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* ChildrenAsPawns: He manipulates several of the current Compatibles - who are all ''teenagers'' - for his own means; he coerces Yuki into assisting the SIU at the beginning of her route, grooms Ryoko into an obedient right-hand, sends Ei on a goose chase to trigger the next loop to "save" the latter's fading memory, holds Iori as a hostage when Ei doesn't cooperate, and was planning to use Shu's body as a way to regain access to the mainframe.
* ControlFreak: His plan to trigger the next loop and recreate Miyuki is all a misguided attempt to satiate his needs, and when she refuses and begs him to rethink his plan, he brushes off her concerns, as he's too absorbed in his justifications to see the bigger picture. By the end of Ei's route, all that's left of Ida is an android with hosting his consciousness, and he still clamors for control of the situation by forcing Ei into cooperation one last time.
-->'''Miyuki:''' "Ida-kun, please. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Think this over]]."\\
'''Ida:''' "I have to start things over [[LoveMakesYouEvil for the two of us]]."\\
'''Miyuki:''' "This is a mistake."\\
'''Ida:''' "I'm afraid you're the one who's mistaken. It's too late; this place will be gone soon enough, anyway. Or do you have some other option to share."\\
'''Miyuki:''' "...Even if I did, you wouldn't listen to me. [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope Not the way you are now]]."
* ConsummateLiar: In a flashback to before the invasion on 2064, Ei outright asks Ida to stop using Ryoko, and Ida, voice full of smugness and venom, insists he'll "be more careful going forward". This is just one of many lies he spews at Ei throughout the story.
* ControlFreak: His plan to trigger the next loop and recreate Miyuki is all a misguided attempt to satiate his needs, and when she refuses and begs him to rethink his plan, he brushes off her concerns, as he's too absorbed in his justifications to see the bigger picture. By the end of Ei's route, all that's left of Ida is an android with hosting his consciousness, and he still clamors for control of the situation by forcing Ei into cooperation one last time.
-->'''Miyuki:''' "Ida-kun, please. [[DidntThinkThisThrough Think this over]]."\\
'''Ida:''' "I have to start things over [[LoveMakesYouEvil for the two of us]]."\\
'''Miyuki:''' "This is a mistake."\\
'''Ida:''' "I'm afraid you're the one who's mistaken. It's too late; this place will be gone soon enough, anyway. Or do you have some other option to share."\\
'''Miyuki:''' "...Even if I did, you wouldn't listen to me. [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope Not the way you are now]]."
* ConsummateLiar: In a flashback to before the invasion on 2064, Ei outright asks Ida to stop using Ryoko, and Ida, voice full of smugness and venom, insists he'll "be more careful going forward". This is just one of many lies he spews at Ei throughout the story.
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-->"I'm still you're biggest fan, believe it or not."
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* MysteriousBenefactor: Throughout Ei's route, he receives transmissions from a voice resembling Ida's who presents vaguely as an ally helping Ei escape into the next loop. [[SubvertedTrope But of course]] it's all a [[ManipulativeBastard load of shit]].
-->'''Ei:''' "Who are you?"\\
'''Ida:''' "Just a friend who's trying to help out. (...) Listen, it's not safe out there. Don't trust anyone."\\
'''Ei:''' "Anyone? Even ''you?''"\\
'''Ida:''' "Better to be too careful than careless. Otherwise you'll never escape from this world."
-->'''Ei:''' "Who are you?"\\
'''Ida:''' "Just a friend who's trying to help out. (...) Listen, it's not safe out there. Don't trust anyone."\\
'''Ei:''' "Anyone? Even ''you?''"\\
'''Ida:''' "Better to be too careful than careless. Otherwise you'll never escape from this world."
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* ItsAllAboutMe: As Shu spells out in their confrontation, Ida is only concerned about his own happiness and will disregard the needs and feelings of anyone else for his own gain. Even if he does truly love Miyuki/Tomi, his ultimate plan is to reproduce her in a form that would suit ''him'' and not give her a say in the matter, showing that what was once genuine love has been corrupted into something self-centered and misguided.
