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!!Shiori Takamiya
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: Keiko is a handsome woman, but often mistaken as a guy, similar to Rei.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: They performed ''Romeo & Juliet'' with this accent. [[NoodleIncident It was apparently hilarious]].
* PerpetualPoverty: They barely have any money, so they try to save by foregoing things like taking busses or buying much for their plays, preferring to build a bit of scenery on their own.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Hajime played the queen of Amazons when they performed ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.
!!Shiori Takamiya
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: Keiko is a handsome woman, but often mistaken as a guy, similar to Rei.
* KansaiRegionalAccent: They performed ''Romeo & Juliet'' with this accent. [[NoodleIncident It was apparently hilarious]].
* PerpetualPoverty: They barely have any money, so they try to save by foregoing things like taking busses or buying much for their plays, preferring to build a bit of scenery on their own.
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Hajime played the queen of Amazons when they performed ''A Midsummer Night's Dream''.
!!Shiori Takamiya
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* CareerEndingInjury: During a performance of the Crimson Goddess, a spotlight fell onto her face, burning half off it badly. She stopped going on stage ever since. She does go back on stage as Queen Dowager Haldora in ''The Two Princesses'', a minor role.
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The current president of Daito. He's a cold, level-headed business man who will do whatever he can to get Daito the rights to the Crimson Goddess play. He eventually eases up on things and learns to appreciate and love Maya's acting, becoming a huge, secret fan of hers.
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The current president vice-president of Daito. He's a cold, level-headed business man who will do whatever he can to get Daito the rights to the Crimson Goddess play. He eventually eases up on things and learns to appreciate and love Maya's acting, becoming a huge, secret fan of hers.
* SadistTeacher: Where do you think Tsukikage got it from? He's described as having been ''very'' strict with his actors, which made it all the more special when he did praise someone.
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!!Hajime Onodera
A producer from the Ondine Theater and a friend of Masumi Hayami's. He uses deals and other means possible, in order to strike out competition for his theater, and helps Masumi in getting the rights for the Crimson Goddess. He is one of the potential producers for the staging of the Crimson Goddess.
A producer from the Ondine Theater and a friend of Masumi Hayami's. He uses deals and other means possible, in order to strike out competition for his theater, and helps Masumi in getting the rights for the Crimson Goddess. He is one of the potential producers for the staging of the Crimson Goddess.
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Masumi's adoptive father and the founder and current president of Daito Productions. He's been a fan of Tsukikage's for years and dreams of seeing her perform the Crimson Goddess again, intent on getting the playrights from her. Eisuke is stuck in a wheelchair most of the
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: When his siblings suggested he pick one of their children as his heir, he told them to get the pond cleaned of mud. They failed and he asked Masumi if he could do it, managing to get it clean by enlisting the help of the employees of the house.
* StalkerWithACrush: He's been one for Tsukikage for over twenty years. He sent her gifts, they were returned and he eventually made it difficult to get Oosaki to stage any plays anymore, all to get Tsukikage to sign an exclusive contract with his productions and 'having' her and the Crimson Goddess.
!!Hajime Onodera
A producer from the Ondine Theater and a friend of Masumi Hayami's. He uses deals and other means possible, in order to strike out competition for his theater, and helps Masumi in getting the rights for the Crimson Goddess. He is one of the potential producers for the staging of the Crimson Goddess.
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* SecretTestOfCharacter: When his siblings suggested he pick one of their children as his heir, he told them to get the pond cleaned of mud. They failed and he asked Masumi if he could do it, managing to get it clean by enlisting the help of the employees of the house.
* StalkerWithACrush: He's been one for Tsukikage for over twenty years. He sent her gifts, they were returned and he eventually made it difficult to get Oosaki to stage any plays anymore, all to get Tsukikage to sign an exclusive contract with his productions and 'having' her and the Crimson Goddess.
!!Hajime Onodera
A producer from the Ondine Theater and a friend of Masumi Hayami's. He uses deals and other means possible, in order to strike out competition for his theater, and helps Masumi in getting the rights for the Crimson Goddess. He is one of the potential producers for the staging of the Crimson Goddess.
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* ObliviousToLove: She cares for Sakurakouji, but doesn't realize she's actually fallen in love with Shigeru, until someone else finally points it out to her.
