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A mishmash of characters who are either the leaders or members of their own organization, or are independant entirely.

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Order of the Clock Tower

Agatha Christie

Voiced by: Maaya Sakamoto (Japanese), Erica Lindbeck (English)

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アガサ・クリスティ - そして誰もいなくなった ^note

Literary references: She is named after British mystery author Agatha Christie, and her ability is a reference to Christie's most famous novel, And Then There Were None.

The Knight Commander of the Order of the Clock Tower. Her ability, "And Then There Were None," has not been shown.

Adapted Out: She appears for the first time in the 13th chapter of the manga commenting with Fitzgerald and Dostoyevsky the battle of Akutagawa and Atsushi. The anime only showed Fitzgerald at the end of the episode who adapted chapter 13, erasing the appearences of both Christie and Dostoyevsky. She makes a cameo in DEAD APPLE, which makes it her first official anime appereance.
Affably Evil / Faux Affably Evil: She is quite polite when talking with Ango, but she's also one of the main antagonists of the show and was ready to incinerate whole Yokohama.
Brits Love Tea: Her only appearance so far shows her drinking tea. Fitting, as she is presumably British.
Good Smoking, Evil Smoking: She smokes cigars and cigarettes and is one of the main antagonists.
Pyromaniac: Heavily implied with this quote:
What a shame. A scent of a burning nation goes well with tea.
Sweet Tooth: She has a plate of cakes in her HQ.

Ministry of Justice

Tanzo Tonan (UNMARKED SPOILERS)

Tanzo Tonan

Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese)

Literary references: He is named after a short story called "Tonan-sensei" by Atsushi Nakajima.

The Vice Justice Minister from the Ministry of Justice who despises the Armed Detective Agency for their past crimes.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Justified with his father's death and somewhat enforced due to the bad influence from Nikolai. While Tonan is part of the lawfully good side and did generously gave Fukuzawa the Shikyu Award during the ceremony, he truly detests the Armed Detective Agency for including certain members with criminal backgrounds. For six months, he established a secret party of government officials to expose all of the crimes they committed to the public. His secret foundation was under the influence of Nikolai, a chaotic jester of the Decay of the Angel who wanted to destroy the Agency and their reputation by preventing them from interfering said terrorist organization's plans. In other words, Tonan was truly unaware of the jester's disguised presence to begin with.
Four Eyes, Zero Soul: Downplayed since he's part of the Ministry of Justice, and yet, he wanted to expose certain members of a lawfully good detective agency for their past crimes, which is truly uncalled for after every good deed they made since its foundation.
Frame-Up: Enforced via the Page. After the Page made a big reveal underneath the white hoods that the Armed Detective Agency are "responsible" for murder on the government officials (including the true framing perpetrator Nikolai), he was forced to declare that they are the Decay of the Angel.
Tonan: I-I know who the perpetrator is. The Decay of the Angels are not just the perpetrators... they are the Armed Detective Agency!
Historical In-Joke: He is named after a short story by Atsushi Nakajima, whose BSD counterpart suddenly ran into the former during an investigation.
Hope Crusher: He wishes for the Armed Detective Agency to suffer with certain doom by facing their criminal charges.
Jerkass Has a Point: Tonan has a few justified reasons why he despises the Armed Detective Agency, which includes A) the president who murdered the former's father and other war hawks at the end of the Great War, B) a doctor who was suspected of murdering a patient during the aforementioned war, and C) two former nihilistic assassins who were originally from the Port Mafia.
Psychotic Smirk: Along with his Scary Shiny Glasses, Tonan displayed this a couple of times, feeling highly anticipated of having the Armed Detective Agency face their imminent downfall, although this was all of Nikolai's doing under the disguise as a government official to frame them as terrorists, unbeknownst to the former.
Relative Button: Tonan wanted Fukuzawa to pay for murdering his father at the end of the Great War years ago.
Small Role, Big Impact: Being a minor antagonist of the Hunting Dogs arc, Tonan looked forward for the Armed Detective Agency's certain doom, which eventually came true after the Page was written to frame them for murder, prompting the vice minister to declare said detective agency as terrorists.
Strong Family Resemblance: His picture shows that Tonan resembles his late father.

Unaffiliated Characters

Aya Koda

Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki (Japanese), Cassandra Lee Morris (English)^{Foreign VAs}

Personalia
Age: 10
Height: ??????
Blood Type: ??????
Birthday: September 1, presumably
Zodiac Sign: Virgo, presumably
First appearance: Hitori Ayumu OVA

Literary references: She is named after Japanese author Aya Koda.

