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1Under construction. '''Here there be spoilers, many of which are unmarked. It is highly recommended you finish the story before reading if you do not want to be spoiled.'''
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3[[foldercontrol]]
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5[[folder:The White Pearl]]
6
7!Tropes describing all members of the ''White Pearl''
8
9* ActionGirl: Everyone can handle a fight. Downplayed in Nitori's case, since she stays behind in Room 495, but she's still a competent fighter.
10* AmazonBrigade
11* ByThePowerOfGreyskull
12* ChildSoldiers: Everyone but Nitori, Yukari, [[spoiler:Momiji, Nazrin, and Komachi.]]
13* ImprovFu: Newly-transformed Sirens are advised to just say the first thing that comes to mind when they want to attack.
14* MagicAndPowers: All the magical girls have magic powers, but they also get access to once-latent hereditary abilities that [[EveryoneHasASpecialMove vary from person to person.]]
15* MagicalGirl: The Sirens.
16* TheMasquerade: They would like to keep the world of magic and youkai out of the eyes of humans, out of fear that humans will use it to destroy everything.
17* RagTagBunchOfMisfits: [[spoiler: A NiceGirl OrdinaryHighschoolStudent turned WarriorTherapist, a JapaneseDelinquent TeenGenius with RevengeBeforeReason issues, a CardSharp , Gambling Meido with [[TimeStandsStill time based powers]], a KnightInSourArmor laywer and [[InformationBroker ex-underground informant]], a [[MasterSwordsman master swordswoman]] and CrossDresser who is the Meido's sister, and rounding them all out is a NonHumanSidekick with a BackFromTheDead ghost hitching a ride in her mind]]
18
19!Individual members of the White Pearl (mostly in chronological order of introduction)
20
21!!Koishi Komeiji
22->''"That’s right," Koishi thought to herself. "As long as I can help people, I’ll keep going."''
23Koishi is the protagonist of the story and de facto leader of the Sirens.
24----
25* BattleInTheCenterOfTheMind: Koishi's power allows her to do this; it's a requirement to cure the MonsterOfTheWeek.
26* ChasteHero: Stated to be one in-story. With a PotHole to the trope page even.
27* CainAndAbel: Played straight. [[spoiler:Satori ended up captured by the Black Claw and her ideals are the antithesis of Koishi's, coming to head in a one-on-one duel in Arc 7.]]
28* CooldownHug: Her usual M.O. with victims of the Mindcoil.
29* ExtremeDoormat [[CharacterDevelopment -->]] ActionGirl
30* GogglesDoSomethingUnusual: Koishi gets some glasses which [[PowerLimiter block her ability to see the magic world]]. Later she upgrades to contacts which can be turned off at will.
31* TheHeart: When the other sirens need to talk both reason and compassion to someone, they turn to her.
32* HeroesPreferSwords: [[spoiler:In Ocean Princess form.]]
33* InTheNameOfTheMoon: "In the name of the sea, prepare to be punished!"
34-->[[spoiler: post MidseasonUpgrade:]]
35-->[[spoiler:"Forged in light, a candid friend]]
36-->[[spoiler:On whom the people can depend]]
37-->[[spoiler: Answering the Siren’s call]]
38-->[[spoiler:The Ocean Princess fights for all!"]]
39* ISeeDeadPeople: With her Third Eye, she can see and speak to [[spoiler:ghosts]].
40%%* LightHairedSwimmer: Along with Sango.
41%%* MakingASplash: [[spoiler:Post MidSeasonUpgrade]]
42* MysticalWhiteHair: After her NearDeathExperience, which (along with closing her Third Eye) had the side effect of [[LockedIntoStrangeness turning her hair silver]].
43* MidseasonUpgrade: [[spoiler:Following a HeroicBSOD and a stint of BrainwashedAndCrazy, Koishi gains a few extra powers and a SuperMode of sorts. Tides of Doubt enables her to function as [[AnAdventurerIsYou a Mezzer]], it slows down enemies in the area by forcing Koishi's subconscious into their minds, slowing their reactions. ]]
44%%* NiceGirl
45* RePower: Before the events of the story, as a result of her NearDeathExperience.
46-->"You're definitely part of the family [of the Eye], Koishi-san, but at the same time there's never been one quite like you before. You may not have the same powers as, say, your mother did, but in exchange you seem to have something different entirely."
47%%* SheIsNotMyGirlfriend: In regards to Sango.
48* ShrinkingViolet: At the beginning. [[CharacterDevelopment She had to shred her shyness away as the story unfolded.]]
49* SiblingYinYang: [[spoiler:Koishi inherently believes in humanity, while Satori believes the only way to change humanity is violence. Their powers are also opposite: Koishi's ability to dive into people's mind and subconscious mezzing contrast with Satori's mind reading. Furthermore, they wield opposing elements, [[MakingASplash Water]] is Koishi's domain while her sister controls ShockAndAwe]]
50* SpeaksFluentAnimal: Koishi's power lets her communicate telepathically with youkai, regardless of form.
51* SuperMode: [[spoiler:Ocean Princess Koishi, now more of a MidSeasonUpgrade]]
52* SwissArmyWeapon: Her trident can transform into a whip, fire WaveMotionGun beams[[spoiler: and a sword]].
53* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:During the finale, Koishi realizes that not only are her abilities mundane "in a world of youkai and magic", but there's an entire world outside of Gensokyo with problems that need solving. Upon realizing this, she decides to leave Gensokyo to become a traveling philantropist. Then, once Sango hears about this, she decides to track her down, intending to talk her out of it, but hearing Koishi's plan from her mouth makes her decide to join her instead.]]
54%%* WarriorTherapist
55
56!!Sango Tororetsu
57->''"I'm not introducing you to any new world, Koishi. I'm just helping you see what's already there."''
58Initiate of the White Pearl, and Koishi's partner. She is a dolphin youkai.
