History VideoGame / Oni

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Griffin and the TCTF helping out Konoko in the final level, assuming she did not shoot him, could be interpreted as this.]]

* {{Ubermensch}}: Konoko is this, oh so very much. Muro and his Syndicate, as well as [[spoiler:Griffin and his TCTF]] would qualify as The Last Man. At first, she starts off with the morals of the TCTF. Then she rejects it, and essentially tries to adopt a new set of morals. [[spoiler:In fact, it could be said that the Daodan Chrysalis enables Mai and anyone who possesses one the ability to become the Ubermensch]]. The battle between Konoko and Mukade could be interpreted as a battle between two Ubermensch, or a battle between one Ubermensch and one NietzscheWannabe. It does raise a question on what would happen if two Ubermensch encountered each other (and if they could live with each other). [[spoiler:Konoko's decision to shoot Griffin or spare him could be interpreted as a decision on what kind of Ubermensch she wants to be. Shooting Griffin would make Konoko an Ubermensch combined with TheSocialDarwinist. Sparing Griffin would make Konoko an Ubermensch combined with TheMessiah. Another interpretation of her decision is that shooting Griffin means that she succeeded in destroying the Last Man, and sparing Griffin means that she decided to convert him to her way of thinking.]] She manages to bring down Muro and the Syndicate, [[spoiler:as well as bringing about the Apocalypse, which most certainly destroys the society she rejected. The ending seems to imply that Konoko will give a Daodan Chrysalis to every person she finds. In this way, she would be able to start a new society, one that she would be able to live in]].

* ObligatorySwearing: Averted. There is no swearing in the game at all, not even in situations where it would have been warranted. Of course, Bungie was trying to make the game as close to anime as they could. They probably knew that Japanese does not have swearing (at least not swearing like in English).

* GreenAesop

* ActionGirl: Konoko is ''so'' very much this. The TCTF female cops probably qualify.

[[caption-width-right:256: GrimDark {{Cyberpunk}} [[GirlsWithGuns Goodness]].]]

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[[{{Homage}} Drawing inspiration]] from classic anime, chiefly ''GhostInTheShell'' (going as far as having main characters Konoko and Griffin be {{expy}}s of Motoko Kusanagi and Daisuke Aramaki), ''Oni'' is a {{Beat Em Up}}/{{Third Person Shooter}} by {{Bungie}} with a good mix of firefights and hand-to-hand combat, and an interesting story to boot. It's widely accepted that the only thing that stopped it from becoming a classic is that the game was rushed out the door due to Microsoft's purchase of Bungie -- features initially promised that never materialized included more enemies and a multiplayer mode.

The game has a small but dedicated modding community at http://oni.bungie.org/community/forum/index.php. Their main project is the Anniversary Edition mod, which fixes a lot of the game's ArtificialStupidity and adds back in DummiedOut features. [[http://mods.oni2.net/node/75 Mac]] version and [[http://mods.oni2.net/node/79 PC]] Version (requires full retail version of {{Oni}}).

-->'''Konoko:''' I'm going after her.
-->'''Griffin:''' I have dispatched a Strike Team to recover the SLD.
-->'''Konoko:''' This is personal.
-->'''Griffin:''' Which is precisely why you should have nothing to do with it.
-->'''Konoko:''' My mind is made up.
-->'''Griffin:''' I am your Commanding Officer...
-->'''Konoko:''' I don't care who you are. My friend is in trouble and I'm going to help her if I can. Stay out of my way.

* AmazingTechnicolorBattlefield: [[spoiler: Level 11 is definitely this. You can tell that Bungie chose to really let themselves go here. Justified because it is just a dream or nightmare that Konoko is having.]]

* [[spoiler: ApocalypseWow: The ending.]]
* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler: Shinatama, when she gets hooked up to a Deadly Brain computer and is forced to attack Konoko. She says things like "I'm sorry! So sorry!" and "Kill me, Konoko! Please!"]]
* [[ArrogantKungFuGuy Arrogant Kung Fu People]]: Just about everyone who can fight qualifies as this. Konoko definitely acts like one. At least she is willing to talk to some people before pounding the tar out of them.

** Probably the most blatant example of AI stupidity is that armed opponents will generally shoot at you from their maximum range of vision. This allows you to engage in long-range battles against people with short-range weapons while you have the ''Oni'' equivalent of a sniper rifle. They won't move in close until they run out of ammo.

** Griffin, despite appearances, is not a desk jockey. In fact, the manual says that he is currently on reserve status in the TCTF Black Ops duty roster. This means that he spent time as a member of a group that will ruthlessly crush enemies of the government and will get its hands dirty in the name of the greater good. [[spoiler: That is why he shows up in a Black Ops suit in one scenario of the final boss fight]].
** Muro is in charge of the Syndicate basically because he can do a lot of asskicking. Well, what do you expect from a criminal organization?
* AwfulTruth: Oh. My. Lord! This game uses this trope to a painfully straight degree. To describe it would take a lot of time to explain, but it essentially is a combination of [[spoiler: TomatoInTheMirror, TreacherousAdvisor, IAmWho, BrokenMasquerade, ''and'' IAmYourFather]]. Konoko's reaction is best described as a FreakOut.

-->[[spoiler:'''Griffin]]:''' So, how's this going to end?
-->'''Konoko:''' For you? ''Badly...''
-->'''Muro:''' Maybe I should start trying...

* BadCopIncompetentCop: "Played with" would be the best way to describe the application of this trope in the game. The manual says that the Technological Crimes Task Force keeps most of the "cyber drugs" and illegal weapons off the street, and that it can do law enforcement. The manual also points out that the TCTF's real purpose is to control the evolution and distribution of new technologies. However, the TCTF is unable or unwilling to take on the Syndicate. In fact, just about every time the TCTF and the Syndicate fight each other, the TCTF ends up dead without Konoko's assistance (and sometimes even with that). In one level, the Syndicate actually raided TCTF Headquarters during the midnight shift - which means that in that case, the TCTF was outnumbered and outgunned. The game does not really touch on corruption in the TCTF, although the activities of [[spoiler: Terrance Griffin]] would probably count as corruption. What makes this trope even more interesting is that you play as a cop named Konoko, who is certainly competent. She is the one who helps out the TCTF against the Syndicate, [[spoiler: and then fights against the TCTF itself]].

* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: [[spoiler: Level 11 is entirely about this trope. It gives the player the chance to see what is going on in Konoko's head.]]

* BigBad: Muro. [[spoiler: Griffin could possibly be considered this, but that is up for debate]].

