History Characters / TogainuNoChi

* {{Bishonen}}: He's considered uncommonly attractive InUniverse, and the art style renders him more stereotypically "bishie" than it does the other characters.
* BlessedWithSuck: It's soon revealed that Akira was [[spoiler: a part of Project Nicole, a genetic engineering program that sought to enhance the natural capabilities of humans and create the perfect soldier. While he was regarded as a failed subject at first, his blood actually contains a substance which serves as the antidote to the Nicole Virus, which can also be found in the drug Rein]]. This is also the reason [[spoiler: he is framed for murder and placed in Igra: Emma wants to use him to lure Nano out, whose blood is the source of Rein]].

* DefiantToTheEnd: When faced with death, if given the option to show his response, Akira will make it clear that he won't go down crying, begging, or even just hanging his head in resignation.

** This trope is ''especially'' the case in [[spoiler: one of Shiki's bad endings, which Akira uses to his advantage to easily seduce Shiki's underlings whenever Shiki would be out]].
* HeroicBSOD: He falls into a depressed slump shortly after fighting with the [[spoiler: Rein-addled]] Keisuke. It gets even worse if he [[spoiler: accidentally kills him in Shiki's route, to the point that he doesn't resist much when Shiki takes him captive]].
* HeroicRROD: After fighting [[spoiler: Keisuke, who had been empowered with the effects of Rein]], Akira struggles just to stay awake, especially since [[spoiler: Keisuke would often wake up while struggling with the painful effects of withdrawal]], requiring Akira to hold him in place until he calms down again.
* {{Hypocrite}}: Akira shows a notable case of being self-contradicting, albeit only in the AnimatedAdaptation. When he saves Rin from [[spoiler:Shiki]], he tells Rin to forget about killing [[spoiler:Shiki]] because it's not worth it. Later on, [[spoiler:Shiki kills Keisuke]] and Akira tries to kill him. [[IronicEcho Rin tells him the same thing,]] although Akira doesn't listen to him and in the finale, [[spoiler:he returns to Toshima to settle things with Shiki once and for all]].

* InformedAbility: Played with. Akira is supposedly a good fighter, but more often than not he ends up becoming a BadassInDistress. Then again, there are scenes which show him curb-stomping normal Igra participants, and the only reason he has a bit of a hard time fighting against [[spoiler: Takeru and Keisuke]] later in the game is because they're both doped up on Rein at that point. In Rin's route, even when [[spoiler: he's utterly drained from his final fight with Keisuke]], he still manages to get the upper hand on Rin, who's no slouch in combat. Ultimately, the only people who Akira ''really'' has trouble against are [[PsychopathicManchild Gunji]], [[BloodKnight Kiriwar]], and [[ImplacableMan Shiki]].
* ItsAllMyFault: Akira blames himself for [[spoiler:Keisuke having taken Rein and going on a bloody rampage]]. This is gets worse in the routes where [[spoiler:Keisuke doesn't survive]], and his guilt comes to a head in Shiki's route, where he tolerates the treatment [[spoiler:Shiki]] gives him because even though he despises what's being done to him, he still believes it's his punishment for [[spoiler: failing to save his friend]].
* JerkassHasAPoint: He repeatedly tells Keisuke that it's not a wise idea for him to join Igra, what with him not knowing how to fight and still failing to realize just exactly what awaits him if he were to stay with Akira in a lawless city that's essentially an arena to a brutal BloodSport. And while he goes overboard with his rant, he's still not wrong when he points out that Keisuke's not helping things by making himself small when comparing himself to Akira and refusing to be honest about his thoughts and feelings, since Akira can see right through Keisuke's lies.

* LethalChef: In one of the short stories that takes place after Motomi's route confirms that Akira has no idea how to cook and is incapable of cooking up a decent meal.
* LikeASonToMe: Played with in Motomi's route, where the older man becomes protective of Akira because he can't help but think what his own son would be like growing up, with him remarking that his son would be about Akira's age at present, But later on, Motomi starts to see Akira in a different light as his feelings shift from familial to romantic.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: [[spoiler: Rin is revealed to hide a lot of mental and emotional scars underneath the happy-go-lucky persona he shows others, and ultimately wants to die trying to kill Shiki for tricking him and killing his teammates. More than revenge, what Rin wants more than anything is death, which he believes would finally free him if his guilt]]. Though in time, Akira and Rin's growing bond allows Rin to have a reason to look forward to living again. While he still [[spoiler: sets out to kill Shiki for the sake of finding closure with his past]], he promises Akira that [[spoiler: they'll see each other again-- a promise that he eventually fulfills five years later]].

** In Motomi's route, after Akira learns of the other man's real motive for working as an information broker in Toshima, Akira reminds him that [[spoiler: while Nano had taken many lives, he had been the government's tool and lab rat for as long as he can remember, and was deprived of anything resembling choice and freedom. He then questions if Motomi sees Nano as less of a human and more of a thing, and that however he sees Nano shouldn't be different from how he regards Akira, since both are results of the same experiment]]. This causes Motomi to reevaluate his mission and agrees to Akira's plan to [[spoiler: at least try and see if they can reason with Nano and have him accompany them to safety]].
** Akira is the only one who can bring out [[spoiler: Nano]]'s long-suppressed humanity. [[spoiler:Nano has spent all his life as a living weapon, which left him cynical at the idea that he can live as a normal human being, with him remarking a few times that everything is inevitable and predestined and there is no other possibility left for him]]. In his route, Akira motivates [[spoiler:Nano]] to live for himself and to forge his own path, something that [[spoiler: Nano]] eventually takes to heart.
* MoralityPet: While it doesn't take until near the endgame, Akira is also the only person who Shiki shows a slightly less colder side to. Not even [[spoiler: Rin, Shiki's half-brother]] managed to receive a similar treatment, especially at present.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Even though Akira raises some valid points when he chews out Keisuke halfway through the common route, he still ends up crossing the line when he lets his anger take over, causing to say some rather harsh things that he didn't mean to say. This ends up hurting Keisuke's feelings and feeding into his insecurities, [[spoiler: causing him to take Rein in the hopes that it would give him the strength needed to be helpful to Akira. As expected, however, it ended up causing nothing but harm. Even Akira feels guilty for what happened to Keisuke]].
* PhlebotinumRebel: Akira [[spoiler: was also an experiment of Project Nicole, and his blood was altered to counteract the Nicole Virus present in Rein. Of course, Akira has no plans in letting the military use him for their goals]].

