History Characters / LycorisRecoilMainCharacters

* RedOniBlueOni: Chisato is the red to Takina's blue. Takina is far more reserved, logical, and professional than the carefree, cheerful and idealistic Chisato. This is even a plot point - the only person who could not only tolerate but temper Takina's extremism is someone who is just as extreme but on the complete opposite side. They're both so different that those differences actually compliment each other, rather than hinder one another.

* YouBastard: [[spoiler:Says this about Majima when he seemingly falls to his death and his smartphone's timer finishes, revealing a fireworks display and that he had been bluffing about a bomb in Enkuboku Tower just to get her to fight.]]

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Chisato may have a superhuman ability to predict the movements of bullets and people, but all of that can be rendered useless if her vision is impaired, [[spoiler:which is exactly what happens in Episode 6 when Majima spits blood into her eyes.]] It happens again in Episode 11 when [[spoiler:Majima shuts the metal blinds of the Skytree, turning the area pitch black.]] Additionally, while she can also dodge bullets from behind, typically fired by her allies, she needs to be aware of the gun and the general location of the shooter to accomplish this. In Episode 13, the one [[spoiler:solid hit Majima tags on Chisato during their climatic fight is the result of him firing on her from behind while her entire focus is on securing a phone she believes has a timer counting down to a bomb detonation.]]

* BatmanGrabsAGun: In Episode 12, [[spoiler:Chisato temporarily abandons her pacifist mantra and shoots Shinji with a live round to save Takina.]]

* BunnyEarsLawyer: Chisato has a fairly whimsical and eccentric personality at times, including fixating on a supercar during a mission, and randomly hugging Takina at one point. However, she is exceptionally skilled as a Lycoris agent, able to take down multiple enemies at once, and even go toe-to-toe against her fellow agents in a mock battle despite being outnumbered initially.

* ToBeLawfulOrGood: Practically the central conflict of Chisato's character, a driving force in the narrative as the primary cornerstone of multiple characters' motivations involing her, and a major aspect of Chisato both Shinji and Majima try to manipulate to their own preferences. Chisato holds herself to a moral code and, following her 'transformation' after getting [[spoiler: her artifical heart]], believes in sparing anyone she comes across by acting as a 'savior,' even when the 'lawful' option in many of the situations she ends up in would be to take the law into her own hands as a member of DA and ice any threats to Japan. She'll knock out opponents and rush in so their bodies don't fall onto anything sharp; she'll use specialized bullets that kill her accuracy but ensure her opponents don't die; she'll defy orders to spare her opponents, and so on. On Shinji's end, he wants to ''invoke'' this trope and force her to finally pick law, while Majima wants Chisato to break it entirely and go simply for a chaotic life where she lives according to her whims, like he does; these motivations, along with her history with Shinji, make Shinji and Majima very personal opponents for Chisato.

* {{Bokukko}}: She uses "boku" to refer to herself in the Japanese dub.

* OnlySaneWoman: Compared to the extremely eccentric staff of [=LycoReco=], consisting of a ditzy GenkiGirl, an adolescent computer whiz and a woman literally only there to get laid (as she puts it), Takina seems like the most in tune with the series' dark spy fiction setting, taking the job with the seriousness you'd expect for it.

* BoobsOfSteel: Chisato is the best Lycoris agent around and also has a noticeably large chest for a seventeen-year-old.[[note]]Compared to the other Lycoris agents, who are all shown as being relatively flat-chested, Chisato's bust size stands out among them.[[/note]] She's also strong enough to kick a sturdy metal door off its hinges.

* {{Expy}}: She's a spirited blonde who typically wears prominently red clothing, follows a strict oath of pacifism, has unnaturally good marksmanship skills, [[spoiler:and is secretly hiding some serious emotional pain behind her smiles]]. Chisato for all intents are purposes is basically a gender-bent [[Manga/{{Trigun}} Vash the Stampede]].

* DoesNotLikeShoes: She is always barefoot in the café, even in zones requiring footwear, and in cars too, only donning sandals when stepping on the street.

* {{Keigo}}: Her speech patterns in Japanese are always very formal, in contrast to Chisato who usually speaks more casually.

