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* AlasPoorVillain: [[SubvertedTrope Subverted.]] While his sons mourning him are portrayed sympathetically, Giesbach himself gets none.
* CantTakeCriticism: He ordered his wife to be ''imprisoned'' for merely suggesting him that his people were more important than his feud with Karlheinz!



* HateSink: Being such an egotist to the point of starting a war that resulted in the near-extinction of his people out of a petty rivalry with Karlheinz, abusing his son because he could not accept his greater potential while having the nerve of saying him joining the war would compensate "all he did" to him, ordering his wife to be imprisoned only for saying he should stop his jealousy from causing the end of the Founders, using the war to kill Carla and Karlheinz indirectly while [[DirtyCoward not joining the battlefield himself]], Giesbach is established as one of the most loathsome flashback characters.

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* HateSink: Being such an egotist to the point of starting a war that resulted in the near-extinction of his people out of a petty rivalry with Karlheinz, abusing his son because he could not accept his greater potential while [[EntitledBastard having the nerve of saying him joining the war would compensate "all he did" to him, him]], ordering his wife to be imprisoned only for saying he should stop his jealousy from causing the end of the Founders, using the war to kill Carla and Karlheinz indirectly while [[DirtyCoward not joining the battlefield himself]], Giesbach is established as one of the most loathsome flashback characters.characters. While even ''Cordelia'' had a FreudianExcuse, even if a hollow one, Giesbach was motivated by nothing but an extreme narccisism that nearly doomed his people.


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* KickTheDog: Pretty much everything he does in his short screentime.
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* ClothingConcealedInjury: Carla's default outfit covers him almost head-to-toe, including ConspicuousGloves and a [[DramaticDangling trailing scarf that often covers his mouth]]. While it is legitimately a ScarfOfAsskicking, [[spoiler:It is also a hint that he's hiding the bruises that are a symptom of his [[SecretlyDying fatal disease]].]]

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* ClothingConcealedInjury: Carla's default outfit covers him almost head-to-toe, including ConspicuousGloves and a [[DramaticDangling trailing scarf that often covers his mouth]].mouth. While it is legitimately a ScarfOfAsskicking, [[spoiler:It is also a hint that he's hiding the bruises that are a symptom of his [[SecretlyDying fatal disease]].]]
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* HateSink: Starting a war that resulted in the near-extinction of his people out of a petty rivalry with Karlheinz, abusing his son because he could not accept his greater potential while having the nerve of saying him joining the war would compensate "all he did" to him, while [[Dirty Coward not joining the war effort himself]], Giesbach esttablishes himself as one of the most loathsome flashback characters.

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* HateSink: Starting Being such an egotist to the point of starting a war that resulted in the near-extinction of his people out of a petty rivalry with Karlheinz, abusing his son because he could not accept his greater potential while having the nerve of saying him joining the war would compensate "all he did" to him, ordering his wife to be imprisoned only for saying he should stop his jealousy from causing the end of the Founders, using the war to kill Carla and Karlheinz indirectly while [[Dirty Coward [[DirtyCoward not joining the war effort battlefield himself]], Giesbach esttablishes himself is established as one of the most loathsome flashback characters.
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*HateSink: Starting a war that resulted in the near-extinction of his people out of a petty rivalry with Karlheinz, abusing his son because he could not accept his greater potential while having the nerve of saying him joining the war would compensate "all he did" to him, while [[Dirty Coward not joining the war effort himself]], Giesbach esttablishes himself as one of the most loathsome flashback characters.


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*ItsAllAboutMe: All of Giesbach's actions that led to the near-extinction of his race were motivated by a fragile ego unable to accept Carla or Karlheinz surpassing him.
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* The Un - Reveal: It's never been revealed, who Yui's biological parents are, why they gave her up for adoption and if they're still alive or not.

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* The Un - Reveal: TheUnReveal: It's never been revealed, revealed who Yui's biological parents are, why they gave her up for adoption and if they're still alive or not.
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* The Un - Reveal: It's never been revealed, who Yui's biological parents, why they gave her up for adoption and if they're still alive or not.

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* The Un - Reveal: It's never been revealed, who Yui's biological parents, parents are, why they gave her up for adoption and if they're still alive or not.
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* HeroesWantRedheads: In some cases. Ayato has red hair and is the representative love interest for the franchise. Laito also has red hair in some adaptations.
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* BitchinSheepsClothing: Although he seems friendly at first, he is a hypocritical sadist who belittles people. This is its EstablishingCharacterMoment. He is also extremely unstable and Yui is always at his mercy.

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* BitchinSheepsClothing: BitchInSheepsClothing: Although he seems friendly at first, he is a hypocritical sadist who belittles people. This is its EstablishingCharacterMoment. He is also extremely unstable and Yui is always at his mercy.
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* BitchinSheep'sClothing: Although he seems friendly at first, he is a hypocritical sadist who belittles people. This is its EstablishingCharacter Moment. He is also extremely unstable and Yui is always at his mercy.

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* BitchinSheep'sClothing: BitchinSheepsClothing: Although he seems friendly at first, he is a hypocritical sadist who belittles people. This is its EstablishingCharacter Moment.EstablishingCharacterMoment. He is also extremely unstable and Yui is always at his mercy.
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*BitchinSheep'sClothing: Although he seems friendly at first, he is a hypocritical sadist who belittles people. This is its EstablishingCharacter Moment. He is also extremely unstable and Yui is always at his mercy.
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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He in undeniably intimidating and has the brawn to back up his threats, but around his friends and family he shows a nurturing and protective side.

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* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He in is undeniably intimidating and has the brawn to back up his threats, but around his friends and family he shows a nurturing and protective side.



!!!Voiced by: Masataka Sawada (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English)

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!!!Voiced by: Masataka Sawada (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (Japanese - ''Haunted Dark Bridal'' & ''More,Blood''), Creator/RyotaTakeuchi (Japanese - ''Vandead Carnival'' onward), Creator/JohnSwasey (English)

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!!Main Characters

[[AC: Heroine]]



!!Yui Komori



** Laito calls her "Bitch-chan". Crunchyroll translated it as "Little Bitch" for the anime, in the Mexican Spanish dub it was translated as "Pequeña Zorra"[[note]]Literally "little vixen", but it's also translated, context-wise, as "little whore"[[/note]], and in the Portuguese dub its nickname was literally translated, as "Vadia".[[note]]Literally "bitch" without the honorific "-chan", obviously.[[/note]] This one (alongside the nickname "Pancake" given by Ayato, literally translated as "Panqueca") was considered by many watchers as a BlindIdiotTranslation, as most {{FanSub}}s [[TooLongDidntDub used the original term]].

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** Laito calls her "Bitch-chan". Crunchyroll translated it as "Little Bitch" for the anime, in the Mexican Spanish dub it was translated as "Pequeña Zorra"[[note]]Literally "little vixen", but it's also translated, context-wise, as "little whore"[[/note]], and in the Portuguese dub its nickname was literally translated, as "Vadia".[[note]]Literally "bitch" without the honorific "-chan", obviously.[[/note]] This one (alongside the nickname "Pancake" given by Ayato, literally translated as "Panqueca") was considered by many watchers as a BlindIdiotTranslation, as most {{FanSub}}s [[TooLongDidntDub used the original term]].



* TokenHuman: She is the only human with a sprite in the whole of the series.



!!Love Interests

[[folder:Sakamaki Brothers]]

!!Shu Sakamaki
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KosukeToriumi (Japanese), Creator/TyMahany (English), Oscar López (Mexican Spanish), Lucas Gama (Portuguese)

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!!Love Interests

[[folder:Sakamaki
[[AC: Sakamaki Brothers]]

!!Shu Sakamaki
[[folder:Shu Sakamaki]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/KosukeToriumi (Japanese), Creator/TyMahany (English), Oscar López (Mexican Spanish), Lucas Gama (Portuguese)



The eldest son. He's intelligent, but a lack of motivation caused him to have to repeat a grade. He particularly hates being dragged into troublesome things. It seems he can sleep well listening to music.

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The eldest son. He's intelligent, but a lack of motivation caused him to have to repeat a grade. He particularly hates being dragged into troublesome things. It seems he can sleep well listening to music.



* AlliterativeName: '''S'''hu '''S'''akamaki.




!!Reiji Sakamaki

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\n!!Reiji Sakamaki[[/folder]]

[[folder:Reiji Sakamaki]]



The neurotic second son. He treats both the laws of the Sakamaki family and his own standards as important and he forces those around him to abide by those rules, as well. The tone of his voice is kind and polite, but the actual content of what he says is harsh.

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The neurotic second son. He treats both the laws of the Sakamaki family and his own standards as important and he forces those around him to abide by those rules, as well. The tone rules. He has a polite manner of his voice is kind and polite, speech, but the actual content of what he says is harsh.




!!Laito Sakamaki
!!!Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English), Hugo Nuñez (Mexican Spanish), Dláigelles Riba (Portuguese)

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\n!!Laito Sakamaki\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Laito Sakamaki]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English), Hugo Nuñez (Mexican Spanish), Dláigelles Riba (Portuguese)



The eldest of the triplets. He prefers people’s faces of displeasure, offensive language and the like are his specialty, and his abnormal behavior stands out. It seems to be his habit that when he gets excited, he starts speaking very quickly.

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The eldest first-born of the triplets. He prefers people’s faces of displeasure, offensive language and triplets, but considered the like are his specialty, youngest. A self-professed sexual deviant; he enjoys provoking negative reactions in those around him, and his abnormal behavior stands out. It seems to be his habit that when he gets excited, he starts speaking very quickly.out.



* EvilRedhead: He only has red hair in the TV series, but he is always a sadistic hedonist.

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* EvilRedhead: He only has red hair in the TV series, but he is always a sadistic hedonist.hedonist nonetheless.



* TheHedonist: Has a talent for finding ''delight'' in whatever situation he finds himself in, no matter how inappropriate or twisted the situation may be.



* TearsOfBlood: Sheds some in memory of Cordelia in the first [=VN=]. This may be EarlyInstallmentWeirdness since he's the only one to do so, and when he cries in his ''More,Blood'' route, not only are his tears of the standard type, but also he reacts as if he has no first-hand experience with crying.




!!Kanato Sakamaki

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\n!!Kanato Sakamaki[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kanato Sakamaki]]



The middle child of the triplets. He always blames people for everything and cries violently, but will cease crying immediately when he gets sweets, which he loves.

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The middle child of the triplets. He always blames people for everything and cries violently, but will cease is prone to both crying immediately when fits and tantrums, and his boyish looks belie how threatening he gets is. Fortunately he is easily appeased by sweets, which he loves.



* CompanionCube: Kanato is rarely seen without his stuffed bear, Teddie, and initially Teddie is the only...person? he addresses with any kindness or affection.

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* CompanionCube: Kanato is rarely seen without his stuffed bear, Teddie, Teddy, and initially Teddie Teddy is the only...person? he addresses with any kindness or affection.



* CrocodileTears: More often than not his crying fits are calculated to either repulse his brothers or draw Yui's sympathy, and as soon as he gets what he wants his mood normalizes.



* ThisIsUnforgivable: He uses variations on this phrase so frequently that it nearly loses its power as an ultimatum, but when he really means it, he means it with KillingIntent.




!!Ayato Sakamaki
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English), Ricardo Bautista (Mexican Spanish), Fabrício Rinaldi (Portuguese)

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\n!!Ayato Sakamaki\n[[/folder]]

[[folder:Ayato Sakamaki]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English), Ricardo Bautista (Mexican Spanish), Fabrício Rinaldi (Portuguese)



The youngest of the triplets. Out of all the brothers, he believes that he himself is the best and the strongest. He loves causing mischief and stirs up a lot of trouble.

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The youngest last-born of the triplets. Out triplets, but considered the eldest. He insists and seeks to prove that out of all the brothers, brothers he believes that he himself is the best and the strongest. He loves causing mischief and stirs up a lot of trouble.



* IWillFindYou: Searching for the heroine is a persistent theme with him, though often as low-key as tracking her around the house. If she's really missing, he [[{{Determinator}} will not stop looking for her]] - to the point that his brothers may lock him up so he won't tear the Sakamaki manor apart out of frustration.



* StockShonenHero: {{Spiky hair}}ed, BookDumb, and HotBlooded, he [[SpiritedCompetitor never backs down from a challenge]] and [[ToBeAMaster seeks to be the best]].

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* StockShonenHero: {{Spiky hair}}ed, BookDumb, and HotBlooded, he [[SpiritedCompetitor never backs down from a challenge]] and [[ToBeAMaster seeks to be the best]]. In the later [=VNs=] he even gets the PowerOfFriendship treatment, [[spoiler:with all of his brothers coming to his aid in dangerous situations.]]




!!Subaru Sakamaki

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\n!!Subaru Sakamaki[[/folder]]

[[folder:Subaru Sakamaki]]



The rowdy youngest son who often shuts himself up inside of his coffin. Because he finds the other brothers gloomy and troublesome, he takes a rebellious attitude towards them.

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The rowdy youngest son who often shuts himself up inside of his coffin. Because he finds son. He is gruff, easily provoked, and avoids the other brothers gloomy and troublesome, he company of others. He takes a rebellious attitude towards them.his older brothers, who find him gloomy and troublesome.



* AlliterativeName: '''S'''ubaru '''S'''akamaki.



* ChildByRape: Subaru assumes that he is this based on the tortured reactions his mother has to his father's presence. [[spoiler:However, she is delirious most of the time and Subaru doesn't know the whole story. It's eventually revealed that she loved Karlheinz, consented to marrying him, and her realization that he didn't love her in return was what drove her mad.]]

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* ChildByRape: Subaru assumes that he is this based on the tortured reactions his mother has to his father's presence. [[spoiler:However, she is delirious most of the time and Subaru doesn't know the whole story. It's eventually revealed that she loved Karlheinz, consented to marrying him, married him willingly, and her realization that he didn't love her in return was what drove her mad.]]



[[folder:Mukami Brothers]]

!!Ruki Mukami

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[[folder:Mukami [[AC: Mukami Brothers]]

!!Ruki Mukami[[folder:Ruki Mukami]]



The eldest of the Mukami brothers; he has a cold-hearted feeling to him despite his courteous behavior. Using clever words to skillfully manipulate people, it’s his specialty to proceed in such a way that his own hands are not dirtied.

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The eldest of the Mukami brothers; he has a cold-hearted feeling to brothers. A well-spoken manipulator whose keen awareness keeps him despite one step ahead; he seldom gets personally involved and leaves the dirty work to his courteous behavior. Using clever words to skillfully manipulate people, it’s his specialty to proceed in such a way that his own hands are not dirtied.brothers.



* BadassBookworm: He is visually associated with books and often reads as a pastime. While he isn't a top choice when it comes to ass-kicking, he can manage it if his ''Zero'' drama [=CD=] is any indication.
* BunkerWoman: He forces Yui into this role in a cold-blooded attempt to keep his plan from falling apart. [[spoiler:While in the anime he locks her in a storeroom and [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone regrets it right away]], in the [=VN=] he keeps her in an underground dungeon for a much longer period of time and manages his guilt over it much more effectively. In either case, as soon as his sympathy for Yui outweighs his ambition, Ayato appears to steal her back.]]




!!Kou Mukami

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\n!!Kou Mukami[[/folder]]

[[folder:Kou Mukami]]



* DidYouActuallyBelieve: Early on, he takes advantage of Yui's earnestness to put her in humiliating situations. He'll twist the knife by laughingly saying some permutation of this phrase, implying that she is too ordinary and plain to deserve the attention of a handsome, talented idol.



* SilentTreatment: He will shun people and acting like they aren't even present when he is really upset with them. [[spoiler:He does this to Yui in one of his ''More,Blood'' bad endings, and in Ruki's ''Dark Fate'' route he does it to Ruki.]]




!!Yuma Mukami

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\n!!Yuma Mukami[[/folder]]

[[folder:Yuma Mukami]]



The third son who lives by his instincts. He has a huge body, with a voice and attitude to match. Furthermore, he acts out violently on impulse and is lacking a little in class/dignity.

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The third son who lives by his instincts.brother and the "muscle" of the group. He has a huge body, with a voice and attitude to match. Furthermore, His rough manner of speech and laid-back attitude give him a friendly air, but he acts out reacts violently on impulse and is lacking a little in class/dignity.when provoked.



* BruiserWithASoftCenter: He in undeniably intimidating and has the brawn to back up his threats, but around his friends and family he shows a nurturing and protective side.




!!Azusa Mukami

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\n!!Azusa Mukami[[/folder]]

[[folder:Azusa Mukami]]



[[folder:Tsukinami Brothers]]

!!Carla Tsukinami

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[[folder:Tsukinami [[AC: Tsukinami Brothers]]

!!Carla Tsukinami[[folder:Carla Tsukinami]]



The first blood who possesses both intelligence and reason. However, he hides a secret sadistic violence underneath that. Within his long lifespan, he has a lazy character. For the sake of his own certain goals, he approaches the heroine.

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The first blood who possesses both intelligence King of the First Bloods and reason. However, possessor of vast magical powers, he hides a secret sadistic violence underneath that. Within was imprisoned with his long lifespan, he has a lazy character. For dying race after losing an ancient war against Karlheinz. He seeks vengeance against Karlheinz and the sake restoration of his own certain goals, he approaches the heroine.people.



* {{Animorphism}}: As a Founder, he can transform into a wolf, snake, bat and an eagle, but [[InformedAbility he is never shown doing so]].

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* {{Animorphism}}: As a Founder, Founder[=/=]First Blood, he can transform into a wolf, snake, bat and an eagle, but [[InformedAbility he is never shown doing so]].



* MonsterProgenitor: He and his brother are the last survivors of the bloodline that founded the entire demon world.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Raw ham.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Raw ham.Ham; specifically the fancy dry-cured types like prosciutto. He engages in a surprisingly funny bit of [[NoMrBondIExpectYouToDine villainous hospitality]] in Subaru's ''Dark Fate'' route, where he ''insists'' that Subaru samples some.



* TheWisePrince: He was the epitome of this trope before tragedy struck the Founders.

!!Shin Tsukinami

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* TheWisePrince: He was the epitome of this trope before Before tragedy struck the Founders.

!!Shin Tsukinami
Founders he was noble, upright, and unusually for a Founder, willing to set aside his pride for the greater good.
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[[folder:Shin Tsukinami]]



The younger brother of the Founders. Because he possesses a high pride due to being a Founder, he looks down upon all other bloodlines. Ordinarily his words are polite, but when he loses his temper his speech will become violent and his speech will often contain hurtful or insensitive words.

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The younger brother of the Founders. Because First Bloods, with a personality much the opposite of Carla's - he possesses a high pride due to being a Founder, he looks down upon all other bloodlines. Ordinarily is aggressive and talkative, yet conceals his words are polite, but when he loses his temper his speech will become violent own objectives. He is also very prideful, and his speech will often contain hurtful or insensitive words.as a result, quick to take offense.



* FatalFlaw: Shin often underestimates his opponents and looks down on them, which sometimes gets him into serious trouble. For example, in Kanato's ''Dark Fate'' route, this gets Shin killed by Kanato, no matter the huge level difference in their powers.

