The list is incomplete because this is still an on-going series. Some of the information is received from Word of God. May contain unmarked spoilers. Check this page for the original Chrono Cross characters' tropes.
As a whole
- Birds of a Feather: All of the children are fans of Chrono Cross.
- Brains and Brawn: Brains to the game character partners.
- Fighter, Mage, Thief: Ari is Fighter. Yoshino is Thief. Chikara is Mage.
- Freudian Trio: Ari is Ego. Yoshino is Id. Chikara is Superego.
- Knight, Knave, and Squire: Chikara is Knight. Yoshino is Knave. Ari is Squire.
- Nice, Mean, and In-Between: Ari is Nice. Yoshino is Mean. Chikara is In-between.
Ari Yamamoto
An eleven-year-old boy who is a Draggy fanboy. Because being an only child in the family, he sometimes wishes for a sibling-like figure or a pet so that he won't be alone. And his wish comes true after receiving the gadget.
- All-Loving Hero
- Guile greets Draggy in a not-so-friendly way at first, but later, Ari tries to stop Yoshino from forcing Guile to fight again because Guile is injured, and eventually saves him from the evolved Starky.
- Yoshino is a Jerkass, but he can't stand seeing her crying.
- Face Your Fears: Multiple times, and are caused by his Simple-Minded Wisdom.
- Hates Being Alone: Justified. He's an only child in the family, and this is the reason why he really wants a sibling-like figure or a pet. He is very protective towards Draggy because he's afraid of losing the dragon, which will result in him being alone.
- Heroic BSoD: After seeing Guile taking a chainsaw that is meant for Draggy.
- I Wish It Were Real: He wishes that Draggy is real, and it really happens.
- Momma's Boy: He is very close to his mom. Also, the reason why he doesn't want Draggy to evolve is because of his mom's words.
- Nervous Wreck: He gets worried very easily.
- Nice Guy: He is very kind.
- Non-Action Guy: He's easily scared and also pessimistic by nature.
- Not a Morning Person: The reason he's often late to school in the morning.
- Simple-Minded Wisdom: Something you often see from him.
- Why he doesn't want Draggy to evolve? He believes that when one grows up, he/she will forget the one who brought him/her up. He learns a similar thing from his mom's words.
- What makes him suspect that Draggy is involved in the butcher incident? He believes that dragon loves meat.
- Tender Tears: He is prone to shedding them, even as a boy.
Yoshino Kobayashi
A thirteen-year-old girl whose ambition is to be the best player in Battle Board. She actually likes powerful characters like Glenn and intends to buy the board, but because she keeps suspecting her deceased father being a Guile fan, she ends up with Guile. Learning that this disables her from summoning a more powerful character, she is so annoyed that she mistreats Guile.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Girl: What is she thinking when people around her talk about her feat in 2020 Battle Board Tournament?You cannot and may not be like me, you moron!
- The Atoner: Chapter 12 onwards. She struggles very hard just to show Guile that she is no longer a cruel person.
- Berserk Button: Develops one in chapter 13 from her guilt. Don't remind her of how mean she has been towards Guile.
- This leads to her giving Ari a Neck Lift until Guile intervenes by shooting a tiny lightning bolt to separate them.
- Daddy's Girl: Justified, because her dad loves her very much.
- This is the reason why she can't really abandon Guile.
- Hachiro points out that she and her dad are often seen strolling at Shinjuku Park together.
- Deadpan Snarker
- Determinator: Don't expect her to give up, even if she's losing.
- After her Villainous BSoD, she knows that Guile won't forgive her for her outrageously cruel acts towards him, but she is willing to give it a try.
- When she throws a stone at Genie, she misses. Is she giving up? Nope. She looks around to find more stones to throw at Genie just to defend Guile as an act of her atonement.
- Disappeared Dad: Deceased.
- Easily Forgiven: Guile gladly forgives her when she apologizes to him.
- However, other characters don't really forgive her.
- Entitled Bitch: Overlaps with Ungrateful Bitch. Despite being an utter jerk to Guile, she still expects Guile to fight for her so that she can learn new tricks for the board game. This annoys her grandma as well.
- She eventually grows out of this.
- Freudian Excuse: The reason she Kick the Dog is solely for lashing out her anger towards Guile for preventing her from summoning a powerful character from the game.
- Her grandma scolds and slaps her for this.
- Heel–Face Turn: Yoshino isn't purely evil, but she is so selfish and childish that her acts are despicable. She appears to have changed by the time chapter 12 comes calling.
- Heel Realization: The first time is when her grandma reveals that her deceased dad has a PS console, which leads to her thinking that her dad is a Guile Fan Boy. Then she tries to apologize to Guile, but unfortunately, she finds him at the wrong time (unconscious after getting beaten up by Skelly). The second time is when she finds a Guile Fanart by her dad, which leads to the third time: her grandma points out that Yoshino only wants to apologize to Guile just because of her dad's Fan Boy influence; otherwise, she won't.
- After realizing this, Yoshino truly regrets her acts towards Guile and goes really far just to show Guile that she feels terrible and really wants to repent.
- Heel Realization: The first time is when her grandma reveals that her deceased dad has a PS console, which leads to her thinking that her dad is a Guile Fan Boy. Then she tries to apologize to Guile, but unfortunately, she finds him at the wrong time (unconscious after getting beaten up by Skelly). The second time is when she finds a Guile Fanart by her dad, which leads to the third time: her grandma points out that Yoshino only wants to apologize to Guile just because of her dad's Fan Boy influence; otherwise, she won't.
