Aria the Scarlet Ammo/Characters

Aria H. Kanzaki
"Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya"

A diminutive top student of Butei High's prestigious Assault Side. - ""I'll blow a hole through you!""
 * A Cup Angst
 * The Ace: She's good at everything... except cooking.
 * Action Girl
 * Actor Allusion: She frequently screams "Urusai!" ("Shut up!") a lot.
 * Animal Motifs: Cats. She is fond of "Leopon" stuffed cats, some key scenes involving her have random purrs, and in Episode 2 she even growls like a cat. In Episode 6 Shirayuki even calls her a "thieving cat" for freeloading with Kinji.
 * Badass Adorable
 * Catch Phrase


 * Clear Their Name:
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Cry Cute: A norm for Rie Kugimiya's roles.
 * Cute Little Fangs: With feline tendencies to boot.
 * Dual Wielding
 * Famous Ancestor:
 * Fiery Redhead
 * Forehead of Doom
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Guns Akimbo
 * Idiot Hair
 * Lethal Chef
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Luminescent Blush: Very prone to this.
 * Miss Conception: She thinks kissing instantly leads to pregnancy.
 * Older Than She Looks
 * The Ojou: Hinted to be one.
 * Omniglot: She knows seventeen languages.
 * Pretty Freeloader
 * Rapunzel Hair: Even in her Girlish Pigtails, her hair still reaches way below her knees.
 * Rose Haired Girl
 * Scars Are Forever: After a brush with death during the bus bomb incident, she has since kept a small X-shaped scar on her forehead (now hidden by her hair) as a reminder.
 * Shana Clone: And possibly the 5th Tsundere Wonder.
 * Tsundere: Type A -- now with the voice to boot.
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Peach buns.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds/Volleying Insults: With.
 * Weapon of Choice: A pair of M1911s and a pair of kodachis.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: A rare Rank S.
 * Zettai Ryouiki: A rare Rank S.

Kinji Touyama
"Voiced by: Junji Majima"

Another top student of Assault Side, who, for some reason, demoted himself to the more rear-line Inquest Side. When sexually aroused, he enters a state called "Hysteria Savant Syndrome" (HSS), also known as "Hysteria Mode". -
 * The Ace: In HSS mode he is a smooth talker, has genius level intelligence and is abnormally strong. His normal mode however is a Butt Monkey.
 * Almighty Janitor: Espically in HSS but it's hinted that his normal mode is stronger than the "E rank" would indicate.
 * Badass
 * Badass Abnormal: In Hysteria Mode.
 * Badass Normal: He aced the Butei entrance exam and is shown to be highly competent even without Hysteria Mode.
 * Bishonen: A borderline example.
 * Blessed With Suck/Cursed With Awesome: Hysteria Savant Syndrome
 * Bullet Time/Hyper Awareness: One of his powers under HSS.
 * Butt Monkey: In normal mode the girls love to make his life difficult. Generally speaking he would get the short end of the stick.
 * Chaste Hero/Selective Obliviousness: He has many female admirers. He either doesn't notice or choses to ignore the signs.
 * Chick Magnet: Has Aria, Shirayuki, Riko, and Reki after him. Take note that this is just his primary lineup and he's been ship teased with plenty of other girls.
 * Chivalrous Pervert: While in HSS.
 * Deus Sex Machina: He needs to be sexually aroused (usually by experiencing Marshmallow Hell or kissing) to activate his HSS.
 * Deadpan Snarker/Firstperson Smartass: Snarks a lot in his head.
 * Genre Savvy
 * Harem Hero: His normal mode is Type 1 with shades of Type 2A. His HSS mode is definitely Type 2B.
 * I Just Want to Be Normal:
 * Lolicon: Regarded by his classmates as one due to his closeness to the diminutive Aria. It also doesn't help that she is the most effective method of triggering his HSS. For example: in Episode 10, Kinji managed to resist HSS from seeing Riko in just her lingerie, but couldn't hold on any longer once he saw Aria taking off her clothes.
 * Overshadowed By Awesome: Ironically overshadowed by himself or to be more precise his Hysteria Mode. He himself is aware of this and it's one of the reason's he dislikes Hysteria Mode.
 * Super Mode: His Hysteria Mode..
 * Super Reflexes: One of his Hysteria mode's powers.
 * Tall Dark and Handsome
 * Tsundere: A rare male example. He usually treats Aria with indifference but there are times when he is kind to her.
 * Unwanted Harem
 * Weapon of Choice: A Beretta 92FS Inox modified to fire a three-round burst, which he conveniently names "Beretta Kinji Model", as well as a butterfly knife.
 * Crazy Prepared: After, Kinji also starts carrying with him his father's triple-burst IMI Desert Eagle, as well as a seax.
 * Tsundere: A rare male example. He usually treats Aria with indifference but there are times when he is kind to her.
 * Unwanted Harem
 * Weapon of Choice: A Beretta 92FS Inox modified to fire a three-round burst, which he conveniently names "Beretta Kinji Model", as well as a butterfly knife.
 * Crazy Prepared: After, Kinji also starts carrying with him his father's triple-burst IMI Desert Eagle, as well as a seax.

