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== Kenji and his former classmates ==
== Kenji and his former classmates ==


=== Kenji Endou ===
=== Kenji Endou ===
A description of the character goes here.

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Action Survivor]]
* [[Action Survivor]]
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Anti Hero]]: Starts out as [[Sliding Scale of Anti Heroes|Type 1]], a former rock guitarist now living with his mother and working at a convenience store. {{spoiler|He later starts [[La Résistance]], and finally becomes a Rock and Roll Messiah!}}
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Starts out as [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type 1]], a former rock guitarist now living with his mother and working at a convenience store. {{spoiler|He later starts [[La Résistance]], and finally becomes a Rock and Roll Messiah!}}
* {{spoiler|[[Badass Biker]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Badass Biker]]}}
* [[Badass Pacifist]]: He managed to {{spoiler|bring down the murderer of his sister's fiancee, an [[Evil Overlord]] of sorts at the time, simply by talking.}}
* [[Badass Pacifist]]: He managed to {{spoiler|bring down the murderer of his sister's fiancee, an [[Evil Overlord]] of sorts at the time, simply by talking.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Our Hero Is Dead]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Our Hero Is Dead]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]}}
** {{spoiler|[[Not Quite Dead]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level In Badass]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level in Badass]]}}


=== Otcho (Chouji Ochiai) ===
=== Otcho (Chouji Ochiai) ===
A description of the character goes here.

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Atoner]]: See [[Parental Neglect]] below.
* [[The Atoner]]: See [[Parental Neglect]] below.
* [[Badass]]
* [[Badass]]
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* [[Salaryman]]: Originally was one, but quit after he realized the effect his workaholism had on his family.
* [[Salaryman]]: Originally was one, but quit after he realized the effect his workaholism had on his family.
* [[Simple Staff]]: He's skilled with a bo, but usually uses [[Pipe Pain|a pipe]] instead of a wooden one.
* [[Simple Staff]]: He's skilled with a bo, but usually uses [[Pipe Pain|a pipe]] instead of a wooden one.
* [[Training From Hell]]
* [[Training from Hell]]


=== Yukiji Setoguchi ===
=== Yukiji Setoguchi ===
A description of the character goes here.

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Closer to Earth]]: A subversion when younger, being a rather fiery [[Cute Bruiser]], but sort of grows into the role post-timeskip.
* [[Closer to Earth]]: A subversion when younger, being a rather fiery [[Cute Bruiser]], but sort of grows into the role post-timeskip.
* [[Cool Bike]]
* [[Cool Bike]]
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: after the timeskip.
* [[Cool Old Lady]]: after the timeskip.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: as a child.
* [[Cute Bruiser]]: as a child.
* [[Grandma What Massive Hotness You Have]]: Ages very well post timeskip.
* [[Grandma, What Massive Hotness You Have!]]: Ages very well post timeskip.
* [[Heir to The Dojo]]
* [[Heir to the Dojo]]
* [[Parental Substitute]]: For Kanna.
* [[Parental Substitute]]: For Kanna.
* [[Old Maid]]
* [[Old Maid]]


=== Yoshitsune (Minamoto) ===
=== Yoshitsune (Minamoto) ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Chains of Commanding]]: He ''really'' didn't want to be leader after being separated from the rest of the group, especially since the job requires a great deal of pragmatism he's frankly too nice to be comfortable with.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Chains of Commanding]]: He ''really'' didn't want to be leader after being separated from the rest of the group, especially since the job requires a great deal of pragmatism he's frankly too nice to be comfortable with.}}
* [[Heroic Self Deprecation]]: At first it's just regular [[Self Deprecation]] but as time goes by {{spoiler|and he reluctantly becomes leader of the heroes it turns into this.}}
* [[Heroic Self-Deprecation]]: At first it's just regular [[Self-Deprecation]] but as time goes by {{spoiler|and he reluctantly becomes leader of the heroes it turns into this.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Rebel Leader]]: After both timeskips.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Rebel Leader]]: After both timeskips.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Reverse Mole]]: Infiltrated Friend Land by working there as a janitor.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Reverse Mole]]: Infiltrated Friend Land by working there as a janitor.}}
* [[Salaryman]]
* [[Salaryman]]
* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level In Badass]]: After the timeskip he becomes legitimately badass in his own quirky way.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Took a Level in Badass]]: After the timeskip he becomes legitimately badass in his own quirky way.}}


=== Maruo ===
=== Maruo ===
A description of the character goes here.

