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* BrokenPedestal: Even with the shady nature of Mari's death, the public and media took her being a drug user and abusive sister and rolled with it, her perfect reputation completely ruined.



* PetTheDog: She seems to at least care when Aubrey became stressed out in part 1's finale, having the interviewer end and taking her back home.



* HideTheEvidence: Ezekiel orders to scrub the autopsy report any suppress any other evidence against Mari's death to have The THUG killed.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Genuinely attempt to keep the town clean. After the death of Amber and Roy injuring the group in "Help" Ezekiel makes a full apology to the parents as he offers to pay any medical expenses.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Genuinely attempt to keep the town clean. After the death of Amber and Roy injuring the group in "Help" Ezekiel makes a full apology to the parents as he offers to pay any medical expenses. \n This is downplayed in the finale of part 1, suppressing any evidence of Mari's death to get The THUG killed and drugs off the street.

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* CopeByPretending: After Mari's death, Sunny decides to reject and accept that she was murdered by THE THUG and his accomplice, and proceeds to create HEADSPACE to recluse himself.

* {{Hikikomori}}: Becomes this at the end of CHILDHOOD, staying inside his room and going into HEADSPACE to cope with Mari's death.



* BigDamnHeroes: Comes with Mari to save Parsley from the Thug.

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* AnguishedOutburst: Lashes out on Kel at the ending of the first part while visiting Mari's grave, though he immediately feels remorse for his actions.

* BigDamnHeroes: Comes with Mari to save Parsley from the Thug.
Thug.



* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Him coming to the house at the time of Mari's death, having witness the THUG and His accomplice running out and thinking that they were responsible for Mari's death, and with Parsley and Sunny's confirmation of this, leads to the events of the ends that paints Mari as a drug addict and ruins her reputation.




* TranquilFury: The ending of Part 1 establishes this, holding back her rage and anger over who she thought was police incompetence and covering up.



* AbusiveParents: Implied to have had extremely abusive parents who degraded him on every corner.

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* AbusiveParents: Implied to have had extremely abusive parents who degraded him on every corner.
everything he did.



* DisappearedDad: After Mari's death, Daichi leaves the family one night, taking the car and leaving behind divorce papers on the table.



* AxCrazy: Pulls fully this in "Dakotazoid" when Sunny hits him in retaliation over making Dakota cry. He goes even worst in "Help" where he almost breaks Parsley's arm and drowns her. [[spoiler: Turns out this was due to the death of his sister]].

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* AxCrazy: Pulls fully this in "Dakotazoid" when Sunny hits him in retaliation over making Dakota cry. He goes even worst in "Help" where he almost breaks Parsley's arm and drowns her. [[spoiler: Turns out this was due to the death of his sister]].
sister.



* BullyTurnedBuddy: He makes peace with Parsley and the others.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Shows to care deeply for his little sister.

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* BullyTurnedBuddy: He makes peace with Parsley and the others.

others, and in the final chapter shows him gaining a close friendship with Kel.

* BigBrotherInstinct: Shows to care deeply for his little sister.
sister.



* FreudianExcuse: Possibly, as Sunny and Parsley sees that they think Roy's father, the cold mayor of the town, is why Roy is who he is. [[spoiler: His more barbaric tendencies through the ladder half of Arc 1 was out of grief for his sister's death]].

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: Kept his sister's favorite shoes after she passes away]]

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* FreudianExcuse: Possibly, as Sunny and Parsley sees that they think Roy's father, the cold mayor of the town, is why Roy is who he is. [[spoiler: His more barbaric tendencies through the ladder half of Arc 1 was out of grief for his sister's death]].

death.

* TragicKeepsake: [[spoiler: Kept his sister's favorite shoes after she passes away]]
away.



* AbusiveParents: Apparently when seeing that Roy used the sick Amber as a way to approve for the town to do a small barbecue day, he strikes him across the face in anger offscreen. Turns out his relationship with Roy is not great, [[spoiler: Due to the death of Amber]].

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* AbusiveParents: Apparently when seeing that Roy used the sick Amber as a way to approve for the town to do a small barbecue day, he strikes him across the face in anger offscreen. Turns out his relationship with Roy is not great, [[spoiler: Due to the death of Amber]].
Amber.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Genuinely attempt to keep the town clean. [[spoiler: After the death of Amber]] and Roy injuring the group in "Help" Ezekiel makes a full apology to the parents as he offers to pay any medical expenses.

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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Genuinely attempt to keep the town clean. [[spoiler: After the death of Amber]] Amber and Roy injuring the group in "Help" Ezekiel makes a full apology to the parents as he offers to pay any medical expenses.



* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Passes away sometime before Dakotazoid]].

