History Characters / TheSongOfSaya

* BetterWithNonHumanCompany: Played with. After losing his normal senses of perception, he can only relate well with the human-looking Saya, who's actually an alien, and not with other people since they look like monsters to him. To him though, he ''thinks'' he's getting along better with actual humans and avoiding monsters.

* BizarreAlienSenses: This is what his "agnosia" amounts to after his life was saved from the experimental brain surgery. As a result, he's a human with the perception of an unknown alien species.

* CombatPragmatist: He won't hesitate in using sneak attacks or psychological warfare to gain an advantage.

* DrivenToSuicide: Attempted it three months prior to the beginning of the game due to his condition, but didn't succeed. He succeeds in one of the three endings (Humanity wins) in a particularly gory way, by [[FacialHorror smashing his face]] repeatedly into the blade of an ax.

* 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]].

** 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 if Hiromi's use of "oniichan" is of any indication.

** 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}}'', suggesting his interest in manga.

* HowWeGotHere: After the event of Fuminori's cruel rejection of Yoh's confession, the game flashes back three months ago of how his entire perception of the world changed and his meeting with Saya for the first time.

* ImAHumanitarian: Due to his distorted senses, only human meat tastes good to him. And his first meal is one of his former friends.

* LackOfEmpathy: Likely because everyone looks like a fleshy monster to him, he has no problem being a {{Jerkass}} to people. When the player refuses to have Fuminori's agnosia cured through Saya, he starts to reject his humanity to continue loving her, becoming a straight-up cannibal, and have no problems killing others in order to ensure a peaceful future with Saya. It's painfully clear that his situation has rendered him unable to see humans as beings worthy of empathy, and he was only faking anything of the kind out of a lingering attachment to his old life -- once he decides to toss that aside, all of his remaining compunctions about treating them however he pleases disappear.

* MentallyUnwellSpecialSenses: Had a life saving brain surgery after a car accident. Unfortunately, this causes him to see grotesque images in everything. The sole exception is Saya, who he sees as a normal girl, when in reality her true form is that of a EldritchAbomination.

* RageBreakingPoint: At the start of the game, he was already living with his agnosia for three whole months. This causes him to reach a point of frustration as he can no longer tolerate the disgusting world around him anymore.

* TookALevelInJerkass: He is said to have been a much nicer person before the events of the game take place.

The characters of ''VisualNovel/SayaNoUta''. '''Unmarked Spoilers''' from this point onward, as every character is a WalkingSpoiler to some extent.

* LastNameBasis: To Yoh.

* RedOniBlueOni: Red oni to Ryoko's blue.

* SoleSurvivor: In the third ending.

* FirstNameBasis: To Koji and Yoh.

* KillTheCutie: Chopped up by Saya.

* LastNameBasis: To Fuminori.

* RedOniBlueOni: Red oni to Yoh's blue.

* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Koji, before she got killed.

* FirstNameBasis: To Omi.

* LastNameBasis: To Fuminori and Koji.

* RedOniBlueOni: Blue oni to Omi's red.
* SexSlave: Becomes this for Fuminori [[DepravedBisexual and Saya]].

* RedOniBlueOni: Blue oni to Koji's red.

* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: The fact that both his parents were killed in the horrific car crash means no one really knows what's going on inside his house.

* MentallyUnwellSpecialSenses: Had a life saving brain surgery after a car accident. Unfortunately this causes him to see grotesque images in everything. The sole exception is Saya who he sees as a normal girl. Naturally her true form is that of a EldritchAbomination.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Even after Saya is defeated and killed, he can never go back to his normal life after learning all he did- he begins hallucinating instead.

* NiceGuy: He's the only genuine example of this, unlike Fuminori (who TookALevelInJerkass after his accident, and crossed over into BlueAndOrangeMorality in two of the game's three endings). At least before he gets broken down by his subsequent experiences.

* PyrrhicVictory: In the third ending, he successfully stops Saya's plan and saves humanity, only in the process he has lost all his friends, one of him he subjected to a MercyKill and other he saw transform into a monstrous killer and commit suicide. Come the epilogue, his sanity is rapidly falling apart, and it noted there's a good chance he'll eventually kill himself.

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

* NormallyIWouldBeDeadNow: Her dying moment of awesome is all about this- still manages to pull out a gun and finishes off Saya.

* 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.

