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* SanitySlippage: As part of her role as Loki in the play Philia, Rairai makes up a slanderous story in order to have her feel genuine rage. However, while her acting for the role improved, it also caused her to become increasingly consumed by her hatred, getting more and more hot-tempered, with everyone becoming increasingly worried to where she was headed. This eventually blows up at the most critical moment where during the play her emotions boil over for real and she starts going off script and starts unloading onto Kohaku who is acting as Odin.
* [[invoked]]EnforcedMethodActing: Taking a page from the late Oumi, he comes to the belief that the best way to bring out an actors potential is to break them and put them through the same scenarios as the characters they act. Horror stories include the likes of throwing a girl into a late with weights tied to her in order for her to learn the reality of drowning, and another involving him lighting another actress clothes on fire to simulate the experience of being burned at the stake. Needless to say, he has earned a rather infamous reputation amongst other troupes.
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* TrainingFromHell: Taking a page from the late Oumi, he comes to the belief that the best way to bring out an actors potential is to break them and put them through the same scenarios as the characters they act. Horror stories include the likes of throwing a girl into a late with weights tied to her in order for her to learn the reality of drowning, and another involving him lighting another actress clothes on fire to simulate the experience of being burned at the stake. Needless to say, he has earned a rather infamous reputation amongst other troupes.
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* CerebusSyndrome: Starts out fairly silly and lighthearted despite the rather tragic opening but slowly starts to become increasingly grim as the dark side of theatre and the lengths some people go for the perfect play starts to be layed bare with characters being brought to the brink of insanity or outright break from what they put both themselves and others trough.
* GreenEyedMonster: Due to his own failures he holds a deep jealousy towards those he calls geniuses and an ever deeper one towards those who are normal but still succeed. He is aware of this and tries to keep it under wraps, but it bubbles to the surface every now and again.
* JadeColoredGlasses: While he has always had a rougher-than-sandpaper personality, in his youth he used to be quite the idealist but repeated exposure to the dark side of theatre slowly made him more and more jaded with the industry and the world at large.
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* MaliciousSlander: As Meguri is getting closer to Tamaki, Rairai has an article made up for the school newspaper that slanders her about her flirtatious behavior by making it seem like they are in a sexual relationship. All this to create a scar in her heart for the sake of the play Philia.
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** As Meguri is getting closer to Tamaki, Rairai has an article made up for the school newspaper that slanders her about her flirtatious behavior by making it seem like they are in a sexual relationship. All this to create a scar in her heart for the sake of the playPhilia.Philia.
** A flashback shows that he did something similar towards Yuuen back in his youth, though that time with the intention of ruining her career in a fit of jealousy as he couldn't stand seeing her succeed where he himself failed. The troupe he was with at the time found out and promptly fired him over this, but Yuuen still quit as she couldn't bear the rumors. Though this incident also improved her acting which acted as the catalyst for putting Rairai onto his current path in becoming more and more like the late Oumi.
** As Meguri is getting closer to Tamaki, Rairai has an article made up for the school newspaper that slanders her about her flirtatious behavior by making it seem like they are in a sexual relationship. All this to create a scar in her heart for the sake of the play
** A flashback shows that he did something similar towards Yuuen back in his youth, though that time with the intention of ruining her career in a fit of jealousy as he couldn't stand seeing her succeed where he himself failed. The troupe he was with at the time found out and promptly fired him over this, but Yuuen still quit as she couldn't bear the rumors. Though this incident also improved her acting which acted as the catalyst for putting Rairai onto his current path in becoming more and more like the late Oumi.
* TrainingFromHell: Taking a page from the late Oumi, he comes to the belief that the best way to bring out an actors potential is to break them and put them through the same scenarios as the characters they act. Horror stories include the likes of throwing a girl into a late with weights tied to her in order for her to learn the reality of drowning, and another involving him lighting another actress clothes on fire to simulate the experience of being burned at the stake. Needless to say, he has earned a rather infamous reputation amongst other troupes.
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* TrainingFromHell: He was infamous for putting those under him through some absolutely horrific scenarios in the name of improving their acting skills. It eventually got so bad that one of those under him committed suicide which kickstarted his own fall and eventual humbling. He gives Rairai a stern warning when he notices that the young man is headed in the same direction he himself once had been.