* MoralityPet: Serves this towards Roy, [[spoiler: and her death sends him spiraling]].

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Has only a few appearances before her death offscreen]]

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* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: Passes away sometime before Dakotazoid]].

Dakotazoid.

* MoralityPet: Serves this towards Roy, [[spoiler: and her death sends him spiraling]].

spiraling.

* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: WeHardlyKnewYe: Has only a few appearances before her death offscreen]]offscreen.

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* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: [[HiddenDepth Surprisingly]], has a key eye for observation, as he manages to understand Parley's struggles and hardships in order to manipulate her. He also figures out quickly over Sunny accidentally killing Mari due to his expression.

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* CopKiller: Possibly killed a cop during their standoff, having stabbed him and leaving him in critical condition.

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: [[HiddenDepth [[HiddenDepths Surprisingly]], has a key eye for observation, as he manages to understand Parley's struggles and hardships in order to manipulate her. He also figures out quickly over Sunny accidentally killing Mari due to his expression.



* HateSink: Is completely despicable person who deals drugs to children which causes them to be drugged out or killed from it,

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* HateSink: Is completely despicable person who deals drugs to children which causes them to be drugged out or killed from it,
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** KarmaHoudiniWarranty: Ended up getting this [[KilledOffscreen offscreen]], as it's revealed in the news report he was shot to death during a police standoff.
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* AccidentalMurder: During their big argument, Sunny pushes Mari back after she shoves him on the wall and tried to see if he was okay, leading Mari accidentally falling down the stairs to her death.

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* AccidentalMurder: AccidentalMurder: During their big argument, Sunny pushes Mari back after she shoves him on the wall and tried to see if he was okay, leading Mari accidentally falling down the stairs to her death.

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* AccidentalMurder: During their big argument, Sunny pushes Mari back after she shoves him on the wall and tried to see if he was okay, leading Mari accidentally falling down the stairs to her death.



* CoolBigSis: Is a protective older sister and sister figure towards others, and especially towards her brother Sunny.m

* DoomedByCanon: Given how the original games go, it's made clear she's not gonna live long.

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* CoolBigSis: Is a protective older sister and sister figure towards others, and especially towards her brother Sunny.m

Sunny.

* DoomedByCanon: Given how the original games go, it's made clear she's not gonna live long.
long, which makes clear at the end of the first part.



* ThePerfectionist: It's clear Mari has this reputation about being the best around in the city and a role model to look up to. These put massive pressures on Mari to the point of seemingly snapping.



* SanitySlippage: Ends up losing it for ''some reason'' after the chapter "Party" with being easy to snap and is shown to be stressed out. In the penultimate chapter of Part 1, Mari begins to put extreme pressure on Sunny and outright yells at him during one of their practices, leading to a major fight which ends in Mari being shoved down the stairs.

* StaircaseTumble: How Mari dies, being accidentally shoved down the stairs by Sunny during the fight.



* AdaptationalVillainy: Downplayed, as Parsley isn't as malicious as the original game counterpart. However, unlike the game counterpart, who made Mari's death look like a suicide, this version outright frames two other people for Mari's death to protect Sunny, which possibly results in their lives ruining. Though, to be fair, [[HateSink one of the people framed aren't too likable either way]]



* DespairEventHorizon: Faces this after Mari's death, having become a teary eyed mess as she decides to go into denial towards Sunny's actions and decides to frame two people to do it.

* FrameUp: Parsley frames the death of Mari to both The THUG and his accomplice, the Glasses wearing Man.



* BlackmailBackfire: When discovering Mari's corpse and figures out Sunny and Parsley were responsible, he attempts to subtly blackmail them, saying that if they call the cops they'll get in trouble as well, and attempts to use this to convince them to help clean the crime scene. This fails when Parsley throws a phone at him and locks herself and Sunny in the bathroom to hide.

* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: [[HiddenDepth Surprisingly]], has a key eye for observation, as he manages to understand Parley's struggles and hardships in order to manipulate her. He also figures out quickly over Sunny accidentally killing Mari due to his expression.



* ManipulativeBastard: Apparently used kids insecurities and fears into convincing them to buy their drugs, promising that it can "help" them.

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* ManipulativeBastard: Apparently used kids insecurities and fears into convincing them to buy their drugs, promising that it can "help" them.
them. He also attempts to do this to Sunny and Parsley, attempting to force them to help frame Mari's death as a suicide. This fails.



* WouldHurtAChild: Deals drugs to young children, leading them to slowly ruin themselves or even kills them.

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* WouldHurtAChild: Deals drugs to young children, leading them to slowly ruin themselves or even kills them. \n He attempts to attack Sunny and Parsley with a switchblade when they hide away in the bathroom.

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