History Characters / BangDreamRoselia

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: ... it should be pretty much clear that having an inferiority complex issue obviously ''shouldn't'' give her a free pass to take out her negativities and frustrations onto others (just like how she once angrily lashed out at Ako when she gushed over Tomoe in Roselia's first band story), treat her own younger twin sister like shit, or go around acting like a rude {{Jerkass}} in general. Ultimately, she's able to become a much better sister to Hina and a much better person overall following their reconciliation after the events of "Umbrella Under the Autumn Rain".

* FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: ... it should be pretty much clear that having an inferiority complex issue obviously ''shouldn't'' give her a free pass to take out her negativities and frustrations onto others (just like how she once angrily lashed out at Ako when she gushed over Tomoe in Roselia's first band story), treat her own younger twin sister like shit, or go around acting like a rude {{Jerkass}} in general.

* GamerChick: After the "Neo Fantasy Online" event, Sayo takes a liking to playing NFO just like Ako and Rinko, with certain dialogues suggesting she plays the game and is a skilled at it as much as them.
* GreyRainOfDepression: A recurring theme with Sayo is that whenever she is gets emotionally distressed, rain starts falling down. This is the most prominent in the "Umbrella for the Autumn Rain" event where she gets caught in the rain while she is in the midst of reflecting her internal issues with Hina and her own guitar playing.

* GoneHorriblyRight: During the "Neo-Aspect" story arc, she somehow managed to enforce the "Roselia doesn't need friendship" belief onto her fellow band members following Roselia's failure at the SMS and relapse to her old negative self because she adamantly believes such a thing to be a hindrance to the band and their goals... but it worked out too well with less than favorable results. Her relationship with her band became increasingly strained to the point where Ako and Rinko ran off on her after they couldn't take any of her abusive {{Jerkass}} behavior much longer, Lisa and Sayo showing nothing but disappointment towards her attitude, and Roselia nearly disbanding. [[AvertedTrope Thankfully, the last part never happens as Poppin'Party and her fellow band members were able to help steer her back into the right direction and make amends with her friends, thus fully preventing the worse from happening.]]

* TheAce: Even before she formed Roselia, she was already making headlines with her incredible singing talent, to the point of various talent agencies trying to scout her out (and her turning them all down). And putting even that aside, she's also musically talented enough to write down and compose songs all on her own with little to no help while accurately analysing her bandmates' (and other musicians outside her band) strengths and weaknesses and giving them pointers on how to further improve themselves from there.

** In Chapter 17 of the band's story, [[spoiler:Yukina [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone realizes that she was indeed acting solely in her self-interest]] and that she was [[ItsAllAboutMe only using the band to accomplish her goals without considering the rest of her band]], and turns down the scout's offer in order to stay with Roselia even if it means having to get to Future World Fes the hard way]].

* BlatantLies: After a mix-up happens, Arisa, Moca, Kanon, and Tsugumi accidentally find out about Yukina's love for cats in the "Hectic Happy Valentine" event, a fact that only [[SecretKeeper Lisa]] was in the know about before then. When Moca directly asks Yukina about it, Yukina quickly goes into denial, saying that she doesn't ''hate'' cats but doesn't particularly like them either...just after they caught her red-handed as she was about to hand some stray cats special Valentine food she made for them while talking to the cats in a sweet, cutesy manner unbefitting of her cool and aloof image.

** Played somewhat more seriously when it's revealed that [[spoiler:she's considering leaving her bandmates behind if it means getting into Future World Fes]]. Sayo, as the one who most bought into Yukina's vision of what a band should be, feels utterly betrayed. Though that pedestal ends up being [[RebuiltPedestal rebuilt]] after everything has been resolved and they make up, with the events after both Roselia Band Stories showing how much Sayo still highly looks up to Yukina with newfound respect each time.
* BrutalHonesty: She's not afraid to tell bandmates and cooperating bands if their level of technique doesn't meet her standards.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: While her fellow band members thankfully talked her out of this, taking up that shady offer that would guarantee her a one-way ticket to Future World Fes at the expense of her band would have been a pretty stupid idea anyway. Think about it... Does she think that ''her father'' will be even happy if he discovers that she was able to qualify for such a competitive best-of-the-best type of music event through questionable means? Even worse... does she think that he would even be '''proud''' of her if ever he discovered that his own daughter essentially ''cheated'' her way to achieve world-class status through some shady dealings instead of honest-to-God hard work and skills?

* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:During Roselia's second band story, the band's supposedly poor performance at an SMS event results in her lasping back into her old IceQueen self, and she's even worse than before, insisting that Lisa stop baking cookies for the band and [[KickTheDog regularly belittling poor Ako]]. It culminates in Ako lashing out at her to the point where she breaks down crying and is unable to bring herself to attend rehearsals. She eventually gets better.]]

* WasItAllALie: On the receiving end of this, [[spoiler:when it turns out she was considering abandoning the group and going on alone to the Future World Fes. The others ask if she really meant it when she asked them to commit themselves to the band.]]

* AloofBigSister: Played with: rather than Sayo being the impressive older twin and having an aloof attitude toward her younger twin, it’s Hina who’s effortlessly more impressive, which is precisely the reason Sayo acts cold towards her. Later stories and events see Sayo lessening the "aloof" aspect as part of her wish to be more honest with Hina, and as part of the promise the two shared with one another.

'''Sayo''': Yes, actually. It is. Otherwise it's all just a waste of time and energy.
* BrutalHonesty: Like Yukina, she has no qualms telling band members, current and prospective, that they suck if that's how she honestly feels.

** Despite her resentment and tendency to treat her like shit, it's pretty much clear that still loves and cares about Hina deep down. In "Umbrella in the Autumn Rain", it was Sayo’s love for Hina that ultimately influenced her to override any sense of hatred she had towards her and be more open with her about her inferiority complex issues as the twins slowly reconcile.

** Overall, for all her faults and shortcomings as a sister, she is never truly a bad person at heart.

** After the "Neo Fantasy Online" event where Ako and Rinko invited the rest of Roselia into playing NFO with them: Later stories, events, and area conversations show that Sayo becomes just as invested into the game as Ako and Rinko themselves.

* TookALevelInKindness: Post-CharacterDevelopment, while still being very serious about her guitar-playing and everything else: Sayo is making an effort in herself to be a better person as much as she's currently shown to be a lot more openly friendly and considerate towards Hina and the other girls. This is best reflected in updated area conversations where she goes from acting cold and not wanting Hina's company to acting a lot more warmly and enjoying her twin's company, even smiling and playing along with the latter's antics.

* {{Foil}}: She and Yukina are both the serious and demanding members of the band, in contrast to Lisa, Ako and Rinko, but upon closer examination, they have many differences. While Yukina is motivated to play because of what happened to her father, and because she wants to impress him, Sayo wants to outdo her sister in the one thing she considers hers. [[spoiler:Yukina even considering leaving the others behind to go solo to Future World Fes also upsets Sayo, who had wanted to play in a band full of people who had comparable talent and determination]].

* TookALevelInKindness: Post-CharacterDevelopment, while still being very serious about her guitar-playing and everything else: Sayo is a lot more openly friendly and considerate towards Hina and the other girls. This is best reflected in updated area conversations where she goes from acting cold and not wanting Hina's company to acting a lot more warmly and enjoying her twin's company, even smiling and playing along with the latter's antics.

* NightmareFetishist: In contrast to the other members of Roselia disliking horror, Ako loves them and she loves horror stories and haunted houses (the latter is that even Rimi isn't good with), something revealed in the ''Terrible Horror Night'' event story.

* ShrinkingViolet: So shy that she nearly became a shut-in.

* StudentCouncilPresident: She becomes this for Hanasakigawa High at the start of Season 2 of the anime, in hopes of improving her public speaking skills and confidence.

