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The 40

In General

Alternate Self: As a result of them being taken from their worlds before their stories would begin, The 40 are essentially branched-off versions of their canon counterparts.
Always a Bigger Fish: In their worlds, Korra, Gojo, Saiki, Mob, and Saitama would be the World's Strongest Man, Physical God, or Invincible Hero. Here, they're outclassed by The Cloaked Figure in both power and intelligence, with Word of God confirming to Omnitheist27 that it can easily defeat them all even if they work together.
Art Shift: Averted. The_Ravenclaw_Werewolf says that all of them appear in their home series' unique art style a la Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse.
The Chosen One: They were all chosen by The Cloaked Figure not only to navigate the first universe it built for them and witness their futures to come as repayment for saving it long ago but to also help them find happiness in living rather than surviving, it never intervened in their lives.
Hero of Another Story: Nearly all of them are The Protagonist, or at least very important characters, of their own stories.
Karmic Jackpot: It's unknown what they've done specifically that saved The Figure, but the latter intends to pay them back tenfold by kidnapping them to live in its first created universe and witness the events to come for their futures.
Meaningful Name: They are collectively known as The 40, and the first story is also appropriately titled "Main Character Syndrome (With Exceptions)".
Monochrome Casting: Both an In-Universe and Out-of-universe example. Besides Zuko and Korra, the rest of The 40 come from series that were primarily made in Japan. Even in the story, the majority of The 40 is made up of characters who are Japanese in either nationality/ethnicity ^note, half or mixed blooded ^noteLanga and L, the Fantasy Counterpart Culture equivalent^note, or merely speak the language (Does not use prefixes/suffixes) ^noteKillua.
Nice Guy: All of them are this in their way, even those who are rough around the edges.
Perception Filter: Enforced by The Cloaked Figure. Besides Saiki Kusuo, anytime that The 40 thought of something that would cause a certain existential crisis, at least before getting to a certain part in time, they would immediately forget it as seen in Legoshi and Kae's case in their POV chapters respectively.
Politically Incorrect Hero: While there are two characters with some elitism, in general, it's inverted with a passion. No matter the period or culture they live in, The_Ravenclaw_Werewolf makes it clear that The 40 are all incredibly egalitarian on a fundamental ideal level. So things that would count as Double Standards or The Unfair Sex (to some extent) in the viewings will be called out.
Powerful and Helpless: Five of them are either the World's Strongest Man, Physical God, or Invincible Hero in their worlds. Yet, they're pretty much at the mercy of whatever The Cloaked Figure has intended for them in the story.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: It's a given when you have a group of 40 people of different ages (11 adults and 29 minors) coming from different worlds, nationalities, cultures, backgrounds, languages, and species.
Spared by the Adaptation: For the ones who would die in their canon series, they'll now have a chance to survive those events.
Tongue-Tied: The 40 cast are forbidden to speak certain specifics of themselves and their worlds until the viewings reach a certain point.
Transplanted Character Fic: All the members of The 40 were taken from their series' before the start or at an early point in time afterward, and are brought together to view their respective canon journeys on the whims of a godlike, mysterious being.
Villain of Another Story: Zuko and L are both primary antagonists back in their worlds, and North Italy is one of the Villain Protagonists of his world. Whereas Zuko later made a Heel–Face Turn, and Italy is an Anti-Villain/Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain, L was always a hero since his adversary, Yagami Light is the Villain Protagonist.
You Remind Me of X: A Running Gag of The 40 is where the cast would find the voices of each other similar or practically identical to those back in their worlds. This is a nod to the shared voice actors across their series. However, it does get confusing when factoring in that most of them have two voice actors.
“So we can say that Hanako-kun sounds like Makoto-san and Midoriya-san, but doesn’t sound like Okumura-san, and nor can we say he and Makoto-san don't sound like Midoriya-san? Or vice versa?” Honda looked dizzy from her own explanation and even felt his head turn about because of it as well.

Room 1

Zuko

Prince Zuko (祖寇)

The 16-year-old banished Prince of the Fire Nation, a goodhearted young man jaded by trauma. He seeks to capture the Avatar to restore his honor.

Actually Pretty Funny: More like impressed. When Izuku gushes about his firebending while calling it a "Quirk", Zuko feels conflicted about why would this stranger interchangeably see it as part of his personality, yet also feels a shot of pride since Izuku is the first person other than his mother and uncle to show interest in his firebending. All while a small smile would've formed on his face if it weren't for Hanako waking up.
Aloof Dark-Haired Girl: Gender-Inverted. Despite not being female, Zuko qualifies as this. Has raven black hair (or dark brown), is anti-social, haughty, and tends to be distinct from others.
Anti-Hero: After all, he's from a point in time of still being obsessed with capturing Aang to reclaiming his honor through whatever means necessary (but not without nobility and standards) and supporting his nation's imperialistic campaign. The only thing that prevents him from being an Anti-Villain/Villain Protagonist in the story is that he's cooperating with genuine heroes and befriending Midoriya Izuku.
Ascended Meme: It's a well-known fan theory among the fandom of Todoroki Shouto being a possible Captain Ersatz or Expy of Prince Zuko before Horikoshi Kohei, the manga artist and author of My Hero Academia, clarifies that the similarities are completely coincidental in the 2018 Comic-Con. Here, his dynamic with Midoriya Izuku is pretty much a substitute for what the latter would've had with Todoroki Shouto in his canon series.
Born Unlucky: As his father once told him, he was only "lucky to be born" compared to his sister's Born Lucky status in regards to their firebending talents.
Byronic Hero: Conflicting emotions? Check. Trouble with conflicting integrity? Check. The status of exile? Big ol' Check. A troubled past? Very much so. Pride? Big problem he has to deal with. He's also a loner, "prone to Melodrama", and as for intelligence...well, he's smart by keeping a cool head to cooperate with people he doesn't know out of an unknown situation.
Dual Wielding: He's a Master Swordsman who's capable of wielding two broadswords in combat.
Expy: He's pretty much "Todoroki Shouto" in nearly all but name in regards to his bond with Izuku. Ironically, fans believed it was the other way around before Horikoshi cleared up the misunderstanding at the 2018 Comic-Con.
Eye Scream: Subverted. He can still see with his left eye despite the area being burned.
Fish out of Temporal Water: He comes from a period equivalent to the mid-1800s, meaning that he's a bit technologically blind to things like cell phones and is distrustful of thumbprint scanners.
Good Scars, Evil Scars: The massive burn scar on his upper left face showcases the inner turmoil between his inherent kind nature and loyalty to his imperialistic family.
Interclass Friendship: Zuko may be a disgraced prince who's currently banished from the Fire Nation, he's still royalty and the first-born son of the current Fire Lord at that. While Izuku comes from a middle-class background.
Mark of Shame: The nasty burn mark over his left eye is punishment for speaking out of turn during a military meeting by his father, especially when he refuses to fight him during Agni Kai.
Mirror Character: When looking past the surface, Zuko and Izuku share many similar traits that lead to them becoming fast friends.
- A Born Unlucky All of the Other Reindeer who constantly gets flak from others for their kinder nature and physical disability.
- A Butt-Monkey Cosmic Plaything who often suffers from No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
- Have a Dark and Troubled Past involving abuse from a loved one with heat-based powers.
- Deep-seated self-esteem issues with an incredibly unhealthy obsession to prove their worth.
- Are huge Momma's Boys with Daddy Issues arising from emotionally absent fathers while finding a Parental Substitute with a more positive male role model.
- Are socially awkward in their own unique ways.
- And most importantly, are relentless Determinators fighting for the good of others and a better tomorrow.
Obliviously Evil: While Zuko does acknowledge the ongoing "Hundred Year War" being Dirty Business, he's raised with the belief that War Is Glorious and the Fire Nation are the "good guys" who are trying to bring "prosperity and enlightenment" to the rest of the world. The whole point of viewing Avatar: The Last Airbender serves to be both a wake-up call to his nation's atrocities and a Heel Realization for him.
Odd Friendship: Subverted with Midoriya Izuku. On the surface, the two of them couldn't be more different due to their personalities, temperaments, socioeconomic backgrounds, powersets, and The Generation Gap. But upon closer inspection, they share very similar traits which, all in all, it's no surprise that the two quickly formed a bond.
Playing with Fire: He's a firebender after all.
Quirky Work: Out-of-Universe. He, along with Korra, are the only characters coming from an American cartoon franchise with many influences from anime while the rest of The 40 was created by Japanese media franchises.
Required Secondary Powers: Averted. Zuko's not immune to being harmed by fire, even if it comes from himself. Zuko's scar is more than enough proof.
Sickly Child Grew Up Strong: While Zuko wasn't physically frail as a child, his firebending was extremely weak to the point where he could only fire small bursts of flames.^note After his banishment, however, Zuko is far more formidable as a Firebender thanks to his uncle's tutelage and traveling experience, along with learning other forms of combat.
Socially Awkward Hero: He tends to be aloof with others and can make things tense if they managed to annoy or piss him off.
13 Is Unlucky: He was already treated poorly by his father and younger sister while growing up, but when Zuko turns 13, that's where his banishment happened.
Token Evil Teammate: Unlike L, who's a Hero Antagonist, Zuko is the only one of The 40 to start as a reoccurring Villain Antagonist, but not without his noble sides and prominent screentime as both a simultaneous Deuteragonist and Villain Protagonist before his eventual Heel–Face Turn.
The Unfavorite: Zuko's father favored his younger sister, Azula, over him due to her being a firebending prodigy.

Midoriya Izuku

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A cheerful and analytical 14-year-old boy who was born Quirkless at a time when 80% of the world's population has Quirks. He aspires to be a great hero like All Might.

