History Characters / KMainCharacters

* CatSmile: Her default expression, since she can turn into a cat.

* SweaterGirl: A simple sweater ''gown''.

[[caption-width-right:121: Click [[labelnote:here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/silver_clan_insignia.png[[/labelnote]] to see [[spoiler:their clan insignia]]]]

[[spoiler: Once Shiro is revealed to be the Silver King, Adolf K. Weismann, Kuroh and Neko become his first clansmen. They later name their clan HAKUMAITOU (which translates to "White Rice Party").]]

* InnocentCohabitation: They share a small dorm room that's meant for one person without ''anything'' going beyond friendship.

* TheChick: Her quirkiness helps reconcile Kuroh's and Shiro's personalities.

* HitmanWithAHeart: He's on a mission to kill the evil Colorless King, but he's not a heartless assassin, as seeing when he was willing to do Shiro a last favor for the sake of his "ill little sister" and later he was willing to make Shiro a nice last meal. After Shiro is able to reason with him, Kuroh decides to give Shiro the chance to prove his innocence before killing him.

* HiddenHeartOfGold: He's stoic and seemingly cold, but he is actually really moved by Shiro's fake sob story about his imaginary little sister.

* FreudianTrio: Shiro is TheKirk, Kuroh is TheSpock, and Neko is TheMcCoy.

* TheKirk: Shiro fits in the middle of the stoic Kuroh and the emotional Neko, balancing them out as the center of the trio.

* FlashBackEcho: When Shiro moves in front of Neko as she is trying to defend him from Kuroh, Kuroh flashes back to his childhood when Ichigen Miwa protected him while he was trying to defend his master. It causes him to hesitate in his strike and give Shiro a second second chance.

* TheSpock: The most serious and level-headed member of the main trio.

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%%* BadassAdorable

* TheMcCoy: The most emotional and impulsive member of the main trio.

* AnimalThemeNaming: The first kanji in Kuroh's name is "dog" (which is where the "Black Dog" monicker comes from). Neko is Japanese for "cat". Shiro's [[spoiler:real name Adolf comes from the Germanic name Adalwolf,]] which means "noble wolf".

* FreudianTrio: With Shiro as TheKirk, Kuroh as TheSpock, and Neko as TheMcCoy.

* IntergenerationalFriendship: [[spoiler:Despite not looking like it, Shiro is mentally over 80 years old and he becomes close friends with Kuroh and Neko, who are actual teenagers.]]

* TrueCompanions: Once they bond, they become as close as a family. Shiro even refers to Kuroh and Neko as his family when he returns in Season 2.

* AmbiguouslyBi: He has blushed ''many'' times around Kuroh and even teasingly called him his wife, but he's also blushed at Neko when he saw her naked human body for the first time and the two share a few affectionate moments that are borderline romantic. The same goes for his interactions with Kuroh.

* ConsummateLiar: With the exception of the LineOfSightName scene in Episode 2, where he actually stuttered in the middle of a lie (to show the viewer that he is lying), he's a pretty damn good liar.

* FakeMemories: [[spoiler:Revealed in Episode 6 that his memories about his past seem to be entirely fictitious.]] Shiro admits this himself when he says every time he tries to remember something, the details wouldn't match up. [[spoiler:Neko is later revealed to be the one who has been forging his memories with her powers.]]

* IconicItem: His pretty pink parasol.
* ILied: Smugly to Kuroh about his "[[InventedIndividual little sister]]", before making a hasty escape.

* MysteriousPast: He claims he's just an ordinary person who came from a happy family and is living away from them to attend a high school, [[spoiler:but he soon finds out that the house he thought he lived in doesn't even exist.]]

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: A kid with no powers, fighting skills or understanding of the clans is swept up in their fight. [[SubvertedTrope He is not as ordinary as he seems.]] [[spoiler:Then it's double-subverted: the body he's wearing really did belong to an ordinary high school student, Tooru Hieda, who had the misfortune of getting [[GrandTheftMe body-jacked]] by first the Colorless King and then the Silver King.]]

** [[spoiler: In Episode 6 he again offers Kuroh the chance to kill him, for real this time, after realizing his entire life is a lie and he no longer knows if he committed the murder or not]].

