History VisualNovel / CollarXMalice

* GoldenEnding: Huge spoilers ahead. [[spoiler:[[OmegaEnding Yanagi's ending]], without a doubt. Not only were the X-Day Incidents solved with no loose ends and its perpetrators jailed, all of the other character's main struggles and insecurities were addressed and solved. Ichika alone could only solve the character's problem in his respective route, which leaves the remaining characters unfulfilled. A combination of Ichika and Yanagi leads to fulfillment for everybody. Okazaki managed to protect people he found worthy and dropped his DeathSeeker attitude. Mineo Enomoto managed to find resolution and rediscover justice. Sasazuka faces his past desire to kill for revenge and reinstates the Swords and Firearms Control Law. Shiraishi discovers his emotions and fights his brainwashing. Even Kazuki ends up talking to his parents about his musician dream.]]

Collar × Malice is a {{UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita}} VisualNovel developed and published by Idea Factory. It was released on August 18, 2016 in Japan and on July 28, 2017 in North America and Europe. A fandisk, Collar × Malice -unlimited- was released on July 26 2018 in Japan.

** A potentially fatal, game-ending one on Yanagi's route. [[spoiler:When discussing Zero's motivations for collaring Ichika, your choices are "he wanted to kill me" and "I was his friend and colleague." [[https://nabepura.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/collar-x-malice-mistranslations-edition/ But in the original Japanese]], the first choice was "he wanted me to ''kill him''", which is what the game was building up towards. So not only does the first choice fail to translate Zero's intentions, it can fool you into picking the ''second'', incorrect option because it contradicts his actions up to that point.]]

** A potentially fatal, game-ending one on Yanagi's route. [[spoiler:When discussing Zero's motivations for collaring, your choices are "he wanted to kill me" and "I was his friend and colleague." [[https://nabepura.wordpress.com/2017/10/22/collar-x-malice-mistranslations-edition/ But in the original Japanese]], the first choice was "he wanted me to ''kill him''", which is what the game was building up towards. So not only does the first choice fail to translate Zero's intentions, it can fool you into picking the ''second'', incorrect option because it contradicts his actions up to that point.]]

* AltumVidetur: At the beginning of Yanagi's route, the latin phrase [[spoiler: "Fortuna vitrea est; tum cum splendet, frangitur."]] appears. It means [[spoiler:"Fortune is made of glass; at the moment when she glitters, she breaks."]]

Collar × Malice is a {{UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita}} VisualNovel developed and published by Idea Factory. It was released on August 18, 2016 in Japan and on July 28, 2017 in North America and Europe. A fandisk, Collar × Malice -unlimited- is released on July 26 2018 in Japan.

* FaceHeelTurn: Collar × Malice -unlimited- includes a new story mode where Ichika joins Adonis 2 years after the promised X Day from the first game. Branching from one of the common route bad ends.

Collar × Malice is a {{UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita}} VisualNovel developed and published by Idea Factory. It was released on August 18, 2016 in Japan and on July 28, 2017 in North America and Europe. A fandisk, Collar × Malice -unlimited- is set to be released on July 26 2018 in Japan.

** [[spoiler:In Shiraishi's good end, the protagonist loses ''all'' her memories after taking down Adonis.]]

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: In Yanagi's route, Mikuni Rei offers himself to aid the group to stop Zero Yanagi accepts]].

++ [[spoiler:The coleader of Adonis wanted to enact justice in place of those that the justice system has failed, but Ichika considers it a step too far to murder.]]

* BlandNameProduct: Leaf (LINE), Math Donut (Mister Donut), Micino...

* FaceHeelTurn: Collar × Malice -unlimited- includes a new story mode where Ichika joins Adonis 2 years after the promised X Day from the first game.

* FaceHeelTurn: Collar X Malice -unlimited- includes a new story mode where Ichika sides with Adonis 2 years after the promised X Day from the first game.

* EnemyMine: [[spoiler: In Yanagi's route, Mikuni Rei offers himself to aid the group to stop Zero Yanagi accepts.]].

Collar × Malice is a {{UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita}} VisualNovel developed and published by Idea Factory. It was released on August 18, 2016 in Japan and on July 28, 2017 in North America and Europe.

* [[spoiler:TheDogWasTheMastermind]]: [[spoiler:Zero, the mastermind behind Adonis, turned out to be the protagonist's carefree friend since several years back.]]

* [[spoiler:ElaborateUndergroundBase]]: Where Adonis was hiding.

Collar × Malice is a {{UsefulNotesPlayStationVita}} VisualNovel developed and published by Idea Factory. It was released on August 18, 2016 in Japan and on July 28, 2017 in North America and Europe.

Collar × Malice is a PlayStationVita VisualNovel developed and published by Idea Factory. It was released on August 18, 2016 in Japan and on July 28, 2017 in North America and Europe.

