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Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory under its Creator/{{Otomate}} label. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games, and ported to PC in November 2018.

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Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel Platform/PlayStationVita VisualNovel by Idea Factory under its Creator/{{Otomate}} label. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games, and ported to PC in November 2018.
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Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory under its Creator/{{Otomate}} label. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games, and ported to PC.

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Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory under its Creator/{{Otomate}} label. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games, and ported to PC.
PC in November 2018.




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* IllGirl: [[spoiler:Usagi]] was one, and it's the primary reason why her father chose her illegitimate half-brother to be his successor. She eventually succumbed to her illness.
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Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games, and ported to PC.

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Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory.Factory under its Creator/{{Otomate}} label. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games, and ported to PC.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Yamato literally has blue hair.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Yamato literally has blue hair.
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** Hikage wants Monshiro out after [[spoiler: the summer camp picture is shared]]? [[spoiler: He knows that Monshiro is the real brother, and even though he has been keeping his real identity secret, he just wants to be sure. He's secretly coercing the group to be against him in order to get them on his side]].
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** Hikage being annoyed at the protagonist getting closer to him and seeking him out after [[spoiler: Yamato turned]]? [[spoiler: Hikage doesn't want her to figure things out prematurely and keeps her at a distance]].
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* RewatchBonus: If you know certain important things only revealed near the end of the story, several things at the start and specifically [[spoiler: Hikage's behavior]] are given a new light.
** Hikage [[BigDamnHeroes saves the main character right at the moment she was about to get killed]]? [[spoiler: The main character has a shard; he wants to keep it safe]].
** Hikage does not seem to notice the shard on the ground? [[spoiler: If he had grabbed it, it would arise suspicion in the main character, as he has been acting just as amnesiac as she was]].
** Hikage is aversive of the main character clinging on to the man in the fox mask and does not trust him one bit? [[spoiler: Monshiro had already betrayed him once, and he also does not want the main character to follow him since she has a shard in her hairpin]].
** Hikage is anxious when seeing the pictures in the study? [[spoiler: Chances are, they're of his family, and even though he does not remember them correctly at that time, they must have awoken something inside of him]].
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Yamato literally has blue hair.

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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Yamato literally has blue hair.

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** Yamato: Guilt. [[spoiler:His [[ItsAllMyFault perceived guilt]] over what happened to Kaguya has become, in his own words, a chain. While visiting his brother every day isn't in itself wrong, the way Yamato quit the soccer team and effectively put his life on hold is. In his bad ending, [[DestructiveRomance he and Beniyuri drag themselves down with their mutual guilt]], "licking each other's wounds" forever, while in his good ending, they forgive themselves for what happened that day.]]

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** Yamato: Guilt. [[spoiler:His [[ItsAllMyFault perceived guilt]] over what happened to Kaguya Kazuya has become, in his own words, a chain. While visiting his brother every day isn't in itself wrong, the way Yamato quit the soccer team and effectively put his life on hold is. In his bad ending, [[DestructiveRomance he and Beniyuri drag themselves down with their mutual guilt]], "licking each other's wounds" forever, while in his good ending, they forgive themselves for what happened that day.]]
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* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler:Time is wonky in Psychedelica; the cast are there for at least a few months, but find out that only a few weeks have passed in the real world when they wake up. There doesn't seem to be a consistent pattern to its wonkiness either: Monshiro and Kagiha aged normally, matching the ten years that have passed in the real world, but it's also stated one can't die of old age in Psychedelica.]]

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* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler:Time is wonky in Psychedelica; the cast are there for at least a few months, but find out that only a few weeks have passed in the real world when they wake up. There doesn't seem to be a consistent pattern to its wonkiness either: either, as Monshiro and Kagiha aged normally, matching the ten years that have passed in the real world, but it's also stated one can't die of old age in Psychedelica.world.]]

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* DownerEnding: All the bad ends, naturally, but also [[spoiler:Kagiha's ending]]. It's an in-universe EsotericHappyEnding, as while [[spoiler:he and Beniyuri happily [[LotusEaterMachine live out an illusion of being married]], they're still stuck in Psychedelica ''and'' have doomed everyone else to be stuck as well.]]



* MaybeEverAfter:
** [[spoiler:Aki's True Ending has Ai open to the idea of a relationship with him, but not ready to kiss him yet. They ultimately hold hands and promise to explore things at a good pace together.]]
** [[spoiler:Hikage's ending has Ai coming across a reincarnated Hikage and Usagi.]]

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* MaybeEverAfter:
** [[spoiler:Aki's True Ending
LaserGuidedAmnesia: The cast have all had their personal memories, such as name, family, and past, removed. This is because the master of the manor is holding their memories hostage as incentive to collect the kaleidoscope shards, and will occasionally return a few as rewards for doing well.
* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Hikage's ending
has Ai open to the idea of coming across a relationship with him, but not ready to kiss him yet. They ultimately hold hands reincarnated Hikage and promise to explore things at a good pace together.Usagi.]]
** [[spoiler:Hikage's ending * MacGuffin: The kaleidoscope, which is said to grant wishes; thus, the master's manor has Ai coming across the cast collect its shards. [[spoiler:It's later revealed that the kaleidoscope actually opens a reincarnated Hikage gateway between Psychedelica and Usagi.]] the real world.]]



* NeverFoundTheBody: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:Kagiha[=/=]Natsuki]]'s body was never recovered, but reaching the Best Ending has it finally being discovered.

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* NeverFoundTheBody: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:Kagiha[=/=]Natsuki]]'s body was never recovered, but reaching recovered. [[spoiler:It's found in the Best Ending "Best" ending (and presumably the others where the cast return to the real world), as he has it finally being discovered.moved on.]]



* SwitchingPOV:
** While the earlier side stories are slices-of-life or looks into the protagonists' pasts, latter ones will occasionally follow the perspective of other characters.
** Happens in Monshiro's route when he [[spoiler:sneaks off by himself to confront Hikage.]]



-->'''[[spoiler:Hikage]]:''' I am the master of this manor!

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* YearInsideHourOutside: [[spoiler:Time is wonky in Psychedelica; the cast are there for at least a few months, but find out that only a few weeks have passed in the real world when they wake up. There doesn't seem to be a consistent pattern to its wonkiness either: Monshiro and Kagiha aged normally, matching the ten years that have passed in the real world, but it's also stated one can't die of old age in Psychedelica.]]
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** Yamato, Hikage, and Monshiro are all left-handed. [[spoiler:Yamato and Monshiro are twins, and Hikage is pretending to be Yamato's brother.]]

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* TitleDrop: in Hikage's route we find that "Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly" is a title of a children's book.


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* TitleDrop: In Hikage's route, we find that "Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly" is a title of a in-universe children's book.

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