| 1 | Characters appearing in the mobile game ''Tokyo Debunker''. |
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| 3 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder: Main Character]] |
| 6 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6373.jpeg]] |
| 7 | -->'''VA:''' Haruka Sato |
| 8 | A young woman who gets attacked and cursed by an anomaly while going home one night, she becomes a student at Darkwick Academy and inspector to the ghouls' missions in order to find a way to break her curse. |
| 9 | ---- |
| 10 | * BequeathedPower: The Sage’s Ring gives her the power to amplify stigmas. |
| 11 | * BreakTheCutie: In the Prologue things go FromBadToWorse for the MC, being stalked, cursed, injured, and then enlisted as a student and inspector for a school full of beings she didn't know existed hours ago. It's no wonder she tries to run away. |
| 12 | * ButtMonkey: Truly, the poor girl cannot seem to catch a break. |
| 13 | * CharacterDevelopment: Goes from being a scared ShrinkingViolet to the type of person to run through a burning building to save someone, if the opening scene is any indication. She also starts to legitimately care for the ghouls. |
| 14 | * TheChosenOne: For whatever reason, the Sage’s Ring artifact chose her. |
| 15 | * ContrivedCoincidence: The veil she picks up turns out to be the Hera's Snakes anomaly which ''also'' ends up being the legendary Sage's Ring. |
| 16 | * DudeMagnet: Several of the ghouls seem to develop feelings for her. |
| 17 | * TheFaceless: Except for one of her eyes being shown in the opening cutscene, she generally is shown without a face. This is so the player can imagine what she might look like instead. |
| 18 | * FateDrivesUsTogether: Her seemingly random receiver of an anomaly’s curse, and the Sage’s Ring, which make her an essential asset to Darkwick. |
| 19 | * FishOutOfWater: Being a regular human who knows nothing about the supernatural, to a cursed amplifier of a ghoul’s stigma suddenly confronted with the existence of said ghouls and anomalies within a matter of ''hours'' understandably leaves her a little confused. |
| 20 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: By the end of Episode 3, most players will probably be at or near the level 50 mark, but she’s only marginally less clueless by this point in the story. |
| 21 | * GuardianEntity: Briefly, in the Prologue, the Hera’s Snakes artifact is this for her. |
| 22 | * HeyYou: Since she's named by the player, the characters will refer to her as either ''kimi'' (a companionable version of the second-person English pronoun "you") or ''tokutaisei(-san/-chan)'' (meaning "honor/scholarship student") in voiced dialogue while the text uses the name the player chose. Some of the first-years will call her ''senpai'' as well. |
| 23 | * HiddenEyes: Her eyes are always covered in shadow. |
| 24 | * ItsPersonal: She gets roped into the ghouls' world by becoming an unwitting curse victim, and joins the missions primarily to find a way to break said curse. |
| 25 | * MagikarpPower: Her ability to enhance stigmas is shaky at best and not well understood by most others, let alone herself. It’s implied she’ll have to work to make it, and by extension herself, stronger. |
| 26 | * MagneticHero: While maybe not at first, she slowly starts to find her place among Darkwick’s ghouls and staff as the story progresses. |
| 27 | * NewTransferStudent: Technically an honor student, she’s also one of these since she gets placed in the second year to start with. |
| 28 | * NiceGirl: She’s kind and caring to others, even when she wants nothing more than to go home, she worries about what it might cost those she leaves behind at the academy. |
| 29 | * NoSell: The Mesmer Matches, which would erase her memories up to a day, don't work on her. This ends up being good and bad for her. The bad news is that it can't remove the curse that reduces her lifespan to one more year. The good is that she can be a non-biased inspector for any investigations she gets sent on. |
| 30 | * PositiveFriendInfluence: She becomes this for the ghouls she works with. |
| 31 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Even she’s surprised when Professor Hyde tells her the ghouls of Frostheim and Vagastrom [[spoiler: were beside themselves with worry and wanted to join the search and recovery team to find her when she and Towa went missing in Episode 3.]] |
| 32 | * TheQuietOne: Not as quiet as some protagonists of the genre, as she actually has voice acting in the manga strip cutscenes, but she isn't voiced in normal dialogue, and she's not as boisterous as the ghouls around her, making her seem like this even more. |
| 33 | * TheReliableOne: For Darkwick, as they rely on her to be a mission inspector, though she really doesn't have much choice in the matter. |
| 34 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Attempts this twice, first in the Prologue episode and again in Episode 1. |
| 35 | * ShrinkingViolet: Is often afraid and intimidated of the ghouls at first, especially the ones that display more {{Jerkass}} behavior. |
| 36 | * SignatureMove: She can amplify a ghoul's abilities by touch, usually through holding hands. |
| 37 | * TheSmurfettePrinciple: Being a joseimuke protagonist means she’ll likely be the only female member of the main cast. |
| 38 | * SuddenlySpeaking: She has her own voice acting in the comic strip cutscenes, a rarity for this type of game. |
| 39 | * SuperEmpowering: Her ability to enhance stigmas. |
| 40 | * SupportingProtagonist: She's the protagonist of the story, but the story itself revolves around the ghouls and the situation at Darkwick. |
| 41 | * SupportPartyMember: Her role in the missions. She’s not a ghoul and hasn’t had any combat training, so helping with the investigation and amplifying the ghouls’ stigmas is all she can do. |
| 42 | * TraumaCongaLine: The beginning of the story especially is this for her, see BreakTheCutie above. |
| 43 | * UnskilledButStrong: Her ability to enhance stigmas is a powerful asset but she has no training or education in the world she finds herself in. |
| 44 | * YouAreNotAlone: The ghouls she befriends want to help her end her curse. Haru says this to her word for word. |
| 45 | * YourDaysAreNumbered: The curse by the Anomaly means she will die within a year's time. |
| 46 | [[/folder]] |
| 47 | |
| 48 | !Darkwick Academy Staff |
| 49 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 50 | * AlwaysMale: The staff are all male, presumably due to the game’s genre. |
| 51 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: They prefer the anomalies to be captured instead of destroyed, so they can be used as research subjects. |
| 52 | * CrazyPrepared: They have to be ready to intervene when any anomaly is present, especially when civilians are involved, and there are several staff who aren’t teachers but rather researchers, rescuers, and special ops, whatever a case might need in order to be swept under the rug. |
| 53 | * NonActionGuy: While it’s implied some of them ''can'' fight, they mostly let the ghouls fight the anomalies while they collect and research them. |
| 54 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being a bit quirky, Cornelius and the professors are all shown to be capable guides and mentors for the students under their care. |
| 55 | * VillainsActHeroesReact: They send the ghouls on missions whenever something happens that could be supernatural in origin. This usually means they’re forced to react to the anomalies’ actions. |
| 56 | [[/folder]] |
| 57 | [[folder: Chancellor Cornelius]] |
| 58 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6371.jpeg]] |
| 59 | -->'''VA:''' Shinnosuke Tokudome |
| 60 | Darkwick's Chancellor, a young-looking boy with blue hair and feminine features who loves cats. As unconventional as the school he runs, he offers the main character a scholarship to attend the Academy if she agrees to be an inspector and research subject. |
| 61 | ---- |
| 62 | * AmbiguousSituation: How a cat-obsessed, childlike, young man became the chancellor is anyone’s guess. |
| 63 | * AnimalMotifs: Cats, of course. |
| 64 | * DudeWheresMyRespect: Thanks to his appearance, his staff and students regularly fail to take him seriously. |
| 65 | * {{Expy}}: He looks like a more studious version of [[VideoGame/EnsembleStars Hajime Shino]]. |
| 66 | * ImprobableAge: Or at least he ''looks'' about twelve. |
| 67 | * NiceGuy: He’s a KindheartedCatLover through and through, and although his position means he can’t let the main character go home, he does his best to make her as comfortable as he can while promising to research a way to break her curse. |
| 68 | * NonIndicativeName: He’s the chancellor, and he looks about as far from most people’s idea of a chancellor as one can get |
| 69 | * PerpetualSmiler: His default expression is a small, serene smile. |
| 70 | * RecruitTeenagersWithAttitude: He runs the most elite academy in Japan and yet a fair few of his students are delinquents or otherwise average at best. Justified, in that the elite school veneer is mostly a front hiding the Institute’s education. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | [[folder: Professor Nicolas]] |
| 73 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6370.jpeg]] |
| 74 | -->'''VA:''' Tomoya Ito |
| 75 | Teaches anomalous medicine, the advisor of Mortkranken House, and the first staff member the main character meets. Kind and compassionate, yet not much of a fighter. |
| 76 | ---- |
| 77 | * TheMedic: The head doctor at the academy, and the House advisor for its medical students. |
| 78 | * NiceGuy: Far and away the nicest staff member. |
| 79 | * NonActionGuy: Even more so than his colleagues, he’s implied to be the worst when it comes to a fight. |
| 80 | * TheReliableOne: He’s the most reliable of the staff, always ready to help anyone injured and offer his assistance in what (non-fighting) ways he can. |
| 81 | [[/folder]] |
| 82 | [[folder: Professor Hyde]] |
| 83 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6368.jpeg]] |
| 84 | -->'''VA:''' Daiki Abe |
| 85 | A strange young man who walks around with a blindfold and a playful, teasing attitude. Teaches anomalous biology and is the advisor of Jabberwock and Sinostra. |
| 86 | ---- |
| 87 | * BadassLongcoat: He wears a long black coat over his outfit, and he’s one of the world’s top anomalous researchers, and it’s implied he knows how to fight too. |
| 88 | * CreepyGood: Haku says he looks like someone you’d cross the street to avoid, but he’s one of the good guys. |
| 89 | * {{Expy}}: His look, personality, and role as a teacher for a group of superpowered teenagers makes him a dead ringer for [[Manga/JujutsuKaisen Satoru Gojo]]. |
| 90 | * TheFaceless: He has a face, but it’s upper half is concealed by his blindfold. |
| 91 | * ImprobableAge: He looks awfully young to be as accomplished a researcher as he is. Of course, [[UnreliableNarrator that’s if you believe him when he says it.]] |
| 92 | * NiceGuy: While he’s certainly quirky, he does care for his students and tells the main character that includes her as well. |
| 93 | * OnceAnEpisode: Him teasing Dante for his soft spot toward his students in need. |
| 94 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: If something gets him to be serious, you know it’s something big. |
| 95 | * PerpetualSmiler: It’s more of a smirk, but he apparently never leaves home without it. |
| 96 | * ShoutOut: His character is a giant one to JJK’s Gojo. |
| 97 | * SoProudOfYou: He feels this way toward his ghoul students and the main character, as well as [[spoiler: his younger brother, Sho.]] |
| 98 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: Again, for Satoru Gojo. |
| 99 | [[/folder]] |
| 100 | [[folder: Professor Dante]] |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6378.jpeg]] |
| 103 | -->'''VA:''' Tetsuei Sumiya |
| 104 | A wheelchair-bound man and advisor of Frostheim and Vagastrom Houses. As chilly as the house he oversees, but not without compassion himself. |
| 105 | ---- |
| 106 | * TheQuietOne: As a contrast to [[{{Foil}} Professor Hyde]], Dante only talks when he has to. |
| 107 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He helps out the characters only enough so that they can handle things themselves, and he's not without compassion, as much as he dislikes when Hyde points this out to him. |
| 108 | [[/folder]] |
| 109 | [[folder: Professor Moby]] |
| 110 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6372_1.jpeg]] |
| 111 | -->'''VA:''' Hiroki Shimowada |
| 112 | Professor of anomalous law, and House advisor for Hotarubi and Obscuary. He's a large giggling, octopus-like creature. |
| 113 | ---- |
| 114 | * AmbiguousSituation: What Moby is and how he works for Darkwick remains a mystery. |
| 115 | * AnimalMotifs: Octopi, obviously. |
| 116 | * CheshireCatGrin: Played with, in that his mask can change into one. |