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* FatalFlaw: Shin often underestimates his opponents and looks down on them, which sometimes gets him into serious trouble. For example, in Kanato's ''Dark Fate'' route, this [[spoiler:this gets Shin killed by Kanato, Kanato,]] no matter the huge level difference in their powers.



* MonsterProgenitor: He and his brother are descendants of the founders of the demon world.



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!!Kino

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!!Kino
[[AC: Solo Characters]]

[[folder:Kino]]



* AsideComment: Has a habit of saying snide things under his breath, and if anyone calls attention to this he will deny or distract from it.
* BackstoryInvader: In ''Chaos Lineage'' [[spoiler:he is integrated into the {{Elseworld}} as the youngest Scarlet brother, but as characters regain their memories they realize that he is actually a stranger to them.]]



* TheTrickster: His behavior is often whimsical and very difficult to predict, and coupled with his Karlheinz-level magical abilities he can cause some real chaos.



!!Other Charaacters

[[folder:Family Members]]
!!Cordelia
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkaneTomonaga (Japanese), Creator/MonicaRial (English), Dolores Mondragón (Mexican Spanish)
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Karlheinz's first wife. She is the mother of the triplets: Laito, Kanato, and Ayato.

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!!Other Charaacters

[[folder:Family Members]]
!!Cordelia
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[[folder:Karlheinz]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkaneTomonaga Masataka Sawada (Japanese), Creator/MonicaRial (English), Dolores Mondragón (Mexican Spanish)
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Karlheinz's first wife. She The father of the Sakamaki brothers. He is the mother current Vampire King and head of the triplets: Laito, Kanato, and Ayato.Sakamaki family.



* TheChessmaster: He [[spoiler:orchestrates nearly all of the plot of the series and he foresees everything that occurs. He built his whole household around the Apple of Eden project, and]] keeps his family in the dark about the roles he intends them to play in his grand design.
* DeathSeeker: He looks forward to the day when one of his sons grows strong enough to kill him.
* DisappearedDad: He has neglected his sons since they were children.
* AGodIAmNot: Many characters compare him to a god, but he himself plays coy about it.
* InexplicablyAwesome: He is ancient, uncontestably powerful, his abilities verge on reality-warping, and everyone in the cast seems to accept his existence the way they would a force of nature. Why is he the way he is? No one knows or thinks to ask; he simply ''is''.
* IntriguedByHumanity: The reason behind his alter-ego as the politician Togo Sakamaki and his decision to drag his sons to the human world to pose as high school students.
* LackOfEmpathy: When he shows up he often seems like the ideal ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and in many respects he is. [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes Just not to his family]], [[spoiler:since he is incapable of love. He actually feels this lack acutely, and his understanding that all demons share an inability to love is what motivates his plans. Ironically, in his pursuit of a new race with demonic powers that is fully capable of human emotion, he subjects his family to intentional emotional neglect.]] It's no wonder everyone who associates with him is a basket case.
* ManipulativeBastard: He probably would need to rewind time less often if this was his forte, but he is certainly capable of it. [[spoiler:After all, he planned Cordelia's entire existence starting from setting up her parents, and wooed her away from his own brother so she would have his children.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: In some endings, Karl will kill his own sons if he feels like they failed him.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: He plays chess. With [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Socrates]]. And he always wins.
* VampireMonarch: He has been the Vampire King for over 2000 years.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He has the ability to assume any appearance he wants. No one knows what he really looks like. Not even his sons.
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[[folder:Cordelia]]
!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkaneTomonaga (Japanese), Creator/MonicaRial (English), Dolores Mondragón (Mexican Spanish)
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Karlheinz's first wife. She is the mother of the triplets: Laito, Kanato, and Ayato.
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* HybridMonster: Given her sobriquet "Daughter of the Demon Lord", she seems to be half-vampire, half-demon. [[spoiler:But in ''Dark Fate'' she is revealed to actually be half-demon (specifically Vibora, the snake clan) half-First Blood. Even she was not aware of this, as she knew nothing about about her mother.]]

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* HighClassGloves: In a continuation of the FashionableAsymmetry design trend, she wears a black opera glove on her left hand. Her HotConsort chic is not to be denied.
* HybridMonster: Given her Her sobriquet "Daughter of the Demon Lord", Lord" indicates that she seems to be is half-vampire, half-demon. [[spoiler:But in ''Dark Fate'' she is revealed to actually be half-demon (specifically Vibora, the snake clan) half-First Blood. Even she was not aware of this, as she knew nothing about about her mother.]]



* ProudBeauty: She knows all too well that she is attractive and becomes resentful and frustrated toward men who resist her charms.




!!Beatrix
!!!Voiced by: Mana Hirata (Japanese), Creator/LuciChristian (English), Rosalinda Márquez (Mexican Spanish)

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[[folder:Beatrix]]
!!!Voiced by: Mana Hirata (Japanese), Creator/LuciChristian (English), Rosalinda Márquez (Mexican Spanish)




!!Christa
!!!Voiced by: Yuki Tashiro (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (English), Martha Ramírez (Mexican Spanish)

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[[folder:Christa]]
!!!Voiced by: Yuki Tashiro (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (English), Martha Ramírez (Mexican Spanish)



* FlowerMotifs: White roses symbolize her innocence and purity as well being wilted after being using by her husband.

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* AmbiguousSituation: In her first appearances Christa begs Subaru to kill someone, but it is unclear if she means her husband or herself. (Japanese syntax allows for this without seeming too awkward.)
* DeliriousMisidentification: In most of Christa's appearances she is affected by madness and mistakes those around her for people from her past.
** She conflates Subaru with Karlheinz, but not always the same version of him. Most of the time she thinks he is Karlheinz-as-her-husband and shrinks from him in fear, but occasionally he becomes Karlheinz-as-her-brother and she looks at him adoringly. Subaru is horrified by this either way.
** When she meets Yui in this state, she mistakes her for Cordelia. Yui's compassion leads her to play along with Christa's delusion, but eventually it goes sour when Christa tries to murder her.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:In Subaru's ''Dark Fate'' route she is fatally poisoned, but she is lucid on her deathbed and explains her relationship with Karlheinz to Subaru - specifically, how it went awry. She was curious about his research, and [[GoMadFromTheRevelation went mad from the revelation that she was nothing more to him than a subject of that research]].]]
* FlowerMotifs: White roses symbolize her innocence and purity purity, as well being wilted after being using by her husband.



* KissingCousins: [[spoiler:With Karlheinz.]]
* MercyKill: Begs Subaru to kill her to end her suffering. She even gave him a silver knife to do so.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: A variation of this. In her less lucid moments, she has drastic mood swings, sometimes destroying things around her and hurting people. At one point, she mistakes Yui for Cordelia and tries to poison her.
* RapeAsBackstory: Karlheinz desired her, so he forced her to become his wife and raped her, causing her to become pregnant with Subaru. [[spoiler:Becomes a subversion when it's revealed that she wasn't raped. Her mind was broken when she learned Karlheinz had pretended to love her.]]
* RapeLeadsToInsanity: She became mentally unstable after the rape. [[spoiler: Subverted, since her madness came as a result of her realizing that Karlheinz saw her as a mere object for his experiments.]]

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* KissingCousins: [[spoiler:With Karlheinz.]]
* MercyKill: Begs Subaru to kill
Karlheinz; he wanted her to end marry him specifically because they were closely related, although he never revealed that to her.]] The fact that Christa thought of him as her suffering. She even gave him a silver knife brother until that point does nothing to do so.
improve the situation.
* InsaneEqualsViolent: A variation of this. In her less lucid moments, she She has drastic mood swings, swings when she is delirious, sometimes destroying things around her and hurting people. At one point, she mistakes Yui for Cordelia and tries to poison her.
people.
* RapeAsBackstory: Karlheinz desired her, so he forced Implied in the first plotline, where all of Christa's appearances involve her reacting to become his wife and raped her, causing her to become pregnant husband's presence (whether real or imagined) with Subaru. utter terror. [[spoiler:Becomes a subversion when it's revealed that her feelings for Karlheinz are more complicated than that: she wasn't raped.does love him and willingly married him. Her mind was broken when she learned Karlheinz had pretended to love her.]]
* RapeLeadsToInsanity: She became mentally unstable after the rape. [[spoiler: Subverted, since her madness came as a result of her realizing that Karlheinz saw her as a mere object for his experiments.
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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She was known among vampires as the 'White Rose' because of her beauty. This, unfortunately, lead to her RapeAsBackstory and RapeLeadsToInsanity.
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Due to her mental instability, she sometimes acts like this towards Subaru.
* TheTragicRose: She was known as the White Rose. Unfortunately, her marriage to her husband and being used to bear his child [[GuineaPigFamily solely for his experiments]] caused her to wilt away.

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* SoBeautifulItsACurse: She was known among vampires as the 'White Rose' because of her beauty. This, unfortunately, lead to her RapeAsBackstory and RapeLeadsToInsanity.
* ThatThingIsNotMyChild: Due to her mental instability, instability she sometimes acts like this towards Subaru.
as if Subaru disgusts her; blaming him for her unhappiness and implying that he is fundamentally foul or unclean.
* TheTragicRose: She was known as the White Rose. Rose and famed for her beauty. Unfortunately, her marriage to her husband and being used to bear his child [[GuineaPigFamily solely for his experiments]] caused her to wilt away.

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* EvilUncle: A pretty classic example - he is the younger brother of a king, has always played second fiddle to his elder brother, and has legitimately suffered due to the outsized influence his brother has on his life. The only viable means of usurping Karlheinz available to him is cheating his nephews.



* TheRenfield: To Cordelia. [[spoiler:In the anime, it turns out he's actually TheStarscream.]]




!!Karlheinz
!!!Voiced by: Masataka Sawada (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English)
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The father of the Sakamaki brothers. He is the current Vampire King, leader of the vampires.

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[[folder:Seiji Komori]]
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The father of the Sakamaki brothers.
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Yui's [[spoiler:adoptive]] father.
He is the current Vampire King, leader of the vampires.a priest.



* TheChessmaster: He [[spoiler:orchestrates nearly all of the plot of the series, and he foresees almost everything that occurs. He built his whole household around the Apple of Eden project, and]] keeps his family in the dark about the roles he intends them to play in his grand design.
* DeathSeeker: He looks forward to the day when one of his sons grows strong enough to kill him.
* DisappearedDad: He has neglected his sons since they were children.
* AGodIAmNot: Many characters compare him to a god, but he himself pointedly avoids it.
* IntriguedByHumanity: The reason behind his alter-ego as the politician Togo Sakamaki and his decision to drag his sons to the human world to pose as high school students.
* LackOfEmpathy: When he shows up he often seems like the ideal ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and in many respects he is. [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes Just not to his family]], [[spoiler:since he is incapable of love. He actually feels this lack acutely, and his understanding that all demons share an inability to love is what motivates his plans. Ironically, in his pursuit of a new race with demonic powers that is fully capable of human emotion, he subjects his family to intentional emotional neglect.]] It's no wonder everyone who associates with him is a basket case.
* OffingTheOffspring: In some endings, Karl will kill his own sons if he feels like they failed him.
* SmartPeoplePlayChess: He plays chess. With [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Socrates]]. And he always wins.
* VampireMonarch: He has been the Vampire King for over 2000 years.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He has the ability to assume any appearance he wants. No one knows what he really looks like. Not even his sons.

!!Seiji Komori
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Yui's [[spoiler:adoptive]] father. He is a priest.
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!!Menae
The younger sister of Krone and the aunt of Carla and Shin. [[spoiler:It's later reveal in ''Dark Fate'', she's also the mistress of Burai and and the mother of Cordelia, making her the grandmother of Laito, Kanato, and Ayato.]]
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\n!!Menae\nThe younger sister of Krone and * ShootTheDog: She considered it her duty [[spoiler:to kill Giesbach before his madness completely destroyed the aunt of Carla and Shin. [[spoiler:It's later reveal in ''Dark Fate'', she's also the mistress of Burai and and the mother of Cordelia, making her the grandmother of Laito, Kanato, and Ayato.]]
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* PosthumousCharacter: She is long dead [[spoiler:as evidenced by Cordelia's FreudianExcuse loveless childhood.]] Her death means there are no pureblood Founder women left alive.
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* PosthumousCharacter: She is long dead [[spoiler:as evidenced by Cordelia's FreudianExcuse loveless childhood.]] Her death means there are no pureblood Founder women left alive.
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* ForeignExchangeStudent: He and Shin pose as the children of expats returning from the UK in order to infiltrate Ryoutei Academy, so his [[MultiEthnicName Anglophone given name and Japanese surname]] are all part of his exotic appeal. The Japanese school system also offers special accommodations to help students like them adjust, which is why he and Shin have a classroom all to themselves.

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* ForeignExchangeStudent: He and Shin pose as the children of expats returning from the UK in order to infiltrate Ryoutei Academy, so his [[MultiEthnicName Anglophone given name and Japanese surname]] surname are all part of his exotic appeal. The Japanese school system also offers special accommodations to help students like them adjust, which is why he and Shin have a classroom all to themselves.

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* ApologisesALot: She is a CuteClumsyGirl so this comes with the territory. The [=VNs=] tend to incentivize apologies; they usually count as masochistic responses so they lead to the good endings.



* HauntedHeroine: She starts the story an ordinary girl left at the entrance of a purportedly haunted mansion, and she has idea what is in store for her there. While the house isn't technically haunted, it turns out that ''she'' is, and if she hadn't set foot in that place she may never have become aware of it.

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* HauntedHeroine: She starts the story as an ordinary girl left at the entrance of a purportedly haunted mansion, and she has no idea what is in store for her there. While the house isn't technically haunted, it turns out that ''she'' is, ''she is'', and if she hadn't set foot in that place she may never have become aware of it.



* AdaptationalNiceGuy: Relatively speaking in the [=VNs=]. While Shu's "you make the first move" approach was established from the start, in the early audio dramas he is also very into knife play.



* ChallengeSeeker: In his ''More,Blood'' route, he is almost giddy about the prospect of investigating the motives of the Mukami brothers. It's the most interesting thing to cross his path in a long time and an opportunity to dust off his SherlockScan, plus it might even [[spoiler:give him the means to achieve his secret ambition: to [[PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery put his whole family out of his misery]].]]



* ControlFreak: He values rules and demands that they are followed by others, waging a unwinnable one-man war against the selfishness and dysfunctionality of the Sakamaki family. After all, he is dysfunctional himself, [[spoiler:to say nothing of how he ''is'' Shu's FruedianExcuse,]] and doesn't stand a chance of keeping them in line with something as nebulous as family honor. It's doubtful that Karlheinz would care at all about Reiji's efforts to honor him.

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* ControlFreak: He values rules and demands that they are followed by others, waging a unwinnable one-man war against the selfishness and dysfunctionality of the Sakamaki family. After all, he is dysfunctional himself, [[spoiler:to say nothing of how he ''is'' Shu's FruedianExcuse,]] FreudianExcuse]], and doesn't stand a chance of keeping them in line with something as nebulous as family honor. It's doubtful that Even he has doubts about whether Karlheinz would care cares at all about Reiji's his efforts to honor him.



* MaddenIntoMisanthropy: He drove himself to this through his pride and vindictive tendencies. He measures everyone against an ideal that not even he can live up to, and inevitably finds everyone wanting. [[spoiler:He knows that Shu has powers he can't match and hates him for squandering it. By the same token, [[BrokenPedestal his pedestal for Karlheinz is broken]] and he claims to have tried to kill him many times over. ''More,Blood'' recontextualizes his murder of his mother as an oblique attempt to kill Karlheinz that failed - he was supposed visit Beatrix that night, but he never showed.]]



* TurnOutLikeHisFather: In his ''Dark Fate'' good ending, [[spoiler:Reiji fully carries out Karlheinz' plan - including the genocide part.]] Of all the brothers he's the only one to intentionally do so.



* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to the triplet brothers. The last syllables of their names end in '''-to'''.

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* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to the triplet brothers. The last syllables syllable of each their names end in is '''-to'''.



* LegFocus: Laito is associated with biting Yui on her thighs. He's certainly not the only love interest that bites her legs, but he is the only love interest to have several [=CGs=] across multiple [=VNs=] depicting it.

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* LegFocus: If there was any doubt after all the times he bites Yui's thighs, supplemental material makes it clear that Laito is associated with biting Yui on her thighs. a leg man. He's certainly not the only love interest that bites her legs, but he is the only love interest to have several [=CGs=] illustrations across multiple [=VNs=] depicting it.



* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to the triplet brothers. The last syllables of their names end in '''-to'''.

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* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to the triplet brothers. The last syllables syllable of each of their names end in is '''-to'''.



* CompanionCube: Kanato is rarely seen without his stuffed bear, Teddie. [[spoiler:It has a vial of Cordelia's ashes hidden inside, and serves as a kind of stand-in for her that Kanato can keep to herself.]]

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* CompanionCube: Kanato is rarely seen without his stuffed bear, Teddie. [[spoiler:It has a vial of Cordelia's ashes hidden inside, Teddie, and serves as a kind of stand-in for her that Kanato can keep to herself.]]initially Teddie is the only...person? he addresses with any kindness or affection.



* ExtremeMeleeRevenge: In ''Dark Fate'', Kanato endures beatings from Shin [[spoiler:and is forced to watch Carla suck Yui's blood right in front of him, but he takes brutal revenge on Shin for it. It's almost as messy of a kill as Shu's manservant end in the first [=VN=]. Both involve HeadCrushing,]] but if anything distinguishes these two events, it's that Kanato [[CombatPragmatist thinks nothing of fighting dirty]].



* MementoMacguffin: Teddie was originally a gift for Cordelia - she wasn't impressed with it and passed it on to Kanato. He became attached to the stuffed bear right away, but Teddie gained extra significance for him [[spoiler:after her death, when he hid a vial of Cordelia's ashes inside it. Teddie serves as a kind of stand-in for her that he can keep to himself.]]
* MoodSwinger: Like nothing else! His baseline is a state of vague annoyance, but he never stays that way long. He cycles from enraged screaming, to sobbing, to giggling with bewildering speed.



* AnimalMotifs: He compares himself to the [[TheCorrupter deceptive serpent]] in the Garden of Eden who leads Eve astray from her true purpose. He also has WiseSerpent traits - he is calm, intelligent, and a dangerous opponent.



* TheCorrupter: In an extension of the ''Book of Genesis'' theme prevalent with the Mukami brothers, he starts likening himself to the serpent in the Garden of Eden. [[spoiler:Even after he concludes that he cannot become Adam and his logical next move is to free Yui to seek another suitor, he can't bring himself to give her up. Thus he is the serpent who leads Eve astray from her destiny.]]

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* TheCorrupter: In an extension of the ''Book of Genesis'' theme prevalent with the Mukami brothers, he starts likening himself to the serpent in the Garden of Eden. [[spoiler:Even after ConflictingLoyalty: [[spoiler:When he concludes that he cannot become Adam and Adam, his logical next move is - the move a faithful servant of Karlheinz would choose - would be to free Yui to seek another suitor, suitor.]] He tries...but he can't bring himself to give her up. Thus he is the serpent who leads Eve astray from her destiny.]]turn away.



