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** If you, for some reason, decide to meet Sohta while you're covered in blood when she's with Ayaka, Sohta will kill you, thinking you're a monster.

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** If you, for some reason, decide to meet Sohta while you're covered in blood when she's he's with Ayaka, Sohta will kill you, thinking you're a monster.
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** If you, for some reason, decide to meet Sohta while you're covered in blood when she's with Ayaka, Sohta will kill you, thinking you're a monster.
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* NonStandardGameOver: If you enter the large room that contains the [[LockedDoor door]] to the roof, you will be trailed by a little ghost girl that is singing "Kagome, Kagome". Unless you have the key to the door, your only option is to turn around, which will lead to the little girl brutally murdering you.
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* ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler: When Aki enters Yoshino's hell that Yoshino receives as punishment for what she did to Misao, an image of Misao says "NEVER FORGIVE". Aki then sees that a lot of Misaos are beating up on Yoshino, and probably have been for a long time.]]
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* TraumaCongaLine: Poor, poor [[spoiler: Misao]]. [[spoiler: Rejected by her best friend, who ignores the bullying she's receiving. Asked out by the boy she likes, only to find later that he's cheating on her. The other girl posts one of her mushy texts on the school wall for all to see. The bullies become more brutal in their bullying of her. She gets raped. She cries to a seemingly sympathetic teacher...who then rapes and murders her. Cue becoming a spirit out for revenge.]]
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* CryIntoChest: [[spoiler: Sohta]] does this in "Truth" when Aki tells him that [[spoiler: his students really did care about him.]]
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* OnceMoreWithClarity: At first, the scenes in the infirmary are played as [[spoiler: Ayaka having a FreakOut, Mr. Sohta staying to protect her, and Aki leaving them only to come back and find that they were attacked and Ayaka died.]] However, in the "Truth" ending, we learn that [[spoiler: Ayaka accidentally discovered Mr. Sohta's secret, Mr. Sohta chased her down and tricked Aki into leaving, murdered Ayaka, and then injured himself in order to make it seem like he'd gotten hurt protecting Ayaka.]]
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* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Aki beating up on [[spoiler: Misao]] with a bat when the latter is [[spoiler: torturing Yoshino endlessly]] is as much to help [[spoiler: Misao]] calm down as it is to [[spoiler: save Yoshino.]]
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* DisproportionateRetribution: Onigawara considers that [[spoiler: Misao took her revenge on everyone besides Mr. Sohta too far]] and asks Aki to [[spoiler: save them.]]
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* AntiFrustrationFeatures: You are not allowed to quicksave in areas where a ghost is out to attack you, thereby preventing situations of the game becoming {{Unwinnable}}.

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* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: Misao wants Tohma to be hers forever...]]

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** A minor character named Miho who only appears in the bad ending also has green hair.
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Misao wants Tohma to be hers forever...]]
** While the bad end implies that [[spoiler: Misao is not Sohta's only victim,]] when [[spoiler: Sohta]] kills [[spoiler: Misao]], [[spoiler: he insists that she's his now. And keeps her body parts around.
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* ILoveTheDead: [[spoiler: When Ayaka finds pieces of Misao in Sohta's desk, Sohta comes along and Ayaka learns that Sohta apparently does....things....with these pieces of Misao's corpse.]]

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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Certain lines here are repeated in ''VideoGame/MadFather'', and the character of [[spoiler:Onigawara reappears as Ogre]].

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** You find a piece of [[spoiler: Misao's body]] in a locker that you opened with a key that [[spoiler: Sohta]] dropped. [[spoiler: Sohta]] sends you away to find tranquilizer that he supposedly keeps in his desk. After you find [[spoiler: Ayaka dead and Sohta injured]], [[spoiler: Sohta]] gives you more pieces of [[spoiler: Misao's body.]] This is not a coincidence.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Mr. Sohta kills Ayaka after she discovers he's keeping pieces of Misao's body in his desk. If you get the bad ending, Mr. Sohta kills Aki after she learns he killed Misao.]]



* [[spoiler:PrankDate: Tohma only started going out with Misao because he ''could'', and was stringing along her and Otome at the same time.]]

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* [[spoiler:PrankDate: PrankDate: [[spoiler: Tohma only started going out with Misao because he ''could'', and was stringing along her and Otome at the same time.]]
* RapeAsDrama: [[spoiler: Yoshino coerces another student into giving Misao "lots of love", then when Sohta finds Misao crying after that experience, he pretends to listen to her before raping her. And then murders her. Hence Misao's rage at Yoshino and Sohta in particular.
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* IdiotBall: Aki unfortunately grabs one during [[spoiler:the infirmary sequence]], forcing the player to comply with a particularly painful ButThouMust.
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* AlphaBitch: Yoshino.

