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* AdaptationalHeroism: Boken-O manga Ken is more outright heroic than his anime counterpart.

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* AdaptationalHeroism: Boken-O manga Ken is more outright heroic far less brutal towards his enemies than his anime counterpart.



* AxCrazy: This may be unintentional on the producers/writers part, but Ken tends to act like [[TheParanoiac a deranged paranoiac]], examples include mercilessly shooting a Juralian in the back, after a) Ken spent the entire episode pining after it and b) it posed no threat to him; and the time he used Dr. Volga as a bomb, despite there being little to no indication that he even was implanted with a bomb to begin with.

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* AxCrazy: This may be unintentional on the producers/writers producers/writers' part, but Ken tends to act like [[TheParanoiac [[{{Sadist}} a deranged paranoiac]], sadist]], examples include mercilessly shooting a Juralian in the back, after a) Ken spent the entire episode pining after it and b) it was running away and posed no threat to him; and the time he used Dr. Volga as a bomb, despite there being little to no indication that he even was implanted with a bomb to begin with.
* BigBrotherBully: He frequently plays mean-spirited pranks on his younger sister Caron.
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* AxCrazy: This may be unintentional on the producers/writers part, but Ken tends to act like [[TheParanoiac a deranged paranoiac]], examples include mercilessly shooting a Juralian in the back, after a) Ken spent the entire episode pining after it and b) it posed no threat to him, and used Dr. Volga as a bomb, despite there being little to no indication that he even was implanted with a bomb to begin with.

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* AxCrazy: This may be unintentional on the producers/writers part, but Ken tends to act like [[TheParanoiac a deranged paranoiac]], examples include mercilessly shooting a Juralian in the back, after a) Ken spent the entire episode pining after it and b) it posed no threat to him, him; and the time he used Dr. Volga as a bomb, despite there being little to no indication that he even was implanted with a bomb to begin with.
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* MultiEthnicName: Her given name is Welsh and her family name is Japanese.
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%%* {{Bishonen}}: Supposedly.



* {{Bishonen}}: The episode he features in is even called "謎の美少年"/"Nazo no Bishounen".

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* {{Jerkass}}: Ken ''revels'' in killing Juralians, often in human disguises, plays cruel pranks on his sister and pet robot, and then there's [[spoiler:[[WhyAmITicking Dr. Volga's death.]]]]



* {{Jerkass}}: Ken ''revels'' in killing Juralians, often in human disguises, plays cruel pranks on his sister and pet robot, and then there's [[spoiler:[[WhyAmITicking Dr. Volga's death.]]]]



* WhyAmITicking: The case with him. [[spoiler:He is revived as a human bomb by the Juralians, who use him to kill Japan's leading scientists. Instead, he gets used by Ken as a way to destroy a Juralian spaceship.]]

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* WhyAmITicking: The case with him. [[spoiler:He is revived as a human bomb by the Juralians, who intend to use him to kill Japan's leading scientists. Instead, he gets used by Ken as a way to destroy a Juralian spaceship.]]
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* {{Gonk}}: He looks... [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/chargeman-ken/images/a/ad/Sfdsfdfsd.png certainly weird,]] to be sure.

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* {{Gonk}}: He looks... [[http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/chargeman-ken/images/a/ad/Sfdsfdfsd.png certainly weird,]] looks... weird, to be sure.
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* OffModel: Barican in the first two chapters of the TV Land manga looks like he's on drugs, and nosebleeding to boot. [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752210 No, really.]]



* OffModel: In certain scenes, her neck is far too long for a human being.
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* RefugeInAudacity: Part of the reason his {{Karma Houdini}}s are so goddamn laughable.

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* RefugeInAudacity: Part of the reason his {{Karma Houdini}}s KarmaHoudini instances are so goddamn laughable.
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* KnifeNut: In Episode 45, her teacher hypnotises her and tells her to murder Ken later that night. He never specifies the weapon, so it seems like it was her decision to use a kitchen knife for this.



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** Taken UpToEleven in the [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752182 TV Land manga version]], where Ken [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752258 only takes a single panel or two on average]] to defeat a Jural.

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** Taken UpToEleven in In the [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752182 TV Land manga version]], where Ken [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752258 only takes a single panel or two on average]] to defeat a Jural.

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* BadassAdorable: Barican can be this in rare occasions, such as when he smashes the Kichigai Record where it bursts into flames in episode 16.