| 117 | * CreepyGood: He's some kind of octopus-like creature, but he's one of the Darkwick professors, who are seemingly the good guys. |
| 118 | * EldritchAbomination: Whatever Professor Moby is, he's not human, though he seems to be one of the good guys. |
| 119 | * {{Expy}}: He makes one wonder if he can match [[Manga/AssassinationClassroom Koro-sensei's]] Mach 20 speed. |
| 120 | * TheFaceless: He wears an electronic face mask of sorts that emotes with him. |
| 121 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: Darkwick has something inhuman on staff and no one really makes mention of it. |
| 122 | * {{Gonk}}: His coworkers (that are shown so far anyway) are all handsome young men, and his boss is an OlderThanTheyLook boy. Then there's Professor Moby, the octopus-like creature on staff. |
| 123 | * HorrifyingHero: The professors at Darkwick are the good guys keeping the peace against anomalies and training ghouls, one of them just happens to look monstrous. |
| 124 | * PerpetualSmiler: His mask always has a smile on it. |
| 125 | [[/folder]] |
| 126 | [[folder: Benkei]] |
| 127 | [[quoteright:1000:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/img_6369.jpeg]] |
| 128 | -->'''VA:''' Naoyuki Shimozuru |
| 129 | The clerk of Darkwick Academy's student store. |
| 130 | ---- |
| 131 | * AllThereInTheManual: His name was first revealed in a post on the game's official Instagram. It doesn't even come up in his first scene. |
| 132 | * AscendedExtra: He started out as just an unnamed chibi character on the game's shop screen before being formally introduced to the story in Episode 4, nearly two weeks after the game's release. |
| 133 | * DoubleEntendre: He tells the main character that he's there for her to vent her frustrations to, within five minutes of meeting her, and then immediately worries that came off as him coming onto her. |
| 134 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: He's seen as early as the game's release as a chibified version of himself on the shop screen, far before he's introduced as a character in the story. |
| 135 | * SixthRanger: Of Darkwick's staff, as he gets introduced a full three episodes after Professor Moby in Episode 1, and he runs the school store as opposed to being a professor. |
| 136 | * SociallyAwkwardHero: He seems like a good guy, but in his first on-screen introduction he worries twice that his attempts to comfort the main character come off as sexual harassment. |
| 137 | [[/folder]] |
| 138 | |
| 139 | [[folder: Darkwick Academy Cats]] |
| 140 | A variety of cats that tend to different matters around campus, such as running errands or messages for the chancellor, conducting the [[CoolTrain Galaxy Express]], and even routine maintenance work. Cornelius says they're more cohabitants on the campus than pets. |
| 141 | ---- |
| 142 | * AmbiguousSituation: Why there's a horde of cats living at Darkwick, and intelligent enough to do things like conduct trains and perform routine maintenance, is a mystery. |
| 143 | * LogicalWeakness: They may be highly intelligent and capable, but they're still the size of normal housecats. |
| 144 | [[/folder]] |
| 145 | !Ghouls |
| 146 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 147 | The seven student Houses of Darkwick Academy. Each contains general and ghoul students. |
| 148 | ---- |
| 149 | * TheAce: In addition to their abilities and role in the school, a few of them are also quite good at academics. |
| 150 | * AlwaysMale: Even though anyone of any gender can presumably make a pact with a demon and become a ghoul, the ghouls in the game are all male, likely due to the game’s genre. |
| 151 | * AmbiguousSituation: How and why they made pacts with demons to begin with. They all wished for something enough to do it, but that’s all we know. Leo even touches on this in his character quote. |
| 152 | -->'''Leo:''' ''Aren't you curious about what wish all these ghouls sold their souls for?'' |
| 153 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: It’s apparently an in-universe topic of debate as to whether ghouls are a separate race or not, but they started out as humans, and beyond their stigmas there’s really not a lot of difference. |
| 154 | * BequeathedPower: Their abilities stem from power gained from a demon they made a pact with. |
| 155 | * TheChosenOne: As ghouls, they’re the ones able to fight back against the anomalies, even if they didn’t ask for it. |
| 156 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: What made them make their pacts to begin with is probably nothing pleasant. |
| 157 | * DealWithTheDevil: How they became ghouls. |
| 158 | * FateDrivesUsTogether: They’re forced to work with the main character on missions, regardless of how anyone feels about it. |
| 159 | * {{Jerkass}}: [[IceKing Jin]], [[ItsAllAboutMe Leo]], [[TheHedonist Ren]], and [[BloodKnight Taiga]] may all take some getting used to. |
| 160 | * MagicKnight: They are trained to fight anomalies using their stigmas, but some of them are physically capable as well. |
| 161 | * OneHeroHoldTheWeaksauce: They’re the heroes of the story [[DesignatedHero (at least for a given value of “hero”)]] and they’re very powerful. |
| 162 | * PositiveFriendInfluence: Professor Hyde suggests that the main character’s ability to get along with the ghouls creates this. |
| 163 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: They all form a bond with the main character, some of them in spite of themselves, and it helps them to finish the mission. |
| 164 | * RecurringElement: There’s at least one ghoul in each house who resists the main character’s accompaniment, or otherwise can’t be bothered with the current mission at first. There’s also implied to be at least one ghoul that develops romantic feelings for the main character as well, if the appearance of the Like Dove in each chapter is any indication. |
| 165 | * SmugSuper: They have powers and durability granted to them by their demon patrons, and some of them are pretty smug about it. |
| 166 | * StepfordSmiler: All of them wished for something enough to make a demon pact, and then lost something along with their humanity in return. They all seem mostly well-adjusted all things considered but a few moments imply it’s more this trope. |
| 167 | * SuperpowerLottery: Their stigmas vary far and wide, not to mention they’re stronger and more durable than regular humans. |
| 168 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: The ghouls tend to conflict with each other both within their own Houses and even more so between Houses. It becomes evident fairly early on to the main character that there’s a simmering tension between all of them. |
| 169 | * YouAreNotAlone: By the end of Episode 3, the main character realizes she needs them as much as they need her, and for better or worse they’re all stuck together. |
| 170 | [[/folder]] |
| 171 | !!Frostheim |
| 172 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 173 | [[quoteright:151:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_151957.png]] |
| 174 | The first of the Houses and the focus of Episode 1 “The Man Who Grants Wishes.” |
| 175 | ---- |
| 176 | * BadassInANiceSuit: The dorm uniform is a three-piece suit, and the ghouls are badass. Well, excepting Kaito, anyway. |
| 177 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The focus of Episode 1. |
| 178 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: Being the House that embodies prestige comes with this in its wheelhouse. Again, excepting Kaito. |
| 179 | * MeaningfulName: It’s probably not surprising the House called '''Frost'''heim is a little chilly, both physically and personality-wise. Luca and Kaito actually seem to be exceptions to the rest of their House. |
| 180 | * {{Motifs}}: Frostheim has the most of any House. Given their name and nature, they’re naturally associated with wintry themes. They’re also most often depicted by chess pieces, usually a rook or king, emphasizing their prestige and wealth. They also are associated with swords, with two of the ghouls using them as artifacts (Luca’s twin swords, and Jin’s more traditional longsword) and the other two having sharp blades in non-sword artifacts (Tohma’s halberd and Kaito’s arrows). Finally, royalty themes are abundant in Frostheim. Jin, the House captain, and his vice-captain Tohma are referred to in chapter titles as the King and King’s Advisor respectively. Luca is also referred to as the Knight while Kaito is called the Archer (albeit reluctantly), which while not be explicitly royal still has similar medieval connotations. There’s also a crown on their crest. |
| 181 | * {{Pride}}: The Frostheim students by-and-large come from wealthy backgrounds, and have quite a lot of pride as a result. |
| 182 | * StealthPun: One feature of their dorm is a safe covered in frost. They have ''frozen assets''. |
| 183 | [[/folder]] |
| 184 | |
| 185 | [[folder: Jin Kamurai]] |
| 186 | [[quoteright:693:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_154417.png]] |
| 187 | -->''A party? No thanks. I don't waste air on bootlickers.'' |
| 188 | -->'''VA:''' Hayato Dojima |
| 189 | |
| 190 | [floatboxright: |
| 191 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 192 | '''Birthday:''' 8/31 \ |
| 193 | '''Blood Type:''' B \ |
| 194 | '''Star Sign:''' Virgo \ |
| 195 | '''Likes:''' Chess \ |
| 196 | '''Special Artifact:''' Sword] |
| 197 | |
| 198 | Captain of Frostheim House and heir to the influential Kamurai family. Though surly and arrogant, he is highly capable. Once the charismatic ruler of Frostheim, lately he spends his days locked away in his icy chambers, and few can even claim to have seen his face. |
| 199 | ---- |
| 200 | * TheAloner: Spends a majority of his time in his room, and prefers to spend it alone. |
| 201 | * AmbiguousSituation: Jin's mother is implied to have recently passed away due to some mental illness but the specifics have yet to be explored. |
| 202 | * BadassBureaucrat: Maybe not quite yet, but his father is the President of the Anomalous Research Institute and he's the heir of the family. He's also a badass ghoul with a giant sword as his special artifact. |
| 203 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: The situation with his mother and the fallout from The Clash are why he started holing himself up in his room. |
| 204 | * DefrostingIceKing: He starts to show more compassion by the end of Episode 1 when he asks the MC to dance to help her save face, as well as when [[spoiler: he reprimands Lucas for instigating Vagastrom because it put the MC in danger.]] |
| 205 | * FairytaleMotifs: His being someone of high power and authority asking a commoner like the MC to dance is reminiscent of the story of Cinderella. |
| 206 | * IceKing: Captain of the icy Frostheim House, and with a cold personality to match. |
| 207 | * {{Jerkass}}: Not a very friendly or approachable person, when the MC enters his room for the first time he essentially threatens to kill her if she shows up again. He gets marginally better by the end of the Episode but just barely. |
| 208 | * MissingMom: His mother apparently passed away recently after struggling with some kind of illness, but this is only mentioned in passing. |
| 209 | * MysticalWhiteHair: He's a rich and influential ghoul, the captain of his House, and has white hair. |
| 210 | * {{Pride}}: The captain of Frostheim, which is full of prideful students, and his isolation hasn't done much to dull his own arrogance, thinking that many things are beneath him. |
| 211 | * SignatureMove: His stigma ''Bianerus'' makes others follow his commands. Fitting for the “King” of Frostheim. |
| 212 | * {{Synchronization}}: His stigma works on larger groups as well, making them all move how he wants them to in unison. |
| 213 | * YouAreNotAlone: His reasoning for asking the main character to dance at the end of Episode 1 is implied to be due to this - other Frostheim students won't look down on her for coming alone and not being from a prestigious family if she dances with Frostheim's captain. |
| 214 | [[/folder]] |
| 215 | [[folder: Tohma Ishibashi]] |
| 216 | [[quoteright:689:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_155250.png]] |
| 217 | -->''I lend a sympathetic ear to those in need--that's all.'' |
| 218 | -->'''VA:''' Wataru Komada |
| 219 | |
| 220 | [floatboxright: |
| 221 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 222 | '''Birthday:''' 5/31 \ |
| 223 | '''Blood Type:''' O \ |
| 224 | '''Star Sign:''' Gemini \ |
| 225 | '''Likes:''' N/A \ |
| 226 | '''Special Artifact:''' Halberd] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | The vice-captain of Frostheim House is not afraid to get his hands dirty in pursuit of his goals. He has been running Frostheim in Jin’s absence. His calm and collected demeanor and distinguished monocle mask the insidious glint in his eye. |
| 229 | ---- |
