Dogs (manga)/Characters

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Heine Rammsteiner
The main protagonist. More or less. Not completely right in the head.


 * Animal Motifs: Black dogs.
 * More accurately, a doberman.
 * Anti-Hero: Type IV.
 * Ax Crazy: A rare, kinda heroic example.
 * Badass
 * Back-to-Back Badasses: With Badou and Naoto, oddly enough.
 * Badass Abnormal
 * Badass Longcoat: Sleeveless, even.
 * Battle Couple: Seems to be becoming this with Naoto.
 * Berserk Button: Touching his guns, touching women, touching Nill, he's got a thing about touching.
 * The Berserker
 * Big Brother Instinct: Towards Nill.
 * Cain and Abel
 * Character Development: His revolves around opening up about his past and not going apeshit when a girl touches him.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Dead Little Sister:
 * Defrosting Ice King: Towards Naoto and most women these days.
 * Dissonant Serenity: Disturbingly calm whilst other people are getting killed.
 * Does Not Like Women: Heine has some issues regarding women.
 * We eventually learn why:
 * Doom Magnet
 * Enemy Within:
 * Fangs Are Evil: Has 'em. If you see them, he probably about to use them. On YOU.
 * Flashback Nightmare: Haine gets something like this when females touch him.
 * Whole-Episode Flashback
 * Gratuitous English: "Fuck up, gentlemen!" stands out, though there are other examples.
 * Guns Akimbo
 * Harmful to Minors: His childhood. It's a wonder he doesn't just go on a killing spree.
 * Heroic Albino
 * Heroic Neutral: Mostly wants to be left alone.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Badou.
 * Iconic Item: His collar and his guns.
 * "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight:
 * Impossibly Cool Clothes: Admit it, you want Heine's awesome coat.
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Kleptomaniac Hero: Took one of 's knives without even noticing.
 * Lightning Bruiser: Skinny guy but HOLY SHIT IS HE STRONG WHEN HE WANTS TO BE.
 * Mark of the Beast: The Cerberus spine.
 * Murder Is the Best Solution
 * Nigh Invulnerability: Nothing short of a bullet to the head will take him down.
 * Orphanage of Fear:
 * Pet the Dog: His Big Brother Instinct towards Nill. Also, slowing Naoto's descent when she fainted.
 * He even tries to cheer Naoto up after her second Heroic BSOD.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning
 * She Is Not My Girlfriend: Naoto.
 * Ship Tease: He seems to be hanging around Naoto a lot these days...
 * Slasher Smile
 * Sociopathic Hero: Surprise.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Heine or Haine?
 * Theme Naming: Rammstein!!
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Weapon of Choice: A Mauser C-96 and a Luger P08 connected by a chain. And he will fuck you up if you touch them.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: INDEED.
 * Sociopathic Hero: Surprise.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Heine or Haine?
 * Theme Naming: Rammstein!!
 * Troubled but Cute
 * Weapon of Choice: A Mauser C-96 and a Luger P08 connected by a chain. And he will fuck you up if you touch them.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * With Great Power Comes Great Insanity: INDEED.

Badou Nails
A private investigator slash occasional hired gun who sometimes teams up with Heine. Loves his ciggies something good. Missing an eye.


