History Characters / FamicomDetectiveClub

* EurekaMoment: In "The Missing Heir", [[spoiler: he's the one who realizes that the Ayashiro's, save Azusa, were killed via tobacco that were laced with cyanide.]]

* RejectingTheInheritance: [[spoiler: He gives the Ayashiro proof of succession to Kazuto instead of taking it for himself, proudly stating he is Takao and Yuri Toyama's son.]]

* SpottingTheThread: [[spoiler: After the protagonist realizes that it was Akira who attacked him and gave him amnesia at Unakami Cliff, Ayumi wonders he didn't simply dump his body into the water.]]

!Ayashiro Family

* ClashingCousins: Cousins once removed, technically, but [[spoiler: the siblings' antagonistic behaviour towards the protagonist is this, although none of them were aware of it.]]
* DysfunctionalFamily: Pretty much every member of the family you meet personally is a {{Jerkass}} in some way, the three cousins having a heated SiblingRivalry and being quick to throw each other under the bus, [[spoiler: being largely unbothered and more concerned for their own safety and gain when one of their own gets killed]], and being quick to take advantage of [[spoiler: each other's deaths.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler: They all sing the praises of the family lawyer Kanda, not knowing he's been planning their downfall for years.]]
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: [[spoiler: Due to her cutting ties with them, they didn't know that Yuri was dead for the last 17 years.]]
* SmokingIsNotCool: Almost all of them smoked, and the ones you meet, [[spoiler: save for Kazuto,]] [[{{Jerkass}} aren't entirely pleasant]]. [[spoiler: Plus, all but four of them[[note]] Yuri, Kazuto, Akira and Azusa [[/note]] are killed via cyanide-laced tobacco.]]

* TheAtoner: Tries to make up for the crimes she and her family with deeds such as making her estranged daughter heir to the household, formally make her step-son a member of the family, [[spoiler: and allowing the son of a family that they mistreated to act as their lawyer.]]
* ContrivedCoincidence: The reason Zenzou hires you; he finds it hard to believe that she just so happened the die after announcing her will. [[spoiler: Turns out he had every right to be suspicious.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: Her body is dug up and thrown into the ocean by Kanda and Akira to remove evidence of the poisoning.]]

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She meant well, but it was her decision to [[spoiler: make Kanda the Ayashiro Corporation's Legal Advisor]] that brought tragedy to her family.

* DrivenToSuicide: As the villagers will repeatedly tell you, he had driven an entire family to suicide in the past. [[spoiler: This family turns out to be the Kandas, with Kyonosuke as the only surviving member, which is why the latter seeks revenge.]]

* DesecratingTheDead: [[spoiler: After being poisoned via a cyanide cigarette, he's stabbed with an heirloom knife to throw off the investigation.]]

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}. This was clearly the killer's the intent, throwing her off Unakami Cliff after strangling her, but by a stroke of luck, the body came back to shore and was discovered.]]

* SinisterSuffocation: [[spoiler: Is strangled to death and thrown off the cliff.]]

* CrocodileTears: When [[spoiler: Kanji is discovered dead]], he's quick to act distraught and angry, but Azusa easily sees through it, and some employees note that he didn't seem too bothered by it.
* NeverSuicide: [[spoiler: Kanda framed his death to appear that he hung himself, when in reality he killed him using poisoned tobacco.]]

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Turns out to have been killed roughly after he killed Kiku and attacked the protagonist.]]
* DigYourOwnGrave: A variation. [[spoiler: He wasn't digging a new grave, but rather helping Kanda open up Kiku's grave. It's just that when they went back to refill it, Kanda killed him and hid his body there.]]

* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: He's the one who poisoned Kiku, and later attacked the protagonist after Zenzou hires him to look into her death. However, it's at this point that he [[YouHaveOutlivedHisUsefulness Outlived His Usefulness]].]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: His decision to steal an antique after planting the stolen tobacco for Kiku served to Kanda's benefit, as he was able frame Kanji's death on him and throw off the investigation.]]
* UngratefulBastard: Kiku cared for him greatly, seeing him as a grandson, and often gave him money, and he responded by stealing her family's artifacts [[spoiler: and later killing her.]]

