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* ComesGreatResponsibility: Shortly after Arata gets his Future Diary, he spends a night gambling and partying with friends following his diary's predictions.

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* ComesGreatResponsibility: WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Shortly after Arata gets his Future Diary, he spends a night gambling and partying with friends following his diary's predictions.



* ActionGirlfriend

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* ActionGirlfriendActionGirlfriend:
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* WeaponOfChoice: An ice pick.
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* IllGirl: Implied to be, though never really elaborated on.



* IllGirl: See in hospital for most of the series, allegedly suffering from amnesia.

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Go [[Characters/FutureDiary here]] for the main character index of ''Manga/FutureDiary''.

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Go [[Characters/FutureDiary here]] for the main character index of ''Manga/FutureDiary''.
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* DyingSmirk: Though betraying his friends and having his diary destroyed, Kinjiro simply smiles as he dies.



* GoOutWithASmile: Though betraying his friends and having his diary destroyed, Kinjiro simply smiles as he dies.
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* TheSouthpaw: Hence, the nickname.

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* TheSouthpaw: Hence, the nickname.ASinisterClue: "Southpaw" is a term referring to left-handed people.
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* NecessaryEvil: He is forced to break Megumi's diary to save Yuno.

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* NecessaryEvil: NecessarilyEvil: He is forced to break Megumi's diary to save Yuno.



* NecessaryEvil: Had to put his friends in the survival game to save Haruna, even though she is a diary owner herself.

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* NecessaryEvil: NecessarilyEvil: Had to put his friends in the survival game to save Haruna, even though she is a diary owner herself.

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* BrokenBird: Implied to have been absued by her parents, and when they died, she was left broken until meeting Arata.

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* BrokenBird: Implied to have been absued abused by her parents, and when they died, she was left broken until meeting Arata.



* PhysicalGod: Averted. Actually a rogue computer programe controlling a simulation.

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* PhysicalGod: Averted. Actually a rogue computer programe programme controlling a simulation.
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WellIntentionedExtremist: Deus does not want Olympia to collapse and wants someone to help complete the programme by remaining behind.

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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Deus does not want Olympia to collapse and wants someone to help complete the programme by remaining behind.

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[[folder:Yuno Furusaki]]



* AxCrazy: Not as much as her manga counterpart, but it is still there. However, it turns out she is completely sane, just desperate to protect Arata after failing to care for him during the fateful fire.

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* AxCrazy: Not as much as her manga counterpart, but it is still there. However, it turns out she is completely sane, just desperate to protect Arata Arata, after failing to care for him during the fateful fire.



* {{Expy}}: Of Yuno, minus the pink hair and seemingly being a bit more controlled and empathic.

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* {{Expy}}: Of Yuno, minus the pink hair and seemingly being a bit more controlled and empathic.miraculously sane.



* RoomFullOfCrazy: Two rooms in her house. The closet where she was trapped by her mother, and the basement where someone is trapped behind a metal door. Revealed to be a secondary Yuno who seems more crazier than the first. It then turns out the trapped Yuno is merely an [=NPC=] of the virtual survival game and stabbed Arata as payback.
* StalkerWithACrush: Averted. Yuno was Arata's girlfriend before the survival game, but he forgot about her when she was thought to have died in a fire.

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: Two rooms in her house. The closet where she was trapped by her mother, and the basement where someone is trapped behind a metal door. Revealed to be a secondary Yuno who seems more crazier than the first. It then turns out the trapped Yuno is merely an [=NPC=] of the virtual survival game and stabbed Arata as payback.
payback. The digital Yuno is freed in the second round of the game, armed with a diary, and tries to kill Arata and the real Yuno. In the end, Arata ends up approaching her in Olympia post-game, implied to pursue a relationship with her, real or not.
* StalkerWithACrush: Averted. Yuno was Arata's actual girlfriend before the survival game, but he forgot about her when she was thought to have died in a fire.Olympia.




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[[folder:Rui Moriguchi]]



* AmateurSleuth: Wants to be a great detective like Akise. It also helps his cousin Kinjiro is a cop.
* ArtificialHuman: Revealed to be a minion of Deus to give the characters their Future Diaries. He is installed as a relative of both Haruna and Kinjiro.

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* AmateurSleuth: Wants to be a great detective like Akise.detective. It also helps his cousin Kinjiro is a cop.
* ArtificialHuman: Revealed to be a minion of Deus to give the characters their Future Diaries. He is installed as a relative of both Haruna and Kinjiro.Kinjiro, as Arata's friend, and as Megumi's tutor.



* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In a rather unexpected move, Rui is abruptly killed off halfway through the series when he takes a taser attack for Arata from his own sister, falls off a bridge and dies. It turns out he was a programme in the virtual reality survival game and broke his original programming. This happens again in the final episode where he refuses to kill Arata and is executed by Deus.

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* DroppedABridgeOnHim: In a rather unexpected move, Rui is abruptly killed off halfway through the series when he takes a taser attack for Arata from his own sister, falls off a bridge and dies. It turns out he was a programme in the virtual reality survival game and broke his original programming. This happens again in the final episode where he refuses to kill Arata and is executed by Deus.




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[[folder:Haruna Okie]]



* BitchInSheepsClothing: She is revealed to have been playing the game since the start, intending to be the last man standing, plus she was the hooded figure who locked Arata, Yuno and Megumi away.

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* BitchInSheepsClothing: She is revealed to have been playing the game since the start, intending to be the last man standing, plus she was the posing as a hooded figure who locked Arata, Yuno and Megumi away.away to face a Dead End.



* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Haruna's plan to win is to turn the whole world into a place where she has control over everyone's future, in order to make herself and everyone else happy. However, she also plans to force Arata to love her and remove Yuno from existence. Averted by the end of the series thanks to Yuno's desire to save everyone.

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* TotalitarianUtilitarian: Haruna's plan to win is to turn the whole world into a place where she has control over everyone's future, in order to make herself and everyone else happy. However, she also plans to force Arata to love her and remove Yuno from existence. the picture. Averted by the end of the series series, thanks to Yuno's desire to save everyone.
* WhamLine: "Did I ever have a brother?"
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[[folder:Kinjiro Hagino]]



* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* [[spoiler: DeathbedConfession: In the romantic sense.]]

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* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* [[spoiler:
DeathbedConfession: In the romantic sense.]]



* {{Expy}}: A cross between Kurusu (who seems to have his own counterpart in the series) and Nishijima.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Forced to by Kibe to save his lover, although it turns out to be a trap so Kibe can escape a Dead End.]]
* FairCop
* FriendOnTheForce: He and Rui are actually related.
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]

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* {{Expy}}: A cross between Kurusu (who seems to have his own counterpart in the series) and Nishijima.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Forced to by Kibe to save his lover, although it turns out to be a trap so Kibe can escape a Dead End.]]
End.
* FairCop
FairCop: A friendly, reasonable guy to have around.
* FriendOnTheForce: He and Rui are actually related.
identified as cousins, but this turns out to be a lie supplanted by Rui.
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]GoOutWithASmile: Though betraying his friends and having his diary destroyed, Kinjiro simply smiles as he dies.



* ReasonableAuthorityFigure



* SmokingIsCool

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* SmokingIsCool
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[[folder:Rinko Uehara]]



* IllGirl

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* IllGirlIllGirl: See in hospital for most of the series, allegedly suffering from amnesia.




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[[folder:Yousuka Okuda / Southpaw]]



* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]



* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
** [[spoiler: Averted.]]

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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
** [[spoiler: Averted.]]
DrivenToSuicide: Stabs his own diary when he realises Deus and Kibe manipulated him into killing.



* InTheHood
* MalevolentMaskedMan

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* InTheHood
InTheHood: Wears a hooded, military jacket.
* MalevolentMaskedManMalevolentMaskedMan: Disguies himself with a hood and face mask, and is hellbent on murdering the other diary owners.



* SerialKiller

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* SerialKillerSerialKiller: Appears to have murdered other people carrying the Chronus phones. This is subverted due to being in a simulation, Yousuke having never killed anyone after all.



* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: After learning Deus merely used him to start the survival game, and finding he has an inescapable Dead End, Yousuke has one hell of a breakdown.]]

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* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: After learning Deus merely used him to start the survival game, and finding he has an inescapable Dead End, Yousuke has one hell of a breakdown.]]




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[[folder:Megumi Fuwa]]



* [[BerserkerTears Angry Tears]]: [[spoiler: After Arata destroys her diary, realising he betrayed her trust even though she provoked him.]]
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]

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* [[BerserkerTears Angry Tears]]: [[spoiler: Tears]]: After Arata destroys her diary, realising he betrayed her trust even though she provoked him.]]
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]



* DamselInDistress
* [[spoiler: DrivenToVillainy]]

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* DamselInDistress
DamselInDistress: Captured by Haruna, and faces a Dead End.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToVillainy]]DrivenToVillainy: Pushed by a neglectful family, and then the stress of facing death, Megumi tries murdering Yuno to escape her Dead End. Arata reluctantly breaks her diary.



* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent

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* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudentOrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Thrown into a game and life she did not want.



* ThePowerOfTrust: Megumi has tried to revitalise her trust in others, but after saving a girl who ended up bullying her, she has given up all hope.

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* ThePowerOfTrust: Megumi has tried to revitalise her trust in others, but after saving a girl who ended up bullying her, she has given up all hope.
hope. Also puts her trust in Arata to save her from the survival game, only to snap, and her diary is destroyed.
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[[folder:Kurou Hoshino]]



* BadassNormal
* [[spoiler: DisappearedDad]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
** [[spoiler: It is revealed he is in charge of the virtual survival game and the Kurou who died was an [=NPC=].]]
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan]]
* PapaWolf

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* BadassNormal
BadassNormal: Protects his son from Yousuke.
* [[spoiler: DisappearedDad]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
** [[spoiler: It is revealed he is in charge
TheManBehindTheMan: Revealed to be the director of the virtual survival game Olympia program and the Kurou who died was an [=NPC=].]]
designed Deus.
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan]]
* PapaWolf
PapaWolf: To his son and to Yuno.



* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
* [[spoiler: VideoWills: Initially, Kurou's message to Arata was to explain why he divorced his mother, but it turns into this when he receives his Dead End at the end of the recording.]]

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* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
TheReveal: Kurou did not actually die in the first episode, but was alive all along, revealing to Arata that he and the other diary owners are in a simulation. The Kurou who died was an AI.
* [[spoiler: VideoWills: Initially, Kurou's message to Arata was to explain why he divorced his mother, but it turns into this when he receives his Dead End at the end of the recording.]]
recording.
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[[folder:Tohru Kibe]]



* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* BigBrotherIsWatching: [[spoiler: His diary works the same as John Balks'.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* {{Expy}}: Of John Balks.
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Averted. Kinjiro believes he is Deus, but it turns out he is a diary owner and hates Deus.]]

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* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* BigBrotherIsWatching: [[spoiler: His diary works the same as John Balks'.]]
Bacchus'.
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
CorruptCorporateExecutive: Runs a company that designs phones that can predict the future, and has no trouble blackmailing and murder to secure his own survival.
* {{Expy}}: Of John Balks.
Bacchus, though not a mayor, instead a businessman.
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Averted. Kinjiro believes he is Deus, but it turns out he is a diary owner and hates Deus.]]



* ScaryShinyGlasses
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Pulls this on both Yousuke and Kinjiro.]]

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* ScaryShinyGlasses
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Pulls this on both Yousuke and Kinjiro.]]
Kinjiro.
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[[folder:Deus]]



* [[spoiler: AIIsACrapshoot: Deus is actually the computer program responsible for overseeing the Olympia virtual reality/medical support system which the comatose diary owners are hooked up to but [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turned against his masters]] and is now a literal cyber terrorist.]]
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Upon realising he cannot make anyone happy, Deus destroys himself using the deactivation code.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Deus Ex Machina, obviously, although he seems to have Muru Muru's personality.
* {{Jerkass}}: Comes across as this regarding his players. Even Kibe hates him.
* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler: Averted.]]
* SadisticChoice: Seems to love these. [[spoiler: He gives Arata the choice to give the release codes or remain in Olympia; forces the six other diary owners into a MexicanStandoff; and forces Rui to either shoot Arata or die.]]
* [[spoiler:SamusIsAGirl: Deus' in-game avatar is oddly enough a woman named "Jingu-ji".]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: He/she does not want Olympia to collapse and wants someone to help complete the programme by remaining behind.]]
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Deus appears as a purple, sun-shaped, smiling emoticon. [[spoiler: And a woman.]]

