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* ActionSurvivor: When shit starts happening, he's just an average guy with no special skills who ''really'' believes in justice. He still [[JumpedAtTheCall Jumps At The Call]], because ''somebody'' has to do it, and slowly becomes a BadAss.

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* ActionSurvivor: When shit starts happening, he's just an average guy with no special skills who ''really'' believes in justice. He still [[JumpedAtTheCall Jumps At The Call]], because ''somebody'' has to do it, and slowly becomes a BadAss.Badass.



* BadAss: He's definitely the strongest and most skilled of the main characters, and probably the smartest. He's essentially a ''ninja'' in a modern-day setting.
* BadassBeard: When you put a BadAss in prison for several years, you get this. He never bothers shaving it after his escape.

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* BadAss: He's definitely the strongest and most skilled of the main characters, and probably the smartest. He's essentially a ''ninja'' in a modern-day setting.
* BadassBeard: When you put a BadAss Badass in prison for several years, you get this. He never bothers shaving it after his escape.



* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Well, not exactly a BadAss, but she did some very important things in the series.

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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Well, not exactly a BadAss, Badass, but she did some very important things in the series.
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* CoolMask: No, the fact that it's a cartoon monkey mask does nothing to stifle it. Probably because it's really a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja Ninja Hattori-Kun mask.]]

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* CoolMask: No, the fact that it's a cartoon monkey mask does nothing to stifle it. Probably because it's really a [[InstantAwesomeJustAddNinja Ninja Hattori-Kun mask.]]
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* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
* [[spoiler:HeelRealization]]
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]

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* [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
[[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile: He dies peacefully and smiling in his bed.]]
* [[spoiler:HeelRealization]]
[[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn: He starts working for Friend, but ends up betraying him.]]
* [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
[[spoiler:HeelRealization: After talking with Kyoko.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
[[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath: Died while confronting Friend.]]
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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Turns out Friend ''did'' die before the thing started falling apart.]]

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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Turns out Friend ''did'' die before the thing things started falling apart.]]

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* {{Adorkable}}: Both as a kid and as an adult, he doesn't mind making a fool of himself if he believes that it's the right thing to do or that it will be fun. It's one of the main reason people like him and he ends up becoming TheLeader.

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* {{Adorkable}}: Both as a kid and as an adult, he doesn't mind making a fool of himself if he believes that it's the right thing to do or that it will be fun. It's one of the main reason reasons people like him and he ends up becoming TheLeader.



* CoolShades: [[spoiler:Wears them during the third arc, part of his new Rock'n Roll persona]].

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* CoolShades: [[spoiler:Wears them during the third arc, as part of his new Rock'n Roll persona]].



* MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler: Finds self in the desert, spends three days simply grieving, seemingly dies and comes back to save the world?]]

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* MessianicArchetype: [[spoiler: Finds self [[spoiler:Finds himself in the desert, spends three days simply grieving, seemingly dies and comes back to save the world?]]



* [[spoiler:{{My God What Have I Done}}]]: [[spoiler:Realizes sometime after Friend's "resurrection", that the man was a fake who was planning something terrible. This is what led to his near poisoning so he could be replaced with a Friend-allied clergy]].



* [[spoiler:{{My God What Have I Done}}]]: [[spoiler:Realizes sometime after after Friend's "resurrection", that the man was a fake who was planning something terrible. This is what led to his near poisoning so he could be replaced with a Friend-allied clergy]].

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* [[spoiler:{{My God What Have I Done}}]]: [[spoiler:Realizes sometime after after Friend's "resurrection", that the man was a fake who was planning something terrible. This is what led to his near poisoning so he could be replaced with a Friend-allied clergy]].



* TheAntichrist: He is a monster, but the world believes his lies about him being some sort of Messiah and Kenji (the true MessianicArchetype) being the BigBad. Pretty textbook, really.

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* TheAntichrist: He is a monster, but the world believes his lies about him being some sort of Messiah and Kenji (the true MessianicArchetype) being the BigBad. Pretty textbook, really.despite his non-satanic origins.

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* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:At the beginning of the third arc it turns out he survived his apparent death, though he needed several years to come to terms with his failure]].



* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:At the beginning of the third arc it turns out he survived his apparent death, though he needed several years to come to terms with his failure]].



* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Turns out Friend ''did'' die before thing started falling apart.]]

