History Characters / TheOuroborosProject

* EvilIsSexy

%%* YourWorstNightmare: She has that [[spoiler: after witnessing Nakajima's execution]].

* YourWorstNightmare: During the [[NightmareSequence nightmare motive]], the only things she sees are [[spoiler: things that have already happened, no exaggeration: her father and her friends dying in gruesome ways, and her sexual assault by a friend when she was in public school]].

* WeaponOfChoice: His cuestick. Not that it really helps him any.

* WeaponOfChoice: A certain lighter, because fire is the exception to the rule.

%%* RapunzelHair:

MEME

* ADeathInTheLimelight: Kikuchi's execution actually takes place on a stage.

* BewareTheNiceOnes

* CoolMask: Well, it is pretty cool.
* DarkAndTroubledPast

* FirstKiss: Macks for science. Still capable of reducing participants to a puddle with one mention.

* InnocentlyInsensitive

* PerpetualSmiler

* TheSociopath: [[spoiler:None of it was real.]]

* WasItAllALie: Yyyyep.

The secretive sociologist that was serene for most of the game, who is most of the time found to be smiling in every situation. This includes the deaths of his classmates.With a few giggles here and there, he's known to be quite a creepy individual throughout the game, harboring a few secrets that he hides behind a smile.

* BeneathTheMask
* BrutalHonesty: Shows up a lot when he's interacting with people.
* BewareTheNiceOnes

* ComplexityAddiction: Complexity is his game.
* DissonantSerenity: One of his traits that'll never stop being creepy.
* EveryoneHasStandards

* NoSympathy
* MaskOfSanity

* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Literally that's the color of his eyes.
* {{Sadist}} His sadistic tendencies are opened up by a certain offer.

* StepfordSmiler: For a majority of the game.

* TranquilFury: He would probably murder someone with a smile.

* WhosLaughingNow
* WhoNeedsEnemies
* VillainousBreakdown

* BeingGoodSucks

* CompetitionFreak

* FailureHero

* IneffectualLoner: Chapter 3 and onward.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy

* TheResenter: To Kikuchi especially.

* TookALevelInJerkass

okay ill type a thing later whoops

* AttentionWhore: Seriously. Does this even need any backup.

* ConMan: Literally a con artist.

* HatesBeingAlone: "And he waited. And waited. Hoping that someone would knock on that door and tell him the truth."
* HellishPupils
* JerkwithaHeartofJerk

* OnlyinItfortheMoney
* PersonalGainHurts
* ReptilesAreAbhorrent
* SirSwearsALot
* SmugSnake
* TheCorrupter: One day he'll stop trying to get people to do bad things. That day is not today.
* WildCard
* YellowEyesofSneakiness

shsl GAY

SHSL NERD

* FriendlessBackground: He's tried. But not hard enough.

* IntelligenceEqualsIsolation: He does spend most of his time in his room. What is he doing, you ask? Maintaining his studies and work like the [[ScheduleFanatic Schedule Fanatic]] he is.
* InterruptedIntimacy: What? No. He didn't see anything.

* NerdsLoveToughSchoolwork: Obviously.
* NoSocialSkills: All that time with books didn't really improve them either.

* TeachersPet

* WithFriendsLikeThese: Not exactly friends, but him and Minori didn't exactly hate each other as well.

JerkassWoobie is the only description you are getting right now. 'Tis all you need.

rude and gay

* AllForNothing

* FearlessFool: That one time he jumped into the tank to rescue Rei's[[spoiler: dead body]]. Y'know, the one with the [[SharkPool shark]] in it?
* {{Gayngster}}

* SimpleMindedWisdom: On a few rare occasions, he has tried to cheer some of the other students up with a bit of hope-filled advice. Most of the time, he says it's advice from his boxing captain. Most of the time,[[spoiler: it's actually his own thoughts.]]

bumbumbumbum

* BrutalHonesty

* JacobMarleyApparel: [[spoiler: Like all dead kids.]]
* KiddieKid: Though he denies it.
* MessyHair
* NoSocialSkills
* OurGhostsAreDifferent: [[spoiler: They're not even ghosts.]]

