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A list of characters appearing in ''Literature/OutbreakCompany''.

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!Japan
[[folder:Shinichi Kanou]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NatsukiHanae (Japanese), Creator/TylerGalindo (English)

The main character, his parents are a light novel artist and an eroge illustrator making his lifestyle of otakuism pretty much genetic. He learned the hardships of being an otaku after confessing to his childhood friend, where she denied him, just because he was an otaku. He was so depressed, that he dropped out of school and became a NEET for a year, before his parents gave him a choice, rejoin society or be disowned. Having little choice, he looked for a job. He found a fishy job for otaku and took it, opening the doors towards his future.
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* AccidentalPervert: Downplayed.
* AscendedFanboy: A NEET Otaku with a deep love of fantasy anime and manga who gets transported to a magical world straight out of his books and cartoons, where his knowledge of Japanese pop culture is essential to relations between his home country and the other world.
* BlitheSpirit: He inadvertently becomes one, simply by being able to treat people as people.
* BrutalHonesty: The guy can not shut up, this has gotten him in trouble before.

* ChildhoodFriendRomance: It didn't work.
* ChivalrousPervert: He'll stare, but he always has their best intentions at heart.
* DeathGlare: He gives a brief one to Petralka when he stops her from attacking Myucel.
* EngineeredPublicConfession: Pulls one as a BatmanGambit knowing the Japanese politician would speak plainly thinking that they could not be overheard by the natives due to the language barrier. Too bad Petralka is fluent in Japanese.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Galius got the hots for him.
* FromZeroToHero: [[spoiler:From a former shut-in and Otaku to a threat against the diplomatic connection between Eldant and Japan. He was immediately targetted for assassination by the Japanese government.]]
* GenreSavvy: Of course, he had a lifetime of anime and manga to draw on.
* GuileHero: He has shown to be a good liar when needed.
* HeroicBSOD: Shinichi doesn't take it well when [[spoiler: he turns out to be an invader to Eldant society after all, even if unwittingly. He goes back to being a shut-in until Myucel breaks him out of it.]]
* {{Hikikomori}}: Was one for some time prior to the series starting, though he's stopped by the first episode due to his parents' ultimatum. Uses his knowledge and experience of it to connect with Petralka after she gets stressed out and locks herself in her room for an entire day.
* IChooseToStay: Being cut off from Japan, possibly for the rest of his life doesn't bother him very much.
* IKnowMortalKombat: He reacts to well to the magical alternative world due to reading so much fantasy
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: A comedic example in episode 5, after teaching the kids about anime and manga. Then FandomRivalry is created much to his shock. A more serious case when he realizes that [[spoiler: the government is using him, and that he is actually an invader.]]
* {{NEET}} [=/=] {{Hikikomori}}: He was one for a year.
* NiceGuy: The nicest guy in the series.
* NonActionGuy: Due to all the {{ActionGirl}}s around him, though, it's not a problem.
* ObliviousToLove: Zigzagged, he notices Myucel's feelings, but has no idea of Petralka's. The later might be willful on his part, as he does know that a romantic relationship between the two of them would be impossible due to the differences in their stations.
* {{Otaku}}: Obviously and a very well-versed one too.
* PlatonicLifePartners: He and Minori although he's attracted to [[BuxomBeautyStandard her]], he has never shown any romantic emotions for her. And the same for her, but they are very close.
* ShoutOut: He has made a few, makes sense as he is an otaku.
* Squee: How he reacts to the girls of his harem when he first meets them.
* UnwittingPawn: [[spoiler:For the Japanese government.]]
* YouCantGoHomeAgain: After spending time in Eldant, he can't return to Japan since the rift isn't disclosed to him.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Minori Koganuma]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaayaUchida (Japanese), Creator/GenevieveSimmons (English)

