In General
TW: Mentions of Sexual Assualt, Abuse, Torture and Death
- Noble Demon
- Meaningful Names
- Dark and Troubled Past From Murderer Dad, Being Raised as a Tyke Bomb, Having Your Aunt Trying To Kill You, Having to Lose Your Relationship with your mother to protect your cousin, Being Sexual Abused by Your Uncle You Trusted, Being Bullied Relentlessly Due to Being Ugly, Having your Girlfriend Being Killed By an Affair, Being Turned Into A Servant and Having To Kill Your Aunt and Uncle To Escape, Having to Engage Into Enjo Kosei To Save Your Mistreated Friends, Being Drugged by Your Teacher, and many more No wonder why everyone ended so messed up
- Seven Heaven Virtues Eri - Patience, Collin - Chastity, Mikoto - Humility, Hanaki - Kindness, Emiko - Temperance, Unzari - Charity, Hikari - Temperance
- Seven Deadly Sins Eri - Greed, Collin - Sloth, Mikoto - Wrath, Hanaki - Envy, Emiko - Pride, Unzari - Lust, Hikari - Gluttony
- Non-Human Humanoid Hybrid Eri's is one of the only participants who is half-human
- Reluctant Psycho While Psycho isn't the exact word, All the participants are aware of their more unsavory habits and typically don't want to harm people, though with their obsession with winning and Asumi can cause them screw up
- Axe-Crazy All of them are quite willing to cut a bitch to get what they want, particularly Mikoto, Hikari, Minato, and Collin
- Reduced to Normal If they lose, they'll have their powers removed
- Cruel and Unusual Punishment When they're caught by the vigilante
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair To Shiores have navy blue hair, The Naruhito twins have purple hair, Hanaki has green hair, Collin has white hair and The Oukas are pink haired
- Yandere In varying flavors to varying degrees
- Eri is a familial type sporting a harsh case of Clingy Jealous Girl and My Cousin is off limit and she tried to trap Asumi in her dorm to keep him safe
- Collin is relatively dependent on Asumi and feels sick at the idea of Asumi being with another man than him though he's too weak to act on those urges
- Mikoto completely idolizes Asumi and see herself as a tool for him to escape the game and her ways of showing it are creepy, to say the least
- Hanaki take a liking to Asumi because he resembles his ex-lover and he wants to make Asumi resembles her in more ways than one
- Emiko more or less mild case she's really affectionate to Asumi and rude to everyone else and those are on good days, oh and she also wants to kill Kage for romancing Asumi
- Hikari kind of inherited a bit of yandere from her father's side and has the belief that the greatest way to love is to consume your lover and that's taken a bit too literally
- Minato was trained to think that's she was the reincarnation of the first divined blood's lover and she has to kill Asumi to save him
- Kotone is a pretty straightforward example and fits the default definition (A fictional character who fits the archetype of being genuinely romantic, loving, kind, merciful, sparing, sweet and gentle, but is at the same time brutal, psychotic or deranged in behavior) Where he's a nice somewhat bland man at first glance who becomes into an absolute killing machine when his wife's happiness and well being on the line
- Psychopathic Love Triangle What Asumi have to deal every three weeks
- Flower Motif
Kage- Black Hellebores,
Minato- Cherry blossoms
Eri- Pink Lilies
Collin- White Rose
Mikoto- Chrystamum
Hanaki- Marigolds
Emiko- Narcussis
Unzari- Lily of the valley
Hikari- White Hellebores
- Love Makes You Crazy, Dumb, or Evil Everyone were relatively normal high school students before their red string came upstarted, with their target as Asumi and it went downhill from there. In the 1980s Kotone was a timid and awkward guy who killed his parents in self-defense but to protect his childhood friend, he would kill, hurt and manipulate anyone in his way, Kiiro believe love makes you stupid since his love for Kotone led him to unwitting help his wife's murderer and get burned alive
- Fantastic Racism Everyone had to deal with at some point, namely, the Niku who are seen as zombies with brains, Onis are seen as uncivilized brutes and Collin was worried about them being rapists, Succubi and incubus are typically sexualized and target of sexual violence, Fairies are more or less coddled and treated as innocent and childish, Humans are seen as stupid and weak, oh a Kage called Hanaki a sparkler which is a slur towards vampires
Asumi Himawari
If there a will there's a way
- Wide-Eyed Idealist No matter how much the world put him through the wringer he won't give up Subverted in his past
- Badass Adorable He's a cheerful and nice guy but he can shoot a hell of arrows
- Hope Bringer Duh, He's the embodiment of hope
- Berserk Button First don't use him as a plaything, Second don't insult or hurt anyone, and Third don't call Denpa Cat
- Gentle Boy, Brooding Boy(s and Girls) He the gentle boy to the group of brooding people
- Blind Without Em He can't see without his glasses
- Hearing Voices He has psychosis so he experiences this every once and while
- Driven To Suicide He was contemplating it in high school but didn't pull through
- Guilded Cage As a child he grew up sheltered and protected by his father with no contact of the outside world
- Shrinking Violet Was this when he was younger and at the start of the series but he grew out it
- Nice Guy He one of nicest people in this series
- All-Loving Hero When he's in a death game, his first thought is "how do I make sure no one gets killed."
