History Characters / TheDemonGirlNextDoor

!Dark Clan
!!Yoshida household

!!Other demons
[[folder:Shirosawa]]
-->''Voiced by: Creator/TakashiMatsuyama (JP), Creator/RobMungle (EN)''
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[[caption-width-right:300:Walking upright is hard on his back.]]
As the owner and manager of the Cafe Asura in the Tama Sakura Shopping District, Shirosawa is a [[AlternateCharacterReading hakutaku]]--a Chinese fantastic beast who is also the mythical origin of Chinese demonology--but appears as a talking tapir. He is a joyous sort, generally, but gets AmusingInjuries frequently due to being from a species that has no combat capability.

* BenevolentBoss: Though he pushes Yuko and Lico to work long hours, he's considerate of his employees and [[TakingTheBullet very protective]] of them.
* CovertPervert: When he goes to the zoo with his employees, he sneaks a peek at the female tapirs, then nervously covers it up when Lico-kun asks him about it.
* FortuneTeller: It's what his species specializes in, though he himself is out of practice. Some people are just easier for him to read than others, though.
* FourLegsGoodTwoLegsBetter: Although it's painful for him to walk on two legs, he does it in order to blend in better while living among humans.
* FunnyAnimal: He is a talking tapir who follows a completely human way of life. By "tapir," we mean he's physiologically a tapir--to the point that he finds walking on two legs hard on his back, but still does it anyway because he believes it's AFormYouAreComfortableWith.
* HisNameReallyIsBarkeep: His surname is printed as "Misenaga" on his credit card. It's written with the kanji 店長 and separately the characters are pronounced as such, ''mise'' (shop) and ''naga'' (boss). When those two characters are put together, as a compound they have an AlternateCharacterReading ''tenchou'' that means "manager".
* MoralityChain: To Lico. His presence makes her rein in her more ''chaotic'' and borderline ''sociopathic'' tendencies just to seem like a more suitable romantic interest for him.
* NonActionGuy: His species has no combat capability. Instead, their main power is prophecy.
* TheProphecy: After learning that Yuko can dive into dreams, and seeing her [[MorphWeapon Whatever Staff]] in action, he has a premonition that Yuko has incredible potential and was meant to fulfill some great purpose, but that she needs to be kept safe in the meanwhile.
* TakingTheBullet: In volume 5, when [[spoiler: Honyu attempted to seal Lico away, Shirosawa jumped between them. He ended up bearing the brunt of the spell and temporarily turning into a statue. However, later it's revealed he wasn't protecting Lico--he was protecting ''Honyu'' from getting chopped up by the huge butcher's knife Lico was hiding behind her back.]]
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[[folder:Lico]]
-->''Voiced by: Creator/AyasaItou (JP), Creator/MelissaMolano (EN)''
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[[caption-width-right:300:Tricksy fox. Can't read a mood.]]
Shirosawa's employee and the cook at the Cafe Asura, she is a [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huli_jing huli jing]], a mischievous fox spirit and shapeshifter from Chinese folklore. Sakura left Lico in Shirosawa's care ten years ago back when he was just opening his cafe, as he mentioned he was looking for a decent cook, and she hasn't visibly aged since then. She's much older than she looks--at least 100, since she can take on a human form, but less than 200, as she only has one tail--and seems to have a DarkAndTroubledPast of constantly being on the run from {{Magical Girl}}s, or "miko" as she calls them.
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* AllLoveIsUnrequited: Shirosawa thought he was just taking care of her as a personal employee and comrade of a demon. He had absolutely no idea that Lico had a crush on him the entire time -- and while she does want to try to change for the better to accommodate for his tastes, her violent and trickster solutions keep him away.
* AsianFoxSpirit: She's a Huli jing, a Chinese fox-woman with shapeshifting powers.
* BadNewsIrrelevantNews: She has "Good news, normal news, bad news, and news so bad you'll do a quintuple take". The bad news is that Momo's kitchen floor was wrecked. The good news is that there are now rice balls! The shockingly bad news is that [[spoiler:Ogura seemingly died during an accident in the kitchen]]. And the normal news is that [[spoiler:Ogura is actually a demon, so she might be alright]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: She has no grasp of the concepts of good and evil; she's basically a sapient animal masquerading as a humanoid and has a "law of the jungle" mindset. She does nice things to people she likes, and...not nice things to people she doesn't. She genuinely doesn't understand ''why'' Honyu was so angry when Lico [[ItMakesSenseInContext stole her wok]], and only returns it and apologizes when told that Shirosawa might like her more if the two made peaceful amends.
* CryingWolf: Lico messes with Momo so often that Momo doesn't believe her even when she's being genuine.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Lico loves causing mischief, but even she can only tearfully apologize after her antics accidently [[HarmfulToMinors expose Ryo to the gruesome sight]] of [[spoiler:Ogura's corpse-like husk post memory tranfer]].
* FoxyVixen: Huli jing are a species of fox-women, and she inherits their moral ambiguity.
* IgnoredEnamoredUnderling: She has a crush on Shirosawa, but he only has eyes for his own species.
* KleptomaniacHero: When she discovers a secret cellar under Momo's house guarded by an entity who wants to make sure she's worthy of the "treasure" within, she takes that as proof she's allowed to pilfer everything she finds.
* MasterOfDisguise: Zigzagged; her shapeshifting power lets her perfectly mimic the ''appearance'' of other people, but she's a terrible actor and her habits and mannerisms give her away. When Lico tried to impersonate Yuko to get closer to Momo to learn more about her, Momo immediately saw through it because she didn't act like Yuko at all.
* MoralityChain: The thought of becoming suitable girlfriend material for Shirosawa convinces her to behave and get along with the others.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She's between 100-200 years old (and apparently even she doesn't know her own age for sure), but looks like a teenager while in her [[ShapeshifterDefaultForm preferred form]].
