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== Tokaku Azuma ==

 

{{spoiler|The reason Tokaku defected to Haru's side was that she was unconsciously influenced by Haru's [[More Than Mind Control|power]] as a [[Charm Person|"queen bee"]]. In the anime, Tokaku resumes her attempt to assassinate Haru in order to prove to herself, and to Haru, that her defection was a choice made from her own free will, believing that, if she could assassinate the [[Charm Person|"queen bee"]], it would ''prove'' that what they shared was more than just [[Brainwashing|pheromones]]. She successfully stabs Haru, only to break down in tears and regretfully express her wish to be with Haru. However, due to her [[Hand Wave|titanium ribs]] blocking the knife, Haru [[Not Quite Dead|survives the attack]], which results in Tokaku's expulsion, the final student to fail Class Black. After Haru's graduation, Tokaku, now understanding that her attraction to Haru has nothing to do with Haru's power, reunites with Haru. In the manga's epilogue, she works alongside Haru as an adult and is dating her.}}

* [[Hero Secret Service]]: Tokaku is single-handedly serving this role for Haru against eleven other trained assassins.

* [[Image Song]]: "Paradox" by Ayaka Suwa as Tokaku Azuma, the [[Ending Theme]] of Episode 1.

* [[Super Reflexes]]: Tokaku is noted to have exceptionally quick reflexes and impressive reaction time.

* [[Terse Talker]]: Tokaku doesn't say much, and is very too-the-point when she does. She does become somewhat more verbose with [[Love Interest|Haru]] as the story unfolds. Still not what could be called chatty though.

 

== Haru Ichinose ==

No. 13 of Class Black, [[Deuteragonist|our second protagonist]]. At first blush, Haru seems like the epitome of the [[Naive Everygirl]]. She is [[Wide-Eyed Idealist|cheerful, kind, sincere, and naïvely tries to be friends with ''everyone'']], no matter how [[Obviously Evil|sketchy]] they are. It's easy to assume that she is [[Locked Out of the Loop|oblivious]] to the fact that the classmates she's so eager to befriend are all assassins hired to kill her in cold blood, but Haru admits that she knew the truth of Class Black from the beginning and still hoped they could be friends, declaring her intention to survive Class Black and graduate with flying colors.

 

* [[Motor Mouth]]: [[Downplayed]]. Haru can cheerfully carry on a one-sided conversation with [[The Stoic|Tok]][[Terse Talker|aku]] without any problems, but she knows when to shut up too. {{spoiler|And she ''definitely'' knows how to keep a secret. Wow, [[Charm Person|Haru]]. [[The Clan|Just.]] [[Ancient Conspiracy|''Wow.'']]}}

* [[Plucky Girl]]: Haru is determined to remain optimistic, even though the world has been trying to beat that out of her since day one. She wants to trust the best in people and remains hopeful that Class Black doesn't have to end in tragedy to the very end.

* [[Secret Legacy]]: [[Played With]]. {{spoiler|Haru was well aware that her family was part of [[The Clan]], but they were, in her own words, "on the outskirts", and she never dreamed she would turn out to be a [[Charm Person|queen bee]]. She never wanted the primer.}}

* [[Self-Made Orphan]]: Nio tells Haruki point-blank that Haru killed her entire family. {{spoiler|The truth is a bit more complicated.}}

 

== Isuke Inukai ==

No. 2 of Class Black, [[Alpha Bitch|a selfish and haughty girl]]. She is quick to express her opinion, threats of murder and verbal abuse in every other word, and boss around other people, such as making Haruki call her "Isuke-sama" ("Mistress Isuke" in the English dub). Isuke's only family are her [[Has Two Mommies|gay parents]], who she has no actual blood relation to and [[Even Evil Has Loved Ones|loves dearly]].

 

* [[Has Two Mommies|Has Two Daddies]]: {{spoiler|[[Badass Gay|Eisuke]] adopted her after killing her [[Abusive Parents|birth parents.]]}}

* [[Gender Blender Name]]: Haruki even [[Lampshaded]] it in the first episode. Her name is actually a variant of her [[Badass Gay|"mom"]] Eisuke's name.

* [[Jerkass Woobie]]: If you really take the time to think about it, [[Fridge Logic]] should point out that most of Isuke's personality flaws and more glaring issues can be traced back to maladaptive behaviors not unreasonable for someone with her particular [[Backstory]]. (Which was probably intentional, since the story ''is'' marketed as a psychological thriller.)