-->'''Shu:''' "I know what you've really been trying to do. Back then, all those nights in the lab, you weren't trying to bring her back. You wanted to ''remake'' Kisaragi, the way ''you'' wanted her to be. Ida, you think we're the same person? You're [[NotSoSimilar nothing like me]]! I'd never [[ManipulativeBastard use a girl]] as some ''tool!''"
-->'''Shu:''' "I know what you've really been trying to do. Back then, all those nights in the lab, you weren't trying to bring her back. You wanted to ''remake'' Kisaragi, the way ''you'' wanted her to be. Ida, you think we're the same person? You're [[NotSoSimilar nothing like me]]! I'd never [[ManipulativeBastard use a girl]] as some ''tool!''"
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** Both are incredibly gifted and intelligent young men; Ida being an expert in AI and mechanical engineering by adulthood while Shu is an academic genius and very keen observer. Ida though is an EvilGenius and MasterManipulator who levies everyone he meets as pawns and assets. Shu meanwhile is BrillantButLazy, and is compassionate enough to not use his intellect to harm others.
** Both of them are devoted to a particular girl throughout the story, Miyuki Inaba for Ida and Yuki Takamiya for Shu. Ida's love for Miyuki turned him from a decent young man into an obsessive and selfish monster. Shu, while starting off kind of a pest to Yuki, does prove he's capable of genuinely loving and supporting her, particularly by saving Yuki from Ida.
** Both of them are devoted to a particular girl throughout the story, Miyuki Inaba for Ida and Yuki Takamiya for Shu. Ida's love for Miyuki turned him from a decent young man into an obsessive and selfish monster. Shu, while starting off kind of a pest to Yuki, does prove he's capable of genuinely loving and supporting her, particularly by saving Yuki from Ida.
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** Both are incredibly gifted and intelligent young men; Ida being an expert in AI and mechanical engineering by adulthood while Shu is an academic genius and a very keen observer. Ida though is an EvilGenius and MasterManipulator ManipulativeBastard who levies everyone he meets as pawns and assets. Shu meanwhile is BrillantButLazy, BrilliantButLazy, and is compassionate enough to not use uses his intellect wits to harm others.
learn what he can about the conflict and help the people he loves.
** Both of them are devoted to a particular girl throughout the story, [[TheLostLenore MiyukiInaba Inaba]] for Ida and Yuki Takamiya for Shu. Ida's love for Miyuki turned him from a decent young man into an obsessive and selfish monster. Shu, while starting off kind of a pest to Yuki, does prove he's capable of genuinely loving and supporting her, particularly by saving Yuki from Ida.
** Both of them are devoted to a particular girl throughout the story, [[TheLostLenore Miyuki
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-->"You know, under any other circumstances, it'd be fascinating. Genetically identical, but our experiences made us very different people, indeed."
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-->"Of all possible pilots, I'd never have expected ''you'', Shu Amiguchi."
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* EvilCounterpart: To Shu, being the clone of Tetsuya Ida from the loop before. Ida possesses many of Shu's traits taken to the most toxic degree.
** Both are incredibly gifted and intelligent young men; Ida being an expert in AI and mechanical engineering by adulthood while Shu is an academic genius and very keen observer. Ida though is an EvilGenius and MasterManipulator who levies everyone he meets as pawns and assets. Shu meanwhile is BrillantButLazy, and is compassionate enough to not use his intellect to harm others.
** Both of them are devoted to a particular girl throughout the story, Miyuki Inaba for Ida and Yuki Takamiya for Shu. Ida's love for Miyuki turned him from a decent young man into an obsessive and selfish monster. Shu, while starting off kind of a pest to Yuki, does prove he's capable of genuinely loving and supporting her, particularly by saving Yuki from Ida.
