History Characters / BlackGod

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Yukana}} (JP), Eva Kaminsky (EN)

* OurElvesAreBetter: In the manga, she is similar to the Motosumitama in that they both considered Terra Guardians but Nam doesn't need to form a Contract with a human and is actually considered a minor deity in her own right with enough power to perform exorcisms.

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Keita isn't some brawler, martial artist or even a truly special person. His gramps is pure BadassNormal, [[spoiler: Akane is a powerful True Root in the long-term]], and Kuro has to protect him far more than he can her, though he does gradually learn to use his [[{{Ki}} tera]] to be a solid partner for her. He's not even a Root, but a Sub that ends up having to ScrewDestiny thanks to Kuro to survive, yet is ''far'' from an optimal Contractor for her as a result.

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Keita isn't some brawler, martial artist or even a truly special person. His gramps is pure BadassNormal, [[spoiler: Akane is a powerful True Root in the long-term]], and Kuro has to protect him far more than he can her, though he does gradually learn to use his [[{{Ki}} tera]] to be a solid partner for her. [[spoiler: He's not even a Root, but a Sub that ends up having to ScrewDestiny thanks to Kuro to survive, yet is ''far'' from an optimal Contractor for her as a result.]]

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Keita isn't some brawler, martial artist or even a truly special person. His gramps is pure BadassNormal, [[spoiler: Akane is a powerful True Root in the long-term]], and Kuro has to protect him far more than he can her, though he does gradually learn to use his [[Ki tera]] to be a solid partner for her. [[spoiler: He's not even a Root, but a Sub that ends up having to ScrewDestiny thanks to Kuro to survive, yet is ''far'' from an optimal Contractor for her as a result.]]

* RidiculouslyAverageGuy: Keita isn't some brawler, martial artist or even a truly special person. His gramps is pure BadassNormal, [[spoiler: Akane is a powerful True Root in the long-term]], and Kuro has to protect him far more than he can protect her as he ends up way in over his head. [[spoiler: He's not even a Root, but a Sub that ends up having to ScrewDestiny thanks to Kuro to survive, yet is ''far'' from an optimal Contractor for her as a result.]]

->'''Tera Guardian:''' Steiner

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: After Steiner's death in the failed battle with Reishin, Excel loses her left leg, which leaves her paraplegic.]]

* CharacterDevelopment: More pronounced in the manga, where he went from a {{Jerkass}} to genuinely wanting to help and protect Kuro. However, it takes a long, rocky road and multiple brushes with his mortality to gradually make that path. It's still there in the anime, but he starts off as a much nicer person by comparison.

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: After Steiner's death in the failed battle with Reishin, Excel loses her left leg.]]

* LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler: After being traumatized by Steiner's death and suffering near-fatal wounds, Excel temporarily loses all memory of herself and ends up being taken care of by Mikami in the duration.]]

* {{Jerkass}}: In the manga version, he's a selfish, cruel jerk.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very, ''very'' deep down he's a good guy. In the anime adaptation, where it's revealed he acts this way and pretends to be a jerk in an effort to keep others from getting close to him, due to his CartwrightCurse.

** JerkassFacade: In the anime adaptation, where it's revealed he acts this way in an effort to keep others from getting close to him, due to his CartwrightCurse.
** JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Very, ''very'' deep down he's a good guy.

* PrettyFreeloader: From Riona's point of view, since all Nam does is follow them around and mooch off of her. Yet, Nam never wants to help out, 'cuz she's a scribe. [[spoiler: She protects Riona several times, during the battle with the Masagami]], [[FunnyMoments but she runs off with her snacks at the end!]] She acts like this at first in the manga but she actually pulls her own weight and even helps to train Kuro and Keita in how to properly synchronize.

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* BraidsBeadsAndBuckskins: His attire somewhat resembles this, including the feathered hair clip he wears.

* NiceGuy: Yakumo is polite, humble, and considerate of those around him.
* PlatonicLifePartners: With Riona... maybe.

* {{Pettanko}}: And doesn't seem to mind, not that anyone calls attention to it.

* DiedHappilyEverAfter: At the end of the anime, having lived the rich full life Kuro wanted for him. As a show of gratitude, he takes the curse of the Doppeliner System with him.]]

->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirofumiNojima (JP), Creator/WilWheaton (EN, All but Episode 13), TaliesinJaffe (EN, Episode 13 only)

* [[spoiler: [[CallingTheOldManOut Calling his Ex-Best Friend Out]]: Keita chews Daichi out royally, when he realizes what his real intentions are.]]

