Inu × Boku SS/Characters

Here a list of characters that appear in Inu x Boku SS.

Ririchiyo Shirakiin
"Age: 15 (initial), Voiced by: Rina Hidaka"

A half-human, half-demon high school girl who transferred to Room 4 of Maison de Ayakashi in order to live alone. She yearns to be independent and constantly worries about not being able to communicate with other people properly, one of her reasons for moving. Her SS agent and servant is Soushi, a fox spirit she rescued long ago.


 * A-Cup Angst
 * Allergic to Love: Eventually gets over it.
 * Badass Adorable
 * Bad Liar
 * Bitch Alert: In-universe whenever Ririchiyo meets someone new.
 * Blade on a Stick
 * Bokukko
 * Broken Bird
 * Character Development: Ririchiyo is finally able to smile sincerely at Soushi by the end of the anime.
 * Cry Cute
 * Defrosting Ice Queen
 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: "Kimi wa (You are)", ending theme for Episode 3.
 * Flower in Her Hair: In her youkai form.
 * Friendless Background
 * Glowing Eyes of Doom
 * Godiva Hair: In the shower.
 * Hime Cut
 * Horned Humanoid: When she uses her demon side.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold: Puts up an abrasive front, but is trying to grow out of it because she knows she'll only hurt the people around her.
 * Kids Are Cruel: Was bullied as a child.
 * Little Miss Snarker
 * Lonely Rich Kid
 * Mistress and Servant Boy: She's the master, Soushi is the servant.
 * Morality Pet: To Soushi, to some extent.
 * No Social Skills
 * Ojou
 * Older Than She Looks
 * The Perfectionist
 * Pettanko: Unlike the usual Shana Clone, she's not really bothered by this. Nobara likes this about her.
 * Purple Eyes
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Given her people skills and youkai blood, she qualifies as an Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette as well.
 * Scarf of Asskicking: In her youkai form.
 * Shana Clone: Zettai Ryouiki, check. Rapunzel Hair, check. Older Than She Looks, check. Tsundere, check. Relationship with male Dogged Nice Guy, check.
 * Rei Ayanami Expy: Pale complexion, check. Broken Bird, check. Not good with people, check.
 * She's Got Legs
 * Short, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Single Woman Seeks Good Man
 * Spoiled Sweet
 * Stepford Snarker: Gradually growing out of this.
 * Tearful Smile:
 * Token Mini-Moe: For the tenant side..
 * Tsundere: Verging on Sugar and Ice Personality. Deconstructed as she finds this a bad habit, and tries her best to grow out of it. And if she does get out of hand, she tries to make up for it by writing really long apology letters. B-but it's not anything to take seriously! She was just practicing her penmanship after all!
 * Tsunshun
 * Tsurime Eyes
 * The Unfavorite: While Ririchiyo was treated as a treasure back at home, her parents showered her younger sister with love while rejecting her.
 * Unlimited Wardrobe
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A

Soushi Miketsukami
"Age: 22 (initial), Voiced by: Yuuichi Nakamura"

The assigned SS Agent to Ririchiyo and her servant, Soushi is a half-kitsune whom Ririchiyo helped when she was little. Very calm, polite, and gentle to people, he has a soft spot for his master, blindly obeying her and protecting her with his life if the situation calls for it.


