History Sandbox / SlowDamageMaya

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* HateSink: She is the most hated character in the game where no one besides her minions have nothing nice to say about her.

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* AloofDarkHairedGirl: One of Maya's striking features is, like her son, having RavenHairIvorySkin. What makes her truly qualify for the trope is that her fair appearance hid the fact that she's actually a Machiavellian psychopath who -- by her own admission -- was incapable of feeling genuine affection.

* ArchnemesisDad: Gender-inverted. Between all the parents of the Nitro+[=CHiRAL=] protagonists, Maya is the first (so far) to play the role of the BigBad, although it doesn't take until Fujieda's route for the player to learn about this.

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: [[blue:''Oh no.'' Like a hunter keeping a piece of every prey they'd take down, Maya recorded all her crimes and killings in her diary, making it clear that she decided to commit each one of them to memory]]. '''unsure'''

* ControlFreak: Regardless of whether Maya truly loved Towa or not, Towa states that Maya treated him like he was her property, a canvas for her to paint and mold however she liked. The moment Towa started to defy her, Maya reacted ''extremely'' poorly. Maya is also described as someone who wouldn't be satisfied until she got her way. If something didn't conform to her standards, she would immediately have that something, or someone, disposed of. Her last recording even had her speak disdainfully of Towa and Mei's attempt to flee.

* DrearyHalfLiddedEyes: Her eyes give off the effect of this trope, specifically the seductive variant, further invoking the image of her having TsurimeEyes. This enhances both the way she presented herself to others and how much of a remorseless schemer she truly was.
* DyingAlone: Her final fate. As she succumbed to the injuries she sustained from her fall, she wrote in her diary one final time to look back on everything, before ending her entry with the words "I am alone." In spite of everything she had done as Maya, in the end, she was never truly loved by anyone as Yuma Sakuragi. '''not a character trope'''

* EvilMatriarch: [[blue:Never once was Maya remotely close to being a warm and loving mother to Towa. She gave him nothing that a child should have or experience while growing up, and everything she did to her son made him the flawed and broken man he is at present. Unlike most other examples of the trope, Maya (believed that she) ''loved'' her son, except that her personality was so insanely corrupt and twisted that she expressed it in the only way she knew how-- which naturally caused her son to despise both her and the effect she had on his life]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Zigzagged. While her death wasn't done on her own terms, her last recording to Towa indicated that she knew it was only a matter of time until her injuries claimed her life, with her parting words having her gently wish Towa happiness (or what she ''believed'' to be happiness, anyways). But then she wrote in her treasured diary one last time about how broken and lonely she was, hinting that she wasn't at peace with her death as she seemed. What her last moments were truly like, however, is never revealed to either Towa or the player. '''not a character trope'''
* TheFakeCutie: Her looks and the way she carried herself made her seem affectionate, kind, gentle and sweet, but in reality, she was anything but, with her charm being only a mask for her complete lack of morality. '''She doesn't really fit TheCutie book imo'''
* FantasyForbiddingMother: It's also hinted that she didn't want to give Towa too much freedom by letting him indulge in a hobby that he personally liked, or in other words, something that had nothing to do with what Maya herself wanted for Towa. For example: during a trip to an art exhibition, Towa was interested in a certain painting that Maya expressed her dislike for, but promised to buy for him nevertheless. But after purchasing the painting, she decided to give it to someone else instead at the last moment.

* TheGhost: She's already established as a PosthumousCharacter early on, but it isn't until Fujieda's route that she plays a major role in the story. Even then, she's never fully shown to the player; and if one were to extract the game files, they would find that she doesn't even have a full sprite, with only a picture of her in one CG and a sketch of her face in the Croquis, allowing the player to see what she looked like. This still doesn't stop her presence from pervading throughout the plot especially as Towa learns more and more about his past. And should the player opt for a second playthrough of the game from scratch, it becomes more apparent how much her existence impacts some of the events even in the other routes where she barely, if ever, gets mentioned. '''she does eventually appear so this is misuse'''

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: In Eiji's words, it was because of Maya that Shinkoumi became more "interesting". But even if Maya's efforts are part of why Shinkoumi became an outlier in a country that continued to struggle with a severe financial regression and the consequences that came with it, it doesn't erase the fact that Maya's efforts amounted to committing mass murder and child trafficking and prostitution, among many other things. Shinkoumi became a thriving city for some time, but no one in the city was truly safe when it was under the eyes of a yakuza syndicate, especially during when Maya was still alive and was free to run her business without the risk of getting caught or exposed. '''not an actual queen so misuse'''

