History Characters / JuuniTaisen

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!The Zodiac Warriors
[[folder: Rat]]
!!Tsugiyoshi Sumino/Nezumi, Fighter of the Rat
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills by Swarm]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Shun Horie (JP), Daman Mills (EN)

* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler:Surviving the Juuni Taisen without having to actually ''fight'' thanks to his power makes him this.]]
* AlternateCharacterReading: His title (寝住) can be read as "bed lodging", reflecting his sleepiness.
* AnimalMotifs: The piece of metal around the middle part of his face resembles the ears of a rat. And even when he’s not wearing the headset, his hair still retains the shape of rat ears.
* BlessedWithSuck: Rat considers his power to be this, as a result of limitations and side effects. [[spoiler: Experiencing 100 realities is physically and mentally exhausting, with the burden of recalling dozens of failures or gruesome deaths. In many cases, a positive or desired outcome simply isn't possible no matter what he tries. As such, he's forced to deal with 100 times the suffering as he fails each and every time]].
* ButThouMust: [[spoiler:He really did not want to fight in the Zodiac War, and attempted to use his ability to find a reality where he was not chosen to do so. He was unsuccessful in that regard.]]
* ChildSoldier: Probably the youngest of the warriors and still a high school student. In a deleted path, he tells Tiger that he is still a minor when she asks him to drink with her.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Silver hair, silver eyes.
* TheCynic: Thinks the lowest of the competition, and believes the War only helps prolong everyone else's "meaningless" lives. [[spoiler: After emerging the victor however Rat admits that a lot of this was actually posturing on his end. Right down to stating that he preferred that Monkey would've won over him since she would've done the most good.]]
* ExactWords: His killing style, "Killing All", is this. [[spoiler:He doesn't have to lift a finger for most of the Zodiac War, only killing one person by hand near the end. He just ends up "killing all" because he chose the reality that leads him to survival-- and in this case, since he's in [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne The Zodiac War]], everyone else has to go.]]
* FailureIsTheOnlyOption: [[spoiler: Because all the paths he has glimpsed through his ability can potentially have the same outcome, this is a possibility when he uses it. For instance, he once tried to confess to a girl using his power. No matter which path he saw, she rejected him in every single one. Also, he attempted to use it to find a path wherein he did not have to fight in the Zodiac War, but failed every time]].
* FashionableAsymmetry: As can be seen on the image to the right, he only wears one pauldron, on his right shoulder. Also, legs of his pants end at different lengths, only extending to his mid-thigh on the right leg, and completely covering his left leg. He also has a blue piece of cloth tied to his left elbow.
* GuileHero: He tends to take advantage of opportunities and sneaks around as opposed to directly facing the other fighters, in reference to the original myth. [[spoiler: He simply sticks to the shadows while the others take each other out, first hiding with Monkey and then using Horse as a decoy to escape Snake's zombie. Afterwards, he steals an explosive from Sheep's body and uses it to finish off Ox and the zombies of Rabbit and Monkey]].
* HaveWeMet: Boar and Chicken both mention having heard his voice somewhere, but dismiss it. [[spoiler:They have, in an alternate reality. Since Rat can take 100 possible paths and choose the one he likes the most, reality corrects itself to the chosen path, leaving some residue in the form of hazy memories.]]
* HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: After Rat wins the Juni Taisen, he implies that a lot of his cyncism towards Monkey's ideals came less from him actually not believing but more of a result of Rat knowing ahead of time that he was dooming her and all the other fighters to die. He even admits that Monkey would be the fighter he would have wanted to win if he couldn't, because of the good she could have done.]]
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=239s twelfth and final verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper 言 x THEANSWER rapping in character as Rat.
* InnerMonologueConversation: This trope is evoked when he encounters Horse in the bank's vault, as he responds to some of Horse's thoughts as if the latter spoke them out loud, perhaps because due to his ability, he already knew what Horse was thinking.
* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:His ultimate wish was to forget the whole War even happened, out of frustration for what kind of wish he'd like to make.]]
* LittleSisterHeroine: [[spoiler:While considering his wishes, #96 is just him getting very excited coming up with the perfect little sister; attractive, [[BuxomIsBetter endowed]], a bit of a ditz, and wants to be spoiled by him.]]
* TheManyDeathsOfYou: [[spoiler: He discovered only a single path that allowed him to survive the Juni Taisen, and a montage features him dying dozens of times before he realizes avoiding his "Interview" is impossible]].
* NonActionGuy: [[spoiler:Owing to his ability and fatigue, he never actually fought anyone in the Zodiac War, nor did he have to, simply waiting in the shadows for all the other combatants to take each other out. His only combative act in the battle was to MercyKill Ox using Sheep's bomb, thus winning the entire competition.]]
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler: In one of the rejected realities, he befriended ''Rabbit'' of all people. He was surprised at how well they got along, right up until he screwed up and got them both killed. Some of the other rejected paths also depict him striking up rapports with several other warriors, at least enough to get them to open up to him about their wishes.]]
* RoyalRapier: His weapon seems to be one, in contrast with Ox's curved one.
* {{Seer}}: [[spoiler: His ability, The Hundred Paths of Nezumi-san, allows him to experience a hundred possible ways a scenario can pan out, and then select one of them that will become realty. Once he makes his choice, reality corrects itself around it, deleting the other ninety-nine options. However, many of the choices can merely be very minor variants of each other and it is possible for all of the choices to have the same outcome regardless. Using this power also leaves him mentally drained, due to experiencing so many options in quick succession]].
* ShellShockedVeteran: While it may not seem like it on the outside, having to experience many different realities at once, several of which [[spoiler: result in his own death]], clearly takes a deep toll on him mentally. Not wishing to fall victim to this trope is the reason [[spoiler: he decides not to expand his power to view a thousand potential realities rather than a hundred]] and also why [[spoiler: he ultimately wishes to forget the events of the Zodiac War]].
* SleepyHead: He is frequently seen either sleeping or behaving lethargically. [[spoiler:This is due to his ability, as experiencing a hundred different realities at once is heavily taxing on his mind.]]
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:As the winner of the Zodiac War, he is this.]]
* StealthHiBye: He does this to Horse, appearing without warning in the ''sealed'' bank vault the other man was hiding in. After a vague explanation that rats are simply good at getting into places, he rests for a bit and then simply vanishes when Horse isn't looking at him.
* TheStoic: He's not very emotional, nor talkative.
** NotSoStoic: It gets revealed that [[spoiler: That aspect of him is just actually a result of his ability taking a toll on his body and leaving him in constant fatigue.]]
* YouCantFightFate: [[spoiler: Most paths are virtually identical or end in failure no matter what choice he makes. In all 100 paths, he had to participate in the Juni Taisen and avoiding his "Interview" was impossible if he wanted to survive]].
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[[folder: Ox]]
!!Eiji Kashii/Ushii, Fighter of the Ox
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills Directly]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YuichiroUmehara (JP), Creator/IanSinclair (EN)

