History Characters / Psyren

* IllBoy: Used to be one, and Hiryuu always tried to cheer him up.

* SkunkStripe: In his hair.

* SkunkStripe: Has a white strand of hair, possibly due to his illness.

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: She always wears a miniskirt that shows a lot of leg and she's prone to action and jumping, though she doesn't get any panty shots.

* MoralDissonance: Save the world by kidnapping people, forcing them to run for their lives in hell on Earth from the worst type of EldritchAbomination, and hoping they'll do their part even further back home? Oh, and if they try to relieve shell-shock by talking to others, you kill them and turn them into dust if they talk to the wrong people. Furthermore, they don't even explain the rules of the game or how to survive until after the first Drift and to see the rules, you have to know to hold the card over your forehead to make them appear. Hiryuu is understandably pissed that a lot of people have been killed because they had no idea what was going on during their first Drift.

* MoralDissonance: [[spoiler:Using his Biological Ruin attack on a Tavoo core]] just to see what happens. Even Asaga (mentally) calls him out on this one.

* MulticoloredHair: Recent volume cover shows that her hair is dyed red in the front.

A group of humans who are out of sight of the W.I.S.E.. Established by Usui, who used his Psyren trips to figure out the ideal location and set supplies there. usui is worshiped as a god and reincarnation of the Emperor. He has a very feudal, ordered system, enforced by his personal minions who can use PSI. After his unsuccessful attack on Mukurojima and Nemesis Q, Usui's power is usurped, and he's reduced to a puppet leader and figurehead. [[spoiler:Amakusa as a whole is utterly destroyed by Junas, who knew where the place was the whole time.]]

* NakedFirstImpression: [[spoiler:In her[[PeopleJars People Jar]]]].

* MoralDissonance: Save the world by kidnapping people, forcing them to run for their lives in hell on Earth from the worst type of EldritchAbomination, and hoping they'll do their part even further back home? Oh, and if they try to relieve shell-shock by talking to others, you kill them and turn them into dust if they talk to the wrong people.

* [[spoiler:SupernaturallyYoungParent: Amamiya and Ageha speculate that Asuka is a naturally-born PSI user who simply had no conscious awareness of his powers. Given that his power is potent enough to drastically slow the flow of time, it offers a plausible explanation for his youth.]]

** [[spoiler: Which eventually becomes an EnemyWithout, but then they have a SplitPersonalityMerge and decide to share the body and dominance over it]].

* KatanasAreJustBetter: She's proficient in wielding several different weapons, but it's a cursed katana [[spoiler: that gives her the special power of revealing her true self]].

* SinisterScythe: Her Trance takes the form of a scythe in the group's third journey. Subverted in that it doesn't slice, but causes MindRape. [[spoiler: When Abyss is in charge, the Wired Mind Jacks are turned into black sickles on cables.]]

* HeroOfAnotherStory: Spends a lot of his time [[spoiler: in the future, doing his own work separate from the main group, and is not seen in the manga for a long period. He also doesn't participate in the last battle for the Promised Tears.]]
* LeftForDead: [[spoiler: Survives, naturally]].

* TheWorfEffect: [[spoiler: After showing off his amazing new powers and scoring a series of flawless victories against Delboro and Caprico, he's promptly took out of commision by Grana.]]
* YouWillBeAssimilated: [[spoiler: How his Harmonious work agaisnt other Tavoo.]]

* GlowingEyesOfDoom: He gets the PowerGlows variety when he uses his abilities. [[spoiler: The doom part comes in during his fight with Ash.]]

* BrickJoke: During the interview with Ageha, the operator at one point gets irritated and tells that he's probably still a virgin. [[spoiler: When she's brought in the Root and Ageha is watching her resting, she asks him to "[[DudeShesLikeInAComa stop watching her like that]] " and called him a virgin again.]]
* DeadpanSnarker: [[spoiler: Some of her interactions with Ageha.]]

* KindHeartedCatLover: Would you believe [[spoiler: she used the miniature version of Nemesis Q (dubbed "Dame Q" by Yoshina's group) to feed the cats living on her island?]]

