Formerly Chrono No. XIII, nicknamed the Black Cat for the bad luck he brought his targets, Train abandoned his career as an assassin to become a Sweeper: a licensed bounty-hunter. Easy going and friendly, Train just wants to live his life freely. Unfortunately, as the re-emergence of his ex-partner Creed Diskenth proves, Train's past may not be as far behind him as he thinks...
Badass Adorable: When he was transformed into a child. Subverted on the "badass" bit where he couldn't handle his gun very well.
Badass Longcoat: During his days in Chronos. (Which also contributes to the reason why some people thought he was better off in Chronos in the anime than when he went off on his own and started wearing doughnuts on his clothes.)
Badass Normal: All of Train's ridiculous abilities? Pure training combined with a really sweet gun.
Empowered Badass Normal: He later gets the ability to turn his gun into a railgun, but he believes in the epilogue that he lost it once he no longer needed it - i.e., after he defeated Creed.
Big Damn Heroes: Invoked. He waits up from the ceiling beams shortly after regaining his adult body back and watches the new Gas Mask Mooks, only stepping in at the last minute because he thought it would be cool. Cue the next panel where Sven beats Train to within an inch of his life.
Moral Dissonance: Train gives one speech after another about how killing is wrong, and releases psychos like Shiki, The Doctor, and Creed after defeating them. Yet at the same time, he killed two much less threatening opponents in cold blood in the first two issues. Might be due to the author not having figured out just what direction he wanted to take the comic yet.
Something similar happens in the anime but it can be explained by Character Development.
Trigger Happy: Of the non-lethal variety. He's shown to get antsy and irritated when he hasn't shot anything in a while.
Unknown Rival: Technically he is aware that Eve wants to be his rival... he just doesn't really care and tends to treat it like a big joke. She is not amused.
What Beautiful Eyes: His yellow, cat-like eyes. They're commented on several times by Creed and Saya - both of whom say that they're beautiful.
Train's partner, Sven is a former agent with the International Bureau of Investigations (IBI). He considers himself a gentlemen, and believes one should always treat women with respect. His infamous trick briefcase, and Vision Eye allow him to be a highly effective Sweeper.
Badass: Sven has his moments, when Train isn't hogging the spotlight.
The Lancer and The Smart Guy: Sven is Train's best friend and closest confidant, and functions as second-in-command of their team once Eve and Rinslet join up. He's also the go-to-guy for technology, and fights his opponents based on uncovering their weaknesses.
Mismatched Eyes - One orange, one yellow or green (depending on the image). Justified, he lost an eye prior to the start of the series. The yellow/green one under the Eyepatch of Power is a transplant.
Never Bareheaded: Sven never stops doing two things; wearing a hat and smoking.
Smoking Is Cool - Though in the dub his voice is a bit gravelly.
Took a Level in Badass: Goes from being little more than the gadget-guy, and the brains of the outfit to a powerful force in his own right, after upgrading his eyes's abilities from seeing the future, to seeing in slow-motion, enabling him to evade attacks with ease, as demonstrated in his battles against Deak Slaky, and his aborted one with Echidna.
Swiss Army Weapon: Uses such a weapon which he designed himself and which is masked as an attache case.
You Gotta Have Blue Hair: His green hair stands out particularly in a world of mostly normal hair colours.
An eleven-year old girl taken in by Train and Sven, Eve started life as a biological weapon, created by mob boss Torneo, and commissioned by Creed Diskenth. The shapeshifting nanomachines in her blood let her fight on Train and Sven's level.
Badass Bookworm: Can remember the contents from every book she has read, and uses this to her advantage to take a level in badass.
The Big Guy: Eve is physically the most powerful member of the team, and is borderline bulletproof. She frequently uses herself to shield others, and while she's quite bright, her strategy for defeating enemies typically relies on hitting them very hard.
Genius Bruiser: She read every book Train and Sven own, and memorised them. She's also pretty good with technology, which likely stems from the nanomachines inside her. Also capable of being surprisingly tricky in combat, as she establishes against both Kelly Barris, and Leon.
Girlish Pigtails: Occasionally changes her hairstyle to this for no reason.
Hair Decorations: Her hair is usually untouched but in some episodes she has pigtails or a flower and in episode 17 her hair decorations make her look like she has Mickey Mouse ears.
