never exactly popular despite being incredibly rich.
62	* MotorMouth: Ichiko becomes this when she's upset, her speech speeding up to near-unintelligible levels until she finally runs out of breath and forces herself to try and calm down.
63	* MsFanservice: Kuriko appears to have been shaped into one.
64	* NoAntagonist: Obviously. But that doesn't mean there's no conflict.
65	** Averted in most of the "Elseworlds" arcs so far.
66	* NoseBleed: A few characters have them, but it's [[ExaggeratedTrope exaggerated]] and a RunningGag for Satoshi. At one point, after Yuuji and Satoshi see Rachel in her two-piece bathing suit both suffer severe nosebleeds; Satoshi's is so severe ''he nearly dies of blood loss''. Later [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] by Christopher, and then again by Sayuri who likens the scene in the pool to a horror movie because of all the blood.
67	* NoSocialSkills: Megumi, Nayumi, and Sora.
68	* NotAMorningPerson: Chiharu describes herself as such though this has not been shown yet.
69	* ParentalAbandonment: Tiberius Hawke has a serious case of missing mom and dad; his father was murdered before his eyes and his mom sent him across the world in grief.
70	* PluckyComicRelief: Wade and Tiberius are the most obvious examples.
71	* PrincelyYoungMan: Setsuna, being the heir of a huge Mafia family.
72	* PutOnABus: Iro Shisen fled the country on a plane after [[HotForStudent sleeping with Tiberius]].
73	* RealLifeWritesThePlot: Following the ban of their roleplayer from the site, Kurai Hikari and his adopted daughter Hitomi Hikari died off-screen, while Hitomi's brother Taizai left the town out of grief. WordOfGod said this wouldn't be the last time an inactive/banned roleplayer had their character(s) killed off, though this may no longer be the case after the reboot.
74	* ReplacementGoldfish: Kurai went through several lovers after the only two women in his life that mattered left. One came back, though.
75	* SharedFamilyQuirks: Izumi closes his eyes when embarrassed or ashamed like his father used to. Also, like his father he loves the outdoors almost to obsessive extents.
76	* ShoutOut: Way too many to even begin listing. There's not a single thread that goes by without someone referencing something. Probably one of the biggest meta examples is the "Cybernetic Nightmare" arc, parts of which were shout-outs to ''VideoGame/{{Metal Gear Rising\|Revengeance}}''. Considering the name of the admin conducting the arc (Raiden), this isn't exactly surprising.
77	** There's even a new "Elseworlds" area that's one big ShoutOut to ''VisualNovel/PhoenixWrightAceAttorney''.
78	** Another new "Elseworlds" area pays homage to ''X-Men: Days of Future Past''.
79	* SilkHidingSteel: Sayuri. She may be quiet, well-mannered and passive most of the time, but don't get her mad.
80	* SittingOnTheRoof: Yamaku's rooftop is one of the more popular locations.
81	%%* SplitPersonality: Chihiro/Porcelina.
82	* StatuesqueStunner: Both Nagisa and Sayuri are 6 feet tall and rather attractive. The effect of Sayuri's height is somewhat diminished by her wheelchair.
83	* SuperHeroOrigin: Due to his unsocial behavior from birth, Satoshi is bullied and develops a dislike for people. Soon after he stops looking for friends he is able to unconsciously study human nature indiscriminately and develop a talent for reading who people likely are through their eyes and body language, which later makes him become very social and friendly since he understands how people think and react to many different situations.
84	** After his daughter enters high school and starts hanging out with boys, genius scientist Takeshi Tachibana decides that the only way to protect her purity is by donning the guise of CAPTAIN TRIANGLE! Naturally, it's PlayedForLaughs.
85	* TailorMadePrison: Kaim has made a psychological one for his memories and emotions of goodwill. Alcohol or extreme circumstances may make the door to it slip though...
86	* TallDarkAndSnarky: Tiberius Hawke is over 6' tall, an incredibly gifted musician and fancies himself as rather a ladies' man.
87	* TalkingInYourSleep: Sayuri seems to have a habit of doing this. The first time round, Yuuji even managed to hold an entire conversation with her while she was still sleeping, much to the surprise of both parties.
88	** Satoshi manages it as well, though it's less coherent on Sayuri's part.
89	%%* TheSociopath: Maki Ito is a high-functioning sociopath... among other things.
90	* ThrowingOffTheDisability: Sayuri is prone to doing this - albeit temporarily - by bolting from her wheelchair and standing up, usually just to display her full imposing height when angered. The weakness of her legs means she can't sustain it for more than a few moments, though.
91	%%* {{Tsundere}}: Yuriko was specifically created to be one.
92	* UmbrellaOfTogetherness: Setsuna offers to share his umbrella with Nayumi. She accepts, but only because not doing so would ruin her sketchbook.
93	%%* {{Yandere}}: Hitomi shows shades of this.
94	%%** Eric towards Sumiko.
95	* YourDaysAreNumbered: Touka suffers from MELAS syndrome, which is caused by mutations in her DNA. She has five years to live, at most. The oldest she could possibly get is twenty-two years old.
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97	!!Elseworlds
98	[[foldercontrol]]
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100	%%[[folder:Ace Attorney]]
101	%%* {{Homage}}: to the ''Franchise/AceAttorney'' series, of course.
