Characters / Falling Is Like Flying

Introduced in the first story

Taichi Nanao

'Don't do that! We all want to get out. But this is getting you nowhere!'

The first point-of-view character. A teenage boy attending Ouka High, with an aspiration to be popular. Wished for him and the others to survive when they were caught in a witch barrier.

• And Then John Was a Zombie: At the end of the first story.
• Big Brother Worship: While not technically his brothers, he sees Juza and Banri as this. It's elaborated on in his side-story.
• The Chosen One: Subverted. He is but a very small part in the plan of the Incubators.
  Incubator: The solution is...well, you.
  Taichi: I am?
  Incubator: Hm, not entirely. I should've worded that better.
• Flechette Storm: His magic essentially enforces this way of fighting, since the smaller the knives are, the more he can summon of them.
• Flower Motifs: Pansy.
• Magic Enhancement: Essentially what his personal magic does. It strengthens the senses of anyone in a certain range, in exchange for making them more impulsive. This nicely fits with his wish that is survival-based (impulsive as in that it returns you to your instinct to survive).
• Redhead In Green: His costume is red with teal.

Juza Hyodo

'I actually wanted to keep you out of all this, Taichi. But now there's no way back.'

A schoolmate of Taichi's, also attending Ouka High. Worshipped by Taichi because of his delinquent vibe. Wished to isolate Muku and Banri.

• Arch-Enemy: To Banri.
• Barrier Warrior: An unusual one. His personal magic allows him to seperate two targets from eachother, which cannot interact with eachother in any way.
• Flower Motifs: Red spider lily, addressed as 'Manjushage' in the extra file. He comments on its meaning after the contract is completed.
• Gentle Giant: Tall and imposing, but fairly calm and composed outside of battle.
• Heroic Sacrifice: Against Banri's witch form.
• Last-Name Basis: Only with Banri. It is the reason why Taichi only knew him by his family name at first. The only moment where he breaks this, is after Banri turns into a witch, where he points out that 'that was once Banri'.
• Oni: His costume's entire aesthetic; it is a solely blue, somewhat cropped kimono with loincloth. He wields a kanabo to match. Taichi even wonders if he's part of a skit where he's playing an Oni when he first sees Juza transformed.
• Prophet Eyes: In the afterlife.
• Savage Spiked Weapons: As to go with aforementioned aesthetic, he wields a spiked club.
• Teeth-Clenched Teamwork: With Banri, in the second chapter.

Banri Settsu

'If you tell anyone what happened there...We will personally end you. You saw what we're capable of back there, so...'

A boy of Juza's age attending Hanasaki. Wished to be the one to destroy Juza. He also was the White Tiger, the Leader of the Autumn Faction.

• And Then John Was a Zombie: In chapter 8.
• And I Must Scream: In his side story, his last moments are detailed...as a witch. In the same second-person narration almost the entire story is in. Upon turning into a witch, he regains consciousness and realizes after a bit what happened. He tries reaching out to his former allies, but the only thing that reaches them is a blood-curdling scream in his old voice. As they leave, he remains stuck in a warped version of himself, unable to think of anything else than the reason why he's stuck in an uncomfortably small cage. He cannot move much, and the only way he sustains himself are his familiars that lead unassuming people to their death and nail them to the walls of his barrier's core.
• And Then What?: Tragic example. His witch form is eternally trapped in her own, self-made cage and tries her damnedst to escape, but she also has no idea what to do if she manages to escape.
• Animal Motifs: Big cats. More specifically, he has a Mythical Motif of the White Tiger.
• Arch-Nemesis: To Juza. Whereas Juza's costume is similar to one an Oni would wear, kanabo and all, Banri's costume is highly reminiscent of a futuristic soldier, including an affinity for more...modern weapons.
• Blood Knight: Not quite. He's certainly fond of a fight, but once he learns the truth, he sees it in a different light.
• Extra-ore-dinary: Can control metal. Because the mythical White Tiger is associated with metal.
• Flower Motifs: Cosmos.
• The Four Gods: The White Tiger.
• Gun Nut: Mostly uses his magic to create guns. Since he can replenish bullets too, he doesn't have to reload them. In contrast, Zen has shown using blades with it.
• Last-Name Basis: Conversely, only with Juza. Unlike him, he never breaks this.
• Prophet Eyes: In the afterlife.

