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[[folder:Echoes]]
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->Voiced by: Creator/TaikiMatsuno (JP, ''Phantom''), Creator/KoukiMiyata (JP, 2019), William Hirsh (EN, ''Phantom''), Creator/DavidMatranga (EN, 2019)
A mysterious alien entity sent to the Earth to test mankind. He was captured by the Towa Organization.

* ExpositoryPronoun: Uses the masculine ''[[{{Bokukko}} ore]]'', along with masculine speech manner, although she can switch to the feminine style if situation calls.

A clone of Echoes produced by Towa. She takes the shape of its first victim, Minako Yurihara, and forms an alliance with Masami Saotome.

* AntagonisticOffspring: Echoes consider her his child, as she was created from him.

* CloneDegeneration: Technically a clone, although clearly with some bad differences from the original.

* RuleOfSymbolism: She is pretty much an AnthropomorphicPersonification of [[NoSexAllowed school]] [[CramSchool life]] [[AchievementTestOfDestiny pressure]]. It is no coincidence that the monster of the story takes the form of a girl with top scores, no social life, no genitalia, and [[BecomingTheMask her makeup being her true flesh]], i.e. the very model that the school enforces on the students. First it kills the mind of the victims, starting with their affection and then their capability of independent thinking, and eventually devours them when their body can endure no longer. The first chapter demonstrates that, from a bystander perspective, the Manticore's havoc is ''indistinguishable'' from students breaking down or running away from their stressful life.

* AdaptationalBadass: In the first [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tu253SOas trailer]] for the 2019 anime, Sasaki is shown [[MindOverMatter telekinetically throwing]] metal structures against an unidentified enemy, a power he doesn't have in the novels. Subverted because, in a case of NeverTrustATrailer, he doesn't have it in the anime proper either.[[note]]Curiously enough, the "Mo Murder" in the trailer quite resembles Doberman, a character in the (untranslated) ''Repent Walpurgis'' saga who has the same typical SalaryMan appearance and metal-controlling power. The unidentified opponent also resembles Riki Tikki Tavi from the same story.[[/note]]

* AdaptationalBadass: In the first [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9tu253SOas trailer]] for the 2019 anime, Sasaki is shown [[MindOverMatter telekinetically throwing]] metal structures against an unidentified enemy, a power he doesn't have in the novels. Subverted because, in a case of NeverTrustATrailer, he doesn't have it in the anime proper either.[[note]]Curiously enough, the "Mo Murder" in the trailer quite resembles Doberman, a character in the (untranslated) ''Repent Walpurgis'' saga who has the same typical SalaryMan appearance and metal-controlling power[[/note]]