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* DoesNotLikeMen: In ''Overdose'', according to her, Sweet-P states she hates men for being filthy and greasy even though[[spoiler: she's a guy in the real world]] when she has conversation with Ayana in the hot spring.

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* DoesNotLikeMen: In ''Overdose'', according to her, Sweet-P states she hates men for being filthy and greasy even though[[spoiler: she's a guy in the real world]] when she has conversation with Ayana in the hot spring.
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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when he arrived in Mobius and the only person he ever loved was Ichika. It kind of confirmed in WIRE message if the protagonist asks what's her type or ideal lover, she respond to be stupid question. It is a hint that Thorn prefer Ichika than anyone else.]]

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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when he arrived in Mobius and the only person he ever loved was Ichika. It kind of confirmed in WIRE message if the protagonist asks what's her type or ideal lover, she Thorn's respond to be a stupid question. It is a hint that Thorn prefer Ichika than anyone else.]]
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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when he arrived in Mobius and the only person he ever loved was Ichika. It kind of confirmed in WIRE message if the protagonist asks what's her type or ideal lover, she respond to be stupid question hinting that Thorn prefer Ichika then anyone else.]]

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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when he arrived in Mobius and the only person he ever loved was Ichika. It kind of confirmed in WIRE message if the protagonist asks what's her type or ideal lover, she respond to be stupid question hinting question. It is a hint that Thorn prefer Ichika then than anyone else.]]
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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when he arrived in Mobius and the only person he ever loved was Ichika.]]

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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when he arrived in Mobius and the only person he ever loved was Ichika. It kind of confirmed in WIRE message if the protagonist asks what's her type or ideal lover, she respond to be stupid question hinting that Thorn prefer Ichika then anyone else.]]
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* DoesNotLikeMen: In ''Overdose'', according to her, Sweet-P states she hate men for being filthy and greasy even though[[spoiler: she's a guy in the real world]] when she has conversation with Ayana in the hot spring.

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* DoesNotLikeMen: In ''Overdose'', according to her, Sweet-P states she hate hates men for being filthy and greasy even though[[spoiler: she's a guy in the real world]] when she has conversation with Ayana in the hot spring.
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* TheLastOfTheseIsNotLikeTheOthers: Wicked is the odd one out, in that unlike the others, the Go-Home Club has next to no information about her. With the exception of Shonen Doll and Thorn, she's the only one who's real life is otherwise unknown to them. The only one who does become aware of her past is the protagonist, both in the light novel and in ''Overdose''. She also stands out because of her overall personality. Thorn is AffablyEvil at best until [[spoiler:she accumulates too much negative emotions and wants to kill the Go-Home Club for their repeated interference]]. The rest of the Musicians have no overall beef with the Go-Home Club and just stand in their way because them wanting to leave will disrupt Mobius' balance. Wicked? ''She's batshit insane and from the get-go has no qualms about killing someone.''
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* EleventhHourSuperpower: Wicked is one of the last people to join your party in the Musician route of ''Overdose'' (and the game overall), and she's even stronger than ''Thorn.''
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* TheSociopath: She has a talent and passion for destroying people's relationships in any way she can, and it's stated she was like this in the real world too. [[spoiler:This came back to bite her in the real world when an attempt to steal a girl's boyfriend ended in her falling off of a bridge]]. In ''Overdose'', though, she actually enjoys her time with Lucid and considers them a friend, though this may be because she thinks they're as cold and ruthless as she is.

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* TheSociopath: She has a talent and passion for destroying people's relationships in any way she can, and it's stated she was like this in the real world too. [[spoiler:This came back to bite her in the real world when an attempt to steal a girl's boyfriend ended in her falling off of a bridge]]. In ''Overdose'', though, she actually enjoys her time with Lucid and considers them a friend, though this may be because she thinks they're as cold and ruthless as she is. She is even implied to have developed a crush on the male protagonist.

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* BreakTheCutie: ''Especially'' in the DownerEnding of the Forbidden Musician Route. μ is distressed by the fact that the Go-Home Club doesn't want to stay in Mobius and continuously beats down the Ostinato Musicians. In the anime, this is UpToEleven, namely because she doesn't want everyone to be fighting as it would be no different than reality. [[spoiler:And then there's the ending where Lucid kills the entire club after siding with Thorn and eliminates Aria. By the time Asuka's wish comes true, she and everyone else has died, with the protagonist being the last to go.]] Needless to say, after μ returns to normal, she realizes what she's done and tearfully asks the protagonist, [[spoiler:who's already started to disappear,]] if this was really what everyone wanted before screaming in despair.

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* BreakTheCutie: ''Especially'' in the DownerEnding BrainwashedAndCrazy: Of a variant. [[spoiler:μ can no longer function properly thanks to all of the Forbidden Musician Route. pent-up negative emotions she's absorbed throughout the story, which leads to Thorn easily manipulating her into wanting to fulfill everyone's wish of "destroying the real world."]]
* BreakTheCutie:
** In the game,
μ is distressed by the fact that the Go-Home Club doesn't want to stay in Mobius and continuously beats down the Ostinato Musicians. Musicians, not understanding why they would want to go back to reality. She later becomes incapable of understanding because [[spoiler:she's overwhelmed by all the negative emotions she's absorbed and eventually goes nuts, leading to the Go-Home Club needing to defeat her to calm her down.]]
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In the anime, she breaks down when she sees the Ostinato Musicians and the Go-Home Club at each other's throats after the latter group finally awakens to their Catharsis Effects, eventually leading to a breakdown that nearly has her release all the negative emotions she's been collecting in a violent burst.
** μ arguably breaks down the worst in the DownerEnding of the Forbidden Musician Route. [[spoiler:Thanks to Lucid and Thorn defeating the Go-Home Club and Aria, she granted everyone's "wish" to destroy reality. However,
this is UpToEleven, namely because she also leads to the deaths of everyone inside Mobius as well.]] μ doesn't want everyone seem to be fighting realize what's happened as it would be no different than reality. [[spoiler:And then there's the ending where Lucid kills the entire club after siding with Thorn and eliminates Aria. By the time Asuka's wish comes true, she and everyone else has died, with the protagonist being the last to go.]] Needless to say, after μ returns to normal, she realizes what she's done and tearfully asks the protagonist, [[spoiler:who's already started to disappear,]] if this was really what disappear]], why everyone wanted left and if she made them happy before screaming she screams in despair.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated the first time.]]

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated [[spoiler:Because he was unwilling to kill the first time.Go-Home Club, and because he wanted to return to reality at some point, Thorn had him brainwashed again.]]



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated the first time.]]

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated [[spoiler:Because he had some serious problems with Thorn's wishes to kill the first time.Go-Home Club when they become too much of a hindrance, she has him brainwashed with Stork, Sweet-P and Shonen Doll.]]



