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A serious, strong-willed girl who witnessed her world being destroyed by the Vertex. As a "Hero", or a person who wields divine power, she vows revenge upon the Vertex for the lives that they took and the world that they stole from her. She wields a divine blade known as Ikutachi.

She is also the ancestor of Sonoko Nogi.
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* ChildhoodFriend: She and Hinata have been best friends since they were small children, and this continues after the three-year TimeSkip.
* IaijutsuPractitioner: Wakaba has apparently been trained in Iai since childhood, allowing her to wield Ikutachi with ease. In the first chapter she uses it to defeat every Stardust that they encounter with a single blow.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Wields one as her main weapon.
* StraightMan: Seems to be this to Hinata's more playful personality.




A friendly, easygoing girl who has been Wakaba's best friend since childhood. She is a "Miko," a girl who can hear the voice of the gods, whose powers awoke during the Vertex disaster in 2015 AD.
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* AmbiguouslyLesbian: She flirts with Wakaba constantly and boasts of having an extensive collection of Wakaba photos.
* BoobsOfSteel: Even as a fifth-grader, she is rather well-endowed.
* ChildhoodFriend: To Wakaba, balancing out Wakaba's more strict and serious personality.
* WaifProphet: As a Miko, she can hear divine voices. During the Vertex disaster, she was able to guide Wakaba and several survivors across Japan to safety.

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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: One event of the second VisualNovel involves Yuna receiving a love letter from another girl. [[AmbiguouslyLesbian Togo]] is less than pleased.

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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: One event of the second VisualNovel involves Yuna receiving receives a love letter from another girl. girl in the second VisualNovel. Neither [[AmbiguouslyLesbian Togo]] is less than nor [[{{Tsundere}} Karin]] are very pleased.

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* HandicappedBadass: She is confined to a wheelchair in her normal form. Her legs are still useless when she transforms. This does nothing to stop her from utterly destroying one of the Vertex in episode 2.

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* HandicappedBadass: She is confined to a wheelchair in her normal form. Her form, and her legs are still useless when she transforms. This does nothing to stop her from utterly destroying one of the Vertex in episode 2.2, and she has a high kill count in the series.
** [[spoiler:As of Episode 12 the "handicapped" part no longer applies but the "badass" one still does.]]
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* DisappearedDad: Only her mother was shown visiting her after her accident, and her father is absent during a scene showing silhouettes of all of the girls' parents, and so it's safe to assume that her father is either dead or otherwise gone.

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that they're ultimately presented as massively incompetent than actually evil. They ultimately want to protect humanity, but Sonoko's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in ''Washio Sumi's'' bonus chapter makes them realize that they ''massively'' screwed themselves over by keeping secrets from the Heroes.]]

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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] [[spoiler:[[AvertedTrope Averted]] in that they're ultimately presented as massively incompetent than actually evil. They ultimately want to protect humanity, but Sonoko's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in ''Washio Sumi's'' bonus chapter makes them realize that they ''massively'' screwed themselves over by keeping secrets from the Heroes.]]


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* OhCrap: According to the writers, this was basically the Shinju's reaction to [[spoiler:Togo's rebellion]], which helped prompt it to [[spoiler:change the Hero System]]
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->'''Voiced by''': KanaHanazawa (Japanese)

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* MurderTheHypotenuse: PlayedForLaughs in the second visual novel, in which Togo does not take Yuna receiving a love letter well:
--> "To insult pure Yuna-chan... [[ThisIsUnforgivable they deserve death.]] Let's search for the sender and tortu- er, carry out an investigation.
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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: One event of the second VisualNovel involves Yuna receiving a love letter from another girl. It isn't even from [[TwoGirlRomanticFriendship Togo]] either.

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* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: One event of the second VisualNovel involves Yuna receiving a love letter from another girl. It isn't even from [[TwoGirlRomanticFriendship [[AmbiguouslyLesbian Togo]] either.is less than pleased.
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* DeclarationOfProtection: Make one toward Togo in Episode 11, which is notable since she makes it [[spoiler:right as she's about to fight her.]]

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* BadassLongcoat: Her Hero Form gives her a pink and white one.

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* BadassLongcoat: Her Hero Form gives her a pink and white one. one.
* BigDamnHeroes: When she [[spoiler:blocks the Leo Starcluster's attack in Episode 11 after Fu, Itsuki and Karin are all incapacitated.]]

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* BerserkButton: The Taurus Vertex pushes Itsuki's with [[BrownNote its preferred method of attack,]] motivating her to ensnare its bell and shut it up.
-->"Sound is supposed to make people happy!"



* DeflectorShields: [[spoiler:Her second fairy, Ungaikyou, grants her these in her Hero form.]]

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* DeflectorShields: [[spoiler:Her Her second fairy, Ungaikyou, grants her these in her Hero form.]]
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An energetic troublemaker who appears in the prequel LightNovel ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru.'' She is the tomboyish classmate of Sumi and Sonoko, and all together they form the first Hero team. In her Hero form, she [[DualWield dual-wields a pair of large axe-blades.]] [[spoiler:She is killed in Chapter 4.]]

