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* MoreDespicableMinion: Relatively speaking, he's worse than the emperor he worships. While the emperor started a civil war to gain the throne and waged war on Yamato, he did so in order to get closer to the godlike power that the Grandmasters promised, which he claims will give him the power to remove the aristocratic class. In contrast, Gustav intentionally starves and taxes his citizens to death for the sake of aesthetics rather than practicality, making him come off as less well-intentioned.

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* MoreDespicableMinion: Relatively speaking, he's worse than the emperor he worships. While the emperor started a civil war to gain the throne and waged war on Yamato, he did so in order to get closer to the godlike power that the Grandmasters promised, which he claims will give him the power to remove the aristocratic class. In contrast, Gustav intentionally starves and taxes his citizens to death for the sake of aesthetics rather than practicality, making him come off as less well-intentioned. This is further shown when the emperor succeeds in gaining absolute power, since while he's oppressive, he does provide for the citizens instead of starving them and [[spoiler:he eventually sees the error of his ways, leading to him becoming a more lenient ruler]].



* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He believes supporting Emperor Lindworm will keep the populace's vices in check, but while Lindworm genuinely cares about the greater good of his citizens, Gustav only cares about the aesthetics of an orderly society and starves his people to achieve such aesthetics.



* TheSocialDarwinist: His philosophy is that higher-ranking people in society dominate those who are lower, and can take their lives as they please. This is something passed down in the empire as a whole, but he twists it to mean that if he's strong enough, he can force everyone else but him to be equal as commoners.

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* TheSocialDarwinist: His philosophy is that higher-ranking people in society dominate those who are lower, and can take their lives as they please. This is something passed down in the empire as a whole, but he twists it to mean that if he's strong enough, he can force everyone else but him to be equal as commoners. Even towards the end of the final volume, he doesn't fully give up on this ideology, but instead interprets it in a different way, since [[spoiler:he tests his own people's inner strength by pretending to oppose their freedom, believing they don't deserve freedom unless they are truly willing to fight for it]].


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* WellIntentionedExtremist: Despite his inflated ego, he does want to end the decadent aristocracy of the Freyjagard Empire, but he doesn't trust his people to be wise or proactive enough to govern themselves. Thus, he seeks to gain godlike power in order to force everyone to submit to him and become equal as his underlings. He ultimately [[spoiler:puts his people's welfare above his desire for control, since he gives up on Keine's brainwashing plan once his people prove that they're willing to fight even someone like him for their freedom]].

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* CombatMedic: She takes out all of Count Celenteus's guards by throwing tranq darts at them.

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* CombatMedic: She takes out all of Count Celenteus's guards by throwing tranq darts at them.them
* TheCorruptor: Keine ends up being this [[spoiler:to Emperor Lindworm, who was originally going to rule through fear with no plan for brainwashing people. However, he listens to her plan to brainwash everyone into losing their greed, since this would result in less bloodshed than what he originally had in mind]].



* SecretTestOfCharacter: When the World Fair causes his people to reject his ideology, [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm stabs Tsukasa and attacks the prodigies, but relents once his people protest. Tsukasa realizes that Lindworm wasn't actually going to commit to ruling through force if it means killing his citizens, since he didn't use his full power against the prodigies and even allowed Keine to treat the former's wounds first. However, Lindworm still wanted to confirm if his people were truly committed to their freedom and rights rather than just acting on a whim]].



* TokenCompetentTeammate: Downplayed among his siblings. He's much harder for the Luminaries to take down [[spoiler:and has to be caught off guard by Masato's FakeDefector plan. However, the protagonists note that this is because Neuro is already wary of their tactics from the start and is therefore harder to outsmart. In contrast, his siblings try to overpower the protagonists with powerful magic, but come up short because they have no idea how the Luminaries fight]].



* SkilledButNaive: Although they are well-versed in magic, with Belial also being a skilled swordsman, they have no idea what they're up against when fighting the Luminaries and are caught off guard by their unorthodox ways of fighting. In contrast, Neuro, who is supposedly weaker than them, takes much more effort to kill because he is knowledgeable about how his enemies fight.
* TooDumbToLive: Deneb tries to attack [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm after the latter fully absorbed Father's power. Lindworm kills him by waving in his general direction]].

