History Characters / Darkbolt

%%* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Why he's the leader of the demons -- and why half of them are TheStarscream.

%%* CoolPet: Shoki, a crow Yun saves.

* BlowYouAway: Wind Tunnel. Maelstrom takes it UpToEleven.

%%* {{Qipao}}

This page describes the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many characters]] of the webcomic ''{{Webcomic/Darkbolt}}''.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Dark green yet unremarkable.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Blonde native Japanese girl.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Sandy blonde in Japan.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Orange (real-world red) hair in Japan.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Cyan with a purple forelock.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pink

!! The Heroes and Allies

!Naoko Yamino

%% * CoolSword: [[spoiler:Chou.]]
%% * {{Determinator}}: In the vein of all good anime protagonists.

* [[spoiler:IWillWaitForYou]]: Subverted. [[spoiler:Naoko is waiting to ''meet'' Fushi and to ''begin'' their romance rather than for him to return.]]

* ShrinkingViolet: At first, but this fades through AdrenalineMakeover.
** The biggest step away from this comes during the climax of "Song" when she realizes that with Darkbolt's power, she has no reason to fear anything again.
* TalkingInYourDreams: With Darkbolt.

** WideEyedIdealist: Young Naoko tends to blindly trust people who want peaceful resolutions.
* UnwantedHarem: Played for drama, rather than laughs.

!Mariko Ikusa

* ADayInTheLimelight: The never-finished spin-off game "Darkbolt: Summons" was supposed to have Mari as the main character.

* CuteLittleFangs

** ChainPain: Bloodbound Link.
** DeadlyDisc: War Blades.
** FlechetteStorm: Razor Storm.
** SummonMagic: War Wolves.
* HotBlooded: More and more so as her and War start to work together.

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Especially when they become GlowingEyesOfDoom.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Colorful Hair]]: Blonde native Japanese girl.

!Yun Shino

* CoolPet: Shoki, a crow Yun saves.

** TheGrimReaper: Yun's "Death Soul" attack summons this with a [[SoulCuttingBlade Soul Cutting]] SinisterScythe.
** Necromancer: He's got power over Death. Being a good guy he mostly uses this for instant-kills, exorcisms, and resurrection.
** SummonMagic: Can summon crows.
* MasterSwordsman: He grows into this.

** AbusiveDad: Yun's father manages in the first scene you see him to insult Yun and Mariko's hair and the genders they imply and tells him to take his time getting home from a trip and not to bother him if he gets into trouble.

* TallDarkAndHandsome: Not all that tall, but 2 out of 3 ain't bad.

* WiseBeyondHisYears

!Ikkou Zenkai

* CantSpitItOut: Towards Naoko. [[spoiler:Until he gives up and moves on.]]
* TheChewToy / TheLoad: Spends a good chunk of the series mind-controlled by immensely powerful enemies [[spoiler:on more than one occasion]]. When he's not, he's often hot-tempered, impulsive, and reckless in combat, and he possesses a dangerous mix of immersive destructive power and of a lack of concern for collateral damage when angry. More than one unnecessary fight starts or almost starts thanks to him.
* {{Determinator}}: Especially when Naoko is at risk.
* FightingFromTheInside
* HotBlooded: And how!

* OffhandBackhand: To Fushi [[spoiler:when Evil/Yasha mind controls him.]]
* [[spoiler:PutOnABus]]: Socially, anyway, once [[spoiler:he gives up his powers.]]

* TheWorfEffect: Happens on rare occasion. It would happen more if Ikkou wasn't just that powerful.
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Colorful Hair]]: Sandy blonde in Japan.

!Fushi Yoriyama

* CoolSword: Chou.
* KnightTemplar: Fushi was more than willing to murder a helpless Tenma captive before Yun and Mariko walked in on him.
** Later he, cold-bloodedly [[spoiler:sacrifices Bumper to ensure Destruction dies.]]

** {{Futureshadowing}}: Dear Lord, did we really read a scene on [[http://www.darkbolt.com/comic.cfm?Page=257 pp. 257]]-260 from [[http://www.darkbolt.com/comic.cfm?Page=2400 pp. 2400]]-2403?
*** Also, look at all the future character designs and semi-spoilers in Fushi's memories on [[http://www.darkbolt.com/comic.cfm?Page=350 p. 350]].
** ItMakesSenseInContext: His early dialog with and reactions to Naoko and Ikkou, and they only get even more confusing over the course of the comic until you finally catch up with where he left.

* PlayingWithFire
* {{Samurai}}
* StableTimeLoop: How he met Naoko. [[spoiler:And Chou.]]
* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Colorful Hair]]: Orange (real-world red) hair in Japan.