 * Anti-Hero: Type II-IV, depending on his nicotine fix...
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Normal
 * Berserk Button: Running out of tobacco.
 * The Berserker
 * Butt Monkey
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Mostly harmless and willing to negotiate until you take his cigarettes and put a MAC-10 in his hands.
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Guns Akimbo
 * Heroic Comedic Sociopath: A bit. Still has nothing on Heine, though.
 * Heterosexual Life Partners: With Heine.
 * Iconic Item: His eyepatch and cigarettes.
 * Knowledge Broker
 * The Lancer
 * Laughing Mad: At one point during a gunfight.
 * Men Can't Keep House: Averted. His  brother couldn't.
 * Mood Swinger: Thanks to his cigarettes. It's often funny.
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Real Men Wear Pink: He can sew and do housework. Heine, Naoto and Nill are all impressed.
 * Redheaded Hero
 * Green Eyed Red Head
 * Refuge in Audacity: Who throws desks at people to escape? Badou does.
 * Scars Are Forever: Badou has scars on both his right hand and right eye (underneath the eyepatch).
 * Smoking Is Cool: A trait he picked up from his brother who he idolized.
 * Theme Naming: Nine Inch Nails.
 * Weapon of Choice: Seems to always pick some MAC-10s.
 * Weirdness Magnet
 * Weirdness Magnet

Naoto Fuyumine
A swordswoman wandering the city trying to find information on her parents' killer. "Naoto Fuyumine" is not her birth name.


 * Absurdly Sharp Blade: We see how sharp in chapter 71.
 * Action Girl: Easily capable of fighting on the same level as Heine.
 * Anti-Heroine: Type III-IV.
 * Badass Normal
 * Berserk Button: Mentioning the other "Naoto," and badmouthing the man Fuyumine are a good way to get her riled.
 * Bob Haircut
 * Broken Bird
 * Dark and Troubled Past
 * Trauma-Induced Amnesia
 * The Chick: She's the only main character who doesn't think Murder Is the Best Solution. Maiming people's alright though.
 * Cool Big Sis: She's very protective of Nill.
 * Good Scars, Evil Scars / X Marks the Hero: It's on her chest.
 * Heroic BSOD: When she glimpses a pair of eyes she recognizes from her past.
 * Naoto seems to be having a lot of these as of late. They're affecting her mind more than her body.
 * Heroic Safe Mode
 * He's Not My Boyfriend: For Heine AND Magato.
 * Hot Chick with a Sword
 * Iconic Item: Her katana.
 * Katanas Are Just Better: Her Weapon of Choice, a black katana, the same type that her killer used.
 * Knife Nut: Also carries a few straight knives.
 * Lady of War: One of the series' most graceful of ass-kickers.
 * Meaningful Name: Naoto means "straight knife." It's also
 * Mind Rape:
 * Ms. Fanservice: We're treated to many shots of the scars on her chest and her legs.
 * Pretty Freeloader: Naoto essentially begins living at the church with Nill while Bishop is away.
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * Revenge
 * Scarf of Asskicking
 * Scars Are Forever: At least 10 years later, the scar on her chest is still VERY vivid.
 * She's Got Legs
 * Shower of Angst
 * Screaming Woman: During her Heroic BSOD.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo: She may have short hair but she's got the demeanor down pat.
 * Technical Pacifist
 * You Killed My Parents: The reason she trained with Fuyumine was to one day kill him. Subverted when he is killed by someone else and it turns out he was innocent anyway. She is now looking for their true killer.
 * You Killed My Father Figure:Seems to be keeping an eye out for his killer as well.
 * You Killed My Father Figure:Seems to be keeping an eye out for his killer as well.
 * You Killed My Father Figure:Seems to be keeping an eye out for his killer as well.

Mihai Mihaeroff
A retired assassin and occasional errand runner for the owner of Buono Viaggio. He gets lost. Often.


 * Anti-Hero: Type III.
 * Badass Bystander
 * Badass Normal
 * Baguette Beatdown: Weaponizes the restaurant bread at one point. It's about as hilarious as you think it is.
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Ian, though they both saw each other more as father and son. He also seems to be becoming one of sorts to Badou as well.
 * Career Killer: Former.
 * Cool Old Guy: He's not that old but Mihai is noticeably older than the Power Trio.
 * Dynamic Entry: Baran and Zack, meet the shoe.
 * Heroic Bystander
 * Hurting Hero
 * Improbable Weapon User: From guns and swords to plates and bread!
 * Made of Iron: He has fought with Doesn't have a Cerberus spine, though.
 * The Mafia
 * My Greatest Failure:
 * No Sense of Direction
 * Oedipus Complex: Was on the recieving end of one and an Electra complex, both because of his student strangely enough.
 * Papa Wolf: To Ian.
 * Retired Badass
 * The Stoic

Bishop
The priest of a local church. He serves as a guardian of sorts to Nill and mentor to Heine. Well, he lets Heine keep his guns there.


