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=== Meirin Kanzaki ===

 

By day, your [[Naive Everygirl|typical teenage girl]] who has a few good friends and is hopelessly in love with her [[Victorious Childhood Friend]], Asuka. She loves feng shui divination, and seems pretty good at it. Sometimes, she's able to use it to help out her friends. By night, however, she's Dr. Rin, an online fortune-telling wonder who gets tons of e-mails and is driving her father's business into ruin. Things begin to become weird when a strange evil spirit seems intent on stealing her "power," although what this power could be, she has no idea. Her only protections are her loyal [[True Companions]] and her magic hakke crystal, which protects her from harm. {{spoiler|She is the reincarnation of Haoyung Laila, the person who sanctions Meirin's feng shui ability}}.

 

=== Asuka Yuuki ===

Meirin's [[Victorious Childhood Friend|childhood friend]] and next-door neighbor. Asuka is largely a skeptic on all matters of the occult and also trying to maintain a normal middle school life at the same time. Needless to say, the appearance of evil forces out to take away his best friend throw him out of that rut pretty quickly. He holds up pretty well, despite being one of the few members of the cast not to have magic powers {{spoiler|until he finds out he does}}. He plays on the soccer team along with Tokiwa and Shinagawa. He often winds up playing the [[Straight Man]] foil to... just about everyone else in the cast. {{spoiler|He is, in fact, the reincarnation of Seiryuu, the blue dragon, who previously had a relationship with Haoyung Laila. They were forced to separate, which is part of the reason why he begins the series so determinedly skeptical of magic}}.

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* [[Deadpan Snarker]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dragons Up the Yin-Yang]]}}: Well, he ''is'' the {{spoiler|reincarnation of}} one.

* {{spoiler|[[Face Heel Turn]]}}: Once he {{spoiler|awakens as the reincarnation of Seiryuu}}.

* [[Foil]]: To both Meirin and Tokiwa.

 

=== Takashi Tokiwa ===

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* [[Bishonen]]: Although most of the other guardians have this to some extent or another, it's really played up with Tokiwa.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Unlike Asuka and Meirin, his family never appears except in flashbacks. [[Fridge Logic|One wonders how he convinced them to let him transfer schools after falling for Meirin]].

* [[The Rival]]: Against Asuka. He declares it himself.

* {{spoiler|[[Tiger Versus Dragon]]}}: Same as Asuka.

* [[Yandere]]: While he's {{spoiler|posessed}}.

 

=== Banri Shijou ===

A young {{spoiler|boy}} who can tell fortunes using [[Tarot Motifs|tarot cards]]. Banri appears first trying to trap Meirin in a white card in order to steal her powers, usually by manipulating her feelings for Asuka. As it turns out, Banri was being {{spoiler|manipulated by Cynthia, a favorite toy of his mother's, in the trauma he suffered after his mother died}}. After Cynthia herself was purified, Banri went back to being a {{spoiler|cute young boy}}. {{spoiler|He is the reincarnation of Genbu, the black tortoise}}.

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=== Eddy Tsukioka ===

After an unfortunate accident that the soccer team's coach has after school hours, Eddy takes over as substitute coach while his parrot, Takoyaki, frustrates the team from his hangout on the net. He quickly gains a reputation for being particularly strict with them. He shows a bit of a crush on Meirin quite early on, {{spoiler|although this is yet another play by the evil spirit for Meirin's hakke crystal}}. During a date with her, he shows off some of his astrology skills. {{spoiler|He is the reincarnation of Suzaku, the red bird}}.

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=== Yue Konishi ===

One of Meirin's two best friends. Cool, calm, and collected; she serves as a foil for the much more excitable and ditzy Shuuko. Shinagawa pursues her with a passion that she seems to tolerate, but without actually giving him any ideas that she reciprocates.

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=== Shuuko Kasukabe ===

The more ditzy and valley-girl-ish of Meirin's two best friends, Shuuko is nonetheless a devoted friend who will always be there for Meirin. Of course, if there's a chance to chase a cute guy in the process, that's even better.

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* [[Foil]]: Against Yue.

* [[Hollywood Dateless]]

* [[Naive Everygirl]]: Even more than Meirin, Shuuko really embodies this trope.

* [[Serial Romeo]]

 

=== Daisuke Shinagawa ===

A good guy at heart, Shinagawa is the earnest [[Plucky Comic Relief]]. He's Asuka's best friend and plays on the soccer team with him. He has an obvious crush on Yue, but can't convince her to give him the time of day.

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* [[Abhorrent Admirer]]: Cynthia to Asuka. This is less because she's ugly and more because she's... well, a panda.

* [[Cunning Like a Fox]]: Nanao

* [[Interspecies Romance]]: Cynthia, a panda doll, is in love with Asuka, who is human.

* [[Japanese Politeness]]: Nanao exclusively uses the most humble Japanese speech. Presumably, this is due to her status as a shikigami servant.

 

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