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* UncannyValley: In-Universe example, her cyborg nature gives her an appearance that many characters describe as pretty but also "just not right" in a sense.

* IllGirl: Suffers from some kind of debilitating disease which forces her to stay bedridden for long periods of time. This being one of the big reasons why she takes the decision she takes.
** It's strongly implied it's not even an actual disease but her IC physiology making her unnaturally weak.

* TheSwordmaster: Fights with a katana and is described as such by [[spoiler:HE]] during their duel. In the events of a certain "game over" she is shown as capable of throwing her sword in such a way that it simultaneously stabs two people in the chest.

* RapunzelHair: After her transformation into Inanna, her real world self grows hair that stretches past her hips and knees. Her cyberspace self's is even more exaggerated approaching the ankle-length of the original Ishtar.

* RapunzelHair: Comfortably reaches past her knees and in some CG's it's even shown stretching past her ankles.

* RapunzelHair: Shown to stretch easily past her hips and implied to be not shorter than Ishtar's.

* {{Transgender}}: Is biologically female ([[spoiler:Or maybe not fully as implied in Route B']]), but likes women, uses male pronouns, dresses like a man, would be happy at the prospect of changing her genetic code, is directly described as "Having the mind of a man" by Yayoi...
* ViolentlyProtectiveGirlfriend: [[spoiler: For Mutsuki.]]

* {{Tsundere}}: Is one for Kosuke, attempting to act intense and often rude around him in order to catch his attention. However [[RealityEnsues this act works about as well as it would in real life]] and for most of the story Kosuke has no idea about Sami's feelings for him.

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->Voiced by: Chiaki Takahashi

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!!Introduced in Route C and after

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* AmbiguouslyAbsentParent: It's made evidently clear from the beginning that Miss Kawahara is missing from the family equation, but her absence is not really explained or made a big deal out of until '''very''' late into the story. Only in Route E' it is revealed that [[spoiler: Sakuya's mother was an employee of Exarch who died at childbirth, having conceived Sakuya without the need of a male partner in a bizarre involuntary asexual process called a "virgin birth". Having no reimaing family left, Sakuya was entrusted to Kawahara Tooru who raised her as his biological daughter.]]

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!![[spoiler:Wadatsumi Megumi]] / Ea

!![[spoiler:Akatsuki Akari]] / Ishtar

The protagonist of Route B,

* GenkiGirl
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Is actually the daughter of Shinobu Shinozuka (prior to her marriage), making her Masami and Mayumi’s older sister. None of them ever find out, though.]]

%%* PlayfulHacker
%%* RapunzelHair

->Voiced by: Hagi Michihiko

The protagonist of route D.

Hinata's twin sister. She dissappeared under mysterious circumstances 2 years prior to the beginning of the story.

The school doctor at Hinata's school. Honest and laid-back, she's one of the few adults (and people in general) who Hinata actually appreciates.

* [[StraightManAndWiseGuy Wise Guy]]: Plays this role in her dynamic with Hinata, who is obviously the straight man. Hinata often asks her for advice expecting serious and straightforward answers, while Yayoi teases him and replies with jokes, sarcastic comments, or esoteric references that might or might not be related to what he's asking. One of the best examples comes during a tense moment just after Hinata (accompanied by Sakuya) confronts her over [[spoiler:her identity as one of the most important people in the Babylon MMORPG]]. As they are leaving in anger (Or in Sakuya's case, in a mix of shock and hilarious over-respect), Yayoi shouts:
-> "Don't forget that sexual relationships are generally forbidden within the school!"

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The protagonist of Route C.

->Voiced by: [[spoiler:Nagata Kayo]]

->Voiced by: Kozue Yoshizumi

->Voiced by: Yanase Natsumi

* BreakTheCutie: Is one of the nicest and more innocent characters in the story, but arguably goes through more pain than anyone else. Since childhood she suffered from severe illness and fevers which put her constantly at the brink of death, and could not be permanently cured as they were part of her IC Physiology. She then lost her father at a bizarre incident involving Exarch, who didn't even give them the body back. Grew up being seen as "slow" by her schoolmates, making her victim of mild bullying. Her sister supports her but does it in a way that makes Yumi feel even more dumb and useless. Finds friends in "Criminal" and Hinata, but they all are killed (Or presumably killed in Hinata's case) in the war with Enlil, her mom also being killed. She comes very close to losing it at this point, but ultimately manages to channel her inner strength and become the person she is at Routes C and onwards.

