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Makoto and His Followers

Makoto Misumi

Voiced by: Natsuki Hanae (Japanese), Dallas Reid (English), Ferso Velásquez (Latin Spanish)

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An Ordinary High-School Student who is teleported against his will to another world... then promptly abandoned by the Goddess who summoned him. Makoto is a stereotypical Story-Breaker Power protagonist (mage type) who could singlehandedly save the world if he wanted to. Sadly, he's not in that kind of story.

Achievements in Ignorance:
- Makoto is able to boost his already ridiculous power level from being equal to multiple demon lords to just shy of a God and warp reality and create new worlds around himself, by using a mundane meditation technique. He didn't even realize he was doing it until his companions observed him doing it.
- Later, he achieves Creation, causing reality itself to scream in pain and frustration as he forces some armor into existence to defend against a specific attack. This is explicitly spelled out as something only Greater Gods of Creation can do, and the person who tells him ( Daikokuten, aka Shiva, Hindu God of Destruction and Creation) mentions if not for restrictions placed on them, they would have immediately tried to kill him for it, and because of those restrictions he's only been allowed to get stronger so they may no longer be able to.
Achilles' Heel: When he first gets his powers, he was unable to use traditional healing magic, only able to heal via his use of Realm/Sakai, which doesn't work on himself, and is the only reason he's ever injured.
- This is due to the fact that his affinity for Healing magic was removed from him when he was still a child in order to save his life, as he couldn't handle the stress of being born on Earth.
Almighty Janitor: Makoto is, for all appearances, an unassuming (and, for the setting, ugly) level 1 adventurer and a man who runs a small medicine and snack shop, occasionally teaching self-defense classes at the local academy. Some realize that he's significantly more than that. In reality, he is the single most powerful being in the entire novel, just below a god. This is before he does any kind of training, which puts him firmly into Greater God tier strength and rising.
Anti-Debuff: Due to his massive mana pool, Makoto is practically immune to any curses or status ailments that could be cast on him (it's explained as basically trying to poison an ocean; the effect would be spread too thin long before any damage could be done).
Beady-Eyed Loser: How the anime and manga depict his Hollywood Homely nature. The other characters are all drawn in a more traditional anime look, but in the Anime especially Makoto's pupils are extremely small. Any hyuman who sees his eyes assumes he's some kind of monster or has demi-human blood, but he can easily cover this up by wearing his mask. Elaine calls him hideous the moment she sees his eyes without the mask, and immediately treats him as bad as a demi-human despite him being purely hyuman to her knowledge.
Berserk Button: One of the few things that gets Makoto pissed is when someone is somehow changed against their will, whether it's by a curse or some other method. It made him against recruiting the Forest Ogres due to their tree curse that they would inflict on trespassers, and he got really angry at Tomoe when he discovered that she had changed Lime into a half-dragon after a severe injury, thinking that she had forced him into it before Lime himself defended the decision and Makoto let the matter drop (albeit with a light punishment so that Tomoe would reflect on the matter).
Boring, but Practical: When not faced with an actual threat and not trying to be discrete about his power, Makoto's fighting style often boils down to putting up a barrier and letting his opponents whale on it and then bombarding them with small fireballs when they're exhausted or when he gets bored. This has the added benefit of utterly infuriating his enemies, driving themselves to exhaustion out of frustration that they simply can't reach him, making them even more vulnerable to the following barrage.
Celibate Hero: Makoto rejects any and all attempts at seduction from Tomoe and Mio, both knowing their true forms (Dragon and Spider, respectively) and considering them family. He later ends up averting this by sleeping with both of them, officially become romantic partners with them.
Chick Magnet: Even before coming to the new world and meeting Tomoe and Mio, Makoto still managed to grab the attention of several girls in his school. He was the average-looking Vice President of the Archery Club, which was filled with beautiful women, and yet the two most beautiful members confessed to him.
Covert Pervert: Played a lot of porn games back on Earth, to the point his very first request to Tsukuyomi is to wipe his hard drive. Tomoe also regularly teases or coerces Makoto into doing things for her by bringing up various porn games he's played with her memory access powers.
Cultured Badass: He composes haikus at different points in his journey, while kicking enough ass to wipe out armies without much effort.
The Dreaded:
- Makoto's magical ability is so overpowering that merely being in his presence is enough to terrify everyone and everything. Even after he finds ways of restraining his power, the few people who rationalize or observe just how powerful he is are openly terrified of him, and for damned good reason.
- When he finally snaps in chapters 59 and 60 (Manga chapter 42), stoically and effortlessly murdering a hyuman-supremacist who accidentally set off a bomb in his pocket dimension, said supremacist can't understand a word he's saying. The look on his face, the tone of his voice, and the killing intent behind him are enough to drive her to a terrified self defense.
  Makoto: Right now, I honestly wish that I had killed you back in the forest.
Field Power Effect: Realm/Sakai, which manifests as a magical aura around Makoto. It's a bit of a catch-all, allowing him to increase his power, hide his magic, heal others (but not himself), negate magic, and act as a radar. However, he is limited to how many effects he can do at the same time and usually has to use negate magic ability on himself to restrain his powers.
Gentle Touch vs. Firm Hand: With Shiki as his assistant teacher, Makoto invokes this and is the firm hand, or "bad cop" as he calls himself. He knows from his face, age, and clothing appearance, he will be initially disrespected by the students. So he needs to show dominance and scare them in line by calling out the failings of their education so far, like focusing only on one favored magic over being strong in at least three, and giving them almost no quarter in their battles when he pushes them to their limits so they can know them and grow. Meanwhile, Shiki is the kind one who gives support and healing to the students.
Hair-Trigger Temper: Even at his most emotionally dead, the one emotion he seems to fully understand is rage, and it doesn't take much to make him mad.
Healing Hands: One of the possible powers of "Realm" is to heal injuries. Notably, this only works on other people and not Makoto himself, likely due his personal utter lack of potential for healing magic, and is more limited in the extent of the injuries it can treat.
Hollywood Homely: In-universe example. In Japan, Makoto was a fairly average and unassuming young man, but still had some admirers. In the new world, all hyumans are supernaturally attractive, so Makoto being average in his old world makes him hideous in the new one. He is often mistaken for a monster or demi-human because of this, so he wears his mask to compensate.
Hypocritical Heartwarming: He is quick to use violence on Tomoe and would on Mio as well if she didn't enjoy it so much, even once using Tomoe as live target practice for his archery. Anyone else goes after them and he will retaliate with extreme prejudice, just ask the adventurers who harmed Komoe, oh wait, you can't. How about asking that self-proclaimed hero who tried to charm them? Yeah...
Lack of Empathy: It's revealed that when younger, Makoto had no empathy to a near sociopathic level, only learning to fake emotions in order to avoid frightening the people around him. This includes forcing himself to cry after the deaths of some of his subordinates and him killing the one responsible despite not understanding why he's actually crying, he understands that, yes, he cared for his subordinates and feels nothing for killing the hyuman but he's only crying because of a memory of his parents comforting his sister after she's upset over a cat dying and he's acting out the emotions he should feel even though he himself doesn't actually care. This starts to lose its hold on him later in the story, were he comes to legitimately care and love his subordinates and especially Mio and Tomoe.
