| 1 | '''WARNING:''' Due to this game concealing even true names from the player until late in the story, this page may contain massive spoilers. Proceed with caution. |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder: General]] |
| 6 | * CharacterSong: |
| 7 | *** Yamato: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54he-XdCH5c&ab_channel=YuukaCC Drastic Atonement]] |
| 8 | *** Monshiro: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Zb1lx1epDQ&ab_channel=YuukaCC Butterfly Ending]] |
| 9 | *** Kagiha: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eI13xWtdWwA&ab_channel=YuukaCC White Clover Engagement]] |
| 10 | *** Hikage: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZ70Aed7meo&list=PLJ_rWG2DIy04Al2ipt84NbiPg1unARFD7&ab_channel=YuukaCC Black Butterfly Dreams]] |
| 11 | *** Karasuba: [[https://soundcloud.com/aphonicdreams/0o6smomkbpf6 At The Future From Here]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | * ColorCodedCharacters: |
| 14 | *** Scarlet for Beniyuri |
| 15 | *** Green for Kagiha |
| 16 | *** Yellow for Karasuba |
| 17 | *** Blue for Yamato |
| 18 | *** Purple for Monshiro |
| 19 | *** Deep red for Hikage |
| 20 | |
| 21 | * CastFullOfPrettyBoys: A given in an otome game |
| 22 | * IdentityAmnesia: Everyone's issue due to the nature of the mansion |
| 23 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: They remember their skills, things they have cooked and eaten, books they have read, but nothing about their families or themselves. |
| 24 | * MagicalAccessory: Each has a protective butterfly-themed accessory that protects them from curses by absorbing them. |
| 25 | ** A [[ImportantHairAccessory hairpin]] for Beniyuri |
| 26 | ** A ring for Kagiha |
| 27 | ** An earring for Karasuba |
| 28 | ** A bracelet for Hikage |
| 29 | ** A choker for Yamato |
| 30 | ** A necklace for Monshiro |
| 31 | [[/folder]] |
| 32 | |
| 33 | [[folder:Beniyuri]] |
| 34 | ->Voiced by: Creator/MaiNakahara |
| 35 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/psychedelica_minato.jpeg]] |
| 36 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 37 | The main protagonist. A girl whose greatest fear is having those she cares about taken away from her. |
| 38 | ---- |
| 39 | * CanonName: Her default true name, [[InterfaceSpoiler as indicated by a menu at the very start,]] is Ai Minato. [[HelloInsertNameHere However, it can be edited.]] |
| 40 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: [[spoiler:If she pursues romance routes with Karasuba, Kagiha, Monshiro or Yamato]] |
| 41 | * ChildhoodMarriagePromise: Beniyuri eventually remembers that she made one of these with [[spoiler:Kagiha]] as a child. |
| 42 | * CoolBigSis: To her younger sister Haruka. |
| 43 | * CowardlyLion: She is self-admitted to be a coward who trembles at the notion of fighting monsters, but pulls through for the sake of her friends. |
| 44 | * CuriousAsAMonkey: Hikage refers to her as "nosy", and her curiosity will lead her into a bad ending if [[spoiler:she picks up the book in 4-8]]. [[spoiler:It also partially caused the tragedy at summer camp; she really wanted to explore the manor, despite having been warned to stay away.]] |
| 45 | * {{Determinator}}: Shines through on Monshiro's route. [[spoiler:Doesn't matter how much the Abyss terrifies her, how dark it is, how small the odds of successfully navigating it are--she jumps in and walks through it until she finds him, then walks through it until they find a way out. The choice that leads to his True Ending also involves her continually reaching out for him, despite him being well out of sight, and the result? With [[MagicalAccessory the ribbon's help]] and [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve her own sheer will]], she defies the odds and ''successfully closes the distance between them''.]] |
| 46 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: Avoids eating green peas. |
| 47 | * DudeMagnet: Par on course for an otome game heroine, Beniyuri manages to win the hearts of the boys in the game's story, and they've all expressed attraction to her even if you don't have Beniyuri pursue their respective routes. [[spoiler:Her backstory reveals that she's been a dude magnet even as a kid, as all her male childhood friends were all in love with her one way or another.]] |
| 48 | * FirstFriend: For [[spoiler:Kazuya (Monshiro) and Aki (Karasuba).]] |
| 49 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: Depression, and Denial in some bad endings. Before her amnesia, she was perfectly friendly but kept her emotional distance from people out of a desire to NeverBeHurtAgain. Her guilt over [[spoiler:her childhood tragedy]] keeps her from moving on from the past, and it's heavily implied that [[spoiler:she has stopped dating not because she still loves Natsuki, but because she feels it would be a betrayal to his memory]]. Even in the manor, she recalls that her greatest fear is losing those she cares about, and [[spoiler:her pent-up negative emotions put her on the brink of becoming a monster in the Common Route]]. In every good ending, she overcomes this, while in bad endings she gets worse. |
| 50 | * HelloInsertNameHere: The player can type in any name for the character's real self at the start of the game. |
| 51 | * IWillWaitForYou: Heartbreakingly done in [[spoiler:Monshiro's bad end. She's the only one to wake up from Psychedelica and is teetering on the border between hope and despair, but ultimately vows to wait for him and her friends to wake up.]] |
| 52 | * ImportantHairAccessory: In Karasuba's True ending, [[spoiler:she decides to finally put on the hairpin he bought for her, symbolizing that she was ready to put her past behind her and try being together with him.]] |
| 53 | * ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Blames herself for the tragedy that happened 10 years ago.]] |
| 54 | * UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Uses "atashi". |
