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* DesperatelyNeedsOrders: Oh boy. Tokio pretty much bases his identity around those close to him, Azuma and Ely in particular, striving to be like them because he has no idea who ''he'' is to begin with. As the story goes on, Tokio gradually begins to carve out his own identity, yet he still finds himself receding back to relying on others from time to time.
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* DesperatelyNeedsOrders: TheDitherer: Oh boy. Tokio pretty much bases his identity around those close to him, Azuma and Ely in particular, striving to be like them because he has no idea who ''he'' is to begin with. As the story goes on, Tokio gradually begins to carve out his own identity, yet he still finds himself receding back to relying on others from time to time.
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* DesperatelyNeedsOrders: TheDitherer: Oh boy. Tokio pretty much bases his identity around those close to him, Azuma and Ely in particular, striving to be like them because he has no idea who ''he'' is to begin with. As the story goes on, Tokio gradually begins to carve out his own identity, yet he still finds himself receding back to relying on others from time to time.
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* TheAce: Sandek is probably the strongest non-X character in the series, and as such he serves as the central pillar holding up Yamato Mori.
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* TheFettered: Sandek is a major believer in the value of self-control, considering it essential that all choujin learn to keep their impulses in check.
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* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: His goofy appearance aside, Sandek is repeatedly shown to be a genuinely heroic and kindhearted man.
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* PositiveFriendInfluence: To Tokio. Right from the get-go, Ely's headstrong and confident personality rubs off on Tokio when she heroically risks her own life to save him from Nari. Ely's heroism is actually what inspires Tokio to take a chance and try fighting against Nari.
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* HeroicResolve: Part of her EstablishingCharacterMoment. When the [[MakesJustAsMuchSenseInContext sheep-masked biker gang]] who had been chasing her is about to fall to their deaths, Ely with zero hesitations stabs herself in the hand to call out her smoke and cushion their fall, showing off her confident and heroic personality.
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* DesperatelyNeedsOrders: Oh boy. Tokio pretty much bases his identity around those close to him, Azuma and Ely in particular, striving to be like them because he has no idea who ''he'' is to begin with. As the story goes on, Tokio gradually begins to carve out his own identity, yet he still finds himself receding back to relying on others from time to time.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: His relationship with Ely. While the two of them don't feel romantically about each other, they share a very deep friendship, with them giving each other a reliable shoulder to lean on and confide in each other about their fears and insecurities. The two of them more or less come off like siblings.
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* LikeBrotherAndSister: Her relationship with Tokio. While the two of them don't feel romantically about each other, they share a very deep friendship, with them giving each other a reliable shoulder to lean on and confide in each other about their fears and insecurities. The two of them more or less come off like siblings.
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* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: When Tokio cries out for help during her "test," Nari delivers a very biting rant about how much she dislikes him. While it's certainly mean, she isn't exactly ''wrong'' about what she says.
-->''Seriously? You lack strength, ingenuity, even mutability, Most of all, you lack a sense of responsibility for your own life. You're '''ordinary'''. You've failed.''
-->''Seriously? You lack strength, ingenuity, even mutability, Most of all, you lack a sense of responsibility for your own life. You're '''ordinary'''. You've failed.''
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* YouAreBetterThanYouThinkYouAre: A key part of Tokio's entire character arc. Throughout the story, Tokio suffers from a major case of imposter syndrome and repeatedly leans on others as a crutch to base his sense of self around. However, as Tokio forms more connections and learns about all the unique ways that other people look at their own lives, Tokio is slowly able to figure out who he is and realize his own desires.
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* HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: Played for laughs early on. When Tokio meets Nari at the zoo, she is ''blatantly'' suspicious and barely bothers to hide that she's a choujin, yet Tokio doesn't pick up on any of the signs.
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* HeroWorship: At the start of the story, he puts his friend Azuma on a pedestal, basing his entire like around wanting to be as similar to Azuma as possible. Tokio eventually grows out of this as time goes on, but he still holds a deep amount of respect for Azuma.
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* HeroWorship: At the start of the story, he puts his friend Azuma on a pedestal, basing his entire like around wanting to be as similar to Azuma as possible. Tokio eventually grows out of this as time As the story goes on, but Tokio's idolization of Azuma is gradually shown to be unhealthy and outright inaccurate because, under the surface, Azuma is ''just'' as much of a neurotic mess as Tokio, if not moreso. While Tokio never thinks poorly of Azuma per se, he still holds begins to realize that Azuma isn't exactly someone who Tokio should consider a deep amount of respect for Azuma. goal either.