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Happens in two ways, and only in ''Overdose''.
** [[spoiler:If Kotaro survives, Shadow Knife decides to ask Thorn and μ if it's possible for them to return anyone who wants to leave Mobius back to reality. This decision, unfortunately, leads to Thorn brainwashing him with the mindphones.]]
** [[spoiler:If Eiji's Character Scenario was not completed, then Shadow Knife goes off the deep end after suffering emotional abuse from the Go-Home Club, who blame him for Kotaro's HeroicSacrifice. Returning to the Landmark Tower and remembering what happened breaks him and becomes a blind follower of Thorn, all without the aid of the mindphones.]]



* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He's not happy [[spoiler:to have survived his fall, since it meant either he accidentally killed someone or Kotaro died in his stead. The latter of which leads to him jumping off the slippery slope.]]
** If [[spoiler:Kotaro lives]], he still has an episode of this, albeit less severe. [[spoiler:His falling onto a glass ceiling meant the falling glass shards killed Eiji, and he's very shaken by the fact that he inadvertently killed somebody.]]

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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He's not happy [[spoiler:to have survived Like a few other Ostinato Musicians, after his fall, since it meant either he accidentally killed someone or defeat Shadow Knife seems to realize that his actions were wrong. [[spoiler:If Kotaro died in his stead. The latter of which leads lives, he can come to him jumping off understand the slippery slope.]]
** If [[spoiler:Kotaro lives]], he still has an episode of this, albeit less severe. [[spoiler:His falling onto a glass ceiling meant
latter's viewpoint and decide to ask μ and Thorn to allow anyone who wishes to leave Mobius to return to the falling glass shards killed Eiji, and he's very shaken by the fact that he inadvertently killed somebody.real world.]]



* TheSociopath: She has a talent and passion for destroying people's relationships in any way she can, and it's stated she was like this in the real world too. [[spoiler:This came back to bite her in the real world when an attempt to steal a girl's boyfriend ended in her falling off of a bridge]]. In ''Overdose'', though, she actually enjoys her time with the protagonist and is implied to have developed a crush on the male protagonist.

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* TheSociopath: She has a talent and passion for destroying people's relationships in any way she can, and it's stated she was like this in the real world too. [[spoiler:This came back to bite her in the real world when an attempt to steal a girl's boyfriend ended in her falling off of a bridge]]. In ''Overdose'', though, she actually enjoys her time with the protagonist Lucid and is implied to have developed considers them a crush on the male protagonist.friend, though this may be because she thinks they're as cold and ruthless as she is.


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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: It's implied that [[spoiler:Thorn himself is suffering from being exposed to the build-up of negative emotions μ has been collecting. Early on, Thorn simply wants to return the Go-Home Club to being blissfully ignorant denizens of Mobius. After Wicked's defeat and their constant interference, Thorn's been exposed to too much negativity and ultimately decides to eliminate them before they can interfere any further.]]
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* Foil: To Kotaro. Both believe in justice, but their ideals differ. Shadow Knife wants to punish people who have wronged others as his justice, whereas Kotaro wishes to save everyone, regardless if they're good or bad. [[spoiler:They're also quite short in real life as well. Kotaro's growth was stunted due to being slightly malnourished by his abusive uncle and aunt while Shadow Knife hit a growth spurt early in his youth, but got left behind and was picked on relentlessly because of it.]]


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* PetTheDog: At the end of his Character Scenario, [[spoiler:Shadow Knife tells Kotaro (if he is still alive) that he'll talk to μ and Thorn about allowing people who wish to return to reality leave Mobius.]] Sadly, it doesn't last.


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* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Is entirely absent from Grand Guignol in the remake, despite having survived.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler:In reality, he happens to see someone being bullied in the alley and ignores it until he sees a poster of the Shadow Knife anime. After which, he runs right back around to go help the victim.]]

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* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light feminine to Mirei's dark feminine.



* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light feminine to Mirei's dark feminine.

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* DoesNotLikeMen: In ''Overdose'', according to her, Sweet-P states she hate men for being filthy and greasy even though[[spoiler: she's a guy in the real world]] when she has conversation with Ayana in the hot spring. It is unknown if this is how she felt against men or she just saying that to hide her true identity in front of Ayana, who strongly hates men.

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* DoesNotLikeMen: In ''Overdose'', according to her, Sweet-P states she hate men for being filthy and greasy even though[[spoiler: she's a guy in the real world]] when she has conversation with Ayana in the hot spring. It is unknown if this is how she felt against men or she just saying that to hide her true identity in front of Ayana, who strongly hates men.


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*LipstickLesbian: In ''Overdose'', Sweet-P clearly states she prefers cute girls and she's doesn't want to date men when she went to her first mission with Stork and Lucid at the school.
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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler:After the Go-Home Club repels Wicked and Lucid reconvenes with the Musicians at Thorn's request, μ acts very...''odd.'' She's become totally obedient to Thorn, repeats words like a broken record, and whenever she speaks, it's in a low tone. It's a big sign that she can no longer contain all of the negative emotions that have been building up inside of her.]]

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* CharacterDevelopment: ''Overdose'' helps her understand that simply because Mobius can bring happiness to people doesn't mean it can solve their problems. She learns this by accompanying Lucid as they progress through the Musicians' Character Episodes. If it weren't for Thorn, chances are, she may have been willing to understand the Go-Home Club's desire to return to the real world.



* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated the first time.]]

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* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated [[spoiler:Because she was reluctant to fight the first time.Go-Home Club, and because she had some serious problems with Thorn's plans, she, Shonen Doll, Ike-P and Stork are brainwashed.]]



* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:This is why she has a female avatar in Mobius. Initially, this is played for UnsettlingGenderReveal purposes, but taking the Musician route and doing her Character Episodes gives the player the full picture.]]

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* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:This is why she has a female avatar in Mobius. Initially, [[spoiler:Discovered that he was this is played when he saw a couple of girls dressed in cute girly clothing and came to a realization. However, Sweet-P didn't want to undergo a sex change, especially at his age, on account of his parents' reactions. He does eventually come to terms with his gender, settling for UnsettlingGenderReveal purposes, but taking the Musician route and doing her Character Episodes gives the player the full picture.a "dreamy cute old-man" style.]]



* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:The big reason why he prefers to be isolated. He genuinely tried to make friends, but each time he ended up hurting himself in the process, either because he was rejected or because he had to pretend to be like the people who rejected him in order to fit in. He eventually had enough and decided to forgo friendship altogether until he met Suzuna, [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe who was the first person to ever show him kindness and had genuine intentions]].]]

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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:The big reason why he prefers to be isolated. He genuinely tried to make friends, but each time he ended up hurting himself in the process, either because he was rejected or because he had to pretend to be like learned the people who rejected him in order to fit in.he thought were his friends didn't actually care if he was with them or not. He eventually had enough and decided to forgo friendship altogether until he met Suzuna, [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe who was the first person to ever show him kindness and had genuine intentions]].]]



* ShipTease: With Suzuna in the anime adaption.

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* ShipTease: With Suzuna Suzuna, both in the anime adaption. and in ''Overdose.''



* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Although not directly shown, [[spoiler:the anime heavily implies he left his room to join Suzuna in the park to read together. He does this in ''Overdose'''s epilogue as well, though he meets her at school instead of at the park.]]