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[Big Eater]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut|Eyes Often Shut]]: More so as a kid.
* [[Eyes Always Shut|Eyes Often Shut]]: More so as a kid.
* [[Flashback Echo]]: He seems to develop post-traumatic stress disorder after the Bloody New Year's Eve.
* [[Flashback Echo]]: He seems to develop post-traumatic stress disorder after the Bloody New Year's Eve.
* {{spoiler|[[Taking You With Me]]}}: Comes very, very close to doing this {{spoiler|with Friend and a bomb. But remembering Kenji's words about not hurting innocents convinces him not go through at the very last minute.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]}}: Comes very, very close to doing this {{spoiler|with Friend and a bomb. But remembering Kenji's words about not hurting innocents convinces him not go through at the very last minute.}}


=== Mon-chan (Masaki Shimon) ===
=== Mon-chan (Masaki Shimon) ===
A description of the character goes here.

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]: "I just want to live as long as possible!"}}
* {{spoiler|[[Famous Last Words]]: "I just want to live as long as possible!"}}
* {{spoiler|[[Secretly Dying]]}}: Until Bloody New Years when he reveals {{spoiler|his illness}} to Yukiji.
* {{spoiler|[[Secretly Dying]]}}: Until Bloody New Years when he reveals {{spoiler|his illness}} to Yukiji.
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=== Yamane ===
=== Yamane ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Creepy Child]]: When he was a kid, of course.
* [[Creepy Child]]: When he was a kid, of course.
* {{spoiler|[[Mad Scientist]]: He considers it a game to make as terrible a virus as possible to see how long it will take Kiriko to develop a vaccine for.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Mad Scientist]]: He considers it a game to make as terrible a virus as possible to see how long it will take Kiriko to develop a vaccine for.}}
* {{spoiler|[[My God What Have I Done]]: His reaction to finding out Friend planned to kill 99% of the world's population.}}
* {{spoiler|[[My God, What Have I Done?]]: His reaction to finding out Friend planned to kill 99% of the world's population.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}


=== Keroyon ===
=== Keroyon ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Animal Motifs]]: With the frog, both in looks and name ("kero" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a frog's croak)
* [[Animal Motifs]]: With the frog, both in looks and name ("kero" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a frog's croak)
* [[Badass Normal]]: Lacks the kind of training that Otcho has, but {{spoiler|still rushes into a burning factory to save lives regardless of his burns.}}
* [[Badass Normal]]: Lacks the kind of training that Otcho has, but {{spoiler|still rushes into a burning factory to save lives regardless of his burns.}}
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=== Fukubei ===
=== Fukubei ===
A description of the character goes here.
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* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Big Bad]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Bully]]: He was quite a jerk as a kid.}}
* {{spoiler|[[The Bully]]: He was quite a jerk as a kid.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: Turns out Friend ''did'' die before thins started falling apart.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: Turns out Friend ''did'' die before things started falling apart.}}


=== Donkey (Saburou Kido) ===
=== Donkey (Saburou Kido) ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Agent Scully]]: Even as a child he firmly believed in science over superstition.
* [[Agent Scully]]: Even as a child he firmly believed in science over superstition.
* {{spoiler|[[He Knows Too Much]]}}: What ultimately leads to his death is {{spoiler|the fact that he happened to witness Fukubei's faked "miracle," and would know that any other resurrection he would have as Friend would be fake as well.}}
* {{spoiler|[[He Knows Too Much]]}}: What ultimately leads to his death is {{spoiler|the fact that he happened to witness Fukubei's faked "miracle," and would know that any other resurrection he would have as Friend would be fake as well.}}
* [[The Pig Pen]]
* [[The Pig Pen]]
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Him dying starts the story.
* [[Posthumous Character]]: Him dying starts the story.
* [[Massive Numbered Siblings]]
* [[Massive-Numbered Siblings]]
* [[Never Suicide]] / [[Starts With a Suicide]]: His, to be precise. {{spoiler|It is, of course, ''not'' a suicide and Kenji looking further into it is precisely what kicks off the plot.}}
* [[Never Suicide]] / [[Starts with a Suicide]]: His, to be precise. {{spoiler|It is, of course, ''not'' a suicide and Kenji looking further into it is precisely what kicks off the plot.}}