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* MethodActing: A recurring theme is the lengths characters are willing to go in order the put themselves in the shoes of those they are acting out as, sometimes to unhealthy levels. A big part of Kohaku's character arc is the understanding of madness and emotional pain to act her role of Odin in Philia, and then of course there was Hyouko Orihara who went as far as taking her own life in order to truly live into her role.
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* TerribleArtist: While he wants to pick up a carrier in scriptwriting, he has to face the music that he is pretty awful when it comes to writing. While he has good ideas, the execution tends to be bottom of the barrel. Fortunately, Nanana turns out to be a very good editor.
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* SpottingTheThread: As Rairai is chewing out Meguri over the small scandal he himself created for her, Tamaki notices that Rairai let slip that he is 23 years old which clues him in to something not being quite right. Unfortunately Kyouko stops him from interfering.
* TerribleArtist: While he wants to pick up a carrier in scriptwriting, he has to face the music that he is pretty awful when it comes to writing. While he has good ideas, the execution tends to be bottom of the barrel. Fortunately, Nanana turns out to be a very goodeditor.editor while he himself being a decent director.
* TerribleArtist: While he wants to pick up a carrier in scriptwriting, he has to face the music that he is pretty awful when it comes to writing. While he has good ideas, the execution tends to be bottom of the barrel. Fortunately, Nanana turns out to be a very good
* EmotionlessGirl: Downplayed, while she can look cold and aloof, she can emote when needed but she still struggles to understand emotions and express them properly when on stage.
* LostInCharacter: To make up for her emotional deficiencies she sometimes acts one of her roles to compensate. As she keeps on practicing for her lead role as Odin in the play Philia however, the line between her acting and real behavior starts to increasingly blur with her even maintaining regular conversation in her acting mode.
* BreakTheHaughty: While calling her haughty might be a bit much, she can still be a bit full of herself at times, but Rairai's fake scandal piece really hit her emotionally with his subsequent verbal lashing breaking her down into tears as she finds herself unable to stand against him.
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* TheTease: When practicing for the upcoming play at Tamaki's place she decides to stay over the night, much to the flustered Tamaki's surprise, and then she begins flirting with him in some rather unsubtle ways including lifting her skirt in a seductive manner and even dropping a condom for him to pick up. While Tamaki's common sense won out in the end, it is clear that Meguri is far from done with teasing him.
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* TheTease: When practicing for the upcoming play at Tamaki's place she decides to stay over the night, much to the flustered Tamaki's surprise, and then she begins flirting with him in some rather unsubtle ways including lifting her skirt in a seductive manner and even dropping a condom for him to pick up. While Tamaki's common sense won out in the end, it is clear that Meguri is far from done with teasing him. That last bit however comes back to bite her in the worst possible way.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He knows he is an asshole and makes no excuses about it. Though this is mostly done for him to hid his caring side.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He knows he is an asshole and makes no excuses about it. Though this is mostly done for him to hid hide his caring side.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He is rude and abrasive and is very good at finding faults in everyone.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He is rude and abrasive and is very good at finding faults in everyone. While part of it is deliberate in order to make others dislike him, even at his best moments he is difficult to deal with.
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* MaliciousSlander: As Meguri is getting closer to Tamaki, Rairai has an article made up for the school newspaper that slanders her about her flirtatious behavior by making it seem like they are in a sexual relationship. All this to create a scar in her heart for the sake of the play Philia.
* NoSocialSkills: He is painfully aware of his own lack of social skills, but this mixed with his unpleasant attitude and dead focus on the world of acting can make him downright toxic to be around even when he means well.
* ThePerfectionist: While is normally more lenient, when there is a big play for the troupe looming he lets his nasty side show and will settle for nothing less than the very best out of everyone involved, even if it means even more trouble in the long run.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The lengths he goes to make a play the best it can be can be downright chilling at times and is not above doing things that will emotionally destroy those around him if it means their performances will improve. While he is aware of how this makes him look and is filled with no small amounts of self loathing over it, his perfectionist nature allows for nothing else.