 * Always Save the Girl
 * Badass
 * Badass in a Nice Suit
 * Cultured Badass: Subverted, as the only reason he's so well-learned is because he didn't want to "disappoint Ririchiyo with his simpleness."
 * Battle Butler: Even amongst an army of them in the form of the SS Agents, he stands out in his Undying Loyalty to Ririchiyo.
 * Berserk Button: Harm Ririchiyo in any way, and you'll incur his wrath.
 * Bishonen
 * Blond Guys Are Evil: Or at least morally ambiguous.
 * Bodyguard Crush: On Ririchiyo.
 * Broken Ace: Soushi is good at virtually everything, but he's also a yandere stalker with a twisted personality who will do anything to get what he wants.
 * The Charmer
 * Chick Magnet: It doesn't help that he takes ass-kissing Up to Eleven.
 * Cherry Blossoms: They appear whenever he transforms.
 * Covert Pervert
 * Crazy Jealous Guy: A calm variant.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Dissonant Serenity: Connected with his twisted personality and morals.
 * Dogged Nice Guy: The dogged is kind of a pun.
 * Subverted: So far he's both the main love interest (For Ririchiyo) and winning.
 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: "Rakuen no Photograph (Paradise of Photographs)", ending theme for Episode 3.
 * Even the Guys Want Him
 * Gold Digger: A... somewhat more sympathetic one.
 * Guile Hero: More than willing to manipulate anyone into getting what he wants, including his own mistress, making it look like he's the one leading their relationship.
 * I Will Protect Her
 * Keigo: Speaks very respectfully under all circumstances.
 * Kitsune
 * Ladykiller in Love
 * Lolicon
 * Love Before First Sight
 * Me's a Crowd: Has the ability to form clones of himself.
 * Mistress and Servant Boy: He's the servant, and quite an eager one at that.
 * Mismatched Eyes
 * Petal Power: In his introduction, the window is open and Cherry Blossoms drift inside the hall around him. Petals are also used in his transformation scenes.
 * Professional Butt-Kisser: Before he met Ririchiyo.
 * Sarcasm Blind
 * Sharp-Dressed Man
 * Single-Target Sexuality
 * Stalker with a Crush: Complete with a photo-covered shrine to Ririchiyo in his apartment.
 * Superpower Lottery: Soushi gets shapeshifting, shadow clones, Super Reflexes, Super Strength, and a Cool Sword, which is a lot more than most other atavists get.
 * Taking Advantage of Generosity
 * Tranquil Fury: Even when pissed off, he remains polite and respectful at all times.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: He can even turn into a girl!
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: In his youkai form.
 * Yandere
 * Taking Advantage of Generosity
 * Tranquil Fury: Even when pissed off, he remains polite and respectful at all times.
 * Voluntary Shapeshifting: He can even turn into a girl!
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy: In his youkai form.
 * Yandere

Renshou Sorinozuka
"Age: 17 (initial), Voiced by: Yoshimasa Hosoya"

An Ittan-momen demon with several tattoos on his tanned skin, he is the tennant of Room 3. He's had a brother-sister relationship with Ririchiyo since childhood, which earns him Soushi's trust. His SS Agent is Nobara.


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Big Brother Instinct
 * Childhood Friends: With Ririchiyo
 * Dogged Nice Guy: Towards Nobara.
 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: "Taiyou to Tsuki (Sun and Moon)", ending theme of episode 7 with Nobara.
 * Dull Surprise
 * Green Eyes
 * Guys Are Slobs
 * Hand Behind Head: Often.
 * Henpecked Husband: Acts like one with Nobara.
 * Lazy Bum: According to Nobara.
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Love Martyr: To some extent, again for Nobara.
 * Mundane Made Awesome: He can basically turn into a paper roll demon.
 * Nice Guy
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Non-Action Snarker
 * Team Dad
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Non-Action Snarker
 * Team Dad
 * Team Dad
 * Team Dad

Nobara Yukinokouji
"Age: 21 (initial), Voiced by: Yoko Hikasa"

The assigned SS Agent to Renshou, Nobara is a Yuki-onna whose human form depicts her as a young woman wearing glasses. She likes girls and fashion so much so that, in her free time, she looks at adult magazines with beautiful women in them and shares them with Renshou.


