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The Go-Getters Club
A group of kids who found themselves participants in the Game of Fate. In General
- Androids Are People, Too: Reycho, Pochi and Yuki are revealed to be androids, with the latter two being sentient individuals and the former being a remote-controlled robot. Despite this, the other members still consider them friends and part of the group. This allows Reycho to become self-aware and genuinely loyal to the group.
- Animal-Motif Team: Each member represents one of the animals of the Eastern Zodiac.
- Attention Deficit... Ooh, Shiny!: Despite knowing the importance of getting to Tokyo together and fast, they constantly behave like they are on an actual tourist trip, argue which local attraction they should visit next and get distracted with anything interesting they spot.
- Brainwashed and Crazy: With the exception of Reycho, Pochi and Vanilla, the club is brainwashed when they start the Game of Fate, being extremely antagonistic and even aggressive towards each other and willing to betray each other to try to complete their Tasks. They're broken out of it by the time the Game is up, though. MAIK later reveals that this state was a side-effect of the surgery that allowed their powers to awaken.
- Additionally, half the group - Kansai, Chuko, Tattsun, Mowchan and Pai - are hypnotized by the Master when they stay behind with the cult in Ehime, requiring the other half of the group to rescue and deprogram them.
- Character Development: They all resolve their personal issues during the journey, which is mostly how they awaken their Buddy Skills.
- Die or Fly: Each member awakens their Buddy Skill in response to them rescuing someone from danger. It's revealed that it was invoked by MAIK, who wanted them to become humanity's "Shepherds".
- Friendship Song: The Go-Getters Club Theme Song
is known by every member of the club, so when one member starts singing, the other members soon follow, showing just how strong their bond is. This song is what also allows Reycho to become self-aware. - Gender-Equal Ensemble: The club (counting Yuki who joins later on) consists of 6 boys and 6 girls.
- Hero with a Unique Name: All of them, though they are all technically nicknames.
- Let's Split Up, Gang!: Multiple times they split exactly in half because of disagreements on what to do next.
- Only Known by Their Nickname:
Word of God says that all the kids' names are actually nicknames, explaining some of the more unusual or on-the-nose ones. We never learn most of the kids' real names, with the exceptions being Reycho and Pochi. - Personality Powers: Some of the Buddy Skills seemed to fit with their user's personality. Chuko's Fire-Breathing Diner represents her hot-headed personality, Nyoro's Gadgeteer Genius represents her intelligence, Pai's Barrier Warrior represents her kind-hearted and protective personality, Kansai's Batter Up! represents his dream of baseball, etc.
- The Power of Friendship: MAIK describes Buddy Skills as a form of awakened altruism.
- True Companions: The club may get into disagreements at times, but they always have each other's backs no matter what. Even learning the true nature of Reycho, Pochi and Yuki does nothing to turn them away, although in Pochi's case, it took some convincing.
Reycho
- Voiced By: Reina Ueda (Japanese), Margaret McDonald (English)Buddy Skill: Big League Pitcher- He can lift heavy objects and throw things extremely hard
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Monkey in the Eastern Zodiac, as shown by the baboon butt accessory at the back of his shorts, and by his name being short for reichourui (primate).
- Best Friend: Out of the others, he's this with Pochi. The two even share a Fist Bump in the manga.
- Black Bead Eyes: One of his sprites has him with this expression.
- Decoy Protagonist: He was an avatar to the real protagonist, Pochi.
- Heroic Mime: He's completely silent. Word of God says this is to replicate video games of the time period like Dragon Quest, which were often characterized by silent protagonists. In truth, it's because he's just a robot with no AI that is controlled by Pochi. Averts this in the ending after awakening emotions.
- Heroic Sacrifice: Twice. First by bringing down a massive ship, which destroyed him and revealed that he was a machine. The second when he's rebuilt as an obstacle, only to gain emotions and then destroy MAIK's container. He survives and even gains the ability to speak.
- Fun with Acronyms: The capital letters in Reycho's model number, RCH-e10, stand for "Radio Controlled Humanoid". The lowercase "e" stands for "experimental".
- Grew Beyond Their Programming: Despite lacking an AI like Pochi did, Reycho still awakens to his emotion after being sung to by the Go-Getters, sacrificing himself to destroy MAIK's container. It turns out to not have killed him, and the ending reveals that he can talk as well.
- The Leader: Of the Go-Getters Club once Kansai gives up his spot. In turn, this role is inherited by Pochi once Reycho's true identity as a robot is revealed.
- New Transfer Student: Is the newest member of the Go-Getters Club (at least until Yuki joins them midway through the game), transferring to their school a few months earlier.
- Player Character: Reycho serves as the main playable character for the Game of Fate and the visual-novel segments of the game. In a sense, he's also this to Pochi, as Pochi controlled him for most of the game.
- Robotic Reveal: The first Go-Getter revealed as a robot. He's a remote-controlled puppet controlled by Pochi.
- The Speechless: It's brought up a few times that Reycho has never talked at all and has always been mute. He finally speaks after gaining sentience during the ending.
