History Characters / DarkerThanBLACK

* {{Expy}}: He has often been compared to Cornelius Alba of ''LightNovel/TheGardenOfSinners''.

%%* ChristmasCake

* GirlInABox: A clever bait and switch tactic by the [=MI6=] operatives involves cramming her into a small suitcase in the back of the unknowing ploice's trunk.

* KilltheCutie: Unconfirmed. [[spoiler: But heavily implied at the end of Season 2. While Yin's fate is ultimately unknown, [[https://ryobben.at.webry.info/201001/article_7.html an interview with the director heavily implies that Yin has died.]]]]

* MeaningfulName: This rendering of "Suou" is Japanese for sappanwood, which yields brazilin, which oxidizes to brazilein, which ranges from purplish to orange-red. The first kanji means "revived" or "be resuscitated" and can serve as an abbreviation for the Soviet Union.

* TooDumbToLive: Really, Daisuke? You're going to [[spoiler:taser someone that you know would love NOTHING more than to kill you in the most horrible way possible, right when they decide to spare your life? [[WhatAnIdiot Really?]]]] And even if [[spoiler:she hadn't killed him for that, Hei certainly would have.]]

* FingerForcedSmile: He uses his fingers to push his mouth into a smile like Yin. Unlike Yin, his goes back to [[UncannyValley creepy]]. It even manages to creep out Hei in full {{jerkass}} mode.

%%* HotScientist

* ShockAndAwe: Hei can't ''shoot'' lightning, he can merely give off electric discharges, meaning he has to conduct the electricity to the enemy. Enter the [[WeaponOfChoice metallic choke-wire]]. [[spoiler:But he used that even before he could zap people.]]

%%* TeleportersAndTransporters

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%%* NiceHat

* FatalAttraction: She falls for Hei even though she connects him to BK-201 as early as episode [[spoiler:18. It takes a couple suspicious coincidences, a partially-cracked mask, "Li" slipping into his Black Reaper voice, an accidental MeaningfulEcho, and some surprising openness on his part before she figures it out/admits it to herself.]]

* ChickMagnet: Boy howdy. Almost every woman he interacts with either falls in love with him or treats him as an honorary family member, be they an EmotionlessGirl, a MagnificentBastard, the FairCop [[FatalAttraction trying to catch him]], or someone whose first sight of him was the (apparent) murder of her father.

* [[WhenSheSmiles When He Smiles:]] According to Amber, he has the most ''beautiful'' smile. In a HopeSpot in the {{interquel}}, we see that [[http://imgur.com/9tgx68D she has a point]].

* [[ShamelessFanserviceGirl Shameless Fanservice Guy]]: He just doesn't ''[[LackOfEmpathy care]]''.

%%* [[MetaGuy Meta Girl]]: Sometimes.

* [[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Friends]]: [[spoiler: Drops Reynard Maxfield into the ocean [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill from the STRATOSPHERE]] for causing [[TrueCompanions Champ, Meena and Sergei's deaths.]]]]

* [[HalfIdenticalTwins Half Identical Twin]]: [[spoiler:Or not.]]

* {{BFG}}: A Russian PTRD-41 anti-tank rifle. [[http://www.antitank.co.uk/images/ptrd-front2.jpg This gun, to be specific.]]

%%* DeadAllAlong

%%* [[HalfIdenticalTwins Half Identical Twin]][[spoiler:: Subverted.]]

%%* LittleMissBadass

* NoPeriodsPeriod: Averted [[spoiler: and responsible for temporary PowerIncontinence]].
%%* OppositeSexClone

%%* SmallGirlBigGun
* SuperpoweredEvilSide: [[spoiler:When being driven to the brink, her necklace becomes a {{BFG}} and she becomes a merciless Contractor, albeit one who wants to kill other Contractors for their evil actions. After this first time though, she retains her morality when using her powers.]]

* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:When she finally meets her mother, she learns that the real [[DeadAllAlong Suou died years ago]]. She's a clone with FakeMemories. Then she meets her ''father'', who says she's an OppositeSexClone of Shion.]] The timing makes these stories mutually contradictory. [[MindScrew Much confusion was had]].

