History VisualNovel / LuxPain

''Lux-Pain'' is a VisualNovel-type AdventureGame for the UsefulNotes/NintendoDS, first released in Japan in March 2008. The English translation was released in the US and Europe a year later, in March 2009.

* {{Bishounen}}: Atsuki, who's described in-game as having beautiful hair and a feminine face, plus a handful of other male characters.

%%* DistressedDamsel: Mika, of course.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Edward, Graham.]]

* AnyoneCanDie

* {{Belligerent Sexual Tension}}: Mika and Kyosuke

* BigFriendlyDog: Melody.

* BookDumb: Akira and Mika.

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Takano (teacher) and Aya (agent of FORT).

* CheerfulChild: Nami, although Natsuki might count as well.

* ConceptArtGallery: With the mini-artbook.
** The official guidebook available in Japan contained 15 pages of it.

* CosplayOtakuGirl: Meilin looks like one, though she insists it's not actually cosplay.

* DistressedDamsel: Mika, of course.
* DrivenToSuicide: A potential effect of the SILENT.
* ElegantGothicLolita: Natsuki dresses like this.

* GenkiGirl: Mika
* GirlishPigtails: Natsuki Venefskuja

* {{Gonk}}: Face it Takuya, out of all the high school males in the series, you're the only ugly one.
* GratuitousEnglish: Meilin Fu, who is Chinese.

* HeKnowsTooMuch: Poor [[spoiler:Takano]].

* HeterosexualLifePartners: Yui and Mako are definitely this. Aya and Nola as well.
* HollywoodAtheist: Atsuki

* HotForStudent: Minor character Suzu states that the nurse Honoka might have this for Kiryu no matter how much she denies it. Suzu, however, is known for her... "imagination."
** On the "hot for teacher" side of things, Yayoi looks up to Arthur and may have been harbouring a crush on him in the early chapters.
* IdiotHair: Shinji.

* IntrepidReporter: Mika.

* [[ItsUpToYou It's Up To You]]: Or rather, to Atsuki. Justified in that he's FORT's most powerful agent (in the vicinity, at least) and the other characters ''do'' help him out.
* JerkAss: Kunio, Tazaki, Katsuhisa.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Liu Yee, maybe with a bit of AloofBigBrother to Atsuki.
* JourneyToFindOneself: For the characters Atsuki helps.

* MentalWorld: Where battles against the SILENT occur.
* MissionControl: Nola and Natsuki; Ray in the endgame after [[spoiler: Nola and Natsuki leave the shut-down HQ]].
* MoodSwinger: Akira at the beginning. He gets better, though.

* MysteriousWaif: [[spoiler: Lil]].

* NewTransferStudent: Atsuki's entire cover for the game.
* NoSenseOfDirection: Aoi, apparently.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler:Lt. Tanaka]].

* OneHundredPercentCompletion: While it doesn't net you any real in-game bonuses, said completion will fill up your Gallery and your Archive with bonus content.

* PlayfulHacker: Shinji.

* TheQuietOne: Atsuki, definitely.

* SadistTeacher: Yamato, definitely.
* SayMyName: [[spoiler:"MAKOOOOOO!!"]]

*** [[BromanticFoil Akira/Atsuki]], [[ViewersareGeniuses Ryo/Atsuki]], [[DeadpanSnarker Atsuki/Shinji]], [[StalkerWithaCrush Atsuki/Hibiki]], [[CrackPairing Kagami/Atsuki]] and [[BodyguardCrush Liu Yee/Atsuki]] for Atsuki.

*** [[LovelyAngels Rui/Mika]] and [[TomboyandGirlyGirl Rui/Yayoi]] for Rui.

* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler: Honoka. Becomes apparent when Hibiki is in the hospital and she's trying her best to act like nothing is wrong, and it gets worse unless the Silent is removed. It was caused by a little girl she used to tend to when she worked at the hospital, who once told Honoka that she didn't have to keep pretending that everything would be okay; the girl died four months later.]]

* SuicidePact: One of the first things Atsuki investigates as part of his mission.

* TeenGenius: Shinji, when it comes to computers, and Kiryu with math.
* {{Telepathy}}: Atsuki's Sigma, as well as Kiryu's power.

