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| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | !Organizations |
| 8 | |
| 9 | [[folder:Weiß]] |
| 10 | * AnimalThemeNaming: Each of them is code-named for a breed of cat: Abyssinian, Bombay, Balinese, and Siberian. ''Glühen'' adds "Havana [Brown]" and "[=LaPerm=]," although unlike the original four these codenames are never used aloud in the anime (they belong to Kyou and Sena respectively) |
| 11 | * CartwrightCurse: As a side effect of being {{Doom Magnet}}s par excellence, ''nobody'' in Weiß has much luck keeping girlfriends alive. Yoji has it the worst, but everyone on the team except for Kyou has at least one instance. |
| 12 | %% * DarkAndTroubledPast |
| 13 | %% * DoomMagnet |
| 14 | * FlowerMotifs: Each of the boys is associated with a particular flower: Aya is red roses, Omi is freesias, Youji is cattleya (a specific type of orchid), Ken is gentians, Sena is pansies, and Kyou is yellow roses. |
| 15 | * FourIsDeath: Aside from initially having four members, look at the fates of the Fourth Weiß team: [[spoiler:two dead, one amnesiac, one in prison, one stabbed to not-quite-death on a street corner, and their boss giving up everything that makes him a nice person]]. |
| 16 | %%* HitmanWithAHeart |
| 17 | * ItsPersonal: The Third Weiß team (Aya, Omi, Ken and Youji) all have a fairly plausible reason to want Reiji Takatori dead. Fourth Weiß' new recruits, Kyou and Sena, both have a deeply personal reason to find out what the deal is with Koua Academy. Persia II all but admits he did this on purpose; Persia IV tells Rex outright that he did. |
| 18 | %% * NecessarilyEvil: How they perceive themselves, Ken going so far as to state it out loud in exactly those words. |
| 19 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: a failed P.I., a disgraced athlete, an amnesiac student, and a very angry young man out for revenge. |
| 20 | %%* ShootTheDog |
| 21 | * TrueCompanions: Played with. It's plain to the audience that the core four care about each other, but they're all so damaged and wrapped up in their own issues that, by the time they realize it, it's too late. |
| 22 | * WeHelpTheHelpless: And when they get there too late, they enact bloody vengeance. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | !!Aya Fujimiya (Ran Fujimiya) |
| 25 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/TakehitoKoyasu (JP), Paul Juhn (EN - ''Kapitel''), Creator/DanGreen (EN - ''Glühen'') |
| 26 | ->''Neither the devil nor death, I am just a murderer.'' |
| 27 | ---- |
| 28 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Went from bright red hair in ''AAWS'' and ''Kapitel'' to brown in ''Glühen.'' Might be an actual dye job, as he has the bright red color back in ''Side B'' color art except for one that shows him as he was in the final episode of ''Glühen'', which uses the darker color. On the other hand, [[FlashbackWithTheOtherDarrin flashbacks and old photographs]] in ''Glühen'' show him having the brown hair the whole time, so it's really anyone's guess. |
| 29 | %%* AloofBigBrother |
| 30 | %% * AuthorAvatar: Of Creator/TakehitoKoyasu. |
| 31 | * BadassAndChildDuo: His relationship with Yuki. He's the badass, Yuki's the kid. |
| 32 | %% * BadassLongcoat: ''Glühen''. |
| 33 | * BadassTeacher: ''Glühen'': Asami-sensei sees him this way after he stands up to S Class to defend Sena. Her perception is not exactly accurate; although Aya would ''probably'' have moved himself to defend any other innocent student in danger if given opportunity, the issue mostly never comes up. |
| 34 | %% * BerserkButton: "TA-KA-TO-RIII!" And more generally anything to do with his little sister. |
| 35 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Compulsively, not just to his actual little sister but also to Taiyou (even though they're the same age), Sakura, Sena, and Yuki. |
| 36 | * BigDamnHeroes: Repeatedly. Weiß as a team sometimes manage to play BigDamnHeroes to save the victim of the week, but Aya especially has a way of turning up to bail out his teammates when they're in trouble. |
| 37 | * CombatPragmatist: Best illustrated when Aya [[spoiler:pulls a gun in the middle of a sword fight]]. |
| 38 | * CoolCar: His white Porsche doesn't look like much in the original anime's lackluster animation, but is quite snazzy when viewed through the higher production values of ''Glühen'' - something that is possibly helped along by it being a [[OffModel completely different make]] of white Porsche. |
| 39 | %%* DiagonalCut |
| 40 | %%* DisneyDeath |
| 41 | * FlowerMotifs: His given name, "Ran," means "orchid," a fact played with more than once in the series. |
| 42 | * HealthcareMotivation: Aya-chan's hospital bills were a major factor in why he became an assassin, and the primary reason he joined Kritiker: they promised to provide for all of her medical care if he joined. |
| 43 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Ken, around the Side B timeline. He isn't very happy about it but it's the first one to notice Ken's like a nagging wife. |
| 44 | * ICallItVera: [[AllThereInTheManual according to character profiles]], he calls his katana "Shion." |
| 45 | %%* ImportantHaircut: ''Glühen''. |
| 46 | %%* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: To both Sakura and his sister. |
| 47 | %%* JerkWithAHeartOfGold |
| 48 | %%* KatanasAreJustBetter: Both played straight and subverted in equal measure. |
| 49 | %%* KnightTemplarBigBrother: To Aya-chan, and with good reason |
| 50 | * MeaningfulRename: With three different versions between ''AAWS,'' ''Kapitel'' and the ''First Mission'' audio drama. |
| 51 | * OlderAndWiser: The only member of Weiß to get ''saner'' in ''Glühen''. |
| 52 | * PreAssKickingOneLiner: He starts delivering more of these in ''Glühen''. |
| 53 | * PreMortemOneLiner: Aya gets more of these than anyone else in Weiß. |
| 54 | * RelativeError: Omi and Sakura both assume the cute, comatose girl he's caring for and using the name of is his lover, instead of his little sister. In ''Assassin and White Shaman'', one of Ran's coworkers assumes Aya-chan is his girlfriend when she drags him away from his job to buy her something to eat. |
| 55 | * SaveTheDayTurnAway: He removes himself completely from Aya-chan and Sakura's lives after saving them both from Essett and Schwarz at the end of ''Kapitel''. |
| 56 | %%* TallDarkAndSnarky |
| 57 | * TragicKeepsake: Takes his sister's name and one of her earrings. |
| 58 | %%* TsurimeEyes |
| 59 | |
| 60 | !!Omi Tsukiyono ([[spoiler:Mamoru Takatori]]) |
| 61 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/HiroYuki (JP), Jamie [=McGonnigal=] (EN) |
| 62 | ->''Never forgive the bad ones.'' |
| 63 | ---- |
