| 1 | Characters in ''Anime/ReCreators''. |
| 2 | |
| 3 | '''Warning: Beware of spoilers ahead''', doubly so as Re:Creators has several WalkingSpoiler characters. |
| 4 | ---- |
| 5 | [[foldercontrol]] |
| 6 | |
| 7 | !The Creators |
| 8 | [[folder:Sōta Mizushino]] |
| 9 | !!Sōta Mizushino |
| 10 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaikiYamashita |
| 11 | [[quoteright:235:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sota_mizushino_anime.png]] |
| 12 | |
| 13 | The male protagonist. Sōta is an OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent whose life is changed forever when fictional characters from several media begin appearing in the real world. He has a mysterious connection to the Military Uniform Princess, that leads him to be caught in the middle of the crisis. |
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| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | * ActionSurvivor: Since he is not a superpowered fighter like the Creations or even a skilled Creator, all Sota can do is run away from fights and hope his friends can solve the crisis at hand. |
| 17 | * AscendedFanboy: Sota becomes a friend of the characters of his favorite works and participates with them in the adventures. [[spoiler:Averted after he figures out who the Military Uniform Princess is and figures out why everything is happening. [[TraumaCongaLine It turns into his worst nightmare.]]]] |
| 18 | * TheAtoner: One of his motivations towards the end of the story. [[spoiler:He wants to help stop Altair because the whole mess happened as a result of him indirectly causing Setsuna's suicide. He gets to redeem himself at the end of the series when he gets Magane's help to bring Setsuna back, giving Altair and Setsuna the chance to get the closure they both needed and leave the real world together to live happily ever after in another world created just for the two of them. Sota tearfully admits all he hopes for is that he got to make up for what he did to Setsuna.]] |
| 19 | * AudienceSurrogate: An ordinary teenager, fond of modern Japanese pop culture and dreaming to create with his work based on his favorite works. He even lampshades it in his opening narration. [[spoiler:Though his [[UnreliableNarrator very complicated relationship with Altair and Setsuna averts this]].]] |
| 20 | --> '''Sōta''': I might be you. Or I might not be. But I'm sure I'm somewhere close to you. |
| 21 | * BeAsUnhelpfulAsPossible: He figured out really early on [[spoiler: who the Military Uniform Princess and her Creator really were]], yet when asked about it, he says nothing, leaving it to the others to figure it out themselves later on. The fact that [[spoiler: his ''own'' connection to the both of them goes deep,]] might have something to do with it. |
| 22 | * CannotSpitItOut: He tries a few times, but he can't bring himself to tell his friends about his past and problems. His first attempt to tell Meteora is painful to watch. This ends up hurting everyone in the long run. [[spoiler:Even when he was convinced to tell Mamika about Altair's backstory, Magane says he left out a few important details. He tells Meteora eventually, if only to make things easier on them]]. |
| 23 | * ClassicalAntiHero: He starts the series with low self-esteem, is more interested in anime and video games than on the real world and [[spoiler:is burdened with the guilt of indirectly causing his best friend's suicide]]. His main character arc is about overcoming these flaws and improving himself. |
| 24 | * ConnectedAllAlong: [[spoiler:He remembers Military Uniform Princess as the last Creation of his friend Setsuna Shimazaki, before her suicide.]] |
| 25 | * CuttingTheKnot: His solution to [[spoiler: stopping Altair. While everyone else is trying (and failing) to come up with convoluted ways of countering Altair's every-growing StoryBreakerPower, Sota decides to simply give Altair something even more important to her than revenge; to be reunited with her Creator, [[BackFromTheDead Setsuna]], thereby taking away any reason for Altair to destroy the world.]] |
| 26 | * DarkSecret: [[spoiler:His {{Jerkass}} behavior towards Setsuna when he got jealous of her creative talent. He believes that betraying his friend in this way was the last straw in her crossing the DespairEventHorizon, resulting in her deciding to commit suicide. He backs out of telling Meteora after learning she already knew about Altair, and it's implied he glossed over a few things when he told Mamika by what Magane says to him after stalking Sota around town. [[{{Irony}} Ironically, this gets Mamika killed]]. After learning this he finally breaks down and tells Meteora.]] |
| 27 | * DistressedDude: Selesia has to save him when Military Uniform Princess attacks him during their fight. |
| 28 | * GoThroughMe: [[spoiler:He forces Aliceteria to kill him to get to Meteora, and he would've died if Meteora didn't [[TakingTheBullet move to take the hit instead.]]]] |
| 29 | * GrewASpine: [[spoiler:After his TraumaCongaLine, Sota was willing to die for Meteora to protect her from Aliceteria in episode 10 and would have, if Meteora hadn't thrown him out of the way.]] |
| 30 | * HeroicBystander: [[spoiler:Not only does he attempt to protect Meteora from Aliceteria's attack, he even tries to appeal to the latter's better nature.]] |
| 31 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:The deaths of Shimazaki and Mamika weigh heavily on his conscience.]] |
| 32 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: After he convinces Selesia that she's a fictional character in an anime, he begins excitedly telling her how much he loves her show, not noticing she's having [[HeroicBSOD a major existential crisis]] right in front of him. She has to hold up her hand and all but say "Can you just give me a minute here..." before he stops. In his defense, he was almost as shocked as she was. |
| 33 | * ItsAllMyFault: [[spoiler:Sota couldn't prevent Setsuna's suicide because he was both paralyzed by the fear that reaching out might make things worse and deep down actually feeling happy that she was getting flak online, much to his own disgust. For this, he felt that he was responsible for her death. The pain keeps him from telling his friends about it. Then, his well-intentioned conversation with Mamika indirectly gets her killed.]] |
| 34 | * KeepingSecretsSucks: [[TraumaCongaLine Oh does it ever.]] A good bit of the problems the good guys face come from directly from Sota not telling his friends about his past. |
| 35 | * MuggleBestFriend: Although Sota can "create" worlds as a Creator, as a human from our world, he is this in relation to his "fictional characters" friends. |
| 36 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:Denying Setsuna his support at the time she needed him the most and, to his own horror, taking satisfaction from her online harassment. Also, indirectly causing Mamika's death when he tried to make things right.]] |
| 37 | * NervousWreck: {{Downplayed|Trope}}. Normally, Sota is withdrawn and keeps his temper in check but mentioning [[spoiler:Setsuna or Mamika]] will send him into a breakdown. |
| 38 | * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: At least that's how his story starts. |
| 39 | * {{Otaku}}: A huge fan of animes and video games. He even plans to make his own series someday, and in the ending, he submits a novel for a young writer award. |
| 40 | * TheResenter: [[spoiler:Sota was good friends with Setsuna, until she was able to win great popularity because of her talent for drawing while Sota's art barely got any attention. Feeling left behind, Sota grew jealous and resentful of Setsuna for her success and stopped communicating with her, even when he realized she was being accused of plagiarism and harshly criticized for it. To his own horror, the constant harassment Shimazaki faced online made him feel better about his own shortcomings.]] |
| 41 | * SupportingProtagonist: Sota straight-up admits in the beginning that the story is not about him, even if he is the main character. [[spoiler:However, it is his plan that finally stops Altair.]] |
| 42 | * TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: He tries this on Aliceteria by explaining the people of the real world don't read her story because they find her suffering amusing, but because they sympathize with her pain and want to see her overcome those challenges. [[DespairEventHorizon She's too far gone at that point for it to work]]. [[spoiler:Once she calms down, however, Sota's words do get through her enough for her to talk things out with her creator and make peace with him.]] |
| 43 | * TrappedInTVLand: He's pulled into an episode of ''Elemental Symphony of Vogelchevalier'' at the beginning of the first episode, but returns to reality after a few minutes. |
| 44 | * UnknownRival: He was incredibly jealous of Setsuna, but because of their friendly relations, he simply stopped communicating with her and always hid his feelings. |
| 45 | * UnfazedEveryman: Despite how the turn of events played out, he remains fairly calm and collected. [[spoiler: The fact that he's already suffering through extreme personal trauma and is overwhelmed with guilt before getting sucked into an anime is why he acts this way.]] |
| 46 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: |
| 47 | ** Sota is technically responsible for all the trouble in the story for one mistake in his past. [[spoiler:By giving his friend Setsuna the cold shoulder at the time of her depression, Sota inadvertently pushed her further into the DespairEventHorizon, resulting in Setsuna committing suicide and her creation Altair seeking revenge against the world.]] |
| 48 | ** He also inadvertently triggered a very bad development near the end of the first half. [[spoiler:He told Mamika the truth about Altair and Setsuna. As a result, Mamika confronted Altair all alone in an attempt to sympathize with her. This got Mamika killed and due to Aliceteria going after the wrong person, Meteora almost gets killed too.]] |
| 49 | * WriteWhoYouKnow: InUniverse. [[spoiler:He created Setsuna as a character in the story for the Elimination Chamber Festival. This actually allows him to solve everything by inserting his character in the final battle via Magane's power so Setsuna can convince Altair to stop.]] |
| 50 | * YourApprovalFillsMeWithShame: [[spoiler: Magane compliments him on his actions indirectly leading to two peoples' deaths, complimenting him on "murdering" them and admiring his growing body count. By the time she's finished Sota is catatonic on the ground. This would've caused him to go over the DespairEventHorizon if Yuuya and Meteora hadn't shown up when they did.]] |
| 51 | [[/folder]] |
| 52 | |
| 53 | [[folder:Takashi Matsubara]] |
| 54 | !!Takashi Matsubara (real name: Takeshi Ohsawa) |
| 55 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi |
| 56 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/takashi_matsubara_anime.png]] |
| 57 | |
| 58 | Light novel author and ''Vogelchevalier'''s Creator. |
| 59 | ---- |
| 60 | * AscendedFanboy: It seems that he is very pleased with the news that Rui Kanoya also got into the real world, taking his mecha along with him... at least initially, the next episode clarifies and subverts it instead, as he hasn't actually managed to watch the show yet and isn't aware of his personality at all. Also strangely played with in that he's a AscendedFanboy ''of his own novel series'' due to actually getting to meet the real Selesia he created. Despite their arguing he starts to view her as his child and enjoys her company. |
| 61 | * CoolOldGuy: More middle aged, but he's well liked by all of the younger members of the cast and is extremely friendly. Even Yuuya, who usually doesn't get along with old guys, thinks he's cool. |
| 62 | * {{Foil}}: Compared to the more accepting and relaxed Sota, Matsubara is understandably confused and freaked out about fictional characters suddenly coming to life. He's also much more confident in his abilities as a writer, and realizes that you can't afford to care about making a story that absolutely everyone will enjoy since that's impossible. This contrasts heavily with Sota's implied perfectionism in his creating, as well as his lack of confidence that he can actually make something good at all |
| 63 | * HiddenDepths: [[RidiculouslyAverageGuy Normal and lame he maybe]], but Matsubara is quite capable of designing characters with strong personality and plotting an interesting story for his LightNovel. He is also shown to care about his "daughter" Selesia, even though he just met the real her. [[spoiler:This is best shown in #10 where he manages to give Selesia a "power-up" because he doesn't want her defeated by Altair, a sketch of an unknown kid.]] |
| 64 | ** When Selesia is recovering the hospital after her battle with Aliceteria, he admits to her he isn't just writing her story because it's fun. Deep down, he wants to be remembered for doing something meaningful with his life. |
| 65 | * LikeADaughterToMe: As her creator, he thinks of Selesia as his daughter. |
| 66 | * MostWritersAreWriters: Takashi is used the most often out of all the creators by Re:Creators itself to convey wisdom to the rest of the cast (and audience) that a long time successful writer should have, due to his in-universe experience and fame. |
| 67 | * NotSoAboveItAll: While not a hardass or unlikable guy or anything of the sort, he does try to be reasonable for the most part... up until Yuuya's creator casually dismisses him in a meeting, which led to [[EveryoneHasStandards Yuuya attacking his Creator]] and all that [[DisproportionateRetribution Matsubara was willing to do was to simply to tell him not to do anything to his head or right hand]]. [[NoodleIncident Partially justified as it's hinted several times that something happened in the past at a party to make Takashi dislike him.]] |
| 68 | * PapaWolf: He sees himself as Selesia's father and he shows that he is ready to rush into the thick of the battle for her and then save her life by giving her a brief power up. |
| 69 | * ParentalSubstitute: Over time, he becomes this for Selesia, acting as her father. |
| 70 | * PervertDad: Couldn't keep himself from ogling Selesia when they first met, and in the ending theme he's openly ogling the bikini-clad Selesia. Afterwards he finds out he's basically her father so it doesn't happen again. |
| 71 | [[/folder]] |
| 72 | |
| 73 | [[folder:Marine]] |
| 74 | !!Marine (real name: Ayano Koura) |
| 75 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HisakoKanemoto |
| 76 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/marine_anime.png]] |
| 77 | |
| 78 | The illustrator of ''Vogelchevalier'''s light novel. |
| 79 | ---- |
| 80 | * CoolBigSis: To Sota, offering him counsel in how to become a better Creator. |
| 81 | * CovertPervert: The final episode reveals that Marine is a closet [[LoliconAndShotacon Shotacon]]. [[spoiler: She even asks Masaaki as Rui is about to return to his world to make a fanservice episode so that she can see him in skimpy clothes.]] |
| 82 | * GenkiGirl: Becomes friends really fast with Selesia and Meteora. |
| 83 | * GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She has a plush rabbit called "Salmon". |
| 84 | * HumbleHero: She believes her work to be inferior to other artists and is as eager to check out Sōta's own drawings as if he were a fellow professional. |
| 85 | * {{Otaku}}: It pays off to be one, given her job. |
| 86 | * OtakuSurrogate: Her appearance is a rather typical image of fujoshi in anime and manga, not to mention the artist's work and her interest in yuri. |
| 87 | * PenName: "Marine" is her artist name; her real name is Ayano Koura. Apparently even Takashi Matsubara who worked on the same project didn't know her real name before Episode 5. |
| 88 | * YuriFan: She was pretty excited by the idea of Selesia and Meteora accidentally kissing during a minor background scene. She’s also a YaoiFan most likely, what with her excited at Yuuya and Sho’s bromance-laden dialogue. |
| 89 | [[/folder]] |
| 90 | |
| 91 | [[folder:Masaaki Nakanogane]] |
| 92 | !!Masaaki Nakanogane |
| 93 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyoSugisaki |
| 94 | [[quoteright:245:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/masaaki_nakanogane_anime.png]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | The screenplay and scenario writer for the anime ''Infinite Divine Machine Mono Magia''. |
| 97 | ---- |
| 98 | * GeekPhysiques: The fat type. [[{{Jerkass}} Yuuya]] makes fun of him for it. |
| 99 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: He casually provides exposition of Hikayu's character, despite the distress it causes the poor girl. He gets hit by Selesia for it. |
| 100 | * MistakenForCrazy: In a pretty GenreBlind move for an anime writer, he saw fit to tell his friends he had met his character. He received references for six different psychologists for his trouble. |
| 101 | * OldFriend: To Matsubara. They both keep inform each other about their current projects. |
| 102 | * SpottingTheThread: He ultimately finds a valid way to confirm Military Uniform Princess' identity: going to a website about new and coming artists that submit their works to the public. |
| 103 | [[/folder]] |
| 104 | |
| 105 | [[folder:Aki Kikuchihara]] |
| 106 | !!Aki Kikuchihara |
| 107 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyumiTsunematsu |
| 108 | [[quoteright:140:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aki_kikuchihara_anime.png]] |
| 109 | |
| 110 | A government official that interrogates the protagonists after the Creations appear in the real world. She then foresee the government project to defeat Altair and save the world. |
| 111 | ---- |
| 112 | * BewareTheNiceOnes: Always formal, polite and calm. That doesn't stop her from using her ScaryShinyGlasses to calmly stop what was pretty much an attempted sexual assault in a normal, even-tempered voice that had "disobey me and I will END YOU" as its subtext. |
| 113 | * TheComicallySerious: After fifteen episodes of being merely very professional and even-tempered, she veered right into this when she kept talking in a calm, serious, formal and coherent fashion for the better part of a rant even after drinking herself into nigh-oblivion. |
| 114 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Her cutesy phone wallpaper becomes this in Chapter 22, [[spoiler: when she decides to quit her government job and become an author]]. |
| 115 | * InVinoVeritas: Drank a lot of what she ''thought'' was oolong tea. This causes her to tear the writers a new one for how difficult they were to manage. True to form, even while hammered, she described her reasoning formally, in full, coherent and reasonable detail and only raised her voice ''twice''. |
| 116 | * NotSoAboveItAll: In contrast to Kikuchihara's generally serious demeanor, her phone's wallpaper is a picture of a cute hamster. |
| 117 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: After hearing the protagonists' case, she agrees to help them stop Military Uniform Princess. She even helps them obtain legal status so they can be recognized as legal citizens. |
| 118 | * ScaryShinyGlasses: She stopped Onishi's antics by slamming her hand on a center table and glaring at him. All [[TranquilFury without raising her voice or talking in a tone any less than polite and measured]]. |
| 119 | * TheStoic: Loses only to Shunma Suruga in that department, and then only after drinking quite a lot. |
| 120 | [[/folder]] |
| 121 | |
| 122 | [[folder:Ryō Yatōji]] |
| 123 | !! Ryō Yatōji (real name: Ryōsuke Gōda) |
| 124 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaikiHamano |
| 125 | [[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ryo_yatoji_anime.png]] |
| 126 | |
| 127 | The author of manga series ''Underground -Dark Night-''. Despite his abrasive personality, he actually cares about other people. |
| 128 | ---- |
| 129 | * HiddenDepths: He is shown to be a fan of ''The Milky Way of a Starry Sky'', Hikayu's source material, and is very knowledgeable about its plot. He also asks Onishi and Hikayu for their autographs. |
| 130 | [[/folder]] |
| 131 | |
| 132 | [[folder:Yuna "Setsuna" Shimazaki]] |
| 133 | !! Yuna "Setsuna" Shimazaki |
| 134 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakaOhashi |
| 135 | [[quoteright:155:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/setsuna_shimazaki_anime.png]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | The girl who commits suicide in the beginning of the series. She was a friend of Sota, but they drifted apart towards the end of her life. |
| 138 | ---- |
| 139 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:In the final episode, while visiting Setsuna's grave with Sota, Meteora postulates that Sota may have actually succeeded in bringing the real Setsuna BackFromTheDead, rather than making a Creation that approximated Setsuna's personality, but decides not to pursue this theory, leaving the "resurrected" Setsuna's exact nature up to the viewer's interpretation.]] |
| 140 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Flashbacks show multiple ShipTease moments between her and Sota, namely their [[MeetCute first meeting]] at a convention. Likewise, her [[spoiler: [[BigDamnReunion reunion with Altair]] is positively ''loaded'' with romantic subtext.]] |
| 141 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Played with. This trope initially seems to be averted when the Creators state that resurrecting the dead was impossible, thus the Setsuna that was manifested in the Elimination Chamber Festival was not the actual person, but rather a Creation that very closely approximated her personality based on Sota's memories of her, with Magane's powers eliminating the need for the audience to accept this development. Later, while visiting Setsuna's grave with Sota, Meteora initially suggests that the manifested Setsuna ''was the actual person'' instead, fully resurrected via Magane's powers, but stops before making any substantial headway into the theory, leaving her exact nature ambiguous.]] |
| 142 | * BespectacledCutie: She was a cute and shy girl with glasses. [[spoiler:Even with Sota's blocky glasses]] |
| 143 | * DeathByOriginStory: The story begins with her suicide. |
| 144 | * DespairEventHorizon: Crossed it before her suicide, because online harassment of her works. [[spoiler: Getting the cold shoulder from her best friend had a hand in pushing her towards it.]] |
| 145 | * DrivenToSuicide: She jumps under the train when [[spoiler: Sota ambiguously refuses to communicate with her.]] |
| 146 | * GodzillaThreshold: [[spoiler:She is brought into existence as a Creation after all other attempts to stop Altair have failed and the Creators reason that they have nothing more to lose.]] |
