History Characters / HighRiseInvasion

* SignatureMove: To Yuri, his ricochet is this.

* TheLancer: To Yuri.

* PsychoLesbian: Every time she has a fight.

* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: One of his last wishes was to see her again.

* SocialDarwinist: His reason to act. He believes that the world of the masks is a beautiful world because it kills the inept and the weak while only the strong survive and intends to implement that in all worlds.

* TheBaroness: Very sexy and very deadly.

* TheBrute: He serves as one of these for Kusakabe.

* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Obviously.

* ColdSniper: She's just as much of one compared to Sniper Mask.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She kills Kuon.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShoyaChiba (JP)

->'''Voiced by:''' Shoya Chiba (JP)

* ColdSniper: Sniper Mask. Lampshaded: Half his screentime consists of him worrying whether he is being [[{{Pun}} cool or uncool.]]

* AGodIAm: Aikawa uses his powers as "One Close to God" to try and make a power grab and assert himself as the God of the new world.

* PragmaticVillain: He orders his masks to not kill everyone, he leaves some behind to make even more masks.

* WhipItGood: She uses a whip as her weapon.

* HopeCrusher: Their role in the game, embed the humans with so much despair that they will jump out of the buildings.

* ActionGirl: Gradually becomes this. Around the beginning of the story, she fares as well as you can expect from an ordinary schoolgirl, relying mostly on pure luck rather than genuine skill. Her combat prowess improves as she takes in more information about this world.

'''Due to the ever-changing nature of the parties and the way the story goes, {{spoiler}}s are [[Administrivia/SpoilersOff unmarked]].'''
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!Main Characters
!!Sheriff's Department
[[folder:Boyd Stevens]]
!!Boyd Stevens!!

One of the main protagonists. Boyd is the town sheriff, serving as the de-facto leader of those choosing to live there rather than the community house. He is a hard-working and compassionate individual doing whatever he can to balance maintaining order in the town and figuring out how to return everyone home.

* SenselessSacrifice: He risks his life and stability of the village to [[spoiler:venture out into the forest for answers on the nature of the region and malevolent beings that haunt it, but winds up returning to the town with more questions than answers, as well as a community mess to clean up.]]

!Yuri and Rika's Party and Allies
!!God Candidates
[[folder:Yuri]]
!!Yuri Honjo / "Tenma"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarukaShiraishi (JP), Creator/SuzieYeung (EN), Charlotte Hervieux, (FR), Serena Sigismondo (IT), Raíssa Bueno (Brazilian Portuguese)

The main protagonist. Yuri is an upbeat and nice girl who is faced with the danger of this new strange world imposes.

* ActionGirl: Gradually becomes this. Around the beginning of the story, she fares as well as you can expect from an ordinary schoolgirl, relying mostly on pure luck rather than genuine skill. Her combat prowess improves as she takes in more information about this world.
* AmbiguouslyGay: At one point, she kisses Nise, but it's unknown where she kissed her, making whether or not she returns Nise's affections ambiguous, but she hardly shows attraction to any male character, as there aren't any romantic undertones to her relationship with her brother or the Sniper Mask, merely noting that he is handsome.
* BadassAdorable: An adorable young girl who is also impossibly strong.
* BeyondTheImpossible: Her crossing dimension skill can be used to make her bullets hit the target very far away or even to stop events altogether.
* BigBrotherWorship: And quite the big one for her brother.
* BigGood: As the manga goes on, it becomes clearer that she is this, being the one that is leading the Helicopter Takeover idea and the ones that basically every character in that manga relies on.
* BoomHeadshot: Her attack method often uses these.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Something of a ditz, her flightiness causes her to be both a capricious ally and an unpredictable foe. The anime plays this aspect of her up with her voice actresses making her dialogue even more whimsical than it originally was on the written page.
* DorkKnight: Even after Yuri [[TookALevelInBadass takes a level in badass]] and becomes an OneManArmy, she's still a massive dork who's easily flustered and has a bit of a [[BigBrotherWorship Big Brother Complex]].
* TheDreaded: Even by her brother's group, the news that she killed 4 Strong Masks by herself made all of them as amazed as they were afraid of her. By the later part of the story, Yuri is essentially feared even by the Administrator due to her skills and even the Angry Masks avoid her.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: She was already badass to begin with but her abilities are boosted after putting on a mouthless mask and becoming a Person Closer to God.
* GuileHero: She is not above using lies to buy herself some time, as she realizes that the masks will stop if a human declares they will kill themselves and then just watch.
* GunsAkimbo: Her primary weapons.
* IncestSubtext: Something of a DownplayedTrope but Rika checks a lot of the requisites to fulfill the role of being the LoveInterest of the series...but he just so happens to be Yuri's older brother. Yuri's admiration for her big brother crosses into people assuming that she is a brocon and Nise, who explicitly ''does'' have feelings for Yuri, eventually takes to treating Rika like he's the main competition for Yuri's affection.
* LittleMissBadass: She must have gone through many hellish situations even before becoming a God Candidate.
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Nise and Kuon decide to not tell her about Kuon's control over the Rail Gun, at least at first.
* NervesOfSteel: Had to develop these, considering the environment she is in.
* NextTierPowerUp: Eventually, in order to save Nise, she wears a Mouthless Mask and becomes a Person Closer to God. After faced with a hard fight, she manages to unlock the power to cross dimensions, giving her powers to teleport herself and others around and becoming essentially the most powerful character in the story.
* NiceGirl: She is always sweet and polite with those whom she meets.
* OneWomanArmy: After using the Mouthless Mask, she is able to take down 4 strong masks by herself.
* PragmaticHero: She realizes that in this world, she will have to skirt her morality in a gray line to survive and ensure her friends' survival, eventually growing really comfortable with the idea of killing masks, even knowing they were once humans.
* SenselessSacrifice: She becomes a Person Closer to God to save Nise, while Kuon and Sniper Mask had already saved Nise.
* SmugSuper: Pretends to be this in front of Aohara to prevent him from finding out she's not as powerful as he thinks [[spoiler:initially]].
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kuon]]
!!Kuon Shinzaki / "The First Judge"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraSekine (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)