- Bi the Way
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl He's The Savvy Guy to Minato, Emiko and Hanaki and the Energetic Boy to Kage, Collin, and Mikoto
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy- The Feminine Boy To Minato's Masculine Girl
- Heart of Gold, Hair of Gold- He's a blondie and a sweetheart
- Dude/ Chick Magnet- Justified due to nature of the game, he's a yandere magnet
- The Unfavorite To his aunt, Who tried to kill him on his sixteen birthday
- I Can Change Him His main motive for befriending Kage was that if he can better a person like him he'll be useful
- Self Harm As a teen, he typically bruised himself to make for the abuse Eri went though
- Affectionate Nickname Eri calls him MiiMii
- Embarrassing Nickname In his previous school he was dubbed as Denpa Cat
- Blessed with Suck He's divined blood but he's as powerful as a human, He trapped in a death game by default and his way out is to stop the bloodline or lose
- Loving A Shadow A platonic example with his mother, He sees his mother as a paragon of justice despite the fact he hardly knows anything about the woman
- Living Emotional Crutch To Eri, He was the only thing she has this does take a toll on him since he feels like he has to be this smiling and pure being for his cousin, He also becomes this to Collin and Mikoto
- Replacement Goldfish To Hanaki for his ex-girlfriend
- Human Resource His body is essentially a shell for Nanami-sama
- Trademark Favorite Food Sunflower seeds
- Sunny Sunflower Disposition His flower motif is Sunflowers, not to mention tha't and he embodies hope
- Friendless Background He was bullied for being a crybaby and in highschool, he was ignored due to his reclusive nature
- Tsundere Type B, He's usually nice but he'll usually get mad at Kage when he does something stupid or perverted
- Morality Pet To Eri and Kage
- Cynic–Idealist Duo The Idealist To Kage's Cynic
- Stedford Smiler His way to solve a problem is to smile and head on
- Distressed Dude He's normally in harm's way
- Dude out of Distress Though he can typically save himself
- Annoying Arrows Averted Have you seen him behind a bow
- In the Hood In school, he used to wear a cat hood
- Good Is Not Soft He doesn't fare well to being pushed around
- Transgender
- Adrenaline Makeover
- Broken Hero
- Living MacGuffin
- Innocently Insensitive
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Guile Hero
Kage Shiore
Why save the same people who are supposed to be using you
- The Cynic Duh, He is the Embodiment of Despair
- The Eeyore He's usually the type to stew in his own sorrow than do something
- Cynic–Idealist Duo The Cynic to Asumi's Idealist
- Silly Rabbit, Idealism Is for Kids Deconstructed, His constant back and front with Asumi, hostility towards Eri lead to Eri getting punished and injured
- Aloof Big Brother He was distant towards her Hikari as a child
- Disappointing Older Sibling To Hikari, She sees him as nothing than useless lout, he shares the same opinion of himself
- Deadpan Snarker He is normally sarcastic and sharp to everyone, Even when he's in a death game he still have time to poke fun of the situation
- Abusive Parents His father didn't intentionally abuse him, but his father saw him and sister more as an embodiment of his love for Chie than people and he was emotionally distant to his son while favoring his sister, let's not mention that time Kage saw him kill his homeroom teacher