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: If Konoko spared Griffin, then in the last level, Muro and his bodyguards will confront Konoko, with him saying "You were a fool to come here ''alone''!" Then a helicopter appears, with Griffin in a TCTF Black Ops uniform and two TCTF Black Ops Elites. Griffin says "She isn't alone! You're under arrest! This ends here and now!" There are some who speculate that Griffin and Konoko teamed up and planned the assault together - she would tear through the compound and when she got to Muro, Griffin would come in with backup to help her take down Muro.]]
* BigGood: Griffin. [[spoiler: He seems to be in this role early on. However, it turns out that he will stoop pretty low just to win against his enemies. He is also a {{Jerkass}}. However, he does want to take Muro down.]]
* BigNo: [[spoiler: Konoko lets this out when Shinatama reveals that she is going to blow up like a bomb and Konoko cannot do anything about it except to run for it.]]
* BioAugmentation: [[spoiler: The game reveals that Mai/Konoko and Muro went through this process. Griffin and his division of the TCTF are not very happy about that. Why? Because the TCTF's purpose is to keep technology and science under strict control. The fact that Griffin has a human who is also a biological experiment under his wing probably did not make him happy.]]
* BittersweetEnding

** The game's manual states that Griffin is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, a master marksman, and that he has no special moves or weaknesses. [[spoiler: Not really true. It is true that he can do some hand-to-hand combat, and that he has no special moves. However, the two times he actually fights in the game, he had two big TCTF cops with him and he uses a Van de Graaf Pistol. This pistol is essentially a taser that can zap everybody if they are close enough with one shot, and is not a very good demonstration of superior marksmanship. He used a Campbell Equalizer Mk4 against Shinatama, but that was in a cutscene and Konoko disarmed him rather quickly. In fact, you can shoot or punch him and kill him in one hit at one point in the game and he does not even put up a fight at that point. He did not seem to be that much of a fighter at that point. Finally, he does have one weakness, which is an obsessive-compulsive need to control everything by any means necessary. Even his superiors in the TCTF were bothered by his willingness to break procedure just to achieve results]].
** The same manual lists Konoko's emotional attachment as a weakness as well, so [[FridgeBrilliance it could be that Griffin himself wrote those profiles.]] And being a ControlFreak, he would certainly now see being one as a weakness.
** There is this one move you gain called the Crescent Moon Kick. The game claims that it is an anti-air attack (i.e. a technique to handle those pesky enemies who try to jump-kick you). Unfortunately, this move has two problems...1. The move is activated by pressing Kick, Kick, Forward + Kick, and it takes several seconds to go through these motions. 2. There is a bug in the game that makes it very hard to successfully pull off this move. These two problems will cause you to end up with a boot in the face because you were stuck trying to use this move when the enemy used the jump-kick. However, some kind souls reveal that the move is still useful [[http://wiki.oni2.net/Crescent_Moon_Kick here]].

** The trailers of this game actually did show blood being shed as a result of gun shots and physical combat. {{Bungie}} took it out, supposedly because they were trying to get the game released and out of vaporware status.

* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Griffin]].
* CainAndAbel: [[spoiler: Muro and Konoko/Mai. Muro is definitely the Cain, and Konoko is definitely the Abel. Konoko manages to win out against Muro. Oh, and the player gets to determine, to an extent, how sympathetic Konoko is.]]

** RISING FURY!!! DEVIL SPIN KICK!!! STRIKER SLAM!!! NUCLEAR TACKLE!!! BLOCKBUSTER!!!, to name a few. Interestingly, [[FinalBoss Muro]] avert the trope. Everyone else does it, even TCTF troopers.

** [[TheDragon Mukade]] does call out one attack..."Devil Star!" That would be the attack in which he shoots some kind of heat-seeking energy ball at you.
* CaptainErsatz: Konoko and Griffin. The game itself is clearly meant as an homage to ''GhostInTheShell'' and was one of several media, along with Dreamwave Comics series ''Dark Minds'' and ''Echo'', to attempt this when the first ''GhostInTheShell'' film became popular Stateside.

** Hell, even super attacks are color coded, not to mention the Daodan auras: Konoko has blue/pink while Muro has red/orange.
** Extended to a [[RuleOfThree third]] gameplay element - weapon ammunition, coming in either classes red ammunition clips and green power cells.
** And finally damage - green is healthy, yellow is moderately injured, red is heavily injured and a bright red flash indicates the enemy is defeated.

** In the cover art above, Konoko is pictured carrying a pistol, a machine gun, and a shotgun simultaneously. Guess what she can't do in-game. Not to mention that the pistol is the only weapon which actually appears in the game.
** That, and the weapons mostly prove to be colourful and flashy compared what was displayed on the cover.

** Konoko. [[spoiler: This comes to a head in levels 7 and 8, with Konoko and the TCTF becoming enemies]].
** [[spoiler: Griffin]] turns out to be this. There is an easy to miss computer terminal that reveals some interesting information.
-->[[spoiler: Personnel File - Access Restricted by order of Tracy, Director TCTF]]
-->[[spoiler: Re: Subject Terrance Griffin]]
-->[[spoiler: Education: B4 Master of Criminology / A2 of Law]]
-->[[spoiler: Honors: Directorate Commendation Commander, Technology Crimes Task Force]]
-->[[spoiler: Honors: Bright Shield, Star of Valor]]
-->[[spoiler: Terrance Griffin is a valued Agent who has devoted his entire life to the TCTF. He has been promoted a number of times, and still maintains reserve status on the Black Ops duty roster. It is with regret that I must inform you that he is now being considered for investigation by the Directorate for behavior that could pose significant risk to his command and region. It has become clear that Commander Griffin is more concerned with results than due procedure, an outlook which has halted his once meteoric rise through the ranks. We at the Directorate have been willing to overlook his methods because he has done more to oppose the Syndicate than any other Agent in the TCTF, but we may not be able to turn a blind eye much longer.]]
* CrapsaccharineWorld: Played with. The manual basically states that the world in this game is a CrapsackWorld. However, in the game itself, the world initially seems to be normal - not a SugarBowl - but normal. However, it turns out later that the environment outside the cities is polluted to deathly levels (how on earth did that happen anyway?). The World Coalition Government (WCG) knows about this, denies it repeatedly, calls those polluted areas Wilderness Preserves, and simply uses atmospheric converters in the cities to take in air, clean it and release it (which allows people to live in the cities). It is baffling that the civilians do not seem to notice this (or maybe they do not want to). The Technological Crimes Task Force (TCTF) works for the WCG, and despite appearing to be a normal police force, actually serves the purpose of keeping technology under strict control (probably the WCG's way of ensuring that no one comes up with technology that topples them). The only effective opponent of the WCG and the TCTF is the Syndicate, but this group is a criminal and terrorist organization. Yep, a seemingly normal world that turns out to be more screwed up than you can begin to imagine.

** [[spoiler: Griffin is a good example. Let's see. He finds out about the Daodan Chrysalis and that the Syndicate plans to use it on Muro? No problem, he'll just have a Daodan Chrysalis implanted within Mai and raise her to fight the Syndicate. He finds out that Mai is gaining a load of power and might go out of control? No big deal, he'll just set off a bomb as powerful as a mini-nuke within Shinatama and obliterate Mai that way. Mai goes rogue and is hard to find? Simple, she wants to know why this is happening to her and they simply have to set a trap in the building she has to go to for answers. Griffin also tries to make TCTF headquarters as booby-trapped as possible, but unfortunately for him, he stretches the resources available to him too far. He uses the remains of Shinatama as a weapon against Mai. Too bad he underestimated the relationship between Shinatama and Mai.]]

* DaChief: Griffin is this to a T. [[spoiler: At least early on. Then you find out that he raised Konoko to be a weapon against her own brother Muro, and that he would not hesitate to take her down by force.]]
* DangerouslyGenreSavvy: [[spoiler: Griffin is possibly this. After all, he did tell his GenreBlind scientist or cop to continue scanning for Konoko when he was told that Konoko most likely died in the acid. Too bad this did not help him too much against Konoko in the end.]]
* DarkActionGirl: The Furies are ''so'' very much this. [[spoiler: The TCTF female cops might qualify as this]].

