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Main Characters
Tasuku
Voiced by: "Kaiji Kazami"
A footsoldier of the Shoreline Nation.
- All-Loving Hero: Tasuku is compassionate and stalwart, and takes every death with him even if he did the best he could.
- Animal Motifs: Tasuku's familiar is a wolf, and wolves tend to be associated with the concepts of loyalty, bravery, and family— all of which encapsulate the core of Tasuku's character. In some cultures, however, wolves are also seen as a symbol of ill omen— which foreshadows Tasuku's eventual fate regardless of the chosen route.
- Cassandra Truth
- Cool Big Bro: He gets along well with his younger sister, Fuuka, who highly looks up to him in turn.
- Cosmic Plaything
- Determinator
- Face Death with Dignity: In his final death, Tasuku calmly and peacefully lets his love interest kill him with the enchanted timber, and even smiling as he and his beloved die a permanent but peaceful death.
- The Hero Dies: Tasuku's ultimate fate, as a result of Gengan's treachery. It doesn't matter who the player chooses to have him romance— both Tasuku and his chosen love interest will die in the end.
- Heroic Willpower: Even after he's killed in any of the true endings, with his body being consumed by the re-awakened mother essence, a part of his soul still remains within the creature, allowing any of his chosen love interests to use their spirit bond to reach out to Tasuku so as to kill him and permanently seal the mother essence.
- Humble Hero
- Like Father, Like Son
- Nice Guy
- Seme: Following in the footsteps of No, Thank You!!!, Takeru is the one who tops during sex with all of his prospective love interests. And we mean all of them.
- Strong Family Resemblance: He's said to look a lot like his father, Taki, both of their sprites makes it easy for the player to see where Tasuku takes after his old man.
- Underestimating Badassery: Even though he's the son of the man who's widely considered to be the previous strongest fighter of the Shoreline Nation, many tend to overlook Tasuku's capabilities partly because of his position as a footsoldier and partly because he's of commoner blood, unlike the other elite warriors of the army— all of whom are from aristocratic families . Those who see him in a fight first-hand, however, are quick to acknowledge that he's a skilled soldier in his own right.
Takeru
Voiced by: "Todoroki"
The royal prince of the Shoreline Nation and the younger brother of the Divine One.
- Alcohol-Induced Idiocy: Downplayed. When inebriated enough, Takeru becomes a lot more talkative. But he also becomes a little more brazen in his actions, as shown with how he unabashedly makes a move on Tasuku when he misinterprets the intended context of some of Tasuku's words.
- Animal Motifs: Takeru's familiar takes the shape of a heron. Herons symbolize grace and elegance, as well as tranquility and balance, all of which are befitting of his status as the royal prince and how he's taciturn and always tries to act rationally. They also are seen as a symbol of good fortune in several countries.
- Apologetic Attacker: A heartwrenching example of the trope happens in his ending when he is left with no choice but to give Tasuku a second death, and breaks down in tears as he tells Tasuku to forgive him.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Subverted. Takeru is passionate about bettering himself as a fighter and is eager to spar with those who he believes are capable enough of standing toe-on-toe with him. However, he never once acts conceited or overconfident because of this. He's even the one to vouch for Tasuku to accompany him in the rescue mission early in the game, assessing that Tasuku is more than skilled enough to be of help based on what he saw of the latter's capabilities.
- Attractiveness Isolation
- Big Brother Worship: Downplayed, if only because their duties made it that both brothers didn't have much opportunity to interact with one another that often outside of when they're conferring on how to deal with the hollows. But even then, Takeru has nothing but respect for his older brother, Towa.
- Broken Pedestal:
- Played with; while Takeru isn't necessarily disappointed at the fact that Towa knew the Awful Truth about the connection between the hollows and the Shoreline Nation's citizens the entire time, his composure is shaken enough to know that it still affects him.
- This is played straight in Ango's true ending when he confronts Ango and takes him into custody for Gengan's crimes and for killing Tasuku, and it's evident that any respect Takeru once had for Ango had long gone straight out the window.
- Brutal Honesty: Downplayed. Takeru is upfront about what he intends to convey, but he tries to make sure that he says things as tactfully as possible. He even admits that he's not the best in a conversation, hence he is reserved in his words to avoid accidentally offending anyone.
