History Fanfic / PhantomThievesOfHope

* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: The first clue Shuichi gets that something is wrong with Kaede's home life is when he sees her, who he knows to be an upbeat GenkiGirl, crying.

** Much like Ann, who she shares a voice actress with, Kaede winds up becoming a Phantom Thief (albeit as the team's sixth member rather than the fourth).

** Hajime's parents, as seen in Chapter 47, are a right piece of work, with them both outright hating Hajime's RidiculouslyAverageGuy status and wholeheartedly dismissing him, fueling his {{Inferiority Complex}}

** Hajime's parents, as seen in Chapter 47, are a right piece of work, with them both outright hating Hajime's RidiculouslyAverageGuy status and wholeheartedly dismissing him, fueling his InferiorityComplex

** Makoto possesses the power of the Wild Card and has multiple Personas, but his initial Persona, Mickey, specializes in {{Light|EmUp}} skills

*** Kyoko and Chiaki are exceptions to this. Kyoko [[TeamNormal has no Persona]], and Chiaki is a [[SensorCharacter support unit]]

* PetTheDog: Kirie promises Kaede she will treat her to something nice once the Tokyo Dome performance is over. This regrettably never happens, as she is arrested and charged for her crimes. Kaede instead goes out with her sister Kaori.

-->'''Makoto:'''

** Fuhito Kirigiri, a corrupted detective, confessed to his crimes in a television show hosted by Taka Takahiro. Taka Takahiro is a character from a Danganronpa fangame (Danganronpa Antebellum) where he is guilty of tampering with evidence in murders to make them more interesting for his crime-based television show.

* {{Irony}}: Chiaki's Persona is Alexy Pajitnov, the creator of ''VideoGame/{{Tetris}}. ''Danganronpa'' canon establishes that ''Tetris'' is the one game Chiaki is notoriously bad at, which is why Monokuma uses it for Alter Ego Chiaki's execution in ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa2GoodbyeDespair''.

* TheTeamNormal: Kyoko, post-2nd Palace, joins the team as an advisor and FriendOnTheForce (and a dash of being an ItemCaddy) but she (and WordOfGod) makes it clear she will NOT get a persona and join the frontlines.

** In Chapter 33, Komaru and Makoto have an exchange lifted straight out of ''Series/Community''.

** In Chapter 5, when she joins the cheerleading squad at her school, Komaru and Kanon Nakajima mention a "Tomori-senpai", a reference to Kizuna Tomori from Danganronpa: Another Despair Academy.

** In Chapter 33, Komaru and Makoto have an exchange lifted straight out of ''Series/ParksAndRecreation''.

* PackedHero: Downplayed. In Fuhito Kirigiri's Palace, there are conveyor machines that turn those who pass through them into tiny wooden dolls. This happens to Komaru first and is played for banter and laughs, as well as aiding the thieves in their exploits, like helping them fit through small vents and holes. When in doll form, the thieves' weapons and physical strength are useless, but Shuichi later finds out they can still summon their Personas due to their souls and will still be intact.

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** [[spoiler:Izuru Kamukura will be a target due to the Phantom Thieves to hopefully bring Hajime back to how he was originally, kind of like trying to free Futaba of her trauma and pain.]]