Rave Master/Characters: Difference between revisions

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Tomokazu Seki]] (JP), [[Yuri Lowenthal]] (EN)}}

The hero. Haru Glory came from a small island that's referred to as incredibly far out in the sticks and lacks knowledge of most any world history or geographical features. He's incredibly strong willed and noted for having a good heart. He was chosen to be the Rave Master who was to eliminate the Dark Bring.

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: Stab Elie or let her destroy the world... [[Take a Third Option|hm]]...

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: As the Oracion Seis found out.

* [[Made of Iron]]: Not that everyone else in the series isn't.

* [[Morph Weapon]]: The Ten Commandments, a sword with ten forms

*** [[Anti-Magic]]: Eisenmeteor's non-magical nature as a plain iron sword means it can't be affected by magic.

*** [[BFS]]

*** [[Stuff Blowing Up]]

*** [[Fragile Speedster]]: Makes Haru faster, but also lighter and more prone to being knocked around.

*** [[Razor Wind]]

*** [[Anti-Magic]]: Its power to "cut what cannot be cut" makes it the ideal counter against magic users.

*** [[Dual-Wielding]]: Blue Crimson is the only two-sword form of the Ten Commandments.

*** [[An Ice Person]]

*** [[Playing with Fire]]

*** [[Blow You Away]]

*** [[Awesome but Impractical]]: More powerful than Explosion, but too big to use easily.

*** [[BFS]]: Even moreso than Eisenmeteor

*** [[Light'Em Up]]

*** [[The Berserker]]: Seals all of its wielder's emotions except aggression.

*** [[Casting a Shadow]]

{{quote|Voiced by: Yukiji (JP), [[Mona Marshall]] (EN)}}

Rave's bearer. Plue is a dog(?) with an unknown gender and age who travels with either the wielder of Etherion or the Rave (or both) and helps guide them. He doesn't do much as far as guiding them, but he does occasionally help either Haru or Elie when they're in a tight spot. He came dangerously close to being renamed Shabutaro by Haru and Cattleya.

* [[Attention Deficit Ooh Shiny]]

* [[Balloon Belly]]

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Ayako Kawasumi]] (JP), [[Michelle Ruff]] (EN)}}

The main female. Elie is a cheerful amnesiac girl who's just a little off and ''really'' likes bugs. She and Haru met in a racing track (a casino, in the anime) where she quickly fell for him because of his kind heart. She follows him around and is revealed to posses the ultimate magic, known as Etherion. She also bears a strong resemblance to Resha Valentine, who passed away fifty years ago, to everyone's continuous confusion {{spoiler|which later turns out to be correct}}.

* [[Action Girl]]: She started actively fighting on her own the first time the team fought the Oracion Six

* [[Amnesia Danger]]: Had she retained her memories she could have wiped every villain from existence rather than been kidnapped by each and every one (save King).

{{quote|Voiced by: Katsuya Shiga (JP), [[Tom Kenny]] (EN)}}

A strange blue creature originally recruited by Elie to help her and Haru reach the mountain they suspect a Rave stone to be at. He quickly becomes a member of the main cast, and is supposed to be very skilled at map making. His hobby is peeping on Elie. [[The Scrappy|Every other character is better than him]]

* [[The Load]]: Invaluable as he is as a cartographer and navigator, he is completely useless in a fight.

* [[Lovable Sex Maniac]]: Or the not so lovable one.

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Showtaro Morikubo]] (JP), [[Doug Erholtz]] (EN)}}

A silver claimer (someone who can manipulate silver) and former gang leader who teams up with Haru after reuniting with his grandfather. He a close friend of Haru's and one of the more capable fighters in the crew, wielding a spear. He eventually strikes up a relation with one of the Demon Card generals, but it didn't work out.

* [[Always Save the Girl]]: {{spoiler|Inverted, and he's not happy about it at all.}}

* [[Badass]]: {{spoiler|Until the Memory Retrieval Arc, then he's just a supporting character.}}

{{quote|Voiced by: Takehiro Murozono (JP), Doug Stone (EN)}}

Originally he was only interested in a challenging fight, and working for King as part of his [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] in order to find them. Let goes over to Haru's side after being awed by Haru's pure heart and desire to protect the whole world.

* [[Anime Hair]]: [[Dragon Ball|Super Saiyan 3]] style no less, until he became human.

* [[Adaptation Dye Job]]: In the manga his hair is white. In the anime it's blond, so that he could pass as Super Sayian Goku.

* [[The Stoic]]: For a little while.

* [[Victorious Childhood Friend]]

=== Ruby ===

{{quote|Voiced by: Yukiji (JP), Bob Glouberman (EN)}}

A penguin(?) who inherited a large sum of money and giant floating casino from his late father. He's dismayed to learn he's been funding a criminal origination and ends up going to Haru for protection when he refuses to continue giving Doryu money. He becomes their first ''safe'' magic user after Sieg reveals he has the gift, but he's generally considered useless by the cast.

