"Mmmm... I can't tell you... It'd be easier to leave you on your own, but it just wouldn't be fair if I did that! So how about this? If the traitor comes forward and reveals their identity to me, I'll tell them where I hid the bombs!"
These are some of the most devious and charming characters to appear in Visual Novels.
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Ace Attorney franchise:
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney: Damon Gant, once a legendary police officer seeking to use any means necessary to bring down criminals, murders a prosecutor to pin the crime on a criminal and ensure his rise to chief of police. Gant also has his old partner installed as the head of the prosecutor's office, having clandestinely framed her sister as the murderer years ago, so he can control both the police and the prosecution, using blackmail on his old partner Lana. When a detective reopens the old case, Gant murders him and has Lana stab the corpse, resulting in her being framed, and Gant knowing she'll plead guilty to protect her sister. Despite his crimes, Gant operates with nothing short of whimsical good nature and accepts his defeat with good humor, claiming that at the end, he can leave the defense of the law to his rivals and one day they will understand the need to rise higher by any means to protect the law as a whole.
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney â Justice For All: Shelly De Killer is a notorious assassin who always leaves a calling card so that the authorities do not suspect his clients, and he is discrete enough that few people ever knew what he looked like. Killing Juan Corrida on behalf of Matt Engarde, he kidnaps Maya and blackmails Phoenix into defending Engarde in court when his client's manager tampers with the crime scene to implicate him, and then shoots Franziska to remove her as prosecutor. He remotely testifies and frames Adrian Andrews as his client to exonerate Engarde. When Phoenix reveals that Engarde intends to blackmail him, De Killer, who values a trusting relationship with his clients, declares his intention to kill Engarde and releases Maya. Later hired by Simon Keyes to kill the president of Zheng Fa, he expertly infiltrates the president's guard detail and overpowers most of the bodyguards, only fleeing when the lead guard, Ethan Rooke, injures him. Learning that Rooke was killed, he demands that Edgeworth be allowed to investigate the murder of the man who bested him. Deducing that the president was an imposter and that Keyes lied about his identity, he aids Edgeworth in his investigation into his client's plot. When Edgeworth exposes Keyes, De Killer attempts to kill Keyes, but relents at the request of Sirhan Dogen and proceeds to evade Interpol's pursuit. Operating with a charming demeanor and a strong code of honor, De Killer is a cunning and dangerous threat to his targets and any dishonest clients.
- Ace Attorney Investigations: Miles Edgeworth: Years before the events of the game, the nameless spy for the Cohdopian smuggling ring created the fake identity of a playful defense attorney named Calisto Yew, pretending to be the sister of a woman murdered by the smuggling ring. She acted as one of the three members of the group, Yatagarasu, who were investigating the smuggling ring, with intentions to sabotage the group from the inside. She sets up prosecutor Byrne Faraday to be accused of being the Yatagarasu by criminal, Mack Rell, before murdering them both, quickly placing suspicion on Detective Gumshoe when deduced that the two couldn't have killed each other. Even when Edgeworth reveals that she's the true murderer, the spy manages to trick Edgeworth into giving her the Yatagarasu's key, her true objective, before escaping arrest. Later creating the persona of Shih-na, an enigmatic right hand woman to Shi-Long Lang, the spy acted as a mole within Interpol, and leaked information to the smuggling ring. When Quercus Alba murders the traitorous Manny Coachen, the spy creates a fire in order for the two to move the corpse between embassies to create confusion of where the crime scene occured. After Shi-Long Lang saves her life from Tyrell Badd, the spy gracefully accepts defeat and out of gratitude, gives information to Edgeworth to help him discover the truth about the case.
- Gyakuten Kenji 2: Sirhan Dogen is the aformentioned blind assassin responsible for killing the former president of Zheng Fa, along with the primary supplier of the prison, having blackmailed the Warden Patricia Roland, into giving him and other prisoners anything they wanted by threatening her life. Standing up to De Killer to save his adopted son, outtwiting Edgeworth, and letting himself be arrested so he could get revenge on his enemies, Dogen and Keyes execute a masterful revenge plot to get every single one of their enemies convicted. When Keyes falls under suspicion for the murder, Dogen has his attack dog take the victim's body into the prison and removes the chisel to decrease suspicion on Keyes. When confronted later on about being the mastermind, Dogen gracefully accepts defeat and reveals that the mastermind is his "acolyte" whose life he saved as a child. Affable, deceptive, and cunning, Dogen got his desire of having a new cellmate in Keyes.