Logical Weakness: The ability to understand and speak any language (save Common, which Makoto had to learn separately) is arguably his most useful non-combat ability, as it's allowed him to speak and bond with the various races that would make up Asora. However, this ability can't translate words or topics that simply don't have an equivalent in any human language, as demonstrated by Root's lecture on the relationship between time and dimensional travel (e.g. how a modern-day gamer can wind up a 1000 years back before the present day of the story).
Master Archer: Despite his superhyuman magic abilities, Makoto's true talent is in archery. Without even using his abilities, he can one-shot kill monsters that would take entire teams of seasoned adventurers to fight.
No-Respect Guy: Makoto is a level 1 and E-ranked adventurer. Everyone who meets him assumes he is using Tomoe and Mio as Crutch Characters. Some realize he's talented but few to exactly what extent. Those who realize just how powerful he really is are openly terrified of him, and for good reason.
Nothing Is Scarier: The true source of his powers is only described as a featureless black abyss peaking out from the white "shell" that is Makoto, to reinforce just how horrifyingly dangerous Makoto could be if ever pushed over the edge.
Oblivious to Love: Subverted. He acts fairly clueless about Tomoe and Mio's ongoing affections towards him, only for later chapters to reveal he's doing it on purpose because he doesn't want to commit to relationships in his new world as long as he plans to try to go back to Earth. After coming to terms with his desire to remain with his new friends and family, he drops the act.
Ordinary High-School Student: Outside of his skill at Archery (and attracting a love triangle with the cute girls in the Archery club), he was unremarkable in his original world, other than he went through some fairly extreme training.
Physical God: Makoto is ostensibly a normal hyuman teenager, albeit one with a lot of magical ability. However, he creates a life-filled pocket dimension where Asora resides on accident, has physical and magical abilities far above anyone else in the setting, and raw magical power that puts him just below the gods — and, being still hyuman, he can improve with training. And does. By the time Tomoe and Mio stop him from abusing a Zen Archery meditation technique that was causing his mana capacity to grow exponentially, he is "1 step below the Goddess."
Power Incontinence: Makoto cannot help but leak out ungodly amounts of mana, which is akin to "several demon lords appearing at once." He does this on accident. It's so bad that he has to wear several Power Limiters and use his Realm/Sakai ability to conceal his mana from others.
Power Limiter: Makoto has to wear several types at the same time — multiple rings (each meant to make a normal person completely unable to use magic) and a full suit of clothing (which should be fatal to wear due to the mana drain) and has to use Realm/Sakai to contain and reduce his power before either of the other two methods just for them to work — just to hide his power. Anyone else wearing any of those items would be struck dead by the mana drain — they merely catch the runoff from Makoto's abilities.
Readings Are Off the Scale: The actual reason he's listed as level 1 by the adventurer Class and Level System is that he'd already exceeded the maximum power level of that system from the moment he arrived in the Goddess's world.
Reluctant Ruler: Gradually takes races into his alternate universe. He isn't exactly cut out for it.
Sex God: After he finally hooks up with Mio and Tomoe his Physical God stamina and mana pool from living on Earth and his constant training over the series turn out to have numerous applications in bed. Tomoe eventually asks her Really Gets Around subordinate Lime if he has any tips after even both of them, despite being legendary monsters, can't manage to outlast Makoto's seemingly bottomless stamina.
Sociopathic Hero: Makoto has struggled with feeling empathy since he was a child, which caused many to be unnerved by his behavior. To compensate, he began training himself to react in ways that people would expect, such as crying at death, but he knows on an intellectual level that any emotions he may display in that moment are solely fabricated. When the hyuman supremacists cause Tomoe to go into a coma and kill several people of the demiplane, Makoto tracks down and methodically kills the leader, the only thing he felt the entire time being Tranquil Fury. Only after she's dead does he break down, not because he's actually upset since he had no issue with killing her, but just because his body has been conditioned to react in such a way. While he's initially concerned that he's being negatively influenced by his contracts with his servants, they all make clear that Makoto's reaction was entirely his own, spurred on by sheer rage at one of his few emotional attachments being put in danger.
Stock Light-Novel Hero: Reconstructed. Makoto Misumi has the Story-Breaker Power most Isekai type heroes have, but everyone who understands this about him treats him like a living Doomsday Device, one that must be kept far away from politics and taking sides in conflicts, lest he starts wiping out civilizations. Fortunately for the world, he's more interested in being a merchant...Which he's less than talented at. As for his appearance, the goddess he was summoned to serve found him ugly and sent him out of sight. And his companions are balanced between men and women, and while the women are interested in him, he's a Celibate Hero (And even distrusting a few of them), Until he consummates a proper harem.
Story-Breaker Power: Makoto's mana is way past absurd. This, combined with his Realm/Sakai ability given to him by Tsukuyomi, makes him beyond overpowered. Especially when 'simply using this power can make him stronger'.
Stern Teacher: Whether he is training his demi-human followers or students, he doesn't hold back. He pushes them to their limits regularly and then makes them reflect on what they failed at. The only reason he isn't a Sadist Teacher is he doesn't get off on their failure and punishment. He genuinely wants them to get stronger and is just using Training from Hell to push those who have the drive.
Talking with Signs: Because the Goddess didn't initially give him the ability to speak Common, Makoto couldn't directly talk to anyone. He can understand the language well enough thanks to his "Mastery of Words" ability, and Emma tried teaching him, but he often resorted to just creating speech bubbles using magic to talk, using the excuse that he was cursed and left mute as a result. He only gains the ability to speak Common after the Goddess is forced to hold up her end of the bargain when he stops a war in Limia's capital.
Training from Hell: Makoto was put through various training by his parents who knew he would eventually be sent to the other world. This included training his archery without wearing his glasses, as well as living on Earth, a world without mana and with heavier gravity than the other world, which naturally trained his ability to use magic and to move his body.
Tranquil Fury: Makoto finally snaps after a group of hyuman supremacist adventurers he teleported to Asora to save from their own racist stupidity decide to pillage the place, causing an explosion that kills all but the adventurer's leader, harms several hundred Asora residents, kills several side characters, and puts Tomoe into a coma. He calmly follows her through the gate, entraps the woman in his own version of Tomoe's mist, and calmly and methodically defends against her attack, cuts both her arms off at just past the elbow with a small dagger, kicks her violently to the ground, and slits her throat. He only has an emotional reaction after the fact.
- Said emotional reaction isn't because he actually cares about the deaths, it's because his parents told him that it's sad when things die and his body is reacting to that over any actual emotional attachment to the situation.
Unskilled, but Strong: While in the Goddess's world, combat is still new to Makoto but he compensates for it with his superhuman body and the ridiculous amount of mana he has. Somewhat averted when it comes to archery, as he's not only quite skilled in it but was trained in a combat form of it, but he still lacked enough practical experience to use it effectively at first.
Villain Protagonist: Not normally, though he's not exactly "heroic" either given his way of handling problems for himself and those around him. When glimpses are made into alternate universes, however, Makoto is singlehandedly the centerpiece of the world ending for a variety of different reasons, to the point that one specific Makoto became a universe-ending Omnicidal Maniac. Thus, a large amount of the story focuses on preventing Makoto from becoming a Villain Protagonist as a result, even if no one actually realizes it until much later on.

