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1Tropes related to the characters of ''VisualNovel/CollarXMalice''. Keep in mind that, since this is a visual novel with multiple routes, tropes that appear in one route might not appear in another. Spoilers under "Adonis Members" will not be tagged since browsing the category itself is a spoiler.
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3[[foldercontrol]]
4
5!! Main Characters
6
7[[folder:Ichika Hoshino]]
8
9!! Ichika Hoshino
10
11[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ichika_hoshino.jpg]]
12
13-->''"[[{{SelflessWish}} I want to do everything that I can possibly do to protect the city.]]"''
14->'''VA:''' NA (visual novel), Creator/KaedeHondo (anime)
15
16* ActionGirl: Ichika is this in every route. She must take a shot (or several) during crucial moments, though whether the shot hits the target is up to the player.
17* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Receives so many: Shiraishi pats her hair, Yanagi taps her head lightly, and Sasazuka pokes her in the forehead gently.
18* AllLovingHero: Adonis was correct to think of her as a sympathizer since she sympathizes with just about everyone. She strives to see the good and motivations in everyone and struggles to believe that anyone who has committed a crime is inherently evil.
19* AmnesiacHero: [[spoiler:In Shiraishi's ending. She gets better]].
20* AnimalMotifs: Is likened to a cat by the rest of the cast.
21* AssKickingPose: In trigger mode, whenever she draws her gun. This pose is also mirrored with Yanagi in his route.
22* BadLiar: In several routes, her inability to lie convincingly or hide her thoughts is often brought up. It's a mix of Ichika being an open book and everyone just being really good at reading people. Eventually, Ichika just accepts her inability to lie:
23--> '''Ichika''': ''"As usual, I totally spilled the beans."''
24* BattleCouple: Particularly in one scene with Yanagi.
25* BloodSplatteredWeddingDress: Granted, it's not a wedding dress, but still. In Shiraishi's tragic love end, [[spoiler:Ichika gets brainwashed into becoming an emotionless killing machine for Zero. In that specific ending, she's wearing a white dress that's been splattered with blood.]]
26* BodyguardCrush: With Kei Okazaki, if she pursues his route.
27* BrokenBird: Should Ichika fail the last shooting minigame in Shiraishi's route, [[spoiler:Adonis torments her by injecting her with poison again and again until she breaks and becomes an emotionless executor that kills ''everybody'' in the cast. Shiraishi remains at her side, but he truly becomes an emotionless doll that can no longer speak and is still under Adonis' brainwashing.]]
28* ByTheBookCop: Subverted in that, while Ichika attempts to be this, investigating the X-Day Incidents in and off itself is twisting some rules.
29* ColorMotif: Pink.
30* ContagiousHeroism: In general, but particularly in Mineo Enomoto's route [[spoiler:when she inspires him to pursue the X-Day Incidents seriously again.]]
31* CoolBigSis: To Kazuki, even though he might disagree.
32* CrushBlush: Blushes a lot, especially in Okazaki's route.
33* DiedInYourArmsTonight: In one of Sasazuka's and Yanagi's bad ends.
34* {{Determinator}}: Ichika pushes through her hardships with unyielding determination. In every single route of the game, she refuses to allow the X-Day countdown go unchallenged. Even if the guy she is working with puts her down and insults her, Ichika will get up again and again to prove herself worthy.
35* DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:In Shiraishi's ending, she collapses after being poisoned but turns out to be in a coma. Also in Okazaki's ending, where she is shot and the game cuts to credits before her fate is revealed. Evidently, she lives.]]
36* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: [[spoiler: In one of Shiraishi's bad ends where she becomes Adonis's executioner after the torment of being injected with poison over and over again. This also applies to her appearance in the Adonis special chapter in the -unlimited- fandisk.]]
37* TheFettered: She has a strong sense of justice that she refuses to waver from, and it is this conviction that ultimately leads to her solving cases and saving the day, one way or another.
38* FlashbackNightmare: She has these in Yanagi's routes of [[spoiler:her forgotten traumatic meeting with Yanagi]].
39* ForgottenFirstMeeting: With [[spoiler:Yanagi]]. See "'''[[spoiler:Aiji Yanagi]]'''" character section for more information.
40* FromDressToDressing: Very briefly in Okazaki's route. Ichika will rip off her shirt to dress his wounds.
41* TheGunslinger: Ichika calls the shooting range her sanctuary. She often expresses out loud her confidence with a gun, despite never using it on a live target before. If the player hits every trigger moment, she lives up to the boast.
42* TheHeart: Mochida calls her this in Shiraishi's route, saying that the SCRPO wouldn't be able to function without her.
43* HotBlooded: Combine it with her burning determination and you have a protagonist who is going to get to the bottom of this mystery.
44* INeedAFreakingDrink: Done for laughs in Shiraishi's route when Ichika tries to down her juice but downs Shiraishi's hard liquor instead. Ichika downs her drink several times in Yanagi's and Sasazuka's routes too.
45* InSeriesNickname: "Stupid cat"/"Baka neko" by Sasazuka. "Kitty"/"Neko-chan" by Okazaki.
46* IWillWaitForYou: Declares to [[spoiler:Shiraishi in his good ending that it doesn't matter how long he's in jail, she will wait for him to serve his time and return to her.]]
47* IWorkAlone: In the common route bad end, Ichika rightfully realizes nobody in Yanagi's group trusts her and attempts to pursue the X-Day Incidents alone. Neither her nor the group can do it without combining forces, leading to the occurrence of X-Day and a bad end.
48* IUhYouToo: "I don't hate you." (to Shiraishi)
49* KillerCop: In several bad ends. [[spoiler:Twice in Enomoto's route. Once out of revenge for her brother who had just been killed in front of her, and another time out of precaution when Mineo Enomoto was stabbed.]]
50* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:In Shiraishi's ending, Zero injects Ichika with poison right before he dies and she loses all of her memories. She gets better in the after-credits scene.]]
51* LivingEmotionalCrutch: To [[spoiler:Kei Okazaki]] and [[spoiler: Kageyuki Shiraishi]] in their respective routes.
52* LoveIsAWeakness: In several bad ends, Ichika can become too occupied with thoughts of the guy she is working with and/or his impression of her. This often leads to her underperforming, thus dying or not solving the mystery in time.
53* MyNameIsInigoMontoya: Done for laughs right before downing her drink in Sasazuka's route.
54-->'''Ichika''': ''"Ichika Hoshino. Here I go!"''
55* NiceGirl: So nice that she actually pays attention to each and every complaint call she gets on the job when most people would let it go in one ear and out the other. [[TheGadfly Shiraishi]] is the only person who ever gets under her skin, and even then, on his route she decides she shouldn't just write him off as a {{Jerkass}} because giving up on him so quickly would be a betrayal of her ideals.
56* ParentalNeglect: The -unlimited- fandisk gave a glimpse on how her parents treat her in comparison to Kazuki, her parents are dismissive and are not as invested in Ichika's wellbeing and state while favoring Kazuki for being more talented and for being born male and thus, can inherit the family business. They're not even impressed with her when she was proven to be instrumental to solving the X-day cases and still remain dismissive of her despite it being months since the X-day cases are solved.
57* OppositesAttract: With Shiraishi. His route is about two people with diametrically-opposed worldviews coming together and learning how to understand each other.
58* OrphanageOfLove: [[spoiler:The epilogue of Shiraishi's route in ''Unlimited'' establishes that she and Shiraishi are frequent visitors to one for the orphans Adonis took in, showing the children the love and beauty he had been deprived of.]]
59* RescueRomance: With Yanagi, should she choose to pursue his route after how he dashed to her rescue in the prologue. [[spoiler:Especially since since he also rescued her in the [[ForgottenFirstMeeting past.]]]]