* HateSink: Even with the GrandFinale revealing some complexities hiding beneath every single layer of evil that creates Maya's character inside and out, the very fact remains that she's one of the vilest villains introduced in all of Nitro+[=CHiRAL=]'s games so far. In terms of despicability, she outclasses [[VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi a criminal overlord with sickening and pedophilic interests who oversees a brutal blood sport and aids in the distribution of a dangerous]] PsychoSerum, an EvilSorcerer who [[VisualNovel/LamentoBeyondTheVoid cursed a world to become more and more uninhabitable by each day and seeks to end all life in it]], and a [[VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder corrupt tycoon who intends to brainwash the inhabitants of an entire island and even committed genocide and illegal human experimentation in the name of research and science]]. Maya possesses the worst traits of each of the aforementioned villains and takes it above and beyond, and what's more noteworthy is that she resides in a setting that is closest to RealLife in contrast to Nitro+[=CHiRAL=]'s other works-- she's a normal human living in a completely normal world, yet she still manages to demonstrate that she's more monstrous than villains who exist in a world where magic exists or where science had already taken huge leaps in development. '''possible natter issues, plus is entirely incomprehensible for anyone not familair with Chiral's work'''

* ItsAllAboutMe: Fitting the bill of both a narcissist and a psychopath with sociopathic tendencies, all that's revealed about Maya strongly hinted that she possessed a delusional sense of grandeur. Never mind the fact that she wouldn't hesitate to take lives and treat other people like tools to further her own agenda, she also saw Towa as less of her son with his own agency, and more of an extension of her that she opted to "mold" so that Towa would follow her ways to the letter, which would allow her legacy to continue. And because she had no sense of compassion, she never stopped to think for a second how she was doing more harm than good to her son, let alone how she could be doing any wrong. Even when she thought that she did all that she could for him, in the end, it was more about her than it was him. At most, she had a morsel of self-awareness to admit right before she died (even if only to herself) that her selfishness and immorality kept her isolated from everyone else.

* KnightOfCerebus: ''Slow Damage'' is already dark enough as it is, so it tells much about the kind of person Maya was when any scene involving her immediately becomes filled to the brim with both terror and tension, leaving absolutely no room for levity. '''unsure'''
* LackOfEmpathy: To be so ruthless to manipulate and kill anyone to fuel one's own ambition is already appalling enough where morals are concerned, but no one who is capable of feeling even an ounce of compassion would be able to do to their child what Maya did to her own son. And as confirmed in the last words she wrote in her diary, she believed that she cannot feel love for anyone, and was not even sure if she truly loved her son despite believing she did the best she could.

* MaternallyChallenged: [[blue:To say that Maya was far from an ideal mother is a gross understatement.]] Her psychopathic and sadistic nature caused her to raise Towa in a hellish and torturous environment, yet as far as she knew, she was doing what she thought was best for Towa. Even in the last days of her life, as she reflected upon everything, she still couldn't realize what she did wrong with the way she took care of Towa.

* MyBelovedSmother: [[blue:And one of the more horrible examples at that]]. When Maya was still breathing, Towa's life was completely in the palm of her hands. If Towa disobeyed Maya, he was subjected to terrible pain and torture. If he obeyed her, on the other hand, he would still be subjected to terrible pain and torture. He had no sense of true freedom, and Maya was quick to squash any of Towa's chances to be independent of her.

* PetTheDog: The one and only act Maya was shown doing that was remotely kind was when she gave the elderly candy shop owner a painting. The act may not seem too charitable when considering that Maya initially bought the painting for her son, promising him that she'd get it for him before changing her mind at the last minute. Even then, Maya still gave it to the old woman without any ulterior motive. While it's not outright stated, Maya may have also played a hand in why the old woman kept her shop all these years, as Maya helped the Takasato-gumi get rid of anyone who slighted them in any way, but the elderly owner remained safe and unharmed even though she resisted all of the Takasato-gumi's attempts to evict her from her home-- which could be Maya's way of showing her gratitude for how the other had helped take care of her back when she was young and impoverished. '''not a character trope'''