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* [[spoiler: AIIsACrapshoot: Deus is actually the computer program responsible for overseeing the Olympia virtual reality/medical support system which the comatose diary owners are hooked up to but [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turned against his masters]] and is now a literal cyber terrorist.]]
terrorist.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Upon realising he cannot make anyone happy, Deus destroys himself using the deactivation code.]]
code.
* {{Expy}}: Of Deus Ex Machina, obviously, although he seems to have with Muru Muru's personality.
* {{Jerkass}}: JerkAss: Comes across as this regarding his players. Even Kibe hates him.
* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler: Averted.]]
Averted. Actually a rogue computer programe controlling a simulation.
* SadisticChoice: Seems to love these. [[spoiler: He She gives Arata the choice to give the release codes or remain in Olympia; forces the six other diary owners into a MexicanStandoff; and forces Rui to either shoot Arata or die.]]
die.
* [[spoiler:SamusIsAGirl: SamusIsAGirl: Deus' in-game avatar is oddly enough a woman named "Jingu-ji".]]
* [[spoiler:
"Jingu-ji".
WellIntentionedExtremist: He/she Deus does not want Olympia to collapse and wants someone to help complete the programme by remaining behind.]]
behind.
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Deus appears as a purple, sun-shaped, smiling emoticon. [[spoiler: And emoticon, and later a woman.]]female avatar.
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* ExtremeDoormat: At first, but his desire to stop the game puts away with this trope.
* GenreSavvy: Everything Yuki did wrong, he seems to do right. When he is chained to a bed by Yuno, Arata escapes by tricking Yuno into freeing him, chains her to the bed, takes her diary and blocks her escape route with a wardrobe. And that still does not stop her.
* TheHero: Our protagonist.
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* {{Badass}}: Compared to Yuki, Arata is a courageous person, willing to take on Yousuke to protect Yuno.

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* BrilliantButLazy
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Chosen by Deus to complete Olympia.]]

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* BrilliantButLazy
BrilliantButLazy: Quite smart, self-sacrificing and chivalrous, but too lazy to claim his future.
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Chosen by Deus to complete Olympia.]]



* {{Expy}}: Of Yuki, although there's little to compare between the two other than being stalked by Yuno.

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* {{Expy}}: Of Yuki, Yukiteru, although there's little to compare between the two other than being stalked by Yuno.Yuno. Arata is very brave, independent, and dislikes using Yuno as a weapon.



* TheHero
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Gave up the chance to return to the real world in order to please Deus, but is able to sends Yuno and the other diary owners home.]]

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* TheHero
TheHero: Our protagonist.
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Gave up the chance to return to the real world in order to please Deus, but is able to sends send Yuno and the other diary owners home.]]home. Implied he may awaken from his coma some day.



* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia: Arata forgot Yuno before the survival game after her apparent death in a fire. He remembers his time with her by Episode 9.]]
* LazyBum
* NecessaryEvil: [[spoiler: He is forced to break Megumi's diary to save Yuno.]]
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]]

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* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia: Arata forgot Yuno before the survival game after her apparent death in a fire. He remembers his time with her by Episode 9.]]
* LazyBum
the series' end.
* NecessaryEvil: [[spoiler: He is forced to break Megumi's diary to save Yuno.]]
Yuno.
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]]Student]]: Just a normal guy in college who has little ambitions in life til he gains his Future Diary.



* TheSlacker
* ThouShaltNotKill: Unless he has no other option.
** [[spoiler: He is forced to break Megumi's diary to save Yuno, and then Haruna's, although the latter asks him to.]]

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* TheSlacker
TheSlacker: Not the most enthusiastic guy about seeking a future, but this changes as the survival game goes on.
* ThouShaltNotKill: Unless he has no other option.
** [[spoiler:
option. He is forced to break Megumi's diary to save Yuno, and then Haruna's, although the latter asks him to.]]
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* AxCrazy: Not as much as her manga counterpart, but it is still there.
* BrokenBird
* ClingyJealousGirl: Seems to have hostility towards Haruna.
* {{Expy}}: Of Yuno, minus the pink hair and seemingly being a bit more controlled and understanding.

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* AxCrazy: Not as much as her manga counterpart, but it is still there.
there. However, it turns out she is completely sane, just desperate to protect Arata after failing to care for him during the fateful fire.
* BrokenBird
BrokenBird: Implied to have been absued by her parents, and when they died, she was left broken until meeting Arata.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Seems to have hostility towards Haruna.
Haruna, likely because she knows she is a diary holder.
* {{Expy}}: Of Yuno, minus the pink hair and seemingly being a bit more controlled and understanding.empathic.



* GoodAllAlong: Despite the belief she was behind the whole game and secretly wanted to win it, it turns out Yuno was sent into Olympia to protect Arata from Deus.