* AbsurdlySharpBlade: His sword seems able to cut steel easily.
* AnimalMotifs: Apart of the more obvious one (the horns), his attire resembles the one of a matador, an activity related to bullfighting, hence an indirect way to resemble the animal he represents.
* AwesomeByAnalysis: For a person who admits to not doing much strategizing in battle, he proves to be surprisingly observant and deductive. For instance, he quickly realizes that [[KillItWithFire fire could be used to destroy corpses]] reanimated by Rabbit after noticing that Horse suffocated to death in a fire started by Snake's corpse and yet did not reanimate under Rabbit's control. He also quickly realizes that Dragon's weapon was an [[FreezeRay icethrower]] to [[FireWaterJuxtaposition compliment]] Snake's [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]], and that it could [[KillItWithIce also be used to destroy reanimated corpses]] after noticing that Dragon's corpse did not use it while combating him and Tiger, as Dragon was not willing to risk FriendlyFire by unintentionally freezing himself or his brother.
* BadassInANiceSuit: His attire is that of an Spanish "matador".
* BadassNormal: Unlike the other participants, he doesn't has any supernatural ability, only his skill with the sword and his amazing physical feats. It is suggested in the light novel that the other participants possessing powers is so they stand some sort of chance against him in order to maintain CompetitiveBalance in the Zodiac War.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler: When faced with becoming one of Rabbit's zombies, he attempts to kill himself....only for Monkey to shatter his teeth to prevent it.]]
* BigEater: His profile reveals that he actually has an enormous appetite, in spite of his thin build. Because he doesn't know how to cook, he dines out constantly.
* BloodKnight: Fights just because.
* BookEnds: [[spoiler:His first and final encounters with Tiger consist of him saving her from enemies and then piggyback carrying her to safety. Tiger even lampshades this.]]
* BrokenWinLossStreak: Owing to [[SuperToughness his ability]], Horse was the first person to emerge alive from a confrontation with Ox.
* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler:He actually recognized Tiger from their previous encounter, but second-guessed himself and said nothing. As such, he never told her that their meeting had helped him to reexamine his motivations and that he was also grateful to her for helping him]]
* EvilCounterpart: While he isn't exactly evil, the novel makes the comparison that he is basically what Monkey would be if she chose to use her immense strength to stop wars instead of negotiating. According to his profile in the novel, he acknowledges the fact that he is usually brought in to stop wars while she is brought in to make sure they don't restart and, for that reason, wanted to meet up with Monkey because he was genuinely interested in having a conversation with her.
* ExhaustedEyeBags: Sports them all the time, accentuating his bored expression.
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:Like Tiger before him, he remains calm and content with his final choice when Rat uses Sheep's grenade, knowing it will destroy him and Monkey and Rabbit's corpses.]]
* FailedASpotCheck: [[spoiler: Ox notes to himself after getting pinned down by the Reanimated Monkey that even if he didn't know that Monkey had brought her back, he should have taken into account that Rabbit's corpse was unusually bulky for a reason.]]
* TheFettered: He has a strong sense of Justice, making a point to only act in a manner he considers to be righteous. As such, he treats opponents with courtesy and fights to kill in as swift and painless a manner as possible.
* GoodIsNotSoft: He is committed to doing the right thing and is often considered to be equal Monkey in terms of righteousness and morality, but he is also a self admitted killer with a body count higher than all the other Zodiac Warriors put together.
* HornedHumanoid: He sports a pair of horns like those of a bull. If the ending song can be trusted, he even has them in his daily life, rather than wearing them as a way to show his AnimalMotifs in the Juuni Taisen.
* ICallItVera: He named his sword "Goboken" (Bayonet).
* IdealHero: Downplayed. While he ''is'' a mercenary and a killer, Ox is a man defined by his unwavering sense of honor and commitment to doing what is right. He takes on assignments such as rescuing children from war zones, and serves as an inspiration to several other warriors. Among the 12 fighters, he is compared to Monkey in terms of being a person with noble ideals.
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=219s eleventh verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper EINSHTEIN rapping in character as Ox.
* ImagineSpot: Before fighting Dragon and Snake's corpses, he briefly imagines them declaring their titles and method of killing and muses that they would have done so were they still alive. He then states his own as a matter of principle.
* KnowWhenToFoldEm:
** [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] since Ox ''technically'' [[TacticalWithdrawal wins]] the fight, but Ox gives up on pursuing Horse because he could only at best inflict minor wounds on him.
** Ox begrudgingly admits that [[spoiler: he lost the battle to Rabbit the second that he reanimated Monkey.]]
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Ox is a handsome, impeccably dressed man with incredibly long hair.
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* MythologyGag: In the Zodiac myth, the ox was the favorite to win the race, but ended up in second place after the Rat exploited his good nature to get him to give the other rodent a ride on it's back and crossed the finish line first. Ox is considered to be the strongest warrior in the world and all of the VIPs thought that he was pretty much guaranteed to win; [[spoiler: He actually ends up being the final warrior defeated and meets his end when Rat takes the opportunity to blow him up while he is immobilized, along with the undead corpses of Monkey and Rabbit.]] However, like in the story, Ox doesn't harbor any ill will towards Rat as he believes that [[spoiler: more-or-less sacrificing himself so that Rabbit and Monkey would die for good]] was the right thing to do. He even lampshades this in his final moments
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: He provides one to a mortally-wounded Tiger, so that she won't be reanimated as one of Rabbit's zombies. This favor is returned when Rat uses a grenade to blow him up so that the corpses of Rabbit and Monkey won't add him to their ranks]].
** In the light novel, it's noted that was is his motivation in deciding to win by killing all of the other warriors as quickly as possible. He was one of the first to realize that there was a necromancer among the twelve, but didn't initially realize that it was [[spoiler:Rabbit]], and also came to the conclusion that everyone had abandoned the idea of a group peace agreement in favor of simply killing each other off. Given the state of the battle at that point and the fact that he didn't know who the necromancer was, he believed that the most merciful thing he could do for the other competitors was to kill them all as painlessly as possible to spare them the extra suffering and indignity of being turned into a living corpse.
* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: While he isn't a terrible person, he doesn't have the title of "the genius of slaughter" ("the natural born killer" in the novel) for no reason. Pretty much every warrior in the world knows who he is and, as such, never want to come anywhere near him, as they know being in the same radius as him means that they are pretty much screwed.
* NoBodyLeftBehind: [[spoiler:He meets his end when Rat lobs one of Sheep's bombs at him just as he is about to die at the hands of Rabbit and Monkey's corpses. The resulting explosion vaporizes him, along with his attackers and Tiger's corpse, leaving only the eleven jewels that Rat was seeking to obtain.]]
* PerpetualFrowner: He always has a serious expression on his face. It never changes, no matter the situation.
* RapunzelHair: Has long dark hair that reaches his knees.
* RedBaron: Due to the fact that prior to the Zodiac War, no one has ever faced him in battle and lived to tell the tale, he gained the moniker "The Natural-Born Slayer" in the novel and "The Genius of Slaughter" in the anime.
* RightMakesMight: The essence of his philosophy. He resolves to always act in a righteous manner, and carries out these ideals without hesitation.
* ShipTease: With Tiger. [[spoiler: His focal chapter reveals that he remembered her all along, and his frantic behavior after she saved him left him confused. Never before had he lost his focus in battle, or acted irrationally. Though he abstained from alcohol, he would have liked to have a drink with her. The novel also reveals that his discussion with her after he saved her helped him to strengthen his determination to fight and that he was both very grateful and impressed by how she was brave enough to shamelessly question him. Although, it's worth mentioning that it's stronger on Tiger's side; for Ox, it's played off as largely admiration,as he's grateful to her helping him in the past, and shock, as he was totally unused to someone being bold enough to question his motivations and surprised that someone would want to save him. ]]
* ShootTheDog: While he was initially one of those interested in Monkey's alliance, he abandons this after learning of Rabbit's powers. In the manga, he explains to Horse that killing everyone else is simply the only way to ''protect'' them from becoming one of the Undead.
* SingleStrokeBattle: This is his trademark, eliminating any opponent in a swift and precise manner. Not only does it make him terrifying to face in battle, but it allows him to kill while minimizing suffering and allowing his foes some dignity.
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler:He is reluctantly forced to partner up with Tiger in order to take down the threats posed by Snake and Dragon's corpses, as well as Rabbit.]]
* TheTeetotaler: He makes a point to abstain from alcohol, but wishes he could have [[spoiler: had drinks with Tiger]].
* TheToothHurts: [[spoiler: Monkey shatters his teeth, to prevent him from biting his tongue off]].
* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:After being restrained by Monkey's corpse and about to be killed by Rabbit, he attempts to commit suicide the same way Rabbit did, by biting his tongue off, but is stopped by Monkey before he can.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Falls victim to this twice at the hands of Rabbit. The first time, after he and Tiger cuts Rabbit's body to pieces, Ox saw that Rabbit [[TongueTrauma bit his tongue]] just before he was cut apart, but paid little heed to it. This was Rabbit's way of committing suicide just so [[{{Necromancer}} his power]] would reanimate his corpse. As a result, he failed to notice Rabbit's severed sword-wielding hands moving to stab him until Tiger [[TakingTheBullet pushed him out of the way]], getting fatally stabbed InTheBack in his place as a result. The second time, after he kills Tiger [[MercyKill at her request]], Rabbit's corpse catches up to him, having clumsily reassembled itself into a [[HumanoidAbomination vaguely humanoid form]]. Ox is so distracted by Rabbit's now grotesque appearance that he didn't realize Monkey's corpse was hiding in the necromantist's torso until it bursts out and restrains him, forcing Rat to MercyKill him to prevent Rabbit from doing the deed and reanimating him.]]
* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: The novel frames him and Horse in this manner, with him being the former. During their clash, he is able to wound, but not kill, Horse, who simply runs away. Knowing that he can't kill the other warrior, Ox chooses not to pursue.
* WorldsStrongestMan: The narrative frames him as the world's most skilled fighter, with strength to match, and prior to the Zodiac War, he has never lost a battle. He is even the standard by which other warriors are measured by. [[spoiler:It takes the reanimated corpses of Rabbit and Monkey to finally defeat him, and only because his skills are ineffective against the dead.]]
* WorthyOpponent: He shows nothing but respect for his opponents, but in particular comes to respect Tiger as a "peerless" warrior.
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[[folder: Tiger]]
!!Kanae Aira/Tora, Fighter of the Tiger
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills Powerfully while Drunk]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HiromiIgarashi (JP), Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (EN)

* AbsurdlySharpClaws: Tora can tear people to pieces with her FemmeFatalons.
** Subverted in the manga version, where she uses WolverineClaws.
* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:The narrative certainly goes out of its way to make the audience feel as sorry for her as possible while she is on her deathbed. The anime further plays this up through the way she emotes during her inner monologues and use of GrayRainOfDepression.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Her headband resembles the ears of a tiger, and his bikini and tights are striped just like one. Also, the chain who hangs from her choker is an obvious representation of the tail of a tiger (and even ends in one).
* BadassNormal: Similar to Ox, Tiger doesn't have an special ability or modification done to her body. She relies simply on her martial arts.
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:Having been fatally wounded by Rabbit's corpse, she asks Ox to kill her so that it wouldn't count as Rabbit killing her, as she did not wish a fate as a reanimated corpse controlled by Rabbit. While she did not commit suicide like most examples of this trope, she still got to dictate the circumstances of her death.]]
* BewareTheSillyOnes: Spends most of her interactions with Sheep drunk of her ass [[spoiler:but as soon as a fight is declared, she tears Sheep in one hit]].
* BloodKnight: She mentions blood intoxicates her in a similar way to booze.
* BookDumb: She is very good at fighting, but she wouldn't pass an basic academic test. [[spoiler:She did not start out this way, however, as she was previously very gifted and intelligent. However, haunted by her consciousness and questioning the morality of all the killing she did, she turned to the bottle to forget all these thoughts in order to focus her mind on fighting and nothing else. As a result, her mental capacities eventually shriveled up.]]
* BookEnds: [[spoiler: Her first and final encounters with Ox consist of him saving her from enemies and then piggyback carrying her to safety. She even lampshades this.]]
* BreakTheCutie: She started as a brilliant young woman with a desire to follow an honorable path as a Warrior. Her experiences on the battlefield destroyed her idealism, and left her so filled with doubt that she turned to alcohol to cope. Alcoholism destroyed her mind and her relationships, beginning a downward spiral that left her a barely-functional addict that could only fight.
* CannotSpitItOut: [[spoiler: She never tells Ox about their previous meeting, pretending that she simply picked a fight with him out of annoyance. She dies without realizing that he ''did'' recognize her, and also felt their meeting with life-changing]].
* ChainedByFashion: Wears a chain that ends with what seems a tiger's paw.
* ChildSoldier: From a very young age, she was schooled in the art of combat and military strategy. Though she eventually lost her ability in the latter, she refined the former to the point where [[CripplingOverspecialization it's the only thing she's still good at]].
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: She's easily underestimated by others, as a result of her heavy drinking and her youthful appearance. In the past, people have mistaken her for a child lost on the battlefield, lowering their guard or attempting to rescue her. Her opponents in the tournament write her off as a non-threat, which proves fatal to [[spoiler: Sheep]].
* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:After being fatally wounded by Rabbit's corpse, she dies in Ox's arms by requesting him to MercyKill her, not wanting a fate as a reanimated corpse.]]
* DrowningMySorrows: Her addiction began by trying to cope with all she had seen and done.
* DrunkenMaster: She's at her best when she's hopped up on sake. [[spoiler:This trope is played with, however, as she doesn't actually need to drink to improve her fighting prowess, but instead drinks in order to clear her mind by warding off doubts about the purpose of her actions or whether said actions are moral or not.]]
* FaceDeathWithDignity: [[spoiler:As she lays dying, she remains calm and content as Ox applies her a MercyKill.]]
* FunctionalAddict: Tiger is massive alcoholic. In her backstory, it's revealed that Tiger turned to the bottle in order to cope with the horrors of war. Eventually she customized her fighting style to actually rely on her [[DrunkenMaster being drunk]]. It wasn't until a chance encounter with [[spoiler: Ox on the battlefield]] that Tiger cleaned herself up to a degree to actually becoming a ''functional'' drunk so that she could enter the Juni Taisen.
* GrayRainOfDepression: [[spoiler:Her death scene is underscored by heavy rain to evoke this trope.]]
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=200s tenth verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper Tsubaki rapping in character as Tiger.
* JustFollowingOrders: According to her backstory, she was a ChildSoldier who was raised to simply follow orders and kill whoever her commanders told her to kill. [[spoiler: Questions about how moral her actions were haunted her consciousness to the point that she turned to drinking to forget all of it, stunting her mental growth in the process.]]
* KillingIntent: Subverted. The manga expands upon her CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass tendencies, stating that she gives off an impression of being utterly ''harmless'' even when she's preparing to attack. She simply doesn't have a threatening presence, even when on all fours and snarling at her target. By the time [[spoiler: Sheep]] realizes the mistake, it's too late.
* MadnessMantra: In the anime, while pondering the continued degradation of her mental faculties, she constantly states that despite it, nothing could stop her from rampaging and killing. Constantly repeating it eventually causes it to become this trope.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:After being stabbed by Rabbit's hands, she requests that Ox kill her in order to prevent her from falling victim to Rabbit's power.]]
* OlderThanSheLooks: Despite her appearance, she is old enough to drink. Lampshaded by Ox, who expresses some regret for treating her like a child [[spoiler:after he [[MercyKill Mercy Kills]] her]].
* PrimalStance: Assumes it at times before engaging a foe. She is seen doing it frequently in the anime's flashback, symbolizing her nature becoming more feral after using alcohol to drink away her sorrows, and also increasing her likeness to tigers.
* PyrrhicVictory: [[spoiler:After a chance encounter with Ox years ago, which steered her on her current path as a warrior, she wished to meet him again one day. She would get her wish when both were chosen to fight in the Zodiac War. Despite not being able to fight him personally, she died satisfied and in his arms after requesting that he MercyKill her. The book notes that she is the first person in the history of the Zodiac War to lose and still have her wish be realized.]]
* RunningOnAllFours: She often does this in combat in conjunction with a PrimalStance, which serves to show how much her mind degraded due to her alcohol consumption and also makes her movements resemble that of a tiger.
* ShipTease: With Ox. [[spoiler: She joined the contest solely to meet him again, and in her final moments she thinks about how if she were more "girly", she'd ask him to kiss her. In a deleted path, she shyly implied that her wish would be for something more to come from her relationship with Ox before cutting herself off when she gets mad at Rat's apparent inattentiveness.]]
* SingleMaltVision: She gets this when drunk, as her confrontation with Sheep proves. Curiously, this causes her to think that Sheep is capable of pulling a DoppelgangerAttack instead.
* SingleStrokeBattle: [[spoiler:She takes on and defeats Sheep this way.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She wears a tiger striped bikini with a chain collar, thigh-high boots, and a leather jacket. [[spoiler:She loses the jacket in a fight against Snake's corpse, playing up this trope.]]
* TakingTheBullet: [[spoiler:Saves Ox from Rabbit's corpse, and gets stabbed in the back for it.]]
* TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler:She is reluctantly forced to partner up with Ox in order to take down the threats posed by Snake and Dragon's corpses, as well as Rabbit.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:After she and Ox dispatch Rabbit, they assumed that was the end of him, despite the fact that Ox noticed him committing suicide just before they cut him to pieces. As such, they didn't realize that Rabbit could use [[{{Necromancy}} his power]] on his own corpse until his severed hands tried to stab Ox. Tiger wound up TakingTheBullet for Ox and was fatally wounded as a result.]]
* WellDoneSonGuy: In her backstory, upon returning home from war, Tiger gets [[IHaveNoSon disowned by her father]] who is disgusted with her mental degradation. The fact that she was fighting to make him proud in the first place didn't help her.
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[[folder: Rabbit]]
!!Usagi, Fighter of the Rabbit
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills Strangely]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto (JP), Creator/JerryJewell (EN)

