History VisualNovel / RagingLoop

** A flashlight Haruaki gives to Haru in the ''Darkness'' route. [[spoiler:It leads other villagers to realise both of them are wolves [[SpottingTheThread when they find it in Haru's room]].]]

* BookEnds: The story starts with Haruaki having lost his girlfriend and riding his motorcycle alone through the mountains to escape from his problems. [[spoiler:It ends with Haruaki and his new love, Chiemi on his bike together setting out to face their future confidently.]]

** A flashlight Haruaki gives to Haru in the ''Darkness'' route. [[spoiler: It leads other villagers to realise both of them are wolves [[SpottingTheThread when they find it in Haru's room]].]]

* DarkSecret: Despite being the protagonist, Haruaki is hinted to have a couple, mostly concerning the events that directly led to him ending up stuck in the mountains or his past. [[spoiler: Turns out it's a {{Fauxshadow}}, and Haruaki's past is a bit more regular than the story might lead you to believe.]]

** [[spoiler:The final extra story alludes that Haruaki has some sort of(or is developing a) supernatural ability that lets him rationalize paranormal phenomenon as something mundane.]]

* ItWorksBetterWithBullets: Haruaki pulls this on [[spoiler: Chiemi]] in the ''Wits'' route. After witnessing [[spoiler: her]] rampage and dying to it, he loops back and this time discreetly unloads [[spoiler:her and Chikamochi's]] guns the day before it happens, causing [[spoiler: their]] efforts to fall flat when the same events start happening again.
* {{Kaiju}}: [[spoiler: The resurrected Tsuchigumo is colossal, large enough to dwarf and step over mountains and blot out the sun with its bulk.]]
* MalevolentMaskedMen: The outfits worn by [[spoiler: werewolves and Miguruma on-site enforcers]] include snazzy wolf masks.
* MoodWhiplash: One moment Haruaki sees [[spoiler: a titanic monster seemingly made of uncountable human corpses that towers over the mountains and proceeds to ravage the land]]. Next moment [[spoiler: a flying plush cartoon sheep pops out of nowhere and starts chewing him out in human voice]]. The contrast could not be more jarring.
* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: Every character that gets chosen to be a wolf obediently plays through their part in killing their fellow village members - even though there is no supernatural compelling of any kind to it and that not a single one of them actually wants to kill anyone (Chiemi, additionally, is in fact fully aware that this is a sham). They still go through with it, out of faith, superstition, circumstances and role imprinting coercing them into it for most of them, resignation and apathy in Chiemi's case and rationalization and desire to figure out the truth in Haruaki's.]]

* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: The game is actually set in the midst of a conflict between two reality warpers - one is trying to bring out a world-ravaging monstrosity and the other is discreetly trying to stop her.]]
* RecklessGunUsage: A scene accessible only in Revelations Mode [[spoiler: has Haruaki accidentally kill himself while trying to disassemble some shotgun shells with a knife. He [[DeathIsCheap later]] personally addresses the player to [[DoNotTryThisAtHome not do anything like that in real life]].]]
* RippleEffectProofMemory: When Haruaki learns key facts (represented as actual keys), he retains that information when travelling to different points in the story's flowchart and can "unlock" new paths. He also remembers which paths lead directly to a Game Over, which will be marked with a red skull. [[spoiler: He's not the only one - Chiemi and Rikako also possess it, the latter by virtue of being the perpetrator of the looping.]]

* ScamReligion: [[spoiler: The Feasts of Yomi-Purging in particular and the local beliefs that found them are a pure fabrication, designed and maintained by four head families of the region as a tool of social control.]]
* ServileSnarker: The Sheep. It's an assistant interface character that gives hints to players, yet it manages to be quite over-free and sarcastic. It should be noted that, for its irreverent attitude, it's not that snarky at ''the player's'' expense, but does not miss a chance to throw a barb at Haruaki. [[spoiler: Justified, since [[ItMakesSenseInAContext it's actually his bitter ex]].]]

** [[spoiler: Chiemi]] breaks out one when [[spoiler: she]] goes on a rampage.
** [[spoiler: Rikako]] puts both of the above to shame in the true ending. [[spoiler: Her]] face when [[spoiler: her]] true goals and scheme are revealed is nothing short of horrifying.

* SixthRangerTraitor: [[spoiler: Badger guardian's]] job description.

Compare and contrast with ''VisualNovel/DeathMatchLoveComedy'', another visual novel set in the same universe as ''Raging Loop''.

Compare and contrast with ''[[Sandbox/DeathMatchLoveComedy Death Match Love Comedy]]'', another visual novel set in the same universe as ''Raging Loop''.

** When Kaori's poisoning scheme in ''Yomi'' fails, she openly lashes at the others with a deranged grin. It makes such an impression on Haruaki that he keeps comparing her to a demon in his thoughts for the rest of the novel.

Haruaki Fusaishi, our protagonist, is a young man that gets lost in the mountainous region of Japan while trying to cope with some major changes in his life. He's rescued by a woman from Yasumizu, a settlement so remote that it is not on any map. Unfortunately, soon after he arrives, a red mist appears that signals the beginning of a dangerous tradition. The spirits have chosen a handful of people to become monsters in the night, and the village must deduce who among them are the beasts, and execute them before they are all killed. As an outsider, Haruaki is immediately put under suspicion, but he does have one advantage...he's stuck in a TimeLoop, and can use his memories of failed outcomes in order to find a path to survival.