* [[spoiler: [[DoomedProtagonist Died Happy]]: At the end of the anime, having lived the rich full life Kuro wanted for him. As a show of gratitude, he takes the curse of the Doppeliner System with him.]]

** [[spoiler: YourDaysAreNumbered: Had he continued to synchronize with Kuro for much longer, the strain would have eventually killed him.]]
* {{Jerkass}}: In the manga version.

* [[spoiler: LiteralChangeOfHeart: Covered in Kuro's section below.]]

* [[spoiler:[[YouKilledMyFather You Killed My Mother]]: Toward Nanase, when he finds out she purposely killed his mother, in order to sustain her own existence.]]

* [[spoiler:ApocalypseMaiden: It's eventually revealed that she's the reincarnation of third member of the Masagami, who cursed the world with the Doppeliner System.]]
* BadassAdorable: Also see CuteBruiser below.

* CuteBruiser: With emphasis on both parts. [[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wLToP6xF5tU Just ask this guy.]]
** LightningBruiser: As seen in the preceding link. This increases as she gets stronger.

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Mainly in the anime version.
** FootFocus: Which is why you can expect to see plenty of closeups of them.

* [[spoiler: IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She comes to realize that the Doppleliner System would remain in effect, as long as she and Keita are bonded to each other. In the end, she parts ways with him and returns to The Pure Place, where she remains 'til the end of her days.]]
* [[spoiler: LiteralChangeOfHeart: In the anime version, by swapping hers with Keita's, in order to save his life.]]
* [[spoiler: NearRapeExperience: Hiyou finally gets her alone and was moments away from doing this, when Keita arrives.]]

* [[spoiler:RoyalsWhoActuallyDoSomething: She's the princess of the Shinshingami Clan, and is devoted to restoring balance to the Doppeliner System... until she learns thet truth about it.]]
** [[spoiler: TomboyPrincess: Hiyou refers to her as such, right before [[AttemptedRape attempting to rape her.]]]]

* [[spoiler: TomatoInTheMirror: When she finally realizes she's the reincarnation of one of the Masagami.]]

->'''Tera Guardian:''' [[spoiler: Reishin]]

* [[spoiler:FaceHeelTurn: Subverted. It initially appears this way when Keita and Kuro learn sshe's become Reishin's Contractee. It's eventually revealed she was trying to help Reishin to rid the world of the Masagami and the Doppeliner System.]]

* [[spoiler: TheChosenOne: Was foretold to be a True Root, whose tera would exceed all others. Making her the only one capable of using the Thousand Reishin gives her.]]
* [[spoiler:VictoriousChildhoodFriend: She marries Keita in the final episode of the anime.]]

->'''Tera Guardian:''' Steiner, [[spoiler: Mikami]]

* [[BarrierWarrior Barrier Madien]]: Her Thousand's special ability: Hexa Wall. Later, she improves with it enough that she can project it anywhere on the field, and even project multiple barriers at once.
** AttackReflector: By the third time she fights [[spoiler: Reishin]], she's improved it so it can absorb enemy attacks and redirect them back at the target.
** BeatThemAtTheirOwnGame: Her improved Hexa Wall surrounds the target on all sides to draw all fire from any direction. Then redirects it back at the target in an omni-directional barrage.

* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: She becomes one, after Steiner's death. Mikami calls her out on it, right as they prepare to face Reshin.]]

* {{Expy}}: Of [[VideoGame/BlazBlue Rachel Alucard]]:
** They [[ElegantGothicLolita dress similarly]], so are their [[TheStoic mannerisms]], both are pale skinned blondes, they're both nobility, both are OlderThanTheyLook despite their childlike appearances, both are well informed about the innerworkings taking place behind the scenes of their respective canons, and both take an interest in their respective protagonists.
** The pattern of Excel's Hexa Wall even resembles the menu screens from ''VideoGame/BlazBlue''!

* NotSoStoic: [[spoiler: She has an emotional breakdown when Steiner dies.]]

** [[spoiler:ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: The extra episode shows that she is around 100 years old.]]

* [[spoiler: KilledOffForReal: At the end of his duel with Reishin.]]

** JumpedAtTheCall: After learning about the Doppleliner System and finding out she was a Main Root, she voluntarily became Yakumo's Contractee, in order to protect herself.

* [[BigEater Snack-aholic]]: She's constantly eating some sort of junk foood.
* [[PrettyFreeloader Some Help You Are!]]: She feels this way about Nam, since Nam's always mooching of her, yet she never seems willing to help them. Nam eventually makes up for it, but [[spoiler: runs off with her snacks in the end!]]

* [[spoiler: DeathSeeker: Mikami recognized it in Excel, because she had become one herself, after Shingo died.]]