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* IJustWantToBeBadass: When Tokio awakens as a choujin while Azuma (seemingly) is unaffected by XEMBER, Azuma is evidently very jealous of Tokio and feels extremely insecure over the prospect of no longer being Tokio's "hero." In a case of BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor, Azuma ''does'' get his wish of becoming a choujin, but he awakens under horrible circumstances and goes on a chaos-induced rampage, with several innocent bystanders getting caught in the crossfire. It ends up being a major wake-up call for Azuma that forces him to confront his own personal failings, with him outright asking Tokio to kill him if he ever goes on a rampage like that again.
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* AscendedExtra: An interesting example where it's done deliberately. Although the first chapter makes it clear that Azuma is going to be an important character and his friendship with Tokio is going to be a major driving force in the narrative, he's noticeably not really a part of the story in the first couple of arcs. He isn't really involved with Yamato Mori, and he's pretty much only seen [[SatelliteCharacter interacting with Tokio]]. Effectively, the reader initially only sees Azuma through ''Tokio's'' perspective. Tokio puts Azuma on a pedestal, and as such completely overlooks his best friend's flaws. From the Moon Beast arc onwards, however, Azuma gets a lot more focus, allowing the reader to see the person Azuma '''really''' is underneath his "perfect" exterior.
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* OutOfFocus: An interesting example where it's done deliberately. Although the first chapter makes it clear that Azuma is going to be an important character and his friendship with Tokio is going to be a major driving force in the narrative, he's noticeably not really a part of the story in the first couple of arcs. He isn't really involved with Yamato Mori, and he's pretty much only seen [[SatelliteCharacter interacting with Tokio]]. Effectively, the reader initially only sees Azuma through ''Tokio's'' perspective. Tokio puts Azuma on a pedestal, and as such completely overlooks his best friend's flaws. From the Moon Beast arc onwards, however, Azuma gets a lot more focus, allowing the reader to see the person Azuma '''really''' is underneath his "perfect" exterior.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While she certainly comes across as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, [[spoiler:A fragment of Batista's flashback shows her commanding Sandek to kill his brother]]. The lack of context makes it hard to definitively judge her, although it's definitely not a good look for her. [[spoiler:However, it turns out to be a BaitAndSwitch, as Mado wasn't really ordering Sandek to kill him, only telling him to be prepared to do it in the future should Mado's prophecy concerning Batista come true.]]
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: While she certainly comes across as a ReasonableAuthorityFigure, [[spoiler:A fragment of Batista's flashback shows her commanding Sandek to kill his brother]]. The lack of context makes it hard to definitively judge her, although it's definitely not a good look for her. [[spoiler:However, it turns out to be a BaitAndSwitch, as Mado wasn't really ordering Sandek to kill him, only telling him to be prepared to do it in the future should Mado's prophecy concerning Batista come true.]] In Chapter 49, [[spoiler:it's pretty much dispelled entirely. Prior to this point, the reader had always seen Mado through the perspectives of other characters, but once the reader sees Mado's side of the story, they quickly realize that they had simply been making assumptions about her and that she's in truth a very fair and reasonable leader.]]
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* OlderAndWiser: While it isn't shown in the story, it's clear that his experiences in Iwato had a major impact on Tokio. In a rather jarring contrast to his earlier behavior, he actually objects (albeit respectfully) to Arthur's plans on how to handle Zora's poppies and proposes his own plan instead. This is not at ''all'' what [[ExtremeDoormat the Tokio]] we've come to know before the timeskip would have done.
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* OlderAndWiser: While it isn't shown in the story, it's clear that his experiences in Iwato had a major impact on Tokio. In a rather jarring notable contrast to his earlier behavior, he actually (respectfully) objects (albeit respectfully) to Arthur's plans on how to handle Zora's poppies and proposes his own plan instead. This is not at ''all'' what [[ExtremeDoormat the Tokio]] we've come to know gives some constructive criticism, before proposing an alternative idea. Although the timeskip would have done.reader doesn't actually see the adventures Tokio went on during the timeskip, it's clear that his trials and tribulations in Iwato shaped him into a far more confident and headstrong young man.