=== Sadakiyo (Kiyoshi Sada) ===
=== Sadakiyo (Kiyoshi Sada) ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Faceless]]: He always wears a mask {{spoiler|and can't even remember what he looked like as a child.}}
* [[The Faceless]]: He always wears a mask {{spoiler|and can't even remember what he looked like as a child.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out With a Smile]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Redemption Equals Death]]}}


=== Yanbo and Manbo ===
=== Yanbo and Manbo ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Fat Bastard]]<nowiki>-></nowiki>[[Bishonen]]<nowiki>-></nowiki>[[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Hilariously, they go from portly in childhood, to slim in attractive in adult-hood, back to fat and ugly when they become elderly.
* [[Fat Bastard]]<nowiki>-></nowiki>[[Bishonen]]<nowiki>-></nowiki>[[I Was Quite a Looker]]: Hilariously, they go from portly in childhood, to slim in attractive in adult-hood, back to fat and ugly when they become elderly.
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: Originally sold Kenji's group out to Friend but eventually turned against him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]: Originally sold Kenji's group out to Friend but eventually turned against him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hidden Depths]]: They started defecting against Friend after a longtime employee of their company died from [[The Virus]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Hidden Depths]]: They started defecting against Friend after a longtime employee of their company died from [[The Virus]].}}
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Jerkass]]
* [[Single Minded Twins]]: Up until they grew very old, they acted entirely as one.
* [[Single-Minded Twins]]: Up until they grew very old, they acted entirely as one.
* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]: They don't even ''realize'' they were bullies.
* [[Schoolyard Bully All Grown Up]]: They don't even ''realize'' they were bullies.
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]
* [[Wrestler in All of Us]]


=== {{spoiler|Katsumata}} ===
=== {{spoiler|Katsumata}} ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Creepy Child]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Creepy Child]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation]]: Takes up the mantle of Friend after Fukubei dies.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead Person Impersonation]]: Takes up the mantle of Friend after Fukubei dies.}}
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=== Kanna Endou ===
=== Kanna Endou ===
A description of the character goes here.

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Action Girl]]: Sort of.
* [[Action Girl]]: Sort of.
* [[A Father to His Men|A Father To Her Men]]
* [[A Father to His Men|A Father To Her Men]]
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: waitress in a crappy restaurant who ''breaks up mob gunfights''.
* [[Almighty Janitor]]: waitress in a crappy restaurant who ''breaks up mob gunfights''.
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Dealing with various mafias has given her a command of Thai and Chinese.
* [[Cunning Linguist]]: Dealing with various mafias has given her a command of Thai and Chinese.
* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: {{spoiler|The unnamed girl in the very first volume reacting in horror to Friend's robot is her post-timeskip.}}
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: {{spoiler|The unnamed girl in the very first volume reacting in horror to Friend's robot is her post-timeskip.}}
* [[Guile Hero]]
* [[Guile Hero]]
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Twice. First when {{spoiler|she finds out that Friend is her father}} and again when {{spoiler|Friend succeeds in killing 90% of the Earth's population and scattering the main characters again.}}
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Twice. First when {{spoiler|she finds out that Friend is her father}} and again when {{spoiler|Friend succeeds in killing 90% of the Earth's population and scattering the main characters again.}}
* [[Like Father Like Son|Like Uncle Like Niece]]
* [[Like Father, Like Son|Like Uncle Like Niece]]
* {{spoiler|[[Luke I Am Your Father]]: She's Fukubei a.k.a Friend's biological daughter.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: She's Fukubei a.k.a Friend's biological daughter.}}
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Unites enemies, has unique abilities {{spoiler|born to a "holy mother"}}. In a subversion {{spoiler|her father would be "the devil" in the situation, so this overlaps a bit with [[Anti Anti Christ]].}}
* [[Messianic Archetype]]: Unites enemies, has unique abilities {{spoiler|born to a "holy mother"}}. In a subversion {{spoiler|her father would be "the devil" in the situation, so this overlaps a bit with [[Anti-Anti-Christ]].}}
* [[Nice Hat]]: She got her cap from Kenji as a memento.
* [[Nice Hat]]: She got her cap from Kenji as a memento.
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
* [[Parental Abandonment]]
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=== 'God/Kami-sama' ({{spoiler|Kamigama Kyutaro}}) ===
=== 'God/Kami-sama' ({{spoiler|Kamigama Kyutaro}}) ===
A description of the character goes here.