- Gamer Chick: She is very skilled in the board game version of Chrono Cross.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She isn't as bad as she seems. In chapter 12, she risks her life just to show her desire to change to Guile.
- Kick the Dog
- The way she treats Guile is very mean. When she admits it to her grandma, well, her grandma literally flips.
- She scolds Guile and calls him a wimp whenever he almost loses a fight.
- She neglects Guile and never lets him eat real food. The only edible thing she gives him is leftovers, and that is a rare occasion. Guile escapes from starvation because he fights often and absorbs data, which is enough to keep him alive.
- She sometimes wakes Guile up from his sleep by throwing a pail of cold water at him.
- She forces Guile to fight even though he is injured.
- Yoshino finally apologizes to Guile for this behavior and tries very hard to repent. She grows out of it as well.
- The way she treats Guile is very mean. When she admits it to her grandma, well, her grandma literally flips.
- Licked by the Dog: After saving Guile's life and risking hers, Guile doesn't only forgive her easily, but he also fights for her sake.
- My God, What Have I Done?: Her suspicion of her dad being a Guile fan grows in chapter 6 after knowing that her dad has a PS console. She regrets her harsh attitude towards Guile, and blames herself for being too mean to him in the past after finding his bruised and battered body. She experiences the Five Stages of Grief at this moment.
- The one after her Heel Realization is even more dramatic.
- Pet the Dog: She sometimes gives Guile leftovers to eat. Subverted when it's revealed that she does this just because of her dad.
- Finally shows a genuine care towards Guile after her Heel Realization.
- Taking Advantage of Generosity: She promises Guile to help him to be more powerful, and in return, Guile will fight for her so that she can learn new tricks for the board game. Unfortunately, she doesn't mind about Guile, and only cares for the reward. She eventually grows out of this, though.
- Tears of Remorse: Starts shedding them since chapter 6. Sheds them again in chapter 12.
- Tsundere: Type A.
- Villainous BSoD: Goes to this in chapter 10. First, after finding out her father's book that contains his wish of having Guile appearing in the real world. Second, after her grandma points out that she'll still mistreat Guile if not because of her dad.
Chikara Jikan
An eleven-year-old boy who comes from the famous 6A class of Shinjuku Elementary. When Battle Board is getting trendy, he hopes that his dad buys him a Serge board because Serge is a powerful character. Unfortunately, because of his dad's strict nature of educating him, Chikara ends up with Starky.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: Always expect him to solve problems with this, although his ideas don't always work.
- Bad Liar: He's smart, but is unable to trick his little sister.
- Berserk Button: Downplayed. Chikara has a few, though pressing them usually only result in him getting annoyed or slightly angry.
- He isn't happy if you speak ill of his little sister, even it's a fact that she's really an Annoying Younger Sibling.
- He Can't Take Criticism.
- Big Brother Instinct: Towards Ari and other younger figures.
- Big Brother Mentor: To Ari.
- Can't Take Criticism: His main flaw. He will brush off one's opinion and insist that he is right.
- Child Prodigy
- Control Freak
- Like Father, Like Son: Except that he's nicer than his father.
- Nice Guy: Not as nice as Ari, but is still quite kind.
- Odd Friendship: With Starky.
- The Perfectionist: Everything he does must be flawless.
- The Smart Guy
- The Strategist: To Starky. His strategies give Starky advantage in combats.
- Wise Beyond Their Years
- Unlike the other kids, he's more mature and level-headed. While Ari goes so far to the point he slaps and snaps at Yoshino for abusing Guile (which almost results in a fight until Guile intervenes), Chikara's reaction is just telling Yoshino to atone for her acts instead of just ranting and blaming herself. It's worth noting that he's two years younger than Yoshino.
- He Can't Take Criticism though.
As a whole
- Brains and Brawn: Brawn to the real world children.
- Fighter, Mage, Thief: Draggy is Fighter. Guile is Thief, especially when he's mad. Starky is Mage.
- Freudian Trio: Draggy is Ego. Guile is Superego. Starky is Id.
- Knight, Knave, and Squire: Guile is Knight. Starky is Knave. Draggy is Squire.
Draggy
A yellow dragon who is about the size of a human child due to Ari's fan art of him.
- All Animals Are Dogs: He acts more like a puppy than a dragon.
- Badass Adorable
- Big Brother Instinct: Comes to learn this after staying with Guile for a while.
- Big Eater: He's always hungry.
- Breath Weapon: He shoots fireballs from his mouth.
- Bodyguarding a Badass: Ends up becoming this to Guile, because the latter has been very kind to him.
- Children Are Innocent: A nonhuman example.
- Constantly Curious: He's new to the real world, and is a newborn. Whenever he comes across new things, he asks.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He is goofy, but his combat skill is nothing to laugh at, especially after evolving.
- Cute Little Fangs: See here.
- The Ditz: His defining characteristic, but is capable of subverting this trope once in a while.
- Dumb Is Good: He may not be able to differ what is good or wrong, but this becomes the reason why Guile really believes that he won't blame Ari for scolding and hitting him as a result of Skelly's acts.
- Dumb Muscle: Quite powerful, and he's often seen 'solving' a problem using brawn. Often Played for Laughs.
- Expressive Ears: His wing-like extensions on his head stand when he's happy, and they wilt when he's sad.
- Fireballs
- Hates Being Alone: He'll be sad and/or search for his friends when he's alone.
- Heroic BSoD: After seeing Guile taking a chainsaw that is meant for him.
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness: Subverted. Skelly manages to trick him into stealing from a butcher.
- Man Bites Man: Dragon bites...its enemies. Draggy fights this way when he isn't breathing fire.