Tomoe

Tomoe / Supreme Dragon of Mirages Shen

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura (Japanese), Monica Rial (English), Víctor Covarrubias (dragon) and Valca Ponzanelli (hyuman) (Latin Spanish)

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A Supreme Dragon who made a contract with Makoto after peering into his memories and becoming obsessed with the history of Japan.

Beautiful Slave Girl: Subverted when it comes to being a slave, but after Makoto gains feelings for her, her beauty starts to show more.
Beauty Equals Goodness: Tomoe is extremely beautiful and considering her easy-going personality as well as her devotion to Makoto, that pretty much says it all.
Combat Pragmatist: While pretending to be a Samurai, she can be very underhanded in her tactics and trains them to Toa's team as well. Rather than directly attack some monsters with water magic, if they have mouths they breathe through within reach of one's magic, cover their respiratory openings and drown them.
Cosplay: Her sarashi and hakama outfit is specifically meant to copy the look of the samurai from the historical Japanese dramas she loves so much.
Costume Evolution: Starts out with a very revealing kimono getup, only to switch to a more conservative hakama because she wants to cosplay as a samurai.
Drill Sergeant Nasty: Her idea of training is more like absolute torture.
Foreign Culture Fetish: Loves all things Japanese, but especially samurai and detective stories.
Immune to Mind Control: She is proven immune to both Tomoki's Charm Person and Mora's dragon-taming.
Intrigued by Humanity: She's fascinated by the culture of Earth, especially historical Japanese dramas, and ends up joining up with Makoto to get access to more of it by talking with him and viewing his memories.
Katanas Are Just Better: Naturally given how she fangirls about samurai; her weapon of choice is a katana.
Kimono Fanservice: Starts out in a kimono with the shoulders off and the font completely open on the bottom, making her chest and legs stand out.
Knight Errant: While she has a master, Makoto invokes this concept while they are moving from the destroyed Zetsuya to Tsige. If she wants to rise in levels to match Mio's 1500, she should follow this creed, help people out, fight monsters, and get stronger. Tomoe jumps onto the idea and leaves Makoto for a few weeks.
Long Hair Is Feminine: Her long beautiful turquoise hair adds to her good looks.
Master of Illusion: The power she governs over as a Superior Dragon. Apart from making illusions to fool her opponents, she can No-Sell attacks and kill people by turning them into illusions.
Morphic Resonance: Her wavy turquoise hair and ruby red lizard eyes are shared between her dragon and human forms.
Murder the Hypotenuse: Downplayed. She doesn't want Toa dead, as that will upset Makoto because of her uncanny resemblance to someone dear to Makoto in his old world. She wants Toa just gone from his sights and not someone he has to worry about so he will have fewer lingering ties to Earth and consider leaving her if he gets a chance to return. To that end, she is harsh in her training Toa and her adventurer party to strengthen them up as per Makoto's request she do so.
Obfuscating Stupidity: When Falz gives a lecture to Makoto on how travel between different dimensions works, Tomoe (who was also listening) maintains an attentive expression but says to Makoto afterwards that she couldn't understand any of it. Afterwards, Falz calls Tomoe out on the lie in a private conversation, since the topic involves spatial magic, which is one of her specialties, and she admits she was lying to prevent Makoto trying to leave her.
Protectorate: When she recruits Lime as her agent, she not only offers him a large sum of money, she promises to do her best to protect what he cares about most, the orphanage he came from, if he serves her to the best of his abilities.
Sadist: Whenever she trains the other warriors and adventurers, her methods and tests are extremely tough and difficult which she takes a sadistic pleasure in witnessing.
Sarashi: Starts binding her chest with a white cloth strip after switching to her samurai cosplay.
Single-Target Sexuality: After being defeated by Makoto and gaining her human form, Tomoe only has affections for Makoto as she only attempts to flirt with and have sex with him. She gets her wish later on and even wants Makoto to impregnate her.
Undying Loyalty: After forming a contract with Makoto and gaining her human form, Tomoe is only devoted to Makoto and will harm or kill anyone who insults or harms him.
Violently Protective Girlfriend: Other than her Undying Loyalty to Makoto, she won't think twice of killing or harming the people who threaten Makoto.

Mio

Mio / The Black Spider of Calamity

Voiced by: Akari Kitou (Japanese), Kara Edwards (English), César Beltrán (spider) and Diana Nolan (hyuman) (Latin Spanish)

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A giant black spider that was driven insane by hunger and terrorized the wastelands in search of sustenance. After Makoto inadvertently sates her hunger for the first time with his massive mana pool, she forms a contract with him and becomes Makoto's second subordinate.

Beauty Equals Goodness: Even described by Makoto as cute and beautiful, Mio has supreme beauty on her side and given her personality, that says it all.
Combat Hand Fan: Uses a fan as her weapon of choice.
Combat Sadomasochist: Invoked in the anime adaptation. When she and Makoto first battle, whenever Makoto blasts her with his spells, she emits what are very clearly sounds of pleasure. Makoto even refers to her as a "pervert" after blasting her with enough of his magic to temporarily exhaust himself. She promptly regenerates and wraps her mandibles around him in her equivalent of a hug whilst ecstatically praising him for the "meal" their battle gave her. Tomoe can only watch the exchange and disbelievingly call her a "real pervert".
Mio: You're incredible. Amazing! It hurts so much. It tastes so delicious. It feels so good. I've never felt so fulfilled.
The Dreaded: As the Black Calamity Spider.
Eat the Evidence: Early on the team disposes of bodies of enemies by having Mio devour them whole with her Extreme Omnivore abilities.
Extreme Omnivore: She is capable of eating just about anything, so long as it's physical, and happily would eat whatever she could wrap her fangs around prior to meeting Makoto. Justified in that she was hungry not so much food as for mana, and so everything she ate was just a means of trying in vain to fill her enormous mana pool. Once Makoto ended her maddening hunger, she slowly learned to appreciate and value the taste of whatever she was eating.
Foreign Culture Fetish: Gains an appreciation of anime and tokusatsu (super sentai) shows when she observes the memories Tomoe was organizing and translating, although not to the extent of Tomoe.
Healing Factor: What's kept her alive for so long is her ability to regenerate from damage inflicted to her. In fact, she can absorb mana from spells used on her, which is how Makoto inadvertently feeds her whilst attempting to kill her.
Hidden Depths: A foodie, as befitting her original form, Mio becomes interested in cooking and becomes a surprisingly talented chef.
Horror Hunger: Prior to meeting Makoto, she was so maddened with hunger that she attacked and devoured anything she could find mindlessly. Being fulfilled by his mana is the only thing that brought back her ability to reason.
Interplay of Sex and Violence: She is turned on when Makoto hurts her, even if the intent was non-intimate. For example, when he bonks her as punishment for frightening a child, she winces and tries to justify her actions, but the hearts in her eyes still signify her arousal.
Love Bubbles: In the anime adaptation, when hugging Makoto after he feeds her, she is surrounded by glowing pink hearts, pink bubbles, and glittering motes of golden light, to showcase that she has become enamored with him.
Magic Is Feminine: She is the most feminine member of the main cast, and she fights using magic spells and hexes. Even when she does use more physical strikes, it's always bolstered by magic.
Names to Run Away from Really Fast: "The Black Spider of Calamity", an extreme omnivore with near-instant healing and the ability to absorb mana.
Sadist: She relishes in seeing her enemies suffer, especially those who threaten or harm Makoto.
Seductive Spider: She is coded as a hypersexual sadomasochist right from the start, moaning in pleasure while fighting against Makoto in her giant spider form, being so excited by her injuries and the taste of his blood that both he and Tomoe call her a "pervert". After the battle, she declares that she will follow Makoto and belong to him for the rest of her life, and repeatedly tries to coax him into bed with her.
Single-Target Sexuality: She loves Makoto so much that if the link between them was separated or broken then she will not be able to think rationally and will become angry to the point of harming anyone who harms him.
Spider People: Only in the sense that she's normally a Giant Spider but has the ability to assume a human form.
Supreme Chef: Learned how to cook to impress Makoto. Initially, she was a Lethal Chef since, as an Extreme Omnivore she had a poor understanding of what others could eat and would cook with things such as gemstones under the assumption that the only reason Makoto didn't eat buildings was that they were uncooked.
Undying Loyalty: Just like Tomoe, after having a contract with Makoto (was unconscious at this time) and gaining a human form, she is extremely devoted to him and will harm or kill anyone who attempts to harm Makoto.
Yandere: Mio is extremely possessive and doting on her "Waka-sama," and being originally a non-sentient abomination she lacks a lot of the morals and civilized common sense that the others have. Makoto is often more worried about Mio's overreactions to things than anything else in a given situation.

Shiki

Shiki / Larva the Lich

Voiced by: Kenjiro Tsuda (Japanese), Ben Balmaceda (English), Arturo Cataño (Latin Spanish)

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A hyuman who turned himself into a lich long ago to get more time to study magic. He made a contract with Makoto after being defeated in battle.