* [[Amazing Technicolor Wildlife]]: He's pink

* [[The Ditz]]: Yet somehow he masters magic.

[[File:A11131717-vote0_4789.jpg|frame|Badass Dragon Lady]]

Let's polar opposite girlfriend. She spent a good deal of time stuck as a dragon under Jegan's control, but once she changes back she joins Haru's team. She's the most violent member of the team, especially when it comes to her boyfriend, but she also takes on a somewhat motherly role. She also really wants Haru and Elie to hook up.

* [[Action Girl]]: She beats the crap out of people a lot more than her boyfriend. And [http://www.citymanga.com/rave/chapter-271/09/ especially her boyfriend.]

* [[Adult Child]]

[[File:Belnika_1820.gif|frame|Magic Girl No. 2]]

A sweet, somewhat timid girl (she gets better) who underwent experiments in order to try and gain Etherion. They failed, but she acquired some powerful magic none the less. Her specialty is healing. She was duped into working for Hardner, but quickly switches to Haru's side after developing a slight crush on him.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: She goes ''ballistic'' on {{spoiler|Juria, one of the 4 Demon Kings}}.

* [[Blue Eyes]]

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Satsuki Yukino]] (JP), [[Cindy Robinson]] (EN)}}

Haru's older sister and mother figure. She took over raising him after their dad vanished and their mother left to find him and came back in a body bag. She has little actual role in the series, but is Haru's initial motivation to train and it's implied that she may have forced a little of his nice personality upon him.

* [[Cool Big Sis]]: To Haru.

* [[My Beloved Smother]]: You have to be pretty smothering to forbid the chosen one from saving the world.

* [[Promotion to Parent]]: After their mother died {{spoiler|in actuality, killed by King}} and their father wandered the earth, she was the mother substitute for Haru.

=== Shiba ===

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Tomomichi Nishimura]] (JP), Alan Shearman (EN)

Young Shiba: Koichi Tochika (JP), [[Steven Blum]] (EN) }}

The previous Rave Master. He was close to Resha Valentine, the creator of Rave, so when she gave her life {{spoiler|or not}} to make them she made it so they'd work for him. He fought in the war against Dark Bring and failed to destroy the ultimate one at the very end of the battle, leading to Haru having to pick up where he left off fifty years later. {{spoiler|He eventually fights Haru again, now thanks to a potion, he is at his prime. He still loses and dies due to its after effects.}}

* {{spoiler|[[A Good Way to Die]]}}

* [[Animal Theme Naming]]: Named after a dog breed, the Shiba Inu, like the Knights of the Blue Sky.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: Subverted as he becomes more of an [[Mr. Exposition]] by the start of the series.

* {{spoiler|[[Died in Your Arms Tonight]]: When he is about to die he hugs Elie, having recognized her as Resha.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Go Out with a Smile]]}}

* [[Mr. Exposition]]

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Toshihiko Seki]] (JP), [[Crispin Freeman]] (EN)}}

The first general of Demon Card that Haru encounters. He joined after Haru's father {{spoiler|one of DC's founders}} got him interest, and has a tedious friendship with Gale. He helps out but doesn't seem to want to be included as part of the inner circle. He's also dating Haru's sister.

* [[Anime Hair]]: He's the Vegeta of this universe.

* [[Artificial Limbs]]: [[Captain Obvious|After he removes the real one.]]

* [[Jerkass Facade]]: He becomes this after being defeated.

* [[Life or Limb Decision]]: It isn't really that situation, and he opts for neither, but it reminds you of one.

* [[No One Should Survive That]]: We still don't know how he survived a 1000+ foot fall after lopping of an arm. Leads too...

* [[Normally I Would Be Dead Now]]: The most we get of anyone mentioning this is scolding Sieg for sounding disappointed when saying he thought Shuda died.

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Yuichi Nagashima]] (JP), Ralph Votrian (EN)}}

And Xty something year old smith who originally forged the legendary Ten Powers. When one of his swords was used to slaughter his family he gave up on sword making and became a lapdog for Demon Card. He gets better once Haru reunites him with his not quite dead grandson.

* [[And This Is For]]: Slaughtering my entire family.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: When he stands up to Lance.

{{quote|Voiced by: Takehiro Murozono (JP)}}

One of the four generals for [[The Empire]] who do virtually nothing other than act as [[Mr. Exposition]]. Jade stands out because {{spoiler|he's the only one that doesn't get killed or turn out to be a mole}}. He never gets to meet Haru, but spends a good chunk of the story trying any way. He's also Jegan's older brother.

