Ookami-san/Characters
The characters of the light novel, manga, and anime series Ookami-san.
Ryoko Ookami
Voiced by: Shizuka Ito (JP), Brina Palencia (EN)
The title character, Ryoko is a steadfast and serious, young woman, a member of the Otogi Bank, and our resident tsundere. She often works alongside Ringo. She is quick to deny her slowly reciprocating feelings for Ryoshi.
Fairy Tales: "Little Red Riding Hood"; "The Wolf and the Seven Kids"; "The Three Little Pigs"; "The Boy Who Cried Wolf", The Wolf
- A-Cup Angst
- Action Girl
- Animal Motifs: The wolf.
- Anti-Hero: Type 3, with shades of Type 2.
- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: ...no, actually a Sheep in Wolf's Clothing. Though the narrator calls her A Wolf In Wolf's Clothing, whatever that means.
- Badass Adorable
- Battle Couple: With Ryoshi.
- Broken Bird
- Bruiser with a Soft Center
- Curtains Match the Window
- Cute Bruiser: The Trope picture.
- Cuteness Proximity
- Dark and Troubled Past/Mysterious Past: Hinted at Episode 2, confirmed in episode 5 -- Attempted Rape.
- Death Glare: If the narrator even mentions Ryoko's and Ringo's poor fanservice... EH? ... erm, never mind... Also, Ryoko's default expression.
- Defrosting Ice Queen
- Everyone Can See It
- Expy: She looks very similar and shares many character traits with Taiga Aisaka from Toradora!.
- Heterosexual Life Partners: With Ringo.
- Hidden Heart of Gold: Subverted; the harder she tries to be mean and nasty, the nicer and cuter she becomes.
- Honor Before Reason
- Hot-Blooded
- Idiot Hair: Has one of these in the manga.
- Jerkass Facade
- Kindhearted Cat Lover
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Masculine Girl to Ryoshi's Feminine Boy.
- Muscles Are Meaningless: Partially subverted. Despite her boxer training and apparent strength, Ryoko had a really hard time fighting the more muscular gang leader of Episode 2 (which lead to a bit of a downgrade), even with her upgraded boxing gloves that had a taser function.
- Ore Onna: Uses completely masculine Japanese vocabulary in her speech.
- Except when she is asleep; during which she uses very gentle and feminine syntax.
- Pettanko
- Power Fist
- Rapunzel Hair
- She Fu
- She's Got Legs
- Shrinking Violet/Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Before the Attempted Rape.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man
- Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
- Tomboy
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Tomboy to Ringo's Girly Girl.
- Tsundere
- Tsunshun
- Tsurime Eyes
Ryoshi Morino
Voiced by: Miyu Irino (JP), Joel McDonald (EN)
Ryoshi is a shy student who harbors a crush on Ryoko and has scopophobia, a fear of having people look at him. He is pulled into joining the Otogi Bank, but joins willingly in order to stay by Ryoko's side.
Fairy Tale: "Little Red Riding Hood", The Hunter
- Adorkable: Just so very Adorkable, indeed.
- Anguished Declaration of Love: Which ironically leads to an opportunity for him to work with the object of his affections.
- Battle Couple: With Ryoko.
- Blasting It Out of Their Hands
- Brats with Slingshots: His main weapon.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass
- Dogged Nice Guy: Type 2
- Everyone Can See It
- Fingerless Gloves: When hunting.
- Fragile Flower: Rare male example. However, that doesn't prevent him from doing something badass.
- Friendly Sniper: Very, very shy, but still friendly.
- Green Eyes
- I Will Protect Her
- Masculine Girl, Feminine Boy: Feminine Boy to Ryoko's Masculine Girl.
- Naive Newcomer
- Nice Guy
- Peek-a-Bangs: Sometimes this, sometimes Blinding Bangs, sometimes neither. In general, the more serious he's being, the more visible eyes he has.
- Running Gag:
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- Shrinking Violet: A rare male example, due to his scopophobia.
- Shy Blue-Haired Guy
- Single-Target Sexuality
- Stalker with a Crush: To a degree, but in a more Dogged Nice Guy way.
- Took a Level in Badass: Episode 2 when he becomes a Friendly Sniper, and again in Episode 10 when he gets trained in fighting by Saburo.
- Unlucky Everydude
- Verbal Tic: Has a tendency to end his sentences with "~su."
- You Gotta Have Blue Hair
Ringo Akai
Voiced by: Kanae Ito (JP), Monica Rial (EN)
Ringo is Ryoko's partner and roommate. Don't let her cutesy appearance fool you -- when push comes to shove, Ringo can be fairly dangerous when she wants to be.
