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* {{Tagline}}: "11 psychics with MATERIA venture into a mysterious tower to stop 'THE END' an agent of the apocalypse."
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* NewGamePlus: Carries over Gift points and your earned ranks while adding new TIPS and randomizing the first traitor.

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* NewGamePlus: Carries over Gift points and your earned ranks while adding new TIPS and randomizing the first traitor. Also provides a number of new missions, new scenes and is the only way to get the True Ending. Basically, New Game Plus is ''vital'' to understanding the true story of the game.
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* NonStandardGameOver: It's quite hard to do so, but it's possible for Sho to be the erased.

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* NonStandardGameOver: It's quite hard to do so, but it's possible for Sho to be the erased. [[spoiler:Apparently the easiest way to do this is to aggravate the other characters by telling them when they ask who the traitor is that you believe ''them'' to be the traitor. If you do get it, Sho doesn't even say anything, he just gets erased. And you get an actual Game Over screen, which normally doesn't happen in this game.]]
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* BloodlessCarnage: This is the standard for battles, however, in the final battle with The End, his attacks will be shown to draw blood, which spatters on the ground and then disappears.


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* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Fail a mission and you can either retry it with no penalty or return to the Lobby to reassess, get new equipment or try a different mission to level up, again with no penalty. Also, regardless of damage taken, skills expended or [=KOs=] during battle, all characters are returned to full status following a mission, win or lose.


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* FightingAShadow: When you first meet The End, Nagi tries to shoot him, but he's not really there, he's just sending a projection of some sort. You don't actually get to meet the real him until, well, the end.
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* SaveScumming: While the game saves automatically when proceeding to Judgement or if using Deep Vision, this ''can'' be used as a strategy to always select the traitor if you save a backup using [=PlayStation=] Plus or if you use a USB device.
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* TheMole: A character per floor is a traitor and must be eliminated without accusing the wrong person.

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* TheMole: A character per floor is a traitor and must be eliminated without accusing the wrong person. [[spoiler:On the fourth floor, there are two.]]

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* TheAce: Toya. He's spent so long excelling at everything that he's starved for equals.



* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler: The End and the "randomly chosen" five traitors are from the "old" world, which is in parallel to the "new" world, the key difference being the "old" world is about to be struck by a meteor. ]]
* AllThereInTheManual: The game contains multiple text files that expand on the lore of the setting, several which can only be acquired on a NewGamePlus that detail [[spoiler: The End's plot and shed light on his motivations.]]

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* AlternateUniverse: [[spoiler: The End and the "randomly chosen" five traitors are from [[spoiler: the "old" world, which is in parallel to the "new" world, the key difference being the "old" world is about to be struck by a meteor. ]]
* AllThereInTheManual: The game contains multiple text files that expand on the lore of the setting, several which can only be acquired on a NewGamePlus that detail [[spoiler: The End's plot and shed light on his motivations.]]



%%* FragileSpeedster: Nagi and Agito. Nagi focuses on HitAndRunTactics, while Agito is TheSneakyGuy.



* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: The End's main goal. He doesn't care how many people he kills, he just wants to make Sho suffer.]]
* SadisticChoice: Not only do you have to struggle in choosing who the traitor is, do you actually eliminate them or are they too valuable to you? The downside being a harder final boss but... do you really need that healer that you are ''certain'' is the traitor? [[spoiler: Turns out this is very much intended In-Universe, as part of The End's plan to make Sho suffer. His motives being that ''he himself'' was on the bad end of a SadisticChoice in the past, and he wants Sho to know how that feels.]]

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* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: The End's main goal. He doesn't care how many people he kills, he just wants to make Sho suffer.]]
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* SadisticChoice: SadisticChoice:
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Not only do you have to struggle in choosing who the traitor is, do you actually eliminate them or are they too valuable to you? The downside being a harder final boss but... do you really need that healer that you are ''certain'' is the traitor? [[spoiler: Turns out this is very much intended In-Universe, as part of The End's plan to make Sho suffer. His motives being that ''he himself'' was on the bad end of a SadisticChoice in the past, and he wants Sho to know how that feels.]]



* TheAce: Toya. He's spent so long excelling at everything that he's starved for equals.
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* TeenGenius: Sojiro received his medical license at age 17.
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** Played in an interesting way with George. His natural skill set is quite small leaving him with very few options early on. At the end of his tree, however, he gains access to a HUGE number of powerful abilities that can only be accessed through others' Fate Materia, making him incredibly powerful if he lasts all the way to the end. [[spoiler: Since he's the fixed first traitor on the first playthrough, he's an example of one whos true powers don't come out until a NewGamePlus.]]

