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Leader: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Second in command: -
Base of operations: America, Zelda (yacht, former), Moby Dick (former)
First appearance: Chapter 15/Episode 12
Leader: Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Second in command: -
Base of operations: America, Zelda (yacht, former), Moby Dick (former)
First appearance: Chapter 15/Episode 12
Character sheet for the Guild of Bungo Stray Dogs. Characters on this page all have their names listed in Western order— given names followed by surnames.
The Guild (組合, Kumiai) is an American criminal organization whose members have supernatural powers seeking to expand their influence into Japan and capture Atsushi. Their head is Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald.
Spoilers up to chapter 37 / episode 24 are unmarked.
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In General
- Anime Accent Absence: All of the members are able to speak perfect, flawless Japanese, despite being an American organization.
- Cool Airship: The Moby Dick, their one to last base of operations.
- Cool Boat: The Zelda, a yacht that serves as their secondary base. Although it blows up somewhere in chapter 20.
- Enemy Civil War: Following Fitzgerald's loss to Atsushi and Akutagawa, the Guild effectively falls apart, only to be rebuilt into two opposing factions: the Guild Remnants, led by Steinbeck, and the Renewed Guild, led by Fitzgerald. While the Renewed Guild is willing to work alongside former enemies like the Armed Detective Agency and appear to have gained some scrupples, the Remnants remain as unscrupulous as the old Guild.
- Fantasy Counterpart Culture: To Freemasonry
. - Foil: Lucy and Twain are both redheads, they share the same birthday, and both of their powers concern dolls. However, while Twain still laughs after Atsushi manages to beat him, he loudly proclaims he had so much fun, prioritizing the experience above the goal, while Lucy, when beaten by Atsushi after he gets out of her room is more of a Sore Loser at first and only gives him an angry glare upon leaving.
- Light Is Not Good: Many of them, barring Poe, Hawthorne and Lovecraft (the more brooding members of the Guild) wear bright clothing, and, as their portraits also show, most of their Abilities are yellow or gold-colored.
- The Good, the Bad, and the Evil: The Evil to the Agency's Good and the Mafia's Bad. Zig Zagged after Fitzgerald returns but with a different outlook, as while they seem to be no longer evil, they make clear they are now cases of I Fight for the Strongest Side!.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Their main defining trait as an organization is their exorbitant wealth.
- Screw This, I'm Outta Here: A good chunk of the major members all leave the Guild following Fitzgerald's defeat, effectively ending the original iteration of the group.
- Steinbeck takes whatever members he can find and reorganizes them into the Guild Remnants.
- Lucy and Poe undergo Heel Face Turns and become allies with the Armed Detective Agency.
- Melville joins the Government's Special Abilities Division and is tasked with locating the rogue Guild members.
- Lovecraft jumps into the ocean to resume his slumber.
- Twain returns to America so he can finish his autobiography.
- Hawthorne joins Fyodor in the hopes he can wake Mitchell up from her coma.
- Louisa decides to await the return of Fitzgerald, and eventually reunites with him, the two rebuilding the Guild as the Renewed Guild.
Members
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald
Voiced by: Takahiro Sakurai (Japanese), Chris Hackney (English) Foreign VAs
フランシス・スコット・フィッツジェラル - 華麗なるフィッツジェラルド note
- Literary references: He is named after American author F. Scott Fitzgerald, and his ability is a reference to Fitzgerald's most famous novel, The Great Gatsby.
Personalia
Age: 32
Height: 191 cm
Blood Type: O
Birthday: September 24
Zodiac Sign: Libra
First appearance: Chapter 15/Episode 12
Age: 32
Height: 191 cm
Blood Type: O
Birthday: September 24
Zodiac Sign: Libra
First appearance: Chapter 15/Episode 12
The leader of the Guild. His ability, "The Great Fitzgerald," allows him to spend money in exchange for physical strength and resilience.
- Anti-Villain: He's willing to raze all of Yokohama in order to find a reality warping book, but the only reason he wants it is to restore his family. His wife is mentally ill and snapped after the death of their daughter, so he wants to use the book to bring his daughter back and heal his wife. His love for them is one of the only things he considers more important than money, to the point his Ability didn't consume his wedding band despite using everything else, and only did so when Fitzgerald would have died otherwise.
- Arc Villain: Of The Guild arc.
- Benevolent Boss: Seems to care for his subordinates and will take the course of action that best ensures their safety. He even willingly enters an alliance with the Armed Detective Agency under the condition Yosano uses her Ability to save Mitchell from death.
- Cast from Money: His Ability is activated by spending money. The more money he spends, the stronger he becomes physically, and the longer it lasts. Even as little as 50 cents can make a single punch strong enough to lay someone out. It's not limited to paper bills though, as his bank accounts, charge cards, and someone's value to him can also be used. When he fell from the Moby Dick, his Ability unconsciously activated and consumed his wedding band, allowing him to survive the impact with the ocean.
- Corrupt Corporate Executive: Owns 3 conglomerates, 5 hotels, an airline and a railway company. He's willing to do whatever it takes to get what he wants, no matter who suffers.
- Deadpan Snarker:What? Oh, I wasn't listening. My ears reject boring topics.
