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== The protagonists ==

A special operations team employed by [[The Syndicate]].

 

 

* [[Adorkable]]: Li. Very, very much.

* [[Anti-Hero]]: [[Sliding Scale of Anti-Heroes|Type IV.]].

* [[Big Brother Instinct]]: Towards the aforementioned little sister in the past, and, depending on whether you're wearing [[Shipping Goggles]] or not, [[Morality Pet|Yin]]. Toward the end of the second season, {{spoiler|he also starts to treat Suou this way.}}

* [[Big Eater]]

* [[Bishonen]]: [[Lighter and Softer|First manga]] only. The art is much more stylized than either anime series or the second manga, making him look pretty instead of handsome.

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Heaven's War and most of the interquel OVA.

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: His relationship as Li with Kirihara.

* [[Dead Little Sister]]: And you will ''suffer'' if he thinks you know anything about what happened to her.

* [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness]]: Permanently. Because his eyes are [[Black Eyes|black]], you can count on one hand the number of times you can tell the pupils from the irises, and they get stylized to dark blue-gray. We never once see light reflecting off them.

** Quite a few contractors display this in the series, to signify how they aren't happy, or anything else regarding emotions for that matter. {{spoiler|Which makes the revelation that Hei isn't properly a Contractor and doesn't have their sociopathy all the more horrible, because he was ''already like that before he got powers''.}}

* [[Evil Sounds Deep]]: Evil is pushing it but Li and Hei sound different.

* [[Expressive Mask]]: Very subtly. While his mask's mouth is usually angled upwards in a grin, during serious scenes it's angled downwards (with a little help from the camera) into a much more somber/neutral expression.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: Fits the [[Obfuscating Stupidity]] version- "Li" often has these, and you know it's Hei when his eyes open and they're cold, [[Dull Eyes of Unhappiness|blank, and unreflective]].

* [[Face Palm of Doom]]: All the time; it seems to be his preferred method of frying someone.

** Or "Heibo", if you're one of those informal types.

* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: Watching Hei's eyes in an episode where he's mostly being Li is highly entertaining, just to see if you can spot the moments where his personality switches. In general, as Li, they're either [[Eyes Always Shut|closed]] or very wide, and narrower the rest of the time.

* [[He's Back]]: While he starts off the second season in [[Drowning My Sorrows|rather bad shape]], by episodes 8 and 9, he's looking and acting more like his old self, {{spoiler|[[De-Power]] be damned}}.

* [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: Why is [[Monster (manga)|Tenma]] killing people? With a little bit of [[Actor Allusion]] thrown in with the [[Expository Hairstyle Change|hobo appearance]] in the second season.

* [[Hidenobu Kiuchi]]

* [[Iconic Item]]: His [[Badass Longcoat]], [[White Mask of Doom]], and [[Knife Nut|knives]].

* [[Important Haircut]]: Once he arrives back in Tokyo in the second season, he does this to illustrate his return to his former self.

* [[Jason Liebrecht]]

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: The entire Black Reaper personality.

* [[Just a Flesh Wound]]: He doesn't tend to get slowed down much by stuff like a bullet through his leg or a spar of wood a foot long stuck in his shoulder.

* [[Lightning Can Do Anything]]: Averted most of the time, but given that {{spoiler|the ability underlying this is quantum manipulation of matter}}, there are... exceptions. Especially when [[Eldritch Location|Hell's Gate]] is involved.

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: In season 2 {{spoiler|he's willing to kill and [[Torture Technician|torture to death just to find information regarding Yin's location.]] Doesn't help he was only willing to go back to work when he was told that she was still alive.}}

* [[Mugging the Monster]]: Pro tip: if you're going to try to walk out of a restaurant without paying, make sure that the [[Adorkable|cute, clumsy]] waiter you attack for getting in your way isn't a [[Badass Abnormal|superpowered ninja]] known and feared throughout the criminal underworld who can [[Deadly Dodging|"accidentally" send you careening into furniture]].