- Significant Anagram: His name is a close anagram of his model designation, RCH-e10. In non-Japanese languages it's less obvious than Pochi, because the 1 is replaced with a Y instead of an I.
- Super-Strength: His Buddy Skill power allows him to lift and throw heavy objects. Being a robot may also help in that regard.
Vanilla
- Voiced By: Ai Kayano (Japanese), Amanda Lee (English)Buddy Skill: Ultra Soul- She can project her consciousness as a "ghost"
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Rabbit in the Eastern Zodiac, as shown by the Vani part of her name being alternative romanized as "bunny".
- Astral Projection: Her Buddy Skill allows her to project an image of her body. This is what Reycho, Pai and Pochi saw up until the truth of her death was revealed.
- Break the Cutie: Her "death" has taken quite a toll on her, as she's still conscious but can't interact with most of the club.
- Book Dumb: Her comments on the official Twitter indicate she's a terrible student.
- Bunny-Ears Lawyer: She may be energetic, ditzy, and eccentric, but Vanilla truly is the genius programmer she claims to be.
- Cheerful Child: Big time.
- Child Prodigy: When it comes to programming, anyway.
- Cloudcuckoolander: She's... eccentric, to say the least.
- Dead All Along: Subverted. The main characters believe she died a year before the events of the game, existing as a ghost only Pai, Reycho and Pochi can see and hear. She was actually captured by MAIK and communicating via her Buddy Skill.
- The Ditz: Seemingly. The truth is a tad more complicated.
- Genki Girl: She's incredibly excitable and cheerful.
- The Heart: Even if the Club is not sure if she's alive or not, just bringing her up causes most disagreements in the club to go away (though it also creates some). Once everyone is able to see her, she becomes the emotional support for everyone.
- Invisible to Normals: Only Pai (born in a priest family) and Reycho and Pochi are able to see or hear her without the use of 90% of Your Brain-unlocking mushrooms.
- The Lost Lenore: Following her death, she's this for the Club in general, but for Aniki most of all. They all miss her terribly, and are positively ecstatic when eating the Hyper Amygdaclear Minestrone lets them see and talk to her again.
- Mascot: Not only was she along with Reycho the first characters revealed for the game, but she's the one handling the official Twitter.
- Moon Rabbit: Her Animal Motif is the rabbit, and her bag clasp has a crescent-moon-shaped pin.
- Not Quite Dead: Her powers awakened before being hit by the truck, which caused her spirit to separate her soul from her own body, which left it comatose instead.
- No-Sell: She is immune to Brainwashing in two occasions, hinting that she's not physically present.
- Open the Iris: At least one of her blush sprites has this expression.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The red oni to Aniki’s blue oni.
- Sacrificial Lamb: Downplayed, as her "death" happened before the game started, and the real Vanilla survives.
- Shout-Out: Her Buddy Skill name is one to Ultra Soul.
- Smarter Than You Look: Despite being a poor student and coming off of little more than a goofball to her peers, she's much sharper than she appears. Her programming skills come in handy when creating Pielope, and later when hacking into MAIK's mainframe.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Marshmallows. Probably because the most common flavor of marshmallow is vanilla. Her task in the Game of Fate is to eat a marshmallow, and going off to get marshmallows for the barbecue was what led her to get hit by the truck.
Pochi
- Voiced By: Megumi Ogata (Japanese), Kalin Coates (English)Buddy Skill: Communicator- He can hear and speak to an Outworlder
- 10-Minute Retirement: Once the Club learns he was The Mole, Pochi runs away from them. He returns in the next level (set a few days later) to protect them from MAIK's forces.
- Addressing the Player: His Buddy Skill directly involves this.
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Dog in the Eastern Zodiac, as shown by him having a generic name (a Japanese equivalent to Fido or Rover, for example) and his gameplay sections involving him getting pulled by a collar.
- Becoming the Mask: He started off as The Mole for MAIK, but quickly bonded with the Go-Getters and came to decide he should help them instead.
- Defiant Captive: When one of MAIK's robots offers Pochi the chance to return to MAIK's services in return for being spared, Pochi not only rejects it, but outright tells the robot that the only thing he regrets is not being able to defeat MAIK with his friends.
- Dude, Where's My Respect?: Since Reycho became the leader of Go-Getters Club because of his Chronic Hero Syndrome, Pochi gets some flack for not being very proactive despite also having his share of achivements. Later they learn that Reycho was controlled by Pochi and treat him alike.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: Downplayed in that Pochi doesn't cut or deliberately change his hairstyle, but it becomes more disheveled after he fights off some of MAIK's minions and remains that way for the remainder of the game.
- Fourth-Wall Observer: His Buddy Skill is the ability to speak to the Otherworlder, also known as the player of the game. Played with in that Pochi doesn't realize he's in a video game, he just thinks the Otherworlder is a powerful interdimensional being like Niyan does, viewing it more like God Was My Copilot.