* DealWithTheDevil: Konoko apparently thinks of Muro as the Devil, especially by the end of the game. The quote [[spoiler: "He plans to spill enough poison into the air to kill anyone who won't sell their soul to him for a Chrysalis!"]] definitely indicates this trope.

* {{Diary}}: Believe it or not, Konoko keeps one. One thing this diary reveals is that the events of the entire game take place over the course of two weeks! Another thing this diary reveals is Konoko's thoughts and feelings - which she does not readily show in public.

* [[spoiler: EverybodysDeadDave]]: [[spoiler: The ending has Konoko walking through a city. This is presumably the same city you spent most of the game playing in. It is painfully clear that everyone in the city is dead or dying. However, it is stated that there are people around the world who are still alive, but their status is not elaborated upon.]]

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: The team-up between Konoko and Griffin in the last level - if Konoko did not shoot him - could be interpreted as this. The two of them have grievances between one another, but they do have one common enemy, and that is Muro.]]

* ExposedToTheElements: Konoko in the last level wears a leather jacket, jeans, shoes and a shirt. The funny thing is that she is wearing this outfit at a compound located in a mountainous area. She would be a little cold in that case. [[spoiler: Then again, the Daodan Chrysalis can probably provide her protection from the cold]].
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler: Konoko manages to defeat Griffin's attempts to kill her and gets his gun. She has him right where she wants him. Does he try to run? Does he try to attack her? Does he try begging for mercy? No. Instead he tells her that she can pull the trigger or she can walk away and that it is up to her. You have to admire a guy who is being so calm about this situation, even after everything he had done.]]
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler: The TCTF treats Konoko as this in level 8. However, it is debatable if Konoko did indeed pull this, or if the TCTF pulled this instead.]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: Dr. Hasegawa says in his diary "We were young and thought we were indestructible." He was referring to himself and Jamie thinking they could take on anything...only to fail ''horribly''. Oh, and guess what? [[spoiler: It turns out the same statement can be applied to their kids Mai and Muro]].

* GeneticEngineeringIsTheNewNuke: Oh, boy, is it ever! It becomes especially ironic when [[spoiler: Griffin uses Shinatama as a mini-nuke to try to kill Konoko, who has the Daodan Chrysalis, which definitely uses LegoGenetics. The Daodan Chrysalis is treated like a world-ending weapon. However, it does not cause the world to come to an end. Instead, the Apocalypse occurs because of Muro's plan and Mai's attempts to disrupt his plan. Sure, both of them had the Daodan Chrysalis, but the Apocalypse could have easily happened without it. Ironically, the ending makes it clear that the Daodan Chrysalis may be mankind's only hope to surviving the Apocalypse, despite it being treated like the new nuke.]]

* GlowingEyes: The second time Konoko experiences the Daodan Spike, her eyes glow a blue colour. This is to show how much her power is increasing.

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler: Griffin and the TCTF helping out Konoko in the final level, assuming she did not shoot him, could be interpreted as this]].
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Konoko ends up facing this trope. [[spoiler: In fact, the decision to shoot Griffin or spare him is about either letting vengeance consume Konoko or not. Yep, you get to choose which way you want to go with this.]]
* HumansAreBastards: Shinatama probably came to think this, especially after the treatment she received from [[spoiler: Griffin and Muro]]. In fact, Konoko even has a diary entry saying that Shinatama is more human than Muro could ever be. Is that not scary? That a robot child could have more humanity than an actual human being?

* {{Hypocrite}}: Griffin pretty much calls Dr. Kerr this a couple times early on. [[spoiler: Griffin is referring to the fact that Dr. Kerr made two Daodan Chrysalis and becoming a criminal in the process, but Dr. Kerr stands there and says that they have no right to treat Konoko as a weapon and not as a human being]]. Ironically, [[spoiler: Terrance Griffin]] is revealed as this later on. [[spoiler: Griffin made Dr. Kerr implant a Daodan Chrysalis inside Konoko. He acted as a father figure towards Konoko, but he actually thinks of her as a weapon and a tool to be used and thrown away afterwards, instead of a human being with feelings. There is also the fact that Konoko is being accused of homicide or murder, and yet Griffin himself tried to murder her via Shinatama. He acts like he is doing all this because it is his job, but he seems to be ignoring the fact that he is breaking laws, violating human rights, and being just as much a criminal as the Syndicate he fights so hard against. If Konoko spares Griffin, she says "I won't be the monster you thought I would be! Just remember what I am: the woman you betrayed because you weren't big enough to take responsibility for your own actions!" She is calling him out on his hypocrisy and is saying that he did not betray her out of necessity, but because he was afraid that she would mess up his tidy little world and reveal him as a hypocrite]].
* IAmAMonster: [[spoiler: Konoko pretty much takes on this attitude by the second-last level of the game. She says about how Griffin made her a monster when she was 7 years old. Whether she is a monster or not is debatable, however.]]

-->[[spoiler: Griffin]]: You are such a disappointment.
-->Konoko: You ''lied'' to me!
-->[[spoiler: Griffin]]: I told you only what you needed to know.
-->Konoko: You ''used'' me!
-->[[spoiler: Griffin]]: I did my job, which is better than what I can say for you.
** Sure, that conversation took place in [[spoiler: a dream]], but you can be sure that [[spoiler: Griffin]] felt this way. [[spoiler: Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Kerr]] operated on this reasoning, too.

* ItsPersonal: Where do we start? [[spoiler: Muro kidnaps Shinatama and Konoko decides to go rescue her. She even says the trope almost word for word to Griffin. Then Shinatama gets tortured by Muro and blown up by Griffin. Then Konoko finds out information connecting her to Griffin and Muro. Oh, and her uncle gets killed off in front of her. Konoko is right. It is personal.]]
-->'''Konoko''': "This is personal!"
-->'''Griffin''': "Which is precisely why you should have nothing to do with it."
* {{Jerkass}}: Terrance Griffin turns out to be this. Konoko definitely becomes this later on, [[spoiler: although sparing Griffin helps tone that down a few notches.]]
* JerkassHasAPoint: [[spoiler: It is true that Griffin treated Konoko and her uncle Kerr rather poorly. However, he spent time as a TCTF Black Ops Trooper, which the manual pretty much says is a job that requires you to not have a conscience. He did not know at the time what kind of capabilities Muro and the Syndicate would have. He was also afraid of what would happen if Konoko lost control and became a monster as a result of the Chrysalis. Considering Imago Muro's deadly abilities, Griffin actually had cause to be concerned.]]

* KillTheCutie: [[spoiler: Shinatama gets blown up like a bomb by Griffin. Before that happens, Muro subjects her to electric torture, enjoying and laughing at her screams. Subverted when Griffin recovers what is left of Shinatama, reactivating her, and wires her to a Deadly Brain type of computer to try to stop Konoko. Then finally played straight when Shinatama gets out of the computer and tries to attack Griffin, resulting in Griffin taking out a pistol and shooting her down. Certainly had some BreakTheCutie mixed in there.]]
* KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: Muro is revealed to be this at the end. He actually says "Join me or die like all the others, choking on dead air and foul water! I've accomplished everything our father dreamed of doing!"]]
* KudzuPlot: The game's storyline ends up as this. Sure, the main storyline is resolved at the end, but you will be left with ''many'' questions by the end of the game. Part of this may stem from the fact that {{Bungie}} was trying so hard to get the game out of {{Vaporware}} status that they had to cut out things that would have filled in some blanks in the storyline. It is also possible that {{Bungie}} wanted this kind of plot, because a lot of Japanese anime and manga have a KudzuPlot.

