Phantom Brave/Characters

Characters from Nippon Ichi's Phantom Brave.

Marona/Marrone
"Voiced by: Kaori Mizuhashi (JP), Sandy Fox (EN)"

Primary main character. Marona is a young girl who lives on an island by herself in Ivoire. She is a Chroma, a character with strange magical powers (hers allow her to talk to spirits, and bring them to life by possessing inanimate objects). Because of this, she is feared (and very often discriminated against) by everyone on the mainland.

"Ash (after Sulphur's phantoms appearing over the possessed humans): I've seen them before! Marona: Do you know them? I'm so sorry I hurt your friends.
 * A-Cup Angst:.
 * All of the Other Reindeer
 * Apologetic Attacker: as evident in Another Marona side-story, which really fits her Nice Girl and Technical Pacifist personality.

Ash: Marona, do they look like they're my friends."


 * Army of the Dead
 * Bad Powers, Good People
 * Broken Bird / Break the Cutie: she did almost have signs of this, but her cheerful optimism still puts her together.
 * Chronic Hero Syndrome
 * Colorful Theme Naming: Her name in the Japanese version, Marrone, is Italian for "Maroon".
 * Combat Medic: Although she can heal quite well, she levels up with space/time magic faster.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Easily Forgiven: Inverted Trope. She is one of the most forgiving characters, even after dealing with everyone treating her as shit.
 * Expy: Of Flonne in some sense. Nice Girl and cheerful optimistic personality? Checked. Cuteness appeal that put people into squeegasms? Checked. Magic-based healing character? Checked. Having the same English voice actor who is typecast into these kinds of characters? Checkmate.
 * Hand Behind Head: When embarrassed.
 * The Heart
 * Hero with Bad Publicity
 * Idiot Hair: two of them to be exact, fitting into her cheerful personality.
 * Instant Fanclub: Marona gains one after.
 * I See Dead People: And can temporarily give them corporeal form.
 * Kid Hero
 * The Medic / The Messiah
 * Morality Pet: served this role with Carona in the Another Marona storyline.
 * Necromancer
 * Nice Girl: So. Very. Much.
 * Pettanko
 * The Pollyanna: and HOW!
 * Powers Via Possession
 * Red Oni: to Ash's and Carona's blue.
 * Squishy Wizard: statistically wise, she's have good magic ability, her physical attacks and health growth is very terrible. Subverted that it is possible to make her a powerhouse with proper item customization.
 * Survival Mantra: "One day...everyone will come to like you," if you treat them with kindness..
 * Tareme Eyes
 * Technical Pacifist: she really hates violence, but is willing to summon phantoms to kick your ass if she needs to protect the people she cares about.
 * Token Mini-Moe
 * White Magician Girl: Her weapon of choice and stats make her an excellent healer, and her personality fits, but you can make her a Black Mage, instead.
 * Wide-Eyed Idealist:.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Green hair.
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Ash
"Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (JP), Lex Lang (EN)"

Secondary main character. Ash is Marona's spiritual guardian and one of her closest friends. Before his death, he used to fight alongside Marona's parents as a Chroma. He can occasionally move in and out of his intangible state whenever he needs to talk to someone.


 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Catch Phrase / In the Name of the Moon: "You'll go no further! For her sake, I will not fail!"
 * Deadpan Snarker: Although a very subtle example
 * Dead to Begin With
 * Expy: To Laharl in some degree. Their trademark weapon is a sword (which is subverted judging by the gameplay mechanics), they wear a badass scarf, both make certain snarky and sarcastic comments at times, and similar hair styles. Series artist Takehito Harada is well aware of this as one of the promotional illustrations shows Ash with his arms folded with antenna hair and a perpetual frown.
 * Face Palm
 * Heroes Prefer Swords: He can use any weapon, but swords are weapons he can level up fastest with.
 * Idiot Hair
 * Intangible Man
 * The Ishmael
 * Lightning Bruiser: Ash's special ability allows him to take action right after being summoned, and on his last turn (and only his last turn), his attack power is doubled.
 * Nice Guy
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Too Many Belts: One in each arm and foot.
 * You Shall Not Pass: His declaration before battle.

Walnut
"Voiced by: Kosuke Toriumi (JP), Steve Blum (EN; Vic Mignogna in the remake's "Another Marona" bonus story)"

Walnut is a bounty hunter. He possesses the powers of a Chroma, but is employed as a Chroma Oxide, one who steals the bounties of other Chromas by either defeating the monster assigned to them, or defeating the Chroma outright.


 * Bounty Hunter
 * Enemy Mine:.
 * Ineffectual Loner: He never had any friends in his childhood life and present. The only friend he had is Persimmon, who gives him the latest news along with job offers. Also,.
 * Jerkass
 * Kill Steal: Part of his job description.
 * One-Man Army/Lightning Bruiser: The gameplay style of Walnut (due to his high strength and HP growth). To elaborate, when you first meet him, he is capable of taking out most of Sulphur's minions all by himself. You also meet him again as an ally fighting against Sulphur's minions . Though being said, it's more appropriate to kill him off during battle and take all the kills by yourself. It also fits his loner personality as well.
 * Parental Abandonment
 * Playing with Fire: His Psycho Burgundy attack lights his soul on fire.
 * The Rival to Marona and Ash
 * The Social Darwinist
 * Too Many Belts
 * The Social Darwinist
 * Too Many Belts

Castile
"Voiced by: Lara Jill Miller (EN)"

Castile is a young girl who lives on the mainland. She is very ill and unable to walk, but she helps ease her pain by writing letters. Through this, she becomes Marona's first human friend.