* TheStoic: He is a textbook example of this at first. As the story goes on however, [[NotSoStoic he shows a wider array of emotions]], but he still keeps a cool head when he needs to.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: By default, Akira acts cold and distant towards everyone. However, when push comes to shove he shows that he truly cares about the people close to him, and surprisingly isn't one to hold onto grudges no matter what would be done to him.

* TragicKeepsake: In Nano's ending, [[spoiler: he keeps Keisuke's tag after the latter's death]].
* TyphoidMary: [[spoiler: As Anti-Nicole, his blood is the antidote to -- rather than the carrier of -- the Nicole Virus and of Rein itself. However, the process of nullifying the virus]] isn't painless and quick, and in some cases, the results can be fatal.

* TheVamp: [[spoiler: Akira becomes this in one of Shiki's bad endings. Whenever Shiki is out, Akira would go and seduce Shiki's men, knowing full well that they'll be killed for sleeping with him. Even though said men know this rule all too well, many are unable to resist Akira's seductive charm]].

* WhatTheHellHero: When Keisuke praises Akira for winning a fight against another Igra participant, despite being clearly disturbed by the implications behind that victory, Akira loses his temper and calls Keisuke out for seemingly not having a mind of his own outside of his friendship with the former. That being said, he goes overboard with his rant when he tells Keisuke that the sight of him pisses him off.
* WouldHitAGirl: In Motomi's route, Akira is just about ready to [[spoiler: whale on Emma after she confirms that she's been using Akira the entire time]] had Motomi not held him back.

** In Nano's route, Keisuke [[spoiler: actually gets to survive the effects of withdrawal from Akira's blood nullifying the Rein in his body. Sadly, however, Keisuke meets his demise when he gets fatally shot while trying to protect Akira from the military. The only consolation is that Keisuke manages to die as himself instead of as a crazed murderer]].

* TheFatalist: His history as a lab rat, which deprived him of anything resembling choice or free will, leaves him with the broken belief that everything has been decided for him since the beginning. He has a "what was is what will be" point of view and believes that he cannot choose his own fate or break free of his current predicament, which reflects his detachment from his humanity.

* HappinessInSlavery

* StockholmSyndrome: Somewhere in his route, [[spoiler: Shiki abducts Akira, takes him to his apartment, pierces his belly button as a sign of his ownership, and essentially treats him like a SexSlave. Akira tries to leave a few times, but is unable to. Shiki even takes note of this in the drama CD, where in an internal monologue, he remarks that Akira had every opportunity to escape if he wished]].

* BreakTheCutie:

** In Nano's route, Keisuke [[spoiler: actually gets to survive the effects of withdrawal from Akira's blood nullifying the Rein in his body. Sadly, however, Keisuke meets his demise when he gets fatally shot while trying to protect Akira from the military. The only consolation is that Keisuke manages to die as himself instead of as a crazed psychopath]].

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Besides his [[spoiler: connection to Shiki]], Rin is the only member of the main cast who has no involvement with anything regarding [[spoiler: Project Nicole]], which also explains why he fades out of the story in every other route that isn't his own.

* TheFatalist: His history as a lab rat, which deprived him of anything resembling choice or free will, leaves him with the broken belief that everything has been decided for him since the beginning. He has a "what was is what will be" point of view and believes that YouCantFightFate, which reflects his detachment from humanity.

* LackOfEmpathy: Nano's upbringing have left him with almost nothing with regards to the ability to feel compassion or to understand why others would feel sorrow. [[spoiler: This slowly changes in his ending; while he still has yet to fully grasp the concept of every different emotion, he nevertheless starts understanding what it feels like to cherish someone and to show concern for them.]]

* FemmeFatale: Emma is beautiful as much as she is mysterious, manipulative and deadly

* BreakTheCutie: Akira goes through a lot of crap throughout the story, and it officially starts when [[spoiler: he encounters Keisuke after the latter had taken Rein and underwent a drastic change in personality]]. It gets even worse in Shiki's route, where [[spoiler:he accidentally kills Keisuke]], and he's left so broken that he barely attempts to resist when [[spoiler:Shiki decides to take him captive]].

* StepfordSmiler: When Akira brandishes the tags he got from his first defeated opponent, Keisuke only congratulates Akira with a forced smile despite it being clear he is disturbed by what Akira had done. This backfires, as Akira [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech calls him out on it]].

* LimaSyndrome: In his route, he starts to harbor an attachment to Akira after having taken the latter as his captive for some time, even though he'll never admit it. Proof that he has begun to see Akira as more than a plaything is [[spoiler: shown in both his bad endings, where he declares his intention to keep Akira at his side no matter what and never takes anyone else as his partner or his plaything. And in his good ending, Shiki shows Akira one rare act of selfless compassion by leading him to safety when civil war finally breaks out in Toshima]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: He's last mentioned to have been leaking information to Arbitro about Akira and Rin's whereabouts, but whatever happens to Tomoyuki after Motomi bombs the Palace and both sides of Japan finally go at war with each other in Toshima is left to the audience to guess.