- Knight in Sour Armor He's is a pessimistic snarker who doesn't believe that Asumi's plans will work but when push comes to shove he does try to save the others
- The Atoner He secretly wants to be a better person and wants to make amends to Hikari for bullying her
- Hijacking Cthulhu- His deal with Nana is to protect her vessel to remove the soulmate system
- Undeathy Pailor- Like all pale-skinned Nikus, he's as white as paper
- Jerk Realization He's very aware that he's a depressed prick
- Responsible Sibling, Foolish Sibling He's the Foolish Sibling to Hikari's Responsible Sibling
- Properly Paranoid He's already not that kind and friendly to his peers but when he finds himself in a literal death game he outwardly antagonizes his peers and let it known that he distrusts them
- Fake Relationship
- Romantic Fake–Real Turn
- Domestic Abuse Was on the receiving end on when dating a commander
- Manipulative Bastard
- Used To Be Sweet Kid Downplayed He wasn't a little angel as a child but he at least was a carefree kid who had no worries during life but after he witnessing his dad kill a woman, his house burning down and when he thought his life was going right, He met the love of his life, It turns out that he was a Bastard Boyfriend who physically, emotionally and mentally abused him and the only way he had to escape was to make a deal with Nana
- Creepy Child
- Love Redeems He believes that's Kosuke's love would fix him, that didn't work
- Troubled but Cute Deconstructed He sure is troubled but none his troubles are cute, his parents dying, being raised by a serial killer and being abused has left him as a distrustful, paranoid and pessimistic shut-in and his ex was attracted to him because he was an angstbag with a pretty face and found this alluring without remembering the fact he's a humanoid with mental infliction just like him
- Eerie Pale Haired Brunette He has white skin, Dark navy blue hair and was mistaken for a corpse
- Don't Call Me Sir He doesn't like when Minato calls him her brother
- I Have No Sister- To Minato, It's Nothing Personal but he doesn't take it well that some rich human lady took pity on some poor Niku kids and adopted them for a publication stunt, He also doesn't fare well towards his biological sister for many reasons
- Emo Teen Was this as a preteen, not like he didn't have a reason though
- Harmful to Minors He saw his father slit a woman throat and ended up being scared of him
- Nephewism His uncle took them in when his parents died
- Sad Clown/Stepford Snarker It's clear that he used snarking as a coping mechanism
- Parental Neglect When your father's a yandere, don't expect any special treatment
- Mind Rape
- Opposites Attract An aloof pessimist falls for a lawful optimist
- Cain and Abel The Abel to Hikari's Cain
- Tsundere Type A He's less hostile to Asumi mainly to get him to trust him
- Prone to Tears He was as a child, though he tries to hide this side of him
- Knife Nut- Has a kitchen knife as a weapon
- Theme Twin Naming His name means shadow while his sister's, Hikari name means light
- Betty and Veronica- The Veronica to Minato's Betty
Minato Ouka
Don't worry Asumi, I'll protect you
- The Ingenue Ties Into her sin of ignorance
- Innocently Insensitive A trademark of hers
- The Ojou She is wealthily but subverts it since she doesn't acts nothing like an ojou
- Outdoorsy Gal She's normally outdoors training
- Tyke Bomb She was raised as a way to disable the Kami Game