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* DeadAllAlong: [[spoiler:Turns out Friend ''did'' die before the thing started falling apart.]]



* [[spoiler:CreepyChild]]

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* [[spoiler:CreepyChild]][[spoiler:CreepyChild: Creepy as a child, creepy as an adult.]]



* [[spoiler:UnPerson]]

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* [[spoiler:UnPerson]][[spoiler:UnPerson: Unacknowledged, forgotten and even [[TheFaceless faceless]].]]



* TheAntichrist
* BigBad
* BigBadFriend
* TheChessmaster

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* TheAntichrist
TheAntichrist: He is a monster, but the world believes his lies about him being some sort of Messiah and Kenji (the true MessianicArchetype) being the BigBad. Pretty textbook, really.
* BigBad
BigBad: Of the whole series.
* BigBadFriend
BigBadFriend: It's even in his name.
* TheChessmasterTheChessmaster: He has planned for everything.



* HiddenVillain
* [[spoiler:LegacyCharacter:]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:The first Friend is revealed to be Kanna's father]]
* ManipulativeBastard
* OmnicidalManiac

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* HiddenVillain
HiddenVillain: His identity is unkwnown.
* [[spoiler:LegacyCharacter:]]
[[spoiler:LegacyCharacter: There are two of them]]
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler:The first Friend is revealed to be Kanna's father]]
father.]]
* ManipulativeBastard
ManipulativeBastard: Manipulative as they get.
* OmnicidalManiac OmnicidalManiac: [[spoiler:Especially the second one.]]



* PsychopathicManchild

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* PsychopathicManchildPsychopathicManchild: [[spoiler:They]] never really grew up. That's why [[EvilIsPetty evil is so petty.]]

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* [[{{AFatherToHisMen}} A Father To Her Men]]

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* [[{{AFatherToHisMen}} A Father To Her Men]] AMotherToHerMen



* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/Monster Nina Fortner]].

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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/Monster [[Manga/{{Monster}} Nina Fortner]].

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* {{Expy}}: Of Nina Fortner.

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* {{Expy}}: Of [[Manga/Monster Nina Fortner.Fortner]].

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** [[spoiler:In the film version, he died in fifth grade and all his supposed appearances after that were actually Katsumata.]]

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** [[spoiler:In In the film version, he [[spoiler:he died in fifth grade and all his supposed appearances after that were actually Katsumata.]]



* HeKnowsTooMuch: With one week to retirement, he passes on all the info he's collected on Friend to a colleague. Unfortunately, said colleague turns out to be working for Friend.
* MarriedToTheJob
* MemeticBadass: Invoked among the police force.



* HeKnowsTooMuch
* MarriedToTheJob
* MemeticBadass: Invoked among the police force.

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* HeKnowsTooMuch
* MarriedToTheJob
* MemeticBadass: Invoked among the police force.

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%% * HeirToTheDojo

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%% * HeirToTheDojoHeirToTheDojo: By the year 2017 she has taken over the dojo in question.



** [[spoiler:In the film version, he died in fifth grade and all his supposed appearances after that were actually Katsumata.]]



* TagalongKid: On the Bloody New Year's Eve

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* TagalongKid: On the Bloody New Year's Eve
Eve.



* ByTheBookCop: Was one until [[spoiler:he discovered Friend control most of the police force.]]

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* ByTheBookCop: Was one until [[spoiler:he discovered Friend control controlled most of the police force.]]



* [[spoiler:{{My God What Have I Done}}]]: [[spoiler:Realizes sometime after after Friend's "ressurrection", that the man was a fake who was planning something terrible. This is what led to his near poisoning so he could be replaced with a Friend-allied clergy]].

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* [[spoiler:{{My God What Have I Done}}]]: [[spoiler:Realizes sometime after after Friend's "ressurrection", "resurrection", that the man was a fake who was planning something terrible. This is what led to his near poisoning so he could be replaced with a Friend-allied clergy]].
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{{Expy}}: Of Nina Fortner.

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* {{Expy}}: Of Nina Fortner.
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{{Expy}}: Of Nina Fortner.


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* ShipTease: There's some notable tension between her and Shouhei.
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* [[spoiler:TheChainsOfCommanding: He ''really'' didn't want to be leader after being separated from the rest of the group, especially since the job requires a great deal of pragmatism he's frankly too nice to be comfortable with.]]

