CROSS†CHANNEL/Characters

The characters from Cross Channel:

'''Remember, everyone here is insane. It's the whole point of the story. So beware of spoilers, which may or may not be marked.'''

Taichi Kurosu
Our protagonist, an attractive, superficially charming boy prone to sexual harassment. He has strained relationships with the rest of the cast which he is trying to repair. The sight of blood and emotional upset tend to set him off, leading to extremely deranged behavior which he regrets immensely.


 * Afraid of Blood: The sight of blood triggers Taichi's psychotic episodes.
 * The Atoner
 * Bag of Holding: The Taichi Bag appears to be this.
 * Bishonen: He's aware of it, but also thinks he's incredibly ugly for reasons that are never explained fully.
 * Bloodbath Villain Origin: The alternate Taichi from Tower of Friends, who is not the same Taichi that we know. But somehow just as crazy.
 * Byronic Hero: Taichi may be immensely screwed up, but he does try his best to act normal in order to fix everyone's problems.
 * Chick Magnet: Eroge. Taichi can win everyone's love.
 * The alternate Taichi was apparently completely normal and thus had even more girls that liked him... until the day it turned out he was even more insane and killed everyone.
 * Cloudcuckoolander: During more lighthearted moments.
 * Crouching Moron Hidden Badass: It's stated that he could even beat Youko if he ever fought seriously.
 * Diagnosis From Dr. Badass: Taichi displays uncanny medical knowledge at certain points during the game, quickly and effectively diagnosing injuries his friends have received.
 * Driven to Madness:
 * Drives Like Crazy: He's probably not even of age anyways, and he doesn't have a license.
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita: The dress Taichi is made to wear as a child fits this description.
 * Freak Out:
 * Freudian Excuse:
 * Freudian Slip: Taichi accidentally calls Nanaka "mom" later on in the game.
 * The Gadfly: Taichi trolls his friends, which actually makes him pretty charming and normal seeming.
 * Go Through Me :
 * Harmful to Minors
 * Heroic Albino: For a certain definition of "Heroic". His albinism is actually a plot point.
 * Hey You: Taichi uses Japanese Honorifics in a rather offensive manner, being way overly familiar. Or he'll omit them entirely. It surprises some such as Tomoki and severely angers others such as Kiri.
 * H Game POV Character: Somewhere between a Type II and Type III B. He's definitely a Type II by the end, though.
 * I Am Not Pretty: Taichi thinks he's repulsive due to certain features of his.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal: His main goal is to enjoy life like a normal person.
 * Knife Nut: Chris Reeve knives are his Weapon of Choice, it seems.
 * Lemony Narrator: Sometimes lapses into this, especially during the footnotes.
 * Lolicon : Parodied by Taichi, who views people who like little girls as being severely messed up. And is also a lolicon.
 * Lovable Sex Maniac : Taichi, except when he's not.
 * Meaningful Name: Could also count as a Prophetic Name.
 * Don't forget that the "kuro" in "Kurosu" means black, and Taichi frequently thinks of himself as "black-hearted"...
 * A far more subtle one occurs in the form of an anagram.
 * My God What Have I Done:
 * The Nicknamer: Taichi comes up with all sorts of strange names for the Broadcasting Club's members, and even himself.
 * Porn Stash: Which Touko burns, to his horror.
 * Sad Clown: Taichi himself. He may try and make jokes and harass everyone, but he doesn't even consider himself human.
 * Second Year Protagonist: The dynamics are there, but the actual school system makes it difficult to say how strictly accurate it is.
 * Stepford Smiler: Taichi fakes being a clown in order to get along with others. Tomoki is shocked to discover the truth, though he did wonder how someone reputed to be as unbalanced as Taichi could be so normal.
 * Trauma Conga Line:
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * Yandere
 * Yandere
 * Yandere

Misato Miyasumi
Taichi's upperclassmen, she wears glasses and is a stickler for rules. Her brother is a friend of Taichi's, though they have an extremely strained relationship due to Misato's obsessive compulsive need for order and proper behavior, which is especially demanding for those she views as friends and family. The first arc is dedicated to her.


 * Club President
 * Driven to Suicide: In one of the endings for Youko's route.
 * Leitmotif: School Days, for the Club President.
 * Meganekko
 * Nice Girl
 * Scary Shiny Glasses: The terminology the game uses is "fogged-up". Taichi also lampshades the trope near the beginning of the game by wondering if she can turn the effect on and off at will.
 * Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Misato delivers a rather wordy speech to Taichi about the Broadcasting Club's purpose. Taichi's response? "You're pretty good with your Japanese."
 * Sesquipedalian Loquaciousness: Misato delivers a rather wordy speech to Taichi about the Broadcasting Club's purpose. Taichi's response? "You're pretty good with your Japanese."

Touko Kirihara
A surly, detached girl who does not understand why she has to go to this school. Her issues involve a realistic depiction of a tsundere, traces of yandere/stalker behavior and extreme dependence on others. Appears to hate Taichi. The second arc is dedicated to her.


 * Attention Whore: Appears aloof in order to get attention, and once she has it, she'll do anything to keep it.
 * Broken Bird
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Defrosting Ice Queen:
 * Girl With Psycho Weapon: Carries a sword around with her.
 * Leitmotif: Fragile, a Lonely Piano Piece for an aloof girl.
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * Ojou
 * Rich in Dollars Poor In Sense: She doesn't even know what canned food is.
 * Self Harm: Starving herself might have been at least partially this.
 * : Or at least, it was going to end up like that...
 * Tsundere
 * Yandere:

Kiri Sakura
Miki's friend, she possesses a strong hatred for Taichi. Her psychological issue appears to be over dependence and clinging to some figure, which is at the moment Miki. She a certain degree of paranoia as well. Through the story, she feels threatened by Taichi, which is understandable considering his irrational violence, though in the end she is not much better herself. She seems to understand Taichi the best of the main cast with the possible exception of Youko. The third arc is dedicated to her.


