History Characters / TheComaCuttingClass

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: Has one spoken line in the good ending that is in perfect English.

* AnAxToGrind: Uses a fire ax in her final form in the first game.

* SlasherSmile: Her default expression.

* KnifeNut: Starts off with a box-cutter and upgrades to a knife in the first game.

* ActionSurvivor: Thrown unexpectedly into The Coma and managed to live. Taken UpToEleven in the sequel, where he managed to remain in The Coma ''for years'' and is little worse for the wear.

A page detailing ''The Coma''[='=]s cast. Due to the series' heavy focus on lore and secrets, '''all spoilers will be unmarked'''.

* BlindingBangs: Her final form in the first game, and permanent in the second game.

* BlindingBangs: Her long hair covers her eyes completely.

* WhoWearsShortShorts: Wears some in the good ending for the first game. Playing through the game again, Yaesol will wear that outfit.

* CynicalMentor: Plays this role towards Youngho in the first game, bluntly telling him things to do and to not do stupid things. She explains a bit more with Mina in the sequel, but still doesn't tell her some common rules for The Coma.

* FireForgedFriends: With Youngho, implied to have occured over the course of time he spent in The Coma. They mutually respect each other, which is a big step up from how she saw him as a bumbler in the first game.

* LockedOutOfTheLoop: She was unaware that the Ghost Vigilantes were going to kill Youngho, since they had no access to the Moon Incense.

* {{Adorkable}}: Slightly awkward when it comes to interacting with people he doesn't know, but also quick to think on his feet when it comes to being needed. The second game downplays this aspect because of his experiences, but he retains his goofy smile.

One of the Ghost Vigilantes sent to stop Vicious Sister in the sequel. She's a middle-aged ''shamanka'' and was raised from an early age onward to perform her duty as such well. She appears in the Doakkebi Market, buying some Spectral Incense.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Jang-mi barely appears on-screen before being killed by Dark Song. She does have four notes to find in the Doakkebi Market, that describe her raising as a ''shamanka''.

* DarkCounterpart: To Miss Song. This was done intentionally by Vicious Sister because she wanted to mess with Sumi Park, making her beloved granddaughter's image roam locations and kill people.

[[folder:Shades]]

Demons native to The Coma; embodiments of humanity's negative emotion. Shades are distinguished from Shadows by their monstrous appearance and vicious natures. They hate all living things, but especially Ghost Vigilantes, whose duty is to kill them. All Shades are stronger and tougher than humans, but Fettered Shades- the embodiment of a specific person's emotions- are the most dangerous. If certain conditions are met, Shades can enter the Waking World.

There are two 'subspecies' of Shade that appear occasionally. One is the Notemen, localized beings who exist to record the thoughts and speech of people within a given area. The second type is the Dokkaebi, pale goblins who like to trick and extort unwitting humans. Both of these subspecies, though not necessarily safe, are not physically violent like most Shades. Several Notemen have been outright helpful to the protagonists- usually in return for tools that help them satisfy their compulsion.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Shades are bloodthirsty. They literally do not have the heart to be anything else, and everything that they say or offer is a ploy to get more victims. (The exception being Notemen, as mentioned above.)
* CouldntFindAPen: Notemen write on anything, with anything. One sidequest involves finding the subway's Noteman a tube of lipstick.
* MrExposition: Notemen are basically a plot device to give the exposition that other characters are too busy surviving to provide.

!!Vicious Sister

The primary antagonist of the second game. She is the Fettered Shade of Sumi Park, created by the latter's grief over her brother's death.

[[folder:Shadows]]

Ghostly beings native to The Coma. They are grey-toned, humanoid reflections of people in the real world. A person with a strong spirit will manifest a Sober Shadow, which is not dangerous to humans and typically focuses only on its own routine. Weak-spirited people manifest Mad Shadows, mindless beasts that lash out at everyone in sight.

Shadows are based upon belief, not human existence. Most humans do not have a Shadow that corresponds to them, or the Shadow that bears their appearance is based on what others believe that person to be like- not who they actually are.

* NoNameGiven: Telling others your name is dangerous in the Coma, so any Shadows that the protagonists don't recognize are titled things like "Old Surgeon" or "Carpenter Man".

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[[folder: Jang-mi]]

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One of the Ghost Vigilantes sent to stop Vicious Sister in the sequel. She's a middle-aged ''shamanka'' and was raised from an early age onward to perform her duty as such well. She appears in the Doakkebi Market, buying some Spectral Incense.