A young girl obsessed with being a martial arts hero.

Action Girl: Aya is highly determined with martial arts and fighting for justice and is the youngest one of all female characters in the series.
Character Development: Starting out from where she was hero-obsessed, Aya learns true heroic values.
Chekhov's Gunman: Jouno's narration mentions that the one who is the most difficult to deal with for Fukuchi, is not Teruko or Tecchou. While the narration stops right at 'But it is...', the panel cuts to show Aya.
A Day in the Limelight: Compared to her first appearance that she only appeared in one chapter/OVA episode, Aya gets more screentime during the Vampire Infection Outbreak arc, where she encountered Bram Stoker and worked together to stop the Decay of the Angel's terrorism plot.
Early-Bird Cameo: Her first appearance is in Hitori Ayumu. She reappears in the Vampire Infection Outbreak arc, where she plays a key part.
Fiery Redhead: She has dark red hair, and is full of energy.
Heroic Bystander: She's nothing but a normal civilian caught in the middle of the fight between the Agency and the Hunting Dogs, but she still outmaneuvers Fukuchi when he comes to kill her despite being in close proximity, and is able to steal Bram out from under his nose.
Intergenerational Friendship: With Bram Stoker. The 10-year-old Aya gets along surprisingly well with the old vampire.
Love Martyr: Aya's father is very abusive towards her, insulting her and beating her for not being a Proper Lady like her mother and sister was. However, the whole reason why Aya wants to be an ally of justice is because she looks up to her father, who is a cop.
A Match Made in Stockholm: While hiding from Fukuchi, Aya enters Bram's coffin and ends up kidnapping the vampire, completely derailing Fukuchi's plans in the process. After having an emotional conversation, Aya starts treating Bram like a friend and convinces him to help her stop Fukuchi in exchange for her portable music player.
Missing Mom: Her mom is mentioned to have died at some point.
Morality Pet: To Bram Stoker. Aya's interactions with the vampire reveal a very soft side to him. In the end, he agrees to help Aya stop the Decay of the Angel for Aya's sake. When Aya risks her life to pull out the sword blocking his power, the first thing Bram does is ordering the vampire Akutagawa to save Aya's life.
Plucky Girl: Aya is a spunky and brave "ally of justice" who refuses to give up no matter the odds.
Shout-Out: Her admiring her father (who remains unnamed in her monologue but is likely named Rohan Koda following tradition), refers to the real Aya Koda who did often mention her father in her writings, one of her works centering around his death.
Spanner in the Works: Fukuchi didn't even know Aya existed, let alone thought she would actually be a problem. While waiting for her dad at the airport, she eavesdrops on Fukuchi and manages to escape into Bram's coffin to hide, then grabs the vampire and runs, forcing Fukuchi to devote his resources to capturing her. She ends up managing to pull the sword out of Bram's body, resulting in him recovering his full power and making the vampires stop obeying the Decay of the Angel.
You Remind Me of X: It's implied that Aya reminds Bram of his daughter.

Soseki Natsume (SPOILERS)

Soseki Natsume

Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese), Greg Chun (English s1-3), Alejandro Saab (English s4)^{Foreign VAs}

夏目漱石 - 吾輩は猫である^note

Personalia
Age: ??????
Height: Variable
Blood Type: ??????
Birthday: ??????
Zodiac Sign: Unknown, due to an unknown birthday
First appearance: Chapter 50

Literary references: He is named after Japanese author Kinnosuke Natsume, who wrote under the pen name Soseki Natsume, and his ability is a reference to Natsume's novel I Am a Cat.

A mysterious author who inspired Oda's dream of becoming a writer and supported the founding of the Armed Detective Agency. His ability, I Am A Cat, allows him to turn into a cat, which lets him gather information with ease.

