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* MultiEthnicName: Both Merja Amabishi and her father, Evsej Amabishi, have Russian-Japanese names. Merja is half-Russian, and the implication seems to be that Evsej is a Russian man who married into a large Japanese business family and took their last name.
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* PeekABangs: Kyosuke wears his hair like this for a reason: he doesn't like showing off his psychic eye.
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* StoicSpectacles: Chisono is a RareFemaleExample. As opposed to the usual [[{{Meganekko}} anime glasses girl stereotypes]], she is ''extremely'' calm, calculating, and even a little bit [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal cold]].
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* StoicSpectacles: Chisono is a RareFemaleExample. As opposed to the usual [[{{Meganekko}} anime glasses girl stereotypes]], stereotypes, she is ''extremely'' calm, calculating, and even a little bit [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal cold]].
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* PseudoRomanticFriendship: Chisono and Hitomi can give off these vibes at times. Certainly they're extremely devoted to one another. Chisono even gets a little bit jealous when Hitomi starts hanging out with Merja!
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* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Chisono and Hitomi can give off these vibes at times. Certainly they're extremely devoted to one another. Chisono even gets a little bit jealous when Hitomi starts hanging out with Merja!
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I really don't see the connection to Danganronpa nor Ace Attorney, outside of them all being visual novels. They have completely different gameplay.
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''Parascientific Escape'' is a VisualNovel[=/=]RoomEscapeGame hybrid series developed by INTENSE and published by CIRCLE. If the combination sounds familiar, it's because this series is a budget-priced homage to ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and ''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}''. (With a little bit of Franchise/AceAttorney thrown in.) games like ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors''. They are set in a world where humans with psychic powers are becoming more commonplace and revolve around protagonists with these powers. There are three games in the series, each of which has a different story that connects to the overall plot:
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* ChromosoneCasting: Every character with a speaking role in the first game is female, except for the Ghost of Witsarok, whose identity is unknown. [[spoiler: Later games reveal her to be Ritsu, meaning every character in the first game truly is female.]]
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* ChromosoneCasting: ChromosomeCasting: Every character with a speaking role in the first game is female, except for the Ghost of Witsarok, whose identity is unknown. [[spoiler: Later games reveal her to be Ritsu, meaning every character in the first game truly is female.]]
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* MultiEthnicName: Both Merja Amabishi and her father, Evsej Amabishi, have Russian-Japanese names. Merja is half-Russian, and the implication seems to be that Evsej is a Russian man who married into a large Japanese business family and took their last name.
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* PeekABangs: Kyosuke wears his hair like this for a reason: He doesn't like showing off his psychic eye.
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''Parascientific Escape'' is a VisualNovel[=/=]RoomEscapeGame hybrid series developed by INTENSE and published by CIRCLE. If the combination sounds familiar, it's because this series is a budget-priced homage to ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''.''{{Franchise/Danganronpa}}''. (With a little bit of Franchise/AceAttorney thrown in.) They are set in a world where humans with psychic powers are becoming more commonplace and revolve around protagonists with these powers. There are three games in the series, each of which has a different story that connects to the overall plot:
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''Parascientific Escape'' is a VisualNovel[=/=]RoomEscapeGame hybrid series developed by INTENSE and published by CIRCLE. If the combination sounds familiar, it's because this series is a budget-priced homage to ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''. (With a little bit of Series/AceAttorney Franchise/AceAttorney thrown in.) They are set in a world where humans with psychic powers are becoming more commonplace and revolve around protagonists with these powers. There are three games in the series, each of which has a different story that connects to the overall plot:
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* YouAreWorthHell: When Hitomi feels bad for dragging Chisono into her messes, Chisono directly tells her that she would literally go to Hell for her.
