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** Monshiro: He actually has two: loneliness and hope. [[spoiler:His route focuses on the isolation he felt while being stuck in the manor for ten years, which Beniyuri can empathize with him because of how alone she felt when all her friends left. The climax of his route comes when Hikage and Kagiha [[BreakThemByTalking break him down with cruel speeches about how no one really cares about him]]; his despair at this sucks him into the Abyss, and Beniyuri leaps into it because she refuses to let him be alone again. Ai's ribbon is explicitly symbolic with hope, his good ending is reached by continuing to struggle even in the face of the seemingly impossible, and both his endings involve HopeSpringsEternal.]]
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** Monshiro: He actually has two: two, loneliness and hope. [[spoiler:His route focuses on the isolation he felt while being stuck in the manor for ten years, which Beniyuri can empathize with him because of how alone she felt when all her friends left. The climax of his route comes when Hikage and Kagiha [[BreakThemByTalking break him down with cruel speeches about how no one really cares about him]]; his despair at this sucks him into the Abyss, and Beniyuri leaps into it because she refuses to let him be alone again. Ai's ribbon is explicitly symbolic with hope, his good ending is reached by continuing to struggle even in the face of the seemingly impossible, and both his endings involve HopeSpringsEternal.]]
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* ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve: Strangely enough, the protagonists can summon guns just by wishing for them hard enough. [[spoiler:This is due to the nature of Psychedelica and the Abyss as "in-between" worlds: with enough desire and will, one can make just about anything happen, including changing one's face, creating a LotusEaterMachine, or shrinking the distance between yourself and another person.]]
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* TakeMyHand: [[spoiler:The choice that leads you to Monshiro's good end. Despite him having fallen out of sight, Beniyuri stretches her hand out and begs it to reach him. At that point, [[MagicalAccessory the ribbon]] and [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve her desire]] pull them closer, allowing them to grasp hands and escape the Abyss together.]]
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His bad ending is caused by Beniyuri just yelling out for him as he sinks into darkness forever, aka doing nothing to try and get to him, while his good ending is caused by her reaching out to him, aka showing him that she won't leave him behind.]]
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** Monshiro: Loneliness. [[spoiler:His route focuses on the isolation he felt while being stuck in the manor for ten years, which Beniyuri can empathize with him because of how alone she felt when all her friends left. The climax of his route comes when Hikage and Kagiha [[BreakThemByTalking break him down with cruel speeches about how no one really cares about him]]; his despair at this sucks him into the Abyss, and Beniyuri leaps into it because she refuses to let him be alone again. His bad ending is caused by Beniyuri just yelling out for him as he sinks into darkness forever, aka doing nothing to try and get to him, while his good ending is caused by her reaching out to him, aka showing him that she won't leave him behind.]]
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** Monshiro: Loneliness.He actually has two: loneliness and hope. [[spoiler:His route focuses on the isolation he felt while being stuck in the manor for ten years, which Beniyuri can empathize with him because of how alone she felt when all her friends left. The climax of his route comes when Hikage and Kagiha [[BreakThemByTalking break him down with cruel speeches about how no one really cares about him]]; his despair at this sucks him into the Abyss, and Beniyuri leaps into it because she refuses to let him be alone again. Ai's ribbon is explicitly symbolic with hope, his good ending is reached by continuing to struggle even in the face of the seemingly impossible, and both his endings involve HopeSpringsEternal.]]
His bad ending is caused by Beniyuri just yelling out for him as he sinks into darkness forever, aka doing nothing to try and get to him, while his good ending is caused by her reaching out to him, aka showing him that she won't leave him behind.]]
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* HopeSpringsEternal: In [[spoiler:Monshiro's]] endings. In the bad one, [[spoiler:a half-despairing Ai clings to hope that he, Aki, and Takuya will wake up someday]]. In his True end, [[spoiler:he and Ai optimistically wait for Aki and Takuya to wake up, and at the very end, they do.]]
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* TheFiveStagesOfGrief: Represented across the entire cast. Endings where characters either stay in or fail to escape [[spoiler:Psychedelica]] are generally caused by a symbolic failure to reach Acceptance.
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* TheFiveStagesOfGrief: FiveStagesOfGrief: Represented across the entire cast. Endings where characters either stay in or fail to escape [[spoiler:Psychedelica]] are generally caused by a symbolic failure to reach Acceptance.
