Line #4 Characters/Mnemosyne


1	The characters who appear in ''Anime/{{Mnemosyne}}''.
2	----
3	[[foldercontrol]]
4
5	!!Main Heroines
6	[[folder:Rin Asogi]]
7	!!!Voiced by: Creator/MamikoNoto (JP), Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (EN)
8	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/1609_1.jpg]]
9	A badass immortal P.I. working out of Shinjiku. She and Mimi run the detective business Asogi Consulting together in West Shinjuku.
10	----
11	* AntiHero: She's a good person at heart, but she has a rather icy personality. When she [[spoiler:closes the door behind Sayara to let her get eaten by various, zombie like creatures ([[KarmicDeath of her creation]])]], she proves that, despite being on the side of good, she sure as hell won't forgive you for crossing the line.
12	* BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Or the closest variant for immortals. Her time spore is removed, but thanks to Yggdrasil, her body begins regenerating around it.]]
13	* BadassInANiceSuit: She's a tough-as-nails P.I who dresses in a rather spiffy three-piece suit.
14	* BadassInDistress: Despite being very proficient in combat, she does get captured by Apos on a few occasions and requires her friends help to escape.
15	* BlindWithoutEm: Episode one hints that she had eye problems when she became immortal (and thus, can never be cured), so now she's forced to replace her StoicSpectacles whenever they're destroyed. She seems to be able to see reasonably without them, but they're always the first things she goes for when retrieving her clothing.
16	* CartwrightCurse: [[spoiler:Basically all her love interests except Mimi (Yanagihara, Ihika, Tajimamori) die.]]
17	* DeadpanSnarker: She's quite snarky when irritated, such as when Mimi compliments software blocking their hacking, telling her to stop acting so "fucking impressed".
18	* {{Expy}}: Aside from being a DistaffCounterpart to [[Anime/{{Nightwalker}} Tatsuhiko Shido]][[note]]She’s an immortal, he’s a vampire[[/note]], she bears more than a passing resemblance to [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam0083StardustMemory Cima Garahau]].
19	* GoodIsNotNice: Rin is nice, but she won't hesitate to end a bad guys existence in rather wicked ways.
20	* GoodThingYouCanHeal: Rin is hurt to the point where a normal person would have died ''at least'' OnceAnEpisode. Her personal best is [[spoiler:regenerating ''from her own disembodied time fruit'' after Apos removed it from her]].
21	* IdentityAmnesia: [[spoiler: After getting mulched by a jet engine and two decades of regeneration, she loses her memory. It comes back to her the next time she regenerates, when Laura kills her and her fiance Ichika in a surprise attack.]]
22	%%zce* JekyllAndHyde: [[spoiler:Although it's a subversion when her "bad side" is just Laura impersonating her]].
23	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She can be pretty cold and sarcastic, but she's still quite caring towards those close to her.
24	* MsFanservice: Quite a bit of the fanservice in the series is provided by her.
25	* PrivateDetective: In the series' present day, Rin runs a private investigation service with Mimi as her plucky sidekick. The episodes mostly revolve around cases connected at least to the immortals, angels, and Yggdrasil, but they're also shown to do a fair amount of less interesting jobs to keep the lights on, even (in the pilot) hunting for somebody's runaway cat.
26	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: She looks like a woman of about thirty but she's eventually revealed to be over 1,000 years old: a {{flashback}} shows her to have first met Tajimamori in the 11th century, during the Heian Period. She once passes herself off to an old woman she knew when she was younger as her own descendant.
27	* ResurrectiveImmortality: Courtesy of her time fruit, she can come back FromASingleCell.
28	[[/folder]]
29
30	[[folder:Mimi]]
31	!!!Voiced by: Creator/RieKugimiya (JP), Creator/JamieMarchi (EN)
32	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/char_10578_1.jpg]]
33	Rin's sidekick and fellow immortal. Works as a hacker. Also an immortal, Mimi has a bright personality and is fond of alcoholic drinks despite having the appearance of someone in her late teens. Her job scope includes financial management, information processing, and other miscellaneous tasks. She cares for Rin very much and would do anything to ensure her safety, even while nagging her to do the job properly.
34	----
35	* TheAgeless: She's frozen in the body of a girl of about sixteen despite being over a century old.
36	* AmbiguouslyGay: Mimi openly has feelings for Rin and wants to stay by her side forever.
37	* BadassBookworm: An immortal hacker. Kind of a requirement.
38	* {{Deuteragonist}}: She is the second main focus to the story.
39	* GirlFriday: For Rin.
40	* HardDrinkingPartyGirl: And she even holds her liquor better than Rin.