* TheSmartGuy: He's remarkably intelligent as a scientist as mentioned above, and able to think quickly on his feet, even when under pressure.
* TheTrickster: Tricks are the only ways he can escape all the people trying to capture or kill him, as he's not much of a fighter. He lies his way out well enough.

The First and Silver King, a well as the true identity of Yashiro Isana. When the Colorless King possessed his body, Adolf's mind ended up in the body the Colorless King was previously possessing. The Colorless King pushed him off his airship and Adolf crash landed on Ashinaka High School where he assumed the identity of Yashiro Isana with the help of Neko's memory controlling powers.

* ComboPlatterPowers: As the First King, he displays immortality, control of gravity within his [[SphereofPower sanctum]], and the ability to alter other people's biological makeup. If he uses the latter power to synchronize other people's biology to his own, he can lend them a similar influence over gravity. He also seems to have actual psychic capabilities, being able to easily outmaneuver and trap a {{Body Surf}}er who ''does'' use psychic powers [[note]]In this case, he doesn't seem to have telepathy and requires someone else to initiate the psychic conflict[[/note]].

* ConsummateLiar: With the exception of the LineOfSightName scene in Episode 2, where he actually stuttered in the middle of a lie (to show the viewer that he is lying), he's a pretty damn good liar.
* CrushBlush: He blushes a lot whenever Kuroh is involved.

* CynicismCatalyst: He did ''not'' take his older sister's death well at all, and isolated himself for over sixty years as a result of his bereavement.

* ImprobableAge: He was co-head of the Dresden Slate project as a ''teenager'' along with his elder sister.

* LineOfSightName: In Episode 7, it's revealed that his name "Yashiro Isana" came from a poster he saw on a wall of the school the very first night he arrived there.

* LossOfIdentity: In Episode 6, when he realizes "Yashiro Isana" may never have actually existed. Confirmed in Episode 11 when it's revealed "Shiro" never existed -- he was actually Adolf K. Weismann (with amnesia) all along.

* NeverFoundTheBody: After Shiro lets Mikoto kill him, which obliterates the entire island, Neko and Kuroh find his parasol but not his body. Neko clings to the belief that as a King, he might have been powerful enough to survive the blast. Kuroh, recalling that Shiro's power as the First King was ''explicitly'' immortality, comes to agree. TheMovie confirms Shiro is still alive, but in hiding.
* NighInvulnerability: As a result of his powers as the Silver King, which explicitly protect him against external influences of all kinds -- this is the cause of both his immortality and his being completely fine after a number of extremely dangerous and/or lethal incidents with nary a scratch on him. Mikoto ''did'' manage to punch a hole through him at the end of the first season, with the implication that Mikoto made him '''explode''' -- and yet he's revealed to be ''completely fine'' in the movie. Daikoku's words imply that ''he regenerated FromASingleCell.'' If this isn't the definition of "immortal", we don't know what is.

* OddNameNormalNickname: He's a German man named Adolf K. Weismann and is possessing the body of a Japanese boy. When he's missing his memories, he adopts the name "Yashiro Isana" and he prefers others to keep call him by his nickname after his memory returns because everyone else in the cast is Japanese.

* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: A kid with no powers, fighting skills or understanding of the clans is swept up in their fight. [[SubvertedTrope He is not as ordinary as he seems.]] Then it's double-subverted: the body he's wearing really did belong to an ordinary high school student, Tooru Hieda, who had the misfortune of getting [[GrandTheftMe body-jacked]] by first the Colorless King and then the Silver King.

* TeenGenius: As a teenager, he was a head researcher along with his sister over the Slate and managed to unlock its secrets.
* TheStrategist: This is his primary role in his clan for combat, while Kuroh does the actual fighting. He was even able to outwit and defeat The Green King who had access to the Slates' unlimited power.