 * Absolute Cleavage
 * An Ice Person
 * Berserk Button:.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Icy Blue Eyes
 * Boomerang Bigot
 * Catch Phrase: "Maniac!"
 * Does Not Like Men
 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: "Taiyou to Tsuki (Sun and Moon)", ending theme of episode 7 with Renshou.
 * Gag Boobs/Gainaxing:
 * The Glasses Come Off: In her youkai form.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Impossibly Low Neckline: In her youkai form.
 * Kimono
 * Lipstick Lesbian
 * Loveable Sex Maniac
 * Meganekko
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl: An interesting case. Even though she's so appreciative of other girls' bodies, she doesn't notice other people's attention on her.
 * Most Common Superpower
 * Perverted Drooling: When thinking about girls. Sometimes accompanied by a Nosebleed.
 * Scarf of Asskicking:
 * Smart People Play Chess: In Episode 7 she's seen teaching Chino to play the Japanese equivalent, Shogi, which some regard as harder to play than chess (though she does lose). She then suggests playing a card game called Hana Fuda which also has some notoriously complex variations.
 * Team Mom: For the girls.
 * Token Lesbian
 * Tranquil Fury: Whenever she gets angry, she's ice cold.
 * Yuri Fan
 * Token Lesbian
 * Tranquil Fury: Whenever she gets angry, she's ice cold.
 * Yuri Fan
 * Yuri Fan

Shoukin Kagerou
"Age: 22 (initial), Voiced by: Tomokazu Sugita"

Tenant of Room 2, Soushi, Banri, and Zange's former master, and Ririchiyo's fiancé. Kagerou is eccentric, straightforward, and narcissistic, calling the other tenants "pigs" or "human toilets". His SS agent is Karuta.


 * Aggressive Categorism: Played for Laughs with Kagerou. According to him, people exist in two flavors: Sadist or Masochist.
 * Allergic to Routine
 * Attention Whore
 * Bespectacled Bastard Fiance
 * BFS
 * Big Entrance: Tends to try to surprise everyone every time he arrives on the scene. Compounded by his Leitmotif.
 * Bishonen:
 * Blow You Away: His transformation involves wind.
 * The Bully: To Banri.
 * Disposable Fiancé
 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: "SM Hantei Forum (S&M Judgment Forum)", ending theme for Episode 5.
 * Domino Mask
 * Four Eyes, Zero Soul: When he was younger.
 * The Friend Nobody Likes
 * The Hedonist
 * Horned Humanoid: In his youkai form.
 * Incoming Ham: Greets everyone as his "human toilets." Doubles as an Establishing Character Moment.
 * It's All About Me
 * Jerkass
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * This Jerkass Is Hammy
 * Large Ham
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy:
 * Ominous Opera Cape
 * Prince Charmless
 * Scary Shiny Glasses: In his younger days.
 * There Are Two Kinds Of Things In The World: Sadists and Masochists, and nothing else in between. This is even the focus of his ending theme.
 * Troll
 * Unsexy Sadist

Karuta Roromiya
"Age: 15 (initial), Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa"

The assigned SS Agent to Kagerou, a Gashadokuro (large skeleton created from those who starved to death) whose human form is a teenage girl with pigtails. Though she appears to be "zoned out" most of the time, she's actually very clever and observant and likes tasty food.


 * Action Girl
 * Badass Adorable
 * Big Eater: She is almost never seen without food in her hands. In fact, this is the focus of her ending theme.
 * In episode 7 she shown to be on the realistic end of being an Extreme Omnivore, as while a whole lobster is food most people wouldn't eat the whole lobster, shell and all.
 * Break the Cutie
 * Childhood Friends: With Banri.
 * Childhood Friend Romance: Implied.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * The Comically Serious
 * Curtains Match the Windows
 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: "sweets parade", ending theme for Episode 6.
 * Dem Bones
 * Effortless Amazonian Lift: Karuta pulls this off with Watanuki and Ririchiyo in Episode 6.
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl
 * Moe Stare
 * Qipao: Once when Kagerou visits.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Rose-Haired Girl
 * The Stoic
 * Strange Girl
 * Supreme Chef
 * Tareme Eyes
 * Token Mini-Moe: For the agent side.
 * Violently Protective Girlfriend: For Banri.
 * Voice of the Legion: In her demon form.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade B.
 * Voice of the Legion: In her demon form.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade B.