Another one of the ambassadors from Japan, assigned to serve as both a bodyguard and an advisor for Shinichi. She's generally the realist to Shinichi's idealist, and a fujoshi.
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* ActionGirl:In episode3, once Shinichi gives her a knife [[VictoriasSecretCompartment hidden inside her bosom]],she is able to free herself from the ropes the terrorists used. She then proceeds to single-handedly stop almost every one of the terrorists.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: She is normally easygoing. But if you threaten Shinichi, or take lewd pictures, beware...
* BunnyEarsLawyer: She doesn't seem so at first. But we see she is obsessed with BL, yet is still a competent member of the JSDF.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: She has the biggest breasts out of all the cast and Shinichi is prone to staring at them.
* DeadpanSnarker: She has the tendency to snark when Shinichi is staring at her breasts.
* DisproportionateRetribution:Episode 6, when Elbia takes her special soccer ball she tries to shoot Elbia. Shinichi even points out she might hit the soccer ball. Minori doesn't care.
* FlashStep: Her movements in fighting can tend to cause her to do this.
%%* HotTeacher: She is also a teacher at Shinichi's school.
* MyEyesAreUpHere: Gets annoyed at Shinichi, when she catches him staring at her breasts in the BeachEpisode.
* PervertRevengeMode: Subverted, in episode 10 [[AccidentalPervert Shinichi]] feels her breasts. While not happy, she does not touch him. Those peeping soldiers on the other hand...
* PlatonicLifePartners: Her and Shinichi, she has never shown any romantic emotions for him. But they are very close and spend most of their day together.
* RuleOfFunny: As a form of gag, by episode 9 and onwards, she frequently applies deodorant despite being Japanese with little to no body odor.
* ScaryShinyGlasses: She does this occasionally, such as to the Japanese soldiers who were taking discreet pictures of the girls in episode 9.
* ShipperOnDeck: For Shinichi and ''[[YaoiFangirl Garius.]]'' When she first mentions this in episode 3, Garius, instead of denying it like Shinichi, blushes instead at the thought of it.
* TriggerHappy: Has the tendency to use her gun to calm an argument.
* YaoiFangirl: She doesn't hide it either.
* VictoriasSecretCompartment: Keeps a knife hidden there.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Jinzaburō Matoba]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Japanese), Creator/AndyMcAvin (English)
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* AffablyEvil: He's always friendly to his allies and Shinichi. [[spoiler:Too bad about his intention to subjugate Eldant society by monopolizing the supply of otaku culture,using Shinichi as an UnwittingPawn.]]
* BatmanGambit: He purposefully omitted from his reports the fact that the queen is perfectly fluent in Japanese so that if necessary he can pull an EngineeredPublicConfession as his trump card against his own superiors.
* BigBad: {{Downplayed}}. [[spoiler:He is main antagonist of the series as he did intended to subjugate Eldant society by monopolizing the supply of Otaku culture but was just acting on orders from the government and he does genuinely like Shinichi]].
* CunningLinguist: He's able to save Shinichi's neck by convincing the queen that 'little girl' has a positive connotation.
* EyesAlwaysShut: Until Shinichi tries to TakeTheThirdOption. Then he opens them to reveal his DullEyesOfUnhappiness.
* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:He helps Shinichi goad his superior to threaten him within earshot of Petralka having omitted from his reports the fact that the queen is perfectly fluent in Japanese.]]
* JustFollowingOrders: [[spoiler:When attempts are made on Shinichi's life, Matoba seems to make empty excuses on behalf of Japan's government. However, he does help Shinichi goad the superior to threaten him within earshot of Petralka, leaving the viewers to believe that despite Matoba's intentions, he ultimately falls under this trope.]]
* PunchClockVillain: [[spoiler:He just works for the government, which is trying to take over Eldant. He does actually like Shinichi.]]
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Not as much of a CorruptCorporateExecutive as you would expect him to be, but not quite a BenevolentBoss either.
[[/folder]]

!Eldant
[[folder:Myucel Foaran]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SuzukoMimori (Japanese), Creator/JulietSimmons (English)

