History Characters / PsychedelicaOfTheBlackButterfly

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:He's been dead for around a hundred year.]]

** For starters, [[spoiler:he's perfectly willing to stab all of his childhood friends in the back just so he has a shot with Ai.]]

** On Monshiro's route, [[spoiler:he tells Kazuya that he [[IWishYouWereDead wishes Kazuya was dead and Natsuki was the comatose one]]. Making it even worse is that Natsuki doesn't say this because of the life he was unfairly robbed of, but because he's "[[EntitledToHaveYou better equipped]]" for Ai.]]

* IHatePastMe: He has nothing but disgust for his old self, who was a "weak" ShrinkingViolet. [[spoiler:This is due to feeling wretched about freezing in fear when his childhood friends were in danger.]]

* NeverBeHurtAgain: [[spoiler:The "Real World" ending]] shows that she adopted this attitude after [[spoiler:Natsuki drowned, Kazuya fell into a coma, and Takuya and Aki left]]; while perfectly friendly, she kept her emotional distance from people so she wouldn't have to feel the pain of loss and seperation. In good endings, she's able to overcome this.

* ArcVillain: [[spoiler:He's the closest we have to we have to a villain in this story]].

* {{Foil}}: To Monshiro. [[spoiler:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Kagiha is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Kagiha is secretly on Hikage's. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Kagiha knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]]

** He knew [[spoiler:Monshiro was actually alive, but let him think otherwise for ten years.]]
** On Monshiro's route, [[spoiler:he tells Kazuya that he [[IWishYouWereDead wishes Kazuya was dead and Kagiha was the comatose one]]. Making it even worse is that Kagiha doesn't say this because of the life he was unfairly robbed of, but because he's "[[EntitledToHaveYou better equipped]]" for Ai.]]

* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:In Kazuya's route, he helps Hikage emotionally break Kazuya so he'll fall into the Abyss, allowing Kagiha to 'take his place' and return to the real world with Beniyuri.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Kagiha. [[spoiler:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Kagiha is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Kagiha is secretly on Hikage's. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Kagiha knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]]

* TheLadysFavor: The purple ribbon he wears around his neck is [[spoiler:Beniyuri/Ai's TragicKeepsake. When they were kids, she gave it to him to bandage his knee, but he was put in a coma shortly after and was thus unable to return it. His wish to give it back to her fuelled his stay in Psychedelica, which also kept him alive in real life, and was ultimately the only thing he didn’t forget. And, implicitly because ClapYourHandsIfyouBelieve is a thing in Psychedelica, the ribbon actually ended up acting as a protective charm, staving off the deep despair he felt. He's finally able to return it when she arrives in Psychedelica, and again if/when they wake up in the real world.]]

*** A [[ImportantHairAccessory hairpin]] for Beniyuri
*** A ring for Kagiha
*** An earring for Karasuba
*** A bracelet for Hikage
*** A chocker for Yamato
*** A necklace for Monshiro

* SweetTooth: On Hikage’s route, she wonders, in order, whether she could use the kaleidoscope to wish for a lifetime supply of chocolate chip ice cream, strawberry pastries, or to never gain weight again when eating sweets. Part of it is to make him laugh, but part of it is because she really does just love sweets.

%%* IllGirl:
%%* HeroicSacrifice:

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: They call her Usagi due to her rabbit mask.
* PoorCommunicationKills: If Usagi had revealed her identity to [[spoiler: Hikage]] and took off her mask, the game would have been a lot shorter.

* PoorCommunicationKills: If Monshiro revealed his identity and took off his mask, the game would have been a lot shorter.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: This silly, lackadaisacal dude [[spoiler:is the only character to correctly guess Hikage's and Monshiro's identities.]]

* HiddenDepths: Karasuba may claim that he's shallow or unobservan, but Beniyuri catches him reading Dazai Osamu's "The Setting Sun". It is not an easy book, and not a cheerful one either. She's also surprised to find out Karasuba is an avid bookworm.

* TheLadysFavor: The purple ribbon he wears around his neck is [[spoiler:Beniyuri/Ai's TragicKeepsake. When they were kids, she gave it to him to bandage his knee, but he was put in a coma shortly after and was thus unable to return it. His wish to give it back to her fuelled his stay in Psychedelica, which also kept him alive in real life, and was ultimately the only thing he didn’t forget. And, implicitly because YourMindMakesItReal in Psychedelica, the ribbon actually ended up acting as a protective charm, staving off the deep despair he felt. He's finally able to return it when she arrives in Psychedelica, and again if/when they wake up in the real world.]]