60* StarCrossedLovers: With [[spoiler:Shiraishi. He's an Adonis ChildSoldier who turns himself in, she's a cop who vows to wait for him to serve his time.]]
61* SupremeChef: An excellent cook. She demonstrates this ability in every route [[ThroughHisStomach for the love interest]].
62* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Chapter 1 of Shiraishi's ''Unlimited'' route reveals [[spoiler:she's been facing backlash from some of her fellow police officers for her close association with a convicted criminal.]]
63* TakingTheBullet: Multiple times. If she misses the shot in Sasazuka's route, [[spoiler:she does this, resulting in a heartbreaking bad end]]. In Kei Okazaki's good end, [[spoiler:she also takes the final bullet for him, but she survives.]] And, finally, if she misses the first shot in Yanagi's route, [[spoiler:she dies.]]
64* TogetherInDeath: In the Adonis route from the fandisk, the True ending has [[spoiler:Ichika take down Adonis as a whole and killed Saeki for her revenge, and then shot the gun to her head without hesitation, dying together. The final CG shown in the credits is of Ichika and Saeki on the floor with blood pooling around them and surrounded by red petals, their pinky fingers linked for a promise.]]
65* TheUnfavourite: Ichika admits that her parents favored Kazuki for being more talented and the one to inherit the family business and they don't care about her as much as they care about Kazuki. Despite this, she found her own dream in helping people.
66* WarriorTherapist: On Shiraishi's route, where her skills at listening to and comforting people are brought to the forefront as much as her marksmanship. It's exemplefied best in the scene where she [[spoiler:shoots the gun out of Shion's hand, then coaxes him and his sister to open up about their pain.]]
67* WhatDidIDoLastNight: In Shiraishi's route, [[spoiler:she falls asleep on his couch exhausted. When she wakes up in bed with him, she reacts accordingly.]]
68* WhenSheSmiles: It shocks Shiraishi in his route when he gives Ichika a proper gift and she smiles genuinely at him for the first time. Eventually he determines that he wants to protect her smile.
69* {{Workaholic}}: Will go days without rest in order to keep hard at work, to the point of sleep deprivation.
70-->'''Yanagi''': ''Seriously though, you look pale. How long has it been since you've slept?''
71-->'''Ichika''': ''Well... Um...''
72
73[[/folder]]
74
75[[folder:Mineo Enomoto]]
76
77!! Mineo Enomoto
78
79[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mineo_enomoto.jpg]]
80
81-->''"[[{{SayingTooMuch}} H-Huh? I definitely wasn't thinking about how cute you were right now!]]"''
82->'''VA:''' Creator/SomaSaito
83
84* AllMenArePerverts: When swimsuits are brought up in passing in Okazaki's route, Mineo lost track of the conversation but keys in on the word "swimsuits." When Takeru points this out as childish, Mineo deflects it with the "I'm a man, I can't help it!" line.
85* AssKickingPose: Has a gun-drawn pose.
86* BadLiar: Similar to Ichika, he cannot hide what he is thinking and often ends up SayingTooMuch.
87* ButtMonkey: To everybody at some point, but especially to Takeru Sasazuka.
88* BrutalHonesty: Tells Ichika to her face that he rightfully does not trust her at the beginning of the game.
89* CannotTalkToWomen: It is revealed by Sakuragawa that he stammers and freezes up around women.
90* TheCharmer: In his route and also Shiraishi's route, he's capable of quickly and easily becoming anyone's friends.
91* ColorMotif: Red.
92* EyepatchOfPower: Subverted as a cosmetic choice. Mineo wears it to resemble Date Masamune.
93* FieryRedhead: Played straight.
94* FirstNameBasis: In the middle of his route, after he discovers that Ichika is already on first-name basis with Kei, a comical scene occurs where Mineo tries to play off saying her first name casually and fails. In Yanagi's route, he ends up encouraging the two love-birds to properly call each other by their first names.
95* HopelessSuitor: It is revealed that Mineo Enomoto's "love affairs" date all the way back to kindergarten. He cried for 3 days and nights after learning his teacher was married. Should he enter a relationship with Ichika, it is presumably his first.
96* ImageSong: "Only Your Hero"
97* ITakeOffenseToThatLastOne: In Okazaki's route, Takeru calls Mineo useless and saying he resembles a gnome. Mineo takes offense to being compared to a gnome. [[spoiler:Notice that he doesn't deny that he's useless. Only when doing his route do you realize that he knows that he's useless but he's too hesitant to take action until Ichika reinspires him to.]]
98* LoveRedeems: Had it not been for Ichika's stubbornly deciding to be his partner in his route, [[spoiler:Mineo may have never found the will in him to pursue the incidents seriously again.]]
99* ManlyTears: In his event of looking at the April Incident's crime scene, out of mourning for the man he looked up to.
100* PiggybackCute: One of his events involves him piggybacking Ichika after she twists her ankle running after him.
101* ProperlyParanoid: Especially so when meeting Ichika for the first time. In fact, he's so paranoid that she's affiliated with Adonis that he actually suggested delaying the antidote to the toxin just in case.
102* RedOniBlueOni: The Red to Takeru Sasazuka's Blue.
103* StepfordSmiler: While Mineo acts flippant, he is simply trying to liven up the mood to cover up how useless he knows himself to be.
104* SweetTooth: For pudding.
105* YoureNotMyType: Mineo says this about the protagonist in the spur of the moment, offending her greatly. When she says it back, he's obviously hurt but tries to laugh it off.
106
107[[/folder]]
108
109[[folder:Takeru Sasazuka]]
110
111!! Takeru Sasazuka
112
113[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/takeru_sasazuka.jpg]]
114
115-->''"[[{{InsultOfEndearment}} Just listen to me, you stupid cat.]]"''
116->'''VA:''' Creator/DaisukeNamikawa
117
118* AbsenceMakesTheHeartGoYonder: Inverted. In the short stories that takes place after the tragic love end, [[spoiler:Takeru has noted that despite being away from Ichika for over a year in America, the flame in his heart has only grown stronger.]]
119* AffectionateNickname: Calls Ichika "Stupid cat."
120* BigNo: [[spoiler:He does this when Ichika gets gunned down in two of his bad endings. It gets exaggerated in one of the endings where she gets shot in the head and killed instantly.]]
121* BoyfriendBluff: Does so in front of Kazuki, much to Ichika's initial horror.
122* CoatCape: As evidenced by his artwork.
123* ColorMotif: Seafoam Green.
124* DeadpanSnarker: Embodies his personality. He cannot be in a room with Mineo without insulting him.
125* DoesntLikeGuns: Despite just about everybody carrying a gun in Shinjuku, Takeru refuses to carry one. His primary motivation in solving the X-Day Incidents is to reinstate the Swords and Firearms Control Law. The reason he hates guns is because [[spoiler:his mother was killed with one when they were abroad.]]
126* FaceHeelTurn: In one of his bad endings, [[spoiler:he leaves the group in favor of joining Adonis to track down and kill his mother's murderer.]]
127* FriendshipDenial: In Mineo Enomoto's route, when Mineo requests a friendship discount for Takeru's hacking services, Takeru says only friends get a discount. Despite this, they are truly friends. His words may be harsh, but Takeru has been undeniably looking out for Mineo.
128* GeniusSweetTooth: Has a love for doughnuts and a knack for hacking.
129* ImageSong: "Last Answer"
130* InsultOfEndearment: In Sasazuka's route, as Ichika demonstrates repeatedly how competent she is, "stupid cat" begins to sound kind.
131* JerkassHasAPoint: He's not the nicest person on the team, but when calls anyone or anything out, he's usually in the right. To quote Ichika:
132--->'''Ichika:''' He was correct, but he was being such an ass that I couldn't accept what he said.
133* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He may seem cold and prickly at first, but there are moments where he shows subtle concern for others, especially Ichika. Hell, even in one of his bad endings, [[spoiler:the last thing he does before leaving for Adonis, he finally gets the collar off of Ichika and apologizes to her for what he's about to do.]]
134* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Without Ichika, Sasazuka would have let himself be consumed by his need of revenge against his mother's killer and unable to reinstate the Swords and Firearms Control Law]].
135* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: Takeru is usually blunt and always cut straight to the point when he's speaking to others. If his words are vague or ambiguous, that's a good sign that he's either heavily upset or frustrated.
136* MissionControl: Plays this role while the rest of the guys raid the hideout of Adonis to rescue Ichika in Yanagi's route.
137* OlderThanTheyLook: Characters often remark how Sasazuka have a baby face, despite being 24-years-old.
138* RedEyesTakeWarning: Initially played straight when he's interrogating Ichika in the common route, then later subverted. For the most part, he's a decent guy.
139* RedOniBlueOni: The Blue to Mineo Enomoto's Red.
140* ShorterMeansSmarter: He's the shortest out of the main guys and his hacking capabilities are second to none. Ironic considering he dropped out of school when he was 14.
141* SmartPeoplePlayChess: One of his favorite hobbies includes playing chess.
142* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler: In one of Yanagi's bad endings and in the backstory of the Adonis route from the -unlimited- fandisk, Sasazuka is the only main love interest to survive the raid on Adonis' headquarter since he doesn't physically participate.]]
143* SmugSmiler: This especially when he's dishing out insults towards Mineo.
144* TheirFirstTime: It's heavily implied that he and Ichika slept with each other after their date on Christmas at the end of his route.
145* TheOneThatGotAway: Takeru's tragic love end is very similar to his good ending. The only difference is that he and Ichika don't act on their feelings and slowly drift apart while he's away in America. Somewhat bittersweet while the other guys' are the usual [[DownerEnding downer endings.]]
146* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Doughnuts.
147* TraumaButton: [[spoiler: The sound of a gun being shot alone is enough to make him panic and stand still]].
148* {{Tsundere}}: Harsh type. He's very blunt, short-tempered, and has no qualms against insulting other people, but he's a decent person deep down and he does have moments where he shows vunerability and concern for others.
149* VocalDissonance: One would not expect the resident baby face to have the deepest voice out of the main characters.
150
151[[/folder]]
152
153[[folder:Kei Okazaki]]
154
155!! Kei Okazaki
156
157[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kei_okazaki.jpg]]
158
159-->''"[[{{DeclarationOfProtection}} Allow me to protect you.]]"''
160->'''VA:''' Creator/YuukiKaji
161
162A 26-year-old active police officer who works as an SP (Special Police) Officer curently assigned to protect Aiji Yanagi and the other people at the Detective Agency. The reason that he's not assigned to protect a VIP is not made readily apparent. He's usually calm, and can seem like a bit of an airhead because he doesn't care at all about what other people think, simply discarding any opinions that conflict with his desired course of action.
163
164* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: After declaring that he would protect Ichika, it quickly becomes clear he values her life over anything else [[spoiler:including his own life]].
165* AnOddPlaceToSleep: The main character finds him asleep in an alleyway. He boasts that he can fall asleep anywhere in three seconds flat and actually collects sleep-enhancing goods. A huge fan of sleep, he believes that quality of sleep is more important than quantity.
166* AssKickingPose: Two of them: his action kick pose and his gun-drawn pose.
167* BewareTheNiceOnes: Despite acting nice, Kei's attitude can often turn harsh. [[spoiler:He reveals early on that he would give Ichika up for the sake of his duty without blinking an eye. That is, up until his DeclarationOfProtection.]]
168* BizarreTasteInFood: Likes weird foods such as chocolate-covered cucumbers, sea grape marshmallows, and roe-flavored biscuits. They don't taste good, but he gets them because he finds them interesting.
169* BodyguardCrush: Is the bodyguard crushing on the protectee (Ichika) in his route.
170* BridalCarry: Kei straight up picks up Ichika and carries her ''through a mine field.'' [[spoiler: Also bridal carries her to the hospital in his good end after she takes a bullet for him.]]
171* BunnyEarsLawyer: Presents himself as carefree and often clumsy but when it comes to his job, he is really competent when it counts.
172* ColorMotif: Purple.
173* ConsummateLiar: Admits that he could lie to anyone, though he didn't lie to Ichika even when it could have made things easier for himself.
174* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He is so clumsy and carefree when it comes to regular tasks that nobody would expect him to be a more-than-competent SP officer at first glance.
175* DarkAndTroubledPast: What ultimately led to Kei's goal: [[spoiler:Two years before the game, Adonis attempted to assassinate the Prime Minister. Kei was too carefree and hesitant, and his indecision led to his colleague, who was both a SP officer and an Adonis spy, protecting him from the explosion and dying. The colleague's last words to Kei was that a SP officer should find a death that had meaning. Scared of dying for the sake of someone not worth protecting, Kei has since sought out someone worth dying for.]]
176* DeathSeeker: Not only does he want to protect Ichika, [[spoiler:but he specifically wants to ''die'' protecting her so that his death has meaning.]]
177-->'''Okazaki''': [[spoiler:''"I don't want to die in vain. There's no value in a meaningless death. I just want to meet an end that has meaning."'']]
178* DeclarationOfProtection: Both at the beginning of the game and again when he decides that she is ''truly'' someone worth protecting.
179* DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife: His reason for declaring Ichika as the one he wants to protect.
180* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted in his one of his bad endings. [[spoiler:After Ichika dies, he points a gun to his head but cannot bring himself to pull the trigger. He wanted to die because his reason to live was gone, but he also wanted to live because that's what she would have wanted him to do. Either way, it doesn't matter because Adonis kills him, though it should be noted that he doesn't resist.]]
181* DivingSave: [[spoiler:In Yanagi's route, he dives in and saves both Ichika and Yanagi from falling rubble.]]
182* EnterStageWindow: How he makes his introduction in the prologue.
183* FailedASpotCheck: He exercises his stealth to catch Ichika and others off guard all the time.
184* FlowersOfRomance: Buys Ichika flowers in his route to cheer her up, considering it part of his protection duty. She later buys him flowers as well, but it's more of a get-well gift.
185* FirstNameBasis: Smoothly done right off the bat with Ichika. He calls her by her first name and encourages her to call his my his first name in other routes as well. This leads to a comical jealousy-driven scene in Enomoto's route.
186* GoOutWithASmile: Should Ichika choose to chase after Keisuke, [[spoiler:it will lead to a bad ending where Kei dies protecting her. It is not exactly how he wanted, but he dies the happiest he had ever been.]]
187* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Essentially what Okazaki determined was his reason for existing.]]
188* HypocriticalHeartwarming: In his route, he tells Kageyuki Shiraishi that he is the only one who can tease Ichika and anyone else needs his permission, which he will never give.
189* ImageSong: "My Precious"
190* OneTrueLove: Ichika, in his route. He hints that he has liked many people and it's presumed he had physical and romantic relationships before, but he expresses that Ichika is the only one who he has ever felt ''this'' way towards.
191* PinkySwear: With Ichika. He promises to protect her in return for her promising not to run from him and not to give up on her dreams.
192* SherlockScan: Repeatedly reads the protagonist's mind and Adonis' train of thought in logical ways.
193* StepfordSmiler: He smiles even when he is in great physical pain.
194* TakingTheBullet: Does so for Ichika.
195* TheTease: To Ichika ,especially as their relationship develops. Compared to other routes, he is a lot more risque in his actions. [[spoiler:Pinning Ichika down in one of his scenes, for one. His short story focuses on him waking up in bed after sleeping with her and leaving a hickey just to see her reaction.]]