* {{Animorphism}}: As a Founder, he can transform into a wolf, snake, bat and an eagle.

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* {{Animorphism}}: As a Founder, he can transform into a wolf, snake, bat and an eagle.eagle, but [[InformedAbility he is never shown doing so]].



* BigBrotherWorship: {{Zigzagged}}; he has a fraught relationship with his brother. While he puts Carla on an almost godlike pedastal, he also resents having to live in his shadow. He devoted his life to becoming more powerful than anyone else, and waits for the moment to put Carla in the position he has occupied his whole life.

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* BigBrotherWorship: {{Zigzagged}}; {{Zigzagged|Trope}}; he has a fraught relationship with his brother. While he puts Carla on an almost godlike pedastal, he also resents having to live in his shadow. He devoted his life to becoming more powerful than anyone else, and waits for the moment to put Carla in the position he has occupied his whole life.



* AnimalMotifs: He is associated with crows for both [[CleverCrows cunning]] and [[CreepyCrows creepiness]], and they frequently appear around him, since the sole power that his Ghoul allies have is the ability to assume the form of a corvid.



* DarkMessiah: When he came into his powers as part of his ''Lost Eden'' backstory, his adoptive family held him up as a savior that would free the Ghouls from their FantasticGhetto. While he does identify with their plight and make efforts to maintain his messiah status, he mostly uses it as an excuse to throw his weight around.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: It is also depicted in the Lost Eden trailer that Kino has a liking for Guava juice. [[LostFoodGrievance He chastises the heroine for "spilling his precious Guava Juice".]]

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* ScarpiaUltimatum: Kino's ''Lost Eden'' route has a variation on this trope. [[spoiler:Yui is at Kino's mercy throughout his route, so he can (and generally does) take any favor from her that he wants. However, he develops a VillainousCrush and offers Yui a deal: if she genuinely falls in love with him, he will spare Ayato (who, like Yui, is Kino's prisoner.) He is decent enough to give her time to consider, and holds up his end of the bargain in the meantime, but the whole deal amounts nothing when Kino's risky alliances fall apart around him.]]
* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler:He doesn't realize it, but his own account of his background is false. He is not even a vampire. He is some sort of spontaneously generated simulacrum based on Karlheinz.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: It is also depicted in the Lost Eden ''Lost Eden'' trailer that Kino has a liking for Guava guava juice. [[LostFoodGrievance He chastises the heroine for "spilling his precious Guava Juice".]]



* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Believe it or not, [[spoiler:Cordelia is capable of kindness. Yui nurses her back to health in Ayato's ''Dark Fate'' route, and she gets one hot second of playing CoolBigSis. All her advice to Yui is terrible, but it comes from a place of genuine fondness.]]



* FemmeFatale: She uses sex to manipulate for selfish ends. Her seduction methods are quite genteel even if she is utterly shameless about where she deploys them (lady, your kids are ''in the room'',) and she is only interested in her partners while she has something to gain from them.
* HateSink: There's not one likeable trait about her.

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* FemmeFatale: She uses sex to manipulate for selfish ends. Her seduction methods are quite genteel even if she is utterly shameless about where she deploys them (lady, your kids are ''in the room'',) and she is only interested in her partners while she has something to gain from them.
* HateSink: There's not one likeable trait about her.
them.



* ReforgedIntoAMinion: [[spoiler:He dies in the prologue of ''Lost Eden'', but even that is not Richter's final humiliation. The Church developed a method of reanimating vampires as loyal servants and they test it out on his remains.]]



* AGodIAmNot: Many characters compare him to a god, but he himself pointedly avoids it.



* SmartPeoplePlayChess: He plays chess. With [[HistoricalDomainCharacter Socrates]]. And he always wins.



* OffingTheOffspring: In the later parts of Azusa's route, Seiji finds Yui at a church. It's all heartwarming until he senses something off with her. He says that she is no longer the daughter he loved as she has become a vampire and points a gun at her. However, Azusa comes in time but he gets shot in the arm.

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* KnightTemplarParent: Love interests occasionally challenge Yui about whether or not her father really loved her, since he never came back for her. It turns out that he did. [[spoiler:Past-tense, because as far as he is concerned his daughter is dead - sold-out by people she trusted and devoured by monsters - and the lives of everyone who hurt her are forfeit.]]
* OffingTheOffspring: In the later parts of Azusa's route, Seiji makes appearances in two ''More,Blood'' routes - [[spoiler:Azusa's and Kanato's - and the encounters are similar. Looking for respite, Yui returns to the church where she lived and finds Yui at a church. her father has come home. It's all heartwarming until he senses something off with her. He says that she has become a vampire and is no longer the daughter he loved as she has become a vampire loved, and points a gun at attacks her. However, In either case, Azusa comes in time but he gets shot in [[TakingTheBullet takes the arm.bullet]] for her, and in Kanato's route he dies from his injuries.]]



* AbusiveParents: He hated Carla, his own heir, for being destined to surpass him and subjected him to needlessly cruel training which escalates into a low-key UriahGambit. However, he doted on Shin to the point of [[HelicopterParents stifling him]].




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** Laito is oversexed and proud; Shu is also this but he's more a CovertPervert.

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** Laito is the standout example since he is oversexed and proud; lets everyone know it; Shu is also this but he's more a CovertPervert.



* FetishizedAbuser: Yui's love interests act cruel, taunting, and forceful in regards to her. This is treated as their "[[{{Sadist}} Do-S]]" appeal -- they are physically attractive and in complete control of the heroine, ''especially'' in the bedroom.

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* FetishizedAbuser: Yui's love interests act cruel, taunting, and forceful in regards to her. This is treated as their "[[{{Sadist}} Do-S]]" appeal -- they are physically attractive and in complete control of the heroine, ''especially'' in the bedroom.bed.



* ThemedHarem: Vampires and demonic beings flock around Yui in increasing numbers as the series proceeds. While the visual novels are organized around story paths where Yui picks one of these boys and sticks with him, the TV series has a harem format so each boy gets their minute in the limelight.

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* ThemedHarem: Vampires and demonic beings demons flock around Yui in increasing numbers as the series proceeds. While the visual novels are organized around story paths where Yui picks one of these boys and sticks with him, the TV series has a harem format so each boy gets their minute in the limelight.



** Laito calls her "Bitch-chan". Crunchyroll translated it as "Little Bitch" for the anime, in the Mexican Spanish dub it was translated as "Pequeña Zorra"[[note]]Literally "little vixen", but it's also translated, context-wise, as "little whore"[[/note]], and in the Portuguese dub its nickname was literally translated, as "Vadia".[[note]]Literally "bitch" without the honorific "-chan", obviously.[[/note]] This one (alongside the nickname "Pancake" given by Ayato, literally translated as "Panqueca") was considered by many watchers as a BlindIdiotTranslation, as most {{FanSub}}s [[TooLongDidntDub used the original term]].

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** Laito calls her "Bitch-chan". Crunchyroll translated it as "Little Bitch" for the anime, in the Mexican Spanish dub it was translated as "Pequeña Zorra"[[note]]Literally "little vixen", but it's also translated, context-wise, as "little whore"[[/note]], and in the Portuguese dub its nickname was literally translated, as "Vadia".[[note]]Literally "bitch" without the honorific "-chan", obviously.[[/note]] This one (alongside the nickname "Pancake" given by Ayato, literally translated as "Panqueca") was considered by many watchers as a BlindIdiotTranslation, as most {{FanSub}}s [[TooLongDidntDub used the original term]].



%%* HauntedHeroine: Look where she lives.
* HelloInsertNameHere: Yui Komori is her default name but it can be changed.

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%%* * HauntedHeroine: Look where She starts the story an ordinary girl left at the entrance of a purportedly haunted mansion, and she lives.
has idea what is in store for her there. While the house isn't technically haunted, it turns out that ''she'' is, and if she hadn't set foot in that place she may never have become aware of it.
* HelloInsertNameHere: Yui Komori is her default name but it can be changed.changed in the visual novels.



* MysteriousPast: Yui is the only major character whose past has not been revealed, despite the storytelling potential there. How Richter found her is still a mystery as well as the identities of her birth parents.
* NewTransferStudent: Yui and her transfer to the school the Sakamakis attend helps kick off the plot.
* ObliviousAdoption: [[spoiler:She finds out that she was adopted.]]

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* MysteriousPast: Yui is the only major character whose past has not been revealed, despite the storytelling potential there. How Richter found her is still a mystery as well as and the identities of her birth parents.
* NewTransferStudent: Yui and her transfer to the school the Sakamakis attend helps kick off the plot.
parents is unknown.
* ObliviousAdoption: [[spoiler:She finds The anime makes a plot point out of Yui learning that she was adopted.]]is not blood-related to her father as a reason for her to remain with the Sakamakis despite their cruelty. The visual novels do not require that motivation and do not draw any particular attention to her adoption, no matter how improbable the prospect of a priest raising a child may be.



* PreachersKid: Her [[spoiler:adoptive]] father is a priest.

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* PreachersKid: Her [[spoiler:adoptive]] father is a priest.priest, and she is a legitimately good girl.
* SmellsSexy: Due to her blood, her scent is extremely appealing to vampires. It is also very pronounced - like an olfactory beacon announcing her deliciousness to every vampire in the vicinity. She has a snowball's chance in hell of hiding from them.
* StrangerInAStrangeSchool: The Sakamakis arrange for Yui to attend school with them at Ryoutei Academy as soon as she arrives at their house. The school is only a little weird, all concidered - it is a night school and the student body overrepresents child celebrities and the children of public figures, but it's not an AllGhoulsSchool. On the other hand, the supernatural segment of the student body just keeps rising...
* SuperDrowningSkills: Yui's dangerously poor swimming ability is plot-significant and touched upon at several points.



!!!Voiced by: Creator/KosukeToriumi (Japanese), Creator/TyMahany (English), Oscar López (Mexican Spanish), Lucas Gama (Portuguese)
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* AloofBigBrother: Despite being the eldest Sakamaki sibling he rarely takes leadership or shows care for his siblings - most of his interaction with them involves complaining about how loud and annoying they are.

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* AloofBigBrother: Despite being the eldest Sakamaki sibling he rarely takes leadership or shows care for his siblings younger brothers - most of his interaction interactions with them involves involve complaining about how loud and annoying they are.



* ExtremeDoormat: He has a low regard for his own well-being and allows people to use him as a literal punching bag. At one point he is randomly attacked by some anonymous human hooligans that he could easily overpower, but he does nothing to defend himself. [[spoiler:He behaves the same way when Yuma attacks him in ''More,Blood'', but since Yuma is the focus of his GuiltComplex, his self-denial goes into overdrive to the point that he surrenders Yui to him.]] Even Yuma is unnerved by this - not that he turns down the offer, though.

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* DoomMagnet: He thinks he will bring misfortune on anyone whom he grows attached to [[spoiler:after losing Edgar to the fire as a boy. Even in ''More,Blood'', where he knows from square one that Reiji started the fire, he insists on taking all the blame himself.]]
* ElegantClassicalMusician: Plays the violin and is very charismatic, though all the gifts and love letters he gets from girls at school are a nuisance to him.
* ExtremeDoormat: He has a low regard for his own well-being and allows people to use him as a literal punching bag. At one point he is randomly attacked by some anonymous human hooligans that he could easily overpower, but he does nothing to defend himself. [[spoiler:He behaves the same way when Yuma attacks him in ''More,Blood'', but since Yuma is the focus of his GuiltComplex, his self-denial goes into overdrive to the point that he surrenders Yui to him.]] Even Yuma is unnerved by this - not that he turns down the offer, though.



* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: He is always seen with his [=MP3=] player attached to a wire that which is wrapped around his neck and with the earphones always in his ears.

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* HeadphonesEqualIsolation: He is always seen with his [=MP3=] player attached to a wire that which is wrapped around his neck and with the earphones always in his ears.ears, and Yui can't tell when he is ignoring her from when he is spacing out.



* {{Hikikomori}}: Shu rarely ever leaves his room.



* {{NEET}}: This is Yuma's nickname for Shu, although strictly speaking it is inaccurate. It is impossible to be both a [=NEET=] and a student. On the other hand, Shu is only a student because he was held back and he barely participates in school.



* {{Sleepyhead}}: He sleeps a lot, and yet he is always tired.

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* {{Sleepyhead}}: He sleeps a lot, lot and yet he is always tired.tired. He verges on SleepyDepressive given all the aspects of his life that he is trying to avoid, and he can fall asleep practically anywhere.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Rare steak.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was openly kind and extroverted as a child.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Shu has pyrophobia (fear of fire) due to what happened with Edgar. When he sees a fire, he runs away, and trembles in fear.

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* SymbolicSereneSubmersion: The representative image of Shu is him alseep in a bath, fully dressed. Yui is immediately alarmed to find him like this since it seems like suicidal behavior, but Shu couldn't die this way even if he wanted to. Vampires don't asphyxiate, after all.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Rare steak.
steak. It's one of the few things Yui manages to get him out in public for.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: He was openly kind and extroverted as a child.
child, but he came to view these qualities as a liability to be suppressed.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Shu has pyrophobia (fear of fire) due to what happened with Edgar. When as a result of his childhood trauma. It is most pronounced in the first [=VN=], where he sees has a panic attack after observing a burning building. Subsequent [=VNs=] dial it down so he dislikes fire, he runs away, and trembles in fear.
but no longer has a debilitating phobia.



* ConspicuousGloves: Wears a white one on his right hand for a touch of FashionableAsymmetry.
* ControlFreak: He values rules and demands that they are followed by others.

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* ConspicuousGloves: Wears a white one on his right hand for in a touch of FashionableAsymmetry.
* ControlFreak: He values rules and demands that they are followed by others.others, waging a unwinnable one-man war against the selfishness and dysfunctionality of the Sakamaki family. After all, he is dysfunctional himself, [[spoiler:to say nothing of how he ''is'' Shu's FruedianExcuse,]] and doesn't stand a chance of keeping them in line with something as nebulous as family honor. It's doubtful that Karlheinz would care at all about Reiji's efforts to honor him.



* SoftSpokenSadist: Even though he has a polite, sophisticated way of speaking (which the creators describe to be "butler-like"), his words tend to come with a biting edge even when he is at his calmest. He usually maintains this polite, sophisticated tone [[TranquilFury even when he is in a towering rage]].

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* SoftSpokenSadist: Even though he has a polite, sophisticated way of speaking (which the creators describe to be "butler-like"), his words tend to come with a biting edge even when he is at his calmest. He usually maintains this polite, sophisticated polite tone [[TranquilFury even when he is in a towering rage]].



* YoungerThanTheyLook : Yui mistook him for a butler at first. When she asked Shu if Reiji's his older brother, she was surprised that Shu admitted he's the eldest one.

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* YoungerThanTheyLook : YoungerThanTheyLook: Yui mistook him for a butler at first. When she asked Shu if Reiji's his older brother, she was surprised that Shu admitted he's the eldest one.
one.



!!!Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English), Hugo Nuñez (Mexican Spanish), Dláigelles Riba (Portuguese)
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!!!Voiced by: Creator/DaisukeHirakawa (Japanese), Creator/BlakeShepard (English), Hugo Nuñez (Mexican Spanish), Dláigelles Riba (Portuguese)
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* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to Ayato and Kanato, who are his triplet brothers. The last syllables of their names end in '''-to'''.

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* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to Ayato and Kanato, who are his the triplet brothers. The last syllables of their names end in '''-to'''.



* DeusExMachina: [[spoiler:Yui kills herself in Laito's ''More,Blood'' route, but Karlheinz makes a positive intervention in the lives of his children for once and brings her back to life.]] He's not pleased to have to go so far, but nothing with Laito is ever easy.



* KnowledgeBroker: Laito's stories tend to involve secrets because he makes it his business to be in the know. [[spoiler:His route in the first [=VN=] is the ''other'' route where Yui learns her father is a vampire hunter. He also tells her how the church sold her out and is very up-front with her about how she's turning into a vampire. It turns out he has a network of familiars spying on the whole cast, and one of his bad endings reveals that his familiars are what's left of the failed sacrificial brides.]]



* ParentalIncest: The reason why Laito is an emotional disaster zone. Cordelia was a profoundly selfish person who only knew how to interact with people who could give her things. Her sons were no exception. [[spoiler:She turned to Laito for sexual gratification, but he thought it was "love" and would get jealous of her other partners. When Karlheinz found out about their relationship, he imprisoned Laito in the basement dungeon. Cordelia cut it off with Laito in the cruelest way possible - she had sex with Richter, his uncle, in front of the cell where he was being held.]]

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* ParentalIncest: The reason why Laito is an emotional disaster zone. Cordelia was a profoundly selfish person who only knew how to interact with people who could give her things. Her sons were no exception. [[spoiler:She turned to Laito for sexual gratification, and he came to understand love not as an emotional state but he thought it was "love" as an act undertaken for power and would get jealous of her other partners.pleasure. When Karlheinz found out about their relationship, he imprisoned Laito in the basement dungeon. Cordelia cut it off with Laito in the cruelest way possible - she had sex with Richter, his uncle, in front of the cell where he was being held.]] ]]



* ReplacementGoldfish: Gets uncomfortably close to this in the first [=VN=] when he tests Yui to figure out how Cordelia-like she is.

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* ReplacementGoldfish: Gets uncomfortably close to this in the first [=VN=] when he tests Yui to [[spoiler:to figure out how Cordelia-like she is.]]



* WantsToBeHated: He manages his trauma by embracing its effect on him. If he's a man-whore with his mind in the gutter by choice, he controls it and it can't be used against him. Getting called a pervert or a voyeur does not offend him - he counts them as compliments. There is no name Yui can call him, no protest or refusal she can raise, that won't just egg him on. She knees him in the stomach at one point and he's right back to seduction in a matter of moments.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Laito has a warped version of what "love" means.
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He is scared of bugs and creepy-crawlies.

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* WantsToBeHated: He manages his trauma by embracing its effect on him. If he's a man-whore with his mind in the gutter by choice, he controls it and it can't be used against him. Getting called a pervert or a voyeur does not offend him - he counts them as compliments. There is no name Yui can call him, no protest or refusal she can raise, that won't just egg him on. She knees him in the stomach at one point and he's right back to seduction in a matter of moments.
* WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove: Laito has WhoWantsToLiveForever: He frequently mentions that vampires view death as a warped version welcome thing. [[spoiler:Because he's already tired of what "love" means.
life. Falling in love with a mortal doesn't make him feel any better about it.]]
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: He is scared of bugs and creepy-crawlies.
creepy-crawlies.



* PsychopathicManchild: Many characters in ''Diabolik Lovers'' have issues with mood regulation, but Kanato is the high bar. If something upsets him he will [[NeverMyFault assign blame to someone else]], and scream, or cry, (or both,) until they either pacify him or leave, and either outcome suits him in most cases. Unless the person he choses to blame is Yui, because he can overpower Yui. Her only hope is to try improve his mood. And the more attached to her he becomes, the more likely she is to be a focal point for his rage.

