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* BadBoss: [[spoiler: He initially made a clone of Nancy to spy on the British Library but figured (rather rightly) that she would develop conflicting loyalties. So he made a clone of her that was loyal to him and had planned to dispose of her.]]

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* BadBoss: [[spoiler: He initially made a clone of Nancy to spy on the British Library but figured (rather rightly) that she would develop conflicting loyalties. loyalties during her mission. So he made a another clone of her that was loyal to him and had planned to dispose of her.the original.]]

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The villains of the OVA, a terrorist group composed of clones of famous historical figures that have gone rouge and trying to destroy the world. [[spoiler: The TV series reveals they were meant to be clone bodies for The Gentleman, but samples of them were stolen by rival faction Dokushensha, cloned and then slipped out of their control.]]

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The villains of the OVA, a terrorist group composed of clones of famous historical figures that have gone rouge and trying to destroy the world. [[spoiler: The TV series reveals surmises they were meant to be clone bodies for The Gentleman, but samples of them were stolen by rival faction Dokushensha, cloned and then slipped out of their control.control. Though this is never outright stated.]]



* AttackItsWeakPoint: He's practically immortal if his heart's intact. Drake finally kills him by exposing and destroying it.

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* AttackItsWeakPoint: He's practically immortal if his heart's intact. Drake finally kills him by exposing and destroying it.it via impalement before letting a bomb do the rest.



* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Drake rips the pincer off the robot bug he's controlling and stabs him with it.



* OneWingedAngel: His final form is a teenage green bug looking thing.




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* ResurrectiveImmortality: If he takes enough blunt force trauma, he'll molt from his previous body and into the next stage of his life cycle. He starts as an old man, then a child after his previous body is slammed into a billboard and into a teenager when Drake shoots his kid form. It's likely he could've molted again after being impaled, but the bomb Drake places vaporizes him before it can happen, killing him completely
* StarterVillain: The first of the I-Jin agents Yomiko faces.



The clone of the famous German aviator who help pioneer the study of aviation. Here he pilots a steam powered glider that near on par with a fighter jet.

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The clone of the famous German aviator who help helped pioneer the study of aviation. Here Here, he pilots a steam powered glider that near on par with a fighter jet.



!! Ludwig van Beethoven
A clone of the famous musician. He's mostly used as a tool to play Ikkyu's Suicide Symphony, hooked into the rocket to which he will preform the song at a certain altitude so the entire planet can hear it.

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!! Ludwig van Beethoven
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A clone of the famous musician. He's mostly used as a tool to play Ikkyu's Suicide Symphony, American inventor who co-invented the boiler. He mans the machine for the I-Jin, being literally hooked into the rocket to which he will preform the song at a certain altitude so the entire planet can hear it.



* FaceFramedInShadow: We only see a silhouette of him, never in full.
* NoOntologicalInertia: His life force is tied to the piano string hooked up from his piano to the the rocket. Once Yomiko severs them, he instantly dies.

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* TheUnfought: He's not a combatant and just mans the train for the launching procedure for the missile. Jean is sent to protect him. But both end up blown up by the bomb Drake leaves in the room.

!! Ludwig van Beethoven
A clone of the famous German musician. He's mostly used as a tool to play Ikkyu's Suicide Symphony, hooked into the rocket to which he will preform the song at a certain altitude so the entire planet can hear it.
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* FaceFramedInShadow: We only see a silhouette of him, him and some bits of his features, never in full.
* NoOntologicalInertia: His life force is tied to the piano string hooked up from his piano to the the rocket.missile. Once Yomiko severs them, he instantly dies.
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* EvilClone: A rather odd example. [[spoiler: See, we find out she's a clone of Mata Hari, a legendary spy sent to infiltrate the British Library. She grows reluctant to do her job however so Ikkyu, the big bad of the story, makes another one of her to replace her. Yes an evil clone... of a clone. Said evil clone ends up being Nancy's final opponent in the series and ends up knocked out in the final battle.]]

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* EvilClone: EvilTwin: A rather odd example. [[spoiler: See, we find out she's a clone of Mata Hari, a legendary spy sent to infiltrate the British Library. She grows reluctant to do her job however so Ikkyu, the big bad of the story, makes another one of her to replace her. Yes an evil clone... of a clone. Said evil clone ends up being Nancy's final opponent in the series and ends up knocked out in the final battle.]]
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The clone of the famous Dutch spy, Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod aka Mata Hari, who serves as Ikkyu's assistant and lover. For more about her, [[spoiler: see Nancy's entry.]]

