Characters of the Black★Rock Shooter franchise first introduced in the Innocent Soul manga adaptation.
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Characters of Black★Rock Shooter: Innocent Soul
Protagonists
Rock
Black★Rock Shooter
A girl who watches over Hazama.
- A-Cup Angst: When Let tells Io that eating carrots will make her bustier, Rock swallows an entire piece. And she strangles Ron for calling her flat-chested during their "ventriloquist act".
- Death by Falling Over: Her mortal self died from injuries sustained from being pushed down a flight of stairs.
- Emotionless Girl: Has difficulty recognizing what "fun" is, and utterly confused why she has tears leaking from her eyes after seeing her previous life. She's not quite content with this, however.
- Gender-Blender Name: Here, B★RS is called "Rock". She is also the legendary "Black Star".
- Good Is Not Nice: She knows what her mission is, and she offers no consolation to Leto, who just realized that he's a dead guy all along. She becomes nice through Character Development, to the point that she consoles a fading Dead by acting as her fiance.
- Not So Above It All: When Kaede's surroundings take the form of a shopping mall, Rock immediately starts putting together an ensemble for the planned Love Confession to Dead.
- Shinigami: Her role is fairly close to one, in that she makes sure souls aren't trapped in Hazama.
- Sugar-and-Ice Personality: She's easily the most emotive B★RS, though she has an air of stoicism to her.
- Trauma Button: Flips out when she hears the word "Disappear". The reason? Some bullies burnt her shoulder and leg with cigarettes while chanted the word in her Dark and Troubled Past, only starting to appear as flashes of memories after being in contact with a corrupted soul who died in fire. Before that, she has no reason other than instinct why she hates the word.
- You Are Number 6: It's revealed that she isn't the only Black Shooter. To be exact, she's number 01451.
Ron
Ron
A sort of snake-like being, he forms a sort of partnership as a sort of physical manifestation of Rock's powers.
- BFG: He can take the form of the iconic cannon of the franchise.
- Deadpan Snarker: Has a habit of griping to himself about whatever situation at hand or making mocking comments at others, be it Rock or the rest of the cast. Ron is much, much nicer than his fellow weapon-companion Nico, however.
- Empathic Weapon: He turns into both Rock★Cannon and Black Blade, but only one form at a time.
- Equippable Ally: He is Rock's partner and weaponry.
- Shapeshifter Default Form: His regular form is of a snake.
- Undying Loyalty: To Rock. Even though he has a chance to change his partner, he keeps on following her even up to her Hazama-destroying Rage Against the Mentor quest.
Dead
Dead Master
A mysterious, ominous person who approaches Rock at the end of the first chapter.
- Cute and Psycho: Dead Master looks adorable, but she eats souls.
- Despair Event Horizon: After Ram reveals her that it's impossible for her to be brought back to life and lied to her because she found her struggle amusing. She becomes a rampaging lost soul until Rock puts her out of her misery.
- Extreme Omnivore: Her soul-devouring tendencies aside, she also ate her teddy bear in her sleep and proceed to eat Rock's hair next. And people are asking why Rock's pig-tails are in an uneven length... After dying, Rock takes up this trait and eats Dead's soul to keep her memory from being burnt off.
- Happily Married: When she was alive she was married to a man and they had a very stable and loving relationship. Not only he was devastated when she died in a car accident, she's willing to become a reaper and eat souls in order to return to his side.
- Incompatible Orientation: The reason she rebuffs Kaede's advances. Not only Dead isn't interested, she's straight.
- Les Yay: Pretty much explicitly in love/lust with Rock. She invoked it as she needs Rock's soul to be devoured, she tries to provoke some reaction.
- Let Them Die Happy: Rock lets Dead seeing her as her husband, spending her last seconds in embrace of her beloved.
- Love Makes You Evil: Her motivation for eating souls is to be strong enough to be revived and reunited with her husband.
- Unwitting Pawn: To Ram.
- You Are Number 6: Her codename is Black Shooter #012370
- Your Soul Is Mine!: And she literally eats them.
Ram
Ram
A girl who seems to be very interested with Rock's development of character.
- All of the Other Reindeer: When she was alive she was a defective firefly.
- Animal Motifs: She's associated with sheep; her design (specifically the horns) and name comes from the Rambouillet sheep, a type of breed from the genus Ovis. Ironically when she was alive she was a firefly.
- Big Bad: The true villain behind everything and the last enemy Rock and Ron must face.
- Death Equals Redemption: After beating her, Rock reincarnates Ram into a firefly that can glow, and thus can make friends with others. Ram's final words before reincarnating are to thank Rock.