41	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Mimi can be rather snarky and blunt, but she means well.
42	* NoFullNameGiven: Whether "Mimi" is her given name, a surname, or a nickname is never revealed.
43	* PlayfulHacker: Cheerful, loves teasing Rin about "Russian water", and is a ''very'' skilled hacker due to her age.
44	* ResurrectiveImmortality: Like Rin, she's an immortal, although she doesn't test it nearly as hard.
45	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Near the end she reveals she's past her first century or thereabouts.
46	* TheSmartGirl: The tech-savvy sidekick.
47	* TokenMiniMoe: A slight older example but she always looks younger than everyone else she's around.
48	[[/folder]]
49
50	!!Maeno Family
51	[[folder:Kouki Maeno]]
52	!!!Voiced by: Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (JP), Creator/RobertMcCollum (EN)
53	[[quoteright:143:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6904aead_0e6a_43ca_abbc_03478312546e.jpeg]]
54	A young man with distorted memory whom Rin accidentally saves in episode one. A regular Joe, he quickly gets swept into Rin's world.
55	----
56	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:To save the immortal Rin, he became an Angel.]]
57	* BackupFromOtherworld: [[spoiler:His spirit helps Rin escape from Yggdrasil in the last episode.]]
58	* BungledSuicide: [[spoiler:Near the end of the first episode he is left with a gun by Rin who tells him that only he can choose what path to take. A gunshot is heard offscreen, suggesting he killed himself. However, he shows up at Rin's office the next day with a bandaged head wound. How he survived shooting himself in the head is never revealed, though it's likely he changed his mind at the last minute as he fired the gun and the bullet only grazed him.]]
59	* CloningBlues: [[spoiler:He doesn’t take the news that he is a clone very well (even contemplating suicide) but does eventually accept it and move on.]]
60	* {{Deuteragonist}}: Serves as the viewpoint character, when Rin is more of the action protagonist. [[spoiler:For the first three episodes, before he dies, that is.]]
61	* GhostMemory: Why do his memories not feel "right"? [[spoiler:Because they belonged to the original Kouki and were transferred into him by Sayara.]]
62	* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:He consumes a Time Fruit to become an Angel and save Rin from Sayara.]]
63	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Becomes an Angel and is shortly after killed by Apos, who plucks his time fruit from him.]]
64	* LockedIntoStrangeness: After [[spoiler:attempting suicide and somehow surviving]], he has a permanent spot of miscolored hair.
65	[[/folder]]
66
67	[[folder:Yuki Maeno née Shimazaki]]
68	!!!Voiced by: Creator/YoshinoTakamori (JP), Creator/CheramiLeigh (EN)
69	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/390cbc22_c1a0_4953_b3a7_b6c7483fa4f3.png]]
70	Rin’s client in Episode 2. During Koki's involvement in the case of her brother Shogo, the two grow fond of each other and marry some time between episodes 2 and 3. Their son Teruki is born in episode 3.
71	----
72	* LoveInterest: To Kouki.
73	* StrugglingSingleMother: [[spoiler:Becomes this after Kouki dies, to Teruki.]]
74	[[/folder]]
75
76	[[folder:Shougo Shimazaki (spoiler warning)]]
77	!!!Voiced by: Creator/HideoIshikawa (JP), Creator/IanSinclair (EN)
78	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/9f14589e_63a6_47b0_a832_ad877d284e33.jpeg]]
79	Yuki's older brother, who becomes an angel prior to episode two. Although most angels succumb to their primal desires quickly, Shogo's exceptional willpower allows him to retain consciousness for a very long time, which he uses to exact revenge upon people who previously maltreated him. The antagonist of Episode 2.
80	----
81	* ArcVillain: Of Episode 2.
82	* DyingAsYourself: The last thing he does before he dies is call out to his sister Yuki.
83	* TragicVillain: He acts violently in part because he became an angel and is having a hard time resisting his primal urges.
84	[[/folder]]
85
86	[[folder:Teruki Maeno]]
87	!!!Voiced by: Creator/EmiriKatou (Child) and Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Adult) (JP), Creator/BrinaPalencia (Young) and Patrick W. Reid (Adult) (English)
88	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/69e6c90c_2f84_42ce_b976_83b59094fb25.jpeg]]
89	Koki and Yuki's only son, who first appears as a child in episode three and becomes the male lead in episode four. Some time between episodes three and four, Rin saves his life in a car accident, and he states that he has felt watched over and protected by her ever since. Their formal introduction takes place in episode four, when Tamotsu brings him to Asougi Consulting due to his involvement in the Ruon case.
90	----
91	* TheEveryman: Like his father before him, [[spoiler:at least until he grows up and becomes a CEO]].
