History Characters / AITheSomniumFiles

* PunnyName: It is an anagram of maameido, the Japanese spelling of the word mermaid, and she works at a mermaid-themed maid cafe.

* CharacterTics: He always speaks in a British-esque vernacular and uses "Moi" when referring to himself.

* NoodleIncident: According to Aiba, he's a person of interest to the police which was how she was able to quickly connect him to the anonymous phone call, but it's never stated why.

* AllMenArePerverts: When fought, almost all strategies involve distracting them with porno magazines or underwear.

* NotSoAboveItAll: For all her maturity, ''nirvanA Initiative'' shows her having no problem engaging in petplay with Date in front of others. [[spoiler:Granted, this may be due to the long absence beforehand, but she clearly is enjoying herself as much as Date is.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: At the end of the game, Hitomi is granted closure for almost all of the traumatic events that have occurred throughout the game: her best friends' killer is taken down, the man who covered up said killing has his career irreparably damaged, her daughter is able to receive life-saving treatment for a brain tumor, and she finally reunites with the love of her life. All in all, a pretty sweet deal.

** In ''nirvanA Initiative'', she pulled strings to ensure [[spoiler:Pewter could continue running the tech department of ABIS instead of doing his full sentence in prison]]. And then there's the "Skills" section of her character bio.

** In Mizuki's route in the first game, [[spoiler:Date becomes disillusioned with both her and ABIS as a whole when So blackmails them into taking him off the case even though it's obvious at that point that So was the culprit, and rushes off to bring him in his own way. On the ride to the Sejima Estate, Date tells Mizuki that he refuses to work for an organization that lets criminals go free to preserve their own public image. Though given that he's still working there in the epilogue and may have even received a promotion, they most likely aired out their grievances afterwards.]]

* BadassDriver: [[spoiler:He's very adept at driving Moma's armoured ATV, to the point where he's the one guy Moma trusts the most to drive it in ''Nirvana Initiative'' as part of [[TheCavalry Ryuki's army]].]]

* FriendlyRivalry: In the second game where Ota [[spoiler:has responsibly taken over his family’s restaurant, he butts heads with Gen Ishiyagane due their differences in cooking philosophies; while Ota is a good cook in his own right, managing the restaurant to be quite popular, he doesn’t think anything of fancy cuisine, thinking that as long as costumers are satisfied with his simple dishes then everything is fine; Gen strongly disapproves of such mindset, believing a chef should strive to offer costumers with dishes beyond expectations, thus he thinks Ota is inferior to his late father whom Gen actually respects. That said Ota and Gen aren’t enemies, they have mutual friends after all]].

* NoodleIncident: According to Aiba, he's a person of interest to the police, but it's never stated why.

* TookALevelInKindness: While she is generally sweet, [[spoiler:she finally apologizes to Iris in the true ending and seems to have grown a liking to her once she gets to know Iris]]

** By all accounts, So Sejima was not very attentive to Saito, and no mention of counselling, therapy or treatment was ever given to that son of his.

** In Mizuki's route, After So shoots Date in the eye, he muses how ironic it is for Date to be killed by his own father. This paints Date's true idenitity as So's son, Saito. The truth is a bit more complicated than that.

* ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: As a congressman, he has a lot of important people in his pocket, including the higher-ups in the police department.

* TooDumbToLive: [[NotSoStoic As stated above]], they get distracted by porn in the middle of a ''firefight''.

* CainAndAbel: The [[spoiler:Abel]] to Rohan's [[spoiler:Cain.]]

* CoolCar: [[spoiler:He has an ''armoured ATV'' lying around from the Kumakura family's violent past which he doesn't use much since he's been trying to steer them to legitimate businesses. He brings it out in the Iris Route to save her and in the GoldenEnding of ''nirvanA Initiative'' as part of [[TheCavalry Ryuki's army]], both times he trusts Ota to drive it for him.]]

* RedBaron: Calls himself "the War Horse" while introducing himself to Date... which [[MeaningfulName is actually what the kanji in his name mean.]] [[spoiler:Both the Iris and Resolution Routes do have credence to him being capable in battle with a rifle.]]

* ForWantOfANail: She [[DiscussedTrope ponders]] this in her second Somnium, looking back on past decisions she made, such as staying with her mother instead of her father, lying about her age to work illegal hours, and supporting Iris instead of Komeji the night Jin's body was discovered, and wondering if her father wouldn't have died if she made different ones instead. However, Aiba retorts that there are no "ifs" for her at this point, as Komeji is already dead and [[TheseHandsHaveKilled she's done something that she can never take back.]]