* HeroicSacrifice: In Yukihito's route, he stays behind to Yukihito and Akira to give them time to escape from the Executioners. [[spoiler:He survives, though he sustained many injuries.]]

* {{Expy}}: He looks like the splitting image of [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] and shows especially when one of the more rational characters in the game, even if he's working for the wrong side.

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* ChildrenAreInnocent
* IWillWaitForYou: She's waiting for her brother to come home. [[spoiler: Alas, this never comes to be, as Takeru is fated to meet a grisly end no matter which route the player ends up in.]]
* MoralityPet
* NiceGirl: She's a sweet and loving little sister. When Takeru says he's leaving and going to Igra so he can win the prize money to support their family. She tells him that she doesn't need lots of toys and clothes to be happy; just for him to be with her.

** In Motomi's route, after learning of Motomi's real motive for working as an information broker in Toshima, Akira reminds him that [[spoiler: while Nano had taken many lives, he had lived his entire life as the government's tool and lab rat, and was deprived of anything resembling choice and freedom. He then questions if Motomi sees Nano as less of a human and more of a thing, and that however he sees Nano shouldn't be different from how he regards Akira, since both are results of the same experiment]]. This causes Motomi to reevaluate his mission and agrees to Akira's plan to [[spoiler: at least try and see if they can reason with Nano and have him accompany them to safety]].
** Akira is the only one who can bring out [[spoiler: Nano]]'s long-suppressed humanity. In the latter's route, he motivates the latter to live for himself and to forge his own path, something that [[spoiler: Nano]] eventually takes to heart.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He's capable of holding a man and strangling him with one hand effortlessly despite his scrawny physique. [[spoiler: This is because he is the product of Project Nicole, which intended to create the ultimate soldier, and he was the only test subject to prove successful.]]

* KnewItAllAlong: At the climax of his route, he reveals that he always recognized [[spoiler: Akira as the same boy who approached him years ago]], and the only thing he ''didn't'' know about until later in the game was [[spoiler: that Akira was part of the anti-Nicole project]].
* LackOfEmpathy: Nano's upbringing have left him with almost nothing with regards to the ability to feel compassion or to understand why others would feel sorrow.

* TheDeterminator: When he first encounters Shiki, who is supposedly invincible, he refuses to run away, glaring at him despite a blade pressed to his neck. During their second encounter, he tries to block his sword with his knife, and actually ''succeeds'' for a while.

* MoralityChain: In Motomi's route, after learning of Motomi's real motive for working as an information broker in Toshima, Akira reminds him that [[spoiler: while Nano had taken many lives, he had lived his entire life as the government's tool and lab rat, and was deprived of anything resembling choice and freedom. He then questions if Motomi sees Nano as less of a human and more of a thing, and that however he sees Nano shouldn't be different from how he regards Akira, since both are results of the same experiment]]. This causes Motomi to reevaluate his mission and agrees to Akira's plan to [[spoiler: at least try and see if they can reason with Nano and have him accompany them to safety]].
* MoralityPet:
** Akira is the only person who can bring out [[spoiler: Nano]]'s long-suppressed humanity.
** While it doesn't take until near the endgame, Akira is also the only person who Shiki shows a slightly less colder side to. Not even [[spoiler: Rin, Shiki's half-brother]] managed to receive a similar treatment, especially at present.

* IcyBlueEyes[=/=]InnocentBlueEyes: Depending on his current state of mind, the look in Rin's eyes can shift between the former and the latter,

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: He wants to kill [[spoiler: Shiki]] for [[spoiler: murdering his Bl@ster teammates]].

* EvilLaughter[=/=]LaughingMad: There's one memorable instance in Shiki's route where he laughs, and it's quite creepy. Though what's creepy isn't with how Nano is laughing, but with the fact that ''he's'' laughing.

* PurpleIsPowerful: Nano has pale blue eyes that occasionally glow purple, which is an indicator of both his mysterious nature and how he's a lot stronger than he appears to be at first glance.

* SuperSpeed: Enhanced strength aside, he can move really fast, to the point that he's even thought to be teleporting.

* TheseHandsHaveKilled
* ThouShaltNotKill: He makes the vow to never take another human life at the ending of his route, and carves cross-shaped wounds on the back of his hands as an eternal reminder.

--> '''Nano''': I scorned those who flocked toward my blood. I thought: "If you want it, I will give you as much as you like. Drown in it, and destroy yourselves." ...And I hoped I would be destroyed with them.

* BerserkButton: The very sight of Motomi immediately makes Arbitro lose all composure. This is because Motomi [[spoiler: got Arbitro fired from ENED when he discovered the latter's hobby of mutilating young boys]].

* RunningOnAllFours: The kind of training Kau had underwent made him act exactly like a dog, all the way to how he would move around.

* BigBrotherInstinct: For his little sister, Yukari.
* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: A Rein-crazed Keisuke kills him by barehandedly crushing his skull]].
* DelinquentHair: His hair at present is dyed blue and is spiky, but a flashback shows that it wasn't always spiky and his hair color was originally brown. Said flashback also covers the night that he left for Toshima, which meant that Takeru got into his current get-up some time after joining Igra.