 * Anti-Hero: Type III.
 * Blind Seer: Given how he behaves, Heine wonders whether he's actually blind or not.
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Preacher: Going hand in hand with...
 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: Because in spite of everything else, he's a...
 * Handicapped Badass: A Master Swordsman, despite being apparently blind.
 * Hidden Depths
 * Lolicon: For a blind man, he enjoys dressing up Nill a bit too much.
 * Long-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Obfuscating Stupidity
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * The Reveal:
 * Sunglasses at Night
 * Weapon of Choice: A Sword Cane.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Sunglasses at Night
 * Weapon of Choice: A Sword Cane.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Nill
A winged fourteen year old mute girl who lives in Bishop's church. Just about everyone who sees her agrees that she is the cutest thing ever.


 * Big Brother Instinct: Inspires this in both Heine and Naoto.
 * Cool Big Sis: Seems to have become one to Luki and Noki.
 * Cute Mute
 * The Cutie
 * Elegant Gothic Lolita: Bishop buys these types of clothes for her. She wouldn't be so bothered about if he wasn't so creepy about it.
 * Fragile Speedster: Not a fighter at all, but damn, girlie can run.
 * Hair of Gold
 * The Heart: Brings out the best in Heine, Naoto and Badou.
 * I'm Taking Her Home with Me: The common reaction to her, both to fans & the characters in the story.
 * Moe
 * Morality Pet: To Heine, since she's the only female he's completely okay with touching him.
 * Token Mini-Moe
 * Winged Humanoid: Was nearly sold into child prostitution because of her prized white wings. They're too small to work, by the way.

Giovanni
Heine's brother. REALLY loves messing with his head.


 * Badass Abnormal
 * Badass in a Nice Suit: Always wearing a suit, regardless of what he's doing.
 * Cain and Abel
 * Cool Shades / Sunglasses at Night
 * Dead Little Sister:
 * Evil Albino
 * Guns Akimbo: He IS Heine's brother...
 * Hannibal Lecture: LOVES giving these to Heine.
 * In Love with Your Carnage: "Love" is a bit much, but he enjoys watching Heine rage.
 * Jerkass
 * Manipulative Bastard:... and so he encourages it, by bringing up often.
 * Mark of the Beast: He also has a Cerberus spine.
 * Nigh Invulnerable
 * Orphanage of Fear
 * Peek-a-Bangs: When he was younger.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * The Unfavorite
 * Nigh Invulnerable
 * Orphanage of Fear
 * Peek-a-Bangs: When he was younger.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * The Unfavorite
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * The Unfavorite

Angelika Einsturzen
A Mad Scientist working for an as of yet unnamed underground organization.


 * Affably Evil: When she first makes an appearance in the manga, she comes across as slightly matronly if weird. And then the madness shows itself.
 * Faux Affably Evil
 * Ax Crazy: She has yet to pick up an actual weapon but someone who smiles while people are getting mauled barehanded is not right in the head.
 * Blondes Are Evil
 * Dissonant Serenity: Smiles and hugs gently all the while telling him to brutally massacre a hulking man beast.
 * Evil Genius
 * For Science!
 * Good Thing You Can Heal: Actually she can't but she's made preparations for that inevitability too.
 * Hannibal Lecture
 * Hot Scientist
 * Mad Doctor
 * Mad Scientist
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * Motherly Scientist: A villainous, Yanderesque take on the trope.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Red Right Hand: Has six fingers on both hands.
 * Yandere: Showers those who do well against her creations with affection, is rather callous to those who don't but still have the nerve to survive.
 * Mad Doctor
 * Mad Scientist
 * Manipulative Bitch
 * Motherly Scientist: A villainous, Yanderesque take on the trope.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Red Right Hand: Has six fingers on both hands.
 * Yandere: Showers those who do well against her creations with affection, is rather callous to those who don't but still have the nerve to survive.
 * Yandere: Showers those who do well against her creations with affection, is rather callous to those who don't but still have the nerve to survive.

