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* IronicName: His name means "fidelity." Withing the family that owns him, [[spoiler:both children are the father's bastards from affairs]].

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* IronicName: His name means "fidelity." Withing Within the family that owns him, [[spoiler:both children are the father's bastards from affairs]].
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* IronicName: His name means "fidelity." Withing the family that owns him, [[spoiler:both children are the father's bastards from affairs]].

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* AdaptationalNameChange: The dub has their singular persona named “Solo”, rather than “Hitori“.


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* DubNameChange: The English dub has their singular persona named "Solo", rather than "Hitori".
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* AdaptationalNameChange: The dub has their singular persona named “Solo”, rather than “Hitori“.

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* UndyingLoyalty: To the twins. He's the friend who stands up for them through thick and thin, even before [[spoiler:knowing their secret]].



* AnimalMotifs: He wears a beaver fur hat with tail and his buckteeth also remind of a beaver.

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* AnimalMotifs: He wears a beaver fur hat with tail crockett cap and his buckteeth also remind of a beaver.



* SignatureHeadgear: He wears an iconic crockett cap. By the time of the epilogue, he has stopped wearing it after growing older.



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* TalkingWithSigns: After [[spoiler:coming back as a ghost]], Micchan communicates with the Sonoyama family via writing on the kitchen's powder.

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* CollectiveIdentity: Both twins pretend to be one boy named Hitori to get themselves adopted by the Sonoyama couple and secretly investigate the murder of their mother.



* CreepyTwins: The two of them start off as this in the earlier chapters but become less so as the story goes on and their personalities become more distinct.

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* CreepyTwins: The two of them start off as this in the earlier chapters but so perfectly identical and coordinated that they can pretend to be one person for their revenge plot to find and kill their mother's killer. They become less so as the story goes on and their personalities become more distinct.



* PunnyName: The name of their shared fake identity, Hitori, is homophonous with "One Person" in Japanese, because the Sonoyamas were looking to adopt only one kid.



* SignificantWardrobeShift: Both wear the same set of clothes for almost the entire series, to help them keep up the pretense of being the same person. In the epilogue, [[spoiler:both are wearing different clothes that reflect their individual personalities, since they're now living as themselves instead of Hitori.]]



* ForcedToWatch: [[spoiler:Reiko captures the twins and ties them up to the footboard slat of their own bed. When Dali tries to sacrifice himself for Migi, Reiko forces Migi to watch as she almost strangles Dali to death.]]



* TakeMeInstead: [[spoiler:When Reiko captures the twins, Dali begs her to only kill him and let Migi go free. Fortunately, Micchan arrives just in time to save him.]]



* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: [[spoiler:After the fire at the Ichijou house, Dali hides himself because the scar on his face has made it impossible for him to keep playing at being "Hitori". Osamu and Youko soon notice that something is off because Dali has certain preferences Migi doesn't have, like his love for omurice. On Christmas, they pick two presents that match Migi's and Dali's individual tastes perfectly, showing how well they have come to know both of their children and their differences even though they pretended to be one person.]]
* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:By the end of the story, they had already figured out "Hitori" was two people due to noticing the twins' different interests. When Migi and Dali finally reveal themselves to them, they aren't that surprised and immediately accept them both as their children.]]

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* ParentsKnowTheirChildren: [[spoiler:After the fire at the Ichijou house, Dali hides himself because the scar on his face has made it impossible for him to keep playing at being "Hitori". Osamu and Youko soon notice that something is off because Dali has certain preferences Migi doesn't have, like his love for omurice. On Christmas, they pick two presents that match Migi's and Dali's individual tastes perfectly, showing how well they have come to know both of their children and their differences individually even though they pretended to be one person.]]
* SecretSecretKeeper: [[spoiler:By the end of [[spoiler:At some point in the story, they had already figured out "Hitori" was two people due to noticing the twins' different interests. When On Christmas, they reveal to the twins that they already know their secret so Dali stops hiding himself, as they're accepting both Migi and Dali finally reveal themselves to them, they aren't that surprised and immediately accept them both as their children.]]



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KengoKawanishi

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KengoKawanishiCreator/KengoKawanishi (Japanese)



** He accidentally [[spoiler:killed Metry when he was a child, but the fact that he [[AccidentalMurder didn't mean to do it]], nor knew that Metry was his biological mother, and he's horrified when he finally remembers make him very sympathetic. Migi and Dali can't bring themselves to hate him when they learn the truth and instead accept him as their brother]].