A mysterious and sweet girl who turns out to be immune to masks, since she is a Person Who Became Closer To God. Sniper Mask decides to help her find Yuri, so she can have a group and not be alone.
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* AmnesiacHero: She doesn't remember much between using the Faceless Mask and meeting Sniper Mask.
* AmbiguouslyBi: While Kuon is shown to be quite attracted to Sniper Mask, she has also shown to become excited over seeing other female characters' underwear.
* {{BFG}}: She can activate a gigantic Rail Gun from the strange tower using her cellphone, which has enough power to destroy a building while set at level three out of '''nine'''.
* BrainUploading: Survives her 'death' by uploading her consciousness into Sniper Mask's brain.
* CharacterDeath: Dies due to a gunshot behind her, though she manages to survive through BrainUploading.
* CovertPervert: Kuon exhibits tendencies towards this, despite being presented as an otherwise pure and timid girl. She blushes and reacts excitedly to seeing Nise's panties when she jumps over a table, exclaiming "they're striped!" inwardly. She also frequently muses over what Sniper Mask's face looks like, and becomes very excited when she regains consciousness while in his lap. This tendency of Kuon's serves as a RunningGag throughout the series.
* {{Deprogram}}: An ability of hers is to undo the brainwashing of the masks. She is completely successful with Nise, although Sniper Mask retains his suicide command and is forced to continue wearing his mask.
* MoralityPet: Seems to be this to Sniper Mask. In fact, it's inverted - ''he's'' the morality pet to ''her''; the reason she was given such an overwhelming ability right from the start is that she's capable of being a remorseless killer, and only his influence held her back.
* MysteriousWaif: To Sniper Mask, as she is a Person Who Became Closer To God and he sets off on his own sidequest to help her.
* PrecociousCrush: Sports one for Sniper Mask, despite being seemingly much younger than him.
* SupportPartyMember: She doesn't have much fighting skills, though her control of the rail gun makes her great for attacks from afar. After she dies and becomes a ghost, she continues in this role by helping Sniper Mask and Yuri, entering their minds and passing information.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Aohara]]
!!Kazuma Aohara
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa (JP)

A strange doctor who claims to be a Person Who Became Closer To God. He has the power to control masks to do his will and intended to become a god by killing the others who were also closer to god.
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* ArcVillain: He becomes this for a short period when he uses the Ein mask to kill another group. He leaves them alone when Kuon uses her rail gun and Yuri lies about it so he fears her enough to drop his intentions to become God.
* EntertaininglyWrong: Believes Yuri is a powerful God candidate based on valid assumptions. She eventually lives up to that reputation, but his reasoning at the time was far from correct.
* HeelFaceTurn: Agrees to give up on becoming God and states he will treat people who are hurt in the Antenna Building.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm: Recognizes he's outmatched and yields to Yuri's group.
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The very first time he joins Yuri's group on the front lines, he ends up biting it, although not without passing on his ability and final orders to Ein.
* TimeStandsStill: Eventually discovers the ability to inflict this on masks for one second.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Prophet]]
!!The Prophet / Hayami
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A person who became closer to god with the capacity of knowing anything that is happening within a certain range. He allies himself with Yuri's party in order to have a chance of survival.
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* ActuallyIAmHim: Poses as a manipulated Emotionless Mask to assess Yuri's group but eventually gets outed before he can reveal himself.
* IFightForTheStrongestSide: Believes Yuri's group has the best shot at producing God and sides with them over Aikawa.
* NonActionGuy: Unlike other God Candidates, he doesn't have any fighting skill, and therefore quits competing altogether by fighting by Yuri's side.
* TheresNoPlaceLikeHome: Just wants to return and be reunited with his sister-in-law.
[[/folder]]

!!Humans
[[folder:Rika]]
!!Rika Honjo
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunyaEnoki (JP), Creator/ZenoRobinson (EN)