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* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults

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* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsultsBathroomStallOfOverheardInsults: Seen in the "Truth" path while Aki tries to [[spoiler:save Saotome]].



* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: During the "Truth" path, once Aki shows [[spoiler:Otome how Tohma's betrayed and used her, she turns on him. And borrows Aki's bat first.]]



* WoundedGazelleGambit: Performed by [[spoiler:Mister Sohta after Ayaka's death]]

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* WoundedGazelleGambit: Performed by [[spoiler:Mister Sohta after Ayaka's death]]death]].

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* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Kudou, making him stand out among all the browns, oranges and blondes of their classmates.

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* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the good ending, Aki punishes Misao's murderer and helps her spirit find some peace, but Saotome, Yoshino, Kudou and Ayaka all died and were forgotten by the rest of their classmates.]]

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[[spoiler:In the good ending, Aki punishes Misao's murderer and helps her spirit find some peace, but Saotome, Yoshino, Kudou and Ayaka all died and were forgotten by the rest of their classmates.]]
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** Also, Mr. Sohta, who has greenish hair.
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** Ironic considering how Aki Wouldn't use the Salt Nor the Fire extinguisher, Considering that too "Mean"
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** [[spoiler: There's an invisible option right under the load button giving you the code to the [[DeveloperRoom Developer Room]]

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** [[spoiler: There's an invisible option right under the load button giving you the code to the [[Developerroom Developer room]]

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** [[spoiler: There's an invisible option right under the load button giving you the code to the [[Developerroom [[DeveloperRoom Developer room]]Room]]
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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler: Onigawara has a secret code you can find if you're clever enough......]]
** [[spoiler: There's an invisible option right under the load button giving you the code to the [[Developerroom Developer room]]
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**Ironic considering how Aki Wouldn't use the Salt Nor the Fire extinguisher, Considering that too "Mean"

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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler:Misao, Otome and Yoshino]] are all in love with [[spoiler:Tohma]], who ultimately is [[ItsAllAboutMe too self-absorbed]] to really return any feelings. Ayaka has a massive crush on Mr. Sohta, and [[spoiler:Kudou]] is revealed to have kept their feelings for [[spoiler:Misao]] bottled up for too long. "Truth" also reveals that [[spoiler:Sohta's childhood friend/crush Tanako didn't feel the same way]], which didn't end well.
* AmbiguousSituation: After helping [[spoiler:Kudou cope with his guilt]] in the "Truth" scenario, Aki wonders to herself whether or not [[spoiler:the vision of Misao who appeared and accepted his feelings]] was real or not. WordOfGod only reveals that [[spoiler:Misao didn't return his feelings]], and leaves open whether or not [[spoiler:she accepted them to ease his guilt or that was all in his own head]].
* [[spoiler:AndYourRewardIsInfancy]]: The Truth storyline starts out with Aki being asked to help [[spoiler:the victims of Misao's curse]] earn this.



* AssholeVictim: Aki isn't exactly broken up over not being able to save [[spoiler:Yoshino from her brutal demise]].

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* AssholeVictim: Aki isn't exactly broken up over not being able about 'forgetting to save [[spoiler:Yoshino from her brutal demise]].save' [[spoiler:Yoshino]]. [[spoiler:When the {{Flashback}}s reveal precisely what Yoshino ''did'' to Misao, well...]]



* ChainsawGood: Wielding by the MadScientist who [[spoiler:kills Yoshino]].



* {{Determinator}}: Regardless of what she has to go through, Aki is absolutely determined to save Misao's soul. This extends to the point that when she discovers [[spoiler:somebody else must be sacrificed]], she's willing to volunteer ''herself'' for the role.



* EarnYourHappyEnding: The point of the "Truth" arc.



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* JumpScareItsUpToYou: Onigawara tells Aki she's the only one capable of reaching out to Misao. In the Truth arc, she's supposedly also the only one capable of [[spoiler:helping the others reincarnate as infants]].
* JumpScare: Which at times include art cut-ins.



* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: Saotome is the first to die.]]

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* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: Saotome is the first to die. Ayaka doesn't get to make it out, either.]]



* LaserGuidedKarma: Both positive and negative in the Truth Ending: [[spoiler:Ayaka, who had done nothing to wrong Misao and died tragically at the hands of her idol, is revived by Onigawara and is able to live happily in the other world]]. On the flip side, [[spoiler:the selfish Tohma also gets stranded there, and isn't quite so thrilled about it]].



* NeverMyFault: Tohma very firmly insists he's not to blame for any of the crap happening around them.

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* NeverMyFault: Tohma very firmly staunchly insists he's not to blame for any of the crap happening around them.them. [[spoiler:This despite stringing along and manipulating Misao, Otome and Yoshino the whole time.]]

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Misao believes Otome to be this.]]