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** Played in an interesting way with George. His natural skill set is quite small leaving him with very few options early on. At the end of his tree, however, he gains access to a HUGE number of powerful abilities that can only be accessed through others' Fate Materia, making him incredibly powerful if he lasts all the way to the end. [[spoiler: Since he's the fixed first traitor on the first playthrough, he's an example of one whos whose true powers don't come out until a NewGamePlus.]]
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* WhiteHairBlackHeart: The End has snow white hair with red tips.
* XMeetsY: Has been described as ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''.

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* WhiteHairBlackHeart: The End has snow white hair with red tips.
* XMeetsY: Has been described as ''VideoGame/ValkyriaChronicles'' meets ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''.
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* NominalHero: Himeno considers herself one: she doesn't care about saving the world, she's only with the team to kill The End, and says ImNotHereToMakeFriends word-for-word. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope She's lying.]] In reality, she cares very deeply about the world, but due to her pyrokinisis powers triggering on anything she focuses on, she feels anything or anyone she cares about will end up getting hurt in the end, so she intentionally distances herself from others.]]

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* NominalHero: Himeno considers herself one: she doesn't care about saving the world, she's only with the team to kill The End, and says ImNotHereToMakeFriends word-for-word. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope She's lying.]] In reality, she cares very deeply about the world, but due to her pyrokinisis pyrokinesis powers triggering on anything she focuses on, she feels anything or anyone she cares about will end up getting hurt in the end, so she intentionally distances herself from others.]]
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* AntiVillain: As it turns out, the traitors are {{Well Intentnioned Extremist}}s, bordering on HeroAntagonist. [[spoiler:Like you, they're trying to save the world. ''Their'' world. Either of you succeeding means dooming the other world, so it's more a tragic case of GoodVsGood.]]

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* AntiVillain: As it turns out, the traitors are {{Well Intentnioned Intentioned Extremist}}s, bordering on HeroAntagonist. [[spoiler:Like you, they're trying to save the world. ''Their'' world. Either of you succeeding means dooming the other world, so it's more a tragic case of GoodVsGood.]]

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* AllThereInTheManual: The game contains multiple text files that expand on the lore of the setting, several which can only be acquired on a [[NewGamePlus New Game+]] that detail [[spoiler: The End's plot and shed light on his motivations.]]

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* AllThereInTheManual: The game contains multiple text files that expand on the lore of the setting, several which can only be acquired on a [[NewGamePlus New Game+]] NewGamePlus that detail [[spoiler: The End's plot and shed light on his motivations.]]



* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: You've defeated The End and saved the world!! To be precise you have saved the "new" world and doomed the "old" one. Averted in GoldenEnding.]]

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* BitterSweetEnding: [[spoiler: You've defeated The End and saved the world!! [[spoiler: To be precise you have saved the "new" world and doomed the "old" one. Averted in GoldenEnding.]]



* EasilyForgiven: Generally speaking, the traitors don't begrudge the others when they're Erased.

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* EasilyForgiven: EasilyForgiven:
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Generally speaking, the traitors don't begrudge the others when they're Erased.Erased.
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* AntiVillain: As it turns out, the traitors are [[spoiler: Type IV, boardering on HeroAntagonist. Like you, they're trying to save the world. ''Their'' world. Either of you succeeding means dooming the other world, so it's more a tragic case of GoodVsGood.]]

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* AntiVillain: As it turns out, the traitors are [[spoiler: Type IV, boardering {{Well Intentnioned Extremist}}s, bordering on HeroAntagonist. Like [[spoiler:Like you, they're trying to save the world. ''Their'' world. Either of you succeeding means dooming the other world, so it's more a tragic case of GoodVsGood.]]
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* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Mana speaks with a faux-British accent, but occasionally some French words slip through. If Sho spends time with her, it's revealed she's not British, nor has she ever been to Britain, but merely picked up the accent because she thought it was cute.
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* BoobsOfSteel: Nagi and Mana are the physical fighters among the girls and they are more endowned compared to the magic-focused Yoko and Himeno.
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* NonStandardGameOver: It's quite hard to do so, but it's possible for Sho to be the erased.
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* FacingDeathWithDignity: Most of the traitors takes the prospect of being erased nicely.

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* FacingDeathWithDignity: FaceDeathWithDignity: Most of the traitors takes the prospect of being erased nicely.
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* FacingDeathWithDignity: Most of the traitors takes the prospect of being erased nicely.
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* EagleLand: George is a classic type 1, benevolent, kind and heroic. Unless he is the randomly selected traitor, then he is type 2.

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* EagleLand: George is a classic type 1, benevolent, kind and heroic. Unless [[spoiler: Even if he is the randomly selected traitor, then he is type 2.a traitor.]]
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* MindScrewdriver: Essentially the role of every NewGamePlus exclusive file and scene. The biggest comes after you max out everyone's bonds.

