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The main character of the series. Once a loser at his school for being one of the least athletic and non-intelligent person in the school with terrible eyesight. His father went missing six years ago and is now being raised by his alcoholic mother. He has a passion for video games and fantasy though and recently, he had the same dream of the same world 102 times with him as the hero. His only friend is Koyuki who believes in his story. Then one faithful day, the Gatekeeper Clown allowed him to go to MAR Heaven. In MAR Heaven, that’s when his life changed for the better as he decided to become the world’s hero and find his missing father.

* [[Accidental Kiss]]: With Snow when he saves her the first time. Both freak out because it was their first kiss. The second time it happens {{spoiler|when they save Snow from the Chess Pieces}} in the anime, there isn’t much of a reaction and both admitted it wasn’t like that.

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: He’s very determined to save Snow ''AND'' Alviss when the situation calls for it.

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Boring Invincible Hero]]: Justified because he has to win his match or the entire team loses. This is also subverted in the anime fillers where he tends to lose like during the Ghost Chess arc.

** However outside of the tournament, he has a tendency to lose, most noticeably to Phantom and the Ghost Chess.

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor]]: He passes out after he drinks.

* [[Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them]]: Ginta sees Babbo as an annoying toy that didn’t listen to him at the beginning because he was not taken seriously. He leaves Babbo alone and realizes that he likes Babbo’s annoying personality near him and goes to save him. This trope comes back multiple times though despite making up.

* [[Character Development]]

* [[Chronic Hero Syndrome]]

* [[The Chosen One]]

* [[Disappeared Dad]]

* [[Expy]]: Of Kaoru from [[Flame of Recca]]. This might actually play a huge role in the [[Epileptic Tree]] in terms of determining whether Nanashi is Joker from [[Flame of Recca]]. The major hint is that they got the same VA in the anime; they’re the same age and have the same hyperactive personality {{spoiler|with the major difference is that Kaoru is on the suicidal side}}.

** Another thing is the way is Nanashi treats Ginta as Joker treats Kaoru. He’s very playful around him but respects him as a fighter and is willing to do things that will make them stronger.

* [[Genre Savvy]]: Very genre savvy at the beginning. He thinks he’s [[The Hero]] given cool powers to fight evil and demonstrates being able to get by in MAR Heaven on his own before he was appointed a mission to save Snow which leads to the War Games eventually.

* [[Improbable Weapon User]]: He fights with Babbo that is generally a kid’s toy (kendama). However, he can turn Babbo into either into whatever he wishes from the stones he gave him.

* [[Light the Way]]: His fourth form of Babbo, Alice using healing magic and is used to counter Darkness [[ÄR Ms]].

* [[The Mario]]: He is well balanced compared to his other team members.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Snow, Dorothy and Alviss. The anime seems to aim for both Dorothy and Alviss though. {{spoiler|Luckily at the end, he seems to revolve some things with Dorothy, Snow becomes Koyuki but unfortunately, he doesn’t solve anything with Alviss.}}

* [[This Loser Is You]]: He starts out as this but then grows out of it once he reaches MAR Heaven.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Per training gate [[Ass Pull|though it prevents any real conflict in his fights]] except outside of the [[Tournament Arc|War Games]].

* [[Can't Stand Them Can't Live Without Them]]: He generally announces that he hates Ginta because he’s annoying but very early on, he realizes that he can’t do anything without Ginta. They eventually make up at the end of the episode but the tropes comes back multiple times.

* [[Game Breaker]]: In universe example. His powers allow Ginta to choose his form every time he gets a stone to insert into him. Naturally, Ginta could abuse this trope and make himself unstoppable but Ginta goes for balance.

* [[Improvised Weapon User]]: Babbo himself is this until Ginta turns him into a sword, hammer or gun.