| 147 | * HimeCut: She had blunt bangs, bra strap length sidelocks, and waist-length straight hair. |
| 148 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: |
| 149 | ** To Sota. He seemed very nervous and agitated during the one time they met in person, but it's ambiguous whether it's due to having a crush on her or he simply was shy about being around a girl, particularly a cute and talented one. Because of his envy driving Sota away from Setsuna, their relationship didn't develop into something more and Setsuna's tragic death became a major source of self-loathing for Sota. Sota wanted to make up for ruining their friendship and abandoning her out of petty envy, but whether there could have been romantic feelings between the two is open to interpretation. |
| 150 | ** Also to [[spoiler: Altair. It's fairly obvious that Altair holds some [[YouKilledMyFather very]] [[SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum intense attachment]] to Setsuna, and it's shown in Episode 21 that [[AmbiguouslyGay whatever those feelings might be]], Setuna does reciprocate them.]] |
| 151 | * InterruptedSuicide: [[spoiler:She tries to repeat her own suicide when she realizes she cannot exist in the real world. Altair saves her and creates a world where the two can live happily ever after.]] |
| 152 | * TheLostLenore: To Souta and Altair, albeit an [[Main/ImpliedLoveInterest implied]] one for both. Her suicide is a major source of conflict and motivation for them, and their different reactions to her death/the grief of it are what drive the plot. |
| 153 | * OnlyFriend: She and Sota were so for each other until their fallout. |
| 154 | * ParentExMachina: [[spoiler:Sota brings Setsuna back to life using a literal DeusExMachina provided by Magane so she can fix everything by talking Altair out of her goal of destroying the world, because Altair would never listen to anyone but her own Creator. Sota succeeded.]] |
| 155 | * PenName: She used the name Setsuna to publish her artwork. Her real name was Yuna Shimazaki. |
| 156 | * PlotTriggeringDeath: Her death sets the events of the series into motion, causing Altair's hatred towards humanity and leaving Sota with extreme self-loathing. |
| 157 | * PosthumousCharacter: She dies at the start of the first episode. We get to know about her only through flashbacks of characters that knew her. |
| 158 | * ShrinkingViolet: She was a shy, quiet girl. |
| 159 | * WalkingSpoiler: Almost no information about Setsuna and her exact influence on the story is shown to the audience for most of the series. |
| 160 | [[/folder]] |
| 161 | |
| 162 | [[folder:Shunma Suruga]] |
| 163 | !!Shunma Suruga (real name: Chika Ōsawa) |
| 164 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/MinakoKotobuki |
| 165 | [[quoteright:190:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shunma_suruga_anime.png]] |
| 166 | |
| 167 | Author of the manga series ''Code・Babylon''. |
| 168 | ---- |
| 169 | * BadassPacifist: She faces Blitz Talker, a man twice her size and holding a gun, with her usual cool demeanor and calm dignity. She does not for one moment raise her voice, even when shot. And she tops it off by [[spoiler: giving Blitz his daughter back]]. |
| 170 | * BatmanGambit: She pulls off one so well, she even says what her target is gonna say ''at the exact same time''. [[spoiler:To be fair, she created Blitz, so she knows ''exactly'' how he's gonna react, right down to how he would respond to seeing his daughter]]. |
| 171 | * BoyishShortHair: Her short hair goes well with her masculine appearance and personality. |
| 172 | * BrutalHonesty: [[spoiler:When Blitz asks her why did she make him kill his own daughter, she simply replies that it made for a better story.]] |
| 173 | * BulletproofVest: [[spoiler:She was wearing one, in case Blitz shoot her.]] |
| 174 | * CoolBigSis: While they are unrelated, she acts like this to Marine and, by extension, to Sota. |
| 175 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Even after getting shot in the stomach by Blitz, she doesn't lose her cool and claims that everything she did as an author was to please her readers. She doesn't excuse what she did to Blitz but she has no interest in letting him help Altair. Of course, it does help that she's wearing a bulletproof vest at the time.]] |
| 176 | * FantasticallyIndifferent: Capable of seeing characters do impossible things and keeping on working on her clipboard with the same nearly-bored face at the same time. She keeps doing so while coming up with a plan to save the world. |
| 177 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: [[spoiler:By her own admission, she spent many nights crying herself to sleep before creating Blitz. She even says she must be a horrible person for creating Blitz's world for the sake of entertainment.]] |
| 178 | * TheIdiotFromOsaka: Averted with extreme prejudice; she has the accent, but is the one that came up with a plan to save the world and is among the smartest of the cast. |
| 179 | * IHaveYourWife: She easily deconstructs Blitz's motivations on helping Altair by giving him what he always wanted... [[spoiler:a chance to reunite with his revived daughter.]] |
| 180 | * MutualEnvy: Marine is jealous of the level of Suruga's talent in drawing and believes that her artistic level is much lower than hers, but she does not know that [[spoiler: in fact Suruga thinks she is drawing much worse and that Marine is much better artist than she is.]] |
| 181 | * OnlySaneWoman: Downplayed, but still present. Shunma seems to be the most professional and even-tempered of all creators. |
| 182 | * PetTheDog: Suruga's bargaining chip on getting Blitz's assistance to defeat Altair? [[spoiler:Erina, safe and sound.]] |
| 183 | * SamusIsAGirl: Apparently, she creates, talks and acts in such a way that anyone that hasn't met her assumes she is a dude. |
| 184 | * SmokingIsCool: Often seen smoking to show off her cool-headed attitude. |
| 185 | * TheStoic: Her face has the same bored expression nearly all the time. The woman allows herself a light smile for two seconds or so some five minutes after coming up with a plan to save the world, though. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Gai Takarada]] |
| 189 | !!Gai Takarada (real name: Naoya Takarada) |
| 190 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Jun'ichi Yanagita |
| 191 | [[quoteright:170:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/gai_takarada_anime.png]] |
| 192 | |
| 193 | The author of manga series ''Aliceteria of the Scarlet''. He was locked away by Aliceteria out of her anger towards him (due to the fact that her cruel world is just entertainment) until Sōta expressed his feelings towards her story. After being released by Aliceteria, he joins the effort to defeat Altair. |
| 194 | ---- |
| 195 | * ExhaustedEyeBags: Starts to sport these [[spoiler:after Alicetaria's death, showing the emotional toil it has had on him]]. |
| 196 | * ManlyTears: He cries these when [[spoiler:Aliceteria is killed by Altair]]. |
| 197 | %%* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Appears to be a stand-in for Creator/KentaroMiura, both writing a fantasy epic similar to ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'',[[note]]down to its protagonist [[ShoutOut using the iron hand of Götz von Berlichingen]][[/note]] and having a number of traits which Miura was famous for (including his surprisingly cheery attitude, and being a notorious perfectionist who frequently goes on long hiatuses). |
| 198 | [[/folder]] |
| 199 | |
| 200 | [[folder:Nishio Ōnishi]] |
| 201 | !!Nishio Ōnishi |
| 202 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunFukushima |
| 203 | [[quoteright:270:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/nishio_onishi_anime.png]] |
| 204 | |
| 205 | Author of ''The Milky Way of a Starry Sky'', an X-rated visual novel. |
| 206 | ---- |
| 207 | * AbhorrentAdmirer: To, well, all female creations. |
| 208 | * AmazinglyEmbarrassingParent: Hikayu clearly does not like that her "father" is a pervert {{Otaku}}, who tries to seduce her female friends. |
| 209 | * AnimalMotifs: Rodents, with him highly resembling a mixture between a rat, hamster and mouse in his appearance. |
| 210 | * AscendedFanboy: Subverted. Like Sota, he gets to meet beautiful and interesting anime characters. Unlike Sota, he does not have the baggage. Also unlike Sota, his response to meeting said characters is to grope and propose to them... |
| 211 | * AsianBuckTeeth: He has buck teeth and he's meant to be an unfortunate stereotype of the most negative aspects of modern Japanese culture. |
| 212 | * BadassBoast: He outright says that, since he was the one that created Hikayu, there is no way her part on saving the world won't work. [[spoiler:He's later forced to eat his words after Altair effortlessly [[DePower strips]] Hikayu of the powers he gave her.]] |
| 213 | * BunnyEarsLawyer: He delivers on the aforementioned BadassBoast and his face makes it abundantly clear he had no doubt whatsoever he would; say what you will about the man, he's good at what he does. |
| 214 | * FanDisservice: In the HotSpringsEpisode, where we see his unfit body. Lampshaded by Kanoya. |
| 215 | * {{Foil}}: First of all to Sota. While Sota is fond of Japanese pop culture for interesting stories, messages and entertainment, Nishio is a crazed fetishist who sees attractive characters only as sexual objects. And while Sota has a complicated relationship with the world of anime involving both a deep respect and some serious trauma, Onishi's, at least at first sight, is as shallow and straightforward a relationship as it gets. |
| 216 | * {{Gonk}}: His physical appearance, resembling a rodent's, is about as unpleasant as his personality. |
| 217 | * HiddenDepths: Despite his... less-than-ideal introduction, he later proves himself to be a good Creator and a reliable friend. He even earns some measure of Hikayu's respect for this. |
| 218 | * IncestSubtext: Although Hikayu is not his real daughter, his "interest" to her is used to create this impression and show how disgusting he is. He even states that he "fell into his dreams," when Selesia declares that he can not seduce Hikayu, as now "she is like a daughter to him." |
| 219 | * NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: His ''name'', at the very least, is a ShoutOut to Creator/NisioIsin (alternately romanised "Nishio Ishin"). |
| 220 | * {{Otaku}}: He is an acceptable target for depicting bad otaku features. |
| 221 | * PervertDad: After a fashion. Hikayu Hoshikawa is his creation and, thus, his "daughter", after all. |
| 222 | * PetTheDog: Remembers Hoshikawa's DarkAndTroubledPast down to the chapter number. It must mean a lot for him. |
| 223 | * ThePollyanna: If Onishi has a quality, it's being very optimistic; he seems to sincerely believe saving the world will be a walk in the park. |
| 224 | * RepetitiveName: '''Nishi'''o Ō'''nishi''' |
| 225 | * VerbalTic: In the original Japanese, he repeats short or simple words for emphasis. |
| 226 | [[/folder]] |
| 227 | |
| 228 | !The Creations |
| 229 | [[folder:Military Uniform Princess]] |
| 230 | !!Altair |
| 231 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiToyosaki |
| 232 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/altair_anime.png]] |
| 233 | -> ''A riot is exactly what I wished for, but the symphony would not sound harmonious without the correct headcount. After all, a glorious song requires the presence of all players involved.'' |
| 234 | |
| 235 | A mysterious girl who travels to the real world to get revenge for her Creator, gathering the other Creations to join her cause. She also recognizes and seems connected to Sōta. |
| 236 | ---- |
| 237 | * AmbiguouslyGay: Despite the relationship between creator and creations most commonly being compared to a parent and their child, Altair's devotion and attachment to Setsuna gets borderline [[IncestSubtext Oedipal]]. [[spoiler: Her rant during her VillainousBreakdown in episode 21, and especially the moment she and Setsuna share afterwords carries a lot more romantic subtext than any prior meeting between creator and creations, and the fact that unlike other creator/creation pairs, they look roughly the same age doesn't help.]] |
| 238 | * AnimalMotifs: She has a bird symbol on her uniform. Her real name, Altair, is the name of the largest star in the Aquila constellation, which represents the bird that carries the thunderbolts of Zeus in Greek myth. |
| 239 | * AntagonistAbilities: With the ridiculous amount of powers she possesses, it would appear she has no concept of "fighting fair." If not for her DramaPreservingHandicap, the protagonists would have no chance to win, [[spoiler:and even then, the best anyone could do is stall her]]. |
| 240 | * AntiVillain: [[CardCarryingVillain She makes no secret about her status as a villain]]. Meteora suspects that her motivation is likely to be personal. It's revealed that she is hell-bent on destroying all of existence to avenge her Creator, who committed suicide in the prologue, likely out of despair. |
| 241 | * AttackReflector: Fourteenth Movement of the Cosmos: "The Vicissitudes of Fortune" reverses the cause and effect of an action. In a fight, Altair can use it against an attacking opponent to redirect the damage from the attack back at said opponent, whilst remaining unharmed herself. |
| 242 | * TheBadGuyWins: In a sense. [[spoiler:Altair may have not succeeded in destroying the real world, but she still got everything she ever wanted. She finally met her Creator, saved her from dying a second time and now gets to live happily ever after in a world created just for the two of them. Not to mention the heroes failed miserably in even getting close to defeating her in battle.]] |
| 243 | * BarehandedBladeBlock: Catches Vogelchevalier's sword with just her fingers in Episode 18. |
| 244 | * BerserkButton: |
| 245 | ** Altair will ''not'' accept any slight (or anything she ''perceives'' as a slight) against her creator, [[spoiler:Setsuna Shimazaki]]. The instant [[spoiler:Mamika]] mentions "saving Setsuna's soul", she responds by skewering the poor girl with her StormOfBlades. |
| 246 | ** She's also very perturbed and upset [[spoiler:at the sight of Sirius. Being the last Creation of Setsuna, her manifestation in the Elimination Chamber Festival by the Creators is seen by Altair as a calculated insult to her Creator's memory.]] |
| 247 | * BigBad: The closest thing the series has to one, anyway. She is the one responsible for summoning the other Creations into the real world, threatening to destroy its very foundations. |
| 248 | * BigDamnReunion: [[spoiler: One with Setsuna in the 21st episode.]] |
| 249 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: Invokes this in episode 19 by directly addressing the audience watching the broadcasted final battle. |
| 250 | * CantKillYouStillNeedYou: |
| 251 | ** Despite Altair putting Selesia in a HeadlockOfDominance and admitting that she would very much like to kill the latter right then and there, she doesn't. Altair states that it would destroy the audience's suspension of belief for a combatant to die so early in the battle, and thus derive her of the acceptance she needs to increase her powers. |
| 252 | ** After she removes Hikayu's powers, Yuuya flat-out asks her why she doesn't simply DePower the other Creations or erase them from existence. Meteora rationalizes that Altair has turned the Elimination Chamber Festival into her own personal story, and still needs the other Creations to play the roles of supporting characters in order to gain more acceptance from the audience. |
| 253 | * ColdHam: Talks in an over-the-top way without raising her voice and sometimes gestures dramatically, such as her exaggerated bow at the beginning of the Elimination Chamber Festival. That is, unless somebody hits her BerserkButton. |
| 254 | * ComboPlatterPowers: The Princess' abilities is almost limitless - {{Flight}} and StormOfBlades aside, she possesses an entire set of RealityWarper abilities called "Movements of the Cosmos." [[spoiler:Because multiple Creators online have been inspired by Setsuna's original video of Altair to create their own versions of the character, each of them has added more powers and abilities for her. In Episode 15, she reveals that more and more powers are being added to her repertoire each day, some of which she is yet unaware of.]] |
| 255 | * DePower: Thirteenth Movement of the Cosmos: "Outline Origin" allows Altair to cancel the effects of {{Plot Twist}}s and revert things to the state they were prior to the implementation of that plot twist. Because the power augmentations the Creators gave to the Creations in preparation for the Elimination Chamber Festival count as "plot twists", given that they facilitate the premise of the CrisisCrossover in the Festival, Altair can use this ability to strip other Creations of those augmentations. |
| 256 | * DisintegratorRay: In the first episode, the Princess conjures a sphere-shaped distortion around her. They are powerful enough to delete Selesia's mecha out of existence. |
| 257 | ** Episode 20 reveals this ability to be the Ninth Movement of the Cosmos; "Fate Restoration." The move simply erases the plot, meaning she can erase the characteristics of any character it hits. [[spoiler:She does this to cripple Sho from further combat.]] |
| 258 | * DoNotCallMePaul: She doesn't seem to like it when someone calls her by her real name. The moment Mamika mentions the name Altair, she drops her usual PsychoticSmirk. |
| 259 | * DontYouDarePityMe: She ''[[BerserkButton hates]]'' people who think they can sympathize with her. Mamika learns this the hard way during their confrontation in Episode 8. |
| 260 | * DramaPreservingHandicap: Overuse of her "Movements of the Cosmos" threatens to erase her from existence, because she is not yet powerful enough to fully delete physical laws of the real world. [[spoiler:This ends up being eliminated once she enters the Elimination Chamber due to her massive acceptance.]] |
| 261 | * EvilIsHammy: Look at her quote above. She almost always speaks with a polite, yet dramatic choice of words that gives off this vibe. [[spoiler:Even during her MotiveRant, she still speaks with mostly polite Japanese (''Keigo'') up until she decides to kill Mamika.]] |
| 262 | * ExoticEyeDesigns: Her pupils are square-shaped. |
| 263 | * {{Expy}}: It's not immediately obvious since they don't ''look'' much alike at all, but the show's creators have admitted that Franchise/BlackRockShooter was a heavy influence on Altair's backstory. Both are {{Original Character}}s who took the Internet by storm, have gone on multiple adventures across different realities and are heavily associated with stars. [[spoiler:Not to mention that both of their stories had to do with losing a friend, though Altair's case is more permanent]]. |
| 264 | * FauxAffablyEvil: Although she tries to come off as polite and taciturn, her actions and secretive nature makes her come off as threatening rather than helpful. Even Yuuya and Magane, villains in their respective stories, can tell she is up to no good just by looking at her. [[spoiler:Her brutal murder of Mamika is further proof of her insanity.]] |
| 265 | * {{Flight}}: Not surprising, given she's seemingly a mage. |
| 266 | * FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from being a powerless OriginalCharacter with no support and practically no character to her name save for that found in her music video, to being a reality-warping juggernaut essentially representing and weaponizing ''all of fandom itself''. |
| 267 | * GenreSavvy: |
| 268 | ** During the Elimination Chamber Festival, she is shown to have a better grasp on the concept of audience acceptance than Meteora, and deliberately manipulates the events of the ensuring fight to make sure the audience accepts her performance in the battle over that of the protagonists. |
| 269 | ** This is the reason she doesn't simply DePower the other Creations or erase them from existence, despite becoming fully capable of such, as she needs their participation in the Festival to acquire said audience acceptance. |
| 270 | * GirlishPigtails: She sports [[https://img.fireden.net/a/image/1491/65/1491652732276.jpg twin tails]]. |
| 271 | * HeadlockOfDominance: After Selesia attempts to warp her away from the battlefield, she simply teleports into Vogelchevalier's cockpit and puts Selesia in this. |
| 272 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:This happens to her during the Elimination Chamber Festival, courtesy of Aliceteria. However, she switches on her AttackReflector, causing the her opponent to feel the effects and damage of the attack, instead of herself.]] |
| 273 | * InexplicablyAwesome: The show doesn't even try to explain how a random character from a random dead artist could gain sentience, become real, drag other fictional characters into the real world and gain endless powers from every single incarnation of hers that other artists though up, enough to curb-stomp each one of those characters and possibly destroy the whole Earth. |
| 274 | * InvincibleVillain: Thanks to the vaguely-explained Holopsicon, she's pretty much unbeatable since this weapon gives her RealityWarper powers, near-omniscience and invulnerability, to the point that not even a FantasticNuke could harm her. Also, all the real-world fan-generated content of her add more and more abilities to her repertoire every day. The only reason why she hasn't curbstomped everyone and everything is that, by using her powers, she's fundamentally altering the physics of the real world, so abusing them could cause her to be deleted from existence and thus render her true goal unattainable. [[spoiler:Because defeating her by force was beyond the means of the Creators, they instead had to bring an incarnation of Setsuna into the real word as a Creation to convince her to cease her plan to destroy reality.]] |
| 275 | * {{Irony}}: |
| 276 | ** In Episode 19, just before depowering Hikayu, Altair mocks her, saying basically that Hikayu's new attacks don't work on her because they feel tacked on and the audience won't accept them. Remember, this is being said by the in-universe VillainSue who pulls exceedingly broken abilities out of nowhere every minute and is somehow still adored by the public. |
| 277 | ** Despite coming to this world as revenge for it causing her creator's suicide, she ends up killing precisely ''zero'' people from it. |
| 278 | * ItsPersonal: She hates the world in its entirety, but particularly [[spoiler:Sota for mistreating her creator and causing her to commit suicide.]] |