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* CruelAndUnusualDeath: Luther is killed by [[spoiler:Tsukasa, who uses a bullet made from Father's flesh, which not only has the power to pierce Luther's magic defenses, it also forces him to mutate into an ineffectual crystalline creature]].
* MagicKnight: Belial is a swordsman who can inbue his sword with his fire magic, making it hard for anyone to beat him in a clash of weapons. Aoi gets around this by picking up several swords and spears from the fallen soldiers, allowing her to eventually break Belial's sword.
* SkilledButNaive: Although they are well-versed in magic, with Belial also being a skilled swordsman, they have no idea what they're up against when fighting the Luminaries and are caught off guard by their unorthodox ways of fighting. In contrast, Neuro, who is supposedly weaker than them, takes [[spoiler:takes much more effort to kill because he is knowledgeable about how his enemies fight.
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* TooDumbToLive: Deneb tries to attack [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm after the latter fully absorbed Father's power. power, even though Lindworm kills him by waving in his general direction]].offered to spare him. Deneb is reduced to past with a wave of Lindworm's hand]].
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* EasilyForgiven: Averted. In Volume 10, [[spoiler:she sides with Emperor Lindworm and helps him kill Lyrule so that the emperor can implement her mass-brainwashing plan. She realizes the error of her ways at the end of the book, but [[MamaBear Winona]] makes it clear that Keine won't be forgiven for sacrificing Lyrule]].
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* HeelFaceTurn: Double subverted. When Tsukasa wins his bet against Lindworm [[spoiler:by reawakening the greed of Freyjagard's citizens, Lindworm stabs Tsukasa and declares his intent to rule solely by force, but when his own citizens oppose him, he relents and agrees to honor his bet with Tsukasa. Tsukasa suspects Lindworm only attacked in order to test his own citizens' commitment to the idea of freedom]].

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* HeelFaceTurn: Double subverted. He promises to [[spoiler:free his people from brainwashing and open a gate to Tsukasa's world if his people are swayed by the other countries' cultural displays at the World Fair]]. When Tsukasa wins his bet against Lindworm [[spoiler:by reawakening Lindworm, the greed of Freyjagard's citizens, Lindworm stabs latter [[spoiler:stabs Tsukasa and declares his intent to rule solely by force, but when his own citizens oppose him, he relents and agrees to honor his bet with Tsukasa. Tsukasa suspects Lindworm only attacked in order to test his own citizens' commitment to the idea of freedom]].



* KarmaHoudini: Justified. Emperor Lindworm becomes an outright InvincibleVillain at the end, [[spoiler:being even stronger than Father, Yggdra, and the Grandmasters. Thus, the best the Luminaries can hope to do is convince him to abandon his ideology and give his people their freedom back. Additionally, with Father and his family dead, Lindworm is the only one who can send the Luminaries home. As a result, he gets to continue being a god-emperor despite temporarily killing Lyrule and supporting Keine's brainwashing plan]].

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* KarmaHoudini: Justified. Emperor Lindworm becomes an outright InvincibleVillain at the end, [[spoiler:being even stronger than Father, Yggdra, and the Grandmasters. Thus, the best the Luminaries can hope to do is convince him to abandon his ideology and give his people their freedom back. Additionally, with Father and his family dead, Lindworm is the only one who can send the Luminaries home. As a result, he gets to continue being a god-emperor despite waging war on various nations, unintentionally inspiring Gustav's insane governance, leaving the aristocratic factions to act as they please while he goes to war, temporarily killing Lyrule Lyrule, and supporting Keine's brainwashing plan]].



* MisanthropeSupreme: He's the one who inspired Gustav's ideals, and he believes that even if Blumheart and Gustuv overthrew him, they wouldn't be able to keep the ambitions of their subjects in check. He wants to gain godlike power through the Grandmasters' schemes in order to become an [[HobbesWasRight absolute ruler]] with no need for aristocratic middlemen. He also sees the commoners as ApatheticCitizens for lacking the will to rebel against the aristocrats.

