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* NotSoDifferent: ''Pink'' reveals that she actually feels this way about some of the cast, especially Dracul and Mint, and it's actually why she hates them in particular.

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* BeneathTheMask: While he tries to be an upstanding and supportive friend, Dracul struggles with a very depressive and guilty mindset.



* MustMakeAmends: He felt so guilty for stealing that he sold his computer to try and repay the ships, but by then, the damage was done and many of them had to shut down.

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* MotivationalLie: The "Love Suicide" ending of ''Pink'' and ''Dungeon Master.mp3'' both reveal that Dracul, while he talks a lot about belief in others and that people deserve second chances, he doesn't actually believe in them very strongly. He says these things because he wants to protect his sisters and to push people to try and actually be better.
* MustMakeAmends: He felt so guilty for stealing that he sold his computer to try and repay the ships, shops, but by then, the damage was done and many of them had to shut down.



* ADayInTheLimelight: She's the PlayerCharacter of ''Pink'', where her primary goal is going around trying to get information out of people for Yui



** Actually discussed throughout ''Pink'', where Maiko's morality is challenged at several points and she challenges others in turn. There are clear signs she doubts her actions, but also that she believes strongly in justice and that people who do wrong can't be better. The most profound example being how she responds to Dracul, where she actually agrees with him that a MotivationalLie is the best bet to getting the others to change, hence why she's willing to become the bad guy.



** She has a few moments in ''Pink'', especially around Yui. When she learns just what Yui did to Eiichi, she ''loses it.''



* FriendlessBackground: She didn't have any close friends growing up, and has come to believe nobody would like her real personality even now.

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* FriendlessBackground: She didn't have any close friends growing up, and has come to believe nobody would like her real personality even now. ''Pink'' has her desperately wanting to be friends with Yui and agreeing to help her gather info on the group.


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* NotSoDifferent: ''Pink'' reveals that she actually feels this way about some of the cast, especially Dracul and Mint, and it's actually why she hates them in particular.


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* PerspectiveFlip: The "Love Suicide" ending of ''Pink'' has Maiko confronting Dracul about his beliefs, and while both of them seem to find common ground regarding their desire to help the others, she ultimately still carries through with murdering him and decides [[ZeroApprovalGambit it's better to make sure everyone remembers his lies fondly and hates her instead.]] It ends with her execution, with her hoping that maybe he and Dracul could meet again and finally get to know each other.


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* HeelRealization: In the "New Melodies" ending of ''[[AprilFoolsDay Pink]]'', Maiko actually manages to get through to Yui and gets her to realize how much harm she's caused. After her and Dracul are dead, she washes the dye out of her hair, cuts it short and joins the surviving group at breakfast planning to tell them the truth about her, and asking nobody to forgive her.


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* TragicVillain: While Yui is without a doubt a horrid person, much of her behavior can be attributed to her sheltered upbringing by her heavily traditionalist father. He drilled it into her head that her personal dreams didn't matter, never taught her basic human decency and that she had to fulfill her role of honoring ''his'' legacy by finding a husband. An upbringing that would lead her down a very dark path.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As a child, Yui used to be pretty close friends with Eiichi. ''Pink'' even reveals she once appeared on TV as an aspiring idol, where she made it clear her dream was to shine as a bright star and not as part of a constellation. While that dream was crushed early on by her father, Yui's appearance there helped inspire Maiko to pursue her dream of voicing Melody Pretty.
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* LivingADoubleLife: She was working for the mafia ''and'' trying to live a normal life, from pretending to be a foreign exchange student to attend high school with Callum and later spending time with the Ushina sisters. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It didn't last and didn't end well for any of them.]]

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* LivingADoubleLife: She was working for the mafia ''and'' trying to live a normal life, from pretending to be a foreign exchange student to attend high school with Callum and later spending time with the Ushina sisters. [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome It didn't last and didn't end well for any of them.]]

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* AGodAmI: Downplayed. While she doesn't literally believe she's a goddess, she ''does'' believes she's smarter than everyone else and should be treated as such.


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* InsufferableGenius: She believes she's smarter than everyone else and should be treated as such.
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* AGodIAm: Downplayed. While she doesn't literally believe she's a goddess, she ''does'' believes she's smarter than everyone else and should be treated as such.