%%* CrashIntoHello:

* EarnYourHappyEnding: After all her frankly stunning amount of bad luck, in Route B' she manages to finally set aside the trauma of her friends' deaths. And , it's heavily implied that they become a couple eventually, as Sakuya is out of the picture for some not entirely disclosed reason. Route E' could also qualify although it's [[GainaxEnding a much much more bizarre case]].

* SoleSurvivor: Of "Criminal".

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!!Note: Due to the nature of the story, character folders will be named according to the name they are most commonly associated with between their real name and their handle/username. Inside both will be included, with those that are spoilers being hidden appropiately.
!!Note 2: This page uses Japanese Naming Conventions for the characters and voice actors.

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[[folder:Aoi Hinata]]
!!Aoi Hinata / HINATA / [[spoiler:Shamash]] / [[spoiler:HE]]

* ArtificialLimbs: [[spoiler:After Enlil severely injures him, Nergal replaces 2/3rds of his body with mechanical parts.]]
* AntiHero: Switches from one type to the other. Initially he's a [[ClassicalAntiHero Classical Type]], his mental issues causing him to be deeply antisocial and self loathing. After the events of route A he turns into a [[spoiler: [[ByronicHero Byronic type]]: Cynical, Brooding, and willing to crush anyone in his way.]]
* BigBrotherInstinct: Is downright obsessed with Mutsuki, though this is mostly out of guilt and not anything else. [[spoiler:It’s heavily implied that this was not the case in their past, though.]]
* BloodKnight: [[spoiler: As HE, Routes C and D serving as testimony.]]

* {{Determinator}}: After his development and some tragic events, Hinata [[spoiler:takes the identity of the legendary hacker HE and begins a RoaringRampageOfRevenge against Enlil and her army. Once this becomes a problem, it takes what's implied to be THOUSANDS of tries to make him back down a little.]]
* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: By Enlil's hand and along with Sakuya. In one of the game-over endings of Route A]].
* LiteralTransformativeExperience: [[spoiler: Seeing his new body after he's turned into a cyborg causes him quite a bit of shock, which is eventually one of the reasons he decides to transform into HE]]
* ObliviousToLove: Is completely ignorant of Sakuya’s feelings for him. [[spoiler:This is revealed to be a subversion in Route A’, where Hinata reveals he was aware of her feelings, he just feigned ignorance.]]

* SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:During one of the bad endings of Route A he attempts to shield Sakuya from Enlil's katana, only for her to be killed anyway.]]

* TookALevelInBadass: [[spoiler:Gains some levels in Route E mostly thanks to HE’s help, but he truly earns this in his own right in Route A’, where he’s the one who suggests the attack on eXarch and actually manages to defeat a guard with his own strength.]]
* WeCanRebuildHim: [[spoiler:Gets turned into a cyborg after almost being killed by Enlil at the end of Route A.]]

[[folder:LEM]]
->Voiced by: [[spoiler:Nagata Kayo]]

* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Of different degrees at different times. How much depends on [[spoiler:the phase of the moon]], and also whether [[spoiler:it's the Null we're talking about, and not the Una]].
* {{Malaproper}}: Occasionally, as a trademark of her ([[spoiler:the Null's]]) personality. Specifically, taking common phrases and substituting one or both words for one that is phonetically close but silly.

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!!Shinozuka Mayumi / R / [[spoiler:Inanna]]
->Voiced by: Kozue Yoshizumi, [[spoiler: Chiaki Takahashi as Inanna]]
--> [[spoiler:'''A young woman standing in solitude''']]
[[spoiler:The protagonist of Route C]]

* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler:Though she seems to treat her sister’s death equally with the rest of her comrade’s deaths.]]
* ChekhovsGunman: [[spoiler:Goes from supporting character in Routes A and B to one of the main protagonists.]]
* Dojikko: Tends to fall over a –lot-.
* EyeScream:
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:Becomes the new Ishtar after the original’s death.]]
* LoveEpiphany: [[spoiler:Realizes she loves Hinata in Route B’.]]
* ObliviousToLove: Is completely unaware of Kosuke’s feelings for her. [[spoiler:In an inversion, she herself is unaware that what she feels for Hinata is love until Route B’.]]
* ShrinkingViolet: With strangers, though she’s a lot more open around her friends.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of Criminal.]]
* SurvivorsGuilt: [[spoiler:A major part of her character post Route B is that she feels that she was unworthy to survive and that there were many others who should have lived instead, part of what drives her to become the new Ishtar.]]
* TheHeart: Of Criminal, seeing as how her obliviousness tends to stand out amongst the more aggressive personalities of Masami and Mika.

* DeadpanSnarker/ FirstPersonSmartass: Is the former with Sakuya and Yayoi, is the latter the rest of the time.