* GutFeeling: Karasuba's intuition is almost psychic. He was able to correctly guess the characters [[spoiler:knew each other in the real world]], that [[spoiler:there was an impostor among them]], and, eventually, [[spoiler:Monshiro and Hikage's true identities]].

* HiddenDepths: Karasuba may claim that he is not observant or shallow, but Beniyuri catches him reading Dazai Osamu's "The Setting Sun". It is not an easy book, and not a cheerful one either. Beniyuri was surprised to find out Karasuba likes books.

* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His gruffness and curt behavior are because he's terrible with people, not because he's a dick.

* {{Foil}}: To Monshiro. [[spoiler:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Kagiha is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Kagiha is TheMole. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Kagiha knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]]

* AwesomeByAnalysis: Is stated to be observant a few times, even though he tries to avoid knowing more.

* GutFeeling: Karasuba's intuition is almost psychic. He was able to correctly guess the characters [[spoiler: knew each other in the real world]], that there was an [[spoiler:impostor]] among them, and, eventually, [[spoiler:Monshiro and Hikage's true identities]].
* IHatePastMe: He has nothing but disgust for his old self, who was a "weak" ShrinkingViolet. [[spoiler:This is due to feeling wretched about freezing in fear when his childhood friends were in danger.]]
* InformedAbility: Hikage says Karasuba is a quick thinker. We never actually see him think fast.

* ShrinkingViolet: In his youth, he was a timid and shy boy. After moving to a new school, he decided to put on the persona of a cocky flirt so he'd never get bullied agian, and it eventually became second nature.

* {{Foil}}: To Kagiha. [[spoiler:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Kagiha is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Kagiha betrays them to Hikage. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Kagiha knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]]

* InnocentlyInsensitive: He loudly complained about [[spoiler:Kazuya's promise to return Ai's "dumb old ribbon", only for Aki to hiss that it's a TragicKeepsake from her mom. Cue horrified flinch from Takuya.]].

* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:One fateful day at summer camp, he and the rest of the heroes got caught in a flood. While they were trying to travel to safety, he noticed that he'd lost Ai's ribbon, insisted that the others go on without him, and went back to get it. Ai and Natsuki followed him, and while they found the ribbon just fine, the delay made the waters even worse. Ultimately, he and Ai got pulled down, Natsuki drowned rescuing them, and Kazuya was left in a coma. He's not upset about what happened to him, just what happened to Natsuki.]]

* NiceGirl: She's sweet, gives people the benefit of the doubt, and just wants everyone in the group to get along. Flashbacks also show that [[spoiler:she went out of her way to defend Aki (who she didn't know at the time) from bullies and was the first person to reach out to Kazuya.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Kagiha. [[spoiler:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Kagiha is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Kagiha is TheMole. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Kagiha knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]]

* ResentfulGuardian: While Yamato does care for his brother, certain routes reveal that [[spoiler:he does hold some resentment towards him for having to look after him in the hospital]], though he feels disgusted with himself for feeling that way, primarily since he blames himself for the incident that led to him falling into a coma in the first place.
* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: Manly man to Karasuba's sensitive guy
* TheAtoner: Yamato desperately seeks forgiveness

* AbsoluteCleavage: His jumpsuit opens all the way to his navel.

* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:His love for Ai literally kept his comatose body alive for ten years, as he refused to leave Psychedelica until he had returned her ribbon.]]
* ThePromise: [[spoiler:To return Ai's [[TragicKeepsake ribbon]]. He almost drowned going back for it, he refused to move on from Psychedelica until he could return it, and it was all he remembered when he’d forgotten his name, his family, and his past.]]

* SociallyAwkwardHero: When it comes to killing monsters, he can do so coolly and casually with nary a flicker of fear. Put him in a room of other people, and watch him flounder to find the right words or express confusion at social norms. That said, this is somewhat downplayed as he's not really bothered by his lack of social skills and [[HatesBeingAlone far prefers being with other people, even if he has to struggle]].

* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: And then Yamato turned into a [[spoiler: monster]].

* GreenEyedMonster: As a child, he was jealous of his brother's friendship with the girl he liked.

* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The two facts that ''he'' is the master of the manor and has been impersonating Kazuya gives away huge swathes of the plot.]]

* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:At the end of his route, when he accidentally shoots [[spoiler: Usagi]].