* NoSocialSkills: He is painfully aware of his own lack of social skills, but this mixed with his unpleasant attitude and dead focus on the world of acting can make him downright toxic to be around even when he means well.
* ThePerfectionist: While is normally more lenient, when there is a big play for the troupe looming he lets his nasty side show and will settle for nothing less than the very best out of everyone involved, even if it means even more trouble in the long run.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: The lengths he goes to make a play the best it can be can be downright chilling at times and is not above doing things that will emotionally destroy those around him if it means their performances will improve. While he is aware of how this makes him look and is filled with no small amounts of self loathing over it, his perfectionist nature allows for nothing else.
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* BaseBreakingCharacter: Rairai Tengaku, the chairman of the Lampyris Troupe. Either he is seen as a deeply flawed and complex character who will do anything for the perfect play or as an unrepentant asshole who is impossible to root for in any capacity whose actions only make him more hateable.
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* ObliviousToLove: Despite the ever more obvious clues to the fact that the girls are all falling for him, he remains clueless to most of them. It is only when they are the most forward or blunt with their feelings that it registers.
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* INeverSaidItWasPoison: Mundane example. As the girls are asking for refreshments at Tamaki's place and he reveals he has some black tea at home, Meguri let's slip that it is Earl Grey even though she isn't supposed to know this unless she had meet with Tamaki previously. This leads to a chain of small blunders where she is eventually forced to reveal that she slept over at in his home.
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* FirstNameBasis: She only ever refers to Rairai by his first name. This is mostly due to him being a jerk and she knows he hates being called by his first name.
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* IveComeTooFar: The reason she carries on acting despite her hatred for her grandfather is simply from the fact that her skills is all she has. Her youth was so controlled that she can't think of any other life than the one on the stage.
* SupremeChef: She is a surprisingly talented cook, something largely brought about by her desire for independence and thus learned cooking in order to take care of herself.
* TheTease: When practicing for the upcoming play at Tamaki's place she decides to stay over the night, much to the flustered Tamaki's surprise, and then she begins flirting with him in some rather unsubtle ways including lifting her skirt in a seductive manner and even dropping a condom for him to pick up. While Tamaki's common sense won out in the end, it is clear that Meguri is far from done with teasing him.
* {{Touche}}: When she calls out Rairai on his selfishness he only fires back that she is pretty selfish herself with it most likely coming from her grandfather. Meguri is forced to yield the point as even she can't deny it.
* SupremeChef: She is a surprisingly talented cook, something largely brought about by her desire for independence and thus learned cooking in order to take care of herself.
* TheTease: When practicing for the upcoming play at Tamaki's place she decides to stay over the night, much to the flustered Tamaki's surprise, and then she begins flirting with him in some rather unsubtle ways including lifting her skirt in a seductive manner and even dropping a condom for him to pick up. While Tamaki's common sense won out in the end, it is clear that Meguri is far from done with teasing him.
* {{Touche}}: When she calls out Rairai on his selfishness he only fires back that she is pretty selfish herself with it most likely coming from her grandfather. Meguri is forced to yield the point as even she can't deny it.
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* AtLeastIAdmitIt: He knows he is an asshole and makes no excuses about it. Though this is mostly done for him to hid his caring side.
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* BreakTheHaughty: Following the scandal of one of his students committing suicide due to his actions he was changed completely as a man, going from a strict and almost cruel man to someone who only wanted to find the simple joy of acting.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: His strictness ultimately ended up being his undoing as one of his students committed suicide due to his tutoring. This started a chain of troubles for Oumi that caused the once renowned director to be reduced to a shadow of his former self, being stuck tutoring for children's school clubs and the like.
* HowTheMightyHaveFallen: His strictness ultimately ended up being his undoing as one of his students committed suicide due to his tutoring. This started a chain of troubles for Oumi that caused the once renowned director to be reduced to a shadow of his former self, being stuck tutoring for children's school clubs and the like.
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* CuteClumsyGirl: Despite her attempts to appear as the orderly sort she is very clumsy and sloppy. Hana notes one instance where Rize wanted to take her own measurements for a costume rather than having someone else do it only to end up tangled in the measuring tape.
