I recently just played Katawa Shoujo for the first time, going Lilly and Hanako's route and ended up getting both bad endings.
I have never gotten into a relationship before, and I am a bit of a blockhead when it comes to social cues and emotions (I have autism, I kind of just suck at social interaction). So I really would like to understand what went wrong.
For Lilly, route from what I understand after looking up a guide, I chose all the correct options except the part about talking about Hanako, avoiding talking about her and instead talking about school. I don't really get why this part led to the bad ending, as from my viewpoint, Hanako by that point was getting much better, so there wouldn't be that much to converse about, and you have been truthful to Lilly the entire time, so wouldn't talking about school not affect much?
As for the Hanako route, I had chosen to go back to your dorms instead of going to the city, followed by agreeing with Lilly, but it ended up in the bad ending anyway. From my point of view, it felt natural to want to go back to your dorms, considering Lilly just left, plus you still have school (so like I just felt that probably going out on another day would be better? Especially if your motivation is to push her to be more open, considering a lot had happened on that day that one has to process), I didn't think it would change the outcome much (But apparently it does, which I don't get). This was followed by agreeing with Lilly that you shouldn't baby her, but it only led to Hisao pushing her too much, leading to the bad ending. In this case, I don't get why there wasn't an option to just leave her be, as everyone needs their own personal space to deal with their own personal problem. Heck, I want my personal space sometimes, too, even when someone is trying to help me, as I know I am able to solve my own problems it would be annoying to be babied. Either way, my own options in the game ended up getting the bad ending
I just want to know where I went wrong and why, as honestly, I have just been feeling really bad about how the story ended on the two runs that I tried and that I'm just a terrible person who just ends up hurting others because I'm a blockhead when it comes to subtle social cues. I honestly would really like to get into a relationship in the future, and I really don't want to end up hurting others, like how I ended up getting the bad endings in both routes, as it just made me feel very bad and sad. So I really would like an explanation of where I went wrong and why for each route, and how to avoid such situations, be it in the game or in real life. Thanks to anyone who bothered to read my ramblings and reply your help is really appreciated.