History Characters / RootLetter

* MistakenIdentity: Max initially thinks that Misaki is "Bitch", the high-schools' LoveableAlphaBitch, because of how she seems to fit the personality. In truth, she is "Snappy", the tomboyish girl who he thought was a boy.

* DemonicPossession: Her spirit can do this to people. In Cursed Letter, she kills Misaki and takes over her body to pose as her and break free from her house, and in Princess of Himegamori Forest, she slowly takes over Shiori, replacing her memories and personality with her own.

* {{Bishounen}}: A classic example.

* HeroAntagonist: With the exception of Nozu (as well as Watanabe and Jun in the Princess of Himegamori Forest route), none of them are truly villainous; they are simply opposing Max in his search to find Aya because the painful truth is something they would rather stay buried, and in the Cursed Letter route they are trying to protect him from the curse.

* MySiblingWillLiveThroughMe: In the "Princess of Himegamori Forest" route, [[spoiler:Aya and Shiori are siblings who were separated shortly after Shiori's birth; Aya's personality eventually completely takes over Shiori's.]]

* AfraidOfBlood: [[spoiler:He was traumatized by Shiori's "suicide" (even though it was fake) and gets squeamish at the sight of even fake blood. He gets over it in the True Ending.

* NeverMyFault: The position a lot of the characters take when talking about how their friendship ended [[spoiler:with Shiori]], especially in the "Bond of Marriage" route, is to point fingers at each other and bring up the others' mistakes while making excuses for their won, leading Max to call them all terrible.

* MultipleChoicePast: Was she Aya's sister? Was she a government agent? Is she even still alive? That is all determined by Max's responses to her letters.

* PsychoticSmirk: Her Crow Stationary letter depicts her in shadow with one of these as she plots the death of Max and the seven friends.

* BigBad: In the Cursed Letter route, she is behind the curse of the letters and kills off the cast one-by-one while tricking Lettuce into helping her possess one of them, and in the Princess of Himegamori Forest route, where she is possessing Shiori Yoshioka and using her to get revenge on her abusive father and the others who molested Shiori.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: In the Cursed Letter and Princess of Himegamori Forest routes, she was widely beloved as TheAce by her classmates, and is very sweet when writing to Max in her letters. But behind her beautiful smile lies a murderous psychopath who racks up a body count.

* FreudianExcuse: In Princess of Himegamori Forest, her murderous nature is revealed to stem from the (possibly sexual) abuse her father put her through.

* TheLostLenore: In the Government Plot Answer Arc, she was Max's lover and partner in fighting the alien menace, but died in a battle with one of them, which haunts Max to the present day.

* RetGone: In-universe. She doesn't even exist in the "Government Plot" route, as "Aya Fumino" was created as a cover for Shiori's spying.

* AssholeVictim: In "The Princess of Himegamori Forest" epilogue - it's pretty hard to feel sorry for him being poisoned when you find out that he was sexually abusing Shiori, who did it for revenge.
* TheAtoner: He sees it as his duty to keep other kids (such as Mishima) from going wayward due to his own troubled past.

-->'''Masaya:''' I hurt my right arm in that fight. I'd been hiding it when I pitched, but it didn't work against that powerhouse...we lost because I gave up a lot of runs. I destroyed our chance at Nationals TWICE.

* AfraidOfBlood: [[spoiler:He was traumatized by Shiori's "suicide" (even though it was fake) and gets squeamish at the sight of even fake blood. He gets over it in the True Ending.]]
* AssholeVictim: In "The Princess of Himegamori Forest" epilogue - [[spoiler: it's pretty hard to feel sorry for him when you find out that he was sexually abusing Shiori]].

* [[HappilyMarried Happily Engaged]]

* IWasQuiteALooker

* YouDidntSeeThat: In the midst of Nozu's AttemptedRape of [[spoiler: Shiori]], she pretends she didn't see anything as she had become [[DrivenByEnvy jealous]] of [[spoiler: Shiori's]] newfound success and beauty.

A television presenter for a local channel, Misaki’s family runs a sake brewery. She is sometimes a little blunt and rude and craves the life of a serious news reporter. She believes that she must be impartial and report the truth.

* ADayInTheLimelight: [[spoiler: In the "Cursed Letter" epilogue, as she alive and possessed by Aya]].

* BoyishShortHair: As a teenager.

* ManBitesMan: Apparently her move of choice in fights (and her way of expressing anger).
* MistakenIdentity: Max initially thinks that Misaki is [[spoiler: "Bitch"]].

Once a spoiled kid who had a life of wealth and privilege. When his father’s company brought shame on itself or being involved in fraud, Shota went from having it all to being on the brink of poverty. He now works as a bartender, which is hardly where thought his future would be.

* AttemptedRape: [[spoiler: To Shiori, when they were in high school]]. Thankfully, she escapes.

* MurderIsTheBestSolution: [[spoiler: Tries to kill the protagonist to keep the group's secret]].

Aya's father. He is a professor of French who is the one that told Shiori to pretend to be Aya Fumino, his deceased daughter, for the sake of comforting his wife Yoko. In every route, the characters end up having to search for him to discover the truth about Aya.

* AffablyEvil: In the "Government Plot" route, [[spoiler: where he and Sanpei are government agents]].