Animorphism: His ability lets him turn into a cat.
Badass Longcoat: He wears a brown longcoat in his short appearance.
Big Good: Created the Armed Detective Agency to establish a peaceful tripartite rule over Yokohama, with the military police and the Port Mafia as the other two parts.
Chekhov's Gunman: First introduced in a flashback during the Dark Era, later plays a major role in the Fyodor arc.
Classy Cane: His cane adds to his image of an old founder.
The Dog Was the Mastermind: The Big Good that everyone's been trying to find was... the Agency clerk's pet cat.
Exactly What It Says on the Tin: His ability does exactly what you'd expect it to.
The Faceless: He's only ever seen silhouetted in Oda's flashback. Averted when he's properly introduced during the Fyodor arc.
Foreshadowing: In the Dark Era, a calico cat appeared at Bar Lupin who Dazai called "Sensei". Calico cats have also appeared on official art featuring Oda and Fukuzawa, the two characters with known ties to Souseki. Come chapter 50, and it's revealed that Mii-chan, Haruno's calico cat, is Natsume in disguise. Said cat has always been referred to with he/him, and male calico cats are extremely rare...
Heart Is an Awesome Power: Natsume was feared as having one of the most powerful abilities of all gifted. Turns out his only power is to turn into a small housecat... which is still extremely useful for stealthily gathering information, making him practically omniscient.
Hidden in Plain Sight: The cat Dazai was playing with at the bar in the Dark Era and Haruno's cat Mii-chan are the same cat, and alsi, Natsume in disguise.
Historical In-Joke:
- In real life, Natsume is considered as one of the greatest writers in modern Japanese history, and had a great influence on later writers. In Bungou Stray Dogs, Natsume is speculated to be one of the strongest Ability users, and had a big hand in influencing Yokohama's politics.
- That this Natsume's novel series was left unfinished is a reference to the real Natsume's novel Light and Dark, which was left unfinished by Natsume's death.
Old Shame: He's the author of Oda's favorite novel series, but considers the final installment to be garbage and is implied to have destroyed all copies.
Retired Badass: After arranging the three organizations that would maintain the order in Yokohama, Natsume retired to live as Haruno's spoiled pet cat. Although, he does occasionally intervene in the action when Yokohama is in trouble.
Two First Names: Natsume can be both a first name and a surname in Japan.
Walking Spoiler: Almost every detail about him is a surprising reveal in the story.

Karma

Voiced by: Miyu Irino (Japanese), Bryce Papenbrook (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A boy enslaved by Ace. Dreams of overthrowing the mafia.

Named by the Adaptation: In the original manga, he wasn't even given a name. He only got the official name "Karma" with the anime.
Tragic One-Shot Character: He only appears in one chapter/episode where we learn his sad past and miserable situation as Ace's slave. Then, it ends with Fyodor killing him.
We Hardly Knew Ye: Both appears and dies in chapter 40.

Dan Brown

Literary references: He is named after American author Dan Brown, and his ability is a reference to Brown's novel Inferno.

Made a cameo as a promotional tie-in for the Japanese release of his novel Inferno. His ability, "Inferno," lets him look 33 minutes into the future via a three-line piece of heavily-encoded text.

Ink-Suit Actor: The character in the manga looks just like his real-life counterpart.
Seers: What his Ability allows him to do. However, only he is able to decipher the text that he composes.

Headmaster of the Orphanage

Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka (Japanese), Ben Diskin (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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The headmaster of the orphanage Atsushi lived at and responsible for Atsushi's dark and troublesome past.

Abusive Parent: He was the one who raised Atsushi after his real parents abandoned him. In his orphanage, the Headmaster subjected Atsushi to insults, starvation, regular beatings, isolation and inhumane punishments such as nailing his foot to the floor. However, the Headmaster didn't do this because he hated Atsushi as the latter thought, but because he sincerely hoped that upbringing would make Atsushi grow up into a strong and righteous man.
Dark and Troubled Past: Like Atsushi, the Headmaster also grew up as an orphan and had gone through his fair share of torment and grief. When he reached adulthood, he took to the life of crime. After the death of his five comrades, he opened up an orphanage to take in all the kids, one of which was Atsushi.
Easily Forgiven: Subverted. When Atsushi learns that everything he did was out of Tough Love and he did love Atsushi before dying, Atsushi can't bring himself to ever forgive him for the hell he was put through. Dazai tells him that's entirely okay, since it was hell for him, but that he should never forget that it's ultimately thanks to the Headmaster that Atsushi became the person he is today. And that it's just as okay for Atsushi to cry over the loss of the closest thing he had to father.
Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": Only known as "The Headmaster".
So Proud of You: He jumped on a bus and was on his way to congratulate Atsushi with a bouquet of flowers for a job well done after the defeat of the Guild. However, he was unable to complete his task. Atsushi does shed some tears for his fallen torturer after learning all he had done was to help Atsushi.
Tough Love: A very extreme example. He basically tortured Atsushi throughout his childhood. He actually had Atsushi's best interests in mind and the injections that he gave Atsushi were actually nutrients to help him grow. After seeing Atsushi in the news, the Headmaster is genuinely happy for Atsushi's triumph he wanted to congratulate him with a bouquet of flowers, but was unfortunately unable to do so.
Troubled Abuser: The reason for his cruel inhumane acts, ranging from forced self-harm, starvation, and isolation, to Atsushi is that he himself had a dark troublesome past. He wanted Atsushi to grow up to hate him (the headmaster) instead of growing up to hate himself.