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* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Although **Although not directly shown, [[spoiler:the anime heavily implies he left his room to join Suzuna in the park to read together. He does this in ''Overdose'''s epilogue as well, though he together.]]
** In ''Overdose,'' [[spoiler:he
meets Suzuna at her at school instead of at the park.classroom.]]



* HiddenDepths: In her Character Episodes, she becomes more friendly around Lucid, though it doesn't stop her from making the occasional condescending remark. It's also implied that she has a slight crush on the male protagonist.

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* HiddenDepths: In her [[spoiler:Her Character Episodes, she becomes more friendly around Lucid, though it doesn't stop her from making the occasional condescending remark. It's also implied Scenario reveals that because the Ichinose group went bankrupt, and because Mirei had no actual work experience, she has was often treated rather harshly, which caused her to develop a slight crush on fierce inferiority complex and the male protagonist. drive to succeed, no matter the cost. Of course, she wasn't able to handle the stress, as she is presently in Mobius.]]



* NotBrainwashed: Alongside Wicked and Shadow Knife, she's not out of it when you fight her again.

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* NotBrainwashed: Alongside Wicked and Shadow Knife, she's not out of it Kuchinashi, she isn't brainwashed when you fight her again.again. Unlike Wicked, who's a nutjob and Kuchinashi, who is loyal to Thorn, it's her connection to Sea Paraiso that gives her a reason to fight the Go-Home Club without Thorn messing with her head.


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* TheRival: When Lucid demonstrates his capability, Mirei is quick to try and prove her superiority in her Character Scenario. This actually becomes beneficial in the long run, according to her butler Toshizo.


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* VillainousBreakdown: He takes his defeat rather hard, though this is likely due to the Catharsis Effect erasing all the negative emotions he's gathered from μ's concerts. [[spoiler:He's also pretty shaken in ''Overdose'' about his survival, though the severity depends on who died; Kotaro or Eiji.]]

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* EnergyBow: Her parasol can turn into one.

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* DoesNotLikeMen: In ''Overdose'', according to her, Sweet-P states she hate men for being filthy and greasy even though[[spoiler: she's a guy in the real world]] when she has conversation with Ayana in the hot spring. It is unknown if this is how she felt against men or she just saying that to hide her true identity in front of Ayana, who strongly hates men.
* EnergyBow: Her parasol can turn into one.



* TrainingFromHell: In the hopes of losing weight in both the real world and in Mobius, Sweet-P undergoes a diet. Initially, she realizes she was being too hard on herself and asks Lucid to train her. [[DrillSergeantNasty She sorely comes to regret that decision later on.

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* TrainingFromHell: In the hopes of losing weight in both the real world and in Mobius, Sweet-P undergoes a diet. Initially, she realizes she was being too hard on herself and asks Lucid to train her. [[DrillSergeantNasty She sorely comes to regret that decision later on.]]
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* OneSceneWonder: When the Go-Home Club catches up to her at the Landmark Tower, she is under the misconception that Aria, who helped her build Mobius and couldn't understand why she would want to help people leave Mobius, is actually brainwashed by the protagonist and attempts to eliminate them. What makes this scene so jarring is that, in the Forbidden Musician Route, μ ''knows for a damned fact'' that the protagonist and Lucid are one of the same.

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* {{Adorkable}}: It doesn't really become noticeable until you play the Forbidden Musician Route. Let's put it to you this way: In Stork's Character Episodes, ''she's constantly impressed and awed by his tales and skills as a PeepingTom!''

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* {{Adorkable}}: It doesn't really become noticeable until you play the Forbidden Musician Route. Let's put it to you this way: In Stork's Character Episodes, ''she's constantly impressed and awed by his tales and skills as a PeepingTom!''PeepingTom!''
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: [[spoiler:When she absorbs too much negative energy, not only does her clothes turn black but her eyes become black and gold. And she is utterly out of her gourd until the Go-Home Club beats the snot out of her.]]



* OneSceneWonder: When the Go-Home Club catches up to her at the Landmark Tower, she is under the misconception that Aria, who helped her build Mobius and couldn't understand why she would want to help people leave Mobius, is actually brainwashed by the protagonist and attempts to eliminate them. What makes this scene so jarring is that, in the Forbidden Musician Route, μ ''knows for a damned fact'' that the protagonist and Lucid are one of the same. This is possibly explained by the fact that, when μ meets them again when you begin the Forbidden Musician Route, their face is pale. Given how she can look into a person's soul, it's likely she was looking at the protagonist's soul in that meeting, and not their Mobius avatar.

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* OneSceneWonder: When the Go-Home Club catches up to her at the Landmark Tower, she is under the misconception that Aria, who helped her build Mobius and couldn't understand why she would want to help people leave Mobius, is actually brainwashed by the protagonist and attempts to eliminate them. What makes this scene so jarring is that, in the Forbidden Musician Route, μ ''knows for a damned fact'' that the protagonist and Lucid are one of the same. This is possibly explained by the fact that, when μ meets them again when you begin the Forbidden Musician Route, their face is pale. Given how she can look into a person's soul, it's likely she was looking at the protagonist's soul in that meeting, and not their Mobius avatar.



* ButThouMust: In her character episodes, there's a scene where Sweet-P asks Lucid for help with her diet. The player gets three dialogue options... and all of them say "I'll help you if you eat this ramen."

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* ButThouMust: In her character episodes, there's a scene where Sweet-P asks Lucid for help with her diet. The player gets three dialogue options... and all of them say "I'll help you if you "First, eat this ramen.the Saburo in front of you."



* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: [[spoiler:Is a "big fat old man" in reality.]] However...

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* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: [[spoiler:Is [[spoiler:In reality, Sweet-P is a "big fat old man" man. To be more specific, an overweight man. Of course, there's more to the story.]]
* ThreeAmigos: When Lucid first joins the Musicians, she and Stork become their first party members. As far as character interactions go, she and Stork interact with Lucid more than the others, as they've had a slightly longer time to get to know them. This even extends midway into her Character Scenario, where Stork joins to watch Sweet-P undergo some TrainingFromHell
in reality.]] However...order to lose some weight.
* TrainingFromHell: In the hopes of losing weight in both the real world and in Mobius, Sweet-P undergoes a diet. Initially, she realizes she was being too hard on herself and asks Lucid to train her. [[DrillSergeantNasty She sorely comes to regret that decision later on.



* WeightWoe: In the anime, while μ is asleep, she's seen in a changing room lamenting the fact that none of her clothes fit her anymore.

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* WeightWoe: In the anime, while μ is asleep, she's seen in a changing room lamenting the fact that none of her clothes fit her anymore.anymore and even breaks down in tears. This is also part of her Character Scenario in ''Overdose,'' which leads to her asking for help from Lucid to go on a diet.



* ButtMonkey: Thanks to his private sanctuary being revealed by Naruko on the web, Shonen Doll is a miserable whining mess, constantly trying to convince everyone that he isn't some kind of pervert. This is ultimately PlayedForDrama in his Character Scenario, however.