* QuirkyCurls

you MEME

and ur hot and then ur cold

ur yes and then ur no

ur in and ur out

ur up and ur down

literally u were up and then down

russian boob lady

* [[spoiler: AWolfInSheepsClothing: Everything from her title to her fakeass accent was a sham. Wow.]]
* [[spoiler: DarkActionGirl]]

* NonIndicativeName
* [[spoiler: SerialKiller: With a cool fancy title of Callisto. What are her motivations? Who knows!]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Okay, wow, so the poison knife thing wasn't so far-fetched, who knew.]]

* [[ApologisesALot Apologises A Lot]]
* [[AskAStupidQuestion Ask A Stupid Question:]] She never was much help when it comes to important things.
* [[spoiler: [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe Because You Were Nice To Me:]] After the fourth trial, she confided in Cole and told him about her talent as well as most of her background.]]
* [[spoiler: [[BeingGoodSucks Being Good Sucks:]] Instead of using her talent to figure out the culprits, she tries to investigate like everyone else. This ends up making her blame herself for the innocent executions of Kikuchi and Daisuke as she was clearly capable of knowing who it was.]]
* [[ConspicuousGloves Conspicuous Gloves]]
* [[DarkAndTroubledPast Dark And Troubled Past:]] When she was young, her mother neglected her while her family turned their heads, but she and said siblings ended up drowning in a car accident. [[spoiler: Her father reclaimed her after she was put into foster care, but forced her into a lifestyle of crime.]]
* [[DarkSecret Dark Secret:]] Her talent.
* [[EyepatchOfPower Eyepatch of Power:]] She wears a black eyepatch over her left eye. [[spoiler: Although she never showed anyone and never planned to, there is a large scar under it and it is bruised.]]
* [[spoiler: [[FakingAmnesia Faking Amnesia:]] She knew what her talent was through the entire game.]]
* [[GentleGiant Gentle Giant:]] She is like six feet tall, though her high heeled boots probably add on an extra inch or two.
* [[HatesBeingTouched Hates Being Touched:]] From the beginning to around the middle or near-end of the game.
* [[IdiotHair Idiot Hair]]
* [[IfWeSurviveThis If We Survive This:]] She had high hopes of escaping the mutual killing for a majority of the game if not all of it, and said things like this on multiple occasions.
* [[spoiler: [[IJustWantToBeNormal I Just Want To Be Normal]] ]]
* [[spoiler: [[NeverBeHurtAgain Never Be Hurt Again:]] One of the reasons she hid her talent was out of fear that she would be treated the same way others have treated her in the past. Though, this turned out to not be the case, as the people that did find out were pretty accepting of it.]]
* [[spoiler: [[PowerIncontinence Power Incontinence:]] She mentioned that whenever she first discovered her talent as a child, she had no control over it, leading her to thinking she was insane. ]]
* [[RapunzelHair Rapunzel Hair]]
* [[spoiler: [[SayingTooMuch Saying Too Much:]] After getting worked up during a conversation, she let it slip to Shun that she had kept her talent a secret, thus forcing her to explain everything. ]]
* [[spoiler: [[SelfMadeOrphan Self Made Orphan:]] Although she had claimed her father was murdered during the middle of the night, it turns out that she was the one who killed him instead. ]]
* [[spoiler: Telepathy]]