* OffModel: Barican in the first two chapters of the TV Land manga looks like he's on drugs, and nosebleeding to boot. [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752210 No, seriously.]]

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* OffModel: Barican in the first two chapters of the TV Land manga looks like he's on drugs, and nosebleeding to boot. [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#http://www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752210 No, seriously.really.]]

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* PaperThinDisguise: Both played straight and subverted. Some can pull off quite convincing human disguises; others ... not so much. (From the viewers' perspective anyway.) Apparently, among some Juralians, having [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]] in their human forms is a thing.

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* PaperThinDisguise: Both played straight and subverted. Some can pull off quite convincing human disguises; others ... not so much. (From the viewers' perspective anyway.) Apparently, among some Juralians, having [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]] hair in their human forms is a thing.



* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Has purple hair.
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* {{Leitmotif}}: A bouncy flute theme with a jew's harp.

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Homoerotic subtext only handles cases where it was on purpose. Might elaborate on the Ho Yay example under YMMV though.


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%%* ChestInsignia* ChestInsignia: All of them have a sign with a blue outline, red center, and yellow inbetween on their chest.



* EvilSoundsDeep: They generally sound deeper than human characters.

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* EvilSoundsDeep: They generally sound deeper than human characters. In some cases, their human disguises will have high-pitched voices until the audience either gets to hear their thoughts or they ditch the disguise entirely.



* {{Humanshifting}}: They use this ability to disguise themselves as various people to trick Ken.
** It is unclear whether they have this ability in the Boken-O manga since in this adaptation it is non-Juralians who don human disguises.

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* {{Humanshifting}}: They In the anime, they use this ability to disguise themselves as various people to trick Ken.
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Ken and other people. Their methods are so good one human even unknowingly marries a Jural. It is unclear whether they still have this ability in the Boken-O manga manga, since in this adaptation it is non-Juralians who don only shows aliens of other species donning human disguises.



* LackOfEmpathy: He despises the human race - in fact, pretty much anything that is not Juralian - and cares very little for his own minions. [[EnemyMine The one time he joins Ken to save Earth from a meteor]], it is because he would have nothing to conquer.

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* LackOfEmpathy: LackOfEmpathy:
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He despises the human race - in fact, pretty much anything that is not Juralian - and cares very little for his own minions. [[EnemyMine The one time he joins Ken to save Earth from a meteor]], it is because he would have nothing to conquer.



* ZanyScheme: Many, many schemes of Maou are ridiculous and destined to failure, with the only non-zany, genuinely evil one being the [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink Operation Mad Green.]] For example, in the very first episode he has his men ''kidnap all children in the world'' and hold them as hostages, and in the second he creates a set of rockets that deliberately explode in mid-air and create fog ''only to disadvantage Ken in a fight,'' instead of firing them on Ken's house.
** Somewhat subverted in all four chapters of the Boken-O manga, where Maou is more brutally direct. First, he makes all the mutated plants in the botanical garden Ken's class went to come alive. Next, he coerces and compels non-Juralian aliens to kill Ken for him - one of them even managing to gravely injure Ken. Finally, when all means have apparently failed, Maou controls [[HumongousMecha a giant robot]] across the city, heading towards the Izumi family residence to kill Ken and family himself.

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* ZanyScheme: ZanyScheme:
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Many, many schemes of Maou are ridiculous and destined to failure, with the only non-zany, genuinely evil one being the [[TamperingWithFoodAndDrink Operation Mad Green.]] For example, in the very first episode he has his men ''kidnap all children in the world'' and hold them as hostages, and in the second he creates a set of rockets that deliberately explode in mid-air and create fog ''only to disadvantage Ken in a fight,'' instead of firing them on Ken's house.
** Somewhat subverted Averted in all four chapters of the Boken-O manga, where Maou is more brutally direct. First, he makes all the mutated plants in the botanical garden Ken's class went to come alive. Next, he coerces and compels non-Juralian aliens to kill Ken for him - one of them even managing to gravely injure Ken. Finally, when all means have apparently failed, Maou controls [[HumongousMecha a giant robot]] across the city, heading towards the Izumi family residence to kill Ken and family himself.



* {{Bishonen}}: Even more so than Ken.

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* {{Bishonen}}: Even more so than Ken.The episode he features in is even called "謎の美少年"/"Nazo no Bishounen".