* AlternateCharacterReading: "Usagi" is written with the kanji for "Anguish" and "Castle" (憂城), reflecting his unhinged nature. The characters can also be read as "Yuu-Jou", punning off of his DefeatMeansFriendship attitude towards the corpses he keeps around.
* AnimalMotifs: His attire (or lack of it) looks like a parody of a PlayboyBunny, and the ball of fluff that he carries in his back resembles the tail of a rabbit.
* AttackItsWeakPoint: [[spoiler:This trope is averted after his death and reanimation, as Ox notes that he no longer has any weak point that can be targeted to take him out.]]
* AxCrazy: The guy doesn't look or act sane in any way.
* BadFuture: According to Rat, any timeline in which Rabbit won would be this, as Rabbit's wish was to be "friends" with everyone in the whole world; his wish would literally lead to the end of the world.
* BeatStillMyHeart: [[spoiler:After being hacked to pieces by Ox and Tiger, his disembodied heart is briefly seen beating continuously on the ground. Presumably, this is also the case in other corpses he has reanimated.]]
* BetterToDieThanBeKilled: [[spoiler:He commits suicide mere moments before Ox and Tiger hack him to pieces, in order to ensure that his power will work on his corpse and continue to cause trouble for them postmortem.]]
* BigBad: The main threat of the Zodiac Games, and easily the most villanous warrior of the entire group.
* BlackComedy: After Monkey's corpse retrieves the dead Horse from the bank so he can obtain the deceased fighter's jewel, he complains about it being too well-done.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: His sclera is black, and is certainly not a stable person.
* BladeBelowTheShoulder: [[spoiler:After his death and reanimation, his swords completely replace his lower arms, the weapons bound in place where the limbs should be.]]
* BodyHorror: [[spoiler: After being chopped to pieces, his corpse attacks while in pieces and later assembles itself into a.....''vaguely'' humanoid shape. It's so horrifying that Ox can barely process what he's seeing, causing him to miss the fact that Monkey's corpse is ''hiding'' inside Rabbit's mangled remains]].
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler: In a rejected reality, this was the foundation of his alliance with Rat. When cornered, Rat explained that reanimating him would render his powers useless. As such, the two formed a partnership with Rabbit promising not to kill him until the very end. However, both died at the hands of other fighters and the reality was erased]].
* CombatTentacles: [[spoiler:After he is killed and hacked to pieces, he can use ''his intestines'' to evoke this trope.]]
* CreepyCrossdresser: To some extent, since he wears a bunny-eared headband, high heels, and short shorts, all articles of clothing more typically associated with women.
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Ox speculates that the reason Rabbit confronted both him and Tiger alone despite knowing that they would easily defeat and kill him, is ''specifically so he can reanimate his own corpse and continue to attack them relentlessly''. If that is the case, then this trope certainly applies to Rabbit.]]
* DefeatMeansFriendship: How he interprets the use of his power, calling the corpses under his command his "friends".
* DualWielding: Wields two knives.
* FastballSpecial: [[spoiler:He gets Monkey's corpse to hurl him into the air, high enough to reach and kill the airborne Dragon.]]
* FourIsDeath: He is associated with the Rabbit, the fourth sign of the Chinese Zodiac, and has an ability that reanimates the corpses of those he kills under his control. [[spoiler:He also has the highest body count by far in the Zodiac War.]]
* HairRaisingHare: His motif as the Rabbit contestant. And boy is he the ''worst''.
* TheHeavy: A combination of both this and TheDreaded once the other combatants learns the [[{{Necromancer}} nature of his abilities]]. Rabbit is the driving force of a lot of the conflicts, alliances, and deaths in the tournament; he derails Monkey's pacifist alliance, Chicken explicitly seeks out and kills dog to get his OneManArmy serum in order to better combat him, [[spoiler: and thanks to his abilities Rabbit is largely responsible for majority of the deaths in the tournament.]]
* HeroicBuild: His physique certainly fits this trope, but there's nothing heroic about his character or his powers.
* HumanoidAbomination: [[spoiler:After his corpse is cut to pieces and then poorly [[PullingThemselvesTogether reassembles itself]], it becomes an example of this trope.]]
* ICallItVera: He named his swords "Sangatsu-usagi" (March Rabbit) and "Shiro-usagi" (White Rabbit).
* IJustWantToHaveFriends: In the deleted path where he befriends Rat, he reveals this to be his wish when asked by the latter. Given his nature, while Rat initially found it disturbing, he later notes that Rabbit seemed genuine in that desire. However, due to his definition of [[TheUndead "friends"]], Rat also realized [[ZombieApocalypse what kind of nightmare]] it would be if Rabbit ever had this wish granted.
* ILied: Parodied. He insists that he wasn't responsible for killing Snake, in spite of it being ''painfully'' obvious. After stabbing Boar, he confesses that he lied about it even though she wasn't fooled for a moment.
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=180s ninth verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper Jō rapping in character as Rabbit.
* ImplausibleDeniability: When Boar sees the decapitated body of Snake, with Rabbit standing right next to it, Rabbit denies having killed him while holding a bloody sword. The manga makes this even more apparent by having him ''[[RefugeInAudacity furiously shake off the blood on his sword]]'' while he's ranting about people jumping to conclusions. A flashback in Episode 7 shows him quickly shaking his head when Ox enters the room and calls out those present for killing before the battle even began.
* InsistentTerminology: He's not a {{necromancer}}, but a ''necromantist'', and he'll thank you to remember it.
* KillingIntent: Out of all the warriors, Rabbit's stands out in a class of its own. Best pictured by Boar in the novel, who describes it as a massive dark entity that would roll off the building they stood in and head off on its own if it could. His killing intent reaches such degrees that it reduces any chance of him performing a ambush to nil, as everyone can feel it from a mile away, forcing him to use his "friends" just to get the jump on his targets without giving himself away first.
* KillItWithFire: In fitting with traditional myths about the Undead, the only way to stop the corpses he reanimates is to burn them.
* LoopholeAbuse: [[spoiler:He came to the realization that any warrior who gathers all twelve jewels will be declared the winner, regardless of whether or not he was alive. Thus, when on the verge of being killed by Ox and Tiger, he commits suicide and programs his corpse with instructions to gather all the jewels to ensure that he still has a way to win, even postmortem.]]
* MyDeathIsOnlyTheBeginning: [[spoiler:Ox thinks that the reason Rabbit committed suicide was so he could put in place a plan to reanimate his own corpse and attack him and Tiger over and over again.]]
* MysteriousPast: Nothing is known about him or his past, the light novel simply stating that such details are unknown and the anime episode that supposedly centers around him reveals nothing. Aside from some apparent fondness for rabbits, he's a complete enigma.
* {{Necromancer}}: His ability, which allows him to control the corpses of anyone he kills, and they also retain whatever powers they had in life, giving him complete control over those as well. [[spoiler:This power ''even extends'' to the corpses of anyone killed by those he is manipulating. And even he is not immune to this power as it will work on his corpse should he commit suicide.]] Over the course of the battle, he comes to use this power on the corpses of [[spoiler: Snake, Boar, Monkey, Dragon, and ''himself''.]]
* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: His looks, personality and abilities all scream 'get the hell away from him', and most fighters take too long to realize the danger he poses until its too late.
* OddFriendship: [[spoiler: In one of the possible realities, he made a ''living'' friend in the form of Rat. Neither of them survived that version of events, leading Rat to [[RealityWarper reject]] that path]].
* OmnicidalManiac: His wish, as genuine and innocent as it sounds, drives him into a quest of KillEmAll which would result in TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt if he had actually won the Juuni Taisen.
* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Unlike the other participants, his real name isn't listed. Additionally, unlike the other participants, the light novel also gives no information on his backstory.
* PeekABangs: His hair covers his left eye.
* PullingThemselvesTogether: [[spoiler:After his corpse is hacked to pieces by Ox and Tiger, they execute this trope. They are not entirely successful, however, resulting in a misshapen patchwork monstrosity that only vaguely has a humanoid shape, with parts being reattached in the wrong location and his weapons becoming integrated into the mix.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: Something he shares with real-life rabbits; here, it only heightens the madness lying underneath by combining them with BlackEyesOfCrazy.
* SissyVillain: His choice of clothing makes him come off as rather effeminate.
* SmarterThanYouLook: Despite his deranged looks and personality, he's actually an incredibly clever strategist that repeatedly outwits the other competitors.
* SoftSpokenSadist: In the anime, his voice barely rises above a whisper until battle. And even then, it's just restricted to mad laughter.
* StalkerWithACrush: Rabbit ''really'' wanted to be friends with Monkey, from the moment he saw her. That's why he hunts her down and kills her.
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Wears nothing but [[WhoWearsShortShorts groin-level shorts]], a tiny pair of suspenders and ill-fitting heels.
* SuperPersistentPredator: Once he sets his sights on a target, you can bet he'll go to any length to kill and reanimate said target by any means necessary. This mentality also extends to the corpses he control, which the light novel notes are only programmed to simply follow his orders and do nothing else. [[spoiler: This is further played up after he commits suicide, as ''not even death'' will stop him from pursuing Ox in his bid to kill the other fighter.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: [[spoiler:Despite committing suicide and his corpse being repeatedly cut to pieces by Ox and Tiger, he still keeps [[PullingThemselvesTogether reassembling himself]] to continually menace them, eventually succeeding in fatally wounding Tiger and almost killing Ox. It takes ''complete obliteration'' by Rat using one of Sheep's bombs to stop him for good.]]
* TongueTrauma: [[spoiler:He commits suicide by biting his tongue all the way through.]]
* WeakButSkilled: Despite his HeroicBuild, he's not a trained fighter and can be easily bested by fighters with more combat experience and training, such as Ox, Tiger, Monkey, and Boar. However, he makes up for it with his keen strategic mind by using the corpses he reanimated in creative ways to throw off and overwhelm the opponent.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Possibly the most kill-happy of all of the participants.
* ZergRush: His ability amounts to overwhelming foes with reanimated corpses, as on his own, he isn't a particularly skilled warrior.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dragon]]
!!Nagayuki Tomita/Tatsumi the Elder, Fighter of the Dragon
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[[caption-width-right:350:Robs his victims as he Kills]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/TakuyaEguchi (JP), Creator/CliffordChapin (EN)

