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''Literature/AntiMagicAcademyThe35thTestPlatoon'' characters from The 35th Platoon Members.
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* BattleHarem: The platoon is not meant to be this, but all the girls are attracted to their captain Takeru to some extent. Unlike most examples, they manage to primarily function as TrueCompanions.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Everyone is extremely skilled in their specialties, however they are severely lacking in other areas that make them considered oddities by the rest of the academy.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Pretty much every member of the group has this in some form or another. Each one has something they're amazing at, but are pretty much useless in anything else. Only Ouka is shown to be capable in several areas.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: No one in the platoon had an easy life and every member has their own personal tragedy.
* FireForgedFriends: The group gets along mostly well all things considered, but it isn't until the conflicts begin to escalate that they really reach this level.
* FriendlessBackground: None of them had friends before joining the platoon.
* InVinoVeritas: Under the effects of magic that makes them drunk, the girls become clingy and affectionate.
* MsFanservice: With the exception of Lapis, all the other 4 girls are constantly used for eye candy, often being put into fanservice situations, revealing clothing, or [[MaleGaze voyeuristic camera angles]].
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The platoon has a reputation for all its members being eccentric outcasts, not that they're wrong.
* TrueCompanions: As the series progresses, the members of the platoon become close like family. Because of their tragic pasts and malfunctions, they all feel they don't have a place in the world where they belong other than when they're together and they will go beyond the limits to protect each other.
* WeWorkWellTogether: Despite being dysfunctional at first glance, with some members ridiculously skilled in one area and hopeless at the rest, their talents mesh really well with each other.
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[[folder:Takeru Kusanagi]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya
->''"If I'm not saved, my comrades won't be saved. And above all, if the world isn't saved, everything won't be saved. That's why——I will believe in myself and fight."''
Protagonist of the series and the reluctant captain of the 35th Platoon. Takeru hails from an ancient family of demon slayers that used to strike fear into their enemies centuries ago. As the Kusanagi Clan's only surviving human member, Takeru's gifted ability of swordsmanship is top-class but absolutely useless in the modern day, especially when his cornerstone technique is more likely to break his body than his enemies will. Takeru's relatively isolated upbringing and inherently violent nature has made it difficult for him to properly relate and lead his companions. With some help along the way, Takeru eventually grows to become more of a leader and friend to those around him.
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* AboveTheInfluence: Never takes advantage of any of the girls. Even when they go as far as stripping or being completely naked near him. [[spoiler: Understandable as any child that would be produced by him in normal circumstances would produce a demon spawn.]]
* AccidentalPervert: Takeru ends up in compromising situations with the girls of his platoon all the time, such as his hand falling on their breasts or walking in on them when they're naked. His first response is to hold back tears at his misfortune rather than blush.
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Does this quite a lot due to his official status as an older brother.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In his childhood, Takeru was an outcast at his hometown. The villagers called him a "demon child" for his violent temper and criticized the bad state of his family's dojo.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: He cares more about his comrades than anything else. This is best shown in his fight against [[spoiler:Kiseki]]; the deaths of thousands of people isn't enough to motivate Takeru to kill his enemy, but the moment his enemy threatens to directly kill his platoon, Takeru declares he ''will'' kill her without hesitation if she kills even one of his comrades.
* AmusinglyAwfulAim: He's apparently so terrible at handling guns that he manages to miss at point-blank range. That or the gun somehow finds a way to explode on him.
* AncestralWeapon: [[spoiler: As it turns out, Lapis' 1st wielder was none other than Mikoto Kusanagi, his ancestor and Orochi's sister.]]
* AsleepForDays:
** After Orochi teleports him to the Magic Academy, Takeru stays asleep for a full month due to the effects of going into God Hunter form for the first time.
** After his battle with Magnolia, Takeru is left unconscious for two days.
* AttractiveBentGender: He looks surprisingly nice when [[DraggedIntoDrag Ikaruga forces him to put on a gothic lolita cosplay]]. The guys of the allied platoons said Takeru is beautiful as a woman.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:The DistantFinale of the light novel mentions Takeru managed to father a child who was born free from the curses of his clan. Conveniently, it's also not revealed who the mother is.]]
* BeleagueredBoss: He's ought to be this as the captain of the "Small Fry Platoon". His subordinates are all maladjusted in some way and he ends up beaten up when he tries to stop their quarrels or [[AccidentalPervert has one of his perverted accidents with them]].
* BerserkButton: Hearing people insulting swords tends to make him revert to his bloodthirsty and deranged former self.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's usually a very chill and friendly guy, until you set him off, which makes him go back to his old personality. And it isn't very pleasant.
* BigBrotherInstinct: His little sister Kiseki is one of the people he cares about the most in the world. Even though he knows the demons in her body could very well destroy the entire world, he won't let anyone hurt her. His main motivation for joining and then changing the Inquisition is that he wants to find a way Kiseki can be free to have a normal life and not be forced to stay locked up in a cage anymore. As well as being able to afford to visit her.
* BigDamnHeroes: Tends to be late to the rescue, but always comes at the most important moment. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Mari at one point.
* BlueIsHeroic: Takeru is TheHero of the story and his armor both as a Witch Hunter and God Hunter are azure blue.
* BookDumb: Takeru is good at the sword, but not good academically.
* {{Bookworm}}: Takeru reads a lot of self-help books on administration, management, and social skills as to better lead his platoon. The current personality he puts on was painstakingly modeled after likable everyman protagonists from novels and habits he tried to integrate into his daily life. The anime even shows one of these books in Episode 1 where he references the "How To Get Along With New Employees" handbook to get along better with Ouka. The book itself having numerous notes and margins stick out from multiple pages.
* BreakTheHaughty: Back in middle school he had serious personality problems and wanted to prove the worth of his swordsmanship by crushing anyone who stood on his way. During a test, Ouka utterly overpowered him, which let Takeru know the feeling of defeat. The experience greatly humbled him down.
* BrutalHonesty: Doesn't have the social skills necessary to know people don't like this sort of attitude. Though his comrades appreciate it.
* BulletTime: Basically what Soumatou gives him, which he tends to use most often to [[ParryingBullets slice bullets in mid air]].
* ButtMonkey: The poor dude often ends up crying both because of the beatings he gets for the AccidentalPervert moments with his platoon and the spite his classmates give him for his 'luck' with ladies.
* CallingYourAttacks: A staple of the Kusanagi Style as evidenced by fellow practitioners Orochi and Kanaria.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:The final duel with Haunted ends with Takeru's victory, but Takeru still decided to keep Haunted alive because the knowledge of a sorcerer who has lived for centuries is very valuable. Five years later, Takeru uses Haunted to get information about the Curse Releaser.]]
* CastFromLifespan: His overuse of Soumatou and the God Hunter form has been taking off chunks of his lifespan.
* CelibateHero: While Takeru is very attracted to all the girls in his platoon, he doesn't seek a relationship with anyone throughout the series. Even in the epilogue five years later, he's still single despite being aware of everyone in his platoon having feelings for him. It's {{justified|trope}} because he doesn't want to have children as these would inherit his family's curses and he doesn't intend to start a romantic relationship until he's sure the curse can be broken. [[spoiler:In a bonus chapter, it's confirmed Takeru does eventually marry someone and has children who didn't inherit the curses of the Kusanagi family.]]
* CharacterTics: He has a habit of scratching his cheek when he's nervous.
* ChickMagnet: Every member of the platoon ends up falling for him.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Ikaruga and Kyouya, who both met together in middle school. Takeru's still unhinged personality attracted Ikaruga to him as they were both outcasts and Kyouya also followed suite due to both of their anger issues. Takeru's casual attitude around Kyouya stems from knowing his abrasive nature for so long.
* ChosenConceptionPartner: He was Usagi's ideal choice to conceive a child with, if that would get her out of her ArrangedMarriage. At first, she tries to pretend to herself that she's so desperate that Takeru is decent for a pinch, but then she has an ImagineSpot where she has borne him a beautiful child, and it's clear that she's actually very into the idea.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Since his only specialty is sword fighting, Takeru squarely fits his squad's close-combat specialist role.
* CluelessChickMagnet: It's very hard for him to pick on all the obvious signs that his platoonmates love him not only as their captain, but as a potential lover too.
* TheConfidant: He's always ready to listen to his platoonmates' troubles when they open up about their sad pasts and conflicts to him. He then promises he's there for them and will do anything he can to help them carry their burdens.
* CovertPervert: His narration in the novels make it clear he doesn't actually mind the {{fanservice}} scenes he's thrust in. He just [[PervertRevengeMode doesn't look forward to the beating that happens afterward]].
* TheChosenOne: Purely for his skills with the blade was he deemed worthy to wield Lapis. However, [[spoiler: his true purpose as the chosen one, by Sougetsu no less, was to destroy the world properly.]]
* CripplingOverspecialization: Is only skilled in the use of swords, he completely fails at everything else.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Appears incompetent at first, but is actually quite a force to be reckoned with.
* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: Due to Lapis not being able to reattach his arms fast enough, Takeru wields her sword form between his teeth and proceeds to cut down the manifestation of Hyakki Yakou coming out of Magnolia's body.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: His soumatou, which speeds up his brain's processing making everything he perceives look like it's moving slower, and making it seem like he's moving faster. [[spoiler:In order to fight Kurogane he breaks the limiter that makes him human, and now it is permanently on.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Takeru was responsible for his little sister's anomalous powers going out of control that resulted in the destruction of his ancestral home and the death of his family, he refused to kill her when he had the chance. It turns out that Takeru's family was also related to the catastrophe that destroyed most of the world 150 years ago. Beyond that, Takeru's hellish training before he entered the Inquisition also counts.
* TheDefroster:
** When Ouka first joined the platoon, she wants nothing to do with teamwork and tries working alone while being rude to her platoonmates. Takeru, however, still shows to care for her as her captain and after she tells him about her tragic past, he promises he'll help her carry that burden. Thanks to Takeru's support, Ouka opens up to him and their other comrades, gradually learning to care about them instead of continuing obsessing with her revenge.
** In Volume 6, Takeru bonds more deeply with Lapis once he starts treating her more as a person and partner instead of merely a weapon. As they become closer, Lapis grows out of her original EmotionlessGirl behavior and becomes much more humanlike, even developing romantic feelings for Takeru.
* {{Determinator}}: To protect his comrades, Takeru won't let ''anything'' stop him.
* DraggedIntoDrag: Ikaruga puts him in an ElegantGothicLolita dress for their platoon's cosplay cabaret in the SchoolFestival.
* DualWielding: Is fully capable of this thanks to his own personal skill-set and Lapis' abilities to change shape into any blade he desires. Used against Kyouya in Volume 9.
* EasilyCondemned: He's always getting blamed and punished for his AccidentalPervert moments, even though the girls are usually more at fault for it than him.
* EmergencyTransformation: During the battle against the Einherjar of King Arthur, a maimed Takeru forms a contract with Lapis and becomes a Witch Hunter to save his own life and Ouka's.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening words of the light novel are about how Takeru is hopeless at anything that isn't swordplay. This is mirrored again in the climactic fight of Volume 13.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He might not be the smartest guy around, but Takeru has very good instincts that allow him to get a grasp on people's true nature almost right away. That's how he can easily tell Sougetsu and Reima are the worst kind of people no matter how much they pretend to be affable. Also extends to some level of trust towards Kurogane.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Takeru joins the Inquisition's academy with many years of hellish training imparted to him by Orochi but he hardly ever gets to use his abilities properly.
* ExplosiveLeash: [[spoiler:After the second Witch-Hunt War is over, Ikaruga proposes Takeru to wear a Gleipnir Collar that'll explode if Hyakki Yakou kills even a single person. Takeru agrees and this prevents Kiseki from letting Hyakki Yakou lose control for the next five years.]]
* ExplosiveOverclocking: Takeru's Soumatou already counted as overclocking but when he had to push it to the absolute limit in a fight against Kurogane, Takeru accessed Demon Heart state, a permanent state of Soumatou Orochi warned him never to do as it shaves off years of his life.
* EyeColourChange: His brown eyes become [[SupernaturalGoldEyes golden]] when he enters his God Hunter form.
* FeelNoPain: By the time of his battle against [[spoiler:Kiseki]], Takeru has lost the sensation to pain because the part of his brain that controls it has been burned off from pushing himself over the limit so many times already. On the bright side, now he can use Soumatou without the restraint of feeling his body breaking.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The day Takeru lost to Ouka in physical combat in middle school was the day that changed his attitude on life forever. Ouka does not remember him until he comes to save her from the einherjar at the end of Volume 1.
* FriendlyRival: To Kyouya, after they settle their differences after Volume 9.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Started out this way during his days living with his family and in the early days of his academy life. Takeru still had his infamous mean streak and aggression to him that attracted the oddball Ikaruga and the equally troubled Kyouya to him. He started getting better after Kiseki and Ouka beat some sense to him, the latter quite literally.
* FromZeroToHero: He goes from leading the worst ranked squad of his entire institution to saving the world with them.
* FunbagAirbag: The breasts of his female teammates fall on his face so often he just becomes apathetic to it.
* GagPenis: He gives the girls a [[MaleFrontalNudity full view of his erection]] during their stay at a [[HotSpringsEpisode hot spring]]. The innocent Kanaria can only wonder what's the big thing in Takeru's crotch.
* GotVolunteered: Takeru's role as the 35th Platoon's captain was not due to any of his own merits but because the previous captain, and two other members, left. Leaving him, Usagi, and Ikaruga whereupon he was given the role to lead.
* HairTriggerTemper: When he was a child, Takeru had an explosive temper that caused him to destroy things and attack people at the slightest provocation, which made everyone in his village afraid of him. Traces of this characteristic still lingers in Takeru as it surfaces whenever someone goads him about his useless knowledge of swordplay.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His body gets ripped in half during his battle with the Einherjar of King Arthur. Lapis restores his body with magic, but if his contract with her is ever broken, he will go back to being in two pieces.
* HatesBeingAlone: His greatest fear is being left alone, which is why he'll fight tooth and nail to keep his sister and comrades by his side.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Swordsmanship is the only thing he's good at, and he is skilled at utilizing blades of any shape and size.
* HeroicSacrifice: {{Defied|Trope}}. [[spoiler:In the final volume, Takeru is willing to sacrifice himself and replace Sougetsu as a god if it meant saving the world, but Lapis does so in his stead and urges for him to live.]]
* HotWings: His God Hunter form is wrapped in twilight-colored flames that can serve as wings, granting Takeru the ability to fly.
* HourOfPower: He can only go into his God Hunter form for ten seconds because if he stays in that state longer, his and Lapis' souls will completely fuse and Takeru will become a godlike being.
* IdenticalGrandson: Takeru very closely resembles his ancestor Orochi's younger appearance.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Kind of justified since his more impossible feats were done while using his Relic Eater.
* InnocentlyInsensitive:
** Takeru talks to Kiseki about the girls of his platoon, especially complimenting Ouka. What he said triggers thoughts of insecurity and jealousy in Kiseki that cause her to fear her brother will leave her for another woman.
** When he first goes into God Hunter form, Takeru lets go of Lapis when he realizes he can't bring himself to kill himself and Kiseki. Afterwards, Lapis takes it as if Takeru threw her away and tells him that to her, him stopping their soul fusion is the same as him turning down having sex with her because her body is "too poor". Takeru is shocked to know what his actions looked like from Lapis' perspective and clears the misunderstanding by telling her she's his precious sword and partner that he would never abandon.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He prefers to use the standard Japanese Katana over all other blades he can potentially utilize.
* KillTheGod: [[spoiler:In Volume 13, Takeru finally kills Sougetsu and Lapis takes the latter's place as God to prevent the world from being destroyed.]]
* KnightInSourArmor: Takeru knows very well that he lives in a CrapsackWorld and he very likely can't protect all of his loved ones without giving up on something or someone else. Despite that, he wants to save everyone, or at least anyone he can, at the cost of sacrificing no one; a truly unbelievable and unrealistic goal that differentiates himself from Haunted and Kurogane.
* TheLeader: Takeru is the official captian of the platoon. While he's not great at coordinating the team, he encourages their spirit and they become loyal to him in return.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Takeru is the entire world to his sister Kiseki and he's the only one who can get through her when the demons inside her feed on her negative thoughts. The Inquisition lets him have talks with her because that usually helps to keep her stable.
* MentorArchetype: He's technically Kanaria's senior as a disciple to Orochi in the Double Edged Style.
* MasterSwordsman: One of the few that are left in the world, since most prefer to fight with guns or magic instead.
* MrViceGuy: While the prospect of money has not directly made Takeru choose it over his friends, Takeru's whole goal for the first five volumes of the series has money be his primary motivator as to pay off his family debt and pay for his visits to his sister. Takeru works to 2AM at a convenience store to help accrue living expenses and apparently has nightmares about his debtors coming to collect. Ikaruga warns the other girls that going on a date with Takeru would have him ask to split the bill.
* MyFistForgivesYou: [[spoiler:After Takeru gives up the homunculus body meant for Kiseki to save Akira, Kyouya offers to help out the 35th Platoon in their battle to pay Takeru back. However, Takeru hasn't forgotten that Kyouya blasted a hole through Kiseki's chest and Kyouya refuses to apologize for anything he did in his quest for revenge. Takeru decides to get even with Kyouya by punching him in the face before accepting him as an ally.]]
* NiceGuy: PlayedWith. By nature, Takeru is an angry and aggressive man because of his demonic soul. His current friendly and helpful behavior is the result of him emulating the personality of protagonists from books he read in order to improve himself. Still, his loyalty and protectiveness of those close to him are genuine.
* NoSocialSkills: He used to suck at social interactions because even the smallest thing made him snap and attack people. The only person he could have a civil conversation with was his little sister Kiseki. This was due to him, as a male of the Kusanagi family, having a soul of a demon which affected his temperament. The considerably better social skills he has now are learned from books he read after he decided to improve his personality.
* ObliviousToLove: It's very hard to get him to understand a girl likes him unless you straight up tell him. And even then, it'll mostly fly over his head, or the other girls will interrupt before he can react.
* OnlyICanKillHer: His sister Kiseki's demon body will only accept death if Takeru kills her as that's Kiseki's greatest wish. Takeru almost kills Kiseki and then himself when Hyakki Yakou goes out of control in Grey City, but he ends up not going through with it and chooses to live and protect everyone he loves. Enraged at Takeru refusing to die with her, Kiseki decides she will try and destroy everything until Takeru kills her.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's training to become an inquisitor to earn the money he needs to pay off his family's debts and take care of his sister. This causes Ouka to judge him as a greedy, self-serving scumbag, but the circumstances of Takeru and his family are much more complicated than anyone can imagine.
* OnlySaneMan: PlayedWith. Takeru is far from normal and has his anger management issues to deal with, but when he spends all of his time trying to command a platoon full of maladjusted girls, he inevitably comes off as sensible in comparison.
* ParryingBullets: By using the Soumatou to accelerate his brain, Takeru becomes so fast that he can cut bullets in half in midair with his sword. Takeru specifically learned to do this to prove his swordsmanship can win against a gun.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler:When he's supposed to ascend to godhood, Lapis stops him and tells him she alone is enough to inherit the Seat of God. Takeru sobs and begs her to not leave him behind after they promised to spend eternity together.]]
* PowerDyesYourHair: In his God Hunter form, Takeru's black hair turns azure blue like that of his Relic Eater Lapis.
* PowerIncontinence: Once his Soumatou goes out of control, it ends up permanently on. Making it so that even when he sleeps, he doesn't get any rest.
* ProneToTears: Many times, he's left sobbing when the antics of his UnwantedHarem cause him physical and emotional pain.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes turn red whenever he unleashes his demonic fury.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: He's named after Yamato Takeru, the great warrior who received the Kusanagi sword as part of a pair of gifts given by his aunt, Yamatohime-no-mikoto, the Shrine Maiden of Ise Shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Occurs twice by Takeru's own volition. The first was when Takeru left Orochi's tutelage in his mountain hut to pursue life as a highly-paid inquisitor to be closer to his sister. Happens again when Takeru refuses to be a non-combatant in the upcoming war and leaves the Magic Academy to save his comrades.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Takeru is not a normal human, but a demon born in the body of a human. This is part of the curse that runs in his bloodline, which causes all the men of the Kusanagi clan to have souls of demons.
* StockLightNovelHero: At first glance, Takeru looks like a standard light novel protagonist. He's the seemingly average high school student with an [[UnwantedHarem unwanted]] BattleHarem full of cute girls, has unparalleled swordsman skills that make him nearly unbeatable and wields a Sacred Treasure with a power so great it once nearly destroyed the world. What sets him apart is that his personality wasn't originally that of the typical NiceGuy. Takeru was born with the soul of a demon because of a family curse, so he acted dangerously ill-tempered and violent until he resolved to correct his conduct after a life-changing defeat. In fact, a lot of his current demeanor is copied from protagonists of books he has read.
* StrangerInAStrangeSchool: Volume 6 is mainly about Takeru being forced to attend the Magic Academy by Mother Goose. Takeru then starts to understand a bit how Mari felt in the Anti-Magic Academy, being one of the very few students with no magic power.
* StrongAndSkilled: With Lapis covering the inherent weaknesses of his lack of magic capabilities or means to combat non-humans, Takeru's skills with blades and Lapis' inherent anti-magic abilities make him an actual capable fighter against the threats that come his way.
* SuperSpeed: After he pushes over the limits of the Soumatou in his fight with Hayato, Takeru becomes able to move at the speed of sound and later of ''light''. The downside is that now his brain will become overloaded of information if he ever loses the concentration needed to keep his brain's limiter in place.
* TameHisAnger: When he was younger, Takeru was in a constant state of uncontrollable rage because his soul is that of a demon and he violently attacked anyone who made fun of him. In middle school, he was defeated by Ouka in a duel and Kiseki berated him for not being able to understand human emotions. Takeru then set himself to become a calmer and empathetic person. He still struggles to not lose his temper whenever others mock swordsmanship.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Happens so often that Ikaruga is disappointed when she doesn't get a reaction out of Takeru feeling her up, mostly because he is too used to it by then.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedtoDefeatYou: Is this to Haunted, who refuses to let Takeru die without facing him in a proper rematch.
* TookALevelInKindness: He was very vicious and destructive a few years back, which caused him to pick fights in middle school all the time. He began to become the affable guy we are familiar with after he lost against Ouka in a fight and Kiseki called him out on how he couldn't understand human emotions, although it's a bit difficult for him to not fall back into old bad habits.
* TrainingFromHell: To unlock the basis of the Double-Edged Styles techniques, the Soumatou, Takeru needed to learn how to invoke the feeling of his life flashing before his eyes moments before death on demand. This was instilled to him by Orochi by being pushed off a cliff, surviving, climbing back up said cliff, and be thrown off again.
* TripleShifter: Besides being an inquisitor in training, Takeru must pay for his own tuition while also trying to pay off a debt to the Inquisition for "taking care" of his sister. Right after finishing school for the day, he must work part-time at a supermarket up to ''2 am''. Mari is amazed that he has the stamina to keep up that lifestyle and stay healthy.
