Katawa Shoujo/Quotes
There is no excellent beauty that hath not some strangeness in the proportion.
—Francis Bacon
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So it's actually not about seducing and nailing disabled girls. The girls happen to have disabilities, but the more you get to know them, the more you come to realise that they are girls just like any other. They are humans with hopes and dreams, and messy, fucked up insecurities about being alive and happy. They are not strange people - they are regular ordinary human beings who feel the way they feel not because they are disabled, but because they are ordinary. They are the universal allegory for humanity; the archetypal human; the mess you become when you feel sad and alone and unworthy. They are the Girl Next Door, the prom queen, the bookworm, the tomboy, and all the baggage that comes with that - nothing more or less. |
Hisao
Mutou: Nakai, what do you think the purpose of this school is? |
Lilly: Is there anything on the menu with fish in it? |
Hisao: We're just two children, pretending to be adults, aren't we?
—Hisao, after Lilly tells him she's leaving for Scotland.
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Near the end of Emi's path |
Kenji
Kenji: This is not a romantic princess picnic. This is a manly picnic. No glasses. No napkins. Whiskey only. |
Kenji: There can only be one, like in that foreign movie where there could only be one, and in the end there is only one dude left, because that was the point. |
Kenji: Women are terrible at stabbing things. |
Hisao: Aren't you blind? |
Kenji: There's a few people I wouldn't mind sitting with. Nobody's like you, though. |
My god, Kenji! If you could only see the conspiracy unfolding!
—"Proper Exercise", Act 1
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Kenji: Hey man, what's... Whoa dude, you look awful, I think. You okay? |
Rin
Rin: The problem is in your pants! |
Hisao: Talking with Rin is like playing chess with a supercomputer who does seemingly random moves as if to mock everything you know about chess. It's like that, but with human interaction. And even if I win, it feels like losing. |
Hisao: What are you doing here this late? |
Rin: I'm having my period and I need some help regarding that. However, I don't feel that our relationship is yet on the level where I could allow you to pull my underwear down in the girls' toilet even if you offer to.
—"Clouds in My Head", Act 1
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Rin: ...so that's why I'm trying to figure out if there is something I need to figure out and then figure that out before it's too late and all hope is lost. |
Hisao: You're a deep one. |
Rin: That's not good. It has to be like... like the color you wake up and you know that you saw the meaning of life in your dream but can't remember it. Maybe it's yellow... |
Rin: I won't shake hands with you, but at least we know who we are now. |
Rin: Why? Why does all this happen? People are doing things I don't ask for and don't want and everyone keeps getting angry at me, I have no idea what is going on anymore and can't stop feeling like I want to run away from everything... |
Rin: I won't say "See you tomorrow" because that would be like predicting the future, and I'm pretty sure I can't do that.
—"Foot and Mouth", Act 1
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Rin: Just be. |
Hisao: So... if you're miserable, you talk to a tree about it? |
Emi
Emi: Besides, you were just going to try sneaking more of that fried crap, weren't you? —"Is Carnival!", Act 1
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Hisao: I just want you to be happy, you know? |
Shizune & Misha
Shizune: ...! |
Misha: Wahaha~! |
Shizune: ... |
Shizune: We are going to play for it. |
Shizune: I forgot that the whole time, Misha was there, opening up to me, and giving a hundred percent everyday. I missed what I was looking for, because it was in plain sight. |
Shizune: (about Lilly) [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. Like Misha said, always trying to pull people close and then shutting them out. That's how I've treated her, which makes me a bad friend. And it feels like I did the same thing to you, which makes me a bad girlfriend, too, even if Misha says you might as well replace her. I'm angry that I screwed things up enough for it to get this out of hand. All I wanted was to... make people happy, I think.] |
Lilly
Lilly: I believe that there are things one chooses to do in life, and also things that are chosen for one to do in life. |
Lilly: Have I ever apologized for my blindness even once? You can't help the way you are born, Hisao. There's no point in apologizing for who you are. You are a beautiful person, Hisao. Please don't apologize for that. |
Lilly: I love you, Hisao. I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you! Don't go away, I beg of you. Never ever, go away. I love you, so please...! —Crescendo, Act 3
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Lilly: Adolescence is a funny time. |
Hisao: (hearing that Lilly anticipated and welcomed the possibility of having sex in the bath) I knew it. You're just as dirty-minded as I am. |
Hanako
Hanako: I... I... I... |
Hanako:"This is me... all of me." |
Hanako: Then, please accept my first gift to you, Hisao.
—During Hanako's good ending
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Lilly: I didn't become your friend because I pitied you, Hanako. I became your friend because I knew you were not just hiding from me, but from everyone. Your ambitions, personality, interests, tastes... I didn't know any of them and neither did anybody else. As you showed yourself to me, though, I began to realize the person that you were, and became sure that our meeting was a very special moment. |