History NightmareFuel / Katawashoujo

* In Act 3, Hisao manages to make it to the airport and ends up overexerting himself in an attempt to see Lily one last time. Hisao's narration makes it clear that he's convinced that he was dying right there, [[DespairEventHorizon convinced that he failed to get Lily's attention]]. It's also possible that Lily did hear Hisao but due to her blindness and the business of the airport, was forced to listen in horror, as Hisao -the friend she secretly has romantic feelings for- has a heart murmur meters away from her and is unable to help him at all. Fortunately, Hisao's incident happened to be some distance away from a hospital, allowing him to get medical help.

* In Act 3, where she is forced to listen in horror as Hisao, the friend she secretly has romantic feelings for, has a heart murmur meters away from her. Due to her blindness, she can't see what's going on, or help him at all.

* Rin's situation as a whole is rather disturbing. Assuming that Nomiya isn't just a well-intentioned [[StageMom StageDad]] who is overly enthusiastic about Rin's art, his behavior can be seen in a somewhat more sinister light. Him basically having Rin skip classes is already suspect but then you learn from him and Sae that Sae's husband was like Rin, eventually [[DrivenToSuicide taking his own life]] due to his creative drive consuming him. At this point in the story, Rin is already creating more art and is considering self destruction in an attempt to overcome an art block. Regardless of his actual intentions, Nomiya basically tries to mold Rin into the image of a dead man.

** It's almost a good thing that Kenji's route is the worst ending you can get. Just imagine a route where Hisao blows everyone else off to become a lone wolf and ends up becoming even worse than before.

* Rin's situation as a whole is rather disturbing. Assuming that Nomiya isn't just a well-intentioned [[StageMom StageDad]] who is overly enthusiastic about Rin's art, his behavior can be seen in a somewhat more sinister light. Him basically having Rin skip classes is already suspect but then you learn from him and Sae that Sae's husband was like Rin, eventually taking his own life due to his creative drive consuming him. At this point in the story, Rin is already creating more art and is considering self destruction in an attempt to overcome an art block. Regardless of his actual intentions, Nomiya basically tries to mold Rin into the image of a dead man.

* From Act 4, Hisao exploding at Rin in frustration. It feels like a Bad Ending in and of itself, only the positions are reversed: Rin is basically the protagonist who screwed up, and ''you're'' the one furiously calling her out on it. The fact that you're the one speaking them makes those words [[PlayerPunch hit all the harder]].

* As pictured above, Hanako's Bad Ending is definitely this. Equal parts [[WhamEpisode shocking]], [[TearJerker depressing]] and ''utterly terrifying'', it comes as quite a PlayerPunch when it arrives. Hanako has a violent outburst of anger towards Hisao when he insists on trying to protect her even though she told him to leave. The scene reveals Hanako's character to be a complete deconstruction of the typical [[TheWoobie Woobie]], and acts as one of the biggest WhatTheHellPlayer moments in the game. It's a wonder how Hisao didn't had a heart attack during it. And there's the CG, which isn't scary so much from the details as it is from the fact that it COMES WITH NO WARNING.

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[[caption-width-right:350:{{Beware The Quiet|Ones}}/[[BewareTheNiceOnes Nice Ones]] indeed.]]

* The Act 1 bad ending. If you fail to open up any routes, Hisao, still depressed and bitter about his situation, will get drunk on the roof of the school with Kenji. He gets up and manages to stumble off the side and ''falls to his death.'' Yeah, that's right, TheHeroDies. One can only imagine how that situation would impact the school and the students, especially the girls he'd met and Kenji. Assuming Kenji's comment about pushing someone off the roof to MakeItLookLikeAnAccident being the ideal way to kill someone was just a joke...

* A case of AdultFear comes in Act 3, where she is forced to listen in horror as Hisao, the friend she secretly has romantic feelings for, has a heart murmur meters away from her. Due to her blindness, she can't see what's going on, or help him at all.

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[[caption-width-right:350:''"[[spoiler:I hate Lilly, and I... I hate you more than anyone...!]]"''\\
{{Beware The Quiet|Ones}}/[[BewareTheNiceOnes Nice Ones]] indeed.[[note]]For context, this is from [[spoiler:Hanako's Bad Ending, where she violently snaps at Hisao, accusing him of only ever spending time with her because he pitied her and not viewing her as an equal.]][[/note]]]]

** The first time this defect starts. Oh, how sweet! His crush is about to admit her feelings for him! Then, suddenly, thud-bump. THUD-BUMP.
** His [[spoiler:heart flutters]] in general. Good lord.
* A common theory about the Act 1 Bad Ending is that [[spoiler:Hisao didn't just fall to his death, but Kenji actually set the whole thing up, and pushed him off intentionally. This is mainly due to him saying a few scenes earlier that pushing someone off a building would be the ideal way to kill someone. To think that Kenji might have planned the whole thing as a way of eliminating Hisao is somewhat [[FridgeHorror creepy, to say the least.]]]]

* A case of AdultFear comes in Act 3, where [[spoiler:she is forced to listen in horror as Hisao, the friend she secretly has romantic feelings for, has a heart murmur meters away from her. Due to her blindness, she can't see what's going on, or help him at all.]]

