Death Smiles/Characters
Playable Characters
Windia
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Voice: Naomi Iida |
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The main character, she is the newest member of Gilverado's Angels. She was raised in a happy family in England, when she was kidnapped. In a flash of light, she was spirited away to Gilverado, where Count Dior took her in and taught her wind magic.
- Animal Motifs: Owls and feathers
- Blow You Away: Fights with wind magic.
- Childhood Friends: With Sakura.
- Drop-Dead Gorgeous: One stage-complete image shows her lying in a casket with flowers.
- Fiery Redhead
- Genki Girl
- Hair Decorations: Wears a white bow in her hair.
- Heroes Prefer Swords
- Lovable Coward
- Mythology Gag: She is dressed and hairstyled similarly to Alice.
- The Owl-Knowing One: Her familiar.
- Sleep Cute: In one of the second game's stage complete images.
- Woman in White: Entirely dressed in white, and is the game's main protagonist. Just look at her character image!
- Zettai Ryouiki: "Grade A": she wears thigh-high stockings, and her skirt stops mid-thigh.
Casper
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Voice: Miho Hayashi |
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The youngest and most violent of the team, Casper was a German child who does not remember how she got to Gilverado, to the point that Gilverado is more her home than the real world. She fights with the power of Death.
- A-Cup Angst: In her first ending in Deathsmiles IIX, in which she wears a "sexy" outfit whose top is too big to fit on her. The other girls express their disapproval to Casper. The main difference between this game series and an h-game is the camera angle.
- Animal Motifs: Bats and devils.
- Badass Adorable: While all of the main characters embody this trope, Casper (at least story-wise) is the youngest, yet very strong and the most violent of the Angels.
- Bat Out of Hell: Lots of bat-type symbols in her outfit, and she also has bat wings.
- Blondes Are Evil
- Creepy Child
- Frickin' Laser Beams
- Funetik Aksent: She has a stereotypical German accent in the first game.
- Girlish Pigtails: Her hair is styled into a pair of pigtails tied with bows shaped like bat wings.
- Girl with Psycho Weapon: Her weapon is a big pair of scary scissors.
- Grim Reaper
- Kill'Em All: Her familiar, Kiki, actually says this in front of Hades Castle.
- Little Miss Badass: She's the youngest of the group (before Supe came along), yet she uses the power of DEATH to rip enemies apart.
- Roaring Rampage of Revenge: Her ending when she leaves Gilverado puts her in the real world, in front of the reason she was spirited away, kidnappers, with her powers and shears still intact. Oh Crap indeed.
- Slasher Smile: Especially in the first game.
- Trauma-Induced Amnesia: She disappeared during a kidnapping, and lost her memories prior to appearing in Gilverado.
- Zettai Ryouiki
Follett
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Voice: Rumi Abe |
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Hailing from France, Follett was drowning in an icy river when she ended up in Gilverado. Still freezing from the cold, her physical and emotional stress manifested into fire magic, burning down an entire forest. She still retains the power of fire, and uses it as a force of good.
- Animal Motifs: Dragons.
- Child Mage: Legally a child, anyhow.
- Fan Service Pack: Her proportions are noticeably changed in the second game.
- Fire-Breathing Weapon: Her dragon familiar Bobo can breathe fire at enemies, but unfortunately, it has a pitiful hit range.
- French Maid
- Hello, Nurse!
- Hot Teacher: In her second ending in Deathsmiles IIX.
- Intelligence Equals Isolation: She prefers to be alone with her magic book.
- Magic Wand: C.
- Meganekko
- Meido
- The Ophelia
- Our Dragons Are Different: Her pet dragon is smaller than she is and speaks very slowly.
- The Stoic
Rosa
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Voice: Natsuko Tauchi |
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The oldest and designated leader. Rosa came from California, USA. Her parents were owners of a bar there. She was spirited away to Gilverado when a car crash almost killed her. The first to meet Count Dior, it took her a long time to cope with her loneliness. She now leads the remaining children who join Count Dior's new family, fighting with powerful Spirit Magic.