!Shiori Murasaki

* [[spoiler:AlienAmongUs]]
** [[spoiler:HumansThroughAlienEyes]]: [[spoiler:She has a lot of adjusting to do to life as a human and is very appreciative of many of the little things people take for granted.]]
* FriendlessBackground
* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:She gives her life to give Ikkou more time to charge up an attack. Thankfully, [[UnexplainedRecovery she gets better]].]]
* [[spoiler:HumanityEnsues]]: [[spoiler:Yun can't bring all of her back when she dies, and so she becomes human. She is absolutely delighted with it.]]

* MysteriousWatcher
* PeekABangs
* [[spoiler:RescueRomance]]: [[spoiler:With Ikkou. She'd been keeping an eye on him, but you get the sense that things really clicked when he caught her falling into the void in Elysium. Later reversed when Ikkou realizes she's ''literally'' the kind of girl who would give her life for you.]]

* [[spoiler:TimeMaster]]: Seems to also include...
** [[spoiler:CoolGate]]
** [[spoiler:HealingHands]]
** [[spoiler:{{Invisibility}}: [[spoiler:Naoko can see through it, though.]]
* [[spoiler:UnexpectedInheritance]]: [[spoiler:Tatsuya gives her Satsuo's control of the Genji Corporation before leaving to perform his atonement as some compensation for her death at his hands.]]

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Purple Hair]]

!Johji Murasaki

* [[spoiler:AlienAmongUs]]

* FriendlessBackground: Part of why he's not good with people.

* {{Jerkass}}: He mellows some over time, but he never becomes "nice" by any definition.
** {{Lampshaded}} at one point when he wears a shirt that says "Jerk" on it.
* KnightInSourArmor

* MysteriousWatcher
* [[spoiler:TimeMaster]]: Seems to also include…
** [[spoiler:LightningBruiser]]
** [[spoiler:PhantomZone]]: [[spoiler:The zone of frozen time he fights Ikkou in.]]
** [[spoiler:{{Telepathy}}]]: With Shiori. [[spoiler:Much to her irritation.]]
* [[spoiler:UnskilledButStrong]]

!Hana

* TheDitz: Thinks Mariko talking to someone she can't see and trying to get her to run away is [[WeWereRehearsingAPlay Mariko Rehearsing A Play]].
** See also the IntentionalEngrishForFunny joke on the main page.

* [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair You Gotta Have Pink Hair]]

!Nobu

Bespectacled friend to Ikkou and Katsu.

* NerdGlasses

!Katsu

Hana's boyfriend and genial jock friend to Ikkou and the rest of the main cast.

!Chou

* BondCreature
* HealingHands
* EquippableAlly
* ThePhoenix
* [[spoiler:StableTimeLoop]]: [[spoiler:Chou is eternally part of the loop between Fushi's first appearance in "After the Ashes" and his departure to the past in "Requiem."]]

!! Antagonists and Neutral Characters by Arc

!Queen Yasha

* BigBad

* EvilLaughter: She's not one to let a set back crush her morale.
* {{Expy}}: Of Queen Beryl from ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
* [[spoiler: LoadBearingBoss]]: [[spoiler:For the Tenma marks.]]

!General Dakuu

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler:In "Requiem," the final story arc.]]
** [[spoiler:InTheHood]]: [[spoiler:Until TheReveal, anyway.]]
* ChekhovsSkill: White Crusher shows up a bit later in [[spoiler:Dolands' hands.]]

* [[spoiler:EnemyMine]]: [[spoiler:Against Destruction. Ends poorly for him in the long run.]]
* GenreBlindness: What else can you call the plan to grant {{Ordinary High School Student}}s a SuperpoweredEvilSide?

!Crystal and Stem

* CombatTentacles: Stem
* GenkiGirl: Crystal.

* {{Meaningful Name}}s
* PlantPerson: Stem

** LiterallyShatteredLives: She threatens Naoko with this if she doesn't turn over the unused Demon orbs.
* WhenTreesAttack: Stem
** GardenOfEvil: Naoko makes the mistake of teleporting the two of them to a park to be away from people.

!Sensha

* TheChessmaster

** DesignatedGirlFight: Subverted. [[http://www.darkbolt.com/comic.cfm?Page=328 Naoko takes her out pretty quickly and leaves her on the sidelines since she's just not a threat.]]
** CantCatchUp: Sensha isn't much use [[spoiler:in the fight against Yasha]] and [[{{Lampshading}} bemoans the fact]].
* TheDragon: [[spoiler:After Dakuu's death.]]
* EnigmaticMinion: Boy does she ''revel'' in it with Dakuu!
* PetTheDog: When Sensha and her team mourn [[spoiler:Lang.]]