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler: Upon realizing that he's the one who attacked the protagonist at Unakami Cliff, Ayumi ponders why he threw him into the bushes instead of into the water, which would more likely killed him. {{Subverted}} in that that was his intent, but the protagonist was saved by Kanda because he needed him alive.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: After poisoning Kiku, giving the protagonist amnesia, and helping him dump her body, Kanda sees no further use for him and kills him.]]

* ScrewThisImOutOfHere: [[spoiler: Genshin speculates that eloping with her husband may have also been motivated by escaping Kanda's potential vengeance. A wise decision, but one that ultimately didn't change her fate.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: He comes in at just the last moment to pin down Kanda after he had cornered the protagonist and was just about to kill him.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: He was the businessman the protagonist met in Yatsuka that left in a hurry.]]

* UnwittingPawn: It's speculated that the BigBad, assuming they haven't [[KillAndReplace killed and replaced]] him, might be manipulating the child into giving them power over the Ayashiro Corporation. [[spoiler: Those suspicions turn out to be true, as Kanda, under the guise of the friendly Amachi, had gained the trust of the protagonist and was using him to locate the symbol of the successor.]]

!Other Characters

* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Amachi is presented from the beginning as a GoodSamaritan who rescued you from your fall. However he's actually Kanda, the conniving lawyer who is behind every death in the game.]]

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Nearly crosses this after Azusa's murder and learning of Yuri's death years ago, but the protagonist is able to stop him by threatening to stop investigating, saying he can't work for someone who's given up.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: In spite of their shady past and their general {{Jerkass}} behaviour, he's nothing but loyal to the Ayashiros, [[spoiler: and grieves heavily when each of them are killed.]]
* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler: This poor guy has the displeasure of every member of the family he loyally served turning up dead, even being the one to discover two of their bodies.]]

* TheAtoner: [[spoiler: After confessing to her supposed part in Kiku's death, she vows to repay her sins by being useful to the Ayashiro family.]]
* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler: Feels responsible for Kiku’s death, as she knew that she continued smoking but didn’t have the heart to stop her, which she felt led to her heart failure. Kumada tries to reassure her, as a medical professional, that that wouldn’t have been enough to kill her, and he's right.]]

* DesecratingTheDead: Absolutely against this, showing increasing ire for the villagers desire to dig up Kiku's grave when [[spoiler: they believe to have seen her corpse walking around. He does make an exception when the protagonist and Kumada claim to need to examine her body for signs of cyanide poisoning.]]

* BunnyEarsLawyer: He's an odd fellow with delusions of being a GreatDetective and [[DirtyOldMan has a thing for beautiful woman]], but he's still a skilled physician and is trustworthy enough to be the Ayashiro's personal physician and [[spoiler: for the police to allow him help with their autopsies for the Ayashiros.]]

* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler: The reason he saved the protagonist from drowning in the ocean is because as Yuri's child, he's the only one with the talisman needed to find the symbol of the successor.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler: the protagonist, both being individuals who lost their parents due to the actions of wealthy and influential individuals, with Kanda's parents being DrivenToSuicide while the protagonist killed the son of a wealthy man in self-defense, but got sent to prison while Yuri, his mother, suffered harassment that culminated in the arson that took her life. However, whereas the protagonist never gets the chance to pursue vengeance, and doesn't seem to consider it even after learning the truth, Kanda has spent his life pursuing revenge against the Ayashiro clan.]]
* {{Foil}}: To the second game's BigBad, [[spoiler: Tatsuya Hibino]].
** They seek [[spoiler: murderous revenge against the members of a notorious and wealthy family who had wronged the people close to them. But whereas the murdered Kanedas had actively ruined the livelihoods of others, only Tokube was truly to blame for the Kanda's deaths. Every Ayashiro he targeted was either on good terms with him (Kiku, Kanji, Jiro, Azusa, Akira) or had no fault in what had happened (the protagonist).]]
** [[spoiler: Hibino manages to kill all of the known members of the Kaneda family. Kanda is stopped from killing the protagonist by Kazuto Ayashiro.]]
** While [[spoiler: Kanda's murders are premeditated and he himself makes an effort to cover them up, Hibino's are all heat of the moment killings, with him leaving the crime scenes behind untampered and Urabe being the one to hide the bodies for him.]]
** Both of them end up outliving [[spoiler: their accomplices, who get framed for crimes they committed. The difference is that Urabe committed suicide near the end of the story and wrote a fake confession letter, Akira is killed early on by Kanda who needed to get rid of a loose end.]]

