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* [[Accidental Pervert]]: On a few occasions. Often subverted though, as he occasionally ''plans'' these moments.

* [[Alliterative Name]]

* [[Ascended Fanboy]]: He is the epicenter of the [[Dating Sim|Gal Game]] industry, to the point he and his site were responsible for the industry's reinvigoration while it was in shambles. Also he was asked to direct a game of his desire, but he refused in the end.

* [[Asexual]]: Matters of romance and emotions aside, Keima has no sex drive whatsoever.

{{quote| There is always a chance of success! And if there isn't any... I'll just have to make one. }}

* [[Every Man Has His Price]]: Played for laughs, then forgotten by the next page, in {{spoiler|the Yui recapture arc. Bifauxnen Yui}} is treating him like a weak girl, telling how she will protect him from bullying, carry him at their wedding, make him wear a dress... He is furious. But in a brilliant display of [[Genre Savvy|Genre Savviness]] she points out that if he married her, he wouldn't have to do any work, and could play video games all the time. All he can say to that is "... really?"

* [[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.

* [[Hero With Bad Publicity]]: Minami's friends noted that Keima is famous in high school as "the weirdest weirdo"

** He has to battle a different type of publicity issue when {{spoiler|Kanon, a famous idol, confessed to him in the middle of the class}}

* [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: {{spoiler|Pushes Chihiro away after her confession to him because she isn't a goddess host and thus being close to him would put her in danger and get in the way of him finding Mercury. Regardless of the fact that she would want to be close to him.}}

* [[I Gave My Word]]: A subtle example. Although Keima wants to blow off helping Chihiro's band study, he did promise that if Chihiro or Ayumi ever needed him he would be there for them. He grumbles about how he shouldn't have said that since they weren't going to remember anyway {{spoiler|or so he thinks}} but he ''did'' promise.

* [[I Know Mortal Kombat]]: It's remarkable just how well video games translate to reality for him. This is because video games are somewhat based on reality.

* [[Insane Troll Logic]]: Unfortunately, insane trolls appear to run his universe, so he's usually at least pretty close to being right.

* [[Instant Expert]]: He defeats Haqua at a game she brought from Hell that he has never seen before. Haqua also claims to have not lost [http://www.mangareader.net/120-6006-7/the-world-god-only-knows/chapter-47.html in the last 100 years.] She doesn't stand a chance against God.

* [[Jerkass]] [[Character Development|->]] [[Jerk With a Heart of Gold]]

* [[Large Ham]]: When talking to anyone who's not a capture target, usually Elsie. Especially if it's about games. Which is about 99.9% of the time.

** Third, aggressive girls like {{spoiler|post capture Yui}}. He plays games where he chases after girls. If a girl chases after him, he's as inexperienced as the next person and gets extremely flustered, something Haqua eventually picks up on.

* [[Loners Are Freaks]]: Eventually averted. He's just self-centered and mostly grows out of that. His treatment of Elsie is, at worst, [[Annoying Younger Sibling]] level.

* [[Ludicrous Precision]]: Born on June 6 at 11:29 and 35 seconds and can memorize real-life events on minute intervals. He justifies this by the amount of memorization needed to complete video games on multiple arcs, so he has to have precision at maximum. Which makes perfect sense given the amount of time he has played his video games.

* [[Made of Iron]]: With all the physical abuse he goes through when exorcising, Keima is obviously like this, crappy performance in P.E. notwithstanding.

* [[Manipulative Bastard|Manipulative]]/[[Magnificent Bastard]]: He ''very narrowly'' avoids both by being [[The Chew Toy]]/[[The Woobie]].

** Lampshaded by Haqua:

* [[Meaningful Name]]: His first name Keima is derived from the term "gamer". It is the [[Word of God]]. Written on the author's [http://blog.wakakitamiki.coolblog.jp/?day=20091124 blog entry for FLAG76.]

** His first name is also a homonym for Knight, a minor point for the Nanaka arc, referring to the "keima" shogi piece whose chess equivalent is the "knight".

* [[Detached Sleeves]]: Her normal outfit.

* [[The Ditz]]: And cursed with enough self-awareness to realise it.