| 55 | * LethalChef: Her little sister Haruka teases her about burning ''frozen meals'' in one of her memories. |
| 56 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: She's still a redhead in the real world, but it's a more realistic shade of auburn. In Psychedelica, her hair is an unnatural bright red, and then there's the ''kaleidoscope pattern'' somehow etched into it. [[spoiler:In the endings where she returns to the real world, her hair goes back to normal.]] |
| 57 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: From Chapter 5 on, her friends realize that they know something she doesn't and do everything they can to keep her from discovering what it is. [[spoiler:It's that she [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom involuntarily contributed to Natsuki's death and Kazuya's coma]].]] This frustrates and hurts her, but she ultimately comes to terms with it, though how so depends on route. |
| 58 | * MissingMom: Beniyuri eventually remembers that her mother died shortly after giving birth to her little sister. |
| 59 | * NeverBeHurtAgain: The "Real World" ending shows that she adopted this attitude after [[spoiler:Natsuki drowned, Kazuya fell into a coma, and Takuya and Aki left]]; while perfectly friendly, she kept her emotional distance from people so she wouldn't have to feel the pain of loss and separation. In good endings, she's able to overcome this. |
| 60 | * NiceGirl: She's sweet, gives people the benefit of the doubt, and just wants everyone in the group to get along. Flashbacks also show that [[spoiler:she went out of her way to defend Aki (a stranger at the time) from bullies and was the first person to reach out to Kazuya.]] |
| 61 | * ObliviousToLove: Justifiably so. [[spoiler:All four of her childhood friends had crushes on her when they were kids, but she didn’t notice because 1) she was seven and 2) she was too busy reciprocating Natsuki’s crush.]] |
| 62 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: To the rest of the cast she is Beniyuri. The player can name her from the beginning. |
| 63 | * ParentalSubstitute: Acted as this towards her younger sister Haruka, due to their mom's DeathByChildbirth and the age gap between them. |
| 64 | * RedheadedHero: Our protagonist, Beniyuri, is a redhead. |
| 65 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Hikage, should his route be chosen. The segment of Beniyuri asking him questions each morning as he slowly grows more exasperated perfectly highlights it. |
| 66 | * StepfordSmiler: Her frustration and hurt over being LockedOutOfTheLoop are covered up with cheerful fake acceptance. Her memories of her life before the manor show that it's not the first time she's used this as a coping mechanism, either; she pented up her pain over the loss of her mother [[spoiler:and her childhood friends]]. |
| 67 | * SweetTooth: The story shows at several points that she really loves sweets. On Hikage’s route, she wonders, in order, whether she could use the kaleidoscope to wish for a lifetime supply of chocolate chip ice cream, strawberry pastries, or to never gain weight again when eating sweets. It's partially to make him laugh, but partially genuine. |
| 68 | * TragicKeepsake: The ribbon that she got from her [[MissingMom late mother]]. [[spoiler:It's the same one Monshiro has.]] |
| 69 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:At summer camp, she urged her friends to explore a manor on a lake, despite the adults and Natsuki warning that the area wasn't safe. While they were there, it started to rain, then flood, and she and Kazuya got caught in the water. As a result, Natsuki drowned rescuing them, Kazuya was left in a coma, and Aki and Takuya moved away, leaving her alone, guilt-riden, and emotionally scarred.]] |
| 70 | * YouAreWorthHell: [[spoiler:She leaps into the Abyss to find Monshiro, even though she has no guarantee of finding him or even getting out.]] |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Hikage]] |
| 74 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KaitoIshikawa |
| 75 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hikage_pbb.jpg]] |
| 76 | [[caption-width-right:350:The seeker after secrets]] |
| 77 | -->"Do not worry. We will get out of this place." |
| 78 | Though he is straightforward to the point of rudeness and appears to have zero concern for the feelings of others, he's very trustworthy and dependable, and often takes the lead in organizing things for the others. |
| 79 | ---- |
| 80 | * TheAce: Hikage is too good at everything. People even ask him if there is anything he can't do. His response is "No." Turns out that his only weakness is not knowing how smartphones work, [[spoiler: which makes sense once we discover that he died before the smartphones became widespread]]. |
| 81 | * AbusiveParents: Hikage's stepmother hated him for being a [[HeroicBastard illegitimate child]]. His real mother was not better. |
| 82 | * AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:At the end of his route, when he accidentally shoots Usagi]]. |
| 83 | * AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Filled with hate to the world, he is not possession of all his marbles.]] |
| 84 | * BeautifulDreamer: Beniyuri notes this when she catches him sleeping on the couch in his route. |
| 85 | * BerserkButton: Played for laughs. Don't compare him to a woman. Just... don't. |
| 86 | * BigBad: [[spoiler:He's the master of the manor.]] |
| 87 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Cared deeply for his [[spoiler: younger sister Usagi]]. |
| 88 | * BreakThemByTalking: [[spoiler:Excels at this. He's able to crumble Karasuba's bravado and (depending on route) drive Kazuya into despair or Beniyuri to the brink of despair, with simply some well-placed words.]] |
| 89 | * BrutalHonesty: He is straightforward to the point of rudeness and appears to have zero concern for the feelings of others. |
| 90 | * ComicallySerious: Sometimes Hikage seems to be too intense in his perfectionism. |