Omi Fushimi

'I have a bad feeling about this. I don't know, I think it's better for you to stay behind.'

A member of the Autumn Faction. Wished to carry on in the image of his friend.

• Exact Words: Told Taichi that his Puer Magi friend was 'at the end of his lifetime'. What he meant to say was that his friend turned into a witch in front of him.
• Exposition Fairy: The one who tells Taichi about the life of Puer Magi.
• Flower Motifs: Carnation.
• Gun Nut: Uses a semi-automatic version.
• Hour of Power: As noted below, the Power Copying only works if the ally the magic is copied from has given permission, and if the target it is intended using on is still there. After the target dies, it won't be active anymore.
• Power Copying: Can copy the magic of an ally. However, he can only do this with permission of said ally, and the target to use it on needs to be alive. This is a result of his wish to carry on the image of his friend. Furthermore, he explains that his current weaponry and magic is actually that of his friend, and is not his own.
• Team Mom: Generally behaves this way in the Autumn Faction.
• Younger Than He Looks: Taichi is really surprised to learn he's a college student.

Sakyo Furuichi

'But please, please promise one thing. Do not tell Azami about this. For everything good and holy, don't let him know.'

The oldest member of the Autumn Faction. Has ties to the yakuza. His wish is unknown. He becomes the new White Tiger after Banri turns into a witch.

• Chained by Fashion: His costume features a Slave Collar. Uncommonly, the lead is behind his back.
• Cold Sniper: He wields a sniper rifle.
• Dark and Troubled Past: His side-story shows that he was already fairly stoic and collected, but a witch controlled him and heavily stimulated his primal nature and instinct, to the point where he lost control. This led to him killing every member of a gang that had gathered for peace negotiations. To snap him out of it, he was sedated and removed from the scene, and he realized what he did not long after. He decided that he couldn't go on with these primal, unpolished instincts and emotions and wished to erase them, to prevent them ever getting the better of him.
• Does This Remind You of Anything?: Remove all supernatural weirdness and the gun violence from his backstory and you get an analogy for an unassuming person being drugged and raped, and left behind after the drug wears off. Upon waking up they realize what they just experienced and vow never to love and have sex again. To enforce this, his experience when he’s gunning down everyone around him is both described as an exciting high and a terrible feeling.
• Dramatically Missing the Point: His wish. Odds are that the incubator approached him because he was in an emotionally very vulnerable state and what any rational person would do in his situation, is repair the damage you did, i.e reviving the people killed and resetting everyone's memory of the event or even turning back time so it never happened akin to what Azami wished for. Instead, Sakyo thinks that he is the problem, or more specifically, his emotions, and rigorously erases all of his emotions (not just his primal instincts), thus becoming the Ice King we know. This makes it so that the nature of his hypothetical witch form (that is vaguely shaped like a savage, wild dog) is solipsism.
• Emotion Suppression: Exaggerated. He outright wished for all his emotions to disappear. The result is that he only experiences the most basic version of any emotion.
• Extra-ore-dinary: After Banri dies, he takes on his metal manipulation.
• Flower Motifs: Chrysanthemum. After he contracted, he thought about its meaning much like Juza did. According to the image, it is a golden color, which can mean slighted love.
• Last-Name Basis: With everyone except for Azami.
• Leitmotif: This cover of Arknights 's main theme, 'Void'. It is a solemn piano tune filled with both apprehension and rigidity, with the occasional emotional tone slipping through, fitting for someone with an inner emptiness as a result of erasing their own emotions.
• My Significance Sense Is Tingling: As Banri turns into a witch, he is aware of it happening, comments on it and sheds a Single Tear. This can be retroactively justified as being Required Secondary Powers of his Random Teleportation.
• Not So Stoic: Encapsulated in a single sentence, his reaction to Banri becoming a witch is as follows:
  He sighs deeply. 'This was stated to happen...' he whispers, but hides a tear.
  • There is also the conversation between him and Omi, in which he really loses his cool after Omi forcefully grabs his Soul Gem. Not long after, Sakyo gives in to Omi.
• Random Teleportation: His personal magic immediately teleports him to a random ally in battle. Word of God says that it was a stopgap measure in order to fix a plot hole (how he could suddenly appear in the barrier of Banri's witch form).
• Single Tear: Sheds one after Banri transforms into a witch.
• Team Dad: Regulates the Autumn Faction arguably even more than its actual Leader, Banri. He specifically shows this attitude towards Azami. At the end of the first story, though, he becomes the Leader for real.
• There Is No Kill Like Overkill: In a figurative sense. An incident where he lost control over his primal instinct leads him to erasing not just that, but all emotions/feelings he can possibly have along with it, just to make sure they will never bother him again.
• The Stoic: Both his main trait and his Fatal Flaw. He has locked away his more emotional, instinctive side to the point that he isn't even aware of it, which is what the Slave Collar represents. His side-story reveals that he is not hiding it as much as he wished to erase his emotions, and falls more to the Emotionless Guy-type. In a way, his emotionlessness is similar to that of the incubators, as he still can feel basic sadness/anger, etc.
• You Are in Command Now: Becomes the new White Tiger at the end of the first story. In fact, his previous status as deputy is only inferred to in the extra file.
• You Do Not Want To Know: The largest reason why he keeps Azami Locked Out of the Loop.