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* MisanthropeSupreme: He's the one who inspired Gustav's ideals, and he believes that even if Blumheart and Gustuv overthrew him, they wouldn't be able to keep the ambitions of their subjects in check. He wants to gain godlike power through the Grandmasters' schemes in order to become an [[HobbesWasRight absolute ruler]] with no need for aristocratic middlemen. He also sees the commoners as ApatheticCitizens for lacking the will to rebel against the aristocrats. When his own people turn on him [[spoiler:during the World Fair despite his threat to rule the world through force, he's actually proud of them for being willing to fight for their freedom]].
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* InformedAbility: Combined with CharacterShilling. The citizens of the empire treat Emperor Lindworm as a prodigy in politics, with Gustav going as far as to call Tsukasa an impostor. In practice, Lindworm is an excellent military leader and warrior, but proves to be an inferior politician to Tsukasa [[spoiler:because he makes the same wrong assumptions about human nature as Keine, due to his belief that he can permanently suppress human greed without removing their capacity for love and good emotions. As a result, the people that Keine brainwashed keep making relapses back to their original personalities. To Lindworm's credit, he does realize this sooner than Keine, judging by his lack of surprise when the majority of the people he brought to the World Fair choose to immigrate to Elm]].
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* TheSocialDarwinist: His philosophy is that higher-ranking people in society dominate those who are lower, and can take their lives as they please.

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* TheSocialDarwinist: His philosophy is that higher-ranking people in society dominate those who are lower, and can take their lives as they please. This is something passed down in the empire as a whole, but he twists it to mean that if he's strong enough, he can force everyone else but him to be equal as commoners.
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* InformedKindness: Flit, a former soldier, claims that Emperor Lindworm is actually opposed to the corrupt aristocracy, but in practice, Lindworm is too busy with his own foreign conquests to meaningfully manage the conflict between the Bluebloods and Grandmasters, or stop any abuses from the aristocrats. At best, he politely spares [[spoiler:Blumheart and Gustav for attempting to assassinate him, but even that comes off as a show of confidence than kindness]].

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* InformedKindness: Flit, a former soldier, claims that Emperor Lindworm is actually opposed to the corrupt aristocracy, but in practice, Lindworm is too busy with his own foreign conquests to meaningfully manage the conflict between the Bluebloods and Grandmasters, or stop any abuses from the aristocrats. At best, he politely spares [[spoiler:Blumheart and Gustav for attempting to assassinate him, but even that comes off as a show of confidence than kindness]].kindness. Volume 10 finally shows his more benevolent side when Tsukasa convinces him to allow his people to have their greed back]].



* MisanthropeSupreme: He's the one who inspired Gustav's ideals, and he believes that even if Blumheart and Gustuv overthrew him, they wouldn't be able to keep the ambitions of their subjects in check. He wants to gain godlike power through the Grandmasters' schemes in order to become an [[HobbesWasRight absolute ruler]] with no need for aristocratic middlemen.

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* MisanthropeSupreme: He's the one who inspired Gustav's ideals, and he believes that even if Blumheart and Gustuv overthrew him, they wouldn't be able to keep the ambitions of their subjects in check. He wants to gain godlike power through the Grandmasters' schemes in order to become an [[HobbesWasRight absolute ruler]] with no need for aristocratic middlemen. He also sees the commoners as ApatheticCitizens for lacking the will to rebel against the aristocrats.



* UnwittingPawn: Neuro and the Grandmasters advise the emperor to conquer Yamato and explore the New World. This is because [[spoiler:they want to destroy the seal on Father and use the emperor as a vessel to reincarnate him, which will kill the emperor's soul]].

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* UnwittingPawn: Subverted. Neuro and the Grandmasters advise the emperor to conquer Yamato and explore the New World. This is because [[spoiler:they want to destroy the seal on Father and use the emperor as a vessel to reincarnate him, which will kill the emperor's soul]].soul. However, he reveals he knows Father's soul would try to overtake his, but is confident that his own soul will win, which is exactly what happens in Volume 10]].