%%* TwinSwitch

* PragmaticPansexuality: Her remuneration is to make out with guys, [[IncompatibleOrientation but she is a lesbian]], and is pretty disgusted by the one man who's usually available. She can suck it up, but tries to get "rid of the taste" by rinsing her mouth with vodka and [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kissing]] Youko right afterwards.

%%* YouGottaHaveBlueHair

* PhenotypeStereotype: The only aversion on the [=MI6=] team, as she's black with [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair blue hair]] and yellow eyes.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Weirdly, she is introduced with black hair in the second season, which makes you think that her hair might have been dyed. Nope -- the black hair is a wig covering her apparently naturally blue hair.

%%* {{Meganekko}}

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Pink, probably to mark her as a comic character

%%* {{Meganekko}}

* {{Bishonen}}: [[LighterAndSofter First manga]] only. The art is much more stylized than either anime series or the second manga, making him look pretty instead of handsome.

%%* {{Bishonen}}

* {{Bishonen}}: Looks similar to Amber from the first season. [[spoiler: But while Amber was an AntiVillain, Shichi is just evil.]]

* IconicItem: His BadassLongcoat, WhiteMaskOfDoom, and [[KnifeNut knives]].

TheHero (well, for [[AntiHero a given level of "hero"]]), a.k.a. Li Shengshun, a.k.a. Lee Hyeonsik, a.k.a. [[YouAreNumberSix BK-201]], a.k.a. LI-KUN!!! a.k.a. [[RedBaron The Black Reaper]], a.k.a. [[FanNickname Chinese Electric Batman]]. He works for TheSyndicate, doing their dirty work to retrieve items and information related to Hell's Gate. He works undercover as NiceGuy exchange student "Li Shengshun," taking menial jobs [[NewJobAsThePlotDemands wherever the higher-ups need him]], and relying on [[ObfuscatingStupidity his apparent naivety]] to avoid suspicion. He has the Contractor ability to [[ShockAndAwe manipulate electricity]], has [[BadassLongcoat the most awesome coat in the universe]], and is a weapons-grade ChickMagnet to boot.\\

* IHaveManyNames: Well, to start with he's Hei, BK-201, and the Black Reaper and uses at least two different aliases (and probably more), not to mention [[OnlyKnownByTheirNickname whatever his real name is]], Mayu's... [[FemaleGaze description of him]], and, if you want to get a bit meta, his FanNickname.

* RomanticTwoGirlFriendship: Used to have this with Kirihara, and she wants it to stay that way.

* NinetiesAntiHero: Definitely is a candidate for this one since most of his looks and actions meet the standards by being a stylish assassin with a cool coat with a sociopath and ruthless demeanor towards his opponents. You can say that he is the electric ComicBook/{{Wolverine}} or ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, whatever you call it. By no means he is no Franchise/{{Batman}} unless you count Arkham Knight, Grim Knight, and Batman ComicBook/{{Azrael}} into the pool.

* StuffedIntoTheFridge: [[spoiler:Genma kills and rapes her messily to shut her up. Due to circumstances, Hazuki blames it on Hei and makes a very nearly successful attempt at revenge since ItsPersonal.]]

* BelatedBackStory: Bertha's back story comes toward the end of her and Itzhak's arc. [[TearJerker And it's devastatingly sad.]] [[spoiler: She was a opera singer and heavy smoker. She gave up smoking for the time of her pregnancy and some months after. Afterwards she started to smoke again worse than a chimney, her daughter, who she described as angelic, found the cigarette butts, swallowed some of them, they got stuck in her throat and she choked to death on them. After that, her mother was, understandably, extremely depressed, but a month after this tragic event, the stuff with the "Gates" happened and she became a contractor. It was hinted that it was a relief, since a contractor has no or very limited emotions and probably this negated her depression somehow.]]

->Voiced by: Cherami Leigh (EN)

* GenreSavvy: He makes a reference to DarkAndTroubledPast as adding {{Moe}} points.

* NinetiesAntiHero: Definitely is a candidate for this one since most of his looks and actions meet the standards by being a stylish assassin with a cool coat with a sociopath and ruthless demeanor towards his opponents. You can say that he is the electric Franchise/{{Wolverine}} or ComicBook/{{Deadpool}}, whatever you call it. By no means he is no Franchise/{{Batman}} unless you count Arkham Knight, Grim Knight, and Batman ComicBook/{{Azrael}} into the pool.