* [[Mundane Utility]]: He can use his abilities to zap people, crack locks, knock people out, {{spoiler|defibrillate his own heart}}... or fix a TV. (Though [[Fridge Brilliance|it might take you a while to realize that's what he did]])

* [[No Koreans in Japan]]: Subverted; Hei uses a Korean alias, Lee Hyeonsik, as a civilian disguise in Season 2.

* [[Not So Stoic]]: Though he's deeply in denial about most of his feelings, they show through occasionally.

* [[One Hero, Hold the Weaksauce]]: Hei doesn't appear to have a [[Conditional Powers|Remuneration]].

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: "Hei" is Chinese for "black," and odds are pretty much certain it has nothing to do with his real name.

* [[The Paralyzer]]: Though he uses the "[[Touch of Death|walking downed power line]]" attack more often, he's also able to knock someone out with a touch.

* [[Psycho Electro]]: Generally an aversion. ''[[Berserk Button|Generally]]''.

* [[The Stoic]]

** Borderline [[Stoic Woobie]]; remember his [[Dark and Troubled Past|traumatic personal history]] and that {{spoiler|he never wanted to be involved in any of this and the only reason he's working for the Syndicate is that they'd kill him if he tried to leave}}, and the reason he pretends to be a vicious, emotionless killer becomes a good deal clearer.

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: A low-key win at first glance; he's got a pretty powerful attack that can also be scaled back for [[Static Stun Gun|nonlethal takedowns]], and doesn't have to go line up pebbles or anything similarly inconvenient every time he uses it. However, {{spoiler|it turns out he ''really'' hit the jackpot-- his powers are from his sister, so he's got ''no'' remuneration, and under the right circumstances he's an honest-to-god [[Reality Warper]].}}

* [[Supreme Chef]]: Oddly enough. Presumably it's due to [[Big Eater|a lot of practice]].

* [[Touch of Death]]: If he can touch you, he can zap you to death.

* [[Tranquil Fury]]: When he's angry, it's a vicious, cold anger.

* [[White Mask of Doom]]

* [[Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]]: Because he's undercover. Parodied in the omake.

 

 

* [[Anti-Hero]] / [[Anti-Villain]]

* {{spoiler|[[Apocalypse Maiden]]}}: Second season.

* {{spoiler|[[Living MacGuffin]]}}: In the second season.

* [[Mission Control]]

* [[Misato Fukuen]]

* [[Mysterious Waif]]

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]

 

 

Hei's "handler," a Syndicate employee who relays his instructions and acts as backup when necessary.

* [[Anti-Hero]] / [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Badass Normal]]

* [[Friendly Sniper]]: Not exactly the cuddliest guy, but he has a good heart and he's definitely far from being a [[Cold Sniper]].

* [[Gonk]]

* [[Jerk with a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Never Gets Drunk]]: Even when he ''[[I Need a Freaking Drink|really wants to]]''.

* [[Noble Bigot with a Badge]]: He used to be a police officer, even.

* [[Only Known by Their Nickname]]: Huang, which means yellow, fits the color theme of the group, but his actual name (as revealed in episodes showing his past) is Kuno.

* {{spoiler|[[Taking You with Me]]}}

* [[The Team Normal]]

 

 

A body-swapping contractor trapped in a cat's body who helps Hei's group.

* [[Anti-Hero]] / [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Body Surf]]: He has the ability to do this, but only between animals.

* {{spoiler|[[Ridiculously Cute Critter]]: In the second season, where he now inhabits Suo's pet squirrel}}.

* [[Snarky Non-Human Sidekick]]: Oh yes.

* [[Team Pet]]

* [[Token Non-Human]]

* [[Voices Are Mental]]: His voice sounds exactly the same (and disproportionately deep) as a cat, a bird, or {{spoiler|a flying squirrel}}, and one character who knew him as a human recognizes him by it.