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

* LackOfEmpathy: Likely because everyone looks like a fleshy monster to him, he has no problem being a {{Jerkass}} to people. When the player refuses to have Fuminori's agnosia cured through Saya, he starts to reject his humanity to continue loving her, becoming a straight-up cannibal, and have no problems killing others in order to ensure a peaceful future with Saya.

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

* AdaptationalJobChange: {{Downplayed|Trope}} in the American comic, whereas Dr. Josh is already a full-fledged doctor compare to the original Japanese medical student.

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

* AnAxeToGrind: He bought an ax with the intention of killing [[spoiler:Koji]] in the final battle. In the Humanity Wins ending, he only successfully kills [[spoiler:Dr. Tanbo]] and later [[spoiler:himself after watching Saya die]].

* ShesGotLegs: Her CG in the hospital draws quite a bit of attention to her legs.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted; he and Saya have a very active sex life even though they get more depraved as the story goes on.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Averted, she and Fuminori have a very active sex life even though they get more depraved as the story goes on.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Her true form is implied to be a cross between a BlobMonster and StarfishAliens. However, the trope is played with since Saya's human form isn't one she takes on by choice; she hasn't actually changed forms at all, and Fuminori only sees her as human due to his condition.

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

* KnifeNut: He uses a knife to protect himself. And he gets nuts.

* WalkingSpoiler: Her role mostly concerns her victimization, BalefulPolymorph [[BodyHorror transformation]], and tragic death.

* RapunzelHair: Goes all the way down her waist to her feet. She has two shorter locks of hair that stick out rather like cat ears, too.

* GoodCounterpart: To Fuminori. Both are college students who ally with an [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair unconventionally-haired girl]], and both are fighting for love, but whereas Fuminori is fighting for a living EldritchAbomination who wants to turn humanity into members of her species, Koji fights for his dead girlfriend Omi, to avenge her death by Saya’s hand.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: {{Subverted|Trope}}. Her hair color is black rather than dark blue.

* 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 coloring could be somewhat explained by the lighting, there is definitely a purple hue to it if you look closely.

* GoodCounterpart: To Saya. Both are gals with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair odd hair colors]] who fight alongside a male partner for the future of humanity, but whereas Saya wants to assimilate humanity into her species, Ryoko wants to protect humanity.

* {{Meganekko}}: Subverted when she reveals her true personality.

* WalkingSpoiler: Her initial {{Meganekko}} persona turns out to be a front for an {{Anti Hero}}ic hunter.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has green hair that can look teal- or blue-colored depending on the lighting.

* {{Megane}}: He wears glasses.

* AdorableAbomination: Subverted; she may look adorable, but that's ''only'' from Fuminori's perspective, and her true appearance is implied to be so hideous that it [[BrownNote drives most people insane just from looking at her]]. Her behaviour, later on, is ''far'' from cute as well.

* BrownNote: Her true form is treated like this. All of the humans that have seen it have immediately lost their sanity if they aren't outright killed by her. Only people who are already insane/disturbed seem to be unaffected, not to mention people with Fuminori's brain disorder.

* 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.

* EldritchAbomination: She's an alien from another dimension whose true form is apparently so hideous that a normal person will [[BrownNote go insane]] just from seeing her. The one thing that drives her actions (aside from her genuine love for Fuminori) is her mission to convert everyone on the planet into beings like her. Unlike most examples, she isn't a nigh-unstoppable RealityWarper (her ability to turn humans into beings like herself is done through releasing spores rather than anything fantastical) and she can be killed with enough physical force.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Literally. In the second and third endings, her boyfriend discovers her grisly remains (including what looks like her dismembered hand) in one of the storage containers in Fuminori's refrigerator. In the first ending, it's the cops who discover her remains after Fuminori calls them.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: Like Omi, he and his family are dismembered and put in a refrigerator.

* AdorableAbomination: Subverted, her appearance as one is ''only'' from Fuminori's perspective. And her behaviour, later on, is ''far'' from cute as well.

* 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.

* GoOutWithASmile: Definitely not the peaceful kind, though, as she [[TakingYouWithMe made sure to finish Saya off]].

* BigBad: She's the story's primary 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.

* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Her true form is implied to be a cross between a BlobMonster and a StarfishAlien. However, the trope is played with since Saya's human form isn't one she takes on by choice; she hasn't actually changed forms at all, and Fuminori only sees her as human due to his condition.

* OccultDetective: She mainly investigates Ogai's research, particularly [[StarfishAlien Saya]].