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* BatterUp: One of the items Aki finds is a bat. Not very useful against the evil spirits, but good for smashing up other things...
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Misao believes Otome to be this.this, since she was apparently the one who posted her romantic text to Tohma for all to see.]]
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:In the good ending, Aki punishes Misao's murderer and helps her spirit find some peace, but Saotome, Yoshino, Kudou and Ayaka all died and were forgotten by the rest of their classmates.]]
** [[spoiler:In the Truth ending, everyone who was killed in the other world is either reincarnated into babies or resurrected to help care for them, and Misao is finally able to truly let go of her anger.
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* CannotSpitItOut: A tragic example occurs when [[spoiler:Ayaka can't warn Aki about what she's discovered]]. Aki only learns the full truth about what they were trying to say in "Truth".



* CannotSpitItOut: A tragic example occurs when [[spoiler:Ayaka can't warn Aki about what she's discovered]]. Aki only learns the full truth about what they were trying to say in "Truth".

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* CannotSpitItOut: A tragic example occurs when [[spoiler:Ayaka can't warn Aki about what she's discovered]]. Aki only learns ClingyJealousGirl: Part of the full truth about what they were trying reason Yoshino bullied Misao so much, as well as why [[spoiler:Otome posted her romantic text for everyone to say in "Truth".see.]]


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* DidntSeeThatComing: Word of God in the DevelopersRoom reveals [[spoiler:Misao expected Aki to sacrifice Tohma so that they could be together forever, and is shocked if she chooses to kill Sohta instead]].


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* {{Foreshadowing}}: Certain lines here are repeated in ''VideoGame/MadFather'', and the character of [[spoiler:Onigawara reappears as Ogre]].


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* FreudianExcuse: "Truth" reveals that [[spoiler:Mr. Sohta used to be bullied about being unattractive. When one girl started spending time around him as a friend, he fell in love with her, only to be rejected when he made a move. He then changed his appearance, but believed everyone only cared about his looks rather than him as a person]].


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* HalfHumanHybrid: Implied with [[spoiler:the player character]]; the developer's room mentions this and alludes to the possibility of confirming it in a follow-up game.


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* [[spoiler:KillTheCutie: Saotome is the first to die.]]


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* PoorCommunicationKills: Being unable to spit it out leads directly to [[spoiler:Ayaka's death]]. In "Truth", it's tragically revealed that [[spoiler:Mr. Sohta overheard her gushing to her friends about how attractive he was, but ran off before overhearing that they loved his kind personality as well]].
* [[spoiler:PrankDate: Tohma only started going out with Misao because he ''could'', and was stringing along her and Otome at the same time.]]


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* RedEyesTakeWarning: In "Truth", [[spoiler:Aki's revealed to be wearing contacts, and WordOfGod alludes to her possibly having some sort of demonic heritage]]. [[spoiler:Misao also has these as an evil spirit.]]
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''Misao'' is a freeware horror game by Miscreant's Room with the WOLF RPG Editor. This same group went on to create ''VideoGame/MadFather''.

Misao was just an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent, who didn't particularly stand out at all... until three months ago, when she stopped coming to class. And she wasn't at home, either... Though nobody knew what happened to her, rumors started spreading that she'd already passed away. As they joke about the idea of her haunting the school and cursing her classmates, a sudden earthquake takes out the lights, and Aki hears a voice pleading for help. Seperated from the others, she sets out to discover the truth behind Misao's disappearance and the curse...

This game was translated into English by vgboy, and can be found [[http://vgboy.dabomstew.com/other/misao.htm right here]].

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!!''Misao'' contains examples of:

