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** Thankfully averted in ''Overdose'', which not only makes grinding less tedious, but also necessary as the final boss' level is now in the 50s!


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* FacelessGoons: While they aren't technically faceless, the Digiheads who you fight are more or less servants of the Ostinato Musicians who want to stay in Mobius and are hostile to anyone who isn't like them. In the Forbidden Musician Route, you even fight individuals who obtained a Catharsis Effect outside of those in the Go-Home Club.
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* NeverTrustATrailer: [[spoiler: Eiji's personaly and demeanor, as you will soon find out if you pursue his Character Episode and later on in the game, is completely different than what trailers and early screenshots would have you believe. Not only is he a BitchInSheepsClothing, he's also heavily implied to be the one who burned down Kuchinashi's home and killed her family.]]
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** Standard Ending: The normal ending from the original game, though it can be accessed at the end of the Forbidden Musician Route if the protagonist decides to stay true to his original plan.
** GoldenEnding: In the Forbidden Musician Route, if you complete all the Character Episodes of both the Ostinato Musicians and Go-Home Club. Choosing the Standard Ending ends the same, but the post credit scenes show both party groups back in reality, seemingly changed from their experiences.
* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: On the Musician route, [[spoiler:Kotaro and Eiji]] become this. [[spoiler:If Eiji's Character Episode isn't finished (read: he's already left the party) by the time the party fights Shadow Knife, Kotaro will save Shadow Knife from falling to his death but end up falling off the Landmark Tower himself.]]

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** Standard Ending: The normal ending from the original game, though it can be accessed at the end of the Forbidden Musician Route if the protagonist decides to stay true to his original plan.
plan. Is also one of the requirements to net the best ending.
** GoldenEnding: In the Forbidden Musician Route, if you complete all the Character Episodes of both the Ostinato Musicians and Go-Home Club. Choosing the Standard Ending ends the same, but the post credit scenes show both party groups back in reality, seemingly changed from their experiences.
experiences in Mobius.
* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: On the Musician route, [[spoiler:Kotaro and Eiji]] become this. [[spoiler:If Eiji's Character Episode isn't finished (read: he's already left the party) by the time the party fights Shadow Knife, Kotaro will save Shadow Knife from falling to his death but end up falling off the Landmark Tower himself.]]]] Thankfully averted, however, if you complete Shadow Knife and Eiji's Character Episode in the Forbidden Musician Route.
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* MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers: On the Musician route, [[spoiler:Kotaro and Eiji]] become this. [[spoiler:If Eiji's Character Episode isn't finished (read: he's already left the party) by the time the party fights Shadow Knife, Kotaro will save Shadow Knife from falling to his death but end up falling off the Landmark Tower himself.]]
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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: All of the new characters in ''Overdose'' save Stork are connected to each other, mostly involving Himari's death. [[spoiler:Ayana was a member of Uzume-tai with her and witnessed the assault that would cause her to commit suicide, which was carried out by Kouki. Eiji was his lawyer, and defended Kouki by convincing him to plead insanity. Kuchinashi wasn't involved in this incident, but she has similar eyes to Himari's and is deeply distrustful towards Eiji, believing him to be the arsonist that burned her house down.]]

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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: All of the new characters in ''Overdose'' save Stork are connected to each other, mostly involving Himari's death. [[spoiler:Ayana was a member of Uzume-tai with her and witnessed the assault that would cause her to commit suicide, which was carried out by Kouki. Eiji was his lawyer, and defended Kouki by convincing him to plead insanity. Kuchinashi wasn't Kuchinashi's parents were also involved in this incident, but she has similar eyes to Himari's the trial, and is deeply distrustful towards Eiji, believing him to be the are killed when an arsonist burns down their home (and it's heavily implied that burned her house down.Eiji was the arsonist).]]

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* BossBonanza: The Grand Guignol is home to ''every single boss fought in the game'' with the exceptions of Kagi-P and [[spoiler:Shadow Knife]]. Ramped up in ''Overdose'', which has you fighting Stork, Mirei and Wicked together, and Kuchinashi in rapid succession right before the FinalBoss.



* GameBreakingBug: The Version 1.03 patch introduced a catastrophic glitch where saving on a certain floor of the Landmark Tower -- frustratingly, one right before the last boss fight -- causes all your saved files to be erased. It has yet to be fixed.

