History Characters / DarkerThanBlack

* ReiAyanamiExpy: Silver hair? Check. Reddish eyes? Check. Pale skin? Check. Not quite human? She's a doll, after all. MysticalWaif? Check. Odd emotionless behaviour? Check.

* BigBadEnsemble: As the highest ranking member of [[spoiler:The Syndicate]] seen in season one, he's the [[TheHeavy closest thing]] representing his side, in opposition to Amber, who seeks to help Contractors while [[spoiler:the Director and his superiors oppress them.]]

* BigBadEnsemble: Along with the higher ups of TheSyndicate, she's the most pressing antagonistic force towards Hei and his team, despite being in love with him. While she supports the Contractors, her WellIntentionedExtremist style would cause devestation for regular humans.

* FantasticRacism: Against Contractors.

%%* SmugSnake

A member of Section 4 and closet BigNameFan. She is an official liaison officer to the National Observatory to check on contractor-related appearances in Japan.

* HotForTeacher: Ends very badly indeed.

* HotForStudent: [[spoiler:And it's his downfall.]]

[[folder: Wei Zhijun]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/TakeshiKusao (JP), Creator/RobertMcCollum (EN)

A contractor serving the Chen Long Tang crime family. His power is to blow holes in anything he gets blood on.

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

* FourEyesZeroSoul: Looks like he'd be {{adorkable}}, but is actually a total psychopath who is bad [[EvenEvilHasStandards even by Contractor standards]].

* MonsterSobStory: See Bertha's backstory above.

* {{Adorkable}}: He's so adorably inept, clumsy, kindhearted, and naive that you just want to hug him, and nobody would ever suspect he's secretly [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Black Reaper]].

* MuggingTheMonster: Pro tip: if you're going to try to walk out of a restaurant without paying, make sure that the [[{{Adorkable}} cute, clumsy]] waiter you attack for getting in your way isn't a superpowered ninja known and feared throughout the criminal underworld who can [[DeadlyDodging "accidentally" send you careening into furniture]].

* ObfuscatingStupidity: In his Li Shengshun persona. Li isn't ''stupid'' per se, but he's a [[{{Adorkable}} clumsy, naive, and generally harmless dork]]. Well, [[CoverBlowingSuperpower unless you attack him with a broken bottle]].

** And in season 2 [[spoiler:[[LoveInterests anything regarding Yin.]]]]

* ICannotSelfTerminate: [[spoiler:Asks Hei to kill her to destroy Izanami. He can't bring himself to.]]

* ImpliedLoveInterest: The series never makes it clear if he has romantic feelings for Yin or he's just acting out on his BigBrotherInstinct. [[TakeAThirdOption It could be both.]] The official art of the series heavily leans towards him being in love with her. No confirmation though.

* LoveMakesYouCrazy: In season 2 [[spoiler:he's willing to kill and [[TortureTechnician torture to death just to find information regarding Yin's location.]] Doesn't help he was only willing to go back to work when he was told that she was still alive.]]

* MaybeEverAfter: [[spoiler: In the finale with Yin.]]

* ImpliedLoveInterest: She is in love with Hei but the series never makes it clear if he has romantic feelings for her or he's just acting out on his BigBrotherInstinct. [[TakeAThirdOption It could be both]]. The official art of the series heavily leans towards him being in love with her. No confirmation though.

* MoralityChain: Hei cares for her and gets pretty violent whenever someone tries to kidnap her, and losing her between the {{interquel}}s and the second season drove him to [[DrowningMySorrows start drinking]] and [[TookALevelInJerkass act like a complete jerk]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[BadassGay Hazuki]] regularly makes out with Yoko, usually to make up for having to kiss a man for her Renumeration. If Yoko reciprocates the attraction is unclear, as [[ForcefulKiss Hazuki doesn't ask permission]], but Yoko doesn't seem to dislike Hazuki for it and tends to blush in her presence. Keeping Hazuki safe is also the one thing on her mind when [[spoiler:Hei kidnaps and interrogates her about Yin's whereabouts]].

* BadassGay: A combat-focused Contract and an open lesbian, which makes her Remuneration of having to kiss a guy rather unfortunate...

* 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 Franchise/{{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.