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''Parascientific Escape'' is a VisualNovel[=/=]RoomEscapeGame hybrid series developed by INTENSE and published by CIRCLE. If the combination sounds familiar, it's because this series is a budget-priced homage to ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa''.''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''. (With a little bit of Series/AceAttorney thrown in.) They are set in a world where humans with psychic powers are becoming more commonplace and revolve around protagonists with these powers. There are three games in the series, each of which has a different story that connects to the overall plot:
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''Parascientific Escape'' is a VisualNovel[=/=]RoomEscapeGame hybrid series developed by INTENSE and published by CIRCLE. If the combination sounds familiar, it's because this series is a budget-priced homage to ''VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors'' and ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa.'' ''VisualNovel/Danganronpa''. (With a little bit of Series/AceAttorney thrown in.) They are set in a world where humans with psychic powers are becoming more commonplace and revolve around protagonists with these powers. There are three games in the series, each of which has a different story that connects to the overall plot:
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* HollywoodHacker: Merja just happened to bring a computer-interfacting card writer with her on her cruise. Why? Because she's a programmer, duh.
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* HollywoodHacker: HollywoodHacking: Merja just happened to bring a computer-interfacting card writer with her on her cruise. Why? Because she's a programmer, duh.
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Finally, I'm doing it! I'm setting up the page for this little visual novel series that stole my heart (and broke it into pieces)! .\_/. I have worked on this page long on my own! Now to add the references...
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* ''Parascientific Escape: Cruise on the Distant Seas''
** Hitomi is a not-so-OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who is unusual even among psychics: She has two psychic powers where most people only have one. She is a clairvoyant and a telekinetic; her best friend Chisono is a telepath. She's also a HappilyAdopted girl who never knew her biological family. However, she one day receives a mysterious letter from a person who claims to have information on her biological family and invites her to a swanky cruise to receive it. She and Chisono follow through on the letter only to find themselves trapped on a sinking ship! They must escape with the help of two other young women: A half-Russian psychic named Merja and a non-psychic singer named Misaki. To make things worse, Merja has a bomb strapped to her body that will go off in four hours if they don't deactivate it!
*** Psychic Mechanic: Hitomi can look use her clairvoyance to look into boxes and other hidden spaces to see what's inside of them, then use telekinesis to manipulate them in puzzles similar to "Rush Hour."
* ''Parascientific Escape: Gear Detective''
** Kyosuke Ayana is not a natural-born psychic, but he was in a horrific accident that cost him his arm and his eye. He was outfitted with special prosthetics that allow him to use a rare and powerful psychic power: chronokinesis, the ability to look back in time and (slightly) change the past. He used this power to become a detective. One day, a mysterious girl named Tsukiko comes looking to hire him. A serial murderer is afoot, and Tsukiko fears she may be the next victim. She wants Kyosuke to protect her, and to catch the killer! With the help of his assistant Mari and his rich best friend Yukiya, Kyosuke sets out to track down the murderer and save Tsukiko from becoming just another statistic.
*** Psychic Mechanic: Kyosuke can use his chronokinesis to look into specific date/time combinations in the past and figure out what happened at those times. He can also change the past, but only in very small ways (such as hiding a key).
* ''Parascientific Escape: Crossing at the Farthest Horizon''
** In the conclusion to the trilogy, both Hitomi and Kyosuke meet up in the Central European country of Witsarock, previously in the grip of a deadly civil war. They are both there to learn the truth about what has happened to them recently--Kyosuke to learn more about his cybernetic arm and eye, and Hitomi to finally meet her sister. Their paths and those of their friends will cross as they finally learn the truth about what happened in Witsarock, their own psychic powers, and the fate of all psychics in the world.
** Psychic Mechanic: This game re-uses Kyosuke's Chronokinesis. Despite being a major character, Hitomi does not use her psychic abilities in any puzzle sections.
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* ArtEvolution: The second two games have a much more detailed art style than the first one, which is softer and more PuniPlush.