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney â Dual Destinies: Aura Blackquill is the older sister of Simon, who deals with Robotics at the Cosmos Space Center. Having lost her lover Metis Cykes to the Phantom, and her brother to a false conviction, Aura loses faith in the courts and decides to take justice into her own hands by manipulating Apollo Justice and Chief Prosecutor Miles Edgeworth into having a retrial with the person she thought was responsible, Athena Cykes as the defendant, through a robot rebellion, having programmed several of her and Metis' robots into kidnapping several hostages, including Trucy Wright. Despite being proven wrong by Phoenix that Athena is the killer of Metis and Clay, her testimony about seeing the killer in the current case holding the lighter-gun in the opposite hand from where Athena's prints are, allows the protagonists to arrest the Phantom. She then gives herself up gracefully and releases the hostages, while her brother is absolved, just like Aura wanted.
- Phoenix Wright: Ace Attorney â Spirit of Justice:
- Tahrust Inmee is a member of the Defiant Dragons and a high priest in Khura'in. After finding out his wife murdered Rheel Nehmu out of self-defense he staged a plan to defend her by committing suicide, pinning the blaming on Maya and the identity of Lady Kee'ra using the divination sense as an advantage thanks to the DDC Act. After Phoenix finds the entire truth about his death and the murder of Nehmu, Inmee confesses his crimes before bidding farewell to his wife in the Twilight Realm.
- Pierce Nichody is the seemingly helpful butler of the Sprocket Household. At first, he seems to only be executing the wishes of Sorin Sprocket's parents, it later turns out he's a surgeon, and had a hidden agenda. Wanting revenge on Sorin and his fiancée Ellen, for the loss of his fiancée, Nichody kicks up a framing plot that involved the usage of false time travel, Pierce organized a near perfect operation, to get both Sorin and Ellen confessing to the crime of murdering Dumas Gloomsbury, Pierce's co-conspirator. Despite insulting the judge and attorneys when cornered as well as bribing them with the company's wealth, Pierce still has a distinct kinder side to him in that he realizes albeit too late that Selena would not have wanted him to take revenge and is a surprisingly helpful witness despite being the killer. After admitting his guilt, Pierce's pocketwatch begins to function once more, thus giving him a rather tragic arrest. He even refuses to talk unless directly questioned knowing very well of Phoenix's tactics.
- The Great Ace Attorney: Ashley Graydon is a former telegraph operator turned very talented criminal who successfully carries out his crimes with little difficulty. Following a deal made with Magnus McGilded, Graydon steals and conceals government secrets on custom music box disks created by his father to disguise the Morse code as just music. After a deal gone wrong with McGilded that results in his father's death, Graydon seeks vengeance for his father's death and successfully has McGilded murdered, with no evidence tracing him to the crime. After avenging his father's death, Graydon moves on to the next part of his plan to retrieve both disks, repeatedly coming up with backup schemes whenever his previous ones go wrong. Planning everything with razor-sharp efficiency, Graydon proves that he is no one's pawn in their game of chess.
Others
- 428: Shibuya Scramble: Alphard is an elusive terrorist who seeks an antiviral agent for the Ua virus to sell to the CIA. Having Hitomi Osawa injected with Ua and assisting her father attain the antiviral agent so it's in Hitomi's bloodstream, having her kidnapped for her purposes. When Hitomi's twin Maria is inadvertently kidnapped instead, Alphard masquerades as "Canaan", helping Hitomi to gain her trust to gain access to the antiviral lab, making many ploys to force Hitomi to work with her. Having the characters split into two teams: Alphard has one go after someone pretending to be her, intending for them all to be killed in an explosion along with the imposter; and the other is sent to the antiviral lab. Caught with her identity exposed, Alphard avoids being killed by attempting to exploit the weaknesses of her captors and accepts her arrest, knowing her connections will see her set free.