* DefeatMeansFriendship: While he never joins the party, he seems genuinely willing to form a friendship with Suzuna after his defeat, or at least talk with her more.

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* CantActPervertedTowardALoveInterest: When the Musicians go after the Go-Home Club at the hot springs, they hear Suzuna and Naruko in the baths. Stork tries to go peep on them. Shonen Doll's response is to scream at him to stop. He doesn't want to lose his new friendship with Suzuna over some misunderstanding.
* DefeatMeansFriendship: While he never joins After being defeated [[spoiler:and purged from all the party, negative emotions he seems genuinely willing was exposed to form thanks to Mu's concerts]], Shonen Doll forms a small friendship with Suzuna after Suzuna. This is further explored in his defeat, or at least talk with her more.Character Scenario.


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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:The big reason why he prefers to be isolated. He genuinely tried to make friends, but each time he ended up hurting himself in the process, either because he was rejected or because he had to pretend to be like the people who rejected him in order to fit in. He eventually had enough and decided to forgo friendship altogether until he met Suzuna, [[ICantBelieveAGuyLikeYouWouldNoticeMe who was the first person to ever show him kindness and had genuine intentions]].]]
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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when she arrived in Mobius and the only person she ever loved was Ichika.]]

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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when she he arrived in Mobius and the only person she he ever loved was Ichika.]]
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* SingleTargetSexuality: [[spoiler:Implied with Ichika. After Ichika's commit suicide, Thorn never fell in love with anyone when she arrived in Mobius and the only person she ever loved was Ichika.]]
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* Adorkable: His Character Episodes highlight this in spades. He's so happy to have made a friend in Suzuna that he couldn't stand the thought of her hating him because he might accidentally peep on her.

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: His Character Episodes highlight this in spades. He's so happy to have made a friend in Suzuna that he couldn't stand the thought of her hating him because he might accidentally peep on her.

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* BareYourMidriff

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* BareYourMidriffBareYourMidriff: She wears a short top that completely expose her stomach.


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* DoesNotLikeMen: In the anime, she clearly states she hates men and treats them like servants. The only guy she doesn't treat harshly much is Toshizo.
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* Adorkable: It doesn't really become noticeable until you play the Forbidden Musician Route. Let's put it to you this way: In Stork's Character Episodes, ''she's constantly impressed and awed by his tales and skills as a PeepingTom!''

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* Adorkable: {{Adorkable}}: It doesn't really become noticeable until you play the Forbidden Musician Route. Let's put it to you this way: In Stork's Character Episodes, ''she's constantly impressed and awed by his tales and skills as a PeepingTom!''
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* {{Asexuality}}: In ''Overdose'', although he's enjoys getting attention from his female fans, but he's not interest to being in a romantic relationship with neither of them.
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[[[Characters/TheCaligulaEffectTheGoHomeClub See the Going-Home Club folder for information on Kagi-P.]]

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[[[Characters/TheCaligulaEffectTheGoHomeClub [[Characters/TheCaligulaEffectTheGoHomeClub See the Going-Home Go-Home Club folder page for information on Kagi-P.]]
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[[folder:Wicked ([[spoiler:Marie Mizuguchi]])]]

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[[folder:Thorn ([[spoiler:Asuka Natsume]])]]

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!!Sweet-P (Shizuka Nijoin)

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!!Sweet-P [[folder:Sweet-P (Shizuka Nijoin)Nijoin)]]
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See the Going-Home Club folder for information on Kagi-P.

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[[[Characters/TheCaligulaEffectTheGoHomeClub See the Going-Home Club folder for information on Kagi-P.
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!!Kagi-P (Kensuke Hibiki)

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(Kensuke Hibiki)Hibiki)]]




!!Shonen-Doll (Akira Komori)

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!!Mirei Ichinose

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!!Ike-P (Tomoya Koike)

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!!Shadow Knife (Daiki Yamada)

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!!Wicked ([[spoiler:Marie Mizuguchi]])

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!!Thorn ([[spoiler:Asuka Natsume]])

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([[spoiler:Asuka Natsume]])Natsume]])]]



* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Whenever a Musician fails in their task, Thorn usually threatens to return them to reality unless they start pulling their weight. [[spoiler:That all changes when Thorn becomes affected by the negative emotional build-up and decides to kill the Go-Home Club instead of brainwashing them into becoming blisfully ignorant once more. Shadow Knife wanted out of Mobius. Any other time, Thorn would have gladly let him.]]

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* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Whenever a Musician fails in their task, Thorn usually threatens to return them to reality unless they start pulling their weight. [[spoiler:That all changes when Thorn becomes affected by the negative emotional build-up and decides to kill the Go-Home Club instead of brainwashing them into becoming blisfully ignorant once more. Shadow Knife wanted out of Mobius. Any other time, Thorn would have gladly let him.]]]]
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!!μ
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReinaUeda
->'''Theme song by:''' Mikito

A Virtuadoll who developed consciousness and self-awareness over time, through the songs people wrote for her to sing. She became painfully aware of the agony of reality, and so created Mobius with the help of Aria in order to make everybody happy. She later met Thorn and, at her suggestion, gathered a group of musicians (the Ostinato Musicians) in order to maintain order within Mobius.
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* Adorkable: It doesn't really become noticeable until you play the Forbidden Musician Route. Let's put it to you this way: In Stork's Character Episodes, ''she's constantly impressed and awed by his tales and skills as a PeepingTom!''
* BreakTheCutie: ''Especially'' in the DownerEnding of the Forbidden Musician Route. μ is distressed by the fact that the Go-Home Club doesn't want to stay in Mobius and continuously beats down the Ostinato Musicians. In the anime, this is UpToEleven, namely because she doesn't want everyone to be fighting as it would be no different than reality. [[spoiler:And then there's the ending where Lucid kills the entire club after siding with Thorn and eliminates Aria. By the time Asuka's wish comes true, she and everyone else has died, with the protagonist being the last to go.]] Needless to say, after μ returns to normal, she realizes what she's done and tearfully asks the protagonist, [[spoiler:who's already started to disappear,]] if this was really what everyone wanted before screaming in despair.
* FunSize: In ''Overdose'', she's able to shrink in able to accompany Lucid in the same way Aria would accompany the protagonist. However, unlike Aria [[SleepModeSize who's only small because her power is weak]], she seems to be able to change size at will.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:In the final episode, she gives a heartwarming smile to Ritsu before he kills her.]]
* GratuitousEnglish: On the Musician route, she says "Check it out!" after Lucid picks a song to play for a given dungeon.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Orbit".
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Her boss fight is pretty much this, as it's the only way for her to let go of all the negative emotions of everyone in Mobius.]]
* OneSceneWonder: When the Go-Home Club catches up to her at the Landmark Tower, she is under the misconception that Aria, who helped her build Mobius and couldn't understand why she would want to help people leave Mobius, is actually brainwashed by the protagonist and attempts to eliminate them. What makes this scene so jarring is that, in the Forbidden Musician Route, μ ''knows for a damned fact'' that the protagonist and Lucid are one of the same. This is possibly explained by the fact that, when μ meets them again when you begin the Forbidden Musician Route, their face is pale. Given how she can look into a person's soul, it's likely she was looking at the protagonist's soul in that meeting, and not their Mobius avatar.
* PaintItBlack: A variation. [[spoiler:She ends up so full of negative emotions that her clothing and eyes turn black.]]
* PowerIncontinence: In the anime, [[spoiler:it becomes clear much earlier on that she can't handle all the negative emotions flowing into her from all of Mobius' residents. This combined with her VillainousBreakdown leads to her nearly releasing all of that negative energy in a massive ball of destruction.]]
* SanitySlippage: in the anime, her condition got worse after she regain conscious from the last battle to the point where [[spoiler:she's starting to absorb everyone's negative emotions and people rapidly. She believes everyone will stay inside of her forever in Mobius. She states she's doing it for Ritsu's sake to make everyone happy.]]
* SyntheticVoiceActor: She is essentially a ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}'' in all but name.
* VillainousBreakdown: Breaks down ''hard'' in the anime when the Musicians and the Go-Home Club start physically fighting in the streets. Has another one in the DownerEnding in ''Overdose'' after [[spoiler:she realizes she granted Thorn's wish and destroyed the real world, thus killing off everyone inside Mobius.]]
* WellIntentionedExtremist: Created Mobius for the sole purpose of creating a safe haven for people who suffered in some way, shape or form in the real world. Her fretting that it wasn't perfect enough led to Aria losing influence and shrinking in size. [[spoiler:When Thorn comes into the picture, Mu decides that no one would want to return to the real world, or doesn't understand why they would want to. [[UpToEleven Thanks to Thorn's influence, Mu decides that what everyone really wants is to destroy reality]], which would in turn [[OmnicidalManiac Kill everyone in Mobius as well]].]]