59----
60* {{Deuteragonist}}
61* FishOutOfWater: ''Almost'' literally.[[note]][[AndKnowingIsHalfTheBattle Dolphins are mammals, not fish.]][[/note]] She comes from the ocean, and she doesn't have that great a grasp on human culture.
62* HeroicDolphin
63* HiddenDepths: {{Pun}} aside, she seems to have some unresolved issues in the past regarding failure that haven't been brought to light just yet.
64* LightHairedSwimmer
65* LittleBitBeastly: Even in humanoid form, she can't quite hide the dorsal fin on the back of her neck through magical means, so she has to wear a jacket.
66* OriginalCharacter
67* ProudWarriorRaceGuy: Not as much as Jozu is, but it's there.
68* StockAnimalDiet: Being a dolphin, Sango greatly prefers fish (particularly mackerel) to all other foods and will often extol its virtues.
69* VerbalTic: "Phwee~" as a ShoutOut to [[Manga/CardcaptorSakura Sakura Kinomoto]]. She actually does it on purpose [[JustifiedTrope as a form of magic sonar]], and drops it when not needed. It does slip out sometimes when flustered or surprised, though.
70* WalkingTheEarth: [[spoiler:Joins Koishi on her world travels in the finale.]]
71* WorthyOpponent: Towards Jozu. It's mutual.
72
73
74!!Mokou Fujiwara
75->''"I trusted you, kid. You let me down."''
76The second Siren to be awakened. She has a major grudge against Kaguya for stealing her recipe for the Hourai Elixir, her dream health supplement, but more importantly for her perceived betrayal.
77----
78* BareFistedMonk[=/=]GoodOldFisticuffs
79* EnergyAbsorption: Her gloves can absorb magical attacks, [[ChargedAttack which acts as a power source for her stronger abilities]].
80* IfItTastesBadItMustBeGoodForYou: At one point she gives Sakuya a special cookie mix. The result smells less like cookies and more like broccoli.
81* IrrationalHatred: Towards Kaguya. [[CharacterDevelopment She's working through it.]]
82-->It hurt. It hurt like hell. She didn't care, she just wanted this thought to go away. The more she looked at that face, the less Kaguya looked like a heartless monster, and the more she looked like [[WellDoneSonGuy a stupid girl who made a stupid choice to win over her daddy]].
83-->She didn't want Kaguya to have an explanation. Explanations meant she'd need to accept that she had a reason for screwing her over beyond being a heartless bitch, and then she'd have to let the grudge go. But forgiveness was hard, so much harder than just staying angry.
84* TeenGenius: But only when it comes to chemistry or biology.
85* WeUsedToBeFriends: Towards both Kaguya and Cirno, for different reasons.
86
87
88!!Nitori Kawashiro
89->''"I’ve still got plenty to teach you. You don’t even know any of the ''fun'' moves yet."''
90Math teacher at Gensouto High, though she is far better suited to teaching physics. She's also the MissionControl for the White Pearl.
91----
92* TheAtoner: For her role in creating The Ravager.
93* ItsAllMyFault: It takes a slap and a GetAholdOfYourselfMan from Koishi to snap her out of this.
94* OnceDoneNeverForgotten: Once in class she added two plus two and got five.
95-->She forgot to carry one digit on one calculus question, and now she couldn’t go five minutes without someone bringing it up in her presence.
96* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
97* [[RenaissanceMan Renaissance Woman]]: "Kawashiro Nitori. Physics professor. Magical cult leader. Bartender...?"
98
99
100!!Yukari Yakumo
101->''"I implore you. Watch for the Sirens. Ensure that they are kept safe. And most of all, make sure that the Teardrops do not fall into the wrong hands. I ask you this, as a former ruler of your people; for I would rather you had a kingdom still standing to rule."''
102Former leader of the youkai. Sacrificed herself to protect the world from the Ravager.
103----
104* BigGood
105* HeroicSacrifice: In the backstory.
106* PosthumousCharacter: She died long before the story prior.
107* ShroudedInMyth: This has prompted a lot of in-universe WildMassGuessing as to who she was. Even her species was a mystery.
108* ThanatosGambit: Gave her life so as to create TheMasquerade, preventing the extinction of both humans and youkai.
109
110
111!!Project 046, The Ravager
112->''"We had made it too intelligent, and after it achieved sentience it wanted to rule over everything itself."''
113-->-- Nitori
114A living weapon created by the Kappa. It won the war against humans with ease, but when the youkai ordered it back to base, it turned out it had different plans...
115----
116* BloodKnight: Got a taste for killing while fighting in the war. It was all downhill from there.
117* BodyguardBetrayal: [[spoiler:A variant of this occurs just before the final battle. The Ravager isn't Leviathan's bodyguard, but it is essentially her second-in-command. That doesn't stop it from killing her when it decides she can't be trusted.]]
118* GoneHorriblyRight
119* GreaterScopeVillain: As powerful as Leviathan is, the Ravager is strong enough to [[spoiler:tear right through her like she was toilet paper.]]
120* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast
121* SealedEvilInACan
122* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: Goes into one once the Sirens start inflicting some actual damage on it, and only gets worse from there.]]
123* [[YouAreNumberSix You Are Number 046]]: Until the humans gave it its charming nickname.
124
125
126!!Sakuya Izayoi
127->''"Well, when it comes to cleaning up my own mess, I’d say this is a good way to start."''
128The third Siren to join the team. Works at the Scarlet Bakery, and more importantly as a {{Meido}} for the Scarlet sisters, who she is utterly devoted to. [[spoiler:She is actually Youmu's long-lost sister, Miyo "Myon" Konpaku, who lost all memories of and was separated from her original family after a traumatic bus accident when she was young.]]
129----
130* AmnesiacHero: [[spoiler:She gets better, partially.]]
131* TheAtoner: After finally [[spoiler:getting over her extreme denial of the Scarlets' XP]], she decides to make amends however she can.
132* CardSharp
133* CompositeCharacter: [[spoiler:Sakuya and ''Youmu's ghost half''.]]
