Dogs (manga)/Characters: Difference between revisions

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Black dogs.

** More accurately, a doberman.

* [[Badass]]

** [[Badass Abnormal]]

** [[Badass Longcoat]]: Sleeveless, even.

* [[Doom Magnet]]

* [[Enemy Within]]: {{spoiler|[[Evil Albino|Evil Heine]] says "hi."}}

* [[Fangs Are Evil]]: Has 'em. If you see them, he probably about to use them. [[Take a Bite Out of Crime|On]] ''[[Take a Bite Out of Crime|YOU.]]''

* [[Flashback Nightmare]]: Haine gets something like this when females touch him.

* [[Heterosexual Life Partners]]: With Badou.

* [[Iconic Item]]: His collar and his guns.

* [[Impossibly Cool Clothes]]: Admit it, you want Heine's awesome coat.

* [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Murder Is the Best Solution]]

* {{spoiler|[[My Greatest Failure]]: Heine inadverdently caused the deaths of all his friends/family before escaping the organization. He truly regrets accepting Einsturzen's offer.}}

* [[Nigh Invulnerability]]: Nothing short of a bullet to the head will take him down.{{spoiler|..and now we're not so sure about that. See Giovanni.}}

* [[Orphanage of Fear]]: {{spoiler|The kindergarten where all the people with Cerberus spines start out.}}

* [[Slasher Smile]]

* [[Sociopathic Hero]]: [[Captain Obvious|Surprise.]]

* [[Theme Naming]]: [[Rammstein (Music)|Rammstein]]!!

* [[Troubled but Cute]]

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A Mauser C-96 and a Luger P08 connected by a chain. And he will ''fuck you up'' if you [[Berserk Button|touch them.]]

* [[With Great Power Comes Great Insanity]]: [[Evil Albino|INDEED.]]

 

A private investigator slash occasional hired gun who sometimes teams up with Heine. Loves his ciggies something good. Missing an [[Eyepatch of Power|eye.]]

 

* [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[Badass Normal]]

* [[The Berserker]]

* [[Butt Monkey]]

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dead Little Sister|Dead Older Brother:]] Who may not be dead.}}

* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: We see how sharp in chapter 71.

* [[Action Girl]]: Easily capable of fighting on the same level as Heine.

* [[Badass Normal]]

* [[Berserk Button]]: Mentioning the other "Naoto," and badmouthing the man Fuyumine are a good way to get her riled.

* {{spoiler|[[Cloning Blues]]: The other Naoto calls her "Double" or "Spare."}}

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: She's very protective of Nill.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: When she glimpses a pair of eyes she recognizes from her past.

** Naoto seems to be having a lot of these as of late. They're affecting her mind more than her body.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]: We're treated to many shots of [[X Marks the Hero|the scars on her chest]] and [[She's Got Legs|her legs.]]

* [[Pretty Freeloader]]: Naoto essentially begins living at the church with Nill while Bishop is away.

* [[Revenge]]

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]

* [[Shower of Angst]]

* [[Screaming Woman]]: During her [[Heroic BSOD]].

* [[Technical Pacifist]]

* [[You Killed My Father|You Killed My Parents]]: The reason she trained with Fuyumine was to one day kill him. Subverted when he is killed by someone else and it turns out he was innocent anyway. She is now looking for their true killer.

A retired assassin and occasional errand runner for the owner of Buono Viaggio. He [[No Sense of Direction|gets lost.]] [[Running Gag|Often.]]

 

* [[Badass Bystander]]

* [[Badass Normal]]

The priest of a local church. He serves as a guardian of sorts to Nill and mentor to Heine. Well, he lets Heine keep his guns there.

 

* [[Blind Seer]]: Given how he behaves, Heine wonders whether he's actually blind or not.

* {{spoiler|[[Badass Abnormal]]}}

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Because in spite of everything else, he's a...

* [[Handicapped Badass]]: A [[Master Swordsman]], despite being apparently blind.

* [[Hidden Depths]]

* [[Lolicon]]: For a blind man, he enjoys dressing up Nill a bit too much.

* [[Sunglasses At Night]]

* [[Weapon of Choice]]: A [[Sword Cane]].

 

=== Nill ===

* [[Moe]]

* [[Morality Pet]]: To Heine, since she's the only female he's completely okay with touching him.

