Disgaea 3: Absence of Justice/Characters

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For characters that appear in multiple games in the series, see the main character sheet.

Mao

Voiced by: Hiromi Hirata (JP), Vic Mignogna (EN)

A demon "Honor Student" out to kill his father and take his place as Overlord. Reading far too much manga for his own good, he concludes that the best way to do this is to become the Hero because heroes always kick Overlord ass.

Tropes associated with Mao:

What are you doing here, Beryl? Are you trying to interrupt my research again? I'm about to conduct a physics experiment on skirt lifting. Get out of here.

Almaz: You need help in more ways than one.

Almaz: I think I've just been violated.

Almaz von Almandine Adamant

Voiced by: Hiro Shimono (JP), Johnny Yong Bosch (EN)

A guardsman in the human world who goes to the Netherworld to fight the overlord to protect the princess. Gets his title stolen and all sorts of bad stuff comes his way.

Tropes associated with Almaz:

  • Adorkable
  • Alliterative Name: Almaz von Almandine Adamant.
  • Anti-Hero: Type 1. Graduates to full hero by the end of the game.
  • Awesome McCoolname: Lampshaded.
  • Back from the Dead: To get his hero title back was all it took.
  • Bad Liar
  • The Chew Toy: My god... this guy is unlucky. Taken to Woobie levels especially in the Almaz ending.
  • Classical Anti-Hero
  • Cowardly Lion
  • Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: Gains considerable courage from Sapphire's presence.
  • Curtains Match the Window: Not so unusual in real life, but in the Disgaea universe, the color of his hair and eyes is as unusual as any other wacky color.
  • The Cutie: A rare male version.
  • Deadpan Snarker: In part because he's a chew toy.
  • Even Heroes Have Heroes: Almaz is a tremendous Super Hero Aurum fanboy, and admits to owning a tremendous amount of merchandise based on him. Naturally, he has the most trouble out of the main characters in accepting that Aurum is really evil.
  • Fingerless Gloves
  • Gameplay and Story Integration: In Dark Hero Days, Hanako apparently summons him from the future after he and Sapphire are married, and as a result, the two have a 99% chance of pulling off a combo attack at all times.
  • The Heart: Functions as the member that keeps everyone together. It shows in the worse ending where his death triggers everyone to turn on Mao because he refused to grieve for him.
  • Heroic Wannabe
  • I Can't Believe A Girl Like You Would Notice Me: His reaction to Sapphire's interest in him.
  • Idiot Hair
  • Improbably Cool Name
  • Karmic Transformation: Almaz eventually realizes that his transformation into a demon was one of these.
  • Kill the Cutie: Near the end of the game, he gets killed shortly after protecting Sapphire. Naturally, it doesn't last long. Only in the worse ending does he stay dead, and it triggers a string of unfortunate events.
  • The Lancer
  • Laser-Guided Karma: The cause of his example of Throw the Dog a Bone and Rags to Royalty.
  • Made a Slave: Mao's slave at that.
  • Man in White: White uniform and very much genuinely good.
  • The Messiah: Minus that one moment in Chapter 4, Almaz fits the qualities of one. Kind and caring, always willing to help someone out even if he doesn't know them and is willing to see the good in people no matter how cruel they are. He was even willing to stay with Mao and convince him to stop his plan in attacking the human world and depending on the ending depends on whether or not he is successful.
  • Mismatched Eyes: Some official art suggests that he's developed this midway into his transformation into a demon.
  • Morality Pet: Not to the extent of Beryl, but also serves as one to Mao as shown in the worse ending where his death contributes part of Mao's Face Heel Turn and turns everyone against Mao.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: His reaction to what he does to Mao in Chapter 4. Thinking he did a good thing by pulling the plug and shutting down his father inside of his heart, Almaz didn't realize that he mentally destroyed Mao in the process.
  • Nice Guy: Oh so much.
  • No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: The Almaz ending.
  • Odd Couple: With Mao in the beginning, when it is just the two of them on the team.
  • Only Sane Man: To his chagrin, given what he's surrounded by.
  • Rags to Royalty: He marries Sapphire in the normal ending.
  • Scarf of Asskicking: He kicks ass when he needs to.
  • Tender Tears: Sheds them for Mao after everyone recognizes him as the freshman leader given Mao won't cheer on the outside. Naturally, Mao is disturbed by this act.
  • They Do: With Sapphire in the normal ending.
  • Throw the Dog a Bone: Epilogue to normal end, see below.
  • The Von Trope Family: Almaz von Almandine Adamant.
  • What the Hell, Hero?: While Almaz didn't know that pulling the plug would make Mao's mind revert back to a baby, announcing his attentions after he promised Mao he would stay by his side and then later using the Princess as an excuse for wanting to leave the Netherworld while Mao was in that infant state gets him chewed out by Geoffrey, Champloo and Sapphire with Sapphire being the one that sends him into a minor Heroic BSOD, but quickly recovering thanks to Champloo's lecture that makes him go back into Mao's heart to set things right.
  • Yank the Dog's Chain: In the cruelest way possible during the Almaz ending. Ouch.

