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Line 1: {{work\|wppage=Akai Ito (video game)}} [[File:Akaiito.jpg\|frame]] A [[Visual Novel]] created by ''Success'', it is essentially a supernatural adventure with some [[Girls Love]] thrown in. Line 6 ⟶ 7: It has a sequel of sorts called ''[[Aoi Shiro]]''. ~~----~~ {{tropelist}} ~~=== This game contains examples of: ===~~ * [[Action Girlfriend]]: Kei rarely, if ever, fight the enemies herself. * [[The Alliance]]: The cooperation between the Mizuki and the exorcists sent to defeat Nushi, long time ago. By now, it's completely fallen apart {{spoiler\|amongst other things because [[Fantastic Racism\|the exorcists have wiped out the Mizuki]] and the lineage of Nie no Chi dwindled, with Kei being the last generation}}. Line 15 ⟶ 16: * [[Ancient Tradition]]: Sakuya is a one-woman ancient tradition who watch over the Nie no Chi. {{spoiler\|Were the Mizuki tribe still exist, it would have been their duty.}} * [[And I Must Scream]]: Nozomi {{spoiler\|is trapped inside the Ryugetsu for centuries after Nushi-sama is sealed. This is probably also her fate in the endings where the Ryugetsu isn't destroyed}}. * [[And Your Little Dog, Too\|And Your Little Fox Too]] * [[Arc Words]]: "Taisetsuna hito // inakunatta". Rough translation: "Someone important to me // have disappeared." * [[The Atoner]]: KEI-kun. * [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]]: KEI-kun{{spoiler\|, and it's Uzuki's job to make him dead again.}} * [[Backup From Otherworld]]: [[Big Damn Heroes\|Yumei]], all the time, no matter what route you're on (save for Nozomi's). This doesn't apply on Yumei's own route, where she becomes physical again (and for all purpose, ''alive'') due to drinking your blood. * [[Barrier Maiden]]: Yumei {{spoiler\|or whoever is being the current Ohashira-sama.}} Line 30 ⟶ 31: * [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Yumei-san, all the time. {{spoiler\|It's really her obligation to do so.}} * [[Big Fancy House]] * [[Blood Onon These Hands]]: {{spoiler\|One of Kei's resurfaced memory, about her hands being covered in the blood of her father. Turns out that while the memory is real, it's not her, it's Hakuka's. At that time Nushi was controlling him.}} * [[Blood-Splattered Innocents]] {{spoiler\|Some examples: Kei gets a fist through the chest. Her hand is covered in blood. She falls off a cliff.}} * [[Bloody Hilarious]]: Kei just keep on feeding Yumei during the later's route. ''Affectionately''. While being watched and commented by Sakuya and Tsudura. [[Crowning Moment of Funny\|The game even make a small sub-screen during the CG to display them commenting!]] Line 36 ⟶ 37: * [[But Thou Must!]]: After Uduki [[Post Dramatic Stress Disorder\|over-exert herself]] chasing away Nozomi and Mikage, Kei bring her to her room. [[There Is Only One Bed]]. "Option 1: Sleep next to her." "Option 2: Sleep next to her." "Option 3: Sleep next to her." [[Lampshade Hanging\|Lampshaded]]. * [[Butterfly of Death and Rebirth]]: Ohashira-sama's standard attack. Probably also qualify as [[More Dakka]]. ** Is she [[Touhou ~~(Video Game)~~\|Yuyuko?]] * [[Boobs of Steel]]: Sakuya and Uzuki kicks ass physically more than Tsudura or Yumei. * [[Cat Smile]]: Nozomi, of all people. Mikage doesn't have one, though. * [[Cherry Blossoms]]: Averted. The tree where Ohashira-sama dwells is not a Sakura, despite obviously being cast in similar light {{spoiler\|down to the myth that Sakura bloom beautifully because corpses are buried under it}}. [[wikipedia:Styphnolobium japonicum\|It's an Enju, or Japanese Pagoda Tree]]. * [[Cell Phone]]: Kei's. In her Happy Ending, [[The Stoic\|Uzuki]] also gets one, much to Kei's surprise. ** The [[Cell Phone]] is also a "destroy all enemies onscreen" item in the spin-off [[Mini Game]] "Onikiri no Oni" {{spoiler\|where Kei is an oni-slaying oni. Must be something she use to retain her humanity.}} * [[The Chick]]: Kei. Line 52 ⟶ 53: * [[Date Crepe]]: Kei and Uzuki. * [[Dead Little Sister\|Dead Big Brother]]: Senba Akira. * [[Death Byby Origin Story]]: Senba Akira, whose death is a ''very'' major element in Uzuki's {{spoiler\|and KEI-kun's}} background. * [[Demonic Possession]]: Poor KEI-kun. {{spoiler\|Later on during Uzuki route, Nushi-sama begin to possess Kei, which can lead to a very bad end.