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An energetic troublemaker who appears in the prequel LightNovel ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru.'' '' She instinctively helps others, [[HonorBeforeReason often to her own detriment.]] She is the tomboyish classmate of Sumi and Sonoko, and all together they form the first Hero team. In her Hero form, she [[DualWield dual-wields a pair of large axe-blades.]] [[spoiler:She is killed in Chapter 4.]]
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* TranquilFury: In the ''Washio Sumi'' bonus chapter, when the Taisha [[spoiler:try to use Gin's death to guilt her into fighting Togo.]]

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* SuperWheelchair: Her Mankai gives her an enormous flying battleship bristling with cannons to ride around on.

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* SuperWheelchair: Her Mankai gives her an enormous flying battleship bristling with cannons to ride around on. She immediately puts it to good use, utterly obliterating the Pisces Vertex without even having to seal it.
--> "It seems there's no need to seal such a weak enemy."



--> [[spoiler:"So... what? Are you telling me to become a Hero and fight against Wasshi and that friend? ...[[PrecisionFStrike Bullshit."]]]]

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--> [[spoiler:"So... what? Are you telling me to become a Hero and fight against Wasshi and that friend? ...[[PrecisionFStrike ''[[PrecisionFStrike Bullshit."]]]]"]]'']]
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**At least, that's what it seems like at first. But after [[spoiler:her past as Sumi Washio]] was revealed, an interview claimed that the true reason why she couldn't bring herself to fight was because [[spoiler:even though her mind didn't remember fighting the Vertex, her body and soul did.]]
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* SuperWheelchair: [[spoiler:Her Mankai gives her a flying battleship bristling with cannons to ride around on.]]

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* SuperWheelchair: [[spoiler:Her Her Mankai gives her a an enormous flying battleship bristling with cannons to ride around on.]]
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* PatrioticFervor: She's quite patriotic but not in a negative way. Often played for comedy.

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* PatrioticFervor: She's quite passionate about Japanese history and is patriotic but not in to the point where she won't eat Western food or use English loanwords. The first VN reveals that she even keeps a negative way. Often miniature Japanese flag with her wherever she goes. This is mostly played for comedy.
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* TheAtoner: In the second VN, Togo becomes the masked vigilante Kokubo Kamen to atone for [[spoiler:trying to destroy the world.]]

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* TheAtoner: In the second VN, Togo becomes the masked vigilante Kokubo Kamen to atone for [[spoiler:trying to destroy [[spoiler:almost destroying the world.Shinju.]]
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* TheAtoner: In the second VN, Togo becomes the masked vigilante Kokubo Kamen to atone for [[spoiler:trying to destroy the world.]]
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** She's also the only one who falls for Togo's [[PaperThinDisguise disguise as Kokubo Kamen.]]
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** [[spoiler:She gets her voice back at the end of the anime, and the second Visual Novel reveals that she passed the rest of the auditions and is currently undergoing training]]

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* BoobsOfSteel: Well endowed (especially noticeable in her Hero Form), and she also carries a ton of firepower.

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* BoobsOfSteel: Well endowed (especially noticeable in her Hero Form), and she Puberty has been very kind to Togo, as she's easily the most well-endowed of the girls (almost to the point of GagBoobs). She also carries a ton some of firepower.the biggest firepower of the group.


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* BoobsOfSteel: While not on the same level as Togo, the second VisualNovel reveals that she's definitely able to compete with Fu in that regard.
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* ZettaiRyouiki: Sports a Grade B
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* ZettaiRyouiki: Grade A. She would be a good candidate for Grade S but she's about as far from a {{Tsundere}} as you can get.
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A cheerful, energetic second-year in middle school and member of the Hero Club. She loves helping others, and jumps at the chance to become a Hero to protect her friends. Her hobby is creating pressed flowers. In her Hero Form, she uses armored fists for powerful close-range combat.

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A cheerful, energetic An ordinary, cheerful second-year student in middle school and a member of the Hero Club. She loves helping others, and jumps at when the chance opportunity presents itself, she doesn't hesitate to become a Hero in order to protect her friends.best friend. Her hobby is creating pressed flowers. In her Hero Form, she uses armored fists gauntlets and greaves for powerful close-range combat.



Yuna's disabled best friend and fellow classmate and club member. She was paralyzed following a traffic accident. She's good with computers, capable of swimming and, according to Yuna, is a genius at baking sweets. In her Hero Form, she uses guns and sniping rifles for long-range combat and her ribbons serve as appendages for moving around.

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Yuna's disabled best friend and fellow classmate and club member. She was paralyzed following a traffic accident. She's good with computers, capable of swimming and, according to Yuna, is a genius at baking sweets. Although mature and intelligent, she has a tendency to think that she knows a little bit more than she really does. In her Hero Form, she uses guns and sniping rifles for long-range combat and combat, while her ribbons serve as appendages for moving around.



A hot-blooded third-year in middle school and the president of the Hero Club. She's the older sister of Itsuki and became her legal guardian after their parents were killed in a Vertex attack 2 years ago; thus, she is very protective of her. She was assigned to form the Hero Club by the Taisha and was the one who gave her fellow members the app needed to fight against the Vertex. Her Hero Form gives her a large sword.