Berserk Button: Insulting Makoto. When the two of them arrived in Rostgard, they encountered four students who insulted Makoto's looks and ignored him. Makoto immediately was grateful Shiki was his companion as Mio and Tomoe would want to kill them. Shiki then asks Makoto if he could kill these hyumans for their insult.
Body Surf: During his time as a lich, Shiki had a history of doing this for his own ends. When a demon encounters him after he made a servant contract with Makoto, they think he's just stolen another body and is tricking Makoto about it, a misconception Shiki doesn't deny so that they don't learn the truth about Makoto's true strength.
Cool Teacher: Alongside Makoto in the latter's Raidou persona.
Hot in Human Form: Initially, he had a skeletal appearance in his lich form. As a hyuman, he is a handsome young man with long silky locks and a muscular build. Though a demon later implies that this form actually belonged to another hyuman that Shiki stole it from somehow, which he doesn't outright deny (though later it's revealed that this was a misunderstanding by the demon, which Shiki encouraged to misdirect them from the truth).
Long-Haired Pretty Boy: In his hyuman form, he's a Bishōnen with long red hair.
Mad Scientist: Originally became a lich in order to have more time to carry out experiments in crossing dimensions. This trait remains after he becomes a hyuman again, though he's usually either more subtle about it or gets Makoto's permission for his experiments, often using euphemisms in his wording (though Shiki thinks Makoto knows more about he's talking than is actually the case).
Not So Above It All: Is the Only Sane Man in comparison to Makoto's servants. The key phrase is "in comparison." He was a lich who willingly abandoned his flesh to seek immortality, leaving most of his humanity behind in the process.
- He is not above using hyumans or others in experiments if he sees the opportunity (such as with the fruits grown in Asora once it's discovered they have magically enhancing properties). He thinks that Makoto sees his students in the same light, though he is careful not to do anything that would directly cause issues for Makoto.
- When Lime is kidnapped, and Shiki and Makoto realize a Superior Dragon with ties to the demons, granting them telepathy-blocking powers too so Lime cannot be contacted he goes into evil mode thinking about all the means of torture and suffering on those who have captured Lime. He ignores Makoto when the latter tries to calm him down. When Lime saves himself and is able to contact Makoto and Shiki, Shiki is enraged that Lime did this and couldn't wait ten more minutes for Shiki to formulate the best plan to unleash all kinds of suffering on their enemies.
Only Sane Man: As the only former hyuman of Makoto's retainers, he is an island of sanity compared to the others. That said, this is a relative point as he can still jump off the deep end when pushed to it.
Revive Kills Zombie: Averted. Unlike other typical undead, healing magic is one of his specialties. Makoto is openly disillusioned by the thought of a White Mage Lich.
Took a Level in Badass: When he first joins Makoto and gains a hyuman form, he is so weak he can barely run. By the time Shiki and Makoto get to Rotsgard, he is able to run and keep up in a mock battle with Makoto.
Weak, but Skilled: He is far weaker than Tomoe or Mio, but he makes up for it with his large knowledge base.

Tamaki

Tamaki / Touda the Wicked Fire General

A servant that was gifted to Makoto by Susanoo, who was once a legendary spirit associated with various tales about Abe no Seimei.

Been There, Shaped History: "Touda" was the name of one of the twelve divine familiars of Abe no Seimei in legend. Tamaki similarly alludes to various events she's been involved in in Japan's past.
Enigmatic Minion:
- Makoto is absolutely convinced that she is not to be trusted and has a second agenda, having previously been a minor deity of Earth and a servant to Earth's gods, which hinted that she was something much more malevolent than a mere servant.
- Beyond just where she came from, part of his distrust is him having an epiphany when meeting her gaze — It was filled with evil — or more specifically, malice. It's enough to send him into a minor existential crisis and then ask Rembrandt to teach him about evil — and conflict.
The Magnificent: Tamaki used to be known as "Touda the Wicked Fire General." Though this makes her one of the Familiars of Abe no Seimei in legend, Makoto does not pick up on it.

Asora

As a whole

A village founded in the special dimension accidentally created by Makoto, populated by various demi-human and monster races who have pledged loyalty to Makoto as thanks for the opportunity to live in such a fertile land (especially in comparison to places like the wastelands).

Overshadowed by Awesome: Individually, the various races that live in Asora would be among the toughest enemies one could make in the other world (special mention goes to the Alkey, where a large band of high-level adventurers is required to take down just one Alkey). However, they simply can't measure up to Makoto, Tomoe or Mio. This actually starts to cause a bit of a problem, as their pride couldn't take being repeatedly curb-stomped whenever they train with those three, prompting Tomoe to create the Special Dimension Tournament, a frequent contest that would determine the strongest villager among themselves (not counting Makoto or his servants), while anyone not interested could take up other professions like farmers or carpenters.
Undying Loyalty: Collectively, the races living in Asora are utterly loyal to Makoto, and it's easy to understand why. Even with some of the challenges that come with living in the special dimension (such as weather and even seasons that change seemingly at random), it's a much more livable place than their previous homes, where they are free to pursue their own lives with no conditions from Makoto (though Mio and especially Tomoe are a bit more demanding at times).

Emma

Voiced by: Saori Hayami (Japanese), Tia Ballard (English), Rossy Aguirre (Latin Spanish)

A Highland Orc girl, and the first resident of the world that Makoto meets after being tossed into the Wastelands by the Goddess. After being saved by Makoto from being sacrificed, then having her village moved from the Wastelands to the other realm, Emma becomes a devoted follower of his and serves as an indispensable aide in the daily running of Asora.

Human Sacrifice: Well, orc sacrifice to be exact. Her village had been forced by whom they thought was the Supreme Dragon Shin (in reality a plot by some Demons - Shin/Tomoe had no idea about it) to sacrifice one of their own every year to appease their tormentor. Emma was to be the latest sacrifice before Makoto interfered.
Hypercompetent Sidekick: While not nearly as strong as Makoto or his servants, she not only displays an impressive knowledge of magic (teaching Makoto the basics of it, and even impressing Tomoe later when Makoto needs to be healed after his fight with Mio in her Black Calamity form), she shows a great aptitude in running the day to day affairs of Asora, even wrangling the likes of Tomoe and Mio to do some work when needed. It's safe to say that Asora might not function even half as well without her assistance.
No Badass to His Valet: Once she comes to know Mio, Tomoe, and Makoto, she loses the fear she had because of their greater power differences. She is a Highland Orc and the other three are powerhouses who could level cities without much effort, but her administration of Asora comes first. To that end she will persuade, coerce, and even blackmail Mio and Tomoe into doing their jobs in translating Makoto's memories so others can understand from them. While she is more deferential to Makoto, she is also honest with him on how he must comport himself as the Lord of Asora before the residents and insists he act in a more noble manner towards the common folk.
Rescue Romance: Makoto briefly worries this might happen after he saves Emma from a monster dog, but it's ultimately averted; Emma is initially terrified of Makoto after he appears out of nowhere and casually kicks a monster in half, but rolls with the situation after quickly realising that fighting or fleeing isn't really an option. While she's later grateful and very loyal to Makoto after everything he's done for her and her village, there are never any hints of romantic affection in their relationship.
Sacred Hospitality: For saving her life, Emma brings Makoto into her village, feeds him, and teaches him some basics of magic.
Took a Level in Badass: She starts the series as normal Highland Orc, but during her months living in Asora allows her time to study magic and get better magical tools from the Dwarves. As such, when the residents of Asora test their magic on an enchanted stone, Tomoe notes that Emma is one of the strongest Orcs now as a powerful mage with both attack and support powers.

Highland Orcs

The first tribe of sentient creatures that Makoto encountered in the other world. Living a harsh existence in the wastelands, made worse by a demand for Human Sacrifice from "Shin" (in reality a group of demons trying to manipulate the tribe), they were saved from both the sacrifices and the wastelands by Makoto and Tomoe when they were offered a place in the much more fertile "special dimension" inadvertently created by Makoto.

Had to Be Sharp: Due to living in the wastelands, a remote region that unfortunately lives up to that name, the orcs had become as strong and knowledgable as they could simply to survive.
Our Orcs Are Different: They physically resemble humanoid boars and pigs, and are at least as intelligent as any other race in the setting. There may also be "variants," as Lime Latte was initially dismissive of being told to fight an orc, thinking it would be too easy a fight for an adventurer of his rank, before being told he was fighting a Highland orc, prompting an Oh, Crap! reaction right before suffering a Curb-Stomp Battle. It's unclear if there are any physical differences between "regular" orcs and their Highland cousins, or if it's just the result of the Highland orcs living in such an unforgiving environment like the wastelands.