| 279 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler:Despite being directly or indirectly responsible for all the death and destruction that occurred in the real world due to her scheme to destroy it, as well as the deaths of any Creations, she ultimately gets a happy ending with Setsuna and does not receive any consequences for her actions. [[MortonsFork Given the circumstances, this was pretty much the only thing left that could stop her from destroying the world]]. Even though it worked, she still won in a different manner.]] |
| 280 | * KickTheDog: When she kills Mamika who was only trying to help her. |
| 281 | * LaughingMad: She lets out an absolutely ''demented'' laugh [[spoiler:when Charon appears to take Selesia on]]. |
| 282 | * MagicKnight: She is the ‘’most powerful character’’ in this series, what with her {{Flight}}, StormOfBlades, and RealityWarper abilities. She is also skilled with wielding her sabers in close combat, as her sword duel against Selesia shows early on. |
| 283 | * MaskOfSanity: If her constant PsychoticSmirk is any indication, her mental state is questionable. [[spoiler:She is actually an OmnicidalManiac StrawNihilist motivated solely by hatred and rage for the world, but she hides it well. However, her unstable behavior can be easily triggered when her creator is mentioned.]] |
| 284 | * MasterOfTheLevitatingBlades: Altiar's main attack is manifesting several floating swords. She can manipulate them in a variety of formations, including using them to form a shield. |
| 285 | * MemeticBadass: She weaponizes this, as fanworks that portray her as such are the source of her powers, several of which did not originate from her creator. |
| 286 | * MirrorMatch: Twentieth Movement of the Cosmos: "Factor Mimic" invokes this. The Princess uses it against Rui by creating a duplicate of Gigas Machina in Episode 10. Presumably, she can invoke this to any of the characters she's brought into the real world. |
| 287 | * MoralMyopia: She can recognize any wrongs done to her and her Creator, but never the inverse. |
| 288 | * MotiveRant: |
| 289 | ** Goes into one in her VillainousBreakdown in Episode 8, going on and on about how much she hates the entire world for [[spoiler:rejecting her creator and driving her to suicide]]. |
| 290 | --> '''Altair:''' "I will destroy everything. Destroy, destroy, and destroy more until this world disappears. That is the reason I'm standing here today." |
| 291 | ** She later gives another one to Aliceteria in Episode 19, containing much of the same points as the one she gave Mamika. |
| 292 | * MysticalWhiteHair: A mysterious and extremely powerful fictional character brought to life. |
| 293 | * NeckLift: After she [[DePower strips]] Hikayu of her powers as the latter was leaping towards her, she catches her hapless opponent in midair via this position. |
| 294 | * NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: She literally pulls any exceedingly broken power she needs out of nowhere at the most convenient moment. |
| 295 | * NighInvulnerability: Altair is very hard to hurt, mainly thanks to the defensive use of her StormOfBlades. [[spoiler:She also survives Mamika's [[FantasticNuke Magical Splash Flare]] in Episode 9, the same attack that devastated her entire hideout and its surroundings, and appears without a scratch in the next episode. Being [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impaled by Aliceteria's lance]] also fails to injure her, as she simply reflected the damage from the attack back at its progenitor]]. |
| 296 | * NoNameGiven: Her name is not known early on, "Military Uniform Princess" is just a nickname used to describe her. Her real name is Altair and after it's revealed, it's started getting used openly. |
| 297 | * NoSell: Once she becomes strong enough, she essentially does this to everything the protagonists throw at her, to the point that by the end of the Elimination Chamber Festival, there is basically no way to defeat her through force. |
| 298 | * OhCrap: When she sees Sota for the first time. [[spoiler:Several times when someone invokes Setsuna, and absolutely when she meets Creation Setsuna for the first time.]] |
| 299 | * OneManArmy: She easily obliterates seven tanks and three fighter jets summoned and controlled by Meteora. |
| 300 | * OmnicidalManiac: |
| 301 | ** She outright tells Mamika that she wants to destroy ''everyone'' and ''everything'' in this world, but reality in and of itself. [[spoiler:[[PopularityPower Despite cheering her on]] against the main characters during the Elimination Chamber Festival, her fans [[UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom remain seemingly unaware that her act is not just for show]], and that they'd have been killed with everything else had she won.]] |
| 302 | ** States this again during her final fight with Alicetaria, telling her she feels nothing but despair at the world that rejected her creator [[spoiler:and drove her to suicide]] and refuses to accept the continued existence of a world without the person she loves. |
| 303 | * TheOmniscient: A relatively new power she revealed in Episode 15. Using it, she knows exactly what the heroes are up to and how they plan to stop her. She also uses it to keep tabs on the other Creations, easily figuring out who is currently allied with who. The end of the next episode reveals that she can also use this ability to spy on the protagonists, and thus easily figured out how they planned to stop her. |
| 304 | * OOCIsSeriousBusiness: She is generally polite and is always calm at nearly every situation she is in, only losing composure a few times and even then not completely. [[spoiler:Altair's persona makes it much more surprising for Mamika when the latter confronted the former about her {{Revenge}} plot and her extremely nihilistic point-of-view... because Altair [[KillTheCutie did not take it well at all]].]] |
| 305 | * OrcusOnHerThrone: Despite her status as the BigBad, the Princess doesn't really do much after Episode 3 onward, merely bidding her time in her hideout while the other characters carry on the conflict. Meteora speculates that this is because she is searching for, or preparing conditions to destroy the world completely; if she doesn't succeed in destroying "the rules of the world" in one-go, it's likely the world will "eject" her out of existence as it restores. [[spoiler:This speculation turns out to be correct, as Altair nearly gets forcefully returned to her own story when she uses her RealityWarper powers too much.]] |
| 306 | * OriginalCharacter: Her true identity. She even comes with all the perks of being a Web creation: her authors are ''every fan that's written a story for her in their lifetime.'' |
| 307 | * PersonOfMassDestruction: The world is threatened with destruction due to the fact that she drags fictional characters into reality, which violates the "logic" or "rules" of our world. And this is not even taking into account her personal firepower, as shown early on when she deletes a large mecha out of existence, and later effortlessly creates another giant mecha out of thin air. |
| 308 | * PetTheDog: She shows some sympathy to Blitz after hearing [[spoiler:he had to kill his own daughter when she had been weaponized]]. She even holds him in a loving embrace and asks him to refrain from participating in the final battle. |
| 309 | * PsychoticSmirk: She's almost always has a smile on her face, and it doesn't help make her look any more trustworthy. [[LampshadeHanging Selesia lampshades that it makes her impossible to trust.]] She drops it a few times, such as when seeing Sota for the first time in Episode 1 and [[spoiler:during her confrontation against Mamika in Episode 8]]. |
| 310 | * PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: [[spoiler:Her creator was pushed into suicide by online harassment. Altair's goal is to take everything down with her to destroy the world that abandoned her creator.]] |
| 311 | * RageAgainstTheHeavens: It's very clear that she wants to wage war against the people of the real world (i.e. authors), whom she calls "the gods of pleasure." [[spoiler:Her Creator committed suicide in the prologue, denying her of the chance of meeting her. Knowing the circumstances around her death, Altair hates the world with passion and wants to destroy all of it.]] |
| 312 | * RealityWarper: She somehow summons fictional characters from various fiction into the real world, complete with their abilities and personalities. She also displays the ability to annihilate physical objects out of existence as well as personal teleportation. |
| 313 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: During the Elimination Chamber Festival, she gives one to Aliceteria after [[spoiler:fatally wounding the latter]], attacking the notion that the former is a hero and main character. While this ''is the case'' in Aliceteria's source material, Altair points out that this ''is not her story'', thus dismissing the former as a supporting character [[spoiler:who can be killed off without much impact to the story as a whole]]. |
| 314 | * RecurringFanonCharacter: [[spoiler:As a creation of Setsuna, she doesn't have a home story, and as such is made up of bits and pieces from the creations of people who liked Setsuna's original artwork and spun it off in their own way. This is the reason why she's so damn strong, as she draws from all her fanon interpretations at once.]] |
| 315 | * RedemptionRejection: Violently rejects Mamika's offer to let go of her hatred against the world. |
| 316 | * ReplacementGoldfish: The end of Episode 15 suggests that Blitz sees her as this for his daughter. |
| 317 | * RevengeBeforeReason: She's so dedicated on "avenging" her dead Creator that she will stop at nothing to delete all of existence, which several characters point out as both nihilistic and absurd. |
| 318 | * RewritingReality: Third Movement of the Cosmos: "Representation Exposition" seems to be this. She uses it to transform Selesia's sword into rose petals in Episode 10. |
| 319 | * SayMyName: When she tries to [[spoiler:save Creation!Setsuna from the train that killed her in the penultimate episode.]] |
| 320 | * SlasherSmile: Fully graduates into this territory in Episode 10, [[spoiler:namely after having duped Selesia into taking an almost fatal stab.]] |
| 321 | * SpinToDeflectStuff: She uses her StormOfBlades defensively in this manner, being capable of using this tactic to block both melee strikes and projectiles alike. |
| 322 | * StellarName: Her real name "Altaïr" is the largest star in the Aquila constellation. |
| 323 | * StormOfBlades: Her primary fighting style is to conjure up dozens of sabers and have them function as something akin to AttackDrone. The sabers levitate and attack at her will, and are capable of [[SpinToDeflectStuff spinning around her to form makeshift defense]] strong enough to block sword strikes from Selesia's HumongousMecha, flips a car going at her with full speed, and deflects Meteora's military-grade missiles. |
| 324 | * StoryBreakerPower: Literally. The Holopsicon, which is powered by fanfiction of her, allows her to do pretty much anything at any time. This pretty much makes her invincible. |
| 325 | * StrawNihilist: Confirms herself as one in her MotiveRant to Mamika, saying how she hates her, everyone and their stories, and everything in this world. Destroying all of it is her only reason (aside from her {{Revenge}} plot) to exist. |
| 326 | * SuicidalCosmicTemperTantrum: [[spoiler:Her endgame though bringing in as many other characters as she can (because theoretically they will make the universe's laws of physics change, with catastrophic consequences upon the world).]] |
| 327 | * SuperpowerLottery: It's revealed that her more powerful RealityWarper abilities are performed through her Holopsicon. So far, it displays the ability to alter the existences of the Creations she has summoned into the world. With it, she can turn Selesia's sword into rose petals, and even creates a copy of Rui's [[HumongousMecha Gigas Machina]] out of thin air. However, using this ability too much will interfere with the world's law, which [[DramaPreservingHandicap endangers Altair herself]]. |
| 328 | * SuperStrength: She is strong enough to stop a sword strike from Selesia's Vogelchevalier with just two fingers, and also capable of using only those fingers to toss the mech a considerable distance away. |
| 329 | * SurveillanceAsThePlotDemands: One application of her [[TheOmniscient omniscience]]. |
| 330 | * SwordAndGun: [[EstablishingCharacterMoment As a display of power]] during her battle with Selesia in Episode 1, she briefly wields one of her conjured sabers and her Holopsicon. Rather than use them conventionally though, she uses them as a bow and a violin respectively, conjuring a distortion that proceeds to deconstruct Selesia's ''[[HumongousMecha Vogelchevalier]]'' into nothingness. Episode 10 shows that this is how the Princess activates her [[RealityWarper "Movements of the Cosmos"]] powers. |
| 331 | * TechnicolorEyes: Her irises are red and blue. |
| 332 | * TragicVillain: All her evil actions were motivated out of loyalty and grief towards [[spoiler:her deceased Creator]]. Even Blitz says that Altair's story is ultimately a tragedy. |
| 333 | * UndyingLoyalty: To her creator, [[spoiler:Setsuna Shimazaki]]. To the point that avenging her is one half of her reason to exist. |
| 334 | * VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler:She completely loses it when Mamika gives her a YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre speech, furiously ranting and screaming about how much her creator have been "rejected by the world" and how Mamika has no idea what true pain is, while going TheresNoKillLikeOverkill on Mamika with her StormOfBlades.]] |
| 335 | ** Even the above ''pales'' in comparison to the Breakdown she suffers [[spoiler: when confronted with the [[BackFromTheDead resurrected]] Setsuna in episode 21. Within a few seconds, the smug, unstoppable InvincibleVillain facade utterly crumbles to reveal a scared, depressed, guilt-racked girl who just wants to see her Creator.]] |
| 336 | * VillainProtagonist: While she is the BigBad, she is also a Creation protagonist, very evident in the penultimate episode which she is given the most focus following [[spoiler:[[DecoyProtagonist Selesia]]'s death a couple episodes ago]]. |
| 337 | * VillainTakesAnInterest: The Princess has an OhCrap moment when she sees Sota for the first time, [[spoiler:because he was also a friend to Setsuna Shimazaki, her Creator, because he was one of the people that "banished" her from their world. Later, it is revealed that she hates his guts for mistreating Setsuna right before her suicide out of his envy of her talent. Altair seems to acknowledge that it's a pity to kill her Creator's friend, but she is ultimately content to just let him die with the rest of the world]]. |
| 338 | * VillainTeleportation: She teleports away in Episode 1 after Meteora shows up to help Selesia, and to escape a battle against the protagonists after [[spoiler:being almost erased from existence from overusing her RealityWarper powers]] in Episode 10. |
| 339 | * VillainWithGoodPublicity: Towards the end of the anime, Altair has became a widely popular and adored by the audience who watch the CrisisCrossover the heroes prepared in order to defeat her. [[spoiler:This makes the whole Elimination Chamber Festival backfire horribly as the Creators ended up giving Altair the perfect scenario for her to increase the public's approval of her and allow her to completely demolish the other Creations because the fans will love her for it. Said fans presumably unaware of Altair's plan to wipe out everything, including them, not being a mere show.]] |
| 340 | * WalkingSpoiler: Because the mystery surrounding Military Uniform Princess drives the plot of Re:Creators, any information about her WILL contain massive spoilers. |
| 341 | * WhiteHairBlackHeart: She has long silver hair and she's the main villain of the story. |
| 342 | * WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Kills Mamika.]] |
| 343 | * WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: During the Elimination Chamber Festival, when she thinks Aliceteria isn't fighting as hard as she would like, she invokes this trope and recounts [[spoiler:Mamika]]'s death in graphic detail. [[spoiler:This works just as she planned and Aliceteria is provoked into attacking her. Unfortunately for Aliceteria, Altair activates her AttackReflector, tricking the former into dealing lethal damage to herself.]] |
| 344 | * YouKilledMyFather: [[spoiler:The harassment that led to the suicide of her Creator, is the main reason for her hatred of the real world and the desire to destroy it. [[ItsPersonal It gets personal]] towards Sota, who was Setsuna's friend but turned against her when he became jealous of her talent.]] |
| 345 | [[/folder]] |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[folder:Selesia Upitiria]] |
| 348 | !!Selesia Upitiria |
| 349 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MikakoKomatsu |
| 350 | [[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/selesia_upitiria_anime.png]] |
| 351 | -> ''"Charon told me once: I am who I am... It's enough to think about how I can make myself to be as good as I can get."'' |
| 352 | |
| 353 | Selesia is the protagonist of the light novel and anime series ''Elemental Symphony of Vogelchevalier'', but she came from the anime. After she saves Sōta from Military Uniform Princess, she is suddenly taken to the real world. Now, she and Meteora have to live with him, as they have nowhere else to go. After #3, she's living together with Marine and Meteora. |
| 354 | ---- |
| 355 | * AcePilot: Of the Vogelchevalier. She states that it has a fairly idiosyncratic control system yet she can still pilot it (though not as well as Charon by her own admission). She also quickly figures out how to drive a car. |
| 356 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Gives one Charon in the 19th episode, in the hope that this will save her from having to sacrifice their lives to save the world. This does not work.]] |
| 357 | * ArtificialFamilyMember: She's a character created by Matsubara, who openly considers her his daughter. Selesia is a bit reluctant to accept him at first, but she eventually opens up to him. Out of all the creator-creation relationships, their bond is the one that most resembles a parent and their child. |
| 358 | * BerserkButton: Subtle, but Selesia does ''not'' take well to being belittled, either through the truth of her existence or that, because of it, her pain had no merit. |
| 359 | * BrattyTeenageDaughter: Played for laughs in her communication with Matsubara, who definitely perceives her as one. |
| 360 | * BroughtDownToBadass: Her creator, Matsubara, once he's brought up to speed about her being well... real, expresses his worry as without the Vogelchevalier, Selesia is effectively at her limit. It doesn't stop her from putting up a hell of a fight, though. |
| 361 | * CleavageWindow: Her outfits have them. |
| 362 | * CoolBigSis: Showing sisterly cares towards her younger acquaintances like Sōta and Rui. Even her harsh words to Mamika have wisdom in them like a senior to a junior. |
| 363 | * CoolSword: A contemporary RoyalRapier. The blade can dissipate and reappear from its hilt. |
| 364 | * DeathIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler: She dies with Charon after she concludes that their death is the only possible way to stop their fight and remove protection from Altair.]] |
| 365 | * DecoyProtagonist: [[spoiler:After being a Creation protagonist to Sōta's Creator protagonist, she dies just three episodes away from the GrandFinale and the final episodes indicates either [[VillainProtagonist Altair]] and/or Meteora were the true Creation protagonists of the anime this whole time.]] |
| 366 | * ExistentialHorror: Like all of the Creations, she undergoes character development after entering the real world. Selesia takes the form of an existential crisis after learning the true nature of her and her world's existence. She does her best to bury it, but occasionally the pain shows through. |
| 367 | * FieryRedhead: Surprisingly comes out less in battle where she is usually more composed, but in peaceful situations Selesia's emotions are quite intense, such as her arguments with Takashi or anger at Rui. As fitting of a {{Tsundere}} [[Administrivia/TropesAreTools light novel heroine]]. It is subtly implied that her increased composure in the real world battles isn't reflective of her HotBlooded fighting in her light novel however, it's the result of her situation and existential crisis. |
| 368 | * FlamingSword: She temporarily gains this in Episode 10 after Takashi uploads information on the modifications to her powers, as new update for his novel, on the internet. Her sword turns bigger, sets on fire, and erupts like a volcano. |
| 369 | * TheHeroDies: [[spoiler:Killed in episode 19, stopping Charon's attack on the other Creations.]] |
| 370 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Pulls a suicide move against Charon in episode 19 to give the other heroes a chance to stop Altair.]] |
| 371 | * TheHeroine: Noble, brave and determined, Selesia is the show's primary heroic character. The series she comes from is a straightforward heroic fantasy. Lampshaded when Meteora notes that Selesia is essentially playing the role of TheHero that Meteora always assists in her game. Selesia accepts this distinction without objection. |
| 372 | * HeroStoleMyBike: Hijacks a car she and Sota landed on after falling from the sky in a very [[VideoGame/GrandTheftAuto GTA manner]]. |
| 373 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Meteora, with whom they always appear together in the first half of the show, and become best friends. |
| 374 | * HopeSpot: |
| 375 | ** She gets this when the flame powers written into her backstory become real, gaining the ability to [[PlayingWithFire generate flames]] and allowing her to briefly recover from being [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice stabbed by Aliceteria]]. It doesn't last, however, as the modifications quickly wear off after the battle, leaving her in the same injured state she was before. |
| 376 | ** She later gets another brief one during the Elimination Chamber Festival, when she thinks that she successfully excluded Altair from the real world. A split second later, Altair has teleported herself into Vogelchevalier's cockpit and ensnared her in a HeadlockOfDominance. |
| 377 | * HumongousMecha: The Vogelchevalier. Unfortunately for her, Altair disintegrated it in the first episode. This limits her combat power significantly. She gets it back in Episode 16 when Meteora manifests it in the real world due to the powers she gained in the lead-up to the Elimination Chamber Festival. |