The Rival: She views Train as her 'rival', both as a Sweeper (her goal is to one day be stronger than him) and for Sven's attention. It annoys her to no end that he doesn't really take this very seriously and seems to prefer teasing her about it than returning the thought.
alternately her rivalry with Train can be seen as a type of sibling rivalry on some levels, as Sven is definitely the most mature of the trio, and considering how she was raised Sven is probably the closest thing to a father figure she has. add in the fact Train acts as childlike as he does Eve could very well see Train almost as an older brother who is competent enough that she feels the need to prove to "Papa Sven" that she's at least as competent as him, if not better.
Sugar and Ice Personality: At first appears to be an Emotionless Girl, and even once she gets over it she's still rather cool and quiet. She's also intelligent, loyal, insatiably curious, and one of the kindest people in the series.
Took a Level in Badass: Eve is a textbook example of how to do this well. When she starts out she can only shift her hands into blades, and at best serves as a distraction when capturing bounties. She later upgrades to being the knockout weapon, and as the series progresses, is even able to take down a few bounties with little to no help from Train and Sven, becoming a fully liscenced Sweeper. Her shapeshifting also improves, allowing her to do full-body transformations. All her training comes together for her book 15 battle against Leon, which, in addition to being one of the series' best fights, demonstrates just how far Eve has come.
Tyke Bomb: She was raised by Torneo to be a weapon, and a murderer before she was eleven years old. Defused, and subsequently adopted by Sven.
Tsundere: In the manga, she's one over Train (emphasis on the dere-side). In the anime, she's one over Sven (emphasis on the tsun-side), in both she's one over Jenos (emphasis very much on the tsun-side).
Fragile Speedster: Very quick, graceful, and light on her feet. She's actually quite durable too, but comes off looking like this trope when compared to freakish Lightning BruiserCreed.
Balance? She can juggle the wineglass. On the tip of her sword. Not to mention her ultimate attack, wherein her sword can (somehow) disintegrate people.
Lady of War: Beautiful, elegant, soft-spoken... and the only person in the series other than Train who actually comes close to beating Creed one-on-one.
To heck with coming close. If Creed hadn't already had the Immortality Nanomachines implanted she would have beaten him. Several times. Sephira's awesome.
The second-in-command of the Chrono Numbers, Belze is extremely loyal to Sephira. He tends to handle day-to-day matters and interacts with their subordinates more often then she does. An utter Badass.
Badass: Just watch his match against Charden and Kyoko.
Badass Longcoat: Wears a military-looking coat, complete with shoulderboards and braiding.
Crazy-Prepared: Belze didn't know about Kyoko's fire-manipulating abilities. That didn't stop him from showing up to their fight in a flame-proof trenchcoat. As Charden puts it, "Got to hand it to the Numbers: they come prepared."
Knight in Sour Armor: Knows that Chronos isn't the nicest group of people, but also knows that without them the world will be overrun with anarchy.
Number Two: In addition to the obvious, he serves as Sephira's second-in-command.
Voiced by: Atsushi Kakehashi (JP), Viktor Walker (EN)
Using enhanced senses to compensate for eye damage, blind Number Krantz can most often be found in the company of his partner, Baldor.
Ax Crazy: Between his actions and the testimony of other characters, it's apparent that Kranz agrees with most of Baldor's viewpoints on the world and is almost as much of a psycho. He's simply far less obvious about it.
Badass: One of the few people in the series to go toe to toe with Train, an impressive feat even if he was in child form at the time.
Chrono Number VII fancies himself a ladies man and can be a bit of an idiot, but he's definitely a useful person to have around in a fight. A member of the Cerberus commando unit.
Bishounen: Although not nearly as extreme as some of the other examples on this page. He's at least recognisably male.
Casanova Wannabe: He never once succeeds at picking up women, despite trying multiple times throughout the series. His character profile even notes that he has a remarkably low success rate.
Chivalrous Pervert: Don't try and hurt a girl in front of him. Especially Rinslet.
Names to Run Away From Really Fast: Jenos "Hazard". As in dangerous. As in, will cut you to pieces with wires if you don't get your hands off that girl.
Razor Floss: Uses it as his main weapon, doing everything from catching Rinslet, to deflecting Beluga's shot at Nizer, and severing Creed's arm.
Reasonable Authority Figure: Outside of the elders of Chronos, the Chrono Numbers are noted as being among the top of the command chain, and Sven even reacts to one of Jenos' appearances as finally being able to talk with someone sensible from Chronos.