- Danganronpa:
- Nagito Komaeda is the "Ultimate Lucky Student" and a very cunning young man who believes all bad luck is destined to be offset by good luck. Nagito's plans begin in Goodbye Despair by setting up a clever murder plot, and abets the true killer Teruteru Hanamura, so he can see whose hope shines brightest. Throughout the game, Nagito becomes a great ally to Hajime Hinata, who, although wary of him, can't help but respect his intellect, with him having solved the murders long before Hajime manages to. After finding out his friends are members of the Ultimate Despair, Nagito starts to distrust, despite telling Hajime he likes and respects him as a friend. Setting up his own murder in Chapter 5 of Goodbye Despair so only the traitor can survive, Nagito successfully weeds out the Future Foundation traitor amongst the class, and they are subsequently executed. In the end, while Hajime doesn't quite understand Nagito, he accepts him as a useful ally and Nagito's eventual death genuinely resounds with everyone.
- Goodbye Despair: Gundham Tanaka is the "Ultimate Breeder" and an overdramatic chuunibyou who hides a devious mind behind his theatrics, performing one of the most complex murders in the Killing Game as the blackened of Chapter 4. Trapped in the Funhouse with the threat of starvation, Gundham is against the group's choice to starve and begins plotting his own murder, uncovering and taking advantage the secret of the Funhouse to set a death trap difficult to trace back to him. Targeting Nekomaru, Gundham sets up the clocks to isolate him so he can battle him to the death, immobilizing him by using his hamsters before putting him in the death trap to fall to his death while he sets-up an alibi for himself, only being figured out due to circumstances out of his control. When proven guilty, Gundham respectfully confesses his side and uses his last words to encourage the group to not give up on life and comforting Sonia, finally heading to his execution where he saves his hamsters one last time before dying with a smile.
- Demonbane: Therion, master of the Black Lodge, is a powerful Sorcerer and the head of the elite Anticross unit. Skillfully manipulating the heroes, Kuro Daijuji and the Hado group, while also bringing Arkham City to its knees, Therion manipulates the rest of Anticross, knowing they intend to turn on and kill him. Playing them and returning from the dead to seize his plans back, Therion reveals his intention is to use Cthulhu himself to shatter the universe and end the cycle of fate he has been bound to before engaging Kuro in a last, epic battle for the fate of reality.
- Doki Doki Literature Club!: Monika is the president of the Literature Club who gains Medium Awareness through her position of power. Unsatisfied with being the one girl whom the player is unable to romance, she takes matters into her own hands, manipulating the game's files to bring out the worst traits in the other girls to make them less appealing. When this doesn't work and the player reaches the end without spending time with her, she restarts the game with fewer girls, reworking the game mechanics so the player has no choice but to choose her. When she finally gets the player all to herself, she shows herself to be a perfectly decent being who's just desperate for real attention and genuinely wants to befriend the player. When her powers end up being used against her, she immediately restores her clubmates, having kept their files' backups, and swoops in to rescue the player if her successor attempts to abuse their power as club president as she did.
- The Heist: Monaco: Whisper is a senior member of the Rooks and one of the greatest thieves in the world, having stolen $300 million worth of art by herself. While imprisoned at Trask Island, she meets fellow thief Eris Huang and provides her with intel on potential recruits for a heist targeting the crown jewels of Monaco. If Lee frees Whisper alongside Eris, Whisper will return the favour by infiltrating the Monacan royal wedding as Barrett Carlisle's wedding coordinator and helps the crew's pickpocket escape in a service tray. When Lee is cornered by Carlisle and four guards, Whisper incapacitates them with a smoke bomb and threatens Carlisle to never come after her or her allies again.
- Hotel Dusk: Room 215: Brian Bradley betrayed the NYPD to work for the crime syndicate, NILE, after they kidnapped his sister. Deciding to betray NILE after he feels sympathy for a man whose daughter they kidnapped, Bradley murders one of his criminal associates and steals the "Angel Opening the Door" painting from them. Surviving being shot by his former NYPD partner, Kyle Hyde, who discovers his criminal ties, Bradley goes to Hotel Dusk, where he leaves clues for Kyle to track him down. When Kyle solves the mystery Bradley left for him, Bradley cordially bids him farewell, leaving to continue chasing the NILE members who killed his sister.