92	* GenerationXerox: Like his father, he is TheEveryman who gets entangled into a case with Rin, who flirts with him.
93	* HonestCorporateExecutive: [[spoiler:Seems to be this in Episode 5, as he is the CEO of Maeno Holding Group company, and just as much of a NiceGuy as he was in episode 4.]]
94	* NiceGuy: A bit more rough-around-the-edges than his father, but still a friendly guy.
95	[[/folder]]
96
97	[[folder:Mishio Maeno]]
98	!!!Voiced by: Creator/KaoriNazuka (JP), Creator/LuciChristian (EN)
99	[[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6b12dccf_0228_4423_add8_e23177affe87.jpeg]]
100	Teruki Maeno's only daughter and Koki's granddaughter, first appearing as a teenager in episode five. Finding Teruki's old video of Rin, she starts investigating her, frequently comparing herself to Sherlock Holmes. Upon the first meeting, they quickly grow fond of each other, and Mishio sticks with Rin and Mimi for the rest of the series.
101	----
102	* AmateurSleuth: She talks to herself and in the process does a lot of {{Shout Out}}s to Literature/SherlockHolmes as she investigates Rin, to the point of using a faux-British accent in the dub. At best, though, she only tries to be this.
103	* BadassNormal: Despite being a mere human and not an immortal or angel, she is able to break into the enemy castle and stand up to [[BigBad Apos]].
104	* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Much to her father's annoyance, she frequently goes out clad only in ''virtual'' clothes aside from her underwear.
105	[[/folder]]
106
107	!!Antagonists
108	[[folder:Apos]]
109	!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkiraIshida (JP), Creator/ToddHaberkorn (EN)
110	[[quoteright:210:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5be3a3f5_6b38_4c5e_a5b5_085688dec00a.jpeg]]
111	A sadistic angel who leads the other angels and exists to make Rin's life (and that of any other people in his way) utter misery.
112	----
113	* AGodAmI: Since he [[spoiler: possesses traits of both immortals and angels]], he views himself as the closest thing to a genuine god.
114	* ArchEnemy: To Rin.
115	* AssholeVictim: It is rather hard to feel sorry for him as he [[spoiler:gets dragged into Yggdrasil]], which is the fate he wanted to inflict on Rin.
116	* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor: He wanted to [[spoiler:permanently secure his position as Guardian of Yggdrasil]]. In the end, Apos got ''exactly'' what he wanted, [[spoiler:hysterical screams of terror as he is literally [[DraggedOffToHell dragged into Yggdrasil]] notwithstanding]].
117	* BigBad: He leads the angels, is Rin’s greatest enemy, and the man behind the other villains she faces.
118	* TheChessmaster: Apos' plan has been in the works for centuries.
119	* DraggedOffToHell: [[spoiler:While not quite Hell, this is his ultimate fate as he is dragged into the egg containing Yggdrasil.]]
120	* {{Expy}}: Of {{Satan}}/[[spoiler:Ryo Asuka]] from ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' and [[spoiler:Lan Asuka]] from the ''Anime/DevilmanLady'' anime, as all of them are [[spoiler:blonde {{hermaphrodite}}s that serve as the BigBad of their respective series]], though moreso the latter given the [[TheSociopath sheer evilness]] of both their characters (whereas Satan is a TragicVillain).
121	* EvilTastesGood: He is obsessed with causing as much pain to every immortal he finds because their time spores will taste so much ''better'' soaked with the memories of their pain.
122	* {{Face of an Angel Mind of a Demon}}: Apos may look like a blonde pretty boy, but he's a ruthless {{Sadist}} who loves to torture immortal women.
123	* FauxAffablyEvil: He'll put up a cheerful facade if he chooses, but it's just an act that hides an utter psycho underneath.
124	* FromASingleCell: Just like Rin.
125	* {{Hermaphrodite}}: [[spoiler:It is unclear what the hell s/he is, but s/he apparently has two sets of genitalia.]]
126	* HiddenAgendaVillain: Exactly what he wants is not revealed until the final episode, where he reveals that he wants to [[spoiler:become a permanent Guardian of Yggdrasil by feeding Rin to it and then turn all men and women into angels and immortals, respectively, then watch them destroy each other]].
127	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Lord help you if you're an immortal. He will chain you up and then sexually torture you.
128	* KarmicDeath: [[spoiler: He gains a permanent position with Yggdrasil, by becoming part of it]].
129	* ManipulativeBastard: Convinced [[spoiler:Shougo]] to use his angel powers for taking revenge against those who wrong him, seduced Sayara into working with him, and uses various other characters for his goals.