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: He deeply cares for his beloved wife who was driven to a delusion after their daughter's death.
- Exact Words: Says he'll "listen to" Alcott's request to order her again, not "grant" it. Ends up taking back his position as her boss anyway.
- Hazy-Feel Turn: After his return, he and Louisa form the "Renewed Guild", and make clear it fights for the strong. So while he's perfectly willing to help the Armed Detective Agency when they're framed for terrorism, it leaves him and the Renewed Guild as more akin to wild cards overall.
- He's Back!: Alcott helps him get on his feet after his fall, both from power and from the Moby Dick. Now he's wealthy again (albeit not as obscenely as before) and is once again working towards getting his hands on the book he needs to revive his daughter.
- Living Emotional Crutch: To Louisa, who admits she has no reason to live if Fitzgerald won't give her orders.
- Logical Weakness: "The Great Fitzgerald" is completely dependent on him being wealthy. He even lampshades it by calling his ability "a joke now" after becoming homeless upon his defeat.
- Love Makes You Evil: His goal is to heal his mentally ill wife by using a reality-wrapping book to resurrect their daughter. To achieve this, Fitzgerald has no qualms with crushing anyone in his way and destroying an entire city.
- The Man Behind the Man: Responsible for placing the bounty on Atsushi's head and hiring the Port Mafia to capture him.
- Man of Wealth and Taste: Incredibly wealthy and well-dressed, he will always get what he wants. Even if that means hiring the most vicious mafia around to capture a teenaged were-tiger. Upon his comeback, his priority is a new suit and shaving himself again.
- Marked Change: Gains black, stripe-like markings over his body when activating his ability. The anime changes them to green, making it more closely resemble American paper bills.
- Necromantic: Everything he does is so he can find a way to bring his daughter back to life.
- Not Quite Dead: He falls off Moby Dick upon wasting all his money fighting Atsushi and Akutagawa. He's presumed dead for some time, but it's revealed he survived his fall into the bay although he washed up in a foreign country.
- Outliving One's Offspring: He and his wife lost their only daughter. His wife couldn't take it and now deludes herself into thinking their daughter is simply studying abroad.
- Platonic Life-Partners: He develops this sort of relationship with Louisa May Alcott after he loses all his money. Louisa picks him up from the slums and helps him rebuild himself until he can reassume his search of the book that has the power to resurrect his daughter and heal his insane wife.
- Power Glows: In the anime, the stripes are green and visibly glow.
- Rich in Dollars, Poor in Sense: Fitzgerald has been filthy rich for so long that his sense of expenditure is atrocious. After the Guild arc, he loses all his fortune and requires Louisa's financial support until he can stand on his own two feet again, yet he buys expensive cooking utensils only because they were on special sale and despite the fact he doesn't even know how to cook. When Louisa expresses concern over this, Fitzgerald fails to see the problem since he used to buy a whole store when he wanted a single product from it.
- Riches to Rags: He throws away his entire fortune in his battle against Atsushi and Akutagawa. Upon his defeat, he becomes a homeless beggar in the slums of a foreign country. Alcott helps him back onto his feet. He spends some time in squalor trying to build himself up again.
- Screw the Rules, I Have Money!: Throws money around to get what he wants. At first, he tries to buy the Armed Detective Agency's license, which allows gifted individuals to openly run a business. When that doesn't work, he turns to more drastic measures.
- Self-Made Man:
- He apparently started out poor, needing to work for two whole years in order to buy a gun so he could use it to kill four people and get more money. Now, he is the owner of three conglomerates, five hotels under his name, an airline, and a railway company.
- We see him do this after his defeat in the Guild arc. Alcott finds him after he burnt his fortune in his battle with Atsushi and Akutagawa. Together they raise a decent amount of money, and certainly are not wealthy, but wind up taking control of a valuable security company by proving that the CEO framed one of their employees for murder. They manage to use the money they'd scrounged up to buy up all the stocks while they tanked because of this, and build the company up again. With this they now have a big revenue stream and control of a very potent piece of software.
- Villain Respect: While he knows the Armed Detective Agency might turn into his enemies again, Fitzgerald gains genuine respect and admiration for their courageous spirit after seeing they were ready to fight back after being framed as terrorists.
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Lucy Maud Montgomery
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (Japanese), Cristina Vee (English) Foreign VAs
ルーシー・モード・モンゴメリ - 深淵の赤毛のアンnote
- Literary references: She is named after Canadian author L. M. Montgomery, and her ability is a reference to Montgomery's famous children's novel series Anne of Green Gables.
Personalia
Age: 19
Height: 165 cm
Blood Type: AB
Birthday: November 30
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
First appearance: Chapter 15/Episode 12
Age: 19
Height: 165 cm
Blood Type: AB
Birthday: November 30
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
First appearance: Chapter 15/Episode 12
A member of The Guild whos Ability, "Anne of Abyssal Red," lets her trap people in a pocket dimension called Anne's Room, inhabited by a giant Creepy Doll named Anne who acts as Lucy's Guardian Entity.
- All of the Other Reindeer: The other kids at her orphanage thought that she was a freak because of her ability.