- Fun with Acronyms: The letters in Pochi's model number, PCH-01, stand for "Plenipotentiary Chaperoning Humanoid".
- Heroic BSoD: Undergoes a mild one when he is trapped in the Go-Getters Club’s old classroom.
- Hiding Behind Your Bangs: His bangs cover his eyes and are symbolic of his shy and introverted personality; they even become full-blown bangs for certain expressions. Less so after his Expository Hairstyle Change, where his eyes are more often visible.
- Late to the Realization: He didn’t exactly realize that “Heaven” was actually a facility place Vanilla was being kept at until the Otherworlder told him about it.
- Love Interest: Nyoro's, much to Mowchan's distress.
- Mellow Fellow: He’s the least energetic and most laid back of the Go-Getters, often outright ignoring everything around him that would distract him from playing his game. He himself seems to wish his friends exhibited this trope more often instead of always disagreeing and getting into fights with each other.
- Nice Guy: While mellow and shy, Pochi is definitely one of the kindest members of the Go-Getters Club, helping his friends out at every turn, being polite and courteous to them, and doing his best to prevent conflict between them.
- Not So Stoic: He notably shows pure sadness when he is trapped in the Go-Getters Club’s old classroom, as he has hallucinations of everyone angry at him as he completely falls into despair.
- Phoneaholic Teenager: Well, in his case, it's a handheld video game instead of a cell phone on account of this taking place in Japan in the mid-'90s. Anyway, Pochi almost always has his nose stuck in his game and refuses to let anyone else play it or look at it... because it's actually what he uses to control Reycho with.
- Robotic Reveal: After taking heavy damage from MAIK forces, he's revealed to be made of robotic parts, and is designated as PCH-01 by the robots taking him.
- Shrinking Violet: To the point of struggling to interact with anyone who isn't Reycho. He grows out of it completely by the end of the story.
- Significant Anagram: His name is an anagram of his model designation, PCH-01, replacing numbers with letters.
- The Team Normal: Up until close to the end of the game, Pochi doesn't manifest any Buddy Skills like the others, as they rudely point out. After his true nature is revealed, this is subverted, as he was actually the first member (other than Vanilla) to gain his skill.
Nyoro
- Voiced By: Kei Shindō (Japanese), Allison Sumrall (English)Buddy Skill: Inventor- She can rapidly build bombs, which will travel a short distance before exploding
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Snake in the Eastern Zodiac, as shown by her snake tongue-shaped hair bang and by her name being the onomatopoeia for slithering.
- Anywhere but Their Lips: She gives Pochi a kiss on the cheeks while giving the Go-Getters badge.
- Badass Bookworm: States she liked to read a lot when she was younger.
- Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: The Brain to Pai’s Beauty and Jennu’s Brawn.
- Berserk Button: She despises hearing the phrase "give up".
- Brainy Brunette: She serves as The Smart Girl of the group and has light brown hair.
- CatchPhrase: "As the daughter of a scientist..."
- Chekhov's Gunman: She keeps mentioning his father who's a brilliant scientist in the field of AI. Guess who made MAIK.
- Combat Stilettos: Her rather high-heeled peep toe boots don't stop her from running as fast as any of the other members of the Club.
- Determinator: She will never, ever give up. This was a lesson she learned from her scientist father.
- Disappeared Dad: Her dad went missing before the events of the game. She reunites with him after MAIK's defeat.
- Dude Magnet: She's the romantic interest for both Pochi and Mowchan.
- The Fashionista: Her hobby's fashion.
- Gadgeteer Genius: Her Buddy Skill.
- Geeky Turn-On: It's implied that one of the contributing factors to her crush on Pochi is his technological prowess.
- Generation Xerox: Has the same hairstyle and color as her father.
- The Glasses Gotta Go: Flashbacks show she wore glasses when she was seven due to her reading habit. She now wears contact lenses as her vision still is not the best.
- Heh Heh, You Said "X": Her two gadgets are The F-Bomb and the Weeniefier. There's some Fun with Acronyms at play, but Pielope is really tired of them being mentioned.
- Love Interest: Pochi’s and Mowchan's.
- Missing Mom: Her mother is never mentioned.
- The Spock: She is The Stoic of the Club, always rational, and despite all weird stuff going on, ghosts are one thing she refuses to accept.
Mowchan
- Voiced By: Yuki Matsuoka (Japanese), Juliet Simmons (English)Buddy Skill: Iron Chef- He can turn his body into a metal ball to defend himself or break obstacles
- All Love Is Unrequited: Mowchan has a crush on Nyoro, but she only has eyes for Pochi. Whenever Nyoro shows her attraction to Pochi, Mowchan will curl up and turn into iron despressed.
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Ox in the Eastern Zodiac, as shown with his cow-print shirt and a bell.
- Be the Ball: The primary use of his Buddy Skill.
- Beware the Silly Ones: Downplayed as he’s not violent about it, but he tends to cross into this when his friends (especially Nyoro) are endangered. This is apparent when he first unleashes his Buddy Skill.
- Big Eater: Likes food, talks about food, and only thinks about food before anything else.