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* TheFiveStagesOfGrief: Represented across the entire cast. Endings where characters either stay in or fail to escape [[spoiler:Psychedelica]] are generally caused by a symbolic failure to reach Acceptance.
** Beniyuri: Depression. Also Denial in some bad endings.
** Hikage: Anger. [[spoiler:Also Bargaining in the past.]]
** Kagiha: Bargaining. [[spoiler:Also Denial in his ending.]]
** Karasuba: Denial.
** Yamato: Depression.
** Monshiro: Acceptance.
** Usagi: Acceptance.
** Beniyuri: Depression. Also Denial in some bad endings.
** Hikage: Anger. [[spoiler:Also Bargaining in the past.]]
** Kagiha: Bargaining. [[spoiler:Also Denial in his ending.]]
** Karasuba: Denial.
** Yamato: Depression.
** Monshiro: Acceptance.
** Usagi: Acceptance.
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** [[spoiler:Aki/Karasuba's]] is more on the bitter side, as [[spoiler:while he, Ai, and Takuya escape, Kazuya is still comatose.]]
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** [[spoiler:Aki/Karasuba's]] [[spoiler:Aki/Karasuba's True Ending]] is more on the bitter side, as [[spoiler:while he, Ai, and Takuya escape, Kazuya is still comatose.]]
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** Monshiro: Loneliness. [[spoiler:His route focuses on the isolation he felt while being stuck in the manor for ten years, which Beniyuri can empathize with him because of how alone she felt when all her friends left. The climax of his route comes when Hikage and Kagiha [[BreakThemByTalking breaks break him down with a cruel speech speeches about how no one really cares about him]]; his despair at this sucks him into the Abyss, and Beniyuri leaps into it because she refuses to let him be alone again. His bad ending is caused by Beniyuri just yelling out for him as he sinks into darkness forever, aka doing nothing to try and get to him, while his good ending is caused by her reaching out to him, aka showing him that she won't leave him behind.]]
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** For starters, almost all the endings are locked behind other endings. Monshiro, Yamato, and Karasuba all need the "Real World" ending for you to even ''start'' pursuing them. Yamato and Karasuba's endings both also require you to have seen Kagiha's, and Karasuba ''also'' needs you to have seen at least one of Monshiro's. And every one of the guys has certain side stories you need to see to get to their endings, as well.
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** For starters, almost all the endings are locked behind other endings. Monshiro, Yamato, and Karasuba all need the "Real World" ending for you to even ''start'' pursuing them.them, while Hikage needs you to have obtained another guy's ending. Yamato and Karasuba's endings both also require you to have seen Kagiha's, and Karasuba ''also'' needs you to have seen at least one of Monshiro's. And every one of the guys has certain side stories you need to see to get to their endings, as well.
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Takuya and Aki regaining consciousness in Kazuya's True Ending means that they were able to defeat Hikage, even missing two of their number.]]
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* OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:Takuya and Aki regaining consciousness in Kazuya's True Ending means that they were able to defeat Hikage, Hikage offscreen, even missing two of their number.]]
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** The "Best" ending, [[spoiler:Kazuya/Monshiro's True Ending]], and [[spoiler:Takuya/Yamato's True Ending]] are the happiest, [[spoiler:as Ai, Kazuya, Takuya, and Aki escape the manor in all three. In the latter two, Ai and her respective LoveInterest ]]
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** The "Best" ending, [[spoiler:Kazuya/Monshiro's True Ending]], and [[spoiler:Takuya/Yamato's True Ending]] are the happiest, [[spoiler:as Ai, Kazuya, Takuya, and Aki escape the manor in all three. In the latter two, Ai and her respective LoveInterest ]]
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** [[spoiler:Aki/Karasuba's]] is more on the bitter side, as [[spoiler:while he, Ai, and Takuya escaped, Kazuya is still comatose.]]
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** [[spoiler:Aki/Karasuba's]] is more on the bitter side, as [[spoiler:while he, Ai, and Takuya escaped, escape, Kazuya is still comatose.]]
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* BittersweetEnding: Almost every single ending is this, [[spoiler:since Natsuki/Kagiha stays dead no matter what]]. The remainders are all [[DownerEnding downers]] or explicitly an AlternateUniverse WhatIf.