Azami Izumida

'I have no dang idea as to what happened but I also have a feeling that I'm better off not knowing.'

' When I want to say them, I see Banri's dead body again! I don't know why...!'

The youngest member of the Autumn Faction. He wished that his father never discovered his true passion in the first place.

• A Day in the Limelight: His sidestory is entirely in his perspective.
• Buffy Speak: When met in the third story, he avoids more abstract words in favor of using their definition. He doesn't do this because he wants to, but because he is forced to via a trauma caused by the seeing of Banri's dead body. His personal magic subconsciously rewound his speaking proficiency to that of a grade schooler at best, but his comprehension remains untouched, as he knows and understands those words just fine. He finds this gap to be very frustrating as he is relegated to essentially a preschooler vocabulary when it comes to talking.
• Dramatic Irony: His wish was to revert his father's discovery, so he didn't have to run away from home. However, his entire status as a Puer Magi was even harder to hide, so he ran away from home anyway.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: One of his legs is fully covered, and his other isn't. This change was made when his design was slightly revised.
• Flower Motifs: Thistle.
• Locked Out of the Loop: He's deliberately not told about witches being fallen Puer Magi as well as the drama between Autumn and Summer, which is something that Sakyo upholds. That is, until chapter 11 of the first story.
• Other Me Annoys Me: To put it mildly, he's very nonplussed at his witch form, Rachel, who he's been talking to. Not only is it able to talk normally as it is unaffected by Azami's trauma-induced impediment, the foremost reason why he loathes it is it representing his inexperience with love. He really doesn't like to admit his views on it, since the adult examples around him aren't exactly the best ones.
• Power Makes Your Hair Grow: As seen on the image, his hair is longer when he's transformed.
• Set Right What Once Went Wrong: This is both his wish and his type of magic, or rather, Misumi says he 'ages things down'. It is elaborated on on the main page.
• Shout-Out: The name of his witch form is one to the main character of Angels of Death.
• Willing Channeler: To the first White Tiger, Zen Kuryu. He even knows his name. However, the only time he is seen possessed, is with Hiro instead. His side-story confirms it has to do with Zen not being affected by Azami's magic resetting his speaking proficiency.

Tenma Sumeragi

'But I would never have expected it's from someone from the Western Districts. Out of everyone in this room, he chose someone from the West!'

At first a tertary character in the first story, he becomes a secondary character in the third story. The Leader of the Summer Faction.