* InSpiteOfANail: In every single route, with no single exception, [[spoiler: Takeru ''will'' meet a bloody demise at Keisuke's hands]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse

* CanonForeigner: He only appears in ''True Blood''.

* FemmeFatale: Beautiful, manipulative, and deadly.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: In every other route that isn't Shiki's or Rin's, Nano always ends up killing her in the climax by driving his ''bare hand'' through her chest.]]

* RedBaron: As [[spoiler: the leader of the now-defunct Bl@ster team "Pesca Corsica"]], Rin's moniker was "Koat".

* LimaSyndrome: In his route, he starts to harbor an attachment to Akira after having the latter as his captive for some time, even though he'll never admit it. Proof that he has begun to see Akira as more than a plaything is [[spoiler: shown in both his bad endings, where he declares his intention to keep Akira at his side no matter what and never takes anyone else as his partner, let alone plaything. And in his good ending, Shiki shows Akira one rare act of selfless compassion by leading him to safety when civil war finally breaks out in Toshima]].

* BewareTheSillyOnes: Upon first glance, Motomi doesn't seem all that threatening, what with his relaxed and oftentimes goofy demeanor. Even then, nothing slips past him, luck is almost always on his side due to his ability to keep calm and to always think three steps ahead, and just because he's not inclined to violence doesn't mean he's afraid of resorting to it when worse comes to worst.

* BreakTheCutie: Akira goes through a lot of crap throughout the story, and it officially starts when [[spoiler: he encounters Keisuke after the latter had taken Rein and underwent a drastic change in personality. It gets even worse in Shiki's route, where [[spoiler:he accidentally kills Keisuke]], and he's left so broken that he barely attempts to resist when [[spoiler:Shiki decides to take him captive]].

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: She never shows up in Rin's route]], leaving her fate unknown since it's left unconfirmed if she [[spoiler: managed to find Nano or not]].

* [[SheIsAllGrownUp He Is All Grown Up]]: In his good ending.
* IcyBlueEyes[=/=]InnocentBlueEyes: The look in his eyes shift between the former and the latter, depending on his current state of mind.

* PowerOfTrust: This trope plays a huge role in his relationship with Akira, if his route is taken. Beneath that quirky persona of his lies a huge amount of trust issues, since when Akira assures him that he won't betray him, Rin vehemently tries to cut him off or deny his statements out of fear.

* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: In Motomi's first appearance, he gives Akira, Keisuke and Rin a good pat on the head as a friendly gesture. If his route is taken, Motomi continues doing the same thing to Akira to show his concern for the younger man, both before and after he starts having feelings for him.

* HiddenDepths: Motomi is revealed in his ending to have some skill in drawing. While he's no master, his sketches are decent enough that Akira thinks [[spoiler: Motomi should use them in some of his articles]].

* KnowledgeBroker: Motomi states he is an information broker, but we rarely see him giving information other than common knowledge about Igra to the protagonists. This is until [[spoiler:he has an audience with Arbitro, where he uses previously unknown information to interrogate him]]. In his route, he reveals even more information to Akira about [[spoiler:Project Nicole]], and comes complete with the romantic subtext.
* TheMedic: Before coming to Toshima, he used to work at a pharmaceuticals company, then worked as both a mercenery and a medic during the Third Division.

* NervesOfSteel: Whether he's talking to the Executioners point-blank or [[spoiler:confronting Arbitro even with a dozen men training their guns on him]], Motomi shows zero fear whatsoever and doesn't flinch or sweat at any threat thrown his way.

* NotSoAboveItAll: Even in spite of his age, he can also act a bit childish whenever he's caught off-guard.

* SeenItAll: Being the oldest of the main cast, practically nothing fazes him, giving the impression that he's already witnessed plenty of the horrors that mankind has to offer before, during and after the Third Division. [[spoiler: Given that Motomi once fought in a war, used to be a scientist at ENED, this would be more than correct]].
* TheSmartGuy: Motomi is extremely knowledgeable about both Igra and the people controlling it. [[spoiler: He used to work as a researcher in ENED]], and therefore has had access to information he can use as leads to investigate further.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: While he's confirmed to survive all the way to the end in his, Rin's and Nano's routes, his fate is left unknown in both Keisuke and Shiki's routes due to literally vanishing from the plot.

* AloofBigBrother: To [[spoiler: Rin]], with the aloof part being a huge understatement.

* CurbStompBattle: Fight him, and expect it to be extremely one-sided. Even though Akira was able to hold his ground for a while, he was eventually overpowered. [[spoiler: [[PintsizedPowerhouse Rin]]]] couldn't lay a scratch on him either. The only one who could hold out against Shiki in a fair fight, and even turn the tides, is [[spoiler: Nano]].

* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: If he's the chosen love interest, he shows to get fascinated at Akira's unwillingness to surrender to him.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: This is Shiki's weapon of choice, and he's frequently shown slicing Igra participants (on Rein) with hardly any effort, whether they're armed or not.

** [[spoiler: It's also hinted that he dies in Nano's route, as shown in one scene where Akira sees Nano tossing aside a bloodied katana, and Shiki is the only character who wields one]].
* LimaSyndrome: In his route, he starts to harbor an attachment to Akira after having the latter as his captive for some time, even though he'll never admit it. Proof that he has begun to see Akira as more than a plaything is [[spoiler: shown in both his bad endings, where he declares his intention to keep Akira at his side no matter what, as well as his good ending, where he shows Akira one rare act of selfless compassion by leading him to safety when civil war finally breaks out in Toshima]].

* SecretCharacter: His route is only unlocked after the player has completed Rin's route.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: In his good ending, [[spoiler: he chooses not to drink Nano's blood. But after killing him, Shiki loses the will to live since most of his life, he was focused solely on defeating Nano. From then on, he becomes unresponsive to everything and everyone]].