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A (sometimes) mature and hot-blooded third-year in middle school and the president of the Hero Club. She's the older sister of Itsuki and became her legal guardian after their parents were killed in a Vertex attack 2 years ago; thus, she is very protective of her. She was assigned to form the Hero Club by the Taisha and was the one who gave her fellow members the app needed to fight against the Vertex. Her Hero Form gives her a large sword.sword that can change in size.



A rather timid yet kindhearted first-year in middle school and member of the Hero Club. She is Fu's younger sister and respects her dearly. Her hobby is fortunetelling using tarot cards, and her fortunes are said to be quite reliable. Her Hero Form allows her to conjure magical vines to ensnare her enemies.

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A rather timid yet kindhearted first-year in middle school and member of the Hero Club. She is Fu's younger sister and respects her dearly. dearly, but isn't afraid to give her some snark. Her hobby is fortunetelling fortune-telling using tarot cards, and her fortunes are said to be quite reliable. Her Hero Form allows her to conjure magical vines to ensnare her enemies.



A somewhat stubborn girl who transfers into Yuna's class and joins the Hero Club to supervise the other heroes. Unlike the rest of the Hero Club, she has little tolerance for whimsy. In her Hero Form, she uses a pair of katanas.

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A somewhat stubborn girl who girl, she transfers into Yuna's class in Episode 3 and joins the Hero Club to supervise the other heroes. heroes under orders from the Taisha. She's somewhat of a health nut, and spends most of her time training. Unlike the rest of the Hero Club, she has little tolerance for whimsy. In her Hero Form, she uses wields a pair of katanas.



She is also one of the main characters in the prequel light novel ''Washio Sumi wa Yusha de Aru,'' and is the classmate and teammate of Sumi and Gin. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} She's a sleepy, easygoing girl who prefers to let life happen to her rather than the other way around.]] However, her ditzy demeanor hides a shocking intellect. In her Hero form, she wields a spear.

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She is also one of the main characters in the prequel light novel ''Washio Sumi wa Yusha de Aru,'' and is the classmate and teammate of Sumi and Gin. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} She's a sleepy, easygoing girl who prefers to let life happen to her rather than the other way around.]] However, her ditzy demeanor hides a shocking intellect. intellect, and nothing about her should be underestimated. In her Hero form, she wields a multi-pronged spear.



A tomboyish girl who appears in the prequel LightNovel ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru.'' She is the classmate of Sumi and Sonoko, and together with them forms the first Hero team. In her Hero form, she wields a pair of large axes. [[spoiler:She is killed in Chapter 4.]]

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A tomboyish girl An energetic troublemaker who appears in the prequel LightNovel ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru.'' She is the tomboyish classmate of Sumi and Sonoko, and all together with them forms they form the first Hero team. In her Hero form, she wields [[DualWield dual-wields a pair of large axes. axe-blades.]] [[spoiler:She is killed in Chapter 4.]]



A powerful religious organization which oversees the worship of the Shinju. They act as intermediaries between the Heroes and Shinju, providing them with information and other aid throughout the story.

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A powerful religious organization which oversees the worship of the Shinju.Shinju; it is said that their word is more powerful than the Prime Minister's. They act as intermediaries between the Heroes and Shinju, providing them with information and other aid throughout the story.



A giant tree that appeared during the crisis in the Anno Domini era and saved humanity. It summons Heroes to defend it from the Vertex that attack it; if even one manages to reach the Shinju, the world will end.