Fairy Tales: "Little Red Riding Hood", Little Red Riding Hood; "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs", Poison Red Apple; possibly the story of Adam and Eve and the forbidden fruit, with her as the fruit.
- A-Cup Angst
- Anti-Hero: Type IV, scarily bordering on Type V.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: A genuinely nice person until you either (A) give her cause to hate you or (B) become a useful pawn in her schemes.
- Bob Haircut: Along with Hime Cut bangs.
- Curtains Match the Window
- Death Glare: If the narrator even mentions Ryoko's and Ringo's poor fanservice... EH? ... erm, never mind...
- Deliberately Cute Child: Don't like her looks deceive you.
- Fiery Redhead
- Heterosexual Life Partners: With Ryoko.
- Although she does say that she wouldn't mind if Ookami learned to like girls more...
- I Want My Sister to Be Happy: Her reason for being in Otogi Bank after episode 8.
- Little Miss Badass
- Little Red Fighting Hood: She's really more of a support member in a fight, but no one sane would cross her.
- Manipulative Bitch: Can play you like a violin and still be as cute as a button.
- Meaningful Name: She's literally named "Red Apple".
- Older Than They Look: Looks like a child, but she is actually a high school student.
- Pettanko
- Moe: Very deliberately invoked, thanks to training from her mother.
- Red Headed Heroine
- Shipper on Deck: Actively trying to get Ryoko and Ryoshi together.
- Slasher Smile: Pictured above; whenever "everything is going according to plan."
- Tareme Eyes
- Tomboy and Girly Girl: Girly Girl to Ryoko's Tomboy.
- Verbal Tic: Ends her sentences with -no. Subverted somewhat as it is revealed that it's a deliberate ploy to make herself sound more cute, suggested by her mother, no less.
Liszt Kiriki
Voiced by: Hirofumi Nojima (JP), Micah Solusod (EN)
The president of the Otogi Bank. He often doesn't do work and instead his cousin Alice does it for him.
Fairy Tale: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", The Grasshopper
- All Work vs. All Play: All Play to Alice's All Work.
- Brown Eyes
- Expy: He looks like Justin Law and Elmer C. Albatross.
- Even though he doesn't exactly look like him, he can remind one of Itsuki Koizumi. Minus the Ambiguously Gay.
- Hair of Gold
- Eyes Always Shut: His default expression, along with smiling.
- Keet
- Master of Disguise: Thanks to Latex Perfection.
- Mission Control
- Perpetual Smiler
- Wholesome Crossdresser: He makes a damn good woman.
Alice Kiriki
Voiced by: Yui Horie (JP), Terri Doty (EN)
Liszt's cousin and secretary. She often does Liszt's work for him.
Fairy Tale: "The Ant and the Grasshopper", The Ant
- All Work vs. All Play: All Work to Liszt's All Play.
- Blue Eyes
- Bob Haircut
- Emotionless Girl
- Hair Antennae: Very subtle, since they point down instead of up.
- Hypercompetent Sidekick
- Meganekko
- Scary Shiny Glasses: Used on Liszt at least once.
- Sexy Secretary
- Tsundere: To some extent.
- Tsurime Eyes
- You Gotta Have Purple Hair
Otsu Tsurugaya
Voiced by: Ayako Kawasumi (JP), Colleen Clinkenbeard (EN)
A maid working in the Otogi Bank who has a fetish for people who want to return the favor and repay other people who have been kind to them.
Fairy Tale: "The Grateful Crane"
- Curtains Match the Window
- Gainaxing
- Girlish Pigtails
- Hair Decorations
- I Owe You My Life: The reason Otsu is so determined to repay people is because her neighbor who was like an older brother to her saved her from being hit by a truck when she was younger. When the doctors were trying to save him in the hospital, she prayed and promised that she would repay him if only he got better... but he died from his injuries, so she can never repay him.
- Meido
- Odango Hair: When she wears a swimsuit in episode 9.
- Tareme Eyes
- Yamato Nadeshiko
Taro Urashima
Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma (JP), Todd Haberkorn (EN)
A handsome ladies' man who is solely interested in women and has no interest in men. He is found in the company of his girlfriend Otohime, and what the two are often up to... is left to the imagination as to what they are doing.
Fairy Tale: "Urashima Taro", same name as hero
- Ambiguously Brown
- Beta Couple: Of sorts.
- Bishonen
- Chivalrous Pervert: The "chivalrous" part comes to the fore when Ryugu "extracts his essence".