| 230 | * AmbiguousSituation: His relationship to Vagastrom' captain, Alan, as well as Vagastrom as a whole. [[spoiler: He used to be part of Vagastrom House before moving to Frostheim's, as revealed in Episode 2, but the reasons why aren't elaborated on.]] |
| 231 | * BadassInANiceSuit: He wears a suit as part of his school and dorm uniforms, and he's pretty badass with his halberd. |
| 232 | * BeneathTheMask: Invoked in his official character description above, his monocle (symbolizing his distinguished and gentlemanly exterior) belies a cunning and calculating mind. |
| 233 | * TheDragon: To Jin. Tohma is the person you have to go through before getting to Jin, as he usually handles things in his captain's stead. |
| 234 | * HighClassGlass: He wears a monocle and is quite classy in his appearances. |
| 235 | -->'''Kaito:''' ''There's no way that guy's not planning something sinister! What if [MC] is in trouble?!'' |
| 236 | -->'''Lucas:''' ''Don't say that. What cause has he given you to think so?'' |
| 237 | -->'''Kaito:''' ''Are you being serious? He's shady as fuck!! I mean who wears a monocle in this day and age, huh?!'' |
| 238 | * TheLancer: For Jin, being his vice-captain and thus his {{Foil}}. In-universe, this is exemplified by his persistent goading of Jin to rejoin missions and do the bare minimum of his duties, effectively placing himself on Jin's last nerve time and again. |
| 239 | * ManipulativeBastard: He manipulates the three second years into looking into a high level mission he and Jin were already aware of. |
| 240 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: The straightest example of Frostheim's ghouls. He has a prim and proper demeanor, enjoys chess, and even wears a monocle. [[spoiler: Funny when you consider he originally was the vice-captain of [[JapaneseDelinquents Vagastrom]].]] |
| 241 | * OneHitKill: In one manga cutscene he slices an anomaly clean in half at the waist with his artifact. |
| 242 | * TheReliableOne: He's the vice-captain of Frostheim and has been running things while Jin's holed himself in his room. He handles much of the day-to-day responsibilities. |
| 243 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: Heavily implied to be the case in Episode 1, [[spoiler: as he seemed to have slipped a higher level mission in with the low level ones he hands to the second years, knowing that would be the one they'd pick, in order to both test their mettle as well as get them to do reconnaissance on a situation he and Jin already had their eyes on.]] |
| 244 | * SignatureMove: His stigma that lets him create earthquakes by swinging his halberd. |
| 245 | * TheWatcher: He's keeping tabs on the second years while they investigate. [[spoiler: Also very heavily implied to be the cause of the earthquake that shut down the train the MC tried to ride home in Episode 1, with it later revealed by the end of the Episode that he can create very small localized earthquakes, which he uses to reduce Mr. Long-Legs' manor to rubble.]] |
| 246 | [[/folder]] |
| 247 | [[folder: Kaito Fuji]] |
| 248 | [[quoteright:686:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_155442.png]] |
| 249 | -->''How would you know what it's like to be at the bottom of the food chain?'' |
| 250 | -->'''VA:''' Reiji Kawashima |
| 251 | |
| 252 | [floatboxright: |
| 253 | '''Year:''' Second year \ |
| 254 | '''Birthday:''' 12/11 \ |
| 255 | '''Blood Type:''' B \ |
| 256 | '''Star Sign:''' Sagittarius \ |
| 257 | '''Likes:''' Dime-store DIY \ |
| 258 | '''Special Artifact:''' Rogue bow] |
| 259 | |
| 260 | A trend-chasing social media enthusiast, Kaito works hard to fit in with the Frostheim elites despite his modest upbringing, but his efforts are overshadowed by his tendency to be a gutless coward. |
| 261 | ---- |
| 262 | * BerserkButton: Being dragged into things against his will, or [[CrazyJealousGuy any perceived attempt by someone other than him to flirt with the main character]]. Both of these are PlayedForLaughs. |
| 263 | * ButtMonkey: The resident one of the cast. From [[StalkerWithoutACrush getting chased down by Romeo]] [[TheGambler for owing money to the Sinostra casino]], [[AlwaysSomeoneBetter getting shown up by Lucas]], and [[CowardlyLion being afraid of anything and everything having to do with anomalies and missions]] Kaito gets the short end of the stick quite a lot. |
| 264 | * DemotedToExtra: After getting quite a bit of screentime with the main character and Lucas in both the prologue and Episode 1, he moves to a background character starting in Episode 2, due to other houses receiving ADayInTheLimelight. He gets slightly more screentime in Episode 4, however, due to his ties to Sinostra. |
| 265 | * ExpositionFairy: Being one of the first ghouls the main character meets, and a second-year at the academy, he sometimes serves as this, especially while explaining the Houses of Darkwick and their dynamics in the prologue. |
| 266 | * {{Expy}}: Matches [[Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba Zenitsu's]] looks and cowardliness, and his crush on the main character is reminiscent of Zenitsu's crush on Nezuko. |
| 267 | * GameplayAndStorySegregation: Kaito, despite being a ghoul, wants nothing to do with fighting anomalies, and rarely uses his stigma or artifact. In case battles, however, he can be deployed just like anyone else to fight. |
| 268 | * HiddenDepths: He's very savvy to the Academy's social politics, and the reason behind why he wears a silver pendant and absolutely refuses to give it up to Romeo even when that would solve his debt problems is left a mystery. |
| 269 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: Possibly, given his fast feelings for the MC. He's also quick to defend her and they do form a genuine friendship from the beginning of the story. |
| 270 | * LoveHurts: Kaito desperately wants a girlfriend, to no avail. He quickly develops a crush on the protagonist as a result, but his attempts to get closer to her frequently get interrupted or diverted. |
| 271 | * MoodSwinger: From friendly, to upset, to terrified, to crying, to confident - Kaito cycles through emotional reactions in the blink of an eye, something the MC realizes within minutes of meeting him. |
| 272 | -->'''MC:''' ''Expressions seemed to roll over Kaito's face like thunderclouds--so quickly that it made me dizzy.'' |
| 273 | * NiceGuy: Though cowardly and a little selfish in his wants, Kaito isn't a bad guy, and is often one of the first to defend the MC, sympathizing with her getting dragged into Darkwick and missions very much by accident. |
| 274 | * NoIndoorVoice: Kaito is usually loudly saying something - whether he's happy, angry, or scared. |
| 275 | * NonActionGuy: Being terrified of anomalies means Kaito would rather do basically anything else than fight them. This doesn't apply to the gameplay, though, as Kaito's cards can still be used in case battles like the rest. |
| 276 | * PluckyComicRelief: Establishes himself as this from his first scene in the prologue, being a MoodSwinger CowardlyLion CasanovaWannabe who forms a ThoseTwoGuys bond with Luca and an almost immediate crush on the MC, all of which combine to turn most of his scenes into this. |
| 277 | * TheResenter: A downplayed example, but he tends to resent the fact that Luca is more fearless and naturally popular with women, not to mention the fact he's kind to a fault making it hard to dislike him. |
| 278 | * SignatureMove: His as-yet-unnamed stigma, which is notable for being the only one not shown in the Frostheim episode. Hyde mentions it has something to do with seeing auras. |
| 279 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A subtle one for Ace from ''Twisted Wonderland''. Both are the rambunctious and dramatic best friend of a more calm and levelheaded housemate (Deuce for Ace, Luca for Kaito). They also form a three-person team with their respective protagonists. |
| 280 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Has this dynamic with Lucas. They're even given the nickname "Chaos Combo" because of it. |
| 281 | [[/folder]] |
| 282 | [[folder: Lucas Errant]] |
| 283 | [[quoteright:687:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_155605.png]] |
| 284 | -->''I came to this school to learn how to subjugate demons.'' |
| 285 | -->'''VA:''' Takehiro Urao |
| 286 | |
| 287 | [floatboxright: |
| 288 | '''Year:''' Second year \ |
| 289 | '''Birthday:''' 3/22 \ |
| 290 | '''Blood Type:''' A \ |
| 291 | '''Star Sign:''' Aries \ |
| 292 | '''Likes:''' Puzzles \ |
| 293 | '''Special Artifact:''' Twin swords] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | A transfer student from Darkwick’s sister school in the UK, Lucas is friendly, honest, and chivalrous, but tends to lose perspective when anomalies are involved, and is unusually fixated on demons. He is searching for his twin brother. |
| 296 | ---- |
| 297 | * TheAce: Especially compared to his friend, Kaito. Luca is fearless, honorable, and adept at his twin swords. However, he tends to take people and situations at face value, and can be somewhat naive. |
| 298 | * ChronicHeroSyndrome: Oh, so very much. Luca's heroic tendencies sometimes drag others, like Kaito and the MC, into situations they would rather avoid, despite Luca's good intentions. |
| 299 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: We don't yet know ''why'' Luca made his pact, but we know ''what'' it cost him - his twin brother being abducted by a demon. |
| 300 | * DemotedToExtra: After getting quite a bit of screentime with the main character and Kaito in both the prologue and Episode 1, he moves to a background character starting in Episode 2, due to other houses receiving ADayInTheLimelight. |
| 301 | * {{Determinator}}: Whether it's finding and eliminating the escaped anomaly in the prologue, or investigating the Faceless Men in Episode 1, ''or'' facing off against Vagastrom's ghouls for badmouthing his friend, Lucas doesn't do things halfway. |
| 302 | * TheDitz: Downplayed. Lucas is very book smart, but he tends to lack street smarts, such as being baited by Leo into fighting Sho for the sake of Kaito's honor, or believing Kaito's lies and BadBadActing in the prologue. |
| 303 | * TheLancer: Serves as one for Kaito, being his best friend and {{Foil}}. |
| 304 | * NewTransferStudent: Lucas transferred to Darkwick from Emrys, its sister school in the UK. |
| 305 | * NiceGuy: Luca immediately befriends Kaito and the protagonist and gives a DeclarationOfProtection to both of them, wants to better himself so that he can find the demon that abducted his brother, and generally sticks to his own code of ethics. |
| 306 | ** BewareTheNiceOnes: That said, if you harm or slander someone he cares about, he has no qualms going out of his way to set things right - up to and including fighting. Or if a demon is present, he tends to get more HotBlooded. |
| 307 | * PositiveFriendInfluence: Is one for Kaito, pushing him to do and be better albeit somewhat begrudgingly on Kaito's part. |
| 308 | * TheReliableOne: Luca has a strong sense of honor, and can be relied on to do things others can't or won't - sometimes to his detriment. |
| 309 | * SignatureMove: His stigma, ''Iggnaim'', which creates an invisible barrier between him and incoming attacks. |
| 310 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A subtle one for Deuce from ''Twisted Wonderland''. Both are the calm and levelheaded - but somewhat naive - best friend of a more rambunctious and dramatic housemate (Ace for Deuce, Kaito for Luca). They also form a three-person team with their respective protagonists. |
| 311 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Has this dynamic with Kaito. They're even given the nickname "Chaos Combo" because of it. |
| 312 | [[/folder]] |
| 313 | !!Vagastrom |
| 314 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 315 | [[quoteright:160:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_152115.png]] |
| 316 | The second House and the focus of Episode 2 “Live from the Other Side”. |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | * ChainedByFashion: Their dorm outfits all have chain accents. |
| 319 | * CoolCar: Their main dorm area is a giant car garage, and most of them seem to have interest and knowledge in cars and machinery. |
| 320 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Alan himself says most of the students in his House are rough around the edges, but came to Darkwick to make something of themselves for people back home. |
| 321 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The focus of Episode 2. |
| 322 | * FaceOfAThug: They’re a group of primarily JapaneseDelinquents and look the part. |
| 323 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: As expected for the delinquent House, its members like to hang out in the Pit - which is pretty much a fighting ring that prohibits the use of any weaponry. |
| 324 | * HotBlooded: Not unexpectedly, this House enjoys fighting and gets riled up easily. |