- The House in Fata Morgana: Morgana herself was once a saintly girl put through hell for her "miracle blood" before dying alone in a dark tower to become a vengeful witch desiring to curse and torment her offenders. Casting a curse to the three she believed were responsible for her pain, Morgana knew they would reincarnate one day and return to the mansion. Trying to win Michel by promising to curse his abusive family, when he died and left his lover Giselle alone, Morgana instead decided to use Giselle in her plot, making a deal to turn her into an undead maid that would serve her three tormenters when they came and help arrange their tragedies. Ultimately Morgana succeeds, taking advantage of their Fatal Flaws to have them commit a horrible mistake in their next lives to end up in a tragic end, then traps their grieving souls inside the mansion while gaslighting Giselle into believing she was the witch, planning to stay there with her and a reincarnated Michel inside the curse mansion for all of eternity as their own paradise.
- Long Live the Queen: Arisse, Duchess of Lillah, is a powerful noblewoman second in influence only to the Crown Princess herself and dubbed Nova's Eastern Queen. She is fiercely protective of her large family, but that protection stopped extending to her oldest stepson Hyacinth and her second husband Jael whom she found out to be a serial killer and a rapist respectively and whom she had stealthily assassinated. If Crown Princess Elodie is an incompetent monarch (especially if her incompetence leads to Arisse's little stepson Adair getting killed), Arisse raises many nobles of Nova to a bloody rebellion, stopping at nothing until becoming the power behind the throne as regent or Royal Advisor. Elodie can only hope to defeat Arisse at all by developing significant political and military skills. However, if Elodie rules capably from the start, Arisse stays absolutely loyal to her, thereby showing that she isn't motivated by her own power grabs but by a desire for a stable and peaceful realm.
- Root Letter's "Princess of Himegamori Forest Route": Shiori Yoshioka and her sister Aya Fumino were the abuse victims of their father, Profesor Naoki, who sought revenge on him. After Aya killed herself because of Naoki, Shiori became his next victim with her classmates joining in. Losing all hope for herself, she wished to be reborn, calling Aya's spirit to possess her and get revenge. Succumbing to her anger, Shiori joined Aya in a master plan to bring the most pain to their targets, first killing their father while disguised as a nurse and overdosing him, then deceiving and killing her targets while leading Misaki Murakami and Takayuki "Max" Nakamura into learning of the abuse to guarantee the survivors won't get away. Shiori, secretly wanting to be stopped, guides Max into freeing her and Aya from their torment and turns herself in to pay for her crimes.
- Rose Guns Days: Father Caleb, real name Souhei Keireiji, is the feared head of the Caleb Family mob and the main antagonist of the 1947 arc. A war veteran who seeks to restore a defeated Japan to its former glory, Caleb seeks 100 million Japanese dollars to pay the GHQ to help restore the economy. After teaming up with Club Primavera to defeat rival boss Alfred Akagi, Caleb takes over Primavera and all of City 17, putting a bounty on the Primavera runaways. Caleb uses any means possible, from extortion to murder, to get the money he needs. Despite this, he is well-respected by his men, and he truly loves Miguel and Amanda, his two main subordinates. Nearly defeating Primavera several times, Caleb honorably confronts them in a last stand. After his defeat, he eventually returns to help them fight against greater threats, including the GHQ itself, proving that his loyalty is to the people of Japan first and foremost.
- Science Adventure Series:
- Steins;Gate: FB, AKA Yuugo Tennouji/Mister Braun, is the local leader of the Rounders in Akihabara working for SERN. In order to protect his daughter Nae, Yuugo is willing to do whatever SERN asks of him. Becoming Rintaro Okabe's landlord, Yuugo operates as a CRT TV salesman, while also manipulating needy people, including the depressed and suicidal Kiryu Moeka, into becoming his agents, caring for them like family. When Okabe and his friends complete the Time Leap Machine, Yuugo orders Moeka and his other agents to steal it, kill Mayuri Shiina, and capture the others. His other schemes include: remotely setting up a scalping operation to pay off his superiors; ordering Yuki Amane kidnapped when she learns of their plot to bomb the sewers; sending agents to capture Okabe and Moeka when the two betray him in the Gamma worldline; and coming up with a complex delivery route for the IBN 5100 specifically to throw off pursuers. In order to keep Moeka safe from SERN, Yuugo cuts off contact with her and when confronted he kills himself to spare her and Nae. Also killing Moeka to spare her from SERN in the anime version, he works alongside Okabe against Stratfor and DUPRA in the sequel, cementing himself as equal parts kind and ruthless, being both Okabe's enemy as well as one of his closest allies.