* [[Knife Nut]]: Isuke's [[Weapon of Choice]] is a matching set of trench knives which she is quite proficient at [[Dual-Wielding]]. She only had one trench knife in the manga but was still ''very'' capable of using it. {{spoiler|Tokaku is just even more skilled than her.}}

 

== Kōko Kaminaga ==

No. 3 of Class Black, [[Class Representative|the class representative]]; a quiet, bookish, and somewhat aloof girl. {{spoiler|Kōko is an orphan raised as an assassin by a church orphanage. However, despite training, she isn't cut out for the life of an assassin, which she realizes after accidentally blowing up her mentor. Her wish is to be able to leave the life of an assassin altogether.}}

 

 

== Hitsugi Kirigaya ==

 

{{spoiler|After learning Chitaru's true purpose for joining Class Black and promising to help, she discloses her identity to Chitaru and subsequently allows Chitaru to kill her with a real dagger during a theatrical play of Romeo and Juliet, where they play the leading roles and the title characters' mutual suicide to the end. It is then revealed that through Nio that Hitsugi's wish was to remain together with Chitaru beyond the end of Class Black, although her initial goal, the one prior to meeting Chitaru, is never made clear.}}

{{spoiler|She and Chitaru Namatame are the 5th and 6th students to be removed from Class Black. It is later revealed that she and Chitaru survived, and Hitsugi is seen visiting Chitaru while she is undergoing rehab at the hospital.}}

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== Shiena Kenmochi ==

No. 5 of the Black Class, a cheerful and slightly scatterbrained girl. She is better at analysis than she is at assassination, and was able to figure out Chitaru and Hitsugi's fighting styles just by watching them closely. {{spoiler|Shiena is part of an organization named the Collective Dismissal, made up of victims of severe bullying. As a result, Shiena is very unforgiving of those who bully. Shiena was planning to kill Haru on the day of their stage play. However, on the night of her planned declaration, she was caught and then knocked out with poison by Hitsugi, who personally poisoned her for daring to have feelings for Chitaru. She becomes the 4th student of the Black Class to be expelled while remaining hospitalized, as she is judged incapable of resuming the hit before her declaration expires.}}

 

{{spoiler|The ending of the anime reveals her to be a skilled hacker; following her expulsion, she is seen attempting to hack into the academy in order to expose it to the public. No mention is made of her backstory, nor her motive for killing Haru.}}

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== Haruki Sagae ==

 

{{spoiler|Haruki is the 3rd student of Class Black to be expelled. Following her expulsion, she works as a construction worker and studies to get into college.}}

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== Suzu Shutō ==

 

{{spoiler|She is the 7th student of Class Black to be expelled. She is seen in the finale at her past lover's grave, bidding him farewell for the last time and resolving to live her life to the fullest.}}

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* [[Graceful Loser]]: After her attempt on Haru's life was thwarted, she calmly bid her farewells and left.

* [[Love Hurts]]: {{spoiler|Even possibly hundreds of years after the fact...}}

 

 

== Otoya Takechi ==

 

{{spoiler|Otoya is the 1st student of Class Black to be expelled. She later breaks out of prison, and attempts to attack Haru again, but is thwarted by Sumireko and captured once again by Nio. She is seen back in jail during the finale, planning her next escape though admitting that it will be years in the making.}}

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* [[Image Song]]: "Concentration" by Manami Numakura as Otoya Takechi, the [[Ending Theme]] of Episode 3.

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== Chitaru Namatame ==

 

{{spoiler|After disclosing her true identity as Angel's Trumpet, Hitsugi allows Chitaru to kill her during a theatrical play of Romeo and Juliet using a real dagger, but immediately afterward Chitaru learns Hitsugi's wish was to remain together with her beyond the end of Class Black. Having resolved to grant Hitsugi this wish, Chitaru commits suicide using poison removed from Hitsugi's stash earlier.}}

 

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== Nio Hashiri/{{spoiler|Kuzunoha}} ==

No. 10 of Class Black, Nio is an energetic and upbeat girl with a knack for peeping into other people's businesses, though she occasionally shows a more dangerous side. Despite being part of Class Black, she is also affiliated with the Academy in some way, working for the chairwoman Yuri Meichi. {{spoiler|Nio is always seen wearing full body outfits in order to conceal the large, bird-like tattoos she bears. It is revealed that Nio comes from the infamous Kuzunoha family, a feared family of skilled assassins that use illusions, and has no relatives. Upon meeting Meichi, Nio fell in adoration with her and vowed to give up her whole life to serve her. Meichi took her in, with Nio changing her last name from "Kuzunoha" to "Hashiri".}}

 

* [[Blondes Are Evil]] {{spoiler|and [[Blondes Are Witches|practitioners of the black arts]] too, apparently.}}

* [[Evil Smells Bad]]: Tokaku thought that she had a "putrid ocean stench" in the first episode.