first mereder

* [[BewareTheNiceOnes Beware The Nice Ones:]] After her breaking point, she's a very primal example of that. [[spoiler: Prevented from going in [[UnstoppableRage Unstoppable Rage]] by Daisuke many times while living, but not after she's dead.]]
* [[BreakTheCutie Break The Cutie:]] As it is a Dangan Ronpa roleplay, that was to be expected. The actual breaking point was in Chapter 3, [[spoiler: where one of her best friends die]].
* [[BroodingBoyGentleGirl Brooding Boy Gentle Girl:]]
* [[DeadGuyOnDisplay Dead Guy On Display:]] [[spoiler: Chapter 4's first victim, with her body exposed in the Aquarium for days until the trial.]]
* [[DespairEventHorizon Despair Event Horizon:]] The entirety of Chapter 3's last events.
* [[DontMakeMeDestroyYou Dont Make Me Destroy You:]] [[spoiler: At Keiki.]]
* [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Everyone Can See It:]] In which people noticed Nakajima's crush before himself did (and Rei [[ObliviousToLove never noticing]]), then to Rei's
* [[FlashbackNightmare Flashback Nightmare:]] After Chapter 3, she started to get nightmares about her sister's suicide.
* [[ForeignLanguageTirade Foreign Language Tirade:]] Although that's obvious, giving her Super High School Level title. [[ForeignCussWord Foreign Cuss Word]] often happens.
* [[FreakOut Freak Out:]] Multiple times. First in Chapter 3, [[spoiler: after seeing Tori's corpse, learning of Eren's suicide and watching Nonna's death]], then through Chapter 4 [[spoiler: seeing Shun mugging Tanji]], learning of the motive, and after each and every [[NightmareSequence Nightmare.]]
* [[FriendToAllLivingThings Friend To All Living Things:]] Not literally, but if she was in a Disney production, that would definitely be the case.
* [[HappilyMarried Happily Married:]] [[spoiler: Oh if only they lived long enough.]]
* [[HopeIsScary Hope Is Scary:]]
* [[LoveMakesYouCrazy Love Makes You Crazy:]]
* [[MomentOfWeakness Moment Of Weakness:]]
* [[MoralityChain Morality Chain:]] Nakajima's.
* [[MoreDeadlyThanTheMale More Deadly Than The Male:]]
* [[NiceGuy Nice Guy:]] Arguably the nicest character, and for that fooled many times for lies of others. Later, it changes a bit.
* [[ObliviousToLove Oblivious To Love:]] Recurring patter on her life, will not notice when people have a crush on her unless directly stated.
* [[OppositesAttract Opposites Attract:]] A prime example of [[NiceGuy nice guy]] together with a [[JerkassWoobie jerk]].
* [[RageBreakingPoint Rage Breaking Point:]]
* [[RecurringDreams Recurring Dreams:]] Rei keep getting nightmares [[spoiler: even after her death]]. Although they start to change slightly- her sister becomes replaced by Chapter 3's victims, and then even her alive friends.
* [[SelectiveObliviousness Selective Obliviousness:]] At first.
* [[TeamMom Team Mom:]] Acts like everybody's mother. By consequence, cares about everyone and at times a bit too much. First evidenced by insisting to keep an eye on Cole after he hit his head pretty badly.
* [[ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend Violently Protective Girlfriend:]]
* [[WorthLivingFor Worth Living For:]] Screams Reisuke into distance.
* [[YourWorstNightmare Your Worst Nightmare:]] She has that [[spoiler: after witnessing Nakajima's execution]].
* [[YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry:]]
* {{Yandere}}: Evidenced by [[spoiler: Afterlife shenanigans]].

'calm UR FUCKIG DESPAIR BONER DOWN'- Cole

* ComedicSociopathy
* [[spoiler: ItAmusedMe]]
* [[spoiler: KillItWithFire: Her execution.]]
* [[spoiler: TheMole]]