Elder Dwarves

A clan of dwarves famed for their talents as craftsmen. They swore loyalty to Makoto after he saved them from the Black Spider of Calamity, which had been devouring many of their masterpieces for centuries (being led to believe that Mio was merely a woman under a curse of being the Spider, rather than having always been the Spider). After being invited to live in Asora, they would lend their skills to the various needs of the village and Makoto himself, including the rings and clothing he would use to help hide his mana.

The Blacksmith: This is basically their defining trait; it's implied that even compared to regular dwarves, their craftsmanship is second to none. That said, they do work with materials besides metals, including Makoto's signature coat (though its creator is thought of as a bit of a weirdo by the other elder dwarves, and even he thinks Makoto's weird for actually liking the coat).
Defector from Decadence: With their skills, they could easily live in luxury and respect (at least as much as demi-humans can in hyuman society), but they have some significant philosophical issues with the Goddess's teachings that they can't ignore, creating some distance between them and the rest of civilization in the other world.
Our Dwarves Are All the Same: They tick a lot of the fantasy dwarf stereotype checkpoints (short, bearded, expert craftsman), to the point that Makoto figures out their deal practically on sight, which they take as Makoto being very knowledgeable/observant.

Lizardmen

A tribe of lizardmen that were favored by Tomoe during her time as Shin, mostly due to the notable blue hue of their scales being pleasing to her, and they in turn worshipped her. While the Highland Orcs and Elder Dwarves were preparing to move into the special dimension, Tomoe invited the lizardmen to live in the same dimension, an invitation they happily accepted, pledging their Undying Loyalty to Makoto alongside the other new residents.

Lizard Folk: It's in the name really. Notably, they don't seem as "savage" as most other examples in fantasy fiction, acting basically the same as the other residents of the special dimension. They also seem to have a strong focus on teamwork in their combat techniques, based on some speculation from Makoto (which their reaction confirms to be true).

Alkies

A race of spider people that are similar to Mio in a lot of ways, including a unending appetite that drove them to madness before Mio shared Makoto's mana with them and restored their sanity. Though much fewer in number than the other Asora tribes (only having four members, with a fifth one having been killed previously), they are perhaps the toughest individually (barring Makoto and his direct servants).

Elite Mooks: Individually, an alky is much stronger than any of the other residents of Asora (the one that was killed before required a joint effort from several high-level adventurers), though they likely don't have as much combat training due to being mad from hunger for most of their lives till now.
Hidden Depths: Despite being virtually mindless monsters for most of their lives due to their Horror Hunger, they prove to be surprisingly intelligent and quick to learn when that hunger is satisfied. One of them even began to study medicine!
Horror Hunger: Like Mio, they suffered from a severe lack of mana that sent them into madness, only being rescued from said madness when Mio gave them some of Makoto's mana, which was enough to satiate their hunger like it did with her.
Mini Mook: Compared to Mio anyway. They share several traits with her (the Horror Hunger, being much stronger than many around them, can easily learn new skills despite having been practically feral for most of their lives), which is likely why she invited them to Asora in the first place. It should be noted that though they're similar, their abilities are nowhere near as strong as Mio's (for example, while Mio can happily eat literally ''anything'', the alkies can die from something poisonous if they ingest it).
Spider People: Their true form is of a vaguely humanoid upper torso with an arachnid body for legs and a head that's a mix between the two (Imagine a drider but with a smoother and less hairy appearance).
Voluntary Shapeshifting: They are capable of hiding their true form and looking like hyumans, though it took some practice to maintain their hyuman form without slipping.

Forest Ogres

A village of demihumans encountered by Makoto and Mio when they accidentally trespassed in their forest. After their scouts initially attacked him, they seemingly apologized and invited him to feast, with the intent of either poisoning him or inflicting a particularly nasty curse on him, only to learn that (a). Makoto is way too powerful to actually do anything to him and (b). he had the support to Tomoe, a.k.a. Shin who had previously acted as a patron for them. They quickly changed sides, and have worked with him since.Also, they are not dark elves, they are Forest Ogres!

Break the Haughty: They initially looked down on Makoto as just another hyuman, until they learned that he was more than they bargained for. Their pride was truly broken though during a training camp where they had to fight against Makoto, Tomoe and Mio separately. While those against Tomoe and Mio were simply defeated, Makoto simply kept his Realm barrier up, letting the Forest Ogres exhaust themselves until they could only yell and beat against the barrier in frustration, only for Makoto to launch a barrage of brids to make the point clear.
Insistent Terminology: Despite looking (and for intents and purposes, basically are) dark elves, they insist that they are "forest ogres". It's later explained that it's more or less a matter of philosophy, as a way to differentiate themselves from their elven cousins who regularly commune with spirits for their needs while the "forest ogres" prefer to use their own skills to study and work with nature.

Hyumans

Lime Latte

Voiced by: Taku Yashiro (Japanese), Aaron Campbell (English)

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A womanizing adventurer who is hired by Makoto's company and becomes Tomoe's subordinate.

The Atoner: To make things right after being tricked by the Witch Doctor, he decides to retire from being an Adventurer, and instead becomes an employee at the Kuzunoha Company, specifically under Tomoe acting as her vassal and spy.
Expository Hairstyle Change: After he quits being an Adventurer, he cuts his wild Anime Hair much shorter, making it more subdued to represent his newfound desire to be The Atoner.
Friend to All Children: One of the main reasons he was an Adventurer was so he could support the orphanage he grew up in, and he's shown to have a good relationship with the kids there.
Half-Human Hybrid:While originally fully hyuman, he's made into a half-dragon by Tomoe granting him some of her blood.
Katanas Are Just Better: After she broke his old sword, Tomoe gifted him with one made by the dwarves, which now serves as his primary weapon.
Unwitting Pawn: Lime was tricked into putting a Level 8 Curse on the women of the Rembrandt Family by a Witch Doctor, the Doctor praying on his resentment towards Patrick Rembrandt for driving the Adventurers out of business, his desire to protect the orphanage, and claiming the curse would only put the family into a deep sleep until Patrick acquiesced to their demands. When he finds out the truth, he's horrified and immediately rushes to apologize to the Rembrandt Family.

Demons

Io

Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki (Japanese), William Ofoegbu (English)

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The "Demi-Giant". A field commander of the demon army in command of Stella Fortress. He fights against Hibiki's and Tomoki's parties during their assault.

Affably Evil: He is very respectful, complementing Hibiki's party during their fight and scolding Tomoki for not introducing himself.
Multi-Armed and Dangerous: He has four arms.
Turns Red: After his fight with Hibiki goes on for a night and he gets serious damage done to him, he unleashes his full power and his blue skin turns a crimson red.

Gods

Tsukuyomi

Voiced by: Tomoaki Maeno (Japanese), Reagan Murdock (English), Beto Castillo (Latin Spanish)

The Japanese god of the Moon. He is the one who selected Makoto to become the hero.

Almighty Janitor: He literally helps every other Deity on Earth with their duties, to the point that they have difficulty actually doing their jobs when he's out of commission.
The Chooser of the One: It is his choice which of Makoto's siblings or himself would be selected to fulfill the debt their parents owe to the Goddess. It isn't said why he selected Makoto over his elder sister.
Enigmatic Empowering Entity: Played with. Initially, all he is supposed to do is help free the restraints living on Earth has on a Hyuman body so Makoto could utilize his natural strength in this new world. However, the Goddess' callous dismissal of Makoto and dumping him hundreds of feet in the air pushes Tsukuyomi to bless Makoto with some of his own power as an apology, even if the journey tires him out and he needs to rest for centuries.
God of the Moon: He's Tsukuyomi-no-Mikoto, the deity who rules over the moon in Japanese Mythology.
Mystical White Hair: He's a moon god with long white hair that reaches the floor.
Small Role, Big Impact: He chooses Makoto to be the hero which kickstarts the whole plot.