* RoomFullOfCrazy: [[spoiler: Two rooms in her house. The closet where she was trapped by her mother, and the basement where someone is trapped behind a metal door.]]
** [[spoiler: Revealed to be a secondary Yuno who seems more crazier than the first. It then turns out the trapped Yuno is merely an [=NPC=] of the virtual survival game and stabbed Arata as payback.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: Averted. Yuno was Arata's girlfriend before the survival game, but he forgot about her when she was thought to have died in a fire.]]

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* RoomFullOfCrazy: [[spoiler: Two rooms in her house. The closet where she was trapped by her mother, and the basement where someone is trapped behind a metal door.]]
** [[spoiler:
Revealed to be a secondary Yuno who seems more crazier than the first. It then turns out the trapped Yuno is merely an [=NPC=] of the virtual survival game and stabbed Arata as payback.]]
payback.
* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: Averted. Yuno was Arata's girlfriend before the survival game, but he forgot about her when she was thought to have died in a fire.]]fire.
* TragicKeepsake: A small ball Arata won for her when they were dating.



* AmateurSleuth
* [[spoiler: ArtificialHuman]]
* [[spoiler: AssistCharacter]]

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* AmateurSleuth
AmateurSleuth: Wants to be a great detective like Akise. It also helps his cousin Kinjiro is a cop.
* [[spoiler: ArtificialHuman]]
ArtificialHuman: Revealed to be a minion of Deus to give the characters their Future Diaries. He is installed as a relative of both Haruna and Kinjiro.
* [[spoiler: AssistCharacter]]AssistCharacter: Initially for Deus, but he defies his programming to aid his friends.



* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy]]



* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim: In a rather unexpected move, Rui is abruptly killed off in Episode 6 when he takes a taser attack for Arata from his own sister, falls off a bridge and dies. It turns out he was a programme in the virtual reality survival game and broke his original programming. This happens again in the final episode where he refuses to kill Arata and is executed by Deus.]]
** [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Rui appears to Arata and Haruna in the epilogue.]]

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* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim: In a rather unexpected move, Rui is abruptly killed off in Episode 6 halfway through the series when he takes a taser attack for Arata from his own sister, falls off a bridge and dies. It turns out he was a programme in the virtual reality survival game and broke his original programming. This happens again in the final episode where he refuses to kill Arata and is executed by Deus.]]
** [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Rui appears to Arata and Haruna in the epilogue.]]



* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Deus gives him a Future Diary and reveals his true existence in order to kill Arata. Rui refuses to kill Arata and is executed by Deus.]]
* MuggleBestFriend

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* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Deus gives him a Future Diary and reveals his true existence in order to kill Arata. Rui refuses to kill Arata and is executed by Deus.]]
Deus.
* MuggleBestFriendMuggleBestFriend: To Arata.



* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing: She is revealed to have been playing the game since the start, intending to be the last man standing, plus she was the hooded figure who locked Arata, Yuno and Megumi away.]]

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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove
AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: Gives one to Arata.
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* [[spoiler:
BitchInSheepsClothing: She is revealed to have been playing the game since the start, intending to be the last man standing, plus she was the hooded figure who locked Arata, Yuno and Megumi away.]]



* CanonForeigner

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* CanonForeignerCanonForeigner: The only character in ''Another World'' not based on one from the manga.



* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. Haruna is crushed under rubble and asks Arata to break her diary.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* IllGirl
* TheQuietOne
** [[spoiler: BewareTheQuietOnes]]

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* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. Haruna is crushed under rubble and asks Arata to break her diary.]]
diary.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* IllGirl
* TheQuietOne
** [[spoiler: BewareTheQuietOnes]]
IllGirl: Implied to be, though never really elaborated on.



* [[spoiler:TotalitarianUtilitarian: Haruna's plan to win is to turn the whole world into a place where she has control over everyone's future, in order to make herself and everyone else happy. However, she also plans to force Arata to love her and remove Yuno from existence. Averted by the end of the series thanks to Yuno's desire to save everyone.]]

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* [[spoiler:TotalitarianUtilitarian: TotalitarianUtilitarian: Haruna's plan to win is to turn the whole world into a place where she has control over everyone's future, in order to make herself and everyone else happy. However, she also plans to force Arata to love her and remove Yuno from existence. Averted by the end of the series thanks to Yuno's desire to save everyone.]]
everyone.



* YouDontLookLikeYou: Deus appears as a purple, sun-shaped, smiling emoticon. [[spoiler: And a woman.]]