| 378 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:By Aliceteria in episode 10. She temporarily gets better thanks to her new power-up, only to return to her original form with a hole still in her gut.]] |
| 379 | * InstantExpert: She immediately learns how to drive a regular car, saying that its control scheme is simple compared to the [[HumongousMecha Vogelchevalier's.]] Still, [[DrivesLikeCrazy she could use some practice]]. She manages to get a license sometime later. |
| 380 | * IsThatTheBestYouCanDo: In Episode 10, while angry at Aliceteria for wounding Meteora, she all but exclaims this, directly assaulting Aliceteria's standing as a knight for attacking a SquishyWizard who can hardly defend herself. |
| 381 | * JackOfAllStats: Without her [[HumongousMecha Vogelchevalier]], she is this. Capable of fighting and flying, but more or less outclassed by everyone else with a similar power set (outgunned by Mamika's magic attacks and overwhelmed by Aliceteria's melee prowess). She also has no way to fight at range, which every other Creation besides Magane is capable of. Even with Vogelchevalier, she is still outclassed by Altair and Aliceteria in power, along with Rui and Charon, whose abilities with their respective mechs surpasses her own. |
| 382 | * LastRequest: [[spoiler:In her final moments, she asks Matsubara to give her world nice stories and coffee.]] |
| 383 | * MaamShock: Comedically, she loses it when Rui turns down her offer to date him, all but saying that she's too old for him. |
| 384 | * MagicKnight: So far, she has displayed the ability to [[{{Flight}} fly]] and imbuing flame to her sword. |
| 385 | * MundaneObjectAmazement: She falls in love with coffee, of all things. |
| 386 | * NextTierPowerUp: [[spoiler: Her fire-based form that was created in Episode 3 becomes this seven episodes later, after Takashi uploads it to the internet. It's temporary, however, and wears off after the battle is over.]] |
| 387 | * OhCrap: In Episode 17, she attempts to warp Altair to another dimension in order to remove her from the real world. Just when Selesia thought she won, Altair reappears in Vogelchevalier's cockpit a split second later and puts her in a HeadlockOfDominance, casually telling Selesia that she could easily disintegrate Vogelchevalier again and [[DisneyVillainDeath drop her foe to her death]]. Naturally, this reaction is etched onto Selesia's face the whole time. |
| 388 | * PortalDoor: Vogelchevalier has the ability to create portals to other dimensions. [[spoiler:An attempt to use this power to exclude Altair from the real world fails, however.]] |
| 389 | * PrimaryColorChampion: She has flaming red hair and wears a blue outfit, highlighting her status as the heroic protagonist of her world. |
| 390 | * RageAgainstTheAuthor: Downplayed at first, but ultimately subverted. While she is vocal about her disgust and even goes far as to threaten Matsubara, she is also completely ready to admit and defend the fact he is her Creator. |
| 391 | * TheRival: To Aliceteria, they have two very intense fights that both parties appear to have been looking forward too. |
| 392 | * RoundedCharacter: Watching her behavior, Meteora expresses the idea that as a character in a light novel, her personality is definitely deep and elaborated, which allows her to react to new events as a full-fledged personality. It's later shown that all of the Creations will become like this if they stay in reality long enough, Selesia just starts this way due to the love and dedication Takashi put into making sure she was like a real person. |
| 393 | * SaveTheVillain: An unintentional one, as she blocks Aliceteria from impaling Magane, unaware the prior to this, Magane stated that Aliceteria would be [[HoistByHisOwnPetard impaled by her own lance]] and successfully goaded the latter into calling her bluff and attacking her. Were it not for Selesia's intervention, Aliceteria would have been skewered, courtesy of Magane's powers. |
| 394 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: She gave back to Mamika all the physical damage she received from her as psychological damage by telling the MagicalGirl exactly why her view of the world is too naive to achieve anything. By the time Selesia finishes talking, Mamika is on the verge of tears. |
| 395 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: "Selesia", "Celejia", "Celesia", "Selejia"... even the series seems to have trouble with ''[[LostinTranslation which]]'' one to use in translations. |
| 396 | * StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: The 19th episode plays it almost straight when Selesia is forced to kill herself with Charon, after she could not persuade him to go over to their side and stop defending Altair.]] |
| 397 | * SwordAndSorcerer: Forms this dynamic with Merteora as [[MagicKnight the Sword.]] |
| 398 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:In Episode 19, she traps Charon and tells Rui to use his reflector shield on both of them, killing them both in the process.]] |
| 399 | * {{Tsundere}}: As part of her "typical main heroine of light novel" personality. It's downplayed significantly likely due to her novel's LoveInterest not being around. This side of her for the most part only comes out in her interactions with her "father" Takashi. |
| 400 | * WarriorPrincess: She's a sword-toting mecha piloting princess, at least in her original world. |
| 401 | * WeaponizedTeleportation: She can do this with Vogelchevalier's ability to create [[PortalDoor portals]] in order to exclude enemies from the battlefield. |
| 402 | [[/folder]] |
| 403 | |
| 404 | |
| 405 | [[folder:Meteora Österreich]] |
| 406 | !!Meteora Österreich |
| 407 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/InoriMinase, Creator/SayakaOhara (delusion, episode 13) |
| 408 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/meteora_osterreich_anime.png]] |
| 409 | -> ''"Now that I've lost that eternity, can I accept my world and my role in it? Can I accept the person who created that world? I'm proud to say this: I can."'' |
| 410 | |
| 411 | A NPC from the [=JRPG=] ''Avalken of Reminisce'', who is looking for her Creator. After helping Selesia drive off Military Uniform Princess, she stays with Sōta as well. After #3, she lives together with Selesia at Marine's house. |
| 412 | ---- |
| 413 | * AlphaStrike: One of her attacks consists of summoning a lot of real world anti-tank missiles (Type 87 Chu-MAT) in a huge concentrated strike. She stole all those weapons, by the way. |
| 414 | * TheAntiNihilist: After playing her game of origin, Meteora comes to terms with her existence as a fictional character and renews her sense of purpose. |
| 415 | * BadassBookworm: An NPC librarian who can summon magical shields and a phalanx of rocket launchers. |
| 416 | * BarrierWarrior: She's actually pretty unskilled in offensive magic, so this is her main method of combat. |
| 417 | * BigEater: Generally, every creation that comes to live becomes one thanks to he/she gaining realistic sense of taste. Nobody, however, has the same amount of appetite to match Meteora's. |
| 418 | * BigGood: She serves as the leader and central rallying force of the protagonists' team. |
| 419 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: Depending on how seriously you take [[RecapEpisode Episode 13]], she can be this. Under her friendly, stoic exterior, she is snarky to her allies and capable of holding deep grudges against people who slight her. |
| 420 | * TheComicallySerious: Doesn't change her tone of voice even when she tells a joke, which causes it to fall flat to everyone else. |
| 421 | * CurbStompBattle: Her CripplingOverspecialization causes every fight she's alone in to end this way... against herself. |
| 422 | * DeadpanSnarker: Playing for laughs with her awkward attempts to joke and more directly in the 13th episode, when she appears as a sarcastic narrator. |
| 423 | * DefrostingIceQueen: Meteora becomes noticeably more relaxed and calm after she finishes her "game" for the night and partially determined her feelings. |
| 424 | * DePower: [[spoiler:In the final episode, Meteora's final act with her powers is to send all the other surviving Creations, [[WhatHappenedToTheMouse except Magane]], back to their home worlds. She then loses said powers as a byproduct of reality correcting itself from the changes made by Altair when she brought the Creations to the real world.]] |
| 425 | * TheFace: After the protagonists are interrogated by the government, Meteora explains the situation to them and is able to come to a mutually beneficial solution between the two parties. |
| 426 | * FantasticAngst: It is implied that she is experiencing some problems with the fact that she is only a reference character from a fictional setting, which probably was less developed than the rest of the characters in the show. [[spoiler: She gets over it after playing her own game. In doing this she realized her creator really did love her game and her world.]] |
| 427 | * {{Flight}}: As part of her magical power, Meteora can fly at high speeds, allowing her to keep up with Selesia and Military Uniform Princess. |
| 428 | * {{Foil}}: With Magane. While Magane is a concentrated example of a ManipulativeBitch and [[ForTheEvulz loves stirring up distrust and chaos for the sake of it]], Meteora is always ready to help not only her friends, but even her opponent, the first of which is ironically Magane. For example, while Magane uses Sota's past to manipulate him, Meteora earnestly helps him understand his feelings and recover from his trauma. |
| 429 | * GoodCounterpart: [[spoiler:In a way, she's this to Altair. Both lost their Creators under incredibly tragic circumstances, but rather than lash out at the world for taking her god away from her as Altair is, Meteora instead fights to protect it.]] |
| 430 | * GreatBigBookOfEverything: Apparently her Magic Book can, among other things, give her all the information she needs to understand the new world she was thrust into. Meteora claims it's even better than web search engines, though Selesia doubts this after it's shown that some of Meteora's magic doesn't work in the real world. [[spoiler:It loses this quality in the final episode, becoming blank as Meteora loses her powers.]] |
| 431 | * {{Hammerspace}}: Her offensive ability is storing and firing weapons with this a [[VisualNovel/FateStayNight Gate of Babylon]]. The power augmentations she gained for the Elimination Chamber Festival expand this to include being able to remotely pilot military vehicles and launching their ordnance. |
| 432 | * HatesBeingNicknamed: She doesn't like it when Mirokuji calls her "Metchin." |
| 433 | * HaveYouSeenMyGod: Her main character arc is to find her Creator, the opportunity to see which she got through getting into the real world. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, he's been dead for a long time before Meteora had a chance to meet him.]] |
| 434 | * HeterosexualLifePartners: With Selesia, with whom they always appear together in the first half of the show, and seem to have become best friends. |
| 435 | * IChooseToStay: [[spoiler: Meteora says she will happily remain in our world in the status of a ordinary human, so that she can write stories herself.]] |
| 436 | * IShouldWriteABookAboutThis: [[spoiler: In the epilogue Meteora decides to write a debut novel about the events that she experienced in the show. It's named Re:Creators...]] |
| 437 | * IcyBlueEyes: They represent her cold and analytical character. |
| 438 | * JabbaTableManners: Downplayed and justified by the fact that real world food tastes awesome to creations, but still there. Has a habit of speaking with her mouth full. People only get annoyed because they don't understand what she's saying, however. |
| 439 | * KleptomaniacHero: She stole ''high-grade military equipment'' to fight the Military Uniform Princess because she doesn't have experience in attack magic. Kikuchihara lets her off the hook for it, provided that she ask permission before doing it again. |
| 440 | * LemonyNarrator: Took this role in Episode 13. |
| 441 | * LogicalWeakness: While her barriers are very sturdy, she is only capable of casting them in the direction she is facing, leaving her vulnerable to attacks from behind. Additionally, the barriers do not prevent her from being pushed backwards by any sufficiently strong force that collides with them, as Aliceteria and Blitz demonstrate in Episode 6. A foe capable of exerting such a force can take advantage of both weaknesses to push Meteora, barrier and all, straight into any obstacles that may be in the way, forcing her to take damage by virtue of her unprotected back being smashed into said structure. Enemies who can attack her from all sides, such as Altair and Aliceteria, can also capitalize on her inability to cast barriers in any direction but ahead. |
| 442 | * MagicMissileStorm: Both averted and played straight! She's no good at offensive spells. It would end there had she not stolen rocket launchers from the JSDF, which she keeps in a (magical) hammerspace and activates via (magical) telekinesis rendering her able to unleash as literal a MagicMissileStorm as it gets! |
| 443 | * MarionetteMaster: [[spoiler:She effectively becomes this towards Sirius in Episode 20, because the latter has no sense of self or personality and thus cannot act without explicit instructions.]] |
| 444 | * NiceGirl: Despite her stoic attitude, Meteora has a warm personality, is extremely kind, and considerate to others' feelings. She repeatedly tries to help and comfort her friends with their problems. This becomes more prevalent after her CharacterDevelopment from playing her own game. She's actually too nice for her own good. She admits to this flaw after realizing that [[spoiler:she should've grilled Sota harder over what he was hiding from her, instead of letting him keep a secret that would ultimately hurt him in the long run]]. |
| 445 | * NotSoStoic: Has displayed emotional outbursts in dangerous situations. More comically, she was positively sheepish when Kikuchihara listed the values of the weapons she stole. |
| 446 | * MsExposition: The first third of the second episode consists mostly of Meteora delivering exposition to her friends (and the audience) about the relationship between the worlds and what little she knows about the plans of Military Uniform Princess. She still serves this role, but it becomes much less frequent later on. |
| 447 | * MsFanservice: Parodied by her delusion self in Episode 13, a gorgeous dark-skinned blond wearing little more than a bra and panties. |
| 448 | * MysticalWhiteHair: A white-haired mage from a fictional world who was brought to the real world. |
| 449 | * OhCrap: Her reaction when [[spoiler:Altair saw through her entire plan in Episode 17.]] |
| 450 | * ParentalAbandonment: She experiences a variation of this when she learns [[spoiler:her Creator unexpectedly died in a motorcycle accident.]] Sorting out the complicated feelings she has about this is what helps Meteora find her resolve. |
| 451 | * PragmaticHero: She knows perfectly well that Magane is a bad character, but she will protect her nonetheless, to avoid further escalation of violence. |
| 452 | * RedBaron: "The Seeker of a Thousand Miles", one she earned in her homeworld. The other Creations sometimes refer to her by this title as well. |
| 453 | * ReiAyanamiExpy: A mage from another world who has short white hair and initially shows herself as stoic and cold, but later reveals a warmer side. |
| 454 | * SexierAlterEgo: Parodied in the 13th episode, when she dreams of a more mature, beautiful and sexy version of herself. |
| 455 | * SmallGirlBigGun: When put side-by-side she's noticeably the shortest of the Creations, and can summon a large amount of heavy ordinance to shoot people with. |
| 456 | * SmallNameBigEgo: Played straight in episode 13 where she constantly praises herself whenever she talks about herself but belittles the others with the exception of Sota and Selesia, averted with the rest of the series (maybe). |
| 457 | * TheSmartGirl: Due to her "librarian" status, she literally is the brains of the whole group, constantly thinking about the causes and consequences of the events. |
| 458 | * SpockSpeak: As befitting of her role as guide NPC, her speech is peppered with MagiBabble and SesquipedalianLoquaciousness. Hilariously, possibly as a result of the player of Avalken only being able to talk to her about things she already knows, trying to get information out of her that she doesn't know (or if Meteora herself tries to talk about something she doesn't understand) will usually cause her to deflect the question in a strange variant of WelcomeToCorneria with her terrible sense of humor and puns. |
| 459 | * SquishyWizard: She might have great magical power, but she has no combat skills and isn't even good at offensive spells, thus making her essentially defenseless against any foe who can get past her barriers. She does better at supporting the real fighters of the show. |
| 460 | * TheStoic: Meteora keeps a cold, reserved attitude. The first time she attempts to make a joke, not everyone likes it. Over time she does become more expressive as a result of her friendship with Selesia and Marine, but still maintains her calm demeanor. |
| 461 | * StoneWall: Meteora can fly and cast strong barrier magic, but she can't heal wounds or cast useful offensive spells and most of her utility based spells don't seem to work either(based on her failure to fix Sota's room). Most of the time her "fighting" is limited to blocking attacks while Selesia does all the attacking. This limits her to using [[MoreDakka conventional firearms and military grade weapons]] fired from her {{Hammerspace}}, which she needs government permission to use. |
| 462 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: She at first shows hersef as stoic, aloof and reserved, but soon reveals a warm and caring side after coming to terms with how much her creator really cared for her world. In addition, it seems that while eating, she looks more innocent and peaceful. |
| 463 | * SwordAndSorcerer: Is this with Selesia as the [[BarrierWarrior sorcerer.]] |
| 464 | * UnreliableNarrator: Parodied ruthlessly in the RecapEpisode. |
| 465 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: She takes the opportunity to hear Sota's story about [[spoiler:Setsuna's suicide]] and tells him not to run away from the guilt; instead, he must accept what's happened and prevent such a tragedy from happening again. |
| 466 | * YouCantGoHomeAgain: [[spoiler:Because she is the one keeping the portal between dimensions open so that the other Creations can return home, Meteora must remain in the real world and become a regular person.]] |
| 467 | [[/folder]] |
| 468 | |
| 469 | [[folder:Mamika Kirameki]] |
| 470 | !!Mamika Kirameki |
| 471 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RieMurakawa |
| 472 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mamika_kirameki_anime.png]] |
| 473 | -> ''"If I just stand by and watch while this happens, then when I get back to my own world, I'd feel too ashamed to face my friends!"'' |
| 474 | |
| 475 | The protagonist of the magical girl anime series ''Magical Slayer Mamika'' that is intended for elementary school-aged children. |
| 476 | ---- |
| 477 | * AccidentalMisnaming: She seems to have trouble pronouncing the names of Selesia, Meteora, and Aliceteria. |
| 478 | * AdvertisedExtra: Despite her episodic participation in the show itself, Mamika can often be seen in various advertisements of the show and the concomitant yonkoma. |
| 479 | * AfraidOfTheirOwnStrength: She is horrified that her attacks can actually harm people and are capable of destroying buildings. After this, she tries to use her powers at a minimum. |
| 480 | * AllLovingHeroine: She doesn't hold grudges towards anybody and even tries to help redeem villains. |
| 481 | * BadassAdorable: She's a cute magical girl that blasts literal hearts at her enemies... and is one of the stronger Creations in the series. |
| 482 | * BigSisterWorship: She quickly develops a bond with Aliceteria, even offering to eat dinner and stay with her. |
| 483 | * CharacterDevelopment: A big part of her storyline. Once she's in the real world and no longer in a kid's show, Mamika develops the ability to think deeply on her life, her choices and the use of her powers. Eventually growing as a person and becoming a multifaceted character. [[spoiler: She endeavors to end the conflict by talking down Altair, or, failing that, killing her in a fight.]] |
| 484 | * ClarkKenting: Her street clothes are plain, with muted colors. |
| 485 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: As a product of her genre and its target audience, she's one. Her traits in particular include not being able to properly pronounce certain characters' names, like with Aliceteria's which the latter had to correct her three times in a row. She also believes that [[DefeatMeansFriendship people after being beaten can become her friends.]] |
| 486 | * TheCutie: A genuinely selfless, innocent and benevolent young girl who just wants everyone to get along, [[spoiler:making [[KillTheCutie her death]] all the sadder.]] |
| 487 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: Discussed and subverted, as she thinks this is how it works because of the nature of her show, but Selesia very quickly shuts her down by frankly telling her that beating the crap out of someone just because they don't agree with you will make them less likely to agree with you. |
| 488 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:In her last moments, Mamika unleashes a massive magical explosion to destroy Altair.]] |
| 489 | * DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler: Dies in Aliceteria's arms after flying away from her fight with Altair. Unfortunately, she can't get her LastWords out a second time, [[MetaphoricallyTrue leaving Magane to interpret them to Alice]]. Bad choice.]] |
| 490 | * DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:Her body disintegrates into blue pixels after her death.]] |
| 491 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Knowing that she will likely die if she confronts Altair, Mamika spends her last moments talking with Aliceteria and thanking her for being her friend.]] |
| 492 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler:Doubly so since she is a kid's show character and yet, Mamika is [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice fatally skewered by multiple blades]] in a brutally graphic way until she musters up the strength to attempt a FantasticNuke-level TakingYouWithMe.]] |
