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* SuperStrength: [[spoiler: The fact that he is able to jam Matsumae's eyes implies he has far greater strength than normal humans.]]
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: After Kijima dies, he suddenly demonstrates a much more sinister side, jams out Matsumae's eyes and seems to kill the remaining Investigators.]]
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* SuperStrength: [[spoiler: The fact that he is able to jam Matsumae's eyes implies he has far greater strength than normal humans.]]
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* NotSoHarmlessVillain: [[spoiler: After Kijima dies, he suddenly demonstrates a much more sinister side, jams out Matsumae's eyes and seems to kill the remaining Investigators.]]


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* EyeScream: [[spoiler: Furata jams her eyes out.]]

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* TarotMotifs: XVII. ''The Star''.



* TarotMotifs: XVII. ''The Star''.

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* GradeSkipper: Urie was an honor student, even skipping a grade.



* SuperpowerMeltdown[=/=]WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: After being seriously wounded fighting Big Madam, he completely loses control over his kagune. He comments that there are "a lot of him" in his head, and goes completely over the deep end until Mutsuki saves him.

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* SuperpowerMeltdown[=/=]WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: SuperpowerMeltdown: After being seriously wounded fighting Big Madam, he completely loses control over his kagune. He comments that there are "a lot of him" in his head, and goes completely over the deep end until Mutsuki saves him.



* WellDoneSonGuy: Mentions wanting to be praised by Arima. When Fura responds that Arima has never praised anyone before, Hairu just states that just makes her desire it even more.

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* WellDoneSonGuy: WellDoneDaughterGirl: Mentions wanting to be praised by Arima. When Fura responds that Arima has never praised anyone before, Hairu just states that just makes her desire it even more.



* EvilTeacher[=/=]SadistTeacher: He's a Combat Instructor at the Academy, and has a poor relationship with pretty much....everyone. Sasaki notes that the students don't like him at all.

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* EvilTeacher[=/=]SadistTeacher: EvilTeacher: He's a Combat Instructor at the Academy, and has a poor relationship with pretty much....everyone. Sasaki notes that the students don't like him at all.



* GroinAttack[=/=]CripplingCastration: Her Modus operandi.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Shirazu uses one of her own kagune traps to defeat her.

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* GroinAttack[=/=]CripplingCastration: GroinAttack: Her Modus operandi.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: HoistByHerOwnPetard: Shirazu uses one of her own kagune traps to defeat her.



* BrokenBird: Sasaki's analysis of her works leads him to believe the author is a woman filled with despair and anger at the world, having completely given up on hope long ago.



* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Sasaki's analysis of her works leads him to believe the author is a woman filled with despair and anger at the world, having completely given up on hope long ago.

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* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Sasaki's analysis of her works leads him to believe the author is a woman filled with despair and anger at the world, having completely given up on hope long ago.



* BadassLongRobe[=/=]BlackCloak: He wears tattered, flowing black robes with a hood. It just adds to his frightening appearance.

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* BadassLongRobe[=/=]BlackCloak: BadassLongRobe: He wears tattered, flowing black robes with a hood. It just adds to his frightening appearance.



* BreakTheCutie[=/=]CorruptTheCutie: It isn't clear ''what'' happened over the last two years, but he's clearly no longer the youthful and over-eager Investigator he once was.



* CameBackWrong[=/=]CameBackStrong: His near-death experience seems to have changed him for the worst, but granted him the power he always craved while still human.

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* CameBackWrong[=/=]CameBackStrong: CameBackStrong: His near-death experience granted him the power he always craved while still human.
* CameBackWrong:
His near-death experience seems to have changed him for the worst, worst.
* CorruptTheCutie: It isn't clear ''what'' happened over the last two years,
but granted him he's clearly no longer the power youthful and over-eager Investigator he always craved while still human.once was.



* EvilCostumeSwitch: From a very ordinary young man in [[BlueIsHeroic blue suits]] to a white-haired man in black, with black nails and lips.



* EvilMakeover[=/=]EvilCostumeSwitch: From a very ordinary young man in [[BlueIsHeroic blue suits]] to a white-haired man in black, with black nails and lips.



* FaceMonsterTurn: He seems to have fully embraced his Ghoul nature, and has joined Aogiri.