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* ObliviousToLove: She cares for Sakurakouji, but doesn't realize she's actually fallen in love with Shigeru, until someone else finally points it out to her. [[spoiler: It takes her ''even longer'' to finally realize she loves Masumi.]]
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* WholesomeCrossdresser: Most of her fans thought she was 'in drag' when playing a female character. Her male roles, though, play this straight.
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* SpellMyNameWithAnS: His last name. Oozaki or Oosaki?
* HenpeckedHusband: His looks close to having a heart-attack when his wife calls the theater he's working at.
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* BadBadActing: Her acting is atrocious. Rei even comments that she thought this was the kind of acting one only ever ''reads'' about!
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* BeautyInversion: People say Utako was made very plain compared to her usual appearance for her role as Annie Sullivan in ''The Miracle Flower''.
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* BeautyInversion: People say Utako was made very plain compared to her usual appearance for her role as Annie Sullivan in ''The Miracle Flower''.Worker''.
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* RaisedByWolves: Her character, Jane, and her sister from ''The Forgotten Wilderness'' were raised by wolves, after having been abandoned in the forest as children. The place revolves around Jane being taught proper, human behavior again.
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* DoingItForTheArt: Kuronuma doesn't really care about making money, he just wants to stage a damn good play with the actors he has and bring his ideas to life.
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* YouAreATreeCharlieBrown: Tsukikage first tests a young Maya's readiness of being the Crimson Goddess with this. Maya cannot properly portray being a tree yet, making her unfit to be the Crimson Goddess. [[spoiler: Years later, Maya does a more convincing job.]]
** Maya later on gets cast as a doll in a play. Tsukikage did this on purpose, so Maya would not attract attention from everyone while on stage, something that she inadvertedly did.
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* YouAreATreeCharlieBrown: Tsukikage first tests a young Maya's readiness of being the Crimson Goddess with this. eventually casts Maya cannot properly portray being a tree yet, making her unfit to be the Crimson Goddess. [[spoiler: Years later, Maya does a more convincing job.]]
** Maya later on gets castas a doll in a play. Tsukikage did this on purpose, so Maya would play, to teach her to not attract attention steal the spotlight from everyone while on stage, everyone, something that she inadvertedly did.
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* ArrangedMarriage: His father pretty much forces Masumi to have an Omiai with Shiori.
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!!Emi Tabuchi
An idol-singer. She starred in a movie where she plays a high school tennis player, who is told that she only has six months left to live.
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* HairTriggerTemper: He can blow up and get into fights with people pretty fast, especially when it comes to his plays, which he's sensitive about.
* SadistTeacher: Kuronuma isn't above slapping his actors for doing things improperly. He also yells a lot, which has the unfortunate effect that a lot of actors ''can't'' work with him over a long period of time.
!!Emi Tabuchi
An idol-singer. She starred in a movie where she plays a high school tennis player, who is told that she only has six months left to live.
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* HairTriggerTemper: He can blow up and get into fights with people pretty fast, especially when it comes to his plays, which he's sensitive about.
* SadistTeacher: Kuronuma isn't above slapping his actors for doing things improperly. He also yells a lot, which has the unfortunate effect that a lot of actors ''can't'' work with him over a long period of time.
!!Emi Tabuchi
An idol-singer. She starred in a movie where she plays a high school tennis player, who is told that she only has six months left to live.
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* TheAce: And, despite what some people may think, she has worked herself to the bone to be one. Since childhood, she's been studying like crazy and spending hours practicing piano, her acting and anything else, just so people would stop thinking [[{{Nepotism}} she's nothing but a child of celebrities that can get by on anything]].
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* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: After Ayumi proves to Norie what a worthless actress she is compared to Maya, Norie has this reaction for what she did to Maya.
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* MyGreatestFailure: He blames himself for Haru Kitajima's death, thinking his greed in prolonging their separation and Haru's eventual departure from the hospital, was what led to her dying.
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* {{Jerkass}}: He mocks people, insults them and the less we say about what he ''does'' to achieve his goals, the better.
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* RagsToRiches: She used to be a poor thief, but thanks to Ichiren taking her in, she got a decent home and ended up becoming a well-off, well-known actress. Due to the war going on and other events, she seems to have lost her wealth, though, since she asked Aoyagi for funding to open her theater school.