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The clone of the famous Dutch spy, Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod [=MacLeod=] aka Mata Hari, who serves as Ikkyu's assistant and lover. For more about her, [[spoiler: see Nancy's entry.]]

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The villains of the OVA, a terrorist group composed of clones of famous historical figures that have gone rouge and trying to destroy the world. [[spoiler: The TV series reveals they were meant to be clone bodies for The Gentleman, but samples of them were stolen by rival faction Dokusha, cloned and then slipped out of their control.]]

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The villains of the OVA, a terrorist group composed of clones of famous historical figures that have gone rouge and trying to destroy the world. [[spoiler: The TV series reveals they were meant to be clone bodies for The Gentleman, but samples of them were stolen by rival faction Dokusha, Dokushensha, cloned and then slipped out of their control.]]


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!! Mata Hari
The clone of the famous Dutch spy, Margaretha Geertruida MacLeod aka Mata Hari, who serves as Ikkyu's assistant and lover. For more about her, [[spoiler: see Nancy's entry.]]

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A clone of the Hsuan-tsang, a Buddhist priest who set out on a journey to bring authentic scroll texts from India back to China which ,in turned, inspired the popular novel, ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. Here he resembles the monk from that story while likewise wielding the power of the Monkey King (The extending pole, breathing flames, riding on clouds, etc). By and large, one of the deadlier foes of the I-Jin.

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A clone of the Hsuan-tsang, a Buddhist priest who set out on a journey to bring authentic scroll texts from India back to China which ,in turned, inspired the popular novel, ''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. Here he resembles the monk from that story while likewise wielding the power of the Monkey King (The extending pole, breathing flames, riding on clouds, etc). By and large, one of the deadlier foes of the I-Jin.



* AttackItsWeakPoint; He has a heart shaped machine on his body. Yomiko manages to temporarily incapacitate him by aiming for it.



* BloodKnight: The man's a damn berserker and relentlessly attack Yomiko on first contact, goading her to fight back.

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* BloodKnight: The man's a damn berserker and relentlessly attack attacks Yomiko on first contact, goading her to fight back.



* PowerNullifier: One end of his staff allows him to cancel out super powers. Nancy found this out the way she managed to phase through his first swing but the second actually connects.

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* PowerNullifier: One end of his staff allows him to cancel out super powers. Nancy found this out the hard way when she managed to phase through his first swing but the second actually connects.



* GoodSmokingEvilSmoking: Never seen without a pipe in his mouth.



* LiterallyShatteredLives: Yomiko potions him under a pipe of coolant and, after disabling his elekiter, flings a paper at the pipe. The coolant sprays over him and freezes him instantly, to which he shatters to pieces.

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* LiterallyShatteredLives: Yomiko potions positions him under a pipe of coolant liquid nitrogen and, after disabling his elekiter, flings a paper at the pipe. The coolant liquid sprays over him and freezes him instantly, to which he shatters to pieces.
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A clone of the Hsuan-tsang, a buddist priest who set out on a journey to bring authentic scroll texts from India back to China which ,in turned, inspired the popular novel, '''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'''. Here he resembles the monk from that story while likewise wielding the power of the Monkey King (The extending pole, breathing flames, riding on clouds, etc). By and large, one of the deadlier foes of the I-Jin.

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A clone of the Hsuan-tsang, a buddist Buddhist priest who set out on a journey to bring authentic scroll texts from India back to China which ,in turned, inspired the popular novel, '''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'''.''Literature/JourneyToTheWest''. Here he resembles the monk from that story while likewise wielding the power of the Monkey King (The extending pole, breathing flames, riding on clouds, etc). By and large, one of the deadlier foes of the I-Jin.

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* EvilClone: A rather odd example. [[spoiler: See, we find out she's a clone of Mata Hari, a legendary spy sent to infiltrate the British Library. She grows reluctant to do her job however so Ikkyu, the big bad of the story, makes another one of her to replace her. Yes an evil clone... of a clone. Said evil clone ends up being Nancy's final opponent in the series and ends up knocked out in the final battle.]]