* CharacterTic: She's almost always seen cleaning a bonito fish, a few characters may lampshade it, including Mama.

* TheCuckoolanderWasRight: Speculates that the construction delays on the stadium are a cover for some kind of device, which she guesses is a time portal. [[spoiler:It's actually the location of the rocket containing TC-PERGE]].

* BuryYourGays: {{Averted}}. [[spoiler:Pewter is one of only three human main characters to never die in any route, alongside Date and Mizuki.]]

* VetenariJobSecurity: [spoiler:Despite being an accomplice to a convict's escape, he only did three months of jailtime and went right back to ABIS like nothing happened thanks to Boss strongarming her superiors to maintain Pewter's job. He's just that necessary for ABIS to operate since he invented the AI-Balls and the Psync machine while maintaining them properly.]]

* ThrowTheDogABone: [[spoiler:Date finally remembers his name in the Resolution Route, causing the man to get emotional.]]

* {{Catchphrase}}: "Remember, you only have six minutes in Somnium." He repeats this about as often as possible, so much that other characters get annoyed at him for it. In ''nirvanA Initiative" Date reveals he's [[IAlwaysWantedToSayThat always wanted to say it]].

* DepravedHomosexual: [[spoiler:Averted. His betrayal of the police is motivated by a genuine love for Renju, and he gives himself up to the police after Saito is defeated.]]

* ForWantOfANail: Pewter's decision to make Aiba is probably one of the biggest things that affects the story as a whole.

* UltimateJobSecurity: [[ExaggeratedTrope So secure that]] [[spoiler:despite being an accomplice to a convict's escape, he only did three months of jailtime and went right back to ABIS like nothing happened. He's just that necessary for ABIS to operate.]]

* LivingProp: As stated above she only frequently appears at Lemniscate in the background. (Though you can interact and get an ending with her) other than a phone call to Date [[spoiler:and the ending]] and only really speaks frequently if you talk to her.

* BeingEvilSucks: He's horrified to discover that murder ''isn't fun'' without his oxytocin deficient brain and is desperate to get it back. Not that it stops him in his murder spree, mind you.

* EvilGenius: Not only was he able to work and modify the prototype Psync machine, he came up with the chemical plant explosion scheme in the first place.

* RedBaron: Calls himself "the War Horse" while introducing himself to Date... which [[MeaningfulName is actually what the kanji in his name mean.]]

* BreakingTheFourthWall: In ''nirvanA Initiative'', [[spoiler:she talks directly to the Frayer - IE the player - to explain that the game's narrative has been presented out of order]].

* WeirdnessMagnet: In both games, he winds up being involved with incidents where tragedy takes place, resulting in his presence being a red flag for players meaning that something bad is going to happen.

** TheBusCameBack: Comes back just in time for the epilogue.

* {{Blackmail}}: She tries to use Manaka's body to blackmail So into giving up enough money for Iris's surgery, using Manaka's corpse. It successfully rattles him; unfortunately before she can hide the body again Date arrives.

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** [[spoiler:He was this to Hitomi and Manaka as well. He and Hitomi did everything they could to protect Manaka's daughter and make sure Manaka could have justice for what happened.]]

* EyeScream: All of his victims have their eyes removed as a calling card. Originally it was the right eye that got removed, but this time it's the left eyes due to it being necessary for the prototype Psync Machine to work. He even removes ''[[SelfHarm his own eye]]'' for the process to work.

* FeelsNoPain: It's often glossed over, but Saito seems to feel no pain: He pulls his eye out without concern or a grunt of pain, and he can function in Boss' wounded body and Renju's mortally wounded body far better than anyone else.

* HighOnHomicide: Due to his inability to properly secrete oxytocin, he can only feel positive emotions through killing. When he kills, he gets a rush from it.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In both the Annihilation and Resolution routes. He got back into his own body, alright. And in both routes, this is exactly what brings him down thanks to Aiba either shocking him into unconscious or self-destructing to kill him.

* TheMindIsAPlaythingOfTheBody: Justified. Saito became a serial killer because of a defect in his brain that makes him only feel pleasure when killing. He gains a major grudge against Date for causing him to lose his body, as he no longer gets that rush of happiness from killing in other bodies, and it's indicated he feels a surge of guilt instead. After all, it was only ''his'' brain that was defective that way.

