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| 7 | Characters in the ''Magika Swordsman and Summoner'' series are sorted according to their main allegiance within the light novels and manga. |
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| 12 | [[folder:Caryatid National Knight Academy - Magic Division]] |
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| 14 | !!Kazuki Hayashizaki |
| 15 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kazuki_wielding_kusanagi.jpg]] |
| 16 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 17 | !!!'''Diva:''' Lemegeton |
| 18 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 19 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/SomaSaito (Drama CD) |
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| 21 | Abandoned and left at an orphanage as an infant, Kazuki was adopted into the prestigious Hayashizaki family for his talent in swordsmanship. Expecting to enroll in the Caryatid National Knight Academy's Sword Division, live his life as a swordsman, and bring honor to the Hayashizaki style of swordsmanship, he is deterred from his goal when he finds he has been granted an [[MarkOfTheSupernatural Enigma]], a mark that signifies being chosen by a Diva despite being [[GenderRestrictedAbility male]]. Upon completing the ceremony to officially form a contract with a Diva he finds himself contracted to Lemegeton, the Lesser Key of Solomon and the leader of the ''Literature/ArsGoetia''. Lemegeton states to him that she intends to make him a Harem King, tasks him to build a harem, with the summoners of the Ars Goetia at minimum, to increase his power and influence to become King and unite the fragmented Japan. Failure to complete this task will result in Ars Goetia giving up and leaving Japan, resulting in a complete loss of military power and global influence, leaving them defenseless to external threats. |
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| 23 | Due to his training under the Hayashizaki family, Kazuki is an immensely skilled MasterSwordsman, capable of predicting his opponent’s movements and countering them with ease. Under his contract with Lemegeton, he is able to use the spells of any girl he has raised a sufficient positivity level with, giving him the potential to wield a large variety of magic well outside the normal range of ten spells a regular summoner can use. |
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| 25 | * EleventhHourSuperpower: |
| 26 | ** The other ability to his King’s Authority: Power of Bonds (Conquest) is that through a SacredFirstKiss between him and a summoning magician he’ll be able to use all of their magic up to level 10 temporarily without having to build their positivity levels beforehand. The drawback is that he can only use this ability [[ItOnlyWorksOnce once per magician]]. |
| 27 | ** [[spoiler:In the final volume, he receives power from Divas despite not having their contractors in his harem and he can use the level 10 spells of those Divas.]] |
| 28 | * AboveTheInfluence: Once he begins to gain the affections and raise the positivity levels of various girls he finds himself having to restrict his desires to go any further than necessary with any of them for fear of losing self-control and sleeping with them, which would lead to an [[SurprisePregnancy unfortunate]] [[TeenPregnancy accident]] because of the use of contraceptives being nullified by magic power. A fact that isn't helped that as the story progresses various girls gradually lose their inhibitions and become more sexual in their seductions in their private time. On a more serious note, Kazuki is consistently accused of and faced with the idea of utilizing his magic to manipulate the numerous girls that fall in love with him for power or his own purposes, to which he always disproves with his actions. |
| 29 | * AllUpToYou: In Volume 14, he [[spoiler:faces off against Lucifer alone to win Ragnarok and stop his plans for good]]. |
| 30 | * AllYourPowersCombined: If Kazuki raises another summoner’s positivity levels high enough he can use their diva spells. In addition, Kazuki can combine different Diva's spells for unique and powerful results. |
| 31 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: the fundamental technique of the Hayashizaki style is observation so you only have to see someone else's technique once to beat it. |
| 32 | * BackFromTheDead: He is killed by [[spoiler:Lucifer's unblockable Apocalypse spell]], but is brought back to life thanks to Phenex's Revival spell. |
| 33 | * BadassAdorable: He's a good-tempered and kind-hearted young man who cares about everyone and is an unstoppable sentinel of justice against the forces of evil. |
| 34 | * BareFistedMonk: Kazuki's mastery of the sword only underlies his equally formidable specialty in martial arts. This skill is especially inherent in Volumes 3 and 4 where he was banned from using his sword in lieu of his magic and unarmed combat and ''still'' manages to fight evenly with an armed [[MasterSwordsman Kanae]] and both [[PintSizedPowerhouse Karin Katsura]] and [[KungFuWizard Shizuka Hayashi]] ''simultaneously''. |
| 35 | * BathtubBonding: In Volume 12, on the way to Atlantis, via the cruise ship, The Queen Kaguya, the girls that are his BattleHarem refuse to let him bathe alone. By this point, their intentions are hardly innocent. |
| 36 | * BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the series, [[spoiler:He impregnates Mio and Kaguya]]. |
| 37 | * BattleHarem: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. Kazuki is supposed to gather the (all female) summoners of the ''Literature/ArsGoetia'' (and optionally others) under his banner to fight an unknown threat and to keep the Ars Goetia allied with Japan. |
| 38 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Kazuki is a decent fellow most of the time. But if you ever cross him, he will be prepared to challenge you to a fight. |
| 39 | * BigGood: He eventually succeeds Kaguya Otonashi as Caryatid's StudentCouncilPresident in Volume 5 and holds this position until the GrandFinale. |
| 40 | * BigLittleBrother: He counts as one to Kanae, to the point where he and his family initially thought he was the older sibling. |
| 41 | * BlessedWithSuck: Picture this. A beautiful goddess manifests in front of you, in public, naked, kisses you on the lips, calls you her king, and tasks you with building a harem of beautiful women who routinely wear clothes leaving little to the imagination, some of whom don't see anything wrong with being naked in front of you. In addition, she provides you with a magical artifact to help you figure out how to make them happy, and provides ''very'' practical advice to help them fall madly in love with you, [[{{Polyamory}} while having no problem sharing]]. Sounds awesome, right? Here's the price. Just about everyone in the world with any kind of authority sees you as a mortal threat, as a direct result, and is constantly scheming to manipulate, exploit, or execute you, and if those people can't get to you directly, they have no problems going ''through'' the women you're romancing to get at you. You are almost constantly finding yourself in battle where you have to watch those girls get hurt, maybe watch them die. And the reason this beautiful goddess wanted you to build a harem? That harem is going to be your army to deal with some nebulous threat so terrible, the goddess specifically threw away her memories of it so she can't tell you, and have you running away screaming. Oh, and no matter how much those girls ''want'' to have sex with you, or how much you want to take them up on it, you CantHaveSexEver because the pregnancy rate with a summoner is 100% and contraception is completely ineffective. |
| 42 | * BookDumb: More like "Book Average".In Volume 7, Kazuki mentions that his academic skills are fairly average. Despite that, he proves to be a good strategist during the election tournament and during the war against Yamato. |
| 43 | * CharacterDevelopment: He slowly becomes more accustomed to his harem situation, becoming more comfortable around the girls and more willing to initiate intimacy on his own (and purely for the sake of being intimate) rather than be lead along by Leme. |
| 44 | * ChivalrousPervert: As AboveTheInfluence as he is, he is still a growing fifteen year old teenager. He isn’t completely immune to any of the girls’s advances and regular comments on their seductive bodies when he gets the opportunity. As early as Volume 1 he hints to having a {{Meido}} fetish and doesn’t completely deny wanting to be part of the Ryuutaki sisters’s “[[TwinThreesomeFantasy sister sandwich]]”. |
| 45 | * CombinedEnergyAttack: [[spoiler:The ''Power of Harmony'', which he acquires as King of Japanese Mythology, allows him to gather and redistribute magical energy among his BattleHarem, allowing them to cast their higher-level spells. It also allows him to take it all into himself, and Itsuki explicitly compares this power to the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Spirit Bomb]].]] |
| 46 | * ConvenientlyAnOrphan: If his memories can be believed, his mother Hibiki abandoned him at an orphanage. |
| 47 | * CoolSword: |
| 48 | ** Dofou (Wind-Lit Path), Kazuki's [[UnbreakableWeapons nigh-unbreakable sword]] which was crafted with an alchemy technique that became a lost art in the current setting. [[spoiler:Broken in battle with Ilyailiya.]] |
| 49 | ** Raikiri (Lightning Cutter), a Sacred Treasure that can resist and cut down lightning attacks. |
| 50 | ** [[spoiler:The Ame-no-Murakamo, one of the three Sacred Treasures proving kingship of Japanese Mythology, which has various abilities.]] |
| 51 | ** [[spoiler: Joyeux of love, was given to him by Lancelot just before she dies.]] |
| 52 | * CurbStompBattle: |
| 53 | ** Kazuki curb-stomps Mio after the latter insults the Hayashizaki's style of swordsmanship in volume 1. Towards the end of the volume, he also easily beats Loki when Mio does her HeroicSacrifice. |
| 54 | ** Thanks to a combination of EleventhHourSuperpower and Kasane, he manages to defeat [[spoiler:Basileus aka Lucifer]] fairly easily. |
| 55 | * DaddyHadAGoodReasonForAbandoningYou: [[spoiler:His mother had to leave him at an orphanage because Loki and his contractor kept targeting her loved ones.]] |
| 56 | * DeathWail: His scream after witnessing Mio's HeroicSacrifice at the end of Volume 1 is of anguish. |
| 57 | * DeliberateInjuryGambit: |
| 58 | ** During his duel with Ikousai in Volume 9, Kazuki turns off his defensive magic and bleeds on her Mizukagami no Tate mirror to disable its powers. |
| 59 | ** Similarly, he turns off his defensive magic when faced with [[spoiler:Lucifer's unblockable Apocalypse spell, which disintegrates him. However, Phenex's Revival spell kicks in and brings him back to life.]] |
| 60 | * {{Depowered}}: Had his Literature/ArsGoetia kinship [[spoiler:temporarily sealed by Jeremy on Clark's behest, making him lose his ability to use his BattleHarem's magic]]. Clark hadn't counted on Kazuki being [[spoiler:simultaneously king of the Ars Goetia and Japanese Mythology, however, and he still retained the capability to gather and redistribute his harem's magical ''energy'' - or take it all into himself.]] |
| 61 | * TheDogBitesBack: He challenges Mio to a duel after she insults the Hayashizaki swordsmanship to his face. |
| 62 | * DoorstopBaby: He has memories of being one. |
| 63 | * DotingParent: To Stella. He will do anything to make her happy. Including some things he shouldn't (like letting her gamble in a casino.) |
| 64 | * DualWielding: After Lancelot gives him Joyeux, he wields it alongside Ame-no-Murakumo via an improvised dual wielding style. This gets a DeconReconSwitch because he's not as proficient in dual-wielding compared to using both hands, though he manages to master this style quickly in the heat of battle. |
| 65 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: He begins the story as a MasterSwordsman with skill better than that of his elder sister, who’s the strongest swordsman of the Sword Division, and such a proficient skill in Hayashizaki style [[CombatClairvoyance Foresight]] that he can predict and counter magic spells after being casted in addition with only knowledge of the basic StatusBuff spells that swordsman can normally use. Then he creates a contract with [[AllYourPowersCombined Lemegeton]]... |
| 66 | * TheExile: He goes into self-imposed exile for most of volume 3 due to his FrameUp. |
| 67 | * ExperiencedProtagonist: By the beginning of the series, he is an expert at sword combat. |
| 68 | * FragileSpeedster: Mastery of the Hayashizaki style swordsmanship grants Kazuki a high degree of [[CombatClairvoyance Foresight]] that, combined with his high agility, allow him to dodge and counter the most attacks directed at him. But he lacks proficiency in [[DamageReduction Resist]] and doesn’t have many means of defensive magic so once his defenses get breached he’ll often go down in a few powerful blows. |
| 69 | * FrameUp: At the end of Volume 2, Kazuki is framed for attacking a knight and stealing a Sacred Treasure along with being accused of contracting with an illegal Diva outside of the Literature/ArsGoetia and being taken control by it. He is forced into hiding for the majority of Volume 3 until he can clear his name. However, it turns out that the accusations are from Headmaster Tsukikuro Otonashi, who seeks to transplant his Stigma and contract with Lemegeton to Kaguya to become the artificial King of Solomon under his control. |
| 70 | * FromZeroToHero: Downplayed considering he's an ExperiencedProtagonist. He goes from a respected swordsman to a powerful King of Japan. |
| 71 | * {{Gonk}}: He can use Enchant Aura to change his facial structure to look like ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}''. |
| 72 | * HappilyAdopted: By the Hayashizaki family for his physical talents. Despite the harsh training imposed onto him that made him a powerful swordsman, Kazuki notes he is grateful for being adopted into the family and that his adopted father loved him as much as he did his own child. |
| 73 | * HeroesPreferSwords: Due to him having grown up with the Hayashizaki family in the Iaijutsu swordsmanship, he uses a sword as his weapon. |
| 74 | * HeroicSacrifice: Kazuki dies while facing [[spoiler:Lucifer's Apocalypse spell]]. However, it's {{subverted|Trope}} when he gets brought back to live [[spoiler:due to Phenex's revival spell]]. |
| 75 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: His primary reason why he's initially resistant to Leme's HaremSeeker tendencies is that because his mother abandoned him at an orphanage at such a young age he doesn’t feel he’s worthy of being loved. |
| 76 | * HonorBeforeReason: In volume 2, he has a golden opportunity to seal Loki and capture Kaya alive. He doesn't take it because Kaya was a "comrade" at the time. Kaya laughs at him for it, but her PL increases, and she gives him a hint as to the key to defeating Beatrix as a reward. |
| 77 | * IaijutsuPractitioner: Fast enough that his slashes take fractions of a millisecond to land. |
| 78 | * InsistentTerminology: Lampshaded by Miyabi when he claims his body is "pure" [[VirginShaming rather than admit to being a virgin]]. |
| 79 | * LightningBruiser: Several of the spells he gains from his harem (such as Beatrix, Hikaru, and Lotte) can be cast in succession to give him overwhelming power and speed. |
| 80 | * MagicKnight: More so than your average swordsman that possesses magic power, by his contract with Lemegeton Kazuki can supplement his already prodigious sword skill with a Diva’s magic for devastating results. He's not the only example in the series, but he has the most variety of spells to work with, including stackable physical enhancements. |
| 81 | * MagicallyIneptFighter: At first, due to mainly practicing basic buff spells in favor of other spell types. |
| 82 | * MasterSwordsman: A master of the Hayashizaki Iaijutsu swordsmanship at the young age of 15 and nearly slaughtered Loki with nothing but his sword and a little fire magic. |
| 83 | * MeaningfulName: Kazuki (一樹) means "one tree" in Japanese. |
| 84 | * {{Meido}}: His fetish. He also considers himself one when doing housework and cooking. |
| 85 | * MentorArchetype: He trains both Hikaru and Kazuha to become better swordsmen at their own behest. For Hikaru, it is because she seeks to learn swordsmanship after seeing Kazuki’s skill at defeating Mio since as a Magic Division student, she too believed somewhere in her heart that summoning magic was superior to the sword. For Kazuha, she wished to become better to disprove her fellow Sword Division students's belief that she was hopeless in learning swordsmanship. |
| 86 | * MentorOccupationalHazard: A {{subverted|Trope}} example occurs at the end of the series. After training Hikaru and Kazuha to become better swordsmen early on in the series, [[spoiler:Kazuki dies in an effort to stop Lucifer, only to be revived a few minutes later]]. |
| 87 | * MissingMom: His mother, Hibiki, abandoned him on the orphanage steps. |
| 88 | * NiceGuy: He is one of the nicest guys in the series. It allows him to have faith in his harem and his sister. |
| 89 | * ParentalAbandonment: Hibiki abandoned him as a baby by placing him on the orphanage steps. |
| 90 | * PoorCommunicationKills: His ring is supposed to help him avoid this with his harem, but this is still played straight concerning Kaya, who might not have contracted with Loki if they had stayed in touch. |
| 91 | * PowerOfLove: |
| 92 | ** As the contractor to Lemegeton, the chief god and leader of the Ars Goetia, Kazuki is granted the King's Authority: Power of Bonds (Conquest). This magic allows him to use all the powers of the girls he conquered with the help of the Ring of Solomon which is based on the strength of the bonds they share, not directly based on their romantic feelings towards him. While Kazuki points out that he can increase their positivity levels through [[PowerOfFriendship friendship]] rather than romancing them, Lemegeton debases his argument by stating it’s harder to form friendships between the opposite sexes than it is to romance them. Liz Liza also states that while friendship and love are different things the relationship he has with the girls will become more intimate whether he initially planned on being just friends or not. He later accepts this fact by realizing that keeping the relationship at the level of friendship isn’t fair to any of the girls and instead resolves to make them as happy as he can. |
| 93 | ** Lemegeton’s earlier statement is later proven when Kazuki attempts to raise the positivity level towards [[OneOfTheBoys Hikaru]] and realizes that her level cannot be raised any higher through a close friendship with which he changes his strategy and goes about building a romantic relationship with her. |
| 94 | * PowerPerversionPotential: One of the sub-skills of his ability to track positivity is instant and clear feedback, in the form of a stream of tiny hearts, as to how effective his technique is during "intimate moments". |
| 95 | * PracticalTaunt: While he's certainly a NiceGuy, he's willing to rile up his opponents to keep the battle in his favor. |
| 96 | * PreClimaxClimax: In Volume 13, Kazuki finally has intercourse with [[spoiler:Mio, Kaguya, Koyuki, Lotte, Hikaru, Kazuha and Kanae]]. |
| 97 | * PrettyBoy: He manages to strike a balance between being fairly muscular, yet handsome. |
| 98 | * PromotedToParent: He more or less adopts a little girl, affectionately dubbed "Stella" that is rescued from a ghost ship Haunted Ground in Volume 10. |
| 99 | * RedBaron: Cyclops, due to his extremely proficient use in [[CombatClairvoyance Foresight]]. |
| 100 | * RingOfPower: The Ring of Solomon, given to Kazuki by Lemegeton so he has an easier time romancing girls and gaining their powers. It has the ability to give a numerical value to how much a girl likes the wearer and shows whether a girl is warming up to or shying away from them by making a heart or skull symbol appear by the girl after any interaction. The more hearts that appear after an action shows the girl's affection rising while a skull appears from the opposite result. |
| 101 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Kazuki undergoes one of these when Mio takes Loki's attack which was meant for him. He manages to inflict a serious injury on Loki before being put out of commission. |
| 102 | * SaveTheVillain: Played for laughs when he rescues Ikousai from the factions who are [[SoreLoser sore about their duel for kingship]]. He tries to pull her along by hand and then resorts to doing a princess carry, only for Ikousai to accuse him of sexual harassment. |
| 103 | * SensorCharacter: It is revealed in Volume 3 that Kazuki can feel the presence of summoning magicians that possess a positivity level and generate a map through his Ring of Solomon that allows him to see their location. The higher the positivity level the more accurate he is able to sense them. The signal they emit weakens if they do not wish to be found and disappears if the person dies. |
| 104 | * SexGod: Instant feedback plus AwesomeByAnalysis plus zero CoolDown period before he is ready to go again equals really, really happy haremettes. |
| 105 | * SheatheYourSword: In his duel with Arthur, he only focuses on defense because he's too exhausted from fighting Ikousai and because convincing her to step down is the only way to prevent her from getting killed by her contract. |
| 106 | * SpamAttack: His Kasane technique slashes an enemy's barrier once to create a scar in it, and then instantly slash along that scar before it can recover. [[AwesomeButImpractical Sadly, it's too difficult to consistently pull off]], especially against equally skilled martial artists. [[spoiler:He uses it to defeat Lucifer in Volume 14 because the latter can NoSell summon magic.]] |
| 107 | * SpellBlade: [[spoiler:One of Ame-no-Murakamo's powers involve absorbing magic through enchantments, accentuating and enhancing the destructive capabilities. Moreover, these enchantments can stack allowing Kazuki's BattleHarem to support him through their multiple ElementalPowers.]] |
| 108 | * StudentCouncilPresident: He becomes the first Chief Student Council President at Caryatid in volume 5. |
| 109 | * TheStrategist: One of his strongest assets is his strategic thinking, coupled with his Foresight, allow Kazuki to plan strategies around his opponents’s thinking and abilities. When put in a team Kazuki always creates a strategy best fit for the scenario to obtain victory. |
| 110 | * StrongerThanTheyLook: Constantly. '''Everyone''' in the world, with the possible exception of Arthur from Britain and Clark Moore from North America thinks that this "mere teenager" can't possibly be ''worthy'' to be the King of the Ars Goetia. Of special note is Regina of Italia whom he was able to deadlock, until [[LetsGetDangerous she decided to get serious]] because she had to admit that he's someone too strong to "play around against." |
| 111 | * SupremeChef: In addition to being a powerful swordsman he is also known to be an excellent cook and his other means of increasing positivity levels, other than [[RescueRomance saving them from danger]] or [[NiceGuy helping them through their issues]], is by [[ThroughHisStomach feeding them his excellent cooking]]. |
| 112 | * TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:Hibiki, Kazuki's mother and the previous wielder of Ame-no-Murakamo and putative King of Japanese mythology, entrusts the sword and the claim to Kingship to him]]. |
| 113 | * TakingUpTheMantle: His upbringing and resulting strength of character led to Leme (formerly his mother's contracted Diva) choosing to contract with him, bestowing upon him the Kingship of the Literature/ArsGoetia (again, previously held by Hibiki). |
| 114 | * TranquilFury: While he's not mad that Clark outsmarted him in volume 11, when he learns that Clark brainwashed his most faithful followers to do it, and did so in a way that all but guarantees permanent neurological damage to their minds and bodies while laughing and boasting about it sends him into a murderous rage, but he remains perfectly calm in the process. |
| 115 | * UnconsciousObjector: His swordsman training allows him to be in a near-constant state of battle readiness, whether he's awake or asleep. This doesn't allow him to easily notice non-hostile actions like being glomped from behind. |
| 116 | * WeakButSkilled: His skill in swordsmanship, Foresight and multitude of spells at his disposal make him a terrifying opponent to face in combat but in comparison to his fellow summoning magicians Kazuki lags behind in magical ability. This is because his spell casting and overall power behind his spells are levels below the actual summoning magician he get copies it from due to the fact he doesn’t have a strong enough telepathic bond with the respective Diva whose magic he utilizes. In addition, he cannot use spells higher than a girl’s positivity level converts into, which leaves him with a minimum range of spells to use until he raises it. To compensate, Kazuki has to use his speed and swordsmanship to close the gap in ability with his opponents and become strategic in his spell casting to combine different spells to suit the need of the situation. |
| 117 | * {{Workaholic}}: He has such a strong work ethic that he simply ''cannot'' ignore household chores. If he's not ill, unconscious, or physically detained, he will make a bee-line for the kitchen, among other household chores, and considers being chased away "bullying." In fact, after '''fainting''' from over-training, the moment he wakes up, he has to be physically restrained to get enough rest, and he only relents because he saw Kaguya in a [[{{Fetish}} maid uniform.]] Downplayed in that he's okay with short breaks, especially if it means bonding with his haremettes, though he'll become anxious if his work-life balance is broken. |
| 118 | |
| 119 | !!Mio Amasaki |
| 120 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_vasreus_volume_1.jpg]] |
| 121 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 122 | !!!'''Diva:''' Phenex |
| 123 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 124 | |
| 125 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyaneSakura (Drama CD) |
| 126 | |
| 127 | A fellow first-year classmate of Kazuki and an A ranked student in the Caryatid National Knight Academy's Magic Division, Mio is a resident of the Witch’s House, a dormitory for the elite summoning magicians of the Academy. Her introduction in the story has her in odds with Kazuki, chiding him for being a swordsman despite being a member of the Magic Division. After provoking a duel with Kazuki by insulting the Hayashizaki swordsmanship to his face, she is handily delivered defeat at his hands and explains her previous attitude was Kazuki completely failed to recognize her and reveals she is his childhood friend from the Nanohana Institute, the orphanage where he grew up before being adopted by the Hayashizaki for his talent in swordsmanship whereas she was adopted for her talent in magic. After mending their relationship she quickly becomes the first to join his BattleHarem and her attraction to Kazuki translates into a high positivity level that grants several powerful abilities that serves as a great boon to Kazuki in the beginning of the story when he struggles to raise positivity levels of other girls. |
| 128 | |
| 129 | Mio’s contracted Diva is Phenex, a member of the Ars Goetia who grants their user the power of fire and healing magic. |
| 130 | ---- |
| 131 | * TheAce: One of the first three people of her homeroom to form a contract and has enough aptitude with magic to be designated A-ranked within the academy and join the elite Witches' House. |
| 132 | * BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the series, [[spoiler:she along with Kaguya become pregnant with Kazuki's children]]. |
| 133 | * BackFromTheDead: Phenex's level 10 magic, Revive, denies someone's death and brings them back to life. Kazuki performs this magic on Mio when she dies in a HeroicSacrifice towards the end of Volume 1. |
| 134 | * BadassAdorable: She's a cute young girl and a very competent fighter to boot. |
| 135 | * ChildhoodFriendRomance: Her love for Kazuki remained well after childhood until he remembers her and acknowledges her feelings to which her love is returned and their relationship evolves into a more romantic kind. |
| 136 | * ClingyJealousGirl: PlayedStraight, and then downplayed as the cast gets used to the harem situation. |
| 137 | * CombatMedic: In addition to powerful offensive magic, Phenex also grants Mio rare and powerful healing magic. |
| 138 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Her initial cold demeanor towards Kazuki isn't rescinded until he defeats her in their duel and she confesses to her reasons for feeling bitter about being forgotten at which their relationship becomes progressively better afterward. In addition, while she was frustrated with losing to Kazuki, Lemegeton states that she secretly wanted Kazuki to win and prove himself. |