 

The second main protagonist, besides Hei, of Season 2, a half-Japanese half-Russian schoolgirl. Her father is a scientist studying ME and her brother is a Contractor; her mother is a photographer who moved to Japan eight years ago. She gets pulled into the plot because of attempts to capture her twin and winds up hanging around Hei. {{spoiler|In the third episode, she develops the Contractor ability to summon an [[BFG|anti-tank rifle]] and [[Small Girl, Big Gun|wield it easily despite its size]].}}

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Harm {{spoiler|July}} and Suo will show no mercy.

* [[Bokukko]]

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: She is half-Russian, half-Japanese.

* {{spoiler|[[Cold Sniper]]: When in "Contractor-mode."}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dead All Along]]}}

* [[Mind Control Eyes]]: When she's particularly upset.

* [[No Periods, Period]]: Averted {{spoiler|and responsible for temporary [[Power Incontinence]]}}.

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Comes to have one of these on [[Chick Magnet|Hei]].

* [[Redheaded Hero]]

* [[Small Girl, Big Gun]]

* {{spoiler|[[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: When being driven to the brink, her necklace becomes a [[BFG]] and she becomes a merciless Contractor, albeit one who wants to kill other Contractors for their evil actions. After this first time though, she retains her morality when using her powers.}}

* [[Tranquil Fury]]: You don't want to see her mad. Seriously.

* [[Twin Switch]]

== Tokyo Metropolitan Police Department Public Security Bureau ==

 

 

The head of the TMPD's PSB Foreign Affair Division, Section 4, which covertly deals with contractor-related crimes and terrorism; she takes a special interest in the cases related to BK-201 that starts to grow into an obsession with time.

* [[Action Girl]]: On a good day.

* [[Big Eater]]: Not as much as Hei, but she likes greasy food.

* [[Blind Without'Em]]: When she's not wearing her glasses, she squints all the time.

* [[You Need to Get Laid]]: Has been informed of this quite a few times in the second season because of her obsession with finding Hei.

 

Kirihara's second-in-command.

* [[Badass Normal]]: Very occasionally. For instance, in the [[Interquel]], he manages to hurt [[Nigh Invulnerable|Harvest]] in a close-range fight.

* [[The Big Guy]]

* [[Those Two Guys]]

 

One of Kirihara's underlings.

* [[Casanova]]: According to the OVA

* [[Satellite Character]]: Pretty much never seen without Saitou nearby to [[Those Two Guys|play off of]].

* [[Todd Haberkorn]]: [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]

 

Another Division 4 employee.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]

* [[Cool Old Guy]]

 

A member of the task force and closet [[Big Name Fan]].

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Likes to read and write erotic fanfiction and can be kind of ditzy, but also shows some competence, figuring out BK-201's identity when the rest of the police force failed miserably.

* [[Covert Pervert]]

* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]]

* [[Fan Girl]]

* [[Female Gaze]]: Spoofed. Hei's "sexy collarbone" has since become [[Memetic Mutation|a meme]].

* [[Loony Fan]]: Quite possibly even loonier than Kiko.

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: She stalks Hei for a few days, leading the group to suspect that she's working for someone to try to interfere with their mission.

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]

 

Also known as the Director. Kirihara's boss.

* [[Artificial Limbs]]: He has prosthetic hands; hence the black gloves.

* {{spoiler|[[Beard of Evil]]}}

== Secret Intelligence Service ==

 

 

MI6's top agent, assigned to Japan to investigate Gate-related activity. He has the power to freeze liquids and a rather [[James Bond]]-like attitude.

* [[Affably Evil]]

* [[Anti-Hero]]: Type IV Or V

* [[Troy Baker]]

 

A contractor on November 11's team who can create storms at will.

* [[Actor Allusion]] / [[Captain Ersatz]]: Her Japanese voice actress dubs many Halle Berry characters, including Storm of [[X-Men]], with whom she shares weather-control powers and appearance.

* [[Anti-Hero]] / [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Phenotype Stereotype]]: The only aversion on the MI6 team, as she's black with [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair|blue hair]] and [[Eyes of Gold|yellow eyes]].

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Weirdly, she is introduced with black hair in the second season, which makes you think that her hair might have been dyed. Nope- the black hair is a wig covering her apparently naturally blue hair.