* AntiVillain: Every villain in the series is this to an extent. In the first game, [[spoiler: Misaki is a thoroughly nice person who was corrupted by the Ghost of Witsarok into performing an evil act and she immediately came to regret it.]] In the second, [[spoiler: Tsukiko is a tortured former human test subject who is desperate for the attention of her OnlyFriend, who just so happens to be a megalomaniacal madwoman.]] And in the third, [[spoiler: Ritsu is crazy, but she's also being manipulated.]]
* TheAtoner: A running theme in the series is the villains of each game realize their villainy and then attempt to make up for it near the end.
* BenevolentBoss: Despite never being seen, Evsej Amabishi is always implied to be this. Yukiya is this too, though he tends to make his niceness a secret.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Mari firmly believes herself to be Kyosuke's future wife, and ''hell be upon you'' if you try to dissuade her. [[spoiler: In the GoodEnding to Gear Detective, Kyosuke decides to marry her anyway.]]
* DisappearedDad: A running theme in the series:
** Poor Hitomi has this ''twice'' over. She never knew her biological father, and her adoptive father [[spoiler: was a rescue worker who died trying to save someone's life.]]
** Similarly, Kyosuke was also an orphan, and ''his'' adoptive father was murdered.
* DitzyGenius: Merja can come off as a little spacey at times. She's also brutally intelligent.
* DrivenToSuicide:
** [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] in ''Gear Detective.'' [[spoiler: In the BadEnding, she's successful.]]
** [[spoiler: Iori]] in ''Crossing at the Farthest Horizon.''
* EasilyForgiven:
** [[spoiler: Even Merja is surprisingly willing to forgive Misaki for being the one to plant the bomb on her. However, Misaki is both repenant and was manipulated by the Ghost of Witsarok. Misaki later turns herself in once they escape the cruise.]]
** In ''Crossing at the Farthest Horizon,'' [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] is allowed to roam free despite the fact that [[spoiler: she's a murderer.]] In the GoodEnding, [[spoiler: she is allowed to forgo jail in favor of heavy supervision by ZENA and IXG, as she may be useful.]]
* EpisodicGame: The three games form a distinct story with plot threads running throughout. Playing all three of them gives a complete story, and they don't really stand alone very well.
* GeneHunting: ''Cruise in the Distant Sea'''s plot is kicked off by Hitomi being promised information on her biological family. Notably, she loves her adoptive family very much, but she ''is'' very curious about where she comes from. Especially about her biological sister, whom she never knew.
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: Played with. The villains of the first two games do go to prison despite their [[TheAtoner repenant nature]]--in fact, they turn themselves in. However, [[spoiler: Misaki]] is eventually found not guilty by a court of law because [[spoiler: she was threatened and coerced]]. [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] is also eventually freed from prison and allowed to live a somewhat normal life, however, it's also implied it's under ''heavy'' scrutiny from law enforcement and ZENA. [[spoiler: Iori]] also ''technically'' never committed any crimes.
* HappilyAdopted: Both Hitomi and Kyosuke. Hitomi was adopted at a young age and loves her family utterly. [[spoiler: In fact, her grief over her adoptive father's death makes her reluctant to help Merja at first, because he perished [[HeroicSacrifice trying to save another's life.]]]] Similarly, the death of Kyosuke's father lead to him receiving his PSI-using arm. [[spoiler: Ritsu and Tsukiko]] are aversions, however, as their [[spoiler: adoptive mother]] is a ManipulativeBastard.
* TheHeart: Hitomi is this in spades. She's the one who is most insistent about saving Merja, and she inspires the others to keep going when things seem most hopeless. She laments the fact that everyone's always "protecting" her without realizing that she's ''inspiring'' them. In the second, Mari has this role as well.
* HollywoodHacker: Merja just happened to bring a computer-interfacting card writer with her on her cruise. Why? Because she's a programmer, duh.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Evsej Amabishi, the CEO of the Amabishi corp and Merja's father, is implied throughout the series to be a wholly decent man who inherited an [[MegaCorp absolute mess]]. He refused to spoil his daughter and encouraged her to find passions so she'd be able to work for a living, he would take a salary cut of his own before docking the pay of any of his employees, and [[spoiler: he doesn't approve of his company selling weapons to be used in civil wars]].
