Tegami Bachi/Characters

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Characters from the anime and manga "Tegami Bachi," (Letter Bee.) Needs More HEART. There are Loads and Loads of Characters.

The Bee Hive

The Bee Hive

The headquarters of the delivery service where all the "Bees" work. Located in Yuusari, the middle-class area of AmberGround.

Current Letter Bees and their Dingoes

Lag Seeing

The main protagonist. A very focused and unfailingly polite young boy. He is a former letter delivered by Gauche Suede to his aunt. His encounter with Gauche inspired him to become a Letter Bee. His Spirit Amber attack is called "Red Needle" and is able to visualize the memories held within whatever it is shot at. He can also somehow control the direction it goes. He has Spirit Amber implanted in his left eye socket.

Tropes associated with Lag:


Niche

She is Lag's personal bodyguard, AKA Dingo. Niche was a letter Lag encountered on his way to the Bee-Hive and he delivered to her destination, a side-show circus called Love Someone Down. She is actually the "Child of Maka" (lit. the Child of Greatness) and as a result, has golden, 'sword-like' hair, blue eyes and arms resembling that of a bear.

Tropes associated with Niche:

Steak

Niche's live bait and emergency food rations. He followed her from Love Someone Down and usually is a Head Pet. Steak seems to have accepted that one day Niche may make good on her desire to eat him. He also appears to be a Kapellmeister and the Last of His Kind.

Tropes associated with Steak:

Connor Kluff

The Bee who escorted Lag to his interview. Connor made regular deliveries to Campbell Litus as Lag was growing up, and seems to be popular with the townspeople. He has a hearty appetite and a stocky build, and tires easily. His Dingo is a hound dog named Gus whose skilled at tunneling. His Spirit Amber attack is "Yellow Bomb" and uses pieces of his hunger via landmines.

Tropes associated with Connor:

Zazie

A Bee who specializes in killing Gaichuu and actually has very little interest in deliveries. For the record, he IS good at those too. His parents were killed by Gaichuu when he was a child, leading him to become a Bee in order to exact vengeance. He likes cats; in fact his Dingo is a panther named "Wasiolka." His Spirit Amber attack is "Blue Thorn" and shoots pieces of his hate.

Also, in the anime, he's very apparently a boy. In the manga, however...

Tropes associated with Zazie:


Jiggy Pepper

The resident Express Delivery specialist, a young adult Bee who occasionally shows up when the manga decides to be extra cool. Has two adopted siblings, Nelli and Nello, though Nello, the boy, eventually dies of an illness. He left their hometown to become stronger to protect them. He also had a bell tower built there. His Spirit Amber, Sea Blue Ultramarine, is in his motorcycle. His Dingo is a hawk named Harry.

Tropes associated with Jiggy:

Lily Confort

Lag's partner during the Cabernet interception mission. She lacks confidence in her abilities and hates the fact that as a Bee she is often rejected by society. She holds Lag in very high esteem, having heard of his reputation, and admires his dedication, abilities and confidence.

Tropes associated with Lily:


Other personnel

Largo Lloyd Largo Vallore

The Master of the Bee Hive. Seem to have a more invested interest in Lag and his deliveries for reasons unknown.

Tropes associated with Largo:

Aria Link

The Sub Master of the Bee Hive and Largo's right hand, taking care of the minor things for him. She was see earlier in Gauche's memories as a letter bee and his love interest. Aria's Spirit Amber ability is the Heart Restoration Bullet, which she executes by playing music on her violin. The music has a healing effect on everyone who hears it. The closer one stands to her while she is playing, the stronger the healing effects. Her Spirit Amber attack is "Crimson Melody" and is executed by playing her violin. Her Dingo is Bolt, a large dog.

Tropes associated with Aria:

Dr. Thunderland Jr.

A biologist who belongs to the Third Bioscience advisory panel of Amberground divisions specializing in pathology. He collects corpses for dissection and study, earning him the nickname "The Corpse Doctor." He has a morbid interest in dissection. Not as evil as he looks.

Tropes associated with Dr. Thunderland:

Dr. Thunderland

Thunderland Junior's father, who makes appearances in the bonus sections of the manga volumes to talk about Amberground, and the various people and places Lag finds in his travels

Mock Sullivan

A Letter Bee whose approach to his work is starkly different from Lag and Gauche's; he simply believes in getting letters to their destinations and is willing to write off letters as "cold letters" without tracking down the sender or recipient.

Tropes associated with Mock:

  • Jerkass: Says in no uncertain terms that he doesn't think much of Lag as a Bee and dislikes his approach to delivering letters.
  • Knife Nut
  • My Name Is Not Durwood: Gets Lag's name wrong despite having just been told it.