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* PsychopathicManchild: Many characters in ''Diabolik Lovers'' this series have issues with mood regulation, but Kanato is the high bar. If something upsets him he will [[NeverMyFault assign blame to someone else]], and scream, or cry, (or both,) until they either pacify him or leave, and either outcome suits him in most cases. Unless the person he choses to blame is Yui, because he can overpower Yui. Her only hope is to try improve his mood. And the more attached to her he becomes, the more likely she is to be a focal point for his rage.



!!!Voiced by: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English), Ricardo Bautista (Mexican Spanish), Fabrício Rinaldi (Portuguese)
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!!!Voiced by: Creator/HikaruMidorikawa (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English), Ricardo Bautista (Mexican Spanish), Fabrício Rinaldi (Portuguese)
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* AbusiveParents: His mother Cordelia forced him to [[EducationMama study really hard]] (often forbidding him to play) and instead of praising his efforts, she would often belittle him and physically abuse him for any perceived failure, telling him that if he wasn't the best, he didn't deserve anything good and he wasn't her son. She also used to throw him in a lake nearby despite his inability to swim as punishment and would watch as he struggled and begged her to save him.
* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to Laito and Kanato, who are his triplet brothers. The last syllables of their names end in '''-to'''.

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* AbusiveParents: His mother Cordelia forced him to [[EducationMama study really hard]] (often forbidding him to play) and instead of praising his efforts, she would often belittle him and physically abuse him for any perceived failure, telling him that if he wasn't the best, he didn't deserve anything good and he wasn't her son. had no value. She also used to throw punished him by throwing him in a lake nearby lake, despite his inability to swim as punishment swim, and would watch as he struggled and begged her to save him.
* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to Laito and Kanato, who are his triplet brothers. The Like the other triplets, the last syllables syllable of their names end in his name is '''-to'''.



* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: In his route, Ayato falls in love with Yui because of her unwavering kindness to him.
* BigEater: Ayato is also noted that he eats a lot (though only if it is his favorite food).

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* AsleepInClass: He and Yui are in the same class, although he usually sleeps through lessons. There are never any repercussions for this.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: In his route, Ayato falls in love with Yui because of her unwavering kindness to him.
him. He particularly appreciates her small affectionate gestures - he didn't know that he liked [[AffectionateGestureToTheHead having his hair stroked]] before she came along.
* BigEater: Being a HotBlooded sort, Ayato is also noted that he eats has a lot (though big appetite. When it comes to human food the only if it thing he'll eat is his favorite food).favorite, takoyaki, but he'll eat a lot of it. He overindulges on vampire food also, and Yui suffers pretty intense anemia on his routes.



* EvilRedhead: Ayato is quite the rebel and has a passion for torture devices; such as the Iron Maiden and a device like that can be found in his room, which he uses instead a bed (the spikes are removed).

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* CommitmentIssues: Seen in the ''More,Blood'' [=VN=]. The character motivations are altered enough in this version that Ayato does not view Yui as a means of [[ToBeAMaster being the best]], but an impediment to it. [[spoiler:As a boy, he could tell that Cordelia brought pain on herself due to unrequited love and vented it on him and his brothers. He identified romantic attachment itself as the source of the problem, and refuses to acknowledge that he has feelings for Yui.]]
* EvilRedhead: Ayato Ayato's red hair can be taken as a sign of danger - he is quite the rebel and has a passion for torture devices; such as the Iron Maiden and a device like that can be found devices. He keeps an IronMaiden in his room, room which he uses instead of a bed (the spikes are were removed).



* FieryRedhead: When Ayato isn't being a [[EvilRedhead sadistic jerk]], he shows a passionate side.

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* FieryRedhead: When Ayato isn't being a [[EvilRedhead sadistic jerk]], he he's outgoing, boisterous, and shows a passionate side.side.



* TheNicknamer: Besides his infamous nickname for Yui, he has dismissive nicknames for everyone else in the house too.



* {{Pride}}: He has a lot of it. Ayato is the type who always brags about himself; sometimes commanding everyone to call him ''"Ayato-sama"''.

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* {{Pride}}: He has a lot of it. Ayato is the type who always brags about himself; sometimes commanding everyone to call him ''"Ayato-sama"''."''Ayato-sama''".



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves takoyaki, and some of the funnier moments in the story involve quarrels among the brothers over the snacks.

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* SilverSpoonTroublemaker: He is the Sakamaki family [[ThePrankster practical joker]] and his pranks range from innocuous to highly threatening. The worst repercussions he faces are sour looks from his brothers or Yui avoiding him for little while - and whether through sneakiness or impunity, he seems to face zero consequences for anything he gets up to at school.
* StockShonenHero: {{Spiky hair}}ed, BookDumb, and HotBlooded, he [[SpiritedCompetitor never backs down from a challenge]] and [[ToBeAMaster seeks to be the best]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves takoyaki, and some of the funnier moments in the story involve quarrels among the brothers over the these snacks.
* VirginityFlag: He deduces that Yui is a virgin based on her SacredFirstKiss fretting, and is ''very'' pleased. And [[AManIsAlwaysEager ready to go right there in the school storeroom while classes are going on]]. Reiji lives up to his reputation and puts in an appearance to [[MomentKiller cockblock]].



* ArchnemesisDad: The Sakamaki brothers almost all hate their father, but it's extra personal for Subaru, [[spoiler:who intends to kill Karlheinz to honor his mother's request.]]



* ChildByRape: Subaru assumes that he is one based on the tortured reactions his mother has to his father's presence. [[spoiler:However, she is delirious most of the time and Subaru doesn't know the whole story. It's eventually revealed that she loved Karlheinz, consented to marrying him, and her realization that he didn't love her in return was what drove her mad.]]

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* ChildByRape: Subaru assumes that he is one this based on the tortured reactions his mother has to his father's presence. [[spoiler:However, she is delirious most of the time and Subaru doesn't know the whole story. It's eventually revealed that she loved Karlheinz, consented to marrying him, and her realization that he didn't love her in return was what drove her mad.]]



* MommasBoy: As a child he cared for his mother’s well-being immensely [[spoiler: although Subaru suffered the brunt of her mental and verbal abuse, he can only blame and despise Karlheinz for her SanitySlippage.]]
%%* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type A.
* PunchAWall: His signature move. If something agitates him, he takes it out on the drywall or the furniture - and it doesn't take much to set him off.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He inherited his mother's red eyes, but he can use them to enhance the scariness of {{Slasher Smile}}s.

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* MommasBoy: As a child he cared for his mother’s well-being immensely [[spoiler: although [[spoiler:although Subaru suffered the brunt of her mental and verbal abuse, he can only blame and despise Karlheinz for her SanitySlippage.]]
%%* * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type A.
He is a type A, whose traits include being kind and responsible, but tense and uptight.
* PlainPalate: Subaru doesn't have a favorite food as an indicator of how austere his life was while looking after his mother. He doesn't have any hobbies, either.
* ProperlyParanoid: Subaru's experiences with his mother give him a different perspective on Karlheinz' intentions for the family. [[spoiler:He knows that everyone in the family is some sort of unwitting pawn, and connects the dots between Cordelia's missing heart and Yui's recurring chest pain. He avoids sucking her blood from then on because he doesn't want to her to end up in Karlheinz' clutches like the rest of them.]]
* PunchAWall: His signature move. If something agitates him, sets him off, he takes it out on the drywall or the furniture - and it doesn't take much to set him off.
do it.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He inherited his mother's red eyes, but unlike her, he can use them to enhance the scariness of {{Slasher Smile}}s.Smile}}s.
* SourOutsideSadInside: He lashes out to intimidate people into leaving him alone. He treats Yui as cruelly as his brothers at first, [[spoiler:but he is actually being over-the-top mean in hopes that she will run away from the Sakamaki manor altogether and avoid ending up like his mother.]]



* TheTease: He starts to fancy Yui for more than just her blood pretty early on. When he's in a good mood, he's this to Yui.

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* TheTease: He starts to fancy Yui for more than just her blood pretty early on. When he's on, but doesn't push it because he is aware that sex would be a point of no return for her. He's not above making it clear that he wants her, though.
* ThereWasADoor: Subaru's obligatory ShowerOfAwkward scene involves him ''Kool-aid Man-ing through the bathroom wall'' just as Yui is getting out of the bath. And why does he do this? Because Ayato was about to pitch a fit at him about eating his takoyaki and he didn't want to deal with it. He at least keeps Ayato from ''also'' walking
in a good mood, he's this to Yui.on Yui while she's changing.



* FantasticRacism: In his reckoning, the Founders are a SuperiorSpecies, so everyone but Carla is his inferior. He particularly hates vampires, complaining constantly about how bad they smell. He also takes any lack of deference from other characters, no matter how minor, as a slight against his honor - which is a problem because no one in the story kowtows to the Tsukinami brothers. Well, no one but [[FalseFriend Mertz]].

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* FantasticRacism: In his reckoning, the Founders are a SuperiorSpecies, so everyone but Carla is his inferior. He particularly hates vampires, complaining constantly about how bad they smell.smell at every opportunty. He also takes any lack of deference from other characters, no matter how minor, as a slight against his honor - which is a problem because no one in the story kowtows to the Tsukinami brothers. Well, no one but [[FalseFriend Mertz]].



!!!Voiced by: Creator/AkaneTomonaga (Japanese), Creator/MonicaRial (English), Dolores Mondragón (Mexican Spanish)
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* AbusiveParents: To all her children, in varying degrees. From initiating ParentalIncest with Laito to [[ParentalNeglect ignoring Kanato]] unless he was signing and [[EducationMama being incredibly hard on Ayato]], it's safe to say Cordelia is far from being Mother of the Year.

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* AbusiveParents: To all her children, in varying degrees. From initiating ParentalIncest with Laito to [[ParentalNeglect ignoring Kanato]] unless he was signing singing and [[EducationMama being incredibly hard on Ayato]], it's safe to say Cordelia is far from being Mother of the Year.



* AssholeVictim: Very few people mourn her passing. Probably only one.



* BackFromTheDead: She would be a PosthumousCharacter if not for her transplanted heart, which makes it possible for her to cheat death. [[spoiler:She takes over Yui's body in the anime and some paths of the first [=VN=], and she pops up again in a magical construct body in Ayato's ''Dark Fate'' route.]]



* FemmeFatale: She uses sex to manipulate for selfish ends. Her seduction methods are quite genteel even if she is utterly shameless about where she deploys them (lady, your kids are ''in the room'',) and she is only interested in her partners while she has something to gain from them.



!!!Voiced by: Mana Hirata (Japanese), Creator/LuciChristian (English), Rosalinda Márquez (Mexican Spanish)

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!!!Voiced by: Mana Hirata (Japanese), Creator/LuciChristian (English), Rosalinda Márquez (Mexican Spanish)



!!!Voiced by: Yuki Tashiro (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (English), Martha Ramírez (Mexican Spanish)
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!!!Voiced by: Yuki Tashiro (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (English), Martha Ramírez (Mexican Spanish)
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* DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler: Richter dies in several routes of the first [=VN=], often [[KilledOffscreen off-screen]], but the rising tide of time-rewinding lifts all ships and he doesn't irrevocably die until Kino kills him in ''Lost Eden'', the fourth [=VN=].]] The anime gives him a DisneyDeath at the end of the first story arc, but since he never makes another appearance, it's as good as final.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are red and no good ever come of his presence.

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* RedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are red and no good ever come comes of his presence.

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* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to Laito and Ayato, who are his triplet brothers. The last syllables of their names end in '''-to'''.
* AxCrazy: He is liable to blow minor discomforts or slights into major screaming tantrums, which can get violent or even murderous.

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* AlliterativeFamily: {{Downplayed}}. This only applies to Laito and Ayato, who are his the triplet brothers. The last syllables of their names end in '''-to'''.
* AxCrazy: He is liable to blow minor discomforts or slights into major screaming tantrums, which can get violent or even murderous.



* CreepyChild: Looks like one and acts like one. See CuteAndPsycho and PsychopathicManchild for more.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Light purple hair and light purple eyes.
* CuteAndPsycho: He is the TokenMiniMoe of the series and he can become psycho.

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* CreepyChild: Looks like one CreepyShadowedUndereyes: He has a pale complexion and acts like one. See CuteAndPsycho and PsychopathicManchild for more.
sunken eyes to match his morbid personality.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Light purple hair and light purple eyes.
* CuteAndPsycho: He is the TokenMiniMoe of the series and he can become psycho.
eyes.



* GlurgeAddict: Kanato loves plushies and sweets and is almost always seen with one or the other. This does not make him any less creepy.

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* GlurgeAddict: Kanato loves plushies and sweets and is almost always seen with one or DudeShesLikeInAComa: Most love interests stop drinking from Yui when she passes out, which occurs frequently considering the other. This does not make him any less creepy.blood loss involved. Not Kanato, though. He likes it when she's unconscious.



* LivingDollCollector: Has a room full of wax dolls that used to be sacrificial brides like Yui.

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* KitschCollection: Teddie is not his only stuffed bear - not by a long shot. Kanato's bedroom is full of plushies. This does not make him any less creepy.
* LivingDollCollector: Has a [[WaxMuseumMorgue room full of disturbingly realistic wax dolls dolls]] that he made himself. They used to be people of course, but their identities vary depending on the medium. In the visual novels, they were Cordelia's personal servants and/or former lovers [[spoiler:and she encouraged Kanato to kill them and fashion them into dolls when she grew tired of them.]] In the anime they are Yui's failed predecessors in the role of the sacrificial bride. (The [=VN=] reveals an even more dreadful fate for the fallen brides like Yui.in Laito's route.)
** This is also the main way that Kanato's ''yandere'' tendencies manifest and the main reason that his good ending in the first [=VN=] is not especially happy. [[spoiler:Through a combination of gaslighting and narcotics, he shrinks Yui's world down so that she no longer cares about or remembers anything besides him. But he does still marry her after taking his father's throne, so...real mixed bag.]]



* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Everything about him is disturbing in some degree.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He is actually the same age as Ayato and Laito (due to them being triplets) and older than Subaru.

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* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Everything about him NightmareFetishist: Kanato was on his own wavelength even when he was little, which no doubt contributed to the very alarming lessons he took away from his relationship with his mother and subsequent participation in her murder: the only way to hold on to your loved ones is disturbing to kill them, or to damage them in some degree.
way so they can never leave. To him death is beautiful, cemetaries are soothing, and corpses are precious.
* OlderThanTheyLook: He is actually the same age as Ayato and Laito (due to them being (since they are triplets) and older than Subaru.



* PsychopathicManchild: He acts like a child and when he doesn't get what he wants, he flips.

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* PsychopathicManchild: He acts like a child Many characters in ''Diabolik Lovers'' have issues with mood regulation, but Kanato is the high bar. If something upsets him he will [[NeverMyFault assign blame to someone else]], and when scream, or cry, (or both,) until they either pacify him or leave, and either outcome suits him in most cases. Unless the person he choses to blame is Yui, because he can overpower Yui. Her only hope is to try improve his mood. And the more attached to her he becomes, the more likely she is to be a focal point for his rage.
* ReplacementGoldfish: In the first [=VN=] [[spoiler:he burns Teddie himself.]] He
doesn't get what need him anymore...because he wants, he flips.has Yui.



* TokenMiniMoe: He is the boyish love interest - the shortest of the boys, he is quick to cry and seems innocent and vulnerable. Yui starts off trying to take a "big sister" approach with him, but this quickly proves to be a mistake. He hates being underestimated.



* {{Yandere}}: Kanato can freely be categorized as a "yandere type" of character due to the bonds he is capable of having, even if they still are quite twisted. Kanato is childish but overly possessive and even if he's not always thinking clearly, he must decide the future not only for himself but also for the heroine.

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* {{Yandere}}: Kanato can freely be categorized as a "yandere type" of character due type". Once he forms an attachment to Yui he clearly cares about her deeply and is very affectionate to her, but she is also the bonds ''only'' thing he cares about. Everything else in the world is capable of having, even if they still are quite twisted. an impediment to their relationship. Kanato is childish but overly possessive and even if he's not always thinking clearly, he must decide the future not only for himself but also for the heroine.
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* SonOfAWhore: He and his triplet brothers are this thanks to Cordelia.



* SonOfAWhore: He and his brothers are this since their mother liked to screwed other men in front of them.



* SonOfAWhore: Ayato and his brothers are this because of their mother enjoyed sleeping around other guys.

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!!In General
* AllAbusersAreMale: {{Downplayed}}. Yes, the majority of the boys' actions are cruel and abusive, not to mention Karlheinz' treatment of his sons. However, [[EvilMatriarch Cordelia]] also stands among them as one of the more heinous abusers and is the reason the Sakamaki triplets ended up as messed in the head as they did.
* AllMenArePerverts: Obviously Laito, Shu is also this but he's more a CovertPervert. Most boys are only interested in her blood but [[TookALevelInKindness they may genuinely come to love her]] [[PetTheDog in some routes.]]
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: All the boys are the sadistic and abusive Brooding Boys while Yui is the gentle, sweet, kindhearted, and forgiving Gentle Girl.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Obviously, since it's a female-focused franchise.
* FetishizedAbuser: Yui's love interests act cruel, taunting, and forceful in regards to her. This is treated as their "Do-S" appeal -- they are physically attractive, extremely good in the bed, and overall any girl's sexual fantasy.
* InterspeciesRomance: Yui with any and all of the male vampires she meets in the franchise. [[spoiler:Though she later can turn into a vampire herself in some endings, making this subverted there.]]
* ThemedHarem: Vampires. Who knew?
* TookALevelInKindness: They soon started to become [[PetTheDog nicer]] in each of their endings, though [[CruelTwistEnding it doesn't always work well.....]]
* VampiresAreSexGods: All the vampires are good looking, and their blood sucking can easily be seen as an analogue for sex.

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!!In General
A list of characters that appear in the ''Diabolik Lovers'' franchise.