* TheJailBaitWait: [[spoiler: Kyosuke will not marry Mari until she graduates high school.]]
* KarmaHoudini: While most of the villains get punished for their acts, [[spoiler: Iori]] gets off scot free in the GoodEnding to ''Crossing at the Furthest Horizon''. The justification is [[spoiler: she never committed any actual crimes, only planned to,]] but said villain is still not a nice person.
* LesbianSubtext: In comparison to Hitomi and Chisono, it's more directly implied that [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] has unrequited feelings for [[spoiler: Ritsu]]. At one point, [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] directly states that she wants [[spoiler: Ritsu]] to "be hers," and in the second game, she refers to [[spoiler: Ritsu]] as "the one that I love." [[spoiler: This also makes them NotBloodSiblings.]]
* LonelyPianoPiece: The main theme of the series is a sad but lovely little piano number.
* MeaningfulName: Hitomi's name means "sight," and one of her psychic powers is seeing the unseen.
* MrViceGuy: Yukiya, with the classic Mr. Vice Guy sin of greed. He wants to make loads of money and is very cutthroat in the business world. He's even willing to [[spoiler: bargain with the megalomaniacal Ritsu as they both stand to profit from it.]] But he still wants to do the right thing.
* MultipleEndings: The first game doesn't have them, but ''Gear Detective'' and ''Crossing at the Farthest Horizon'' do.
** BadEnding:
*** ''Detective:'' [[spoiler: Tsukiko kills herself in a warehouse fire and Kyosuke feels he's failed her, but life must move on.]]
** GoodEnding:
*** ''Detective:'' [[spoiler: Kyosuke talks Tsukiko down from her suicide attempt and she turns herself in, with the promise that Kyosuke and Mari will keep in contact with her in prison. Kyosuke and Mari get engaged.]]
* NotBloodSiblings: [[spoiler: Tsukiko is implied to have feelings for Ritsu. Ritsu is also her adoptive sister. However, that's a fairly recent development.]]
* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: When [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] asks Kyosuke who he wants to marry, one of the possible options is [[GayOption Yukiya]]. However, choosing this prompts Kyosuke to [[BrainBleach frantically try to think of someone else]] before he stops and thinks that love comes in all forms... though he ''still'' doesn't want to marry Yukiya.
* PajamaCladHero: Merja spends the entirety of the first game in a frilly white nightgown.
* PeekABangs: Kyosuke wears his hair like this for a reason: He doesn't like showing off his psychic eye.
* PhenotypeStereotype: How can you tell that Merja's Russian? She's got blonde hair and icy blue eyes.
* PragmaticHero: Chisono. She initially opposes the idea of helping Merja, figuring that if they do they'll all be doomed anyway, and helping her plays directly into the villain's hands. She is, however, outvoted, and eventually comes to agree with Hitomi and Misaki.
* PsychicStatic: Certain sonic frequencies can disrupt psychic powers, and more than once in the series you'll need to dismantle PSI-jamming speakers.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Chisono and Hitomi can give off these vibes at times. Certainly they're extremely devoted to one another. Chisono even gets a little bit jealous when Hitomi starts hanging out with Merja!
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The small European country important to the game's plot--is it Witsarok or Witsarock?
* StoicSpectacles: Chisono is a RareFemaleExample. As opposed to the usual [[{{Meganekko}} anime glasses girl stereotypes]], she is ''extremely'' calm, calculating, and even a little bit [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal cold]].
* TeleFrag: [[spoiler: Ritsu]] uses this as a method to [[DeadlyEuphemism "destroy"]] inconvenient things.
* UnclePennybags: Yukiya is willing to use his wealth to give his old buddy Kyosuke a leg up here and there. (He was even willing to offer him [[spoiler: 1 billion yen]], but Kyosuke knew he couldn't accept it.)