- Disproportionate Retribution: When she was alive, she was a firefly who did not glow like the others. It's implied her resentment it's what caused her to be so petty and sadistic, wanting to see others suffer for the "pain" she went through when she was alive.
- Evil Is Petty: When she was alive she was a defective firefly that couldn't glow like the others. So she wants to make sure everyone in the underworld stays miserable out of spite that she couldn't be happy in her lifetime.
- I Lied: She promised Dead that she could return to her marriage after eating enough souls, and tells her the truth in her final battle.
- Light Is Not Good: She is primarily white in color, compared to the rest of the cast's black. She also used to be a firefly in her former life. And then she is revealed to actually be the Big Bad.
- Power of the Void: Besides her charkram, Ram can summon forth small black orbs to fight. Once she unleashes them, they hover in place for a moment and then detonate in a giant blast, consuming whatever is nearby and leaving a sphere-like outline behind. She eventually starts trying to erase away the afterlife this way in a frenzy as she and Rock duel.
- Rings of Death: She uses a huge chakram with a gear-like appearance as her main weapon. It can be slashed up-close like a blade or hurled from afar like a boomerang.
- You Are Number 6: Her codename is Black Shooter #1, the first reaper created.
Others
Jack Ollie
Jack Ollie
A serial killer that killed 87 people before he was captured and executed. Upon death, he became a vengeful ghost and trapped his victims in a timeloop in order to kill them again and again.- Berserk Button: He's angry that his victims always forget him once they've been brought back to life and part of why he continues to kill them in the timeloop is so that they could remember him.
- Darkness Equals Death: Likes to kill his victims in full moon nights.
- "Groundhog Day" Loop: After he dies he creates a loop to continue killing his victims over and over again.
- Giant Spider: As a spirit he has the power to transform into one and he uses his multiple legs to stab Leto.
- Lean and Mean: He has a slender build and is an unhinged serial killer.
- Monster of the Week: Of Chapter 1.
- Nightmare Fetishist: He had a fascination with death and enjoys human suffering and mutilation.
- This Cannot Be!: Jack is NOT happy to realize he's fighting against a Black Rock Shooter and threatens her to get away from his city so he could continue torturing his victims in the timeloop.
- Would Hurt a Child: He killed Leto and Io, who were a teenager and a young girl respectively.
Leto and Io
Leto and Io
A young scavenger and his little sister that befriend Rock in Chapter 1. They live in a poor city that's been abandoned due to Jack Ollie's murders. In truth they were killed by Jack Ollie years ago and trapped in a timeloop when they along with the rest of his victims, were forced to relive their deaths again and again.- A-Cup Angst: Though not to an extent as Rock, Io isn't happy about how modest her bustline is. Leto exploits this so that she will eat her carrots for lunch.
- Big Brother Instinct: Leto towards Io. When he was alive, he died protecting her.
- Constantly Curious: Io has a tendency to ask questions for anything, to the point she overwhelms Rock with questions when they first meet.
- Go Mad from the Revelation: Leto breaks upon finding out he and his sister have been dead for a while and that they've been revived again and again to satisfy Jack Ollie's sick pleasure. However after Io consoles him and says she was still happy nonetheless, Leto admits he had fun too before disappearing.
- Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Both have white-blonde hair and they're very kind people.
- Forgotten Fallen Friend: Rock doesn't seem to care much about their situation and is more focused in capturing Jack Olie. While this might be because she's more aloof in the earlier chapters, in the final chapter she doesn't even bother to remember them when she tells Ram about the feelings of the ghosts she met during her journey.
- Lying to Protect Your Feelings: Io was aware that she and Leto were dead and trapped in a timeloop, but did not care and continued to enjoy the little happiness she had for Leto's sake.
- Nice Guy: Both act very friendly towards Rock upon meeting her.
- No Good Deed Goes Unpunished: Io goes out at night in order to give a nice present to Rock. This gets her killed by Jack.
- Starving Artist: Leto creates sculptures and jewelry from trash and wants to become a renowned artist someday. Too bad he's poor and is killed by Jack before his dream came true.
- You Are Number 6: Leto and Io were Jack's victims number 54 and 55 respectively.
Hanako Nakamura
Hanako Nakamura
A highschool student that Rock finds in an abandoned school in Chapter 2. In truth, she was a bullied girl that died in a bus crash and when she died nobody remembered her. Upon death, she became a vengeful ghost and trapped the people she came across into a school based on the one she studied when she was alive.
- Alas, Poor Villain: Rock sympathizes with her, as both were bullied when they were alive.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Tries to present herself to Rock as a harmless and friendly girl and unlike Leto, she's aware that she's dead from the get go. However, Rock and Ron quickly see through it and she drops the facade immediately.