* As pictured above, [[spoiler:Hanako's Bad Ending is definitely this. Equal parts [[WhamEpisode shocking]], [[TearJerker depressing]] and ''utterly terrifying'', it comes as quite a PlayerPunch when it arrives. Hanako has a violent outburst of anger towards Hisao when he insists on trying to protect her even though she told him to leave. The scene reveals Hanako's character to be a complete deconstruction of the typical [[TheWoobie Woobie]], and acts as one of the biggest WhatTheHellPlayer moments in the game. It's a wonder how Hisao didn't had a heart attack during it.]]
** The final CG, which isn't scary so much from the details as it is from the fact that it COMES WITH NO WARNING.

* A heavy implication in Rin's Act 4 Neutral Ending gives us some terrifying FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:Since her leaving parallels Sae's story about her husband, who committed suicide, and the way she begs Hisao to forget about her after she leaves for Tokyo, gives the hint that she might be planning to take her own life at some point in the near future since Hisao turned out to be unable to connect with and understand her in the way she was hoping he would.]]
** Also from Act 4, [[spoiler:Hisao exploding at Rin in frustration.]] It feels like a Bad Ending in and of itself, only [[spoiler:the positions are reversed: Rin is basically the protagonist who screwed up, and ''you're'' the one furiously calling her out on it. The fact that you're the one speaking them makes those words [[PlayerPunch hit all the harder]].]]

* Her panic attack. Witnessing a friend having a panic attack is bad enough (it can even look and feel similar to a heart attack). However, Hanako's is quite different. Rather than a sudden stress-induced event, Hanako simply goes more quiet than usual and her extra [[CharacterTic character tics]] stop (though no one notices that part at first). The odd part is for a time she's still able to function. She responds to questions (albeit with even shorter answers than usual) and she was still working on the class assignments. Over time those slow down until she is frozen in a catatonic/comatose state. The only sign she's still registering the outside world is when she starts shaking when the teacher puts a hand on her shoulder.

* As pictured above, [[spoiler:Hanako's Bad Ending is definitely this. Equal parts [[WhamEpisode shocking]], [[TearJerker depressing]] and ''utterly terrifying'', it comes as quite a PlayerPunch when it arrives. Hanako has a violent outburst of anger towards Hisao when he insists on trying to protect her even though she told him to leave. The scene reveals Hanako's character to be a complete deconstruction of the typical [[TheWoobie Woobie]], and acts as one of the biggest WhatTheHellPlayer moments in the game. It's to wonder how Hisao didn't had a heart attack during it.]]

* As pictured above, [[spoiler:Hanako's Bad Ending is definitely this. Equal parts [[WhamEpisode shocking]], [[TearJerker depressing]] and ''utterly terrifying'', it comes as quite a PlayerPunch when it arrives. Hanako has a violent outburst of anger towards Hisao when he insists on trying to protect her even though she told him to leave. The scene reveals Hanako's character to be a complete deconstruction of the typical [[TheWoobie Woobie]], and acts as one of the biggest WhatTheHellPlayer moments in the game]].

* As pictured above, [[spoiler:Hanako's Bad Ending is definitely this. Equal parts [[WhamEpisode shocking]], [[TearJerker depressing]] and ''utterly terrifying'', it comes as quite a PlayerPunch when it arrives. Hanako has a violent outburst of anger towards Hisao when he insists on trying to protect her even though she told him to leave. The scene reveals Hanako's character to be a complete deconstruction of the typical [[TheWoobie Woobie]], and acts as one of the biggest WhatTheHellPlayer moments in the game.]]

[[caption-width-right:350:[[spoiler:[-"I hate Lilly, and I... I hate you more than anyone...!-] ]][[note]]{{Beware The Quiet|Ones}}/[[BewareTheNiceOnes Nice Ones]] indeed. For context, this is from [[spoiler:Hanako's Bad Ending, where she violently snaps at Hisao, accusing him of only ever spending time with her because he pitied her and not viewing her as an equal.]][[/note]]]]

* A heavy implication in Rin's Act 4 Bad Ending gives us some terrifying FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:Since her leaving parallels Sae's story about her husband, who committed suicide, and the way she begs Hisao to forget about her after she leaves for Tokyo, gives the hint that she might be planning to take her own life at some point in the near future since Hisao turned out to be unable to connect with and understand her in the way she was hoping he would.]]

* A heavy implication in Rin's Act 4 Bad Ending gives us some terrifying FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:Since her leaving parallels Sae's story about her husband, who committed suicide, and the way she begs Hisao to forget about her after she leaves for Tokyo, gives the hint that she might be planning to take her own life at some point in the near future since Hisao turned out to be unable to connect with and understand her in the way she was hoping he would.]]

* A heavy implication in Rin's [[spoiler:second]] Bad Ending gives us some terrifying FridgeHorror: [[spoiler:Since her leaving parallels Sae's story about her husband, who committed suicide, and the way she begs Hisao to forget about her after she leaves for Tokyo, gives the hint that she might be planning to take her own life at some point in the near future since Hisao turned out to be unable to connect with and understand her in the way she was hoping he would.]]

* As pictured above, [[spoiler:Hanako's Bad Ending is definitely this. Equal parts [[WhamEpisode shocking]], [[TearJerker depressing]] and ''utterly terrifying'', it comes as quite a PlayerPunch when it arrives. Hanako has a violent outburst of anger towards Hisao when he insists on trying to protect her even though she told him to leave. The scene reveals Hanako's character to be a complete deconstruction of the typical [[TheWoobie Woobie]], and acts as one of the biggest WhatTheHellPlayer moments in the game.]]