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Arsy-Varsy Nectar Kiss
In General
The squad led by Ascelin Isolde, consisting of Kasumi Akai-Amsel and Nagisa.
- Two Guys and a Girl
- The Leader: Ascelin.
- The Medic: Nagisa.
- Word Salad Title: What the squad's name looks like to anyone who isn't aware that it's an acronym made from the first letters of the main three members' names.
Kasumi Akai-Amsel
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 1
The Sequel's Protagonist. Kasumi Akai-Amsel is the adopted daughter of Kazuki and Axel.- Affectionate Nickname: Nagisa calls her Kasumi-chan.
- Chekhov's Gun: The white feather Kasumi relies on to bless her with good dreams at night. Miu is revealed to have given her this years ago which she now uses to protect Kasumi and her friends from being victims of the darkness.
- Collared by Fashion: Around her neck is a red collar with a black buckle in the middle.
- Crush Blush: Sports a Luminescent Blush whenever she's around Nagisa.
- Cry into Chest: Kasumi does this twice to Nagisa.
- First when the two of them are alone and she learns of his terminal illness.
- And lastly when Nagisa returns from the dead as a ghost to see her one last time and clear things up.
- Dream Weaver: By putting Miu's feather under her pillow every night, Kasumi will be blessed with pleasant dreams. Kasumi absolutely freaked out the moment she thought she lost it.
- Happily Adopted: By Kazuki and Axel.
- Interspecies Romance: Kasumi and Nagisa are very fond of each other.
- Little Bit Beastly: She's a black fox-canid.
- Prone to Tears: A trait that seemed to be leftover from being a Shrinking Violet.
- Psychic Powers: Kasumi is both an empath to animals and can communicate with them telepathically. She refers to this as her 'gift'.
- Puppy-Dog Eyes: Used these to her advantage when convincing Ascelin to let Nagisa join their squad.
- One True Love: Considers Nagisa to be her soulmate.
- Shrinking Violet: Used to be against the idea of making friends outside of her forest critters and the ones in her dream world until becoming a Cerberus student.
- Smitten Teenage Girl: Constantly gushes about her crush on Nagisa.
- Superpowered Evil Side: Her Shadow form that is awakened when she learns the truth about Nagisa from Red Star.
- Tangled Family Tree: Mainly thanks to Kazuki's side and her being adopted.
- Technicolor Eyes: Her eyes are gold.
- Vegetarian Carnivore: Prefers not to eat meat after obtaining her gift.
- Waking Up Elsewhere: In Chapter 5, all that Kasumi could remember after passing out in the school's hallway was waking up alone in the infirmary.
- Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A striped stockings.
Ascelin Isolde
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 1
“All this squad stuff is really annoying to me. Why can’t we just be normal high school students for once and join clubs?”
The squad's Leader. Ascelin is the son of Xiomara Amsel and Blanc Isolde, making him the cousin of Kasumi Akai-Amsel.- An Ice Person: Inherited his father's ice powers in the form of his wrist blasters.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows: Ascelin's profound eyebrows were also passed down from Blanc.
- Cheshire Cat Grin: Flashed his mother's Crescent Moon smile at a bunch of girls in Chapter 2.
- Chick Magnet: Has a large female following reminiscent of his uncle Axel.
- The Drag-Along: There are a lot of times where Ascelin is initially reluctant to do something but relents for Kasumi's ake. Usually, it revolves around Nagisa.
- The Fashionista: Justified since both of his parents are supermodels.
- Hate at First Sight: Ascelin was put off by Nagisa just by looking at him and there was no way in hell that he'd let him get close to his cousin.
- The Leader: Of the Arsy-Varsy Nectar Kiss.
- Pointy Ears: Due to being half-werewolf.
- Pretty in Mink: Ascelin's vest is made out of fur and his boots have fur trimmings.
- Shipping Torpedo: Doesn't want Nagisa to have anything to do with his cousin.
- Supporting Leader: He isn't the book's Protagonist but is The Leader of the main squad.
- Token Rich Student: Rich from having two celebrity parents but it was his decision to attend Cerberus to be close to Kasumi.
- Your Tradition Is Not Mine: Downplayed. While Ascelin voices his hatred of the school's squad-forming tradition, Kasumi's Puppy-Dog Eyes causes his iron resolve to crack and he becomes The Leader of the Arsy-Varsy Nectar Kiss.
Nagisa (unmarked spoilers)
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 1
“I promise, Ascelin, that I will be of great use to both of you! I may not look like it but I am a very skilled medic.”
The self-proclaimed Medic of the squad. Nagisa is an eccentric human boy with a lot of secrets and a fondness for Kasumi.- Audience Surrogate: Like Kazuki in the first book, Nagisa was clueless about canid breeds before attending Cerberus High and yearns to learn more about them.