** The "Best" ending, [[spoiler:Kazuya/Monshiro's True Ending]], and [[spoiler:Takuya/Yamato's True Ending]] are the happiest, [[spoiler:as Ai, Kazuya, Takuya, and Aki escape the manor in all three. In the latter two, Ai and her respective LoveInterest ]]
** [[spoiler:Hikage's]] is about in the middle--[[spoiler:Ai and (presumably) everyone else escapes, but he killed himself to let them out. She goes to the lake to privately mourn...then turns around and [[MaybeEverAfter sees a reincarnated Hikage]].]]
** [[spoiler:Aki/Karasuba's]] is more on the bitter side, as [[spoiler:while he, Ai, and Takuya escaped, Kazuya is still comatose.]]
** [[spoiler:Kazuya/Monshiro's]] bad ending just barely manages to fall into this, and it still leans heavily on the "bitter". [[spoiler:Ai wakes up completely alone. The other three are still comatose even a month later, but she continues to visit and cling to the hope that they'll wake up someday.]]
** The "Best" ending, [[spoiler:Kazuya/Monshiro's True Ending]], and [[spoiler:Takuya/Yamato's True Ending]] are the happiest, [[spoiler:as Ai, Kazuya, Takuya, and Aki escape the manor in all three. In the latter two, Ai and her respective LoveInterest ]]
** [[spoiler:Hikage's]] is about in the middle--[[spoiler:Ai and (presumably) everyone else escapes, but he killed himself to let them out. She goes to the lake to privately mourn...then turns around and [[MaybeEverAfter sees a reincarnated Hikage]].]]
** [[spoiler:Aki/Karasuba's]] is more on the bitter side, as [[spoiler:while he, Ai, and Takuya escaped, Kazuya is still comatose.]]
** [[spoiler:Kazuya/Monshiro's]] bad ending just barely manages to fall into this, and it still leans heavily on the "bitter". [[spoiler:Ai wakes up completely alone. The other three are still comatose even a month later, but she continues to visit and cling to the hope that they'll wake up someday.]]
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** Kagiha: Denial. [[spoiler:He refuses to let go of the ChildhoodMarriagePromise he made with Ai, even though it will never come to pass because he's ''dead''. But because he clings to that and his hopes of coming back to life, he betrays the group to Hikage, the most untrustworthy person there. And in his ending, he and Beniyuri [[LotusEaterMachine live out a fantasy of being alive and married]].]]
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** Kagiha: Denial. [[spoiler:He refuses to let go of the ChildhoodMarriagePromise he made with Ai, even though it will never come to pass because he's ''dead''. But because he clings to that and his hopes of coming back to life, he betrays the group to Hikage, the most untrustworthy person there. And in his ending, he and Beniyuri [[LotusEaterMachine live out a fantasy of being alive and married]].married]], implicitly dooming the others in the process.]]
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** [[spoiler:Aki's 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.]]
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** [[spoiler:Aki's ending 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.]]
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** [[spoiler:Kazuya's bad ending has Ai continuing to visit the hospital in the desperate, bitter hope that he'll wake up someday.]]
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* AntiFrustrationFeature: The flowchart system is very helpful in hunting for endings--you can literally stop in the middle of a character's route, jump into another one's, finish it, jump right back, and pick up where you left off with no problem.
* BaitAndSwitch: The "Real World" ending opens with Ai waking up from a nightmare, which would seem to imply that the events of the game were just a dream. Continue to play, however, and in the very last scene, [[spoiler:the bus she, Takuya, and Aki are on goes careening into the lake, revealing that you were playing ''the prologue''.]]
* BaitAndSwitch: The "Real World" ending opens with Ai waking up from a nightmare, which would seem to imply that the events of the game were just a dream. Continue to play, however, and in the very last scene, [[spoiler:the bus she, Takuya, and Aki are on goes careening into the lake, revealing that you were playing ''the prologue''.]]
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* Central Theme: Death, the FiveStagesOfGrief, and how to heal from them both. Additionally, each of the routes focuses on a particular aspect.
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* Central Theme: CentralTheme: Death, the FiveStagesOfGrief, and how to heal from them both. Additionally, each of the routes focuses on a particular aspect.
* DramaticUnmask: Monshiro's is doubly dramatic and occurs in a scene straight out of ''Anime/CodeGeass''. [[spoiler:Karasuba]] shoots his mask, cracking it in two. The pieces fall off to reveal [[spoiler:that he's ''Kazuya'', which simultaneously reveals that Hikage is the imposter and the master of the manor.]]