134* DeathDealer[=/=]{{FlechetteStorm}}: Throws cards that shoot knives depending on the card drawn.
135* DumbBlonde: She [[ExploitedTrope exploits this]] by dying her hair to [[ObfuscatingStupidity seem less suspicious]].
136* EarlyBirdCameo: Heard but not seen at the Scarlet Bakery during the first arc, working with Meiling.
137* EasilyForgiven: [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope She is not.]]]] Her obsession with trying to "fix" the Scarlet sisters, leading Flandre to believe she could (as far as she knew), and nearly beating up Patchouli had already put her on thin ice, but [[spoiler:after nearly getting Flandre kidnapped and nearly killed,]] she largely falls out of favor with Remilia and Patchouli. When she apologizes for everything she's done, she only gets just enough back for them not to throw her out of the house, but no more, and it takes several months of nonstop work for her to regain their trust. Only Flandre really accepts her apology, and the two of them form a bond almost as strong as the one between her and the other Scarlet sister.
138* FakeAmerican: Masquerades as one in order to bring gamblers' defenses down by underestimating her.
139* TheGambler
140* GlassCannon: Sakuya's DeathDealer abilities enable her to bombard her opponents from tricky directions at a distance. In close combat, she is far less skilled.
141* GoodIsNotNice[=/=]PragmaticHero: To the point of scaring some of her teammates at times.
142-->There was something in those eyes that scared Nitori. It was a look of disregard, what could be politely referred to as pragmatism. She was grateful that Sakuya was on their side, because she would have made a dangerous enemy.
143* GratuitousFrench: Her transformation phrase.
144* HealthcareMotivation: Towards the Scarlets. She has spent years trying to find a cure for the Scarlets' XP, [[IRejectYourReality despite it being a genetic condition and inherently incurable]]. It [[DeconstructedTrope becomes]] an unhealthy thing for her.
145* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She is among the snarkiest and pragmatic of the Sirens. However, she has a soft spot for [[spoiler: her sister]] and her adopted family.
146* SleepCute: With Flandre.
147* StormOfBlades
148* TimeStandsStill: Her inherent ability. However, unlike her canon counterpart, it is far more limited.
149* ThisIsMyNameOnForeign: As a FakeAmerican, Sakuya Izayoi [[note]]Sakuya meaning ''"flowering night"'' and Izayoi meaning ''"sixteenth night [of the month]"''[[/note]] uses the pseudonym "Luna Fullerton".
150
151
152!!Momiji Inubashiri
153->''"I’m the example you part-timers are expected to follow. Now, if you’ll follow me..."''
154Aya's subordinate at the Bunbunmaru News. [[spoiler:And also an undercover agent of the White Pearl.]]
155----
156* FantasticRacism: As noted in-story.
157-->''She had always been prideful'', Nitori thought to herself. ''A brilliant operative, but one with a habit of letting her prejudices get the better of her.''
158** She harbors a dislike for Sango as well, [[spoiler:despite her being a fellow youkai, because while the surface world the wolf youkai once ruled is overrun and being polluted like whoa, Sango lives in the deep ocean where that pollution is easier to avoid.]]
159* SubordinateExcuse: After the events of the fourth arc, she asks [[spoiler:to be reassigned to the permanent protection of Aya Shameimaru.]]
160* {{Tsundere}}: Towards [[spoiler:Aya.]]
161
162
163!!Komachi Onozuka
164->''"You can’t win them all, Eiki. There was nothing you could’ve done to change it, and yet you’re lazing around here beating yourself up rather than getting out there and doing something."''
165Assistant judge at the court of Gensouto, and Eiki Shiki's best friend. [[spoiler:She's also Aya's secret informant, the Red Lily, and is also the fourth Siren to be revealed.]]
166----
167* BrokenAce: Left thoroughly disillusioned by her experiences as a prosecutor in the past.
168* ChargedAttack: Homing bullets and [[spoiler: Last Rites]] require more time to charge, but are more powerful or versatile than her regular bullets
169* CynicalMentor: Towards Sumire.
170-->It was like looking down at a younger version of herself before things had started to come apart. She made a mental note to watch Sumire just to make sure she didn’t make the same mistakes Komachi had.
171* GirlishPigtails: A nice visual contrast to her personality.
172%%* HandCannon: [[spoiler: her MagicalGirl.]]
173* KnightInSourArmor: [[spoiler:After she herself is reinstated as a prosecutor.]]
174* MythologyGag: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lycoris_(genus) Higanbana]], also called [[spoiler:"Red Spider Lily"]].
175* ObfuscatingStupidity: More like apathy, but it fits.
176* SpaceMaster: [[spoiler: Her inherent ability. She uses it to manipulate the distance between herself and other things, and unknowingly uses it to dodge bullets at near point-blank range, among other uses.]]
177* TranquilFury
178
179
180!!Youki Saigyouji
181->''"It’s unbecoming of me. A warrior should remain resolute at all times."''
182The fifth Siren. No one ever said all the Sirens had to be female, after all. [[spoiler: However, "Youki" is secretly Youmu Konpaku, crossdressing as Youki for her adoptive mother's sake.]]
183----
184* AttractiveBentGender: [[spoiler:Youmu doesn't look half bad as a guy, judging by Koishi's reaction.]] Having a fit body helps.
185* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:After pretending to be Youki for so long, Youmu is reluctant to go back.]]
186* DualWielding
187* HappilyAdopted: While there was some emotional manipulation going on [[spoiler:courtesy of Yuyuko]], Youki [[spoiler:(Youmu)]] really does appreciate being [[spoiler:adopted into the Saigyouji family after her family's death.]]
188* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Sakuya's sister.]]
189* MasterSwordsman[=/=]ImprobableAge: Ranked 3-dan before the age of 20.
190* ReplacementGoldfish: [[spoiler:For the real Youki.]]