| 139 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She starts off as a bitter girl who despises Kazuki for seemingly forgetting about her despite trying to reach out to him. When Kazuki reveals that he has never forgotten about her, Mio's positivity score dramatically increases to the point where she pulls a HeroicSacrifice for Kazuki and starts calls him "Kazu-nii" once again. |
| 140 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: At the end of volume 1, Mio dies in Kazuki's arms after pulling a HeroicSacrifice for him. Thanks to Kazuki using Phenex's Revive magic, it doesn't last. |
| 141 | * EnergyWeapon: Phenex’s level 6 magic, Israel Judgment, is a special that summons the avatar of Phenex behind the summoning magician’s back and fires concentrated flame and light in the form of a powerful laser. |
| 142 | * TheFashionista: She is known to have a great interest in fashion and as well as exceptional skill in designing clothes. Many of her outfits are handmade by her and other characters note that they go to her for clothing adjustments and fashion advice. |
| 143 | * FauxActionGirl: Mio is by no means a weak combatant but her defeats by Kazuki, Loki and Beatrix put a damper on her confidence in her fighting ability, making her acknowledge herself as this. That is, until it is gloriously averted when she takes out Beatrix almost entirely on her own in their rematch. |
| 144 | * {{Flight}}: Phenex’s level 5 magic, Blazing Wings, is a spell that grants the user the ability to fly by summoning wings of flame as well as utilizing the wings for offensive purposes. |
| 145 | * FriendToAllChildren: At the end of Volume 14, [[spoiler:she becomes popular with children at the kindergarten classroom]]. |
| 146 | * TheGift: The level of spells attainable from one’s Diva is based on their affinity with said Diva and magical power, with most students achieving level 7-8 magic by the time of their graduation. By volume 3, Mio is already able to task level 5 magic, a feat that only took her one month. |
| 147 | * GirlishPigtails: She usually wears her hair in twin tails. |
| 148 | * HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: She's blond and one of the nicest girls you could ever hope to meet. |
| 149 | * HappilyAdopted: During Mio's childhood, she was adopted by Chairman Amasaki from the Nanohana Institute. |
| 150 | * HealItWithFire: Phenex's level 4 magic, Anti-Aging, is a healing magic that creates a small fire that accelerates natural recovery. |
| 151 | * HeroicSacrifice: At the end of Volume 1, she takes Loki's Laevateinn slash to rescue Kazuki, with predictable results. Kazuki, saddened by her death, has to use Phenex's Revive magic in order to bring her back. |
| 152 | * {{Invocation}}: |
| 153 | -->'''Mio''': I know thy name... Thy name is Phenex... A poet and a Magician! The poetic bird that uses sweet words to play with truth, obey my command and displays thy power! |
| 154 | * {{Irony}}: She ridicules the Hayashizaki's style swordsmanship in front of Kazuki. Not only is she quickly defeated by Kazuki, but the latter becomes a well-respected student at Caryatid. |
| 155 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After mocking the Hayashizaki style swordsmanship, she gets curb-stomped in her duel with Kazuki. |
| 156 | * LastRequest: After Mio sacrifices her life to rescue Kazuki, she asks Kazuki to kiss her on the lips, which he does so after her death. |
| 157 | * MeaningfulName: "Mio" (美桜) literally means "beautiful cherry blossom". |
| 158 | * NiceGirl: She is a cheerful and affable girl. |
| 159 | * PlayingWithFire: Her Diva is Phenex, a bird of flame. |
| 160 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: Upon reconciling with Kazuki towards the end of volume 1, she pulls a HeroicSacrifice to rescue him from Loki's attack and apologize for her actions before dying. She gets better thanks to Kazuki using Phenex's level 10 magic. |
| 161 | * TakingTheBullet: At the end of Volume 1, Mio jumps in Kazuki's way and takes Loki's lethal slash from Laevateinn for him, dying of her bloody wounds shortly afterward. That is until Kazuki brings her back to life by using Phenex's level 10 magic. |
| 162 | * ThroughHisStomach: More so than the other girls, Mio’s positivity levels increases exponentially when Kazuki makes her favorite dishes, since those meals remind her of her childhood with Kazuki in Nanohana. |
| 163 | * TookALevelInKindness: She becomes nicer towards Kazuki by the end of volume 1 following their reconciliation. |
| 164 | * TraumaButton: Anything that reminds her of swordsmanship or the Hayashizaki family makes her fly into a rage since it reminds her of her past. She gets over it at the end of Volume 1 when she reconciles with Kazuki. |
| 165 | * {{Tsundere}}: |
| 166 | ** Lampshaded by Lemegeton, since she is the most openly hostile towards Kazuki despite starting with the highest positivity level. After their duel, she still insists on calling him a slave, though she doesn't really mean it and eventually goes back to calling him Kazu-nii. |
| 167 | ** Her Tsun phase lasts for less than half of the first volume, and after Kazuki makes amends with her she melts faster than [[Literature/InfiniteStratos Laura Bodewig]]. Afterward, she has the highest affection score (except [[BrotherSisterIncest Kanae]]) in their entire group. |
| 168 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: Mio greatly underestimates Kazuki's strength during her first duel with him in Volume 1 and her defeat at his hands causes her to suffer a HeroicBSOD as a result. |
| 169 | * TheWorfEffect: |
| 170 | ** In Volume 1, Mio duels with Kazuki only to get taken effortlessly taken down. |
| 171 | ** In Volume 2, Mio gets curb-stomped by Kaguya so that she can arrest Kazuki on her father's orders. |
| 172 | * WreathedInFlames: Phenex’s level 3 magic, Self-Burning, is a spell that wraps a target with protective fire. Using [[MindOverMatter Psychokinesis]] allows the target to extend the effect to their weapons. |
| 173 | |
| 174 | !!President Kaguya Otonashi |
| 175 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_vasreus_volume_2.jpg]] |
| 176 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 177 | !!!'''Diva:''' Asmodeus |
| 178 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 179 | |
| 180 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarukaTerui (Drama CD) |
| 181 | |
| 182 | The student council president of the Magic Division as well as the daughter of Chairman Otonashi, head of the Caryatid National Knight Academy, Kaguya is the strongest summoning magician in the academy. In addition to being the student council president and second year student, which makes her Kazuki's senior in school and as a member of the Witch’s House. |
| 183 | |
| 184 | Kaguya’s contracted Diva is Asmodeus, a member of the Ars Goetia who grants their user a variety of abilities that include mental magic and {{Hellfire}}. |
| 185 | ---- |
| 186 | * BabiesEverAfter: At the end of the series, [[spoiler:Kaguya along with Mio become pregnant with Kazuki's children]]. |
| 187 | * BadPowersGoodPeople: Aside from {{Hellfire}}, MindRape and callous attitude in combat, Kaguya is amongst the kindest people in the story. |
| 188 | * TheBigDamnKiss: Despite being one of the first girls he meets, and maintaining a high positivity level with her for the majority of the story, it isn't until after Stella's "death" near the end of volume 10 when Kazuki finally kisses Kaguya. |
| 189 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: By Nyarlathotep, to the point where Solomon's Ring can't properly read her positivity levels. She eventually manages to snap out of it after a duel with Kazuki. |
| 190 | * BrokenAce: Nyarlathotep hypnotizes her into being one so she can become a powerful host for him. |
| 191 | * BrokenTears: [[spoiler: When Stella "dies" in her arms.]] |
| 192 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: She can be...odd. Her first action in the story is to {{Glomp}} a boy she’s never met and then drags him around the school while proclaiming her his first friend. |
| 193 | * CombatTentacles: Asmodeus’s level 1 magic, Desire Tentacle, summons black tentacles to strangle enemies and obstruct spell chanting. |
| 194 | * CouldSayItBut: Does this in Volume 2 to inform Kazuki of Germany's negotiations with Japan and the incoming arrival of the Einherjar, who are tasked with Lotte’s execution. |
| 195 | * CuddleBug: When she's not competing or in battle, she gets ''very clingy'' with her friends, loved ones, or pretty much anyone that catches her interest. This is especially prominent with Itsuki, whom she finds adorable. What's worse for Itsuki, it makes her very uncomfortable despite her enjoying it, due to a well-justified agoraphobia, and the LuminescentBlush that results from this only makes Kaguya think her ''even more adorable.'' |
| 196 | * CurbStompBattle: She delivers one to Kazuki, Lotte and Mio after their fight with Beatrix at the end of Volume 2 in order to arrest Kazuki by the order of her father, Headmaster Otonashi. |
| 197 | * DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: She manages to top Kazuki in this trope when she invents a spell that attacks the enemy with cosmic radiation, which is enough to vaporize a diva. |
| 198 | * FriendToAllChildren: At the end of Volume 14, [[spoiler:she becomes popular with children at the kindergarten classroom]]. |
| 199 | * TheGift: It takes the average student up till their graduation to achieve level 7-8 magic and Mio took only one month to achieve level 5 magic, Kaguya completely dwarfs both records by achieving level 10 magic in '''two months'''. |
| 200 | * GoodIsNotSoft: |
| 201 | ** She discusses this after Earth Snake escapes and wonders if she should just go for the kill rather than let Stigma Hunters escape and cause more harm. |
| 202 | ** When she is lead to believe Kazuki and Lotte are criminals, she comes down on them like the wrath of god, trashing them effortlessly. Their escape was only possible because she allowed it. Though her father hypnotized her at the time, so it's unknown what she would have done if she was fully in control of herself. |
| 203 | ** Asmodeus states that Near Death Roulette only works well if the user is sufficiently ruthless in battle. Kazuki, who sometimes shows examples of GoodIsNotSoft too, has great difficulty using the scythe, but Kaguya doesn't have any trouble. |
| 204 | * {{Hellfire}}: Asmodeus’s level 9 magic, Guernica, covers an enemy the spellcaster feels hostility towards in {{Hellfire}} strong enough to turn a dragon into ashes in mere seconds. |
| 205 | * HimeCut: Appropriate hairstyle considering she starts off in the story as being at the top of the Magic Division as their student council president and most powerful member, as well as her father, being the chairman of the academy along with being a very influential man in the Japanese government. |
| 206 | * AnIcePerson: Asmodeus’s level 4 magic, Cocytus, unleashes a cold wave that freezes anything it touches. |
| 207 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: Kazuki has one with her in Volume 3. |
| 208 | * MamaBear: She is perhaps the best mother figure in the series, and is vehemently protective of her adoptive daughter, Stella. [[spoiler: As a result, she takes the little girl's "second death" especially hard, and ''tearfully'' begs Kazuki to give her another child, his child.]] |
| 209 | * MeaningfulName: Her name is Japanese for "shining night" and "soundless". |
| 210 | * MindRape: Asmodeus’s level 2 magic, Feel Pain, inflicts hallucinations of pain to the opponent. This can be combined with [[{{Synchronization}} Suicide Black]] and Asmodeus’s level 6 magic, Ultra Violence, that doubles the sense of pain of people in its range. |
| 211 | * TheModestOrgasm: She clearly experiences orgasm in volume 7, chapter 3, as a result of some serious groping and heavy petting that she requested from Kazuki (due to being under the influence of Asmodeus), but she covers her mouth to avoid making noise and alerting their chaperone. |
| 212 | * NiceGirl: She's the first to accept Kazuki's presence in the Magic Division and is unfailingly polite to everyone. |
| 213 | * PromotedToParent: After being the one to name a lost, and amnesiac, little girl rescued from a ghost ship Haunted Ground, "Stella", the little girl fixates on calling her "Momma" much to her delight. |
| 214 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Her Magical Dress is purple and she is more magically powerful than [[AllYourPowersCombined Kazuki]]. |
| 215 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: She's the StudentCouncilPresident and a powerful magician to boot. |
| 216 | * RedBaron: Nightmare Bringer, due to her terrifying fighting style and magic specializing MindRape. |
| 217 | * SinisterScythe: Asmodeus’s level 8 magic, Near Death Roulette, summons a scythe that has the ability to rob the victim of the weapon one of their five sense randomly with each strike, with the sixth strike [[OneHitKill severing the opponent’s magic power]] and sending them in magic intoxication. |
| 218 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: More so than most summoning magicians' Magical Dresses, due to her curvaceous body. Kaguya herself isn’t too thrilled with the design. |
| 219 | * StudentCouncilPresident: She is the leader of the Magic Division's student council. |
| 220 | * {{Synchronization}}: Asmodeus’s level 3 magic, Suicide Black, covers the summoning magician in a black mist that reflects all incoming pain back to the enemy. |
| 221 | * TheTease: Whether or not she goes through the side effects of summoning Asmodeus, she enjoys teasing Kazuki. |
| 222 | * ThreateningShark: Asmodeus’s level 5 magic, Twilight Spectre, summons a big black shark that can swim in land and devour enemies. |
| 223 | |
| 224 | !!Koyuki Hiakari |
| 225 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_vasreus_volume_3.jpg]] |
| 226 | !!!'''Species:''' Elf |
| 227 | !!!'''Diva:''' Vepar |
| 228 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 229 | |
| 230 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakaSuwa (Drama CD) |
| 231 | |
| 232 | The second A ranked student besides Mio in the Caryatid National Knight Academy's Magic Division, a resident of the Witch's House, as well as the first Elf seen in the story. As an Elf, her body was gifted with a vast amount of magic power far above the average female that also distorted her appearance, giving her red eyes, long pointed ears and silver hair. Due to her appearance, she was persecuted by her friends, family, and society that caused her to close off her emotions. Her introduction in the story has her being cold and aloof to Kazuki, who eventually causes her to open up more due to his open feelings and lack of disgust towards her Elven status. |
| 233 | |
| 234 | Koyuki’s contracted Diva is Vepar, a member of the Literature/ArsGoetia who grants their user the power of water and ice magic. |
| 235 | ---- |
| 236 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In her past, she was initially viewed as an outsider for her Elven looks, ''especially'' her parents. |
| 237 | * BigDamnHeroes: She saves Kazuki, Lotte and Mio from Kaguya's arrest at the end of Volume 2. |
| 238 | * BrokenAce: Along with being a powerful A-ranked student in only her first year, Koyuki is also an intelligent student and an analytical opponent in combat. But thanks to being ostracized by most people, she believes that her only worth is as magic muscle to serve others. Kazuki breaks her out of this mindset in Volume 3. |
| 239 | * ButtMonkey: When Koyuki is introduced, she's often isolated by several characters, including Mio, her so-called friends and family. Initially, the only person that has much faith in her is Kazuki. |
| 240 | * CasualKink: Downplayed. Calls herself "an M" during the "telepathy training" with Kazuki. Stops being downplayed by volume 10. She goes to Kazuki's quarters, makes sure they're alone, and then strips off her panties to demand that he spank her. Although initially shocked, he takes it surprisingly well and gives her exactly what she asks for, to her great delight. She also has a preference for [[MakingLoveInAllTheWrongPlaces unusual venues]] |
| 241 | * CovertPervert: After falling in love with Kazuki, her private moments with him get a quite a bit more intimate with such situations rivaling that of Kaguya under the effects of Asmodeus’s magic. |
| 242 | * CruelToBeKind: She purposefully provokes Mio in a duel by stating her recent failure against E-Ranked [[AlmightyJanitor Kazuki]] will cause her to be dropped to B-Rank, which will subsequently lose her place in the Witch’s House, and states she intends to beat such a haughty person claiming to be A-Ranked as the final nail in the coffin. Their duel concludes in a draw, where it is revealed that by doing so Mio displays enough skill to be A-Rank and maintain her status, something Koyuki intended on accomplishing from the very beginning. |
| 243 | * CryIntoChest: She does this when she opens up to Kazuki about her past. |
| 244 | * DeadpanSnarker: Especially towards Kazuki and his AccidentalPervert moments. |
| 245 | * DefrostingIceQueen: A more literal example than Mio. Though her main reason for her coldness is her low self-esteem than any enmity towards Kazuki. |
| 246 | * DemonicPossession: Briefly gets taken over by Nyarlathotep when he senses weakness in her heart. |
| 247 | * EpiphanyComeback: Once she realizes that she now wants to protect her friends rather than prove her own power, she regains her ability to cast, with far more effectiveness than before. |
| 248 | * FantasticRacism: A victim of one due to people around her, including her family, fearing her elven traits. |
| 249 | * FlirtingUnderFire: Especially in Volume 3, where Kazuki outright asks her to like him more while fleeing from an army of enslaved elves. |
| 250 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Almost every character she has met has expressed their dismay about her Elven quirks. The sole exceptions to this are Kazuki and his harem. At first. |
| 251 | * IAmNotPretty: Due to her being a pariah for her Elven traits for many years, Koyuki views her body ugly and unfavorable. A key factor in raising her positivity level involves Kazuki disapproving of that view through his love and raising her self-esteem as a result. |
| 252 | * AnIcePerson: Her Diva, Vepar, grants her the ability to wield ice magic. |
| 253 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: Her main desire, stemming from the isolation and persecution by her peers, is to have people she can trust and will love her despite her Elven appearance and abilities. She eventually gets her wish after Volume 3. |
| 254 | * InterspeciesRomance: She eventually hooks up with Kazuki, who is a human. |
| 255 | * {{Invocation}}: |
| 256 | -->'''Koyuki''': I know thy name... Thy name is Vepar... Mermaid singer imparting icy thoughts, shed drops of tears of sadness in this world. |
| 257 | * IWorkAlone: When invited to partner up by Kazuki to partner up with him and Mio for quests she states she prefers to do quests solo to continuously display her strength as a magician, since she believes as an elf her only worth is in her magical power. |
| 258 | * KickChick: She can attack at close range by kicking while wearing ice skates. |
| 259 | * MeaningfulName: Her name means "light snow", which is fitting considering her element. |
| 260 | * TheModestOrgasm: Heavily implied during the "telepathy training" session with Kazuki. |
| 261 | * NiceGirl: Downplayed at first. Despite trying to act cold, she's the first one in the class to complement Kazuki on honing his sword skills despite the anti-swordsman environment. |
| 262 | * NotSoStoic: Especially when Kazuki tries to raise her positivity levels. |
| 263 | * SpiritAdvisor: She constantly gets hints from spirits aka ghosts of dead elves, though they don't communicate in human language most of the time. |
| 264 | * StalkerWithACrush: She actually chose the same quests as Kazuki to meet him by "coincidence". On the other hand, this trait allows her to save him when he gets in a bind. |
| 265 | * TheStoic: She is often seen calm and deadpan in expression. |
| 266 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: She is normally seen as very aloof and mean, often avoids being social as well as saying rude comments about someone’s personality or actions. This is simply a front she puts on to push people away to prevent herself from getting hurt. In private she is actually quite sweet and sensitive, helping out people in need and complimenting one's abilities. |
| 267 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Tonkotsu Ramen, to the point where a good portion of her telepathy practice with Kazuki includes messages about it. |
| 268 | |
| 269 | !!Vice-President Hikaru Hoshikaze |
| 270 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_vasreus_volume_4_cover.jpg]] |
| 271 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 272 | !!!'''Diva:''' Bael |
| 273 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 274 | |
| 275 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ManamiNumakura (Drama CD) |
| 276 | |
| 277 | The student council vice-president of the Magic Division, Hikaru’s most noticeable feature is her viewing herself as a man. |
| 278 | |
| 279 | Hikaru’s contracted Diva is Baal, a member of the Literature/ArsGoetia who grants their user the power of wind and lightning magic. |
| 280 | ---- |
| 281 | * AlliterativeName: ''H''ikaru ''H''oshikaze |
| 282 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: She's known as a prince for her androgynous appearance, which is ironic considering her fear of men. |
| 283 | * BloodKnight: She's one of the few students willing to challenge [[ToThePain Kaguya]], who others find too scary to fight. |
| 284 | * CannotTalkToMen: To the point where her feeling guilt over liking Kazuki interfered with the increase of her positivity level. |
| 285 | * CasualKink: Really likes anal. |
| 286 | * FriendlyRivalry: With Kaguya. |
| 287 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: The goal of her friendship with Kazuki, only that there are a couple of problems with her plan. She’s not a man and Kazuki eventually realizes that he not only wants to pursue a more romantic relationship with her he also seeks to fix her androphobia along with helping her realize her view of being a man. |
| 288 | * LovableSexManiac: After her date, her [[CharacterDevelopment transformation into a carnivore]] is far more drastic than Kazuki's gradual transformation, to the point where she isn't the least bit subtle about wanting to examine his lower parts. |
| 289 | * MagicKnight: She can summon a hammer and later learns to use a sword. |
| 290 | * MeaningfulName: Hikaru means light in Japanese, while her last name Hoshikaze literally means "star wind". |
| 291 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: The conclusion of her mock battle with Torazo ends with her beating him into submission barehanded enhanced with the power of her [[SuperSpeed Ride Lightning]] until his magic power runs low and preparing to unleash her level 8 magic, Yagrush, down upon him. Until Koyuki, the referee for said match interrupts her chant to inform her that using such a powerful magic on a depleted foe would [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill atomize them]]. |
| 292 | * NumberTwo: She serves as Kaguya's right-hand woman in the Magic Division's student council. |
| 293 | * OneOfTheBoys: She invokes this and hangs out with Kazuki to overcome her fear of men. Though Leme notes that this results in fewer positivity levels than an actual romantic relationship. |
| 294 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: When illegal magicians attack the Sword Division in Volume 3 and Headmaster Otonashi orders the Magic Division to wait until the Knight Order arrives to provide reinforcements, Hikaru ignores the order with the reason that the Sword Division will suffer heavy casualties simply waiting for help that will come too late. |
| 295 | * SheCleansUpNicely: Early in volume 4, Kazuki makes her dress up in a maid outfit for losing to him in a video game. One of the later illustrations in the volume has her in a dress with her hair down. |
| 296 | * ShockAndAwe: Baal grants Hikaru the ability to wield lightning magic. |
| 297 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: She's afraid of talking to men, given that she was sent to a female-only boarding school. At first. |
| 298 | |
| 299 | !!Princess Charlotte "Lotte" Lieben Frau |
| 300 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_vasreus_volume_7_cover.jpg]] |
| 301 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 302 | !!!'''Diva:''' Prophet |
| 303 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Seinmundo |
| 304 | |
| 305 | The runaway princess of the Dukedom of Seinmundo, a small country in Northern Europe that was formed around the time magic was first discovered. The Dukedom of Seimundo, although self-autonomous, is a puppet-state under the rule of Germany. Suffering from an illness since birth, she is approached by the weakened and amnesiac Prophet who negotiates an arrangement with Lotte to save her from the illness that’s soon to kill her in exchange for partial possession of her to regain his former power and to hide from his enemies. From creating a contract with Prophet, the parts of her body that were sick were overwritten and the illness disappears. Hearing word of her contract with Prophet the German government brands her an illegal magician for contracting with a Diva outside of the Norse mythology and tasks their elite soldiers to deliver her execution, forcing her to seek asylum in Japan as a refugee. |
| 306 | |
| 307 | Lotte’s Diva is Prophet; who is later revealed to be Prometheus, a member of the Titans and the Greek mythology. Because Prometheus’s gift of fire gave humanity the means to build civilization, his magic grants his user the ability to wield futuristic weapons such as rail guns and jet packs. |
| 308 | ---- |
| 309 | * BadassAdorable: Despite being younger than her classmates, she's a competent A-rank summoner. |
| 310 | * BlessedWithSuck: Kazuki believes that while she developed a natural talent in {{Telepathy}} magic it also forces her to see who around her is genuine or has ill intent for her. |
| 311 | * {{BFG}}: In her arsenal of spells is a mini-gun as big as she is. |
| 312 | * FallenPrincess: Due to her "Heretical" contract with a Diva outside Norse mythology, she's been marked for death. |
| 313 | * FelonyMisdemeanor: On the receiving end due to her government's harsh policy against illegal summoners. |
| 314 | * FriendToAllChildren: At the end of Volume 14, [[spoiler:she becomes popular with the children at the kindergarten classroom]]. |
| 315 | * GatlingGood: Prometheus’s level 1 magic, Mitrailleuse, creates a Gatling gun that can be sustained for long periods of time as long as it has ammo. |
| 316 | * GratuitousGerman: She tends to speak in her native German when she gets excited. |
| 317 | * GorgeousGaijin: She's from Germany, and is an InnocentFanserviceGirl. |
| 318 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: The aspect of being in Kazuki's harem that she likes most is that ''everyone'' genuinely likes her, without ulterior motives. |
| 319 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: She has little to no comprehension of Japan's cultural taboos, ran up to Kazuki naked when she couldn't figure out how to work the bath and thought he was being rude when he turned away. |
| 320 | * InstantArmor: Prometheus's level 2 magic, Seusenhofer, creates heavy armor that can defend against physical attacks. |
| 321 | * {{Invocation}}: |
| 322 | -->'''Lotte''': The truth shall set me free... the wise man who became protector of humanity, show that wisdom here. |
| 323 | * InUniverseNickName: She's often referred to simply as "Lotte." |
| 324 | * MeaningfulName: Lieben is the plural form of the German word Liebe, which means love. Frau also means woman in German, given the character's gender. |
| 325 | * MicroMonarchy: She hails from the Dukedom of Seinmundo, which was formed around the time magic was discovered. |
| 326 | * MortonsFork: She was subjected to one before her introduction. Either form a "Heretical Contract" and be marked for death, or suffer from a congenital incurable disease until she died. She chose the former and fled to Japan for asylum. |
| 327 | * NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: In her introduction chapter, she kisses both Kazuki and Mio on the cheek. Later, she's all too happy to join Kazuki in the bath. |
| 328 | * OccidentalOtaku: At first, she seems to think Japan will work like in the anime she watched. On a darker note, she states that this is also partially {{Escapism}} from her [[DecadentCourt country's politics]]. |
| 329 | %%* TheOjou |
| 330 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She's 14, but her body is underdeveloped thanks to her illness. |