* [[Emergency Impersonation]]: {{spoiler|Keima gets her to impersonate Kanon after the latter is stabbed. That said, it doesn't fool Vintage as they leave her alone and kidnap the real Kanon.}}

* [[Epic Fail]]: She managed to set her notes ''on fire'' when studying for a test.

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Though this applies to all the New Devil spirit catchers. Doubles as a spirit sensor.

* [[Hero Worshipper]]: She looks up to Keima, Haqua, and her big sister. She knows they're not perfect, but admires them all the same.

* [[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]]

An athletic girl in Keima's homeroom and a member of the school's track-and-field club. Even after her Runaway Spirit was captured and she lost her memories of Keima, she still kept lingering feelings for him, which confused her immensely. She still shows up from time to time as a friend to Keima and Elsea, and plays guitar in Chihiro's band. {{spoiler|She turns out to be the host of the sixth goddess, Mercury.}}

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* [[Book Dumb]]: She claims to have once been a good student, but now she spends so much time on athletics that she's neglected her studies.

* {{spoiler|[[Call Back]]: On Ayumi re-conquest arc, Ayumi kissed Keima the same way that Keima kissed Ayumi on his first conquest.}}

* [[Genki Girl]]

* [[Hair Decorations]]

* [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: {{spoiler|Steps down for Chihiro so that she can have a chance at Keima instead. She does a good enough job at feigning disinterest that Keima comes to the conclusion that she has no goddess, which kind of comes back to bite him when it turns out Ayumi had Mercury all along.}}

* [[Matchmaker Crush]]: Helps Keima pursue Chihiro when he asked to. She also wished him luck in making it happen.

* [[Tsundere]]

* [[Wet Sari Scene]]: {{spoiler|She sweated a lot while being under the blanket with Keima when he was trying to [[Closet Shuffle|hide her]] from Chihiro.}}

 

=== '''Mio Aoyama''' ===

* [[Hair Decorations]]

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: [[Bilingual Bonus|Mio means]]: "my" or "mine" in Italian; "beautiful life" in Japanese.

* [[Mock Millionaire]]

* [[Rich Bitch]]: The way Mio interpreted her father's words made her turn out like this, even when she was broke. She got better.

* [[Shana Clone]]: A deliberate homage to the trend.

* [[Tsundere]]: Lampshaded.

* [[Tsurime Eyes]]: [[Rule of Three|One of the characteristics by which Keima identifies her as a tsundere.]]

* [[Coy Girlish Flirt Pose]]: Does this for Keima just before her live preformance at the end of her arc. Because of where Keima was sitting and what Kanon was wearing at the time, he got quite [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v02/c009/16.html a view].

* [[Curtains Match the Window]]: Pink hair and eyes, setting her apart from most of the other girls in the series.

* [[Hair Antennae]]

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Her iconic yellow ribbon.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Her parents actually have an agreement for her to live by herself for her career.

* [[Powers Via Possession]]: Invisibility.

* [[Shrinking Violet]]

* [[Stun Guns]] [[Guns Akimbo|Akimbo]]: Her weapon of choice when Keima ignores her.

* [[Yandere]]: Played for laughs: Her second e-mail to Keima is nothing but "yoroshiku" (Please take care of me) repeated for multiple pages and she uses stun guns on anyone who doesn't recognize her. When this fails to convert Keima, she ramps up her efforts by giving him private concerts and threatening punishment if he doesn't show up.

* [[Creator Breakdown]]: Her novel goes [[Dropped a Bridge On Him|a little off the rails]] after a certain incident.

* [[Cute Bookworm]]

* [[Extreme Doormat]]: She slowly grows out of this as she interacts with Keima.

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Her two hair ties on the sides of her head.

* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Goes into one (for about five seconds) thanks to the emotional [[Trauma Conga Line]] of {{spoiler|the guy she likes getting a [[Love Confession]] from a famous [[Teen Idol]], then watching him have a tender moment with ([[Bifauxnen|what she thinks is]]) [[Ho Yay|another boy]], and [[It Got Worse|THEN]] catches him laughing like a maniac while wearing a [[Wholesome Crossdresser|girl's uniform]]. All while trying to reconcile it with her vague memories of her initial capture arc.}}

* [[Inner Monologue]]

* [[Meaningful Name]]: ''Shiori'' = Bookmark

* [[Motor Mouth]]: Her [[Omake|After Chapter]] reveals that post-conquest she can apparently talk so much and so quickly that she actually falls over due to not pausing for breath. No punctuation, as she puts it.