* AFoolForAClient: In an anime flashback, he represented himself, as well as his brother, during a hearing for the brothers' unbecoming conduct as warriors. The light novel states that this is a regular occurrence for him whenever the twins are called to task for their extreme behavior as warriors.
* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: With his brother Snake.
* AnArmAndALeg: While stealing his icethrower from his reanimated corpse, Tiger winds up ripping off one of his arms.
* AngstySurvivingTwin: Seemingly averted. He clearly does not rejoice at the death of his brother, but at the same time, Dragon tries to gleefully and quickly appropriate his gem. Later, however, he mocks the fact that his brother was killed so early into the battle and Rabbit using the corpse as a puppet. [[spoiler:However, the light novel implies that such behavior is an act on Dragon's part, done to display a strong front towards the other fighters.]]
** The manga adaptation expands on this, with him agonizing over how Snake wouldn't want to be revived with his brother's Wish. So Dragon decides that he'll wish for "Nothing", because there isn't anything he would want in a world without his brother.
* AnimalMotifs: The stripes of the sleeves and trousers of his suit can be interpreted as the scales of a dragon, and the tube that connects his cylinder full of liquid nitrogen with the hose of the icethrower can be a representation of the tail of a dragon.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Both he and his brother really deserved what was coming to them.]]
* BerserkButton: Harming Snake seems to be this for him, as he was noticeably angry when Ox killed Snake in a deleted path.
* BigBrotherInstinct: As the older twin, he sees it as his responsibility to watch over Snake and bail him out of trouble. [[spoiler:This continues even after Snake is killed, as he spends much of the Zodiac War observing Snake's corpse.]] In a deleted path, he was incensed when Ox killed Snake right in front of him.
* BlatantLies: He states his wish would be for more money, but his brother privately admits that Dragon doesn't actually value money that much.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The light novel reveals that he and Snake are known to use the money they have earned illicitly to fund charitable activities, not because they are good at heart, but out of a perverse ironic joy at seeing blood money be utilized in a manner diametrically opposed to how it was earned. The anime expands on this when Dragon states that all warriors have this due to the nature of their jobs, and as such, the prosecutor's attempt to judge them based on common standards of morality is flawed and misguided.
* CainAndAbel: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] concerning his brother, Snake. With both being selected to take part in the Juuni Taisen, they were resigned to the idea that they would eventually have to come to blows, and Dragon even takes on a cavalier attitude after Snake is anti-climatically killed by Rabbit. But then it's later implied that [[spoiler: he is more relieved than anything else [[ThickerThanWater knowing that he now he would not have to kill his brother.]]]]
* ExactWords: When the twins were accused by the prosecutor of collusion for the incident detailed in PlayingBothSides, Dragon simply stated that he killed Snake's client, while Snake killed his client, which was exactly what their contracts specified.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Played with in regards to him and his younger twin. While they are both awful people who have no regard for human life and are willing to engage in all manner of immoral dealings for either profit or amusement, they do clearly care about each other on some level. It appears stronger on Dragon's end, as he would always watch out for Snake and repeatedly saved his brother from the consequences of his screw ups. Although he seems rather unconcerned about his brother's death, he already knew that one of them would have to die and seems more relieved at the fact that he didn't have to kill his own brother than anything else. He actually spends pretty much the whole Zodiac War floating around in the sky following and observing his brother's reanimated corpse, much like he did while Snake was alive, and promises to give his twin a nice funeral when the war is over.
** This is a bit stronger in the light novel, as the fact that Dragon does miss his twin is very much implied, and his relief at not having to kill his own brother is pretty much outright stated. He also has a flashback here of him and Snake fighting together while he is preparing to ambush Ox and Tiger and wishfully thinks that they will never fight side-by-side again.
* FastballSpecial: The top half of his corpse flings Snake's severed head at Ox, who then kicks it away.
* {{Flight}}: His ability, Heaven's Holding, is this. With this ability, he can reach altitudes higher than Chicken's birds, thus ensuring that she can't detect him with her [[AnimalEyeSpy Eye of the Cormorant]].
* FireIceDuo: Has this dynamic with his brother, who uses a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]].
* FlatWhat: In the anime, upon being chosen as the Fighters of the Dragon and Snake, the twins react this way when told they are expected to kill the other fighters, ''including each other'', until only one is left standing.
* FreezeRay: His weapon is an icethrower that uses liquid hydrogen as fuel.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: [[spoiler:He is killed by Rabbit bisecting him at the waist.]]
* HellishPupils: Both brothers have slitted pupils, giving into their AnimalMotifs.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:His icethrower is used by Tiger to eliminate both his and his brother's corpses, as she steals the weapon and smashes it, releasing the liquid hydrogen inside which freezes the twin brothers solid.]]
* ICallItVera: He named his icethrower "{{Yukionna}}".
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Dresses in cool violet shades to contrast his brother's warmer brown tones.
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=160s eighth verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper ACE rapping in character as Dragon.
* ImagineSpot: In the light novel, when about to ambush Ox and Tiger while Snake's corpse is fighting them, he declares his title and method of killing before briefly imagining Snake doing the same. As it turns out, he subconsciously did so because Monkey hurled Snake's head in his direction.
* JerkassHasAPoint: Dragon points out the hypocrisy of the prosecutor when he attempts to use common standards of law and morality to denounce the twins' conduct, when according to the light novel, the warriors are exempted from such standards explicitly so they can do any work they are contracted to do.
* JustLikeRobinHood: A DeconstructedTrope; it's revealed in his backstory that he and Snake would pull off heists and give the money to the under privileged. Of course, they didn't do it for noble ambitions, but simply because [[ItAmusedMe they were bored]], and were complete ambivalent to the consequences of what would happen to those they passed the money off on.
* KillItWithIce: As his weapon is an [[FreezeRay icethrower]], this is how he kills his foes. [[spoiler:His corpse is finally defeated after Tiger takes his icethrower and smashes it, releasing the liquid hydrogen inside, which freezes the twin brothers.]]
* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:After both halves of his body and his severed arm are frozen by Tiger, they are reduced to this upon impact with the ground.]]
* MythologyGag: In their focal episode, the twins are shown performing charitable deeds such as throwing money out of an aircraft while flying over a poverty-stricken village. In the original myth, Dragon explains that he was delayed because he stopped to make it rain over a drought-stricken village.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: As a mercenary, this is the reason he fights.
* PlayingBothSides: A flashback in the anime reveals that Dragon was hired by a pharmaceutical company that used poor children in their experiments, while Snake was hired by a criminal gang who kidnapped and supplied those children, allowing them to share information with each other about their respective clients. When both groups came to blows and called in their respective warriors, Dragon simply killed the gang members, while Snake killed the company's employees, allowing the twins to abscond with the money owned by both groups.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: A variant, as though he and his brother were killed separately, their corpses were frozen together by Tiger and then [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]], intermingling the fragments to the point where no one could tell them apart. The novel even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this. In one of the paths deleted by Rat, both twins are killed seconds apart by Ox.]]
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: According to the light novel, the twins go above in beyond in this regard when carrying out their illicit activities, even when compared to the other warriors.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Because he can fly to an altitude beyond detection from the other fighters, he assumed that he was untouchable and spent much of the Zodiac War simply observing Snake's corpse. While Snake's corpse was fighting Ox and Tiger, he thought that he could net two easy kills while they were distracted, and descended to attack them. However, he completely forgot about Monkey and Rabbit and did not realize that the former was capable of throwing objects very high. As such, he was distracted when her corpse threw Snake's head at him, leaving him wide open for Rabbit to bisect him when the necromantist was also thrown upwards by Monkey.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Along with his twin, both have lavender-colored hair.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Snake]]
!!Takeyasu Tomita/Tatsumi the Younger, Fighter of the Snake
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[[caption-width-right:350:Robs his victims as he Kills]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/KosukeToriumi (JP), Matt Shipman (EN)