Yuri's beloved older brother and a leader to his own group. He is strong and dependable to the people he meets during the series, but he questions why, as he doesn't consider himself as much of a nice guy as others.
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* BadassNormal: He hardly needed any power up to get to the level he is, being already a respected and strong fighter even before he actually got supernatural powers by becoming an Apostle.
* BerserkButton: A downplayed example, but he clearly hates his own name and can't handle being called uncool by others.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards his sister, but slowly moves to basically all his comrades.
* BigBrotherWorship: Inverted. He is more subtle about it, but he really looks up to Yuri. When a chapter focus on him and a guy he met, Rika mentions that he feels the same way towards his own older brother.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Anyone who ends up Aikawa's Apostle becomes this, although he's the only successful victim. The others became empty husks due to being incapable. He instantly turns against Sniper Mask and Yuri, though he appears to be back to normal with Aikawa dead. In a rather strange example, he was brainwashed to ''not'' be brainwashed anymore.
* CombatPragmatist: Arguably what makes Rika the most dangerous of the human survivors: he has a brain and he knows how to use it. Rika makes use of the mask's weaknesses in order to compensate for his human limits. [[spoiler:This trait is what got Aikawa's attention in the first place.]]
* ConnectedAllAlong: It's implied he and Sniper Mask knew each other before the latter put on the mask. They used to be friends and compete over who is cooler.
* DudeInDistress: He gets kidnapped by Aikawa, both in order to call the others towards him and because Aikawa wants to try turning him into an Apostle.
* HyperAwareness: No minor detail goes past his attention. Rika first catches Aohara's SuspiciouslySpecificDenial and combined with the details that Yuri had given him, immediately figures out that the doctor probably has more than one mask at his control.
** Rika figures out that Yoshida is observing him during their conversation by waiting a while before picking up the phone, as Yoshida didn't start their discussion until he was sure the phone was in Rika's ear.
* TheLeader: He has established a group to survive, and together they all follow his commands.
* ManChild: Temporarily becomes this when the Apostle-creation process initially seems to have failed.
* ManlyTears: Shed these when he saw [[spoiler:Sniper Mask wearing a mask for the first time]].
* ThatManIsDead: As an Apostle, he considers "Rika" dead. Although this distinction becomes blurred in that his personality doesn't change that much and he still responds to his name. It's just that the need to fulfill Aikawa's wishes supersedes any personal desires.
* TheSmartGuy: He holds great knowledge of several things, from history, chemistry, military armament, and so on.
* TheStrategist: He is capable of coming up with plans shortly facing a bad situation.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yamanami]]
!!Kohei Yamanami
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A game-loving guy who ends up in the game and tries to live by survival video-game rules.
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* EyeScream: Courtesy of a mask wielding a drill. One of Yoshida's masks ends up getting revenge for him.
* {{Fingore}}: A result of letting his guard down around the normally docile Emotionless Masks, unaware all of them just received the command to kill everyone.
* GenreSavvy: During his introduction, he quickly realizes he doesn't have PlotArmor because he is not protagonist material. After he meets Rika, he realizes that Yuri is likely the protagonist and decides to stick with him in his quest for her since at the very least ''they'' may have PlotArmor.
* HeroicWillpower: Manages to eventually fight off Juo's brainwashing.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Uzuki]]
!!Uzuki Kusakabe
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A young boy that teams up with Yuri's group to survive.
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* IWillFindYou: Motivated to find his mother.
* WiseBeyondTheirYears: Having to quickly mature to survive, Uzuki turns out to be surprisingly smart and adapts well to the massacre happening around him, compensating his physical weakness with wits.
[[/folder]]

!!Mask/Angels
[[folder:Sniper Mask]]
!!Sniper Mask / Yuka Makoto / "The Second Judge"
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuichiroUmehara (JP), Creator/JonahScott (EN), Bastien Bourlé (FR), Massimo Triggiani (IT), Dláigelles Silva (Brazilian Portuguese)

A strange mask, who interacts a lot with Yuri and seems to be connected with Rika. He sports a rifle and has great skills at shooting at both long and close range.
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* AffectionateNickname:
** Mr. Mask, for Kuon.
** Yu-chan, for Rika.
* AmnesiacHero: ''Hero'' being used just after his team up with Kuon. He has no recognition of anything before wearing the Mask, not even his own name, but he does eventually realizes that he was actually forced to wear the mask by Yahoo Kusakabe.
* BadassInDistress: His damaged mask occasionally asserts itself at inopportune times trying to either put him in hibernation or restore his original programming.
* BaitAndSwitch: Early chapter hinted that he would be Yuri's brother turned into a mask, but he is actually someone completely different and had faced Rika prior to meeting Yuri.
* ColdSniper: Sniper Mask. Lampshaded: Half his screentime consists of him worrying whether he is being [[{{Pun}} cool or uncool.]]
* ConnectedAllAlong: It's implied he and Rika knew each other before the latter put on the mask. They used to be friends and compete over who is cooler. It's later revealed that they are brothers.
* TheDreaded: Sniper Mask was something of an ImplacableMan when he was still an antagonist, instilling a deep fear in Yuri. This ends up getting PlayedForLaughs after his HeelFaceTurn (and Yuri's [[TookALevelInBadass awakening as One Close to God]]) as Yuri remains deathly afraid of him, even when he tries to insist that he won't be a threat to her anymore.
* HeelFaceTurn: He starts off as just another antagonist, but his mask is damaged by a grenade tossed by Nise and his free will is partially restored. He is able to link up with Kuon, who cannot be attacked by the masks, and accompanies her long enough for her to finish deprogramming him.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: He is capable of shooting with such skill, the bullet ricochets around before hitting the target.
* SignatureMove: To Yuri, his ricochet is this.
* SmokingIsCool: A habit he kept even as a mindless mask.
* TakeUpMySword: Kuon gives him access to the rail guns after her death.
* TheUnreveal:
** Around chapter 74, he takes off his mask to eat, but neither Kuon nor the reader are able to get a glimpse on what his face looks like. A flashback of himself has his face covered in shadows.
** Happens again in chapter 121, but this time, Yuri sees his face. She lets out he is quite handsome and has a scar beneath his left eye, but the viewer can't see.
** By the end of the story, his adult face is never fully revealed, saved when looking at the rail gun's code where he is overexposed to light.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nise]]
!!Nise Mayuko
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShikiAoki (JP), Creator/JennieKwan (EN), Florine Orphelin (FR), Roisin Nicosia (IT)