| 64 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Went from dark blond hair in ''AAWS'' and ''Kapitel'' to a grayish color in ''Glühen''. As a possible justification: [[spoiler:The Takatori family doesn't want it recognized that Omi Tsukiyono and Mamoru Takatori are the same person. Change the color, change the style, instant unrecognizable look.]] |
| 65 | %%* AutomaticCrossbows |
| 66 | %%* BreakTheCutie |
| 67 | %%* DemotedToExtra: ''Side B'' |
| 68 | %% * {{Deuteragonist}}: in ''Kapitel'' |
| 69 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: He is noticeably effeminate and androgynous in appearance, to the point where he could pass as a female. |
| 70 | * GogglesDoNothing: Lampshaded in the outtakes: "Finally an use for this goggles I've been wearing for 24 episodes!" |
| 71 | %%* LaserGuidedAmnesia |
| 72 | * OlderThanHeLooks: According to Forever White, Omi could easily pass for middle-school age. |
| 73 | * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:Two of Weiß' targets are his older brothers, the man behind it all is his father, his potential love interest, Ouka, is his half-sister--but wait! His mother was sleeping with her brother-in-law on the sly, so his father is really his Uncle Shuichi--AKA Persia. So Ouka is actually his cousin.]] Parodied in the "Wish A Dream" CD drama, when Omi has a nightmare that not only is Ken his older brother but Youji is his father and Aya is his ''mother''. |
| 74 | * ManipulativeBastard: In and following ''Glühen'': [[spoiler:"Hey, I know how I'll find Epitaph! I'll hire a confused, ticking-time-bomb of an amateur, teenage assassin whose mother murdered the rest of his family, and ''let him run wild.'' If he screws up enough times, they won't be able to resist the bait!"]] |
| 75 | * MeaningfulName: [[spoiler:"Mamoru" means "protection."]] |
| 76 | * MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:Shuchi Takatori renamed Mamoru Takatori "Omi Tsukiyono" after rescuing him from his kidnappers. Tsukiyono Castle was the vacation home of the Takatori family and as of Dramatic Precious is the private residence of Saijou Takatori, the first Persia; "omi" means "retainer" or "servant."]] |
| 77 | * OddNameOut: [[spoiler:Hirofumi, Masafumi, and... Mamoru? Possibly foreshadowing to the fact that Reiji already knew the kid wasn't his]]. |
| 78 | %%* ParentalAbandonment: [[spoiler:Or is it?]] |
| 79 | %%* SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: To Ouka Sakaki. |
| 80 | * ShipperOnDeck: Seems to be a Sakura/Aya fan. |
| 81 | %%* ShorterMeansSmarter |
| 82 | * TheSmartGuy: He's also the team's go-to guy for anything related to computers or other technology. |
| 83 | %% * SignificantBirthDate: Leap Day, February 29. |
| 84 | * ThatManIsDead: [[spoiler:Beginning with the end of ''Dramatic Precious,'' he gives up his identity as Omi and with it his remaining innocence, in order to take up his father's former position in Kritiker as Persia. The other members of Weiß still call him "Omi," but he lays that identity to rest for good after rejoining them for one more mission in ''Glühen,'' and identifies himself as Mamoru Takatori thereafter.]] |
| 85 | * {{Tykebomb}}: [[spoiler:Persia took him in as a child following his kidnapping, and raised him to be an assassin.]] |
| 86 | %%* WiseBeyondTheirYears |
| 87 | |
| 88 | !!Youji Kudou ([[spoiler:Ryou Itou]]) |
| 89 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki (JP), Robert Larkin, Creator/MarcDiraison (EN) |
| 90 | ->''Woman's enemy is my enemy.'' |
| 91 | ---- |
| 92 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Went from dark hair in ''An Assassin and White Shaman'' to blond hair in the anime. |
| 93 | %%* BadassLongcoat: ''Glühen''. |
| 94 | * CartwrightCurse: Yoji has the worst luck with women of anyone in Weiß, with at least ''seven'' women that we know of dying after he gets involved with them. This is partly the result of his role as a HoneyTrap for Kritiker, but as ''Dramatic Precious'' proves, even nameless one-night-stands aren't safe. |
| 95 | * ChivalrousPervert: Deconstructed. He's got the personality type in full force - and because of that, his CartwrightCurse and his role as a HoneyTrap take a heavy toll on him emotionally, leading to a protracted breakdown that starts in ''Dramatic Precious'' and reaches its culmination in a near-FaceHeelTurn in ''Glühen''. |
| 96 | %% * CoolCar: The Super 7. |
| 97 | * DeadPersonConversation: Spends much of ''Glühen'' talking to Asuka's ghost. Sometimes on the phone. |
| 98 | %%* DemotedToExtra: In ''Side B.'' |
| 99 | %% * {{Tritagonist}}: ''Glühen'' |
| 100 | %%* FailureKnight |
| 101 | * FlorenceNightingaleEffect: ''Glühen'' shows that [[spoiler:Yoji, now completely amnesiac, ends up marrying the nurse who cared for him while he was in the hospital after the climactic battle. It's not purely this trope at work, however, since what catches his attention before anything else is her name - Asuka]]. |
| 102 | * GadgetWatches: Hides his wire in his diver's watch. |
| 103 | %%* HandsomeLech |
| 104 | * HoneyTrap: Rare case where it's a man pulling this trick on women. [[BecomingTheMask And he pays for it since he tends to get emotionally involved.]] |
| 105 | %% * JadeColoredGlasses |
| 106 | %% * JerkWithAHeartOfGold |
| 107 | %% * KillTheOnesYouLove: ''Three'' girlfriends that we know of (admittedly, at least with [[spoiler:Tsujii]] the honeymoon was definitely over). |
| 108 | %%* KnightInSourArmor |
| 109 | %%* LadykillerInLove |
| 110 | %% * LeaveHimToMe: Near the end of ''Glühen''. It doesn't go all that well. |
| 111 | %%* LoveMakesYouCrazy |
| 112 | %% * MoreThanMindControl: Tsuji does a number on him in ''Glühen.'' |
| 113 | * {{Polyglot}}: Can speak Italian, read English, and probably teach art/flirt in German, as well. |
| 114 | %%* PrivateDetective: His back story. |
| 115 | * RazorFloss: His garrotte wire sometimes functions as this, although more often he simply strangles or restrains people with it. |
| 116 | %%* SmokingIsCool |
| 117 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Yoji, Youji, or Yohji? Variations in romanization aren't usually notable enough for the trope, but not even the official source material can keep the spelling straight. |
| 118 | %%* SignificantBirthDate: March 3rd, Girls' Day. |
| 119 | %%* SunglassesAtNight: ''Kapitel.'' |
| 120 | * VictoryGuidedAmnesia / IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:Following his DisneyDeath at the end of ''Glühen,'' he has a case of complete amnesia which allows him to forget about his past trauma and the things he did as a member of Weiß.]] |
| 121 | * WalkingShirtlessScene: Mainly ''Glühen'', where his mission clothes lack a shirt. He occasionally forgets to do up the top three buttons on his shirt, though. |
| 122 | * WhatTheHellHero: He calls Ken out for thinking he can just run off with Yuriko: "How many people have you killed? And you can hold her with those arms?" |