%% * {{Qipao}} + {{ZettaiRyouiki}}: Rowr!

!Delphus

A member of Sensha's QuirkyMinibossSquad in "From the Ashes."

* AnimatedArmor
* TheBrute
* TheComicallySerious: [[http://www.darkbolt.com/comic.cfm?Page=324 Tell me panel 9 isn't hilarious.]]
* GentleGiant: As seen [[spoiler:after Lang's death.]]
* MadeOfIron
* TheSpeechless
* TheStoic

!Lang

** RazorWind: Aero Cutter

* [[spoiler:YouShallNotPass]]: [[spoiler:Sealed by TemptingFate when taunting the heroes doing so.]]

!Tempus

* [[spoiler:AvengingTheVillain]]
* BigNo: [[spoiler:When Lang dies. [[EvenEvilHasLovedOnes Seems he really did love him]].]]

* TimeMaster

!Gleya

* BelligerentSexualTension: With Kakko. That or else she genuinely doesn't like him.

* [[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]]: [[spoiler:Killed by the broken off blade of her own weapon.]]

* LadyOfWar: Fits her choice of a naginata as her BladeOnAStick.

!Shiya

* BlindSeer

!Onchi

* [[spoiler:DeathEqualsRedemption]]: [[spoiler:The stress of facing death against Ikkou allows her to break her [[BrainwashedAndCrazy Tenma conditioning]] right before he kills her.]]
** [[spoiler:ActualPacifist]]: [[spoiler:She didn't want to fight. She just wanted to live out her dream of being a rock star, here on Earth.]]
** [[spoiler:ThePowerOfRock]]: [[spoiler:Seeing a girl singing on TV started the chain of memories that broke her brainwashing.]]
* LoudOfWar

!Kansha

* [[PaperTalisman [=Ofuda=]]]: The core of Kansha's powers.
** PowerNullifier, which lets her NoSell Yun at first.
** TheParalyzer: This eventually leads to an example of[[spoiler:HoistByHisOwnPetard]] by Yun.
** TruthSerum

!Kakko

* BelligerentSexualTension: Depends on how you read his relationship with Gleya.
* [[spoiler:BoomHeadshot]]: [[spoiler:How Ikkou stops him from killing Naoko.]]
* [[spoiler:ConsummateLiar]]
** [[spoiler:FalseFlagOperation]]
* HandsomeLech

* [[spoiler:InTheBack]]: [[spoiler:Once Shiya discovers that humans can break Tenma conditioning, he decides to shoot Naoko in the back.]]
* SmallNameBigEgo

!Yun's Grandfather

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: Subverted, twice. [[spoiler:He gives his soul to call upon a powerful angelic warrior to fight the demons, but this cements his last action as an antagonist and not a hero, and it turns out to be a DisneyDeath anyway.]]

!The Knight of the Holy Order

A LivingStatue created to destroy the demons and seal them away with the Holy Sword of Order.

* CoolSword
* ChurchMilitant
* KnightTemplar: Averted. He won't listen to the heroes at first, but he could…
** NeverHurtAnInnocent: [[spoiler:Yun knows this and lets him strike him to prove his own innocence.]]
*** [[spoiler:FriendlyFireproof]]: The Holy Sword.
* LivingStatue
* [[spoiler:PassingTheTorch]]
* YeOldeButcheredeEnglishe

!The Seven Holy Cherubs

** HotBlooded
** WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler:Fortunately, that gets nipped in the bud.]]

** CheerfulChild

* SuperDeformed

!Satsuo Genji

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]
** [[spoiler:LoveMartyr]]: Figuratively and literally.
* NonActionGuy

* ThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: His reaction to his brother's research.

!Tatsuya Genji

* [[spoiler:TheAtoner]]: And how!

* [[spoiler:LoveMakesYouEvil]]: [[spoiler:All of his powers come from warped misuse of Love.]]
** [[spoiler:DespairEventHorizon]]: [[spoiler:His arrow attack sends Yun into one by robbing him of love for everything, including life.]]
** [[spoiler:MegaManning & PowerNullifier]]
* [[spoiler:LoveRedeems]]
* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel]]: Twice. The second time, literally.
* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity

!Lie

* CharmPerson: Girls-only, though.

* SpotTheImpostor
** BluffTheImpostor: [[spoiler:Ikkou spots the fake Naoko when she throws herself at him. That's what he would want, but it's not what he can have.]]