- Now That's Using Your Teeth!: He catches Guile's rod with his teeth.
- Simple-Minded Wisdom: Capable of doing this and is often Played for Laughs.
- Super-Toughness: His scales provide him great defense.
- Temperature change barely affects him.
- Skelly's Weaponized Ball only leaves some bruises on him.
- Starky's BFG hitting the snout? No effect.
- Unskilled, but Strong: Despite being a newborn, he rivals other experienced being in terms of strength. He has no specific strategy in fighting other than relying on his strength and endurance.
- Verbal Tic: Third-Person Person.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Water. He can't create fire when he's wet.
Guile
A masked magician who wishes to be more powerful so that he can resolve his rivalry issue. In actuality, it is just a lie, because he thinks that his true wish sounds silly for a Jerkass like Yoshino, and even the Nice Guy Ari because he is afraid that Ari will go to extreme lengths to help him. All he wants in his life is just a family.
- All-Loving Hero: Knowing that Genie is supposed to be on the good side, he tries to persuade Genie to return to the good side. Genie refuses, but Guile holds back in the fight. Genie threatening to kill the children after killing Guile manages to anger Guile, which results in Guile gaining an upper hand. And when Genie is about to harm Draggy with a chainsaw, Guile completely loses patience.
- Attack! Attack! Attack!: Knowing no defensive spells/skills, Guile relies on his inborn stamina and sheer determination for his defense. This enables him to attack whenever he wants without having to waste time for defense.
- Awesome, but Impractical / Necessary Drawback: Lightning Blast is powerful, but it takes a long time to cast it. Guile is often interrupted when charging up for this move.
- Awesomeness by Analysis
- Badass Armfold
- Badass Boast: "Even though my body is on the verge of collapsing… I WILL NEVER GIVE UP IN MY HEART!"
- Badass Finger Snap: He can create lightning by snapping his fingers.
- Badass Longcoat: A variant of dusters. He takes it off when he's getting serious. Cue Shirtless Scene.
- Bad Liar: Despite his name, he is this. He can't get through the children with his lie about why he cries. He attempts a classic Sand In My Eyes, which he does awkwardly.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Justified. As he Desperately Craves Affection, his kindness to you will often be up to eleven if you're nice to him.
- A Friend in Need
- Honor Before Reason: His Fatal Flaw. At one side, it's good, but on the other hand, it leads to problems. Luccia regards this as an odd yet honorable act.
- Being Good Sucks / No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Because he is unwilling to injure innocent children like Draggy and Starky, Yoshino gets mad and calls him a wimp. In actuality, he truly hopes that Yoshino cares for him, but for the said reason, he has to leave Yoshino because the girl declares that she doesn't care about him anymore (though her memories of her deceased dad often haunts her). She also gives him a loud "Go away!". Ouch.
- It's even worse in his past. Because Viper had saved him many times when he was young, he refused to fight Riddel in the finals of El Nido Wizard Tournament because he was afraid that he might harm Riddel. This resulted in his poor performance and loss, which eventually led to his mother performing a self-destruct in front of him out of pure rage because of Guile's 'stupid' kindness and continued with him going mad.
- The Berserker: He becomes reckless and only aims for the kill when enraged. His lack of tactics when angered is his Achilles' Heel which leads to The Worf Effect.
- Berserk Button: Just try hurting and/or threatening his little friends in front of him.
- Beware the Nice Ones: And Guile won't hesitate to annihilate you.
- Beware the Quiet Ones: Ari first views him as this, but Guile is actually a bit chatty, although he isn't the one who starts a conversation most of the time.
- Bird People: His evolved form is a black eagle man.
- Black Mage
- An Ice Person: He only uses ice spells once. He is capable of conjuring an icicle, which he uses to cut his own ankle to get some blood to feed Draggy.
- Casting a Shadow: Most of his spells are enchanted with darkness.
- Annihilation Wave involves firing dark energy blast which vaporizes the enemy in a hit.
- Dishing Out Dirt: He never uses earth spells, but has knowledge of it. This is how he develops Tremor Fist.
- Making a Splash: He sometimes uses water spells when dealing with fire.
- Playing with Fire: He can conjure Fireballs and shoot a gush of fire from his hands.
- Shock and Awe: He uses lightning-based spells most of the time.
- Broken Ace: Guile is a powerful Black Mage with insane endurance. He also possesses fatherly nature and a kind heart, which makes most of his friends (the children) look up to him. But by the time chapter 11 comes calling, Guile is terribly broken to the point he Desperately Craves Affection and doesn't really mind if people treat him like a crap, as long as the people just show him a little bit of affection and concern towards him.
- Bruiser with a Soft Center / Emotional Bruiser: Although Guile is more of being Unskilled, but Strong in melee combat, he is very tall (he is stated to be at least half a meter taller than Yoshino, a thirteen-year-old girl) and athletic. But he likes befriending children and being loved. Plus Tender Tears.
- Chapter 11: Guile lets Draggy use his coat as a blanket and Pip sleep on him to keep them warm for the whole cold night.
- Cannot Spit It Out / Mangst: He can never tell his past and/or his true wish to other people, because they are likely to make him cry. Cue Dark and Troubled Past.
- Chronic Hero Syndrome: BIG TIME! His acts border Martyr Without a Cause and often cause Ari and Draggy to complain.
- When Ari scolds him for his acts (protecting Draggy and Pip, cutting his ankle to get some of his blood to feed Draggy), he says that it's an instinct and becomes sad.
- When it's cold at night, he automatically takes off his coat and covers Draggy with it. This leaves him shirtless for the whole night.