| 91 | * CompulsiveLiar: [[spoiler:Describes himself as one in his ending. The abusive environment he grew up in forced him to mask his real feelings; his desire to keep Usagi from seeing his hatred for their parents worsened this; and by the time she died, the behavior had been so ingrained he just couldn't stop. His lies were so compulsive that he has even lost his sense of self.]] |
| 92 | * CrazyPrepared: At least that's what others think. Hikage really thinks ahead and plans for everything in advance. |
| 93 | * CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler:He was able to endure living in the slums, having an abusive step-mom, and the gradual loss of his home and wealth, but Usagi's death was the moment that broke him.]] |
| 94 | * DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:He's been dead for around a hundred years.]] |
| 95 | * DeadpanSnarker: Consider it a rare occasion when he goes more than a few sentences without saying something snarky. |
| 96 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In both his backstory and his ending. In the former, it was out of despair for how twisted a person he had become; in the latter, it was to set Beniyuri and the others free.]] |
| 97 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: As far as Hikage is concerned, shiitake mushrooms should not exist. |
| 98 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Hikage is a good-natured and dependable person [[spoiler: until he is outed as the impostor. Then he drops all pretenses, shows no remorse and [[EvilLaugh laughs maniacally]].]] |
| 99 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: Primarily Anger and some Bargaining. [[spoiler:In life, he was stuck in Bargaining, selling his pride and doing everything he could to raise money for Usagi's medicine. When she succumbed to her illness, he obsessively researched black magic to bring her back, ultimately finding the kaleidoscope that created Psychedelica. In death, he went into Anger--he had lost his memories, but he knew that he ''hurt'', and everyone around him seemed able to move on peacefully, and he couldn’t figure out how to do the same because he was stewing in those negative feelings. So, he decided that he'd complete and use the kaleidoscope to [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery make everyone else feel the same pain he does]]. In all routes save his own, his anger makes him go down swinging.]] |
| 100 | * ForcefulKiss: Takes this course of action with Beniyuri in his route to scare her into staying away from him. It works for a bit. |
| 101 | * ItsAllMyFault: Blames himself for [[spoiler: his younger sister's]] death. |
| 102 | * UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Uses "boku". |
| 103 | * TheLeader: Plays this role for the group of heroes. |
| 104 | * MadScientist: [[spoiler:While he was alive, he experimented with and researched different types of black magic in a bid to resurrect his dead little sister.]] |
| 105 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:He's been manipulating the cast, Kagiha, and countless unknowns, all to get the kaleidoscope.]] |
| 106 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:He completely and utterly breaks down in tears when he accidentally kills Usagi at the end of his route.]] |
| 107 | * NotHimself: His childhood personality is completely different from his current one. [[spoiler: That's because he is not, in fact, the child from the flashbacks.]] |
| 108 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Hikage" is a nickname. His real name is [[spoiler:never revealed.]] |
| 109 | * PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: [[spoiler:His goal. He doesn't remember his life, but he ''is'' still full of the grief, anger, and hate that stained it. This, his frustration at his inability to leave Psychedelica, and his growing madness ultimately caused him to decide he'd use the kaleidoscope to make everyone else as miserable as he is.]] |
| 110 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: His butterfly mini-game art has him with one red eye. [[spoiler: His right eye goes permanently red/fuchsia after he is revealed to be the master of the mansion]]. |
| 111 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler:In his backstory. He slowly lost his grip on sanity after his beloved little sister died, obsessively researching black magic to try and resurrect her. After his suicide, it got even ''worse''.]] |
| 112 | * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Beniyuri, should his route be chosen. The segment of Beniyuri asking him questions each morning as he slowly grows more exasperated perfectly highlights it. |
| 113 | * ASinisterClue: [[spoiler:He's the BigBad and a lefty.]] |
| 114 | * StayInTheKitchen: Tells Beniyuri that he considers all girls unreliable and in need of protection. [[spoiler:Which makes sense considering what era he's actually from.]] |
| 115 | * TallDarkAndHandsome: Check check check. |
| 116 | * TallDarkAndSnarky: Check check check as well. |
| 117 | * TragicVillain: [[spoiler:He was no saint in life, but [[MoralityChain Usagi's death]] pushed him off the deep end. He became obsessed with finding a way to bring her back to life, but when he found the kaleidoscope, killed himself out of shame for falling so far. He then woke up in Psychedelica with no memories but every ounce of the pain, grief, and madness he wasn't able to heal from. After watching others move on while he couldn't, he came to the conclusion that [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery if he had to be in constant anguish, so did everyone else]]. While his route shows there are still glimmers of the kind brother he used to be and that he's not completely irredeemable, it's ultimately too late for him and the best he can do is set the cast free.]] |
| 118 | * {{Tsundere}}: He is accused of being one, and in true {{Tsundere}} fashion, denies it while getting flustered. [[spoiler:Then subverted upon TheReveal it’s all an act.]] |
