History VisualNovel / YourTurnToDie

** During Chapter 3-1, the Banquet is described to the cast as a way they can clear the game without losing any of the Dummies. Emphasis on ''can''. [[spoiler: Had the survivors correctly guessed which coffin Midori was in during the first round, then that's exactly what would have happened. They don't, and in fact events are scripted so that only one of the Dummies can make it out alive.]]

** Happens again during the second Main Game when discussing [[spoiler: who knocked out Q-taro. Sou offhandedly comments about how dangerous stun guns are; Sara immediately points out that she and Gin were the ones who discovered Q-taro and they took the stun gun from the scene without telling anyone, meaning that the only person besides them who could know the weapon used is the culprit.]]

** Sou does this in the second Main Game [[spoiler: when he names the weapon that was used to knock out Q-taro, a stun gun. Sara immediately realizes that Sou has to be the culprit, since she and Gin were the only ones who knew the weapon used and hadn't told anyone else prior to the Main Game.

** In 2-1, [[spoiler:Alice gets a far more fleshed-out death scene than Reko [[DroppedABridgeOnHim being stabbed with minimal fanfare]], and his sidequest grants an exclusive scene, making the death simultaneously more satisfying and tragic. The apparent preferential treatment winds up subverted slightly, as Reko dying gets an extra moment TogetherInDeath with Nao in 2-2, while having her alive leads to missing out on a lot more info about the ''real'' Sou. However, Reko's route ends up intertwining with the characters more and her character development is far less bleak than Alice's. Ultimately, the writing's favoring of her is slight enough, though, that she and Alice can occupy identical narrative roles.]]
** 2-2 is much more substantial; not only is the negative option outright called "the worst possible choice" by Sara afterwards, the creative attention and consequences very heavily skew in one's favor. [[spoiler:Voting for Kanna doesn't end well for all 3 people involved; Kanna [[CruelAndUnusualDeath dies an agonizing death]], Sou is left [[ThenLetMeBeEvil deeply vengeful]], and Sara ends up suffering TraumaInducedAmnesia after being blamed for it by Joe's malicious AI. Voting for Sou, on the other hand, has Kanna disavow her MartyrWithoutACause mindset, Sara managing to [[EpiphanyTherapy get closure with Joe]], and even Sou [[PeacefulInDeath dies peacefully and with dignity]]. In addition, Sou's death prevents Ranmaru from JumpingOffTheSlipperySlope in 3-1B, thus ensuring the spared Yabusame's continued survival.]]

** Since nearly all of the Dummies can be killed prior to the end of Chapter 3-1, their contributions to puzzles will generally be useless, making puzzles less noisy if they're dead. If their contributions are important, they will be reassigned to a living character. This is similarly applied to the cases of MutuallyExclusivePartyMembers in Chapter 3-1 [[spoiler: by making Reko/Alice and Sou/Kanna have identical contributions to the puzzles, since by that point the player can only have one or the other in each pair alive.]]

** Deconstructed with Sara and Keiji, respectively a charismatic but emotionally traumatized teenager and a charming but quietly calculating police officer. Sara is quietly aware that Keiji refuses to put his trust in Sara but tries to manipulate her into putting her trust in him, and there are multiple instances throughout the game where he demonstrates this unapologetically. She also notes from the beginning of the game that when they first meet, Keiji has absolutely no reason to trust her over anyone else in the group, especially given her age and the situation they're in, but it doesn't take him long to start subtly pushing the cast towards trusting Sara to be the unofficial group leader. In addition, he eventually shows that if cornered, he will prioritize the safety of himself and Sara over everyone else (including Kanna and Gin, both of whom are younger than Sara). All of this, combined with Keiji's overall secretiveness, gets some raised eyebrows from some of the other characters.

*** During the introductions on the third floor, Safalin introduces herself as the "Vice Floor Master" for the floor. [[spoiler: She never says that the co-Floor Master she's referring to is Ranger; she's actually referring to Gashu. If you read closely, Ranger never actually calls himself a Floor Master, either; he introduces himself as "The Dressup Doll" instead.]]

* AmazingTechnicolorPopulation: Inverted - Everyone's portraits have unnaturally pure white skintones, except in [=CGs=], where they have more natural skintones, but remain extremely pale, in extreme contrast to their wildly varied hair colors and vibrant, almost EGA graphics-inspired color coordination.