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: A homeless man with psychic powers and obsessed with bowling. He eventually uses his precognitive abilities on the stock market to become one of the richest men in Japan.
* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: A homeless man with psychic powers and obsessed with bowling. He eventually uses his precognitive abilities on the stock market to become one of the richest men in Japan.
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
* [[Cool Old Guy]]
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* [[Insistent Terminology]]: "Don't call me God."
* [[Insistent Terminology]]: "Don't call me God."
* [[Mad Oracle]]: He loves to use [[Cloudcuckoolander|bowling metaphors left and right]] but most characters acknowledge his intelligence and insight. Being an actual psychic helps too.
* [[Mad Oracle]]: He loves to use [[Cloudcuckoolander|bowling metaphors left and right]] but most characters acknowledge his intelligence and insight. Being an actual psychic helps too.
** Though he himself casts some doubt on his powers, attributing them instead to the [[Power of Trust]]. It is left ambiguous.
** Though he himself casts some doubt on his powers, attributing them instead to the [[The Power of Trust]]. It is left ambiguous.
* [[Rags to Riches]]: Goes from homeless man (with psychic powers) to self-made millionaire and the first Japanese person to go into space.
* [[Rags to Riches]]: Goes from homeless man (with psychic powers) to self-made millionaire and the first Japanese person to go into space.
* [[Serious Business]]: takes bowling ''very'' seriously.
* [[Serious Business]]: takes bowling ''very'' seriously.
* [[Wisdom From the Gutter]]
* [[Wisdom from the Gutter]]


=== Shouhei Chouno ===
=== Shouhei Chouno ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Adorkable]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[Butt Monkey]]
* [[By the Book Cop]]: Was one until {{spoiler|he discovered Friend control most of the police force.}}
* [[By-The-Book Cop]]: Was one until {{spoiler|he discovered Friend control most of the police force.}}
* [[Early Bird Cameo]]: An off-screen example, but he's the young grandson who's birthday party Chou-san is supposed to attend.
* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: An off-screen example, but he's the young grandson who's birthday party Chou-san is supposed to attend.
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: "Chou," pretty much the equivalent of ''Butterfly.''
* [[Embarrassing Nickname]]: "Chou," pretty much the equivalent of ''Butterfly.''
* [[Ensign Newbie]]: A detective, but incredibly inexperienced and living in his grandfather's shadow.
* [[Ensign Newbie]]: A detective, but incredibly inexperienced and living in his grandfather's shadow.
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=== Chou-san ===
=== Chou-san ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Great Detective]]: So great that he {{spoiler|found the complete answer to the [[Driving Question]] of the series ''21 years'' before anyone else.}}
* [[Great Detective]]: So great that he {{spoiler|found the complete answer to the [[Driving Question]] of the series ''21 years'' before anyone else.}}
* [[Retirony]]
* [[Retirony]]
* [[He Knows Too Much]]
* [[He Knows Too Much]]
* [[Married to The Job]]
* [[Married to the Job]]
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Invoked among the police force.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Invoked among the police force.


