History Characters / TheSongOfSaya

* AllMenAreRapists: Believing that Saya is the only girl in the world, he rapes her.

* WouldHurtAGirl: {{Justified|Trope}}. He kills his wife and daughter due to believing that it isn't them since he perceives the world in the same way Fuminori does.

* AlasPoorVillain: Horrible his actions may have been after he realizes in the third ending that Saya is dead, he suddenly appears to have regained his humanity...just before he then chooses to smash his face in with an axe.

* KnifeNut: When he sees Saya being raped by Yosuke, he grabs the nearest kitchen knife quickly hacks the man apart in a murderous, psychotic rage.

* EyeScream: Fuminori stabs his eye first before he's killed.

* NiceGuy: Played with. He offers his help cleaning Fuminori's garden since it's stinking, but Fuminori guesses that he pretends to be nice and Fuminori's garden disturbs Yosuke's perfect image of his house. However, Yosuke talks with his wife about Fuminori's current situation, and they seem to be concerned about him. Then Yosuke goes insane and he loses his nice attitude anyway.

* ACupAngst: {{Downplayed|Trope}}, as she's quite jealous of how "big and soft" Yoh's breasts are when raping her for the first time while also simultaneously [[DepravedBisexual enjoying herself by fondling them]]. Later on, when Fuminori and Saya are having a threesome with the [[spoiler:transformed and now mind-broken Yoh]], Saya does get [[PlayedForLaughs playfully]] annoyed when Fuminori prefers Yoh's mature physique ''much'' more compare to Saya's petite child-like figure. It gets horrifically played with since Saya's true form doesn't have visible breasts (especially since normal humans will be driven insane upon looking at her true form, excluding [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Fuminori and later Yosuke]], and Dr. Ougai not being rather sane himself, to begin with), and Yoh's original human body going through TransformationHorror to match the appearance of Saya's species.

* BuxomIsBetter: Fuminori is more aroused by her voluptuous physique than by Saya's more childlike body, leading to the latter having a minor ACupAngst, but nonetheless agrees with him when they ''both'' rape her together.

* ACupAngst: Downplayed, as she's quite jealous of how "big and soft" Yoh's breasts are when raping her for the first time while also simultaneously [[DepravedBisexual enjoying herself by fondling them]]. Later on, when Fuminori and Saya are having a threesome with the [[spoiler:transformed and now mind-broken Yoh]], Saya does get annoyed when Fuminori prefers Yoh's mature physique ''much'' more compare to Saya's petite child-like figure. It gets horrifically played with since Saya's true form doesn't have visible breasts (especially since normal humans will be driven insane upon looking at her true form, excluding [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Fuminori and later Yosuke]], and Dr. Ougai not being rather sane himself, to begin with), and Yoh's original human body going through TransformationHorror to match the appearance of Saya's species.

* BuxomIsBetter: Fuminori is more aroused by her voluptuous physique than by Saya's more childlike body, leading to the latter having a minor ACupAngst, nevertheless agrees with him when they both rape her.

* BuxomIsBetter: Fuminori is more aroused by her voluptuous physique than by Saya's more childlike body, leading to the latter having a minor ACupAngst.

* HandicappedBadass: Due to his agnosia, Fuminori perceive the world made up of {{Gorn}} and the rest of humanity as flesh monsters, making him effectively colorblind (seeing the [[AlienSky sky black regardless of the time, variety of paint splashed in his living room, bathroom, and bedroom as vomit-green), along with having trouble identifying visual shapes and scaling. It doesn't stop him from trying to kill his former best friend in a straight-up fight, but it's {{downplayed|Trope}} since he's never been in an actual brawl before and is not in good physical condition from his previous malnutrition; let alone his current [[ImAHumanitarian diet]].

* AchillesHeel: Is notably vulnerable to humans unafraid of her, as demonstrated by Dr Tanbo.

* BizarreAlienSexes: It might be incorrect to even consider her a female. She only accepted being called one after reading books about human reproduction.

* CharacterDevelopment: Her progression mirrors Fuminori's. While he rapidly transforms into a monster as he comes to shun his humanity, she begins acting more and more human as her interactions with them continue. In an interesting example, this makes her if anything ''worse'', as she begins acting out on cruel emotions by luring in and raping Yoh out of spite.