* MirrorMatch: [[spoiler:Fights the "evil" clone of her in the OVA.]]
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* MirrorMatch: [[spoiler:Fights [[spoiler: A literal example. The heroic Nancy fights the "evil" clone of her in the OVA.]]
%%* TheMole* TheMole: In the OVA, [[spoiler: it's revealed she was sent as a spy to the British Library so her group can get the parts needed for the doomsday weapon they plan on using.]]


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[[folder: I-Jin]]
The villains of the OVA, a terrorist group composed of clones of famous historical figures that have gone rouge and trying to destroy the world. [[spoiler: The TV series reveals they were meant to be clone bodies for The Gentleman, but samples of them were stolen by rival faction Dokusha, cloned and then slipped out of their control.]]
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!! General
* ArtificialHuman: All of them having been bred in test tubes and likewise given powers to boot.
* CloningBlues: All them are pretty much clones of historical figures.

!! Ikkyu
The leader of the group. A clone of the 15th century Buddhist monk and Zen practitioner. He's the one that sets in motion the plan to wipe out humanity with the Suicide Symphony to "purge them of their wasteful individuals".
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* BadBoss: [[spoiler: He initially made a clone of Nancy to spy on the British Library but figured (rather rightly) that she would develop conflicting loyalties. So he made a clone of her that was loyal to him and had planned to dispose of her.]]
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: [[spoiler: Turns out plotting to kill your lover with a clone of her wasn't the best move. Since said original not only beats her but ends up being the death of him because ''he'' can't tell the two apart either, allowing the real Nancy to get in close and easily kill him.]]
* MasterOfIllusion: He can make lifelike illusions from paintings with his staff.

!! Jean-Henri Fabre
A clone of the famous French entomology researcher. Here he's a part bug man who "molts" every time he's killed. Starting out an old man, then morphing into a child and finally a teenager.
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* AttackItsWeakPoint: He's practically immortal if his heart's intact. Drake finally kills him by exposing and destroying it.
* CreepyChild: He's in a child body for the majority of the OVA and naturally is very un-child like.
* LittleBitBeastly: He has antenna sticking out of the cap on his head.
* OneWingedAngel: His final form is a teenage green bug looking thing.
* PestController: Kinda, he can control regular bugs but the bigger ones are really robots.

!! Otto Lilienthal
The clone of the famous German aviator who help pioneer the study of aviation. Here he pilots a steam powered glider that near on par with a fighter jet.
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* MonochromaticEyes: The clone here has blank white eyes for some reason.
* OhCrap: When Yomiko manages to get on his glider, he tries to shoot her with his pistol. Only for her to stop his bullets with her paper much to his shock.

!! Genjo Sanzo
A clone of the Hsuan-tsang, a buddist priest who set out on a journey to bring authentic scroll texts from India back to China which ,in turned, inspired the popular novel, '''Literature/JourneyToTheWest'''. Here he resembles the monk from that story while likewise wielding the power of the Monkey King (The extending pole, breathing flames, riding on clouds, etc). By and large, one of the deadlier foes of the I-Jin.
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* TheBadGuyWins: Despite Yomiko and Nancy defeating him, he still manages to capture the book the girls had acquired and handed it off for his fellow I-Jin to grab right before his death.
* BloodKnight: The man's a damn berserker and relentlessly attack Yomiko on first contact, goading her to fight back.
* PlayingWithFire: Not only can he breath out fire, but his staff can emit it as well.
* PowerNullifier: One end of his staff allows him to cancel out super powers. Nancy found this out the way she managed to phase through his first swing but the second actually connects.
* TelescopingStaff: Like the Monkey King, he wields an expending pole for combat. Not only does it have devices at the end of the staff to nullify powers, it can also wield flames as well. Heck, the thing can extend into ''space'' to be able to swat down satellites.

!! Gennai Hiraga
A clone of the famous Edo period Japanese pharmacologist. He wields a elekiter that generates electricity and allow him to wield it.
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* LaserBlade: He's capable of wielding these and does so in his final battle with Yomiko.
* LiterallyShatteredLives: Yomiko potions him under a pipe of coolant and, after disabling his elekiter, flings a paper at the pipe. The coolant sprays over him and freezes him instantly, to which he shatters to pieces.
* ShockAndAwe: His elekiter can emit powerful streams of lighting, so much so he destroys the White House with it.