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* VillainsOutShopping: Although Umezawa clearly focuses far less on her personal hobbies than her partner does, she's shown reading a fashion magazine in chapter 42, making it clear that she does have interests unrelated to her work.
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* CaringGardener: In chapter 49, Mado is shown to enjoy gardening as a hobby. It's rather notable since, before this point, Mado was always framed as a distant and suspicious figure, so seeing her partake in an everyday hobby goes a long way in humanizing her.
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* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Although the story seems to deliberately frame Mado in a [[AmbiguouslyEvil suspicious light]] for a considerable period of time, she ultimately turns out to be a very fair and reasonable leader. Even in the case of [[spoiler:stopping Batista from being a choujin]]--by far Mado's most questionable decision--it's clear that she was at the very least ''trying'' to do right by him and was taking his own wellbeing into consideration.
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* {{Seer}}: She gets premonitions of possible futures in her dreams.
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* {{Seers}}: [[spoiler:In Chapter 50, it's revealed that, in spite of the [[NoOneShouldSurviveThat side effects]], the XEMBER actually '''did''' work on Chandra, with him now having similar powers of foresight as Zora and Mado.]]
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* UndyingLoyalty: Chandra's loyalty to Zora is entirely genuine, [[spoiler:even being willing to risk his life by being Batista's test subject in order to continue serving her.]]
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* OddFriendship: Despite their wildly contrasting personalities, Sora seems to have held a genuine friendship with her comrade-in-arms Antitise. [[spoiler:Although Sora did ultimately take Antitise's life after receiving a premonition that he would one day become an enemy, Sora made it clear that she took no pleasure in cutting down her comrade, even being brought to the point of tears.]]
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* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Queem is very blatantly based on Adolf Hitler, being a choujin supremacist with the title "Fuhrer" who plunged the world into a bloody war in the mid 20th century. Though interestingly, the exact timeline of when Queem started the Great War seems to correlate closer to UsefulNotes/WorldWarI than anything else.
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* CelibateHeroine: Downplayed. While Ely is very open about having a crush on Sandek, she makes it clear that romance is generally something she treats as secondary to whatever her immediate concerns as a keeper are. [[spoiler:It's probably part of the reason why Ely doesn't seem to pick up that Azuma has feelings for her.]]
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* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Palma has a huge crush on Tokio, but she doesn't think she has a shot with him due to his friendship with Ely. Due to Palma not really having much in the way of social skills given her background, she projects romantic interest between the two of them when that isn't really the case in reality. It takes Nude spelling out the obvious for her and becoming something of a RomanticWingman for Palma to realize that she's exactly [[CovertPervert Tokio's type]].]]
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* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Palma has a huge crush on Tokio, but she doesn't think she has a shot with him due to his friendship with Ely. Due to Palma not really having much in the way of social skills given her background, she projects romantic interest between the two of them when that isn't really the case in reality. It takes Nude spelling out the obvious for her how Tokio and Ely [[HasAType blatantly aren't each other's type]], becoming something of a RomanticWingman for Palma to realize that she's exactly [[CovertPervert Tokio's type]].]]
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* TheSocialExpert: Momoma is clearly the most emotionally mature and stable of the gang, both being able to handle her own life really well and having enough sense to set the others straight when they need it.
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* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: Non-romantic example. Kagomura is brooding, aloof, and business-like whereas his partner Momoma is sisterly, affectionate, and doting.
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* CovertPervert: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in chapter 26, he actually joins Tokio in watching Momoma and Ely on the beach. One can get the impression he has a bit of a crush on his partner.
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* CovertPervert: In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment in chapter 26, he actually joins Tokio in watching Momoma and Ely on the beach. And as it just so happens, the trail of Simon's thought-bubble is [[ShipTease shaped like a heart]]. One can easily get the impression he that Simon has a bit of a crush on his partner.
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* ImaginaryLoveTriangle: [[spoiler:Palma has a huge crush on Tokio, but she doesn't think she has a shot with him due to his friendship with Ely. Due to Palma not really having much in the way of social skills given her background, she projects romantic interest between the two of them when that isn't really the case in reality. It takes Nude spelling out the obvious for her and becoming something of a RomanticWingman for Palma to realize that she's exactly [[CovertPervert Tokio's type]].]]
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