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== Protagonists ==
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Hiro Shimono]] (JP), [[Chris Patton]] (EN)}}
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* [[Flash Step]]: He does this to Ayumi in FLAG 163.
* [[Forgets to Eat]]: Once he played 2 weeks' worth of backlog games for 20 hours straight yet did not eat. In the end he hallucinated and sang, then got woken up by Elsie who then lampshaded the importance of eating. It happens again later, helping spark off the Chihiro capture after she badmouthed him.
* [[Freaky Friday Flip]] to [[Gender Bender]]: {{spoiler|in the epic 9-chapter Yui arc! Even funnier is when he went over to the "dark side of gaming" and started to play [[Otome Game
* [[Friendless Background]]
* [[Genre Savvy]]: He applies [[Fridge Logic]] from video games, and ''it works''. [[Wrong Genre Savvy|Usually.]] However, he also has moments of [[Genre Blind|Genre]] ''[[Genre Blind|blindness]]'', such as failing to properly interpret Haqua and Diana's tsundere behavior, and there's a subtle running subplot that the capture targets are never quite as simple and direct as he thinks.
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* [[Second Year Protagonist]]
* [[Selective Obliviousness]]: Invokes this trope often. {{spoiler|More particularly when Chihiro confesses to Keima and he pretends not to hear it. Of course it helps that Ayumi was there.}}
* [[Serious Business]]: [[Dating Sim
* [[Shrouded in Myth]]: [http://www.mangareader.net/120-6010-5/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-51.html Chapter 51] shows just how muddled his reputation is.
* [[Speed Echoes]]: One of the applications of his [[Dangerous Forbidden Technique]] is to move his arms so fast it looks like many.
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* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: He 'slips' after he is affected by {{spoiler|the female body he occupies. In his 'will,' he even calls himself a Fujoshi, or rotten girl.}}
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kanae Ito]] (JP), [[Luci Christian]] (EN)}}
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* [[Lethal Chef]]: While she's usually just using [[Cordon Bleugh Chef|weird ingredients]], there was that time she blew up a kitchen while trying to make a cake. [[It Makes Sense in Context|Though that was mostly the mandrake's fault: The cake looked good until then.]]
* [[Literal-Minded]]
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* [[Magnetic Girlfriend]]: In a subtle sense. The development of Keima's "harem" did start because he met her but he actually had to work and take the initiative to get the attention of most of the girls.
* [[Manic Pixie Dream Girl]]: Justified. Her job is to make Keima do a PG rated seduction, meaning he has to open up to others.
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== Capture Targets ==
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Females whom Keima has to get the "Runaway Spirit" out of.
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* [[Wistful Amnesia]]: To a greater or less extent depending on Keima's level of involvement during a capture. {{spoiler|To the point where those like Minami or Sumire don't seem to recognize him at all.}}
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Ayana Taketatsu]] (JP), Kaytha Coker (EN)}}
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* [[What the Hell, Hero?]]: {{spoiler|She witnessed Keima's overly harsh rejection of Chihiro and instantly confronted him and called him the worst. While he actually did have good intentions, he agrees with her and ends up extremely depressed. Ayumi ''also'' ends up depressed.}}
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Aoi Yuki]] (JP), [[Hillary Haag]] (EN)}}
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* [[Whip It Good]]: She threatens to treat Keima the same way [[Zero no Tsukaima|Louise treats Saito]]. After the capture, Morida sees her blush on seeing him and is touched... until she wonders aloud why she has the urge to start whipping him.