=== Kiriko ===
=== Kiriko ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|Spends all of her time trying to treat people for the virus she created.}}
* [[The Atoner]]: {{spoiler|Spends all of her time trying to treat people for the virus she created.}}
* [[Chekhov MIA]]
* [[Chekhov MIA]]
* [[Expy]]: Possibly of {{spoiler|[[Monster (Anime)|Dr. Tenma]], as the two of them both travel around trying to stop an evil that they helped gain power.}}
* [[Expy]]: Possibly of {{spoiler|[[Monster (manga)|Dr. Tenma]], as the two of them both travel around trying to stop an evil that they helped gain power.}}
* [[Missing Mom]]: Left Kanna to Kenji shortly after she was born
* [[Missing Mom]]: Left Kanna to Kenji shortly after she was born
* {{spoiler|[[Professor Guinea Pig]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Professor Guinea Pig]]}}


=== Kyoko Koizumi ===
=== Kyoko Koizumi ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Her experience at [[Amusement Park of Doom|Friend Land.]] Slightly subverted in that, traumatic as that was, she seemingly remains as adjusted as ever after her ordeal.
* [[Break the Cutie]]: Her experience at [[Amusement Park of Doom|Friend Land.]] Slightly subverted in that, traumatic as that was, she seemingly remains as adjusted as ever after her ordeal.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Provides most of the comic relief in the seriously dark series.
* [[Butt Monkey]]: Provides most of the comic relief in the seriously dark series.
* [[Crouching Moron Hidden Badass]]: Well, not exactly a [[Badass]], but she did some very important things in the series.
* [[Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass]]: Well, not exactly a [[Badass]], but she did some very important things in the series.
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[The Ditz]]
* [[The Gift]]: For... bowling, [[Blessed With Suck|which she doesn't really like and mostly just gets her pestered by an old man.]]
* [[The Gift]]: For... bowling, [[Blessed with Suck|which she doesn't really like and mostly just gets her pestered by an old man.]]
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[Girlish Pigtails]]
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With {{spoiler|Sadakiyo. This is actually one of the reasons he has a [[Heel Face Turn]] in the first place.}}
* [[Intergenerational Friendship]]: With {{spoiler|Sadakiyo. This is actually one of the reasons he has a [[Heel Face Turn]] in the first place.}}
** She also has one with Yoshitsune, {{spoiler|both the adult and the virtual version of him in the Bonus Level.}}
** She also has one with Yoshitsune, {{spoiler|both the adult and the virtual version of him in the Bonus Level.}}
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Her name itself isn't generally mistaken, but she's often annoyed by people claiming the "kyo" in her name means "misfortune/disaster" instead of "echo/reverberation".
* [[My Name Is Not Durwood]]: Her name itself isn't generally mistaken, but she's often annoyed by people claiming the "kyo" in her name means "misfortune/disaster" instead of "echo/reverberation".
* [[Resigned to The Call]]
* [[Resigned to the Call]]


=== Father Nitani ===
=== Father Nitani ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Badass Preacher]]
* [[Badass Preacher]]
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=== Father Luciano ===
=== Father Luciano ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[The Atoner]]
* [[Badass Preacher]]
* [[Badass Preacher]]
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=== Shikishima ===
=== Shikishima ===
A description of the character goes here.
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* [[For Science]]: One of the primary reasons for {{spoiler|making his giant robot: he thought the fake one was such a piece of crap that he felt obligated to make a real one.}}
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
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* [[For Science!]]: One of the primary reasons for {{spoiler|making his giant robot: he thought the fake one was such a piece of crap that he felt obligated to make a real one.}}


=== Haru Namio ===
=== Haru Namio ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Appears early on as a successful enka singer who works with Friend, {{spoiler|Later revealed that he's protecting Maruo and helping the [[La Résistance]] covertly.}}
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Appears early on as a successful enka singer who works with Friend, {{spoiler|Later revealed that he's protecting Maruo and helping the [[La Résistance]] covertly.}}
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|Subverted when he turns out to be one of the good guys. Then you realize it's probably necessary to get close to Friend.}}
* [[Stepford Smiler]]: {{spoiler|Subverted when he turns out to be one of the good guys. Then you realize it's probably necessary to get close to Friend.}}
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=== Friend<ref>To avoid spoilers, this will be listed separately from any other characters he may secretly be.</ref> ===
=== Friend<ref>To avoid spoilers, this will be listed separately from any other characters he may secretly be.</ref> ===
A description of the character goes here.

