NEEDLESS/Characters

Character sheets for various characters in NEEDLESS here. Potential spoilers ahead, you have been warned.

Adam Blade
The only successful result of an experiment by the Japanese government and the 666 Committee to create a clone of "The Second." Spends his time hiding out in a church, wearing the jacket of a priest even though he has no knowledge of the bible, the priesthood, or anything outside of fighting really. His only weakness is his admitted love of little girls. Adam Blade has the Zero Fragment, which gives him the ability to memorize any power he is hit with and then use it on his own.


 * Anti-Hero: Type III or Type IV
 * Crystal Dragon Jesus
 * It's Okay If It's You: How he feels towards any cute Wholesome Crossdresser.
 * Lolicon
 * Mega Manning
 * Nun-Too-Holy
 * Used to Be a Sweet Kid
 * Would Hit a Girl: Would? The punishment he inflicts Eve every time she slightly annoys him Crosses the Line Twice for being so cartoony.

Eve Nueschwanstein
Adam Blade's only real friend in this world and terrible with remembering anyone else's name. Eve has the "Doppleganger" ability, which allows her to morph her body into any shape or form. She can heal herself and others from most damage and impersonate other people, but this power is offset by a constant need for calories to balance the drain this power puts on her body.


 * A God Am I: As she kills Tanaka/Uten, she says she is a god.
 * Bishie Sparkle: Weirdly, the males on the same room don't feel attracted in the panel where it happens.
 * Catch and Return: With one of the knives Uten throws at her.
 * Gainaxing
 * Healing Factor: Shapeshifting taken to its logical healing end: she can shapeshift damaged living matter in healthy living matter.
 * Reality Ensues: Her skimpy way of dressing don't helps her in cold weather.
 * This Is a Drill: She can shape shift her arm into one without any inconveniences.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: As long the object's mass isn't drastically different from her own.

Cruz Schild
The only survivor of the short lived Resistance movement in the Black Spot, Cruz is a normal person who lacks any Needless ability. So he makes up for it by talking to and analyzing other Needless.


 * Action Survivor
 * Awesomeness By Analysis
 * Foreshadowing:
 * Chew Toy
 * Dragged Into Drag (especially during and after the St. Rose Academy arc)
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Blade certainly likes Trap Cruz
 * Sole Survivor: Of the rebellion against Arclight at the start of the story, though his sister's death is never quite shown on-screen.
 * Sole Survivor: Of the rebellion against Arclight at the start of the story, though his sister's death is never quite shown on-screen.

Gido (a.k.a. Dr. Rikudou Gid)
A scientist who worked on the project that ended up creating Adam Blade and Adam Arclight, he generally tags along with the group and tries to care for Adam Blade but usually gets shoved into the background.

Teruyama Momiji
The hot-blooded needless with the ability to create and toss large balls of fire at his opponents. He bears a grudge against Adam Arclight, but accidentally gets into fights with Adam Blade over a case of mistaken identity.


 * A God Am I:
 * Determinator: Tries to fight Blade repeatedly despite being defeated again and again.
 * Hot-Blooded: Fitting his powers.
 * Playing with Fire: His fragment gives him the capacity to produce and control fire.
 * Determinator: Tries to fight Blade repeatedly despite being defeated again and again.
 * Hot-Blooded: Fitting his powers.
 * Playing with Fire: His fragment gives him the capacity to produce and control fire.

Disk
A robot that contains many centuries of knowledge stored in the form of a little, white-haired girl. An information broker who joins Adam Blade and his crew early on.


 * Covert Pervert: Initially. After she stopped hiding it.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Robot Girl

Seto
One of Adam Blade's old comrade's who wields a BFS and calls herself a "shinigami" (God of Death). She has a love of money. Her Needless power is Graviton, the ability to manipulate gravity.


 * Doom Magnet: Says that's one, though when you work for a mercenary guild, why would you expect goods things to happen around you?
 * Gravity Master: She can control the gravity of things at will, like making people float a little above the ground.
 * Greed: She really doesn't care about anything as long she's getting paid.

Solva
Another little girl and comrade of Adam Blade who dreams of being an Evil Overlord of Black Spot one day. Her Needless ability is "Magnetic World," which can be used to attract or repel objects and people alike.


 * Anti-Hero: Type V
 * Bait the Dog
 * Hollywood Magnetism: Her magnetism stops being magnetism under a certain radius and becomes outright telekinesis.
 * Token Evil Teammate

Adam Arclight
The Evil Counterpart of Adam Blade, who was considered the last failure of the same project that produced Adam Blade. Even though he carries the same ability to absorb any other Needless ability in the vicinity, Arclight's body has been decaying due to a genetic defect. So he has taken control of the pharmaceutical company Simeon in Black Spot to find a way to keep his body from literally falling apart.


 * A God Am I
 * Catapult Nightmare: Has one involving his creation. It seemed kind of...painful.
 * I'm a Humanitarian
 * Kill It with Fire:
 * Lolicon
 * Mega Manning

Rira Roukakouji
A Needless with the power of "psychokinesis" who was a gang leader somewhere in Black Spot until she was defeated by Arclight. Since that day, she has become fanatically devoted to him. She also leads Simeon's "Pretty Girl Squad." One of Simeon's "Elite Four."


 * I Fight for the Strongest Side: Immediately joins Arclight as she realizes he is stronger than her.
 * Nightmare Fetishist: After Arclight makes a very scary face, she says he makes the kindest faces, puts her left hand on her cheek and blushes. Arclight's minions are understandably confused.
 * Psychic Powers: Can control objects with her mind.
 * Sensible Heroes, Skimpy Villains: When she joins Arclight, she begins to use a costume well more skimpy than her old one, indicating her immersion into evil.
 * Undying Loyalty: Swears that towards Arclight, believing that he is god.

Saten
A Needless with the power of the "Fourth Wave," or the ability to suck up heat from his surrounding area and then unleash it in a focused blast from his arms. Technically one of Simeon's "Elite Four," though he has been hiding information from Arclight for his own secret reasons.


 * Badass: His
 * The Dragon
 * Enigmatic Minion: It's hard to tell whose side he is on.

Uten
A crazy little boy who can create illusions and make visible objects turn invisible or vice-versa. Another of Simeon's "Elite Four."


 * Axe Crazy:
 * Came Back Strong:
 * Cute Shotaro Boy
 * Stage Magician
 * Stage Magician

Aruka Schild
Cruz's older sister who sacrificed herself to save him from a Testament robot at the beginning of the story.



Pretty Girl Squad
The Quirky Miniboss Squad.

Mio
One of the recurring characters from Simeon's "Pretty Girl Squad." She carries around a deceptively-heavy teddy bear and has the Needless power of "Strength." Just like it sounds, she has the power of super-strength.


 * Cute Bruiser
 * Face Heel Revolving Door

Setsuna
The leader of her trio of "Pretty Girl Squad" with Mio and Kuchinashi, Setsuna uses her "Speed" power to attack fast and hard before the opponent has time to react.


 * Friendly Enemy: Is one to Cruz.
 * Super Speed

Kuchinashi
A girl who never speaks (her name literally means "no mouth"), Kuchinashi uses a fan strapped to her wrist for her Needless ability of "Fragrance," which can paralyze opponents or even partially control their bodies. She communicates her thoughts with a sketchpad and a sharpie that she pulls out of hammerspace.


 * It's Okay If It's You: Like Blade she feels this way towards Wholesome Crossdresser.
 * Lipstick Lesbian
 * The Voiceless