• Equivalent Exchange: His magic, 'Sacrifice', allows him to vanish something out of existence in exhange for something else. The more impossible the wish, the more important the vanished thing is.
• Fiery Redhead: Has orange hair, and can manipulate fire.
• Flower Motifs: Sunflower.
• The Four Gods: The Vermilion Bird.
• Jerkass to One: Or rather, to a Faction. Hates the Autumn Faction, but that's about the only people he has a genuine hatred to. It's not that hard to understand when you know what went down in the past.
• No Sense of Direction: Yuki says telepathically to Kazunari that Tenma tends to get lost in his own mansion.
• Playing with Fire: Can manipulate fire.

Muku Sakisaka

'Oh, hey, s-sorry, I was too engrossed in my manga...W-welcome in the Summer base, I guess...I'm Sakisaka Muku, by the way.'

A member of the Summer Faction. The nephew of Juza.

• Flower Motifs: Chinese bellflower.
• Locked Out of the Loop: Thanks to Juza's wish.
• Princely Young Man: Wished to be one.
• Sword Cane: Rather, two swords in a cane.
• What Happened to the Mouse?: It is unknown how, or if he even dealt with the events he hears in chapter 11. However, he is alive and well in the third story (which chronologically takes place after the first story).

Introduced in the second story

Homare Arisugawa

'Sometimes I wonder why the rules for Factions are so strict.'

The second point-of-view character. A member of the Winter Faction. He wished to have someone who would genuinely appreciate his poems.

• And Then John Was a Zombie: Subverted. He goes damn near the line, but is saved by Azuma and Itaru.
• Demonic Possession: Syu Otomiya posesses him in the last chapter. It's not pretty, especially because you get to read it from the vessel's perspective.
• Dual Wield: Uses twin daggers.
• Something about a Rose: His Flower Motifs.

Hisoka Mikage

'It is as if someone told them to stay away from the Northern Districts...'

A friend of Homare and a fellow member of the Winter Faction.

• Distressed Dude: Tsumugi kidnaps him halfway through the story.
• Flower Motifs: Anemone.
• Hidden Depths: It's likely that he is the person mentioned in Homare's wish. He is also a Scarily Competent Tracker thanks to his personal magic.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: Wished for this.
• Lazy Bum: The file states that he is only awake for eating and the occasional witch hunt.
• Scarily Competent Tracker: His magic is 'Hunt Down', which means he remembers targets that were failed to take down and can locate them anytime until they're dead. Homare notes that he's got a knack for locating witches. There is though a sense of Irony in here as his wish was to forget a certain thing.

Azuma Yukishiro

'Is this all you can do? Using a witch as your defense. How handy.'

The Team Mom of the Winter Faction, and also manages the budget.

• Flower Motifs: Camellia.
• Fridge Logic: He is the only character said to manage the Faction's budget. No other Faction is ever mentioned to have such a role...probably because they have no budget.
• Magic Staff: His 'weapon' although he is not suited for combat.
• Mind Control: One of the functions of his magic. To be more percise, his magic allows him to control the consciousness of both himself and that of others. In practice, he uses it on Homare to make sure that he sleeps well, and uses it to knock Tasuku out.

Itaru Chigasaki

'Shush. It's serious business. And she definitely helps with cutting up that witch over there.'

'⌜A real shame if you ask me. I was waiting to cut something up today!⌟'

A member of the Spring Faction. Commutes, as he works in the Northern Districts.