Nise is a major character in Tenkuu Shinpan. She is a strange and violent girl that Yuri befriend once in the helicopter building. They develop a deep bond over the time they are together.
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* ActionGirl: Even more than Yuri, as she actively seeks out fights against other people and masks.
* BadassAdorable: She is much stronger than most of the angels despite being a rather cute looking girl.
* BadassInDistress: The defective mask's programming eventually enforces the hibernation command on her body, forcing Yuri to find a way to save her.
* BeautifulDreamer: According to Yuri, she is really cute when sleeping.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Nise would readily take a bullet for Yuri because she is the first person in her entire life that treats her with kindness and respect.
* ClothingDamage: Shortly after Nise's introduction, her blouse is slashed open by a mask/angel, revealing her bra. She goes most of the series without changing.
* CuteBruiser: Nise is ''very'' cute...and undeniably tough. She rarely pulls punches and is quite aggressive, rushing into combat and taking some heavy blows from her enemies without slowing down very much.
* DarkActionGirl: Nise was already a somber, stone-cold killer before she meets Yuri. Even after she pledges her loyalty to Yuri and reforms herself, she remains the more jaded one of the two.
* DeclarationOfProtection: She dedicates herself to protecting Yuri, going even to the point of using a defective mask to power herself up.
* DrivenToSuicide: She attempts to kill herself when the mask takes over, but Yuri stops her, still, the mask takes over and Nise uses HeroicWillpower to not do what she is told to, making the mask put her in Hibernation mode.
* HeroicRROD: The conflict between her will and the defective mask eventually puts her into a coma, forcing Kuon to deprogram her.
* LettingHerHairDown: When Nise's mask dominates her consciousness, she undoes her ponytail. She ties it back up after Kuon releases her from the mask's control.
* LittleMissBadass: She always knew how to take care of herself. This behavior reached extreme heights when she reached this world, turning her into a seemingly cold-blooded killer...until she met Yuri.
* TheLancer: To Yuri.
* NextTierPowerUp:
** She puts on a defective mask and gains the powers of a mask wearer while keeping some of her conscience.
** Does this again in her fight against the Great Angel, the mask program starts the Defragmentation, which gives her even more power.
* PsychoLesbian: Every time she has a fight.
* SanitySlippage: After wearing a defective mask to get a power-up, she starts feeling the strain of using it both physically and mentally.
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards Yuri, having the tendency to fake annoyance at her closeness.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Great Angel]]
!!The Great Angel
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaitoIshikawa (JP), Creator/BrycePapenbrook

->''"Those who bully the little ones are evil!"''

A particularly powerful angel with a great sense of justice. Formerly bonded with Aikawa until Yuri took him under her wing.
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* BrokeTheRatingScale: He is now with a power level described as "immeasurable", and is likely the most powerful of all the masks since the scale also accounts for Guardian Angel level masks.
* BulletCatch: He casually snatches one of Sniper Mask's bullets aimed at him.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: He appears most of the time to be a comic relief idiot who spouts non-sense, but when he is brought to the fight, he is implacable and can go toe-to-toe with a Guardian Angel.
* HeelFaceTurn: He starts as subservient to Aikawa, being mad about the concept of Justice. He eventually drops this madness when he sides with Yuri, learning that justice is about protecting the weak.
* HulkingOut: Whenever his current master unseals his power.
* NoOneCouldSurviveThat: He survives having the Railgun blasting him, and it was at the weakest setting possible.
* SecretWeapon: Aikawa keeps him like this to be used when he attacks Yuri's group. In counterpart, Yuri also uses him as a last resort answer against enemies, particularly Miko Mask, when things start getting really ugly.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ein]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChikaAnzai (JP), Creator/XantheHuynh (EN)

One of the masks under the control of Aohara, a young girl with proficiency for katanas.
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* FragileSpeedster: Doesn't have much stamina due to her younger age.
* NumericalThemeNaming: She's named for the German word for "one."
* TakeUpMySword: Initially did this figuratively but eventually discovered that she inherited Aohara's abilities as well.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: Harbors resentment towards Yuri's group for Zwei and Aohara's deaths but respects the latter's wishes to continue helping them.
* TimeStandsStill: On a whim, she attempts to use this and discovers that she inherited it.
[[/folder]]