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* GuiltBasedGaming: Go ahead, Erase an innocent who has a maxed bond with Sho. [[YouBastard The game will go out of it way to make you feel HORRIBLE about it.]]



** Played in an interesting way with George. His natural skill set is quite small leaving him with very few options early on. At the end of his tree, however, he gains access to a HUGE number of powerful abilities that can only be accessed through others' Fate Materia, making him incredibly powerful if he lasts all the way to the end. [[spoiler: Since he's the fixed first traitor on the first playthrough, he's an example of one whos true powers don' come out until a NewGamePlus.]]

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** Played in an interesting way with George. His natural skill set is quite small leaving him with very few options early on. At the end of his tree, however, he gains access to a HUGE number of powerful abilities that can only be accessed through others' Fate Materia, making him incredibly powerful if he lasts all the way to the end. [[spoiler: Since he's the fixed first traitor on the first playthrough, he's an example of one whos true powers don' don't come out until a NewGamePlus.]]



* WhatTheHellHero: If Sho guesses wrong as to who the traitor is, he is punished by having the wronged character appear as an enemy during the final boss battle. Several characters will also call him out ''brutally'' if they're selected for Erasure, even some of the traitors.

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* WhatTheHellHero: If Sho guesses wrong as to who the traitor is, he is punished by having the wronged character appear as an enemy during the final boss battle. Several characters will also call him out ''brutally'' if they're selected for Erasure, even some of the traitors. And if you erase an innocent...
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** Played straight with [[spoiler: Sojiro]], an unrepentant murderer who Sho only continues to side with because [[EnemyMine they have a common enemy.]]
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* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Sojiro is only concerned with the absolute power of medicine, and even admits that his belief system is totally outside of normal human morality. See MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate below. [[spoiler: He doesn't show any remorse or regret for killing someone, but because his belief system doesn't hold that action as evil, not out of malice.]]
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* EarnYourBadEnding: Getting to The End with 5 traitors in your party is a ''lot'' harder than it sounds, as not only do you have to manipulate everyone's suspicions just right (while up to 3 traitors are influencing the votes) to make sure you Erase only innocents, but if you're particularly unlucky it's possible for there ''to not even be ANY new traitors on the 4th floor'', making the Bad Ending unreachable. [[spoiler: Your "reward" for managing to pull this off is NoFinalBossForYou, but you can still do a NewGamePlus.]]
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** [[spoiler: The End in the GoldenEnding. Oh you murdered 2 Billion people just to get revenge against one guy? Oh it's cool, let's hang out together!]]
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* HiddenAgendaVillain: The End's status as the BigBad is obvious, but his true motivations remain a mystery for most of the game. [[spoiler: You don't learn the full story until the second playthrough.]]


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* JigsawPuzzlePlot: You start the game with almost no idea of what's going on, getting pieces of information from The End and TIPS files as you go. It's only at the very end of the first playthrough that things ''start'' making sense, but even then there are a lot of unanswered questions. It takes a NewGamePlus to finally get the full story.


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* ScrewDestiny: The End is a rare ''villainous'' example, though he does have good reasons for acting this way. [[spoiler: All his motivations stem from him and his world being "destined to die". This left him ''extremely'' vengeful against the lucky ones who get to live.]]

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* AffablyEvil: Most traitors, which makes it all the more of a PlayerPunch to have to Erase them.

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* AffablyEvil: Most traitors, which makes it all the more of a PlayerPunch to have to Erase them. [[spoiler: This makes sense, as none of them are really evil at all.]]



* AnyoneCanDie: And you and your companions are voting who to Erase.

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* AntiVillain: As it turns out, the traitors are [[spoiler: Type IV, boardering on HeroAntagonist. Like you, they're trying to save the world. ''Their'' world. Either of you succeeding means dooming the other world, so it's more a tragic case of GoodVsGood.]]
* AnyoneCanDie: And you and your companions are voting who to Erase. Out of 11 starting character, only 6 will make it to the end on any given playthrough.



* EvilTowerOfOminousness: End's tower.

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* EvilTowerOfOminousness: The End's tower.



* FauxAffablyEvil: The End, the game's BigBad, acts incredibly friendly towards SEALED, all while stirring up suspicion between them, [[SadisticChoice forcing them to erase eachother]] and threatening to nuke the entire world. Oh, and he's killed millions of people before the game even begins.

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* FauxAffablyEvil: The End, the game's BigBad, acts incredibly friendly towards SEALED, all while stirring up suspicion between them, [[SadisticChoice forcing them to erase eachother]] and threatening to nuke the entire world. Oh, and he's killed millions of people before the game even begins. [[spoiler: And all those deaths ''meant nothing to him'', all he wants is revenge against Sho.]]