** Oh, man! A number of characters suffer from this trope. Muro and the Syndicate definitely have no empathy, because they kill and torture people without remorse and regret, and with a sadistic glee. Muro's statements indicate that he considers [[spoiler: people who do not possess a Daodan Chrysalis]] to be inferior and subhuman, and that they can drop dead for all he cares.
** [[spoiler: Griffin proves to have a disturbing lack of empathy. Every time Dr. Kerr states a moral objection, Griffin just dismisses it like an annoying fly to swat. He raised Konoko like a daughter, but he considers her just a weapon and tool to be used against the Syndicate - and discarded if she goes out of control. Actually, he treats just about everybody like tools. He also treated Shinatama not a person, but as a thing to be used as a weapon against Konoko. First he blows her up to try to kill off Konoko. To make matters worse, he did this inside an Atmospheric Processor, which provides the city with clean air to breathe in. The explosion damaged the Atmospheric Processor pretty badly. That's right, Griffin's actions did not just endanger Shinatama and Konoko, but it also endangered everyone in the Atmospheric Processor and by extension everyone in the city. Griffin really did not think that through, did he? Then he hooks up Shinatama to a Deadly Brain computer to try to take down Konoko. When Shinatama tried to attack Griffin, he simply took out a gun and shot her down. Interestingly enough, the fact that he helps Konoko against Muro, should she spare Griffin, could indicate that he has some empathy.]]
** The scientists working for [[spoiler: Griffin]] seem to have little empathy to speak of. They keep talking about Konoko like she is some animal to experiment on and not as a human being with feelings. Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Kerr prove to be pretty much the only exceptions to this when it comes to scientists.

-->Receptionist: Good afternoon and welcome to the Musashi Heavy Manufacturing Concern. How can I be of service?
-->TCTF Agent Thorson: Good afternoon ma'am. I'm Agent Thorson...
-->Konoko: We are with the TCTF and we hereby order you to cease and desist all operations. We have reason to suspect that this facility is involved in the manufacture of illegal technology!
-->Receptionist: Of course officer, I'm sure I can get someone to help you. [[Activates a silent alarm under her desk]].
-->...
-->Receptionist: Please have a seat, someone will be right with you. [[A few Syndicate goons charge in]].
-->TCTF Agent Thorson: What the?
-->Konoko: Heads up. We've got company.

* [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Father Like Daughter]]: Played with. Konoko behaves to an extent like her adoptive father Griffin. [[spoiler: Which is probably why his betrayal hurts]]. Later, Konoko discovers information on her biological parents, and it becomes clear that she has a number of the qualities her parents have (had?).
* LonersAreFreaks: Konoko. Early on, she does not seem to be a loner, but the other TCTF people seem to be uncomfortable being around her. She also seems to fight better on her own than with a group of allies anyway. However, by level 8, she embraces this trope. Why? [[spoiler: Because the TCTF and the Syndicate are out to get her, and she is on her own. Also, the fact that she has the Daodan Chrysalis does makes her different and there are very few people who could even understand her situation.]]

* MartialPacifist: Ironically, Konoko displays elements of this at the end of the game. [[spoiler: One possible version of the fight with Muro has Muro revealing that Mai has actually avoided drawing on the full power of her Daodan Chrysalis.]]

** Played with. One of the people behind the game explained in an interview where he got the name Konoko. His girlfriend was taking a course in the Japanese language, and he asked her if she knew some Japanese words to use for a name. She said "konoko", which can be translated as "this girl" or "this child". He made up the name from that and said that it is not supposed to mean anything. [[spoiler: Konoko is not the main character's real name - it is actually Mai Hasegawa. This could considered ironic, because the name Konoko is not supposed to mean anything but it did mean something anyway.]]

** The game's title "Oni" (鬼 - おに) can be defined as follows: 1. ogre; demon; 2. spirit of a deceased person; 3. ogre-like person (i.e. fierce, relentless, merciless, etc.); 4. it (i.e. in a game of tag). The first three definitions most certainly apply to this game. [[spoiler: Konoko is haunted by the ghosts of her past, like her father, and not to mention the ghost of Shinatama. Konoko, as the game demonstrates, is an ogre-like person, and so is Muro. Oh, and the Daodan Chrysalis can literally transform the host into an ogre or demon, like it did to Muro at the end of the game. In fact, a common Japanese story about Oni basically says that a human being can transform into an Oni by being so obsessive about something that it causes the human being to lose all of his or her humanity. When you think about what happened to Konoko over the course of the game.... Yes, this game is so aptly titled.]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Dr. Hasegawa shot and killed his own wife, Jamie. What happened was that they went into a Wilderness Preserve, hoping to find evidence to convince people that the government was covering up damage to the environment. Unfortunately, Jamie cut her leg on a thorny plant, and the wound became infected almost immediately. Jamie became very sick and in pain. Dr. Hasegawa could do nothing about it, except to shoot her in order "to ease her pain". The game even shows a newspaper with the headlines "Grad Student dies: murder or mercy?" That had to be horrible.]]

** [[spoiler: Imago Muro is very much this. He moves at a slow pace, but his attacks are guaranteed to cause major damage if they hit you.]]

** Shinatama turns out to be this for Konoko. Guess what happens when she [[spoiler: dies]]. Go on, guess.
** Dr. Kerr apparently turned out to be this for Konoko as well. [[spoiler: He dies, too. Boy, becoming this trope for Konoko is guaranteed to be a death sentence.]]
* MoralityPet: Shinatama is this for Konoko. [[spoiler: Dr. Kerr could have been this for Konoko as well had it not been for his demise.]]

** An early trailer had many fans eager to do battle with a bipedal robot, but it was cut before the game was released. Certain areas possessed much greater detail than in the final product, too.
** The bipedal robot in question is called the Iron Demon.

* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler: Konoko discovers that Muro is planning to have the atmospheric converters belch out enough poison into the air to kill anyone who will not sell their soul to him for a Chrysalis. Realizing that the convertors will not be disconnected before Muro activates them, Konoko decides to just blow up the convertors. While this sounds like a good idea, that means the people around the world will find themselves trying to find places to breathe. It is a good thing that Muro did not have all the atmospheric converters under his control. Unfortunately, Konoko's actions end up causing a lot of deaths. NiceJobBreakingItHero, indeed!]]

* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Konoko ends up going through a pool of extremely corrosive acid to escape a prison. [[spoiler: Almost everyone in the TCTF thinks or expresses this trope when they find out. Griffin is the only one who is not convinced. It turns out he was right. Konoko did survive, thanks to the Daodan Chrysalis protecting her.]]

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: Griffin has a moment of this when Shinatama tries to advance on him and attack him. He tries to activate an emergency override to shut her down, and it does not work. He ends up yelling "STAY BACK!" and drawing out a gun to shoot her. It just seems worthwhile to find out that he does have feelings, even though you would think he does not.]]

* [[OneManArmy One Woman Army]]: Konoko, so very much. Unfortunately, the trope undergoes ''brutal'' deconstruction like you would not believe. Why? First, Konoko is able to tear through armies of people because [[spoiler: the Daodan Chrysalis enhances her abilities]], but the police she works for fears her abilities and devises deadly countermeasures in case she ever turns against them. Second, despite her ability to tear through armies of people, she fails [[spoiler: to save Shinatama and to save millions (maybe billions) of lives from Muro's plans]]. It really sucks to be a one-person army, does it not?

