Line #147 Characters/Spiral


1	[[AC:'''Warning!!''' The examples below may include {{spoiler}}s for the manga, as well as the anime.]]
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6	[[folder: '''The Heroes''']]
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8	!!Ayumu Narumi
9	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KenichiSuzumura (JP), Daniel Katsük (EN)
10
11	[-''"The melody of logic will always play out the truth."''-]
12
13	An apathetic high schooler, the [[RefusalOfTheCall reluctant]] [[TheHero hero]], and designated the [[MessianicArchetype Savior]] of the Blade Children. He is looking for his older brother Kiyotaka, who disappeared two years ago.
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15	* AngstWhatAngst: Invoked near the end of the manga. [[spoiler: He has three years to live, has been psychologically crippled from a young age by his brother and so lost out on the many opportunities his latent genius could have afforded him, betrayed by his closest friend and love interest, and is almost certain to live most of his life sick in a hospital. He puts on a brave front: the point is to show everyone else that no matter what happens, they mustn't give in to despair.]] It's even double-subverted - [[spoiler:Madoka mentions that she saw him cry once, but only once, and he's still holding on and staying positive.]]
16	%% * AlwaysSecondBest: No thanks, [[AloofBigBrother Kiyotaka]].
17	* AwesomenessByAnalysis: Less so than others, perhaps, but he has excellent deductive skills, and tends to calculate angles and outcomes on the fly, ALL THE TIME.
18	* BadassBookworm: Once he starts [[ImprobableAimingSkills playing with guns]] in the manga.
19	* BatmanGambit: Many, but the notable one is [[spoiler: that he willingly allows himself to lose out on any source of happiness without showing pain, so that the rest of the Blade Children have someone to essentially remind them that things could be worse, and convince them to try and ScrewDestiny.]]
20	%% * BrilliantButLazy
21	%% * CharacterDevelopment
22	* ChickMagnet: Even forgetting the ShipTease with Hiyono, Rio, Madoka, and Kirie, in the Hizumi arc of the manga lots of random girls start confessing to him, [[ClingyJealousGirl to Hiyono's horror]].
23	* TheChessmaster: He's generally able to out-think anything in his way.
24	* ChildProdigy: Toned down compared to the Blade Children, mostly due to a crippling inferiority complex.
25	%% * ConsummateLiar: Very good at putting on a brave front.
26	%%* DeadpanSnarker
27	* DespairEventHorizon: Refuses to cross this. [[spoiler: However, by the end of the manga, he's sacrificed everything and puts on a brave front in order to act as a symbol of hope for the rest of the Blade Children. The psychological toll is heavy, and he's fallen into a state of depression, without letting himself have any respite, but he refuses to give in or let it show.]]
28	%% * {{Determinator}}
29	%% * TheHero
30	* HiddenHeartOfGold: He tends to be extremely well disposed towards strangers, but he's also painfully reserved and abrasive towards his friends due to an inferiority complex.
31	* LikesOlderWomen: It is hinted in the anime and outright stated in the manga that [[spoiler: he's been in love with Madoka since he first met her]] and he has some mild ShipTease with Kirie. Hiyono ''is'' older, by the way, although he initially claims she's not his type. Later on, he tells Kirie that he's changing his woman preferences to "someone he can always rely on," implying Hiyono.
32	* MessianicArchetype: Actually, [[spoiler: a second Eve]], and ''far'' from being a MessianicArchetype.
33	** Although, to be fair, he's generally extremely kind to strangers and casual acquaintances. Anyone who might actually have any bearing on his life [[JerkAss doesn't get that kind of treatment]].
34	* MirrorCharacter: Hizumi is Ayumu's evil counterpart of sorts. He, too, is a clone of a famously charismatic, intelligent, infallible "older brother," neglected by anyone who was expected to raise him, and similarly unable to die except by the other's hand.
35	* TheParagon: This climaxes in [[spoiler: the way he "saves" the Blade Children: making them realize [[ScrewDestiny only they can decide their fate]].]]
36	%% * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Savvy guy to Hiyono's energetic girl.
