Gods Eater Burst/Characters

Characters and character-related tropes in Gods Eater Burst.

The Player Character
"Voice sets provided by: Kenji Akabane, Takahiro Fujimoto, Kanae Itou, Yuuta Kasuya, Yui Kano, Takeshi Mori, Satomi Sato, Umeka Shouji, Hirofumi Tanaka and Saki Yasuda (Japanese) Burst additional voice sets provided by: Chado Horii, Kokoro Kikuchi, Kazunari Kojima, Yuka Komatsu, Daisuke Matsubara, Shiori Mikami, Hiroaki Miura, Kanako Miyamoto, Ai Nonaka, Yuusei Oda, Kanae Oki, Ai Sasaki, Nobunaga Shimazaki, Hisayoshi Suganuma, Kazunari Tanaka, Minami Tsuda and Hiroko Ushida (Japanese) Joined Far East Branch: 2071 (present) God Arc: New-Type [Highly-Customizable]"

The first New-Type Gods Eater sent to the Fenrir Far East Branch. -
 * Character Customization: The player can select the character's name, alias, gender, hair style/color, facial structure, skin tone, clothing and in-combat voice set. The hair style/color and clothing can be customized after creation.
 * Badass: You can solo every mission, but is extremely difficult in some cases
 * Took a Level In Badass: When you reach the end of the game, your character will turn unto that, also, Thor's Banquet isn't an easy mission if you don't know what are you doing or it's your first time in that mission.
 * The Hero
 * Morph Weapon: His/her God Arc, a New-Type (in contrast to Old-Types, which are affixed), can transform between a BFS and a BFG, as well as a Shield. Also, unlike other New-Type NPCs like Alisa, Anette and Federico, the Gun, Blade and Shield parts are also changeable.
 * Silent Protagonist: Played with. S/he is only silent in cutscenes, but can be clearly heard talking in combat....
 * Morph Weapon: His/her God Arc, a New-Type (in contrast to Old-Types, which are affixed), can transform between a BFS and a BFG, as well as a Shield. Also, unlike other New-Type NPCs like Alisa, Anette and Federico, the Gun, Blade and Shield parts are also changeable.
 * Silent Protagonist: Played with. S/he is only silent in cutscenes, but can be clearly heard talking in combat....

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 * Telepathy: According to Dr. Sakaki, this, together with the ability to change the God Arc's mode at will, is apparently one of the abilities of a New-Type Gods Eater.

Lindow Amamiya
"Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata (Japanese) and Kyle Hebert (English) Age: 26 Joined Far East Branch: 2061 God Arc: Old-Type Long Blade"

Leader of the first Gods Eater unit, which the player character belongs to. May joke around a bit too much, but he's serious about his job.


 * The Ace
 * Badass
 * Badass Longcoat
 * Chainsaw Good: Uses the chainsaw blade type for his God Arc.
 * The Mentor
 * One-Man Army: Took an Ouroboros down by himself.
 * Smoking Is Cool
 * Spell My Name with an "S": In the Japanese versions his code name read "Rindou" (in English). This was changed to Lindow for the dub.
 * The Men First: He has one standing order -- "Don't die."
 * The Mentor
 * One-Man Army: Took an Ouroboros down by himself.
 * Smoking Is Cool
 * Spell My Name with an "S": In the Japanese versions his code name read "Rindou" (in English). This was changed to Lindow for the dub.
 * The Men First: He has one standing order -- "Don't die."
 * One-Man Army: Took an Ouroboros down by himself.
 * Smoking Is Cool
 * Spell My Name with an "S": In the Japanese versions his code name read "Rindou" (in English). This was changed to Lindow for the dub.
 * The Men First: He has one standing order -- "Don't die."
 * Smoking Is Cool
 * Spell My Name with an "S": In the Japanese versions his code name read "Rindou" (in English). This was changed to Lindow for the dub.
 * The Men First: He has one standing order -- "Don't die."

Sakuya Tachibana
"Voiced by: Sayaka Ohara (Japanese) and Michelle Ruff (English) Age: 21 Joined Far East Branch: 2065 God Arc: Old-Type Sniper Gun"

Sergeant Medic in the first Gods Eater Corps. A reliable senior who gets along with just about everyone, as well as a long-time acquaintance of Lindow and Tsubaki.


 * Cool Big Sis
 * Friendly Sniper
 * The Medic
 * Ms. Fanservice
 * Name's the Same: as Kamen Rider Garren, who also happens to be the gun user of the show.
 * Sexy Backless Outfit
 * Sideboob
 * Sexy Backless Outfit
 * Sideboob
 * Sideboob

Soma
"Voiced by: Kazuya Nakai (Japanese) and Yuri Lowenthal (English) Age: 18 Joined Far East Branch: 2064 God Arc: Old-Type Buster Blade"

A member of the 1st Gods Eater Unit, Soma was in service since he was twelve. He's not fond of teamwork, and prefers working alone.