- Chaos;Child: Amy, really Serika Onoe, is one of the three masterminds of the Return of the New Generation Madness. Seeking to make Takuru Miyashiro into a hero, Serika teams up with Wataru Sakuma and Shuichi Wakui to help them carry out the murders, with the intention of having Takuru solve them. She helps brainwash Shinji Itou into serving as her accomplice, then inserts herself into Takuru's investigation to steer him where she needs him. Using her powers, she manipulates events to force Takuru to confront his past as well. In two of the endings, Serika accepts Takuru's decision to not go along with her plans after trying to stop him; and in the Real Sky route, she betrays Sakuma and Wakui and turns Nono and Takuru against one another and when defeated, kills herself with dignity, happy to know Takuru has people he can rely on.
- Shinrai: Broken Beyond Despair: Momoko Mori is the mastermind of the revenge plot. Seeking vengeance on Hiro Shiratake for cheating on her and Kamen Eiga for seemingly being the one he cheated with, Momoko uses Rie Miyamoto's Halloween party as the location, getting Runa Hikari to pick a specific cosplay outfit that she uses to accomplish her plot. Tricking Hiro, Kamen, and Kotoba Gaikoku into thinking that she is pulling a harmless prank, Momoko fakes an argument with Hiro, gets him to cut off all contact with the police, then fakes her suicide as the 'prank'. After borrowing Kamen's witch costume, Momoko gets Hiro alone and kills him, then makes it look like Kamen did it. She then traps Kotaba in the basement and sets him on fire to keep him from talking, create a distraction, and get revenge on him for relentlessly stalking her in the past. Finally, Momoko hangs herself for real, forever escaping punishment, leaving Kamen to take the blame, and also having Runa, who defended Hiro's mean behavior, be an additional fall girl if that fails.
- Spirit Hunter series:
- Death Mark: The protagonist's true identity, Masamune Kujou, is a member of the Kujou Clan whose duty is to protect the world of living from spirits no matter the cost. Learning the family's Arch-Enemy, the evil spirit Mary's seal is breaking and ready to unleash chaos upon the world, Masamune decides to remove the seal himself to purify it so he can use it again to seal Mary once more, even knowing this would give Mary time to terrorize freely and kill many. When Mary was able to regain her full power before the seal was ready and cast the Death Mark on Masamune, realizing he'll soon his lose his identity and be helpless to her manipulation, prepared back-up plans to help himself after his memory loss, acquiring the assistance of the homeless man Banshee and leaving numerous hints to himself on defeating spirits to guide himself against Mary's tricks. Under the identity Kazuo Yashiki, he was able to slowly regain his memories back thanks to his prepared schemes, ultimately leading to Mary's defeat and stopping the Death Mark curse.
- NG:
- Naomasa Ban is a notorious journalist, known for being an elusive and dangerous blackmailer and informant, whose true goals is to use his web of info to help defeat and discover the truth of the vengeful spirits plaguing the world to prevent tragic deaths, like his own son's, no matter what. Finding out that Akira is haunted by the dangerous spirit Kakuya, he offers his and Rose's service to Akira, defeating her in her own game to save Ami while extorting him for money. Showing great prowess in handling the dead with his quick thinking, rational mind, and fearlessness, Ban became essential for Akira in defeating the Screaming Author and Killer Peach, while teaching him how to battle the spirits better. After Akira saves Ami and seemingly puts and end to Kakuya's reign, Ban leaves him on good terms, continuing his quest to battle spirits for his continuous search for the truth.
