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* BavarianFireDrill: Is very skilled at this.
* BigFancyHouse: More like big fancy shopping mall.
* TheCharmer: Takizawa is quite the charmer, showing his Johnny to a businessman to give up his pants, and convinces a policewoman to let him and Saki go to the airport.

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* BavarianFireDrill: Is very skilled at this.
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this, making up outrageous lies to people in order to be able to get away with things.
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BigFancyHouse: More like big fancy shopping mall.
* BiggerIsBetterInBed: It's implied that he's quite well-endowed down there, although we have to take the female characters who see him naked's words (or rather, lack thereof) for that. An American policewoman is so impressed by it she lets him off the hook.
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TheCharmer: Takizawa is quite the charmer, showing being able to smooth-talk his Johnny to a businessman to give up his pants, and convinces a policewoman to let way people into giving him and Saki go to the airport.what he wants with ease.



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%%* GeniusDitz* GeniusDitz: He's a massive weirdo, but also quite intelligent and an apt smooth-talker.



* IHaveManyNames: He has numerous passports. [[spoiler: In the films he goes by the name of Akira Iinuma]].

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* IHaveManyNames: He has numerous passports.passports with diffetn names. [[spoiler: In the films he goes by the name of Akira Iinuma]].



* NiceGuy: It's nearly impossible for anyone who personally knows him to hate this guy. He even won [[DoesNotLikeMen Number 11]] trust and support.

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* NiceGuy: It's nearly impossible for anyone who personally knows him to hate this guy. He even won He's such a kind, compassionate and friendly young man that [[spoiler:he leaves a good impression on the [[DoesNotLikeMen Number 11]] trust and support.man-hating]] Seleção No. 11.]]



* ShoutOut: Takizawa comments that his situation when he finds himself in Washington is similar to ''Franchise/TheBourneSeries''.

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* ShoutOut: ShamelessFanserviceGuy: He ends up naked in front of people often, but doesn't mind and is never embarrassed by it, even though he often gets told to PleasePutSomeClothesOn.
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Takizawa comments that his situation when he finds himself in Washington is similar to ''Franchise/TheBourneSeries''.



A 22-year old university student in her graduating year, Saki meets Akira in Washington D.C and the two quickly become involved in each other's lives. Saki is Akira's biggest supporter and love interest. A member of Eden of the East, Saki's ability to enhance the value of junk items has helped the group to be successful. She could only go to college with the aid of her sister and brother-in-law, whom she has been living with after the death of her parents when she was a baby, and plans to find work in an office because she is ashamed of living off their money. While she is a selfless girl, she is very opinionated about the condition of the country after Careless Monday.

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A 22-year old 22-year-old university student in her graduating year, Saki meets Akira in Washington D.C and the two quickly become involved in each other's lives. Saki is Akira's biggest supporter and love interest. A member of Eden of the East, Saki's ability to enhance the value of junk items has helped the group to be successful. She could only go to college with the aid of her sister and brother-in-law, whom she has been living with after the death of her parents when she was a baby, and plans to find work in an office because she is ashamed of living off their money. While she is a selfless girl, she is very opinionated about the condition of the country after Careless Monday.



* ButtMonkey: Osugi is constantly the butt of jokes from the others.

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* ButtMonkey: Osugi is constantly the butt of jokes from the others. He gets routinely brushed off by other characters, stood up, and drunk to the point of nearly puking in the street. Then Kuroha apparently kidnaps him and threatens to de-Johnnify him... [[spoiler:though it turns it was a serial rapist who had stolen his bag and cell phone during the aforementioned drunkenness]].



* NakedPeopleAreFunny: He, Hirasawa and Kasuga strip off to make their way through the NEET-inhabited mall.

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* NakedPeopleAreFunny: He, Hirasawa Hirasawa, and Kasuga strip off to make their way through the NEET-inhabited mall.mall, but he's the only one who's really embarrassed about it, and naturally, he's the one who ends up being seen by Saki and Micchon, prompting a NakedFreakOut.