* PoliceAreUseless: Despite all the manual's claims to the contrary, the TCTF gives off this impression. They rarely if ever put up a good fight against the Syndicate. Sure, there were a couple of times when they were deployed to areas where they were needed, but they apparently cannot get anywhere without Konoko's help. Then there are the airport levels, where Konoko is the only cop trying to chase down Muro. There is no mention of other TCTF troopers being sent there. Konoko even puts a LampshadeHanging in her diary about how the airport is usually crawling with uniforms and they are oddly nowhere to be found - and that Muro probably told them to take a day off. What makes this trope more interesting is that you play as a cop named Konoko (who is anything except useless) and that [[spoiler: she ends up fighting the TCTF itself later on]].

* RageAgainstTheMentor: [[spoiler:Konoko and Griffin]].

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Konoko gives one to Griffin [[spoiler: if she spares his life.]]
* RecruitingTheCriminal: [[spoiler: Dr. Kerr, a criminal funded by the Syndicate, took Konoko to the Technology Crimes Task Force because it was the only way to ensure her safety. Griffin does not hesitate to have Dr. Kerr implant a Daodan Chrysalis into Konoko, and then have Dr. Kerr act as Konoko's physician.]]

** [[spoiler: Konoko is blue, Muro is red]]. Does that help?
* {{Revenge}}: The game's plotline becomes driven by this after level 8. The results are not pretty.

--> '''Muro:''' Curious. Why bother programming you to feel pain so intensely? Of course pain is a necessary response to certain stimuli, but they could have dulled the sensation or given you a threshold that would limit the extent and depth of your agony. I'm glad they didn't.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Konoko spends the rest of the ''game'' on a vengeful rampage after [[spoiler: Shinatama dies]]. Both Muro and [[spoiler: Griffin]] are to blame, and she goes after each in turn.
* SavedFromDevelopmentHell: This game had been announced back in 1998. The development of this game lasted for 3 years. It finally got released in 2001. In all that time, there was a lot of advertising and hype on the game. This game actually got listed in PCGamer during its development in an article discussing games that have not been released in a long time and the reasons behind them. In Oni's case, they lost a lead programmer (which certainly did not help) and they found out that the technology behind making video games had improved during that time, so they were trying to incorporate this into the game. Clearly, they succeeded in the end, but they had to cut out a number of things (see the WhatCouldHaveBeen entry). The final product is a game that is fun, but it gives the player the feeling that it has a lot of potential that was left unfulfilled.
* SayMyName: Konoko yells "Muro! STOP!" at the beginning of level 4.
* SecretPolice: Played with. The manual states that the Technological Crimes Task Force (TCTF) is this. The game itself shows that the TCTF seems to be a normal police force...at first. As Konoko eventually discovers, the TCTF has a Black Ops unit, which apparently will only come calling if you make an enemy out of the TCTF. It also turns out that the TCTF has a science prison, where they apparently imprison scientists like Dr. Kerr. In an interesting twist, you get to play as Konoko, a member of the SecretPolice. However, it is not clear if she knew about the TCTF Black Ops and the science prison before the middle of the game.

* ShootTheDog: Konoko can pull this off like no one else can. [[spoiler: She kills Mukade while he is down. Her act of shooting Griffin could be considered this. Her act of blowing up the atmospheric processors is probably this. She fights, and possibly kills, her own brother Muro. Then again, she learned all about that from Griffin, who made her uncle implant a Daodan Chrysalis within her, blew up Shinatama, and tried using Shinatama against her.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: The game happily goes into the cynical side. Shinatama, Dr. Kerr, Dr. Hasegawa, and Jamie are idealistic characters. [[spoiler: Three of them die or had died, and one of them is missing]]. Life sucks and MightMakesRight in this game. However, it does have some moments of idealism, such as [[spoiler: Konoko sparing Griffin and he helps her take down Muro as a result of her decision]]. The ending is without a doubt cynical, but is idealistic enough to leave you hoping that humanity will survive [[spoiler: the Apocalypse]]. Not to mention the fact that [[spoiler: Dr. Hasegawa, despite having horrible things happen to him simply because he was idealistic, may get the last laugh in the end. Why? Because he made the Daodan Chrysalis to help humanity survive the poisonous world out there, and it turns out to be exactly what humanity needs to survive by the end of the game]].

* StupidSacrifice: [[spoiler: Dr. Kerr dies protecting Konoko. Unfortunately, his sacrifice was this, very much. First off, it is possible to get a force shield before the cutscene, thereby defeating the whole purpose of Konoko needing to be protected in the first place. Second, Konoko has the Daodan Chrysalis, which should have allowed her to survive getting shot by the Mercury Bow. Comments on Youtube state that this scene was so contrived.]]
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: Dr. Kerr takes a Mercury Bow shot and dies protecting Konoko.]]
* TerroristsWithoutACause: Muro and the Syndicate seem to act like this at times, because they seem to attack places at random and kill off people just for the fun of it. [[spoiler: However, it turns out that Muro and the Syndicate ''do'' have a goal. Muro wants to take over the world, and establish himself as the leader. How? By using the Atmospheric Processors to belch poison into the air. Enough so that people will desperately sell their souls to him in exchange for a Daodan Chrysalis. In this way, those he considers worthy will be saved from the world's pollution, and those he does not consider worthy will simply die.]]
* ThanatosGambit: [[spoiler: Dr. Kerr's death could be interpreted as this. Think about it. He is old and he has lived his life. He is a criminal whose crimes have affected Mai and Muro, and by extension the entire world. He is essentially a prisoner used by Griffin to keep an eye on Konoko. He also revealed a load of information to Konoko that would probably have gotten him executed. He had to have hated Griffin for the way he treated him and Mai. He knew that he could not do anything about Griffin on his own, but he knew that Mai could. He died not just to protect Konoko as a loving uncle, but he wanted her to avenge him, as well as give her a reason to go after Griffin.]]
* ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler: Konoko finds out that her real name is Mai Hasegawa. People still call her Konoko, especially in Chapter 13. She never actually calls herself Mai, nor does she correct anyone about her name, but she probably thinks this trope]].

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Griffin is revealed to be this, especially since he raised Konoko to be a weapon against Muro and the Syndicate. He also devised countermeasures in case she turned against him. However, it turns out that he is terrible at handling reversals. For instance, he did not anticipate Shinatama unhooking herself from the Deadly Brain computer and going after him instead of Konoko. Interestingly enough, the computer terminals reveal that Griffin really stretched out the budget available to him. In fact, the TCTF people had to remove a number of things, such as emergency override Griffin Alpha Zero (the code Griffin tried to use to shut down Shinatama and it did not work). Also, he hooked up Shinatama to the Deadly Brain, even though she was not even designed for it. Clearly, his need to prepare for every possible scenario and control every little thing ended up defeating him.]]
* TheChick: Shinatama fits this role like a glove. [[spoiler: This may be one of the reasons her death is so horrible]].

* TheHero: Konoko. However, she really gets put to the test with this!
* TheLancer: Griffin can be considered this. He is definitely in this role if [[spoiler: Konoko did not shoot him]].