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[[folder:In General]]
* AllAbusersAreMale: {{Downplayed}}. Yes, the majority of the boys' actions are cruel and abusive, not to mention Karlheinz' treatment of his sons. However, [[EvilMatriarch Cordelia]] also stands among them as one of the more heinous abusers abusers, and is the reason why the Sakamaki triplets ended up as messed in the head as they did.
are so psychologically warped.
* AllMenArePerverts: Obviously Laito, This is in play, but has a bit of a wrinkle given how blood-drinking correlates to sex - there is perversion, and then there's ''perversion''.
** Every boy wants Yui for her blood no matter how else they may feel about her, and this is a KissOfTheVampire situation. The boys always enjoy drinking her blood and are fully aware that this is sexually gratifying to their victim[=/=]partner. Over time, Yui's protests about getting bitten start to ring hollow as she falls for her love interest. Typically [[TookALevelInKindness the love interest genuinely comes to love her]] by the conclusion of the storyline, or if they are [[TroubledButCute too troubled]] for that, they are at least headed in that direction.
** Laito is oversexed and proud;
Shu is also this but he's more a CovertPervert. Most boys are only interested in her blood but [[TookALevelInKindness they may genuinely come to love her]] [[PetTheDog in some routes.]]
CovertPervert.
* BroodingBoyGentleGirl: All the boys are the sadistic sadistic, abusive, and abusive Brooding Boys carrying around a lot of emotional baggage, while Yui is the gentle, sweet, kindhearted, and forgiving Gentle Girl.
* CastFullOfPrettyBoys: Obviously, since it's a female-focused franchise.
All the characters are youthful and attractive, and the majority of them are boys that serve as potential love interests for Yui.
* FetishizedAbuser: Yui's love interests act cruel, taunting, and forceful in regards to her. This is treated as their "Do-S" "[[{{Sadist}} Do-S]]" appeal -- they are physically attractive, extremely good attractive and in complete control of the heroine, ''especially'' in the bed, and overall any girl's sexual fantasy.
bedroom.
* InterspeciesRomance: Yui with any and all All of the male Yui's love interests are vampires she meets in the franchise. [[spoiler:Though she later or other [[OurDemonsAreDifferent franchise-bespoke demonic beings]], so this trope is a constant. [[spoiler:There are ending that subvert it, though - Yui can turn into become a vampire herself in some endings, making this subverted there.and in later visual novels some of her love interests may become human.]]
* ThemedHarem: Vampires. Who knew?
Vampires and demonic beings flock around Yui in increasing numbers as the series proceeds. While the visual novels are organized around story paths where Yui picks one of these boys and sticks with him, the TV series has a harem format so each boy gets their minute in the limelight.
* TookALevelInKindness: They soon started Each love interest responds to become Yui's kindness and empathy over time, becoming [[PetTheDog nicer]] in each of their endings, though endings. However, [[CruelTwistEnding it doesn't always work well.....]]
happily ever after is by no means guaranteed.]]
* VampiresAreSexGods: All the vampires are good looking, and their blood sucking can easily be seen as is an unmistakable analogue for sex.

sex. Depending on the route, some of them are literal sex gods rather than just sex gods by proxy - at least, within the limits of a [[UsefulNotes/MediaClassifications CERO D rating]].
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[[folder:Yui Komori]]
!!Yui Komori
Komori



* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Despite their incredibly {{jerkass}} personalities and/or sadomasochistic tendencies, Yui ends up falling for one based on whose route she's in.
* BabiesEverAfter: In some routes of the game version.
** [[spoiler: In MORE,BLOOD ending No. 1 ("Vampire Ending"), she and Azusa have three children. All of them are named after Azusa’s former “friends” and wounds: Justin, Christina, and Melissa.]]
** [[spoiler:In Ruki's Brute ending, Yui and Shin have a son named Adam.]]
** [[spoiler:In Lost Eden Good End, she is pregnant from Carla and Subaru in their respective routes.]]
* BlessedWithSuck:
** Yui being [[spoiler:Cordelia’s vessel]], causing her to be a [[DudeMagnet Bishonen Vampire Magnet]].
** In the ''BLOODY BOUQUET'' series of [=CDs=], she's cursed with a spell that makes her blood inedible to vampires. However, by this point, she's already in a relationship with a vampire, they have intimate moments by drinking blood, and the curse slowly kills her if her man doesn't perform an ActOfTrueLove.
* ButtMonkey: Though didn't get beaten up and bruised like her [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale Male Harem Lead Counterparts,]] she's almost everyone's punching bag and seen nothing more than just a mere blood bank, at first.
* DamselInDistress: From having her blood sucked by immoral vampires to [[spoiler:having her body being nearly taken over by Cordelia.]]
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her father is a vampire hunter, and her love interests are vampires. It goes how you imagine.
* DudeMagnet: {{Justified}} because her special type of blood attracts the male vampires in the series; {{deconstructed}} since she has to deal with them biting and harassing her against her will. If she's just an ordinary girl they'll just simply kill her and find a new vessel.

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* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Despite their incredibly {{jerkass}} personalities and/or sadomasochistic tendencies, Yui ends up falling for one based on whose route she's in.
in. She often asks herself why she doesn't try to escape, but she's just too intrigued by her chosen boy and quickly becomes invested in doing what she can to help him.
* BabiesEverAfter: In some routes of the game version.
visual novels.
** [[spoiler: In MORE,BLOOD ending No. 1 ("Vampire Ending"), Azusa's ''More,Blood'' good ending, she and Azusa have three children. All of them are named after Azusa’s former “friends” and wounds: Justin, Christina, and Melissa.]]
** [[spoiler:In Ruki's ''Dark Fate'' Brute ending, Yui and Shin Ruki are together and they have a son named Adam.Adam, but his biological father is Shin.]]
** [[spoiler:In Lost Eden Good End, their respective ''Lost Eden'' good endings, she is pregnant from Carla and Subaru in their respective routes.Subaru.]]
* BlessedWithSuck:
BlessedWithSuck:
** Yui being [[spoiler:Cordelia’s vessel]], causing Yui's special blood makes her to be a [[DudeMagnet Bishonen Vampire Magnet]].
Magnet]] and ensures that the DistressBall is always in her court.
** In the ''BLOODY BOUQUET'' ''Bloody Bouquet'' series of [=CDs=], she's cursed with a spell that makes her blood inedible to vampires. However, by this point, she's already in a relationship with a vampire, they have intimate moments by drinking blood, and the curse slowly kills her if her man doesn't perform an ActOfTrueLove.
* ButtMonkey: Though didn't Yui does not get beaten up and bruised on like her [[DoubleStandardAbuseFemaleOnMale Male Harem Lead Counterparts,]] she's counterparts,]] the boys almost everyone's punching bag all start out with zero regard for her bodily autonomy, and seen nothing they regularly [[WallPinOfLove invade her physical space]] or pull her around by her arm. In the TV series she [[UndressingTheUnconscious wakes up in a different outfit than she passed out in]] more than just a mere blood bank, at first.
once. Their lack of regard for her privacy can veer into PlayedForLaughs territory when they walk in on her in the bath, which they enevitably will do.
* DamselInDistress: From having She is in constant distress from the moment she walks into the Sakamaki manor. And sure, she slowly gets used to vampires drinking her blood sucked by immoral vampires to [[spoiler:having on a regular basis, but there is a steady stream of other characters who need her body being nearly taken for whatever scheme they are concocting - [[spoiler:like Richter and Cordelia plotting to take over by Cordelia.her body, or the Mukami brothers kidnapping her for the Apple of Eden plan, or the Tsukinami brothers kidnapping her again, etc, etc.]]
* DatingWhatDaddyHates: Her After she starts getting involved with the vampires, she learns that her father is a vampire hunter, hunter. Plotlines that involve the Reverend Komori coming back are rare, but profoundly distressing for Yui [[spoiler:because he disowns and her love interests are vampires. It goes how you imagine.
tries to kill her.]]
* DudeMagnet: {{Justified}} {{Justified|Trope}} because her special type of blood attracts the male vampires in the series; {{deconstructed}} since she has to deal with them biting and harassing her against her will. If she's she was just an ordinary girl they'll just they would simply kill her and find a new vessel. vessel.



* ExtremeDoormat: Some of the boys are bothered by her passiveness and whining instead of trying to escape from the Sakamaki mansion and start living on her own. The reason why she's like that in the first place is because she's told she'll get killed by the brothers if she dares to defy them.

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* ExtremeDoormat: Some of the boys The Mukami brothers are bothered by her passiveness and whining acceptance of her lot at the Sakamaki manor instead of trying to escape escape, [[spoiler:since escaping from the Sakamaki mansion and start living veritable hell on her own. earth is their backstory.]] The reason why she's like that in the first place is because she's told she'll get killed by the brothers if she dares to defy them. them.



* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Out of all of the main characters, Yui is most innocent among her love interests. [[spoiler:However, this can be subverted if she's pushed over the edge.]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook: In some of the routes, she is shown cooking.

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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Out of all of the main characters, characters Yui is has by far the most innocent among her love interests.positive outlook on life, and she wants to help even those who have hurt her. [[spoiler:However, this can be subverted if she's pushed over the edge.]]
This is especially true in the first story, where she is fighting against Cordelia's influence.]]
* FeminineWomenCanCook: In some She enjoys cooking and is pretty confident in her abilities. About half of the routes, she boys disparage her efforts anyway. It's a fairly futile effort on her part; the Sakamaki brothers only eat for the fun of it and are very particular.
* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has blonde hair and
is shown cooking.a LoveMartyr well past the point of masochism.



* HeroesWantRedheads : If either Laito or Ayato's route is chosen.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Having the blood of "Eve" [[spoiler:a key element in Karlheinz's vampire eugenics plan]] means Yui has psychically and emotionally abusive vampire boys hungering for her.
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: She was raised Catholic.

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* HeroesWantRedheads : If either HeroesWantRedheads: In some cases. Ayato has red hair and is the representative love interest for the franchise. Laito or Ayato's route is chosen.
also has red hair in some adaptations.
* ItSucksToBeTheChosenOne: Having the blood of "Eve" [[spoiler:a key element in Karlheinz's vampire eugenics plan]] means Yui has psychically physically and emotionally abusive vampire boys hungering for her.
* UsefulNotes/JapaneseChristian: She was raised Catholic.Catholic and lived in a church before being sent to the Sakamaki manor. She aspired to become a nun before she ended up in the clutches of the vampires, but that dream falls to the wayside pretty quickly as her involvement with them deepens. [[spoiler:Her belief in God (and her rosary) pay off through making it more difficult for Cordelia to fully possess her.]]



* MysteriousPast: Unlike every character who had their backstories flash out, she's the only one whose past had yet revealed. How Richter found her is still a mystery as well who are her birth parents.

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* MysteriousPast: Unlike every Yui is the only major character who had their backstories flash out, she's the only one whose past had yet revealed. has not been revealed, despite the storytelling potential there. How Richter found her is still a mystery as well who are as the identities of her birth parents. parents.



* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Until her identity as [[spoiler:Cordelia’s vessel]] is revealed.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Wears a pink top and is very feminine.
* PluckyGirl: To the point of annoyance, at least for the Sakamakis.

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* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Until She thought of herself as a normal girl up until her identity as [[spoiler:Cordelia’s vessel]] vessel/the Chosen Eve]] is revealed.
* PinkMeansFeminine: Wears Her causal outfit in the early [=VNs=] and the TV series includes a pink top top, and she is very feminine.
* PleaseKillMeIfItSatisfiesYou: She will sometimes make this offer if she thinks that her love interest is suffering due to her presence.
*
PluckyGirl: To the point When it comes to her love interest, she is incredibly persistent. No matter how much he may try to scare her off, Yui ''will'' discover one of annoyance, at least for the Sakamakis.his emotional weak points or find him in a distressing situation, and do her best to help him.



* UnluckyEverydude: After her father moved abroad, she is forced to live in a mansion with six mysterious vampires.

!!Sakamaki Brothers

!!Shu Sakamaki

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* UnluckyEverydude: After her Her father moved abroad, abroad and she is forced to live in a mansion with six mysterious vampires.

!!Sakamaki Brothers

vampires.
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!!Love Interests

[[folder:Sakamaki Brothers]]

!!Shu Sakamaki Sakamaki



* AloofBigBrother: Despite being the eldest Sakamaki sibling he rarely takes leadership or shown care for his siblings.
* BlackSheep: He doesn't care about becoming head of the family.

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* AloofBigBrother: Despite being the eldest Sakamaki sibling he rarely takes leadership or shown shows care for his siblings.
siblings - most of his interaction with them involves complaining about how loud and annoying they are.
* BlackSheep: He doesn't care about becoming head of is the family.presumed family heir, but he resists the role by taking on as little responsibility as he possibly can.



%%* CainAndAbel: With Reiji. Not that he cares.
* CoatCape: Wears his uniform jacket like this.
* CovertPervert: Shu is also somewhat of a pervert and usually teases the heroine about wearing unattractive panties and bras, after she becomes too pushy with him and seeks his attention.
* ExtremeDoormat: Downplayed. Despite Shu being the eldest son, he doesn't take any responsibility to look after his five brothers and the house; he usually just complains about how he has to "deal with their problems." He tends to push this job to Reiji. As such, it's not really about being a pushover but being lazy.

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%%* * CainAndAbel: With Reiji. Not Reiji resents Shu intensely because he is the first-born and presumptive heir, and nothing Reiji can do will ever change that he cares.
fact. Shu knows this and passively tolerates Reiji's frequent insults.
* CoatCape: Wears He drapes his uniform jacket like this.
over his shoulders without properly putting it on.
* CovertPervert: Shu Yui initially thinks that she might be in less danger from someone as checked-out as Shu, but that is also somewhat of a pervert not exactly the case. His behavior is more vexing than it is cruel; he never lets an opportunity to tease her pass him by, and usually teases the heroine is quite good at ''creating'' situations where she overextends herself on his behalf so he can tease her about wearing unattractive panties and bras, lusting after she becomes too pushy with him and seeks his attention.
him.
* ExtremeDoormat: Downplayed. Despite Shu being He has a low regard for his own well-being and allows people to use him as a literal punching bag. At one point he is randomly attacked by some anonymous human hooligans that he could easily overpower, but he does nothing to defend himself. [[spoiler:He behaves the eldest son, he doesn't take any responsibility to look after same way when Yuma attacks him in ''More,Blood'', but since Yuma is the focus of his five brothers and GuiltComplex, his self-denial goes into overdrive to the house; point that he usually just complains about how he has surrenders Yui to "deal with their problems." He tends to push him.]] Even Yuma is unnerved by this job to Reiji. As such, it's - not really about being a pushover but being lazy.that he turns down the offer, though.



* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being the eldest, he looks slighty more youthful than Reiji. In the manga Yui asked him if he's Reiji's little brother. Justified since vampires with later birthdays are the elder brother.
%%How does the personality match the blood type?* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type AB.
* RealMenHateSugar: Does not like eating anything sweet.

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* OlderThanTheyLook: Despite being the eldest, he looks slighty slightly more youthful than Reiji. In the manga Yui asked him if he's Reiji's little brother. Justified since vampires with later birthdays are the elder brother.
%%How does the personality match the blood type?* * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type AB.
AB; purportedly AB people seem to have a "split-personality". This reflects the dramatically different and far more engaged side of himself that he shows Yui.
* RealMenHateSugar: Does not like eating anything sweet.Downplayed; he honestly prefers savory foods over sweet ones.



* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks like his mother Beatrix.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: He looks like inherited his mother Beatrix.blond hair and blue eyes from his mother.



%%* CainAndAbel: With Shu.
* ConspicuousGloves: Wears a white one on his right hand.

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%%* * CainAndAbel: With Shu.
Ever since they were little, Reiji was envious of the attention that Shu got from their mother, Beatrix, and those feelings intensified into a InferioritySuperiorityComplex. Reiji disapproves of everything Shu does, and goes out of his way to make sure nothing works out well for him.
* ConspicuousGloves: Wears a white one on his right hand.hand for a touch of FashionableAsymmetry.



* DeadpanSnarker: Despite how rigid he may seem, he still has some sense of humor (albeit a dry one).
* FauxAffablyEvil: Even though he might have a polite, sophisticated way of speaking (which the creators describe to be "butler-like"), his words tend to come with a biting edge.
* FetishizedAbuser: If you choose his route.

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* DeadpanSnarker: Despite how rigid he may seem, he still has some a sense of humor (albeit a dry one).
* FauxAffablyEvil: Even though he might have a polite, sophisticated way of speaking (which the creators describe to be "butler-like"), his words tend to come with a biting edge.
*
FetishizedAbuser: If you choose his route.As the representative ''KichikuMegane'' for the franchise, he is cold, classy, exacting, and controlling toward the heroine. The visual novels actually make him nastier than the early audio dramas by giving him one of the the classic BDSM signifiers - WhipOfDominance.



* ThePerfectionist: He loves perfection.

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* MadScientist: Specifically the mad chemist variety. He is the go-to character for potions and poisons, but what really drives home the ''mad'' part [[spoiler:is that his main chemistry goal, at least in the beginning, is to create a drug to bring his mother back to life in order to kill her again.]] His drug development process is also one of his favorite ways to torment Yui. For example, telling her he just completed a poison, forcing her to drink it, then revealing that it was tea all along.
* ThePerfectionist: He loves perfection.His insistence on perfection is insufferable and sometimes terrifying. Insufferable in that he holds Yui to account for being 3 seconds late to meet him. [[spoiler:Terrifying in that he is disappointed about how things went when he had his mother murdered to the point that he is trying to enact a do-over.]]



* RealMenWearPink: Reiji loves to collect tea sets and kitchenware.

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* RealMenWearPink: Reiji loves to collect tea sets and kitchenware.dinnerware.



%%* SmartPeoplePlayChess

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%%* SmartPeoplePlayChess* SmartPeoplePlayChess: As befits his position as TheSmartGuy, he is good at chess and wins against Yui every time they play.
* SoftSpokenSadist: Even though he has a polite, sophisticated way of speaking (which the creators describe to be "butler-like"), his words tend to come with a biting edge even when he is at his calmest. He usually maintains this polite, sophisticated tone [[TranquilFury even when he is in a towering rage]].



* StrongFamilyResemblance: It is stated by Cordelia that if he weren't so stiff, he would look just like his father from back when she first met him. She even says their eyes are similar.
%%* TallDarkandHandsome
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** He really likes spaghetti carbonara.
** Reiji enjoys his English tea, served with some pasta. He even states that he prefers tea rather than drinking Yui’s blood. He changes his mind at the end of his route, in Reiji’s Good End.
%%* {{Tsundere}}: Type A.

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* StrongFamilyResemblance: It is stated by Cordelia tells him that if he weren't so stiff, he would look just like his father from back when she first met him. She even says their eyes are similar.
%%* TallDarkandHandsome
* TrademarkFavoriteFood:
** He really likes spaghetti carbonara.
**
TallDarkAndHandsome: Dark-haired, [[SharpDressedMan sharp-dressed]], and one of the tallest characters in the series. The only love interest that's taller than him is Yuma.
* TeaIsClassy:
Reiji enjoys his English tea, served with some pasta.tea in his fancy tea sets. He even states that he prefers tea rather than drinking Yui’s blood. He changes his mind at the end of his route, in Reiji’s Good End.
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End.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He really likes spaghetti carbonara.
*
{{Tsundere}}: Type A.A normally spiky type, of course, and it is nearly impossible to get him to flip to sweet. It takes something like [[spoiler:his prospective bride getting possessed by the spirit of one of his father's dead wives so that she is potentially lost to him forever]] to wring a bit of honest kindness out of him.



* EvilRedhead: A jerkass sadomasochist with red hair.
* HiddenDepths: Laito is good at interpreting peoples' motives.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: He is a proud pervert and a voyeur, which makes him want to share Yui with others and he enjoys seeing her be preyed on by other men, but then he becomes possessive and jealous and [[InsaneTrollLogic punishes her for it.]] It is shown he also doesn't mind if people watch when he is messing with Yui.
* LovableSexManiac: Laito is extremely perverted, as well as a sadist like the rest of his brothers. His perverted nature causes him to be suspended from school often. However, underneath all that, he's still meant to be admirable to his playing audience.
* ParentalIncest: He would often have sex with his mother Cordelia, who was into AnythingThatMoves, but he thought it was "love" and would get jealous of her other partners. When his father found out about it, he locked Laito in the basement. A little later his mother went to see him, taunted him and had sex with Richter, his uncle, in front of him.
%%* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type O.
* SexEqualsLove: Laito has an unclear understanding of love, believing it largely to be lust. He tries to explain this to Yui.
* SonOfAWhore: He and his triplet brothers are this thanks to Cordelia.