 

The Doll assigned to November 11's team. In the second season, he {{spoiler|joins Hei, Suou, and Mao.}}

* [[Anti-Hero]] / [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Emotionless Girl|Emotionless Guy]]: Being a Doll.

** It even manages to creep out Hei in full [[Jerkass]] mode.

 

A Contractor introduced in Season 2. He is part of the same team as April and July.

* [[Blessed with Suck]]: He's a former stage magician and received the power to do real magic, something which would make him the greatest magician ever. Unfortunately, his Remuneration is to give away how magic tricks work, something which hurts his pride as a former magician and takes away any professional benefit he could get from his powers.

* [[Hollywood Tactics]]: If you're effectively immune to ranged attacks and you're up against a ninja known for ingenuity, it would seem like a good idea ''not to let him get close''.

* [[Magicians Are Wizards]]

The [[Muggle Power|Contractor]] [[La Résistance]] with a distinctly [[Social Darwinist]] cast- think [[X-Men|Magneto]]

 

 

* [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Badass Adorable]]

* [[Oracular Urchin]]: Since she's a lot older than she looks and has a limited ability to see the future.

* [[Laura Bailey]]

* [[Social Darwinist]]: Amber would get along very well with [[X-Men|Magneto]].

* [[Stepford Smiler]]

* [[Tomoko Kawakami]]

 

Amber's second-in-command. He has the very straightforward power of shooting waves of force.

* [[Anti-Villain]]

* {{spoiler|[[Back for the Dead]]}}

* [[Brains and Brawn]]: Amber's the brains, he's the brawn.

* {{spoiler|[[Died Standing Up]]: When his soul was taken by Yin.}}

* [[The Dragon]]

* <s>[[Eyes Always Shut]]</s> ''[[Eyes Always Shut|Eye]]'' [[Eyes Always Shut|Always Shut]]

* {{spoiler|[[Your Soul Is Mine]]: His fate at Yin's hands, along with the rest of the Contractor camp.}}

 

A contractor working for Amber. His power is to blow up anything he's touched, and he has an enormous crush on Amber.

* [[Bad Powers, Bad People]]

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: Blond Contractor

* [[Yuko Sanpei]]

 

A ridiculously sexy contractor working for Amber as a spy. She can teleport anyone she touches.

* [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]]: Her power involves teleporting with the loss of her clothes, and her Remuneration is to kiss people.

** She usually teleports others by kissing them, thus combining the power use and remuneration in one.

 

== PANDORA ==

 

A high-ranking PANDORA official, he is a Japanese citizen who was born overseas. He plays a background role throughout much of the first series.

* [[The Chessmaster]]

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: Against Contractors.

* [[Four Eyes, Zero Soul]]

* [[Smug Snake]]

 

A scientist working at PANDORA's lab at Hell's Gate.

* [[Affably Evil]]

* [[For Science!]]: He's actually not upset at all when Hei {{spoiler|screws his anti-Gate system up}} since it gave him something new and interesting to observe.

* [[Miniature Senior Citizens]]

* [[Mister Exposition]]: He's pretty much the only person who understands the nature of BK-201's powers and how they relate to the Gate.

* [[Techno Babble]]: Speaks almost entirely in it, except when he's making bad jokes.

 

A scientist working at the laboratory in the Gate who got her position by making a deal with [[The Syndicate]]. Acts as Hei's contact when he infiltrates the place.

* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: She gets killed in Shikkoku No Hana for helping Hei, Yin and Azusa. Her superior, Sergei [[Spell My Name with an "S"|Vectrof]] even [[Pet the Dog|complains about it.]]}}

* [[Fantastic Racism]]: An interesting case, as she mostly just has exaggerated misconceptions and she [[Chick Magnet|very quickly develops a crush on Hei]] despite them.

* [[Hot Scientist]]

* [[Longing Look]]: Many, many times, [[Selective Obliviousness|none of which Hei seems to notice]].