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{{quote|''"I am a star. The mirror that reflects the era. [[Foreshadowing|But where is the mirror that reflects myself?]]"''<br />
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* [[You Gotta Have Blue Hair]]: Oddly enough, she's actually pretty much the only human character in the series with blatantly unnatural hair.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kana Hanazawa]] (JP), [[Hillary Haag]] (EN)}}
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* [[Yaoi Fangirl]]: {{spoiler|Blushes heavily while watching [[Bifauxnen|Yui]] confess to Keima. It doesn't help her that at the time she is holding an ambiguously Yaoi book.}}
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Ami Koshimizu]] (JP)}}
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* [[Tsundere]]: The anime adaptation plays up her fondness for cute things and blushing and gives her more of an internal monologue, which ends up landing her right here. In the manga, she's just masculine and, like most of the other girls, somewhat prone to violence. She just hits harder.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kana Asumi]] (JP), Serena Varghese (EN)}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Woman Scorned]]: Subverted when the reader is led to believe that Chihiro has revealed the entire goddess capture to Ayumi out of either spite or misplaced concern. However, it's actually a ruse by her to get Ayumi to stop worrying about how Chihiro feels and focus exclusively on Keima.}}
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Aki Toyosaki]] (JP)}}
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* [[You Were Trying Too Hard]]: {{spoiler|She thinks she is trying too hard to push her passion onto others, which causes people to reject her. It's subverted and inverted at the end of the arc, in which Keima explains to her that she surrenders too quickly.}}
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* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Only her mother is named.
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* [[Wistful Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Averted, unlike the other girls. She doesn't remember Keima at all.}}
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* [[Talking the Monster to Death]]: {{spoiler|Rather than capture the Runaway Spirit by filling the gap in Rieko's heart (a return to her youth), Keima has Elsie explain to the Spirit that Rieko is far too old to bear children, the mechanism by which it would have been reincarnated. Realizing that [[Failure Is the Only Option]], the Spirit surrenders.}}
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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy|"Well Done, Daughter" Girl]]: All she wants is for her father to acknowledge her as a ramen chef. {{spoiler|He's only denying her because he believes she could have a better life than that.}}
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* [[Training From Hell]]: Went through this with Keima.
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A rich heiress living a suffocating life under pressure from her parents to be the perfect daughter. Her desire to escape her life is finally granted when her Runaway Spirit lets her switch bodies with another person. She later joins as the drummer of Chihiro's band, the 2-B Pencils. {{spoiler|Later, Yui is revealed to be the host of Mars, the fourth Jupiter Sister.}}
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* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: She's been raised to be one, but is clearly feeling a little stifled.
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The elder sister of Kusunoki Kasuga. An eccentric fashion designer, actress, and artist who always carries around a megaphone. Came back to Maijima City after 5 years.
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* [[Large Ham]]: Dethrones Nora as the hammiest girl. {{spoiler|And the largest.}}
* [[Loud of War]]: Easy with the megaphone, miss.
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* [[The Runaway]]: She ran away when Kusunoki graduated from middle school, and now lives independently in the USA (backed up by her [[Omake]]).
* [[Sexy Coat Flashing]]
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* {{spoiler|1=[[Smooch of Victory]]/[[Forceful Kiss]]: Before heading off to America after the spirit was removed, she doesn't just kiss, she pretty much makes out with Keima before driving off, much to the horror of everyone, including Keima himself. She would have gone even further if Kusunoki hadn't [[Megaton Punch|megaton-punched]] Keima mid-smooch, to Keima's own relief, being like he is.}}
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{{quote|See {{spoiler|the New Devils section.}}}}
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* [[People Jars]]: What the squad uses to imprison runaway spirits. They can also contain people and shrink to a convenient size.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Saori Hayami]] (JP), [[Kira Vincent-Davis]] (EN)}}
A friend and former classmate of Elsea's, who graduated top of their class. Having always excelled at everything she did, Haqua was quickly promoted to the position of District Chief of Area 32 in charge of capturing Runaway Spirits, but since her promotion she has had a terrible record. With the help of Elsea and Keima, Haqua wins back her confidence and in turn begins developing feelings towards Keima. Her human partner is Yukie.
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{{spoiler|[[Shoo Out the Clowns|Haqua takes Elsie's place as Keima's partner during the goddesses search arc]]. After reporting to her boss, Dokuro Skull, about Vintage, she was captured by its members. Wanting control over her position, they trumped up charges of treason, stripped her of her rank, and began torturing her for information when they realized she was hiding something. She escaped with the help of her boss and made her way back to the human world as a fugitive. Upon the return of her confiscated scythe, Haqua vowed to become the protector of New Hell.}}
* [[A-Cup Angst]]: Oh how she's so conscious about her size...