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* GameBreakingBug: The Version 1.03 patch of the Vita version introduced a catastrophic glitch where saving on a certain floor of the Landmark Tower -- frustratingly, one right before the last boss fight -- causes all your saved files to be erased. It has yet to be fixed.



* InterfaceSpoiler: For a short time at the beginning of the game, Naruko follows you around. If you open up the submenu when facing her, you can see a character episode progress bar... which only playable characters have.

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* InterfaceSpoiler: For a short time at the beginning of the game, Naruko follows you around. If you open up the submenu when facing her, her (this can only be done on the Vita version), you can see a character episode progress bar... which only playable characters have.



* NiceHat: Suzuna gains a large one resembling those worn by witches while her Catharsis Effect is active. Lucid also has a nice wide-brim hat.

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* NiceHat: Suzuna gains a large one resembling those worn by witches while her Catharsis Effect is active. Lucid also has a nice wide-brim hat.fedora.



* TempleOfDoom: The Sun Temple, an ancient temple that serves as a tourist attraction at Sea Paraiso.

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* TempleOfDoom: The Sun Temple, an ancient temple that serves as a tourist attraction at Sea Paraiso.Paraiso that serves as an escape game (and Kuchinashi's dungeon).



* VariableMix: The first time through any dungeon, the soundtrack is instrumental but with a vocal version of the track that fades in when an encounter starts. This goes away after beating the dungeon.

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** ''Overdose'' has Kuchinashi to Eiji, who claims to have no idea who she is or what she has against him specifically.
* VariableMix: The first time through any dungeon, the soundtrack is instrumental but with a vocal version of the track that fades in when an encounter starts. This goes away after beating the dungeon.dungeon in the Vita version.
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* HotSpringsEpisode: Stork's dungeon takes place at a hot springs facility.

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* HotSpringsEpisode: Stork's dungeon takes place at a hot springs facility. If you play as a girl, you get to go into the hot springs with the rest of the female Club members to enjoy the hot springs... only to find Sweet-P and then Stork there as well.
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** GoldenEnding: In the Forbidden Musician Route, if you complete all the Character Episodes of both the Ostinato Musicians and Go-Home Club. Choosing the Standard Ending ends the same, but the post credit scenes show both party groups back in reality, seemingly changed from their experiences.

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*** Also doubles as a LastSecondEndingChoice, as you do have the option of fighting with the Go-Home Club to defeat Thorn.
** Standard Ending: The normal ending from the original game, though it can be accessed at the end of the Forbidden Musician Route if the protagonist decides to stay true to his original plan.



** Overdose adds a non-canon game mode ''The Dream of the Songstress'' where you can put characters from both the Go-Home Club and the Ostinato Musicians into one team if you meet the requirements.

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** Overdose adds a non-canon game mode ''The Dream of the Songstress'' where you can put characters from both the Go-Home Club and the Ostinato Musicians into one team if you meet the requirements. Even better, your modified crew can even have conversations. Imagine what the conversation between Shogo and [[spoiler:Thorn]] must be like. Awkwaaaaard...
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* MultipleEndings: Not in the original game, but in Overdose. While the Go-Home Club route has only one ending, the Forbidden Musician has multiple outcomes, depending on your choices in the story.
** DownerEnding: Arguably the worst and most difficult to get, as you [[spoiler:have to fight the Go-Home Club in five different battles with no rest in between fights, ending with a climatic battle between the protagonist and Aria. ''All by yourself!'' Oh, and everyone except for μ dies. Doubles as a NiceJobBreakingIt,Hero!]]

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* MultipleEndings: Not in the original game, but in Overdose. While the Go-Home Club route has only one ending, the Forbidden Musician route has multiple outcomes, depending on your choices in the story.
** DownerEnding: Arguably the worst and most difficult to get, as you [[spoiler:have to fight the Go-Home Club in five different battles with no rest in between fights, ending with a climatic battle between the protagonist and Aria. ''All by yourself!'' Oh, and everyone except for μ dies. Doubles as a NiceJobBreakingIt,Hero!]]NiceJobBreakingItHero to the protagonist, who had a hand in causing this to happen and helping Thorn's wish come true.]]

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* MultipleEndings: Not in the original game, but in Overdose. While the Go-Home Club route has only one ending, the Forbidden Musician has multiple outcomes, depending on your choices in the story.
** DownerEnding: Arguably the worst and most difficult to get, as you [[spoiler:have to fight the Go-Home Club in five different battles with no rest in between fights, ending with a climatic battle between the protagonist and Aria. ''All by yourself!'' Oh, and everyone except for μ dies. Doubles as a NiceJobBreakingIt,Hero!]]



