Sonohana is pretty much porn porn and more porn. It's the most well-known and obvious so of course I already tried it. Didn't care much for it.
What I was talking about in regards to Katawa Shoujo is that the girls (though not so much the lead, he's a bit generic-VN-guy) are portrayed like real people. If they act strange or out of character, they're called out on. They aren't just objects, "levels" in the game.
Sure, the writing's pretty dodgy at times and the main character is about as interesting as a Ben Stein lecture (Bueller... Bueller...)
But my gripe with most VNs is that the characters are not portrayed as real people. They're portrayed as either otaku stereotypes, cardboard cutouts or sex toys.
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