Yokomizo

Voiced by: Takanori Hoshino (Japanese)

A renowned mystery writer and a close friend of Mushitaro Oguri.

The Faceless: Mushitaro's flashbacks always have Yokomizo's face as a blank.
No Full Name Given: His full name is never mentioned in the series.
Not The Illness That Killed Them: Yokomizo had gastric cancer and was given a year left to live. Since he wanted to create the perfect mystery with his own death, he made the preparations with Mushitaro and finally asked the latter to strangle him to death.
Posthumous Character: He's only seen alive in Mushitaro's flashbacks, but honoring his memory is the biggest motivation for Mushitaro's actions.

Mr. Koda

Voiced by: Itaru Yamamoto (Japanese)

Aya's father. He's stated to be a cop.

Abusive Dad: He often beats Aya for not being a perfect or normal girl like her late mother and sister were. This is likely a reference to the real father of Aya being described as rather demanding. However, also somewhat like in real life, Aya doesn't hate him and admires him rather.
Unnamed Parent: His name hasn't been mentioned, but it is likely to be Rohan, following traditions.
Unseen No More: His face isn't shown in Aya's flashbacks until it's finally revealed in chapter 110.5.
Wanted a Gender-Conforming Child: He disapproves of Aya's headstrong personality and desire to be an ally of justice, calling her a failure of a woman. He frequently compared her unfavorably to her late mother and sister, who were perfect feminine ladies in his eyes.

Characters from Past Arcs

Nobuko Sasaki

Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English)^{Foreign VAs}

A lecturer at a university in Tokyo. She is the Azure Apostle and former accomplice to the Azure King, her lover, and attempts to ruin the Armed Detective Agency after her lover's death.

Brutal Honesty: After reading the description of Kunikida's ideal woman, she tells him to his face that his perfect girlfriend doesn't exist.
Deliberately Distressed Damsel: She claims to have been kidnapped and trapped in a water tank, with Kunikida and Dazai arriving to save her from drowning. Actually, she was the Azure Apostle all along and staged her own kidnapping to create a fake alibi.
Karmic Death: She's killed by Rokuzo, who shoots her to avenge the deaths of himself and his father.
Named After Somebody Famous: She's named after the real-life Doppo Kunikida's first wife.

Rokuzo Taguchi

Voiced by: Kaito Ishikawa (Japanese), Xander Mobus (English)^{Foreign VAs}

An information broker who provided info for the Armed Detective Agency. His father was murdered by the Azure King and Kunikida provided him with a place to live and a job to make a living.

Knowledge Broker: He's highly proficient with hacking into computers and gathering information, making him a very efficient information broker.
Mutual Kill: After Nobuko shoots him, he shoots her dead to take her down with him.
Taking the Bullet: He gets shot by Nobuko while shielding Kunikida.

André Gide

Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese), Kirk Thornton (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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アンドレ・ジイド - 狭き門 ^note

Literary references: He is named after French author André Gide. His ability is named after Gide's novel, Strait Is the Gate.

The leader of a criminal organization from Europe known as Mimic. His ability, Strait Is the Gate allows him to see his enemies' movements a few seconds into the future.

Adaptation Dye-Job: His eyes were grey in the novel; in the anime they are red. This was likely to invoke Red Eyes, Take Warning and to complement it to Oda's blue eyes.
All There in the Manual: His ability's name was only revealed in promotional material for the anime.
Arc Villain: He's the villain of the Dark Era arc.
As the Good Book Says...: Quotes John 12:24 before his final battle with Oda.
Color-Coded for Your Convenience: His visions of the future are tinted red as opposed to Oda's blue.
Combat Clairvoyance: His ability is similar to Oda's, but warns him of his enemies' movements rather than his own possible deaths.
Death Seeker: He and his followers wanted to have a glorious death after being betrayed by their country. Gide states he wants to live and die as a soldier until his last breath to honor his fallen comrades.
Hey, You!: Calls Odasaku in katakana instead, not only denoting him being foreign ^note, but also gives a slight sense of rudeness.
Mutual Kill: André and Oda kill each other with a simultaneous gunshot.
Posthumous Character: Was killed by Oda before the start of the events of the main storyline.
Red Eyes, Take Warning: Although they're grey in the original novel.
Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red to Oda's blue. In contrast to Oda's serious nature, Gide is emotional and gets worked up easily. This is reflected in the colors the anime uses to represent their foresight abilities (Gide's visions are red, while Oda's are blue).
Western Terrorists: He leads a European terrorist group formed by war criminals.
White Hair, Black Heart: He has white hair, and he's the main antagonist of Dark Era. Unusually, he has dark skin.
Wicked Cultured: Shown to have knowledge of art and the Bible.
Worthy Opponent: He saw Oda as one due to their similar abilities, hence why he made him cross the Despair Event Horizon by killing the children Oda was taking care of.
Would Hurt a Child: He is willing to kill the orphans that Oda raised just to have a duel.