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* [[spoiler:TheChainsOfCommanding: TheChainsOfCommanding: He ''really'' didn't doesn't want to be the leader after being separated from the rest of the group, especially since the job requires a great deal of pragmatism he's frankly too nice to be comfortable with.]]



* [[spoiler:RebelLeader: After both timeskips.]]
* [[spoiler:ReverseMole: Infiltrated Friend Land by working there as a janitor.]]
* {{Salaryman}}
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass: After the timeskip he becomes legitimately badass in his own quirky way.]]

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* [[spoiler:RebelLeader: After both timeskips.RebelLeader: [[spoiler:After Kenji's death and Otcho's capture, he's forced into this.]]
* [[spoiler:ReverseMole: Infiltrated ReverseMole: He infiltrates Friend Land by working there as a janitor.]]
janitor.
* {{Salaryman}}
{{Salaryman}}: Before joining LaResistance he's a pretty pathetic example of this.
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass: TookALevelInBadass: After the timeskip he becomes legitimately badass in his own quirky way.]]
way.



* BigEater
* TheBigGuy

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* BigEater
BigEater: One of his most noticeable traits since he was a child.
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* TheBigGuy



* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe]]: Comes very, very close to doing this [[spoiler: with Friend and a bomb. But remembering Kenji's words about not hurting innocents convinces him not go through at the very last minute.]]

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* [[spoiler: TakingYouWithMe]]: TakingYouWithMe: Comes very, very close to doing this [[spoiler: with Friend and a bomb. But remembering Remembering Kenji's words about not hurting innocents convinces him not go through with it at the very last minute.]]



* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords: "I just want to live as long as possible!"]]
* [[spoiler: SecretlyDying]]: Until Bloody New Years when he reveals [[spoiler: his illness]] to Yukiji.
* [[spoiler:YourDaysAreNumbered]]

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* [[spoiler:FamousLastWords: FamousLastWords: "I just want to live as long as possible!"]]
possible!"
* [[spoiler: SecretlyDying]]: SecretlyDying: Until Bloody New Years when he reveals [[spoiler: his illness]] illness to Yukiji.
* [[spoiler:YourDaysAreNumbered]]
YourDaysAreNumbered: He suffers from this during the first arc.



* [[spoiler:MadScientist: He considers it a game to make as terrible a virus as possible to see how long it will take Kiriko to develop a vaccine for.]]
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction to finding out Friend planned to kill 99% of the world's population.]]
* [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]

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* [[spoiler:MadScientist: He MadScientist: [[spoiler:He considers it a game to make as terrible a virus as possible to see how long it will take Kiriko to develop a vaccine for.]]
* [[spoiler:MyGodWhatHaveIDone: MyGodWhatHaveIDone: His reaction to finding out Friend [[spoiler:Friend planned to kill 99% of the world's population.]]
%% * [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]
RedemptionEqualsDeath



* AnimalMotifs: With the frog, both in looks and name ("kero" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a frog's croak)

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* AnimalMotifs: With the frog, both in looks and name ("kero" is the Japanese onomatopoeia for a frog's croak)croak).



* [[spoiler: AttentionWhore: His desire to rule the world is due to him wanting to be the center of everyone's attention and admiration.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* [[spoiler:TheBully: He was quite a jerk as a kid. Notably, he's the one directly responsible for Katsumata's StartOfDarkness.]]
* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong: Turns out Friend ''did'' die before thing started falling apart.]]
* [[spoiler: RivalTurnedEvil: To Kenji]]

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* [[spoiler: AttentionWhore: His [[spoiler:His desire to rule the world is due to him wanting to be the center of everyone's attention and admiration.]]
* [[spoiler: BigBad]]
* [[spoiler:TheBully:
BigBad: He decides to be this to Kenji's [[TheHero Hero]].
* TheBully: [[spoiler:He
was quite a jerk as a kid. Notably, he's the one directly responsible for Katsumata's StartOfDarkness.]]
* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong: Turns [[spoiler:Turns out Friend ''did'' die before thing started falling apart.]]
* [[spoiler: RivalTurnedEvil: To Kenji]]
[[spoiler:He pushes his childhood rivalry with Kenji to utterly insane heights.]]



* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch]]: What ultimately leads to his death is [[spoiler: the fact that he happened to witness Fukubei's faked "miracle," and would know that any other resurrection he would have as Friend would be fake as well.]]
* ThePigpen

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* [[spoiler: HeKnowsTooMuch]]: HeKnowsTooMuch: What ultimately leads to his death is [[spoiler: the fact that he happened to witness Fukubei's faked "miracle," and would know that any other resurrection he would have as Friend would be fake as well.]]
* ThePigpenThePigpen: As a child he didn't take many baths.



* MassiveNumberedSiblings
* NeverSuicide / StartsWithASuicide: His, to be precise. [[spoiler: It is, of course, ''not'' a suicide and Kenji looking further into it is precisely what kicks off the plot.]]

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%% * MassiveNumberedSiblings
* NeverSuicide / NeverSuicide: The plot is started by Kenji not believing his death to be a suicide and starting to look further into it.
*
StartsWithASuicide: His, to be precise. [[spoiler: It The story starts with his "suicide". [[NeverSuicide Which is, of course, obiviously, ''not'' a suicide and Kenji looking further into it is precisely what kicks off the plot.]]
suicide]].
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* CoolBike
* CoolOldLady: after the timeskip.
* CuteBruiser: as a child.
* HeirToTheDojo
* ParentalSubstitute: For Kanna.
* OldMaid

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%% * CoolBike
* CoolOldLady: after After the timeskip.
timeskip. Her physical strength doesn't come into play often, but her inner strength and determination are very notable to the end.
* CuteBruiser: as As a child.
child she was the strongest of Kenji's group.
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* HeirToTheDojo
* ParentalSubstitute: For Kanna.
She is this to Kanna during the first timeskip, after Kenji's disappearance.
* OldMaid
OldMaid: Even after the timeskip it's shown that she never married.
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'''WARNING: Several characters are [[WalkingSpoiler Walking Spoilers]]. Open directories at your own risk.'''

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* TheAtoner: See ParentalNeglect below.
* BadAss
** BadassBeard: After the timeskip.
** BadassLongcoat
** BadassGrandpa: After the timeskip.

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* TheAtoner: See ParentalNeglect below.
After [[ParentalNeglect indirectly causing his son's death]], he spends the rest of his life trying to atone for it.
* BadAss
**
BadAss: He's definitely the strongest and most skilled of the main characters, and probably the smartest. He's essentially a ''ninja'' in a modern-day setting.
*
BadassBeard: After When you put a BadAss in prison for several years, you get this. He never bothers shaving it after his escape.
* BadassLongcoat: He wears this all
the timeskip.
** BadassLongcoat
**
time after his TrainingFromHell.
*
BadassGrandpa: After During the timeskip.second and third arc he's visibly old, but he doesn't seem to have lost even a bit of his strength and skills.



* TheLancer: Both in his childhood and as an adult in the LaResistance.
* ParentalNeglect: Since he didn't spend much time with his family, he blames himself for his son's death.
** This is somewhat more reasonable than it sounds: since Otcho's son saw him so rarely, the boy thought a stranger was his father and chased him into the street, where he was hit by a car.
* RedBaron: "Shogun"

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* TheLancer: Both in his childhood and as an adult in the LaResistance.
LaResistance. Despite being the smartest and strongest member of the group, Otcho acknowledges that Kenji is the better leader; other characters often informally treat Otcho as the second-in-command, especially when Kenji isn't there.
* ParentalNeglect: Since he didn't spend much He spent so little time with his family, he blames himself for family that his son's death.
** This is somewhat more reasonable than it sounds: since Otcho's
son saw him so rarely, the boy thought a stranger was his father and chased him into the street, where he was hit by a car.
car. Otcho blames hiself for his death.
* RedBaron: "Shogun"He's called "Shogun".



* TrainingFromHell

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* TrainingFromHell
TrainingFromHell: He went through this as part of his [[TheAtoner atonement]], then used his new skills to mantain a bit of order in a very poor and unruly part of the city.

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* ActionSurvivor
* {{Adorkable}}

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* ActionSurvivor
ActionSurvivor: When shit starts happening, he's just an average guy with no special skills who ''really'' believes in justice. He still [[JumpedAtTheCall Jumps At The Call]], because ''somebody'' has to do it, and slowly becomes a BadAss.
* {{Adorkable}}{{Adorkable}}: Both as a kid and as an adult, he doesn't mind making a fool of himself if he believes that it's the right thing to do or that it will be fun. It's one of the main reason people like him and he ends up becoming TheLeader.



