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* KillingInSelfDefense: When Niina worries that Asuka is behind the stalking, she has a nightmare about the stalker breaking into her apartment and Niina stabbing him with a screwdriver to protect herself.
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* ButThouMust: When Niina is hungry and debating on what to do for food after her second stream, she will inevitably go to the convenience store no matter what your choice is. Trying to order something from [[BlandNameProduct Uher Eats]] results in her not only getting a fan as her deliverer, but he also fails to bring her meal.

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* ButThouMust: When Niina is hungry and debating on what to do for food after her second third stream, she will inevitably go to the convenience store no matter what your choice is. Trying to order something from [[BlandNameProduct Uher Eats]] results in her not only getting a fan as her deliverer, but he also fails to bring her meal.

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* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Rikiya can trick Niina into dating him again by using the forged evidence of Asuka collaborating with the stalker to play on her paranoia, isolating her from anyone she can trust while surrounding her with people he's set up to help him.]]



* ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Rikiya can trick Niina into dating him again by using the forged evidence of Asuka collaborating with the stalker to play on her paranoia, isolating her from anyone she can trust while surrounding her with people he's set up to help him.]]
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* ButThouMust: When Niina is hungry and debating on what to do for food after her second stream, she will inevitably go to the convenience store no matter what your choice is. Trying to order something from [[BlandNameProduct Uher Eats]] results in her not only getting a fan as her deliverer, but he also fails to bring her meal.


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* VirtualYouTuber: Niina's main job is being a video game streamer with a virtual avatar. The main premise is her camera revealing her actual face, which leads to getting stalked by an obsessive fan.
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** When Niina and Asuka are at Chilla's Cafe talking about the face cam leak, the stalker appears and sits at the table next to them. You can see his phone has Niina's virtual avatar, indicating that he's a fan of hers.
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* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler:Two of Rikiya's accomplices are his mother and uncle. Miyamoto gets a little angry with Niina when demanding to know why she broke up with her boyfriend, something that building managers typically don't do with their building's residents.]]
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* EverybodyDidIt: [[spoiler:Specifically, every major NPC except Asuka was in on getting the stalker to harass Niina; Rikiya the PsychoExBoyfriend plotted it all to swoop in and save Niina so she would get back together with him, the building manager Miyamoto is his mother, and the cop is Miyamoto's brother ImpersonatingAnOfficer.]]

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* EverybodyDidIt: [[spoiler:Specifically, every major NPC except Asuka was in on getting the stalker to harass Niina; Rikiya the PsychoExBoyfriend plotted it all to swoop in and save Niina so she would get back together with him, the building manager Miyamoto is his mother, and the cop is Miyamoto's brother his uncle ImpersonatingAnOfficer.]]
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** The end of the [[spoiler:nightmare sequence where Asuka stabs you in the gut]] is ''very'' similar to a certain infamous scene from ''Manga/OshiNoKo''.

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** The end of the [[spoiler:nightmare sequence where Asuka stabs you in the gut]] is ''very'' similar to a certain the infamous FirstEpisodeTwist scene from ''Manga/OshiNoKo''.
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** Shortly after her face gets revealed on stream Niina gets [[spoiler:a text message warning her to keep playing the game or bad things will happen and she gets a a message through the door from a stalker.]] These incidents happen right after the face reveal and [[spoiler:far too soon to have been from the game she played giving away her face meaning the culprit already knew her phone number and where she lived.]]
** The Building manager will bring up a potential stalker incident during the phone call with her and will warn Niina about going out alone at night and when she finds out she's recently broken up with someone will try to pester her about details before apologizing for being too nosy. [[spoiler:It's revealed Rikiya is her son and she already knows Niina is being stalked because she's in on it.]]
** Asuka tries to assure Niina that she's safe in her room because it auto locks, with Asuka being the only other person who has access to open it. [[spoiler:The Building manager can access it too, but this information is used by Rikiya to make Niina doubt Asuka when he sets her up to be collaborating with Nina's stalker.]]

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** Shortly after her face gets revealed on stream stream, Niina gets [[spoiler:a a text message warning her to keep playing the game or bad things will happen happen, and she gets a a message through the door from a stalker.]] stalker. These incidents happen right after the face reveal reveal, and [[spoiler:far too soon to have been from the game she played giving away her face face, meaning the culprit already knew her phone number and where she lived.]]
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** The Building manager Manager will bring up a potential stalker incident during the phone call with her and will warn Niina about going out alone at night and when night. When she finds out she's recently broken up with someone someone, she will try to pester her about details before apologizing for being too nosy. [[spoiler:It's revealed Rikiya is her son and she already knows Niina is being stalked because she's in on it.]]
** Asuka tries to assure Niina that she's safe in her room because it auto locks, with Asuka being the only other person who has access to open it. [[spoiler:The Building manager Manager can access it too, but this information is used by Rikiya to make Niina doubt Asuka when he sets her up to be collaborating with Nina's stalker.]]