Banri Watanuki
"Age: 15 (initial), Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi"

Tenant of Room 1, Banri is a mixed blood Tanuki demon with an impulsive streak and is very outspoken. Labeling himself a "delinquent", he considers Soushi his rival because he called him cute, causing Banri to resent him. His SS agent is Zange.


 * Blue Eyes
 * Butt Monkey: Tries to be a bona fide delinquent and earn some respect, but it never works his way.
 * Childhood Friends: With Karuta.
 * Childhood Friend Romance: Implied.
 * The Comically Serious
 * Competition Freak: Watanuki reacts this way at any opportunity to beat Soushi at something.
 * Dude in Distress
 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: "one way", ending theme for Episode 4 with Zange (or at least he keeps butting in).
 * Don't You Dare Pity Me!
 * Dragged Into Drag: At the end of Episode 12 by his bullies.
 * Fun T-Shirts
 * Hair Decorations
 * Hair of Gold: Though it is dyed.
 * Hair-Trigger Temper
 * Hot-Blooded
 * Irrational Hatred: The source of his rivalry with Soushi.
 * I Want to Be a Real Man
 * I Will Protect Her
 * Japanese Delinquents: Watanuki insists that he is one. No one takes him seriously.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Leeroy Jenkins
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * Rebellious Spirit
 * Tanuki
 * Tsundere
 * Understanding Boyfriend: To Karuta. It's actually a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming in the manga when Watanuki tells Karuta  that he'll be with her forever no matter what happens.
 * Tsundere
 * Understanding Boyfriend: To Karuta. It's actually a Crowning Moment of Heartwarming in the manga when Watanuki tells Karuta  that he'll be with her forever no matter what happens.

Zange Natsume
"Age: 22 (initial), Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano"

The assigned SS agent to Banri, Zange is a half-human, half-hundred-eyed monster who wears a set of black rabbit ears on his head. He is a very cheerful and eccentric individual. He has a fondness for Soushi and calling him "Sou-tan" because of this, though he has pet names for most of the other characters as well. His youkai blood gives him the power of limited omniscience.


 * Agent Peacock
 * Animal-Eared Headband: Of the bunny variety.
 * The Anti-Nihilist: Zange shows shades of this.
 * Bandage Babe
 * Beware the Silly Ones
 * Blindfolded Vision: Half-blindfolded.
 * Blood From the Mouth: It was just ketchup though.
 * Broken Bird: Hides it behind his cheerful facade.
 * Bunny Ears Bodyguard: While all SS Agents are this to some extent, Zange takes it literally.
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Do-It-Yourself Theme Tune: "one way", ending theme for Episode 4 with Banri (or at least the latter keeps butting in)
 * Drama Queen
 * Eyepatch of Power:
 * Eyes Always Shut
 * Finger Wag
 * Hidden Heart of Gold
 * In Touch with His Feminine Side
 * Jerkass Facade
 * Keet
 * Laugh Himself Sick: His reaction to Watanuki comparing Karuta to Tarzan.
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Manic Pixie Dream Boy: Has the elements of one for Watanuki.
 * The Matchmaker: Most apparent with his shipping of Karuta and Watanuki, but he also seems to support Ririchiyo and Soushi.
 * Mr. Exposition
 * Nice Hat:
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Not So Omniscient After All
 * Obfuscating Disability
 * Peek-a-Bangs
 * Perpetual Smiler
 * The Pollyanna: When introducing himself to Ririchiyo, Zange says some pretty disturbing things about his past with a grin and falsetto.
 * In his ending "one way", Zange is singing about Watanuki and how he should forget about him and live for himself.
 * The Prankster
 * Quizzical Tilt: Does this often, but mostly to tease the others.
 * Shipper on Deck: Seems to ship Watanuki/Karuta.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Tension-Cutting Laughter
 * Trickster Mentor: Zange often plays pranks and meddles in the lives of the other characters, especially Ririchiyo and Watanuki, which usually end up helping them with their problems in one way or another.
 * Shipper on Deck: Seems to ship Watanuki/Karuta.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Tension-Cutting Laughter
 * Trickster Mentor: Zange often plays pranks and meddles in the lives of the other characters, especially Ririchiyo and Watanuki, which usually end up helping them with their problems in one way or another.
 * Stepford Smiler
 * Tension-Cutting Laughter
 * Trickster Mentor: Zange often plays pranks and meddles in the lives of the other characters, especially Ririchiyo and Watanuki, which usually end up helping them with their problems in one way or another.
 * Trickster Mentor: Zange often plays pranks and meddles in the lives of the other characters, especially Ririchiyo and Watanuki, which usually end up helping them with their problems in one way or another.