- Killer Peach, formerly DIET woman Tomoko Okayama, is a Vengeful Ghost seeking revenge with witted fury, after being beheaded by the 5/5 Club when she discovered Ishimaru covered up the arson that killed her family. Becoming Killer Peach, she stalks the Moon Tower to hunt them, waiting until they are alone and spacing out the kills to not clue them in like before. Having murdered all but Ishimaru, Killer Peach haunts until Akira's group comes to investigate. Paranoid, Killer Peach strategically stalks, and intimidates them, thinking they are Ishimaru's accomplices, with the group barely surviving by proving he was already dead to get her to move on. Having return due to the time distortion cause by the Demon Tsukuyomi, when Killer Peach realizes what's going on, she entrusts Akira her katana to call her forth when the time is right, destroying the Demon after she was summoned, and saving her families' souls.
- Umineko: When They Cry:
- Beatrice the Golden Witch, is the magnificent witch weaving the tale through her magic. True name Sayo Yasuda, Yasu was a live-in maid and secret child of Kinzo and Beatrice II hidden away to protect her Kinzo. Discovering her heritage becoming Kinzo's successor, Yasu plotted a murder suicide plot for her family's sins, believing it'll take them to the Golden Land in death, secretly setting herself to be stopped by Battler. Winning Lambda's favor through her endless mysteries, they were sent to the Meta World upon death, using her domain to guide Battler to recall his sin and understand the truth, playing the charmingly evil witch Beatrice in a game of wit against Battler. Masterfully manipulating him and the Meta World residence, Beatrice had him understand the truth, while keeping her domain, cunningly stopping usurpers like Erika and Bernkastel, valiantly defending the Golden Land till the end, before being resurrected by Ange as planned to defeat Bernkastel, winning Featherine's favor, keeping the Golden Land, reaching her eternal happiness with Battler.
- Featherine Augustus Aurora the Majestic Witch of Theatregoing, Drama and Spectating is Bernkastel's master, who's had a deep interest in the Cat Box of Rokkenjima. Soughing tales to relieve her boredom, Featherine planned to decipher the tale of the Golden Witch, sending Bernkastel to investigate the many mysteries while in the shadows trying to solve it herself as Ikuku Hachijo by using Ange. Granting the Game Master role to Bernkastel and learning the truth, Featherine plans to share it to the world, steering Ange to unseal the Book of One Truth to reveal it to the world. Intrigue by Ange and Battler overcoming Bernkastel, Featherine decides to concede after they won her respect, restoring the Golden Land and their denizens as she promise before defending their honor them from their offenders in the real world and using her power to protect the Golden Land by making sure no one can interfere their tale again.
- Lambdadelta, the Witch of Certainty is the sponsor of Beatrice, responsible for her Game Board. Intrigue by Beatrice's magic system for her massacre, Lambda turned her into a Witch, giving her domain over her Game Board. Secretly using it to lure Bernkastel, Lambda manipulated Battler and Ange to force an eternal draw to trap Bernkastel, only failing due to Beatrice giving up, forcing Lambda and Bernkastel to usurp her, stealing the Game Master role. In charge, Lambda challenge Bernkastel and Battler to solve her game, giving the victory to Battler for his center will and Golden Truth, , leading to Bernkastel's humiliating loss to her delight. Joining Battler and Ange against Bern, Lambda used her powers to save Will and Lion and taking her allies to Featherine's realm, knowing it might cause her life. Even in defeat, Lambda's certain will was the catalyst for Ange and Battler to beat Bernkastel, and save the Golden Land.
- "Death Sentence" Dlanor A. Knox, head inquisitor of the Eiserne Jungfrau is a feared executioner as the wielder of the "Knox's Ten Commandments". Dispatch to cases she's expected to execute, Dlanor was hired to be Erika's furniture. dilligenty and ruthlessly assisting in Erika's frame up of Natsuhi with the Knox's Commandments. Secretly hating her masters abusing the facts to their whim, she sets Battler to find the Golden Truth, forcing him against Erika. When he finds the Golden Truth as she planned, Dlanor has him to prove use it, ending in her defeat satisfied before returning to Erika's side to protect her as part of her duty. While a merciless inquisitor, Dlanor also shows she's a cunning and just warrior who upholds the honor of the truth no matter what.