can she do the robot

small cute police girl

* [[AloofDarkHairedGirl Aloof Dark-Haired Girl:]] Initially.
* [[AnguishedDeclarationOfLove Anguished Declaration of Love:]] "I really do love you, you know. I should have said so sooner." Before [[spoiler: Kikuchi gets himself executed in her place and it's revealed to the players, but not the living characters, that it was [[ShipSinking all an act anyway]]. Or was it. Who knows. Their last conversation before the mastermind trial, after he's already a ghost, is also chock-full of this.]].
* [[ArcWords Arc Words:]] Kikuchi gets "disappointed", Mori gets "honest", Shun gets the comparative mouthful "we're always doing things we shouldn't", and finally Hagane, just before the mastermind trial, gets "exist".
* [[AtonementDetective Atonement Detective]]
* [[BeneathSuspicion Beneath Suspicion:]] So much so in [[spoiler: trial 4 that even when she tried to confess to Mori he didn't believe her]].
* [[BreakTheCutie Break The Cutie:]] She has been through a lot of shit. This is most apparent after she [[spoiler: accidentally kills Hagane]] and goes completely catatonic.
* [[ChessMotifs Chess Motifs:]] Has a bad habit of slipping into these. "People aren't pawns," most notably, and [[spoiler: last thoughts concerning Chokichi: "Who faults the king for being the killswitch. Maybe he doesn't want to be a part of this game either"]].
* [[CrazyPeoplePlayChess Crazy People Play Chess]]/[[SmartPeoplePlayChess Smart People Play Chess]]
* [[DamselInDistress Damsel In Distress:]] Violence is scary and this happens way more often than she'd like to admit.
* [[DeadpanSnarker Deadpan Snarker]]
* [[DespairEventHorizon Despair Event Horizon:]] [[spoiler: "Oh, they'll just remain dead."]] She'd been hovering at the edge for a long time but at least she'd had a tiny sliver of hope left. After that nothing mattered and she started proving it almost immediately.
* [[FashionableAsymmetry Fashionable Asymmetry:]] Her hair, obviously. (She [[ImportantHaircut cut it herself]] and was interrupted halfway through. Either way she decided she liked the outcome.)
* [[FirstKiss First Kiss:]] She and Kikuchi had 'macks for science', and [[ShipTease she and Shun had]]...[[ForcefulKiss kissing as ]][[KissOfDistraction a defensive maneuver]].
* [[ForcedToWatch Forced To Watch:]] Friends dying in front of her, [[spoiler: more-than-friends being executed in front of her]]...well, the despair was intended.
* [[ForgetsToEat Forgets To Eat:]] Well, forgets...purposely avoids...after [[spoiler: Rei died]], who seemed worried about that sort of thing, she got better at it. [[spoiler: Eh, not really. When Rei comes back for her own ghostly convo this is the first thing she asks about, too.]]
* [[HatesBeingTouched Hates Being Touched:]] Keiki pushed this button accidentally and she went blue-screen-of-death and avoided being near him until [[spoiler: he died]]. Shun did it on purpose, because he's Shun. Averted with Kikuchi.
* [[HerHeartWillGoOn Her Heart Will Go On:]] She cared far more than she should have.
* [[HeroicBSOD Heroic BSOD:]] After the events of trial 3...everything about chapter 4...and the murder of chapter 5.

