History VisualNovel / MajorMinor

* AnAesop: You have to eventually move on and deal with the death of loved ones, and come to terms with the fact that they're gone.

* AbsoluteCleavage: Dazz. How ''does'' she manage to not have a [[WardrobeMalfunction wardrobe malfunction]][[http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/steamcommunity/public/images/items/475490/4aed3a4967f5d5f65af9eb482705136a1f947bde.jpg]]?

* VisualGag: When you first meet Righty he's standing on the left side of the screen, and remarks he's uncomfortable. [[StealthPun He switches to the right side of the screen]] and notes that he feels more comfortable.

''Major\Minor'' is a 2016 [[VisualNovel Visual Novel]] game published by Tall Tail Studios and developed by the [[UsefulNotes/FurryFandom furry community member]] Klace (aka. Kyle Lambert). The player is caught up in the middle of a murder mystery known as The Midnight Deaths in [[VisualNovel/SteinsGate Akihabara, Japan]], that seem to begin once the arrival of Popstar [[AuthorAvatar Klace's]] world tour. Things only get more strange, as the player character is told that they have been chosen to inherit great powers from a mysterious resident of an astral plane known as The Ark, and that they are [[TheChosenOne The Savior]] of another reality known as Terra, which is in the middle of political turmoil as a hopeful politician named Lord Plair is up against the current King, "The Immortal King" Velasquez. But it is soon revealed that Earth and Terra have more in common with each other than even the residents of both worlds would think, and at the center of it all is The Player.

A SpiritualSuccessor, ''VisualNovel/WindsofChange'', is in the works, having a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} and Greenlight campaign behind it.

* LivingADoubleLife: [[spoiler: Kila...or should we call him by his real name: Eddie. Velasquez has potential shades of this, as the "ruler" of Terra.]]

* NearVillainVictory: [[spoiler: Nagi almost twice kills the player and absorbs their power. Riley almost wins his gambit for Terra's Throne, only for Lord Plair to kill him in revenge for killing Kabu. And on Earth Max looks like she's going to win Reiyo's contest....until she's [[OutGambitted Out Gambitted]] by Acheron.]]

* PlotTriggeringDeath: Chapter 1's death [[spoiler: of Klace seems to kick everything off, as the next day more people die. Though this was invoked directly by Reiyo and the conditions set for Max and Acheron's "game".]]

* StrawCharacter: Lord Plair might initially come off as your typical "rich guy blaming the poor/immigrants to justify his own greed", but it turns out that the manifest that proves he's hoarding food during a shortage is [[spoiler: not only forged, but his idea of closing Terra off to immigration ends up helping the planet get a foothold on its economic problems. Guess [[StrawmanHasAPoint Straw Kitty Has A Point?]]]]
* TechnicalPacifist: [[spoiler: Acheron wins the contest by not killing anyone - but he let two people die.]]

* XanatosSpeedChess: Lord Plair, Riley, and Righty on one side versus Endymion, Konrad, and Velasquez on Terra, with The Player able to pick sides. And on Earth we have Acheron versus The Midnight Killer. [[spoiler: Little does the killer know Acheron already has a [[BatmanGambit Batman Gambit]] in play.]]

This game is available on Steam, being initially released as an Early Access episodic game in December 2015, before gaining a full release on October 2016, in both the regular edition and the Complete Edition. There appears to be no discernable difference between the two editions in gameplay, so the tropes on this page apply to both versions of the game.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Klace]] dies in Chapter 1, and then after [[spoiler: either Kila or Rook is murdered]] in Chapter 6 more only proceed to die. [[spoiler: The Player even has a few brushes with death.]]
* ArcSymbol: Gears. Besides the game's title screen featuring one, [[spoiler:almost all the characters who use magic in some form have a gear symbol somewhere on them: Max, Nagi, Nemi, and Reiyo.]]
* BatmanGambit: This is how [[spoiler: Acheron defeats Max. He and Singe essentially stage one huge Batman Gambit that results with her being behind bars and the surviving tour members hidden in a bunker until midnight.]]
* BigBad: The Midnight Killer for Earth; Nagi and Nemi for Terra [[spoiler: and later the whole of reality.]]
* BigDamnHeroes: Inumi, Acheron and The Player for [[spoiler: whoever The Player decides to rescue from Max's bomb. Reiyo does this ''twice'', once in Lord Plair's ballroom to prevent Nagi from killing The Player, and again during the climax with Acheron in tow.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Maxine Armstrong,]] the Midnight Killer.