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* AGodIAm: AGodAmI: Downplayed. While she doesn't literally believe she's a goddess, she ''does'' believes she's smarter than everyone else and should be treated as such.

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* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Amazingly for a HateSink, Yui's one of these to [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2 Kanade Otonokoji]]. Both are unpleasantly smug, perfectionistic {{narcissist}}s with a music-related talent and multicolored hair, go to [[{{Yandere}} drastic and disturbing lengths]] to get the person they claim to love, and are executed by asphyxiation after committing a premeditated murder. But as awful as Yui is, she has ''some'' shreds of humanity left, as shown in "Conductor.mp3". She also relies on indirect methods, like blackmail, to deal with her adversaries rather than [[SerialKiller murdering them]]. As screwed up as she is, she at least has the sense to acknowledge that she could find another "prince" if things didn't work out, whereas (by LINUJ's own word) Kanade is so fixated that she would sooner die than live in a world without Hibiki in it. Yui is implied to be a toxic person because of her [[AbusiveParents misogynistic and uncaring father]] whom she wants to impress, but Kanade has been murderously evil almost from birth and kills her parents with zero remorse.

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* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Amazingly for a HateSink, Yui's one of these to [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2 Kanade Otonokoji]]. Both are unpleasantly smug, perfectionistic {{narcissist}}s smug perfectionists with a music-related talent and multicolored hair, hide their true selves under a sweet facade, go to [[{{Yandere}} drastic and disturbing lengths]] to get the person they claim to love, drag out their final trial by bragging about their intellect and flashing [[NightmareFace frightening faces]], and are executed by asphyxiation after committing a premeditated murder. But as awful as that is where the similarities end.
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Yui is, she has ''some'' shreds of humanity left, as shown in "Conductor.mp3". She also mainly relies on indirect methods, like blackmail, to deal with her adversaries rather than direct methods, like brainwashing and murder, as [[SerialKiller murdering them]]. As screwed up as Kanade]] does.
** Yui [[IRejectYourReality denies
she is, she is a bad person]] and has to have her abuses exposed by Mononeko, while Kanade openly [[{{Sadist}} revels in causing suffering]] and happily tells all the survivors about being a SerialKiller.
** Yui
at least has the sense to acknowledge that she could find another "prince" if things didn't work out, whereas out with Eiichi, but Kanade is so fixated on Hibiki that (by LINUJ's own word) Kanade is so fixated that she would sooner die [[DrivenToSuicide kill herself]] than live in a world without Hibiki in it. her.
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Yui is implied to be a toxic person because of her [[AbusiveParents misogynistic and uncaring father]] father]], whom she wants to impress, but impress and seemingly tries to emulate in every way. Kanade has been murderously evil almost the way she is from birth birth, and kills her parents with zero remorse.remorse while never even acknowledging them as her family.
** Yui reveals the dark secret she's been holding onto at the end of the trial after hinting at it earlier, while Kanade spitefully destroys her secret at the end of the trial without ever mentioning it before it goes up in flames.
** In sum: Yui is a semi-realistic {{narcissist}} with ''some'' sympathetic traits (however scant), but Kanade is a crime thriller's take on a [[TheSociopath psychopath]] with absolutely zero redeeming qualities.

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* TherapyIsForTheWeak: Subverted in ''Conductor.mp3,'' where Yui actually ''does'' try going to therapy, even if her dad views it as lowly and her issues something she should be able to handle on her own. Unfortunately, she happened to cross paths with the [[GreaterScopeVillain wrong person]]...

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* TherapyIsForTheWeak: Subverted in ''Conductor.mp3,'' "Conductor.mp3", where Yui actually ''does'' try going to therapy, even if her dad views it as lowly and her issues something she should be able to handle on her own. Unfortunately, she happened to cross paths with the [[GreaterScopeVillain wrong person]]...