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* IncorruptiblePurePureness: Subverted. According to Keine, [[spoiler:Tsukasa somehow didn't change despite all of her attempts to lobotomize him. She states this is because he simply doesn't have greed in his heart, meaning any attempt to remove greed through lobotomy would be redundant. However, Tsukasa reveals he actually does have greed, but he has enough willpower to resist Keine's brainwashing anyways]].



* KillTheCutie: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm kills her in order to unseal Father's soul within him]].

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* KillTheCutie: Double subverted. In Volume 9, [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm kills her in order to unseal Father's soul within him]].him. The start of Volume 10 reveals she survived the first attempt, but thanks to Keine, Lindworm succeeds in the second. Afterwards, Yggdra sacrifices herself to revive Lyrule]].



* ALighterShadeOfGray: He and Keine share double-duty as the {{Token Evil Teammate}}s of the Luminaries, but despite being a self-admitted greedy executive, [[spoiler:he never goes as far as to brainwash people]].



* MoralityPet: In Volume 10, [[spoiler:Keine brainwashes her into rejecting science because of the harm it can bring, and this causes Ringo to uninstall the AI of her robotic assistant Bearabbit. However, she starts remembering the good moments she and Bearabbit had together and realizes that by rejecting Bearrabbit, she's becoming just like her mother. She goes back to normal and fortunately, Bearabbit simply reinstalls himself from a backup]].



* NotBrainwashed: After Emperor Lindworm [[spoiler:teams up with Keine to brainwash their oppposition, Aoi serves them despite never receiving the brainwashing treatment. This is because she has seen the horrors of war just like Keine and wonders if the latter's ways are just. Even when she starts to see Keine's ideology fall apart, she still sticks with the latter out of sympathy because of their similar backgrounds]].



* TheDragon: Keine ends up serving [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm because she believes her ruthless desire to cure people of their evil is compatible with his goal of ruling as a benevolent dictator]].
* EmpoweredBadassNormal: In Volume 10, she implants [[spoiler:Father's cells in order to gain immortality, allowing her to help Emperor Lindworm brainwash people forever. Although she makes a HeelFaceTurn, there's no indication this implant was ever removed]].



* FreudianExcuse: She was a medic working in infirmary camps in a warzone, but one day, terrorists kidnapped all the medical staff and brutally killed all the patients. This caused Keine to develop her extreme views about curing human greed.



* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Volume 10, [[spoiler:she sides with Emperor Lindworm and knocks out the other prodigies so that he can kill Lyrule unimpeded, since she bought into his rhetoric about a peaceful utopia. Worse yet, she tells him about Earth so that he can conquer it too. During his reign, she helps him brainwash disobedient citizens, and since he can detect any feeling of discontent, these citizens get rounded up quickly. However, Tsukasa hosts a world fair to show her that love and greed are two sides of the same coin, causing her to realize the error of her ways. She then rejoins the Luminaries and saves Tsukasa from near-fatal wounds from Lindworm]].



* InterruptedSuicide: She realizes the error of [[spoiler:brainwashing people to reject their vices and tries to kill herself, but Aoi stops her and convinces her to atone]].



* NayTheist: She outright admits to hating God due to having created humans with such weak bodies.

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* NayTheist: She outright admits to hating God due to having created humans with such weak bodies.bodies and greedy minds.



* TokenEvilTeammate: As the other tropes under her name point out, she's the most morally grey out of the seven prodigies. Played with, since while she uses more ruthless methods than Masato, she's driven by an altruistic goal, which is likely why she stays aligned with Tsukasa [[spoiler:despite Neuro's offer to help the prodigies return home]].

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* TokenEvilTeammate: As the other tropes under her name point out, she's the most morally grey out of the seven prodigies. Played with, This is double subverted, since while she uses more ruthless methods than Masato, she's driven by an altruistic goal, which is likely why she stays aligned with Tsukasa [[spoiler:despite Neuro's offer to help the prodigies return home]].home. However, she takes her altruism too far and joins Emperor Lindworm in order to enact her mass brainwashing plan on Freyjagard's population]].