}} * [[Devour the Dragon]]: {{spoiler\|During Tsudura route, Obana is killed by Nozomi. Tsudura fall into [[Heroic BSOD]]... and then eat Obana's corpse, fusing the kitsune into herself. And then she become a super-powered werefox mage.}} Line 65 ⟶ 66: * [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Kei seems to be rather popular with the ladies, don't you think? {{spoiler\|The fact that she has the ''Nie no Chi'' may be one of the reasons...}} * [[Evil Gloating]] * [[Explaining Your Power to ~~The~~the Enemy]]: Some characters (especially Nozomi) are more prone to this than the others. * '''[[Fake Memories]]''': To the point that Kei's past seems to be disturbingly similar to [[Final Fantasy VII\|Cloud Strife]]'s. * [[Familiar]]: Obana, Tsudura's white fox. {{spoiler\|Like everything else supernatural, it can be powered by Kei's blood.}} * [[Fighting Down Memory Lane]]: It takes great courage for Kei to {{spoiler\|see beyond the trauma, about what actually happened 10 years ago}}. Also an [[Epiphany Therapy]] for her. {{quote\| ''' {{spoiler\|Fake}} Mom and Dad''': Fufufu... That's right... Kei is a bad girl.}} * [[Finger-Suck Healing]]: Subverted. [[Does This Remind You of Anything?\|Kei deliberately hurt her finger with a sewing needle so that Yumei has a moral reason to suck her blood]]; otherwise Yumei will be too shy to do so. [[It Makes Sense in Context\|Cuter than it sounds]]. * [[Finishing Each Other's Sentences]]: Nozomi and Mikage. Line 84 ⟶ 85: * Yumei: [[Oedipus Complex\|Daughter and Companion]] * Nozomi: Mother * [[Freak-Out]]: During Sakuya route, Kei's mind can't bear the sudden revelation of so many supernaturals right in front of her. She snaps, [[It Got Worse~~\|it got worse~~]], and then {{spoiler\|either she dies falling off a cliff or she gets better, depending on earlier choices}}. To be fair, before that happen you are given the option to simply escape Hemizuka and return to mundane life. * [[Friendless Background]]: Tsudura's only friend, she says herself, is Obana. * [[Frozen Fashion Sense]]: [[Playing ~~With~~with a Trope\|Subverted, Inverted, Justified, and even Played Straight]]. Let's see... Nozomi and Mikage has been trapped inside Ryugetsu for a long time that the change in people's way of dressing doesn't affect them. Yumei, on the other hand, only began wearing traditional kimono when she became Ohashira; in the flashback when she was still alive she wore normal clothes. On the other hand, Sakuya dresses liberally, despite being 1000+ years old (just look at her huge tract of land!). But then Nozomi, Mikage, and Yumei are ''ghosts'', so it's not like they have a set of wardrobe. * [[Furo Scene]]: An [[Incredibly Lame Pun\|ample opportunity]] for Sakuya to show off her assets. * [[Fur Against Fang]]: Of the Individual Battles variety: Tsudura {{spoiler\|fused with Obana's soul}} versus Nozomi and Mikage. Line 102 ⟶ 103: * [[The Hunter]]: Uzuki. Being a hunter is pretty much the job of the onikiri. * [[Hypnotic Eyes]]: Seems to be the standard ability of Nushi and his right hands. * [[Impaled ~~With~~with Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler\|Near the end of Sakuya route, either Kei or Sakuya [[Gorn\|is gutted through the stomach by Nushi]].}} * [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]: Averted. KEI-kun [[Heroic Willpower\|does his best to contain Nushi-sama]], but when the evil snake god is out, KEI-kun is gone. {{spoiler\|Except in Yumei route... and then he commits [[Senseless Sacrifice]].}} * [[Incorruptible Pure Pureness]]: Yumei-san. She never take Kei's blood without the latter's consent, she never snaps, she never gets angry at Kei {{spoiler\|even though her [[Our Ghosts Are Different\|current state]] is, at least marginally, Kei's fault}}, she stands vigilant as an Ohashira-sama for about ten lonely years, she saves Kei all the time, etc etc and so on. She stands in stark contrast to another vampirism-capable ghost, Nozomi, who is sometimes a [[Complete Monster]]. Line 127 ⟶ 128: * [[Magic Mirror]] * [[Manipulative Bastard]]: Nozomi, so very much. {{spoiler\|While trapped in Ryugetsu, she whispers encouragement to the Wakasugi to massacre the Mizuki, on the basis that Mizuki, too, are oni. [[Knight Templar\|And the Wakasugi, in their paranoia, listened]].