* LackOfEmpathy

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In Keisuke, Motomi and Rin's routes, he and his men make themselves scarce after [[spoiler: Nano causes chaos around Toshima by distributing undiluted Rein, with Arbitro noting that the civil war is also close at hand and he has no plans staying around and waiting for the bombs to start dropping on the city]].

* DelinquentHair: His hair at present is dyed blue and is spiky, but a flashback shows that it wasn't always spiky and his hair color was originally brown. Said flashback also covers the night that he leaves for Toshima, which meant that Takeru got into his current get-up some time after joining Igra.

* FieryRedhead
* WeUsedToBeFriends

* UncertainDoom: In Motomi's route, [[spoiler: Emma shoots Gwen -- albeit non-fatally -- so as to keep him from getting in her way. By the time Nano kills Emma and Motomi and Akira run to evade the military, Gwen is still breathing]]. Given that [[spoiler: Toshima gets dragged into the civil war shortly afterwards]], however, it's unlikely that Gwen had survived, especially with [[spoiler: the reports that no one from the CFC military had managed to escape]].

* FirstLove: Kazui served as this to [[spoiler: Rin]], although it's left ambiguous if they were a couple or [[spoiler:if Rin harbored feelings for Kazui but was never able to confess them until it was too late]].

* PurpleIsPowerful: His eyes occasionally glow purple, which is an indicator of both his mysterious nature and how he's a lot stronger than he appears to be at first glance.

* TyphoidMary: [[spoiler: Nano is Nicole Premier, whose blood is the carrier of the Nicole Virus and the source of Rein]].
* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles]]: During the end of his route.

* LackOfEmpathy: His

* HappinessInSlavery: Arbitro's very careful and thorough conditioning have made Kau lose all sense of humanity, with the only thing left being his devotion to his owner.

* FirstLove
* TheLostLenore

* PlatonicLifePartners: In the ending of Yukihito's route, he and Akira become this. [[spoiler:Howver, he admits he likes Akira in the bonus tokuten for The CHIRAL Night 5th Anniversary DVD.]]

* SissyVillain: Arbitro helps run Vischio, has a very flashy and tacky sense of style, and is oftentimes flamboyant and theatrical with the way he acts.

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He is also a player in Igra. His main goal is to defeat II Re and use the prize money to save his family from poverty.

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* BlessedWithSuck: It's soon revealed that Akira was [[spoiler: a part of Project Nicole, a genetic engineering program that sought to enhance the natural capabilities of humans and create the perfect soldier. While he was regarded as a failed subject at first, upon a recheck of his records, it's found that his blood actually contains a substance which serves as the antidote to the Nicole Virus, which can also be found in the drug Rein]]. This is also the reason [[spoiler: he is framed for murder and placed in Igra: Emma wants to use him to lure Nano out, whose blood is the source of Rein]].

** Given that he's a pretty man in a set of circumstances that involve a whole hell of a lot of SituationalSexuality, he ends up catching the unwanted attention of some men who become interested in having their way with him. He's even attractive enough that should he end up getting caught by either of the Executioners in their bad endings, they opt to violate him rather than just beat and kill him.

* InformedAbility: Played with. Akira is supposedly a good fighter, but more often than not he ends up becoming a BadassInDistress. But then again, there are scenes which show him curb-stomping normal Igra participants, and the only reason he has a bit of a hard time fighting against [[spoiler: Rein-addicted Takeru and Keisuke]] is because they're both doped up on Rein and he's never at his utmost physical condition whenever he encounters them. The only people who he ''really'' has trouble against are [[PsychopathicManchild Gunji]], [[BloodKnight Kiriwar]], and [[ImplacableMan Shiki]].
* ItsAllMyFault: Akira blames himself for [[spoiler:Keisuke taking Rein and going on a bloody rampage]]. This is gets worse in the routes where [[spoiler:Keisuke doesn't survive]], and his guilt comes to a head in Shiki's route, where he tolerates the treatment [[spoiler:Shiki]] gives him because even though he despises what's being done to him, he still believes it's his punishment for [[spoiler: failing to save his friend]].

* LikeASonToMe: Played with in Motomi's route, where he becomes protective of Akira because he can't help but think what his own son would be like growing up, as he'd be about Akira's age if he were still alive. Later on, however, Motomi starts to see Akira in a different light as his feelings shift from familial to romantic.

* SecondLove: To both [[spoiler: Rin]] and [[spoiler: Motomi]], since [[spoiler: Rin's previous crush was killed by Shiki while Motomi's wife committed suicide after their son's death]].

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: In Nano's ending, he keeps Keisuke's tag after the latter's death]].

* TheVamp: [[spoiler: Akira becomes this in one of Shiki's bad endings. Whenever the latter is out, he would go and seduce Shiki's men, knowing full well that they'll be killed for sleeping with him]].

* YouRemindMeOfX: Part of the reason why Rin takes a liking to Akira is because he looks a lot like [[spoiler: his first love]].

* BoyNextDoor: Arguably the main appeal of his character [[spoiler: before the whole {{Yandere}} thing happens]], but also after.

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* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: In his ending, he loses his left leg in his battle with Shiki, though he has it replaced with a prosthetic one]].

* CuteAndPsycho: He is very nice and cheerful, [[spoiler:and is also a mentally-damaged DeathSeeker who will try to kill anyone in the way of his revenge]].

* UncannyFamilyResemblance: In Rin's good ending, which [[spoiler: shows him all physically mature after a three-year TimeSkip, he's essentially Shiki with a PaletteSwap]].

* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Motomi was only [[spoiler: one of the rank-and-file researchers who had no idea about ENED's top-secret experiments, particularly the ones involving Project Nicole]], but the fact that he was involved in some way at all still leaves him both guilt-stricken and horrified, especially since it [[spoiler: indirectly resulted in his son and wife's deaths]].

* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Part of the reason why he informed ENED about Arbitro's fetishes was because he imagined -- and feared -- the scenario of Arbitro mutilating his own son]].

* SeenItAll: Being the oldest of the main cast, practically nothing fazes him, giving the impression that he's already witnessed plenty of the horrors that mankind has to offer before, during and after the Third Division. [[spoiler: Given that Motomi once fought in the war and also used to be a scientist at ENED, this would be more than correct]].

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: He's capable of holding a man and strangling him with one hand effortlessly despite his scrawny physique. [[spoiler: This is because he is the product of Project Nicole, which intended to create the ultimate soldier, and he was the only test subject to prove successful]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Spending most of his time in a lab caused him to have a very limited knowledge on basic living. For instance, he survives on eating ''tree bark'', and in an attempt to eat a Solid, he forgets to remove the wrapper first.

* CreepyMonotone: Combined with slow speech. He subverts this in Shiki's route, where he talks at a faster pace and with clear emotion in his voice. Additionally, both his tone and his speech get better in [[spoiler: his good ending]].

* TheFatalist: He has a "what was is what will be" point of view and believes that YouCantFightFate, which reflects his detachment from humanity.

* SecretCharacter: [[spoiler: He's the final love interest, and can only be pursued once you've played everyone else's routes]].

* ThouShaltNotKill: He makes this vow at the ending of his route, carving cross-shaped wounds on the back of his hands as a reminder.

* ImpossiblyTackyClothes: Akira's first impression of him is how bad his taste in clothing is. Many other characters also point that his sense of style is rather tacky.
* MrExposition: In Keisuke's route, Arbitro tells Akira that [[spoiler: his blood carries the anti-Nicole Virus, which explains why any Rein users who drink Akira's blood undergo a violent reaction shortly afterwards]].

* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: In Keisuke's route, he and his men make themselves scarce after [[spoiler: Nano causes chaos around Toshima by distributing undiluted Rein, with Arbitro noting that the civil war is also close at hand and he has no plans staying around and waiting for the bombs to start dropping on the city]].

A pair of men hired by Arbitro to enforce the rules of Igra, often through violent means. They are somewhat irresponsible and use whatever they can as an excuse to [[ForTheEvulz kill people randomly for fun]]. Consists of Gunji and Kiriwar.

* PsychopathicManchild: They speak with childish mannerisms... while beating the living daylights out of anyone they encounter.

* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Emma will kill him near the end of several routes if he tries to stop her from betraying their mission.]] It's only in Shiki's route that [[spoiler: she doesn't get to pull the trigger on him... because Shiki kills them both instead]].
* {{Expy}}: He looks like the splitting image of [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] and shows especially when he's the OnlySaneMan of the series.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: He is loyal to CFC, first and foremost, to the point that he [[spoiler: will stop Emma from trying to kill Nano and Akira (given that the government wants them ''alive'')... or die trying]].

[[folder:Kazui]]
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeHirakawa

* FirstLove
* TheLostLenore
* TokenGoodTeammate

[[folder:Touya]]
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentaroIto
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Another exclusive character from ''Togainu no Chi: True Blood''. Yukihito's friend and leader of their group.

* BestFriend: His close friend is Yukihito.
* CanonForeigner: He only appears in ''True Blood''.
* HeroicSacrifice: In Yukihito's route, he stays behind to Yukihito and Akira to give them time to escape from the Executioners. [[spoiler:He survives, though he sustained many injuries.]]
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!!! '''Miscellaneous'''

[[folder:Emma]]
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AsakoDodo [[note]] Credited as Kaori Okuda [[/note]]
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A mysterious woman who approaches Akira, offering him freedom from prison in exchange for his participation in Igra.
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[[folder:Touya]]
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KentaroIto
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Another exclusive character from ''Togainu no Chi: True Blood''. Yukihito's friend and leader of their group.

* BestFriend: His close friend is Yukihito.
* CanonForeigner: He only appears in ''True Blood''.
* HeroicSacrifice: In Yukihito's route, he stays behind to Yukihito and Akira to give them time to escape from the Executioners. [[spoiler:He survives, though he sustained many injuries.]]

!!! '''Miscellaneous'''

[[folder:Emma]]
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AsakoDodo [[note]] Credited as Kaori Okuda [[/note]]
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A mysterious woman who approaches Akira, offering him freedom from prison in exchange for his participation in Igra.