- Anti-Villain: She's a girl who was treated like dirt for her power scared people, and forced to do all the chores for them. When Fitzgerald offered her a better life, she agreed. She later agrees to help him take over Yokohama because she fears he would take back what he gave to her (and probably because she fears his magical powers in general). During the climax, she does the right thing and helps Atsushi though.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: She eventually helps Atsushi escape and it's implied that she grew feelings for him, as he was one of the few to show her true kindness and concern for her well-being.
- Broken Bird: Her childhood was as bad as Atsushi's and she hates all people who have happier lives than her. Thanks to Atsushi understanding her suffering, her personality improves.
- Commonality Connection: Just like Atsushi, she grew up in an Orphanage of Fear where she was constantly abused. Atsushi being able to understand her feelings of pain and loneliness is what motivates her to help him.
- Corrupted Character Copy: While nearly all of the characters take some inspiration from their namesakes' most famous works, Lucy is by far one of the most blatant; her character design and backstory are very obviously inspired by Anne Shirley, L. M. Montgomery's most famous character. They both have red hair worn in braids and were raised in an orphanage, and some of Lucy's listed hobbies are "chatting", "daydreaming" and "romantic things", all of which are things Anne is well associated with. However, while Anne remained positive and friendly despite her harrowing experiences as an orphan and grew up to be a well-adjusted adult, Lucy's experiences traumatized her and she's largely motivated by her hatred of anyone who has a better life than her, making her rather creepy at times. This is eventually subverted after she befriends Atsushi and pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
- Creepy Doll: Anne is a large and extremely creepy doll that occupies Anne's Room who acts as a Guardian Entity for Lucy.
- Driven by Envy: Her actions are mainly by hatred for anyone with a better life to her.
- Defrosting Ice Queen: She softens a lot and becomes friendlier to Atsushi after they reach an understanding via their similar abusive childhoods.
- Evil Redhead: Her hair is red and she's introduced as a threatening villain. It's subverted as she later turns out to be more damaged than evil and she pulls a Heel–Face Turn.
- Fiery Redhead: She has red hair like the character her real-life counterpart is best known for. She also has a very irritable and aggressive personality, especially towards Atsushi.
- Foil: To Atsushi. She was also an orphaned ability user who grew up in an Orphanage of Fear where she was horribly abused and ostracized. Atsushi copes with his trauma by trying to help people, in contrast to how Lucy lashes out at the world and wants to see people suffer like she did. Atsushi also had the good fortune of being taken in by an ability user organization made of very good people that treat him like family, while Guild treats Lucy like an expendable pawn.
- Freudian Excuse: Grew up in an Orphanage of Fear where she was severely abused. She was treated like dirt by the people there and forced to do the chores for them because she had a fearsome power, which fueled her resentment. When Fitzgerald offers her a better life, she jumps at the opportunity.
- Girlish Pigtails: Her red hair is worn in two thick braids, most likely to reference how Anne Shirley is well known for wearing her own hair in braids.
- Girls Love Stuffed Animals: Stuffed toys is listed among her likes. This might be why Anne's Room is filled with cute stuffed dolls.
- Godiva Hair: In one scene, she and Atsushi are transported naked to Anne's Room because Atsushi wanted to test if Lucy's ability could dry clothes and it didn't work as hoped. Conveniently, Lucy's braids hide her breasts.
- Guardian Entity: Anne, but only within Anne's Room.
- Hates Being Alone: The trauma of her cruel treatment in the orphanage where she was raised made her really afraid of being left abandoned again. Her fear is so great she was even willing to became a simple servant of the Guild to avoid becoming alone again.
- Heel–Face Turn: She enables Atsushi to escape from Moby Dick. After the conflict with the Guild over, she takes a job at the coffee shop sharing a building with the Agency. During the conflict with Fyodor, she protects the comatose Fukuzawa on Atsushi's and Kyouka's request by hiding him in Anne's Room.
- How the Mighty Have Fallen: Is initially introduced as an active member of the Guild, as well as a very dangerous antagonist with an ability hard to beat who would have defeated Atsushi (who at that point defeated a hard opponent like Akutagawa) it wasn't for Mori's presence. After she failed her mission, Fitzgerald lets her stay in the Guild (since she was afraid that if she would have been expelled of the group, she would be alone again), but as a mere servant, instead of a proper member.
- I Will Wait for You: When she betrays Guild by helping Atsushi escape, she tells him she will stay in Anne's Room and wait for him to rescue her from Guild. However, when Atsushi went to Moby Dick, he couldn't find Lucy since she was forced out of Anne's Room by the Guild's other members. Lucy at first seems to be mad that Atsushi didn't come to save her, but she really wanted to apologize for not keeping her word of waiting for him.
- Laser-Guided Amnesia: Those who leave 'Anne's Room' have no memories of what happened inside the alternate dimension.
- Love Redeems: Her getting a crush on Atsushi is the main factor that drives her to pull a Heel–Face Turn and become one of his allies.
- Naked Freak-Out: She panics when she accidentally transports herself and Atsushi completely naked to Anne's Room in a failed attempt to use her Ability to dry up their clothes.
- Nightmare Face: She makes several terrifying faces when explaining her 'game' to the people trapped in Anne's Room.
- Odd Name Out: She's the only member of the Guild named after an author from Canada rather than America, possibly foreshadowing her eventual Heel–Face Turn.