* RedHerring: She was called in to be the ''shamanka'' to defeat Vicious Sister and her death is treated as the lynchpin to go with Plan B to get rid of that shade. Turns out that Sumi Park intentionally did this, including having Jang-mi raised to believe her destiny as the one to defeat Vicious Sister, because she knew Jang-mi would never be able to do it.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Jang-mi barely appears on-screen before being killed by Dark Song. She does have four notes to find in the Doakkebi Market, that describe her raising as a ''shamanka''.
* WhatTheHellHero: Calls Mina out for giving out her [[IKnowYourTrueName name]] to someone in The Coma.
* TheWorldsExpertOnBeingKilled: As someone raised to be a ''shamanka'', Jang-mi knows everything about The Coma, what Vicious Sister is planning, and what the Moon Incense is, and how to use it. She gives no such information to Mina before being unceremoniously killed off.

[[folder: Father Minsu]]

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One of the Ghost Vigilantes sent to stop Vicious Sister in the sequel. He's an older, Catholic priest that joined the Ghost Vigilantes when he encountered a demon that was actually a shade from The Coma. He appears in the Sehwa Hospital, having gone there to sanctify the Holy Water of Separation and finding the vessel Vicious Sister plans to possess.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: Spent little time hanging around before Dark Song kills him in the hospital morgue.

* StrongFamilyResemblance: The picture in her amulet is that of a young Sumi Park, who Youngho thinks reminds me a lot of Miss Song.

* TheCurse: Was cursed by Seho in the first game to rapidly starve, no matter how much he ate. His shadow version in The Coma had a black hole in his stomach and face.
* TheJock: Considered the baseball star of Sehwa High.

* GrandTheftMe: The Shade possesses him in The Coma, implying that she controls him in the waking world now.
* Left Hanging: His ultimate fate is unclear in the sequel, with him being mentioned to not have been in school for some time.

An experienced Ghost Vigilante that is travelling to The Coma frequently. her current duty is to investigate the going-ons at Sehwa High, and try to purify it.\\

Yaesol remains as a bit of a mentor figure to Mina in the second game, giving her tips on how to advance when needed. She wants to stop Vicious Sister, knowing that the current Super Blood Moon is the only change remaining.

* MoreHeroThanYou: The second game has him lock Mina into a room, citing that Seho and Vicious Sister are too dangerous for her to confront, and that he'll go and retrieve the Relic they need to return home. Unfortunately, Mina's heritage means she is the one fit to perform the job.

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[[folder:Humans]]

Normal people. The native inhabitants of the Waking World, whose troubles and thoughts are reflected in The Coma. Humans need special Relics to enter and exit The Coma, and just being in it causes their memory to degrade. All Ghost Vigilantes are human.

!!Youngho Choi

A freshman student at Sehwa High who is the protagonist of the first game. After picking up a locket that his teacher (and crush) Ms. Song dropped, he was inadvertently drawn into The Coma's many dangers.

* ActionSurvivor: He was thrown unexpectedly into the Coma, and he ''lived''. Which doesn't sound like much, but it's more than most people in that situation manage to do.
%%* GoMadFromTheIsolation:
* MoreHeroThanThou: When he and Mina meet, he locks her in a room and goes off to stop the Super Blood Moon Ritual on his own. Unfortunately, he did not take her MacGuffin[=s=] with him, and Mina's heritage makes her much more suited to stopping the Ritual than him.
%%* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent:
* WildHair: In the sequel, his hair is long and unkempt. This indicates the years of struggle he's gone through while trapped in The Coma.

!!Mina Park

A kind yet cowardly student at Sehwa, whose quest to save Youngho makes her the protagonist of the second game. As a descendant of Sumi Park, she has ''shamanka'' blood that attracts her to The Coma and makes her capable of using certain plot-relevant artifacts.

%%* TheBGrade
* GenreBlind: What made her think that telling a supernatural being her ''[[IKnowYourTrueName name]]'' was a good idea?
* GoodFeelsGood: Through her many trials in The Coma, she realizes that taking care of her own problems feels kind of badass.
%%* ImprovisedWeapon:

!!Yaesol Han

An experienced Ghost Vigilante who's currently working to purify The Coma's reflection of Sehwa. She takes it upon herself to mentor the protagonists, although her own burdens take up most of her time. Physically, Yaesol appears to be a beautiful teenage girl, but lore confirms she's been alive for over 60 years.