Rando / Arthur Rimbaud

Voiced by: Yūya Uchida (Japanese), Christopher Swindle (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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Literary references: He is named after French poet Arthur Rimbaud, and his ability is named after Rimbaud's poetry collection, Illuminations.

A European agent who joined the Port Mafia after losing his memories.

Arc Villain: Of Fifteen. Rimbaud is the culprit behind the sightings of the former mafia boss as he tries to find to uncover Arahabaki.
Asskicking Leads to Leadership: He is a very powerful Ability user known as a transcendant, and an executive for the Port Mafia.
Barrier Warrior: His Ability lets him create hyperspaces he can control. He can make them big enough to enclose an entire warehouse, or small enough to simply blast at people. There's no way to break through his walls, the only way to remove them is either for Dazai to touch them or for Rimbaud to deactivate his Ability.
- Do note that the latter was only present in the anime, as Dazai is shown to be unable to do this in the original source material, as Rimbaud is part of the Transcendentals, a mythical group of Ability Users whose members can be counted on one hand that are said to have especially powerful Abilities.
Clones Are People, Too: Has an odd viewpoint on this. He sees Verlaine as a human, but not Chuuya, whom he was willing to capture and hand over to his superiors to experiment on. This ideology ultimately lead to Verlaine's betrayal.
Criminal Amnesiac: Played with. Rimbaud originally worked for the French government and helped free Verlaine from Faunus, which was how they met, but also was part of a mission to kidnap a young Chuuya. However, after losing his memories, he forgot this and joined the mafia.
Conviction by Contradiction: Rimbaud gives a detailed account of the explosion in Suribachi, and while no one doubts that he witnessed such an event Dazai realizes Rimbaud is lying because he mentions seeing the sea from the bottom of a crater two kilometers across. He then comes to the conclusion that Rimbaud remembered the sea because he was actually recalling the explosion from eight years ago that created Suribachi. Rimbaud then confesses to having been the culprit behind the sightings of the old boss.
Friends All Along: Zigzagged. When he remembers Verlaine, Rimbaud talks about wanting to see his old partner again, but after regaining more of his memories, Rimbaud recalls Verlaine betrayed him. Verlaine expresses delight after hearing about Rimbaud's death, but it’s revealed that the two deeply cared for each other and Rimbaud when to great lengths to help Verlaine. The reason for the betrayal was because Rimbaud wanted to hand over Chuuya to be experimented on and Verlaine wouldn't allow it, leading to a fight. In the end, Rimbaud still did whatever he could for Verlaine, who misses and only wants to see him.
Identity Amnesia: Rimbaud lost his memories due to trauma sustained from being caught up in the explosion in Suribachi. He completely forgets who he was, taking the name 'Rando' when someone mistook his hat for one, and joined the mafia.
Karmic Death: He is killed by Dazai and Chuuya after he attempted to murder Chuuya and puppet his corpse.
People Puppets: He wants to kill Chuuya and use his Ability to make him into one of these. Fortunately, he fails.
What Measure Is a Non-Human?: During the mission to capture Chuuya, Rimbaud and Verlaine had a disagreement over what to do with the boy. Rimbaud viewed Verlaine, a product experimentation, as a human but didn't regard Chuuya as such and wanted to hand him over to his superiors while Verlaine wanted to set him free. This culminated in Verlaine attempting to shoot Rimbaud, leading to Chuuya along with Arahabaki being released. This later became a Noodle Incident of sorts.

Shirase Buichirou

Voiced by: Masaaki Mizunaka (Japanese), Johnny Yong Bosch (English)^{Foreign VAs}

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One of the original members of the Sheep, a group of orphans making their base in a sewage canal, that acted as a sort of mutual aid network, protecting eachother from the various threats adults might pose to them. Shirase came across Chuuya when the latter was on the verge of death from extreme malnourishment and provided him with bread which Chuuya ate despite not knowing what it was. Shirase then convinced the other members of the Sheep to take in Chuuya.