* 90'sAntiHero: 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 Wolverine or Deadpool whatever you call it. By no means he is no Batman unless you count Arkham Knight, Grim Knight, and Batman Azrael into the pool.
* {{Adorkable}}: Li. He's so adorably inept, clumsy, kindhearted, and naive that you just want to hug him, and nobody would ever suspect he's secretly [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast the Black Reaper]].

* 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.

* AntiVillain

* BadassGay: Which makes her Remuneration of having to kiss a guy rather unfortunate...
* BadassInANiceSuit
* {{Bifauxnen}}
* DarkActionGirl
* [[EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas Even Bad Women Love Their Mamas]]: Despite being shunned by her family, being informed that her mother is dying distracts her during a fight with Hei, and she muses about still having some caring towards her mother.

%%* NinjaPirateZombieRobot

* TheOjou: A conversation with her grandfather in episode 9 suggests she was this and much more deferential prior to becoming a Contractor.

* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler: ...or the nearest Contractor equivalent. She ''really'' flips out when Yoko dies.]]
%%* TheStoic

* AffablyEvil

* CruelAndUnusualDeath
* EvilGenius

* MadScientist

* {{Meganekko}}

* ScaryShinyGlasses: In episode 6.

* TheTeamNormal

* MadeOfIron: His power involves coating himself with nearly impenetrable armor. [[spoiler:However, anti-tank fire can damage it and it doesn't do a damn thing against a laser katana to the eye.]]

* RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: Genma is easily the most disgusting villain in the whole series. In addition to a number of disturbing sexual advances (some of them to children), it's implied he sexually assault [[spoiler:Yoko before killing her]].

* PaedoHunt: He makes several sexually suggestive comments to Suo, and his later appearances make it clear he is ''[[SarcasticConfession not]]'' joking.

* LovableSexManiac: Subverted; his hitting on people is played as a joke at first, but it becomes apparent he's actually sadistic sexual predator, possibly even a pedophile.

* CaptainErsatz: He is sometimes jokingly referred to as [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Emiya Kiritsugu]].
* DepravedBisexual / AnythingThatMoves: Genma makes so many sexual references that it's not quite clear what "direction" in which he swings or even if he's restricted himself to a "direction". Still, he seems to be attracted to children.

* LovableSexManiac: Again, at first glance. [[DepravedBisexual Then the creepiness starts to show itself]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: [[BadassGay Hazuki]] regularly makes out with Yoko, usually to make up for having to kiss a man for her Renumeration. If Yoko reciprocates the attraction is unclear, as [[ForcefulKiss Hazuki doesn't ask permission]], but Yoko doesn't seem to mind and tends to blush in her presence. Keeping Hazuki safe is also the one thing on her mind when [[spoiler:Hei kidnaps and interrogates her about Yin's whereabouts]].

* AmbiguouslyGay: Her feelings towards [[BadassGay Hazuki]] are at least a little ambiguous, as she tends to blush in her presence. Keeping Hazuki safe is also the one thing on her mind when [[spoiler:Hei kidnaps and interrogates her about Yin's whereabouts]].
* BaitTheDog: Initially appears very {{moe}} as well as friendly and outgoing, but she follows in the footsteps of the similarly affable Dr. Shrader in having ForScience as a mantra, pursuing "experiments" without concern for human life.

* EatingTheEyeCandy[=/=]MaleGaze: The target in the "Hazuki-vision" shot in the {{interquel}} OVA. Played for laughs more than anything.

* DoesNotLikeMen: Unfortunately for her, her Remuneration is to French kiss them. She tries to get "rid of the taste" by rinsing her mouth with vodka and [[ForcefulKiss forcefully kissing]] Youko right afterwards.

* IntimateHealing: Her remuneration is to make out with guys. [[DoesNotLikeMen This is awkward]]. [[spoiler:It's also the reason one of the only 'ships to get any action is a CrackPairing.]]

* KatanasAreJustBetter[=/=]LaserBlade: Her power is to transform any held object into an energy blade (or wire as the case may be.) She carries around a [[WoodenKatanasAreEvenBetter wooden katana]] for this purpose. That's right, ''[[NinjaPirateZombieRobot sociopathic Japanese lesbian ninja with a wooden laser katana]]''.

* NiceGuy: As Li. Even as himself, he's [[TookALevelInJerkass usually]] way nicer than most Contractors, and given [[spoiler:[[RealityWarper the full extent of his abilities]]]], he could be much, ''[[AGodAmI much]]'' worse.