* SweetPollyOliver: She disguises herself as a man when she infiltrates a bar with Chisato in Episode 7.

* VitriolicBestBuds: Mizuki and Kurumi have a very beligerent dynamic between them, Mizuki being constantly annoyed by Kurumi's laziness and always being ready to counter her snark, and Kurumi loving to troll and annoy Mizuki when she gets the chance. Despite that, the two are able to function well together as teammates and look out for the other's saftey, [[spoiler:especially in the season finale where they team up to help Takina and Chisato to track down Majima.]]

* TokenMiniMoe: She's a little girl (or at least [[VagueAge looks like one]]) while everyone else at [=LycoReco=] is either a teenager or an adult.

* VagueAge: Although she's surely not as old as the identity of Walnut as a whole, her exact age is a mystery since she refuses to reveal it when asked. Physically wise, she seems to be somewhere between 12 and 15.

* HasTwoDaddies: Mika and Shinji are both father figures to her, and in Episode 9 it's shown that they consider her to be "their daughter".

* EstablishingCharacterMoment: You learn the essential elements of Takina's character in her first appearance; while her team is all in a difficult situation thanks to their teammate being compromised, Takina proceeds to coldly and calmly mows down the whole room with a chain gun, endangering that teammate's life in the process. You see from this that Takina is skilled as a killer and agent, and doesn't concern herself with the lives and feelings of others in pursuit of results, all traits that get challenged the more she interacts with Chisato.

* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Despite their different hairstyles and demeanors (with Chisato being a GenkiGirl with a short bob cut and Takina being an AloofDarkHairedGirl with much longer hair), Takina is very much the tomboy to Chisato's girly girl. Takina values efficiency and practicality versus the frivolities Chisato prefers. This includes favoring rations while on the job, liking men's boxers instead of panties due to their practicality and (attempting) to keep a professional distance. It's telling that [[ItMakesSenseInContext when they have to disguise themselves to infiltrate a members-only bar,]] Takina opts for a sharp men's tuxedo and tie while Chisato dresses to the nines with a fancy back-baring dress and hairdo.

* TwoferTokenMinority: He's a black man who requires a crutch to walk, and is later revealed to be homosexual. [[spoiler:Subverted on the disability representation front as he was actually faking it the entire time.]]

* AgeInsecurity: When asked her age, Kurumi answers "It's a secret."

* TeenGenius: She's somewhere in her teenage years and yet is smart enough to hack a highly advanced government AI. She's also smart enough to figure out the conspiracy that Shinji is weaving after hearing Mika's story in Episode 9. Episode 12 has her [[spoiler:fry Robota's setup, pinpoint his location for the police to arrest him, reboot Radiata, and then use a broadcast to quell the chaos in Tokyo by making the day's horror look like a publicity stunt.]]

* ChristmasCake: Mizuki is worried about being unmarried to the point of reading wedding magazines as a regular activity.

* EntertaininglyWrong: Kurumi assumed that Shinji had the new artificial heart in his briefcase and told Takina about it. [[spoiler:However, she had no way of knowing that Shinji already had the heart implanted into his chest.]]

* AchillesHeel: Chisato relies on her impressive sight for every combat encounter which is how she can calculate things like bullet trajectory. So if someone were to blind her, she'd lose her greatest asset. [[spoiler:Majima takes advantage of this by spitting ''blood'' in her eyes.]] [[spoiler:Later on in Episode 11, he gets the upper hand by forcing her to fight him in a darkened room.]]

** He breaks down crying when he admits he participated, with Shinji, on the start of the plan to get Chisato to become a killer in Episode 11, though Chisato forgives him immediatelly.

* SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome: Chisato may have a superhuman ability to predict the movements of bullets and people, but all of that can be rendered useless if her vision is impaired, [[spoiler:which is exactly what happens in Episode 6 when Majima spits blood into her eyes.]] It happens again in Episode 11 when [[spoiler:Majima shuts the metal blinds of the Skytree, turning the area pitch black.]]

* GeniusBruiser: It's easy to overlook because she isn't a fighter, but Kurumi has surprising LeParkour abilities for someone who works with the brain, at one point casually sliding down the railing of an airport's mechanical stairs on top of her suitcase with all ease.