* TechnoWizard: A notably skilled one even in a world full of computer genuises. At 13 years old she had taught herself how to work with Quantum Computers (The first Quantum Computer in the world, no less), and created a massive program capable of recreating a person's memories into an Artificial Intelligence replica.

->Voiced by: Hagi Michihiko

->Voiced by: Tanaka Ryoko

->Voiced by: Nagata Kayo
Hinata's twin sister. She dissappeared under mysterious circumstances two years prior to the beginning of the story.

->Voiced by: Airi Yoshida

->Voiced by: Aida Sayaka

The protagonist of Route A.

* BrilliantButLazy: He is shown to be very intelligent, but never bothers applying himself because (as he tells Sakuya) "it'd be a pain in the ass".
* CharacterDevelopment

Hinata's childhood friend.

!!Aoi Mutsuki / [[spoiler:Sin / LEM]]

Hinata's mysterious twin sister, who dissappeared two years previous to the beginning of the story.

A laid-back young woman who attends the infirmary at Hinata's school, and is one of the few adults who he gets along with.

* Bifauxnen
* HairTriggerTemper

* LadyOfWar
* {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler: For Mutsuki.]]

!!Note: Due to the nature of the story, character names will be ordered by the name they are most associated with in the story: either their real name or handle- while the other is next to their names. As the handles of some characters are spoilers, they’re hidden appropriately.

[[folder:Protagonists]]
!Aoi Hinata/HINATA
->Voiced by: Michihiko Hagi

!Ishtar/[[spoiler:Akatsuki Akari]]
->Voiced by: Creator/ChiakiTakahashi

* CoolBigSis / TeamMom: Is this for the other members of Criminal.
* GenkiGirl
* LongLostRelative: [[spoiler:Is actually the daughter of Shinobu Shinozuka (prior to her marriage), making her Masami and Mayumi’s older sister. None of them ever find out, though.]]
* OurHeroIsDead: [[spoiler: Played straight and subverted: While her physical body dies at the end of Route B, she lives on through her Shadow Null.]]
** [[spoiler:Then played straight for real in Route B’, where her Null is KilledOffForReal.]]
* ParentalAbandonment: Was left at an orphanage right after she was born. [[spoiler:A scene in Route B reveals that this is because her mother had no means to raise her at that point in her life.]]
%%* PlayfulHacker
%%* RapunzelHair
* StepfordSmiler: Her cheerful personality is mostly a front to cope with her own loneliness.
* VirtualGhost: [[spoiler:After Route B.]]

!{HE}/[[spoiler:Izaiah Nagy]]
->Voiced by: [[spoiler:Michihiko Hagi]]

[[folder:Supporting Characters]]

!Aoi Mutsuki/[[spoiler:Sin/LEM]]
->Voiced by: Kayo Nagata

!Kawahara Sakuya/SAKUYA
->Voiced by: Ryoko Tanaka

!Amane Yayoi/[[spoiler:Anu]]

!Enlil/[[spoiler:Izumo Tsukasa]]
->Voiced by: SayakaAida

%%* Bifauxnen
%%* HairTriggerTemper

%%* LadyOfWar

!Ayase Mika/Magdalene
->Voiced by: Kaori Fujisaki

!Miyata Kosuke/Eques
->Voiced by: Creator/KosukeToriumi

* TheBigGuy: His role in Criminal.
* BookDumb: And seemingly proud of it.
* ButtMonkey: Being the only man in Criminal, he is their designated target of teasing.
%%* TheDanza
* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:In Route B Bad Ending 3, where he turns in the team after Ishtar refuses to allow them to face Code.]]
* FailureKnight: [[spoiler: Several comments he makes implies this is what he feels about letting Mika die right in front of him.]]
%%* MyGreatestFailure
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Twice, both times for Mayumi.]]
* VirtualGhost: [[spoiler:After Route B.]]


!Shinozuka Masami/L
->Voiced by: Creator/KozueYoshizumi

!Shinozuka Mayumi/R[[spoiler:/Ishtar/Inanna]]
->Voiced by: Creator/KozueYoshizumi
->[[spoiler:As Inanna: ChiakiTakahashi]]

* {{Dojikko}}: Tends to fall over a –lot-.
%%* EyeScream

!Ea/[[spoiler:Wadatsumi Megumi]]
->Voiced by: Creator/NatsumiYanase

!LEM
->Voiced by: [[spoiler:Kayo Nagata]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Of different degrees at different times. How much depends on [[spoiler:the phase of the moon]], and also whether [[spoiler:it's the Null we're talking about, and not the Una]].
* {{Malaproper}}: Occasionally, as a trademark of her ([[spoiler:the Null's]]) personality. Specifically, taking common phrases and substituting one or both words for one that is phonetically close but silly.

