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When the story begins, he is only know to have even semi-regular interactions with a few people: his [[Annoying Younger Sibling|bratty younger sister Nanami]], his ESO [[Band of Brothers|guild partner Grim]] (whom he speaks to online), the school's [[Handsome Lech|resident playboy Misumi]], and Seira, whom he has become deluded into thinking she exists and can hear her talking and interact with her as kind of muse. Beyond these, he seems to be quite afraid of interacting with people, exhibiting classic signs of social phobia (such as extreme discomfort with making eye contact).

 

 

The game has a unique "delusion trigger" system where the player can, at certain points, opt to view one of Takumi's daydreams/delusions. The player is given a choice between a good delusion (happy, humorous, or [[Ecchi|H]] in nature) or a bad delusion (paranoid, violent or tragic in nature). For example, when Nanami visits and berates Takumi for not ever calling home, she takes a swig of soda without asking; the good delusion brings up the concept of an [[Indirect Kiss]], prompting Takumi to compare it to a [[Eroge|hentai game]] scene (at which point it almost does turn into one), and the bad delusion involves Nanami taking a swig of coke, then gagging and coughing up blood and dying. Takumi wonders why that happened, then remembers that he poisoned the coke beforehand. Typically these delusions have no direct influence on the story itself (Takumi simply snaps out of it and the scene continues from where it left off), but seeing certain ones triggers flags that can influence which ending you see. Many of these delusions involve blatant reference to anime (or eroge) tropes.

The [[Anime of the Game|game was made into an anime]] by [[Madhouse]] for the fall 2008 season, with an Xbox 360 updated rerelease titled ''Chaos;Head Noah'' released in February 2009.

 

 

 

* {{spoiler|[[Angsty Surviving Twin]]}} -- {{spoiler|Yua. Her twin sister [[Theme Twin Naming|Mia]] died in the "Group Dive," the ''first'' First Gen incident. Yua then launches her own investigation into [[Theme Twin Naming|Mia]]'s death. She suspects Takumi is involved in the First Gen murders and pretends to befriend him under the ruse of being a [[Gamer Chick|girl otaku]]. When Takumi finds out her true intentions, Yua ... [[Not Herself|doesn't]] [[Scary Shiny Glasses|take]] [[Department of Redundancy Department|it well]]}}.

* [[Annoying Younger Sibling]]: Nanami

* [[Arc Words]] -- "Whose eyes are those eyes?" (''"Sono me, dare no me?"'')

** In the anime also (to a lesser extent) "a delusion?" (''"mousou ka?"'') and "somebody help me!" (''"dareka tasukete kure!"'')

* [[Bittersweet Ending]]

** The list goes on, believe me - Taboo! (Yahoo!), Slavecard (Mastercard), Grouchosoft Mindorz X Perfect (Microsoft Windows XP Premium... seriously), THREE different McDonald's spoofs (McDeinald's, McDynald's and WacTiKald's)... there are easily a half dozen of these in each chapter of the game, and the anime adds in even more.

** MewTube ([[YouTube]]) and @-Channel (2-Channel).

* [[Bloody Murder]]

* [[Captain Ersatz]] -- [[Star Wars|Darth Spider]]

* [[The Chessmaster]] -- {{spoiler|Norose}}.

* [[Cooldown Hug]]

* [[Creepy Monotone]]

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]] -- {{spoiler|Serious-mode Yua}} has a habit of emphasizing sentences by repeating them several times in a row with slightly different phrasings.

* [[Diagonal Cut]]

* [[Downer Ending]]

** If you pay attention closely, [[Fridge Brilliance|the technobabble is equally unreliable]]. Remember, [[Dysfunction Junction|everyone in this show is certifiably insane.]]

** The rest tend to be [[Fan Disservice]].

* [[Fictional Video Game]] -- ''Empire Sweeper Online''

* [[A God Am I]]?

* [[Government Conspiracy]]

* [[Gratuitous English]] -- "New Gen" and a few others.

* [[Healing Factor]]

** [[Kenta Miyake]] as Norose is basically reprising his role as Rosenberg in [[El Cazador]], except with scary teeth and {{spoiler|a [[BFS]]}}.