Token Good Teammate: Okay, the Numbers aren't exactly evil per say, but their morality is pretty loose at the best of times, something that Jenos has some obvious problems with. Especially when it comes to the idea of sacrificing his teammates.
Some people join Chronos because they believe they can use it's power and influence to make a difference in the world. Baldor (as he is usually called), is not one of them. If the Numbers give out "Most Unpleasant" awards, this guy will be the winner, every time.
Axe Crazy: Easily the most openly sadistic, overly ruthless, and clearly unstable member of the Numbers, Baldor derives enjoyment from bullying and tormenting others, and likes his job far, far too much. Even the other Numbers are wary around him.
Just in case you didn't realize that he was completely insane when you first saw him, Belze has a line where he mentions that he (Baldor) and Kranz wiped out an entire town at some point. Maybe an exaggeration, but still...
Epic Flail: His weapon of choice is a very long, very heavy chain ending in what is essentially a bowling ball. It lacks the handle, but remains a most Epic Flail.
Improbable Weapon User: A flail? Fine. A flail that has a rocket on the head so he can remote-control it after throwing it? Now you're getting weird.
Jerkass: All the time. When he isn't being psychotic, he's giving cold-hearted, speeches on the pointlessness of sparing your enemies or showing mercy, and criticising the heroes' way of living. Not even his Badassery can keep him from coming off as a completely unlikeable, unflinchingly brutal creep.
Psycho for Hire: Borderline example. The only thing keeping him out of it is his steady employment with Chronos.
Chronos' master of disguise can make himself look like almost anything.
Berserk Button: Accidentally stumbles onto Train's berserk button, by using his Master of Disguise powers to look like Creed. After Train threatens him, Lin takes off the disguise, and apologizes.
Hitman with a Heart: He's frightening in combat, but surprisingly cheerful outside of it. He also feels an obligation to the Sweepers he got involved in the battle with Creed, and goes out of his way to bail them out.
Improbable Weapon User: It's a blanket. It's made of Orichalcum cloth. He uses it something like a ribbon dancer in rhythmic gymnastics, as a combination of whip and shield, and makes kicking his opponents' asses look elegant and graceful.
Paper-Thin Disguise: Amusingly, given the above, his longest-running disguise really just looks like himself wearing a pair of glasses. Though, as he points out, he doesn't really need an elaborate disguise given that none of the people he's trying to fool know what his real face looks like.
The final member of the Cerberus commando unit, Beluga is easily one of the most physically-imposing characters in series, a fact which his ridiculous name somehow fails to detract from.
Drop the Hammer: His bazooka converts into a gigantic sledge in a matter of seconds.
Heroic Sacrifice: As he and the other members of Cerberus flee Creed's castle, the ceiling collapses. Beluga stays behind, holding it up while Jenos hauls the half-dead Nizer out. If you've gotta go, that is the way to do it.
The Quiet One: At least in comparison to Nizer and Jenos.
The oldest member of the Numbers and a veteran of the Tao Wars. Mason makes only a brief cameo in the manga, but plays a major role in the anime as the Big Bad.
Ascended Extra: Goes from a one-page cameo in the manga to a major antagonist in the anime.
Badass Grandpa: He's been in the Numbers for longer than many of the other members have been alive.
A complete and utter nut-job, Creed is Train's former partner from his assassin days, before he became a Chrono Number. Completely incapable of understanding other people's emotions, or even basic social conventions, Creed murdered Train's not-girlfriend Saya and is now intent on forcing him to join up with his revolution against Chronos. The strongest antagonist in the series, he is not to be trifled with.
Achilles Heel: He tells both Sephira and Train that if they can destroy his brain, his new Healing Factor won't be able to save him. Destroying the Imagine Blade at Level 3 is eventually revealed to be a second one, which even Creed was unaware of.
Empowered Badass Normal: Creed was already extremely dangerous—as in capable of blocking bullets with his sword—before Shiki came along and said, "Hey, want to unlock your inner potential? Just drink this Tao elixir." He spends most of the series continually upgrading his potential, resulting in his use of the Immortality Nanomachines in his last battles against Sephira and Train.
Combat Sadomasochist: Especially prominent when fighting Train where he cackles and grins like a crazy maniac. At one point, he invites Train to shoot him, 'binding them forever'. With a twisted smile on his face, of course. He becomes quite upset when Echidna and Charden stop the bullet from going through his head. He could have just as easily moved his blade a few inches to the side and slice Train's neck.
