No. 6/Characters


 * Shion

"Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji"

A boy raised among the elite of No. 6,  He is unfailingly polite and idealistic and refuses to give up on saving the people of No. 6.

Some tropes that apply to Shion:
 * Adorkable: Often.
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Bishonen
 * Brainy Brunette: Before the Wasp, anyway.
 * Child Prodigy
 * Disappeared Dad: Mentioned only in the novels. His mother claims he was careless with money and women and was borderline alcoholic.
 * Disease Bleach: The reason for his white hair.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Nezumi, of course, but he was also hit on by a greasy old corpse-collector, with promises of drinks and meat, no less.
 * Friend to All Living Things: He took in the fugitive Nezumi and treated his wound when they were children, dooming his bright future in the process. Years later, Nezumi's mice take a liking to him (he even gives them names), he reads to the neighbouring kids in the Western Block, he gets along with Dogkeeper and his/her dogs, and Rikiga even calls him an "angel" at one point.
 * And in the end, he
 * Genius Ditz : Even though Shion is naive and lacks a sense of self-preservation, he was ranked the highest in the city's intelligence test when he was just two years old.
 * Ho Yay: With Nezumi. Invoked deliberately, and by the end, confirmed.
 * Locked Into Strangeness: After
 * Love Makes You Crazy: When Nezumi is threatened, Shion switches from either all-out rage or cold, completely rational and murderous.
 * Moe
 * Momma's Boy: Well his mom is Karan. Shion was raised solely by his mother and both of them are very (happily) devoted to one another.
 * Meaningful Name: "Shion" is a flower (specifically, a type of aster) with medicinal value. The flower also means "I will remember you" or simply "remembrance" in Japanese tradition, which could allude to
 * Nice Guy
 * The Pollyanna
 * Red Eyes Take Warning: Averted most of the time. Threaten Nezumi, however, and see what happens.
 * Spell My Name With an "S": Shion/Sion
 * Tareme
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: After his encounter with
 * Wide Eyed Idealist: He's more on the cynical side, but firmly believes that a bright future is attainable.
 * Yandere
 * In the novels,
 * He also violently attacks  and later.
 * Wide Eyed Idealist: He's more on the cynical side, but firmly believes that a bright future is attainable.
 * Yandere
 * In the novels,
 * He also violently attacks  and later.
 * He also violently attacks  and later.

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 * Nezumi

"Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya"

A cynical young man with a dark past. He was Due to his experiences in No. 6, he hates most everything about the city and its people, and is perfectly willing to watch it fall.

Some tropes that apply to Nezumi:
 * A Boy and His X: With his mice.
 * Attractive Bent Gender: As his local theatre was swift to notice, Nezumi makes a really good-looking woman.
 * Badass
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Bishonen
 * The Cynic
 * Dude Looks Like a Lady: He's a talented actor and performs in Shakespearean plays for a living. Shion first sees him playing Ophelia in Hamlet.
 * Even the Guys Want Him: Shion being the main example. There is also, and is also implied by Rikiga.
 * Gray Eyes: Occasionally silver.
 * Ho Yay: With Shion. Invoked deliberately, and by the end, confirmed.
 * Jerk With a Heart of Gold: He can be a Jerkass at the very least. But he also sings to Dogkeeper's dying pack members to ease their suffering, to say nothing of what he'll do where Shion is concerned.
 * Only Known By Their Nickname
 * Tall, Dark and Snarky: Oh yes.
 * Meaningful Nickname: "Mouse" or "rat", a name given to him after His real name is never revealed in-series.
 * Tsundere: Especially towards Shion.
 * Tsurime
 * What Beautiful Eyes: In the novel, Shion almost cannot mention Nezumi without talking about how beautiful his eyes are.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: As part of his acting job. He's very good at it, too.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Blueish, grayish, off-purpleish, depending on your point of view.
 * Tsurime
 * What Beautiful Eyes: In the novel, Shion almost cannot mention Nezumi without talking about how beautiful his eyes are.
 * Wholesome Crossdresser: As part of his acting job. He's very good at it, too.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Blueish, grayish, off-purpleish, depending on your point of view.

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 * Safu

Shion's childhood friend and a fellow resident of No. 6. Like Shion, she's a child genius - her expertise is the human brain and to a degree, psychology. Also like Sion, Safu begins to show doubt about the utopia that is No. 6.