* SelfMadeOrphan [=/=] KillTheOnesYouLove: While in his Kakuja state, [[MamasBoy Takizawa]] breaks down and claims that he ''ate his parents''.....and they tasted ''good''. If this is true, its little surprise he's completely insane.

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* SelfMadeOrphan [=/=] KillTheOnesYouLove: SelfMadeOrphan: While in his Kakuja state, [[MamasBoy Takizawa]] breaks down and claims that he ''ate his parents''.....and they tasted ''good''. If this is true, its little surprise he's completely insane.



* TranshumanTreachery[=/=]FaceMonsterTurn: He seems to have fully embraced his Ghoul nature, and has joined Aogiri.



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* ItsAllMyFault[=/=]MustMakeAmends: He feels considerable guilt over the problems he caused his family, and resolves to save Yuuma himself to make amends for causing them all so much trouble.



* MadwomanInTheAttic: He's been confined to his room, primarily bedridden. The family servants are shown drugging him when he loses control, for everyone's safety.

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* MadwomanInTheAttic: MadmanInTheAttic: He's been confined to his room, primarily bedridden. The family servants are shown drugging him when he loses control, for everyone's safety.



* MustMakeAmends: He feels considerable guilt over the problems he caused his family, and resolves to save Yuuma himself to make amends for causing them all so much trouble.



* LoveMakesYouEvil[=/=]LoveMakesYouCrazy: Begins a slow spiral into jealousy, madness, and BodyHorror as a result of his feelings for Tsukiyama.

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* LoveMakesYouEvil[=/=]LoveMakesYouCrazy: LoveMakesYouCrazy: Begins a slow spiral into jealousy, madness, and BodyHorror as a result of his feelings for Tsukiyama.



* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler: After Eto turned him into...whatever he's been turned into, he refers to Shimoguchi's decapitated head as something "beautiful".]]

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* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler: After Eto [[spoiler:Eto turned him into...whatever he's been turned into, into]], he refers to Shimoguchi's [[spoiler:Shimoguchi's decapitated head head]] as something "beautiful".]]
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* ButNotTooForeign: German and Japanese.
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* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: While she's a highly-skilled fighter, her formal education is severely lacking.

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* HowDoIShotWeb: Mutsuki has issues controlling both his [[BlackEyesOfEvil Kakugan]] and Kagune.
* IllBoy: Mutsuki suffers bouts of anemia, and is the weakest member of the team.

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* HowDoIShotWeb: Mutsuki initially has issues controlling both his [[BlackEyesOfEvil Kakugan]] and Kagune.
* IllBoy: Mutsuki suffers bouts of anemia, and is starts out as the weakest member of the team.



* KnifeNut: He develops into an extremely talented knife fighter, under Juuzou's guidance.



* TailSlap: A Bikaku, though he has yet to use his kagune offensively.

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* TailSlap: A Bikaku, though he has yet able to use his tail-like kagune offensively.for sneak attacks or to pin down opponents.


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* OneHitKill: Her kagune pretty much devastates ''anything'' it hits, but she doesn't seem to have the stamina to do it more than once.
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* MortalWoundReveal: [[spoiler: During the battle with Noro, he's knocked across the hallway. His initial concern is his Quinque, but then he realizes that there are ''pieces of his ribcage'' sticking out]].



* GroinAttack: Her Modus operandi.

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* BattleTrophy: His Quinque, ''Lantern'', made from the first Ghoul that he ever killed. To say that he's had [[SympathyForTheDevil complicated]] [[TheseHandsHaveKilled feelings]] [[LoveTriangle about]] [[NotSoDifferent it]] over the years is putting it lightly.



* GainingTheWillToKill: He discusses this with Shirazu, reassuring him that it's normal to struggle with the reality of their work. In fact, he considers it more healthy to have remorse or doubt concerning the Quinque and killing Ghouls, relating how it took him time to come to terms with using his own Quinque.



* OlderAndWiser: He's grown into a man with considerable wisdom and maturity, offering advice readily to younger Investigators.
* PrecursorHeroes: Helped Arima hunt down Ghouls when they were in High School, and had one of the earliest recorded run-ins with [[TheDreaded Yamori]].




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* WhipItGood: His bikaku Quinque, ''Lantern'', is essentially a whip.



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* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: Eto sews his mouth shut and his eyes open, and seems to have impaled pieces of her kagune into his back. He later shows up dressed like Noro, and seems to ''still'' have stitches around his eyes]].



* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: Gets a black cloak and a bizarre looking mask simular to Noro's after his little...session with Eto.]]
* {{Eyescream}}: Eto sewed his eyelids open.

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* EvilCostumeSwitch: [[spoiler: Gets a black cloak and a bizarre looking mask simular similar to Noro's after his little...session with Eto.]]
* {{Eyescream}}: [[spoiler: Eto sewed his eyelids open.open]].


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* LoveMakesYouEvil[=/=]LoveMakesYouCrazy: Begins a slow spiral into jealousy, madness, and BodyHorror as a result of his feelings for Tsukiyama.


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* WallCrawl: Crawls up the side of the Lunatic Eclipse building.
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* BizarreAlienBiology: A kagune with mouths that can devour people, strings of flesh that pull him back together if he's damaged, and there seems to be something ''strange'' about his body.



* HopeSpot: The Quinx make short work of him, and for a moment actually think they've managed to bring the horror down. Then Noro starts knitting himself back together.....



* LampreyMouth: His kagune sports one at the end, which ''eats'' anyone unlucky enough to be caught by it.
* LightningBruiser: Noro is ''incredibly'' fast, and hits like a ton of bricks. Very little is capable of surviving an attack from his kagune, while his regeneration allows him to shrug off [[UpToEleven anything]] thrown at him.
* MoreTeethThanTheOsmondFamily: Noro's mask and kagune both sport horrifying mouths filled with teeth.




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* SilentAntagonist: Noro is utterly silent, and it's questionable whether he's even capable of speech.
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** When [[spoiler: Hairu]] buys it, while the other investigators react with shock and sadness, Kijima simply mocks [[spoiler: her]] before the body's even cold.

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** When [[spoiler: Hairu]] buys it, while the other investigators react with shock and sadness, Kijima simply mocks [[spoiler: her]] before the body's even gotten cold.
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Plays a big role in ''Jail'' and is a supporting character for precisely one arc before [[spoiler: being rather suddenly killed off [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by his own quinque]] without even so much as a fight.]]

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Plays a big role in ''Jail'' and is a supporting character for precisely one arc before [[spoiler: being rather suddenly killed off by Matsumae and Mairo [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by using his own quinque]] without even so much as a fight.]]
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* WeHardlyKnewYe: Plays a big role in ''Jail'' and is a supporting character for precisely one arc before [[spoiler: being rather suddenly killed off [[HoistByHisOwnPetard by his own quinque]] without even so much as a fight.]]

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* KillSteal: Played for laughs when he captures Yuuma with his capture quinque in the middle of a fight with Hairu, which Hairu then privately complains about to Fura later. [[spoiler: At least until Kijima graphically tortures Yuuma and posts a video of it to the CCG website, that is. At which point it stops being funny.]]



* TokenEvilTeammate: And when you work here that means something.

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* BeautyEqualsGoodness: He's fat, disfigured, and weird to look at, and easily one of the scummiest people on the office payroll.



** When [[spoiler: Hairu]] buys it, while the other investigators react with shock and sadness, Kijima just mocks [[spoiler: her]] before the body's even cold.

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** When [[spoiler: Hairu]] buys it, while the other investigators react with shock and sadness, Kijima just simply mocks [[spoiler: her]] before the body's even cold.



* TokenEvilTeammate: And when you work for the '''CCG''' that means something.

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** When [[spoiler: Hairu]] buys it, while the other investigators react with shock and sadness, Kijima just mocks [[spoiler: her]] before the body's even cold.


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* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: [[FreakyIsCool Cool as he was]], Kijima '''really''' deserved what happened to him.]]
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* GlassCannon: In an interesting take, once battle starts, she really can't contribute to the battle, and can even be a liability since she's a NEET who barely has any combat training nor experience. But if you get her some breathing room, she'll be able to unleash hell.
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* BigBrotherWorship: Implied by her flashback to be her relationship with Arima.


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* HiddenDepths: He's revealed to be a skilled hairdresser (a reference to his real-life model).


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* HateSink: Quite possibly the most despicable Investigator in the series. Every scene he's in shows his immorality and sadism, with even his fellow Investigators showing distrust towards him.
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* KansaiRegionalDialect: Has a Hokkaido dialect that only comes out when she's angry.