!!Kagi-P (Kensuke Hibiki)
See the Going-Home Club folder for information on Kagi-P.

!!Sweet-P (Shizuka Nijoin)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EmiNitta
->'''Theme song by:''' OSTER Project

Mobius' premier fashion icon and an Ostinato Musician who makes delicate, feminine-sounding music which matches the image of her fashion. Her music is very popular with the girls in Mobius.
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* BerserkButton: Don't call her fat, and definitely don't call her fat and sweaty. In the anime, she strongly [[DoNotCallMePaul dislikes to be called by her real name.]]
* BigEater: Eats a ''lot'' at the party she holds.
* BitchInSheepsClothing: Is downright ''nasty'' to Mifue (and Naruko, in the anime) once her true colors are revealed.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated the first time.]]
* ButThouMust: In her character episodes, there's a scene where Sweet-P asks Lucid for help with her diet. The player gets three dialogue options... and all of them say "I'll help you if you eat this ramen."
* EnergyBow: Her parasol can turn into one.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Tokimeki Reverie" (Heartthrob Reverie).
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The light feminine to Mirei's dark feminine.
* MegaTwinTails: Has this style.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:17 in Mobius, 31 in real life.]]
* OnlySaneMan: Is sometimes this in certain events and Character Episodes.
* StealthPun: A sweet ''pea'' is a type of flowering plant. This way, she also fits in with Rose, Lily, and Iris' ThemeNaming.
* ThereAreNoGirlsOnTheInternet: [[spoiler:Is a "big fat old man" in reality.]] However...
* {{Transgender}}: [[spoiler:This is why she has a female avatar in Mobius. Initially, this is played for UnsettlingGenderReveal purposes, but taking the Musician route and doing her Character Episodes gives the player the full picture.]]
* WeightWoe: In the anime, while μ is asleep, she's seen in a changing room lamenting the fact that none of her clothes fit her anymore.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue:
** In the anime, [[spoiler:she's shown to be continuing her food reviews whilst going to a ramen shop.]]
** In ''Overdose'', [[spoiler:Mifue meets her in the real world at a restaurant.]]

!!Shonen-Doll (Akira Komori)
[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shonen_doll.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Yumiri Hanamori
->'''Theme song by:''' [=PolyphonicBranch=]

A young man living in Miyabi City's enormous library, who hides his face and expressions with a low-hanging hood. He writes gloomy, violent songs, and believes people with social lives are weak for relying on their flocks to accomplish anything.
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* AccidentalPervert: ''Vehemently'' wants to avoid this when the Musicians return to the hot springs after the Go-Home Club calls them out. He's also very distressed that Naruko leaked information about his room and fears being called a pervert. He gets even more out of sorts when he fears that Suzuna might be disgusted with him under the misconception that he was peeping on her in the baths.
* Adorkable: His Character Episodes highlight this in spades. He's so happy to have made a friend in Suzuna that he couldn't stand the thought of her hating him because he might accidentally peep on her.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: Has gray skin, and in [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/Dbx2HhcUQAM4qlF.jpg official]] [[http://caligula-anime.com/chara.html#chara_data/14 artwork]] also has very doll-like physical features. The anime shows that his body in Mobius is, in fact, like that of a doll.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated the first time.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: While he never joins the party, he seems genuinely willing to form a friendship with Suzuna after his defeat, or at least talk with her more.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Has some serious problems with Thorn's decision to want to kill the Go-Home Club.]]
* FlunkyBoss: Summons "dolls" in battle.
* {{Hikikomori}}: [[spoiler:His inner sanctum turns out to be his bedroom, and the Go-Home Club comments on how lived-in and depressing it is.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Dokusousei Incident" (Originality Incident).
* LivingToys: The anime reveals that beneath his cloak, he (or rather his avatar in Mobius) is an animated marionette puppet.
* LonersAreFreaks: He despises companionship, and looks down on people who lead any sort of social life. Subverted in his Character Episode with Lucid, who he genuinely starts to see as a friend. Subverted again in the anime, where he develops a fondness for Suzuna in their conversations about ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' novels of all things. [[spoiler:His Character Scenario also reveals that he desperately wanted friends, but every time he tried, he only ended up hurting himself in the process.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:16 in Mobius, 20 in real life.]]
* OnlyFriend: It wasn't very prominent in the original game, but the anime and ''Overdose'' show that he is immensely happy to have found a friend in Suzuna, the only person who's ever cared about him in his life. Hilariously, he fears their friendship might be strained after the events of the bathhouse. (He's worried for nothing, thankfully, as Suzuna really had no idea what was going on.)
* ScaryLibrarian: He is this in his domain, which takes the form of a library.
* ShipTease: With Suzuna in the anime adaption.
* ShutUpKirk: His reaction to Suzuna's NotSoDifferent speech. He takes it a bit more gracefully after being defeated.
* TakenForGranite: A variation. The more time people spend in the library, the more likely they are to turn into dolls. This amounts to their eyes and mouth being ''sewn shut'', with no ability to do anything. And there's more and more of them as you progress through the library...
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:In the final episode of the anime, he takes an attack from Thorn that would have hit Suzuna, but he lives and goes to try and stop Thorn.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: Although not directly shown, [[spoiler:the anime heavily implies he left his room to join Suzuna in the park to read together. He does this in ''Overdose'''s epilogue as well, though he meets her at school instead of at the park.]]