- Animal Motifs: Fairies and butterflies.
- Beauty Mark: She has a small mole next to her mouth.
- Bittersweet Ending: Her remaining in Gilverado.
- Brains and Bondage
- The Captain: Designated one, rather. She's the oldest of the group and the first one to arrive in Gilverado.
- Cool Big Sis: To her fellow Angels.
- Fairy Companion: Her familiar Titi is a flower nymph who fights alongside her.
- Fairy Sexy: In the first game, Titi is wearing nothing from the waist down. Rosa is also this when her fairy wings are active.
- Fan Service Pack: Her proportions, and the relative size of her clothes to her body, are noticeably altered in the second game.
- Flower Motifs: Roses.
- Growing Up Sucks: If she decides to stay in Gilverado, she returns to Dior, apologizing for considering returning to the real world. Count Dior responds that she is an adult, and that was her choice to make. With her leaving being the happier ending, her staying is bittersweet at best.
- The Heart
- Large Ham
- Lipstick Lesbian: Almost literally - the main person she comes on to is Sakura, the only other character who wears lipstick. She is also shown putting lipstick on Follett in one of the stage-complete images.
- Ms. Fanservice
- Of Corsets Sexy: Her outfit includes a visible corset, and of course she's quite the looker.
- Showgirl Skirt
- Stripperific
- Valley Girl: In the NA version. Like, totally.
- Whip It Good: She fights with a snake whip that has a rose-themed handle and a bramble-like tail. It's her Weapon of Choice.
Sakura
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Voice: Kaori Nakamura |
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A boss in the first game, she is Jitterbug's daughter. Coming to Gilverado, dark power manifested in her like her father. Unlike the heroes of the story, Sakura was stigmatized as a witch. She fights to protect her mother.
- Animal Motifs: Spiders and ravens.
- Be All My Sins Remembered: Her "leave" ending. Jitterbug convinces her to leave her sick and dying mother in Gilverado on a split second decision. In the real world, they live a successful life of crime, but she forever regrets leaving her mother. Some of the other girls have a hint of this in their "leave" endings as well, but theirs end on a more lighthearted note.
- The Cameo: In a few of the endings of Deathsmiles IIX.
- Childhood Friends: With Windia.
- Cute Witch/Hot Witch: Sakura is not as well-developed as Rosa and Follett, but she does wear makeup.
- Defeat Means Friendship
- Enemy Without: When playing as her, one of these is created at the end of stage B-2 so that the boss battle won't need to be changed.
- Evil Laugh
- Eye of Newt: Her cooking looks like a parody of the classic Macbeth recipe which looks gross to Casper. It turns out her cooking is actually quite good, and loved by the other characters. In Casper's second ending in Deathsmiles IIX, Casper still doesn't show any interest in trying out Sakura's cooking.
- Nice Hat: Wears a witch's hat that has extra eyes and a grinning mouth.
- Shop Keeper: In the iOS mode of Deathsmiles, selling to Princess Tiara.
- The Sixth Ranger
- "What the Hell?" Dad: To the point where, in Rosa's second ending in Deathsmiles IIX, Sakura tries to cover up her father's portrait.
Princess Tiara
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Voice: Eriko Yamana |
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She originally appeared in the third drama CD as the grand-daughter of the Queen of Gilverado. She was unable to use magic, and thus sought the ability within the Ice Palace. Several months later, a freakish purple animal approached her and unlocked her magic potential. This animal, who she named Mu, then ordered her to fight against a new wave demonic invaders. She buys items from Sakura in order to increase her power. In reality, her gameplay takes place entirely within a dream designed by Mu.
- The High Queen: If she decides not to forgive Mu.
- Ojou
- Parasol of Prettiness: She's a member of royalty who carries around a purple parasol at all times.
- Princess Curls: The hair hanging in front of her shoulders are styled into loose ringlets.
- Royal Brat: She states that nobody in her kingdom is allowed to be more selfish than her.