191* SiblingYinYang: [[spoiler:In both personality and abilities, to Sakuya. Sakuya is a GlassCannon who fires away [[CardSharp cards]] at a distance, while Youmu's abilities mostly require her getting up close and personal. Furthermore, Sakuya's PragmaticHero tendencies irk Youmu's more honorable views]]
192* SweetPollyOliver
193* WholesomeCrossdresser: At Yuyuko's insistence.
194
195
196!!Shou Toramaru
197->''"Don’t mention it. Anyway, I’d better go before the suits start asking questions."''
198The sixth Siren. She likes to sneak out of the Myouren Institute for a taste of freedom.
199----
200* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:After her death in the orphanage fire, Shou makes use of her Teardrop to tag along with Nazrin as a ghost. However, only Nazrin and Koishi can hear her]]
201* [[spoiler:ButNowIMustGo: She disappears once the White Pearl accomplishes their goal.]]
202* GoodSamaritan: Sango runs into her quite by chance on the street when she saves Sango's wallet from being stolen. [[spoiler: She even comes BackFromTheDead to deal with the Black Claw]]
203* ThinkNothingOfIt: It seems that every time she escapes from the Myouren Institute, she stops a crime in progress.
204* MissionControl: [[spoiler:Due to her ghost status, Shou mostly lends Nazrin her powers while playing this role.]]
205* SharingABody: [[spoiler:With Nazrin]]
206
207!!Nazrin
208->''"Sorry, Nazrin, but I really don’t get a lot of visitors. Be good, okay?"''
209-->-- Shou
210Shou's pet mouse. [[spoiler: She becomes the sixth Siren by borrowing Shou's power.]]
211----
212* UsefulNotes/{{Atheism}}: She's a variant, who doesn't believe in an afterlife
213* DualWielding: [[spoiler:Her Recoil Rods]]
214* HeadsUpDisplay: [[spoiler:A result of Shou's Ghost-Rat Protocol.]]
215* NonHumanSidekick: As said before, she's a pet mouse.
216* PowerArmor: [[spoiler:Nazrin and Shou's combined Siren form shares some aspects of this along with some traits of AdaptiveArmor]]
217* SharingABody: [[spoiler:Shou shares her mind, enabling her to transform into a Siren]]
218* TakenForGranite[=/=]DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:Mamizou betrays Nazrin and turns her into stone, which the story, for all intents and purposes, treats as a death. She gets better.]]
219[[/folder]]
220
221[[folder:Civilians of Gensouto]]
222
223!Introduced in the first arc
224
225!!Rin Kaenbyou (Orin) and Utsuho Reiuji (Okuu)
226->''Koishi: "I’ll just have to be as good a master as Satori was, won’t I?"''
227->''Okuu and Orin: "You already are, Koishi-sama."''
228Orin and Okuu are Koishi's pets. They originally belonged to the entire Komeiji family, then to Satori and Koishi, and now that Satori has disappeared, they live together in Koishi's care.
229----
230* BrokenMasquerade: They are quite pleased to learn that now Koishi can converse with them and they no longer have to keep to their animal guises all the time.
231* TheDitz: Utsuho is a [[DownplayedTrope downplayed example.]] She's not very bright, but it's portrayed as more of a childlike innocence and naivete than outright stupidity. [[spoiler:In the finale, she's enrolled in a school and set to start attending.]]
232* GetAholdOfYourselfMan: Orin to Koishi early on.
233* HappilyAdopted: By the Komeiji family.
234* ThoseTwoGuys: They even get share a character section. They're never seen apart.
235
236
237!!Satori Komeiji
238->''"I...I thought I lost you...Koishi, I was so worried..."''
239Koishi's older sister. She disappeared some time before the start of the story. [[spoiler: She now serves the Claw as the Masked Woman]]
240----
241* BigDamnHeroes: Saved her sister Koishi from death by drowning when they were younger.
242* NeverFoundTheBody: She vanished without a trace several years ago. Koishi refuses to give up on her.
243
244
245!!Cirno
246->''"'Cause I'm the strongest."''
247Head of the Fairies, a vicious gang at Gensouto High. Enjoys preying on Koishi and making people fear her in general.
248----
249* AnIcePerson: As per canon, she's an ice fairy.
250* BrainwashedAndCrazy: See below.
251* HeWhoFightsMonsters: Mokou trained Cirno to defend herself from bullies, but she ended up becoming the leader of the bullies herself.
252* MoreThanMindControl: The Mindcoil latches onto whatever underlying psychological issues the victim has to exploit and get them to attack the Sirens. In Cirno's case, it feeds on her resentment towards Mokou and more importantly her own insecurity about being so weak.
253* VictimOfTheWeek
254
255
256!!Daiyousei and Koakuma
257->''"They say if you drop a 1000 yen bill into the donation box and make a wish, it's guaranteed to come true!"''
258Two members of Cirno's gang, the Fairies.
259----
260
261
262!!Keine Kamishirasawa
263->''"Alright, students, you won’t need your textbooks. Today, I’m going to teach you why humanity will never have a trustworthy government..."''
264History teacher at Gensouto High School.
265----
266* HalfHumanHybrid
267* PoliticallyMotivatedTeacher: If the quote didn't clue you. She does not care for humanity and will never stop to put that in her lessons.
268* SadistTeacher: [[spoiler:Revealed to be this in the sixth arc, towards Sango. And it causes a bit of MoodWhiplash.]]
269
270
271!!Iku Nagae
272->''"Komeiji-san. I just want you to know that if anything is troubling you, you can come to me and speak in private."''
273Nurse at Gensouto High School.
274----
275* DiscoDan
276* DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In-universe example. Iku seems to think that Koishi's injuries, acquired during her magical girl battles, are actually evidence that Koishi is an abusive relationship with Sango.
277* ThereAreNoTherapists: Subverted. She's supposed to be just a nurse and not a therapist, but:
278--> She was so talented with reading the attitudes of others, though, that most of the school agreed she would be better employed as a negotiator, or even a therapist.