- Orphan's Ordeal: Like Atsushi, she was raised in an orphanage, though she was constantly abused there and forced to do everyone else's chores. The Guild took her in because of her powerful ability, giving her a place to belong. However, the Guild does not tolerate failure and will toss her aside if she fails her mission. Fitzgerald lets her stay in the Guild, but as a servant.
- Paper-Thin Disguise: Wears one in chapter 72.
- Pocket Dimension: Her Ability allows her to create an alternate reality known as "Anne's Room", in which people are imprisoned if they get caught by Anne the Monster while playing hide-and-seek.
- Powers Do the Fighting: While Anne is extremely powerful, Lucy herself is just a normal girl. Atsushi uses this to his advantage by threatening to take her with him into Anne's locked room.
- Scars Are Forever: She has permanent scars on her right arm from being burned with a hot iron poker, which is evidence of the abuse she suffered at the Orphanage of Fear.
- Ship Tease: With Atsushi.
- Slasher Smile: When playing with her 'guests'.
- Sour Outside, Sad Inside: She acts cruel because her life has been very hard, which makes her feel jealous of people who are happier than her. Atsushi is the first person to recognize this and him being able to understand her pain is what helps her start growing out of it.
- Took a Level in Kindness: She's very vicious and twisted when first introduced. After Atsushi's kindness wins her over, she becomes way nicer and helpful.
- Tsundere: She develops a very obvious crush on Atsushi because of his kindness, but she does all she can to act like she hates him.
John Steinbeck
John Steinbeck
Voiced by: Kengo Kawanishi (Japanese), Kyle McCarley (English) Foreign VAs
ジョン・スタインベック - 怒りの葡萄 note
- Literary references: He is named after American author John Steinbeck, and his ability is a reference to Steinbeck's most famous novel, The Grapes of Wrath.
Personalia
Age: 21
Height: 175 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthday: February 27
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
Age: 21
Height: 175 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthday: February 27
Zodiac Sign: Pisces
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
A member of The Guild who does his work to supply his family. His ability, "The Grapes of Wrath," allows him to grow and control grape vines.
- Affably Evil: He's generally pretty easygoing and polite, but doesn't care what happens to his enemies.
- Badass Longcoat: Gains one after he becomes the leader of the Remnants of the Guild.
- Bait-and-Switch: After capturing Naomi and Haruno, he starts telling the former that she reminds him of his little sister back home. Naomi asks him to let them leave then, and Steinbeck smiles... before declaring that he doesn't care about other people's little sisters, since his own family would starve without the money from the Guild.
- Being Evil Sucks: Steinbeck despises working under Fitzgerald's command, only doing so to support his family. He admits that the Guild is "dirty work", and later is disappointed in Fitzgerald for not becoming a better person after the Guild was dissolved. He also shows remorse over the things he was forced to do while working for the Guild.Steinbeck: Will you enslave more with money? Will you torture a few more children?
- Beneath the Mask: He hides the full extent of his cynicism and self-loathing underneath a friendly, cheery facade.
- Body Horror: He weaponizes his Ability by cutting his neck open, planting grape seeds in the hole, and then controlling the vines that grow out of it. No wonder that he's most often seen together with Lovecraft.
- Churchgoing Villain: He's both a Christian, as his profile mentions, and a member of an infamous criminal organization.
- Double Meaning: Steinbeck's monologue to Q comes off as both him trying to rile Q up so they would activate their ability, and him talking to himself regarding his current situation.Steinbeck: You suffer because you were born as you. If you were born with this ability, then you have no choice but to die with it, too. God exists, he just doesn't love you.
- Dragon Ascendant: He becomes the leader of the Guild Remnants after Fitzgerald's defeat .
- Even Evil Has Loved Ones: Cares for his family and works for the Guild to support them.
- Expy: Asagiri Kafka admits in an author's note to have based him and his family on the cast of The Grapes of Wrath.
- Family-Values Villain: Steinbeck is a devout Christian and family man who dotes over his little sister. He also despises being a Guild member and only does so for the money it brings back home.
- Green Thumb: He can control other plants by grafting them to the vines growing from his body.
- Irony: His profile mentions that he hates capitalists, but he works for a billionaire to supply his impoverished family. After Fitzgerald is seemingly killed, he says he never liked the guy, and his main mission in leading the Remnants is to find and kill him.
- Punch-Clock Villain: Openly admits to only doing what he does to supply his impoverished family.
- Villainous Friendship: Confesses that Lovecraft is one of his few friends in the last episode of season 2.
- Would Hit a Girl: He doesn't mind attacking Naomi and Haruno.
- Would Hurt a Child: He has no objection to torturing Q under the guild's instructions.
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Howard Phillips Lovecraft
Voiced by: Shunsuke Takeuchi (Japanese), Mick Wingert (English) Foreign VAs
Click here to see his full Great Old Ones form
ハワード・フィリップス・ラヴクラフト - 旧支配者 note
- Literary references: He is named after American horror author H. P. Lovecraft, and his "ability" is a reference to Lovecraft's Cthulhu Mythos.