* AlwaysSaveTheGirl: When given the choice of [[spoiler:returning home to warn Earth of Emperor Lindworm or reviving Lyrule, she chooses the latter. She reasons that she and Akatsuki alone wouldn't be able to rally Earth against Lindworm anyways, making this a pragmatic example]].



* MoralityPet: When Masato [[spoiler:is brainwashed by Keine into abandoning his greed, he goes to Lakan to force them to abandon their wealth in favor of Emperor Lindworm and Keine's utopian goals. Roo reminds him of his pre-brainwashing views on money and how he used it for the sake of his loved one's hopes and dreams]].



* BigBad: Double subverted. He's introduced as the ruler of the classist Freyjagard Empire, but it turns out that while he despises the tyrannical aristocracy, he doesn't have the power to completely oppose them. He's also presented as [[spoiler:an UnwittingPawn to the Grandmasters, who want to use his body to revive Father. However, it turns out he was already knew of their treachery and completely consumes Father instead, making him the final antagonist of the series]].



* FunHatingVillain: In Volume 10, [[spoiler:he gains absolute power to the point where no foreign country nor his own political rivals can disobey him due to the sheer force of his will. One of the first things he does is to outright ban any form of entertainment in the belief that it stimulates human greed. When Tsukasa explains that human greed cannot be sated because of how it's tied to love and other emotions, Lindworm decides to remove love from the world too, though he relents upon seeing how much his people want to accept their emotions and live freely]].
* HeelFaceTurn: Double subverted. When Tsukasa wins his bet against Lindworm [[spoiler:by reawakening the greed of Freyjagard's citizens, Lindworm stabs Tsukasa and declares his intent to rule solely by force, but when his own citizens oppose him, he relents and agrees to honor his bet with Tsukasa. Tsukasa suspects Lindworm only attacked in order to test his own citizens' commitment to the idea of freedom]].



* KarmaHoudini: Justified. Emperor Lindworm becomes an outright InvincibleVillain at the end, [[spoiler:being even stronger than Father, Yggdra, and the Grandmasters. Thus, the best the Luminaries can hope to do is convince him to abandon his ideology and give his people their freedom back. Additionally, with Father and his family dead, Lindworm is the only one who can send the Luminaries home. As a result, he gets to continue being a god-emperor despite temporarily killing Lyrule and supporting Keine's brainwashing plan]].
* KingIncognito: Before he took the throne, he disguised himself as a commoner to learn more about the empire. He concluded that although the commoners were unhappy with the aristocrats' tyranny, they didn't have the resolve or competence to rebel.



* {{Pride}}: He's very full of himself and his power, and believes that he's the only one who can create a utopia where everyone will be content and obedient. Tsukasa [[spoiler:takes advantage of this to issue a challenge: if Tsukasa can convince the brainwashed masses to oppose Lindworm's ideals, Lindworm will give up on his utopia and free everyone, otherwise Tsukasa will allow Lindworm to take over both Earth and the current world. Although Lindworm could simply refuse the challenge and leave Tsukasa imprisoned, he accepts because he's that sure of himself]].



* RedemptionRejection: Lyrule tries to warn him [[spoiler:that Father's soul will override his own if he kills her. Lindworm states that he already realized that the power within him will try to consume him, but he doesn't care because he believes he can steal Father's power without getting consumed. He then kills Lyrule in the name of his perfect world]].

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* RedemptionRejection: Lyrule tries to warn him [[spoiler:that Father's soul will override his own if he kills her. Lindworm states that he already realized that the power within him will try to consume him, but he doesn't care because he believes he can steal Father's power without getting consumed. He then kills Lyrule in the name of his perfect world]]. Subverted in the final volume, [[spoiler:where he abandons his ideology after Tsukasa proves that he and Keine can't completely remove greed without removing all other emotions]].



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An alliance of nobles that opposes the Grandmaster faction. They're led by Archduke Lucius von Weltenbruger.