Animal Motifs: Izuku in this story hasn't yet acquired One for All, received the costume that his mother made for him, or developed his kick-based fighting style. Yet Izuku's character still has a strong rabbit motif, as seen from Zuko's POV chapter.
Awesomeness by Analysis: Quirkless he still is, but Izuku's observation skills are still top-notch.
Book Smart: Is shown to be an avid reader of academic subjects and is quite knowledgeable about them. After all, he has the best school grades behind Bakugou Katsuki.
Born Unlucky: Literally. 80% of humans in the setting of his world are born with a Quirk. He's one of the unlucky 20% who isn't, much to his expense.
Fanboy: Of heroes and superpowers.
Geek Physique: He has a skinny build and lacks physical strength and stamina but is an enthusiastic fanboy.
Heroic Self-Deprecation: Is prone to this due to his low self-esteem and Dark and Troubled Past.
Hidden Depths: Izuku may be an Otaku Fanboy of heroes and superpowers, but his enthusiastic interests aren't limited to just those subjects and are shown to be quite knowledgeable of cultural studies in chapter 24.
Interclass Friendship: Izuku comes from a middle-class background while Zuko is the first-born son of the current Fire Lord of the Fire Nation, despite his banishment.
Mirror Character: When looking past the surface, Izuku and Zuko share many similar traits that lead to them becoming fast friends.
- A Born Unlucky All of the Other Reindeer who constantly gets flak from others for their kinder nature and physical disability.
- A Butt-Monkey Cosmic Plaything who often suffers from No Good Deed Goes Unpunished.
- Have a Dark and Troubled Past involving abuse from a loved one with heat-based powers.
- Deep-seated self-esteem issues with an incredibly unhealthy obsession to prove their worth.
- Are huge Momma's Boys with Daddy Issues arising from emotionally absent fathers while finding a Parental Substitute with a more positive male role model.
- Are socially awkward in their own unique ways.
- And most importantly, are relentless Determinators fighting for the good of others and a better tomorrow.
Morality Pet: For Prince Zuko. He's the only member of The 40, so far, that Zuko shows a slightly friendlier side and can get him to restrain himself from causing a conflict.
Motor Mouth: Like in his original series, he can go on a muttering storm regarding new information.
Non-Action Guy: For the time being anyway.
Odd Friendship: Subverted with Prince Zuko. On the surface, the two of them couldn't be more different due to their personalities, temperaments, socioeconomic backgrounds, powersets, and The Generation Gap. But upon closer inspection, they share very similar traits which, all in all, it's no surprise that the two quickly formed a bond.
Socially Awkward Hero: He's still rather awkward in social interactions, but is slowly taking steps out of it.
Took a Level in Badass: Word of God states that he will undergo training to improve his body condition and learn martial arts.
Un-Sorcerer: He provides the current trope image, he's one of the minorities of people in his world who never gained any kind of superpower or Quirk, a phenomenon known In-Universe as being Quirkless^note.
Wrong Context Magic: A Running Gag with Izuku is that he'll always refer to the supernatural powers displayed by members of The 40 as a "Quirk" first, before giving it another terminology upon clarification.

Yukihira Souma

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A young chef-in-training seeking to surpass his father.

Commonality Connection: With Okumura Rin for their shared love of cooking and can form a quick rhythm as they prepare the omurice meal for the others.
Fiery Redhead: A Hot-Blooded, red-haired chef-in-training.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: It doesn't take long for Souma to develop this dynamic with Rin, to the point where Kae starts to ship them in her POV chapter.
Irony: He becomes fast friends with Okumura Rin due to their Commonality Connection while his future friendship, rivalry, and potential romance with Nakiri Erina started quite antagonistic for a good while, especially since Rin shares some similarities with Erina, mainly their love of Shojo manga, Biblical Motifs, prestigious social status, and their Dark and Troubled Past involving their fathers.
Nice Guy: Souma is a genuinely kind person with a strong belief that one's cooking skills, regardless of how great it is, don't make a chef inherently better and see everyone as equals. He even takes this further by asking everyone about any unique diets and showing great remorse for accidentally scaring Legoshi regarding meat dishes.
Nice, Mean, and In-Between: He's the Nice to the Secretly Selfish and manipulative Chika's Mean and the Troubled, but Cute Rin's Inbetween in their dynamic.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Justified. In his world where the premise has up-and-coming chefs pushing the talents, skills, and boundaries of cooking beyond the limit, Souma's still a beginner despite his 12 years of cooking and experimenting in his family restaurant and has a lot to learn to make it to the big leagues and surpassed his father. Here, his quality of cooking reigns supreme with the only other person in The 40 to nearly match him being Okumura Rin.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Besides the death of his mother, Souma is never seen crying or daunted by his failures for a long while once in his entire series. So it says a lot that accidentally traumatizing Legoshi with meat dishes sends him into a bad Heroic BSoD.
Real Men Cook: He's an aspiring chef and quite the handsome lad.
Supernatural Gold Eyes: His yellow eyes can be seen with a tint of gold in certain lighting, and they display his cooking prowess rather well.
Supreme Chef: It's part of the job and his aspiring career choice, and the rest of The 40 can attest to his prowess.
Team Chef: Technically, two other characters are good cooks as well, but Souma is considered the Supreme Chef, given that his original series is all about competitive cooking. While in charge of cooking omurice with Okumura Rin and Fujiwara Chika for The 40, he holds the position of Executive Chef.
Power Trio: In the process of cooking, he forms this dynamic with Okumura Rin and Fujiwara Chika.
To Be a Master: He intends to surpass his father's quality of cooking.

Hanako

Hanako/Yugi Amane (Human)

An "apparition" in the old building of Kamome Academy. He grants wishes and governs over the Seven Mysteries as School Mystery Number 7.

The Gadfly: Hanako takes plenty of amusement startling the 40 whenever he appears out of nowhere along with his teasing demeanor.
Hidden Depths: As much as Hanako loves to rile people up, he felt genuinely worried for Fujinuma and the potential context behind his Revival ability. Hanako wondered if there was a limit to how many revivals were allowed to Fujinuma and how many times he had to potentially die to save Kobayashi.
Insistent Terminology: He's often pissy when people call or refer to him as a "ghost", often correcting them by saying he's an "apparition".
Intangibility: Being an "apparition", Hanako can phase through solid objects.
Older Than They Look: He appears to be 13, but is 60 in his original series. Justified since he died around the age of 13 as a human.
School Uniforms are the New Black: He's always seen wearing a gakuran, complete with a matching cap, mainly because those were the clothes he wore when he died.

Room 2

Mankanshoku Mako

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A young, goofy, energetic girl who attends Honnōji Academy.

Big Eater: She loves to eat a lot, with her POV chapter starting with her dreaming of jumbo fried shrimp. It would be Played for Drama concerning her low socioeconomic background if it wasn't for her being Conditioned to Accept Horror.
Genki Girl: One of the best-known examples in anime.
Late for School: The moment she wakes up from bed, Mako's first instinct is to believe that she's running late for school.
Toon Physics: Like in Kill la Kill, Mako can do absurd things that shouldn't be physically possible.

Kobayashi

A mostly unflappable 25-year-old Office Lady. She lived an ordinary life before she met and befriended a dragon on a particularly drunken night.

Death Glare: Gives a scary one to Spike Spiegel and Gojo Satoru of all people.
Fiery Redhead: Downplayed. Kobayashi is a pretty chill person as a default, but if something were to piss her off, such as not being a proper maid or children either being neglected and/or abused, then she'll be readied to stare down even the most powerful person with fury.
Friend to All Children: In regards to the teenagers and children of The 40, which is best seen comforting Okumura Rin when he lashed out in anger.
Office Lady: Played with. While Kobayashi is a woman working as a programmer in a company, her own androgynous appearance and masculine personality/interests make her closer to the typical Japanese Salaryman. That being said, Kobayashi does display a more maternal side regarding the minors of The 40.
Smart People Wear Glasses: She wears glasses and is one of the best programmers in the company she works at back in her world.
Staring Down Cthulhu: No really! She does this to both Spike Spiegel and Gojo Satoru of all people by straight-up threatening the former to be more considerate of the teens and children characters in The 40.
Team Mom: The only adult woman among The 40, Kobayashi displays a maternal side to her character by calming down a distraught Rin and worries for the well-being of the younger members.
What the Hell, Hero?: She reads L the riot act for invading Fujinuma’s personal space and relentlessly grilling him for info on his Revival abilities (not that she knows about that yet) shortly after he risked his life for her sake.

Honda Tohru

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A 15-year-old orphaned high school girl with nearly self-destructive selflessness, she stumbled onto the Souma family's mysterious curse that caused them to turn into the 13 animals of the Zodiac.

Curtains Match the Window: Her hair and eyes are brown.
Nice Girl: Her defining characteristic. She sees good in everyone she meets and is willing to help them no matter what.
Significant Name Overlap:
- Averted. Despite being personally acquainted with someone named Yuki Souma, she doesn't have any significant reaction to Yukihira Souma's name.
- Played straight on the receiving end of this by Kobayashi, whose dragon maid is named Tohru.
Stock Shoujo Heroine: She bills this trope incredibly well and provides the current page image.
Truer to the Text: In-Universe. As Kae takes notice of Tohru's appearance, the latter looks much closer to her original manga appearance than in the 2001 anime adaptation. Wondering if the series has gotten a second anime series adaptation^notewhich it did in 2019.

Fujiwara Chika

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A third-year high school student at Shuchi'in Academy, a member of the Tabletop Gaming Club, and the current secretary of the high school Student Council. She also comes from a family of politicians.

Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: As shown in her POV chapter, underneath that cute, cheery, and kind personality lies a Secretly Selfish and manipulative nature.
Covert Pervert: Even she was getting turned on with a nosebleed by the idea of seeing the Homoerotic Subtext in Zuko and Izuku's Odd Friendship.
False Friend: Played with. On one hand, Chika's main intention of trying to get into the good graces of The 40 by acting as a supportive friend is to both secure her safety and gain allies in a potentially dangerous situation. On the other hand, Chika is naturally Nice Girl who cares for their well-being.
Feminine Women Can Cook: She's quite feminine in addition to her bubbly attitude, and can cook well when helping Souma and Rin prepare Omurice for The 40 as sous chef^note.
Genki Girl: Not as exaggerated as Mako, but Chika has her moments.
Godhood Seeker: Downplayed. When taking in her current situation, Chika ponders if it'll be possible for herself to also gain Reality Warper powers.
Hidden Depths: Unlike her original series where Chika is only seen eating, The 40 shows that she was also taught cooking in all kinds of ways, including different variations of dishes, and comes in 3rd compared to Yukihira Souma and Okumura Rin. Then again, she's talented in a variety of fields back in her own world, with culinary arts likely being one of them.
In the Blood: As the "narrator" puts it, she comes from a long, family line of politicians.
More Deadly Than the Male: Chika may not be the best chef like Souma or has supernatural powers like Rin, but she surpasses both of them by being talented in a variety of disciplines ^note, and is far more hedonistic, manipulative, and selfish than they are, especially if the "ends justify the means" when achieving her own goals. After all, she does come from a noble family with a long line of politicians.
Nerves of Steel: She shows this after learning the context of her surroundings, to which the "narrator" of her POV chapter shows how "fun" this will be.
Nice, Mean, and In-Between: She's the Mean to Nice Guy Souma's Nice and the Troubled, but Cute Rin's Inbetween in their dynamic.
Nightmare Fetishist: Despite the situation she found herself in with many other strangers, instead of panicking like any other teenager her age would, she remarks in her POV chapter about how fun it's going to be.
Secretly Selfish: Like in the original manga series, behind all of Chika's sweetness and friendliness lies a girl who wants to have the cake and eat it too, as seen in her POV chapter.
Signature Headgear: Her ever-present "super black" hair ribbon.
Power Trio: In the process of cooking, she forms this dynamic with Yukihira Souma and Okumura Rin. Unfortunately for them, Chika intentionally invokes this to gain their trust.

Room 3

Nanase Haruka

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A freestyle swimmer and vice-captain of the Iwatobi High School Swim Club.

Mistaken for Spies: Nearly implicates himself as one due to his Skewed Priorities upon waking up in the unknown world with 3 other members of The 40 panicking.
Nerves of Steel: He shows this upon waking up for the first time in the unknown world with 39 other strangers.
Skewed Priorities: What does Haruka do when waking up in an unknown world with 39 other strangers, where some of them are rightfully panicking? Take a bath.
The Stoic: Rarely shows his emotions that don't involve swimming.

Naegi Makoto

A student in Hope's Peak Academy's Class 78th, and a participant of the Killing School Life. His title is the Ultimate Lucky Student (超高校級の「幸運」Chou Koukou Kyuu no "Kou'un" lit. Super High School Level Good Luck).

Alien Blood: After the cast split up to explore the mansion, Saitama and Mob's group discover a well-stocked infirmary, and two sets of blood packs attracted immediate attention. One set was labeled as wolf blood, clearly meant for Legoshi… and the other was hot pink. When the group reported their findings to the rest of the 40, Makoto was confused, because everyone has bright pink blood in his world.
Born Lucky: His talent granted by Hope's Peak, something that becomes a Chekhov's Skill throughout his original series' appearances. He was randomly chosen from all the ordinary students in Japan, giving him the title "Ultimate Lucky Student".
Expy: According to The_Ravenclaw_Werewolf response to Omnitheist27's comment, Makoto is considered The 40's version of Kamijou Touma, but lacks a Dark and Troubled Past and is Born Lucky.
Idiot Hair: Has a noticeable spike sticking out on the top of his head, though he's not stupid, just a bit naive.
Quirky Work: In-Universe. Naegi's the only member whose franchise started as a video game, whereas the rest came from manga, anime, or even American cartoons.

Ciel Phantomhive

A proud, shrewd, and stoic 12-year-old aristocrat who masterminds several companies, both lawful and unlawful. His right eye bears a pentagram, marking a soul contract with his demon butler Sebastian.

The Baby of the Bunch: Along with Killua and Emma, Ciel is the youngest member of The 40, not counting U-1146^note, being 12 years old.
Innocent Bigot: Subverted. His distaste for Fujioka's crossdressing is rooted in her well-being due to a Real Life tragic event that happened in the Victorian Era rather than prejudice on his part. The problem is that he worded his concerns without the proper context.
Mistaken for Racist: Mistaken for homophobia in this case. When he worded his distaste for Fujioka's perchance for wearing male clothing, Killua quickly goes in Tranquil Fury and tersely asks him if he has a problem with that in a "choose your next words carefully" tone, to which Ciel quickly states that it's not out of prejudice but of concern for her well-being.
Token White: One of the few characters who isn't Japanese or the fantasy equivalent, or any Asian in general, but a Euro-White boy with British heritage.

Katsuki Yuuri

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A 23-year-old Japanese figure skater who, after monumental losses at the Sochi Grand Prix and all of the following major competitions, decides to move back to his hometown to figure out what he wants to do with his life.

Broken Ace: Yuri is a highly talented skater, but he deals with a lot of emotional baggage alongside his skating career, the latter being something he looks at with both pride and shame.
Hidden Depths: For all of his insecurities, Yuri can keep a cool head and properly address panic attacks when Ciel begins to have a traumatic flashback.

Room 4

Spike Spiegel

Spike is a slightly lazy, big-eating, easy-going sort who has used his skills honed from years as an assassin, gangster, and martial artist to become a bounty hunter. He's the type that always takes life easy except for when the adrenaline kicks in while taking down a bounty. And he certainly doesn't take anything personally or all that seriously... in fact, the only things that can spark an emotional reaction from him are the names Julia and Vicious. In truth, Spike has endured so much heartache over the years that there's practically nothing left for him to care about but living from one payday to the next. Even a look into his eyes betrays his mellow exterior and reveals something deeply wrong under the surface.

Amazon Chaser: Like in his original serious, Spike does have an attraction towards women who could kick his ass. As seen in his witty comment toward Kobayashi after grabbing him by the scruff of his collar and threatening him with a Death Glare, much to her dismay.
Spike: (To Kobayashi) “You know, you look like a woman who can kick my ass. I like that.”
Anti-Hero: Spike lives day-by-day hunting down criminals for a paycheck and possesses a lax attitude that one wouldn't consider heroic.
Bruce Lee Clone: Spike is a big fan of Mr. Lee, practicing Jeet Kune Do and his philosophy. The_Ravenclaw_Werewolf even states that Spike would be invested in learning the various fighting styles displayed throughout the viewings of Avatar the Last Airbender and Legend of Korra^note.
Child Hater: To a somewhat lesser extent than his original series. While Spike doesn't actively voice his distaste for children, he does get annoyed when Kobayashi expects him to take the well-being of the minors of The 40 seriously.
Combat Pragmatist: Like any self-respecting Jeet Kune Do practitioner, Spike follows the philosophy of 'whatever works'.
Deadpan Snarker: Like in his original series, he often speaks with dry and tired wit.
Electronic Eye: One of his eyes is artificial and a slightly different color.
Glass Eye: Spike's right eye is an artificial replacement, and is of a lighter shade of brown.
Looks Like Cesare: Rail-thin, pale, and with a head of Messy Hair. All he's missing are the Creepy Shadowed Undereyes.
Loveable Rogue: Anti-hero bounty hunter (not a criminal) who makes a surprising amount of friends.
Mellow Fellow: Generally speaking, Spike can be very laid back when things aren't going down.
Muscles Are Meaningless: Despite his tall and lean frame, Spike can effortlessly take on groups of similarly sized or slighter larger attackers. Somewhat subverted in that there are cases where an opponent's combination of sheer size difference/skill leaves him in a draw or scrambling to get the upper hand^note.
Rebellious Spirit: He likes to play by his own rules.

Shouyou Hinata

A young 15-year-old who aspired to become The Ace of a volleyball team after seeing "The Little Giant" in a match on television. His aspirations were challenged after facing a crushing defeat against Tobio Kageyama and Kitagawa Daiichi in his first and last match in middle school; and then after entering high school and learning that not only he did not have the power nor technique to become a wing spiker, the opponent he had sworn to defeat, Kageyama, was now his teammate.

Anime Hair: Light ginger and spiked in various directions.
Determinator: Hinata proved more than willing to fight ‘’Levi’’ to protect Spike despite knowing he’d get seriously injured.
Keet: He’s easily one of the most upbeat and energetic of the 40.

Saiki Kusuo

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A 16-year-old boy with extremely powerful psychic powers. [Yes, and due to being able to know that I'm a fictional character, I could use my powers to effortlessly have anything I wanted but instead opt to settle down for a peaceful and quiet life.]

[Also, for my page entry, Potential1900 (Omnitheist27) allows me to make my edits.]