37	* ShipTease: With lots of people, but Hiyono most of all, yet they never quite make it to OfficialCouple status. [[spoiler: Though it's heavily implied that by the end, she's become quite important to him and that his happiness is linked to her. Unfortunately, due to their circumstances they end up in a situation where they can rarely see each other.]]
38	* TheSpock: Goes with his criminally reserved nature. He's almost never flustered, and always extremely cool even under fire, and is the most reliably logical character in the series.
39	%% * SupremeChef: [[LampshadeHanging Pointed out]] very often.
40	* TeamMom: Elements of this by the end of the manga, when he fusses over ''Eyes Rutherford'''s eating habits.
41	%% * TeenGenius
42	%% * {{Tsurime Eyes}}
43	* UnableToCry: Offhandedly remarks that he can't remember the last time he cried. Blames Kiyotaka, probably with good reason.
44
45	!!Hiyono Yuizaki
46	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MasumiAsano (JP), Creator/CaitlinGlass (EN)
47
48	[-''"Love is something that doesn't seek anything in return."''-]
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50	The 17 year old president (and only member) of the Newspaper Club at Tsukiomi High who becomes Ayumu's sidekick after helping him resolve a murder case (in the anime, just an attempt) in their school. Though not an ActionGirl and far from being on equal grounds with Ayumu or the Blade Children's intelligence, she is still precious help to Ayumu as an informant - she is ''absurdly'' good at gathering information; though she claims regular school gossip is her primary source, she also blackmails Wataya for information on police cases, and is in fact rumored to have blackmail material on ''everyone''.
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52	* BecomingTheMask: [[spoiler:Although it never actually interferes with her mission, by the end of the story it's shown that despite that these traits were initially only in her job description for playing 'Hiyono', she did genuinely grow to care about Ayumu and hold a lot of faith in his abilities.]]
53	%% * BigEater: Understandable, as it's [[SupremeChef Ayumu]]'s food.
54	* CatchPhrase: "It's a trade secret ! ♥"
55	%% * ClingyJealousGirl: At times, especially once Hizumi shows up.
56	* [[spoiler:CrutchCharacter: Kiyotaka's goal in hiring her for the job was to make her one of these to Ayumu so that he could promptly kick away the crutch in their final meeting. However, Ayumu realized she would probably be used in such a way, and manages to foil Kiyotaka despite it.]]
57	%% * GenkiGirl: Mostly in the anime.
58	%% * TheMole: [[spoiler: Manga only]].
59	%% * NeutralFemale: Usually, but will occasionally and beautifully [[LetsGetDangerous subvert it]].
60	%% * ThePowerOfLove: She invokes it quite a few times.
61	%% * SavvyGuyEnergeticGirl: Energetic girl to Ayumu's Savvy guy.
62	* ShipTease: With Ayumu. It certainly does not help that Ayumu is stated to like older woman, which she is, regardless of the fact that he initially claims she's not his type. Note that he gradually revises his "type" toward the end of the manga to "someone he can always rely on," implicating Hiyono. [[spoiler: When she's revealed to be the mole, it appears any shipping hints from her end were a total farce, considering she was ordered by Kiyotaka to give Ayumu unconditional support. Then the heartfelt goodbye occurs, topped off with a [[TearJerker shot of her crying after they go their separate ways]], and you realize she really did care about him]].
63
64	!!Madoka Narumi
65	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (JP), Creator/GwendolynLau (EN)
66
67	[-''"People sure rely on my little brother a lot."''-]
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69	Kiyotaka's wife. A police detective, they met while she worked under him (which apparently consisted mainly of [[LoveAtFirstPunch kicking him]] and forcing him out of various ridiculous costumes).
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72	* ActionGirl: As a female cop, Madoka is capable of handling herself in somewhat dangerous situations.
73	* IWillWaitForYou: Madoka is devoted to Kiyotaka even though he hasn't been around in ages and she has no idea whem or if, he'll return.
74	* MamaBear: Madoka is very fond of Ayumu and fiercely protective of him, who she sees as a little brother and kid she sort of helped raise.