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* FreeRangeChilden: Tragically deconstructed. [[spoiler:At the summer camp, the supervisors let the kids run around with only a warning not to go near the lake. Being kids who were not supervised, the main cast didn't listen, which lead directly to the tragedy that took Natsuki's life, left Kazuya comatose, and scarred the surviving three.]]
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* FreeRangeChilden: FreeRangeChildren: Tragically deconstructed. [[spoiler:At the summer camp, the supervisors let the kids run around with only a warning not to go near the lake. Being kids who were not supervised, the main cast didn't listen, which lead directly to the tragedy that took Natsuki's life, left Kazuya comatose, and scarred the surviving three.]]]]
* GuideDangIt: The flowchart system alleviates this somewhat, as it visually shows you where branching points are, and you can jump directly to whatever chapters you want. But even with that, finding all the endings requires either a walkthrough or a lot of trial and error, to the extent that when newcomers ask for a recommended route order, they're given one that is less about plot revelations or characters and more about "the smoothest way to unlock everything".
** For starters, almost all the endings are locked behind other endings. Monshiro, Yamato, and Karasuba all need the "Real World" ending for you to even ''start'' pursuing them. Yamato and Karasuba's endings both also require you to have seen Kagiha's, and Karasuba ''also'' needs you to have seen at least one of Monshiro's. And every one of the guys has certain side stories you need to see to get to their endings, as well.
** Monshiro, Yamato, and Karasuba also have an additional requirement that you ''will'' have no way of knowing about: you need to start a new game, individually and each time, to unlock them. While this would seem to be a "well, duh" thing, what actually makes it this trope is that unlike most otome games, the flowchart system seems to eliminate the need for new games completely; you can just hit 'Continue' after getting an ending (or even in the middle of a route!) and jump back to a previous chapter. You can get onto Kagiha's and Hikage's routes this way, which only feeds the incorrect assumption that new games aren't required at all.
** Speaking of those three (again), they actually have two endings each--a bad ending and a True Ending. However, their bad endings are labelled "x ending", similar to Hikage and Kagiha, who have one ending each. A quick look at the flowchart will show the rather obvious point where Monshiro's endings branch, but for the other two, you might be tricked into thinking their bad endings are their only endings, since the choice that led you there is [[ViolationOfCommonSense insanely obscure]]. [[labelnote:spoilery hint]]It was starting their routes. Unlike Monshiro, you ''don't'' want to get on their routes, as it guarantees you get their bad endings. What you actually have to do to get their True Endings is replay the Common Route while expressing a preference for one of them[[/labelnote]]
* GuideDangIt: The flowchart system alleviates this somewhat, as it visually shows you where branching points are, and you can jump directly to whatever chapters you want. But even with that, finding all the endings requires either a walkthrough or a lot of trial and error, to the extent that when newcomers ask for a recommended route order, they're given one that is less about plot revelations or characters and more about "the smoothest way to unlock everything".
** For starters, almost all the endings are locked behind other endings. Monshiro, Yamato, and Karasuba all need the "Real World" ending for you to even ''start'' pursuing them. Yamato and Karasuba's endings both also require you to have seen Kagiha's, and Karasuba ''also'' needs you to have seen at least one of Monshiro's. And every one of the guys has certain side stories you need to see to get to their endings, as well.
** Monshiro, Yamato, and Karasuba also have an additional requirement that you ''will'' have no way of knowing about: you need to start a new game, individually and each time, to unlock them. While this would seem to be a "well, duh" thing, what actually makes it this trope is that unlike most otome games, the flowchart system seems to eliminate the need for new games completely; you can just hit 'Continue' after getting an ending (or even in the middle of a route!) and jump back to a previous chapter. You can get onto Kagiha's and Hikage's routes this way, which only feeds the incorrect assumption that new games aren't required at all.
** Speaking of those three (again), they actually have two endings each--a bad ending and a True Ending. However, their bad endings are labelled "x ending", similar to Hikage and Kagiha, who have one ending each. A quick look at the flowchart will show the rather obvious point where Monshiro's endings branch, but for the other two, you might be tricked into thinking their bad endings are their only endings, since the choice that led you there is [[ViolationOfCommonSense insanely obscure]]. [[labelnote:spoilery hint]]It was starting their routes. Unlike Monshiro, you ''don't'' want to get on their routes, as it guarantees you get their bad endings. What you actually have to do to get their True Endings is replay the Common Route while expressing a preference for one of them[[/labelnote]]
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* ViolationOfCommonSense: A meta example. If you want to get Yamato's and Karasuba's True Endings, you have to do the exact opposite of what every otome game ever tells you and [[spoiler:''not start their routes''.]]