!Aikawa's Party and Allies
[[folder:Aikawa]]
!!Mamoru Aikawa
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama (JP), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (EN)

A man who wants to become God to create a world where only the strong survive and the inept die. He is violent and currently controls 30 masks.
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* AGodIAm: Aikawa uses his powers as "One Close to God" to try and make a power grab and assert himself as the God of the new world.
* AffablyEvil: He is quite nice and polite, even to his own hostage, though he is quite clear about his use of violence if he resists.
* ArcVillain: He's the enemy for the arc that regards him kidnapping Rika and trying to kill Yuri's group when he recognizes the grouping of God Candidates as a threat.
* CharacterDeath: He is killed by a Tanabe being possessed by the Administrator.
* EvenBadMenLoveTheirMamas: One of his last wishes was to see her again.
* {{Expy}}: Not only does he have the same voice actors as [[Anime/CodeGeass Lelouch]], he also has his own unexpected LargeHam moments.
* {{Foil}}: To Yuri. Similar to her, he wishes to create a better world, but while to Yuri this means the end of that realm in order to let everybody go back to their normal lives, to him it means to implement the masks in all worlds and let the strong survive.
* PragmaticVillain: He orders his masks to not kill everyone, he leaves some behind to make even more masks.
* SocialDarwinist: His reason to act. He believes that the world of the masks is a beautiful world because it kills the inept and the weak while only the strong survive and intends to implement that in all worlds.
* ThanatosGambit: Tries to spin his death into this by using his last moments to undo Rika's brainwashing, believing his philosophy will still live on through him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kusakabe]]
!!Yayoi Kusakabe
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (JP), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (EN)

A strange and powerful Angel who is capable of thinking and acting by herself. She is Aikawa's right hand and is trying to help him take control of the rail gun.
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* TheBaroness: Very sexy and very deadly.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has an ample chest, which Aikawa very much appreciates.
* FairCop: She is a very sexy woman walking around in an officer uniform. Though it turns out she was a [[HelloAttorney lawyer]] in life, not a policewoman.
* LukeIAmYourFather: She's Uzuki's mother.
* MarshmallowHell: Aikawa likes doing this with Kusakabe to relieve his stress.
* NumberTwo: To Aikawa, as she seems to be the most reliable mask.
* RulesLawyer: The Administrator eventually recruits her for this purpose.
* WhipOfDominance: She uses a whip as her weapon and has a sadistic and sensual personality.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Swimmer Mask]]
!!Swimmer Mask
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A mask wearing a swimmer outfit and that uses special gloves to attack.
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* TheBrute: He serves as one of these for Kusakabe.
* DyingAlone: When Yuri breaks him down, he is left bleeding out to die and tries to call out for Aikawa or Yayoi, neither of whom can hear him.
* WalkingSwimsuitScene: Obviously.

[[/folder]]

[[folder:White Feather Mask]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AsamiSeto (JP)

An Angel wearing a robin hood themed outfit.
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* ColdSniper: She's just as much of one compared to Sniper Mask.
* HeroKiller: [[spoiler:She kills Kuon.]]
* VillainousCrush: She gets flustered after her initial confrontation with Sniper Mask at the idea to meet him and later [[spoiler:fails to headshot Kuon because she heard his voice.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Student Mask]]
!!Student Mask
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->'''Voiced by:''' Kimito Totani (JP)

A mask wearing old-time student uniform and that worships Aikawa.
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* AxCrazy: Is more than happy to kill weaklings in the name of Aikawa.
* DrivenToSuicide: After being defeated by Tanabe, he kills himself by jumping off the building. His last moments are realizing this act is fruitless as it doesn't prove any of the points he believes in.
* HiddenWeapons: Has many knives under his cloak and uses them to attack.
[[/folder]]

!Juo's Allies and hostages
[[folder:Juo]]
!!Juo / Emiri Suzuki
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A powerful Person Who Became Close to God and a complete maniac who is very kill-happy in the world where he is free to indulge in the killing.
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* BigBadWannabe: He can go toe-to-toe with some of the strongest residents in the alternate world, but he's still hopelessly outmatched when it comes to the Administrator.
* DefiantToTheEnd: Refuses Yuri's help by FlippingTheBird as he falls to his death.
* EyeScream: At one point during his fight with Rika, he gets a pebble through his eye.
* {{Foil}}: To Yoshida and Rika.
** '''To Yoshida''': both were bullied and become God Candidate, share an interest over Rika, but they use their powers very differently. Yoshida is helping others both because it's the right thing to do, but also to found help in return. He wishes to make Rika his leader, as he thinks himself unable to be one. Juo is more selfish and cruel, seeing his powers as an opportunity to have his fun. He also see more Rika as an equal.
** '''To Rika''': Both have embarrassing feminine name to their point of view, have superpowers and become leader after falling into the High-Rise world. But Rika doesn't see (yet) the humanity as rotten as Juo does. He's still fighting for honorable reasons while Juo just want to indulge in his bloodlust.
* GenderBlenderName: His real name, Emiri, is a girlish name he was embarrassed about.
* HeroicWillpower: Villainous example. He was able to resist the Faceless Mask's command to destroy it after taking it off. So far, he's the only one to ever ignore a mask's orders without consequences.
* HumansAreBastards: He believed everyone is evil, and the masks are just bringing it to the surface. He can be gleefully evil because that's what he believes he was supposed to be.
* MindManipulation: One of his abilities, although how it works is never explained.
* TheSociopath: He is capable of feeling guilt for his actions but admits that he feels that it is counter-productive to his goals, so he can simply ignore these feelings.
* WalkingShirtlessScene: After his fight with Rika, he rips off his own shirt, which was meant as a signal for a sniper, but the sniper was knocked out, so he started walking around shirtless anyway.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Okihara]]
!!Shinji Okihara
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiOgata (JP)