* BrutalHonesty: He is straightforward to the point of rudeness and appears to have zero concern for the feelings of others

* SanitySlippage: In Hikage's route, [[spoiler: Usagi tells Beniyuri how he slowly lost his grip on his sanity after she died]].

* TheLeader: Plays this role for the group of heroes.

* ManipulativeBastard: Manipulates [[spoiler: Kagiha]] all along to achieve his ultimate goal.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: His butterfly mini-game art has him with one red eye. [[spoiler: his right eye goes permanently red/fuchsia after he is revealed to be the master of the mansion]].

* TragicVillain: [[spoiler:He was no saint in life, but [[MoralityChain Usagi's death]] pushed him off the deep end. He became obsessed with finding a way to bring her back to life, but when he found the kaleidoscope, killed himself out of shame for falling so far. He then woke up in Psychedelica with no memories but every ounce of the pain, grief, and madness he wasn't able to heal from. After watching others move on while he couldn't, he came to the decision that [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery if he had to be in constant anguish, so did everyone else]].]]

* ItsAllMyFault: Blames himself for [[spoiler: his younger sister's]] death

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Kagiha's real name is [[spoiler: Mizutani Natsuki]].

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Hikage" is a nickname. [[spoiler:We never find out what his real name was.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:On Monshiro's route, he saves Kazuya from Hikage and plays up his fondness for their childhood past...specifically so he can twist the emotional knife that much deeper, driving Kazuya into despair. Then, when Ai comes looking for Kazuya, he puts on a remorseful mask about how he couldn't save him but promises to protect her.]]
* MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:In Kazuya’s route, he helps Hikage emotionally break Kazuya so he’ll fall into the Abyss, allowing Kagiha to 'take his place' and return to the real world with Beniyuri.]]
* NiceGuy: Kagiha has a sweet and gentle personality and is the most non-confrontational young man out of all prisoners.

* AbsoluteCleavage: His shirt-jacket-thing opens all the way to his navel.

* LockedIntoStrangeness: He has white hair with two tufts that look like fox ears and a ''tail''. [[spoiler:He loses them upon returning to the real world.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Monshiro. [[spoiled:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Kagiha is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Kagiha is TheMole. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Kagiha knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]]

* {{Foil}}: To Kagiha. [[spoiled:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Kagiha is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Kagiha is TheMole. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Kagiha knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]]

* LeftHandedMirror: He's a lefty, as indicated in several [=CGIs=], which serves to contrast him against his {{Foil}} Kagiha.

* {{Determinator}}: Shines through on Monshiro's route. [[spoiler:Doesn't matter how much the Abyss terrifies her, how dark it is, how small the odds of successfully navigating it are--she jumps in and walks through it until she finds him, then walks through it until they find a way out. The choice that leads to his good end also involves her continually reaching out for him, despite him being well out of sight, and the result? With [[MagicalAccessory the ribbon's help]] and her own sheer will, she defies the odds and ''successfully closes the distance between them''.]]

* TragicKeepsake: The purple ribbon that she got from her [[MissingMom late mother]]. [[spoiler:It's the same one Monshiro has.]]

* FauxAffablyEvil: Hikage is a good-natured and dependable person [[spoiler: until he is outed as the impostor. Then he drops all pretenses, shows no remorse and [[EvilLaugh laughs maniacally]]

* PoorCommunicationKills: If Monshiro revealed his identity and took off his mask, the game would have been a lot shorter

* SanitySlippage: Hn Hikage's route [[spoiler: Usagi tells Beniyuri how he slowly lost his grip on his sanity after she died]].

* TheTsundere: Karasuba calls him this on one occasion.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: Drowned 10 years prior to the beginning of the story.]]

* NiceGuy: Kagiha has sweet and gentle personality and is the most non-confrontational young man out of all prisoners.

* AnimalMotifs: rabbits

* MoralityPet: to [[spoiler: Hikage]].
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: they call her Usagi due to her rabbit mask.
* PoorCommunicationKills: If Usagi revealed her identity to [[spoiler: Hikage]] and took off her mask, the game would have been a lot shorter.

* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: a given in an otome game
* IdentityAmnesia: everyone's issue due to the nature of the mansion
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: they remember their skills, things they have cooked and eaten, books they have read, but nothing about their families or themselves.