* ViolationOfCommonSense: A meta example. If you want to get Yamato's and Karasuba's True Endings, you have to do the exact opposite of what every otome game ever tells you and [[spoiler:''not start their routes''.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Yamato eventually remembers that his younger twin brother is in a coma outside the mansion and he wants to return to him. [[spoiler:Even back in the world of the living, he diligently visits Kazuya every day in the hopes that he'll wake up one day]]. This was the manor owner's primary motivation in life. He did everything he could to get medicine for his sister. When she died, he went off the deep end and tried to resurrect her.
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** Yamato eventually remembers that his younger twin brother is in a coma outside the mansion and he wants to return to him. [[spoiler:Even back in the world of the living, he diligently visits Kazuya every day in the hopes that he'll wake up one day]]. This
** [[spoiler:This was the manor owner's primary motivation in life. He did everything he could to get medicine for his sister. When she died, he went off the deep end and tried to resurrect her.]]
** Yamato eventually remembers that his younger twin brother is in a coma outside the mansion and he wants to return to him. [[spoiler:Even back in the world of the living, he diligently visits Kazuya every day in the hopes that he'll wake up one day]].
** [[spoiler:This was the manor owner's primary motivation in life. He did everything he could to get medicine for his sister. When she died, he went off the deep end and tried to resurrect her.]]
* Central Theme: Death, the FiveStagesOfGrief, and how to heal from them both. Additionally, each of the routes focuses on a particular aspect.
** Kagiha: Denial. [[spoiler:He refuses to let go of the ChildhoodMarriagePromise he made with Ai, even though it will never come to pass because he's ''dead''. But because he clings to that and his hopes of coming back to life, he betrays the group to Hikage, the most untrustworthy person there. And in his ending, he and Beniyuri [[LotusEaterMachine live out a fantasy of being alive and married]].]]
** Hikage: Letting go. [[spoiler:While Hikage was alive, he bargained everything he had to keep his sister alive; when she passed away, he remained stuck in the bargaining stage, sliding deeper into darkness as he tried to find a way to bring her back. He accidentally created the manor, where his inability to move on bound him there even as his descent into madness continued. In his ending, he's able to come to terms with Usagi's death and willingly kills himself to set everyone else free.]]
** 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.]]
** Karasuba: Avoidance. [[spoiler:In the past, Aki was bullied harshly, and dealt with it by avoiding confrontation. He plays off things he feels seriously about with jokes. He figures out the truth about Hikage, but keeps quiet when Hikage threatens to expose his cowardice to Beniyuri. In his bad end, he and Beniyuri [[DestructiveRomance blissfully live out a "lukewarm" fantasy]], refusing to ever think about or look at their real names, their memories, or anyone else. In his good end, her refusal to run away from memories, even if they're painful, strikes him, and he decides to stop running away from everything that had been hurting him.]]
** Monshiro: Loneliness. [[spoiler:His route focuses on the isolation he felt while being stuck in the manor for ten years, which Beniyuri can empathize with him because of how alone she felt when all her friends left. The climax of his route comes when Hikage [[BreakThemByTalking breaks him down with a cruel speech about how no one really cares about him]]; his despair at this sucks him into the Abyss, and Beniyuri leaps into it because she refuses to let him be alone again. His bad ending is caused by Beniyuri just yelling out for him as he sinks into darkness forever, aka doing nothing to try and get to him, while his good ending is caused by her reaching out to him, aka showing him that she won't leave him behind.]]
** Kagiha: Denial. [[spoiler:He refuses to let go of the ChildhoodMarriagePromise he made with Ai, even though it will never come to pass because he's ''dead''. But because he clings to that and his hopes of coming back to life, he betrays the group to Hikage, the most untrustworthy person there. And in his ending, he and Beniyuri [[LotusEaterMachine live out a fantasy of being alive and married]].]]
** Hikage: Letting go. [[spoiler:While Hikage was alive, he bargained everything he had to keep his sister alive; when she passed away, he remained stuck in the bargaining stage, sliding deeper into darkness as he tried to find a way to bring her back. He accidentally created the manor, where his inability to move on bound him there even as his descent into madness continued. In his ending, he's able to come to terms with Usagi's death and willingly kills himself to set everyone else free.]]