* UndyingLoyalty: Chisono can come off as a bit cold at times, but she will never, ''ever'' abandon Hitomi. She's even stated that if she dies before Hitomi, she'll ''stage a coup in Hell'' to come back to life for her.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Ritsu,]] the true identity of the Ghost of W.
* YouAreWorthHell: When Hitomi feels bad for dragging Chisono into her messes, Chisono directly tells her that she would literally go to Hell for her.
* ''Parascientific Escape: Cruise on the Distant Seas''
** Hitomi is a not-so-OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent who is unusual even among psychics: She has two psychic powers where most people only have one. She is a clairvoyant and a telekinetic; her best friend Chisono is a telepath. She's also a HappilyAdopted girl who never knew her biological family. However, she one day receives a mysterious letter from a person who claims to have information on her biological family and invites her to a swanky cruise to receive it. She and Chisono follow through on the letter only to find themselves trapped on a sinking ship! They must escape with the help of two other young women: A half-Russian psychic named Merja and a non-psychic singer named Misaki. To make things worse, Merja has a bomb strapped to her body that will go off in four hours if they don't deactivate it!
*** Psychic Mechanic: Hitomi can look use her clairvoyance to look into boxes and other hidden spaces to see what's inside of them, then use telekinesis to manipulate them in puzzles similar to "Rush Hour."
* ''Parascientific Escape: Gear Detective''
** Kyosuke Ayana is not a natural-born psychic, but he was in a horrific accident that cost him his arm and his eye. He was outfitted with special prosthetics that allow him to use a rare and powerful psychic power: chronokinesis, the ability to look back in time and (slightly) change the past. He used this power to become a detective. One day, a mysterious girl named Tsukiko comes looking to hire him. A serial murderer is afoot, and Tsukiko fears she may be the next victim. She wants Kyosuke to protect her, and to catch the killer! With the help of his assistant Mari and his rich best friend Yukiya, Kyosuke sets out to track down the murderer and save Tsukiko from becoming just another statistic.
*** Psychic Mechanic: Kyosuke can use his chronokinesis to look into specific date/time combinations in the past and figure out what happened at those times. He can also change the past, but only in very small ways (such as hiding a key).
* ''Parascientific Escape: Crossing at the Farthest Horizon''
** In the conclusion to the trilogy, both Hitomi and Kyosuke meet up in the Central European country of Witsarock, previously in the grip of a deadly civil war. They are both there to learn the truth about what has happened to them recently--Kyosuke to learn more about his cybernetic arm and eye, and Hitomi to finally meet her sister. Their paths and those of their friends will cross as they finally learn the truth about what happened in Witsarock, their own psychic powers, and the fate of all psychics in the world.
** Psychic Mechanic: This game re-uses Kyosuke's Chronokinesis. Despite being a major character, Hitomi does not use her psychic abilities in any puzzle sections.
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* ArtEvolution: The second two games have a much more detailed art style than the first one, which is softer and more PuniPlush.
* AntiVillain: Every villain in the series is this to an extent. In the first game, [[spoiler: Misaki is a thoroughly nice person who was corrupted by the Ghost of Witsarok into performing an evil act and she immediately came to regret it.]] In the second, [[spoiler: Tsukiko is a tortured former human test subject who is desperate for the attention of her OnlyFriend, who just so happens to be a megalomaniacal madwoman.]] And in the third, [[spoiler: Ritsu is crazy, but she's also being manipulated.]]
* TheAtoner: A running theme in the series is the villains of each game realize their villainy and then attempt to make up for it near the end.
* BenevolentBoss: Despite never being seen, Evsej Amabishi is always implied to be this. Yukiya is this too, though he tends to make his niceness a secret.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Mari firmly believes herself to be Kyosuke's future wife, and ''hell be upon you'' if you try to dissuade her. [[spoiler: In the GoodEnding to Gear Detective, Kyosuke decides to marry her anyway.]]