- He holds Pip close to him to keep Pip warm at the same night.
- The Coats Are Off: When he does this, he's serious about pulverizing you. And he enters a...
- Shirtless Scene: See here.
- Cosmic Plaything: Combined with his Dark and Troubled Past, Guile is this. Things don't get better when he emerges in the real world, where he becomes a partner to the Jerkass Yoshino. But it gets better after he leaves Yoshino and makes some friends.
- Covered with Scars: By arc 2. (Word of God)
- Dangerous Forbidden Technique: Tremor Fist is extremely powerful, but it costs Guile the use of his arm. Subverted in chapter 12, because it's Guile's way of throwing a punch that injures his arm. After receiving a lesson in punching from Akira, Guile can use it without having to sacrifice an arm.
- Dark and Troubled Past: This has yet to be revealed, but there are a lot of hints, particularly in chapter 9 and 11. Guile seems to keep losing his True Companions over and over again.
- Dark Is Not Evil: His spells are mostly enchanted with darkness, but he is easily the kindest of all the casts.
- Desperately Craves Affection: Justified. Word of God says that this is related to his Dark and Troubled Past. Nothing pleases him more than your hugs and concern for him.
- When Ari hugs him and cries because of his concern, Guile sheds Tears of Joy, clumsily attempts a Sand In My Eyes, and ends up awkwardly admitting that he likes being loved.
- Determinator: Related to Papa Wolf. Despite having been shredded by a chainsaw, blown away by a tornado, and beaten to within an inch of his life, Guile absolutely refuses to stay down until the children are safe.
- Domino Mask: Loses it in the fight against Genie. This saves his face from being mangled by Genie's chainsaw.
- Dramatic High Perching: He likes resting on a tree like a bird, and is capable of spying everything below by standing on a tree and hiding behind the leaves.
- Earn Your Happy Ending : In chapter 12, Yoshino finally accepts him as her friend; something he has been wishing for.
- Extreme Doormat: To Yoshino at first, because he actually wishes that Yoshino shows more attention to him.
- Did You Think I Can't Feel?: When Yoshino forces him to kill Starky, he finally snaps. It's because of his Honor Before Reason attitude.
- Flight / Power Floats
- Flying Brick / Flying Firepower: Although Guile is fairly fast, speed isn't his forte.
- Friendly Rivalry: With Riddel.
- Friend to All Children: Well, mostly.
- Full-Contact Magic: Tremor Fist.
- Gentle Giant: If Draggy is in his normal form, Guile is easily the tallest of all people in the team. And he is a Nice Guy.
- Go Mad from the Revelation: Suffers this once after his mother self-destructs in front of him. When this happens, he smashes everything on his path and has to be held on place by all the Acacia Devas and some Acacia Dragoons so that Luccia can inject tranquilizer on him. He gets better thanks to Riddel and Luccia.
- Good Old Fisticuffs: He never receives a proper training in using his fists. He learns this by watching his dad brawling with wild animals and from some informal lessons from Akira.
- Heroes Fight Barehanded: After losing his rod.
- Heroic Build: Not overly muscular (athletic build is the closest to him), but he does have broad shoulders, a perky chest, a large back, a narrow waist, and a flat yet muscular abdomen. And he is extremely tall. Justified, because he was implied to have come from wilderness (has yet to be revealed).
- Heroic Resolve: Most of the time. Often overlaps with Heroic Second Wind.
- He is already losing in a Beam-O-War against the Tutanshaman Brothers, but when they threaten Draggy (who was meddling with their spells), Guile enters an Unstoppable Rage and defeats them, although he ends up injuring Draggy too.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Subverted because Guile is a Determinator who is Made of Iron. He receives Genie's air chainsaw that is meant for Draggy to his chest, but he survives, even though it's the second time he gets attacked by it.
- Downplayed in chapter 8, when Guile cuts his ankle to get his blood so that he can feed it to a hungry Draggy. He only ends up with a drop foot after that.
- Heroic Second Wind: A lot. Often overlaps with Heroic Resolve.
- When he fights Shadow Cat, the beast's claws have gone clean through his right clavicle and crippled his right arm. Being a right-handed mage, this seems to be a disadvantage for him, but not until he resorts to using his uninjured left arm. A Determinator he is.
- Despite having received forceful punches to his vital organs and a concussive blow from Skelly, the wound on his ankle reopened, and taken Draggy's Cough Drop directly on his chest, he still continued to figure out a way to defeat Skelly. This is because he has promised Ari to take good care of Draggy and grown to like Draggy and Pip because they have been nice to him.
- Not to forget that the injuries (broken ribs and bruises) he sustained from Skelly in the fight earlier and the cut he created on his ankle to get some of his blood to feed a hungry Draggy have not healed completely.
- Happens TWICE in chapter 12. He is already severely weakened when Genie manages to drive a chainsaw into his chest for the first time and blow him away with a tornado. But when Genie tries to harm Draggy with the same spell, Guile manages to spring back into action to protect Draggy, which leads to him receiving another chainsaw to his chest, right beside the first gash. After that, Genie exploits the injuries and stomps them, causing much pain to Guile until Yoshino intervenes by bashing her head with a stone and shoving her away. Guile, who has been incapacitated, finally springs back into action after a heartwarming talk with Yoshino. Thanks to Yoshino's care towards him, Guile evolves and ultimately defeats Genie, and collapses afterwards due to the injuries he has sustained.
- I Gave My Word / The Fettered: Once he has made a promise, he will do anything to keep it.
- I Just Want to Have a Family
- Kamehame Hadoken: Lightning Blast and Annihilation Wave (after evolving).