[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him [[spoiler: as the Silver King]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yashiro_silver_king.png[[/labelnote]]]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him [[spoiler: as Adolf K. Weismann (past)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/adolf_k_weismann.png[[/labelnote]]]]]]
[[caption-width-right:350:[[labelnote:Click here to see him [[spoiler: as Adolf K. Weismann (present)]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/k_weismann1.png[[/labelnote]]]]]]
->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeNamikawa (Japanese), Creator/SamRiegel (English) -- [[spoiler: [in Tooru Hieda's body] ]]
->[[spoiler:'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TetsuyaKakihara (Japanese), Creator/LucienDodge (English) -- [in his original body] ]]

* AmnesiaDanger: [[spoiler:Remembering that his true identity was the Silver King all along might have helped him a lot in earlier episodes when he had no idea why people were out to kill or capture him. Kuroh, in particular, could have been convinced sooner of his innocence.]]
* AmnesiacHero: [[spoiler:He does not remember who he is or what his involvement in Tatara's murder may be. All his memories from the moment he came to school were fabricated with Neko's powers. He finally recovers his memories in Episode 11.]]
* AmnesiacsAreInnocent: [[spoiler:Even when he first arrived in the school without any memories, he was still friendly to Neko which caused her to warm up to him immediately.]]
* AngstySurvivingTwin: [[spoiler: As Adolf, the loss of his elder twin sister is what broke him for many years.]]
* AuthorityEqualsAsskicking: [[spoiler:Shiro (as the First King) is definitely not a fighter. Nevertheless, he effortlessly halts the pitched battle between Reisi and Mikoto, both of whom are powerful Kings and fighters.]]

* BadassInANiceSuit: His outfits [[spoiler: as a King]] give him a very polished and cultured appearance, and while he himself is not a fighter on the front lines, he does play a supportive role as a skillful strategist and tactician, who can stonewall any opponent short of a King empowered by the Slates.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: Shiro is definitely the nicest of guys but [[spoiler: the two enemies who have crossed him ended up dead.]]
* BigGood: In ''Return of Kings'', [[spoiler:he remembers he is the Silver King and leads the alliance of his clan, HOMRA, and SCEPTER 4 as they're working together to defeat JUNGLE.]]

* BodySurf: [[spoiler:He has moved from his body into that of a 17 year old youth, Tooru Hieda, lost his memories, and constructed a persona as Shiro. He still seems to be himself, even without his memories.]]

* CelibateHero: Lives up to [[spoiler:his nineties]] without ever really having any love interests because [[spoiler:he had isolated himself from the rest of the world.]]
* ComboPlatterPowers: [[spoiler:As the First King, he displays immortality, control of gravity within his [[SphereofPower sanctum]], and the ability to alter other people's biological makeup. If he uses the latter power to synchronize other people's biology to his own, he can lend them a similar influence over gravity. He also seems to have actual psychic capabilities, being able to easily outmaneuver and trap a {{Body Surf}}er who ''does'' use psychic powers [[note]]In this case, he doesn't seem to have telepathy and requires someone else to initiate the psychic conflict[[/note]].]]
* CompleteImmortality: [[spoiler:His power as the Silver King grants him absolute immortality. Shiro doesn't age, cannot die from any natural causes nor be killed even if his body is completely destroyed. He loses his immortality when the Slate that gave him his powers is destroyed.]]

* CrushBlush: He blushes a lot whenever Kuroh is involved.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: [[spoiler:In his original body. Silver, of course.]]
* CynicismCatalyst: [[spoiler: He did ''not'' take his older sister's death well at all, and isolated himself for over sixty years as a result of his bereavement.]]
* DynamicEntry: In Season 2, he falls from the sky and crashes into the land [[BigDamnHeroes just in time to save Kuroh and Neko from Yukari]]. And this is a very deliberate choice [[spoiler: with him lampshading how this time he's coming down out of the sky by choice.]]

* TheGadfly:
** He likes to tease others, especially Kuroh. At one point, Shiro calls him his wife for making his lunch, for which Kuroh threats to cut off his tongue.
** The novel reveals that as [[spoiler: Adolf researching the Dresden Slate, his first intro to Daikaku involves him ''pranking'' him repeatedly, just to see his surprised face. He also continued to prank him until Daikaku teamed up with Claudia to get back at him.]]
* GentlemanAndAScholar: He's highly intellectual as [[spoiler: he was a scientist studying the Slates as a teenager]], and is extremely polite and courteous to enemies and allies alike.
* GoodWearsWhite: In ''Return of Kings'', Yashiro dons a white suit to represent his new role as the BigGood.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:His last expression is a peaceful smile as he closes his eyes after Mikoto blasts a hole through his chest with his powers. It doesn't take as noted above.]]