* DisappearedDad: A running theme in the series:
** Poor Hitomi has this ''twice'' over. She never knew her biological father, and her adoptive father [[spoiler: was a rescue worker who died trying to save someone's life.]]
** Similarly, Kyosuke was also an orphan, and ''his'' adoptive father was murdered.
* DitzyGenius: Merja can come off as a little spacey at times. She's also brutally intelligent.
* DrivenToSuicide:
** [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] in ''Gear Detective.'' [[spoiler: In the BadEnding, she's successful.]]
** [[spoiler: Iori]] in ''Crossing at the Farthest Horizon.''
* EasilyForgiven:
** [[spoiler: Even Merja is surprisingly willing to forgive Misaki for being the one to plant the bomb on her. However, Misaki is both repenant and was manipulated by the Ghost of Witsarok. Misaki later turns herself in once they escape the cruise.]]
** In ''Crossing at the Farthest Horizon,'' [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] is allowed to roam free despite the fact that [[spoiler: she's a murderer.]] In the GoodEnding, [[spoiler: she is allowed to forgo jail in favor of heavy supervision by ZENA and IXG, as she may be useful.]]
* EpisodicGame: The three games form a distinct story with plot threads running throughout. Playing all three of them gives a complete story, and they don't really stand alone very well.
* GeneHunting: ''Cruise in the Distant Sea'''s plot is kicked off by Hitomi being promised information on her biological family. Notably, she loves her adoptive family very much, but she ''is'' very curious about where she comes from. Especially about her biological sister, whom she never knew.
* GetOutOfJailFreeCard: Played with. The villains of the first two games do go to prison despite their [[TheAtoner repenant nature]]--in fact, they turn themselves in. However, [[spoiler: Misaki]] is eventually found not guilty by a court of law because [[spoiler: she was threatened and coerced]]. [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] is also eventually freed from prison and allowed to live a somewhat normal life, however, it's also implied it's under ''heavy'' scrutiny from law enforcement and ZENA. [[spoiler: Iori]] also ''technically'' never committed any crimes.
* HappilyAdopted: Both Hitomi and Kyosuke. Hitomi was adopted at a young age and loves her family utterly. [[spoiler: In fact, her grief over her adoptive father's death makes her reluctant to help Merja at first, because he perished [[HeroicSacrifice trying to save another's life.]]]] Similarly, the death of Kyosuke's father lead to him receiving his PSI-using arm. [[spoiler: Ritsu and Tsukiko]] are aversions, however, as their [[spoiler: adoptive mother]] is a ManipulativeBastard.
* TheHeart: Hitomi is this in spades. She's the one who is most insistent about saving Merja, and she inspires the others to keep going when things seem most hopeless. She laments the fact that everyone's always "protecting" her without realizing that she's ''inspiring'' them. In the second, Mari has this role as well.
* HollywoodHacker: Merja just happened to bring a computer-interfacting card writer with her on her cruise. Why? Because she's a programmer, duh.
* HonestCorporateExecutive: Evsej Amabishi, the CEO of the Amabishi corp and Merja's father, is implied throughout the series to be a wholly decent man who inherited an [[MegaCorp absolute mess]]. He refused to spoil his daughter and encouraged her to find passions so she'd be able to work for a living, he would take a salary cut of his own before docking the pay of any of his employees, and [[spoiler: he doesn't approve of his company selling weapons to be used in civil wars]].
* TheJailBaitWait: [[spoiler: Kyosuke will not marry Mari until she graduates high school.]]
* KarmaHoudini: While most of the villains get punished for their acts, [[spoiler: Iori]] gets off scot free in the GoodEnding to ''Crossing at the Furthest Horizon''. The justification is [[spoiler: she never committed any actual crimes, only planned to,]] but said villain is still not a nice person.