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A giant tree that appeared during the crisis in the Anno Domini era and saved humanity. humanity from the virus that plagued much of the world. It now summons Heroes to defend it from the Vertex that attack it; if even one manages to reach the Shinju, both it and the world will end.be destroyed.
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Here are the characters that appear in ''Anime/YuukiYuunaWaYuushaDeAru''.
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!Tropes that apply to the Hero Club in general
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: Episode 5 has Yuna and Togo flying into space to destroy the giant Vertex core without any problems.
** Possibly [[JustifiedTrope justified]] in that [[spoiler:the Heroes are immortal.]]
** [[spoiler:Since Shikoku Island is inside of a universe-sized barrier created by the Shinju, it may not actually ''be'' space.]]
* CharacterDevelopment: [[spoiler:After learning the truth about Mankai and the Hero system, the girls slowly overcome their disabilities and flaws of their own personalities, and become stronger heroes. This is especially true with Itsuki, who despite losing her voice, becomes more determined to stand beside her older sister rather than cower behind her]]
** Over the course of the series, [[{{Tsundere}} Karin]] goes from somebody who sees no room for fun or friendship in her life as a Hero to someone who would gladly fight to protect her friends. This culminates in [[spoiler:her telling Yuna in Episode 11 that from now on she'll no longer fight as a Hero of the Taisha, but as a member of the Hero Club]]
* FairyCompanion: Each member has one, except for Togo, who has three. At the end of Episode 7, Fu gets another fairy, while Yuna, Togo and Itsuki get theirs in Episode 8.
** It's revealed that the Heroes gain new fairies every time [[spoiler:they use [[SuperMode Mankai]]]], which each fairy granting them new attacks. The fact that Togo starts with three is the first hint that [[spoiler:she's been a Hero before.]]
* FlowerMotifs
** Each girl has a different kind of flower as part of her clothing's motifs.
** [[spoiler:Mankai is also a reference to a flower blooming to its max before it starts wilting. This latter process is called "Sange".]]
* HourOfPower: When the Heroes begin the sealing process they only have a limited amount of sealing power, during which the Heroes have to destroy the Vertex's core.
* KidHero
* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Yuna, Togo and Itsuki were initially unaware of the Hero Club's special activity: protecting the world from the Vertex.
* MagicalGirlWarrior
* NextTierPowerUp: In episode 3, Karin explains that by gaining enough battle experience, Heroes can attain a higher power. It is called "Mankai". In episode 5, Yuna, Togo, Fu and Itsuki activate Mankai. [[spoiler:Karin activates Mankai in episode 11.]]
** PowerAtAPrice: [[spoiler:After the climatic battle against the Vertex, Yuna, Togo, Fu and Itsuki begin to suffer sensory defects. Activating Mankai is the suspected cause.]]
*** [[spoiler:Episode 8 confirms that the sensory defects are indeed permanent, and every time one of the girls uses Mankai they'll lose something else, as a "sacrifice to the gods" for using their power.]]
*** [[spoiler:After using Mankai, Karin loses the use of her right arm, right leg, both eyes and both ears.]]
*** [[spoiler:Episode 12 subverts the defects being permanent, as they were eventually worn off. The girls speculated a little on how they were cured from it.]]
* PhysicalGod: [[spoiler:The Taisha worship the Heroes as these, since they consider giving your body parts to the Shinju to be becoming closer to it.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Everyone loves eating udon.
* TransformationTrinket: The girls' smartphones serve this purpose, by means of a special app. Fu had Yuna, Togo and Itsuki download it when they joined the club.
* [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld Wake Up, Go to School, Do Club Activities, Save the World]]: While the Taisha actually excuses them when they disappear from class to go fight giant monsters, Itsuki's [[spoiler:loss of voice]] affected her studies and social life pretty badly.

!Yuna Yuki
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->'''Voiced by:''' Haruka Terui (Japanese), Creator/XantheHuynh (English)