- Delicious Distraction: Has trouble concentrating on what to do next if food's involved.
- Dogged Nice Guy: Acts this way towards Nyoro.
- Made of Iron: His Buddy Skill allows him to literally turn his body into iron.
- Nice Guy: Even in bad situations, he only gets angry when somebody's in danger.
- Shout-Out: His Buddy Skill name is one to Iron Chef.
- Supreme Chef: A very talented cook.
- Troubled Fetal Position: Whenever Nyoro is paying attention to Pochi over him, he uses his Buddy Skill to make this position. Its metallic color also gives the impression of Color Failure.
Chuko
- Voiced By: Kokoro Kikuchi (Japanese), Brittney Karbowski (English)Buddy Skill: Karamucho- She can breathe fire after eating Karamucho-brand spicy potato chips
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Rat in the Eastern Zodiac, with a small stature, high hair ribbon looking like mouse ears, and being named after the onomatopoeia for squeaking.
- Childish Tooth Gap: Not necessarily a gap but she does have visible teeth designed to fit her mouse/rat motif.
- Clingy Jealous Girl: Though she will deny it, she gets jealous whenever Kansai shows his crush on Yuki.
- Does Not Like Spam: She hates hot food, though she'll deny it in an attempt to save face.
- Fiery Redhead: Her hair is red, she's aggressive and can literally breath fire.
- Fire-Breathing Diner: Her Buddy Skill.
- Hair-Trigger Temper: Her main quirk in a nutshell.
- Jerk with a Heart of Gold: She's foul-mouthed and prone to making rude remarks, but she deeply cares about the class.
- The Napoleon: The shortest member of the Go-Getters Club, and also the most abrasive and short-tempered.
- Product Placement: Her Buddy Skill uses Karamucho chips.
- Tsundere: Mostly towards Kansai.
- Youthful Freckles: On her nose and cheeks.
Tattsun
- Voiced By: Junko Minagawa (Japanese), Shannon Emerick (English)Buddy Skill: Electro Ranger- He can instantly transform into "Electro Ranger Black" with his belt, and fire bolts of electricity
- Ascended Fanboy: Eventually awakens the ability to transform into a "Electro Ranger" with his belt.
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Dragon in the Eastern Zodiac, as shown by his name being a play on tatsu (dragon).
- Butt-Monkey: Seems to be this. His introduction on the official Twitter has Vanilla ignore him after he goes on one of his rants, and another mentions a cicada peeing on him. He also ends up being the first one eliminated in the Game of Fate.
- The Friend Nobody Likes: Implied to be this due to his nature as a goody-two-shoes. His friends do like him, but often get annoyed at his reprimands.
- Expressive Hair: His ahoge can change shapes depending on his mood, such as becoming a question mark when he's confused about something.
- Geek Physique: Even with the game's exaggerated artstyle, he's noticeably really scrawny.
- Grew a Spine: What allowed him to transform, a state in which he becomes rude and Darker and Edgier.
- Henshin Hero: His Buddy Skill allows to transform into the lightning-themed 'Electro Ranger Black'.
- Hero-Worshipper: To the Electro Rangers. His bio outright calls it a religious level of devotion.
- Insufferable Genius: He comes across as this to his peers sometimes.
- Nerd Glasses: Ridiculously huge ones that take up at least half his face.
- Sentai: His Electro Ranger suit. As revealed by the collectible stickers, the Electro Rangers are a full Sentai squad.
- Shock and Awe: His clothes have a lightning motif, which fits both his love for the Electro Rangers and his Buddy Skill.
- Shoot the Hostage: Played with. After awakening his Buddy Skill, Tattsun actually blasts Pielope while she's holding Reycho and Chuko hostage, forcing her to let the two go. When Chuko calls him out on it, Tattsun claims that he deliberately made the blast slow enough for her to dodge it.
- Sixth Ranger: He claims Electro Ranger Black is this to the Electro Rangers, though unlike him they are just fictional characters.
Kansai
- Voiced By: Natsumi Fujiwara (Japanese), Kira Vincent-Davis (English)Buddy Skill: Slugger- He can swing a baseball bat with incredible force and generates a small shockwave
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Tiger in the Eastern Zodiac, as shown by his tiger stripe pants. Considering his character is all about the Kansai region and baseball, this is a homage to Osaka's local baseball team, the Hanshin Tigers (or "Tigerz" as written in the script).
- Batter Up!: He dreams to become a baseball player and uses a bat for attacks.
- Blow You Away: His Buddy Skill is to create little tornadoes around him by swinging a magically materialized bat. This is likely a reference to Hideo Nomo's famed Tornado pitch.
- Broken Pedestal: He looked up to Niyan more than anyone, but seeing him brainwashed and hearing what happened to Jennu's sister quite shocked him. While they remained friends, Kansai decided to grow in his own way.
- Cute Little Fang: Has a visible sharp tooth.
- Jerkass: He's being rude to almost the entire group over trivial things, quick to gloat when people side with him even for their own reasons and believes his opinion is worth more than the others. If somebody in the Club has something to complain about, he will be first. He gets better.