Cool Sword: It's invisible. ( its secondary mode on the other hand, is less Cool, and more creepy. As formodethree...).
Depraved Homosexual/Depraved Bisexual: We're not sure which, but he's a depraved something or other - as long as it involves Train. With emphasis on the Depraved.
Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Creed is the living embodiment of this, although it at times verges on "Insanity Cannot Comprehend Sanity." Literally every problem in series was triggered by Creed's inability to process, or even understand ordinary human feeling. Creed honestly can't understand why his murder of Saya would prevent Train from wanting to join him. Similarly, it leaves him unable to understand why his Bad Boss tendencies will lead to poor morale among his subordinates. Creed seems to see people as existing apart from one another, and as such social cause and effect has almost no meaning for him, which only fuels his issues.
Evil Counterpart: To Train. While their personalities are quite different, morally he's who the Black Cat might have become, had he not met Saya. He was even considered for the position of Number XIII but was passed over due to his mental instability.
Evil Laugh: Constantly. Just in case we hadn't figured out that he was completely nuts.
Freudian Excuse: He was abandoned by his mom, who blamed him for the lack of men in her life. He later lived on the streets, and was assaulted by the police on at least one occasion before joining Chronos.
Green-Eyed Monster: Toward Train, and anyone who he percieves as coming between the two of them.
Healing Factor: The whole point of the immortality nanomachines; no matter what is done to him, they restore him to perfect condition in a matter of moments. He claims the only way to stop him would be to destroy his brain, but Train gets around that.
Hoist by His Own Petard: Creed's attempt to turn Sven into a monster to get Train to join him again gave Train the ability to use the rail gun shot that destroyed the Imagine Blade and literally broke Creed's mind.
If I Can't Have You: He eventually comes to this conclusion as a last resort, when he finally realizes that Train probably is not going to change his mind and become Creed's partner. Heck, he even mentions that if he can't make him come to his side to rule the world, he'll just keep him by his side as a dead body. This disturbs Train only slightly (considering it's pretty tame compared to some of the other crap Creed does).
Lack of Empathy: As discussed under Evil Cannot Comprehend Good, Creed seems to be incapable of empathising with anyone. Not only does he casually murder subordinates who fail him, but he doesn't seem to comprehend why this behaviour would bother the other members of his team; similarly he does not understand why his killing of Saya prevents Train from wanting to join him.
Lightning Bruiser: Of the hardhitting speedster variety. Creed's almost as quick as Sephira (save when she uses her Super Speed) and inflicts blows that regularly shatter the architecture around him.
Murder the Hypotenuse: "Oh, so you're the cause of why Train won't come to me! Time for you to Die." (He attempts this at least three times, with at least three different people.)
Scenery Censor: Creed is pretty much the character that is seen butt-naked the most in the entire series. Though one of the more infamous moments with this is when he's in a bathtub daydreaming and moaning about Train, only for his privates to be covered by strategically floating rose petals.
Single-Target Sexuality: Creed is most definitely Train-sexual. Poor Echidna, she doesn't have a chance.
Stalker with a Crush: His obsession with, and borderline hero-worship of Train definitely comes off as this. He's like a fangirl gone horribly wrong. Some notable examples include him searching for and stalking Train for two years (with photos he took of Train and the people who are getting between him and Train), spying on Train and Saya's bantering and playful interactions (all while getting pissed off to the point of clenching his fists until they're bleeding, while cursing Saya for daring to come near his Train), following Train and getting orgasms while Train went around killing people, using Shiki's insects as spy cameras to watch Train as he sleeps...
Villainous Breakdown: A couple of times. It only makes him more dangerous, as his insanity fuels his powers.
Villainous BSOD: After Train refuses to kill him. He's left comatose in a wheelchair.
Also after Train intercepts the injection of nanites that Creed was going to use to turn Sven into a monster. Train even notes that Creed shouldn't have used it if he wasn't prepared to deal with every possible outcome.
Karma Houdini: He defects after witnessing Creed's Bad Boss tendencies, and makes a clean escape. He was one of the stabler members of the group, but still...
Noble Demon: Unlike the other Apostles, Charden has legitimate complaints about Chronos, cares about his teammates, and genuinely wants to make the world a better place.
Nice Hat: A very nice hat. It's how some characters (read: Train) have come to identify him.