• Ax-Crazy: Itaru programmed his Guardian Entity Lappland to have her original personality. This results in some lines like the one above.
• Flower Motifs: African daisy.
• Guardian Entity: The simpelest way to explain his magic, is that it creates an entity that cannot be interacted with by certain kinds of magic that would affect the living (such as that of Tenma, Azami and Kazunari), but can interact with the world. Its powers, looks and behavior can all be personalized by the owner. This functions very similar to how Mori's Ability works, down to the 'quarreling' that solely exists because Itaru likes it, as he can freely control what she says and how she reacts on things.
• Power Nullifier: Anything his Guardian Entity hits, will be unable to use magic for several seconds after being hit.
• Powers Do the Fighting: All his fighting on-screen is done through Lappland. His actual weapon is just a simple gun and he only uses it as a backup should emergency situations commence.
• Princely Young Man: Is said to appear like this at work. He specifically made his wish to not let the people at work ever know what he truly is at home and while fighting. The two different sides are referred to as 'on' and 'off', like in the manga Switch Girl. We mostly meet Itaru when he's in 'off' mode.

Sakuya Sakuma

The current Azure Dragon, he is mentioned by Itaru.

• Cherry Blossom Girl: The Spear Counterpart version.
• Flower Motifs: Sakura.
• The Four Gods: The Azure Dragon, of course.
• Green Thumb: Can control wood. It is noted he practices in the woods, and he can likely grow trees with the same ease as Kasumi could.
• Nice Guy: Itaru typifies him as this.
• Non-Indicative Name: His title is Azure Dragon, yet almost his entire outfit is pink. However, as is visible, his powers are azure/teal.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: In contrast to Haruto, he seems to play this trope straight.

Tsumugi Tsukioka

' You shouldn't have been there anyway. I should never have met you in the first place. I know who you are.'

^{Click here to see him.} 

^{Click to see him after the events of the second story.} 

The mysterious man encountered by Homare and later, Hisoka. Also the Black Tortoise.

• Brainwashed and Crazy: Spends quite a while being brainwashed by Reni.
• Childhood Friends: With Tasuku.
• Dude Looks Like a Lady: Especially in the first image, where some emphasis lies on his legs, his water magic and how long the outfit is in general. Considering that it is supposed to have a certain 'bride' theme (along to that of a 'winter king'), it isn't that surprising.
• Flower Motifs: Daffodil.
• The Four Gods: The Black Tortoise, whose name can also be rendered as Occult Martrial.
• Hidden Depths: His side-story reveals that he still has a trauma of what he did while Brainwashed and Crazy. He's very in denial of it, as he brushes off blood (which was spilled when he fought Hisoka and Homare) as just paint, has no idea why he sees Homare breaking down, and his subconscious blurs out the scene where he and Tasuku roughed Hisoka up.
• Irony: The narcissus/daffodil was described by Pliny the Elder to have properties that keeps evil away. A medieval document as well describes it as a cure for madness. Not to say that Tsumugi is the very first Brainwashed and Crazy magical boy we meet.
• It's Fake Fur, It's Fine: His side story confirms that the fur on his costume is fake.
• Making a Splash: Can control water. However, he likes to limit it to the liquid in his syringe gun.
• Pretty in Mink: His costume features white fur, as part of his 'winter king' aesthetic. His side-story confirms that it is in fact fake fur. Although at first, this trope was Fur and Loathing, despite it not being real fur.
• Rei Ayanami Expy: Let's see...
  • Has short, bobbed dark blue hair, Icy Blue Eyes (although they initially are Black Eyes of Crazy and purple)
  • Appears to be emotionless, cold and has a connection to Reni, who is the Big Bad, but loses these personality traits when his brainwashment wears over
  • Is inhuman due to having made a contract
  • Is 4 years above the maximum age however
• Shout-Out: The name of his witch form, Sylvia, is taken from one of the two main characters in the book Two Women, who had a romantic relationship with the other main character, Laura...which is the source of Tasuku's witch name.
• Tarot Motifs: Not him, but his witch form Sylvia has three swords stabbing her like in the tarot card. It is perhaps symbolic of the aforementioned trauma he pushes away.
• Walking Spoiler: As you can see. He is tagged as appearing in the story itself, but that is about it.

Tasuku Takoto

' I bet you want to live. I'm tired of your crap, Mikage. So-'

The partner of Tsumugi. Becomes the Winter Faction's deputy at the end of the story.