| 331 | * {{Omniglot}}: In the three days she was in Japan before meeting Kazuki and co. she manages to learn fluent Japanese. Her method is due to her high talent in {{Telepathy}}, which allowed her to thoroughly synchronize with the subconscious of a Japanese person and traced all the information need to speak the language. |
| 332 | * PetitePride: When it's her turn to demand an "intimate" situation with Kazuki, she explicitly and proudly proclaims that a man who isn't a lolicon on some level is a disgrace to his gender due to the fact that she's well aware of how under-developed her body is. Kazuki is quite conflicted as to how he should react. |
| 333 | * SpontaneousWeaponCreation: To a higher degree than its previous spells; Prometheus’s level 10 magic, Olympia Forger, allows the user to create their ideal weapon from their very soul. This weapon is extremely powerful, able to clash and offset with the power of Thor’s level 10 magic Mjolnir head-on. |
| 334 | * ShockAndAwe: Her Collider Field discharges an EM field around her. |
| 335 | * TakeMeInstead: Near the end of Volume 2 she tries to surrender to Beatrix and accept her punishment, knowing that with her death Beatrix would cease hostilities and spare Kazuki’s life. [[TheBigDamnKiss Kazuki wouldn't have any of that]]. |
| 336 | * {{Telepathy}}: Her specialty, which allows her to resist mental attacks and discern people's real intentions, as well as acquire detailed information, such as how to speak another language. |
| 337 | * TokenMiniMoe: At 14 with an under-developed body, she serves this role. |
| 338 | * VerbalTic: She ends her sentences with "Desu." |
| 339 | * WrongContextMagic: Unlike other Divas in the series Prometheus’s magic conjures futuristic armor and weaponry for Lotte. This is because in Greek mythology Prometheus gave humans the gift of fire which lead to civilization and modern technology, which gives him the ability to conjure any technology that can or will be created by humanity. |
| 340 | |
| 341 | !!Miyabi Ryūtaki |
| 342 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manga_vol_10___miyabi_ryutaki.jpg]] |
| 343 | !!!'''Species:''' Elf |
| 344 | !!!'''Diva:''' Gremory |
| 345 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 346 | |
| 347 | An elf student who first appears as a rival in the Student Council Election tournament. |
| 348 | ---- |
| 349 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Just like Koyuki, Miyabi was marginalized in her youth for being an elf. |
| 350 | * BackToBackBadasses: She can easily kick ass along with Shinobu. |
| 351 | * CensorShadow: In-universe, she uses a mental spell to make Kazuki think they're both naked, but Kazuki notices that all the risque parts are shaded. |
| 352 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: After her team loses to Kazuki's team, she admits she was only testing him and encourages him to raise her PL along with her sister's, which he does at the end of volume 8. |
| 353 | * FantasticRacism: As an elf, she was on the receiving end. Only Shinobu was by her side, but was [[HeroicBSOD traumatized]] by her twin suddenly looking different. |
| 354 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: Like Koyuki, everyone else has expressed dismay about her Elven quirks. The only exceptions are Shinobu and Kazuki, at first. |
| 355 | * HeroicSeductress: She tries to act seductive towards Kazuki in the hopes that if he will "conquer" her and Shinobu, thus bringing her twin out of her shell. Though Kazuki notes that she's not nearly as daring as she appears. |
| 356 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: [[spoiler:She joins the Takasugi brothers' team and pretends not to care about their agenda out of cynicism, but Kazuki notes that she wouldn't have tried to test him if she really lost all hope]]. |
| 357 | * InterspeciesRomance: Miyabi eventually falls in love with the human Kazuki. |
| 358 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: For Shinobu, since she is her twin sister. She is devastated by Miyabi's persecution as an elf so much that she will get so jealous should a man ever get close to her... at first. |
| 359 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: [[spoiler:She and Gremory put Kazuki into a LotusEaterMachine to question his motivations for pleasing his harem.]] |
| 360 | * TwinThreesomeFantasy: She motivates Kazuki to conquer her and Shinobu by bringing up the possibility of a "sister sandwich". [[spoiler:They do eventually go through with by the time of volume 14]]. |
| 361 | |
| 362 | !!Shinobu Ryūtaki |
| 363 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_manga_vol12_cover.jpg]] |
| 364 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 365 | !!!'''Diva:''' Marchosias |
| 366 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 367 | |
| 368 | A second-year student who forms a powerful tag team with her twin sister, Miyabi. |
| 369 | ---- |
| 370 | * AloofDarkHairedGirl: She has black hair and has a composed personality. Or so it originally seems... |
| 371 | * BackToBackBadasses: As a tag team member with Miyabi, Shinobu is a competent fighter. |
| 372 | * BigEater: She is a glutton who eats quite a lot, especially meat. |
| 373 | * ClingyJealousGirl: She is initially jealous with Kazuki because she fears that he'll steal Miyabi's affection. |
| 374 | * CynicismCatalyst: Nyarlathotep transforming Miyabi into an elf and the latter being persecuted causes Shinobu to be disillusioned with humanity. |
| 375 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: A DoubleSubversion. Shinobu's positivity score after her duel with Kazuki is 2 since her PL meter didn't work correctly. But after Kazuki helps her rescue Miyabi and Shinobu reconciles with him, her positivity score goes up to 38. |
| 376 | * DefrostingIceQueen: At first, Shinobu is so jealous of Kazuki because of the attention that Miyabi is getting from Kazuki. However, after Kazuki absolves Shinobu of her guilt and they rescue Miyabi in volume 8, Shinobu apologizes to him for her actions and joins Kazuki's harem. |
| 377 | * DespairEventHorizon: Shinobu goes through one in the backstory after Miyabi gets turned into an elf and ridiculed. |
| 378 | * DoesNotLikeMen: At first, Shinobu ''resents'' men because she thinks that they would steal Miyabi away. She eventually changes her tune during the second half of volume 8. |
| 379 | * ElementalPowers: Marchosias gives her both fire and ice, making her dual elemental spells difficult to defend against. |
| 380 | * FreudianExcuse: She and Miyabi were born identical twins, but only Miyabi gets transformed into an elf in their backstory. Shinobu has a major HeroicBSOD and is unable to register evidence that Miyabi is an elf, as well as being disillusioned with humanity. |
| 381 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: While she starts off as a jerk to Kazuki, she cares about her sister very well. After Volume 8, Shinobu develops into a kind-hearted individual thanks to Kazuki. |
| 382 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: She is this to Miyabi, her twin sister. |
| 383 | * MaddenIntoMisanthropy: After witnessing Miyabi being persecuted, she becomes disillusioned with everyone during her HeroicBSOD. Kazuki eventually helps her snap out of it by the time of Volume 8. |
| 384 | * MeaningfulName: Shinobu is the Chinese, Japanese and Korean word for "to endure". |
| 385 | * NoSocialSkills: A mild case at first, again due to her growing up with Miyabi being persecuted as an elf. |
| 386 | * OffscreenMomentOfAwesome: In the epilogue, Kazuki mentions that [[spoiler:she managed to wring him dry in their "sister sandwich."]] |
| 387 | * RealMenEatMeat: A gender inversion. She really loves eating meat, which is why Kazuki prepared plenty of meat dishes for her in Volume 8. |
| 388 | * {{Stripperific}}: {{Deconstructed|Trope}}. She borrows Miyabi's exceptionally racy, and impractical, swimsuit to tease Kazuki. To nobody's surprise the inevitable WardrobeMalfunction occurs which she then proceeds to exploit for all its worth. |
| 389 | * TookALevelInKindness: After Kazuki absolves Shinobu of blaming herself for Miyabi's experiments and helps rescue the latter in the second half of volume 8, Shinobu reconciles with him and becomes much nicer. |
| 390 | |
| 391 | !!Karin Katsura |
| 392 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_vasreus_volume_5_cover.jpg]] |
| 393 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 394 | !!!'''Diva:''' Dakki / Tamamo no Mae |
| 395 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 396 | |
| 397 | An assassin from Yamato. Originally Shizuka's (brainwashed) subordinate, until she was thrown away and rescued by Kazuki. Winds up under "house arrest" with Kazuki being her caretaker. |
| 398 | ---- |
| 399 | * AlliterativeName: '''Ka'''rin '''Ka'''tsura |
| 400 | * BareFistedMonk: Specializes in a style that can damage and kill people while bypassing their defensive magic. |
| 401 | * TheDogBitesBack: She ends up capturing Shizuka at the end of volume 5. |
| 402 | * EmotionlessGirl: She sees herself as a puppet and refused both breakfast and lunch because she "does not need it." By dinnertime, her body disagreed with that sentiment, and she found out what "cooking" means, much to her delight. (Though this does not trigger a PL increase.) |
| 403 | * ExtremeDoormat: She might have been trying to steal the crown from Slaine Troyard. To wit, she has no idea what cooking is, as, prior to being rescued by Kazuki, she was forced to eat beans, bamboo and other shoots, raw, she recognizes what a shower is, but does not know how to bathe herself properly, or use the alchemical method, and was shocked when Kazuki prepared a bath for her with ''hot'' running water, implying her idea of being bathed was simply being showered with a hose, and when Kazuki made an off-hand comment referring to her as "picking up a troublesome pet," her positivity level ''increases'' reaching a setting of 41. For reference, Mio's key was reached at ''60'' and Koyuki's was reached by 75. She eventually TookALevelInBadass when Shizuka turns on her. |
| 404 | * HappinessInSlavery: Kazuki calling her a "pet" actually triggers a PL increase. |
| 405 | * HeelFaceTurn: She is introduced trying to assassinate Kazuki. After Shizuka turns on her, Karin becomes one of his strongest allies. |
| 406 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: The mere fact of being in Kazuki's team during volume 8 raises her PL, while she sings and dances about [[SayItWithHearts teamwork.]] |
| 407 | * InLoveWithTheMark: Goes through this as part of her HeelFaceTurn. |
| 408 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: She has no self-awareness as a person. She simply does not care if Kazuki bathes her completely naked. |
| 409 | * MyMasterRightOrWrong: Was this to Shizuka, until Shizuka turns on her. |
| 410 | * NotSoAboveItAll: When Charlotte started cosplaying as an anime character and engaging in wacky hijinks in Volume 5, Karin was the first one to join her. It's just as ridiculous as it sounds. |
| 411 | * OrphansOrdeal: While her experiences in an orphanage are not divulged in detail, it's so horrendous, she considers becoming Shizuka's ''disposable'' puppet an improvement. |
| 412 | * StealthExpert: Her Chinese assassin training has given her the fringe benefit of being an expert in infiltration and counter-surveillance. |
| 413 | * StockholmSyndrome: Actually resisted being rescued from Shizuka's InstantDeathRadius. If she wasn't knocked out by the blow back from the release of Joka's "divine protection" (Ie brainwashing) she might well have died. |
| 414 | * TookALevelInBadass: After having a HeelFaceTurn at the end of Volume 5, Karin finds the courage to fight Shizuka and capture her. |
| 415 | * {{Unperson}}: Nobody treats her like a human being, including herself. She calls herself "just a puppet." |
| 416 | * WellDoneDaughterGirl: All she ever really wanted was just a small measure of praise from Shizuka. Shizuka denied it to the bitter end, going so far as to commit suicide to do so. |
| 417 | * WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: One of the many things Kazuki does to try to make her feel at home is show her a love story anime. She is completely baffled by it and calls it "irrational." |
| 418 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Shizuka and the Chinese pantheon attempt to kill her, [[EveryoneHasStandards much to the disgust of her Diva]]. |
| 419 | |
| 420 | !! Akira Mibu and Anna Asamiya |
| 421 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 422 | !!!'''Diva:''' Astaroth and Gamygyn |
| 423 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 424 | |
| 425 | These two students are known as delinquents for not participating in quests and duels like their classmates. However, the two suddenly participate in the election tournament with Karin and Shizuka. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * AntiVillain: They help Shizuka out of their own free will out of sympathy for Karin. |
| 428 | * BrilliantButLazy: Despite their talent, they showed little interest in practicing summoning, at least until the tournament. |
| 429 | * ChekhovsSkill: Mibu's interest in being a confectioner comes into play during Kaguya's epilogue, where she bakes a birthday cake for the latter. |
| 430 | * HeelFaceTurn: They're later shown helping Japan fight Yamato. |
| 431 | * HiddenDepths: Turns out that Akira wanted to be a confectioner instead of a summoner, but was forced to go to the academy because of her Enigma. |
| 432 | * PoisonousPerson: Thanks to Astaroth, Akira can use plenty of poisonous spells. |
| 433 | |
| 434 | !! Itsuki Kamimura |
| 435 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 436 | !!!'''Diva:''' Amaterasu |
| 437 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 438 | |
| 439 | A new student added to the Witches Mansion in volume 7 after the results of Kazuki's war campaign in volume 6. |
| 440 | ---- |
| 441 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With Amaterasu. |
| 442 | * CuteGhostGirl: She was completely butchered by Yamato when they defiled the shrines of the Shinto pantheon, after being dragged into Magic intoxication by Ikousai. Kazuki's contract with Amaterasu is the only hope she has of getting a body again. |
| 443 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Her life was not pleasant, before and after being butchered by Yamato. She did well in elementary and middle school, but by the time she reached high-school, she winds up completely deconstructing the Japanese over-achieving workaholic culture. Her performance started out behind her classmates causing her to be ridiculed which caused her to withdraw, which in turn caused her to fall further behind, bringing about ''more'' ridicule eventually turning to net games for social interaction without mockery, causing her to fall ''further behind'' until eventually her parents gave up and completely cut her off, destroying all her faith in herself, and that's when she was contracted by Amaterasu, who only wanted to be her friend. |
| 444 | * {{Hikikomori}}: Like her Diva, she's a complete shut in and is terrified of crowds of people. |
| 445 | * IOweYouMyLife: Literally. Kazuki's powers as Solomon's king are the only reason she exists. |
| 446 | * MsImagination: Amaterasu creates an artificial dimension for her soul where all her fantasies come true. |
| 447 | * TheRival: Though not entirely by choice. The relationship between Susanoo and Amaterasu causes their respective contractors to be antagonistic towards each other. |
| 448 | * ShrinkingViolet: Outside her comfort zone, she is unbelievably shy. She is borderline agoraphobic, which makes Kaguya constantly glomping her from behind and patting her head like a pet quite troublesome, despite liking it. |
| 449 | * SupremeChef: She's surprisingly good in the kitchen. So much so that [[TheAce Kazuki]] is taken back by her skill and dedication. |
| 450 | * WalkingSpoiler: It's difficult to mention this character without spoiling the events of volume 6. |
| 451 | |
| 452 | !! Shiori Yumeno |
| 453 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 454 | !!!'''Diva:''' Halphur |
| 455 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 456 | |
| 457 | ---- |
| 458 | * AbusiveParents: Her parents raised her as a {{Tykebomb}}. The effects are obvious in [[spoiler:Shiori's split personality]]. |
| 459 | * AntiMagic: Her sacred treasure tears through defensive barriers like paper and the barriers don't heal. |
| 460 | * AxCrazy: [[spoiler:Her split personality is seriously unhinged]]. |
| 461 | * TheCorruption: Wounds delivered by her sacred treasure supposedly eat away the flesh until nothing's left of the body so there's no corpse to find. |
| 462 | * EnemyWithin: [[spoiler:She has a split personality named Kaori, who was acting as Yamato's spy. Kaori then disappeared after her fight against Kazuki and Shiori, granting the latter her contract with Baku]] |
| 463 | * FluffyTamer: [[spoiler: Her second diva, Baku (originaly Kaori's diva), has an ability that allows her to "tame" powerful Danger Beasts.]] |
| 464 | * TheMole: Both unknowingly and unwillingly. |
| 465 | * MoreThanMindControl: [[spoiler: Baku can take control of someone's sub-conscious through their dreams. It's more effective on Demon beasts who don't have a consciousness.]] |
| 466 | * NiceGirl: Shiori is exceptionally sweet, gentle and kind. |
| 467 | * SchoolNewspaperNewsHound: She runs the newspaper for the Caryatid National Knight Academy. |
| 468 | * SheKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler: Her spy personality will attempt to kill anyone that attempts to expose it, for fear of its own life]]. |
| 469 | * TrainingFromHell: Her parents made her go through this in order for her to become a spy. |
| 470 | * {{Tykebomb}}: Her parents made Shiori a spy since the age of 5. |
| 471 | * WalkingSpoiler: Kazuki comes to realize that [[spoiler:Shiori's split personality is named Kaori]]. |
| 472 | * WellDoneDaughterGirl: [[spoiler: Kazuki praising her is what finally allows her to be defeated, by "completing her duty."]] |
| 473 | * WolverineClaws: She has a sacred treasure that has black claws. |
| 474 | * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: [[spoiler:Shiori's split personality might have been an AxCrazy mole, but it's hard to blame her considering all the psychological horror her parents inflicted on her.]] |
| 475 | * YouHaveFailedMe: Combined with YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness. [[spoiler: Her split personality is fearful of this fate if it fails in its role as spy and saboteur.]] |
| 476 | |
| 477 | !!Kanon Kodzuki |
| 478 | [[quoteright:280:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kanonnovel.png]] |
| 479 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 480 | !!!'''Diva:''' Belial |
| 481 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 482 | |
| 483 | A 3rd year and former student council president of the magic division. |
| 484 | ---- |
| 485 | * AlliterativeName: '''K'''anon '''K'''odzuki |
| 486 | * GenkiGirl: Is this because of her childish nature. |
| 487 | * RedOniBlueOni: The red to Akane's blue. |
| 488 | * ShamelessSelfPromoter: Always tries to be the centre of attention but fails. |
| 489 | * SweetTooth: Likes having lots of jam and honey mixed in her tea because she dislikes drinking something bitter. |
| 490 | * TheNicknamer: Calls Hikaru "Pikarun", Koyuki "Koyukin" and Kaguya "Kaguyan". |
| 491 | * WingdingEyes: Illustrations show she has plus-shaped pupils. |
| 492 | * WomanChild: Downplayed. Childish most of the time trying to be the centre of attention and nicknames the members of the witch mansion she knows but will be serious when the situation calls for it. |
| 493 | |
| 494 | !!Akane Yagumo |
| 495 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 496 | !!!'''Diva:''' Amon |
| 497 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 498 | |
| 499 | A 3rd year and former student council vice-president of the magic division. |
| 500 | ---- |
| 501 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: Downplayed. Kazuki met her once and won against her in an inter-style match. |
| 502 | * HeroicSacrifice: She disguises herself as Kazuki in order to lure Ikousai and China's forces into Italia's forces, despite the probability that she'll be easily killed while alone. Subverted when Kazuki barely manages to save her from Regina. |
| 503 | * NotSoStoic: Happens when her plans backfire or if something unexpected happens and when she is being teased about her relationship with Kazuki. |
| 504 | * RedOniBlueOni: The blue to Kanon's red. |
| 505 | * TheStoic: She has a composed and serious demeanor. |
| 506 | |
| 507 | [[/folder]] |
| 508 | |
| 509 | [[folder:Caryatid National Knight Academy - Sword Division]] |
| 510 | !!President Kanae Hayashizaki |
| 511 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_shoukan_maou_vol09_000.jpg]] |
| 512 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 513 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 514 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RisaTaneda (Drama CD) |
| 515 | |
| 516 | Kazuki's elder sister, who is also a practitioner of the Hayashizaki style and the student council president of the Sword Division. Due to her attachment to Kazuki and rivalry with the Magic Division, she initially tries to transfer him over to the Sword Division. |
| 517 | ---- |
| 518 | * ACupAngst: She doesn't take it well when Kaguya claims that her large chest is inconvenient. |
| 519 | * AscendedExtra: [[spoiler:In Volume 9, she gains a diva and officially joins Kazuki's BattleHarem, with the lead in positivity level to boot.]] |
| 520 | * BigBrotherAttraction: Played with. She affectionately refers to Kazuki as Nii-sama, despite his Enigma proving that he's younger. |
| 521 | * BigWhat: When she learns that [[spoiler:Turtle is going to write a scandalous article on Kazuki]]. |
| 522 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: Unapologetic brocon and one of the strongest sword users in the series. |
| 523 | * ByThePowerOfGrayskull: [[spoiler:Due to the peculiar nature of her Diva contract, her invocation to transform into her Magic Dress-equivalent has the form of a sword release (otherwise used in-setting for [[CallingYourAttacks activating sword abilities]]):]] |
| 524 | --> [[spoiler:"Battou Kaikon: Kokui Musou!"]] |
| 525 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: PlayedForLaughs. She points out that now that she's no longer SCP, she has more time for her brocon antics. |
| 526 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She was this to Kazuki in their childhood, and now calls him her big brother. She is also this to the Magic Division in Volume 1, but becomes more willing to work with them near the end. |
| 527 | * DualWielding: She wields two kodachi in combat. |
| 528 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: [[spoiler:Volume 9's cover shows that she somehow contracted with a diva, giving her a cat-like Magical Dress]]. |
| 529 | * FragileSpeedster: Faster than Kazuki without Reinforcement Summoning Magic but she also lacks strong offensive and defensive abilities, preferring to dodge attacks with Foresight and agility, piling up damage in the [[DeathOfAThousandCuts quantity of attacks]] rather than the quality. |
| 530 | * GenkiGirl: Around Kazuki, she is very energetic. |
| 531 | * {{Invocation}}: [[spoiler:Used only once, when she forges an indirect contract with Beleth, who possesses her sword and changes it into a Sacred Treasure. Thereafter she uses the sword's release phrase; see ByThePowerOfGrayskull above.]] |
| 532 | -->[[spoiler:“I know thy name! Thy name is Beleth! O the supporter of noble valor and earnest love! That passion into my beloved blade!!” ]] |
| 533 | * MageKiller: The Hayashizaki style is meant to counter mages and Kanae later develops a difficult technique, Shin’iki, that can cancel a summoner's chant, including short ones. Sadly, like Kazuki's Kasane, it's extremely difficult to [[AwesomeButImpractical consistently use]] in an actual fight without a lot of concentration. [[spoiler:Contracting with Beleth allows her to use it in battle almost at will (failing only when her concentration gets really sloppy).]] |
| 534 | * TheMagicTouch: [[spoiler:She technically does not form a contract with Beleth in the same way as a Magika Stigma; Beleth instead possesses her sword Michikage, turning it into a Sacred Treasure. Activating the latter is analogous to the rest transforming into their Magic Dresses.]] |
| 535 | * MasterSwordswoman: How much this trope applies varies. In Volume 9, she duels Kazuki and nearly wins until he uses Zekorbini, thanks to her new technique that can interrupt chanting. Unfortunately, she states that she can only concentrate enough to use it when fighting Kazuki and only Kazuki. |
| 536 | * MeaningfulName: Kanae (鼎) in Japanese means a three-legged kettle as well as a symbol of a king or other high authority. |
| 537 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: She's a powerful swordswoman and the leader of Caryatid's Sword Division student council. |
| 538 | * RedBaron: Storm Cat, a combination of her cat-like tendencies and tremendous agility to attack from her opponent’s blind spots. |
| 539 | * RetiredBadass: After [[spoiler:Lucifer's defeat]], Kanae retires from her life as a swordswoman. |
| 540 | * ShutUpHannibal: Her response to Kohaku’s statement about changing the current era to one where swordsmen aren’t inferior to Magika Stigma is that she doesn’t actually care about her “great cause” because she isn’t fighting to change the status quo; she is simply fighting to take out her feelings of inferiority and aggression on those in the Magic Division under the convenient excuse of a greater cause. She tells her that the distance between the two divisions is closing due to the efforts of Kazuki and Kaguya but she ignores the truth because of her own pride. Her actions will undo the work the two have done, all for the sake of her desire to have the Magic Division submit to her. As a result, Kohaku finds that she is unable to deny her accusations. |
| 541 | * StudentCouncilPresident: She is the leader of Caryatid's Sword Division until she gets beaten by Kohaku. |
| 542 | |
| 543 | !!Torazo Yamada |
| 544 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 545 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 546 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Jun Inoue (Drama CD) |
| 547 | |
| 548 | A member of the Sword Division student council, Torazo is introduced as the third seat of the Sword Division, making him the third strongest student after Kanae Hayashizaki and Iori Kamizumi. Often seen around Kanae, Torazo becomes enlightened by Kazuki’s swordsmanship in the first volume, especially after his overwhelming victory in his duel with Mio Amasaki. After witnessing the duel he states to Kazuki that his performance made him see that the power of the sword isn’t inferior to that of summoning magic. |
| 549 | ---- |
| 550 | * BoringButPractical: His signature move, "Torazo Smash", is simply a powerful swing of his sword with all of his strength and skill behind it but Kazuki states it is feared as the strongest attack within the Sword Division. |
| 551 | * ButtMonkey: Despite his rank he seems to be a constant target of abuse by in the Sword Division. Especially from Kanae, who sees him as a nuisance and Kohaku, who doesn’t respect him for being weaker than her. |
| 552 | * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Aside from all the constant abuse of him throughout the story Torazo was still the third seat of the Sword Division at one time, a position where your status is decided by strength within the entire division. |
| 553 | * HyperCompetentSidekick: Since he describes Kanae and Iori as being strong in battle but good-for-nothings he is left doing all of the practical work they skip out on doing. |
| 554 | * RedIsHeroic: He sports red hair. |
| 555 | * UnskilledButStrong: Torazo lacks any special abilities like summoning magic, possess Sacred Treasures like [[EmpoweredBadassNormal Kohaku]] or special skills such as [[CombatClairvoyance Foresight]] like the Hayashizaki siblings but still manages to be among the strongest members of the Sword Division. |
| 556 | * TheWorfEffect: Of the few onscreen battles Torazo takes part in he is unfortunately used as a measuring stick to portray how strong someone is or has become. He is hopelessly overwhelmed in his mock battle against Hikaru to show her strength as the Vice President of the Magic Division, defeated by Kohaku to showcase Futsunushi no Kami’s blessing ability to enable someone the usage of a Sacred Treasure and defeated by Kazuha in the Chief Student Council election battle to show how far her training under Kazuki has made her into a better swordsman. |
| 557 | |
| 558 | !!President Kohaku Hikita |
| 559 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kohakuhikita.png]] |
| 560 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 561 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 562 | |