* LesbianSubtext: In comparison to Hitomi and Chisono, it's more directly implied that [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] has unrequited feelings for [[spoiler: Ritsu]]. At one point, [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] directly states that she wants [[spoiler: Ritsu]] to "be hers," and in the second game, she refers to [[spoiler: Ritsu]] as "the one that I love." [[spoiler: This also makes them NotBloodSiblings.]]
* LonelyPianoPiece: The main theme of the series is a sad but lovely little piano number.
* MeaningfulName: Hitomi's name means "sight," and one of her psychic powers is seeing the unseen.
* MrViceGuy: Yukiya, with the classic Mr. Vice Guy sin of greed. He wants to make loads of money and is very cutthroat in the business world. He's even willing to [[spoiler: bargain with the megalomaniacal Ritsu as they both stand to profit from it.]] But he still wants to do the right thing.
* MultipleEndings: The first game doesn't have them, but ''Gear Detective'' and ''Crossing at the Farthest Horizon'' do.
** BadEnding:
*** ''Detective:'' [[spoiler: Tsukiko kills herself in a warehouse fire and Kyosuke feels he's failed her, but life must move on.]]
** GoodEnding:
*** ''Detective:'' [[spoiler: Kyosuke talks Tsukiko down from her suicide attempt and she turns herself in, with the promise that Kyosuke and Mari will keep in contact with her in prison. Kyosuke and Mari get engaged.]]
* NotBloodSiblings: [[spoiler: Tsukiko is implied to have feelings for Ritsu. Ritsu is also her adoptive sister. However, that's a fairly recent development.]]
* NotThatTheresAnythingWrongWithThat: When [[spoiler: Tsukiko]] asks Kyosuke who he wants to marry, one of the possible options is [[GayOption Yukiya]]. However, choosing this prompts Kyosuke to [[BrainBleach frantically try to think of someone else]] before he stops and thinks that love comes in all forms... though he ''still'' doesn't want to marry Yukiya.
* PajamaCladHero: Merja spends the entirety of the first game in a frilly white nightgown.
* PeekABangs: Kyosuke wears his hair like this for a reason: He doesn't like showing off his psychic eye.
* PhenotypeStereotype: How can you tell that Merja's Russian? She's got blonde hair and icy blue eyes.
* PragmaticHero: Chisono. She initially opposes the idea of helping Merja, figuring that if they do they'll all be doomed anyway, and helping her plays directly into the villain's hands. She is, however, outvoted, and eventually comes to agree with Hitomi and Misaki.
* PsychicStatic: Certain sonic frequencies can disrupt psychic powers, and more than once in the series you'll need to dismantle PSI-jamming speakers.
* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Chisono and Hitomi can give off these vibes at times. Certainly they're extremely devoted to one another. Chisono even gets a little bit jealous when Hitomi starts hanging out with Merja!
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The small European country important to the game's plot--is it Witsarok or Witsarock?
* StoicSpectacles: Chisono is a RareFemaleExample. As opposed to the usual [[{{Meganekko}} anime glasses girl stereotypes]], she is ''extremely'' calm, calculating, and even a little bit [[AddedAlliterativeAppeal cold]].
* TeleFrag: [[spoiler: Ritsu]] uses this as a method to [[DeadlyEuphemism "destroy"]] inconvenient things.
* UnclePennybags: Yukiya is willing to use his wealth to give his old buddy Kyosuke a leg up here and there. (He was even willing to offer him [[spoiler: 1 billion yen]], but Kyosuke knew he couldn't accept it.)
* UndyingLoyalty: Chisono can come off as a bit cold at times, but she will never, ''ever'' abandon Hitomi. She's even stated that if she dies before Hitomi, she'll ''stage a coup in Hell'' to come back to life for her.
* WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler: Ritsu,]] the true identity of the Ghost of W.
* YouAreWorthHell: When Hitomi feels bad for dragging Chisono into her messes, Chisono directly tells her that she would literally go to Hell for her.
