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* [[Above the Influence]]: Despite the persistent efforts of The Children (and Kyosuke, and Fujiko, and the entire free world...).

* [[Batman Gambit]]: His most common means of surviving in a world filled with [[Person of Mass Destruction|people of mass destruction]]

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]

* [[Tsundere]]: Type B, and completely understandable in his situation.

* [[Well, Excuse Me, Princess!]]: To Kaoru, though the usual gender roles are reversed.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: According to Sakaki, he'll "make a good bride."

 

* [[Anything That Moves]]: Kaoru ''loves'' the ladies, but that doesn't prevent her from hitting on several males.

* [[Berserk Button]]: Do not hurt her friends. Ever.

** That goes double for the one she loves. Hurt Minamoto, suffer horribly.

* [[Even the Girls Want Her]]: Tomboy that she is, she gets this a fair bit. Usually from girls she's ''not'' [[Lovable Sex Maniac|chasing after]], though.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Averted. Despite some horrific treatment at [[Tyrant Takes the Helm|Suma's]] hands, a [[Fantastic Racism|prejudice]], as well as a childhood of being feared by her family, Kaoru is a kind hearted [[The Messiah|person]]. Even as a [[Future Me Scares Me|villain]], her stated goal is protecting ESPers rather than hatred of the human race. Still, it's lucky she met Minamoto when she did.

* [[Likes Older Women]]

* {{spoiler|[[Living MacGuffin]]: Kaoru's the prize for BABEL and PANDRA. Whether the prophecy is fulfilled is up to her, so both sides work very hard to win her heart and mind.}}

* [[Tsundere]]: Child Kaoru is Type A, Adult Kaoru is Type B.

 

* [[Covert Pervert]]: She may ''claim'' to be sweet and pure, but she's also the one who got the idea of having Kaoru "train" Naomi by tearing off her clothes.

* [[Hard Work Hardly Works]]: Subverted a couple times. She gets a better test result than Kaoru or Shiho by studying hard and not goofing off.

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]

 

* [[Covert Pervert]]: Knows quite a bit about what goes on behind closed doors, and is not afraid to make [[Wise Beyond Her Years|completely age-inappropriate]] comments from time to time.

* [[The Empath]]

* [[The Gunslinger]]: Before the timeskip, Shiho uses a [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/zettai_karen_children/v04/c031/5.html two shot derringer.] [[Blatant Lies|It is a kid's version.]]

* [[Improbable Aiming Skills]]: One manifestation of her psychometry.

* [[Mind Over Manners]]: Averted. Shiho is ''not'' above using her powers to jerk Minamoto's chain, or even lie about what she sees in his mind to get him in trouble [[For the Evulz|for the lulz]].

* [[Precocious Crush]]: Like the other girls, she's crushing on Minamoto. She mostly expresses it by messing with his head and getting him in trouble.

 

* [[Adult Child]]

* [[Badass Normal]]

* [[Uncle Pennybags]]: If [[Papa Wolf|Minamoto]] is the main [[Parental Substitute|parent figure]] to The Children, then Chief Kiritsubo is the over indulgent [[Honorary Uncle]].

 

BABEL's chief physician and Minamoto's close friend.

* [[Adult Child]]: Not nearly as bad as some... but in BABEL that's damning with faint praise.

* [[Big Brother Mentor]]: Attempts to be this to Tim Toy and Bullet.

* [[Unknown Rival]]: To Shiho.

 

Another ESPer on BABEL's payroll who occasionally assists the children in the field.

* [[Catholic School Girls Rule]]

* [[Hero of Another Story]]

* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]]: Tanizaki's pet project is to turn her into one. And mostly succeeds: Naomi is simply a very calm, kind young woman who is far too strong willed to put up with her supervisor's crap.

 

Naomi's supervisor, and would be suitor

* [[Butt Monkey]]: He sexually harasses a woman who can juggle trucks with her mind, so he's really got it coming.

* [[Characterization Marches On]]: His behavior towards Naomi was originally portrayed as more [[Squick|Squicky]] than funny.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: In the anime.

* [[Made of Iron]]

* [[The Not Love Interest]]: He's placed in the [[Love Interest]] slot for Naomi (by his design) and is the most important person in her life, but he is ''never'' getting a chance at her.