}} * [[Masquerade]]: There are oni, insidious beings who corrupt and prey upon humans. And then there are the humans who hunt them. It's "better" for everyone if the humans don't know of this [[Secret War\|conflict]]. The Wakasugi is especially good at keeping this. {{spoiler\|Near the end of Tsudura route, Kei [[Lampshade Hanging\|wonders]] whether she will be [[Killed to Uphold ~~The~~the Masquerade]], after all that adventure with Tsudura. Tsudura's answer? [[Laser-Guided Amnesia]].}} * [[Mayfly-December Romance]]: {{spoiler\|Sakuya with Emiko, who was Kei's grandmother. And in her Happy Ending, with Kei. Averted in her Onikiri no Oni ending, in which Kei herself [[Emergency Transformation\|become something that is not human]].}} * [[Miko]]: Uduki, even though she normally doesn't wear Miko attire. Kei seems to have a... wanting to see her in one. Line 146 ⟶ 147: * [[Orochi]]: Nushi. * [[Our Ghosts Are Different]] * [[Our Souls Are Different]]: The Wake-Mitama, houses a part of Nushi's divine soul. In most route, the Wake-Mitama is inside the Ryugetsu, [[Sealed Evil in Aa Can\|which is sealed since long time ago]]. Nushi can manipulate those who gets too close to his Wake-Mitama into freeing his true soul. Works both way too: those who wield the Wake-Mitama can harm Nushi more easily... [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?\|if they are of sufficient power]]. * [[Our Vampires Are Different]]: Let's look at the [[Sliding Scale of Vampire Friendliness]]... ** Blood Requirement: N/A ! Nozomi, Mikage, and Yumei doesn't need human blood to survive, at all. They are more like spirits sustained with magic (and blood, especially blood of a Nie), than traditional vampires. Nozomi and Mikage only seek human blood to awaken Nushi. Line 161 ⟶ 162: * [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old]]: Sakuya is 17-{{spoiler\|''centuries''}} old. ** Subverted for {{spoiler\|Yumei, who have only been an Ohashira for about 10 years, and when she became a spirit was only 16 years old.}}. * [[Rie Kugimiya]]: Tsudura. [[Pigeonholed Voice Actor\|Guess what]]. {{spoiler\|Tsudura even say that she hates people since she's [[Hayate the Combat Butler ~~(Manga)~~\|constantly targeted by bad people]], some of which aren't humans.}} * [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Nozomi and Mikage. {{spoiler\|Tsudura's werefox mode.}} * [[Red String of Fate]]: The literal translation of the title. When someone take Kei's blood ([[Does This Remind You of Anything?\|with her consent]]), there is a short FMV showing two blood-red sinusoidal wave synchronizing with each others into a straight line, showing adjoining of destiny. {{spoiler\|This even become a running gag in Yumei route!}} * [[Restored My Faith in Humanity]]: Kei, for Tsudura. {{spoiler\|It doesn't stick, Tsudura returns to her [[Masquerade\|world of the onikiri]]. Unless you get her Happy Ending, in which Kei remember everything when Tsudura pass near her.}} ** [[Patrick Stewart Speech]]: [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming\|"Surely, while there are many bad people in the world, not everyone are bad, right? If humans are scary, then is Kei-nee-san scary?"]] * [[Save the Day Turn Away]]: Even though Tsudura {{spoiler\|have become a very powerful onikiri, have eliminated the threat of Nushi-sama (''before it can even start''), have saved Kei from very certain death, have helped Ohashira-sama [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence]], and most importantly: have found a person she need not be paranoid of, she can't be together with Kei because doing so will endanger Kei}}. [[Tear Jerker\|She does regret it]]. * [[Save the Villain]]: There is a Nozomi route. [[spoiler:However, it's rather short. It's at least partially canon, because Nozomi is hanging around Kei in the ''[[Aoi Shiro]] Kaeishou'' manga. * [[Secret War]]: The conflict between the [[The Hunter\|Onikiribe]] and the [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?\|Oni]] has been on-going since the beginning of time. {{spoiler\|Kei is only hidden from the preying supernaturals due to the blue marble charm that is her cellphone straps. And even that isn't fool-proof.