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* VirtuousCharacterCopy: Amazingly for a HateSink, Yui's one of these to [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2 Kanade Otonokoji]]. Both are unpleasantly smug, perfectionistic {{narcissist}}s with a music-related talent and multicolored hair, go to [[{{Yandere}} drastic and disturbing lengths]] to get the person they claim to love, and are executed by asphyxiation after committing a premeditated murder. But as awful as Yui is, she has ''some'' shreds of humanity left, as shown in "Conductor.mp3". She also relies on indirect methods, like blackmail, to deal with her adversaries rather than [[SerialKiller murdering them]]. As screwed up as she is, she at least has the sense to acknowledge that she could find another "prince" if things didn't work out, whereas (by LINUJ's own word) Kanade is so fixated that she would sooner die than live in a world without Hibiki in it. Yui is implied to be a toxic person because of her [[AbusiveParents misogynistic and uncaring father]] whom she wants to impress, but Kanade has been murderously evil almost from birth and kills her parents with zero remorse.

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* BrokenRecord: As it becomes more and more clear that Yui is the culprit of Chapter 2, she starts repeating points she's made more and more incessantly, much to the annoyance of everyone.

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* BrokenRecord: As it becomes more and more clear that Yui is the culprit of Chapter 2, she starts repeating points she's made herself more and more incessantly, much to the annoyance of everyone.everyone. In particular, she keeps stressing that "little old me" couldn't possibly have killed Eiichi, while simultaneously insisting that she has to "slow down" for all of the "intellectually stunted" idiots in the room.



* DaddysGirl: She's quite close with her father, who actually ''encouraged'' a lot of her bad behavior and always drilled it into her head that she needs to find a husband. Subverted in ''Conductor.mp3'', where she describes him as being apathetic to all her achievements that aren't related to romance.

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* DaddysGirl: She's quite close with her father, who actually ''encouraged'' a lot of her bad behavior and always drilled it into her head that she needs to find a husband. Subverted in ''Conductor.mp3'', where In "Conductor.mp3", it's revealed that she describes him as being goes out of her way to be "perfect" because he's apathetic to all her achievements that aren't related to romance.



* FemaleMisogynist: Many of her cruelest and most sexualized insults are directed toward other girls, particularly those with past histories of sexual harrassment/abuse, such as accusing Ismene of sleeping with her professor for good grades, calling Takiko "jailbait" and mocking Lyra for getting pregnant at some point. [[{{Hypocrite}} And all this from the girl who only seems interested in finding a man herself.]]

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* FemaleMisogynist: Many of her cruelest and most sexualized insults are directed toward other girls, particularly those with past histories of sexual harrassment/abuse, harassment/abuse, such as accusing Ismene of sleeping with her professor for good grades, calling Takiko "jailbait" "jailbait", and mocking Lyra for getting pregnant at some point. [[{{Hypocrite}} And all this from the girl who only seems interested in finding a man herself.]]



* IncompatibleOrientation: The biggest reason why she and Eiichi were never gonna happen was because he's gay. Not that it was going to stop her. Rippille has even stated that, while Eiichi made it clear he's not interested in her romantically, Yui believed that she could [[CureYourGays "cure" him,]] something backed up by her comments in ''Conductor.mp3.''

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* IncompatibleOrientation: The biggest reason why she and Eiichi were never gonna happen was because he's gay. Not that it was going to stop her. Rippille has even stated that, while Eiichi made it clear he's not interested in her romantically, Yui believed that she could [[CureYourGays "cure" him,]] something backed up by her comments in ''Conductor."Conductor.mp3.''"



* LonelyAtTheTop: Says as much in ''Conductor.mp3'', where all her accolades as an Ultimate mean nothing to her if she's constantly feeling lonely and miserable.

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* LonelyAtTheTop: Says as much in ''Conductor.mp3'', "Conductor.mp3", where all her accolades as an Ultimate mean nothing to her if she's constantly feeling lonely and miserable.



* {{Narcissist}}: A truly textbook case, to the point of checking off ''all nine'' of the DSM's criteria (to qualify, you only need to display ''five''). In order, Yui has an inflated sense of self-importance, a preoccupation with an idealized romance to some "prince", a belief that she must associate with special people (or, rather, that she doesn't deserve to be anywhere near the criminal Ultimates in this game), a thirst for others' admiration, a childishly unrealistic sense of entitlement, a demonstrated ability and willingness to manipulate people, a profound {{lack of empathy}}, a jealous side, and many, many verbal displays of her arrogance. She even has a few of the lesser-known signs of clinical narcissism, too, including [[ThePerfectionist a need to appear perfect]] and [[InferioritySuperiorityComplex a very fragile sense of self underneath her immense ego]].