* Multiple Endings: Not in the original game, but in Overdose. While the Go-Home Club route has only one ending, the Forbidden Musician has multiple outcomes, depending on your choices in the story.
** Downer Ending: Arguably the worst and most difficult to get, as you [[spoiler:have to fight the Go-Home Club in five different battles with no rest in between fights, ending with a climatic battle between the protagonist and Aria. ''All by yourself!'' Oh, and everyone except for μ dies. Doubles as a Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!]]
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* Multiple Endings: Not in the original game, but in Overdose. While the Go-Home Club route has only one ending, the Forbidden Musician has multiple outcomes, depending on your choices in the story.
** Downer Ending: Arguably the worst and most difficult to get, as you [[spoiler:have to fight the Go-Home Club in five different battles with no rest in between fights, ending with a climatic battle between the protagonist and Aria. ''All by yourself!'' Oh, and everyone except for μ dies. Doubles as a Nice Job Breaking It, Hero!]]

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* OneDegreeOfSeparation: All of the new characters in ''Overdose'' save Stork are connected to each other, mostly involving Himari's death. [[spoiler:Ayana was a member of Uzume-tai with her and witnessed the assault that would cause her to commit suicide, which was carried out by Kouki. Eiji was his lawyer, and defended Kouki by convincing him to plead insanity. Kuchinashi wasn't involved in this incident, but she has similar eyes to Himari's and is deeply distrustful towards Eiji, believing him to be the arsonist that burned her house down.]]



* PowerFist: Kotarou’s Catharsis Effect, which takes the form of huge gauntlets on both arms.

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* PowerFist: Kotarou’s Kotaro’s Catharsis Effect, which takes the form of huge gauntlets on both arms.



* SecondYearProtagonist: The protagonist, Izuru, Naruko, and Ayana are this while in Mobius. [[spoiler:Mifue is this in real life, too.]]

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* SecondYearProtagonist: The protagonist, Izuru, Naruko, and Ayana are this while in Mobius. [[spoiler:Mifue is this in real life, too.too, while Ayana is older.]]

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**Overdose adds Eiji Biwasaka, who gets violent when you trap him in a small space.



** The Musician route has you fighting Go-Home Club members two at a time. In order, you fight Mifue and Ayana, Suzuna and Naruko, Kotono and Eiji, Shogo and Izuru, and Kotaro and Kensuke.

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** The Musician route has you fighting Go-Home Club members two at a time. In order, you fight Mifue and Ayana, Suzuna and Naruko, Kotono and Eiji, Shogo and Izuru, and Kensuke and, depending on your choices, either Kotaro and Kensuke.or Eiji again.



*[[spoiler:EarnYourBadEnding: To get the worst possible ending in the Musician route of Overdose, you have to fight all the members of the Go-Home Club all by yourself, then Aria. After defeating Aria, you have to watch a long cutscene involving all the characters dying one by one until μ is all alone in Mobius.]]



**Overdose adds a non-canon game mode ''The Dream of the Songstress'' where you can put characters from both the Go-Home Club and the Ostinato Musicians into one team if you meet the requirements.



** The Musician route gets a ''five''-part final fight, putting the Musicians against [[spoiler:Kotono, Kotaro and Naruko; Mifue, Suzuna and Ayana; Izuru and Kensuke; Shogo; and finally, Aria.]]

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** The Musician route gets a ''five''-part final fight, putting the Musicians against [[spoiler:Kotono, Kotaro or Eiji, and Naruko; Mifue, Suzuna and Ayana; Izuru and Kensuke; Shogo; and finally, Aria.]]
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** The Musician route gets a ''five''-part final fight, putting the Musicians against [[spoiler:Kotono, Kotaro and Naruko; Mifue, Suzuna and Ayana; Kotaro and Kensuke; Shogo; and finally, Aria.]]

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** The Musician route gets a ''five''-part final fight, putting the Musicians against [[spoiler:Kotono, Kotaro and Naruko; Mifue, Suzuna and Ayana; Kotaro Izuru and Kensuke; Shogo; and finally, Aria.]]

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* SequentialBoss: The final battle is a three-part fight; you face [[spoiler:Thorn and then μ, who has two forms.]]