* {{spoiler|[[Soul Jar]]}}

A witch from the land of Caldea who searches for rare [[ÄR Ms]]. Her past and motive is unknown because she keeps it to herself (until she meets Ginta). She fell head over heels with Ginta shortly after he saved her and as a result, will listen to him whenever he tells her to do something. Her mission is {{spoiler|to kill her older sister Diana who had fled Caldea with rare [[ÄR Ms]].}} She is based on Dorothy from [[The Wizard of Oz]] and uses a combination of Darkness, Wind and Guardian [[ÄR Ms]] based on those characters.

* [[Bait and Switch Lesbians]]: Dorothy becomes a victim of this in the anime where the female villains have a tendency of grouping or tearing her clothes off.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]] and [[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Nanashi.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Played for laughs compared to Snow.

* [[Clothing Damage]]: There are at least five battles where her dress does not survive. In the manga in only happens once though but after Phantom is defeated and it gets into the Ghost Chess arc, she loses her clothes more often and not and more of it the more it happens. Ginta lampshades this in the manga.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Almost all her battles result in this.

* [[Cute and Psycho]]

* [[Dark Action Girl]]/[[Black Magician Girl]]: She was pretty nasty before encountering Ginta and is the only member of the group that is looking for a fight despite the fact she has a goal in mind.

* [[Dark Is Not Evil]].

* [[The Glomp]]: Toward Ginta.

* {{spoiler|[[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]: While they are both attractive, Dorothy would be the snarky sibling. However, by Caldea’s rules, she must kill her sister.}}

* [[Iron Woobie]]: In universe example after the group finds out about Dorothy's past and what her homeland is forcing her to do.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: She’s just as bad as Snow.

* [[Loveable Rogue]]

* [[Loyal Animal Companion]]: Her Guardian ÄRM Toto but for [[The Wizard of Oz|obvious reasons.]]

* [[Meido]]: She became this in the Tokyo arc anime filler.

* [[Ms. Fanservice]]

* [[Mysterious Past]]: At the beginning.

* [[One-Hit Kill]]: During round 4 of the match, she easily defeated the opponent under ten seconds.

* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: She comes off as this toward Ginta at times.

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[Accidental Kiss]]: With Ginta. Same description as above.

** [[Badass Adorable]]: Her Guardian ÄRM Yuki-chan which is basically a big snowman.

* [[Betty and Veronica]]: She is the Betty to Dorothy’s Veronica.

* [[Brown Eyes]]

* [[Can't Hold His Liquor|Cannot Hold Her Liquor]]: She has the same problem as Ginta. One sip and she’s an out of control maniac.

* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Only shows signs of this when Dorothy is hitting on Ginta.

* [[Damsel in Distress]]: She only needs help twice but in the anime, they make it seem like she’s been held captive longer due to fillers.

* [[Double Standard]]: The main reason she is seen as [[The Scrappy]] and is a huge [[Base Breaker]] in the fandom is because of this trope. Because she gets captured by the Chess Pieces twice, she is automatically labeled as the girl that can’t do anything. However, the same can’t be said for Alviss who gets captured more easily than she does (and without putting much of a fight compared to her hesitating to attack) and he’s loved for it [[Yaoi Guys|for]] [[Ensemble Darkhorse|obvious]] [[Fetish Fuel|reasons.]]

* [[Glass Cannon]]: Snow’s attacks are very powerful when they hit, but she can’t take that much damage.

* [[Lethal Chef]]

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Her defining character trait.

* [[The Pollyanna]]: Lampshaded by the characters.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Ginta and Jack in the anime.

* [[Shy Blue-Haired Girl]]: Subverted.

* [[Technical Pacifist]]: She hates fighting but is a good fighter.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Upon acquiring a Water Guardian {{spoiler|but sadly this same Guardian is what leads to her capture.}} Played straight in the Ghost Chess arc {{spoiler|where she snipes Alviss' clock from a distant and is able to handle herself against the Ghost Chess minions.}}

* [[The Woobie]]: In universe example especially by how Alan and Edward describe her to Ginta at the beginning.

* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]

** [[Badass Decay]]: In the anime where he is prone to capture and the Ghost Chess arc, he was hit by [[Wimpification]].

* {{spoiler|[[Barrier Maiden]]: Played with due to [[Stable Time Loop]]. Alviss is the reason why MAR Heaven is saved in the present hence he can’t die at that point of time.}}

* [[Blessed with Suck]]/[[Cursed with Awesome]]: The Zombie Tattoo grants the person immortality when it covers the body entirely. Alviss sees it as a curse while Rolan sees it as a blessing.

* [[Bratty Half-Pint]]: When he was younger.

* [[Casting a Shadow]]

* [[Character Development]]: By the time he opens up to the group, he's a different person.

* [[Clothing Damage]]: Similar to Dorothy who always has dress ripped, Alviss keeps getting tears in his clothes and technically got it ripped in the Ghost Chess arc.

* [[Cute Shotaro Boy]]: When he was younger.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]

* [[Defrosting Ice King]]

* {{spoiler|[[Despair Event Horizon]]: Has crossed it multiple times in his life. The first time resulted in Alviss trying to kill himself but failed because Alan told him to get stronger. However, when Ginta fails to remove the Zombie Tattoo with the healing ARM that is supposed to heal all Darkness ARMS, Alviss gives up on trying to find a way to remove it. Ginta has to encourage him AFTER the War Games by giving him a key and reassuring him that this key will help him remove the Zombie Tattoo. Alviss crosses it two more times when he was being controlled by Phantom and one last time when he sees that the Zombie Tattoo is close to covering him completely, the one ARM that could grant any wish was given to his younger self in order to cause the [[Stable Time Loop]] and Candice and Rolan take Phantom and flee their location makes Alviss give up again. He can't pull himself out of this one no matter what his friends do and Rolan makes it worse by killing himself in front of Alviss making Alviss realize that it was his fault that Rolan killed himself.}}

* [[Distress Ball]]: He throws this during the Ghost Chess filler arc. See [[What an Idiot!]] and [[What Could Possibly Go Wrong?]] below.

* [[Double Standard]]: The audience loves him because he became the [[Dude in Distress]] during the Ghost Chess arc. Snow is captured twice and she’s instantly bashed as the girl that can’t protect herself when in reality, they put Snow to sleep to prevent her from escaping while Alviss {{spoiler|was under hypnosis that wavered between conscious and unconscious state.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: Just like everyone else, this happens to him, but he gets better.}}

* [[Emo Teen]]: He acts like this sometimes.

* [[Estrogen Brigade Bait]]: Let's see, [[Bishounen]]? Check. [[Dark and Troubled Past]]? Check. [[Clothing Damage|Clothes get ripped off in battle?]] Check. {{spoiler|[[Cry Cute|Cries at the end of the series]] and has a [[When He Smiles|wonderful smile]]?}} Double check. The main victim of [[Ho Yay]]/[[Foe Yay]] moments and plays the role of the [[Dude in Distress]]? Triple check.

* [[Fragile Speedster]]: Alviss is ridiculously fast in combat and usually hits the opponent multiple times after the fourth battle in order to win. However, as demonstrated in the battle with Rolan, he can’t take that many hits.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic Sacrifice]]: He is the only character that survived an encounter with the King. He uses the last of his powers to open the gates to the castle where the Queen and King are. The minute Ginta and Dorothy teleport away, Jack and Bell could only watch in horror as Alviss starts to disappear.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Impaled with Extreme Prejudice]]: The King takes advantage of Alviss' weakness and stabs him. However, this wound is not enough to kill him so while Alviss is able to do damage to the King and later open a portal that can get Ginta and Dorothy to fight him, the wound is too much and he too dies shortly after.}}

** Before that, {{spoiler|he thinks he's at fault when Rolan decides to kill himself because he can't be with Phantom.}}

* [[Lust Object]]: To Phantom.

* {{spoiler|[[Mind Control Eyes]]: Along with the chains, he gains this when controlled by Phantom and when he’s in Phantom’s presence.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Mind Rape]]: The victim of this by Phantom in the Ghost Chess arc.}}

* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Lots of [[Clothing Damage]] and then some. In fact, his shirt gets ripped off as much as Dorothy loses her outfit.