* AlwaysIdenticalTwins: With his brother Dragon.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:His arms are hacked off his corpse by Ox and Tiger, but this doesn't inconvenience him in the slightest, as he then uses them to strangle his two adversaries. In one of the paths deleted by Rat, Ox hacks off both his arms before killing him with a stab to the forehead.]]
* AnimalMotifs: Just like his older brother, the stripes of his trousers and the tube that connects his flamethrower with the hose of the weapon can be interpreted as the scales and tail of a snake. Also, it can be added that the fact that he, unlike Dragon, doesn’t has sleeves in his attire is a representation of the lack of limbs of the snakes.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Both he and Dragon really had it coming in the end.]]
* BizarreAlienSenses: His ability, Earth's Guidance, allows him to detect vibrations in the ground made by others, making him a very competent tracker. [[spoiler:His corpse retains this ability and is used by Rabbit to track and pursue Rat.]]
* BlatantLies: [[spoiler: In one of the rejected cycles, Rat asks the brothers about their wish. Each states they would wish for money, but Dragon privately admits he knows his brother just likes the thrill of stealing it]].
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: The light novel reveals that he and Dragon are known to use the money they have earned illicitly to fund charitable activities, not because they are good at heart, but out of a perverse ironic joy at seeing blood money be utilized in a manner diametrically opposed to how it was earned. The anime expands on this when Dragon states that all warriors have this due to the nature of their jobs, and as such, the prosecutor's attempt to judge them based on common standards of morality is flawed and misguided.
* EatTheDog: The light novel states that in contrast to his lack of care for human life, he cares dearly for the reptiles he keeps as pets, and invokes this trope when one dies as a form of DueToTheDead.
* ExactWords: When the twins were accused by the prosecutor of collusion for the incident detailed in PlayingBothSides, Dragon simply stated that he killed Snake's client, while Snake killed his client, which was exactly what their contracts specified.
* FastballSpecial: His severed head is first flung at enemies by Monkey's corpse, and then by Dragon's corpse.
* FireBreathingWeapon: His weapon, a flamethrower, is this.
* FireIceDuo: Has this dynamic with his brother, who uses an [[FreezeRay icethrower]].
* FlatWhat: In the anime, upon being chosen as the Fighters of the Dragon and Snake, the twins react this way when told they are expected to kill the other fighters, ''including each other'', until only one is left standing.
* FoolishSiblingResponsibleSibling: Its revealed in a posthumous flashback in Episode 7 that Snake had this dynamic with his brother Dragon prior to the Tournament, with Snake being the Foolish Sibling. He would rush into heists and almost get himself killed, requiring Dragon to bail him out.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: More or less implied with him and his brother. While they don't care about each other in the way that normal people would, they clearly do care about each other on some level, as the fact that they make such a good team shows. He also was clearly less than thrilled when him and Dragon found out that they were expected to kill each other in the Zodiac War, and he actually died because he turned away from Rabbit to warn his brother about Monkey placing explosives under the floor.
** In the novel, while he doesn't give a crap about anyone other than himself and his brother, he has an extensive amount of pet reptiles and cares deeply for them, despite his lack of care for other humans.
* HellishPupils: Both brothers have slitted pupils, giving into their AnimalMotifs.
* HelpingHands: [[spoiler:Having his arms hacked off his corpse by Ox and Tiger does not inconvenience it at all, as the severed limbs retain their autonomy and promptly strangle the two warriors.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:The fuel from his flamethrower, which Tiger swallows, is used by Ox to incinerate his severed arms after they try to strangle Ox and Tiger.]]
* ICallItVera: He named his flamethrower "Hitokage".
* IdenticalTwinIDTag: Dresses in muted brown colors to contrast his brother.
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=140s seventh verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper Luiz rapping in character as Snake.
* KillItWithFire: As his weapon is a [[FireBreathingWeapon flamethrower]], this is how he kills his foes. [[spoiler:His severed arms are neutralized after Ox hits upon the idea to set them on fire.]]
* KillItWithIce: [[spoiler:His corpse is finally defeated after Tiger takes Dragon's icethrower and smashes it, releasing the liquid hydrogen inside, which freezes the twin brothers.]]
* KilledMidSentence: [[spoiler:Upon detecting Monkey planting explosives under the floor, he attempts to warn Dragon, but has his head unceremoniously lopped off by Rabbit after getting barely two words out.]]
* LiterallyShatteredLives: [[spoiler:After both his head and body are frozen by Tiger, the former falls and strikes the latter, reducing both to this.]]
* ManBitesMan: In the light novel, when his decapitated head is thrown by Monkey's corpse and caught by Dragon, it bites his twin, [[spoiler:distracting Dragon enough for Rabbit to [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisect him at the waist]]]].
* OffWithHisHead: Decapitated by Rabbit before the contest even began.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: As a mercenary, this is the reason he fights. It's even his wish to obtain more money.
* PlayingBothSides: A flashback in the anime reveals that Dragon was hired by a pharmaceutical company that used poor children in their experiments, while Snake was hired by a criminal gang who kidnapped and supplied those children, allowing them to share information with each other about their respective clients. When both groups came to blows and called in their respective warriors, Dragon simply killed the gang members, while Snake killed the company's employees, allowing the twins to abscond with the money owned by both groups.
* PyroManiac: According to his profile in the novel, he gleefully admits that he's a mercenary because he can get away with causing extreme destruction with fire and claims that he would have become a serial arsonist if he wasn't born into one of the 12 Zodiac families. In fact, it's also mentioned that everyone he kills is either totally reduced to nothing or so badly burned that they can't be identified.
* ScarilyCompetentTracker: Due to his ability, he could find people no matter where they tried to hide. [[spoiler:After being killed by Rabbit, his corpse is made to do this in pursuit of Rat.]]
* SiblingTeam: With his older brother Dragon.
* SnakesAreSinister: He spends the majority of the story as a headless, reanimated corpse that relentlessly stalks the other fighters. It's incredibly creepy, even ''before'' his severed limbs keep attacking people.
** Heck, Snake was plenty bad on his own even before he got his head lopped off! He's a self admitted pyro maniac who sadistically gets great pleasure out of causing excessive death and destruction and uses the money that he and his brother steal to do charitable deeds simply because they like the irony of using blood money for good and get a kick of how often their so-called help ends up backfiring and hurting the innocent people that they pass their money off to. In addition, Snake is so prone to making creepy and downright disturbing faces in the anime that his headlessness is actually far less creepy.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: According to the light novel, the twins go above in beyond in this regard when carrying out their illicit activities, even when compared to the other warriors.
* TooDumbToLive: While turning your back on an enemy is a terrible idea in any situation, doing so when said enemy is a psychopath is especially foolish.
* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler: A variant, as though he and his brother were killed separately, their corpses were frozen together by Tiger and then [[LiterallyShatteredLives shattered]], intermingling the fragments to the point where no one could tell them apart. The novel even [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] this. In one of the paths deleted by Rat, both twins are killed seconds apart by Ox.]]
* TookALevelInBadass: Ironically, only ''after'' he died and became one of Rabbit's "friends". As Dragon remarks after observing him for some time, the feats Snake performs during the Juuni Taisen would have been utterly impossible for the man to accomplish if he had been left alive instead.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:When Snake first encounters Rabbit, he dismisses the latter as a threat due to the other fighter's bizarre behavior. As a result, he lets down his guard when he detects Monkey planting explosives underneath the floor, creating an opening for Rabbit to decapitate him when he tries to warn Dragon about Monkey.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Just like his twin, he also has lavender-colored hair.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Horse]]
!!Yoshimi Sōma/Uuma, Fighter of the Horse
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills Silently]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (JP), Randy E. Aguebor (EN)

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Because the anime portrays his [[SuperToughness ability]] as an AdaptiveAbility, he would have this in the anime if indeed his ability could protect him from the poison he swallowed.
* AdaptiveAbility: The anime states that his [[SuperToughness ability]] is due to his constantly mutating cells, which give him protection against any force that might injure him, [[spoiler:including the poison he ingested at the start of the Zodiac War]]. According to the anime, this also grants Horse a HealingFactor as well.
* AnimalMotifs: His helmet possesses the ears of a horse, and he also has horseshoes in the fore of his helmet and in his boots.
* BadassPacifist: Like Monkey, he would rather not fight, even if he's capable of.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: According to to the light novel, he was the one who killed Rat and Rabbit in the path where they befriended each other.
* TheBigGuy: Physically the most muscular of the fighters.
* BrokenWinLossStreak: Ox was the first person to successfully wound him after he gained the ability to use [[SuperToughness Stirrup]].
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler: Horse's own timidness is ultimately what does him in. After getting [[MinorInjuryOverreaction injured]] by Ox, Horse decides to given up on competing for the remainder of the Zodiac War. His attempt to hole up and waiting out of the tournament is what leads him to his death. Had Horse actually put more thought into it though, he would have realized that Ox ''gave up'' his pursuit of him because he could only inflict shallow wounds on him at best. Had Horse actually gone on the offense, he potentially could have won.]]
* FateWorseThanDeath: In a deleted path, he tells Rat that losing a fight is this to him.
* GiverOfLameNames: He originally wanted to name [[SuperToughness his ability]] "Armor", but wrote the kanji for it wrongly and wound up with "Stirrup" instead.
* HealingFactor: In addition to his SuperToughness, he also possesses this ability, which quickly heals the wounds Ox inflicted on him. It does nothing for the [[HeroicBSOD mental trauma]] Horse suffers from being wounded, however. The anime frames this as part of his AdaptiveAbility.
* HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After his confrontation with Ox leaves him with several sword wounds, he suffers this as his confidence in being able to emerge from fights unscathed due to [[SuperToughness Stirrup]] is shattered. Being injured in such a manner also made him feel vulnerable for the first time since he was a slender teenager, a feeling he explicitly tried to avoid by bulking up and using steroids. It's so bad that he barricades himself in a bank and considers staying there until the Zodiac War is over.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler:His plan to hide himself in a bank and wait out the rest of the Zodiac War becomes an example of this trope when Snake's corpse, having detected that its quarry, Rat, was nearby, uses its flamethrower to burn down the building. The resulting inferno consumes all the oxygen in the building and Horse suffocates to death as a result. Because he barricaded himself inside, he couldn't get out in time.]]
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=121s sixth verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper Sukun rapping in character as Horse.
* KillItWithFire: While his [[SuperToughness ability]] would normally render him immune to such a fate, [[spoiler:he meets his end when Snake's corpse uses his flamethrower to torch the bank where he took shelter, instead causing him to suffocate to death when the flames consume all the available oxygen in the building]].
* LogicalWeakness: While his [[SuperToughness ability]] grants him near-invulnerability to injury, he still needs oxygen to breathe. [[spoiler:Snake's corpse kills him in the Zodiac War by torching the bank he took refuge in, sucking the oxygen out of the confined vault he barricaded himself in and suffocating him.]]
* MythologyGag: In the original myth, the Horse is beaten over the finish line because another competitor frightened him. [[spoiler: Snake steals 6th place by spooking Horse, while in the series Horse is killed by Snake's zombie]].
* NeverBeHurtAgain: In the light novel, he was described as formerly being a tall but slender teenager. Downplayed in the anime, where flashbacks depicted him as having a fairly decent build and already being a capable fighter. Regardless, after a fight that left him brutally defeated, he bulked up, took steroids, and gained his current physique, all so that he would never be put in such a vulnerable position again. [[spoiler:Being wounded by Ox reignites this feeling of vulnerability within him and sends him straight into a HeroicBSOD, to the point that he lost the will to fight and decided to hide himself away until the Zodiac War was over.]] In a deleted path, he confesses to Rat that he fears losing a fight more than dying.
* SuperSerum: Apart from exercise, he consumed steroids as a way to gain his muscular physique.
* SuperToughness: His ability, Stirrup, allows him to substantially increase the durability of his body at will, to the point where Ox's swords strikes couldn't penetrate his flesh. It is also speculated that this ability might grant him enough durability to survive the poison he ingested at the start of the Zodiac War, should he live to the end.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Despite Rat warning him about Snake's corpse possibly pursuing him to the bank Horse was hiding in, the latter chooses to ignore it, reasoning that he would be safer hiding away than fleeing the premises. Horse also believed that Snake's corpse would not be able to use any of the abilities it possessed in life and thus, would not be a threat to him. Unfortunately, Snake's corpse retains both its weaponry and [[BizarreAlienSenses ability]], and torches the bank, sucking out all the oxygen in the building and causing Horse to die from suffocation.]]
* UnstableGeneticCode: The anime notes that his cells are constantly mutating to protect him against anything that might harm him physically.
* UnstoppableForceMeetsImmovableObject: The novel frames him and Ox in this manner, with him being the latter. Horse even initially believed that he could team up with Ox to play off this dynamic. During their clash, he manages to stand his ground against Ox, who is able to wound, but not budge or kill him. After Horse flees from the scene, Ox then runs off to seek other quarry elsewhere.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Sheep]]
!!Sumihiko Tsujiie/Hitsuji, Fighter of the Sheep
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills with Trickery]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YuichiNagashima (JP), Kenny Green (EN)