279
280
281!Introduced in the second arc
282
283!! Kaguya Houraisan
284->''"Mokou-tan...we did it."''
285Mokou's estranged former friend, who betrayed her and patented the Hourai Elixir without giving her any of the credit, and who she hasn't seen since that betrayal.
286----
287* FollowInMyFootsteps: Kaguya's father expects her to be a brilliant pharmacist.
288* StepfordSmiler: On the outside, she seems happy but, unfortunately, she's the opposite.
289* WellDoneSonGuy: Kaguya's father has very high expectations of her which she struggles to live up to. The Kaguya/Mokou feud actually started when she stole the Hourai Elixir (in this universe, a health supplement that really works) from Mokou to please him, and Kaguya is implied to feel extremely guilty about it.
290
291
292!!Eirin Yagokoro
293->''"...What I am about to tell you does not leave these walls. Am I understood?"''
294Chemistry teacher at Gensouto High School.
295----
296* CoolTeacher: Has a good relationship with her students and the other teachers, and tells Mokou about Kaguya's father, though she only does that because she knows Mokou must have a good reason for it.
297
298
299!Introduced in the third arc
300
301!!'''Tewi Inaba'''
302->''"...Well, you get points for guts, I’ll say that much. But Lady Luck only has one girl she gives a damn about, and it’s me."''
303A gambler secretly working for Rinnosuke Morichika, and his adoptive daughter of sorts. She develops a real hate-on for Sakuya after Sakuya counter-cheats to stop Tewi's cheating and walks away with millions of yen.
304----
305* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Thanks to the Mindcoil.
306* ConsummateLiar
307* FreudianExcuse: Tewi became a compulsive liar from having to lie to herself.
308-->''Mama’s just sleeping Papa didn’t do anything to her--''
309* TheGambler
310* LittleMissConArtist: She's lucky, yes, but the cards also happen to be rigged in her favour.
311* MoreThanMindControl: The Mindcoil latches onto her preexisting issues regarding the lies she's told herself since childhood regarding her father's brutal beatdowns and eventual murder of her mother.
312* SelfDuplication: Tewi's latent power.
313* VictimOfTheWeek
314
315
316!Rinnosuke Morichika
317->''"There, there, darling. It’s okay. Uncle Kourin is here for you."''
318Owner of a casino, the Rabbit's Foot, and known to be involved in much more shady dealings as well.
319----
320* AdaptationalVillainy: In canon, he's a shop owner who's pretty genial but, here, he's a criminal.
321* BigBad: Played with. He sees himself as this, but the Black Claw regards him as not much more than a useful pawn and a loyal source of funding. Nevertheless, he manages to be a real pain for the Sirens to deal with, and as far as non-supernatural happenings go, he ''is'' a big bad.
322* DarkAndTroubledPast: According to the court's records, though not many details have surfaced yet.
323* TheDon
324* FauxAffablyEvil
325* KarmaHoudini: Rinnosuke literally gets away with murder, by [[EveryManHasHisPrice bribing]] or discrediting everyone connected to any charge brought against him. He's not a VillainWithGoodPublicity; everyone knows he's TheDon, they just can't do anything about it.
326* ManipulativeBastard: Especially towards Tewi.
327* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Is shot dead by Leviathan once she has no more need for him.]]
328
329
330!!Medicine Melancholy
331->''"...Suu-san, why are all the customers so rude today?"''
332Receptionist at Asakura National Health Clinic. Likes to [[TalkingToPlants talk to the poisonous flowers on the front desk]].
333----
334* TakeOverTheWorld:
335-->''They caught her muttering something about world domination to her flowers and wisely decided to ignore her entirely.''
336* UncannyValleyMakeup: Looks like a doll with all that makeup on.
337
338
339!!Rikako Asakura'
340->''"I’m sorry."''
341A doctor at Asakura National Health Clinic.
342----
343* BackAlleyDoctor: The health clinic has seen better days, and it's a setup by the Black Claw to kill Sakuya anyway.
344* TheCameo: Not so much from the original series, because she didn't have a big role there, but from the original fanfic that Sango is from, where she was the antagonist.
345
346
347!!Remilia Scarlet
348->''"Remilia Scarlet, the noblest vampire of Gensouto. Trust me, the pleasure is all yours."''
349Elder of the Scarlet sisters. Not actually a vampire.
350----
351* ActuallyNotAVampire: Remilia and her sister suffer from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xeroderma_pigmentosum Xeroderma pigmentosum]], and Remilia pretends to be a vampire as a coping mechanism.
352* LargeHam
353* NotSoStoic: She breaks down sobbing into Flandre's arms when she discovers that [[spoiler: Flandre has come to terms with the fact that she will never get better, but resolves to make the best of her life anyway.]]
354
355
356!!Flandre Scarlet
357->''"I’m sick of this stupid game you keep playing. What if I don’t wanna be a vampire? What if I wanna be normal just like everyone else?!"''
358Younger of the Scarlet sisters. Unlike her sister, she doesn't put on a show of being a vampire to cope, she's just frustrated and this drives her to latch onto Sakuya's intense denial.
359----
360* BloodyMurder[=/=]CastFromHitPoints: [[spoiler:Her latent ability as a member of the Scarlet family, also known as the Blood Knights.]]
361* CosplayOtakuGirl: Some time after her arc, it's mentioned that she's getting a MagicalGirl costume designed for herself.
362* {{Escapism}}: She's a MagicalGirl otaku.
363* IJustWantToBeNormal: [[spoiler:Double subverted; she knows she can never be healthy, but regardless she decides to live the most normal life she can.]]
364* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: When Koishi rescues her from imminent death by drowning, she finally comes face-to-face with a real-life MagicalGirl, like in all the stories she likes reading.
365* ObfuscatingStupidity: [[spoiler: She always guessed that Sakuya wouldn't be able to save them, and came to terms with it before Sakuya herself did, but she went along with her to make her feel better.]]
