History VisualNovel / SwanSong

* AmbiguousDisorder: What exactly Tsukasa has is never touched upon, though he does at least seem to be a sociopath. Not that it stops him from being a great friend and Aroe's caretaker. Averted with Aroe, who is explicitly autistic.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:The Vigilante Corps. do this to the Daichi. The Neutral end results in everyone but Yuka dying.]]

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: The "Tsukasa w/ Yuka" and "Tanomura w/ Hibari" sex scenes are presented in a much better light than the others, which are mostly rape scenes anyway.

* InfantImmortality: Averted. The first time a child is shown is when they are trapped in a house and killed in front of the men.

* AmbiguousDisorder: What exactly Tsukasa has is never touched upon, though he does at least seem to be a sociopath. Not that it stops him from being a great friend and Aroe's caretaker. Averted with Aroe, who is explicitly mentally retarded.

* Amako Tsukasa, [[TheProtagonist the main character]].

* NecessaryEvil: [[spoiler:The Vigilante Corps. at first. Then Takuma takes over and rules with an iron fist.]]
* NotDistractedByTheSexy: Tsukasa doesn't really seem to care when [[spoiler:Hibari isn't wearing anything below her jacket after having sex with Tanomura.]] He also doesn't understand the distress [[spoiler:Ryugeju]] has when he tries to undress her so she wouldn't freeze from her wet clothes. On top of ''that'', he doesn't seem to care about when Aroe is naked, so long as she doesn't freeze.
* NotWithThemForTheMoney: Yuka to Tsukasa. Subverted, as money is now worthless anyway.
* ''{{Otaku}}'': Takuma.
* PlaceWorseThanDeath: It's mentioned that some survivors consider those who died to be the lucky ones.
* PoliceBrutality: [[spoiler:The policemen on the island. Also occurs when Takuma takes over the Vigilante Corps., since he tends to look the other way if one of the members is doing something bad.]]
* PoliceState: [[spoiler:The school, after Takuma takes over the Vigilante Corps..]]
* ThePollyanna: Tanomura. However, he does acknowledge whenever a situation goes bad, and reacts accordingly. Although he always goes back to Pollyanna mode once the situation ends.
* TheQuietOne: Applies to Tsukasa.
* RapeAsDrama: Of course, this being an 18+ work, some of it is detailed.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:Ryugeju]] seems to think this is the only way to become redeemed. [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]], as she doesn't die (and gets accepted) in the good end.]]
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:Takuma, ''again''.]] His internal monologues reflect this very well, becoming increasingly sociopathic over time.
* SenselessSacrifice: Even though [[spoiler:some Daichi followers fought the Vigilante Corps. to buy some time for others to escape, the survivors were going to die of starvation or the cold unless they went to their enemy. Subverted in the good end, since the Daichi survivors are eventually accepted.]] It also happens when [[spoiler:Tanomura fights the Vigilante Corps. at the church, as chances are likely that he would have been fine if he left with everyone else.]]
* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVsCynicism: Very, very firmly cynical, with it bordering on pitch black as it goes on. [[spoiler:Pitch black in the normal end, but much more idealistic in the good end.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler:Takuma. It's very well done, too: he first becomes a warrior who kills criminals, but then gradually becomes more bloodthirsty and obsessed with power]].
* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:Sasaki Yuka.]]
* TheStoic: Tsukasa. Possibly subverted, as it's shown that he only has a partial understanding of emotions.
* SuperSenses: Tsukasa's supernatural sense of hearing.
* TeamDad: Tanomura, both to the original group of five and [[spoiler:the Vigilante Corps. before they betray him.]]
* TitleDrop: Yuka drops it late in the story, as does [[spoiler:Ryugeju]] during her first serious conversation with Tsukasa.
* {{Tomboy}}: Hibari.
* TookALevelInBadass: Mainly, Takuma. He starts out as a cowardly ''otaku'', but ends up a shotgun-toting leader with a reasonably good grasp of military tactics.
* TookALevelInJerkass: Takuma, again. He becomes more and more selfish, manipulative and violent over time.
* VagueAge: Tanomura's age is never actually given.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: [[spoiler:Kuwugata Takuma]] doesn't understand what it is when his girlfriend says that she loves him. He even initially thinks that she's in love with sex, since he's convinced there's no way anyone could possibly love ''him''.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:The Daichi try this on the Vigilante Corps. when they attack. They succeed holding off the Vigilante Corps. long enough to have everyone escape, but they ultimately lose the battle.]]

An {{Utsuge}} VisualNovel by Flying Shine that focuses on the lives of six characters after surviving a massive earthquake. The story focuses on the group's struggle to survive in a world where law is no more and nothing is promised. To make matters worse, the earthquake happened on Christmas during a heavy snowstorm, which is not relenting no matter how long the group waits. Access to the outside world is cut off, and no signs of help are noticed, despite the quake being too large for a country to just ignore. Even after the group manages to successfully secure a stable life with other survivors in spite of the quake and endless snow and cold, many problems and complications arise.

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!This game has examples of:

* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler:The Daichi try this on the Vigilante Corps. when they attack. They succeed holding off the Vigilante Corps. long enough to have everyone escape, but they ultimately lose the battle.]]