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* BigBrotherBully: They treat Neuro as a nuisance for supposedly being the youngest and weakest among them. Ironically, they put up much less of a fight against the Luminaries.
* SkilledButNaive: Although they are well-versed in magic, with Belial also being a skilled swordsman, they have no idea what they're up against when fighting the Luminaries and are caught off guard by their unorthodox ways of fighting. In contrast, Neuro, who is supposedly weaker than them, takes much more effort to kill because he is knowledgeable about how his enemies fight.
* TooDumbToLive: Deneb tries to attack [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm after the latter fully absorbed Father's power. Lindworm kills him by waving in his general direction]].
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* EveryoneHasStandards: He ends up turning on Emperor Lindworm [[spoiler:after the latter teams up with Keine to lobotomize people into losing their greed]].



* NotSoDifferentRemark: She warns Tsukasa that he's just like her in wanting to serve TheNeedsOfTheMany regardless of any sacrifice he has to make, and that he'll end up alone and isolated from all his friends because of his ideals. Tsukasa acknowledges her warning, since he already caused his own father's execution, [[spoiler:just like how Kaguya slated Mayoi for death.]]

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She warns Tsukasa that he's just like her in wanting to serve TheNeedsOfTheMany regardless of any sacrifice he has to make, and that he'll end up alone and isolated from all his friends because of his ideals. Tsukasa acknowledges her warning, since he already caused his own father's execution, [[spoiler:just like how Kaguya slated Mayoi for death.]]]]
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* CondescendingCompassion: She realizes that although she wants to help the people of Lyrule's world, she also considered herself a superior being due to being a homunculus. As such, she failed to realize the possibility that [[spoiler:a human like Lindworm would be able to surpass Father]].


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* HeroicSacrifice: After [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm kills Lyrule, Yggdra sacrifices herself to revive Lyrule. However, the seal on Father can no longer be restored even with Lyrule's revival]].


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* AssimilationBackfire: In Volume 10, Lindworm [[spoiler:and Father briefly fight for control over the former's body, but Lindworm easily wins and absorbs all of Father's power and knowledge]].
* BigBadWannabe: Despite being built up as the cause of everything wrong in the other world and [[spoiler:having the goal of taking over Emperor Lindworm's body, the latter's will is too strong and Father's soul is absorbed]].


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* AntiHero: Unlike Tsukasa, Masato's motivation is more motivated out of self-interest than altruism. Even his more "heroic" methods such as reworking the Parallel World's economy to be less oppressive is more based on how he can benefit from it while his morality is less about right and wrong and more a preference for long term benefit over short term gains. Regardless, he is protective of his employees and despises crooked business tactics.



* ClassicalAntiHero: Unlike Tsukasa, Masato's motivation is more motivated out of self-interest than altruism. Even his more "heroic" methods such as reworking the Parallel World's economy to be less oppressive is more based on how he can benefit from it while his morality is less about right and wrong and more a preference for long term benefit over short term gains. Regardless, he is protective of his employees and despises crooked business tactics.
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* StockShonenRival: He is written to be Tsukasa's equal and opposite, since he rivals the latter in terms of analytical ability, political/corporate influence, and guile. While Tsukasa is an AllLovingHero who wants to serve to greater good of Japan, Masato is more interested in avenging his father and protecting his business even at the expense of everyone else. He also admits that he'd be willing to [[spoiler:kill Tsukasa to prevent the latter's economic policies from disrupting his business, but [[EnemyMine refrains from doing so at the moment]] because he knows he needs to [[RivalsTeamUp work with his rival]] in order to defeat the Freyjagard Empire and return to Earth. If Yggdra didn't summon him and Tsukasa into Elm Village, he would almost certainly be the BigBad of Tsukasa's story]]. Personality-wise, he's much snarkier and crass compared to the polite Tsukasa and has a more cynical view of humanity.