* HomoeroticSubtext: Between him and Ken, as he wants to see Ken's "[[AccidentalInnuendo Charging Go]]". [[spoiler:It's because he is a Jural, and he is sent to spy on Ken Izumi and reveal his true identity.]]

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%%* KnifeNut: Briefly, in Episode 45.

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%%* * KnifeNut: Briefly, in In Episode 45.45, her teacher hypnotises her and tells her to murder Ken later that night. He never specifies the weapon, so it seems like it was her decision to use a kitchen knife for this.



* SpellMyNameWithAnS: They are called either the Juralians or the Juralians.



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%%* NoNameGiven* NoNameGiven: Yuuichi only refers to them as "Mister!" when they start approaching him, but they never actually introduce themselves.
* SunglassesAtNight: The stocky man wears opaque sunglasses in both of his scenes.



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%%*FreudianExcuse%%* FreudianExcuse



* ParentalNeglect: A victim of this.

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* ParentalNeglect: A victim of this.this; his parents are shown in a nasty argument, and when they notice he is sitting outside their room, they tell him to go to bed and even kick his toy car away.



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%%* DrivenToSuicide* DrivenToSuicide: Shoots himself after Ken defeats his Juralian allies.



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%%* PrettyLittleHeadshots* PrettyLittleHeadshots: The only clue given that he shoots himself is a sound effect over a still image; there is no blood shown when the camera shows his corpse, either.
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Dewicking


* KarmaHoudini: Mainly due to MoralDissonance, no one ever calls him out for, at best, his cruel pranks/abusive behavior towards [[ButtMonkey Barrican]] and [[TagalongKid Caron]], and at worst, causing mass genocide, while also killing a few humans ([[WhyAmITicking Dr. Volga coming to mind]]) in the process.

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* KarmaHoudini: Mainly due to MoralDissonance, no No one ever calls him out for, at best, his cruel pranks/abusive behavior towards [[ButtMonkey Barrican]] and [[TagalongKid Caron]], and at worst, causing mass genocide, while also killing a few humans ([[WhyAmITicking such as Dr. Volga coming to mind]]) Volga]]) in the process.
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* ThoseTwoBadGuys: They're never seen apart from each other, and they're very sinister.
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The hero of the series, Ken is a ten/twelve year old boy who saves the Earth from the Juralians. He uses the power of light to turn into Chargeman Ken and defeat the Juralians.

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The hero of the series, Ken is a ten/twelve year old ten/twelve-year-old boy who saves the Earth from the Juralians. He uses the power of light to turn into Chargeman Ken and defeat the Juralians.



* ApologeticAttacker: In Episode 35, when he infamously [[spoiler:drops Dr. Volga as a human bomb on an incoming Jural spaceship.]]
* AxCrazy: This may be unintentional on the producers/writers part, but Ken tends to act like [[TheParanoiac a deranged paranoiac]], examples include mercilessly shooting a Jural in the back, after a) Ken spent the entire episode pining after it and b) it posed no threat to him, and used Dr. Volga as a bomb, despite there being little to no indication that he even was implanted with a bomb to begin with.

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* ApologeticAttacker: In Episode 35, when he infamously [[spoiler:drops Dr. Volga as a human bomb on an incoming Jural Juralian spaceship.]]
* AxCrazy: This may be unintentional on the producers/writers part, but Ken tends to act like [[TheParanoiac a deranged paranoiac]], examples include mercilessly shooting a Jural Juralian in the back, after a) Ken spent the entire episode pining after it and b) it posed no threat to him, and used Dr. Volga as a bomb, despite there being little to no indication that he even was implanted with a bomb to begin with.



* DistractedByTheSexy: Ken has a weakness for girls. The Jurals often use this to their advantage.

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* DistractedByTheSexy: Ken has a weakness for girls. The Jurals Juralians often use this to their advantage.



* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: Ken ''always'' wins his battles against the Jurals effortlessly without a scratch on him. Subverted in [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752034 the manga's second chapter]], where he is (at first) defeated and badly injured, leading him to have a [[HeroicBSOD BSoD moment]]. He gets hurt again later in the same chapter when the same villain hits his still-injured heel.