Princess Sapphire Rhodonite

Voiced by: Akiko Hasegawa (JP), Stephanie Sheh (EN)

Princess of her kingdom. Very aggressive despite her appearance. Probably best described as a Cloudcuckoolander raised by Machiavelli. Has decided that the best way not to be a Damsel in Distress is to kill via preemptive strike anyone who might kidnap her.

Tropes associated with Sapphire:

Raspberyl

Normal outfit
Teacher outfit

Voiced by: Chiwa Saitou (JP), Laura Bailey (EN)

Mao's childhood friend and the school's resident delinquent (a position which she maintains by being an almost Messianic Do-Gooder) who tries to talk Mao out of the whole "Hero" thing because she thinks he might end up stealing her thunder. Calls herself Beryl and comes with her own posse of Technical Pacifists.

Tropes associated with Raspberyl:

Mr. Champloo

Voiced by: Keiichi Kuwabara (JP), Christopher Corey Smith (EN)

Evil Academy's legendary, strict Home Economics teacher, an incredibly enthusiastic practitioner of the deadly Fire Chaos Style Kitchen Fist. He has a tendency to make wise observations wrapped in cooking metaphors, but he's also surprisingly competent and notably altruistic. Tags along with Mao for his own reasons, but seems to know an awful lot about a variety of things despite not being on the school's payroll or its insurance.

Tropes associated with Mr. Champloo:

  • Batman Gambit: Not the orchestrator, but the prime agent of it. The orchestrator is Mao's dad.
  • Bunny Ears Lawyer: Who knew that various cooking styles could translate so well into deadly martial arts techniques?
  • Chekhov's Gunman: Has elements of this that are revealed in the final episode.
  • Hot-Blooded: Quite, quite so.
  • Hotblooded Sideburns: You could swear the man stepped straight out of Getter Robo, Hot-Blooded-ness and all.
  • Ice Cream Koan: Any life-lesson can be explained with cooking metaphors. He and Almaz get into quite a lengthy conversation using nothing but these in Chapter 4.
  • Large Ham: With a delicious seasoning and glaze.
  • Noble Demon: Doesn't even bother pretending to be evil and appears to actually care about Mao and others' well-being.
  • Power Fist: Fire Chaos Style Kitchen Fist is deadly indeed!
  • Real Men Cook
  • Team Chef: He's a Home Ec teacher. You gotta figure he knows how to cook.
  • Verbal Tic: BOOM!

Master Big Star

Voiced by: Chihiro Suzuki (JP), Liam O'Brien (EN)

The Sophomore Class Leader. A good-looking gentleman who does a fantastic job at being a leader, and looks down upon Mao for lacking good leadership traits.

Tropes associated with Master Big Star:

Almaz: In case you were all wondering, "Master" is actually his first name.

Salvatore the Magnificent

Voiced by: Miho Yamada (JP), Michelle Ruff (EN)

A member of the Diez Gentlemen. She is an military woman who gives (impossible) orders to her enemies as well as her own men. Quits the Diez Gentlemen soon after she discovers she was working for Super Hero Aurum the whole time.

Tropes associated with Salvatore:

Super Hero Aurum

Voiced by: Gorou Kubota (JP), Dave Wittenberg (EN)

A legendary super hero from the past. The truth about him is not pleasant. Was originally a hero that fought evil demons, and hearing that Mao's father was supposed to be the strongest overlord, came to Evil Academy to kill him. He came across him after he had crushed Mao's games, and in exchange for giving Mao his autograph, Mao told him his father's weakpoints, not aware Aurum was planning on killing him. Finding Mao's father to be too easy a fight, Aurum actually found his victory boring and was frightened by the thought that everyone would forget about him, but noticing Mao's Super-Powered Evil Side, he planned to train Mao to become a new villain to fight. Is revealed late in the game to have been masquerading as Mao's butler Geoffrey behind the senior students trying to turn all of evil academy into delinquents.

Tropes associated with Aurum.