* [[HumanShield Human Shield]]
* [[spoiler: [[IDidntMeanToKillHim I Didn't Mean To Kill Him:]] Well, that's true, it was completely unintended on her part, but according to Monocobra, getting pushed into someone means you're responsible for the fall damage.]]
* [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy I Want My Beloved To Be Happy:]] Happiness was kind of a theme for her and Kikuchi; her confession ended with "and I like seeing you happy. So if I'm messing with that I could go," serotonin over oxytocin, [[spoiler: and giving up confessing at the trial when he said it would be better this way. Even though it was all entirely one-sided. Maybe?]]
* [[OneWomanWail One-Woman Wail:]] At [[spoiler: Rei's, Kikuchi's, and Mori's]] deaths she proves herself surprisingly capable of tears, only to dust herself off afterwards and blearily act like nothing happened.
* [[OutOfCharacterMoment Out Of Character Moment:]] Known for breaking the fourth wall constantly. [[spoiler: Also concerns her one departure from being incapable of violence, when she blinds Shun after the fourth trial. She very much regretted it.]]
* [[ParalyzingFearOfSexuality Paralyzing Fear of Sexuality]]/[[PostKissCatatonia Post-Kiss Catatonia:]] Don't surprise kiss her. Just don't do it.
* [[PleaseDontLeaveMe Please Don't Leave Me:]] Fits best with [[spoiler: Eren and Kikuchi]], who she actually had conversations with when she knew they were going to die.
* {{Pyromaniac}}
* [[ShrinkingViolet Shrinking Violet:]] Regardless of the snark and stoicism this happens a lot, and she's especially wary/nervous of people who have pushed her buttons before.
* [[SlapSlapKiss Slap-Slap-Kiss:]] From Shun over the subject of a very important and ultimately useless cleaver.
* [[SnarkToSnarkCombat Snark-to-Snark Combat:]] Well, if combat has to be involved at all. With [[BelligerentSexualTension Shun]] and to a lesser extent Cole.
* [[SuicidalPacifism Suicidal Pacifism:]] "Tanji is so scared of violence that she would be physically incapable of defending herself from a murder attempt." This is put to the test in [[spoiler: chapter 4 with the final result of Hagane dying trying to save her. She can't be called an actual pacifist, though, thanks to a total temporary psychotic break afterwards]].
* [[spoiler: [[SurvivorGuilt Survivor Guilt:]] Every friend she ever made in here is dead, and some of them can reasonably be considered her fault.]]
* [[TalkingToTheDead Talking to the Dead:]] Call it a bad habit. [[spoiler: Eventually she actually gets a response.]]
* [[TheAtoner The Atoner:]] To be fair, she has a lot of shit to feel guilty about.
* HandyHelper After the dust and guilt settles she ends up chaperoning the blind dude through a trial and a field trip. Chaperoning meaning [[HandsOnApproach 'leading him around by the hand in the most stoic of manners]].' Apparently he was actually cool with that because he lets her keep doing it even when he gets a bit of his sight back.
* [[TragicKeepsake Tragic Keepsake:]] The rook and serotonin pendants she got from Kikuchi.
* [[WasItAllALie Was It All A Lie?:]] Yes. Wait. Maybe?
* [[WeaponOfChoice Weapon of Choice:]] A certain lighter, because fire is the exception to the rule.
* [[WillNotTellALie Will Not Tell a Lie:]] Outside of sarcasm she does in fact appear to be and strive to be unerringly honest. This includes immediately owning up to Mori about [[spoiler: killing Hagane and kissing Shun]]. The problem is getting people to believe her.

* [[YouRemindMeOfX You Remind Me of X:]] Tanji's initial distrust of Shun was because he reminded her of [[spoiler: her rapist. And she was entirely right to think so.]]
* [[YourWorstNightmare Your Worst Nightmare:]] During the [[NightmareSequence nightmare motive]], the only things she sees are [[spoiler: things that have already happened, no exaggeration: her father and her friends dying in gruesome ways, and her sexual assault by a friend when she was in public school]].

same goes to this one
literally up and then down

rest in hecking pieces

* [[DespairEventHorizon Despair Event Horizon:]] [[spoiler: "Oh, they'll just remain dead."]] She'd been hovering at the edge for a long time but at least she'd had a tiny sliver of hope left. After that nothing mattered and she started proving it [[GoodAdulteryBadAdultery almost immediately]].

* [[HairDecorations Hair Decorations]]

* [[BiTheWay Bi The Way:]] In keeping with [[EveryoneIsBi the rest of the cast]]. Though it doesn't come up much in the main plot, Tanji and Rei were [[SchoolgirlLesbians girlfriends]] in pre-despair and Tanji's first kiss was with a girl.

* GrayEyes

* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: More of a mastermind than the actual mastermind and cause of the entire despair plague.]]

* SmokingIsCool
* JustForFun/SurprisinglySimilarCharacters: With Eren.
* UnluckilyLucky

* WrongSideAllAlong
* YouAreWhatYouHate

* SurprisinglySimilarCharacters: With Eren.