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76	[[/folder]]
77
78	[[folder: '''Blade Children''']]
79
80	!!Eyes Rutherford
81	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AkiraIshida (JP), Creator/JohnBurgmeier (EN)
82
83	[-''"Kiyotaka... Is this the result... of my belief ?"''-]
84
85	A world-renowned pianist and child prodigy, the youngest of the Blade Children seems to have assumed leadership amongst the main group. He [[{{Angst}} angsts]] a lot yet is practically devoid of emotion. At the beginning, he strongly believes Kiyotaka's words but doubts Ayumu's power; however he is arguably the most idealistic and hopeful one of the Blade Children. He is not as directly violent as his fellow Blade Children (probably because of the trouble this would bring him due to his super-star status) but does not hesitate to order Kousuke or Rio to murder people, and will get in the action when required to in the manga.
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87	%% * AFatherToHisMen: [[spoiler: Half-brother, in fact.]]
88	%% * ButNotTooForeign: a quarter English, at least half Japanese.
89	* CainAndAbel: He and Kanone were close friends (and half-siblings) who grew up to each other closer than the rest of the Blade Children. And then Kanone turned on him...
90	%% * {{Determinator}}
91	%% * JadeColoredGlasses: Initially; discards them once he decides to start believing in Ayumu.
92	%% * SugarAndIcePersonality
93	%% * TheStoic
94	%% * TheTrickster: His initial characterization in the manga.
95	* UnableToCry: As a young child at his mother's funeral, decided that feeling miserable is useless when you're one of the Blade Children. He sheds exactly one SingleTear in each verse.
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97	!!Kousuke Asazuki
98	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/TakeshiKusao (JP), Creator/GregAyres (EN)
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100	[-''"I forgot to tell you but... while I may not lie, I don't keep promises."''-]
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102	One of the most violent of the Blade Children, he is [[SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids utterly convinced that the Blade Children have no hope]] and actively tried to kill Ayumu during his "test". Yet he'll let the others believe what they want (and eventually joins them in Ayumu's fanclub anyway).
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104	He is [[AscendedExtra one of the most important protagonists]] of the prequel, ''Spiral: Alive''.
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107	%% * AscendedExtra: In the prequel ''Spiral: Alive''.
108	%% * BadassBookworm[=/=]GeniusBruiser
109	* BookDumb: Subverted, he dropped out of school at 14 but easily transferred into Ayumu's elite school. Everyone else still calls him an idiot.
110	%% * ButtMonkey
111	* DemotedToExtra: Along with Rio and Ryouko, barely seen again in the manga once the Hizumi arc starts. [[LampshadeHanging Complains about it]] [[NoFourthWall in the last volume omake]].)
112	%% * ILied: After Ayumu outwits him.
113	* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Claims to Ryouko that's why he'd never like her. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt She's the only one fooled.]]
114	* NerdGlasses: His school pair - he has a cooler one for streetwear. Notably averts or subverts all the glasses trope - they're [[CoolShades regular specs]], he does not [[TheGlassesComeOff discard them]] when fighting, and when [[DroppedGlasses they get broken]], he is NOT BlindWithoutEm (but [[PurelyAestheticGlasses does need them]]), and ends up putting them back on anyway because [[TheGlassesGottaGo everyone thinks he looks weird without them]].
115	%% * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Asazuki, Asadzuki
116	%% * TheTrickster
117
118	!!Rio Takeuchi
119	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YuiHorie (JP), Creator/MonicaRial (EN)
120
121	[-''"Please trust in your own power, Narumi-otouto..."''-]
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123	Rio looks like a sweet, cute little girl, and plays it for all it's worth; she is actually one of the most violent and slyest of the main group. She is also a student at Tsukiomi, and an explosives expert. She tends to be very extreme in everything she does: she believes in her own strength fully and doesn't not hesitate to put her life on the line... or Ayumu's, but once he has convinced her, she trusts and relies on him completely.
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126	%% * ActionGirl
127	%% * BadassAdorable
128	%% * CheerfulChild: Only in looks.
129	* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: A CuteClumsyGirl who loves melons and cute things and happens to be one of the most ruthless of the Blade Children.