* {{spoiler|[[What a Senseless Waste of Human Life]]: Vectrof points out that Meena was younger, smarter and possibly [[Pet the Dog|more useful than he is and certainly should have at least been held hostage.]] His captors disagree.}}

 

A cheerful scientist Hei meets while undercover at an observatory.

* {{spoiler|[[Affably Evil]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Anti-Villain]]: Big time.}}

A group of Japanese agents introduced in Season 2.

 

Part of the team dedicated to hunting down Hei and Suou, a contractor with the ability to turn solid objects into heavy armor. Has a habit of [[Anything That Moves|hitting on everyone he encounters]].

* [[Bait the Dog]]: Genma initially comes across as an affable, jokey [[Lovable Sex Maniac]], and a pushover at that, since Suo "defeats" him by throwing a trash can over his head. Further appearances establish him as a pedophilic sociopath who finds wanton brutality incredibly amusing.

* [[The Brute]]

* [[Stupid Evil]]: He doesn't really think his [[Kick the Dog|acts of]] [[For the Evulz|pointless cruelty]] through very well.

 

A contractor with the ability to turn objects into [[Laser Blade|laser]] [[Katanas Are Just Better|katanas]]. Part of the team hunting Hei and Suou.

* [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Badass]]: Had not one, not two but three fights with [[The Hero|Hei]]. In the final fight with him, she {{spoiler|nearly killed him and possibly would've...if Hei had actually been responsible for Yoko's death.}}

* [[Evil Counterpart]]: Has similar dress sense, weaponry, and personality to Hei; her background as [[The Ojou]] who broke from her powerful family is rather similar to that of Kirihara.

* [[Fan Nickname]]: Japanese Lesbian [[Batman|Catwoman]], due to personality and style similarities to Hei and the fact that she's a [[Psycho Lesbian]].

* [[Hot Chick in a Badass Suit]]

* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: Or a [[Wooden Katanas Are Even Better|boken]] or a [[Laser Blade|lightsaber]].

* [[The Stoic]]

 

The group's [[The Team Normal|token human]], a scientist who worked under Dr. Schrader.

* [[Affably Evil]]

* [[Bait the Dog]]: Initially appears very [[Moe]] as well as friendly and outgoing, but she follows in the footsteps of the similarly affable Dr. Shrader in having [[For Science!]] as a mantra, pursuing "experiments" without concern for human life.

* [[The Team Normal]]

 

{{spoiler|!'''Misaki Kirihara'''}}

* {{spoiler|See The Japanese Police.}}

== Others ==

 

A contractor serving the Chen Long Tang crime family. His power is to blow holes in anything he gets blood on. {{spoiler|Later joins Amber's group in order to fight Hei again.}}

* [[Arrogant Kung Fu Guy]]: He can't stand losing a fight.

* [[Badass]]: He's an evil psycho. But in a series where most people can't even come close to standing up to the main character, Wei nearly kills him two or three times.

* [[Worthy Opponent]]: Considers Hei to be this.

 

The heir to the Chen Long Tang family. She was friends with Kirihara as a teenager, and did not react well to her friend's career choice.

* [[Alice Allusion]]

* [[Anime Chinese Girl]]: Subverted.

* [[Yandere]]: A platonic version... [[Les Yay|maybe]]. It's kind of debatable given her [[Go-Go Enslavement]] of Kirihara.

 

 

A rather useless private investigator who accidentally stumbles across the edges of Hei's assignments a couple of times.

* [[Affectionate Parody]]: Of [[Hardboiled Detective]] stereotypes.

* [[Awesome McCoolname]]: He renamed himself because he thought his real name wasn't cool enough. As with his attempts at [[Smoking Is Cool]], little success was had.

* [[The Fool]]: He keeps accidentally and unknowingly wandering into extremely dangerous situations, and only the fact that he's an idiot keeps him safe.

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]

* [[Private Defective]]

* [[Wrong Genre Savvy]]: Thinks he lives in a world created by Raymond Chandler.

 

Kurosawa's [[Genki Girl|cheery, excitable]] secretary, who only works for him because she can watch yaoi at work. She has an over-the-top [[Stalker with a Crush|stalker-crush]] on "Li."