* {{Tsundere}}: Rui is Type A to almost everyone. She's more "dere" around Atsuki and Yayoi.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: Edward]] and [[spoiler: Kiryu]], sort of. In a crazy way.

* BoobsOfSteel: Rui, as she's considered the strongest of the group.
** Akira clearly stated that no matter how hard he trains, he can't beat her or Mika. Also, since all the guys are scared of her, it might as well be true.
** Meilin from Pumpkin Witch applies as well. If Atsuki says mean things to her, she whacks him with the stick she's holding hard enough to knock him out.

* ObviousBeta: The English script, at the very least; with so many typos and inconsistant romanisations, the translators blatantly never proofread it.

* DarkSkinnedBlond: Rui. Which is odd, since her sister Yui has pale skin and red hair. She does mention having daily treatments at one point, so it's possible she's bleaching her hair and deliberately going for the ''ganguro'' look.

* LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters

* {{Meganekko}}: Rui, Sayuri. Rui's glasses seem to be more for fashion than anything else, though.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: There is a wide variety of hair colors that a normal human would have use interesting hair dye to get. Mei Lin's is probably a wig, though.

* ShipTease: Where do I begin?

*** [[FoeYay Liu Yee/Hibiki]], [[FanPreferredCouple Ryo]]/[[UnluckyChildhoodFriend Hibiki]] and [[UnknownRival Hibiki/Shinji]] (if barely) for Hibiki.

* FiveManBand
** TheHero: Atsuki
** TheLancer: Akira who can also be associated with the {{Big Guy}}. Or Mika
** TheSmartGuy: Shinji, or Ryo
** TheChick: Yayoi
** TheBigGuy: Akira or Rui (because physically, she's stronger than him.)
** TheSixthRanger: Hibiki

** Shunichi ships Kagami/Mika amd Akira/Atsuki.

* SixStudentClique: Atsuki's friends fall into this group
** Mika: The Head
** Akira: The Muscle
** Shinji: The Quirk
** Ryo: The Smart One
** Yayoi: The Pretty One
** Rui: The Wild One

''Lux-Pain'' is a VisualNovel-type AdventureGame for the Nintendo DS, first released in Japan in March 2008. The English translation was released in the US and Europe a year later, in March 2009.

* AGodAmI: [[spoiler:Edward, Graham]]

** TheyJustDidntCare: Among other things, Kiryu's speech while in the bookstore with Atsuki and Ryo cited the ever-popular 'Only humans kill their own kind,' which any animals-in-the-wild show will handily disprove.

* HeyItsThatVoice: Creator/ChristopherSabat (Liu), Creator/MonicaRial (Natsuki and Yayoi), and Creator/GregAyres (Shinji).
** Though it might be hard to spot, Arthur Mays is [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Isaac]], [[DGrayMan Komui]], and [[SgtFrog Dororo]]; Kiryu is [[DGrayMan Krory]], [[FruitsBasket Yuki]], and [[Anime/KiddyGrade Sinistra]]; Yui and Nola are both [[Anime/KiddyGrade Eclair]], [[XXXHolic Yuuko]], and... well, [[TsubasaReservoirChronicle Yuuko]]; and Lil is [[Manga/BlackCat Eve]]!
** The original Japanese voice cast had plenty of familiar seiyuu as well, including Creator/MamoruMiyano as Atsuki, Creator/TakehitoKoyasu as Liu, Creator/HikaruMidorikawa as Ray, Creator/MamikoNoto as Nami, and Creator/YuuichiNakamura as Akira.

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There is a [[Characters/LuxPain Character Sheet]] for this section.

** Though it might be hard to spot, Arthur Mays is [[LightNovel/{{Baccano}} Isaac]], [[DGrayMan Komui]], and [[SgtFrog Dororo]]; Kiryu is [[DGrayMan Krory]], [[FruitsBasket Yuki]], and [[KiddyGrade Sinistra]]; Yui and Nola are both [[KiddyGrade Eclair]], [[XXXHolic Yuuko]], and... well, [[TsubasaReservoirChronicle Yuuko]]; and Lil is [[Manga/BlackCat Eve]]!