- Bully Magnet: His eccentricity and small frame caused him to be a constant target of school bullies until Kasumi told them off one day. Nagisa is despised by Ascelin, who found great amusement in the human's lack of wealth.
- Cleavage Window: A male example.
- Dying as Yourself: In the moments leading up to his death, Nagisa breaks free from Red Star's control. As a ghost, Nagisa possesses his true personality which is on the mellow side.
- Fashionable Asymmetry
- Gender-Blender Name: Nagisa is most commonly used as a female name.
- Hair Intakes: To match his Forever-Still Space Red Star.
- His Name Is...: After being gravely wounded by Corrupted Miu's attack, Nagisa uses his final moments to warn Kasumi and the others about Red Star's existence. However, before he could get the name out, bites his tongue off in an apparent suicide.
- Hollywood Heart Attack: Has a mini one in Chapter 2 that manages to bring him to his knees. Nagisa quickly recovers from this with the excuse that he just lost his wallet.
- Interspecies Romance: Nagisa and Kasumi are very fond of each other.
- I Owe You My Life: Having been saved by Kasumi from a gang of bullies, Nagisa is determined to repay her for her kindness. To appease him, Kasumi makes him the third member of her and Ascelin’s squad.
- Keet: Very energetic and eccentric.
- Offing the Offspring: In Chapter 4 of Cerberus High: Hearts Forever Engraved, Nagisa recalls in his backstory how his father brought his mother out to sea under the pretence of a joyful boating trip while he was still in utero. Nagisa's father murders his mother in the rental boat and puts her mutilated body in the water. Despite dying too, Nagisa is born as a result of a coffin birth with the darkness of the sea assisting in his Overnight Age-Up.
- Only One Name
- Our Ghosts Are Different: Returns in the finale as a ghost dressed in white. He longer has all the bandages covering his body and his hair returned to its natural brown color.
- Overnight Age-Up: Nagisa was able to grow from a newborn to a teen quickly with the darkness of the sea that he and his mother were dumped in assisting in his growth.
- Secretly Dying: He has only confided in Kasumi about his terminal illness in which he urges to not tell anyone else about.
- Stepford Smiler: Nagisa's eccentric and clueless personality was constructed by Red Star to keep him as a willing pawn. It is only in his final moments when he survives Corrupted Miu's attack, albeit only for a short time. does his real personality surface.
- Taking the Bullet: Nagisa pushed Kasumi out of the way when Corrupted Miu fired her shadow attack, causing him to be hit instead
- Token Human: Not in the school but in his squad.
- Tongue Suicide: How he is silenced by Red Star before he could reveal her name. It was made to seem like he had suddenly died.
- Trademark Favorite Food: He loves pineapples, even when they're on his pizza...
- Unwitting Pawn: To Red Star's plans.
- Younger Than He Looks: In Cerberus High: Hearts Forever Engraved, Nagisa is revealed to have been born in 2012, making him 3 years old during the events of chii.
- Your Days Are Numbered: Revealed to Kasumi that he only has months to live but in reality, with Red Star's resurrection in place, it is much sooner.
Star Force
In General
The squad led by Laika, consisting of Laelaps and Teumessia.
- The Leader: Laika.
- Only One Name: All three members lack a last name
- Otaku: Laelaps and Teumessia are both fans of an anime by the name of Resolute Blood. No one knows what kind of anime it is but they are shown going into a figurine store for merchandise.
Laika
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 2
“Whatever you plan on buying I’ll pay as long as my squad and I can come along.”
Laika is the Leader of the squad Star Force.- Curtains Match the Windows: Purple hair and purple eyes.
- The Fashionista: Shares Ascelin's passion for fashion.
- The Leader: Of the squad Star Force.
- Little Bit Beastly: She's a canid breed, specifically a husky/terrier mix.
- Named After Someone Famous: Named after the Russian space dog.
- Nice Girl: Has a very nice and pleasant personality as shown by how she offered to pay for the Arsy-Varsy Nectar Kiss's pizza meal.
- Only One Name
- Pretty in Mink: Her outfit has a lot of fur to show the Russian origin of her namesake.
- Symbol Motif Clothing: Star motifs.
Laelaps
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 2
Laika's right-hand man. Laelaps is a wolf-canid who wields a katana and is a fan of an anime by the name of Resolute Blood.- Little Bit Beastly: Wolf-canid.
- It's Personal: When Kazuki tells him to spare the cryptids trapped within the Sword of Supernatural Calamity, Laelaps refuses as, according to him, they all are responsible for Laika's kidnapping.
- No Social Skills: After Laelaps offends Kasumi by bluntly dismissing her Psychic Powers, Laika intervenes to explain that the wolf-canid is simply unaccustomed to social situations and can be insensitive at times.