- Dark-Skinned White-Haired
- Expy: A White-Haired Pretty Boy version of Klavier Gavin of Apollo Justice, ja?
- Also, with possibly a bit of influence from a certain other Dark-Skinned White-Haired Handsome Lech...
- Eyes of Gold
- Hairstyle Inertia
- Handsome Lech
- High School Sweethearts
- Loveable Sex Maniac
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy
- No Guy Wants to Be Chased: Urashima cares a lot about Otohime, but he's often scared of her constant pursuing of him.
- Probably because she gives him too much of a good thing when she catches him.
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Savvy Guy to Otohime's Energetic Girl.
- Twinkle Smile
- Victorious Childhood Friend
- Year Outside, Hour Inside: In the original tale, Urashima and Otohime are gone for 300 years. In this series, they went on a journey for a year.
- White-Haired Pretty Boy
Otohime Ryugu
[[File:tropes_Otohime_825.jpg|thumb|300px|Not to be confused with another perhaps Axe Crazy Ryugu] Voiced by: Aki Toyosaki (JP), Caitlin Glass (EN)
Otohime is a bishoujo who has eyes only for her boyfriend Urashima. She is found in the company of Urashima, and what the two are often up to... is left to the imagination as to what they are doing.
Fairy Tales: "Urashima Taro", same name as heroine; "The Tortoise and the Hare", the Tortoise
- Animal Battle Aura
- Animal Motifs: The tortoise.
- Beautiful All Along
- Beauty Mark
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Urashima's words of encouragement in elementary school led to Otohime eating healthily and exercising so that she would develop into a beautiful young woman that would be worthy of Urashima.
- Beta Couple: Of sorts.
- Blue Eyes
- Clingy Jealous Girl
- The Glomp: She is very good at this.
- Hair Decorations
- High School Sweethearts
- Hime Cut
- The Ojou
- Rapunzel Hair
- She's All Grown Up
- Shiny Midnight Black
- Single-Target Sexuality
- Savvy Guy, Energetic Girl: Energetic Girl to Urashima's Savvy Guy.
- Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
- Tareme Eyes
- Victorious Childhood Friend
- Yandere: Her jealousy is often invoked, but in episode 11 when she thinks she's lost Urashima she becomes suicidal, followed shortly by psychotically murderous.
- Year Outside, Hour Inside: In the original tale, Urashima and Otohime are gone for 300 years. In the anime, they went on a journey for a year.
Majolica le Fay
Voiced by: Kimiko Koyama (JP), Lindsay Seidel (EN)
A wacky inventor who is often in the company of Otsuu.
Fairy Tale: King Arthur, Morgan le Fay
- Animal Motifs: The rabbit.
- Cat Smile
- Cloudcuckoolander
- Fartillery: It seems to be one of her most powerful attacks!
- Gadgeteer Genius: She's the one who makes Ryoko's various Kitten Boxing Gloves, as well as a few other tools for the members of Otogi Bank.
- Hair Decorations
- Hair of Gold
- Mad Scientist
- Meganekko
- Nerd Glasses
- Nice Hat
- Purple Eyes
- Rapunzel Hair
- Robe and Wizard Hat
- Strange Girl
- Sweet Tooth
- Tareme Eyes
Mimi Usami
Voiced by: Rie Kugimiya (JP), Jad Saxton (EN)
Otohime's chief rival for Urashima.
Fairy Tale: "The Tortoise and the Hare", The Hare
- Alpha Bitch: She gets better.
- Animal Battle Aura
- Animal Motifs: The hare.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing
- Curtains Match the Window
- Girlish Pigtails
- Older Than They Look
- Rapunzel Hair
- Rose-Haired Girl
- Schoolgirl Rival: With Otohime, but then gets into one with Ringo because of character overlap.
- Shana Clone
- Technicolor Eyes
- Tsundere
Momoko Kibitsu
Voiced by: Yuko Kaida (JP), Stephanie Young (EN)
Head of the Disciplinary Committee, notable for her ample bosom.
Fairy Tale: "Momotaro"
- Action Girl
- Bi the Way
- Boobs of Steel
- Buxom Is Better
- Fashionable Asymmetry
- Gainaxing: With every appearance as a Running Gag.
- Hime Cut
- I Have Boobs - You Must Obey!
- Instant Fanclub: Like her namesake, she has three followers, Inuzuka (the dog), Saruwatari (the monkey) and Kijino (the pheasant).
- Ms. Fanservice
- Rapunzel Hair
- Stripperiffic
- Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
- The Tease
- Tomboyish Ponytail
- Whip It Good: She's quite good with it.
