History Characters / TheCaligulaEffectTheGoHomeClub

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A virtuadoll like μ and co-creator of Mobius, having wanted to create a virtual place people could be happy in. But as μ's popularity and control over Mobius increased, her own power decreased until she ended up in her current state. She realizes there's something wrong with μ and wants to stop her, since it was never planned that people wouldn't be able to leave Mobius.\\
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* StandardStatusEffects: Has an unlockable skill to poison the enemy. In the original version of the game, she was the only party member that could do so, though ''Overdose'' added this skill to Eiji's pool as well.

* HollywoodPersonalityDisorders: [[spoiler:His trauma is called Shizoid Personality Disorder. He has little to no interest in actually interacting with other people, and tends to not care if anything happens to them or his words hurt them. Though the game tends to focus less on this aspect as his 'trauma', and more the effects his controlling mother's actions have had by making him pretty much useless on his own.]]

* FlowersInHerHair: Wears a small nemophila flower on her left side.

* AdaptationalPersonalityChange: In the game, he refused to join the club, to the point it took Shounen-Doll turn him into a doll and then being changed back, once he is defeated, to get him change his mind. In the anime, he willingly joins the club once it's formed.

* AdaptationalPersonalyChange: In the game, he refused to join the club, to the point it took Shounen-Doll turn him into a doll and then being changed back, once he is defeated, to get him change his mind. In the anime, he willingly joins the club once it's formed.

* WomanInWhite: Her original appearance makes her more akin to μ in terms of design, having Aria wearing a white minidress, white tights, and white boots. But she has more color to her design than μ because of the red cloak and large ribbon.

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Naruko when he realizes [[spoiler:that her Gossiper followers are digital]].

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:She craves attention from online acquaintances because she was shunned by her classmates and friends in real life, leading to her preferring the hands-off approach the internet offered her.]]

* DarkisNotEvil: Several of his attacks have more sinister-sounding names than those of the other partymembers, but there's no doubt that he's one of the good guys.

* SequentialBoss: The bad ending [[spoiler:has her fought alongside Mifue and Ayane as the third round]].

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His Character Episode have him getting forced into dating a girl whose smartphone he accidentally broke. He displays an obvious lack of knowledge about being in a relationship with someone and having difficulty interacting socially with people, including scoffing at the idea that the girl may genuinely be falling for him.

* BrokenBird: Reveals himself to be this as the game goes on. [[spoiler:He failed to go through with the suicide pact he made with Ichika, leaving him feeling ashamed and guilty. Then he was taken to Mobius and is implied to have been there for years, before Thorn appeared and began to mentally torture Shogo -- she looks identical to Ichika, the Landmark Tower remains a construction site in Mobius because it's where Ichika committed suicide, and often calls Shogo to places where she ends up committing suicide, so that he'll be reminded of Ichika's death again. Shogo admits himself that he never really cared about being president of the Go Home Club because he's not a leader or pro-active, he much prefers others to be in charge and him just going along with the flow.]]

* FiveStagesOfGrief: [[spoiler:Has been stuck on stage 4 -- Depression -- over Ichika's death for years. The end of the game has him eventually moving onto stage 5 -- Acceptance -- and moving on.]]
* FlowerMotif: Ivy and Anemone. The silk scarf he wears have an anemone pattern, and his stake is adorned with them. The many meanings of anemone include being forsaken or symbolizing the death of a beloved person, with the former tying into his feelings of being stuck in Mobius [[spoiler:and being guilted over Ichika's death by himself and Thorn. The latter also symbolizes Ichika]]. Ivy tends to symbolize friendship, though it's depicted in a more negative light here because of his issues [[spoiler:over Ichika, and his deteriorating relationship with Natsume]].

* DoesNotLikeMen: The anime had her acting condescendingly towards the men she was seducing, and is vairly violent towards Ritsu while she's still brainwashed. She almost slapped him, but stopped when it reminded her that [[spoiler:she abused her son because he was male]]. Considering that [[spoiler:her ex-boyfriend left her when she told him about her pregnancy]], her reason for hating men was understandable.

