History Fridge / CollarXMalice

** "I want to trust you." to Mineo Enomoto. [[spoiler:This choice is crucial because Ichika decides to trust him, somehow able to see past his uselessness. His route focuses on coming to trust you as his partner. Her faith that he is more capable than he lets on helps him can climb out of the pit of inaction he put himself in.]]
** "Do you suspect me?" to Takeru Sasazuka. [[spoiler:This choice shows that Ichika is intelligent enough to see the reason behind Sasazuka's actions. He agrees that he suspects her, but also expresses that Ichika is naive and not cautious enough. His route then focuses on his true motivations behind investigating the X-Day incidents and whether or not you suspect ''him'' of becoming a true sympathizer of Adonis instead. In the rest of the route, he also learns to respect your intelligence, judgment, and capabilities, which he doubted when he suspected you.]]
** "What are you trying to protect?" to Kei Okazaki. [[spoiler:His route focuses on him looking for something so worthy of being protected that he could give his life up for it. The protagonist becomes this, but then she has to fight his DeathSeeker attitude.]]
** "Speak honestly." to Kageyuki Shiraishi. [[spoiler:Ichika has to spend the whole route dealing with a Kageyuki who is so brutally honest that he's callous at times. In turn, to earn Shiraishi's trust and thereby good ending, Ichika has to choose to be honest with him, despite his teasing. It eventually turns out that despite how honest he seems at surface level, Shiraishi is incapable of being honest to himself and Ichika has to break the mask he has been maintaining.]]
** Finally, Yanagi's route: To unlock it, you have to finish all four of the other routes. [[spoiler:In order to officially enter his route afterwards, you have to answer four back-to-back deduction questions regarding the motivations behind X-Day correctly. This knowledge could only have come from playing the other four routes. Accordingly, Yanagi's route gets to the bottom of the X-Day Incidents and by the end of the route, ''all'' of the issues the other characters have been facing have been addressed.]]
* Mineo's route involves [[spoiler: Adonis falling apart before the climax of the route for inexplicable reasons. It turns out that this is because Yuzuru, who's revealed to be Zero in Yanagi's route, was shot and ended up in a coma. Without their leader, Adonis couldn't continue his plans.]]

* Think about poor Kazuki and how he must feel in all of the bad ends. Or heck, how about Shiraishi's ''Good'' End where [[spoiler:Shiraishi keeps his amnesiac sister underground for a year for his own selfish reason of being with her through her recovery. Yanagi and his team even ''helps'' Shiraishi in this, but never head down to see her for whatever reason. Kazuki only gets to see her a year after all that!]]

** "I want to trust you." to Mineo Enomoto. [[spoiler:This choice is crucial because Ichika determines to trust him, despite his seeming uselessness. His route focuses on coming to trust you as his partner. Her faith that he is more capable than he lets on helps him can climb out of the pit of inaction he put himself in.]]
** "Do you suspect me?" to Takeru Sasazuka. [[spoiler:As opposed to to other choice, this choice shows that Ichika is intelligent enough to see the reason behind Sasazuka's actions. He agrees that he suspects her, but also expresses that Ichika is naive and not cautious enough. His route then focuses on his true motivations behind investigating the X-Day incidents and whether or not you suspect ''him'' of becoming a true sympathizer of Adonis instead. In the rest of the route, he also learns to respect your intelligence, judgment, and capabilities, which he doubted when he suspected you.]]
** "What are you trying to protect?" to Kei Okazaki. [[spoiler:His route focuses on him looking for something so worthy of being protected that he could give his life up for it. The protagonist becomes this but then she has to fight his DeathSeeker attitude.]]

* Mineo's route involves [[spoiler: Adonis falling apart before the climax of the route. This is because Yuzuru, who's revealed to be Zero in Yanagi's route, ended up in a coma and the group couldn't continue his plans.]]

* Mineo's route involves [[spoiler: Adonis falling apart before the climax of the route. This is because Yuzuru, who's revealed to be Zero in Yanagi's route, ended up in a coma and couldn't continue his plans.]]

!! Fridge Brilliance

** Finally, Yanagi's route: To unlock it, you have to finish all four of the other routes. [[spoiler:In order to officially enter his route afterwards, you have to answer four back-to-back deduction questions regarding the motivations behind X-Day correctly. This knowledge could only have come from playing the other four routes. Accordingly, Yanagi's route gets to the bottom of the X-Day Incidents and by the end of the route, ''all'' of the issues the other characters have been facing have been addressed.]]

** "Do you suspect me?" to Takeru Sasazuka. [[spoiler:He agrees that he suspects her, but expresses that Ichika is naive and not cautious enough. His route then focuses on his true motivations behind investigating the X-Day incidents and whether or not you suspect ''him'' of becoming a true sympathizer of Adonis instead. In the rest of the route, he also learns to respect your intelligence, judgment, and capabilities, which he doubted when he suspected you.]]
** "I want to trust you." to Mineo Enomoto. [[spoiler:His route focuses on coming to trust you as his partner. The protagonist must also learn to trust Mineo, despite his seeming uselessness. She must have faith that he is more capable than he lets on and believe that he can climb out of the pit of inaction he put himself in.]]
** "What are you trying to protect?" to Kei Okazaki. [[spoiler:His route focuses on him looking for something so worthy of being protected that he could give his life up for it. The protagonist becomes this but then has to fights his DeathSeeker attitude.]]

** Finally, Yanagi's route: [[spoiler:After unlocking it, in order to officially enter his route, you have to answer four back-to-back deduction questions regarding the motivations behind X-Day correctly. This knowledge could only have come from playing the other four routes. Accordingly, Yanagi's route gets to the bottom of the X-Day Incidents and by the end of the route, all of the issues the other characters have been facing have been addressed.]]

** "Do you suspect me?" to Takeru Sasazuka. [[spoiler:It's less about the choice and more about what Takeru says right afterwards. He agrees that he suspects her, but expresses that Ichika is naive and not cautious enough. His route then focuses on him learning to respect your intelligence, judgment, and capabilities.]]
** "I want to trust you." to Mineo Enomoto. [[spoiler:His route focuses on coming to trust you as his partner. The protagonist must also learn to trust Mineo with her life and burdens. She also learns to have faith that he is more capable than he lets on and believe that he can climb out of the pit of inaction he put himself in.]]

** "Speak honestly." to Kageyuki Shiraishi... [[spoiler:Ichika has to spend the whole route dealing with a Kageyuki who is so brutally honest that he's callous at times. In turn, to earn Shiraishi's trust and thereby good ending, Ichika has to choose to be honest with him, despite his teasing. It eventually turns out that despite how honest he seems at surface level, Shiraishi is incapable of being honest to himself and Ichika has to break the mask he has been maintaining.]]