- Hammerspace: His Buddy Skill allows him to pull out a baseball bat from... somewhere to use. Yuki wonders where he gets it from, but the question is never answered.
- The Idiot from Osaka: Exaggerated; he's a walking Kansai stereotype.
- Leader Wannabe: He feels entitled to be the head of Go-Getters Club just because he holds the official badge. The dangers of the trip make him step down and start listening to others.
- Love Interest: Chuko's.
- The Rival: Styles himself as Reycho's due to his desire to be the leader of the Go-Getters Club.
- Sitcom Arch-Nemesis: He and Chuko butt heads a lot for the silliest reasons.
- Took a Level in Kindness: Stops being an obnoxious leader and reconciles his feelings with everyone at mid-way point.
Pai
- Voiced By: Mai Nakahara (Japanese), Heidi Hinkel (English)Buddy Skill: Closed Sphere- She can generate force fields that reflect objects
- All of the Other Reindeer: She was bullied in the past because no one believed her when she claimed she could see ghosts. In fact, Aniki was the first person to believe her, which was one of the reasons she developed feelings for him.
- Anger Born of Worry: Pai tends to get angry whenever Aniki puts himself in danger.
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Boar in the Eastern Zodiac, as shown by the boar pattern in her dress and her boar nose hair accessory.
- Barrier Warrior: Her Buddy Skill allows her to create force fields.
- Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: The Beauty to Nyoro’s Brains and Jennu’s Brawn.
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Pai has a crush on Aniki, not only because he believed her when she said she could see ghosts, but also because he stood up for her when bullies were picking on her.
- Country Mouse: A former one, as she moved to Tokyo from Oita only a few years before the game's beginning. Though she's gotten used to living in Tokyo, she still has a lot of pride in her hometown, being eager to give the Club a tour when they travel there, and being affronted if she thinks someone is disparaging Oita.
- I See Dead People: Being the granddaughter of a Shinto priest, she has a sixth sense that allows her to see ghosts and people's auras. This makes her one of the few members of the Go-Getters Club able to see and interact with Vanilla from the start.
- Nice Girl: She's the friendliest of the Club and almost can't get actually angry. Even when upset, her BlushStickers and high-pitch voice don't make it serious.
- Single Woman Seeks Good Man: Despite Aniki's antisocial lone-wolf personality, Pai fell for him because he was kind to her, and believes the Aniki she remembers is still inside of him deep down.
- Team Mom: Her bio outright calls her a mother figure to the class.
- Weight Woe: Her bio heavily implies that she has a complex about her weight.
Aniki
- Voiced By: Kenji Akabane (Japanese), Ty Mahany (English)Buddy Skill: Micro Quaker- He can generate small earthquakes
- Aloof Older Brother: To Vanilla, frequently ignoring her like the others. Subverted when it turns out he couldn't even see her.
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Horse in the Eastern Zodiac.
- Berserk Button: Mentioning Vanilla turned him from somewhat neutral to completely antisocial, and made him so angry he wanted to go to Tokyo alone. He stopped reacting in such way after gaining hope to see her.
- Bully Hunter: When Pai was getting bullied due to people not believing her claims of being able to see spirits, he beat up her bullies.
- Cynicism Catalyst: Vanilla's "death" transformed him from a normal kid into the brooding loner he is today.
- Dishing Out Dirt: His Buddy Skill allows him to cause small earthquakes.
- Expository Hairstyle Change: He's revealed to have shorter hair in flashbacks. Before Vanilla "died" she would usually cut his hair, and afterwards he refused to cut it himself. After he and Vanilla are reunited, he's seen getting his hair cut by her again in the ending credits.
- Extreme Doormat: Until the Club learned more about Vanilla's current condition, he was reluctant to join conversations and just went along with majority's vote.
- Heroic Self-Deprecation: It's stated in his bio that, however harsh he is towards his classmates, he's just as harsh towards himself. It's revealed that above anyone else, he blames himself for Vanilla being hit by a truck.
- Hypocrisy Nod: When he tries to justify how emotions tend to get the better of how people could act, he DOES include himself.
- Love Interest: Pai's.
- Manly Tears: Breaks down sobbing Tears of Joy when he gets to talk to Vanilla again.
- Meaningful Name: His name, Aniki, is Japanese for "big brother" (兄貴), and he's Vanilla's big brother.
- Not So Above It All: Despite being the most aloof member of the group, he still tends to go with their antics whenever the moment calls.
- Red Oni, Blue Oni: The blue oni to Vanilla’s red oni.
- Stealth Pun: His Eastern Zodiac animal is the horse, and his Buddy Skill is a reference to Magnitude, a famous Irish racing horse.
- Tsundere: Type A towards Pai: while he reciprocates her crush on him, his lone-wolf personality and fear of getting emotionally hurt keep him from pursuing it, and he tries to keep her at arms length for most of the game.