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* FlowerMotifs: Nicotiana and Lavender. They adorn his stake in his Catharsis Effect. The nicotiana is a type of flower that tobacco is made from, which is known to be bad for a person's health. Lavender tends to symbolize grace and calmness, befitting Izuru's personality. It's also commonly used in medicine to treat minor injuries. [[spoiler:Both of them revolving around health and damaging it could point to Izuru's tendency to self-harm, and the lavender could point to μ's misunderstanding of thinking he wanted to heal his self-inflicted scars.]]

* ScarsAreForever: Admits to have many scars on his face in real life, all self-inflicted.

* SelfHarm: Has a tendency to cut himself, particularly in the face. It's heavily implied that the mask of his Catharsis Effect covers up the scars he has in reality, with the anime confirming this by having the mask form from a cut that appeared on his left cheek. [[spoiler:He admits to liking it because it was the first thing he ever did based on his own choice and decision.]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuichiroUmehara (Game, Episode 1-8), Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Episode 9-12)

A second-year student who has taken on the appearance of a little-known dead celebrity. He's a nearly emotionless loner, and shows very little care or interest in other people. He finally joins the Go-Home Club after Shonen-Doll is defeated, and awakens to his Catharsis Effect after a near-death experience causes him to truly feel emotion. His birthday is on July 8th.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:His mother was very controlling of him and never let him do anything on his own. That's why he does everything by himself in Mobius... well, tries to, anyway.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Is turned into a doll by Shonen-Doll and is believed to be too far gone for Aria to save him. However, after Shonen-Doll is defeated, Izuru returns to normal.]]
* CoolMask[=/=]TwoFaced: His Catharsis Effect takes the form of a mask covering the left side of his face.
* CoolSword: His Catharsis Effect weapon.
* DarkIsNotEvil: Some of the names of his attack skills are more sinister-sounding than the other party members, but he's definitely one of the good guys.
* DeadpanSnarker: He has his moments.
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[AllThereInTheManual It's not stated in-game]], but his appearance within Mobius is that of a minor in-universe celebrity who committed suicide.
** Possibly because that was considered too dark, but the anime adaptation changes it to instead of swapping Izuru's face to hide the scars, μ instead uses her powers to constantly heal any damage done to Izuru's face to reset it back to it's "ideal" state much to Izuru's dismay.
* DualBoss: With Shogo on the Musician route. [[spoiler:In the final fight, he's paired up with Kensuke instead.]]
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: In the anime, most of the comments about him are from women, but there is one boy who writes "Please take me at once. I offer you my everything."
* GoodScarsEvilScars: In the anime, according to him, he has scars on his left side to prove he is himself in the real world. However in Mobius, his scars disappear to due μ's power.
* HeroicRROD: In the Musician Route's DownerEnding, [[spoiler:he, like the rest of the club, has no qualms about letting the Catharsis Effect Overdose break his body down if it means he can kill [[HeelFaceTurn Lucid]] and Thorn]].
* HollywoodPersonalityDisorders: [[spoiler:Schizoid personality disorder.]]
* HopelessWithTech: He can use his phone for WIRE, but he seems to only barely know what he's doing. All his messages are sent in hiragana in the Japanese version (in the English version, they're just very short), and he has the default blank icon because he doesn't know how to change it. [[spoiler:This could have to do with his mother's control over him; he probably didn't have access to a cell phone or computer before arriving in Mobius.]] Ayana makes use of this in her character episode when she writes letters to all the male members of the Go-Home Club; she threatens to change his phone's password if he doesn't read her letter.
* LonerTurnedFriend: Initially rejects Shogo's offers to join the Go-Home Club, but after Shonen-Doll is defeated he starts tagging along.
* LonersAreFreaks: Averted. Many people at Kishimai High consider Izuru to be mysterious and cool.
* MechanicallyUnusualFighter: Unlike the rest of the playable party, Izuru's trick is to set himself up for a continuous combo. As long as he has turns to spare and SP to burn, he can potentially continually attack as long as the enemy doesn't counter him.
* SelfHarm: [[GoryDiscretionShot It's never seen on screen]], but he even does it in public in one of his Character Episodes. It's also heavily implied in the game that the reason his Catharsis Effect appears as a mask is because he has self-harm scars on his face in real life. The anime confirms this. In fact, the mask that forms over the left-half of his face emerges from a cut that somehow appears on his cheek.
* SlasherSmile: In the anime, he sports a very disturbing one when he realizes the wounds he receives aren't healing due to μ being in a coma. He has an opportunity to slash the left side of his face repeatedly with a glass shard until μ slowly regaining consciousness and his face return back to normal.
* SparedByAdaptation: The anime saved him from being turned into a doll by Shounen Doll before joining the Go-Home Club.
* TheStoic: Very rarely expresses emotion, to the point where ''he's convinced himself'' that he doesn't have emotions.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: The anime shows him to have confronted his mother about her controlling behaviour and now he is happily strolling the city by his own power.]] In Overdose, [[spoiler:he's also seen in a clothing shop with, presumably, Ike-P.]]