* UndyingLoyalty: He refuses to believe that his platoonmates are bad people when given information that points in that direction, leading him to go to protect them.
* UnfazedEveryman: He doesn't even notice the scary paranormal activity at his apartment.
* UninhibitedMusclePower: The Double-Edged Style technique Soumatou temporarily removes the limiter in Takeru's brain and accelerates its processing power to increase Takeru's speed enough to move faster than a bullet. The downside is that Takeru's body can't keep up with his accelerated brain and if he uses this technique without the support of a Relic Eater, his body will break apart.
* UnwantedHarem: He often ends up crying because of the downsides of leading a platoon full of cute, but dysfunctional girls who are all over him. His bad luck also causes lots of AccidentalPervert moments with his platoonmates that always end up in pain for him, so that's another reason why he's so unhappy with his harem.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: When he was kid, Takeru found by chance the shrine where his sister Kiseki was trapped in. He started talking to her, which became the first bond both ever made with another person. What Takeru didn't know was that Kiseki is the host of all the demons on Earth his family sealed within their bloodline and those demons act on her darkest desires. By giving Kiseki someone she wanted to spend time with, she eventually broke free of the box in the shrine, killed their parents and destroyed the entire village.
* WeakButSkilled: Takeru's skills with the katana are truly spectacular and covers a wide-breadth of weapons and knowledge but they are truly useless against the likes of firearms, mechs, magic, and needing to put his body under extreme stress to operate. Lapis is the only reason he is able to have a fighting chance.
* WifeBasherBasher: Takeru '''doesn't''' let Reima get away with treating Usagi as an object that can be owned. After Reima tries to rape Usagi, Takeru gives the scumbag a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown as retribution for abusing and attempting to humiliate his important comrade.
* WorthLivingFor: For most of his life, Takeru had no reason to live other than to protect his little sister Kiseki and change the Inquisition to free her from them. When Kiseki makes clear she wants to be killed by him to end her suffering, Takeru sees no way to stop the demons in her body from killing everyone he knows again and decides MurderSuicide is the only solution. Just as he's about to stab Kiseki and himself, Takeru can't go through with it because he now has his precious comrades in the 35th Platoon and has realized he wants to live alongside them no matter the despair he faces.
* YouAreNotAlone: He does this all the time for the girls in his platoon. Whenever one of them is going through something, he tells them he's there to carry half their burden.
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[[folder:Ouka Ootori]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReinaUeda
A prodigy and a former candidate for a position in Dullahan, until she was demoted and joined the 35th platoon. She is skilled in almost every aspect of combat, but has a loner streak and hates working together with a team (her insubordination being one of the reasons why she was demoted). Due to a witch killing her adoptive family, she has fostered a hatred for all things related to magic, which leads her to clash with Mari almost immediately; though this eases up as they become more familiar with each other. She has a temporary contract with the Relic Eater Vlad, which takes on the form of twin handguns. She is currently the adoptive daughter of Sougetsu Ootori, though she dislikes him and is suspicious of his every action. While she is slow to trust another person, she doesn't believe in condemning anybody unless all the evidence is shown properly to her.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Despite fighting witches fearlessly, she's afraid of ghosts, which is played for laughs. When she spends the night at Takeru's haunted apartment, she's on the verge of a panic attack the entire time.
* AintTooProudToBeg: At the moment that [[spoiler:Kiseki]] tries to kill her, Ouka knows she's powerless against her opponent and is reduced to tears as she begs [[spoiler:Kiseki]] to not kill anyone else even if she does kill her.
* AndThenWhat: When Kiseki tries tempting Ouka to kill Laugh Maker for revenge in an illusion, Ouka realizes she dedicated herself completely to revenge without ever putting any thought on what to do next.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In Volume 13, [[spoiler:knowing that she might not see him again, a tearful and distressed Ouka declares her feelings for Takeru before he heads to the final duel with Sougetsu.]]
* AntiMagic: In her Vampire True Ancestor form, Ouka can summon a swarm of bats whose screams diffuse all forms of magic.
* BrokenAce: Ouka is pretty much the perfect person to be an inquisitor, with skills and tactical mind to make her a great asset in the field. However, her intense hatred of magic caused by her trauma of the murder of her family made her too ruthless towards witches even by the Inquisition's standards and she couldn't work well on a team at all.
* BrokenBird: The death of her family at hands of a witch left a deep-rooted hatred in her heart, causing her to grow up into a cold and ruthless soldier with a single-minded obsession with revenge. She gradually gets better thanks to befriending Takeru and her new platoonmates.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: She delivered a crushing defeat to Takeru during a mock battle test in middle school, which was the catalyst of his drastic personality change. When they meet again two years later, Ouka had completely forgotten about Takeru, to his disillusionment.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her well-endowed figure gets her lots of attention from the opposite sex, including Takeru who is often [[ThanksForTheMammary groping her by accident]].
* ByronicHero: She's a very good example in her introduction; physically attractive, motivated by revenge, emotional baggage from a tragic past, reckless, ruthless, rebellious, and a self-imposed loner. Funnily enough, she later gains the powers of a vampire. She grows out of it thanks to the influence of her friends at the 35th Platoon.
* CerebusRetcon: Her [[TrademarkFavoriteFood love for anpan]] is first used to show her platoonmates Ouka can act like a cute girl after all. Ouka later tells Takeru that her dead little sister's favorite food was anpan with milk and she tried to get Ouka to taste it many times, but never succeeded. Ouka came to love anpan only after her sister died.
* ChildByRape: Ouka's birth mother was a BreedingSlave from the witch trafficking ring Red Butterfly's Insect Cage. Due to being born with no magic power, Ouka was abandoned as a newborn in a garbage dump with her mother's corpse next to her.
* ChildrenForcedToKill: When Ouka was just a child, a witch took control of her body and made her cut her adoptive little sister into pieces with a knife all while she was fully conscious the entire time.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Not as openly as Mari and Usagi, but Ouka still throws {{Death Glare}}s at Takeru when other girls get too close to him.
* CompulsorySchoolAge: She already earned the qualifications to join the Inquisition when she was 13 years old. At the start of the story, she's sent to high school and forced to join the Small Fry platoon because her recklessness at the field got her demoted.
* ContraltoOfStrength: Ouka has the deepest voice out of all the girls in the 35th platoon and is the best fighter in the team right after Takeru.
* CruelMercy: Ouka eventually decides that killing Laugh Maker when the latter wants to die won't be a satisfying revenge. Instead, she concludes forcing her to live with the burden of her crimes is a better punishment. [[spoiler:At the end, Ouka uses her powers as a Vampire True Ancestor to bite Laugh Maker, making her immortal and forever enslaved to Ouka's will so she won't kill anyone ever again. Ironically, Laugh Maker ends up ''grateful'' to Ouka for giving her the opportunity to atone for her crimes, not that Ouka wants to accept that gratitude.]]
* CryIntoChest: After realizing that VengeanceFeelsEmpty, Takeru holds Ouka in his arms as she cries into his chest until she passes out from exhaustion.
* DeclarationOfProtection: At the start of Volume 7, after the 35th Platoon is sentenced to participate in the war of Grey City, Ouka swears she will protect the 35th Platoon in Takeru's place until he returns.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Introduced as a cold and vengeful soldier who doesn't get along with people. Ouka becomes a much friendlier person towards Takeru and the rest of the Small Fry Platoon as the story progresses.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Ouka can be considered the other protagonist of the series since her amount of focus and development is roughly equal to Takeru's. Volume 7 has Ouka temporarily take the role of protagonist during Takeru's absence, replacing him as the platoon's captain until Takeru returns.
* DoesNotLikeMagic: She doesn't just hate witches, but magic itself. She even refuses to make a full contract with her Relic Eater Vlad because she wants to avoid using magic as much as possible. She slowly grows out of it after meeting people who use magic for good such as Mari and Ouka understands she can use magic to protect those close to her, which is why she accepts a formal contract with Vlad.
* EatingLunchAlone: When she has just been send back to the academy, she gets away from everyone during lunchtime and enjoys her anpan and milk all by herself.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Ouka is the most capable fighter in the 35th Platoon on her own (since Takeru's abilities are very limited without Lapis' regeneration keeping his body from breaking). Since she only uses her Relic Eater for emergencies, her power in battle is all her natural skill as a prodigy Inquisitor. Starting from near the end of Volume 5, Ouka makes a full contract with Vlad to gain her own Witch Hunter form and in addition, she becomes able to transform into a Vampire True Ancestor.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ouka is introduced in Takeru's flashback where he was beaten by her in mock combat and the following scene covers her demotion from Dullahan to student for having outright disobeyed orders and killed a witch on the job.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Her popularity extends to the female students, as seen when they fangirl over her during PE. Kanata also admires Ouka's beauty when they're taking a shower together.
* FieryRedhead: Her hair is bright orange like the sunset, which goes perfectly with her explosive temper and aggressive approach.
* FightingFromTheInside: Thanks to her contract with Vlad, Ouka is able to resist being completely possessed by Mephistopheles and paralyzes her body to give Usagi the chance to shoot her.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: When she first joins the platoon, Ouka fails to recognize Takeru as her old classmate. It's until he arrives to protect her from the Einherjar of King Arthur that she remembers Takeru as the cocky swordsman she defeated in a mock battle test.
* FreudianExcuse: Ouka is infamous among the Inquisition because she shows no mercy to witches and creates a bloodbath whenever she confronts magic criminals. She ended up this way as a result of a witch forcing her to kill her first adoptive family. When she witnesses casualties caused by magic, Ouka completely loses control of herself and goes into 'kill all witches' mode.
* GunsAkimbo: Her Relic Eater Vlad is a pair of twin guns that fire stakes to pierce through and dispel magic.
* TheGunslinger: She specializes in handguns.
* HappilyAdopted: She was an adopted daughter of the Mineshiro family until a witch killed them. Even now, Ouka thinks of the Mineshiros as her true family and has lived for the goal of eventually avenging them. Her relationship with her second adoptive father Sougetsu is far more distant.
* HeroicBSOD: She loses herself in her vengeful rage against Laugh Maker and realizes too late that she let her comrades fall right into the enemy's trap. She barely manages to save Usagi and two Spriggans from poisonous gas and when they return to the camp, their allies have all been killed or captured. Ouka feels devastated and guilty for giving priority to her revenge and briefly forgetting about her comrades after she swore to protect them. Fortunately, Usagi is there to snap her out of it and remind her she must save Ikaruga and the other prisoners who are still alive.
* HeroicWillpower: She's the only one who was ever able to resist Laugh Maker's [[PeoplePuppets End Order]] spell when Laugh Maker tries forcing her to kill Ikaruga and recreate Ouka's trauma of killing her little sister.
* HornedHumanoid: She grows horns on her head when she transforms into a Vampire True Ancestor.
* HumanizingTears: Since she puts up a strong front most of the time, the moment where she breaks down in tears in front of Takeru after finally taking revenge for her family is very touching.
* IWorkAlone: She has this mindset when she's forced to join the platoon, refusing to become comrades with them because she believes she must take revenge against evil witches by herself. She also finds her platoonmates too incompetent so she rationalizes it's be more effective if she goes on missions alone. She starts changing her mind thanks to Takeru offering to help her with her revenge.
* IcyBlueEyes: She's an aloof and ruthless soldier with piercing cobalt eyes.
* ImprobableAge: She joined the Inquisition and became a Dullahan at the age of 13.
* ImprobableAimingSkills:
** She can win against a [[{{Mecha}} Dragoon]] by firing three bullets at the exposed joints of its arm to render it immobile. Takeru is amazed at Ouka being able to hit those three points so accurately with a simple handgun in the middle of intense combat.
** She fires three bullets to shoot at a speeding van's tires when it's already at a faraway distance and it works, causing the van to crash.
* IneffectualLoner: Ouka refused anyone's help in her quest of revenge against witches. This resulted in her being very uncooperative and acting on her own during missions, which only got her demoted and transferred back into the Anti-Magic Academy. When she first joins Takeru's platoon, Ouka still thinks teamwork is a waste of time until she's almost killed when fighting an Einherjar alone. Afterwards, she slowly accepts the 35th platoon as her TrueCompanions.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's strict, cold, and merciless to evil witches, but she's a good and heroic person who doesn't jump to conclusions about people without having solid evidence first. She also grows to care deeply about her platoonmates and becomes a great friend to them later on.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While she's being stubborn and uncooperative when she first joins the platoon, the criticism she gives as reasons why she doesn't want to rely on her platoonmates are valid. Usagi isn't a dependable sniper during missions because of her PerformanceAnxiety, Ikaruga makes reckless modifications to the platoon's weapons, and Takeru doesn't seem to have what it takes to be a leader. Despite not liking her attitude, Takeru acknowledges everything Ouka said about them is true.
* TheLancer: Ouka is Takeru's right-hand woman and {{Foil}}, as she's far more experienced in the field and the only member of the platoon without CripplingOverspecialization.
* LegFocus: Takeru and Ikaruga consider that Ouka's most attractive point are her well-toned, shapely legs.
* LonerTurnedFriend: She initially had no intention of becoming friends with anyone in her new platoon as she considered teamwork an obstacle for her revenge. After Takeru manages to earn her trust, Ouka gradually opens up and begins to find it fun to be part of a team.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: She starts off as a cold-blooded soldier out for revenge. Because of her recklessness, she's forced to join the Small Fry Platoon infamous for only having weirdos as members. This turned out to be what Ouka needed to stop obsessing over her revenge and learn to work as part of a team.
* MuggleBornOfMages: Ouka's birth mother was a witch who was used as a BreedingSlave in the trafficking ring Red Butterfly's Insect Cage. Because Ouka was born with no magic power, her mother was disposed of and thrown into a garbage dump along with a newborn Ouka.
* NavelDeepNeckline: Her outfit as a Vampire True Ancestor leaves her cleavage and abdomen bare.
* NewMeat: She's forced to join the Small Fry platoon at the beginning of the show.
* NoSocialSkills: She spent most of her life solely focused on her revenge against witches, leaving Ouka with little to no experience in normal social situations. She has trouble reading the mood and can't even talk naturally to people outside her platoon, although she's trying to learn for the sake of being a good friend to her platoonmates.
* NotAfraidToDie: When the Anti-Magic Academy is being destroyed by the Einherjar of King Arthur, Ouka is the only student who isn't afraid to face it head-on. Ouka comes close to winning by using her Relic Eater Vlad, but when Sougetsu takes it away, she quietly accepts her death and actually considers it kind of a relief as dying means she doesn't have to live obsessed with revenge anymore. Fortunately, Takeru arrives in time to save her.
* NotSoStoic: She presents herself as a professional, collected ex-inquisitor only for that mask to crack when she loses her cool and goes into a frenzy when a magic criminal threatens a child or [[ThanksForTheMammary Takeru's hand falls on her breast]].
* NowOrNeverKiss: [[spoiler:She kisses Takeru before he heads off to the final duel with Sougetsu, with both knowing he might not return alive.]]
* NumberTwo: She serves as the 35th platoon's second-in-command. In the aftermath of the fifth arc, Ouka temporarily takes over the position of the platoon captain during Takeru's absence.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: When Vlad absorbs enough blood, Ouka can transform into a Vampire True Ancestor, granting her with a HealingFactor, SuperSpeed and {{Flight}}.
* PantyFighter: In the manga adaptations, nearly all panels of her fight scenes have her showing her panties in the middle of an ass-kicking.
* ParentalAbandonment: She was found as a baby in a garbage dump with her real mother's corpse beside her. She was taken to an orphanage and eventually, the Mineshiro family adopted her.
* PhotographicMemory: She has memorized almost every magical procedure in her head, allowing her to pierce through many spells as well as Takeru's Witch Hunter form. [[spoiler:Eventually, she can remember all the highly complicated magical procedure of the God Hunter form after only hearing Lapis' explanation.]]
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler:Vlad chooses to turn himself into magic power to save Ouka from Kiseki. As he bids farewell, Ouka breaks down crying while begging Vlad to not leave her.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: She gains large bat-like wings in her Vampire True Ancestor form.
* RedBaron: The inquisitors called her "Crimson Princess Calamity" for the way she murders magic criminals indiscriminately and leaves a bloodbath behind.
* RedheadsAreRavishing: Ouka's hair is described as sunset-colored. In their first meeting, Takeru describes her as "an embodiment of mythical battle maidens." Many characters comment on Ouka's beauty and orange hair.
* RedIsHeroic: Ouka is one of the main heroes and her Witch Hunter armor is crimson red.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: She's extremely embarrassed when Suginami puts her in a Chinese minidress that [[LegFocus shows off her legs]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: Until she met Takeru, Ouka lived solely for the sake of taking her revenge against magic users. The reason why she got demoted and transferred to the 35th platoon was her tendency to disobey orders and engage in unrequired ruthlessness towards witches. Thanks to becoming closer to Takeru and the platoon, Ouka grows out of this mentality and changes her main motive from single-minded revenge to protecting her new friends.
* SelfMadeOrphan: She was forced into becoming one. An evil witch got into her house and claimed she would spare the daughters if Ouka killed her adoptive parents. While Ouka didn't want to do it, her parents used the knife she held in her hands to kill themselves while they asked Ouka to take care of her little sister. Despite their sacrifice, the witch didn't keep her promise to spare the younger daughter.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: According to Vlad, Ouka's adoptive father Kazuma also suffered from poor social and communication skills.
* ShedTheFamilyName: In the epilogue, Ouka has discarded the Ootori surname and changed it back to Mineshiro, the surname of her original adoptive family, as she doesn't want to be associated with Sougetsu in any way.
* SiblingMurder: Not that she wanted to do it. The witch that attacked Ouka's first adoptive family took control of her body and forced Ouka to kill her own little sister with a knife.
* SignatureHeadgear: She always wears a pink flower petal hair clip on the right side of her bangs. Mari thinks such a cute hair accessory doesn't suit a tough girl like Ouka, but it actually symbolizes the kanji for cherry blossoms in her name and her hidden soft side.
* SourOutsideSadInside: She takes on a lone wolf attitude because she has never dared to care for anything besides revenge ever since her family was killed by a witch. She starts to get better when she accepts Takeru's companionship.
* StatuesqueStunner: In the epilogue five years later, Ouka has grown much taller, being nearly the same height as Takeru, and more beautiful than ever.
* StockLightNovelCalamityPrincess: She has long 'sunset colored' hair, is a genius who graduated early, and is considered a screw-up, demoted for killing witches recklessly but still relentlessly pursues her goal to purge the world of witches. She's the adopted daughter of the President of the school, making her an {{Ojou}}. Her powers are extremely destructive, involving the use of guns. She [[RedBaron is called "Crimson Princess Calamity"]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her Vampire True Ancestor form shows a lot of skin.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's very aloof, businesslike and coldhearted to those she's unfamiliar with. Her platoonmates see that she's really a warm, loyal, and cute girl as they grow closer to her.
* TearfulSmile: A particularly heartbreaking one when her family died. The witch Laugh Maker took control of Ouka's body and used her to stab her own family to death. Once they were all dead, she forced Ouka to smile while tears kept running down the poor girl's face.
* TechnicallyLivingVampire: By absorbing a large amount of magic power through the blood of others, Ouka can activate Vlad's intrinsic magic Dracula and turn her body into a vampire, giving her power equal to a true-born vampire.
* TeenGenius: She's a well-known genius who passed the qualifications to become an inquisitor when she was at middle school.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She delivers a good one to the witch Laugh Maker/Mimulus. Ouka realizes that Laugh Maker/Mimulus is trying to push her to the limit to make her kill her and be freed from her sinful existence as a murderer. While she originally killed people without remorse because Insect Cage's "education" made her a psychotic killer, now she's just killing people while knowing it's evil so someone else kills her and she can run away from her crimes.
-->"In the end you never left Insect Cage...! If you thought what you have done was bad then you could have surrendered yourself! And yet, what you did was to further your misdeeds while hoping for judgment to come! Instead of stopping to sin after being blanked, you wanted to be judged by me! Just how cowardly are you! You didn't become Laugh Maker nor have you become Mimulus-just a criminal trash!!"
* TookALevelInBadass: Ouka is one of the best fighters in the 35th Platoon from the start, but she can't take on major threats like the Einherjar because she would need to make a full contract with her Relic Eater to reach the level needed to defeat powerful magic weapons and Ouka's hatred for magic prevents her from doing that. After she finally accepts a full contract with Vlad to protect her comrades, Ouka can single-handedly defeat an Einherjar and a Mechanical Dragon.
* TookALevelInIdealism: Early on, Ouka is cynical and hateful due to her tragic past, kills criminals without mercy, and thinks all magic is evil. Spending time in the 35th Platoon causes Ouka soften drastically, even [[VitriolicBestBuds sort of befriending the witch Mari]], and her main priority changes to protecting her new friends. She also [[ThouShaltNotKill comes to opt for not killing enemies when given a choice]].
* TookALevelInKindness: At the start of the series, Ouka is a hard-hearted ex-inquisitor who is rude to her platoonmates and shows no mercy to criminals. After accepting Takeru's support and bonding with her platoon, Ouka grows into a compassionate person who cares for her comrades and wants to spare the lives of criminals with sympathetic circumstances.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She ''loves'' anpan, especially accompanied by milk, and the few times she looks really happy is while eating the stuff.
* TragicBigot: Her first adoptive family was murdered by a witch who controlled Ouka's body with magic and forced her to stab her parents and sister to death. Because of her trauma, Ouka has a violent hatred of witches and everything related to magic, which often sends her into a murderous rage when facing magic criminals. She starts growing out of it after understanding not all magic users are evil and she becomes VitriolicBestBuds with the witch Mari.
* TransferableMemory: She can see people's memories when she absorbs their blood in her Vampire True Ancestor form.
* TraumaButton: Ouka has a bad habit of completely losing control of herself and going into a killing spree whenever she witnesses casualties caused by witches and magic, especially if children are the victims, which is what got her demoted in the first place. Ouka admits that seeing such atrocities reminds her of the time a witch forced her to kill her adoptive parents and little sister with a knife.
* TsurimeEyes: Her eyes are sharp and strong-willed, just like Ouka herself.
* UnbrokenVigil: She, alongside Mari, falls asleep at Takeru's bedside after he's left unconscious for two days in the aftermath of his battle with Magnolia.
* UnscrupulousHero: When she joins the platoon, Ouka believes magic criminals who kill people should all die and won't hesitate to shoot them dead even though she knows she could lose her qualifications to rejoin the Inquisition because of that. Thanks to her new comrades, Ouka becomes a more typically heroic person.
* UnstoppableRage: When she finally comes face-to-face with Laugh Maker, the witch who killed her first adoptive family, Ouka briefly loses herself in a blind vengeful rage and can't think rationally until hearing Usagi is in danger snaps her back to sanity.
* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: In the last bonus story, Ouka is forced to wear a frilly dress and a big ribbon over her head, picked for her by Ikaruga, for the 35th Test Platoon members' outing with [[spoiler:Kiseki]] because she doesn't have clothes besides her EXE uniform and suits. All of her friends think she looks ridiculous, but [[spoiler:Kiseki]] does think she looks cute.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: After she finally takes revenge on Laugh Maker for the death of her family, Ouka admits to Takeru that she still feels empty because revenge can't bring her family back. Takeru comforts her by [[YouAreNotAlone reminding her that she now has him and their comrades of the Small Fry platoon to walk beside her even after her revenge is fulfilled.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: She has frequent clashes with Mari because of their rough personalities and differing views of magic. They soon do come to respect each other and despite their denials, it's kind of obvious they're friends already.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Hyakki Yakou shows Ouka a vision where she has the opportunity to murder Laugh Maker, the witch who forced her to kill her own family. At the end, however, Ouka once again chooses to spare Laugh Maker and make her live with the weight of her crimes.
* WillfullyWeak: Early in the series, Ouka is the only member in the platoon besides Takeru who has a Relic Eater, but she refuses to go into Witch Hunter form because she hates using magic. She finally overcomes this after she realizes she can use Vlad's power to protect her comrades.
* {{Workaholic}}: She has a overly-diligent work ethic due to her desire for revenge against witches consuming all her thoughts.
* YouKilledMyFather: Her parents and little sister were killed by the witch Laugh Maker, which led to her initial obsession with killing witches. In addition, Laugh Maker also reveals she killed Ouka's birth mother during their confrontation. [[spoiler:When finally given the opportunity to have her revenge, Ouka decides against killing Laugh Maker because the latter wants to die and instead uses her vampiric powers to leave the witch under her control so she never kills anyone again.]]
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[[folder:Mari Nikaido]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaeIto
->''"Well, that's because, y'know——I'm first-rate, right?"''
Nicknamed the "Non-killing Witch", Mari is a former member of Valhalla forced to join the Inquisition after her memory is wiped by Haunted. She eventually joins the 35th Platoon on her own free will, and doesn't bother to hide her identity as a witch after she becomes an official student. Her magical property is "Aurora", an ancient magic type and she is considered a first-rate witch though she is often handicapped by the collar the Inquisition makes her wear to suppress her powers. She specializes in highly destructive attack magic, healing, and eventually showcases skills in illusion and summoning magic. Due to her nature as a witch (and later their rivalry for Takeru's attention) she and Ouka are constantly at odds; being given the condescending nickname of "Fuel Tank" from her.
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* ACupAngst: She's insecure about her chest size, especially since most of the others girls have buxom figures and is often teased about it by the other platoon members, especially Ikaruga.
* AllForNothing: Mari agreed to work for Valhalla because Haunted told her he would release the children of her orphanage if she worked with him. Mari forced herself to do crimes she hated just to save the children. And then it turns out they were already dead.
* AmnesiacVillainJoinsTheHeroes: PlayedWith. Mari is a witch of Valhalla who got her memory erased before she was captured by the Inquisition. She's then assigned to the 35th platoon and starts to become friends with them, but she fears she might turn out to be a bad person if she gets her memory back. The truth is Mari was only forced to work for Valhalla because the children of her orphanage were supposedly being held hostage by them (which was a lie; they were already dead). Mari is almost convinced her criminal past means she's a villain, but Takeru and her new platoonmates don't think so and let her stay part of the team.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:She loses her left arm and leg while fighting against Mother Goose. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal She gets better though.]]]]
* TheAtoner: Takeru inspires her to use her magic to atone for the crimes she committed as a member of Valhalla.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She's extremely good at breaking down how an opponent's magic works, and quickly coming up with a way to counter it.
* BarrierWarrior: Her defensive magic is top-notch, with her Aurora Fortress spell creating a rainbow-colored barrier capable of sustaining fire from dozens of dragoons.
* BeamSpam: Her attack magic tends to take this form, since she hates killing she makes more beams to make each individual shot less lethal.
* BerserkButton:
** "Small breasts" is a taboo word for her due to her ACupAngst.
** You can speak badly of witches, but Mari won't tolerate people calling magic itself a bad thing.
* {{BFS}}: She's able to use magic to generate a 20-meter sword [[ElementalWeapon made of either light or darkness]].
* TheBigGirl: Mari is the only member who can naturally use magic and once her PowerLimiter is removed, she proves to be a massive powerhouse.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: While trying to save some inquisitor students that fell victims of Haunted's {{Man Eating Plant}}s, Mari is covered in their splattered blood as she helplessly watches them being gruesomely killed.
* BrutalHonesty: Noted to be similar to Takeru in this regard, she isn't afraid to get straight to the point.
* ButtMonkey: Gets teased a lot by the rest of the platoon.
* ChekhovsSkill: Her extensive knowledge of Ancient Magic is at first just used to show her genius. It becomes much more important later on when she reveals she could use Sun and Moon based magic.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Mari gets very angry when she catches Takeru having one of his AccidentalPervert moments with any girl other than her.
* CuteLittleFangs: She's usually drawn with an adorable feline fang which highlights her PluckyGirl personality.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: She has quite messy driving skills when it comes to {{Flying Broomstick}}s.
* EnergyAbsorption: She can use drain magic, which comes in handy against [[spoiler:Mother Goose, which lets her use "God's Authority" and "Rejuvenate" in order to heal her wounds.]]
* {{Flight}}: Her magic lets her fly to an extent. Though she isn't all that good at it, which leads to some problems.
* ForcedIntoEvil: She was forced to help Valhalla as Haunted's subordinate due to her fellow orphans being held hostage. She later finds out that said kids were already killed, but fortunately Takeru snaps her out of her HeroicBSOD before she breaks down completely.
* FromRoommatesToRomance: In volume 2, she becomes Takeru's roommate because he's the only member of the platoon with an apartment big enough to share with her. She quickly develops a crush on him.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She wins herself a big anteater doll at the school fair.
* GirlishPigtails: She ties some of her hair into pigtails, suiting her youthful personality and {{Tsundere}} traits.
* HotTeacher: In the epilogue five years later, Mari has become a teacher and Ouka ridicules her for wearing a short skirt in front of the students.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When she was younger, Mari did some shady stuff for the sake of collecting money for her orphanage. After their church was burnt down and she was told the children were Valhalla's hostages, she accepted to do whatever they asked to get the children back.
* IdentityAmnesia: Because of the memory erasing charm Haunted used in her, Mari is unable to remember anything about herself but her own name for most of Volume 2.
%%* InsufferableGenius: Only acts like this towards Ouka.
* InsultOfEndearment: Called "Fuel Tank" by Ouka, since her only role in one battle was to power up Takeru despite her gloating about it.
* MarshmallowHell: Subverted. She once ''tries'' to do this by pulling in Takeru's head and grinding it against her chest to make him feel it. [[ACupAngst Note that this was in response to him accidentally saying he bumped into a wall, when it was actually her.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Haunted gives her back her memory, Mari is absolutely horrified as she remembers all the crimes she committed while assisting Valhalla. She would have broken down if it wasn't for Takeru.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Her condition for cooperating with Haunted was that they wouldn't harm any civilians. She was furious at him when he broke that promise by summoning the Einherjar of Myth/KingArthur and turning a large number of civilians into man-eating ghouls.
* NeverBareheaded: Mari is rarely seen without her signature beret.
* NewTransferStudent: Sougetsu enrolls her at the Anti-Magic Academy as a transfer student.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: She has this sort of feeling for Ouka. She sees Ouka as her biggest rival for Takeru's heart, but she wants to beat Ouka by fair means and won't stand anyone else wins against her rival.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: PlayedForLaughs when she tearfully begs Ouka to not let her stay alone at Takeru's haunted apartment.
* PluckyGirl: After she officially joins the 35th platoon and isn't been tormented by Haunted anymore, she's the spunkiest and most feisty girl in the platoon.
* PowerNullifier: Her Gleipnir Collar, which the Inquisition placed on her, that [[ExplosiveLeash explodes when she tries to use offensive magic]]. It gets removed by Orochi in the sixth arc and after that she uses her magic whenever she wants.
* PsychicNosebleed: Magic spells can put a big strain in her brain, giving her a nosebleed in some occasions.
* RainbowMotif: Her Aurora magic attribute manifests as a rainbow-colored light.
* RescueRomance: She falls for Takeru because he saved her from being taken away by the evil Haunted and welcomed her as a comrade after she lost everything.
* TheRival: She has actually grown to respect Ouka a lot and see her as a friend, but the chemistry she sees between Ouka and Takeru makes her consider Ouka a rival.
* SacredFirstKiss: Ouka performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her after she's buried by a snow avalanche. When Mari wakes up, she breaks down in tears at Ouka taking her first kiss when she wanted to give it to Takeru.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: She's always wearing the muffler she got from the Orphanage director, and boy does she kick ass in it.
* SenseiChan: In the epilogue five years later, Mari has become a teacher at the Anti-Magic Academy and her jovial personality makes her very popular with her students, who call her "Mari-can-sensei".
* SmugSuper: She isn't afraid to brag about how much better at magic she is than everyone else. To be fair, she isn't really wrong in that regard.
* SolarAndLunar: She learns how to use the "Sun" and "Moon" types of magic via her Aurora property after studying in the Inquisition. Thus stripping them of their "Ancient" designation.
* SquishyWizard: She's a powerful witch and very knowledgeable in magic, but her physical stamina and strength are very low.
* SummonMagic: She manages to summon a {{Kirin}}, notable since she does so without any sacrifices and it came only because she asked it to. Mother Goose notes it is probably the first time a magical being has ever wished to be summoned and actually hurried to be there.
* SuperpowerLottery: She has an Ancient Property which immediately makes her a cut above the rest for Witches in terms of magical ability.
* TeenGenius: She's a genius in the domain of magic, and she gets a handle on other subjects really quickly as well.
* ThouShaltNotKill: As indicated by her nickname "Non-killing Witch," Mari avoids killing people.
* TokenWizard: Mari is the only witch of the 35th Platoon and the Anti-Magic Academy as a whole.
* TragicKeepsake: Her muffler is a memento of the orphanage director who raised her and her hat was a gift from the other kids in the orphanage, bought with the little money they had. Now that she's the only one from the orphanage who is still alive, Mari wears her muffler and hat every day.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** It's obvious she likes the Small Fry Platoon and wants to be friends with them, but she's also an amnesiac witch and they're inquisitors in training, so Mari acts gruff to push them away. By the end of the second arc, she has completely accepted them as her TrueCompanions.
** She's more of a Sweet type towards Takeru and Ouka. Mari is laidback and nice mostly, yet she's prone to throwing fits when it looks like Takeru could be more interested in other girls or is acting like a pervert. Also, no matter how much she argues with Ouka, Mari still thniks of Ouka as one of her beloved comrades that she would die for.
* UnbrokenVigil: Like Ouka, she falls asleep at Takeru's bedside when he falls unconscious for two days after the battle with the Magnolia Troop.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Mari is a witch who loves magic and Ouka is an ex-inquisitor who hates magic, so it's inevitable that their stubborn personalities and strong opinions are going to clash. They do respect each other deep down and are slowly becoming good friends, though both deny it.
* WaveMotionGun: Her Aurora Gate is essentially one.
* WhiteMage: Her Aurora magic is known for its destructive power and it's called the strongest of the ligh-based magic properties. She also has a weakness to any darkness-related magic.
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[[folder:Ikaruga Suginami]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokoShiraishi
A first year student at the academy, she is the technician of the platoon, creating and maintaining the equipment for everyone. A genius when it comes to creating weapons, fiddling with machines, and hacking. She is also in charge of gathering intelligence, though in often less than legal or fair ways). Considered one of the more troublesome members of the platoon, she is also fond of sexually harassing the other members.
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* ActionMom: She has an artifical half-elf daughter named Kanaria that she created at the lab. She's normally in charge of MissionControl, but there's times she joins the front lines in the battlefield. Most notably, the time she charges into Alchemist's first research facility driving a Dragoon and faces Suzaku directly in a fight, all in order to free Kanaria from living for revenge.
* AmbiguouslyBi: While she's explicitly attracted to Takeru, she also makes various perverted comments and advances on the other girls. It's unclear if she's just messing with them or if she is attracted to them.
* AnimalThemeNaming: As part of the FamilyThemeNaming for the Suginamis, Ikaruga is named after a bird. In her case, a spotted dove.
* TheAtoner: She wants to atone for not taking Isuka and Kanaria with her when she left Alchemist. For this reason, she tries her best to be there for Kanaria even though the elf doesn't acknowledge her as her mother.
* BigBreastPride: She's well aware of the appeal of her busty figure and can be smug about her it, often [[ACupAngst poking fun of Mari's flat figure]] and giving Takeru MarshmallowHell.
* BlackBraAndPanties: After taking Takeru to her hideout in the border, Ikaruga gives him the IntimateHealing treatment while wearing nothing but black lingerie.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When she transforms into a Dark Elf, the white of her eyes becomes black.
* BrainyBrunette: She has long brown hair and despite being perverted, she's a brilliant scientist.
* BrilliantButLazy: She is incredibly smart, but lacks motivation to do much with it after leaving Alchemist.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: She's the bustiest member of the platoon, something Takeru often takes notice of during his narration, even describing them as "captivating" or "lustrous".
* CainAndAbel: Ikaruga's sister Isuka grew to hate her for leaving Alchemist without her, essentially abandoning her to be "re-educated". Isuka now wants to have Ikaruga hand her over the Lost Matrix she stole so she can join Valhalla and destroy the world. Instead, Ikaruga tries to take Isuka with her as she should have done so years ago, but Haunted kills Isuka before they can reconcile.
* CoolBigSis: Perversion aside, Ikaruga can play the role of a laidback and supportive older sister to her female teammates by teasing them as much as she gives them good advice.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: For the SchoolFestival, she organizes a cosplay cabaret and gets very excited about putting her platoonmates in sexy cosplay costumes.
* CuriousAsAMonkey: This caused major problems for her when she was a child, due to the laboratory's policy of not being interested in anything that wasn't "sharp".
* DefectorFromDecadence: After becoming curious of the outside world, Ikaruga intentionally failed an experiment to get herself evicted from Alchemist. Then she found out [[YouHaveFailedMe she would be killed for her failure instead]] and the baby elf she made would also be killed as a failure. Having gained a sense of morality thanks to becoming attached to her "child", Ikaruga realized how rotten Alchemist was, escaped from the lab and stole the Lost Matrix to prevent their elf cloning experiments from continuing.
* DesignerBaby: She's one of the products of Alchemist's Design Children Project, birthed with the purpose of creating geniuses who advance scientific progress.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When Ikaruga is at the mercy of Kiseki and her Hyakki Yakou, Ikaruga feels no fear and goes on to mock Kiseki for failing to brainwash her and using her own misery as an excuse to kill millions just to try and break her brother. On top of it, she rubs in Kiseki's face that she won't ever have the guts to kill Takeru's friends because she doesn't really want to be hated by him.
* DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: She doesn't know how to thank Takeru without offering him her body. She admits she's very clumsy when it comes to expressing her honest feelings.
* TheEngineer: The support type. She's in charge of all equipment in the platoon and makes weapons and equipment for the group from time to time, such as special ammunition or reconnaissance drones.
* FamousAncestor: Her sperm donor was the Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus, one of the most influential medical scientists in early modern Europe.
* FirstFriend: Ikaruga met Takeru at middle school and they quickly became the first friend both ever made. Thanks to this, they share a very intimate understanding of each other.
* ForScience: Used to have this attitude as a child, became less prominent as she became more interested in the outside world. She does use this as an excuse to try and have sex with Takeru, stating that she wants to see what the fuss is all about. They're interrupted before she gets her chance however.
* ForcefulKiss: She steals a kiss from Takeru before leaving with Isuka to the 5th Laboratory.
* TheGadfly: Likes to provoke the other members of her team from time to time just for her own amusement.
* GadgeteerGenius: She's a genius engineer who spends most of her time developing weapons and devices.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: She wears a lab-coat at all times, making it easy to spot her as the resident scientist.
* LasciviousBeautyMark: Ikaruga has two beauty marks (one under her left eye and one on her chin) and is the most sexually forward of Takeru's potential love interests, being more than happy to let him see her in lingerie or completely naked. She has overtly tried to have sex with him and when she gets interrupted, she contents herself with kissing him while pressing her naked breasts against him. She also likes to comment on her female friends' sex appeal and grope Usagi's large breasts.
* LovableSexManiac: She's a self-admitted pervert who's constantly making perverted comments and sexual jokes. She also enjoys putting her female platoonmates in skimpy {{Fanservice}} outfits.
* LoveConfessor: While revealing her past and secrets to Ouka and Usagi, Ikaruga admits she loves Takeru "as a member of the opposite sex".
* MadScientist: She can give off this impression sometimes due to the crazy weapons and devices she makes for the platoon, many that leave her comrades baffled. She's more perverted and eccentric than mad, though.
* MaternallyChallenged: Being a scientist DesignerBaby, Ikaruga had zero experience with babies which made it difficult for her to understand how to treat the elf baby she created. When they reunite in the present after Kanaria thought Ikaruga abandoned her, Ikaruga has a hard time figuring out how she should approach her "daughter".
* MessyHair: Her long hair is constantly messy and unkempt, due to her laid-back attitude and the fact she rarely sleeps.
* MissionControl: Her role during the missions is monitoring her comrades from afar and giving them advice through communicators once she uses her scientific knowledge to analyze the enemies.
* MotherlyScientist: To get herself expelled from Alchemist, Ikaruga intentionally botched an elf resurrection trial by creating a wood elf hybrid with no magic ability. When the baby half-elf called her "mama", Ikaruga began feeling responsible for her creation and named her Kanaria because parents must name their children. She believed Kanaria was killed by the lab, but she is currently working with Valhalla. Ikaruga knows she doesn't have the right to act as Kanaria's mother after leaving her behind, but she still feels a sense of responsibility and atonement that drives her to try and be there for Kanaria.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She created the half-elf Kanaria for an intentionally failed experiment so she would be thrown out of Alchemist. When the baby Kanaria called her "mama", Ikaruga felt guilt and regret for the first time in her life because she realized she had doomed her own child to be disposed of by the scientists. Ikaruga wanted to escape from the lab with Kanaria, but when she saw Kanaria's cell empty, she thought she was too late. She doesn't learn Kanaria is still alive until years later.
* MyGreatestFailure: Ikaruga regrets having escaped Alchemist's lab without Isuka and Kanaria since now she understands those two were her family. She feels even worse about it when she learns Alchemist "re-educated" Isuka to make sure she wouldn't rebel against them like Ikaruga did.
* MysticalWhiteHair: By using nanomachines to alter her own DNA, Ikaruga can transform herself into a dark elf, which causes her black hair to turn white.
* {{Nanomachines}}: Ikaruga used the Lost Matrix to create an imperfect nanomachine cluster that allows her to alter her genes to a limited extent. This was primarily used to alter herself into a Dark Elf.
* {{Nerdgasm}}: She pants heavily as she admires the mechanical properties of Dragoons, to Mari's disturbance.
-->'''Ikaruga:''' Robots are erotic in ways that humans can never be!
* NervesOfSteel: Ikaruga never loses calm even when face-to-face with the psychotic witch Laugh Maker.
* NoSocialSkills: Despite being a genius, Ikaruga has the worst social skills in the platoon next to Ouka. It's hardly her fault because she was raised to do nothing but create weapons. She only started to interact with others after escaping Alchemist and meeting Takeru.
* OddFriendship: The perverted MadScientist Ikaruga's closest friendship in the platoon is with the polite and easily embarrassed {{Ojou}} Usagi.
* OneeSama: In the epilogue, [[spoiler:Kiseki]] now addresses Ikaruga as "Ikaruga-onee-sama" because they have become very close ever since [[spoiler:Ikaruga became the head researcher of the Hyakki Yakou]].
* OralFixation: She always has a lollipop in her mouth.
* ParentalAbandonment: Unintentionally towards Kanaria, the elf she created in Alchemist's lab. Ikaruga wanted to take Kanaria out of the lab with her, but when she didn't find her, Ikaruga assumed Kanaria had been disposed of as a failed experiment. However, Kanaria was still alive and grew up resenting Ikaruga under the belief that she was abandoned.
* PlayfulHacker: Likes to hack into the other platoon's databases to her comrade's horror.
* PowerDyesYourHair: Her brown hair becomes white when she uses the Lost Matrix to temporarily change into a dark elf.
* RaisedAsAHost: Ikaruga finds out from Suzaku that [[spoiler:the true purpose of the Suginami Design Children is not to create prodigies, but to mass-produce spare vessels for Suzaku who has survived for centuries by transferring her consciousness through the Phoenix gene she inserts in her offspring. Suzaku was especially interested in making Ikaruga her new body to gain her knowledge.]]
* ScienceWizard: She's a genius scientist who can make advanced and potent weapons. She also can modify her own genetic material to transform into a dark elf, allowing her to cast high-level magic.
* SecretKeeper: Takeru told Ikaruga the entire truth about himself and his little sister Kiseki's dark past as well as the [[LovecraftianSuperpower Hyakki Yakou]] in Kiseki's body, all that is top secret information within the Inquisition that keeps Kiseki prisoner. Takeru doesn't feel ready to tell any of this to the rest of the platoon, but is forced too anyway after Kiseki escapes from her prison.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She doesn't have any body modest has no problem being naked in front of Takeru.
* SingleTear: She sheds a tear as she mourns Isuka's death.
* SkinshipGrope: She likes to mess with Usagi by groping her breasts.
* TheSmartGirl: Ikaruga is the platoon's scientist and engineer. She sticks to MissionControl for the most part, but can occasionally join the battlefield by using her scientific knowledge to turn herself into a ScienceWizard.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She resemblances very closely to her genealogical mother Suzaku. The main differences are that their hairstyles and hair colors are different and Ikaruga has much bigger breasts.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: She technically become a mother at the age of 12 by creating an artificial elf at Alchemist's lab. Her "daughter" is currently around four or five years old, but looks only a few years younger than her because of some accelerated growth.
* TakingTheBullet: She takes a direct punch from the giant Gou to protect Kanaria.
* TheTease: She shamelessly flirts with Takeru and makes casual sexual comments towards her female platoonmates on a regular basis.
* TeenGenius: She's a sixteen-year-old genetically engineered genius with top-notch knowledge of weapons and technology. This is due to her being one of the Alchemist's DesignerBabies.
* TragicKeepsake: After Isuka is killed by Haunted, Ikaruga keeps the children's picture book titled "Canary's House" that inspired her and Isuka to want to leave Alchemist.
* {{Tykebomb}}: She's one of Alchemist's DesignerBabies birthed and raised to manufacture lethal weapons and make human experiments.
* UnkemptBeauty: She has a constant unkempt appearance due to her laid-back personality, but it doesn't stop her from being incrediblt attractive.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: By turning herself into a Dark Elf, Ikaruga can use the anti-matter property Catastrophe. With this, she can create a black hole that disintegrates everything in the nearby area.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: She states doesn't understand much about the concept of love, be it romantic or familial. After all, she was a DesignerBaby birthed with the sole purpose of being a scientist. The reason why she wanted to leave Alchemist was to go to the outside world and learn about love.
* WrenchWench: She's the 35th Platoon's genius mechanic with amazing expertise in technological devices and weapons.