* InferioriortySuperiorityComplex: Sayo's overall {{Jerkass}} behavior towards Hina and other people mostly stems from her feelings of inferiority towards her younger twin sister as she envied and resented her for being better than her at everything ever since they were young. This negative attitude gets deconstructed as it demonstrates not only how it badly affects her relationship with Hina, but also herself and the people around her. As such, most of her initial approaches to cope with the pain of her issues prior to "Umbrella in the Autumn Rain" sometimes tend to cause more harm than good than she intended.

** She's bullheaded, but when she lets people in it's shown that she just wants the best for them. She's also shown to be going through her own, personal, conflicts inside.

** After the "Neo Fantasy Online" event where Ako and Rinko invited the rest of Roselia into playing NFO with them: Later stories, events and area conversations show that Sayo becomes just as invested into the game as Ako and Rinko themselves.
* ThePerfectionist: She’s so particular about getting things perfectly right that not knowing what to do exactly basically forces her to stop in her tracks. In one case, she even uses a ruler at a baking class to measure the precise thickness of the dough. Yukina notices that what Sayo considers a "mistake" is being a split-second late, [[LampshadeHanging and acknowledges Sayo has high standards for herself]].

* SeriousBusiness: Sayo practices guitar as if it’s her life purpose, and she traces almost everything she does back to either furthering her mastery of the guitar, or improving Roselia as a band.

* TearsOfRemorse: In "Umbrella in the Autumn Rain," Sayo breaks down crying after Hina comes to her with an umbrella, realizing that Hina has been kind to Sayo despite Sayo pushing her away. Sayo then ends up apologizing to Hina and finally opens up about her issues in the next scene.
* TookALevelInKindness: Post-CharacterDevelopment, while still being very serious about her guitar-playing and everything else: Sayo is a lot more openly friendly and considerate towards Hina and the other girls. This is best reflected in updated area conversations where she goes from acting cold and not wanting Hina's company, to acting a lot more warmly and enjoying her twin's company, even smiling and playing along with the latter's antics.

* {{Hypocrite}}: She tells her bandmates that personal issues have no place in Roselia... the band she started to prove herself to her father. She also insists that the others fully devote themselves to Roselia, but selfishly [[spoiler:considers accepting a shady deal and leaving her bandmates behind to succeed on her own]].

* ItsAllAboutMe: In Roselia's side story in the game, Yukina wants to perform on the main stage of Future World Fes and ''nearly'' falls into this trope when [[spoiler:she gets an offer from a shady talent agent that would guarantee that she -- just her, by the way, ''not the rest of the band'' -- gets to perform there. Understandably, the rest of the band ''[[WhatTheHellHero blasts]]'' her for actually considering this offer when they find out, feeling like they were only being used by her for her own goals.]]
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's stern and aloof, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about her bandmates at all. She shows concern and even praise to them whenever the need arises and can be sweet ([[SugarAndIcePersonality in her own way]]) from time to time. It's best seen whenever she's alone with [[ChildhoodFriend Lisa]] and Kasumi though.

* OddFriendship: You'd think that the serious, aloof, and no nonsense Yukina would be irritated at the cheerful, optimistic, and fun-loving Kasumi but she's actually genuinely fond of her and treats her rather kindly in casual conversations even compared to how she usually treats her bandmates post-defrosting.

* TheRival: Yukina and Afterglow’s Ran share this view towards each other, constantly trying to prove that they’re the best (which ironically pushes both bands to become even better), either despite having Yukina having more in common with Ran than with her own band mates, or because she has more in common with Ran. Many of their random conversations tend to end with one of them thinking “Why do I feel like I just lost?”

* DidntThinkThisThrough: While her fellow band members thankfully talked her out of this, taking up that shady offer that would guarantee her entry to Future World Fes at the expense of her band would have been a pretty stupid idea anyway. Think about it... Does she think that ''her father'' will be even happy if he discovers that his own daughter was able to qualify for such a competitive best-of-the-best type of music event through questionable means? Even worse... does she think that he would even be '''proud''' of her if ever he discovered that she essentially ''cheated'' her way to achieve world-class status through some shady dealings instead of honest-to-God hard work and skills?