* [[spoiler: PleaseDontLeaveMe: Has a heartwrenching one when Shingo dies, due to the strain from synchronizing with her, because he was a Sub.]]

* [[BigBrotherMentor Big Sister Mentor]]: In the manga, Nam becomes this for Kuro and Keita. At first, she kept her distance unless directly threatened, but when she learned of Kuro's circumstances, among other things, she began to play a more active role in the group dynamics.

* [[OurElvesAreBetter Our Tera Guardians Are Better]]: In the manga, she is similar to the Motosumitama in that they both considered Terra Guardians but Nam doesn't need to form a Contract with a human and is actually considered a minor deity in her own right with enough power to perform exorcisms.

* [[SoLongSuckers See Ya Around, and Yoink!]]: She pulls this on Riona, at the end, by swiping her bag of snacks, as payment for services rendered, and runs off with it!

->'''Contractee:''' [[spoiler:Akane Sano]]

* [[spoiler: AGodIAmNot: When the Masagami ask if he's a god, for defying them, Reishin answers "no." Then tells them they aren't gods either.]]
* BigBad: For much of the series, until it's revealed that he's actually [[spoiler: a WellIntentionedExtremist.]]

* TheDreaded: For good reason, see the next entry.

** InvincibleVillain: Reishin straddles the line between this trope and being an ImplacableMan. Bottom line: anyone who tries to fight him is going to lose... [[CurbstompBattle Badly.]]
* [[spoiler: NotWhatItLooksLike: It is actually the elders who killed the innocent people trying to protect Kuro, not him. Yakumo only saw the aftermath that made it looked like he killed everyone.]]

* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath: In the anime version, Reishin dies while attempting to kill the Masagami to save Kuro, and the rest of mankind. [[OneWingedAngel It came back, stronger than ever.]]]]

** TheCoatsAreOff: [[OhCrap ...and that's when shit gets real.]] Ask Kuro and [[spoiler: Steiner.]]
* [[spoiler:WellIntentionedExtremist: Everything he did in the anime was part of a scheme to both save his sister and permanently end the Masagami's threat to the world.]]
** [[spoiler:TheExtremistWasRight: Ultimately, his plan succeeds, allowing for the destruction of the Doppeliner System as a bonus.]]

* [[spoiler: DeadPersonImpersonation: Shun takes the place of one of his Subs, Daichi, who commited suicide. Since they looked identical, no one questioned it.]]

* TheDragon: To Hiyou.
** DragonWithAnAgenda: Which is why he eventually betrays him.

** IShallTauntYou: Daichi loves talking down to those he feels are beneath him, and those he's betrayed. He even ridicules Hiyou and [[spoiler: Reishin]] to their faces... [[DirtyCoward once they're powerless, of course.]] Then has Raiga kill the former, and arranged to have the latter banished [[spoiler: through a wormhole.]]
** SmugSnake: Talks plenty of sh*t, when he takes advantage of Hiyou, who was left weakened from his battle with Kuro. And does the same to [[spoiler: Reishin]], by waiting 'til he's too exhausted from having fought [[spoiler: Steiner]] to defend himself. Which is when he has Raiga impale him, to use [[spoiler: Reishin's]] tera to empower his followers, [[IShallTauntYou all while taunting him.]]
** [[WhatMeasureIsAMook What Measure is a Sub?:]] For all his talks about peace and equality for Roots and Subs, Daichi doesn't give two sh*ts about Subs. Once he gets [[spoiler: Reishin]] out of his way, he mocks Yuki for being a Sub, in one of the cruelest [[ReasonYouSuckSpeech "reason you suck" speeches]] ever.

* [[spoiler:KnightTemplar]]
* TheCracker: A textbook example. Daichi is often shown in his dark room watching an array of monitors, keeping tabs of various people [[ManipulativeBastard he intends to use, or manipulate]], to suit his ends.
* [[spoiler: UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans]]: It's his justification for for all the lives he's ruined and taken, but Keita sees through [[ItsAllAboutMe Daichi's bullshit]] and calls him on it.

* [[spoiler: BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Akane's act of selflessness causes Yuki to have a change of heart.]]

* [[spoiler: [[IJustWantToBeLoved I Just Want to Be Loved]]: She desperately wants to become a Master Root, like her siblings, since they all look down on her. She also feels it's the only way she'll ever gain her father's acceptance.]]
** [[spoiler: IJustWantToBeSpecial: She also hates being treated like less than a person, simply because she's a Sub.]]
* [[spoiler: HellishCopter: The Doppeliner System strikes again.]]