** On the receiving end, [[spoiler: he turns out to be the surviving child of the family which had committed suicide due to Kiku's late husband.]]
** On the giving end, [[spoiler: he wants to exterminate every living Ayashiro as revenge. He almost succeeds, managing to take the lives of five Ayashiros in total, before being stopped from killing the protagonist by Kazuto.]]

* JackTheRipoff: [[spoiler: He got the idea to poison the Ayashiro's tobacco from a case he previously worked.]]

* UndyingLoyalty: To Kanda, [[spoiler: being incredulous at the possibility that he killed the Ayashiros. It takes her attempt to call the police on the Protagonist backfiring with them ordering her to cooperate for him to hand over the file.]]

* MissExposition: [[spoiler: After the protagonist learns that he's Yuri's son, she explains the circumstances that split them apart in full.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: The reason the protagonist feels he knows her is because [[spoiler: she bears a heavy resemblance to her mother, Sawako Yamamoto, who practically raised him.]]

* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Tragically {{Invoked}}. [[spoiler: While he, Yuri and the protagonist were living in Yatsuka, he happened upon two thugs beating on some poor guy, and stepped in to help him. One of them came at him with a knife and he ended up stabbing him in the struggle. Everyone assumed that he would get off since it was self-defense, but the thug he killed was actually the son of an influential figure, [[KangarooCourt who influenced the trial so he'd be convicted and sent to prison]], where he died.]]

* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: [[spoiler: He tried to help a guy being beaten up by two thugs, only to be convicted of the CrimeOfSelfDefence, and for his family to get harassed endlessly, culminating in an arson that killed his wife and was covered up by the spiteful father of his victim.]]

!Ushimitsu High Faculty

* DespairEventHorizon: Yoko's death affects him greatly and practically leaves him with a permanent ThousandYardStare,[[spoiler: and this was already long after Shinobu's death already threw the already unstable Hibino well over the edge]].
* GoMadFromTheRevelation: [[spoiler: Yoko telling him that she knows he was the one who killed Shinobu Asakawa causes him to absolutely snap]].

* IHaveManyNames: [[spoiler: Tatsuya Hibino, Tatsuya Uchida, Tatsuya Urabe]].

* GhostStory: "The Girl Who Stands Behind" rumor began when Hayama was leaving school late one night and saw a bloody figure of a young girl in a classroom window, staring down at her. [[spoiler: What she actually saw was a bloody Shinobu Asakawa]].

* AllForNothing: [[spoiler: His FalseConfession and his SuicideForOthersHappiness were almost immediately invalidated as Hibino quickly reveals that Urabe lied and that he's the real killer]].

* FalseConfession: [[spoiler: In order to protect Hibino, Urabe claims he was Genjiro's partner-in-crime and killed him and both Shinobu and Yoko too.]]

* IAmYourFather: [[spoiler: He is Tatsuya Hibino's real Father, who gave him up for adoption to the Uchida's after the death of his wife]].
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He is absolutely horrified over [[spoiler: his AccidentalMurder of Shinobu]].
* ParentalSubstitute: Was an old friend of Hibino's father and looked after him when after the latters death. [[spoiler: Later subverted as TheStinger reveals he is in fact Hibino's biological Father]].
* UndyingLoyalty: Many have this to him, but he himself has it towards [[spoiler: Hibino, to the point of [[DisposingOfABody hiding both Shinobu and Yoko's bodies]] and [[SuicideForOthersHappiness killing himself]] after making a FalseConfession to their murders]].

* UndyingLoyalty: To Urabe, [[spoiler: to the point where the main reason for his erratic behavior during the case is because the investigation could lead to TheReveal of [[BigSecret Urabe having lied about being Tazaki's alibi when Shinobu disappeared]] which could lead to Urabe becoming a suspect in Yoko's murder]].