The Goddess/Bug

Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Japanese), Jennifer Au Buchon (English), Luz Menchaca (Latin Spanish)

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The goddess of the world that Makoto is summoned to. Incredibly shallow and obsessed with beauty, she regularly prioritizes her own whims over actually maintaining the peace and safety of her world.

Beauty Is Bad: She's a beautiful goddess who dislikes all non-humans simply because they don't fit her aesthetic sense of beauty.
Beyond Redemption: Considering how she feels nothing for all the suffering she caused, her vicious actions make it clear that she's beyond help and is completely incorrigible.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She acts rather nice to the two heroes she chose herself. Although that doesn't mean they trust her.
Entitled Bitch: Just because she is the goddess of the world, she thinks she can do anything she wants without consequence, luckily this may not happen for much longer as the other gods are sick of her bullshit.
Evil Is Petty: Her sole interaction with Makoto has her show that she regards him as less than an insect, purely because she finds him ugly.
Expy: She's basically Aqua without any of the qualities that made her even remotely endearing.
Face of an Angel, Mind of a Demon: She may look like an innocent and kind soul on the outside but, the goddess is an evil deity with an extremely rotten personality.
Fantastic Racism: Humans are the only ones who get her blessing, which allows them to drive out all the other races and dominate.
A Form You Are Comfortable With: Downplayed. While she still looks human, she takes on different ages when dealing with Hibiki and Tomoki. She didn't bother putting on a show for Makoto.
For the Evulz: She had no reason to make Makoto suffer or commit her evil deeds, but she does it anyway just because she just loves to see him and everyone suffer.
God of Evil: She is the goddess of the world Makoto was summoned to and is nothing but pure evil which makes her absolutely deplorable.
Greater-Scope Villain: It seems that most, if not all of the suffering any demihuman goes through is because of her blessing to the humans.
Hate Crimes Are a Special Kind of Evil: Anyone other than humans are pretty much worth nothing in her eyes and shouldn't have existed which is one of the main reasons Makoto hates her guts.
Hate Sink: There is nothing redeemable about her. Her entire lack of any kind of empathy toward "undesirables" has caused countless suffering, and she doesn't care.
It's All About Me: This pretty much sums up her character as she is manipulative and spiteful to everyone just to get what she wants.
Jerkass: Considering her arrogant personality, she's extremely snide and sadistic.
Karma Houdini Warranty:
- Her position isn't as secure as she thinks it is. Makoto's power is said to be at least approaching hers, and Tsukuyomi states that he and the other gods intend to punish her for what she's done.
- Waterfall of the Superior Dragons states later in the story that she is no longer capable of stopping Makoto if he came after her and tries to have Makoto sealed away or leave their dimension entirely, he personally hopes Makoto just goes back home.
Kick the Dog: Does this to Makoto during their first meeting as she only gave him the ability to learn the world's languages and nothing else just to spite him.
Lack of Empathy: Has no concern for Makoto or anyone else who are not humans in her demiplane as she sees him and non-humans as nothing more than trash.
Light Is Not Good: She wears mostly lighter clothing and has light all around her, but deep down she is an evil and sinister goddess who has no qualms for anything but her own ambitions which blinds the public from her egotistical behavior.
Manipulative Bitch: To the humans, as she manages to deceive them into praising and worshipping her which gives her the status of a Villain with Good Publicity.
Narcissist: Her only priority is herself and will only be concerned with something when it comes to the hyumans worshipping her, given how she sees them as her only worthy followers or just pawns.
Sadist: Loves to see Makoto suffer along with anyone else she deems as a lower being.
Smug Snake: Arrogant, callous, and egotistical, she generally believes that because of her god powers and abilities she is the only person that really matters.
The Sociopath: Has no conscience and doesn't care about any of her actions causing pain and suffering to the innocent.
Stupid Evil: She just can't help but cause havoc for no other reason than pure sadistic pleasure which will eventually screw her over as the other gods are getting sick of her crap.
Villain with Good Publicity: She is the goddess of the world Makoto is summoned to and the humans look up to her, but they are unaware of her truly malicious nature.

Other Heroes

Hibiki Otonashi

Voiced by: Ai Kakuma (Japanese), Katie Wetch (English)

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A classmate of Makoto's who is called to the new world by Goddess "Bug".

Be Careful What You Wish For: She breezes through every battle Princess Lily chooses for her party as a training regimen, so she chooses to go after The Spider of Calamity, hoping for a challenge. She and her party get utterly stomped, managing to escape with their lives by the skin of their teeth, and it's only the first battle she would face where they are in way, way over their heads. Her hyuman supremacist party even challenges Mio and a couple of dwarves to a spar because they don't want to work under "inferior" demi-humans and get stomped again!
Becoming the Mask: Downplayed. She initially only tried seducing Lime because she knew he worked for the Kuzunoha Company and wanted to weaken Makoto's reach. When she actually proposes to him though and he turns her down, she makes clear to Lime she's not gonna give up and will convince him to marry her one day, while noting to herself how being rejected instantly by him hurt, making clear Hibiki has fallen in love with Lime.
Broken Ace: She mastered every sport and academic subject in school and it all left her utterly bored. She jumped at the goddess's call to come to the new world, expecting a challenge for the first time in her life. Until she met Mio as "The Spider of Calamity" she was still bored out of her skull, everything coming to her way, way too easily.
Broken Bird: She is visibly shaken by her parties defeat at the hands of pre-transformation Mio. Its has only gotten worse with the loss of Navarre.
Deconstructed Character Archetype: While she possesses both talent and superhuman charisma, Japanese high school life does in no way prepare you for a life of killing monsters and losing your party members.
Dramatic Irony: She completely gets her clock cleaned by Mio when the latter was mad with hunger as the Spider of Calamity and swears revenge. They meet again in Mikoto's store and she asks Mio for help to defeat the giant spider, not realizing they're one and the same.
Humble Pie: Her defeat at Mio's hands twice, once as Spider of Calamity and once as Mio has taught her humility and patience, because she no longer can simply expect to coast through every battle or experience.
Magnetic Hero: Enforced, as among the skills granted to her is charisma. She gets the cynical Navarre to join her party, and even accidentally draws Chiya into her group, causing a diplomatic incident with her homeland.
Mentor Archetype: She's the one who teaches Mio how to cook, realizing that the problem isn't that Mio has no sense of taste, but rather that while her palette is actually quite refined, she has such an insanely high tolerance that the word "inedible" wasn't in her dictionary. It takes weeks for Mio to develop a more normal range of flavors so that others can actually eat, and enjoy, her cooking without ill effects.
Not Quite the Right Thing: When she learns how utterly supremacist hyuman society is to the demi-humans, she suggests instituting slavery, as that would be better than genocide, and expecting that hyuman society would get tired of slavery eventually, just like society on Earth did. She fails to consider that it took thousands of years and a particularly bloody civil war before Earth society came to see slavery as inherently evil, and slavery on Earth made discrimination worse not better.
Out of Focus: While the manga would jump to showing her side adventures, in season one of the anime, she is mentioned once by the Goddess when she dismisses Makoto and seen once when Makoto narrates about the battle the Goddess drops him into against his will.

Tomoki Iwahashi

Voiced by: Ryohei Arai (Japanese), Corey Wilder (English)

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The second of the "heroes" chosen by Goddess "Bug".