* TheMario: Konoko is actually this compared to the other characters most of the time. But if she takes enough hypos and activates the Daodan Overpower Mode....

* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler: Griffin tries to have Konoko killed by having Shinatama self-destruct like a bomb. Some sources say that the explosive device in Shinatama contains power equivalent to a small nuclear warhead. Sounds like overkill, right? Well, later you find out about the Daodan Chrysalis. FridgeBrilliance sets in when you realize that Griffin knew about the Chrysalis and was counting on the Chrysalis being unable to protect Konoko from the explosion.]]
* TheSmartGuy: Dr. Kerr is put into this role. [[spoiler: You can bet that his death is ''not'' a good thing]].

-->Konoko: Chung...
-->Konoko: It's Chung. I found him.
-->Griffin: Dead?
-->Konoko: Yes Sir.
-->Griffin: Keep moving.

* [[spoiler: TheUnmasquedWorld]]: [[spoiler: By the end of the game, the entire human race is forced to admit and to realize that the world outside the Atmospheric Processors is poisonous. Unfortunately, they had to have this driven home via the Apocalypse, which resulted in a lot of deaths. Fortunately, the ones still alive will stand a chance at surviving this poisonous world, thanks to the Daodan Chrysalis.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler: Shinatama does this when she is reactivated and hooked up to a Deadly Brain computer to fight Konoko. Then she manages to unhook herself from the computer and try to attack Griffin. Griffin simply takes out a pistol and shoots her, killing her off. Oh well, at least Shinatama tried.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: Konoko turns out to be a symbiote (i.e. a human implanted with special cancer cells called the Daodan Chrysalis). The manual states that she knew that she was somehow different, but she did not know what. Also, Shinatama even starts off with the line "You're not...who you think you are." Shinatama mentioned the Daodan Chrysalis being inside Konoko, but Konoko did not really pay attention. Dr. Kerr managed to give full disclosure of the details to Konoko.]]
* TomatoSurprise: As you play the game, you will notice signs that something is going on. However, it is like the game's plotline is taunting you by being just out of reach. [[spoiler: Then at level 8, you find out that Konoko's real name is Mai Hasegawa, and that Shinatama was used to monitor the growth of the Daodan Chrysalis inside Konoko. The game reveals details about her father, Dr. Hasegawa, and her mother, Jamie. The game also reveals that Dr. Kerr, Konoko's physician, is Jamie's sister and Konoko's uncle. Finally, Dr. Kerr reveals that Muro is her brother, and that both Mai and Muro have a Daodan Chrysalis implanted within them. Also, the Daodan Chrysalis will apparently transform the host into a creature that reflects his or her true nature.]]
* TragicHero: Konoko can qualify as this, because she has a FatalFlaw called arrogance. She thinks that she knows how to handle problems better than Griffin and the rest of the TCTF. [[spoiler: In the final level, she decides the best way to mess up Muro's plans is to apparently just blow up the atmospheric converters before Muro can make them release poisonous chemicals into the air. It was probably supposed to be a last resort move on her part. However, it comes off as "Oh, I'll just blow them up and hope for the best! It's a perfect plan, if I do say myself!" It never occurred to her that a better plan would be to just abort the operation (one of the options listed on the computer terminal), take down Muro, and then have the TCTF fix up the atmospheric converters. The ending shows Konoko looking very sad. She is either wishing that there had been another way or realizing that her pride got so many people killed (talk about humbling).]]

* TreacherousAdvisor: This trope is best described as zigzagged. [[spoiler: Griffin had been a father figure and mentor to Konoko. Unfortunately, it turns out that he was using her all along. However, he is not supporting the Syndicate. Far from it. He is actually trying to stop the Syndicate, and he wants to use Konoko to do that. The game actually lets you choose to spare Griffin or kill him. Interestingly, Konoko claims that Griffin thinks that she is a monster, which may have been a factor to him betraying her. If he is spared, he will show up to help Konoko fight Muro, which could indicate that he has decided to stop being so treacherous.]]
* {{Ubermensch}}: Konoko is this, oh so very much. Muro and his Syndicate, as well as [[spoiler: Griffin and his TCTF]] would qualify as The Last Man. At first, she starts off with the morals of the TCTF. Then she rejects it, and essentially tries to adopt a new set of morals. [[spoiler: In fact, it could be said that the Daodan Chrysalis enables Mai and anyone who possesses one the ability to become the Ubermensch]]. The battle between Konoko and Mukade could be interpreted as a battle between two Ubermensch, or a battle between one Ubermensch and one NietzscheWannabe. It does raise a question on what would happen if two Ubermensch encountered each other (and if they could live with each other). [[spoiler: Konoko's decision to shoot Griffin or spare him could be interpreted as a decision on what kind of Ubermensch she wants to be. Shooting Griffin would make Konoko an Ubermensch combined with TheSocialDarwinist. Sparing Griffin would make Konoko an Ubermensch combined with TheMessiah. Another interpretation of her decision is that shooting Griffin means that she succeeded in destroying the Last Man, and sparing Griffin means that she decided to convert him to her way of thinking]]. She manages to bring down Muro and the Syndicate, [[spoiler: as well as bringing about the Apocalypse, which most certainly destroys the society she rejected. The ending seems to imply that Konoko will give a Daodan Chrysalis to every person she finds. In this way, she would be able to start a new society, one that she would be able to live in]].

* ValleyGirl: The Furies might qualify as this, if their quotes "Oh, puh-lease!" and "WHATever!" are anything to go by.
* VideoGameCrueltyPotential:
** This game has it in spades so where to begin?

** [[spoiler: Having to fight all the TCTF, the same people you had to save in an earlier mission, and you have to kill all of them with no choice.]]
* VigilanteMan: [[spoiler: Konoko basically turns into this by levels 7 and 8. She ends up going after the TCTF and the Syndicate. Then again, the laws in this game are so poor that she could not have really achieved the results she needed by obeying.]]
* VillainByDefault: The Syndicate. Every single member of this organization will kill people just to get their jollies. There is a civilian receptionist in Chapter 2 who turns out to be in league with the Syndicate...maybe she intends to become a Fury? [[spoiler: The exceptions prove to be the scientists Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Kerr, who only went to the Syndicate because they could not get legal backing for their experiment. Oh, and the Technological Crimes Task Force turns into this for Konoko later on in the game]].

* WaifFu: Konoko is pretty skinny and weighs probably less than 100 pounds. Despite this, she can beat the tar out of anybody, even big, huge musclemen. [[spoiler: It turns out to be justified, because she has the Daodan Chrysalis inside it. It apparently can improve her muscle tissue construction drastically - essentially allowing her to fight like a 4-legged animal, even if she does not look physically any stronger.]]

* [[WellDoneSonGuy Well Done Daughter Guy]]: Konoko wanted Griffin to be proud of her. She shows this right at the beginning of the game. [[spoiler: She stops trying as early as level 7. It was just as well, really, when you consider the BrokenPedestal....]]

** Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Kerr [[spoiler: because they came up with the Daodan Chrysalis because they were trying to find a way to save the human race from the pollution. Too bad Muro and Konoko ended up as the guinea pigs.]]
** Griffin is this [[spoiler: because he had Dr. Kerr implant a Daodan Chrysalis in Konoko because the Syndicate implanted a Chrysalis in Muro and Griffin wanted a weapon to counter this. Yep, he decided to raise Konoko to fight against her own brother]].
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** This game has some ''major'' cases of this. There is the HumongousMecha, which would have been awesome, but it got cut out. The game was supposed to have multiplayer, but that was removed (due to difficulties in debugging and the general unplayability of a fighting game over any less reliable network than a LAN at the time). {{Bungie}} said that they would release the multiplayer as a separate add-on, but it clearly never materialized. I, for one, am not a big fan of multiplayer (I prefer single-player), but I can tell that it would have been awesome to be able to pick a character, run around in a three-dimensional environment, and punch and kick and shoot the stuffing out of other players.
** There is a character named Casey. Who is this, you are wondering? He is the unmasked cop who appears in the intro shooting at some Syndicate goons. He may also be the guy who appears with Griffin in two of the failure screens. It is hard to say if he is the guy with Griffin in the Chapter 5 Mission Complete screen. Some sources suggest that Casey is Griffin's son. Check out a picture of Casey [[http://geyser.oni2.net/ONK/casey/Take3.jpg here]].
** There was supposed to be a chapter that focuses on BGI (WordOfGod says that BGI stands for Bad Guys International). Konoko, [[spoiler: who had gone rogue by that point]], was supposed to raid BGI Headquarters. The raid was supposed to entail blowing up the entire place and fighting the Iron Demon.

** Barabas and Dr. Hasegawa. [[spoiler: The game never says if Barabas is actually dead. Dr. Hasegawa was apparently snatched by the Syndicate along with Muro. The game seems to try to imply that he is dead, but the fact that his fate is never revealed is a little disquieting.]]

* WhatTheHellHero: Ironically, some scientists working for the TCTF call Konoko out for trying to kill [[spoiler: Griffin]]. She does not respond well to this. It is not clear if those scientists knew about the circumstances or if they were left out of the loop.

* WhyAmITicking: [[spoiler:Shinatama in level eight]].
* WildMassGuessing:
** Holy hell is there a lot of this in the fandom about what's really happening. See [[http://wiki.oni2.net/Oni2:Truth_Number_Zero Truth 0.]]
** Can you blame the fans? There is so much about the game that is left rather vague, and there are details in the game itself that do not really match up to what was said in the manual.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: [[spoiler: The Daodan Chrysalis may possibly have this effect on Mai and Muro. In fact, there are some points in the game that seem to indicate that Mai is struggling to retain her sanity. Muro, especially by the end of the game, has clearly lost his sanity.]]

** [[http://wiki.oni2.net/Tanker Tankers,]] androids originally designed to be pro wrestlers. Their moveset reflects this.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Let's see. This game has blond (looks yellow) hair, brown hair, black hair, red hair, orange hair, green hair, pink hair, grey hair, no hair (bald), purple hair, and blue hair. Did I miss any?
* YouMonster: [[spoiler: Mai calls Griffin this if she shoots him. However, it is debatable if he is this, given the BlackAndGrayMorality and the CrapsackWorld presented in this game.]]

* DeadLittleSister:
** [[spoiler: Shinatama turns into this for Konoko. One of the computers in the second-last level says that Konoko thought of Shinatama as a sister.]]
** [[spoiler: Jamie Hasegawa became this for Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Kerr]].

* AntiHero: Oh my lord! Konoko really starts going down the SlidingScaleOfAntiHeroes starting at the end of the first level. She starts off as Type II or Type III. After [[spoiler: Shinatama's death and Griffin's betrayal]], Konoko goes down to Type IV or Type V. [[spoiler: Then ''you'', the player, get to decide whether to kill Griffin or not. If you kill him, Konoko will become either Type V or a VillainProtagonist. If you do not kill him, Konoko will apparantly go back to Type II or Type III.]] The ending definitely gives Konoko elements of Type I. Of course, with the VideoGameCrueltyPotential, her alignment seems to be left up to the player to decide.

-->Konoko: I'm going after her.
-->Griffin: I have dispatched a Strike Team to recover the SLD.
-->Konoko: This is personal.
-->Griffin: Which is precisely why you should have nothing to do with it.
-->Konoko: My mind is made up.
-->Griffin: I am your Commanding Officer...
-->Konoko: I don't care who you are. My friend is in trouble and I'm going to help her if I can. Stay out of my way.

* AFriendInNeed: Chapter 7 is all about this trope. The chapter is even titled with this trope. Konoko has this conversation with Griffin...

* AllThereInTheManual: The manual provides piles of background information on the totalitarian World Coalition Government, [=SLDs=], Muro's backstory, the TCTF and Syndicate technological development, little if any of which is mentioned in-game.

* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: Griffin, despite appearances, is not a desk jockey. In fact, the manual says that he is currently on reserve status in the TCTF Black Ops duty roster. This means that he spent time as a member of a group that will ruthlessly crush enemies of the government and will get its hands dirty in the name of the greater good. [[spoiler: That is why he shows up in a Black Ops suit in one scenario of the final boss fight]].

* BadassAdorable: Konoko, believe it or not. You should look at some concept art [[http://www.bungie.net/projects/oni/asset_thumb_viewer.aspx?at=51&cc=32 here]]. Apparently, eyes can be a major factor in making a character adorable.

* BlatantLies: The game's manual states that Griffin is skilled in hand-to-hand combat, a master marksman, and that he has no special moves or weaknesses. [[spoiler: Not really true. It is true that he can do some hand-to-hand combat, and that he has no special moves. However, the two times he actually fights in the game, he had two big TCTF cops with him and he uses a Van de Graaf Pistol. This pistol is essentially a taser that can zap everybody if they are close enough with one shot, and is not a very good demonstration of superior marksmanship. He used a Campbell Equalizer Mk4 against Shinatama, but that was in a cutscene and Konoko disarmed him rather quickly. In fact, you can shoot or punch him and kill him in one hit at one point in the game and he does not even put up a fight at that point. He did not seem to be that much of a fighter at that point. Finally, he does have one weakness, which is an obsessive-compulsive need to control everything by any means necessary. Even his superiors in the TCTF were bothered by his willingness to break procedure just to achieve results]].

* BloodlessCarnage: The game has no instances of blood. This is interesting, and at times disturbing, because a lot of people in this game use guns that fire bullets and other things. Realistically there would be a ''lot'' of blood to be seen as a result of this. There are some mission complete screens that show Syndicate goons shooting down scientists and civilians. There are no wounds and no blood to see. The bodies of downed characters look totally intact.

* CallingYourAttacks: RISING FURY!!! DEVIL SPIN KICK!!! STRIKER SLAM!!! NUCLEAR TACKLE!!! BLOCKBUSTER!!!, to name a few. Interestingly, [[FinalBoss Muro]] avert the trope. Everyone else does it, even TCTF troopers.

* CoversAlwaysLie: In the cover art above, Konoko is pictured carrying a pistol, a machine gun, and a shotgun simultaneously. Guess what she can't do in-game. Not to mention that the pistol is the only weapon which actually appears in the game.

* CowboyCop: Konoko. [[spoiler: This comes to a head in levels 7 and 8, with Konoko and the TCTF becoming enemies]].

* CrazyPrepared: Barabas thinks he is this, because he said "I'm ready for anything! You made sure of that!" However, judging from the outcome of his fights with Konoko, he is clearly just full of hot air.

* DeadLittleSister: [[spoiler: Shinatama turns into this for Konoko. One of the computers in the second-last level says that Konoko thought of Shinatama as a sister.]]