!Nergal/Igarashi Kousaku
* BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: [[spoiler:Nergal marries Ereshkigal in order to incubate her without raising suspicion.]]


!Nabu/[[spoiler:Kawahara Tohru]]

!Aoi Mitsuhiko/[[spoiler:Shamash]]

!Miyata Masayuki

!Inagaki/Chiquitita

!Tammuz

!Ningirsu

!Andras

!Yoshida

* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:The last time we see him is when he's being off to jail near the end of Route A.]]

!Hiiragi Midori

* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler:Tries to kill herself after going through Scenario Ashur.]]
* PutOnABus: [[spoiler:Like Yoshida, the last thing we hear of her is Sakuya telling Hinata that she's waiting for Yoshida.]]

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!Ereshkigal/[[spoiler:Izawa Nami]]
->Voiced by: Kayo Nagata

!{Marduk}
->Voiced by: Kayo Nagata

!{Ashur}
->Voiced by: Michihiko Hagi

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* CoolBigSis/ TeamMom: Is this for the other members of Criminal.

* Dojikko: Tends to fall over a –lot-.

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'''Note: Due to the nature of the story, character names will be ordered by the name they are most associated with in the story: either their real name or handle- while the other is next to their names. As the handles of some characters are spoilers, they’re hidden appropriately.'''

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* [[spoiler: ArtificialLimbs: After Enlil severely injures him, Nergal replaces 2/3rds of his body with mechanical parts.]]

* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass: Gains some levels in Route E mostly thanks to HE’s help, but he truly earns this in his own right in Route A’, where he’s the one who suggests the attack on eXarch and actually manages to defeat a guard with his own strength.]]

* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost: After Route B.]]

* AmbiguousGender- Is never fully identified as a man or a woman. [[spoiler:Until Route E, which gives 100% confirmation to the fact Enlil is a woman.]]
* [[spoiler:Bifauxnen]]
* HairTriggerTemper
* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: Of sorts. While she doesn’t exactly switch alignments, she does stop trying to get in Hinata’s way and helps the group from that point on.]]
* [[spoiler: LadyOfWar]]
* {{Yandere}}- [[spoiler: For Mutsuki.]]

* TheDanza
* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn: In Route B Bad Ending 3, where he turns in the team after Ishtar refuses to allow them to face Code.]]

** [[spoiler: MyGreatestFailure]]
* [[spoiler:TakingTheBullet: Twice, both times for Mayumi.]]
* [[spoiler:VirtualGhost: After Route B.]]

* [[spoiler: AngstySurvivingTwin: Though she seems to treat her sister’s death equally with the rest of her comrade’s deaths.]]
* [[spoiler:ChekhovsGunman: Goes from supporting character in Routes A and B to one of the main protagonists.]]

* [[spoiler:EyeScream]]
* [[spoiler:LegacyCharacter: Becomes the new Ishtar after the original’s death.]]

* [[spoiler:SoleSurvivor: Of Criminal.]]
* [[spoiler:SurvivorsGuilt: A major part of her character post Route B is that she feels that she was unworthy to survive and that there were many others who should have lived instead, part of what drives her to become the new Ishtar.]]

* [[spoiler:DeadToBeginWith: Was murdered by Enlil during Annunaki's collapse, and thus became a null.]]

* [[spoiler:BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage: Nergal marries Ereshkigal in order to incubate her without raising suspicion.]]

* [[spoiler:PutOnABus: The last time we see him is when he's being off to jail near the end of Route A.]]

* [[spoiler:BungledSuicide: Tries to kill herself after going through Scenario Ashur.]]
* [[spoiler:PutOnABus: Like Yoshida, the last thing we hear of her is Sakuya telling Hinata that she's waiting for Yoshida.]]

->Voiced by: ChiakiTakahashi

* [[spoiler:LongLostRelative: Is actually the daughter of Shinobu Shinozuka (prior to her marriage), making her Masami and Mayumi’s older sister. None of them ever find out, though.]]
* [[spoiler: OurHeroIsDead: Played straight and subverted: while her physical body dies at the end of Route B, she lives on through her Shadow Null.]]

* PlayfulHacker
* RapunzelHair

->Voiced by: KozueYoshizumi

!Shinozuka Mayumi/R[[spoiler:/Ishtar/Inanna]]
->Voiced by: KozueYoshizumi