Badass Normal: He isn't an Ability user but he's one of the few characters who can boast they landed a hit on Chuuya, albeit by tricking him into lowering his guard. Later, he saves Chuuya from the skeleton Chuuya by body-slamming it and pulling out all the cords keeping it alive.
Break Her Heart to Save Her: A platonic version. Shirase is manipulated by Dazai into believing Chuuya betrayed the Sheep while the boy had actually been forced to join the mafia in order to save the gang from being killed. Afterwards, Chuuya decides to keep Shirase in the dark to protect him from the mafia, even though it means Shirase utterly despises him. Adam later fills Shirase in and the two are able to make amends.
Bullying a Dragon:
- He threatens to kill Dazai and tries bossing Chuuya around. The only reason Shirase survives is because Dazai needed him around to manipulate Chuuya, who refused to let someone he considered a friend die.
- In Storm Beinger, his grudge against Chuuya drives him to routinely insult the other boy and even throw things at his face. Adam is bewildered by this, wondering why Shirase would treat the person who saved him in such a way and why Chuuya allows it.
The Bus Came Back: He disappears near the end of Dazai, Chuuya, Fifteen Years Old after kicking Chuuya out of the Sheep and returns in Storm Bringer, working at a factory after the gang was disbanded.
Chekhov's Gun: He threatens Dazai with a knife in his first appearance, but doesn't actually do anything with it. Later, he coats it with rat poison to stab Chuuya.
Combat Pragmatist: Rather than face Chuuya in a fair fight he would certainly lose, Shirase pretends to be friendly to get his guard down before stabbing Chuuya with a knife coated in rat poison to weaken him.
Dramatic Irony: He utterly loathes Chuuya for causing the destruction of the Sheep by selling them out to the Port Mafia, not knowing that Chuuya was actually protecting them, as Dazai was using the Sheep members as hostages and would have simply killed them had he not complied
False Friend: Shirase treated Chuuya more akin to the Sheep's attack dog than a person, making him use his powers to fight and getting very upset when the other boy refused.
Fire-Forged Friends: In Storm Bringer, Shirase still hates Chuuya for apparently betraying him but is forced to stick with him to avoid being killed by Verlaine. He eventually learns from Adam that Chuuya had actually been protecting him and actually risks his life for the other boy. In the end, he leaves for London and says goodbye to Chuuya as friends.
Heroic Sacrifice: He launches himself at the skeleton Chuuya which was in the process of killing the real Chuuya. Luckily, Shirase doesn't die and instead manages to pull out the cords keep the thing alive.
How the Mighty Have Fallen: He believes this of himself. As a member of the Sheep, he actually had quite a lot of power and somehow had enough money to pay for luxuries. However, after Chuuya's apparent betrayal and the gang's subsequent disbandment, Shirase is forced to get a crappy job in a factory, with the only remnant of his former status being an expensive watch he believes he'll shortly have to sell.
Implausible Hair Color: His hair is extremely pale grey.
Jerkass Realization: Shirase sees Chuuya badly injured and losing a fight for the first time and thinks he resembles a teenaged boy just like him, before realizing Chuuya is a teenaged boy just like him, not a weapon. Shirase tries to convince himself to just escape, but ultimately returns to save his friend.
Put on a Bus: He disappears from the story at the end of the Fifteen arc after kicking Chuuya out of the Sheep and being used as a secret hostage by Dazai, with his whereabouts being unknown aside from being alive. In Storm Bringer he's once again sent off as he goes to Europe to join an Ability organization.
Recruitment by Rescue: When Shirase first met Chuuya, the latter was horribly emaciated and close to death. Shirase fed him and brought him into the Sheep even though the other members were apprehensive, saving the boy's life.
Small Name, Big Ego: Shirase grossly overestimates his own importance and skill. He thinks the Sheep are strong enough that he can waltz into mafia territory to steal booze against Chuuya's advice and openly threatens Dazai, whom he knows is an important and influential mafioso. Shirase also tells Adam he was the smartest member of the Sheep, and Adam cannot help but feel that isn’t true.
Sticky Fingers: In the lab, he starts nabbing anything he thinks could be valuable to pawn it off later and restart the Sheep with the money.
Too Stupid To Live: Everyone seems to view him as this, given he's an ordinary teenaged boy who believes he can go up against powerful Ability users. He ignores advice not to piss off the Port Mafia, throws out the Sheep's only protection, and later tries his hand at illegal weapon smuggling. It's made abundantly clear that if he wasn't needed to control Chuuya, he would have been killed for his ignorance and stupidity long ago.
Undying Loyalty: Everything Shirase does is to benefit the Sheep.
Ungrateful Bastard: Shirase doesn't listen to Chuuya's warnings not to go into enemy territory and throws a fit when he refuses to attack the mafia for the Sheep, despite Chuuya being almost solely responsible for protecting the gang who are virtually defenceless without him.
We Used to Be Friends: While he more regarded Chuuya as a weapon, Shirase was still responsible for saving him from starvation and giving him a home in the form of the Sheep. Later, Shirase is tricked into believing Chuuya was a traitor and tries to kill him. Adam eventually tells him Chuuya was actually trying to protect the Sheep and the two make amends.