!Mask

* BondageIsBad
* CombatSadomasochist

!! Cosmic Forces

!Darkbolt, Demon of Darkness

* AsskickingEqualsAuthority: Why he's the leader of the demons -- and why half of them are TheStarscream.
* DarkIsEvil: And directly linked to fear.

!War

* ElementalPowers: Same as Mariko, naturally.

!Death

* ElementalPowers: Same as Yun, naturally.

!Destruction

* AxCrazy
* TheDreaded
* EarthShatteringKaboom: Golden Crash, literally.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: As shown by the pre-requisite CurbStompBattle against the army and air force.
* SmugSnake

!Evil

* GiantSpider / IntelligentGerbil
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Her forelegs are '''sharp'''.
* MindControl
** BrainWashedAndCrazy: [[spoiler:Hypnotizes Ikkou into thinking he's Destruction.]]
** MasterOfIllusion: Violet Web causes her enemies to think all their allies have been replaced with monsters out to kill them.

* TheSymbiote: Has a full partnership with Yasha.

!Chaos

* TheDreaded

!Life

* PlayingWithFire

* [[spoiler:StableTimeLoop]]: [[spoiler:With Fushi and using his power in concert with himself to revive the Earth.]]

!Order

* CarryABigStick

!Love

* {{Forgiveness}}: She's the Angel of Love.

* SealedGoodInACan

!Peace

* CoolShades
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure

* WomanInWhite: And how! She even has white hair and white eyes.

* HumanoidAlien / PettingZooPeople: He's an art-deco-esque panther-man made of shadow.

* HumanoidAlien / PettingZooPeople: A blood-covered, red werewolf with a bladed tail.

* HumanoidAlien / PettingZooPeople: A humanoid raven.

Host of Darkbolt, the Demon of Darkness. Naoko is the comic's reluctant but iron-willed heroine and the leader of the Demon hosts. She is specifically chosen by Dakuu because she's a shy and meek bookworm [[GenreBlind who he thinks will be powerless to resist Darkbolt's will]]. [[CaptainObvious That doesn't work out too well for them.]]

* CoolSword: [[spoiler:Chou.]]
* {{Determinator}}: In the vein of all good anime protagonists.

* LadyOfWar: Grows up into this.

* {{Qipao}} + {{ZettaiRyouiki}}: [[FetishFuel Rowr!]]

* [[spoiler:TheStarscream]]: [[spoiler:To Yasha and RebelLeader.]]
* [[spoiler:TomatoSurprise]]: [[spoiler:Sensha is a human, born on Earth.]]

This page describes the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many characters]] of the LongRunner webcomic ''{{Webcomic/Darkbolt}}''.

* DarkChick: For her QuirkyMinibossSquad.

* MacGuffinGirl: Imprisoned by Tatsuya as the source of his powers.

This page describes the [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters many characters]] of the LongRunner webcomic ''{{Main/Darkbolt}}''.

* {{Expy}}: Of Queen Beryl from ''SailorMoon''.

* {{Ofuda}}: The core of Kansha's powers.

* YouGottaHaveColorfulHair: Blonde native Japanese girl.

* YouGottaHaveColorfulHair: Sandy blonde in Japan.

* YouGottaHaveColorfulHair: Orange (real-world red) hair in Japan.

* YouGottaHaveColorfulHair: Purple.

* YouGottaHaveColorfulHair: Cyan with a purple forelock.

* YouGottaHaveColorfulHair: Pink.

* YouGottaHaveColorfulHair: Dark green yet unremarkable.

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Mari gets better, though.]]

* CompleteMonster: Genocide and mass-murder are all good fun for Destruction incarnate.

* CompleteMonster: To be honest, she doesn't have enough lines or actions for us to really know, but given her domain and the history of the Tenma...

* TedBaxter

* LivingWeapon

* {{Bishojo}}: Has many admirers at school but turns them down due to shyness.

* [[spoiler:HeroicSacrifice]]: [[spoiler:She gives her life to give Ikkou more time to charge up an attack. Thankfully [[IGotBetter She Gets Better]].]]

* TheDoctorDolittle: Inverted. Chou speaks entirely in squawks, and everyone can understand him. Except the reader.

** SexyBack
*** Shown off even more by ClothingDamage that pretty much [[http://www.darkbolt.com/comic.cfm?Page=465 destroyed her top]].

** See also the ZeroWingrish joke on the main page.

* [[spoiler:HelpFaceTurn]]: [[spoiler:After Future!Fushi tosses her the Orb of Life because he knows she's trustworthy.]]

* TheUnfunny: [[http://www.darkbolt.com/comic.cfm?Page=324 Tell me panel 9 isn't hilarious.]]