* GratuitousGerman: The moment [[spoiler:he recalls his memories as Adolf K. Weismann]], he starts speaking in German for a while, and then continues to pepper his speech with German words in the following episodes.
* GravityMaster: [[spoiler:He exhibits this power himself, and can momentarily synchronize the biological wavelength of other people with his own, enabling them to access his sanctum's manipulation of gravity as well.]]

* TheHero: The protagonist of the story.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He pulls off one in order to let Mikoto destroy the Colorless King in his own body instead of Kukuri's. As he's the Silver King, it doesn't last.]]

* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler:He does not remember who he is or where he came from, and what he could recall are actually a result of Neko's fabrications. However, he regains his identity in Episode 11 after getting stabbed by the Colorless King and finally remembers he is Adolf K. Weismann]].
* IdleRich: [[spoiler:He spent a very long time sipping expensive wine on an expensive blimp, all the while not doing much to influence the world, despite having the power to do so.]]

* ImprobableAge: [[spoiler: As Adolf, he was co-head of the Dresden Slate project as a ''teenager'' along with his elder sister.]]

* ItsRainingMen:
** He fell from a great height off an airborne zeppelin, [[spoiler:and still landed unharmed in a high school despite crashing right through the ceiling of the building.]]
** He does this again in the second season, but this time it's intentional.

* KindheartedCatLover: He eats lunch with Neko in her cat form and keeps her perched on his arm all the time, even when running errands outside campus.

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:He can't remember anything beyond waking up in the school after crashing through the roof, and then meeting Neko and Kukuri for the first time. However, after Neko uses her powers to help him recover his memory further, he soon recalls clinging to the edge of an airship and then getting kicked off it by a silver-haired man. In Episode 11 though, he finally remembers everything.]]
* {{Leitmotif}}:
** "[[http://kirroro.tumblr.com/post/37635402489/k-ost-vol-2-track-20-shiro-1-one-of-isana Shiro #1]]" and "Shiro #2", both calm songs with similar tunes. They are also remixes of the K Main Theme. And then also "[[http://kirroro.tumblr.com/post/38199467299/k-ost-vol-1-track-10-shiro-3-even-though Shiro #3]]", which is noticeably darker than the first two.
** [[spoiler: [[http://kirroro.tumblr.com/post/38437421685/k-ost-vol-2-track-06-adolf-k-weismann-adolfs Adolf K. Weismann]], a rather dramatically sinister song. Though this song is more often used as a Leitmotif for the evil Colorless King, though, than the innocent Silver King Adolf.]]
* LightIsGood: He has white hair, wears a white suit in the second season, and his true identity is [[spoiler:the Silver King]]. Eventually, he grows into the BigGood in the anime.
* LineOfSightName:
** In a few seconds of just glancing around at his environment, Shiro spins out a yarn about having an ill younger sister who he needs to write a letter to, and quickly does it again when he needs to think up a name for her and spots a nearby flier.
** In Episode 7, it's revealed that [[spoiler:his name "Yashiro Isana" came from a poster he saw on a wall of the school the very first night he arrived there.]]
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: [[spoiler:His original body is a beautiful man with hair past his knees. It was shorter in the flashback, and when he returns to that body in the end of the second season.]]
* LossOfIdentity: [[spoiler:In Episode 6, when he realizes "Yashiro Isana" may never have actually existed. Confirmed in Episode 11 when it's revealed "Shiro" never existed -- he was actually Adolf K. Weismann (with amnesia) all along.]]

* MysteriousMiddleInitial: [[spoiler:The "K" in his real name.]]

* MysticalWhiteHair: Hand in hand with a mysterious, mystic nature and background, [[spoiler: not to mention his being the Silver King, a powerful figure some believed to be just a myth]].

* NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler: After Shiro lets Mikoto kill him, which obliterates the entire island, Neko and Kuroh find his parasol but not his body. Neko clings to the belief that as a King, he might have been powerful enough to survive the blast. Kuroh, recalling that Shiro's power as the First King was ''explicitly'' immortality, comes to agree.]] TheMovie confirms [[spoiler:Shiro is still alive, but in hiding]].
* NighInvulnerability: [[spoiler:As a result of his powers as the Silver King, which explicitly protect him against external influences of all kinds -- this is the cause of both his immortality and his being completely fine after a number of extremely dangerous and/or lethal incidents with nary a scratch on him. Mikoto ''did'' manage to punch a hole through him at the end of the first season, with the implication that Mikoto made him '''explode''' -- and yet he's revealed to be ''completely fine'' in the movie. Daikoku's words imply that ''he regenerated FromASingleCell.'' If this isn't the definition of "immortal", we don't know what is.]]