* [[Facial Markings]]

* [[Mr. Exposition]]

=== Sieg Hart ===

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Masami Kikuchi]] (JP), [[Crispin Freeman]] (EN)}}

The first (and for a long while, only) sorcerer introduced. Sieg Hart is a magic swordsman obsessed with protecting time, which comes from being raised in a town with the same obsession. He's initially introduced as an assassin after both Elie and King, but after Haru stops Elie's Etherion without killing her Sieg has a change of heart and makes it his goal to protect Elie at all costs.

* [[Badass]]: So much that {{spoiler|it would've been cheap to have him fight in the last battle, so they killed him off.}}

* [[Chronic Backstabbing Disorder]]: By the end of the series he's been everyone's enemy at some point. It's a little hard to notice because he's usually allied to multiple groups, but Shuda calls him out on it at one point.

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Toshiyuki Morikawa]] (JP), [[Steve Bulen]] (EN)}}

Haru's long missing father, and {{spoiler|one of Demon Card's founders}}. He has the same strong sense of justice as Haru. He never returned home because {{spoiler|King put a magical bomb inside his body.}}

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[The Atoner]]: Just a little, though.

[[File:88043_7824.jpg|frame|The Other Love Interest]]

A young mermaid who Haru accidentally rescues while fishing. When trying to repay him she accidentally gets him caught up in a tragedy that has befallen her people. She eagerly follows Haru to rescue the other mermaids and stop Doryu, and turns out to be a bit of a hopeless romantic, loving him while believing they can never be together due to being separate races.

* [[Bare Your Midriff]]

* [[Blue Eyes]]

Sieg's mentor, and the head of the village dedicated to protecting the time stream. He unwittingly abuses his authority by having people go out and kill regardless of how they feel about it. When Sieg shows him that Haja is a traitor he becomes a little less uptight about what must be done to protect time.

* [[Honor Before Reason]]: A wall banger

* [[Inspector Javert]]

The only female member of the resistance, who's introduced on a self assigned mission to assassinate Julius.

* [[Beauty Mark]]

* [[Braids of Action]]

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The head of a resistance against the Blue Guardians and Demon Card, He had a failed friendship with Hardner that bears an uncomfortable resemblance the one between Gale and King.

* [[A Father to His Men]]: Everyone calls him 'Daddy'

* [[An Axe to Grind]]: With a large shotgun as the handle!

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A resident kid of Sieg's village who also didn't believe in their mission to protect the timeline by any means necessary. He was chased out because of it. But later helps Sig when Haji manipulates the village to turn against him. After Haji is defeated and the king comes to his senses, hes welcomed back. Later accompanies the heroes in the final battle and proves instrumental in the fight against Juria.

* [[Child Mage]]: Sieg's successor {{spoiler|After the former dies.}}

* [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]]: {{spoiler|Uses a spell to increases his age which will mature and strengthen his magic. But also causes...}}

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A former member of the Imperial Guard of the Empire, after getting [[Curb Stomp Battle|beaten easily]] by {{spoiler|Shuda}}, Haru saves him and he becomes part of the group for the majority of the Blue Guardians Arc. He is a [[Large Ham|dramatic]] [[Multi-Armed and Dangerous|four armed]] parody of a superhero with [[Wrong Genre Savvy|the mistaken belief that the Rave Master is evil and he is doing good]], [[Playing with Fire|he also has powers over white flames]]. He remains the same, except viewing Haru as a good guy now.

* [[Expressive Mask]]

* [[Hopeless Suitor]]: Towards Elie.

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Tessho Genda]] (JP), Peter Lurie (EN)}}

The leader of Demon Card at the beginning of the series. He used to be Gale Glory's best friend but [[Diabolus Ex Machina|something came between them]].He now causes misfortune wherever he can in an attempt to draw his old friend out and make him suffer.

* [[Big Bad]]: The first one.

** [[Big Bad Friend]]: To Gale. His son picks up the role [[Big Bad]] after his defeat.

King's son who went [[Axe Crazy]] after having a hellish childhood. He took over Demon Card after his father's defeat. He's noted as being something of a slave driver who comes dangerously close to having a god complex, and for offing any subordinate who fails even the slightest bit.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: See the drawings written in his cell when Sieg visited it after he had escaped, [[Sarcasm Mode|yeah he's a sane guy]].

* [[A God Am I]]: Just a little, though. It's more like 'A God I Will Be'.

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Yukana|Yukana Nogami]] (JP), [[Tara Platt]] (EN), [[Sandy Fox]] (Child, EN) }}

The second Demon Card general introduced. A silver claimer like Musica. She tries to play up her looks and likes to flirt, though she isn't really interested in most men. She's also fiercely loyal to King, and hates working under Lucia. She eventually does a [[Heel Face Turn]] after falling for Musica.

* [[Broken Bird]]

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Green with envy for anyone who tries to get an important job from King.

