YMMV / République

• Anvilicious: You'd be forgiven for thinking the creators were trying to remake 1984 for the new millennium, or that they have some sort of vendetta against states in general.
• Diagnosed by the Audience: Cooper appears to suffer from something, but it is not clear exactly what. His profile indicates he has severe social anxiety and is selectively mute. However, from his messages, posters in his office, and collection of entertainment software, it is clear he has a rich mental life, even if his expression of it is quite unusual.
• Complete Monster:
  • Overseer/Headmaster Kenichiro Treglazov is a sociopathic totalitarian hell-bent on instituting his idea of order onto the world. Creating the underwater city of Metamorphosis, Treglazov lures hundreds of people to the city, only to trap them there under threat of imprisonment or execution, forcing them to become part of his oppressed society. Burning books and cutting off contact with the outside world to further dominate the citizens of "his" city, Treglazov creates the artificially cloned Mirrors to serve as human data storage, regularly abusing, "recalibration", or flat-out murdering them by the dozens when they fall short of his teachings, uncaring that the few survivors of his brutality later go insane or kill themselves anyway. Intending to create a surveillance state over the entire world where he will bring his dictatorship to millions, Treglazov proves that for all of his talk of "helping the world", he's in truth nothing but a controlling misanthrope who blinds artists so their best work will be of his likeness, considers even his friends expendable, and is more than willing to kill every single person under his thumb rather than they escape his reign.
  • Quinn Derringer is the brutal head of the Prizrak guard, tasked with security over Metamorphosis. A sadist long before his position, Derringer uses his power to frame hundreds of people for crimes they didn't commit to force them under his control, where he casually threatens and abuses anyone he can with glee, always eager to find a reason to "recalibrate" or put down Mirrors in his charge. Becoming Hope's most hated adversary for viciously beating the Librarian to death on mere suspicions of subterfuge against the Overseer, Derringer hunts and terrorizes Hope throughout the game before nearly killing her with his bare hands, intent on securing Metamorphosis's oppression continues for years to come.
• Fridge Brilliance: The Guards Must Be Crazy on the main page mentions some of their Artificial Stupidity and general incompetence. But reading their files through your OMNI makes it clear that each and every one of them is some form of criminal who has been "recalibrated" for the task. There is some Fridge Horror here too, if the implication is that the recalibration does not leave them better off than they were before...
  • It's later revealed, however, that more often than not, Derringer's the one who makes up their criminal charges—in fact, he even takes a lot of liberties with the details. In light of this, another plausible explanation would be that they're all too painfully aware that they're just as much imprisoned as the kids they're guarding, and they're too sympathetic to the kids' plight to be overzealous on a job they never even chose to begin with.