Adam Frankenstein

Literary references: He is named for the book Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.

A robot working for Europole created by Dr. Wollestonecraft.

A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Discussed and played for laughs. His dream is to have robots replace human investigators because he thinks they would be superior and mentions watching a movie where computers took over humanity to make himself feel better. However, Adam is actually very nice.
Badass in a Nice Suit: Typical of this series.
Cloudcuckoolander: He's a tad strange. For example, Adam doesn't notice when the plane he was just on crashes in a forest and instead decides Japanese airports are covered in trees.
The Comically Serious: Adam is fairly eccentric, but his reactions are largely deadpan.
Comically Small Bribe: He tries getting Chuuya to help him arrest Verlaine which the boy adamantly refuses to do. Among the bribes Adam attempts to use are a party trick and an android joke, which only serves to frustrate and confuse Chuuya.
Disney Death: Adam pulls off a Heroic Sacrifice to try to save everyone from Guivre the Beast. The attempt fails and he appeared to have been blown to bits, only for Dr. Wollstonecraft to repair him later.
Does Not Understand Sarcasm: He has difficulty understanding when someone doesn't really mean what the words they're saying.
Eating Machine: Adam likes to eat candy. There's even a colored page in Storm Bringer of him doing so. He also eats gum, as he only recently learns about it and does not understand he is not supposed to swallow it.
Face Doodling: He tries getting Chuuya to do it with him on Verlaine's face after the assassin is defeated.
Informed Attribute: Multiple people immediately describe him as looking European, though illustrations do not portray him as appearing differently from the other characters.
Innocently Insensitive: He handles Chuuya's grief over his friends' murders particularly badly, interrupting their funeral to ask the boy to speak with him about Verlaine, believing it to be helpful for everyone, which only results in him pestering Chuuya until he cracks the floor in a rage.
Insistent Terminology: Adam refers to Chuuya as 'Chuuya-sama' after the boy is made his priority. It turns out he has to refer to anyone designated as his priority with this suffix and cannot change it, much to Chuuya's embarrassment.
Nice Guy: Despite his poor social skills and strange mannerisms, Adam genuinely means well.
No Social Skills: He doesn't understand human behavior. Adam frequently misjudges what is appropriate in different social situations, much to the bewilderment of the humans around him.
- Case in point, he tries playing a game he and Chuuya take turns naming odd human behaviors. Unfortunately, Adam fails to recognize that Chuuya isn't participating, prompting him to list off answers one after another, mentioning how humans dislike making involuntary and Passive-Aggressive Kombat. Adam then starts commenting on how men and women use the toilet, at which point Chuuya yells at him for being disgusting, only for Adam to think the mafioso is referring to the state of the room they’re in.
Ridiculously Human Robots: Adam is a robot, though he looks completely human to the point the Flags don't even fully believe he is one.
Suddenly Shouting: Adam impresses the Flags with his juggling routine, but mistakenly believes the appropriate reaction is to abruptly begin yelling them.
Supporting Protagonist: Much of Storm Bringer is told from his perspective.
Sweet Tooth: Weirdly so. He buys a bunch of candy for himself and particularly enjoys gum.

Chuuya Nakahara (SPOILERS)

Literary references: He is named after Japanese poet Chuya Nakahara.

The other Chuuya Nakahara, who was cloned as part of a military experiment to create a vessel for Arahabaki. He either escaped to become the Chuuya of the main story, or died in the lab.

As it is unknown which one is the clone, this page is split into tropes pertaining to Chuuya before the experiment and the Chuuya who remained in the lab.

For information about the main Chuuya, see Chuuya Nakahara

Young Chuuya

The boy who was taken by the military and experimented on.