- Kung-Fu Wizard: Has yet to be revealed. Word of God says that he becomes one later on.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy
- Made of Iron: Downplayed. It does take A LOT to knock him out, but the injuries he receives often reduce his effectiveness in combat.
- He barely recovers from broken ribs, but the injuries don't slow him down. After that, he takes a ridiculous amount of damage when fighting Skelly, but he can still fight.
- It's worth noting that having a laceration on the head doesn't affect him at all. And having three gaping wounds on the chest which are caused by chainsaws? He can still stand up and fight back. See also Overdrawn at the Blood Bank.
- Magic Staff: It can be for smacking opponents and shooting lightning. Guile actually uses this to help him in melee combat, but after losing it, he really shows that the rod is just an addition to his prowess in close combat.
- Major Injury Underreaction: Despite being visibly hurt, he always lets out an I'm Okay!. He does this so that people don't have to worry too much about him as shown in chapter 8.
- Manchild: Still retains a child's innocence despite being an adult.
- He still thinks that wishing under a falling star can grant him a wish.
- Manly Tears / Tender Tears: He's probably the biggest badass, but is also a softie.
- Megaton Punch: Especially when he's mad.
- Men Don't Cry: To be frank, he cries more often than other characters.
- Mood-Swinger: A little.
- Mr. Fanservice: Long-Haired Pretty Boy, Heroic Build without being overly muscular, a number of Shirtless Scenes... See The Coats Are Off and Shirtless Scene below. His regular outfit isn't very concealing either.
- Workout Fanservice: Chapter 12 has him training how to punch and do some knuckles push-ups while being shirtless.
- Nice Guy: He is naturally gentle and nice. Up to eleven if you're nice to him.
- Although Yoshino has been very cruel to him, he doesn't seem to mind. He gladly forgives her.
- His kindness often reduces his effectiveness in combat and turns him into a Stone Wall.
- Normally, I Would Be Dead Now: He's still alive and able to stand up after having a chainsaw driven into his chest three times. At the same time, he has a laceration on his head. What.
- Not a Morning Person: And he snores. He sleeps so soundly that sometimes Yoshino has to wake him up with a pail of cold water. Draggy also has to bite his hand to wake him up. He gets a bit cranky if he's abruptly woken up.
- Only a Flesh Wound: While the consequences of the injuries are fairly realistic, this trope still happens frequently.
- Between chapter 7 and 8, Guile is still alive despite having broken ribs and no medical attention for almost half a day. In addition, he has been pummeled by a storm of Weaponized Ball.
- In chapter 12, despite having a laceration on his head after getting knocked away to a tree, Guile keeps fighting. But what makes it worse is that the right side of his chest is shredded by a chainsaw three times. And he is still alive and able to stand up and fight back.
- However, after defeating Genie, he collapses with an appearance that is similar to a living dead, indicating that the blood loss affects him severely.
- Overdrawn at the Blood Bank: Chapter 12. Guile is bleeding out from the laceration on his head. Then he is shredded by a chainsaw three times. And he suffers Blood from the Mouth. But he is still alive and able to fight back before finally collapsing. That is after annihilating Genie.
- But the blood loss affects him as well.
- Papa Wolf: Related to Determinator. Don't threaten and/or harm the children when Guile is around. Also, Guile never lets a child risk his/her life for him. When this happens, he will intervene no matter what.
- ...even after having a freakin' chainsaw jamming into his chest twice, blown away by a tornado, AND beaten to a bloody pulp.
- This says it all:With sweat dribbling down his head and body, Guile panted and wiped the blood on his lips with an arm. He was tired and hurt, but his determination enabled him to speak fiercely, "As long as you try to hurt those children, I will NEVER stop ruining your plan!"
- Parental Substitute: Implied. He treats Draggy and Pip like his own children. Complete with Papa Wolf.
- Person of Mass Destruction: Just look at the aftermath of his rage. He causes tremor, cracks the ground and the tree trunks, and blows off the leaves on the trees and hedge with a furious roar. He also shakes West Shinjuku with this.
- And Tremor Fist. Guile is able to smash a giant tree in a blow with it.
- Chikara remarks that Guile's Tremor Fist is a devastating move. If it doesn't kill the foe, it has broken all the bones in the foe's body, which leads to paralysis. Even if it misses the target slightly, the invisible shockwaves it creates can still severely injure the target.
- This move also breaks Genie's arm and causes Blood from the Mouth due to Genie barely dodging it. You won't want it to hit you directly for sure.
- And Tremor Fist. Guile is able to smash a giant tree in a blow with it.
- Post-Victory Collapse: Often happens after winning a major fight, though Guile is still conscious after that.
- After defeating Skelly, Guile finally collapses due to his injuries from the earlier fights.
- A heartwarming one after defeating Genie.
- Purple Is Powerful: His lightning attacks are purple in color.
- Rage Breaking Point: Happens frequently.
- He is an Extreme Doormat to Yoshino, but when Yoshino forces him to kill Starky, he snaps because Starky is just a child.
- Being an All-Loving Hero, he tries to convince Genie to be a good person again and holds back in the fight, but Genie ignores him beats him quite easily. However, when Genie says that she'll go after the children after killing Guile, Guile finally snaps and fights back.
- Screaming Warrior: Only behaves like this when angered.
- Signature Move: Lightning Blast and Tremor Fist.
- Squishy Wizard: In-universe characters tend to view him being physically weak, but it is in fact, meticulously averted. Aside from having an arsenal of powerful spells, Guile can fight with Good Old Fisticuffs. Plus Super-Strength, Made of Iron, and Heroic Build.