* [[Not Distracted by the Sexy]]: He doesn’t seem affected when Dorothy was wearing a bathing suit. And when he accidentally grabbed her breast when he tried to stand up, he didn’t notice until she screamed.

* [[The Power of Trust]]/[[The Power of Friendship]]: He had a hard time trusting people, especially Ginta at the beginning. He opens up though in the end.

* [[The Rival]]: To Ginta at the beginning before he comes to trust him.

* [[Say My Name]]: During the Ghost Chess arc, he constantly screamed Ginta's name {{spoiler|especially when he was trying to break free from his mind control.}}

* [[Sexy Butt Monkey]]: It's not his fault that he's constantly losing his shirt, getting harassed and then some.

* [[Ship Tease]]: He has moments with [[Ho Yay|Ginta]] especially in the anime.

* [[So Beautiful It's a Curse]]: He's constantly called a pretty boy in the series to the point that he might as well get use to it. However, this has earned him unwanted attraction from Phantom who he hates with a passion.

** Which leads to a [[Crowning Moment of Funny|funny moment]] when [[Gonk|Rapunzel]] calls him ugly and he's insulted as he's used to be called beautiful, not ugly.

** [[Not So Stoic]]: He is prone to anger easily compared to the other characters and the minute he sees Phantom tends to have him either snap or freeze in fear. Additionally, he begins to break out his true personality as he hangs out with his friend.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Six years after the first War Game & After his various "days" in the Training Gates and {{spoiler|after being [[Mind Raped]] by Phantom.}}

* [[Used to Be a Sweet Kid]]

* [[When He Smiles]]: Lampshaded in the series the few times he has smiled genuinely as [http://i171.photobucket.com/albums/u312/sasukeitachi777/Alviss_016.jpg seen] [http://i614.photobucket.com/albums/tt229/Rukia_200/Marchen%20Awakens%20Romance/Alviss.jpg here.]

* [[Yaoi Guys]]: Probably the biggest in the series.

* [[Yuri Lowenthal]]

* [[Accidental Pervert]]: It depends. There are times where it was intentional but the first battle with Pano was unintentional. Then again, when you tied a woman up in your vines and proceeded to “have your way with her” (make her surrender), it’s no wonder the entire crowd turned against you.

* [[Bishounen]]: In Pano’s mind.

* [[Disappeared Dad]]

* {{spoiler|[[Dropped a Bridge on Him]]: Subverted! He's the only member of Team MAR to be alive when Ginta faces the King. This is supposed to be a callback when Ginta first came to MAR and Jack was his only companion.}}

** [[Ugly Cute]]: However, he's seen as this as time goes on.

* [[Groin Attack]]: Pano gives it to him twice.

* [[The Lancer]]: He shares this role with Dorothy.

* [[Lethal Chef]]: Ironically because he’s a farmer.

* [[Love At First Punch]]: He falls for Pano hard after she beats him.

* [[Magikarp Power]]: His shovel is considered one of the weakest and most normal ÄRM compared to everyone else’ but cue to Dorothy giving him stones, he’s able to increase it’s power to the point where he can use plant moves.

* [[Official Couple]]: With Pano.

* [[Ship Tease]]: He’s gotten a lot of it with Snow especially during the Ghost Chess arc.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Starts out as the weakest member of Team MAR that was easy to cower when he was forced to fight. However by the end of the War Games, he has matured greatly, {{spoiler|avenges his father}}, hooks up with Pano and generally becomes the calmest member of the group when the Ghost Chess arc hits.

* [[Unlucky Everydude]]: Compared to Ginta, he was just a normal a kid that just wanted the wolves to go away and he ended up as one of the representatives of MAR.

* [[Blade on a Stick]]: He fights with a trident.

* [[Belligerent Sexual Tension]]/[[Slap Slap Kiss]]: With Dorothy.

* [[Brilliant but Lazy]]: Alviss sees him as this according to their fight in episode 50.