130	%% * DeliberatelyCuteChild: "''[[VerbalTic Hauuuuuh...]]''"
131	* TroublingUnchildlikeBehaviour: Played with, in that she's 17, but looks like a little girl who puts bombs in cute stuffed animals.)
132	%% * EmbarrassingNickname: "Exploding Loli", for instance. Seems Kiyotaka came up with those.
133	%% * EnfanteTerrible
134	%% * LittleMissBadass
135	* MadBomber: A very twisted and genderbent example, yet you know she's this when you're told her head is the only place you can shoot her and be reasonably sure she won't explode to your face. Hopefully.
136	%% * OlderThanTheyLook
137	%% * TokenMiniMoe
138
139	!!Ryouko Takamachi
140	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KenjiNojima (JP), Creator/LauraBailey (EN)
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142	Kousuke's childhood [[strike: [[EveryoneCanSeeIt girl]]]]friend, also a student at Tsukiomi. She tries to live a normal life, but is aware that her curse makes that probably impossible. Still, she refuses to give in to her murderous impulses and kill anyone, though she will resort to violence when needed (or [[AmusingInjuries anytime Kousuke opens his mouth]]). She is an athlete and is apparently mildly famous for her near-Olympics level in the running track field. In ''Spiral: Alive'', there are all sorts of weird legends about her exploits, like fighting a bear and an anteater (and they're apparently sort of true).
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144	%% * ActionGirl
145	* AscendedExtra: A main protagonist in the prequel, ''Spiral: Alive''.
146	%% * CanNotSpitItOut
147	%% * DemotedToExtra: Towards the end of both the anime and the manga.
148	%% * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: To her dismay.
149	%% * LesbianJock: Subverted, though that doesn't stop many girls from trying.
150	%% * NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: Thinks that's why Kousuke will never like her.
151	%% * {{Tsundere}}: Towards Kousuke, oh so much.
152	%% * VictoriousChildhoodFriend
153
154	!!Kanone Hilbert
155	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KenjiNojima (JP), Creator/ChristopherBevins (EN)
156
157	[-''"I'll tell you something useful. The overwhelming power of violence beats logic any day."''-]
158
159	Cheerful, polite, charismatic, good-looking, intelligent, can kill all the people in the cafeteria in under twenty seconds. Known even amongst the Blade Children as a particularly dangerous one, called the "[[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Gun With Wings]]" by the Hunters, woos the ladies with one smile. In the manga, he has "battle reflexes" which mean he's ''more'' likely to kill you if you take him by surprise, ''but'' has vowed not to kill anyone else than Blade Children, whether out of his own decision or as a requisite for being a Hunter.
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161	%% * AffablyEvil
162	* BladeEnthusiast: His preferred weapons are throwing knives. This is especially apparent in the anime, but not so much in the manga where he arms himself with a small arsenal of guns.
163	* BrokenAce: Among the Blade Children, Kanone is the deadliest combatant. He's the one who taught Eyes, Kousuke, and Ryoko ''everything'' they know about combat and was the group's biggest defense against the Hunters until he gave into despair and decided to become a Hunter himself.
164	%% * ButNotTooForeign: [[UnreliableNarrator Claims]] to be half English; [[{{Fanon}} is theorized to be American in the anime and at least part German due to his name]].
165	%% * CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
166	* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: After what seems to be a see-saw battle, in Volume 8, Kanone decides to get serious and totally wastes Kousuke, Rio and Ryoko in less than thirty seconds.]]
167	%% * DespairEventHorizon: Crossed before the manga started.
168	%% * {{Determinator}}
169	* DidWeJustHaveTeaWithCthulhu: Fond of this; greets Kousuke and Ryouko in the street, sits down for lunch with Ayumu and Hiyono, has tea with Eyes...
170	%% * DyingAsYourself: His objective... for himself ''and his friends''.
171	* FaceHeelTurn: In the anime, it's a shock for his friends; in the manga, he ''calls Eyes to tell him he's coming to kill them all''... [[FriendlyEnemy and Eyes comes to pick him up at the airport]].