* NeverMyFault: He wants revenge against Date for stealing his body, even though it was Saito's fault that it happened when he tried to steal the body Date was in using the prototype Psync Machine. [[SelfInflictedHell Saito's misery is entirely because of his own actions.]]

* ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Is completely absent from the sequel, even with the cafe now open, and only receives a small mention in a line of dialogue from Ota.

* BenevolentBoss: He may pretend to be more violent than he really is around outsiders, but for yakuza standards, Moma is plenty reasonable — when Chinpei leaves the family in ''nirvanA Initiative'', he does so on good terms, no ritualistic finger-amputating required. Looking around the Kumakura Office also reveals that Moma is plenty interested in promoting healthy activities for himself and his boys, from beatboxing workshops to flower-viewing picnics.

* TheCavalry: One-third of the cavalry, along with Mizuki and Moma.

* TheCavalry: One-third of the cavalry, along with Ota and Mizuki.
* CharacterDevelopment: Over the course of the game he goes from being a stereotypical foul mouthed Yakuza member to being an enthusiastic and kind ally to Date and Iris.
* ChivalrousPervert: He swears to do anything for Iris, but on [[RuleOfThree three separate occasions]] he asks Date to ask her for something. The first time is just a handshake, which isn't so bad, but the second time he asks to see her panties (which Date duly asks and gets slapped for) and the third time he wants MarshmallowHell. [[spoiler:He ends up getting it... from an unconscious, ''male'' yakuza underling instead.]]

* EasilyForgiven: Subverted in a surprisingly realistic way. [[spoiler:Moma realizes that Rohan was a rather horrible person, and "a real piece of shit" in his own words. But he can't bring himself to hate him on account of being his brother. So, instead of forgiving or hating him, he chooses to forget his brother entirely.]]

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite being a lecherous mob boss who's got temper issues and no issues with murder, Moma is actually a huge A-set fan, swears on his life that the family is going clean for Iris, and acts as part of TheCavalry in the Iris and Resolution routes, as well as in the ''nirvanA Initiative'' finale.

* FauxAffablyEvil: From what is told in flashbacks, Rohan seemed civil enough back when he was alive, in spite of his his reputation as a sadist [[spoiler:and in the present, he acts jokingly during his interrogation with Date while in #89's body]]. However, [[spoiler:he was still helping [[SerialKiller Saito]] [[{{Sadist}} Sejima]] with the Original Cyclops Killings just for [[NightmareFetishist his own morbid desire for women's eyes]]. He also had no qualms killing both Hitomi and Iris, [[WouldHurtAChild even when the latter was just 12 years old]].]]

* PetTheDog: In a twisted way. [[spoiler:When Hayato/Falco asked to leave crime behind, Rohan agreed to allow it because he'd done good work for them. His only condition was that he finish one last job for him — unfortunately, he asked him to kill Hitomi and Iris. Unlike the normal 'One last job' seen in media, it's implied Rohan wasn't aware of Falco's connection to the two at the time.]]

* HiddenDepths:
** His hobby is training dogs.
** In ''nirvanA Initiative'', he reveals that he has a film degree (originally to direct porn), and is able to leave the Kumakura Family in order to direct Komeji's online quiz show and earn honest money to be with his pregnant girlfriend.

* ThreeAmigos: Boss, Pewter, and Date make up the main human cast that works at ABIS, so they spend a good chunk of the first game showing their friendship with one another and bouncing off information as it comes and goes. Shizue and Pewter even voice their concern for Date a couple times. [[spoiler:This gets damaged a bit when Pewter betrays the two of them for Renju (actually Saito), but when Aiba's restored and Pewter's back working at ABIS, things seem to have smoothed over.]]

* ThreeAmigos: Boss, Pewter, and Date make up the main human cast that works at ABIS, so they spend a good chunk of the first game showing their friendship with one another and bouncing off information as it comes and goes. Shizue and Pewter even voice their concern for Date a couple times. [[spoiler:This gets damaged a bit when Pewter betrays the two of them for Renju (actually Saito), but when Aiba's restored and Pewter's back working at ABIS, things seem to have smoothed over.]]

* OedipusComplex: He claims his reason for choosing Manaka as his first target was because she "stole" his dad from him. Then again, this is probably just an excuse.