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The Go-Home Club route's final battle is a three-part fight; you face [[spoiler:Thorn and then μ, who has two forms.]]
** The Musician route gets a ''five''-part final fight, putting the Musicians against [[spoiler:Kotono, Kotaro and Naruko; Mifue, Suzuna and Ayana; Kotaro and Kensuke; Shogo; and finally, Aria.
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** The Musician route has you fighting Go-Home Club members two at a time. In order, you fight Mifue and Ayana, Suzuna and Naruko, Kotono and Eiji, and Shogo and Izuru.

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** The Musician route has you fighting Go-Home Club members two at a time. In order, you fight Mifue and Ayana, Suzuna and Naruko, Kotono and Eiji, and Shogo and Izuru.Izuru, and Kotaro and Kensuke.

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* DualBoss: [[spoiler:Mirei and Wicked in the final dungeon.]]

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* DualBoss: [[spoiler:Mirei DualBoss:
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and Wicked are fought together in the final dungeon.]]dungeon.
** The Musician route has you fighting Go-Home Club members two at a time. In order, you fight Mifue and Ayana, Suzuna and Naruko, Kotono and Eiji, and Shogo and Izuru.
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* PromotedToPlayable: In ''Overdose'', the Ostinato Musicians become this if players choose to side with them.
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* FlowerMotifs: All around with the protagonist and the going-home club members when they activate their catharsis effect
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* AdaptationExpansion: The Anime expands the protagonist's days before the start of the game and hints to why he entered Mobius in the first place.
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An UpdatedRerelease, ''Caligula Overdose'', has been announced for a May 17, 2018 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan, featuring an expanded story, new allies and enemies, a selectable female protagonist, and the ability to [[FaceHeelTurn side with the Ostinato Musicians]]. It will be developed by Historia instead of Aquria. An anime adaptation by Creator/{{Satelight}} is also set to air on April 9, 2018.

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An UpdatedRerelease, ''Caligula Overdose'', has been announced for a May 17, 2018 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan, featuring an expanded story, new allies and enemies, a selectable female protagonist, and the ability to [[FaceHeelTurn side with the Ostinato Musicians]]. It will be developed by Historia instead of Aquria. An anime adaptation by Creator/{{Satelight}} is also set to air began airing on April 9, 2018.

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An UpdatedRerelease, ''Caligula Overdose'', has been announced for a May 17, 2018 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan, featuring an expanded story, new allies and enemies, a selectable female protagonist, and the ability to [[FaceHeelTurn side with the Ostinato Musicians]]. An anime adaptation is also set to air on April 9, 2018.

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An UpdatedRerelease, ''Caligula Overdose'', has been announced for a May 17, 2018 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan, featuring an expanded story, new allies and enemies, a selectable female protagonist, and the ability to [[FaceHeelTurn side with the Ostinato Musicians]]. It will be developed by Historia instead of Aquria. An anime adaptation by Creator/{{Satelight}} is also set to air on April 9, 2018.
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[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDmcrWzMEW4 Overdose trailer 1]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PC-05Ous9OA trailer 2]]



* AnimeThemeSong: "Idolatry", sung by Creator/EmiNitta (Sweet-P), Creator/ErikoNakamura (Mirei), and Creator/YukaOotsubo (Thorn) under the alias [=REPLiCA=].
** ''Overdose'' has "Cradle", composed by kemu and sung by [=REPLiCA=]; this time, they've picked up a fourth member in Himika Akaneya (Kuchinashi).

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* AnimeThemeSong: "Idolatry", sung by Creator/EmiNitta (Sweet-P), Creator/ErikoNakamura (Mirei), and Creator/YukaOotsubo (Thorn) under the alias [=REPLiCA=].
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** ''Overdose'' has "Cradle", composed by kemu and sung by [=REPLiCA=]; [=RePLiCA=]; this time, they've picked up a fourth member in Himika Akaneya (Kuchinashi).Creator/HimikaAkaneya (Kuchinashi).
* AntiGrinding: The experience gain in this game is ''very'' slow, to the point where grinding for experience just takes too long to be worth it.



* GameBreakingBug: The Version 1.03 patch introduced a catastrophic glitch where saving on a certain floor of the Landmark Tower -- frustratingly, one right before a boss fight -- causes all your saved files to be erased. It has yet to be fixed.