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* TheGoodGuysAlwaysWin: Ken ''always'' wins his battles against the Jurals Juralians effortlessly without a scratch on him. Subverted in [[http://www.mmcafe.com/nico.html#www.nicovideo.jp/watch/sm9752034 the manga's second chapter]], where he is (at first) defeated and badly injured, leading him to have a [[HeroicBSOD BSoD moment]]. He gets hurt again later in the same chapter when the same villain hits his still-injured heel.



* {{Jerkass}}: Ken ''revels'' in killing Jurals, often in human disguises, plays cruel pranks on his sister and pet robot, and then there's [[spoiler:[[WhyAmITicking Dr. Volga's death.]]]]

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* {{Jerkass}}: Ken ''revels'' in killing Jurals, Juralians, often in human disguises, plays cruel pranks on his sister and pet robot, and then there's [[spoiler:[[WhyAmITicking Dr. Volga's death.]]]]



* SociopathicHero: Ken revels in shooting down Jurals (including one he spent the episode being in love with), playing cruel jokes on his sister and pet robot [[InformedSpecies "dog"]] and he's the cause of Dr. Volga's [[UndignifiedDeath infamous]] [[WhyAmITicking death]]. This was possibly unintentional. Not to mention the fact that there have been numerous episodes where he flat out murders animals for even being in league with the Jurals.

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* SociopathicHero: Ken revels in shooting down Jurals Juralians (including one he spent the episode being in love with), playing cruel jokes on his sister and pet robot [[InformedSpecies "dog"]] and he's the cause of Dr. Volga's [[UndignifiedDeath infamous]] [[WhyAmITicking death]]. This was possibly unintentional. Not to mention the fact that there have been numerous episodes where he flat out murders animals for even being in league with the Jurals.Juralians.



* DemonicPossession: Is, at one point, possessed (through biting) by a doll sent by the Jurals.
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Briefly. In Episode 45, she gets hypnotized by Maou (with the help of a Jural disguising as her piano teacher) to kill Ken with a knife.

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* DemonicPossession: Is, at one point, possessed (through biting) by a doll sent by the Jurals.
Juralians.
* GirlWithPsychoWeapon: Briefly. In Episode 45, she gets hypnotized by Maou (with the help of a Jural Juralian disguising as her piano teacher) to kill Ken with a knife.



** He later repeats the same strategy with random Jural mooks who were also trying to abduct Caron. This time it works.

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** He later repeats the same strategy with random Jural Juralian mooks who were also trying to abduct Caron. This time it works.



* {{Herald}}: Boken-O Dad asks Ken to don the suit he made and save the earth from the Jurals.

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* {{Herald}}: Boken-O Dad asks Ken to don the suit he made and save the earth from the Jurals.Juralians.



!!The Jurals and Other Extraterrestrials

[[folder:Jurals in General]]

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!!The Jurals Juralians and Other Extraterrestrials

[[folder:Jurals [[folder:Juralians in General]]



* InformedFlaw: Jurals are repeatedly described as "emotionless" in the series, despite clearly and consistently showing emotion, and Maou mentions in Episode 8 that emotions have been forgotten by the Juralians.

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* InformedFlaw: Jurals Juralians are repeatedly described as "emotionless" in the series, despite clearly and consistently showing emotion, and Maou mentions in Episode 8 that emotions have been forgotten by the Juralians.



** It is unclear whether they have this ability in the Boken-O manga since in this adaptation it is non-Jurals who don human disguises.

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** It is unclear whether they have this ability in the Boken-O manga since in this adaptation it is non-Jurals non-Juralians who don human disguises.



* PaperThinDisguise: Both played straight and subverted. Some can pull off quite convincing human disguises; others ... not so much. (From the viewers' perspective anyway.) Apparently, among some Jurals, having [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]] in their human forms is a thing.

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* PaperThinDisguise: Both played straight and subverted. Some can pull off quite convincing human disguises; others ... not so much. (From the viewers' perspective anyway.) Apparently, among some Jurals, Juralians, having [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair purple hair]] in their human forms is a thing.



* SpaceNomads: In the manga, Maou claims that the Jurals traveled from two million light years away to conquer Earth.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Jurals can shapeshift into humans.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: A standard tactic among the Jurals.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: They are called either the Jurals or the Juralians.
* TopHeavyGuy: In their natural form, Jurals have a noticeably top-heavy frame, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUYd71DVoAE8f8T.jpg further accentuated by their narrow waists and thin tentacles.]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: Jurals - in the manga at least - are [[KillItWithFire weak to fire]] (according to Maou). That ''might'' explain why Ken's ray gun can kill them quickly.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Nearly every Jural that appears in an episode dies by the end of the episode, with the sole exception of Maou-sama.