* [[spoiler:BadassBiker]]
* BadassPacifist: He managed to [[spoiler:bring down the murderer of his sister's fiancee, an EvilOverlord of sorts at the time, simply by talking.]]
* CoolShades
* [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist: Once the first story arc finishes, the story stops focusing on Kenji to shift to Kanna for most of the remainder of the series.]]

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* [[spoiler:BadassBiker]]
BadassBiker: [[spoiler:How he enters the stage at the beginning of the third arc.]] [[{{Adorkable}} Of course, his Badass Bike is out of gas after a couple of panels]].
* BadassPacifist: He managed to [[spoiler:bring down the murderer of his sister's fiancee, When confronted by a self-appointed CardCarryingVillain, who's acting as an EvilOverlord of sorts at and who [[spoiler:killed his sister's fiancee]], Kenji still refuses to fight and [[spoiler:brings him down by talking]].
* BreakingSpeech: During
the time, third arc, he manages to [[DrivenToSuicide Drive To Suicide]] a guy who spent his whole life [[EvilIsCool trying to be a villain]] simply by talking.]]
explaining to him how pointless his way of life is and how he comes off more pathetic than menacing.
--> '''Kenji''': "It's not that easy to be evil incarnate, is it? Personally, [[GoodFeelsGood I think it's easier to be a man of justice]]."
* CoolShades
CoolShades: [[spoiler:Wears them during the third arc, part of his new Rock'n Roll persona]].
* [[spoiler:DecoyProtagonist: DecoyProtagonist:
**
Once the first story arc finishes, the story stops focusing on Kenji to shift to Kanna for most of the remainder of the series.series.
** {{Subverted}}: [[spoiler:During the last third of the story, after everybody finally accepted his death, he comes back to be a protagonist again.
]]



* TheHero

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* TheHeroTheHero: As a kid he loved heroes, always wanting to play as one in pretend games. As an adult, despite being an underachiever in his daily life, he demonstrates he ''is'' willing to be truly heroic when the situation calls for it.
* NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:At the beginning of the third arc it turns out he survived his apparent death, though he needed several years to come to terms with his failure]].



* [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead]]
** [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]]
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass]]

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* [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead]]
OurHeroIsDead: At the end of the first arc. Several characters spend the whole second arc coming to terms with this.
* TookALevelInBadass:
** [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]]
* [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass]]
During the first arc he takes a couple of levels after founding LaResistance, even physically training himself.
** [[spoiler:When he returns for the third arc he hasn't gained any new skill, but he has pushed his {{Determinator}} trait to its extreme]].
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* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYOurFather: She's Fukubei a.k.a Friend's biological daughter.]]

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* [[spoiler: LukeIAmYOurFather: LukeIAmYourFather: She's Fukubei a.k.a Friend's biological daughter.]]

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* [[spoiler: AttentionWhore: His desire to rule the world is due to him wanting to be the center of everyone's attention and admiration.]]



* [[spoiler:TheBully: He was quite a jerk as a kid.]]
* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong: Turns out Friend ''did'' die before thins started falling apart.]]

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* [[spoiler:TheBully: He was quite a jerk as a kid. Notably, he's the one directly responsible for Katsumata's StartOfDarkness.]]
* [[spoiler: DeadAllAlong: Turns out Friend ''did'' die before thins thing started falling apart.]]
* [[spoiler: RivalTurnedEvil: To Kenji]]



* DisproportionateRetribution

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* DisproportionateRetributionDisproportionateRetribution: Combined with EvilIsPetty.
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* [[spoiler:PsychopathicManchild: This trait is of the few things that first differentiates him from Fukubei.]]


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* [[spoiler:UnPerson]]
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** This is somewhat more reasonable than it sounds: since Otcho's son saw him so rarely, the boy thought a stranger was his father and chased him into the street, where he was hit by a car.