| 325 | * JapaneseDelinquents: The theme of the House; its students all [[FaceOfAThug look]] and [[{{Jerkass}} act]] the part, though they’re not as bad as they initially seem. |
| 326 | * {{Jerkass}}: The House known for taking in delinquents, and all three of its ghouls embody this to some degree or another: Alan has the FaceOfAThug and is rumored to have killed someone, Leo is an ItsAllAboutMe social media influencer who has no qualms about using people for his own benefit, and Sho has a foul mouth and general disinterest in other people and their schemes. Although, by the end of the episode all of them prove to have HiddenDepths beyond this trope. |
| 327 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: By the end of the episode they are more toward this, while never quite losing their gruff exterior. Alan proves that he’s a capable and responsible captain clearly haunted by past mistakes. Sho warms up to the main character and fully embraces his culinary skills, even opening his own food truck, while displaying moments of compassion and integrity. Leo shows off his sharp wit and intellect while solving the case, as well as prowess as a hacker, though in his case he never sheds his scheming and willingness to use others. |
| 328 | * {{Motifs}}: Chains, they’re everywhere from their crest to dorm outfits to official card art. Also one for cars, and just things with an engine in general. Their dorm is a car mechanic garage, many of the students are implied to be proficient in working on cars, Alan and [[spoiler: Tohma]] hold their meetings in a car, and Sho’s artifact is a motorbike. |
| 329 | * PositiveFriendInfluence: By the end of Episode 2, at least most of the Vagastrom students seem to accept the main character, perhaps barring [[{{Jerkass}} Leo]]. Alan and Sho certainly become more open after meeting her, and [[spoiler: when the main character goes missing in Episode 3]] Hyde says “even one or two” of the Vagastrom ghouls wanted to [[spoiler: join the search and rescue for her.]] |
| 330 | * WeAreStrugglingTogether: None of the Vagastrom ghouls get along particularly well, even as “partners in crime” Leo and Sho seem to only tolerate each other at best. |
| 331 | [[/folder]] |
| 332 | [[folder: Alan Mido]] |
| 333 | [[quoteright:692:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_155723.png]] |
| 334 | -->''I got something I need to do here.'' |
| 335 | -->'''VA:''' Hinata Tadokoro |
| 336 | |
| 337 | [floatboxright: |
| 338 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 339 | '''Birthday:''' 4/25 \ |
| 340 | '''Blood Type:''' A \ |
| 341 | '''Star Sign:''' Taurus \ |
| 342 | '''Likes:''' Driving \ |
| 343 | '''Special Artifact:''' Steel pipe] |
| 344 | |
| 345 | Captain of the roguish Vagastrom House. Rumor has it he killed someone, but everyone is too afraid of him to ask if it’s true. His sharp, steady gaze reveals unshakeable conviction and unshatterable will. |
| 346 | ---- |
| 347 | * AmbiguousSituation: Whether or not he killed someone is treated as this [[spoiler: at least until the player learns he ''did'' kill someone - Professor Dante, who is shown to be alive and well regardless, looping back around to this trope.]] His SuperStrength related to his HairTriggerTemper is also this, as it's not explained in Episode 2 exactly ''why'' Alan is capable of such, or whether or not its even related to his stigma. |
| 348 | * BerserkButton: He loses control of his rage, pummeling Takeru's ghost into the ground as a result, when the anomaly attempts to drag off the protagonist to throw her over a balcony. Also, when Leo taunts him about his rumored status as a killer. |
| 349 | * BloodKnight: When he uses his stigma, otherwise he's more TheStoic. |
| 350 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: It's rumored he killed someone before, and [[spoiler: it turns out it was Professor Dante. It's implied Alan wasn't quite in his right mind however, as he's clearly troubled by this.]] |
| 351 | * FaceOfAThug: Downplayed, as he's quite attractive, but he apparently has this reputation, not helped by being captain of Vagastrom which has this trope for many of its members. He's also one of the few [[PerpetualFrowner Perpetual Frowner]]s in the cast. |
| 352 | * HorrifyingHero: Alan is much kinder and gentler than his reputation would have you think, but he can become this when he loses control of his SuperStrength stigma. He even tries to reassure the MC after regaining his senses after beating Takeru's ghost, while covered in the anomaly's blood. |
| 353 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: He takes a quick liking to the main character, her being in danger presses his BerserkButton, and he [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead pats her head while telling her she did a good job]] at the end of the mission. He also notably doesn't deny Leo's teasing that he likes her. |
| 354 | * MisunderstoodLonerWithAHeartOfGold: Alan tends to be something of a lone wolf, and the rumors that he killed someone don't endear people to him. It's quickly made obvious though that he's a NiceGuy with a DarkAndTroubledPast. |
| 355 | * NiceGuy: Alan is actually one of the nicest characters in the cast, underneath his stoic demeanor and curt speech. He's shown to be actually fearful of what he's capable of should he lose control, and asks the MC ''not'' to use her amplifying ability on him, for fear of the damage he could cause. |
| 356 | ** BewareTheNiceOnes: Obviously, he becomes this trope when he loses control of his stigma. |
| 357 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: When Alan loses control, he becomes terrifyingly aggressive and even murderous. |
| 358 | * TheQuietOne: Compared to Leo's charisma and Sho's snark, he's TheStoic of the Vagastrom ghouls. |
| 359 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Sho and Leo, when their rule-breaking antics get the entirety of Vagastrom House suspended from R&R requests for some time. |
| 360 | * SignatureMove: His unnamed stigma, which increases his physical strength. |
| 361 | * SoProudOfYou: He congratulates the protagonist at the end of the mission, patting her head to boot. |
| 362 | * SuperEmpowering: His stigma, which gives him SuperStrength. |
| 363 | * WalkingSpoiler: Alan himself isn't a spoiler [[spoiler: but the fact that he killed Professor Dante before the story's start is.]] |
| 364 | [[/folder]] |
| 365 | [[folder: Leo Kurosagi]] |
| 366 | [[quoteright:686:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_155917.png]] |
| 367 | -->''Aren't you curious about what wish all these ghouls sold their souls for?'' |
| 368 | -->'''VA:''' Yuya Hozumi |
| 369 | |
| 370 | [floatboxright: |
| 371 | '''Year:''' First year \ |
| 372 | '''Birthday:''' 5/23 \ |
| 373 | '''Blood Type:''' AB \ |
| 374 | '''Star Sign:''' Gemini \ |
| 375 | '''Likes:''' Baths \ |
| 376 | '''Special Artifact:''' Chewing gum] |
| 377 | |
| 378 | A top social media influencer with lightning-fast wit who can talk anyone into a corner. His shameless egotism and cynicism put him in constant conflict with others. Always in search of the next thrill and never hesitant to use others to get it, “demon” is a word that fits him well. |
| 379 | ---- |
| 380 | * BossAlteringConsequence: He figures out the key to taking out Takeru’s ghost. [[spoiler: Since it’s a tulpa created by the collective ideas and rumors surrounding the real Takeru’s death, the only way to defeat it is for Leo to do a live video in Takeru’s room without his ghost showing up, making some educated assumptions about what really happened to Takeru and Jun, so that the public’s fading belief in the ghost will destroy the tulpa.]] |
| 381 | * TheDragon: [[spoiler: Becomes this to Alan at the end of Episode 2 once Leo’s made Vagastrom’s vice-captain.]] |
| 382 | * HiddenDepths: Episode 2 focuses largely on Leo, and reveals that despite initial appearances, he’s actually a good strategist with a large intellect and proficiency with hacking, despite his unaccountability and clout-chasing making him seem more shallow. These aspects of him are often overshadowed by more unsavory aspects of his personality, but they’re what make Darkwick decide to make him vice-captain regardless. |
| 383 | * {{Jerkass}}: Leo is an ItsAllAboutMe [[TheHedonist hedonist]] social media infuencer, who’s off-camera attitude and nosiness make him much less pleasant to be around than his online persona would suggest. Prodding Alan on his murder accusations, throwing Sho under the bus for Vagastrom being banned from outside when it was his idea that led to it, and conspiring against the MC simply because he had to share the spotlight with her on the mission, are all things that he’s done and seemingly has no remorse doing. |
| 384 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: Goads Sho into a fight with Lucas in the beginning of Episode 2, which he accomplishes by making it into a bet with Sho. |
| 385 | * ManBehindTheMan: He is this for Sho, to a certain extent. It’s clear that most of their antics and schemes they pull are orchestrated by Leo. |
| 386 | * ManipulativeBastard: ''Boy howdy'' Leo. Being manipulative is something he’s got down to an art form, whether it’s against friend or foe. He primarily cares about how he can use others to achieve his next thrill or social media boost, which puts him at odds with others. |
| 387 | * NonActionGuy: He’s the clear strategist of the Vagastrom ghouls, and his stigma isn’t an offensive one. |
| 388 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: Episode 2’s opening manga panel scene shows that Leo is adept at acting gullible and innocent to lure people into his schemes. |
| 389 | * {{Pride}}: He’s very arrogant, and doesn’t easily admit to any wrongdoing. |
| 390 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Tries to deliver one to the MC after she [[spoiler: fails to enhance Sho’s stigma, believing that it’s all a part of his plan to make her seem unreliable. However, her ability actually ''did'' fail, a fact that leaves Sho and Alan dumbfounded, but still unwilling to see the MC as a burden.]] [[InSpiteOfANail Leo is not very pleased that despite his scheme actually coming true, it didn’t have the desired results]]. |
| 391 | * SignatureMove: His stigma, ''Haxs'', which enhances his hearing ability. |
| 392 | * SmugSnake: Manipulates others for his own gain, and not above gloating about it either. |
| 393 | * TakesOneToKillOne: Leo is a popular social media influencer. He uses his internet reach to [[spoiler: kill the ghost of another influencer, Takeru, by altering the public’s perception of him.]] |
| 394 | * TheTrickster: Tricks people into doing what he wants, so he gets what he wants. |
| 395 | [[/folder]] |
| 396 | [[folder: Shohei Haizono]] |
| 397 | [[quoteright:685:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_160038.png]] |
| 398 | -->''Pass. I'm not going on some kindergarten field trip with you.'' |
| 399 | -->'''VA:''' Wataru Urata |
| 400 | |
| 401 | [floatboxright: |
| 402 | '''Year:''' First year \ |
| 403 | '''Birthday:''' 8/19 \ |
| 404 | '''Blood Type:''' B \ |
| 405 | '''Star Sign:''' Leo \ |
| 406 | '''Likes:''' Cooking \ |
| 407 | '''Special Artifact:''' Motorbike] |
| 408 | |
| 409 | A multitalented delinquent with diverse interests who can pick up any new skill with ease. His cocky attitude tends to rub people the wrong way. He and Leo have been partners in crime since before they came to Darkwick. A capable cook, he is particular about his dishes. |
| 410 | ---- |
| 411 | * DemotedToExtra: To a certain extent. Sho overall gets less screentime than Leo in Episode 2. |
| 412 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: An extremely subtle one. Sho has longish white-blond hair and wears a bandana around his forehead. [[spoiler: His older brother, Professor Hyde, has longish white hair and wears an eye mask. Seems the Haizono boys are fond of headwear.]] |
| 413 | * GoodOldFisticuffs: Befitting a Vagastrom ghoul, Sho is good at fighting, apparently becoming the top fighter of the Pit (after [[TheAce Alan]]) within a few ''days'' of arriving. |
| 414 | * HiddenDepths: Sho's is a great cook, and after the events of Episode 2 he opens his food truck, Highway to Home, on campus. [[ThroughHerStomach The MC sincerely enjoying his food is what begins to warm him up to her]]. |
| 415 | * {{Jerkass}}: A stereotypical apathetic teenaged delinquent, though being partners with Leo serves to make Sho look more like a JerkWithAHeartOfGold. |
| 416 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Sho's not exactly the friendliest guy out there, but he sticks fast to his ideals, and doesn't enjoy tormenting others just for the sake of it. Befriending both the main character and Subaru starts to put this aspect of his personality in stark contrast with Leo's. |
| 417 | * TheLancer: Is one for Leo, often finding Leo's schemes to be a pain in the ass. They really seem less like friends and more like accomplices that only barely tolerate each other. |