* NonActionGuy: Not a fighter. Every time people pursue him, he either runs away or uses some trick to escape. Kuroh is the one doing the fighting for their team. [[spoiler: As a King, he could theoretically fight and do a CurbStompBattle on most opponents (as hinted when he's able to deflect the Grey King's bullets with barely any effort), but he seems to prefer focusing solely on defense.]]

* OddNameNormalNickname: [[spoiler:He's a German man named Adolf K. Weismann and is possessing the body of a Japanese boy. When he's missing his memories, he adopts the name "Yashiro Isana" and he prefers others to keep call him by his nickname after his memory returns because everyone else in the cast is Japanese.]]
* OlderThanHeLooks: [[spoiler:He's around ninety years old, but his real body hasn't aged since he was in his early twenties.]]
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: [[spoiler:"Yashiro Isana" is just a made up name for his amnesiac self. His real name is Adolf K. Weismann, but even after recovering his memory, he still prefers to be called by his alias.]]

* ParasolOfPrettiness: A rare male example. He always goes around with his rather feminine parasol. WordOfGod states that it represents Shiro's desire to protect those around him. [[spoiler: As someone who experienced firsthand the destruction wrought by air strikes, it makes sense that he would want to shield himself and his loved ones from the sky.]]
* PersonOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler: The last Damocles Down killed over 700,000 people and had a blast radius reaching 100 km. As the First King, he has the highest defense and life force of all the Kings which also enables him to have the highest offense. He is the only King who can actually force a Damocles down on their own and walk away from it alive, whereas any other King who attempts to do so would certainly be killed, as well as hundreds of thousands or possibly a million if the population density is high enough. He could in fact act as an immortal suicide bomber if he made the effort to do so.]]

* PowerFloats: [[spoiler:The Silver Sanctum he can manifest enables him and his clansmen to casually defy gravity.]]
* PowerGlows: [[spoiler:Shiro starts emitting a silvery glow whenever he uses his powers as the Silver King.]]

* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: [[spoiler:At the end of Season 2, he has become a teacher at Ashinaka High School using the cover story of being a relative of Neko, who has officially become a student.]]
* RetGone: [[spoiler:When HOMRA and SCEPTER 4 investigate Ashinaka High for clues on Shiro, they found no trace of his existence -- Saruhiko searched the school records for him and nothing turned up, and Misaki questioned Shiro's friend Kukuri about him and she genuinely did not know who he was. Every aspect of his current identity was in fact made up and projected by Neko onto the rest of the students, which is why there are no records of a "Yashiro Isana" at all. ]]
** In Season 2, [[spoiler: Nagare reveals that this is because JUNGLE erased Tooru Hieda's existence so that he would not be found. He reveals his name once Shiro leaves his body and he wakes up.]]
* SharpDressedMan: In [[spoiler: his original body]] and in the second season, though not when he believes himself to be an ordinary high school student.
* SoullessShell: [[spoiler:His original body after Colorless King abandoned it.]]
* SparklingStreamOfTears: Again, when he's escaping from the HOMRA thugs, his carefree behavior makes him seem pretty chill about it all, but he's clearly scared as seen from this.
* StrongAndSkilled: [[spoiler: As the Silver King. Not only is his power level ranked at A+ according to official materials, the highest power ranking in the story setting (and a level only shared by fellow kings Kokujouji and Hisui), his experience as the lead researcher of the Dresden Slate allows him to use his powers in a number of creative ways, including temporarily converting another clan's member into his own, controlling and amplifying Neko's [[MasterOfIllusion cognitive manipulation powers]], and even forcing a [[SuperPowerMeltdown Damocles Down]] by raising his Weismann levels on demand. Kokujouji is the most powerful king in terms of raw strength, but Shiro remains unrivaled in terms of technical knowledge.]]

* SuperToughness: [[spoiler: He freefalls hundreds of feet onto concrete without any ill effects thanks to his immortality.]]
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:In the final episode he traps the Colorless King's soul inside his body and manages to reach Mikoto in time, who he then urgently asks to kill him before the Colorless King can free himself. Mikoto happily obliges by punching a hole right through Shiro's chest, thus killing them simultaneously by destroying the body they were in. Shiro, being immortal, recovers.]]