** Shirosawa says, "she has walked this earth a lot longer than most [demons]."
** In her recap at the start of chapter 83, she channels her inner StockShoujoHeroine and proclaims herself "A fox maiden in love, age uncertain!"
* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: Her proper fox form is absolutely adorable. Even Momo can't resist snuggling with her.
* SchmuckBait: She's not above using her magic to create traps or poisons to get rid of an unwanted guest, but it's really obvious at a glance when she's trying to do it.
* ShapeshifterDefaultForm: Her [[AFormYouAreComfortableWith preferred appearance]] is as pictured, a human-looking girl with fox ears and a tail, but her "real" form is a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter small white fluffy fox]].
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: The cast list for season two initially called her Riko, and it seems scanlators couldn't decide which one to go with since they started writing her name in untranslated hiragana. However, when episode four came out on [=HiDive=], the subtitles continued to spell her name as Lico.
* SuperHearing: Her hearing is ten times better than a human's. She overheard a whispered conversation between Momo and Mikan from about twenty meters away.
* SupremeChef: She has decades of experience across many countries and with many types of cuisine, and uses her magical powers to give the food other effects.
* YouDidntAsk: Lico had been enchanting the cafe's food to give it an extra effect of relaxing the person who eats it and letting them forget their troubles for a bit. While not harmful in small amounts, eating too much of it becomes a problem. She never bothered mentioning the negative side effects of her magical cooking until it made Yuko hyperactive and forgetful after she ate a large amount of the cafe's leftovers. Even Shirosawa didn't know she was doing it.
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[[folder:Ugallu]]
-->''Voiced by: Creator/FairouzAi (JP), Creator/SarahWiedenheft (EN)''
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[[caption-width-right:125:Mikan's curse given form.]]
A demon originally summoned by Mikan's father to protect his family and their company during hard times. However, due to Mr. Hinatsuki's lack of expertise the summoning went poorly, and Ugallu had to latch on to the only source of mana available in order to continue to exist. That source was Mikan herself. Since that time, Ugallu has existed inside Mikan as a dispersed mist of mana; not really conscious and barely alive, but still trying to uphold the task she was summoned for by protecting Mikan. Unfortunately, since she couldn't see what was going on in the outside world, she did this by lashing out blindly whenever Mikan's emotions wavered in some way, resulting in the "curse" that has plagued Mikan's life ever since.
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* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Ugallu is capable of slashing a refrigerator apart with hers.
* AnimalMotifs: Despite the mythological being her name is based on being lion-like, she actually has a strong association with dogs. She has dog-like paws, two animal-ear-like hair antennae sticking out of the sides of her head, at least once wore a paw-print shirt, and is [[UndyingLoyalty fiercely loyal to Mikan]].
* BadassAdorable: Ugallu's claws can slice through metal like butter, but in the end she's just a sweet girl who does her best to try to fulfill her duty as a familiar. She's so earnest that even when she screws up you still just want to pat her on the head and tell her she's a good familiar.
* GrewBeyondTheirProgramming: She was intended to be a mindless familiar to protect Mikan but ended up developing a proper ego after feeding on Mikan's mana.
* HulkSpeak: She has a rather rough and simplistic way of speaking[[note]](She doesn't use particles in the original Japanese, doesn't use articles in the English translation, and has a limited vocabulary in both languages)[[/note]], along with often using her "uga" VerbalTic when she doesn't know what to say.
* IdiotHair: She has a sickle-shaped strand of hair sticking out the top of her head.
* JackassGenie: {{Subverted|Trope}}: While it was originally thought that Mikan's curse was due to the demon inside of her being one of these, in reality Ugallu genuinely thought that randomly lashing out at the people around Mikan whenever she gets upset would keep her safe. Ugallu was never told ''how'' to keep Mikan safe, and she wasn't given a good enough sacrifice to have the mental capacity to determine that on her own.
* LittleBitBeastly: In her original form she was completely covered in fur aside from her head, but once she gets re-summoned into a new body she only has a little bit of fur from her forearms down to her hands, and from about mid-calf down to her feet. Later chapters seem to indicate that she can still assume her original form when necessary. And she briefly transforms into a massive lion when she tries to read another familiar's instructions.
* OurHomunculiAreDifferent: Described as a soulless object animated by magic, when she's freed from Mikan's body she acts as her familiar and is very eager to carry out errands for her friends (despite her obvious incompetence).
* UndyingLoyalty: Even if her initial summoning was so shoddy she couldn't properly manifest, she is completely loyal to Mikan, trying her best to keep her safe, being incredibly disheartened to the point of almost vanishing when she learned she was troubling Mikan instead, and once she gets a proper body she dedicates herself to learning how to live properly so she can better help Mikan.
* VerbalTic: She has a habit of saying "uga" randomly, whether injecting it in her speech or using it as an exclamation.
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!Light Clan
[[folder:Momo Chiyoda]]
-->''Voiced by: Creator/AkariKitou (JP), Creator/GenevieveSimmons (EN)''
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[[caption-width-right:300:Retired magical girl. Far stronger than she looks.]]
A self-proclaimed retired MagicalGirl with a {{Dark and Troubled Past}}, and the other main character of the series. Momo was adopted at a very young age by Sakura Chiyoda, likely because she [[TheForceIsStrongWithThisOne sensed Momo's potential]], and served as both a [[CoolBigSis Big Sister Mom]] and a mentor in magic. She doesn't know her biological parents, and suspects she's an orphan.