 * Ambiguously Brown
 * Defrosting Ice King
 * I Work Alone
 * Ineffectual Loner
 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * The Jinx: He is apparently viewed as one to some Gods Eaters, considering how many of them who had been killed while on the same mission with him.
 * When He Smiles: Can only be seen smiling around Shio.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Yuri Lowenthal: His Voice Actor
 * When He Smiles: Can only be seen smiling around Shio.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Yuri Lowenthal: His Voice Actor

Kota Fujiki
"Voiced by: Daisuke Sakaguchi (Japanese) and Johnny Yong Bosch (English) Age: 15 Joined Far East Branch: 2071 God Arc: Old-Type Assault Gun"

A new team member of the 1st Gods Eaters Unit. While he performs fine in combat, he doesn't hold well with drills and lectures.


 * Animal Motif: Has a spider on the back of his shirt and a web pattern on the front, though he doesn't act like a spider in any way.
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Book Dumb
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Bromantic Foil: Can come off as this for male PCs, though YMMV on how much of a foil one can be to a Silent Protagonist.
 * Keet
 * Leeroy Jenkins: Shows some shades of this.
 * Johnny Yong Bosch: His Voice Actor (Yeah, no one saw that coming)
 * Johnny Yong Bosch: His Voice Actor (Yeah, no one saw that coming)
 * Johnny Yong Bosch: His Voice Actor (Yeah, no one saw that coming)

Alisa Ilinichina Amiella
"Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese) and Kate Higgins (English) Age: 15 Joined Russia Branch: 2070 Transferred to Far East Branch: 2071 (present) God Arc: New-Type Long Blade/Assault Gun"

The second New-Type Gods Eater of the 1st Unit, transferring from Fenrir's Russian branch. She is subject to special therapy sessions on a regular basis.


 * Action Girl
 * Badass: Considering she has little to no combat experience and the fact that, she starts a chain of missions involving just you and her, taking down rather tough enemies.
 * Bare Your Midriff
 * Character Development: Upon her arrival she initially passes off as an insufferable Alpha Bitch, but as time passed, she gradually developed into a considerate, caring Gods Eater, as well as a big-sister figure for Shio.
 * Freak-Out: You've been warned before you even meet her that she's mentally unstable and requires therapy every day, so this was inevitable.
 * Gatling Good
 * Underboobs: Not as noticeable as most.
 * Vapor Wear: She doesn't appear to be wearing a bra under that revealing "shirt".
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouki: With her boots anyway.
 * Vapor Wear: She doesn't appear to be wearing a bra under that revealing "shirt".
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Zettai Ryouki: With her boots anyway.

Tatsumi O'Mori
"Voiced by: Takeshi Mori (Japanese) Age: 23 Joined Far East Branch: 2063 God Arc: Old-Type Short Blade"

A member of the 2nd Unit and leader of the Defense Unit. When not in duty, he's frequently seen hitting on Hibari on her counter. - -
 * Attack! Attack! Attack!: His combat style involves plunging directly into enemies and cause a distraction.
 * BFS: Weapon of Choice
 * Hopeless Suitor: To Hibari.
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Brendan's blue.

Shun Ogawa
"Voiced by: Yuuta Kazuya [original] and Yuuki Kaji [Burst] (JPN) Age: 18 Joined Far East Branch: 2066 God Arc: Old-Type Long Blade"

A member of the 3rd Unit. - -
 * BFS: Weapon of Choice
 * Fiery Redhead: A male example.
 * I Work Alone
 * Leeroy Jenkins
 * Standard Status Effects: His combat style involves sneaking into foes and casting Venom onto them.
 * Suicidal Overconfidence
 * Tsundere: A male example, in which he can't express enough gratitude to the Protagonist whenever s/he covers his in another high-risk mission he took without thinking twice.

Karel Schneider
"Voiced by: Kenji Akabane [original] and Miyu Irino [Burst] (JPN) Age: 19 Joined Far East Branch: 2066 God Arc: Old-Type Assault Blade"

A member of the 3rd Unit and a competent sniper, as well as a proud self-confessed mercenary. - -
 * BFG: Weapon of Choice
 * Bishonen
 * Born Lucky: One of his innate Skills increases the party's chances of earning rare loot.
 * Combat Pragmatist: He likes to poison enemies.
 * Friendly Sniper
 * Glory Seeker
 * Only in It For the Money
 * Punch Clock Hero: Admits to this effect more than any other character.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Gina Dickinson
"Voiced by: Satomi Sato Age: 22 Joined Far East Branch: 2066 God Arc: Old-Type Sniper Gun"

A member of the 3rd Unit and a trigger-happy sniper. - "Gina (when starting a mission): I can't wait to fire. Gina (when an enemy dies): I haven't seen enough blood spray yet!"
 * BFG: Weapon of Choice
 * Blood Knight: Somewhat implied by some of her lines during missions.

