Witch of Steel - Annerose/Characters

Annerose Vajra
Annerose is a feared and powerful witch living in Amidahara. She is half human, half demon and makes a living by running a detective agency. She wields the legendary sword Kongoyasha and her skill as a swordsman is second to none. While she is not down right evil Annerose is still ruthless when it comes how she conducts business.
 * The Ace: Annerose is a powerful witch, who is loved and feared equally.
 * Action Girl
 * Anti-Hero: Well she did basically enslave innocent young man and turned him into zombie. Also, she can be pretty ruthless at times.
 * Babies Ever After: A dark variation in one of the bad endings and in the anime when she is impregnated by the Tororo. In the manga version, she is impregnated by a mutant Rikuro.
 * Balloon Belly: Annerose in episode 4 after spending hours of the Tororo ejaculation into her womb.
 * Combat Stilettos
 * Dark Is Not Evil: Like to wear black clothing and isn't really evil, mostly.
 * Easily Forgiven: Rikuro is pretty forgiving to Annerose for turning him into a zombie and more-or-less enslaving him.
 * Even the Girls Want Her: Mitico can attest to that.
 * Expy: Of Asagi Igawa from Taimanin Asagi. Funny enough, both live in a Shared Universe.
 * Form-Fitting Wardrobe
 * Half-Human Hybrid: She is half human, half demon.


 * Hot Witch
 * Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: A half human, half demon witch detective.
 * Private Detective: Her occupation.
 * Sex Slave: Her fate in several of the bad endings in the visual novel, manga, and anime.
 * Sleep Mode Size: Regress from a woman in her 20s to a teenager when she is weakened and need to heal herself.

Rikuro Tachibana
Rikuro is a high school boy who, while on a school trip, gets kidnapped by slave traders but shortly rescued by Annerose. However, he is forced to bind himself to her through a contract. He is made into a living "zombie". He cannot die as long as Annerose still lives. He serves as both her servant and bodyguard. He sometimes go by his nickname Riku.
 * Babies Ever After: Only in the manga version. A dark variation as Barde mutants Rikuro to be his mutant servant and has Rikuro impregnate Annerose.
 * Chick Magnet: Annerose, Aishwarya, and Miki are attracted to him.
 * Cute Monster Guy: He looks pretty good for a zombie.
 * Easily Forgiven: Downplayed. Even though he pretty much raped Mitico and an unconscious Annerose in the first episode and took their virginities, either of them seem too upset by this. Granted, Annerose to tear him into pieces when she woke up and Mitico still treats him like dirt.
 * Familiar: To Annerose, as he can't live without her, literally.
 * Good Thing You Can Heal: Especially since Mitico and sometime Annerose "kills" him on a regular basis.
 * Healing Factor: Deadpool-levels. Once Mitico tore his body into pieces and fed the remains to a bunch of stray dogs. In the next scene, he is back to normal without any injuries, just really pissed at Mitico.
 * Off with His Head: This tends to happen to him a lot, that it is almost a Running Gag. Being The Undead with a Healing Factor, it never last.
 * Our Zombies Are Different
 * Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: A former high school student that is a Familiar zombie detective.
 * Sex Slave: Nearly became this just before the start of the story, as Annerose saved him from the human traffickers. However, she immediately took an interest in him and turns him into her undead familiar.
 * Subordinate Excuse: Although he didn't get much say to becoming Annerose's undead servant, he choose to stay with the steel witch largely due to his feeling for her.
 * Super Mode: He actually looks a Super Saiyan in this mode.
 * The Undead

Mitico Fleuretty
A demon girl who like Riku is bind to Annerose through a contract, and act as Annerose's maid and bodyguard. She acts pleasant when Annerose is around, but is very rude and antagonizing to anyone else. She is in love with Annerose, and hates anyone that peeks Annerose's interests. Mitico feelings of jealousy often causes conflicts between her and Riku, as Mitico doesn't want to loss her place as Annerose's "favorite servant". Her weapon of choice are battle axes.
 * Action Girl
 * Apocalypse Maiden: It's later revealed that is she can become a portal to demon realm when fused with the philosopher's stone.
 * An Axe to Grind: Duel-wields twin battle axes.
 * Babies Ever After: Only in the manga version. A dark variation as she shown to be pregnant at the manga's ending after being raped by several humans and demons.
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: Often tries to get rid Rikuro so she can Annerose all to herself.
 * Cute Monster Girl: She is very attractive despite being a demon. Although it helps that she can pass off as a human.
 * Expy: Seem to one for Murasaki Yatsu from Taimanin Asagi, as both are axe wielding girls with blue-ish hair that is in love with their series main female protagonist.
 * Living MacGuffin: She is one of the two things Barde needs to complete his plans.
 * Jerkass: She is pretty bitchy to anyone who's name isn't Annerose, especially Rikuro.
 * Ninja Maid
 * Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: A demon maid detective.
 * Psycho Lesbian: She is willing to kill any potential love rivals for Annerose's affections.
 * Sex Slave: Her fate in the anime and manga.
 * Subordinate Excuse: Choose to serve Annerose due to her feeling towards her mistress.
 * Yandere: Loves Annerose so much that Mitico refuses to let any man near her. When Annerose introduced Rikuro to her, Mitico cut off his head, and that was before she knew Annerose turned Rikuro into an immortal. She reguraly tries to kill Rikuro, like cuting him to pieces and feeding him to stray dogs, but luckily Rikuro has a Deadpool-level Healing Factor.