* ACupAngst: Downplayed at first, as she's quite jealous of how "big and soft" Yoh's breasts are when raping her for the first time while also simultaneously [[DepravedBisexual enjoying herself by fondling them]]. Later on, when Fuminori and Saya are having a threesome with the [[spoiler:transformed and now mind-broken Yoh]], Saya does get annoyed when Fuminori prefers Yoh's mature physique ''much'' more compare to Saya's petite child-like figure. It gets horrifically played with since Saya's true form doesn't have visible breasts (especially since normal humans will be driven insane upon looking at her true form, excluding [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Fuminori and later Yosuke]], and Dr. Ougai not being rather sane himself, to begin with), and Yoh's original human body going through TransformationHorror to match the appearance of Saya's species.

* ACupAngst: She's quite jealous of how voluptuous Yoh's breasts are when raping her for the first time while also simultaneously converting the latter's biology into that of her kind. Later on, Saya gets annoyed that Fumniori is enjoying himself with Yoh's mature physique ''much'' more compare to their own numerous sexual intercourses beforehand. It gets horrifically played with since Saya's true form doesn't have visible breasts (especially since normal humans will be driven insane upon looking at her true form, excluding [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Fuminori and later Yosuke]], and Dr. Ougai not being rather sane himself, to begin with), and Yoh's original human body going through TransformationHorror to match the appearance of Saya's species.
* AdorableAbomination: Subverted, her appearance as one is ''only'' from Fuminori's perspective. And her behaviour later on is ''far'' from cute as well.

* AlasPoorVillain: Horrible his actions may have been, after he realises in the third ending that Saya is dead, he suddenly appears to have regained his humanity...just before he then chooses to smash his face in with an axe.
* AxCrazy: He even buys an ax, later on, to use for the specific purpose of hacking apart one of his former friends.

* HandicappedBadass: Besides the upfront agnosia causing him to perceive the world made up of {{Gorn}} and the rest of humanity as flesh monsters, it should be noted that Fuminori is also effectively colorblind (seeing the [[AlienSky sky black regardless of the time]], and a variety of paint splashed in his living room, bathroom, and bedroom as vomit-green), along with his other senses tuned to what he perceives as well. It doesn't stop him from trying to kill his former best friend in a straight-up fight, but it's downplayed since he's never been in a fight before.

* {{Jerkass}}: FreudianExcuse and love for Saya aside, Fuminori goes out of his way to be cold, spiteful and nasty to all his former friends, as well as anyone else who interacts with him. This is particularly pronounced if he rejects Saya's offer to cure his agnosia, in which case he becomes a full-on VillainProtagonist.

* BettyAndVeronica: Betty to Saya's Veronica.

* BuxomIsBetter: Fuminori is more aroused by her voluptuous physique than by Saya's more childlike body.

** Also part of the reason for what she did to Yosuke was from the hope that is others became like Fuminori they would love her as well. Sadly things didn't turn out as well as she hoped.

* NothingIsScarier: Fittingly considering [[BrownNote what happens]] to those who see her true form, the reader is never shown what Saya is onscreen. The vague descriptions given do seem to suggest her being some kind of BlobMonster with CombatTenetecles that can expand and contract infinitely. She also has ''teeth'', judging off the descriptions given of the bones in Ogai's home.

* TheGrotesque

* TokenGoodTeammate: Ogai speculates that Saya may have developed into something like this, by the standards of her own species. While he expected her to bloom and infect humans as soon as she'd gathered all the necessary knowledge, she became a romantic who wanted the love of a human. As a result, in the only ending, she does fulfill her mission, it's out of love for Fuminori, a human, rather than pure self-interest. Notably, he's not happy about it, feeling that he "spoiled" Saya by allowing her to become so human-like.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: It seems so, but the player doesn't see her feet when Fuminori talks to her unless the [=CGs=] show more of her body. She's mostly seen in his house where she doesn't wear shoes (or socks). It's probable that she doesn't have shoes, every other character who enters Fuminori's home doesn't see the shoes of a girl.
** However, when Yosuke can see her as a normal girl, she's seen wearing white sandals.
** She also wears sandals on the cover.

** BizarreAlienReproduction: Later revealed to be this. Involving tentacles, to boot.
** MsFanservice: In the comic adaptation, wherein she's aged up and looks like an adult. In the original game, however, she looks very young and girlish. This tends to rub some people the wrong way, and could even lead to...
** FanDisservice: The revelation that her true form is that of an EldritchAbomination might make their sex life even more disturbing than it already was.

** GrotesqueCute: Obviously only applies to her human form.

** ToServeMan: She can eat animals as well, such as birds or cats, but prefers humans above all else.

** MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: She's not really Ogai's daughter, but she still calls him her papa. Ultimately a subversion, as she is really [[EldritchAbomination far from beautiful]].