* BrutalHonesty: As stated above, Micchon is a frank person.

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* BrutalHonesty: As stated above, BrutalHonesty: Micchon is can be quite a frank person.person to her friends, even when the truth is brutal.



* ShrinkingViolet: Micchon, but only when she meets new people. Takizawa affectionately nicknames her "Mittan", much to her embarrassment.

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* ShrinkingViolet: Micchon, She's shy, but only when she meets new people. Takizawa affectionately nicknames her "Mittan", much to her embarrassment.



->'''Voiced by:''' Hayato Taya (JP), Creator/JohnBurgmeier (EN)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Hayato Taya Creator/HayatoTaya (JP), Creator/JohnBurgmeier (EN)



->'''Voiced by:''' Kimiko Saito (JP), Creator/LydiaMackay (EN)\\

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->'''Voiced by:''' Kimiko Saito Creator/KimikoSaito (JP), Creator/LydiaMackay (EN)\\



* EmbarrassingNickname: He is nicknamed "Pantsu/Underwear" in the Japanese version and "Panties" in the dub.



* DarkMessiah: Most of the Seleção appear to fill this.

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* %%* DarkMessiah: Most of the Seleção appear to fill this.



->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Arikawa (JP), Grant James (EN)

The mastermind behind the Seleção game, also known as Noblesse Oblige.

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->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Arikawa Creator/HiroshiArikawa (JP), Grant James Creator/GrantJames (EN)

The mastermind behind the Seleção game, also known as Noblesse Oblige. His true name is Saizo Ato.



* CoolOldGuy: He's over a hundred, and still able to wrestle a fit twenty-something out of his car.
-->[[spoiler:'''Saizo:''']] I'm not so old that I'm going to lose to a milk-runt like you!



* IndyPloy: Japan is stagnating, there's a very high number of young people who have No Employment, Education, or Training (aka, [=NEETs=]), the government is deadlocked with controversy. Solution? [[spoiler:Step one, give eleven random people he's met while driving a taxi cab around town a high tech prototype cellphone, 10 billion yen each of his own money accessed only with said phone, and an advance A.I. system with the ability to tap into any network needed to do just about anything possible at their request. Step two, set himself up as an observing member, and give a vague threat of "Elimination" should the participants fail as incentive for them to participate. Step three, something interesting happens. Step four, one of the Seleção comes up with an awesome idea, and Japan Profits!]]

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* IndyPloy: IndyPloy:
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Japan is stagnating, there's a very high number of young people who have No Employment, Education, or Training (aka, [=NEETs=]), the government is deadlocked with controversy. Solution? [[spoiler:Step one, give eleven random people he's met while driving a taxi cab around town a high tech prototype cellphone, 10 billion yen each of his own money accessed only with said phone, and an advance A.I. system with the ability to tap into any network needed to do just about anything possible at their request. Step two, set himself up as an observing member, and give a vague threat of "Elimination" should the participants fail as incentive for them to participate. Step three, something interesting happens. Step four, one of the Seleção comes up with an awesome idea, and Japan Profits!]]



* PunnyName: Mr. Outside is actually a pun based on his real name.
-->'''Akira:''' Ato Saizo...Ato Saizo...Auto-saido...Outside?! ''[[LampshadeHanging It's a pun?!]]''
* WellIntentionedExtremist: He's fully willing to throw tens of billions of yen into the hunt for a "savior" for Japan, giving twelve individuals the authority to do whatever they deem necessary to save the country. And if they run out of money before they can do so, or don't want to shoulder the burden? Well, then they're screwed.



* LiteralGenie: Occasionally has a habit of this.

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* LiteralGenie: Occasionally has She takes Akira's hypothetical "[[spoiler:make the Prime Minister say 'Uncle']]" request literally. Good thing it only cost him 60 yen. Implied to be Juiz being [[DeadpanSnarker snarky]], since she never makes the mistake any other time. It does have a habit positive effect, abnormally for the trope, and gets mentioned several times later by other characters
* MachineMonotone: PlayedWith - Juiz is easily one
of this.the most personable members of the cast. She does, however, respond in a largely monotone "Acknowledged. Noblesse oblige" whenever she accepts a request.