- Everyone Has Standards: Although he doesn't protest against Ango being tortured to serve as a warning to those who will attempt to repeat Gengan's actions, once Ango had been subjected to various forms of excruciating forms of physical torment, Takeru declares that enough is enough and tells Yael to stop.
- Friend to All Children
- Hidden Depths: Even with his regal and poised standing, Takeru is more than capable of holding his liquor and knows a surprising lot about brewing all kinds of alcohol.
- Hidden Heart of Gold
- Not So Stoic: Takeru normally keeps a good rein on his emotions. While there are times when his temper peeks through his calm personality, it tends to be when the situation is dire enough that him not being able to completely keep his composure is understandable. The trope does take a depressing tragic turn in his ending: in his and Tasuku's very final moments, Takeru apologizes to the other in an anguished voice since despite the fact that they were betrayed, he still wants to fulfill his duty to the bitter end, even if it means killing his very own beloved.
- Off with His Head!: This is how Tasuku meets his (first) demise in his ending, courtesy of Gengan.
- Properly Paranoid: In the decisive battle against the hollows, Takeru feels uneasy when he and his group barely encounter any hollows even when they reenter the cave where the creatures are supposed to be the most concentrated in terms of number.
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Takeru is always willing to hear someone out and never uses his status as the royal prince to oppress others.
- The Quiet One: He's often described as reticent, and not one to speak more than what is necessary. This is invoked on his part, since he would prefer to be a man of few words than one who says too much and ends up stepping on someone's toes.
- Royals Who Actually Do Something: He's the royal prince, and he proves to be responsible by always taking the active step in ensuring the safety of his nation.
- Sheltered Aristocrat: Given his status, Takeru was raised in a household where he's pampered and never left wanting— but this causes him to be unfamiliar with certain aspects about the day-to-day life of the common folk.
- Spock Speak
- Spoiled Sweet: He's a prince and has lived in luxury, putting aside the fact that he still is exposed to the harshness of battle at a near-daily basis. Even then, he's never condescending to commoners in the Shoreline Nation and always regards them in a civil and warm manner.
- The Stoic: He always maintains a calm demeanor and his expression rarely shifts, though this in part is due to the fact that he does his best to keep his emotions in check so as to not act irrationally. There are times when his emotions can crack through his cool façade.
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome
- The Wise Prince
- Worf Had the Flu: Had it not been for the fact that he was drugged with a debilitating paralytic, Takeru was likely to have gained the upper hand against Gengan's forces.
Yael
Voiced by: "Nekosuke Torasawa"
- Animal Motifs: Weasels, which his familiar takes the shape of. Weasels generally symbolize alertness of mind, cunning as well as courage. In Japan, however, weasels are often associated with misfortune and death.
- Badass Normal: He's not of the Shoreline Nation and thus never got to learn how to harness mystic energy, which makes him more susceptible to the corruption brought about by the hollows. He makes up for this with his speed and battle skill, allowing him to evade their attacks before they can land a scratch on him.
- Bow and Sword in Accord: Yael is proficient with both a bow and sword, allowing him to fight either from a long range or a close range, depending on the situation.
- Child of Forbidden Love
- Chekhov's Skill: Of a sort. Yael, being an outsider of the Shoreline Nation, hailed from a country where people being subjected to all kinds of Cold-Blooded Torture for even the pettiest of crimes is but the norm, and Yael himself is no stranger to inflicting them. He's the one who's put in charge of torturing Ango in the latter's true ending.
- Combat Pragmatist: Yael isn't not above fighting dirty and focuses more on fighting smart than going all out with his attacks, especially when dealing with human opponents and not the hollows, who are mindless and driven solely by killing instinct.
- Covered with Scars
- The Cynic
- Dark and Troubled Past
- Dissonant Serenity: Yael isn't all that nonplussed when he's put in charge of subjecting Ango to a slow but agonizing period where he would experience several kinds of physical torture that would make most men wish for death as a quicker end, and deliberately carves out all kinds of wounds on Ango's body in a calm and unfazed manner.
- Dual Wielding: When he's not using his bow and arrow, Yael can also fight by wielding two curved blades at the same time.
- Every Scar Has a Story: His right eye got burned as a result of a noble family's attempt at retaliation because he ended up catching the affections of their daughter, who he also had an eye on.
- Eyepatch of Power: Yael wears one over his right eye, and is both an experienced and excellent fighter.