Lee Mayfeng
A witch and a master assassin who is Annerose's long time rival. Mayfeng is a human woman that was able to gain the powers of a witch thanks to the magical tattoo on her back. She runs the Chinese mafia in Amidahara, and is almost as feared as Annerose. Mayfeng fights with knives attached to ropes and uses her magic to create poisons. Her abilities have given the nickname the "White Snake". Mayfeng ultimate goal isn't to kill Annerose, but to force her rival into sexual slavery.
 * Affably Evil: Lee Mayfeng is very polite, considering she is a rapist.
 * Anime Chinese Girl
 * Arch Nemesis: To Annerose.
 * Asshole Victim: Lee Mayfeng in episode 3, when Aishwarya arranged for Mayfeng to be raped and force to soil herself in the front of a large audience, however Barde save Mayfeng from a life as Aishwarya's slave in the next episode. In manga and in some of possible routes of the visual novel, Barde betrays Mayfeng and forces her to be his Sex Slave.
 * Babies Ever After: Only in the manga version. A dark variation as she shown to be pregnant at the manga's ending after being raped by several humans and demons.
 * Dark Action Girl
 * The Dragon: To Barde.
 * Dragon Lady: She even has a dragon tattoo on her back.
 * Dragon with an Agenda: She doesn't really care about Barde's plans, she just wants to turn Annerose into her Sex Slave.
 * Expy: Of Oboro from Taimanin Asagi.
 * Hot Witch
 * Humans Are Bastards: Prove to be far worst than the heroes, who include a Half-Human Hybrid, a zombie, and a demon girl, even though Mayfeng is completely human, granted one with magical powers.
 * Poisonous Person: Her magic allow her create poisons and venoms right done to what effects in has on people, when the poison becomes active, and how it is transmitted. She was the one who supplied the venom that Barde infused to.
 * The Rival: To Annerose.
 * Sex Slave: Her fate in some routes of the visual novel and in the manga. Aishwarya briefly forced her to be one for the "Crimson Tower" in anime, but Barde saved her from that fate.

Barde Barde
A German magical that recently arrived in Amidahara. Barde sent his entire life studying demons and came to Amidahara to further his research. His ultimate goal is the link Amidahara to the demon realm.
 * Batman Gambit: Barde pulls these off surprisingly well. First, recognizing Rikuro as the typical Hentai protagonist that Really Gets Around, Barde was able to weaponize that trait. Using his Artificial Human,, as a Honey Trap, Barde was counting on Rikuro allowing the girl to preform sex on him. Since her body was infused with venom, the next person to have sex with Rikuro would be paralyzed, who ended up being . Then Barde just walks in on the helpless woman and steals the philosopher's stone from her body, a process that ends up  (save for the manga's version).
 * He also wanted Annerose to take Miki's case. How does he do that? He hires Annerose's longtime rival, Lee Mayfeng. Mayfeng involvement to what ultimately convince Annerose to take Miki's case.
 * Big Bad: The main villain of the story.
 * The Chessmaster: He always seems to be one step ahead of everybody else.
 * Expy: Of Edwin Black from Taimanin Asagi.
 * For Science: His main motivation for wanting to link Amidahara to the demon realm.
 * Herr Doktor: He is a researcher that want to throw the world into chaos, and happens to be German.

Tororo
An orc-like demon that works for Mayfeng.
 * Giant Mook
 * Mars Needs Women

Miki Otonashi
A human high school student who came to Amidahara in search of her missing older brother. Described as a lively girl that tends to act before she thinks. She becomes a client to Annerose's agency, who she hires to help find her brother at Aishwarya suggestion. While she might seem like a normal high school girl, is capable enough defending herself in Amidahara. She fights with a submachine gun that she purchased from a local Yakuza gang before coming to Amidahara.
 * Action Girl: Downplayed. She is not a skilled fighter like Annerose or Mitico, but is not complete useless in a fight either.
 * Artificial Human:
 * False-Fag Operation:
 * Girls with Guns: Carries around a submachine gun.
 * Honey Trap:
 * Living MacGuffin: The story resolves around trying to solve her case.
 * Poisonous Person:
 * Sailor Fuku: Her signature outfit.
 * Walking Spoiler: Do you see all the spoiler tags.

Aishwarya Ray
A sorceress that is the de facto ruler of Amidahara. She controls the "Crimson Tower" a casino-like establishment where the citizens of Amidahara engage in gambling and perverted activities, some of which Aishwarya herself engages in. She is given the nickname the "Crimson Queen". Aishwarya is a long time friend of Annerose and an occasional client.
 * Adaptational Villainy: Act as a villain in manga, as opposed to being the morally ambiguous Big Good in the visual novel and anime.
 * Ambiguously Brown: Her most noticeable trait.
 * Babies Ever After: Only in the manga version. A dark variation as she shown to be pregnant at the manga's ending after being raped by several humans and demons.
 * Big Good: An Anti-Hero example.
 * The Dreaded: In the anime and visual novel Lee Mayfeng is clearly afraid of her. Barde even refused to face her until she was parlazed with poison.
 * Hot Witch
 * Living MacGuffin: The philosopher's stone in her body is one of the two thing Barde need to complete his plan.
 * Kick the Son of a Bitch: Forces Lee Mayfeng to be Sex Slave for the "Crimson Tower". Whether or not this punishment sticks depends on the route of the visual novel. In the anime, Barde save Lee Mayfeng from this fate.
 * Sex Slave: Her fate in the manga.