** 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.]]
** Karasuba: Avoidance. [[spoiler:In the past, Aki was bullied harshly, and dealt with it by avoiding confrontation. He plays off things he feels seriously about with jokes. He figures out the truth about Hikage, but keeps quiet when Hikage threatens to expose his cowardice to Beniyuri. In his bad end, he and Beniyuri [[DestructiveRomance blissfully live out a "lukewarm" fantasy]], refusing to ever think about or look at their real names, their memories, or anyone else. In his good end, her refusal to run away from memories, even if they're painful, strikes him, and he decides to stop running away from everything that had been hurting him.]]
** Monshiro: Loneliness. [[spoiler:His route focuses on the isolation he felt while being stuck in the manor for ten years, which Beniyuri can empathize with him because of how alone she felt when all her friends left. The climax of his route comes when Hikage [[BreakThemByTalking breaks him down with a cruel speech about how no one really cares about him]]; his despair at this sucks him into the Abyss, and Beniyuri leaps into it because she refuses to let him be alone again. His bad ending is caused by Beniyuri just yelling out for him as he sinks into darkness forever, aka doing nothing to try and get to him, while his good ending is caused by her reaching out to him, aka showing him that she won't leave him behind.]]
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Kagiha, Hikage, and Usagi. Kagiha drowned at the summer camp when he was a child. child, Usagi died of illness, and Hikage committed suicide.]]
* DeathOfAChild: The whole plot is caused by the death of [[spoiler:two--Natsuki and Usagi--and the emotional fallout it had on Natsuki’s friends and Usagi’s brother, respectively.]]
* DeathOfAChild: The whole plot is caused by the death of [[spoiler:two--Natsuki and Usagi--and the emotional fallout it had on Natsuki’s friends and Usagi’s brother, respectively.]]
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** Kagiha remarks that Beniyuri seems familiar to him, but none of the others do the same. [[spoiler:Not only is it a hint that Kagiha and Beniyuri have met before, but it's a hint that Kagiha regained his memories a long time ago.]]
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** Kagiha remarks that Beniyuri seems familiar to him, but none of the others do the same. [[spoiler:Not only is it a hint that Both Kagiha and Beniyuri have met before, but it's a hint Hikage are hopeless with technology, [[spoiler:since they died well before smartphones were created.]]
** Despite his early comments thatKagiha regained Monshiro’s weird, Yamato quickly becomes protectively affectionate towards him. [[spoiler:Even without seeing his memories face, he can still subconsciously recognize his little brother.]]
* FreeRangeChilden: Tragically deconstructed. [[spoiler:At the summer camp, the supervisors let the kids run around with only along time ago.warning not to go near the lake. Being kids who were not supervised, the main cast didn't listen, which lead directly to the tragedy that took Natsuki's life, left Kazuya comatose, and scarred the surviving three.]]
** Despite his early comments that
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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Most of the "real world" endings have Ai being open to the idea of ending up with Kazuya, Aki, and Takuya and gently easing into a relationship with them. Hikage's ending also has her coming across a reincarnated Hikage and Usagi.]]
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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Most of the "real world" endings have MaybeEverAfter:
** [[spoiler:Aki's ending has Aibeing open to the idea of ending up with Kazuya, Aki, and Takuya and gently easing into a relationship with them. Hikage's 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 endingalso has her Ai coming across a reincarnated Hikage and Usagi.]]
** [[spoiler:Aki's ending has Ai
** [[spoiler:Hikage's ending
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* NeverFoundTheBody: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:Kagiha[=/=]Natsuki]]'s body was never recovered, but reaching the True 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 the True Best Ending has it finally being discovered.
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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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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.
Games, and ported to PC.
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-->'''[[spoiler:Hikage]]]:''' I am the master of this manor!
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* WhamLine: Shortly after Monshiro is unmasked in the Common Route:
-->'''[[spoiler:Hikage]]]:''' I am the master of this manor!
-->'''[[spoiler:Hikage]]]:''' I am the master of this manor!
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* NeverFoundTheBody: It's mentioned that [[spoiler:Kagiha[=/=]Natsuki]]'s body was never recovered, but reaching the True Ending has it finally being discovered.