A half-elf maid assigned to help take care of Shinichi.
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* TheAce: Myucel has been said and proven to be exceptional in her ability to use magic. She is also incredibly competent at housework and has shown to have absorbed the Japanese language at an exceptional pace. In episode 7, [[spoiler:she learns how to make omelet rice - complete with a character drawing using ketchup - after seeing it just once at Akihabara.]]
* ActionGirl: She's actually a skilled mage. It turns out that the maids are actually an elite fighting force.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She was regularly ridiculed for her [[HalfBreedDiscrimination half-elven heritage]] to the point where Shinichi hearing Petralka insult her one too many times causes him to snap.
* ApologisesALot: She has apologized to Shinichi a lot, often when she feels that she may have overstepped her boundaries and is causing trouble for him.
* BadassAdorable: Myucel may be just a cute maid now, but her elven heritage allows her to use powerful magic, and she's even a military veteran. [[spoiler:She obliterates a squad of terrorists with a [[BlowYouAway blast of wind]] in the next episode.]]
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: As a half-elf, she got the worse treatment. Shinichi was the only person that treated her any real respect. So she fell in love with him.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Shinichi can't help but stare when he finds out she's a HiddenBuxom and Petralka enviously refers to her as the "large-breasted maid"
* ExpositoryHairstyleChange: She actually ties her twin tail hairstyle to expose her elfin ears in later episodes. This happened after Shinichi stated he did not mind her ears being different.
* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Downplayed when she visits Japan. She gets starry-eyed by the sights and sounds, but she's read enough manga to know what she's looking at most of the time, and she's more excited to be seeing it in real life.
* FreakinessShame: When Shinichi first spots her elf ears, he's taken aback by it. She immediately apologizes, thinking he'd be upset by it, as half-breeds like her are looked down upon. But he instead finds them quite attractive.
* HiddenBuxom: It's surprising, but Myucel's actually quite stacked underneath that maid outfit of hers.
* HypercompetentSidekick: she's Shinichi's subordinate and is substantially more badass than he is.
* MadnessMantra: After finding out that Shinichi was staying at Petralka estate for the night. She completely loses it. It ends with her stirring a burnt pot muttering "I'm sorry, please wait a little longer."
%%* {{Meido}}
* MundaneObjectAmazement: Does this a few times when she visits Japan, with things like faucets ("There isn't a fairy pumping the water for you?!") and automated train ticket gates.
* NiceGirl: She's one of the kindest girls in the kingdom.
* NinjaMaid: Be not fooled by her demure, friendly demeanor: Myucel is a military veteran, with impressive combat magic.
* OhCrap: When Petralka is about to hit her with a piece of bread before Shinichi intervenes.
* ShoutOut: Her design is quite similar to Shirley's costume for the maid cafe in the school festival in Turn 5 of ''Anime/CodeGeass'' R2.
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler: She takes a knife for Petralka, and miraculously survives.]]
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Was ready to die with Shuichi if she couldn't save him in episode 12. Luckily she does not need to.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: She has it the strongest towards Shinichi. It gets to the point, [[spoiler:if she cannot save him, she is willing to die with him.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Petralka Anne
Eldant the Third]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MaiFuchigami (Japanese), Creator/KiraVincentDavis (English)