* [[Winged Humanoid]]: Was nearly sold into child prostitution because of her prized white wings. They're too small to work, by the way.

 

* [[Dead Little Sister]]:{{spoiler|Lily, of course.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Designer Babies]]}}

* [[Evil Albino]]

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: He IS ''[[Sociopathic Hero|Heine's]]'' brother...

* {{spoiler|[[Only a Flesh Wound]]: The first Cerberus spine subject in-comic to shrug off a [[Boom Headshot|headshot.]] [[Didn't See That Coming|Heine's face]] said it all.}}

* [[Orphanage of Fear]]

* {{spoiler|[[Shrinking Violet]]: As a kid. [[Used to Be A Sweet Kid|Go figure.]]}}

* [[The Unfavorite]]

* {{spoiler|[[Used to Be A Sweet Kid]]: To the point of being [[Adorkable]]. Too bad [[Evil Matriarch|Einsturzen]] didn't appreciate this.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Evil Matriarch]]: Considering Heine and co are test-tube children, it's entirely possible that they really were made from her eggs.}}

** {{spoiler|At least one of the [[Hive Mind]] is the mother of [[Creepy Twins|Luki and Noki.]] They are TERRIFIED of her.}}

* [[Good Thing You Can Heal]]: Actually [[Averted Trope|she can't]] but she's made preparations for [[Hive Mind|that]] [[Body Surf|inevitability]] [[Grand Theft Me|too.]]

* [[Hannibal Lecture]]

 

* [[Affably Evil]]: Rather polite and formal to {{spoiler|Bishop}}, even leaving him her name.

* [[Badass Normal]]: Assuming she doesn't somehow have a Cerebus spine.

* [[Boobs of Steel]]

* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]

* [[Implausible Fencing Powers]]

* [[Lady of War]]

* [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: The second woman in series to wield one.{{spoiler|Implied to be related to Naoto's.}}

* [[Rapunzel Hair]]

* [[The Stoic]]

** [[Not So Stoic]]: {{spoiler|Magato and Naoto Fuyumine}} piss her off.

* [[Womanin Black]]: Her suit is dark-colored, at least.

 

* [[Girl With Psycho Weapon|Girls With Psycho Weapons]]

* [[Grotesque Cute]]

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Luki has one {{spoiler|after one of the Einsturzen clones shows up}}.

* [[Hyperspace Arsenal]]: Where ARE those knives and gun coming from?

* [[Perky Female Minion|Perky Female Minions]]

* [[Pretty in Mink]]: Those fur-trimmed dresses and hats they wear, in opposite color of each other.

* [[Theme Twin Naming]]

* [[The Thing That Would Not Leave]]: For some reason, they end up staying at the church with Nill and Naoto. Heine does not approve.

* [[Trademark Favorite Food]]: Spaghetti from Buon Viaggio.

* [[Twin Banter]]

* [[Knowledge Broker]]

* [[Neutral Female]]

* [[Tsundere]]: Type A.

 

=== Granny Liza ===

 

* [[Animal Motifs]]: Either cats or foxes.

* [[Catgirl]]: Possibly.

* [[Cool Old Lady]]

* [[Little Bit Beastly]]

** [[Unusual Ears]]

 

* [[Ambiguously Gay]]: When his gang captures Heine, he seems like he's propositioning him.

* [[Butt Monkey]]: Gets part of his mouth ripped off by Heine, Luki and Noki attack him, Badou [[Crowning Moment of Funny|kicks him in the face and throws a desk at his gang.]]

* {{spoiler|[[Enemy Mine]]: With Dominico. They're plotting to kill Heine.}}

* [[The Mafia]]

* {{spoiler|[[Half the Man He Used To Be|Half The Girl She Used To Be:]] Thanks, Heine.}}

* [[Mark of the Beast]]: A Collared girl.

* [[The Ophelia]]

* [[Posthumous Character]]

 

=== Lott and Arthur ===

* [[The Smart Guy]]: Arthur, who is hatching a plan to escape the [[Orphanage of Fear]].

* [[Those Two Guys]]

 

=== Magato Fuyumine ===

* [[Badass Long Hair]]

* [[Badass Normal]]: For a degree of "normal."

* [[Blood Knight]]: There's no benefit to him challenging {{spoiler|Heine}} other than because he wants to.

* [[Career Killers]]

* [[Jerkass]]

* [[Knife Nut]]