| 563 | A practitioner of the Shinkage style, Kohaku appears before Kazuki requesting him to marry her so she can unite the Hayashizaki and Shinkage sword styles to become the strongest sword style. |
| 564 | ---- |
| 565 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: She initially looked down upon Kanae for using regular swords instead of Sacred Treasures, believing that she lives in the past and that the only way that swordsmen can hope to compete with a summoning magician is by using said Sacred Treasures. |
| 566 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She manages to defeat Kanae and temporarily become the StudentCouncilPresident of the Sword Division. |
| 567 | * BadassBoast: She gives one to Hikaru in her introduction when she tries to surprise attack her after she ignores her to speak to Kazuki. |
| 568 | -->”If a child tries to measure his strength against a tiger, he will die.” |
| 569 | * {{BFG}}: Her Sacred Treasure, Taroudachi, absorbs her magical power to grow several dozen times larger, capable of catching someone as agile as Kanae in one swing. |
| 570 | * BigDamnHeroes: Assists Koyuki in saving Kazuki, Lotte and Mio at the end of Volume 2 from Kaguya. |
| 571 | * BlowYouAway: Her Sacred Treasure, Doutanuki, releases blades of wind whenever she swings the sword. |
| 572 | * BreakTheHaughty: Introduced as being arrogant and reliant on Sacred Treasures to bridge the gap in ability between summoning magicians and swordsmen Kohaku gets this throughout Volume 3. The first instance is from her match with Kanae, who overcame her vast arsenal with pure skill and would have defeated her if not for the intervention of Kohaku’s allies. The second instance is when [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep's Quad Core Magicians overwhelm her and her team of Sacred Treasure wielding comrades, only to be [[BigDamnHeroes saved by Kazuki and co.]], whose victory over the enemies demonstrate to Kohaku that her methodology is wrong.]] |
| 573 | * TheChainsOfCommanding: After becoming the Student Council President of the Sword Division, she realizes that the position is actually quite cumbersome, especially when dealing with demands from radical factions. As such, she doesn't mind being replaced in the election tournament to decide the Chief Student Council President. |
| 574 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: When she uses her Sacred Treasures, she can actually surpass Kanae. She also got Futsunushi no Kami to help her comrades use them too. After being required to use normal swords during the tournament, she's still skilled enough to be a top contender in the Sword Division. |
| 575 | * AnIcePerson: Her Sacred Treasure, Murasame, utilizes water in the atmosphere to launch blades of ice. |
| 576 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: A noticeable flaw in her attempts at courting Kazuki is the fact that she doesn’t seem to understand how rude asking someone to marry her as a means to end or how her plan to increase the status of swordsmen in society is based off on using Kazuki as a tool to get around the rules. |
| 577 | * LaserBlade: Her Sacred Treasure, Mikadzuki Munechika, is a sword whose slashes produce an arc of a crescent moon with each swing and reverses cause and effect, allowing her to never miss a target. |
| 578 | * LoopholeAbuse: This yet another reason why she approaches Kazuki aside from her marriage proposal. Since Sword Division students cannot undergo quests without having at least one member being a Magic Division student she wishes to exploit the rule by having [[MagicKnight Kazuki]] join her party since he is not only a Magic Division student but also a very powerful swordsman in name and reputation. By using Kazuki she intends to rack up as much fame and accolades to increase the reputation of swordsmen in society. |
| 579 | * SupremeChef: Kohaku has excellent culinary skills, enough for Kazuki to note how professional her workmanship is and see her as a rival in cooking. |
| 580 | * WackyMarriageProposal: She wishes to marry Kazuki to unite the Shinkage style and the Hayashizaki style to become the strongest sword style school in Japan. Unfortunately for her, not only does Kazuki believe in [[MarryForLove marrying someone you love]] he is also turned off by how she doesn’t seem to actually like him as a person but only seeks to use his status and power to accomplish her own goals. |
| 581 | * WalkingArmory: She has '''seven''' Sacred Treasure swords. |
| 582 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She wants to increase the standing of the Sword Division and legalize the use of magic swords, but Kanae calls her out on being too aggressive towards the Magic Division, although she's nowhere near as radical as the [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Takasugi family]]. She gives up on this mindset when her policies become supported by Headmaster Amasaki through political means. |
| 583 | |
| 584 | !!Kazuha Tsukahara |
| 585 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_vasreus_volume_6.jpg]] |
| 586 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 587 | !!!'''Diva:''' Futsunushi no Kami |
| 588 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 589 | |
| 590 | A summoner in the Sword Division and a friend of Kohaku. In contrast to [[MagicallyIneptFighter Kazuki]], she's a genius summoner with mediocre sword skills. |
| 591 | ---- |
| 592 | * BlessedWithSuck: She initially looks down upon her prodigious magic talents because she would much rather have said level of ability in her skill at the sword. |
| 593 | * BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: With Futsunushi no Kami. Lampshaded by the Diva himself. |
| 594 | * BoxingLessonsForSuperman: She becomes far more competent with the sword after learning from Kazuki. |
| 595 | * CovertPervert: Combined with PantyThief. While in North America, Kazuki catches her sneaking into the laundry to steal his underwear and sniff it. [[spoiler: Kazuki playfully retaliates by flipping her over, pulling off her panties and sniffing them, right in front of her.]] |
| 596 | ** [[spoiler: While he did flip her and took her panties off, they weren't what he sniffed.]] |
| 597 | * DefeatMeansRespect: Towards Kazuki. The [[DefeatMeansFriendship friendship]] part takes a little longer due to her disapproval of his harem antics. |
| 598 | * DisintegratorRay: [[spoiler:Instinctively learns to do disintegration magic, one of the '''most''' difficult types of non-Diva-related magic, while in a fluster to erase physical evidence of Kazuki and her, ehem, "activities" in the 11th volume.]] |
| 599 | * DontCallMeSir: Kohaku tends to call her “Mikohime”, much to her chagrin. |
| 600 | * FriendToAllChildren: At the end of Volume 14, [[spoiler:she becomes popular with children at the kindergarten classroom]]. |
| 601 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Lampshaded. She tries so hard to befriend people that she winds up repelling them instead. She was ''traumatized'' when Lotte befriended Itsuki first, claiming she's been [=NTR=]'ed. |
| 602 | * {{Invocation}}: |
| 603 | -->“Mine bare hand grasps the red hot ore. Ridges on the sky, blade on the earth, merge in a flash namely as the only sword. Thy inscription is Futsunushi no Kami! Oh god of iron and fire, show thy forge!” |
| 604 | * MagicKnight: She has the magic part down and eventually gains the melee part too. |
| 605 | * {{Miko}}: She's one for Futsunushi-no-Kami and her magical dress resemble miko clothes. |
| 606 | * {{Necromancer}}: Futsunushi no Kami’s level 2 magic, Kenki Tensei, allows the user to summon the spirits of famous Japanese warriors with the same skills and abilities they possessed when they were alive. The downside is that the spirits do not possess magic power and they can only create up to three spirits at a time. |
| 607 | * PervertedSniffing: On both ends. [[spoiler: Kazuki catches her stealing his underwar from the laundry and sniffing it, so he flips her over, steals her panties off her and sniffs them right in front of her.]] |
| 608 | * PowerNullifier: Futsunushi no Kami’s level 3 magic, Futsu no Mitama, creates a copy of Futsunushi no Kami that possesses the power to cut magic power and purify evil. |
| 609 | * ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Starting in volume 6, she unwillingly finds herself under-clothed around Kazuki, repeatedly. [[spoiler: The two of them end up being forced to dance naked, in front of each other, to free Amaterasu.]] |
| 610 | * StormOfBlades: Futsunushi no Kami’s level 5 magic, Tenku Batto Rengeho, summons a storm of Sacred Treasure katanas enhanced with many different elements that can be directed and fired at an enemy. |
| 611 | [[/folder]] |
| 612 | |
| 613 | [[folder:School staff]] |
| 614 | |
| 615 | !!Liz Liza Westwood |
| 616 | [[quoteright:289:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/liznovel.png]] |
| 617 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 618 | !!!'''Diva:''' Agares |
| 619 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 620 | |
| 621 | The first teacher introduced in the story. |
| 622 | ---- |
| 623 | * DrillSergeantNasty: Always insulting, browbeating, or berating the students, but make no mistake, she's training them to be soldiers. |
| 624 | * ElegantGothicLolita: She wears a witch's uniform. |
| 625 | * HeightAngst: She did not take it well when men called her "legal loli" behind her back. |
| 626 | * HotForStudent: Considering her diva's in the Ars Goetia, and the King's Kazuki... |
| 627 | * LightEmUp: Uses light-based attacks. |
| 628 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Despite having a very petite body, easily being mistaken for a middle-schooler, she's over 20. This is partially because Agares stopped her aging, which means once he releases that spell, she can use summon magic again. |
| 629 | * RageBreakingPoint: Flies into a rage when [[spoiler:Hel, who has dominion over the souls of the dead, enslaves those of her dead comrades in the first Knight Order, and uses their contracted Divas to attack Kazuki's party.]] |
| 630 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite her small stature, she has some fight left in her. |
| 631 | * PurpleIsPowerful: She sports purple eyes and is a teacher. |
| 632 | * SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:Of Loki & co's massacre of the first iteration of Japan's Knight Order, a RagtagBunchOfMisfits at the time. Beating off assassination attempts, she becomes this after Hibiki, Leme's previous contractor and Kazuki's mother, [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificed herself]] to seal Loki the first time around.]] |
| 633 | * TimeMaster: Thanks to Agares, she has some time manipulating spells, such as Chrono Stutter that can slow an opponent. |
| 634 | |
| 635 | !!Board Chairman/Headmaster Amasaki |
| 636 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 637 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 638 | |
| 639 | Mio's father, and the one who took up the mantle after the Nyarlathotep incident. |
| 640 | ---- |
| 641 | * BigGood: He becomes the headmaster of Caryatid National Knight Academy following Otonashi's death. |
| 642 | * HeelFaceTurn: He was introduced as being extremely antagonistic towards Kazuki. His opinion changed after seeing Kazuki's character first hand, and witnessing Kazuki save his (adopted) daughter's life, repeatedly. |
| 643 | * HeelRealization: When stabbed by Nyarlathotep, he realizes that his actions aren't doing the school or his adopted daughter any good, and he is being a jerk to Kazuki for no real reason. |
| 644 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Courtesy of Nyarlathotep. He gets better, but it's close. |
| 645 | * InsaneTrollLogic: At first. He is quick to blame Kazuki's very existence for the criminal actions of numerous antagonists. This changes once he encountered Nyarlathotep, and he fully investigates his own government's actions. |
| 646 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He blames Kazuki for daring to reciprocate Mio and the criminal actions of numerous antagonists. Once he has his HeelRealization, he is willing to put all differences aside and become the headmaster after Nyarlathotep's death. |
| 647 | * KnightTemplarParent: He starts off as a jerk to Kazuki because the latter dared to try and reciprocate to a romantic relationship with Mio. Saving Mio's life repeatedly, and being instrumental in making her extremely happy, and vastly improving her magical abilities changes his attitude towards Kazuki. |
| 648 | * TookALevelInKindness: He initially starts off as a jerk but he eventually develops into the ReasonableAuthorityFigure by the end of Volume 5. |
| 649 | |
| 650 | [[/folder]] |
| 651 | |
| 652 | [[folder:Yamato/Chukadou]] |
| 653 | !! Board Chairman Takayoshi Takasugi |
| 654 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 655 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 656 | |
| 657 | The government appointed board chairman of the Caryatid National Knights Academy. |
| 658 | ---- |
| 659 | * {{Abusive Parent|s}}: After his sons fail to defeat Kazuki, he allows them to be forcibly possessed by mad Divas. |
| 660 | * AlliterativeName: '''Taka'''yoshi '''Taka'''sugi |
| 661 | * FantasticRacism: Towards anyone with a Stigma mark. He pretty much advocates enslaving the mage knights of the country, in all but name. |
| 662 | * FourEyesZeroSoul: He wears glasses and has a villainous personality. |
| 663 | * LackOfEmpathy: He doesn't see anyone with a stigma mark as human, legal contractor or not. |
| 664 | * LeanAndMean: He's a thin man and is a villain. |
| 665 | * ANaziByAnyOtherName: His governing policies and those of his two sons were ripped right out of Mein Kampf. His whole family shouts about wiping out "the lesser beings" as part of their official Student Council campaigning. |
| 666 | * NeverMyFault: Convinces himself, and his sons, that all their wrong doing is a direct result of the protagonists' actions. |
| 667 | * ObstructiveBureaucrat: He's directly responsible for the skewed tournament rules, not allowing Kazuki to have his sword, sabotaging the tournament to openly favor his sons, and allowing Shizuka, a member from a foreign, and hostile, country to participate in a fashion where she would have the best chances of murdering Kazuki. |
| 668 | * PutOnABusToHell: Takasugi is no longer a board chairman once Kazuki becomes StudentCouncilPresident and is switched over to Yamato’s statesman. |
| 669 | |
| 670 | !!Shizuka Hayashi |
| 671 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hayashi_shizuka.jpg]] |
| 672 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 673 | !!!'''Diva:''' Joka |
| 674 | !!!'''Homeland:''' China |
| 675 | The representative for Yamato. A truly unpleasant individual seeking to kill Kazuki. |
| 676 | ---- |
| 677 | * BareFistedMonk: She fights using only her hands. |
| 678 | * DirtyCoward: Gloats when she has the upper hand, but when it looks like she's going to lose, she teleports away. |
| 679 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:After losing to Karin and getting captured, she uses psychokinesis to kill herself]]. |
| 680 | * EvilGloating: On every single appearance. She will happily abandon any pretext of being a "noble competitor" at the slightest excuse. |
| 681 | * FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Her brainwashing of her followers and overconfidence is what leads to her committing suicide]]. |
| 682 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:She gets captured by Karin after deeming her expendable]]. |
| 683 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Treats her brainwashed followers and her loyal subject, Karin (also brainwashed as well), as nothing more than pawns and meat-shields. |
| 684 | * MyDeathIsJustTheBeginning: [[spoiler: Hel uses the fact that she killed herself in the Knight Order's barracks to sneak in, using her authority, to then break Ikousai out.]] |
| 685 | * NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler: She manages to rescue Karin from China as a result of Hel's authority during the Atlantis arc.]] |
| 686 | * YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:She attempts to discard Karin as expendable, but it backfires on her]]. |
| 687 | |
| 688 | !!Aisu Ikousai |
| 689 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aisu_new.jpg]] |
| 690 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 691 | !!!'''Diva:''' Susanoo |
| 692 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 693 | |
| 694 | The chief guardian of the Ise shrine where Amaterasu is sealed. |
| 695 | ---- |
| 696 | * AffablyEvil: She has a benevolent personality despite being a villain. |
| 697 | * AwesomeByAnalysis: |
| 698 | ** She manages to see through Kazuki's Kasane technique and uses psychokinesis to NoSell it. |
| 699 | ** [[spoiler:Kazuki improvises Midashi to parry magic attacks in the middle of their final duel. Just from seeing it once, she manages to copy this technique to deflect Kazuki's spells.]] |
| 700 | * BigBad: The main antagonist of volumes 4-9. |
| 701 | * CruelMercy: [[spoiler: She doesn't kill Fu Shi, but only so she can torment the young girl by taunting her with her stolen authority.]] |
| 702 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:It took until the last volume, but she joins Kazuki's harem after losing in Atlantis.]] |
| 703 | * EvilCounterpart: To Kazuki. Both are descended from long, proud swordsmen families. Both take great pride in their skill and traditions. Both are "King" candidates for their respective pantheons. While Kazuki cherishes his companions, who are with him willingly, and does his best to make them happy, for their sake, Ikousai happily "recruits" people by forcefully having them possessed by Mad Diva, treats them like disposable tools, and causes them to stumble about without food or rest for extended periods of time, like an ArtificialZombie. This includes her authority to steal the authorities of kings that she defeats, which serves as a dark mirror to Kazuki's authority to use his haremette's spells. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking Finally, Ikousai is rather awkward towards members of the opposite sex, much like Kazuki in the first volume.]] |
| 704 | * EvilRedhead: She has red hair and is an antagonist to boot. |
| 705 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Downplayed like Kazuki, since she's also had sword skills prior to contracting with a Diva. She and Nyarlathotep lampshade this trope when they discuss her previous life as an ordinary college student. |
| 706 | * HiddenHeartOfGold: She's a surprisingly good mother figure, and according to the narration, is the first character ''ever'' to give Hel the affection she so desperately needs. |
| 707 | * {{Hypocrite}}: At first, she mocks those possessed by Mad Divas, only to resort to being possessed by Susanoo in order to match Kazuki. |
| 708 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Willing to endanger Japan's population, native deities, and hand over territory to China or Loki, just to prove her sword style is "superior." |
| 709 | * MasterSwordswoman: Like Kazuki, she uses a sword as her weapon. She's also able to see through many of the techniques of the Hayashizaki family and manages to copy one of them. |
| 710 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: During the Atlantis war, she's really insistent that she and Kazuki fight each other to the death and that none of the other Kings can steal her kill. |
| 711 | * UnwantedAssistance: She yells at Son Shouryuu, claiming Kazuki as "her prey" and being highly offended when the latter attacks anyway. She later tries to refuse Kazuki's help when he has to save her from Loki's alliance. |
| 712 | * VictorGainsLosersPowers: Her authority allows her to steal another king's authority if she lands the defeating blow. [[spoiler:She uses this to take Fu Shi's authority in Volume 12.]] |
| 713 | * VillainousValor: Backed off once she learned Kazuki was present by invitation of Amaterasu. |
| 714 | * WarForFunAndProfit: All she ever talks or thinks about is plundering power from others, China, Loki, the other Shinto gods, whatever, and she's arrogant enough to think that she'll succeed, despite being soundly defeated, repeatedly. |
| 715 | * WeakButSkilled: Like Kazuki, she starts out far weaker than the other kings, but can hold her own with her sword skills. She drops the weak part after stealing Fu Shi's authority. |
| 716 | * WorthyOpponent: While Kazuki heavily disagrees with her motivations, he admits that he respects her for also being a skilled MagicKnight. |
| 717 | |
| 718 | !!Son Shouryuu |
| 719 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lu_shang_perfil.png]] |
| 720 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 721 | !!!'''Diva:''' Son Goku |
| 722 | !!!'''Homeland:''' China |
| 723 | |
| 724 | One of the first named antagonists summoners from China. |
| 725 | ---- |
| 726 | * AxCrazy: She goes absolutely nuts when fighting. |
| 727 | * BloodKnight: Really loves fighting and warfare. The stronger and more skilled his opponent, the better. |
| 728 | * CarryABigStick: He wields Son Goku's legendary extending staff. |
| 729 | * EnemyMine: Subverted. [[spoiler:Although he and his allies break free from Ikousai's control, they reject Kazuki's attempt to form a temporary alliance.]] |
| 730 | * ChildSoldier: He looks like he's in middle school, and he fights for China on the front lines. |
| 731 | * EnfanteTerrible: Despite being a child, he has an impressive kill count. Further, he calls his opponents "toys" that he's looking forward to "breaking." |
| 732 | * UndyingLoyalty: Combined with EvilVirtues. [[spoiler:He, Guan Yu's contractor, and several other Chinese knights resist Ikousai's control out of loyalty to Fu Shi.]] |
| 733 | * UnskilledButStrong: Despite lacking any kind of martial arts ability or skill, he is often victorious due to the sheer amount of magical power he brings to bear. |
| 734 | |
| 735 | !!The Chinese Empress: Fu Shi |
| 736 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_shoukan_maou_vol12_167.jpg]] |
| 737 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 738 | !!!'''Diva:''' Dragon of Heaven's Decree |
| 739 | !!!'''Homeland:''' China |
| 740 | |
| 741 | The child empress of China, chosen by a ritual where babies crawl over burning coals, with the survivor being granted the title. [[RealLife A practice still used in India today.]] She's had a stigma and a contract with the King of the Chinese pantheon since infancy. |
| 742 | |
| 743 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: She believes that she's the only one who can decide what's right or wrong, and people don't have the right ''to be angry at her'' when her actions harm them unless she gives them the priviledge. |
| 744 | * AffectionateNickname: She allows Loki and Kaya to call her "Hiroko-chan." |
| 745 | * AllYourBaseAreBelongToUs: Justified. Her power level is directly proportional to how much territory she holds. |
| 746 | * AChildShallLeadThem: Justified. The customs of her country granted her a stigma as an infant. |
| 747 | * AssimilationPlot: Her goal is to force all of humanity into a hive mind where everyone is equal and resources are evenly distributed. |
| 748 | * BlessedWithSuck: She's implied to be the [[WorldsStrongestMan strongest king]], but her Diva is so powerful that she can barely hold it back. And if she doesn't follow its agenda, it'll mentally torture her. |
| 749 | * CreepyChild: There is very little if anything child-like about her behavior. |
| 750 | * FantasticRacism: Sees anyone and everyone that isn't a citizen of China as nothing more than "barbarians" that are only useful as slave labor, at best. |
| 751 | * HiveMind: Downplayed and deconstructed. She can turn her army into a hive-mind with her in order to perfectly coordinate her attacks. However, she can't access their thoughts, which means all of them will act on her overly formulaic strategies instead of their own experience, meaning her army won't have any plan to fall back on when her own strategy is countered. She can also transfer her mind over to one her soldiers if she's defeated [[spoiler:though she's defeated by Aisu Ikousai before she gets the chance.]] |
| 752 | * KnightTemplar: Fused with TautologicalTemplar. She's so convinced that her goals are noble and just, that she believes her actions are noble and just, without exception. Anyone who dares call her out on it "deserves a thousand deaths." |
| 753 | * LaserGuidedKarma: Her faction planned to use Ikousai as a stepping stone to conquer Japan, only to try to kill her once she failed. In Volume 12, Ikousai uses Fu Shi as a stepping stone by defeating her and stealing her authority. |
| 754 | * MadeOfIron: Thanks to her territory-based empowerment, it takes the efforts of nearly every faction to send her into magic intoxication. |
| 755 | * MirrorCharacter: From Regina. Both seek to bring about ecological balance, by conquering and enslaving people. Amusingly, she's ''less'' extreme about it, at least until her AssimilationPlot is revealed. |
| 756 | * SmugSuper: Combined with SpoiledBrat. Being raised as the Chinese Empress, she's been led to believe that she's superior to everyone at everything, and takes the mere phrase "let's educate this child" as an unforgivable insult since she believes "education goes from superior people to inferior people." Ikousai is only too happy to show her how wrong she is. |
| 757 | * SuicidalOverconfidence: She believes she can defeat any opponent with ease and gets wildly enraged at any thought of retreat or withdrawal. |
| 758 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She makes the people of countries assimilated into her culture use up their magic labor to clean up the ecological damage caused by her predecessors in China, prior to when magic was activated by the Philosopher's stone. According to Rakushudo, this is viewed as ''mercy'' by both China and nations that are not "advanced magic countries." Later, Ryōzanpaku reveals that Chukadou plans on assimilating all humans into a hive mind for the sake of "peace and equality". |
| 759 | * TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:During the Atlantis arc, her poor tactics leads to her falling into traps, taking unnecessary hits, and getting her powers stolen by Aisu Ikousai, just to show that an army battle royale can't be won with power alone.]] |
| 760 | * UnskilledButStrong: Despite being the strongest King in terms of raw power, she's lacking as a tactician. Normally, this would be moot because her elite soldiers are very experienced in battle and manipulation, but they're not allowed to give her advice, since that would be talking down to her. |
| 761 | * WeHaveReserves: When she turns her troops into the Red Nopperabou, they become a "colony" of herself, losing their identity, that she can kill to restore her magic power. This aspect of her authority is what ultimately does her in. |
| 762 | |
| 763 | [[/folder]] |
| 764 | |
| 765 | [[folder:German Knights]] |
| 766 | !!Captain Beatrix Baumgard |
| 767 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/manga_vol_7__beatrix_baumgard.jpg]] |
| 768 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 769 | !!!'''Diva:''' Thor |
| 770 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Germany |
| 771 | |
| 772 | A soldier hailing from Germany, she is the captain of the Einherjar, a group cooperating with Japan to take down Loki since he is an enemy of Norse mythology, who has placed Germany under their patronage. Beatrix is also secretly tasked with assassinating Charlotte Lieben Frau, who has fled Germany for creating a contract with Prometheus, a Diva outside of Norse mythology. This objective places her at odds with Kazuki, who not only believes this to be an inhumane and unjust treatment but also has come to like Charlotte during the time he spent with her. After an arduous battle, Kazuki manages to defeat her and Beatrix becomes completely enamored with him, stating her desire to be with Kazuki as well as fight him to the death. |
| 773 | |
| 774 | Beatrix’s contracted Diva is Thor, a member of the Norse mythology who grants their user the power of physical reinforcement and lightning magic. |
| 775 | ---- |
| 776 | * AndNowYouMustMarryMe: After temporarily turning against Japan in Volume 8, she plans on making sure Kazuki loses the contest for Japan's kingship so that he becomes an ordinary person, allowing her to take him back to Germany and marry him. |
| 777 | * TheBerserker: As expected of the contractor of the warrior god, Thor. In her fight with Kaguya she shrugs off some of her most dangerous magic which include a hallucination of the damage done by her own attacks, an amplification of said damage and having '''all of her five senses severed'''. Her response to the damage is to become elated about being able feel the pain of her own blows and ''keep attacking''. |
| 778 | * BloodKnight: She loves nothing more than a good fight and her intentions with Kazuki range from loving him to maiming him in a fight. |