* AnimalMotifs: He wears a pair of ram horns in his head.
* ArmsDealer: He used to be this in his prime, frequenting war zones to sell weapons for personal gain.
* BadassGrandpa: [[spoiler:Previously fought in the ninth Zodiac War 36 years ago, and obviously emerged as the victor.]]
* BadassNormal: Doesn't have the borderline SuperStrength of Tiger and Ox, nor any of the other nine's superpowers and yet he [[spoiler:won the ninth zodiac war]] with nothing but his wits
* BaldOfAwesome: He's bald beneath his hat, and he still has the skills to participate.
* CombatPragmatist: Because of his age, he prefers fighting using trickery and explosives.
* DemolitionsExpert: His role on the battlefield was this since he was a youth.
* DoppelgangerAttack: Tiger ''thinks'' that he has this ability because she was looking at him through SingleMaltVision.
* TheDreaded: His prized bomb, Shuukaiokuri, is noted to be this to Monkey in the light novel, as it destroys indiscriminately and leaves no room for her to employ her peace talks.
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He volunteered to fight in this year's Zodiac War to [[spoiler:spare his grandchild from having to do so, as that person was selected as a participant]].
* ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy: A downplayed example, as just prior to the start of the competition, he casually asks Duodecouple about the durability of the jewels, revealing to all the other competitors that he uses powerful explosives that could destroy said jewels. Boar thinks the question was little more than a ruse on his part to intimidate the other competitors by giving them knowledge of his weaponry.
* ExplosionsInSpace: [[spoiler:He won the ninth Zodiac War, which was fought in a space station, by escaping in a module and simply blowing up the space station with all the other warriors still inside.]]
* GenreSavvy: Like Dog, he quickly realized that the Beast Jewels were poison and did not actually swallow his, instead using sleight of hand to make the other combatants think that he did. He is also shown to have a good grasp of psychology and thinks out possible reactions the other warriors may have to his "offer" to remove their jewels for them in exchange for an alliance. In the anime's flashbacks, he predicted that the pirates he was selling weapons to would attempt to double-cross and kill him, and rigged the pier the deal was taking place at with explosives, simply blowing up the pirates when they behave exactly as he anticipated.
* HornedHumanoid: He sports a pair of horns like those of a ram.
* ICallItVera: He named his most prized bomb "Shuukaiokuri" (Old Timer).
* IRegretNothing: He feels this way about participating in the twelfth Zodiac War, even though it could result in his death, as he had already won the ninth Zodiac War, got his wish from it granted (living long enough to see his grandson be born), lived to a great old age (which was very rare for warriors like the participants), and was doing it to spare his grandson from having to participate.
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=100s fifth verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper Ryofu Karuma rapping in character as Sheep.
* MiniatureSeniorCitizens: The oldest fighter in the Zodiac War, and among the shortest, if not ''the shortest''.
* NonActionGuy: Due to his age and size, he is this. In his prime, however, he was a capable fighter, but that ability eventually shriveled up as he aged. [[spoiler:When forced to fight Tiger in the open, he proves to be no match for her, as she easily kills him with a few swipes of her nails.]] In flashbacks in the anime, he is also rarely seen in direct combat against his enemies, preferring to use explosives to blow them up.
* NotCheatingUnlessYouGetCaught: With the exception of Snake, who was killed before the start of hostilities, he was the only participant of the Zodiac War who did not swallow his jewel, having instantly recognized that it was poison. He acknowledges that such an act was cheating and grounds for disqualification, but also notes that no one caught him in the act.
* SoleSurvivor: [[spoiler:He was this at the end of the ninth Zodiac War, being its victor.]]
* SpaceMaster: He takes advantage of the fact that he did not swallow his jewel to portray himself as having this ability in order to gain allies, falsely claiming that he can create miniature wormholes in his body and remove the jewel from within, and offering to do it for any potential ally.
* ThrowDownTheBomblet: His weapon of choice, even as a youth.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:He dismissed Tiger as an incoherent drunk and saw her as the weakest of the fighters, not realizing that her fighting style [[DrunkenMaster is premised upon being drunk]]. As a result, he meets his end when she shreds him with her nails.]]
* WrongGenreSavvy: In trying to breakdown and rank the threat-level of his opponents, there's quite a few holes in his plan due to the limited amount of information he actually had. [[spoiler: He considered Horse, Boar, and Dog to be a tier below the favorites to win, and the best possible temporary allies. By this point in the story both Boar and Dog had already died early and Horse, who had been demoralized, had effectively given up on fighting. Similarly, he dismisses Tiger as the weakest of the fighters. Tiger is the one who ends up killing him.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Monkey]]
!!Misaki Yūki/Sharyu, Fighter of the Monkey
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[[caption-width-right:300:Kills by Talking Peacefully]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/SaoriHayami (JP), Creator/CaitlinGlass (EN)

* AllLovingHero: She offers all her opponents a plan that will keep everyone alive, even the most vicious of the characters.
* {{Ambadassador}}: She has apparently worked as one to solve crisis, much to the bemusement of her fellow assassins.
* AnimalMotifs: The scarf in his neck can be interpreted as the fur of a monkey, and the fake tail she wears is obviously the representation of the tail of the animal she represents.
* BadassPacifist: Although she is certainly a good fighter, the first thing the Monkey suggests to the rest is to agree on a settlement. Additionally, unlike the other warriors, she is more famous for the sheer number of wars that she managed to stop rather than any sort of combat prowess.
* BareHandedBladeBlock: She is shown to be capable of parrying sword strikes from Rabbit with her bare hands without causing injury to herself.
* {{Bifauxnen}}: She resembles a very a cute looking, {{adorkable}} male.
* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: [[DownplayedTrope Downplayed]] in that Monkey is able to pull off rather absurd feats of strength [[PintSizedPowerhouse for someone her size]]. Doubly so, [[spoiler: after she gets killed by Rabbit and comes back as a Zombie. Now that her body has no limiters, her strength goes through the roof.]]
* CompellingVoice: It's implied that Monkey's ability is essentially having the power of persuasion, being able to enthrall others over to her way of thinking.
* DeathByIrony: [[spoiler:Just before the start of the Zodiac War, she winds up causing Snake's death by planting explosives underneath the floor of the room where the fighters were to meet for the first time, distracting him and enabling Rabbit to decapitate him. Later, she meets her end when she tries to sneak up on Rabbit, who used Snake's severed head as a camera to detect her in his blind spot and stab her, which would not have happened had she not planted the explosives in the first place and gotten Snake killed.]]
* EquivalentExchange: One of two powers she posseses is to transmute substances between physical states, such as bisecting a boulder by turning one plane of it into sand. The light novel notes that due to its potential to cause great harm to opponents, she has never used it in combat against another person.
* FailureHero: Sees herself as one, since she knows that despite her efforts to solve things peacefully, there will always be conflict, sometimes on the same places she tried to appease.
* FastballSpecial: She is capable of flinging others to great heights, [[spoiler:as her corpse demonstrates when it throws Snake's head at the airborne Dragon [[HeyCatch to distract him]], and then hurls Rabbit into the air at a high enough altitude so the necromantist can [[HalfTheManHeUSedToBe bisect Dragon at the waist]]]].
* FatalFlaw: [[spoiler:Her insistence of fighting Rabbit non-lethally left her vulnerable to the trap he set using Snake's head, allowing him to impale her.]]
* TheGlovesComeOff: [[spoiler:When confronted by Rabbit, she realizes that her ability will do nothing to convince him to not fight, and she is thus forced to actually combat him.]]
* GoneHorriblyRight: Monkey's backstory regarding her attempts to broker peace between two warring nations. [[TakeAThirdOption Her solution]] was to convince the soldiers on the front line to desert and form their own independent nation with the land they were fighting over. This does force peace for a time, but then the two original nations ended up joining forces to slaughter deserters for being "traitors."
* HeyCatch: [[spoiler:Her corpse hurls Snake's decapitated head into the air at Dragon, forcing him to catch it and distracting him long enough for Rabbit to [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe bisect him at the waist]].]]
* IWillFightNoMoreForever: Her ability to broker peace is so good that it induces this feeling in the combatants she tries to negotiate with. The other warriors are rather disdainful of her for it, as it saps the will to fight of others to the point where they simply decide that fighting is SomebodyElsesProblem instead and thus do not stand up for themselves when war comes around again.
* IfWeGetThroughThis: Her profile in the novel reveals her hope to settle down and start a family after the competition.
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=80s fourth verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper MC MIRI rapping in character as Monkey.
* {{Irony}}: In a war where the participants were chosen for their fighting abilities, she stands out as being more famous for how often she ''didn't'' need to fight than for the times she actually did.
* MartialPacifist: Monkey's has built a career out of it. She knows conflict can be inevitable so she's willing to fight to ''restrain'' her opponents, and then [[CompellingVoice win them over to her side]].
* {{Meganekko}}: She's a rather cute girl that wears thick-framed glasses.
* MentorMascot: Three talking monkeys taught her how to transmute matter.
* MercyKill: [[spoiler: Rat reveals that she asked him to destroy her, should she fall to Rabbit. She even gave him the key to victory, suggesting he use Sheep's explosives against the undead]].
* NiceGirl: The only character who is completely positive, at least at first glance.
* NiceJobBreakingItHero: Rat accuses her of getting Chicken killed. He states that Monkey's motivational speech likely sapped her will to fight and got her killed.
* PintSizedPowerhouse: She's incredibly small (150 cm/ 4'9"), but possesses terrifying physical strength.
* [[SacrificialLion Sacrificial Monkey]]: Instead of the typical ADeathInTheLimelight [[spoiler:she dies two episodes after the episode that focused on her backstory]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She's not wearing pants.
* SuperStrength: In spite of her small size, she possesses inhuman strength.
* TakeAThirdOption: Monkey's method of "peace negotiations." She doesn't get the two conflicting sides to come to common ground as much as strong arming a third solution they can't refuse. This is illustrated in her backstory where, when trying to broker peace between two warring nations, she instead convinces the soldiers to desert and form an independent nation over the land they were fighting over.
* TalkingTheMonsterToDeath: One of two powers she possesses, this stems from her talent at brokering peace, as it saps others of their will to fight and any desire they might have to harm her. Most notably, Chicken found herself inexplicably babbling truthful and valuable information about the current state of the Zodiac War to her and being mentally unable to raise her weapon to [[InTheBack stab her from behind]].
* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: She's the most pure hearted character in the series, [[spoiler:and sadly, she ends up being killed and turned into a zombie by Rabbit]].
* TragicHero: Despite her best efforts, she knows that more often than not, the conflicts she tries to solve return eventually.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Because Rabbit is not a trained fighter, Monkey reasons that she could easily subdue and restrain him, and attempts to do so from behind. Unfortunately, she did not account for the fact that Rabbit could use Snake's head as a camera to cover his blind spots, and as a result, Rabbit is able to reach behind himself and stab her.]]
* TheUnreveal: [[spoiler: Whatever plan she had, it's never revealed. Rat admits he couldn't find a single reality where she told him the details, though Duodecouple insists she wasn't bluffing]].
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: She turns out to have been one, as a result of distracting Snake at a critical moment. This lead to his death, providing Rabbit with his first zombie and allowed him to kill Boar. Later on, [[spoiler: Ox theorizes that the competition was decided the moment she lost to Rabbit.]]
* UseYourHead: [[spoiler:When her corpse restrains Ox, she headbutts him when he attempts to commit suicide by [[TongueTrauma biting his tongue off]], the resulting blow being strong enough to shatter a few of his teeth.]]
* WhyDontYouJustShootHim: [[spoiler:After her corpse restrains Ox, he notes that she could easily kill him right then and there, yet refrains from doing so. Ox postulates that she is simply waiting for Rabbit's corpse to reassemble himself and do the deed so that he would then be reanimated under the Necromantist's control.]]
* WillfullyWeak: She intentionally holds back in battle, attempting to restrain rather than kill. Once [[spoiler: she is killed by Rabbit and reanimated, she proves to be an overwhelming force. Ox estimates that her true strength to be such that Rabbit's victory was assured the moment she died, as no other fighter would be capable of defeating her, and notes that she could easily have killed him when she had him pinned down.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Chicken]]
!!Ryōka Niwa/Niwatori, Fighter of the Chicken
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills by Pecking]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AyaneSakura (JP), Creator/MonicaRial (EN)