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** He accidentally [[spoiler:killed Metry when he was a child, but the fact that he [[AccidentalMurder didn't mean to do it]], nor knew that Metry was his biological mother, and he's horrified when he finally remembers make him very sympathetic. Migi and Dali can't bring themselves to hate him when they learn the full truth and instead accept him as their brother]].



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiPark

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RomiParkCreator/RomiPark (Japanese), Katherine Clavelo (English)



* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:In the climax, Eiji kills Reiko after he realizes both have committed crimes they can never walk back from. Eiji laments that he could never do anything to help Reiko with her mental issues since despite all the evil things she did, she was still the mother who raised him.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Towards the end of the series, Reiko goes full-on homicidal maniac.]]

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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:In the climax, Eiji [[spoiler:Eiji kills Reiko after he realizes both have committed crimes they can never walk back from. Eiji still laments that he could never couldn't do anything to help Reiko with her improve Reiko's mental issues health since despite all the evil things she did, she was still the mother who raised him.]]
* AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Towards the end of the series, Reiko goes full-on turns into a homicidal maniac.]]maniac when she attempts to murder the twins and kills Micchan for saving them.]]
* BaguetteBeatdown: She tries using a stonebaked baguette as a weapon when she chases down a crossdressing Migi.



* ImprobableWeaponUser: She uses a stonebaked baguette as a weapon.



* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:She requested Metry to get pregnant with Akira's child in her place, but she didn't foresee her husband could develop feelings for Metry after sleeping with her. She then blamed Metry for "stealing" her husband's love from her, even though Metry knew having an affair was wrong and Reiko still pressured her to partake in it. When revealing the backstory, Reiko even blames her own infertility on Metry, claiming that Metry "cursed" her.]]

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* NeverMyFault: [[spoiler:She requested Metry to get pregnant with Akira's child in her place, due to being unable to do it herself, but she didn't foresee her husband could Akira would develop feelings for Metry after sleeping with her. She then blamed Metry for "stealing" her husband's stealing Akira's love from her, even though ignoring the fact that she technically pushed Metry knew having an affair was wrong and Reiko still pressured her to partake in it. Akira together. When revealing the backstory, Reiko even blames goes as far as to blame her own infertility on Metry, claiming that Metry "cursed" her.]]



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:When she captures the twins, she attempts to suffocate Dali to death, while forcing a helpless and tied up Migi to watch his own brother getting killed.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:When she captures the twins, she attempts to suffocate Dali to death, while forcing a helpless and tied up Migi to watch his own brother almost getting killed.]]



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TokuyoshiKawashima

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TokuyoshiKawashimaCreator/TokuyoshiKawashima (Japanese)



* UselessBystanderParent: He never did anything to reel in his wife's ControlFreak tendencies and enabled her to put an extreme amount of pressure on their two children, as he never seemed very invested in their upbringing. {{Lampshaded}} by Karen who calls him out on his failure as a psychiatrist for not noticing Reiko's mental instability and the issues she caused for his children.

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* UselessBystanderParent: He never did anything to reel in his wife's ControlFreak tendencies and enabled her to put an extreme amount of pressure on their two children, as he never seemed very invested in their upbringing. {{Lampshaded}} by Karen who calls him out on his failure as a psychiatrist for not noticing Reiko's mental instability and the issues she caused for his children.insanity.



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraSekine

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiraSekineCreator/AkiraSekine (Japanese)



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumireMorohoshi

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumireMorohoshiCreator/SumireMorohoshi (Japanese)



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShintaroAsanuma

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShintaroAsanumaCreator/ShintaroAsanuma (Japanese)



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchi

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShunsukeTakeuchiCreator/ShunsukeTakeuchi (Japanese)



* AffectionateNickname: His girlfriend Karen calls him "Maru-chan".



!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KimikoSaito

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!!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KimikoSaitoCreator/KimikoSaito (Japanese), Patricia Azan (English)


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* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese dub of the anime, Youko will occasionally say English words in her sentences such as "good boy" and [[ForeignLanguageCussWord "shit".]]

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* GratuitousEnglish: In the original Japanese dub of the anime, Youko will occasionally say English words in her sentences such as "good boy" and [[ForeignLanguageCussWord [[ForeignCussWord "shit".]]

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