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* EvilRedhead: A jerkass sadomasochist with He only has red hair.
hair in the TV series, but he is always a sadistic hedonist.
* HiddenDepths: Despite his pleasure-seeking behavior, Laito is good at interpreting peoples' motives.
* HormoneAddledTeenager: He has been suspended multiple times for fooling around with girls at school.
* LadykillerInLove: Given his (almost) unsalvagably warped and harmful understanding of relationships with women, "love"
is a proud pervert word he uses very casually and a voyeur, which makes assigns very little value to. It takes more than one story arc for him want to share get past this - he does not truly love Yui with others and he enjoys seeing her be preyed on by other men, but then he in any of his outcomes in the first visual novel. His ''More,Blood'' route distresses him to the point of role-reversal - [[spoiler:In the first [=VN=], Yui becomes possessive and jealous and [[InsaneTrollLogic punishes so afraid of Laito's influence on her for it.]] It is shown he also doesn't mind if people watch when he is messing with Yui.
that she wants to die; in ''More,Blood'' Yui's effect over Laito drives him to attempt suicide.]]
* LovableSexManiac: In the [=VNs=] he tends to come off as this trope in other character's routes, since there is no follow-through on his blatant flirting and provocative behavior.
* LegFocus:
Laito is extremely perverted, as well as a sadist like associated with biting Yui on her thighs. He's certainly not the rest of his brothers. His perverted nature causes him only love interest that bites her legs, but he is the only love interest to be suspended from school often. However, underneath all that, have several [=CGs=] across multiple [=VNs=] depicting it.
* NakedApron: He gets very excited upon finding Yui preparing a meal while wearing an apron, because
he's still meant to be admirable to his playing audience.
never actually seen anyone wear one, and it means this trope is ''just a few fragile articles of clothing away'' from being a reality.
* ParentalIncest: He would often have sex The reason why Laito is an emotional disaster zone. Cordelia was a profoundly selfish person who only knew how to interact with his mother Cordelia, people who was into AnythingThatMoves, could give her things. Her sons were no exception. [[spoiler:She turned to Laito for sexual gratification, but he thought it was "love" and would get jealous of her other partners. When his father Karlheinz found out about it, their relationship, he locked imprisoned Laito in the basement. A little later his mother went to see him, taunted him and basement dungeon. Cordelia cut it off with Laito in the cruelest way possible - she had sex with Richter, his uncle, in front of him.
%%*
the cell where he was being held.]]
*
PersonalityBloodTypes: Type O.
The triplets are all type O, the leadership blood type. It reflects Laito's confidence and intuitive nature, and also his selfishness.
* SexEqualsLove: Laito has an unclear understanding of love, believing it largely ReplacementGoldfish: Gets uncomfortably close to be lust. He tries to explain this in the first [=VN=] when he tests Yui to Yui.
figure out how Cordelia-like she is.
* SonOfAWhore: He and his triplet brothers are this thanks to Cordelia.



* SubterfugeJudo: When Richter shows up at the Sakamaki manor looking for Yui, both he and Laito conceal their true intentions from each other while maintaining the thinnest veneer of civility. [[spoiler:While Laito doesn't fully know what Richter is up to, the fact that he is interested in Yui confirms his suspicions that she is connected to Cordelia in some way.]]



* VampiresAreSexGods: A perverted, voyeuristic vampire.

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* VampiresAreSexGods: A perverted, voyeuristic vampire.And none more aggressively so than Laito. It seems like there's nothing he won't try in the bedroom, to the point of wanting to share Yui with others and getting off watching other men prey on her, but then he becomes possessive and jealous and [[InsaneTrollLogic punishes her for it.]] He also doesn't mind if people watch when he is messing with Yui.
* WantsToBeHated: He manages his trauma by embracing its effect on him. If he's a man-whore with his mind in the gutter by choice, he controls it and it can't be used against him. Getting called a pervert or a voyeur does not offend him - he counts them as compliments. There is no name Yui can call him, no protest or refusal she can raise, that won't just egg him on. She knees him in the stomach at one point and he's right back to seduction in a matter of moments.



The middle of the triplets. He always blames people for everything and cries violently, but will cease crying immediately when he gets sweets, which he loves.

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The middle child of the triplets. He always blames people for everything and cries violently, but will cease crying immediately when he gets sweets, which he loves.



%%How?* AxCrazy: He's not really mentally sound, to say the least.

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%%How?* * AxCrazy: He's not really mentally sound, He is liable to say the least.blow minor discomforts or slights into major screaming tantrums, which can get violent or even murderous.



* CannotSpitItOut: Ayato has a hard time expressing his feelings and he tends to get quickly jealous of anything.
* EvilRedhead: Ayato is quite the rebel and has a passion for torture devices; such as the Iron Maiden and a device like that can be found in his room, which he uses instead a bed (the spikes are removed).
* FashionableAsymmetry: His uniforms right pant leg is rolled up to his knees.

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* CannotSpitItOut: Ayato has a hard time expressing his feelings and feelings, sometimes to the point where he'd sooner break Yui's heart than admit that he tends to get quickly jealous of anything.
cares about her.
* EvilRedhead: Ayato is quite the rebel and has a passion for torture devices; such as the Iron Maiden and a device like that can be found in his room, which he uses instead a bed (the spikes are removed).
removed).
* FashionableAsymmetry: His uniforms The right pant leg of his school uniform is rolled up to his knees.knee.



* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves takoyaki.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Loves takoyaki.
takoyaki, and some of the funnier moments in the story involve quarrels among the brothers over the snacks.



The rowdy youngest son who often shuts himself up inside of his coffin. Because he finds the other brothers gloomy/troublesome, he takes a rebellious attitude towards them.

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The rowdy youngest son who often shuts himself up inside of his coffin. Because he finds the other brothers gloomy/troublesome, gloomy and troublesome, he takes a rebellious attitude towards them.



* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Subaru is the sixth and youngest son of the Sakamaki household.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: He thinks he's the product of this. In reality, Karlheinz and Christa are KissingCousins]].
* ChildByRape: His mother, Christa, was raped by Karlheinz. [[spoiler:Averted, turns out his mother was never raped]].
* HairTriggerTemper: Can get angry very easily.

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* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Subaru is the sixth and youngest son of the Sakamaki household.
* BrotherSisterIncest: [[spoiler: He thinks he's the product of this. In reality, Karlheinz
household, and Christa are KissingCousins]].
he is a little awkward and less practiced at concealing his feelings than his older brothers.
* ChildByRape: His mother, Christa, was raped by Karlheinz. [[spoiler:Averted, turns out Subaru assumes that he is one based on the tortured reactions his mother has to his father's presence. [[spoiler:However, she is delirious most of the time and Subaru doesn't know the whole story. It's eventually revealed that she loved Karlheinz, consented to marrying him, and her realization that he didn't love her in return was never raped]].
what drove her mad.]]
* HairTriggerTemper: Can get angry very easily.easily, and when he is in a bad mood he makes for terrible company.



* JapaneseDelinquents: He likes to fight and break things.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be easily swayed into ''extremely'' violent tendencies when provoked (even if just a little bit) but has shown more empathy towards Yui than his other brothers.

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* InternalizedCategorism: Subaru thinks that there is something fundamentally wrong with him [[spoiler:based on his mother's ravings about her own lost purity.]]
* JapaneseDelinquents: He Has some elements of this in his rough speech and disheveled clothes - and of course he likes to fight and break seeks to intimidate others by breaking things.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: He can be easily swayed into ''extremely'' violent tendencies behavior when provoked (even if just a little bit) but has shown shows more empathy towards Yui than his other brothers.



* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has blood red eyes like his mother.

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* PunchAWall: His signature move. If something agitates him, he takes it out on the drywall or the furniture - and it doesn't take much to set him off.
* RedEyesTakeWarning: He has blood inherited his mother's red eyes like his mother. eyes, but he can use them to enhance the scariness of {{Slasher Smile}}s.



%%How?* TheTease: When he's in a good mood, he's this to Yui.

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%%How?* * TheTease: He starts to fancy Yui for more than just her blood pretty early on. When he's in a good mood, he's this to Yui.



* {{Tsundere}}: Type A. There is a tsundere side of him that not only Yui can see, but his brothers too, and Laito likes to tease him about it. He's a delinquent type, kind of violent and loves to damage things. He's also an extreme sadist, but despite all that, he can occasionally be sweet.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: DownplayedTrope. He doesn't really have a black heart, but he's still a jerk.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He is the youngest of the Sakamaki siblings.

!!Mukami Brothers

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* {{Tsundere}}: Type A. There is As usual, a tsundere default-''tsun'' type, but he shows his sweet side of him that not more frequently than the other ''tsundere'' love interests. Yui isn't the only Yui can see, but one who sees it - his brothers too, brothers, particularly Laito, also know he's more bark than bite and Laito likes like to tease him about it. He's a delinquent type, kind of violent and loves to damage things. He's also an extreme sadist, but despite all that, he can occasionally be sweet.
it.
* WhiteHairBlackHeart: DownplayedTrope. He doesn't really have While he is a black heart, but he's still a jerk.
white-haired pretty boy and his very pronounced ''tsun'' mode leads to undeniable {{jerkass}} behavior, he is the most naturally empathetic of the Sakamaki brothers.
* YoungerThanTheyLook: He is the youngest of the Sakamaki siblings.

!!Mukami Brothers
siblings, but looks about the same age as Ayato or Laito - and he definitely seems older than Kanato.
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[[folder:Mukami Brothers]]



Contrary to his courteous behavior, he’s the eldest son who has a cold-hearted feeling to him. Using clever words to skillfully manipulate people, it’s his specialty to proceed in such a way that his own hands are not dirtied.

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Contrary to his courteous behavior, he’s the The eldest son who of the Mukami brothers; he has a cold-hearted feeling to him.him despite his courteous behavior. Using clever words to skillfully manipulate people, it’s his specialty to proceed in such a way that his own hands are not dirtied.



* AdaptationDyeJob: He has dark blue hair and eyes in the anime.
* AristocratsAreEvil: He liked to mistreat others, especially his servants, because he was an [[BlueBlood aristocrat]]. He got a [[LaserGuidedKarma taste of his own medicine]] after the family became bankrupt when the servants beat him for all the cruel things he had done to them.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: His hair and eyes appear as blue in the anime.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Like his brothers, his life wasn't easy.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: He has dark Ruki's CurtainsMatchTheWindows, but the colors vary. In the audio dramas and visual novels both his eyes and hair are gray. The anime adds a blue hair tint to them.
* ArcWords: Calling people "livestock" has been a through-line in his life. He belittles Yui this way so often that it seems like he can't help but bring it up. But she is far from the first person he ever insulted this way,
and eyes in the anime.
others have called him livestock too.
* AristocratsAreEvil: The Mukami brothers resent unearned wealth and privilege, and accuse the Sakamakis of this trope, but Ruki actually embodied it as a boy. He liked grew up a BlueBlood, and was cruel and belittling to mistreat others, especially his servants, the family servants because he was so convinced of his superiority over them.
* TheCorrupter: In
an [[BlueBlood aristocrat]]. extension of the ''Book of Genesis'' theme prevalent with the Mukami brothers, he starts likening himself to the serpent in the Garden of Eden. [[spoiler:Even after he concludes that he cannot become Adam and his logical next move is to free Yui to seek another suitor, he can't bring himself to give her up. Thus he is the serpent who leads Eve astray from her destiny.]]
* TheCynic: Ruki assumes everyone is motivated by self-interest. This suits him fine, since if all relationships are transactional he never has to make himself vulnerable. He reacts badly to Yui's attempts to show him kindness, calls her a hypocrite for it, and accuses her of ulterior motives on a regular basis.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: He and his brothers went through a great deal of pain and deprivation together, but Ruki is different from the others in that he was once one of the entitled rich boys they profess to hate. And he rivaled any of the Sakamakis in terms of cruelty, even as a pre-teen.
He got a [[LaserGuidedKarma taste of his own medicine]] after his [[ImpoverishedPatrician noble house was suddenly brought to ruin]], and the family became bankrupt when commoners he mistreated turned the servants beat tables on him for all the cruel things he had done to them.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: His hair and eyes appear as blue in the anime.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Like his brothers, his life wasn't easy.
them.



* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite his calm nature and words the latter barely hides a sense of brutality can be felt in his spoken words.
%%* TheLeader: Of the Mukamis.
* MarkOfShame: As punishment for trying to run away from the orphanage, he was branded on his back like 'livestock'.
* OrphanageOfFear: He ended up in one. He was treated badly by the other kids and the caretaker because he used to be an aristocrat with a bad attitude. The only friends he made there was Kou, Yuma, and Azusa. They devised a plan to escape and it was successful, at first. [[ThwartedEscape The people from the orphanage managed to catch them.]]

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* DontYouDarePityMe: He loses his cool when he realizes Yui feels sorry for him, and shuts down conversations about his past to try to deny her opportunities to express sympathy.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Despite his calm nature and words the latter logic-driven approach to interacting with others, a barely hides a concealed sense of brutality can be felt in his spoken words.
%%*
words.
* HeelRealization: He has a decisive one in ''Dark Fate'' after his [[BreakHisHeartToSaveHim attempts to push Yui away]] [[GoneHorriblyRight work too well]] [[spoiler:and she accepts the attentions of another man. He gets unreasonably angry at her, causing her to run away from him. He eventually kneels at her feet, begs for her forgiveness, and is sweet to her for the rest of the route.]]
*
TheLeader: Of Ruki is the Mukamis.
leader of the Mukamis, and his three brothers always heed his orders. A mastermind-type; he is skilled at analyzing the strengths of his allies and matching them against the weaknesses of his adversaries.
* LivingIsMoreThanSurviving: He has a very dark perspective on this - in his experience, life without any freedom is simply a slow death. [[spoiler:He uses this concept to justify killing a kitten that Yui brings home, and seems so certain that it was a mercy that Yui can't even bring herself to be angry at him.]]
* MarkOfShame: As He was branded on his back like 'livestock' as punishment for trying to run away from the orphanage, he was branded on his back like 'livestock'.
orphanage.
* OrphanageOfFear: He ended up in one. He was treated badly by the other kids and the caretaker one after a stint as a StreetUrchin. Other orphans there bullied him brutally because he used to be an aristocrat with carried himself like a bad attitude. The BlueBlood, and the only friends he made there was were Kou, Yuma, and Azusa. They [[spoiler:They devised a plan to escape and it was successful, at first. [[ThwartedEscape The people from the orphanage staff managed to catch them.recapture them]]. The head of the orphanage, recognizing Ruki as the mastermind, branded him with a fire poker. He was [[IDieFree resigned to dying from his injuries rather than go on this way]] when Karlheinz appeared, and offered him a new life as a vampire.]]



%%* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type AB.

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%%* * PastExperienceNightmare: His regular trauma-induced nightmares are a real SpannerInTheWorks for his attempts to keep Yui from feeling sympathy for him.
*
PersonalityBloodTypes: Type AB.AB to match his logical and analytical personality.
* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: Ruki's bad endings in ''More,Blood''. [[spoiler:Driven over the edge by a lifetime of being denied the things he wants most, he either massacres Yui's entire class excluding her, but ''including'' Ayato, or murders all of the Sakamaki brothers while they are asleep. In both cases, Karlheinz puts him down.]]



%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Soup.
* TragicKeepsake: The book he carries is a memento from his father.

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%%* TallDarkAndHandsome
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Has dark hair, gentlemanly manners, and a cool, aloof attitude.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Soup.
Soup. He responds positively when Yui prepares soup for him, even when she accidentally spills some on him. [[PrankPunishment He does make her lick it off of him]], though.
* TragicKeepsake: The book he carries is a memento from his father.
father.



The friendly second son who is playing the role of an idol. While he is very moody and self-centered, his devilish charm seems to appeal to people and he's quite popular.

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The friendly outgoing second son who is playing the role of an idol. While he is very moody and self-centered, his devilish charm seems to appeal to people and he's quite popular.



* ChickMagnet: Many of his female classmates find him attractive.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Kou was abandoned by his parents and ended up in an OrphanageOfFear. He's heavily implied to have been a former SexSlave and eventually decided to disfigure himself, [[EyeScream gouging out his right eye]] in order to make himself less appealing to the aristocrats. It didn't work since they preferred him badly injured, and he was nearly DrivenToSuicide after admitting to himself that his life was hell.
* IdolSinger: His job in the human world.
* GlassEye: When he was first given his new eye, he described it as a jewel.

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* ChickMagnet: Many of BaitTheDog: He has a terrible genius for this. In fact, it's his female classmates find opening move in his ''More,Blood'' storyline - he gives Yui a big bouquet of roses, only to tear them to bits when she rejects his advances. In the VN this is only the start of the scene, and [[FromBadToWorse he gets much meaner after that]].
* BewareTheMindReader: Kou occasionally answers aloud questions questions that Yui asks in her internal monologue. Yui notes that sometimes she feels like he can see straight through her, and she's right. His ability is a major contributor to how difficult he is to deal with.
* BigEater: Vampires must not gain weight, because he can eat a dinner for four on his own. And he'll talk with his mouth full while he does it, no matter how often Ruki scolds
him attractive.
for it.
* TheCharmer: As an idol, he has many fans, including a number of girls who attend Ryoutei Academy. They're lucky they don't know how he really feels about them.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Kou was abandoned by his parents and ended up in an OrphanageOfFear. He's heavily implied Due to have been his angelic looks, the orphanage regularly sent him to a former SexSlave and club where [[AristocratsAreEvil aristocrats tortured children for their own amusement]]. He eventually decided to disfigure himself, [[EyeScream gouging out his right eye]] in order to make hopes of making himself less appealing to the aristocrats. appealing. It didn't work since they preferred him badly injured, and he was nearly DrivenToSuicide after admitting to himself that his life was hell.
hell.
* IdolSinger: TheFakeCutie: Kou is two-faced. He draws people in with fun, {{Keet}}-like behavior, and then deliberately hurts them once he has them on the hook.
* GeniusSlob: While not the typical [[TheSmartGuy smart guy]], Kou excels at a distinctive skill-set - he is a sanitized version of a [[HighClassCallGirl high-class call boy]]. He entertains, he charms, and he is generous with his favors when it suits his objectives. But that artfully tousled hair? There's actually nothing artful about it - he just has gorgeous bed-head.
His job table manners are heartbreakingly bad - in a callback to the human world.
squalor of his early childhood, he eats even messy foods like cake with his hands. He is fascinated by Yui's domesticity and can barely disguise his amazement when she sews a button back onto his jacket.
* GlassEye: When he was first given his new eye, he described describes it as a jewel.jewel.
* HairTriggerTemper: His {{foil}} in ''More,Blood'' is Subaru, and they share this trait, but with inverse expressions to the other. While Subaru is more bark than bite, Kou is the opposite. He bypasses Yui's guard with his charm and breezy attitude, only to abruptly and violently flip on her when she stumbles onto one of his triggers.
* IdolSinger: Does this professionally in the human world, and in his ''More,Blood'' route he is disappointed that Yui doesn't recognize him.
* LoveHungry: Kou doesn't know how to identify love, [[spoiler:but he does know that love is key to Karlheinz's plan and he is under pressure from Ruki to deliver results.]] So he [[InvokedTrope fabricates]] RescueRomance situations, putting himself in danger so that Yui feels she has no choice but to intervene. He insists that her actions prove that she loves him, but whatever sign the Mukami brothers are looking for, they don't see it.