 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Her room is filled with them.
 * Hidden Buxom: Not so apparent because of her nightgown, but yeah.
 * Ill Girl : For most of the story. By the ending she's up and able to walk again.
 * Littlest Cancer Patient
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: In her cameo in Makai Kingdom and PSP version of Phantom Brave.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Who Wears Short Shorts?: In her cameo in Makai Kingdom and PSP version of Phantom Brave.

Sprout
"Voiced By: David Lodge (EN)"

An 85 year old man whose family was slain by Sulphur's hand many years before the game's main storyline. He has sworn to kill Sulphur and avenge his family, and has turned to the use of dark powers in order to achieve his revenge, despite once being the wielder of a holy sword. He is the former mentor of Raphael, and one of the warriors known as the 9 Swords of Ivoire, and is considered by most in the world to be the strongest. His signature technique is the power Dark Eboreus.


 * Anti-Hero (Type IV)
 * BFS
 * Badass Grandpa: Literally, he was a grandfather before Sulphur killed his family.
 * Badass Beard
 * Crusading Widower
 * Dark Is Not Evil
 * Dumb Muscle: When he's not seeking revenge on Sulphur, he shows signs of this. Especially apparent in Another Marona.
 * Fallen Hero
 * He Who Fights Monsters
 * Mighty Glacier
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Revenge: His goal in his life is revenge against Sulphur for the death of his family. So much so that.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Revenge: His goal in his life is revenge against Sulphur for the death of his family. So much so that.

Raphael
"Voiced By: Crispin Freeman (EN; Patrick Seitz in "Another Marona" story)"

One of the Nine Swords and leader of the White Wolf Army and the wielder of the Heliotrope blade.


 * Badass
 * Bishonen
 * Gradual Regeneration/ Lightning Bruiser: gameplay wise, he's basically an improved version of the Knight class, which has the ability to regenerate health overtime.
 * Heroes Prefer Swords: Heliotrope
 * Hopeless Boss Fight: when you first battle him at Island of Evil, you're not suppose to win in the fight against him. However, with "failure" dungeons, it is possible to beat him when you first meet as well as getting is his sword up to three times.
 * Instant Fanclub: It is revealed in "Another Marona" story that he has a large dedicated fanclub to him. Luckily, the Raphael in Carona's world wasn't aware of this is well.
 * Knight in Shining Armor
 * Light Is Good
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Older Than They Look: He was around the time of Sulphur's chaotic destruction 30 years ago, yet he doesn't any older than 50 years old. This is mentioned by Marona during the "Another Story" arch.
 * Older Than They Look: He was around the time of Sulphur's chaotic destruction 30 years ago, yet he doesn't any older than 50 years old. This is mentioned by Marona during the "Another Story" arch.

Sienna
"Voiced by: Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (EN)"

Owner of the Bottlemail Industry in Clutter Haven along with her scrabbit colleague, Murasaki. Marona pays her rent on Phantom Isle.


 * : With an English voice actor to fit appropriately here.
 * Nice Woman: In fact, she is one of the few adults in the game that didn't discriminate Marona for her ability.
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Tomboy:.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko
 * Nice Woman: In fact, she is one of the few adults in the game that didn't discriminate Marona for her ability.
 * Pimped-Out Dress
 * Tomboy:.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko
 * Tomboy:.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko

Carona


Introduced in "Another Marona", Carona is Marona from another dimension


 * Age-Inappropriate Dress/Stripperiffic
 * All of the Other Reindeer:
 * Alternative Dimension Marona is Awesome: Marona is a cheerful, adorable, kind-hearted, idealistic Squishy Wizard healer loli. Carona is a Deadpan Snarker, cynical, Badass Adorable Combat Medic loli who is capable of wiping every foe around her, including the Nine Swords. In addition, once you get her phantom after beating the Another Marona storyline, she is statistically a better version of Marona. Not only that, you can summon Carona's phantom into battle and then user her to confine other phantoms. This is useful in many Dungeon runs where Marona starts off in a level where she cannot physically reach the area.
 * Anti-Hero: Type III with some degree of Type IV.
 * Apologetic Attacker: In the (supposedly) Hopeless Boss Fight when you first meet her.
 * Badass Adorable
 * Blue Oni: To Marona's red
 * Break the Cutie/Corrupt the Cutie:.
 * Combat Medic
 * The Cynic
 * Darker and Edgier: Of Marona
 * Deadpan Loli
 * Don't Call Me Marona: Justified, to avoid confusion between herself and the other Marona.
 * Dub Name Change: Her name in Japan is Kurone. Because Marrone became Marona in the U.S., Kurone had to go through a similar name change.
 * The Eeyore
 * Good Is Not Nice
 * Grumpy Loli
 * Hates Everyone Equally
 * I See Dead People
 * Kill Steal: She is a Chroma Oxide, but according to Carona, she only steal Chroma rewards from "bad people" like Walnut.
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Necromancer
 * Not So Different: She is often compared to Marona (well they are both Maronas, and faced discrimination from everyone in their worlds) and Walnut (both Chroma Oxides.
 * Not So Stoic: She has a cynical, sullen, and bitter personality and is often calm most of the time,.
 * One-Man Army: it is safe to assume something like that. Though an interesting subversion is on maps where you actually fight her, you also have to fight other groups of monsters along with her.
 * Pay Evil Unto Evil: The reason why.
 * Short Hair with Tail
 * Technical Pacifist: Like Marona, she is "not a big fan into violence."
 * Training From Hell: Forced Marona and the heroes into this.
 * Willfully Weak:.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * You Are Not Alone: The reason why Carona.
 * Short Hair with Tail
 * Technical Pacifist: Like Marona, she is "not a big fan into violence."
 * Training From Hell: Forced Marona and the heroes into this.
 * Willfully Weak:.
 * Wise Beyond Their Years
 * You Are Not Alone: The reason why Carona.