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* IncureableCoughOfDeath: IncurableCoughOfDeath: We're never told ''what'' illness her character is supposedly dying of.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: She eventually falls in love with the leader of the Unicorn group. Everyone's surprised at the blossoming love, no idea why it's even starting.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: She eventually falls in love with the leader of the Unicorn Ikkakuju group. Everyone's surprised at the blossoming love, no idea why it's even starting.
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!!Taiko Kasuga
One of the students of the Tsukikage theater.
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An idol-singer who starred in a movie, where she plays the role of a high-school tennis player that learns of her suffering from an illness, which will mean she'll never play tennis again.
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* YouAreATreeCharlieBrown: Tsukikage first tests a young Maya's readiness of being the Crimson Goddess with this. Maya cannot properly portray being a tree yet, making her unfit to be the Crimson Goddess. [[spoiler: Years later, Maya does a more convincing job.]]
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YouAreATreeCharlieBrown: Tsukikage first tests a young Maya's readiness of being the Crimson Goddess with this. Maya cannot properly portray being a tree yet, making her unfit to be the Crimson Goddess.
** Maya later on gets cast as a doll in a play. Tsukikage did this on purpose, so Maya would not attract attention from everyone while on stage, something that she inadvertedly did.
** Maya later on gets cast as a doll in a play. Tsukikage did this on purpose, so Maya would not attract attention from everyone while on stage, something that she inadvertedly did.
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* [[ShesAllGrownUp He's All Grown Up]]: Hayami mentions this when he meets Sakurakouji after several years have gone by, with him growing into a young man from the boy he used to be.
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* TheOjou: Fits the trope a lot, but it's deconstructed a lot.
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* {{Nepotism}}: One of Ayumi's biggest goals is to ''avert'' it, winning her own stardom '''without''' the help of her parents and silencing critics that would say she can't do it on her own.
* TheOjou:Fits the trope She's a lot, but it's deconstructed a lot.version of the trope.
* TheOjou:
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* BaddieFlattery: Hayami to Maya and he usually means it, and she's usually surprised because she thinks he does, too.
* MarriedToTheJob: States himself that he is this as one of the reasons why he isn't interested in marriage at first.
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* InstantExpert: Subverted. Sakurakouji has no experience in sculpting and went on a trip to various temples to look at sculptures, eventually finding one and asking the creator to please take him in as a disciple, so he can convincingly act and perform the skill required.
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* InstantExpert: Subverted.Averted. Sakurakouji has no experience in sculpting and went on a trip to various temples to look at sculptures, eventually finding one and asking the creator to please take him in as a disciple, so he can convincingly act and perform the skill required.
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* WhatDoesSheSeeInHim: She eventually falls in love with the leader of the Unicorn group. Everyone's surprised at the blossoming love, no idea why it's even starting.
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* CoolShades: She is generally drawn wearing large, drooping tinted glasses.
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* BookDumb: Her grades were average, if lower at times. She's not stupid, but lack of interest in things like math and similar makes it difficult for her to study.
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* TheRunaway: She left her family, an apparently rich one, because they didn't want her to become an actress.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: An acting theater, where she can learn for free as a scholar-student? Maya jumps at the chance, including running away from home.
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* ObfuscatingStupidity: Plays up her energetic, bubbly self a lot, when she's actually a coniving little manipulator.
* TheRunaway: She ran away from home and took on a different name, because her family was against her acting. [[spoiler: All faked.]]
* TheRunaway: She ran away from home and took on a different name, because her family was against her acting. [[spoiler: All faked.]]
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* BadBadActing: Her acting is atrocious. Rei even comments that she thought this was the kind of acting one only ever ''reads'' about.
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!!Norie Otobe (aka Suzuko Tashirou)
A bubbly, easily-excited girl that is one of Maya's fans. She started helping Maya at times and watches her perfomances. Norie's real name is actually Suzuko [[spoiler:aka Suzuko Tashirou]]
and she's waiting for an opportunity to throw Maya off her pedestal and steal her roles from her. She succeeds when Maya's mother dies and Norie manages to take the leading role of ''Shangri-La'' away from her, including her role in ''The Glittering Sky'' and others. Eventually, she's revealed to be a sub-par actress when Ayumi plays alongside her and ''wipes the floor with her''.]]
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* BeautifulAllAlong: After [[BlindingBangs moving her bangs]] and [[LettingHerHairDown opening her braid]], Norie is actually revealed to be a beauty.