* ServileSnarker: Despite constantly speaking in a robotic manner, tends to make little quips about particularly outlandish requests.



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%%* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: Juiz can be contacted via a special Seleção cell phone, and the mysterious female voice refers to herself as a "concierge". She can assist every Seleção agent in a wide variety of tasks, from bribing airport officials to help skip customs and immigration, to bribing police officers to assassinate loan sharks.



->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Shirokuma (JP), Creator/ChristopherSabat (EN)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Hiroshi Shirokuma Creator/HiroshiShirokuma (JP), Creator/ChristopherSabat (EN)



->'''Voiced by:''' Shinji Ogawa (JP), Creator/KentWilliams (EN)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Shinji Ogawa Creator/ShinjiOgawa (JP), Creator/KentWilliams (EN)



* WeHardlyKnewYe: He is introduced and eliminated in the same episode.



* BackForTheFinale: By the time of ''The King of Eden'', she's taken a break from Johnny-hunting and becomes a valuable ally for the heroes.
* BigDamnHeroes: In ''The King of Eden'', she dramatically arrives with her car to save Akira and Saki from {{Mooks}} right at the nick of time.



* BuxomBeautyStandard: She's quite well-endowed, which is partly why she's considered so attractive. She purposedly wears outfits with low-necklines knowing it will distract men, making them easier targets.
* CripplingCastration: Kuroha makes a point to castrate the men she kills, which is why she's known as the Johnny Huner / Killer.



* DoesNotLikeMen: Aside from Takizawa. Apparently this only extends to Japanese men, as the entire reason she set up the modelling agency was to import handsome European men to replace all the people she's killed.
* EscapeBattleTechnique: Kuroha flees her hotel room by seemingly sprouting bird wings and flying out the window. This turns out to be an illusion she had planed via Juiz, using supplies from costume and magic shops.
* GroinAttack: Kuroha castrates the men she kills.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the first movie, Kuroha [[spoiler:sacrifices her version of Juiz to keep Takizawa in the game, after Mononobe fires missiles to eliminate other Seleção.]]

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* DoesNotLikeMen: Aside from Takizawa. Apparently this only extends to Japanese men, as the entire reason she set up the modelling modeling agency was to import handsome European men to replace all the people she's killed.
* EscapeBattleTechnique: Kuroha flees her hotel room by seemingly sprouting bird wings and flying out the window. This turns out to be an illusion she had planed planned via Juiz, using supplies from costume and magic shops.
* GroinAttack: Kuroha castrates the men she kills.
FemmeFatale: She's a mysterious and seductive woman, who's actually a SerialKiller uses her feminine allure to kidnap men.
* GrowingWings: Can grow a pair of black feathery wings that allow her to become a WingedHumanoid that can fly.
* HeroicSacrifice: In the first movie, ''The King of Eden'' Kuroha [[spoiler:sacrifices her version of Juiz to keep Takizawa in the game, after Mononobe fires missiles to eliminate other Seleção.]]]]
* HighHeelPower: She's always wearing high heels, fitting with her being an empowered businesswoman and a FemmeFatale. She even tends to use them to step on her victims.
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She becomes attracted to Akira and even attempts to seduce him, but gives up on the notion once she notices he already has a LoveInterest in Saki.



* SerialKillerKiller: Definitely along those lines. Kuroha only kills rapists or cruel men.

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* MsFanservice: She's an attractive seductress who spends a lot of her screen time in [[LingerieScene lingeries]], specifically BlackBraAndPanties and she's the focus of several MaleGaze shots. In ''The King of Eden'' she gets a gratuitous ShowerScene, with a ToplessnessFromTheBack shot and her SexySilhouette being visible through the frosty glass.
* RedHerring: Akira and the team start going after her because they think she's targetting ÅŒsugi, but she has nothing to do with him going missing.
* SerialKillerKiller: Definitely along those lines. Kuroha is a SerialKiller who only kills rapists or cruel men.



