History VisualNovel / MetroPDCloseToYou

* SexySpectacles: Kyobashi's flattering wire frames, complete with a TheGlassesComeOff CG serving as a SexyDiscretionShot on his route.

* AFatherToHisMen: Hiroshi Kirisawa, the leader of the Special Investigations 2nd Unit, is frequently credited as the entire reason that the RagtagBandOfMisfits that makes up the unit is able to function at all, let alone as the well-oiled machine that it is. He's charismatic and dependable, encourages his men to run their investigations as they see fit, and is always prepared to back them up or take responsibility for their fumbles. He looks out for his guys off the job almost as much as he does on, doing things like regularly having the whole team over to his place for a home-cooked meal since most of them are bachelors who can't or don't cook for themselves.

* IHaveThisFriend: In Kirisawa's NY Case Files sequel, Kyobashi has promised Kirisawa not to tell the protagonist the truth about their relationship, but feels partly responsible for her memory loss and realizes that keeping the truth from her is making her and Kirisawa suffer needlessly. So he resorts to speaking in thoroughly transparent, suspiciously specific "generalizations" to get around his promise not to tell.

* IHaveThisFriend: In Kirisawa's NY Case Files sequel, Kyobashi - who feels partly responsible for the protagonist's memory loss, and who has promised Kirisawa not to tell the protagonist the truth about their relationship but realizes that keeping it from her is making her and Kirisawa suffer needlessly - resorts to speaking in thoroughly transparent, suspiciously specific "generalizations" to get around his promise not to tell.

** Nomura is a renowned skirt-chaser with a firm policy of never getting more involved than a one-night stand. He's perpetually going on group dates and flirts with the protagonist at every opportunity. [[spoiler:In actuality, his flirtiness is mostly an act, group dates are a great way to monitor other members of the police force, and his refusal to commit to a relationship is because he knows that work keeps him far too busy to devote the amount of time and attention that a healthy relationship needs.]]

* EasyAmnesia: During Kirisawa's New York sequel, the protagonist loses all memory of [[spoiler:Kirisawa and her relationship with him]] thanks to the combination of a blow to the head and the trauma of [[spoiler:seeing Kirisawa shot right in front of her and think he's been killed]]. Discussing her memory loss, the guys wonder over how specifically targeted it is, to which NYC cop Kate Howard points out that most cases of amnesia seem unusually specific - you never hear about someone with amnesia so complete that they forget basic facts like, for example, what a bathroom is.

* PulledFromYourDayOff: In Tennoji's epilogue, he and the protagonist get a rare day off together... and end up busting a jewelry store theft purely by virtue of happening to be in the store when it's held up. Tennoji is more than a little miffed that they ended up spending their time off together working.

* BusmansHoliday:
** In Tennoji's epilogue, he and the protagonist get a rare day off together... and end up busting a jewelry store theft purely by virtue of happening to be in the store when it's held up. Tennoji is more than a little miffed that they ended up spending their time off together working.
** It happens again in his sequel: after closing the case they came to New York for, they have a few days free while the paperwork is being sorted out... and spend most of it working to stop a murder.

* WireDilemma: The climax of Kyobashi's route involves a bomb on a subway train. With no way to tell which is the correct one, Kyobashi and the protagonist must decide whether to cut the red or the blue wire. [[spoiler:The protagonist is appalled when Kyobashi chooses red based on the color of her underwear, but it turns out to be the correct choice.]]

* TheSquadette: As the only female member of 2nd Unit, the protagonist fills this role.
* TakingTheBullet: In his "Armed & Engaged" sequel, this is how [[spoiler:Hanai]] saves [[spoiler:Kirisawa]] from being stabbed.