Personalia
Age: (appears) 28
Height: 190 cm
Blood Type: Unknown
Birthday: August 20, supposedly
Zodiac Sign: Leo, supposedly
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
Age: (appears) 28
Height: 190 cm
Blood Type: Unknown
Birthday: August 20, supposedly
Zodiac Sign: Leo, supposedly
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
An extremely odd member of the Guild. His ability, "The Great Old Ones," can transform parts of Lovecraft's body into a powerful tentacle monster.
- Ambiguously Human: It's heavily implied during the Guild arc that he is an actual Eldritch Abomination taking human shape rather than an actual ability user. During all his appearances, it's clear there it's something not right with him. The way he reacts to serious injuries or his weird personality is just the beginning. He easily gets back up after being hit by a truck when fighting Kunikida and Tanizaki, Dazai's ability doesn't affect him, he survives a direct hit from Chuya's Corruption, and he casually hops into the ocean after Fitzgerald is defeated, saying that he's going back to sleep.
- Badass Longcoat: He wears a long trench coat.
- Black Eyes of Evil: He has these when using his Lovecraftian Superpower.
- Body Horror: As expected from Lovecraft.
- Cloudcuckoolander: Lovecraft is usually pretty out of it. He spends a lot of time counting wood grains that aren't even real. He even seems to fall asleep after Kunikida shoots him in the back!
- Combat Tentacles: The main function of his ability is to turn his limbs into tentacles to hit and restraint his opponents with them.
- Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: He was initially introduced as a nervous oddball. However, he was able to easily overpower Kunikida and Tanizaki with his ability. Then his fight against Chuuya and Dazai showed that Dazai was unable to cancel his ability (implying him to be more than a mere ability user). Ultimately, he is only defeated though Chuuya's Corruption and a well-placed bomb that exposes his Weak Point. And the final chapter of the Guild Arc shows him still alive and completely recovered.
- Eldritch Abomination: In the vein of the Cthulhu Mythos, when he is serious, is capable of turning into a Cthulhesque being, thing who grants him a great power and immortality. Not even Chuuya's Corruption is able to kill him.
- Humanoid Abomination: It's heavily implied that there's something...wrong with him. Confirmed when he fights Dazai and Dazai is unable to cancel his Ability, which is followed by Lovecraft transforming into a tentacle monster.
- Lovecraftian Superpower: 'The Great Old Ones' lets him transform body parts or his entire body into tentacles. Lots of tentacles.
- Neck Snap: His neck appears broken after getting hit by a truck while fighting Tanizaki and Kunikida... Then casually pops his head back into place like nothing happened.
- No-Sell: He isn't affected by Kunikida's bullets, Dazai's ability nullification (since The Great Old Ones isn't an ability in the first place), or Q's mind control.
- Not Quite Dead: Seemingly killed by being blown up by Chuuya. He pieces his body back together in Chapter 37... then dumps himself in the ocean.
- One-Winged Angel: His "ability" gives him the power to transform his body parts into tentacles, but when he is really serious, he can transform himself into an Eldritch Abomination.
- Token Non-Human: He may or may not be this for the Guild, as it's strongly implied that he's not simply a human with abilities but an actual Humanoid Abomination.
Herman Melville
Herman Melville
Voiced by: Takayuki Sugo (Japanese), John Demita (English) Foreign VAs
ハーマン・メルヴィル - 白鯨 note
- Literary references: He is named after American author Herman Melville, and his ability is a reference to Melville's most famous novel, Moby-Dick.
Personalia
Age: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Birthday: August 1
Zodiac Sign: Leo
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
Age: Unknown
Height: Unknown
Blood Type: Unknown
Birthday: August 1
Zodiac Sign: Leo
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
One of the older members of the Guild, Melville has been around since the early days of the organization. His Ability, "Moby Dick," takes the form of a giant white whale that's usable as an airship.
- Air Whale: Moby Dick, although it's actually described a living being.
- Anti-Villain: He doesn't care at all about Fitzgerald's goals and doesn't do anything to oppose the main characters. He states he's just in the organization because he didn't want to leave Moby Dick.
- Cool Airship: Moby Dick.
- Cool Old Guy: His age isn't stated, but he's clearly elderly but is still an active member of the Guild and later the Japanese government.
- Distinguished Gentleman's Pipe: Is usually either holding or smoking one.
- Heel–Face Turn: After the conflict with The Guild is over, he is hired by the Japanese government to track down the remains of the Guild.
- Ominous Floating Castle: The Guild has converted Moby Dick into a floating fortress. Melville actually doesn't have much control over the whale anymore.
Mark Twain
Mark Twain
Voiced by: Hiroyuki Yoshino (Japanese), Phillip Reich (English), Ricardo Bautista (Latin American Spanish)
マーク・トウェイン - ハック・フィン＆トム・ソーヤ
- Literary references: He is named after the pen name of American author Samuel Clemens, Mark Twain. His ability is a reference to Twain's most famous novels, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Personalia
Age: 22
Height: 178 cm
Blood Type: B
Birthday: November 30
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
Age: 22
Height: 178 cm
Blood Type: B
Birthday: November 30
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
A member of the Guild with a high opinion of himself. His ability, "Huckleberry Finn & Tom Sawyer," creates two dolls that allow him to shoot with absolute accuracy and perform distant surveillance.
- Advertised Extra: Has a fairly minor role in the anime.