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 * Eyepatch of Power
 * Friendly Sniper
 * Leeroy Jenkins
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Kanon Daiba
"Voiced by: Saki Yasuda [original] and Ryo Hirohashi [Burst] (JPN) Age: 19 Joined Far East Branch: 2070 God Arc: Old-Type Blast Gun"

A medic from the 2nd Unit notorious for her friendly-fire mishaps. -
 * BFG: Weapon of Choice
 * Dojikko
 * Friendly Fire: And she's notorious for it, with her preference for Radial Bullets, which tend to blow allies away.
 * The Medic
 * Punny Name: She literally dives in with a cannon.
 * Rose-Haired Girl

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Brendan Bardell
"Voiced by: Hirofumi Tanaka [original] and Tomoaki Maeno [Burst] (JPN) Age: 22 Joined Far East Branch: 2067 God Arc: Old-Type Buster Blade"

A member of the 2nd Unit. - -
 * BFS: Weapon of Choice
 * Genius Bruiser
 * Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue to Tatsumi's red.
 * Retired Badass: Subverted -- he used to be one, at least until the Player Character comes in.
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Anette Koenig
"Voiced by: Ami Naga (JPN) Age: 16 Joined Far East Branch: 2071 (present) God Arc: New-Type Buster Blade/Assault Gun"

One of the three new Burst characters and a New-Type Gods Eater, together with Ren and Federico. She came from the Fenrir Germany Branch. - -
 * Glass Cannon: She has strong offense, but her speed and defense pays for it.
 * Goofy Print Underwear: Not goofy in modern conventions, but if one looks closely she wears blue-and-white striped panties.
 * Morph Weapon

Federico Caruso
"Voiced by: Nobunaga Shimazaki (JPN) Age: 17 Joined Far East Branch: 2071 (present) God Arc: New-Type Long Blade/Assault Gun"

One of the three new Burst characters and a New-Type Gods Eater, together with Anette and Ren. He came from the Fenrir Italy Branch. - -
 * Mighty Glacier: His combat style calls for powerful offense and defense; his only drawback is the slow transforming time of his God Arc.
 * Morph Weapon

Ren
"'Voiced by: Ryoko Shiraishi (Japanese) Age: (Unknown) Joined Far East Branch: 2071 (present) God Arc: New-Type Short Blade/Sniper Gun"

One of the three new Burst characters and a New-Type Gods Eater, together with Anette and Federico.


 * Ambiguous Gender

Shio
"Voiced by: Yukari Fukui (Japanese) Age: (Unknown) Joined Far East Branch: 2071 (present) God Arc: New-Type Short Blade/Assault Gun"

A humanoid Aragami with a Bias Factor which makes her averse to devouring humans. She was discovered by Dr. Sakaki and was since taken under his wing.


 * Badass Adorable
 * Big Eater
 * Catch Phrase: "I'm ready to eat!"
 * Cheerful Child
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Cute Monster Girl
 * Extreme Omnivore: Albeit with a Bias Factor that prevents her from devouring humans, who look very much like her.
 * Shout-Out: Upon receiving an Aragami Bullet from a teammate, she will sometimes shout, "THE STRONGEST!" Possibly in reference to a certain pink-clad martial artist.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Her name is Shio in both the English and Japanese versions, but her codename in the Japanese version, and the artbook is "Chiot" (so it's pronounced the French way.)
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * Shout-Out: Upon receiving an Aragami Bullet from a teammate, she will sometimes shout, "THE STRONGEST!" Possibly in reference to a certain pink-clad martial artist.
 * Spell My Name with an "S": Her name is Shio in both the English and Japanese versions, but her codename in the Japanese version, and the artbook is "Chiot" (so it's pronounced the French way.)
 * What Measure Is a Non-Human?
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl

Tsubaki Amamiya
"Voiced by: Atsuko Tanaka (Japanese) and Mary Elizabeth McGlynn (English) Age: 29 Joined Far East Branch: 2059 God Arc: Old-Type Assault Gun"

Lindow's older sister and herself a retired gunner Gods Eater. She was relieved from her position in 2069, and now serves as advisor to the 1st, 2nd and 3rd units and all New-Type Gods Eaters.