| 119 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Japanese food. |
| 120 | * WalkingSpoiler: [[spoiler:The two facts that ''he'' is the master of the manor and has been impersonating Kazuya give away huge swathes of the plot.]] |
| 121 | [[/folder]] |
| 122 | |
| 123 | [[folder:Kagiha]] |
| 124 | ->Voiced by: Creator/KosukeToriumi |
| 125 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kagiha_pbb.jpg]] |
| 126 | [[caption-width-right:350:The man with the helping hand]] |
| 127 | -->"This situation is really bad. We really need to work together, okay?" |
| 128 | Very calm and collected, he tries to avoid conflict whenever he can. He is the de facto mediator of the group and is able to put out any fires caused by conflicting personalities. |
| 129 | ---- |
| 130 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:Underneath his gentle, parental demeanor is a manipulative and selfish, if tragic, man obsessed with Ai. This side of him really comes out in Monshiro's route and in the "Two in the Ravine" short story.]] |
| 131 | * DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Drowned 10 years prior to the beginning of the story.]] |
| 132 | * EntitledToHaveYou: He has a habit of bringing up [[spoiler:the childhood marriage promise he made with Ai]] as a reason they should be together and outright tells [[spoiler:Kazuya that he (Kagiha) is "better equipped" to support Ai (who isn't even there to speak for herself)]]. |
| 133 | * FallenHero: [[spoiler:In life, he was the calm voice of reason among his friends, the one who looked after them all and sacrificed himself to save Ai and Kazuya. In Psychedelica, he's spent ten years helping Hikage manipulate others, and is willing to sacrifice all his childhood friends to come back to life. [[HeelFaceTurn He does redeem himself in the Common route and off-screen in Kazuya's, though.]]]] |
| 134 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: Primarily Bargaining and some Denial. [[spoiler:In his own words, he's willing to trade anyone and anything for the chance to come back to life and be with Beniyuri. For this reason, he helps Hikage use and sacrifice others for the sake of completing the kaleidoscope. He lists off everything he will do for Beniyuri if she accepts him, and mentions their ChildhoodMarriagePromise as a reason she should. In Monshiro’s route, he tells Kazuya to trade places with him since he’s "better equipped" for Beniyuri. In his ending, he catapults himself and Beniyuri into Denial, living out a [[LotusEaterMachine fantasy of being married]]. In the Common route and Monshiro’s route, he reaches Acceptance, turning on Hikage to help the others escape.]] |
| 135 | * {{Foil}}: To Monshiro. [[spoiler:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Natsuki is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Natsuki is secretly on Hikage's. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Natsuki knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]] |
| 136 | * GentleGiant: Kagiha is the tallest in the group and is a NiceGuy. |
| 137 | * HeelFaceTurn: |
| 138 | ** [[spoiler:On the Common route, he sacrifices himself to stop Hikage.]] |
| 139 | ** [[spoiler:An off-screen one happens in Monshiro's good ending. Takuya and Aki wake up at the very end, which they wouldn't have been able to do unless Kagiha gave them the last shard of the kaleidoscope.]] |
| 140 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: [[spoiler:He worked for Hikage for ten years, knew [[CompulsiveLiar what kind]] [[ManipulativeBastard of person]] he was, and still believed him when he promised he could bring Kagiha back to life.]] |
| 141 | * UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Uses "jibun". |
| 142 | * KickTheDog: |
| 143 | ** [[spoiler:He's perfectly willing to stab all of his childhood friends in the back just so he has a shot with Ai.]] |
| 144 | ** He knew [[spoiler:Kazuya was actually alive, but let him think otherwise for ten years.]] |
| 145 | ** On Monshiro's route, [[spoiler:he tells Kazuya that YouShouldHaveDiedInstead. Making it even worse is that Natsuki doesn't say this because of the life he was unfairly robbed of, but because he's "[[EntitledToHaveYou better equipped]]" for Ai.]] |
| 146 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:On Monshiro's route, he saves Kazuya from Hikage and plays up his fondness for their childhood past...specifically so he can twist the emotional knife that much deeper, driving Kazuya into despair. Then, when Beniyuri comes looking for Kazuya, Kagiha puts on a remorseful mask about how he couldn't save him and tries to dissuade her from rescuing him.]] |
| 147 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:In Kazuya's route, he helps Hikage emotionally break Kazuya so he'll fall into the Abyss, allowing Natsuki to 'take his place' and return to the real world with Beniyuri.]] |
| 148 | * NiceGuy: Kagiha has a sweet and gentle personality and is the most non-confrontational young man out of all prisoners. [[spoiler:Or so it would seem.]] |
| 149 | * ObliviousGuiltSlinging: [[spoiler:On Monshiro's route, before jumping into the Abyss, Beniyuri gives [[MacGuffin her hairpin]] to Kagiha so that the others will be able to complete the kaleidoscope if she doesn't return. When he asks why, she sincerely says she trusts him more than anyone. This visibly shakes him, as unbeknownst to her, ''he's'' the reason Kazuya is in the Abyss at all.]] |
| 150 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Kagiha's real name is [[spoiler:Mizutani Natsuki]]. |
| 151 | * ParentalAbandonment: In a few of the side stories, he mentions that his parents are dead and he lived with relatives as a kid. |
| 152 | * RealMenCook: Helps Beniyuri with cooking and seems to be proficient in it. |