- Affably Evil: He is a cheerful and easygoing individual who is rarely seeing upset. He also didn't mind failing his task of taking down Atsushi that much, laughing instead due how much of a good time he had in the process.
- Idiot Hair: Less obvious than Kyouka, but it's still there.
- Improbable Aiming Skills: He can shoot with perfect precision if he attaches either one of his dolls to a bullet.
- Meaningful Name: Downplayed, but his first name, Mark, can mean target, note which is fitting for a sniper.
- Put on the Bus: Mentions in Chapter 37 that he plans to return to America.
- Walking Shirtless Scene: His shirt is never buttoned.
Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell
Voiced by: Kaori Nazuka (Japanese), Colleen O'Shaughnessey (English) Foreign VAs
マーガレット・ミッチェル - 風と共に去りぬ note
- Literary references: She is named after American author Margaret Mitchell, and her ability is a reference to Mitchell's only novel, Gone with the Wind.
Personalia
Age: 20
Height: 171 cm
Blood Type: AB
Birthday: November 8
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
Age: 20
Height: 171 cm
Blood Type: AB
Birthday: November 8
Zodiac Sign: Scorpio
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
A member of the Guild and Hawthorne's partner. Her ability, "Gone With the Wind," summons a powerful wind that causes materials to break down.
- Alliterative Name: Margaret Mitchell
- Blow You Away: Mitchell can break down materials such as clothing and paper with the wind.
- Convenient Coma: She's put into a coma after taking a fatal attack from Rashomon for Hawthorne. It's stated it's unlikely she will ever wake up again, which motivates Hawthorne to abandon the Guild and seek Fyodor for a chance to save Margaret. Thanks to Fitzgerald allying with the Armed Detective Agency though, Yosano was able to save her life.
- Human Pincushion: She gets stabbed in several parts of her body by Akutagawa's Rashomon.
- Implied Love Interest: To Nathaniel Hawthorne. It's unclear what sort of relationship they have since their only on-screen interaction has them arguing over trivial things, yet Margaret pulling a Taking the Bullet to save Hawthorne from Akutagawa suggests they were closer than it seemed. Nathaniel is so badly affected by Margaret being left in a coma that he leaves Guild and seeks Fyodor just to get a chance to heal Margaret. He even calls her his beloved when confronting Akutagawa in the English dub of the Cannibalism arc.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She appears as a short-tempered and haughty woman, be it to her own subordinates or fellow partners albeit occasionally showing a softer side. She also joined the Guild to help pay off her family's massive debts.
- Parasol of Prettiness: She carries an elegant umbrella with her.
- Punch-Clock Villain: The reason why she is in the Guild is to pay a debt her family has.
- Southern Belle: Her outfit invokes this image, with the Pimped-Out Dress, the sunhat, and a Parasol of Prettiness. Since her namesake's most famous work has one of the most iconic examples as the main character, it's only fitting.
- Stylish Sunhats: She also wears a sunhat with a blue sash and a white flower attached, invoking the appearance of a Southern Belle .
- Taking the Bullet: She shields Hawthorne from Rashomon. It gets her sent into a coma.
- Tsundere: Harsh type towards Hawthorne. She acts abrasive and arrogant, mocking Hawthorne, but when he's about to get killed by Akutagawa, she shields him with her body, showing she actually cares for him.
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Voiced by: Tarusuke Shingaki (Japanese), Matthew Mercer (English) Foreign VAs
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ナサニエル・ホーソーン (仮面の暗殺者) - 緋文字 note
- Literary references: He is named after American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, and his ability is a reference to Hawthorne's most famous novel, The Scarlet Letter.
Personalia
Age: 27
Height: 188 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthday: July 4
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
Age: 27
Height: 188 cm
Blood Type: A
Birthday: July 4
Zodiac Sign: Cancer
First appearance: Chapter 18/Episode 17
A deeply religious member of the Guild and Mitchell's partner. His ability, "The Scarlet Letter," allows him to control his blood as a weapon or shield.
- Badass Preacher: Dresses like a preacher and is more than capable of kicking ass.
- Blood Magic: Even a little bit of blood is enough to activate his Ability.
- Bloody Murder: 'The Scarlet Letter' changes his blood into holy words, which can be fired as bullets or used as a shield.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: Implied by Dazai that Fyodor had tampered with his mind, turning him into an assassin.
- Hazy-Feel Turn: After the collapse of The Guild, he begins working with Dostoyevsky to save a comatose Mitchell.
- Holier Than Thou: He believes that God has given him a mission to pass judgement on heavy sinners. As a result, he is rather arrogant.
- Light Is Not Good: He's a dedicated preacher, but works for the Guild for unspecified reasons and later the Rats in the House of the Dead although that is for a more sympathetic reason (on the condition that Fyodor heals Mitchell).
- Love Makes You Evil: Implied to be the reason why he became a masked assassin. He wanted to heal Mitchell and Fyodor made it so that it is literally the only thing what he wants.
- Not Quite Flight: Uses invisible words to achieve this as a masked assassin.
- Stoic Spectacles: He wears glasses and has a composed behavior in general.