* AlmightyJanitor: The convenience store cashier.

** [[The final extra story alludes that Haruaki has some sort of(or is developing a) supernatural ability that lets him rationalize paranormal phenomenon as something mundane.]]

* ChekhovsGun: A flashlight Haruaki gives to Haru in the ''Darkness'' route. [[spoiler: It leads other villagers to realise both of them are wolves [[SpottingTheThread when they find it in Haru's room]].]]

* ShoutOut: Haruaki manages to bond with several of the villagers through shared interest in pop culture. Chiemi likes ''Anime/SpiritedAway'', Kiyonosuke obesses over ''LightNovel/NinjaSlayer'' and Haru is a fan of ''Franchise/StarWars''.

* HappyEndingOverride: [[spoiler: The ''Wits'' route]].

* DarkSecret: Despite being the protagonist, Haruaki is hinted to have a couple, mostly concerning the events that directly led to him ending up stuck in the mountains or his past. [[spoiler: Turns out it's a Fauxshadow, and Haruaki's past is a bit more regular than the story might lead you to believe.]]

* AntiFrustrationFeatures: If you get the wrong combination for a secret door in the Nosato mansion you will die - and the game will automatically loop back right to the moment of picking the combination instead of kicking you to the start and have you go through the flowchart yourself.

* DarkSecret: Despite being the protagonist, Haruaki is hinted to have a couple, mostly concerning the events that directly led to him ending up stuck in the mountains or his past. [[spoiler: Turns out it's a RedHerring, and Haruaki's past is a bit more regular than the story might lead you to believe.]]

* MoodWhiplash: One moment Haruaki sees [[spoiler: a titanic monster seemingly made of uncountable human corpses that proceeds to ravage the land.]] Next moment [[spoiler: a flying plush cartoon sheep pops out of nowhere and starts chewing him out in human voice.]]

* ServileSnarker: The Sheep. It's an assistant interface character that gives hints to players, yet it manages to be quite over-free and sarcastic. It should be noted that, for its irreverent attitude, it's never snarky at''the player's'' expanse, but does not miss a chance to throw a barb at Haruaki. [[spoiler: Justified, since [[ItMakesSenseInAContext it's actually his bitter ex]].]]

* Angrish: In ''Wits'' when Haruaki taunts Yoshitsugu that he's going to get it on with his mother after he dies, Yoshitsugu gets so mad he starts slipping into angry gibberish as he's trying to punch Haruaki.

* DarkSecret: Despite being the protagonist, Haruaki is hinted to have a couple, mostly concerning the events that directly led to him ending up stuck in the mountains or his past. [[spoiler: Turns out it's a RedHerring, and Haruaki's past is a bit more regular than the story might led you to believe.]]

* Kaiju: [[spoiler: The resurrected Tsuchigumo is colossal, large enough to dwarf and step over mountains and blot out the sun with its bulk.]]

* DarkSecret: Despite being the protagonist, Haruaki has a couple, mostly concerning the events that directly led to him ending up stuck in the mountains.

* DoingInTheWizard: By the final stages of the novel Haruaki proposes some completely mundane explanations to some supernatural phenomena that have been occurring. He proves to be absolutely right.

* RealityWarper: [[spoiler: The game is actually set in the midst of a conflict of two reality warpers - one is trying to bring out a world-ravaging monstrosity and the other is discreetly trying to stop her.]]

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Chiemi and Rikako - the former is an outdoorsy energetic HardDrinkingPartyGirl, while the latter is calm, demure and traditional.

* ScamReligion: [[spoiler: The Feasts of Yomi-Purging in particular and the local beliefs that found them are a pure fabrication, designed and maintained by four head families of the region as a tool of social control.]]

* ForWantANail: The course of feasts dramatically changes across different loops when new participants join the feast.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: When Haruaki learns key facts (represented as actual keys), he retains that information when travelling to different points in the story's flowchart and can "unlock" new paths. He also remembers which paths lead directly to a Game Over, which will be marked with a red skull.

* BookEnds: The story starts with Haruaki having lost his girlfriend and riding his motorcycle alone through the mountains to escape from his problems. It ends with Haruaki and his new love, Chiemi on his bike together setting out to face their future confidently.

Described by some as "What if ''TabletopGame/{{Werewolf}}'' was a visual novel?", ''Raging Loop'' is a work distributed by Creator/{{Kemco}}. Originally released for UsefulNotes/PlayStationVita in Japan in 2017, it was later ported to console and PC, with fully-translated English becoming available in December 2019.

* RippleEffectProofMemory: When Haruaki learns key facts (represented as actual keys), he retains that information when travelling to different points in the story's flowchart.
* StoryBranching: The game's events are all contained in a flowchart, which the player can jump to any point to in order to make different decisions with information they did not have before.
* YouLoseAtZeroTrust: Due to the ritual requiring the deaths of people turned into monsters, some of Haruaki's earliest deaths can come from not being trusted enough by the town to avoid execution.