{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[The Antichrist]]
* [[The Antichrist]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Big Bad]]
* [[Big Bad Friend]]
* [[Big Bad Friend]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[The Chessmaster]]
* [[Cool Mask]]: No, the fact that it's a cartoon monkey mask does nothing to stifle it. Probably because it's really a [[Instant Awesome Just Add Ninja|Ninja Hattori-Kun mask.]]
* [[Cool Mask]]: No, the fact that it's a cartoon monkey mask does nothing to stifle it. Probably because it's really a [[Instant Awesome, Just Add Ninja|Ninja Hattori-Kun mask.]]
* [[Dark Messiah]]: "Our Friend! Our Friend!"
* [[Dark Messiah]]: "Our Friend! Our Friend!"
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]
* [[Disproportionate Retribution]]
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* [[Hidden Villain]]
* [[Hidden Villain]]
* {{spoiler|[[Legacy Character]]:}}
* {{spoiler|[[Legacy Character]]:}}
* [[Luke I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|The first Friend is revealed to be Kanna's father}}
* [[Luke, I Am Your Father]]: {{spoiler|The first Friend is revealed to be Kanna's father}}
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Manipulative Bastard]]
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]
* [[Omnicidal Maniac]]
* [[Plaguemaster]]: His main method of mass-killing, {{spoiler|though mostly the first one.}}
* [[Plaguemaster]]: His main method of mass-killing, {{spoiler|though mostly the first one.}}
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]
* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]
* [[The Sociopath]]: {{spoiler|Especially Fukubei, who was manipulative, callous and egocentric ever since childhood.}}
* [[The Sociopath]]: {{spoiler|Especially Fukubei, who was manipulative, callous and egocentric ever since childhood.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Has a pretty epic one when Kenji apologizes to him at the end, which makes him decide to speed up his plans to [[Omnicidal Maniac|kill everyone]] out of spite.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]: Has a pretty epic one when Kenji apologizes to him at the end, which makes him decide to speed up his plans to [[Omnicidal Maniac|kill everyone]] out of spite.}}
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]: And ''HOW''! He managed to become World President and got every leader in the world eating out of his hands. ''Willingly''.
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]: And ''HOW''! He managed to become World President and got every leader in the world eating out of his hands. ''Willingly''.


=== Police Officer Assassin ===
=== Police Officer Assassin ===
A description of the character goes here.
{{tropelist|Tropes exhibited by this character include:}}
* [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]]: He has a [[Stealth Pun|mole]] on his face.
* [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]]: He has a [[Stealth Pun|mole]] on his face.
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Eyes Always Shut]]
* [[Good Eyes Evil Eyes]]: He had ''incredibly'' narrow eyes.
* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: He had ''incredibly'' narrow eyes.
* [[The Mole]]
* [[The Mole]]


=== Prisoner #13 (Masao Tamura) ===
=== Prisoner #13 (Masao Tamura) ===
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* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Ax Crazy]]
* [[Bald of Evil]]
* [[Bald of Evil]]
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=== Manjoume ===
=== Manjoume ===
A description of the character goes here.
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* [[Beard of Evil]]
* [[Beard of Evil]]
* [[The Dragon]]
* [[The Dragon]]
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: His mind was stuck in the virtual reality game and didn't realize he had died until Kenji came in and told him.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]: His mind was stuck in the virtual reality game and didn't realize he had died until Kenji came in and told him.}}
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out With a Smile]]: His [[Virtual Ghost]] self fades away after he finally does a good deed. It's surprisingly moving considering what a dick he was for most of the series.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]: His [[Virtual Ghost]] self fades away after he finally does a good deed. It's surprisingly moving considering what a dick he was for most of the series.}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Hate Past Me]] / [[My God What Have I Done]]: Only really sees the whole nature of his actions in the story when he watches his past self as a [[Virtual Ghost]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[I Hate Past Me]] / [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Only really sees the whole nature of his actions in the story when he watches his past self as a [[Virtual Ghost]].}}
* {{spoiler|[[Virtual Ghost]]: Becomes/makes one of these when killed while in a virtual reality game.}}
* {{spoiler|[[Virtual Ghost]]: Becomes/makes one of these when killed while in a virtual reality game.}}
* [[Villain With Good Publicity]]
* [[Villain with Good Publicity]]