Ambiguous Clone Ending: Dazai brings it up that despite the evidence, there's nothing that can prove without a shadow of a doubt that the main Chuuya is a clone. Some evidence points to the young Chuuya having been the one to escape, as both he and the main Chuuya have a similar scar which the main Chuuya cannot recall receiving. However, the main Chuuya identifies himself as a separate person.
Copied the Morals, Too: If the current Chuuya is his clone. Both the young and current Chuuyas have displayed violent tendencies and a strong sense of loyalty.
Death Faked for You: The military illegally abducted Chuuya to use in an experiment and covered up the crime by telling his parents he was dead. The current Chuuya decides to keep his existence a secret from them, as he views the mafia as his real family.
Fiery Redhead: Implied. In elementary school, Chuuya fought an upperclassman four years older than him for insulting his family and was stabbed with a pencil as a result, though this did not deter Chuuya from continuing to beat him up.
Historical In-Joke: He has a very similar background to the author he is named for.
Unwitting Test Subject: This Chuuya was possibly kidnapped by the military, who told his parents he died to prevent them from looking for him. He was then experimented on and cloned to create a vessel for Arahabaki.
Walking Spoiler: It's not exactly possible to talk about any of this without revealing the current Chuuya is possibly a clone.

Lab Chuuya

The boy who remained in the lab after its destruction.

Abusive Parents: It's unknown what Chuuya's relationship with his birth parents was, but, N, the scientist responsible for experimenting on him and the clone refers to himself as their father. He was not a nice man by any means and effectively tortured the boys.
Death by Origin Story: This Chuuya is no longer alive. Though it's unknown if he is the original or the clone.
Dem Bones: After his death N uses his bones to attack Chuuya, and his skeleton somehow has the gravity manipulation Ability. Shirase manages to defeat it by taking the skeleton by surprise and disconnecting it from the tubes keeping it alive.
Forced to Watch: Downplayed. The current Chuuya is taken to see this Chuuya by N, who drains the fluids in the tank that were keeping him alive, suddenly killing him despite the current Chuuya's panicked efforts to save him.
I'm Melting!: Chuuya is kept in a tank in extremely poor condition, needing the tank's fluids to keep him alive. When N drains it to show the current Chuuya, this Chuuya quickly dies and his body melts away.
People Jars: He's held in a tank by N, though unlike most examples, the fluids inside are too opaque for him to be properly seen, so N drains it to show the other Chuuya. This kills him due to fluids being the only thing sustaining him
Surprisingly Sudden Death: The current Chuuya is brought to the tank this Chuuya is held in. N drains the tank to show the boy off, and he almost immediately begins coughing and gagging without the fluids supporting him, before disintegrating soon after.
Walking Spoiler: It's not exactly possible to talk about any of this without revealing the current Chuuya is possibly a clone.
We Hardly Knew Ye: He dies very quickly after being introduced.

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Ministry of Justice

Tanzo Tonan

Voiced by: Yasunori Matsumoto (Japanese)

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Aya Koda

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Soseki Natsume

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Karma

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Mr. Koda

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Nobuko Sasaki

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Adam Frankenstein

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Tanzo Tonan

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Aya Koda

Voiced by: Minako Kotobuki (Japanese), Cassandra Lee Morris (English) Foreign VAsJocelyn Robles (Latin American Spanish), Sophia Atman (French), Agatha Paulita (Brazilian Portuguese)

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Voiced by: Hōchū Ōtsuka (Japanese), Greg Chun (English s1-3), Alejandro Saab (English s4) Foreign VAsAlejandro Mayén (Latin American Spanish), Stéphane Pirard (French)

Karma

Voiced by: Miyu Irino (Japanese), Bryce Papenbrook (English) Foreign VAsAntoni LoPresti (Latin American Spanish), Stéphane Pirard (French), Marco Rosenberg (German)

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Headmaster of the Orphanage

Voiced by: Hiroshi Naka (Japanese), Ben Diskin (English) Foreign VAsRicardo Méndez (Latin American Spanish), Maxime Donnay (French), Holger Umbreit (German)

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Mr. Koda

Voiced by: Itaru Yamamoto (Japanese)

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Nobuko Sasaki

Voiced by: Sanae Kobayashi (Japanese), Wendee Lee (English) Foreign VAs Leyla Rangel (Latin American Spanish), Helena Coppejans (French), Nina Witt (German), Maira Paris (Brazilian Portuguese)

Rokuzo Taguchi

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Voiced by: Shin-ichiro Miki (Japanese), Kirk Thornton (English) Foreign VAsDafnis Fernández (Latin American Spanish), Michel Hinderyckx (French), Raphael Rossatto (Portuguese)

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Voiced by: Yūya Uchida (Japanese), Christopher Swindle (English) Foreign VAsJaime Alberto Carrillo (Latin American Spanish), Fabian Finkels (French), Fabian Harloff (German)

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