

She had been enclosed in her room ever since Misha's funeral and wouldn't interact with anyone. If you got the Bad End, Shizune would have a Death by Despair. At the end of her arc, if you got the Good End, Hisao and Shizune would discuss their future and mention naming a daughter after Misha. Shizune's arc had different endings than in the finalized version.The arc also had both more comedy and more drama. The player had more choices than the two the final product had. Shizune's arc was completely different in earlier versions.In the final product this was heavily downplayed with only a few lines implying Misha's had suicidal thoughts. After being depressed for most of Shizune's route, she would stop in the middle of traffic and get hit by a car while out shopping with Shizune. Originally, Hanako had childhood trauma involving a boy who asked her out getting hit and killed by a car.Midway through Lilly's route you get an option that lets you switch to Hanako's Good Ending. The only way to get the Good Ending was to play Hanako's route, then play Lilly's route. The was scrapped due to being way too complicated to write and program, as well as a general desire to have the game develop in a more lighthearted direction. If you don't have sex with her, she recovers but ends up committing suicide by throwing herself in front of a train. If you don't visit her, you can eventually get a sex scene with a heavily medicated Hanako, but afterwards she freaks out which causes you to get up, slip, and break your neck.

When you interact with her she freaks out, shoves you, and you die.

When you visit her she's noticeably out of it, sitting there and mumbling "I killed them all" to herself. She has a panic attack and gets put into a mental ward at the local hospital. In Hanako's arc, Hisao had a heart attack and Hanako would try to help him through CPR. An older version of Hanako's story would always be a Downer Ending and was inspired by Higurashi: When They Cry.Akira was originally a man instead of a bifauxnen woman.

Emi's art was redrawn at the last moment because it was thought she looked too young.In general, while the basic design stayed the same, Rin was more feminine and delicate in appearance. Her reason for lacking arms was originally meant to be due to Thalidomide, but the final product changed that because it wouldn't fit a modern-day story. Originally Rin was a Huge Schoolgirl and wore Modesty Shorts under her female uniform.In her earliest designs, Misha was blonde and lacked her signature Drill Hair.Sketches show Hanako having suffered even more extensive damage from the fire on the right side of her body, with a blind eye and the leg supported by a crutch.