** GoodWithNumbers: To degrees more powerful than any computer, at that.

** LastNameBasis: To Fuminori.

* BodyHorror[=/=]TransformationHorror: Happens while she is slowly and painfully getting transformed into the same being as Saya. When Koji phones her, she says that her ear is ''melting off'', and her fingers aren't supposed to look like that...

* DeathOfPersonality[=/=]EmptyShell: After being turned into the same being as Saya, her mind is shattered and is faced with constant severe pain, leaving her with almost no trace of her personality nor intelligence. She regains more coherence when begging Koji to kill her.

** FirstNameBasis: To Omi.

%%** DoggedNiceGirl

* MadScientist: He even wished that Saya would find her love and could reproduce her race, even if it would exterminate the human race. He also is the only one who didn't go mad at the sight of Saya and liked the mutated rats she created.
** He has a collection of artifacts that are heavily implied to cause madness if you look at them with the naked eye.

** LastNameBasis: To Yoh.

* VillainProtagonist: If he refuses to correct his agnosia, he becomes an AxCrazy killer wholly supportive of Saya's plot to transform humans into her species.

* AchillesHeel: Is notably vulnerable to humans unafraid of her.

%%** GoodWithNumbers

* TheHero[=/=]HeroAntagonist: In two out of the three routes, he is the main heroic character out to stop [[VillainProtagonist Fuminori]].

* BigBad: She's the story's primarily villain, with her goal being the end of humankind through turning them into {{Starfish Alien}}s, though she has nothing to do with Fuminori's condition; to him, she's nothing short of a savior.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Eros type. The main reason why she didn’t carry out her sperm-collecting mission immediately was that she wanted to do it with someone she loved.

* SuperIntelligence: Her entire race has this trait.

** Prior to the accident that results in Fuminori's agnosia, it stated that he was a slightly introverted, but kind person. He was also implied to be close to the Suzumi family as well.
** Once he made his decision to keep his twisted perception of the world, Fuminori made a reference to the ''Resurrection'' storyline of [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] ''{{Manga/Phoenix}}''.

* LoveMakesYouEvil: The further he falls for Saya, the more depraved he becomes.

* MeaningfulName: The kanji given for "Yoh" means "beautiful". Yoh is consistently described as beautiful or pretty, and both Saya and [[spoiler:Fuminori]] view her as such.

%%* BadassLabcoat

* TheInsomniac: Suffers nightmares daily after finding about Ogai's research experiments.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has green hair that can look teal- or blue-coloured depending on the lighting.

Doctor Masahiko Ogai is the foster father of Saya and he worked in Dr. Tanbo's hospital, until he suddenly disappeared. He's involved in several mysteries as Fuminori helps Saya to find him and investigates him. Ogai studied Saya and taught her various things, such as communication and maths. He commited suicide, and his skeleton is found by Doctor Tanbo and Koji if the player doesn't play the first ending.

* DeadAllAlong: When Dr Tanbo and Kouji find his body, he's been dead long enough to become mummified, suggesting he was dead even before Fuminori was admitted to the hospital.
* DrivenToSuicide: He killed himself with a gun, when the police investigated his case.

* MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter: Him and Saya, though Saya is anything but beautiful, only appearing that way to Fuminori.

* NiceGuy: Played with. He offers his help cleaning Fuminori's garden since it's stinking, but Fuminori guesses that he pretends to be nice and Fuminori's garden disturbs Yosuke's perfect image of his house. However, Yosuke talks with his wife about Fuminori's current situation and they seem to be concerned about him. Then Yosuke goes insane and he loses his nice attitude anyway.

* DrivenToSuicide: Attempted it before the beginning of the game due to his condition, but didn't succeed. Succeeds in 1 of the 3 endings in a particularly gory way, by [[FacialHorror smashing his face]] repeatedly into the blade of an ax.

* HiddenDepths: Once he made his decision to keep his twisted perception of the world, Fuminori made a reference to ''Resurrection'' storyline of [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] ''{{Manga/Phoenix}}''.

* LovingAShadow: Ultimately, his love for Saya does fall within this trope, since he can only perceive the latter as a normal girl compares to everyone else being an EldritchAbomination.