* YoungerThanSheLooks: She's only sixteen like everyone else in her platoon, but her tall stature and large bust size makes her look like she's in her mid-twenties.
* YoureNotMyMother: Suzaku is the genealogical mother of all the Suginami Design Children, but Ikaruga despises her and shouts at her that she's not her mother when they meet.
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[[folder:Usagi Saionji]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RumiOokubo
The sniper of the platoon, and serves as the primary recon unit as well (though how well she does it is debatable). She is from a high class family that has ties with the Inquisition. Her nervous demeanor and lack of confidence makes her often mess up and fumble with any tasks she was entrusted with; leading to Ikaruga to refer to her as a "Useless Bunny". She wears an accessory in her hair that looks like rabbit ears which matches her name, leading her to be teased often by the other platoon members.
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* AccidentalMurder: During a visit from her half-brother to her grandparents' home, he started messing around with her grandfather's rifles. Usagi tried to stop him and during the struggle to take the rifle from him, it fired and instantly killed him. While it was not her fault and her brother was an idiot for not following gun safety, Usagi was still blamed for the incident and called her brother's murderer.
* AncestralWeapon: Her favorite rifle is the Mosin–Nagant that she inherited from her grandfather. In addition, it's the rifle used by her ancestor who was a famous member of the early Inquisition.
* AnimalMotifs: She's associated with rabbits because of her given name Usagi (Japanese for rabbit). Her ribbon even resembles bunny ears, and this resemblance is noted by the others at one point.
* ArrangedMarriage: Her family intends to marry her off to Reima from the privileged Tenmyouji household in order to ensure both families prosper. Usagi obviously hates the idea, but she doesn't believe she has any other option but to accept marrying Reima.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She's the same age as the rest of her platoonmates, but her short stature and somewhat childish behavior results in her platoonmates treating her like a kid.
* BadassNormal: Usagi is the only member of the platoon who is not powered by some kind of artifact and doesn't know magic, but she still manages to keep up with her platoonmates with her sniping skills and high-tech weapons.
* BastardAngst: Usagi is an illegitimate daughter from a mistress, which is why everyone in the Saionji family except for her grandparents treated her as an outsider. Her ostracization only got worse after she was blamed for her half-brother's accidental death. Her family, especially her stepmother, only see her as a tool at best.
* BrokenBird: Usagi grew up ostracized by the Saionji family because of her status as the child of a mistress, was blamed for the deaths of her half-siblings that happened in circumstances out of her control, and her arranged fiancé is an abusive BitchInSheepsClothing who has destroyed what little self-esteem she could have. All the abuse she has been put through has damaged Usagi badly, resulting in her big anxiety problems.
* ButtMonkey: She gets teased by pretty much everyone.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her large chest gets her the attention of a lot of guys, and makes Mari envious.
* CerebusRetcon: Her PerformanceAnxiety as a sniper at first seems like a quirk that causes comical mistakes like shooting innocent people and Takeru with anesthetic bullets. Then we get to know her backstory where it's revealed the reason why Usagi panics at the possibility of shooting at the wrong person is because her family blames her for the death of her half-brother who was shot in the head with a rifle when Usagi tried to take it away from his hands.
* ChefOfIron: Along with being the platoon's sniper, Usagi is a good cook.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She gets easily jealous of other girls who make moves on Takeru.
* CripplingOverspecialization: She has only been talented at sniping since she was a child.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Her sniping skills are superhuman, just her lack of confidence dampers it.
* DCupDistress: She complains that her big breasts give her stiff shoulders and get in the way when she snipes. She also hates the perverted gazes men keep giving her.
* DaddysGirl: Or Granddaddy's Girl. She was really close to her grandfather who taught her everything she knows about sniping.
* DefiledForever: She feels this way after she's captured and subjected to ShamefulStrip in the Two Alchemists arc. As Usagi sobs about how she can't be a bride anymore, Mari reminds her she's still a virgin.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: She doesn't like to be called by her first name because Usagi is Japanese for rabbit.
* ExtremeDoormat: Ever since she was a child, she's been letting her bastard of a fiancé Reima treat her like his possession and putting up with him blaming her for her brother's death when it was a mere accident. She finally fights off his abuse after getting encouragement from her platoon.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: She's the most ladylike girl in the platoon and is also the only one who can cook thanks to her grandmother teaching her.
* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: She always speaks very politely since she's the daughter of a noble family.
* FriendlySniper: Very nice girl despite her specialty at sniping.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Ouka goes into a HeroicBSOD after their military camp in Grey City is destroyed by Laugh Maker's forces, Usagi reminds her temporary captain it's no time to feel sorry for her mistakes and she must act to save Ikaruga and the other soldiers who were captured while they're still alive.
* GoGoEnslavement: Reima kidnaps Usagi and puts her in a wedding dress before he tries to force himself on her.
* GrewASpine: Thanks to the support of her platoon, Usagi finds the courage to stand up against her {{Sadist}} fiancé and fights back when he's about to rape her.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Usagi is a kind-hearted and very polite girl with blonde hair that is rare in the setting.
* TheHeart: Usagi is the most sensitive and compassionate girl in the platoon, serving as the emotional core for her friends.
* HeroicBastard: She's an illegitimate child of the Saionji household, but Usagi is a good person and one of the main heroes.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: More than anything, Usagi has always wanted a place where she feels wanted and needed because she never had that at the Saionji household. That's why she holds the 35th Platoon so dear, as that's where she found her TrueCompanions who truly care about her.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: She's capable at shooting with pin-point accuracy at someone 2900 meters away.
* InnocentBlueEyes: She has light blue eyes, showing her good-hearted nature.
* InsultedAwake: When she's knocked unconscious, Ikaruga can wake her up by calling her a useless sniper who is only good for her big breasts.
* LonelyRichKid: Her family ostracizes her for being the child of a mistress and they blame her for the deaths of her half-siblings. She also couldn't make friends before high school because her peers disliked her for her rich family and incompetence at anything but sniping. Her platoonmates are the only people she has ever really bonded with.
* LongRangeFighter: She only provides long-range sniper support during missions since she doesn't have close-range combat skills.
* ManBitesMan: During Reima's AttemptedRape on her, Usagi fights him off for the first time and ferociously bites his arm.
* NonUniformUniform: The skirt of her academy uniform is frilly unlike the ones worn by other girls.
* OddFriendship: With Ikaruga. Despite Usagi being annoyed at Ikaruga's constant sexual harassment and getting a bit horrified at the deadly firearms the MadScientist makes for her, Usagi and Ikaruga share one of the strongest friendships among the platoon.
* {{Ojou}}: She's the sole heiress of the prestigious Saionji household.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Usagi's sniping skills are exceptional, but she's terrible at doing her job under pressure. Whenever she's on a mission, she gets very nervous because she knows her mistakes might cost her platoonmates' lives. This causes her to make big mistakes at the crucial moment such as ''shooting at the wrong building''.
* PlayfulCatSmile: She sports a cat smile on occasions where she's being goofy. Although given her AnimalMotif, it's likely meant to be a Bunny Smile.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears a white pair of pantyhose with her school uniform, fitting her status as the daughter of a high-ranking family.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Since no one in the main family wanted her, Usagi spent a part of her childhood living with her grandparents in the mountains where her grandfather taught her about sniping. She was forced to move in with her family's primary household after her grandparents' death since she was the only heir left once her half-siblings died.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Ikaruga enjoys shoving her into exposing outfits, to Usagi's mortification.
* SignatureHeadgear: Her trademark black ribbon that looks like rabbit ears.
* SmallGirlBigGun: The short Usagi often carries rifles that are about the size of her body.
* SniperRifle: She uses a custom one made by Ikaruga.
* TeamChef: She cooks for the platoon on occasion and is happy that they enjoy her cooking.
* TheTeamNormal: Takeru and Ouka are Relic Eater users, Mari is a witch, Ikaruga is a genius DesignerBaby with access to Dark Elf's DNA. And Usagi? She's just a damn good sniper. [[BadassNormal Not that this makes her stay behind in the team.]]
* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: Ever since she was a child, everyone in the Saionji family blamed her for the death of her half-brother because he was killed by an accidental discharge when Usagi tried to take a rifle away from him. On top of that, people also blamed her for her grandparents and half-sister passing away shortly after the incident. All that blaming and her abusive fiancé Reima throwing it on her face for years resulted in Usagi developing her anxiety problems.
* TookALevelInBadass: Not that her sniping skills weren't good before, but the moment she isn't held back by her anxiety anymore, Usagi becomes an even more awesome sniper.
* TragicKeepsake: Her black ribbon is a keepsake from her grandmother, so she always wears it even though people tease her because her ribbon looks like rabbit ears.
* TraumaButton: Being in the presence of her abusive fiancé Reima causes her to hyperventilate until she passes out. This is primarily caused by the trauma of her half-brother's accidental death and Reima constantly blaming it on her ever since they were kids.
* WeakButSkilled: She's described by the author as both the weakest and strongest girl in the platoon. While it's true Usagi doesn't have close combat and magical abilities like her platoonmates, she can still be just as awesome with her superhuman sniping skills and sheer determination.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: When she was a little kid, Usagi put effort in everything she did because she wanted her parents to praise her, but nothing was ever enough for them. Her grandfather was the only one in her family who praised her when he taught her how to hunt animals with a rifle.
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[[folder:Lapis Lazuli]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/IoriNomizu
Designated as Malleus Maleficarum Type-Twilight "Mistilteinn". A Relic Eater who makes a contract with Takeru Kusanagi. She prefers staying in the form of a human girl in a Goth Lolita-style dress. Her weapon form is restricted to any kind of blade, particularly swords.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: She affirms that her blade could cut through orichalcum like a knife through bread.
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:She accidentally killed her first contractor Mikoto by completing the process of soul fusion to grant her the God Hunter form so Mikoto could destroy the world. Back then, Lapis didn't know a human soul wouldn't survive fusing with hers and only understood it after Mikoto was already dead.]]
* AlliterativeName: '''L'''apis '''L'''azuli.
* AlwaysWithYou: [[spoiler:Before she ascends to godhood, Lapis promises she will watch over Takeru and protect his happiness for eternity.]]
* AncestralWeapon: [[spoiler:Lapis' first contractor was Takeru's distant ancestor, Mikoto Kusanagi.]]
* AntiMagic: The ultimate power of her God Hunter form is creating blue/golden flames that can eliminate any form of magic, including that of gods.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Lapis inherits the Seat of God at the end of the light novels.]]
* BerserkButton: The one thing that ticks this EmotionlessGirl off is Takeru even thinking that there might be a sharper blade than her.
* BrutalHonesty: Lapis always says things to humans as they are, such as when she leaves a man crying by calling him disgusting for wanting to marry a little girl like her.
* CantLiveWithoutYou: She formed a contract with Takeru when he was at the brink of death. Without his contract with Lapis, Takeru's body will [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe get split in half]] once again.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She gets extremely jealous if Takeru admires or even thinks about using any blade other than her. Even the mere suspicion of Takeru wanting to make a contract with another Magical Heritage causes her to accuse him like a jealous wife would. It gets worse after she falls in love with him and becomes way more intolerant to seeing him with other girls. Although Lapis is aware this behavior is wrong and selfish, her nature as a Magical Heritage makes it difficult to control her jealous impulses. At one point, she starts fearing she might try to monopolize Takeru by erasing his memories of every other girl he knows.
* ColorMotif: Azure blue is the color of her hair, eyes, and dress. She even has Lapis Lazuli as her common name because lapis lazuli are blue stones.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Azure blue hair to go with her azure blue eyes.
* CuteOversizedSleeves: She takes the form of a cute young girl wearing an ElegantGothicLolita dress with oversized sleeves that cover her hands.
* DefiantCaptive: When Elizabeth has Lapis locked up in a cage and tries threatening her with a soul-killing knife to force her to make a contract with her, Lapis doesn't even flinch and proceeds to badmouth the witch by telling her in detail why she's inferior to Takeru as a host.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She starts off as an EmotionlessGirl. After she reveals her past to Takeru and they strengthen their bond, Lapis shows more emotions and begins acting like a girl in love around Takeru.
* DivineDate: [[spoiler:Lapis becomes the new God alone and forces Takeru to return to his comrades. They share a LastKiss and Lapis promises she will protect him forever even if he can't see her anymore.]]
* ElegantGothicLolita: She usually shows herself as a doll-like girl in a blue gothic Lolita dress.
* EmotionlessGirl: She never emotes and speaks with a monotone. Although, she's really a {{subversion}}.
* EnergyAbsorption: Her unique intrinsic magic dissipates all other forms of magic to convert it for her own use.
* EquippableAlly: She takes the form of a cute little girl while she's the Relic Eater contracted to Takeru and can turn into any bladed weapon for him to use.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her eyes have two circles parallel to the iris.
* GiantPoofySleeves: The dress of her human form has a pair of poofy shoulders.
* GoingCommando: Ikaruga who makes Lapis wear nothing but a dress shirt for the 35th platoon's cosplay party in the SchoolFestival.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:She bids Takeru farewell with the brightest smile she ever made before she departs to become the new God.]]
* GoThroughMe: At the end of Volume 10, she steps in to protect a collapsed Takeru from Hayato. Seeing a Magical Heritage perform such a human act is what makes Hayato think it might be possible for Takeru to [[spoiler:not end up destroying the world with Lapis' power]].
* GreenEyedEpiphany: As her bond with Takeru grows closer, Lapis finds herself having an "error" whenever she sees him with other girls. She then understands those "errors" are the feeling of jealousy, making her realize she loves Takeru, not as his sword, but as a human girl.
* HeavenlyBlue: Lapis is represented by the color azure blue and she's later revealed to be a Sacred Treasure, a weapon from the world of gods.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Lapis decides to become God by herself so Takeru can continue living with his comrades.]]
* HisQuirkLivesOn: Her human form's face and voice are modeled after her first contractor [[spoiler:Mikoto Kusanagi who died because of their failed soul fusion. Lapis denies she did this out of any deep feelings by claiming Mikoto was her only reference for a human form, but Takeru tells her that she took on Mikoto's traits is proof that she did love her contractor.]]
* HumanizingTears: The first time her EmotionlessGirl act [[NotSoStoic completely shatters]] is when she cries desperately on top of Takeru's injured body after the battle with Magnolia, [[spoiler:as Lapis is terrified that their soul fusion might kill Takeru like it did for Mikoto.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Her first host, Takeru's ancestor Mikoto Kusanagi, had her mind and spirit destroyed after prolonged usage of the God Hunter form which forced her brother Orochi to end her suffering by killing her. To this day, Lapis feels guilty over what happened to Mikoto and fears she might let the same happen to Takeru.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Her designation name is Malleus Maleficarum Type-Twilight "Mistilteinn". She asks to be called Lapis and that's how everyone addresses her.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Because she's a Magical Heritage, Lapis doesn't understand why Takeru thinks it's wrong that she snuggles up to him like usual when she's naked.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Lapis doesn't allow Takeru to become the new God with her because even though she does want to spend eternity with him, she wishes for him to continue living as a human and be happy with his comrades by his side.]]
* LastKiss: [[spoiler:Lapis shares one final passionate kiss with Takeru before she leaves him to become the new God.]]
* LittleSisterHeroine: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Sougetsu passed Lapis off as Takeru's little sister when he enrolled her at the Anti-Magic Academy and Lapis calls Takeru "Onii-chan" instead of "Host" at class so his classmates don't find out she's a Relic Eater. Lapis also clings to Takeru's arm all the time while claiming they can't live without each other. As the obvious result, Takeru ends up looking like a siscon pervert in the eyes of his class.
* LoveAtFirstSight: She decided to make a contract with Takeru after seeing him fight only once because his physique, mastery at swordsmanship, and the compatibility of their souls' wavelength all make him Lapis' ideal host. She describes it as love at first sight to make it easy to understand for humans.
* MagicContractRomance: Lapis is Takeru's contracted Relic Eater. She eventually falls in love with him and Takeru has very strong feelings for her too.
* MagicFire: In God Hunter mode, Lapis generates twilight-colored flames that nullify any magic spell or power around her and Takeru. It can even destroy the demons of Hyakki Yakou.
* MergerOfSouls: [[spoiler:Lapis can grant her host the God Hunter armor at the cost of them fusing their soul with her own. Takeru does so as did his ancestor Mikoto. The process is lethal for human souls, but Takeru can withstand it because his demon soul is more robust.]]
* MindlinkMates: She has a telepathic link with Takeru and both gradually form a bond of literal soulmates.
* MoeAnthropomorphism: A Relic Eater which takes on the appearance of a cute little girl in ElegantGothicLolita clothing.
* MorphWeapon: Whereas her regular state is that a large blade, she can change to other bladed weapons to fit her user's needs.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the battle with Magnolia, Takeru stays in God Hunter mode for too long and his soul starts merging with Lapis'. When he regains consciousness, he notices some of his recent memories are missing. Then he goes to see Lapis who wants to stay away from him and she explains that her uncontrollable desire to have Takeru only look and think about her is making her erase his memories of anything not involving her. Lapis feels horrified and guilty over what her jealousy is making her do to Takeru and outright begs him to break their contract so he isn't in danger of Lapis erasing his memories when they fuse. Obviously, Takeru refuses.
* NervesOfSteel: Lapis never shows any fear even when Elizabeth threatens to stab her with a knife that can destroy the soul itself.
* NewTransferStudent: Sougetsu places her in Takeru's class as a transfer student because Lapis likes to take human form and it should draw less attention if she's part of the class. Although, Lapis still draws way too much attention by clinging too closely to Takeru when she's under the ruse of being his sister.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Whenever she's in human form, she's always clinging to Takeru's arm and getting her face mere inches away from his. She even tries following him to the ''bathroom''.
* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler:She did grant Mikoto the power to destroy the world 150 years ago, but Lapis' personality had just started to establish and she was only trying to fulfill her host's wish to destroy everything so nothing could hurt her anymore.]]
* OccultBlueEyes: She has otherworldly azure blue eyes and she's not a simple Relic Eater, but a Sacred Treasure.
* OddNameOut: It's pointed out that there's something strange about Lapis/Mistilteinn being the only Relic Eater in the Inquisition that doesn't have the name of a historical tyrant. This is actually {{foreshadowing}} to the revelation that Lapis isn't a real Relic Eater, but a Sacred Treasure that came from the world of Myth/NorseMythology.
* OtherworldlyTechnicolourHair: Lapis is a Relic Eater that takes the form of a girl with purple hair. On the other hand, the human characters have realistic hair colors.
* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:At the end of the fight between Mikoto and Orochi that destroyed most of the world, Lapis kept asking Mikoto to wake up, not understanding the failed soul fusion between them killed Mikoto.]]
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears pantyhose with her ElegantGothicLolita dress.
* PropertyOfLove: She openly states that she and Takeru belong to each other in front of his entire class. Of course, she means it in the sense that they're bound to each other by a magic contract, but her wording still gives the wrong impression.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Lapis is a Sacred Treasure; a weapon from the world of Myth/NorseMythology. Mistilteinn is Hrómundr Gripsson's sword in Hrómundar saga Gripssonar, a legendary saga from Iceland.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: While she takes the form of a preteen girl, Lapis is a weapon that was used in the Witch Hunt War 150 years ago.
* RegalRinglets: Her human form wears her hair in Victorian ringlets to complement her ElegantGothicLolita dress. Doubles as OjouRinglets because two ringlets fall in front of her ears and shoulders.
* ReiAyanamiExpy: Lapis is a Relic Eater that takes the form of a little girl with azure blue hair and porcelain skin. She's an EmotionlessGirl until the protagonist bonds with her and her growing love for him makes her act more human over time. [[spoiler:Like Rei, her appearance is also based on the protagonist's deceased relative. In the distant past, Lapis was one of the triggers of the apocalyptic event that destroyed most of the world.]]
* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: She joins Takeru and the others at the Anti-Magic Academy under the cover story that she's Takeru's little sister. It's acknowledged that the lie isn't believable at all because Takeru and Lapis don't look nor act like brother and sister.
* SingleTear: She sheds a tear for the first time ever when Takeru accepts her and reaffirms their contract after [[spoiler:she shows him her past with Mikoto]].
* TheStoic: Her face almost never shows emotions of any kind. However, Takeru eventually discovers she's NotSoStoic.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She seems like a straight-up EmotionlessGirl to everyone. She does have a warmer and adorable side especially reserved for Takeru.
* TechnicolorFire: When providing Takeru with God Hunter form, she surrounds Takeru with blue/golden flames, like the color of twilight.
* {{Technobabble}}: She often phrases things in scientific terms, so it's a bit hard for Takeru to understand what she means unless she makes it obvious.
* TokenMiniMoe: Lapis is easily the smallest member of the Small Fry platoon.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her hair, eyes and dress are all blue, befitting her demure character.
* UndyingLoyalty: She's completely loyal to her host Takeru, especially after he shows how much he values her as his partner.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:She was one of the two blades responsible for devastating the world when it clashed with Lævateinn in the First Witch Hunt War.]]
* WeaponOfXSlaying: Her true identity is a godslaying weapon.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Takeru feels like he could get drawn in by her azure blue eyes.
* WhenSheSmiles: Takeru and Usagi find it cute the first time they see the robotic Lapis smile.
* YourSoulIsMine: A heroic example. [[spoiler:At the end of the final battle, Lapis eats Sougetsu's soul to obtain enough power to become a new god by herself, allowing Takeru to stay in the human world.]]
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'''The 35th Platoon Members''' | [[Characters/AntiMagicAcademyTheAcademy Anti-Magic Academy]] | [[Characters/AntiMagicAcademyOtherFactions Other Factions]]-]]]
''Literature/AntiMagicAcademyThe35thTestPlatoon'' characters from The 35th Platoon Members.
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[[folder:The Platoon as a whole]]
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* BattleHarem: The platoon is not meant to be this, but all the girls are attracted to their captain Takeru to some extent. Unlike most examples, they manage to primarily function as TrueCompanions.
* BunnyEarsLawyer: Everyone is extremely skilled in their specialties, however they are severely lacking in other areas that make them considered oddities by the rest of the academy.
* CripplingOverspecialization: Pretty much every member of the group has this in some form or another. Each one has something they're amazing at, but are pretty much useless in anything else. Only Ouka is shown to be capable in several areas.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: No one in the platoon had an easy life and every member has their own personal tragedy.
* FireForgedFriends: The group gets along mostly well all things considered, but it isn't until the conflicts begin to escalate that they really reach this level.
* FriendlessBackground: None of them had friends before joining the platoon.
* InVinoVeritas: Under the effects of magic that makes them drunk, the girls become clingy and affectionate.
* MsFanservice: With the exception of Lapis, all the other 4 girls are constantly used for eye candy, often being put into fanservice situations, revealing clothing, or [[MaleGaze voyeuristic camera angles]].
* RagtagBunchOfMisfits: The platoon has a reputation for all its members being eccentric outcasts, not that they're wrong.
* TrueCompanions: As the series progresses, the members of the platoon become close like family. Because of their tragic pasts and malfunctions, they all feel they don't have a place in the world where they belong other than when they're together and they will go beyond the limits to protect each other.