Campenella Fruhling
A hired gun swordswoman who appears to be working with Einsturzen. She leads a troupe of helmeted, black-clad Nigh Invulnerable minions.


 * Affably Evil: Rather polite and formal to, even leaving him her name.
 * Badass Boast:"Forgive the lack of ceremony but I have to kill anyone who sees us. Any last prayers?"
 * Badass Normal: Assuming she doesn't somehow have a Cerebus spine.
 * Boobs of Steel
 * Dark Action Girl
 * Hot Chick in a Badass Suit
 * Hot Chick with a Sword
 * Implausible Fencing Powers
 * In-Series Nickname: "Fu-sama" by the twins.
 * Lady of War
 * Katanas Are Just Better: The second woman in series to wield one.
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic: piss her off.
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * Woman in Black: Her suit is dark-colored, at least.

Luki and Noki
Two young twin girls who are always together and work as bounty hunters.


 * Adorable Evil Minions
 * Arm Cannon: Noki.
 * Badass Abnormal
 * Bob Haircut
 * Cheerful Children
 * Creepy Twins
 * Dissonant Serenity
 * Early-Bird Cameo: The twins appear in the prequel book, in the first chapter.
 * Enfants Terribles
 * Eyes of Gold: One each.
 * Giggling Villains
 * Girls With Psycho Weapons
 * Grotesque Cute
 * Heroic BSOD: Luki has one.
 * Hyperspace Arsenal: Where ARE those knives and gun coming from?
 * Idiot Hair
 * Knife Nut: Luki, if that claw of hers doesn't count as a bunch of BFSes.
 * Machete Mayhem: Or this.
 * Little Miss Badass
 * Mark of the Beast: More Cerebus spines.
 * Mismatched Eyes, Technicolor Eyes: In reverse of each other.
 * : Heine quickly tries to remedy this.
 * Obliviously Evil: They don't seem to understand that killing is wrong. Then again, excluding Naoto, no one else got that memo either.
 * Perky Female Minions
 * Pretty in Mink: Those fur-trimmed dresses and hats they wear, in opposite color of each other.
 * Small Girl, Big Gun: Noki, again.
 * Theme Twin Naming
 * The Thing That Would Not Leave: For some reason, they end up staying at the church with Nill and Naoto. Heine does not approve.
 * Token Mini Moes
 * Trademark Favorite Food: Spaghetti from Buon Viaggio.
 * Twin Banter
 * Tykebombs
 * Villain Episode: "Hardcore Twins."
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair
 * Villain Episode: "Hardcore Twins."
 * You Gotta Have Green Hair

Mimi
An info broker who sometimes works with Badou.


 * Belligerent Sexual Tension: With Badou.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Knowledge Broker
 * Neutral Female
 * The Nicknamer: Calling Heine "Bleachy."
 * Tsundere: Type A.

Granny Liza
A short elderly demi-human woman who's the head of a gang of more demi-humans.


 * Animal Motifs: Either cats or foxes.
 * Catgirl: Possibly.
 * Cool Old Lady
 * Half-Human Hybrid: Mixed with... something.
 * Little Bit Beastly
 * Unusual Ears
 * Miniature Senior Citizens: Damn, she's tiny.
 * Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters
 * Reasonable Authority Figure/Benevolent Boss: It's obvious she cares about her subordinates.
 * She's also willing give Heine the benefit of the doubt and listen to him when he explains his origins to her.
 * Team Mom: Mostly to her subordinates, though occasionally to the Power Trio and Nill.