196* WorthLivingFor: Played straight in the most beautiful way. [[spoiler:While Kei initially believes that Ichika is worth ''dying'' for, she proves to him that she is worth ''living'' for.]]
197-->'''Okazaki''': [[spoiler:''"You're someone that I need to live.\
198... Right now, you're the reason that I'm alive."'']]
199
200[[/folder]]
201
202[[folder:Kageyuki Shiraishi]]
203
204!! Kageyuki Shiraishi
205
206[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kageyuki_shiraishi.jpg]]
207
208-->''"Hahahaha! You suspect me, don't you?"''
209->'''VA:''' Creator/RyoheiKimura
210
211* AbductionIsLove: In one of his bad endings, [[spoiler:after Ichika loses her memories, he claims to be her lover instead of her doctor and they presumably spend the rest of their days underground.]]
212* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Implied during his route in ''Unlimited'', [[spoiler:when Kurose notes that Shiraishi seems to be resistant to the poisonous gas he's flooding the room with.]]
213* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Pets Ichika's hair after she passes out drunk. He does this again several times later, quoting how kitty-esque she is.
214* AmIJustAToyToYou: Delivered and inverted by Ichika, along with a TheReasonYouSuckSpeech. Astonishingly, despite none of her words reaching him before, this speech was the "one barb that hit the mark."
215--> [[spoiler:'''Ichika:''' ''Shiraishi...\
216You aren't really worried about me on any emotional or meaningful level, are you?\
217You just don't like the idea of your favorite toy getting broken. There is no care in that.\
218Stop trying to manipulate my feelings. I am no doll. I am not a toy for you to play with.\
219To me, you... you are frustrating. Aggravating! But more than that... you are a sad, sad man.\
220You may think of me as a doll, but to me, YOU are the doll. One without a heart or soul.'']]
221* ApologyGift: Subverted, as he only got pastries for Ichika because he had read that material goods were the fastest way to resolve disputes and not because he was apologetic. It felt more to Ichika like a FoodAsBribe moment. [[spoiler:An actual genuine moment of this comes later, when he genuinely puts thought into what would be a good apology gift and buys her animal crackers.]]
222* AttractionToOutliers: Outright expressed by Shiraishi in his route as he becomes more interested in Ichika.
223-->'''"Interesting. I do quite love exceptions. Outliers make the most interesting subjects to observe."'''
224* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Both played straight when he profiles someone with incredible accuracy and inverted when he does so for seemingly no reason other than to be a {{Jerkass}}.
225* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Originally called No. 14, he was ordered to infiltrate the police station as "Kageyuki Shiraishi". Being able to experience things he liked in the outside world, such as cats, and his encounters with Ichika in particular, slowly helped him become his own person for the first time. By the end of his route, he even reflects that "Kageyuki Shiraishi" feels more true than "No. 14".]]
226* BeneathTheMask: Beneath the mask of blunt honesty, Shiraishi struggles to even be honest to even himself due to [[spoiler:brainwashing from Adonis]]. Ichika is the one who pulls this mask off of him.
227-->'''Ichika:''' ''"Take off that stupid facade for once and show me the real you!"''
228* BoxedCrook: [[spoiler:He's become one in ''Unlimited'', using his considerable talents and knowledge of Adonis to aid the police. In exchange, he lives under guard in a stark but spacious dwelling and can receive letters or books from his friends.]]
229* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Kageyuki Shiraishi was apparently No.14 of the many orphans taken in to become Agents of Adonis and raised to obey their orders unconditionally. He only approached Ichika because Adonis demanded that he becomes someone she's close too, but this backfired spectacularly when she breaks him out of the brainwashing. For 10 years he was unable to resist Adonis' orders, but he does so for the first time for Ichika's sake.]]
230* BrokenAce: [[spoiler:''Unlimited'' reveals he was the best and most perfect of Adonis's "dolls": undefeated in training, succeeding at everything, and completely emotionless. From ''their'' perspective, that made him TheAce, but from everyone else's (including his, eventually) the horrific upbringing and emotional damage makes him this.]]
231* BrutalHonesty: Kageyuki's character revolves around how he often states the brutal truth that nobody wants to hear, thus the reason why people tend to stay wary of him.
232* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:Ichika and her stubbornness leads Shiraishi into gaining his buried emotions and seeing the value in them. He incorporates emotions with his profiling skills for the first time, taking it up another notch. With all these newfound emotions, he ends up rebelling against Adonis' brainwashing for Ichika.]]
233* ChildSoldier: [[spoiler:He was raised and brainwashed by Adonis to be a pawn for their use. In his route, he knows precisely where to stab Rei in the heart instead of hitting the ribs, while in Yanagi's he explicitly mentions harsh combat training was part of his upbringing.]]
234* ColorMotif: Lime green.
235* ConsummateLiar: Incredibly so.
236* CuriousAsAMonkey: When he's curious about something, he ''has'' to observe it and find out more. Case in point: Ichika.
237* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:No.14 of the orphans that Adonis took in and brainwashed just to obey and execute orders, Shiraishi knew he would have been disposed of had he been useless. So he became a perfect disposable pawn, becoming a police profiler at Adonis' behest and executing orders for the inside for 10 years. His world was colorless--until Ichika entered it.]]
238* EarnYourHappyEnding: [[spoiler:The epilogue and extras in ''Unlimited'' give him his, making up for the BittersweetEnding of the base game. While still a BoxedCrook, the past few years of helping the police have given Shiraishi enough goodwill that he's allowed to go outside (with restrictions and monitoring), own a phone to call and text Ichika with, and rent an apartment. He's even apparently able to get married, considering neither he nor Ichika raise any concerns about that being allowed when he proposes.]]
239* FirstNameBasis: [[spoiler:After refusing to even remember Ichika's last name, he pulls out her ''first name'' after a series of disputes that made him decide her name was worth knowing. Despite this, Ichika never calls him by his first name until the extras in the fandisk]]
240* FreudianExcuse: Shiraishi reveals casually that he's an orphan. [[spoiler:Not just an orphan, but an orphan brainwashed by Adonis to become an emotionless pawn, hence his issues with empathy.]]
241* TheGadfly: Teases Ichika so much in his route that our usually reasonable protagonist gets ''furious.'' His teasing goes as far as to hire a professional chef into carefully crafting Kotoho Sakuragawa, a meat lover who hates natto, a meat-like natto patty just to see a normally stoic woman cry.
242* GiverOfLameNames: Named the 37 stray cats he visits after ''numbers''. [[spoiler: This is particularly horrifying when you realize that this was reminiscent of how he had also been [[YouAreNumberSix named after a number]] as an orphan.]]
243* GoodIsNotNice: He is often reminding the naive Ichika that she cannot achieve everything she wants with her do-good attitude. Shiraishi believes that the end justifies the means, especially in regards to his harsh way of digging into people with words to get the truth. [[spoiler: He later takes this back, though.]]
244* GreenEyedMonster:
245** He grumpily yanks Ichika away from Saeki before the latter can invite her out for a Christmas dinner on his route, then [[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove wonders why he felt so upset]].
246** PlayedForLaughs during ''Unlimited'', when he sulks over Ichika getting a "kiss" from one of his stray cats.
247* IUhYouToo: "I don't hate you too."
248* ImageSong: "Little Love Song"
249* InLoveWithTheMark: [[spoiler:When Ichika starts spending time with him (that is, chooses his route), Zero orders him to "become someone precious to her" to test whether she would be able to hold true to her ideals upon learning her loved one was a criminal. He did, but Shiraishi also ended up falling for her in the process.]]
250* IndirectKiss: Twice when Ichika downs his drink and when Shiraishi eats her omelette. When she freaks out internally over this realization, he teases her out loud about it.