Louisa May Alcott
Louisa May Alcott
Voiced by: Hikaru Ueda (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English) Foreign VAs
ルイーザ・メイ・オルコット - 若草物語 note
- Literary references: She is named after American author and poet Louisa May Alcott, and her ability is a reference to Alcott's most famous novel, Little Women.
Personalia
Age: 18
Height: 165 cm
Blood Type: O
Birthday: November 29
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
First appearance: Chapter 26/Episode 19
Age: 18
Height: 165 cm
Blood Type: O
Birthday: November 29
Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius
First appearance: Chapter 26/Episode 19
A shy member of the Guild whose Ability, "Little Women," allows her to make time pass at 1/8000th its original speed, only so long as she is thinking in a private room by herself.
- Bespectacled Cutie: Shy, smart and glasses-wearing.
- Crazy-Prepared: She has painstakingly detailed strategies written up for several different possible situations.
- Desperately Needs Orders: The first thing she does when she finally finds Fitzgerald after he loses all his money is begging him to give her orders because it's only when she's creating strategies for Fitzgerald that she feels useful and capable.
- I Will Wait for You: A platonic variant. She declares that she will wait for Fitzgerald to be ready return to greatness, and suggests that his wife will also wait for him to return to her. Thankfully, her words alone make Fitzgerald gain the resolve to rebuild himself and not keep Louisa waiting.
- Living Emotional Crutch: To Fitzgerald. After his defeat in the Guild arc rendered him penniless and powerless, he had already given up on himself and everything. Alcott finding him and dedicating all her time to get him back on his feet is what allows Fitzgerald to recover his ambition and strive to rebuild himself from scratch.
- Nice Girl: Lucy calls her such, as Alcott was the one who stood up for her when Lucy failed her mission, and even gifted her with a snowglobe to celebrate Lucy's career change.
- Not Afraid to Die: After Fitzgerald refuses to be her boss again now that he's poor, Louisa is more than ready to let a gang kill her and only recovered her will to live when Fitzgerald came to her rescue.
- Number Two: She becomes this to Fitzgerald after the Guild collapses and she's the only subordinate who stays beside him.
- Only Friend: She becomes the closest thing Fitzgerald can call a friend after Guild is defeated and Louisa is the only one among his subordinates who continues to serve him not out of obligation, but because she wants to.
- Phony Psychic: Louisa makes others believe her ability is to predict all possible futures and create strategies to countermeasure any case scenario in the matter of minutes. The truth is her ability only slows time down in a room where she's alone and she makes use of it to the fullest by spending several days analyzing data and writing down detailed strategies.
- Platonic Life-Partners: Louisa is Fitzgerald's most loyal and trustworthy ally, providing him all her support in his quest to find the book that will bring back his daughter and heal his wife's insanity.
- The Quiet One: Because of her shyness, she doesn't make it a habit to start conversations with anyone, except for Fitzgerald.
- Satellite Character: An In-Universe case at that. Louisa is devoted to Fitzgerald, to the point of being the only one who still believed he survived his apparent death, and sought him out in the hopes he'd lead the Guild again. When Fitzgerald initially refuses however, she lost her will to live and was perfectly willing to die to a gang, only gaining it back once Fitzgerald saves her. Her sole reason for living and when she's most happy is when she's serving Fitzgerald.
- Shrinking Violet: Very shy and timid, Alcott has difficulties speaking to strangers.
- The Strategist: She is intelligent enough to formulate multiple strategies based off given information, even if she was given just a little bit of it.
- Subordinate Excuse: Platonic version. She wants to work under no one but Fitzgerald because developing strategies for him is what makes her feel the happiest and most useful.
- Undying Loyalty: Unlike the rest of Guild, Louisa refuses to give up on Fitzgerald after his defeat and the loss of his wealth. Seeing Louisa's devotion to him is what convinces Fitzgerald to work his way back to the top and rebuild Guild.
- Year Inside, Hour Outside: How her Ability works. If Louisa is thinking alone in a private room, the time in that room passes at 1/8000th of regular speed. This is how she can come up with her detailed strategies so fast from others' perspective.
- Younger than She Looks: She dresses like a granny, which can give the impression that she's at least in her early thirties. She's only 18.
Edgar Allan Poe
Edgar Allan Poe
Voiced by: Toshiyuki Morikawa (Japanese), Todd Haberkorn (English) Foreign VAs
エドガー・アラン・ポオ - モルグ街の黒猫 note
- Literary references: He is named after American horror and mystery writer Edgar Allan Poe, and his ability is a reference to Poe's short story "The Murders in the Rue Morgue" and "The Black Cat".
Personalia
Age: 28
Height: 182 cm
Blood Type: AB
Birthday: January 19
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
First appearance: Chapter 32/Episode 22
Age: 28
Height: 182 cm
Blood Type: AB
Birthday: January 19
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
First appearance: Chapter 32/Episode 22
A member of the Guild that seeks to challenge Ranpo Edogawa. His Ability, "Black Cat in the Rue Morgue," lets him transport readers into the setting of the novel that they are currently reading.
- Always Second Best: No matter how hard he tries, Ranpo's detective skills always far surpass his.
- Ambiguously Gay: His obsession with Ranpo is...questionable, to say the least.