| 418 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: Goaded by Leo into throwing down with Luca in the beginning of Episode 2. He goes along with it mostly because Leo makes a bet out of it. |
| 419 | * LongHairedPrettyBoy: He has some of the longest hair of the main cast, and he's very pretty for a delinquent. |
| 420 | * NonIndicativeName: Sho's last name, Haizono, belies the fact that [[spoiler: he's Professor Hyde's younger brother. Until you realize '''Hy'''de's real name is probably '''Hai'''zono]]. |
| 421 | * OhCrap: [[spoiler: When he realizes that Takeru's ghost really will drag off the main character to kill her, he has this reaction]]. |
| 422 | * PositiveFriendInfluence: His relationship with the main character amounts to this: he grows to genuinely like her and so refuses to [[spoiler: follow Leo's plan of making her look bad at the critical moment]]. Professor Hyde also implies it's due to the MC's influence that Sho decided to pursue his food truck. |
| 423 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: The ending of Episode 2 serves as an unofficial one for Sho, when Leo [[spoiler: wants Sho to pretend the main character's enhancing ability doesn't work, making her look useless and unnecessary to tag along on missions]]. Sho agrees to it, albeit reluctantly, but [[spoiler: ultimately chooses not to after hearing the MC say she trusts him]]. [[InSpiteOfANail Her power ends up not working anyway, so the effect is still more or less the same]], but at least Sho proved his character. |
| 424 | * SignatureMove: His stigma, ''Spurna'', which causes a [[KamehameHadoken forceful blast]] to propel into his enemies. |
| 425 | [[/folder]] |
| 426 | !!Jabberwock |
| 427 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 428 | [[quoteright:156:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_152227.png]] |
| 429 | The third of Darkwick's Houses and the focus of Episode 3 “It Came from the Sea.” |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The focus of Episode 3. |
| 432 | * GreenAesop: Respecting and living in harmony with nature is a major theme of both the house and the ecological missions they undertake. |
| 433 | * MarriedToTheJob: Jabberwock is the busiest of the Houses, being the one looking after anomalous animals. |
| 434 | * {{Motifs}}: They have an axolotl on their House crest, and are symbolized by a four-leaf clover on the [=WickChat=] screen. Axolotls certainly ''look'' like they could be anomalous animals, and they’re an animal/nature-themed House. |
| 435 | * NiceGuy: One of the nicest Houses at the Academy, even Ren has his moments of reluctant heroism. |
| 436 | * NoSocialSkills: The three ghouls that make up this House are all socially challenged in some way: Haru, while friendly and outgoing, tends to rope people in his sales pitches a little too readily. Ren would rather be cooped up in his room gaming and watching movies than socialize. And Towa is….well, [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Towa]]. |
| 437 | * ShoutOut: Their house name is a reference to a draconian character from Alice in Wonderland, and Jabberwock itself looks like the paradise Wonderland is said to be. |
| 438 | * ThemeNaming: It makes sense that the House in charge of handling animal anomalies is named after the Jabberwocky from Alice in Wonderland. |
| 439 | * ViolationOfCommonSense: Their part of campus exists in an idyllic summer landscape full of anomalous animals that is essentially a PocketDimension within Darkwick’s campus. Also there’s an anomaly in Jabberwock that’s both a tour bus and capybara in one. |
| 440 | [[/folder]] |
| 441 | [[folder: Haru Sagara]] |
| 442 | [[quoteright:686:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_160140.png]] |
| 443 | -->''You'll be right, you got this! I believe in you!'' |
| 444 | -->'''VA:''' Masamu Ono |
| 445 | |
| 446 | [floatboxright: |
| 447 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 448 | '''Birthday:''' 9/20 \ |
| 449 | '''Blood Type:''' AB \ |
| 450 | '''Star Sign:''' Virgo \ |
| 451 | '''Likes:''' Energy drinks \ |
| 452 | '''Special Artifact:''' Deck brush] |
| 453 | |
| 454 | The Jabberwock captain’s feet are never still as he spends day and night running around after the creatures in his care. Though relentlessly cheerful and energetic, he drags those around him into trouble with his comical and haphazard antics. Peekaboo rarely leaves his side. |
| 455 | ---- |
| 456 | * TheAce: When it comes to dealing with anomalous animals, Haru's abilities are bar none. He's the reason the entire dorm doesn't fall into chaos with the amount of creatures it houses. |
| 457 | * TheDreaded: PlayedForLaughs when it comes to him badgering Ren to help out. |
| 458 | * LikeASonToMe: Peekaboo is cared for like he's Haru's child. |
| 459 | * MarriedToTheJob: As Jabberwock's captain, most of Haru's time is spent tending to the anomalous animals the dorm is in charge of. The rest of the time he's finding ways to earn back the money spent on care expenses. |
| 460 | * MeaningfulName: Haru means spring. Considering Jabberwock is a spring/summer paradise, he is aptly named. |
| 461 | * NiceGuy: Haru is kind, magnanimous, and friendly, if a little eccentric and a bit of a workaholic. |
| 462 | * ParentalSubstitute: He is essentially Peekaboo's father. |
| 463 | * PerpetualSmiler: It's rare for Haru to be seen without his friendly smile. |
| 464 | * TheReliableOne: Haru can be counted on to run Jabberwock as its captain, lead mission investigations, and he even offers to help the main character break her curse. |
| 465 | * SignatureMove: His stigma, ''Bahnti'', which lessens the effects of gravity on his body, effectively giving him SuperSpeed. |
| 466 | * SquishyWizard: He has a powerful stigma, and one that's extremely helpful in running Jabberwock, but he's much more likely to push his body past its limits while using it, resulting in broken limbs. |
| 467 | * SuperEmpowering: His stigma allows him to do this to himself, becoming faster by removing gravity's pull on his body, though he notably doesn't become indestructible. |
| 468 | * YouAreNotAlone: Says this to the main character at the end of Episode 3, after promising Jabberwock will help her break her curse. |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | [[folder: Towa Otonashi]] |
| 471 | [[quoteright:686:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_160247.png]] |
| 472 | -->''... ♪'' |
| 473 | -->'''VA:''' Daisuke Hirose |
| 474 | |
| 475 | [floatboxright: |
| 476 | '''Year:''' Second year \ |
| 477 | '''Birthday:''' 3/23 \ |
| 478 | '''Blood Type:''' Unknown \ |
| 479 | '''Star Sign:''' Aries \ |
| 480 | '''Likes:''' Romance \ |
| 481 | '''Special Artifact:''' Bubble wand] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | Jabberwock’s vice-captain loves flowers and playing with bubbles. He is strikingly whimsical and capricious, but is quite attached to Haru. He has a peculiar skill for making supernatural creatures do his bidding. |
| 484 | ---- |
| 485 | * AmbiguouslyBi: He develops a fast crush on the female main character, but his loyalty to Haru could be read as deeper feelings as well. |
| 486 | * AmbiguousSituation: Towa is a little...odd...but whether this is just his personality, some kind of disorder, or his pact remains unclear. |
| 487 | * TheDitz: Comes across as one at first, although it's ultimately subverted. |
| 488 | * {{Expy}}: Towa is quite possibly the most egregious example in this CastOfExpies, as he's almost the same character as [[VideoGame/{{A3}} Misumi Ikaruga]], right down to sharing the same [[Creator/DaisukeHirose voice actor]]. |
| 489 | ** Beyond sharing an actor, Towa and Misumi are both the eccentric free spirit of their respective casts with an ambiguous disorder, hyperfixation on a specific thing (flowers for Towa, triangles for Misumi), are the only characters of their casts to have oddly-shaped pupils (horizontal rectangles for Towa, triangles for Misumi), and an almost childlike innocence to them that belies a deeper understanding of their surroundings and the people in them than one would assume. Not to mention they're both absurdly athletic, pulling off acrobatic feats like [[InASingleBound jumping higher than should be possible]] though in Towa's case it can at least be partially explained by his capabilities as a ghoul. |
| 490 | * HiddenDepths: Towa reveals halfway through Episode 3 that he ''can'' talk when he chooses to. The first thing he speaks aloud to the main character is asking her if she [[InLoveWithLove believes in soulmates]]. |
| 491 | ** He also proves to be somewhat of a mood swinger, as he gets threatening very quickly if someone threatens those he cares about. |
| 492 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: He's the only ghoul, other than Kaito, who explicitly has a crush on the main character pretty much from the get-go. |
| 493 | * InterpretativeCharacter: Towa's unusual mannerisms and general refusal to speak leave much about his character up to interpretation, yet he remains one of the most unambiguously good characters of the cast. |
| 494 | * TheLancer: Haru's vice-captain and best friend makes him this. |
| 495 | * MoodSwinger: Happy-go-lucky 95% of the time, but he can switch to that other 5% in an instant if he feels someone he cares about is in danger. |
| 496 | * MundaneUtility: In one campus event, he cleans off Kaito's uniform jacket by summoning a torrential downpour raining sideways directly into him. |
| 497 | * MysticalWhiteHair: His hair is a white-purple shade, and he's the most whimsical member of the cast. |
| 498 | * NiceGuy: One of the nicest ghouls at Darkwick. Just as long as you don't harm Haru. |
| 499 | ** BewareTheNiceOnes: If you cross him, though, prepare to be struck down. |
| 500 | * OurFairiesAreDifferent: His unusual coloring and pupils, affinity with nature in general and flowers specifically, ability to communicate with and control anomalous animals, and his ability to control the weather all are reminiscent of fairies. Leo even refers to him as "fairy boy" when he and Sho run into him. |
| 501 | * TheQuietOne: Instead of talking, most of the time Towa just makes singsong-y noises, gasps, and chuckles. He ''can'' talk, but chooses not to most of the time. |
| 502 | * ShockAndAwe: His stigma ability lets him control lightning, which he gleefully uses on any anomalous animal that harms him or Haru. |
| 503 | * SignatureMove: His stigma, which allows him to summon rain, thunder, and lightning. |
| 504 | * SuddenlySpeaking: While out on a mission with the MC he suddenly talks to her to ask her if she believes in soulmates. She is understandably shocked. |
| 505 | * SummonMagic: He can summon storms using his stigma. |
| 506 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: If [[VideoGame/{{A3}} Misumi Ikaruga]] became a ghoul and traded in triangles for flowers, he'd be Towa Otonashi. |
| 507 | * TheTrickster: Around Jabberwock he's usually found playing with (aka terrorizing) the anomalous animals, [[ExtremeOmnivore eating flowers]], and generally being a bit of an enigma to those around him. |
| 508 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Haru. |
| 509 | * ViolationOfCommonSense: Towa's M.O. He does things like eat flowers and use the Capybus as a trampoline. |
| 510 | [[/folder]] |
| 511 | [[folder: Ren Shiranami]] |
| 512 | [[quoteright:685:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_160501.png]] |
| 513 | -->''That's harassment. Is everyone in this place from the past?'' |
| 514 | -->'''VA:''' Shoya Chiba |
| 515 | |
| 516 | [floatboxright: |
| 517 | '''Year:''' First year \ |
| 518 | '''Birthday:''' 7/25 \ |
| 519 | '''Blood Type:''' O \ |
| 520 | '''Star Sign:''' Leo \ |
| 521 | '''Likes:''' Horror B-movies \ |
| 522 | '''Special Artifact:''' Swim ring] |
| 523 | |
| 524 | Assigned to the endlessly busy Jabberwock House despite his total lack of motivation. Convinced all his misfortunes are the fault of his environment, his phone is his only sanctuary. His grievances are unending, and he flat-out refuses to get involved in anything troublesome. |
| 525 | ---- |
| 526 | * TheAloner: He'd rather spend his free time alone gaming than interacting with his dormmates or anomalous animals. |
| 527 | * AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Shows nothing but contempt and annoyance for Calamari and having to babysit him, until Calamari gets sick (by Ren's own carelessness no less), at which point he tries everything he can to save the little creature. |
| 528 | * BornUnlucky: At least, he believes he was. He blames his misfortunes on his environment than any action or inaction on his part. |
| 529 | * ButtMonkey: Ren's unending list of complaints only gets longer as he finds himself in unpalatable situations quite frequently. |