+ '''Kageyuki Shiraishi''', a police [[TheProfiler profiler]] who enjoys reading and [[TheGadfly poking fun at people]].

* CycleOfRevenge: Practically dropped by name multiple times in the game as the main reason Ichika and Yanagi oppose Adonis' thinking. If Adonis kills a wrongdoer to avenge someone, the victim still has family and friends who will want vengeance against Adonis. A cycle of hatred then begins. [[spoiler: The BigBad reveals that this is intentional, since all those that are killed in the cycle are those with malice and only good, righteous people will remain.]]

* [[spoiler:TheDogWasTheMastermind]]: [[spoiler:Zero, the mastermind behind Adonis, turned out to be the protagonist's carefree friend from years back.]]

* FirstNameBasis: Ichika often enters this with the guy whose route she is in once she's earned sufficient trust and affection points. Though she never reaches first name basis with [[spoiler:Shiraishi]].

** [[spoiler:Adonis implants a chip in every single one of its executors. If the executor is taken into police custody, their memory of anything that has to do with Adonis is completely wiped. The rest of their memories remain.]]

* LoveRedeems: Played straight in all of Ichika's routes, where her love leads each of them to undergo heavy CharacterDevelopment that deals with their main struggle. [[spoiler:Meaningfully averted in Yanagi's route, where the power of friendship and trust takes precedent.]]

* SwitchingPOV: One of the mechanics of the visual novel. It passes point of view among the protagonist, the guy whose route she is on, the police, and Adonis to give a full view of the mystery.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Adonis wants to enact justice, though execution is where they fall short.

* AdultFear: [[spoiler:When it was revealed that Zero, the one who collared Ichika and led Adonis, was one of her closet friends. The statistic that those who assault you are the ones you know rings true.]]

* AltumVidetur: At the beginning of Yanagi's route
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: Adonis is quite good at dishing these out. [[spoiler:This does not include those who joined willingly.]]

* BittersweetEnding: Disregarding the bad ends available in the game, [[spoiler:Shiraishi]]'s ending. [[spoiler:He turns himself in for him crimes, but Ichika is waiting for the day he gets out of jail.]]

* ByTheBookCop: Played straight by some side characters, but subverted by those who realize sometimes you have to bend rules in order to get results.
* CallingCard: Adonis always leaves behind a Roman numeral counting down to X-Day and a coin.

* CentralTheme: Justice, but whose justice is the right one? Malice and how someone can stand up to it.

* DarkAndTroubledPast: Quite literally [[Characters/CollarXMalice everybody]].
* {{Determinator}}: Several characters exhibit this, but most notably Ichika Hoshino.
* [[spoiler:TheDogWasTheMastermind]]: [[spoiler:The mastermind behind Adonis, Zero, turned out to be the protagonist's carefree friend from years back.]]

* EmpathicEnvironment: Oddly enough, Yanagi's route is the only one with any changes in weather:

* FirstNameBasis: Ichika often enters this with the guy whose route she is in once she's earned sufficient trust and affection points.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: A central theme to the game.

* GoldenEnding: Huge spoilers ahead. [[spoiler:[[OmegaEnding Yanagi's ending]], without a doubt. Not only were the X-Day Incidents solved with no loose ends, all of the other character's main struggles and insecurities were addressed and solved. Ichika alone could only solve these problems in his respective route, leaving the remaining characters unfulfilled. Okazaki managed to protect people he found worthy and dropped his DeathSeeker attitude. Mineo Enomoto managed to find resolution and rediscover justice. Sasazuka faces his past desire to kill for revenge and reinstates the Swords and Firearms Control Law. Shiraishi discovers his emotions and fights his brainwashing. Even Kazuki talks to his parents about his musician dream.]]

** [[spoiler:Adonis implants a chip in every single one of its executors. If the executor is taken into police custody, their memory of anything that has to do with Adonis is completely wiped.]]
** [[spoiler:In Shiraishi's good end, the protagonist loses all her memories after taking down Adonis.]]
* MeaningfulEcho: "It's fait accompli."

* PoliceAreUseless: The sentiment that led to the April Incident. See also TheBadGuysAreCops.
* PowerOfTrust: In some routes, it all comes down to blindly placing your trust in someone that hasn't quite earned it, including the protagonist. No progress would be made otherwise. This is particularly prevalent in Yanagi's route.

++ [[spoiler:The coleader of Adonis wanted to enact justice in place of those that the justice system has failed.]]
++ [[spoiler:The other leader wanted to eliminate all sorrows in humanity, essentially by eliminating all humans.]]

Collar × Malice is a PlayStation Vita VisualNovel developed and published by Idea Factory. It was released on August 18, 2016 in Japan and on July 28, 2017 in North America and Europe.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: With the clock counnting down to X-Day.