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** BadassNickname: "Shogun"


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* RedBaron: "Shogun"
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%% * ActionSurvivor
%% * {{Adorkable}}

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%% * ActionSurvivor
%% * {{Adorkable}}



%% * [[spoiler:BadassBiker]]

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%% * [[spoiler:BadassBiker]]



%% * CoolShades

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%% * CoolShades



%% * TheHero

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%% * TheHero



%% * [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead]]
%% ** [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]]
%% * [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass]]

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%% * [[spoiler:OurHeroIsDead]]
%% ** [[spoiler:NotQuiteDead]]
%% * [[spoiler:TookALevelInBadass]]



%% * BadAss
%% ** BadassBeard: After the timeskip.
%% ** BadassLongcoat
%% ** BadassLonghair
%% ** BadassNickname: "Shogun"
%% ** BadassGrandpa: After the timeskip.

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%% * BadAss
%% ** BadassBeard: After the timeskip.
%% ** BadassLongcoat
%% ** BadassLonghair
%% ** BadassNickname: "Shogun"
%% ** BadassGrandpa: After the timeskip.



%% * TrainingFromHell

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%% * TrainingFromHell



%% * CoolBike
%% * CoolOldLady: after the timeskip.
%% * CuteBruiser: as a child.
%% * HeirToTheDojo
%% * ParentalSubstitute: For Kanna.
%% * OldMaid

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%% * CoolBike
%% * CoolOldLady: after the timeskip.
%% * CuteBruiser: as a child.
%% * HeirToTheDojo
%% * ParentalSubstitute: For Kanna.
%% * OldMaid



%% * [[spoiler:RebelLeader: After both timeskips.]]

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%% * [[spoiler:RebelLeader: After both timeskips.]]



%% * {{Salaryman}}

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%% * {{Salaryman}}



%% * BigEater

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%% * BigEater



%% * [[spoiler: YourDaysAreNumbered]]

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%% * [[spoiler: YourDaysAreNumbered]]
[[spoiler:YourDaysAreNumbered]]



%% * [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]

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%% * [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]



%% * [[spoiler: BigBad]]

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%% * [[spoiler: BigBad]]



%% * ThePigpen

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%% * ThePigpen



%% * MassiveNumberedSiblings

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%% * MassiveNumberedSiblings



%% * [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
%% * [[spoiler:HeelRealization]]
%% * [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
%% * [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]

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%% * [[spoiler:HeelFaceTurn]]
%% * [[spoiler:HeelRealization]]
%% * [[spoiler:GoOutWithASmile]]
%% * [[spoiler:RedemptionEqualsDeath]]



%% * JerkAss

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%% * JerkAss



%% * WrestlerInAllOfUs

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%% * WrestlerInAllOfUs



%% * [[spoiler:CreepyChild]]

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%% * [[spoiler:CreepyChild]]



%% * WalkingSpoiler

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%% * WalkingSpoiler



%% * ActionGirl: Sort of.

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%% * ActionGirl: Sort of.



%% * GuileHero

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%% * GuileHero



%% * [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Uncle Like Niece]]

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%% * [[LikeFatherLikeSon Like Uncle Like Niece]]



%% * ParentalAbandonment
%% * PluckyGirl

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%% * ParentalAbandonment
%% * PluckyGirl



%% * CoolOldGuy
%% * CrazyHomelessPeople

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%% * CoolOldGuy
%% * CrazyHomelessPeople



%% * UnwantedFalseFaith
%% * WisdomFromTheGutter

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%% * UnwantedFalseFaith
%% * WisdomFromTheGutter



%% * {{Adorkable}}
%% * ButtMonkey

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%% * {{Adorkable}}
%% * ButtMonkey



%% * ShipTease: With Kanna.

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%% * ShipTease: With Kanna.



%% * {{Retirony}}
%% * HeKnowsTooMuch
%% * MarriedToTheJob

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%% * {{Retirony}}
%% * HeKnowsTooMuch
%% * MarriedToTheJob



%% * ChekhovMIA

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%% * ChekhovMIA



%% * [[spoiler:ProfessorGuineaPig]]

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%% * [[spoiler:ProfessorGuineaPig]]



%% * TheDitz

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%% * TheDitz



%% * GirlishPigtails

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%% * GirlishPigtails



%% * ResignedToTheCall

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%% * ResignedToTheCall



%% * TheAtoner
%% * BadassPreacher

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%% * TheAtoner
%% * BadassPreacher



%% * TurbulentPriest

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%% * TurbulentPriest



%% * TheAtoner
%% * BadassPreacher
%% * TattooedCrook
%% * TurbulentPriest

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%% * TheAtoner
%% * BadassPreacher
%% * TattooedCrook
%% * TurbulentPriest




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* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth: To the point that after the second major TimeSkip near the end, [[spoiler:he's the only one close to having enough clout to match Friend's]].
* [[spoiler:{{My God What Have I Done}}]]: [[spoiler:Realizes sometime after after Friend's "ressurrection", that the man was a fake who was planning something terrible. This is what led to his near poisoning so he could be replaced with a Friend-allied clergy]].