| 779 | * CombatSadoMasochist: She not only loves dishing out pain, she's ''euphoric'' upon receiving it. [[spoiler: By the time of the America civil war, Kazuki starts feeling jealous when Beatrix goes into this mode, happily enjoying the fight with Standing Bear.]] |
| 780 | * DatingCatwoman: She's included in Kazuki's positivity level readings despite her habit of switching between helping him and fighting him. |
| 781 | * HeroicSacrifice: Beatrix takes [[spoiler:Ilya's Zmey meant for Kazuki]] by the end of Volume 13. She gets better. |
| 782 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Although the information regarding human experimentation was brought to her by Eleonora, a highly trusted aide, de-facto declaring war on Japan, and to a lesser extent Kazuki, without bothering to verify said info was particularly foolish. |
| 783 | * InsultBackfire: Kazuki rudely suggesting naming a warship "The Barbarian Beatrix" causes her to ''blush with joy.'' |
| 784 | * {{Invocation}}: |
| 785 | -->'''Beatrix''': For the sake of soldiers desiring Valhalla, descend from Asgard and show those brave figures. I too will show the spirit of a hero. Oh Asgard’s gods of war... Right here to me. |
| 786 | * LightningBruiser: Especially when compared to [[FragileSpeedster Kazuki]]. Her magic enables her to be strong enough to overwhelm Kazuki in a blade exchange, so fast that Kaguya doesn’t have enough time to cast her magic and tough enough to tank some of the most debilitating magic seen in the series. |
| 787 | * LoveAtFirstPunch: After her defeat by Kazuki she falls madly in love with him. |
| 788 | * LuckilyMyShieldWillProtectMe: Beatrix’s Sacred Treasure, Svalinn, is a shield from the Norse mythology that provides her with an absolute resistance towards flames. |
| 789 | * MeaningfulName: Beatrix is Latin for "she who makes [anyone] happy". |
| 790 | * ANaziByAnyOtherName: Beatrix's usual dress reminds one of a typical Schutzstaffel uniform. |
| 791 | * TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Warns Kazuki to be aware that other countries/powers might be after him because she doesn't want someone else to kill him. |
| 792 | * PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Decides to take out Mio first in their rematch thinking she’s an easy target because she triumphed over her in their last bout with her Svalinn. Mio shows the fruits of her effort by using Psychokinesis to manipulate oxygen to increase the power of her Israel Judgment and knocks Beatrix across the battlefield. |
| 793 | * RankScalesWithAsskicking: TheAce of Germany, one of their strongest warriors and also captain of the Einherjar, Beatrix isn’t someone to be trifled with. She is so powerful that she overwhelmed Kaguya, the strongest person of Caryatid National Knight Academy, for the majority of their fight and forced Kazuki to briefly [[EnemyMine ally]] himself with Kaya and a weakened Loki after she completely thrashes him in their first fight. Despite the added assistance he only barely manages to win by using Prometheus’s level 10 magic [[LimitBreak Olympia Forger]] and the recently acquired Raikiri. [[spoiler:After Hrotsvit dies, Beatrix becomes King in her place [[PositionOfLiteralPower and gains the Rune magic that her predecessor used]].]] |
| 794 | * ShockAndAwe: Her diva is Thor, the Norse god of thunder. This is to be expected. |
| 795 | * SpellBlade: Thor’s level 3 magic, Fjorgyn Megin, coats the user’s weapon in [[ShockAndAwe lightning]]. |
| 796 | * SuperReflexes: Thor’s level 1 magic, Berserk, increases the user’s physical strength and reflexes. It also turns the user’s eyes [[RedEyesTakeWarning red]]. |
| 797 | * SuperStrength: Thor’s level 2 magic, Megingjord, doubles the user’s physical strength. |
| 798 | * TakingTheBullet: Despite being in an EnemyMine with him, Beatrix cares about Kazuki enough to tank powerful magic for him, as shown when she protects him from brainwashed summoners in Volume 5 and from Ilya's last ditch attack in Volume 13. |
| 799 | * ThisCannotBe: She looks on in utter fury and awe when she sees Kazuki casting multiple summoning magic, realizing that her opponent wasn’t just a mere skilled student but a King. |
| 800 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Given the chance she will grab anything remotely identifiable as "meat" and eat it with gusto, laughing like a madman, as shown during the buffet in volume 11. |
| 801 | * UnwittingPawn: Loki tells her group about the previous headmaster's experiments, while conveniently omitting the fact that Kazuki already dealt with him, all in an attempt to set her off against Kazuki again. |
| 802 | * {{Yandere}}: She can't tell what she wants more, to force Kazuki to marry her, or to fight him to the death. |
| 803 | |
| 804 | !!Eleonora |
| 805 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 806 | !!!'''Diva:''' Aegir |
| 807 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Germany |
| 808 | |
| 809 | One of Beatrix's subordinates. |
| 810 | ---- |
| 811 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Taking information received from a highly suspicious source at face value purely because it aligns with your interests is the height of foolishness. |
| 812 | * MakingASplash: Capable of using water magic thanks to her Diva Aegir, the sea god of Norse Mythology, and is more skilled at it than Koyuki. |
| 813 | * MoreDakka: One of her spells involves unleashing a torrent of water bullets. |
| 814 | %%* PunchedAcrossTheRoom: By Lotte. |
| 815 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Blue Oni to Damian’s Red Oni. |
| 816 | * TheStoic: She’s never seen losing her composure and always speaks to a deadpan tone. |
| 817 | * ToxicFriendInfluence: She tries to very hard to separate Kazuki and Beatrix, regardless if it means driving a wedge between Japan and Germany, all while claiming this is for Beatrix's own good. |
| 818 | |
| 819 | !!Damian |
| 820 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 821 | !!!'''Diva:''' Hodur |
| 822 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Germany |
| 823 | |
| 824 | * DispelMagic: Hodur’s magic, Norngjord, allows her to negate binding magic such as Baal’s Horoscope Stasis, which can seal dragons. |
| 825 | * GratuitousGerman: Combined with PrecisionFStrike. Damian cusses out Hikaru in German. |
| 826 | * FlamingSword: Hodur’s magic, Stories Flame, envelopes her blade in a fierce fire that can melt ice magic with ease. |
| 827 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: Hodur’s magic, Mistilteinn, ignores obstacles like wind magic and always accurately hits its mark. |
| 828 | * InstantDeathRadius: Hodur’s magic, Mistilteinn II, creates a sword coated in a dark aura that is said to murder a god. The weapon is so powerful that it can evenly clash and draw with that of Baal’s level 8 magic Yagrush. |
| 829 | * RedOniBlueOni: The Red Oni to Eleonora's Blue Oni. |
| 830 | * SirSwearsAlot: Damian's language in the fight with Hikaru is... unpleasant. |
| 831 | |
| 832 | !!King Hrotsvit Lesedrama |
| 833 | [[quoteright:317:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/volume_11_color_3.png]] |
| 834 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 835 | !!!'''Diva:''' Odin |
| 836 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Germany |
| 837 | |
| 838 | The King of Germany |
| 839 | ---- |
| 840 | * ArmorPiercingAttack: Her Gungnir spear can ignore defensive magic if it hits the opponent's vital spots. |
| 841 | * BackFromTheDead: After [[spoiler:Lucifer's demise]], she returns as a human. |
| 842 | * BlindWeaponmaster: She's blind, but is still one of the best close-range combatants in the series. In a melee only match with Kazuki, Hrotsvit uses her DisabilitySuperpower to foresight all of his attacks until he turns off Enchant Aura and hits her with a harmless attack. |
| 843 | * BloodKnight: She enjoys battles as much as the rest of her country [[spoiler:as shown when she decides to fight the Italian army by herself despite being near death]], but she only picks fights that she thinks are winnable and pragmatic for her country. |
| 844 | * DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:She and Odin are aware that Divas are empty beings and that the entire war is pointless. Her main for participating in Ragnarok is to satisfy her BloodKnight tendencies.]] |
| 845 | * DesperationAttack: Her Authority of the Lunatic King makes her stronger as her magic power is lowered. She combines this with Orto Rune and her own foresight to counteract the drawback. |
| 846 | * EyeScream: At some point before the series, she loses both of her eyes. |
| 847 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Her overly "pragmatic" methods eventually causes her to make an enemy of Regina, who teams up with Loki's faction to kill her.]]. |
| 848 | * KarmicDeath: [[spoiler:She is killed by the same subordinate who teams up with Loki to exact revenge]] |
| 849 | * LaserGuidedKarma: [[spoiler:She betrays Regina and lets her get curbstomped by Loki, Ilya, and Fu Shi despite their alliance. As revenge, Regina teams up with Loki and helps him kill Hrotsvit in Atlantis.]] |
| 850 | * TheLastDance: [[spoiler:After Regina manages to corner her and deplete most of her magic, Hrotsvit decides to go out taking out as much as Regina's army as possible while allowing her own army to regroup with Kazuki's.]] |
| 851 | * MeaningfulName: She's named after Hrotsvitha of Gandersheim, a 10th-century secular canoness, dramatist, and poet. |
| 852 | * NoSell: Her Orto Rune spell creates runes that blocks any attack that she can foresight. |
| 853 | * TakeUpMySword: [[spoiler:With her death in Volume 12, Beatrix is now the leader and King of Germany.]] |
| 854 | |
| 855 | [[/folder]] |
| 856 | |
| 857 | [[folder:Ars Goetia]] |
| 858 | !!Lemegeton |
| 859 | [[quoteright:299:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lemenovel.png]] |
| 860 | [[caption-width-right:299: [[labelnote: Click for Grown Up Look]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lemeoriginalnovel.png]] [[/labelnote]] |
| 861 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Kazuki Hayashizaki [[spoiler:and Hibiki, the Zero Knight]] |
| 862 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Mariko Honda (Drama CD) |
| 863 | |
| 864 | The Lesser Key of Solomon and the leader of the Literature/ArsGoetia, she takes the form of a little girl in the beginning of the story. |
| 865 | ---- |
| 866 | * AllYourPowersCombined: Again, this depends on other summoner's positivity levels with Kazuki. Interestingly, she can also gain the powers of non-Goetia divas that form an alliance with her. |
| 867 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: While she may have started out light-skinned, after her powers are sufficiently restored, she gets ''very'' tan. |
| 868 | * BecomeARealBoy: She chose Kazuki as her contractor so she can fulfill her wish of becoming human. |
| 869 | * BedmateReveal: She loves sneaking into Kazuki's bed while he sleeps. In her child form, nobody saw an issue with this. In her adult form... |
| 870 | * BishoujoLine: She gains a more mature body as Kazuki restores her powers. |
| 871 | * DeliberateValuesDissonance: Her harem trial flabbergasts most of the characters who know of it, but her original culture did allow polygamy, and Solomon did have a very large harem indeed. |
| 872 | * FascinatedByHumanity: She, and her pantheon, are all awestruck by humanity and want to be closer to people. |
| 873 | * TheGadfly: Once ShesAllGrownUp, she likes nothing more than teasing Kazuki and the girls of his harem. |
| 874 | * GodsHandsAreTied: By her own admission, the 72 Divas of Ars Goetia cannot directly neither interfere nor inform anyone of the trial they secretly placed on Japan. They also cannot prevent their summoners from using their magic, regardless if that summoner is brainwashed by an enemy. |
| 875 | * IdentityAmnesia: Her initial comments after her official contract with Kazuki states she does not remember anything aside from her own name, she later reveals to Kazuki that she feigned ignorance to prevent the public from knowing Kazuki contracted the leader of the Literature/ArsGoetia. |
| 876 | * LovableSexManiac: Once she regains her "adult" form, more than the rest of Kazuki's harem, she ''really'' wants to lose all inhibitions, and she swings both ways. |
| 877 | * MagikarpPower: She initially starts with no spells, but can gain at least 720, 10 from each member of the Goetia. |
| 878 | * MetaGirl: She shows some knowledge of harem-related tropes, like Mio's tsundere attitude towards Kazuki. |
| 879 | * MysticalWhiteHair: In her childish form, she's a brunette. In her adult form, her hair is silver-colored. |
| 880 | * OvernightAgeUp: With the increase in positivity levels between the girls Kazuki conquers Leme gains more and more of her former magical power allowing her to visibly age from her initial appearance as a small child. |
| 881 | * PointedEars: She looks like an elf. |
| 882 | * ThirdPersonPerson: She almost always refers to herself as Leme, before and after regaining her adult form. |
| 883 | |
| 884 | !!Phenex |
| 885 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Mio Amasaki |
| 886 | |
| 887 | Known as the poet and the magician. |
| 888 | ---- |
| 889 | * BackFromTheDead: His level 10 spell is this, though the exact limitations are unknown. |
| 890 | * BadassInANiceSuit: He and several other Divas wear suits, regardless of their original culture. |
| 891 | * CoolMask: Although he is humanoid, he always wears a phoenix-themed mask |
| 892 | * CombatMedic: Unusually for most fire users in fiction, he has a healing spell and a revival spell. |
| 893 | * EnergyWeapon: His Judgement spell can concentrate light at the enemy. |
| 894 | * {{Flight}}: One of his spells grants the user wings of fire. |
| 895 | * PlayingWithFire: Almost all of his spells are fire attacks, including Anti-Aging. |
| 896 | * StoryBreakerPower: His revival spell could become this if Mio trains enough to get to level 10 magic and if Kazuki gets enough positivity levels with Mio. |
| 897 | |
| 898 | !!Asmodeus |
| 899 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/asmodeus_light_novel.jpg]] |
| 900 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Kaguya Otonashi |
| 901 | |
| 902 | A diva who governs lust. |
| 903 | ---- |
| 904 | * AttackReflector: Somewhat. While her Suicide Black spell doesn't reduce damage that much, it will cause mental pain to attackers. |
| 905 | * CombatTentacles: And this is one of her lower level spells. |
| 906 | * DarkIsNotEvil: Some of her spells are black-colored, like Desire Tentacle and Suicide Black. |
| 907 | * {{Hellfire}}: Her Guernica, which is powerful enough to slay dragons. |
| 908 | * HornedHumanoid: She has two goat horns. |
| 909 | * LovableSexManiac: Using her spells too much, including in combination attacks, can cause the users to become lustful. |
| 910 | * ToThePain: Her specialty is causing mental pain, which is actually very powerful because most in the series are too used to using their magic to negate physical harm. |
| 911 | |
| 912 | !!Weparl |
| 913 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Koyuki Hiakari |
| 914 | ---- |
| 915 | * FrictionlessIce: She can freeze the ground to make enemies slip and hinder their mobility. |
| 916 | * AnIcePerson: Her spells tend to utilize ice or blizzards, such as Moves in the Field. |
| 917 | * MakingASplash: Her 4th spell is [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Tidal Wave]]. |
| 918 | * OurMermaidsAreDifferent: She is described as a mermaid, though she's shown standing upright in the manga. |
| 919 | |
| 920 | !!Baal |
| 921 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Hikaru Hoshikaze |
| 922 | ---- |
| 923 | * BerserkButton: Does not appreciate being called "Beelzebub". Ironically, this name is also used to invoke his level 10 spell. |
| 924 | * BigCreepyCrawlies: His level 10 spell, "Beelzebub", summons a swarm of face sized flies that can [[ManaDrain eat the magic power of opponents]]. |
| 925 | * LightningBruiser: "Ride Lightning" can increase the caster's speed and reflexes via electricity. |
| 926 | * ShockAndAwe: Lightning Line, Ride Lightning, and Yagrush all utilize electricity. |
| 927 | |
| 928 | !!Gremory |
| 929 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Miyabi Ryūtaki |
| 930 | ---- |
| 931 | * ColonyDrop: She has a union magic with Marchosias known as Moon Strike, which drops a fake Moon on the enemy. |
| 932 | * MentalWorld: Her Lunatic Labyrinth spell traps the user and anyone else affected in one, which is full of mirrors that can only be controlled by the user. |
| 933 | * ParentalSubstitute: Gremory adopted Marchosias when she was just a wolf pup. |
| 934 | * ScrewTheRulesImDoingWhatsRight: Despite Leme's insistence that Kazuki's harem trial remains a secret to other summoners, Gremory tells Miyabi about it in order to give the twins a glimmer of hope in gaining friends. |
| 935 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: One of her spells is based around this and traps the victim in a trance about their worst fears. However, if they overcome their trauma and escape, they become ridiculously strong for a short time, as shown when Kazuki slices her Moon. |
| 936 | * SupportPartyMember: She mainly gives her summoners spells for mental attacks. |
| 937 | |
| 938 | !!Marchosias |
| 939 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Shinobu Ryūtaki |
| 940 | ---- |
| 941 | * ColonyDrop: She has a union magic with Gremory known as Moon Strike, which drops a fake Moon on the enemy. |
| 942 | * DualWielding: One of her spells is to summon a phantom that can wield a red sword and a blue sword. |
| 943 | * AnIcePerson: Combined with PlayingWithFire. She has both (Cross Conflict and Burning Icicle), which means her foes have to defend against both elements at the same time. |
| 944 | * HappilyAdopted: By Gremory. |
| 945 | * UndyingLoyalty: Marchosias is part of the Goetia mainly out of loyalty to Gremory rather than Leme. |
| 946 | |
| 947 | [[/folder]] |
| 948 | |
| 949 | [[folder:Shinto]] |
| 950 | !!Futsunushi no Kami |
| 951 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Kazuha Tsukahara |
| 952 | |
| 953 | The Japanese god of swords. |
| 954 | ---- |
| 955 | * {{BFS}}: He is one and his summoner can use a copy of him in combat. |
| 956 | * BoisterousBruiser: He often gives a hearty laugh during his dialogue. |
| 957 | * BokeAndTsukkomiRoutine: He's the boke to Kazuha's tsukkomi. |
| 958 | * FlechetteStorm: Can make one with a variety of magic swords. |
| 959 | * FireForgedFriends: After realizing the Goetia was innocent of the underground experiments and helping them solve the case, he offers his allegiance to them, which adds Kazuha to the Ring of Solomon as a harem candidate. |
| 960 | * FusionDance: [[spoiler: With one of the Wild Gods, of the Shinto pantheon, after the latter was expelled from the Takasugi brothers.]] Note: This is both unprecedented and [[BeyondTheImpossible supposedly impossible.]] |
| 961 | * TheGadfly: Likes to push Kazuha's buttons |
| 962 | * InspectorJavert: He's not too happy about the academy downplaying swordsmanship and initially suspects the 72 pillars are involved in illegal experiments. |
| 963 | * MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: He notices that some ominous activity [[spoiler:by Nyarlathotep]] is occuring in the very academy. |
| 964 | * OurGhostsAreDifferent: He can summon the ghosts of famous master swordsmen, [[BadassNormal though they have no magic ability]]. |
| 965 | * SuperEmpowering: His divine protection can give other people the ability to use magic swords. |
| 966 | * UnskilledButStrong: He admits he doesn't know how to wield a sword, though to be fair, he doesn't have hands. |
| 967 | |
| 968 | !! Tamamo No Mae |
| 969 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Karin Katsura |
| 970 | |
| 971 | One of the only two Shinto divas shown prominently. |
| 972 | ---- |
| 973 | * CombatTentacles: One of her spells uses ropes made of maiden's hair that entangles her contractor's opponents. |
| 974 | * ItAmusedMe: She provoked Karin into fusing with her to attack Kazuki, knowing full well she'd refuse, because it was amusing. |
| 975 | * LadyOfWar: Graceful, composed, polite, but very dangerous. |
| 976 | * LittleBitBeastly: As fits her [[PublicDomainCharacter namesake]], she's got fox features. |
| 977 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: She was in no way happy as to how China and Shizuka treated Karin, and what they were planning to do to her. |
| 978 | * ShipperOnDeck: Paired Karin off with Kazuki, albeit in a round-about method. |
| 979 | * TheStarscream: She has absolutely no loyalty to Jokka or the Chinese pantheon, and was merely waiting for the right time to turn on them. Considering what the Chinese were planning to do to her and her host, it was warranted. |
| 980 | * VillainRespect: Prior to Karin's HeelFaceTurn, she qualified. |
| 981 | * WorthyOpponent: Considers Katsuki one. |
| 982 | |
| 983 | !!Amaterasu: |
| 984 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Itsuki Kamimura. |
| 985 | |
| 986 | One of the opposing "Kings" of the Shinto faith. |
| 987 | ---- |
| 988 | * BirdsOfAFeather: With her contractor, Kamimura. |
| 989 | * {{Hikikomori}}: By her own admission, she's a shut in. |
| 990 | * LovableSexManiac: Moreso than Asmodeus. It demands that its supplicants engage in erotic acts. [[spoiler: Especially having Kazuki and Kazuha dance naked to free her from the Gate of Celestial Rock Cave.]] |
| 991 | * PlayfulHacker: She's an expert on net security and hacking [=PCs=]. |
| 992 | |
| 993 | [[/folder]] |
| 994 | |
| 995 | [[folder:Greek Mythology]] |
| 996 | !!Prometheus |
| 997 | !!!'''Known Contractors''': Charlotte Lieben Frau |
| 998 | ---- |
| 999 | * TheComicallySerious: At times, like when he requests to play galge or asks if he can try to beat the Solitaire score of the person whose computer he's hacking into. |
| 1000 | * InstantExpert: With modern technology, and he can possess Charlotte to make practical use of this knowledge, like when they piloted a jet to escape. |
| 1001 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: At first, he doesn't remember his identity or name and is referred to as "Prophet". |
| 1002 | * {{Otaku}}: Like his contractor. |
| 1003 | * TheProphecy: He predicts that he will have to stop a third DivineConflict (the first two are in Greek Mythology), where humans will take the center stage. |
| 1004 | * SpontaneousWeaponCreation: He can create [[GatlingGood a gatling gun]], a lance, etc for his summoner. Since these are maintained by his power, they're legal to use for summoners during the TournamentArc. |
| 1005 | * TokenGoodTeammate: He's one of the few Chaos divas who are benevolent to humanity. |
| 1006 | [[/folder]] |
| 1007 | |
| 1008 | [[folder:Norse Mythology]] |
| 1009 | !!Loki |
| 1010 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/lokinovel.png]] |
| 1011 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1012 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Germany |
| 1013 | |
| 1014 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuichiroUmehara (Drama CD) |
| 1015 | |
| 1016 | The Norse god of mischief; the first antagonist of the story, who convinces a broken Kaya to form a contract with him so he may use her as vessel to sow chaos and discord throughout the world to enact Ragnarok, to achieve this endgame he offers his powers to various factions such as China, Yamato and Russia who oppose Japan. Loki gives off the vibe of a being of pure insanity but in reality he possesses a manipulative and analytical intellect, able to create allies from enemies and sow discord among his foes simply due to knowing how they would think or act given a situation. |
| 1017 | ---- |
| 1018 | * BerserkButton: Loki’s jovial and sneering manner completely crumbles when faced with Thor in Volume 2. Through Kaya he hysterically curses Odin and Heimdall, stating he’s going to kill them before coming after Thor himself. |
| 1019 | * CardCarryingVillain: While gloating about breaking Kaya, he actually requests a Nobel Prize for cruelty towards humans. |
| 1020 | * ChildByRape: Combined with ForcedTransformation. In the Magika universe, Loki was taken captive by the Ice Giants, magically turned into a mare, and forced to mate with an Ice Giant's steed. The resulting offspring is Sleipneir, Odin's warhorse. |
| 1021 | * CoolSword: His sword, Laevateinn, is a blade that fires a SwordBeam that [[AlwaysAccurateAttack cannot be evaded]], strong enough to cut through defensive magic with ease and deal fatal damage in a single blow. |
| 1022 | * CruelMercy: He wants Kazuki to survive the battle between kings just so the hero can live and suffer in his SocialDarwinist dystopia. |
| 1023 | * DealWithTheDevil: Gave one to Kaya before the story began. She would certainly come out on the worse end. Further lampshaded by Ikousai in volume 8. She explicitly wonders if Yamato has been "selling their soul to a devil." |
| 1024 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:After losing in Ragnarok, he realizes that he actually likes Kazuki and later helps him in the final battle against Lucifer. It helps that Loki wants in on Leme's plan to turn Divas into humans, and became increasingly close with his human vessel Kaya over the series, who loves Kazuki herself.]] |
| 1025 | * DystopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He just wants to sow as much raw chaos as possible, damn the consequences. |
| 1026 | * EnemyMine: He rescues Kazuki and briefly teams up with him against Beatrix in Volume 2. |
| 1027 | * EvilVersusOblivion: His idea of chaos is total anarchy rather than the destruction of the universe. [[spoiler:At the end of Volume 13, Kazuki tries to use this as the basis for an EnemyMine against Typhon, though it isn't confirmed if Loki accepts.]] |
| 1028 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: Averted with a murderous vengeance. This is the aspect of Norse mythology he hates most. |
| 1029 | * ForTheEvulz: Kaya states that Loki didn’t completely erase her personality when he hijacked her body because he knows that the presence of Kaya under his control will unnerve and ridicule Kazuki, who was unable to save Kaya from Loki in their first encounter. |
| 1030 | * HeelFaceTurn: He finally turns to the side of good after [[spoiler:losing in Ragnarok to the point that he decides to help Kazuki kill Lucifer for good]]. |
| 1031 | * HeroKiller: He accomplishes it in the very first volume by killing [[spoiler:Mio]]. [[spoiler:He and his previous contractor were also responsible for killing Hibiki, most of her loved ones, and the first incarnation of Japan's Knight Order save Liz Liza, though Hibiki managed to take the contractor down with her.]] |
| 1032 | * LaserGuidedKarma: In the past he, and his crew [[spoiler: wiped out everyone Hibiki, Kazuki's mother cared about, just ForTheEvulz. Hibiki would later come back and wipe out his companions eventually ending in a mutual kill to his previous host.]] Amazingly, Loki doesn't bear a grudge about this. |
| 1033 | * LaughingMad: There aren’t too many instances in the story where Loki isn’t cackling like a madman, either due to pure elation or to mock his opponents, such as Kazuki. |
| 1034 | * ManipulativeBastard: He's rather good at convincing unrelated parties into forming an EnemyMine with him, including the protagonist. |
| 1035 | * MutualKill: [[spoiler:His previous contractor and Kazuki's mother killed each other at the same time.]] |
| 1036 | * OxymoronicBeing: Loki is full of internal contradictions, and not only fails to realize it, but gets rather cross when someone else does. He hates FaceDeathWithDignity among the rest of the Norse pantheon, yet finds it the most admirable trait in Kazuki. He is genuinely fond of Kaya, yet couldn't care less if she lives or dies. Highly values Hel's accomplishments, but can only praise her with empty platitudes. He is a control freak, but absolutely loathes life, or any activity like playing a game of shogi, that lacks chaos and unpredictability. For racial traits, he is both a Norse God and their most hated enemy, an Ice Giant. |
| 1037 | * SharpDressedMan: Loki wears a white suit in his human guise. |
| 1038 | * StarterVillain: He serves as this for volume 1 and the entire series as a whole, being a god who attempts to cause chaos and achieve Ragnarok. Subverted in that he survives his first encounter with Kazuki and continues to antagonize him [[spoiler:until he pulls a HeelFaceTurn towards the end of the series]]. |
| 1039 | * SocialDarwinist: His very take on "civilization" is nothing more than "survival of the fittest." Everything else is merely a repulsive charade destined to rot away. He has brainwashed Kaya into taking this world view. |
| 1040 | * TheSociopath: While he's not clinically insane, he is utterly incapable of feeling positive emotions. As a result, he can only enjoy watching others struggle and suffer, can't show genuine affection, regardless if he wants to, and is unable to see anyone as anything other than a pawn, including himself. The one person he's fond of, Kaya, is merely a pet to him, and he ultimately does not care if she lives or dies. His own children are just pieces on a playing board, and what he likes most about Hel is that she spites him for it. |