** Both of them became popular ladies men in high school and are quite charismatic with the opposite sex. Ida, through his relationship with Ryoko, takes that idea to the most abusive extreme, toying with her feelings for his benefit and never valuing her as an individual. Shu's flirting with girls is also portrayed as shallow and self-gratifying, but as a way of showing that he doesn't really know how to prove his love otherwise. Him rescuing Yuki from Ida forces him to finally be honest and not rely on a persona to express his love.
** Both are incredibly gifted and intelligent young men; Ida being an expert in AI and mechanical engineering by adulthood while Shu is an academic genius and very keen observer. Ida though is an EvilGenius and MasterManipulator who levies everyone he meets as pawns and assets. Shu meanwhile is BrillantButLazy, and is compassionate enough to not use his intellect to harm others.
** Both of them are devoted to a particular girl throughout the story, Miyuki Inaba for Ida and Yuki Takamiya for Shu. Ida's love for Miyuki turned him from a decent young man into an obsessive and selfish monster. Shu, while starting off kind of a pest to Yuki, does prove he's capable of genuinely loving and supporting her, particularly by saving Yuki from Ida.
** Both of them became popular ladies men in high school and are quite charismatic with the opposite sex. Ida, through his relationship with Ryoko, takes that idea to the most abusive extreme, toying with her feelings for his benefit and never valuing her as an individual. Shu's flirting with girls is also portrayed as shallow and self-gratifying, but as a way of showing that he doesn't really know how to prove his love otherwise. Him rescuing Yuki from Ida forces him to finally be honest and not rely on a persona to express his love.
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-->"You killed Kisaragi. And I'm I will make you pay.
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** When he steals the Usami-Bot's body after Ida leaves, instead of deleting her outright, he instead leaves her in his previous endoskeleton to be deleted by Ida, even cruelly taunting her over it.
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** When he steals the Usami-Bot's Tomi Android's body after Ida leaves, instead of deleting her outright, he instead leaves her in his previous endoskeleton to be deleted by Ida, even cruelly taunting her over it. it.
--->"Hey, Kisaragi. How's the view from the other side of that shell? A shame it might end up getting you deleted, and [[IronicDeath by the man you love]], too. Oh, very classical tragedy..."
--->"Hey, Kisaragi. How's the view from the other side of that shell? A shame it might end up getting you deleted, and [[IronicDeath by the man you love]], too. Oh, very classical tragedy..."
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* MoralityChain: When it becomes clear has no desire to follow Ida's plan to "revive" her, Ida truly [[JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope loses himself]] and becomes the manipulative and selfish asshole that he is in the present.
* ReplacementGoldfish: In a very screwed up way; the AI of Tomi that Ida creates is his attempt to bring her back after she's killed. And the AI Tomi realizes this and pushes back against the idea, trying her hardest to get Ida to move on and abandon his plan to insert her into another Tomi's body. And she does so while still trying to be as [[NiceGirl compassionate]] about it as she can.
-->'''Android Tomi:''' You know she's dead. The girl you're talking to is just a machine wearing Tomi Kisaragi's face."\\
'''Ida:''' "[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman But your heart is real]]. You're still you."\\
'''Android Tomi:''' "Don't you get it yet? [[TheLostLenore The girl you knew will never come back]]. Even if... Even if you [[GrandTheftMe steal her body]] and transfer my mind..."\\
'''Ida:''' "[[PleaseDontLeaveMe Please. Please]], I... Without you, I'm..."\\
'''Android Tomi:''' "You know I love you. But... I can't support you. I can't support ''this''."
-->'''Android Tomi:''' You know she's dead. The girl you're talking to is just a machine wearing Tomi Kisaragi's face."\\
'''Ida:''' "[[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman But your heart is real]]. You're still you."\\
'''Android Tomi:''' "Don't you get it yet? [[TheLostLenore The girl you knew will never come back]]. Even if... Even if you [[GrandTheftMe steal her body]] and transfer my mind..."\\
'''Ida:''' "[[PleaseDontLeaveMe Please. Please]], I... Without you, I'm..."\\
'''Android Tomi:''' "You know I love you. But... I can't support you. I can't support ''this''."