A cheerful, energetic second-year in middle school and member of the Hero Club. She loves helping others, and jumps at the chance to become a Hero to protect her friends. Her hobby is creating pressed flowers. In her Hero Form, she uses armored fists for powerful close-range combat.
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* AllLovingHero: She cares deeply about her friends, especially Togo. [[spoiler: Even after Togo tries to destroy the world she holds no grudges against her and still sees her as a friend]].
* AlliterativeName: Her given name and surname begin with 'Yu'. Doubles as a RepetitiveName.
* BadLiar: Togo instantly realizes that Yuna is hiding something during their party in Episode 6, namely that [[spoiler:she hasn't been able to taste any of the snacks they've been eating.]]
** Togo exploits this mercilessly during the April Fools Day event in the Vita game, in which she and the rest of the Hero Club trick Yuna into thinking that Togo is transferring schools, [[CryCute causing Yuna to break down in tears.]] When the ruse is revealed, Yuna tries to save face and claim that she was only pretending to cry ([[BlatantLies while audibly sniffling]]), only for Togo to claim that Yuna didn't care that she might have had to transfer schools, causing Yuna to panic even more.
* BadassLongcoat: Her Hero Form gives her a pink and white one.
* BigEater: Not quite on the same level as [[CoolBigSis Fu,]] but she loves her snacks and udon. [[spoiler:Then she loses her sense of taste.]]
* BookDumb: Yuna isn't exactly the greatest student. When Karin tells her that people probably call her stupid a lot, she agrees.
* CallingYourAttacks: Yuna loves to do this in the heat of battle.
--> '' '''"[[MegatonPunch YUUUUSHA PUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUNCH!]]"''' ''
* CharacterTitle: The titular heroine.
* CherryBlossomGirl: She has red hair that turns pink when she transforms, her birthday is March 21 (the first day of spring), and her FlowerMotif (in the opening credits and the shape of her Mankai Form) is the Yoshino cherry.
* ChildhoodFriend: She first met Togo when Togo's family just moved to her town. She took Togo on a tour of the town. They have been inseparable since.
* CooldownHug: [[spoiler:On Togo to assure her everything's alright after fiercely battling against her.]]
* CurtainsMatchTheWindow
* CuteBruiser: She has the most [[GoodOldFisticuffs physical fighting style of the Heroes,]] and also throws herself at any opportunity to help others while being adorable in either case. According to the VisualNovel, her father taught her martial arts.
* DivingKick: Her second fairy, Kasha, grants her a very [[KamenRider Kamen Rider-esque]] flaming kick.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: One event of the second VisualNovel involves Yuna receiving a love letter from another girl. It isn't even from [[TwoGirlRomanticFriendship Togo]] either.
* FairyCompanion: Gyuki, a cow spirit. It has a big appetite, and it usually summons itself without Yuna's consent. Her second spirit, a fire-cat named Kasha, also appears on its own.
* FlowerMotifs: Yuna's flower is the cherry blossom. Cherry blossoms were famously associated with kamikaze pilots in WWII, as a symbol of the beauty of ephemerality and self-sacrifice. [[spoiler:It's revealed in Episode 8 that the Heroes must sacrifice their bodies to the Shinju to protect their world, and Yuna is stated to have the highest hero aptitude of all of the girls.]]
* GenkiGirl
* [[GetAHoldOfYourselfMan Get a Hold of Yourself, Girl!]]: [[spoiler:Towards Togo to stop her from destroying the Shinju.]]
* HairDecorations: Her peculiar hairclip becomes a notably prominent headpiece after she transforms.
* HeadPet: Gyuki spends a lot of time perched atop her head outside of combat.
* HeroicBSOD: Has a brief one in Episode 11 when she realizes that stopping the Vertex means [[spoiler:fighting Togo,]] and she's unable to transform due to a crisis of faith. [[spoiler:She gets better just in time to block the Leo Vertex's attack at the end of the episode.]]
* [[spoiler:HeroicRROD: She goes into a comatose state after using so much power to defeat the Vertex cluster in Episode 12. She gets better.]]
* HeroicSelfDeprecation: Doesn't seem to think very highly of herself, as seen in the second VisualNovel when she receives an anonymous love letter.
--> '''Yuna:''' "I'm not as beautiful as Sonoko or Togo or as cute as Itsuki, as cool as Karin or as mature as Fu."
* HeroicWillpower: Togo believes that this is how [[spoiler:Yuna wakes up from her coma in Episode 12]], rather than with the Shinju's help.
* HotBlooded
* InvisibleParents: She has parents but they're never shown. In the VisualNovel it's stated that her father is a black-belt who taught her martial arts, while her mother taught her flower-pressing, so she seems to have a good relationship with them.
* MeaningfulName: ''Yu'' can mean "friend," and ''Yuki'' can mean "courage."
* NiceGirl: Very caring and helpful.
* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: [[WholeEpisodeFlashback Episode 10]] reveals that she was touchy-feely with Togo from the first day they met. In the VisualNovel Togo says that although she was uncomfortable with it at first, she eventually came to enjoy it.
* ObfuscatingStupidity: She's actually pretty perceptive and great at reading people, but she intentionally dumbs herself down in order to ease the mood. She's also not above telling little white lies for her friends' sake, such as in Episode 1 when she tells Togo that everything's going to be okay while her hand is visibly shaking.
* ObliviousToLove: The VisualNovel included with the first BD volume heavily implies during several scenes (especially the play scenario) that Togo has romantic feelings for her, while she writes it off as Togo really getting into her acting.
** She does tend to get very flirty in the Vita game though, showing that it isn't necessarily one-sided on Togo's part; during one scene she even tells Togo that they must have been connected by a RedStringOfFate ever since they were born.
* PinkHeroine: As a Hero.
* PluckyGirl: [[spoiler:Even after learning the [[PowerAtAPrice shocking truth of the Hero System,]] she declares that she would've become a Hero anyway. However, in episode 11, she breaks down in tears when she couldn't transform and thought that she was a failure of a friend. She recovers after seeing Karin's performance.]]
* PowerDyesYourHair: From red to pink.
* PowerFist: Her Hero Form gives her enhanced gauntlets. Activating Mankai grants her a giant pair of mechanized gauntlets, first showcased in Episode 5.
* TarotMotifs: During the VisualNovel, [[FortuneTeller Itsuki]] draws the Strength card (which depicts a Lion and a Woman) when she does Yuna's reading. She then explains that the Strength is not represented by the Lion, but by the Woman taming it with gentleness. [[spoiler:[[{{Foreshadowing}} Yuna defeats the Leo Vertex in Episode 12 by simply touching it with her finger in her human form.]]]]
* TomboyAndGirlyGirl: Appears to be the Tomboy to Togo's Girly Girl on the surface. However, Yuna is very knowledgeable about flowers and her room is filled with pink and stuffed animals, while Togo is a history buff and battleship otaku.
* TwoGirlRomanticFriendship: She and Togo are ''very'' close. Episode 12 focuses heavily on this relationship, to the point where it can barely be called subtext anymore. Togo has also been confirmed to be in love with Yuna, making it pure text on her end.
* WideEyedIdealist: [[spoiler:Even learning the AwfulTruth about the Hero System, she declares that she would've become a Hero anyway.]]

!Mimori Togo[[spoiler:/Sumi Washio]]
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/SuzukoMimori (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (English)

Yuna's disabled best friend and fellow classmate and club member. She was paralyzed following a traffic accident. She's good with computers, capable of swimming and, according to Yuna, is a genius at baking sweets. In her Hero Form, she uses guns and sniping rifles for long-range combat and her ribbons serve as appendages for moving around.

