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== Earthlings ==

=== Marin Asagi ===

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Marin is an orphan who was abandoned as a baby and raised by the poor but loving Asagi couple. At the start of the series she is a thirteen-year-old seventh grade student with a wild imagination, lots of energy and an optimistic attitude. Her peaceful life changes dramatically when she suddenly finds herself the target of killer aliens called Monomakia. Fortunately she meets Melan Blue, a powerful and mysterious being who becomes her protector. Soon Marin must deal with persecution from her classmates and increasing strains on her relationships with her family and friends. She gradually learns the reason the Monomakia are after her, the connection between Earth and Brigadoon, and the role she must play to save both worlds from destruction. On top of all this, she forms a powerful bond with Melan, whose fate seems to be bound to hers.

 

* [[All of the Other Reindeer]]: Her classmates pick on her for being poor and an orphan.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Don't insult her friends or her family, and her unknown parentage is also a touchy subject.

* [[The Chosen One]]: Played straight at first, but later {{spoiler|becomes [[The Unchosen One]] when she finds out the real Chosen One [[Missed the Call]]}}.

* [[Colourful Theme Naming]]: "Asagi" means 'light blue' in Japanese.

* [[Genki Girl]]: When she's especially happy she can be like this.

* [[Green Eyed Red Head]]: Doubles as [[Implausible Hair Color]], since no native Japanese people have this as their natural color in reality.

* [[Morality Pet]]: She plays this role for Melan early on.

* [[Mysterious Past]]: She doesn't know anything about her real parents, which might be a clue to her current situation.

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Sometimes it takes a little longer for her to bounce back, but she pretty much always does.

* [[Protectorate]]: Not just for Melan, but for just about everyone that cares about her.

* [[The Scapegoat]]: Gets blamed for all the damage caused by the Monomakia who attack her.

* [[Slapstick Knows No Gender]]: She's a constant victim of this type of comedy.

* [[Thou Shalt Not Kill]]: She totally forbids Melan from hurting humans, and death in general terrifies her.

* [[Tomboyish Ponytail]]: Her preferred hairstyle.

 

=== Moe Kisaragi ===

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Moe is Marin’s classmate and best friend. Rich in dollars but poor in health, she is a wallflower at school and a regular in the nurse’s office. Her mother is overprotective and doesn’t approve of her associating with the less fortunate Marin, forcing Moe to make difficult choices in order to maintain their friendship. Despite her limitations, Moe goes to great lengths to help Marin and tries to help her with her unusual challenges however she can. When it comes to Monomakia, she’s a bit envious of Melan’s ability to protect Marin from danger as well as the amount of time he spends with her.

* [[Ayaka Saitou]]: Her Japanese voice actress. She just happened to be in junior high at the time, too.

* [[Big Fancy House]]: Her family is so rich that they have TWO of these, one in Tokyo and another in Kobe.

 

=== Makoto Alo (aka Aloma) ===

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Makoto Alo is an enigmatic young boy who seems to know a lot more about Brigadoon and Monomakia than a normal person should. On first meeting him Marin assumes he is a historical observer from the future, which seems to be true as he tells to keep this a secret and often knows about things before they actually happen. On their second meeting they introduce themselves more formally, and Marin gives him the nickname Aloma, which he keeps. He spends most of the series observing events from the background, commenting on what’s happening and only becoming directly involved much later on.

 

* [[Blue Eyes]]: Type 1 (beautiful and innocent).

* [[Chick Magnet]]: In the anime Marin and Moe show some attraction to him. In the manga all the girls in class are into him.

* [[Dave Wittenberg]]: As Dave Leleyveld, his English dub voice.

 

=== Midori Mano ===

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* [[Action Girl]]: Sort of. She can’t really handle Monomakia, but she can deal with humans just fine.

* [[Alliterative Name]]: Midori Mano.

* [[Brown Eyes]]: In some shots they're aren't colored, but they are officially brown.

* [[Colourful Theme Naming]]: Midori means ‘green’ in Japanese.

* [[Delinquents]]: Just in case you hadn’t figured it out, look how she’s wearing her uniform in the picture.

* [[Delinquent Hair]]: According to [[All There in the Manual|one official source,]] the pink is really a dye job.

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: In the manga she doesn’t exist.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]: She says she only has a mother but doesn’t explain more than that.

* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: The ‘senpai’ to Marin’s ‘kohai.’

* [[Tsurime Eyes]]: Her eyes are drawn in this style to show her strong will.