!! Ludwig van Beethoven
A clone of the famous musician. He's mostly used as a tool to play Ikkyu's Suicide Symphony, hooked into the rocket to which he will preform the song at a certain altitude so the entire planet can hear it.
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* FaceFramedInShadow: We only see a silhouette of him, never in full.
* NoOntologicalInertia: His life force is tied to the piano string hooked up from his piano to the the rocket. Once Yomiko severs them, he instantly dies.

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* TeethClinchedTeamwork: [[spoiler: With Yomiko once it's known that she was the cause of the British Libaray burning incident. However when their friends are kidnapped and Yomiko is the only one left, she begrudgingly decides to team with her.]]

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* TeethClinchedTeamwork: TeethClenchedTeamwork: [[spoiler: With Yomiko once it's known that she was the cause of the British Libaray burning incident. However when their friends are kidnapped and Yomiko is the only one left, she begrudgingly decides to team with her.]]

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%%* {{Adorkable}}
%%* AllLovingHeroine
%%* BadassAdorable: "Please give me my book back."

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%%* {{Adorkable}}
%%* AllLovingHeroine
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* {{Adorkable}}: She's an incredible dork, being basically a 12 year old book-like girl in the body of a grown woman, but her behavior and gentle heart also make her incredibly endearing.
* AllLovingHeroine: Yomiko doesn't have a naturally malicious bone in her body, and would much rather get on with everybody.
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BadassAdorable: "Please give me my book back."She's polite, sweet-natured, and frankly a little bit childish... she's also one of the most powerful {{Paper Master}}s in the world.



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%%* BlushSticker* BlessedWithSuck: Yomiko's PaperMaster abilities have a PersonalityPowers aspect to them, afflicting her with intense bibliophilia. So, she gains incredible paper-manipulating superpowers at the cost of being literally addicted to books. To a ''life threatening'' extreme. If there wasn't a special program specifically to recruit Paper Masters, Yomiko would have ''starved to death'' by now because of her bibliophilia: she's completely unemployable by any mundane organization because she tends to blow off work to read books or chase after new books for her collection, she blows through her finances at a ridiculous rate because she is constantly buying new books to try and sate her addiction, and without others to remind her to do so, she literally would starve herself to death because she'd be too busy reading to eat.
* BlushSticker: Whenever she blushes, she does so in this style.



%%* ChristmasCake: She's 25 in the OVA, 30 by the time of Anime/RODTheTV.

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%%* * ChristmasCake: She's 25 in the OVA, 30 by the time of Anime/RODTheTV.Anime/RODTheTV, and still single. Downplayed in that she's not really interested too much in romance.



* GeekyTurnOn: She gets sexually aroused by especially rare and valuable books (she reads, touches and even smells them to get a full experience).
%%* HotLibrarian

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* ForgetsToEat: A side-effect of her extreme bibliophilia; unless reminded by others, she prioritizes reading over literally anything else, and that includes tending to her own bodily needs for food and liquid.
* GeekyTurnOn: She She's a bibliophile, which means she gets sexually aroused by especially rare and valuable books (she reads, touches and even smells them to get a full experience).
%%* HotLibrarian* HotLibrarian: She's a professional librarian, but also extremely beautiful.



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%%* NiceGirl

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%%* NerdsAreSexy
%%* NiceGirl
* NerdsAreSexy: Yomiko is absolutely, 100%, a total nerd. This doesn't detract from her being absolutely gorgeous in the slightest.
* NiceGirl: Cheerful, friendly, polite, and always optimistic sums up Yomiko in a nutshell.



%%* AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Though you won't realize the "evil" part during the OVA.]]

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%%* * AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Though you won't realize Despite his dark goals, he's an incredibly polite, charming and affable guy. Indeed, the "evil" part during the OVA.]]OVA makes him ''so'' nice that he actually doesn't come off as a villain at all!



%%* ASpotOfTea

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%%* ASpotOfTea* ASpotOfTea: As a sign of his "Britishness", he's constantly either drinking tea or talking about drinking tea.



%%* DarkSkinnedBlond

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%%* DarkSkinnedBlond* DarkSkinnedBlond: She has dark skin and blond hair.