* NightmareFace: She has plenty of these, some of which rival [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Kokichi Ouma]] and [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2 Kanade Otonokoji's]].

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* NightmareFace: She has plenty of these, some of which When her true colors are revealed in Chapter 2, she becomes ''very'' prone to wide-eyed scowls and frightening smirks that rival [[VisualNovel/DanganronpaV3KillingHarmony Kokichi Ouma]] and [[VisualNovel/SuperDanganronpaAnother2 Kanade Otonokoji's]].Otonokoji]]. This tendency even gets lampshaded towards the end of the trial.

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* AbusiveParents: While she's a [[HateSink thoroughly unpleasant and despicable person]], Yui is heavily implied to have internalised her beliefs about romance, intelligence, and the like from a controlling father. In "Conductor.mp3", she even mentions he'd be very upset to learn that she was attending something as "lowly" as a therapy session.



* HateSink: Bigoted, manipulative, callous, condescending, shallow, delusional, obsessive, narcissistic, and just flat-out cruel...if it's not clear by now, nobody else in the cast feels the slightest bit of sympathy for her. She even creeps out Mononeko.
** Downplayed a bit in ''Conductor.mp3'', where she comes off as more understandably insecure and depressed, wanting to find someone who won't try to make her change and who can just let her be herself.

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* HateSink: Bigoted, manipulative, callous, condescending, shallow, delusional, obsessive, narcissistic, and just flat-out cruel...if it's not clear by now, nobody else in the cast feels the slightest bit of sympathy for her. She even creeps out Mononeko.
** Downplayed a bit in ''Conductor.mp3'', where
Mononeko. "Conductor.mp3" adds ''some'' sympathy for her, however -- there, she comes off as much more understandably insecure and depressed, wanting to find someone who won't try to make her change and who can just let her be herself.



* ICanChangeMyBeloved: One of her many, many delusional beliefs is that she could "fix" Eiichi and make him fall for her. Needless to say, [[IncompatibleOrientation that was never going to happen]].
* IJustWantToBeLoved: Her fundamental motivation, whether by her father or by her "prince".



* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: For all her bluster about being "perfect" and deserving of fame and fortune, "Conductor.mp3" has her confide that she wants to be anything but herself, and so puts all of her energy into appearing perfect.



* PsychopathicWomanchild: She's 22 years old, but still fantasizes about fairytale romance with her "prince" Eiichi and insists that the world change to accommodate ''her'' desires, rather than the other way around. And, of course, she commits a bunch of heinous acts like stalking, sexual harassment, calling in a SWAT team on Eiichi for doing all the things she did, and concocting a premeditated murder.



-->'''Yui:''' I want my life to be nothing short of a fairy tale, and what's a fairy tale without a prince?



* {{Yandere}}: As people like Eiichi and Shinku learn firsthand, Yui does ''not'' take no for an answer.

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* [[WellDoneSonGuy "Well Done, Daughter!" Girl]]: From what we learn in "Conductor.mp3", nothing she ever did, even achieving her Ultimate talent, was enough to impress her father.
* {{Yandere}}: As people like Eiichi and Shinku learn firsthand, Yui does ''not'' take no for an answer. \n


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* PsychoPsychologist: She appears in "Conductor.mp3" as Yui's "therapist".
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* ApologyGift: In her Chapter 3 bonus scene, she decides to make paintings for Mint and Shinku as an apology. Taka also asks for once, as a gift for helping her figure out how to apologize.

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* HiddenDepths: Beneath his quirky showman persona, Taka can be an emotionally intelligent individual. When Emilia asks how she can earn forgiveness, he recommends that she take accountability not for the sake of her reputation but for the people she's hurt. They may not forgive you, but they may appreciation you trying to be a better person.

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* HiddenDepths: Beneath his quirky showman persona, Taka can be an emotionally intelligent individual. When Emilia asks how she can earn forgiveness, he recommends that she take accountability not for the sake of her reputation but for the people she's hurt. They may not forgive you, but they may appreciation appreciate you trying to be a better person.

