Berserk Button / Visual Novels

• Ace Attorney:
  • Never mention the Kurain Channeling Technique to Edgeworth, because the Master named the wrong person as the murderer of his father and accidentally obscured the truth for fifteen years. Never use forged evidence in his presence either. And never mock the Steel Samurai or rip it off, he'll actively go ballistic with that.
  • Speaking of Edgeworth's father, he had quite a beef with people who omitted the truth because it was inconvenient during trials.
  • Never screw Manfred von Karma's record up, or else you'll pay with your life.
  • NEVER accuse the Judge of anything, or else you'll be hit with a virtually-finishing penalty^note More specifically, it's a 95% penalty. The minimum penalty is 10%. This means you have to have a full life bar in other to withstand it..
  • Shelly de Killer has a strict code of honor and considers the trust between him and a client to be of utmost importance; he does the deed and makes sure his clients aren't suspected for it, and his client doesn't try any funny business with him. Matt Engarde recording a video with intent to blackmail him angers him to the point where he immediately drops his contract and states that if he saw the now former client again, he'd kill them.
  • Godot's button (aside from Phoenix's existence in general) is people messing with his coffee; he especially hates corrupting its purity by adding things like sugar. Because he was nearly killed by someone who poisoned his coffee years ago.
  • Dual Destinies has the law teacher Aristotle Means. Fairly pleasant guy, even if he has kind of a Knight Templar philosophy he just can't wait to share. He won't even be annoyed if you accuse him of murder. Tell him his aforementioned philosophy is bullshit, however, and he'll unleash his inner Sadist Teacher, hit you with several pieces of chalk, and lecture you into depression.
  • Prosecutor Simon Blackquill, introduced in the same game, detests lies and secrets above all else. At one point, he threatens to cut off a witness's tongue and let his pet hawk feast on it, if said witness lies again.
• As a well-known berserk button in-story, everyone in A Profile does their best to avoid saying anything to Kaine about his physical sex though occasionally he interprets things that are unrelated to be about the issue as well.
• Boyfriend To Death
  • Strade will kill you if you hurt Ren, no matter what the color of his heart.
  • Do not take off Rire's shades without his permission. They hide his demonic eyes.
• Danganronpa:
  • Byakuya Togami hates it when people think his talent is just being privileged. He's actually a financial prodigy who was named the official Togami heir because he was able to out-compete his many half-siblings; saying that he just had everything handed to him insults the abilities of the Togamis he beat out.
  • Kiyotaka Ishimaru hates people who think Hard Work Hardly Works; his grandfather had The Gift and became Prime Minister, but ruined it all with a scandal. Kiyotaka himself wants to redeem his legacy with his own effort and to prove that being naturally talented doesn't mean anything in the face of dedication and hard work.
  • Aoi Asahina doesn't like people suspecting her friends. The reason she tries to kill everyone is because she thinks that the others' ostracization of Sakura caused Sakura to commit suicide.
  • Mondo Oowada hates anyone calling him weak, even unintentionally. He also can't stand anyone who hits girls or breaks promises. He kills Chihiro in a fit of rage because Chihiro's strength in allowing his Dark Secret to be revealed reminded Mondo that he didn't possess the same strength.
  • Hifumi doesn't like anyone mocking his geeky interests, or saying he's only in it for the fanservice.
  • Celestia doesn't like it when her tea is made wrong. Her real Berserk Button is losing control of a situation; she flips out at anyone who disobeys her orders because they remind her that she's as helpless as any other student. She also hates any insinuation that she's not special, which is why she reacts so badly to her dirt-common real name, Taeko Yasuhiro.
  • Sakura Oogami hates it when people get hurt because of her. She eventually commits suicide so that the others wouldn't fight over whether or not to forgive her for being The Mole.
  • Toko's Berserk Button seems to be others existing; thanks to her major persecution complex, she interprets nearly anything anyone could do as an insult to her.