** [[spoiler: Considering she lived most of her life in isolation, she doesn't really care about the world until the Drifters actually meet her face-to-face. For her, morality doesn't enter the picture, she just wants to find out the 'truth' about her brother.]]

* NoSocialSkills: [[spoiler: Look, she was taken by a nebouls government department and experimented upon her psychic powers when she was a little girl, and spent the rest of her life as a PeopleJars in a forgotten laboratory in Kyushu, what did you expect?]]

* TinMan: [[spoiler: Like most of the Grigori, she apparently doesn't have feelings or has a lot of troubles with emotions (see above in DissonantSerenity) even though she later admits that she went genuinely mad at Ageha during the interview and she grows kinder later on, showing that she still has emotions.]]
* TookALevelInKindness [[spoiler: After meeting the Drifters in person she becomes much more agreeable and pleasant to be around, even though her motivation are still the same.]]

** [[spoiler: The stress gets to her during the Invasion Arc (though she did not have much time left) and she finally passes away.]]

* AnArmAndALeg: [[spoiler: Loses his left arm to Mithra in the final battle.]]

* HeroicBSOD: Becomes struck in fear upon seeing the nature of [[spoiler: Miroku's]] soul. Namely, an entire ocean of screaming people.

* DistressedDamsel: At the end of the Invasion arc, she's [[spoiler: brought to Astral Nava by Vigo]].

* ShootTheMedicFirst: [[spoiler: Shiner]] attempts to do this.

** [[spoiler: He's 57 ten years in the future, and he looks almost ''exactly the same'']].
* PapaWolf: [[spoiler: Strong and confident enough to take on even ''Junas'', who had just [[CurbStompBattle completely owned]] Shao and Ageha]].

* ChristmasCake: Has worries about being this. [[spoiler: But in the future she marries Ian]].

The W.I.S.E. are the [[BigBad main villains]] of the series. In every timeline they wipe out most of humanity, and turn the rest into Tavoo. They are led by the enigmatic Amagi Miroku, who defers most direct leadership to Grana. However, Miroku himself seems to be working for, or at least alongside Mithra, an enigmatic woman with strange eyes and surrounded by flames. The Starship Commanders, the primary members, rank themselves by number according to their strength. [[spoiler: At the final trip to Psyren, all of the W.I.S.E. die due to being eaten by Quat Nevas]].

* DarkMessiah: He means to save the world, by bringing total destruction and death. [[spoiler: Subverted by his real masterplan, which would repopulate the entire planet from scratch.]]
* DeadPersonImpersonation: Pretended to be [[spoiler: Kiyotada Saburou.]]

* DragonWithAnAgenda: To Mithra kind of. [[spoiler: They seemed to be equal allies up to a certain point, with him as the leader and her as some sort of guide/mentor, but Miroku ultimately ended up as her pawn after his own plan failed.]]
* EnergyBeing: [[spoiler: By the time he's fought in the future, his body is almost entirely one with Psi in order to give start to his plan.]]

* EyepatchOfPower: [[spoiler: Subverted during his first appearence, the eyepatch he wore was part of the disguise.]]

* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:realizes he was manipulated after Ageha floods him with memories from Psyren and a final message from future-07]]
** [[spoiler: Also something of a HeelRealization.]]

* OmnicidalManiac: Step one of his plan? Kill pretty much everyone who's not on his side and a Psier. [[spoiler: Luckily, Ageha in the present timeline talks him out of it.]]
* OrcusOnHisThrone: Pretty much out of focus in the future, [[spoiler: since he was busy preparing his secret plan to revive the entire planet.]]
* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: His future self, with a little help from Grana, sacrifices himself to blow [[EldritchAbomination Quat Nevas]] to pieces, saving everyone on earth.]]
* SlasherSmile: Flashes Ageha with one early on [[spoiler: after dropping his disquise as Kiyotada Saburo]]. Contrast his later appearences, where he's much more calm and composed.

%%* {{Ubermensch}}
* UsedToBeASweetKid: Was the most cheerful and amiable of the three Grigori in the past... [[spoiler: Then Mithra interfered...]]

