History Characters / GaroVersusRoad

** The second time occurs at the end: Kuon is so weary of all the fighting that [[spoiler: he plants the Garo-ken in the ground after beating Shoutsetsu and walks away, leaving Azami free to wield the Dark Metal with seemingly-nobody to oppose her.]]

* DarkActionGirl

* ItAmusedMe: Says to Nagusuke that she just wants to have fun

* AssholeVictim: By the modern day, the Makai Order (what's seen of it) is effectively defunct. Given that they'd devolved into a cult of child-sacrificing wizards that worship Garo by the time Shousetsu started training, it's very hard to pity Sugo and his assistants when Azami turns the Dark Metal on them.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Makai Order of the VR-verse is less so a band of protectors and more so an overzealous cult of wizards that use murderous TrialByCombat to choose their champions. Considering they [[spoiler: had the creatures they're supposed to be purging under lock-and-key]] long before the present day, one has to wonder if they even ''have'' to fight Horrors anymore.

* TheExtremistWasRight: Despite their shown bloodlustful tendencies, the Order was correct to be suspicious of Azami's tainted origins; being exactly the "cursed child" she was treated as. Their hesitancy in dealing with her got ''them'' dealt with instead.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: While Nagusuke's attempts to dig up information on the Makai Order are well-intentioned and somewhat successful, the snooping also [[spoiler: alerts Azami to the location of the first game's [[SoleSurvivor other survivor]] and gets him and his son killed]]]].

* EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:The Veil]] is to Garo; both being elaborate wolf-themed armors ordained with regalia meant to protect people from Horrors. Garo is a titled armor meant to protect people used by someone who [[IJustWantToBeNormal couldn't care less about the power it holds]] while [[spoiler:The Veil]] is an EvilKnockoff recently made ''in retaliation'' to Garo from ThePowerOfHate and is being used to TakeOverTheWorld due to its wielder thinking HumansAreBastards.

* AdaptationalVillainy: The Makai Order of the VR-verse is less so a band of protectors and more so an overzealous cult of wizards that use murderous TrialByCombat to choose their champions. Considering they [[spoiler: had the creatures they're supposed to be purging under lock-and-key]] long before the present day, one has to wonder if they even ''had'' to fight Horrors anymore.

* RunorDie: Played straight with the Horrors. Knights are entirely incapable of dealing with these monsters [[spoiler:even without Azami controlling their PowerScaling]] and have to flee [[spoiler:or distract them using others as bait]] lest they be consumed.

* ByronicHero: A well-meaning man that takes up for his friends and hates violence. He’s also not the quickest to take action and somewhat easy to stress out. While this hesitant side makes him resistant to [[spoiler: Azami’s MindControl attempt]], it also renders him too far compromised to [[spoiler: honor Hoshiai’s LastRequest for a MercyKill when he ends up possessed]], putting him into an emotionally-catatonic state he has to be roused from by Amou.

* {{Foil}}: To the show’s BigBad, Shousetsu. Both were forced into an unavoidable tragedy by uncaring authority figures that required them to kill others to [[spoiler: preserve themselves for a worthless prize]]. Kuon had the support of mostly-understanding people and had a memory to fight for that allowed him to ultimately dust himself off and move on whereas Shousetsu was [[spoiler: too traumatized to let go and decided to retaliate against others with Versus Road]] instead.

* TheHero

%%* {{Determinator}}

* FaceMonsterTurn: When Azami’s attempt to [[spoiler:sow in-fighting among Kuon and Hoshiai]] fails, she has the latter possessed.

* YouKnowTooMuch: His investigation of the game gets the attention of [[spoiler:the first game’s survivor]].....and [[spoiler:Azami]].

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* SoleSurvivor: #13, revealed to be [[spoiler: Shousetsu]], is the victor.