* GenkiGirl: Generally exciteable and tires to set the mood. Though some are less impressed by that.
* HeroicBSOD: The bad ending [[spoiler:has her pretty much suffering one when the protagonist reveals themselves to be Lucid, initially refusing to believe it]].

* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:She craves attention from online acquaintances because she was shunned by her classmates and and friends in real life, leading to her preferring the hands-off approach the internet offered her.]]

A quite first-year student that joined the Go Home Club and is good friends with Mifue. She originally was happy in Mobius, until she saw an old middleschool friend of hers in school and realized everyone in her class was a fake.\\

* FlowerMotifs: White Lily and White Spider Lily. Both belong to the same flower family and refer to innocence, modesty, and purity, which befit Suzuna's overall personality. The spider lily also has a more negative light in Asian culture because it's a common flower found around graveyards. Its bulbs are also poisonous, which could refer to Suzuna have more of a temper than one would immediately suspect.

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AriOzawa

An insatiably curious second-year student who lives for rumors, gossip, and attention. She gained some fame when she started investigating the Go-Home Club, but later joins their cause after learning the truth of Mobius from Aria; her Catharsis Effect awakens after she finds herself trapped and hopeless in Shonen-Doll's library. Her birthday is on May 28th.

* AdaptationalHeroism: In the game, she sells out the Go-Home Club, before eventually joining them. In the anime, no such thing happens and forms the club with them.
* AttackDrone: Her Catharsis Effect weapon is a pair of switchblade-shaped drones. In the Vita version, they could be issued separate commands, but this was removed in ''Overdose''.
* AttentionWhore: She does a lot for attention online. Near the beginning, she posts an identifying picture of the Go-Home Club online ''just so she could get more followers.''
* BaitAndSwitch: [[spoiler:The Go-Home Club are initially led to believe that Naruko is Wicked, but this is a trap devised by the ''real'' Wicked, her friend Marie.]]
* BeamSpam: In some of her attacks.
* DamselInDistress: [[spoiler:Gets kidnapped by Wicked.]]
* DeflectorShields: In the anime, her AttackDrones can generate these to protect herself and her teammates.
* DualBoss: With Suzuna on the Musician route. [[spoiler:In the final fight, she's with Kotono and Kotaro/Eiji instead.]]
* {{Foil}}: To Kensuke; the two of them both have a lot of talent in writing (Kensuke in music and poetry, Naruko in fiction), but Kensuke has a hard time believing the glowing praise he receives whereas Naruko gets a lot of negativity but does her best to focus on what little positivity she receives.
* GenkiGirl: She's quite excitable and usually tries to set the mood for the party. Some of them are less than impressed with her.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:If you completed her Character Scenario, Naruko is utterly ''heartbroken'' by the revelation that the President and Lucid are the same person.]]
* HeroicRROD: Like the rest of the Go-Home Club, [[spoiler:she doesn't care if the Catharsis Effect Overdose breaks her body down. Not if it means she can kill the President, who revealed themselves to be Lucid, and Thorn.]]
* HumiliationConga: [[spoiler:Her family being accused of being anti-Japanese led to her being shunned by her classmates. She turned to Gossiper to vent about what happened... only to find out she had been venting to one of said classmates all along, who then ''printed their conversations out and put them on the classroom blackboard'' just to humiliate her further. Then she ends up getting sucked into Mobius after trolling μ's music videos, and ''then'' she's betrayed by one of her only friends within Mobius, Marie, who uses her as bait for the Go-Home Club.]]
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:The reason she's so desperate for attention is because she was shunned by all her friends and classmates in real life.]]
* IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: Her Character Episodes involve her writing a book about her experiences in Mobius, but framed with a StandardFantasySetting.
* KarmaHoudini: Despite initially selling out the Go-Home Club, it's brushed under the rug and she ends up joining them.
* OnlyFriend: Before joining the Go-Home Club, Marie.
* ShipperOnDeck: Is obviously aware that there seems to be ''something'' between Ritsu and Marie, even noting that she shows up much more often when he is around. [[spoiler:Of course, by this point, she still has no idea that Marie is Wicked.]]
* SquishyWizard: How she functionally plays in battle: she can dish out a ton of damage with her lasers (with the sheer number of hits making up for her low raw Attack stat) and her fighting style allows her to attack the enemy from across the field, but if the enemy breaks through to her, her low HP and Defense pools means she's not going to survive for long.
* StandardStatusEffects: She can poison the enemy (and in the vanilla version of the game, is the only person in the party who can).
* {{Troll}}: In addition to her habit of posting stuff on Gossiper against others' wishes, [[spoiler:she used to be one after the incident that caused all of her classmates to hate her.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: Shown to have quit SNS and is now working on getting started as a writer.]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Minami Tanaka