* IJustWantToBeSpecial: According to her profile, this is why OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Yoko wants to become an IdolSinger. On the other hand, she doesn't care for her telepathic Gifts, preferring to only use them when it's strictly necessary.

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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: According to her profile, this is why OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Yoko wants to become an IdolSinger. On the other hand, she doesn't care for her telepathic Gifts, Gifts as, in her view, they stop her from putting effort into her songs by giving her an "easy way" to touch people's hearts, preferring to only use them when it's strictly necessary.



* MagikarpPower: Yoko begins the game as a low-powered buff-caster, but she has the highest PSY (Gift attack power) by a large, large margin, frustrated only by her lack of anything to do with it. Approximately halfway through the game, she (roughly simultaneously) 1) gains the ability to give the entire party a buff to every single stat for three turns and 2) gains access to actual attack spells (whether by her own skill trees or by Fate Materia). At the end of the game, she's one of the strongest characters.

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* MagikarpPower: MagikarpPower:
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Yoko begins the game as a low-powered buff-caster, but she has the highest PSY (Gift attack power) by a large, large margin, frustrated only by her lack of anything to do with it. Approximately halfway through the game, she (roughly simultaneously) 1) gains the ability to give the entire party a buff to every single stat for three turns and 2) gains access to actual attack spells (whether by her own skill trees or by Fate Materia). At the end of the game, she's one of the strongest characters.characters.
** Played in an interesting way with George. His natural skill set is quite small leaving him with very few options early on. At the end of his tree, however, he gains access to a HUGE number of powerful abilities that can only be accessed through others' Fate Materia, making him incredibly powerful if he lasts all the way to the end. [[spoiler: Since he's the fixed first traitor on the first playthrough, he's an example of one whos true powers don' come out until a NewGamePlus.]]



* SadisticChoice: Not only do you have to struggle in choosing who the traitor is, do you actually eliminate them or are they too valuable to you? The downside being a harder final boss but... do you really need that healer that you are ''certain'' is the traitor?

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* RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: The End's main goal. He doesn't care how many people he kills, he just wants to make Sho suffer.]]
* SadisticChoice: Not only do you have to struggle in choosing who the traitor is, do you actually eliminate them or are they too valuable to you? The downside being a harder final boss but... do you really need that healer that you are ''certain'' is the traitor?traitor? [[spoiler: Turns out this is very much intended In-Universe, as part of The End's plan to make Sho suffer. His motives being that ''he himself'' was on the bad end of a SadisticChoice in the past, and he wants Sho to know how that feels.]]
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Anyone who gets Erased on the first or second floor will likely not have time for much CharacterDevelopment.
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* AllLovingHero: Agito considers ''everyone'' his friend, no exceptions. This includes The End, who they entered the tower to kill.

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* AllLovingHero: Agito considers ''everyone'' his friend, no exceptions. This includes The End, who they entered the tower to kill. This makes it hard for Sho to trust him, though whether he's right to be suspicious or not depends on the file. It also means Agito has a hard time thinking of anyone as his "best" friend, something he struggles with in his conversations with Sho.



* NominalHero: Himeno considers herself one: she doesn't care about saving the world, she's only with the team to kill The End, and says ImNotHereToMakeFriends word-for-word.

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* NominalHero: Himeno considers herself one: she doesn't care about saving the world, she's only with the team to kill The End, and says ImNotHereToMakeFriends word-for-word. [[spoiler: [[SubvertedTrope She's lying.]] In reality, she cares very deeply about the world, but due to her pyrokinisis powers triggering on anything she focuses on, she feels anything or anyone she cares about will end up getting hurt in the end, so she intentionally distances herself from others.]]



* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: Entirely averted. Skills learned by Erased characters can be inherited by others, and any equipment an Erased character was wearing will be immediately returned to your equipment pool upon their erasure.

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* SoLongAndThanksForAllTheGear: Entirely averted. Skills learned by Erased characters can be inherited by others, others through equipping their Fate Materia, and any equipment an Erased character was wearing will be immediately returned to your equipment pool upon their erasure.erasure. (Though in the case of George, Sojiro and Mana no-one else would be able to use their weapons anyway)



* WhatTheHellHero: If Sho guesses wrong as to who the traitor is, he is punished by having the wronged character appear as an enemy during the final boss battle.

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* WhatTheHellHero: If Sho guesses wrong as to who the traitor is, he is punished by having the wronged character appear as an enemy during the final boss battle. Several characters will also call him out ''brutally'' if they're selected for Erasure, even some of the traitors.

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