* GoldenEnding: Huge spoilers ahead. [[spoiler:[[OmegaEnding Yanagi's ending]], without a doubt. Not only were the X-Day Incidents solved with no loose ends, all of the other character's main struggles and insecurities were addressed and solved. Ichika alone could only solve these problems in their respect route, leaving the remaining characters unfulfilledtyg. Okazaki managed to protect worthy people and dropped his DeathSeeker attitude. Mineo Enomoto managed to find resolution and rediscover justice. Sasazuka admits his past desire to kill for revenge and reinstates the Swords and Firearms Control Law. Shiraishi discovers his emotions and fights his brainwashing. Kazuki talks to his parents about his musician dream.]]

* HumanityOnTrial: [[spoiler:Essentially the reason that Adonis collared Ichika, to monitor her and see the paragon of a normal human at work.]]

* MeaningfulEcho:
++ "It's fait accompli."
++ See also CycleOfRevenge.

* CentralTheme: Enacting justice, but whose justice is the right one?

++ In one of Sasazuka's bad ends, [[spoiler:Adonis offers to help him achieve vengeance and release Ichika from her collar. If he does not have high enough affection for Ichika, Sasazuka takes the collar off of Ichika, says goodbye, and disappears, presumably having accepted that offer.]]
* BigBad: Zero, the leader of Adonis.

* ByTheBookCop: Played straight by some side characters, but subverted by those who realize sometimes you have to bend the rules to get results.

* CentralTheme: Enacting justice--but whose justice is the right one?

* MeaningfulEcho: Several in Yanagi's route.
* MeaningfulName: Zero [[spoiler:whose goal is to reduce the world to nothing, due to there being no true good malice-free humans in the world.]]

* PowerOfTrust: In some routes, it all comes down to blindly placing your trust in someone that hasn't quite earned it, otherwise no progress would be made otherwise. This is particularly prevalent in Yanagi's route.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Adonis, though execution is where they fall short.
++ [[spoiler:One leader of Adonis wanted to enact justice in place of those that the justice system has failed.]]
++ [[spoiler:The other leader wanted to eliminate all sorrows essentially by eliminating all humans.]]
* WhereItAllBegan: [[spoiler:The church where Ichika was collared and rescued is also where Saeki meets her at the very end.]]

* FieryReadhead: Mineo Enomoto.

* OmegaEnding: Aiji Yanagi's route is only available after finishing all the other routes. [[Spoiler:His route is also the GoldenEnding.]]

* CentralTheme: Justice [[spoiler:and how it differs for each person.]]
* TheChessmaster

* CycleOfRevenge: Practically dropped by name multiple times in the game as the main reason Ichika and Yanagi oppose Adonis' thinking. If Adonis kills a wrongdoer to avenge someone, the victim still has family and friends who will want vengeance against Adonis. A cycle of hatred then begins. [[spoiler: The BigBad reveals that this is intentional, since all those that are killed in the cycle are those with malice and only good, righteous people will remain]]

* DisneyDeath
++ Subverted in that people can actually die in this game.
* TheDogWasTheMastermind
* DownerEnding
* EasterEgg: When identifying the ringleader, [[spoiler:you can type in "OTO" for the first name and "MATE" for the last name to get a small reaction from Yanagi.]]

* EmpathicEnvironment: Oddly enough, Yanagi's route is the only one with changes in weather.

++ SnowMeansLove: [[spoiler:It begins snowing right before Yanagi returns Ichika's feelings.]]
* GreyAndGrayMorality

* GoldenEnding: Huge spoilers ahead. [[spoiler:[[OmegaEnding Yanagi's ending]], without a doubt. Not only were the X-Day Incidents solved with no loose ends, all of the other character's main struggles and insecurities were addressed and solved. Ichika alone could only solve these problems in their respect route, leaving several other characters unsatisfied. Okazaki managed to protect worthy people and dropped his DeathSeeker attitude. Mineo Enomoto managed to find resolution and rediscover justice. Sasazuka admits his past desire to kill for revenge and reinstates the Swords and Firearms Control Law. Shiraishi discovers his emotions and fights his brainwashing. Kazuki talks to his parents about his musician dream.]]

* HumanityOnTrial
* HumansAreBastards

* LoveHurts

* PoliceAreUseless: The sentiment that led to Adonis' founding. See also TheBadGuysAreCops.
* PowerOfTrust: In some routes, it all comes down to blindly placing your trust in someone that hasn't quite earned it, otherwise no progress would be made otherwise.

* RaceAgainstTheClock: With the clock countiing down to X-Day.

* TakeOverTheCity
* UnwittingPawn
* WhereItAllBegan: [[spoiler:The church where Ichika was collared and rescued is also where Saeki

* OmegaEnding: Aiji Yanagi's route is only available after finishing all the other routes.