| 123 | * WouldNotHitAGirl: per WordOfGod. He actually kills three women over the course of the series ([[spoiler:Neu, Schelle, and Tsuji]]) but only after each of them beats the crap out of him and leaves him with no alternative, and it emotionally destroys him every time, leading directly to the very bad place he's in during ''Glühen''. |
| 124 | |
| 125 | !!Ken Hidaka |
| 126 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/TomokazuSeki (JP), Brian Morey (EN) |
| 127 | ->''It's too late to confess now.'' |
| 128 | ---- |
| 129 | * AdaptationDyeJob: Has brown eyes in the manga adaptations, but his eye color is inconsistent (brown, blue, and green at various different points) in the anime. The ''Glühen'' redesign settles on green. |
| 130 | %%* BadassBiker |
| 131 | * BeleagueredChildhoodFriend: Rather cruel variant, as Ken is an assassin ordered to kill his friend, Kase. Kase is a really sucky friend. |
| 132 | %%* TheBigGuy: A surprisingly short example. |
| 133 | * BloodKnight: ''Dramatic Precious'' through ''Glühen,'' though he seems to more or less get over it by ''Side B''. |
| 134 | %%* BreakTheCutie |
| 135 | * DeliberateInjuryGambit: The former TropeNamer, back when it was named I Have Two Kidneys. In order to take out [[spoiler: Godmode Clone Toudou at the end of ''Glühen'']], Ken grabs him from behind and covers his mouth, and calls for Aya to run them ''both'' through. |
| 136 | * {{Deuteragonist}}: ''Side B,'' arguably ''Dramatic Precious.'' He's even the Protagonist of ''Verbrechen'' and ''Strafe''. |
| 137 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: in ''Assassin and White Shaman'', when his reaction to "Remember this guy who attacked you yesterday? He's your new teammate!" is to punch Aya in the face, and ''then'' say "It's nice to meet you." Youji says this was how Ken "greeted" him, too. |
| 138 | %% * GogglesDoNothing: The orange shirt around his waist, and not actually the goggles. |
| 139 | %% * HeadbuttingHeroes: With Aya in the manga and Chloe in Side B. |
| 140 | %% * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Aya, around the Side B timeline. |
| 141 | %%* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter |
| 142 | %%* HotBlooded |
| 143 | * InLoveWithTheMark: In ''Dramatic Precious'', [[spoiler:he falls for Reika, who turns out to be one of Weiß's targets]]. |
| 144 | %%* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies: to Yuriko |
| 145 | %%* KillTheOnesYouLove: In ''Holy Children'' and ''Dramatic Precious''. |
| 146 | %%* TheMentallyDisturbed: After ''Kapitel''. |
| 147 | * OutOfFocus: [[http://fishylove.deviantart.com/art/Weiss-Kreuz-in-4-Panels-24931491 See here.]] The later installments of the series attempt to make up for it... with angst. Lots of angst. |
| 148 | %%* ReluctantPsycho |
| 149 | %%* SanitySlippage |
| 150 | * SelfRestraint: At the end of ''Glühen'' he gets himself put into prison of his own volition, apparently via Takatori connections, in order to have "time to think." It seems to help, given that he's a lot saner in ''Side B''. |
| 151 | %%* SunglassesAtNight: ''Glühen''. |
| 152 | %%* TheMasqueradeWillKillYourDatingLife |
| 153 | * TooSpicyForYogSothoth: In ''Glühen''. A sentient computer he's been sent to destroy tries to hijack his brain. It decides it doesn't want to survive ''that'' badly. |
| 154 | * WolverineClaws: Modified bagh nakh, retractable "tiger claws" hidden in his gloves. Very, very messy, up close and personal method of killing, and in the drama [=CDs=], this is part of why he goes crazy. |
| 155 | |
| 156 | !!Kyou Aguri |
| 157 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/HidekiOgihara (JP), Creator/WayneGrayson (EN) |
| 158 | ---- |
| 159 | %% * BadassLongcoat: The one and only time we see him in mission clothes. |
| 160 | %% * BigBrotherInstinct |
| 161 | %% * FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Sympathy for Sena, because he reminded Kyo of his younger brother.]] |
| 162 | %% * KnightTemplarBigBrother |
| 163 | * ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:Sena for his brother, indirectly leading to his death. A psychotic break that causes him to confuse Todo for his brother ''directly'' leads to it.]] |
| 164 | %% * SacrificialLamb: Episode 5. |
| 165 | |
| 166 | !! Sena Izumi ([[spoiler:Takeru Kisaragi]]) |
| 167 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/KappeiYamaguchi (JP), Tom Wayland (EN) |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | %% * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:In Aya's.]] |
| 170 | %% * FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Not thinking things through and not being able to ShootTheDog]]. |
| 171 | %% * KillTheCutie |
| 172 | %% * MysteriousParent: Has one. |
| 173 | %% * NewTransferStudent: His cover. |
| 174 | %% * SacrificialLion |
| 175 | %% * WideEyedIdealist: As much as a sixteen-year-old assassin can be. |
| 176 | * WhatTheHellHero: Aya yells at him for [[spoiler:killing Inagaki without orders]]. Ken yells at him for [[spoiler:getting Kyou killed]]. |
| 177 | [[/folder]] |
| 178 | |
| 179 | [[folder:Kritiker]] |
| 180 | * HighTurnoverRate: Kritiker personnel have a pretty high mortality rate. Very few named members survive to the end of ''Glühen'', and unnamed Kritiker agents only appear to [[RedShirt get slaughtered by the villains]]. |
| 181 | * ThemeNaming: Most Kritiker agents are known by their code names. Weiß and their handlers are named for [[AnimalThemeNaming cat breeds]], the Aoba Center agents are named for [[FloralThemeNaming flowers]], and Crashers and their handler are named for [[ChessMotifs chess pieces]]. |
| 182 | |
| 183 | !!Persia II ([[spoiler:Shuichi Takatori]]) |
| 184 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/JurotaKosugi (JP), Christopher Yates (EN) |
| 185 | ->''White hunters of the night, deny these dark beasts their tomorrows.'' |
| 186 | ---- |
| 187 | %% * ByronicHero: Oh my. |
| 188 | %% * CainAndAbel: With [[spoiler: his older brother, Reiji Takatori]] |
| 189 | %% * CatchPhrase: See above. |
| 190 | * CorruptionOfAMinor: He raised Omi to be an assassin after rescuing him from his kidnappers. |
| 191 | * IHaveManyNames: Each team calls him by a different code name; aside from Weiß, who know him as Persia, he is "Marigold" to the Aoba Center team and "King" to Crashers. |
| 192 | %% * FaceFramedInShadow |
| 193 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Right before [[spoiler:killing him]], Reiji points out that the way he used Masafumi and Hirofumi is no different from the way Persia uses Weiß. |
| 194 | %% * LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:He is Omi's father.]] |
| 195 | %% * SunglassesAtNight |
| 196 | %% * VigilanteMan |
| 197 | * WhatTheHellHero: You know you've screwed up when it's the ''[[JerkassHasAPoint villain]]'' of the piece calling you out. More exactly: [[spoiler: "You tell ''me'' I use my sons to my advantage?! Look at the way you treat your four subordinates, you hypocrite! Specially the little guy whom you thought he was my kid... and who happens to be YOUR illegitimate son! Bye bye!"]] |