- He can do over thirty knuckle push-ups without a pause. If Akira hadn't remarked about this feat (which he finds surprising), which causes Guile to lose his concentration, Guile should've continued doing the push-ups.
- The Stoic
- Not So Stoic: He is prone to crying. And if you push his Berserk Button, he will turn into a Screaming Warrior and pulverize you.
- Super-Strength: He stops a huge rolling steel ball by using his hands without any magic power.
- Yoshino's element swipe takes this up to eleven. The memorable one is when he catches Snibgoblin's arm and spins before throwing the creature away. Guile can also carry Draggy to the air with a hand without breaking a sweat (except as the side effect of the element swipe). Mind you, Draggy weighs over two hundred kilograms.
- Talking about Draggy, Guile can only lift the dragon a few centimeters above the ground without element swipe from Yoshino. However, he is still strong enough to drag Draggy with a hand.
- Unstoppable Rage also enhances his strength.
- He pounds the ground and sends a column of dirt shooting skywards. Followed with a rain of soil and pebbles.
- He snaps Skelly's neck and knocks his skull off his skeleton with a kick.
- He breaks Genie's nose and knocks her across the park with a punch.
- Yoshino's element swipe takes this up to eleven. The memorable one is when he catches Snibgoblin's arm and spins before throwing the creature away. Guile can also carry Draggy to the air with a hand without breaking a sweat (except as the side effect of the element swipe). Mind you, Draggy weighs over two hundred kilograms.
- Taking the Bullet: For Draggy. He foils Genie's attempt to hurt Draggy with a chainsaw with this.
- Tareme: See here. They reflect his kind heart.
- Think Nothing of It: He has Chronic Hero Syndrome anyway.
- Unskilled, but Strong: In close combat. He wins in term of strength, but loses when it comes about dexterity.
- Unstoppable Rage: When he snaps and takes of his coat, RUN!
- Otherwise exploit his lack of tactics to win.
- Basically, Guile doesn't have any specific fighting strategy other than Attack! Attack! Attack! and killing enemies as soon as he sees a chance. But his Unstoppable Rage makes it even worse because he doesn't wait for the chance anymore. He'll just blindly charge his enemy.
- Otherwise exploit his lack of tactics to win.
- When All You Have Is a Hammer…: His Tremor Fist comes from this. He uses the knowledge of Ground Punch in earth magic. He smashes his target instead of the ground.
- The Worf Effect
- Worf Had the Flu
- He is holding back against the evolved Starky, because he doesn't really want to fight as Starky doesn't do anything wrong.
- He is also holding back against Chisiki, because Chisiki is a human from the real world.
- He thinks of destroying Skelly completely after discovering that Skelly can reattach his bones whenever they are separated. However, he takes too long charging a spell, which leaves him open to Skelly's attack.
- Worf Had the Flu
- Would Not Shoot a Good Guy: Whatever you do, he will never hurt someone who seems kind or has been nice to him, and he may resort to defending for the whole battle or holding back. This is deconstructed in his past and leads to him losing his sanity.
- In chapter 12, he tries to persuade Genie to return to the good side. He also admits that he doesn't like fighting against the good guys.
- Wouldn't Hurt a Child: The reason why he refuses to attack Draggy and Starky.
- You Can Barely Stand: Very common.
- After getting hit by Skelly's storm of Weaponized Ball, Guile is still standing, albeit it only takes a punch to the gut to knock him down (not senseless yet).
- He still sustains those injuries in the next fight against Skelly, in which Skelly beats him with Good Old Fisticuffs and causes Blood from the Mouth, hits him with a concussive blow, reopens the wound on his left ankle, and lets him take Draggy's Cough Drop directly on his chest. Guile is still standing, and Skelly mocks him that with a poke of a finger, he will keel over.
- In his battle against Genie, after taking the second chainsaw to his chest and snapping at Genie, Guile stands with shaky limbs and blurry vision.
- You Leave Him Alone!: When the Tutanshaman Brothers want to have a two on two against him and Draggy, he tells both of them to face him at once.
- You Wouldn't Like Me When I'm Angry!: Veeeeery appropriate.
Starky
A little alien who is always curious. He is prone to speaking without looking at the situation.
- Amusing Alien / Plucky Comic Relief
- Awesomeness by Analysis: Capable of doing this, and sometimes clashes with Chikara because of Chikara's inability to accept criticism.
- Ax-Crazy: When he first evolves, he goes out of control and almost kills Guile. Subverted, because it's a lie after all.
- Badass Bookworm: He enjoys listening to school lessons and reading books.
- BFG: His rifle in his first evolved form is a big Ray Gun with a bayonet.
- Big Eater: Spends his time inside Chikara's bag by eating his candies and chocolates.
- Blinded by the Light: The consequence of his Flash Shot to the foes.
- Cloud Cuckoolander: Very much. Mainly due to his talkativeness.
- The Greys
- Head Pet: Often sits on Chikara's shoulder. He hides inside Chikara's schoolbag most of the time. Become evident in chapter 9, when he sits on Chikara's head.
- Hypocritical Humor: He calls Haruko a brat. What about him?
- I Come in Peace: He's pretty much a docile alien.
- Innocent Aliens
- Lightning Bruiser: After evolving. He is still going strong after getting swatted and swiped by an evolve Draggy.
- Light 'em Up: The majority of his techs is this.
- Living Toys: He is just pretending to be a doll most of the time.
- Mouthy Kid: He even yells at Chikara's strict dad and calls Haruko a brat in front of him.
- Odd Friendship: With Chikara.