| 493 | * FantasticNuke: What her "''Magical Splash Flare''" really is, with reality empathizing the "''nuke''" part of it for utmost destruction, [[spoiler: as seen when she uses it against Altair]]. |
| 494 | * FishOutOfWater: Like most of the characters, but this trope especially applies to her as she is essentially a kids' show character and as such, comes from a world that is divorced from more serious consequences like [[DestructiveSaviour collateral damage]], [[GreyAndGrayMorality conflicting morals]], and quite possibly the idea of [[TheseHandsHaveKilled killing someone]]. |
| 495 | * {{Flight}}: As a magical girl, she can fly. |
| 496 | * FriendToAllChildren: Because she is from a children's show, kids are naturally drawn to her. She doesn't necessarily seem bothered by their affection, reacting to it with mild embarrassment at most. |
| 497 | * GenreSavvy: As part of her CharacterDevelopment, [[spoiler:after she comes to understand the world as well as the Military Uniform Princess's true motives, she understands that she is most likely going to [[FaceDeathWithDignity march to her death and takes it on the chin]] because her [[TokenGoodTeammate conscience]] would get the better of her, [[TalkingTheMonsterToDeath and if she couldn't talk Altair down]], [[TakingYouWithMe she's going to have to take her down]].]] |
| 498 | * GlassCannon: Mamika's magical blasts pack one hell of a punch, but her frilly costume is just as protective as it looks. |
| 499 | * GrewASpine: After spending her initial screentime unsure of which side she should be on, [[spoiler:she agrees to defend Meteora from Blitz. In a later conversation with Sota, she declares she will remain loyal to her beliefs, even as the real world has begun to change her.]] |
| 500 | * HeartBeatdown: Her magical blasts look like pink hearts, and hit with the force of a ''howitzer''. |
| 501 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Altair stabs her multiple times with her rapiers.]] |
| 502 | * InTheHood: Her casual disguise sports this. It has cat ears for extra cute points. |
| 503 | * KillTheCutie: [[spoiler:Mamika, the [[TokenGoodTeammate most kindhearted member]] of Altair's group, is killed near the end of the first half of the story by Altair. For extra atrociousness, the little girl was only trying to help Altair.]] |
| 504 | * LethalHarmlessPowers: Her sole power basically boils down into "[[EnergyBall pink heart-shaped energy projectile creation]]", powered by her [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve own belief]]. In a kid's show, [[BloodlessCarnage they're harmless]]. But when used in reality, those projectiles fully obeys the laws of physics, turning them into pink heart-shaped ''[[FatalFireworks bombs]]'', much to Mamika's horror when she discovers it. |
| 505 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: To Aliceteria. [[spoiler: Losing the only person she ever felt that close to after her trauma in her home world cause her to [[JumpingOfftheSlipperySlope completely lose her ability to be reasoned with]] AND cross the DespairEventHorizon.]] |
| 506 | * MagicalGirl: A textbook example, without any irony. |
| 507 | * MarkOfTheSupernatural: Her purple eyes are a sign that she's a character with magical powers. |
| 508 | * ModestyShorts: Wears a pair of spats underneath her short skirt. Considering how she's from a kid's show, it isn't too surprising that she'd wear shorts to keep her modesty. |
| 509 | * MoralityChain: Is one to Alice. [[spoiler:Once she dies, Alice completely goes on the offensive, intending to kill the good guys]]. |
| 510 | * MoralityPet: Aliceteria's newfound friendship with Mamika is about the only thing that can influence her actions outside of her original goals. |
| 511 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has a major freakout after her battle with Selesia in episode 2 when she realizes that, here in the real world her attacks can actually hurt people, and she sees all of the collateral damage her magic caused. |
| 512 | * NiceGirl: She's an AllLovingHeroine, so this is a given. |
| 513 | * OddFriendship: She and Aliceteria are practically at opposite ends of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, yet they end up bonding quite easily and clearly care a lot about each other. |
| 514 | * OpenSecret: Her identity as a MagicalGirl is supposed to be a secret in her original world as per the rules of her genre wherein a [[ClarkKenting simple costume change counts as a disguise for a heroine]]. However, upon arriving in the "Land of Gods", she quickly turns embarrassed upon discovering how ''everyone'' knows about it, children and otakus alike. |
| 515 | * PinkHeroine: Her hair and outfit are predominantly pink. |
| 516 | * PlatonicDeclarationOfLove: To Aliceteria in episode 8, as a manifestation of their PseudoRomanticFriendship. |
| 517 | * PoorCommunicationKills: [[spoiler: If she had told Alice what was really going on she would probably still be alive, and Alice wouldn't be deceived into fighting the heroes.]] |
| 518 | * PowerCrystal: The pair of pink, heart-shaped gemstones attached to her chest and encased in her staff which lets her channel and utilize her powers. |
| 519 | * RoseHairedSweetie: She has pink hair and is a cheery and idealistic heroine. |
| 520 | * RuleOfSymbolism: Mamika's [[spoiler:sacrifical]] FantasticNuke against [[spoiler:Altair]] completely loses the cutesy hearts and has a darker pink/purple coloration, to show [[InnocenceLost loss of innocence]] and her growth from a naïve little girl into a person with resolve in her beliefs. |
| 521 | * SacrificialLion: [[spoiler:Killed in episode 8 just to show Altair is playing for keeps and to give Sota and Aliceteria something to angst over.]] |
| 522 | * SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Her final attack does not cause any significant damage on Altair, meaning that Mamika ultimately died for nothing.]] |
| 523 | * StockShoujoHeroine: A sweet, idealistic, cheerful PinkHeroine of a MagicalGirl series that's aimed at elementary-aged girls. She's got SuperCuteSuperpowers and is very selfless and naive. |
| 524 | * SuperCuteSuperPowers: She shoots pink hearts at people. They hurt MUCH more than you might expect. |
| 525 | * TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:She tries this with a MASSIVE magical explosion at the end of episode 8, after being impaled and she realizing Altair's rage at the creators has brought her too far gone to save. [[FaceDeathWithDignity Mamika anticipated this.]] It doesn't work, however, as Altair shows up two episodes later, none the worse for wear.]] |
| 526 | * ThatCameOutWrong: PlayedForDrama. When trying to reason with Altair, Mamika tells her she will save her soul as well as [[spoiler:Setsuna's]]. Since this implies that [[spoiler:Setsuna]] was in the wrong and her soul was in need of "saving" to begin with, and Altair's ''extreme'' fealty towards her, Altair...[[DisproportionateRetribution takes offense to that]], to put it mildly. |
| 527 | * TokenGoodTeammate: Amongst those working with the Military Uniform Princess, she seems to be the only genuinely good person that, more than anything, just wants everyone to get along. |
| 528 | * TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: [[spoiler:Mamika is undoubtedly one of the kindest, most selfless Creations in the series, with the moral compass to match. Unfortunately for her, she's the first Creation to go, stabbed multiple times with Altair's numerous rapiers before attempting to [[TakingYouWithMe take Altair down with her]] with a FantasticNuke.]] |
| 529 | * TragicBromance: Female version with Aliceteria. They formed a close friendship, but [[spoiler:Altair kills Mamika right after they have a heart to heart conversation. Mamika then [[DiedInYourArmsTonight dies in Aliceteria's arms]], who immediately swears revenge on Mamika's killer. Too bad Aliceteria gets tricked and goes after the wrong person first.]] |
| 530 | * TransformationSequence: Actually a pretty mild one by the standards of her home genre: She says her catchphrase, the screen flips with her already in full outfit, and she dances around the screen a bit. |
| 531 | * WideEyedIdealist: Given that she is a MagicalGirl, it shouldn't come off as a surprise; but it makes her go into conflict with the more realistic and nuanced Selesia. She even tries to keep peace when Aliceteria fights Selesia and Meteora, to no avail. [[spoiler: Her attempt to talk down Altair, despite her obvious blind rage and hatred for everything, gets her killed, though thanks to some CharacterDevelopment and newfound [[GenreSavvy Genre Savvyness]] Mamika does have [[TakingYouWithMe a backup plan]].]] |
| 532 | * WrongGenreSavvy: Although other Creations repeatedly told her that she is no longer in her world, Mamika still tries to act according to the morals and spirit of her original story's setting. [[spoiler: Ultimately, [[DeathByGenreSavvy this is what does her in]].]] |
| 533 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: After learning Altair's story, Mamika talks to her and attempts to get her to let go of her quest for vengeance, saying her Creator wouldn't have wanted her to be consumed by sadness and grief. [[spoiler:Altair responds ''[[KillTheCutie horribly]]''.]] |
| 534 | [[/folder]] |
| 535 | |
| 536 | [[folder:Yuuya Mirokuji]] |
| 537 | !!Yuuya Mirokuji |
| 538 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KenichiSuzumura |
| 539 | [[quoteright:290:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yuuya_mirokuji_anime.png]] |
| 540 | -> ''"Whatever happens happens. I'm going to do what I want: to have fun."'' |
| 541 | |
| 542 | TheRival of the main character from the ''Underground Dark Night'' manga. |
| 543 | ---- |
| 544 | * AffablyEvil: He is so friendly, caring, principled and wise that it's very easy to forget that in his story he is appointed the main villain of his series. [[spoiler:Of course, turns out he wasn't evil in his own series either.]] |
| 545 | * TheAntiNihilist: Yuuya is not at all bothered over the fact that he is a fictional character and his Creator is just a regular person rather than an all-powerful god. In fact, he finds it entertaining and doesn't want to change it. [[spoiler: His reaction to meeting his Creator ends up revealing that even he has his limits, and that he can't accept that his author [[CreatorsApathy seems very apathetic]] about his work.]] |
| 546 | * BerserkButton: As a thug, he has plenty of them. For starters he hates when people interfere in his fights or keep him from having fun. The biggest one is being looked down on by someone he sees as a SmugSnake. [[spoiler: His author manages to push several of them in the span of a few sentences by being overly smug and self centered, belittling Yuuya's past troubles, and mocking someone Yuuya thinks is cool (Takashi). This earns him a swift beatdown.]] |
| 547 | ** He also doesn't [[RageBreakingPoint take it well at all]] when Meteora warns him of Magane's ability to reverse causality through lies [[spoiler:and can no longer take up arms against [[MagnificentBastard her after she had successfully played him]], making him into a hapless fool who has to rely on somebody else now to fight her.]] |
| 548 | ** [[spoiler: The details behind Hangaku in his backstory are this as well, which ironically gets it stolen from him.]] |
| 549 | * BloodKnight: As fitting of a fighting manga gang boss. Most of this is directed specifically at Blitz, who he considers a WorthyOpponent. [[spoiler:When the truth comes out that he didn't kill Sho's sister, Yuuya admits he didn't tell Sho because he enjoyed fighting him so much.]] |
| 550 | * BrilliantButLazy: He was able to deduce a lot of details about the real world, the stranger who brought him here, and what's going on just from observation. That being said, he has no intention of finding his Creator or changing the nature of his original world; he just wants to enjoy himself in the new reality. |
| 551 | * CallingTheOldManOut: His rant towards his Creator can be interpreted this way. |
| 552 | * ChickMagnet: It is implied that because of his and Sho's attractiveness, their manga had so many fansgirls that some even considered it girl-oriented. Their fight in the 17th series also causes excitement among the girls. |
| 553 | * CoolShades: They go with his "bad boy" look. |
| 554 | * CursedWithAwesome: He laments that the spirit Hangaku is a curse that has been placed upon him, but in the show (the actual show, not the series he comes from) he never seems to suffer any obvious disadvantage. Hangaku is even shown to be very helpful during battles. |
| 555 | * DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler: After losing Hangaku, all he has left are his sword and Creation-level strength and durability, until he is later given [[AnIcePerson ice powers]] in the lead-up to the Elimination Chamber Festival.]] |
| 556 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Yuuya may not be a particularly pleasant person, but he understands basic human decency. When he finally meets his Creator, he is disgusted by his blatant disrespect to Matsubara. He even says Matsubara is a better god than him. Yuuya also doesn't like it when people walk on top of the kindness of others to get what they want, [[spoiler:which is why he steps in and saves Sota from Magane.]] |
| 557 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He's the main villain of a manga, but he admits that he misses his friends from his world, and wishes they were with him in our world. |
| 558 | * FinalBoss: Within his own story, and fully aware of it. [[spoiler:He's really just a DiscOneFinalBoss.]] |
| 559 | * FriendlyEnemy: Even considering their feud with Sho, they still prefer to communicate in a sarcastic and friendly tone. |
| 560 | * GoodAllAlong: Yuuya was always treated as a good guy in the series proper, but it always came off a bit odd that such a friendly guy is supposed to be the main villain of his manga who killed the hero's sister and best friend. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed Yuuya is innocent. Sho was just tricked by the real villain into going after Yuuya.]] |
| 561 | * GuardianEntity: Hangaku, a naginata-wielding spirit, unique to him and his story. [[spoiler: He loses it to Magane after he says too much. Then, he gets it back when Magane just decides she doesn't want it anymore.]] |
| 562 | * HiddenDepths: He's the first to realize that the creations can even have this at all. For him specifically, it's implied that he really did a lot of research after appearing in the new world, like finding out he was the final boss of his source material. It's backed up later that he was looking into the sources of the other Creations by the fact he knows what Rui was like in his series, and can notice the subtle changes in his personality. |
| 563 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Yuuya's tendency to trash talk to his opponent and brag about his power [[spoiler: ends up permanently rendering Magane completely immune to his sword, forcing him to only use his GuardianEntity to fight her. His rage later gets Hangaku stolen too.]] |
| 564 | * AnIcePerson: In the lead-up to the Elimination Chamber Festival, he gains the ability to create pillars of ice by swinging his sword to make up for his loss of Hangaku. |
| 565 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:After Altair manages to subsume Sirius, she impales Yuuya with her swords in much the same way as she did to Mamika.]] |
| 566 | * ItAmusedMe: His only real motivation. It becomes slightly frustrating for the other characters when one of his other core traits is BloodKnight tendencies. |
| 567 | * JapaneseDelinquents: His appearance in the opening theme, clothes and manner of speech implies this. |
| 568 | * JerkassHasAPoint: Despite his acerbic personality, Yuuya has shown remarkable insight into the psyches of the Creations once they enter the real world. The biggest example is in Episode 7, where [[spoiler: he predicts that Magane is trying to find a new purpose and in doing so has likely become something new that is not the same character from her novel.]] He's immediately shown to be correct. |
| 569 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He's a bad-mouthed, short-tempered, battle-loving delinquent, but it's so easy to see he's not a bad guy inside that exterior, it's hard to believe he's supposed to be a villain in his manga. [[spoiler:Unsurprisingly, he isn't evil in his original story either.]] |
| 570 | * MrFanservice: Lampshaded in the HotSpringsEpisode where even his own Creator is impressed of how attractive Yuuya is with no clothes on. |
| 571 | * NominalHero: Later, he decides to help the other heroic characters in discovering Military Uniform Princess' origins, as long as he can have fun doing it. |
| 572 | * ParryingBullets: He can move fast enough to accomplish this, and did so to protect a downed Selesia when she was fired upon by Blitz. |
| 573 | * PoorCommunicationKills: The entire source of his conflict with Sho. [[spoiler:Yuuya never killed Sho's sister and his best friend, but Sho just believed what some old FortuneTeller told him about Yuuya doing it. Yuuya never cared to find out why Sho came to hate him so much and [[BloodKnight just found it fun to fight him]]. Even after Yuuya finds out the full truth from his own author, he doesn't even try to explain anything to his rival, which would have made Sho switch sides a lot sooner, until Hikayu starts to clear things up for Sho.]] |
| 574 | * RazorWind: The air currents from his sword strikes are capable of rending flesh. |
| 575 | * SmokingIsCool: Always when he smokes, he does it stylishly, holding the cigarette pretty relaxed. |
| 576 | * StupidSexyFlanders: Playing for laugh in episode 17 when they go to the hot springs, where the other guys become embarrassed by how sexy his body is. |
| 577 | * SurroundedByIdiots: After witnessing the drama between Hikayu and her creator, he muses that he should have joined Altair's side. |
| 578 | * TokenEvilTeammate: While he isn't what one would call evil, he is however the [[{{Jerkass}} most abrasive member]] of the [[spoiler:heroes' side]] of things by far. |
| 579 | * TotallyRadical: In an easy form and deliberately, as he should be perceived as a stereotypical Japanese street bandit. At the same time, usually it's more directly played in the fan sub and dub in English and other languages. |
| 580 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Ice cream. When he isn't fighting, [[BigEater he's usually drinking it down.]] |
| 581 | * UnskilledButStrong: Aliceteria notes that his technique is pretty bad. Yuuya relies on his overwhelming power to win. |
| 582 | * WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler:In a fit of anger, he flat-out asks Altair why the latter doesn't simply erase the Creations from existence after she [[DePower removes]] Hikayu's powers. According to Metoera, the reason Altair even bothered to keep the other Creations alive is because she turned the Elimination Chamber Festival into her own personal story, and needed them around to play supporting roles and bolster the hype from the audience in order to gain their acceptance to empower herself.]] |
| 583 | * WildCard: Agrees not to antagonize Selesia or Meteora, as long as they don't get in his way. |
| 584 | * WouldHitAGirl: He's not above bashing a girl's brains in either if he feels like it, [[WouldHurtAChild even if they are a child]]. Or so he says. He holds back on finishing Mamika in episode 6, telling Selesia he wasn't planning on hurting her. He just wanted to fight Blitz without any interference. He certainly seems to have nothing stopping him based on gender, but is more reluctant to actually hurt children. This could also be because he underwent some offscreen CharacterDevelopment due to his stay the real world, as he points out later. He has no problem with drawing his blade against [[HumanoidAbomination Magane]] though. |
| 585 | * WorthyOpponent: He considers Blitz to be this, often picking fights with him and at one point expressed annoyance when he chooses to leave the battle. |
| 586 | * VillainousRescue: His true allegiance is still unknown but he still stops Mamika from killing Selesia over a misunderstanding. |
| 587 | [[/folder]] |
| 588 | |
| 589 | [[folder:Aliceteria February]] |
| 590 | !!Aliceteria February |
| 591 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YokoHikasa |
| 592 | [[quoteright:335:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aliceteria_february_anime.png]] |
| 593 | -> ''"The path to saving my world lies right in front of me. I must take it! I have no mercy for those who stand in my way!"'' |
| 594 | |
| 595 | A noble's daughter, the protagonist of a fantasy epic manga and anime franchise titled ''Aliceteria of the Scarlet''. |
| 596 | ---- |
| 597 | * AffectionateNickname: "Alice-chan" from Mamika. |
| 598 | * AmbiguouslyGay: She is so close to Mamika that she eventually confesses to her in love and gradually increasingly replaces the motivation of Alicetheria as the plot develops. |
| 599 | * AndThisIsFor: [[spoiler:"This is for Mamika!", when she attempts to land an attack on Altair in Episode 18.]] |
| 600 | * BadassCape: A long red cape that flutters beautifully in the middle of a fight. |
| 601 | * BackFromTheDead: As we learn from a brief overview of her background, she was resurrected by some powerful magician to fight evil. |
| 602 | * BeamSpam: She can use her gauntlet to summon an army of winged horse-mounted lance wielding familiars, all of which can shoot beams from the tips of their lances. Naturally, all of them doing it simultaneously results in this. |
| 603 | * BerserkButton: It seems very difficult for her to understand when other people doubt the correctness of her actions. |
| 604 | * BrokenBird: [[spoiler: After Mamika dies she completely stops listening to reason. She starts screaming at Sota when he tries to get her to calm down and realize there's no way Meteora killed Mamika, even though her reactions show somewhere in there that it's true.]] The most ironic part is her personality starts to resemble Mamika's before her resolution, constantly conflicted on what to do and unsure of what her ideals even are anymore. |
| 605 | * CoolBigSis: Towards Mamika, the only one offering her sympathy after she learns the truth of her world. |
| 606 | * CoolHorse: A white, flying horse that she can summon at will. |
| 607 | * DeathByGenreSavviness: [[spoiler: Similarly to Mamika, her awareness that she is a character in a fictional story, is gradually becoming a trigger that leads her to death.]] |