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* StockShonenRival: He is written to be Tsukasa's equal and opposite, since he rivals the latter in terms of analytical ability, political/corporate influence, and guile. While Tsukasa is an AllLovingHero who wants to serve to greater good of Japan, Masato is more interested in avenging his father and protecting his business even at the expense of everyone else. He also admits that he'd be willing to [[spoiler:kill Tsukasa to prevent the latter's economic policies from disrupting his business, but [[EnemyMine refrains from doing so at the moment]] because he knows he needs to [[RivalsTeamUp work with his rival]] in order to defeat the Freyjagard Empire and return to Earth. If Yggdra didn't summon him and Tsukasa into Elm Village, he would almost certainly be the BigBad of Tsukasa's story]]. Personality-wise, he's much snarkier and crass compared to the polite Tsukasa and has a more cynical view of humanity.
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* StockShonenRival: He is written to be Tsukasa's equal and opposite, since he rivals the latter in terms of analytical ability, political/corporate influence, and guile. While Tsukasa is an AllLovingHero who wants to serve to greater good of Japan, Masato is more interested in avenging his father and protecting his business even at the expense of everyone else. He also admits that he'd be willing to [[spoiler:kill Tsukasa to prevent the latter's economic policies from disrupting his business, but [[EnemyMine refrains from doing so at the moment]] because he knows he needs to [[RivalsTeamUp work with his rival]] in order to defeat the Freyjagard Empire and return to Earth. If Yggdra didn't summon him and Tsukasa into Elm Village, he would almost certainly be the BigBad of Tsukasa's story]]. Personality-wise, he's much snarkier and crass compared to the polite Tsukasa and has a much more cynical view of humanity.

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* StockShonenRival: He is written to be Tsukasa's equal and opposite, since he rivals the latter in terms of analytical ability, political/corporate influence, and guile. While Tsukasa is an AllLovingHero who wants to serve to greater good of Japan, Masato is more interested in avenging his father and protecting his business even at the expense of everyone else. He also admits that he'd be willing to [[spoiler:kill Tsukasa to prevent the latter's economic policies from disrupting his business, but [[EnemyMine refrains from doing so at the moment]] because he knows he needs to [[RivalsTeamUp work with his rival]] in order to defeat the Freyjagard Empire and return to Earth. If Yggdra didn't summon him and Tsukasa into Elm Village, he would almost certainly be the BigBad of Tsukasa's story]]. Personality-wise, he's much snarkier and crass compared to the polite Tsukasa and has a much more cynical view of humanity.
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* StockShonenRival: He is written to be Tsukasa's equal and opposite, since he rivals the latter in terms of analytical ability, political/corporate influence, and guile. While Tsukasa is an AllLovingHero who wants to serve to greater good of Japan, Masato is more interested in avenging his father and protecting his business even at the expense of everyone else. He also admits that he'd be willing to [[spoiler:kill Tsukasa to prevent the latter's economic policies from disrupting his business, but refrains from doing so because he knows he needs to [[RivalsTeamUp work with his rival]] in order to defeat the Freyjagard Empire and return to Earth. If Yggdra didn't summon him and Tsukasa into Elm Village, he would almost certainly be the BigBad of Tsukasa's story]].

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* StockShonenRival: He is written to be Tsukasa's equal and opposite, since he rivals the latter in terms of analytical ability, political/corporate influence, and guile. While Tsukasa is an AllLovingHero who wants to serve to greater good of Japan, Masato is more interested in avenging his father and protecting his business even at the expense of everyone else. He also admits that he'd be willing to [[spoiler:kill Tsukasa to prevent the latter's economic policies from disrupting his business, but [[EnemyMine refrains from doing so at the moment]] because he knows he needs to [[RivalsTeamUp work with his rival]] in order to defeat the Freyjagard Empire and return to Earth. If Yggdra didn't summon him and Tsukasa into Elm Village, he would almost certainly be the BigBad of Tsukasa's story]]. Personality-wise, he's much snarkier and crass compared to the polite Tsukasa and has a much more cynical view of humanity.
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* StockShonenRival: He is written to be Tsukasa's equal and opposite, since he rivals the latter in terms of analytical ability, political/corporate influence, and guile. While Tsukasa is an AllLovingHero who wants to serve to greater good of Japan, Masato is more interested in avenging his father and protecting his business even at the expense of everyone else. He also admits that he'd be willing to [[spoiler:kill Tsukasa to prevent the latter's economic policies from disrupting his business, but refrains from doing so because he knows he needs to [[RivalsTeamUp work with his rival]] in order to defeat the Freyjagard Empire and return to Earth. If Yggdra didn't summon him and Tsukasa into Elm Village, he would almost certainly be the BigBad of Tsukasa's story]].

