History VideoGame / Misao

** At the beginning of the game, Ayaka [[spoiler:mentions it's rumoured that Mr. Sohta has a hand fetish. Later in the game, Aki finds Misao's hands in his desk]].

* {{Bowdlerize}}: In ''Definitive Edition'', [[spoiler:Misao's body parts (except her hands) are replaced with her belongings when she died, including her broken cellphone, snapped hairtie, torn ribbon tie, blazer, muddy boots, and "mysterious blunder" (containing her dismembered hands, which are mostly covered that they could mistaken as mannequin hands). Her corpse only had her hands missing when Aki found it buried beneath the school ground in the good ending]].

* [[spoiler:AndYourRewardIsInfancy]]: The Truth storyline starts out with Aki being asked to help [[spoiler:the victims of Misao's curse]] earn this.

* 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]].
* 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 Takano didn't feel the same way]], which didn't end well.

* BlackComedy: Girl!Aki seems to enjoy indulging in this very frequently - most prominently when she ''giggles'' about [[spoiler:Yoshino's horrible death]]. The author also admits that they enjoy such surreal and dark humour in the [[DevelopersRoom Rec Room]], and apologises to anyone who may have found it tasteless at times.

* ClingyJealousGirl: Part of the reason Yoshino bullied Misao so much, as well as why [[spoiler:Otome posted her romantic text for everyone to see - if it was in fact Otome who did it.]]

* CryIntoChest: [[spoiler: Sohta]] does this in "Truth" when Aki tells him that [[spoiler: his students really did care about him.]]

* CuteGhostGir: Hanako-san.

** Misao herself turns out to be one as well. [[spoiler: She is quite dedicated to her pursuit of revenge against those who wronged her, and she was so determined to keep living after Sohta killed her that her body parts stayed fresh in his desk for ''three months''.]]

* 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]].
* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Tohma, for all his big talk, abandons Otome the moment she's in trouble]].

** Changed in the re-release. Now, its' six items of Misaos (mostly clothes, but also includes her cellphone. [[spoiler: The Item you get from Mr. Sohta is still her severed hands, only they're now in a package he tells you not to open]]).
* DisproportionateRetribution: In the Truth ending, [[spoiler: Onigawara tasks Aki with saving the people Misao wanted revenge on, because he believes Misao has taken it too far.]]

*** The remake adds some more references: Library's room looks more like Aya's (including having things like the dolls from ''VideoGame/MadFather'', Aya's bow and even a photo of Aya's mother), a doll room similar to the one that appears in Mad Father, a clone appearing in a similar manner to the reveal in the prior game and a diary retelling the plot of Mad Father.
** At one point, you find [[spoiler:a piece of Misao's body in a locker that you opened with a key that Sohta dropped. Sohta sends you away to find a tranquilizer that he supposedly keeps in his desk. After you find Ayaka dead and Sohta injured, Sohta gives you more pieces of Misao's body. This is not a coincidence, as it is not the fact that Sohta, who has an obsession with girls' hands, happens to have Misao's arms.]]
** At the beginning of the game, Ayaka [[spoiler:mentions it's rumoured that Mr. Sohta has a hand fetish. Later in the game, Aki finds Misao's hands in his desk.]]

* GainaxEnding: Even in the Good ending, the last thing the player will see is [[spoiler:Misao standing in the classroom.]]
* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: [[spoiler: During the Truth ending, Aki attacks Misao with a baseball bat in order to rescue Yoshino ''and'' get Misao to calm down.]]

* 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.]]

* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:In order to appease Misao's spirit, Aki must use sacrifice four people whom Misao despised in life - as well as the pieces of Misao's corpse.]] In the 2017 remake, [[spoiler: its' no longer the pieces of her corpse you need, rather its' six of her personal effects. Granted, one of them is her hands, still...]]
* ILoveTheDead: [[spoiler: Sohta keeps pieces of Misao's corpse in his desk. It's implied he has ...personal... reasons for doing so.]]

* 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.]]

*** Edited in the remake: [[spoiler: There is an extra scene after they get back to the real world, where Aki heads to the spot where they saw the villain bury Misao, and digs her up. Misao thanks Aki for finding her, and apparently passes on.]]

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

* NotSoDifferent: Misao and [[spoiler:Mr. Sohta, her killer]], who both [[spoiler:were tormented and bullied by their peers and coldly rejected by the person they considered a close friend, before proceeding to kill people who slighted them.]]
* 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.]]