Some tropes that apply to Safu:
 * Adaptation Expansion: She is given a much larger focus in the Anime than in the original novels.
 * Berserk Button: Go ahead, interrupt her presentation on the human mind or insult her grandmother.
 * Bob Haircut
 * Brainy Brunette
 * Child Prodigy
 * No Social Skills: She functions well in No. 6, however she's seen as odd by her peers when she studies in No. 5. It certainly doesn't help that her request to Shion before she leaves to study abroad is "I want to have your sperm."
 * Sweater Girl
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Shion flat-out states in the novels that while he treasures her as a friend, he does not and cannot return her romantic feelings. Aside from Shion's attachment to Nezumi, circumstances just do not work in her favor.
 * Unlucky Childhood Friend: Shion flat-out states in the novels that while he treasures her as a friend, he does not and cannot return her romantic feelings. Aside from Shion's attachment to Nezumi, circumstances just do not work in her favor.

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 * Inukashi

One of the residents of the West Block outside of No. 6. Inukashi, quite literally "Dog Keeper," is a brash, often dangerous individual who spends their time either renting out their many dogs as heaters during the winter or collecting items to sell from an illicit contact within No. 6's correctional facility. They have a very violent, volatile relationship with Nezumi, but Nezumi still often goes to them to gather information - for a price.

Some tropes that apply to Inukashi:
 * Ambiguous Gender: Assumed by some to be female, based on their small stature, nice legs, and one mention of 'softness' when they were hugged, however official information does not give a definite answer one way or another.
 * Samus Is a Girl: Treated by the other characters as male, until used as bait to lure in a No. 6 higher-up: Shion, trying to comfort Inukashi afterward, wonders if his friend might actually be a girl. The rescued baby from episode 10 also calls Inukashi "mama". Even so, Inukashi never personally discusses their gender identity, so there's no way to know.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Berserk Button: Inukashi does not react well when their dogs, especially their mother, are insulted.
 * Meaningful Name / Only Known By Their Nickname: Inukashi literally means Dog-keeper, or Dog-loaner.
 * Raised By Dogs: Their "mother" was a dog that offered milk and kept them safe.
 * Tsundere: Only towards Shion.

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 * Karan

Shion's mother. With Shion, she was sent to live down in Lost Town where she opened up a bakery. She and Nezumi contact one another through strips of paper brought by mice.

Some tropes that apply to Karan:
 * Dude Magnet: She has a lot of admirers...
 * Hot Mom: In the anime, anyway. The novels describe her as chubby/overweight.
 * Friend to All Children: Thinks children are adorable, and strongly believes it is an adult's responsibility to protect them.
 * Good Parent: She really loves Shion and isn't upset at all about their downgrade from a life of luxury.
 * Mysterious Past: At least one photo of her exists with the Founding Members of No.6. She also knew where Rikiga was likely to be in the West Block.

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 * Rikiga

One of the residents of West Block. He runs a prostitution service which allows him a life of luxury in comparison to other residents. At one point, he wrote articles regarding No. 6.

Some tropes that apply to Rikiga:


 * Cowardly Lion: He really doesn't want to get involved in Shion and Nezumi's plans, but does so anyway.
 * Fanboy: He really likes Eve, Nezumi's stage persona. He's less charitable towards Nezumi, given that well, it's Nezumi.
 * Intrepid Reporter: Hinted that the reason he was sent to live in West Block was due to his articles questioning No. 6's activities.
 * Parental Substitute: He tries to be this to Shion from time to time, given that he's still attached to Karan.

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 * Yoming

One of the residents of No. 6, and a resistance fighter. Yoming first begins to suspect something is amiss in the city when his wife and child mysteriously disappear. He takes interest in Karan after Shion's disappearance.

Some tropes that apply to Yoming:
 * Conspiracy Theorist: Luckily (or unluckily), the conspiracy is real.

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 * Elyurias

A mysterious entity, subject to much research by the scientists of No. 6.


 * Blue and Orange Morality
 * Everything's Worse With Bees: Elyurias occasionally appears as a giant one.
 * Face Full of Alien Wingwong:
 * Mother Nature
 * Nature Spirit
 * Nature Spirit