** The local police officer warns you that police are often too slow to respond to stalking incidents and since he lives nearby he gives you his number to call instead. This can remind any fans of Chilla's previous games with stalking where the police weren't of any use when it came to stalking. [[spoiler:In this instance however it's because the man's not a real cop and doesn't want you contacting the police because they could potentially ruin the conspiracy.]]

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** The local police officer warns you that police are often too slow to respond to stalking incidents and since he lives nearby he gives you his number to call instead. This can remind any fans of Chilla's previous games with stalking where the police weren't of any use when it came to stalking. [[spoiler:In this instance however however, it's because the man's [[ImpersonatingAnOfficer not a real cop cop]] and doesn't want you contacting the police police, because they could potentially ruin the conspiracy.]]



** During the final stream if you're looking back when you complete the game you can see [[spoiler:a hand reach out with a camera phone right before the video at the end reveals it.]]
** Niina pays no special attention to it but if you're reading the chat during her streams, a user named "[=ILoveNina=]" says something pretty much every stream about [[spoiler:what Nina was doing during the day or night, from commenting on her food choices at Chilla's café to asking if she enjoyed her bath]].

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** During the final stream stream, if you're looking back when you complete the game game, you can see [[spoiler:a hand reach out with a camera phone right before the video at the end reveals it.]]
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** Niina pays no special attention to it it, but if you're reading the chat during her streams, a user named "[=ILoveNina=]" says something pretty much every stream about [[spoiler:what Nina was doing during the day or night, from commenting on her food choices at Chilla's café to asking if she enjoyed her bath]].
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* ImpersonatingAnOfficer: [[spoiler:The "officer" you encounter throughout the game who offers his help to Niina against the stalker is actually a man named Sagio Shirota, who was hired by his nephew [[PsychoExBoyfriend Rikiya]] to help his scheme to "save" Niina from the stalker and win back her love.]]
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* EverybodyDidIt: [[spoiler:Specifically, every major NPC except Asuka was in on getting the stalker to harass Niina; Rikiya the PsychoExBoyfriend plotted it all to swoop in and save Niina so she would get back together with him, the building manager Miyamoto is his mother, and the cop is Miyamoto's brother ImpersonatingAnOfficer.]]

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Misuse, and also An Aesop is now a Definition Only supertrope.


* AnAesop: Never, ever, click on suspicious links if you can't verify the source and its contents.
* BigBad: The stalker, [=iLoveNiina=], who targets and terrorizes Niina. [[spoiler:Until it turns out he, Kyoa Akushu, is working for Rikiya Miyamoto, Nina's ex-boyfriend who roped his mother Yukiko, the building manager, and her brother Sagio Shirota, who disguised himself as a cop, in a plot to gaslight and torment Niina into getting back together with him.]]

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* AnAesop: Never, ever, click on suspicious links if you can't verify the source and its contents.
* BigBad: The stalker, [=iLoveNiina=], who targets and terrorizes Niina. [[spoiler:Until it turns out he, Kyoa Akushu, is working for an UnwittingPawn of Rikiya Miyamoto, Nina's ex-boyfriend who roped his mother Yukiko, the building manager, and her brother Sagio Shirota, who disguised himself as a cop, in a plot to gaslight and torment Niina into getting back together with him.]]



** Niina pays no special attention to it but if you're reading the chat during her streams [[spoiler:a user named "[=ILoveNina=]" says something pretty much every stream about what Nina was doing during the day or night. From commenting on her food choices at Chilla's café to asking if she enjoyed her bath.]]

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** Niina pays no special attention to it but if you're reading the chat during her streams [[spoiler:a streams, a user named "[=ILoveNina=]" says something pretty much every stream about what [[spoiler:what Nina was doing during the day or night. From night, from commenting on her food choices at Chilla's café to asking if she enjoyed her bath.]]bath]].



* MundaneHorror: Much like ''VideoGame/TheClosingShift'' and ''VideoGame/TheKaraoke,'' there are no supernatural threats in this game, and [[StalkerWithACrush the main threat]] is entirely human.

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* MundaneHorror: {{Mundanger}}: Much like ''VideoGame/TheClosingShift'' and ''VideoGame/TheKaraoke,'' there are no supernatural threats in this game, and [[StalkerWithACrush the main threat]] is entirely human.
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** On the shelves of the café (from ''VideoGame/TheClosingShift'') and Convenience store are various bags of coffee, snacks, and drinks featuring [=VTubers=] from many parts of the internet, including WebAnimation/{{hololive}} and WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}.