** [[Akira Ishida]] as Fumio Takashi, a psychiatrist whom Takumi saw in the past for his {{spoiler|perceived}} mental illness. {{spoiler|Takashi is killed in the "Brainless" New Gen murder.}}

** [[Hiroyuki Yoshino]] as Takumi Nishijou. One Niconico Douga user went as far as splicing in Takumi's voice into a scene from Gundam00 where Hallelujah is first introduced (Allelujah gets Takumi's voice).

* [[Hikikomori]]

* [[Through the Eyes of Madness]]

* [[Interrupted Suicide]] -- {{spoiler|Ayase. Takumi's first conscious use of his delusionary abilities in the game is to create a flowerbed which breaks her fall after she attempts suicide by jumping off the roof of the school.}} And later on, {{spoiler|Takumi himself}}.

* [[Lighter and Softer]] -- ''Chaos;Head Love Chu Chu'', a true [[Unwanted Harem]] romantic comedy version that's actually a sort of sequel to the main series of events.

* {{spoiler|[[Lotus Eater Machine]]: At the end of route B. Takumi didn't escape it.}}

* [[Mind Rape]]

* [[The Mole]] -- {{spoiler|Suwa}}.

* [[Multiple Endings]]

* [[My Name Is Inigo Montoya]]

* [[Poor Communication Kills]]

* [[Psychic Link]] -- {{spoiler|Kozue uses this to communicate telepathically. Kind of. It's stated that somehow it is entirely different because it runs off the power of delusions}}.

* [[Slasher Smile]]

* [[Show Within a Show]] -- ''Blood Tune''. All the audience really knows about it is lead character Seira, who Takumi is deluded enough to see talking to him.

* [[Split Personality]] -- {{spoiler|Subverted}}

** [[The Reveal]] of {{spoiler|Norose as the [[Big Bad]]}} is also somewhat spoiled in the anime OP by the shot of {{spoiler|him grinning maniacally}}.

** There's also the shot of {{spoiler|Hazuki and Suwa}} together... why would those two characters be even be associated? ...Oh...

* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: The ending theme is about 75% this. The performer, Seira Kagamai, born to a French-Canadian father and a Japanese mother, is (obviously) fluent in both English and Japanese.

* {{spoiler|[[Taking the Bullet]] -- Sena's father, Hatano.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Theme Twin Naming]]}} -- {{spoiler|Yua and Mia}}.

* [[This Is Reality]]

** There's also Momose and her pronounced fondness for Japanese sweets.

** ''I Love Tsundere'' Music Player (Extras) - "I'll let you listen! But only because it's you."

* {{spoiler|[[Twin Switch]] -- The game and anime alike drop a lot of hints that the girl we know as Yua was actually her twin, Mia. The incident that gives her her Di-Sword has her conclude that it doesn't matter which one she is.}}

* [[Ultimate Gamer 386]]: The protagonist himself, too obvious.

* [[Ultra Super Death Gore Fest Chainsawer 3000]] -- [[Show Within a Show]] titled ''Blood Tune'', and MMORPG titled ''Empire Sweeper''.

* [[Unreliable Narrator]] - The start of the anime is entirely from the perspective of the delusional main character, and he's not sure what's going on.

** Everyone is an [[Unreliable Narrator]] in this show. Both the pseudo-scientific and pseudo-religious explanations are likely the results of each character's own delusions: {{spoiler|Sena, the main source of technobabble, is heavily influenced by the occupation of her father, which ties in directly to her incredibly traumatizing childhood; Ayase, who is the main source of the pseudo-spiritual explanation, is shown reading a book in the hospital entitled "The Knights OF Gradiale," her name for the Di-Sword wielders.}}

** When Takumi {{spoiler|is being tortured in the final episode of the series}}, he slips into a delusion of having a romantic comedy-like relationship with the girls.

* [[Updated Rerelease]] -- ''Chaos;Head Noah'', for the XBox 360. Changes to the game include adding routes for each of the girls and changing it to widescreen. {{spoiler|They also changed the route system; you now have to finish each route to unlock the True Ending, which can then be directly selected from the Main Menu.}}

* [[The Worf Barrage]]

* [[Yandere]] -- ''Everyone.''

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