* TeenGenius: He's very smart for his age. [[spoiler: As Adolf, he was even more so, see he was the head researcher along with his sister over the Slate and managed to unlock its secrets.]]

* TheStrategist: This is his primary role in [[spoiler: his clan]] for combat, while Kuroh does the actual fighting. He was even able to outwit and defeat [[spoiler: The Green King who had access to the Slates' unlimited power.]]

* UnclePennybags: [[spoiler:He's referred to as an "international magnate" in the anime and a "wealthy foreigner" in the manga.]]

* WealthyYachtOwner: [[spoiler: Sort of -- the Himmelreich, and later the Schattenreich, are both blimps, but they are luxuriously made into sky yachts for the Silver King who rarely sets foot on the ground.]]
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: A short story released in K - beautiful pieces - [[spoiler:depicts Shiro an unspecified amount of years after the series. Having outlived both Kuroh and Neko, Shiro now spends most of his time either dwelling on his past memories or wallowing in the despair of not being able to die. Thankfully, it turns out to be AllJustADream.]]
* WineIsClassy: [[spoiler: He has a glass of wine in his hand in the flashback in the beginning of Episode 12, which goes with his sophisticated attire and surroundings to produce this effect.]]
%%* WorthyOpponent: To Nagare.

[[folder:Kuroh "Kuro" Yatogami]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeOno (Japanese), Creator/MatthewMercer (English)

->''"In compliance with my late master's dying wish, I will slay the evil king!"''

A stoic young man, vassal of the former 7th King, Ichigen Miwa. His goal is to complete his master's dying wish and defeat the "evil" King. Believing Yashiro to be said King, he saves him from the members of HOMRA to kill him himself. But after Shiro convinces him to be ''sure'' he's the evil king, his stance changes and his loyalty starts to focus on Shiro...

* MayflyDecemberFriendship: [[spoiler:Shiro is the immortal Silver King. Despite not looking like it, he's over 80 years old and he will likely outlive both Kuroh and Neko. However, at the end of the second season the Slate is destroyed, meaning Shiro is no longer immortal and now can live out a normal lifespan with Kuroh and Neko.]]

* AnimalThemeNaming: The first kanji in Kuroh's name is "dog" (which is where the "Black Dog" monicker comes from). Neko is Japanese for "cat". Shiro's [[spoiler:real name Adolf comes from the Germanic name Adalwolf,]] which means "noble wolf". Cute theme there.

* MayflyDecemberFriendship: [[spoiler:Shiro is the Silver King. Despite not looking like it, he's over 80 years old and he will likely outlive both Kuroh and Neko. However, at the end of the second season the Slate is destroyed, meaning Shiro is no longer immortal and now can live out a normal lifespan with Kuroh and Neko.]]

* AnimalMotifs: The way Shiro holds his vivid pink parasol behind him may have been designed to evoke peacock imagery. This is mostly notable because as a symbol, the peacock connotes royalty, refinement, spirituality and holiness, immortality and incorruptibility, and enlightenment and awakening. The peacock's defining nature is achieving integrity and beauty when one ''discovers and shows who they really are''. In western culture, the peacock also symbolizes the heavens and stars. The relevance is ridiculously self-explanatory in the context of his true identity.

* AnimalMotifs: The first kanji in his name means "dog" and is nicknamed the Black Dog. His UndyingLoyalty to his King is also evocative of a dog's fidelity.

* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: "Neko" is the name she chose for herself after she decided to live as a cat. She doesn't even remember her original name. [[spoiler:In the second season, it's revealed that her real name is Miyabi Ameno.]]

* RapunzelHair: [[spoiler:His original body had hair past his knees in Season 1. Shiro cuts it short once he returns to the body.]]

* RapunzelHair: Knee-length light pink hair.

%%* ThinkTwins: [[spoiler: In the past, with his elder twin sister Claudia.]]

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[[caption-width-right:326:Click [[labelnote: here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/isana_yashiro_silver_king.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see him [[spoiler: as the Silver King]]]]
[[caption-width-right:326:Click [[labelnote: here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/weissman.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see him [[spoiler: as Adolf K. Weismann (past)]]]]
[[caption-width-right:326:Click [[labelnote: here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/k_weismann1.png[[/labelnote]] to see him [[spoiler: as Adolf K. Weismann (present)]]]]

* PinballProtagonist: Seems to be so at first, but it's soon subverted.