* StrawFeminist: Can come off looking like this. Her quest to "save Japan" is motivated by the country's hideously misogynistic culture. How does she do this? Kill men by cutting off their genitals and replace them with (presumably) less sexist non-Asian men. Considering how sympathetic she winds up being, though...
* TokenEvilTeammate: By the time of the movie, she's taken a break from Johnny-hunting and becomes a valuable ally for the heroes.

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* SleepsInTheNude: She's shown to sleep in her king-size bed while only clad in her BlackBraAndPanties or completely nude, which fits with her being a sensual and luxurious character.
* StrawFeminist: Can come off looking like this. Her quest to "save Japan" is motivated by the country's hideously misogynistic culture. How does she do this? Kill men by cutting off their genitals and replace replacing them with (presumably) less sexist non-Asian men. Considering how sympathetic she winds up being, though...
* TokenEvilTeammate: By the time of the movie, she's taken a break from Johnny-hunting and becomes a valuable ally for the heroes.
though...



* WellIntentionedExtremist: In her view, justice means killing "the enemies of women" by cutting their Johnnies off.
* WomanOfWealthAndTaste: In her public persona she's frequently seeing enjoying expensive luxuries, eating fancy food, wearing expensive clothes, and [[WineIsClassy drinking wine]].



* FakeUltimateHero: He convinces the Japanese government that he was the one who stopped the missile attacks. Luckily, the Japanese ''people'' know better.



* AxCrazy: More like missile-crazy.

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* %%* AxCrazy: More like missile-crazy.



* LifeIsntFair

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* {{Nice G|uy}}irl: Generally a friendly person.

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* {{Nice G|uy}}irl: Generally NiceGirl: She's generally a friendly person.



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Seleção No. 11, Kuroha is president of a model agency, but also doubles as the infamous Johnny Killer who kidnaps criminals, tortures them and then chops off their penises with a cigar chopper. However, she is does this to help protect scorned women, possibly having been harmed sexually herself. She develops an interesting relationship with Takizawa, saving him twice.

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Seleção No. 11, Kuroha is president of a model agency, but also doubles as the infamous Johnny Killer who kidnaps criminals, tortures them and then chops off their penises with a cigar chopper. However, she is does this to help protect scorned women, possibly having been harmed sexually harmed herself. She develops an interesting relationship with Takizawa, saving him twice.

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* TheEeyore: He's quite moody and pessimistic, believing that ten billion yen is not enough to save the country.



* GrumpyBear: He's quite moody and pessimistic, believing that ten billion yen is not enough to save the country.
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* NiceHat: A black knit cap.
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* AdjustingYourGlasses: Usually by the bridge.
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* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: No. 3 is an elderly, purple-haired woman.



* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: She has light blue hair.

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%%* IdentityAmnesia* IdentityAmnesia: Akira has absolutely no idea of his past identity or actions--and he never gets his memories back after his multiple brain wipes, either.


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* YouAreNumberSix: Takizawa...doesn't actually have a confirmed name. He doesn't know what it is, and he lied to so many people in the past that his name is somewhat vague. The only name he truly knows has is Seleção No. 9--because it's stated Akira Takizawa is ''not'' his name.
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* BeautyMark: She has one under her right eye.

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* DidntThinkThisThrough: Once he himself starts running low on funds on his phone, which means The Supporter will come to eliminate him once it hits zero, he decides to steal Takizawa's phone, which still has about 8 billion yen on it, so he can transfer the money onto his phone to not only save his skin, but allow himself to live comfortably with his mistress. While the theft is successful, it only occurs to him once he has it and uses up the rest of the his money that he doesn't know if the money on one phone can be transferred to another, and when he subtly asks Juiz if it's possible, it's only then that he learns that the phones have fingerprint recognition and therefore, he can't transfer the money himself.