* [[Cosplay Otaku Girl]]

* [[Expressive Hair]]: It even curled into little heart shapes when she first saw Hei.

* [[Loony Fan]]: Towards "Li"

* [[Meta Guy|Meta Girl]]: sometimes

* [[Plucky Comic Relief]]: Hilariously lampshaded in the second season.

* [[Smitten Teenage Girl]]

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Pink, probably to mark her as a comic character

 

Quite possibly the most dangerous contractor in existence, she killed hundreds or even thousands in South America- and then something happened that removed her powers and some of her memories but restored her emotions to normal. Now she's wracked with guilt over what she did, leaving her as probably the only case of a [[Woobie]] who [[Eats Babies|ate babies]] in history.

* [[The Atoner]]

* [[The Butcher]]: Was the Contractor with the single largest body count.

* [[Evil Redhead]]: Prior to reforming anyway.

* [[Girl in a Box]]

* {{spoiler|[[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]}}

* [[Luci Christian]]

* [[Shell-Shocked Veteran]]

 

Two Contractors working for FSB to capture Yin. Bertha's power allows her to force objects to resonate, usually breaking them, although it can also stop someone's heart; Itzhak can absorb observation ghosts and use them to manipulate and control the minds of dolls.

* [[Anti-Villain]]

* [[Astonishingly Appropriate Appearance]]: She's an overweight former opera singer who kills people with her voice.

* [[Belated Backstory]]: Bertha's back story comes toward the end of her and Itzhak's arch. [[Tear Jerker|And it's devastatingly sad.]]

* [[Make Me Wanna Shout]]

* [[Musical Assassin]]

* [[What Kind of Lame Power Is Heart, Anyway?]]: Itzhak has one of the most [[Crippling Overspecialization|specialized]] and useless-in-combat abilities we've seen, which is presumably why he was paired with someone who can kill quietly and almost instantaneously or cause massive structural damage.

 

The primary antagonist of the [[Interquel]] manga, ''Shikkoku no Hana''. His power is to dissolve matter, and this ability to manipulate the connections between atoms allows him to give normal humans Contractor abilities.

* [[The Corrupter]]

* [[Deadly Upgrade]]: Yeah, he'll give you superpowers. But {{spoiler|watch out for that flower...}}

* [[Touch of Death]]: The results are rather gross.

 

 

* [[Be Careful What You Wish For]]

* {{spoiler|[[The Corruption]]}}

* [[The Dog Bites Back]]: See [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]].

* [[Heart Is an Awesome Power]]: {{spoiler|Super-strong legs? What are you going to do, kick him to deat-- Oh. [[Kick Chick|You are]]. [[Your Head Asplode|Yuck]].}}

** {{spoiler|She lives.}}

* [[Hot for Teacher]]: Ends very badly indeed.

* [[Woman Scorned]]

 

A young coach for a girls' volleyball team in ''Shikkoku no Hana''. [[Casanova|Loves teh ladies]] but goes about it in the most dickish way possible.

* {{spoiler|[[Asshole Victim]]: The only reason anyone cares about his death at all is because it nearly kills Azusa.}}

* [[Casanova]]: His most defining trait. As far as he's concerned, if it has a vagina, it's fair game.

* [[Kissing Cousins]]: He also macked {{spoiler|Kyouko, Azusa's best friend and his kid cousin}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Ludicrous Gibs]]: Azusa kicks him so hard ''he explodes''}}

* [[Too Dumb to Live]]: Really, Daisuke? You're going to {{spoiler|taser someone that you know would love NOTHING more than to kill you in the most horrible way possible, right when they decide to spare your life? [[What an Idiot!|Really?]]}}

** And even if {{spoiler|she hadn't killed him for that, Hei certainly would have.}}

 

A contractor of one of PANDORA's many factions working to kill Harvest. Her power is teleportation through use of black portals. Her Doll is a modified cyborg named "Champ."

* [[Child Prodigy]]

* [[The Corps Is Mother]]: Has been a part of PANDORA since she was 5.