102	%%[[/folder]]
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104	[[folder:Cybernetic Nightmare]]
105	* AbortedArc: The forum was rebooted on July 24 2013, rendering the "Cybernetic Nightmare" arc, as well as some events that happened before it, non-canon, as it was deemed that similar arcs were inappropriate for a high school RP. The Cybernetic Nightmare was cut short, and the reality-altering machine was revealed as being in Takeshi's possession all along and is activated during the final fight, altering reality on a massive scale with only Wade and Eric retaining their memories of the previous universe.
106	* BodyHorror: Numerous examples, but most prominently, Takeshi Tachibana's victims.
107	* ChekhovsGun: Sayuri's kendo blade, which was mounted on the wall of her dorm room by her parents. She promptly (and clumsily) took it down and cast it aside, but after students started disappearing, Sayuri retrieved the blade and began practising self-defence with it again.
108	** ChekhovsBoomerang: It's later implied that she takes the blade with her [[spoiler:when the students go to storm Takeshi's compound.]]
109	* {{Cyborg}}: Oh, SO many of them. Unsurprising, considering this is the primary theme of the arc.
110	* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Wade Wilson]] defects to join Takeshi. [[spoiler:It was later revealed that he defected right back to the side of the students after learning exactly who Takeshi's boss is, but kept around as a double agent.]]
111	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Wade tells Sayuri about a recurring dream he has where one of his allies kills him. [[spoiler:Considering who his actual allies are, this wouldn't be all that surprising.]]
112	* FreakOut: Sayuri has a pretty big one after hearing of Satoshi's disappearance and tries to barricade herself and Chihiro/Porcelina inside their room.
113	* GetOut: Nayumi chases Taizai out of her room after he asks to see her cybernetic arms.
114	* {{Necromancer}}: Eric is able to resurrect humans as twisted cybernetic beings called "Husks". Part of his deal with Takeshi is that Takeshi will teach him how to improve the quality of his Husks.
115	* RippleProofMemory: Eric and Wade are the only ones with memories of the pre-reboot universe; to everyone else, the events of the Cybernetic Nightmare arc are AllJustADream.
116	* SuicideMission: The final assault on Takeshi's compound was heavily implied to be this. While it was never actually played out, the [[AllJustADream dreams of several of the involved characters]] generally depict everybody - or almost everybody - getting killed.
117	** The realization that just about everyone was going to get killed off during the arc's conclusion was partially what led to the {{Retcon}} that established the arc's events as being non-canon.
118	* SurprisePregnancy: As Andrea learned, having sex without protection while you're ovulation may lead to certain... complications in the future. Subverted in that it was the lack of her period that tipped her off and not morning sickness.
119	* ManipulativeBastard: Takeshi Tachibana fits this trope to a T. To start off - he somehow managed to convince Robert, Vivian and Lucas to give up their humanity and become full-body cyborgs serving him. He also somehow manages to convince [[spoiler:Wade Wilson to betray his friends. A flashback revealed exactly how he did it - by finding something Wade would be emotionally invested in (namely, his sister's hidden past) and exploiting it.]]
120	* ObfuscatingDisability: [[spoiler:Masato uses a cane to help disguise the fact that he is actually Takeshi Tachibana.]]
121	* TheMole: Takeshi informs Satoshi and Kuriko that he has an informant within the school, and so Satoshi, Wade and Tiberius set about trying to track down the mole. [[spoiler:Turns out the mole was Wade all along.]]
122	** [[spoiler:And ''then'' it turns out he's actually a good guy who's been working with Takeshi just so he can get information on how to defeat the cyborgs.]]
123	*** [[spoiler:And ''then'' it turns out the entire thing was a dream. [[OrWasItADream Or was it?]]]]
124	* UnwillingRoboticisation: The primary theme of the arc. More or less all the cyborgs involved have been manipulated to some degree, but the trope fits Nayumi Tachibana the best, as she was literally kidnapped and forced to undergo the transformation process.
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127	[[folder:Days After Tomorrow of the Present Past]]
128	* BadFuture: Where events similar to those of the Cybernetic Nightmare arc occur in the future rather than the present.
129	%%* {{Homage}}: To ''Film/XMenDaysOfFuturePast''.
130	[[/folder]]
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132	%%[[folder:The Land of Faywyn]]
133	%%* MedievalEuropeanFantasy
134	%%[[/folder]]
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136	[[folder:Competitive Civilization RP]]
137	%%* CorpseLand: The territory of Bonelord Tyrre.
138	* {{Expy}}: elements of the Mara'ade culture from the [[Franchise/StarWars Mando'ade]], and the Sïrondé from the [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Gerudo]].
139	* HordesFromTheEast: Bonelord Tyrre's zombie army.
140	* FunctionalMagic: Forest spirits, magic gems, necromancers, paladins…
141	* LowFantasy: Political alliances and wars. Questionable morality. Humans (mostly) dominate.
142	%%* {{Necromancer}}: Bonelord Tyrre.
143	%%* {{Precursors}}: in the Mara'ade creation myth.
144	* StandardFantasySetting: Five races (of humans, rather than StandardFantasyRaces), FunctionalMagic, various political forms, royal courts, medieval setting.

Context Roleplay / KSTheNewGeneration