** [[Literal Split Personality]]

* [[Statuesque Stunner]]

* [[Tomboy and Girly Girl]]: All in one person.

* [[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.

* [[The Generic Guy|The Generic Girl]]

{{quote| '''Keima:''' [[Lampshade Hanging|She's exactly a middling real girl among real girls!]]}}

* [[Hair Decorations]]: Wears a clip on the leftside.

** [[Flower in Her Hair]]: Wears one during her date with Keima.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Jun could mean "pure".

* [[Naive Newcomer]]

* [[Sensei-chan]]: What she tries to be.

* [[Stepford Smiler]]

* [[Stellar Name]]: ''Tsukiyo''=A moonlit night

** Also the doll's, ''Luna''=Moon

* [[Tsundere]]

* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Only her mother is named.

* [[Inner Monologue]]

* [[Location Theme Naming]] / [[Meaningful Name]]: ''Minami''=South; ''nami''=Wave

{{quote| '''Keima:''' "Being a sempai is like a love potion you get for free!"}}

* [[Wistful Amnesia]]: {{spoiler|Averted, unlike the other girls. She doesn't remember Keima at all.}}

* [[Qipao]]: Always wears one when working.

* [[Unnamed Parent]]: Both of her parents.

 

=== '''Nanaka Haibara''' ===

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Nanaka means "Seven Lances", referring to a piece in Shogi.

* [[Playing Drunk]]: Off of ginger ale.

* [[Sailor Fuku]]: Her school uniform.

* [[Second Place Is for Losers]]: Despite being an excellent shogi player, she still can't get over her one loss.

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: {{spoiler|Yui and Mars play this to Keima's [[Distressed Damsel]] in the horror house.}}

* [[Kimono]]: Worn a flower-patterned one on her body during her arc. She switches over to suits post-capture, except wearing a yukata when sleeping.

* [[Meet Cute]]: First more or less subverted when Keima was just annoyed and it didn't mean anything to either. If she hadn't had a runaway spirit nothing would have come of it. But she did, so it was then ''invoked'' by Keima setting another up.

* [[Mistaken for Gay]]: {{spoiler|She passionately confessed to Keima in public, and most people think she's a guy. Do the math. It doesn't help she was acting the [[Seme]] and Keima was the [[Uke]].}}

* [[Running Gag]]: Being mistaken for a guy. {{spoiler|Even Mars does it!}}

* [[Single Target Sexuality]]: Post-capture Yui fell back in love with Keima, and wants only him by any means neccesary. She even seems willing to accept him pursuing other girls and let {{spoiler|his fake relationship with Kanon}} slide as long as she can have him too.

* [[Spoiled Sweet]]: She never acts snobby, and uses the family's wealth to buy equipment for the girls' band.

* [[Stalker With a Crush]]: Post-capture Yui relentlessly tails Keima as he tries {{spoiler|to recapture the other girls, becoming a major obstacle for finding the goddesses.}} Keima thinks she's acting like the protagonist of a dating sim, and that's ''his'' job. Multiplayer eroges...

* [[Large Ham]]: Dethrones Nora as the hammiest girl. {{spoiler|And the largest.}}

* [[Loud of War]]: Easy with the megaphone, miss.

* [[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]]

* [[Black Magic]]: The magic of Hell has been referred to as this. It is relatively neutral in its normal state, but it can be empowered by [[The Dark Side|evil]] and [[Emotion Eater|negative feelings]].

* [[Magitek]]: Though a handful of New Devils have been seen casting spells independently, most of New Hell's magic seems to be of this nature.

* [[Our Demons Are Different]]: Especially if you compare them to the Old Devils, The Weiss.

* [[Shinigami]]: They are not known to actually escort the dead, but they are the guardians of the afterlife and the [[Sinister Scythe|Scythe of Testament]] is one of the highest honors a demon can receive.