* [[Rule of Funny]]: Why he's funny and not [[Squick|squicky]].

* [[Shower of Angst]]: Played for laughs.

 

An Esper brainwashed by Black Phantom

* {{spoiler|[[Bad Future]]: It looks like he's in for this. In a recent chapter, Feather shows Minamoto a vision of the future. In said vision, Bullet dies (or at least is critically wounded) after getting in the way of a trap set up for Aoi.}}

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]

* [[Otaku]]

 

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]

* [[Enfant Terrible]]: Prior to being freed of Black Phantom's control.

* [[Properly Paranoid]]: When he's dealing with [[Master of Disguise|Kyosuke]] he verifies the identities of the people he's dealing using retina scans and finger prints.

 

The official head of BABEL. An esper from the earlier generation.

* [[Adult Child]]

* [[Anything That Moves]]

** [[Vain Sorceress]]: It's her powers at work.

* [[Person of Mass Destruction]]: She's nearly a match for Kyosuke in power.

* [[Sociopathic Hero]]

* [[Third Person Person]]: When she thinks she's being cute.

* [[Tsundere]]: Type A as a teenager.

* [[White-Haired Pretty Girl]]

* [[Why Did It Have to Be Snakes?]]

 

== PANDRA ==

A group of rogue Espers dedicated to securing ESPer supremacy, often through violent means.

 

* [[Abusive Parent]]: {{spoiler|Minor case. His father shouted at him and forced to repress his powers. But it's implied he may have even beaten him for using them.}}

* [[Adult Child]]: Kyosuke is defective in basic organizational and living skills.

* [[Psychopathic Manchild]]

* [[Reality Warper]]: Between his highly-refined telekinesis and hypnosis, Kyosuke can do just about anything.

* [[Utopia Justifies the Means]]: {{spoiler|There will be a war between humans and espers. Kyosuke wants to make sure the esper side wins, whatever the cost.}}

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: With Momotaro.

* [[You Have Outlived Your Usefulness]]: {{spoiler|His [[Start of Darkness]].}} He himself averts this utterly; see [[A Father to His Men]] above.

 

A young level 6 teleporter in PANDRA. Mio spends a great deal of time trying to gain Kaoru's affection without ''admitting'' that she wants to be friends.

* [[Body Horror]]: Her first fight has her teleportation powers run amok.

* [[Dark and Troubled Past]]: Implied.

* [[Green-Eyed Monster]]: Mio resents that The Children, Kaoru especially, received many opportunities that she was denied.

* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]

* [[She Cleans Up Nicely]]: When Minamoto washes her clothes.

* [[Social Services Does Not Exist]]: Until Kyosuke reorganized PANDRA, Mio was living in a cabin, on her own, eating virtually nothing but ramen.

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]

 

Kyosuke's right hand man and secretary.

* [[Awesome but Impractical]]: His [[Prehensile Hair]] incorporates carbon microfibres, which allows them to double as [[Combat Tentacles]]... and makes him especially susceptible to Shiho's taser.

* [[Boring but Practical]]: A lot of the stuff he does for PANDRA is low flash but highly effective.

* [[Hypercompetent Sidekick]]: Not a match for Kyosuke in power, but he's the one who has to clean up after him and make sure PANDRA is still functioning well enough for him to go off on his larks.

* [[Only Sane Employee]]: You get the feeling that he, Oboro and Minamoto meet for [[I Need a Freaking Drink|drinks]] on the weekends.

* [[Prehensile Hair]], which he can use as [[Combat Tentacles]] or [[Hair Wings]].

* [[Promotion to Parent]]: Kyosuke sticks him with three kids.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Momiji, who decides very early on that he's marriage material. More so when the only time we see Magi lose his cool is when she gets hurt.

* [[Sugar and Ice Personality]]: Deeply cares about Kyosuke, but admitting it is like pulling teeth.

* [[Team Dad]]: The one who gets stuck trying to establish rules and discipline. Also had to raise at least three ESPers. He's more detached and stern than Minamoto, but given that he works for Kyosuke that's something of a necessity.