Dominico
A pig man in the underground.


 * Animal Motifs: Sometimes squeals when he's angry.
 * Butt Monkey: Especially around the "Terrible Twosome."
 * Jerkass Has a Point: He points out that horrible things tend to happen whenever Heine and Badou are around. And they do.
 * Neighbourhood Friendly Gangsters
 * Pig Man
 * The Worf Effect: One of the few characters whose luck seems to be worse than Badou's.
 * The Worf Effect: One of the few characters whose luck seems to be worse than Badou's.

Marcel Calcerino
Head of the Calcerino family.


 * Ambiguously Gay: When his gang captures Heine, he seems like he's propositioning him.
 * And Your Little Dog, Too: Threatens Nil when Heine tells him, no, he doesn't want to join his gang.
 * Butt Monkey: Gets part of his mouth ripped off by Heine, Luki and Noki attack him, Badou kicks him in the face and throws a desk at his gang.
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Fights in and survives the Underground Explosion/Massacre.
 * The Mafia
 * Mark of Shame: Heine bit part of his lips off for shooting him with his own weapons. It hasn't healed yet.
 * Sissy Villain
 * The Worf Effect: See Butt Monkey.
 * The Worf Effect: See Butt Monkey.

Lily
Heine's younger sister.


 * Cheerful Child
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Dead Little Sister: THE dead little sister.
 * Mark of the Beast: A Collared girl.
 * The Ophelia
 * Posthumous Character
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Mark of the Beast: A Collared girl.
 * The Ophelia
 * Posthumous Character
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Posthumous Character
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Lott and Arthur
Heine's other brothers.


 * The Big Guy: Lott.
 * Gentle Giant: Lott, usually.
 * I Die Free: Arthur doesn't care where he dies, so long as he escapes.
 * Mark of the Beast: Collars.
 * Orphanage of Fear
 * Pretty Boy: Arthur.
 * The Quiet One: Lott.
 * The Smart Guy: Arthur, who is hatching a plan to escape the Orphanage of Fear.
 * Those Two Guys
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Orphanage of Fear
 * Pretty Boy: Arthur.
 * The Quiet One: Lott.
 * The Smart Guy: Arthur, who is hatching a plan to escape the Orphanage of Fear.
 * Those Two Guys
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Those Two Guys
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Magato Fuyumine
A young man who was trained and raised by Fuyumine alongside Naoto. Never get within arms' length of him.


 * Affably Evil
 * Attempted Rape: To Naoto, when they were younger.
 * Ax Crazy
 * Badass Long Hair
 * Badass Normal: For a degree of "normal."
 * Big Brother Mentor: Fancies himself as one to Naoto. Naoto does not approve.
 * Blood Knight: There's no benefit to him challenging other than because he wants to.
 * Career Killers
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty: To pretty much any female nearby.
 * Jerkass
 * Knife Nut
 * Meaningful Name: "Crooked Knife."
 * Motor Mouth: Magato likes to talk, you see...
 * Mr. Exposition: Runs his mouth about what he found out about Naoto's katana and Fuyumine.
 * My Sister Is Off-Limits: Hilariously, he tells Heine that he's not good enough for Naoto.
 * No Sense of Personal Space
 * Photographic Memory: About killing people.
 * Psychopathic Manchild: He's just so chipper about killing people.
 * Scars Are Forever: Still has the scar that Naoto gave him when she attacked him for killing Fuyumine.
 * Vague Age: Or perhaps, Younger Than They Look. In the prequel, Magato seems noticebly older than Naoto (early 20's vs mid teens) whereas in the series proper, he seems 5 years older at the most.
 * Wild Card: No one is sure who's side Magato is on.
 * Wild Card: No one is sure who's side Magato is on.