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* YouDontLookLikeYou: Deus appears as a purple, sun-shaped, smiling emoticon. [[spoiler: And a woman.]]
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* IDontWantToDie: Her motive to survive.
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* TheMessiah: [[spoiler: Believed he was this when Deus asked him to help him. Turned out he was an UnwittingPawn.]]
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!!Arata Hoshino

The main protagonist of the drama. A [[TheSlacker slacker]] of a college student, Arata has no interest in looking ahead to his future. Given a Future Diary by his friend Rui Moriguchi, Arata finds himself in a future he does not want, accompanied by his own stalker Yuno Furusaki.
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* {{Badass}}: Compared to Yuki, Arata is a courageous person, willing to take on Yousuke to protect Yuno.
* BrilliantButLazy
* TheChosenOne: [[spoiler: Chosen by Deus to complete Olympia.]]
* ComesGreatResponsibility: Shortly after Arata gets his Future Diary, he spends a night gambling and partying with friends following his diary's predictions.
* {{Expy}}: Of Yuki, although there's little to compare between the two other than being stalked by Yuno.
* ExtremeDoormat: At first, but his desire to stop the game puts away with this trope.
* GenreSavvy: Everything Yuki did wrong, he seems to do right. When he is chained to a bed by Yuno, Arata escapes by tricking Yuno into freeing him, chains her to the bed, takes her diary and blocks her escape route with a wardrobe. And that still does not stop her.
* TheHero
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice: Gave up the chance to return to the real world in order to please Deus, but is able to sends Yuno and the other diary owners home.]]
* KnightInShiningArmor: Despite his objectivity, he is a very kind and caring person, refusing to kill anyone (unless having no other choice).
* [[spoiler: LaserGuidedAmnesia: Arata forgot Yuno before the survival game after her apparent death in a fire. He remembers his time with her by Episode 9.]]
* LazyBum
* NecessaryEvil: [[spoiler: He is forced to break Megumi's diary to save Yuno.]]
* [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent Ordinary College Student]]
* SelflessWish: His only reason to win the game would be to revive everyone who died.
* TheSlacker
* ThouShaltNotKill: Unless he has no other option.
** [[spoiler: He is forced to break Megumi's diary to save Yuno, and then Haruna's, although the latter asks him to.]]

!!Yuno Furusaki

Arata's personal stalker and love interest. Yuno is devoted to Arata and has {{Yandere}} qualities to her, but maintains a more subtle sense of madness to her. She refers to Arata as "A-kun", her diary able predicting everything Arata does or even feels. Like the original Yuno, she is implied to have had a troubled childhood and may have one or two secrets hidden in her house.
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* AbusiveParents: Her mother is implied to have locked her in a closet countless times. Both of her parents are dead by the time the series starts.
* ActionGirlfriend
* [[AlwaysSaveTheGirl Always Save The Guy]]: Subverted, Arata has saved Yuno from death several times.
* AxCrazy: Not as much as her manga counterpart, but it is still there.
* BrokenBird
* ClingyJealousGirl: Seems to have hostility towards Haruna.
* {{Expy}}: Of Yuno, minus the pink hair and seemingly being a bit more controlled and understanding.
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Only used a knife on occasion, but tried to use a broken jar to kill Megumi.
* GoThroughMe: To protect Arata.
* LackOfEmpathy: Subverted, as she actually sympathises with both Yousuke and Kinjiro.
* RoomFullOfCrazy: [[spoiler: Two rooms in her house. The closet where she was trapped by her mother, and the basement where someone is trapped behind a metal door.]]
** [[spoiler: Revealed to be a secondary Yuno who seems more crazier than the first. It then turns out the trapped Yuno is merely an [=NPC=] of the virtual survival game and stabbed Arata as payback.]]
* StalkerWithACrush: [[spoiler: Averted. Yuno was Arata's girlfriend before the survival game, but he forgot about her when she was thought to have died in a fire.]]
* UndyingLoyalty: To Arata.
* {{Yandere}}: To a lesser extent than her manga counterpart. Loses this completely by the end of the show.