- Face Death with Dignity: When Yael is resurrected by Towa in his ending and told of what he must do, he's completely calm and unfazed about his knowledge of the fate that awaits both him and Tasuku. He only seeks to fulfill his one final order not out of a sense of morality or duty, but so he can give Tasuku a more deserving send-off and see to it that the younger man still gets to die fulfilling his duty.
- Friend to All Children: Downplayed. He tones down his sarcastic side whenever he's around Fuuka, hinting at this trope.
- The Gadfly
- Humans Are Bastards: Being from a nation where death happens at every corner for every reason and people are quick to mete out Disproportionate Retributions for even merely perceived offenses, Yael is all too aware of the greed and destructive hubris that is innate in human nature.
- I Want My Beloved to Be Happy
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Downplayed; Yael is not a jerk as much as he's just not the sentimental type and, on top of being cynical and sardonic towards almost everything and everyone, acts out of logic more than he does emotion. However, he proves to be a good person deep down, and just shows his concern differently.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: "Yael" is the name given to him by the soldier that took him in, but it's not his birth name. In his ending, it's revealed to be Sheza.
- Properly Paranoid: In his route, he immediately suspects that something will go awry in the celebration banquet, hence he doesn't eat or drink any of the food (which were laced with a paralytic) served at the party, allowing him to immediately spring into action once Gengan makes his true intentions known to Tasuku.
- Sole Survivor
- Super-Senses
- Tall, Dark, and Handsome
- You Called Me "X"; It Must Be Serious
Ango
Voiced by: "Hibiki Nanashino"
The second son of the Mitate family, and the one to succeed Taki as the strongest warrior of the Shoreline Nation.
- Animal Motifs: Stags. Stags — or deers, in general — are regarded as divine messengers of the gods in Shinto culture. They are also often associated with success and fortune, and they're seen as a symbol of death and rebirth.
- Apologetic Attacker: Ango tearfully apologizes to Tasuku when he has to kill him a second time, though his apology also serves as one for when he also killed him the first time.
- An Arm and a Leg: Ango loses his right arm and his left leg during one of the expeditions to the underground caverns, and thus has no choice but to use prosthetics as compensation.
- Baritone of Strength
- Career-Ending Injury
- Cold-Blooded Torture: As punishment for both his murder of Tasuku and for his father's attempt at staging an insurrection, Ango is sentenced to be tortured in all kinds of ways that won't kill him immediately but will make him seek the sweet release of death. Thanks to Yael's vast knowledge in the field, Ango gets an ear cut off, various parts of his flesh flayed, his nether regions nailed and crushed, his remaining leg sawed off, and he gets disemboweled and impaled from the back with a stake-length of enchanted timber for good measure.
- Death Seeker
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!
- Easily Forgiven: Ango holds himself in contempt for killing Tasuku in his true ending and is pained with grief and shame for what he had done, which is why he's shocked and driven to tears when Tasuku doesn't hold it against him and tells him to forgive himself just as Tasuku had forgiven him.
- Face Death with Dignity
- Face–Heel Turn
- How the Mighty Have Fallen
- Kill the Ones You Love: In his true ending, Ango drugs Tasuku into unconsciousness before beheading him to give him the most merciless death possible and spare Tasuku from whatever Gengan has planned for him. Unlike the other three love interests, Ango is the only one who gives Tasuku both his first and his second death.
- Out of Focus
- Sole Survivor
- Survivor's Guilt
- Uncertain Doom
- Ungrateful Bastard: The trope is lampshaded by Yael in his ending when he dryly remarks on how Ango doesn't seem to have any qualms about acting against the same people who had rescued him from death. It's more pronounced since Tasuku, Takeru and Yael are the ones who got Ango out of the underground cave, and in either of the two's routes, Ango ends up being on the enemy's side.
- World's Strongest Man
- Would Hurt a Child: He murdered his own newborn child after realizing that it was born an imigo. In his true ending, Ango learns from Towa that the child ultimately survived, and is sealed in the homeland of the previous Divine Ones.
Towa
Voiced by: "Kise Masquerade"
The latest incarnation of the Divine One, the mystical protector of the Shoreline Nation, as it is from his power that the capital is protected by a barrier that keeps the hollows at bay. Because of his abilities, he is revered as a god. Much like one, he is rarely seen in person by the public, including the higher-ranking citizens.