| 198 | |
| 199 | !!Manx (Hanae Kitada) |
| 200 | ---- |
| 201 | * AlmostDeadGuy: [[spoiler:In ''Dramatic Precious,'' after being fatally injured by La Mort, she holds on to life long enough to inform Weiß that Birman has been taken hostage and to give them their mission.]] |
| 202 | %% * {{Catchphrase}} "Is everybody in?" |
| 203 | %% * TheHandler |
| 204 | %% * OjouRinglets |
| 205 | %% * SexySecretary |
| 206 | %% * SubordinateExcuse: She turns out to be in unrequited love with Persia II. |
| 207 | |
| 208 | !!Birman |
| 209 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/KikukoInoue (JP) |
| 210 | ---- |
| 211 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After she is tortured by Ayame in ''Dramatic Precious,'' when Weiß insist on trying to rescue her rather than killing her as per their orders, she shoots herself in the head rather than allow her injuries to [[IWillOnlySlowYouDown slow down]] their escape.]] |
| 212 | %% * TheHandler |
| 213 | %% * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette |
| 214 | * SubordinateExcuse: Birman is in UnrequitedLove with Persia III, Karasuma. |
| 215 | |
| 216 | !!Botan |
| 217 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/FumihikoTachiki (JP) |
| 218 | ---- |
| 219 | %% * FatalFamilyPhoto |
| 220 | %% * TheHandler |
| 221 | %% * ImprobableWeaponUser: Paper airplanes. |
| 222 | * OddNameOut: The only person working with Weiß to have a flower-themed codename (it means "peony"), instead of a breed of cat. |
| 223 | |
| 224 | %%!!Persia III (Yoshirou Karasuma) |
| 225 | |
| 226 | !!Rex |
| 227 | ---- |
| 228 | %% * TheHandler |
| 229 | * SubordinateExcuse: Keeping the tradition alive, Rex seems to possibly have feelings for Persia IV, Mamoru Takatori. |
| 230 | %% * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: You can make an argument for her being one of Birman. |
| 231 | * TheWatson: Persia sometimes explains his plans to her. |
| 232 | |
| 233 | !! Persia I (Saijou Takatori) |
| 234 | ---- |
| 235 | %% * DirtyOldMan |
| 236 | %% * ManipulativeBastard |
| 237 | %% * NightmareFuelStationAttendant |
| 238 | * WifeHusbandry: To Sano and Uno, two girls that he bought as children, enslaved and [[spoiler: trained to be deadly bodyguards, used as sex toys, and was planning to have Mamoru marry one of them to ensure heirs]]. |
| 239 | [[/folder]] |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[folder:Crashers]] |
| 242 | * ChessMotifs - The members of Crashers are code-named for chess pieces. |
| 243 | |
| 244 | !!Knight (Yuushi Honjou) |
| 245 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/ToshihikoSeki |
| 246 | ---- |
| 247 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Has his own sickly little sister, Taiyou. |
| 248 | * TheHero: To Aya's [[TheLancer Lancer]]. Or possibly TheLancer to Aya's AntiHero, depending on your mileage. |
| 249 | * VitriolicBestBuds: With Aya, mutually. Best example is when Aya asks how things are going, Knight says he's being weird, and Aya snarks back that he's not asking about Knight, he's asking about Knight's ''sister.'' |
| 250 | * WhatTheHellHero: In the last episode of ''Glühen'' he calls out Persia IV for apparently sacrificing Weiß. |
| 251 | %% * WhipSword: His "cordon de argent." |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!Bishop (Reiichi Shirasagi) |
| 254 | ---- |
| 255 | %% * MissionControl |
| 256 | * TheSmartGuy: He's Crashers' mission planner. |
| 257 | %% * SmartPeopleWearGlasses |
| 258 | |
| 259 | !!Rook (Masato Tanuma) |
| 260 | ---- |
| 261 | %% * TheBigGuy |
| 262 | * CowboyCop: Though Crashers aren't cops, he otherwise qualifies; he's put on suspension and Ran is brought in as his replacement after he gets hurt while disobeying orders during a mission. |
| 263 | %% * PermaStubble |
| 264 | %% * ShoutOut: Named after Takehito Koyasu's brother. |
| 265 | %% * SmokingIsCool |
| 266 | |
| 267 | !!Pawn (Naru Uhyou) |
| 268 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/KoichiTochika |
| 269 | ---- |
| 270 | * StuffBlowingUp: Pawn is an explosives and demolitions expert. |
| 271 | |
| 272 | %%!!Queen |
| 273 | ---- |
| 274 | %% * CatchPhrase: "Crashers is always awaiting your orders. Checkmate." |
| 275 | %% * TheHandler |
| 276 | [[/folder]] |
| 277 | |
| 278 | [[folder:Aoba Center]] |
| 279 | * FloralThemeNaming: Their codenames are the names of flowers: Shion means Tatarian aster, Kikyou means Chinese bellflower, Tsubaki means camellia, and Kuroyuri means black lily. |
| 280 | |
| 281 | !!Kikyou |
| 282 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/KanetoShiozawa |
| 283 | ---- |
| 284 | %% * BigBrotherMentor: to Aya, compared to Shion's more aloof form of mentorship. |
| 285 | * FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Kikyou's betrayal results in the eradication of Kritiker's Aoba Center team.]] |
| 286 | %% * FakingTheDead |
| 287 | %% * {{Foil}}: To Shion and to Aya. |
| 288 | * IAmYourOpponent: [[spoiler:When Weiß first confronts him, he notices that Aya wields a katana and announces that he'll be his opponent.]] |
| 289 | %% * LongHairedPrettyBoy |
| 290 | * MadArtist: [[spoiler:Kikyou becomes the sensei of the "Art of Death" Cult which murders women, dismembers them, and arranges their body parts as an "art form."]] |
| 291 | * PaperFanOfDoom: Subverts KatanasAreJustBetter by defeating Aya with a paper fan. |
| 292 | * SpiritAdvisor: To Aya via dreams. [[spoiler:An ''evil'' SpiritAdvisor who appears in Aya's nightmares to tell him how happy he is that Aya will be coming to join him in hell.]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | !!Tsubaki |
| 295 | ---- |
| 296 | %% * TheBigGuy |
| 297 | * GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: He hauls off and slaps Kuroyuri to keep him from rushing off to try to avenge Shion. |
| 298 | %% * OldRetainer: To Kikyou |
| 299 | |
| 300 | !!Kuroyuri |
| 301 | * RedHerring: Fans who've seen ''Verbrechen ~ Strafe'' may recall that in the OAV the term ''kuroyuri'' (meaning black lily) was used as a code phrase for "lies," and thus hold suspicions about Kuroyuri when it becomes clear that someone is leaking the Aoba team's plans to their target. It's not him; in fact, Kuroyuri is about the only member of the team who has his head on straight at all. |
| 302 | [[/folder]] |
| 303 | |
| 304 | [[folder:Essett]] |
| 305 | %% * AncientConspiracy |
| 306 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Should it be Eszett, Essett, SS, or ß? Fandom may never agree. |
| 307 | [[/folder]] |
| 308 | |
| 309 | [[folder:Schwarz]] |
| 310 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: They backstab ''everyone'' they ever work for in the series, eventually backstabbing their way out of Essett entirely. |
| 311 | %% * KarmaHoudini |