Adults Are Useless: He did report the bullying he received to school authorities and police. At best, nobody believed him.
Berserk Button: If one challenges his mental image of his own heroism and position of Hero, he reacts violently. When Lime Latte calls him out after being shaken free of Tomoki's Charm power, Tomoki's response is to scream he is the Hero and stabs the victim with his lance, like a toddler being told "No."
Brainwashing for the Greater Good: What he thinks he's doing when he uses his charm magic on people. He uses charm magic to surround himself with a harem of very talented beauties to share his bed and give him the tools he needs on his "heroic quest to save the world," uses it on the masses to maintain his morale by having them praise his actions and uses it on random merchants or people he encounters if he can get them to do things for him to make his quest and his life easier. He pointedly refuses to believe any of this is wrong, even if it's pointed out to him that people freed from his charm magic are often suicidal because of how badly they believe they've betrayed themselves and their ethics.
Charm Person: Deconstructed. The Goddess granted him the ability to charm others by gaze, and he abused the hell out of it after coming to the new world. He has built himself a harem of brainwashed beauties that he routinely has sex with, only agreeing because they're charmed, making the consent questionable, at best. People who are freed from his charms are often suicidal because of how atrocious they see their actions under his thrall, and he sees himself as a good person only because he's surrounded by people telling him he's a good person as a direct result of being mind-controlled in the first place.
Deconstructed Character Archetype: He portrays what happens to a horribly abused teen who is whisked to another world and granted superpowers, especially an ability to use charm magic. He proceeds to abuse said powers to make himself believe he's a good guy and have throngs of people worship him.
Dirty Coward: He genuinely thinks he's a hero and flaunts his powers to get his way, but the moment he faces a genuine threat, he bails, abandoning his allies. Several of Hibiki's closest friends and companions died as a result.
Entitled Bastard: When he first meets Tomoe and she's sporting a katana, for self-defense, he immediately claims said katana should be rightfully his and that she should hand it over. When she refuses, he tries to mind-control her, as he did to Latte, to make him think giving up his katana was a good idea. When that doesn't work, he gets Princess Lily to use her authority to have dragon taming magic used against Tomoe, resulting in all three, Tomoki, Lily, and the dragon tamer, getting a smack-down and being banned from Makoto's store, permanently.
Entitled to Have You: To both Mio and Tomoe. When he learns of them and that both of them are far stronger than any of the girls in his own brainwashed harem, he tries cornering Makoto and taking them by force. Makoto retaliates with extreme prejudice and beats the ever-loving stuffing out of him, heals him up again, to beat him up some more, until he gets bored and walks away.
Extreme Doormat: Back on Earth, he was constantly bullied to horrific levels, helpless to do anything about it.
Mugging the Monster: Because Makoto is nominally a level 1 adventurer and a merchant, he thought it would be an easy matter for him and a couple of his high-level maids to corner him and beat him up until he agrees to hand over Mio and Tomoe. The maids were laid low with a simple sleep spell while Tomoki got one smack-down after another every time he tried to protest.
Nominal Hero: He's only a hero because Princess Lily says he's a hero. Far more often than not, his behavior is hardly heroic, by any definition.
Out of Focus: While the manga would jump to showing his side adventures, in season one of the anime, he is mentioned once by the Goddess when she dismisses Makoto and seen once when Makoto narrates about the battle the Goddess drops him into against his will.
Psychological Projection: Since he uses charm magic to brainwash his followers into following him then the "weakling" Makoto must be using brainwashing to have fine women like Mio and Tomoe follow him too. Makoto takes extreme offense at the thought and responds accordingly.
Tautological Templar: Since Goddess Bug and Princess Lily say he's the hero destined to save the world, then anything he does that he can claim aligns with that is a virtue and anything that opposes him is inherently evil. There is absolutely no way to change his mind about this, not even when he gets himself repeatedly smacked down by his intended victims.
Unwitting Pawn: When Princess Lily learns of his charm powers, she has the kingdom's mages set up protections for herself and the royal family. Because Tomoki is unaware of these protections, he believes her advances towards him are either genuine or because of the charm, and this allows Lily to constantly exploit his insecurities to have him dance to her agenda. Since he's desperate for affection and she constantly praises him, he never, ever picks up on it. He also fails to realize that she has been poisoning him every time he eats to shorten his lifespan.

Hibiki's Party

Navarre Polar

Voiced by: Ami Koshimizu (Japanese), Vanessa Benoit (English)

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A demon-hating swordswoman who joins Hibiki's party.

All for Nothing: She sacrifices herself in hope of taking out Io. Unfortunately, he survives, though her attack does buy the rest of the party enough time to escape.
Cool Big Sis: Her role in Hibiki's party, paired with being Hibiki's mentor.
Cynical Mentor: She starts out rather abrasive towards Hibiki, viewing her as too pure to fight and kill. She later warms up to her, after she has had her first kill.
Dangerous Forbidden Technique: The Crimson Rose, a Deadly Upgrade which can amplify one's power and speed immensely, at the cost of burning through the life energy of its user until they die. It also requires an immense amount of mana to actually trigger, which Navarre needs Woody to provide so she can use it against Io.
Mentor Occupational Hazard: She gets Woody to empower her with the Crimson Rose, trying to pull a Taking You with Me on Io. She fails, but the rest of her party can escape.
Red Baron: She is known as the "Silver-haired Ogress".

Woody Baila

Voiced by: Yuji Murai (Japanese)

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The Limia Kingdom's Court Magician and a member of Hibiki's party.

An Ice Person: He is seen using Ice spells in battle.
Nice Guy: He is rather friendly, supportive of Hibiki and initially unwilling to use the Crimson Rose on Navarre.

Belda Nortst Limia

Voiced by: Chiharu Sawashiro (Japanese), Ben Stegmair (English)

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First Prince of the Limia Kingdom and is currently part of Hibiki's Party.

Fantastic Racism: Looks down on Toa's party for having an elf and a dwarf in it, believing demihumans are inferior to humans, and does not wish to work with them while training in the wasteland, even though they are the top-ranked adventurers in the area. They then have mock battle to see if they are strong enough to watch their backs.
Good Counterpart: To Princess Lily. While they are both Royals Who Actually Do Something, Belda actively fights alongside Hibiki while Lily acts more as support for Tomoki (and is arguably way more effective at helping the hero than he is). While Belda genuinely (if one-sidedly) has feelings for Hibiki, Lily only acts she cares about Tomoki so that she can more easily control him. Also, while both show the Fantastic Racism drilled into hyumans, Belda seems to be otherwise well-adjusted, if a bit foolish at times, while Lily Hates Everyone Equally to a terrifying degree.
King Incognito: He is hiding his identity as Prince of the Lamia Kingdom while traveling with Hibiki.
A Lesson Learned Too Well: Discussed and played with. After his epiphany that his prejudices towards Elves, Dwarves, and other demi-humans are wrong, he declares he will never see them as evil beings. Louisa and Ranina need to point out that this is also a dangerous mindset as not all demi-humans are noble and lack ill-intentions. He should instead judge people on their individual actions.
Love at First Sight: Falls in love with Hibiki soon after meeting her and swears to make her his. She isn't interested.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: Subverted. He has disguised himself as a knight and he's traveling with his kingdom's hero, but he hasn't made himself all that useful, sometimes being the first to get taken down. Somewhat justified, as he's taken on the role of the "tank" within the party, protecting the others while they either provide support or deal damage. The problem is that they frequently encounter enemies that are way above him in terms of strength, frequently resulting in him being knocked out before he can really be useful.
Took a Level in Kindness: When Mio arranges for Hibiki's team to work with Toa's party their strength and kindness towards him and the party makes him realize his deep prejudices against demi-humans was wrong and he will cast them aside.

Chiya Hazuki

Voiced by: Nao Tamura (Japanese), Nia Celeste (English)

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The High Priestess of the Laurel Commonwealth, who requests to join Hibiki's party after being saved by them.

White Magician Girl: Her skillset revolves around Healing Hands and magical barriers.

Tomoki's Group

Lily Front Gritonia

Voiced by: Mai Nakahara (Japanese), Molly Searcy (English)

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Crown princess of Gritonia and the one holding Tomoki's leash.