| 1041 | * SurroundedByIdiots: He doesn't think too highly of his children, Hel and Midgardsomr. [[WellDoneDaughterGirl Hel in particular is upset about not having his approval.]] |
| 1042 | * ThisCannotBe: When Kazuki, with nothing more than a sword and Mio's Phenex powers, manages to actually wound him, and realizing that if Kazuki had his own sword instead of the one he borrowed, the wound would have been fatal. |
| 1043 | * TransformationOfThePossessed: Turns Kaya's body into a living host for himself. |
| 1044 | * UnderestimatingBadassery: The ruling politicians of Yamato think he and Kaya are "just an ordinary illegal magician." They utterly refuse to acknowledge how much danger they're in by associating with him and "borrowing his power." |
| 1045 | * UnskilledButStrong: Despite having a {{BFS}}, he admits that he's not that good at using it, which is why he and Kaya use Kazuki to help deal with Beatrix. |
| 1046 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He manages to combine this with HoistByHisOwnPetard. Toying around with [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep by putting a fragment in Maya turns around and bites everyone in the ass as Nyarlathotep not only consumes and impersonates Maya immediately, but infects everybody Loki introduced Mary to by planting pieces of itself in each and every "illegal magician" among Loki's Einherijar, and China's Noperabu. This ultimately culminates in Nyarlathotep fusing with Regina to form Typhon, which wants to obliterate all creation.]] |
| 1047 | * VillainRespect: Acknowledges Kazuki as "Solomon's King" before running away. |
| 1048 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can transform from a gigantic dragon in his true form to a human with silver-blue hair and green eyes. |
| 1049 | * WarForFunAndProfit: Subverted. He just likes to sow chaos for his own amusement. He doesn't care about winning or losing. |
| 1050 | * WeWillMeetAgain: After being wounded by Kazuki in Volume 1, Loki vows that he will return to settle things with him. |
| 1051 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: He and Thor did this back when they were friends. Interestingly, cross dressing is the first thing he thinks of when reminiscing about their past. |
| 1052 | * WorthyOpponent: He considers Kazuki one, and actually relishes Kazuki's efforts to thwart his plans. |
| 1053 | * XanatosGambit: Lampshaded. Loki ''always'' sets things up so they go his way, no matter what happens. He is elated that Kazuki, more often than not, realizes this and acts accordingly. |
| 1054 | |
| 1055 | !!Thor |
| 1056 | !!!'''Species:''' Diva |
| 1057 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Germany |
| 1058 | |
| 1059 | The Norse god of sky and thunder, who has a contract with Beatrix. While he grants powerful spells for his contractor, he only allows them to be used at close range. |
| 1060 | ---- |
| 1061 | * BloodKnight: So much that he requires his summoner to always fight at close range. |
| 1062 | * HonorBeforeReason: His spells can't be used unless the user is in close range combat, due to his BloodKnight ways. |
| 1063 | * IKnowYoureInThereSomewhereFight: When Kaya is defeated by Beatrix, Thor attempts to talk Loki into surrendering and making amends with the Norse gods, only for Loki to drop a ClusterFBomb and escape. |
| 1064 | * LightningBruiser: He has at least two spells, Berserk and Megingjord, that can enhance his contractor's physical abilities to insane levels. |
| 1065 | * ShockAndAwe: Much like Baal, he can utilize electricity for physical enhancement(Berserk and Megingjord), though his offensive spells (Mjolnir) are more close ranged. |
| 1066 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: With Loki, who has no intention of rekindling that friendship. |
| 1067 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: He and Loki engaged in this before things went south between them. |
| 1068 | |
| 1069 | !!Hel |
| 1070 | !!!'''Species:''' Diva |
| 1071 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Germany |
| 1072 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/helnovel.png]] |
| 1073 | |
| 1074 | Loki's daughter and the Norse goddess of the dead. |
| 1075 | ---- |
| 1076 | * ChildrenAreCruel: She has the appearance and mentality of a small child, and a mean streak a mile wide. |
| 1077 | * ClingyJealousGirl: To seriously unhealthy levels. She is so starved for Loki's affection that she will seek to kill anyone that she thinks is taking his attention away from her. She utterly fails to realize that Loki is utterly unable to give affection to ''anyone.'' |
| 1078 | * EyepatchOfPower: She wears a patch over one eye, and she's very powerful. |
| 1079 | * HumansAreInsects: She sees Kazuki and his harem as nothing more than a nuisance, at best. |
| 1080 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: She is ''desperate'' to get love and affection, and she's more than willing to kill to get it. |
| 1081 | * MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: [[spoiler: She ultimately turns on Loki because she grows sick and tired of being nothing more than a tool for him. Loki actually cheers her on for it.]] |
| 1082 | * MoralMyopia: All she wants is her father's affection, and she goes to get it by trying to prevent Kazuki's mother from giving her affection to him, and doesn't see anything wrong with her behavior. Ikousai, of all people, calls her out on it, at which point Hel breaks down and cries in her arms. |
| 1083 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: There are elements of this in her attack on Kazuki. She tries to kill him, despite Loki's warnings, because she wants to eliminate what she sees as competition for her father's affection, unaware that he's utterly incapable of giving it. |
| 1084 | * {{Necromancer}}: She can hijack the ghosts of the dead. |
| 1085 | * PhysicalGoddess: As an "awakened Diva" she certainly is. |
| 1086 | * PowerParasite: As the goddess of the dead she can control the powers and abilities over everyone who died, except those who died "honorably" by the standards of the Norse. This includes calling upon the powers of Diva from other pantheons, like the Ars Goetia. |
| 1087 | * TenderTears: [[spoiler: After being rescued and realizing that Ikousai ''actually'' cares for her.]] |
| 1088 | * ThisCannotBe: [[spoiler: When Kazuki got over his HeroicBSOD and gained the upper hand against her.]] |
| 1089 | * TransformationOfThePossessed: Is the first of Loki's children to master taking over and converting humans into living hosts. |
| 1090 | * WellDoneDaughterGirl: All she really wants is her father's affection, not empty platitudes. Unfortunately, Loki is utterly ''incapable'' of this. She does eventually come to realize it, and [[spoiler: turns on Loki, much to his delight.]] |
| 1091 | |
| 1092 | [[/folder]] |
| 1093 | |
| 1094 | [[folder:Other Human Antagonists]] |
| 1095 | !!Kaya Yamagata |
| 1096 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaya_3.png]] |
| 1097 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1098 | !!!'''Diva:''' Loki |
| 1099 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 1100 | |
| 1101 | -> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukariFukui (Drama CD) |
| 1102 | |
| 1103 | A fellow former resident of the Nanohana Institute, the orphanage where Kazuki and Mio grew up before being adopted into the Hayashizaki and Amasaki families respectively; Kaya is introduced into the story having made an illegal contract with the evil Norse god Loki, who plans to plunge the world into chaos. She is initially shown to be possessed by Loki, who forcibly takes control of her body and later uses her body as a vessel to interact with the physical plane, she is later shown to have come to terms with Loki and joins him in his schemes to plunge the world into chaos with a misanthropic outlook on humanity. |
| 1104 | |
| 1105 | Kaya’s contracted Diva is Loki, a member of the Norse mythology who grants her the power of several of abilities such as summoning weapons and accessories Loki has come across in the original myth along with summoning legendary dragons. Due to their symbiotic relationship Kaya can become a living host to Loki, a transformation that allows Loki to unleash the full extent of his powers without restraint, well over that of a regular magician. |
| 1106 | ---- |
| 1107 | * AxCrazy: Before Loki takes over her body Kaya was already heavily unhinged, constantly thinking about how much she loves Kazuki and Mio along with her desire to [[{{Yandere}} kill them because of that love]]. Although how much of that is due to Loki's influence is unclear, as she has shouted "give me back my mind" prior to Loki's full blown possession. |
| 1108 | * BigNo: Kaya yells this before Loki forcibly takes control of her body. |
| 1109 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Kaya talks in a sweet and cutesy tone but every line she directs at Kazuki is filled with sarcasm and contempt. |
| 1110 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: The details regarding her past are vague but what is known is that the loss of Kazuki and Mio made her life miserable and an unknown event led to the deaths of everyone in the Nanohana Institute, which led her to creating an illegal contract with [[DemonicPossession Loki]]. |
| 1111 | * DemonicPossession: Her initial relationship with Loki was this, by which he would forcibly take control of her body with her [[AlternateIdentityAmnesia having no recollection]] of what she was doing during that time. After transforming her body into a living host for him Kaya and Loki become comrades in his plan to cause chaos throughout the world and their relationship upgrades into a SymbioticPossession, a darker version of the typical contract between summoning magician and Diva. |
| 1112 | * EvilFeelsGood: Tells Kazuki that while she was initially scared because Loki pushed her mind to the brink to more effectively steal her body, afterward she states that being overtaken by Loki feels quite good. |
| 1113 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Her pleasant personality hides an evil one. |
| 1114 | * ForgottenFriendNewFoe: Played more straight than with [[{{Tsundere}} Mio]], Kazuki also fails to recognize Kaya at first and following her reunion with Kazuki she tries to murder him along with Mio and the rest of the students at the academy stating he abandoned her for more important people. |
| 1115 | * PartialTransformation: She can transform parts of her body into Loki when using his magic. |
| 1116 | * ReluctantPsycho: In the first volume, she shows discomfort in being possessed by Loki, but in the following volumes, she subverts this by accepting Loki's ideology. |
| 1117 | * ThatWomanIsDead: It's said word-for-word by Loki to provoke Kazuki. |
| 1118 | * VillainousRescue: |
| 1119 | ** Saves Kazuki in his first fight with Beatrix giving him time to escape with Lotte and Mio. |
| 1120 | ** Later that volume she also [[TakingTheBullet Takes The Bullet]] for Kazuki and Mio, blocking Beatrix’s [[OneHitKill Mjolnir]] resulting in heavy injuries. |
| 1121 | |
| 1122 | !!Headmaster Tsukikuro Otonashi |
| 1123 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1124 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 1125 | |
| 1126 | The headmaster of the Caryatid National Knight Academy at the start of the story and father of Kaguya Otonashi, Tsukikuro Otonashi is introduced as one of Kazuki’s first obstacles after his contract with Lemegeton. In disbelief that the chief god of the Ars Goetia would choose a teenager as the King of Solomon, he places Kazuki under watch with the excuse that he needs to be monitored for potentially making an illegal contract with a Diva outside of the Ars Goetia. After Kazuki defeats Beatrix, his suspicions are confirmed and he rallies the other board members of the academy to deem Kazuki an illegal magician in order to conduct a dangerous procedure to transplant his Stigma from him in an effort to control the Ars Goetia. |
| 1127 | ---- |
| 1128 | * {{Abusive Parent|s}}: He didn't care about his son and only treated his daughter as an UnwittingPawn at best. In fact, he imprinted and hypnotized his daughter Kaguya since infancy with the duty to be the strongest magician with the intentions of using that mental fortitude to incite growth in her magic power. Continues to hypnotize her after making her Student Council President of the Magic Division to have a strong pawn within the academy and forces her to push aside all emotion with logical judgment for his imprinted duty. His EvilPlan involves using his Stigmata Transplant operation to transfer Kazuki’s King’s Authority to Kaguya allowing him to have full control of the King of Solomon and the Literature/ArsGoetia. And while Tsukikuro didn't know it, he was nothing more than Nyarlathotep's pawn. |
| 1129 | * AlasPoorVillain: In-universe at least. Kaguya seems to be the only one who expresses any pity for him after he ends up in a coma. This is because he was a kind man before getting possessed by Nyarlathotep. |
| 1130 | * BodyHorror: At one point, he claws off his own face. |
| 1131 | * BrainwashedAndCrazy: Courtesy of Nyarlathotep. |
| 1132 | * TheBusCameBack: He was completely absent after falling into a ConvenientComa until volume 14, where [[spoiler:he recovers from his coma and is able walk again without life support]]. |
| 1133 | * ConditionedToAcceptHorror: At first wracked with extreme guilt over being ordered to perform inhumane experiments, he is slowly but surely molded into somebody that can look upon PlayingWithSyringes and simply not care. |
| 1134 | * ConvenientComa: He falls into one at the end of volume 3 when [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep is removed from him.]] |
| 1135 | * DissonantSerenity: He actually sounds calm and sane for a few moments ... until he starts his MotiveRant. |
| 1136 | * EyeScream: While clawing off his face, he claws out his eyes and makes them explode. |
| 1137 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He's very polite when Kazuki confronts him in Volume 3, but his lack of guilt for his experiments makes it clear that he's anything but nice. |
| 1138 | * HeelFaceTurn: In Kaguya's epilogue, [[spoiler:he wakes up from his coma and apologizes for his crimes.]] |
| 1139 | * MaskOfSanity: He puts up a sophisticated front, but he becomes a literal example of this trope when he rips off his face to reveal that he's being possessed by the mad Diva, Nyarlathotep. |
| 1140 | * NecessarilyEvil: He knows that all the stuff he's doing under the school is completely abhorrent, but he does it anyway because he honestly believes it's in his daughter's and country's best interest. Because he's being brainwashed by Nyarlathotep. |
| 1141 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Doesn't see how using hypnotism to brainwash his daughter into a robot, obsessed with being the strongest magician in the world, is a bad thing. Because Nyarlathotep was slowly but surely eroding his sanity. |
| 1142 | * PlayingWithSyringes: He did this on the school grounds, long after his own government ordered him to stop. |
| 1143 | * UnwittingPawn: He doesn't realize that Nyarlathotep is using him to act his own interests, until it's too late. |
| 1144 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Deconstructed. He honestly believes that all his heinous actions are in the best interests of Japan. He is also more than willing to completely abandon all moral scruples in the process. In reality, he is only made to believe this is true, and he's actually going against his country's, family's, and his own interests in doing so because he's being "indoctrinated" by Nyarlathotep. |
| 1145 | * WouldHurtAChild: One of the results of his experiments was artificially increasing the amount of magic a human being possessed. Since the birth of magic he began utilizing babies as test subjects and discontinued the project because the success rate was too low. The ones that were deemed a success are known to Japan as Elves such as Koyuki and Miyabi. |
| 1146 | |
| 1147 | !!Maya |
| 1148 | !!!'''Species:''' Elf |
| 1149 | !!!'''Diva:''' Nyarlathotep |
| 1150 | |
| 1151 | The only dark elf in the world, who was chosen by Kaya and Loki to be the new host for Nyarlathotep's fragment. |
| 1152 | ---- |
| 1153 | * CreepyChild: Can act like this from time to time, most likely because of Nyarlathotep's influence. |
| 1154 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Treats her nickname Naiarlako as this and saying it is not her name. |
| 1155 | * HijackingCthulhu: Literally. She is trying to tame Nyarlathotep's fragment while it is still weak making it into her power. [[spoiler:By Volume 13, it seems that Nyarlathotep ultimately won control over her.]] |
| 1156 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: Her main desire, she's only helping Kaya because she is her friend and has express interest in joining Kazuki's group after Ragnarok is over. |
| 1157 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: More commonly known as Naiarlako then Maya. |
| 1158 | * OurElvesAreDifferent: The only dark elf in the world. |
| 1159 | * TheStarscream: [[spoiler:In Volume 13, she betrays Loki and forms her own faction with Ikousai and whatever is left of China's army.]] |
| 1160 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: It is shown she is scared of heights despite having defensive magic which would mean she is able to survive the fall. |
| 1161 | |
| 1162 | !!Turtle Oota |
| 1163 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1164 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 1165 | |
| 1166 | A scandal "tabloid journalist" introduced in volume 10. |
| 1167 | ---- |
| 1168 | * CelebCrush: Thoroughly deconstructed. He actively hunts famous people like a blood sport, his heart filled with hatred. |
| 1169 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: On the receiving end. Other journalists, including tabloid writers, absolutely ''loathe'' him because he does not hesitate to manufacture scandals of celebrities if there are none to be found. |
| 1170 | * FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:His slandering of celebrities ends up causing the Knight Order to capture him]]. |
| 1171 | * HazyFeelTurn: In Volume 12, he's helping Yumeno write more supportive articles about Kazuki, but it's unknown if he genuinely feels bad for his past slander, if he's helping because of the gravity of the situation, or if he's helping out of fear of the government. |
| 1172 | * IrrationalHatred: He despises any and all celebrities with every fiber of his being, not because of anything they've done, but simply because they're famous, and he feels wholly justified in going after them. |
| 1173 | * {{Jerkass}}: He is a malicious reporter who attempts to destroy the reputation of celebrities, including Kazuki. |
| 1174 | * KnightTemplar: He "knows" that all celebrities, without exception, are the physical embodiment of evil, thus making his attempts to "expose" them by writing scandalous articles that are, by his own admission, a fabric of lies, a just and noble endeavor. He very briefly wavers on doing the same to Kazuki after considering Kazuha's words, and the boy's young age, but then rationalized that regardless if Kazuki is innocent and noble ''now'', he's inevitably going to become utterly despicable later, thus making it perfectly okay to preemptively "expose" him by writing a scandalous ''novel'' made entirely of lies for the express purpose of making the public of Japan utterly loathe him. |
| 1175 | * LaserGuidedKarma: After trampling over the rights of numerous celebrities and printing scandalous slander to destroy their character and reputations, his rights get trampled in the first half of Volume 10, and his anger drops away instantly when he's ''reminded'' that Japan and China are ''at war'' and his printing that fallacy of an "article" would likely lead to his country's destruction. [[ObliviouslyEvil He still believes he did nothing wrong]]. |
| 1176 | * MaliciousSlander: If, despite hunting celebrities down like animals, and completely invading their lives fails to net him a hot scandal, he will outright ''manufacture one.'' |
| 1177 | * ObliviouslyEvil: Sees nothing wrong with destroying people's lives by malicious slander purely because they're famous. In fact, he feels it's his ''righteous duty'' to do so. |
| 1178 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: His name is not "Turtle Oota." It's just a stage name. |
| 1179 | * ProperlyParanoid: He correctly guessed that [[spoiler:China, Russia and Loki would invade Japan]]. |
| 1180 | * PutOnAPrisonBus: He's preemtively captured by [[spoiler:the Knight Order and put in "protective custody"]]. |
| 1181 | * RedBaron: He's known, disgustedly, as "Information Pyromaniac" by anyone in the journalism profession. Including to other tabloid writers. |
| 1182 | * SmugSnake: [[spoiler:The Knight Order knocks him down a peg or two when they capture him at the beginning of Volume 10]]. |
| 1183 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: Wholly invested in his delusions that Kazuki is an utterly depraved individual, he writes a truly scathing, and maliciously slanderous article declaring that Kazuki has left the country to engage in scandalous debauchery, leading the China-Russia-Loki alliance to launch a full-scale invasion, [[ObliviouslyEvil and he sees nothing wrong with it]]. [[spoiler: Or it would have, if the Knight Order didn't pre-emptively capture the self-righteous bastard and put him in "protective custody"]]. |
| 1184 | * VillainHasAPoint: As he's taken away, Turtle keeps mumbling that "there's plenty of stuff the public doesn't know about." He happens to be RightForTheWrongReasons. |
| 1185 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: We get to know him in Volume 10 [[spoiler:before the Knight Order captures him]]. |
| 1186 | * WouldHurtAChild: Like his partner and photographer, Simo, he gets downright ''ecstatic'' dreaming up new and interesting ''fantastic lies'' to destroy the character and reputation of Kazuki, a 17-year-old, who did nothing wrong to him or anyone else, purely because he's famous. In fact, he spends all night typing up a "novel" based purely off a grainy picture with the intention of inflaming hatred towards Kazuki from the populace. |
| 1187 | |
| 1188 | !!Simo Heyhe Iijima |
| 1189 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1190 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 1191 | |
| 1192 | The second of a trio of tabloid "journalists" introduced in volume 10. |
| 1193 | ---- |
| 1194 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: "Exposing" people in authority by writing scandalous stories, true or not, is "a reporter's justice." |
| 1195 | * EntitledBastard: He honestly thinks that one of Kazuki's duties as "King" is to be paraded around like a Panda at the Zoo and that he doesn't have the right to privacy, regardless of the very real foreign and domestic threats from other magical factions. |
| 1196 | * FeelingOppressedByTheirExistence: He ''loathes'' people in authority. Seeing Kazuki become the "King of the Ars Goetia" drives him into a rage just thinking about it. |
| 1197 | * GoingForTheBigScoop: He is introduced breaking into a military base where the soldiers have both the orders and authority to kill intruders purely for the sake of getting a photograph that his partner in crime, "Oota," can use to justify writing a scandalous article, true or otherwise. |
| 1198 | * MaliciousSlander: He doesn't care if the scandals he writes about authorities are true or not. He just cares about how much money he'll make from selling newspapers. |
| 1199 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: All he cares about is selling newspapers. Facts be damned. |
| 1200 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Simo Heyhe Iijima is not his name, it's a code phrase. |
| 1201 | * {{Paparazzi}}: There's a reason for his red baron. He takes photos of celebrities or important people and then "explains" them using stories his companion "Turtle" writes, true or otherwise. On his introduction, he's breaking into a military base with two accomplices, trying to snag a picture of Kazuki, and trying to find people antagonistic to Kazuki for the purposes of writing a "hit piece" on the teen protagonist. |
| 1202 | * RedBaron: Known as "peeping photo specialist cameraman." |
| 1203 | * SuperSenses: He uses magic to enhance his hearing and vision. |
| 1204 | * TheUnfettered: Such things as journalistic ethics, laws, and basic decency don't exist in his mind if it gets in the way of him getting a hot story. |
| 1205 | * UngratefulBastard: Kazuki's accomplishments in the war with Yamato, and the threat of Loki, Russia, and China are all well known, well documented, and irrefutable. Yet, rather than being grateful that Yamato didn't burn his home down and conscript him into its army, he's killed, brutalized, or possessed by one of Loki's allied diva, or the fact that he's not being forced into a labor camp to clean up China's ecological damage until he drops, he's out to ''destroy'' Kazuki, just to sell newspapers. |
| 1206 | * WouldHurtAChild: He gets ''euphoric'' on imagining ways he intends to destroy the character and reputation of Kazuki, a 17-year-old. |
| 1207 | * VillainHasAPoint: He's firmly convinced that ''all'' people in authority only care about their own security and well-being, and that is certainly true about most of the government officials that were showcased in earlier volumes. Doubly so for the politicians that became the government of Yamato. The fact that Kazuki is selflessly fighting for the welfare of the country as a whole without expecting or asking for a reward is completely inconceivable to him, and he snorts in disgust upon hearing it, despite all evidence pointing to Kazuki's virtues. |
| 1208 | |
| 1209 | !!Anal Kirishima |
| 1210 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1211 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Yamato |
| 1212 | |
| 1213 | A former member of the Knights Order, forced to retire after receiving a mental injury fighting Demon Beasts. She became a paparazzi after selling highly secret Knight Order information for money. |
| 1214 | ---- |
| 1215 | * {{Expy}}: Former soldier turned informant who stole and sold numerous secrets to the media for money and then considers herself a "hero" for doing so? Edward Snowden, did you get transgender surgery recently? |
| 1216 | * GameBreakingInjury: Some kind of yet unspecified mental injury forced her to retire from the Knight Order. |
| 1217 | * LooseLips: Sold Knight Order secret information to Mass Media for money. |
| 1218 | * OnlyInItForTheMoney: All she cares about is getting rich. The safety and security of Japan's citizens are meaningless to her. |
| 1219 | * OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unsurprisingly, her real name is not "Anal Kirishima." |
| 1220 | * TheQuisling: Sold out her own country's secrets, doing untold damage to the safety of its citizens, just to get rich. |
| 1221 | * RedBaron: Known as "former knight with a lax mouth." |
| 1222 | |
| 1223 | [[/folder]] |
| 1224 | |
| 1225 | [[folder:Other Diva Antagonists]] |
| 1226 | |
| 1227 | !!Nyarlathotep |
| 1228 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nyarlathotep_4.jpg]] |
| 1229 | !!!'''Species:''' Diva |
| 1230 | !!!'''Homeland:''' ??? |
| 1231 | |
| 1232 | The only sentient Diva from the Cthulu Mythos, it is the true antagonist of Volume 3, corrupting Headmaster Otonashi and hijacking his plans for his own. His goal is to increase the power of the Cthulu Mythos and control Japan, and by extension, the Solomon’s Literature/ArsGoetia. |
| 1233 | ---- |
| 1234 | * BigBad: The main antagonist of the first three volumes. |
| 1235 | * BodyHorror: Invokes this through Headmaster Otonashi, using his body to tear away the flesh and eyes of his face to reveal its own. |
| 1236 | * BrownNote: Nyarlathotep's magic, Psycho Noise, creates an indescribably horrid sound that disrupts a summoning magicians casting and hinders the thought process. |
| 1237 | * ButForMeItWasTuesday: When Kaguya expresses a desire to avenge her father, Nyarlathotep's reaction is to think about how possessing and corrupting Mr. Otonashi was merely a "trivial" matter and that he's about to be killed over it. |
| 1238 | * TheChessmaster: He did an elaborate FrameUp by corrupting Headmaster Otonashi and tricking Kaguya and the student council into arresting Kazuki. |
| 1239 | * TheCorrupter: Nyarlathotep is [[spoiler:the one who corrupted Headmaster Otonashi. He manages to do the same to all of Greek Mythology by possessing Regina, though he was converted into Typhon in the process]]. |
| 1240 | * CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:He left a fragment of himself to Kaya in case his main body is killed.]] |
| 1241 | * DarkIsEvil: It's pitch black, and by its own admission, very evil indeed. |