251* InnocentlyInsensitive: While he's certainly quite capable of being intentionally insensitive, and enjoys getting a rise out of others, later interactions in his route show that Shiraishi is ''genuinely clueless'' as to how he might be offending others. For example, he tells Ichika he smiles all the time so people won't hate him, as if that alone is enough to offset his words.
252* InsecureLoveInterest: Throughout his route in ''Unlimited'', he wrestles with feeling like he's not someone Ichika would consider irreplaceable, due to [[spoiler:his sincere guilt for his crimes, the scars left by his upbringing, and the [[StarCrossedLovers external difficulties]] their relationship faces.]] He comes to terms by the end of it, recognizing that just as he cherises her, she cherishes him.
253* {{Jerkass}}: He is such a terrible, unfeeling person that it led to Kotoho and Eriko into starting a "Shiraishi Bashing Coalition" that Ichika ''eagerly'' joins. ''Ichika'', who was shown to be one of the most patient and kind people in the game, who tries to see the good in everyone. She went as far as to say the quote below:
254-->''"He's contrary. He gleefully fans the flames of an argument. He does nothing but make people anxious. If I didn't have to be polite... I'd say Shiraishi is one massive pain in the ass."''
255* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His CharacterDevelopment on his route seems him becoming this. He doesn't lose his brusque demeanor or enjoyment of trolling others, but he ''does'' become more considerate of people's feelings. [[spoiler:Just compare his rapid-fire interrogation of Takeuchi at the beginning to him patiently letting her sort through her thoughts later on.]]
256* KindheartedCatLover: Expresses that he loves cats when Ichika points out his cat pin and cat-like hair accessories and contemplates quitting his job so he would have time to take care of stray cats. He carries a cat toy under his coat at all times so he can play with stray cats. He also has an album full of cat pictures in his apartment.
257* LackOfEmpathy: Incredibly guilty of this. His tactlessness causes unnecessary pain and trauma and contributes to his {{Jerkass}} personality. [[spoiler:Justified because he was raised to be an emotionless pawn to Adonis.]]
258* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler:Had it not been for Ichika, Shiraishi would have been a pawn to Adonis his entire life, unable to disobey orders and having no reason to.]]
259* {{Manchild}}: Under all the barbs, boredom and cynicism is a man who Ichika notes to have a pure, childlike excitement for the things that ''do'' bring him joy. Take how thrilled he is at the thought of meeting Santa Claus, his ideal date being playing with cats, or his excited happiness at his and Ichika's budding relationship. [[spoiler:This is tragically due to him never really having a real childhood at all.]]
260* NoSocialSkills: Eriko calls him out for this. A direct result of his personality being an awful combination of LackOfEmpathy and the BrutalHonesty, he is more often hated than he is liked. He doesn't even bother remembering anybody's names unless he feels that it would be useful.
261* OneHeadTaller: Ichika's head is shown to brush his shoulder in the [=CGIs=].
262* OppositesAttract: With Ichika. Shiraishi's route is about two people with diametrically-opposed worldviews coming together and learning how to understand each other.
263* OrphanageOfLove: [[spoiler:The epilogue of his route in ''Unlimited'' establishes that he and Ichika are frequent visitors to one for the orphans Adonis took in, showing the children the love and beauty he had been deprived of.]]
264* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler:He breaks down sobbing this when Ichika is almost poisoned to death at the end of his route.]]
265* TheProfiler: He's really good at it too. Yanagi explains in his own route that profiling suits Shiraishi because he sees each case as someone else's problem and would never empathize too heavily with suspects. His abilities to profile led to the initial disbanding of Adonis after the attempted Prime Minister assassination two years prior to the game. [[spoiler:It turns out that this was just a ploy to disband a decoy organization, since Shiraishi himself is a member of Adonis.]]
266* RedHerringMole: Believed to be the mole by Ichika and Yanagi due to his suspicious behavior. [[spoiler:Subverted in that he does works for Adonis and was the one to plant the letters leading to Ichika, but he isn't the mole they're looking for.]]
267* SherlockScan: So good at reading people from reactions and details that the protagonist wonders if he can read her mind at times. He also demonstrates this ability to the Enomoto in the prologue of Yanagi's route.
268* SignificantBirthDate: December 24. [[spoiler:Or rather, he chose that date as his birthday, as he doesn't know his actual one, ''because'' it's significant to him. Namely, it's the day of his and Ichika's FirstKiss.]]
269* SmugSmiler: So much that it irritates Ichika.
270* StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler:With Ichika. He's an Adonis ChildSoldier who turns himself in, she's a cop who vows to wait for him to serve his time.]]
271* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:Considering how he had been brainwashed by Adonis since he was young to have no emotions, he admits that he smiles only to make human relationships go smoothly. When Ichika is on the brink of death, he cries out that she is the only reason he could smile genuinely.]]
272* TheTease: Upgrades into this from TheGadfly after he lies to Kotoho that she would see the "mark" he put on Ichika's neck if she opened up her shirt. Granted, it was a good excuse to keep them away from seeing the collar, but Ichika notes that he is smart enough that he could have come up with a dozen better lies.
273* TrainingFromHell: [[spoiler:Throughout the base game and ''Unlimited'', he casually mentions being subjected to intense g-force pressures, being denied sleep, going through harsh combat training, and taking tests where failure resulted in disposal as part of his Adonis upbringing.]]
274* WalkingSpoiler: [[BeneathTheMask There is a lot more to him than meets the eye]], and all of it is deeply tied to his route's plot. [[spoiler:And the main plot.]]
275* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:On any route save his own and Yanagi's, he disappears after the X-Cases have been solved.]]
276* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: As his route progresses, he finds himself increasingly unsettled, yet equally intrigued, by the emotions Ichika awakens in him.
277* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Receives this in Yanagi's route, [[spoiler:when Shiraishi reveals his resigned fate to be an emotionless Adonis pawn.]]
278-->[[spoiler:'''Yanagi:''' ''You went into the outside world as an agent and interacted with other people.\
279You only show emotion to people you're curious about, you tease others, push them just over the edge, and are constantly misunderstood.\
280You like cats, your eating habits are odd... You're ignorant in a number of strange ways.Yet, somehow you've solved many cases.\
281Are you just some man-made tool that can only carry out commands?'']]
282* YouAreNumberSix: [[spoiler: Was named after a number as one of the orphans raised to be an Adonis pawn.]]
283* YouAreWorthHell: It's not ''hell'', exactly, but Ichika barrages him with this sentiment throughout his route in ''Unlimited''. [[spoiler:As far as she's concerned, whispering and scornful coworkers are a small price to pay for loving him; so is waiting for him to serve his time.]] She later declares to Kurose that she will ''never'' abandon Shiraishi and wants to be by his side whenever he's in danger.
284
285[[/folder]]
286
287[[folder:Aiji Yanagi]]
288
289!! Aiji Yanagi
290
291[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aiji_yanagi.jpg]]
292
293-->''"[[{{TheReliableOne}} Don't give up. If you think you're about to fall, then lean on me.]]"''
294->'''VA:''' Creator/MasakazuMorita
295
296* TheAce: He's kind, fatherly, a good cook, a good housekeeper, a good shot... Several times, other characters even wonder whether he has any flaws.
297* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: He lightly taps Ichika on the head several times.
298* AssKickingPose: Has a badass gun-drawn pose drawn to mirror Ichika's.
299* TheAtoner: He became a police officer to help people and to atone for his guilt for [[spoiler:beating a kidnapper into a coma when he was young.]]
300* BattleCouple: With Ichika. See AssKickingPose.
301* ColorMotif: Blue.