[[spoiler: She's the main character of the prequel novel ''Washio Sumi wa Yūsha de Aru'', where she becomes a hero as a sixth-grader and is adopted by the Washio family, taking the name Sumi Washio. She fought alongside Sonoko Nogi and Gin Minowa, another fellow hero who fell in battle. She lost some of her memories and use of her legs after using Mankai twice, and was eventually returned to her original family, where she retook her real name.]]
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* AffectionateNickname: [[spoiler:During her time as Sumi Washio, she called Sonoko "Sonocchi". ''Sonoko After'' reveals that, after regaining her memories, she still calls Sonoko by that name.]]
* AmbiguouslyLesbian: The VN, the episode 10 flashback when she first met Yuna, and some scenes in episode 12 imply that her feelings for Yuna are more than platonic.
** [[WordOfGay Togo's VA claimed in a tweet that "she overflows with love beyond friendship for Yuna,"]] surprising roughly zero people. The character booklet that came with one of the [=BD=] volumes also confirmed this, pretty much removing the "ambiguously" from the title.
* [[spoiler:AntiVillain: Decides to destroy the world in episode 10 to save her friends from what she views as a FateWorseThanDeath. Luckily Yuna manages to snap her out of it.]]
* BeamSpam: Activating Mankai gives her access to this, first seen in episode 5.
* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: After she moved into an unfamiliar house in a wheelchair without any memories of the past two years, Yuna immediately offered her her unconditional friendship. [[AmbiguouslyLesbian She has been devoted to Yuna ever since.]]
* BoobsOfSteel: Well endowed (especially noticeable in her Hero Form), and she also carries a ton of firepower.
* BreakTheCutie: Episode 8's revelation on the truth about the Hero System was already hard on her, but TheReveal of [[spoiler:the world outside the Shinju's barrier]] sends her across the DespairEventHorizon.
* [[spoiler:CharacterTitle: She is Sumi Washio, the titular character of the prequel light novel ''Washio Sumi wa Yusha de aru''. It's not her real name, though.]]
* ChildhoodFriend: She first met Yuuna when her family just moved to Yuna's town. Yuna took her on a tour of the town, and they have been inseparable since.
** [[spoiler:This was set up by the Taisha; Yuna had the highest hero aptitude out of everyone, and so the Taisha figured that being friends with a former Hero would increase their efficiency when they were chosen to fight. Not that either Yuna or her complain.]]
** [[spoiler:She was equally inseparable from Sonoko but due to the Mankai, she does not remember her.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Has a few elements of this. There's her tendency to drift off into patriotic rants during unrelated topics, and her advice to Itsuki for getting over her performance anxiety was "Imagine that everyone else is a pumpkin."
* ColdSniper: When fighting the Vertex, she is calm and composed. Plus, she seems to use the sniper rifle as her default gun.
* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:She tries, but the fairies won't let heroes die, [[FateWorseThanDeath even if they want to.]]]]
* [[spoiler: EasilyForgiven: Despite starting a Vertex outbreak and attempts to destroy the world to spare her friends' suffering, her friends held no grudges against her for her actions and still see her as a friend at the end. Even the Taisha don't punish her in any way.]]
* EnergyBow: [[spoiler:As Sumi Washio, this was her weapon until Gin's death. Afterward, she adopted a sniper rifle which she named in memory of Gin.]]
* FairyCompanion: Three of them: Gyobudanuki, Aobozu and Shiranui; a racoon, an egg, and an ice-spirit respectively. However, she's mostly associated with Aobouzu. She gets a new atom spirit named Kawabotaru in Episode 8.
* FatalFlaw: She's rather pessimistic and tends to go off on her own whenever she hears bad news, such as in Episode 2 when she angrily wheels herself out of the club room because Fu withheld the Hero Club's true purpose from everyone. [[spoiler:This has disastrous consequences when she learns the truth of the world beyond the Shinju's barrier that the Taisha is withholding from the world.]]
* [[spoiler:ForgotTheCall]]/[[spoiler:LaserGuidedAmnesia]]
* GunsAkimbo: She is capable of dual wielding pistols... in reverse grip.
* TheGunslinger: Her Hero Form gives her a variety of guns.
* [[spoiler:ICallHerVera: The prequel light novel reveals she named her sniper rifle "Shirogane" in tribute to Gin(The kanji used is the same as her name(銀)).]]
* ImCryingButIDontKnowWhy: Togo says this almost word-for-word during [[spoiler:her fight with Yuna in Episode 12 as she talks about her previous tenure as a Hero under the name Sumi Washio, the memories of which were taken when she used Mankai back then.]]
* ImportantHairAccessory: The ribbon she uses to tie her hair. [[spoiler: It was given to her by Sonoko when they were heroes.]]
* HandicappedBadass: She is confined to a wheelchair in her normal form. Her legs are still useless when she transforms. This does nothing to stop her from utterly destroying one of the Vertex in episode 2.
* HeroOfAnotherStory: [[spoiler: She's the main character of the light novel ''Washio Sumi wa Yūsha de Aru''.]]
* LastNameBasis: Prefers to be called by her last name, even by her best friend Yuna. Episode 10's {{Flashback}} of their first meeting reveals that this is because [[AwesomeMcCoolname Yuna thought that "Togo-san" sounded really cool.]]
* MercyKill: [[spoiler:Attempts to do this to her friends at the end of Episode 10.]]
* PaperThinDisguise: As Kokubo[[note]]national defense[[/note]] Kamen in the second VisualNovel. Togo, if you're going to disguise yourself as [[http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ebacffe4b0e0a96bc6956ba44698271a.jpg a masked superhero]], you should try taking off that distinctive ribbon of yours first.
* PatrioticFervor: She's quite patriotic but not in a negative way. Often played for comedy.
** This takes on a darker tone when it's revealed that protecting her country means [[spoiler:screwing over herself and her friends.]] She immediately decides that it isn't worth it.
* PowerMakesYourHairGrow: Her hair grows incredibly long in her Hero Form, even when taking into account her ribbon being gone.
* RefusalOfTheCall: Togo initially refuses to transform because she doesn't think that she can fight with her disability. In Episode 2, though, [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome she gets over her fear and transforms to protect Yuna.]]
* TheSmartGuy: She's very knowledgeable about computers and manages the Hero Club's website. She's also an avid history buff, specifically [[PatrioticFervor Japanese history.]]
* SuperWheelchair: [[spoiler:Her Mankai gives her a flying battleship bristling with cannons to ride around on.]]
* TwoGirlRomanticFriendship: Has one with Yuna. Episode 12 and the VisualNovel heavily imply that she's outright in love with Yuna, with her VA later confirming it.
** [[spoiler: As Sumi Washio, she developed one of these with Sonoko before losing her memories.]]
* WaifProphet: [[spoiler:As Sumi Washio, she had a prophetic vision when she touched the Shinju. ''Sonoko After'' states that Togo has the powers of both a Miko (who can hear the voice of the Shinju) and a Hero, and that such people are called "Messiah."]]
* [[spoiler:WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: After discovering just how hopeless their situation is, and the extent to which they were tricked and manipulated by the Taisha and their own parents, she begins destroying the world's protective walls, hoping to let the hell-beasts outside destroy the Shinju and end everyone's suffering (via death).]]
* YamatoNadeshiko: Actively strives to be this- she's the most feminine of the cast, is great at cooking (or at least making sweets)... as the other girls note in Episode 7, even her ''eating'' is beautiful. She tries to embody traditional Japanese values so much that when she [[spoiler:attempted suicide in episode 10, ''seppuku'' is the first method she tried.]]

