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Raide, the artist and director of Katawa Shoujo, Analogue: A Hate Story and other VNs, dies

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  1. Akir
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    How sad! He's responsible for the art for some of my favorite VNs, so it's a shame he's not going to be around to create new stuff. I think it's pretty safe to say that Katawa Shojo basically put...

    How sad! He's responsible for the art for some of my favorite VNs, so it's a shame he's not going to be around to create new stuff. I think it's pretty safe to say that Katawa Shojo basically put the Visual Novel genre on the map for the entire English-speaking world, and that makes him a historic figure to me.

    It's especially sad because apparently he was also fairly young - just in his 30s.

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  2. unknown user
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    omg no! Katawa Shoujo was my first and is still my favourite visual novel. It got me into the genre and it had a profound impact on me. It's so sad to see someone who made something I love go....

    omg no! Katawa Shoujo was my first and is still my favourite visual novel. It got me into the genre and it had a profound impact on me. It's so sad to see someone who made something I love go.

    cpl_crud stated on Reddit that it was not covid related.

    Rest in Peace Raide, and my condolences to his family.

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