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A serious and efficient woman that has served the Tsukiyama family for a long time. She has spent her life watching over her young master, as both a nanny and a teacher at his school.

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A serious and efficient woman that has served the Tsukiyama family for a long time. She has spent her life watching over her young master, as both a nanny and a teacher at his school. Officially, she is the General Manager of the Tsukiyama Group.



* NotSoStoic: Beneath her cool exterior, she's actually quite passionate. This turns out to be vital towards her battle against Hairu.



* TearsOfBlood: After her duel with Hairu, she appears to have blood coming out of her ''eyes'' from the strain.




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* DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler: He leaps into the path of an enormous blast, gets blown in half by it, and uses the force to ''decapitate his killer''. Even then, he isn't finished and delivers a BadassBoast while using the last of his strength to distract Kijima long enough for Matsumae to finish the job]].

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* ChainsawGood: ''Jail'' shows that he owns a chainsaw-style Quinque.

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* ChainsawGood: ''Jail'' shows that he owns His Quinque, "Rotten Follow", is a chainsaw-style Quinque.chainsaw powered by a Kakuhou.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Winds up being gruesomely chainsawed through the head by his own Quinque.]]

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* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Winds up being gruesomely chainsawed through the head by his own Quinque.]]Quinque]].



** He taunts Matsumae about how he killed Yuuma and Aliza.
* LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler: He taunts Matsumae about how he killed Yuuma and Aliza with his Quinque. In response, Matsumae cuts off his arm and causes the chainsaw to come down on his head]].



* CombatTentacles: He uses his kagune to move around with incredible speed, and ''eat his opponents''.




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* ImplacableMan: Nothing seems to stop him.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: Threads of flesh pull his mangled body back together, after Saiko tears him in half.

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* OffWithHerHead: [[spoiler: Matsumae decapitates her]].

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* VillainousBreakdown: She freaks out after being impaled, screaming at her subordinates and completely coming undone at the seams.


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* PrecisionFStrike: To Kijima, just before [[spoiler: cutting off his arm and dropping his Quinque on his own head]]:


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* {{Badass}}: [[spoiler: He's blown in half, but still manages to help kill ''two'' Investigators before dying]].
* BadassBoast: "Don't underestimate a Butler's vitality...I can still survive another 20 seconds..."


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* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: He decapitates Hairu ''after'' she's blown him in half, and follows it up by impaling Kijima through the shoulder with his dying breath]].

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* OffWithHerHead: [[spoiler: Matsumae decapitates her.]]

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* ShockAndAwe: Her Quinque, ''T-Human'', is similar to Arima's ''Narukami'' and can fire blots of electricity.



* TykeBomb: She's been an active Investigator since 16, and grew up in a mysterious place known as the "Sunlight Garden". [[spoiler: Arima seems to have been raised there as well....]]



* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: She stays behind to hold off the advancing Investigators, prepared to do whatever it takes to ensure the survival of the Tsukiyama heir]].

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A servant of the Tsukiyama household, often working alongside Matsumae.

* BattleButler: A domestic servant, and fighter when need be.
* CleopatraNose: He's fairly handsome, with a large and down-turned nose.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler: Blown in half by Hairu's T-Human]].
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler: He throws Matsuae out of the way, and dies saving her]].
* UndyingLoyalty: To the Tsukiyama Household.
* YouShallNotPass: Goes with Matsumae to block the advancing Investigators, and give Shuu time to escape.

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* NothingIsScarier: When she uses her kagune, the scene cuts to the aftermath -- massive kagune marks in the floor and walls, a maimed Nutcracker lying on the ground, and a MauveShirt staring at her in shock while noting that he isn't even sure who the real monsters are. Also an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome for her.

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* NothingIsScarier: When she uses her kagune, the scene cuts to the aftermath -- massive kagune marks in the floor and walls, a maimed Nutcracker lying on the ground, and a MauveShirt staring at her in shock while noting that he isn't even sure who the real monsters are. Also an OffscreenMomentOfAwesome for her. Later on, we actually ''do'' get to see her Kagune in action and we see why Hayashimura was terrified.



* OffWithHerHead: [[spoiler: Matsumae decapitates her.]]



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Winds up being gruesomely chainsawed through the head by his own Quinque.]]




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* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: Saiko bisects him with her Kagune.

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