!!Mirei Ichinose
[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mirei.jpg]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ErikoNakamura
->'''Theme song by:''' Chouchou-P

An immensely popular Musician living a life of luxury at Sea Paraiso, where she's fawned over by her many male followers. She's arrogant and selfish, but is exceptional at everything and is considered a musical genius. She wants to be the most popular musician in Mobius, and sees μ herself as a rival.
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* TheAce: Excels at everything she does; it's just a shame about her personality.
* BareYourMidriff
* ChainedByFashion: Wears a ball and chain around one leg.
* DualBoss: With Wicked in the final dungeon.
* DropTheHammer: Uses a mace that she wields like a hammer.
* EvilCounterpart: To Kotono. They're both the most demure and "beautiful" looking of their groups, but Mirei is much more sadistic and egotistical.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Bitchy she may be, but she's not so evil as to want to kill somebody. When Thorn orders the Ostinato Musicians to kill the Go-Home Club, frustrated by their constant interference, she and the others (barring Wicked) don't want to go through with it and instead try to get the Go-Home Club to back down.]]
* FashionableAsymmetry: Wears just one legging.
* HollywoodPersonalityDisorders: [[spoiler:Narcissistic personality disorder.]]
* HiddenDepths: In her Character Episodes, she becomes more friendly around Lucid, though it doesn't stop her from making the occasional condescending remark. It's also implied that she has a slight crush on the male protagonist.
** In the anime, due to μ being unconscious, Mobius is starting to distort. As a result of this, Mirei's credit cards are rendered invalid when she attempts to shop at a high-class store. This scares her enough that her normally calm facade breaks and clings to Toshizo. It paints a rather vivid picture as to what sort of woman she is underneath that confident visage.
* [[IHaveYourWife I Have Your Boyfriend]]: Kidnaps Ryosuke in order to get Kotono to give up and beg for mercy. Except she seems to have missed the memo that 1) they aren't dating anymore, and 2) Kotono ''hates'' Ryosuke, which nearly leads to a YouCanKeepHer moment.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Sadistic Queen".
* LightFeminineAndDarkFeminine: The dark feminine to Sweet-P's light feminine.
* NotBrainwashed: Alongside Wicked and Shadow Knife, she's not out of it when you fight her again.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:18 in Mobius, 28 in real life.]]
* PrettyInMink: Wears a lion pelt over her shoulders, complete with a head!
* RichBitch: Comes from a very rich family. [[spoiler:In real life, her family has lost most of its wealth and actually sold Sea Paraiso, but she clings onto that in Mobius.]]
* TheCoatsAreOff: In the anime, she throws her mink pelt off (onto Toshizo's head) before fighting Kotono.
* UnknownRival: She is obsessively fixated on being the most popular musician in Mobius, and as such, views μ as a threat towards attaining that goal. μ herself is oblivious to this.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:Because she wasn't brainwashed, after being defeated again she's knocked out and doesn't appear afterwards.]]
* WhenSheSmiles: [[spoiler: In the anime's epilogue, she is shown to be genuinely giving a bright smile when she visits Toshizo in the hospital in the real world.]]
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue:
** In the anime, [[spoiler:she's shown to be happily conversing with the elderly Toshizo who is bedridden in the hospital.]]
** In ''Overdose'', [[spoiler:she appears to have gotten an office job, and stops to talk to Kotono and Takkun on the street.]]

!!Ike-P (Tomoya Koike)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SomaSaito
->'''Theme song by:''' Asa

A classmate of Izuru's, he's a narcissist who's popular with girls. He enjoys showing off but also strives for self-improvement. Has a distinct style that sometimes makes him hard to approach.
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* ADayInTheLimelight: Episode 8 of the anime mostly centers around him and the other Musicians struggle with Mobius since they're losing power and influence with Mu knocked out. Helps that he's also the narrator.
* {{Asexuality}}: In ''Overdose'', although he's enjoys getting attention from his female fans, but he's not interest to being in a romantic relationship with neither of them.
* BeamSpam: A lot of his attacks involve spotlight-like lasers.
* BookDumb: He's charismatic and popular, but just barely squeezed through high school grades-wise. Justified in that [[spoiler:his complex about his appearance caused him to spend more time making himself presentable and popular than studying.]]
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:After being defeated the first time.]]
* ChickMagnet: Has many female fans. In fact, when the party finally confronts him, he's on a sofa with a woman on either side of him.
* EvenEvilHasStandards:
** In the anime, he's greatly horrified on how Izuru manically damages his own face repeatedly with a glass shard.
** In ''Overdose'', [[spoiler:he has some ''serious'' problems with Thorn's decision to kill the Go-Home Club. He instead tries to get the Go-Home Club to back down. Even after the Go-Home Club refuses to back down and the Musicians beat them, he and Lucid let them go, despite knowing they will get severely punished by Thorn.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Izuru. While they're both very popular in Mobius, Ike owns it and seeks it out to boost his own ego, while Izuru couldn't care less.
* GunsAkimbo: Uses a pair of sub-machine guns.
* ItsPersonal: With Izuru. [[UnknownRival The feeling isn't mutual.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Tenshi no Uta" (Angel's Song).
* {{Narcissist}}: He has a complex about his appearance, so he takes ''a lot'' of pride in how he looks in Mobius.
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:17 in Mobius, 24 in real life.]]
* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: [[spoiler:From what the Go-Home Club is able to gather about him, he's this in real life. Tomoya is ''not'' pleased to learn that they've heard about this.]] The anime also reveals it to be his BerserkButton when he sees his fans ridiculing a store clerk because of his clumsiness, which promptly reminds him of his own past.
* WhamLine: Offhandedly mentions that [[spoiler:Thorn has a masculine voice]], which allows Shogo to piece together that [[spoiler:Thorn isn't the dead Ichika like he initially thought]].
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue: [[spoiler:Is shown in the anime to be working in a clothing store. In ''Overdose'''s epilogue, Izuru is with him in the store.]]