- Training from hell She was forced to train and exercise from sunrise until midnight and was abandoned for long times to learn how to survive on her own
- Woman-Child
- Unwilling Robotiscation
- Disappeared Dad Her dad left before she was born
- Lovable Jock She's a member of the track team and a cheery, happy go lucky girl
- Red Oni, Blue Oni The Red Oni to the Shiore Twins' Blue Oni
- Miko She does work part-time at the shrine during the summer
- Teacher's Pet Principle Pet to be precise helps that she's the principal daughter, Subverted since her mother basically isolated her and trained her to death
- Pinks Mean Feminine Subverted She's an adventurous tomboy and her main color motif is pink
- The Ditz Brains aren't her strong point
- Cherry Blossom Girl Her flower motifs are sakura and her ignorance does pass over time
- Genki Girl She's an energetic and lively girl
- Rosy-Haired Sweetie She has pink hair and is a cheerful and kind girl
- Plucky Girl No matter what she won't give up on getting Asumi and destroying the game
- Fearless Fool Her theme is persistence and ignorance and both are present in her character
- Break The Cutie
- Corrupt The Cutie
- Green-Eyed Epiphany
- Love Hurts
- Crouching Fool, Hidden Badass She seems like a complete idiot but she's able to beat up most of the Kami Game participants despite being a human
- My Master, Wrong or Right No matter what she won't betray her mother even if it's cost her friends, happiness or even her life
- Oblivious to Love Towards Hikari mainly because it's not her concern
- Selective Oblivious She seems dense at first but that's because she's mainly focused on killing Asumi
- Badass Normal
- Tomboy and Girly Girl The Tomboy to Hikari's Girly Girl
- Reincarnation Romance What she believes her relationship with Asumi is, for context she believes that is Seijou the lover of Mistu Himawari, The first divined blooded but their affair ended with them brutally dying
- Beware of The Silly Ones She's a dense and ditzy girl but she has lighting fast reflexes, high pain endurance and can become a killing machine
- If I Can't Have You Invoked Due to fate if she and Asumi marry they may risk continuing their bloodline so she plans romance him and then kills him
- Mercy Kill What she thinks she's giving to Asumi, he doesn't think the same
- Stringing the Hopeless Suitor Along
- Tomboyish Ponytail
- Betty and Veronica- The Betty to Kage's Veronica
- Shorttank
- Parental Abandonment
Nana
Hey, just stay by my side and we'll be fine
- Cool Big Sis
- My Cousin is Off-limit
- Self-Made Orphan
- These Hands Have Killed
- Mama Bear
- Turn the Other Cheek
- My Greatest Failure
- Sacrificial Lion
- Con Artist
- Senpai/ Kouhai
- Non Love Interest
- Abusive Parents
- The Gadfly
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- The Scrooge
- Technical Pacifist
- Loophole Abuse
- Gold Digger
- Blackmail Is An Such Ugly Word
- Opportunistic Bastard
- The Social Darwinistic
- Asexuality
- The Unfettered
- Friendly Enemy
- Ms. Vice Girl
- Private Tutor
- I Want My Beloved To Be Happy
- Bribing Your Way To Victory
- Burn The Abusive Home
- Money Fetish
- The Slacker
- Passive Aggressive Judo
Collin Koi
- Lazy Bum
- Innocent Bigot
- All Men are Perverts
- Armored Closeted Gay
- White Hair, Black Heart
- Non-Action Guy
- Mad Dreamer
- Idiot Hair
- The Tragic Rose
- Prone to Tears
- Token Mini Moe
- Psychopath Manchild
- Undying Loyalty