Beauty Is Bad: She's gorgeous, like all hyumans, and is morally bankrupt.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: She is very good at presenting herself as a kind and just ruler. She is, in fact, a horribly wicked person who feeds Tomoki's insecurities to manipulate him and just enjoys watching the world burn.
Hates Everyone Equally: She hates Goddess Bug for making the world the way it is. She hates her country for locking her up in a Gilded Cage all her life. She hates the demi-humans because she was raised to hate them. She hates Tomoki because he's a deluded, self-righteous fool, and intends to destroy him the moment she no longer has a need for him. She hates Hibiki for being Rightly Self-Righteous. She hates Makoto and his followers because she can't manipulate them and can't, for the life of her, figure them out. Lastly, and most importantly, she hates herself.
I Control My Minions Through...: Whatever way she can. Blackmail, economic and information monopoly, manipulation through feeding inherent insecurities, sweet-sounding lies, etc... it's all good.
Immune to Mind Control: She has somehow managed to shield herself from Tomoki's charm powers.
Manipulative Bitch: She's got Tomoki completely wrapped around her little finger by feeding his insecurities and telling him all his actions, including brainwashing people with his charm magic, are genuinely heroic, when they're not.
Pay Evil unto Evil: Even she genuinely hates Tomoki's self-righteous bullshit and fears his immense Charm Person capabilities, poisoning him with each meal he has under her watch to gradually kill him from the inside out without him even realizing it.
Royals Who Actually Do Something: She's the crown princess and travels with Tomoki, in person.
Villainous Princess: She's a beautiful princess, but her personality is absolutely monstrous and vengeful.
White Hair, Black Heart: She's a silver-haired Villainous Princess.

Guinevere Shlesha

Voiced by: Sayumi Watabe (Japanese), Morgan Lea (English)

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A royal guard of Gritonia, a close confidant of Princess Lily and a member of Tomoki's party.

The Big Girl: Among Tomoki's party, she has the most combat experience, holding the empire's highest rank of knighthood.

Yukinatsu Kazusa

Voiced by: Natsue Sasamoto (Japanese), Lindsay Sheppard (English)

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An alchemist in Lily's service who specialises in creating and controlling Golems. Charmed by Tomoki, she ends up joining his party.

Gadgeteer Genius: Besides Golems, she specializes in creating magical tools. She even manages to replicate Tomoki's magical shoes.
Smart People Wear Glasses: She wears a pair, befitting her nature as a magical researcher.

Mora

Voiced by: Ami Tsukishiro (Japanese), Monica Flatley (English)

A young orphan who was taken in by Lily after her village was destroyed by demons. A Dragon Tamer, as well as a member of Tomoki's party.

Dragon Tamer: Her special ability. It easily lets her charm almost all dragons, although it fails to affect Tomoe.
Facial Markings: She has thre ovals on her forehead.
Girlish Pigtails: She's the youngest of Tomoki's party and wears her hair up into pigtails to match her youthfulness.

Other Hyumans

Toa

Voiced by: Yurika Kubo (Japanese), Skyler McIntosh (English), Azucena Martínez (Latin Spanish)

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The elder sister of Rinon. She first meets Makoto after being rescued by Mio and Tomoe in Zetsuya.

Foolish Sibling, Responsible Sibling: Toa tries to be a responsible older sister, but she has a history of making bad business decisions such as buying things she doesn't need because they were in a package deal with what she was actually looking for, not helped by her drinking habits, leaving her as the Foolish Sibling. This is made worse after Makoto gives Rinon some math lessons (which are incredibly advanced by their world's standards, as he remarked that even the Merchant Guild's test was middle school level at best), as now Rinon is fully aware how accidentally wasteful Toa can be and so has taken charge of their budgeting so that the sisters and their friends can afford a house in the future.
Identical Stranger: With the exception of her hair color and larger chest, she is the spitting image of Makoto's friend Hasegawa. They are so identical, Makoto doesn't go to save her from Ace Mills out of fear he wouldn't hold back to rescue her.
The Leader: She is the leader of the Alpine party.
Ragtag Bunch of Misfits: She first meets her party members Hazal, Louisa, and Ranina, another hyuman, an elf, and a dwarf respectively, after they were rescued by Mio and Tomoe from the clutches of Mills Ace. During their return trip to Tsige, they become friends and make an adventurer's party.
Took a Level in Badass: She starts the series as a mildly competent fighter who is in deep debts to a corrupt adventurer. After being rescued by Makoto and then trained by Tomoe, she and her team become the top guild team in Tsige with the skills to back it up.

Patrick Rembrandt

Voiced by: Kazuhiko Inoue (Japanese), Paulo Porto (English), Santos Alberto (Latin Spanish)

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The owner of the Rembrandt Company. He is a loving husband and father whose wife and daughters were stuck by a near-fatal illness. His need for ingredients to cure them brings him into contact with Makoto.

Adaptation Expansion: The manga expands on his backstory, such as his relationship with the Hanza Company and the bloody end to that partnership. The Hanza Company didn't exist in the light novel. Could double as Adaptation Distillation as the anime cuts this backstory, including the motivation for his family getting cursed in the first place.
Bitch in Sheep's Clothing: Downplayed male version. In his past, Rembrant committed a lot of shady acts to become the successful businessman he is now (including manipulating a wealthy heiress while cheating on her with his future wife). In the present, it's hinted that he regrets those actions, though mostly because his family bore the punishment for those sins (as the curse had been placed by a shaman whose life as an innocent craftsman had been ruined by Rembrant years ago).
Doting Parent:
- Rembrant loves his children very much, and his wife equally so. When all three were inflicted with a curse, he spared no effort in finding a cure, and became Makoto's benefactor in numerous ways after his aid in lifting the curse. However, this trait is also shown to have his downsides, as it seems that his doting led to his daughters each becoming a Spoiled Brat based on students' descriptions of them at Rotsgard Academy (apparently leveraging both their connections and their own talents to make others' lives hell).
- It can also cloud Rembrant's otherwise sensible judgement; when his wife and daughters were cursed, he commissioned paintings of them to show he still loved them despite their more monstrous appearence at the time. While touching in theory (especially given hyuman society's focus on physical beauty), it apparently never occurred to him that said wife and daughters would not be pleased that there were images of them in state, and indeed they were furious about it when they found out. When Rembrant told Makoto about the paintings, Makoto assumed he had to be joking because even he could tell that it was a bad idea.
Easily Forgiven: Subverted. He publicly forgives Lime Latte for sabotaging his attempts to cure his family, but quietly sends assassins after him later. This becomes more complicated as Lime had started working for Makoto, which conflicts with Rembrandt's goal of protecting anyone associated with his benefactor.

Morris

Voiced By: Masaharu Sato (Japanese), R. Bruce Elliott (English), Francisco Colmenero (Latin Spanish)

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Patrick Rembrandt's personal butler. A retired adventurer himself, he is fiercely loyal to Patrick.

Retired Badass: He used to work as an adventurer and still has some combat skills he uses to detain the cursed family members and grab one of the elixirs that was falling in the air. He also used those skills to occasionally do some assassinations for Patrick in the past.
Small Role, Big Impact: His old age is affecting him and he realizes he needs to get reading glasses but this is after he mixed up the paperwork to Rotsgard Academy for Makoto. Instead of joining as a student, the paperwork is to make Makoto a teacher.

Elaine

Voiced by: Rena Maeda (Japanese), Alexis Tipton (English), Gwendolyne Flores (Latin Spanish)

An adventurer who disguised herself as a prostitute to contact Makoto and tried to seduce him.

Asshole Victim: After manipulating Makoto, stealing from the armory and murdering the orcs in his village, no one mourns her when Makoto kills her.
Beauty Is Bad: She has the beauty that will catch anyone's eyes, but deep down she's a selfish bitch who will sell and harm anyone just to steal anything valuable for herself.
Dirty Coward: Talks a big game, but when she's cornered or is in danger she will run or beg for her life.
Villains Want Mercy: After Makoto chops off her hands, she pathetically begs for her life, but Makoto just stabs her throat and says she deserves death.

Characters / TSUKIMICHI -Moonlit Fantasy-

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