302* CrazyJealousGuy: Downplayed as Yanagi is generally reasonable about other guys interacting with Ichika but he does get concerned at one point when he thinks Okazaki is flirting with Ichika and Ichika can tease him about it. When revealing that he and Ichika have started dating, he semi-jokingly tells the other guys to keep their "hands off".
303* CrimeOfSelfDefense: [[spoiler:Yanagi beating Ichika's kidnapper to near death has him marked with a record for it, due to Japanese laws not being lenient with crimes and/or killings done in self-defense.]]
304* DarkSecret: Combine with DarkAndTroubledPast [[spoiler:and with ForgottenFirstMeeting with Ichika. To save her from assault, he beat a man brutally until the man was put into a coma. Despite how excessive it was, it was ruled as self-defense. He only reveals this secret midway into his route.]]
305* DramaticDrop: Drops the plates he was holding when Ichika reveals that she's been having nightmares of a past trauma. See [[spoiler:ForgottenFirstMeeting]].
306* FirstGirlWins: Gender-flipped if you choose Yanagi's route, as he is the first guy out of the love interests to meet Ichika. [[spoiler: It's even more pronounced when it's revealed they met twelve years earlier.]]
307* FirstNameBasis: At Minemoto's behest that lover's call each other by their first name, he and Ichika begin doing so.
308* ForgottenFirstMeeting: With Ichika. [[spoiler:They first met twelve years ago when Ichika was kidnapped for ransom and Yanagi followed to save her. Both of them were beaten brutally by the captor. Fearing for his life, Yanagi beat the man excessively until he fell into a coma. This frightened Ichika, but despite her initial fear, she ended up remembering him as a savior rather than a monster.]]
309* FormerTeenRebel: Admits that he was a delinquent with piercings in his youth.
310* FourthDateMarriage: Out of the love interests, [[spoiler: Yanagi is the quickest to propose to Ichika after knowing her for almost one month.]]
311* GutFeeling: Sensed that he could trust Ichika quickly and manages to make accurate deductions with nothing more than intuition and instinct.
312* HouseHusband: Combine TeamDad, SupremeChef, and InTouchWithHisFeminineSide and you get this. A "master of the domestic arts" according to Ichika.
313* ImageSong: "True Dawn"
314* InTouchWithHisFeminineSide: Became amazing at cooking at cleaning due to it being practical skills to have.
315* InsecureLoveInterest: He doesn't feel like he deserve Ichika's affections and didn't understand why she would want to be with him because [[spoiler: when he rescued her as a child from a kidnapper, he also frightened and traumatized her by his actions]], as well as [[spoiler: living with guilt that the kidnapper he'd beaten went into a coma]]. He became distant with everyone out of fear of hurting someone again.
316* IWorkAlone: When Yanagi first became a cop, he decided to cut off all ties with friends and families so they would never be caught up in his work. He also attempts to push Ichika away from his personal matters in his route because of this.
317* {{Kuudere}}: Yanagi appears aloof and stoic most of the time but progressing through his route shows he can get easily flustered and embarrassed when it comes to romancing Ichika.
318* LikeBrotherAndSister: Yanagi likens Ichika to a sister in his route and Saeki mistakes them for siblings due to Yanagi's "brotherly" air.
319* MaamShock: Yanagi doesn't like being called the "father" of the agency even though he is second-oldest of the group. He is also dismayed when a lost little girl calls him "Uncle".
320* ManOfTheCity: States that his main desire is to protect Shinjuku and restore it to its normal, everyday life.
321* MomentOfWeakness: In one of his bad ends, [[spoiler:he could not overcome his past fears and hesitates in his shot, leading to Ichika taking a bullet for him and dying in his arms.]]
322* NotSoStoic: Yanagi is usually seen as mature, stoic and distant but throughout his route, he shows different sides to him.
323** As Ichika pursues a romance with him, he starts to blush more and become embarrassed such as when he and Ichika go to FirstNameBasis.
324** He shows hints of being jealous when Okazaki starts openly flirting with Ichika.
325** He gets annoyed to the point of getting (playfully) physical with Enomoto after [[spoiler: Enomoto interrupted his proposal to Ichika]].
326* ObstructionistPacifist: Mildly. [[spoiler:Due to his DarkAndTroubledPast, Yanagi hesitates to enact violence on someone out of fear of killing them. Realizing that he may have to cross that line as a police officer to protect someone, Yanagi turned in his badge. Ichika gave him the strength to snap out of it.]]
327* PipePain: [[spoiler:In the past, beat the man who kidnapped Ichika into a coma with a metal pipe.]]
328* ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:Trust from Ichika gave Yanagi the strength he needed to push through his doubts. Love for Yanagi gave Ichika the strength she needed to push through her doubts.]]
329* PowerOfTrust: A huge focus in his route. Ichika's trust gave him the strength to act in a crucial HostageSituation and from that moment onwards. And trust from the rest of the crew pushed Yanagi into solving the X-Day Incidents.
330* TheProfiler: Though it isn't his official job, Yanagi is quite good at it. However, it appears his weakness is that he empathizes too strongly with suspects.
331* TheReliableOne: Several characters, including the protagonist, often express how they can rely on him and he demonstrates this in just about every route.
332* SherlockScan: On par with Shiraishi at this.
333* SignatureScent: Cigarette smoke.
334* SmokingIsCool: Though he's trying to quit. He allegedly smokes more than a pack a day (even though it's not really shown in game).
335* SupremeChef: This talent of his is brought up in several routes, but only demonstrated in his and Shiraishi's routes.
336* TeamDad: One of the oldest out of the group (The oldest one being Shiraishi, who is 29). He cooks for them and keeps them in check. Okazaki even called him the group's dad and jokes that he gained Ichika's father's approval when Yanagi supported Okazaki getting her phone number.
337* YouWouldntLikeMeWhenImAngry: Played for laughs.
338-->'''Yanagi''': ''People say I'm usually a calm, rational guy. But you know what, [[spoiler:Enomoto]]? A long time ago, I was a somewhat bad kid.''
339
340[[/folder]]
341
342!! Side Characters
343
344[[folder: Kazuki Hoshino]]
345
346!! Kazuki Hoshino
347
348[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kazuki_hoshino.jpg]]
349
350-->''"[[{{SiblingRivalry}} Leave me alone. Don't act all sisterly just because it's convenient for you now.]]"''
351->'''VA:''' Creator/TakuyaEguchi
352
353* FirstNameBasis: Calls his sister by her given name than calling her the usual [[{{UsefulNotes/JapaneseHonorifics}} "Onee-san"]] to highlight the strained relationship the siblings currently have.
354* HeirClubForMen: Because he is the son of the family despite Ichika being older, on top of having more potential than Ichika, the Hoshino's favor him as he can take over the family business. Kazuki, on the other hand, refuses and wanted to pursue a career in music.
355* HowDareYouDieOnMe: Gives Ichika this talk in almost every route.
356-->'''Kazuki''': ''So don't you die on me. You make sure you survive and come back home.''
357* {{Jerkass}}: In all routes, Kazuki is presented as mean and hateful right off the bat to a protagonist who has yet to understand why he acts this way. Even after the reason is revealed, it really doesn't justify his behavior.
358** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: At the core, [[PetTheDog he is nice and still cares for his sister]], but Ichika has to cut through the bitter attitude he showed to her coming from being pressured by everyone thinking that he'll take the family business instead of actually listening to his dream of being a musician, to actually get a chance to see that Kazuki is still the little brother that Ichika knew and loved.
359* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: Should the player fail the Trigger Mode, he gets shot dead by Hana in one of Mineo's bad endings.]]
360* MySisterIsOffLimits: Only in certain routes, but particularly in Okazaki's when he outright said he'll kick the guy's ass if he makes his family cry.