* [[Image Song]]: "Survival" by Yoshino Nanjō as Nio Hashiri, the [[Ending Theme]] of Episode 11.

* {{spoiler|[[Unexplained Recovery]]: Tokaku stabbed her in the chest. Nio [[Coughing Up Blood|Coughed Up Blood]], fell over (presumably) dead, and received no apparent medical attention for her injury. Despite all of that, she turned up in the epilogue credits without even a scratch on her and only a comment from the chairwoman about her "tenacity" before the subject was dropped entirely.}}

 

 

== Sumireko Hanabusa ==

 

{{spoiler|She is the 10th student to be removed from the Black Class. Following her expulsion, she decides to pursue a career in cooking rather than succeeding her father as the company CEO. The creator has stated that Sumireko has a crush on her roommate, Banba. In the manga, Sumireko takes Banba back home to her mansion to help her recover following Banba's failed assassination attempt.}}

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== Mahiru/Shinya Banba ==

No. 12 of Class Black, Mahiru is a shy and timid girl who often has trouble speaking for herself. She is easily subject to bullying, and is often defenseless. However, when the sun sets, Mahiru's split personality, Shinya, takes over. Shinya is the complete opposite of Mahiru, having an aggressive, hostile and almost unstable personality. {{spoiler|Mahiru's split personality was created as protection due to abuse as a child, implied to be sexual in nature, which involved camera flashes that left her afraid of bright light; this is why Shinya only comes out at night and is sensitive to light. Shinya has a form of super strength that allows her to use heavy weapons such as sledgehammers; however, she cannot sustain this ability over too long a period of time, and must rest every now and then.}}

 

{{spoiler|It turns out that although Shinya seems hostile and unstable, she is only acting on Mahiru's orders and wishes, hinting that Mahiru is in fact the more unstable of the two. Since Mahiru is too timid to carry out crimes and murders, Shinya does it for her. Even so, Shinya cares deeply for Mahiru and seeks to bring her protection and happiness, and neither personalities have a wish to fulfill by killing Haru, as it was already granted when Haru shared a handmade charm with Mahiru, since Mahiru is in fact a collector of relics from people she kills or expects to kill someday. Shinya teams up with and is betrayed by Isuke, being knocked unconscious by her, thus becoming the 8th student of Class Black to be expelled. Following her expulsion, Mahiru loses her split personality, but she comes to terms with it and is not scared of the light anymore. In the manga, Sumireko takes Banba back home to her mansion to help her recover following Banba's failed assassination attempt.}}

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* [[Every Scar Has a Story]]: {{spoiler|Banba got the scar over her left eye when she finally snapped and killed her abuser, which in turn triggered the psychotic break that caused her "Shinya" personality to first emerge.}}

** [[Eyes Are Unbreakable]]: Banba does not seem to have suffered any loss of sight in her left eye, despite the scar cut through it.

* [[Split Personality]]: Shinya, the [[Jekyll and Hyde|Jekyll]] to Mahiru's [[Jekyll and Hyde|Hyde]] who takes control when the sun sets.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]: Mahiru in a nutshell.

 

 

== Ataru Mizorogi ==

Class Black's homeroom teacher, an eccentric, enthusiastic, and dedicated man unaware that the girls in his class are assassins. Whenever a student is expelled for failing to kill Haru, he is told that the student has transferred out due to unknown circumstances.

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* [[Locked Out of the Loop]]: Mr. Mizorogi is completely oblivious to the fact that twelve out of thirteen of the students in his class are assassins, and they would all prefer to keep it that way. There is even a rule forbidding anyone from outside the loop to be let in.

 

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== Yuri Meichi ==

The chairwoman of the school and supervisor of the Black Class. {{spoiler|She shares the same clan as Haru. She assembled the class in order to test if Haru could survive against twelve assassins, in order to awaken her "queen bee" ability and gain her status as the newest primer of her clan. Meichi is also Nio's caretaker, having taken her in from the Kuzunoha Clan, and is said to have saved Nio using her own queen bee ability.}}

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== Kaiba ==

A mysterious man who is Tokaku's teacher. Kaiba is often seen rolling dice, and has a black-and-white motif and colour scheme. He periodically sends Tokaku riddles via text messages, {{spoiler|though these riddles actually have no answers; he wants to coach Tokaku into finding answers for herself.}}

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