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* DropTheHammer: Relentless Walkers use a large mallet to fight.
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* AlasPoorVillain: He might be a mass murderer, but he ''genuinely thought'' he was saving people in doing so, and his eventual VillainousBreakdown is extremely tragic.
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** Later {{Averted}} by the stronger versions of the Students of Misery encountered later in the game, who wear brightly-coloured and more Western-looking school uniforms with skirts and matching cardigans in reds, greens, and blues; while stronger Students of Pain sport the same colour palette, but switch out their everyday schoolwear for athletic kits or convenience store employee uniforms.

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** Later {{Averted}} by the stronger versions of the Students of Misery encountered later in the game, who wear brightly-coloured and more Western-looking school uniforms with skirts and matching cardigans in reds, greens, and blues; while stronger blues. Stronger Students of Pain sport the same bright colour palette, but switch out their everyday schoolwear for athletic kits or convenience store employee uniforms.

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* SailorFuku: Students of Misery wear both white ones with dark skirts as well as completely dark ones, and Students of Pain wear the traditional male equivalent, high-collared ''gakuran'' in black. Stronger versions of the students encountered later in the game wear brighter-coloured equivalents in reds, greens, and blues, as well as some variants who sport athletic kits or convenience store uniforms instead.

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* SailorFuku: Students of Misery wear both white ones with dark skirts as well as completely dark ones, and ones; while Students of Pain wear the traditional male equivalent, high-collared ''gakuran'' in black. Stronger black.
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versions of the students Students of Misery encountered later in the game game, who wear brighter-coloured equivalents brightly-coloured and more Western-looking school uniforms with skirts and matching cardigans in reds, greens, and blues, as well as some variants who blues; while stronger Students of Pain sport the same colour palette, but switch out their everyday schoolwear for athletic kits or convenience store uniforms instead.employee uniforms.
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* AdorableEvilMinions: Lack of heads aside, they're rather sweet in a gawky way... until they spot Akito and go into full-on attack mode, that is. Admittedly it often verges on CreepyCute as they'll skip around in a sinister fashion casting ominous shadows on the walls, but if you catch them idling they'll often be engaged in surprisingly ordinary teenage activities and can seem like they're just a bunch of kids hanging out together after school.

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* AdorableEvilMinions: Lack of heads aside, they're rather sweet in a gawky way... until they spot Akito and go into full-on attack mode, that is. Admittedly it often verges on CreepyCute as they'll CreepyCute, especially the girls, who will sometimes skip around in a sinister fashion casting ominous shadows on the walls, but walls. But if you catch them idling they'll often be engaged in surprisingly ordinary teenage activities and can seem like they're just a bunch of kids hanging out together after school.

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* AdorableEvilMinions: Lack of heads aside, they're rather sweet in a gawky way... until they spot Akito and go into full-on attack mode, that is. Admittedly it often verges on CreepyCute as they'll skip around in a sinister fashion casting ominous shadows on the walls, but if you catch them idling they'll often be engaged in surprisingly ordinary teenage activities and can seem like they're just a bunch of kids hanging out together after school.



* LosingYourHead: Their defining trait is the lack of head.

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* LosingYourHead: Their defining physical trait is the their lack of a head.

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[[folder: Student of Misery]]
A type of Visitor born from the anxieties of young female students. They are quick to act and attack with merciless tenacity.

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[[folder: Student of Misery]]
Students]]
A type of Visitor born from the pressures and anxieties of young female endured by ordinary high school students. They are quick to act and attack with merciless tenacity.



* AlwaysFemale: The Students of Misery are. Later on in the game the stronger but slower Students of Pain start appearing, who are AlwaysMale.

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* AlwaysFemale: The Students of Misery are. Later on Misery. As one of the first enemy types encountered in the game the stronger they aren't especially strong, but slower are usually found in groups of two to four who can work together to gang up on Akito.
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Students of Pain start appearing, who Pain. They are AlwaysMale.a little stronger than their female counterparts, but move more slowly. They're usually found either in pairs together or as the sole male accompanied by two or three Students of Misery.



* SailorFuku: Both white ones with dark skirts as well as completely dark ones, though some are in casual clothes as well.

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* SailorFuku: Both Students of Misery wear both white ones with dark skirts as well as completely dark ones, though and Students of Pain wear the traditional male equivalent, high-collared ''gakuran'' in black. Stronger versions of the students encountered later in the game wear brighter-coloured equivalents in reds, greens, and blues, as well as some are in casual clothes as well.variants who sport athletic kits or convenience store uniforms instead.
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* DistressedDamsel: Is kidnapped by Hannya at the start of the game to be used in his ritual to set the spirits in Tokyo free, prompting Akito to team up with [=KK=] to save her.