A quiet first-year student who's good friends with Mifue. She's timid, but cares greatly for her friends. When she sets her mind to a task she always finds a way to see it to the end. Her birthday is on June 23rd.

* AmbiguouslyBi: In ''Overdose'', she seems to be developing romantic feeling for both genders of the protagonist. She clearly states she wants to be together with them forever at the end of her Character Episode.
** She may have feelings for Shonen Doll in both ''Overdose'' and the anime adaption.
* BadassBookworm: She positively loves reading, and is also a phenomenal fighter (potentially, one of the best in the team).
* BladeOnAStick: Her Catharsis Effect weapon.
* DifficultButAwesome: Her spear fighting requires precise setups to make the most out of due to the timing needed and the nature of her attacks (rather than a single attack, she attacks multiple times for small amounts each hit) -- if you can manage to catch the enemy in a broken Risk and/or time her attacks just right, she can rack up thousands of hit points worth of damage on them in seconds. In the right hands, she can become one of the best members of the party.
* DualBoss: With Naruko on the Musician route. [[spoiler:In the final fight, she's with Mifue and Ayana instead.]]
* EatingLunchAlone: Always eats her lunch in the ''bathroom''.
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:Lets a creepy one out in ''Overdose'' during the DownerEnding if you completed her Character Scenario. She breaks down in broken laughter as she fights Lucid, believing that they're being brainwashed by Thorn.]]
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: The protagonist is this to Suzuna
* TheMedic: Her healing is the strongest in the Go-Home Club.
* NiceGirl: She's by and large the sweetest member of the Go-Home Club, without any darker impulses or dysfunctions beyond her crippling social anxiety. She's just an all-around sweetheart.
* NiceHat: Her Catharsis Effect takes on the form of a witch's hat. It being big enough to cover her face is reflective of her being a ShrinkingViolet.
* NotSoDifferent: Delivers a speech like this to Shonen-Doll.
* NotSoImaginaryFriend: [[spoiler:All of her classmates in Mobius are soulless husks of her middle school classmates.]]
* ShipTease: With the protagonist, who becomes her LivingEmotionalCrutch, and Shonen Doll in both the anime adaptation and ''Overdose.''
* ShrinkingViolet: Around most people.
* SuddenlyShouting: She used to be in glee club, so she can ''really'' project her voice if need be.
* UsedToBeMoreSocial: [[spoiler:She was very social in middle school, but people started teasing her relentlessly upon arriving in high school, leading her to become as reserved as she is now.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler: The anime shows her cheerfully reading in the park before being joined by what is heavily implied to be Akira Komori (Shonen Doll).]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieTakahashi

A cheerful and bold first-year student whose graceful figure belies a big appetite. However, she tends to have a rather short temper. Her Catharsis Effect awakens when she and the protagonist get ambushed by Digiheads at Papiko mall. Her birthday is on April 20th.