* AnAesop: Surprisingly for a game around murder, horror, and loads of trauma, it's HumansAreGood. Throughout the game, it does out of its way to show that even though HumansAreFlawed with the main cast arguing, misleading each other or plotting against one another, there is kindness. For example, [[spoiler: Joe, who attempted a plan to only save himself and Sara, ends up unable to commit to it due to wanting to make sure the others are good people, and dies without any ire once he realizes they are. Sou spends most of the first two chapters being an antagonist only out for himself, only to switch gears once he finds a potential way out of the game and ends up begging for the life of his MoralityPet. Q-Taro, a realist who is willing to sacrifice the weak to save his own hide, later comes to protect others even at the cost of his own life.]] And many other examples throughout the game show that humans, even when put in terrible situations where their lives are at stake, can come to care for others and be their best selves for the sake of others.

** In 2-1, [[spoiler:Alice gets a far more fleshed-out death scene than Reko [[DroppedABridgeOnHim being stabbed with minimal fanfare]], and the sidequest only grants an exclusive scene, making the death simultaneously more satisfying and tragic. The apparent preferential treatment winds up subverted slightly, as Reko dying gets an extra moment TogetherInDeath with Nao in 2-2, while having her alive leads to missing out on a lot more info about the ''real'' Sou. However, Reko's route ends up intertwining with the characters more and her character development is far less bleak than Alice's. Ultimately, the writing's favoring of her is slight enough, though, that she and Alice can occupy identical narrative roles.]]

** In order to save the life of [[spoiler:Alice,]] you actually have to ''fail'' the final section of [[spoiler:2-1]], though you do get one last chance [[spoiler:in giving up without pushing Fake Reko to her death. This, however, costs the real Reko her life.]] Even more interestingly (and in the spirit of this trope), of the options, this "failure" route actually has a moderate amount more content and plot information revealed, with nothing comparable really given on the "success" route.

** In 2-1, [[spoiler:Alice gets a far more fleshed-out death scene than Reko [[DroppedABridgeOnHim being stabbed with minimal fanfare]], and the sidequest only grants a slight bonus if Alice dies. The apparent preferential treatment winds up subverted slightly, as Reko dying gets an extra moment TogetherInDeath with Nao in 2-2, while having her alive leads to missing out on info about the ''real'' Sou, Alice continuing to have significant character change and development afterwards. Ultimately, the writing's favoring of him is slight enough, though, that he and Reko can occupy identical narrative roles.]]

** [[spoiler: Even if he is built like a professional wrestler and has been poisoned and tased in the span of a few hours, Q-taro being stabbed in the back and having little, if any time to seek medical attention causes him to eventually bleed to death.]]

* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:No matter how they go, the Fake Reko's last moments alive after learning the truth of her existence are... not very good.]]

* EasilyForgiven: In-universe, this is an enforced trope for the most part, since the survivors ''need'' to cooperate with each other to have the best chance of at least one of them escaping alive.

* {{Aesop}}: Surprisingly for a game around murder, horror, and loads of trauma, it's HumansAreGood. Throughout the game, it does out of its way to show that even though HumansAreFlawed with the main cast arguing, misleading each other or plotting against one another, there is kindness. For example, [[spoiler: Joe, who attempted a plan to only save himself and Sara, ends up unable to commit to it due to wanting to make sure the others are good people, and dies without any ire once he realizes they are. Sou spends most of the first two chapters being an antagonist only out for himself, only to switch gears once he finds a potential way out of the game and ends up begging for the life of his MoralityPet. Q-Taro, a realist who is willing to sacrifice the weak to save his own hide, later comes to protect others even at the cost of his own life.]] And many other examples throughout the game show that humans, even when put in terrible situations where their lives are at stake, can come to care for others and be their best selves for the sake of others.

* SenselessSacrifice: It's revealed late in Chapter 1-2 that [[spoiler:Mishima ensured he'd get more votes than Nao]] in order to protect them. Unfortunately, what nobody realized at the time was that [[spoiler:if they'd forced a tie in the test vote, nobody would have had to die]].

* ControllableHelplessness: The game offers you a chance to [[spoiler:save Joe]] through ButtonMashing. However, this is only a HopeSpot. [[spoiler:His life will still eventually drain to zero and [[KickTheDog Miley will taunt you]] for [[CruelMercy prolonging his suffering]].]]