!Ushimitsu High Students

* AmateurSleuth: Ran the detective club with Ayumi, [[spoiler: and was a good enough sleuth to solve a 15 year old murder]].
* DueToTheDead: Becomes borderline obsessed with solving Shinobu Asakawa's disappearance. It's heavily hinted it;'s because [[spoiler: she's possessed by Shinobu's spirit]].
* HeroicHost: Many speculate that she [[spoiler: is carrying Shinobu's soul]].
* IdenticalStranger: Bears a great resemblance to the late Shinobu Asakawa,[[spoiler: later revealed to be a case of StrongFamilyResemblance, as the two girls were cousins]].
* PracticallyDifferentGenerations: [[spoiler: She is Shinobu Asakawa's cousin, but is 15 years younger than her]].

* NeverFoundTheBody: She vanished without a trace 15 years ago, her disappearance was the origin of "The Girl Who Stands Behind" rumor. [[spoiler: [[FinallyFoundTheBody Her body is finally found]] [[ConstructiveBodyDisposal behind the mirror in the school hallway in the games conclusion]]]].

* SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Her being a witness to Genjiro Kaneda's murder ultimately leads to her death]].
* TimeDelayedDeath: [[spoiler: Okay, so this is an odd one. She seemingly died when Urabe accidentally ran her over, but according to Hibino, she was only knocked out and he finished her off by smashing her over the head with a vase. ''However'', her eventual autopsy doesn't reveal any head trauma which means Hibino must've been lying and she really did die when Urabe ran her over. ''Except'' it's made very clear the moment she woke up from her "death" was when Hayama saw her bloody image, which led to the Girl Who Stands Behind rumor in the first place, which means it ''must've'' happened...but, again the autopsy...we'll just leave it at a definitive "We don't know".]]
* UnfinishedBusiness: [[spoiler: Some speculate her soul possessed the body of Yoko Kojima, to finally solve her murder]].

* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: Implied to not so much be a ghost itself, but Shinobu's spirit possessing Yoko's body]].

* GreaterScopeVillain: While the man himself has no direct influence on the story, it was his nefarious crimes which [[spoiler: drove Tatsuya Uchida to murder him]] which ultimately led to the domino chain of events that set off the plot.
* SmallRoleBigImpact: [[spoiler: Yoko wouldn't have been killed if she didn't look into Shinobu's disappearance. Shinobu wouldn't have been killed if she wasn't a witness to Genjiro's murder, and Genjiro wouldn't have been murdered if he wasn't such a sack of human garbage]].

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: Nary anyone feels any pity when he's murdered]].

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkioOhtsuka

* TheRuntAtTheEnd: [[spoiler:Aside from [[TheHeavy Akira]], she's the only one of the Ayashiros to have not been killed with cyanide-laced tobacco, as she quit smoking due to a sore throat. This forced Kanda to kill her via strangulation instead.]]

!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RikiyaKoyama

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: Aside from [[TheHeavy Akira]], she's the only one of the Ayashiros to have not been killed with cyanide-laced tobacco, as she quit smoking due to a sore throat. This forced Kanda to kill her via strangulation instead.]]

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: Aside from [[TheHeavy Akira]], she's the only one of the Ayashiro's to have not been killed with cyanide-laced tobacco, as she quit smoking due to a sore throat. This forced Kanda to kill her via strangulation instead.]]

* SpottingTheThread: [[spoiler: After TheProtagonist realizes that it was Akira who attacked him and gave him amnesia at Unakami Cliff, Ayumi wonders he didn't simply dump his body into the water.]]

* SmokingIsNotCool: Almost all of them smoked, and the ones you meet, [[spoiler: save for Kazuto,]] [[{{Jerkass}} aren't entirely pleasant]]. [[spoiler: Plus, all but four of them[[note]] Yuri, Kazuto, Akira and Azusa [[/note]] are killed via cyanide laced tobacco.]]

* KimonoIsTraditional: She was born around 1910 and died aged 78. In her photo, she wears a kimono rather than the western clothes worn by the rest of the family.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: Aside from [[TheHeavy Akira]], she's the only one of the Ayashiro's to have not been killed with cyanide laced tobacco, as she quit smoking due to a sore throat. This forced Kanda to kill her via strangulation instead.]]