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* VirtualGhost: Like BJ and Tamao, dying as she shifted corrupted her data to a degree, making it so that she can't get a new body from her archived Sector 0 information in later loops like Ida and Morimura can.
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* VirtualGhost: Like BJ and Tamao, dying Dying as she shifted corrupted her data to a degree, making it so that she can't get a new body from her archived Sector 0 information in later loops like Ida and Morimura can.
* TheAtoner: By the epilogue, he's helping the Compatibles restore the Five Sectors to make up for everything he's done. And he and Miyuki have a chance to start anew and help him return to his kinder self.
* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: Even as he's slowly JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope, Tomi/Miyuki still loves him and is trying her hardest to convince him not to pursue his plan to make her human, because that would effectively kill the Tomi Kisaragi after her. Her tone and words make it clear that while what he's doing is wrong, she still loves him and still sees his better nature deep beneath all the toxic traits he's built up since the original Tomi died. This pays off by the epilogue where Ida has become TheAtoner with her help.
-->'''Android Tomi:''' "You're Juro Izumi. Prisoner 426. Aren't you? [[WhatWereYouThinking Why did you wake him up]]?"\\
'''426:''' "Same reason he brought you back. We're both his means to an end, tools to be used and thrown away."
'''426:''' "Same reason he brought you back. We're both his means to an end, tools to be used and thrown away."
-->"You killed Kisaragi. And I'm will make you pay.
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* KickTheDog: When he steals the Usami-Bot's body after Ida leaves, instead of deleting her outright, he instead leaves her in his previous endoskeleton to be deleted by Ida, even cruelly taunting her over it. Later, after Megumi has already agreed to serve as his pawn in trying to vaccinate the other heroes, he appears in the house as Fluffy and begins berating and insulting her seemingly for the hell of it.
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* KickTheDog: KickTheDog:
** When he steals the Usami-Bot's body after Ida leaves, instead of deleting her outright, he instead leaves her in his previous endoskeleton to be deleted by Ida, even cruelly taunting her overit. it.
** Later, after Megumi has already agreed to serve as his pawn in trying to vaccinate the other heroes, he appears in the house as Fluffy and begins berating and insulting her seemingly for the hell of it.
** When he steals the Usami-Bot's body after Ida leaves, instead of deleting her outright, he instead leaves her in his previous endoskeleton to be deleted by Ida, even cruelly taunting her over
** Later, after Megumi has already agreed to serve as his pawn in trying to vaccinate the other heroes, he appears in the house as Fluffy and begins berating and insulting her seemingly for the hell of it.
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* FreudianExcuse: Watching 426 kill his friends, failing to defeat the kaiju during his loop, Morimura's HeroicSacrifice, and Tomi's death darkened his heart.
* PayEvilUntoEvil: When reviving Izumi's consciousness as an AI, Ida takes the opportunity to torture him for everything that's happened between the two. And it's suggested that he's done this to ''several'' versions of the AI.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was previously as kind and valorous as Shu, but being hunted by 426, failing to defeat the kaiju during his loop, Morimura's HeroicSacrifice, and Tomi's death darkened his heart. By the epilogue, after the Deimos are finally gone and he and Miyuki have reconciled, he's able to restore some of his kindness from way back then.
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* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was He was previously as kind and valorous as Shu, but being hunted by 426, failing to defeat the kaiju during his loop, Morimura's HeroicSacrifice, and Tomi's death darkened his heart.Shu. By the epilogue, after the Deimos are finally gone and he and Miyuki have reconciled, he's able to restore some of his kindness from way back then.
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* AwesomenessByAnalysis: He's immediately aware that he's become an AI when Ida revives him, just from observing how old Ida's gotten.
-->'''426:''' "You're... Tetsuya Ida. Or at least an older version of him."\\
'''Ida:''' "You always seem to notice that whenever I wake you up."
-->'''426:''' "You're... Tetsuya Ida. Or at least an older version of him."\\
'''Ida:''' "You always seem to notice that whenever I wake you up."