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* DistressedDamsel: DamselInDistress: Is kidnapped by Hannya at the start of the game to be used in his ritual to set the spirits in Tokyo free, prompting Akito to team up with [=KK=] to save her.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: dresses normally but wears a pair of foot wraps/yoga socks that leave her toes and heels exposed.
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* MiniBoss: Effectively serve as this for the Visitors. They have high health, hit ''very'' hard, have a ''terrifying'' grab attack that forces you into very vulnerable state, and thus appropriately are very sparingly used. Oh, and they are, [[ContractualBossImmunity naturally]], resistant to [[BackStab Quick Purges]], which only does heavy damage to them, forcing you to fight them head on to finish them off. Taken UpToEleven with the Crimson Kuchisake, who are a BossInMookClothing, with even higher stats than their normal counterpart, and appropriately serves as the final threat of some Side Quests.

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* MiniBoss: Effectively serve as this for the Visitors. They have high health, hit ''very'' hard, have a ''terrifying'' grab attack that forces you into very vulnerable state, and thus appropriately are very sparingly used. Oh, and they are, [[ContractualBossImmunity naturally]], resistant to [[BackStab Quick Purges]], which only does heavy damage to them, forcing you to fight them head on to finish them off. Taken UpToEleven to the max with the Crimson Kuchisake, who are a BossInMookClothing, with even higher stats than their normal counterpart, and appropriately serves as the final threat of some Side Quests.

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* TheGoomba: By far the most numerous and least dangerous type of enemy in the game.

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* TheGoomba: By far The normal Rain Walkers are ''by far'' the most numerous and least dangerous type of enemy in the game.game, having low health and few attacks, being easy to stagger and knock down, and having an attack that is ''ludicrously easy'' to get a [[JustFrameBonus Perfect Block]] off of.


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* MiniBoss: The Relentless Walkers are surprisingly healthy and will ''devastate your health bar'' if you act too careless around them and/or don't get out of the way of their attacks fast enough. Befittingly for a Mini-Boss, they resist [[BackStab Quick Purges]], which will only heavily damage them, forcing you fight them head on to finish them off, or ''very quickly'' hide to do it again.

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* BadassLongcoat: They wear a very nice one and are quite formidable as far as mooks go.

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* BadassLongcoat: They wear a very nice one and they are quite among the most formidable as far as mooks go.of the Visitors' ranks.



* LightningBruiser: You'll wish they were FragileSpeedsters.

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* LightningBruiser: You'll wish ''wish'' they were FragileSpeedsters.[[FragileSpeedster Fragile Speedsters.]]
* MiniBoss: Effectively serve as this for the Visitors. They have high health, hit ''very'' hard, have a ''terrifying'' grab attack that forces you into very vulnerable state, and thus appropriately are very sparingly used. Oh, and they are, [[ContractualBossImmunity naturally]], resistant to [[BackStab Quick Purges]], which only does heavy damage to them, forcing you to fight them head on to finish them off. Taken UpToEleven with the Crimson Kuchisake, who are a BossInMookClothing, with even higher stats than their normal counterpart, and appropriately serves as the final threat of some Side Quests.


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* TakingYouWithMe: The animations when you do a [[FinishingMove Melee Core Grab]] on them feature them spending their dying moments ''glaring into your eyes while struggling to attempt at cutting your head off with their massive scissors since you're so close.'' They don't succeed, but Kuchisake are notable for being the only Visitors who are ''[[SuperPersistentPredator very obviously trying to continue killing you as you crush their core]]''.
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* TeruTeruBozu: Designed to look like one.
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* TeethCleanchedTeamwork: In life she and KK weren't fond of each other, [[spoiler:which makes her almost friendly behavior toward him suspect]].

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* TeethCleanchedTeamwork: TeethClenchedTeamwork: In life she and KK weren't fond of each other, [[spoiler:which makes her almost friendly behavior toward him suspect]].

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* EtherealWhiteDress: She's a ghostly entity that wears an all white wedding robe.



* WomanInWhite: The only way that wedding dress could be scarier is if it was bloodstained.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: only wears a pair of foot wraps/yoga socks that leave her toes and heels exposed.

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* DoesNotLikeShoes: only dresses normally but wears a pair of foot wraps/yoga socks that leave her toes and heels exposed.
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* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler:Seeing how the pancakes his daughter Erika made him cool down made him realize that his wife's soul wasn't ''gone'', it had merely moved out of her body, like the heat from the pancakes had moved out instead of being destroyed. So if he could somehow recover it...]].

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* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler:Seeing how the pancakes his daughter Erika made him cool had cooled down made him realize that his wife's soul wasn't ''gone'', it had merely moved out of her body, like the heat from the pancakes had moved out instead of being destroyed. So if he could somehow recover it...]].
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* StrongerWithAge: They are the most powerful Visitor (at least in terms of raw power) and are the only type to have an aesthetic drawn from historical Japan rather than the modern day.
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* EurekaMoment: [[spoiler:Seeing how the pancakes his daughter Erika made him cool down made him realize that his wife's soul wasn't ''gone'', it had merely moved out of her body, like the heat from the pancakes had moved out instead of being destroyed. So if he could somehow recover it...]].