• Brainwashed and Crazy: Similarly to Tsumugi, he is brainwashed for most of the story. However, it is revealed that of all characters who have underwent this fate, his brainwashment lasted the longest by far.
• Childhood Friends: With Tsumugi.
• Flower Motifs: Orchid.
• Kukris Are Kool: Uses one.
• Walking Spoiler: Just like with Tsumugi above.

Introduced in the third story

Kazunari Miyoshi

'That name sounds hella cool, you know. There must be a good reason why they call you that.'

The third point-of-view character. His personal magic allows him to put things into its future state, or as Misumi puts it, he 'ages things up'.

• And I Must Scream: It is mentioned by Word of God that his hypothetical witch form hypnotizes its victims, and then continues to rip out their insides.
• Flower Motifs: Hibiscus.
• Mad Artist: Subverted, Kazunari is as sane as can be.
• The Nicknamer: Uses the same nicknames for everyone whenever he uses an nickname.
• Phoneaholic Teenager: It's telling that the very first on-screen Discorpse conversation is from him.

Tsuzuru Minagi

' Hah, would you look at that. If it isn't the study nerd who ran away from himself.'

A friend of Kazunari's.

• Brainwashed and Crazy: For a few hours.
• Chekhov's Gunman: One can see as early as in the first chapter that he is a Puer Magi as per his silver ring.
• The Everyman: Lampshaded by Reni.

Yuki Rurikawa

'Do you always wake up this late?'

The Summer Factions' deputy.

• Deadpan Snarker: As usual.
• Exposition Fairy: Guides Kazunari through Tenma's mansion and through the life of a Puer Magi. He essentially fulfills the role Omi played in the first story.
• Flower Motifs: Lily.

Misumi Ikaruga

'It's nice to have you here, I'm sure we're gonna have a great time!'

A member of the Summer Faction. He wished that his family would stop breaking apart over him.

• And Then John Was a Zombie: At the very end of the last chapter.
• Dark and Troubled Past: As this Misumi also mentions a brother, he probably has the same family as canon Misumi. His wish implies that, one way or the other, his family was breaking apart over him, though details are not given.
• Flower Motifs: Dahlia.
• Rule of Three: His Arc Number, as described on the main page.
• Successful Sibling Syndrome: Implied. Also, his witch form has a nature that is brotherly love.
• You Have Outlived Your Usefulness: Not him, but he quickly figures out by Haruto's words that his brother used to be a pawn of Reni's, but was tossed aside after they did not need him anymore, leaving him to become the witch whose barrier they have been fighting Haruto in the entire time. This, coupled with the hopeless situation they're in, causes Misumi to turn into a witch despite not having been noted as straining his magic much. One can consider that, combined with his wish, he has no family left that truly cares about him and his Family of Choice is dying along with him.

Haruto Asuka

'This will get a whole lot more interesting from now, huh?'

The right hand of Reni.

• Animal Motifs: Birds. His family name means 'flying bird' and the second kanji in his first name means 'to soar'. The coat he wears is supposed to mimick bird wings.
• Deadly Doctor: Of the 'a Necromancer is just a really late healer' type. His powers are purely regenerative (his personal restraining magic aside), even (or maybe especially) beyond the grave. This makes him a Damage-Sponge Boss that just causes those who fight him to fruitlessly burn through their magic.
• The Dragon: To Reni, obviously. Whereas Reni remains The Unfought, Haruto is actively encountered in battle by part of the Summer Faction.
• Fashionable Asymmetry: Wears a purple strap around his right arm, which is not present around his left arm. Also, he only wears one glove (which is at his right hand, it's not visible but his other hand is not gloved). These traits are supposed to mirror the design of Mephisto.
• Flower Motifs: Lobelia. The original Haruto didn't have them. It seems to have been chosen for a specific purpose, as it has a long history of deception and thus has come to represent things like malevolence, sabotage, arrogance and unpleasantness.
• Happiness in Mind Control: To such an extent that his side story implies that taking the collar off or cancelling its effects otherwise will cause him to turn into a witch instantly.
• Laser-Guided Amnesia: He does not have memories from before he became brainwashed by Reni.
  There's something about Haruto.
  He knows who he is.
  But if you ask, he doesn't know who he was.
• Mad Scientist: His design was inspired by this trope, sporting a prominent Labcoat of Science and Medicine that is ripped up and stitched together, giving a crooked look. However, said coat is also supposed to give the image of bird wings.
• Necromancer: Can revive the dead and regenerate them, including himself, by using a white powder.
• No Cure for Evil: Subverted. When the Summer Faction faces against him, it turns out that he doesn't posess any directly offensive powers. Rather, his magic is purely focused towards regeneration, and thus defense. Since he is shown to be unaffected by Tenma's flames, he persumably regenerates so fast that it isn't even seen and the visible effect is just him being unharmed. Which is still annoying for them anyway.
• Red Right Hand: Pun aside, he has purple lines all over his body, spreading from the collar charm.
• Rose-Haired Sweetie: Subverted hard. There is not a nice bone in Haruto's body despite him having pink hair.