!!Shadow Knife (Daiki Yamada)
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuumaUchida
->'''Theme song by:''' 164

μ's personal bodyguard; he carries out justice on her behalf, executing the wicked and the rebellious. His name, outfit and abilities are based on an anime that was popular a few years ago, and he sometimes does and says awkwardly theatrical things.
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* BullyHunter: It's revealed that the reason he gives people within Mobius such cruel and unusual punishments is because not only are they bullies, [[spoiler:the ones that he imprisoned in the Landmark Tower bullied ''him'', and he's doing to them what they did to him.]]
* {{Chuunibyou}}: To the point that [[spoiler:''Overdose'' considers it his Trauma.]] Also shows it off in spades in the anime before he [[spoiler:plummets to his death, just as he begs Kotaro to help him.]]
* ClimaxBoss: His boss fight [[spoiler:and death]] come hand-in-hand with some major plot revelations.
* CoolSword: In addition to knives, he also has a sword similar to Izuru's.
* DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Falls from the top of the Landmark Tower, a 67-story skyscraper. It's safe to say he doesn't survive.]]
** SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:He survives in the Musician route. μ explains that a glass ceiling broke his fall, and she was able to heal him before he died. Alternatively, he can survive if you have not completed Eiji's Character Episode. Just as Shadow Knife is about to plummet to his death, Kotaro pulls a HeroicSacrifice to save him, only to fall to his death instead.]]
* EvenEvilHasStandards: [[spoiler:Absolutely refuses to go along with Thorn's plans to kill the Go-Home Club after they interfere one too many times. Alongside Lucid and Ike-P, he willingly lets them get away after they trounce them.]]
* EvilCounterpart: To Kotaro, as both believe in justice above all else in their own ways.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Averted. In the anime, [[spoiler:he's really scared of dying when he was clinging to life until falls to his death after Wicked impatiently set off the bomb on top of the Landmark Tower.]]
* KnifeNut: Fitting, given his name.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "sin".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He's not happy [[spoiler:to have survived his fall, since it meant either he accidentally killed someone or Kotaro died in his stead. The latter of which leads to him jumping off the slippery slope.]]
** If [[spoiler:Kotaro lives]], he still has an episode of this, albeit less severe. [[spoiler:His falling onto a glass ceiling meant the falling glass shards killed Eiji, and he's very shaken by the fact that he inadvertently killed somebody.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:17 in Mobius, 19 in real life.]]
* RecurringBoss: Is fought a total of four times, over the course of just one dungeon.
* SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:If you haven't completed Eiji's Character Episode and Kotaro does his Heroic Sacrifice, Shadow Knife is shaken by the incident. And when he's forced to confront the Go-Home Club, who are more than a little pissed off that their friend, not to mention a KID in real life, sacrified his own life to save his and tell him that he's the one who murdered Kotaro. And when he returns to Landmark Tower and remembers what happened the last time he was here, he goes off the deep end and turns into the BrainwashedAndCrazy, blindly believing in Thorn from that point forward.]]
** Somewhat mitigated if you completed Eiji's Character Episode. [[spoiler:He survives due to a glass ceiling breaking his fall and μ healing him before he could die. However, the glass ceiling's shards also killed Eiji, which shakes Shadow Knife considerably as he unintentionally killed someone. [[BitchInSheepsClothing Not that anyone would miss him, though]].]]
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:After either surviving a fall that killed someone or Kotaro died saving him, Shadow Knife decides to leave Mobius behind. [[YouCantGoHomeAgain Thorn, however, isn't having any of that]].]]
* ShadowPin: His knives can do this to whoever they target, though [[CutscenePowerToTheMax they're only used in cutscenes]].
* ShoutOut: Interestingly, his outfit and powers are one to an in-universe anime named, uh, ''Shadow Knife'', and its protagonist of the same name.
* ThemeNaming: In ''Overdose'', his attack skills are named after the SevenDeadlySins.
* VigilanteMan: He enacts justice on μ's behalf, executing traitors within Mobius.

!!Wicked ([[spoiler:Marie Mizuguchi]])

->'''Voiced by:''' [[spoiler:Creator/MaiFuchigami]]
->'''Theme song by:''' YM

An enigmatic, mysterious musician. They make very violent, impactful music, but nobody knows their name or what they look like.

[[spoiler:Her real name is Marie Mizuguchi, who first appears to the party as a friend of Naruko. She tricks her into revealing the location of the Go-Home Club, and then holds her hostage and steals her phone, making the Club think that Naruko is Wicked.]]
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* ADayInTheLimelight: She is the focal character of the light novel.
* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:Both her parents physically and emotionally abused her before she was sent to live with her grandparents. Her grandmother loved her unconditionally, but Marie didn't trust her because her grandfather turned out to be ''even worse'' than her parents.]]
* AnArmAndALeg: In the anime, [[spoiler:she lost both her legs after Kensuke stole her bomb remote and activate one of the bombs on her.]]
* BonusBoss: [[spoiler:As Marie, in Echoing Obsession.]]
* DualBoss: With Mirei in the final dungeon.
* DuelBoss: The first encounter with her is against the protagonist only.
* EarlyBirdCameo: [[spoiler:Appears briefly near the beginning of the game as Marie.]]
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Brown irises with pink, heart-shaped pupils.
* HiddenDepths: Despite her sociopathic tendencies, she's actually an honor student [[spoiler:as Marie]].
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:In the anime, she ends up receiving heavy injures by her own bomb trap met for the Go-Home Club members after Kensuke stole her remote and set off her trap against her. As the result, she lost both of her legs.]]
* INeverToldYouMyName: [[spoiler:Her plan to knock out and kidnap the Go-Home Club fails when she calls the main character "President"; only members of the club know that he's the president.]]
* KarmaHoudini: In the anime, it is unknown if she survives after her failed attempted to kill all members of the Go-Home Club. [[spoiler:Subverted in the final episode, she's last seen in the real world at the hospital.]]
* LeeroyJenkins: In the anime, she planted a bomb in the Landmark Tower with the intent of using it to kill the Going-Home Club, but grows impatient and detonates it early, just as Shadow Knife defeats Kotaro and is about to kill him. This winds up causing Shadow Knife to fall to his death.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Cosmo Dancer".
* MadBomber: Holds dynamite in her artwork, and uses quite a lot of it when fighting.
* NotBrainwashed: Alongside Shadow Knife, she is the only Ostinato Musician who isn't turned BrainwashedAndCrazy. Then again, considering her status as a MadBomber, there was probably no need to make her crazy.
* ObfuscatingInsanity: [[spoiler:'''Very''' much so. Especially as she is a MadBomber.]]
* ShipTease: Seems to be the case in both the anime and the novel in which she is the main focus. In the anime, she is already friends with the protagonist long before he becomes even remotely aware of Mobius' true nature.
** Ultimately averted in the anime. [[spoiler:When she reveals her true colors, she calls Ritsu a "lame virgin" and wanted to see how he'd have reacted to her turning out to be a Musician.]]
* SirNotAppearingInThisTrailer: Very little about Wicked was revealed before the game's release; only a silhouette, a not-very-descriptive bio, and that their theme song is by YM. [[spoiler:This is to avoid spoiling that she and Marie are the same person.]]
* TheSociopath: She has a talent and passion for destroying people's relationships in any way she can, and it's stated she was like this in the real world too. [[spoiler:This came back to bite her in the real world when an attempt to steal a girl's boyfriend ended in her falling off of a bridge]]. In ''Overdose'', though, she actually enjoys her time with the protagonist and is implied to have developed a crush on the male protagonist.
* WhereAreTheyNowEpilogue:
** [[spoiler:She's shown in the anime's epilogue to be still unconscious in the hospital which leads into the light novel centred around her.]]
** [[spoiler:''Overdose'''s epilogue shows a man, presumably her grandfather, about to take off her oxygen mask, before walking away.]]