* OrphanageOfFear: He ended up in the same one as Ruki, Yuma, and Azusa. See Ruki's entry for details on their escape.
* ParentalAbandonment: He was abandoned in a sewer.
%%* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type B.
* SexSlave: Implied. To make money for the war going on, beautiful children like him were bought from the orphanage by a "club" and were offered up as merchandise and "entertainment" for aristocrats. He was so in-demand that any wounds he received from previous encounters never healed.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Vongole Bianco.

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* OrphanageOfFear: He ended ends up in the same one as Ruki, Yuma, and Azusa.Azusa. Initially he is pleased to be there because he recieves special treatment from the staff, but soon discovers that [[BreakTheCutie he is a lamb being led to the slaughter]]. See Ruki's entry for details on their escape.
* ParentalAbandonment: He was abandoned in a sewer.sewer at a very young age.
* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type B, to match with his outgoing persona. He also has the dark side of the type B personality - selfishness and erratic behavior - in spades.
* SafetyInIndifference: His miserable childhood left him with no frame of reference for love or affection. This never bothered him...[[WhatIsThisThingYouCallLove until Yui comes along]].
* SexSlave: He was so in-demand during his childhood appearances at the aristocrat sadist club that any wounds he received from previous encounters never healed. The story does not depict a sexual element to what they did to him (that's the sort of material not even ''Diabolik Lovers'' can get past the radar) but sadism is sexual in this franchise, so the [[ImpliedTrope trope is implied]].
* SoBeautifulItsACurse: His appearance saved him from [[LeaveNoSurvivors becoming a war casualty]], but delivered him into circumstances so bad that getting shot in the street would be kinder. His beauty attracts the worst possible people, but being dirty or slovenly hasn't made any difference and his attempt to [[TarnishingTheirOwnBeauty tarnish it himself]] backfired.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Vongole Bianco pasta. Yui cooks it for him, unaware that it is his favorite, and he is so overjoyed that he insists on seconds. And thirds. And fourths. And you don't say "no" to Kou if you know what's good for you.

%%* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type B.
* SexSlave: Implied. To make money for the war going on, beautiful children like him were bought from the orphanage by a "club" and were offered up as merchandise and "entertainment" for aristocrats. He was so in-demand that any wounds he received from previous encounters never healed.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Vongole Bianco.



The third son who lives by his instincts. He has a huge body and his voice and attitude are also big. Furthermore, he acts out violently on impulse and is lacking a little in class/dignity.

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The third son who lives by his instincts. He has a huge body and his body, with a voice and attitude are also big.to match. Furthermore, he acts out violently on impulse and is lacking a little in class/dignity.



* HairTriggerTemper: Yuma is similar to Subaru in this respect. So much so that Reiji [[LampshadeHanging points out their similar temperament]] in VANDEAD CARNIVAL.
* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type O.

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* AnimalThemeNaming: After developing amnesia as a child, he goes by the nickname "Bear" on account of his stature.
* DeathByOriginStory: He had good people in his life before meeting his brothers, if only temporarily. [[spoiler:His parents were well-meaning people, and he lost his memory in a futile attempt to save their lives. Later, his gang boss, Lucks, was an inspirational figure in his life and encouraged him to work toward a more just world. Lucks was killed on the verge of setting his plans in motion, leaving Yuma[=/=]Bear alone again.]]
* FisticuffProvokingComment: In his backstory, he beats another inmate of the orphanage within an inch of his life [[spoiler:for insulting the memory of his Boss.]] Twice.
* HatesRichPeople: The most vehement about it of the Mukami brothers, due to his greater involvement in the political and social factors that led them all to the orphanage. He reserves a special ire for Shu, whom he regards as the embodiment of IdleRich stagnation.
* HairTriggerTemper: Yuma is similar to Subaru in this respect. that his first response to anything that bothers him is to fly off the handle. So much so that Reiji [[LampshadeHanging points out their similar temperament]] in VANDEAD CARNIVAL.
''Vandead Carnival''.
* HopeSproutsEternal: He is growing a rose bush as a memorial to his fallen friends which has been slow to bloom. [[spoiler:When Yuma loses hope that he can accomplish his dream of becoming Adam in order to fulfill the promises he made to them,]] he smashes the bush. Yui saves the roses; they take root and bloom a short while later, signifying that there is still hope and they can overcome impossible odds together.
* MeaningfulRename: [[spoiler:Karlheinz]] gave him the name Yuma [[spoiler:after turning him into a vampire.]]
* NoChallengeEqualsNoSatisfaction: Yuma is put off by the idea that Yui is an ExtremeDoormat content letting other people control her life, and reacts harshly to her meekness. Yui does eventually work through how counterintuitive that is to realize that he wants her to express herself and likes when she shows some backbone.
* OrgasmicallyDelicious: This comes up in Yuma's ''More,Blood'' route, often involving produce he grew himself. Like speculating about adding cream to a dessert of fresh strawberries and Yui's blood.
* OverTheShoulderCarry: Frequently picks Yui up and carries her around as if it's the most natural thing in the world. Unfortunately for her, he is liable to drop her if he's in a bad mood.
* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type O.O, which reflects his self-confidence and strong will.



** He also has a moment in his MORE BLOOD route with Yui when he encourages her to not give up on her dreams.
* RealMenHateSugar: Inverted. He likes munching on sugar cubes.
* RealMenWearPink: His hobby is vegetable gardening.
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He is revealed to be Shu's friend Edgar who was thought to have died in a fire (later revealed to have been caused by Reiji). He woke up with injuries but had no memory of who he was]].
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He is always seen munching on sugar cubes.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A. He became what he is because of the toxic environment he grew up in.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As a child, he was very lively and cheery. [[DoomedHometown After his village burned down]] with his parents still inside and his amnesia following the incident, he had to become even tougher if he wanted to survive out on the streets with the other members of his gang. He grew violent, rough, and dominating with time.

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** He also has a moment in his MORE BLOOD ''More,Blood'' route with Yui when he encourages her to not give up on her dreams.
* RealMenHateSugar: Inverted. He likes munching on sugar cubes.
cubes, and is completely unashamed about it.
* RealMenWearPink: His hobby is vegetable gardening. \n Yui is surprised and a bit delighted that a guy as intimidating as Yuma enjoys such a homey hobby.
* RecruitedFromTheGutter: After losing his memory as a child, he was welcomed into a orphan street gang - but a surprisingly wholesome one led by an older boy with revolutionary ambitions. Yuma, or Bear as he was called at the time, became the boss's [[NumberTwo top lieutenant]].
* TheReveal: [[spoiler: He is revealed to be Shu's friend Edgar Edgar, who was thought to have died in a the fire (later revealed to have been caused by Reiji).that destroyed his village. He woke up with injuries but had no memory of who he was]].
* SurvivorGuilt: Averted in most cases. The memory of his fallen friends is usually a source of strength for him, but in one of his ''More,Blood'' bad endings [[spoiler:he is psychologically shattered by a gruesome GuiltInducedNightmare to the point that he abandons his identity as Yuma and lashes out at anyone who addresses him that way.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: He is always seen munching on loves sugar cubes.
cubes. Emphasis on "love" - he describes his fondness for sugar in terms of a love affair where he and "sugar-chan" do naughty things together.
* {{Tsundere}}: Type A.His main mode is prickly - extremely prickly. He became what he is because of the toxic environment he grew up in.
* UsedToBeASweetKid: As a child, Pre-amnesia, he was very lively and cheery. [[DoomedHometown After his village burned down]] with his parents still inside and his amnesia following the incident, he had to become even tougher if he wanted to survive out on the streets with the other members of his gang. He grew violent, rough, and dominating with time.
* WhenTreesAttack: Special mention to the PlayedForLaughs scenario in ''More,Blood'' where a ghost and/or demon-possessed pumpkin vine accosts Yui in Yuma's garden. Yuma apparently regards these spirits as minor pests, while Yui is, quite naturally, terrified. And don't worry, the story doesn't squander the erotic potential of having VineTentacles wrapped around our girl's limbs, even if full-on NaughtyTentacles is out of the question.
* YouRemindMeOfX: Once Yui is confident enough to express herself to Yuma, he tells her that his boss from the slums used to say the same things that she says about persistence and holding on to self-respect when facing oppression.



* AdaptationDyeJob: Azusa has black hair with grey tips and grey eyes in the games, and blue-green hair and purple eyes in the anime.
* AffablyEvil: Azusa is probably the sole person who fits this trope of all of Yui's love interests. He has a twisted yet visible sense of right and wrong; he often tells his brothers not to fight, and he apologizes to Yui when he startles her, deceives her, or feels he must do something against her wishes. Azusa also admits he knows that lying is wrong, but he will lie to make someone happy, to earn a punishment, or to fulfill his older brothers’ orders. He also never uses demeaning nicknames.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: In MORE BLOOD ending No. 1 ("Vampire Ending"), he and Yui have three children. All of them are named after Azusa’s former “friends” and wounds: Justin, Christina, and Melissa.]]
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Azusa is the fourth and youngest son of the Mukami household.
* BrutalHonesty: Despite the fact that Azusa is willing to lie under certain circumstances, he is also more than willing to call out [[CuteAndPsycho Kanato]] for the way he treats Yui, even going so far as to outright tell Kanato he's making Yui unhappy.
* CombatSadomasochist: He likes to inflict pain on others and likes others to hurt him although sometimes he hurts himself.
* CoveredInScars: There are scars on his face and arms.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[StreetUrchin While on the street,]] [[TheBully three kids named Justin, Melissa, and Christine used to beat him up for no reason.]] He grew to enjoy the pain they inflicted as he saw it as proof that he was alive and there was meaning to his life. This is why he became a CombatSadomasochist.

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* AdaptationDyeJob: Azusa has black hair with grey tips and grey eyes in the games, dramas and visual novels, and blue-green hair and purple eyes in the anime.
* AffablyEvil: Azusa is probably the sole person who fits this trope of all of Yui's love interests. He has a twisted yet visible sense of right and wrong; he often tells his brothers not to fight, and he apologizes to Yui when he startles her, deceives her, or feels he must do something against her wishes. Azusa also admits he knows that lying is wrong, but he will lie to make someone happy, to earn a punishment, or to fulfill his older brothers’ orders. He also never uses demeaning nicknames.
anime.
* BabiesEverAfter: [[spoiler: In MORE BLOOD ending No. 1 ("Vampire Ending"), he his ''More,Blood'' VN good ending, [[spoiler:he and Yui have three children. All of them are named after Azusa’s former “friends” and wounds: Justin, Christina, and Melissa.]]
* TheBabyOfTheBunch: Azusa is the fourth and youngest son of the Mukami household.
household. The others call him their "problem child."
* BladeEnthusiast: He has a large knife collection that he maintains with great care, and he gushes to Yui about them.
* BrutalHonesty: Despite the fact that Azusa is willing to lie under certain circumstances, he is also more than willing to call out [[CuteAndPsycho Kanato]] for the way he treats Yui, even going so far as to to outright tell Kanato he's making Yui unhappy.
* CombatSadomasochist: He is a peaceable person so the "combat" part is a stretch, although he does try to provoke people into striking him. He is primarily a masochist so he likes to have others cause him pain. Sometimes he hurts himself as well to maintain scars and injuries that tie him to his past. He quickly identifies Yui as a fellow pain-seeker, so he tries to inflict pain on others and likes others to hurt him although sometimes he hurts himself.
her based on an assumption that she will enjoy it.
* CoveredInScars: There are Has visible scars on his face and arms.
arms. Yui also discovers copious scars and injuries on his back during the obligatory ShowerOfAwkward scene, but the visuals do not show them.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: [[StreetUrchin While on the street,]] From an early age, Azusa thought of himself as alone and unneeded, and was DesperatelyLookingForAPurposeInLife. He found it in [[TheBully three kids named Justin, Melissa, and Christine used to Christina who would beat him up for no reason.]] He just to let off steam]]. His role as the terminal link of TheChainOfHarm gave meaning to his existence, and he grew to enjoy the pain they inflicted on him. [[spoiler:Justin, Christina and Melissa were scapegoated as he saw it thieves and publicly hanged. Asuza was beside himself with loss, and formed the basis of his wound delusion as proof that a way to keep his memories of them alive.]] When concerned strangers brought him to the OrphanageOfFear, he was alive relieved to find he could take up his role as a punching bag again and there was meaning content to his life. This stay there.
* FriendlyNeighborhoodVampire: As the only love interest who isn't a {{jerkass}}, he doesn't engage in the sorts of insulting, belittling, or humiliating behaviors that the other boys do. However, he
is why a {{Cloudcuckoolander}} and a masochist, and easily gets carried away when he became a CombatSadomasochist.interacts with Yui. He will bite her even when she seems reluctant because he thinks she feels the same desire for pain as him.



* MellowFellow: He has the lowest energy of the entire cast.
* NiceGuy: Even though he has some masochist/sadist tendencies, Azusa is probably the kindest one out of the entire male vampire cast; he's never condescending towards anyone and is polite to Yui.

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* LetsGetDangerous: Since Azusa is basically immune to intimidation, he keeps his cool in the face of Kanato's rage-fits and is able to get the better of him, even though Kanato is more powerful than he is.
* LoonWithAHeartOfGold: The other Mukami brothers worry about Yui's ability to cope with Azusa. After all, he talks to the wounds on his arms as if they are his friends. However, he has a twisted yet visible sense of right and wrong, and he genuinely wants to make Yui happy from square one.
* MajorInjuryUnderreaction: His reaction to experiencing pain is somewhere between relief and getting turned on, and most people who observe it find it unsettling. His biggest underreaction [[spoiler:occurs after Yui's father shoots him in the ''More,Blood'' VN. He doesn't mention to her that he was shot with a silver bullet, which causes him to waste away and will eventually kill him if left untreated.]]
* MellowFellow: He avoids conflict, and has the lowest energy of the entire cast.
cast. He speaks in a slow, halting manner that makes him seem a bit soft in the head, but he can be pretty devious when he wants to be.
* NiceGuy: Even though he has some masochist/sadist tendencies, Azusa is probably the kindest one stands out because he doesn't out go out of the entire male vampire cast; he's his way to be mean. He's never condescending towards anyone and is polite to Yui.



* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type A.

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* PersonalityBloodTypes: Type A.He exhibits the type A stubbornness and desire to get along with others.



* SelfHarm: It is key to his mental condition that pain is inflicted on him by other people, but his desire for pain is driven by similar motivations as self harm. [[spoiler:Azusa feels like he barely exists and feeling pain at least means he is really there; and he seems to have a poor grasp of the concept of emotional pain, so he channels it through physical pain.]]



* TooKinkyToTorture: See CombatSadomasochist.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Shichimi Togarashi.

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* TooKinkyToTorture: See CombatSadomasochist.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Shichimi Togarashi.togarashi, a hot and bitter spice blend perfect for making a meal painful.




!!Tsukinami Brothers

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* AmazonChaser: In his route, Carla is greatly amused by the amount of courage Yui had every time she was with him, that he unknowingly became attracted to her and fell in love eventually.
* {{Animorphism}}: As a founder, he can transform into a wolf, snake, bat and an eagle.
* BrilliantButLazy: Is stated to possesses both intelligence and reason yet because of his long lifespan, he has a lazy character.
* ConspicuousGloves: Wears white ones.

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* AmazonChaser: In his route, Carla is greatly amused by the amount of courage Yui had every time she was with him, that he unknowingly became attracted to her and fell in love eventually.
* {{Animorphism}}: As a founder, Founder, he can transform into a wolf, snake, bat and an eagle.
* BrilliantButLazy: Is stated to possesses both intelligence and reason yet because of his long lifespan, he has seldom rushes into anything.
* ClothingConcealedInjury: Carla's default outfit covers him almost head-to-toe, including ConspicuousGloves and
a lazy character.
[[DramaticDangling trailing scarf that often covers his mouth]]. While it is legitimately a ScarfOfAsskicking, [[spoiler:It is also a hint that he's hiding the bruises that are a symptom of his [[SecretlyDying fatal disease]].]]
* ConspicuousGloves: Wears white ones.CrueltyByFeet: Frequently steps on Yui as a humiliating punishment in the early parts of his ''Dark Fate'' route when she is defiant or tries to run away. And she tries to run away a lot.



* EvilCannotComprehendGood: Carla disdains compassion as a signifier of weakness, so when Yui's love martyrdom comes online for him, he can't make sense of her actions. Even though his powerset includes {{Psychometry}} and he frequently tells her that he can read her intentions as plain as day.
* TheFettered: He takes his duties incredibly seriously and lives not according to what he wants, but what is expected of him. The prospect of hurting people in the process of fulfilling his duty does not deter him.
* ForeignExchangeStudent: He and Shin pose as the children of expats returning from the UK in order to infiltrate Ryoutei Academy, so his [[MultiEthnicName Anglophone given name and Japanese surname]] are all part of his exotic appeal. The Japanese school system also offers special accommodations to help students like them adjust, which is why he and Shin have a classroom all to themselves.



* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Underneath his cruel personality, Carla has a soft side that he rarely shows.
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Has the longest hair among the male main characters.
* MamasBoy: He had a close relationship with his mother Krone.

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* ILoveYouBecauseICantControlYou: In his ''Dark Fate'' route, Carla becomes so impressed with Yui's courage and will to defy him that he falls for her without realizing it.
* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Underneath his cruel personality, Carla has a soft side that he rarely shows.
shows.
* KarmicNod: He thinks of it as his father's retribution against him [[spoiler:when he starts showing symptoms of Endzeit. It's implied that he accidentally infected himself in the process of passing the disease from his mother to his father.]] While he is certain that he deserves it, he regrets what it means for the survival of the Founders.
* TheKingslayer: He defeated his father in a duel, but did not kill him. Rather, his father died of a fast-progessing case of Endzeit shortly thereafter. [[spoiler:Because Carla intentionally infected him with Endzeit during the duel. It was an effective gambit because the only person who understood the infection process was Krone - who devised the plan on her deathbed and gave Carla her own infected blood to enact it.]]
* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Has the longest hair among the male main characters.
love interests.
* MamasBoy: He had a close relationship with his mother Krone. Krone, who would patch him up after his father's TrainingFromHell.



* MultiEthnicName: His first name is English and his surname is Japanese.



* RealMenWearPink: He enjoys reading books about poems and history, and he indulges himself in collecting paintings when he is not in his duty as the King.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: He has sharp golden eyes.