* WeWorkWellTogether: Despite being dysfunctional at first glance, with some members ridiculously skilled in one area and hopeless at the rest, their talents mesh really well with each other.
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[[folder:Takeru Kusanagi]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/YoshimasaHosoya
->''"If I'm not saved, my comrades won't be saved. And above all, if the world isn't saved, everything won't be saved. That's why——I will believe in myself and fight."''
Protagonist of the series and the reluctant captain of the 35th Platoon. Takeru hails from an ancient family of demon slayers that used to strike fear into their enemies centuries ago. As the Kusanagi Clan's only surviving human member, Takeru's gifted ability of swordsmanship is top-class but absolutely useless in the modern day, especially when his cornerstone technique is more likely to break his body than his enemies will. Takeru's relatively isolated upbringing and inherently violent nature has made it difficult for him to properly relate and lead his companions. With some help along the way, Takeru eventually grows to become more of a leader and friend to those around him.
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* AboveTheInfluence: Never takes advantage of any of the girls. Even when they go as far as stripping or being completely naked near him. [[spoiler: Understandable as any child that would be produced by him in normal circumstances would produce a demon spawn.]]
* AccidentalPervert: Takeru ends up in compromising situations with the girls of his platoon all the time, such as his hand falling on their breasts or walking in on them when they're naked. His first response is to hold back tears at his misfortune rather than blush.
* AffectionateGestureToTheHead: Does this quite a lot due to his official status as an older brother.
* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: In his childhood, Takeru was an outcast at his hometown. The villagers called him a "demon child" for his violent temper and criticized the bad state of his family's dojo.
* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: He cares more about his comrades than anything else. This is best shown in his fight against [[spoiler:Kiseki]]; the deaths of thousands of people isn't enough to motivate Takeru to kill his enemy, but the moment his enemy threatens to directly kill his platoon, Takeru declares he ''will'' kill her without hesitation if she kills even one of his comrades.
* AmusinglyAwfulAim: He's apparently so terrible at handling guns that he manages to miss at point-blank range. That or the gun somehow finds a way to explode on him.
* AncestralWeapon: [[spoiler: As it turns out, Lapis' 1st wielder was none other than Mikoto Kusanagi, his ancestor and Orochi's sister.]]
* AsleepForDays:
** After Orochi teleports him to the Magic Academy, Takeru stays asleep for a full month due to the effects of going into God Hunter form for the first time.
** After his battle with Magnolia, Takeru is left unconscious for two days.
* AttractiveBentGender: He looks surprisingly nice when [[DraggedIntoDrag Ikaruga forces him to put on a gothic lolita cosplay]]. The guys of the allied platoons said Takeru is beautiful as a woman.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler:The DistantFinale of the light novel mentions Takeru managed to father a child who was born free from the curses of his clan. Conveniently, it's also not revealed who the mother is.]]
* BeleagueredBoss: He's ought to be this as the captain of the "Small Fry Platoon". His subordinates are all maladjusted in some way and he ends up beaten up when he tries to stop their quarrels or [[AccidentalPervert has one of his perverted accidents with them]].
* BerserkButton: Hearing people insulting swords tends to make him revert to his bloodthirsty and deranged former self.
* BewareTheNiceOnes: He's usually a very chill and friendly guy, until you set him off, which makes him go back to his old personality. And it isn't very pleasant.
* BigBrotherInstinct: His little sister Kiseki is one of the people he cares about the most in the world. Even though he knows the demons in her body could very well destroy the entire world, he won't let anyone hurt her. His main motivation for joining and then changing the Inquisition is that he wants to find a way Kiseki can be free to have a normal life and not be forced to stay locked up in a cage anymore. As well as being able to afford to visit her.
* BigDamnHeroes: Tends to be late to the rescue, but always comes at the most important moment. [[LampshadeHanging Lampshaded]] by Mari at one point.
* BlueIsHeroic: Takeru is TheHero of the story and his armor both as a Witch Hunter and God Hunter are azure blue.
* BookDumb: Takeru is good at the sword, but not good academically.
* {{Bookworm}}: Takeru reads a lot of self-help books on administration, management, and social skills as to better lead his platoon. The current personality he puts on was painstakingly modeled after likable everyman protagonists from novels and habits he tried to integrate into his daily life. The anime even shows one of these books in Episode 1 where he references the "How To Get Along With New Employees" handbook to get along better with Ouka. The book itself having numerous notes and margins stick out from multiple pages.
* BreakTheHaughty: Back in middle school he had serious personality problems and wanted to prove the worth of his swordsmanship by crushing anyone who stood on his way. During a test, Ouka utterly overpowered him, which let Takeru know the feeling of defeat. The experience greatly humbled him down.
* BrutalHonesty: Doesn't have the social skills necessary to know people don't like this sort of attitude. Though his comrades appreciate it.
* BulletTime: Basically what Soumatou gives him, which he tends to use most often to [[ParryingBullets slice bullets in mid air]].
* ButtMonkey: The poor dude often ends up crying both because of the beatings he gets for the AccidentalPervert moments with his platoon and the spite his classmates give him for his 'luck' with ladies.
* CallingYourAttacks: A staple of the Kusanagi Style as evidenced by fellow practitioners Orochi and Kanaria.
* CantKillYouStillNeedYou: [[spoiler:The final duel with Haunted ends with Takeru's victory, but Takeru still decided to keep Haunted alive because the knowledge of a sorcerer who has lived for centuries is very valuable. Five years later, Takeru uses Haunted to get information about the Curse Releaser.]]
* CastFromLifespan: His overuse of Soumatou and the God Hunter form has been taking off chunks of his lifespan.
* CelibateHero: While Takeru is very attracted to all the girls in his platoon, he doesn't seek a relationship with anyone throughout the series. Even in the epilogue five years later, he's still single despite being aware of everyone in his platoon having feelings for him. It's {{justified|trope}} because he doesn't want to have children as these would inherit his family's curses and he doesn't intend to start a romantic relationship until he's sure the curse can be broken. [[spoiler:In a bonus chapter, it's confirmed Takeru does eventually marry someone and has children who didn't inherit the curses of the Kusanagi family.]]
* CharacterTics: He has a habit of scratching his cheek when he's nervous.
* ChickMagnet: Every member of the platoon ends up falling for him.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Ikaruga and Kyouya, who both met together in middle school. Takeru's still unhinged personality attracted Ikaruga to him as they were both outcasts and Kyouya also followed suite due to both of their anger issues. Takeru's casual attitude around Kyouya stems from knowing his abrasive nature for so long.
* ChosenConceptionPartner: He was Usagi's ideal choice to conceive a child with, if that would get her out of her ArrangedMarriage. At first, she tries to pretend to herself that she's so desperate that Takeru is decent for a pinch, but then she has an ImagineSpot where she has borne him a beautiful child, and it's clear that she's actually very into the idea.
* CloseRangeCombatant: Since his only specialty is sword fighting, Takeru squarely fits his squad's close-combat specialist role.
* CluelessChickMagnet: It's very hard for him to pick on all the obvious signs that his platoonmates love him not only as their captain, but as a potential lover too.
* TheConfidant: He's always ready to listen to his platoonmates' troubles when they open up about their sad pasts and conflicts to him. He then promises he's there for them and will do anything he can to help them carry their burdens.
* CovertPervert: His narration in the novels make it clear he doesn't actually mind the {{fanservice}} scenes he's thrust in. He just [[PervertRevengeMode doesn't look forward to the beating that happens afterward]].
* TheChosenOne: Purely for his skills with the blade was he deemed worthy to wield Lapis. However, [[spoiler: his true purpose as the chosen one, by Sougetsu no less, was to destroy the world properly.]]
* CripplingOverspecialization: Is only skilled in the use of swords, he completely fails at everything else.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Appears incompetent at first, but is actually quite a force to be reckoned with.
* CutlassBetweenTheTeeth: Due to Lapis not being able to reattach his arms fast enough, Takeru wields her sword form between his teeth and proceeds to cut down the manifestation of Hyakki Yakou coming out of Magnolia's body.
* DangerousForbiddenTechnique: His soumatou, which speeds up his brain's processing making everything he perceives look like it's moving slower, and making it seem like he's moving faster. [[spoiler:In order to fight Kurogane he breaks the limiter that makes him human, and now it is permanently on.]]
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Takeru was responsible for his little sister's anomalous powers going out of control that resulted in the destruction of his ancestral home and the death of his family, he refused to kill her when he had the chance. It turns out that Takeru's family was also related to the catastrophe that destroyed most of the world 150 years ago. Beyond that, Takeru's hellish training before he entered the Inquisition also counts.
* TheDefroster:
** When Ouka first joined the platoon, she wants nothing to do with teamwork and tries working alone while being rude to her platoonmates. Takeru, however, still shows to care for her as her captain and after she tells him about her tragic past, he promises he'll help her carry that burden. Thanks to Takeru's support, Ouka opens up to him and their other comrades, gradually learning to care about them instead of continuing obsessing with her revenge.
** In Volume 6, Takeru bonds more deeply with Lapis once he starts treating her more as a person and partner instead of merely a weapon. As they become closer, Lapis grows out of her original EmotionlessGirl behavior and becomes much more humanlike, even developing romantic feelings for Takeru.
* {{Determinator}}: To protect his comrades, Takeru won't let ''anything'' stop him.
* DraggedIntoDrag: Ikaruga puts him in an ElegantGothicLolita dress for their platoon's cosplay cabaret in the SchoolFestival.
* DualWielding: Is fully capable of this thanks to his own personal skill-set and Lapis' abilities to change shape into any blade he desires. Used against Kyouya in Volume 9.
* EasilyCondemned: He's always getting blamed and punished for his AccidentalPervert moments, even though the girls are usually more at fault for it than him.
* EmergencyTransformation: During the battle against the Einherjar of King Arthur, a maimed Takeru forms a contract with Lapis and becomes a Witch Hunter to save his own life and Ouka's.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: The opening words of the light novel are about how Takeru is hopeless at anything that isn't swordplay. This is mirrored again in the climactic fight of Volume 13.
* ExcellentJudgeOfCharacter: He might not be the smartest guy around, but Takeru has very good instincts that allow him to get a grasp on people's true nature almost right away. That's how he can easily tell Sougetsu and Reima are the worst kind of people no matter how much they pretend to be affable. Also extends to some level of trust towards Kurogane.
* ExperiencedProtagonist: Takeru joins the Inquisition's academy with many years of hellish training imparted to him by Orochi but he hardly ever gets to use his abilities properly.
* ExplosiveLeash: [[spoiler:After the second Witch-Hunt War is over, Ikaruga proposes Takeru to wear a Gleipnir Collar that'll explode if Hyakki Yakou kills even a single person. Takeru agrees and this prevents Kiseki from letting Hyakki Yakou lose control for the next five years.]]
* ExplosiveOverclocking: Takeru's Soumatou already counted as overclocking but when he had to push it to the absolute limit in a fight against Kurogane, Takeru accessed Demon Heart state, a permanent state of Soumatou Orochi warned him never to do as it shaves off years of his life.
* EyeColourChange: His brown eyes become [[SupernaturalGoldEyes golden]] when he enters his God Hunter form.
* FeelNoPain: By the time of his battle against [[spoiler:Kiseki]], Takeru has lost the sensation to pain because the part of his brain that controls it has been burned off from pushing himself over the limit so many times already. On the bright side, now he can use Soumatou without the restraint of feeling his body breaking.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: The day Takeru lost to Ouka in physical combat in middle school was the day that changed his attitude on life forever. Ouka does not remember him until he comes to save her from the einherjar at the end of Volume 1.
* FriendlyRival: To Kyouya, after they settle their differences after Volume 9.
* TheFriendNobodyLikes: Started out this way during his days living with his family and in the early days of his academy life. Takeru still had his infamous mean streak and aggression to him that attracted the oddball Ikaruga and the equally troubled Kyouya to him. He started getting better after Kiseki and Ouka beat some sense to him, the latter quite literally.
* FromZeroToHero: He goes from leading the worst ranked squad of his entire institution to saving the world with them.
* FunbagAirbag: The breasts of his female teammates fall on his face so often he just becomes apathetic to it.
* GagPenis: He gives the girls a [[MaleFrontalNudity full view of his erection]] during their stay at a [[HotSpringsEpisode hot spring]]. The innocent Kanaria can only wonder what's the big thing in Takeru's crotch.
* GotVolunteered: Takeru's role as the 35th Platoon's captain was not due to any of his own merits but because the previous captain, and two other members, left. Leaving him, Usagi, and Ikaruga whereupon he was given the role to lead.
* HairTriggerTemper: When he was a child, Takeru had an explosive temper that caused him to destroy things and attack people at the slightest provocation, which made everyone in his village afraid of him. Traces of this characteristic still lingers in Takeru as it surfaces whenever someone goads him about his useless knowledge of swordplay.
* HalfTheManHeUsedToBe: His body gets ripped in half during his battle with the Einherjar of King Arthur. Lapis restores his body with magic, but if his contract with her is ever broken, he will go back to being in two pieces.
* HatesBeingAlone: His greatest fear is being left alone, which is why he'll fight tooth and nail to keep his sister and comrades by his side.
* HeroesPreferSwords: Swordsmanship is the only thing he's good at, and he is skilled at utilizing blades of any shape and size.
* HeroicSacrifice: {{Defied|Trope}}. [[spoiler:In the final volume, Takeru is willing to sacrifice himself and replace Sougetsu as a god if it meant saving the world, but Lapis does so in his stead and urges for him to live.]]
* HotWings: His God Hunter form is wrapped in twilight-colored flames that can serve as wings, granting Takeru the ability to fly.
* HourOfPower: He can only go into his God Hunter form for ten seconds because if he stays in that state longer, his and Lapis' souls will completely fuse and Takeru will become a godlike being.
* IdenticalGrandson: Takeru very closely resembles his ancestor Orochi's younger appearance.
* ImplausibleFencingPowers: Kind of justified since his more impossible feats were done while using his Relic Eater.
* InnocentlyInsensitive:
** Takeru talks to Kiseki about the girls of his platoon, especially complimenting Ouka. What he said triggers thoughts of insecurity and jealousy in Kiseki that cause her to fear her brother will leave her for another woman.
** When he first goes into God Hunter form, Takeru lets go of Lapis when he realizes he can't bring himself to kill himself and Kiseki. Afterwards, Lapis takes it as if Takeru threw her away and tells him that to her, him stopping their soul fusion is the same as him turning down having sex with her because her body is "too poor". Takeru is shocked to know what his actions looked like from Lapis' perspective and clears the misunderstanding by telling her she's his precious sword and partner that he would never abandon.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: He prefers to use the standard Japanese Katana over all other blades he can potentially utilize.
* KillTheGod: [[spoiler:In Volume 13, Takeru finally kills Sougetsu and Lapis takes the latter's place as God to prevent the world from being destroyed.]]
* KnightInSourArmor: Takeru knows very well that he lives in a CrapsackWorld and he very likely can't protect all of his loved ones without giving up on something or someone else. Despite that, he wants to save everyone, or at least anyone he can, at the cost of sacrificing no one; a truly unbelievable and unrealistic goal that differentiates himself from Haunted and Kurogane.
* TheLeader: Takeru is the official captian of the platoon. While he's not great at coordinating the team, he encourages their spirit and they become loyal to him in return.
* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Takeru is the entire world to his sister Kiseki and he's the only one who can get through her when the demons inside her feed on her negative thoughts. The Inquisition lets him have talks with her because that usually helps to keep her stable.
* MentorArchetype: He's technically Kanaria's senior as a disciple to Orochi in the Double Edged Style.
* MasterSwordsman: One of the few that are left in the world, since most prefer to fight with guns or magic instead.
* MrViceGuy: While the prospect of money has not directly made Takeru choose it over his friends, Takeru's whole goal for the first five volumes of the series has money be his primary motivator as to pay off his family debt and pay for his visits to his sister. Takeru works to 2AM at a convenience store to help accrue living expenses and apparently has nightmares about his debtors coming to collect. Ikaruga warns the other girls that going on a date with Takeru would have him ask to split the bill.
* MyFistForgivesYou: [[spoiler:After Takeru gives up the homunculus body meant for Kiseki to save Akira, Kyouya offers to help out the 35th Platoon in their battle to pay Takeru back. However, Takeru hasn't forgotten that Kyouya blasted a hole through Kiseki's chest and Kyouya refuses to apologize for anything he did in his quest for revenge. Takeru decides to get even with Kyouya by punching him in the face before accepting him as an ally.]]
* NiceGuy: PlayedWith. By nature, Takeru is an angry and aggressive man because of his demonic soul. His current friendly and helpful behavior is the result of him emulating the personality of protagonists from books he read in order to improve himself. Still, his loyalty and protectiveness of those close to him are genuine.
* NoSocialSkills: He used to suck at social interactions because even the smallest thing made him snap and attack people. The only person he could have a civil conversation with was his little sister Kiseki. This was due to him, as a male of the Kusanagi family, having a soul of a demon which affected his temperament. The considerably better social skills he has now are learned from books he read after he decided to improve his personality.
* ObliviousToLove: It's very hard to get him to understand a girl likes him unless you straight up tell him. And even then, it'll mostly fly over his head, or the other girls will interrupt before he can react.
* OnlyICanKillHer: His sister Kiseki's demon body will only accept death if Takeru kills her as that's Kiseki's greatest wish. Takeru almost kills Kiseki and then himself when Hyakki Yakou goes out of control in Grey City, but he ends up not going through with it and chooses to live and protect everyone he loves. Enraged at Takeru refusing to die with her, Kiseki decides she will try and destroy everything until Takeru kills her.
* OnlyInItForTheMoney: He's training to become an inquisitor to earn the money he needs to pay off his family's debts and take care of his sister. This causes Ouka to judge him as a greedy, self-serving scumbag, but the circumstances of Takeru and his family are much more complicated than anyone can imagine.
* OnlySaneMan: PlayedWith. Takeru is far from normal and has his anger management issues to deal with, but when he spends all of his time trying to command a platoon full of maladjusted girls, he inevitably comes off as sensible in comparison.
* ParryingBullets: By using the Soumatou to accelerate his brain, Takeru becomes so fast that he can cut bullets in half in midair with his sword. Takeru specifically learned to do this to prove his swordsmanship can win against a gun.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler:When he's supposed to ascend to godhood, Lapis stops him and tells him she alone is enough to inherit the Seat of God. Takeru sobs and begs her to not leave him behind after they promised to spend eternity together.]]
* PowerDyesYourHair: In his God Hunter form, Takeru's black hair turns azure blue like that of his Relic Eater Lapis.
* PowerIncontinence: Once his Soumatou goes out of control, it ends up permanently on. Making it so that even when he sleeps, he doesn't get any rest.
* ProneToTears: Many times, he's left sobbing when the antics of his UnwantedHarem cause him physical and emotional pain.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes turn red whenever he unleashes his demonic fury.
* ReligiousAndMythologicalThemeNaming: He's named after Yamato Takeru, the great warrior who received the Kusanagi sword as part of a pair of gifts given by his aunt, Yamatohime-no-mikoto, the Shrine Maiden of Ise Shrine dedicated to the sun goddess Amaterasu.
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Occurs twice by Takeru's own volition. The first was when Takeru left Orochi's tutelage in his mountain hut to pursue life as a highly-paid inquisitor to be closer to his sister. Happens again when Takeru refuses to be a non-combatant in the upcoming war and leaves the Magic Academy to save his comrades.
* SealedInsideAPersonShapedCan: Takeru is not a normal human, but a demon born in the body of a human. This is part of the curse that runs in his bloodline, which causes all the men of the Kusanagi clan to have souls of demons.
* StockLightNovelHero: At first glance, Takeru looks like a standard light novel protagonist. He's the seemingly average high school student with an [[UnwantedHarem unwanted]] BattleHarem full of cute girls, has unparalleled swordsman skills that make him nearly unbeatable and wields a Sacred Treasure with a power so great it once nearly destroyed the world. What sets him apart is that his personality wasn't originally that of the typical NiceGuy. Takeru was born with the soul of a demon because of a family curse, so he acted dangerously ill-tempered and violent until he resolved to correct his conduct after a life-changing defeat. In fact, a lot of his current demeanor is copied from protagonists of books he has read.
* StrangerInAStrangeSchool: Volume 6 is mainly about Takeru being forced to attend the Magic Academy by Mother Goose. Takeru then starts to understand a bit how Mari felt in the Anti-Magic Academy, being one of the very few students with no magic power.
* StrongAndSkilled: With Lapis covering the inherent weaknesses of his lack of magic capabilities or means to combat non-humans, Takeru's skills with blades and Lapis' inherent anti-magic abilities make him an actual capable fighter against the threats that come his way.
* SuperSpeed: After he pushes over the limits of the Soumatou in his fight with Hayato, Takeru becomes able to move at the speed of sound and later of ''light''. The downside is that now his brain will become overloaded of information if he ever loses the concentration needed to keep his brain's limiter in place.
* TameHisAnger: When he was younger, Takeru was in a constant state of uncontrollable rage because his soul is that of a demon and he violently attacked anyone who made fun of him. In middle school, he was defeated by Ouka in a duel and Kiseki berated him for not being able to understand human emotions. Takeru then set himself to become a calmer and empathetic person. He still struggles to not lose his temper whenever others mock swordsmanship.
* ThanksForTheMammary: Happens so often that Ikaruga is disappointed when she doesn't get a reaction out of Takeru feeling her up, mostly because he is too used to it by then.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedtoDefeatYou: Is this to Haunted, who refuses to let Takeru die without facing him in a proper rematch.
* TookALevelInKindness: He was very vicious and destructive a few years back, which caused him to pick fights in middle school all the time. He began to become the affable guy we are familiar with after he lost against Ouka in a fight and Kiseki called him out on how he couldn't understand human emotions, although it's a bit difficult for him to not fall back into old bad habits.
* TrainingFromHell: To unlock the basis of the Double-Edged Styles techniques, the Soumatou, Takeru needed to learn how to invoke the feeling of his life flashing before his eyes moments before death on demand. This was instilled to him by Orochi by being pushed off a cliff, surviving, climbing back up said cliff, and be thrown off again.
* TripleShifter: Besides being an inquisitor in training, Takeru must pay for his own tuition while also trying to pay off a debt to the Inquisition for "taking care" of his sister. Right after finishing school for the day, he must work part-time at a supermarket up to ''2 am''. Mari is amazed that he has the stamina to keep up that lifestyle and stay healthy.
* UndyingLoyalty: He refuses to believe that his platoonmates are bad people when given information that points in that direction, leading him to go to protect them.
* UnfazedEveryman: He doesn't even notice the scary paranormal activity at his apartment.
* UninhibitedMusclePower: The Double-Edged Style technique Soumatou temporarily removes the limiter in Takeru's brain and accelerates its processing power to increase Takeru's speed enough to move faster than a bullet. The downside is that Takeru's body can't keep up with his accelerated brain and if he uses this technique without the support of a Relic Eater, his body will break apart.
* UnwantedHarem: He often ends up crying because of the downsides of leading a platoon full of cute, but dysfunctional girls who are all over him. His bad luck also causes lots of AccidentalPervert moments with his platoonmates that always end up in pain for him, so that's another reason why he's so unhappy with his harem.
* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: When he was kid, Takeru found by chance the shrine where his sister Kiseki was trapped in. He started talking to her, which became the first bond both ever made with another person. What Takeru didn't know was that Kiseki is the host of all the demons on Earth his family sealed within their bloodline and those demons act on her darkest desires. By giving Kiseki someone she wanted to spend time with, she eventually broke free of the box in the shrine, killed their parents and destroyed the entire village.
* WeakButSkilled: Takeru's skills with the katana are truly spectacular and covers a wide-breadth of weapons and knowledge but they are truly useless against the likes of firearms, mechs, magic, and needing to put his body under extreme stress to operate. Lapis is the only reason he is able to have a fighting chance.
* WifeBasherBasher: Takeru '''doesn't''' let Reima get away with treating Usagi as an object that can be owned. After Reima tries to rape Usagi, Takeru gives the scumbag a brutal NoHoldsBarredBeatdown as retribution for abusing and attempting to humiliate his important comrade.
* WorthLivingFor: For most of his life, Takeru had no reason to live other than to protect his little sister Kiseki and change the Inquisition to free her from them. When Kiseki makes clear she wants to be killed by him to end her suffering, Takeru sees no way to stop the demons in her body from killing everyone he knows again and decides MurderSuicide is the only solution. Just as he's about to stab Kiseki and himself, Takeru can't go through with it because he now has his precious comrades in the 35th Platoon and has realized he wants to live alongside them no matter the despair he faces.
* YouAreNotAlone: He does this all the time for the girls in his platoon. Whenever one of them is going through something, he tells them he's there to carry half their burden.
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[[folder:Ouka Ootori]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/ReinaUeda
A prodigy and a former candidate for a position in Dullahan, until she was demoted and joined the 35th platoon. She is skilled in almost every aspect of combat, but has a loner streak and hates working together with a team (her insubordination being one of the reasons why she was demoted). Due to a witch killing her adoptive family, she has fostered a hatred for all things related to magic, which leads her to clash with Mari almost immediately; though this eases up as they become more familiar with each other. She has a temporary contract with the Relic Eater Vlad, which takes on the form of twin handguns. She is currently the adoptive daughter of Sougetsu Ootori, though she dislikes him and is suspicious of his every action. While she is slow to trust another person, she doesn't believe in condemning anybody unless all the evidence is shown properly to her.
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* AbsurdPhobia: Despite fighting witches fearlessly, she's afraid of ghosts, which is played for laughs. When she spends the night at Takeru's haunted apartment, she's on the verge of a panic attack the entire time.
* AintTooProudToBeg: At the moment that [[spoiler:Kiseki]] tries to kill her, Ouka knows she's powerless against her opponent and is reduced to tears as she begs [[spoiler:Kiseki]] to not kill anyone else even if she does kill her.
* AndThenWhat: When Kiseki tries tempting Ouka to kill Laugh Maker for revenge in an illusion, Ouka realizes she dedicated herself completely to revenge without ever putting any thought on what to do next.
* AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In Volume 13, [[spoiler:knowing that she might not see him again, a tearful and distressed Ouka declares her feelings for Takeru before he heads to the final duel with Sougetsu.]]
* AntiMagic: In her Vampire True Ancestor form, Ouka can summon a swarm of bats whose screams diffuse all forms of magic.
* BrokenAce: Ouka is pretty much the perfect person to be an inquisitor, with skills and tactical mind to make her a great asset in the field. However, her intense hatred of magic caused by her trauma of the murder of her family made her too ruthless towards witches even by the Inquisition's standards and she couldn't work well on a team at all.
* BrokenBird: The death of her family at hands of a witch left a deep-rooted hatred in her heart, causing her to grow up into a cold and ruthless soldier with a single-minded obsession with revenge. She gradually gets better thanks to befriending Takeru and her new platoonmates.
* ButForMeItWasTuesday: She delivered a crushing defeat to Takeru during a mock battle test in middle school, which was the catalyst of his drastic personality change. When they meet again two years later, Ouka had completely forgotten about Takeru, to his disillusionment.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her well-endowed figure gets her lots of attention from the opposite sex, including Takeru who is often [[ThanksForTheMammary groping her by accident]].
* ByronicHero: She's a very good example in her introduction; physically attractive, motivated by revenge, emotional baggage from a tragic past, reckless, ruthless, rebellious, and a self-imposed loner. Funnily enough, she later gains the powers of a vampire. She grows out of it thanks to the influence of her friends at the 35th Platoon.
* CerebusRetcon: Her [[TrademarkFavoriteFood love for anpan]] is first used to show her platoonmates Ouka can act like a cute girl after all. Ouka later tells Takeru that her dead little sister's favorite food was anpan with milk and she tried to get Ouka to taste it many times, but never succeeded. Ouka came to love anpan only after her sister died.
* ChildByRape: Ouka's birth mother was a BreedingSlave from the witch trafficking ring Red Butterfly's Insect Cage. Due to being born with no magic power, Ouka was abandoned as a newborn in a garbage dump with her mother's corpse next to her.
* ChildrenForcedToKill: When Ouka was just a child, a witch took control of her body and made her cut her adoptive little sister into pieces with a knife all while she was fully conscious the entire time.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Not as openly as Mari and Usagi, but Ouka still throws {{Death Glare}}s at Takeru when other girls get too close to him.
* CompulsorySchoolAge: She already earned the qualifications to join the Inquisition when she was 13 years old. At the start of the story, she's sent to high school and forced to join the Small Fry platoon because her recklessness at the field got her demoted.
* ContraltoOfStrength: Ouka has the deepest voice out of all the girls in the 35th platoon and is the best fighter in the team right after Takeru.
* CruelMercy: Ouka eventually decides that killing Laugh Maker when the latter wants to die won't be a satisfying revenge. Instead, she concludes forcing her to live with the burden of her crimes is a better punishment. [[spoiler:At the end, Ouka uses her powers as a Vampire True Ancestor to bite Laugh Maker, making her immortal and forever enslaved to Ouka's will so she won't kill anyone ever again. Ironically, Laugh Maker ends up ''grateful'' to Ouka for giving her the opportunity to atone for her crimes, not that Ouka wants to accept that gratitude.]]
* CryIntoChest: After realizing that VengeanceFeelsEmpty, Takeru holds Ouka in his arms as she cries into his chest until she passes out from exhaustion.
* DeclarationOfProtection: At the start of Volume 7, after the 35th Platoon is sentenced to participate in the war of Grey City, Ouka swears she will protect the 35th Platoon in Takeru's place until he returns.
* DefrostingIceQueen: Introduced as a cold and vengeful soldier who doesn't get along with people. Ouka becomes a much friendlier person towards Takeru and the rest of the Small Fry Platoon as the story progresses.
* {{Deuteragonist}}: Ouka can be considered the other protagonist of the series since her amount of focus and development is roughly equal to Takeru's. Volume 7 has Ouka temporarily take the role of protagonist during Takeru's absence, replacing him as the platoon's captain until Takeru returns.
* DoesNotLikeMagic: She doesn't just hate witches, but magic itself. She even refuses to make a full contract with her Relic Eater Vlad because she wants to avoid using magic as much as possible. She slowly grows out of it after meeting people who use magic for good such as Mari and Ouka understands she can use magic to protect those close to her, which is why she accepts a formal contract with Vlad.
* EatingLunchAlone: When she has just been send back to the academy, she gets away from everyone during lunchtime and enjoys her anpan and milk all by herself.
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Ouka is the most capable fighter in the 35th Platoon on her own (since Takeru's abilities are very limited without Lapis' regeneration keeping his body from breaking). Since she only uses her Relic Eater for emergencies, her power in battle is all her natural skill as a prodigy Inquisitor. Starting from near the end of Volume 5, Ouka makes a full contract with Vlad to gain her own Witch Hunter form and in addition, she becomes able to transform into a Vampire True Ancestor.
* EstablishingCharacterMoment: Ouka is introduced in Takeru's flashback where he was beaten by her in mock combat and the following scene covers her demotion from Dullahan to student for having outright disobeyed orders and killed a witch on the job.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Her popularity extends to the female students, as seen when they fangirl over her during PE. Kanata also admires Ouka's beauty when they're taking a shower together.
* FieryRedhead: Her hair is bright orange like the sunset, which goes perfectly with her explosive temper and aggressive approach.
* FightingFromTheInside: Thanks to her contract with Vlad, Ouka is able to resist being completely possessed by Mephistopheles and paralyzes her body to give Usagi the chance to shoot her.
* ForgottenFirstMeeting: When she first joins the platoon, Ouka fails to recognize Takeru as her old classmate. It's until he arrives to protect her from the Einherjar of King Arthur that she remembers Takeru as the cocky swordsman she defeated in a mock battle test.
* FreudianExcuse: Ouka is infamous among the Inquisition because she shows no mercy to witches and creates a bloodbath whenever she confronts magic criminals. She ended up this way as a result of a witch forcing her to kill her first adoptive family. When she witnesses casualties caused by magic, Ouka completely loses control of herself and goes into 'kill all witches' mode.
* GunsAkimbo: Her Relic Eater Vlad is a pair of twin guns that fire stakes to pierce through and dispel magic.
* TheGunslinger: She specializes in handguns.
* HappilyAdopted: She was an adopted daughter of the Mineshiro family until a witch killed them. Even now, Ouka thinks of the Mineshiros as her true family and has lived for the goal of eventually avenging them. Her relationship with her second adoptive father Sougetsu is far more distant.
* HeroicBSOD: She loses herself in her vengeful rage against Laugh Maker and realizes too late that she let her comrades fall right into the enemy's trap. She barely manages to save Usagi and two Spriggans from poisonous gas and when they return to the camp, their allies have all been killed or captured. Ouka feels devastated and guilty for giving priority to her revenge and briefly forgetting about her comrades after she swore to protect them. Fortunately, Usagi is there to snap her out of it and remind her she must save Ikaruga and the other prisoners who are still alive.
* HeroicWillpower: She's the only one who was ever able to resist Laugh Maker's [[PeoplePuppets End Order]] spell when Laugh Maker tries forcing her to kill Ikaruga and recreate Ouka's trauma of killing her little sister.
* HornedHumanoid: She grows horns on her head when she transforms into a Vampire True Ancestor.
* HumanizingTears: Since she puts up a strong front most of the time, the moment where she breaks down in tears in front of Takeru after finally taking revenge for her family is very touching.
* IWorkAlone: She has this mindset when she's forced to join the platoon, refusing to become comrades with them because she believes she must take revenge against evil witches by herself. She also finds her platoonmates too incompetent so she rationalizes it's be more effective if she goes on missions alone. She starts changing her mind thanks to Takeru offering to help her with her revenge.
* IcyBlueEyes: She's an aloof and ruthless soldier with piercing cobalt eyes.
* ImprobableAge: She joined the Inquisition and became a Dullahan at the age of 13.
* ImprobableAimingSkills:
** She can win against a [[{{Mecha}} Dragoon]] by firing three bullets at the exposed joints of its arm to render it immobile. Takeru is amazed at Ouka being able to hit those three points so accurately with a simple handgun in the middle of intense combat.
** She fires three bullets to shoot at a speeding van's tires when it's already at a faraway distance and it works, causing the van to crash.
* IneffectualLoner: Ouka refused anyone's help in her quest of revenge against witches. This resulted in her being very uncooperative and acting on her own during missions, which only got her demoted and transferred back into the Anti-Magic Academy. When she first joins Takeru's platoon, Ouka still thinks teamwork is a waste of time until she's almost killed when fighting an Einherjar alone. Afterwards, she slowly accepts the 35th platoon as her TrueCompanions.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She's strict, cold, and merciless to evil witches, but she's a good and heroic person who doesn't jump to conclusions about people without having solid evidence first. She also grows to care deeply about her platoonmates and becomes a great friend to them later on.
* JerkassHasAPoint: While she's being stubborn and uncooperative when she first joins the platoon, the criticism she gives as reasons why she doesn't want to rely on her platoonmates are valid. Usagi isn't a dependable sniper during missions because of her PerformanceAnxiety, Ikaruga makes reckless modifications to the platoon's weapons, and Takeru doesn't seem to have what it takes to be a leader. Despite not liking her attitude, Takeru acknowledges everything Ouka said about them is true.
* TheLancer: Ouka is Takeru's right-hand woman and {{Foil}}, as she's far more experienced in the field and the only member of the platoon without CripplingOverspecialization.
* LegFocus: Takeru and Ikaruga consider that Ouka's most attractive point are her well-toned, shapely legs.
* LonerTurnedFriend: She initially had no intention of becoming friends with anyone in her new platoon as she considered teamwork an obstacle for her revenge. After Takeru manages to earn her trust, Ouka gradually opens up and begins to find it fun to be part of a team.
* LoonyFriendsImproveYourPersonality: She starts off as a cold-blooded soldier out for revenge. Because of her recklessness, she's forced to join the Small Fry Platoon infamous for only having weirdos as members. This turned out to be what Ouka needed to stop obsessing over her revenge and learn to work as part of a team.
* MuggleBornOfMages: Ouka's birth mother was a witch who was used as a BreedingSlave in the trafficking ring Red Butterfly's Insect Cage. Because Ouka was born with no magic power, her mother was disposed of and thrown into a garbage dump along with a newborn Ouka.
* NavelDeepNeckline: Her outfit as a Vampire True Ancestor leaves her cleavage and abdomen bare.
* NewMeat: She's forced to join the Small Fry platoon at the beginning of the show.
* NoSocialSkills: She spent most of her life solely focused on her revenge against witches, leaving Ouka with little to no experience in normal social situations. She has trouble reading the mood and can't even talk naturally to people outside her platoon, although she's trying to learn for the sake of being a good friend to her platoonmates.
* NotAfraidToDie: When the Anti-Magic Academy is being destroyed by the Einherjar of King Arthur, Ouka is the only student who isn't afraid to face it head-on. Ouka comes close to winning by using her Relic Eater Vlad, but when Sougetsu takes it away, she quietly accepts her death and actually considers it kind of a relief as dying means she doesn't have to live obsessed with revenge anymore. Fortunately, Takeru arrives in time to save her.
* NotSoStoic: She presents herself as a professional, collected ex-inquisitor only for that mask to crack when she loses her cool and goes into a frenzy when a magic criminal threatens a child or [[ThanksForTheMammary Takeru's hand falls on her breast]].
* NowOrNeverKiss: [[spoiler:She kisses Takeru before he heads off to the final duel with Sougetsu, with both knowing he might not return alive.]]
* NumberTwo: She serves as the 35th platoon's second-in-command. In the aftermath of the fifth arc, Ouka temporarily takes over the position of the platoon captain during Takeru's absence.
* OurVampiresAreDifferent: When Vlad absorbs enough blood, Ouka can transform into a Vampire True Ancestor, granting her with a HealingFactor, SuperSpeed and {{Flight}}.
* PantyFighter: In the manga adaptations, nearly all panels of her fight scenes have her showing her panties in the middle of an ass-kicking.
* ParentalAbandonment: She was found as a baby in a garbage dump with her real mother's corpse beside her. She was taken to an orphanage and eventually, the Mineshiro family adopted her.
* PhotographicMemory: She has memorized almost every magical procedure in her head, allowing her to pierce through many spells as well as Takeru's Witch Hunter form. [[spoiler:Eventually, she can remember all the highly complicated magical procedure of the God Hunter form after only hearing Lapis' explanation.]]
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: [[spoiler:Vlad chooses to turn himself into magic power to save Ouka from Kiseki. As he bids farewell, Ouka breaks down crying while begging Vlad to not leave her.]]
* PowerGivesYouWings: She gains large bat-like wings in her Vampire True Ancestor form.
* RedBaron: The inquisitors called her "Crimson Princess Calamity" for the way she murders magic criminals indiscriminately and leaves a bloodbath behind.
* RedheadsAreRavishing: Ouka's hair is described as sunset-colored. In their first meeting, Takeru describes her as "an embodiment of mythical battle maidens." Many characters comment on Ouka's beauty and orange hair.
* RedIsHeroic: Ouka is one of the main heroes and her Witch Hunter armor is crimson red.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: She's extremely embarrassed when Suginami puts her in a Chinese minidress that [[LegFocus shows off her legs]].
* RevengeBeforeReason: Until she met Takeru, Ouka lived solely for the sake of taking her revenge against magic users. The reason why she got demoted and transferred to the 35th platoon was her tendency to disobey orders and engage in unrequired ruthlessness towards witches. Thanks to becoming closer to Takeru and the platoon, Ouka grows out of this mentality and changes her main motive from single-minded revenge to protecting her new friends.
* SelfMadeOrphan: She was forced into becoming one. An evil witch got into her house and claimed she would spare the daughters if Ouka killed her adoptive parents. While Ouka didn't want to do it, her parents used the knife she held in her hands to kill themselves while they asked Ouka to take care of her little sister. Despite their sacrifice, the witch didn't keep her promise to spare the younger daughter.
* SharedFamilyQuirks: According to Vlad, Ouka's adoptive father Kazuma also suffered from poor social and communication skills.
* ShedTheFamilyName: In the epilogue, Ouka has discarded the Ootori surname and changed it back to Mineshiro, the surname of her original adoptive family, as she doesn't want to be associated with Sougetsu in any way.
* SiblingMurder: Not that she wanted to do it. The witch that attacked Ouka's first adoptive family took control of her body and forced Ouka to kill her own little sister with a knife.
* SignatureHeadgear: She always wears a pink flower petal hair clip on the right side of her bangs. Mari thinks such a cute hair accessory doesn't suit a tough girl like Ouka, but it actually symbolizes the kanji for cherry blossoms in her name and her hidden soft side.
* SourOutsideSadInside: She takes on a lone wolf attitude because she has never dared to care for anything besides revenge ever since her family was killed by a witch. She starts to get better when she accepts Takeru's companionship.
* StatuesqueStunner: In the epilogue five years later, Ouka has grown much taller, being nearly the same height as Takeru, and more beautiful than ever.
* StockLightNovelCalamityPrincess: She has long 'sunset colored' hair, is a genius who graduated early, and is considered a screw-up, demoted for killing witches recklessly but still relentlessly pursues her goal to purge the world of witches. She's the adopted daughter of the President of the school, making her an {{Ojou}}. Her powers are extremely destructive, involving the use of guns. She [[RedBaron is called "Crimson Princess Calamity"]].
* {{Stripperiffic}}: Her Vampire True Ancestor form shows a lot of skin.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's very aloof, businesslike and coldhearted to those she's unfamiliar with. Her platoonmates see that she's really a warm, loyal, and cute girl as they grow closer to her.
* TearfulSmile: A particularly heartbreaking one when her family died. The witch Laugh Maker took control of Ouka's body and used her to stab her own family to death. Once they were all dead, she forced Ouka to smile while tears kept running down the poor girl's face.
* TechnicallyLivingVampire: By absorbing a large amount of magic power through the blood of others, Ouka can activate Vlad's intrinsic magic Dracula and turn her body into a vampire, giving her power equal to a true-born vampire.
* TeenGenius: She's a well-known genius who passed the qualifications to become an inquisitor when she was at middle school.
* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: She delivers a good one to the witch Laugh Maker/Mimulus. Ouka realizes that Laugh Maker/Mimulus is trying to push her to the limit to make her kill her and be freed from her sinful existence as a murderer. While she originally killed people without remorse because Insect Cage's "education" made her a psychotic killer, now she's just killing people while knowing it's evil so someone else kills her and she can run away from her crimes.
-->"In the end you never left Insect Cage...! If you thought what you have done was bad then you could have surrendered yourself! And yet, what you did was to further your misdeeds while hoping for judgment to come! Instead of stopping to sin after being blanked, you wanted to be judged by me! Just how cowardly are you! You didn't become Laugh Maker nor have you become Mimulus-just a criminal trash!!"
* TookALevelInBadass: Ouka is one of the best fighters in the 35th Platoon from the start, but she can't take on major threats like the Einherjar because she would need to make a full contract with her Relic Eater to reach the level needed to defeat powerful magic weapons and Ouka's hatred for magic prevents her from doing that. After she finally accepts a full contract with Vlad to protect her comrades, Ouka can single-handedly defeat an Einherjar and a Mechanical Dragon.
* TookALevelInIdealism: Early on, Ouka is cynical and hateful due to her tragic past, kills criminals without mercy, and thinks all magic is evil. Spending time in the 35th Platoon causes Ouka soften drastically, even [[VitriolicBestBuds sort of befriending the witch Mari]], and her main priority changes to protecting her new friends. She also [[ThouShaltNotKill comes to opt for not killing enemies when given a choice]].
* TookALevelInKindness: At the start of the series, Ouka is a hard-hearted ex-inquisitor who is rude to her platoonmates and shows no mercy to criminals. After accepting Takeru's support and bonding with her platoon, Ouka grows into a compassionate person who cares for her comrades and wants to spare the lives of criminals with sympathetic circumstances.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She ''loves'' anpan, especially accompanied by milk, and the few times she looks really happy is while eating the stuff.
* TragicBigot: Her first adoptive family was murdered by a witch who controlled Ouka's body with magic and forced her to stab her parents and sister to death. Because of her trauma, Ouka has a violent hatred of witches and everything related to magic, which often sends her into a murderous rage when facing magic criminals. She starts growing out of it after understanding not all magic users are evil and she becomes VitriolicBestBuds with the witch Mari.
* TransferableMemory: She can see people's memories when she absorbs their blood in her Vampire True Ancestor form.
* TraumaButton: Ouka has a bad habit of completely losing control of herself and going into a killing spree whenever she witnesses casualties caused by witches and magic, especially if children are the victims, which is what got her demoted in the first place. Ouka admits that seeing such atrocities reminds her of the time a witch forced her to kill her adoptive parents and little sister with a knife.
* TsurimeEyes: Her eyes are sharp and strong-willed, just like Ouka herself.
* UnbrokenVigil: She, alongside Mari, falls asleep at Takeru's bedside after he's left unconscious for two days in the aftermath of his battle with Magnolia.
* UnscrupulousHero: When she joins the platoon, Ouka believes magic criminals who kill people should all die and won't hesitate to shoot them dead even though she knows she could lose her qualifications to rejoin the Inquisition because of that. Thanks to her new comrades, Ouka becomes a more typically heroic person.
* UnstoppableRage: When she finally comes face-to-face with Laugh Maker, the witch who killed her first adoptive family, Ouka briefly loses herself in a blind vengeful rage and can't think rationally until hearing Usagi is in danger snaps her back to sanity.
* UnwillinglyGirlyTomboy: In the last bonus story, Ouka is forced to wear a frilly dress and a big ribbon over her head, picked for her by Ikaruga, for the 35th Test Platoon members' outing with [[spoiler:Kiseki]] because she doesn't have clothes besides her EXE uniform and suits. All of her friends think she looks ridiculous, but [[spoiler:Kiseki]] does think she looks cute.