* BlindingBangs: Her hair covers her eyes and frames half her face.
* FashionDissonance: Her rolled-up socks, long skirt and unflattering long sweater are mentioned making her look like she came from the 1940s.
* YouthfulFreckles: Sports a few on her cheeks and nose. [[spoiler: They're painted on.]]
!!ShigeruSatomiSatomi
A young actor, who played the villain role in ''The Glittering Sky''. He is Maya's first love and the two end up dating for some time. They are forced to break up, though, [[spoiler: when Maya's scandal threatens to soil Shigeru's image]]. He still regrest it, though.
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* BigBad: He plays the role of a man, who kidnaps Satoko (Maya's character) in ''The Glittering Sky'', because her father is housing a foreign man that supposedly killed Shigeru's character's father.
* NiceGuy: Sweet, gentle, polite and teasing. [[BigBad Unless he's in-character]].
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* BeautifulAllAlong: After [[BlindingBangs moving her bangs]] and [[LettingHerHairDown opening her braid]], Norie is actually revealed to be a beauty.
* BlindingBangs: Her hair covers her eyes and frames half her face.
* FashionDissonance: Her rolled-up socks, long skirt and unflattering long sweater are mentioned making her look like she came from the 1940s.
* YouthfulFreckles: Sports a few on her cheeks and nose. [[spoiler: They're painted on.]]
!!Shigeru
A young actor, who played the villain role in ''The Glittering Sky''. He is Maya's first love and the two end up dating for some time. They are forced to break up, though, [[spoiler: when Maya's scandal threatens to soil Shigeru's image]]. He still regrest it, though.
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* NiceGuy: Sweet, gentle, polite and teasing. [[BigBad Unless he's in-character]].
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Maya's mother. She works in a noodle restaurant, where her daughter helped out at times, too. Haru was against Maya learning to act and wanted to force her to come back home after she ran away, but eventually gave her okay to stay. Haru eventually falls in with tuberculosis and ends up in a hospital, being taken care of, while being left in the dark of her daughter's success.
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Maya's mother. She works in a noodle restaurant, where her daughter helped out at times, too. Haru was against Maya learning to act and wanted to force her to come back home after she ran away, but eventually gave her okay to stay. Haru eventually falls in ill with tuberculosis and ends up in a hospital, being taken care of, while being left in the dark of her daughter's success.
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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Got a lot of fangirls because she was mistaken as a boy. Even after they realize that Rei is a girl, the fans are ''still'' in love with her.
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!!Saeko Mizuki
!!Ichiren Oosaki
The creator of the Crimson Goddess play. He was a well-known stage-director and took Tsukikage in, when she was caught stealing from him. As Daito prevented Ichiren from getting any more plays or work to be done, he fell into a horrible depression and ended up committing suicide, leaving Tsukikage the rights to the Crimson Goddess play.
!!Ichiren Oosaki
The creator of the Crimson Goddess play. He was a well-known stage-director and took Tsukikage in, when she was caught stealing from him. As Daito prevented Ichiren from getting any more plays or work to be done, he fell into a horrible depression and ended up committing suicide, leaving Tsukikage the rights to the Crimson Goddess play.
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* BitchInSheepsClothing: Shows this, after learning that Masumi loves Maya. She's rude and mean to Maya, blames her for things that she had no real part in and plays up the drama.
* {{Fainting}}: Happens a few times, mostly the Anemic variety. [[spoiler: Though, given her true colors, she might just be ''really good'' at acting this out at just the appropriate time.]]
* HairDecorations: Shiori tends to wear some [[MeaningfulName white]] hairclips, to hold her hair back.
* IllGirl: Anemic since childhood and easily susceptible to fainting spells and getting colds.
* ObstructiveLoveInterest: Begins to play up her frail side and 'emotional uncertainness' about Masumi's feelings up a lot later on.
!!Saeko Mizuki
Masumi's secretary and takes over as Maya's manager, when Maya becomes an actress under contract of Daito. She's a no-nonesense woman who tends to keep a level head, even at the worst of times.
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The creator of the Crimson Goddess play. He was a well-known stage-director and took Tsukikage in, when she was caught stealing from him. As Daito prevented Ichiren from getting any more plays or work to be done, he fell into a horrible depression and ended up committing suicide, leaving Tsukikage the rights to the Crimson Goddess play.