| 312 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Bizarrely enough, this or something like it is what enables Schwarz to defeat the Rosenkreuz trio in ''Glühen'', a point clarified by Crawford when he delivers his BreakingSpeech to Berger: "That's right, we're [[BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind in my head]]. [[TrueCompanions But unlike in yours, we're not alone.]]" |
| 313 | %% * ThePsychoRangers |
| 314 | |
| 315 | %%!!Brad Crawford |
| 316 | %%->'''VA:''' Creator/RyotaroOkiayu (JP), [[Creator/MichaelSinterniklaas Michael Tremain]] (EN) |
| 317 | ---- |
| 318 | %% * BadassInANiceSuit |
| 319 | %% * BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: With Berger in ''Glühen'' |
| 320 | %% * BreakingSpeech: He gets a couple. |
| 321 | %% * CombatClairvoyance |
| 322 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Aya. |
| 323 | %% * FourEyesZeroSoul: ''Kapitel'' |
| 324 | %% * HighClassGlass: His character design for ''Glühen'' trades his ScaryShinyGlasses for a monocle. |
| 325 | %% * ScaryShinyGlasses |
| 326 | %% * SpiderSense |
| 327 | |
| 328 | !!Schuldig |
| 329 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (JP), Jeff Swarthout (EN) |
| 330 | ---- |
| 331 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Yoji. |
| 332 | %% * EvilRedhead |
| 333 | %% * ForTheEvulz |
| 334 | * HearingVoices: He complains that it gets hard to tell which thoughts are his. |
| 335 | %% * IWasJustPassingThrough: He saves Ken and Omi from Geisel in ''Glühen'' but informs them that he plans to kill them next. Admittedly in Schuldig's case, unlike Nagi's below, this is probably more or less true. |
| 336 | %% * ManipulativeBastard: "People's minds taste like honey." |
| 337 | %% * MindControl |
| 338 | %% * MoreThanMindControl: Because he just really likes messing with people's heads in any way he can. |
| 339 | * NeckSnap: He kills Geisel this way in ''Glühen''. |
| 340 | %% * SmugSnake |
| 341 | %% * {{Telepathy}} |
| 342 | |
| 343 | !!Farfarello (Jei) |
| 344 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/RyuseiNakao (JP), Rick Mann (EN) |
| 345 | ---- |
| 346 | * AssassinOutclassin: Stands out as the only official target Weiß fails to kill. |
| 347 | %% * AxCrazy |
| 348 | * TheBerserker: So much it's his codename. |
| 349 | * EvilCounterpart: To Ken, a bit more directly than the previous two: they're both lapsed Catholics who begin to enjoy killing in bloody, up-close-and-personal ways. |
| 350 | %% * EyepatchOfPower |
| 351 | * FaithHeelTurn: "Jei" was a devout Catholic until he learned that [[spoiler:he was adopted and that his biological mother was the nun who was his teacher]]. As an adult he claims that his desire is to kill God, and spends his spare time torturing priests to death. |
| 352 | * KarmaHoudini: Again, it bears repeating. Farfarello is singled out as one of Weiß' targets, kills [[spoiler:Ouka]], almost kills [[spoiler:Tot]] and arguably gets the happiest ending in the series. |
| 353 | %% * LickingTheBlade |
| 354 | %% * TheMentallyDisturbed |
| 355 | %% * MadLove[=/=]MindGameShip[=/=]RescueRomance: [[spoiler:With the local DarkMagicalGirl, Sally.]] |
| 356 | %% * WhiteHairBlackHeart |
| 357 | |
| 358 | !!Nagi Naoe |
| 359 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/NozomuSasaki (JP), Chris Fuller (EN) |
| 360 | ---- |
| 361 | %% * AlliterativeName |
| 362 | %% * AllOfTheOtherReindeer[=/=]BullyingADragon: Nagi hates humanity because he was tormented due to his telekinetic powers. |
| 363 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Omi. |
| 364 | %% * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Of sorts, in ''Glühen''.]] |
| 365 | * IWasJustPassingThrough: He saves Aya from being shot by Shimojima in ''Glühen,'' but informs Weiß he isn't there to help them. |
| 366 | %% * MindOverMatter |
| 367 | %% * OnlySaneMan: Then again, that's not saying much... |
| 368 | %% * RapidFireTyping: Via telekinesis, even. |
| 369 | %% * TheStoic |
| 370 | %% ** NotSoStoic: At least until... |
| 371 | %% *** SuperPowerMeltdown |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | [[folder:Schreient]] |
| 375 | * AllThereInTheManual: ''All That Weiß'' touches on their backstories. |
| 376 | * AndYourLittleDogToo: They try to use Aya-chan to get back at Aya for killing Masafumi. It doesn't work out very well for them. |
| 377 | %% * AmazonBrigade |
| 378 | %% * BodyguardCrush: Hel, Neu and Schoen are all in love with Masafumi. |
| 379 | %% * BrokenBird |
| 380 | %% * DarkActionGirl: Four of them, specially Neu. |
| 381 | * DistaffCounterpart: To Weiß & Schwarz. {{Lampshaded}} by Nagi, when he points out that they're Masafumi's attempt to copy Schwarz. |
| 382 | * FourGirlEnsemble: Hel is the smart, serious leader, Schoen is the pretty, vain one, Neu is the tough one, and Tot is the perky, childish one. |
| 383 | * MindControl: According to ''All That Weiß,'' Hel is the only one ''not'' under mind control. |
| 384 | * ThePsychoRangers: Albeit not as direct a parallel to Weiß as the other examples, beyond being a team of four assassins. |
| 385 | |
| 386 | !!Hel (Chizuru Aoi) |
| 387 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/MasakoKatsuki (JP), Carolyn Baumler (EN) |
| 388 | ---- |
| 389 | %% * BattleButler |
| 390 | * MeaningfulName: "Hel" is German for "bright." |
| 391 | %% * SexySecretary |
| 392 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Aya. |
| 393 | |
| 394 | !!Schoen (Karen Kitaura) |
| 395 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/MikiIto (JP) |
| 396 | ---- |
| 397 | %% * AlliterativeName |
| 398 | %% * TheFightingNarcissist |
| 399 | * MeaningfulName: German for "beauty." She's a failed model. |
| 400 | * MinorInjuryOverreaction: Schoen flips out when Ken cuts her face and leaves a minor scar. |
| 401 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Ken. |
| 402 | |
| 403 | !!Neu ([[spoiler:Asuka Murase]]) |
| 404 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (JP) |
| 405 | ---- |
| 406 | * CriminalAmnesiac: [[spoiler:Guidebooks reveal that Neu ''is'' really an amnesiac Asuka, Youji's old partner/girlfriend. She was captured by Liott, drugged, broken down, and forced into prostitution until being sold as a guinea pig to Masafumi Takatori. The amnesia was probably a ''relief''.]] |
| 407 | %% * BrokenBird: [[spoiler:See above description, although Neu presumably doesn't remember this]]. |
| 408 | %% * GoodOldFisticuffs |
| 409 | %% * MeaningfulName: German for "new." |
| 410 | %% * SunglassesAtNight |
| 411 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Youji. |
| 412 | |
| 413 | !!Tot (Nanami Kyouno) |
| 414 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/YukoMizutani (JP), Creator/RachaelLillis (EN) |
| 415 | ---- |
| 416 | * AbusiveParents: She says that her father was a "bad, bad man" towards her. She never says ''how'' bad he was, though. |