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: In the manga and light novel, he states that he and Tsukasa may eventually have to go their separate ways due to their differing philosophies. [[spoiler:After the Goss currency exchange, he considers siding with Shenmei Li over Elm.]]
* BenevolentBoss: Decontructed. He handles most of the burdens of his companies and leaves his employees with little on their shoulders, but this leaves them little opportunity to grow their own skills, which means they can't operate without him.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: In the manga and light novel, he states that he and Tsukasa may eventually have to go their separate ways due to their differing philosophies. [[spoiler:After the Goss currency exchange, he considers siding with Shenmei Li over Elm.]]
Later, it turns out that he's still on the Luminaries' side, but he states that he was always in an EnemyMine with Tsukasa, who he considers his archnemesis]].
* BenevolentBoss: Decontructed.Deconstructed. He handles most of the burdens of his companies and leaves his employees with little on their shoulders, but this leaves them little opportunity to grow their own skills, which means they can't operate without him.



* FaceHeelTurn: [[spoiler:He sides with Neuro in order to get home, even if it means agreeing to kill the other prodigies.]]

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* FaceHeelTurn: Subverted. [[spoiler:He sides with Neuro in order to get home, even if it means agreeing to kill the other prodigies.]]prodigies. This turns out to be a ruse to find an opening to kill Neuro, though he makes it clear that he and Tsukasa were always in a [[EnemyMine temporary alliance]] until they can return to Japan]].



* PragmaticHero: After defeating Neutzeland, he strikes a deal with them to make them clean up their act and treat the villages better, despite earlier declaring his intent to destroy them. This is because Dormundt's economy cannot be supported by Elm Village alone.

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* PragmaticHero: PragmaticHero:
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After defeating Neutzeland, he strikes a deal with them to make them clean up their act and treat the villages better, despite earlier declaring his intent to destroy them. This is because Dormundt's economy cannot be supported by Elm Village alone.alone.
** He helped Tsukasa expose the previous Prime Minister's crimes so that Japan doesn't get sold out to a socialist state, but this is to protect his own business interests and he makes it clear that he opposes most of Tsukasa's economic policies.



* TokenEvilTeammate: Played with. While his methods aren't as extreme as Keine's, he's the least altruistic of the prodigies [[spoiler:and is willing to side with Neuro to get home.]]

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* TokenEvilTeammate: Played with. While his methods aren't as extreme as Keine's, he's the least altruistic of the prodigies [[spoiler:and is willing to side with Neuro to get home.]] While it turns out he was playing Neuro for a fool all along, he admits that he may eventually resort to killing Tsukasa in order to prevent UBI from being implemented in Japan]].
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* TheQuisling: In Volume 9, a flashback reveals that Mitsuhide was planning to sell off Japan to an unnamed socialist country, which is why Masato sides with Tsukasa against him.
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* UndignifiedDeath: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he dies not from a fierce fight with the Luminaries, but because he was distracted by Tsukasa and Masato's debate on UBI, allowing Masato's troops to betray and shoot him]].

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* UndignifiedDeath: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he dies not from a fierce fight with the Luminaries, but because he was distracted by Tsukasa and from Masato's debate on UBI, allowing Masato's troops to betray mercenaries betraying and shoot him]].shooting him to death anticlimactically]].
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* CavalryBetrayal: Inverted. In Volume 9, he shows up with his mercenaries to save Neuro, [[spoiler:only for the mercenaries to kill Neuro when his guard is down]].
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* KillTheCutie: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm kills her in order to unseal Father's soul within him]].
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* UndignifiedDeath: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he dies not from a fierce fight with the Luminaries, but because he was distracted by Tsukasa and Masato's debate on UBI, allowing Masato's troops to betray and shoot him]].

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