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* HairDecorations: Shiori tends to wear some [[MeaningfulName white]] hairclips, to hold her hair back.
* IllGirl: Anemic since childhood and easily susceptible to fainting spells and getting colds.
* ObstructiveLoveInterest: Begins to play up her frail side and 'emotional uncertainness' about Masumi's feelings up a lot later on.
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Masumi's secretary and takes over as Maya's manager, when Maya becomes an actress under contract of Daito. She's a no-nonesense woman who tends to keep a level head, even at the worst of times.
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The creator of the Crimson Goddess play. He was a well-known stage-director and took Tsukikage in, when she was caught stealing from him. As Daito prevented Ichiren from getting any more plays or work to be done, he fell into a horrible depression and ended up committing suicide, leaving Tsukikage the rights to the Crimson Goddess play.
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A producer from the Ondine Theater and a friend of Masumi Hayami's. He uses deals and other means possible, in order to strike out competition for his theater, and helps Masumi in getting the rights for the Crimson Goddess. He is one of the potential producers for the staging of the Crimson Goddess.
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An idol-singer who starred in a movie, where she plays the role of a high-school tennis player that learns of her suffering from an illness, which will mean she'll never play tennis again.
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* BadBadActing: Her acting is atrocious. Rei even comments that she thought this was the kind of acting one only ever ''reads'' about.
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* BadBadActing: Her acting is atrocious. Rei even comments that she thought this was the kind of acting one only ever ''reads'' about.
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A famous actress and former pupil of Tsukikage. She's also Ayumi's mother. Utako is an amazing actress and has wished for years to be able to play the Crimson Goddess some time.
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* HappilyMarried: To her husband Mitsugu. When Ayumi brings her the message that her father loves her a lot, she knows that and wants to return the message.
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* HappilyMarried: To her husband Mitsugu. When Ayumi brings her the message that her father loves her a lot, she knows that and wants to return the message.
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Ayumi's father and a famous producer. He often stays in apartments he rents in various cities, so he can commute from there to work when needed. He is a perfectionist, when it comes to his work.
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* HappilyMarried: To his wife Utako. He asks Ayumi to bring her mother a message about how much he loves her.
* {{Workaholic}}: Often works through days and nights to get things right, preferring to stay near his work, so he can cut down on the time it takes to commute. Sometimes, he even forgets to eat.
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* HappilyMarried: To his wife Utako. He asks Ayumi to bring her mother a message about how much he loves her.
* {{Workaholic}}: Often works through days and nights to get things right, preferring to stay near his work, so he can cut down on the time it takes to commute. Sometimes, he even forgets to eat.
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* JumpedAtTheCall: An acting theater, where she can learn for free as a scholar-student? Maya jumps at the chance, including running away from home.
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Part of the Ondine theater, Sakurakouji is a nice guy who quickly becomes friends with Maya. He has feelings for her and wants to date her, but tries his best to not force her too much. He is a talented actor, who got recognition and is one of the candidates to play the sculptor in the Crimson Goddess play.
Part of the Ondine theater, Sakurakouji is a nice guy who quickly becomes friends with Maya. He has feelings for her and wants to date her, but tries his best to not force her too much. He is a talented actor, who got recognition and is one of the candidates to play the sculptor in the Crimson Goddess play.
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* DudeShesLikeInAComa: He gives Maya medicine via mouth-to-mouth ''when she's asleep''!
* IntimateHealing: Gives Maya some medicine via mouth-to-mouth and cuddled her, when she was wearing just his coat while drying her wet clothes.
* MissingMom: His mother died from injuries and weakness, after getting badly injured during a fire in the Hayami mansion.
* MommasBoy: He absolutely loved his mother and was devoted to her.
* RevengeByProxy: His adoptive-father Einosuke 'took' Masumi's mother away from him, when he told her to go inside the burning Hayami mansion and save the relics of the Crimson Goddess play, which caused her to get injured and eventually die. Masumi decides that he'll obtain the rights to the Crimson Goddess play... but only to keep it away from Einosuke and destroy it!
!!Yuu Sakurakouji
Part of the Ondine theater, Sakurakouji is a nice guy who quickly becomes friends with Maya. He has feelings for her and wants to date her, but tries his best to not force her too much. He is a talented actor, who got recognition and is one of the candidates to play the sculptor in the Crimson Goddess play.