| 530 | * CharacterCatchphrase: Either "this is the worst" (which is even the name of his R card unique skill) or "that's (sexual) harassment." Note, it's usually not. |
| 531 | * DefrostingIceKing: Though he'd never admit it, by the end of Episode 3 he cares more about his dormmates, the main character, and Calamari than he lets on. |
| 532 | * FishOutOfWater: He certainly seems out of place at first in Jabberwock, though his own refusal to accept his situation prolongs his unease as much as anything else. |
| 533 | * TheHedonist: Spends his time on his phone gaming or watching videos, and only does any work when absolutely necessary, complaining all the way. |
| 534 | * HiddenDepths: For all his complaining and claims to not care about much outside of his phone, he legitimately panics when Calamari is dying. He also seems genuinely displeased by the MC's leaving Jabberwock to work on a new case with Sinostra. |
| 535 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Probably the straightest example in the cast. His {{Jerkass}} behavior mostly stems from his lackadaisical and grouchy nature, than any real malice. And he proves to care enough about Calamari to run all over Jabberwock trying to save him. |
| 536 | * NonActionGuy: Even though he's a ghoul, Ren doesn't exhibit any of their trademark enhanced physicality, though it's likely he just chooses not to overexert himself too much. |
| 537 | * NoSocialSkills: He'd rather hole himself up in his room watching movies or gaming on his phone than be pretty much anywhere else. When he does interact with others he tends to bluntly say whatever is on his mind. |
| 538 | * OhCrap: Pretty much is reaction to the entire second half of Episode 3: [[spoiler: Calamari dying and Otohime being the Episode's true BigBad receive this reaction the most]]. |
| 539 | * ParentalSubstitute: Becomes an unwilling one to Calamari, since he's the one most often at the dorm. |
| 540 | * PositiveFriendInfluence: His relationship to Calamari softens him up more than he'd care to admit, he even flees the scene of Jabberwock saying goodbye to the baby kraken and his mother so no one sees him upset. |
| 541 | * TheResenter: Toward Haru, for trying to get him to help out the dorm, and in general for being placed in Jabberwock to begin with. |
| 542 | [[/folder]] |
| 543 | !!Sinostra |
| 544 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 545 | [[quoteright:159:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_152312.png]] |
| 546 | The fourth of Darkwick's Houses, and the focus of Episode 4 “The Carnivorous Casino.” |
| 547 | ---- |
| 548 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The focus of Episode 4. |
| 549 | * GunsAkimbo: Fittingly, for a Mafia/yakuza-themed House. Both the captain and vice-captain have gun artifacts. |
| 550 | * HandCannon: Both Taiga and Romeo’s guns are at least the size of their forearms. |
| 551 | ** At least in the prologue, in Chapter 4 Taiga is seen more often with a revolver. |
| 552 | * {{Motifs}}: Skulls and playing cards. They have a “Mafia-running-a-dubious-casino” theme so it makes sense. |
| 553 | [[/folder]] |
| 554 | [[folder: Taiga Hoshibami]] |
| 555 | [[quoteright:689:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_160858.png]] |
| 556 | -->''Quit squirming around. You that excited to be my next meal?'' |
| 557 | -->'''VA:''' Jin Ogasawara |
| 558 | |
| 559 | [floatboxright: |
| 560 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 561 | '''Birthday:''' 10/16 \ |
| 562 | '''Blood Type:''' O \ |
| 563 | '''Star Sign:''' Libra \ |
| 564 | '''Likes:''' Gambling \ |
| 565 | '''Special Artifact:''' Machine gun] |
| 566 | |
| 567 | Captain of Sinostra and owner of the extravagant casino housed there. His impulsive and unpredictable behavior puts him in constant conflict with others. Though an uncannily skilled gambler, his money squandering causes violent arguments between him and his partner Romeo. |
| 568 | ---- |
| 569 | * AmbiguousSituation: By the end of Episode 4, it's still unclear where Taiga's notorious memory issues stem from, and why exactly he eats things like the Like Dove or Peekaboo. The game makes it clear there's more going on with Taiga than meets the eye but what exactly is left ambiguous. |
| 570 | * BadassInANiceSuit: His dorm uniform has him dressed like a mafia don, sunglasses, scarf, and overcoat included. |
| 571 | * BerserkButton: When Ritsu finds a compensation document about Haru, for casino damages by one Shion Genkai, he absolutely loses it. Episode 4 ends without further mention of who Shion is, but the name clearly has something to do with Taiga's OddFriendship with Haru. |
| 572 | * BloodKnight: Possibly the biggest one in the game, his first appearance cements this. He loves killing anomalies, threatens those who anger him, and isn't shy about waving his gun around. |
| 573 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: What exactly happened is unclear by the end of Episode 4, but Taiga's behavior involving the Anomalous Dealer suggests he's running from something that happened in his past. |
| 574 | * TheDitz: Comes across as this when he forgets people or events he should still remember, even when they happened the day previous. |
| 575 | * {{Expy}}: Seems like a slightly more bloodthirsty [[VideoGame/EnsembleStars Rinne Amagi]]. |
| 576 | * TheHedonist: Seems to only care about killing anomalies or gambling at the casino, and not much about his duties as captain of Sinostra. It's heavily implied he wasn't always like this, and is in fact somewhat disillusioned with the casino itself. |
| 577 | * HiddenDepths: Episode 4 alludes to their being more to Taiga and his actions than meets the eye. |
| 578 | * HorrifyingHero: His attitude and trigger finger would make him this already, but [[spoiler: his killing the Like Dove and then eating it in front of the MC (who's cuffed to a chair), Romeo, and Ritsu with blood and feathers all over his face really seal the deal]]. |
| 579 | * HotBlooded: Probably the most hot-blooded of the cast. Loud, abrasive, unpredictable - the moments when Taiga ''isn't'' this are actually cause for greater concern. |
| 580 | * {{Jerkass}}: Given his BloodKnight tendenices, HairTriggerTemper, and willingness to shoot what annoys him, this is a given. However, if he finds you interesting or amusing he's more likely to at least hear you out first before he points his gun at you. |
| 581 | * KnightOfCerebus: Taiga's and Sinostra's episode appears to be this for the story. He's the first ghoul to mention [[spoiler: the spy among the ghouls trying to screw them over]] to the MC, after he's convinced she's not in on it. |
| 582 | * ManBehindTheMan: In a way. The Anomalous Dealer [[spoiler: was created from Taiga's emotions]], but this also means he's the only one able to beat him at his own game. |
| 583 | * MeaningfulName: His surname Hoshibami (星喰) means "star eater." Fitting, given his unusual appetite. |
| 584 | * MoodSwinger: Something he shares in common with his vice-captain. Taiga can go from teasing but relatively calm to threatening in no time. |
| 585 | * PerpetualSmiler: Is almost always sporting his shark-toothed grin. |
| 586 | * RevolversAreJustBetter: Despite his special artifact being a machine gun, the manga cutscenes in Episode 4 show him wielding a revolver. |
| 587 | * SignatureMove: His stigma, ''Malab.'' What it does isn't made clear yet, but it involves blood. |
| 588 | * StepfordSmiler: Losing to the Anomalous Dealer on purpose so he could erase certain memories comes with the implication that his behavior is at least partly this. |
| 589 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: a red-haired, sharp-toothed HotBlooded leader character with a gambling addiction? Is it Taiga Hoshibami or [[VideoGame/EnsembleStars Rinne Amagi]]? |
| 590 | * ViolenceIsTheOnlyOption: Behaves this way, especially on missions, much to Romeo's chagrin. His violence leads to the MC (a civilian) getting her ankle injured and the anomaly that cursed her (implied to be a notorious one) getting away. This leads to the whole of Sinostra being put on probation and unable to go outside on missions. |
| 591 | [[/folder]] |
| 592 | [[folder: Romeo Lucci]] |
| 593 | [[quoteright:688:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_161018.png]] |
| 594 | -->''Hmph. If you want to survive here, you better not piss me off.'' |
| 595 | -->'''VA:''' Fumitake Ishiguro |
| 596 | |
| 597 | [floatboxright: |
| 598 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 599 | '''Birthday:''' 11/14 \ |
| 600 | '''Blood Type:''' A \ |
| 601 | '''Star Sign:''' Scorpio \ |
| 602 | '''Likes:''' Luxury goods \ |
| 603 | '''Special Artifact:''' Sniper rifle] |
| 604 | |
| 605 | Vice-captain Romeo holds the purse strings in Sinostra’s casino, and is forever dissatisfied with the bottom line. This stoic perfectionist will forgive no compromises in his quest to sate his greed and maintain his trademark good looks. |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | * BerserkButton: He has many: the worst are the casino not making its monthly earnings quota, not calling him by his self-imposed nickname "Fico," and pretty much anything Taiga does. |
| 608 | * {{Determinator}}: He's very much this when it comes to tormenting Kaito for the money he owes. |
| 609 | * TheDreaded: He is this for his subordinates, who are scared stiff of him. |
| 610 | * HotBlooded: He spends a majority of his screentime in Episode 4 pissed off about someone or something. |
| 611 | * {{Jerkass}}: He tends to look down on most people, and is predominantly concerned with making money off the casino and the upkeep of his looks. |
| 612 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: He certainly has the attitude, he spends a majority of his time in the casino's VIP room which includes things like luxury furniture and statuary and an ''indoor waterfall'', and "luxury goods" is even listed as his Likes in [=WickChat=]. |
| 613 | * MarriedToTheJob: He takes running the casino very seriously, even though he hates gambling, because he enjoys the profit he makes from it. |
| 614 | * MoodSwinger: He can go from relatively calm, to explosively angry at the drop of a hat. This mostly applies to Taiga, [[InsistentTerminology Ritsu]], and Kaito though. |
| 615 | * NoIndoorVoice: He gets pretty loud when he's upset. |
| 616 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: He has red eyes, and will do whatever he takes to get back what he's owed, and then some. He also tends to get angry easily when things don't go his way, [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking or he isn't called by the nickname he gave himself]]. |
| 617 | * SuperPersistentPredator: He's extremely determined to get Kaito to pay off the debt he owes the Sinostra casino, up to and including stalking him through Darkwick's campus. |
| 618 | [[/folder]] |
| 619 | [[folder: Ritsu Shinjo]] |
| 620 | [[quoteright:688:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_161338.png]] |
| 621 | -->''As long as I am your attorney, I will not allow you to stand trial before anyone.'' |
| 622 | -->'''VA:''' Arthur Lounsbery |
| 623 | |
| 624 | [floatboxright: |
| 625 | '''Year:''' First year \ |
| 626 | '''Birthday:''' 1/13 \ |
| 627 | '''Blood Type:''' A \ |
| 628 | '''Star Sign:''' Capricorn \ |
| 629 | '''Likes:''' Client acquisition \ |
| 630 | '''Special Artifact:''' Compendium of Laws] |
| 631 | |
| 632 | A resilient first-year striving to become Japan’s next top attorney. Though initially disgruntled with his placement, he quickly sets his sights on reforming Sinostra’s notorious reputation. Rumor has it he is the son of one of Tokyo’s most morally bankrupt lawyers. |
| 633 | ---- |
| 634 | * AllThereInTheManual: He invokes this trope in-universe, whenever he recites an article from the Japanese penal code, which he has memorized of course. |
| 635 | * BerserkButton: Taiga presses the normally-unflappable Ritsu’s button twice: first when he says his handwriting is illegible and again when he tells the lithe Ritsu he needs to bulk up more. |
| 636 | * CharacterCatchphrase: He’ll be quick to tell you that his going rate for consultations is “5500 yen per 30 minutes, tax inclusive.” That’s just about $36 USD in case you were wondering. |
| 637 | * CrazyPrepared: He carries around a notebook dossier on all the students and staff of Darkwick, a briefcase containing important documents, or documents that ''might'' become important later, and at least two voice recorders recording every conversation he has for use down the line should he need it. To him, this is just what a prepared lawyer does. |
| 638 | * DefrostingIceKing: It’s subtle but it’s there. At first he creates a partnership with the main character for the mission because their goals are aligned, and he might as well use her if she has to be inspector anyway. By the episode’s end [[spoiler: he seems genuine in his apology that they couldn’t capture the anomaly to get it to reverse her curse]] and promises that they will take on more missions in their partnership so that the MC may put an end to her curse. |
