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* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe; she flushed the Prime Minister's credit cards down the toilet at a party, and was hated ever since for it.

[[folder:Sasha Velour]]
Yes, ''that'' Sasha Velour. In this universe, she did not win on ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race'' and succumbed to Astral Syndrome shortly after.
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* CensoredForComedy: Her name is usually mentioned with bleeps by Natsuki, Frey, and 666 due to their hatred of her.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Most of the characters absolutely despise her. 666 once used her performances as a threat.
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[[folder:Genji Yamanaka]]
A hacker for hire and conspiracy theorist, believing Arche Holdings to be an Illuminati front. Genji is an alias; his real name is [[spoiler:Shintarou Karada]]. He's been intently tracking cases of Astral Syndrome.
* PlayfulHacker: Is this, for the most part.
* ProperlyParanoid: Part of his paranoia regarding Arche has to do with Kiyoko's "accident." [[spoiler:He's not entirely wrong.]]

[[folder:Mitsuki Hisaka]]
Youko's mother, who ran a loan agency with her husband Taiga. They loved their daughter dearly, and went to great lengths to hide all of their shady dealings from her.

* {{Expy}}: She and Taiga are ones of Sonia and Brendan from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''.
* LoanShark: A particularly notorious one.
* MamaBear: Despite their illicit business, she loves Youko greatly and would make anyone who hurts her pay dearly.

[[folder:Sagiso Schwarz]]
A nihilistic woman who believes society is rotten to the core. She's unconcerned with the deaths of people she considers evil, like her husband, and believes Mobius could be the answer to everything... not that she'd reveal any of this to anyone.

[[folder:Shinzou Karada]]
A famous geneticist who conducted a high-profile cloning experiment, creating five clones of himself using his own DNA and training each in a different field of science. However, he eventually pulled the plug and ordered them to be killed, before mysteriously disappearing.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted with him and Shinzou Yuasa.
* PunnyName: His name is pronounced the same way as the Japanese word for "heart", and he's [[spoiler:the father of ''HEART''&SOUL]].

[[folder:Shinzou Yuasa]]
The Prime Minister of Japan, and Natsuki's father. He's referred to not-so affectionately as "Sex Thanos" due to Japan's declining birthrate.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based heavily on the current prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; he and Dr. Karada have the same first name.

[[folder:Sumire Hoshino]]
The CEO of Arche Holdings, the company that created the Virtuadolls. She's a perfectionist, but believes that Mobius should stay for people who are having difficulties in society.

!Other real world characters

[[folder:Enji Kokyuu]]
Nadeshiko's fiancee, up until the day he died (which Kanade blames herself for).

* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The real cause of his murder.]]
* HighVoltageDeath: How he died.
* [[spoiler:MakeItLookLikeAnAccident]]: [[spoiler: To get rid of Enji before he could hand off the evidence he found on Nadeshiko to a journalist, Nadeshiko made his murder look like suicide.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for who knows how long, but an NPC of him exists within Mobius.
* StoicSpectacles: Averted. He was pretty outgoing and friendly.
* ThirdWheel: Toward Kanade and Kotori. At some point, started wondering when the two would finally realize they were pining after each other and attempted many times to tell them it was mutual.
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[[folder:Haruka Ikeda]]
Iho-P's older sister and role model, who went to college as opposed to taking care of the family business. Iho-P gets a lot of her personality from Haruka.
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[[folder:Lilika Amasaki]]
Willow's older sister, and one of Sirius' few friends.
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[[folder:Nana Kawasaki]]
Ichiro's older sister, a nursing student who wants to help people with Astral Syndrome.
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[[folder:Ren Kamitani]]
Ai's father. A professional photographer, he was more than happy to help Ai with her own photography skills.
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* CatchPhrase: "Picture perfect!"
* DotingParent: Very much so.
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[[folder:Sakiko Takenaka]]
Kohaku's sister, and Nyx's fiancee.
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[[folder:Seiji Akai]]
Kanako's younger brother, who died suddenly after getting Astral Syndrome.

[[folder:Ren Kamitani]]
Ai's father. A professional photographer, he was more than happy to help Ai with her own photography skills.

* CatchPhrase: "Picture perfect!"
* DotingParent: Very much so.
* ItsPersonal: Holds a deep grudge against [[spoiler:Enzo and Saverio]] for the car crash.
* OlderThanTheyLook: 20 in Mobius, 50 in real life.

[[folder:Sasha Velour]]
Yes, ''that'' Sasha Velour. In this universe, she did not win on ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race'' and succumbed to Astral Syndrome shortly after.
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* CensoredForComedy: Her name is usually mentioned with bleeps by Natsuki, Frey, and 666 due to their hatred of her.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Most of the characters absolutely despise her. 666 once used her performances as a threat.
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* LoanShark: Very much so.