Sharp Dressed Man: If you're fond of nineteenth century fashion, anyway.
One of Creed's closest and most fanatical followers, the Doctor is one scary SOB who shows utterly no remorse for his actions and sees the entire world as test subjects for his exmperiments.
Everyone Calls Him : No name is given as of the last volume. You know what? I don't think we want one.
Evil Genius: Along with Echidna and Shiki, the Doctor forms the Apostles' uppermost rank, taking orders directly from Creed, instead of through Shiki like the rest of the group. His function seems to be providing Creed with the latest technology, and setting the overall agenda whenever Creed is absent.
Evilutionary Biologist: Werewolves, bioweapons, berserker-rage inducing drugs...what will he think of next?
For Science!: That in a nutshell, is his motivation for why he does what he does.
Mad Scientist: His motive for joining Creed was to gain access to test subjects.
The Medic: Proof that even this trope can be used for evil. The Doctor is the rare, non-heroic, and utterly sadistic version, using his abilities to keep Creed and the other Apostles going, no matter how badly injured they may be.
Mind Screw: His powers run on this, trapping you in a world of his imagining, where the people you love most appear to be trying to kill you.
Effeminate Misogynist: With him being one of the most bishounen characters in the cast, it's hard to tell he's a guy until he starts ranting about how much he hates women.
One of the higher-ranking Apostles, Echidna has direct access to Creed, and often conveys his orders to the rest of the Taoists. Her ability to teleport makes her very, very dangerous.
Combat Pragmatist: Has no problem shooting people in the back if she thinks it will help Creed on his way to victory.
The Dark Chick: Along with Shiki and the Doctor, Echidna takes her instructions directly from Creed himself. In addition to being the group's only female member, following Kyoko's desertion, she is the only member of Apostles' upper-echelon with a positive reason for joining.
Defector from Decadence: In an odd way. She was a movie star before becoming Creed's right-hand woman.
Teleporters and Transporters: Creates gates through which she can walk. She can also create smaller ones, teleporting guns, grenades and other weapons into position for a sneak attack.
Villain Teleportation: She's a villain. She teleports. At the end of the day she's more or less Creed's getaway-woman.
Cloud Cuckoo Lander: Kyoko doesn't even really seem to understand what the Apostles of the Star are actually trying to do. She just kind of does whatever she feels like doing, no matter how little sense it makes.
Karma Houdini: After murdering numerous people by burning them alive from the inside out, all with absolutely disgusting sexual overtones, she gets off scott-free. It's far harder to swallow than the business with Charden, as she's a much worse person.
Pyro Maniac: An utter nutjob who likes kissing people so that she can burn them alive from the inside out.
Psycho for Hire: Combine Cloud Cuckoo Lander with villainy and you get this. Kyoko doesn't give a damn about Creed's revolution, but enjoys the opportunity to use her powers on other people.
Rescue Romance: She falls hard for Train after he 'saves' her from a thug who was threatening her. Amusingly, she had been about three seconds away from brutally murdering the criminal when Train took him down, so he didn't actually save her from anything... she just thought he looked really cool while he was doing it, and that was good enough for her.
Thou Shalt Not Kill: She picks this up after becoming smitten with Train, after spending most of the series prior as a ruthless killer. Even he notes that it's a rather drastic shift in her outlook, but then she's a very weird girl.
A young boy who serves as one of the most dangerous, if inexperienced members of Creed's faction.
Attack! Attack! Attack!: Crossed with Evil Is Dumb. Leon's strategy against Eve pretty much boils down to "Hit it 'till it stops moving." As Eve points out that Leon could easily have beaten her by sucking all the air out of her lungs, but didn't because she deliberately kept him too enraged, causing him to focus on trying to cut her in half instead. Likely justified by his age: I don't know many seventh-graders who are really into that whole "strategy" thing.
Blow You Away: Leon has the power to manipulate the wind, using for both offensive and defensive purposes, as well as flight.
Child Terrorist: After living through a never-ending civil war, where the government ignored the plight of people like himself, Leon thinks that this is the only way to get the "stupid grown-ups" to listen.
Freudian Excuse: Leon's parents died when he was four, and he was raised by his sister, who died three years prior to the series start, leaving him with the impression that good people are always the first to die.
Heel Face Turn: At the very end, he saves Train and Creed from falling to their deaths, an act which helps him dodge the Karma Houdini status of many of the other Apostles.