| 639 | * {{Determinator}}: In his quest to get either Taiga or Romeo to sign the investigation order, and thus begin his larger goal of getting the Darkwick Gala reinstated, he endures several guns pointed at his head. Thankfully, his stigma prevents there being any real danger of bodily harm to himself. |
| 640 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Ritsu’s jerkass tendencies mostly stem from his cold professionalism and ideas of what a proper lawyer should act like (ie: his morally-questionable attorney father). He doesn’t seem to be too bad of a guy past that. |
| 641 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: So much so that he’s at first shocked that he isn’t placed into Frostheim. |
| 642 | * MarriedToTheJob: See CrazyPrepared above for just how much he is. The guy is pretty much always thinking of what could be used as evidence down the line. |
| 643 | * MeaningfulName: Ritsu is a Japanese male name that means “law.” |
| 644 | * NonActionGuy: We never see him use his artifact to fight, and his stigma is defense-oriented. He’s more likely to strategize the plans and leave the roughing up to [[BloodKnight Taiga]] and [[ColdSniper Romeo]]. |
| 645 | * SignatureMove: His stigma, ''Acimo'', turns his body hard enough to withstand any force. |
| 646 | [[/folder]] |
| 647 | !!Hotarubi |
| 648 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 649 | [[quoteright:162:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_152406.png]] |
| 650 | The fifth of Darkwick's Houses, and one known for having exceptionally gifted and artistic students. The focus House of Episode 5, “The Cursed Temple”. |
| 651 | ---- |
| 652 | * ADayInTheLimelight: The focus of Episode 5. |
| 653 | * {{Motifs}}: Hand fans, fitting for a House themed on traditional Japanese culture. |
| 654 | ** Also, fireflies. One is prominently displayed on the House crest, and it’s even in the House name Hotarubi, with ''hotaru'' (蛍) meaning “firefly” and ''bi'' (火) meaning “fire/light”. |
| 655 | * NiceGuy: Of all the houses, Hotarubi's ghouls are shown to be the kindest of the lot. Subaru is a soft-spoken and humble captain, Haru claims he's lazy but helps out his classmates when they need it and is the one to come to the main character's aid in the prologue, and Zenji is outright stated to be a worrywart and caring. |
| 656 | [[/folder]] |
| 657 | [[folder: Subaru Kagami]] |
| 658 | [[quoteright:688:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_161439.png]] |
| 659 | -->''Oh, you don't need to call me Captain... I'm just a figurehead, really.'' |
| 660 | -->'''VA:''' Masahiro Yamanaka |
| 661 | |
| 662 | [floatboxright: |
| 663 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 664 | '''Birthday:''' \ |
| 665 | '''Blood Type:''' \ |
| 666 | '''Star Sign:''' \ |
| 667 | '''Likes:''' \ |
| 668 | '''Special Artifact:''' Parasol] |
| 669 | |
| 670 | Hotarubi is known to house excellent students, and its hardworking captain is the embodiment of that. However, his strong sense of responsibility often leads him to bottle things up. Though a prominent kabuki actor since childhood, he is currently on hiatus. |
| 671 | ---- |
| 672 | * BeneathTheMask: There is definitely more to him than meets the eye, a fact Leo notices when he determines to find out why a prominent and well-off kabuki actor would make a pact with a demon. |
| 673 | * NiceGuy: A soft-spoken, humble, and kind ghoul. He and the rest of Hotarubi stand out for being this by the time their Episode rolls around. |
| 674 | * TheQuietOne: Is noticeably much less talkative and outgoing than most of the rest of the cast, with the possible exceptions of [[{{Hikkikomori}} Jin]] and [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Towa.]] |
| 675 | [[/folder]] |
| 676 | [[folder: Haku Kusanagi]] |
| 677 | [[quoteright:688:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_161649.png]] |
| 678 | -->''Don't put too much pressure on yourself. It's okay to half-ass stuff, you know.'' |
| 679 | -->'''VA:''' Wataru Katoh |
| 680 | |
| 681 | [floatboxright: |
| 682 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 683 | '''Birthday:''' \ |
| 684 | '''Blood Type:''' \ |
| 685 | '''Star Sign:''' \ |
| 686 | '''Likes:''' \ |
| 687 | '''Special Artifact:''' Flute] |
| 688 | |
| 689 | Despite his insistence that he’s lazy, the easygoing Hotarubi vice-captain is often in the position of being everyone’s minder, and is frequently relied on to clean up his fellow students’ messes. He is the heir to a prominent Shinto shrine, and often sees things others can’t. |
| 690 | ---- |
| 691 | * DemotedToExtra: Despite being the one to find and bring the MC to Darkwick, due to his House's ADayInTheLimelight not happening until Episode 5, he swiftly takes a backseat to the ghouls of Frostheim, Vagastrom, Jabberwock, and Sinostra until he and the rest of Hotarubi become plot-relevant again. |
| 692 | * NiceGuy: The first friendly ghoul the MC meets, he helps her to the Academy to get help for her injury and figure out why the matches aren't working on her. He shows up again in Episode 1 [[spoiler: when the MC is trying to run away again, and gently persuades her to stay.]] |
| 693 | * OhCrap: Basically his reaction to the Mesmer Matches not working on the main character. |
| 694 | * PutOnABus: He introduced the MC (and the player) to the titular academy, and then disappears more or less until Episode 5. |
| 695 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The vice-captain of his House, and a pretty reasonable guy, especially by the rest of the cast's standards. |
| 696 | * RealityWarper: Implied to be one of the abilities of his artifact, as when he meets the main character he mentions "cordoning off" the entire train station to protect civilians from Taiga's encounter with the anomaly, insinuating this is the reason why there's suddenly no one else around. |
| 697 | * TheReliableOne: Whatever it says about everyone else, the most reliable member of the cast is the one that claims laziness. |
| 698 | * SupernaturalSensitivity: Perhaps due to being a Shinto priest, he is stated to have a higher awareness of the unseen than most others. |
| 699 | [[/folder]] |
| 700 | [[folder: Zenji Kotodama]] |
| 701 | [[quoteright:687:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_161749.png]] |
| 702 | -->''Ha ha. Zenji Kotodama, inspired man of the quill, shall regale you with a romance smoldering with hope and dreams!'' |
| 703 | -->'''VA:''' Naoya Miyase |
| 704 | |
| 705 | [floatboxright: |
| 706 | '''Year:''' \ |
| 707 | '''Birthday:''' \ |
| 708 | '''Blood Type:''' \ |
| 709 | '''Star Sign:''' \ |
| 710 | '''Likes:''' \ |
| 711 | '''Special Artifact:''' Marionette] |
| 712 | |
| 713 | A self-proclaimed “inspired man of the quill,” Zenji spends each day seeking inspiration. The people around him struggle to understand his unique sensibilities, but he always seems to be in good spirits. Though eccentric, he cares deeply for others and can be a bit of a worrywart. |
| 714 | ---- |
| 715 | * {{Expy}}: If [[VideoGame/{{A3}} Homare Arisugawa]] dyed his hair dark purple and became a ghoul he'd be Zenji Kotodama. |
| 716 | * MeaningfulName: His surname, Kotodama, is roughly translated as "soul/power of words." Fitting for the inspired man of the quill. |
| 717 | * NiceGuy: Zenji's always in a good mood, and cares for the people around him. |
| 718 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Subverted, he has red eyes but is one of the nicest characters in the game. |
| 719 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: He's essentially Tokyo Debunker's Homare Arisugawa from ''A3!'' |
| 720 | [[/folder]] |
| 721 | !!Mortkranken |
| 722 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 723 | [[quoteright:134:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_152453.png]] |
| 724 | The sixth House, housing students specializing in anomalous medicine and doubles as a medical facility. The students in this House are responsible for administering the student health checks. |
| 725 | ---- |
| 726 | * TheDreaded: Given Yuri's penchant for experimenting, Mortkranken has become this for the students of other Houses. |
| 727 | * GratuitousFrench: The "mort" of Mortkranken is likely a reference to the French word for death. Not very encouraging for a House of doctors. |
| 728 | * MeaningfulName: The House name. "Mort" likely refers to ''le mort'' - meaning death in French. "Kranken" meanwhile is the German word for "suffer." Oh and the House is for medical students. |
| 729 | * TheMedic: The students of Mortkranken deal explicitly with anomalous medicine. |
| 730 | * {{Motifs}}: Hourglasses. |
| 731 | ** To a lesser extent, butterflies, in a context reminiscent of the ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth trope. |
| 732 | [[/folder]] |
| 733 | [[folder: Yuri Isami]] |
| 734 | [[quoteright:689:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_161843.png]] |
| 735 | -->''Allow me to grant you the privilege of becoming my test subject.'' |
| 736 | -->'''VA:''' Koseki Kogure |
| 737 | |
| 738 | [floatboxright: |
| 739 | '''Year:''' Third year \ |
| 740 | '''Birthday:''' \ |
| 741 | '''Blood Type:''' \ |
| 742 | '''Star Sign:''' \ |
| 743 | '''Likes:''' \ |
| 744 | '''Special Artifact:''' Syringe] |
| 745 | |
| 746 | The domineering captain of Mortkranken, which doubles as a medical facility and houses students who specialize in anomalous medicine. Sly and calculating, he will take any opportunity to turn anomalies and other ghouls into lab rats for his experiments. |
| 747 | ---- |
| 748 | * TheAce: He's an extremely capable and intelligent doctor. He just so happens to like experimenting a little too much. |
| 749 | * BerserkButton: Implying he ''isn't'' the greatest doctor that ever lived is sure to set him off. |
| 750 | * CreepyGood: He apparently likes to experiment on others. He's also one of the ghouls the story revolves around, and is meant to fight off anomalies like the rest of them. |
| 751 | * TheDreaded: Fear of being roped into his experiments keeps other characters wary of him, if Kaito's conversation with Luca during a campus character scene is any indication. |
| 752 | * HotBlooded: He's loud and self-confident, playing against Jiro's TheStoic. |
| 753 | * {{Jerkass}}: He's very self-important, and likes to remind others of his prowess. |
| 754 | * MarriedToTheJob: His first appearance is him conducting the main character's health check with Jiro, something they're said to do for all the students. Jiro also mentions he didn't come along the second time because he passed out from staying up late experimenting. |
| 755 | * TheMedic: Shares this role with Jiro. |
| 756 | * SmugSuper: Believes he's the only capable practitioner of anomalous medicine at Darkwick. |
| 757 | [[/folder]] |
| 758 | [[folder: Jiro Kirisaki]] |
| 759 | [[quoteright:686:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/screenshot_2024_04_20_161950.png]] |
| 760 | -->''Did it really break so easily? That's annoying.'' |
| 761 | -->'''VA:''' Hideyuki Kobayashi |
| 762 | |
| 763 | [floatboxright: |
| 764 | '''Year:''' Second year \ |
| 765 | '''Birthday:''' \ |
| 766 | '''Blood Type:''' \ |
| 767 | '''Star Sign:''' \ |
| 768 | '''Likes:''' \ |
| 769 | '''Special Artifact:''' Chainsaw] |
| 770 | |
| 771 | The vice-captain of Mortkranken and Yuri Isami’s right-hand man. He is fearfully referred to as “Frankenstein,” and rumor has it he simply woke up in a lab one day. Cool and apathetic, he has an impressive knowledge of medicine. |
| 772 | ---- |
| 773 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Putting aside the fact that all of the ghouls are this, Jiro is also called Frankenstein for the rumor he woke up in the lab one day. |
| 774 | * ArtificialHuman / HumanoidAbomination: The rumor that he woke up in a lab like Frankenstein asserts this. Whether or not ghouls themselves even count as still human in the first place is debated in-universe. |
| 775 | * ButtMonkey: His mysterious illness and accompanying nausea seems to present itself at the most inopportune times. It's even one of his home screen lines. |
| 776 | * TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes: He’s a capable medical student with a wide knowledge of the field, and yet seems to show less regard for his own illness. |
| 777 | * CreepyGood: He's one of the heroes of the story, and yet it's rumored that he was made in a lab, and he follows Yuri around to assist in his work. |
| 778 | * TheDragon: To Yuri, though a more reserved example than most. |
| 779 | * TheLancer: To Yuri, as his vice-captain. |
| 780 | * MarriedToTheJob: His initial appearances all revolve around him giving the player character health checks. |
| 781 | * TheMedic: Shares this role with Yuri. |