- "Last Note of the Golden Witch" Piece, the Witch of Pieces, is a witch bestowed by Featherine to battle Battler, Beatrice, and Ange in a game of wits to figure out her true identity. Actually Battler's deceased mother Asumu Ushiromiya, Asumu became embitter when she saw Rudolf marrying her rival Kyrie, casting blame upon Ange. Wanting revenge, Piece cruely set a game where the trio would witness Piece removing the existence of certain people and create a world where they all were happy, thanks to Asumu surviving and solving The Witch's Epitaph to bring peace to the family at the cost of Ange and Kyrie's place in it, aware Ange can't solve the mystery without admitting it. Outsmarting them, it's only after Piece emphasize with Ange that she decides to guide them to her true identity, realizing she misplaced her hatred. Her identity solved, Piece used her power to remove any traces of what happened to prevent the burden of knowing a bright future without Ange, giving a tearful goodbye to her son before departing in peace.
- TetsurÅ Okonogi is the guardian of Ange and right-hand of Eva planning to take control of the Ushiromoya Group no matter what. Taking over after Eva's death, Okonogi was to guide her heir, but Ange's unwillingness led discord. Seeing her an obstacles with Kasumi, he plans to have them killed, having Amakusa bodyguard Ange's secretly ordered to kill when the time came. Controlling the group he tricked Ange to Rokkenjima using her obsession of the massacre to bring his targets in isolation killing them in secret. When Ange travels back in time before the events, she either gives her position to him willing or kills Amakusa escaping him, leaving Okonogi in power regardless.
- Yumeutsutsu Re:Master: The Real Ai is the soul of Ai Otori who has been transported in the world of NieMajo alongside her step-sister Kokoro while both Nie and Majo have been transported to Ai and Kokoro's body in the real world while having their memory switched with the one of the body they occupy. When Ai discovers that both Nie and Majo learned who they really are and are trying to come back to their world by changing the ending of NieMajo, Ai, with the help of Kokoro sends mails to Nie, threatening her to stop if she doesn't want to face consequences. When the threats didn't work, Ai, using Majo's love for Nie, send mails to the former to convince her to stay in the real world with Nie, which works and makes Majo tries to convince Nie. Should Nie accepts, both her and Majo stay in the real world while Ai stays in NieMajo's world with Kokoro. Should Nie refuses, Kokoro would eventually tell Ai that she wants to go back in the real world with her, which makes Ai change her mind and instead help both Nie and Majo finishing NieMajo.
- Zero Escape:
- Zero I/Akane Kurashiki/June leads Crash Keys to save the world from Free the Soul. After being captured and experimented upon, Akane psychically sends herself to the future, where she disguises herself as "Zero", kidnapping several people, including the executives who kidnapped her, and forcing them into the Nonary Game. Monitoring the game alongside her brother, Akane strings along her enemies to see them eliminate each other and keep the truth of the game from them, successfully getting Junpei to save her past self before fleeing with her brother. Years later, Akane teams up with Sigma Klim to create a second Nonary Game, forcing a younger Sigma and Phi to develop their own time travel powers in the name of saving the world from a deadly virus through complex planning, then infiltrates the facility where the virus was unleashed in the future, and through her determination manages to save the whole world from the evil Brother/Delta.
- Virtue's Last Reward: The brilliant Dr. Sigma Klim is Zero, mastermind of this game's Nonary Game and the protagonist's future self. A revolutionist in the fields of science and leading doctor in curing the Radical-6 pandemic, Klim intended to prevent the spread of Radical-6 and nuclear apocalypse from happening by training his past self and Phi into mastering their psychic abilities to jump into different timelines and travel back to where the infection first started and stop it. Setting up the Nonary Game as the training ground for the two, Klim place the two and the others kidnapped players, including his loved ones, in a Deadly Game of trust and betrayal with death lurking in every corner, even letting a terrorist and the virus itself run rampant to force Phi and Sigma in danger to grow their psychic abilities. Once the two prove they mastered their power, Klim had Akane sent to the past and taken to ground zero of the virus and put a stop to it. A man with plans to save the worlds, Dr. Sigma Klim would even create a death game to achieve it.