| 1242 | * DeaderThanDead: [[spoiler: The novel explicitly claims that his entire essence is completely destroyed, including in the Astrum, the collective consciousness of mankind. Subverted when a part of him still lives on in Maya, an elf under Kaya's custody.]] |
| 1243 | * DisneyDeath: [[spoiler:He's seemingly killed when Kazuki uses Diamond Dust against his own and finishes him off with Futsu-no-mitama, only for Kaya to later reveal that she kept a piece of him]]. |
| 1244 | * {{Expy}}: He has a surprising number of similarities to Koro-sensei from ''Manga/AssassinationClassroom''. [[spoiler: Including his manner of death.]] |
| 1245 | * FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Nyarlathotep's brainwashing and ambitions is what ultimately leads to his death]]. |
| 1246 | * GodOfEvil: It claims to be one, and its intent to drive all of humanity into permanent madness is certainly not good. |
| 1247 | * HeKnowsTooMuch: States that the fate of any student that wandered too far into its underground lair was subjected to this and slaughter by his Quad Core magicians to keep its secret experiments hidden. He also inflicts this on Kazuki and co. after they themselves find out about the truth. |
| 1248 | * HijackedByGanon: He pulls this this on Headmaster Otonashi by [[spoiler:using his hypnotism of Kaguya to not only makes her the King of Solomon but also his new host body.]] |
| 1249 | * IKnowYouKnowIKnow: It was well aware of being watched by Mio and Lotte in the dungeon under the school. |
| 1250 | * KarmicDeath: He's killed when Kazuki uses a level 10 spell from Koyuki, one of the girls he turned into an elf. [[spoiler:Subverted when he separated a piece of himself as backup.]] |
| 1251 | * KnightOfCerebus: The body count in the series was pretty low until this EldritchAbomination showed up and revealed his horrifying experiments on elves, which are so bad that Kazuki can't save them without killing them, firmly cementing ''Magika'' as one of the darker harem stories. |
| 1252 | * ManipulativeBastard: A dangerous antagonist in its own right, it prefers to manipulate, hypnotize, and brainwash people into doing its bidding and letting them think it's all their idea. |
| 1253 | * MindManipulation: Nyarlathotep's magic, Sanity Down, hypnotizes and suppresses a target’s subconscious, putting them under his control. |
| 1254 | * PeoplePuppets: The end result of his "artificial elves" experiments. |
| 1255 | * PlayingWithSyringes: While it didn't ''start'' the cruel experiments under the campus, it went out of its way to make them ''worse.'' |
| 1256 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Invoked. It gives numerous spellings and pronunciations for its own name, in-universe. It really doesn't care how you call it. |
| 1257 | * TheStarscream: [[spoiler:Despite leaving a piece of himself with Loki and Kaya, he betrays them in Volume 13 and proceeds to launch his own designs for Ragnarok.]] |
| 1258 | * UnwittingPawn: Everything Nyarlathotep did at the start of the series was allowed to happen by Basileus. |
| 1259 | * WalkingSpoiler: You simply can't talk about the end of Volume 3 without talking about his involvement with Headmaster Otonashi and his machinations. |
| 1260 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Despite being a materialized Diva, who should be vastly stronger than anything the protagonists should be able to face at the point in the story, Koyuki notes that the lack of power behind the Cthulu Mythos weakens its power considerably, making it from an impossible enemy to one that can be defeated with relatively high difficulty. |
| 1261 | * YouCannotGraspTheTrueForm: He attempts to invoke this. Thankfully, his powers were presumably weakened by lack of faith in the Cthulhu Mythos before it made his appearance. |
| 1262 | |
| 1263 | !!Basileus Basileon (Lucifer) |
| 1264 | !!!'''Species:''' Diva |
| 1265 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Britain |
| 1266 | |
| 1267 | The one who "awakened" magic and brought Divas to the world. Currently the "manager" of Ragnarok. |
| 1268 | ---- |
| 1269 | * ArchEnemy: Kazuki certainly thinks so. Likewise, Basileus isn't too fond of the idea of Kazuki winning and refusing to assimilate humanity. |
| 1270 | * AssimilationPlot: He is launching Ragnarok to produce one winner so that the whole world will be assimilated, if not rewritten, forcefully under one ideology, and he doesn't care which ideology it is as long as there is only one winner. |
| 1271 | * BackFromTheDead: At the end of volume 14, [[spoiler:he is resurrected as a human, though he came back as an adult rather than a toddler]]. |
| 1272 | * BadPowersBadPeople: He's a powerful Diva with immense powers, which he can use to commit evil deeds. |
| 1273 | * BigBad: The definitive main antagonist of the series. Nyarlathotep and Ikousai were nothing more than pawns in his plans. |
| 1274 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: His politeness is to mask his sinister nature. |
| 1275 | * BroughtDownToNormal: In the epilogue of Volume 14, [[spoiler:he makes an appearance as a normal human]] |
| 1276 | * TheChessmaster: He's the one who set up the world of Magika and brought Divas to the world. |
| 1277 | * ConsummateLiar: As Lucifer, he's good at lying or at least hiding the truth. It gets to the point where the audience has trouble telling how sincere he is as a KnightTemplar. |
| 1278 | * DidntSeeThatComing: He didn't consider that a guy with a harem would use Kasane and [[spoiler:kill him]]. |
| 1279 | * DisneyDeath: Even though he's seemingly killed by [[spoiler:Kazuki]], Lucifer manages to return [[spoiler:as a human]]. |
| 1280 | * EvilBrit: He's from Britain and is a villain to boot. |
| 1281 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: His arrogance blinds him to the idea that Kazuki would [[spoiler:reject his totalitarian ideals]]. |
| 1282 | * EvilPlan: He plans to use Ragnarok to assimilate the world under one ideology if there's a winner. |
| 1283 | * FatalFlaw: His over-confidence and actions to rid the world of humanity end up doing him in. |
| 1284 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He starts out rather quirky and polite by explaining his fashion sense to Kazuki, only to break a speaker for the hell of it. Afterwards, he tries to act friendly again while making it clear that he sees humans as nothing more than {{Unwitting Pawn}}s. |
| 1285 | * FinalBoss: Towards the end of the series, he becomes the main threat to Japan and the last enemy Kazuki has to face. |
| 1286 | * TheFinalTemptation: He gives only one chance for Kazuki to live in a world where everything will be assimilated. [[spoiler:However, Kazuki realizes that it would play into Lucifer's hands, so he rejects the offer and wins Ragnarok]]. |
| 1287 | * GracefulLoser: [[spoiler:After returning as a human, he accepts going back to passively observing the world and congratulates Kazuki on winning with a human sword technique.]] |
| 1288 | * GreaterScopeVillain: He is, by far, the biggest threat to Earth in the whole story. |
| 1289 | * HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:Kazuki]] cuts him in half with Kasane. |
| 1290 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Lucifer spends the series manipulating everything and planning an assimilation of humanity through using Ragnarok. When Kazuki Hayashizaki confronts him, it falls apart. He's tells him about what's best for humanity through Ragnarok. Kazuki, however, realizes that he would be playing into Lucifer's hands if he followed his lies. He [[spoiler:wins Ragnarok and openly rejects his proposal, which ''infuriates'' Lucifer into attacking him]]. The kings put aside their differences and take the opportunity to [[spoiler:help Kazuki kill him once and for all]]. |
| 1291 | * HopeSpot: [[spoiler:He acts like destroying Japan was his only means of defending himself against Kazuki, only to reveal that he can NoSell attacks of divine origin.]] |
| 1292 | * HumansAreInsects: He firmly launches a TakeThat against the theory of evolution, making it clear that "humans came from monkeys" is just another mythology as far as he's concerned. |
| 1293 | * ItAmusedMe: Combined with ForTheEvulz. He's launching Ragnarok, not caring who is the winner, as long as there is only one winner, purely for his own amusement. Though this becomes more ambiguous when he reveals that he intends to steal control no matter what. |
| 1294 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Other people are just a means to an end for him. |
| 1295 | * KarmaHoudiniWarranty: [[spoiler:After years of getting away with bringing Divas to the world, he finally gets his comeuppance at the end of volume 14]]. |
| 1296 | * KarmicDeath: At the end of Volume 14, [[spoiler:Lucifer's killed by Kazuki when he attempts to use Ragnarok to assimilate the world]]. |
| 1297 | * KillerGameMaster: Averted initially, since he's not allowed to directly harm anyone until his role as manager is over. Played straight in the final volume [[spoiler:where he reveals he was going to claim victory in Ragnarok no matter which country wins.]] |
| 1298 | * KnightTemplar: It's ambiguous if he really [[BelievingTheirOwnLies believes his own claims]] about wanting the best for humanity. Ironically, he accuses all the other mythologies of being this trope. |
| 1299 | * LackOfEmpathy: By his own admission, he used "the philosopher's stone" as a placebo to awaken magic, knowing full well what would happen without caring about all the suffering to come, just so he could trigger Ragnarok. |
| 1300 | * LightIsNotGood: Unsurprisingly, his true form as Lucifer is angelic. |
| 1301 | * MadeOfEvil: Just one look convinces Kazuki of this. Volume 14 reveals that he's the Diva who represents humanity's [[DespairEventHorizon despair]] towards the injustices and paradoxes of civilization. |
| 1302 | * TheManBehindTheMan: He's the one responsible for making the world of Magika the way it is, purely for the sake of launching Ragnarok. |
| 1303 | * ManipulativeBastard: He's the puppetmaster behind the curtain, pulling the strings of all the characters in the series and it's evident throughout the series. |
| 1304 | * MeaningfulName: Basileus is the Ancient Greek word for "ruler" and is the name for a Byzantine emperor, given Basileus's status as the BigBad. His true name, Lucifer, means "bringer of light". |
| 1305 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: Despite claiming to tell Kazuki the unvarnished truth, Kazuki could "smell lies" coming from him. |
| 1306 | * MoralMyopia: Combined with NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist. He tries to claim he has the [[HolierThanThou moral high ground over all mythologies]] and that he's an AllLovingHero [[spoiler:despite trying to destroy Japan just a few moments earlier.]] |
| 1307 | * NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: His real name brings to mind a certain FallenAngel spent to live in Hell for eternity. |
| 1308 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Attacking Kazuki after the latter wins Ragnarok is what causes the other kings to use their spells help kill Basileus once and for all]]. |
| 1309 | * NoSell: He blocked Kazuki's iai with a wall of rainbow light. [[spoiler:In the final battle, he's immune to summon magic in general, forcing Kazuki to rely on Kasane to win.]] |
| 1310 | * OhCrap: He has a moment of terror when [[spoiler:Kazuki uses Kasane to cut him in half]]. |
| 1311 | * OneWingedAngel: As Lucifer, his true form is an angel. |
| 1312 | * OxymoronicBeing: By his own admission, he's both demon and angel, saint and sinner, Order and Chaos. |
| 1313 | * RulesLawyer: Ironically combined with LoopholeAbuse. He made the rules of the "game" called Ragnarok, but put hidden loopholes in the system "for fairness." |
| 1314 | * {{Satan}}: His description of himself is a perfect match for Lucifer, especially when he mentions Morning Star. [[spoiler:The final volume confirms that he is Lucifer.]] |
| 1315 | * TakeThat: Combined with BitingTheHandHumor. Amusingly, in the middle of his MotiveRant, he actually mocks light novel tropes like TrappedInAnotherWorld and BattleHarem as shallow WishFulfillment. He goes on to state that people's desire for these fantasies made them easy to tempt with the Philosopher's Stone. |
| 1316 | * UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: Subverted. At first, he argues that humanity needs mythology to stabilize their civilization, but he later admits that he doesn't care if Order or Chaos wins as long as humans are controlled by Divas. Zigzagged [[spoiler:in that he never intended for anyone including the Chaos divas to win, since he plans on invalidating their victory to control humanity by himself.]] |
| 1317 | * VillainHasAPoint: Like Regina, he points out that humanity's political flaws and that even good people unknowingly benefit from the suffering of the less fortunate. |
| 1318 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:Lucifer drops his FauxAffablyEvil facade when Kazuki wins Ragnarok and rejects his TotalitarianUtilitarian ideals. Lucifer then proceeds to lose his composure as Kazuki overcomes his attacks during their final battle, especially when all the other kings put aside their differences to lend the protagonist their spells.]] |
| 1319 | |
| 1320 | [[/folder]] |
| 1321 | |
| 1322 | [[folder:Italia]] |
| 1323 | |
| 1324 | !!Regina Olympia Folnar |
| 1325 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_shoukan_maou_vol12_000.jpg]] |
| 1326 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1327 | !!!'''Diva:''' Zeus |
| 1328 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Italy |
| 1329 | |
| 1330 | The pope and "king" of Italia. |
| 1331 | ---- |
| 1332 | * AbductionIsLove: She kidnaps Lotte in order to "recruit" Prometheus back to the Roman pantheon. |
| 1333 | * AnimalMotif: Not only is her magical dress swan-themed. She can transform into one, and she's just as vicious as the real animal. |
| 1334 | * AristocratsAreEvil: Both she and Zeus share this. They think being ''equal partners'' with a summoner is a sickening disgrace, worse, they think it's their absolute right to rule those physically "inferior" to themselves. |
| 1335 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: She doesn't think a country without a king that absolutely brutalizes the populace into worshiping him is worthy of existing. |
| 1336 | * BadGuysDoTheDirtyWork: [[spoiler:She ends up killing Hrotsvit after the latter turns on her]]. |
| 1337 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: She believes in subjugating humanity for the sake of ensuring they don't destroy nature and themselves. |
| 1338 | * TheDarkSideWillMakeYouForget: [[spoiler:Fusing with Nyarlathotep causes her to go from an order-seeking KnightTemplar to an OmnicidalManiac.]] |
| 1339 | * DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: She comes to the conclusion that the only thing that matters is being in charge, the means to accomplish this goal don't matter in the slightest. |
| 1340 | * DirtyCoward: For all her talk about physical and moral superiority, pride, bravado, elegance, and dignity, she prefers to hide behind her subordinates, wiping them out in waves, purely to protect herself, flees at the first sign of a real struggle, and attacks from ambush after using her allies as bait. |
| 1341 | * DisproportionateRetribution: She's very quick to suggest execution as a response to any slight against her, including but not limited to being served bad food. |
| 1342 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Her seemingly sole redeeming quality that isn't related to her religion is her friendship with Vera. |
| 1343 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: |
| 1344 | ** Played with, thanks to her BlueAndOrangeMorality. Her extreme views are in service of protecting nature, so she takes great offense at Ilyailiya's constant spamming of nuclear spells, which causes radiation poisoning. |
| 1345 | ** Similarly, her religion compels her to give Hrotsvit a proper burial, despite hating the latter for betraying her. |
| 1346 | * EverybodyLovesZeus: Averted with extreme prejudice. Thanks to Zeus's influence, Regina is the KnightTemplar dictator of Italia and she's malicious enough to threaten to rape Lotte in her swan form. |
| 1347 | * FakingTheDead: [[spoiler:After losing to Loki's alliance and getting betrayed by Hrotsvit, Regina decides to enact this trope and have her second-in-command pretend to succeed her, with the intention of catching the other kings by surprise and killing them.]] |
| 1348 | * FantasticRacism: She believes anyone who doesn't have magic power deserves to be enslaved. |
| 1349 | * HijackingCthulhu: An almost literal example. [[spoiler:After letting Nyarlathotep possess her, she converts him into Typhon, a similar deity in Greek Mythology. This is also downplayed, since her sanity is pretty much destroyed by the fusion too.]] |
| 1350 | * HumansAreInsects: Genuinely believes that the rest of the world exists only to serve and obey her. Everything else is a despicable fantasy. |
| 1351 | * {{Hypocrite}}: One thing is certain. She can not stand the taste of her own medicine. When she finds herself on the wrong end of her SocialDarwinism philosophy, she immediately throws her pride, courage, and what few virtues she has right out the window and employs the "despicable tricks of the weak" for which she condemns Kazuki and still declares herself the herald of righteousness. [[spoiler:She further cements this by letting Nyarlathotep, a Chaos diva, possess her despite her usual opposition to Chaos in general.]] |
| 1352 | * KnightTemplar: Is absolutely disgusted with Japan, technology, and democracy, in general, and Kazuki, in particular, because the secular nature of the country and Kazuki don't mete up to her sense of aesthetics. While she might have a point about the downsides of technology and democracy, [[StrawmanPolitical her alternative plan]] goes way too far in the other direction by treating humans as cattle. |
| 1353 | * MoralMyopia: Calling the beliefs of everyone else a "fantasy?" That's just fine. Saying that "the will of god" determines who should rule and who is a slave a fantasy? ThisIsUnforgivable. |
| 1354 | * NatureLover: A KnightTemplar example of one. |
| 1355 | * NeverMyFault: Every nasty thing she's done? "All the will of god." She's quite pissed when Lotte calls her out on it. |
| 1356 | * NoSell: [[spoiler: Her Resist skills are enough to keep Karin's anti-barrier techniques from scratching her]] |
| 1357 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: Of the MotiveDecay variety. [[spoiler:Losing to Loki's alliance, losing Vera, and getting cornered by Kazuki's alliance causes Regina to fuse with Nyarlathotep just to "win" the war, despite how doing so means she'll no longer be sane enough to accomplish her original goals.]] |
| 1358 | * {{Pride}}: According to Arthur, Regina has the biggest ego of all of humanity. [[spoiler:This is very likely considering her sheer desire to win converted Nyarlathotep into a similar Greek God.]] |
| 1359 | * SocialDarwinist: The only truth of the world is that the wealthy and powerful control and manage the weaker and powerless, everything else is a fantasy that deserves to be brutally struck down. |
| 1360 | * SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: When it looks like victory for Italia is in doubt, or out of reach, [[spoiler: she fuses with Nyarlathotep to create Typhon and try to destroy all of creation.]] |
| 1361 | * SunkCostFallacy: She throws away whatever few standards she has left because she thinks losing means betraying her fallen comrades, including Vera. [[spoiler:This goes to the point where she willingly hands over Greek mythology to the Chaos side.]] |
| 1362 | * TookALevelInBadass: Combined with TookALevelInJerkass. After Hrotsvit betrayed her and left her to die against Loki's alliance, Regina became [[CharacterExaggeration more spiteful]] towards the other kings. She then fakes her death, teams up with Chaos Divas, and displays a more cunning and pragmatic side to her in general. |
| 1363 | * WeCanRuleTogether: Such an offer is made to Prometheus. Zeus and Regina are disgusted that Prometheus refuses to leave Lotte out of the conversation. |
| 1364 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Claims to be trying to achieve ecological sustainability, unlike China. To reach this goal, however, she wishes to enact ''very strict population control'' which inevitably means [[WouldBeRudeToSayGenocide wiping out vast numbers of people without enough magic power to "justify their existence."]] |
| 1365 | |
| 1366 | !!Vera Garibaldi |
| 1367 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1368 | !!!'''Diva:''' Poseidon |
| 1369 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Italy |
| 1370 | |
| 1371 | * BackFromTheDead: At the end of the series, [[spoiler:she's revived as a human and Kazuki's fellow classmate]]. |
| 1372 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:Dies attacking Hrotsvit for Regina.]] |
| 1373 | * EveryoneHasStandards: [[spoiler:Despite her UndyingLoyalty to Regina, she disapproves of the latter accepting Nyarlathotep's possession, to the point of threatening to reveal her embarrassing past to others.]] |
| 1374 | * MakingASplash: This is to be expected because of her diva. |
| 1375 | * MoralityPet: When she dies, Regina is so distraught that she loses whatever few standards she had in seeking victory. [[spoiler:Her spirit in Astrum manages to convince Regina the folly of fusing with Nyarlathotep and destroying the universe.]] |
| 1376 | * NumberTwo: She serves as Regina's right-hand woman. |
| 1377 | * OnlySaneMan: Of the summoners in the Italia magic order. |
| 1378 | * OurMermaidsAreDifferent: Can transform into a mermaid through her diva. |
| 1379 | * UndyingLoyalty: To Regina. |
| 1380 | * WorthyOpponent: Considered as such by Hrostvist who bemoans that if she had put just a little more thought into her strategy, might have won. |
| 1381 | |
| 1382 | !!Valextra and Diana Versace |
| 1383 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1384 | !!!'''Diva:''' Apollo and Artemis |
| 1385 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Italy |
| 1386 | |
| 1387 | * FriendlySniper: While they are very outgoing and jovial, they are dangerously competent snipers, able to fire onto a plain through magic-obscuring clouds from a mountain-top. |
| 1388 | * HomingProjectile: One of them launches arrows that home in on high concentrations of magic power, the other on high movement speed in combat. This ends up being particularly annoying to Fu Shi and Ilyailiya respectively. |
| 1389 | * {{Troll}}: They constantly mock Vera's UndyingLoyalty to Regina. That said, Vera claims that they do admire Regina deep down, even if they're [[SarcasticDevotee snarky about it]]. |
| 1390 | |
| 1391 | !!Zenia Veneta |
| 1392 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1393 | !!!'''Diva:''' Athena |
| 1394 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Italy |
| 1395 | |
| 1396 | * MildlyMilitary: As the contractor of Athena, she's firmly about miltary-style discipline. |
| 1397 | |
| 1398 | !!Diadora Fermani |
| 1399 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1400 | !!!'''Diva:''' Hera |
| 1401 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Italy |
| 1402 | |
| 1403 | * StalkerWithACrush: Her contract with Hera gives her the ability to track Zeus's contractor regardless of location or distance. In addition, she personally goes into perverted drooling from looking at Regina's body. |
| 1404 | |
| 1405 | !!Faraone El Shaarawy |
| 1406 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1407 | !!!'''Diva:''' Hermes |
| 1408 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Italy |
| 1409 | |
| 1410 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: She is the first to die at the point of Gungnir, after foolishly charging Hrostvist head on.]] |
| 1411 | * LeeroyJenkins: She charges Hrostvist head on. Unfortunately, [[spoiler:it leads to her death]]. |
| 1412 | * OccidentalOtaku: She's obessed with Japan's ninja lore, however, due to the massive regression of international relations, her aesthetics in that regard are dubious. |
| 1413 | * SuperSpeed: Since her Diva is Hermes, she can move at incredible speeds. |
| 1414 | * TrapMaster: As Hermes is the god of ingenuity, her spells specialize in magical traps. |
| 1415 | |
| 1416 | !!Sienna Gattuso |
| 1417 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1418 | !!!'''Diva:''' Ares |
| 1419 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Italy |
| 1420 | |
| 1421 | * TheBerserker: In exchenge for termporarily losing her ability to reason, she becomes a mighty ogre, able to sweep away all China's troops, save Fu Shi, and Son Soryuu like they were small children. |
| 1422 | * {{BFS}}: She wields a sword twice her size. |
| 1423 | * GlacierWaif: She is noted as having a petite body, but wields a sword twice her size. |
| 1424 | * JustOneMan: On the receiving end from Fu Shi. Ilyailiya corrected her that 10 more people were behind Sienna on the mountain. Fi Shi was arrogantly unconcerned. |
| 1425 | * ShapeshifterBaggage: She can go from a petite little girl to a rampaging ogre through magic. |
| 1426 | * YouShallNotPass: To the entirety of the Russia and China factions. |
| 1427 | |
| 1428 | !!Adelina Costacurta |
| 1429 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1430 | !!!'''Diva:''' Hephaestus |
| 1431 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Italy |
| 1432 | |
| 1433 | * MarionetteMaster: She can create and control golems of just abut any size, and uses one the size of a mountain to attack Fu Shi. |
| 1434 | |
| 1435 | [[/folder]] |
| 1436 | |
| 1437 | [[folder:Britain]] |
| 1438 | !!King Arthur |
| 1439 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_shoukan_maou_vol11_000.jpg]] |
| 1440 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1441 | !!!'''Diva:''' Arthur Pendragon |
| 1442 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Britain |
| 1443 | |
| 1444 | Britain's king, who is based on Arthurian legends. |
| 1445 | ---- |
| 1446 | * BadLiar: When it comes to hiding her gender. |
| 1447 | * BerserkButton: Arthur has a few: |
| 1448 | ** Do not ''suggest'' that "he" is actually a "she." Arthur would be compelled to duel you to the death for that one. |
| 1449 | ** Do not dare to bring up the fact that Britain's cooking has a past notoriously lacking in diversity or taste (due to no fault of their own.) |
| 1450 | ** Do not mention France in Arthur's presence if at all possible. |
| 1451 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Thanks to her cross dressing, though Hikaru quickly figures her out due to being an example of this trope herself. |
| 1452 | * BigDamnHeroes: She saves Kazuki and his team from Regina's rampage. |
| 1453 | * CoolSword: Unsurprisingly, she has Excalibur, which is powerful enough to stand up to Regina. |
| 1454 | * HiddenBuxom: As shown by Volume 11's cover. |
| 1455 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: Arthur will almost never reveal the aces up her sleeve unless the situation demands it since the final battle between kings won't happen for a good while. |
| 1456 | * HonorBeforeReason: Zigzagged. She's pragmatic in refusing to recklessly reveal her powers, but her country has to reenact King Arthur's story, including Mordred's betrayal. |
| 1457 | * KnightInShiningArmor: So far, she's one of the least antagonistic kings and is fairly honorable. This is justified by the fact that her power as a king depends on keeping promises. |
| 1458 | * MasterSwordswoman: She and Kazuki have a short practice match with wooden swords, where neither gains an advantage. |
| 1459 | * WholesomeCrossdresser: She always wears men's clothes and hides her chest, at least until she activates her magic dress. |
| 1460 | |
| 1461 | !! Robin Hood |
| 1462 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1463 | !!!'''Diva:''' Robin Hood |
| 1464 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Britain |
| 1465 | |
| 1466 | * DyingMomentOfAwesome: [[spoiler:After getting radiation poisoning, she continues to use her clones to distract the enemy and spy on them to her very last breath.]] |
| 1467 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: She splits into multiple weak clones of herself to keep Ilya at bay, but many of them received minor amounts of radiation poisoning. When they all reunite with her, the combined radiation damages her beyond salvation. |
| 1468 | * UndyingLoyalty: She wishes for Britain's victory no matter what. |
| 1469 | * WhamLine: |
| 1470 | -->'''Robin Hood:''' [[spoiler:"If Arthur Basileus is defeated by the hands of any other mythology, her life will be forfeited due to her pledge."]] |
| 1471 | |
| 1472 | !! Lancelot |
| 1473 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1474 | !!!'''Diva:''' Lancelot |
| 1475 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Britain |
| 1476 | |
| 1477 | * CoolSword: |
| 1478 | ** Joyeux of love. [[spoiler: Gives Kazuki Joyeux just before she dies.]] |