Shirayuki Hotogi
"Voiced by: Mikako Takahashi"

Kinji's childhood friend and a Miko of the Hotogi Shrine in Aomori Prefecture. -
 * Absurdly Sharp Blade
 * Badass Adorable
 * Black Bra and Panties: She has loads of them, as well as white ones, as Kinji found (much to his horror) when he opens a drawer she brought with her when she moved into Kinji and Aria's place.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Broken Bird: Implied --
 * Clingy Jealous Girl
 * Dull Eyes of Unhappiness: Whenever she's slipping into Yandere mode, especially towards Aria.
 * Famous Ancestor:
 * Genre Savvy
 * Hime Cut
 * Hyperspace Arsenal
 * Non Indicative Name:
 * Katanas Are Just Better: Weapon of Choice.
 * Hot Chick With a Sword
 * Named Weapons: Her katana is called "Irokane Ayame", forged from the Unobtanium of the same name.
 * Lady of War
 * Miko
 * Meaningful Name
 * Multi Melee Master
 * Patient Childhood Love Interest
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Student Council President
 * Victorious Childhood Friend: Not there yet, but this is her ultimate goal with Kinji.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: A miko according to family tradition and practices with a katana.
 * Yandere: Played for Laughs, although she's more into "exorcising" away any girl who comes between her and Kinji (including his partner Aria).
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Student Council President
 * Victorious Childhood Friend: Not there yet, but this is her ultimate goal with Kinji.
 * Yamato Nadeshiko: A miko according to family tradition and practices with a katana.
 * Yandere: Played for Laughs, although she's more into "exorcising" away any girl who comes between her and Kinji (including his partner Aria).

Reki
"Voiced by: Kaori Ishihara"

A mysterious, silent sniper and Butei High student. -
 * Big Badass Wolf: She keeps one, named Haimaki, after taming him with a bullet grazed through its spine.
 * Cold Sniper
 * Catch Phrase: Doubles as Badass Creed: "I am a single bullet. It has no heart. Therefore, it does not think. It just flies straight towards its target."
 * Emotionless Girl:
 * Famous Ancestor:
 * Fluffy Tamer: Her bullets alone could tame a giant Central Asian wolf.
 * Idiot Hair: Sort of.
 * Improbable Aiming Skills: She can even extend the effective range of her Dragunov from its standard 800 meters to 2,051 meters.
 * Leitmotif: "Reki, Happou!"
 * Mysterious Past
 * Only One Name
 * The Quiet One
 * She Cleans Up Nicely
 * Small Girl Big Gun
 * Sugar and Ice Personality
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Energy bars for her, fish sausages for Haimaki.
 * Weapon of Choice: A Dragunov with a bayonet attached on its end.
 * You Gotta Have Light-Green Hair
 * Weapon of Choice: A Dragunov with a bayonet attached on its end.
 * You Gotta Have Light-Green Hair
 * You Gotta Have Light-Green Hair

Riko Mine
"Voiced by: Mariya Ise"

A ditzy, air-headed Butei High student and a reliable source of information. -
 * Animal Motifs: Like Aria, Riko has her own share of feline characteristics, with her Cat Smile as the most evident one. Shirayuki calls her "the other thieving cat".
 * Badass Adorable
 * Broken Bird:
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer
 * Cat Smile: Which emphasizes her mischievous personality.
 * The Ditz
 * Famous Ancestor:
 * Foil: To Aria.
 * Freudian Excuse:
 * The Gadfly/The Tease
 * Gag Boobs
 * Gainaxing
 * Genki Girl
 * Genre Savvy
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Good Bad Girl: A bright ray of good-natured sunshine who just happens to also be very frank and comfortable with her sexuality.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Knowledge Broker
 * Lovable Sex Maniac
 * Master of Disguise
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Obfuscating Stupidity
 * Otaku Surrogate
 * Third Person Person
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Strawberry au lait.
 * Victoria's Secret Compartment: She loves hiding things sizable enough to fit between her firm and ample breasts.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds/Volleying Insults: With.
 * Weapon of Choice: A pair of Walther P99s and a pair of knives.
 * Otaku Surrogate
 * Third Person Person
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Strawberry au lait.
 * Victoria's Secret Compartment: She loves hiding things sizable enough to fit between her firm and ample breasts.
 * Vitriolic Best Buds/Volleying Insults: With.
 * Weapon of Choice: A pair of Walther P99s and a pair of knives.
 * Weapon of Choice: A pair of Walther P99s and a pair of knives.