- Hates the Job, Loves the Limelight
- Fragile Flower
- Sleepy Depressive
- The Sleepyhead
- Foil
- Doesn't Like Men
- Gaynst
- Nightmare Fuel Station Intendant
- Manipulative Bastard
- Angst Coma
- Ill Boy
- Dude Looks Like a Lady
- Uke
- Kid with a Leash
- Lack of Empathy
- Crippilng Fear of Sexuality
- Extreme Doormat
- Bishonen
- Rape as Backstory
- Faux Affably Evil
- Shrinking Violet
- Princely Young Man
- Sensitive Guy, Manly Man
- Sour Prude
- Brilliant But Lazy
- In Touch With His Feminine Side
- Sleep Cute
- The Ophelia
- Trademark Favorite Food
- The Fettered
- The Stoic
- Cloudcuckoolander
- The Paragon
- Chaste Hero
- Celibate Hero
Mikoto Naruhito
- Adorkable
- Shrinking Violet
- All The Other Reindeers
- Insecure Love Interest
- Sadist
- Best Served Cold
- Hair Trigger Temper
- The Cowl
- Knight Templar
- Declaration of Protection
- Bully Brutality
- Expelled
- New Transfer Student
- Mistaken for Abuse
- Hikikomori
- Gag Nose
- Tranquil Fury
- Meganekko
- I'm Not Pretty
- Nice Girl
- Humble Hero
- Exhausted Eye Bags
- Bully Magnet
- Polar Opposite Twins
- Birthday Buddies
- Motive Decay
- Oblivious Adoption
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- Extreme Doormat
- Beware of the Quiet Ones
- Kill With Fire
- Happiness In Slavery
- Keigo
- Affably Evil
- Momma Had A Good Reason For Abandoning You
- Because You Were Nice To Me
- Manipulative Bitch
- Vilganilite Woman
- Desperately Looking for A Purpose In Life
Hanaki Yobuku
- Wake Up Boss
- Nice Guy
- Dogged Nice Guy
- Deconstructed Character Archetype
- Hospital Hottie
- Combat Medic
- Kiss of The Vampire
- Kindnapper
- Romantic Vampire Boy
- The Medic
- Mom, When Are you Coming Home
- Like The Other Reindeer
- Cool Big Bro
- Big Bro Mentor
- Cruel To Be Kind
- You're Too Late
- Survivor's Guilt
- It's All My Fault
- Extreme Doormat
- Good Is Not Soft
- Florence Nightingale Effect
- Hunk
- Secretly Selfish
- Butt-Monkey
- Can't Keep A Secret
- Green Eyes Monster
- Wishful Projection
- In Love With Love
- Friendly Enemy
- Knight In Shining Armor
- Affable Evil
- Bastard In Sheep's Clothing
- Crazy Prepared
- Chick Magnet
- Unrequited Tragic Maiden
- Break The Cutie
- Forced To Watch
- Chiralous Pervert
- Covert Pervert
- Believing His Own Lies
- Stepford Smiler
- Oh God What Have I Done
- Friendly Neighborhood Vampire
- Afraid Of Blood
Emiko Junjo
- Tsundere
- Eat The Rich
- Attraction To Outliers
- Macgyvering
- Eerie Pale Brunette
- Mad Artist
- Black and White Insanity
- True Art Is Incoherent
- Childhood Friend
- Scholarship Student
- No Sympathy
- Riches To Rags
- Narcissist
- Orphans Ordeal
- Cinderella Cirtrisume
- Straw Critic
- Plucky Girl
- All The Other Reindeer
- Chuunibuyou
- Affably Evil
- Mysterious Waif
- Honor Among Theives
- Thou Shall Not Kill
- Breaking In
- She Knows Too Much
- Stalking Is Funny If It's Female On Male- Averted
- The Quiet One
Unzari Hachirou
- Nice Guy
- Extreme Doormat
- Berserk Button
- Momma's Boy
- Heroic Bastard
- Hooker With A Heart Of Gold
- Hormoned-Addled Teenager
- Horny Devil
- Love Martyr
- The Vamp
- The Dragon
- The Starscream
- Dark-Skinned Blonde
- Hidden Depths
- Mellow Fellow
- Stepford Smiler
- Shameless Fanservice Boy
- A Friend In A Need
- Cassanova Wannabe
- Foil
- We Help The Helpless
- Bad Judge Of Character
- Good Samaritan
- Samaritan Syndrome
Kosuke Fuyuko
- Hedonist
- Hate Sink
- Bespacled Bastard Boyfriend
- Bastard In Sheep's Clothing