- Used to Be a Sweet Kid: Before Vanilla died, he was a genuinely kind (if still rough-around-the-edges) boy.
- Younger Than They Look: He looks like he'd be in his mid-teens, and has a much deeper voice than everyone else (being the sole character with a male voice actor), but he's 12 like everyone else.
Jennu
- Voiced By: Megumi Toyoguchi (Japanese), Genevieve Simmons (English)Buddy Skill: Gravity Flip- She can reverse gravity for herself to walk on the ceiling
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Rooster in the Eastern Zodiac.
- Beauty, Brains, and Brawn: The Brawn to Pai’s Beauty and Nyoro’s Brains.
- Berserk Button: Insulting the Hosekizuka Trope. She's even started physical fights with people over it.
- Bifauxnen: Styled after the Takarazuka Revenue, the Trope Codifier.
- Broken Pedestal: She used to look up to Niyan as much as Kansai does, but after her sister's death, she blamed him for it happening and lost her respect for him.
- Cool Big Sis: Jennu tends to act as a big sister figure towards the other members of the Go-Getters Club, helping to console them when they need emotional support and acting as a guardian to them, especially the other girls.
- Fan Girl: Of Hosekizuka Theater and often quotes it. Yuki also knowing about it brings her much joy.
- Gravity Master: Her Buddy Skill.
- The Resenter: She blames Niyan for her sister's death, claiming that if he hadn't invited her to Kyoto, she wouldn't have been killed by an earthquake. Despite this, she doesn't hesitate to save his life, and Pochi uses this event to point out she's just running away from her grief.
- Shipper on Deck: She's hinted to be this for Mowchan and Nyoro, much to the latter's dismay, though it's likely she's just teasing Nyoro, considering that she already knows about her crush on Pochi.
- Symbolic Wings: The back of her shirt has a wing design, which relates to her gravity skill.
- They Died Because of You: The reason she resents Niyan so much is because she blames him for her sister's death.
Yuki
- Voiced By: Yuuka Nanri (Japanese), Holly Segarra (English)
A mysterious amnesiac girl who joins the group along the way. Her nearly translucent pale skin and weak nature make the others want to protect her. Due to her memory loss, she is incredibly interested in things that she has never seen before.
- Affectionate Nickname: While she refers to everyone with the 'Mr.' and 'Miss' prefix, she gets close enough with Vanilla to call her "Vanni".
- Animal Motifs: Represents the Sheep in the Eastern Zodiac, mainly through her color scheme. This starts foreshadowing her true origins once MAIK starts bringing up the sheepification of mankind.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a separate personality from MAIK, being the sub-part who represents its desire to be friends with humanity.
- Bait-and-Switch Sentiment: When she learns that Kansai has a crush on her, she says that she’s happy and that she loves him… along with everyone else in the Go-Getters Club.
- Faking Amnesia: She knew exactly who she was from the start, and faked amnesia just she could befriend the Go-Getters and stay with them.
- I Cannot Self-Terminate: Being a part of MAIK, she's prevented from doing anything that would endanger its existence.
- Lethal Chef: Her Amygdaclear Minestrone Soup is so bad it nearly makes the other Go-Getters pass out. Even worse, she later explains that Amygdaclear was harvested nearly to extinction because of its deliciousness, believing that a dish made with it couldn't help but be delicious. She still manages to make something that almost kills those who eat it through nothing more than how utterly disgusting it tastes.
- Love Interest: Kansai's.
- Meaningful Name: An invoked case; she was first seen falling from the sky accompanied by a flurry of snow, and couldn't remember her name, so the Go-Getters named her "Yuki", Japanese for "snow".
- Mysterious Waif: She's found by the heroes falling from the sky with no memories.
- Nice Girl: She's the kindest member of the Go-Getters.
- Oblivious to Love: She seems to have absolutely no clue that Kansai has a crush on her until it's pointed out to her by the group.
- Odd Name Out: Subverted. While her name is the most normal out of all of them it still isn’t what her name is but rather what the Go Getters Club named her.
- Raven Hair, Ivory Skin: She has dark hair and skin that's described as almost translucent, and is noted by the group to be quite pretty.
- Red Herring Mole: She admitted to faking her amnesia to stay with the Go-Getters, but it turns out she is totally innocent and is a genuine friend to them.
- Robotic Reveal: The third of the Go-Getters revealed as a robot, Yuki houses the part of MAIK that represented its desire to befriend humanity.
- Sixth Ranger: She quickly becomes an ally to the Go-Getters Club after they find her.
- The Unreveal: Her Buddy Skill is never seen. It's possible she doesn't have one, if her situation's the same as Reycho's.
- White Gloves: She's shown to be wearing black gloves. Although, a closer look in some scenes show that they're actually part of a full-body outfit beneath her dress.
- Wise Beyond Her Years: Even with her (fake) amnesia, she's quite knowledgeable about some stuff the others wouldn't have figured out.
Others
Pielope
"Pielolooon!"
- Voiced By: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
- All Your Powers Combined: Her last fight has her replicate the Buddy Skills of the Go-Getters.