| 153 | * SatelliteLoveInterest: Unlike the rest of the cast, he's pretty much defined by his relationship with Beniyuri. [[spoiler:This is deliberate and deconstructed, as he died when he was seven, was unable to process it, and pinned everything he had on fulfilling their ChildhoodMarriagePromise.]] |
| 154 | * SweetTooth: Fond of sweets. |
| 155 | * TeamDad: Unlike the rest of the mansion's prisoners whom Beniyuri addresses with "-kun", Kagiha is addressed with "-san". Beniyuri says it is because he feels like the group's big brother. He does indeed play the heart and tries to make sure everyone remains relatively peaceful and eats their vegetables. |
| 156 | * TragicVillain: [[spoiler:All his villainous actions are caused by his hopes of being able to return to life after drowning at seven.]] |
| 157 | * UnwittingPawn: Subverted. [[spoiler:He knows Hikage is using him the same way he uses everyone else, he just doesn't care as long as his wish gets granted.]] |
| 158 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's hard to talk about him without mentioning [[spoiler:one of the triple whammies that he's one of Ai's childhood friends, that he's dead, and that he's Hikage's ally.]] |
| 159 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:His and Kazuya's friendship came to an end when they had a disagreement about working for Hikage: Kazuya left because he was unwilling to compromise his ideals, while Natsuki stayed because he wanted to come back to life by any means necessary. Now Kazuya is sad about how far his friend has fallen, while Natsuki is upset about what saving Kazuya cost him.]] |
| 160 | * YoungerThanHeLooks: He has the appearance of a dapper, older gentleman, but is a teenager like the rest of the cast. [[spoiler:This takes on a bit of a darker tone when you remember that he died at the age of seven.]] |
| 161 | [[/folder]] |
| 162 | |
| 163 | [[folder:Karasuba]] |
| 164 | ->Voiced by: Creator/TetsuyaKakihara |
| 165 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/karasuba_pbb.jpg]] |
| 166 | [[caption-width-right:350:The one who hides behind a smile]] |
| 167 | -->"You're like an open book. Of course I'm going to make fun of you!" |
| 168 | Super laid back, his constant string of wry jabs do little more than confuse those around him who don't quite get his sense of humor. He often uses jokes when around others to hide what he's truly thinking. |
| 169 | ---- |
| 170 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: He tries to avoid showing it off, but he's very observant. [[spoiler:Most notably, he observes Hikage's and Monshiro's behaviors, compares them to the Kazuya he knew, correctly hypothesizes that Monshiro is the real Kazuya, and then privately tricks Hikage into an OutOfCharacterAlert.]] |
| 171 | * BadassBookworm: Karasuba is good with the gun and likes reading hard books. |
| 172 | * BluffTheImposter: [[spoiler:To confirm his guess about Hikage's identity, he pulls him aside in one of the short stories on the pretense of asking for love advice. After steering the conversation into their usual banter for a few minutes, he whiningly nags that surely Hikage must have liked a girl before. Hikage says no, which seals Karasuba's suspicions--the real Kazuya was in love with Ai.]] |
| 173 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: This silly, lackadaisical dude [[spoiler:is the only character to correctly guess Hikage's and Monshiro's identities.]] |
| 174 | * DeerInTheHeadlights: [[spoiler:When Ai and Kazuya got pulled down by the flood, what did the rest of them do? Natsuki dove in to save them, Takuya ran for help, and Aki...just froze. His guilt over that spurred him into [[ThatManIsDead abandoning]] [[IHatePastMe his "weak" self]].]] |
| 175 | * FashionableAsymmetry: While Hikage sports this as well, Karasuba is by far the worst offender. Everything from his hair to the way he wears his clothes, screams of asymetry. |
| 176 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: Denial. While his desire to become stronger was perfectly fine, he did so by completely rebranding his image and hiding things that didn't gel with it, such as his love of books. If anyone tries to bring up the boy he used to be, he brushes them off with comments about ThatManIsDead, and the more serious a matter is to him, the more he jokes about it like it's nothing. He expresses the hope that he doesn’t regain his memory because he doesn't want to take the chance it might be full of painful reminders. In his bad ending, he [[spoiler:completely tunes out reality by creating a little world where it's just himself and Beniyuri, plugging their ears and closing their eyes at anything that could break the illusion]]. He can reach Acceptance outside his own route, but his good ending has him specifically vowing to face the fears and past he spent so long trying to run from. |
| 177 | * ForcefulKiss: Does this to Beniyuri in his bad ending. |
| 178 | * GutFeeling: Karasuba's intuition is almost psychic. He was able to correctly guess the characters [[spoiler:knew each other in the real world]], that [[spoiler:there was an impostor among them]], and, eventually, [[spoiler:Monshiro's and Hikage's true identities]]. |
| 179 | * HeightAngst: PlayedForLaughs. Pretends to suffer from the inconveniences of tall height like Kagiha does to seem taller. |
| 180 | * HiddenDepths: Karasuba may claim that he's shallow or unobservant, but Beniyuri catches him reading Dazai Osamu's "The Setting Sun". It is not an easy book, and not a cheerful one either. She's also surprised to find out Karasuba is an avid bookworm. |
| 181 | * IHatePastMe: He has nothing but disgust for his old self, who was a "weak" ShrinkingViolet. [[spoiler:This is due to feeling wretched about freezing in fear when his childhood friends were in danger.]] |
| 182 | * UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Uses "ore". |
| 183 | * MasterActor: [[spoiler:He was able to act so natural while trying to BluffTheImposter that Hikage, a skilled manipulator himself, didn't pick up on it.]] |