[[folder:Sakiko Takenaka]]
Kohaku's sister, and Nyx's fiancee.

* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Nyx never found out she died in the car accident until Canas looks into it.]]
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe; she flushed the Prime Minister's credit cards down the toilet at a party, and was hated ever since for it.

Kanako's dead younger brother.

[[folder:Junko Amahara]]
A government official assigned to oversight of the Virtuadoll project. Like Sumire, she believes that Mobius should continue to exist, as those who cannot/don't want to contribute to society will be out of the way of society.
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[[folder:Yumeko Shirogane]]
A former idol who lives off royalties and rarely leaves her home. When she does, she always wears a face mask and sunglasses.

[[folder:Lilika]]

[[spoiler:Kohaku's sister, and Nyx's fiance.]]

[[folder:Akihiko Itou (Universe-P)]]
The main vocalist of Celestial Starlight. He's incredibly controlling, to the point where he even had his record company under his thumb. He's responsible for Rin getting Astral Syndrome, and for the Comfortola twins not being able to make it big as idols.
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!Background characters

[[folder:Sakiko Takenaka]]
[[spoiler:Kohaku's sister, and Nyx's fiance.]]
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Nyx never found out she died in the car accident until Canas looks into it.]]
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe; she flushed the Prime Minister's credit cards down the toilet at a party, and was hated ever since for it.

[[folder:Chiharu Sawashiro]]
A hacker for hire, using the name of the voice actor as an alias; his real name is [[spoiler:Shintarou Karada]]. He's been intently tracking cases of Astral Syndrome.

* Crossover: Is literally Goro Akechi from Persona 5.

[[folder:Lucius Minobe]]
[[spoiler:Eli and Kurouji]]'s brother, who left the public eye to become a farmer.

* CallToAgriculture: As a member of the Minobe family, he could have had whatever he wanted, but instead renounced the high life and took up farming with his husband.
* ChaoticStupid: Without a shadow of a doubt.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

[[folder:Ren Kamitani]]
Ai's father. A professional photographer, he was more than happy to help Ai with her own photography skills.

* CatchPhrase: "Picture perfect!"
* DotingParent: Very much so.
* ItsPersonal: Holds a deep grudge against [[spoiler:Enzo and Saverio]] for the car crash.
* OlderThanTheyLook: 20 in Mobius, 50 in real life.

!The Conspiracy
[[folder:Chiharu Sawashiro]]
A hacker for hire, using the name of the voice actor as an alias; his real name is [[spoiler:Shintarou Karada]]. He's been intently tracking cases of Astral Syndrome.

[[folder:Junko Amahara]]
A government official assigned to oversight of the Virtuadoll project. Like Sumire, she believes that Mobius should continue to exist, as those who cannot/don't want to contribute to society will be out of the way of society.

[[folder:Sasha Velour]]
Yes, ''that'' Sasha Velour. In this universe, she did not win on ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race'' and succumbed to Astral Syndrome shortly after.
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* CensoredForComedy: Her name is usually mentioned with bleeps by Natsuki, Frey, and 666 due to their hatred of her.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Most of the characters absolutely despise her. 666 once used her performances as a threat.
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[[folder:Unnamed Rock]]
A random rock thrown off Landmark Tower by Frey and Janus that landed on Canas killing him instantly. Currently in the possession of White Diamond.
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* JokeCharacter: It got a life of its own when it accidentally killed Canas.

[[folder:Clear Lakes 22]]
A surveillance agency that exists both inside and outside of Mobius, specializing in exchanges of information. Nobody knows who runs the agency. They seem to have eyes everywhere in Mobius, even in places where regular surveillance might not reach.

* {{Blackmail}}: Forces Canas into working with them in exchange for information on Natalie. [[spoiler:It turns out to have been a bluff; they don't actually have any information on her.]]
* VoiceWithAnInternetConnection: They have Gossiper and WIRE accounts, but it's unclear who is in charge of them. [[spoiler:There's a fake [=CL22=] WIRE account run by Yorah, but she's not actually employed by them.]]

[[folder:"Fisher"]]
An amnesiac who remembers almost nothing of his life outside Mobius, not even his name.

* MeaningfulName: He's ''fishing'' for information.

[[folder:Lucius Minobe]]
[[spoiler:Eli and Kurouji]]'s brother, who left the public eye to become a farmer.
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* CallToAgriculture: As a member of the Minobe family, he could have had whatever he wanted, but instead renounced the high life and took up farming with his husband.
* ChaoticStupid: Without a shadow of a doubt.
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}

[[folder:Ren Kamitani]]
Ai's father. A professional photographer, he was more than happy to help Ai with her own photography skills.