* HimeCut: She used to sport this hairstyle back when she was a child as revealed in an official 4koma. She no longer has it in the present day however.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: While her fellow band members thankfully talked her out of this, taking up that shady offer that would guarantee her entry to Future World Fes at the expense of her band would have been a pretty stupid idea anyway. Think about it... Does she think that ''her father'' will be even happy if he discovers that his own daughter was able to qualify for such a competitive best-of-the-best type of music event through questionable means? Even worse... does she think that he would even be '''proud''' of her if she ''cheated'' her way to achieve world-class status through some shady dealings instead of honest-to-God hard work and skills?
* DoesNotLikeSpam: Dislikes bitter food, especially bitter melon. In fact, she always makes sure to pour a boatload of sugar in her coffee first before drinking it to diminish the bitter flavor.
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Not only does she show some deep insecurities over her role as Roselia's leader, she's also very aware that music is the only thing she's got going for her and that she's rather poor in other areas outside of it.
* HimeCut: She used to sport this hairstyle back when she was child as revealed in an official 4koma. She no longer has it in the present day however.

* DidntThinkThisThrough: While her fellow band members thankfully talked her out of this, taking up that shady offer that would guarantee her entry to Future World Fes at the expense of her band would have been a pretty stupid idea anyway. Think about it... Does she think that her ''father'' will be even happy if he discovers that his own daughter was able to qualify for such a competitive best-of-the-best type of music event through questionable means? Even worse... does she think that he would even be '''proud''' of her if she ''cheated'' her way to achieve world-class status through some shady dealings instead of honest-to-God hard work and skills?

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-> '''School:''' Haneoka Girls' High School, Yotsuba Women's University (International Studies Department) (Season 3)

* BreakoutCharacter: Group example. Having only appeared in a single episode in Season 1, and with minimal dialogue at that, does ''not'' prevent Roselia from being the first band in the franchise to release a full-length album, despite only being in the second place when it comes to the number of singles released. They're also the first band of the franchise to do an opening song [[Anime/CardfightVanguard ''for another anime.'']]

-> '''School:''' Haneoka Girls' High School
-> '''Year:''' 2nd (Season 1), 3rd (Season 2)

-> '''School:''' Hanasakigawa Girls' High School
-> '''Year:''' 2nd (Season 1), 3rd (Season 2)

-> '''School:''' Haneoka Girls' High School
-> '''Year:''' 2nd (Season 1), 3rd (Season 2)

-> '''Year:''' 3rd (Season 1), 1st (Season 2)

-> '''School:''' Hanasakigawa Girls' High School
-> '''Year:''' 2nd (Season 1), 3rd (Season 2)

* ChildhoodFriend: She is Yukina's childhood friend. She looks out for her the most and shows a lot of concern over her despite the icy wall the latter has put up over the years.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: She hates carrots with a passion, although not so initially (ironically, it's her sister who doesn't like carrots).

** Played for laughs in the "Hectic Happy Valentine" event where Arisa's image of Yukina being a cool and serious aloof beauty is shattered when she sees her being all cozy and hilariously gooey soft towards cats.

* CoolBigSis: Acts as one to Kasumi despite not being related amusingly enough.
** This might be because of her love of cats, and Kasumi's vaguely cat-like appearance (mainly her unique hair-style).

* ProperLady: Acts like this most of the time.

** She also does this with both Sayo in the "Umbrella in the Autumn Rain" event and with Rinko in the "Prelude's Replay" event and in casual Area Conversations involving them when they both needed encouragement.

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: To Hina. She actually dislikes the baggage this trope comes with.
* AndThenWhat: She asks Yukina if she had any plans for Roselia beyond Future World Fes.

* TheComicallySerious: Not as much as Yukina, but it's there.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: Hates carrots with a passion.