| 184 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Beniyuri is tired of Karasuba's advances even in his own route. Poor girl can't catch a break. |
| 185 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Karasuba". He thinks it's cool and is worried his real name is less badass. His real name is [[spoiler: Himeno Akira]]. |
| 186 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: The sensitive guy to Yamato's manly man. |
| 187 | * ShrinkingViolet: In his youth, he was a timid and shy boy. After moving to a new school, he decided to put on the persona of a cocky flirt so he'd never get bullied again, and it eventually became second nature. |
| 188 | * SmarterThanYouLook: You'd be forgiven for completely buying his devil-may-care attitude and facade of being BookDumb, but Karasuba is the most intelligent member of the cast save Hikage. He logically works out [[spoiler:that Hikage isn't Kazuya, that Monshiro is, and ergo Hikage must be the master of the manor, shortly after regaining his memory.]] |
| 189 | * ThatManIsDead: Karasuba prefers his mansion self to his real self. In real life, he tried to cast away his old "weak" and shy self and create a new persona of a cheerful playboy. |
| 190 | * TheTease: The flirtatious one in the cast. |
| 191 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Karasuba and Yamato argue to the point of being annoying, but everyone seems to think they actually get along quite well. |
| 192 | * {{Yandere}}: In his bad ending, [[spoiler:it's heavily implied he did something to the rest of the group to ensure the hideout was only for him and Beniyuri. His lines are also very possessive, telling her to only look at and think only of him.]] |
| 193 | [[/folder]] |
| 194 | |
| 195 | [[folder:Yamato]] |
| 196 | ->Voiced by: Creator/YoshimasaHosoya |
| 197 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yamato_pbb.jpg]] |
| 198 | [[caption-width-right:350:The short-tempered criminal]] |
| 199 | -->"People like you irritate the hell out of me." |
| 200 | Incredibly rude and belligerent, any argument with him is almost guaranteed to come to blows. Totally incapable of expressing his true feelings, he lives in a state of perpetual hostility. |
| 201 | ---- |
| 202 | * AndThenJohnWasAZombie: And then Yamato turned into [[spoiler:a monster]]. |
| 203 | * TheAtoner: Yamato desperately seeks forgiveness for [[spoiler:[[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom his role in creating the events]] that led to Kazuya's coma and Natsuki's death.]] |
| 204 | * BadassBookworm: While his physique is something people usually notice first, he is also very intelligent and was able to get into a very good high school. |
| 205 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Yamato eventually remembers that his younger twin brother is in a coma outside the mansion and he wants to return to him. [[spoiler:Even back in the world of the living, he diligently visits Kazuya every day in the hopes that he'll wake up one day.]] |
| 206 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:He jumps in and drives Hikage off when the latter is about to kill Beniyuri in Chapter 5.]] |
| 207 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: Hates sweets. |
| 208 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: Depression. He wears his grief around his neck like a stone, quitting the sport he loved and giving up his dreams for the future out of a misplaced belief that he cannot have them while his brother is still in a coma. He loathes himself for [[spoiler:inadvertently setting in motion the chain of events that caused said coma, as well as the resentment he feels towards Kazuya for 'chaining' him down]]. In his bad ending, [[spoiler:he just sits and stews in a dark place of guilt, depression, and self-hatred forever]]. He can reach Acceptance outside his own route, but his good ending has him specifically vowing to [[spoiler:forgive himself for the mistakes he made that day and]] start living again. |
| 209 | * GreenEyedMonster: As a child, he was jealous of his brother's easy friendship with the girl he liked. |
| 210 | * HairTriggerTemper: Very irritable and snaps easily . |
| 211 | * HeightAngst: PlayedForLaughs. Pretends to suffer from the inconveniences of tall height like Kagiha does to seem taller. |
| 212 | * IneffectualLoner: In the first half of the game, Yamato just wants to be left alone and get out of the mansion as soon as possible. |
| 213 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: He loudly scoffed at his friends for making a big deal out of [[spoiler:"some lame ribbon", only for Aki to hiss that it's a TragicKeepsake from Ai's mom. Cue horrified flinch from Takuya.]]. |
| 214 | * UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Uses "ore". |
| 215 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: His gruffness and curt behavior are because he's terrible with people, not because he's a dick. Underneath the rough edges, he's actually quite kind. |
| 216 | * LovingBully: As a kid, he had a crush on the same girl his brother did, but bullied her due to not being able to properly express his feelings. Now that he's a young adult, he feels pretty terrible about it. |
| 217 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His real name is [[spoiler: Kando Takuya]]. |
| 218 | * RealMenCook: Turns out to like cooking. |
| 219 | * ResentfulGuardian: While Yamato does care for his brother, certain routes reveal that [[spoiler:he holds some resentment towards him for having to look after him in the hospital]]. This makes him feel disgusted with himself, primarily since he blames himself for [[spoiler:the incident that led to Kazuya falling into a coma in the first place]]. |
| 220 | * SensitiveGuyAndManlyMan: |
| 221 | ** Manly man to Karasuba's sensitive guy. |
| 222 | ** Also with his brother. Flashbacks show that "Yamato" was loud, popular, and great at sports, but [[LovingBully struggled to admit his feelings]], while Kazuya was soft-spoken, artsy, and considered weird, but had a lot of emotional sensitivity. |