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** [[spoiler:It was probably all he had left, given he eventually realized (off-screen) that his daughter wasn't being held hostage, but had actively joined the Friends]].



%% * [[spoiler: ReverseMole]]

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%% * [[spoiler: ReverseMole]]
[[spoiler:ReverseMole]]



%% * TheAntichrist
%% * BigBad
%% * BigBadFriend
%% * TheChessmaster

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%% * TheAntichrist
%% * BigBad
%% * BigBadFriend
%% * TheChessmaster



%% * DisproportionateRetribution
%% * HiddenVillain

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%% * DisproportionateRetribution
%% * HiddenVillain



%% * ManipulativeBastard
%% * OmnicidalManiac

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%% * ManipulativeBastard
%% * OmnicidalManiac



%% * PsychopathicManchild

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%% * PsychopathicManchild



%% * EyesAlwaysShut

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%% * EyesAlwaysShut



%% * TheMole

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%% * TheMole



%% * AxCrazy
%% * BaldOfEvil
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Unclear exactly when it started, but he ended up helping the heroes in the very end.]]

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%% * AxCrazy
%% * BaldOfEvil
* [[spoiler: HeelFaceTurn: Unclear exactly when it started, started except when he realized the first Friend was truly dead, but he ended up helping the heroes in the very end.]]



%% * PsychoForHire

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%% * PsychoForHire



%% * BeardOfEvil

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%% * BeardOfEvil



%% * VillainWithGoodPublicity

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%% * VillainWithGoodPublicity



%% * FauxAffablyEvil

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%% * FauxAffablyEvil



%% * SlasherSmile
%% * [[spoiler:TheStarscream: To Manjoume.]]

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%% * SlasherSmile
%% * [[spoiler:TheStarscream: To Manjoume.]]



%% * AffablyEvil

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%% * AffablyEvil



%% * NoNameGiven
%% * {{Otaku}}
%% * ProfessionalKiller
%% * SmugSnake

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%% * NoNameGiven
%% * {{Otaku}}
%% * ProfessionalKiller
%% * SmugSnake



%% * [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]
%% * WalkingShirtlessScene

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%% * [[spoiler:VillainousBreakdown]]
%% * WalkingShirtlessScene

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* {{Bifauxnen}}: At one point, two characters confuse her for a man.


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* LadyLooksLikeADude: At one point, two characters confuse her for a man.

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My Name Is Not Durwood is no longer a trope. Examples that are badly written or don\'t fit the subtropes are getting removed.


* AccidentalMisnaming: Her name itself isn't generally mistaken, but she's often annoyed by people claiming the "kyo" in her name means "misfortune/disaster" instead of "echo/reverberation".



* MyNameIsNotDurwood: Her name itself isn't generally mistaken, but she's often annoyed by people claiming the "kyo" in her name means "misfortune/disaster" instead of "echo/reverberation".
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!!Friend[[hottip:*:To avoid spoilers, this will be listed separately from any other characters he may secretly be.]]

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!!Friend[[hottip:*:To !!Friend[[note]]To avoid spoilers, this will be listed separately from any other characters he may secretly be.]]
[[/note]]

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He did things when he was alive too.


%% * TheDragon

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%% * TheDragonTheDragon: To Friend.


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* FromNobodyToNightmare: Went from a penniless SnakeOilSalesman to the second most powerful man on the planet.


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* IJustWantToBeSpecial: [[spoiler: His ghost in the virtual reality machine]] claims that all he wanted to be was a somebody.


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* SnakeOilSalesman: Used to sell simple nick-nacks like astronaut food on the street before he started working with Friend.
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* TheBigGuy
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* {{Expy}}: Possibly of [[spoiler:[[Anime/{{Monster}} Dr. Tenma]], as the two of them both travel around trying to stop an evil that they helped gain power.]]

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