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These are tropes that apply to the characters in ''FanFic/HowToHireANinjaMaid''.

!!!Kotone [[spoiler:Akiko]] Sonozaki
Mokuba's new bodyguard, Sonozaki may or may not be a magical ninja. With heavier emphasis on the former. She also seems to have about as much personality as a brick.
%%* ActionGirl
* CombatPragmatist: She does not believe in giving enemies a second chance to cause her problems. If she spots a threat, she'll deal with it as quickly and efficiently as possible. This means she's the only character in-universe who has never dueled anyone.[[spoiler: As Amelda finds out the hardest way possible.]]
%%* CreepyMonotone
%%* DefrostingIceQueen
* EmotionlessGirl: Comes off as ''really'' creepy to most people.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/{{Xenosaga}} KOS-MOS]]. Or possibly an older version of [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Rei Ayanami]].
%%* ExtremeDoormat
* DisabilityImmunity: [[spoiler:With a chunk of her soul missing, she's immune to most types of magic that target a whole one]].
* FirstTimeFeeling: Unsurprisingly, it's [[TeachHimAnger protective rage]].
* SugarAndIcePersonality: [[spoiler:She does have feelings, but only after her soul is repaired. Before then, she struggles with managing them all that well.]]
%%* ImHavingSoulPains
* ImportantHaircut: Subverted. She doesn't care.
* MookFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Within the context of the story, she originally worked for Hale, who is the one doctored her official records in the first place. Upon regaining a chunk of her soul, the first thing she does is disengage the limiters on her [[MamaBear protective instincts]] and tell Hale to go to hell.]]
%%* MysteriousPast
%%* NinjaMaid: Duh.
* PromotionToParent: [[spoiler:To take care of Setsuna]].
%%* RedEyesTakeWarning
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: In her case, social skill for combat skill. [[spoiler:And a decent chunk of her soul.]]
* StepfordSmiler: [[spoiler:Someone pulled out all the emotional fiber that's supposed to compose a person. Other than self-preservation and sound tactical planning, she is functionally a puppet during the first six months after the Kaibas hire her.]]
%%* TheStoic
* TrainingFromHell: Courtesy of her father.
%%* UncannyValleyGirl

!!!Setsuna Houjou-Sonozaki
Sonozaki's younger sister, Setsuna is the simultaneously crazier and saner of the two. She also happens to be equal parts MadScientist and YaoiFangirl.
* BigSisterWorship: Slightly faulty--she doesn't actually know Akiko that well, but she's trying to make the best of what's a bad situation all around. Later, Akiko actually grows into the role.
* BrattyHalfPint: She can come off as this sometimes, but is actually rather nice when she likes someone.
* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/RosarioPlusVampire Yukari Sendou and/or Kokoa Shuzen]].
%%* GadgeteerGenius
* ImportantHairAccessory: A little X-shaped hairclip, [[spoiler:which replaces [[SoulJar the one that exploded after the duel with Pandora]].]]
* LittleGirlsKickShins: As a number of people find out the hard way.
* LittleMissSnarker: She can be startlingly cynical at times, despite being thirteen and not particularly worldly. She also seems to be, despite also being a relatively accomplished duelist, the only one who finds the sheer obsession with card games in-universe to be utterly insane.
* MouthyKid: She just doesn't know when to ''shut up.''
%%* IShallTauntYou: Which has occasional benefits.
* PluckyGirl: No one else her age should be able to stare down Yami Malik without blinking. Or kick two of his servants just because they were bugging her. Or recover from the fact that her family threw her out with a startling lack of bitterness.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: One of the few things she shares with her sister. [[spoiler:It's a signature of the clan she's from]].
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A.
%%* YaoiFangirl