| 223 | * TraumaButton: The reason he hates the sound of rain is [[spoiler:because it reminds him of the day his little brother fell into a coma and his friend drowned.]] [[FromBadToWorse And he's trapped in a manor where it rains every night.]] |
| 224 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:Jealous of how well Kazuya and Ai were getting along and too young to know of a healthy way to handle it, he loosened the ribbon around his brother's knee, hoping he would lose it and get in a fight with Ai. Kazuya lost it alright, went back to get it, got caught in a flood, almost drowned, and has been comatose ever since. Oh, and Natsuki ''did'' drown saving Kazuya. Takuya's carried the guilt and horror of this ever since.]] |
| 225 | * VitriolicBestBuds: Karasuba and Yamato argue to the point of being annoying, but everyone seems to think they actually get along quite well. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | [[folder:Usagi]] |
| 229 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/psychedelica_usagi.jpg]] |
| 230 | [[caption-width-right:350:]] |
| 231 | A mysterious young girl whose visage is hidden behind a rabbit mask. She claims to be working for the master of the mansion, and provides its current occupants with necessary supplies. |
| 232 | ---- |
| 233 | * AnimalMotifs: Rabbits. |
| 234 | * DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:She died of illness some hundred years before the story began.]] |
| 235 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: Acceptance. [[spoiler:She expresses no regret or sadness over dying tragically young, simply joy that she had a good life. She lingers in Psychedelica out of her selfless desire to help her brother symbolically find his own Acceptance, rather than a selfish desire to cling to the past or an inability to process what happened to her. In Hikage's route, when she's shot by said brother, she's still at peace with it because she can go knowing he has finally been saved.]] |
| 236 | * GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:She is shown tearfully beaming in the CGI after Hikage shoots her, glad to see her beloved big brother regain his senses.]] |
| 237 | * UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Uses "watashi". |
| 238 | * LoveRedeems: Invoked. [[spoiler:She pushes Beniyuri to get together with Hikage on his route, hoping that romantic love will bring him back from the brink.]] |
| 239 | * MoralityChain: [[spoiler:She was the only reason Hikage could pretend to be a good person, and when she died, even the pretense vanished.]] |
| 240 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: They call her Usagi due to her rabbit mask. Her real name is [[spoiler:never revealed.]] |
| 241 | * PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:She might have been able to stop Hikage if she'd simply revealed herself to him and reminded him of their past, but she was too afraid.]] |
| 242 | * ShipperOnDeck: Gets very excited at the prospect of Beniyuri having a thing for Hikage should his route be chosen. [[spoiler:Given she's his sister and is hoping LoveRedeems...]] |
| 243 | * ShrinkingViolet: Beniyuri notes that Usagi seems to shrivel up any time she speaks or has attention on her. |
| 244 | * TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Does this for Beniyuri at the end of Hikage's route.]] |
| 245 | * WalkingSpoiler: The reason she's working for the master of the manor is filled with spoilers. |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | |
| 248 | [[folder:Monshiro]] |
| 249 | -> Voiced by: Creator/YoshitsuguMatsuoka |
| 250 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/monshiro_pbb.jpg]] |
| 251 | [[caption-width-right:350:The enigma]] |
| 252 | -->"..." |
| 253 | A mysterious figure whose visage is hidden behind a fox mask. Though he has saved the group from monster attacks, no one is sure whether he is a friend or foe. |
| 254 | ---- |
| 255 | * AnimalMotifs: His behavior is compared to animal-like several times in the story. |
| 256 | * DeadAllAlong: Inverted. [[spoiler:He thinks he drowned at summer camp, but he's actually been in a coma ever since.]] |
| 257 | * {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Refused to move on from Psychedelica and fought off monsters for ten years just so he could return Ai’s ribbon. Since (unknown to him) he was just in a coma in the real world, not dead, this means his determination and love literally helped him cling to life.]] |
| 258 | * TheFettered: [[spoiler:He quit working for Hikage due to his strong moral fiber, even though it meant braving Psychedelica alone and "[[NotQuiteDead losing]]" the chance to come back to life.]] |
| 259 | * FiveStagesOfGrief: Acceptance. [[spoiler:He is so at peace with his death that he's surprised to learn he's actually alive. He lingers in Psychedelica out of a selfless desire to fulfil ThePromise he made to Ai, rather than a selfish desire to cling to the past or an inability to process what happened to him. Once he fulfils that promise, his goals shift to helping Beniyuri and the cast escape, aka symbolically find their own Acceptance. In Takuya's True Ending, he tells his brother that they both did stupid things that day and need to move past it. In his own route, he regresses into Depression upon receiving two [[BreakingSpeech Breaking Speeches]] from Hikage and Kagiha and is literally swallowed by the Abyss, where he tells Beniyuri to leave him. In his bad ending, he is unable to escape it or the belief that everyone would be better off without him, while in his good ending, he reaches out for hope again, returning to Acceptance and the real world both.]] |