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* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler:Most of the "real world" endings have Ai being open to the idea of ending up with Kazuya, Aki, and Takuya and gently easing into a relationship with them. Hikage's ending also has her coming across a reincarnated Hikage and Usagi.]]
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Yamato eventually remembers that his younger twin brother is in a coma outside the mansion and he wants to return to him. [[spoiler:Even back in the world of the living, he diligently visits Kazuya every day in the hopes that he'll wake up one day]]. This was manor owner's primary motivation in life. He did everything he could to get medicine for his sister. When she died, he went off the deep end and tried to resurrect her.
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Yamato eventually remembers that his younger twin brother is in a coma outside the mansion and he wants to return to him. [[spoiler:Even back in the world of the living, he diligently visits Kazuya every day in the hopes that he'll wake up one day]]. This was the manor owner's primary motivation in life. He did everything he could to get medicine for his sister. When she died, he went off the deep end and tried to resurrect her.
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Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a Main/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games.
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Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a Main/PlayStationVita UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Hikage's mother mother was abusive toward him, as was his stepmother when he was taken in by his father. As his father's business failed, he became cruel toward him as well.]]
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Hikage's mother birth mother was abusive toward him, as was his stepmother when he was taken in by his father. As his father's business failed, he became cruel toward him as well.]]
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone. They don't have much of a choice, [[JustifiedTrope considering that they don't have their memories]]. Even after they begin to regain their memories, however, they often keep using their nicknames.
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* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone. They don't have much of a choice, [[JustifiedTrope considering that they don't have their memories]].memories and don't know their names]]. Even after they begin to regain their memories, however, they often keep using their nicknames.
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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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* BigBrotherInstinct: Yamato eventually remembers that his younger twin brother is in a coma outside the mansion and he wants to return to him. [[spoiler:Even back in the world of the living, he diligently visits Kazuya every day in the hopes that he'll wake up one day]].
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* BigBrotherInstinct: Yamato eventually remembers that his younger twin brother is in a coma outside the mansion and he wants to return to him. [[spoiler:Even back in the world of the living, he diligently visits Kazuya every day in the hopes that he'll wake up one day]]. \n** This was manor owner's primary motivation in life. He did everything he could to get medicine for his sister. When she died, he went off the deep end and tried to resurrect her.
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** This was manor owner's primary motivation in life. He did everything he could to get medicine for his sister. When she died, he went off the deep end and tried to resurrect her.
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** Monshiro wears a mask that conceals his face. He also becomes very close to both Beniyuri and Yamato, but maintains something of a distance from the others save Karasuba. [[spoiler:Monshiro didn't want to disturb the peace the group had formed by revealing his identity as Kazuya, so he hid the truth.]]
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* ResentfulGuardian: While Yamato does care for his brother, certain routes reveal that [[spoiler:he does hold some resentment towards him for having to look after him in the hospital]], though he feels disgusted with himself for feeling that way, primarily since he blames himself for the incident that led to him falling into a coma in the first place.
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** Before Hikage has two moles below his left eye. When Beniyuri receives the picture of Yamato and his brother, there's a bandage over that part of his face, hinting that [[spoiler:Hikage may not actually be Yamato's brother]].
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** Before Hikage has two moles below his left eye. When Beniyuri receives the picture of Yamato and his brother, there's a bandage over that part of his face, hinting that [[spoiler:Hikage may not actually be Yamato's brother]].
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* Foreshadowing: There are a number of hints that some of the people you see aren't what they seem.
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* Foreshadowing: {{Foreshadowing}}: There are a number of hints that some of the people you see aren't what they seem.
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* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Hikage's mother mother was abusive toward him, as was his stepmother when he was taken in by his father. As his father's business failed, he became cruel toward him as well.]]
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* MissingMom: Beniyuri eventually remembers that her mother died shortly after giving birth to her little sister.
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* Kagiha remarks that Beniyuri seems familiar to him, but none of the others do the same. [[spoiler:Not only is it a hint that Kagiha and Beniyuri have met before, but it's a hint that Kagiha regained his memories a long time ago.]]
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* Foreshadowing: There are a number of hints that some of the people you see aren't what they seem.
** Before Hikage has two moles below his left eye. When Beniyuri receives the picture of Yamato and his brother, there's a bandage over that part of his face, hinting that [[spoiler:Hikage may not actually be Yamato's brother]].