Anime Hair: Yes, my hair is naturally pink.
Ascended Meme: Oh yes, it's so funny that I was seated between Saitama and Mob. The fandom sure loves to say that I'm a Composite Character between them.
Character Narrator: Of chapter 33, and unlike most character narrators, I can talk directly at you.
Cool Shades: It's just my usual pair.
Fourth-Wall Observer: My inner monologue is specifically addressed to the reader, but I don't Break the Fourth Wall aloud. Unless it involves serious matters such as my conversation with Serinuma Kae in my POV chapter.
Medium Awareness: Like in my original series, my thoughts are framed to show that I'm speaking to you and that my psychic powers let me know that I'm a fictional character.
Meta Guy: I suppose I am, given my ability to peer into various plotlines regarding The 40 and beyond. From my opinions regarding the characters and the storyline? Let's reveal those as the story we're currently stuck in progresses.
Not So Invincible After All: To which I lampshade this in my POV chapter, being unable to do anything to get out of my current situation thanks to the author of the fanfiction that I'm currently in despite my overwhelming psychic powers.
Not So Omniscient After All: There are limits to how much I'm allowed to know things, such as being unable to know what will happen after we finish reacting to all of our stories or not knowing the future events of my series after episode 1.
Not So Stoic: I may always have a dull expression, but some things can rile me up. Just ask Kae.
Oh, Crap!: I will admit, I wasn't expecting my usual method of blending in the background to be negated in Spike's POV chapter.
Omniscient Hero: Like in my original series, I know the premise of what story I'm currently in, as well as the stories that the other characters of The 40 originated from.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: Usually, I can keep a cool head, but what Kae was trying to do was just so idiotic that I had to confront her with more emotion than what I usually mustered.
Perpetual Frowner: Don't expect me to break my usual frown expression, unless it's an important event for me.
The Speechless: I don't talk by moving my mouth, instead, my telepathy does the talking for me.
The Stoic: I'm constantly wearing a bored, deadpan expression and rarely crack a smile, which is only enhanced by my Stoic Spectacles.
Sugar-and-Ice Personality: Yes, I'm stone-faced, cool-headed, and very sarcastic. But beneath that, I'm a helpful guy who cares about those around me. Just don't tell Kae I said that.
Telepathy: This is very useful to talk without having to use my mouth.
Tsundere: No matter what says Kae, this isn't me. I only help people out since I don't want to be bothered.
What the Hell, Hero?: Oh yes, did I ever... Especially in regards to Kae abusing her meta-knowledge to change the "fates" of The 40 underneath the pretense that she's "helping" them out of the pure goodness of her heart.
With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility: I'm aware of my potential to rule or destroy the world, but I just want a quiet life, and I never use my powers for anything dishonest, only to help the people I believe deserve help or punish those I think deserve it. And boy do I make it clear to Kae how she's only abusing the meta-knowledge of The 40 to "help" them avoid suffering with no forethought of them possibly suffering an existential crisis or ruining their timelines if we ever go back.

Levi Ackerman

A high-ranking member of the Survey Corps and Humanity's Strongest Soldier.

Commonality Connection: He gets along with Heine Wittgenstein due to having stoic similar personalities, issues with their young-looking appearances, and experiences with children and teenagers. The only thing they haven't learned from each other yet is their similar criminal backgrounds.
Devious Daggers: He only has a combat knife and prefers to keep certain secrets hidden.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Inverted. In his original series, Levi was lionized as "Humanity's Strongest Soldier" mainly because he's a One-Man Army capable of killing many Titans and is no slouch when it comes to human enemies. Even after The Reveal of the world outside of the island of Paradis, Levi is still a dangerous opponent that scares one of the Big Bads. In The 40, while still a powerful fighter without his 3D Maneuver Gear, Levi's prowess only makes him around "mid-tier" among The 40 where there are supernatural powerhouses like Korra, Gojo Satoru, Saiki, Mob, and Saitama to compare to, and the fact that there's also literal Gods beyond the universe that was created by the cloaked figure that would pose a threat if they ever try to get into the setting.
Older Than They Look: He's in his early 30s, but his relatively short height (5'3) makes him look like a teenager.
The Stoic: Rarely, if ever, changes his expression.
Token White: One of the few characters who isn't Japanese or the fantasy equivalent, or any Asian in general, but a Euro-White man with the fantasy equivalent of German heritage.

Room 5

Suzui Ryōta

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A boy relegated to house pet status by his inability to pay a sufficiently high "donation" to the Student Council, primarily kept under Mary's thumb after losing multiple poker games to her and plans to drop out of the school.

The Gambler: Justified due to the school's curriculum. Though he isn't really good at it.
Only Sane Man: He is one of the few student-gamblers who thinks the levels of gambling going on at the school are completely nuts and even tries to drop out early on.

Heine Wittgenstein

A serious and dedicated 40-year-old teacher who is absurdly talented. As requested by the King, he agreed to tutor his four eccentric son's in their studies after they scared off all their other previous teachers.

Commonality Connection: He gets along with Levi due to having similar stoic personalities, issues with their young-looking appearances, and experiences with children and teenagers. The only thing they haven't learned from each other yet is their similar criminal backgrounds.
Mistaken Age: A Running Gag in his original series, and he does get the same treatment in The 40.
Older Than They Look: He's 40, but his short height (5'1) and childlike looks make him look younger than Levi, who's in his early 30s but looks like a mid to late-teen due to his stern face and hard-to-see tear troughs beneath his eyes.
Private Tutor: Before being pulled from his world, he was currently working as a live-in royal tutor for four princes'.
The Stoic: Heine rarely shows changes in his facial expression but when he does, it's subtle.
Token White: One of the few characters who isn't Japanese or the fantasy equivalent, or any Asian in general, but a Euro-White man from a Medieval European Fantasy.
Vocal Dissonance: Like how the anime portrays him, Heine has a deep voice that suggests his actual age.

White Blood Cell / Neutrophil (U-1146)

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A White Blood Cell. Is usually referred to as Neutrophil or U-1146. Like all white blood cells, his job is to patrol the body and take down any invading organisms. U-1146 is aloof and stoic but cares very much about the other cells.

Fish out of Water: Due to being a cell, he thinks of food as nutrients and doesn't understand/comprehend what children/humans are.
Good Is Not Soft: Around friendly cells, he is a very decent guy, especially compared to most other immune cells, but put him near a pathogen and he won't hesitate to pepper his attack with vicious insults. Hell, when he first wakes up, he tries to strangle Ryōta which forces Heine to intervene.
Humanoid Abomination: To everyone else, U-1146 looks like an adult human male, albeit a very pale-looking one. But in reality, he's an Anthropomorphic Personification of a white blood cell.
Younger Than They Look: Subverted for everyone else's case as the lifespan of normal white blood cells is three days. From U-1146's perspective, he's already a mature 'adult' neutrophil rather than a myelocyte. In the main Cells at Work! universe the real life short lifespan of cells is represented by changing clothes.

Satō Mafuyu

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A quiet young man who would become the lead vocalist of the band, Given, which was previously named The Seasons before he became the fourth and newest member of the formerly three-man band. He asked Uenoyama if he would teach him how to play the guitar.

Tareme Eyes: Mafuyu's eyes have a droopy quality to them which compliments his quiet and occasionally airheaded demeanor.

Room 6

Hasegawa Langa

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A half-Canadian transfer student who recently moved to Okinawa with his mother.

Afraid of Blood: Downplayed. Langa freaks out when he accidentally cuts himself. As he explains, he’s only afraid of blood when he bleeds.
But Not Too Foreign: Half-Japanese and half-Canadian. While he's fluent in Japanese, he's spent most of his life in Canada and is out of touch with Japanese culture as a result.
Heritage Disconnect: Langa can speak Japanese fluently, but due to his Canadian upbringing, his writing and reading leave much to be desired.
Moose and Maple Syrup: Downplayed; Langa is half-Canadian and spent most of his childhood in Canada, but he doesn't display many Canadian stereotypes other than apologizing a lot, poutine being one of his favorite foods, and being into snowboarding.
New Transfer Student: Mixed with Foreign Exchange Student. He's new to Japan and transfers into Reki's school, but still half-Japanese.

Killua Zoldyck

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The 12-year-old heir to the Zoldyck family, Killua decided he didn't want to be an assassin anymore, so he ran away. However he wasn't sure of what he did want to do, so he took the Hunter Exam as a way to entertain himself.

The Baby of the Bunch: Along with Ciel and Emma, Killua is also the youngest member of The 40, not counting U-1146^note, being 12 years old.
Charles Atlas Superpower: Oh yeah... his family's training helps him to be an assassin. So far, he's seen kicking down a large door with ease.
The Runaway: He wanted to "see the world" before deciding on taking up the family business, but his parents didn't agree with his plan yet. But he still runs away to take the Hunter Exam.

Kamado Tanjirou

Kamado Tanjiro

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Tanjiro lived in the mountains with his mother and siblings. One day, when he was thirteen years old, he came home to find that his family had been slain. Except for his younger sister, Nezuko, who was in the process of transforming into a demon. After an encounter with the demon slayer Giyu Tomioka, Tanjiro trained to become part of the Demon Slayer Corps himself and to find a way to turn Nezuko back into a human being.

Big Brother Instinct: Tanjiro has made it his goal to protect Nezuko and restore her humanity, no matter what. He is also extremely protective of people who remind him of his siblings. In his POV chapter, he even shows worry about his separation from Nezuko.
Black Swords Are Better: Subverted in his home world. Demon Slayers' swords take their color depending on the slayer who owns them. Tanjiro's black blade seems to be an oddity, and an ill omen of sorts - no slayer with a black blade ever became a Hashira.
Friend to All Children: Like in his original series, Tanjiro is shown to be very good with kids, being the eldest child of a large family. Funnily enough, that extends even to the childish antics of people his age.
The Nose Knows: Just like in Demon Slayer, Tanjiro has an incredible sense of smell that allows him to discern a person's true character.
Wise Beyond His Years: As L notes, Tanjiro is much more mature than his age would suggest and is capable of reading the room.
Working-Class Hero: Tanjiro comes from a family of charcoal burners and sellers, and as L notes, the Kamado family is of the lower caste.

Kuroko Tetsuya

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The protagonist of Kuroko's Basketball: Generation of Miracles - pretty obvious given his name is in the title - though not an official member, he was the Phantom Sixth Player of the Generation of Miracles. Together with Kagami and the team of Seirin, he now aims to bring all of them down to make them enjoy playing basketball again.