* [[The Charmer]]

* {{spoiler|[[Easy Amnesia]]: Concerning Galian.}}

* [[Ethnical Slut]]: Encourages the other members to get a girl like he does or they're uncool. Part of his argument with Alviss is how he needed to chill out.

* [[Expy]]: Many people think that Nanashi is {{spoiler|Joker from [[Flame of Recca]]. They have the same personality, the habit of hiding their eyes, and same poses. Babbo comments that Nanashi smells exactly like Ginta which hint that he’s from Tokyo. This is also backed up by the fact that when the Luberian Thieves found him, he had a wound in his chest. In [[Flame of Recca]], Joker is stabbed by the enemy and uses his powers to teleport himself into another world to make sure that said enemy wouldn’t follow Kaoru.}}

* [[The Glomp]]: In the anime, he’s not afraid of touching Dorothy. Cue, she punches him the face.

** He also tries the same thing to Alviss. Cue, he gets pushed off.

* [[Harem Seeker]]: And a very successful one.

* [[Ho Yay]]: With Galian {{spoiler|before he left Luberia}} and Alviss. It gets to the point with Alviss that he can’t get out of his bubble.

* [[Memetic Sex God]]: In universe example with all the girls swarming him after every battle and even when he doesn't fight, he has two girls around his arm every time.

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: He will not stop to touch Dorothy and he has clung to Alviss more times than not.

* [[Revenge]]: His motivation for joining Team MAR.

* [[Sexy Man, Instant Harem]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Dorothy.

* [[Supreme Chef]]

* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]

* [[Wouldn't Hit a Girl]]: Which is why he loses or ties with many of the female Chess Pieces. Subverted concerning Dorothy in the anime filler where he actually electrocuted her and in the Ghost Chess arc where he punches Chaton in the face and tries to attack Snow. To be fair, he wasn’t himself during the Ghost Chess arc.

* [[Ambiguously Brown]]: More so in the anime than in the manga.

* [[Battle Couple]]: With Chaton whether he likes it or not.

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Whenever he’s on screen, it becomes this. Subverted with Chaton who beats him easily.

* [[Dating Catwoman]]: Literally with Chaton whether he likes it or not. {{spoiler|Eventually, he does start falling for her and the two main barriers of her being a Chess Piece and his fear of cats vanishes at the end of the anime.}}

* [[Epic Fail]]: His battle with Chaton to the point where everyone on his team starts booing him.

* [[Hidden Heart of Gold]]

* [[Megaton Punch]]

* [[Mighty Glacier]]: He's very powerful but he's rather slow moving around the battlefield. This might be justified as he doesn't want to waste his energy chasing after fast opponents.

* [[My Greatest Failure]]: In his mind, his greatest failure was not being able to save Alviss from Phantom when Phantom forced the Zombie Tattoo on him. While he stops Alviss {{spoiler|from killing himself}}, he and Gaira ended up leaving him to train on his own for six years to grow stronger and mature. However, when he sees Alviss again six years later, he frowns at how far the tattoo has spread on Alviss’ body.

* [[One-Man Army]]: For the most part.

* [[Papa Wolf]]: He was very protective of Alviss during the first War Games. Now, he’s very protective of Snow due to sharing the same body as Edward.

* [[Parental Substitute]]: For Alviss and Snow.

* [[Perma-Stubble]]

* [[Power Fist]]: His weapon of choice.

* [[Refusal of the Call]]: He didn’t respond when the Chess Pieces started attacking. This pisses Alviss off greatly.

* [[Scars Are Forever]]

* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: With Halloween. It gets to the point where Halloween allows Alan to participate in the War Games because of their rivalry.

* [[Smoking Is Cool]]

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Chaton. Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in episode 96.

* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Edward in the manga.

