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[[folder:Mayor Hachisuka]]
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Uminosuke Hachisuka was the mayor of the 24th Ward at the time of the original Silver Case. Since then, he has been succeeded by his son
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* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:Uminosuke to Kaoru]].
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* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler:Uminosuke to Kaoru]].killed Kaoru and took his place as Mayor]].
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!! Heinous Crimes Unit
[[folder:Sumio Kodai]]
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* WasItReallyWorthIt: His long spiel on the importance of [[spoiler:killing the past]] is immediately followed by a genuinely happy memory. That is, memory: [[spoiler:meeting Kusabi for the first time]], hinting time]]. This hints that Sumio isn't entirely happy with throwing away their friendship for the sake of his plans.
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[[folder:Tetsugoro Kusabi]]
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[[folder:Chizuru Hachisuka]]
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* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:She's the next [[LegacyCharacter iteration]] of Ayame]].
Ayame ''after'' the Ayame who appeared in #1: decoyman]].
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[[folder:Kiyoshi Morikawa]]
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[[folder:Kiyoshi Morikawa]]
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[[folder:Morichika Nakategawa]]
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[[folder:Sakura Natsume]]
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* WasItWorthIt: His long spiel on the importance of [[spoiler:killing the past]] is immediately followed by a genuinely happy memory. That is, [[spoiler:meeting Kusabi for the first time]], hinting that Sumio isn't entirely happy with throwing away their friendship for the sake of his plans.
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* WasItWorthIt: WasItReallyWorthIt: His long spiel on the importance of [[spoiler:killing the past]] is immediately followed by a genuinely happy memory. That is, [[spoiler:meeting Kusabi for the first time]], hinting that Sumio isn't entirely happy with throwing away their friendship for the sake of his plans.
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* PerpetualFrowner: Appears to be in a perpetually bad mood which has the side effect of [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/suda51/images/a/a8/Kusabi_art.png/revision/latest?cb=20180323104316 making him look older and craggier]] than he [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/suda51/images/4/42/TetsuguroKusabi.jpg/revision/latest?cb=20090812212557 actually is]].
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* AttackItsWeakpoint: [[spoiler:Silver Eyes]] make their owners virtually [[spoiler:immortal]] and maintain their bodies to the peak of health and youth. However, this [[spoiler:longevity]] can be taken away if said [[spoiler:eye]] is [[spoiler:removed or destroyed.]]
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* FakeUltimateHero: The impossible murders he commits that inspire a multitude of criminals and revolutionaries in a dystopic, authoritarian Japan [[spoiler:are just that. Impossible. As the original Kamui was a civilian who was killed by the Mayor of the 24 Wards for his Silver Eye, and every other Kamui after him was a government assassin harvested from its Shelter Kids program to take out key targets under the auspice of underworld terrorism.]]
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* ClassicalAntiHero: Starts out as a BrilliantButLazy washed-up ex-journalist who sleeps until noon, does the bare minimum of investigative work before shuffling off to buy cigarettes or alcohol, and shamelessly asks other people to do his research for him. However, he gradually develops into a more involved and passionate seeker of truth as Placebo proceeds.
* ClassicalAntiHero: Starts out as a BrilliantButLazy washed-up ex-journalist who sleeps until noon, does the bare minimum of investigative work before shuffling off to buy cigarettes or alcohol, and shamelessly asks other people to do his research for him. However, he gradually develops into a more involved and passionate seeker of truth as Placebo proceeds.
* PerceptionFilter: His character portrait in Placebo presents him as a hardboiled reporter, but when he shows up in Transmitter, he's actually rather baby-faced despite his age.
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* HeroicMime: Deconstructed. He can't talk due to suffering from psychosis following his failed mission, and rather than heroic, people find it intimidating and creepy. [[spoiler:In Whiteout prologue, this is actually a problem as he's unable to answer Shiroyabu, who shoots him because of it]].it...or so we're led to believe until #06: white out in ''The 25th Ward'' proper]].
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* [[spoiler:SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: In a sense; the 2016 remaster's new "Whiteout" prologue chapter ends with him [[UncertainDoom seemingly being shot to death by]] [[VideoGame/TheTwentyFifthWard Shiroyabu]]. Come ''The 25th Ward'' and #06: white out, and it turns out to be {{subverted}}; Officer Shiroyabu never gets to shoot Big Dick, because Kusabi shows up just in time to shoot Shiroyabu in the ear instead.]]
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* TheBigGuy: Kusabi and Sumio comments that he is built like a criminal and in the few illustrations where he is side by side with the crime unit he is clearly the most imposing.
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* FauxActionGirl: She barely gets deployed during her time with Republic. [[spoiler:However she is an Ayame vessel and gun down Hachisuka with ease]].
