Line #46 Roleplay/Ukimiya


1	->CHALLENGE ACCEPTED.
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3	''Ukimiya'' was a weekly-format [[JournalRoleplay murdergame]] set in an abandoned Japanese castle. Thirty Warriors have been summoned from their homes to help combat TheCorruption, a mysterious force tainting the world - the catch being that only nine are needed, and the rest must be weeded out through a DeadlyGame.
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5	It [[https://ukimiya.dreamwidth.org/ can be read]] on Dreamwidth, and was concluded in 2017.
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7	!!''Ukimiya'' provides examples of:
8	* AmateurSleuth: The only detectives in the game are Misora and Mako, so everyone else is forced to act as one.
9	* ColorMotif: Nearly everything in the castle (and on a meta level, the information pages) is themed with an unpleasant shade of green.
10	* TheCorruption: Why the Warriors were kidnapped in the first place. [[spoiler: Moreover, The Sage himself was influenced by the corruption for the duration of the game. Once it's cleansed, he's perfectly personable.]]
11	* DiscOneFinalBoss: [[spoiler:The Sage is the main antagonist for the majority of the game, but at the final trial, he's disposed of pretty quickly.]]
12	* DoesNotLikeGuns: Having come from the end of Minagoroshi-hen, [[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Hanyuu]] [[spoiler:just witnessed all of her friends getting shot to death]], so she doesn't take [[spoiler: Mahiro]] waving his gun around very well.
13	* DoNotGoGentle: Both [[spoiler:Tiki and Misora]] fight back against their killers before their respective demises.
14	* EndingMemorialService: Each trial is followed by an "afterparty," of the survivors catching their breath.
15	* TheEndOrIsIt: By the end, [[spoiler: Rika and The Sage find a mysterious scroll near the pond, but it promptly bursts into flames.]]
16	* ExactWords: "The World" is listed as one of his favorite things on The Teishu's profile. Turns out that's the name of a terrarium he owns.
17	* HopeSpot: [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Rika Furude]]]] escapes from her killer and makes it to [[spoiler:Hanyuu's]] room - but dies right outside the door as the walls are soundproof and so her cries for help are in vain.
18	* LethalChef: [[VisualNovel/{{Hakuouki}} Senhime]]'s cooking is pretty terrible. [[spoiler:Taken literally when she kills Hei with a poisoned cake.]]
19	* MacGuffin: The [[spoiler:titular [[Manga/DragonBall dragon balls]]]] turn out to be the key to cleansing the corruption and bringing back the dead.
20	* TheMole: [[spoiler:[[Anime/DanganRonpa3 Koichi Kizakura]]]] is the mole for the Sage, though he only cooperates because [[spoiler: Kyouko Kirigiri]], his best friend's daughter, is being threatened.
21	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:The Sage is horrified by his actions once he's no longer corrupted.]]
22	* TheNicknamer: [[VideoGame/FireEmblemMysteryOfTheEmblem Tiki]] gives ''everyone'' in the game a nickname, whether they want one or not.
23	* NotJustATournament: The Sage explains that everyone has been brought to the castle to weed out the nine most worthy Warriors. [[spoiler:When nine are left, he reveals he never intended for them to survive past cleansing TheCorruption in the first place.]]
24	* NotMeThisTime: [[spoiler:Sen]] tries to frame [[spoiler:[[WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries The Joker]]]] for the week 2 case, but he doesn't even show up on the suspect list. [[spoiler: Averted when he actually is the culprit on week 4.]]
25	* OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:The Teishu]] decapitates [[spoiler:[[Manga/BlastOfTempest Mahiro Fuwa]]]] for trespassing.
26	* ReformedButRejected: [[spoiler:Once the corruption is cleared from his being, The Sage (who is really [[VideoGame/ToukenRanbu The Saniwa]]) tries to apologize to the players for putting them through the game. Many of them don't care and decide to beat him up instead.]]
27	%%* RunningGag: Lemons. Mahiro sniffing the evidence. See also YouDidntAsk, below.
28	* SacrificialLamb: Echoing her repeated deaths in canon, [[spoiler:[[VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry Rika Furude]]]] is the first in the game to die.
29	* SealedEvilInACan: [[spoiler:The Teishu]] was sealed in one of these pre-game. [[spoiler: Hegets re-sealed into a ''ramune bottle'' at the final trial.]]
30	* ShapeshifterModeLock: Hanyuu is locked into her adult form for the duration of the game, rather than the disguise of a 12-year-old that she uses in Higurashi proper.
31	%%* SummoningRitual: How the Warriors were initially kidnapped.
32	* TimeAbyss: The age given on The Teishu's ([[spoiler:[[Anime/DragonBallSuper Zamasu]]]] profile is ''25,000,000.''
33	* TrailOfBlood: Quite frequently one of the pieces of evidence during a trial.
34	* TheUnseen: The Emperor [[spoiler:[[TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering Ambassador Laquatas]]]] is only ever seen by the dead characters, everyone else he communicates with via writing.
35	* YouDidntAsk: The culprit of the second week says this in response to why they didn't confess earlier on. Every week after that, [[RunningGag the trials start out with someone asking the suspects if they committed the murder]] just to avoid this scenario.

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