Jump Scare: Kuroko accidentally causes these to the 40 due to being extremely quiet.
Spock Speak: He tends to speak very calmly and politely.
The Stoic: He's not very emotive at the current time, and this also applies to his basketball style, as he needs to maintain his nondescript appearance.

Room 7

Ishigami Senku

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A 15-year-old high school student with intellect and well of knowledge that could rival even the modern world's greatest minds. Case in point, his dream is to go to space by making his rocket. After being petrified, he remained conscious by constantly counting the seconds for 3,700 years. His current objective is to recreate civilization in the Stone World by creating what he calls the Kingdom of Science.

Anime Hair: Bigger than his head even, with the tips being dyed. Much to the surprise of some members of The 40.
Commonality Connection: With Edward Elric due to their shared interest in science and knowledge.
Einstein Hair: Exaggerated to its logical extreme. Senku himself is, of course, a fan of Albert Einstein and bases some of his creations on his work. While the other members of The 40 noticed his hair, they failed to see the reference.
Fainting: Senku does this shortly after Mako Makanshoku violates the laws of physics.
Flipping the Bird: Heavily implied when Senku tested Gojo’s vision when the latter was blindfolded along with other finger gestures.
Intergenerational Friendship: Played with. Any friendship Senku has with The 40 is technically this since he's over 3000 years old, such as Edward Elric. But The Generation Gap isn't a problem since Senku was a teenager (chronologically) in the The New '10s that are grounded in realism while Edward came from an alternative version of the early 20th century that's relatively more progressive with Steampunk elements.
How Many Fingers?: Senku does this when he refuses to believe Gino can see despite wearing a blindfold. He then mixes things up with other gestures, ending with one in particular.
How Unscientific!: Being a devout believer in the principles of science, Senku scoffs at putting stock in beliefs geared towards magic.
Older Than They Look: Exaggerated. Senku looks 15 and still acts his age despite his intelligence, but he's over 3 millennia in chronological age due to being frozen for over 3,700 years before being freed. Of particular note, though is Senku, who was actually conscious the entire time and is therefore technically really, really an old man still living in his teenage body (though he evidently still acts just like he always has upon being freed).

Okumura Rin

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A good-hearted, but troubled 15-year-old living in True Cross Academy Town. He also just happens to be ignorant of the fact that he's the son of Satan and possesses demonic powers that have been sealed away and hidden from him since birth.

Ambiguously Bi: In his original series, Rin does have a type for girls who are "extremely attractive", with a Love Interest in the form of Shiemi^note, and in The 40, does shows slight attraction towards Fujiwara Chika, much to Gojo's amusement and inner shipping. Then there's his Pseudo-Romantic Friendship/Commonality Connection with Yukihira Souma, whose own Implied Love Interest is Nakiri Erina from his original series, and Rin just so happens to be a Distaff Counterpart of Erina. It also doesn't help that in the Blue Exorcist manga, when confronted by the Transvestite Ghost in regards to his sexual orientation in chapter 40, Rin is shown to be very comfortable with the idea of being kissed by them, but politely refuses due to it being their "first date" and enjoys crossdressing himself. Even before being enlightened of the similarities between Rin and Erina by Omnitheist27, the author of The 40 reveals that they did intend, or plan, on exploring Rin's feminine side/sexuality down the road.
Book Dumb: He stopped his formal education after graduating from middle school. Though, unlike most Shonen heroes, Rin's case is downplayed to realistic levels as, besides his temper, he's just not very great in a rigid school environment that involves lectures and book learning, but is capable of applying himself better.
Commonality Connection: With Yukihira Souma for their shared love of cooking and can form a quick rhythm as they prepare the omurice meal for the others.
Distaff Counterpart: An unintentional, coincidental meta-example. When taking away the supernatural elements of his character, Rin is a surprisingly kinder, male counterpart of Nakiri Erina from Food Wars. Both are Troubled, but Cute teenagers with a Dark and Troubled Past involving their fathers, are great chefs in their own right, are avid fans of Shoujo Manga, a surprisingly Endearingly Dorky side than their usual outward appearances would suggest, have a noble blood heritage, have Biblical Motifs relating to a limb^note and most importantly, their Pseudo-Romantic Friendship with Yukihara Souma bringing out their positive sides. The only difference is that Azami, for all of his faults and extremism, genuinely does love his daughter and had good intentions but very poor execution and was able to reconcile with her near the end of Food Wars. While Satan, on the other hand, is genuinely malevolent and self-serving despite his Blue-and-Orange Morality and has no problems ridding the world of humans to reign it and doesn't care for his family's wellbeing if they don't suit his desires.
Double Standard: A victim of this regarding his anger issues while growing up, which he lampshades in his POV chapter. Whenever someone else loses their temper and lashes out, they get cuddled by the people around them, while Rin gets feared instead and labeled as a "Demon Child" by anyone if they're not his family. Granted, it's how Rin lashes out that involves violence, especially where his Super-Strength is concerned (but unlike the anime, he's very capable of holding back his strength despite his Hair-Trigger Temper when fighting regular humans at the beginning of the manga, and Word of God from Blue Exorcist reveals that Rin has "clever hands").
Has a Type: For girls who are "extremely attractive", and unfortunately for him, Fujiwara Chika falls within that category.
Heterosexual Life-Partners: It doesn't take long for Rin to develop this dynamic with Souma, to the point where Kae starts to ship them in her POV chapter.
Human-Demon Hybrid: He's the son of his world's version of Satan while his mother is a human. But averted for now as his power is still sealed away.
Irony: He becomes fast friends with Yukihira Souma due to their Commonality Connection while the latter's future friendship, rivalry, and potential romance with Nakiri Erina started quite antagonistic for a good while, especially since Rin shares a lot of similarities with Erina, mainly their love of Shojo manga, Biblical Motifs, prestigious social status, and Dark and Troubled Past involving their fathers.
Nice, Mean, and In-Between: He's the Inbetween to Nice Guy Souma's Nice and the Secretly Selfish and manipulative Chika's Mean in their dynamic.
Normal Fish in a Tiny Pond: Played with. In his world, Rin's cooking is so good to the point that many other characters (who don't cook themselves, with Shiemi being a Lethal Chef) would consider him a Supreme Chef. Here, where Yukihira Souma exists along The 40, Rin only nearly matches him.
The Not-Love Interest: Considering his similarities with Nakiri Erina, Rin serves as this to Souma, and their fast bond has a romantic subtext to the point that Kae secretly ships them.
Our Demons Are Different: In his own world, Nephilims are offsprings between humans and demons.
Real Men Cook: He's a talented chef who cooks for his family all the time as a way to relieve stress. While Rin isn't an exorcist-in-training nor did he have his demonic powers unleashed, he's still handsome, but a capable fighter.
Supreme Chef: His cooking is restaurant quality, to the point that his adoptive father Shiro recommends him as a chef's apprentice at the beginning of the manga. In The 40, his cooking talent and skill nearly match Yukihira Souma.
Power Trio: In the process of cooking, he forms this dynamic with Yukihira Souma and Fujiwara Chika.
Throw the Dog a Bone: His current situation with The 40 is arguably this compared to his All of the Other Reindeer status back home, where he is supported by them instead of being feared for his temper tantrums.
Uneven Hybrid: Only for the time being as his inherent demonic powers are currently sealed, making Rin mostly human with Super-Strength.

Gojō Satoru

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A laid-back and jovial 28-year-old man who walks around with his eyes constantly obscured by cloth. He is a teacher at Jujutsu High, serving as a mentor to first-year students. Regarded as the strongest jujutsu sorcerer in the world, he hopes to foster the next generation of sorcerers.

His Cursed Technique, "Limitless", encompasses multiple abilities that allow Gojo to manifest the concept of infinity in physical reality. In addition, he also possesses an extremely rare ability known as the Six Eyes, giving him nigh-bottomless cursed energy reserves.

Achilles' Heel: For how utterly broken Gojo's "Limitless" is, along with his inherent "Six-Eyes" acting both as a Required Secondary Power to use the Cursed Technique to its fullest potential and as a Reduced Mana Cost, to the point where he's the World's Strongest Man back in his world with very few characters being able to match him, neither power grants Gojo omniscience, or anything close to that, meaning that his powers are still limited by his flawed human understanding and perception.
- On that note, while his Six-Eyes provides incredible vision and perception, along with greatly increased mental processing and acuity that allows him to use "Limitless" to its absolute potential, it also comes with its weaknesses:
  - It's still an ocular trait, meaning it can be susceptible to something blocking it or if "something" is capable of hiding itself from Gojo's vision to get the drop on him. Both are proven by The Cloaked Figure being able to pull him into the current world it made and can watch him and The 40 from afar.
  - While Gojo's Six-Eyes ensures that the amount of cursed energy he needs to spend to power Limitless is "infinitesimally close to zero", to the point where a battle of attrition against him is pretty much impossible even if the opposing sorcerer has more cursed energy than Gojo, he can still run out of energy for however long it will take to get to the choke point.
Always a Bigger Fish: According to the author in chapter 26, in reply to Omnitheist27, the cloaked figure would have Gojo's number in combat, with the chances of the latter winning being 0 to negative if the cloaked figure is going all out.
Aura Vision: He's very much capable of this thanks to Six-Eyes, as seen in his POV chapter.
Bad Powers, Good People: Regardless of its use, Jujutsu magic is inherently fuelled by Cursed energy; a power source formed by negative emotions like anger and disgust, and while it isn't directly harmful to one's well-being to practice sorcery, it's implied regularly generating the vast quantity of negative thoughts required to exorcise Curses can have detrimental effects on mental stability. For Gojo, he's nevertheless a good guy despite his Pride and troll behavior who's on a mission to reform the corrupted society of Jujutsu society by guiding the next generation as a teacher to stand with him.
Commonality Connection: Gojo begins to get along well with Spike Spiegel due to both being sarcastic and mutual enjoyment from riling people up.
The Gadfly: Much like in his original series, Gojo tends to poke fun at others.
Logical Weakness: As Gojo puts it, for him to warp somewhere, he has to set a direction or path to where he wants to go based on what he can see, and if he can’t see the path clearly or the general direction of where he wants to go, then it becomes obsolete.
Mundane Utility: He can use Limitless for relatively mundane purposes like setting up the eating table in a matter of seconds.
Mystical White Hair: He has white hair and is one of the few powerhouses of The 40.
Necessary Drawback: If you're well aware of how broken Gojo's abilities are from Jujutsu Kaisen, then it'll be pretty obvious that the current setting that The 40 are trapped in would also serve to hamper his Limitless and Six-Eyes.
Not Quite Flight: When using Limitless to scout out the entire area by warping through the air, the others believed that he was flying. Which makes sense due to the nature of his powers.
Space Master: Limitless' primary function is the ability to distort space by manifesting the impossible concept of infinity in reality. In its base state, Gojo can use it to teleport vast distances and conjure an endless amount of space between two objects, and that's just getting to his more advanced techniques.
Would Hurt a Child: Not in the usual sense, since he's trying to teach the next generation of Jujutsu sorcerers to reform the current corrupted Jujutsu society, but he can be reckless with their well-being as seen when flinging Legoshi over the fence as an alternative way of entrance. Kobayashi calls him out for this carefree attitude.

Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo

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A 14-year-old middle schooler with psychic powers linked to his emotions. Being stressed enough can charge Shigeo's abilities to world-shattering lengths, so he studies under Reigen and tries his best to avoid misusing his powers. Often socially awkward and sporting an expressionless face, he is more concerned about making friends and realizing his purpose in life beyond his psychic powers.

Afraid of Their Own Strength: After his first ???% explosion, Mob stopped viewing his powers as a neat trick that lost their novelty and started seeing them as outright monstrous.
Alternate Character Reading: The character in his given name, Shigeo, can also be read as "Mobu", hence his nickname.
Angst Nuke: Thanks to his volatile powers, his emotional explosions are often very literal.
Freak Out: Comes close to having one after acquiring his wristband and seeing Fuel’s traumatic episode. And given his powers are connected to his emotional state, the results could have been very messy. Saiki helped resolve it by telepathically teaching him some breathing exercises.

Room 8

Fujioka Haruhi

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A working-class scholarship student at Ouran High School. She accidentally breaks a really expensive vase and winds up working for the Host Club to pay off the debt.

Bifauxnen: Initially mistaken for a guy by the entire Host Club, and by some of the members of The 40 before figuring it out otherwise.
Boyish Short Hair: One reason she was mistaken for a boy.
Brainy Brunette: She's a Scholarship Student and more focused on studying than anyone else in her home series, likely because without her academic scholarship, she isn't rich enough to be employed at Ouran. In Edward's POV chapter, she has some knowledge of English and teaches him the Japanese writing system.
Curtains Match the Window: Brown hair and eyes.
Lady Looks Like a Dude: Very early on, Haruhi is assumed to be male because of her very unflattering appearance.

Emma

A brilliant and cheerful 11-year-old girl from the Grace Field House orphanage. When she discovered that the orphanage was a farm and her fellow children were livestock for demons, she began plotting to escape.

The Baby of the Bunch: Along with Ciel and Killua, Emma is also the youngest member of The 40, not counting U-1146^note, being 11 years old.
Boyish Short Hair: Her hair is short and messy, fitting with her tomboyish and athletic nature.
Child Prodigy: She has the third highest scores in the orphanage, with only Norman and Ray surpassing her. Plus, she's more physically fit than them.

Serinuma Kae

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The 2nd year heroine of her series. Kae's a super hardcore otaku and fujoshi who secretly ships her classmates Igarashi and Nanashima. She's initially overweight, but when her favorite anime character dies, she becomes distraught and holes up in her room for a week before coming out and discovering she lost all of her weight. Her newfound beauty attracts the attention of the four boys.

Beautiful All Along: Kae losing weight kickstarts the entire plot of her original series.
Covert Pervert: Kae is a huge Yaoi Fangirl and even when Trapped in Another World, she still gets excited to see boys in compromising positions.
Declaration of Protection: Upon meeting some of her most beloved anime characters, Serinuma vows to herself that she will get them home and ensure they have brighter futures. Saiki has to chastise her for her ulterior motives, but the intent remains the same.
Formerly Fat: She used to be pudgy, but became much thinner after shutting herself in her room for a week.
Hero-Worshipper: As you might expect from a hardcore otaku, Serinuma has a lot of feelings about meeting three dozen characters from anime series- even beyond shipping Rin Okumura and Yukihira Souma. During her viewpoint chapter, she discusses manga with Izuku, refers to Legoshi as one of the up-and-coming stars of the shonen world, and outright calls Tohru Honda "one of the most iconic shoujo characters of all time."
Omniscient Hero: Given her otaku nature, Kae has accumulated a great deal of meta-knowledge regarding the other members of The 40.
Secretly Selfish: Despite her good intentions of wanting to inform The 40 of their futures yet to come, she's also motivated by self-absorbed reasons in her motive, to which Saiki calls her out in his POV chapter.
Shipper on Deck: Her most distinctive trait is her love of shipping the boys with one another, especially in the case of Yukihira Souma and Okumura Rin.
Yaoi Fangirl: Serinuma being such a hardcore fujoshi is the main schtick of her original series. Her POV chapter is even filled with her secretly shipping the male characters.

Korra

A headstrong 17-year-old girl from the Southern Water Tribe and the newest Avatar who has mastered three of the four elements. She seeks to bring down the mysterious terrorist Amon who strips Benders of their power.

Blue Is Heroic: She has blue eyes and clothing of her native element.
Elemental Powers: Being the Avatar, Korra can bend all four known elements. But while being naturally talented in Earthbending, Waterbending, and Firebending, Korra has trouble mastering Airbending due to its spiritual philosophy clashing with her Hot-Blooded personality.
Fish out of Temporal Water: She comes from a period equivalent to The Roaring '20s, meaning that she's just as technologically blind as Zuko is to things like cell phones, thumbprint scanners, and the internet.
God in Human Form: She's the current Avatar of the entire franchise so far.
Kid from the Future: She was born 54 years after Year 99 in Avatar the Last Airbender.
Quirky Work: Out-of-Universe. She, along with Zuko, are the only characters coming from an American cartoon franchise with many influences from anime while the rest of The 40 was created by Japanese media franchises.

Room 9

L/Ryuzaki/L Lawliet

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A quirky but stoic 24-year-old man who is the world's greatest detective. He seeks to find and arrest the mysterious serial murderer Kira.

Anti-Hero: He may be on the law's side, but L's willingness to use morally ambiguous methods to solve cases, especially against Kira, doesn't make him an Ideal Hero. Never mind the fact that he's very selective on what cases he takes to solving unless it interests him.
Awesomeness by Analysis: L is his world's greatest detective, who was able to solve a good number of cases that stump various police forces, selectively, before the start of Death Note.
- In his POV chapter alone, he was able to accurately guess the other members of The 40's attributes; Nagisa being much more dangerous than his normal, androgynous appearance would suggest otherwise, Korra being a trained martial artist in many forms, and Haruhi being a girl even without her gown being a dead giveaway.
- Does this again in his conversation with Emma in her POV chapter.
- He also notes how Fujinuma was able to sense Kobayashi’s peril and act almost immediately despite her being in a different section of the mansion. This causes Kobayashi and Yuuri to make him back off when his questions begin to get really invasive and further agitate an injured Fujinuma.
Be Careful What You Wish For: He's the world's greatest detective, but L only takes cases if they "interest" him, such as the Kira case, and Word of God would state that L would be pissed upon seeing Kira's true identity in the Death Note viewing. That being said, he'll also be kicking himself for the consequences that'll inevitably happen to others, including his own death, as Light continues his Protagonist Journey to Villain.
But Not Too Foreign: L is only 1/4 Japanese, while the rest of his ethnicity is Caucasian (1/4 English, 1/4 Russian, and 1/4 French or Italian, like that).
Everybody Calls Him "Barkeep": L invokes this by introducing himself as Ryuzaki. Considering he was pursuing a murderer whom could kill him with his true name, it was a safety precaution.
I Have Many Names: Ryuzaki is just one of the many names he goes by.
Older Than They Look: He's 24, but can still pass himself off in his late teens.
Only Known by Their Nickname: He introduces his name as "Ryuzaki" to The 40.
Rebel Relaxation: Like in Death Note, L still has his trademarked poor posture.
The Stoic: He rarely changes his neutral expression.
Token Evil Teammate: Downplayed. Like with Zuko, L starts as an antagonist and still is one up to his death in Death Note. But unlike Zuko, L is the Hero Antagonist who serves as an obstacle and adversary against the Villain Protagonist, Yagami Light.

Edward Elric

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The 15-year-old "Fullmetal Alchemist". He and his brother seek the fabled philosopher stone to restore their bodies after committing the taboo act using alchemy while trying to bring their mother back to life.

An Arm and a Leg: He lost his left leg as penance from The Truth for performing human transmutation, and sacrificed his right arm not long after to tie his younger brother's soul back to the living world.
Artificial Limbs: Both his right arm and left leg are made of Automail.
Berserk Button: Like in his original series, Edward hates being called short or anything along those lines.
Clark Kenting: Beneath his usual attire lies a very muscular Heroic Build.
Commonality Connection: With Ishigami Senku due to their shared interest in science and knowledge.
Intergenerational Friendship: Played with. His friendship with Senku is technically this since the latter is over 3000 years old. But The Generation Gap isn't a problem since Edward came from an alternative version of the early 20th century that's relatively more progressive with Steampunk elements while Senku was a teenager (chronologically) in the The New '10s that are grounded in realism.
Mistaken Age: He can be mistaken for 11-12 years old due to his shorter height, much to his annoyance. The fact that he tends to throw childish temper tantrums whenever someone calls him short or implicates it (or if he thinks they're doing it) doesn't help.
Older Than They Look: Edward is 15 but his short height (4'10) makes him look younger than that.