| 782 | * MrFanservice: Surprisingly, Jiro has the most seductive-looking initial SSR, laying cuffed to an operating table, disheveled. |
| 783 | * TheQuietOne: Jiro is very stoic and unemotional - especially compared to how boisterous and loud his captain can be. |
| 784 | [[/folder]] |
| 785 | !!Obscuary |
| 786 | [[folder: In general]] |
| 787 | The seventh and newest House. It's members are shrouded in mystery. |
| 788 | ---- |
| 789 | * AllThereInTheManual: The only indication in the beginning that there are other ghouls in Obscuary besides Rui is the opening portion of a new game where the player is asked to pick a ghoul they'll "save" (receive their SR card of, and the one that appears in the opening InMediasRes cutscene): Obscuary has three silhouettes of its ghouls but only Rui is revealed while the others remain in shadow. |
| 790 | * TheFaceless: Both in and out of universe. Not many of the students know who is in Obscuary, and at launch only Rui was a confirmed member, vice-captain of the house. The captain and other ghoul part of the Obscuary cast remained silhouettes. |
| 791 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Their ambiguity is basically a red flag that they're pretty important to the plot. |
| 792 | * TheGhost: Similar to TheFaceless above, despite being the seventh House of Darkwick, it doesn't receive a lot of screentime at first, outside of Rui and some brief mentions, living up to its name. |
| 793 | * MeaningfulName: They certainly are the most obscure House. |
| 794 | * {{Motifs}}: Bats and candles, emphasizing their mysterious and occult theme. |
| 795 | * TheQuietOne: The House as a whole is this due to being more shrouded in mystery and seclusion than the others, at least at first. |
| 796 | * SixthRanger: Of the Houses. They're the newest and most...well, obscure, of the seven. |
| 797 | * TheUnmasking: Will inevitably be the case when it's their turn in the spotlight. |
| 798 | * WalkingSpoiler: The House's origins, as well as most of its members, all being unknown means that their connections to the rest of the cast and Darkwick as a whole are this. |
| 799 | [[/folder]] |
| 800 | [[folder: Rui Mizuki]] |
| 801 | -->''Hey, cutie! Want to grab a bite after this?'' |
| 802 | -->'''VA:''' Yoshiki Nakajima |
| 803 | |
| 804 | [floatboxright: |
| 805 | '''Year:''' \ |
| 806 | '''Birthday:''' \ |
| 807 | '''Blood Type:''' \ |
| 808 | '''Star Sign:''' \ |
| 809 | '''Likes:''' \ |
| 810 | '''Special Artifact:''' Scythe] |
| 811 | |
| 812 | Obscuary's vice-captain and an outgoing playboy. Friendly and sociable, he is popular among Darkwick's female students. Though born human, he now bears the curse of a reaper following an accident during a past mission. |
| 813 | ---- |
| 814 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: He’s a goofy laidback flirt. He also can kill people just by touching them apparently. |
| 815 | * GrimReaper: What his curse effectively makes him, the chapter titles even call him the Reaper. He also carries a scythe as his artifact. |
| 816 | * PerpetualSmiler: Always seen with a flirty smirk on his face. |
| 817 | * StepfordSmiler: Heavily implied to be more thoughtful and grim about his predicament than he lets on. |
| 818 | [[/folder]] |
| 819 | !Antagonists |
| 820 | [[folder: Anomalies]] |
| 821 | The main villains of the story, the reason the Anomalous Research Institute and Darkwick exist, and what the ghouls are sent out on missions to fight against. They're supposed to subdue anomalies and bring them back to Darkwick for research, but they usually destroy them instead. The main character is assigned as mission inspector in order to provide an accurate account of what happens and to hopefully circumvent this, without much success. |
| 822 | ---- |
| 823 | * AlwaysChaoticEvil: They're irredeemably evil abominations without a conscience. |
| 824 | * AmbiguousSituation: How the anomalies come to be varies on a case-by-case basis. Finding out what they are and where they came from is the main goal of the missions, right after capturing them. The ghouls usually only manage the first part. |
| 825 | * AnthropomorphicPersonification: [[spoiler: Takeru's Ghost]] and [[spoiler: the Anomalous Dealer]] are this respectively for [[spoiler: the rumors spreading about Takeru wanting revenge for his death]] and [[spoiler: Taiga's discontent and gambling obsession]]. |
| 826 | * ArcVillain: They each are the respective main villains of an Episode, beng dealt with in some form or another by Episode's end. |
| 827 | * AsLongAsThereIsEvil: The ones born from humans are implied to be this, as truly destroying them would require humans to have a firmer grasp on their thoughts, emotions, and actions. |
| 828 | * BigBad: Each are the big bads of their respective episodes, and the flower anomaly is one for the story as the one who cursed the main character. |
| 829 | * BigEater: The Faceless Men like eating human hearts, and the heroes come across a giant pile of corpses they've fed from. |
| 830 | * BodyHorror: Seemingly a requirement for anomalies. |
| 831 | * BossAlteringConsequence: This is the key to defeating Takeru's Ghost [[spoiler: as changing the general population's perception of his ghost therefore changes the anomaly that they created.]] |
| 832 | * TheBrute: Takeru’s ghost, who attacks and kills anyone and everyone without any rhyme or reason. |
| 833 | * CoolMask: The Anomalous Dealer wears one bisected down the middle by black and white and happy/angry expressions. |
| 834 | * DeadPersonImpersonation: Takeru's Ghost to a certain extent [[spoiler: as it's not really Takeru himself but rather the masses' ''impression'' of Takeru after his death]]. The Faceless Men are a straighter example. |
| 835 | * TheDreaded: Even [[spoiler: Otohime's subjects]] are afraid of her. Since she can't see they're as likely to be devoured as her enemies. |
| 836 | * DrivenToSuicide: Takeru, and his friend and fellow influencer Jun, are both written off as suicides, though the public's perception that they were actually murdered [[spoiler: influences how his tulpa attacks randomly, out of a nebulous idea of "revenge" based off of rumors.]] It's never made clear what exactly happened to either of them, though Leo theorizes that Takeru was murdered and [[HandWaved Jun probably committed suicide]]. |
| 837 | * EldritchAbomination: They're largely unknown entities from ambiguous origins and with nebulous goals that torment humans. |
| 838 | * EnemyWithout: The ones born from human thought are this. |
| 839 | * {{Expy}}: The Faceless Men look like a horde of Slender Mans. In a CastOfExpies like this, even the MonsterOfTheWeek isn't immune. |
| 840 | * TheFaceless: The Slender Man-esque anomalies of Episode 1. The anomaly that cursed the main character is also this, having a giant eye where her face should be. |
| 841 | * FacialHorror: All of them to a degree but Takeru's ghost takes the cake for having an especially unnerving character sprite with a grinning, decomposing face. |
| 842 | * FanDisservice: [[spoiler: Otohime]] is a shifting mound of naked flesh. |
| 843 | * FauxAffablyEvil: The flower anomaly pretends to be a kind fellow fan of the concert the main character went to before the prologue's beginning, in order to lure her in. |
| 844 | * FisherKingdom: Puns aside, Episode 3's anomaly's palace collapses into its true form - the Flying Dutchman, a legendary ghost ship - once she's defeated. |
| 845 | * FlunkyBoss: The fish monsters of the Dragon Palace are this for [[spoiler: Otohime.]] |
| 846 | * ForTheEvulz: It's in their nature to be evil, and they seem to have no real reason for it other than it's what they're made to do. The Faceless Men play with this trope, as they do what they do in order to feed, but they don't seem to have a problem kicking it up a notch and don't mind playing with their food beforehand. |
| 847 | * GiantSpaceFleaFromNowhere: The Faceless Men aren't said to be created by human thought, but ''where'' they came from isn't made clear either. |
| 848 | * {{Gonk}}: [[spoiler: Otohime/Princess Oto is a giant shifting mound of fat with stringy hair and a stretched, deformed face.]] Not at all the beautiful young woman from the story. |
| 849 | * TheHeartless: At least for some of them, they're the emotions and enduring fears of humans given form. |
| 850 | * HumanoidAbomination: All of them so far are human in shape but something utterly ''other'' in nature. |
| 851 | * HumansAreFlawed: Some of them are born from human thought and emotions. |
| 852 | * ItCanThink: Rather than mindless monsters, these anomalies all have enough self-awareness to plot and deceive. It's part of what makes dealing with them a necessity. |
| 853 | * KnightOfCerebus: In an otherwise fairly lighthearted game, their appearances are always disconcerting and even downright frightening. |
| 854 | * LargeHam: Takeru's ghost always talks like he's in a video or livestream. |
| 855 | * LogicalWeakness: The anomaly of Episode 3 can only harm those in the water. |
| 856 | * ManOfWealthAndTaste: The Faceless Men prey on wealthy citizens, and so look the part in order to blend in. |
| 857 | * MorphicResonance: Takeru's Ghost resembles the [[spoiler: fake]] video of Takeru posted after his death, because [[spoiler: that's what the general populace sees when they think of him.]] |
| 858 | * NoNameGiven: The Anomalous Dealer is only known by that moniker, and doesn’t have an actual name unlike Takeru and Otohime. Even The Faceless Men appear to have that as a species name of sorts, but there’s no mention whatsoever of even what the Anomalous Dealer ''is''. |
| 859 | * ObviouslyEvil: By the end of Episode 4, not a single one has looked remotely friendly. |
| 860 | * OneWingedAngel: The Anomalous Dealer, after [[spoiler: Taiga proves he can't win against him since he was ''created'' from him, and thus removing Taiga would be removing himself]], turns into a giant scorpion-like monster and tries to flee. |
| 861 | * PerpetualSmiler: Takeru's Ghost always has a painfully-large smile on his face. |
| 862 | * TheQuietOne: [[spoiler: Otohime]] never talks, just hums her SirenSong ominously. |
| 863 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: They are assigned a letter rank based on how dangerous they are. |
| 864 | * RealityWarper: The flower anomaly and the Anomalous Dealer both have this in their skillset. The flower anomaly turns the train the main character rides into a DarkWorld version of the real one, and the Dealer only appears at his table in some kind of pocket dimension within the Sinostra casino. He's given the first [[RankScalesWithAsskicking A Rank]] on the case report submitted by the episode's end for a reason. |
| 865 | * ShapeshifterDefaultForm: As their name implies, [[spoiler: when they aren't wearing the faces of their victims]] The Faceless Men have a long-limbed and blank-faced form by default. |
| 866 | * ShoutOut: The Faceless Men to [[Franchise/TheSlenderManMythos Slender Man]] and [[spoiler: Otohime]] to the Japanese folktale of Urashima Taro. |
| 867 | * SlasherSmile: Sported by the flower anomaly, Takeru's Ghost, and the Anomalous Dealer (or at least half of its face does). |
| 868 | * StalkedByTheBell: The flower anomaly in the prologue does this to the main character, taunting her through her phone all the way. |
| 869 | * SuicidalOverconfidence: If The Faceless Men hadn't gotten greedy by hosting wish-granting demonstrations among Tokyo's elite they could've gotten away with their feasts a lot longer before Darkwick stepped in. |
| 870 | ** The Anomalous Dealer apparently never stopped to think about what doing in Taiga would mean for him. |
| 871 | * ThisCannotBe: The Anomalous Dealer's reaction to [[spoiler: Taiga admitting the anomaly came from him and thus he will always win against it when he wants to.]] |
| 872 | * VillainousBreakdown: Going off of the above, the dealer anomaly turns into a giant scorpion-like monster and tries to flee. |
| 873 | * VillainsActHeroesReact: Darkwick steps in only ''after'' hearing about an anomaly's actions, since they apparently don't know enough yet to be able to anticipate their appearances. |
| 874 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Takeru's Ghost gets explained in Episode 2, but who or what killed the real Takeru is never addressed. Presumably because if it isn't related to an anomaly it's out of Darkwick's jurisdiction. |
| 875 | * WhiteMaskOfDoom: Half of the Anomalous Dealer's mask is white. |
| 876 | * WouldHurtAChild: The Faceless Men/Mr. Long-Legs has no problem hurting the orphans living at the manor. |
| 877 | * YouCantThwartStageOne: All of them achieve at least part of their goals before Darkwick catches wind of them, because said disturbances ''are'' how Darkwick learns of them. |
| 878 | * YouDontLookLikeYou: Otohime in the game looks nothing at all like the young woman in the tale of Urashima Taro. |
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