| 417 | %% * MeaningfulName: German for "dead." |
| 418 | %% * ParasolOfPain |
| 419 | %% * PerkyFemaleMinion |
| 420 | %% * PsychopathicManchild: Acts like a little girl, despite being 17. |
| 421 | %% * ThirdPersonPerson |
| 422 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: Okay. Tot [[spoiler:comes back from the dead, presumably from Nagi's powers. Then she gets a five-second cameo in the final episode of Kapitel.]] So, um, [[spoiler:what happened to her relationship with Nagi...?]] |
| 423 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Omi. |
| 424 | [[/folder]] |
| 425 | |
| 426 | [[folder:Takatori Family]] |
| 427 | A BigScrewedUpFamily. |
| 428 | !!Reiji Takatori |
| 429 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/NorioWakamoto (JP) |
| 430 | ---- |
| 431 | * AbusiveParents: [[spoiler: Subverted with Omi, as he really is his EvilUncle.]] |
| 432 | %% * ActionSurvivor: See ChekhovsGun. |
| 433 | %% * ButForMeItWasTuesday: Although, after a minute, he does remember Aya... 's father. |
| 434 | * ChekhovsGun: That big shadowy thing in the extreme foreground of certain shots in his office? It's a katana. He knows how to use it. ''Very well.'' |
| 435 | %% * EvilUncle: [[spoiler: Of Omi.]] |
| 436 | %% * FourEyesZeroSoul |
| 437 | * ParentalFavoritism: Ouka is clearly his favorite child. |
| 438 | * PetTheDog: His only redeeming quality is his genuine affection for his [[spoiler: illegitimate]] daughter [[spoiler:Ouka Sakaki]]. |
| 439 | %% * PornStache |
| 440 | %% * PresidentEvil: Well, Prime Minister Evil. Although the positions are not the same thing, he still manages to fit the trope perfectly [[spoiler:for the short time he holds the position before Aya kills him]]. |
| 441 | %% * VillainWithGoodPublicity |
| 442 | * [[YouCanKeepHer You Can Keep Him]]: When his young son Mamoru was kidnapped, he refused to pay the ransom and abandoned the boy to his kidnappers out of spite over the fact that Mamoru was [[spoiler:actually the product of his wife's affair with his brother Shuichi, aka Persia]]. |
| 443 | |
| 444 | !!Hirofumi Takatori |
| 445 | ---- |
| 446 | %% * TheDutifulSon: Villainous version |
| 447 | %% * FourEyesZeroSoul |
| 448 | %% * JerkAss |
| 449 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: [[spoiler:As a teenager, he seemed to be quite a nice older brother to Mamoru... but after the kidnapping deal, Hirofumi grew into an '''asshole.''']] |
| 450 | %% * WellDoneSonGuy: Believes blindly in Reiji. |
| 451 | |
| 452 | %%!!Masafumi Takatori |
| 453 | %%->'''VA:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (JP), Kevin T. Collins (EN) |
| 454 | %%---- |
| 455 | %% * EvilGenius |
| 456 | %% * MadScientist |
| 457 | %% * OneWingedAngel |
| 458 | %% * PlayingWithSyringes |
| 459 | |
| 460 | !!Kikuno Takatori |
| 461 | |
| 462 | Reiji's deceased wife, matriarch of the family. |
| 463 | ---- |
| 464 | %% * ArrangedMarriage: To Reiji. |
| 465 | %% * BrokenBird |
| 466 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After Reiji refused to pay the ransom for the kidnapped Mamoru, poor Kikuno lost the will to live and killed herself.]] |
| 467 | * PosthumousCharacter: Having died before the story started, Kikuno only appears in flashbacks. |
| 468 | * StarCrossedLovers: With the boyfriend she had before having to marry Reiji [[spoiler:(his younger brother Shuichi).]] |
| 469 | [[/folder]] |
| 470 | |
| 471 | [[folder:Koua Academy]] |
| 472 | %% * AcademyOfAdventure |
| 473 | %% * BoardingSchoolOfHorrors |
| 474 | %% * SchoolForScheming |
| 475 | |
| 476 | %%!!Todou |
| 477 | ---- |
| 478 | %% * BatmanGambit: Pulls one on Sena. |
| 479 | %% * DrivenToSuicide |
| 480 | %% * TomatoInTheMirror |
| 481 | %% * {{Tykebomb}} |
| 482 | |
| 483 | !!Mayumi Tsujii |
| 484 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/AtsukoTanaka (JP) |
| 485 | ---- |
| 486 | %% * ManipulativeBastard: Over the course of ''Glühen'' she manages to do a number on Toudou, Kyou, and Yoji. |
| 487 | %% * NeckLift: She does this to Suika and later to Yoji. |
| 488 | * PlayingWithSyringes: Less [[MadScientist crazed]] than many scientists in the series, but no less unscrupulous. |
| 489 | |
| 490 | !!Sagiri and Suika |
| 491 | ---- |
| 492 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Sagiri [[spoiler:furiously attacks Aya for hurting Suika, begs Tsujii to save her even if it means dying himself, and dies to allow Suika to escape]]. It's a recurring motif. |
| 493 | %% * BreakingSpeech: Sagiri and Suika get Sena with this, but [[spoiler:not Aya]]. |
| 494 | %% * BrotherSisterTeam |
| 495 | * SharedUnusualTrait: They each have one brown eye and one blue one. |
| 496 | [[/folder]] |
| 497 | |
| 498 | [[folder:Rosenkreuz]] |
| 499 | |
| 500 | !!Berger |
| 501 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi (JP) |
| 502 | ---- |
| 503 | * MindControl: He causes Ken, Sena, and Omi to see illusions, drags Crawford into a BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind, and... |
| 504 | %% ** PeoplePuppets: ...physically controls Shimojima, giving him a nasty PsychicNosebleed in the process. |
| 505 | |
| 506 | %%!!Geisel |
| 507 | %%---- |
| 508 | %% * PlayingWithFire |
| 509 | %% * PyroManiac |
| 510 | |
| 511 | |
| 512 | %%!!Layla |
| 513 | %%---- |
| 514 | %%* MindOverMatter |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | [[folder:La Mort]] |
| 518 | * FaceHeelTurn: They were Kritiker's second Weiß team. Then they went ''crazy''. |
| 519 | * FloralThemeNaming: Shion refers to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aster_tataricus Tatarian aster]]; Azami refers to the thistle flower; Ayame means iris; Rindou refers to the [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gentiana_scabra Japanese gentian]]. |
| 520 | * FlowerMotifs: Aside from the ThemeNaming: Shion's initial appearances involve ''ikebana,'' traditional Japanese flower arranging; he also goes to the flower shop where Aya's sister works and buys expensive orchids (a play on Aya's given name). [[spoiler:Omi's last message to his teammates, notifying them that he's killed Rindou, reads "The gentian ["''rindou''"] has been plucked."]] |
| 521 | %% * FourIsDeath: Again. Still. |
| 522 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: ''Dramatic Precious'' indicates that their generally AxCrazy conditions are the ultimate destination of the slippery slope that the present members of Weiß are currently on. |
| 523 | %% * ThePsychoRangers: Weiß has a lot of Psycho Rangers. |
| 524 | |
| 525 | %%!!Shion |
| 526 | %%---- |
| 527 | %% * BigBad: Of the ''Dramatic Precious'' drama [=CDs=]. |
| 528 | %% * BrokenPedestal |
| 529 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Aya. |
| 530 | %% * FakingTheDead: In ''Endless Rain''. |
| 531 | %% * NietzscheWannabe: In ''Dramatic Precious''. |
| 532 | |
| 533 | %%!!Ayame |
| 534 | %%---- |