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* IntimateHealing: Gives Maya some medicine via mouth-to-mouth and cuddled her, when she was wearing just his coat while drying her wet clothes.
* MissingMom: His mother died from injuries and weakness, after getting badly injured during a fire in the Hayami mansion.
* MommasBoy: He absolutely loved his mother and was devoted to her.
* RevengeByProxy: His adoptive-father Einosuke 'took' Masumi's mother away from him, when he told her to go inside the burning Hayami mansion and save the relics of the Crimson Goddess play, which caused her to get injured and eventually die. Masumi decides that he'll obtain the rights to the Crimson Goddess play... but only to keep it away from Einosuke and destroy it!
!!Yuu Sakurakouji
Part of the Ondine theater, Sakurakouji is a nice guy who quickly becomes friends with Maya. He has feelings for her and wants to date her, but tries his best to not force her too much. He is a talented actor, who got recognition and is one of the candidates to play the sculptor in the Crimson Goddess play.
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* ImportantHaircut: When she plays the prince and the pauper in the titular play, she cuts her hair short to look the part ''and'' as a way to show her determination to give it her all and change to become worthy of playing the CrimsonGoddess.
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* ImportantHaircut: When she plays the prince and the pauper in the titular play, she cuts her hair short to look the part ''and'' as a way to show her determination to give it her all and change to become worthy of playing the CrimsonGoddess.Crimson Goddess.
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* TemporaryBlindness: She gets hit by a falling spotlight during a practice session, the resulting blow leaving her eye-sight to be blurry for some time, with threat of permanent blindness. Ayumi keeps praciting, using her blurry vision to learn to act ''blindly'' on stage.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Her parents are often very busy with their respective careers, which left Ayumi alone a lot as she grew up. But she doesn't resent them, knowing how important their careers are and it's quite obvious that they all love each other a lot.
* WhenYouComingHomeDad: Her parents are often very busy with their respective careers, which left Ayumi alone a lot as she grew up. But she doesn't resent them, knowing how important their careers are and it's quite obvious that they all love each other a lot.
* PeekABangs: Her hair covers the right side of her face. For good reason, it hides the half of her face that was horribly burnt during an accident on stage.
Part of the Ondine theater, Sakurakouji is a nice guy who quickly becomes friends with Maya. He has feelings for her and wants to date her, but tries his best to not force her too much. He is a talented actor, who got recognition and is one of the candidates to play the sculptor in the Crimson Goddess play.
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Gets some shades of this towards Maya, especially when Shigeru appears.
* InstantExpert: Subverted. Sakurakouji has no experience in sculpting and went on a trip to various temples to look at sculptures, eventually finding one and asking the creator to please take him in as a disciple, so he can convincingly act and perform the skill required.
* LoveHurts: His unrequited feelings for Maya hurt him a lot, to the point that he eventually breaks contact with her. When they meet later on, his love for her is obviously still there.
* NiceGuy: He's such a sweet, gentle and kind person.
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* EntitledToHaveYou: Gets some shades of this towards Maya, especially when Shigeru appears.
* InstantExpert: Subverted. Sakurakouji has no experience in sculpting and went on a trip to various temples to look at sculptures, eventually finding one and asking the creator to please take him in as a disciple, so he can convincingly act and perform the skill required.
* LoveHurts: His unrequited feelings for Maya hurt him a lot, to the point that he eventually breaks contact with her. When they meet later on, his love for her is obviously still there.
* NiceGuy: He's such a sweet, gentle and kind person.
One of the students at the Tsukikage theater.
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: She's usually mistaken to be a guy and is often cast for male roles. She dislike it, but seems to eventually accept it.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Got a lot of fangirls because she was mistaken as a boy. Even after they realize that Rei is a girl, the fans are ''still'' in love with her.
* SadistTeacher: In-Training, thanks to Tsukikage's behavior. Rei is not above slapping Maya, if she drifts off during practice.
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* {{Bifauxnen}}: She's usually mistaken to be a guy and is often cast for male roles. She dislike it, but seems to eventually accept it.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Got a lot of fangirls because she was mistaken as a boy. Even after they realize that Rei is a girl, the fans are ''still'' in love with her.
* SadistTeacher: In-Training, thanks to Tsukikage's behavior. Rei is not above slapping Maya, if she drifts off during practice.