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This is... just blatantly not true. He gets gunned down by Kusabi
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adorkable cleanup, now it's YMMV
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* {{Adorkable}}: Although he sees himself as cool, he often ends up embarrassing himself.
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* DecoyProtagonist: He's always listed first in character introductions (like in the opening or on the website), and looks the most like a cool 'hero' character, but you play as someone else. [[spoiler:Then Sumio gets arrested midway through the game]].
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* DecoyProtagonist: He's always listed first in character introductions (like in the opening or on the website), and looks the most like a cool 'hero' character, but character. But you play as someone else. [[spoiler:Then Sumio gets arrested midway through the game]].game, after his involvement in #3: parade]].
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* CassandraTruth: [[spoiler:Kamui being unable to kill, let alone do anything, is first disclosed by IMM Hospital staff Tachibana. Kusabi vocalizes his dismissal of this claim, given that Kamui's counselor has turned up dead, ostensibly by Kamui's hand. Then when he's brought into the HCU headquarters, he find that Kamui really ''can't'' do anything.]]
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* MinorCharacterMajorImpact: He seems to be a relatively minor threat in the grand scheme of things. [[spoiler:However, in the Triangle Towers you eventually find out from the notes you find that he's the chief supervisor for the Shelter Kids experiments.]]
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* MinorCharacterMajorImpact: SmallRoleBigImpact: He seems to be a relatively minor threat in the grand scheme of things. [[spoiler:However, in the Triangle Towers you eventually find out from the notes you find that he's the chief supervisor for the Shelter Kids experiments.]]
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* [[spoiler:TheDogWasTheMastermind: See below.]]
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* KilledOffscreen: It's implied that she dies between Parade and Kamuidrome.
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* KilledOffscreen: It's implied that she dies between Parade and Kamuidrome.[=Kamuidrome=].
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* [[spoiler:DrivenToSuicide: Right after he talks to Akira for the last time in the underground complex, he throws himself in the path of the train that leads to the Triangle Towers.]]
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Subverted; he's this to the Hachisuka family, but by the time he learns this Chizuru is already dead and they never actually met]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He's actually the son of the mayor, but he doesn't know it as he was adopted by another family]].
* SmokingIsCool: He seems to think so, at least.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He's actually the son of the mayor, but he doesn't know it as he was adopted by another family]].
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* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Subverted; [[spoiler:{{Subverted}}; he's this to the Hachisuka family, but by the time he learns this Chizuru is already dead and they never actually met]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He's actually the son ofthe mayor, Mayor Hachisuka, but he doesn't know it as he was adopted by another family]].
* SmokingIsCool: He seems to think so, at least. [[TitleDrop Placebo cigarettes]] in particular seem to be his favored brand.
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He's actually the son of
* SmokingIsCool: He seems to think so, at least. [[TitleDrop Placebo cigarettes]] in particular seem to be his favored brand.
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Republic's former chief Daigo Natsume.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: [[spoiler:He all-but-outright asks Kusabi to off him near the end of the story, feeling like his fate has been sealed now that the higher-ups have no reason left to keep him alive. Kusabi agrees and kills him.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While he appears to play this straight, the cliffhanger at the end strongly implies that he [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty wound up being killed]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by the latest Kamui]]. To add insult to injury, it's strongly implied that Tokio stole his left eye.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While he appears to play this straight, the cliffhanger at the end strongly implies that he [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty wound up being killed]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by the latest Kamui]]. To add insult to injury, it's strongly implied that Tokio stole has seemingly stolen his left eye.]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While he appears to play this straight, the cliffhanger at the end strongly implies that he [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty wound up being killed]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by the latest Kamui]].]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While he appears to play this straight, the cliffhanger at the end strongly implies that he [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty wound up being killed]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by the latest Kamui]]. To add insult to injury, it's strongly implied that Tokio stole his left eye.]]
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* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: He isn't shown onscreen at all [[spoiler:,except at the very end of Hikari]].
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* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: He [[spoiler:Uminosuke isn't clearly shown onscreen at all [[spoiler:,except all, except at the very end of Hikari]].
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* [[spoiler:SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome]]: [[spoiler:In [[spoiler:SuddenSequelDeathSyndrome: In a sense; the 2016 remaster's new "Whiteout" prologue chapter ends with him being shot to death by [[VideoGame/TheTwentyFifthWard Shiroyabu]].]]
* HeroicBSOD: After the attempt on his life in "AI", he lends away his turtle Red and becomes completely detached from everything to the point that he doesn't answer his e-mails for a ''whole month''.
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While he appears to play this straight, the cliffhanger at the end strongly implies that he [[KarmaHoudiniInsurance wound up being killed]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by the latest Kamui]].]]
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* KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:While he appears to play this straight, the cliffhanger at the end strongly implies that he [[KarmaHoudiniInsurance [[KarmaHoudiniWarranty wound up being killed]] [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by the latest Kamui]].]]