Ten years before PresentDay, shortly after Sakura left her in another town for safety, her sister disappeared from her life, and Momo spent many long years searching for Sakura's whereabouts. In the meanwhile, she apparently worked with other {{Magical Girl}}s, and even [[SaveTheWorld saved the world]] with them once. During that time in active service, she saw enough [[NightmareFuel very bad things]] to drive her to put away her wand and give up the MagicalGirl life, though she still has her powers. [[MundaneUtility They're handy sometimes.]]

When she first met (and was then attacked by) Yuko, she was merely interested in getting close to Yuko and her family for information concerning the whereabouts of her sister, and even attempted to stalk Yuko only to be thwarted by Sakura's barriers. However, while training her to use magic, Yuko revealed that she didn't have any of the malevolent feelings toward the world that Momo imagined demons would have, and Yuko just wanted everyone to get along well and be friends. In light of that, Momo genuinely [[BefriendingTheEnemy tries to become her friend.]]

Their relationship grows deeper upon learning of their intertwined past, becoming more of a sisterly nature, though Yuko is still hung up on seeing Momo as a rival, driven to defeat her and earn her respect, and is too naive to see she has already won her love.
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!Civilians

* EdibleThemeNaming: In keeping with the fruit-related names for magical girls, hers means "grape".
* TheGhost: She's often mentioned by Momo and Mikan when they mention magical girls they know, but she has yet to appear in the series proper.

[[folder:Suika Nayuta ('''Massive Unmarked Spoilers''')]]
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A magical girl from Momo's past.

* HopelessWithTech: The curse of living on 40,000 yen prevents her family from affording any conveniences more modern than bulky fax machines, CRT televisions, and second-hand UsefulNotes/{{Super Famicom}}s. When the curse is broken and she gets a job, she resolves to become a smart demon by getting a smartphone. The first thing she does is [[GamerChick load it with mobile games]], but doesn't understand that will drain the battery and thinks she needs a protractor to make use of them.[[note]]''Shamiko confuses computer memory with "memori", the marks on a measuring device''.[[/note]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Something involving her family has gone horribly wrong, with the implication that amidst Suika's mass murder of the demons in the town, Anri as a [[HalfHumanHybrid demon descendant]] was one of the traumatized survivors who was mind-wiped of the incident. Her household still makes food for siblings that no longer exist and they don't realize how abnormal it is, and her dream memories take a MoodWhiplash turn from remembering a simple croquette recipe to a ''[[MeatMonster Suika as a meat-grinding machine trying to kill Shamiko.]]'']]

* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: Her name comes from {{Satan}} (''Sata An''ri). [[spoiler: Much like with Sion, it's not a coincidence.]]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Something involving her family has gone horribly wrong, with the implication that amidst Suika's mass murder of the demons in the town, Anri as a [[HalfHumanHybrid demon descendant]] was one of the traumatized survivors who was mind-wiped of the incident. Her household still makes food for siblings that no longer exist and they don't realize how abnormal it is, and her dream memories take a MoodWhiplash turn from remembering a simple croquette recipe to a ''[[MeatMonster meat-grinding machine trying to kill Shamiko.]]'']]

* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler:Something involving her family has gone horribly wrong, with the implication that amidst Suika's mass murder of the demons in the town, Anri as a [[HalfHumanHybrid demon descendant]] was one of the traumatized survivors who was mind-wiped of the incident. Her household still makes food for siblings that family that no longer exists and they don't realize how abnormal it is, and her dream memories take a MoodWhiplash turn from remembering a simple croquette recipe to a ''[[MeatMonster meat-grinding machine trying to kill Shamiko.]]'']]