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* IncrediblyLameFun: In his bar scene in Chapter 3, Mint suggests some alternatives to getting high, such as germinating seeds. Even he realizes how lame it sounds.



* MommasBoy: He greatly admires his mother Peony.



* StraightEdgeEvil: It would be hard to call Mint ''evil'', but he is a convicted criminal and refuses to ever use drugs or alcohol.



** In the bonus scenes of Chapter 3, Rei also shares that he used to mix drinks at his father's parties. If Shinku asks about his father, he simply says it's rude to talk about family at the table. He also admits that, given the chance, he would burn all his memories of his old life down.



* HiddenDepths: Beneath his quirky showman persona, Taka can be an emotionally intelligent individual. When Emilia asks how she can earn forgiveness, he recommends that she take accountability not for the sake of her reputation but for the people she's hurt. They may not forgive you, but they may appreciation you trying to be a better person.



* TotallyRadical: A more modern version, where he says emojis and sounds text slang out fully, and one from a millennial himself, ironically.

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* TakeThat: He makes more than a few jabs at some infamous [[YouTuberApologyParody Youtuber apology videos]], such as citing his lawyers recommending him not to do an interpretative dance or play ukelele.
* TotallyRadical: A more modern version, where he says emojis and sounds text slang out fully, and one from a millennial himself, ironically.



* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: The characters and narration use both "she" and "they" for Asuga, and Taka refers to her as "his friend who is a girl sometimes." Rippilie has confirmed Asuga is a demigirl.[[note]] Someone who doesn't fully identify as female[[/note]]

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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: The characters and narration use both "she" and "they" for Asuga, and Taka refers to her as "his friend who is a girl sometimes." Rippilie has confirmed Asuga is a demigirl.[[note]] Someone who doesn't fully identify as female[[/note]]female.[[/note]]



* InVinoVeritas: During her bar scene in Chapter 3, Asuga, while completely plastered, vents to Shinku about how she's in love with someone [[ShipTease (all but said to be Taka)]] and isn't sure how to tell him.



* ApologyGift: In her Chapter 3 bonus scene, she decides to make paintings for Mint and Shinku as an apology. Taka also asks for once, as a gift for helping her figure out how to apologize.



* {{Leitmotif}}: "At Your Service!"
* OldFriend: She and Lyra knew each other before the killing game, though they hadn't seen each other for about a year then.
* OlderThanTheyLook: While she's short and acts fairly childish, Takiko's actually 18.

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* IDidntTellYouBecauseYoudBeUnhappy: She usually keeps a lot of things bottled up and hidden from the others, especially Lyra, and plays up her childishness either so people will protect her, or jus so nobody will feel tempted to hurt her. A lot of it is motivated to keep Lyra from feeling any guiltier about what happened to her.
* ISeeDeadPeople: In her bonus scene in Chapter 3, she talks with Shinku for a while and says he likes talking to ghosts. When Shinku says ghosts aren't real, she asks about the shadow standing behind him. She doesn't elaborate on this any further.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "At Your Service!"
Service!"[[note]] Not that I want to be. [[/note]]
* OldFriend: She and Lyra knew each other before the killing game, though they hadn't seen each other for about a year before then.
* OlderThanTheyLook: While she's short and acts fairly childish, Takiko's actually 18. Her bar scene in Chapter 3 actually highlights this where, while she doesn't drink, she likes sitting there because she can actually act her age.



* SmarterThanTheyLook: While Takiko's not dumb or a child, she does tend to stun people with her wisdom. For Shinku, she suggests he avoid trying to completely change his negative mindset and instead try to change his perspective on his situation. In Chapter 2, she also points out the spotlight as a key piece of evidence in Eiichi's murder, which everyone else missed.

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* SmarterThanTheyLook: While Takiko's not neither dumb or nor a child, she does tend to stun people with her wisdom. For Shinku, she suggests he avoid trying to completely change his negative mindset and instead try to change his perspective on his situation. In Chapter 2, she also points out the spotlight as a key piece of evidence in Eiichi's murder, which everyone else missed.

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