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Turns out to have been killed roughly after he killed Kiku and attacked TheProtagonist.]]

* TheHeavy: [[spoiler: He's the one who poisoned Kiku, and later attacked TheProtagonist after Zenzou hires him to look into her death. However, it's at this point that he [[YouHaveOutlivedHisUsefulness Outlived His Usefulness]].]]

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler: Upon realizing that he's the one who attacked TheProtagonist at Unakami Cliff, Ayumi ponders why he threw him into the bushes instead of into the water, which would more likely killed him. {{Subverted}} in that that was his intent, but TheProtagonist was saved by Kanda because he needed him alive.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: After poisoning Kiku, giving TheProtagonist amnesia, and helping him dump her body, Kanda sees no further use for him and kills him.]]

* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler: He was the businessman TheProtagonist met in Yatsuka that left in a hurry.]]

* KillAndReplace: The protagonist and Ayumi fear that [[spoiler: Kanda]] might have killed the child and, after claiming the symbol of the successor, replaced him with a body double who would do his bidding.

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: Nearly crosses this after Azusa's murder and learning of Yuri's death years ago, but TheProtagonist is able to stop him by threatening to stop investigating, saying he can't work for someone who's given up.]]

* DesecratingTheDead: Absolutely against this, showing increasing ire for the villagers desire to dig up Kiku's grave when [[spoiler: they believe to have seen her corpse walking around. He does make an exception when TheProtagonist and Kumada claim to need to examine her body for signs of cyanide poisoning.]]

[[folder: Kumada]]

* DirtyOldMan: It's evident that despite his age, he's rather infatuated with Yuri and often blushes when she's brought up. It's evident this doesn't apply to just her though, seeing as he drags TheProtagonist to Umanaki Cliff upon hearing of Yukiko.

* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler: TheProtagonist, both being individuals who lost their parents due to the actions of wealthy and influential individuals, with Kanda's parents being DrivenToSuicide while TheProtagonist killed the son of a wealthy man in self-defense, but got sent to prison while Yuri, his mother, suffered harassment that culminated in the arson that took her life. However, whereas TheProtagonist never gets the chance to pursue vengeance, and doesn't seem to consider it even after learning the truth, Kanda has spent his life pursuing revenge against the Ayashiro clan.]]

* MissExposition: [[spoiler: After TheProtagonist learns that he's Yuri's son, she explains the circumstances that split them apart in full.]]
* StrongFamilyResemblance: The reason TheProtagonist feels he knows her is because [[spoiler: she bears a heavy resemblance to her mother, Sawako Yamamoto, who practically raised him.]]

* CrimeOfSelfDefense: Tragically {{Invoked}}. [[spoiler: While he, Yuri and TheProtagonist were living in Yatsuka, he happened upon two thugs beating on some poor guy, and stepped in to help him. One of them came at him with a knife and he ended up stabbing him in the struggle. Everyone assumed that he would get off since it was self-defense, but the thug he killed was actually the son of an influential figure, [[KangarooCourt who influenced the trial so he'd be convicted and sent to prison]], where he died.]]

* HelloInsertNameHere: While text dialogue will show the protagonist's full name, for gameplay limitations, you won't hear the characters say his name. Promotional material for the Nintendo Switch remake use the name ''Taro Ninten'', however no offical CanonName has been confirmed.

The late matriarch of the Ayashiro Family and chairwoman of the Ayashiro Corparation.

* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: [[spoiler: Aside from [[TheHeavy Akira]], she's the only one of the Ayashiro's to have not been killed with cyanide laced tabacco, as she quit smoking due to a sore throat. This forced Kanda to kill her via strangulation instead.]]
* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: {{Subverted}}. This was clearly the killer's the intent, throwing her off Unamaki Cliff after strangling her, but by a stroke of luck, the body came back to shore and was discovered.]]

%%* DeadAllAlong

* UngratefulBastard: Kiku cared for him greatly, seeing him as a grandson, and often gave him money, and he responded by stealing her family's artefacts [[spoiler: and later killing her.]]

* ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler: Feels responsible for Kiku’s death, as she knew that she continued smoking but didn’t have the heart to stop her, which she felt led to her heart failure. Kunabe tries to reassure her, as a medical professional, that that wouldn’t have been enough to kill her, and he's right.]]
* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Everyone notes that she was a lot more cheerful before Kiku's death, and so are naturally concerned about her new, withdrawn demeanour.

* EvilCounterpart: To [[spoiler: TheProtagonist, both being individuals who lost their parents due to the actions of wealthy and influential individuals, with Kanda's parents being DrivenToSuicide while TheProtagonist killed the son of a wealthy man in self-defence, but got sent to prison while Yuri, his mother, suffered harassment that culminated in the arson that took her life. However, whereas TheProtagonist never gets the chance to pursue vengeance, and doesn't seem to consider it even after learning the truth, Kanda has spent his life pursuing revenge against the Ayashiro clan.]]

** Both of them end up outliving [[spoiler: their accomplices, who get framed for crimes they commited. The difference is that Urabe committed suicide near the end of the story and wrote a fake confession letter, Akira is killed early on by Kanda who needed to get rid of a loose end.]]

* CrimeOfSelfDefence: Tragically {{Invoked}}. [[spoiler: While he, Yuri and TheProtagonist were living in Yatsuka, he happened upon two thugs beating on some poor guy, and stepped in to help him. One of them came at him with a knife and he ended up stabbing him in the struggle. Everyone assumed that he would get off since it was self-defence, but the thug he killed was actually the son of an influential figure, [[KangarooCourt who influenced the trial so he'd be convicted and sent to prison]], where he died.]]

%%* ZeroPercentApprovalRating

* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Shinobu's death threw the already unstable Hibino well over the edge]].

* HundredPercentAdorationRating: To the point where even implying suspicion towards him sets certain people off.

%%* SheepInSheepsClothing

* TooDumbToLive:[[spoiler: Directly confronting a murderer goes about as well as you'd expect]].

%%* ConstructiveBodyDisposal
* NeverFoundTheBody: She vanished without a trace 15 years ago, her disappearance was the origin of "The Girl Who Stands Behind" rumor. [[spoiler: Until her body is finally found at the games conclusion]].

%%* UsedToBeASweetKid

%%* ConMan
* GreaterScopeVillain: While the man himself has no direct influence on the story, it was his nefarious crimes which drove [[spoiler: Tatsuya Uchida]] to murder him and set off the events of the plot.

%%* AssholeVictim

The art teacher at Ushimitsu High School.

The principal of Ushimitsu High School.

%%* AmateurSleuth
%%* StrongFamilyResemblance
%%* TooDumbToLive

%%* NeverFoundTheBody

* GenderBlenderName: [[spoiler:The big, ugly JapaneseDelinquent who tries to act tough and intimidating towards you is named ''Hitomi Kawai(i)''. Even the protagonist is baffled when he finds this out.]]

Genjiro Kaneda's son.

* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler:She would've lived a lot longer had she not gone off by herself so often]].

* EurekaMoment:
** In "The Missing Heir", [[spoiler: he's the one who realizes that the Ayashiro's, save Azusa, were killed via tobacco that were laced with cyanide.]]

* SinisterSuffocation: [[spoiler: Is strangled to death and throw off the cliff.]]
%%* TooDumbToLive

[[folder: Shoji Ayashiro]]

** They seek [[spoiler: murderous revenge against the members of a notorious and wealthy family who had wronged the people close to them. But whereas the murdered Kanedas had actively ruined the livelihoods of others, only Shoji was truly to blame for the Kanda's deaths. Every Ayashiro he targeted was either on good terms with him (Kiku, Kanji, Jiro, Azusa, Akira) or had no fault in what had happened (the protagonist).]]

* UndyingLoyalty: To Kanda, [[spoiler: being incredulous at the possibility that she killed the Ayashiros. It takes her attempt to call the police on them backfiring with them ordering her to cooperate for her to hand over the file.]]

* StrongFamilyResemblance: The reason TheProtagonist feels he knows her is because [[spoiler: she bears a heavy resemblance to her mother, who practically raised him.]]