* HeroOfAnotherStory: We aren't given much information about what Yaesol does, except that it looks ten times more badass than anything the protagonists will ever do and is probably vital to SavingTheWorld. More than once.
%%* PopCulturedBadass:

!!Sumi Park

Headmistress of Sehwa High and Minister of the Order of Ghost Vigilantes. She is the grandmother of Ms. Song (whose locket contains a photograph of her), and the origin of the Fettered Shade known as "Vicious Sister". However, she refuses to acknowledge the danger that Shades pose to the Waking World, and therefore plots to help Vicious Sister possess a living body.

* TragicKeepsake: The rosewood recorder that her brother taught her to play before he died. After she lost it in The Coma, it became a powerful Relic that gives those who play it the power to control any of Sehwa's Shades. It is possession of this flute that makes Seho such a threat.

!!Seho Gill

!!Myung-gil Kang

A muscular jock who likes to bully other students.

!!Ji-Hyun Song

A kindly teacher admired by many of Sehwa's students. She doesn't know about the Coma, but her mysterious connection to everyone who does strongly influences the series' narrative.

!!Da-hyun

!!Jang-mi

A middle-aged ''shamanka'' who the Ghost Vigilantes enlisted to exorcize Vicious Sister. During their foray into the Coma, she accidentally drew the Shade's attention and was killed.

%%* TheWorldsExpertOnGettingKilled:
* TooDumbToLive: Shouting- though an understandable human reaction- is not wise in an environment where monsters are constantly hunting for humans.

!!Chance

!!Minsu

An elderly Catholic priest who specializes in exorcisms. He's part of the team the Ghost Vigilantes assembled to slay Vicious Sister.

!!Hyung-bae

!!Taehoon Jung

A tormented student who unexpectedly fell comatose before the events of the series.

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[[folder:Shades]]

Demons native to The Coma; embodiments of humanity's negative emotion. Shades are distinguished from Shadows by their monstrous appearance and vicious natures. They hate all living things, but especially Ghost Vigilantes, whose duty is to kill them. All Shades are stronger and tougher than humans, but Fettered Shades- the embodiment of a specific person's emotions- are the most dangerous. If certain conditions are met, Shades can enter the Waking World.

There are two 'subspecies' of Shade that appear occasionally. One is the Notemen, localized beings who exist to record the thoughts and speech of people within a given area. The second type is the Dokkaebi, pale goblins who like to trick and extort unwitting humans. Both of these subspecies, though not necessarily safe, are not physically violent like most Shades. Several Notemen have been outright helpful to the protagonists- usually in return for tools that help them satisfy their compulsion.

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* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Shades are bloodthirsty. They literally do not have the heart to be anything else, and everything that they say or offer is a ploy to get more victims. (The exception being Notemen, as mentioned above.)
* CouldntFindAPen: Notemen write on anything, with anything. One sidequest involves finding the subway's Noteman a tube of lipstick.
* MrExposition: Notemen are basically a plot device to give the exposition that other characters are too busy surviving to provide.

!!Vicious Sister

The primary antagonist of the second game. She is the Fettered Shade of Sumi Park, created by the latter's grief over her brother's death.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shadows]]

Ghostly beings native to The Coma. They are grey-toned, humanoid reflections of people in the real world. A person with a strong spirit will manifest a Sober Shadow, which is not dangerous to humans and typically focuses only on its own routine. Weak-spirited people manifest Mad Shadows, mindless beasts that lash out at everyone in sight.

Shadows are based upon belief, not human existence. Most humans do not have a Shadow that corresponds to them, or the Shadow that bears their appearance is based on what others believe that person to be like- not who they actually are.

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* GoodFeelsGood: Through her many trials in The Coma, she realizes that being honest with the jerks bothering her feels kind of badass.

Demons native to The Coma; embodiments of humanity's negative emotion. Shades are distinguished from Shadows by their vicious natures and normally coloured flesh, which is covered by extraneous eyes, teeth, and a black oily substance. They hate all living things, but especially Ghost Vigilantes, whose duty is to kill them. All Shades are stronger and tougher than humans, but Fettered Shades- the embodiment of a specific person's emotions- are the most dangerous because they're sapient enough to make plans.

* AlwaysChaoticEvil: Shades are bloodthirsty. They literally do not have the heart to be anything else, and everything that they say or offer is a ploy to get more victims.

Ghostly beings native to The Coma.

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[[folder:Other]]

!!Dokkaebi

!!Youngho

!!Seho

!!Myung-gil

!!Ms. Song