  • Nagito Komaeda hates anything done for the sake of despair. Intentionally causing havoc is okay in his book because of his firm belief that bad things lead to good things, but doing bad things without the intention of helping others is an utter perversion of everything he believes in. This is why he's furious with Mikan, who killed people because she was in love with Junko and following her 'Ultimate Despair' philosophy, despite Nagito being almost encouraging of other killers (who had something they hoped for if they left the island).
  • Sonia Nevermind hates people who treat her as a princess and not a person — hence why she's so dismissive of Kazuichi's crush on her.
  • Mahiru hates injustice of all sorts.
  • Gundham despises those who would simply give up and die rather than fight to survive at all costs. He is also infuriated when he's accused of killing his victim with a sneak attack. As if an all-powerful Evil Overlord needs to resort to such cowardice! He killed his victim face-to-face in a fair and honorable duel, thank you very much!
  • Monaca Towa hates her plans failing, which is one major way she differs from her idol Junko (who loved failure because it meant she got to experience despair).
  • Kokichi hates killers and people who lie to themselves; he's a proud liar, but he knows exactly what his own personal truth is.
  • Korekiyo hates people messing with cultural artifacts. Or at least, he claims to. He messes with a few himself to set up a murder. Then again, maybe appeasing "Sister" took priority over his own feelings on the matter.
  • Himiko hates being called a magician (despite it being her official Ultimate title) and any insinuation that she does magic "tricks". She is a mage and her magic is real, goddammit! ...She's just out of MP right now so she can't prove it.
  • Tenko hates "degenerate males", with the exception of her martial arts master, who she somehow did not notice was a male until Shuichi pointed out that she was referring to him with male pronouns, causing her mind to briefly shatter from the revelation.
• Dayshift at Freddy's: Phone Guy's is any mention of yiffing and Foxy at the same time. Though, this may be Justified considering the player character has yiffed Foxy before the game takes place and could possibly do it again.
• For Rachel in Double Homework, running into the protagonist (her ex) when she’s doing her exercise routine sets her off.
• Fate/stay night:
  • Fujimura Taiga is typically playful and cheerful...unless you call her Tiger, in which case you'd better have a will ready. Getting called Tiger actually pisses her off so much that saying it is enough to lift her out of unconsciousness.
  • Also, Saber has a tendency to go into Tranquil Fury over badly made food. Even worse is when she gets no food at all. The mere suggestion of skipping a meal caused her to nearly beat Shirou to death.
  • Gilgamesh hates insults to his pride, people copying others, and when he believes someone has taken something that belongs to him.
  • Rider has a particular hatred of Command Spells, and will immediately drop her usual behavior if she sees Shirou using one.
• San Oko, the track team captain from Hatoful Boyfriend, goes berserk upon encountering any inferior pudding. In Holiday Star it's shown that serious threats to Sakuya are this to his usually casual, carefree brother Yuuya.
• In Heart of the Woods, Evelyn Fischer, mayor of the village of Eysenfeld, is a cold and almost emotionless woman who shrugs off most threats and insults. However, when her daughter Morgan tells Evelyn that she is not Morgan's mother(literally, since she's a fairy that possessed Morgan's real mother's body), Evelyn loses her composure and gets visibly angry for perhaps the only time in the game.
• In the Meakashi arc of Higurashi: When They Cry where Shion goes Ax-Crazy, mistreating Satoshi in a way she doesn't like is liable to set her off. In one arc, she beats the crap out of Satoko for spilling her food and crying about her nii-nii in her presence, because she blames her for his transformation from a calm and sweet boy into a cold and hostile person who's suffering all the time and ends up disappearing. Technically she's not wrong as both Satoko and Satoshi admit that is indeed the case but it still doesn't really warrant violence, and admittedly she was under extreme emotional turmoil which can trigger the local Hate Plague everyone's infected with. At the end of the arc, she shows extreme remorse for her actions and hopes for a new world where she and Satoko are best friends. Minagoroshi-hen ends up becoming just that, where anyone mistreating Satoko triggers Shion's Big Sister Instinct.
• Kokoro Baka Monogatari:
  • Moku doesn't take too kindly to her friendship with someone being compromised.