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Despite his reputation, Aki seems to have a crush on Tohma. [[spoiler:However, she changes her mind after seeing him ditch Otome]]. In the "Truth" ending, [[spoiler:she doesn't even particularly care about leaving him behind in the other world]].
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler:Kudou]] makes one shortly before dying. [[spoiler:Misao's spirit appears and coldly rejects it.]]
* AssholeVictim: Aki isn't exactly broken up over not being able to save [[spoiler:Yoshino from her brutal demise]].
* BathroomStallOfOverheardInsults
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Misao believes Otome to be this.]]
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Aki ends up covered in blood after [[spoiler:hiding in the test subject's stomach]].
* TheBully: Yoshino.
* TheCasanova: Tohma, who has a reputation for being a lech. Ayaka teases Aki for [[AllGirlsWantBadBoys being interested anyway]].
* CharacterPortrait
* CannotSpitItOut: A tragic example occurs when [[spoiler:Ayaka can't warn Aki about what she's discovered]]. Aki only learns the full truth about what they were trying to say in "Truth".
* DarkSkinnedBlond: Tohma has a noticable tan compared to his classmates, matched with spiky, darker blond hair.
* DevelopersRoom: Can be accessed after beating "Truth" with a special password, and contains extra information and notes about the storyline and the various characters.
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Tohma, for all his big talk, abandons Otome the moment she's in trouble]].
* DismantledMacGuffin: In order to break the curse, Aki must find the six parts of [[spoiler:Misao's body]].
* FourIsDeath: There are four graves near the shrine. [[spoiler:To break the curse, four people whom Misao despised in life must die.]]
* GirlPosse: Yoshino is in charge of one.
* GirlishPigtails: Aki has these.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Used when [[spoiler:Aki kills someone]].
* HelloInsertNameHere: You can rename Aki at the start of the game. [[spoiler:You also get to give Miss Library a name after befriending her.]]
* HintSystem: Miss Library will gladly provide Aki with plenty of hints if asked.
* HotForTeacher: Ayaka has a major crush on Sohta, to the point of where her first priority after the earthquake is [[SkewedPriorities snooping through his desk]] to learn more about him.
* [[spoiler:HumanSacrifice: Not only must Aki sacrifice the pieces of Misao's body, but four people whom she despised in life must die as well.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Saotome is called 'Otome' for short.
* IronicHell: In "Truth", [[spoiler:Yoshino is endlessly getting beaten up in a bathroom by several copies of Misao, just like how she and her gang of bullies beat up and abused Misao in life]].
* JumpScare
* JustifiedTutorial: The library functions as the tutorial room, where you can look up information about the game system on its [[PamphletShelf Pamphlet Shelves]].
* KindheartedCatLover: Used in "Truth" to showcase that a certain character wasn't always so twisted. [[spoiler:Though unfortunately, the cat was already beyond help when he found it.]]
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: Just looking at the wrong thing can lead to a very quick end for Aki.
* MultipleEndings: As with ''VideoGame/MadFather'', there are three:
** Bad Ending: [[spoiler:Aki sacrifices the wrong person and escapes the other world with them. Visions of how Misao died only lead the villain to conclude she knows too much...]]
** Good Ending: [[spoiler:Aki sacrifices the villain, returning the school to their own world. She then has visions of how Misao died and realizes she made the right choice, but still grieves for her.]]
** Truth Ending: [[spoiler:Aki helps those who died in the other world find peace and be reborn, and befriends Misao.]]
* MyGreatestFailure: Mister Sohta laments not taking the time to listen to Misao before her disappearance, feeling like it could have been prevented if he hadn't been so busy. [[spoiler:This isn't quite true.]]
* NeverMyFault: Tohma very firmly insists he's not to blame for any of the crap happening around them.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Miss Library, the school's vice president. So called because she spends all her time in the library.
* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Miss Library wears a pair of these, complete with spirals on the lenses.
* PointOfNoReturn: In "Truth", you can't go back after [[spoiler:touching Tohma's grave]]. The game's kind enough to warn you about this.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: After they're reunited, Aki calls [[spoiler:Tohma]] out for [[spoiler:abandoning Saotome]].
* RoseHairedGirl: Yoshino is the 'strong, passionate' type.
* SaveGameLimits: Principal Onigawara records your adventure for you. You can also quicksave at almost any time, but these will be lost whenever you quit the game, and there are certain areas that prohibit quicksaving.
* SelfInflictedHell: In "Truth", [[spoiler:Aki tells Kudou that all the Misaos surrounding and berating him are borne from his own guilt over his past failures]].
* ShoutOut: If Aki tries to get some juice without money, she's told: "But Aki didn't have any coins... [[VideoGame/ChronoTrigger And the machine refused to change]]..."
* SomethingWeForgot: During the credits of the Truth ending, it's revealed [[spoiler:Tohma got left behind in the other world]].
* StartOfDarkness: In "Truth", Aki can learn more about the past of [[spoiler:Mr. Sohta]] and learn how they became so disturbed.
* StrappedToAnOperatingTable: Aki finds [[spoiler:an unhappy Yoshino]] this way.
* StringyHairedGhostGirl: One appears if you [[spoiler:pick up the note in the main hall]] for a JumpScare. Another falls into a different hallway and tries to grab Aki.
* StuffedIntoALocker: This is where Aki discovers [[spoiler:her teacher]].
* TearsOfBlood: Seen in "Truth" when [[spoiler:Misao looks in the hand mirror]].
* WaitingPuzzle: Found in the [[spoiler:piano room]], where Aki must sit until [[spoiler:the ghost finishes performing]].
* WhatTheHellHero: In "Truth", [[spoiler:Misao is none too pleased when Aki stops her from beating up Yoshino by bashing her over the head with a bat.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: Performed by [[spoiler:Mister Sohta after Ayaka's death]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Green Hair]]: Kudou, making him stand out among all the browns, oranges and blondes of their classmates.
* [[spoiler:{{Yandere}}: Misao wants Tohma to be hers forever...]]

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