A member of Rika's party that defected to join Juo.
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* FaceHeelTurn: Dropped out of Rika's party to help their kidnapper since that would allow him to use his Faceless Mask.
* NotBrainwashed: Unlike the rest of Rika's former party, he willingly joined Juo in order to take his Faceless Mask and become a Person Closer to God.
* VisualDevelopment: He is introduced with a safety helmet, but when he sides with Juo, he switches it for a cowboy hat and a poncho.
* TheUnreveal: Aside from enhanced firepower with his gun, he never gets to showcase any abilities granted from Juo's Faceless Mask.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yoshida]]
!!Rikuya Yoshida
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->'''Voiced by:''' Shoya Chiba (JP)

Another Person Who Became Closer To God. He is capable of controlling up to five masks and is trying to help others using the masks he controls.
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* AmbiguouslyBi: While he greets Rika, one of the first thing he does is noting Rika is good looking, and seemed oblivious to China Mask's crush on him. That being said, he feels awkward around girls and is the more formal possible with Yuri as consequences (and also because she's Rika's sister).
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Double subverted. Initially, even if he is enraged by Azuma's betrayal, he can't bring himself to kill nor even hurt him. However, he wants revenge for the terrible treatment he suffered from Juo, [[BreakTheCutie to the point of willingly makes a deal with the Devil to assured it]].
* BigBrotherWorship: To Rika, similarly to Yuri, though it's because Rika would be his Senpai.
* FatalFlaw: Despite his potential to be one of the most powerful God candidates, his cowardice and lack of confidence makes him overly reliant on others. His repeated failures and lack of acknowledgment also feed into his insecurities, making him an ideal victim for DemonicPossession by the Administrator.
* {{Foil}}: To Juo. Both were bullied and became God Candidate. However, Juo decides to used his power to exploited others and indulges himself while Rikuya uses his own power to help others. Also Juo is very confident in himself and loves to fight, at the opposite of Rikuya who is meek and avoids frontal confrontation.
* {{Irony}}: His profil indicates he likes Isekai. One could wonder if after going in the realm of High-Rise he still likes this tropes.
* MillionToOneChance: Unlike countless others, he was summoned into a room that contained a Faceless Mask.
* NeverFoundTheBody: Goes missing after the final battle, but his consciousness stays around long enough to help Yuri one last time.
* NiceGuy: Using his skill to control masks, he told them to stay aware of other masks and save people who are in trouble.
* NonActionGuy: He stays away, in a building with binoculars to watch the mask he controls save other people.
* WeCanRuleTogether: Is offered this by the Administrator. He '''accepts'''.
[[/folder]]

!Mask/Angels
[[folder:General]]
!!In General
->'''Mask AI voiced by:''' Creator/XantheHuynh (EN)
* AndIMustScream: A few retain their awareness but are powerless to do anything. Some even beg for death and express happiness over being killed.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: While the masks themselves appear to have nothing covering the eyes, anyone who puts one on has black voids in the eyeholes.
* BrainwashedAndCrazy: Their masks force them to attack people.
* DrivenToSuicide: If they stay too long without the Masks, it activates a code for them to try to kill themselves.
* EliteMooks: The Strong Masks.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: They prefer letting victims go out on their own terms if possible.
* EvilMask: The inside of the mask is capable of compelling the victim to put it on and attack other people.
* TheFaceless: A lot of them are never seen without their masks. Some are eventually unmasked, while Maid Mask is only seen from the mouth down in the manga (the anime shows her right eye). Later on certain controlled masks can remove their masks.
* TheHeavy: The angels, although clearly being basically mooks, are still responsible for 70% of the danger of the world.
* IdentityAmnesia: The ones who regain their free will or at least some form of self-control tend to have little recollection of their pasts before wearing their masks.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: A syringe, a log, and a screwdriver just to name a few.
* HopeCrusher: Their role in the game, embed the humans with so much despair that they will jump out of the buildings.
* MalevolentMaskedMen: They drive people to commit suicide while hiding their faces behind blank white masks.
* MaskOfPower: The masks they wear enhance the wearer's physical abilities to the peak of human condition.
* PersonalityPowers: Usually but not always.
* {{Synchronization}}: They can be manipulated by god candidates if they share matching wavelengths.
* TheVoiceless: Usually when their masks are on, they never speak.
* WhiteMaskOfDoom: Their most distinguishing feature is the blank white masks they all wear.
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Their masks include a piece of code to kill themselves when faced with a situation where they can no longer fight or if they will give the humans some valuable information.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Maid Mask]]
!!Maid Mask
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->'''Voiced by:''' Sayaka Kitahara (JP), Creator/CheramiLeigh (EN), Carol Valença (Brazilian Portuguese)
A mask using a scythe who wears maid clothes. She is the first strong mask that Yuri meets.
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* DyingAsYourself: Once Yuri damages her mask, she regains enough of herself to wish her good luck before being compelled to jump off the roof.
* {{Meido}}: She is primarily referred to by her maid outfit.
* MsExposition: After regaining some of her own will, she explains that the masks are actually BrainwashedAndCrazy.
* SinisterScythe: Her weapon of choice is a hand-sized sickle. Yuri appropriates it after her demise.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Different than other masks, she isn't easily fooled by Yuri's lies.
* WakeUpCallBoss: While Yuri managed to run away from Sniper Mask, this is no longer an option with Maid Mask, and she is far stronger and smarter than the other mooks Yuri met before.
[[/folder]]