| 608 | * DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Despite being grievously wounded by Altair's AttackReflector transferring the damage from her lance stab to herself, she defiantly tells Altair that the story is not yet over, before attempting to punch Altair with her [[ElementalPunch flaming gauntlet]]. Unfortunately, Altair's Attack Reflector is still active, and the reversed damage from that punch is enough to knock her off her horse with fatal consequences.]] |
| 609 | --> '''Aliceteria:''' [[spoiler: It's not over yet, Altair! As long as there are still people who believe in me, as long as there are still people who believe in the golden ending, the story will not end!]] |
| 610 | * DemotedToExtra: [[spoiler:Following her death, Altair deliberately highlights this trope, noting that being brought to the real world causes it to apply to any Creation who was previously a main character in their source material.]] |
| 611 | * DespairEventHorizon: Crosses it [[spoiler:after Mamika dies and she doesn't know what to believe anymore. Sota finds that it becomes completely impossible to reason with her. On some level she seems to realize she's doing the wrong thing as her expressions when she almost kills Meteora and Selesia indicate, but her grief is too far gone for her to stop.]] |
| 612 | * DisappearsIntoLight: [[spoiler:Like Mamika, her body and horse disintegrates into blue pixels when she dies.]] |
| 613 | * DramaticallyMissingThePoint: After coming to the real world, she is initially out for her Creator's blood under the notion that he made her source material a CrapsackWorld solely for the sake of entertaining people in the real world. What she failed to comprehend until Episode 12 was the fact that her Creator made her world that way in order to push her to reach new heights as its protagonist, and enable the audience to sympathize with her in the process. |
| 614 | * DynamicEntry: She first appears descending on her horse and saving Mamika from Yuuya. |
| 615 | * ElementalPunch: She is capable of setting her gauntlet on fire, which naturally leads to this trope if she punches an opponent. |
| 616 | %%* {{Expy}}: Basically a MagicKnight version of Guts, protagonist of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'', down to her "Gauntlet of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Götz_von_Berlichingen Götz von Berlichingen]]" and her creator's similarities to Creator/KentaroMiura. Both characters are tortured souls struggling against the invisible hand of fate, and her relationship with the LighterAndSofter MagicalGirl Mamika echoes the bond Guts forms with CuteWitch Schierke. Her appearance may take inspiration from Farnese, a female former knight who travels with Guts (and shares Aliceteria's voice actress in most media). |
| 617 | * FatalFlaw: [[HotBlooded Impulsiveness]]. Given her fair share of difficulties in her homeworld, it shouldn't be a surprise Aliceteria is quick to solve every problem with violence but it does her no favors when she enters the real world and gets played like a fool by Altair and Magane, causing her to pick the wrong person to condemn and the wrong person to condone. [[spoiler:Example A) trying to kill Meteora for supposedly killing Mamika. Example B) attacking Altair even when she has taken steps to protect herself. She pays dearly for the latter.]] |
| 618 | * {{Foil}}: To Mamika. She's cynical to Mamika's idealism, she comes from a story aimed at young adults and older compared to Mamika's aimed at small children, her world is a extreme CrapsackWorld compared to Mamika's relatively peaceful one, and while Mamika starts the story wavering and unsure of herself but eventually finds her purpose in life and resolution in her ideals, Alice starts the story with strong set resolve and ideals that start to waver and eventually break completely turning her into a BrokenBird. |
| 619 | * GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler: After Altair uses her AttackReflector to greviously wound Aliceteria by transferring the damage from the latter's own lance stab back at her, Aliceteria still attempts to punch the former in the head while said AttackReflector is still active. Predictably, the transferred damage from this obliterates the front of Aliceteria's skull. After this, and before she DisappearsIntoLight, Aliceteria is only seen from behind as she falls off her pegasus and out of the sky. Given that her final attack essentially caved her face in, it's understandable that the gory results of that remain unseen.]] |
| 620 | * HandBlast: Can generate a magical blast with her left gauntlet. It's strong enough to blast through two bridges. |
| 621 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:To be fair, she is more misguided than evil, but it happens in Episode 12. Inspired by Sota's faith in her, despite being on opposite sides, Aliceteria releases her Creator from imprisonment and makes peace with him. She remains in Altair's side as TheMole until Episode 18 when she joins Selesia and Rui in a CombinationAttack against Altair.]] |
| 622 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: |
| 623 | ** This almost happens to her when Magane told her she would be impaled by her own lance. The former denies this, understandably incensed by the latter's words, and moves to attack. It is only through the intervention of Selesia that prevented Magane's words from coming true and killing her. At the time, Aliceteria herself was unaware of how Magane's power worked, and also how close she was to getting killed by it. |
| 624 | ** [[spoiler:Later, during the Elimination Chamber Festival, this is exactly how she dies after impaling Altair with said lance, when the latter uses an AttackReflector power to redirect the damage from the strike back at her.]] |
| 625 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: The fact that she believes anything that the Princess and Magane say at all puts her firmly in this category. [[spoiler:Her perspective finally changes, thanks to Sota, [[HeroicBystander of all people]].]] |
| 626 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler: During the Elimination Chamber Festival, when she impales Altair with her lance, the latter uses an AttackReflector power to transfer the damage from the strike back at her. She doesn't exactly get impaled, but for all intents and purposes, she might as well be suffering the effects of this trope.]] |
| 627 | * JoustingLance: Her weapon is a magical lance. |
| 628 | * KnightInShiningArmor: Gender switch and more dark variant, she is the heroine of dark fantasy manga, where she fights a terrible evil army. In later events, she is also revealed as a warrior with strong moral principles. Too strong, in fact. |
| 629 | * MagicKnight: She surpasses Selesia in martial ability and strength, plus has a very strong grasp of her universe's magic. |
| 630 | * MisplacedRetribution: [[spoiler:Due to Magane deliberately causing a misunderstanding, Aliceteria goes to seek revenge on Meteora for supposedly killing Mamika. When Aliceteria realizes the real killer is Altair, she switches her target.]] |
| 631 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: [[spoiler:Upon accidentally stabbing Selesia, she is absolutely horrified.]] |
| 632 | * NeverHurtAnInnocent: [[spoiler:Subverted. She was all too willing to kill Sota if it meant getting her hands on Meteora, who she thinks killed Mamika. It's only after mortally impaling Selesia that she realizes what she has done.]] |
| 633 | * NobodyCallsMeChicken: In Episode 10, she clearly doesn't take being called a "coward" by Selesia well. |
| 634 | * NoListeningSkills: Alice can be too stubborn to listen. For example, she didn't listen to Blitz opposing to the way she treated her creator, instead insulting him, calling him a drunkard. During their fight with Souta's group, she didn't listen to Meteora's explanation about the "gods"(The creators) from real life not being perfect beings. [[spoiler:It got even worse after Mamika's death, to the point she could no longer listen to reason at all. After Magane tricked her into thinking it was Meteora who killed her and not Altair, she didn't listen to her and Souta that Meteora wasn't the one who killed Mamika, and Magane lied to her, which leads Aliceteria to wound her and Selesia. Afterwards, she realizes her mistake and after leaving, she decides it's better to learn to listen instead of attacking first and ask questions later, which led her to her interrogation and then release him.]] |
| 635 | * OddFriendship: She and Mamika are practically at opposite ends of the SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism, yet they end up bonding quite easily and clearly care a lot about each other. |
| 636 | * PlayingWithFire: She is capable of setting her gauntlet alight, which can then be used as an ElementalPunch. |
| 637 | * PrettyPrincessPowerhouse: She is the daughter of an eminent nobleman and at the same time, a stern warrior who is stronger than an entire army of knights. |
| 638 | * RageAgainstTheAuthor: To say she is not happy to learn she is a fictional character would be an {{understatement}}. She even threatens to kill her Creator for apparently making her world suffer in the name of entertainment. |
| 639 | * RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler:The climax of her CharacterDevelopment following her HeelFaceTurn is to die at the hands of Altair while attempting to avenge Mamika.]] |
| 640 | * {{Revenge}}: She wants this on [[spoiler: Mamika's killer. [[BlatantLies Magane tricks her into thinking Meteora did it]]. Once Aliceteria figures out that Altair is the real culprit, she turns against her instead.]] |
| 641 | * TheMole: [[spoiler:While still remaining on Altair's side, she becomes this after a talk with her Creator, Takarada, in Episode 12. To that effect, he even describes her as a "Trojan Horse".]] |
| 642 | * SenselessSacrifice: [[spoiler:Her attempted attack on Altair in Episode 19 not only got herself killed, but it didn't even scratch Altair anyway.]] |
| 643 | * ShockAndAwe: She can generate bolts of electricity from her gauntlet, which can be used to block energy attacks from hitting her. |
| 644 | * StatuesqueStunner: Even without her armor, she is very tall. She's about the same height as Yuuya (only shorter than Blitz) and a full head taller than Mamika. |
| 645 | * SuperpowerLottery: She won it harder than [[FinalBoss Yuuya did]]. She's a FlyingBrick with a magic gauntlet that can do just about anything destruction related, like summon familiars, [[ShockAndAwe call lightning]], shoot magic beams, and other nasty surprises. She's also strong enough to destroy [[HumongousMecha Gigas Machina's]] DeflectorShields and knock it a few feet backwards. The only reason she doesn't just solve every problem in her homeworld is that her world is an EXTREME CrapsackWorld. Against the other creations, she's basically unstoppable outside of Altair and Magane's reality warping traps. |
| 646 | * TomboyPrincess: Although you will have no doubts about her gender, Aliceteria behaves more like a strong manly warrior than a princess from her world. She even wears her pants as part of her everyday costume. |
| 647 | * TrickedToDeath: [[spoiler:This is how she dies during the Elimination Chamber Festival. To wit, Altair provokes Aliceteria into [[ImpaledwithExtremePrejudice impaling]] her with her lance, then activated her AttackReflector, returning the damage to Aliceteria herself. Aliceteria then [[TooDumbtoLive attempted to punch Altair]] while said AttackReflector was still active, and only suceeded in caving in her own head for her troubles.]] |
| 648 | * UnstoppableRage: [[spoiler:After Aliceteria watches Mamika die, she firmly in this mode as she goes relentlessly goes out looking for her killer. [[DeconstructedTrope The problem with this is]] [[LetsYouAndHimFight Magane had played her into thinking Meteora did it]].]] |
| 649 | * TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler:Despite her combat prowess and immense power, she is killed off rather unceremoniously by Altair without much difficulty, just to show how powerful the latter has become.]] |
| 650 | * WrongGenreSavvy: |
| 651 | ** As she is a heroine of dark fantasy manga, she initially believed that the real world is the land of the gods, even when Meteora is trying to prove to her that in addition to creating fictional worlds, people do not have any supernatural powers. |
| 652 | ** She initially believes that she can make her world better by simply having her creator write a happier story, unaware that the process of changing fiction in this setting relies on audience acceptance. |
| 653 | ** [[spoiler:After her death following her assertions as a hero and main character, Altair also highlights this, noting that she died honorably in battle defending her beliefs. Altair points out that while such an end would have been fitting for a knight like her had it occurred in her source material, she is simply just another combatant in the Elimination Chamber Festival, and thus her death is merely just one of many twists and turns in the battle.]] |
| 654 | * YourHeadAsplode: [[spoiler: Due to Altair's AttackReflector ability, Aliceteria's last attempt at an attack only results in her visibly caving in her own skull.]] |
| 655 | ** [[spoiler: Her blow hit Altair in the right side of her head, and appropriately it's the right side of Alice's head that get's smooshed in response.]] |
| 656 | [[/folder]] |
| 657 | |
| 658 | [[folder:Blitz Talker]] |
| 659 | !!Blitz Talker |
| 660 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsushiOno |
| 661 | [[quoteright:315:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/blitz_talker_anime.png]] |
| 662 | |
| 663 | A character from cyberpunk anime and manga ''Code・Babylon''. He is the partner of the main character and a former bounty hunter. |
| 664 | ---- |
| 665 | * ActionDad: His daughter, Erina, is present in the series. |
| 666 | * AntiMagic: Averted. His bullets at first seem to penetrate Meteora's force fields, but they actually use gravity to rip the target apart. Meteora's barrier protects her, but doesn't stop her from being flung out of the gravity field and into a bridge. |
| 667 | * CombatPragmatist: Doesn't hesitate to [[KickThemWhileTheyAreDown shoot you while you're down]]. |
| 668 | * DeadpanSnarker: He likes to sneer occasionally, for example, telling Aliceteria that he wants to return to his story in order to pay for renting a house. |
| 669 | * {{Flight}}: Thanks to a small, watch-like device. |
| 670 | * GravityIsPurple: His gravity bullets visually manifest a purple force field when they strike a target, showing their area of effect on said target. |
| 671 | * GravityMaster: His watch seems to be some kind of high-tech anti-gravity device, and his gun can also fire "Gravity Bomb" bullets in case heavier firepower is needed. |
| 672 | * HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He joins the protagonist's team after reuniting with his daughter in Episode 18.]] |
| 673 | * HumbleGoal: He wants to return home... so he can pay rent. |
| 674 | * TheGunslinger: His most visible weapon is a handgun equipped with AntiMagic bullets. |
| 675 | * KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:He had to kill his beloved daughter after she was turned into a WeaponOfMassDestruction.]] |
| 676 | * LongRangeFighter: He makes absolutely certain that he keeps his distance from his targets while in combat through his levitation device. Justified, as he's a gunman. |
| 677 | * MyGreatestFailure: [[spoiler:He deeply regrets having failed to save his daughter Erina, instead choosing to shoot her himself. The first thing he does when he reunites with a revived Erina is apologize to her for not doing anything to protect her.]] |
| 678 | * NotSoStoic: [[spoiler:He actually ''cries'' when reuniting with his daughter.]] |
| 679 | * OffingTheOffspring: [[spoiler:As revealed in flashback in episode 15, his daughter had been turned into a cybernetic weapon by a MadScientist and had to be killed, lest she would cause untold destruction. His partner offered to do the deed, but ultimately Blitz pulled the trigger.]] |
| 680 | * OutlivingOnesOffspring: Aliceteria has noted that his daughter is deceased [[spoiler:because he was forced to kill her. Fortunately, his creator found a way to bring her back and allow Blitz reunite with her.]] |
| 681 | * RageAgainstTheAuthor: He shoots his creator when he finally meets her for writing him in a story where [[spoiler:he was forced to kill his own daughter]] and [[BrutalHonesty openly admitting she did it only to make her story more interesting]]. He was ready to kill her until [[spoiler:she brought his daughter back to life]]. By the end of the series, [[spoiler:he still bears a grudge against her even after bringing his daughter back, but decides that there's not much he can do about it]]. |
| 682 | * RevolversAreJustBetter: His primary firearm is a [[HandCannon heavy revolver]] with a six o'clock barrel. While a fictional weapon, the unusual barrel configuration is real and is used by the Mateba Autorevolver and the Chiappa Rhino in real life. |
| 683 | * TheStoic: We never see his emotions, getting his point of view and thoughts only through words. |
| 684 | * WorthyOpponent: To Yuuya, who joins the protagonists simply out of a desire to fight Blitz again. |
| 685 | * YouRemindMeOfX: The Military Uniform Princess reminds him of his late daughter, enough to the point that he doesn't want to leave her side, even when she asks him to. [[spoiler:Specifically, the fact that Altair is like "a kingdom that was built to be destroyed" reminds him of the fact that he was forced to kill his daughter as a part of a story that was built to be tragic.]] |
| 686 | [[/folder]] |
| 687 | |
| 688 | [[folder:Rui Kanoya]] |
| 689 | !!Rui Kanoya |
| 690 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SoraAmamiya |
| 691 | [[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rui_kanoya_anime.png]] |
| 692 | -> ''"I've had enough of this nonsense! I've always had to put up with a lot of stuff in my life! I've never even been on a date with Yuina!"'' |
| 693 | |
| 694 | The protagonist of the mecha anime ''Infinite Divine Machine Mono Magia''. He pilots the giant mecha "Gigas Machina". |
| 695 | ---- |
| 696 | * AcePilot: He's a mecha pilot, he qualifies by default. He absolutely dominates the imitation Gigas Machina when Altair brings it out on him and probably would've destroyed it, [[spoiler:if it didn't disintegrate on its own.]] |
| 697 | * AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:Charon severs Gigas Machina's right arm during his fight with Rui, causing the latter intense pain in the corresponding limb due to his {{Synchronization}} with the mech.]] |
| 698 | * TheAntiNihilist: He eventually grows comfortable with the idea of being a fictional character because it makes his life easier and makes his purpose to save his world all the clearer. |
| 699 | * ArmCannon: Gigas Machina has two of these mounted on each wrist. |
| 700 | * BadassAdorable: He's also a cute guy with a [[PintSizedPowerhouse petite build.]] In the future, he manages to almost equal with [[spoiler: Charon in fight, despite their difference in age and combat experience.]] He even notes this, being amazed at how a "young boy" can fight so well. |
| 701 | * BadassNormal: You'd think he'd be a pushover outside his [[HumongousMecha giant robot]], but a few judo moves and a couple flattened JSDF soldiers later. |
| 702 | * BeamSpam: Gigas Machina can do this using its [[ArmCannon Arm Cannons]]. |
| 703 | * BigEater: Enjoys eating as much as Meteora, however, because of his character, he shows even more zeal in search of food. |
| 704 | * BrattyHalfPint: He's impertinent, doesn't listen to anyone and gets offended pretty easily. His Creator laments making him that way; he didn't actually expect to deal with him in real life. He gets better after getting time to relax in the real world and comes to understand what being a main character means. |
| 705 | * CasanovaWannabe: Actively wants to date the heroine of his show, and he spends the day after his arrival flirting with girls. |
| 706 | * CloseRangeCombatant: While not as powerful on foot as the other creations (although he seems to be quite good in hand-to-hand as well), he is capable of holding his own against the invading military when Nakanogane's home is attacked. |
| 707 | * DanceBattler: Despite being initially shown as not more than a pilot, he shows some serious UsefulNotes/{{Capoeira}} skills when fighting Kikuchihara's soldiers. |
| 708 | * DeflectorShields: Gigas Machina posseses one of these. However, Aliceteria is strong enough to destroy it and knock the mech a few feet backwards. It can also be used to contain other objects and large enough to do so to both Selesia and Charon's mechs. [[spoiler:At Selesia's request, Rui uses the shield to contain her mech along with Charon's, to prevent her TakingYouWithMe explosion from causing collateral damage.]] |
| 709 | * GodzillaThreshold: Kikuchihara seems to treat him and Gigas Machina in this fashion, only calling for him when the fight between Creations was really getting out of hand. |
| 710 | * HeroInsurance: Hoisted Nakanogane's house into the air and toppled over military tanks when his Creator's house was attacked, but faced no repercussions. |
| 711 | * HotBlooded: As befitting of the mecha hero archetype, Rui is hot-headed, stubborn and passionate in battle. |
| 712 | * HumongousMecha: The Gigas Machina, a 55-meters monstrosity, which is Latin for "giant machine". Unlike Selesia, he was able to bring it into the real world. |
| 713 | * ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Sota mentions his character was originally depressed, going so far as to destroy his own base in episode 6. Kanoya also confesses he hated being forced into the role of Gigas Machina's pilot in his series. After coming to the real world, Kanoya comes to accept his role as his story's hero as he has come to understand he's the only one who can save his world. |
| 714 | * LastNameBasis: Oddly, is addressed as such by Meteora and Selesia, despite both coming from stories where it's more common to address others by their first name, much like how they address Sota by his first name from the get go. |
| 715 | * LikesOlderWomen: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], when Selesia tries to [[HeroicSeductress seduce him]] into helping after [[RefusalOfTheCall he refuses to help]], he gives her a once over and brushes her off by saying he's into younger women. Later, we see him apparently flirting with girls that look they're in junior high. Meteora informs us in [[RecapEpisode Episode 13]] that Rui is 16 and a lolicon, although she may just be snarking. |