{{quote|Voiced by: [[Nobutoshi Canna]] (JP), [[Stephen Apostolina]] (EN)}}

The third Demon Card general introduced. Jegan is the serious, strong silent type, with a [[BFS|sword larger than Haru's]]. [[Two Guys and a Girl|He was a childhood friend of Julia and Let's]], but went just a little crazy when the [[Love Triangle]] didn't work in his favor.

* [[Ax Crazy]]

* [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]

{{quote|Voiced by: Souichirou Tanaka (JP), [[Kirk Thornton]] (EN)}}

The [[Four Is Death|fourth]] Demon Card general. A [[Our Monsters Are Different|Sentinoid]] who works for Demon Card presumably out of boredom. He's impressed by Lucia's ruthlessness and manages to convince the Demon Lords to bow to him.

* [[Early-Bird Cameo]]: He shows up once before the battle with King after having destoryed a town out of boredom, but has no role at all until after Lucia is freed.

* [[Dishing Out Dirt]]: His Dark Bring, "The Earth"

{{quote|Voiced by: Hitoshi Bifu (JP), [[Richard Epcar]] (EN) }}

The fifth Demon Card general, who acts as temporary leader in the lull between King an Lucia's rule. He's also Demon Card's primary sorcerer. He's eventually revealed to be from the same origins as Sieg {{spoiler|with the same mission}}, but isn't quite as willing to convert to the light.

* {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]}}: Eep.

* [[Badass Grandpa]]: He is beyond the other Oracion Seis, including BERYL who [[Informed Ability|according to the notes, IS THE STRONGEST FIGHTER]].

{{quote|Voiced by: Yusei Oda (JP) }}

One of the four generals for [[The Empire]], who defects to Demon Card after Lucia takes over. He's later revealed to be King's adopted son, who was sent away to be "saved from the path of darkness". He has no attatchment to Lucia, but serves Demon Card in order try to satisfy King.

* [[Like a Son to Me]]: Unbenoucned to him.

* [[Making a Splash]]: Able to bend water and...

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A Demon Lord (technically, the fifth), who chose to come to the human world to live hand in hand with humans. [[It Got Worse|It didn't work out]], and he decided to destroy the humans instead.

* [[Bad Boss]]: Well to be fair he did warn Lilith first.

* [[Big Bad]]: While Lucia was {{spoiler|gathering all the forces of evil}}.

*** {{spoiler|[[One-Winged Angel]]: what that mantra leads to, His Demon Lord form}}.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]

* [[Sorting Algorithm of Evil]]: "Long ago, King and I fought, and it ended in a draw. I have since become much stronger"

* [[Start of Darkness]]: The village he created turning on him and locking him up.

[[File:4758-511060045_5859.jpg|frame|Gold Rush!]]

The leader of the Oni, who teamed up with Doryu to overthrow two other to know names in the underworld. He's the most heartless of the main villains, and also the most lecherous. He's completely obsessed with power, and doesn't care who he tramples over to get it.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Literally, the only people that make him look sane are Hardner {{spoiler|and Shakuma Raregroove}}, and you [[Makes Sense in Context|believe it when you read about them]]

* [[Dumb Muscle]]: Doryu is obviously a better strategist and has a more thought-out plan than the Oni captain will ever will.

* [[Extra Ore Dinary]]: A gold claimer to Musica and Reina's silver claimers.

=== Hardner ===

The leader of a criminal organization known as "Blue Gaurdians". After the loss of his wife and unborn child he found an [[Artifact of Doom]] that convinced him to forget his misery by making everything simply disappear and {{spoiler|[[Fusion Dance|merge with Elie to do so]]}}.

* [[Ax Crazy]]: His Dark Bring has obviously taken a toll on his sanity after losing his wife and unborn child {{spoiler|who was actually Nagisa unbeknownst to him who was raised by his former friend Yuma}} His goal is basically [[Omnicidal Maniac|destroying everything in order to obtain everything]]

* [[A God Am I]]: Leads into [[Smug Super]].

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Megido, Juria, Uta, and Ashura (Doryu is dead). They rule the Mythical Realm where all the [[Our Monsters Are Different|sentinoids]] come from with an iron fist. Beryl convinces them to submit themselves to Lucia. {{spoiler|They become his [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] during the final battle.}}

* [[An Ice Person]]: Juria

* [[Ax Crazy]]: Ashura and Megido especially

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L'Tiangle, Rionette, Racas and Ron Glace. Five warriors from other dimensions are brought together by one of King's Dark Brings, the Gate. The guard the Tower of Din as well as being non-humans of unparalleled strength. One, Let, later does a [[Face Heel Turn]] and becomes one of the good guys.

* [[Hair-Trigger Temper]]

* [[Informed Ability]]: These five are said to have powers greater than a 1000 [[Our Demons Are Different|demonoids]], yet they go down much quicker than most of the later [[Quirky Miniboss Squad]] of the series.