* ThePowerOfHate: It is Misao's unending hatred of her classmates that drives the curse and kicks off the plot. [[spoiler:Easing her anger by killing off the main targets of her rage (Yoshino, Tohma, Sohta, Kudoh and Saotome) is the only way to truly end it]].
* 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 forcing himself on her. Once she tells him to stop, he freaks out and kills her. This is the reason for Misao's rage towards Yoshino and Sohta in particular.]]

* SchmuckBait: A decent few of the death scenes count, though it's subverted [[spoiler:in the Truth, where, when hiding in the closet in Sohta's section, the player is given the choice to exit the closet or stay inside a little longer mere moments after he's tried to kill you. Staying inside leads to him coming in and killing Aki.]]
* 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]] ]]

* [[HeWhoFightsMonsters She Who Fights Monsters]]: Misao becomes just as bad, if not worse, than her tormentors in her vicious revenge. [[spoiler:Getting her to see this ([[EvilMakesYouMonstrous literally]]) is how Aki finally soothes her anger and gets her to move on]].
* ShamefulStrip: In the Truth ending, [[spoiler: it's revealed Yoshino and her pals once did this to Misao - stripping her naked, painting on her face and body and taking photos of it all - as one way to torment her.]]

** It's possible that names four and five on the student list in the lab, April Redd and May White, are this- [[VisualNovel/AceAttorney April May and Redd White]].
* SomethingWeForgot: During the credits of the Truth ending, it's revealed [[spoiler:Tohma got left behind in the other world]].

* 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.]]
* 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 advances on her and murders her for rejecting him. Cue becoming a spirit out for revenge.]]
* UpdatedRerelease: The recent Version 3.00 update, which overhauls the character sprites and map designs, adds new character portraits for dramatic moments, adds a few more things connecting this game with ''VideoGame/MadFather'', throws in even more ways to die horribly and most importantly, [[spoiler:allows you to play the Truth Scenario with Male!Aki, essentially adding a whole new ending route]].

* 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.]]

** Kudou, making him stand out among all the browns, oranges and blondes of their classmates.

** [[spoiler: Misao wants Tohma to be hers forever...]]
** While the bad ending implies that [[spoiler: Misao is not Sohta's only victim, he displayed this kind of behavior towards her when he murdered her, insisting that "Now you are mine." He also keeps her hands in his desk.]]

* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:If you come across the injured Kudoh in the street (or on the stage in the re-release), your only safe option is to watch him get run over. Attempting to help him will only result in Aki sharing his fate.]]

* 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.]]

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

** 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.]]

* HumanSacrifice: [[spoiler:In order to appease Misao's spirit, Aki must use sacrifice four people whom Misao despised in life - as well as the pieces of Misao's corpse.]]

* LookBothWays: If Aki runs into the street to save the injured [[spoiler:Kudoh]], an oncoming car will run over the both of them.

* BloodSplatteredInnocents: Aki ends up covered in blood after [[spoiler:hiding in the test subject's stomach]].

* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler:If you come across the injured Kudoh in the street, your only safe option is to watch him get run over. Attempting to help him will only result in Aki sharing his fate.]]

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* BlindIdiotTranslation: One of Library's hints in the English translation is that Tohma is dry and needs to be moisturized; what she means is that he's ''dehydrated'' and needs ''something to drink''.

This game was translated into English by vgperson, and can be found [[http://vgperson.com/games/misao.htm right here]]. An updated remake, titled ''Misao: Definitive Edition'', is set to release on Steam on October 25, 2017.

** An updated version called ''Misao: Definitive Edition'' is set to release on Steam on October 25, 2017.

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

** 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.]]

* CrueltyIsTheOnlyOption: You have the option of saving an certain npc from being run over by a vehicle. Guess what happens if you decide to save him.

* ForcedToWatch: The game itself does this to the player at one point. [[spoiler:If you come across the injured Kudoh in the street, your only safe option is to watch him get run over. Attempting to help him will only result in Aki sharing his fate.]]

** Certain lines here are repeated in ''VideoGame/MadFather'', and the character of [[spoiler:Onigawara reappears as Ogre, and the MadScientist who kills Yoshino uses the same sprite as Dr. Drevis in Mad Father]].

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

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: We never get to see [[spoiler:the male student who raped Misao in the girls' bathroom again. Shouldn't Misao hold a gruge against him too?]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: Onigawara considers that [[spoiler: Misao took her revenge on everyone besides Mr. Sohta too far]] and asks Aki to [[spoiler: save them.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: The point of the "Truth" arc.

** 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.

* 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.]]

* [[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.]]
* 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.]]

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

* 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.]]

* BatterUp: One of the items Aki finds is a bat. Not very useful against the evil spirits, but good for smashing up other things...