| 716 | * MoodSwinger: Very easy to get riled up and is quick to cool down too. |
| 717 | * NiceGuy: He may be pretty hot-headed and brash, but he's pretty friendly once you get to know him. |
| 718 | * NotDistractedByTheSexy: When Selesia offers to go on a date with him in exchange for his help, he looks her up and down with an unimpressed expression and then turns her down, stating that he prefers girls younger than him. |
| 719 | * OddFriendship: He instantly hits it off with Yuuya, and refers to the former antagonist as "Mirokuji-niichan”. |
| 720 | * PintSizedPowerHouse: He's the shortest out of all the male characters but is no less strong despite this. |
| 721 | * PrettyBoy: He has androgynous looks and is very pretty-looking. Marine expresses her desire to see him in skimpy clothes, just because of his feminine looks. |
| 722 | * PsychicLink: Has a link with the Gigas Machina and is able to control it to a degree without actually being in it. |
| 723 | * RefusalOfTheCall: At least initially, but when he learns that he went from one world facing a terrible crisis to another, he wanted to jump ship. However, it could have been more out of stress and [[HotBlooded his temper]], as when he's taken in by the government and given time to relax, he's is quick to agree in protecting the world. |
| 724 | * ShrinkingViolet: In his first appearance he is rather shy before he gets overwhelmed by the information overload. |
| 725 | * StockShonenHero: An example of the shonen protagonist archetype. He eats in large quantities, isn't the brightest bulb around, punches first and asks questions later. |
| 726 | * {{Synchronization}}: He directly feels any damage inflicted on Gigas Machina, as shown when he clutches his arm and screams in agony after [[spoiler:Charon severs its right arm]]. Overclocking Gigas Machina's systems also results in visible injury to Rui. |
| 727 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:He gives one to Charon in Episode 19, pointedly attacking the latter's evasion of responsibility as a hero due to his desire to find Matsubara and make him solve every problem in Earthmelia. It doesn't have any effect on its recipient, however, as Charon dismissively frames Rui as a naive boy who doesn't know what he's talking about, and continues attacking.]] |
| 728 | * YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: Comforts Sota after what happened in episodes 8-10 and inspires him to choose who he wants to be and what he wants to do. It's these words of encouragement what motivate Sota to tell everyone what happened with Shimazaki. |
| 729 | * YoureNotMyType: Selesia attempts to date Rui to get him on her side, but he refuses and says he prefers younger women. [[BerserkButton Selesia is not happy at being called old (he's 16, she's 19 according to Meteora in episode 13)]]. |
| 730 | [[/folder]] |
| 731 | |
| 732 | [[folder:Magane Chikujōin]] |
| 733 | !!Magane Chikujōin |
| 734 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaayaSakamoto |
| 735 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/magane_chikujoin_anime.png]] |
| 736 | -> ''"A lie about a lie... turns inside-out on itself."'' |
| 737 | |
| 738 | A villain character from light novel and anime series ''Record of the Night Window Demon''. |
| 739 | ---- |
| 740 | * AbortedArc: Twofold |
| 741 | ** Her plan to transcend the limits of her power and write her own story in a way that lets her win in the real world was dropped rather abruptly. Toward the end of the series, she seems content to sit around rich people's houses after either conning them or killing them and enjoying the good life. |
| 742 | ** She spends a long time talking to Sota about a plot she's hatched to kill Meteora, who Magane has apparently developed a disliking toward, but this doesn't really go anywhere. |
| 743 | * AmbiguouslyHuman: Is she a human girl with the powers of a demon or a demon masquerading as a human girl? Nobody knows, and her creepy characteristics do little to determine her true nature either. |
| 744 | * AmbitionIsEvil: Magane develops ambitions and purpose after being released from constrictions of her novel's plot. Her newfound ambition to become an EvilOverlord after she is changed by her experiences in the real world and learning of the creators drives her create a more directly antagonistic scheme than her old MO of just murdering people on a whim. |
| 745 | * AwesomeButImpractical: She has the [[RealityWarper ability]] to make anything she says come true, but it can only be activated if someone declares her statement to be a lie, rendering it rather situational and dependent on her ability to goad people into calling her bluffs. Removing this restriction is her number one goal in her "Miracle Emperor Plan". |
| 746 | * AxCrazy: Multiple creations acknowledges that she's practically "a ''beast''" that needs to be contained rather than an potential ally to be recruited, forcing them to hunt her down before she can do too much damage. She becomes even more dangerous and AxCrazy when she stops being a wild beast and actually has a goal. |
| 747 | * BadSamaritan: She helps Sota figure out that [[spoiler:Altair killed Mamika]], just to heap more misery on the poor boy. |
| 748 | * BadassFingersnap: Her CharacterTic, possibly part of her power's activation. It gets made fun in the RecapEpisode. |
| 749 | * {{Beergasm}}: With milk of all things, ransacked straight from her "former" Creator's fridge. |
| 750 | * BlackMagic: RealityWarping Word-magic to be precise. |
| 751 | * {{Blackmail}}: [[spoiler: Magane finds out Sota's secret (his poor treatment of Setsuna before she killed herself) after stalking him around town. She forces him to give her his number then ominously tells him he better answer her calls.]] |
| 752 | * BerserkButton: Apparently she detests hypocrisy, as she loses her cheerful facade during her confrontation with Aliceteria when the knight refuses to acknowledge that there is not that much difference between those who kill for fun and those who kill for "justice". |
| 753 | * BlatantLies: Weaponized, as they're part of her RealityWarper powers which needs to be called out upon in order to invoke them. |
| 754 | * BloodLust: She's quite happy when a large amount of [[spoiler:Mamika]]'s blood falls on her corn dog and [[{{Squick}} eats it anyway.]] Apparently it tasted pretty good. She also plays with it in her hands. |
| 755 | * BreakingTheFourthWall: She cheerfully announces the end of the show's first act at the end of episode 10, complete with a pose. |
| 756 | * BreakThemByTalking: She does this to Sota in episode 9 by [[spoiler:throwing into his face how his actions and lack of assertivity resulted in both Shimazaki's and Mamika's deaths.]] |
| 757 | * BroughtDownToNormal: [[spoiler: due to the murder of her creator, leaving her original story permanently unfinished, and remaining in reality instead, she will eventually lose her RealityWarper powers, as according to WordOfGod. It won't slow her down in the slightest, as she get to keep her skill with her forked silver tongue as a manipulator, non worse to wear.]] |
| 758 | * {{Butterface}}: While her body design is slim and fairly attractive, her face is... off. |
| 759 | * ButNowIMustGo: [[spoiler:After giving Sota the trump card he needs to save the day, Magane is last seen in an airport, ready to take off somewhere and never be seen again.]] |
| 760 | * CharacterDevelopment: [[FromBadToWorse Very quickly and all of it bad.]] Being in the real world causes the creations to basically become real people, with changing desires and ambitions because they aren't bound by their source material anymore. Where Magane was simply a [[ItAmusedMe horror story monster out to kill people for fun in her novel]], she discovers her ambitions after learning of the creators. She decides it would be way more fun to TakeOverTheWorld and become all powerful. She's still out to kill people for fun, but now she wants to become an EvilOverlord of all existence, and turn it into something like a horror movie where she can embrace her murderous, sadistic, self centered urges to her heart's content. |
| 761 | * CombatParkour: Granted, all she does is dodging, but does an excellent job at it while fighting someone like [[spoiler: [[FinalBoss Yuuya]]]], gradually turning the tables in her favor without taking or throwing one single punch in the process. |
| 762 | * ConsummateLiar: According to her, everybody lies; [[AtLeastIAdmitIt she is just honest about being a liar.]] |
| 763 | * CuttingTheKnot: [[spoiler:She uses her powers to help Sota bring Setsuna BackFromTheDead, without having to run into the issue of whether or not the audience will accept such a development.]] |
| 764 | * DisproportionateRetribution: She kills a bookstore owner, just because she didn't want to pay for a book that described the entire Cthulhu Mythos, which caught her interest, even using one of its beasts to do the deed for her. |
| 765 | * DevilInPlainSight: Despite her ObviouslyEvil color-scheme and appearance, [[WeirdnessCensor absolutely nobody seems to pay much attention to her]] while she's walking the streets, either thinking she's into cosplay once they ''do'' notice, or simply doesn't register her on their minds at all. Something she uses for her full advantage when she stalks and eavesdrops on Sota for days, all without him noticing until she practically walked in front of him in her {{Meido}}-outfit. |
| 766 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: She has dark purple hair and sickly pale skin to contribute to her demonic look. |
| 767 | * EvenEvilHasStandards: Sure, she's fine with murder, slaughter, trolling and the like, but even she draws the line when it comes to hypocrisy, the one thing that can wipe her grin out from her face. Cowardice is another thing, as evident in how she described [[spoiler: her impression of her Creator]] later on. |
| 768 | * EvilIsHammy: She is inclined to constantly dance and portray theatrical poses during conversation. And this is not to mention her constant sarcastic comments about the surrounding events. |
| 769 | * EvilVirtues: [[{{Irony}} Honesty]], as even if she's a "[[HumanoidAbomination laughing sack of skin covering a pile of lies]]", she's always ''honest'' about it and her actions while she utterly detest people who [[{{Hypocrite}} lies to themselves]] in her presence as well. |
| 770 | * ExactWords: When she hears [[spoiler:Mamika's last words]], Alicteria asks her to relay what she heard exactly, knowing damn well what kind of person Magane is. She obliges, but reorders what [[spoiler:Mamika]] said to make it look like [[spoiler:Meteora killed her, when in fact Mamika was asking Meteora for help.]] |
| 771 | * FanDisservice: She's the only Creation involved in scenes of more exposed nature than all the others, to the point where she walks around in a stranger's apartment in only a pair of black panties and a towel hanging over her shoulders for SceneryCensor. However, her unsettling nature and nightmarish personality saps all "hotness" from those scenes fast. |
| 772 | * FauxAffablyEvil: She talks in a cheerful, joking manner to hide her true, murderous nature. |
| 773 | * {{Foil}}: As a energetic manipulative LargeHam girl compared to an {{Stoic}}, innocent and caring Meteora. For example, while Magane uses Sota past to manipulate him, Meteora earnestly helps him understand his feelings and become better. |
| 774 | * ForTheEvulz: Her original motivation for killing people. Thanks to CharacterDevelopment, she's got a more focused reason to kill people now. |
| 775 | * TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou: She murders her Creator after he failed to give her an enormous power up. |
| 776 | * GenkiGirl: A very dark one to boot, always smiling and never gets discouraged regardless of what road bumps appears on her path of ambitions. [[spoiler: as seen after she kills her creator and fails to undo her ability's restraints through editing her bio.]] She simply shrugs it off as a minor obstacle and heads out to try a different way to do so instead. |
| 777 | * GratuitousEnglish: For some reason she has this shtick in episode 9. She says "Bingo!", "Magane-chan presents", "positive thinking", "puzzle", among other stuff. She also said "Peace Yeah!" when disguised as a maid in episode 8. |
| 778 | * GuardianEntity: [[spoiler: Hangaku, stolen from Yuuya. She doesn't keep her for long, though.]] |
| 779 | * TheHedonist: Taken to the extreme since Magane also has reality warping abilities. All of her actions are determined by what will bring her [[BlueAndOrangeMorality the most pleasure]] on a whim. |
| 780 | * HeelFaceTurn: Magane remains a WildCard all the way through to the end, [[spoiler: but Aliceteria and Sota manages to convince her to help their side out in final battle. Then again it's not like she became "good" all of a sudden: after all, [[EvilVersusOblivion if Altair destroys the world, how could Magane cause chaos and mayhem to her heart's content again?]]]] |
| 781 | * HellishPupils: More noticeable when she gets violent. |
| 782 | * HiddenDepths: During her chat with Sota, she showed genuine solemn disappointment as she recalled her first, only, and last, meeting with her Creator and rather than [[spoiler:use her powers to turn her lies of Meteora being the mastermind into truth, she instead prompts for giving Sota hints in figuring out who killed Mamika.]] Though for the latter, it's pretty clear that she wanted to break him. |
| 783 | * TheHyena: Prone to burst out into insane laughter of bemusement once something goes exceptionally well for her. |
| 784 | * IChooseToStay: Implied. [[spoiler:We don't get to see what she's up to, but since she didn't return to her own story, it can be assumed she remained in the real world.]] |
| 785 | * ItAmusedMe: She says she only seeks to make things more interesting for herself. [[spoiler:Luckily for the heroes, she finds it more fun to see Altair lose.]] |
| 786 | * KarmaHoudini: Magane kills her own creator and later instigates the conflict Alicetaria has with the other creations, all for the sake of [[ForTheEvulz laughs]]. [[spoiler: By the end of the story she undergoes something of a HeelFaceTurn and never faces any consequences for her crimes. It's even implied that, since she killed her own creator, she gets to remain in the real world, continuing to live her hedonistic lifestyle, though losing her powers much like Meteora according to [[WordOfGod Word Of God]].]] |
| 787 | * KickTheDog: She without the slightest doubt kills the seller in the bookstore, just for the sake of not paying for the picture book. And this is only the second scene with her participation. And let's not even mention the way she puts down Sota. |
| 788 | * KnightOfCerebus: Since appearing on screen, she becomes the primary cause for almost every conflict in the show as it becomes more and more heavier. There was one conflict she ''didn't'' cause, but she took the end result and made it ten times worse. |
| 789 | * LaughablyEvil: Her ChaoticEvil antics are so over-the-top that everything she does is completely random. This makes her even funnier. |
| 790 | * LetsYouAndHimFight: Loves setting up "landmines" for people through her manipulation skills and truth twisting, setting up [[spoiler: Aliceteria against Meteora in the span of minutes and a single conversation,]] among other things. |
| 791 | * LivingLieDetector: Being a "pile of lies wrapped in skin" herself, she can instantly deduce whenever a lie is used, regardless if it is spoken or not. |
| 792 | * LogicalWeakness: Silence. Her ability falls flat the moment her lies turns into a monologue if there's nobody to trigger it, or if her enemies flat-out refuse to engage her in conversation. A weakness she's making her top-priority to get rid off in her pursuit for the power of the gods. |
| 793 | * ManipulativeBitch: So far, her actions include feeding Sota's angst and self-criticism and Aliceteria's anger to undermine the heroes. [[spoiler:Meteora and Yuuya catch up on the former, not so much on the latter.]] |
| 794 | ** She also read the source material of the other creations to help manipulate them, as shown when she pushes a BerserkButton of Yuuya's someone without intricate knowledge of his backstory wouldn't possibly know about in order to [[spoiler:steal Hangaku]]. |
| 795 | * {{Meido}}: One of her disguises and the one used when she approached Sota on the street after his meeting with Meteora, blending into the scenery flawlessly as she dons it. |
| 796 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: Technically, she didn't lie at all about [[spoiler:Mamika's death and did pass on everything Mamika begged her to say to Aliceteria as she died]]... she just presented it out of order to make it sound like [[spoiler:Meteora killed Mamika instead of Altair.]] |
| 797 | * {{Mon}}: Summons a dark creature to kill a bookstore worker. |
| 798 | * MotorMouth: She never shuts up once she starts talking. Justified, as her rapid pace allows her to leave no room for her victims to think and end up getting carried away by her words, allowing her to use her powers on them in the process. |
| 799 | * NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler: By utterly breaking Sota's psyche apart in an effort of planting a "landmine" in the government's team of Creations, she also shatters all of his mental defenses which kept him from open up to others about his DarkSecret, allowing him to finally tell Meteora about it while in tears afterwards.]] |
| 800 | * NobleDemon: Claims that she's "of noble heart" and that everything she does is without hatred as she utterly lack that feeling to begin with, reinforcing her image as a "[[ChaosIsEvil chaotic force]]" rather than a "villain", being true [[EvilVirtues only towards herself]] in the process. |
| 801 | * NoSell: One of many uses for her ability, as witnessed when used against [[spoiler:Yuuya's sword]], and once the immunity has been set, it '''sticks''' for as long as [[NoOntologicalInertia Magane does]]. |
| 802 | * ObviouslyEvil: She sports a RedAndBlackAndEvilAllOver schoolgirl outfit, black gloves with pentagrams drawn on, and sports a SlasherSmile and [[GoodEyesEvilEyes evil eyes]] to boot. |
| 803 | * TheOmniscient: Claims that "''Magane knows anything and everything''" when asked by a terrified Sota about how she knew his name. How much of her claim is true depends on [[FridgeHorror whether she's called out on it or not.]] |
| 804 | * PetTheDog: In Episode 18, she is surprisingly nice and helpful to Sota. [[spoiler:First, she attempts to deconstruct Sota's reasons to stop Altair but after seeing he will not yield, she gives him vital, yet cryptic information that will help him against Altair. She then lets Yuuya have Hangaku back without much of a thought. Hell, she even ''hugs'' Sota!]] |
| 805 | * PracticallyJoker: An AxCrazy criminal with a twisted sense of humour and permanent SlasherSmile who orchestrates conflicts, creates catastrophe and does her best to manipulate and mentally break the protagonists (particularly Souta) all for the hell of it. Her sociopathy is such that most other characters want nothing to do with her if they can help it. |
| 806 | * PsychoticSmirk: Prone to make this, especially when her opponent springs her trap. |
| 807 | * RealityWarper: Her ability allows her to alter reality by turning her lies "inside out" into truths through exposure to more lies. The fact that it needs two people to take effect prevents it from becoming a StoryBreakerPower by itself, something she seeks to correct in her masterplan to become a "God" of chaos. |
| 808 | * RhymesOnADime: Has a habit of wrapping up her speech with rhyming couplets. |
| 809 | * ScaryTeeth: She has shark-like teeth, making her all the more unsettling. |
| 810 | * SchoolUniformsAreTheNewBlack: She goes around wearing her black SailorFuku all the time. |
| 811 | * SelfMadeOrphan: In a sense, as she kills her creator both for personal amusement and an a failed attempt on removing the limiters surrounding her ability by editing her own character with his computer. |
| 812 | * SherlockScan: She's able to figure out what Sota's DarkSecret is just by looking at him, then proceeding to tell him what it was. |
| 813 | * SlasherSmile: Wears one all the time, with the only exception being when she gave a frown once she talked about her Creator. |
| 814 | * StalkerWithoutACrush: Spends a lot of time following Sota around. She believes he is the key to getting her the power she wants. |
| 815 | * TheStarscream: After the real world starts to change her, she ditches Altair and decides to do her own thing. She wants Altair dead and out of the way. One can't rule reality if it's all destroyed after all. |
| 816 | * SupernaturalGoldEyes: A fictional character with reality-warping powers brought to life who also happens to have yellow eyes to emphasize her inhuman nature. |
| 817 | * TakeOverTheWorld: What she decides is newfound purpose in the real world. |
| 818 | * TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: |
| 819 | ** During her first dialogue with other Creations, she openly makes it clear to Aliceteria that she considers her the hypocrite and the same killer as herself. |
| 820 | ** Gives two pretty nasty ones to [[spoiler: Sota]] in episode 8 and 9. [[HeroicBSOD The effect it has on him is horrific.]] |
| 821 | * ThirdPersonPerson: She often uses "Magane-chan" as a substitute for "I". |
| 822 | * TrademarkFavoriteDrink: Milk, to the point there's nothing else in the refrigerator of her apartment. |
| 823 | * {{Troll}}: She got excellent skills in getting her targets pissed off enough to say something they really shouldn't while talking to her. Much to her delight. |
| 824 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: [[spoiler:She is the only Creation who survived the events of the series to remain unaccounted for, being last seen preparing to catch a plane at Haneda Airport and helping Sota to manifest Setsuna in the Elimination Chamber Festival as a Creation.]] |
| 825 | * WildCard: Gives zero shits about taking sides in the grand scheme of things and would rather spread chaos for personal amusement instead. |
| 826 | * YellowEyesOfSneakiness: Being treacherous and sneaky is a big part of her character. Her yellow eyes only make that more clear. |
| 827 | [[/folder]] |
| 828 | |
| 829 | [[folder:The Hound of Tindalos]] |
| 830 | !!The Hound of Tindalos |
| 831 | A monster that Magane created to kill a shopkeeper. |
| 832 | ---- |
| 833 | * ChuckCunninghamSyndrome: Is never seen or mentioned again. WordOfGod eventually revealed that [[spoiler:it will vanish back to where it came once Magane's powers, which substained its existence in reality fade away completely.]] |
