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''And which one is the real me?'' }}
''Double Cast'' (ダブルキャスト, Daburu Kyasuto) is the first entry in the interactive anime [[Visual Novel]] series ''[[Yarudora]]'', produced by [[Sony Computer Entertainment]], and developped by Sugar&Rockets and [[Production I.G]]. The game was initially released in 1998 on [[PlayStation|Playstation 1]], then re-released in 2005 on [[
The story takes place in summer, and is about an unnamed protagonist (supposed to be the player's representative), who is a member of his college's Film Club. One night, he goes out drinking with his fellow club members, and gets so drunk that he passes out on top of a bunch of garbage bags. Upon awakening, he finds himself on a fountain with a strange girl holding him, who took him out of the garbage bags. As thanks, the protagonist takes her for a bite at a nearby fast food restaraunt. He quickly discovers that the girl has no memory of who she is aside from her name: Mitsuki Akasaka. With nowhere for her to go, the protagonist offers for her to stay at his place, which she enthusiastically accepts.
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* [[Faceless Protagonist]]
* [[Foreshadowing]]: Several of them, with some even being right at the beginning of the game:
** [[Meaningful Name|The game's title]]: "[[Significant Double Casting|Double Casting]]" is actually a film terminology...
** The box's front cover: {{spoiler|What in the world could mean that reflection of Mitsuki's silhouette?}}
** The quote at the top of the article, which are the very first lines of the game when you start it for the very first time.
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* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]- Futamura {{spoiler|in Bad Ending #10, when he reveals that he was the one who arranged for the remake of the "Enclosed Woman's Room" and caused the deaths of the last crew.}}
* [[Shadow Discretion Shot]]- Used to great effect- the killer is always shown as being obscured by shadows to the point that you can barely make out any of their features.
* {{spoiler|[[The Southpaw]]- "Mitsuki". The clearest sign there is that the "[[Yandere (disambiguation)|Mitsuki]]" [[Split Personality|personality]] is awake is [[A Sinister Clue|when she's using her left hand]]. It's this aspect of hers that first clues the protagonist in that something's not right with her.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Split Personality]]- Mitsuki is actually a girl named Shiho who has two personalities- "Shiho", her [[Genki Girl]] self, and "Mitsuki", a vicious personality based off of Shiho's conflicting feelings for her sister Mitsuki that was born after the original Mitsuki's suicide. As a result, Shiho was hospitalized for a while.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Split Personality Merge]]: Good Endings 2 and 3 seem to imply that the personality in control of Shiho there is neither Shiho nor "Mitsuki", but rather a third personality that combines traits of both of them.}}
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* [[Visual Pun]]: {{spoiler|In the climax, when the protagonist runs up the roof to confront Mitsuki. When he does, there are three round lights surrounding her- two spotlights (which look like moons) and the moon itself, in other words, three moons. In Japanese, one way the name "Mitsuki" can be read is "three moons".}}
* {{spoiler|[[Woman Scorned]]- The original Mitsuki, who, as a result of having a very abusive boyfriend at one point, grew to hate all men, growing even more furious whenever she saw her sister Shiho with a man, and would beat her whenever she saw it.}}
* [[Xanatos Gambit]]: The protagonist plans quite the elaborate one in the climax. {{spoiler|First, after figuring out that "Mitsuki" is the one trying to kill him, he calls up the rest of the film club to help him stage an ambush at the initial cut screening. Second, after gathering all the evidence he needs, films it all, and adds it into the film reel. Then, he manages to get "Mitsuki" all alone with him so he can confront her with the evidence. Then when "Mitsuki" tries to flee, he has the whole film club wait outside so she can't escape, forcing her to retreat to the roof so he can stage an [["I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight]]. ''And then'', anticipating that will fail, he has the rest of the film club prepare a stunt mat at the bottom of the school so he can jump off the roof with "Mitsuki" in an attempt to reawaken her Shiho personality.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Yandere (disambiguation)]]: "Mitsuki", who is extremely possessive of Shiho and attacks any man who gets close to her. She's the inspiration for [[Visual Novel]] [[Trope Codifier|Trope Codifiers]] ''[[School Days]]'' and ''[[Higurashi no Naku Koro ni]]''.}}
** {{spoiler|[[Murder the Hypotenuse]]: Her Plan A to deal with the protagonist, with some [[Leave No Witnesses]] for good measure.}}
** {{spoiler|[[If I Can't Have You]]: Her Plan B if it the above fails. In Bad Ending 14, she forces the protagonist [[Take My Hand|to let go of her]] to her and Shiho's demise. [[Player Punch|Made particulary poignant]] in that, just before, Shiho's personality briefly comes back, tearfully telling she wants to live.}}
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