- Spot of Tea: She likes tea parties a lot.
- Star Power: Her familiar shoots out stereotypical five-pointed stars.
- Zettai Ryouiki
Lei
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Voice: Yasuko Funasaka |
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A 12-year-old boy from Copenhagen, Denmark introduced in the second game, and the brother of Supe. He tried to rescue Supe from falling through ice, but ended up in Gilverado instead. After arriving in Gilverado, he encountered a drunk bum named Goldberg, who enslaved him. Goldberg decided to try a money-making scheme in which he would pretend to be Count Dior, and Lei would wear an angelic maid uniform, when the events of the game began and Lei found himself caught up in the battle against Satan Claws.
- The Archer
- Bittersweet Ending: In his second ending, he seems to be happy but Goldberg appears unreformable.
- Cleavage Window: In the shape of a heart.
- Expy: Gameplay wise, he replaces Sakura.
- Good Angel, Bad Angel: His familiars are these, or at least, light and dark.
- Heart Symbol: Goes with the whole Cupid and cherub theme of his outfit.
- Meido
- Nerf: Compared to Sakura.
- The Smurfette Principle: Inverted, he's the token dude among the playable characters.
- Viewer Gender Confusion: Some players were surprised to learn that Lei was a boy. One review even says, "Cue Admiral Ackbar!" (ref. "It's a trap!"). His description in the history mode of the iOS port of Deathsmiles also states that he looks like a girl.
- Wholesome Crossdresser: He is dressed up in gothloli clothes just like the girls.
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair: Light blue hair, no less.
- Your Door Was Open: In his first ending, Casper walks in on him while he's changing out of his outfit. And it's shown to be a single-piece outfit that is either all the way on or all the way off.
Supe
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Voice: Anna Kagami |
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A tiny, seven year old girl from Denmark who somehow acquired the evil power of Tyrannosatan. She was ice skating, but then fell through and ended up in Gilverado. The first person she met was Satan Claws. She was later found on the streets by Windia, and taken in to live with the others. Satan Claws had planned for this and exploited Supe in order to mortally-wound Count Dior and steal the Wish Notes.
- Bad Powers, Good People: Her familiar is none other than Tyrannosatan!
- Bookworm: In her second ending, she falls asleep while reading a book. In Follett's second ending in Deathsmiles IIX, Supe is the only one who appears to enjoy learning.
- Creepy Child: She is introduced as possessed by evil when Count Dior falls in the second game.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom
- Living Shadow: Shown in one of the stage-complete images.
- Manchurian Agent: Apparently used as part of Satan Claws' plan to steal the Wish Notes.
- The Ophelia
- Red Eyes, Take Warning
- Sleep Cute: In her second ending, in which she fell asleep while reading a book.
- The Unintelligible: The ghost of Tyrannosatan simply makes grunting noises.
Non-Playable Characters
Count Dior
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Voice: Junpei Asashina |
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The Big Good of the story, Dior lived a lonely existence for most of his life, due to his magical power. When he found Rosa, he saw a resemblance to how he ended up in Gilverado, and decided to take care of her and teach her magic. He then devoted himself to taking care of the "Lost Children" who end up in Gilverado. He is also an ally of the King. He owns a treasure chest containing a set of magic Wish Notes which can grant one wish.
- Back From the Dead: In the default ending of the second game.
- Big Good: As the caretaker of the main characters, who teaches them to use their powers for the people's benefit.
- Cool Old Guy
- Old Master: He's the guy responsible for teaching our main heroines how to use their respective magics for good.
Enemies
Jitterbug
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Voice: Junya Inoue |
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The villain of Deathsmiles, he was a corrupt stock broker from England who was obsessed with money. His entire family was in a car crash when he, his wife and daughter all ended up in Gilverado. One would think that he and his daughter Sakura were therefore better off than the children who ended up in Gilverado alone. Instead, Jitterbug's anger and desire to get back to the real world manifested into evil power. Obsessed with leaving the spiritual world of Gilverado to get back in the real world and a life of material world, he experiments with the gates of hell to find a way back.
