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- Adorkable:
- Serina is a shy and sweet girl.
- Chieko with her over-the-top energy.
- Anthony and his witchy antics.
- Harsher in Hindsight: Every remark that "all killers deserve to die" feels a lot harsher when Serina mentions that she had killed TWO people, one of whom had been before the killing game in self-defense.
- Ho Yay:
- Chieko and Serina are heavily hinted at as a couple, with Shawn outright saying it.
- Chieko mentions AJ "making eyes" at Mami.
- Shawn says he did a lot of what he did in Chapter 1 and the prologue to impress Braeden, like he did with his grade school crushes.
- LGBT Fanbase: The creator themselves is, and it's the sequel to DRE, so it's, again, a given.
- Narm: The post-execution of Chapter 4.
- Self-Fanservice:
- Mari has a very low-cut dress on.
- Yumi's uniform is also cut low.
- Stoic Woobie: Taylor generally does not express much emotion until Chapter 4, and only then it's because she is the POV character. When she breaks down not once but twice later on, you can't help but feel pity for her.
- Super Couple: Chieko and Serina are cheered on frequently.
- Take That, Scrappy!: Many fans celebrated Braeden's early death.
- They Wasted a Perfectly Good Character:
- Mari is often regarded as this. She likely knew the mastermind, after all.
- Anthony is sometimes referred to as this.
- Woobie:
- Anthony was conned into killing by someone, who is later revealed to likely have been Mami.
- Mami was heavily implied to have been forced to be the accomplice to the mastermind.
- Serina only killed so her girlfriend wouldn't die.