366* PowerStrainBlackout: [[spoiler:After manifesting Laevatein.]]
367* SecretKeeper: For Sakuya.
368* SpellMyNameWithAnS: As a reference to ZUN's inconsistent spelling of Flandre/Frandle/Frandoll Scarlet.
369-->Nitori typed in the name lazily. They had to settle for the family name, Scarlet, mainly because all of them found the name Flandre so foreign they had no clue how to spell it.
370
371
372!!Patchouli Knowledge
373->''"I wanted to disappoint you when you dug up the truth."''
374A brilliant geneticist who specializes in genetic disorders, she ended up being hired by Remilia and Flandre's parents to take care of them in their illness, and is now their legal guardian.
375----
376* {{Escapism}}: The reason for her love of magical girl manga.
377* OpenHeartDentistry: Patchouli is a geneticist, but accepted a probably-misinformed request to work as the Scarlets' obstetrician because it payed well (and her own poor health made it hard to find work in her actual field).
378* [[RenaissanceMan Renaissance Woman]]: Geneticist, multilinguist, obstetrician, librarian, bakery manager.
379* WhatCouldHaveBeen: In-universe. Patchouli had enormous potential as a geneticist and could work anywhere thanks to her natural gift for picking up on languages, but her poor health got in the way.
380-->Koishi caught, for the tiniest moment, a hint of sadness in Patchouli’s eyes. She was speaking eagerly of a life she never had the chance to live, and that fact had left its mark on her.
381
382
383!!Hong Meiling
384->''"But I’ve worked here for fifteen years, and I owe it to Valéry-san that his children stay safe. If you want to get in, you’re going to have to go through me."''
385Attendant at the Scarlet Bakery, and also the guard of the Scarlet Mansion.
386----
387* DrivesLikeCrazy: Never let her drive.
388* EarlyBirdCameo: She's the attendant at the Scarlet Bakery that Koishi drops by before school starts to pick up breakfast.
389* FieryRedhead
390* GoThroughMe
391* WorthyOpponent: Jozu briefly shook off her disinterest in anything but her upcoming job to fight her in an honorable duel.
392
393!Introduced in the fourth arc
394
395!'Eiki Shiki
396->''To this day she’d never presided over a case and made a ruling which was considered unfair. Her sentencing was just, her conviction absolute, and her desire to find the truth nigh-limitless.''
397Eiki Shiki is a judge of the Gensouto court system, and Komachi's boss. She presides over Morichika's trial.
398----
399* BrainwashedAndCrazy
400* BrokenAce: Well on her way to becoming this when the Black Claw sinks its... er, claws into her.
401* DrowningMySorrows: When the case against Morichika goes all wrong.
402* EvilIsHammy: [[spoiler:"None of you shall ascend this day. Your vile souls ''will pave the depths of Hell!''"]]
403* TheFettered: She hates every moment of having to let Morichika off the hook during his trial.
404* GuiltyPleasure: It turns out that she ''loves'' [[BMovie B-Movies]].
405* MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler:The Mindcoil brings out some latent KnightTemplar tendencies in her, and latches onto her frustration regarding her perceived inability to keep the worst criminals off Gensouto's streets.]]
406* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:More literal than the other mindcoil victims in that she actually does gain wings in her showdown with the Sirens.]]
407* PerpetualSmiler: [[spoiler:Under the Mindcoil's influence.]]
408* VictimOfTheWeek
409* WhatTheHellHero: At least twice she gets called out by other characters. Once by Keine and the crowd of protestors that demands a reopening into the case against Morichika (though, not much Eiki can do about that one for now), and more importantly by the Sirens who deduce that [[spoiler:the person in the crowd who turned the protestors into an angry mob was planted by [[KnightTemplar Eiki herself]], acting under the influence of the Mindcoil.]]
410
411
412!!Sumire Raikōji
413->''"From her raised vantage point, Eiki could make out a keepsake the lawyer had hidden beneath the bench - a shako cap, the sort the Japanese army used to use. Sumire had told her over drinks that it had been her grandfather’s, and that she’d wanted to keep up the family tradition of keeping the people of Gensouto safe."''
414A talented new prosecutor of the court. She presents the evidence against Morichika at his trial.
415----
416* NaiveNewcomer
417* OriginalCharacter: Not one of the writer's, however; she's from [[FriendlyRivalry another Touhou fanfiction]], [[DuelingShows White Rose of Chireiden]]. [[color:white: And the author of that story is writing this entire character sheet.]]
418* SympathyForTheDevil: Much to [[CynicalMentor Komachi]]'s dismay.
419--> “Komachi-san...the more I read into Morichika’s past, the more I wonder how much of a monster he really is. He was born into a bad family and got brought up to see lying and stealing as a virtue. I feel like...like it’s not so much his fault as it is the fault of the circumstances he got brought up in.”
420
421
422!!Reimu Hakurei
423->''"I’d like to be the good guy, but when good doesn’t pay well enough you have to go with what you can get, don’t you?"''
424Rinnosuke's lawyer. Apathetic, lazy, disrespectful, and damn good at twisting the facts.
425----
426* AmoralAttorney: She comes off like this in a big way during her first appearance. In the sixth arc, however, it's subverted in that [[spoiler: she does have morals, she's just resigned to doing the only thing she can do well (which is to game the legal system) in order to pay for the upkeep of the Hakurei Shrine. And when she gets the chance, she cooperates in passing on some information about her worst client, Morichika, in order to try to finally put him behind bars.]]
427** IDidWhatIHadToDo: As said by her quote, she only helps Morichika to support her shrine, otherwise, she wouldn't deal with him.
428* DemotedToExtra: The main protagonist of the Touhou series is a relatively minor character in this story.
429* HiddenDepths
430
431
432!!Aya Shameimaru
433->''"I don’t want to see any of you out here until it’s done, or you can all go find jobs at Kakashi News! ... [[GilliganCut But don’t get a job at Kakashi News.]] Himekaidou is an asshole, y’know that? Thinks she can run a paper and be a journalist at the same time. What a bitch."''