* SpannerInTheWorks: [[spoiler: His decision to steal an antique after planting the stolen Tabasco for Kiku served to Kanda's benefit, as he was able frame Kanji's death on him and throw off the investigation.]]

* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler: Upon realizing that he's the one who attacked TheProtagonist at Unakami Cliff, Ayame ponders why he threw him into the bushes instead of into the water, which would more likely killed him. {{Subverted}} in that that was his intent, but TheProtagonist was saved by Kanda because he needed him alive.]]

[[folder: Reiko]]

[[folder: Motoko Sawako]]

** They're seek [[spoiler: murderous revenge against the members of a notorious and wealthy family who had wronged the people close to them. But whereas the murdered Kanedas had actively ruined the livelihoods of others, only Shoji was truly to blame for the Kanda's deaths. Every Ayashiro he targeted was either on good terms with him (Kiku, Kanji, Jiro, Azusa, Akira) or had no fault in what had happened (the protagonist).]]

** Both of them end up outliving [[spoiler: their accomplices, who get framed for crimes they commited. The difference is that Urabe committed suicide near the end of the story and wrote a fame confession letter, Akira is killed early on by Kanda who needed to get rid of a loose end.]]

* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Her body was dug out by Kanda and tossed into the ocean, which shows just how deep his contempt is towards the Ayashiro family.]]

[[folder: Kiku Ayashiro]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Kiyoko Miyazawa

The late matriarch of the Ayashiro Family and chairwoman of the Ayashiro Corparation.

* AbusiveParents: She was cold towards her step-son Kazuto and never did quite accept him into the family while he was around, which was a factor in Yuri's decision to leave the family. She later regretted her behavior towards him, however.
* TheAtoner: Tries to make up for the crimes she and her family did such as making her estranged daughter heir to the household, formally make her step-son a member of the family, and allowing the son of a family that they mistreated as their lawyer.
* DueToTheDead: [[spoiler:Her body was dug out by Kanda and tossed into the ocean, which shows just how deep his contempt is towards the Ayashiro family.]]
%%* NiceJobBreakingItHero
* PlotTriggeringDeath: It was her sudden death after announcing her will that set the events of the story into motion.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She meant well, but it was her decision to [[spoiler: make Kanda the Ayashiro Corporation's Legal Advisor]] that brought tragedy to her family.

[[folder: Shoji Ayashiro]]
Kiku's late husband and former head of the Ayashiro family.

%%* NeverSuicide

%%* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness

%%* DirtyOldMan

[[folder: Takao Toyama]]
Yuri's husband and [[spoiler:the protagonist's father]].

* LikeFatherLikeSon: Like his son [[spoiler:the protagonist]], he had a strong sense of justice.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: Looks just like an older version of [[spoiler:the protagonist in flashback depictions]].

!The Girl Who Stands Behind
!Ushimitsu High Faculty
[[folder: Tatsuya Hibino]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki

%%* BigBad
* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:Shinobu's death threw the already unstable Hibino well over the edge]].
* HotTeacher: Hibino is quite pleasing on the eyes. He’s also thought to be “cute” by one of the female students you talk to in the beginning.
%%* MaskOfSanity

[[folder: Tetsuji Komada]]
!!!'''Voiced by:''' Michitaka Kobayashi

The art teacher at Ushimitsu High School.

* {{Troll}}: [[spoiler:At one point he locks you in the art room with him with the clear intent to kill you. Turns out the room wasn't locked and he was just messing with you]].

* DastardlyWhiplash: While his attire is modern, his small, beady eyes and slightly curled mustache practically say "louse". While his secret activities are never explicitly shown, they definitely seem to be petty seeing as [[spoiler:he blackmailed Urabe just so that he can regain money and continue partying without a care in the world]].

* Foil: To the second game's BigBad, [[spoiler: Tatsuya Hibino]].

* KidDetective: The protagonist became one after being taken in by Utsugi. In ''The Girl Who Stands Begind'' especially, it’s noted several times by many of the adults you talk to on how young you are, with at least one of them mistaking you for a student at the high school you’re investigating. He makes it clear that he wants to be seen as a detective and not a ‘kid’, though.