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** On the shelves of the café (from ''VideoGame/TheClosingShift'') and Convenience store are various bags of coffee, snacks, and drinks featuring [=VTubers=] from many parts of the internet, including WebAnimation/{{hololive}} WebAnimation/{{hololive}}[[note]]specifically, [[Characters/HololiveKureijiOllieCh Kureiji Ollie]][[/note]] and WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}.WebAnimation/{{Nijisanji}}[[note]][[Characters/NijisanjiENOBSYDIA Selen Tatsuki]][[/note]].

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* BigBad: The stalker, [=iLoveNiina=], who targets and terrorizes Niina. [[spoiler:Until it turns out he, Kyoa Akushu is working for Rikiya Miyamoto, Nina's ex-boyfriend who roped his mother Yukiko, the building manager, and her brother Sagio Shirota, who disguised himself as a cop, in a plot to gaslight and torment Niina into getting back together with him.]]

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* BigBad: The stalker, [=iLoveNiina=], who targets and terrorizes Niina. [[spoiler:Until it turns out he, Kyoa Akushu Akushu, is working for Rikiya Miyamoto, Nina's ex-boyfriend who roped his mother Yukiko, the building manager, and her brother Sagio Shirota, who disguised himself as a cop, in a plot to gaslight and torment Niina into getting back together with him.]]



* EngineeredHeroics: [[spoiler:Rikiya's entire scheme is built on him looking like the hero for Niina, so she'd fall for him again and date him out of gratitude.]]

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* EngineeredHeroics: [[spoiler:Rikiya's entire scheme is built on him getting the stalker to terrorize Niina and then looking like the hero for Niina, Niina by saving her, so she'd fall for him again and date him out of gratitude.]]


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** The first time you encounter Rikiya, the stalker is right outside the convenience store and starts following you once you leave, [[spoiler:as though Rikiya told him to be there or vice versa]].
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* MundaneHorror: Much like ''VideoGame/TheClosingShift'' and ''VideoGame/TheKaraoke,'' there are no supernatural threats in this game, and the main threat is entirely human.

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* MundaneHorror: Much like ''VideoGame/TheClosingShift'' and ''VideoGame/TheKaraoke,'' there are no supernatural threats in this game, and [[StalkerWithACrush the main threat threat]] is entirely human.
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Rikiya is explicitly said to be the mastermind behind the operation.
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Until one day, after completing a game sent by a viewer, your face is suddenly revealed. Things start getting ''very'' uncomfortable.\\\

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Until one day, after completing a game sent by a viewer, your face is suddenly revealed. Things start getting ''very'' uncomfortable.uncomfortable as a hooded stalker starts hunting down Niina and sending her more games to play, or else...\\\



* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:There are ''four'' main antagonists: Rikiya, the protagonist's ex-boyfriend; his mother Yukiko, the building manager; her brother Sagio, who disguised himself as a cop; and Kyoa, the recurring stalker. They were all in on the plot to gaslight and torment Niina into getting back together with Rikiya.]]

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* BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:There are ''four'' main antagonists: Rikiya, the protagonist's ex-boyfriend; BigBad: The stalker, [=iLoveNiina=], who targets and terrorizes Niina. [[spoiler:Until it turns out he, Kyoa Akushu is working for Rikiya Miyamoto, Nina's ex-boyfriend who roped his mother Yukiko, the building manager; manager, and her brother Sagio, Sagio Shirota, who disguised himself as a cop; and Kyoa, the recurring stalker. They were all cop, in on the a plot to gaslight and torment Niina into getting back together with Rikiya.him.]]
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* BigBadEnsemble: [[spoiler:There are ''four'' main antagonists: Rikiya, the protagonist's ex-boyfriend; his mother Yukiko, the building manager; her brother Sagio, who disguised himself as a cop; and Kyoa, the recurring stalker. They were all in on the plot to gaslight and torment Niina into getting back together with Rikiya.]]

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* BigBadEnsemble: BigBadDuumvirate: [[spoiler:There are ''four'' main antagonists: Rikiya, the protagonist's ex-boyfriend; his mother Yukiko, the building manager; her brother Sagio, who disguised himself as a cop; and Kyoa, the recurring stalker. They were all in on the plot to gaslight and torment Niina into getting back together with Rikiya.]]
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* FryingPanOfDoom: [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted]]. In the bad ending, you can pick up the frying pan as a weapon, but it turns out to be useless against the stalker]].
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* AnAesop: Never, ever, click on suspicious links if you can't verify the source and its contents.

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