Accel World/Characters

Haruyuki Arita
The main character of Accel World, a short and fat boy with a lot of self-steem issues mainly caused by not only his appearance, but also the constant harassing of bullies at his school.

"Voiced by Yuuki Kaji."

Tropes associated with Haruyuki:

 * Anti-Hero: He is a loser at first, but gets better.
 * Determinator
 * Flight:
 * Fragile Speedster: The Silver Crow's fighting style.
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation
 * I Can't Believe A Girl Like You Would Notice Me!: The main reason why he can't accept Kuroyukihime's feelings.
 * Ignore the Fanservice:
 * Jumped At the Call
 * Non-Standard Character Design
 * Oblivious to Love
 * Plot Induced Stupidity:
 * Truth in Television: How many people have been so excited that they just clicked their way past a 'silly popup'that was an actually-important-warning?
 * Sempai Kouhai: He constantly refers to Kuroyukihime this way.
 * Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: With Kuroyukihime.
 * Wing Pull: Silver Crow's special attack.

Kuroyukihime
A second year at Haruyuki's school who is very popular among the other students thanks to both her looks and passive personality. She becomes interested in Haruyuki and gives him the chance to enter the Accelerated World to fight alongside her.

She becomes Black Lotus in the Accelerated World

"Voiced by Sachika Miwasa."

Tropes associated with Kuroyukihime:

 * Absolute Cleavage: Her net avatar.
 * Betty and Veronica: Veronica to Chiyuri's Betty.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Hair Antennae
 * I Will Definitely Protect You
 * Meaningful Name: Her last name, Kuroyukihime, translates to Princess Snow Black. You can already guess what she ended up being...
 * Nonuniform Uniform: For apparently no reason at all, she wears a darker version of the school uniform. It does fit her nicely though.
 * Ojou
 * Only Known by Their Nickname: Although she states that her real name isn't that different from her nickname.
 * Pettanko
 * Pimped-Out Dress: Her net avatar has this.
 * Proper Tights with a Skirt
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Tsundere: Faint traces of this, especially noticeable when Haruyuki mentions that he has cabled with Chiyu with a short cable.
 * Chubby Chaser
 * Tsundere: Faint traces of this, especially noticeable when Haruyuki mentions that he has cabled with Chiyu with a short cable.
 * Chubby Chaser

Chiyuri Kurashima
Haruyuki's childhood friend and an upbeat girl who attends the same school as him. Although she is going out with Takumu, also a childhood friend of Haruyuki's, she cares a lot about the latter's wellbeing and is the first one to show concern over his problems with the school bullies.

She is the only one without an initial avatar in the Accelerated World

"Voiced by Aki Toyosaki."

Tropes associated with Chiyuri:

 * Betty and Veronica: Betty to Kuroyukihime's Veronica.
 * Cannot Spit It Out
 * Catgirl: Well, she wears that hair ornament with the face of a cat on it and her avatar inside the school is basically her in a cat suit.
 * Genki Girl
 * Oblivious to Love
 * Throw the Book At Them: She does this in behalf of Takumu's suggestion to show her how the Burst Link works.
 * We Used to Be Friends: All she really wanted was to stay friends with Haruyuki and Takumu, and is extremely depressed about seeing the three of them drifting apart.
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Takumu Mayuzumi
Another childhood friend of Haruyuki's and Chiyuri's current boyfriend. He attends a prestigious school unlike his two childhood friends and often takes part in kendo tournaments.

His avatar in the Accelerated World is eventually revealed to be

Voiced by Shintaro Asanuma.

Tropes associated with Takumu:

 * The Ace
 * Chest Blaster:
 * Heel Face Turn
 * Kendo Team Captain
 * Kendo Team Captain