=== '''Haqua du Lot Herminium''' ===

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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.<br /><br />{{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.

* [[Ascended Extra]]: Starts out as a minor recurring character. {{spoiler|[[Cerebus Syndrome|But later in the story, she takes Elsie's place as Keima's partner]] because he needs someone that is [[Shoo Out the Clowns|useful for more than just laughs]].}}

* [[Badass Adorable]]: Her big moment in chapter 176 and the [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v18/c176/13.html following scene] leave no doubt that she's both badass and adorable.

* [[Determinator]]: In all the history of New Hell, she is the first devil from a lower class family to achieve 1st place at her school. Even though that honor is normally reserved for devils with connections and not just good grades.

* [[Dressing As the Enemy]]: {{spoiler|Done twice. First time to create a [[Distressed Damsel|damsel in distress scenario]] for [[Distressed Dude|Keima]] and [[Knight in Shining Armor|Yui]]. Second time to escape the [[Dirty Cop|Public Safety Department]].}}

* [[Flaming Sword]]: Haqua has a spell that can produce this effect with her scythe.

* [[Ghost Butler]]: Magically shuts a door to freak out Yui {{spoiler|while posing as an agent of Vintage.}}

A powerful senior demon who does not get along very well with Elsea and Haqua. Rather than letting her human partner do most of the work, like Elsea and Keima, she prefers to take matters into her own hands, sometimes with lethal means. Her results are impressive, though she often makes mistakes due to her impulsive nature. Her second appearance has her promoted to District Chief of Area 30-2, in essence becoming Elsea's boss. Her human partner is Ryou.

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* [[Boobs of Steel]]

* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]: White-haired variation.

* [[Murder Is the Best Solution]]: If her target's been hurt by someone, she'll give them revenge... up to and including killing the one who hurt them.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: {{spoiler|Plays dumb while pretending to abandon Haqua and Kanon out of self-interest, but uses it as an opportunity to confirm whether or not Fiore is actually [[The Mole]] for Vintage.}}

* [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|Really Three Hundred Years Old]]: Ten years older than Elsie and Haqua.

* [[Wall of Weapons]]: Had a [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v07/c061/2.html whole pile laid out] on the ground when she wanted to kill Keima.

* [[Who Wears Short Shorts]]: Her outfit is basically low rise shorts over what appears to be a leotard.

* [[Wild Card]]: She claims to be playing both sides at once due to being unsure for how things will work out. Either way she can count herself a winner. For example, {{spoiler|Haqua gets herself locked up, so she joins Vintage, but then she sends Ryou to save Keima.}}

* [[Hot Teacher]]

* [[Sadist Teacher]]: To an extent, with some [[Stern Teacher]] thrown in as well.

 

=== '''Akari Kurakawa (Rimyuel)''' ===

* [[Emotionless Girl]]: Like Tsukiyo below, she has disdain for people ruled by emotion, which is why she works so hard at creating an [[Artificial Human]].

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: How does she keep all that hair under her cap?

* [[Humans Are Flawed]]: This train of thought motivates her into wanting to create a "Perfect Human." In the end Keima convinces her that flawed humans are not a bad thing.

* {{spoiler|[[In Mysterious Ways]]: Instead of fighting against Vintage directly, she appears to be working with Nikaido to subtly manipulate events behind the scenes towards some desired outcome, creating a large number of [[Contrived Coincidence|contrived coincidences]] on Keima's behalf. [[Gambit Roulette|For obvious reasons, Haqua has trouble understanding Keima when he says the planner would have to have been incompetent to allow a minor potential flaw.]]}}

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Her name means "Light."

* [[The Pig Pen]]: Defining trait? Reeks of oil. Her [[Omake|after chapter]] is mostly focused on this rather than any actual work she does. Apparently, it wasn't just something she was doing to keep people away. Nope, she's entirely unaware that she reeks.

* [[Red Herring]]: {{spoiler|She never had a spirit in the first place. In fact she was bait for something. Either a goddess or the devils that want old hell back, we can assume.}}

* [[Sinister Scythe]]: Near identical to Haqua's Scythe of Testament, though a lot more battle worn. Presumably awarded to her for being the top of her class.