Most Writers Are Adults: Suprisingly averted. Leon's behaviour is pretty much what you'd expect from an especially sadistic twelve year old.
Nietzsche Wannabe In-Training: "The good people...the naive people...they die first." Leon is one bleak-minded little jerk, stemming from a history of very grim life experiences. He's not quite Creed yet, but he's getting there.
Politically Incorrect Villain: Consistently mocks and looks down on Eve for being a girl. Justified and perhaps even excusable due to the fact that he's still at the "girls have cooties" age.
Sky Surfing: Uses a surfboard propelled by his own wind powers.
Story Breaker Power: As Eve points out, Leon could kill just about anyone in-story by dispersing the air that they need to breath. Fortunately, being all of 12, he doesn't think of this.
Voiced by: Yasuhiko Kawazu (JP), Brad Jackson (EN)
Hailing from the birthplace of the Tao, Maro is one of the original members of the Apostles of the Stars, and affects the appearance of a sumo wrestler. Shiki seems to hold him in relatively high regard among the Taoists.
Berserk Button: Calling him "fat" or insinuating that he's obese.
The Brute: For some reason I don't think that Maro's ever heard the word, "subtle." Also an example in a Five-Bad Band sense, as of the Apostles who take orders from Shiki instead of Creed, he seems to be the highest-ranking.
Gravity Master: Controls the gravity in the area immediately around him, and can direct compressed "gravity bombs" at his opponents.
A late addition to the Apostles of the Stars, and a nasty one at that. Preta is a former preacher who turned mass murderer. Has the power to make stuff rot just by touching it.
Badass Preacher: Averted. Preta's physically weak, and far too disgusting to be Badass.
Bald of Evil: His hair fell out when his abilities activated.
A founding member of the Apostles of the Stars and the one who first introduced Creed to Taoist powers. The most powerful of the group after Creed himself, Shiki is a true Tao master who serves as both the Apostles' second-in-command and one of their more dangerous field agents.
Cool Mask: Keeps his entire face covered in purple bandages to conceal his appearance. Also a case of Mask of Power: it stores his Chi and reroutes it through him, allowing his strength to charge while he wears it. When the mask comes off… watch out, Train.
Cool Sword: Uses a sword forged from Tao seals against Train. It throws fire!
The Dragon: To Creed. He's his most powerful follower, commands the defence of the island, and has to be defeated before Train can enter Creed's mansion. With the exception of Echidna and the Doctor, Creed's orders to the other Apostles are sent through him, and he serves as a field commander while Creed is occupied. It's worth noting that it takes River and Train cooperating to bring him down.
Dragon with an Agenda: Shiki couldn't care less about defeating Chronos or bringing revolution to the world. He's just out to prove that the Tao is the world's most superior weapon, and he'll hurt however many people he has to in order to do it.
Glass Cannon: Shiki's regular attacks do more damage than anything this side of Train's rail-gun, Sephira's last attack and Creed's final release. Good thing he's a Squishy Wizard.
Psychotic Smirk: Seems to be his default expression once the mask comes off.
She's a Man in Japan: Let's keep track, shall we? In the original Japanese manga she was female, in Viz's English translation of the manga he was male, and he was also a guy in both versions of the anime.
Squishy Wizard/Weak, but Skilled: Shiki is maybe five feet tall, slender, and unimposing, especially once the mask comes off. He relies on seals, barriers, and various powers of the Tao to keep him safe, in both distance and close-range combat, avoiding getting hit until near the very end of his battle with Train. (When Train finally does hit him, he goes down from a single attack). Unusual for a villain, but pulled off well.
Summon Magic: His most commonly used combat technique is the ability to summon assorted giant insects to fight on his behalf.
White-Haired Pretty Boy: He's revealed to be one without his mask. He looks about twelve to boot.
Eathes
An ape that has taken the Tao elixir, and who has gained the ability to copy others based on who he sends his spirit out to copy.
Creative Sterility: While Eathes can duplicate the skills and knowledge of anyone, he's unable to apply it in any way to make something new.
Curb-Stomp Battle: Train takes out Eathes with a single kick to the head. In this case, Eathes was still quite conscious and could have continued fighting; he just knew he was outmatched and decides to switch tactics.
Humanity Is Infectious: Eathes is stated to start thinking of himself as more and more human each time that he uses his ability. By the time of the final battle, it's suggested that he just thinks of himself as an ape-shaped human. Avoids developing empathy, though, likely due to the fact that he spends much of his time around The Doctor and Creed.