* AbusiveParents: Her childhood was so traumatizing [[TakeOurWordForIt even the narrator couldn't put it into words]]. By the time she was 15, she was so far gone that by the time she came to, she'd already [[SelfMadeOrphan snapped and killed her parents]].
* AffablyEvil: While crossing with DissonantSerenity, she's genuinely cheerful and even friendly to her enemies. [[spoiler:She even thanks Dog for the drug after killing him and promises to erect a statue in his honor if she wins the Zodiac War. In a deleted path, she [[ApologeticAttacker cheerfully apologizes]] to Rat while commanding a flock of birds to devour him alive.]]
* AnimalMotifs: The ornament of her head is an obvious representation of the crest of a rooster, and her cape resembles the feathers of one.
* ApologeticAttacker: A deleted path depicts her ordering a flock of birds to devour Rat alive while cheerfully apologizing to him.
* AttackAnimal: As an application of her [[TheBeastmaster ability to control birds]], she can actively order them to attack and consume foes. Additionally, a flashback in the anime depicts her using them to [[DeathFromAbove drop bombs]] on enemies in a war zone and a crime boss she betrayed.
* AnimalEyeSpy: Her ability involves controlling and using all sorts of birds to spy.
* BaitTheDog: Kind of literally. [[spoiler:She makes Dog believe she's naive and harmless, when she was actually using him to gain more power with his drugs, and once drugged she kills him.]]
* TheBeastmaster: Apart from being able to [[AnimalEyeSpy see out the eyes of birds]], she can also control them to do her bidding.
* BladeOnAStick: She uses a spading fork as a weapon.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: [[spoiler:While she seemed friendly to Dog, when he doped her and intended to use her as bait, she crushed his face with her newfound strength.]]
* BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler: Puts on a facade of being a nice girl but in reality Chicken is only looking out for herself. Her internal monologue even reveals that she had no intention of seriously teaming up with Monkey to avoid the conflict, and was planning on stabbing her in the back when the opportunity arrived.]]
* CherryTapping: You know what she means by "Killing by Pecks"? [[spoiler:Siccing her birds on you and watching as they slowly peck your flesh away.]]
* ChronicBackstabbingDisorder: And it seems to be a real mental disorder. She even muses she has betrayed so many people she can't differentiate friend from foe anymore.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: She also has green eyes.
* EyeScream: [[spoiler:Ox kills her instantly by stabbing his sword through both her eyes.]]
* FilleFatale: Niwatori dresses in a {{Stripperiffic}} outfit, has FemmeFatalons and act innocently, going as far as to [[ExplainingYourPowerToTheEnemy explain her special ability to control birds to Dog]] in order to gain others trust [[spoiler:and backstab him later.]]
* GuttedLikeAFish: [[spoiler:After [[EyeScream stabbing her eyes out]], Ox sweeps his sword upwards through her belly before her corpse falls in order to retrieve her jewel.]]
* ICallItVera: She named her spading fork "Cockscomb".
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=59s third verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper CHARLES rapping in character as Chicken.
* ItsAllAboutMe: One narration stated that she knew what other people were probably going through, but as far as she was concerned, they were all just stepping stones. She even outright says that she considers the rest of the world [[FacelessMasses no-name extras]] compared to her in the manga.
* JustFollowingOrders: After losing her childhood memories and being adopted by the Niwa family, she had no sense of self-purpose and simply fought and killed whenever they told her to do so.
* MotorMouth: Dog spends most of their interactions ignoring what she says.
* MythologyGag: [[spoiler: Rooster takes 10th place, after helping Monkey]].
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: The first time she ever fought to protect someone of her own will leads to her immediate death.
* SelfMadeOrphan: While her memory of the incident is hazy, it's strongly implied that she killed her biological parents after they abused her one too many times and caused her to snap.
* StrippedToTheBone: [[spoiler:Just like she directed her birds to do to Boar's corpse, she uses her last moments to order them to do this to her as well.]]
* {{Stripperiffic}}: She's only wearing a feather bikini and a cape. Dog wonders if she chose it or was forced to wear it. [[spoiler:She wears it so that it's easy to remove traces of blood from fighters that she has killed, and indeed, after killing Dog, the first thing she does is wash his blood off her body so she can repeat the same naive act she used on Dog on another fighter.]]
* SuperStrength: After being drugged with Dog's OneManArmy poison, she becomes strong enough to warp and break a metal railing by squeezing it with her bare hand.
* TraumaInducedAmnesia: She does not remember anything about the first fifteen years of her life, but given that her biological parents were implied to be highly abusive towards her, along with implication that she snapped and [[SelfMadeOrphan killed them]] as a result, this trope is likely the reason.
* UnderestimatingBadassery: [[spoiler:Once augmented in strength by Dog, she believed that she could take on anyone. However, she proves to be no match for Ox, who kills her fairly easily, still being her superior in speed and strength despite the augmentation.]]
* WeakButSkilled: Physically she's not very imposing, but her ability is pretty useful to find enemies. [[spoiler:Until Dog drugs her, making her much stronger.]]
* WeaponizedAnimal: By giving her birds some bombs to [[DeathFromAbove drop on foes]], she gets this.
* WhatIsThisFeeling: [[spoiler: Monkey's kind words make her feel some sort of sympathy, but she denies the feeling and chalks it up to One Man Army heightening her emotions as well as her strength. When she instinctively gets into defensive stance upon Ox asking her where Monkey is, she thinks that's One Man Army talking, too.]]
* WoundedGazelleGambit: [[spoiler: Invoked twice, once in her backstory when she double crossed some soldiers she was working with, and once in the present to lure Dog into a false sense of security. It works in both instances.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has green hair.
* YouShallNotPass: [[spoiler: She battles Ox in this manner, protecting Monkey and Rat's hideout despite her body telling her to turn tail.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Dog]]
!!Michio Tsukui/Dotsuku, Fighter of the Dog
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills by Biting his Enemies]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Tomohiro Nishimura (JP), Creator/ChuckHuber (EN)

* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: He can make his body immune to all sorts of poisons, including the one used at the competition.
* AnimalMotifs: He has the ears and the tail of a dog, and the collar of fur around his name represents the fur of an actual dog.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: His sclera is black, but unlike Rabbit, his irises are blue.
* DogsAreDumb: He fancies himself a sly, cunning strategist. In reality, he's a massively overconfident rube. [[spoiler:Best exemplified when he gives a super drug to a near complete stranger, who kills him with it.]]
* EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He genuinely loves his adopted daughter.
* EvenEvilHasStandards: While he acts as a recruiter for ChildSoldiers, he draws the line at other crimes against children. When he learned one of his clients was a pedophile, he went on a RoaringRampageOfRescue to get the child back.
* FriendToAllChildren: He had a day care teaching job as a cover for scouting ChildSoldier candidates, but he was genuine about it and apparently hit it off with the kids and their parents. [[spoiler:The fact that Chicken looked so young and innocent contributed to his massive underestimation of her double-crossing nature.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: He gave Chicken a doping to use her as bait to find Rabbit, only for her to crush his face in retaliation.]]
* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He certainly thinks Chicken is very naive for trusting him. [[spoiler:He pays for this dearly, since he ends up being killed by her once he powers her up.]]
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=39s second verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper Rekko rapping in character as Dog.
* ManBitesMan: His fangs are poisonous, and kills by biting his enemies.
* MoralityPet: He explains that his daughter gave him a sense of stability that he lacked, giving him a sense of purpose in providing her with a good life.
* OneHitKill: If he bites you and chooses to poison you, expect to die quickly but in excruciating pain.
* OutGambitted [[spoiler: Attempts to use Chicken as his pawn to take out Rabbit. He assumed that she was clueless and in over her head, so he decided to dope her with the OneManArmy serum in order to take out Rabbit's puppets for him. Unfortunately for Dog, that was exactly what she ''wanted'' and she proceeded to kill him after getting it.]]
* PapaWolf: When he learned one of his clients was a pedophile, he assaulted the compound and killed everyone in order to rescue a little girl. He then adopted her, and devoted himself to providing her with a good life.
* PoisonousPerson: His ability is actually to produce poisons from his body, including an antidote for the poison everyone took.
* RoaringRampageOfRescue: The anime portrays his rescue of the girl who would become his adopted daughter as this.
* SavageWolves: Despite being the Fighter of the Dog, he looks more like a wolf.
* {{Schoolteachers}}: He works as a preschool teacher, which doubles as a recruitment pool for his ''other'' job. He genuinely cares for his students, but also willingly scouts out promising young ChildSoldiers for his clients.
* SuperSenses: He's quite good at hearing and sensing.
* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: If you're in the middle of a winner-take-all death tournament, giving someone else superpowers ''might'' not be the best idea.]]
* UnderestimatingBadassery: Dismissed Chicken as an easily disposable pawn [[spoiler:only for her to kill him while powered up by the drugs he gave her.]]
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler: Is killed by Chicken in Episode 2.]]
* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: [[spoiler:Once Chicken has been powered up by his drug OneManArmy, she kills him.]]
* YourHeadASplode: [[spoiler:Chicken kills him by crushing his skull with her bare hand.]]
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Boar]]
!!Toshiko Inō/Inounoshishi, Fighter of the Boar
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[[caption-width-right:350:Kills Abundantly]]
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YokoHikasa (JP), Creator/StephanieYoung (EN)

* AbusiveParents: While we don't see that much, it's clear her father had no problem in hitting her, or killing his own men to punish her for showing mercy.
* AnimalMotifs: More subtle than the other participants, but the way she styles her hair into two small pigtails combined with her earrings forms the head of a boar.
* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Episode 1 showed how she drove her sister to madness and then suicide to take her place in the competition, so it's not hard not to feel sorry for her when Rabbit kills her.]]
* TheBait: After he kills her, Rabbit uses her corpse as this to lure out the other warriors.
* BeautyMark: Beneath her right eye.
* BigBrotherBully: Drove her own younger sister into insanity and then suicide, all to take her place in the competition.
* BottomlessMagazines: What her ability Non-Reload amounts to.
* CainAndAbel: The Cain to Kiyoko's Abel. Because Kiyoko was chosen over her to be the family representative for the next Juuni Taisen, Toshiko decided to drive her into insanity to steal her spot.
* DarkActionGirl
* DecoyProtagonist: She takes up a large amount of the first episode, but it's all to set up [[spoiler:the rest of the twelve fighters as the protagonists]].
* DevelopingDoomedCharacters: [[spoiler:The entire first episode of the anime was devoted to going over her past and motivations, only to get stabbed by Rabbit and turn into one of his corpse "friends".]]
* DidntSeeThatComing: She came up with a very intricate plan to take out Rabbit. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she had no idea that Rabbit is a {{Necromancer}} and was completely caught off-guard when he uses Snake's corpse to grabs her from behind, allowing him to land a killing blow.]]
* FirstPersonSmartass: Her thoughts are quite snarky. [[spoiler:Even as Rabbit is about to kill her, she still snarks in her mind.]]
* GenerationXerox: Her father was the previous warrior of the Boar who participated in the last Zodiac War. [[spoiler:Ironically, while her father won his Zodiac War, she is the first combatant to be killed during the course of hers.]]
* GunsAkimbo: Wields a pair of machine guns.
* TheHedonist: Implied to be one, being one to [[BloodKnight happily seek the battlefield]] and is stated to have multiple lovers.
* ICallItVera: She named her two tommyguns "Aishuu" (Lost Love) and "Inochigoi" (No Mercy).
* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=19s first verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper COMA-CHI rapping in character as Boar.
* ItsAllAboutMe: Toshiko claims to love and wants to protect her little sister and wants to take part in the game to spare Kiyoko from having to take part. Of course, when their father chooses Kiyoko, Toshiko resorts to drive Kiyoko to insanity and pushing her to commit suicide.
* MsFanservice: She has a curvy body, big breasts and has a scene where she's just wearing here bra and panties.
* MythologyGag: The Boar always arrives late.
* RapunzelHair: Her hair reaches past her hips.
* ReallyGetsAround: The novel reveals that she immerses herself in relationships with many men. And in a flashback in the anime, she is seen casually seducing a boy that her sister had taken an interest in. In a deleted path, she enthusiastically tells Rat that it's her wish to have a harem of 3.2 billion men.
* SiblingRivalry: In its most terrible, cynical form.
* SmugSnake: Because her father was the winner of the previous tournament, Boar is convinced that she is one of the front runners to win the present game.
* TheSociopath: Few of the characters are distinguished by high moral standards, but the Boar looks immoral and cruel even against their background.
* StatuesqueStunner: She's 1.76m, easily the tallest of the female participants, and despite her personality, pretty attractive.
* StrippedToTheBone: [[spoiler:In order to eliminate the threat posed by her reanimated corpse, Chicken directs her [[TheBeastmaster controlled birds]] to consume her corpse. After the flesh is eaten away, this trope naturally results before the birds take the bones away as well to use as nesting materials.]]
* UnknownRival: Towards Monkey. Boar is specifically hostile towards her and despises Monkey for being a peace seeker. In Monkey's flashback it's even shown that Boar happily took part in the slaughter of a small nation that Monkey had previously brokered to be formed. Monkey, for her part, doesn't have any animosity or feelings towards Boar.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Is killed by the Rabbit in Episode 1.]]
* YourCheatingHeart: According to some extra data in the novel, she's dating 12 men on the side. [[UpToEleven And she's aiming for more.]]
[[/folder]]