=== The King/ {{spoiler|'''Danna'''}} ===

===The Queen===

==== Diana ====

* {{spoiler|[[Cain and Abel]]: Subverted. She loves her younger sister dearly but by Caldea rules, Dorothy must kill her. To prepare for the day, she gave Dorothy everything she needed before she committed the treason.}}

* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]

* [[The Glorious War of Sisterly Rivalry]]

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: {{spoiler|Invokes one to Phantom after he loses to Ginta. Although she doesn't kill him but just leave him to his own device, he pretty much commits assisted suicide thereafter.}}

The {{spoiler|puppet}} leader of the Chess Pieces and the strongest Knight of them all and serves as the main villain of the series {{spoiler|for the most part.}} {{spoiler|He is also from the land of wizard Caldia, like Dorothy}}. He is an immortal being that come back to life after getting killed hence he continues to reign terror on MAR Heaven for many years. The first War Games, he fought against Ginta’s father Danna and they both kill each other in the end. However, it proved futile as six years later, he is revived and continues the same hell that he did six years ago only to fight his enemies’ son Ginta. Phantom loves staying on the sidelines to watch the fights and loves to see how Ginta will grow. Phantom has a huge obsession with Alviss and constantly tries to get him join his side by force. What happens to him depends on the anime and manga. {{spoiler|In the manga, he is defeated by Ginta and accepts death by Alviss’ hand. In the anime though, he flees with Candice and Rolan to a deserted island and forces a Ghost ÄRM on Alviss which would speed up the processed of the Zombie Tattoo. Phantom then waits for Alviss to give him because in his mind, he wins the final game against Ginta if Alviss accepts defeat and turns into one of his possessions for all of eternity.}}

* [[A Father to His Men]]: Played with. This only seems to concern most of the Knights but mainly Peta, Rolan and Candice. Everyone else is considered trash.

* [[Alas, Poor Villain]]: In universe example. {{spoiler|His death in the anime is rather depressing. Despite all the things he did, he was saddened when he found out that Rolan killed himself in order to be with him. He even apologies to Candice before asking Alviss to kill him. Alviss can’t do it so Phantom takes his hand and puts the key to his heart. See also [[Despair Event Horizon]] below.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Break the Cutie]]}}: {{spoiler|See [[Despair Event Horizon]] below.}}

* [[Chekhov's Gun]]: {{spoiler|Remember the rule of Caldean wizards that family members of criminals must hand out the punishment themselves? Another case happened twenty years before Dorothy's. Think it's bad for Dorothy to kill her own beloved big sister by rules? Turns out it's no better when the family ''refuse'' to deliver the penalty.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Face Death with Dignity]]}}: {{spoiler|In the manga, he just sits calmly in his throne as Alviss moves in for the kill, and his last word was a farewell to MAR-Heaven. Taken further in the anime, where he literally forces Alviss' hand to do so, when the later hesitates after witnessing his [[Pet the Dog]] moment with Candice. In both version, he [[Go Out with a Smile|goes out with a smile.]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[I Just Want to Have Friends|I Just Wanted To Be With My Loved Ones]]}}: {{spoiler|Later comes out with this as part of the reason he finds immortality so awesome. Played straight as I Just Want to Have Friends when he tries everything he could to make Alviss into a zombie like him, so that he won't be [[Lonely Atat the Top|alone]].}}

* [[Interplay of Sex and Violence]]: While not as apparent as it is with Candice, he constantly talks about Ginta becoming more ripe so he'll be more satisfied with the battle.

* [[Lust]]: He lusts for power {{spoiler|after being brainwashed by the King}} and also lusts for Alviss.

* [[Mind Rape]]: He’s always trying to pull this off on Alviss and {{spoiler|it’s successful in the Ghost Chess arc temporarily.}}

* {{spoiler|[[More Than Mind Control]]}}: {{spoiler|He was being controlled by the King.}}

* [[No Sense of Personal Space]]: Toward Alviss.

* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]

* [[Villainous Crush]]: On Alviss.

* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: One way to look at his personality due to [[Alternate Character Interpretation]].

* [[Yaoi Guys]]: The third victim of this trope often to [[Squick]] levels though.

* {{spoiler|[[Laser-Guided Karma]]}}: {{spoiler|He's killed by Nanashi, the leader of the thieves he exterminated earlier in the series.}}

* [[Nice Hat]]

* [[I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure|I Will Punish Your Girlfriend For Your Failure]]: To Ian. {{spoiler|Which prompts the guy to [[Took a Level Inin Badass|skips several levels in badassery to save her]]}}.