!!Rui Moriguchi

Arata's college friend. He gives Arata, Yuno, Kinjiro and Megumi their Future Diaries in order to find his kidnapped sister Haruna. To atone, he helps Arata and Kinjiro in the survival game.
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* AmateurSleuth
* [[spoiler: ArtificialHuman]]
* [[spoiler: AssistCharacter]]
* TheAtoner: After giving his friends Future Diaries and forced to watch them fight for their lives, he decides to help end the game and confront Deus.
* [[spoiler: BrainwashedAndCrazy]]
* BrotherSisterTeam: With Haruna.
* [[spoiler: DroppedABridgeOnHim: In a rather unexpected move, Rui is abruptly killed off in Episode 6 when he takes a taser attack for Arata from his own sister, falls off a bridge and dies. It turns out he was a programme in the virtual reality survival game and broke his original programming. This happens again in the final episode where he refuses to kill Arata and is executed by Deus.]]
** [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead: Rui appears to Arata and Haruna in the epilogue.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Akise. His role as distributor of the diaries is taken from Muru Muru.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Deus gives him a Future Diary and reveals his true existence in order to kill Arata. Rui refuses to kill Arata and is executed by Deus.]]
* MuggleBestFriend
* NecessaryEvil: Had to put his friends in the survival game to save Haruna, even though she is a diary owner herself.

!!Haruna Okie

Rui's sister. She is an ill girl and hospitalised repeatedly. Like Rui, she feels guilty for playing a part in setting up the survival game and aids Arata. She is later revealed to be a diary owner.
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* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* [[spoiler: BitchInSheepsClothing: She is revealed to have been playing the game since the start, intending to be the last man standing, plus she was the hooded figure who locked Arata, Yuno and Megumi away.]]
* BrotherSisterTeam: With Rui.
* CanonForeigner
* DamselInDistress: Kidnapped by Yousuke in order for the survival game to begin.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Subverted. Haruna is crushed under rubble and asks Arata to break her diary.]]
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy
* IllGirl
* TheQuietOne
** [[spoiler: BewareTheQuietOnes]]
* ShipTease: She has a crush on Arata.
* [[spoiler:TotalitarianUtilitarian: Haruna's plan to win is to turn the whole world into a place where she has control over everyone's future, in order to make herself and everyone else happy. However, she also plans to force Arata to love her and remove Yuno from existence. Averted by the end of the series thanks to Yuno's desire to save everyone.]]

!!Kinjiro Hagino

A 33-year old police officer who receives a Future Diary from Rui. Becoming an ally to Rui and Arata, Kinjiro uses his diary's ability to predict crimes to identify the other diary owners. He acts quite laidback and detached, but is quite smart and resourceful.
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* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* [[spoiler: DeathbedConfession: In the romantic sense.]]
* DoggedNiceGuy: He's head over heels for Rinko Uehara.
* {{Expy}}: A cross between Kurusu (who seems to have his own counterpart in the series) and Nishijima.
* [[spoiler: FaceHeelTurn: Forced to by Kibe to save his lover, although it turns out to be a trap so Kibe can escape a Dead End.]]
* FairCop
* FriendOnTheForce: He and Rui are actually related.
* [[spoiler: GoOutWithASmile]]
* KnightInShiningArmour: Treats Rinko with the upmost courtesy and care, personally visiting her in hospital even when she does not recognise him.
* ReasonableAuthorityFigure
* TheSlacker: His fellow police officers think he is slacking off, but it turns out he is often just off investigating other crimes.
* SmokingIsCool

!!Rinko Uehara

A woman of Kinjiro's age who first appears in hospital, but is later kidnapped by Tohru Kibe. She met Kinjiro six months prior to the survival game, unsure of her dreams and was abused by her husband. After her husband dies by her hand, Rinko ends up in hospital with LaserGuidedAmnesia.
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* DamselInDistress: Kidnapped by Tohru Kibe.
* IllGirl
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: When her abusive husband tried to commit a double suicide with her, she refused and pushed him off a balcony to his death, realising the enormity of what she had done and gained amnesia.
** Turns out to be PlausibleDeniability. Rinko was just hiding her fears and guilt through her fake amnesia.
* StarCrossedLovers: With Kinjiro.

!!Yousuke Okuda

Also known as "Southpaw", Yousuke Okuda is a SerialKiller who has a Future Diary. He targets anyone who possesses one of the limited release cell phones, eventually attacking Arata and Yuno. He is very tactical, his diary giving him numerous strategies to kill his targets. However, he is shown to be a troubled man, caring for a comatose mother.
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* AbusiveParents: His ill, comatose mother treated him like garbage and is very strict and demanding. But, Yousuke is devoted to her.
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* CrazyPrepared: His diary has countless strategies on how to catch and kill his victims. However, each strategy has a probability factor for success and the highest is 85%.
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide]]
** [[spoiler: Averted.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Takao Hiyama, but actually gets development. Some of his tactical methods reflect those of Reisuke.
* InTheHood
* MalevolentMaskedMan
* TheMessiah: [[spoiler: Believed he was this when Deus asked him to help him. Turned out he was an UnwittingPawn.]]
* MommasBoy: Even though she treated him poorly.
* SerialKiller
* TheSouthpaw: Hence, the nickname.
* VillainousBreakdown: [[spoiler: After learning Deus merely used him to start the survival game, and finding he has an inescapable Dead End, Yousuke has one hell of a breakdown.]]
* WeaponOfChoice: An ice pick.