* HumongousMecha: Attempted but ultimately averted -- a large military robot called the "Iron Demon" was prominently featured in previews, but was cut from the game before release.

* IDidWhatIHadToDo: There is an interesting conversation in the game...

* LackOfEmpathy: Oh, man! A number of characters suffer from this trope. Muro and the Syndicate definitely have no empathy, because they kill and torture people without remorse and regret, and with a sadistic glee. Muro's statements indicate that he considers [[spoiler: people who do not possess a Daodan Chrysalis]] to be inferior and subhuman, and that they can drop dead for all he cares.

* LeeroyJenkins: Konoko is so very much this. She is new at being a field agent and she is really itching to prove herself. A good example is the beginning of Chapter 2.

* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Muro is Konoko's older brother. The final proof appears at the end of the game, when Konoko disrupts Muro's plan. She types on the computer "Blam! Love, little sister".]]

* MasterOfNone: The Communications Troopers can be considered this. They can fight and shoot, even though they are not particularly good at these things. They also have low health. You will not have to worry about them very much.

* MeaningfulName: Played with. One of the people behind the game explained in an interview where he got the name Konoko. His girlfriend was taking a course in the Japanese language, and he asked her if she knew some Japanese words to use for a name. She said "konoko", which can be translated as "this girl" or "this child". He made up the name from that and said that it is not supposed to mean anything. [[spoiler: Konoko is not the main character's real name - it is actually Mai Hasegawa. This could considered ironic, because the name Konoko is not supposed to mean anything but it did mean something anyway.]]

* MightyGlacier: Okay, let's see. The TCTF SWAT Troopers are big, slow, and can hurt enemies pretty badly. The Elite Strikers are definitely big, slow, and can hurt you very badly if they hit you.

* MoralityChain: Shinatama turns out to be this for Konoko. Guess what happens when she [[spoiler: dies]]. Go on, guess.

* NeverTrustATrailer: An early trailer had many fans eager to do battle with a bipedal robot, but it was cut before the game was released. Certain areas possessed much greater detail than in the final product, too.

* NietzscheWannabe: Mukade sounds like one, because he says "We writhe inside as we are torn apart to make way for what we will become. Surrender to it. Let the bliss of oblivion free you of all your doubts and fears...".

* RedOniBlueOni: Just look at the color-coded auras. StealthPun detected.

* TheStoic: Griffin. This is established in the very first chapter. Konoko finds the corpse of a mole named Chung. Here is the resulting dialogue:

* VideoGameCrueltyPotential: This game has it in spades so where to begin?

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Kerr [[spoiler: because they came up with the Daodan Chrysalis because they were trying to find a way to save the human race from the pollution. Too bad Muro and Konoko ended up as the guinea pigs.]]

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: This game has some ''major'' cases of this. There is the HumongousMecha, which would have been awesome, but it got cut out. The game was supposed to have multiplayer, but that was removed (due to difficulties in debugging and the general unplayability of a fighting game over any less reliable network than a LAN at the time). {{Bungie}} said that they would release the multiplayer as a separate add-on, but it clearly never materialized. I, for one, am not a big fan of multiplayer (I prefer single-player), but I can tell that it would have been awesome to be able to pick a character, run around in a three-dimensional environment, and punch and kick and shoot the stuffing out of other players.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Barabas and Dr. Hasegawa. [[spoiler: The game never says if Barabas is actually dead. Dr. Hasegawa was apparently snatched by the Syndicate along with Muro. The game seems to try to imply that he is dead, but the fact that his fate is never revealed is a little disquieting.]]

* WildMassGuessing: Holy hell is there a lot of this in the fandom about what's really happening. See [[http://wiki.oni2.net/Oni2:Truth_Number_Zero Truth 0.]]

* GoddamnBats: Anyone with a machine pistol. It does low damage with a large spread and a high rate of fire, so you can't dodge it and don't want to use it either.

* EarWorm: The game's music is just full of these. Listen to [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-YgjL6CTMU Ambient Suite]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7ksRpoCdvb0&feature=related East Wind]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ApwFgcG1yc&feature=related Fight]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mVk2YM9Hj9g&feature=related Trailer]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0H9-Yi5HDrI&feature=related Internal Space]], [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rc5P6l12fLs&feature=related ONI Fever]].

* HyperspaceArsenal: Averted -- Konoko can only carry one weapon at a time, although it will still disappear when holstered. Which is arguably just as implausible, considering that half the weapons in the game are as big as her leg.

* CrapsaccharineWorld: Played with. The manual basically states that the world in this game is a CrapsackWorld. However, in the game itself, the world initially seems to be normal - not a SugarBowl - but normal. However, it turns out later that the environment outside the cities is polluted to deathly levels (how on earth did that happen anyway?). The World Coalition Government (WCG) knows about this, denies it repeatedly, calls those polluted areas Wilderness Preserves, and simply uses atmospheric converters in the cities to take in air, clean it and release it (which allows people to live in the cities). It is baffling that the civilians do not seem to notice this (or maybe they do not want to). The Technological Crimes Task Force (TCTF) works for the WCG, and despite appearing to be a normal police force, actually serves the purpose of keeping technology under strict control (probably the WCG's way of ensuring that no one comes up with technology that topples them). The only effective opponent of the WCG and the TCTF is the Syndicate, but this group is a criminal and terrorist organization that is led by a CompleteMonster. Yep, a seemingly normal world that turns out to be more screwed up than you can begin to imagine.

* EvilVersusEvil: A case can be made that the war between the World Coalition Government (and by extension the Technological Crimes Task Force) and the Syndicate is essentially this. Why? Well, let's see. The WCG is a dictatorship that simply wants to maintain the status quo by any means necessary and the TCTF does the WCG's dirty work. Unfortunately, the world suffers from life-threatening pollution and the WCG treats it as the elephant in the room and will go after anyone who tries to bring it up. [[SarcasmMode Nice bunch]]. The Syndicate, on the other hand, is just as bad, if not worse. Just about every member of this group is a CompleteMonster that will happily kill civilians and unarmed people for no reason other than sadistic enjoyment. This group essentially lives to destroy the status quo and will hurt anyone who gets in the way without a qualm. [[SarcasmMode Another nice bunch]]. It is a good thing the character you play as is someone you can root for.

* KickTheDog: Muro torturing Shinatama qualifies as this. He probably did not even need to torture her to get information. No, he did it just to show that he is a CompleteMonster who electrocutes little robotic girls for laughs and enjoyment.

--> '''Muro:''' Curious. Why bother programming you to feel pain so intensely? Of course pain is a necessary response to certain stimuli, but they could have dulled the sensation or given you a threshold that would limit the extent and depth of your agony. [[CompleteMonster I'm glad they didn't.]]

* VillainByDefault: The Syndicate. Just about every single member of this organization is a CompleteMonster that will kill people just to get their jollies. There is a civilian receptionist in Chapter 2 who turns out to be in league with the Syndicate...maybe she intends to become a Fury? [[spoiler: The exceptions prove to be the scientists Dr. Hasegawa and Dr. Kerr, who only went to the Syndicate because they could not get legal backing for their experiment. Oh, and the Technological Crimes Task Force turns into this for Konoko later on in the game]].

* WorldOfHam: Some reviews complained about the voice actors "over acting" their roles. Of course, [[{{YMMV}} some think that makes it awesomer]].