* [[Sitcom Arch Nemesis]]: With Alan.

Ranked the 4th most powerful Knight of the Chess Pieces, Chimera is a deadly opponent that was able to knock out Gaira in the preliminaries. Chimera looks like a monster created by the Chess Pieces that never talks. As a result, many people think that Chimera is a male. However, when Dorothy blows away the mask {{spoiler|It turns out that Chimera is in fact a dangerous woman. Her original human name was Irene who was destined to marry a Chess Piece named Marco who she loved dear. Despite Marco reforming himself despite being a Chess Piece, an angry mob barged into their wedding ceremony and demanded that Marco pay for the crimes the Chess Pieces committed. Marco told her he would be fine since he is a reformed man. She waited for him for days in the church until the men came back with only Marco’s ring finger. She freaks out when she realizes that they killed her husband and then they kidnap her and do unimaginable things to her that range from messing up her body to implied rape. She finally manages to escape them and tries to kill herself but Peta gives her hope and allows her to get her revenge on the people that took her Marco away.}} Chimera fights with Ghost [[AR Ms]]ARMs.

* {{spoiler|[[Broken Bird]]}}

* {{spoiler|[[Defiled Forever]]}}

* [[Despair Event Horizon]]: Crosses it in the backstory.

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Chimera is more of a name used for an animal but many people thought that Chimera was a man because of it.

* [[Apologetic Attacker]]

* [[Crazy Jealous Guy]]: He shows signs of this during the Ghost Chess arc when Alviss tells him that Phantom likes him better. Cue, the two start fighting.

* [[Epic Fail]]: His introduction…he shows up late for the match and then he trips upon landing. Alviss questions why he was stuck fighting the idiot.

* [[Evil Is Dumb]]: Played with. He’s very intelligent; he doesn't like using it though unless Phantom is concerned.

* [[Expy]]: Of Raijin from [[Flame of Recca]]. Both are really nice people and seem to be on the wrong side. They stick by their Master’s side always because he has done something that has earned their eternal respect and both hide the fact that they are competent fighters. They both have the same [[Epic Fail]] entry as well.

* [[Mad Bomber]]: His powers allow him to blow things up.

* [[Morality Pet]]: To Phantom in the anime.

* [[Nice Guy]]: He’s one of the nicest Chess Pieces you will ever come across.

* [[Odd Couple]]: With Candice.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: He’s only evil on the battlefield and even on the battlefield he tries not to kill his opponent.

* [[Technical Pacifist]]

* [[Undying Loyalty]]: To Phantom, even becoming a zombie to be at his side forever.

* [[Yaoi Guys]]: The second most used victim of this trope.

* [[Satellite Character]]

* {{spoiler|[[You Killed My Father]]: He was the one that killed Jack’s father. However, he admitted that it was a good fight and his father was one of the best opponents he had.}}

==={{spoiler|'''Ian'''}}===

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: He'll do anything to save Gido. ''Anything''.

* [[Eyes Always Shut]]: When they’re open, you better look out.

** Made funny in the last episode where he opens his eyes widely because he sees Ash without his mask.

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]: He was willing to change his personality just to get his girlfriend back.

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: At first.

** [[Not So Harmless]]: After his [[Training Fromfrom Hell]].

* [[Sickeningly Sweethearts]]: With Gido but a deconstruction.

* [[Perpetual Smiler]]

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: After Gido is turned into a monster by Chimera, he basically goes through hell to get stronger to get revenge on the people who did that to her. He takes his anger out on Ginta who tells him he's got the wrong person before focusing on Chimera.

* [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: After he sees what happened to Gido. Several levels in fact, as he jumps from a mere Rook to a Knight.