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* GameBreakingBug: The Version 1.03 patch introduced a catastrophic glitch where saving on a certain floor of the Landmark Tower -- frustratingly, one right before a the last boss fight -- causes all your saved files to be erased. It has yet to be fixed.


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* LimitBreak: ''Overdose'' introduces these in the form of Overdose Skills.
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[[https://youtu.be/3MKbRIL-Wbg 1st anime PV]], [[https://youtu.be/dzYFscFdHZ0 2nd anime PV]]
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* BerserkButton: All of the Ostinato Musicians react negatively to anyone who knows details about their real lives. Sweet-P and Ike-P specifically (and ''especially'' Sweet-P) get ''really'' pissed off.
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* SecondYearProtagonist: The protagonist, Izuru, and Naruko are this while in Mobius. [[spoiler:Mifue is this in real life, too.]]
* SempaiKohai: Just like the characters listed under SecondYearProtagonist, the actual ages of the rest of the Going-Home Club are unknown, but while in Mobius, Shogo, Kotaro, and Kotono are sempais to them, while Kensuke, Mifue, and Suzuna are kohais. [[spoiler:In real life, Suzuna is the kohai, Mifue is the same age, and all the rest don't apply because they aren't high school age.]]

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* SecondYearProtagonist: The protagonist, Izuru, Naruko, and Naruko Ayana are this while in Mobius. [[spoiler:Mifue is this in real life, too.]]
* SempaiKohai: Just like the characters listed under SecondYearProtagonist, the actual ages of the rest of the Going-Home Club are unknown, but while in In Mobius, Shogo, Kotaro, Kotono, and Kotono Eiji are sempais to them, the protagonist and other characters listed above, while Kensuke, Mifue, and Suzuna are kohais. [[spoiler:In real life, the only one of these to apply is Suzuna is the kohai, (who remains a kohai). Mifue is the same age, a second-year in real life, and all the rest don't apply because they aren't are not high school age.]]
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An UpdatedRerelease, ''Caligula Overdose'', has been announced for a May 17, 2018 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan, featuring an expanded story, new allies and enemies, a selectable female protagonist, and the ability to [[FaceHeelTurn side with the Ostinato Musicians]]. An anime adaptation is also set to air in April 2018.

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An UpdatedRerelease, ''Caligula Overdose'', has been announced for a May 17, 2018 release on the UsefulNotes/PlayStation4 in Japan, featuring an expanded story, new allies and enemies, a selectable female protagonist, and the ability to [[FaceHeelTurn side with the Ostinato Musicians]]. An anime adaptation is also set to air in on April 9, 2018.
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* DysfunctionJunction: ''Every single character'' has their own issues.

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* DysfunctionJunction: ''Every single character'' has their own issues. In fact in order to use one's Catharsis Effect, one ''has'' to be messed up in some way.
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* HotSpringsEpisode: Stork's dungeon takes place at a hot springs facility.


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* TempleOfDoom: The Sun Temple, an ancient temple that serves as a tourist attraction at Sea Paraiso.

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** ''Overdose'' has "Cradle", composed by kemu and sung by [=REPLiCA=]; this time, they've picked up a fourth member in Himika Akaneya (Kuchinashi).



* SempaiKohai: Just like the characters listed under SecondYearProtagonist, the actual ages of the rest of the Going-Home Club are unknown, but while in Mobius, Shogo, Kotarou, and Kotono are sempais to them, while Kensuke, Mifue, and Suzuna are kohais. [[spoiler:In real life, Suzuna is the kohai, Mifue is the same age, and all the rest don't apply because they aren't high school age.]]

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* SempaiKohai: Just like the characters listed under SecondYearProtagonist, the actual ages of the rest of the Going-Home Club are unknown, but while in Mobius, Shogo, Kotarou, Kotaro, and Kotono are sempais to them, while Kensuke, Mifue, and Suzuna are kohais. [[spoiler:In real life, Suzuna is the kohai, Mifue is the same age, and all the rest don't apply because they aren't high school age.]]



* SyntheticVoiceActor: μ and Aria, who are essentially ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}''s in all but name. Kuchinashi also does not have a voice actor due to her speaking through the device over her mouth.

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* SyntheticVoiceActor: μ and Aria, who are essentially ''Music/{{Vocaloid}}''s in all but name. Kuchinashi also does not have a voice actor due to her speaking through the device over her mouth.

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