 * Absolute Cleavage
 * Reasonable Authority Figure
 * Retired Badass
 * The Stoic
 * Vapor Wear: pay close attention to her shirt and the sides of her pants and you'll see this to be true. To think she's a commanding officer too.
 * Vapor Wear: pay close attention to her shirt and the sides of her pants and you'll see this to be true. To think she's a commanding officer too.

Hibari Takeda
"Voiced by: Kanae Ito (JPN) Age: 17 Joined Far East Branch: 2067"

The girl behind the mission counter. - -
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Heroes Want Redheads: So Tatsumi thinks.
 * Mission Control

Johannes von Schicksal
"Voiced by: Rikiya Koyama (Japanese) and Crispin Freeman (English)"

- Age: 45

One of the founders of Fenrir and director of its Far East Branch. He is in charge of the Aegis project,


 * The Chessmaster: Almost every slightly innocuous thing he does is toward a larger goal. Has a constant game going with Dr. Sakaki.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist:

Paylor Sakaki
"Voiced by: Daisuke Nan (Japanese)"

- Age: 47

A founding member of Fenrir and current Chief Supervisor of its Far East Branch's Aragami Technology Department. He is the one who discovered the Bias Factor and.


 * Bunny Ears Lawyer: Despite his oddities, he's the world's leading researcher on Aragami and the Bias Factor.
 * The Chessmaster: Has a constant game going with Johannes over their ideas over what to do about the impending Singularity.
 * Cloudcuckoolander
 * Insufferable Genius
 * Mad Scientist: He's not insane per se, but he definitely is not normal.
 * No Sense of Personal Space: His Character Tic consists of him leaning his head dangerously close to anyone he speaks to, making him/her lean back in return.
 * No Sense of Personal Space: His Character Tic consists of him leaning his head dangerously close to anyone he speaks to, making him/her lean back in return.

The Aragami
A species of monsters that first appeared around 20 years ago and quickly laid waste to most of life on Earth.


 * Always Chaotic Evil: With the sole exception of Shio, who learns many human traits during her stay at Fenrir.
 * Arguable. They are just doing what any organism of their design would do; calling them evil would be same as calling humans evil for consuming other animals and plants (since plants are alive too). They have a big appetite but that's just their biology.
 * Attack of the 50-Foot Whatever: Some boss-level Aragami count, but especially the Ouroboros line.
 * Biological Mashup: Every Aragami would incorporate various animal (and some human) features.
 * Degraded Boss: Not so much degraded as a bunch of weaker versions in the form of Golden Gboro-Gboros. They don't provide much challenge and can be easily killed with a few slashes/shots. Their only purpose is, when devoured, to yield materials usually retrieved on the field.
 * Eldritch Abomination: The Ouroboros line.
 * Everything's Better with Monkeys: The Kongou line, and their name would fool no one.
 * Extreme Omnivore: Can even devour chunks of buildings, and in extreme cases may even turn on each other.
 * Hero-Killer: The Susano'o, the most powerful of the Borg Camlann line, is said to have grown stronger by devouring God Arcs (and presumable their wielders, too). In-universe speculation also has it that they are.
 * Humanoid Abomination: The Arda Nova line.
 * I Just Want to Be Beautiful:
 * Living Weapon: The Quadriga line is like a cross between an elephant and a living, walking tank/missile silo.
 * Mook: The Ogretail, Zygote and Cocoon Maiden lines. Ogretails are your standard bipedal tailed beasts, Zygotes are floating eyes, and Cocoon Maidens are stationary, missile-firing Iron Maiden-lookalikes.
 * Never Smile At a Crocodile: The Gboro-Gboro line is like a crocodile-thing with no hind legs and with fins where forelegs should be, a bigger, spiked tail, and a huge horn on its head.
 * Olympus Mons: The Deusphages, Aragami named after real-world deities and considered god-level monsters -- Susano'o (Borg Camlann), Tsukuyomi (Arda Nova), Poseidon (Quadriga), Zeus (Sariel), Hera (Chi-You), and Amaterasu (Ouroboros). Though not explicitly stated, the Hannibal line may also count, being a species introduced only in the Burst storyline.
 * Our Dragons Are Different: The Hannibal line.
 * Panthera Awesome: The Vajra line -- Vajra, Prithvi Mata and Dyaus Pita -- are essentially leonine monstrosities (except the latter two had humanoid faces).
 * Pretty Butterflies: The Sariel line.
 * Scary Scorpions: The Borg Camlann line is a cross of this and the standard medieval knight.
 * Turns Red: All Aragami (except Ogretails, Zygotes and Cocoon Maidens) tend to become "enraged" after several hits or after a body part has been "unbound".
 * Winged Humanoid: The Chi-You line.
 * Zerg Rush: Some later missions feature the Mook-level Aragami doing this, although the player is only required to defeat a certain number of them (usually thirty).