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* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: [[spoiler:She accidentally inspired her father to begin his mad scheme to fuse the worlds of the living and dead--by making pancakes]].
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* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:In life Erika had been firmly opposed to her father Hannya's wicked plans and was eager to work against him. The Visitor puppeteering her corpse around is perfectly willing to work with him]].

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* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:In life Erika had been firmly opposed to her father Hannya's wicked plans and was eager to work against him. The Visitor puppeteering marionetting her corpse around is perfectly willing to work with him]].do his bidding]].
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* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:In life Erika had been firmly opposed to her father Hannya's wicked plans and was eager to work against him. The Visitor puppeteering her corpse around is perfectly willing to work with him]].


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* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:Subverted? As mentioned, it seems from her memories she was willing to do anything to support her husband's plan, even allowing a Visitor to take over her body. However, she might have been corrupted or mind-controlled]].


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* TagalongKid: Seems to have been one for KK's old team. Her effort to prove herself to them ended...poorly.

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* BroughtDownToBadass: When separated from KK, he can still climb like a monkey, charge his bow with energy and sneak attack Visitors.

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* BroughtDownToBadass: When separated from KK, he can still climb like a monkey, charge his bow with energy and sneak attack Visitors. Though he can't use KK's power to see them, he can still see their "alertness meter", too.



* HiddenDepths: The fact that he's a crackshot with a bow indicates some experience with archery in the past.

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* HiddenDepths: The fact that he's a crackshot with a bow indicates implies some experience with archery in the past. past.
* InvisibleToNormals: Inverted. Thanks to his etheric affinity, Akito can see all the weird supernatural stuff that's happening as a result of Hannya's workings. Since KK actually notes this specially, this ability seems to have nothing to do with his possession, unless that kickstarted it.

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* BlessedWithSuck: It's mentioned that he and his sister got pulled into the events of the game due to their high affinity for the ether. However, this also also makes Akito compatible with KK and his powers.
* BroughtDownToBadass: When separated from KK, he can still climb like a monkey, charge his bow with energy and sneak attack Visitors.



* BlessedWithSuck: Her high etheric affinity makes her perfect for Hannya's ritual.



* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [=KK=] notes that her rather cold reaction to Erika not being at the safe house is suspicious. [[spoiler: He turns out to be right, as by then it was Ko-omote talking, not Rinko.]]

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* OOCIsSeriousBusiness: [=KK=] notes that both her suddenly being highly forthcoming with information and her rather cold reaction to Erika not being at the safe house is are suspicious. [[spoiler: He turns out to be right, as by then it was Ko-omote talking, not Rinko.]]


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* TeethCleanchedTeamwork: In life she and KK weren't fond of each other, [[spoiler:which makes her almost friendly behavior toward him suspect]].

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* GlowingEyesOfDoom: Forsaken have these. They're also [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]].



* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: The exclusively feminine Paper Doll class of enemies has no melee attacks, instead shooting a group of large, slow energy balls at their target.



* GuysSmashGirlsShoot: Inverted to a degree. The male-appearing Rain Walkers will mix taking swipes at you with telekinetically throwing stuff at you, whereas the female Rain Slashers have no telekinesis and much stronger melee attacks.



* AnIcePerson: She fires ide chards and ice waves, and can make an ice wall as well as freezing Akito's feet to the ground.

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* AnIcePerson: She fires ide chards ice shards and ice waves, and can make an ice wall as well as freezing Akito's feet to the ground.

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* GlasgowGrin: Just like her inspiration. Normal versions keep it behind a mask while Crimson ones don't.



* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: The Crimson show this off with their broad grins.



* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: A mouthful of fangs to complete their charming appearance.



* NoCureForEvil: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] here, as one variant fires green energy balls that heal other Visitors.

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* NoCureForEvil: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] here, as one variant (Marionettes) fires green energy balls that heal other Visitors.


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* AnIcePerson: She fires ide chards and ice waves, and can make an ice wall as well as freezing Akito's feet to the ground.
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* CreepyChild: As something born from the strong feelings of children both variants have this appearance, with Forsaken being on the EnfantTerrible side of things.


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* AristocratsAreEvil: Relentless Walkers look like corrupt executives with their nice suits coupled with gold-plated umbrellas and mallets.


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* DropTheHammer: Relentless Walkers use a large mallet to fight.
* EvilOldFolks: Relentless Walkers look like jowly old men.


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* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Rugged Walkers use their umbrellas as shields. This works against wind attacks, but is less useful against fire.

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