 * Girl With Psycho Weapon: Thanks to the fact that everyone appears to have vanished from the world, she becomes increasingly terrified of Taichi and begins to train with a crossbow.
 * Hair Color Dissonance: Kiri's hair is a bright blue, but is described as black in the text.
 * Leitmotif: Diarize, the leitmotif for the Flowers.
 * Living Emotional Crutch: To
 * Living Emotional Crutch: To

Miki Yamanobe
The Token Mini Moe, she is one of the few able to keep up with Taichi and even match his sexual harassment. One of Taichi's closest friends, they have a policy of mutual harassment and the innuendo slung between the two is ever present when the two converse. The fourth arc is dedicated to her.


 * Genki Girl
 * Lack of Empathy:
 * Leitmotif: Diarize, the leitmotif for the Flowers.
 * Stepford Smiler:
 * Suspiciously Vague Age: Miki gives very evasive, semi robotic answers when question on their exact age. She should not have a problem sharing this kind of information with Taichi, so it's almost surely an oblique reference to this trope.
 * Token Mini Moe: Miki is treated and acts like a kid, but, to Taichi's disappointment, she isn't really a little girl.
 * Suspiciously Vague Age: Miki gives very evasive, semi robotic answers when question on their exact age. She should not have a problem sharing this kind of information with Taichi, so it's almost surely an oblique reference to this trope.
 * Token Mini Moe: Miki is treated and acts like a kid, but, to Taichi's disappointment, she isn't really a little girl.

Youko Hasekura
A mysterious but extremely capable girl who tends to act as an observer throughout most of the story, she is extremely submissive to Taichi's will. Thus, whenever Taichi needs something done he will often ask her to do it. She apparently stalks Taichi and frequently claims to love him, but only annoys him and he denies that she loves him. The fifth arc is dedicated to her.


 * The Ace
 * Broken Ace: Especially in the end.
 * The Atoner:
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Emotionless Girl: Youko fits under "emotionally repressed", and this being the game that it is, is Deconstructed for all its worth.
 * Extreme Doormat:
 * Freudian Excuse:
 * Harmful to Minors
 * Hime Cut
 * Ninja
 * Not So Stoic:
 * Patient Childhood Love Interest: Deconstruction. She won't leave him alone. Taichi only tolerates her because he doesn't want to hurt her and quite obviously views her as a stalker.
 * Rubber Face
 * Tall Dark and Bishoujo
 * Yandere
 * Zettai Ryouiki
 * Zettai Ryouiki

Nanaka
A mysterious girl who appears detached from the rest of the world. She is aware of the time loop, but will only hint about the situation to Taichi or nudge him into useful directions. No one but Taichi ever sees her, and he is not even sure what she is.


 * Fetish Fuel Station Attendant: Nanaka is enigmatic yet cheerful, wears a Sailor Fuku and once wore bloomers under them, is really good with her legs and has no problem with Taichi's perverted jokes.
 * Figure It Out Yourself: She gives Taichi a few hints on what's really going on and that's it.
 * Genki Girl
 * Leitmotif: Blithe Spirit, which is self-explanatory.
 * This has been foreshadowed by some of her lines.
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Definitely has some of the hallmarks of one.
 * Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane: Is Nanaka an alien, an agent of the divine, a ghost, or
 * Meaningful Name:
 * Non Linear Character: Sometimes does things to the wrong version of Taichi, showing that her existence is unaffected by the loops.
 * Maybe Magic Maybe Mundane: Is Nanaka an alien, an agent of the divine, a ghost, or
 * Meaningful Name:
 * Non Linear Character: Sometimes does things to the wrong version of Taichi, showing that her existence is unaffected by the loops.

Hiroshi Sakuraba
One of Taichi's few male friends, he is perhaps the most normal person in the cast, even more so than siscon Tomoki. He is deaf in one ear due to being hit by Taichi.


 * Big Eater
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * If Its You Its Okay/Love At First Sight: Sakuraba -> Taichi. Taichi was not amused due to Sakuraba's forcefulness, and as a result Sakuraba is now deaf in one ear.
 * Rich in Dollars Poor In Sense
 * Spoiled Sweet: Sakuraba, in huge contrast to Touko. He used to be something of a delinquent, though, until Taichi deafened him.
 * The Loins Sleep Tonight: After the incident with Taichi, he became impotent. Very Played for Laughs.

Yutaka
A relative of Kiri's and a friend of Taichi's. Deceased.


 * The Atoner:
 * Driven to Suicide
 * Harmful to Minors
 * My God What Have I Done
 * Posthumous Character: Serves to introduce Kiri backstories.
 * Trauma Induced Amnesia
 * Trauma Induced Amnesia

Tomoki
Taichi's other surviving male friend, he's also Misato's younger brother and frequently accused of having a crush on her.


 * Freudian Excuse:
 * Straight Man: While he might not be the sanest, he's certainly the most coherent.
 * Suspiciously Vague Age: Tomoki gives very evasive, semi robotic answers when question on his exact age. He should not have a problem sharing this kind of information with Taichi, so it's almost surely an oblique reference to this trope.