172	* HeWillNotCrySoICryForHim: He promised Eyes this at the latter's mother's funeral, though he's never shown to do it.
173	%% * KindHeartedCatLover
174	* MeaningfulName: "Kanone" is the German word for [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast cannon]].
175	* OhCrap: [[spoiler: He comes to Japan to exterminate all of the other Blade Children, starting with his friends, and if he can get Ayumu as well, all the better.]]
176	* RedBaron: He's known by the Hunters as "The Winged Gun" because of how deadly he is.
177	%% * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Kanon in the Yen Press publication, which is the phonetic spelling
178	%% * WellIntentionedExtremist
179	%% * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
180
181	!!Sayoko Shiranagatani
182	->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MaiNakahara (JP), Creator/EliseBaughman (EN)
183
184	A soft-spoken, delicate girl, also a student at Tsukiomi, involved in a murder case Madoka is in charge of. In the anime, she was also the victim of an assassination attempt in the previous case. [[spoiler: She is partly amnesiac; she initially wishes to remember her past, but eventually decides to take the opportunity to lead a normal, happy life, unaware of her nature.]] No one is quite sure whether this will enable her to evade the curse.
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186	* AdaptationExpansion: Gets a central role in a late episode, after the anime's storyline's split with the manga's.
187	* DemotedToExtra: Though she's a Blade Child she basically disappears after [[TheReveal the revelation]].
188	%% * TheQuietOne
189	%% * ShrinkingViolet
190	[[/folder]]
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192	[[folder: '''Manga-Only Characters''']]
193
194	!!Kirie Tsuchiya
195
196	[-''"Tsuchiya Kirie, a twenty-seven year old lady with good looks and brains."''-]
197
198	A member of the Watcher faction, who claim to be entirely neutral and simply watch over the Blade Children. She is sent to watch over the battle with Kanone and mediate between him and the police, and generally be intentionally unhelpful and disclose as little information as possible. She is usually an even-tempered, mellow, unflappable and straightforward woman, but easily loses her cool when things go an unexpected way. She believes nothing anyone can do can go against Kiyotaka's plans - the problem is, no one knows what that bastard is planning exactly.
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200	''Spiral: Alive'' shows that she has been working for Kiyotaka since a little before his disappearing act, and she's one of the few to still have contact with him. Not that she's happy about it. Hizumi calls her "Kirie-chan" and enjoys teasing her/driving her up the wall.
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202	%% * SpellMyNameWithAnS: [[MeaningfulName Kirie]]
203
204	!!Mizushiro Hizumi
205
206	The Devil. Also [[{{Moe}} unbearably cute]]. With [[CuteAndPsycho slightly violent tendencies]]. And [[DeathSeeker suicidal tendencies]]. And [[LivingWithTheVillain overly friendly tendencies]]. Is supposed to [[ApocalypseMaiden bring about the end of humanity]] and will [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds make you feel sorry for him about it.]]
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208	%% * AntiAntiChrist: More like a second (or third?) Adam.
209	%% * AntiVillain
210	%% * TheCallKnowsWhereYouLive
211	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Wants Ayumu Narumi to kill him as he's the only one that can]].
212	%% * DespairEventHorizon: Crossed it long before the manga started.
213	%% * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Except the worst part is that he fails. ''Every single time'']].
214	* ICannotSelfTerminate: Hizumi literally jumps off a building and survives. Only Ayumu can kill him, and Ayumu doesn't want to.
215	%% * InelegantBlubbering: Becomes a ''mess'' during the face-off with Ayumu in the tower. ''Twice.''
216	%% * {{Keet}}
217	* MirrorCharacter: Hizumi is Ayumu's evil counterpart of sorts. He, too, is a clone of a famously charismatic, intelligent, infallible "older brother," neglected by anyone who was expected to raise him, and similarly unable to die except by the other's hand.
218	%% * MoodWhiplash: A master of this.
219	%% * StepfordSmiler: Type A
220	%% * TragicVillain
221	%% * WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: But he can't help the "destroyer of worlds" part.