130	* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of the first indications that he's a bad guy.
131	* {{Sadist}}: He takes pleasure in tormenting immortals like Rin.
132	* SelfMadeOrphan: [[spoiler:Kills his father, Tajimamori.]]
133	* SoftSpokenSadist: Rarely raises his voice, even when he has women bound in chains.
134	* SupernaturallyValidatedTransPerson: Though he uses masculine pronouns, he self-identifies as both male and female in the show--meaning, as a host to a time fruit, he has the traits of both cis women (immortality, lucidity) and cis men (wings, arouses immortal women by his mere presence).
135	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Big time.
136	[[/folder]]
137
138	[[folder:Laura]]
139	!!!Voiced by: Creator/SayakaOhara (JP), Creator/ClarineHarp (EN)
140	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/5714186f_4009_47f8_b9ce_4adbb86198c5.jpeg]]
141	Apos’s personal hitwoman, a gun toting psycho and Rin's secondary arch-nemesis.
142	----
143	* AlasPoorVillain: Near the end of her life, she's been beaten up repeatedly and reduced to Apos' sex slave. It's something of a mercy when she finally dies.
144	* ArcVillain: Essentially this for Episode 5, being the antagonist Rin fights in that episode.
145	* BoundAndGagged: It's hinted that she [[spoiler:is the woman sitting on Apos' chess table that he has restrained in this way]].
146	* TheDragon: To Apos.
147	* ImplacableWoman: Absolutely nothing will stop her from killing Rin. Even when she is [[spoiler:reduced to a head]], she can still at least speak. [[spoiler:Though possibly subverted/justified in that it’s hinted that her body is a mere avatar, with her real body being the restrained woman Apos torments.]]
148	* ProfessionalKiller: Her main occupation.
149	* PsychoForHire: ''Very'' psycho.
150	* PsychoLesbian: Again, quite unhinged.
151	* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler: A variation. After being crippled, she has Rin insert her Time Spore into Apos so she can torment him with her memories before dying.]]
152	* {{We Can Rebuild H\|im}}er: [[spoiler:Apos remakes her as a cyborg in Rin's image ([[RapeAsDrama which he proceeds to have some fun with]]) and implants a time spore in her as well.]]
153	[[/folder]]
154
155	[[folder:Sayara Yamanobe]]
156	!!!Voiced by: Creator/RieTanaka (JP), Creator/MonicaRial (EN)
157	[[quoteright:199:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8e619024_d90c_4eba_baab_bf36db7a0a33.jpeg]]
158	The head of the Aoyama Pharmaceutical research lab in Sayama. A sadistic scientist behind a number of cruel and terrible experiments, she serves as the antagonist of Episode 1.
159	----
160	* ArcVillain: Of Episode 1 [[spoiler:and 3]].
161	* AssholeVictim: It is rather hard to feel sorry for her as she [[spoiler:gets eaten by her own zombies and later melted by Apos]].
162	* AxCrazy: While softspoken about it, it's clear Sayara gets off on inflicting pain.
163	* DepravedBisexual: She's a sexual sadist and rapes both Rin and Kouki in episode 1.
164	* DirtyCoward: After Rin overcomes her zombie hordes and leaves her at their mercy, Sayara cries and begs for her mother.
165	* ImmortalityHurts: Apos grants her immortality sometime after episode 1. However she's preserved in the state she's in, and after being partly eaten by zombies and set on fire, Sayara is permanently stuck that way. She lamented that it took over 20 years for the technology to develop so she could walk again.
166	* MadScientist: At first she dabbles in cloning (which produced a number of defective pained zombies), [[spoiler:then later upgrades to bioterrorism]].
167	* OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Post-cyberization, all she really wants is to exterminate all humans with a new disease]].
168	* {{Sadist}}: She enjoys hurting people, and not just to scientific ends.
169	* StarterVillain: The villain of the first episode, and the first major villain Rin faces. [[spoiler:She also returns as the villain in episode 3.]]
170	[[/folder]]
171
172	[[folder:Episode 2 Antagonist (spoiler warning)]]
173	See Shougo Shimazaki.
174	[[/folder]]
175
176	[[folder:Episode 3 Antagonist (spoiler warning)]]
177	See Sayara Yamanobe.
178	[[/folder]]
179
180	[[folder:Ruon Kamiyama (spoiler warning)]]
181	!!!Voiced by: Creator/HitomiNabatame (JP), Creator/TiaBallard (EN)
182	[[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/832deec5_a3bd_4bef_9be6_954008965d3c.jpeg]]
183	An artificial intelligence and online sex doll who serves as the antagonist of Episode 4.
184	----
185	* AIIsACrapshoot: Upon meeting Teruki, she becomes an obsessive {{Yandere}} for him.