One of the students at the Tsukikage theater.
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* TookALevelInKindness: She was portrayed as a bit of a sneaky bitch, especially towards Maya, at first. But after realizing what talent Maya has, she's become a good friend and lost some of her haughtyness.
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* TookALevelInKindness: She was portrayed as a bit of a sneaky bitch, especially towards Maya, at first. But after realizing what talent Maya has, she's become a good friend and lost some of her haughtyness.
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* LivingEmotionalClutch: He was this to Tsukikage from childhood onward, though she didn't admit it until years later.
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* HeroicSelfDepreciation: Maya thinks she's a good-for-nothing girl and the only thing she's actually good at is acting, though she thinks Ayumi is better than her in that, too.
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* IncureableCoughOfDeath: Haru starts getting coughing fits, but it quickly turns into tuberculosis. [[spoiler: It gets better, but a relapse occurs after she spends several hours walking in rain.]]
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* TheOnlyOneAllowedToDefeatYou: Ayumi feels this way towards Maya, going so far as to [[spoiler: avenge Maya when Norie aka Suzuko frames Maya for a scandal and then steals Maya's roles]].
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The original Crimson Goddess and, despite having left the stage years ago, still a well-known actress. She left the stage after a spotlight fell and hit her face, badly burning half of it. She's looking for an actress who is remarkable and can take over her role as the Crimson Goddess.
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* HotForTeacher: She was in love with her acting-mentor and adoptive-father Ichiren Ozaki.
* [[IllGirl Ill Woman]]: Apparently has heavy heart issues, which often require her to have surgery and remain bed-ridden for longer periods of time.
* MeaningfulRename: Her real name was Chizu, though when she entered the acting world, Ichiren suggested her stage-name of 'Chigusa Tsukikage'. She has gone by that name ever since.
* SadistTeacher: She slaps her students with rolled-up scripts when they aren't doing something right, slams her fist into Maya's stomach, to teach her how to properly breathe and speak for stage-acting, and locks her disciples away into a freezer, to make them learn how to properly act their roles.
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* HotForTeacher: She was in love with her acting-mentor and adoptive-father Ichiren Ozaki.
* [[IllGirl Ill Woman]]: Apparently has heavy heart issues, which often require her to have surgery and remain bed-ridden for longer periods of time.
* MeaningfulRename: Her real name was Chizu, though when she entered the acting world, Ichiren suggested her stage-name of 'Chigusa Tsukikage'. She has gone by that name ever since.
* SadistTeacher: She slaps her students with rolled-up scripts when they aren't doing something right, slams her fist into Maya's stomach, to teach her how to properly breathe and speak for stage-acting, and locks her disciples away into a freezer, to make them learn how to properly act their roles.
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The creator of the Crimson Goddess play. He was a well-known stage-director and took Tsukikage in, when she was caught stealing from him. As Daito prevented Ichiren from getting any more plays or work to be done, he fell into a horrible depression and ended up committing suicide, leaving Tsukikage the rights to the Crimson Goddess play.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Unable to perform any more plays, getting any work done and his dream of staging the Crimson Goddess ruined, Ichiren hangs himself.
* HappilyMarried: He was happily married to his wife, and was even a father, but apparently lost the two of them during the second World War.
* LivingEmotionalClutch: He was this to Tsukikage from childhood onward, though she didn't admit it until years later.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Unable to perform any more plays, getting any work done and his dream of staging the Crimson Goddess ruined, Ichiren hangs himself.
* HappilyMarried: He was happily married to his wife, and was even a father, but apparently lost the two of them during the second World War.
* LivingEmotionalClutch: He was this to Tsukikage from childhood onward, though she didn't admit it until years later.
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A young girl who loves watching dramas on TV and learns of her intense passion for acting, when she gets a minor role in a school play. Her passion inflamed, Maya chooses to become a professional actress under the tutelage of Tsukikage.
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* AbusiveParents: While not an extreme case, her mother was very harsh with her words a lot and is one of the reasons why Maya thinks she's not very good at doing lots of things.
* TheDeterminator: Once Maya has decided to do something, she ''will'' do it!
* DisappearedDad: Her father is mentioned to have died when she was a child.
* HeroicBSOD: Suffers from one after her mother has been found dead. Stops acting, refuses to eat and merely holds her mother's urn full of ashes for some time.