434Bunbunmaru reporter and editor. She normally just writes tabloids and gossip columns, but she also has exclusive access to the Red Lily, an informant in the Gensouto Court.
435----
436* {{Egopolis}}: Downplayed in that it's just her office, but she seems to cover everything from door buzzers to coffee mugs with "AYA SHAMEIMARU - BUNBUNMARU REPORTER AND EDITOR" in garishly large font.
437* IntrepidReporter
438* PutOnABus: Puts ''herself'' on a bus, hiding out in a safe house [[spoiler:after she breaks another story from the Red Lily on Morichika]].
439* TheRival: To Hatate, who doesn't even know she's Aya's rival. The rivalry is because Hatate is a news reporter on television, while she's one for a newspaper.
440
441!!Hatate Himekaidou
442->''"Koishi could make out an almost manic glint in the reporter’s eye as she reveled in every moment she spent on public television."''
443A news reporter on TV, who also runs a rival newspaper to Aya's.
444----
445* UnknownRival: It has yet to be seen if Hatate even ''knows'' Aya is chomping at the bit to establish her newspaper as superior to her own Kakashi News.
446
447
448!Introduced in the fifth arc
449
450!!Yuyuko Saigyouji
451->''"Oh, look at the little girl trying to act so formal! It’s just too adorable, isn’t it?"''
452Current head of the Saigyouji family, and Youki Saigyouji's mother.
453----
454* AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:She may be a legitimately nice woman, but she is this towards Youmu in regards to her crossdressing as Youki.]]
455* AmbiguouslyHuman: Subverted. She ''is'' human, but she does a really good job of being as eccentric and slightly off-kilter as a youkai would be.
456* CutenessProximity
457* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She loves doting on Sango and Youki, and she's also a MasterSwordsman.
458--> "[The Saigyouji family] has been skilled swordsmen for centuries, but it’s only the last few generations that have really stood out. Yuyuko was pretty much the brightest star of the lot - easily one of the top 100 kendo practitioners of her generation, and one of the top 5 women."
459* HiddenDepths: Yuyuko is introduced in a manner much like her canon counterpart: happy-go-lucky, casually rich and powerful, and friendly. [[spoiler:In reality, she has been in deep denial for the past ten years that her son ever died, and that she's manipulated Youmu into crossdressing so that she could [[IRejectYourReality maintain the illusion that her son was still alive]].]]
460* HyperAwareness: At one point, she correctly deduced that someone behind her was about to open a door they probably shouldn't, because she couldn't hear the sound of floorboards being walked on anymore.
461* StepfordSmiler: Her house is huge and grand, and unlike the other rich people she deals with, she made every yen of her wealth legitimately. She has a warm, personable manner with the temporary workers she hired to clean up the backyard. She dotes on her son Youki, and seems to cultivate an image of friendliness and kindness. [[spoiler:Nope.]]
462
463
464!!The original Youki Konpaku
465->''"Yes, yes! They didn’t forget. They didn’t forget me! Mother didn’t-"''
466[[spoiler: The real Youki Konpaku, Yuyuko's son. He died ten years ago in a childhood illness, and when he died, Yuyuko made Youmu crossdress in order to convince herself that her son was still around.]]
467----
468* PosthumousCharacter: He [[spoiler: died 10 years before the story and Yuyuko didn't accept that he died]].
469* YouCanSeeMe: To Koishi, whose Third Eye also allows her to see ghosts.
470
471
472!!Kotohime
473->''"...Princess Kotohime, may I request an audience?"''
474-->-- Komachi
475A detective and self-declared princess who is excellent at what she does. Not formally affiliated with the Gensouto Court, but Komachi has called on her before to find information.
476----
477* BunnyEarsLawyer: Incredibly egotistical and eccentric, but she is indeed the best at finding information that not even the court could track down without her help.
478* InsufferableGenius: Komachi goes out of her way to avoid Kotohime, unless she ''really'' needs her assistance.
479* PlayfulHacker
480
481
482!!Marisa Kirisame
483->''"Remilia hired a professional costume artist to design a magical girl outfit with her. Kirisame, I think her name was."''
484-->-- Sakuya
485A girl who's a costume artist
486----
487* TheCameo[=/=]DemotedToExtra: The {{Deuteragonist}} of Touhou is only mentioned in the background as a costume designer for Flan's MagicalGirl outfit.
488* TheGhost: She doesn't appear in the story proper but she is mentioned by Sakuya.
489
490!Introduced in the sixth arc
491
492!!Byakuren Hijiri
493->''"These kids need love and affection desperately, and while the Institute does its best we can’t fill in for a real parental figure. There aren’t enough of us to go around, sadly, so it’s people like you that deserve the real praise."''
494Director of the Myouren Institute, an orphanage/religious organization/charity that takes care of abandoned children in Gensouto.
495----
496* OrphanageOfLove: What the Myouren Institute is supposed to be, at least.
497
498!''Introduced in the seventh arc''
499
500!!Mami
501A girl working at the Gensouto zoo. [[spoiler: She is actually Mamizou Futatsuiwa, the former queen of the tanuki.]]
502----
503* CombatPragmatist: [[spoiler:In her fights with Ran and the Sirens, she shows absolutely no sense of fair play. Mamizou's liberal use of backstabs, dopplegangers, petrification, and trickery place her fighting style firmly in this trope]]
504* DopplegangerAttack: [[spoiler:Uses a lot of clones in combat, mostly to confuse opponents and provide distractions. To make matters worse, they can also attack physically]]
505* FriendToAllLivingThings: [[spoiler: At first]]
506* SadisticChoice: [[spoiler:During the war against the Ravager, the Ravager threatened to attack her people unless she ambushed her own allies, the kitsune under Ran. Mamizou chose to ambush her own best friend, thus leading to Ran's RoaringRampageofRevenge]]
507
508!!Agent Indigo
509An agent looking for Mami. [[spoiler: Agent Indigo is actually Ran Yakumo, Yukari's former servant and queen of the Kitsune, in the middle of a RoaringRampageofRevenge against Mamizou as a result of Mamizou's decision to ambush the kitsune.]]