!The Zodiac Criminals
[[folder: Aries]]
!!Meland Sherry/Friend Sheep, Criminal of Aries
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* DeadPersonImpersonation: [[spoiler: Impersonates Rat to infiltrate the enemy]].
* ImprobableWeaponUser: She wields what appears to be a giant comb.
* KillAndReplace: [[spoiler: She kills Rat, and then disguises herself as him]].
* MindManipulation: Her power allows her to hypnotize others, or brainwash herself to impersonate others.
* TheMole: She infiltrates the ranks of the Eastern Zodiac by [[spoiler: disguising herself as Rat]].
* PunnyName: A pun on "friendship" and "sheep".

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Taurus]]
!!Luke Michael/Look Me, Criminal of Taurus
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* CreepyShadowedUndereyes: Her eyes seems to be shadowed, thing who makes her look deranged.
* HornedHumanoid: She appears to have a pair of massive horns, though it's unclear whether these are real or a headdress.
* InvasionOfTheBabySnatchers: Her crime of choice was kidnapping children, mistaking them for her own lost child.
* MookMaker: She can create short-lived beings to fight for her.
* WomanInWhite: She's dressed in a manner reminiscent of a bride, with a white gown and veil.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Gemini]]
!!W2222 & M2222/Double Mind, Criminal of Gemini
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* ArtificialHuman: Created in a laboratory, as part of an experiment to make the ultimate fighter.
* SingleMindedTwins: Unlike the Tatsumi brothers, they are treated as a single Warrior.
* YouAreNumberSix: They don't have a name to speak of, merely a code number that hints at their artificial origins.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Cancer]]
!!Caesar Caesar/Sir Cancer, Criminal of Cancer
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* MartialPacifist: Like Monkey, he is interested in brokering peace treaties.
* RepetitiveName: His name's pronounced "Caesar Kaiser", two different variations of the same source. Mixes with AlliterativeName when spelled out.
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a very stylish suit.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Leo]]
!!Dandy Lion, Criminal of Leo
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* BadassBeard: As befitting the Lion, he sports a massive beard resembling a mane.
* ChestOfMedals: Just look at them all.
* RealNameAsAnAlias: Believe it or not, "Dandy Lion" is his birth name.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Virgo]]
!!Andy Almull/Iron Mei, Criminal of Virgo
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* BattleButler: A warrior wearing a maid-themed outfit.
* CreepyCrossdresser: Raised as a girl, to avoid conscription.
* ImprobableWeaponUser: Wields a mop as a weapon.
* PunnyName: His codename is one on the band "Iron Maiden".

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Libra]]
!!Aaron Smith/Balon Su, Criminal of Libra
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* BadassCape: Wears a magnificent red cape.
* TheJudge: A former judge, prior to becoming a criminal.
* PunnyName: His codename puns on the word "balance", alluding to the scale motif associated with Libra.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Scorpio]]
!!Skull Pyon, Criminal of Scorpio
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* BewareMyStingerTail: Scorpio's weapon appears to be a wicked-looking tail with a stinger.
* NoNameGiven: His true name is unknown, and his wish is stated to be to have one.
* PunnyName: In Japanese, his name sounds like a slurred way to pronounce "scorpion".

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Sagittarius]]
!!Sashitari Usuki/Umun Sajari, Criminal of Sagittarius
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* ArcherArchetype: In fitting with his Sign, he wields a bow and wears traditional Japanese gear.
* PunnyName: ''Sashitari'' sounds like his zodiac sign.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Capricorn]]
!!Valkyrie Gotou/Go To Heaven, Criminal of Capricorn
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* ChildSoldiers: One of the children scouted by Dog.
* CoolChair: Her wheelchair is customized with goat horns, to resemble her Sign.
* DemolitionsExpert: She uses landmines to kill her opponents.
* IllGirl: She's in a wheelchair, with [=IVs=] attached to her arm.
* PunnyName: Her codename features a bit of her name in it (Gotou -> Go To).

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Aquarius]]
!!Thomas B. Tholls/Muppet Bottle, Criminal of Aquarius
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* ImprobableWeaponUser: His weapons of choice seems to be... a hose and a water cube.
* InTheHood: He wears what it looks like a raincoat.
* MakingASplash: He controls liquids, usually water but also ''blood''.

[[/folder]]

[[folder: Pisces]]
!!Fuji Nocturne/Doctor Finish, Criminal of Pisces
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* DeceptiveDisciple: She was originally mentored by Dog.
* LabCoatOfScienceAndMedicine: She wears a lab coat, stethoscope, and a syringe as a pendant.
* MadScientist: A scientist and doctor of...''questionable'' ethics.
* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: If we go by that [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast incredibly pointed]] codename, then definitely.
* MulticoloredHair: Her hair is white and blue.

[[/folder]]

!Other Characters
[[folder: Duodecouple]]
!!Duodecouple
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HirokiYasumoto (JP), Mark Stoddard (EN)

* AffablyEvil: He may be the master of ceremonies for this year's Zodiac War, but he still takes time to address the participants' concerns.
* AmbiguouslyHuman: He's able to appear and disappear at will, as well as ingest potentially lethal things into his body for unknown periods of time. When Ram asks about how to get the Beast Gems out of a participant's body in the manga, he ''slits his own stomach'' to demonstrate and comes out none the worse for wear. [[spoiler: How he appears behind Rat out of the blue in the last episode to grant him his wish makes him look even less human.]]
* AnOfferYouCantRefuse: He presents the "winner's interview" as optional, but [[spoiler: Rat uses his powers to confirm that he will be killed if he doesn't cooperate]].
* CatchPhrase: [[GratuitousEnglish "EVERYBODY, CLAP YOUR HANDS!"]]
* SharpDressedMan: He wears a very fancy, old-fashioned suit and top hat.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Navi]]
!! Navi

* AudienceSurrogate: He's the reporter for the Zodiac War, and thus has no special killing instinct or abilities. All he can do is watch the battles as they unfold, amazed by the skills the participants exhibit.
* CanonForeigner: Only appears in the manga.
* MrExposition: His role in the manga amounts to explaining some information on other participants, and also gaining a couple of their thoughts.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Kiyoko]]
!! Kiyoko Inō
-> '''Voiced by''': Creator/AyaSuzaki (JP), Creator/JadSaxton (EN)

The younger sister of Toshiko Inō. Kiyoko was originally chosen by their father to be their family's representative in the next Zodiac War.
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* AgeLift: The light novel stated that Boar's sister was five years older than she was. This was changed so that in the anime, Kiyoko was a younger sister to Boar instead, possibly so that it would be easier for Boar to manipulate her in the anime's AdaptationExpansion flashback.
* BigBrotherWorship: Adored Boar and [[ExtremeDoormat followed all of her orders without question]]. Unfortunately for her, Boar didn't have her best interests at heart. This trope only applies to the anime, because [[AgeLift her age was changed]] so that she was younger than Boar.
* BreakTheCutie: In her AdaptationExpansion in the anime, Kiyoko is shown to be an overall sweet kid despite coming from a family of mercenaries. But when she is chosen by her father to take part in the next game over her older sister, Toshiko does everything in her power to psychologically break Kiyoko.
* CainAndAbel: The Abel since she bared no ill-will towards her older sister.
* DrivenToSuicide: Ultimately ends up hanging herself. She stabs herself in the throat in the anime.
* EveryoneHasStandards: Kiyoko was rather gleeful in her [[TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior recounting of killing a pair of foxes their cubs]], but Kiyoko is still bothered by taking a human's life.
* ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill: In the manga, we see that Boar stuck tons of knives in her.
* YoungestChildWins: Kiyoko initially seems to be an example of this trope, as she was chosen to participate in the Zodiac War over her older sister, and have a shot at having any wish she wants granted. However, this trope is eventually averted as being chosen caused said sister to plot and scheme a way to remove her from the picture so she can participate in the competition instead, ultimately leading to Kiyoko being DrivenToSuicide. This trope only applies to the anime, however, as Boar's sister is five years older than her in the light novel.
[[/folder]]

[[folder: Boar's Father]]

The head of the Inō family, and previous Fighter of the Boar. He was the champion of the previous tournament, and raised his daughters to continue his legacy.
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* CombatPragmatist: Duodecouple indicates that the rules were changed as a result of how he went about winning, which involved heading to a heavily populated area and using the civilians as human shields to confuse his opponent(s).
* DomesticAbuser: He was beyond strict with his daughters, readily using violence to discipline Toshiko when she made mistakes in her training.
[[/folder]]
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[[caption-width-right:300:Kills Strangely]]

* GratuitousEnglish: "EVERYBODY, CLAP YOUR HANDS!"

[[/folder]]

* JerkHasAPoint: Dragon points out the hypocrisy of the prosecutor when he attempts to use common standards of law and morality to denounce the twins' conduct, when according to the light novel, the warriors are exempted from such standards explicitly so they can do any work they are contracted to do.

* ImageSong: The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=do0DxswT0yo&t=239s twelfth and fianl verse]] of the ''Juni Taisen'' rap battle, featuring the rapper 言 x THEANSWER rapping in character as Rat.

* TheCynic: Thinks the lowest of the competition, and believes the War only helps prolong everyone else's "meaningless" lives. [[spoiler: After emerging the victor however Rat admits that a lot of this was actually posturing on his end. Right down to stating that he preferred that Moneky would've won over him since she would've done the most good.]]

* Both brothers have slitted pupils, giving into their AnimalMotifs.

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler:Both he and his brother really deserved what was coming to them.]