- Plasma Cannon / Sphere of Destruction: His evolved form fires Plasma Cannonball, which generally goes through any obstacles without a problem. It explodes violently once it hits the target.
- Ray Gun: His weapon.
- Signature Move: Raydiation.
- Talkative Loon: He just can't stop speaking. Sometimes Chikara has to smack his helmet or give a Big "SHUT UP!" to silence him.
Pip
A white squirrel-like creature who emerges in the real world after finding a portal at Fossil Valley.
- Afraid of Blood: He shudders at Guile's Blood from the Mouth.
- Children Are Innocent: A nonhuman example.
- Incorruptible Pure Pureness
- Innocent Bystander: When a battle happens, he just stands, terrified.
- Keet: Active and cheerful.
- Talkative Loon: Speaks so much that he sometimes annoys Guile.
Skelly
A skeleton clown who has issues with Draggy's mother, and wants to give Draggy A Fate Worse Than Death as vengeance. He was actually killed by Draggy's mother and then reanimated as a living skeleton by the Tutanshaman Brothers.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: He learns to use a giant ball as a transportation by watching cars speeding along the streets of Shinjuku.
- Back from the Dead / Came Back Wrong: The Tutanshaman Brothers are responsible for this.
- Berserk Button: Don't interfere with his mission.
- Beware the Silly Ones: What do you expect from a clown? Funny and silly, yes, but he is powerful enough to knock Guile out.
- Big Eater: He's a skeleton, and is capable of eating a lot due to his body system that converts real world food into data.
- Boring, but Practical: His Weaponized Ball only involves conjuring steel balls, but it has many functions, depending on Skelly's need. Can be for a No Holds Barred Beat Down by hailing the foe with them. Can be for a transport too.
- Comical Overreacting: "I STILL HAVE TWENTY-FIVE MISSING BONES!"
- Dark and Troubled Past: Draggy's mother killed him and he was reanimated as a walking skeleton by the Tutanshaman Brothers. The motive of his vengeance is still unknown, but it's probably because of his death by Draggy's mother. This has yet to be completely revealed.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Even trash cans can make him angry.
- Hot-Blooded: Despite being a Dem Bones...
- Losing Your Head: Separating his head from his skeleton is useless as he can reattach it to his skeleton.
- He lives even what is left of him is his skull.
- Nicknaming the Enemy: He calls Guile 'masked bastard'.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: He's a clown and is smart enough to make Ari scold and even hit Draggy.
- Pulling Themselves Together: He is capable of doing this unless the bones on his body are completely broken.
- Revenge Before Reason: His motivation to hurt Draggy both physically and emotionally.
- Revenge by Proxy: He has issues with Draggy's mother, but he deals a lot of pain to Draggy instead. Justified, because Draggy's mother is dead.
- Swirly Energy Thingy: For summoning Weaponized Ball.
- Verbal Tic: Nyak-nyak-nyak.
- Weaponized Ball: His favorite way of fighting is throwing iron balls.
- When All You Have Is a Hammer…: He uses his ability of conjuring iron balls to let him travel faster to Shinjuku Park.
- Who Needs Their Whole Body?: He can still yell and bounce away when what is left of him is his cracked skull.
- Would Hurt a Child
As a whole
- Beeping Computers: When a Foreign Being emerges, the computer beeps.
- Creature-Hunter Organization: The purpose of this organization is to eradicate the game characters (Foreign Beings) that emerge in the real world.
- Government Agency of Fiction
- Hacker Cave: The base is full of computer devices.
Chisiki Takashi
A mysterious man in black who is secretly observing the emergence of game characters in the real world and devising a plan to eliminate the characters. He dubs the characters as Foreign Being or sometimes, just 'being'.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: Obviously shown in chapter 6 after delivering a Tap on the Head to Guile. He then says that a mage-type being is not a problem to him.
- Badass Bookworm: A programmer.
- Badass Longcoat: He wears a trench coat.
- Badass Normal: A human, but dares to provoke Guile.
- Cool Shades: Always wear them.
- Sunglasses at Night: Even in a dark room.
- The Cracker: He is developing a program to eliminate the beings.
- Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: As a real world human, he manages to knock out an angry Guile without a problem. Subverted, because it is revealed that Guile is actually holding back.
- It's Personal: After getting taunted by Saint.
- Jerkass: Towards the beings.
- Jerk Ass Has A Point: He believes that a Foreign Being is dangerous. It's partially true, because some game characters aren't good at all.
- Take Skelly as an example. He threatens to kill Akira, Kotaro, and Yukari for preventing him from killing Guile.
- Jerk Ass Has A Point: He believes that a Foreign Being is dangerous. It's partially true, because some game characters aren't good at all.
- Laughing Mad: This often baffles Ami.
- Staring Down Cthulhu: He is not afraid of Guile, and even pushes his Berserk Button.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: The reason why he wants to eliminate the Foreign Beings is because he knows the risk of having them wandering in the real world.
- Why Don't You Just Shoot Him?: He can easily kill Guile (who is holding back because Chisiki is a human from the real world) and Pip if he wants to, but he prefers letting them die a painful death by activating his Data Cleaner Program.
- Workaholic: He hastes to finish the Data Cleaner Program.
Ami Kitao
A woman who is Chisiki's most trusted subordinate, according to Word of God.
- Communications Officer: Whenever she detects a Foreign Being emerging, she will report.
- Only Sane Woman: Yes, but unfortunately, Chisiki never seems to mind.
- How is her reaction after seeing Chisiki Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy behavior?