!Fu Inubozaki
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->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YumiUchiyama (Japanese), Creator/EricaMendez (English)

A hot-blooded third-year in middle school and the president of the Hero Club. She's the older sister of Itsuki and became her legal guardian after their parents were killed in a Vertex attack 2 years ago; thus, she is very protective of her. She was assigned to form the Hero Club by the Taisha and was the one who gave her fellow members the app needed to fight against the Vertex. Her Hero Form gives her a large sword.
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* BerserkerTears: [[spoiler:As she tries to [[RoaringRampageOfRevenge take revenge on the Taisha for destroying Itsuki's dream,]] and while trying to fight through Karin and Yuna to get there.]]
* {{BFS}}: Her Hero Form gives her a large sword, and she can increase its size. [[spoiler:Her Mankai form increases it size even further; the hilt itself is at least as big as she is.]]
* BigEater: She can eat more than one sitting of udon. And food is sometimes the first thing on her mind.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:By the middle of episode 9 she's already feeling incredibly guilty for persuading the other girls to join the Hero Club and the suffering they're going through because of it, plus trying to cope with her own loss of vision and the revelation that it's apparently permanent. The last straw is finding out about Itsuki's dream of becoming a singer, which is now apparently lost forever; at that point she finally snaps under the weight of it all.]]
* CatchPhrase: Girl Power! It's her explanation for everything.
* CoolBigSis: To Itsuki, and more figuratively toward the Hero Club as a whole.
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: The Vita game mentions that she's gotten love letters from a few girls, including a girl from the Cheerleading Club after she helped them out. She has no luck with the opposite sex, though.
* {{Expy}}: With her parents gone, she acts as a CoolBigSis to the other girls. Her weapons are oversized and her uniform has a yellow flower theme. Sounds like [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Mami Tomoe]], further proven when [[spoiler:she breaks down so much after find so much about the AwfulTruth]].
* EyepatchOfPower: [[spoiler:A side effect of using her Mankai causes her to become blind in one eye. It's only fitting for the CoolBigSis to have one.]]
* FairyCompanion: Her partner is Inugami, a dog-like spirit. At the end of episode 7, she gains another partner. This time, a cute sickle-weasel named Kamaitachi.
* HeroicBSOD: Is in one of these for a good part of Episode 11 [[spoiler:after her breakdown in Episode 9.]] She snaps out of it when she sees Itsuki fiercely fighting to protect her.
* ItsAllMyFault: Usually blames herself for any slight she causes her fellow club members. It includes withholding the fact that they were chosen as Heroes, getting them involved in this venture [[spoiler:and when they lose a sensory function.]] They reassure her that she's not to blame.
** This culminates in [[spoiler:her breakdown in Episode 9, when she learns that Itsuki wanted to be an IdolSinger and because of Sange, that dream was ruined. Not only does she hate the Taisha for lying to them about Sange, but also herself for allowing Itsuki to get roped into the Hero Club without even trying to protest.]]
* KnifeNut: Her second fairy, Kamaitachi, allows her to throw knives at distance; she uses these in episode 8 to immobilize the second Gemini Vertex.
* LargeHam: ''Really'' gets into whatever she's doing, whether it's playing a hammy villain or fighting Vertex. [[CatchPhrase "Girl Power"]] indeed.
* TheLeader: Of the Hero Club.
* MinorLivingAlone: She is Itsuki’s legal guardian and has been taking care of her like a parent ever since their parents were killed by the Vertex.
* MomentKiller: She notoriously told Togo and Yuna that they didn't actually have to kiss during the skit practice scene of the VisualNovel. In the Vita game her antics also interrupt their private, subtext-dripping cherry blossom viewing.
* PowerDyesYourHair: From brown or dirty blonde to a very bright yellow.
* PromotionToParent: Takes great care of her sister after the deaths of their parents.
* RageAgainstTheHeavens: [[spoiler: Episode 9 revealed Itsuki's (now impossible to attain) dream to her, and she is less than pleased that she had been kept in the dark about Sange.]]
* {{Revenge}}: Episode 4 reveals she only became a Hero to get back at the Vertex for killing her and Itsuki's parents.
* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After learning what Itsuki's dream was (and about how it was impossible due to Itsuki's Sange), she attempts to destroy the Taisha for ruining it. It takes the combined efforts of Karin, Yuna and Itsuki to stop her.]]
* SuperStrength: Her Mankai form appears to give her this; she's able to knock down the giant Leo Vertex just by ramming into it, without her {{BFS}}.
* TearsOfJoy: [[spoiler:When her sister starts speaking again.]]