- Only One Name
- Otaku: A fanatic of an anime called Resolute Blood and a wielder of a katana.
- Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Named after the hound who can never miss.
- The Stoic: To contrast Teumessia's Keet.
- Those Two Guys: Fills this role with Teumessia.
Teumessia
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 2
Star Force's obligatory third member.- The Generic Guy
- Little Bit Beastly: Fox-canid.
- Keet: He's described as the obligatory third member of the squad whose main purpose is to lighten up the mood.
- Only One Name
- Otaku: A fanatic of an anime called Resolute Blood.
- Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: His name comes from the Teumessian Fox.
- Those Two Guys: Fills this role with Laelaps.
Cryptid Clan
In General
The antagonistic squad formed by Elliot consisting of all the cryptid canid breeds in the area.
- Casting a Shadow: All of them possess shadow-based powers.
- Dark Is Evil
- Humanoid Abomination: They're not cute like the other types of canid breeds.
- The Leader: Elliot.
- Little Bit Beastly: The third, unknown type of canid breed.
- The Soulless: Cryptids don't have souls as they are born from the darkness without parents.
Elliot
See Cerberus High
Edna & Edgar
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 4
Two Black Shuck-canids who appear as young twins of different genders.- Brainwashing: Corrupted Miu by shooting a pentagram onto her forehead.
- Creepy Twins
- Cyclops
- Equippable Ally: After the original Sword of Supernatural Calamity shatters, the twins form dual versions of the blade for Red Star to wield.
- Half-Identical Twins
- Little Bit Beastly: Black Shuck-canids.
- Only One Name
- Older Than They Look: Implied to be much older than they look and act.
Chupacabra
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 4
A cryptid canid breed with sticky-fingers who is affiliated with Elliot's Cryptid Clan.- Facepalm Of Doom: Puts his hand over Laika's before transporting her into the Sea of Darkness.
- Humanoid Abomination: He has pointed, flesh-colored shards coming out of his shoulders and knees.
- Idiot Hair
- Little Bit Beastly: Described as a mangy-looking cryptid.
- Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Named after the Mexican urban legend.
- Only One Name
Miu
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 1 (voice only), Chapter 5 (full)
“Witness my fur and feathers span across all universes and envelope all the worlds in healing light!”
Miu is a major character in the series as she is the embodiment of the love between the two Overworld gods and will bring about the end of the world.- Abstract Apotheosis: Miu is the physical embodiment of the love between the two Overworld gods Shun Demdagos and Inugami.
- Apocalypse Maiden: With the sword of Supernatural Calamity in her hands, Miu is destined to split the earth, bringing about the destruction of all worlds and universes. It only takes one small slash to the air and everything will end. Despite being banished from this world, she can't bring herself to end it.
- BFS: Wields the Sword of Supernatural Calamity as well as her Seraph Sword.
- Big Good: Embodies the strongest element and is the one who defeats the book's Big Bad.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Brainwashed by Edna & Edgar after she refuses to be a pawn to their plans of world destruction.
- Calling Your Attack: “CRYPT ABYSS!!!”
- Casting a Shadow: Possesses shadow powers in her Corrupted form.
- Curtains Match the Windows: White hair and white eyes.
- Doppelgänger Attack: Miu summoned multiple versions of herself from alternate universes to aid her in the fight against Red Star.
- Evil Costume Switch: Her Corrupted form has her dressed in a revealing black dress as opposed to the white one in her child form.
- Fanservice Pack: Becomes much older (and much more bustier) with every transformation.
- Feather Flechettes: As Seraph Miu, the feathers from her wings are able to be weaponized. These flechettes are harmless to anyone who isn't a creature of darkness.
- Good Wears White/Light Is Good: Her white hair and white dress set her apart from the other members of the clan, and she is revealed to be the book's Big Good.
- Guardian Entity: Years ago, Miu appeared to Kasumi in a dream to grant her with the feather that would protect her and her friends when Red Star enacts her plan.
- Magical Flutist: After the defeat of Red Star, Miu performs a song on a magic flute that is one that the joined hearts of the two gods would sing.
- Mark of the Beast: When she is corrupted by Edna and Edgar, Miu gains a white inverted pentagram on her forehead. This mark is not associated with Cerberus High's Mark of the Beast.
- Mark of the Supernatural: In her Seraph form, Miu has a forehead mark in the shape of a heart.
- Meaningful Name: Her name means beautiful feather in Japanese.
- Mystical Waif: Big Good in the form of a cute young girl.
- Only One Name: Miu... Just Miu.
- Only the Chosen May Wield: Since Miu embodies the strongest element, her wielding the Sword of Supernatural Calamity is bound to have more devastating effects on the world than if it was someone else.