* ApologeticAttacker: Emma is not all too happy about having to [[spoiler: shoot Gwen dead when he opposes her attempts to put down Nano and Akira]].
* AnArmAndALeg: She's missing her lower left arm, [[spoiler: since Nano tore it off when he escaped from ENED]].
* ChekhovsGunman: She appears in the beginning of the story to release Akira from jail. Later, [[spoiler: she re-appears, revealing she knows about Nicole Premier, Akira's capability of neutralizing Rein and is out to kill Nano, whose blood is the source of Rein]].
* EvilRedhead: While she's established to be shady and not entirely to be trusted early on, the climax of most routes reveal what her endgame really is, and [[spoiler: it doesn't exactly favor either Akira, Keisuke or Nano]].
* FemmeFatale: Beautiful, manipulative, and deadly.
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: In every other route that isn't Shiki's or Rin's, Nano always ends up killing her in the climax by driving his ''bare hand'' through her chest.]]
* LadyInRed: Besides the fact that she has striking red hair, she's never seen without her red coat.
* MercyKill: She attempts to [[spoiler: kill Nano, but only because she knows that the other option would be to give him back to the military, who will experiment on him again. Of course, he kills her before she gets the chance]].
* MrExposition: Gender-inverted. In Keisuke, Shiki and Nano's routes, she's the one who explains to Akira (and to the player) about [[spoiler: Project Nicole and how both Akira and Nano are connected to it]].
* RevolversAreJustBetter: She brandishes a revolver when she reappears in the climax of certain routes and reveals the role she truly plays in the plot.
* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead
* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the sole prominent female character among the cast who plays a major role in the plot, since Yukari is a character who appears only in a flashback to provide more depth to Takeru's character.
* SpyCatsuit: This is what she's wearing underneath her trademark red coat, which emphasizes the fact that she works for a secret organization.
* TreacherousQuestGiver: She sends Akira to Toshima to challenge Il-Re, promising him a clean slate if he succeeds. In truth, [[spoiler: Il-Re doesn't matter to her; she's using Akira to lure Nano out of hiding, and she's planning to kill them both]]. She's also the one who [[spoiler: framed Akira]] to begin with.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Unlike the [[spoiler: organization she's working for or the entirety of Vischio]], Emma wants [[spoiler: Nano dead to ensure that he won't suffer the agony of being experimented on for a second time]].
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: She never shows up in Rin's route]], leaving her fate unknown since it's left unconfirmed if she [[spoiler: managed to find Nano or not]].

[[folder:Gwen]]
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Takuo Kawamura [[note]] Credited as Kikutarou Namerikawa [[/note]]
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Emma's right-hand man.

* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Emma will kill him near the end of several routes if he tries to stop her from betraying their mission.]] It's only in Shiki's route that [[spoiler: she doesn't get to pull the trigger on him... because Shiki kills them both instead]].
* {{Expy}}: He looks like the splitting image of [[Franchise/AceAttorney Phoenix Wright]] and shows especially when he's the OnlySaneMan of the series.
* MyCountryRightOrWrong: He is loyal to CFC, first and foremost, to the point that he [[spoiler: will stop Emma from trying to kill Nano and Akira (given that the government wants them ''alive'')... or die trying]].
* OnlySaneMan: The only character outside the main cast to be reasonable and clear-headed, even when taking into consideration that he's working for a corrupt government.
* TheStoic: He doesn't talk unless he has to, and is very professional with how he speaks. His composure only cracks when [[spoiler: he learns that Emma plans to ''kill'' rather than ''retrieve'' both subjects of Project Nicole]].

[[folder:Yukari]]
!!! '''Voiced by:''' Nozomi Sasaki
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Takeru's younger adoptive sister.

* ChildrenAreInnocent
* IWillWaitForYou: She's waiting for her brother to come home. [[spoiler: Alas, this never comes to be, as Takeru is fated to meet a grisly end no matter which route the player ends up in.]]
* MoralityPet
* NiceGirl: She's a sweet and loving little sister. When Takeru says he's leaving and going to Igra so he can win the prize money to support their family. She tells him that she doesn't need lots of toys and clothes to be happy; just for him to be with her.

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A mysterious woman who approaches Akira, offering him freedom from prison in exchange for his participation in Igra. She is cold and calculating.

* MrExposition: Gender-inverted; she's the one who explains to Akira (and to the player) about [[spoiler: Project Nicole and how both Akira and Nano are connected to it]].

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: She's the sole prominent female character among the cast.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler: She never shows up in Rin's route]], leaving her ultimate fate unknown since it's left unconfirmed if she [[spoiler: managed to find Nano or not]].

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* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Emma will kill him near the end of several routes if he tries to stop her from betraying their mission.]] It's only in Shiki's route that she doesn't get to pull the trigger on him... because Shiki kills them instead.]]

* MyCountryRightOrWrong

* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Justified, given that he's a pretty man in a set of circumstances that involve a whole hell of a lot of SituationalSexuality, but this is ''especially'' the case in [[spoiler: one of Shiki's bad endings, which he uses to his advantage to easily seduce Shiki's underlings]].

* TheLoad: A part of why he feels inferior to Akira, and also part of why he [[spoiler:chooses to take Rein in the first place]].

* {{Yandere}}: A flashback shows that Keisuke gets easily jealous of anyone who gets a little too close to Akira, and has struggled with having his feelings toward Akira not being acknowledged for a long time, but he only truly becomes the trope after [[spoiler: the effects of Rein render him well and truly insane. Whether he snaps out of his madness or not depends on which route is taken]].

https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tnc_rin1_6.png[[/labelnote]] to see him [[spoiler: 5 years older]]]]

* CuteAndPsycho: He is very nice and cheerful [[spoiler:and also a mentally-damaged DeathSeeker who will try to kill anyone in the way of his revenge]].
* CuteBruiser: Don't let his young appearance fool you; he's more than capable of kicking your ass.

* DualWielding: Rin fights with a pair of stiletto knives during combat and is surprisingly deadly with them.

* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: He is extremely friendly and generous to Akira and Keisuke, even trading his own tags for supplies when they are injured. [[spoiler: This is eventually subverted when he stabs Akira in the back and takes his tags to face Il-Re, and especially when he's revealed to be the leader of an infamous Bl@ster team who had a track record of committing plenty kinds of violence]].