!Higher-Ups of the High-Rise World
!!Guardian Angels
[[folder:Angry Masks]]
!!Angry Masks / Guardian Angels

A group of masks with an angry face, they are called Guardian Angels and seem to have control and knowledge over things the average masks/angels are not aware of. Currently, there is the Automatic Weapon Mask, Dealer Mask and later on a Miko Mask appears.
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* GateGuardian:
** Automatic Weapon Mask protects the helicopter and grants the rules will be followed by those who want to leave. he will shoot down those who don't follow the rules.
** Dealer Mask protects the elevators that can take humans to the ground.
* NumberTwo: They seem to be only below The Administrator in control of the world, and even among them, Dealer Mask is clearly the commander of many of them, though that seems to come from her being OnlySaneEmployee.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Miko Mask]]
!!Miko Mask / Floor 4
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A particularly angry Guardian Angel wearing the clothes of a Miko.
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* AxCrazy: Particularly kill-happy even for an Angry mask. She says that she intends to bring down the filthy humans she couldn't in the real world and believes herself to be some sort of godsend.
* {{BFG}}: She uses an anti-material rifle, which is a huge gun that fires bullets capable of destroying most things and are used to take down armored vehicles.
* CurbStompBattle: She easily defeats 4 strong masks that Aikawa sends against her, first by bringing three of them to the ground just with the shockwaves she causes, ripping one's head out, and then squashing another one by throwing a car on him.
* OffWithHerHead: She kills a girl by taking off her head with her bare hands.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Automatic Weapon Mask]]
!!Automatic Weapon Mask / Floor 5
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A mask using a powerful automatic weapon and is the protector of the helicopter.
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* TheQuietOne: Unlike the other Angry Masks, he keeps quiet and to himself. He finally talks before he is killed by Okihara.
* TheWorfEffect: He's off-screen and single-handedly defeated by Okihara, with the end result being that the recently turned God Candidate killed an Angry Mask from the get-go.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Automatic Rifle Mask 2]]
!!Automatic Rifle Mask 2 / Floor 6
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->''"Bye! I hope you fail and die a horrible death!"''

An oddly cheerful Guardian Angel.
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* TheUnfought: When Yuri meets him, she's already too powerful for him to even try, so he actually has to simply help her get the third God Code, so the Administrator can be summoned and he can deal with this mess instead of the Guardian Angels.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Dealer Mask]]
!!Dealer Mask / Floor 7
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto (JP)

A Guardian Angel using the clothes of a dealer and a rifle.
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* AffablyEvil: She is far from unpleasant to people stuck in the world and can simply give information normally to others without going haywire about it. She is very cordial to both Yuri and Miko Mask.
* BrokenBird: The Dealer Mask implies she is this. She finally explains that she lost her father when he killed himself after attempting to make a big business venture work but failed. She became a dealer to watch greedy people aiming high lose their money.
* MsExposition: The Dealer Mask warns Yuri of a way to save Nise of the Hibernation and the location of a Faceless Mask.
* OnlySaneMan: Unlike the other Guardian Angels, she isn't quite as crazy and quirky as them, and she is capable of simply talking with the people in the world normally, give them information and make her job easier.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Wrestler Mask]]
!!Wrestler Mask / Floor 8
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->''"All I think about is perfectly completing my mission."''

A mask dressed as a wrestler and ready to fight against Rika.

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* AffablyEvil: Very nice and polite to Rika, even when he admits he's there to kill him. He even says to the other humans they better get back on the buildings before other Angry masks realize they are there, since while he won't do anything to them, the others might.
* ConsummateProfessional: He is proud of his professionalism and states that since his only job right now is to kill Rika, he will let the other people on the ground level get back into the buildings unharmed.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hammer Mask]]
!!Hammer Mask / Floor 9

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The most powerful mask within the High-Rise World, it takes the form of a little girl using a small hammer.
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* SecretWeapon: Subverted. The Administrator meant to use her as such, but as it turns out, the Supervisor asked her for a favor beforehand and she kills the Administrator.
[[/folder]]
!!Leaders