* [[Training Fromfrom Hell]]: How he became a badass in the first place.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Realization]]: Upon realizing what the Queen wants to do to Snow, he decides to sacrifice himself to save Snow.}}

* [[Tall, Dark and Handsome]]

* [[All Love Is Unrequited]]: With Phantom {{spoiler|as he still loves his dead girlfriend. Subverted in the anime, where he appears to reciprocate her feelings to some extents, after seeing just how far she would go for his sake.}}

* [[The Baroness]]

* [[Depraved Bisexual]]

* [[Expy]]: Of Harley Quinn from [[Batman]].

** She is also very similar to Neon from [[Flame of Recca]]. Both are madly in love with their leader and are extremely sadistic in battle. Also, both softened up after their battle with the main characters. It takes Candice longer though in the anime, and she’s still crazier than Neon though.

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]/[[Love Makes You Evil]]: She will do ''anything'' for Phantom.

* [[Mad Love]]: She is dedicated to Phantom.

* [[Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy]]: With Rolan.

* [[Morality Pet]]: To Phantom in the anime, at the end of the Ghost Chess arc.

* [[Orgasmic Combat]]

* [[Pet the Dog]]: Besides Phantom whom she is dedicated to, she is rather kind to Rolan who she doesn’t see as a rival.

* [[Slasher Smile]]

* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: The Ghost Chest arc hints that she’s this since she doesn’t really seem to mind Phantom feeling up Alviss at all. She only minds if Alviss is trying to kill him.

* [[Space Whale]]: His summon is a whale that eats his opponents, based on the whale that eats the actual Pinocchio.

* [[You Have Failed Me...]]: Any Chess that loses under her sight.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: He is jealous of Alviss' looks and constantly berates him for them to the point where when he attacks, he goes for the face.

* [[Highly-Visible Ninja]]

===The Bishops===

==== Chaton ====

* [[Action Girl]]

* [[Anti-Villain]]: She wasn’t really a villain to begin with.

* [[Battle Couple]]: With Alan whether he likes it or not.

* [[Blue Eyes]]

* [[Cats Are Mean]]: Subverted. She is however cunning but that’s what Loco thinks.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: She seems to be this at the beginning and especially during the Ghost Chess arc where’s she’s wondering the desert with Loco. Of course, this actually helps because she uses it to get captured by the Ghost Chess and save everyone.

* [[Cry Cute]]

* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]

* [[Forceful Kiss]]: She gives at least two of them to Alan. One was during their battle and the other was {{spoiler|when she thought he died because of the Ghost ÄRM and gave him CPR which was more of a kiss.}} Alan freaks out on the first kiss but the second one, he doesn’t react to her kissing him.

* [[Friendly Tickle Torture]]/[[Tickle Torture]]: She does this to both Alan and Loco.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: More apparent in the anime than in the manga.

* {{spoiler|[[Heroic BSOD]]: In the anime when Alan dies, she breaks down crying and then disappears until the last episode. She went to find Alan’s killer but isn’t successful.}}

* [[It Was a Gift]]: The ÄRM that Alan gives her is important because it’s from him and it symbolizes there soon to be marriage. Alan has no idea what she’s talking about on the marriage part though but {{spoiler|judging from the ending, Alan doesn’t seem to mind that idea at all.}}

* [[Love Makes You Crazy]]

* [[Perky Female Minion]]

* [[Punch Clock Villain]]: She’s not even evil hence she cheers for Alan during his match. {{spoiler|And when Ginta beats Phantom and all the Chess Pieces retreat, she’s the only one that stays to hug Alan.}}

* [[Stalker with a Crush]]: On Alan and it’s played for laughs.

* [[Stripperific]]

* [[Villainous Crush]]: She is infatuated with Alan.

==== Hamelin ====

==== Emokis ====

==== Girom ====

* [[Serial Killer]]

==== Aqua ====

* [[Kawaiiko]]

==== Mario ====

==== Garon ====

==== Kannochi ====

==== Mr. Hook ====

==== Korrechio ====

==== Loco ====

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: In the anime at least.

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: In the anime.

* [[Little Miss Snarker]]

* [[Token Mini-MoeLoli]]

==== Fugi ====

==== Ali Baba ====

==== Gido ====