| 260 | * {{Foil}}: To Kagiha. [[spoiler:They both suffered a tragic accident in their youth, stayed in Psychedelica for ten years because of a promise they made to their childhood love, who is the same girl, and worked for Hikage. However, Kazuya quit when his morals wouldn’t let him keep tricking people, while Natsuki is all too willing to sacrifice anyone and everything for his goal. Kazuya looks suspicious but is actually on the heroes' side, while Natsuki is secretly on Hikage's. Finally, Kazuya is actually alive but thinks he's dead, and intends to use the kaleidoscope to send Ai and her friends back, whereas Natsuki knows he's dead and hopes to use the kaleidoscope to return to life.]] |
| 261 | * GoMadFromTheIsolation: [[spoiler:He gradually lost his memories during the decade he was trapped alone in Psychedelica, until all he could remember was that he had to [[TheLadysFavor return the ribbon to "her"]]. Reuniting with Beniyuri/Ai and Yamato/Takuya brings them back.]] |
| 262 | * HatesBeingAlone: ''Despises'' it. He becomes very clingy once the group befriends him, especially to Yamato and ''especially'' to Beniyuri. [[spoiler:Being completely alone for ten years will do that to you.]] |
| 263 | * IWillWaitForYou: [[spoiler:He wandered Psychedelica for ten years on the hope that someday, Ai would find her way there.]] |
| 264 | * UsefulNotes/JapanesePronouns: Uses "ore". |
| 265 | * TheLadysFavor: The purple ribbon he wears around his neck is [[spoiler:Beniyuri/Ai's TragicKeepsake. When they were kids, she gave it to him to bandage his knee, but he was put in a coma shortly after and was thus unable to return it. His wish to give it back to her fuelled his stay in Psychedelica, which also kept him alive in real life, and was ultimately the only thing he didn’t forget. And, implicitly because ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve is a thing in Psychedelica, the ribbon actually ended up acting as a protective charm, staving off the deep despair he felt. He's finally able to return it when she arrives in Psychedelica, and again if/when they wake up in the real world.]] |
| 266 | * LastKiss: Combined with FirstKiss. In his route, he gives this to Beniyuri [[spoiler:before allowing himself to fall back into the Abyss. In his bad ending, it might very well be their first and last, as he stays comatose; in his good ending, it's subverted, as he wakes up.]] |
| 267 | * LeftHandedMirror: He's a lefty, as indicated in several [=CGIs=], which serves to contrast him against his right-handed {{Foil}} Kagiha. |
| 268 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: He has white hair with two tufts that look like fox ears. [[spoiler:He loses them upon returning to the real world.]] |
| 269 | * MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Kagiha, Hikage, and initially Yamato and Karasuba are all suspicious of him, due to his mask and his penchant for mysteriously appearing, and consider him creepy. He's really just a sweet, shy guy who desperately doesn't want to be alone but completely lacks social graces. |
| 270 | * NavelDeepNeckline: His jumpsuit is open all the way to his navel. |
| 271 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He hasn't been around people much, and is not sure how to behave. |
| 272 | * OneSideOfTheStory: Believes [[spoiler: Hikage]] that nobody needed him and [[spoiler:his precious big brother wished he never existed]]. That ends very poorly. |
| 273 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Monshiro". His real name is [[spoiler: Kando Kazuya]]. |
| 274 | * PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler:He could have ousted Hikage just by taking off his mask, but he was afraid that if he did, the [[BreakingTheFellowship group would splinter]] and he'd be alone again.]] |
| 275 | * ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:His love for Ai literally kept his comatose body alive for ten years, as he refused to go to the afterlife until he had returned her ribbon.]] |
| 276 | * ThePromise: [[spoiler:To return Ai's [[TragicKeepsake ribbon]]. He almost drowned going back for it, he waited in Psychedelica until he could return it, and it was all he remembered when he’d forgotten his name, his family, and his past.]] |
| 277 | * RescueRomance: He introduces himself by killing a monster that had been attacking Beniyuri ([[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and Hikage]]), and is a LoveInterest. [[spoiler:His good end also has her rescuing him from the Abyss.]] |
| 278 | * SociallyAwkwardHero: When it comes to killing monsters, he can do so coolly and casually with nary a flicker of fear. Put him in a room of other people, and watch him flounder to find the right words or express confusion at social norms. That said, this is somewhat downplayed as he's not really bothered by his lack of social skills and [[HatesBeingAlone far prefers being with other people, even if he has to struggle, than being on his own]]. |
| 279 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:One fateful day at summer camp, he and his friends got caught in a flood. While they were trying to travel to safety, he noticed that he'd lost Ai's ribbon, insisted that the others go on without him, and went back to get it. Ai and Natsuki followed him, and while they found the ribbon just fine, the delay made the waters even worse. He and Ai got pulled down, Natsuki drowned rescuing them, and Kazuya was left in a coma. He's not upset about what happened to him, just what happened to Natsuki.]] |
| 280 | * WalkingSpoiler: Fitting for someone described as "the enigma". [[spoiler:Namely, him being the real Kazuya turns everything you ''thought'' you knew about him and Hikage completely on its head.]] |
| 281 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: [[spoiler:His and Natsuki's friendship came to an end when they had a disagreement about working for Hikage: Kazuya left because he was unwilling to compromise his ideals, while Natsuki stayed because he wanted to come back to life by any means necessary. Now Kazuya is sad about how far his friend has fallen, while Natsuki is upset about what saving Kazuya cost him.]] |
| 282 | [[/folder]] |
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