!!Megumi Fuwa

A 17-year old high school student who studied under Rui, and was given a Future Diary by him. Living a reasonably unfair life, Megumi is at the end of her rope and considers playing the game or not. But unforeseen events end up making the choice for her. Megumi is a skilled archer, and lives with her mother and step-father who are expecting a baby.
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* [[BerserkerTears Angry Tears]]: [[spoiler: After Arata destroys her diary, realising he betrayed her trust even though she provoked him.]]
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* BrokenBird: Tired of her parents' negligence and being betrayed by everyone, Megumi can take no more.
* DamselInDistress
* [[spoiler: DrivenToVillainy]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Tsubaki Kasugano.
* IDontWantToDie: Her motive to survive.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent
* ParentalNeglect: Her mother scolds her all the time, her step-father seems well-meaning but Megumi refuses to call him "Dad", and they both have a child coming, likely meaning Megumi will be neglected even more so.
* ThePowerOfTrust: Megumi has tried to revitalise her trust in others, but after saving a girl who ended up bullying her, she has given up all hope.

!!Kurou Hoshino

Arata's father who helped develop the Future Diaries. He works for the Chronus Seed Corporation in the development department. He abruptly divorces his wife, but his reasons are later revealed.
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* BadassNormal
* [[spoiler: DisappearedDad]]
* [[spoiler: HeroicSacrifice]]
* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal]]
** [[spoiler: It is revealed he is in charge of the virtual survival game and the Kurou who died was an [=NPC=].]]
* [[spoiler: TheManBehindTheMan]]
* PapaWolf
* PassingTheTorch: Gives it to his son shortly after divorcing his wife, telling him to embrace his future.
* [[spoiler: SacrificialLion]]
* [[spoiler: VideoWills: Initially, Kurou's message to Arata was to explain why he divorced his mother, but it turns into this when he receives his Dead End at the end of the recording.]]

!!Tohru Kibe

The CEO of Chronus Seed Corporation which developed the Future Diaries. His goals are ambiguous but it seems he wishes to make a better future.
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* AffablyEvil: He believes the deaths of the diary owners are worthy sacrifices to make the future better.
* [[spoiler: BackFromTheDead]]
* BigBrotherIsWatching: [[spoiler: His diary works the same as John Balks'.]]
* CorruptCorporateExecutive
* {{Expy}}: Of John Balks.
* AGodAmI: [[spoiler: Averted. Kinjiro believes he is Deus, but it turns out he is a diary owner and hates Deus.]]
* RedHerring: Believed to be Deus.
* ScaryShinyGlasses
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler: Pulls this on both Yousuke and Kinjiro.]]

!!Deus

An alternate version of Deus Ex Machina, this Deus initiated the survival game with the winner getting a better future.
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* [[spoiler: AIIsACrapshoot: Deus is actually the computer program responsible for overseeing the Olympia virtual reality/medical support system which the comatose diary owners are hooked up to but [[TurnedAgainstTheirMasters turned against his masters]] and is now a literal cyber terrorist.]]
* [[spoiler: DrivenToSuicide: Upon realising he cannot make anyone happy, Deus destroys himself using the deactivation code.]]
* {{Expy}}: Of Deus Ex Machina, obviously, although he seems to have Muru Muru's personality.
* {{Jerkass}}: Comes across as this regarding his players. Even Kibe hates him.
* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler: Averted.]]
* SadisticChoice: Seems to love these. [[spoiler: He gives Arata the choice to give the release codes or remain in Olympia; forces the six other diary owners into a MexicanStandoff; and forces Rui to either shoot Arata or die.]]
* [[spoiler:SamusIsAGirl: Deus' in-game avatar is oddly enough a woman named "Jingu-ji".]]
* [[spoiler: WellIntentionedExtremist: He/she does not want Olympia to collapse and wants someone to help complete the programme by remaining behind.]]
* YouDontLookLikeYou: Deus appears as a purple, sun-shaped, smiling emoticon. [[spoiler: And a woman.]]

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