* [[Arbitrary Skepticism]]: It takes her a bit to get used to the idea that [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v08/c074/10.html Goddesses can exist.] Never mind that she's a demon.
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* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: And she's got the personality to match!
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* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Grade A with her shorts.
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A friend of Haqua, she was the former District Chief of Area 30-2 and Elsie's former superior. She was reassigned to be the District Chief of Area 30-4.
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* [[The Stool Pigeon]]: {{spoiler|Of the Betrayer Belinda variety. Tells the public safety department that Haqua has been leaving her post a lot lately so that Vintage can have an excuse to replace Haqua with one of their own agents as opposed to herself. The information she was selling appears to have been more valuable than she expected, however, leading Haqua to not only be stripped of her position but also to be arrested for treason}}.
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Nora's henchmen.
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* [[Bare Your Midriff]]: Camry
* [[Horned Humanoid
* [[Meaningful Name]]: Cresta's name means "crest" in Spanish.
** Camry is the phonetic of "kanmuri" which means "crown" in Japanese.
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** Cresta is also a name for a Vauxhall car model.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Kujira]] (JP)}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Wild Card]]: Appears to feel that ''something'' needs to be done to help New Hell, but doesn't entirely approve of what Vintage is doing. Thus, in the space of just a few short chapters she first strips Haqua of command and brands her a criminal, then lets her escape. If Haqua can find a better solution to the problems New Hell is facing, well, so much the better.}}
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Atsuko Tanaka]] (JP), Elizabeth Bunch (EN)}}
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* [[Sempai-Kohai]]: To Jun.
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Member/Head of the Biology Club. Older than Keima, but smaller. Has a frail appearance. Wants to create a "Perfect Human" (using a robot). {{spoiler|Secretly an undercover member of the Runaway Spirit Squad and the partner of Nikaido.}}
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* [[The Remnant]]: They have been beaten many times before yet they keep rising back up.
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A traitorous New Devil who resents the changes to Devil society and wishes to bring back Old Hell. Works for an organization called Vintage. A former classmate of Elsea and Haqua's.
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* [[Shameful Strip]]: After being defeated {{spoiler|by Vulcan}}.
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An executive of Vintage who oversees all agents in the area.
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* [[You Will Be Spared]]: {{spoiler|Comes close to defeating Haqua, but chooses not to finish the battle due to other concerns and the fact that she considers Haqua a [[Worthy Opponent]]}}.
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A member of Vintage.
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Collectively, they share the following tropes:
* [[Barrier Maiden
* [[Chekhov's Gunman]]: Five of the goddesses are inside Keima's previous capture targets.
* [[Expository Hairstyle Change]]/[[Split Personality Makeover]]: When the goddesses are in control of their hosts' bodies, their hair or other features change to indicate it.
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{{quote|'''Diana:''' [[Madness Mantra|Didn't do it for Tenri. Didn't do it for Tenri. Didn't do it for Tenri. Didn't do it for Tenri...]]}}
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A somewhat ditzy goddess who refers to herself as a muse, she is also the healer of the sisters. {{spoiler|Thus becomes problematic when she and her host, Kanon, are stabbed by a Vintage agent name Fiore.}}
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* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Medic First]]: Unintentional but problematic.}}
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The first goddess uncovered by Keima, Vulcan is nearly blind, deaf and immobile. However, she possesses the ability to bring objects to life and control them, more than making up for this. {{spoiler|She was discovered by Keima when she blew her cover by trying to attack him using Tsukiyo's doll Luna.}}
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* [[Scrub]]: [[In-Universe]]: "Don't fight with weapons<ref>Mars showing off Yui's breast</ref> {{spoiler|Tsukiyo}} doesn't have!"