* BadassAdorable
* BigEater: Loves food, especially sweets.[[spoiler:.. in Mobius, anyway.]]
* BlueIsHeroic: For the anime promotional materials, the color she is usually associated with is a light blue.
* CharacterSelectForcing: You have the option of either choosing Mifue, Suzuna, Kotono, or yourself to infiltrate Sweet-P's tea party but the game more or less forces you to go with Mifue since if you go with any other option besides the former, they'll express their discomfort of going, yourself included. Leaving Mifue to swoop in and offer to take their place, saving them from the embarrassment.
* CoolMask: Gains this when she awakens her Catharsis Effect.
* CrushBlush: If you imply that you want a RelationshipUpgrade with her near the end of her character episodes, she becomes a blushing mess because of said implication.
* TheCutie: Not only this, but the reason why the Go-Home Club thinks that she's the top candidate for Sweet-P's tea party invite was because she fits in with her 'Dreamy Cute' aesthetic.
* DualBoss: With Ayana on the Musician route. [[spoiler:In the final fight, Suzuna joins them.]]
* DropTheHammer: Her Catharsis Effect weapon looks like a croquet hammer.
* FlowerMotifs: The flowers that appear along side her Catharsis Effect are african daisies, lilium rubellum, and thistle. The african daisies represents energy, innocence, constant love, and healthy person. The lilium rubellum represents growing curiosity, purity, and heart's appearance. And finally, thistle represents independence, rigidness, and don't touch. These describe her character quite well. She also underwent as 'Sunflower' for Sweet-P's tea party to go along with her ThemeNaming requirement.
* GenkiGirl: Most of the time.
* GirlsLoveChocolate: If her TrademarkFavoriteFood is any indication.
* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted with the male protagonist and Shogo.
* HeroicRROD: Like the rest of the Go-Home Club, [[spoiler:she has no problems letting her body break down because of the strain of the Catharsis Effect Overdose if it means she can kill the President after they reveal themselves as Lucid and Thorn.]]
* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Suzuna in the games. This is due to the fact that they were the only girls in the Go-Home Club who were in the same grade. Mifue is also this with Naruko in the anime.
* IllGirl: [[spoiler:In reality, is in the hospital with critically low blood sugar.]]
* IrrationalHatred: Really, ''really'' hates fat people. She sucks it up to get into Sweet-P's inner circle, and eventually gets over it with the protagonist's help.
* MissingMom: Most of her character episodes revolve around her trying to find her mother after she suddenly disappeared. [[spoiler:By the time she finds her, she's become an EmptyShell.]]
** The anime even shows the disappearance. One night, Mifue and her mother have a conversation over dinner about how Mifue is lucky that she can eat and not get fat. Later, μ visits Mifue at her home and asks if she is happy. The next day, when Mifue gets home from school she finds that her mother has been replaced with a completely different person (both appearance- and personality-wise).
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Only by a year, but still. She's 17, not 16.]]
* OnlySaneWoman: She has her moments here and there, but it mostly applies to her in Mirei's dungeon.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: What she wears with her school uniform. Interestingly enough, she was originally going to wear plain, white stockings according to the guide book.
* RedOniBlueOni: Since she's so energetic, she's usually the Red to other characters' blue like Suzuna, Izuru, and the protagonist but there are some exceptions. She zig-zags this with Naruko, especially in the anime. She's also the Blue to Kotaro's Red and on her ambush with Ayana, she was the Blue to her Red.

* TomboyWithAGirlyStreak: Her school uniform is very casual compared to Ayana's and Suzuna's. Prior to the game, she was on the volleyball team and her DLC casual outfit in ''Overdose'' is a trendy tracksuit. She also enjoys sweets very much, in the game's original Vita ending, she's seen wearing a pink dress. She likes to wear jewelry with her necklace and ring evident in her official art, and finally she enjoys flowers, especially sunflowers.
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Goes both ways with Mifue. The tomboy to Suzuna's girly girl and the girly girl to Naruko's tomboy.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Chocolate cornets, as evidenced by her WIRE icon.
* UndercoverAsLovers: She and the protagonist pretend to be boyfriend and girlfriend in order for her to take him with her to Sweet-P's tea party after the first dungeon in the game. If you're playing as the female protagonist, this is done in a more implicit way; the protagonist stands close to her, leading to this exchange:
-->'''Mifue:''' H-hey! President! Why are you standing so close?
-->'''Iris:''' Oh! You don't need to say anything. Let me go ask Sweet-P if this is okay!
-->'''Mifue:''' Oh... Thank you...??? ''(to the protagonist)'' You better explain yourself after this!
* WeightWoe: [[spoiler:Played for drama. It's all but stated that she's anorexic, and the fact that she's in the hospital with low blood sugar only adds to this. Her Catharsis Effect covering her mouth could be seen as a reflection of how she eats very little in real life.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler:Is shown in the anime to still be in the hospital due to her anorexia, but has successfully apologised to her mother.]]