- Zettai Ryouiki: Grades A & F, thanks to her Fashionable Asymmetry.
Yukime Murano
Voiced by: Hitomi Nabatame (JP), Lydia Mackay (EN)
Ryoshi's aunt and landlady, a romantic novel writer going by the pen name of Yuki. Ryoko is a huge fan of her work.
Fairy Tale: "The Snow Woman"
- Christmas Cake: Subversion, since this trope is for unmarried women. But Yukime makes enough of a deal of her age to make it clear she's referencing this trope.
- Landlady
Shiro Hitsujikai
Voiced by: Junichi Suwabe (JP), Ian Sinclair (EN)
Onigashima's student council president who has a history with Ryoko. One of the few people who she's actually afraid of.
Fairy Tale: "The Boy Who Cried Wolf"
- Attempted Rape
- Ax Crazy
- Big Bad
- For the Evulz: There's no specific reason for what he does other than he likes causing despair... and he certainly does, the bastard.
- Lack of Empathy
- Purple Eyes
- Slasher Smile
- Student Council President
- White-Haired Pretty Boy
- A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing
- Would Hurt a Child
Aragami Ranpu aka Lamp
Voiced by: Atsushi Ono (JP), R Bruce Elliott (EN)
The principal of Otogi Academy
Fairy Tale: "Aladdin", the Djinni
- Dirty Old Man
- Make a Wish: He promises "three wishes" for anyone who works three years in the Otogi Bank.
- Genie in a Lamp: In Ringo's dream.
Shirayuki Himeno
Voiced by: Yukari Fukui (JP), Kara Edwards (EN)
Ringo's half sister.
Fairy Tale: "Snow White and The Seven Dwarfs", Snow White
- Beauty Equals Goodness
- Children Are Innocent: A subverted example, as those kids are actually WAY too sharp.
- Disappeared Dad: Who abandons her and mother for Ringo and her mom.
- Hair Decorations
- Hair of Gold
- Massive Numbered Siblings: There had to be seven of them, of course...though when you include Ringo, it's eight.
- Super Drowning Skills: Sinks like a rock, with her lungs and heart stopping in less than 20 seconds. This girl shouldn't even be allowed to use drinking fountains unattended.
- Sets up a brilliant subversion of the tale of Snow White, though. Instead of a bite (kiss) of a poison red apple putting the princess to sleep, it was CPR (a kiss) from the "blackhearted" Red Apple girl that woke her up.
- Yamato Nadeshiko
Ami Jizou
Voiced by: Mikako Takahashi (JP), Tia Ballard (EN)
A senior. She is very shy and tends to stalk her boyfriend Jin as a result.
Fairy Tale: "Kasajizou", Jizou.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: After being given an umbrella by Jin, she falls in love with him... and starts sneaking into his house to do chores/make dinner.
- Blue Eyes
- Hair Decorations
- Huge Guy, Tiny Girl: With Jin.
- Shrinking Violet
- Stalker with a Crush
- Supreme Chef
- Tender Tears
- Tsurime Eyes
Saburou Nekomiya
Voiced by: Yuuki Kaji (JP), Jerry Jewell (EN)
A third-year at Otogi described by the narrator as a "Pretty Boy". He was saved years ago by a girl, Ryoko, but was so ashamed he ran away that he trained himself into a skilled fighter. He passed some of his knowledge along to Ryoshi Morino.
Fairy Tale: "Puss in Boots"
- Animal Motifs: The cat.
- Anime Hair
- Bishonen
- Cowboy
- Extremity Extremist: Fights exclusively with kick attacks.
- Green Eyes
- Nice Hat
- My Greatest Failure: Abandoning the girl who saved him.
- My Greatest Second Chance: Help saving Ryoko from the Onigashima High School.
The Narrator
Voiced by: Satomi Arai (JP), Luci Christian (EN)
The narrator of the story.
- Expy/Actor Allusion: The performance that Satomi Arai uses in the narrations is virtually identical to her most loved role, Badass Adorable-Psycho Lesbian Kuroko Shirai of A Certain Magical Index franchise.
- Fan Nickname: For the same reason as above, "Kuroko."
- Jerkass: Well, she certainly know what buttons to press on our protagonists.
- Interactive Narrator
- Lemony Narrator
- All the Tropes Will Ruin Your Vocabulary: five minutes way into the dub of the first episode, the narrator mentions that due to Ryoko's Pettanko traits her Shower Scene is actually a Fan Disservice.
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