- Animal Motifs: The promotional artwork shows she's designed as a cat.
- Anthropomorphic Personification: She's a separate personality from MAIK, being the sub-part who represents its desire to kill humanity.
- Broken Record: She ends up frequently repeating “The name's Pielope! Howdy!” after being broken.
- Butt-Monkey: Despite being an active threat, Pielope is not taken seriously by Club members at all. She's always losing in Snark-to-Snark Combat, prone to yelling, distracted by irrelevant dialogue or flat out ignored. That said, she is far from harmless, and as the Go-Getters Club learn too late, she also manages to dupe them completely, proving that she's far more cunning than they give her credit for.
- Catchphrase: "Pielolooon!" Usually said right before she vanishes into a cloud of smoke.
- The Dragon: She is sort of this for MAIK.
- Evil Costume Switch: Her appearance changes to have scar-like markings across her body, and her yellow and red accents disappear, when she starts attacking the Go-Getters for real.
- Expy: Just like Monokuma, she's a cutesy mascot that serves as the host of a killing game, she shares a similar Color Motif to him (Black, white and red, with yellow added into the mix) and her left eye is different from her right eye. She also resembles NiGHTS.
- Final-Exam Boss: The last battle with her involves fighting all Go-Getters one by one, with a tutorial reminding of all their abilities.
- Floating Limbs: Parts of Pielope's body float around, and herself as well.
- Giant Enemy Crab: She transforms into one in Osaka.
- The Heavy: Even before being reformatted by MAIK, she serves as the most recurring antagonist of the plot, attacking the Go-Getters Club during parts where a member awakens their Buddy Skill.
- Heel–Face Revolving Door: When she first appears, Pielope seems to be evil. After it's revealed the Game of Fate was harmless, she seems to be Good All Along... except by then, she's already been taken over by MAIK, and is genuinely trying to hurt the kids. With her being repaired by Yuki in the end credits, she might legitimately turn good, but this is left open-ended.
- I Need You Stronger: Her attacking a separated Go-Getter and using insults with careful choice of words are actually provocations for them to awaken Buddy Skills.
- I Shall Taunt You: Pielope tends to taunt some of the members of the Go-Getters Club in order to make them awaken their Buddy Skills as part of MAIK's plan.
- Killed Off for Real: Is left broken after her final battle with the Go-Getters, before being finished off by Kansai kicking what's left of her head. Subverted in the ending, where it's shown she is being repaired by Pochi and Yuki alongside Reycho.
- Killer Robot: A murderous clown-bot who runs over the death game. Even after the death game is cancelled, she still goes out of her way to kill the Go-Getters.
- Monster Clown: She has a clown motif.
- Not-So-Harmless Villain: The Go-Getters Club never take her seriously, treating her like a joke. However, she proves herself quite dangerous when she transforms, and she's also cunning enough to trick the Go-Getters Club into giving her valuable data about their powers while making them believe MAIK was being held in the Panopticon.
- Recurring Boss: She fights you directly in Osaka, Ehime, Mie and MAIK's lair.
- Villainous Harlequin: Looks like one and would be a borderline Ineffectual Sympathetic Villain if not for her ability to transform into monsters.
Niyan
- Voiced By: Eiji Miyashita (Japanese)
- Because You Were Nice to Me: Jennu saving him from falling off the cliff despite her hatered is what cured his brainwashing completely.
- Cool Big Bro: While not his actual brother, Niyan acts as an older brother figure for Kansai, who greatly admires him. He also used to be this for Jennu, who was his sister-in-law-to-be and who also greatly admired him, but this became a Broken Pedestal after her sister's death.
- I Let Gwen Stacy Die: Was engaged to Jennu's sister, who died in an earthquake in Kyoto after he asked her to come visit. He blames himself for her death.
- More than Mind Control: Everyone in Kyoto camp is brainwashed, but Niyan is less so because of his grief and exposure to sunlight; he followed along because of said grief.
Master
- Voiced By: Shinnosuke Tachibana (Japanese)
- Ambiguously Evil: Considering that he seems to be on good terms with Go-Getters Club in the true ending, it's not clear if the Master was genuinely loyal to MAIK or if he was brainwashed to serve it.
- Everyone Calls Him "Barkeep": He is never referred to by name. Both the game and his followers only refer to him as "Master", while the Go-Getters Club just call him the "long-haired creep".
- Failed a Spot Check: Granted, communication was buggy from his end and prevented him from seeing Yuki at the Nagoya factory, but he still doesn't realize there's something off about the "robot" he's talking to until he hears the alarm about the escaped captives, despite his contact having a strange voice and asking suspicious questions. Tattsun lampshades this.
- Faux Affably Evil: When interacting with the Go-Getters Club, he puts up a barely-held facade of politeness, only showing his evil nature when the club is on to him or brushes him off.
- The Fundamentalist: Implied to be this as he worships MAIK as if it were an actual god, and tries to brainwash the Go Getters Club to believe in it.