Shiota Nagisa

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A student of the prestigious Kunugigaoka Junior High School's ostracized E Class. Under the strange tutelage of Korosensei, he demonstrated an acute skill for assassination.

Awesomeness by Analysis: Played for Drama. He is very good at deducting things at first glance, which would be unquestionably awesome... if it weren't for the fact how he developed this from his abusive background.
Book Dumb: Nagisa is currently a student in Class 3-E of Kunugigaoka Junior High School as a result of his less-than-average grades.
Dude Looks Like a Lady: His androgynous apprentice would make him look like a girl in women's clothing.
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: A heroic example. Nagisa is a Nice Guy but as a result of dealing with an abusive, controlling mother who can easily be angered if he so much as defied her in any little way, he Had to Be Sharp by developing a keen sense for noticing micro-expressions (Which is Truth in Television for victims of abuse). This also has a side-effect of him being able to mask whatever intentions he has, whether they be good or bad.
Had to Be Sharp: You got to be this when having to live with someone who can explode with the slightest provocation.
Training from Hell: If one could even call it training, but having to live under the custody of a hysterical, controlling mother who could be easily provoked with the slightest amount of defiance forces Nagisa to be sharp by recognizing any subtle forms of micro-expressions.
Trauma Button: The fear of his abusive mother is still going strong within him, especially when hearing Fujioka's voice being very similar to Hiromi's.

Saitama

A 25-year-old man who's "just a guy who's a hero for fun".

Once an ordinary unemployed salaryman, Saitama was inspired to become a hero when he incidentally saved a butt-chinned boy from a crab monster with nothing but his necktie. He then underwent an intensely unhealthy training regimen for three years, increasing his strength exponentially - he got so powerful that he lost all his hair. Now Saitama is so strong, no matter the opponent, he can defeat them with a single punch. Unfortunately, the complete lack of challenge that came, as a result, has also caused him to grow utterly bored with his life of super-heroism.

Unbeknownst to Saitama, the butt-chinned boy he saved all those years ago was also the grandson of a multi-millionaire who went on to found the Hero Association when he learned about the incident, making Saitama the cause of the increase in and widespread popularity of heroes in the present.

Always a Bigger Fish: He rivals Gojo in this department regarding the Cloaked Figure's power overshadowing their own. In his own world, Saitama is the Comically Invincible Hero with next to nothing coming close to harming him (aside from potentially Blast or "God"). Not so much in The 40 as he easily gets kidnapped by the Cloaked Figure and Trapped in Another World. Also, in the second-to-last chapter of Main Character Syndrome (With Exceptions), he gets knocked into the room by the door suddenly closing shut despite standing in place to keep it from suddenly closing. Repeat, the strongest man who can defeat anybody and everybody with just one punch gets pushed into a room by a door suddenly closing.
And Then What?: Achieved his I Just Want to Be Badass dream and became so badass that nothing posed a challenge to him anymore. Which turned out to be incredibly boring.
Bald Head of Toughness: Saitama did originally have hair when he was an ordinary person. His baldness came as a consequence of gaining his Charles Atlas Superpower of Super-Strength and Super-Toughness after doing simple exercises every day. Now he is so strong that he can wipe the floor with most opponents with, well, a single punch. That said, given this work is a parody of the superhero genre, when not in Let's Get Dangerous! mode, Saitama does express Baldness Angst and his baldness is often Played for Laughs.
Berserk Button: Like in his home series, Saitama gets easily irritated by long explanations.
Curb-Stomp Battle: He dishes them out regularly back in his world.
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: While Saitama is NOT stupid, he is extremely lazy and bored with just about everything. Given that he is functionally indestructible (nothing has yet appeared strong enough to hurt him in combat), this is understandable. Most of the time he barely pays attention or puts effort into anything which gives him the APPEARANCE of being a moron.
Perfect Health: After gaining his powers, he noticed that he had never gotten sick since then. Much to his disappointment like how he defeats every monster with one punch.

Room 10

Legoshi

A quiet and sensitive gray wolf. Because of his fearsome appearance and odd habits, he is widely mistaken to be a scary, bloodthirsty carnivore. Legoshi is wholly aware of this and does everything in his power to minimize himself and downplay his intimidating aspects.

All of the Other Reindeer: In his youth, he was often made fun of by his peers because of his odd behavior and fascination with bugs.
Freak Out: Legoshi has a bad one when he hears that everyone in the mansion eats meat, fleeing into his room. It takes some effort from Tohru to help him calm down and better understand the others.
Token Non-Human: He's the only member who's a Beast Man whereas everyone else is human or an Anthropomorphic Personification/Humanoid Abomination.

Suzuki Iruma

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A weak yet kindhearted boy whose parents sold his soul to a demon named Sullivan when he was fourteen.

Big Eater: Just like in canon, and even in the company of several other characters who are themselves Big Eaters, Iruma is the only one still audibly hungry after eating the lunch Rin, Chika, and Souma made.
Dark and Troubled Past: If you have already read Welcome to Demon School! Iruma-kun, then you will know that it was very, very, very very, bad for him.
Identical Stranger: According to The_Ravenclaw_Werewolf, The 40 took note of the similarities between Iruma and Izuku.
Tender Tears: He sheds this when U-1146 offers him more food.

Fujinuma Satoru

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A 29-year-old struggling mangaka currently working as a pizza delivery driver for Oasi Pizza.

Did I Just Say That Out Loud?: Has a habit of doing this, usually with pessimistic comments.
Diving Save: Performs one to save Kobayashi from harm. This resulted in him taking a nasty hit to his head.
Oh, Crap!: Had this feeling when his Revival power warned him of danger in his chapter.
Spider-Sense: His Revival power almost activates, alerting him that another character is in danger- specifically, Kobayashi trips to the top of some stairs while carrying some laptops, and he has to dive to catch her.
Starving Artist: He's a struggling mangaka who works as a pizza delivery driver to make ends meet.

Feliciano Vargas (North Italy)

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He's a Anthropomorphic Personification of the country North Italy and a current member of the Axis Powers.

Anti-Hero: Historically, Italy is one of the countries seen as the "bad guys" during WWII. Of course, the personification himself is portrayed sympathetically, and what stops him from being an Anti-Villain/Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain/Villain Protagonist in the story is the fact that he's operating with genuine heroes.
Humanoid Abomination: To everyone else, Italy looks like a white man of Italian descent. In reality, he's the literal Anthropomorphic Personification of North Italy.
Nominal Villain: He's part of the Axis powers. The Axis is very rarely thought to be the heroes of World War II. However, he's not that bad as a person and represents his country as a whole as opposed to just one government.
Older Than They Look: Exaggerated. He appears to be 20 but is centuries old. Tanjiro notes that he smells of ancientness.
Token White: One of the few characters who isn't Japanese or the fantasy equivalent, or any Asian in general. Instead, he's literally an Anthropomorphic Personification of North Italy.

Others

Indigo

A robot that serves as The 40's companion.

Original Character: Like The Cloaked Figure, Indigo is an entirely original character in the fic.
Robot Buddy: Indigo serves as a robotic companion to The 40.
Rules Lawyer: Indigo is unable to fulfill many of the requests the residents make when trying to remove/alter their wristbands or exit the mansion. They do say they can allow certain privileges should the residents unlock them.
The Stoic: Indigo has impressive composure despite facing increasing amounts of agitation and frustration from the residents.

Otherworldly

In General

All Myths Are True: The Truth mentions other gods and deities such as the Greek Pantheon and beyond.
All-Powerful Bystander: Many of them simply observe the various plight of the natives throughout the multiverse despite having the power themselves to change things for the better or worse.
Blue-and-Orange Morality: Many of them operate under their own set of morals and logic that would be incomprehensible to human beings.
Dimensional Traveler: Everyone is capable of physically entering another world through their means (magical, technological, etc.).
Meta Guy: Many of them are this due to their capability of reading and/or watching the story of the many worlds, and even know that they too exist as fiction for higher beings.
The Omnipotent: Considering the nature of the multiverse and the various watchers, dimensional travelers, and gods, they're more than capable of doing things that would be seen as "impossible", "illogical", and even "contradictory".
The Omnipresent: They're capable of being everywhere in the multiverse.
The Omniscient: They know the past, present, and future of each native world that the members of The 40 originated from, especially those whose stories have already ended.
Our Gods Are Different: Among the ones that The Cloaked Figure has interacted with and fought for many super eons (besides the pantheons, angels, demons, and God known throughout mankind's history, and many religions), includes angelic beings, demonic entities, and Physical Gods of other worlds, Sufficiently Advanced Aliens, and Eldritch Abominations that are of a different form of medium, especially regarding some of the worlds that some members of The 40 originated from.
Outside-Context Problem: Their very existence is this for The 40's perspective, even by the already wacky standards of some of the more powerful members' worlds.
Outside-Genre Foe: Some members of The 40 are no strangers to beings of immense power or wackier ones from their native worlds, even if they only exist in fiction from their point of view. Yet there are plenty of dangerous beings throughout the multiverse that wouldn't belong in their world's medium and would baffle their minds.
Reality Warper: Many of them are capable of affecting reality through many forms of power.
Time Abyss: Many of them exist for a very long, long, long, long time.
The Watcher: Many of them watch the various worlds of The 40 from afar and its changes from the canon storyline.

The Cloaked Figure

The Cloaked Figure/The Figure/The Entity

"I plan on giving them the time they deserve. Many of them have been through hardships, so call me soft, but I want them to just… live, as opposed to surviving."