* CatchPhrase: "Picture perfect!"
* DotingParent: Very much so.
* ItsPersonal: Holds a deep grudge against [[spoiler:Enzo and Saverio]] for the car crash.
* OlderThanTheyLook: 20 in Mobius, 50 in real life.

!Project Syndication
[[folder:Ryan Hargraves]]
A bizarre young man whose primary objectives appeared to be messing with people and having them tell him stories. Is initially a member of Gorgias.
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After meeting with a musician and a soon-to-be at the time go home club member, it is revealed he is looking into a conspiracy surrounding Mobius and its connections to a CEO who died from salmonella poisoning.
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[[spoiler:Eventually becomes frustrated with Gorgias and leaves, joining the Go-Home Club.]]

* [[spoiler:BackFromTheDead]]: [[spoiler: Ryan artificially placed himself in Mobius and using a specially created computer program, can survive any would be death. At the cost of [[LaserGuidedAmnesia losing all his memories in Mobius.]]]]
* DiscardAndDraw: [[spoiler:His original Catharsis Effect as "Nate" that he developed shortly before getting killed by 666 was a {{BFG}}, but he develops another one that lets him [[SuperSmoke manipulate smoke]] after coming back as Ryan.]]
* IHaveManyNames: Ryan, Tarnel, Lance, Nate, David, [[VisualNovel/NineHoursNinePersonsNineDoors 2HO]]... Though after [[spoiler:his first death]], he drops all of these in favor of just going by his real name.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal]]: [[spoiler: Shredded to pieces by 666 after his attempts to talk them down from a fight provoke further conflict.]] [[spoiler:Ultimately averted.]]
* KnifeNut: Carries knives, both real and fake, on his person at all times.
* OneSteveLimit: Accidentally averted; he gives a friend's nickname as his own name by mistake. It happens too early to cause any mix ups however.
* SpannerInTheWorks: Ends up screwing over Vani after [[spoiler:showing some of the Go-Home Club members a video Vani took of "Nate"'s "death". Them talking about it allows Janus to indirectly alert 666 and HEART&SOUL about it.]]

[[folder:Canas Leroy]]
A good friend of Ryan's. Probably more bizarre than he is. Joins Gorgias [[spoiler:after Ryan's first death]].

* DeathIsASlapOnTheWrist: Using the 'Limbo Wave (name TBD)' Canas and Ryan can be pulled out of Mobius at the cost of [[LaserGuidedAmnesia of the memories they obtained in mobius]].
* ScrewThisImOuttaHere: [[spoiler:Gets fed up with Gorgias and leaves at the same time Ryan does, but he later comes back... and then everyone finds out he helped Sora and he leaves again.]]
* SurprisinglySuddenDeath: [[spoiler:''Twice'', even. The first time, Ryan stabs him repeatedly out of nowhere in front of several Go-Home Club members and Musicians. The second time, he's unceremoniously killed when a rock that Frey threw from the top of the Landmark Tower hits him in the head.]]

[[folder: Natalie Caster]]
Canas' younger sister. Acquired Astral Syndrome sometime before Ryan and Canas enter Mobius.
To see tropes [[spoiler: during and post mobius, look under Shar-P in the musicians group.]]

[[folder:Yorah Xanders]]
Canas' ward. She acts as Ryan and Canas' handler, and brings them up to speed whenever one of them leaves Mobius.
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* ImpersonationGambit: [[spoiler:Runs a fake Clear Lakes 22 account that she messages Youko from. Youko doesn't realize the username is slightly different until after she finishes talking to her.]]
* MissionControl: Is this to Ryan and Canas.

!The Conspiracy
[[folder:Chiharu Sawashiro]]
A hacker for hire, using the name of the voice actor as an alias; his real name is [[spoiler:Shintarou Karada]]. He's been intently tracking cases of Astral Syndrome.

[[folder:Junko Amahara]]
A government official assigned to oversight of the Virtuadoll project. Like Sumire, she believes that Mobius should continue to exist, as those who cannot/don't want to contribute to society will be out of the way of society.

[[folder:Mitsuki Hisaka]]
Youko's mother, who ran a loan agency with her husband Taiga. They loved their daughter dearly, and went to great lengths to hide all of their shady dealings from her.

* {{Expy}}: She and Taiga are ones of Sonia and Brendan from ''VideoGame/FireEmblemTheBlazingBlade''.
* LoanShark: Very much so.
* MamaBear: Despite their illicit business, she loves Youko greatly and would make anyone who hurts her pay dearly.