Reni Kamikizaka / Talulah

'Fine! It was a mistake talking to you to begin with! Do what you want!'

' I am going to break down every work of Yukio there is...for as sure as my name is Talulah.'

A mysterious man bent on the destruction of the Factions.

• Demonic Possession: A really weird case. Yukio had split the souls of himself and his four friends and the despair that was tainting them. While the five souls cannot leave the city, the despair cannot either ^note  Although this is not outright mentioned, it can be assumed so and instead found a home in Reni. In normal conditions, this would have turned him into a witch outright. But since the city was still in an 'is being rewritten' stage, this did not happen (similar as to how the five did not turn into witches). It is likely that Yukio still cared about Reni subconsciously, and did not want him to turn into a witch either. However, this results in his witch technically having been born already, but not manifested - thus, it continues to walk and talk in Reni's body.
• Flower Motifs: Averted. Despite being a Puer Magi, he does not have a flower. However, the author associates the Rafflesia with him, the largest 'flower' in the world which is a parasite in reality that emits a foul smell resembling that of decaying corpses.
• Having a Blast: While unseen in the story itself, Reni's powers are formulated as 'Immolation' that causes 'spontaneous combustion'.
• Playing with Fire: Crosses over with Having a Blast. While not seen in the story itself, the file states that he is capable of inducing spontaneous combustion.
• Powers via Possession: His immolation powers are Talulah's, and not his own. His actual magic is spoilered in the file.
• Pronoun Trouble: The author has noticeable problems with how to address Talulah and Reni. While Reni uses he/him, Talulah uses she/her. During the story, Talulah is a Walking Spoiler so her existence is masked by Reni using he/him. Because in reality, Talulah is the one calling the shots and not Reni, 'Reni' should be addressed be she/her...in short, the author has given up and uses they/them when referring to them both and will use their own respective pronouns when referring to them induvidually.
• The Shadow Knows: He has two.
• Walking Spoiler: What is exactly going on with him, is a spoiler up until the very last chapter of the fourth story.
• Wham Line: Reni, why the hell would you suddenly refer to yourself in third person?
  Reni: Isn't that right, Reni?

The Yellow Dragon

'You know, I can guess how you're going to treat me. You're going to make me feel like we have mutual trust, then throw me away like an apple core after it's eaten.'

The head of all Factions, residing in the Centre.