510----
511* BattleAura
512* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Towards Mamizou
513* RoaringRampageOfRevenge:
514* RevengeBeforeReason: She abandoned her own responsibilities to chase after Mamizou for centuries.
515* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: Upon Mamizou's death, Ran doesn't actually have any purpose in life left. Nitori convinces her to direct her efforts towards fighting the Black Claw.
516
517[[/folder]]
518
519[[folder:The Black Claw]]
520
521!Tropes describing all members of the ''Black Claw''
522
523* [[TheMenInBlack The Women in Black]]
524* TheUnmasquedWorld: This is what they want to accomplish.
525
526!Individual members of the Black Claw'
527
528!!Jozu Manou
529->''"I’m not here to stand for the Claw. I’m just here because I like the smell of blood."''
530A member of the Black Claw, a shark youkai from the tropical seas.
531----
532* BloodKnight: As her quote indicates.
533* DefrostingIceQueen: [[spoiler:Realizes while being attended to by Satori after being laser'd by Leviathan that she isn't quite the cold-blooded killer she was during her introduction.]]
534--> [[spoiler:"Jozu smacked herself in the forehead. What had happened to her? She’d been a ruthless killer before this whole Siren business, and now she was more worried about a human than she was about herself. The change had been so gradual that she’d made no attempt to resist it. And the frightening thing was that even now, she didn’t mind what she had become."]]
535* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Well, sort of. As she says, she was never really that loyal to the Claw in the first place, but when Leviathan attempts to murder Satori (whom she had gotten quite close to) after fighting Koishi against her orders, she turns on her completely, attacking her in a blind rage. Suffice it to say, her alliance with the Claw ended right about there.]]
536* LittleBitBeastly
537* NobleDemon: She doesn't use dirty tricks when fighting.
538* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Satori.]]
539* OriginalCharacter
540* ProudWarriorRaceGuy
541* SuperSerum: A vial of blood she keeps around to smell whenever she wants to ''really'' let loose.
542* WorthyOpponent: Faced Meiling honorably in a duel for this reason. Later she comes to regard Sango as this.
543
544
545!!Sword-wielding Black Claw operative
546->''"..."''
547Another Black Claw fighter, introduced in the fourth arc. [[spoiler:She is actually Koishi's sister, Satori, who turned to the Claw after witnessing how cruel humans could be to youkai.]]
548----
549* AntiVillain: [[spoiler:She joined the Black Claw after seeing firsthand how cruel humans could be to youkai due to her father's work. She grew to believe that HumansAreBastards, and that by helping to see the Claw's goal of taking away the magic power from humans through, she can not only save youkai from humans, but humans from themselves.]]
550* ApologeticAttacker: [[spoiler:She apologizes before attacking Koishi at the zoo.]]
551* DominoMask
552* EnemyMine: [[spoiler:Following her HeelFaceTurn, this is how she describes her relationship with the White Pearl. In the beginning, at least.]]
553--> [[spoiler: '''Ran:''' "...it’s hard to believe you’ve changed sides so suddenly."]]
554--> [[spoiler:'''Satori:''' "That’s because I haven’t. I still believe in what my master told me; I’ve just found out that she doesn’t. We’re not allies, Yakumo-san. We simply share a common enemy."]]
555* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:Satori was captured by the Black Claw and convinced by Leviathan to aid their cause]]
556** HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:However, after her sister manages to talk her out of her WellIntentionedExtremist ways after defeating her in battle, followed by her [[TakingTheBullet jumping in front of an attack meant for Satori]] from her boss, ''then'' followed by her attacking Jozu in the same manner, she realizes that Leviathan isn't who she thought she was, and decides she'd be better off working with the White Pearl.]]
557* {{Hypocrite}}: [[spoiler: Says of the White Pearl, "They’ve got [Koishi] thinking she’s some kind of saviour, like she’s a hero, protecting the world from monsters like us." Meanwhile, the Black Claw has essentially done the same to her, leading her to believe ''she's'' a hero, protecting the world from humans.]]
558* InTheNameOfTheMoon: [[spoiler:Her chant is different from her sister's. In fact, it is explicitly its "antithesis" ]]
559-->[[spoiler:''“The wheels of change are crimson red'']]
560-->[[spoiler:''Rebellion rears its ugly head'']]
561-->[[spoiler:''I’ll pay no mind to evil’s plea'']]
562-->[[spoiler:''For I’m the Violet Valkyrie!”'']]
563* OfficialCouple: [[spoiler:With Jozu.]]
564* ShockAndAwe
565* SummonMagic: She can open up portals to the ocean and summon fishmen directly from there.
566* {{Telepathy}}
567* TheVoiceless: [[spoiler:At least until TheReveal, that is.]]
568* WalkingSpoiler: Oh yeah.
569* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Satori believes that the only way to stop humanity's excesses is through violence. This places her in direct conflict with her sister]]
570
571!!The Woman in Black
572->''"I see. So you seek power?"''
573Seems to be one of the higher-ups in the Black Claw. She has the power to inflict the Mindcoil on people. [[spoiler: In reality, she is Iku Nagae, aka Leviathan, another member of the Ravager research team. Already a brilliant scientist, she became even more involved in the project due to a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against humanity after her parents were killed. She posed as Iku Nagae, the school nurse in order to have easier access to the Sirens]]
574----
575HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Is ultimately killed by the Ravager after it decides it can't trust her.]]
576-->[[spoiler:"46... why...?"]]
577* MadScientist: [[spoiler:Responsible for the Mindcoils and played a large role in creating the Ravager]]
578* ManipulativeBastard
579[[/folder]]

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