* PerpetualFrowner: She smiles less than even ''Yukina'', as while Yukina is simply stoic, Sayo is so serious she almost actively avoids any shows of emotion like that. When she does smile, it's either very subdued and subtle or underlined with a hint of smug confidence.

* ADayInTheLimelight: "Someday, A Poem For You" and "Noble Rose-Bearing Flowers" both heavily revolve around her position in Roselia. The former event focuses on her attempting to write lyrics for Roselia's songs, the latter focuses on her ambition for reaching the top and even shows a flashback of her and Yukina as children.

* CatSmile: Her default expression, thanks to the way her lips are designed.

* ChildhoodFriend: Yukina's. She looks out for her the most and shows a lot of concern over her despite the icy wall the latter has put up over the years.
* CoolBigSis: To most of the younger characters, who all come to her and see her as a reliable older sister figure.

* GyaruGirl: Follows ''gyaru'' fashion and speaks with some of the typical slang. It's noted several times that her personality contrasts with the typical image of the ''gyaru'' subculture.

* TheSocialExpert

* CheerfulChild: Very cheery and the youngest of the group.

* ItsAllMyFault: She blames herself for Roselia nearly breaking up by virtue of mentioning [[spoiler:that she and Rinko saw Yukina meeting with someone who wanted her to leave Roselia behind to play at Future World Fes]]. Rinko, however, contends that if Ako hadn't brought it up, the others would have found out sooner or later

* TheTeamWannabe: Ako gets brushed off constantly, being too young and immature for Yukina and Sayo to take seriously, and even once she's actually in the band, they keep deflating her.

* HiddenBuxom: In the summer event, to the point where Lisa, Himari and Ako are ''impressed''.
* InSeriesNickname: Ako calls her "Rin-rin".
* NiceGirl: Very much so.

* StudentCouncilPresident: She becomes this for Hanasakigawa High at the start of Season 2 in hopes of improving her public speaking skills and confidence.

** In Roselia's first band story, one of her earliest scenes (before she joins Roselia) has two of her bandmates threatening to quit because Sayo only ever criticizes them for not meeting her standards, which quickly demonstrates that anyone who's in the same band as her ''better keep the hell up'' or she'll have nothing but harsh words for them.

* FashionDesigner: She's in charge of designing and sewing the band's outfits.

The drummer of Roselia. A silly, energetic girl with a burning desire to be "cool," she was relentless in convincing the ever-so-strict Yukina to give her a chance to prove her talent. Her admiration for her cool older sister Tomoe (the drummer for Afterglow) as well as her love of online games have given her a certain flair for the overly dramatic.

* ThePerfectionist: She’s so particular about getting things perfectly right that not knowing what to do exactly basically forces her to stop in her tracks. In one case, she even uses a ruler at a baking class to measure the precise thickness of the dough.

* HopelessWithTech: The "Neo Fantasy Online" event reveals that Yukina is a bit tech-illiterate as she had easily avoidable trouble with the [=PC=] she was using for the entirety of the event's story.

* SeriousBusiness: Sayo practices guitar as if it’s her life purpose, and she traces almost everything she does back to either furthering her mastery of the guitar, or improving Roselia as a band.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: She and Hina share the same favorite food: junk food. The difference is that Sayo is embarrassed about this fact and tries to hide it.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's stern and aloof, but that doesn't mean she doesn't care about her bandmates at all. She shows concern and even praise to them whenever the need arises and can be sweet ([[SugarAndIcePersonality in her own way]]) from time to time. It's best seen whenever she's alone with [[ChildhoodFriend Lisa]] and [[SenpaiKohai Kasumi]] though.

* SenpaiKohai: Has this relationship with Kasumi who is her junior by one year. She gives her friendly advice when she needs it and genuinely praises her efforts when she gives a good performance. Kasumi's cat ear-like hairstyle might've helped endear her more to [[KindheartedCatLover Yukina]] though.