361* ObliviousYoungerSibling: Completely oblivious to Ichika's struggles throughout the game, though it's not really his fault.
362* ParentalFavoritism: Ichika and Kazuki's parents greatly favored Kazuki for being more talented. However, Kazuki himself hates this because he had his own interests.
363* ShipperOnDeck: The official 4-koma's commemorating the countdown for the fandisk release shows Kazuki preferring that his sister ends up with Enomoto, who was given the highest score among the five love interests followed by Shiraishi and Yanagi for top 3 choices.
364
365[[/folder]]
366
367[[folder:Masanobu Mochida]]
368
369!! Masanobu Mochida
370
371[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/masanobu_mochida.jpg]]
372
373-->''"[[ByTheBookCop Our mission is to bring peace of mind to the citizens of Shinjuku.]]"''
374->'''VA:''' Creator/HirofumiNojima
375
376Mochida is the protagonist's direct superior in the SRCPO. He accompanies her on most of her work in the field, and is often fielding calls from concerned citizens alongside her. He's very optimistic, and is always looking out for the protagonist to make sure the job isn't taking too much of a toll on her.
377
378* ByTheBookCop: Embodies him perfectly. He steadily admits that he has been looking into X-Day incidents on his own as well without doing anything against regulations.
379* PowerOfTrust: A firm believer of this, Masanobu says that "Trust is king."
380
381[[/folder]]
382
383[[folder:Yuzuru Saeki]]
384
385!! Yuzuru Saeki
386
387[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/o0300030013747633777.jpg]]
388
389-->''[[DrowningMySorrows "Talk to your academy pal when you need to vent. We'll have a drink."]]''
390->'''VA:''' Creator/YukiOno
391
392* DrowningMySorrows: His friendship with Ichika revolves around them being drinking buddies. Their first interaction in the prologue involves him complaining about how he gets treated for wanting to be a ByTheBookCop and chasing a righteous justice. Ichika also often catches him drinking alone in several routes with a new reason why he was drinking.
393* JustFriends: With Ichika, which she makes clear in Yanagi's route.
394
395[[/folder]]
396
397[[folder:Kenzo Satake]]
398
399!! Kenzo Satake
400
401[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kenzo_satake.jpg]]
402
403-->''"[[{{TaughtByExperience}} You can't hide that frome me. I've got too much experience not to notice.]]"''
404->'''VA:''' Creator/MasakiTerasoma
405
406[[/folder]]
407
408[[folder:Seiji Minegishi]]
409
410!! Seiji Minegishi
411
412[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seiji_minegishi.jpg]]
413
414-->''"We greatly appreciate the help of SCRPO, since you're a direct source of public communicaton."''
415->'''VA:''' Yoshimura Kazuhiro
416
417* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Minegishi was willing to help the group to solving the case however he can, particularly in Sasazuka and Yanagi's route.
418* ThoseTwoGuys: With Morioka. Subverted in Takeru's route where's he slightly more prominent there.
419
420[[/folder]]
421
422[[folder:Hajime Morioka]]
423
424!! Hajime Morioka
425
426[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hajime_morioka.jpg]]
427
428-->''"For a rookie, you have an awful lot of ties to people of interest... What aren't you telling me?"''
429->'''VA:''' Creator/RyotaTakeuchi
430
431[[/folder]]
432
433[[folder:Hideaki Yoshinari]]
434
435!! Hideaki Yoshinari
436
437[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hideaki_yoshinari.jpg]]
438
439-->''"Hey Okazaki, I got those snacks you wanted!"''
440->'''VA:''' Nagase Yuu
441
442* ADayInTheLimelight: In the fandisk, ''Unlimited''.
443* BigNo: Delivers one in Yanagi's route to [[spoiler:Okazaki who decides he wants to mask as a SRCPO officer and wants Yoshinari to deal with their angry superiors."]]
444-->'''Yoshinari:''' ''Noooooooooooooooooooooo!''
445* ButtMonkey: To Okazaki.
446* JustFriends: Admits tearfully that the girls he try to pursue usually just thanks him for being such a good friend.
447* SayingTooMuch: Often guilty of this to Ichika. He often reveals some of Okazaki's secret behavior or crucial information.
448* SixthRanger: Of sorts. Since he's Okazaki's subordinate he will sometimes tagalog and interact with the main characters. He is also usually invited to group meet ups.
449
450[[/folder]]
451
452[[folder:Eriko Mukai]]
453
454!! Eriko Mukai
455
456[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/eriko_mukai.jpg]]
457
458-->''"Please beware of the Director!"''
459->'''VA:''' Komatsu Naoko
460
461* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: While her hate for Shiraishi is very real, Eriko reveals a deep respect for him in Yanagi's route, [[spoiler:going as far as to weep after it is revealed he is a terrorist]].
462
463[[/folder]]
464
465[[folder:Kotoho Sakuragawa]]
466
467!! Kotoho Sakuragawa
468
469[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kotoho_sakuragawa.jpg]]
470
471-->''"If this blows back onto me, I'm not going to lift a finger to help you out."''
472->'''VA:''' Creator/AyakaFukuhara
473
474* DoesNotLikeSpam: She absolutely despises natto. Which Shiraishi gleefully took advantage of by pranking her with a patty only to end up being mushed up natto cooked together.
475* TrademarkFavoriteFood: ''Loves'' meat, which Ichika uses to her advantage in a few routes.
476
477[[/folder]]
478
479[[folder:Yuusaku Takaeda]]
480
481!! Yuusaku Takaeda
482
483[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuusaku_takaeda.PNG]]
484
485-->''"Then make those alibis less solid. Do whatever you have to, just arrest them."''
486
487[[/folder]]
488
489[[folder: Yasuhiro Isshiki]]
490
491!! Yasuhiro Isshiki
492
493--> "You two suspect me of being the murderer, don't you? I don't want to deal with the police."
494--> VA: Creator/ShoutaAoi
495
496* CoolBigBro: Kazuki at the least admires him and see him as one and went to the livehouse he performs in as Yasuhiro's guitarist.
497* {{Foil}}: [[spoiler: To Ogata. Both being mistakenly arrested two years ago by the police. While Yasuhiro moves on and don't let his growing hatred to the police control him, Ogata becomes an executioner of Adonis in a RoaringRampageOfRevenge]].
498* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler: In Okazaki's route, calling off Ichika for being a fan without actually listening to her leads to Ichika getting killed by Hana]].
499
500[[/folder]]
501
502
503!! Adonis Members (UNMARKED SPOILERS)
504
505[[folder:In General]]
506
507* AdaptationExpansion: All of them get their characterizations and motives expanded on in the -unlimited- fandisk through the Adonis route.
508* EarlyBirdCameo: Some of them will appear in routes where they have little to no relevance to the specific plot and their main purpose is to cause bad endings via killing Ichika.
509* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Pick an Adonis member. '''Any Adonis member'''. Majority of them were all destroyed by how society fails them and decided to take revenge, which Zero graciously provides.
510
511[[/folder]]
512
513[[folder:Zero]]
514
515!! Yuzuru Saeki
516
517[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/o0300030013747633777.jpg]]
518
519-->'''"All will become zero. That is what I aiming for."''
520->'''VA:''' Creator/YukiOno
521
522See '''Yuzuri Saeki''''s section under side characters for tropes that apply to his facade.
523
524* BastardBastard: He is the son of the prime minister.
525* BeneathNotice: He spent years just acting as a normal, pristine person in the Police Academy. It was easy, considering how other people did his dirty work for him.
526* TheChessmaster: Considers all of Adonis his "pawns."
527* CompellingVoice: Shiraishi is conditioned to obey his commands.
528* ConsummateLiar: Incredibly so.