!!Thorn ([[spoiler:Asuka Natsume]])
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaOotsubo
->'''Theme song by:''' Music/{{Cosmo}}

The first of the Ostinato Musicians, who has gained enormous popularity for her dark, brooding love songs. She is the leader of the Musicians, and appears before the party in places that she could not possibly be in. μ trusts her completely and listens to everything she says. Seems to have a grudge against Shogo specifically.
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* AmbiguousGenderIdentity: [[spoiler:While Ichika is female and Asuka is male, it's hard to tell how much Asuka takes after Ichika beyond outward appearance. Her censoring her body in her HotSpringsEpisode could be a testament to this, as she doesn't want the protagonist to see what she really looks like.]]
* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Shogo at first thinks Thorn is Ichika come back to life, and has a massive FreakOut Later averted with the reveal that Thorn is Asuka, not Ichika.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: [[spoiler:In the DownerEnding of the Forbidden Musician Route, Lucid defeats the Go-Home Club and eliminates Aria, ensuring that his desire to destroy reality comes to pass. In the second to last cutscene, he even hums as he falls off to his death in the same manner as in the Return Home route following his defeat, having accomplished his dream.]]
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled[=/=]DisneyVillainDeath: [[spoiler:Falls to his death off the Grand Guignol after being defeated.]]
* BigBad: The core antagonist of the story, manipulating everyone around her to achieve her goals.
* BladeOnAStick: Uses a lance similar to Suzuna's.
* TheCorrupter: She is the one to sway the protagonist to join the Ostinato Musicians by offering them a chance to see ''both sides of the story.'' [[spoiler:She even manages to convince them to ensure her wish to destroy the real wold comes to pass, all by playing on their doubts of returning to reality, even though it would result in their death.]]
* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler:Asuka chose to adopt Ichika's appearance as an avatar in Mobius and also impersonate her, which initially fools Shogo.]]
** [[spoiler:It's not just appearance, either. If you have the two of them in the same party, Thorn sometimes does an impression of Ichika's voice that freaks Shogo out.]]
* DealWithTheDevil: Thorn offers one to the protagonist by showing them a door while asking them if returning to the real world is really what they want while saying she knows why they came to Mobius in the first place. If they have the resolve to return to the real world, Thorn lets them leave, knowing full well they would meet again as adversaries. Should they stay behind and want to see ''both sides of the story'' as she calls it, she offers them a place with the Ostinato Musicians, leading them to adopt the persona of "Lucid" while working with them.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:In her Character Scenario, Thorn is quickly seen as this. In an earlier episode, she purposely poisons herself and refuses to be treated by μ, forcing them to take her to the hospital. In a later event, she asks Lucid if they will die with her, mimicking how Ichika died in real life. Turns out this is all part of her re-enacting her time with Ichika, with Lucid playing the roles of either Shogo or Asuka himself and Thorn playing as Ichika.]]
* DragonInChief: To μ, who does whatever Thorn tells her to.
* EvilLaugh: Lets one out in the Forbidden Musician Route upon seeing [[spoiler:the despair of the Going-Home Club when they learn that Lucid is actually their president.]]
* FanDisservice: The protagonist can join her in the hot springs on one of her Character Episodes, but instead of wearing a towel, she opts to ''censor her body''; she's completely covered in black bars other than her head and legs.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: Three times, even! [[spoiler:Once in her Character Episode, if you somehow managed to screw it up. Again after her boss battle, in which she willingly kills herself as she realizes that the Go-Home Club can and will succeed in returning to reality. And lastly in the DownerEnding, choosing to throw herself off of Landmark Tower, now that her wish to destroy the real world has come to pass.]]
* FiveStagesOfGrief: [[spoiler:13 years later, is still stuck at stage 2 over Ichika's death.]]
* GenderBender: [[spoiler:Kind of. Asuka is male, in a female body.]]
* GenderBlenderName: [[spoiler:Zig-zagged. Asuka is a feminine name, which fits with Thorn's appearance, but Asuka is actually male.]]
* GreaterScopeVillain: [[spoiler:Asuka is responsible for a ''lot'' of the game's story. He gave μ the idea to gather the Ostinato Musicians, used their concerts as a way of pumping μ full of as much negative energy as possible, thereby giving her a warped view of the world and allowing her to comply with his ultimate wish of destroying reality. He also used his desires to make Mobius into Shogo's personal hell; the Landmark Tower being as it appeared on Ichika's suicide is a testament to this, as well as the existence of the Grand Guignol.]]
* ItsPersonal: With Shogo.
* KickThemWhileTheyAreDown: Quite literally, in fact. [[spoiler:In the DownerEnding after Lucid finishes delivering a CurbStompBattle to the Go-Home Club, Thorn repeatedly kicks Shogo's beaten body, all the while asking why [Ichika asked him to die with her and not Asuka].]]
* KillEmAll: Due to the constant build-up of negative emotions and the Go-Home Club's frequent interference, Thorn decides that instead of subjugating them and returning to them their blissful ignorance as denizens of Mobius, they should be killed. [[EvenEvilHasStandards Barring Wicked, everyone is not thrilled by this idea.]]
* LaughingMad: [[spoiler:In the final episode of the anime, she shoots lances everywhere while laughing maniacally. She only stops when Shogo tackles them and knocks them both into the void.]]
* TheLeader: To the Ostinato Musicians.
* {{Leitmotif}}: "Distorted Happiness".
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:After being defeated, the Go-Home Club's Catharsis Effect calms him down and realizes what he's done before asking the Go-Home Club to stop μ.]]
* OlderThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:18 in Mobius, 30 in real life.]]
* OmnicidalManiac: Desires the destruction of reality, which would in turn kill everyone inside of Mobius as well, given that their real bodies are still on the other side. In the Forbidden Musician Route, [[spoiler:the protagonist helps her achieve this as Lucid]].
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Fitting, given [[DragonInChief her position]]. They're a sharp contrast to her dark hair and clothing.
* ReplacementGoldfish: In her Character Scenario, it becomes clear that their outings are recreations of events Thorn participated in, evident by her sudden personality shift. [[spoiler:Lucid is either playing the role of Asuka himself or Shogo, and Thorn is playing as Ichika.]]
* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse Maybe.]] [[spoiler:Since in the game, she dies in every route, but in the anime implies she survived since Aria saves both her and Shougo from falling or disappearing out of existence.]]
* VillainousFriendship: Has a relationship of mutual trust with μ and provides most of her music. Can also apply to Lucid, if their Character Scenario is of any indication.
* WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about Thorn without getting into heavy endgame spoilers.
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Whenever a Musician fails in their task, Thorn usually threatens to return them to reality unless they start pulling their weight. [[spoiler:That all changes when Thorn becomes affected by the negative emotional build-up and decides to kill the Go-Home Club instead of brainwashing them into becoming blisfully ignorant once more. Shadow Knife wanted out of Mobius. Any other time, Thorn would have gladly let him.]]

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