}} * [[Soundtrack Dissonance]]: You would think that the final battle against Nushi will have [[Ominous Latin Chanting]] or something, but no. Well, it actually has its meaning * [[He Who Must Not Be Seen\|She Who Must Not Be Seen]]: Youko-chan, Kei's friend at the school. Also, Kei's ''father'' in the flashback; which is [[~~Egregious\|~~egregious]] because every other significant male characters (except Senba Akira) was seen. * [[Super Mode]]: {{spoiler\|Sakuya, who morph into a near-human form whenever she drink Kei's blood. There's a level 2 of it, that's when she use Ragou. And then there is a level 3 of it, seen only in the Onikiri no Oni ending... maybe because she drink Kei's blood all the time.}} ** [[Dragonball Z\|Super Mizuki-jin 1/2/3]]? Line 176 ⟶ 177: * [[Supernaturally Delicious and Nutritious]]: Kei's blood is ''very'' tasty and powerful. It's also an [[Amplifier Artifact]]{{spoiler\|, and in the Onikiri no Oni ending, seems to be an [[Upgrade Artifact]] that allow Sakuya to be in her true Oni form}}. * [[Survivor Guilt]]: {{spoiler\|Sakuya, who was a [[Death Seeker]] after her tribe was annihilated. She got better after she met Emiko, Kei's grandmother.}} * [[Talk to ~~The~~the Fist]]: When Nushi have taken over KEI-kun's body and is now in his full form, a muscular man with snake tattoo: {{quote\| '''Nushi''': [[Evil Gloating\|So, what are you going to do?]]<br /> '''Sakuya''': [[Verb This\|THIS]]! delivers a [[Super Mode\|Ragou]]-empowered beatdown }} * [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Uzuki, which may have contributed to her [[Ensemble Darkhorse\|popularity]]. * [[Teeth-Clenched Teamwork]]: Sakuya doesn't like Uzuki {{spoiler\|or any onikiri, for that matter}}. Tsudura hates to be reminded of the duty of an onikiri. Uzuki [[Knight Templar\|hates oni with a passion]] {{spoiler\|and Sakuya is an oni}}. But they do have to sweep personal issues under the carpet, because 1) [[The Fettered\|it's the right thing to do]], 2) if Nushi get his hands on Kei, things will go downhill fast, and 3) [[Les Yay\|they do want Kei]]. ''And it worked''. * [[Theme Tune Cameo]]: Kei use the opening theme as her cellphone ringtone. [[Lampshade Hanging\|It sounds somewhat sinister]], and in the OST CD, is titled "[[Tarot Motifs\|Wheel of Fortune]]". {{spoiler\|And it's also the [[Leitmotif]] for Nushi, titled "Utakata". Yeeeeeeah!}} * [[Time Dissonance]]: To {{spoiler\|Sakuya}}, the [[World War 2]] was something that happened ''just recently''. Granted, she is possibly 1000 years old... * [[Together in Death]]: {{spoiler\|In Sakuya route, where she and Kei become the next Ohashira so they can be together forever. Yumei, now alive again, feel pity for them and is doing her best to allow them to live again.}} * [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: {{spoiler\|Kei, ''of all people''. In Onikiri no Oni ending of Sakuya route, Sakuya [[Emergency Transformation\|give her Mizuki Tribe blood to the dying Kei]], making her something that is not human. Then they become a couple who fight those who try to awaken Nushi-sama again, possibly ''forever''. Fans seems to prefer this ending so much over Sakuya's Happy Ending, that there is an unlockable [[Mini Game]] about Kei's life (unlife?) as onikiri in [[Aoi Shiro]].}} * [[Total Eclipse of the Plot]]: Nushi cause lunar eclipse to happen {{spoiler\|to prevent Sakuya from using her Ragou magic. ''However, it doesn't work'' because Sakuya was born during a new moon. Badassery ensued. Ouch.}} * [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: Even Yumei-san beg to Kei to not remember things from her past. For good reason. * [[Undeath Always Ends]]: Different end for different character. Yumei: [[Humanity Ensues\|Becoming alive again, physical body and all]] when someone take her position as Ohashira. {{spoiler\|I.E., by KEI-kun at the Happy Ending at Yumei's own route, or by Sakuya and Kei at one ending of Sakuya route}}. It's also possible to retire from being an Ohashira if there is a (very powerful) magic that can act as a seal, {{spoiler\|i.e. at the end of Tsudura route. In that case, Yumei [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence]].}} KEI-kun: Dead, when Nushi completely took over his body. ** Nozomi: Averted. At the end of her route, she doesn't get to be alive again. It's not known whether she's sent to [[Final Death]] when the Ryugetsu is destroyed in another routes. Line 201 ⟶ 202: {{reflist}} [[Category:Visual Novel]] [[Category:~~Akai~~Horror ~~Ito~~Visual Novels]] [[Category:Adventure Game]] [[Category:PlayStation 2]] [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]