* [[Meganekko]]

* [[Non-Action Snarker]]: Justified by her powers being more suited for observation and support.

* [[Our Wormholes Are Different]]

* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]

* [[Teleport Spam]]: Parcel has no compunctions about using her powers all the time, [[Mundane Utility|for just about everything]], possibly because her remuneration isn't very harsh.

* [[True Companions]]: Her, Champ, [[Team Mom|Meena]] and [[Team Dad|Sergei]].

* [[Unable to Cry]]: Not surprising seeing as she's a Contractor. {{spoiler|Unfortunately, it means she can't mourn the deaths of her friends as [[Tear Jerker|she'd wish to.]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Friends]]: Drops Reynard Maxfield into the ocean [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill|from the STRATOSPHERE]] for causing [[True Companions|Champ, Meena and Sergei's deaths.]]}}

 

Suo's brother, who was transformed into a Contractor. His power is to {{spoiler|produce copies of things and people with one trait changed}}, and his remuneration paralyzes his legs, putting him in a wheelchair most of the time.

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]

* [[Creepy Child]]

* [[Half-Identical Twins|Half Identical Twin]]{{spoiler|: Or not.}}

* [[Hikikomori]]: On account of being imprisoned and his Remuneration, which left him temporarily crippled.

* [[Twin Switch]]: Has Suo take his clothing in the first episode, so she can escape. {{spoiler|However, given later events, it seems more likely to have been so ''he'' could escape...}}

 

Suo's father and the inventor of a device which can pull memories from people even after they are dead. {{spoiler|Later revealed as an early member of [[The Syndicate]].}}

* [[Mad Scientist]]

* [[Sacrificial Lamb]]: {{spoiler|Subverted. He appears to be killed in the first episode, but see [[Faking the Dead]].}}

 

A mysterious character with connections to the CIA {{spoiler|who is revealed to have been Hei's employer}}.

* [[The Chessmaster]]: Apparently she was betting on the fact that {{spoiler|Hei would head back to Tokyo}}.

* [[Foreign Fanservice]]

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: So very, very much.

 

 

* [[Character Tics]]: He quotes ''The Art of War'' incessantly.

* [[Cool Shades]]

* [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]]

 

Suou's best friend who becomes a Contractor at the start of the second season

* [[Bee-Bee Gun]]: Her power involves summoning a swarm of insects which she can control with her mind.

* [[Blondes Are Evil]]

* [[Evil Costume Switch]]: Quickly exchanges her school clothes for a black military uniform.

* [[Transhuman Treachery]]: The way she immediately turns into a [[The Spock|utterly emotionless]] killing machine seems to conform with all of the [[Fantastic Racism|worst stereotypes]] about Contractors, which is pretty jarring after the first season went to all that effort to convince us it wasn't justified.

** Possible [[Fridge Brilliance]] here, contractors seem to get better at using logic to work there way around to morals as they live longer.

 

A Russian Contractor featuring in the second series

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Played with: While most Contractors can kill without much thought, becoming a Contractor actually made him ''less'' kill-crazy. Also, theoretically, he now kills in the most painless way possible. But, yes, he's still crazy.

* [[Bishonen]]

* [[Yuji Ueda]]

 

A Contractor who features as a major antagonist in the [[Interquel]] OVAs.

* {{spoiler|[[The Bad Guy Wins]]}}: Despite {{spoiler|being shot and nearly bleeding out}}, he still manages to {{spoiler|slaughter many Contractors that wanted to live in peace and forces Yin into awakening Izanami, creating a worldwide threat that could kill many humans and Contractors and setting up the second season.}} He still {{spoiler|ends up dying due to Izanami, although it is less of a [[Karmic Death]] since he seemed to enjoy being killed by Izanami as he knew he had already won.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Attractive Bent Gender]]: His disguise as Amber actually isn't all that different from his true appearance.}}

* [[Superpower Lottery]]: He won. {{spoiler|He basically has [[Bleach|Aizen's Complete Hypnosis]] as well as a limited ability to control his victims' bodies, and his remuneration is extremely light.}}