| 1479 | ** Arondight of curse. |
| 1480 | * DualWielding: Dual wields Joyeux and Arondight. |
| 1481 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:She protects Arthur from being sniped by arrows before she dies]]. |
| 1482 | * HumansAreFlawed: She believes humans should be flawed and not perfect. |
| 1483 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Ask Kazuki to take care of her beloved Arthur. |
| 1484 | * LoveFreak: Can be very passionately when talking about love. |
| 1485 | * MasterSwordswoman: Fights with the explosive power of an amateur and the finesse of a master. |
| 1486 | * ShipperWithAnAgenda: Ships Kazuki and Arthur, so Arthur doesn't have to be perfect. |
| 1487 | * SuddenlyShouting: When talking about love. |
| 1488 | * WorthyOpponent: Before Arthur fights with Mordred she implies Lancelot was this. |
| 1489 | |
| 1490 | !! Mordred |
| 1491 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1492 | !!!'''Diva:''' Mordred |
| 1493 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Britain |
| 1494 | |
| 1495 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler: Her pledge causes her sword to turn on her and kill her.]] |
| 1496 | * CombatPragmatist: Bordering on DirtyCoward. She attacks Arthur while the latter is in a duel with Lancelot, and with Regina's army supporting her. This despite Lancelot, her ally, demanding she not get involved in the duel. |
| 1497 | * ItsAllAboutMe: All she can think of as [[spoiler: her pledge turns on her for her cowardice and her sword tries to kill her]] is how she's being inconvenienced. |
| 1498 | * OhCrap: She realizes her fate the moment [[spoiler:her pledge turns on her]]. |
| 1499 | * VillainousBreakdown: When she fails to kill Arthur [[spoiler: and her pledge turns on her]], she completely breaks down, panicks, and starts screaming, ranting, and raving. |
| 1500 | |
| 1501 | [[/folder]] |
| 1502 | |
| 1503 | [[folder:Russia]] |
| 1504 | |
| 1505 | !!King Ilyailiya Muromets |
| 1506 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magika_no_kenshi_to_shoukan_maou_vol10_000.jpg]] |
| 1507 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1508 | !!!'''Diva:''' Svarog[=/=]Chernobog |
| 1509 | !!!'''Homeland:''' Russia |
| 1510 | |
| 1511 | Russia's King |
| 1512 | ---- |
| 1513 | * AboveGoodAndEvil: The Slavic pantheon has no concept of good or evil, order or chaos, according to her at any rate. |
| 1514 | * AlasPoorVillain: Despite being the most ruthless and backstabbing King, [[spoiler:she laments that she wished she could find someone to care for her right before she uses her remaining life to try to kill Kazuki.]] |
| 1515 | * AndThenWhat: She admits that her pantheon has no greater goals other than victory and revenge, so they wouldn't know what to do if they win. |
| 1516 | * BackFromTheDead: At the end of the series, [[spoiler:she's revived as a human]]. |
| 1517 | * BadLiar: In Atlantis, she offers to form an EnemyMine with Kazuki and claims that her side lacks a scout. Kazuki isn't fooled and he points out that with her ability to turn into lightning, she's one of the best scouts around. |
| 1518 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Apologizes for visiting Yamato first as part of the internationally mandated cease-fire between Yamato and Japan, sending Son Goku flying over the horizon in the process, but then turns around and tries to help Yamato anyway despite knowing full well that will ultimately strengthen China, her country's greatest rival, and she sees nothing wrong with any of it, though that's mainly because she wants to eliminate weaker foes before taking on the stronger ones. |
| 1519 | * ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: She will betray anyone and everyone she works with, no exceptions, and doesn't bother to try to hide it. |
| 1520 | * DespotismJustifiesTheMeans: Her pantheon really has no reason for wanting supremacy over all others. She just wants to be at the top for its own sake, as the mythology has been so corroded by time that it doesn't have any ideals or motivations, aside from the stated purpose of avenging itself on Christianity for losing out in the last Ragnarok, and being nearly wiped out. |
| 1521 | * DidntSeeThatComing: Regina knocks her out of the sky while she was trying to escape from Kazuki. |
| 1522 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: She is notorious for making snap judgments without regard for the consequences. |
| 1523 | * DieLaughing: She lets out an evil laugh as she [[spoiler:prepares to use Zmey to kill Kazuki]]. |
| 1524 | * EmotionSuppression: She and other Russian summoners realized that their magic power depends on how much of their mind is subconsciousness, causing them to offer their emotions to their Divas to increase their power and chanting speed. |
| 1525 | * EnemyMine: Like many characters, she works with Loki and China to defeat other countries while planning on betraying them in the end. |
| 1526 | * FamousNamedForeigner: Named after the Rus’s folk hero [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilya_Muromets Elijah (Ilya) of Murom]]. |
| 1527 | * FantasticNuke: El De Es Nui (Chernobog) allows her to use nuclear fission, which is extremely powerful while using little magic. Worse yet, it contaminates the targeted area with radiation. |
| 1528 | * GravityMaster: On her first appearance she pulled down a ''meteor'' and used it to send Son Goku over the horizon. |
| 1529 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Right before she tries to take Kazuki down with her, she admits that she's jealous of how Kazuki can find love while she had to kill her emotions to become Russia's King.]] |
| 1530 | * HeelFaceTurn: She [[spoiler:finally turns to the side of good]] after being revived at the end of Volume 14. |
| 1531 | * KickThemWhileTheyreDown: She uses [[spoiler:Gino's]] corpse to distract Kazuki in battle, knowing that he's still mourning her sacrifice. |
| 1532 | * LadyOfWar: Calm, graceful, polite, and a very, very dangerous foe. |
| 1533 | * LoopholeAbuse: |
| 1534 | ** Invades the "Fuji Sea of Trees" to find the sacred treasures, at Loki's behest. [[UnwantedAssistance Ikousai is not amused.]] |
| 1535 | ** Her Diva is somehow both Svarog and Chernobog, allowing her to use both of their spells. |
| 1536 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: After she splits into two Ilyas, she can partially fuse them back to back to gain two faces and four arms. Kazuki compares her appearance to a multi-armed Buddha statue. |
| 1537 | * NoBodyLeftBehind: She [[spoiler:turns into dust]] after pulling her suicide attempt on [[spoiler:Kazuki]]. |
| 1538 | * OhCrap: She briefly loses her composure when [[spoiler:Kazuki and Beatrix defeat her]]. |
| 1539 | * RevengeBeforeReason: According to her, the Slavic pantheon wants nothing more than to eliminate all the other mythologies in revenge for their pantheon having been wiped out by Christianity. |
| 1540 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: She panics and flees after Kazuki and his allies actually start ''winning'' the fight against her to try and stop her from aiding Yamato by stealing Sacred Treasures from Japan, and focuses all of her efforts on escape while fighting Regina. |
| 1541 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:After Kazuki and Beatrix defeat her, Ilya uses an Original Magic, Zmey, to kill Kazuki. Beatrix takes the hit instead and barely survives due to the spell being hastily invented at the last minute.]] |
| 1542 | * TheUnfettered: While many antagonists are examples of this trope, she practically lampshades it when she claims her only goal is to win efficiently and that her mythology is AboveGoodAndEvil, not understanding the concept of "shame." |
| 1543 | |
| 1544 | [[/folder]] |
| 1545 | |
| 1546 | [[folder:America: North (West)]] |
| 1547 | |
| 1548 | !!Stella Hayashizaki |
| 1549 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1550 | !!!'''Homeland:''' America |
| 1551 | A small girl found by Kazuki and co aboard a ghost ship Haunted Ground. |
| 1552 | ---- |
| 1553 | * BlankSlate: A telepathic scan by Lotte proved this. Her amnesia is so acute, the astrum landscape of her mind is ''literally'' a blank canvas. Although Lotte's magic shows that her mind is functioning properly, and she's recording ''new'' memories perfectly fine, what happened in her past is a complete mystery to everyone, including herself. |
| 1554 | * CheerfulChild: She greatly enjoys being in the company of Kazuki's harem. She's surprisingly happy and upbeat considering the circumstances during which she was found and rescued. |
| 1555 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: In contrast to Hel, she's a sweet, sensitive, and very well-behaved child, the dream of any expecting parent. |
| 1556 | * DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:She was already killed by the American Indian soldiers on the ship, but somehow managed to temporarily stay alive and uncorrupted through her will to live as a free person.]] |
| 1557 | * {{Determinator}}: [[spoiler:Her desire to live as neither a slave or part of the Great Spirit allows her to cheat death for some time and assert her identity after being absorbed into the Spirit.]] |
| 1558 | * DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:Once she gets her "battery" back, she remembers her past and disappears while thanking Kazuki and Kaguya for caring for her.]] |
| 1559 | * FridgeHorror: In-universe. Kazuki shudders at the implications of a child without visible brain damage having literally no memory of her life prior to meeting him, including in the Astrum where ''forgotten'' memories reside, especially considering his experience with Yumeno. |
| 1560 | * HappilyAdopted: After Kaguya named her "Stella" she happily acknowledges Kaguya as "Momma" and Kazuki as "Papa." Nobody seems to mind. |
| 1561 | * HijackingCthulhu: [[spoiler:In a world where people are constantly in danger of being possessed by rogue divas, Stella stands out by enacting this trope on the chief diva of Indian Mythology.]] |
| 1562 | * MeaningfulName: In-universe. "Stella" means star, and not only does she shine like one, but being guided by starlight is how they found her. |
| 1563 | * NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay: [[spoiler:Despite dying a second time, Stella saves Kazuki from Eimi's MindRape and allows him to use the Great Spirit's strongest spell.]] |
| 1564 | * SleepCute: She's discovered sleeping peacefully once the Haunted Ground is defeated, blissfully unaware in the ship's hold. She was naturally horrified upon being awakened until she came aboard Kazuki's ship and realized she's in good hands. |
| 1565 | * SoleSurvivor: The Haunted Ground from which she was rescued was full of dead or dying slaves, too far gone for Mio's magic to aid. She's the only one found alive. |
| 1566 | * ThePowerOfLove: [[spoiler:See the NotTooDeadToSaveTheDay entry above. Kazuki was able to use the Great Spirit's strongest spell ''without'' needing to take the "shortcut" with Stella due to her love for her Papa, her positivity level being '''maxed out''' at 200, the strongest in the series thus far. Note that this is supposedly ''beyond'' extremely difficult.]] |
| 1567 | |
| 1568 | !!Mary Mayweather, Jr. |
| 1569 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1570 | !!!'''Diva:''' Pound for Pound |
| 1571 | !!!'''Homeland:''' America |
| 1572 | |
| 1573 | One of the first three characters from America introduced to Kazuki. |
| 1574 | ---- |
| 1575 | * BigEater: She eats hamburgers so large, that they have to be rotated like a merry-go-round. |
| 1576 | * BoxingBattler: She introduces herself as a boxer, and her Diva appears to be "boxing" or "sports" in general. |
| 1577 | * {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Clark realized that she and Virginia betrayed her and had them brainwashed to ambush Kazuki.]] |
| 1578 | * DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Like Virginia, she has reservations about the current King's ruthless methods in pursuing power and wealth.]] |
| 1579 | * {{Otaku}}: Like most of "North" America, she has a great fondness for Japanese culture. |
| 1580 | * PunchedAcrossTheRoom: Kazuki uses Israel Judgement to blast her off the American patrol boat and into the ocean. |
| 1581 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Hamburgers, American style. |
| 1582 | |
| 1583 | !!Virginia Dance |
| 1584 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1585 | !!!'''Diva:''' Pop Star |
| 1586 | !!!'''Homeland:''' America |
| 1587 | |
| 1588 | The second of the first three characters from America introduced to Kazuki. |
| 1589 | ---- |
| 1590 | * BlowYouAway: Specializes in wind magic. |
| 1591 | * {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler:Gets brainwashed alongside Mary when their King realized their betrayal.]] |
| 1592 | * DanceBattler: As expected of someone whose Diva is "Music." |
| 1593 | * DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:She has doubts about America's slavery system, causing her to side with Kazuki.]] |
| 1594 | * InUniverseNickname: She prefers to be called "Gina." |
| 1595 | * MakeMeWannaShout: In addition to being a dance battler, she has powerful sonic-musical attacks. |
| 1596 | * MeaningfulName: Her name is "Dance" and she's an IdolSinger. |
| 1597 | * ThisCannotBe: When Kazuki used Israel Judgement to bypass her miniature tornadoes and hit Mary Mayweather. |
| 1598 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: One of her spells allows her to alter her appearance, which she uses to look Japanese like Kazuki's group and join them during their investigation of the south side. |
| 1599 | |
| 1600 | !!Jeremy Barrett |
| 1601 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1602 | !!!'''Diva:''' Frontier Spirit |
| 1603 | !!!'''Homeland:''' America |
| 1604 | |
| 1605 | The last of the first three characters from America introduced to Kazuki. |
| 1606 | ---- |
| 1607 | * CastFromLifespan: [[spoiler:As Jeremy had previously sealed Kazuki's magic at the cost of all her own, she uses up her life to fuel one last Giant Killing bullet to save Clark.]] |
| 1608 | * EquivalentExchange: Giant Killing requires a sacrifice on Jeremy's part to work. [[spoiler:All her magical capability to seal Kazuki, and then all her life force to seal Eimi.]] |
| 1609 | * GenderBlenderName: Jeremy is usually a male name. |
| 1610 | * TheGunSlinger: Her magical dress completely embodies every aspect of the classical representation of the trope, including the cowboy hat and cape. |
| 1611 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Right before Eimi can kill Clark, Jeremy uses Giant Killing to (temporarily) seal Eimi's magic. As she previously sealed Kazuki's kingship-related magic at the cost of her ability to use magic, she fuels Giant Killing with her entire life force instead.]] |
| 1612 | * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:Volume 12 reveals that she's in a coma due to using Giant Killing a second time.]] |
| 1613 | * PowerNullifier: Giant Killing seals magical powers for the price of an equivalent sacrifice by Jeremy. |
| 1614 | * ShootTheBullet: She can shoot-down incoming arrows or bullets with her guns. |
| 1615 | * ThisCannotBe: When Beatrix shrugged off her magically enhanced rope. |
| 1616 | * UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler:She's loyal to Clark to the point of permanently giving up her magic to temporarily seal Kazuki's ability to use Leme's power.]] |
| 1617 | * WeaponSpecialization: She can use a bundle of rope like a whip or lasso. |
| 1618 | |
| 1619 | !!Red Metallica |
| 1620 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/red_45.jpg]] |
| 1621 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1622 | !!!'''Diva:''' Baron Samedi |
| 1623 | !!!'''Homeland:''' America |
| 1624 | |
| 1625 | North America's primary "Tax" collector. |
| 1626 | ---- |
| 1627 | * DirtyCoward: Hides behind mind-controlled slaves as human shields. |
| 1628 | * DyingAsYourself: Invoked and averted. [[spoiler:He begged Clark to finish him off and let him die with some traces of sanity, but Clark instead has him continue his insane experiments.]] |
| 1629 | * ForcedTransformation: When using mind-controlled child-slaves as human shields and setting them on fire is not enough to demoralize Kazuki and co. he magically transforms them into beasts. |
| 1630 | * HumanResources: It is strongly implied in volume 10 that he runs a facility that forcefully extracts people's magical ability to store into batteries that powers North America's technology and prosperity. |
| 1631 | * LaughingMad: While fighting with Kazuki and crew, he's laughing like a lunatic. |
| 1632 | * MoreThanMindControl: He uses some form of hypnosis that allows him to simply take those he enslaves "willingly" without any resistance. Said slaves can walk ''for miles'' without complaining about fatigue or pain, nor collapsing from exhaustion. [[spoiler:He's also on the receiving end of this tropes from his Diva since he admits that he committed his crimes out of a lust for power and identity.]] |
| 1633 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: In a conversation with Clark, he admits part of his motivation was revenge on whites. |
| 1634 | * ReluctantPsycho: He used to have some qualms about being possessed by a Chaos Diva, but like Kaya, his mind eventually fell too far to show any concern about his insanity. |
| 1635 | * SlaveryIsASpecialKindOfEvil: He's a slave trader, selling "luxury" goods to the "American Indian" population in exchange for slaves, as well as taking slaves from those who can't pay their ever-growing taxes in "the land of the free." |
| 1636 | * UnskilledButStrong: He relies entirely on his mechanical armor to automatically move his body for melee combat. Once he loses his human shields, his auto-pilot method of fighting becomes useless against Kazuki. |
| 1637 | * WouldHurtAChild: When Kazuki and company found a way around Red's human shields, he started torching the children himself. |
| 1638 | |
| 1639 | !!King Clark Moore |
| 1640 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1641 | !!!'''Diva:''' Super One |
| 1642 | !!!'''Homeland:''' America |
| 1643 | |
| 1644 | American Justice mythology's king. |
| 1645 | ---- |
| 1646 | * AntiVillain: Played with. Clark feels more guilt over her actions than most of the other antagonists, who tend to be either KnightTemplar kings or AxCrazy divas[[spoiler:, to the point where she pulls a HeelFaceTurn]]. Plus, part of the reason she's resorting to such extreme methods is because she wants to save her sister, in contrast to the other kings who seem to have little reason for their ideology other than blindly following their divas' orders. On the flip-side, her brand of slavery is arguably one of the most horrific in comparison to other slave systems, if not the most horrific. |
| 1647 | * ArcVillain [[BigBadEnsemble Ensemble]]: The main antagonist of Volumes 10 and 11[[spoiler:, alongside Eimi]]. |
| 1648 | * BadBoss: Despite her HeelFaceTurn she's still physically, verbally, and emotionally abusive to her ''loyal'' subordinates, especially if they bring unwelcome news, like the emergence of Atlantis. |
| 1649 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Thanks to her first name and appearance, one would have to read the novel to be sure of this trope. |
| 1650 | * BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:When Lucifer tries to sink Japan with a tsunami, she calls Japan's government to tell them that mages from all the countries are rushing in to save them.]] |
| 1651 | * CastFromMoney: While she's powerful when actually fighting, doing so will consume America's wealth, which is why she arranges for Kazuki's side to do most of the fighting against the Indians and only fights him when he's weakened by Jeremy. |
| 1652 | * DeathSeeker: She walks right into the tendrils/roots of "Medicine Wheel" [[spoiler: after being defeated by Kazuki and seeing Eimi marching on Los Angeles.]] She was suitably cross when Jeremy perfomed a HeroicSacrifice and Kazuki forced her to live. |
| 1653 | * EnemyMine: Kazuki teams up with her to take out the Indian side first, but plans to overthrow her later in order to stop America's slavery system. |
| 1654 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:After Eimi's defeat, Clark officially forms an alliance with Japan and seems to have given up on her ruthless slavery system.]] |
| 1655 | * {{Hypocrite}}: She wants to avenge Red's death at Kazuki's hands, despite the fact that she never bothered to save him from his insanity and subjected him a FateWorseThanDeath because his experiments were convenient for her slave system. |
| 1656 | * IKnowYouKnowIKnow: Both she and Kazuki know that neither of their agendas is a secret to the other, so they're forced to wait for an opportunity to betray each other. [[spoiler:Clark manages to trick him first by hiding her brainwashed subordinates within the Indian chiefs and lying about the enemy's numbers, which causes Kazuki's side to wear themselves out more than her Numbers.]] |
| 1657 | * KnightTemplarBigBrother: [[spoiler:Before Eimi became South America's king, Clark resorted to theft to pay for her tuition and hopefully improve her standing. Unfortunately, Clark's willingness to do anything for that goal only scared Eimi and caused her to join a death cult as a form of escapism. And this event only causes Clark to become a ruthless king in order to win the war against South America and free Eimi from Indian Mythology.]] |
| 1658 | * OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler:She transforms into something similar to a Demon Beast and gains the ability to control magnetism. Luckily for Kazuki, this doesn't last long because Clark can only maintain this form while discarding most of her humanity, which she failed to do because her opponent keeps provoking her by debating her ideology.]] |
| 1659 | * {{Outgambitted}}: [[spoiler:She manages to outwit Kazuki and create an opportunity for Jeremy to seal most of his powers. The only reason he wins against her is because he still had the help of [[SpannerInTheWorks Amaterasu's Power of Harmony and Japan's sacred treasures]]. Clark is then on the receiving end when Eimi reveals that she's not a StationaryBoss and proceeds to attack Las Vegas when both Clark and Kazuki are tired from fighting.]] |
| 1660 | * PutOnABus: Thanks to all the damage done to North America in Volume 11, she doesn't have the power or resources to participate in the Atlantis battle royale. |
| 1661 | * RedemptionEqualsLife: She is forced to live to atone for her sins during the resolution of Volume 11. |
| 1662 | * ReformedButNotTamed: She's still a {{Jerkass}} to her subordinates after her HeelFaceTurn. |
| 1663 | * SiblingRivalry: [[spoiler:Her sister, Eimi, is the king of Indian Mythology and South America, putting the two at odds.]] |
| 1664 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: Unsurprisingly, she thinks Kazuki is naive for wanting to achieve a similar civilization as hers without sacrificing the weak. |
| 1665 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Her policy is to have Red turn the weakest of society ([[WouldHurtAChild including sold-off Indian children]]) into batteries and increase America's prosperity, all in an attempt to win against American Indian Mythology and maintain her country's standard of living. |
| 1666 | |
| 1667 | [[/folder]] |
| 1668 | |
| 1669 | [[folder:America: South (East)]] |
| 1670 | |
| 1671 | !!"Crazy Horse" |
| 1672 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1673 | !!!'''Diva:''' ??? |
| 1674 | !!!'''Homeland:''' America |
| 1675 | A magika of the "Indian" portion of America and one of Eimi's chiefs. |
| 1676 | ---- |
| 1677 | * AssimilationPlot: She's out to make her king's diva as strong as possible by assimilating the souls of the dead into the "Great Spirit." She admits killing slaves encountered on the high-seas for this purpose. |
| 1678 | * AsskickingLeadsToLeadership: Played with. While most of her people listen to her "advice" because she's one of their most powerful summoners, her nation is a communal anarchy with no official government. |
| 1679 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Views human lives no differently than the lives of any animal, wild or tame, and has outright ''banned'' the concept of personal property. Worse yet, children are considered communal property, not citizens, and should have no more filial duty to their parents than to any other adult in the tribe. |
| 1680 | * CannotTellALie: She will answer any question posed to her honestly, hiding nothing. [[YouNeverAsked Still, be sure to confirm your conclusions because she's all too happy to let you come to the wrong conclusion if it serves her interests.]] |
| 1681 | * CoDragons: She's one of several chiefs, all of whom show up to attack Las Vegas in Volume 11. Again, this is played with due to the way South America's society works. |
| 1682 | * FusionDance: Combined with OneWingedAngel. [[spoiler:She and the other chiefs fuse into a Demon Beast when Kazuki's side gains the upper hand. Unlike Clark, they have a much easier time maintaining the form due to viewing humans as no more special than other life, allowing them to abandon their humanity.]] |
| 1683 | * LackOfEmpathy: When it is pointed out that the sudden, wanton and indiscriminate destruction of ''all'' technology would result in countless deaths and untold suffering, her only response is that it is simply a matter of time until people and Nature come into balance again, on their own. |
| 1684 | * LargeAndInCharge: Inverted. She's big and is a powerful chieftain in South America, but the king is the rather diminutive Eimi. Also played with due to her country's lack of linear hierarchy. |
| 1685 | * MoralMyopia: Calls the people of North (West) America "Black Hearted" by having a slave system yet sees nothing wrong with having her people taken as slaves by that same system. |
| 1686 | * NatureLover: She's such an extreme KnightTemplar in this that Regina of Italia looks reasonable by comparison. |
| 1687 | * TheNeedsOfTheMany: Allows her tribe's children to be taken into slavery in exchange for the food and medicine that the rest of her people need. In addition, while she "offers" slaves captured from ships on the high-seas welcome into her tribe, she won't hesitate to kill them if there's not enough food to go around. Simply letting them go their own way is ''never'' an option. |
| 1688 | |
| 1689 | !!"Medicine Wheel" / King Eimi Moore |
| 1690 | !!!'''Species:''' Human |
| 1691 | !!!'''Diva:''' The Great Spirit |
| 1692 | !!!'''Homeland:''' America |
| 1693 | |
| 1694 | The King of South America. |
| 1695 | ---- |
| 1696 | * ArcVillain [[BigBadEnsemble Ensemble]]: The main antagonist of Volumes 10 and 11, alongside Clark. |
| 1697 | * AssimilationPlot: The Great Spirit assimilates everyone who dies and "returns to nature", in contrast to China's Dragon, who wants to turn humanity into a living hive mind. |
| 1698 | * AssimilationBackfire: [[spoiler:The Great Spirit absorbs Stella, who still has enough willpower to hijack the Spirit when Medicine Wheel tries to MindRape Kazuki. She then uses her 200 PL to allow Kazuki to use the Great Spirit's ultimate spell.]] |
| 1699 | * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler:According to the epilogue, the Great Spirit has been completely eliminated, causing Eimi to become a normal human again.]] |
| 1700 | * FreudianExcuse: [[spoiler:Seeing her older sister become obsessed with gaining power in society motivates her to end SocialDarwinism by killing everyone.]] |
| 1701 | * IAmNotLeftHanded: She tricks North America into thinking that she's immobile, and then attacks Las Vegas when their guard is down. |
| 1702 | * MercyKill: Invoked. She believes death is the only way for humanity to escape from the current dog-eat-dog world. |
| 1703 | * MindRape: [[spoiler:When Kazuki and Arthur corner her, she forces both of them into an illusion where they're brutally mutilated and tortured until they give in to her ideology of death.]] |
| 1704 | * NatureIsNotNice: When she says she wants to return people to nature, what she means is that death is acceptable and encouraged because everyone will be assimilated into the Great Spirit. Not to mention that she can essentially turn Wakan Tanka into a mobile battle fortress. |
| 1705 | * StartXToStopX: Her goal is to end the persecution of the weak by sacrificing humanity to the Great Spirit, but abandoned Indian children seem to be the most frequent victims of her ideology. [[BlueAndOrangeMorality Her belief in "returning to nature" as a good thing]] means she sees nothing wrong with this. |
| 1706 | * StationaryBoss: Subverted with extreme prejudice. The very forest she's attached to is both mobile and capable of leveling cities. |
| 1707 | * WhenTreesAttack: She's stuck in a tree, so she gets around this by making the entire forest of Wakan Tanka (and random wildlife) around her move and attack. |
| 1708 | [[/folder]] |
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