- Animal Motifs: Eagles. Towa's familiar is an eagle, and the animal is seen as a symbol of leadership, truth, wisdom, power and freedom, all of which connect well to Towa's role as the Divine One. Fittingly enough, eagles are also thought to have a connection to the heavens since they're aerial creatures, and all Divine Ones are regarded as gods in human form.
- Good Is Not Soft
- I Am Not Left-Handed
- Light Is Good
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: He has the longest hair amongst the main cast, and Tasuku is stunned speechless when he first sees Towa's unveiled visage, noting that Towa's beauty exceeds the kind of looks expected from either a man or a woman.
- Not So Above It All
- Reasonable Authority Figure: Towa is second to the only Emperor in terms of authority. He also proves himself to be sensible and always hears both sides of the argument and resolve the matter by deferring to a more reliable figure. And as the Divine One who keeps the hollows from invading the Shoreline Nation, Towa always acts while keeping the safety of his people, soldiers and citizens alike, as a priority.
- Shipper with an Agenda
- The Unfettered: Being the Divine One, it's Towa's duty to protect the Shoreline Nation. To do this, he is willing to employ whatever means is necessary to achieve that end, even if said means start to border from ambigiously moral to ruthlessly difficult.
- White Magician Girl: Gender-inverted; Towa is a powerful sorcerer dressed completely in white, and uses his powers to protect the city with a barrier.
- Your Days Are Numbered: In every other route besides Takeru's, it's revealed near the end that after expending most of his power helping Tasuku fight off the mother essence's corruption and (potentiall) using more of his power to resurrect either Tasuku or Yael, Towa has only a year at most until he loses all of his divine abilities and his life as well.
Supporting Characters
The Shoreline Nation
Tasuku's Family
Taki
Voiced by: Masakazu Sakimoto note
- Deceased Parents Are the Best
- Good Parents: Although his status as a soldier made it that he didn't have much time to be with Tasuku, he deeply cared for his son and made it that Tasuku wouldn't be put into the frontlines too soon, not because he lacks faith in Tasuku's abilities, but because he didn't want to compromise Tasuku when the younger man is still at an early age.
- Heroic Willpower
- Outliving One's Offspring
- World's Strongest Man: When he was at his prime, he was considered to be the strongest warrior of the Shoreline Nation. Even after Ango had taken his place, many still hold Taki's combat skill in high regard, and he is still formidable enough to accompany the Emperor himself in his missions.
Kikyou
Voiced by: Harumi Asai note
Tasuku's mother.
- Action Mom: Before her marriage to Taki, she was one of the Shoreline Nation's fighters and was described by many to be formidable with a weapon. She was skilled enough to be the one who trained Tasuku in combat.
- Brought Down to Normal: As per the case with all other women, Kikyou lost most of her abilities after having a child.
- Good Parents
- Mama Bear: Her time as a soldier is long behind her, but Kikyou still has the bravery and skill of a fighter, and she won't hesitate to risk her own life if it meant protecting her children. She shows this side in full force in both Ango's bad ending and Towa's true ending.
- Outliving One's Offspring
Fuuka
The Mitsurugi Family
Yuujin
Misao
Voiced by: "Gou Kariyama"
- An Arm and a Leg
- Boisterous Bruiser
- Cain and Abel: Misao technically takes the role of the Cain to Makoto's Abel when he beheads his younger brother in Takeru and Yael's routes. However, where morality is concerned, Misao proves to be the Abel to Makoto's Cain, with Makoto having harbored plenty of resentment out of having to repress his true and unhinged desires.
- Red Herring: In Yael's route, Tasuku finds something suspicious about how Misao is all too quick to kill Makoto, hinting to the player that the Mitsurugi family might have also covertly conspired alongside the Mitate family. Towa's route reveals that this isn't actually the case. Both Misao and his father had actually witnessed Makoto expressing his darker and sadistic urges even at a young age which explains why Misao didn't hesitate to behead his own brother. Since he already knew what his brother was actually capable of, he realized that Makoto may be up to his old bad habits once again and decided to take the responsibility of cutting the weed by its roots before it even has the chance to regrow.
- Throw the Dog a Bone: While the loss of his limbs would not allow him the chance of resuming his life as a soldier ever again, the epilogue reveals that not all is lost for him. In Takeru's route, Misao succeeds as the new Emperor to help lead and guide the Shoreline Nation's citizens, and in the other routes, he still gets to lead the Mitsurugi family in a new era of peace.