* UncannyFamilyResemblance: In Rin's good ending, which [[spoiler: shows him all physically mature after a five-year TimeSkip, he's essentially Shiki with a PaletteSwap]].

* HyperAwareness

An Exclusive Character from Togainu no Chi: True Blood. He once participated in a game called Bl@ster, the same as Akira. And his main goal is to take down the Japanese Government, that's the reason he joins in Igra.

* CanonForeigner: He is a character exclusive to ''Togainu no Chi: True Blood'', the PS2 port of the original game. However, he becomes a CanonImmigrant in the [=CHiRAL=] Night 10th Anniversary event, where he meets [[VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder Mizuki]], who shares the same status as him. [[note]]Both of them have their own route in BleachedUnderpants UpdatedReRelease VideoGameRemake, but Mizuki already appeared in the original game while Yukihito is a new character in the updated game.[[/note]]

* HappinessInSlavery
* MalevolentMutilation: Aside from having his eyes removed, there's the scar criss-crossing his chest, and piercings covering his torso. Arbitro also removed his vocal chords.
* TheNoseKnows: He has a very sharp sense of smell, and is often brought around by the Executioners to detect any rule-breakers, particularly those who are carrying a suspicious set of tags.
* StockholmSyndrome
* {{Stripperific}}
* TheVoiceless: Besides some breathing noises, Kau doesn't speak, due to Arbitro taking away his larynx.

He is also a player in Igra. His main goal is to defeat II Re and get the prize money for his family.

* DelinquentHair: His hair at present is dyed blue and is spiky, but a flashback shows that it wasn't always spiky and his original hair color was brown. This flashback also covers the night that he leaves for Toshima, which meant that Takeru got into his current get-up some time after joining Igra.

* HoneyTrap: He resorts to seducing unwitting men to get their tags.

* MotiveDecay: He joined Igra in order to earn money that would make him and his foster family set for life. As time goes on, he loses sight of his original goal, especially after [[spoiler: taking Rein, to which then his goal changes to both taking over Il-Re's position and killing Akira, who he developed an IrrationalHatred for]].
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Attempts this against Il-Re, the circulator of Rein, the drug responsible for the degradation of [[spoiler: his family, especially his mother.]]
* SacrificialLion: He is a powerful fighter, able to go toe-to-toe with Akira, and was a former Bl@ster fighter who had accumulated a win streak prior to quitting and joining Igra. He survives in Toshima on his own, unlike others who are part of a small gang who tend to look out for each other. Despite this, he is convinced to [[spoiler: take a dosage of pure and undiluted Rein, only to have it painfully neutralized by Akira's blood. In his weakened state, he is promptly killed by a Rein-addicted Keisuke]]. This is the first major indicator that Toshima is dangerous for reasons other than Igra.

* ApologeticAttacker: Emma is not all too happy about having to [[spoiler: shoot Gwen dead when he opposes her attempt to put down Nano and Akira]].

Emma's right hand man.

* EtTuBrute: [[spoiler: Emma will kill him near the end of several routes if he tries to stop her from betraying their mission. It's only in Shiki's route that she doesn't get to pull the trigger on him... because Shiki slashes them both dead.]]

* OnlySaneMan: The only character outside the main cast to be reasonable and clear-headed.

Takeru's little [[spoiler:adoptive]] sister. The reason Takeru keeps fighting in Igra.

* BlessedWithSuck: It's soon revealed that Akira was [[spoiler: a part of Project Nicole, a genetic engineering program that sought to enhance the natural capabilities of humans and create the perfect soldier. While he was regarded as a failed subject at first, upon a recheck of his records, it's found that his blood actually contains a substance which serves as the antidote to the Nicole virus, which can also be found in the drug Rein]]. This is also the reason [[spoiler: he is framed for murder and placed in Igra: Emma wants to use him to lure Nano out, whose blood is the source of Rein]].

* PhlebotinumRebel: Akira [[spoiler: was also an experiment of Project Nicole, and his blood was altered to counteract the Nicole virus present in Rein. Of course, Akira has no plans in letting the military use him for their goals]].

* TyphoidMary: [[spoiler: As Anti-Nicole, his blood is the antidote to -- rather than the carrier of -- the Nicole virus and of Rein itself. However, the process of nullifying the virus]] isn't painless and quick, and in some cases, the results can be fatal.

* MrExposition: He helps explain to Akira and Keisuke the other details about Igra and the people behind it.

* LikeASonToMe: Played with. He sees Akira as one, though if his route is taken, their relationship turns from familial to romantic. But don't be mistaken; there is no incestuous subtext in their relationship at all.
* TheMedic: Before coming to Toshima, he used to be a medic during WWIII.

* TyphoidMary: [[spoiler: Nano is Nicole Premier, whose blood is the carrier of the Nicole virus and the source of Rein]].

* PetTheDog: In his good ending, [[spoiler: Shiki shows Akira the way out of Toshima and tells him to go wherever he likes. He even goes as far as trying to, in his own way, comfort Akira when the latter starts brooding about his blood]].

* BadassLongcoat

* FinalBoss: InUniverse. [[spoiler: He is Il-Re, who has to be defeated to win Igra]].

* LimaSyndrome: In his route, he starts to harbor an attachment to Akira after the latter spent a while in captivity, even though he'll never admit it.

A helpful young boy who has been participating in Igra long before Akira and Keisuke arrived in Toshima. [[DudeLooksLikeALady Many people mistake him for a girl]]. He enjoys taking photos.

* CameraFiend: Rin's hobby is taking pictures and even keeps a digital camera on his person. He also occasionally gives some pictures to Motomi to assist the latter's information-gathering .

!!! '''Igra Fighters'''