Pointy Ears: The main distinguishing feature of Eathes' human transformations (besides, of course, keeping his hat and robes).
Stealth Pun: A monkey with the power to imitate (i.e. "monkeying" or "aping") the abilities of others.
Voluntary Shapeshifting: Once Eathes has used his spirit to copy someone, he can transform into said person at will. It's implied that he must transform into that person to be able to use their skills.
The Demon Star Force
A group of five Mooks specially altered with robotic technology. They confront Sven, Eve, Baldor, Kranz, Jenos, and Shaolee in the final album of the manga.
A member of the Sweeper Alliance, and probably it's strongest after Train. He's been a Sweeper for five years when we meet him, and is a master of the Garbell Commando, a martial arts form that lets him—wait for it—punch bullets out of the air.
Badass: God yes! He may look like a refugee from Dragon Ball Z, but damn he can fight. He even manages to avoid letting his Charles Atlas Superpower make him look ridiculous, a feat in and of itself.
Bare-Fisted Monk: Goes in unarmed when everyone else is packing an arsenal.
Power Fist: His one concession to practicality are his gauntlets, which tend to come in handy when punching bullets, acid-skinned psychopaths and whatnot.
Butt Monkey: In the anime, he's gets lost in the sewers, constantly attacked and shown to be incompetent in his first appearance, mocked by everyone else due to his cowardly like personality and tends to get his ass kicked a lot. This does not happen in the manga manga where this role goes to Kevin instead.
No Sense of Direction: In the anime, River somehow manages to get lost and wander into a sewer.
The Rival: Becomes one to Train, albeit of the friendly variety. Instead of fighting one another, he decides they should have a contest to see who can capture Creed first.
A young sweeper who allies with Eve following Shiki's assault on the Sweeper Alliance's boat. Rumored to have brought down an entire drug cartel by himself.
Badass Normal: Possibly the most realistic version in the entire manga.
Butt Monkey: Kevin just gets pounded all throughout the final arc. He's wounded in the landing, Leon kicks his ass, Train kicks his ass (In one shot! Entirely by accident!), and to cap it all off he almost dies Taking the Bullet for Eve. Poor guy...
To be fair, this only applies in the manga as in the anime, the role of the Butt Monkey goes to Rivers.
A Sweeper who lived in Train's apartment building, Saya became an extremely close friend of the No. XIII. It was her influence that ultimately prompted him to consider leaving Chronos and becoming a better human being, a fact that Creed did not take well...
The Gwen Stacy: Creed's murder of her is what finally pushes Train into leaving Chronos.
Improbable Aiming Skills: She uses the reflect shot against Creed, bouncing the a bullet off of various objects until it finally strikes him from behind.
Social Darwinist: He shows a few shades of these beliefs in the recaps involving him, but it doesn't appear to be out of arrogance.
Wouldn't Hurt a Child: In fact, he refuses to assassinate people raising children. His client knew this fact and omitted any information regarding Train so he would take the assignment.
Torneo Rudman
Voiced by: Shin Aomori (JP), Grant James (EN)
The boss of an organized crime ring, he's also been dabbling in weapons development. Funding nanotech research led him to create Eve, as well as give money and research information to the Apostles of the Stars.
Ax Crazy: Noted as being a bit unbalanced even before taking the elixir, but Charden tells Kyoko that some people, like Gyanza, completely lose their sanity upon taking it.
Good Old Fisticuffs: As his power is to increase the power and density of his muscles, he doesn't bother with anything else.
Hoist by His Own Petard: After Train defeats him with a freezing bullet, his body burns off the rest of his energy via his Tao powers.
It's Personal: Intent on going after Sven because Sven had arrested Gyanza years ago.
Made of Iron: When he increases his muscle density.
Lightning Bruiser: Able to rapidly take out a dozen bodyguards in an eyeblink, and even managed to hold his own against Train.
Mad Artist: Of sorts - sees assassination itself as an art, and prefers to do it as efficiently as possible (including killing only the target, and doing so in a single blow).
What Happened to the Mouse?: He promises to one day have a match with Train to see if his martial arts are superior to Train's brawling and gun skills. The series ends before he can make a reappearance, and he's seemingly replaced with River as a Lighter and Softer replacement bare-handed rival.