* ACupAngst: She's quite jealous of how voluptuous Yoh's breasts are when raping her for the first time while also simultaneously converting the latter's biology into that of her kind. Later on, Saya gets annoyed that Fumniori is enjoying himself with Yoh's mature physique compare to their own numerous sexual moments. It gets horrifically played with since Saya's true form doesn't have visible breasts (especially since normal humans will be driven insane upon looking at her true form, excluding [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness Fuminori and later Yosuke]], and Dr. Ougai not being rather sane himself, to begin with), and Yoh's original human body going through TransformationHorror to match the appearance of Saya's species.

* HiddenDepths: Once he made his decision to keep his twisted perception of the world, Fuminori made a reference to ''Resurrection'' storyline of [[Creator/OsamuTezuka Osamu Tezuka's]] ''Manga/Phoenix'', explaining to Saya of how the main character CameBackWrong after a vehicle accident and only perceives organics as rocks and robots as beautiful women and fallen in love with one such robot who's actual exterior was ugly but very beautiful to him.

* CuteMonsterGirl: Subverted/deconstructed. She only appears to be cute to Fuminori, whose condition makes him see her as a cute girl. Her real appearance is never fully revealed, but it's implied to be so hideous that any normal person who sees her will be [[BrownNote driven insane]]. There's also the fact that, [[BlueAndOrangeMorality while not conventionally evil]], her behavior when not acting as a loving girlfriend to Fuminori isn't exactly cute either.
* DarkActionGirl: A bizzare, EldritchAbomination variety, she spends the game killing and eating people.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: It seems so, but the player doesn't see her feet when Fuminori talks to her, unless the [=CGs=] show more of her body. She's mostly seen in his house where she doesn't wear shoes (or socks). It's probable that she doesn't have shoes, every other character who enters in Fuminori's home doesn't see shoes of a girl.

* DontLookAtMe: In the first ending, she visits Fuminori in the mental ward at night one day, but refuses to let him see her true form despite his desire to see her one more time. Instead, she passes him a cellphone from behind the door which they use to exchange messages with each other, until she finally bids him farewell.

* HumanityIsInfectious: Ougai speculated that the reason Saya had not immediately initiated her invasion is because she developed the human concept of love after reading romance novels, and thus she wanted to be loved herself before she could bloom. It comes to pass in the second ending, where she even explicitly states she's blooming for Fuminori's sake.

* IJustWantToBeLoved: Eros type. The main reason why she didn’t carry out her sperm-collecting mission immediately was because she wanted to do it with someone she loved.

* NonHumanLoverReveal: She's actually an alien from another dimension, which is made obvious to every other character who sees her except Fuminori. The only reason Fuminori sees her as human is because of his severe agnosia.

* RasputinianDeath: In the third ending. Even after getting half her body frozen by liquid nitrogen and then blown off by a 12-gauge shotgun, she somehow manages to slowly crawl over to Fuminori's side, all while Koji is bashing her body over and over with a steel pipe, until she finally reaches him, weakly touches his face and then finally dies.

* TokenGoodTeammate: Ogai speculates that Saya may have developed into something like this, by the standards of her own species. While he expected her to bloom and infect humanity as soon as she'd gathered all the necessary knowledge, she became a romantic who wanted the love of a human. As a result, in the only ending she does fulfill her mission, it's out of love for Fuminori, a human, rather than pure self-interest. Notably, he's not happy about it, feeling that he "spoiled" Saya by allowing her to become so human-like.

* VillainProtagonist: The {{Deuteragonist}} and LoveInterest who turns out to be a HumanoidAbomination alien BigBad out to assimilate human into her species.

* CombatPragmatist: His skill and experience in street fighting makes him a superior combatant to Fuminori, who has never fought anyone before.

* TheHero[=/=]HeroAntagonist: In two out of the three game routes, he is the main heroic character out to stop [[VillainProtagonist Fuminori]].

%%* GenkiGirl

* KilledOffForReal: The only one of the friends who is dead in every ending.

* TheIngenue: Her innocent appearance and naïve demeanor are played up in scenes she's in, particularly when Omi goes missing and when Fuminori can see her normally again.

%%* RedOniBlueOni: Blue oni to Omi's red.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has purple hair in the scenes where she's being raped by Fuminori and Saya and a later scene where she's pleasuring Fuminori during a phone call. It's possibly a side-effect of Saya transforming her and with said scenes being viewed in Fuminori's warped perspective, except that the scene where Fuminori first sees her in the fetal position (which happens both post-transformation and in Fuminori's perspective) gives her brown hair. Yoh also appears to have purple hair in the shot after she tries calling Omi's phone; while the colouring could be somewhat explained by the lighting, there is definitely a purple hue to it if you look closely.