Chino Kotomura
"Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki"

A cheerful maid that works in Maison de Ayakashi who's perpetually happy and performs her job with passion. She can transform into a really small form, which helps her clean really narrow places.


 * Boke
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Expy: She's like an older, bustier Yui Hirasawa, complete with sharing the same voice actress.
 * Fun Size: Can transform into this when she needs to access narrow places.
 * Gag Boobs
 * Gainaxing
 * Genki Girl
 * Green Eyes
 * Meido
 * Perpetual Smiler

Ayumu Warashibe
"Voiced by: Takahiro Mizushima"

Another maid who works at the Maison and crossdresses in a french maid outfit. His personality is sensible and wry, which contrasts that of the other maid Chino. He has the blood of a zashiki warashi, which gives him the power to bring great fortune to any household he resides in.


 * Bob Haircut
 * The Comically Serious
 * Crossdresser
 * French Maid Outfit
 * Grumpy Bear
 * Only Sane Employee
 * Perpetual Frowner
 * Tsukkomi
 * Uncanny Valley Makeup

Yuujirou Kouda
"Voiced by: Yasunori Masutani"

The third "maid" working at the Maison. He is a man with a somewhat outdated sense of humor who cheerfully talks about his recent divorce and layoff. His youkai form is an orochi, an eight-headed snake monster.


 * Angst? What Angst?: The way he talks about his divorce and lost job.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Possibly, given that his youkai ancestry involves an eight-headed snake demon...
 * Keet

Jyoutarou Kawasumi
"Voiced by: Katsuki Murase"

The cook at the Maison, though he often gets distracted by making cocktails instead while his son does most of the actual work. He has the ancestry of a kappa.


 * The Bartender: Tries to be.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Kappa
 * Large Ham
 * Smoking Is Cool
 * Tall, Dark and Handsome

Kotarou Kawasumi
"Voiced by: Minami Tsuda"

Jyoutarou's son and assistant in the kitchen. He is, as far as we know, the only non-youkai person at the Maison.


 * Adorably Precocious Child
 * Cloudcuckoolander's Minder: For his dad.
 * Deadpan Snarker
 * Only Sane Man
 * Token Mini-Moe: For the employees side.

Homare Nekozuki
The concierge of the Maison who has a mean face but a tender personality. He is extremely shy and embarrassed about his outward appearance. He has the blood of a nekomata, the two-tailed cat demon.


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Bald of Awesome
 * Cool Shades
 * Face of a Thug
 * Gentle Giant
 * In Touch with His Feminine Side
 * Scary Black Man: He gets mistaken for one, often.
 * X Marks the Hero: Though he's not actually the hero.

Shimon Satorigahara
She is the one responsible for the creation of the Maison de Ayakashi as part of her struggle to gain civil rights for other atavists back when she was younger. Known as the atavist with the strongest spiritual power, she has the ability, similar to that of Zange, of omniscience. Her power is so strong that she must stay cooped up at her family residence away from other people so she doesn't get overwhelmed by information.


 * Cool Old Lady:.
 * Seer

Mikoto Inugami
A mysterious atavist who He's the leader of the rogue atavists.


 * Affably Evil
 * Ambiguous Gender
 * Blond Guys Are Evil
 * Cat Smile
 * Cute Little Fangs
 * Kimono
 * Perpetual Smiler
 * Unusual Eyebrows
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.
 * Unusual Eyebrows
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: Grade A.


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