• Capital Letters Are Magic: Is always referred to by capitalized pronouns, even by the narration.
• Common Mary Sue Traits: Shown to be revered by the other characters to the point of Capital Letters Are Magic mentioned above? Check. Posesses the Story-Breaker Power? Check. Named after a deity that's regarded as a Top God? Check. Powers of a unique nature not seen in any other characters? Check. Said nature allows her to bypass the common way the other powered characters end? Check. Shown as the most reliable person in this world? Check. Shown to live alone without any outside help, yet also shown to be capable of maintaining order by herself? Check. Relevantly connected to the Leaders and knows who has chosen to be Leader even before they become Leader by undead souls? Check. One of the only two living people in the city that are aware of those treated as an Un-person by the rest? Check. Constantly depicted in a positive light, with any possible dubious deeds being no more than a hypothesis? Check. Informed Flaw? Check. No wonder the author is hesitant to put her in the front.
• Dishing Out Dirt: As per her Mythical Motifs. She inherited it from Yukio.
• Expy: Mostly of Kal'tsit, minus her verbosity.
• Informed Flaw: In chapter 1 of the second story, it is stated that she is not omniscient, but there are no hints that she really isn't omniscient.
• Hello, [Insert Name Here]: The reason her name (Izumi Tachibana) is not canonized, is to give readers the freedom to name her whatever name they gave her in the game.
• The Four Gods: Obviously, the Yellow Dragon. Fittingly, it represents the changing seasons.
• Reality Warper: Another power she inherited from her father, Yukio.
• Reasonable Authority Figure: Seems to function as one.
• Satellite Character: Mostly defined by her relationship to the Factions.
• Story-Breaker Power: The main reason that she is a Satellite Character and Out of Focus is that she could literally solve the current issues in the story with a snap of her fingers.
• The Smurfette Principle: The only recurring female character, as she was this in canon too. However, she may be the most important person in-universe and she can literally warp reality.
• Wrong Context Magic: Many assume that she is the only Puella Magi in the city, as opposed to all the Puer Magi. However, she is not a magical girl, but her powers have a different nature.

Introduced in the fourth story

The four friends (Unmarked Spoilers)

^{Click to see the unedited picture.} 

Four Puer Magi who lived in the past. Individually, they are: Kasumi Hinamori (who is also the fourth point-of-view character), Hyuga Hiro, Zen Kuryu and Syu Otomiya.

• Death by Adaptation: In canon, they're alive and well. In this universe, they died before the first story started (although their souls are trapped in the city still, and are not in the afterlife).
• Demonic Possession: The only way they can interact with the current world.
• Early-Bird Cameo: Their existence is hinted at as early as the second story.
• Elemental Powers: All four had them. To elaborate, Kasumi had a Green Thumb, Hiro was Playing with Fire, Zen was Extra-ore-dinary, and Syu was Making a Splash.
• The Four Gods: The first incarnations of them. Of course, in this universe, they're just a title to signify the Leader of a Faction. It should be noted that this title was stuck to them posthumously, as to honor Yukio's penchant for 'astrology' (Wu Xing).
• Non-Standard Character Design: All four of them do not have a flower as a Soul Gem, as is visible on the non-censored image ^note  Which is possibly one of the reasons why the image is censored in-universe to begin with . This is because they, like Reni, made a contract before Yukio reformed reality.
• Post Humous Character: All of them are dead by the time that the first story starts.
• Powers Do the Fighting: This is another thing they have in common.
• Un-person: After their death, they are treated like this in general. They are never mentioned by name and even their photo (the picture on this page) has their faces blacked out.

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Yukio Tachibana

'You know, we, having made a contract, are just like flowers, as we have limited time. Our lifespan depends on the hope we have, just like flowers need enough water and light to make the most of their short lifespan. However, during that short time, they are of absolute necessity for life, no matter which way you slice it.'

The father of the Yellow Dragon, and often said to be the first Yellow Dragon, despite the name of the position only having been created after his death. He is the one who appointed the first Faction Leaders.

• Death by Adaptation: In canon, he's a Disappeared Dad. Here, he died along with the four before the story started.
• Dishing Out Dirt: While not shown doing this himself, he gives this power along with his Reality Warper power to his daughter.
• The Four Gods: The original Yellow Dragon.
• Reality Warper: A very powerful one. At first, he is simply shown to be able to mess with how reality is percepted. However, he is capable of seperating the souls of himself and his friends from their despair, killing them but avoiding them becoming witches. This, though, takes up all magic he has left.
• Superpowerful Genetics: Subverted. He passes his powers on to his daughter, but she is not born with them.
• Un-person: Played a bit more straighter than with the four. Among the currently living, only Reni and Izumi know that he existed.