An unknown, unnamed deity who pulled The 40 cast into a world of its own making for altruistic reasons.

Ambiguous Gender: It's unknown what gender the cloaked figure is, and even the narration describes its voice as hard to discern.
Always a Bigger Fish: The Cloaked Figure is this to The 40, as confirmed by Word of God. It doesn't stop there, as it's even this among the other deities, such as The Truth, The Shinigami King, and many more.
Author Avatar: For The_Ravenclaw_Werewolf. Given the meta nature of The Multiverse, it's implied that it also knows that it's a "puppet who can see the strings" despite the authenticity of its existence.
Benevolent Abomination: Despite losing its mortal form and living and experiencing things for many super eons, it's still capable of great empathy for mortal beings and refuses to do things that would be considered harmful to The 40 and using the Omniscient Morality License excuse.
Dark and Troubled Past: Whatever it went through before becoming what it is currently wasn't good.
Deity of Human Origin: It's unknown if the cloaked figure's original mortal body was human, but it doesn't change the fact it eventually attained godhood sometime in the past. It's also because of this origin that influences the cloak figure's beliefs that Humans Are Special and still emphasize with them despite the many super eons that passed since losing its mortal form.
Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?: It has done this many times in the past for super eons and boasts to The Truth that it can do this again.
Did You Just Scam Cthulhu?: It says a lot that the figure can attain Godhood without The Truth being able to predict its presence and future actions, and judging by its words, the figure is capable of doing this when it was still mortal. It also helps the figure to survive and defeat many other deities for super eons.
The Dreaded: It can make The Truth of all beings fear it.
The Faceless: Its current form lacks a face, leading it to conceal itself with a purple hood.
Humanoid Abomination: The narration often refers to the figure as "it" for pronouns instead of a more gender-neutral "they", and the figure's current form is a tall humanoid body concealed in a purple cloak and wears purple gloves.
In the Hood: Its face is always seen completely concealed by the hood. It's also justified as the figure lacks a face.
No Name Given: The narration often refers to it as "The Figure" or "The Entity", with Whis even calling it "Entity".
Original Character: The figure is a completely original character in the story.
Purple Is Powerful: The figure wears a purple cloak and gloves to conceal its appearance, and is both smart and strong enough to defeat many other deities for super eons.
Really 700 Years Old: Its current age is beyond what one would label as an "eon".
Time Abyss: It's over many super eons old.
Was Once a Man: Was Once A Mortal in the cloaked figure's case, as it claims without a hint of hesitation and with complete confidence after its confrontation with The Truth.

The Truth

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"Their paths were never meant to cross, they are not supposed to know of each other's existence!"

The mysterious guardian of the Gates, claims to be "Reality", "the World", and "God". Not having a form of their own, they take on the outline of whoever approaches them. Whenever someone attempts human transmutation (except those who have the Philosopher's Stone), they are forced to pay a toll for trespassing in God's domain. However, they always give them alchemical skills and knowledge proportional to their sacrifice.

In the story, Truth is currently against the Cloaked Figure for breaking many rules and laws set by the Gods through its current experiment with The 40 cast.

Light Is Not Good: Downplayed. It usually manifests as a white and featureless humanoid being, and while not evil, it has strict beliefs regarding the laws of the universe and animosity toward those breaking them.
O.O.C. Is Serious Business: For those who are familiar with The Truth's usual calm, polite, but sadistic personality and Perpetual Slasher Smile from the original Fullmetal Alchemist series, it would take a lot for them to drop that "face" as seen with Homunculus and Edward near the end of the series. The fact that The Truth is genuinely angry and threatening towards the cloaked figure speaks volumes of how dire the situation is in the story.
The Worf Effect: In the original Fullmetal Alchemist series, The Truth is pretty much a Humanoid Abomination who's both omniscient and omnipresent from their original page quote. The fact that the cloaked figure can dismiss an angry Truth who's threatening to erase it so casually, mocks them for believing that they can stop and strip it of its godhood despite their numerous failed attempts in the past and from other Gods, avoided being "seen" and predicated by them, doesn't have a physical form that The Truth can shape themselves to reflect it despite being able to do so to the many mortals who performed the forbidden alchemy in the past, and even intimidate them, paints a bit of a picture of how powerful the figure is compared to The Truth.

Whis

“I may be indifferent, but I can’t help it! It's so entertaining to see you perform!”

Beerus's servant and teacher, and the Angel Attendant in charge of Universe 7. Loves to eat, and unlike his boss, is a genuine Nice Guy.

In the story, Whis is one of the beings who sides with The Cloaked Figure.

The Ace: Intelligent, wise, unfailingly polite, incisive, and recognized by Dragon Ball's Word of God as the most powerful being in Universe 7. We're talking about a guy who, if the Angel law about being an All-Powerful Bystander didn't limit him, would be able to take out every single threat that the main heroes ever face, and he's nice enough that he probably would have done so, too.
Odd Friendship: With The Cloaked Figure.

Tet

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The God of Games. He's the current god of Disboard, who set up the Ten Laws of Disboard, as well as the last of the Old Deus.

In the story, he sides with the group that supports The Cloaked Figure, but mainly out of interest in how The 40 event will go.

The Ghost: He's only mentioned by Whis.
It Amused Me: Just like in No Game No Life, this is Tet's modus operandi. All his actions are meant to ease his boredom and make things a little more interesting. This is mainly the reason that he sides with the ones supporting The Cloaked Figure's intervention and its intentions regarding The 40.

The Shinigami King

The King of the Shinigami Realm, the one who issues the Shinigami their marching orders, and the highest ranked Shinigami of them all.

In the story, he's neutral to The Cloaked Figure but agrees with those who side with it for no harm to befall if The 40 event fails, and views it as a source of entertainment.

The Ghost: He's only mentioned by The Cloaked Figure and Whis.
It Amused Me: The reason why The Shinigami King is neutral towards The Cloaked Figure.
Shared Family Quirks: He's regarded as the "father" of the Shinigami, with Ryuk referring to him as "the old man" in the canon Death Note series. Given his reasons for siding with The Cloaked Figure, it's no wonder Ryuk got his desire to relieve boredom in the first place.
Suspiciously Similar Substitute: His neutral behavior regarding The Cloaked Figure's intentions for The 40, along with seeing it as a source of entertainment, is one for Ryuk.

Kyubey

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A small, cute creature that communicates through telepathy. He forms contracts with girls where they will become magical girls and fight witches in exchange for any one wish.

In the story, he's neutral to The Cloaked Figure and views its intentions regarding The 40 as a massive waste of priorities.

Bizarre Alien Sexes: He's described with male pronouns by the girls in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, but The Cloaked Figure and Whis openly call Kyubey "it". Then again, the incubators have No Biological Sex.
The Ghost: He's only mentioned by The Cloaked Figure and Whis.
"It" Is Dehumanizing: He's openly referred to as an "it" by The Cloaked Figure and Whis, which makes sense considering Kyubey and his entire race's true nature as an extremely rational Hive Mind with No Biological Sex, and among other things...
Pragmatic Villainy: That is if you view Kyubey's actions as villainous, but overall he's not interested in anything unless it involves or affects his business.
The Spock: Much like how he was depicted in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Incubators take "logic" and The Needs of the Many to such extremes that it makes them a villainous version of the trope. According to Whis, Kyubey stayed neutral regarding The Cloaked Figure's intentions with The 40 as it has nothing to do with his business and offhandedly mentioned it having incredible Skewed Priorities because of the For Happiness approach.
Straw Vulcan: Again, like in Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Kyubey, and the entirety of the incubators, see human emotion as nothing more than an energy source, and focus entirely on logic. While this mindset doesn't make him side against The Cloaked Figure, he doesn't support it either and sees the entire event regarding The 40 as a massive sense of Skewed Priorities.
Wicked Weasel: Well, a weasel-like creature that engages in trickery. He's referred to by The Cloaked Figure as the "white weasel", and considering Kyubey's true nature...

Zeno

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The absolute(?) ruler of the multiverse, and the most powerful character in the whole Dragon Ball franchise (unless you count Tori-Bot). He's smaller than Monaka and much cuter to boot, yet all Gods of Creation and Destruction are cowed in terror at the mere sound or sight of him.

In the story, he's neutral to The Cloaked Figure but doesn't say why.

Ambiguous Situation: According to Whis, Zeno won't say why he's being neutral to the whole event regarding The 40.
The Ghost: He's only mentioned by The Cloaked Figure and Whis.

Characters / The 40

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The 40

Room 1

Prince Zuko (祖寇)

Midoriya Izuku

Yukihira Souma

Hanako/Yugi Amane (Human)

Room 2

Mankanshoku Mako

Kobayashi

Honda Tohru

Fujiwara Chika

Room 3

Nanase Haruka

Naegi Makoto

Ciel Phantomhive

Katsuki Yuuri

Room 4

Spike Spiegel

Shouyou Hinata

Saiki Kusuo

Levi Ackerman

Room 5

Suzui Ryōta

Heine Wittgenstein

White Blood Cell / Neutrophil (U-1146)

Satō Mafuyu

Room 6

Hasegawa Langa

Killua Zoldyck

Kamado Tanjiro

Kuroko Tetsuya

Room 7

Ishigami Senku

Okumura Rin

Gojō Satoru

Kageyama "Mob" Shigeo

Room 8

Fujioka Haruhi

Emma

Serinuma Kae

Korra

Room 9

L/Ryuzaki/L Lawliet

Edward Elric

Shiota Nagisa

Saitama

Room 10

Legoshi

Suzuki Iruma

Fujinuma Satoru

Feliciano Vargas (North Italy)

Others

Indigo

Otherworldly

The Cloaked Figure/The Figure/The Entity

The Truth

Whis

Tet

The Shinigami King

Kyubey

Zeno

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