* AmbiguousDisorder: What exactly Tsukasa has is never touched upon, though he does at least seem to be a sociopath. Not that it stops him from being a great friend and Aroe's caretaker.

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Takuma. Starts as a [[ExtremeDoormar doormat-like]] ''{{otaku}}'', ends up a bloodthirsty warlord.]]

* ChekhovsGun: The key that Tanomura gives to Hibari. The gong that was rung on New Year's.
* ChekhovsGunman: The businessman that survived the quake pulls this off in both his appearances. The first time he appears shows that there were other survivors. The second time he appears, [[spoiler:he tells Tsukasa where Tanomura and Hibari went after being exiled.]]

* [[DescriptionPorn Description Gorn]]: Present in place of CGs when something too disturbing takes place.

* ElegantClassicalMusician: Tsukasa and his father. Although Tsukasa is only truly able to play with his left hand.
* ExtremeDoormat: Takuma has extremely low self-esteem and just can't stand up for himself. At one point Hibari literally steps on him. [[spoiler:He changes later on, and not in a good way]].

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler:Takuma. Starts as a doormat-like otaku, ends up a bloodthirsty warlord]].
* GoMadFromTheIsolation: Averted. The businessman does not [[spoiler:take sides in the dispute between the Daichi and the school, and mentions avoiding them both to avoid getting caught up]]. Not only that, but he's a perfectly sane - if rather talkative - person. He even refuses to join other survivors just because he finally obtained the freedom he desired.
* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex: Tsukasa x Yuka and Tanomura x Hibari sex scenes are presented in a much better light than the others, which are mostly rape scenes anyway.

* GoryDiscretionShot: When something is gory, it is not really shown in art, just narrated. And when it is really horrible, it is usually only slightly touched upon.

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: Takuma]] advocates taking a ruthless stance against the criminal band. While this may be justified against men who are ruthless murderers and rapists in a post-apocalyptic world, he later becomes just as bad as they are.

* HotSpringsEpisode: One scene has our heroes bathe in gender-segregated hot springs. It turns into a comedy when Hibari leans over the divide to try to bum sake off of Tanomura, and then into another comedy when Aroe leaves the bath to goad Tsukasa into chasing her (and despite Tanomura's subsequent lewd remarks, there is nothing sexual about this; Aroe just likes being chased as a game and apparently forgot that she and Tsukasa were naked and in towels at the time).

* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Takuma,]] in the good ending.

* KillEmAll: [[spoiler:The Vigilante Corps. do this to the Daichi. The neutral end results in everyone but Yuka dying.]]

* LastStand: [[spoiler: Tanomura does that twice in the course of the game. In the first one, he successfully beats his opponents. In the second, they have shotguns and chemicals.]] Also happens [[spoiler:when the Vigilante Corps assault the Daichi.]]

* {{Otaku}}: Takuma.

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Ryugeju]] seems to think this is the only way to become redeemed. [[spoiler:Subverted, as she doesn't die (and gets accepted) in the good end.]]

* SenselessSacrifice: Even though [[spoiler: some Daichi followers fought the Vigilante Corps. to buy some time for others to escape, the survivors were going to die of starvation or the cold unless they went to their enemy. Subverted in the good end, since the Daichi survivors are eventually accepted.]] It also happens when [[spoiler: Tanomura fights the Vigilante Corps. at the church, as chances are likely that he would have been fine if he left with everyone else.]]
* SlowlySlippingIntoEvil: [[spoiler: Takuma. It's very well done, too: he first becomes a warrior who kills criminals, but then gradually becomes more bloodthirsty and obsessed with power]].

* TookALevelInBadass: Mainly, Takuma. He starts out as a cowardly otaku, but ends up a shotgun-toting leader with a reasonably good grasp of military tactics.

* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: [[spoiler:Kuwugata Takuma]] doesn't understand what it is when his girlfriend says that she loves him. He even initially thinks that she's in love with sex, since he's convinced there's no way anyone could possibly love him.

* GoneHorriblyRight: After Takuma gets drunk and gives a speech about how he'll become a new person and learn to stand up for himself, nobody takes him very seriously. He goes on to prove them wrong [spoiler:by becoming a brutal warlord whom everyone fears]].

* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Takuma. His desire to get even with the Daichi leads to him becoming a BloodKnight, a power-hungry warlord, a child-killer and a rapist]].
* FanDisservice: The rape scenes.

* GoodPeopleHaveGoodSex

* HappyEnding: The Good ending.
* HeWhoFightsMonsters: [[spoiler: Takuma]].

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll]]: [[spoiler:The Vigilante Corps. do this to the Daichi. The neutral end results in everyone but Yuka dying.]]

* LastStand: [[spoiler: Tanomura does that twice in the course of the game. In the first one, he successfully beats his opponents. In the second, they have shotguns and chemicals.]] Also happens [[spoiler:when the Vigilante Corps. assault the Daichi.]]

* MartialPacifist: Tanomura.

* TitleDrop: Yuka drops it late in the story.

* [[spoiler:KillEmAll]]: [[spoiler:The Vigilante Corps. do this to the Daichi. The bad end results in everyone but Yuka dying.]]

* Tanomura, [[TeamDad an older man acting as the group leader]].