![]() ![]() Most side missions inside buildings take place on the fourth floor as well, nothing good ever lingers there.Of course, the Visitors prowling the vacant hospital stand in their way. Four Is Death: Once inside the hospital, Akito tells KK that the former's sister is currently on the fourth floor.First-Episode Resurrection: Akito dies in a vehicular accident, but is brought back to like thanks to KK deeming him available and useful.As the game goes on the two form more of a bond and their banter changes with KK being proud and supportive while Akito tries to understand KK's history and circumstances. Fire-Forged Friends: Akito and KK start off barely tolerating each other and only work together due to mutual goals.The former leaves him stationary for a few moments, potentially leaving him open to attacks, while the latter is faster but getting up close to the enemy can be risky in the first place. Finishing Move: When an enemy is stunned after taking enough damage, their core is exposed, allowing Akito to rip it out and instantly kill it, at range or up close.Elemental Powers: Akito, and by extension KK, mostly fight the Visitors using elementally-themed powers.Damsel in Distress: Akito's sister Mari is kidnapped by Hannya shortly after Akito's possession and his main goal throughout the story is to rescue her.KK sounds infuriated when he brings it up and Akito would really rather not have to fight spirits and just have his sister back. Cursed with Awesome: Hannya's experiments are the reason KK, and by extension Akito, have Elemental Powers among other things.Colour-Coded for Your Convenience: Most ghosts are a gentle blue but the corrupted and hostile specters are Red and Black and Evil All Over.KK states that Akito has the 'affinity' and that Hannya might be connected to the accident but it's never really brought up again. Contrived Coincidence: Akito just happened to get into an accident in the intro, thus allowing KK to possess him, and he also happens to be the older brother of the girl Hannya wants to use as his Living Macguffin. ![]() ![]() Also the more normal cats wandering Shibuya can be conversed with using KK's power and several of them have useful insight into the supernatural goings on around them. Cats Are Magic: The Nekomata who act as the game's shopkeepers and are portrayed as two-tailed, floating cats.This happens again in the ending when KK passes on and we see that Akito's Mark of the Supernatural has disappeared. Brought Down to Normal: Whenever KK is separated from Akito he returns to being a normal human with none of his Elemental Weaving abilities.Blow You Away: The Air element features weak, but rapid-fire and fast attacks, useful for hitting weak, unarmored enemies and as a general-purpose damage dealer thanks to its high ammo count.The Visitors just disintergrate with little fuss when destroyed. Bloodless Carnage: Given that most of the enemies are spiritual entities this is generally the rule.This likely reflects that they are not really people so much as Anthropomorphic Personifications of misery. The Blank: A lack of facial features is a running theme with the Visitors, either lacking them, being always concealed behind masks or hoods or being straight up headless.He also promises KK to tell his wife and son that he never stopped fighting till the end and leaves the underworld to do just that. Still, Akito manages to make peace with her before she passes and resolves to live his life to the fullest despite the tragedies he's faced. However, Rinko and KK pass on and Mari dies in Akito's arms despite his best efforts. Bittersweet Ending: Hannya is stopped and all the souls he trapped are free to return to life.Many scenes have him tell Akito he's proud of him, how he's getting better at controlling their powers, and that he's doing really good despite everything. Big Brother Mentor: KK shows shades of this the longer the story goes.Even after barely surviving a car crash, being forcibly possessed by KK, and seeing the localized apocalypse, his first thought is to fight his way to Mari's hospital room. Big Brother Instinct: Akito's main goal throughout the game is to rescue his sister Mari.If the Big Bad's plan to use the collective souls of Shibuya to permanently open the barrier between the Living world and the Underworld succeeds, it may well upgrade to a Class 4 or 5. The Fog that consumes Shibuya turns (almost) all of the humans there into disembodied souls, with Youkai and Visitors wandering about in their place. ![]()
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