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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Even someone as skilled as the King of Spades is going to struggle hitting anything when trying to shoot an AR-15 one handed in a car chase.
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* WorthyOpponent: After revealing himself as the King of Diamonds, he finds himself as this to Chishiya, both from career backgrounds that wore down their idealism after becoming disillusioned with society's hypocritical view of the value of individual human life. This CommonalityConnection revelation and interaction eventually convinces Kuzuryu to [[HeroicSuicide sacrifice himself]] to award the win to Chishiya.
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* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler: After [[WhamEpisode Episode 3]], leaving him a broken down mess just waiting for his visa to expire so he can die. A chance reunion with Usagi restores his resolve to clear the games and instills an unflappable refusal to let his friends' sacrifice be in vain.]]
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* AntiHero: Chishiya will never pull punches in clearing a game even it means [[ImNotHereToMakeFriends sacrificing other players]] to reach that goal. Despite this, he ultimately finds himself become an ally and friend to the rest of the main protagonists and, apart from using Arisu as a patsy in an attempt to steal the deck of cards from Hatter, never does anything outright ''antagonistic'' to the other players.
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* FinalBoss: Of the Borderlands games, outlasting the rest of the game masters, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen even the Kings]].

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* FinalBoss: Of the Borderlands games, outlasting the rest of the game masters, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen even including the Kings]].
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* FinalBoss: Of the Borderlands games, outlasting the rest of the face cards, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen even the Kings]].

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* FinalBoss: Of the Borderlands games, outlasting the rest of the face cards, game masters, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen even the Kings]].
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* FinalBoss: Of the Borderlands games, outlasting the rest of the face cards, [[GodSaveUsFromTheQueen even the Kings]].
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* SugaryMalice: Seems like an absolute sweetheart compared to the rest of the Face Cards, but still has her own ways of trying to win.

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* SugaryMalice: Seems like an absolute sweetheart compared to the rest of the Face Cards, but still has until she serves Arisu drugged tea. That said, [[spoiler: she takes her own ways of trying to win.loss no less gracefully than the other Face Cards]].
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* SugaryMalice: An absolute sweetheart compared to the rest of the Face Cards, but still has her own ways of trying to win.

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* SugaryMalice: An Seems like an absolute sweetheart compared to the rest of the Face Cards, but still has her own ways of trying to win.

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* TheSmartGuy: He's the brains of the team, being the one who designed the K♣ game they play.



!!Takumi Maki

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!!Takumi Maki* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only female member of the team.

!!Gōken Kanzaki



The Drummer of Ginji's band. He's also a well-rounded athlete.

!!Gōken Kanzaki
-->'''Specialty:''' ♠ (Physical)


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* LeParkour: He's a parkour specialist, which allows him to quickly traverse the game field from above without bothering to navigate the maze.

%%!!Takumi Maki
%%-->'''Specialty:''' ♠ (Physical)
%%The Drummer of Ginji's band. He's also a well-rounded athlete.
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* CuteButPsycho: A charming and attractive woman, who does everything she can to coax Arisu into quitting the game.


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* MidBattleTeaBreak: The most literal example in all of fiction, bar none. She stops the game after the second round to pour tea and explain the rationale behind the games.
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* SugaryMalice: An absolute sweetheart compared to the rest of the Face Cards, but still has her own ways of trying to win.
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* PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler: In Season 2, appearing as a hallucination several times to Aguni, eventually getting the point across that it was ''him'' that wanted forgiveness from Aguni, not the other way around.]]


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* AntiHero: [[spoiler: In Season 2, after surviving the destruction of the Beach, he firmly stands on the side of the protagonists, making himself the chief threat to the King of Spades while the rest of the face card games carry on. That said, he doesn't see himself deserving of any forgiveness for the Beach massacre and is even more of a DeathSeeker than before, seeing the King of Spades as the WorthyOpponent worth sacrificing his life against.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: His ultimate motivation for the Witch Hunt massacre, resigned to [[DeathSeeker his own death]] and taking the Beach down with him in retribution for its corrupting influence that led to him [[SuicideByCop killing his best friend]].]] [[spoiler: He later attempts this in the penultimate episode against the King of Spades but is narrowly rescued by Arisu at the last second.]]

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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: His ultimate motivation for the Witch Hunt massacre, [[DespairEventHorizon resigned to to]] [[DeathSeeker his own death]] and taking the Beach down with him in retribution for its corrupting influence that led to him [[SuicideByCop killing his best friend]].]] [[spoiler: He later attempts this in the penultimate episode against the King of Spades but is narrowly rescued by Arisu at the last second.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: His ultimate motivation for the Witch Hunt massacre, resigned to [[DeathSeeker his own death]] and taking the Beach down with him in retaliation for its corrupting influence that led to him [[SuicideByCop killing his best friend]].]] [[spoiler: He later attempts this in the penultimate episode against the King of Spades but is narrowly rescued by Arisu at the last second.]]

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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: His ultimate motivation for the Witch Hunt massacre, resigned to [[DeathSeeker his own death]] and taking the Beach down with him in retaliation retribution for its corrupting influence that led to him [[SuicideByCop killing his best friend]].]] [[spoiler: He later attempts this in the penultimate episode against the King of Spades but is narrowly rescued by Arisu at the last second.]]
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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: His ultimate motivation for the Witch Hunt massacre, resigned to [[DeathSeeker his own death]] and taking the Beach down with him in retaliation for its corrupting influence that led to him [[SuicideByCop killing his best friend]].]] [[spoiler: He later attempts this in the penultimate episode against the King of Spades but is narrowly rescued by Arisu at the last second.]]
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* FaceDeathWithDignity: Even when he is about to be dissolved by sulfuric acid, his composure never falters.
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* SugaryMalice: She acts sweet and friendly at first, but it doesn't take long for her true colors to show, as at least one player on her team dies each round.
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* {{Foil}}: To Arisu, as TheLeader of their respective groups of TrueCompanions, walking a path of confident reasoning in contrast to Arisu's emotional perserverence. [[spoiler: The end of the games indicates his team chose to remain as citizens of the Borderlands while Arisu's group all chose to return to the real world.]]
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* TraumaButton: The 7♥ game leaves a permanent emotional scar on him for the rest of the series, something the [[spoiler: Queen of Hearts]] is all too eager to make use of, [[spoiler: confessing that she not only designed the game, but deliberately targeted him and his friends after seeing how close they were.]]
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* LoveInterest: For Arisu, after significant ShipTease in the first season leading to a RelationshipUpgrade in late Season 2.

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