- Animal Motifs: Black cats. He draws himself as a cat, uses a cat face as his signature when writing notes and letters, and is represented as a cat sitting on a windowsill on the cover of his debut chapter. Fitting considering his namesake wrote a story called "The Black Cat".
- Antiquated Linguistics: He talks in an archaic manner and uses the antiquated first-person pronoun wagahai.
- Characterization Marches On: In his first appearance, Poe is embittered and somewhat deranged as he attempts to have Ranpo and Yosano trapped and killed inside his murder mystery novel out of spite over losing to Ranpo in a detective game. In his next appearances, he's a meek and timid guy who greatly admires Ranpo to the point others think he's Ranpo's fan instead of his rival.
- Did Not Think This Through: After trapping Ranpo and Chuuya in one of his books, Poe comments that the mystery is challenging enough that Ranpo will likely be trapped for a few days before excitedly exclaiming that if Ranpo fails, he'll have finally bested the detective. Poe loses his enthusiasm when he realizes he has no idea what he will do should Ranpo actually die.
- Eerie Pale-Skinned Brunette: His black hair and pale skin add to his Goth charm.
- Friendless Background: His Only Friend before he makes up with Ranpo is his pet raccoon, Karl. It's implied by Poe that he keeps a pet because a pet can't leave you like a friend can. In fact, Poe freaks out when Ranpo gives him a phone call because no one else does that.
- Goth: Dark hair, dark eyes, pasty skin, loves all things morbid and spooky, and dresses like a Victorian gentleman.
- Harmless Luminescence: Poe's books emit a brilliant, yellow light whenever a victim is being drawn into the story by his Ability. At one point, Chuuya ends up staring directly into the light with his eyes wide open, long enough to have a short conversation with Ranpo, without any apparent discomfort.
- Heel–Face Turn: After Ranpo tells him that he didn't forget the case they worked on. He even gets invited to the end celebration with the Armed Detective Agency.
- Hidden Depths: As Chapter 80 reveals, Poe was the hidden sniper who shot the lock to Kunikida's cell. Not bad for a Shrinking Violet writer.
- Hiding Behind Your Bangs: The entire upper half of his face is covered by hair, though his left eye sometimes peeks through. His hairstyle represents him being a shy Goth boy.
- Large Ham: While most of the time he's a Shrinking Violet, Poe thoroughly enjoys being overly dramatic, launching into speeches like a stereotypical villain.Poe: Or if both of them die in the novel, I ALONE WILL WIN A GLORIOUS VICTORY! HAHAHA!
- Looks Like Cesare: In rare moments where we see under his hair, he's noticeably dark around his eyes. It's unclear if it's eyebags or eye makeup, since both would fit his character.
- Minion with an F in Evil: He only joined the Guild as part of a convoluted plot to impress Ranpo, and specifically states he disliked working for them. Considering how fond he is of Ranpo, it's likely he would have released Ranpo and Yosano from his trap once Ranpo admitted defeat.
- Odd Friendship: With Ranpo, once he switches sides. Even before then to an extent, since Edgar had admired Ranpo and sought the approval from the moment they met six years ago despite their wildly different tastes and personalities.
- Pet the Dog: One of the things that cues the audience in to Edgar not being quite as evil as he first appears is that he adores and spoils his pet raccoon, who greatly resembles a cat in behavior and function.
- Portal Book: His Ability allows him to turn any book into this. However, it only works on the book that the person is currently reading.
- Rascally Raccoon: Has a pet racoon named Karl.
- Secretly Wealthy: He may not look like it, but Poe made so much money from working as The Guild's architect that spending 20 million yen is nothing to him. Ranpo is baffled when he hears Poe mention this so casually.
- Shout-Out: His pet racoon Karl is a reference to the film The Raven (2012), where John Cusack as Edgar Allan Poe also keeps a pet raccoon named Karl.
- Shrinking Violet: He's shown to be pretty shy after he stops trying to take revenge against Ranpo.
- Sore Loser: He lost an investigation competition to Ranpo six years before the series started. The loss caused him to withdraw from society and become extremely depressed. He eventually became inspired to take back the life that Ranpo 'stole' and travelled to Japan to challenge Ranpo once more.
- Spear Counterpart: To Louisa May Alcott. They're the Minion with an F in Evil members of Guild, their abilities are non-combat oriented, and both are socially awkward around strangers. Poe at one point refers to Louisa as his "comrade in shyness".
- Tarot Motifs: The chapter he was introduced in features 8 swords on its cover. Upright, the 8 of Swords symbolizes entrapment, being caught in one's own thoughts and seeing no way out. When reversed, the 8 of Swords symbolizes freedom.
- Unknown Rival: Poe spent years preparing for his rematch against Ranpo after he lost to the latter in an investigation competition. To Poe's distress, the first thing Ranpo does when they finally meet again is asking Poe who he is. Subverted since Ranpo does remember Poe and acknowledges him as the only opponent who could ever challenge his detective intellect, but Ranpo likes to treat Poe as a friend instead of a rival.
- Worthy Opponent: Despite only seeming like a Sore Loser in his first appearance, Poe greatly admires Ranpo's detective skills. At one point, Poe starts fawning over Ranpo's Ultra Deduction in such a way that Minoura thinks Poe is Ranpo's fan instead of his rival.