* FourIsDeath: He is the first to go.

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* FourIsDeath: [[spoiler: He is the first to go.]]
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* StrawFeminist: Can come off looking like this. Her quest to "save Japan" is motivated by the country's hideously misogynistic culture. How does she do this? Kill men by cutting off their genitals and replace them with (presumably) less sexist non-Asian men. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Considering how sympathetic she winds up being, though]]...

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* StrawFeminist: Can come off looking like this. Her quest to "save Japan" is motivated by the country's hideously misogynistic culture. How does she do this? Kill men by cutting off their genitals and replace them with (presumably) less sexist non-Asian men. [[SomeAnvilsNeedToBeDropped Considering how sympathetic she winds up being, though]]...though...
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* {{Trans|gender}}sexual: Heavily implied but never outright stated to be one.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsushiMiyauchi (JP), John Gremellion (EN)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AtsushiMiyauchi (JP), John Gremellion Creator/JohnGremillion (EN)
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Saki and Yuki never meet each other.


* ShadowArchetype: To Saki. They both lost their parents at an early age, but while Saki was taken in by her elder sister and brother-in-law, thus sparing her from having to cut short her studies and go to work, Yuki was caught in a cycle of unstable employment, and he's implied to have not been taken in by anyone after his parents' death. Yuki hates Japan's system and the way it extorts work out of the youth while giving little in return, and Saki expresses similar feelings after she's turned down by unsympathetic interviewers. If Saki didn't have people like her family, friends or Takizawa supporting her, she'd likely become as embittered as Yuki.
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* YourCheatingHeart: [[spoiler:His infidelity leads to his death by his wife's hands.]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (JP), Newton Pittman (EN)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobuyukiHiyama (JP), Newton Pittman Creator/NewtonPittman (EN)
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* GoOutWithASmile: Dr. Hiura accepts his death when the Supporter appears.
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* CharmPerson: Takizawa is quite the charmer, showing his Johnny to a businessman to give up his pants, and convinces a policewoman to let him and Saki go to the airport.

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* CharmPerson: TheCharmer: Takizawa is quite the charmer, showing his Johnny to a businessman to give up his pants, and convinces a policewoman to let him and Saki go to the airport.
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%%* GrayEyes
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* BadassGrandpa: His very ability to set up the game makes him badass. He also took out Hirasawa in one move and pushed him out of [[spoiler:his taxi.]]
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* BlackBraAndPanties: She's often seen wearing these, fitting for her seductive nature.
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* NiceGirl: Generally a friendly person.

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* NiceGirl: {{Nice G|uy}}irl: Generally a friendly person.



* {{Transsexual}}: Heavily implied but never outright stated to be one.

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* {{Transsexual}}: {{Trans|gender}}sexual: Heavily implied but never outright stated to be one.
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->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Miyauchi (JP), John Gremellion (EN)

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->'''Voiced by:''' Atsushi Miyauchi Creator/AtsushiMiyauchi (JP), John Gremellion (EN)
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* UnwittingPawn: When Yuki's provided by Tsuji a gun and a forged passport to help in killing Takizawa, he's unaware that he's that way providing Tsuji a way to keep on his plan of winning the game [[spoiler:without Tsuji's destroyed Juiz]].
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A prodigious, yet reclusive hacker who prefers to use his Hiroshima dialect on a regular basis.

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A prodigious, yet reclusive hacker who with hardcore pride for his hometown of Hiroshima; and prefers to use his Hiroshima dialect on a regular basis.

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* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:Kasuga has a secret passage, used by the communist guerrillas from the [=1960s=], just in case.]]



A prodigious, yet reclusive hacker.

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A prodigious, yet reclusive hacker.hacker who prefers to use his Hiroshima dialect on a regular basis.



* CrazyPrepared: [[spoiler:Kasuga has a secret passage, used by the communist guerrillas from the [=1960s=], just in case.]]

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