* VengeanceFeelsEmpty: After she finally takes revenge on Laugh Maker for the death of her family, Ouka admits to Takeru that she still feels empty because revenge can't bring her family back. Takeru comforts her by [[YouAreNotAlone reminding her that she now has him and their comrades of the Small Fry platoon to walk beside her even after her revenge is fulfilled.]]
* VitriolicBestBuds: She has frequent clashes with Mari because of their rough personalities and differing views of magic. They soon do come to respect each other and despite their denials, it's kind of obvious they're friends already.
* WhatYouAreInTheDark: Hyakki Yakou shows Ouka a vision where she has the opportunity to murder Laugh Maker, the witch who forced her to kill her own family. At the end, however, Ouka once again chooses to spare Laugh Maker and make her live with the weight of her crimes.
* WillfullyWeak: Early in the series, Ouka is the only member in the platoon besides Takeru who has a Relic Eater, but she refuses to go into Witch Hunter form because she hates using magic. She finally overcomes this after she realizes she can use Vlad's power to protect her comrades.
* {{Workaholic}}: She has a overly-diligent work ethic due to her desire for revenge against witches consuming all her thoughts.
* YouKilledMyFather: Her parents and little sister were killed by the witch Laugh Maker, which led to her initial obsession with killing witches. In addition, Laugh Maker also reveals she killed Ouka's birth mother during their confrontation. [[spoiler:When finally given the opportunity to have her revenge, Ouka decides against killing Laugh Maker because the latter wants to die and instead uses her vampiric powers to leave the witch under her control so she never kills anyone again.]]
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[[folder:Mari Nikaido]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/KanaeIto
->''"Well, that's because, y'know——I'm first-rate, right?"''
Nicknamed the "Non-killing Witch", Mari is a former member of Valhalla forced to join the Inquisition after her memory is wiped by Haunted. She eventually joins the 35th Platoon on her own free will, and doesn't bother to hide her identity as a witch after she becomes an official student. Her magical property is "Aurora", an ancient magic type and she is considered a first-rate witch though she is often handicapped by the collar the Inquisition makes her wear to suppress her powers. She specializes in highly destructive attack magic, healing, and eventually showcases skills in illusion and summoning magic. Due to her nature as a witch (and later their rivalry for Takeru's attention) she and Ouka are constantly at odds; being given the condescending nickname of "Fuel Tank" from her.
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* ACupAngst: She's insecure about her chest size, especially since most of the others girls have buxom figures and is often teased about it by the other platoon members, especially Ikaruga.
* AllForNothing: Mari agreed to work for Valhalla because Haunted told her he would release the children of her orphanage if she worked with him. Mari forced herself to do crimes she hated just to save the children. And then it turns out they were already dead.
* AmnesiacVillainJoinsTheHeroes: PlayedWith. Mari is a witch of Valhalla who got her memory erased before she was captured by the Inquisition. She's then assigned to the 35th platoon and starts to become friends with them, but she fears she might turn out to be a bad person if she gets her memory back. The truth is Mari was only forced to work for Valhalla because the children of her orphanage were supposedly being held hostage by them (which was a lie; they were already dead). Mari is almost convinced her criminal past means she's a villain, but Takeru and her new platoonmates don't think so and let her stay part of the team.
* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler:She loses her left arm and leg while fighting against Mother Goose. [[GoodThingYouCanHeal She gets better though.]]]]
* TheAtoner: Takeru inspires her to use her magic to atone for the crimes she committed as a member of Valhalla.
* AwesomenessByAnalysis: She's extremely good at breaking down how an opponent's magic works, and quickly coming up with a way to counter it.
* BarrierWarrior: Her defensive magic is top-notch, with her Aurora Fortress spell creating a rainbow-colored barrier capable of sustaining fire from dozens of dragoons.
* BeamSpam: Her attack magic tends to take this form, since she hates killing she makes more beams to make each individual shot less lethal.
* BerserkButton:
** "Small breasts" is a taboo word for her due to her ACupAngst.
** You can speak badly of witches, but Mari won't tolerate people calling magic itself a bad thing.
* {{BFS}}: She's able to use magic to generate a 20-meter sword [[ElementalWeapon made of either light or darkness]].
* TheBigGirl: Mari is the only member who can naturally use magic and once her PowerLimiter is removed, she proves to be a massive powerhouse.
* BloodSplatteredInnocents: While trying to save some inquisitor students that fell victims of Haunted's {{Man Eating Plant}}s, Mari is covered in their splattered blood as she helplessly watches them being gruesomely killed.
* BrutalHonesty: Noted to be similar to Takeru in this regard, she isn't afraid to get straight to the point.
* ButtMonkey: Gets teased a lot by the rest of the platoon.
* ChekhovsSkill: Her extensive knowledge of Ancient Magic is at first just used to show her genius. It becomes much more important later on when she reveals she could use Sun and Moon based magic.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Mari gets very angry when she catches Takeru having one of his AccidentalPervert moments with any girl other than her.
* CuteLittleFangs: She's usually drawn with an adorable feline fang which highlights her PluckyGirl personality.
* DrivesLikeCrazy: She has quite messy driving skills when it comes to {{Flying Broomstick}}s.
* EnergyAbsorption: She can use drain magic, which comes in handy against [[spoiler:Mother Goose, which lets her use "God's Authority" and "Rejuvenate" in order to heal her wounds.]]
* {{Flight}}: Her magic lets her fly to an extent. Though she isn't all that good at it, which leads to some problems.
* ForcedIntoEvil: She was forced to help Valhalla as Haunted's subordinate due to her fellow orphans being held hostage. She later finds out that said kids were already killed, but fortunately Takeru snaps her out of her HeroicBSOD before she breaks down completely.
* FromRoommatesToRomance: In volume 2, she becomes Takeru's roommate because he's the only member of the platoon with an apartment big enough to share with her. She quickly develops a crush on him.
* GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She wins herself a big anteater doll at the school fair.
* GirlishPigtails: She ties some of her hair into pigtails, suiting her youthful personality and {{Tsundere}} traits.
* HotTeacher: In the epilogue five years later, Mari has become a teacher and Ouka ridicules her for wearing a short skirt in front of the students.
* IDidWhatIHadToDo: When she was younger, Mari did some shady stuff for the sake of collecting money for her orphanage. After their church was burnt down and she was told the children were Valhalla's hostages, she accepted to do whatever they asked to get the children back.
* IdentityAmnesia: Because of the memory erasing charm Haunted used in her, Mari is unable to remember anything about herself but her own name for most of Volume 2.
%%* InsufferableGenius: Only acts like this towards Ouka.
* InsultOfEndearment: Called "Fuel Tank" by Ouka, since her only role in one battle was to power up Takeru despite her gloating about it.
* MarshmallowHell: Subverted. She once ''tries'' to do this by pulling in Takeru's head and grinding it against her chest to make him feel it. [[ACupAngst Note that this was in response to him accidentally saying he bumped into a wall, when it was actually her.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: When Haunted gives her back her memory, Mari is absolutely horrified as she remembers all the crimes she committed while assisting Valhalla. She would have broken down if it wasn't for Takeru.
* NeverHurtAnInnocent: Her condition for cooperating with Haunted was that they wouldn't harm any civilians. She was furious at him when he broke that promise by summoning the Einherjar of Myth/KingArthur and turning a large number of civilians into man-eating ghouls.
* NeverBareheaded: Mari is rarely seen without her signature beret.
* NewTransferStudent: Sougetsu enrolls her at the Anti-Magic Academy as a transfer student.
* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: She has this sort of feeling for Ouka. She sees Ouka as her biggest rival for Takeru's heart, but she wants to beat Ouka by fair means and won't stand anyone else wins against her rival.
* PleaseDontLeaveMe: PlayedForLaughs when she tearfully begs Ouka to not let her stay alone at Takeru's haunted apartment.
* PluckyGirl: After she officially joins the 35th platoon and isn't been tormented by Haunted anymore, she's the spunkiest and most feisty girl in the platoon.
* PowerNullifier: Her Gleipnir Collar, which the Inquisition placed on her, that [[ExplosiveLeash explodes when she tries to use offensive magic]]. It gets removed by Orochi in the sixth arc and after that she uses her magic whenever she wants.
* PsychicNosebleed: Magic spells can put a big strain in her brain, giving her a nosebleed in some occasions.
* RainbowMotif: Her Aurora magic attribute manifests as a rainbow-colored light.
* RescueRomance: She falls for Takeru because he saved her from being taken away by the evil Haunted and welcomed her as a comrade after she lost everything.
* TheRival: She has actually grown to respect Ouka a lot and see her as a friend, but the chemistry she sees between Ouka and Takeru makes her consider Ouka a rival.
* SacredFirstKiss: Ouka performs mouth-to-mouth resuscitation on her after she's buried by a snow avalanche. When Mari wakes up, she breaks down in tears at Ouka taking her first kiss when she wanted to give it to Takeru.
* ScarfOfAsskicking: She's always wearing the muffler she got from the Orphanage director, and boy does she kick ass in it.
* SenseiChan: In the epilogue five years later, Mari has become a teacher at the Anti-Magic Academy and her jovial personality makes her very popular with her students, who call her "Mari-can-sensei".
* SmugSuper: She isn't afraid to brag about how much better at magic she is than everyone else. To be fair, she isn't really wrong in that regard.
* SolarAndLunar: She learns how to use the "Sun" and "Moon" types of magic via her Aurora property after studying in the Inquisition. Thus stripping them of their "Ancient" designation.
* SquishyWizard: She's a powerful witch and very knowledgeable in magic, but her physical stamina and strength are very low.
* SummonMagic: She manages to summon a {{Kirin}}, notable since she does so without any sacrifices and it came only because she asked it to. Mother Goose notes it is probably the first time a magical being has ever wished to be summoned and actually hurried to be there.
* SuperpowerLottery: She has an Ancient Property which immediately makes her a cut above the rest for Witches in terms of magical ability.
* TeenGenius: She's a genius in the domain of magic, and she gets a handle on other subjects really quickly as well.
* ThouShaltNotKill: As indicated by her nickname "Non-killing Witch," Mari avoids killing people.
* TokenWizard: Mari is the only witch of the 35th Platoon and the Anti-Magic Academy as a whole.
* TragicKeepsake: Her muffler is a memento of the orphanage director who raised her and her hat was a gift from the other kids in the orphanage, bought with the little money they had. Now that she's the only one from the orphanage who is still alive, Mari wears her muffler and hat every day.
* {{Tsundere}}:
** It's obvious she likes the Small Fry Platoon and wants to be friends with them, but she's also an amnesiac witch and they're inquisitors in training, so Mari acts gruff to push them away. By the end of the second arc, she has completely accepted them as her TrueCompanions.
** She's more of a Sweet type towards Takeru and Ouka. Mari is laidback and nice mostly, yet she's prone to throwing fits when it looks like Takeru could be more interested in other girls or is acting like a pervert. Also, no matter how much she argues with Ouka, Mari still thniks of Ouka as one of her beloved comrades that she would die for.
* UnbrokenVigil: Like Ouka, she falls asleep at Takeru's bedside when he falls unconscious for two days after the battle with the Magnolia Troop.
* VitriolicBestBuds: Mari is a witch who loves magic and Ouka is an ex-inquisitor who hates magic, so it's inevitable that their stubborn personalities and strong opinions are going to clash. They do respect each other deep down and are slowly becoming good friends, though both deny it.
* WaveMotionGun: Her Aurora Gate is essentially one.
* WhiteMage: Her Aurora magic is known for its destructive power and it's called the strongest of the ligh-based magic properties. She also has a weakness to any darkness-related magic.
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[[folder:Ikaruga Suginami]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyokoShiraishi
A first year student at the academy, she is the technician of the platoon, creating and maintaining the equipment for everyone. A genius when it comes to creating weapons, fiddling with machines, and hacking. She is also in charge of gathering intelligence, though in often less than legal or fair ways). Considered one of the more troublesome members of the platoon, she is also fond of sexually harassing the other members.
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* ActionMom: She has an artifical half-elf daughter named Kanaria that she created at the lab. She's normally in charge of MissionControl, but there's times she joins the front lines in the battlefield. Most notably, the time she charges into Alchemist's first research facility driving a Dragoon and faces Suzaku directly in a fight, all in order to free Kanaria from living for revenge.
* AmbiguouslyBi: While she's explicitly attracted to Takeru, she also makes various perverted comments and advances on the other girls. It's unclear if she's just messing with them or if she is attracted to them.
* AnimalThemeNaming: As part of the FamilyThemeNaming for the Suginamis, Ikaruga is named after a bird. In her case, a spotted dove.
* TheAtoner: She wants to atone for not taking Isuka and Kanaria with her when she left Alchemist. For this reason, she tries her best to be there for Kanaria even though the elf doesn't acknowledge her as her mother.
* BigBreastPride: She's well aware of the appeal of her busty figure and can be smug about her it, often [[ACupAngst poking fun of Mari's flat figure]] and giving Takeru MarshmallowHell.
* BlackBraAndPanties: After taking Takeru to her hideout in the border, Ikaruga gives him the IntimateHealing treatment while wearing nothing but black lingerie.
* BlackEyesOfCrazy: When she transforms into a Dark Elf, the white of her eyes becomes black.
* BrainyBrunette: She has long brown hair and despite being perverted, she's a brilliant scientist.
* BrilliantButLazy: She is incredibly smart, but lacks motivation to do much with it after leaving Alchemist.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: She's the bustiest member of the platoon, something Takeru often takes notice of during his narration, even describing them as "captivating" or "lustrous".
* CainAndAbel: Ikaruga's sister Isuka grew to hate her for leaving Alchemist without her, essentially abandoning her to be "re-educated". Isuka now wants to have Ikaruga hand her over the Lost Matrix she stole so she can join Valhalla and destroy the world. Instead, Ikaruga tries to take Isuka with her as she should have done so years ago, but Haunted kills Isuka before they can reconcile.
* CoolBigSis: Perversion aside, Ikaruga can play the role of a laidback and supportive older sister to her female teammates by teasing them as much as she gives them good advice.
* CosplayOtakuGirl: For the SchoolFestival, she organizes a cosplay cabaret and gets very excited about putting her platoonmates in sexy cosplay costumes.
* CuriousAsAMonkey: This caused major problems for her when she was a child, due to the laboratory's policy of not being interested in anything that wasn't "sharp".
* DefectorFromDecadence: After becoming curious of the outside world, Ikaruga intentionally failed an experiment to get herself evicted from Alchemist. Then she found out [[YouHaveFailedMe she would be killed for her failure instead]] and the baby elf she made would also be killed as a failure. Having gained a sense of morality thanks to becoming attached to her "child", Ikaruga realized how rotten Alchemist was, escaped from the lab and stole the Lost Matrix to prevent their elf cloning experiments from continuing.
* DesignerBaby: She's one of the products of Alchemist's Design Children Project, birthed with the purpose of creating geniuses who advance scientific progress.
* DidYouJustFlipOffCthulhu: When Ikaruga is at the mercy of Kiseki and her Hyakki Yakou, Ikaruga feels no fear and goes on to mock Kiseki for failing to brainwash her and using her own misery as an excuse to kill millions just to try and break her brother. On top of it, she rubs in Kiseki's face that she won't ever have the guts to kill Takeru's friends because she doesn't really want to be hated by him.
* DoesNotKnowHowToSayThanks: She doesn't know how to thank Takeru without offering him her body. She admits she's very clumsy when it comes to expressing her honest feelings.
* TheEngineer: The support type. She's in charge of all equipment in the platoon and makes weapons and equipment for the group from time to time, such as special ammunition or reconnaissance drones.
* FamousAncestor: Her sperm donor was the Swiss physician and alchemist Paracelsus, one of the most influential medical scientists in early modern Europe.
* FirstFriend: Ikaruga met Takeru at middle school and they quickly became the first friend both ever made. Thanks to this, they share a very intimate understanding of each other.
* ForScience: Used to have this attitude as a child, became less prominent as she became more interested in the outside world. She does use this as an excuse to try and have sex with Takeru, stating that she wants to see what the fuss is all about. They're interrupted before she gets her chance however.
* ForcefulKiss: She steals a kiss from Takeru before leaving with Isuka to the 5th Laboratory.
* TheGadfly: Likes to provoke the other members of her team from time to time just for her own amusement.
* GadgeteerGenius: She's a genius engineer who spends most of her time developing weapons and devices.
* LabcoatOfScienceAndMedicine: She wears a lab-coat at all times, making it easy to spot her as the resident scientist.
* LasciviousBeautyMark: Ikaruga has two beauty marks (one under her left eye and one on her chin) and is the most sexually forward of Takeru's potential love interests, being more than happy to let him see her in lingerie or completely naked. She has overtly tried to have sex with him and when she gets interrupted, she contents herself with kissing him while pressing her naked breasts against him. She also likes to comment on her female friends' sex appeal and grope Usagi's large breasts.
* LovableSexManiac: She's a self-admitted pervert who's constantly making perverted comments and sexual jokes. She also enjoys putting her female platoonmates in skimpy {{Fanservice}} outfits.
* LoveConfessor: While revealing her past and secrets to Ouka and Usagi, Ikaruga admits she loves Takeru "as a member of the opposite sex".
* MadScientist: She can give off this impression sometimes due to the crazy weapons and devices she makes for the platoon, many that leave her comrades baffled. She's more perverted and eccentric than mad, though.
* MaternallyChallenged: Being a scientist DesignerBaby, Ikaruga had zero experience with babies which made it difficult for her to understand how to treat the elf baby she created. When they reunite in the present after Kanaria thought Ikaruga abandoned her, Ikaruga has a hard time figuring out how she should approach her "daughter".
* MessyHair: Her long hair is constantly messy and unkempt, due to her laid-back attitude and the fact she rarely sleeps.
* MissionControl: Her role during the missions is monitoring her comrades from afar and giving them advice through communicators once she uses her scientific knowledge to analyze the enemies.
* MotherlyScientist: To get herself expelled from Alchemist, Ikaruga intentionally botched an elf resurrection trial by creating a wood elf hybrid with no magic ability. When the baby half-elf called her "mama", Ikaruga began feeling responsible for her creation and named her Kanaria because parents must name their children. She believed Kanaria was killed by the lab, but she is currently working with Valhalla. Ikaruga knows she doesn't have the right to act as Kanaria's mother after leaving her behind, but she still feels a sense of responsibility and atonement that drives her to try and be there for Kanaria.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: She created the half-elf Kanaria for an intentionally failed experiment so she would be thrown out of Alchemist. When the baby Kanaria called her "mama", Ikaruga felt guilt and regret for the first time in her life because she realized she had doomed her own child to be disposed of by the scientists. Ikaruga wanted to escape from the lab with Kanaria, but when she saw Kanaria's cell empty, she thought she was too late. She doesn't learn Kanaria is still alive until years later.
* MyGreatestFailure: Ikaruga regrets having escaped Alchemist's lab without Isuka and Kanaria since now she understands those two were her family. She feels even worse about it when she learns Alchemist "re-educated" Isuka to make sure she wouldn't rebel against them like Ikaruga did.
* MysticalWhiteHair: By using nanomachines to alter her own DNA, Ikaruga can transform herself into a dark elf, which causes her black hair to turn white.
* {{Nanomachines}}: Ikaruga used the Lost Matrix to create an imperfect nanomachine cluster that allows her to alter her genes to a limited extent. This was primarily used to alter herself into a Dark Elf.
* {{Nerdgasm}}: She pants heavily as she admires the mechanical properties of Dragoons, to Mari's disturbance.
-->'''Ikaruga:''' Robots are erotic in ways that humans can never be!
* NervesOfSteel: Ikaruga never loses calm even when face-to-face with the psychotic witch Laugh Maker.
* NoSocialSkills: Despite being a genius, Ikaruga has the worst social skills in the platoon next to Ouka. It's hardly her fault because she was raised to do nothing but create weapons. She only started to interact with others after escaping Alchemist and meeting Takeru.
* OddFriendship: The perverted MadScientist Ikaruga's closest friendship in the platoon is with the polite and easily embarrassed {{Ojou}} Usagi.
* OneeSama: In the epilogue, [[spoiler:Kiseki]] now addresses Ikaruga as "Ikaruga-onee-sama" because they have become very close ever since [[spoiler:Ikaruga became the head researcher of the Hyakki Yakou]].
* OralFixation: She always has a lollipop in her mouth.
* ParentalAbandonment: Unintentionally towards Kanaria, the elf she created in Alchemist's lab. Ikaruga wanted to take Kanaria out of the lab with her, but when she didn't find her, Ikaruga assumed Kanaria had been disposed of as a failed experiment. However, Kanaria was still alive and grew up resenting Ikaruga under the belief that she was abandoned.
* PlayfulHacker: Likes to hack into the other platoon's databases to her comrade's horror.
* PowerDyesYourHair: Her brown hair becomes white when she uses the Lost Matrix to temporarily change into a dark elf.
* RaisedAsAHost: Ikaruga finds out from Suzaku that [[spoiler:the true purpose of the Suginami Design Children is not to create prodigies, but to mass-produce spare vessels for Suzaku who has survived for centuries by transferring her consciousness through the Phoenix gene she inserts in her offspring. Suzaku was especially interested in making Ikaruga her new body to gain her knowledge.]]
* ScienceWizard: She's a genius scientist who can make advanced and potent weapons. She also can modify her own genetic material to transform into a dark elf, allowing her to cast high-level magic.
* SecretKeeper: Takeru told Ikaruga the entire truth about himself and his little sister Kiseki's dark past as well as the [[LovecraftianSuperpower Hyakki Yakou]] in Kiseki's body, all that is top secret information within the Inquisition that keeps Kiseki prisoner. Takeru doesn't feel ready to tell any of this to the rest of the platoon, but is forced too anyway after Kiseki escapes from her prison.
* ShamelessFanserviceGirl: She doesn't have any body modest has no problem being naked in front of Takeru.
* SingleTear: She sheds a tear as she mourns Isuka's death.
* SkinshipGrope: She likes to mess with Usagi by groping her breasts.
* TheSmartGirl: Ikaruga is the platoon's scientist and engineer. She sticks to MissionControl for the most part, but can occasionally join the battlefield by using her scientific knowledge to turn herself into a ScienceWizard.
* StrongFamilyResemblance: She resemblances very closely to her genealogical mother Suzaku. The main differences are that their hairstyles and hair colors are different and Ikaruga has much bigger breasts.
* SupernaturallyYoungParent: She technically become a mother at the age of 12 by creating an artificial elf at Alchemist's lab. Her "daughter" is currently around four or five years old, but looks only a few years younger than her because of some accelerated growth.
* TakingTheBullet: She takes a direct punch from the giant Gou to protect Kanaria.
* TheTease: She shamelessly flirts with Takeru and makes casual sexual comments towards her female platoonmates on a regular basis.
* TeenGenius: She's a sixteen-year-old genetically engineered genius with top-notch knowledge of weapons and technology. This is due to her being one of the Alchemist's DesignerBabies.
* TragicKeepsake: After Isuka is killed by Haunted, Ikaruga keeps the children's picture book titled "Canary's House" that inspired her and Isuka to want to leave Alchemist.
* {{Tykebomb}}: She's one of Alchemist's DesignerBabies birthed and raised to manufacture lethal weapons and make human experiments.