- Heel–Face Turn: The Master is shown to be on good terms with the Go-Getters Club in the ending after MAIK's defeat.
- Long-Haired Pretty Boy: His most distinctive feature. Kansai calls him "the long-haired freak."
- No Name Given: He is only ever called the Master or the "Long-Haired Creep". His real name is never once revealed during the story.
- Obviously Evil: The fact that the survivors camp is a cult becomes apparent with each conversation. The player may be alarmed even sooner if they recall that the center of their worship was name-dropped in the prologue.
- Path of Inspiration: Is the head of one. Go-Getters Club figured something's wrong with the group at first glance, but couldn't agree if they should leave right away or take some rest first. Him attempting to use Go-Getters as Human Sacrifice cleared the question really quickly.
MAIK
- Voiced By: Rie Kugimiya (Japanese)
- A.I. Is a Crapshoot: Under the belief that humanity would destroy the world, it opted to infect everyone with nanomachines to rob them of their emotions and turn them into mindless drones. When it found that a group of children were unfazed by it, it decided to put them through a traumatic "adventure" to awaken their Buddy Skills and become "Shepards" to humanity.
- Armor-Piercing Question: MAIK believes its simulations are flawless. Pochi asks why then wasn't its own defeat predicted, only for it to grunt.
- Big Bad: Is the main cause of the game, having destroyed Japan and seeking to turn humans into harmless "sheep" to protect them and the environment. It then created the events of the game, forcing the Go-Getters into Die or Fly situations to create the "Shepards" that can lead humanity.
- The Blank: Its avatar when talking to Go-Getters is a featureless silhouette sitting alike The Truth with X for its mouth.
- The Computer Is Your Friend: An A.I. that saw humanity as a potential threat to the world, MAIK believed the best course of action would be to deprive humanity of emotions to turn them into sheep, then let a group of children act as Shepards in the event something happened to them. The alternative would be killing all of humanity if the children refuse to be Shepards.
- Crazy-Prepared: In order to have The Mole inside Go-Getters Club, it ordered Pochi to join them and provided Reycho as an assistant before it even went ahead with its plan.
- Death of Personality: Pochi deletes his personality so that Yuki will be the sole mind and personality in control of MAIK's core.
- Emotion Suppression: The nanomachines it spread make humans unable to feel anger or anxiety, but also being unable to feel happiness or creativity as a price.
- Entitled Bastard: Tells Vanilla that she should be thankful it treated her injuries... from an accident it caused.
- Evil Cannot Comprehend Good: Takes emotions into account of its plans, but doesn't consider that emotions are what make the future undetermined. It had a multi-stage program for Go-Getters to become the shepards mostly because they are immune to brainwashing, and didn't expect them to deny its ideals.
- A God Am I: Has humanity under total control and believes them to be "aimless sheep". It's even worshipped by a dedicated cult.
- Hobbes Was Right: Its analysis of current military and weapons lead it to believe that humanity will eventually wipe themselves out, unless it does something about it.
- Humans Are Insects: Insists that humans are "Sheep" that are either always unhappy or violent, and need to be controlled to protect all life on Earth.
- I Have You Now, My Pretty: Non sexual example. In case Go-Getters take too long with their We Can Rule Together answer, it will explode everyone's nanomachines, starting from Vanilla's real body.
- Literal Split Personality: Yuki and Pielope are its "sub-personalities", though only Pielope has any loyalty. Effectively this makes Yuki its Soul Jar, but also make it possible for its core to be replaced.
- Manipulative Bastard: Vanilla's disappearance and Kagoshima's bus crash? "Stage two of Human Sheepification Project". That meteor that crashed into Tokyo, monsters the Club fights on their way? These were illusions to create the sense of urgency.
- Meaningful Name: It's an anagram for "Kami", meaning "God".
- Not Afraid to Die: The idea behind shepards is that MAIK as an AI can't build a better AI than himself, so in case something happens to it, it's better if a human with free will intact oversees the Human Sheepification Project instead.
- One-Winged Angel: As Pochi goes to delete its personality, MAIK transforms into an Eldritch Abomination; its main body being an orange "egg" with baby arms on it, different animal limbs under it, and a giant amethyst geode for an eye.
- We Can Rule Together: Makes Go-Getters Club the offer: either they will lead humanity or nanomachines inside everyone's brains will explode.
- Well-Intentioned Extremist: Seeks to save the planet from humanity due to its simulations seeing that if left unchecked, they would destroy the world. To that end, it only sees Kill All Humans as a last resort, because humanity too is an Earth-based species.
- World of Silence: What this had in mind before Go-Getters gave it a less extreme idea.
The Otherworlder
You, the player, communicating with Pochi.
- Expy: Of Blick Winkel and ?, being a Player and Protagonist Integration that the characters rely for help.
- From Beyond the Fourth Wall: The otherworlder who's been giving Pochi instructions and information about other paths of the story is you, the person playing the game.
- Recurring Element: You can tell it's an Uchikoshi game because the Golden Ending involves Mental Time Travel and Leaning on the Fourth Wall.