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShoutaAoi
->'''Theme song by:''' [=40mP=]

Kensuke is a first-year Kishimai High student, but he's better known to most as Kagi-P, one of the Ostinato musicians. However, his defeat at the hands of the Go-Home Club leads him to question himself and ultimately join them. He's a sarcastic and carefree person, but there's gloominess behind his sarcasm. His birthday is on February 27th.

* {{BFS}}: His Catharsis Effect weapon is a big two-handed sword.
* DefeatMeansFriendship[=/=]HeelFaceTurn: He starts out as a member of the Ostinato Musicians, but joins the Going-Home Club after being defeated in his boss battle.
* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: His main reason for joining the Go-Home Club and major part of his Character Episodes.
* DualBoss: With Kotaro (or Eiji) in the Musician route. [[spoiler:In the final fight, he's paired up with Izuru instead.]]
* {{Foil}}:
** To Lucid; whereas Kensuke left the Musicians in order to find his own purpose in life, Lucid ''joined'' them after Thorn played on their doubts to return to reality.
** To Naruko; the two of them both have a lot of talent in writing (Kensuke in music and poetry, Naruko in fiction), but Kensuke has a hard time believing the glowing praise he receives whereas Naruko gets a lot of negativity but does her best to focus on what little positivity she receives.
* GrowingUpSucks: [[spoiler:Is afraid of growing up because he doesn't want to be a boring adult.]]
* HeroicRROD: Like the rest of the Go-Home Club, [[spoiler:he has no qualms about letting his body break down from the strain of the Catharsis Effect Overdose if it means he can kill [[FaceHeelTurn the President after they reveals themselves as Lucid]] and Thorn.]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He has a knack for poetry.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Peter Pan Syndrome". [[spoiler:That title, incidentally, is also the name of his Deep Trauma.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Is 19, not 16.]]
* StarterVillain: The first of the Ostinato Musicians to be fought, and acknowledged by the other Musicians as being the weakest. Averted in the anime, where he stays out of direct combat until Episode 6 (after which he joins the Go-Home Club off-screen).
* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: His identity as Kagi-P is made obvious in pre-release material; both are listed with the same voice actor, and Kagi-P is absent from a group picture of the Ostinato Musicians. The English website even ''spells it out in his bio.'' At this point, it's a LateArrivalSpoiler.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue:
** [[spoiler: Is shown in the anime to be studying hard in school.]]
** [[spoiler: In ''Overdose'', he is last seen in the real world reading a magazine before he discard it and focus on his study.]]

She awakened the Catharsis Effect of the protagonist to give them the power to fight digiheads, and eventually does the same for the other members of the Go Home Club. Aria also was the one to tell them that talking to μ should give them the chance to return to the real world. She's worried over μ because she realizes that taking on the negative feelings of those in Mobius is damaging her.

* PowerFirst: His Catharsis Effect takes on the form of two giant gauntlets.
* RapidFirstFisticuffs: The ''Gattling Gun'' skill uses this. His [[LimitBreak Overdose]] attack also involves rapidly beating the opponent with his gauntlets.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya

The Go-Home Club's moodmaker, Kotaro is a cheerful guy who wants to help everybody he meets (though you wouldn't know it from his looks). He dreams of becoming a rescue worker like his father. His Catharsis Effect awakens when a defenseless Mifue and Suzuna are threatened.

* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:When Kotaro's parents died, his aunt and uncle took him in [[OnlyInItForTheMoney to collect on their life insurance]]. He treated Kotaro like garbage, and his cousin Yuto didn't exactly help with that.]]
* ArmorPiercingQuestion: The protagonist delivers one when [[spoiler:Kotaro refuses to help Yuto when he's being chased by Digiheads.]] It leaves him spluttering in response.
-->'''President''': What would your father have done?
* BerserkButton: Bullies, ''especially'' ones that brag about it.
* ButtMonkey: The usual butt of the Go-Home Club's jokes, especially from Aria.
* ChronicHeroSyndrome: [[spoiler:He's so insistent on helping people because of his own self-worth issues. His Deep Trauma is even called "Hero Syndrome".]]
* DualBoss: With Kensuke in the Musician route [[spoiler:unless he dies, in which case Eiji replaces him]]. [[spoiler:In the final fight, he's paired up with Kotono and Naruko instead.]]
* FamilyOfChoice: [[spoiler:Having lost his birth parents and being raised by his abusive relatives,]] Kotaro considers the strangers of the Go-Home Club to be his family, even seeing the protagonist as an elder sibling. [[spoiler:[[UnstoppableRage Naturally, when the protagonist reveals themselves as Lucid and stands with Thorn, he's heartbroken and downright PISSED]].]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Specially during stressful situations, at least, he tends to flip out and sometimes resorting to violence. He takes it to a horrible level, where the Go-Home Club gets locked up in the clubroom, and both Ritsu and Aria absent, he completely loses it, lashes out at the others, and angrilly bangs through the door, despite his comarades' attempts to calm him down.
* HeroicRROD: Along with the rest of the Go-Home Club, [[spoiler:he has no qualms about letting his body break down if it means he can kill Thorn and [[FaceHeelTurn Lucid]].]]
* HeightAngst: [[spoiler:He's barely five feet tall in reality, and he's in middle school. This is a big problem for him, on account of there being a height limit requirement to be a rescue worker.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:If you haven't completed Eiji's Character Episode and exposed him, Kotaro will sacrifice himself to save Shadow Knife from falling to his death.]]
* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:His fate in the UpdatedRerelease ''Overdose'' unless you complete Eiji's Character Episode, he'll pull off a HeroicSacrifice to save Shadow Knife from his death, though he ends up dying instead. Averted, however, if you complete Eiji's Character Episode.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: He has the tendency of acting recklessly, despite without thinking of the conveniences, which causes him to clash with others.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With the female protagonist. He doesn't have any romantic feelings for the female protagonist and he only see her as a elder sister figure.
* PowerFist: His Catharsis Effect weapon is a pair of gauntlets.
* RapidFireFisticuffs: He has a regular skill that does this, and his Overdose skill is a souped-up version of it with perfect accuracy.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Delivers one to ''Naruko'', of all people, after he realizes that [[spoiler:her Gossiper followers aren't real people.]]
* RougeAnglesOfSatin: His Gossiper handle is supposed to say "Rescueman", but he spells it "Lesquman".
* YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Is only 14, not 18.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler:In ''Overdose'', he is last seen in the real world drinking milk hoping he will grow taller when he gets older to become rescue worker like his father.]]

* RummageSaleReject: Her original appearance has her wear a lightspot around her throat and ginormous bells tied to a big, tri-colored ribbon.

AbusiveParents: Implied, and of the emotional variety. [[spoiler:The anime shows a flashback of her being in a small apartment about to strike someone, implying that she might hit her son in her worst moments. ''Overdose'' has her flat-out admit that she has been neglectful towards Takkun, but deeply regrets it.]]

Kotono is very popular because of her kindess and maturity, though she has quite a acidic tongue to her when someone annoys her. She fell into a trap and got kidnapped by digiheads, though was quickly rescued by the protagonist and Shogo. Aria tells Kotono how unleashing one's emotions can unlock the Catharsis Effect, which Kotono promptly demonstrates and awakens her power.\\

* HeelRealization: The anime had her feel that something was wrong with Mobius, especially since she could see Aria. When she was about to slap Ritsu, she stopped and remembered the real world [[spoiler:and how she had a son that she physically abused because he was the same gender as the one that left her while pregnant]]. This helps her realize her flaws, allows her to unlock her Catharsis Effect, and fuels her desire to return to the real world.

* MissingMom: [[spoiler:To her son Takkun. She has been in Mobius for two years, with her saying that he's now four years old.]]

* OlderThanTheyLook: She's really 23 year olds, but 18 in Mobius.

* SequentialBoss: The bad ending [[spoiler:has her fought first, alongside Kotaro or Eiji, whichever is still alive, and Naruko]].