  • And I Must Scream: His fate in the normal ending.
  • Becoming the Mask: In one ending, Mao refuses to kill him. Realizing that he's stuck, Aurum resumes his role as Geoffrey.
  • Big Bad: Geoffrey's been grooming Mao to be a powerful overlord that he, as Super Hero Aurum, can take down.
  • Big No: In the end.
  • Blood Knight
  • Breaking the Fourth Wall: Upon revealing himself, the gang get ready to battle him as the final boss; he decides to let you save before finally facing him.
  • Chekhov's Gunman: As Geoffrey.
  • Chewing the Scenery: Any time he uses his "Hero voice".
  • Death Seeker: He's not just looking to die... he's looking to die in a blaze of glory to something unimaginably powerful, the only way a proper hero should die. He actually has died several times in the past, it simply wasn't allowed to stick. This may have been one of the things that sent him over the edge.
  • Heel Face Brainwashing: In Raspberyl Mode, due to Mao.
  • Hypercompetent Sidekick: As Geoffrey, he has a knack for anticipating most everything Mao needs. In Raspberyl Mode, where he's brainwashed to stay as Geoffrey, but is also Mao's mind controlled slave, it's practically a Running Gag where something comes up, and he planned for it in advance.
  • Karma Houdini: In the Super Hero Mao ending.
  • Laughably Evil: Switches between this and full-blown villain.
  • One-Winged Angel: Invoked and lampshaded by both him and Mao, respectively.
  • Strapped to An Operating Table: Strapped to Mao's operating table in the normal ending.
  • Unusual Eyebrows: Curly ones that swoop upward, a trait that he retains when disguised as Geoffry.

Asuka Cranekick and Kyoko Needleworker

Kyoko and Asuka

|Asuka and Kyoko are two female demons, a Lady Samurai and Ninja respectively, who work alongside Raspberyl as "demon delinquents". They join the team along with Beryl after their graduation.

Tropes associated with Asuka and Kyoko:

  • Bare Your Midriff
  • Color-Coded for Your Convenience: Both wear copious amounts of the same shade of pink as Beryl's hair.
  • The Dividual
  • Fainting: Asuka nearly does an Emotional Faint when Mao kills the first Beryl doppelganger without warning.
  • The Fettered: Same as their lady.
  • Girl Posse
  • Highly-Visible Ninja: Justified with Kyoko as being stealthy is not the delinquent way, preferring to fight in broad daylight instead. It's also probably so that her outfit matches with Raspberyl and Asuka.
  • Meaningful Name: Asuka enjoys folding paper cranes, while Kyoko is an avid seamstress.
  • Palette Swap: Of the Lady Samurai and the Kunoichi, respectively. Oddly enough, they still have a single unique move each.[1]
  • Paper Master: Asuka.
  • Rapunzel Hair: Like all Shrine Maidens/Lady Samurai, Asuka wears hers in a ponytail.
  • Red Oni, Blue Oni: Subtle, but still present. Kyoko is generally the first of the pair to speak up and shows her emotions more strongly, particularly when it comes to her Onee-Sama Beryl. Asuka, meanwhile, is more soft-spoken and calmer, though she shows Raspberyl just as much respect.
  • Tomboyish Ponytail: Kyoko's sweeps upwards, while Asuka's sweeps back and downward. Both styles keep it out of the way.
  • Yamato Nadeshiko: Asuka is one according to her Evility.

The Vato Bros.

The Vato Bros. - Chewie, Cholo and Churro by name - are a trio of Orc honor students who (in the English dub) speak with heavy Latino accents. They serve the same game role as Mid-Boss and Axel, as recurring comic relief characters.

Tropes associated with the Vato Bros.:

BeyondX

A bizarre girl with the ability to shape shift. She, like Salvatore, is a member of the Diez Gentlemen.

Tropes associated with BeyondX:

  • Cosplay Otaku Girl: Due to her shapeshifting ability others view her as such, although she denies it.
    • Though when you run into her in the Item World's Innocent towns, she sometimes does ask about Mao's opinion on cosplaying girls.
  • Horny Devils: One of her "disguises" is that of Ms. Machiko, a succubus.
  • Palette Swap: Of the generic mage class.
  • Strong as They Need to Be: While not the first Disgaea boss to change levels from different times, it's probably worth noting that when you talk to her in the hub area when she's Ms. Machiko, she's listed as level 500, which puts her as being more powerful than the final boss. Both times you fight her, she's nowhere nearly that powerful.
  • Voluntary Shapeshifting: Which she uses for (cosplay) covert operations.

Rutile

Voiced by: Sayuri Yahagi (JP)

A 15-year old halfling Nekomata raised on Earth. She's unfamiliar with the ways of the Netherworld, so she transfers to Evil Academy to learn more. Though gentle and trusting, she packs a lot of power into her small frame. She's one of two new characters exclusive to the PS Vita re-release.

Tropes associated with Rutile:

Stella Grossular

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (JP)

The sole daughter of the Chief Director of Death Institute, Majin Academy, a rival school to Evil Academy, and also its acting Student Body President. She raises monsters, with slimes and zombies being her favorites. She has a spoiled, uppity attitude, which is strangely countered by an immature, prank-loving side. The second of the two new characters.

Tropes associated with Stella:

  1. ↑ Two in Raspberyl Mode.
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