** [[spoiler: In the Neutral Ending Nagi is erased from existence, so Nemi is the only one that attacked King Velasquez. Both Terra and Earth are isolated from each other - and presumably the rest of the Galaxy is, too, and people are still dead. Despite this, the survivors make the most of what they're left with, and several characters turn out alright.]]
** [[spoiler: In the Good Ending Nagi and Nemi are erased from existence, their attacks on the Galaxy now having never happened. But characters like Rook, Inumi and Shock more than likely still suffer their horrible pasts, though all of them seem to have overcome them for the better. The Player/Exodus is also seemingly erased from history...until [[TheStinger the scene after the credits, that is.]]]]
* {{Bookends}}: If one gets the True Ending [[spoiler: a post credits sequence plays where Reiyo talks to Exodus/The Player. The game opens with Reiyo talking to The Player in The Ark.]]
* BornOfMagic: [[spoiler: Nagi, Nemi, The Player/Exodus, and Reiyo.]]
* CentralTheme: The death of loved ones and the various things people do to cope or move on. Having the power to affect and change one's future is also a theme that pops up, [[spoiler: especially during the last few chapters.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: Maxine Armstrong, and especially [[spoiler: Lord Plair's assistant, Riley. The latter tries to play practically everyone involved in the Terra subplot for a shot at the throne]].

* TheChessmaster: [[spoiler: Acheron to a tee. Riley tried to be this but didn't count on Riley putting him in permanent checkmate.]]
* TheChosenOne: At least Reiyo seems to treat The Player like this, I mean they're even The Savior of Terra! [[spoiler: Turns out they were engineered to fulfill this destiny.]]

* CripplingOverspecialization: Reiyo attempts to subvert this [[spoiler: by telling Max that she must master both death and life if she is to successfully rule The Ark. Since she's mastered life, she must now master death by killing.]]
* DarkSecret: Ever wonder why Rook is on his damn tablet so much? [[spoiler: It's linked to an AI he programmed that acts like his dead mentor, and he's afraid everyone will ostracize him if they find out.]]
* DarkestHour: Nagi [[spoiler: both times when he stabs The Player.]]

* DramaticIrony: [[spoiler: Max is shown to be The Midnight Killer before The Player and his friends find out. Which ramps up the tension when we see her setting up appointments with Kila and Rook.]]
* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: Velazquez gets run through by Nemi's Gearsword and what does he do? Walk forward and further impale himself, ''while delivering a speech on never giving up on hope'', and when he's close enough he returns the favor with his magic-imbued scepter, which causes both characters to be assimilated into Nemi's Gearsword.]]
* EarnYourHappyEnding: If the sad backstories that characters weren't enough the events of the game go and throw fuel on the fire. [[spoiler: However, the True Ending gives pretty much everyone aside from Nagi, Nemi, Eclair, and Max (both of whom noticeably absent from the end monologue) happy endings. Even in the Neutral Ending most characters seem to move on and better their lives, though in a more bittersweet fashion.]]
* FakeDefector: [[spoiler: Acheron fakes an alliance with Max in order to record her confession to being The Midnight Killer.]]
* {{Fanboy}}: Kila at first seems like he's the biggest fanboy of Klace and all things Japan. [[spoiler: Well, the ''real'' Kila is, anyway...]]

* {{Foreshadowing}}: When you first meet Max, take note of the Gear pendant around her neck. [[spoiler: It's a gift from Reiyo and houses the powers he gave her.]]

* ForGreatJustice: After [[spoiler: either Kila or Rook dies they make a [[BadassBoast Badass Boast]] that they'll both find a way to revive them ''and'' be Terra's savior.]]

* GoldenEnding: The "True Ending" of the game. [[spoiler: Exodus ends up having enough power to become a [[RealityWarper Reality Warper]] and obliterates Nagi and Nami from the timeline, erasing them from existence for good. They then reset the world, removing the events that had led up to the plot happening, and seems to add a few finishing touches as links to and from Terra and Earth exist, with Earth being isolationist for the time being, and Terra having joined the Galactic Federation. Meanwhile on Earth, Klace's tour is a success, and numerous characters find happiness such as Kila who not only wins the contest and gets to meet his idol, but later teams up with Eddie in order to found charity organizations that assist with cancer treatments and discovers cures for several illnesses.]]

* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Nagi is defeated via Gearsword assimilation. One of the swords being his own.]]

* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler: Exodus in the True Ending's Stinger.]]
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: Acheron pretends to have a good grip on the IdiotBall, all for the purpose of inflating Max's ego to get her to slip up.]]
* OutGambitted: [[spoiler: Max gets played like a fiddle by Acheron. Guess she never thought her brother would betray her, eh? Riley attempts to do this, but ends with a knife through the throat.]]

* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: The Player/Exodus if they're able to attain The True Ending.]]

* SacrificialLamb: In Chapter 1 [[spoiler: Klace, the [[AuthorAvatar Fursona of the game's developer]] and pop idol whom was about to tour around the world with Kila and The Player in tow, dies. And more die the next day.]]

* SequelHook: [[spoiler: at least The Stingers in ''both'' endings seem to suggest this, though the True Ending Stinger seems to suggest this.]]

* ShoutOut: [[spoiler: The Midnight Killer puts the player in a scenario where two of the characters (Kila and Rook) are strapped to a bomb and only one can be saved in time. Sounds like a similar scene from the ''Film/TheDarkKnight''.]]
* SoundtrackDissonance: If you bonded enough with [[spoiler: Acheron, he will tell the player his backstory about his departure from the Armstrong family company, which includes a description of how his parents died in a chemical accident while they were manufacturing a weapon. The description could offer NightmareFuel, yet the touching music that plays over it makes it feel awkward.]]

* TurnedAgainstTheirMasters: [[spoiler: Nagi and Nemi, who were created by King Velasquez.]]
* UnexplainedRecovery: [[spoiler: The Player coming back to life on Terra following his skewering by Nagi seems like this to many-a Terran. Though it makes enough sense to The Player, as Reiyo literally said a few scenes back that he would save The Player and his friends.]]
* WhamEpisode: Chapter 6. [[spoiler: Have fun not only choosing to save either Rook or Kila, but blowing the other one to high hell as the code to deactivate the bomb of the one you choose to save detonates the other one.]]

* AmbidextrousSprite: This game's got it. Acheron's a prime example: his scar will always be showing despite it supposedly only being on one side of his face. It'll also be obvious for any character who has [[MismatchedEyes heterochromia]].

* StrawCharacter: Lord Plair might initially come off as your typical "rich guy blaming the poor/immigrants to justify his own greed", but it turns out that the manifest that proves he's hoarding food during a shortage is [[spoiler: not only [[JerkassFacade forged]], but his idea of closing Terra off to immigration ends up helping the planet get a foothold on its economic problems. Guess [[StrawmanHasAPoint Straw Kitty Has A Point?]]]]

A sequel, ''Winds of Change'', is in the works, having a successful Website/{{Kickstarter}} and Greenlight campaign behind it.

* AerithAndBob: On Earth we've got Rook, Acheron, Kila...and then you have names like Jade, Max, and [[spoiler: Eddie]].

* ShoutOut: [[spoiler: The Midnight Killer puts the player in a scenario where two of the characters (Kila and Rook) are strapped to a bomb and only one can be saved in time. Sounds like a similar scene from the TheDarkKnight.]]

* KilledOffForReal: If you don't get the True Ending. [[spoiler: Though regardless of which ending you get Nagi and Nami will always be this. All that changes is who the Terrans remember attacking them.]]

* AnAesop: You have to eventually move on and deal with the death of loved ones, and come to terms with the fact that they're gone.

* ArcSymbol: Gears
* BatmanGambit: This is how [[spoiler: Acheron defeats Max. He and Singe essentially stage one huge Batman Gambit that results with her being behind bars and the surviving tour members hidden in a bunker until Midnight.]]

* PlotTriggeredDeath: Chapter 1's death [[spoiler: of Klace seems to kick everything off, as the next day more people die. Though this was invoked directly by Reiyo and the conditions set for Max and Acheron's "game".]]

* SomeoneCompletelyDifferent: The game will periodically show what's happening on the world that you aren't currently on: on Earth you'll see scenes of what's happening on Terra and vice versa.

* TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse: The Midnight Deaths start happening in Tokyo the month of Klace's arrival there.

* AnyoneCanDie: [[spoiler: Klace]] dies in Chapter 1, and then after [[spoiler: Rook is murdered]] in Chapter 6 more only proceed to die. [[spoiler: The Player even has a few brushes with death.]]