* CurbStompBattle: Inflicts a devastating one on [[spoiler: Oboro]], Kyle and Frederica after the death of Nr 3.

* HeroKiller: [[spoiler: Responsible for the deaths of Yagumo and Kagetora in the first timeline.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: After killing Mithra, he helps Miroku in his final sacrifice to save the world.]]

* TheRival: In the second timeline, he ends up being one to [[spoiler: Kagetora.]]

* FromNobodyToNightmare: [[spoiler: In the present he was an ordinary, nameless high-schooler, but then he saw Miroku's announcement and the rest is history.]]

* TakingYouWithMe: His ultimate attack warps ''the entire time-space'' in the surrounding area to another dimension, destroying everything and everyone inside. [[spoiler: He tried to use it to kill Amamiya, Ageha and the others, but was quickly interrupted when Sakurako and Abyss sliced him in half.]]

* SoreLoser: After barely escaping with his life against Frederica, he murders the Taboo who tried to assist him, claiming that the others mustn't know of his defeat. [[spoiler: When Amamiya is about to beat him, he tries to wipe out everyone around him with his ultimate attack.]]

* GoThroughMe: [[spoiler: Pulls this on Kagetora to protect Junas.]]

Starship Commander No. 5 of the W.I.S.E., Dholaki was the one interacted with the Drifters the most early in the series [[spoiler: before his death]]. Responsible for patrolling the borders of Psyren for survivors, Dholaki prefers brute force in combat. Was one of the two accompanying Amagi Miroku on the Day of Revolution. Facing demotion after being defeated by Ageha's Melcheese's Lance attack. In the present behaves just like he does in the future, getting into fights and beating the crap out of people.

* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler: Still attacks Mithra with all he's got as she's literally tearing him apart one pieces at the time.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: He can inflict this on his victims with his powers, forcefully removing their bones or organs from their body or [[BuriedAlive dragging them inside concrete to turn them into statues]]. [[spoiler: He's on the receiving end when Mithra dismantles his body and Core with her powers.]]

* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: Kidnaps Marie and takes her in his quarters. She awekens in a bed, surrounded by AntiMagic pillars with the creep right in front of her. [[spoiler: Subverted in that, while he tries to rape her, he doesn't go all the way through.]]

* LoveRedeems: [[spoiler: Thanks to Marie being the first person who shows some concern for him.]]

* RedemptionEqualsDeath: [[spoiler: Sacrifices himself to save Marie, apparently because she was "his" prey, but actually because she showed him concern despite her current predicament.]]

* AmbiguousGender: At first, but later she appears to be female. [[spoiler: On the outside at least...]]
* AmbiguouslyGay: The first thing she said to Marie after introducing herself? "You have a nice body..." [[spoiler: though given [[BodySurf her actual plans]], a mundane PsychoLesbian would have been safer for poor Marie...]]

* BigBad: [[spoiler: As Quat Nevas' DragonInChief and ManBehindTheMan to Miroku Amagi, she's this by default.]]
* BodySnatcher: [[spoiler: The presence of Quat Nevas' core inside her is slowly rotting her body, forcing her to transfer her conscience in another body. She chooses Marie's but is interrupted before she can do so.]]
* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: In the future, Grana blast her apart when she's distracted, while in the present she's annihilated by Ageha's Black Nova.]]
* ExoticEyeDesigns: Her eyes looks noticeably off.. [[spoiler: being possessed by an EldritchAbomination from outer space does this to you.]]
* FinalBoss: [[spoiler: In the present, where she's fought by Miroku and Ageha.]]

* KickTheDog: [[spoiler: After dropping TheReveal on Miroku in the future she openly [[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech mocks him for believing her story and his dream about the sheep and the wolf.]]]]

* ManBehindTheMan: [[spoiler: To Miroku, since he was still a test subject.]]

* OneWingedAngel: [[spoiler: In the present, she invokes Quat Nevas powers and turn into a gigantic, half- BlobMonster with SpiderLimbs and enhaced PSI powers. [[ClippedWingAngel Lasts for a handful of panels against Ageha's Black Nova.]]]]
* OrificeInvasion: How she absorbed the [[spoiler: Core of Uroboros]]. It's [[DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything disturbing to look at...]]