* AdaptationNameChange: His name is changed to Josh in the comic.
* AxCrazy: He even buys an ax later on to use for the specific purpose of hacking apart one of his former friends.

* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Unknowingly at first, as his lover Saya is an EldritchAbomination, but later he willingly joins her.
* TheDragon: To Saya, being her main ally in her mission.

* {{Jerkass}}: FreudianExcuse and love for Saya aside, Fuminori goes out of his way to be cold, spiteful and nasty to all his former friends, as well as anyone else who interacts with him. This is particularly pronounced if he rejects Saya's offer to cure his agnosia, in which case he becomes a full on VillainProtagonist.

* LackOfEmpathy: Likely because everyone looks like a fleshy monster to him, he has no problem being a {{Jerkass}} to people.

* RealityEnsues: In the first ending, where Saya corrects his agnosia, Fuminori notifies the police of all the dead people in his house after waking up. Unfortunately, they don't believe his explanation of what really happened, and arrest him for all the murders. However, fate isn't completely cruel to him, as law enforcement brings in a psychiatrist who ''does'' believe him. As a result, Fuminori winds up in a mental facility instead of prison, and gets to peacefully live out the rest of his days.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: He sees the world as if it were made of blood, flesh, and intestines. As his senses had been inversed, every human being is as disgusting as a pile of organs and putrid flesh pouring pus. Not only do humans look this way to him, but every single shape (His house, the sky, the cars) looks like it's covered in guts and gore. Everything smells foul, sounds foul and feels foul to him. The actual EldritchAbomination looks like an angel to him. [[ImAHumanitarian And then he finds some meat that smells nice...]]

* TragicVillain: It is mainly because of his horrible agnosia that he spirals toward AxCrazy.

* WomanInWhite: A young-looking girl who shows up in a white sundress.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Becomes this with Saya halfway through, if the player decides not to cure his condition.

* DidYouJustRomanceCthulhu: Unknowingly at first, but later willingly.

* DubNameChange: or Adaptation Name Change, with his name being changed to Josh in the comic.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted, he and Saya have a very active sex life even though they get more depraved as the story goes on.
* HarmfulHealing: The brain surgery that saved his life did way more harm than good for his psyche, unfortunately. This also applies to the fact that he becomes ''more'' happy and fulfilled after crossing [[MoralEventHorizon Moral Even Horizons]] for Saya.
* HorrorHunger: Due to his condition he seemingly loses his appetite for normal food which now tastes unappealing to him, no matter what dishes Saya tries to cook. However, after he returns home one day and finds [[OverTheShoulderMurderShot Saya crouching down and eating something lying on the floor...]]

* IJustWantToBeNormal: In the first of the three endings, he decides he’d rather be cured of his agnosia.
* ImAHumanitarian: And his first human meal is one of his former friends, no less.
* IWillWaitForYou: Again, in the first of the three endings.
* {{Jerkass}}: FreudianExcuse and love for Saya aside, Fuminori goes out of his way to be cold, spiteful and nasty to all his former friends, as well as anyone else who interacts with him. This is particularly pronounced if he rejects Saya's offer to cure his Agnosia, in which case he becomes a full on VillainProtagonist.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy [[LoveMakesYouEvil and Evil]]: The further he falls for Saya, the more depraved he becomes.

* NotGoodWithPeople: In a sense. After losing his normal senses of perception, he can only relate well with Saya, who's actually an alien, and not with other people since they look like monsters to him.

* ProtagonistJourneyToVillain: Fuminori’s sanity is already rather fragile since he has to deal with his awful condition, but he slowly becomes more of a {{Jerkass}}, and if he stays with Saya, becomes TheDragon to her.

* ThroughTheEyesOfMadness: He sees the world as if it were made of blood, flesh, and intestines.

* TragicVillain: It’s mainly because of the horrible agnosia that he spirals toward AxCrazy.

* VillainProtagonist: If he refuses to correct his agnosia, he becomes this.

* BigBadDuumvirate: With Fuminori.

* DrivenToSuicide: In the third ending. He hasn't killed himself ''yet'', but the only way he can continue living with [[TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow the knowledge he now has]] is by keeping a revolver loaded with a single bullet in his room all the time.]]

* TragicVillain: It’s mainly because of his horrible agnosia that he spirals toward AxCrazy.

* AchillesHeel: She's easily dealt with by freezing, then shattering, her.

* MadScientist: He even wished that Saya would find her love and could reproduce her race, even if it would exterminate the human race.
** He is the only one who didn't go mad at the sight of Saya and liked the mutated rats she created.