 

=== Moto Asagi ===

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Moto is Marin’s foster mother and the tenement house’s unofficial matriarch. At 68 years old, she is a widowed housewife with wisdom and energy to spare. She is very kind, motherly, and wise, but as soon as Marin is in danger she will rush to her aid without hesitation, no matter what that danger may be. When Melan comes along, she welcomes him into her home and treats him like another member of the family.

 

* [[Colourful Theme Naming]]: Asagi means light blue in Japanese.

* [[Cool Old Lady]]: Cool enough to let an alien live in her house and stand up to the cops!

* [[Housewife]]

* [[I Was Quite a Looker]]: She doesn’t brag about it, but she really was.

* [[Kimono Is Traditional]]: Her standard choice of clothing.

* [[Let's Get Dangerous]]

 

=== Shuta Aian and Mike White ===

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Shuta is a 75-year-old inventor and Mike is his 22-year-old American assistant. Practically always together, they both have their fair share of quirks and are perhaps the oddest residents in the tenement house. When Monomakia start coming after Marin, they waste no time trying to invent devices to protect her from them. Unfortunately, most of these devices are impractical if not totally useless.

 

* [[Dogged Nice Guy]]: Both of them qualify as Type 2, the Patient Friend. In the manga Shuta was in love with Moto, and in the anime Mike has a crush on Jun.

* [[Einstein Hair]]: Shuta.

 

=== Jun Tokita ===

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Jun is a pretty and gentle 22-year-old with a demanding job as a nurse. One of the more sensible residents of the tenement house, she works to support herself and her alcoholic father. She often tends to Melan’s wounds and Marin looks up to her as a role model. Unbeknownst to all, this [[Proper Lady|respectable young lady leads]] a secret double life.

 

* [[Big Breasts, Big Deal]]: Type 1. Please don't stare.

* [[Calling the Old Man Out]]: She only criticizes her father when he's too drunk to be listening.

* [[Proper Lady]]: She looks like one and acts like one {{spoiler|but there's a very improper hidden facet of her life.}}

* [[Purple Eyes]]: She gets them from her mother, apparently.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]: Type A. She's really quite broken inside.

 

== Monomakia ==

=== Melan Blue ===

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* [[Arm Cannon]]: Has one on his left arm.

* [[Blade Below the Shoulder]]: Has one on his right arm.

* [[Chaste Hero]]: Melan qualifies as this due to [[The Spartan Way|his lifetime of intense training]], being a dedicated bodyguard and his blunt honesty. He tends to catch Marin off guard with his actions, whether he's naively grabbing her the wrong way or {{spoiler|kissing her to neutralize the effects of a hallucinogen}} or telling her what she means to him, making her blush by his blunt yet [[What Is This Thing You Call Love?|"platonic"]] confession.

 

=== Pyon Silver ===

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Pyon (pronounced Paion) is the strongest of the Gun-Swordsmen and a former friend of Melan who is now his enemy. He is a noble fighter and follows a strict code of honor, confronting his opponents directly. He has no problem killing people who get in his way, but he’ll give them a fair warning first. Pyon regrets having to fight Melan, but considers him a traitor and intends to bring him to justice.

* [[Badass Baritone]]: In the English dub, his voice is noticeable deeper than Melan's, while in the Japanese they're about the same.

* [[Break the Haughty]]

* [[Colourful Theme Naming]]: Silver.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]] / [[Light Is Good]]: His color scheme is an obvious clue to his morally ambiguous nature.

* [[Dynamic Entry]]: His first day on Earth has him slicing a fighter jet in half, blowing up a police station and shooting more cops than you can count on one hand.

* [[Excalibur]]: Calls his sword by this name and even claims it to be sacred.

 

=== Erin Garnet ===

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Erin is the only female among the Gun-Swordsmen. Like Pyon she is a former friend of Melan who is now his enemy, but is far more angry and violent toward him. Fierce and ruthless in battle, she doesn’t care if innocents get hurt and will settle for nothing less than total victory. Perhaps the true reason she’s so angry with Melan is because she had special feelings for him in the past.

* [[Action Girl]]: Starts off as a [[Dark Action Girl]].

* [[Blue Eyes]]: Type 2 (piercing and icy).

* [[Cold Sniper]]: Very much so.

* [[Colourful Theme Naming]]: Garnet, specifically the reddish type.