"Please, Mr. Chisiki, it's never right to underestimate someone!"- When Chisiki is about to activate the Data Cleaner Program, she warns Chisiki that the program may not be perfect because he races to finish it. Chisiki's program gets hijacked easily in the end because he doesn't completely encrypt it due to his hastiness.
Kiko Kanagaki
A woman who works as a researcher in Data Hunters.
Viper
Riddel
- All-Loving Heroine: She was the one who requested Luccia to help Guile so that he wouldn't be sad anymore due to losing his family again and again.
- White Mage / White Magician Girl
Luccia
Glenn
Karsh
Zoah
Marcy
Saint
The leader of The Summons.
- A Father to His Men: He only sends the spy and assassin of his group to hunt down Chisiki. But it's Gone Horribly Wrong.
- Arrogant Kung-Fu Guy: He keeps taunting Chisiki after Chisiki's program is hijacked easily due to the lack of encryption.
Genie
An assassin working for The Summons.
- Action Girl: Oh yes!
- Armor-Piercing Attack: She specializes in this.
- Especially Aero Chainsaw. It can pierce through many things, including Guile's ribcage and his golden mask.
- Awesome, but Impractical: Her chainsaw arm is very powerful, but she explains that it doesn't last long and she can only thrust it. Once the chainsaw is jammed in something, she can drags it down, although it doesn't last long.
- Ax-Crazy: She is very violent and doesn't hesitate to attack Draggy with a chainsaw, which scares the children (especially Ari). Luckily, Guile intervenes before she manages to hit Draggy with it.
- Badass Boast: "As an assassin, this is my only answer: kill them."
- Blood Knight: She enjoys good fights.
- Blow You Away: Tornado.
- Chainmail Bikini: With a pair of white trousers.
- Chainsaw Good: Aero Chainsaw.
- Deadly Disc: Formerly uses her chainsaw in form of disks. She spends two years to develop the tech into a chainsaw.
- Determinator: As noted by Frog Prince, Genie will never retreat from a fight.
- Emotionless Girl
- Flight
- Hurricane Kick: And it's powerful.
- Lightning Bruiser: Fast and deadly with fine endurance.
- Nerves of Steel
- Professional Killer
- Razor Wind: Uses it in form of disks and chainsaw.
- Signature Move: Tornado and Aero Chainsaw.
- Spectacular Spinning: Being able to manipulate air and wind, most of her attacks involve spinning.
- Stripperific
- Would Hurt a Child: Subverted because Guile is around.
Frog Prince
A spy working for The Summons.
- Acrofatic
- Guile Hero
- In a Single Bound: See Spring Jump.
- Obfuscating Stupidity: He's a loud, eccentric frog man, but he's smarter than he seems. He uses Skelly's analysis about Guile's power to confirm Genie's death and develop a plan to get rid of Guile. This is also why he recruits Skelly to The Summons.
- The Smart Guy
- Spring Jump: Being a frog man, he can do this. This enables him to reach the sky with a single leap.
- Verbal Tic: Ribbit!
Grim Reaper
Hachiro Jikan
Chikara's and Haruko's father. He's very disciplined and intelligent.
- Awesomeness by Analysis
- Beeping Computers: He has one at home.
- The Comically Serious
- Control Freak
- The Cracker: As opposed to Chisiki, he is developing a program to help the children and the beings.
- Education Papa: He's a teacher after all.
- Follow in My Footsteps: He is a hard-worker, and believes that Chikara is also a hard-worker like him.
- Had to Be Sharp: This is the reason why he lets Starky instead of Serge be Chikara's partner.
- Misery Builds Character: Justified. This is his belief, because he works very hard to balance his household finance and help the children solving their issues with their partners. He does them at once.
- Mood-Swinger: Sometimes he smiles and speaks nicely, but he can suddenly shift into a stern look and snap. After that, he may sneer again.
- Mr. Exposition: Only when someone has found something new about the game characters.
- The Professor
- Smart People Wear Glasses
- Taught by Experience: His concept of educating Chikara via letting Starky be Chikara's partner.
- Workaholic
Jirou Kobayashi
Yoshino's deceased father. He was a kind and intelligent doctor, but had some antics.
- Awesomeness by Analysis: And he predicted the future with it.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: A doctor, but also an eccentric Manchild.
- Follow in My Footsteps: It wasn't stated, but it was likely that he was also expecting Yoshino to be a doctor as said by Yoshino's grandma.
- Good Parents: As busy as he is, he is still capable of finding spare time to accompany Yoshino.
- I Wish It Were Real: He wished that Guile were real, and he would like to accept him to the family. It happened, but didn't go like what he wanted.
- This has yet to be revealed, but chapter 12 hints that Yoshino and Guile are now good friends.
- Mad Dreamer: What's the name of the book where he draws a picture of his family with Guile? My Biggest Dream in 2015 by Jirou Kobayashi.
- Manchild: He wished that Guile were real, who was just a character from a video game.
- His motto: Dream whatever is impossible, and with a little miracle, it will come true.
- Morality Chain: Kind of. He is dead, but the reason why Yoshino can still show her remorse after treating Guile like an animal is because of him.
- Nice Guy: His mother-in-law says that he can easily empathize with the others.
- The Professor
- Smart People Wear Glasses
- Workaholic
Nana Hida
Yoshino's maternal grandmother who is a retired doctor. Because Yoshino's mother is busy working as a doctor, she takes her role of taking care of Yoshino.
- Follow in My Footsteps: She is expecting Yoshino to be a doctor.
- The Medic: She may be a retired doctor, but she still knows a lot about medicine.
- Parental Substitute: To Yoshino.
- Older and Wiser