The studio, consisting of fans brought together by a mutual love of VNs, was created to develop and produce a visual novel based off the image which is now available in English, French, International Spanish, and Japanese. The image circulated the 4chan image board in 2007 where members of the image board formed Four Leaf Studios, named after 4chan’s four leaf clover logo.
One of the most prolific of these visual novels is Katawa Shoujo, translated as “Disability Girls.” Released in 2012, it originated from a sketch of girls with various disabilities by Japanese artist RAITA. However, there are many that stand out among the rest for their exceptional quality and their ability to tackle mature topics. Visual novels (VN) have often had a bad rap of being glorified dating sims that contain hentai, or mature sexual content.
How Empathy Makes Katawa Shoujo Worth Playing