- Abusive Parent
- Badass in a Nice Suit: In the real world, he switches to a black coat and hat. He also wears these as Pidgeon Blood Jitterbug.
- Beard of Sorrow/Beard of Evil: Shaved off in his real world outfits.
- Blondes Are Evil
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Jitterbug was one of these in the real world.
- Creator Cameo: He is voiced by the artist and planner of the game series.
- Karma Houdini: Despite a mauling by Tyrannosatan, he successfully flees to the real world with his powers intact. He later returns as a secret boss in the sequel, and actually has to take care of his wife and daughter in the sequel's true ending.
- Money, Dear Boy: Quite literally wants to leave the spiritual realm of Gilverado so he can return to a life of material wealth.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money
- Swallowed Whole: By Tyrannosatan.
- Well, Tyrannosatan does bite him first, at least. He's still pretty intact when he falls out of Tyrannosatan after you destroy his ribcage though.
- True Final Boss: As Bloody Jitterbug in the first game and Pidgeon Blood Jitterbug in the second.
TyrannoSatan
A gigantic creature appearing as the final boss of the first game. It appears to be a cross between a flying dinosaur, a bird and a skeletal dragon with an exposed beating heart. Its ghost returns in the second game as Supe's familiar.
- Awesome McCoolname: IMPERATOR TYRANNOSATAN.
- Big Damn Villains
- Eldritch Abomination: He looks little like a T-Rex, and little like Satan, and describing him beyond "supernatural, skeletal, pteradon" wouldn't be easy.
- Giant Space Flea From Nowhere: Tyrannosatan suddenly appears and chews on Jitterbug near the end of the first game.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom
- HSQ
- Just Eat Him: He eats Jitterbug, first by biting him, then swallowing him whole.
- Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Let's repeat: DEMONIC... IMPERATOR... TYRANNOSATAN.
- What Do You Mean It's Not Awesome?
Mu the Dream Eater
A dream eater responsible for the deaths/permanent sleep of many. It decides to make its home in the subconscious of Princess Tiara.
- Dream Stealer
- Evil Laugh: "Ku-fu-fu-fu..."
- Glowing Eyes of Doom
- One-Winged Angel: A big elephant-looking thing with a single tusk.
- Power of the Void: Its name is "Mu", which is the Japanese word for void, and it derives its power outside of physical reality.
- Red Eyes, Take Warning
- Treacherous Advisor: To its master Princess Tiara. In truth, he's a monstrous dream eater who's responsible for either killing people through dreams, or landing his victims in permanent comas.
- The Unintelligible: In the real world, it can only say "Mu".
Satan Claws
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Voice: Sei Hara |
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The villain of the second game. He arrived in Gilverado some time ago and fought against Count Dior, but lost the battle and was sealed in the demon dimension. As Christmas approached, he returned and met Supe. He then exploited her in order to mortally-wound Count Dior and steal the Wish Notes for himself. He has a great affinity for cute things.
- Acrofatic: Satan Claws sure is jolly and mobile.
- Ax Crazy
- Bad Santa: As if his name didn't clue you in, he also wants to kill Count Dior and steal his Wish Notes, and used the adorable child Supe for his own ends.
- Big Bad: Of the second game.
- Dirty Old Man: The opinion of pretty much every character who meets him.
- Dragged Off to Hell: After being defeated.
- Egopolis: In the second game, the bonus stage is a Circus of Fear dedicated to himself.
- Fat Bastard: He's quite a rotund character, and he's the second game's Big Bad.
- Glowing Eyes of Doom: His character image depicts him with glowing red eyes.
- I'm a Humanitarian: He wants to eat Lei.
- I'm Taking Her Home with Me: One picture shows Satan Claus picking up Supe, commenting on her cuteness.
- Make My Monster Grow: Satan Claws does this to himself.
- Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Satan Claws.
- Psychopathic Manchild
- Slasher Smile: Just look at his character image!
- Was Once a Man: He was originally a man from Finland.