* TouchOfDeath: Her "other" power allows her to dismantle into neat squared fragments everything she touches, as [[spoiler: Vigo and Miroku]] find out.

* CurbStompBattle: [[spoiler: Killed effortlessly by Oboro Mochizuki offpage.]]

* FamilyUnfriendlyDeath: [[spoiler: Burned to cinders by Frederica's Salamander.]]

* TheMole: [[spoiler: He's actually Oboro, in his best-designed disguised.]]

* TheVoiceless: Odo is apparently this, [[spoiler: if Oboro's comments and Delboro's reaction to him speaking are of any indication]].

* AssholeVictim: When [[spoiler: Miroku]] sucks him dry of lifeforce, no tears were shed.
* {{Brainwashed}}: [[spoiler: By Miroku, to make him believe that he really is his deceased brother Saburo.]]
* CombatSadomasochist: Inui embodies this trope. The Masochist side especially. His [[GuardianEntity Angry Goalie]] is even programmed to share all the pain of the wounds he sustains with him, and he looks ecstatic while doing so. [[spoiler: Deconstructed when Ageha shoots Angry Goalie in the head with Melchsee's Lance and then bisects it, pointing out that, no matter how much of a masochist he is, such a traumatic pain is too much to bear for anyone.]]

* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler: Joins the final battle thanks to the renewed credit and challenges Grana to a fight.]]

* HealingFactor: [[spoiler: His actual PSI power developed on Psyren, which allows him to fight Junas on equal ground.]]

* YouCantGoHomeAgain: Because of the Illumina Core in his chest. [[spoiler: Subverted in the end when the power of Illumina is absorbed by Miroku and he can finally go home.]]

-->''"Sooob~...not matter how often I watch 'Mobita and the Iron Men' it still makes me cry...!"''

* AssholeVictim: [[spoiler: No tears for this old bastard when Junas beheads him.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Junas drops by and slaughters him, along with all the empire.]]

* DroppedABridgeOnHim: [[spoiler: Killed along his master by Junas.]]

A QuirkyMinibossSquad composed by three PSI users named Torotomi, Saijo and Tomochika who first appear to attack Ageha's group on his way to Kyuushu, but are easily defeated. Tomochika manages to take a sample of Amamiya's hair to Amakusa, who learns about his enemies this way. [[spoiler: They're likely killed during Junas' attack on Shimabara.]]

!Tropes associated with the Brain Beasts

* MadeofIron: Having survived [[spoiler:falling from the stratosphere]], this easily applies.

* {{Seer}}: The most powerful one in the series.

Also known as "Dragon" Asaga, Hiryuu went to elementary school with Ageha, who bullied him for being a cry-baby. Eventually he became bigger than Ageha, and they went to different schools. They meet again in Psyren, and after their first round he learns PSI quicker than Ageha does. He acts as Ageha's [[TheLancer Lancer]] and the Ego in their original PowerTrio. He eventually becomes TheBigGuy when Oboro and Kabuto arrive. Matsuri, who is worried about Ageha and Oboro [[WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity going mad with their power]], tells Hiryuu that he is the only one who could stop either of them should the worst happen.

* PowerTrio: The Superego of the group.

* PowerTrio: The Id to the Kagetora/Lan/Haruhiko team.

* PowerTrio: The superego of the Matsuri/Kagetora/Ian trio.

* PowerTrio: She's the id of the Matsuri/Kagetora/Ian trio.

* PowerTrio: The Ego of the Kagetora/Lan/Haruhiko trio.

* WallMaster: Not only he can phase through solid items and surfaces, he can actually merge with the surrounding items. Cue to him sprouting lots of arms to attack from every angle.

* {{Teleportation}}: His power creates two energy fields which he can swap everything in those two spaces.

The two strongest minions of Usui aside from TheDragon, Taiga and Okugou encounter Ageha's group at Q's base. Both surrender when they realize they face certain death otherwise. Okugou summons a burst creature called Orugas, which is a giant lion-shaped creature that shoots energy blasts. Taiga has super-powerful Chakram made from PSI. Together form a ThoseTwoBadGuys team. [[spoiler:Leave on friendly terms with Root, and basically force Usui to return to his position but will be watching his back from now on]]

* OneHundredAndEight: The chapter she first appeared in.