| 535 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Ken. |
| 536 | %% * PrecisionGuidedBoomerang |
| 537 | |
| 538 | !!Azami |
| 539 | ---- |
| 540 | * AffablyEvil: On his off time, Azami comes across as a pleasant fellow and gets along rather well with Yoji until the truth comes out. |
| 541 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Yoji. |
| 542 | %% * LoveMakesYouEvil |
| 543 | %% * MadLove: With Ayame. |
| 544 | * MusicalAssassin: With [[ImprobableWeaponUser a violin]] as his weapon. |
| 545 | |
| 546 | %%!!Rindou |
| 547 | %%---- |
| 548 | %% * EvilCounterpart: To Omi. |
| 549 | %% * TarotMotifs |
| 550 | [[/folder]] |
| 551 | |
| 552 | [[folder:Kryptonbrand]] |
| 553 | |
| 554 | %%!!KR (Richard Krypton) |
| 555 | %%---- |
| 556 | %% * VigilanteMan |
| 557 | |
| 558 | !!Nana Mihirogi |
| 559 | ---- |
| 560 | %% * FormFittingWardrobe |
| 561 | %% * TheHandler |
| 562 | %% * KickChick |
| 563 | %% * LadyOfWar |
| 564 | %% * LethalChef |
| 565 | %% * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Chloe. |
| 566 | * SevenIsNana: As their handler, she's Side B's seventh member. |
| 567 | %% * SexySecretary |
| 568 | %% * TallDarkAndSnarky |
| 569 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: With Kurumi to Side B |
| 570 | [[/folder]] |
| 571 | |
| 572 | [[folder:Kryptonbrand - Side B]] |
| 573 | %% * DominoMask |
| 574 | * FourIsDeath: Notable aversion; after the many repetitions of the trope in previous installments of the series, Kryptonbrand is a three-man team prior to the additions of Ken, Aya, and Yuki, and a six-man team thereafter. This may be why Kryptonbrand is ''ever so slightly'' less screwed up than Weiss. |
| 575 | * MultinationalTeam: Ken & Aya = Japanese; Yuki = Japanese-American; Michel = Irish, raised in England; Chloe = born in Romania; Free = born in Liechtenstein. |
| 576 | |
| 577 | !!Yuki |
| 578 | ---- |
| 579 | * BadassAndChildDuo: The child to Aya's badass. |
| 580 | * ButNotTooForeign: Yuki, the first of his new teammates that Aya meets after leaving Japan, is Japanese-American. |
| 581 | * KidWithTheLeash: Of sorts. In order to allow Yuki to keep the promise he made to Alison never to kill, Aya kills ''for'' him. |
| 582 | %% * MeaningfulName: "Yuki" meaning "snow." |
| 583 | %% * MissionControl |
| 584 | %% * TheSmartGuy |
| 585 | %% * TheStoic |
| 586 | * StoicSpectacles: A head injury he suffers during the fighting between Orphan and Blue Eyes causes him to need glasses; coincidentally, [[spoiler:Akagawa]]'s betrayal and [[spoiler:Alison]]'s death during the same arc leaves him with an unusually stoic attitude for his age. |
| 587 | |
| 588 | %%!!Chloe (Edward R. Krotznik) |
| 589 | %%---- |
| 590 | %% * TheBeastmaster |
| 591 | %% * DyeHard: InUniverse; [[spoiler: he's naturally a redhead]]. |
| 592 | %% * GratuitousGerman: And French, and English, and what appears to be Italian... |
| 593 | %% * GreenThumb |
| 594 | %% * HeadbuttingHeroes: With Ken. |
| 595 | %% * LikeAnOldMarriedCouple: With Nana. |
| 596 | %% * NonhumanSidekick: His owl, Trabant. |
| 597 | %% * SomethingAboutARose |
| 598 | %% * StealthPun: He's Romanian and hates direct sunlight. |
| 599 | %% * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute [=/=] {{Expy}}: Tall, blond, snarky flirt who teases his teammates while obsessing over a girl? He's Youji with an owl. |
| 600 | |
| 601 | %%!!Michel E. Conrad |
| 602 | %%---- |
| 603 | |
| 604 | |
| 605 | !!Free |
| 606 | ---- |
| 607 | %% * FacialMarkings |
| 608 | %% * TarotMotifs |
| 609 | * WarriorPoet: Well, a lot of them are a bit like this, but Free with his tarot cards is a particularly notable example. |
| 610 | [[/folder]] |
| 611 | |
| 612 | !Side Characters |
| 613 | |
| 614 | [[folder: Aya-chan Fujimiya]] |
| 615 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/YuiHorie (JP), Creator/RachaelLillis (EN) |
| 616 | ---- |
| 617 | * BigEater [=/=] SweetTooth: Implied in a couple scenes, she certainly likes a great variety of foods, and one of radio dramas reveals she wanted to open a bakery when she grew up. |
| 618 | %% * BreakTheCutie |
| 619 | %% * GenkiGirl |
| 620 | %% * GirlishPigtails |
| 621 | * HiddenEyes: In the last episode of ''Glühen'' and a brief shot of her in ''Side B.'' Her only other post-Kapitel appearance is in ''Dramatic Precious'', which is a RadioDrama. |
| 622 | %% * LivingMacGuffin |
| 623 | [[/folder]] |
| 624 | |
| 625 | [[folder: Ouka Sakaki]] |
| 626 | |
| 627 | * BrotherSisterIncest: Played with. [[spoiler:She's believed to be Omi's half sister due to him being Mamoru, the youngest son of Reiji Takatori, who is also Ouka's dad. But wait, there's more! Since Mamoru was actually the son of Reiji's wife Kikuno and Reiji's ''brother'', they're actually KissingCousins instead. Or were, considering that Ouka ends up kicking it.]] [[BigScrewedUpFamily Oh wow, what a mess.]] |
| 628 | %% * DaddysGirl |
| 629 | %% * DiedInYourArmsTonight]]: [[spoiler:Omi's.]] |
| 630 | %% * HeroicBastard: [[spoiler:Reiji's illegitimate daughter.]] |
| 631 | %% * ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:To Omi]] |
| 632 | * {{Ojou}}: Played with a little. Her classmates consider her rich and snobby, but she's much louder and more forceful than the typical Ojou. Turns out she's a rich politician's illegitimate daughter and her forcefulness is a result of feeling neglected by him when she was younger. |
| 633 | * OjouRinglets: Smaller, face-framing ones. |
| 634 | %% * PluckyGirl |
| 635 | * RecurringCharacter: Pops up in several episodes, hanging around the flower shop and being much more articulate and forward than the usual gaggle of fangirls. |
| 636 | %% * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: With Omi. |
| 637 | * WaxMuseumMorgue: [[spoiler:So according to "Tearless Dolls"... after her death, Ouka's lifeless body was pretty much turned into a ''mannequin'' and put in display in one of these? By others of the grieving, apparently maddened Reiji?]] What The HELL?! |
| 638 | [[/folder]] |
| 639 | |
| 640 | [[folder: Sakura Tomoe]] |
| 641 | |
| 642 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/HirokoKasahara (JP) |
| 643 | ---- |
| 644 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: She falls in love with Aya, although he doesn't seem to consider her as any more than a friend/surrogate little sister. |
| 645 | * BedsheetLadder: [[spoiler:She does this to escape from Schwarz's confinement to hide Aya-chan in a closet for Weiß to find.]] |
| 646 | %%* DamselInDistress |
| 647 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange [=/=] ImportantHaircut: She grows her hair long in the vague hope that it will appeal to Aya by increasing her resemblance to his sister. At the closing of ''Kapitel'', however, she has it cut short again. |
| 648 | %%* NaiveEverygirl |