 

== Vintage ==

* [[Kill the Gods]]: Part of their plan to resurrect Old Hell is to kill the goddesses who sealed the Weiss.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: Vintage means "old" which is usually refers to fine, aged wine. Guess that the group really wants Old Hell back really badly.

* [[The Remnant]]: They have been beaten many times before yet they keep rising back up.

 

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* [[Always Second Best]]: To Haqua.

* [[Dojikko]]: According to Keima.

* {{spoiler|[[Double Agent]]: Fiore also happens to be assigned to the same squad as Nora.}}

* [[Sailor Fuku]]: Wears one under her longcoat.

* [[Self Harm]]: Because she, like all New Devils, is forbidden from killing humans, she instead harms herself to divert her frustration of not killing.

* [[State the Simple Solution]]: {{spoiler|While watching over the captured girls, she muses the easiest way to end the Goddess threat would be to kill all of Keima's captures.}}

* [[Stellar Name]]: As "Lune", her name means "moon" in French.

* [[Too Kinky to Torture]]: When she stabbed herself with her box cutter, she blushes and moans with pleasure as seen [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/the_world_god_only_knows/v16/c152/5.html here].

* {{spoiler|[[Tyrant Takes the Helm]]: She was given Haqua's position after Haqua was fired.}}

* [[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]]}}.

 

* [[Moving the Goalposts]]: Possibly justified depending on how you look at it. {{spoiler|She was stabbed by Fiore and cursed. They judge the curse will take about a week to kill her unless they can remove the knife (apparently just having a dagger in your intestines for a week is okay) and get to work. When they finally do, it turns out that she's still not going to wake up because she changed the form of her body to make the curse take longer to affect her. So she's still in a coma and Keima has to go look for Mercury now as well because she knows lots of weird spells and might be able to remove it. Eventually subverted in that Apollo is aware of what's going on, but is choosing not to wake up so she can continue to stave off a disaster she sees coming in the future. This means that finding Mercury is actually unnecessary to helping her.}}

* [[Idiot Ball]]: To be fair, Apollo admits freely that she's not very bright. She's a [[The Muse|muse]], and planning is not one of their strong suits. So, partially justified.

* {{spoiler|[[Shoot the Medic First]]: Unintentional but problematic.}}

 

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: What a coincidence, the warrior goddess ends up in the bustiest of the six hosts.

* [[Braids of Action]]: When Mars takes over, her host's hair is braided.

* [[Foil]]: Mars thinks only about fighting while her host thinks only about romance. Both demonstrate masculine characteristics.

* [[Hair of Gold]]

* [[Knight in Shining Armor]]: {{spoiler|Yui and Mars play this to Keima's [[Distressed Damsel]] in the horror house.}}

* [[Lady of War]]

* [[Power Dyes Your Hair]]: When Mars takes over, her hair turns blond and she gains a circlet.

* [[Royal Rapier]]: Her host {{spoiler|Yui Goidou}} uses a prop one during her date with Keima, but Mars wields it expertly against the "evil agent of Vintage."

* [[The Quiet One]]

* [[Shrinking Violet]]

* [[Visible Silence]]

 

* [[Darkskinned Blonde]]

* [[Facial Markings]]

* [[Sleepyhead]]: Shows distinct signs of this.

 

* [[Hot Mom]]: Hot enough that her end card portrait in s1 episode 8 is done by Sano Toshihide, an [[Eroge]] artist.

* [[Meganekko]]

* [[Red Baron]]: Used to be known as the "Snow Woman of the Mountain Pass".

* [[Retired Badass]]: And still willing to bring the smackdown, as one unlucky groper discovered.

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* [[Megane]]

 

== '''School Characters''' ==

=== '''Yukie Marui''' ===

 

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* [[Amazingly Embarrassing Parents]]: She's basically this for Haqua, even though they're not actually related and Haqua is easily 200 years older than the human. Particularly her habit of pushing Gokult merchandise on any likely takers.

* [[Boring Yet Practical]]: Her spirit-capturing method.

* [[Gradual Grinder]]: [[Tropes Are Not Bad|A rare positive example.]]

* [[Hidden Depths]]

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