* UnkemptBeauty: She has a constant unkempt appearance due to her laid-back personality, but it doesn't stop her from being incrediblt attractive.
* UnrealisticBlackHole: By turning herself into a Dark Elf, Ikaruga can use the anti-matter property Catastrophe. With this, she can create a black hole that disintegrates everything in the nearby area.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: She states doesn't understand much about the concept of love, be it romantic or familial. After all, she was a DesignerBaby birthed with the sole purpose of being a scientist. The reason why she wanted to leave Alchemist was to go to the outside world and learn about love.
* WrenchWench: She's the 35th Platoon's genius mechanic with amazing expertise in technological devices and weapons.
* YoungerThanSheLooks: She's only sixteen like everyone else in her platoon, but her tall stature and large bust size makes her look like she's in her mid-twenties.
* YoureNotMyMother: Suzaku is the genealogical mother of all the Suginami Design Children, but Ikaruga despises her and shouts at her that she's not her mother when they meet.
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[[folder:Usagi Saionji]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/RumiOokubo
The sniper of the platoon, and serves as the primary recon unit as well (though how well she does it is debatable). She is from a high class family that has ties with the Inquisition. Her nervous demeanor and lack of confidence makes her often mess up and fumble with any tasks she was entrusted with; leading to Ikaruga to refer to her as a "Useless Bunny". She wears an accessory in her hair that looks like rabbit ears which matches her name, leading her to be teased often by the other platoon members.
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* AccidentalMurder: During a visit from her half-brother to her grandparents' home, he started messing around with her grandfather's rifles. Usagi tried to stop him and during the struggle to take the rifle from him, it fired and instantly killed him. While it was not her fault and her brother was an idiot for not following gun safety, Usagi was still blamed for the incident and called her brother's murderer.
* AncestralWeapon: Her favorite rifle is the Mosin–Nagant that she inherited from her grandfather. In addition, it's the rifle used by her ancestor who was a famous member of the early Inquisition.
* AnimalMotifs: She's associated with rabbits because of her given name Usagi (Japanese for rabbit). Her ribbon even resembles bunny ears, and this resemblance is noted by the others at one point.
* ArrangedMarriage: Her family intends to marry her off to Reima from the privileged Tenmyouji household in order to ensure both families prosper. Usagi obviously hates the idea, but she doesn't believe she has any other option but to accept marrying Reima.
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: She's the same age as the rest of her platoonmates, but her short stature and somewhat childish behavior results in her platoonmates treating her like a kid.
* BadassNormal: Usagi is the only member of the platoon who is not powered by some kind of artifact and doesn't know magic, but she still manages to keep up with her platoonmates with her sniping skills and high-tech weapons.
* BastardAngst: Usagi is an illegitimate daughter from a mistress, which is why everyone in the Saionji family except for her grandparents treated her as an outsider. Her ostracization only got worse after she was blamed for her half-brother's accidental death. Her family, especially her stepmother, only see her as a tool at best.
* BrokenBird: Usagi grew up ostracized by the Saionji family because of her status as the child of a mistress, was blamed for the deaths of her half-siblings that happened in circumstances out of her control, and her arranged fiancé is an abusive BitchInSheepsClothing who has destroyed what little self-esteem she could have. All the abuse she has been put through has damaged Usagi badly, resulting in her big anxiety problems.
* ButtMonkey: She gets teased by pretty much everyone.
* BuxomBeautyStandard: Her large chest gets her the attention of a lot of guys, and makes Mari envious.
* CerebusRetcon: Her PerformanceAnxiety as a sniper at first seems like a quirk that causes comical mistakes like shooting innocent people and Takeru with anesthetic bullets. Then we get to know her backstory where it's revealed the reason why Usagi panics at the possibility of shooting at the wrong person is because her family blames her for the death of her half-brother who was shot in the head with a rifle when Usagi tried to take it away from his hands.
* ChefOfIron: Along with being the platoon's sniper, Usagi is a good cook.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She gets easily jealous of other girls who make moves on Takeru.
* CripplingOverspecialization: She has only been talented at sniping since she was a child.
* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Her sniping skills are superhuman, just her lack of confidence dampers it.
* DCupDistress: She complains that her big breasts give her stiff shoulders and get in the way when she snipes. She also hates the perverted gazes men keep giving her.
* DaddysGirl: Or Granddaddy's Girl. She was really close to her grandfather who taught her everything she knows about sniping.
* DefiledForever: She feels this way after she's captured and subjected to ShamefulStrip in the Two Alchemists arc. As Usagi sobs about how she can't be a bride anymore, Mari reminds her she's still a virgin.
* EmbarrassingFirstName: She doesn't like to be called by her first name because Usagi is Japanese for rabbit.
* ExtremeDoormat: Ever since she was a child, she's been letting her bastard of a fiancé Reima treat her like his possession and putting up with him blaming her for her brother's death when it was a mere accident. She finally fights off his abuse after getting encouragement from her platoon.
* FeminineWomenCanCook: She's the most ladylike girl in the platoon and is also the only one who can cook thanks to her grandmother teaching her.
* FormalCharactersUseKeigo: She always speaks very politely since she's the daughter of a noble family.
* FriendlySniper: Very nice girl despite her specialty at sniping.
* GetAHoldOfYourselfMan: When Ouka goes into a HeroicBSOD after their military camp in Grey City is destroyed by Laugh Maker's forces, Usagi reminds her temporary captain it's no time to feel sorry for her mistakes and she must act to save Ikaruga and the other soldiers who were captured while they're still alive.
* GoGoEnslavement: Reima kidnaps Usagi and puts her in a wedding dress before he tries to force himself on her.
* GrewASpine: Thanks to the support of her platoon, Usagi finds the courage to stand up against her {{Sadist}} fiancé and fights back when he's about to rape her.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Usagi is a kind-hearted and very polite girl with blonde hair that is rare in the setting.
* TheHeart: Usagi is the most sensitive and compassionate girl in the platoon, serving as the emotional core for her friends.
* HeroicBastard: She's an illegitimate child of the Saionji household, but Usagi is a good person and one of the main heroes.
* IJustWantToBeLoved: More than anything, Usagi has always wanted a place where she feels wanted and needed because she never had that at the Saionji household. That's why she holds the 35th Platoon so dear, as that's where she found her TrueCompanions who truly care about her.
* ImprobableAimingSkills: She's capable at shooting with pin-point accuracy at someone 2900 meters away.
* InnocentBlueEyes: She has light blue eyes, showing her good-hearted nature.
* InsultedAwake: When she's knocked unconscious, Ikaruga can wake her up by calling her a useless sniper who is only good for her big breasts.
* LonelyRichKid: Her family ostracizes her for being the child of a mistress and they blame her for the deaths of her half-siblings. She also couldn't make friends before high school because her peers disliked her for her rich family and incompetence at anything but sniping. Her platoonmates are the only people she has ever really bonded with.
* LongRangeFighter: She only provides long-range sniper support during missions since she doesn't have close-range combat skills.
* ManBitesMan: During Reima's AttemptedRape on her, Usagi fights him off for the first time and ferociously bites his arm.
* NonUniformUniform: The skirt of her academy uniform is frilly unlike the ones worn by other girls.
* OddFriendship: With Ikaruga. Despite Usagi being annoyed at Ikaruga's constant sexual harassment and getting a bit horrified at the deadly firearms the MadScientist makes for her, Usagi and Ikaruga share one of the strongest friendships among the platoon.
* {{Ojou}}: She's the sole heiress of the prestigious Saionji household.
* PerformanceAnxiety: Usagi's sniping skills are exceptional, but she's terrible at doing her job under pressure. Whenever she's on a mission, she gets very nervous because she knows her mistakes might cost her platoonmates' lives. This causes her to make big mistakes at the crucial moment such as ''shooting at the wrong building''.
* PlayfulCatSmile: She sports a cat smile on occasions where she's being goofy. Although given her AnimalMotif, it's likely meant to be a Bunny Smile.
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears a white pair of pantyhose with her school uniform, fitting her status as the daughter of a high-ranking family.
* RaisedByGrandparents: Since no one in the main family wanted her, Usagi spent a part of her childhood living with her grandparents in the mountains where her grandfather taught her about sniping. She was forced to move in with her family's primary household after her grandparents' death since she was the only heir left once her half-siblings died.
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Ikaruga enjoys shoving her into exposing outfits, to Usagi's mortification.
* SignatureHeadgear: Her trademark black ribbon that looks like rabbit ears.
* SmallGirlBigGun: The short Usagi often carries rifles that are about the size of her body.
* SniperRifle: She uses a custom one made by Ikaruga.
* TeamChef: She cooks for the platoon on occasion and is happy that they enjoy her cooking.
* TheTeamNormal: Takeru and Ouka are Relic Eater users, Mari is a witch, Ikaruga is a genius DesignerBaby with access to Dark Elf's DNA. And Usagi? She's just a damn good sniper. [[BadassNormal Not that this makes her stay behind in the team.]]
* TheyDiedBecauseOfYou: Ever since she was a child, everyone in the Saionji family blamed her for the death of her half-brother because he was killed by an accidental discharge when Usagi tried to take a rifle away from him. On top of that, people also blamed her for her grandparents and half-sister passing away shortly after the incident. All that blaming and her abusive fiancé Reima throwing it on her face for years resulted in Usagi developing her anxiety problems.
* TookALevelInBadass: Not that her sniping skills weren't good before, but the moment she isn't held back by her anxiety anymore, Usagi becomes an even more awesome sniper.
* TragicKeepsake: Her black ribbon is a keepsake from her grandmother, so she always wears it even though people tease her because her ribbon looks like rabbit ears.
* TraumaButton: Being in the presence of her abusive fiancé Reima causes her to hyperventilate until she passes out. This is primarily caused by the trauma of her half-brother's accidental death and Reima constantly blaming it on her ever since they were kids.
* WeakButSkilled: She's described by the author as both the weakest and strongest girl in the platoon. While it's true Usagi doesn't have close combat and magical abilities like her platoonmates, she can still be just as awesome with her superhuman sniping skills and sheer determination.
* WellDoneDaughterGirl: When she was a little kid, Usagi put effort in everything she did because she wanted her parents to praise her, but nothing was ever enough for them. Her grandfather was the only one in her family who praised her when he taught her how to hunt animals with a rifle.
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[[folder:Lapis Lazuli]]
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-> '''Voiced by:''' Creator/IoriNomizu
Designated as Malleus Maleficarum Type-Twilight "Mistilteinn". A Relic Eater who makes a contract with Takeru Kusanagi. She prefers staying in the form of a human girl in a Goth Lolita-style dress. Her weapon form is restricted to any kind of blade, particularly swords.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: She affirms that her blade could cut through orichalcum like a knife through bread.
* AccidentalMurder: [[spoiler:She accidentally killed her first contractor Mikoto by completing the process of soul fusion to grant her the God Hunter form so Mikoto could destroy the world. Back then, Lapis didn't know a human soul wouldn't survive fusing with hers and only understood it after Mikoto was already dead.]]
* AlliterativeName: '''L'''apis '''L'''azuli.
* AlwaysWithYou: [[spoiler:Before she ascends to godhood, Lapis promises she will watch over Takeru and protect his happiness for eternity.]]
* AncestralWeapon: [[spoiler:Lapis' first contractor was Takeru's distant ancestor, Mikoto Kusanagi.]]
* AntiMagic: The ultimate power of her God Hunter form is creating blue/golden flames that can eliminate any form of magic, including that of gods.
* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: [[spoiler:Lapis inherits the Seat of God at the end of the light novels.]]
* BerserkButton: The one thing that ticks this EmotionlessGirl off is Takeru even thinking that there might be a sharper blade than her.
* BrutalHonesty: Lapis always says things to humans as they are, such as when she leaves a man crying by calling him disgusting for wanting to marry a little girl like her.
* CantLiveWithoutYou: She formed a contract with Takeru when he was at the brink of death. Without his contract with Lapis, Takeru's body will [[HalfTheManHeUsedToBe get split in half]] once again.
* ClingyJealousGirl: She gets extremely jealous if Takeru admires or even thinks about using any blade other than her. Even the mere suspicion of Takeru wanting to make a contract with another Magical Heritage causes her to accuse him like a jealous wife would. It gets worse after she falls in love with him and becomes way more intolerant to seeing him with other girls. Although Lapis is aware this behavior is wrong and selfish, her nature as a Magical Heritage makes it difficult to control her jealous impulses. At one point, she starts fearing she might try to monopolize Takeru by erasing his memories of every other girl he knows.
* ColorMotif: Azure blue is the color of her hair, eyes, and dress. She even has Lapis Lazuli as her common name because lapis lazuli are blue stones.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Azure blue hair to go with her azure blue eyes.
* CuteOversizedSleeves: She takes the form of a cute young girl wearing an ElegantGothicLolita dress with oversized sleeves that cover her hands.
* DefiantCaptive: When Elizabeth has Lapis locked up in a cage and tries threatening her with a soul-killing knife to force her to make a contract with her, Lapis doesn't even flinch and proceeds to badmouth the witch by telling her in detail why she's inferior to Takeru as a host.
* DefrostingIceQueen: She starts off as an EmotionlessGirl. After she reveals her past to Takeru and they strengthen their bond, Lapis shows more emotions and begins acting like a girl in love around Takeru.
* DivineDate: [[spoiler:Lapis becomes the new God alone and forces Takeru to return to his comrades. They share a LastKiss and Lapis promises she will protect him forever even if he can't see her anymore.]]
* ElegantGothicLolita: She usually shows herself as a doll-like girl in a blue gothic Lolita dress.
* EmotionlessGirl: She never emotes and speaks with a monotone. Although, she's really a {{subversion}}.
* EnergyAbsorption: Her unique intrinsic magic dissipates all other forms of magic to convert it for her own use.
* EquippableAlly: She takes the form of a cute little girl while she's the Relic Eater contracted to Takeru and can turn into any bladed weapon for him to use.
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her eyes have two circles parallel to the iris.
* GiantPoofySleeves: The dress of her human form has a pair of poofy shoulders.
* GoingCommando: Ikaruga who makes Lapis wear nothing but a dress shirt for the 35th platoon's cosplay party in the SchoolFestival.
* GoOutWithASmile: [[spoiler:She bids Takeru farewell with the brightest smile she ever made before she departs to become the new God.]]
* GoThroughMe: At the end of Volume 10, she steps in to protect a collapsed Takeru from Hayato. Seeing a Magical Heritage perform such a human act is what makes Hayato think it might be possible for Takeru to [[spoiler:not end up destroying the world with Lapis' power]].
* GreenEyedEpiphany: As her bond with Takeru grows closer, Lapis finds herself having an "error" whenever she sees him with other girls. She then understands those "errors" are the feeling of jealousy, making her realize she loves Takeru, not as his sword, but as a human girl.
* HeavenlyBlue: Lapis is represented by the color azure blue and she's later revealed to be a Sacred Treasure, a weapon from the world of gods.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Lapis decides to become God by herself so Takeru can continue living with his comrades.]]
* HisQuirkLivesOn: Her human form's face and voice are modeled after her first contractor [[spoiler:Mikoto Kusanagi who died because of their failed soul fusion. Lapis denies she did this out of any deep feelings by claiming Mikoto was her only reference for a human form, but Takeru tells her that she took on Mikoto's traits is proof that she did love her contractor.]]
* HumanizingTears: The first time her EmotionlessGirl act [[NotSoStoic completely shatters]] is when she cries desperately on top of Takeru's injured body after the battle with Magnolia, [[spoiler:as Lapis is terrified that their soul fusion might kill Takeru like it did for Mikoto.]]
* ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Her first host, Takeru's ancestor Mikoto Kusanagi, had her mind and spirit destroyed after prolonged usage of the God Hunter form which forced her brother Orochi to end her suffering by killing her. To this day, Lapis feels guilty over what happened to Mikoto and fears she might let the same happen to Takeru.]]
* InSeriesNickname: Her designation name is Malleus Maleficarum Type-Twilight "Mistilteinn". She asks to be called Lapis and that's how everyone addresses her.
* InnocentFanserviceGirl: Because she's a Magical Heritage, Lapis doesn't understand why Takeru thinks it's wrong that she snuggles up to him like usual when she's naked.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:At the end of the story, Lapis doesn't allow Takeru to become the new God with her because even though she does want to spend eternity with him, she wishes for him to continue living as a human and be happy with his comrades by his side.]]
* LastKiss: [[spoiler:Lapis shares one final passionate kiss with Takeru before she leaves him to become the new God.]]
* LittleSisterHeroine: {{Invoked|Trope}}. Sougetsu passed Lapis off as Takeru's little sister when he enrolled her at the Anti-Magic Academy and Lapis calls Takeru "Onii-chan" instead of "Host" at class so his classmates don't find out she's a Relic Eater. Lapis also clings to Takeru's arm all the time while claiming they can't live without each other. As the obvious result, Takeru ends up looking like a siscon pervert in the eyes of his class.
* LoveAtFirstSight: She decided to make a contract with Takeru after seeing him fight only once because his physique, mastery at swordsmanship, and the compatibility of their souls' wavelength all make him Lapis' ideal host. She describes it as love at first sight to make it easy to understand for humans.
* MagicContractRomance: Lapis is Takeru's contracted Relic Eater. She eventually falls in love with him and Takeru has very strong feelings for her too.
* MagicFire: In God Hunter mode, Lapis generates twilight-colored flames that nullify any magic spell or power around her and Takeru. It can even destroy the demons of Hyakki Yakou.
* MergerOfSouls: [[spoiler:Lapis can grant her host the God Hunter armor at the cost of them fusing their soul with her own. Takeru does so as did his ancestor Mikoto. The process is lethal for human souls, but Takeru can withstand it because his demon soul is more robust.]]
* MindlinkMates: She has a telepathic link with Takeru and both gradually form a bond of literal soulmates.
* MoeAnthropomorphism: A Relic Eater which takes on the appearance of a cute little girl in ElegantGothicLolita clothing.
* MorphWeapon: Whereas her regular state is that a large blade, she can change to other bladed weapons to fit her user's needs.
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: In the battle with Magnolia, Takeru stays in God Hunter mode for too long and his soul starts merging with Lapis'. When he regains consciousness, he notices some of his recent memories are missing. Then he goes to see Lapis who wants to stay away from him and she explains that her uncontrollable desire to have Takeru only look and think about her is making her erase his memories of anything not involving her. Lapis feels horrified and guilty over what her jealousy is making her do to Takeru and outright begs him to break their contract so he isn't in danger of Lapis erasing his memories when they fuse. Obviously, Takeru refuses.
* NervesOfSteel: Lapis never shows any fear even when Elizabeth threatens to stab her with a knife that can destroy the soul itself.
* NewTransferStudent: Sougetsu places her in Takeru's class as a transfer student because Lapis likes to take human form and it should draw less attention if she's part of the class. Although, Lapis still draws way too much attention by clinging too closely to Takeru when she's under the ruse of being his sister.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Whenever she's in human form, she's always clinging to Takeru's arm and getting her face mere inches away from his. She even tries following him to the ''bathroom''.
* ObliviouslyEvil: [[spoiler:She did grant Mikoto the power to destroy the world 150 years ago, but Lapis' personality had just started to establish and she was only trying to fulfill her host's wish to destroy everything so nothing could hurt her anymore.]]
* OccultBlueEyes: She has otherworldly azure blue eyes and she's not a simple Relic Eater, but a Sacred Treasure.
* OddNameOut: It's pointed out that there's something strange about Lapis/Mistilteinn being the only Relic Eater in the Inquisition that doesn't have the name of a historical tyrant. This is actually {{foreshadowing}} to the revelation that Lapis isn't a real Relic Eater, but a Sacred Treasure that came from the world of Myth/NorseMythology.
* OtherworldlyTechnicolourHair: Lapis is a Relic Eater that takes the form of a girl with purple hair. On the other hand, the human characters have realistic hair colors.
* PleaseWakeUp: [[spoiler:At the end of the fight between Mikoto and Orochi that destroyed most of the world, Lapis kept asking Mikoto to wake up, not understanding the failed soul fusion between them killed Mikoto.]]
* ProperTightsWithASkirt: She wears pantyhose with her ElegantGothicLolita dress.
* PropertyOfLove: She openly states that she and Takeru belong to each other in front of his entire class. Of course, she means it in the sense that they're bound to each other by a magic contract, but her wording still gives the wrong impression.
* PublicDomainArtifact: Lapis is a Sacred Treasure; a weapon from the world of Myth/NorseMythology. Mistilteinn is Hrómundr Gripsson's sword in Hrómundar saga Gripssonar, a legendary saga from Iceland.
* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: While she takes the form of a preteen girl, Lapis is a weapon that was used in the Witch Hunt War 150 years ago.
* RegalRinglets: Her human form wears her hair in Victorian ringlets to complement her ElegantGothicLolita dress. Doubles as OjouRinglets because two ringlets fall in front of her ears and shoulders.
* ReiAyanamiExpy: Lapis is a Relic Eater that takes the form of a little girl with azure blue hair and porcelain skin. She's an EmotionlessGirl until the protagonist bonds with her and her growing love for him makes her act more human over time. [[spoiler:Like Rei, her appearance is also based on the protagonist's deceased relative. In the distant past, Lapis was one of the triggers of the apocalyptic event that destroyed most of the world.]]
* RelativelyFlimsyExcuse: She joins Takeru and the others at the Anti-Magic Academy under the cover story that she's Takeru's little sister. It's acknowledged that the lie isn't believable at all because Takeru and Lapis don't look nor act like brother and sister.
* SingleTear: She sheds a tear for the first time ever when Takeru accepts her and reaffirms their contract after [[spoiler:she shows him her past with Mikoto]].
* TheStoic: Her face almost never shows emotions of any kind. However, Takeru eventually discovers she's NotSoStoic.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: She seems like a straight-up EmotionlessGirl to everyone. She does have a warmer and adorable side especially reserved for Takeru.
* TechnicolorFire: When providing Takeru with God Hunter form, she surrounds Takeru with blue/golden flames, like the color of twilight.
* {{Technobabble}}: She often phrases things in scientific terms, so it's a bit hard for Takeru to understand what she means unless she makes it obvious.
* TokenMiniMoe: Lapis is easily the smallest member of the Small Fry platoon.
* TrueBlueFemininity: Her hair, eyes and dress are all blue, befitting her demure character.
* UndyingLoyalty: She's completely loyal to her host Takeru, especially after he shows how much he values her as his partner.
* WeaponOfMassDestruction: [[spoiler:She was one of the two blades responsible for devastating the world when it clashed with Lævateinn in the First Witch Hunt War.]]
* WeaponOfXSlaying: Her true identity is a godslaying weapon.
* WhatBeautifulEyes: Takeru feels like he could get drawn in by her azure blue eyes.
* WhenSheSmiles: Takeru and Usagi find it cute the first time they see the robotic Lapis smile.
* YourSoulIsMine: A heroic example. [[spoiler:At the end of the final battle, Lapis eats Sougetsu's soul to obtain enough power to become a new god by herself, allowing Takeru to stay in the human world.]]
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