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Both red and black are her signature colors, which strongly hints at Maya's sinister nature even before the full details of her depravities are revealed. '''natter, indention issues, and image links'''
** When Sakaki shows Towa a photo of Maya, [[https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OK6kAq6OgcA/YERC6-WZ78I/AAAAAAAAEUM/NY_UBAOFlXoCE0GqDKprvJKJvx1YpgrZgCLcBGAsYHQ/s1275/Screenshot_247.png the photo shows her in a classy red cocktail dress]]. Towa's memories of her also feature her in a black and red kimono.
** One part of Maya's appearance that Towa can remember most vividly before anything else is her red, smiling lips. Another of her most prominent physical traits was her blood red eyes. Even her fingernails were dyed red.
** Most importantly, all the nightmares that Towa has of his time in her care is always played in a background of crimson and black. In almost every nightmare, Towa would always see the same thing: "shimmering red light".

* SatanicArchetype: [[blue:Maya more than fits the bill.]] She has red as her ColorMotif, believed herself to be a god (or close to one) to the point that she condemned anyone who opposed her as a ''demon''. [[blue:Worse yet?]] Her business made it clear that she was corruption incarnate, allowing those with base and depraved urges indulge their desires with innocent victims and (if only by proxy) even allowed innocent bystanders to get involved in the goings-on in her mansion, which led to those same bystanders getting negatively affected and developing their own dark impulses.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: On a meta level, Maya is the first ''female'' villain introduced in the Nitro+[=CHiRAL=] franchise, since [[VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi Emma]], who was also devious and manipulative, served as more of an antagonist in the overarching plot. '''nor sure if meta moments are allowed like this]]

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Downplayed. The English translation of the visual novel spells her real first name as "Yuma" in some instances and "Yuuma" in other scenes. '''trope is being renamed'''

* ButForMeItWasTuesday: ''Oh no.'' Like a hunter keeping a piece of every prey they'd take down, Maya recorded all her crimes and killings in her diary, making it clear that she decided to commit each one of them to memory.

* DyingAlone: Her final fate. As she succumbed to the injuries she sustained from her fall, she wrote in her diary one final time to look back on everything, before ending her entry with the words "I am alone." In spite of everything she had done as Maya, in the end, she was never truly loved by anyone as Yuma Sakuragi.

* EvilMatriarch: Never once was Maya remotely close to being a warm and loving mother to Towa. She gave him nothing that a child should have or experience while growing up, and everything she did to her son made him the flawed and broken man he is at present. Unlike most other examples of the trope, Maya (believed that she) ''loved'' her son, except that her personality was so insanely corrupt and twisted that she expressed it in the only way she knew how-- which naturally caused her son to despise both her and the effect she had on his life.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Zigzagged. While her death wasn't done on her own terms, her last recording to Towa indicated that she knew it was only a matter of time until her injuries claimed her life, with her parting words having her gently wish Towa happiness (or what she ''believed'' to be happiness, anyways). But then she wrote in her treasured diary one last time about how broken and lonely she was, hinting that she wasn't at peace with her death as she seemed. What her last moments were truly like, however, is never revealed to either Towa or the player.
* TheFakeCutie: Her looks and the way she carried herself made her seem affectionate, kind, gentle and sweet, but in reality, she was anything but, with her charm being only a mask for her complete lack of morality.

* TheGhost: She's already established as a PosthumousCharacter early on, but it isn't until Fujieda's route that she plays a major role in the story. Even then, she's never fully shown to the player; and if one were to extract the game files, they would find that she doesn't even have a full sprite, with only a picture of her in one CG and a sketch of her face in the Croquis, allowing the player to see what she looked like. This still doesn't stop her presence from pervading throughout the plot especially as Towa learns more and more about his past. And should the player opt for a second playthrough of the game from scratch, it becomes more apparent how much her existence impacts some of the events even in the other routes where she barely, if ever, gets mentioned.

* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: In Eiji's words, it was because of Maya that Shinkoumi became more "interesting". But even if Maya's efforts are part of why Shinkoumi became an outlier in a country that continued to struggle with a severe financial regression and the consequences that came with it, it doesn't erase the fact that Maya's efforts amounted to committing mass murder and child trafficking and prostitution, among many other things. Shinkoumi became a thriving city for some time, but no one in the city was truly safe when it was under the eyes of a yakuza syndicate, especially during when Maya was still alive and was free to run her business without the risk of getting caught or exposed.