* Kagiha remarks that Beniyuri seems familiar to him, but none of the others do the same. [[spoiler:Not only is it a hint that Kagiha and Beniyuri have met before, but it's a hint that Kagiha regained his memories a long time ago.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Usagi [[TakingTheBullet takes a bullet]] for Beniyuri in Hikage's ending.]]
* InterfaceSpoiler: At the start of the game, Beniyuri doesn't know her real name. When you start a new game, you have to choose what her real name is, but the default name is already put in.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone. They don't have much of a choice, [[JustifiedTrope considering that they don't have their memories]]. Even after they begin to regain their memories, however, they often keep using their nicknames.
* RedheadedHero: Our protagonist, Beniyuri, is a redhead.
** Before Hikage has two moles below his left eye. When Beniyuri receives the picture of Yamato and his brother, there's a bandage over that part of his face, hinting that [[spoiler:Hikage may not actually be Yamato's brother]].
* Kagiha remarks that Beniyuri seems familiar to him, but none of the others do the same. [[spoiler:Not only is it a hint that Kagiha and Beniyuri have met before, but it's a hint that Kagiha regained his memories a long time ago.]]
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Usagi [[TakingTheBullet takes a bullet]] for Beniyuri in Hikage's ending.]]
* InterfaceSpoiler: At the start of the game, Beniyuri doesn't know her real name. When you start a new game, you have to choose what her real name is, but the default name is already put in.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Everyone. They don't have much of a choice, [[JustifiedTrope considering that they don't have their memories]]. Even after they begin to regain their memories, however, they often keep using their nicknames.
* RedheadedHero: Our protagonist, Beniyuri, is a redhead.
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Kagiha, Hikage, and Usagi. Kagiha drowned at the summer camp when he was a child. Usagi died of illness, and Hikage committed suicide.]]
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Kagiha, Hikage, and Usagi. Kagiha drowned at the summer camp when he was a child. Usagi died of illness, and Hikage committed suicide.]]]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Yamato literally has blue hair.
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Yamato literally has blue hair.
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A young woman wakes up in a Western-style mansion without her memories. Luckily, she isn't alone: There are four (or perhaps five?) other men trapped in the manor with her. Unfortunately, they too have lost their memories. Worse yet, the mansion is populated with vicious monsters.
If they want to escape, they need to defeat the monsters in order to collect shards for a kaleidoscope. Will they make it out and find out who they are? Will they even want their memories back when they learn the truth?
Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a Main/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games.
'''WARNING:''' As a mystery story, there are a number of twists that may spoil the game. Proceed with caution.
!!Tropes found in this game are:
* AdventuresInComaland: [[spoiler:This is what Beniyuri, Karasuba, Yamato and Monshiro are going through. The former three fell into a coma during a bus accident, while Monshiro has been in a coma since the incident at the summer camp.]]
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: But of course. Not only is it right in the title, but there's a children's story that focuses on the life and death of two butterflies.
* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler:The main group realizes that most of them were childhood friends ten years ago.]]
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Beniyuri eventually remembers that she made one of these with [[spoiler:Kagiha]] as a child.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Kagiha, Hikage, and Usagi. Kagiha drowned at the summer camp when he was a child. Usagi died of illness, and Hikage committed suicide.]]
If they want to escape, they need to defeat the monsters in order to collect shards for a kaleidoscope. Will they make it out and find out who they are? Will they even want their memories back when they learn the truth?
Originally released on January 29th 2015, ''Psychedelica of the Black Butterfly'' is a Main/PlayStationVita Main/VisualNovel by Idea Factory. It was released in English on April 27th 2018 by Aksys Games.
'''WARNING:''' As a mystery story, there are a number of twists that may spoil the game. Proceed with caution.
!!Tropes found in this game are:
* AdventuresInComaland: [[spoiler:This is what Beniyuri, Karasuba, Yamato and Monshiro are going through. The former three fell into a coma during a bus accident, while Monshiro has been in a coma since the incident at the summer camp.]]
* ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: But of course. Not only is it right in the title, but there's a children's story that focuses on the life and death of two butterflies.
* ChildhoodFriends: [[spoiler:The main group realizes that most of them were childhood friends ten years ago.]]
* ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Beniyuri eventually remembers that she made one of these with [[spoiler:Kagiha]] as a child.
* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Kagiha, Hikage, and Usagi. Kagiha drowned at the summer camp when he was a child. Usagi died of illness, and Hikage committed suicide.]]