=== Takusugi ===
=== Takusugi ===
A description of the character goes here.
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* [[Bifauxnen]]: At one point, two characters confuse her for a man.
* [[Bifauxnen]]: At one point, two characters confuse her for a man.
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
* [[Faux Affably Evil]]
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=== Moroboshi's killer ===
=== Moroboshi's killer ===
A description of the character goes here.
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* [[Blonde Guys Are Evil]]
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* [[Card Carrying Villain]]: He is ''very'' insistent that's he's evil and even compares himself to many famous anime villains. {{spoiler|Then subverted when Kenji gets him to admit he's full of it.}}
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* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]
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* [[Card-Carrying Villain]]: He is ''very'' insistent that's he's evil and even compares himself to many famous anime villains. {{spoiler|Then subverted when Kenji gets him to admit he's full of it.}}
* [[Career Killers]]
* [[Career Killers]]
* [[No Name Given]]
* [[No Name Given]]
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* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]}}
* {{spoiler|[[Villainous Breakdown]]}}


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Kenji and his former classmates

Kenji Endou

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Otcho (Chouji Ochiai)

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Yukiji Setoguchi

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Yoshitsune (Minamoto)

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Maruo

A description of the character goes here.

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  • Big Eater
  • Eyes Often Shut: More so as a kid.
  • Flashback Echo: He seems to develop post-traumatic stress disorder after the Bloody New Year's Eve.
  • Taking You with Me: Comes very, very close to doing this with Friend and a bomb. But remembering Kenji's words about not hurting innocents convinces him not go through at the very last minute.

Mon-chan (Masaki Shimon)

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Yamane

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Keroyon

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  • Animal Motifs: With the frog, both in looks and name ("kero" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a frog's croak)
  • Badass Normal: Lacks the kind of training that Otcho has, but still rushes into a burning factory to save lives regardless of his burns.
  • Gonk: Sort of. Keroyon isn't hideous, but he has a very froglike visage.
  • Refusal of the Call: Ignores Kenji's request to stop Friend, and terribly regrets it.

Fukubei

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Donkey (Saburou Kido)

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Sadakiyo (Kiyoshi Sada)

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Yanbo and Manbo

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Katsumata

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Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Creepy Child
  • Dead Person Impersonation: Takes up the mantle of Friend after Fukubei dies.
  • The Faceless: We never actually see his face before he underwent plastic surgery to look like Fukubei. In the virtual reality game, he simply has no face.
  • Freudian Excuse: Despite being even worse than Fukubei as Friend, he actually has one.
  • From Nobody to Nightmare: And how. In fact, it is because he was almost literally nobody that he became a nightmare.
  • Start of Darkness: Several factors lead to him to becoming the second Friend.

Other good guys

Kanna Endou

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'God/Kami-sama' (Kamigama Kyutaro)

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Shouhei Chouno

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Chou-san

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Kiriko

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Kyoko Koizumi

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Father Nitani

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Father Luciano

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The Pope

Shikishima

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  • For Science!: One of the primary reasons for making his giant robot: he thought the fake one was such a piece of crap that he felt obligated to make a real one.

Haru Namio

A description of the character goes here.

Tropes exhibited by this character include:
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Appears early on as a successful enka singer who works with Friend, Later revealed that he's protecting Maruo and helping the La Résistance covertly.
  • Stepford Smiler: Subverted when he turns out to be one of the good guys. Then you realize it's probably necessary to get close to Friend.
  • The Atoner: Left Kenji's band to join another and felt obligated to help him when the time comes.
  • Reverse Mole

(Other) Members and Allies of Friend's Cult

Friend[1]

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Police Officer Assassin

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Prisoner #13 (Masao Tamura)

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Manjoume

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Takusugi

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Moroboshi's killer

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  1. ↑ To avoid spoilers, this will be listed separately from any other characters he may secretly be.
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