10 Video Game Characters Who Completely Dropped The Ball

2. Fang Ray Shin - Detention

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Red Candle Games

Throughout the spooky happenings of Detention, seeing Fan Ray Shin is one of the few solaces you get. Since there's not really anyone else around the school - well, nobody living, anyways - another human face is unexpectedly reassuring.

Only, Ray hides a dark secret with her, that it turns out is a real doozy. It's worth prefacing this by saying the game is set in 1960s Taiwan, a time in which you could (and would) be arrested for any form of opposition to the government - or perceived opposition.

As such, when Ray discovers the counsellor who helped her through her troubled home life and began a relationship with her has moved on to be with fellow staff member Ms. Lin, she seeks revenge. Since Ms. Lin has a secret book class where she teaches students about books that have been deemed forbidden, telling officials of this leads to Lin, all of her students, and the counsellor - who turns out to have been bringing the books - being jailed or executed.

The kicker? It turns out Ms. Lin and Chiang, the counsellor, weren't even together - they were discussing the books. So, in essence, Ray got everyone killed for nothing.

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