[[folder:The Administrator]]
!!The Administrator
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The master of the high-rise world.
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* BigBad: Of the manga. He is the one behind the events that happened so far, make sure everyone follows the rules, though he eventually decides to deny the rules and try to become God himself.
* DemonicPossession: He can take over certain bodies of people and masks.
* FreudianExcuse: He was driven mad by his time controlling the world, especially because he can't compete to become God, but he was used to erect the foundation of the high-rise world.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Turns out that his constant rule-breaking didn't go unnoticed by the system. In fact, all the trickery he used to get to Yuri is what makes the Supervisor turn against him and end him.
* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Besides being a mad man trying to become god, he is also a bit of a misogynist and calls women beings that can't hear anyone to the end when fighting Yuri.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:The Supervisor]]
!!The Supervisor / Faceless-kun
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A program that seems to be managing the entire world.
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* AffablyEvil: Despite being the real force behind everything in the world, he's very nice, polite, and even puts nicknames on everyone.
* AmbiguouslyEvil: He is just a program meant to run this. A line from him even implies that someone ''else'' created him to run this world, this means that he may not really understand morality and when the chips are down, he makes decisions based on the rules, not morality, so it's hard to call him evil.
* GreaterScopeVillain: As the system that rules over the world. However, it doesn't seem malicious, just doing what it was created to do.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: His authority surpasses the Administrator's and he will happily topple the man down if he is not walking on the line. He makes Floor 9 kill the Administrator for his crimes and declares Yuri the winner.
* VillainousRescue: He shows up in the middle of the fight between Yuri and the Administrator, stops the fight, removes his privileges, and tells him that he is taking over, eliminating him and declaring Yuri the winner.
[[/folder]]
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Characters from ''Arrive''

!Mochizuki's Group
[[folder:Senya]]
!!Senya Matsuda
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A young boy that dreams of becoming an astronaut and was trapped in the High-Rise World, but has managed to survive by obtaining a rifle with a strong "cloud" that gives him access to superhuman skills.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Mochizuki]]
!!Mochizuki
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The leader of the group. Mochizuki is a former astronaut and Senya's hero. He wields a katana that also has a "cloud" like Senya's.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Nanami]]
!!Nanami
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A young and caustic girl who finds Senya and recruits him to their group. She walks around with her dog named Falcon and both of them have "clouds" too, while they seem to give her dog super strength, her own cloud gives her the power of electricity.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Hayami]]
!!Hayami Shika
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The sister of Hayami from the previous manga, Shika is a member of Mochizuki's group that does reconnaissance.
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[[/folder]]

[[folder:Shoji]]
!!Shoji
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A paranoid man that serves as the sentinel for Mochizuki's group's base.
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[[/folder]]
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* MarshmallowHell: Aikawa likes doing this with Kusakabe to relive his stress.

* WhipItGood: She uses a whip as her weapon.

* BareYourMidriff: Her outifit bares her midsection.

* IncestSubtext: Something of a DownplayedTrope but Rika checks a lot of the requisites to fulfill the role of being the LoveInterest of the series...but he just so happens to be Yuri's older brother. Yuri's admiration for her big brother crosses into people assuming that she is a brocon and Nise, who explicitly ''does'' have feelings for Yurieventually takes to treating Rika like he's the main competition for Yuri's affection.

* WeaponOfChoice: Most are identified by their weapons or fighting technique they use.

* WeaponOfChoice: She carries around a small hammer.

* KnifeNut: She loves knives, something even lampshaded by Yuri.

* KnifeNut: Has many knives under his cloak and uses them to attack.

* BigDamnVillains: Sniper Mask pulls one when he shoots the JerkAss cop who threatens to rape Yuri.

'''Due to the ever changing nature of the parties and the way the story goes, spoilers are unmarked.'''

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShikiAoki (JP), Jennie Kwan (EN), Florine Orphelin (FR), Roisin Nicosia (IT)

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HarukaShiraishi (JP), Creator/SuzieYeung (EN), Charlotte Hervieux, (FR), Serena Sigismondo (IT), Raíssa Bueno (Brazilian Portuguese)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraSekine (JP), Creator/StephanieSheh (EN)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KojiYusa (JP)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunyaEnoki (JP), Creator/ZenoRobinson (EN)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuichiroUmehara (JP), Creator/JonahScott (EN), Bastien Bourlé (FR), Massimo Triggiani (IT), Dláigelles Silva (Brazilian Portuguese)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShikiAoki (JP), Jennie Kwan (EN), Florine Orphelin (FR), Roisin Nicosia (IT)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KaitoIshikawa (JP), Creator/BrycePapenbrook

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ChikaAnzai (JP), Creator/XantheHuynh (EN)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukuyama (JP), Creator/JohnnyYongBosch (EN)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa (JP), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (EN)

-->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AsamiSeto (JP)

-->'''Voiced by''': Kimito Totani (JP)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiOgata (JP)

-->'''Voiced by:''' Shoya Chiba (JP)

-> '''Voiced by:''' Sayaka Kitahara (JP), Creator/CheramiLeigh (EN), Carol Valença (Brazilian Portuguese)

!! Guardian Angels

-->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShizukaIto (JP)

* AmbiguouslyBi: While he greets Rika, one of the first thing he does is noting Rika is good looking, and seemed oblivious to China Mask's crush on him. That being said, he's awkward around girls and is the more formal possible with Yuri.