* BlessedWithSuck: Michelle and Maggie suffer the typical extreme bibliophilia that seems to go hand in hand with being a PaperMaster, which means that they are virtually unemployable, financially irresponsible and generally take appalling personal care of themselves because their priorities go "reading books > finding new books to read > literally everything else".



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%%* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold* HairOfGoldHeartOfGold: Blonde-haired and generally the nicest of the three paper sisters.



%%* BoyishShortHair

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%%* BoyishShortHair* BoyishShortHair: Her short-cut hair is part of her overall {{bifauxnen}} look.



%%* ShrinkingViolet: She's very shy and withdrawn.

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%%* * ShrinkingViolet: She's very shy and withdrawn.
withdrawn, preferring to be in the background and letting her sisters take the lead.



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%%* BoyishShortHair* BoyishShortHair: Like her sister Maggie, she wears her hair in a short and masculine cut, which in her case is to fit her overall {{tomboy}} characterization.



* CloudcuckoolandersMinder: As she's the only Paper Sister who lacks the all-consuming bibliophilia that comes with being a PaperMaster, it's up to her to bully her sisters into living a relatively normal life. She makes sure they focus on work over reading, makes sure they eat, bathe and use the toilet, and manages the money.



%%* TheLadette: In the TV series.

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%%* * TheLadette: In the TV series.series, she's portrayed as behaving in an extremely masculine fashion.



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%%* {{Bishounen}}* {{Bishounen}}: He is a very attractive youth, but his appearance is more "feminine beauty" than "masculine handsomeness".



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%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Very good looking, and wears his hair in a long, feminine style.



%%* TeamPet: More or less.

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%%* * TeamPet: More or less.less. He's a pigeon who is the closest thing that the Paper Sisters have to a pet.



%%* IllGirl
%%* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Anita is her tomboy counterpart.

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%%* IllGirl
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* IllGirl: She has some nebulous condition that makes her naturally weak and sickly.
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TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Forms this pairing with Anita; Hisami is a very classically feminine girl, whilst Anita is her tomboy counterpart.a brash and scrappy tomboy.



A Dokushensha agent who often seen followed by Sonny. He gives the paper sisters missions from the Dokushensha.

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A Dokushensha agent who often seen followed by Sonny. He gives the paper sisters Paper Sisters missions from the Dokushensha.



%%* GiantMook

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%%* GiantMook* GiantMook: A relatively low-tier servant of Dokushensha characterized by his considerable height.



%%* TheManBehindTheMan: Throughout history.

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%%* * TheManBehindTheMan: Throughout The British Library claims that the Gentleman was responsible for controlling the world from behind the scenes throughout history.



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%%* RealityWarper* RealityWarper: For reasons that are never explained, the Gentleman has the power to literally reshape the world based on his thoughts. In the TV show, the plan is basically to bring back the Gentleman and use his power to rewrite history so that the British Empire never fell.
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* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Her actions are more out of love for the Joker then his beliefs.]]
* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: [[spoiler:Much more jarring then Joker since you'd never suspect a sweet girl like her suddenly going over to the dark side.]]

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* LoveMakesYouEvil: [[spoiler:Her actions are more out of love for the Joker then than his beliefs.]]
* SuddenSequelHeelSyndrome: [[spoiler:Much more jarring then than Joker since you'd never suspect a sweet girl like her suddenly going over to the dark side.]]



* DressedInLayers: More often then not, the clothes they wear are actually overlays made of paper. They do have skin tight body suits on under them. So they're not completely naked.

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* DressedInLayers: More often then than not, the clothes they wear are actually overlays made of paper. They do have skin tight body suits on under them. So they're not completely naked.



* PerpetualPoverty: The three are always in the red as Michelle and Maggie tend to buy more books then provisions. Anita has to constantly reign them back so they won't be completely broke.

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* PerpetualPoverty: The three are always in the red as Michelle and Maggie tend to buy more books then than provisions. Anita has to constantly reign them back so they won't be completely broke.

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/MasamiIwasaki (JP), Lee Everest (EN, ''TV'')

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!!!Voiced by: Creator/MasamiIwasaki (JP), Jason Lee (EN, ''OVA''), Lee Everest (EN, ''TV'')
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* TalkingInYourSleep: Michelle doesn't exactly talk in her sleep, but makes [[EverythingsCuterWithKittens meows in her sleep (and some indeterminate babbling in the Japanese original)]].

