History Characters / ForestOfDespair

* AmbiguousDisorder: [[spoiler: There is quite a lot of evidence in the story that Akita suffers from Dissociative Identity Disorder due to her past. She does have split personalities, a bad memory, a tendency to get way to overly defensive, and holes in her memory as well. She also has hints of other disorders, like how her relationships change a lot, leaving a lot of people around her confused. And there are hints that she suffers from delusions and hallucinations. So, all in all, it is not fun being Akita.]]
** Averted. [[spoiler: It is actually made canon during the Valentine's Day special of all things. Then it was made canon in the actual story in chapter three.]]

* [[spoiler: AmbiguousDisorder: Hinted at (duh). She does not do well in social situations at all and has severely low self-esteem. There is also her tendency to run away and hide in the storage closet. Naoko does have what are hinted to be anxiety and panic attacks throughout the story, like whenever somebody asks how she got her talent and learning that she failed to stop Shinichi's death.]]

* [[spoiler: AmbiguousDisorder: Most of these characters have one and it is justified in-universe. Like Hotaru. She has a trouble focusing on anything, a possible lack of remorse, and loves pranking people a little too much. Hotaru in canon has also developed a drinking problem. Ayano even notes that she is becoming more and more crazy as the story goes on. And she also has hints of low self-esteem and can be viewed as hating her talent, viewing herself as being a useless dart thrower.]]

* [[spoiler: AmbiguousDisorder: Mirabilis believes that she is a magical girl even though she is just a florist. She has an obsession with her magical girl persona and becomes easily angry whenever somebody calls her out or breaks her rules. And she is shown to be secretive and her level of trust is very different for each person.]]

* [[spoiler: AmbiguousDisorder: It is highly hinted throughout the story that Ayano has depression. She does not have energy to do things and finds it hard to enjoy things. Others mistake her as being emotionless first meeting her, and, in the beginning, she only spoke one word and let Kazuhiko talk for her. Also, she is suicidal after Kazuhiko's death. Although she does try to kill herself, this is because of the Suicide Video, as she gets past her suicidal tendencies.]]
** [[spoiler: Averted. Ayano has depression, revealed when she tells Kyoto she does not want him to have depression as well.]]
*** [[spoiler: After the events of the fourth trial, Ayano is hinted to have Acute Stress Disorder that is turning into severe PTSD. She even has flashbacks and panic attacks.]]

* [[spoiler: BlackSheep: The only member of the Kirigiri family interested in Hope's Peak Academy. She does not have a good relationship with her family either.]]

* TeensAreShort: Adds to her {{Moe}} charm.

* TeensAreShort: One of the main reasons why she looks so young.

* TeensAreShort: Even though she is a samurai, Akita notes that she is the same height as Naoko.

* TeensAreShort: Shinichi is only four feet and nine inches tall. [[spoiler: Though this is most likely caused by not being feed enough as a child.]]

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Averted. Hotaru does want shoes but the mastermind decided to mess with her by taking them away. [[spoiler: After Akita dies, she takes her shoes, especially since winter is coming soon.]]

* BareYourMidriff: Her outfit is shown to expose her belly button. Her shorts only go to about her belly button and her shirt is nowhere close.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Oh boy, a lot of characters have an unnatural hair color.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Hotaru's hair is actually blue, although it is like a copper blue color.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Subverted. Mitsuru has pink hair, but she dyes it. Akita says that her natural hair color is black.

* [[spoiler: AndNowForSomeoneCompletelyDifferent: When Akita dies, Ayano takes over as the protagonist.]]

* MulticoloredHair: Namita's hair is both blue and purple.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Namita has gradient blue to purple hair. It is said that her natural hair color is blue.