The current queen of Eldant. She is a bit hot-tempered and easy to annoy but cares for her kingdom.
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* TheAce: Petralka has shown to have quickly grasped the Japanese language, easily reciting a tongue twister (twice, no less) without the help of her ring.
* ACupAngst:
** She tends to give Shinichi a leery look whenever he fawns over girls who are obviously much more well-endowed than she is.
** In episode 6, one of her first comments upon suggesting that Shinichi gets a new maid to help Myucel if she teaches at school is to sarcastically ask if he wants "another large-breasted maid".
* AngryCheekPuff: She is an AttentionWhore with a HairTriggerTemper and has the habit of puffing her cheeks when upset, usually due to [[ClingyJealousGirl getting jealous at Shinichi paying attention to other girls]].
* AttentionWhore: Petralka usually demands attention from Shinichi, and only him.
* BerserkButton: Mistaking her for a child, or treating her like one, sets her off immediately.
* CharacterDevelopment: She soon gets over the FantasticRacism she initially displayed.
* AChildShallLeadThem: Actually a teenager [[OlderThanTheyLook but still the same]]. She ascended the throne a while ago, so she was this at one point.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Absolutely despises Myucel at first due to how close the latter seems to Shinichi. Made worse by the fact that she views the latter as a lowly peasant, so, therefore, shouldn't be getting preferential treatment by him, such as learning Japanese. In one example, when first reading a manga to the girls, Petralka deliberately has Myucel go make tea. She then proceeds to sit on his lap, claiming she couldn't see the manga very well from the side. She also gets irritated when Elbia first shows up, and how much of a defense he's putting up to spare her life.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Towards Myucel, in particular, after [[spoiler: the half-elf's NearDeathExperience]].
* DirtyKid: Whenever Shinichi makes any sort of request from her, her first reaction is to assume he has sexual motives for doing so, such as favoring Myucel to impregnate her, or wanting to save Elbia to have a big-breasted animal girl as a mistress. The twist, however, is that she only ''looks'' like a child and is really a teenager.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: When she is first introduced, Petralka welcomes Shinichi to Eldant. When Shinichi calls Petralka a "little girl", however, she immediately gets provoked and punches him, and she is restrained from attacking him.
* GreenEyedMonster: She does ''not'' like how an elf can beat her out for Shinichi's affection.
* HairTriggerTemper: It doesn't take much to make her annoyed.
* HandsOnApproach: When Shinichi is reading manga to her, she forces Myucel out of the room and forces herself onto his lap. Ostensibly to be able to read more easily, but in actuality to seduce Shinichi.
* HiddenDepths: Because of the circumstances of her coronation as Empress, Petralka is determined to prove that she's a wise, just and competent ruler. Unfortunately, this makes her desperate to save face when undermined, and she typically takes it hard if criticized.
* {{Hikikomori}}: She invokes the trope, having learned of it from manga she'd read, and (with the help of Shinichi) proudly embraces the hikikomori lifestyle for approximately one episode.
* IJustWantToBeNormal: Heavily implied she feels this to some degree: it's clear she feels the pressures of ruling, and enjoys her time with Shinichi because it allows her to relax a little and enjoy herself. The ending credits of the anime enforces this, with her sneaking out of the palace to wander the streets at her leisure, casually munching an apple and acting like a kid, and includes lyrics like ''"Escort me to brighter skies, [[TheChainsOfCommanding where I can escape this prison and live my dreams]]..."''
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Despite her HairTriggerTemper, she treats her subjects very well.
* LargeHam: She goes off the deep end whenever she gets angry.
* TheNapoleon: Didn't take to being called a "little girl" well the first time round.
* OhCrap: When she realizes that her insulting Myucel causes Shinichi to snap.
* OlderThanTheyLook: She's sixteen years old, but looks a few years younger than that. In fact, being treated as a child is her BerserkButton.
* RoyalBrat: Starts out appearing to be one, but it becomes apparent that her bratty behavior is in response to the stress of being crowned empress at such a young age (and under such tragic circumstances) and never being given time to relax and have fun.
* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's seen doing her job from time to time, when not goofing off around Shinichi.
* TalkToTheFist: She ends up punching Shinichi after he unintentionally presses her BerserkButton.
%%% "Fills the role." is not context.
%%%* TokenMiniMoe:
* TookALevelInKindness: Petralka after [[spoiler:Myucel took a knife for her]] is much kinder to Myucel and seems to have abandoned her racism.
* {{Tsundere}}: Invoked (not that she really needs to). She actually tries to play this up in an attempt to appeal to Shinichi.
[[/folder]]


[[folder:Galius En Cordbal]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English)

Petralka's cousin and the captain of her guard. He is initially incredulous about Shinichi's goals but later warms up to him.
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* AmbiguouslyGay: He's attracted to Shinichi. He blushes when Minori says he would be the {{uke}} in Shinichi x Galius pairing, he borrows a BL book from Minori later on and claims he doesn't "[[UnusualEuphemism bat for both teams]]", and after Petralka eats rice off of Shinichi's face, he follows suit.
* BigBrotherInstinct: Towards Petralka
* ConvertedFanboy: Dismissive of Shinichi's mission at first, then comes around to enjoying it. His favorite character is [[Anime/CodeGeass "Seiryuu" Kururugi]], who bears something of a resemblance to his crush, Shinichi... not to mention the similarities between the [[BigBrotherInstinct main character]]'s RoyallyScrewedUp family and his own...
* DarkAndTroubledPast: His parents and Petralka's killed each other for the throne, and their grandparents died of grief. Petralka ascended the throne, and he downplays his royal status so that such a struggle won't come about again.
* TheGoodChancellor: For Petralka, his cousin
%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
%%* RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething
* WarriorPrince: Technically a prince, since he is the grandson of the previous emperor. His parents and Petralka's killed each other for the throne.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Brooke Darwin]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Takahiro Tomita (Japanese), Josh Morrison (English)