* [[The Worf Effect]]: Gets pounded by Mirage {{spoiler|but we then learn it's just Kysouke's [[Reality Warper|high-level hypno]]. He's [[Degraded Boss|not happy about being such a pushover]]}}.

 

One of PANDRA's ESPers and Mio's most frequent partner in crime.

* [[Adult Child]]

* [[Bunny Ears Lawyer]]: Has a hidden talent for diplomacy. Why hasn't this man been sent to the Middle East?

* [[Camp Gay]]

** '''[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/zettai_karen_children/v08/c070/4.html Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig Magnuuuuuuuuum]'''

 

** In the anime, BABEL really had it coming when Kaoru blackmailed him into building an anatomically-correct Oboro doll for her, then just left him holding the bag when it was discovered, causing him to lose out on his chance to take his girl out.

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: His coworkers' general disdain for his hobby gives him another reason to spy on them for PANDRA.

* [[Otaku]]: A doll/figurine otaku to boot. Never to be seen without a <s> Licca</s>Moga-chan doll.

* [[The Mole]]

* [[Spoof Aesop]]: [http://www.mangafox.com/manga/zettai_karen_children/v23/c220/8.html for Tim and Bullet's sake.]

 

A PANDRA ESPer who is another one of Kyosuke's primary assistants.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: one of the more level headed PANDRA ESPers. Though, as with BABEL, that's not saying much.

* [[Cool Shades]]

* [[Friendly Enemy]]: Like most of PANDRA, but also points out weaknesses in BABEL's security to them.

* [[No Accounting for Taste]]: See below.

* [[Ship Tease]]: With Magi {{spoiler|and Kiritsubo of all people.}}

* [[Teleporters and Transporters]]

* [[Wise Beyond Their Years]]

 

== Black Phantom ==

The leader of the organization of the same name, which brainwashes Espers and uses them as assassins.

* [[Big Bad]]

* [[Face Framed in Shadow]]

* [[No Name Given]]: He's always referred to as "Black Phantom", "Boss", "Father", etc.

 

* [[Battle Butler]]: A notable aversion: despite the way he dresses and his loyalty to Black Phantom, he lacks [[Psychic Powers]] or other combat abilities.

 

One of The Children's classmates. Actually Black Phantom's daughter, a Hypno user {{spoiler|with a split personality. The Yuri personality knows nothing about Black Phantom and has no special abilities; Mirage, who considers herself the main personality, created her to fool Psychometers.}}

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]: The Black Phantom agents she controls. She's [[More Than Mind Control|not entirely acting of her own free will either.]]

* [[The Dragon]]: to Black Phantom.

* {{spoiler|[[Heel Face Turn]]}}

* [[Les Yay]]: {{spoiler|All three personalities}} towards Kaoru. The affection seems to be mutual.

* [[Master of Illusion]]

 

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]

* [[Casting a Shadow]]

* [[Creepy Child]]: So brainwashed that she smiles when revealing that {{spoiler|Black Phantom has put a device in her forehead that will kill her if Kaoru removes her brainwashing.}}

 

An adult Black Phantom agent.

* {{spoiler|[[Bishonen]]}}

* [[Brainwashed and Crazy]]

* [[Ninja]]

* [[Otaku]]: ''[[Naruto]]'' [http://www.mangareader.net/zettai-karen-children/230/1 fanboy]. Even [http://www.mangareader.net/zettai-karen-children/230/16 whips out the Sharingan once] [http://www.mangareader.net/zettai-karen-children/230/17 as part of a gag].

 

== Other Characters ==

A mysterious, very powerful Esper whose mind can be transferred between bodies using raremetal quartz. She has amnesia, but has a vague idea that her goal is to "change the future". In love with Minamoto (even more so than everyone else). {{spoiler|Originally implied to be Kaoru from the future, she's actually an amalgamation of the memories of all 3 children (and possibly others as well) from the future, with Kaoru as the nexus.}}

* [[Grand Theft Me]]: Does this to {{spoiler|Phantom Daughter}}, although she doesn't really take over, {{spoiler|just hide among the other three personalities}}.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: She gets turned into a bird for a while. {{spoiler|Actually, her name probably refers to Kaoru's angelic wings.}}

* [[Wild Card]]