I was a little unclear at the end of the route if he lived or died, but considering the game shifted so quickly to him finding the experimental treatment that wouldn’t require him to lose his legs, and the fact that Ryou was being quiet about it, I figured I was probably supposed to think he lived. I mean, it would be kind of a jerk move to call Tomoya out there if Kappei was not doing well without giving him some kind of heads up.
I know this will make me sound like a horrible person, but one thing I was disappointed by was that there was that experimental treatment at all. I think the stakes should have stayed at legs or life because I think that ties more in with the ideas of moving forward better, and really I felt like it kind of cheapened the weight of the choice (for me at least)
It occurs to me that this route really focuses in on what Tomoya told Nagisa early on - about how even if everything changes and the fun things you new are gone you just need to find new ones.