* [[Dub Name Change]]: Her name is "Eryun" in the original Japanese anime. Strangely enough, it's spelled that way in the English version of the manga, and both translations were done by Tokyopop.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Has mechanical versions of these and can [[Prehensile Hair|control their movements, too]].

* [[Good Is Not Nice]]: She's on the side that's trying to save the world, but her methods are questionable.

* [[Wendee Lee]]: Her English dub voice actress.

=== Poikun ===

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Poikun is the second Monomakia ally Marin finds on Earth. Designed for transport over land and through water, he has very few offensive abilities but is quite helpful when someone needs to escape or be taken to safety. He's also very cute and friendly, more like a pet than a bodyguard.

 

* [[Badass Adorable]]: He has his moments.

* [[Fartillery]]: Smelly gas bubbles are one of his few attacks.

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: He can move pretty fast but his defenses aren't the best.

* [[Mitsuo Iwata]]: His Japanese voice actor.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Played straight through the whole series.

* [[Removable Shell]]: Not only does it come off, it serves as an emergency escape pod for his passengers.

* [[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: Very much so.

 

=== Kushatohn ===

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Kushatohn is the third Monomakia ally Marin finds on Earth. Designed for combat, she is a gigantic beast and very fierce in both nature and appearance. She's also incredibly strong, able to tear apart foes that are even larger than she is. These abilities make her a good bodyguard, but due to her size she remains in her ampoule until she's needed.

 

* [[Action Girl]]: Perhaps the least girly variety there is.

* [[Beastess]]: So beastly that she communicates entirely through roaring and growling.

* [[Eyes Do Not Belong There]]: The appear to be in her hands and shoot out jets of water.

* [[Impossibly Graceful Giant]]: Plays this straight, though she's more like a [[Kaiju]] than a [[Humongous Mecha]].

* [[Leitmotif]]: Starts off with the chanting of an ethereal chorus and quickly escalates into an electric guitar battle theme.

* [[Lightning Bruiser]]: Big, strong, and fast. Thank heaven she's one of the good guys.

* [[Making a Splash]]: Shoots highly pressurized liquid from her palms that can slice seeminly anything in half.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Played straight throughout the series.

* [[Ryoka Yuzuki]]: Her Japanese voice actress.

* [[Samus Is a Girl]]: Marin initially mistook her for a male. It's hard to tell at first glance.

== Brigadoon Central Assembly ==

=== Lolo ===

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Lolo is a small, feline alien who showed Marin where Melan’s ampoule was located. He tends to pop up out of thin air and in the oddest of places, and doing the oddest of things. He appears continuously as a sort of trickster mentor, offering advice and giving information to the heroes as needed. It is later revealed that he serves Brigadoon as the Chairman of the Life Improvement Committee. He is also aware of a large conspiracy going on within Brigadoon’s Central Assembly, and his associations with Marin and Melan are part of a larger plan to thwart the unknown enemy’s plans to destroy Earth and Brigadoon.

 

* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: He's almost a background character at first, but he's absolutely essential to the plot.

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: For all of his goofy antics, he has a position of high status and takes it pretty seriously.

* [[Mysterious Informant]]: In the first part of the series.

* [[Non-Human Sidekick]]: Seems to play it straight until he turns out to be a [[Mentor Mascot]].

* [[Offscreen Teleportation]]: Even when you see how he does it, he plays this pretty straight.

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: His presence almost never fails to lighten the mood.

 

=== Lala ===

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* [[Funny Animal]]

* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]

* [[Mr. Exposition]]: Especially in Episode 14.

* [[Tertiary Sexual Characteristics]]: Pink? Check. Girly hairdo? Check. Eyelashes? Check.

* [[Tsundere]]: Type B.

 

=== Lulu ===

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Lulu is Lolo’s friend and the Chairman of the Space-Time Observation Committee. His main responsibility is to monitor the warps between Brigadoon and Earth to make sure the two worlds don’t destroy each other. He also loves to eat junk food.

* [[Fantastic Anthropologist]]

* [[Funny Animal]]

 

=== Lele ===

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Lele is the Chairman of the Pasca Executive Committee. As his title says, his job is to make sure the Day of Pasca occurs without a problem. This means finding and retrieving the missing Creis from Earth, which is no easy task. He has a very smug, sarcastic attitude, doesn’t get along with Lolo or his friends, and seems to have a hidden agenda.

* [[Cats Are Snarkers]]

* [[Funny Animal]]

* {{spoiler|[[Red Herring]]}}

* [[Smug Snake]]