529* DarkAndTroubledPast: He denies Ichika when she tries to understand his motivations by seeing if he was hurt in the past, claiming that he is merely a vessel for the sorrow of the common people. The truth is that he is the bastard son of the prime minister and his mistress. He was imprisoned with his mother so that his existence would never be known, up until his mother's death from illness.
530* DeathSeeker: In his ideal, reformed world, even he deserved to die.
531* FiveSecondForeshadowing: Eagle eyed players would notice how the pose of his sprite when he physically appears in the end of Okazaki's route is near identical to Saeki's own.
532* ManipulativeBastard: Emphasis on ''manipulative'' and on [[BastardBastard ''bastard.'']]
533* MissingMom: His mother died loving a man who didn't even want to see her. She even expressed that she would willingly sacrifice Saeki if it meant being with him.
534* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Ichika. If he dies at the hands of the SAT team, he expresses this.
535* SpeakOfTheDevil: As soon as Yanagi and Ichika deduce his identity, he follows up with an extremely well timed phone call to inflict doubt and confusion in Ichika.
536* WalkingSpoiler: It's so impossible to talk about his true character or motivations that a whole separate folder had to be created from his "Yuzuru Saeki" persona.
537* WeCanRuleTogether: Offers to enact the rebirth of Japan with Ichika in his bad end.
538* WellIntentionedExtremist: In theory, Saeki wants those who are in power to create a world where those not in power can live normal, happy lives. His method of purging the nation by stirring fear and malice to see who is truly good is taking it too far--especially since any amount of hate seems to make someone worthy of death in his books.
539[[/folder]]
540
541[[folder:1st Executioner]]
542
543!! Rei Mikuni
544
545[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rei_mikuni.jpg]]
546
547-->''"[[{{NumberTwo}} Long ago, we conceived of a dream together.]]"''
548->'''VA:''' Creator/KosukeToriumi
549
550* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:On Shiraishi's route, though the fact is only revealed later in ''Unlimited''. He knew Shiraishi had come to kill him and bid him do what he must to fulfill his dreams.]]
551* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has red eyes and he essentially fostered Adonis' creation.
552* TakingTheHeat: Attempts to take on all responsibility for Adonis and the X-Day Incidents in place of Saeki in Yanagi's route.
553
554[[/folder]]
555
556[[folder:2nd Executioner]]
557
558!! Keisuke Sanjou
559
560[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keisuke_sanjou.jpg]]
561
562-->''"[[{{YouHaveNoIdeaWhoYoureDealingWith}} Ha. Girl, you just don't understand. You seem to have gotten the wrong idea about me.]]"''
563->'''VA:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno
564
565* DeathSeeker: Completely apathetic to the world, Keisuke wants nothing to do with it. He also calls Kei Okazaki out for this.
566
567[[/folder]]
568
569[[folder:3rd Executioner]]
570
571!! Suzune Uno
572
573[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/suzune_uno.jpg]]
574
575-->''"[[{{ShrinkingViolet}} Shii... I'm scared...]]"''
576->'''VA:''' Creator/ReinaUeda
577
578* BerserkButton: Do not bring up family around her.
579* CrashIntoHello: With Ichika.
580* CuteAndPsycho: She's adorable, but do ''not'' push her BerserkButton.
581* DarkAndTroubledPast: Yurine Uno, Suzune and Shion's mother, [[DisproportionateRetribution was bullied by a student who decided to make her life hell after rejecting his confession because she's a married woman]], which the other students joined in. It got too much that she snapped, trying to kill Suzune and Shion in a MomentOfWeakness, which failed as their father protected them, and later, [[DrivenToSuicide killed herself]]. Their lives had been hell with everyone around them treating them with disdain after the death of their parents except for Satomi Takeuchi, Yurine's old friend who had grown to be the twins' ParentalSubstitute and Takeuchi herself returning their sentiment, [[LikeASonToMe seeing them as her own children]]. When Takeuchi told them the truth of what happened to their mother on their 18th birthday, the twins were ballistic at the revelation and wished for revenge.
582* ShrinkingViolet: Usually.
583* SplitPersonality: Has dissociative identity disorder from the trauma of her mother's suicide. Shion suggest that Suzune keeps a notebook with her on all times so she wouldn't lose herself.
584
585[[/folder]]
586
587[[folder:4th Executioner]]
588
589!! Shion Uno
590
591[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shion_uno.jpg]]
592
593-->''"It's rare for you to talk with someone."''
594->'''VA:''' Creator/YutoSuzuki
595
596* BigBrotherInstinct: Defends his sister first thing and stops her from doing anything dangerous.
597* DarkAndTroubledPast: Shared with his sister.
598
599[[/folder]]
600
601[[folder:5th Executioner]]
602
603!! Manabu Soda
604
605[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manabu_souda.jpg]]
606
607-->''"[[{{BadassBoast}} Of course~! I'm the best--I don't lose~!]]"''
608->'''VA:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto
609
610[[/folder]]
611
612[[folder:6th Executioner]]
613
614!! Rika Sugawara
615
616[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rika_sugawara.jpg]]
617
618-->''"[[{{LoveMakesYouEvil}} I've finally been reborn. I can finally live a new life.]]"''
619->'''VA:''' Creator/MadokaYonezawa
620
621* RescueRomance: In the darkest way. Adonis "rescued" her by offering her the means of seeing her stalker killed and she fell in love because of that.
622
623[[/folder]]
624
625[[folder:7th Executioner]]
626
627!! Akito Sera
628
629[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/akito_sera.jpg]]
630
631-->''"I apologize for Kazuki, Ichika..."''
632->'''VA:''' Creator/NatsukiHanae
633
634* AntiVillain: Among the executioners, he is notably the only one who did not fight against Ichika no matter the route, rather, he helps her.
635* TheAtoner: In Yanagi's route, regretting what he has done, he turns himself in. Furthermore, despite losing his memories, when he's filled in on everything, he works on the police's side.
636* MyGreatestFailure: His SelectiveObliviousness to his sister's peril, eventually leading to her death. In Sasazuka's route, particularly, this is what stemmed him to give advice for Ichika to talk out with Kazuki to ensure that they gain an understanding. Because he never get to understand his sister till her final moments.
637* PrecociousCrush: In Sasazuka's route and in the side story from the -unlimited- fandisk, Akito is shown to have a crush on Ichika.
638* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Months after the bombing incident, he is left with lingering guilt that he killed people.
639
640[[/folder]]
641
642[[folder:8th Executioner]]
643
644!! Hanako Kobayashi
645
646[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hana_8.jpg]]
647
648-->''"Hana's satisfied just being able to support the band!"''
649->'''VA:''' Creator/HarukaYamazaki
650
651* {{Catchphrase}}: "Anyone with a curious nature would wonder." This becomes her undoing in Yanagi's route as Ichika recalls her meeting with her early on.
652* {{DidntSeeThatComing}}: It's possible for the first time you ever see her to be just a moment before your death at her hand in the first Okazaki Bad End.
653* {{Fangirl}}: To Isshiki... obssessively so.
654* {{Yandere}}: She kills the protagonist not once but ''twice'' for just getting near Isshiki.
655* VerbalTic: She speaks in [[GyaruGirl Gyaru culture language]].
656
657[[/folder]]
658
659[[folder:9th Executioner]]
660
661!! Tomoki Ogata
662
663[[quoteright:256:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ogata_5.jpg]]
664
665-->''"[[{{IWontSayImGuilty}} I've said everything I have to say.]]"''
666->'''VA:''' Den Shigeji
667
668* TraumaCongaLine: After the mistaken arrest, his relationship with his wife went south, resulting in a tearful divorce on both husband and wife's part, his daughter in his now ex-wife's custody. He is also humiliated by his co-workers and it was so bad that he took the chance at revenge when Zero gave him the choice.
669

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