* BFG: Uses a large revolver with a grenade launcher.

Her Character Episode has her reveal to the protagonist that she has been getting notes from an anonymous stalker for some time, who keeps referring to themselves as 'Your Prince'. She's concerned that it might be someone from a singles party she previously went to, and asks the protagonist to help her figure out their identity.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieMurakawa

A third-year student at Kishimai High who's very popular for her kindness and maturity. She's seen as an older sister in the Go-Home Club. Her Catharsis Effect awakens very shortly after being rescued from a trap by the protagonist and Shogo.

* AbusiveParents: Is implied [[spoiler:to be this.]] In brief flashbacks, she is shown in a ratty apartment complex, about to slap someone. Given the circumstances that led to her entering Mobius, it's [[spoiler:fair to assume that she would hit Takkun in her worst moments.]] [[AllThereInTheManual The guidebook]] for ''Overdose'' confirms that [[spoiler:she was very neglectful towards Takkun, but regrets it deeply.]]
* AdaptationalVillainy: In the game, she was already part of the good guys. In the anime, she's actually working ''with'' Mirei as a brainwashing agent for the Musicians, [[SubvertedTrope until]] she eventually [[HeelFaceTurn turns on them]] thanks to Ritsu.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: While she's normally one of the sweetest members of the Go-Home Club, Mirei manages to invoke her wrath more than once. She has some... choice words for her after learning about her plot involving Ryosuke:
-->'''Kotono:''' Fugly! Turkey chin! Deep-sea fish face, bow-legged, flat-footed, boob-implanted, nose-jobbed, saggy butt, cyborg bitch!
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: In the first episode of the anime, she was captured by Kensuke and then turned into a Digihead. In Episode 5, she's revealed to be working under Mirei, roping in men and brainwashing them. However, she subconsciously begins to remember that Mobius is not the real world and, by the end of Episode 6, breaks free from her brainwashing and develops a Catharsis Effect.
* DoesNotLikeMen: In the anime, Kotono is slightly condescending towards the men she is seducing, and is fairly violent towards Ritsu near the end of Episode 5. She is even about to slap him until the action reminds her that [[spoiler:she abused her son simply because he was male.]] When you remember that [[spoiler:her ex-boyfriend impregnated her and then ran out on her when he found out on her]], though, her reason for hating males in general is understandable.
* DualBoss: With Eiji in the Musician route. [[spoiler:In the final fight, she's paired up with Kotaro/Eiji and Naruko instead.]]
* EnergyBow: Her Catharsis Effect weapon.
* HeelRealization: While under the effects of the Musicians' brainwashing and turned into a Digihead, she does slowly start to realize that there is something wrong about Mobius, especially if it means she can see Aria. This trope comes into effect when she is about to slap Ritsu when he is forced to be the final judge in the competition between her and Mirei. Before she can hit him, however, she remembers she [[spoiler:has a son in the real world that she ''abused'', simply because he was the same gender as the person who impregnated her and then left her alone to raise him.]] This helps her realize her flaws and wants to return to reality, allowing her to unlock her Catharsis Effect.
* HeroicRROD: Along with the rest of the Go-Home Club, [[spoiler:she has no qualms about letting her body break down from the intense strain of the Catharsis Effect Overdose if it means she can kill Thorn and [[FaceHeelTurn Lucid]].]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler:Kotono was surprised to have a kid after a single encounter, but she was delighted to start a family with Ryosuke. Her smile only faded after learning that their relationship was just a fling to him. Furthermore, Kotono found herself in the same predicament as her mother.]]
* MissingMom: [[spoiler:Is this to Takkun. She went to Mobius two years prior to the game's events, so he was just ''two'' when she left.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:Is 23, not 18.]]
* SlutShaming: [[spoiler:Kotono, who grew up without a father, used to judge her loose mother for running a hostess bar. However, during the aftermath of her pregnancy, Kotono comes to appreciate her supportive mother.]]
* TeenPregnancy: [[spoiler:Gave birth to a child just after finishing high school; she was pregnant when she graduated.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue:
** [[spoiler:The anime shows her reuniting with Tak-kun and her mother in an attempt to restore her family.]]
** [[spoiler:In ''Overdose'', she last seen reuniting with her son and spend time with him to be a better mother to Tak-kun.]]