Krank

Mock Sullivan's Dingo, a cobra.

Tropes associated with Krank:

Calibus Garrard

A government official and former Bee come to retrieve Gauche's unconscious body. Lloyd at one point idolized him.

Tropes associated with Garrard:

Hazel Valentine

The Dingo of Calibus Garrard. Would be suffering from Small Name, Big Ego if he wasn't as tough as people say he is. A bit childish.

Tropes associated with Hazel:

Amberground Government

Amberground Government

Enforces a very strict class separation & bars travel between the 3 districts for all except those given proper clearance.

Tropes about the government in general

Empress of Amberground

Tropes associated with her:

  • Shout-Out: Her statues resemble the Virgin Mary.

Jikku Vallore

Commander of the Imperial Guard. Abducted Lag's Mother & was present on the Inspection Airship during the Day Of The Flicker.

Tropes associated with Jikku Vallore:

Reverse

Reverse

A revolutionary group trying to cause a "Reverse" in Amberground. May not or may not be much better than the government they're trying to topple over.

Personnel

The Man Unable To Become A Spirit/Lawrence

The leader of Reverse. Otherwise, Exactly What It Says on the Tin.

Tropes associated with The Man Unable To Become A Spirit:

Roda/The girl in white

Noir's Dingo.

Tropes associated with her:

Noir/Gauche Suede

A Marauder for Reverse who steals letters from Bees. He's a bit of a jerk.

Tropes associated with Noir:

Zeal

Agent of Reverse. Fought Zaji.

Tropes associated with Zeal:

Mie

Agent of Reverse.

Tropes associated with Mie:

Sunny

A young nun at the Veritably Abbey in Lamento Town. She is a good baker and has a crush on Connor.

Tropes associated with Sunny:

Others

Semi-recurring characters, family of main characters and people who aren't specifically affiliated with anything.

The Suede Family

Gauche Suede

Lag's mentor and hero, who delivered him to his aunt in Chapter 1. He's a lively and pleasant young man, something remarked upon by those who've met him. He also wants to become the Head Bee so that he can make life easier for his younger sister. He likes weird soup. It's revealed he has no memories of his mother, as a result of the Day Of Flicker. Aria believes he focuses all of his attention on his sister as a result. His Spirit Amber attack is "Black Needle" and his Dingo is Roda.

It is revealed that he is no longer a Bee and worst, a Marauder of Reverse called Noir. He has no memories of Lag or Sylvette, possibly due to losing that part of his heart. Recently, he's woken and seems to recognize Sylvette again.

Tropes associated with Gauche:

Sylvette Suede

Gauche's younger, handicapped sister. Like Lag, she was also born of the Day of Flicker. After Gauche leaves for Akatsuki, he disappears, leaving her to assume he's dead. Some years later she encounter Lag, who promises to find her brother. She covers the rent and expenses on her house by making and selling dolls and renting a room to Lag. 

Lag eventually does find and return Gauche to her. She is currently waiting for her brother to wake up and see if he recognizes her. Update he wakes up & all seems good... but It'sALie

Tropes associated with Sylvette:

Lag's relatives

Sabrina Mary

Lag's aunt who lives in Campbell Litus. Gauche delivers Lag to her in the first chapter. Lag stays with her for five years before leaving to become a Bee himself.

Tropes associated with Sabrina:

  • Apron Matron
  • Cool Old Lady
  • Tsundere (Yells at Gauche for not thanking Lag for dragging his ass into town but gives him food and water for the return trip back to Yuusari.)


Lag's mother

She was taken to Akatsuki at the beginning of the story and no one has seen her since. She is the one who implanted the Spirit Amber in Lag's eye.

Tropes associated with her:


Blue Notes Blues

Niche's older twin sister

Antagonist of the Blue Notes Blues Arc. Exactly What It Says on the Tin, she was separated from Niche sometime ago. Unlike Niche, she managed to grow up and find her way back to Maka. Also unlike Niche, she knows just how and why she came into the world.

Tropes associated with her:

"Let's cuh. Cut. Cut you open and see what's inside."


Maka

The resident God of Blue Notes Blues. People make sacrifices to her and while she does protect the land, she does it for no one's sake but her own. Somehow she managed to raise Niche's sister.

Tropes associated with Maka:


Celica

the mother of Niche & her sister

Tropes associated with Celica:

  • Mama Bear (Was perfectly fine with Maka eating her (she doesn't) so long as she saved her daughters' lives.
  • Misblamed (The villagers think the reason that Blue Notes Blues became barren is because she displeased Maka as a sacrifice.
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