Jeanne d'Arc the 30th
"Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi"

A mysterious silver-haired French girl who specializes in ice-elemental combat. -
 * The Ace: With everything that's not drawing.
 * An Ice Person
 * Born in The Wrong Century: As noted by, Jeanne shows shades of this. She's refined, wears plate mail, wields a zweihander (two-handed sword), doesn't know what a vending machine is, and dislikes skimpy clothing (including modern school uniforms, ).
 * Broken Bird
 * Covert Pervert:
 * Everyone Looks Sexier If French
 * Expy: She could be easily mistaken for a younger, Francophone Saber Lily with longer silver hair, shorter skirt, and a near-identical sword -- with the same seiyuu to boot, to near-Casting Gag levels.
 * Famous Ancestor: Her name alone should be a giveaway already.
 * Hot Chick With a Sword
 * Jeanne d'Archetype
 * Lady of War
 * Meganekko: Occasionally.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast:
 * Terrible Artist: For all her many talents, her drawing skill leaves to be desired.
 * White Haired Pretty Girl
 * Terrible Artist: For all her many talents, her drawing skill leaves to be desired.
 * White Haired Pretty Girl

Gouki Mutou
"Voiced by: Takayuki Kondo"

Kinji's good friend from the Logi Side. -
 * Awesome but Impractical: His Colt Python uses .357 Magnum rounds. It packs a lot of punch, but has small capacity and poor accuracy.
 * Bromantic Foil: For Kinji.
 * Handsome Lech
 * Otaku: For anything vehicle-related.
 * Weapon of Choice: A Colt Python.

Ryou Shiranui
"Voiced by: Takuya Eguchi"

Another of Kinji's friends and classmate in the Assault Side. -
 * The Ace: He's a Rank-A Butei.
 * Bash Brothers: He and Kinji used to be paired together prior to the latter's transfer to Inquest. Upon returning to Assault, however, Kinji already paired up with Aria.
 * Bishonen
 * Chick Magnet: He's got a lot of fangirls, although he admits he hasn't had a girlfriend yet.
 * Weapon of Choice: A Heckler & Koch Mk.23 with a laser pointer.

Kinichi Touyama/
Kinichi's older brother who died at sea in an incident involving the Butai Killer. -
 * As the Good Book Says: He does this when attacking.
 * Broken Pedestal: Kinji used to look up to him before he died and was defamed partially as a result of his hysteria mode.

Misaki Nakasorachi
"Voiced by: Hisako Kanemoto"

A second-year from the Connect Side who serves as the voice behind her schoolmates' intercom when on the field. -
 * Mission Control
 * Not Good With People: More like unable to communicate well without her equipment. This is what's keeping her stuck as a B-Rank despite being an excellent Mission Control.
 * Odd Friendship: With.
 * Shrinking Violet: Outside her duty.

Yutori Takamagahara
"Voiced by: Mai Nakahara"

Homeroom teacher of Class 2-A and instructor of Inquest Side. -
 * Hot Teacher
 * Meganekko
 * Nice Girl: She's apparently one of the few faculty members of Butei High without at least some military experience.

Umeko Tsuzuri
"Voiced by: Masumi Asano"

Homeroom teacher of Class 2-B and instructor of Dagula Side. -
 * Badass Teacher: She's one of the top five interrogators of Japan, able to extract information from even the most hardened offenders.
 * Hot Teacher
 * Smoking Is Cool

Tooru Sayonaki
"Voiced by: Kenji Nojima"

A geneticist and part-time instructor for Ambulance Side. -
 * Bishonen
 * Hot Teacher
 * Mad Scientist:
 * Magic Pants:
 * Megane
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * Mad Scientist:
 * Magic Pants:
 * Megane
 * White Haired Pretty Boy
 * White Haired Pretty Boy

Kanae Kanzaki
"Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara"

Aria's mother. -
 * Clear My Name:
 * Hot Mom