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Amou's close friend. A gangster with dreams of becoming a crime boss.
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* AlasPoorVillain: Why not necessarily a villain, they are still a murderous sociopath. However, they are given more sympathy in the final battle. [[While Amou continuously punches them in the face, Takane is reminded of their abusing mother. Takane then clutches Amou, saying that they don't want their mother to be the last thing they think of when they die, and they want to leave a mark on the world]].

* SpitefulSpit: Spits out blood into [[spolier: Azami's face before he succumbs to his wounds and dies]].

* ItAmusesMe: Says to Nagusuke that she just wants to have fun

* TheSociopath:

* ThenLetMeBeEvil: Reflecting the spontaniety of real-world multiplayer, some players’ reactions to being forced into a murder-game is to embrace it completely; banding into savage raiding parties that sadistically single others out. This happens quite a bit during the second round’s dungeon-scramble.
* UnwittingPawn: All of the players of the game are [[spoiler:having [[ThePowerOfHate their darker emotions]] farmed from them as they fight]]; the true point of the game.

* MaybeMagicMaybeMundane: Takane is somehow able to maintain their modelling job despite journalists finding evidence linking them to [[spoiler:the murder they committed]]. Something is influencing this, but it's never revealed what.

* TheSociopath

* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Takane puts on the airs of someone hoping to redeem for their old misdeed but secretly harbors nothing but resentent toward it even being brought up and has no interest in how they’re perceived by anybody.

* AllForNothing: The Makai Order's zealous dedication to having trainees fight for the Garo Armor was meaningless, as it refused to recognized the winner of the murder-game. It's [[spoiler: the reluctant Kuon trying to stop the murders in the far future]] that it ultimately sires.

* TheUnreveal: Hoshiai’s charm emits a glow during the fourth round that’s noticed by Shousetsu, implying it (or the person that once owned it) was special. The show never elaborates and it simply becomes Kuon's TragicKeepsake.

* GreaterScopeVillain: All strife shown in this world can be traced back to the Makai Order and its quasi-religious dedication to the Garo Armor. Their method of recruitment got people killed, tainted the object with Inga and [[spoiler: allowed Azami to corrupt Shousetsu - inspiring him to orchestrate the events of ''Versus Road'' to make The Veil]].''

* MyFriendsAndZoidberg: #84 doesn't even warrant a description by the head Priestesses and is barely even noticed by the others.

* AmbiguousSituation: Hoshiai’s charm emits a glow during the fourth round that’s noticed by Shousetsu, implying it (or the person that once owned it) was special.

* CynicismCatalyst: Not being qualified for [[spoiler:the Garo Armor he was forced to kill his friends for]] and [[PoisonousFriend goading from Azami]] causes him to murder his superiors and end up creating a new murder-game in the future to form [[spoiler: The Veil]].

* PoisonousFriend: Becomes one to Shousetsu, encouraging him to [[spoiler: gather more Dark Metal after he uses it to destroy Sugo and his assistants in a rage]]. This would become the catalyst for Versus Road.

* KnifeNut: Their weapon’s a ballistic knife.

[[folder:Sena Kuon/[[spoiler:Garo]]]]
!!Sena Kuon

[[folder:Shousetsu Hagiri/[[spoiler:Veil]]]]
!!Shousetsu Hagiri

* ViciousCycle: Zig-zagged. [[spoiler: Shousetsu failing to inherit the Garo Armor despite winning the first murder-game]] convinces his superiors that they just...[[WeHaveReserves need to do it all over again. Azami successfully goads Shousetsu into [[spoiler: murdering Sugo's entourage with the Dark Metal]] before they can, though all this does is inspire him to [[spoiler: gather evil energy]] using ''his own murder-game''.

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Nagusuke's investigation into the Makai Order gets the attention of [[spoiler:#55]], who encourages him to stop. Nagusuke manages to track down and interrogate him, inadvertently tipping [[spoiler:Azami]] off to his location too. 55 [[spoiler:and possibly his prepubescent son]] are disposed of.

* WouldHurtAChild: Implied to have murdered [[spoiler: #55]]’s young son off-screen.