* HeroicSelfDepreciation: Maya thinks she's a good-for-nothing girl and the only thing she's actually good at is acting, though she thinks Ayumi is better than her in that, too.
* MissingMom: Her mother counts as this, when Maya learns that she left her old home and job due to illness and there's no trace of her. Eventually, her mother turns up... dead.
* TheRival: Unbeknowst to her, Ayumi sees her as this and is surprised to learn of this.
* TheRunaway: She ran away from her home, after her mother refused to let her learn acting. Her mother eventually, grudingly, lets her stay at Tsukikage's theater.
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* AbusiveParents: While not an extreme case, her mother was very harsh with her words a lot and is one of the reasons why Maya thinks she's not very good at doing lots of things.
* TheDeterminator: Once Maya has decided to do something, she ''will'' do it!
* DisappearedDad: Her father is mentioned to have died when she was a child.
* HeroicBSOD: Suffers from one after her mother has been found dead. Stops acting, refuses to eat and merely holds her mother's urn full of ashes for some time.
* HeroicSelfDepreciation: Maya thinks she's a good-for-nothing girl and the only thing she's actually good at is acting, though she thinks Ayumi is better than her in that, too.
* MissingMom: Her mother counts as this, when Maya learns that she left her old home and job due to illness and there's no trace of her. Eventually, her mother turns up... dead.
* TheRival: Unbeknowst to her, Ayumi sees her as this and is surprised to learn of this.
* TheRunaway: She ran away from her home, after her mother refused to let her learn acting. Her mother eventually, grudingly, lets her stay at Tsukikage's theater.
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Maya's mother. She works in a noodle restaurant, where her daughter helped out at times, too. Haru was against Maya learning to act and wanted to force her to come back home after she ran away, but eventually gave her okay to stay. Haru eventually falls in with tuberculosis and ends up in a hospital, being taken care of, while being left in the dark of her daughter's success.
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* AngerBornFromWorry: She's harsh with her words, but overall means well. Her anger when she finds Maya at Tsukikage's theater stems from the fact that Maya ran away from home, in the middle of the night, with barely a note left behind.
* [[IllGirl Ill Woman]]: Coughing, tuberculosis, all part of her character arc.
* IncureableCoughOfDeath: Haru starts getting coughing fits, but it quickly turns into tuberculosis. [[spoiler: It gets better, but a relapse occurs after she spends several hours walking in rain.]]
* TheLostLenore: Her death was a major hit to her daughter.
* RasputinianDeath: Spends hours walking in the rain and getting drenched, leading to hypothermia, which causes her tuberculosis to have a relapse, she gets a fever, gets hit by a car and eventually succumbs to an internal hemorrhage from the preceeding car-accident.
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* AngerBornFromWorry: She's harsh with her words, but overall means well. Her anger when she finds Maya at Tsukikage's theater stems from the fact that Maya ran away from home, in the middle of the night, with barely a note left behind.
* [[IllGirl Ill Woman]]: Coughing, tuberculosis, all part of her character arc.
* IncureableCoughOfDeath: Haru starts getting coughing fits, but it quickly turns into tuberculosis. [[spoiler: It gets better, but a relapse occurs after she spends several hours walking in rain.]]
* TheLostLenore: Her death was a major hit to her daughter.
* RasputinianDeath: Spends hours walking in the rain and getting drenched, leading to hypothermia, which causes her tuberculosis to have a relapse, she gets a fever, gets hit by a car and eventually succumbs to an internal hemorrhage from the preceeding car-accident.
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The daughter of a famous actress and director, Ayumi has everything in life and more. She's an amazing actress and wishes to surpass even her mother. Ayumi eventually catches Tsukikage's attention as a potential candidate for the inheritance of the Crimson Goddess.
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* TheOjou: Fits the trope a lot, even being referred to as such in-universe a few times in the beginning.
* OjouRinglets: Used to have them when she was younger, but they began to grow out as she got older [[CharacterDevelopment and she became more of a friendly rival to Maya]].
* TheRival: Sees herself as this to Maya.
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* TheOjou: Fits the trope a lot, even being referred to as such in-universe a few times in the beginning.
* OjouRinglets: Used to have them when she was younger, but they began to grow out as she got older [[CharacterDevelopment and she became more of a friendly rival to Maya]].
* TheRival: Sees herself as this to Maya.