[[folder:Sagiso Schwarz]]
A nihilistic woman who believes society is rotten to the core. She's unconcerned with the deaths of people she considers evil, like her husband, and believes Mobius could be the answer to everything... not that she'd reveal any of this to anyone.

[[folder:Shinzou Karada]]
A famous geneticist who conducted a high-profile cloning experiment, creating five clones of himself using his own DNA and training each in a different field of science. However, he eventually pulled the plug and ordered them to be killed, before mysteriously disappearing.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted with him and Shinzou Yuasa.
* PunnyName: His name is pronounced the same way as the Japanese word for "heart", and he's [[spoiler:the father of ''HEART''&SOUL]].
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[[folder:Shinzou Yuasa]]
The Prime Minister of Japan, and Natsuki's father. He's referred to not-so affectionately as "Sex Thanos" due to Japan's declining birthrate.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based heavily on the current prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; he and Dr. Karada have the same first name.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sumire Hoshino]]
The CEO of Arche Holdings, the company that created the Virtuadolls. She's a perfectionist, but believes that Mobius should stay for people who are having difficulties in society.
[[/folder]]

!Background characters
[[folder:Akihiko Itou (Universe-P)]]
The main vocalist of Celestial Starlight. He's incredibly controlling, to the point where he even had his record company under his thumb. He's responsible for Rin getting Astral Syndrome, and for the Comfortola twins not being able to make it big as idols.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Enji Kokyuu]]
Nadeshiko's fiancee, up until the day he died (which Kanade blames herself for).
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* HeKnowsTooMuch: [[spoiler:The real cause of his murder.]]
* HighVoltageDeath: How he died.
* [[spoiler:MakeItLookLikeAnAccident]]: [[spoiler: To get rid of Enji before he could hand off the evidence he found on Nadeshiko to a journalist, Nadeshiko made his murder look like suicide.]]
* PosthumousCharacter: He's been dead for who knows how long, but an NPC of him exists within Mobius.
* StoicSpectacles: Averted. He was pretty outgoing and friendly.
* ThirdWheel: Toward Kanade and Kotori. At some point, started wondering when the two would finally realize they were pining after each other and attempted many times to tell them it was mutual.
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[[folder:Sakiko Takenaka]]
[[spoiler:Kohaku's sister, and Nyx's fiance.]]
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Nyx never found out she died in the car accident until Canas looks into it.]]
* NeverLiveItDown: In-universe; she flushed the Prime Minister's credit cards down the toilet at a party, and was hated ever since for it.
[[/folder]]

[[folder:Sasha Velour]]
Yes, ''that'' Sasha Velour. In this universe, she did not win on ''[=RuPaul=]'s Drag Race'' and succumbed to Astral Syndrome shortly after.
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* CensoredForComedy: Her name is usually mentioned with bleeps by Natsuki, Frey, and 666 due to their hatred of her.
* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: Most of the characters absolutely despise her. 666 once used her performances as a threat.

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[[folder:Unnamed Rock]]
A random rock thrown off Landmark Tower by Frey and Janus that landed on Canas killing him instantly. Currently in the possession of White Diamond.
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[[folder:Sato Hiroshi]]
The CEO of a conglomerate that funded several private hospitals (and also cults). He was found dead in a police raid, having died of salmonella poisoning.

[[folder:Saul Hartman]]
A hacker for hire living in England. "Saul" is an alias; his real name is [[spoiler:Shintarou Karada]]. He's been intently tracking cases of Astral Syndrome, despite it not being a common occurrence in his country.
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* ItsAllMyFault: Blames himself for [[spoiler:encouraging Jin and his family to get on the plane that disappeared.]]

[[folder:Saul Hartman]]
A hacker for hire living in England. "Saul" is an alias; his real name is [[spoiler:Shintarou Karada]]. He's been intently tracking cases of Astral Syndrome, despite it not being a common occurrence in his country.

* ItsAllMyFault: Blames himself for [[spoiler:encouraging Jin and his family to get on the plane that disappeared.]]

[[folder:Shinzou Karada]]
A famous geneticist who conducted a high-profile cloning experiment, creating five clones of himself using his own DNA and training each in a different field of science. However, he eventually pulled the plug and ordered them to be killed, before mysteriously disappearing.

* OneSteveLimit: Averted with him and Shinzou Yuasa.
* PunnyName: His name is pronounced the same way as the Japanese word for "heart", and he's [[spoiler:the father of ''HEART''&SOUL]].

[[folder:Shinzou Yuasa]]
The Prime Minister of Japan, and Natsuki's father. He's referred to not-so affectionately as "Sex Thanos" due to Japan's declining birthrate.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Based heavily on the current prime minister of Japan, Shinzo Abe.
* OneSteveLimit: Averted; he and Dr. Karada have the same first name.