- Ephedophile
- May-December Relationship
- I Want You Because I Can't Control You
- Stepford Smiler
- Aimlessly Seeking Happiness
- Stalker With A Crush
- Jerk With A Heart Of Jerk
- Domestic Abuser
- Your Cheating Heart
- Foil
- Rich Boredom
- Wealthy Philanthropists
- Ponzi
- Hope Mongering
- Not Good With Rejection
- Ex Meets The Missus
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul
- Ax-Crazy
- Big Man On Campus
- Manchild
- Hypocrite
- Lima Syndrome
- Lack Of Empathy
- Proud Beauty
- Asshole Victim
Hikari Shiore
- Aloof Dark-Haired Girl
- Workaholic
- Big Eater
- Schoolgirl Lesbian
- Annoying Younger Sibling
- Eerie Pale Skinned Brunnette
- Berserk Button
- Foil
- Responsible Sibling, Foolish Sibling
- Iron Lady
- Will Not Be A Victim
- Cain and Abel
- Yamato Nadeshiko
- Kohai/Senpai
- Faux Affably Evil
- Class Rep
- Ying-Yang Twins
- The Determinator
- Girly Girl and Tomboy
- Hopeless Suitor
- The Stoic
- Tsundere
- Undeathly Pailor
- Lipstick Lesbian
- Ojou
- Action Girl
- Light Is Not Good
- Brainy Bruiser
- Lady Of War
- Horror Hunger
- I'm A Humanitarian
- Extreme Omniverse
- Villianous Glutton
- Prefers Raw Meat
- Must Have Caffeine
- What Is This Thing You Call Love
- Daddy's Girl
Ran Ouka
- The Power of Hate
- The Stoic
- Responsible Authority Figure
- Used to be a Sweet Kid
- Cute Bookworm
- The End Justify The Means
- The Chessmaster
- Childhood Friend Romance
- Big Bad
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul
- Putting the "Pal" in Principal
- Dean Bitterman
- Interspecies Adoption
- The Corrupter
- Foil
- Break the Cutie
- All the Other Reindeer
- Badass Teacher
- Meganekko
- Mama Bear
- Abusive Parent
Kotone Shiore
- Expy
- Abusive Parents
- Ax-Crazy
- Ridiculously Average Guy
- Bastard In Sheep Clothing
- Arch-Emeny
- Below Suspicion
- Four Eyes, Zero Soul
- The Power Of Love
- Maniplutive Bastard
- Murder The Hypothiesis
- Even Evil Have Loved Ones
- Orange and Blue Morality
- Demon Lords and Archdevils
- Happily Married
- Hypocrite
- Like Father, Like Daughter
- Like Father, Unlike Son
- Predecessor Villian
- Villian Of Another Story
- Karma Houdini Warranty
Chie Shiore/ Ashley Doe
- Stock Shoujo Heroine
- One Sane Woman
- The Eeyore
- Small Role, Big Impact
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- Everyone Have Standards
- Foreing Exange Student
- Meaningful Rename
- Doting Parent
- Nice Girl
- Horror Hunger
Yudai Wakana/ John Doe
- Cool Uncle
- Nice Guy
- Lawful Pushover
- Extreme Doormat
- Salaryman
- Smal Role, Big impact
- Grew A Spine
Sakura Mochi
- The Beard
- Student Council President
- Nice Girl
- Embarrassing Name
- Cherry Blossom Girl
Makoto Naruhito
- Stepford Smiler
- Yamato Nadeshiko
- Polar Opposite Twins
- Meganekko
- Nice Gal
- The Quiet One
- Big Sister Instinct
Yuzuki- Sensei
- One Sane Woman
- Sensei-chan
- Nice Girl
- Meganekko
- Cool Big Sis
- Psychologist Teacher
- Enthusiastic Newbie Teacher
- Cool Teacher
- Audience Surrogate
Mikoto's Bullies
- Beauty Is Bad
- Wound Gazelle Gambit
- Bastard Boyfriend
- Man Scorned
- Lack of Empathy
- Instant Fan Club
Collin's Uncle
- Lack of Empathy
- Would Hurt A Child
- If I Can't Have You
- Romantic Runner Up
- Asshole Victim
- Bastard In Sheep's Clothing
- Creepy Uncle
- Not My Fault
- Evil Uncle
Collin's Father
- Papa Wolf
- Nice Guy
- Adult Fear
- When Are You Coming Home, Dad
- Good Parent
The Past Kami Game Members
Asegao Fuji
Emiko's Aunt and Uncle
Nemu Yumeko
Seijo