222
223	!!Kiyotaka Narumi
224
225	TheChessmaster behind it all.
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227	%% * AloofBigBrother
228	%% * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He's regarded as God and no one is even kidding.
229	%% * BigBrotherBully
230	%% * BunnyEarsLawyer
231	%% * ButtMonkey: When he does get kicked around, it is gratuitous and so satisfying.
232	* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:The whole reason he tries to push his brother/clone to the DespairEventHorizon is that his brother will get over his ActualPacifist and kill him]].
233	%% * TheChessmaster
234	%% * OmniscientMoralityLicense: Though many, if not most, characters in the series agree that he ''definitely shouldn't have one''.
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237	[[/folder]]
238
239	%% All of these tropes need context, so the folder is hidden for now.
240	%% [[folder: '''Spiral: Alive Characters''']]
241
242	%% Characters who are exclusive to the prequel manga ''Spiral: Alive''. Other appearing characters are listed above.
243
244	%% !!Imari Sekiguchi
245
246	%% A very high-spirited high school girl whose goal in life is to catch Sawamura's heart ever since she met him. Very honest and brutal, she scares lots of people but she's really nice. As long as you don't step in-between she and Sawamura. Because of her ties both with Sawamura and her love rival Amanae, she gets entangled in a case of serial murder of Blade Children and ends up helping Kousuke in his investigating. Well. "Helping"...
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249	%% * AxCrazy: ''Careful with those nunchuks!!''
250	%% * ChaoticStupid
251	%% * GenkiGirl
252	%% * IdiotHair
253	%% * LoveFreak
254	%% * StalkerWithACrush
255
256	%% !!Yukine Amanae [[spoiler:a.k.a. Charlotte]]
257
258	%% A beautiful, even-tempered girl and Sawamura's girlfriend. At the beginning of the manga, she murders a string of unregistered Blade Children to attract Kiyotaka's attention. Her motives are unknown.
259
260	%% Her parents were scientists affiliated to the Blade Children project, but her entire family died in a fire 9 years prior to the manga. [[spoiler: Her parents were apparently killed by her younger adopted sister, Charlotte, one of the Blade Children, who was five at the time. Amanae seems to believe doctor Sheffield intentionally had her "switch" pressed and seek revenge for her family and little sister.]]
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262	%% But... [[spoiler: the Amanae we know is actually Charlotte, seeking revenge for ''Yukine''.]]
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265	%% * TheOjou
266	%% * UncannyValleyGirl
267
268	%% !!Shirou Sawamura
269
270	%% A high-school boy with a cute face, sunny personality and very strong sense of justice. He seems to admire Kiyotaka and wants to "catch up to his level".
271
272	%% He and Amanae are dating, but when he discovers her crimes he hands her over to the police - but still tries to "save her" from herself.
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274	%% When he was younger, [[spoiler: he was taken hostage by a criminal woman (probably a Hunter who had just killed a handful of very young Blade Children) and suffered a mild version of Stockholm Syndrome. Kiyotaka waltzed in and told the woman that everything was alright and she could die now - whereupon she thanked him and committed suicide. Sawamura was shocked and believes she could have been saved; he wants to understand Kiyotaka to know if that was really the best course of action even for the woman herself, as Kiyotaka later told him. Since she looked a lot similar to Amanae, Sawamura now wants to make up for not having been able to save that woman by saving Amanae.]]
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276	%% * CloudCuckooLander
277	%% * MyGreatestFailure: His backstory.
278	%% * ParentalAbandonment: They're conveniently off to work overseas for a couple years or something. He drops out of school and takes up a day job as a result.
279	%% * ThePollyanna
280	%% * SaveTheVillain
281
282	%% !!Tohru Saeki
283
284	%% The detective in charge of the Music Box Murders case, Madoka's colleague, used by Kiyotaka as a cab driver.
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286	%% * ByTheBookCop
287	%% * DemotedToExtra
288	%% * PoliceAreUseless: Poor Saeki.
289	%% * SourSupporter: Well, his boss is Kiyotaka...
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291	%% [[/folder]]

Context Characters / Spiral