Described as a '[[RetroGaming retro]] [[PsychologicalHorror horror]] [[VisualNovel talky-action]] [[GenreBuster game]]', Nankidai's ''Your Turn to Die -Death Game By Majority-'' (aka ''Kimi ga Shine'') is a freeware game made in RPG Maker MV that follows Sara, Joe, and nine others who find themselves trapped in a mysterious place filled with puzzles, mini games and paranoia. The game can be best summed up in tandem as a nod to other Visual Novels featuring [[DeadlyGame Deadly Games]], such as ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}'' and ''VisualNovel/ZeroEscape'', with a smattering addition of DarkerAndEdgier coupled with plenty of PsychologicalHorror to it; as the eleven individuals soon end up learning, the people who brought them into this game have tasked them with playing a SocialDeductionGame that inevitably ends with each round having at ''least'' two people dying at the end of it, if not more; one whom happened to draw the [[DeadManWalking Sacrifice card]], and the other whom happened to be voted by majority rule to be the one's whose [[TitleDrop turn it is to die]]. What soon follows beyond that is a gradual exploration about the gradually-degrading sanity of all whom continue to play the game, a massive-spanning conspiracy that set this kind of game up before, and the gradual realization among them that whoever their captors are, they're dead-set on forcing the survivors to decide who lives and who dies by majority rule.

* {{Aesop}}: Surprisingly for a game around murder, horror, and loads of trauma, it's HumansAreGood. Throughout the game, it does out of its way to show that even though HumansAreFlawed with the main cast arguing, misleading each other or plotting against one another, there is kindness. For example, [[spoiler: Joe, who attempted a plan to only save himself and Sara, ends up unable to commit to it due to wanting to make sure the others are good people, and dies without any ire once he realizes they are. Q-Taro, a realist who is willing to sacrifice the weak to save his own hide, later comes to protect others even at the cost of his own life.]] And many other examples throughout the game show that humans, even when put in terrible situations where their lives are at stake, can come to care for others and be their best selves for the sake of others.

Both games can be found [[https://vgperson.com/games/yourturntodie.htm here]], where they can be downloaded or played on a browser for free. On 28 August 2022, it was announced that [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2067780/Your%5C_Turn%5C_To%5C_Die%5C_Death%5C_Game%5C_By%5C_Majority/ the game would be released on Steam]], currently slated for a February 21st, 2023 release. While the Steam version is paid, the original download and in-browser versions remain free, with the final chapter being added to those sometime after the Steam release.

Both games can be found [[https://vgperson.com/games/yourturntodie.htm here]], where they can be downloaded or played on a browser for free. On 28 August 2022, it was announced that [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2067780/Your%5C_Turn%5C_To%5C_Die%5C_Death%5C_Game%5C_By%5C_Majority/ the game would be released on Steam]], currently slated for a February 2023 release. While the Steam version is paid, the original download and in-browser versions remain free, with the final chapter being added to those sometime after the Steam release.

Both games can be found [[https://vgperson.com/games/yourturntodie.htm here]], where they can be downloaded or played on a browser for free. On 28 August 2022, it was announced that [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2067780/Your%5C_Turn%5C_To%5C_Die%5C_Death%5C_Game%5C_By%5C_Majority/ the game would be released on Steam]], currently slated for a January 2023 release. While the Steam version is paid, the original download and in-browser versions remain free, with the final chapter being added to those sometime after the Steam release.

Both games can be found [[https://vgperson.com/games/yourturntodie.htm here]], where they can be downloaded or played on a browser for free. On 28 August 2022, it was announced that [[https://store.steampowered.com/app/2067780/Your%5C_Turn%5C_To%5C_Die%5C_Death%5C_Game%5C_By%5C_Majority/ the game would be released on Steam]] around the end of 2022. While the Steam version is paid, the original download and in-browser versions remain free, with the final chapter being added to those sometime after the Steam release.

* ImprobableInfantSurvival: Ultimately played straight by [[spoiler:Gin in Chapter 2-1]], who will survive no matter what you do during the game. [[spoiler:Potentially subverted by Kanna in Chapter 2-2, but played straight as well if Sou is sacrificed.]] Then, [[spoiler:subverted hard again by Hinako not only being a scripted death towards the end of 3-1, but a [[DroppedABridgeOnHim abrupt and nasty one]] that reveals she, unlike the dolls present, was HumanAllAlong. The game primes you slowly for a nasty SadisticChoice that might force you to personally kill Gin, only for ButThouMust to kick in, playing it straight again and avoiding the choice by revealing Q-Taro died some time ago. Gin is damned lucky.]]

** While not a numbered ending, the first definitive way the game can end comes in chapter 2-1. [[spoiler:By accepting Q-Taro's token trade on the third and final morning, he'll have enough to buy an escape from the game. Sara will watch Ranger tell him that leaving will kill everyone else still alive, and with a heavy heart, he'll do so anyway. [[KillEmAll The last thing Sara can even think to pay attention is the sound of her collar beeping.]] Accepting this trade is actually the only way you can afford to view Q-Taro's character file.]]