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* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: She struggles to understand the concept of love which becomes a problem when she wants to act a role the requires that understanding. It leads to her trying to express her love for Tamaki and then requesting that he rejects her love, all so that she can feel the pain of that rejection.
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* HatesTheirParent: Or grandparent in this case. Meguri absolutely despises Oumi due to how strict and neglectful he was towards his family and herself in particular. She was trained for the stage by him from day one and his spartan way of doing things did not endear him in her eyes. It did not get better when he formed the Lampyris Troupe and kept rejecting her from joining it. All this stuck with Meguri well after the old man passed away and she hates him to this day.
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* TookALevelInKindness: According to Meguri, he used to be incredibly strict and downright spartan in his approach to acting which earned him the ire of many but that in his later years he softened considerably and became much easier to be around. That said, he was still very strict and harsh with Meguri herself.
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* AllWorkVsAllPlay: A recurring theme throughout the novel is the concept of those who take acting very seriously vs those who do it simply cause they enjoy it.
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* TheFinalTemptation: She is approached by Kyouko who tempts her with the possibility of getting Nanana to love her back. Futaba shoots it down as to her, that would be trampling over the very idea of love and would be nothing more than domination.
* {{Gayngst}}: Defied. While Oboro was concerned about Futaba's future given her sexuality, it turned out that she had already made peace with her reality and when Kyouko tried to ensnare her by playing into this, Futaba simply shoots her down.
* HighHopesZeroTalent: She wants to get into acting, but her severe lack of talent hinders her dreams quite severely.
* {{Gayngst}}: Defied. While Oboro was concerned about Futaba's future given her sexuality, it turned out that she had already made peace with her reality and when Kyouko tried to ensnare her by playing into this, Futaba simply shoots her down.
* HighHopesZeroTalent: She wants to get into acting, but her severe lack of talent hinders her dreams quite severely.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She delivers a scathing retort to Kyouko in response to her DealWithTheDevil, picking apart just how shallow her understanding of love and relationships truly is.
* RomanticRunnerUp: She loves Nanana, but she also knows that Nanana loves Tamaki and decides to respect that. While she knows that her love will be forever unrequited, she also knows that it is true, and that is good enough for her.
* RomanticRunnerUp: She loves Nanana, but she also knows that Nanana loves Tamaki and decides to respect that. While she knows that her love will be forever unrequited, she also knows that it is true, and that is good enough for her.
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* AndThenWhat: He ends up being quite concerned for Futaba as the way she is currently going, she is developing genuine feelings for Nanana even though they are only supposed to act together for the next play. But what about after the play is done? Nanana after all is clearly having eyes for Tamaki and then comes in the whole issue of how the rest of the world view same sex relationships, especially during the school years, which could open Futaba up for all kinds of unpleasant experiences.
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* AndThenWhat: He ends up being quite concerned for Futaba as the way she is currently going, she is developing genuine feelings for Nanana even though they are only supposed to act together for the next play. But what about after the play is done? Nanana after all is clearly having eyes for Tamaki and then comes in the whole issue of how the rest of the world view same sex relationships, especially during the school years, which could open Futaba up for all kinds of unpleasant experiences. Though as it turned out, his fears were unfounded and Futaba had already made peace with the idea.
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!!Hyouko OriharaOrihara / Kyouko Orihara / Mirai Sewa
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* SatanicArchetype: She often appears to tempt the various characters and tries to exploit their personal flaws with honeyed words in order to make them reject reality and choose the fantasy.
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!!Oumi Niounomiya
The founder of the Lampyris Troupe and the grandfather of Meguri. He had grown weary of everyone taking acting so seriously and founded the group as a means for those with less talent to still act for their enjoyment of it.
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The founder of the Lampyris Troupe and the grandfather of Meguri. He had grown weary of everyone taking acting so seriously and founded the group as a means for those with less talent to still act for their enjoyment of it.
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* PosthumousCharacter: He is long dead by the time the story starts, yet the impact of his actions resonate throughout the narrative.
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: She has very low alcohol tolerance. A single sip was enough to make her completely sloshed.
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: She has very low alcohol tolerance. A single sip was enough to make her completely sloshed.
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