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* TalkingInYourSleep: Michelle doesn't exactly talk in her sleep, but makes [[EverythingsCuterWithKittens meows in her sleep (and makes some indeterminate babbling in the Japanese original)]].
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* FlippingTheBird: Nenene told them all to be quiet and not disturb her work and hinted at the alternative with a thumb-slashes-the-throat gesture. Anita told her [[CaptainObvious to fuck herself with the middle finger]], but was pinnned down by Michelle, so that Anita wouldn't provoke Nenene any further.

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* FlippingTheBird: Nenene told them all to be quiet and not disturb her work and hinted at the alternative with a thumb-slashes-the-throat gesture. Anita told her [[CaptainObvious to fuck herself with the middle finger]], but was pinnned down by Michelle, Michelle so that Anita wouldn't provoke Nenene any further.
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* SymbolSwearing: Anita does this, when an visitor of her Lost Books Service opens a door against her face.

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* SymbolSwearing: Anita does this, this when an a visitor of her Lost Books Service opens a door against her face.
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** Anita was once introduced to a faceful of Michelle's [[BuxomIsBetter rather big]] "[[UnusualEuphemism marshmallows]]", after they heard a horror story about a vengeful spirit, that drowned someone's third child.

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** Anita was once introduced to a faceful of Michelle's [[BuxomIsBetter rather big]] "[[UnusualEuphemism marshmallows]]", after they heard a horror story about a vengeful spirit, spirit that drowned someone's third child.
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* TheGhost: Aside from a note left behind for Yomiko at the start of the first episode, she's completely absent from the OVA despite playing a major role in every other adaptation.

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* TheGhost: Aside from a note left behind for Yomiko at the start of the first episode, she's completely absent from the OVA despite playing a major role in every other adaptation.adaptation involving Yomiko.
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* TheGhost: Aside from a note left behind for Yomiko at the start of the first episode, she's completely absent from the OVA despite playing a major role in every other adaptation.
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* HandyFeet: She can use her feet to grasp things and manipulate paper.
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[[folder: Donny Nakajmia]]

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[[folder: Donny Nakajmia]]Nakajima]]
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* FightOffTheKryptonite: They use some giant sheets of paper to disrupt incapacitating sound waves, allowing them to snipe the guy controlling them.
* LayeredClothing: More often then not, the clothes they wear are actually overlays made of paper. They do have skin tight body suit on under them.

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* DressedInLayers: More often then not, the clothes they wear are actually overlays made of paper. They do have skin tight body suits on under them. So they're not completely naked.
* FightOffTheKryptonite: They use some giant sheets of paper to disrupt incapacitating sound waves, allowing them to snipe the guy controlling them.
* LayeredClothing: More often then not, the clothes they wear are actually overlays made of paper. They do have skin tight body suit on under
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* NotBloodRelated: Despite their title, they're not biological sisters. [[spoiler: They just met each other at an abandoned church one Christmas and, having no where else to go and no where to turn to, decided to become a family together.]]

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* NotBloodRelated: NotBloodRelated: Despite their title, they're not biological sisters. [[spoiler: They just met each other at an abandoned church one Christmas and, having no where else to go and no where to turn to, decided to become a family together.]]

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* LayeredClothing: More often then not, the clothes they wear are actually overlays made of paper. They do have skin tight body suit on under them.



* NotBloodRelated: Despite their title, they're not biological sisters. [[spoiler: They just met each other at an abandoned church one Christmas and, having no where else to go and no where to turn to, decided to become a family together.]]

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* NotBloodRelated: NotBloodRelated: Despite their title, they're not biological sisters. [[spoiler: They just met each other at an abandoned church one Christmas and, having no where else to go and no where to turn to, decided to become a family together.]]



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%%* CuteBruiser* CuteBruiser: Unlike her sisters, she's not afraid to get in close to fight. In fact, of the Paper Masters, she's the only one that does prefer close combat.