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* SpaceNomads: In the manga, Maou claims that the Jurals Juralians traveled from two million light years away to conquer Earth.
* {{Shapeshifter}}: Jurals Juralians can shapeshift into humans.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: A standard tactic among the Jurals.
Juralians.
* SpellMyNameWithAnS: They are called either the Jurals Juralians or the Juralians.
* TopHeavyGuy: In their natural form, Jurals Juralians have a noticeably top-heavy frame, [[https://pbs.twimg.com/media/DUYd71DVoAE8f8T.jpg further accentuated by their narrow waists and thin tentacles.]]
* WeaksauceWeakness: Jurals Juralians - in the manga at least - are [[KillItWithFire weak to fire]] (according to Maou). That ''might'' explain why Ken's ray gun can kill them quickly.
* WeHardlyKnewYe: Nearly every Jural Juralian that appears in an episode dies by the end of the episode, with the sole exception of Maou-sama.



The main antagonist. He is radically different from the other Jurals, as he resembles a very tall human with a pointy chin, bluish-purple skin, and a third Jural eye. He seeks to conquer Earth for its resources, and is a ruthless, unforgiving, cruel, yet incompetent leader, considering some of his schemes.

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The main antagonist. He is radically different from the other Jurals, Juralians, as he resembles a very tall human with a pointy chin, bluish-purple skin, and a third Jural Juralian eye. He seeks to conquer Earth for its resources, and is a ruthless, unforgiving, cruel, yet incompetent leader, considering some of his schemes.



* AdaptationalVillainy: The anime's Maou is an incompetent ham prone to [[ZanyScheme overly-complicated plans]] that rarely, if ever, work; Boken-O's Maou, on the other hand, is a more cunning, ruthless, and significantly less hammy figure who uses - even ''forces'' - members of other alien races to do the dirty work for him and the Jurals.

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* AdaptationalVillainy: The anime's Maou is an incompetent ham prone to [[ZanyScheme overly-complicated plans]] that rarely, if ever, work; Boken-O's Maou, on the other hand, is a more cunning, ruthless, and significantly less hammy figure who uses - even ''forces'' - members of other alien races to do the dirty work for him and the Jurals.Juralians.



* ForgottenPhlebotinum: Boken-O Maou sports certain abilities like being turning his arms into tentacles, [[LongNeck stretching his neck]] and [[DeathRay shooting a laser beam that can melt metal]] from his mouth. Which he never uses beyond the first chapter because he spends the rest of the manga either using non-Jurals as pawns or riding a robot.

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* ForgottenPhlebotinum: Boken-O Maou sports certain abilities like being turning his arms into tentacles, [[LongNeck stretching his neck]] and [[DeathRay shooting a laser beam that can melt metal]] from his mouth. Which he never uses beyond the first chapter because he spends the rest of the manga either using non-Jurals non-Juralians as pawns or riding a robot.



* LackOfEmpathy: He despises the human race - in fact, pretty much anything that is not Jural - and cares very little for his own minions. [[EnemyMine The one time he joins Ken to save Earth from a meteor]], it is because he would have nothing to conquer.
** Amplified in the Boken-O version, where he sends non-Jural aliens to kill Ken.

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* LackOfEmpathy: He despises the human race - in fact, pretty much anything that is not Jural Juralian - and cares very little for his own minions. [[EnemyMine The one time he joins Ken to save Earth from a meteor]], it is because he would have nothing to conquer.
** Amplified in the Boken-O version, where he sends non-Jural non-Juralian aliens to kill Ken.



* ThirdEye: Unlike the rest of the Jurals, Maou has three eyes: two human ones and a red Jural one.

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* ThirdEye: Unlike the rest of the Jurals, Juralians, Maou has three eyes: two human ones and a red Jural Juralian one.



** Somewhat subverted in all four chapters of the Boken-O manga, where Maou is more brutally direct. First, he makes all the mutated plants in the botanical garden Ken's class went to come alive. Next, he coerces and compels non-Jural aliens to kill Ken for him - one of them even managing to gravely injure Ken. Finally, when all means have apparently failed, Maou controls [[HumongousMecha a giant robot]] across the city, heading towards the Izumi family residence to kill Ken and family himself.