* GravityMaster: Asuka's power. To the point that he can [[TimeStandStill slow down time in a limited area.]]

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''"Well, I can't tell anything about my future anyway. As long as I'm alive, that's all I need."''

''"Are you okay? You´re giving off...smoke? Tehehe...looks like I cut your core clean in half."''

''"I swore to become that hero, so that I could carry myself with pride when I meet you again."''

''"We've only just met today! Must you end your life here?! Unacceptable! I won't allow you to! My life as Mochizuki Oboro is just getting interesting. To protect that life, I need every piece, not lacking a single one!"''

''"And besides, ain't running away the perfect solution to staying out of trouble? Escaping all the bad stuff is a great way to live! Plus, it would get rid of all the fighting, y'know? That's how I make peace."''

''"...A body... in which to entrust my power, Nemesis... and will... Thus, my time-travelling representative... Program... Nemesis Q."''

''"It's been a while, Nemesis Q! I'm Tenjuin Elmore, wife of Tenjuin Kopher, whom you turned to ash!"''

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''"I am the Crimson Empress, Frederica! Your brain will be scorched to nothing!" ''

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''"Do you know your inner self? I can see it, because I see people's true forms."''

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''"There's no need for introductions, since I won't remember anyways. Waste of brain cells."''

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''"As I progress through my telekinesis training, I'm kind of programming it into my head... But I don't really think it's very special... After all, it's easy for me..." ''

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''"No need to worry! Just leave it to Van!"''

''"We needed money at any cost... even if that meant to turn to crime..."''

''"It'll rock ya' down to your nuclei!"''

''"People become strong because they have something to protect. The possibilities are endless."''

''I don't mind using this power if it's for your sake, but please understand I'd much rather the world not know about it so I can live in peace.''

''"Amagi Miroku... Shall become the center of the universe!"''

%%* AGodAmI

''"Bring it on! I, Grana, also known as 'The Asura of the Heavens', accept this challenge by the power invested in me by the Council of Elders!"''

''I like warriors. The stronger they are, the more I want to mince them to pieces.''

''"...Is that an order? Is a 5th-ranked commander like you giving ME an order?"''

''"Onii-chan, are you a bad person?"''

''"There's countless ways to kill ya', but there's no meaning using cheap tricks to win! I always destroy my enemies by force!"''

''"The ultimate creation... comes from ingenious destruction."''

* AGodAmI: Has the same mindset as Miroku in this respect.

''"Humans are made stronger...by coming to know pain!"''

''"Surely you didn't think a plain human such as yourself could possibly be friends with an exquisite human like me, did you?"''

''"You got it wrong! I didn't do anything, I was just an underling!"''

''"Please hold on to your half, Asaga...we'll meet again I promise...and I'll greet you while standing on my own two feet."''

''"Sooob~...not matter how often I watch 'Mobita and the Iron Men' it still makes me cry...!"''

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''"A simple kid like you has no idea what the true value of that card is."''

''"..."''

* AGodAmI: Subverted, while he loves his position as the new Emperor, he calls his subjects fools for believing that he is the reincarnation of Tokisada Shiro Amakusa.

* TookALevelInBadass: After encountering Yoyo and finally getting Rise training from Ian. [[http://img16.tx.us.mangafox.com/store/manga/1276/15-117.0/compressed/r117.0.19.jpg Oh so much...]]

* SuperMode: Nova. It causes him to manifest a OneWingedAngel form called "Raging King" [[http://www.mangafox.com/manga/psyren/v15/c136/19.html shown here]].

* CameBackStrong: Claims this after he nearly gets killed by Inui [[http://www.mangareader.net/346-36743-2/psyren/chapter-92.html here]].

* BlondGuysAreEvil: Blond guy with blue eyes, he's still an evil dick among the Starship Commanders.

* BadassGrandpa: [[spoiler:In the future]] he's nearing 60, and can still probably tear you a few new ones.