Makoto
Voiced by: "Yuukaku Yarou"
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: On the surface, Makoto seems like a kind and well-behaved man with his head on his shoulders. However, it's soon revealed that deep down, he's immoral and sadistic. He's incapable of feeling compassion or sorrow towards the loss and pain of others, and he only feels truly joyful when he gets to inflict harm and bloodshed.
- For the Evulz: When Makoto informed Gengan of the Shoreline Nation's connection with the hollows and offered to aid him in his plans to overthrow the royal family, he did so not out of retribution for fallen relatives or out of the misguided belief that he could ensure the city's safety, but because he wants to see the world around him descend into chaos.
- Off with His Head!: Misao cuts his head off in Takeru and Yael's routes after Makoto's treachery is revealed.
- The Sociopath: Deep down, Makoto is incapable of comprehending the basic principles of morality, as shown with his inability to understand why others would be disturbed at him hurting or even killing others for the sake of it. Likewise, he has been increasingly frustrated with having to keep his true behavior in check throughout the years, to the point that when he feels he can finally let loose in Towa's true ending, he does so with maddened glee.
The Mitate Family
Gengan
Voiced by: "Masakazu Okino"
- Anti-Villain
- Big Bad
- Defiant to the End
- Killed Offscreen: In Ango's true ending, Gengan's attempt to launch a coup ends in failure, and he is mentioned to have been felled by Takeru in a one-on-one duel to the death.
- A Lighter Shade of Black: While Gengan may be the one who actively kickstarts the final conflict in every route, which leads to the death of both Tasuku and his love interest, his intentions — whilst undoubtedly ruthless and cold — were nonetheless misguided. And even with his many faults and his poor sense of judgment, he at least truly believed he was doing what was for the good of his nation, unlike Makoto, who committed his misdeeds purely because he reveled in doing evil.
- My God, What Have I Done?
- Outliving One's Offspring: By the end of the common route, Gengan has lost two of his four children — Iori and Kenyuu — in an underground mission that went awry.
- The Unfettered
- Well-Intentioned Extremist
- Would Hurt a Child
Other Citizens
Arata
Voiced by: "Lemon Sawakazu"
- Animal Motifs: Tanukis.
- An Arm and a Leg
- Heroic BSoD
- Shoot the Shaggy Dog
- Throw the Dog a Bone: In Yael's true ending, Arata survives the whole ordeal with Makoto and the Princess. He informs Tasuku later that while he's not sure if he can get to keep his new arm or not, he has made peace with what happened to him during the previous expedition, so he'll make the best out of his life regardless of the outcome.
- Uncertain Doom
- What Happened to the Mouse?
- Wide-Eyed Idealist
Gouken
Supernatural Forces
The Hollows
Some of the hollows' various forms.
The Princess
Voiced by: "Kaho Orimoto"
- Black Eyes of Evil
- Dark Is Not Evil: She's overall dark in appearance, complete with grey skin and the fact that she constantly secrets black slime from her body. Not to mention, her nature as an imigo makes her more connected to the hollows than any other human. However, she only seeks to live in peace and doesn't wish to cause any harm to the Shoreline Nation.
- Half-Human Hybrid: She was born an imigo, an infant who suffers deformities as a result of the hollows' corruption, which essentially makes her half-human, half-hollow.
- Ominous Obsidian Ooze
- Out of Focus
- Really 700 Years Old: While she looks like a young maiden, she has already lived for at least 500 years.
- What Happened to the Mouse?
The Source of the Hollows — Warning: Walking Spoiler
- Blue-and-Orange Morality
- Greater-Scope Villain
- The Juggernaut
- Logical Weakness
- Mook Maker
- Nigh-Invulnerable: Even though it's nothing more than a mindless organism, Tasuku finds out firsthand that there is no way to truly destroy the mother essence, and the best thing he can do is contain it by absorbing it into himself. When Gengan has Tasuku killed out of the belief that the hollows' source can be killed for good if its host is destroyed, he only ends up reigniting the potential threat of the Dark Reign— which is only narrowly prevented thanks to Towa's interference.
- Non-Malicious Monster
- Ominous Obsidian Ooze
- Time Abyss