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%%* PaperMaster

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%%* PaperMaster* NotBloodRelated: Despite their title, they're not biological sisters. [[spoiler: They just met each other at an abandoned church one Christmas and, having no where else to go and no where to turn to, decided to become a family together.]]
* PaperMaster: It's in their title. All three are able to control paper, though are more specialized in their uses for them. (See Personality Powers).



* PrettyFreeloaders: In Nenene's apartment.

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* PrettyFreeloaders: In Practically, and rather rudely, forced their way into living in Nenene's apartment.apartment despite being given a spare one by Lee during their stay in Tokyo. Unlike most examples, Nenene put her foot down and nearly threw them out after a failed attempt at bribing her into letting them stay. But when she saw they had replaced her TV they broke, she relented, with some rules of course. Helps that the girls do at least try to pay their way.



%%* SiblingTeam

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%%* SiblingTeam* SiblingTeam: [[spoiler: Despite not being blood related, they consider themselves as sisters.]]
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!! Yomiko Readman

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!! [[folder: Yomiko ReadmanReadman]]



%%* BerserkButton: Guess.

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%%* * BerserkButton: Guess.Harming books in any kind of fashion. It's enough to actually wield her powers much more focused.



%%* {{Bookworm}}: The trope picture, even.

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%%* * {{Bookworm}}: The trope picture, even.even. If you haven't guessed she utterly loves books.



!! Nancy Makuhari

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!! [[folder: Nancy MakuhariMakuhari]]




!! Drake Anderson

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Drake AndersonAnderson]]



%%* CombatPragmatist: A big part of his BadassNormal-itude.

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%%* * CombatPragmatist: A big part The guy doesn't skirt around in a fight. If he sees an opening, he'll take it and try to end the battle as soon as possible. Considering alot of his BadassNormal-itude.opponent are superhumans, it makes sense.




!! Joseph Carpenter (Joker)

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[[folder:
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%%* BigBad

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%%* BigBad* BigBad: Of the TV series and the manga



%%* EvilBrit
%%* QuintessentialBritishGentleman
%%* SmugSnake

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%%* EvilBrit
%%* QuintessentialBritishGentleman
%%* SmugSnake
* EvilBrit: British and later shown to be very despicable.
* QuintessentialBritishGentleman: On the outset, especially when in command of an operation. But truthfully he's nothing but a megalomaniac.
* SmugSnake: The man just oozes smugness in every scene he's end.



* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:In the manga, scheming to usurp the Gentleman's position.]]

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* TheStarscream: [[spoiler:In the manga, he was always scheming to usurp the Gentleman's position.]]



%%* TakeOverTheWorld

!! Wendy Earhart

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%%* TakeOverTheWorld

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* TakeOverTheWorld: [[spoiler: His ultimate goal in the TV Series is to have the British Library rule over the world. He claims this is the will of the Gentleman, but Junior last words to him indicate he was acting under his own devices.]]
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[[folder:
Wendy EarhartEarhart]]



* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:She loses any nice traits she had before hand and doesn't have a shred of empathy. Case in point: [[KickTheDog burning books in front of Yomiko before shooting her, mocking Anita when some of the Gentleman's power is used to mindwipe her school, and telling Junior she never cared for him as her trainer]].]]

!! The Paper Sisters

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* TookALevelInJerkass: [[spoiler:She loses any nice traits she had before hand and doesn't have a shred of empathy. Case in point: [[KickTheDog burning books in front of Yomiko before shooting her, mocking Anita when some of the Gentleman's power is used to mindwipe her school, and telling Junior she never cared for him as her trainer]].]]

!!
Just yeesh.]]
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[[folder:
The Paper SistersSisters]]



%%* TheDitz

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%%* TheDitz* TheDitz: Very focused combat wise, but in other aspect she's not exactly the brightest bulb.



%%* TheQuietOne: Maggie says little.

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%%* * TheQuietOne: Maggie says little.doesn't really talk a lot.



%%* BrattyHalfPint

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%%* BrattyHalfPint* BrattyHalfPint: Despite trying to keep her sisters in line, she's still a kid and can dip into this from time to time. Needless say, Nenene and she don't get along at first.



* TeethClinchedTeamwork: [[spoiler: With Yomiko once it's known that she was the cause of the British Libaray burning incident. However when their friends are kidnapped and Yomiko is the only one left, she begrudgingly decides to team with her.]]