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The next goddess found after Vulcan, Mars appears to the most physically powerful, as befits her name. Mars seems serious and businesslike to the point where she seems completely inexperienced when it comes to love and romance. {{spoiler|However, she agrees to help her host Yui capture the target of her affections in return for Yui's assistance in finding her sisters.}}
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* [[War Goddess]]: [[Captain Obvious|Duh]].
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The fifth goddess, she is unique in that during the recapture arc she is in fact seen separate from her host. Her personality appears quite similar to her host {{spoiler|Shiori's}}, as does her appearance, though Minerva looks far younger.
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* [[Visible Silence]]
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The final goddess and the one Keima has of course been trying to find the whole time, Mercury is considered to be something of an oddball. While the other sisters all have a particular strength, Mercury appears to have more interest in learning weird spells. {{spoiler|Keima discovers that she is inside Ayumi at the worst possible time, making it particularly difficult to capture her due to Ayumi being greatly upset with him.}}
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== Others ==
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Ryoka Yuzuki]] (JP), Shelley Callene-Black (EN)}}
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* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Her baseline.
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Keima's father, a man who is almost never home due to travel for work.
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* [[The Ghost]]: The closest time we get to see him is in Keima's flashback but [[The Faceless|his face is blocked]].
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Keima's grandfather and Keiichi's father. He once lived in Maijima City but gave his house to Keima's family when their house was destroyed in an earthquake 10 years prior to the story. He and his wife now live in Yamaguchi Village.
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* [[Obnoxious In-Laws]]: A mild case with Mari.
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* [[Youthful Freckles]]: From running in track-and-field, they disappear sometimes.
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Keima's classmate who appears from time to time.
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* [[Recurring Extra]]
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* [[Sadist Teacher]]: He really picks on Keima.
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Head of the library committee.
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* [[Reasonable Authority Figure]]: Sometimes.
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A group of delinquent students.
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* [[Production Throwback]]: They first appeared in an earlier work called [[Seikesshou Albatross]] as 3rd year middle-school delinquents harassing the main heroine Asakura.
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Haqua's partner, a middle-aged [[Bland-Name Product|Gokult]] saleslady. Not the fastest of workers, especially now she's getting on, but not to be underestimated either.
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* [[Shipper on Deck]]: Although not outright stated, she seems to try to manipulate Haqua and Keima getting together. Such as telling Keima that Haqua must be in a good mood because of him and how she supposedly talks about how good-looking he is. She also insists on him taking a bath and then tells Haqua that he already went home when she herself wants to take one. Keima is able to [[Dangerously Genre Savvy|see through it though]], unlike Haqua.
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Ryou is Nora's partner, and apart from standing around being pretty doesn't seem to actually be good at anything. Due to his incompetence, Nora tends to end up doing most of the work, leading to unpredictable results.
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* [[Something About a Rose]]: The majority of his appearances has him holding a rose. The rose also holds his notes.
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{{quote|Voiced by: [[Miki Ito]] (JP)}}
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There are two novels for ''[[The World God Only Knows]]'', however, neither are referenced directly in the manga or anime continuity, though Asami does appear in group shots of the class.
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Amami Tooru is a girl that rescues Keima from a building while wearing an angel cosplay. Her behavior is rather irrational so far as Keima is concerned, making it difficult to get a real grasp on her personality.
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* [[Stepford Smiler]]
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A quiet, ordinary girl from Keima's class, she interacts little with others.
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* {{spoiler|[[Twin Switch]]}}: {{spoiler|Asami’s sister Ikumi grows curious about this Katsuragi guy that her older twin sister keeps talking about, so she pretends to be Asami.}}
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A miko from from Toyoboshi Shrine on Mt. Uryu.
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* [[Dojikko]]
* [[Friend to All Children]]: Likes children. Too bad she sometimes scares them.
* [[Hot Chick with a Sword]]: [[Every Japanese Sword Is a Katana|She wields a]] [[wikipedia:
* [[Miko]]
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A girl who has no interests.
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