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[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote: here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neko_catform.jpg[[/labelnote]] to see her cat form]]

* {{Animorphism}}: A variation. People see her as a tiny kitten before she changes into a human, giving the impression that she transforms. However, she doesn't actually shapeshift into a cat; she uses her powers to manipulate human senses so those around her ''perceive'' her as a cat.

* ThisIsMyHuman: "Shiro is Neko's Shiro!" and "[[spoiler:I found you, that means you're mine!]]" spring to mind.

* ThinkTwins: [[spoiler: In the past, with his elder twin sister Claudia.]]

* BigGood: Becomes this is ''Return of Kings'', [[spoiler: now that he remembers who he is.]]

%%* TaremeEyes

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[[folder: Yashiro "Shiro" Isana]]

* AnimalMotifs: The first kanji in his name means "dog" and is nicknamed the Black Dog. His UndyingLoyalty to his King also reminds of a dog's fidelity.

* VitriolicBestBuds: He forms this relationship with Neko.

* {{Animorphism}}: She can take the form of a tiny kitten. However, she doesn't actually shapeshift into a cat; she uses her powers so those around her ''perceive'' her as a cat.

* BigEater: Gulps down Kuroh's cooking as if it's nothing.

* CuteKitten: Looks like a pink fluffy kitten in her cat form, only with BlankWhiteEyes.

* MasterOfIllusion: Can easily mess with the five senses of her victims, thus making it seem as if she could create illusions.

%%* VitriolicBestBuds: With Kuroh.
* VoluntaryShapeshifter: She has a cat and human form.

* ParasolOfPrettiness: A rare male example. He always goes around with his rather feminine parasol.

* InvisibleToNormals: Neko can run around naked in her human form without anyone noticing, and when she bumps into someone they're not sure what happened. It's part of her power to manipulate people's senses.

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[[caption-width-right:225:Click [[labelnote: here]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/k_weismann.png[[/labelnote]] to see him [[spoiler: as Adolf K. Weismann (past)]]]]
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* ManInWhite: In Season 2, Shiro returns wearing a white suit, [[spoiler:showing his position as the Silver King]].

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* NakedOnArrival: Her human form's first appearance has her naked. Justified since [[ShapeshiftingExcludesClothing she's a cat so she usually doesn't wear any clothes]].

* TheGadfly: He likes to tease others, especially Kuroh. At one point, Shiro calls him his wife for making his lunch, for which Kuroh threats to cut off his tongue.

* TheHero

* IAmWho: He is certainly not who he thinks he is. Everyone believes him to be the next (technically the current) Colorless King. [[spoiler: He is in fact an amnesiac Adolf K. Weismann, the ''Silver'' King, in the body of a 17 year old high school student instead of his normal one, due to an attempted possession by the actual Colorless King.]]

* TaremeEyes

* WorthyOpponent: To Nagare.

-->'''Kuroh''': I am the vassal of the former seventh King, Ichigen Miwa - Kuroh Yatogami.
-->'''Shiro''': You know, you're saying it so many times... It's kind of sounding like your catchphrase.

* TsurimeEyes

* WhenHeSmiles

* TheWorfEffect: After beating Misaki twice without breaking a sweat, he gets totally owned by Reisi in Episode 7 and Mikoto casually throws him aside in Episode 11 without a glance, and easily shrugs off all his attacks. This is justified considering that they are Kings, and Episode 12 prove this as he proceeds to curbstomp many HOMRA and SCEPTER 4 fighters.

* BadassAdorable

* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Since she spends most of her time in cat form, Neko doesn't like (or possess) clothes. Yashiro spends much of Episode 2 trying to [[PleasePutSomeClothesOn convince her to at least wear his jacket.]]

* NakedFirstImpression: Suddenly turns into a human on Shiro's bed. Naturally flustered, he offers his jacket.

* NakedOnArrival: Her human form's first appearance has her naked. Justified since she's a cat so she usually doesn't wear any clothes.

* RapunzelHair: Knee-length hair.

* VitriolicBestBuds: With Kuroh.

* HeroicAlbino: He has white hair and really pale skin, and he's the hero of the story and overall a really nice guy.