| 649 | * NakedOnArrival: Sakura was introduced in episode 6, waking up covered only in ModestyBedsheet in a middle of an ice rink after an organ trafficking ring kidnapped her, [[UndressingTheUnconscious undressed her]] and [[OrganTheft removed her kidney]]. |
| 650 | * PassionateSportsGirl: She's a rather decent athlete. |
| 651 | %%* PluckyGirl |
| 652 | * ReplacementGoldfish: To Aya for his sister, temporarily. |
| 653 | * RescueRomance: She falls for Aya at least in part because he keeps rescuing her, although he doesn't return her feelings. |
| 654 | * TwinSwitch: [[spoiler:Takes advantage of her resemblance to Aya's sister by stashing Aya-chan in a closet and taking her place when she's in danger. Schuldig is not amused when he finds out they've been screwed, but it doesn't stop him from using her to do it ''again'' to the Esszet elders.]] |
| 655 | [[/folder]] |
| 656 | |
| 657 | [[folder: Asuka Murase]] |
| 658 | |
| 659 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (JP) |
| 660 | ---- |
| 661 | * BoisterousBruiser: Youji describes her as passionate and violent. You don't see it in the anime, but the one drama track that features her shows it in spades. |
| 662 | %% * DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Sort of. She didn't quite ''die,'' but otherwise fits the trope.]] |
| 663 | %% * CoolBigSis |
| 664 | * LeftHanging: [[spoiler:The series leaves the question of whether or not Neu is really Asuka pretty open-ended. Supplementary materials eventually confirm that she is]]. |
| 665 | * PosthumousCharacter: [[spoiler:Her original identity, at least, is dead and gone. Becomes a full-fledged example in ''Glühen''.]] |
| 666 | %% * PrivateDetective |
| 667 | [[/folder]] |
| 668 | |
| 669 | [[folder: Kurumi Shinjou]] |
| 670 | * ActionSurvivor: Kurumi is not, by any stretch of the imagination, an ActionGirl, but she would prefer not to die and besides whacking people with skateboards, she also ripped a slit into her ankle-length pencil skirt with her bare hands so that she could ''run away'' from Okita. |
| 671 | * BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:She thinks her parents died in an accident, then she's chased by strange men, then it turns out her parents are still alive and had used her as a guinea pig for a strange drug, then her parents are killed in front of her by Side B, and then she goes to live with her parents' murderers and endure more experiments. She doesn't mind that last one too much as KB promised they want to discover the curable properties of the Human Interleukin-3 in her blood.]] |
| 672 | %% * FeminineWomenCanCook: Compared to [[LethalChef Mihirogi]] at least. Her food is almost edible, as opposed to not edible at all. |
| 673 | * ImportantHaircut: She hacks off her waist-length braids after losing her parents and moving in with KB. |
| 674 | * ImprovisedWeapon: In volume five [[spoiler:she smacks Okita with the skateboard Ken had stolen earlier just as he's about to stab her.]] |
| 675 | * TwoGirlsToATeam: With Nana to Side B |
| 676 | [[/folder]] |
| 677 | |
| 678 | [[folder: Others]] |
| 679 | %%!!Momoe |
| 680 | %%---- |
| 681 | %% * KindheartedCatLover |
| 682 | %% * LivingProp |
| 683 | %% * MiniatureSeniorCitizens |
| 684 | |
| 685 | !!Shizuka Sakaki |
| 686 | |
| 687 | * SupremeChef: Works as a restaurateur. |
| 688 | %% * TheMistress: [[spoiler:To Reiji, in the past.]] |
| 689 | * TeenPregnancy: She's 34, Ouka is 15. Yeah, she had her when she was just 18-19. |
| 690 | |
| 691 | %%!!Maki |
| 692 | %%->'''VA:''' Creator/RioNatsuki |
| 693 | %%---- |
| 694 | %% * BrokenBird |
| 695 | %% * FemmeFatale |
| 696 | %% * HookerWithAHeartOfGold |
| 697 | %% ** DisposableSexWorker |
| 698 | %% * IdenticalStranger: To [[spoiler: Asuka.]] |
| 699 | |
| 700 | !!Kouichirou Kase |
| 701 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/YujiUeda (JP) |
| 702 | ---- |
| 703 | %% * BeleagueredChildhoodFriend: Ken's. |
| 704 | %% * EtTuBrute |
| 705 | * ForgottenChildhoodFriend: Ken's. Perhaps understandably, though: [[spoiler: would you want to reminisce about the good times you had with a guy who tried to have you ''set on fire''?]] |
| 706 | %% * {{Jerkass}} |
| 707 | %% * SeeYouInHell |
| 708 | |
| 709 | %%!! Yuriko Asakawa |
| 710 | %%->'''VA:''' Creator/MichikoNeya |
| 711 | %%---- |
| 712 | %% * ItsNotYouItsMe |
| 713 | %% * PutOnABus |
| 714 | |
| 715 | %%!! Kaori Hibana |
| 716 | %%---- |
| 717 | %% * BreakTheCutie |
| 718 | %% * TheCracker |
| 719 | %% * DamselInDistress |
| 720 | |
| 721 | !! Akira Hibana |
| 722 | ---- |
| 723 | %% * BadassBiker |
| 724 | * BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Subverted. He's about to kill Kaori and then kill himself, before he changes his mind and suicide charges the Rats so she can escape. He gets shot up and she gets captured.]] |
| 725 | %% * CowboyCop |
| 726 | %% * {{Foil}}: To Ken's personality and Aya's choices. |
| 727 | %% * LeeroyJenkins: Just once, though. |
| 728 | |
| 729 | !! Taiyou Honjou |
| 730 | ---- |
| 731 | %% * GirlishPigtails |
| 732 | * MeaningfulName: "Taiyou" means "sun." |
| 733 | %% * MoralityPet: For both Knight and Ran. |
| 734 | %% * {{Ojou}} |
| 735 | |
| 736 | !! Sally Schumars |
| 737 | ->'''VA:''' Creator/AyaHisakawa (CD dramas) |
| 738 | ---- |
| 739 | %% * AlliterativeName |
| 740 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Her townspeople hated her and her family for their powers. |
| 741 | * BurnTheWitch: Was about to be burned alive, but [[spoiler: Farfarello]] saved her. |
| 742 | * ButtMonkey: For her ties with the Rosenkreuz group. And she doesn't have it easy with Schwarz, either. |
| 743 | %% * DarkMagicalGirl |
| 744 | %% * MadLove[=/=]MindGameShip[=/=]RescueRomance: With [[spoiler: Farfarello]]. |
| 745 | %% * ShrinkingViolet: Considering her story, can you blame her? |
| 746 | |
| 747 | %%!!Kimika Serizawa |
| 748 | %%---- |
| 749 | %% * BrokenBird |
| 750 | %% * GenkiGirl |
| 751 | %% * {{Kawaiiko}} |
| 752 | %% * ThirdPersonPerson |
| 753 | |
| 754 | %%!!Nozomi Miyazawa |
| 755 | %%---- |
| 756 | %% * BreakTheCutie |
| 757 | %% * TheCutie |
| 758 | %% * DrivenToSuicide |
| 759 | %% * KillTheCutie |
| 760 | %% * NaiveEverygirl |
| 761 | |
| 762 | !!Asami-sensei |
| 763 | ---- |
| 764 | * ADeathInTheLimelight: [[spoiler:There's only five episodes until the end, why are we suddenly getting back story...? [[AnyoneCanDie Oh]]. [[CrapsackWorld Right]].]] |
| 765 | * BadassTeacher: She sees Aya this way, and she ''really'' wants to be one herself. |
| 766 | %% * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Aya's.]] |
| 767 | %% * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Goddamnit, Tsujii.]] |
| 768 | %% * KillTheCutie |
| 769 | * {{Leitmotif}}: A particularly sweet, bubbly little song that plays whenever she acts cute around Aya. |
| 770 | |
| 771 | %%!! Asuka Ito |
| 772 | %%---- |
| 773 | %%* HospitalHottie |
| 774 | %%* ReplacementGoldfish |
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