  • Oppai, the main characters' teacher and Moku's older sister, despises it when Moku misbehaves.
  • Kuuru is almost always calm... unless someone messes with one of her sock puppets.
• Shinrai: Broken Beyond Despair
  • Henjin Akadori, Nobara's father, is usually mild-mannered and overly affectionate to his daughter, but hates bad driving. Witnessing someone driving poorly makes him yell at the other driver and hope that he gets into an accident.
  • Momoko Mori is usually rather sweet to others but is also a Clingy Jealous Girl and dislikes it when anyone tries to get between her and her boyfriend Hiro Shiratake. She apparently confronted Runa Hikari when the latter tried to talk to Hiro, and when Momo's best friend Kamen Eiga tried to warn her about Hiro cheating on her, Momo threatened to end their friendship if Kamen tried to get between her and Hiro. When Momo finds texts from Hiro on Kamen's cell phone, she proceeds to kill Hiro and herself in a Murder-Suicide to frame Kamen for the deaths. Momo is also rather temperamental when others call her out on her possessiveness, and Hiro passive-aggressively doing so causes them to have an argument.
• Spirit Hunter series:
  • Spirit Hunter: Death Mark:
    • Madoka Hiroo, a scientist terrified of the supernatural, flies off the handle whenever someone mentions anything occult-related.
    • Hanayome, who is otherwise the most benevolent spirit in the game, murders anyone who says they saw "it". The "it" in question is revealed to be her gang-rape, which led to her suicide.
  • While normally Kakuya from Spirit Hunter: NG acts serene, the mention of NG causes her to address Akira with an intense bloodlust. This is because NG refers to the ritual that keeps her locked away in a mirror.
• In Strawberry Vinegar, We discover Licia's when Rie pretends to be eating her breakfast in order to wake her up.
  Licia: NOOOO! GIVE ME BACK MY TOFU, YOU MONSTER! I'LL KILL YOU! I'LL REALLY KILL YOU!
• In the Tokimeki Memorial series, if you don't wanna by hated and / or severely maimed, avoid at all costs pressing the following Berserk Buttons with the following people:
  • Shiori Fujisaki: Telling her she's sexy (she doesn't want to be seen as a sex object).
  • Yumi Saotome: Telling her she's cute (she wants people to see her as an adult).
  • Kotoko Minaduki: Talking or showing her anything related foreign culture, especially curry (she's passionate about traditional Japanese culture). Also, doing anything that could hurt her best friend Hikari.
  • Homura Akai: Calling her with the wrong honorifics, AND calling the school headmaster "Kazumi-chan" (she's best friends with him, and she wants to be the only one to call him like this).
  • Wataru Hibiya: Calling him "bouzu" or "kouzu" (aka "kid" — he wants people to see him as a man).
  • Ikkaku Amanohashi: Calling him "oochan" (aka "gramps").
• In True Love Junai Monogatari, we have several:
  • Mikae, the local Tsundere, has some of her own too. First, don't blow her off if she comes to talk to you. Two, don't miss your date in August. Third, and the most important one... NEVER go out on a second date with Remi (whether it ends in Glad-to-Be-Alive Sex or not) and then go out with her on her birthday.
  • While all the girls get upset if you miss your dates with them, the usually sweet and kind Miyuki will be especially angry. i.e., Mikae may give you a second chance in regards to you forgetting her August outing — this girl won't.
• Time Tenshi: Unless you really want to be beaten to a pulp, do not call Tessa cute. Seriously, just don't.
• VA-11 HALL-A: Several:
  • Call Jill by her full name or take a jab ar her small chest. Even her boss Dana Zane, who has apparently wrestled a dozen bears, doesn't dare to call her Julianne unless she wants to bring Jill down a peg.
  • Ask Stella about her robotic eye. The simple mention of the word "eye" makes her scream.
  • Imply in any way, matter or form that Alma's breasts are fake. Or that she's inferior to her cheating, child-neglecting, job-avoiding sister because she doesn't have kids. Or avoiding important conversations.

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