* [[spoiler: RedemptionEqualsDeath: A tragic case, [[AlasPoorVillain since you can't help feeling for her]], after all the crap she took from her family and Daichi.]]
* [[RichBitch Rich Bitch]][[TheOjou /TheOjou]]: She comes across this way for much of the series. [[TheUnfavorite There's a reason]] [[TheResenter for that.]]
* [[spoiler: TheUnfavorite: She's the only one of her father's children to not be Master Root. She's a Sub. Three guesses what they think of her.]]

* TheDragon: To Daichi.
* [[spoiler:InTheBack: Not exactly in the back, but right when Reishin was weakened.]]

** EvilTwin: Nanase was one of his mother's Subs, until she killed the other two to change her fate.

* [[spoiler: [[LukeIAmYourFather I Killed Your Mother]]: She gloats about it, while trying to kill Keita by stealing his remaining tera.]]
* [[spoiler: MurderTheHypotenuse: Noted directly below.]]
* [[spoiler: ScrewDestiny: After learning she was a Sub and doomed to a short and unhappy life, she defied the Doppeliner System by killing her Root -- Keita's mother -- and her other Sub, thus becoming a Negative Root.]]

* [[WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds Woobie, Devourer of Souls]]: Since she's [[spoiler: a Negative Root]], she has to sustain her existence by siphoning the tera of others. [[spoiler: But it doesn't bring her the fulfillment she desires. Instead, it only adds to her misery.]]
** [[YourSoulIsMine Your Tera is Mine]]: It's the only way she can keep herself alive.

* AssholeVictim: See the KarmicDeath entry below.
* [[spoiler: AttemptedRape: Narrowly averted [[DefiantCaptive by Kuro's defiance]], and Keita's timely arrival.]]

** CombatSadomasochist: While most Tera Guardians are [[BloodKnight BloodKnights]], save for [[MartialPacifist Yakumo]], Hiyou gets off on torture.
* {{Jerkass}}: See just about ''any'' of the related entires in his section.

!![[spoiler:The Masagami]]

* [[spoiler: AGodAmI: (spoken with VoiceOfTheLegion) "The Masagami are Everlasting!"]]
* [[spoiler: ApocalypseMaiden: At their full power, they can bring about [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt the end of the world.]] And they came pretty close to doing it.]]
* [[spoiler: BiggerBad: Just when you thought there couldn't be anything worse than Reishin.]]
* [[spoiler: DualBoss: In both its subforms and its OneWingedAngel form.]]
* [[spoiler: EldritchAbomination: Once they've gone OneWingedAngel. They even speak with VoiceOfTheLegion.]]
* [[spoiler:FireIceLightning: It has the powers of all three of its subforms combined, albeit with FAR greater tera.]]
* [[spoiler:FusionDance: In order to survive Reishin's Tera Cannon, the remnants of the Masagami fuse together, resulting in...]]
** [[spoiler:HotAsHell: To say it's an EldritchAbomination that's half fire/half ice, with horns and PrehensileHair, [[AmazonianBeauty it's got a smokin' bod. It's even beautiful]], in a deadpan sort of way.]]
* [[spoiler: [[ShesGotLegs It's Got Legs]]: Which should come as no surprise, given it's an evil version of Kuro.]]
* [[spoiler:LeotardOfPower: It shows plenty of skin for something that's hellbent on the world's destruction.]]
* [[spoiler:OneWingedAngel: After Reishin defeat them for the second time.]]
* [[spoiler:PrehensileHair: It uses it to slam Kuro around like a ragdoll, then tries steal her tera.]]
* [[spoiler:SealedEvilInACan: Until Reishin destroyed all of the Tera Stones.]]
* [[spoiler:TrueFinalBoss: It takes Reishin to defeat it the first two times, and Kuro's TERA EXE to defeat the final time.]]
* [[spoiler:VoiceOfTheLegion: They have very odd voice that not only reverbs and echoes, but also switch between female and male voices. Much like The Beast in ''Videogame/HomeworldCataclysm''. ]]

* {{Badass}}: Just because he prefers to cut and run, doesn't mean he won't kick your ass (and do it in style!) if he has to; especially if you threaten either Kuro, or Riona.

* RedHeadedHeroine: Though it's closer to violet.

* BlondGuysAreEvil: While not nearly as bad as Hiyou, it's suffice to say there's nothing he ''won't'' do in his quest for revenge. [[spoiler: Including sacrificing one of his own.]]

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Hiyou routinely kills other Tera Guardians to further empower himself, has subordinates killed off when they fail him, and [[spoiler: tried to rape Kuro.]]

* BlondesAreEvil: At first.