!! Nenene Sumiregawa

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!! [[folder: Nenene SumiregawaSumiregawa]]



* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Her novel which she has been writing through the series. Also counts as a ShaggyDogStory as at the beginning she's been suffering writer's block but slowly managed to make the novel over time.]]

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* ChekhovsGun: [[spoiler:Her novel which she has been writing through the series. Also counts as a ShaggyDogStory as at the beginning she's been suffering writer's block but slowly managed to make the novel over time. Though the sacrfice is for the greater good and provides Yomiko and the Paper Sisters some much needed ammo in the final battle.]]



%%* {{Meganekko}}: She keeps and wears a pair of Yomiko's glasses as a memento.
%%* MostWritersAreWriters
%%* OlderAndWiser: TV series.

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%%* * {{Meganekko}}: She keeps and wears a pair of Yomiko's glasses as a memento.
%%* MostWritersAreWriters
%%*
* MostWritersAreWriters: Has taken up writing as a profession and has some trouble trying to write a follow her to her first novel.
*
OlderAndWiser: In the manga, she's a teenager and a big fan of Yomikos. In the TV series.series, she's in her late 20s and slightly more seasoned.



%%* TeenGenius: Manga

!! Junior

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%%* * TeenGenius: Manga

!! Junior
Is considered as such in the manga.
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[[folder: Junior]]



%%* ContagiousPowers: [[spoiler: Gained from his mother.]]

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%%* * ContagiousPowers: [[spoiler: Gained His phasing powers were gained from his mother.]]



%%* ReiAyanamiExpy

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%%* ReiAyanamiExpy* ReiAyanamiExpy: Rather emotionless and reserved. [[spoiler: It was intentional to make him more complacent for their plans.]]




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!! Lee Linho

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!! [[folder: Lee LinhoLinho]]



%%* EyesAlwaysShut

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%%* EyesAlwaysShut* EyesAlwaysShut: Never opens his eyes through his appearances.




!! John Woo

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[[folder:
John Woo
Woo]]



%%* CoolPet

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%%* CoolPet* CoolPet: [[spoiler: Is one toward Lee. He later because one to the girls.]]




!! Hisami Hisaishi

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[[folder:
Hisami HisaishiHisaishi]]




!! Natsume Nishizono

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[[folder:
Natsume NishizonoNishizono]]




!! Tohru Okahara

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[[folder:
Tohru OkaharaOkahara]]




!! Mr. Kim

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[[folder:
Mr. KimKim]]



%* HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: He is seen working with The British Library later.

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%* * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: Starts off in Dokushensha. He is seen working with The British Library later.




!! Sonny Wong

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* KickTheDog: Kills [[spoiler: Alice]] after Drake surrenders and specifically asks him not to harm her.
%%* MadeOfIron
%%* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:He drowns at the bottom of the collapsing Dokusensha building.]]

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* KickTheDog: Kills [[spoiler: Alice]] Alice]], a client of Drake's, after Drake surrenders and specifically asks him not to harm her.
%%* MadeOfIron
%%* SelfDisposingVillain: [[spoiler:He drowns at
her for no other reason just because..
* MadeOfIron: The man is quite tough. Even with all
the bottom of sisters working together, they can't scratch him and he can counter all the collapsing Dokusensha building.paper powers they throw at him. [[spoiler: He only dies due to unexpectedly getting caught up in an a flood of ink as Dokushensha is destroyed.]]




!! The Gentleman

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[[folder:
The GentlemanGentleman]]



* AmbiguousSituation: Was he really behind the plans of the TV show [[spoiler: in which he wanted to used Junior as his vessel and take over the world]] or was it Joker just claiming as such for his own ambitions? The series never really answers.



* DeathSeeker: Possibly, considering Joker was using him as an excuse for his plans. When some of Junior's power is put in him, Junior tells Joker "he [Gentleman] want him to have something" and shocked him with some kind of power which left Joker catatonic for the reminder of the finale.

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* DeathSeeker: Possibly, considering Joker was using him as an excuse for his plans. When some of Junior's power is put in him, Junior tells Joker "he [Gentleman] want "[Gentleman] wants him to have something" and shocked him with some kind of power which left Joker catatonic for the reminder of the finale.




!! Donny Nakajmia

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Donny NakajmiaNakajmia]]


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