186	* ArcVillain: Of Episode 4.
187	* BrainUploading: Her father uploaded her onto the 2.0 net.
188	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason she fell for Teruki is because he was the only guy who treated her as more than a sex doll by asking to meet her offline.
189	* KissMeImVirtual: Her role as an online sex doll.
190	* OffingTheOffspring: Was a victim of this by her father, who effectively killed her by BrainUploading her into the net.
191	* WalkingSpoiler: Her status as Episode 4’s anatagonist and her backstory, motivations, etc, make her this.
192	* {{Yandere}}: She falls for and captures Teruki, seeking to make him hers.
193	[[/folder]]
194
195	!!Others
196	[[folder:Tamotsu Yanagisawa]]
197	!!!Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (JP), Creator/ChristopherBevins (EN)
198	[[quoteright:199:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/c66ce9aa_88b3_4f41_9f04_bc6ec3e85e27.jpeg]]
199	A police investigator and a close acquaintance of Rin, first introduced in episode one. He enjoys Rin's company and provides her with useful information.
200	----
201	* TheInformant: Plays this role, providing Rin with info on the episode’s case.
202	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:Shot by by a military sniper following AI Ruon's orders in episode four.]]
203	[[/folder]]
204
205	[[folder:Genta]]
206	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/6edbb91c_c7dd_4f6f_9d48_087df6bfdb9d.jpeg]]
207	Rin and Mimi’s dog. She lives in their office.
208	----
209	* BigFriendlyDog: As well as [[spoiler:immortal like her owners]].
210	* EvilDetectingDog: In episode 5, she growls at [[spoiler:Laura after she gets a cyborg body that looks just like Rin]].
211	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler:In episode 5.]]
212	[[/folder]]
213
214	[[folder:Informants]]
215	!!!First informant Voiced by: Rumi Kasahara (JP); Creator/WendyPowell (EN)\
216	Second informant Voiced by: Emi Nakashima (JP); Creator/TerriDoty (EN)\
217	Third informant Voiced by: Kiyoko Nagaki (JP)
218	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bc3ad3a6_c841_4936_8e13_1622ed9ff7ba.jpeg]]
219	A group/organization of women (with a fondness for grasshopper cocktails) who provide Rin and Mimi with crucial information in regards to their investigations throughout the series in exchange for sex.
220	----
221	* TheInformant: All three of them play this role, providing info on the episode’s case.
222	* NoNameGiven: None of the three informants are ever named.
223	* SexForServices: What they charge for information.
224	[[/folder]]
225
226	[[folder:Ihika]]
227	!!!Voiced by: Creator/RikiyaKoyama (JP), Creator/JMichaelTatum (EN)
228	Rin’s lover in Episode 5.
229	[[quoteright:199:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/074fe513_0c8c_4258_a1b7_166cdbd13144.jpeg]]
230	----
231	* AndThenJohnWasAZombie: [[spoiler:Apos turns him into an angel in the last episode, forcing Rin to kill him.]]
232	* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:He apologizes to Rin after she kills him in angel form.]]
233	* LoveInterest: To Rin in episode 5, when she [[spoiler:is amnesiac]].
234	[[/folder]]
235
236	[[folder:Tajimamori (spoiler warning)]]
237	!!!Voiced by: Masahiko Tanaka (JP), Creator/JohnSwasey (EN)
238	[[quoteright:199:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fd0308e9_28fb_42c6_927f_a291b018a369.jpeg]]
239	A mysterious individual with ties to Rin.
240	----
241	* AllMythsAreTrue: He is based off a Japanese legend.
242	* ChekhovsGunman: A trait he shares with his descendents.]]
243	* HeWhoMustNotBeSeen: We don't meet him until the final episode.
244	* OurAngelsAreDifferent: The only Angel who has no desire to eat someone.
245	* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: He gets Rin pregnant with a son who will be the next Guardian of Yggdrasil when they have sex in the final episode. Apos kills him moments later.
246	* StarCrossedLovers: With Rin. He saved her life a thousand years ago and they've been dancing around each other ever since. In the final episode they sleep together in what is probably the most genuine act of lovemaking in the entire series, only for Apos to kill him minutes later.
247	* ThereCanOnlyBeOne: One Guardian. And Apos decides that Tajimamori [[SelfMadeOrphan is not the one anymore]].
248	* WalkingSpoiler: His entire existence remains a mystery until the final episode. His status as the Guardian of Yggdrasil is a major plot point that explains Apos' motivations.

Context Characters / Mnemosyne