* CanonName: Their default true name, [[InterfaceSpoiler as indicated by a menu at the very start,]] is Ai Minato. [[HelloInsertNameHere However, it can be edited.]]
* ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler: if she pursues romance routes with Karasuba, Kagiha, Monshiro or Yamato]]

* CoolBigSis: to her younger sister Haruka
* DoesNotLikeSpam: avoids eating green peas.
* ImportantHairAccessory: In Karasuba's true world ending she decides to finally put on the hairpin he bought for her, symbolising that she was ready to put her past behind her and try being together with him.
* ItsAllMyFault: Blames herself for the tragedy that happened 10 years ago.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: to the rest of the cast she is Beniyuri. The player can name her from the beginning.

* SweetTooth: likes sweets
* TragicKeepsake: purple ribbon that she got from her [[MissingMom late mother]].

* TheAce: Hikage is too good at everything. People even ask him if there is anything he can't do. His response is "No." Turns out that his only weakness is not knowing how smartphones work [[spoiler: which makes sence once we discover that he died before the smartphones became widespread]].

* AlasPoorVillain: and the end of his route, when he accidentally shoots [[spoiler: Usagi]].
* ArcVillain: [[spoiler: it's the closest we have to we have to a villain in this story]].
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler: filled with hate to the world, he is not possession of all his marbles.]]

* ComicallySerious: sometimes Hikage seems to be too intense in his perfectionism.
* CompulsiveLiar:
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: has died before the story begins.]]
* DrivenToSuicide:
* CrazyPrepared: at least that's what others think. Hikage really thinks ahead and plans for everything in advance.
* DoesNotLikeSpam: as far as Hikage is concerned, shiitake mushrooms should not exist.

* ForcefulKiss: takes this course of action with Beniyuri in his route to scare her into staying away from him. It works for a bit.

* MoralEventHorizon: Crossed that line after [[spoiler: his younger sister]] died

* RedEyesTakeWarning: his butterfly mini-game art has him with one red eye. [[spoiler: his right eye goes permanently red/fuchsia after he is revealed to be the master of the mansion]].
* SanitySlippage: in Hikage's route [[spoiler: Usagi tells Beniyuri how he slowly lost his grip on his sanity after she died]].
* TallDarkAndHandsome: check check check
* TallDarkAndSnarky: check check check as well

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Hikage" is a nickname.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler: drowned 10 years prior to the beginning of the story.]]
* Foreshadowing:
*** Kagiha does not know what a smartphone is. [[spoiler: that is because he died 10 years ago, when smartphones were not a thing]].
*** Kagiha remarks that Beniyuri seems familiar to him, but none of the others do the same. Not only is it a hint that Kagiha and Beniyuri have met before, [[spoiler: but it's a hint that Kagiha regained his memories a long time ago.]]

* RealMenCook: helps Beniyuri with cooking and seems to be proficient in it.
* SweetTooth: fond of sweets

* AwesomeByAnalysis: is stated to be observant a few times, even though he tries to avoid knowing more.

* FashionableAsymmetry: while Hikage sports this as well, Karasuba is by far the worst offender. Everything from his hair to the way he wears his clothes, screams of assymetry.
* GutFeeling: Karasuba's intuition is almost psychic. He was able to feel the characters [[spoiler: knew each other in the real world]], that there was an [[spoiler: impostor]] among them and, eventually, Monshiro's identity.

* HeightAngst: played for laughs. Pretends to suffer from the inconveniences of tall height like Kagiha does to seem taller.

* SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: the sensitive guy to Yamato's manly man.

* DoesNotLikeSpam: hates sweets
* GreenEyedMonster: as a child, he was jealous of his brother's friendship with the girl he liked.
* HairTriggerTemper: very irritable and snaps easily
* HeightAngst: played for laughs. Pretends to suffer from the inconveniences of tall height like Kagiha does to seem taller.
* IneffectualLoner: first half of the game Yamato wants to be left alone and get out of the mansion as soon as possible.

* RealMenCook: turns out to like cooking.
* * ResentfulGuardian: While Yamato does care for his brother, certain routes reveal that [[spoiler:he does hold some resentment towards him for having to look after him in the hospital]], though he feels disgusted with himself for feeling that way, primarily since he blames himself for the incident that led to him falling into a coma in the first place.

* IllGirl:
* HeroicSacrifice:

* AnimalMotifs: his behavior is compared to animal-like several times in the story.
* LastKiss: In his route, gives one to Beniyuri [[spoiler: before sending her back to the world of the living.]]
* OneSideOfTheStory: believes [[spoiler: Hikage]] that nobody needed him and his precious big brother wished he never existed. That ends very poorly.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Monshiro". His real name is [[spoiler: Kando Kazuya]].