- Don't You Dare Pity Me!: Rock tries to awkwardly console her after she exterminates her, but Hanako has none of it and dies rejecting Rock's pity.Hah....Sympathy? Just fucking shut up.
- Driven to Suicide: She was making plans to kill herself, but she died in a bus crash before she could go through it.
- Freudian Excuse: She was bullied by the other students, and when she died no-one remembered her.
- Headphones Equal Isolation: Invoked, as she wore her headphones to block of the voices of her bullies and only her voice she could hear. When Rock removes them, all the voices come back to torment Hanako.
- Human Resources: She traps people in her imaginary school and forcefully transform them into stationery.
- Monster of the Week: Of Chapter 2.
- Teens Are Monsters: Her classmates used to be friendly with her until suddenly they started to bully and torment her over a year until they got bored. When the teachers demand to know why they did it, the girls admit they did it for shits and giggles.
- Traumatic Haircut: She used to have her hair in twin braids. The bullies who tormented her cut her hair with a razor, giving it the dishevelled appearance it has now.
Acta
Acta
Another Black Shooter.
- Flat Character: Silent and stoic. That's all we really get to know about her before the tiger soul kills her.
- We Hardly Knew Ye: Dies at the end of the chapter she's introduced.
Nico
Nico
Acta's partner, who takes a form resembling a rabbit.
- Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: He seems nice, but once Acta dies, he laughs at Rock tending to her and says that Black Shooters are just tools.
- Equippable Ally: Much like Ron is to Rock, Nico is Acta's partner and weaponry.
- Shapeshifter Default Form: A floating fluffy head with bunny ears.
Cecil
Cecil
A young waitress that befriends Rock in Chapter 6. She's frequently abused by her old mother, but Cecil patiently endures it. In truth, she was beaten to death by her mother. Upon death, she trapped her mother's soul in a timeloop because she wants her mother to become kind again like in the old times before her father died.
- Alas, Poor Villain: She was a vengeful ghost that trapped her mother in a timeloop, but she doesn't have bad intentions. Ron is quick to point she's still selfish for trapping the mother against her will though.
- "Groundhog Day" Loop: After she dies, she traps her mother's soul in a loop where they revive their last days together. Unfortunately, this means she has to deal with her mother's contempt.
- Nice Girl: She's a sweet, compassionate girl and tries to encourage Rock to smile more.
- The Pollyanna: Ultimately a subversion. She seems to be this with her perpetual optimism and cheer, but she's later revealed to be a Stepford Smiler who tries to force herself to smile for her mother's sake.
- Monster of the Week: At first Rock and Ron believe her mother is this. They are wrong, Cecil is the target.
- Parents as People: After Cecil and her mother are pacified, the latter admits she was stressed out for raising her daughter by herself and that being trapped in a timeloop against her will just made things worse. They're still able to make up before disappearing though.
- Prehensile Hair: When revealing herself to be a stagnant soul, Cecil's hair transforms into several tendrils that end in bladed weapons.
- The Ugly Guy's Hot Daughter: Her mother is an ugly hag with a huge beaked nose. Cecil certainly doesn't take after her.
Kaede
Kaede
A transman who has a crush on Dead, who's not interested. When she was alive, she had a crush on her best friend Sakurako and confessed to her, only to be horribly turned down. Upon death, she became a vengeful ghost and is obsessed with becoming a man.
- Does This Remind You of Anything?: When talking about love, suggestive mushrooms grow around her feet. Then you find out that she has serious gender issues and wants to become a guy....
- Has a Type: Her two love interests (Sakurako and Dead) were dark haired girls with attitude.
- Incompatible Orientation: She was in love with her best friend, but she was straight. After becoming a vengeful spirit, she falls for Dead, who's straight and still pining on her husband.
- Kiss of Death: Dead gives her one before eating her soul.
- Monster of the Week: Of Chapter 7.
- Trans Equals Gay: The girl she liked wasn't interested in girls, so Kaede believes that if she were a guy, they could be together. However Dead says gender wasn't the problem, Kaede's love was onesided.
- Unkempt Beauty: Has messy, frizzy hair and wears unflattering clothes and thick glasses. This didn't stop her from having admirers though.
Ouru
Ouru
A humanoid golem who founded the Black Star army.
- Gonk: He is a golem, has a rocky skin, and a head resembling a rook chess piece.
Tiger
Tiger
A stagnant soul found in the bamboo forest area of the Threshold. It takes the form of a tiger.
- No Name Given: As it is suspected to be a stagnant soul of an animal and not of a human's, it is merely known as "Tiger".
- Panthera Awesome: A soul in the form of a huge tiger.