* HateSink: Even with the GrandFinale revealing some complexities hiding beneath every single layer of evil that creates Maya's character inside and out, the very fact remains that she's one of the vilest villains introduced in all of Nitro+[=CHiRAL=]'s games so far. In terms of despicability, she outclasses [[VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi a criminal overlord with sickening and pedophilic interests who oversees a brutal blood sport and aids in the distribution of a dangerous]] PsychoSerum, an EvilSorcerer who [[VisualNovel/LamentoBeyondTheVoid cursed a world to become more and more uninhabitable by each day and seeks to end all life in it]], and a [[VisualNovel/DramaticalMurder corrupt tycoon who intends to brainwash the inhabitants of an entire island and even committed genocide and illegal human experimentation in the name of research and science]]. Maya possesses the worst traits of each of the aforementioned villains and takes it above and beyond, and what's more noteworthy is that she resides in a setting that is closest to RealLife in contrast to Nitro+[=CHiRAL=]'s other works-- she's a normal human living in a completely normal world, yet she still manages to demonstrate that she's more monstrous than villains who exist in a world where magic exists or where science had already taken huge leaps in development.

* KnightOfCerebus: ''Slow Damage'' is already dark enough as it is, so it tells much about the kind of person Maya was when any scene involving her immediately becomes filled to the brim with both terror and tension, leaving absolutely no room for levity.

* MaternallyChallenged: To say that Maya was far from an ideal mother is a gross understatement. Her psychopathic and sadistic nature caused her to raise Towa in a hellish and torturous environment, yet as far as she knew, she was doing what she thought was best for Towa. Even in the last days of her life, as she reflected upon everything, she still couldn't realize what she did wrong with the way she took care of Towa.

* MyBelovedSmother: And one of the more horrible examples at that. When Maya was still breathing, Towa's life was completely in the palm of her hands. If Towa disobeyed Maya, he was subjected to terrible pain and torture. If he obeyed her, on the other hand, he would still be subjected to terrible pain and torture. He had no sense of true freedom, and Maya was quick to squash any of Towa's chances to be independent of her.

* PetTheDog: The one and only act Maya was shown doing that was remotely kind was when she gave the elderly candy shop owner a painting. The act may not seem too charitable when considering that Maya initially bought the painting for her son, promising him that she'd get it for him before changing her mind at the last minute. Even then, Maya still gave it to the old woman without any ulterior motive. While it's not outright stated, Maya may have also played a hand in why the old woman kept her shop all these years, as Maya helped the Takasato-gumi get rid of anyone who slighted them in any way, but the elderly owner remained safe and unharmed even though she resisted all of the Takasato-gumi's attempts to evict her from her home-- which could be Maya's way of showing her gratitude for how the other had helped take care of her back when she was young and impoverished.

* RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver: Both red and black are her signature colors, which strongly hints at Maya's sinister nature even before the full details of her depravities are revealed.

* SatanicArchetype: Maya more than fits the bill. She has red as her ColorMotif, believed herself to be a god (or close to one) to the point that she condemned anyone who opposed her as a ''demon''. Worse yet? Her business made it clear that she was corruption incarnate, allowing those with base and depraved urges indulge their desires with innocent victims and (if only by proxy) even allowed innocent bystanders to get involved in the goings-on in her mansion, which led to those same bystanders getting negatively affected and developing their own dark impulses.

* TheSmurfettePrinciple: On a meta level, Maya is the first ''female'' villain introduced in the Nitro+[=CHiRAL=] franchise, since [[VisualNovel/TogainuNoChi Emma]], who was also devious and manipulative, served as more of an antagonist in the overarching plot.

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Downplayed. The English translation of the visual novel spells her real first name as "Yuma" in some instances and "Yuuma" in other scenes.

* FisherQueen: Zigzagged. Maya's business ventures were undoubtedly vile to the core, but they were also made Shinkoumi thrive financially for years, as the city's splendor gradually fell into decline after her death. Even then, it's also partly because of her that Shinkoumi was anything but safe to live in, as anyone who was unlucky enough to either be deemed a valuable "product" for her business, cross the Takasato-gumi in some way, or decide to get a bit too curious about the mysterious crimes going on in the city were already as good as dead.