- Our Phlebotinum Child: Of Shun Demdagos and Inugami. It is said to be impossible for humans and canid breeds to procreate but their love was able to form a physical being.
- People Puppets: Corrupted Miu is no longer brainwashed when wielding the Sword of Supernatural Calamity, but she has no control over her body.
- Power Dyes Your Hair: In her Corrupted form, the ends of Miu's hair are dyed black.
- Power Gives You Wings: Large angel wings in her Seraph form.
- Really 700 Years Old: Is as old as the Overworld itself.
- The Speechless: Miu is mute from being weak in her child form and from abusing her telepathic powers.
- Suddenly Speaking: When she is confronted by Edna & Edgar in the Shadow Dimension, Miu uses her voice for the first time in forever to tell them exactly how she felt about Red Star and her plans.
- Superpowered Evil Side: Her Corrupted form which has her Brainwashed and Crazy.
- Telepathy: She uses telepathy as a means of crying for help. Kasumi happened to hear her cries one night.
- Troubled Fetal Position: How Miu is sitting when she is introduced in the Shadow Dimension.
- Unwitting Pawn: To Red Star's plans.
- Winged Humanoid: She appeared in Kasumi's dreams as a formless angel and she possesses wings in her Seraph Form.
- Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A boots in her Corrupted form.
Red Star (unmarked spoilers)
Debut: Cerberus High II Chapter 7
“Since day one he has been a slave to I, Red Star, his Forever-still Space! It's all thanks to him that everything up to this point has happened!”
The Sequel's Big Bad. Red Star is Nagisa's Forever-Still Space personified.- Baddie Flattery: When meeting Kazuki, the first thing Red Star does is remark how he is cuter than she expected.
- Blinded by the Light: When Red Star dices Miu up with her Sword of Supernatural Calamity, Miu’s supposed corpse detonates and Red Star is hit by a blinding light. The blinding light disappears and Red Star is met by all the many Seraph Mius spanning from different universes.
- Card-Carrying Villain: She thrives on heartbreak and is dedicated to the apocalyptic annihilation of the multiverse.
- Combat Stilettos
- Diving Kick: Delivers an axe-kick to Kazuki which sends him into a newly dug grave that was wet from the rain.
- Dual Wielding: After the original Sword of Calamity shatters and becomes her armor, Red Star wields the version of the blade made from the twins Edna & Edgar.
- Femme Fatalons: Her long nails are painted red and become Absurdly Sharp Claws in her armored form.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: Is shown to be more than capable of fighting with just her fists.
- Hair Intakes: To match her host Nagisa.
- Hellish Pupils
- The Man Behind the Man: Red Star was the one who inspired Elliot to enact her world-ending scheme and is the true Big Bad of the story.
- Manipulative Bastard: The main mastermind behind the doom's day plan.
- Musical Theme Naming: She was named after The Birthday Massacre song.
- One-Winged Angel: When she is struck by all of the Seraph Mius' Feather Flechettes, she reverts to her original star shape, which has grown larger and has a more chaotic body.
- Stripperiffic: Her black armor.
- Vampires Are Sex Gods: Calls herself a vampiress and is very attractive.
Returning Allies
Ember Hertz
See Cerberus High
Sherbet Summers
See Cerberus High
Kazuki Akai-Amsel
For information about Kazuki, see this page.
Axel Akai-Amsel
See Cerberus High
Xiomara Isolde
See Cerberus High
Blanc Isolde
See Cerberus High
Overworld Gods
Shun Demdagos
The human goddess of the Overworld.
- Curtains Match the Windows: Red-violet hair and red-violet eyes.
- God Couple/Interspecies Romance: She and Inugami were lovers until they started fighting.
- God Is Dead/Posthumous Character
- The Maker: Created the Overworld realm alongside Inugami.
- Significant Anagram: Her full name is an anagram of "human goddess".
- Unfortunate Names: The author might not have been aware that dagos is an ethnic slur when considering the Significant Anagram for the human goddess's name.
Inugami
The canid breed god of the Overworld.
- Absurdly Sharp Claws: Large, beastly arms that could be turned into a deadly weapon.
- Big Ol' Eyebrows
- God Couple/Interspecies Romance: He and Shun were lovers until they started fighting.
- God Is Dead/Posthumous Character
- Hair Antennae
- Little Bit Beastly: The most animalistic-looking canid breed.
- The Maker: Created the Overworld realm alongside Shun Demdagos.
- Multiple-Tailed Beast: Has two wolf tails.
SPOILER CHARACTER
Lumaia Isolde
Debut: Cerberus High I Epilogue
- Affectionate Nickname: Axel calls her Lum-Lum.
- Last Episode, New Character: Introduced in the epilogue which depicted her birth.
- Meaningful Name: Her name is of Basque origin meaning feather.
- Significant Birth Date: She was born on Valentine's day.