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* RealMenWearPink: He enjoys reading books about poems and history, SuperiorSuccessor: His powers are greater than those of his father, and he indulges himself was on track to become the strongest of the Founders. Unfortunately, his talent only caused his father to resent him, and by the time he appears in collecting paintings when the story he is not in his duty as the King.losing strength.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: He has sharp golden eyes.gold eyes with vertical pupils.
* ToughLeaderFacade: Over the course of the indeterminately long years the Founders spend imprisoned in their castle, Carla hardened into a merciless, unassailable, perfect king.



* WellDoneSonGuy: He worked hard to earn his father's praise when he was young, but nothing he did was ever good enough. Carla endured his father's TrainingFromHell without complaint, trusting that it necessary to prepare him for the throne. To his shame, he did not intervene when Giesbach imprisoned his mother due to a lingering desire to win his approval.



* WickedCultured: He usually plays the antagonistic role in most of the other character's routes in DARK FATE. Carla would not take "no" for an answer whenever he orders anyone to do his bidding. He enjoys reading books about poems and history, and he indulges himself in collecting paintings when he is not in his duty as the King.

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* WickedCultured: He usually plays the antagonistic role in most of the other character's routes in DARK FATE. ''Dark Fate''. Carla would expects to be obeyed, and does not take "no" for an answer whenever when he orders anyone to do his bidding. He However, he is not entirely harsh - he enjoys reading books about poems poetry and history, history books, and he indulges himself in collecting collects paintings when he is not in his duty as the King.King.
* TheWisePrince: He was the epitome of this trope before tragedy struck the Founders.




The younger brother of the founders. Because he possesses a high pride due to being a founder, he looks down upon vampires of other bloodlines. Beautiful blood is his preference and he often utters narcissistic remarks. Ordinarily his words are polite, but when he loses his temper his speech will become violent and his speech will often contain hurtful or insensitive words.

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The younger brother of the founders. Founders. Because he possesses a high pride due to being a founder, Founder, he looks down upon vampires of all other bloodlines. Beautiful blood is his preference and he often utters narcissistic remarks.bloodlines. Ordinarily his words are polite, but when he loses his temper his speech will become violent and his speech will often contain hurtful or insensitive words.



* {{Animorphism}}: As a founder, he can transform into a wolf, snake, bat and an eagle. However, he prefers his wolf form.
* BigBrotherWorship: {{Zig Zagged}}. He respects his older brother as the current king, but doesn't plan to always live in his shadow and waits for the moment to become the alpha instead. He admires Carla, but also holds a deep grudge against him which he hides to the very last moment until he is more confident that he has a chance to win.

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* {{Animorphism}}: As a founder, Founder, he can transform into a wolf, snake, bat and an eagle. However, he prefers his wolf form.
* BaitTheDog: If Shin does something kind or solicitous, he has ulterior motives. Often it's to set up a prank - probably a malicious and dangerous one. As he softens up around Yui the pranks become less violent, [[RomanticRibbing even cute]], but he still loves to get the drop on her.
* BigBrotherWorship: {{Zig Zagged}}. He respects {{Zigzagged}}; he has a fraught relationship with his older brother as the current king, but doesn't plan brother. While he puts Carla on an almost godlike pedastal, he also resents having to always live in his shadow shadow. He devoted his life to becoming more powerful than anyone else, and waits for the moment to become put Carla in the alpha instead. He admires Carla, but also holds a deep grudge against him which he hides to the very last moment until he is more confident that position he has a chance to win.occupied his whole life.



* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: He's a blonde with gold eyes.
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears one over his glasses.
* FatalFlaw: Shin often underestimates his opponents and looks down on them, which sometimes gets him into serious trouble. For example, in Kanato's DARK FATE route, this gets Shin killed by Kanato, no matter the huge level difference in their powers.
* FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears teal glasses and is a very sadistic character.

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* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: He's CrushingHandshake: In a blonde nod the western foreigner cover story the Tsukinami brothers use, he requests a handshake when he introduces himself to Yui. He puts a bit too much strength into it, and draws attention to how physically strong he is with gold eyes.
a disingenuous apology.
* TheDragon: He plays this role for Carla, but is on the verge of flipping to TheStarscream.
* EyepatchOfPower: Wears an eyepatch and is considerably bloodthirsty.
* EyeScream: The loss of his eye was a very painful formative moment for him.
* FantasticRacism: In his reckoning, the Founders are a SuperiorSpecies, so everyone but Carla is his inferior. He particularly hates vampires, complaining constantly about how bad they smell. He also takes any lack of deference from other characters, no matter how minor, as a slight against his honor - which is a problem because no
one over his glasses.
in the story kowtows to the Tsukinami brothers. Well, no one but [[FalseFriend Mertz]].
* FatalFlaw: Shin often underestimates his opponents and looks down on them, which sometimes gets him into serious trouble. For example, in Kanato's DARK FATE ''Dark Fate'' route, this gets Shin killed by Kanato, no matter the huge level difference in their powers.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Shin is much chattier than Carla, and Yui starts his ''Dark Fate'' route assuming that since he is easier to engage, he will be easier to get along with. That doesn't work out very well. While Carla has goals in mind when he is cruel, Shin is cruel [[ForTheEvulz just because it amuses him]].
*
FourEyesZeroSoul: Wears teal Two eyes in his case, since he only has one eye, and his teal-framed glasses and only have one lens. Technicalities aside, he is a very sadistic character. character.
* IneffectualDeathThreats: In Shin's ''Dark Fate'' route, [[spoiler:he and Carla have a falling out which would have been fatal for him if Yui had not [[TakingTheBullet put herself in harm's way]].]] He is sufficiently frustrated by Yui's sympathy-driven motivations that he announces he will kill her...but only after holding her in his arms for a while. And of course, he never gets around to that first part.



* SupernaturalGoldEyes: He has a sharp gold eye with a slit down the middle like his brother's.

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* TheSocialDarwinist: His worldview is based around MightMakesRight. Whoever is strongest is king, and Carla is the strongest. Shin worked hard to make sure that he is stronger than everyone ''else''. Traumatic experiences in his younger years encouraged him to think that being stronger grants him a prerogative to humiliate the weak.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: He has a sharp gold eye with a slit down the middle like his brother's.




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[[folder:Solo Characters]]



* BastardBastard: He's an illegitimate child of Karlheinz and is shown to be as just sadistic and cruel like the rest of his family.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Yuri, the ghoul he grew up with.

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* BastardBastard: He's an illegitimate child of Karlheinz and is shown to be as just as sadistic and cruel like as the rest of his family.
family.
* ChildhoodFriends: With Yuri, the ghoul he grew up with.



[[folder:Family Members]]

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!!Other Charaacters

[[folder:Family Members]] Members]]



Karlheinz's first wife. She is the mother of the triplets: Laito, Kanato, Ayato.

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Karlheinz's first wife. She is the mother of the triplets: Laito, Kanato, and Ayato.



* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:In Dark Fate, it's revealed that Cordelia is the illegitimate daughter of the Demon Lord and a mistress.]]
* EducationMama: She was extremely strict with Ayato, forcing him to study constantly and scolding him for wanting to play with his brothers, even going so far as to throw him in water, despite knowing that he couldn't swim at the time.
* AFamilyAffair: She cheated on her husband with his brother, Richter, in the past.
* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Karl first met her when she was young while she was being neglected by her own father. He give her love, something which her father had never shown her before. However, in reality, Karl actually was after her blood for his project and was only pretending to love her so she'll marry him and give him children with her blood. However, it's still completely averted since she still was abusive towards her children and put them through Hell throughout their lives.

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* BastardBastard: [[spoiler:In Dark Fate, A reprehensible person; plus [[spoiler:in ''Dark Fate'', it's revealed that Cordelia is the illegitimate daughter of the Demon Lord Burai and a mistress.]]
* EducationMama: She was extremely strict with Ayato, forcing him to study constantly and scolding him for wanting to play with his brothers, even going so far as to throw him in water, despite knowing that he couldn't swim at the time.
time.
* AFamilyAffair: She cheated on had Richter wrapped around her husband with his brother, Richter, finger even before she married Karlheinz, and when Karl started ignoring her, she lured Richter back to her side. She'd drop Richter in the past.
a heartbeat if it meant she could have Karl's attention again.
* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Karl first met her when she was young while she was being neglected by Cordelia has her own father. He give FreudianExcuse, starting with a loveless childhood where her love, something which mother died young and her father had never shown was neglectful. Karlheinz swept her before. off her feet and made her feel loved for the first time in her life. However, in reality, Karl actually was after her blood for his project and was only pretending pretended to love her so she'll marry him and she would give him children with children, and eventually he lost all interest in her. It makes her blood. However, it's still completely averted since a more pitiable character, though it [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse in no way excuses the abuse she still was abusive towards inflicted on her children and put them through Hell throughout their lives.own children]].



* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Just like her paramour Richter, Cordelia has a bad case of this. She's quick to sneer at the other wives for thinking Karlheinz actually loves them, yet she abused and pushed Ayato too hard, depriving him of his childhood just so she could impress her husband. She even started an argument with Christa that turned into a fight when Christa scoffed that Karlheinz was just using Cordelia, showing how badly she craved his affection and approval.
* LecherousStepparent: Shows this to Reiji. She even kiss him in the anime.

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* HybridMonster: Given her sobriquet "Daughter of the Demon Lord", she seems to be half-vampire, half-demon. [[spoiler:But in ''Dark Fate'' she is revealed to actually be half-demon (specifically Vibora, the snake clan) half-First Blood. Even she was not aware of this, as she knew nothing about about her mother.]]
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Just like her paramour Richter, Cordelia has a bad case of this. She's quick to sneer at the other wives for thinking Karlheinz actually loves them, yet she abused and pushed Ayato too hard, depriving him of his childhood just so she could impress her husband. She even started an argument with Christa that turned into a fight when Christa scoffed that Karlheinz was just using Cordelia, showing how badly she craved his affection and approval.
approval.
* LecherousStepparent: Shows LecherousStepParent: Towards Reiji [[spoiler:while inhabiting Yui's body. In the [=VN=], the route where Cordelia fully possesses Yui is Reiji's, and she takes advantage of his attraction to Yui to try to win him over. He plays along, but is fully aware of her intentions.]] The anime mirrors this to Reiji. She even kiss when she compares him in the anime. to Karlheinz and kisses him.



* GoodParents: Beatrix is by far the best mother shown in the series, despite her flaws and being the cause of the tension between [[CainAndAbel Shu and Reiji]]. She was a rather decent mother and loved both her sons, compared to [[AbusiveParents Cordelia]] and [[InsaneEqualsViolent Christa.]] If she didn't favor Shu over Reiji, they wouldn't hate each other.
* OutOfFocus: As the games continued, Beatrix is becoming less focus unlike Cordelia and Christa whose backstories has become more flash out. She's the only one among Karlheinz's wives whose background hasn't been flash out.

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* GoodParents: Beatrix is by far the best mother shown in the series, despite her flaws and being the cause of the tension between [[CainAndAbel Shu and Reiji]]. She was a rather decent mother and loved both her sons, compared to [[AbusiveParents Cordelia]] and [[InsaneEqualsViolent Christa.]] If she didn't favor Shu over Reiji, they wouldn't hate each other.
* OutOfFocus: As the games continued, visual novels progress, Beatrix is becoming gets less focus unlike attention than Cordelia and Christa Christa, whose backstories has become more flash out. She's continue to develop. Beatrix is the only one among Karlheinz's wives whose background hasn't been flash out. fleshed out.



* ParentsAsPeople: Beatrix was a rather decent mother, especially when compared with [[AbusiveParents Cordelia]] or [[InsaneEqualsViolent Christa]]. Unfortunately for her, [[spoiler:Karlheinz only married her to be a rival to Cordelia, so that when Beatrix dutifully produced heirs, Cordelia would feel obliged to follow suit.]] And Cordelia took the rivalry very seriously - far more seriously than Beatrix ever did. Beatrix grew so weary of Cordelia's bullying that [[spoiler:she thanked Reiji for arranging her death.]]



* FlowerMotifs: White roses symbolize her innocenes and purity as well being wilted after being using by her husband.
* GoodParents: Surprisingly, yes. In Christa's saner moments, she's a doting, gentle mother towards Subaru and a vocal ShipperOnDeck in Subaru's MORE BLOOD route.

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* FlowerMotifs: White roses symbolize her innocenes innocence and purity as well being wilted after being using by her husband.
husband.
* GoodParents: Surprisingly, yes. In Christa's saner moments, she's a doting, gentle mother towards Subaru and a vocal ShipperOnDeck in Subaru's MORE BLOOD ''More,Blood'' route.



* RedEyesTakeWarning

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* RedEyesTakeWarningRedEyesTakeWarning: His eyes are red and no good ever come of his presence.



* TheChessmaster: He [[spoiler:orchestrates nearly all of the plot of the series, and he foresees almost everything that occurs. He built his whole household around the Apple of Eden project, and]] keeps his family in the dark about the roles he intends them to play in his grand design.
* DeathSeeker: He looks forward to the day when one of his sons grows strong enough to kill him.



* OffingTheOffspring: In some endings, Karl will kill his own sons if he feels like they failed him.
* VampireMonarch: He been the Vampire King for over 2000 years.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He has the ability to assume any appearance he wants. No one knows what he really looks like. Not even his sons.

!!Seiji Komori

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* IntriguedByHumanity: The reason behind his alter-ego as the politician Togo Sakamaki and his decision to drag his sons to the human world to pose as high school students.
* LackOfEmpathy: When he shows up he often seems like the ideal ReasonableAuthorityFigure, and in many respects he is. [[TheCobblersChildrenHaveNoShoes Just not to his family]], [[spoiler:since he is incapable of love. He actually feels this lack acutely, and his understanding that all demons share an inability to love is what motivates his plans. Ironically, in his pursuit of a new race with demonic powers that is fully capable of human emotion, he subjects his family to intentional emotional neglect.]] It's no wonder everyone who associates with him is a basket case.
* OffingTheOffspring: In some endings, Karl will kill his own sons if he feels like they failed him.
him.
* VampireMonarch: He has been the Vampire King for over 2000 years.
* VoluntaryShapeshifting: He has the ability to assume any appearance he wants. No one knows what he really looks like. Not even his sons.

sons.

!!Seiji Komori Komori



* OffingTheOffspring: In the later parts of Azusa's Route, Seiji finds Yui at a church. It's all heartwarming until he senses something off with her. He says that she is no longer the daughter he loved as she has become a vampire and points a gun at her. However, Azusa comes in time but he gets shot in the arm.

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* OffingTheOffspring: In the later parts of Azusa's Route, route, Seiji finds Yui at a church. It's all heartwarming until he senses something off with her. He says that she is no longer the daughter he loved as she has become a vampire and points a gun at her. However, Azusa comes in time but he gets shot in the arm.



* DomesticAbuse: He was so affronted by Krone's request to abandon his rivalry with Karlheinz and focus instead on the survival of his own subjects, that he ordered Carla to imprision her in the castle dungeon.
* HonorBeforeReason: Giesbach surrounded himself with advisors who fed his ego and encouraged his belief that the Founders were invincible. He led his race into defeat at the hands of Karlheinz and near-extinction by underestimating the threat of the Endezeit plague.

!!Krone
The First Blood Queen and the mother of Carla and Shin and older sister of Menae.
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* CoolBigSis: Her younger sister, Menae, deeply respects her greatly and would listen to her requests without any questions. [[spoiler:In fact, when Krone was the one who told to go to Karlheinz to find a cure for their dying race with Menae following her sister's wishes despite not understanding the reasons.]]

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* DomesticAbuse: He was so affronted by Krone's request to abandon his rivalry with Karlheinz and focus instead on the survival of his own subjects, that he ordered Carla to imprision imprison her in the castle dungeon.
* HonorBeforeReason: Giesbach surrounded himself with advisors who fed his ego and encouraged his belief that the Founders were invincible. He led his race into defeat at the hands of Karlheinz and near-extinction by underestimating the threat of the Endezeit plague.

!!Krone
Endzeit plague.

!!Krone
The First Blood Queen and the mother of Carla and Shin and older sister of Menae.
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Menae.
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* CoolBigSis: Her younger sister, Menae, deeply respects her greatly and would listen to her requests without any questions. [[spoiler:In fact, when Krone was the one who told to go to Karlheinz to find a cure for their dying race with Menae following her sister's wishes despite not understanding the reasons.]] ]]



%%!!Menae
%%The younger sister of Krone and the aunt of Carla and Shin. [[spoiler:It's later reveal in ''Dark Fate'', she's also the mistress of Burai and and the mother of Cordelia, making her the grandmother of Laito, Kanato, and Ayato.]]
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* PosthumousCharacter: She is long dead [[spoiler:as evidenced by Cordelia's FreudianExcuse loveless childhood.]] Her death means there are no pureblood Founder women left alive.

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!!Krone
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* HonorBeforeReason: Giesbach surrounded himself with advisors who fed his ego and encouraged his belief that the Founders were invincible. He led his race into defeat at the hands of Karlheinz and near-extinction by underestimating the threat of the Endezeit plague.

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* PeekABangs: His bangs are parted to the right, covering his eye.

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* DumbBlonde: Has platinum blonde hair, for someone who's Japanese, but not exactly the sharpest tool in the shed.



* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Has light blonde hair and means well, in spite of what she endures.


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* AxCrazy: Despite [[FauxAffablyEvil appearing and behaving well-mannered]], she can make up for madness.


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* HateSink: There's not one likeable trait about her.
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* AmbiguousDisorder: Kanato's disturbed, child-like personality is a fact and he has a very... ''eccentric'' personality, has since childhood; he's usually staying alone, talking to his dolls, self-harming, or turning others into wax dolls. Around others, Kanato usually acts very spoiled, childish, and demanding, usually emotionally blackmailing them either with tears or hysterical tantrums to get his way; indeed, he is quite mentally unstable, even showing signs of psychotic behavior when angered. He is shown to be moved to tears easily, which is later replaced by loud yelling. [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking And he adores sweets.]]



* AmbiguousDisorder: Azusa talks in a slow, monotone manner.

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* HornyDevil: He's a vampire and a pervert.



* VampiresAreSexGods: A perverted, voyeuristic vampire.



* AllMenArePerverts: To a lesser extent than [[HornyDevil Laito]]. According to a character interview, the first place he checks when looking at a girl are her breasts.

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* AllMenArePerverts: To a lesser extent than [[HornyDevil [[VampiresAreSexGods Laito]]. According to a character interview, the first place he checks when looking at a girl are her breasts.
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* ChildhoodFriends: With Yuri, the Ghoul he grew up with.

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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Karl first met her when she was young while she was being neglected by her own father. He give her love, something which her father had never shown her before. However, in reality, Karl actually was after her blood for project and was only pretending to love her so she'll marry him and give'll him children with her blood. However, it's still completely averted since she still was abusive towards her children and put them through Hell throughout their lives.

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* FemalesAreMoreInnocent: Karl first met her when she was young while she was being neglected by her own father. He give her love, something which her father had never shown her before. However, in reality, Karl actually was after her blood for his project and was only pretending to love her so she'll marry him and give'll give him children with her blood. However, it's still completely averted since she still was abusive towards her children and put them through Hell throughout their lives.

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