| 834 | * EldritchAbomination: It ''is'' from the Cthulhu Mythos, after all. |
| 835 | [[/folder]] |
| 836 | |
| 837 | [[folder:Charon Seiga]] |
| 838 | !!Charon Seiga |
| 839 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/DaisukeOno |
| 840 | [[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/charon_seiga_anime.png]] |
| 841 | |
| 842 | Selesia's love interest and the male protagonist of ''Elemental Symphony of Vogelchevalier''. |
| 843 | ---- |
| 844 | * TheAce: As the protagonist of fantasy light novel, he definitely is. [[spoiler:In the Elimination Chamber Festival, despite Selesia and Rui teaming up against him, his fighting prowess outclasses the former's, and he is able to seriously debilitate the latter. Selesia has even flat-out admitted that attempting to defeat him in a straight fight is an exercise in futility.]] |
| 845 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is this to Selesia, as she was always the one following behind him in their source material. Selesia herself even admits that she cannot defeat him in a direct fight. |
| 846 | * AntiHero: Charon has always been a good character who wanted to save his world from evil, but he is forced (or he thinks he has to) to side with BigBad of story, thinking that this will help him save his world. |
| 847 | * BackToBackBadasses: After noticing that Selesia would often trail behind him, he deliberately invokes this trope in his source material, stating that if she was always facing his back, she could help protect it. |
| 848 | * BlueIsHeroic: His outfit is predominantly blue. [[spoiler:The "heroic" part is subverted when Altair brings him to the real world.]] |
| 849 | * DeathByGenreSavviness: [[spoiler: He knew perfectly well that he was the only person who could save his world, so when he despaired, he went to our world after Altair. This does not work the way he expected, and becomes the cause of his death.]] |
| 850 | * DeathIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler: He dies with Selesia after she concludes that their death is the only possible way to stop their fight and remove protection from Altair.]] |
| 851 | * DualWielding: Unlike Selesia's Vogelchevalier, which wields one long sword, his version wields two shorter ones. |
| 852 | * DullEyesOfUnhappiness: Has these when he hits into the Elimination Chamber. |
| 853 | * EarlyBirdCameo: He is seen early on in promotional material for ''Elemental Symphony of Vogelchevalier'', alongside Selesia. |
| 854 | * {{Expy}}: As a collective image of fantasy light novel male leads, he has huge similarities to ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'''s Kirito as he's one of the most famous {{Trope Codifier}}s for their characters. He shares Kirito's [[TheAce Ace]] personality, the use of DualWielding swords, a black suit and even the same poses on the posters of their anime. In the real world, however, the similarities only remain in their weaponry. |
| 855 | * TheFaceless: Despite the fact that viewers have already clearly seen his face in commercials for his source material, it is still nonetheless shrouded in shadows during his first in-person appearance in the series. |
| 856 | * TheHero: The primary heroic character of his anime, sharing the role with Selesia. [[spoiler: Subverted in the real world, given his choice to side with Altair. This is lampshaded by Kanoya, who notes Selesia turned out to be way more of a hero than Charon.]] |
| 857 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: Matsubara notes that Charon's despair is the result of his personal development outside his world and overcoming the idealistic settings of his original work.]] |
| 858 | * HeroicFatigue: [[spoiler: He confesses in the 19th episode that he despaired of fighting increasingly powerful opponents, in response to which Kanoya notes that he is afraid of the responsibility entrusted to him.]] |
| 859 | * HumongousMecha: He has his own version of the Vogelchevalier, [[spoiler:which he deploys in episode 18.]] |
| 860 | * ImpliedLoveInterest: It is strongly implied that he is the LoveInterest of Selesia, given her [[LuminescentBlush reaction]] to Sota reciting one of his lines to her, and a well as the fact that they are both the main characters of the light novel series they came from. Eventually confirmed in Episode 19 when she admits she has always looked up to him and has been hiding her feelings for him for a long time. [[spoiler: Right after she says this, he bitterly notes how ironic it is that she has now turned out to be the biggest obstacle standing between him and saving Earthmelia.]] |
| 861 | * IWillFightNoMoreForever: [[spoiler:He develops this attitude once he enters the real world, wishing to use Matsubara's abilities as a Creator to instantly resolve all the issues in his world, just so he doesn't have to fight anymore. It's not framed positively, however, as this means that he cannot be talked into siding with the protagonists against Altair, nor will he care about any attempts by the other Creations to reach out to him.]] |
| 862 | * IWillFindYou: [[spoiler:He enters the real world to find Selesia and bring her home.]] |
| 863 | * KnightInSourArmor: He is this in his source material, being depicted as a world-weary man who is tired of fighting, but refuses to quit for the sake of saving his world. [[spoiler:His CharacterDevelopment following his entrance into the real world, however, intensifies his world-weariness to the point that he want to use the power of the Creators to solve all the problems in his world in one fell swoop, just so he can give up on [[IWillFightNoMoreForever fighting for good]].]] |
| 864 | * ObliviousToLove: Selesia hints in the 19th episode that he did not notice her feelings, despite the fact that they were pretty obvious. He is impressed when she finally confesses. |
| 865 | * SixthRanger: [[spoiler: Altair summoned him at the beginning of the second arc as a new member of her command and a weapon against Selesia.]] |
| 866 | * StarCrossedLovers: [[spoiler: The 19th episode plays it almost straight when Selesia is forced to kill herself with him, after she could not persuade him to go over to their side and stop defending Altair.]] |
| 867 | * TheStoic: Although his "original" version is explicitly implied as NiceGuy, he says only a couple of lines when he enters our world and does not interact with others. |
| 868 | * WalkingSpoiler: Discussing his involvement in the story at any length is going to be hard, given how he joins the cast in the second half. |
| 869 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: [[spoiler: He is not the only one of Altair's supporters who understands that she is BigBad, but at the same time he is the only one who tries to achieve good and save his own world by supporting her.]] |
| 870 | [[/folder]] |
| 871 | |
| 872 | [[folder:Sho Hakua]] |
| 873 | !!Sho Hakua |
| 874 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto |
| 875 | [[quoteright:205:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/sho_hakua_anime.png]] |
| 876 | |
| 877 | Yuuya's rival and the protagonist of ''Underground Dark Night''. |
| 878 | ---- |
| 879 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Like Yuuya, his side is pretty ambiguous, so, despite the alleged AntiHero status, the show portrays him as an impudent and slightly silly young guy, who is ready to join an obvious villain for the sake of fight with his old friend. [[spoiler:When he knows the truth about Yuuya, he joins the heroes’ side.]] |
| 880 | * ArrogantKungFuGuy: A rare example of a "protagonist" being portrayed as this; however, in the show itself, it is played straight since Yuuya has more focus in the story, and since Sho is the less focused on rival, hefulfills the same role a standard AKG would. |
| 881 | * BifurcatedWeapon: He fights with a staff that can split into three-segment nunchaku. |
| 882 | * DefeatMeansFriendship: [[spoiler:He joins the heroes in Episode 19 after Yuuya and co. defeats him, finished by Yuuya throwing a spoiler at him.]] |
| 883 | * EarlyBirdCameo: Even before we see him in the story, he appears along with Yuuya on the advertising poster of their manga. |
| 884 | * EnemyMine: Decides to side with Altair simply because Yuuya sided with the protagonists. |
| 885 | * GuardianEntity: Like Yuuya, he has one, known as Bayard. |
| 886 | * {{Foil}}: Obviously to Yuuya. They are both hot-tempered young guys who knows martial arts and are able to evoke a mystical helper, but while Yuuya looks like a good CoolBigBro with a caring personality, Shou is portrayed as a rude and cynical guy. Also, while Yuuya is [[HiddenDepths quite insightful into the nature of the real world]] and embracing of how [[CharacterDevelopment he's changed after arriving there]], Sho is still operating as if he's still in his show, with only a single-minded goal of fighting Yuuya. [[spoiler:Until the truth about his sister's death comes out, anyway.]] |
| 887 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: [[spoiler:Altair does this to Bayard with her swords, causing it to disappear.]] |
| 888 | * MisplacedRetribution: He believes Yuuya killed his sister and his best friend, which is why he wants to take revenge on him. [[spoiler:Truth is Yuuya is innocent. The real killer was the fortune teller that gave him Bayard in the first place.]] |
| 889 | * OurCentaursAreDifferent: His GuardianEntity, Bayard, can best be described as a mechanical figure that is centaurian in appearance. |
| 890 | * {{Revenge}}: Yuuya killed his younger sister and he's going to take revenge on him for it. [[spoiler:When the real killer is revealed, he reconsiders.]] |
| 891 | * {{Synchronization}}: Any damage inflicted upon Bayard is also felt by Sho, [[spoiler:as Altair demonstrates when she [[ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice impales]] Bayard and disintegrates it]]. |
| 892 | * UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:He finds out he's one in his own manga, where a FortuneTeller tricked Sho and lied to him about Yuuya to use Sho for his own plans.]] Needless to say, Sho is not happy to know that. |
| 893 | * WeUsedToBeFriends: He was once this with Yuuya, until the latter murdered his sister. [[spoiler:Once Yuuya reveals who the real killer is, they start to amend their friendship.]] |
| 894 | * WalkingSpoiler: Same with Charon, he ends up joining the cast in the second half, making most of his tropes this. |
| 895 | [[/folder]] |
| 896 | |
| 897 | [[folder:Hikayu Hoshikawa]] |
| 898 | !!Hikayu Hoshikawa |
| 899 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShiinaNatsukawa |
| 900 | [[quoteright:235:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hikayu_hoshikawa_anime.png]] |
| 901 | |
| 902 | A heroine from the all-ages version of adult dating sim game ''The Milky Way of a Starry Sky''. |
| 903 | ---- |
| 904 | * AnimeChineseGirl: Her "combat" form is meant to evoke this image, what with her UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}}, dragon-themed nunchaku, and new martial arts skills. |
| 905 | * BifurcatedWeapon: After her upgrade, she wields a pair of nunchaku that can turn into an EpicFlail. |
| 906 | * BreakingOldTrends: Prior to her appearance in the real world, Selesia assumed that all Creations followed a specific pattern, namely that they possess some sort of superpower and/or are already experienced in combat. Her presence violates both of these assumptions. |
| 907 | * CleavageWindow: Her battle UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} has an opening that exposes her cleavage. |
| 908 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Rose hair and eyes. |
| 909 | * CuteButCacophonic: Has a voice that is very high pitched. |
| 910 | * DePower: [[spoiler:Altair erases her power upgrade, turning her back into a normal schoolgirl.]] |
| 911 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: She approaches Selesia and Rui asking them for directions to a police station as she's holding what is assumed to be a lost dog and child, then reaffirms her status as a Creation by stating she doesn't know where she is. |
| 912 | * FashionableAsymmetry: The stockings of her battle outfit are different colors. |
| 913 | * {{Foil}}: To Mamika. While she has no superpowers or combat experience to speak of, Mamika is a MagicalGirl and probably one of the strongest Creations to be brought to the real world. While she is a ShrinkingViolet who is rather wimpy and easily bursts into tears, Mamika quickly demonstrated a courageous side and was unafraid to defend her beliefs to the death. While she sided with the protagonists, Mamika sided with Altair. While her source material was a HGame that later had its [[SelfCensoredRelease explicit content removed to market it to a younger audience]], Mamika originated from a kid-oriented television show. |
| 914 | * GirlishPigtails: She wears her hair in a pair of twintails. |
| 915 | * HairIntakes: The two "cat ears" that are part of her hairdo. |
| 916 | * HGame: Her source material is this. |
| 917 | * InnocentBystander: [[spoiler:After Altair removes Hikayu's powers, she flat-out states that Hikayu has been reduced to this.]] |
| 918 | * LoveInterest: Not to anyone in the real world, but to the protagonist of her source material. She is even seen kissing this boy in the second opening. |
| 919 | * MinidressOfPower: Her battle upgrade gives her a revealing UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} minidress. [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl She's not happy with it.]] |
| 920 | * MsFanservice: Averted. Despite the nature of her original work and the first impression of others, she is a shy girl, who cries even from the thought that someone saw her panties. In the HotSpringsEpisode, she's the female character we get to see exposed the least. It gets played up when she's given an upgrade that includes a skimpy MinidressOfPower. |
| 921 | * NiceGirl: As we can see with the very first time we see her. She went out of her way to help a lost dog and child despite her not having idea where she is. |
| 922 | * OpenSecret: Due to the [[HGame nature of her source material]], several events about her character that should otherwise be highly intimate and personal are public knowledge in the real world, much to her distress. |
| 923 | * OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: As a heroine of an HGame, she must symbolize a realistic attractive schoolgirl. |
| 924 | * PluckyComicRelief: Virtually all of her participation in the plot is fanservice and jokes of varying degrees of vulgarity. It's downplayed at the end of the show, when she becomes a fighting character and begins to influence events. |
| 925 | * ProneToTears: She breaks into bouts of crying at the slightest provocation. |
| 926 | * ReluctantFanserviceGirl: She literally cries because many people in the real world know all the details about her sex life with her boyfriend or that the original game contains a lot of fanservice with her. She's also clearly embarrassed to death when she's made fight in a {{Stripperiffic}} dress. |
| 927 | * RoseHairedSweetie: Has pink hair and is just as kind and caring as Mamika. |
| 928 | * ShockwaveStomp: She gains this ability after her modification, becoming capable of creating potholes in the ground by stomping. |
| 929 | * ShrinkingViolet: Is notably rather shy. |
| 930 | * {{Stripperiffic}}: The UsefulNotes/{{Qipao}} in her combat form is so open that it looks like a uniform for role-playing games. |
| 931 | * SuperStrength: After her modification, she becomes strong enough to kick aside Charon's mech. |
| 932 | * SupernaturalMartialArts: After her Creator modifies her. |
| 933 | * SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: A kind-hearted girl with pink hair and GirlishPigtails? She seems to be taking [[spoiler:Mamika's place]]. |
| 934 | * TheTeamNormal: Of all the Creations, she is the only one who lacks abilities suited for combat. Her Creator is working to fix that. And he does, by giving her SupernaturalMartialArts. |
| 935 | * TenderTears: She's quick to burst into tears when embarrassed. |
| 936 | * TookALevelInBadass: From a regular schoolgirl from a dating sim game to a powerful [[SupernaturalMartialArts supernatural martial artist]]. After her upgrade, she gets a new set of powerful fighting skills and can assist Yuuya in battle. She can even repel Charon’s Vogelchevalier easily! |
| 937 | * TheUglyGuysHotDaughter: Her Creator (aka "Father") is basically a bipedal rodent while she is, to quote the man himself, "''Perfect!''" Unfortunately for her, [[PervertDad he also hasn’t got the "parent" part through his thick skull yet]]. |
| 938 | [[/folder]] |
| 939 | |
| 940 | [[folder:Erina Talker]] |
| 941 | !!Erina Talker |
| 942 | !!! '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ManakaIwami |
| 943 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/erina_talker_anime.png]] |
| 944 | |
| 945 | Blitz's daughter, killed in-story before Blitz appears in our world. |
| 946 | ---- |
| 947 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:Suruga resurrects her using Meteora's magic to get Blitz's assistance in defeating Altair]]. |
| 948 | * ChildrenAreInnocent: Her whole nature is maximal cute and innocent, although it is invoked so-as she should symbolize the MoralityPet of her father. |
| 949 | * CousinOliver: [[spoiler: Appears closer to the end of the show as the youngest and cutest representative of Creation.]] |
| 950 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: In her original story, [[spoiler:she gave out a smile before her father pulled the trigger on her]]. |
| 951 | * FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler: Own father is forced to demolish her head with a shot from his powerful gun to stop her suffering as a person implanted in a dangerous superweapon as an operating system.]] |
| 952 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: For obvious reasons, she is the meaning of Blitz's life, to the point that he is ready to destroy our world only because his creator allowed her to die. |
| 953 | * LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:Magic doesn’t exist in Code:Babylon world, but as it is the part of the shared universe of Chamber Elimination Festival, Suruga can use Meteora’s magic to resurrect her.]] |
| 954 | * MissingMom: Although due to her differences in appearance with Blitz, it is implied that she is more like her mother, we never see or hear a single mention of her. |
| 955 | * MoralityChain: Without Erina, Blitz doesn't care to assist Altair in destroying the world. [[spoiler:With Erina back, he immediately joins the good guys' side.]] |
| 956 | * WalkingSpoiler: While she is briefly mentioned in the early half of the show, [[spoiler:knowing that Blitz had to MercyKill her and her subsequent resurrection and materialization]] has her fall under this trope. |
| 957 | * WetwareCPU: [[spoiler:Blitz had to kill her because the villain of their manga used her mind and body as software for weapons of mass destruction.]] |
| 958 | [[/folder]] |
| 959 | |
| 960 | [[folder:Sirius '''(SPOILERS!)''']] |
| 961 | !!Sirius |
| 962 | !!!'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkiToyosaki |
| 963 | |
| 964 | A last-ditch character created by Matsubara to stop Altair. |
| 965 | ---- |
| 966 | * AssimilationBackfire: After she assimilated Altair, the latter was able to take over her body due to her lack of personality. Altair's acceptance by the audience, which dwarfed Sirius', also played a role in allowing the former to win out. |
| 967 | * TheAssimilator: Sixty-Sixth Movement of the Cosmos: "Existence Change" allows her to synchronize her Existence Coefficient with that of another character, and then take that character's place in the universe, whilst subsuming the other character's existence. In a rare heroic example, her purpose is to alter Altair's nature by subsuming her and taking her place. |
| 968 | * ExoticEyeDesigns: Just like Altair, her pupils are square-shaped. |
| 969 | * FlatCharacter: Because her personality has not been fully developed, she can only accept orders from Meteora, and barely has any capacity to speak. Altair uses this at her advantage to overwrite her personality when the heroes attempt to make Sirius take her over. |
| 970 | * GirlishPigtails: She sports twin tails, just like Altair. |
| 971 | * GodzillaThreshold: She was conceptualized by Matsubara as a secret weapon to use against Altair should the power augmentations given to the other Creations prove insufficient to stop her. |
| 972 | * GoodCounterpart: To Altair. |
| 973 | * GrandTheftMe: Subverted. Although Altair manages to take possession of her body, after she becomes a "spirit", Sirius does not have her own personality or soul. |
| 974 | * HeroicWillpower: Averted, as having no personality means that she doesn't even have this, and thus has no way of preventing Altair's existence from reasserting itself after her assimilation of the latter. |
| 975 | * LaserBlade: A double-bladed laser stick. |
| 976 | * MeatPuppet: Downplayed. She is obviously a living person from flesh and blood, but since Matsubara is hurried to create her, she does not have a personality; Meteora can control her like a doll. |
| 977 | * MovesetClone: To Altair, having a similar design and being able to use the Movements of the Cosmos. |
| 978 | * PlotDevice: Lampshaded. She is less an actual character and more a weapon to be used against Altair. This is the exact reason she failed to stop Altair, as her lack of characterization and sense of self means that she is powerless to prevent Altair from seizing control of her body after the latter is assimilated by her. |
| 979 | * SelfInsertFic: Invoked. She's referred to by the others as the SI appearance because she's a self-insert character for Meteora to fight Altair on equal ground. |
| 980 | * StellarName: Her name is the brightest star in the Earth's night sky. |
| 981 | * TheVoiceless: Due to her underdeveloped personality, Sirius never talks. Her only line is to call out her "Existence Change" attack. |
| 982 | * WalkingSpoiler: Knowing just about anything regarding her spoils the events of the Elimination Chamber Festival up to the point she manifested. She's also one InUniverse as well, as her existence was kept under wraps until her manifestation to prevent Altair from learning of her beforehand and devising countermeasures against her. |
| 983 | * WorldsStrongestWoman: She was intentionally designed to be this so that she can kill Altair, but the aforementioned problems with her lack of personality and agency means her inevitable victory is compromised by Altair's powers. |
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