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** Somewhat subverted in all four chapters of the Boken-O manga, where Maou is more brutally direct. First, he makes all the mutated plants in the botanical garden Ken's class went to come alive. Next, he coerces and compels non-Jural non-Juralian aliens to kill Ken for him - one of them even managing to gravely injure Ken. Finally, when all means have apparently failed, Maou controls [[HumongousMecha a giant robot]] across the city, heading towards the Izumi family residence to kill Ken and family himself.



One of the Jural soldiers who appears in Episode 8. She is sent to assassinate Ken Izumi, but when he saves her from a falling tree, she suffers an emotional breakdown and can't bring herself to kill him.

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One of the Jural Juralian soldiers who appears in Episode 8. She is sent to assassinate Ken Izumi, but when he saves her from a falling tree, she suffers an emotional breakdown and can't bring herself to kill him.



A Jural soldier who disguises himself as Ken Izumi. He kidnaps Ken and [[CoolTeacher Nagisa]] and attempts to murder Ken's family.

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A Jural Juralian soldier who disguises himself as Ken Izumi. He kidnaps Ken and [[CoolTeacher Nagisa]] and attempts to murder Ken's family.



A student and a football player who gets transferred to Ken's school. He is very handsome. [[spoiler:Naturally, he is a Jural.]]

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A student and a football player who gets transferred to Ken's school. He is very handsome. [[spoiler:Naturally, he is a Jural.]]



* BadassNormal: Lasts significantly longer in a fight with Ken than the average Jural. In his Jural form, no less!

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* BadassNormal: Lasts significantly longer in a fight with Ken than the average Jural. In his Jural Juralian form, no less!



A juvenile delinquent who hides out at the warehouse. He has recently beaten up Ken's class and class B and they return for vengeance. [[spoiler:He is ''also'' a Jural, [[SarcasmMode believe it or not]].]]

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A juvenile delinquent who hides out at the warehouse. He has recently beaten up Ken's class and class B and they return for vengeance. [[spoiler:He is ''also'' a Jural, [[SarcasmMode believe it or not]].]]



* BloodKnight: A villainous example. He loves fighting [[spoiler:and is one of the few Jurals to stand his ground against Ken and ''beat him up.'']]

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* BloodKnight: A villainous example. He loves fighting [[spoiler:and is one of the few Jurals Juralians to stand his ground against Ken and ''beat him up.'']]



A kind, gentle young man who fights Ken in a UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} duel. [[spoiler:He is an undercover Jural sent to kill Ken; however, unlike the rest of the Jurals, he genuinely values Earth and thinks it is beautiful.]]

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A kind, gentle young man who fights Ken in a UsefulNotes/{{Kendo}} duel. [[spoiler:He He is an undercover Jural Juralian sent to kill Ken; the townspeople; however, unlike the rest of the Jurals, Juralians, he genuinely values Earth and thinks it is beautiful.]]



* HeelFaceTurn: It isn't shown, but he pulls this at some point.
* MasterSwordsman: Is ''extremely'' good at kendo, and manages to hit Ken. However, despite being a fierce fighter, he is a kind-hearted man... [[spoiler:well, Jural.]]
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler:He is one of the two Jurals to be a good guy, the other one being X-6, but, unlike X-6, who starts to question her species' values during the episode, J-7 is a good guy from the start. He doesn't survive.]]
* NatureLover: He says [[spoiler:to the Jurals]] that Earth is full of beautiful things, and, instead of trying to destroy it, [[spoiler:the Jurals should embrace Earth. [[TemptingFate They don't listen.]]]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:To the rest of the Jurals.]]

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* HeelFaceTurn: It isn't shown, He was sent to kill the townspeople but abandoned his mission when he pulls this at some point.
realized the beauty of Earth.
* MasterSwordsman: Is ''extremely'' extremely good at kendo, kendo and manages to hit Ken. However, despite being a fierce fighter, he is a kind-hearted man... [[spoiler:well, Jural.]]
Ken.
* MySpeciesDothProtestTooMuch: [[spoiler:He is one of the two Jurals Juralians to be a good guy, the other one being X-6, but, unlike X-6, who starts to question her species' values during the episode, J-7 is a good guy from the start. He doesn't survive.]]
* NatureLover: He says [[spoiler:to the Jurals]] Juralians]] that Earth is full of beautiful things, and, instead of trying to destroy it, [[spoiler:the Jurals Juralians should embrace Earth. [[TemptingFate They don't listen.]]]]
* TokenGoodTeammate: [[spoiler:To the rest of the Jurals.Juralians.]]



* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:The very reason he adopts the children is that he wants them to serve as child workers for the Jurals.]]

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* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:The very reason he adopts the children is that he wants them to serve as child workers for the Jurals.Juralians.]]



A pair of shady men who appear in Episode 25. They blackmail Yuichi into helping them burn down buildings [[spoiler:because they're actually Jurals]].

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A pair of shady men who appear in Episode 25. They blackmail Yuichi into helping them burn down buildings [[spoiler:because they're actually Jurals]].Juralians]].



A non-Jural alien coerced by Maou to conquer the Earth for the Jurals under the promise of a reward in the Boken-O manga.

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A non-Jural non-Juralian alien coerced by Maou to conquer the Earth for the Jurals Juralians under the promise of a reward in the Boken-O manga.



* MechanicalHorse: He rides a flying bionic stingray piloted by Jural mooks. [[SpaceX A space stingray.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: At first he successfully pulls off what no Jural ever did: defeat and injure Ken and give him [[HeroicBSOD Heroic B.S.O.D.]] in the process. [[NearVillainVictory He eventually gets defeated.]][[/folder]]

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* MechanicalHorse: He rides a flying bionic stingray piloted by Jural Juralian mooks. [[SpaceX A space stingray.]]
* TheBadGuyWins: At first he successfully pulls off what no Jural Juralian ever did: defeat and injure Ken and give him [[HeroicBSOD Heroic B.S.O.D.]] in the process. [[NearVillainVictory He eventually gets defeated.]][[/folder]]



* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Ken is [[HeroicBSOD utterly shocked]] at seeing her death at the hands of the Jurals, leading him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
* CompositeCharacter: She is pretty much the Boken-O manga's equivalent of X-6, Miyuki from Episode 20 [[spoiler:(A Jural in disguise)]] and Hitomi[[spoiler:/Maou]].

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* AlasPoorVillain: [[spoiler:Ken is [[HeroicBSOD utterly shocked]] at seeing her death at the hands of the Jurals, Juralians, leading him to go on a RoaringRampageOfRevenge.]]
* CompositeCharacter: She is pretty much the Boken-O manga's equivalent of X-6, Miyuki from Episode 20 [[spoiler:(A Jural Juralian in disguise)]] and Hitomi[[spoiler:/Maou]].



* HostageSituation: The Jurals hold her parents captive, promising to release them if she kills Ken.

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* HostageSituation: The Jurals Juralians hold her parents captive, promising to release them if she kills Ken.



* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He dies ''twice'', first at the start of the episode, shot by Jurals, and then at the ending, dropped as a human bomb at the Jural spaceship.]]
* WhyAmITicking: The case with him. [[spoiler:He is revived as a human bomb by the Jurals, who use him to kill Japan's leading scientists. Instead, he gets used by Ken as a way to destroy a Jural spaceship.]]

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* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:He dies ''twice'', first at the start of the episode, shot by Jurals, Juralians, and then at the ending, dropped as a human bomb at the Jural Juralian spaceship.]]
* WhyAmITicking: The case with him. [[spoiler:He is revived as a human bomb by the Jurals, Juralians, who use him to kill Japan's leading scientists. Instead, he gets used by Ken as a way to destroy a Jural Juralian spaceship.]]



* FlawExploitation: By the Jurals.

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* FlawExploitation: By the Jurals.Juralians.



* KillItWithFire: His way of "solving" his parents' abuse. Of course, the Jurals exploit this.

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* KillItWithFire: His way of "solving" his parents' abuse. Of course, the Jurals Juralians exploit this.



[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A mental clinic director.]] However, he is also a megalomaniac who seeks to rule over the ashes of the world, which is why he builds a rocket factory under the mental clinic. He is helped by the Jural Seijin.

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[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin A mental clinic director.]] However, he is also a megalomaniac who seeks to rule over the ashes of the world, which is why he builds a rocket factory under the mental clinic. He is helped by the Jural Seijin.Juralians.

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