Another servant assigned to take care of Shinichi. He's a blue lizard man and is also very civilized.
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%%* TheBigGuy
* FaceOfAThug: Due to being a lizard man he looks rather scary but he is actually one of the nicest characters in the series.
* FriendToAllChildren: He apparently hangs out with the lizard and elf children being trained to serve as soldiers when they have the time.
* GentleGiant: He looks very imposing due to his large size. However, he's quite a NiceGuy if you can get past the exterior as Shinichi finds out.
* HappilyMarried: He mentions he has a wife, which shocked Shinichi.
%%* LizardFolk
* NiceGuy: At one point, after being found by Shinichi in his room, the latter swings his fists wildly in a lame attempt to defend himself. Brooke then gives him a stick if Shinichi was inclined to beat him.
* [[ScaryBlackMan Scary Big Lizard]]: Invoked by Shinichi during his first few meetings since the latter doesn't have much experience with giant lizard men on Earth.
* UndyingLoyalty: Not to the same extent as Myucel, but its there.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Elbia Hanaiman]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SumireUesaka (Japanese), Creator/SaraOrnelas (English)

A werewolf who was initially recruited by a rival kingdom to spy on Eldant.
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* AllAnimalsAreDogs: Despite being a werewolf, she looks and acts more like an excitable puppy.
* ApologisesALot: More due to the fact that she constantly falls victim to her natural animalistic tendencies and causing trouble than any other reason.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Shinichi manages to get her off the hook for being an unwitting enemy spy.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her large bust often draws the attention of Shnichi and [[MaleGaze the camera]].
* CuteMonsterGirl: So cute that its Shinichi's only real reason to save her.
* FeedTheMole: A willing version of this trope.
* ForgetsToEat: She loves to draw, that Shinichi says she has the tendency to spend all night drawing.
%%* GenkiGirl
* TheGlomp: She has a tendency to glomp Shinichi whenever he makes a statement about not minding her race.
* IKnowMortalKombat: Uses a fighting move she saw in a manga to blow a window to pieces.
* LittleBitBeastly: Has fluffy ears and a tail, parts to which Shinichi finds fantastic.
* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Apparently Elbia's heat cycle was triggered by Shinichi. [[spoiler: Minori later asks if she'd just jump any guy out there when it happens, but her second guess that only Shinichi was able to trigger that was correct, as Elbia later confirms.]]
* {{Lunacy}}: Her more beast-like urges get a lot stronger during a full moon.
* MomentKiller: [[spoiler:Tells Shinichi he has an audience with Petralka while he is trying to confess to Myucel.]]
* MoreThanMindControl: When her instincts took over and she nearly raped him, Minori asks if she would attack any guy if she was in heat. Elbia shyly replied that isn't the case, suggesting she really wanted to have sex with Shinichi.
* MsFanservice: Her large chest and animal-like behavior is played up for fetish.
* MyInstinctsAreShowing: During the full moon, she has a tendency to forget herself and act much more doglike, like jumping on Shinichi and licking his face when she's happy or chasing a ball on all fours while barking.
* SuperSenses: As she is a werewolf, her sense of smell is better than any humans.
* TooDumbToLive: She didn't realize the commission she got for drawing images of Eldant locations for another country was an issue, even digging herself deeper when Shinichi tried to lead her out of it. She would have been executed for being a spy if not for Shinichi convincing Petralka to use her as a DoubleAgent to [[FeedTheMole give the enemy false intel]].
* UnwittingPawn: She didn't realize that simply drawing some buildings for a neighboring country made her a spy. Minori even admits to Shinichi she was most likely hired to be easily disposable if she was caught.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Romilda Garde]]
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One of the many dwarven students Shinichi and co. teach.
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Dwarf females always look like lolis despite their age. Ironic at the fact that Dwarf males [[YoungerThanTheyLook look like adult men with full beards]].
* PintSizedPowerhouse: Despite her small frame she is capable of kicking a soccer ball hard to enough to leave craters.
* VitriolicBestFriends: Roic is seen getting along with her rather well later on despite the animosity between elves and dwarves, and later, their differences in otaku tastes.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Roic Sleison]]
One of the many Elven students in Shinichi's school.
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* HotForTeacher: Has a crush on Minori.
* VitriolicBestFriends: With Romilda.
[[/folder]]