!Itsuki Inubozaki
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->'''Voiced by:''' Tomoyo Kurosawa (Japanese), Brianna Knickerbocker (English)

A rather timid yet kindhearted first-year in middle school and member of the Hero Club. She is Fu's younger sister and respects her dearly. Her hobby is fortunetelling using tarot cards, and her fortunes are said to be quite reliable. Her Hero Form allows her to conjure magical vines to ensnare her enemies.
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* ACupAngst: The Vita game reveals that she's rather self-conscious about her [[{{Pettanko}} small stature]], especially when compared to her [[BoobsOfSteel bustier older sister]] or especially [[GagBoobs Togo.]]
* BadassAdorable: She's the youngest member of the group and has the shyest personality, but she can hold her own in battle as well as any of the other Heroes.
* [[BigBrotherWorship Big Sister Worship]]: She greatly adores Fu. Even when the big secret Fu was keeping was brought to light, [[{{JumpedAtTheCall}} she willingly followed her without protest.]]
* CatchAFallingStar: In Episode 5, she uses several layers of her Mankai vines to catch Yuna and Togo as their craft was burning from re-entry.
* CharacterDevelopment: When she discovers her passion for singing, she resolves to become someone who can walk beside her older sister rather than someone who always cowers behind her. [[spoiler:Even losing her voice only serves to make her more determined.]] This leads to Fu's SoProudOfYou moment at episode 11 when she sees how strong Itsuki has become.
* ChekovsGun: In the VN, Itsuki is described as so hopelessly messy that she can't even tidy up her computer's desktop. [[spoiler: She even left her idol audition file on her desktop, which in Episode 9 allows Fu to find it, [[FreakOut directly leading to her breakdown.]]]]
* CooldownHug: [[spoiler:Gives one to her big sister after Fu attempts to assault the Taisha headquarters for keeping them in the dark about Sange, especially since her little sister's voice was taken from her as a "sacrifice".]]
* TheCutie
* [[spoiler:CuteMute: As a side-effect of using her Mankai, she loses her ability to speak.]]
* DeflectorShields: [[spoiler:Her second fairy, Ungaikyou, grants her these in her Hero form.]]
* DreamCrushingHandicap: She wants to be a singer, [[spoiler:but loses her voice halfway through the series.]]
* FairyCompanion: Kodama, a cute grass spirit. She gets another plant spirit named Ungaikyou in Episode 8.
* FortuneTeller: She is seen practicing with Tarot cards, and her fortunes are said to be mostly reliable.
** The love charms that she gives out in the second visual novel also work surprisingly well for the other girls.
* HairDecorations: Not as prominent as Yuna's but she has a small flower-shaped one that becomes a bit larger when she transforms, [[ColorCodedCharacters while also becoming green to match her costume.]]
* IdolSinger: After episode 4, she aspires to become one. [[spoiler:Her audition passes the preliminary stage, but seeing as how Itsuki has already lost her voice at this point she isn't exactly in a position to pursue it further.]]
* ImageSong: ''Inori no Uta'' (Song of Prayer). [[spoiler:It's the song that she records and sends to an idol audition agency, which passes the initial screening.]]
* ImprobableWeaponUser: While the other Heroes get rather conventional weapons such as guns or swords, Itsuki's weapon is a large bangle decorated with flowers, from which she can shoot magical vines.
** Given her dream of being a singer, it may be based on a tambourine.
* LethalChef: Together with Karin. When they try and get the rest of the girls to try the udon that they made, Yuna and Togo [[ScrewThisImOuttaHere beat a hasty retreat.]]
* LittleMissSnarker: Once she begins communicating with her notebook, she can actually get surprisingly sarcastic. It helps that her big sister is a LargeHam and thus an easy target.
* NiceGirl: Itsuki is a kind and polite girl.
* PerformanceAnxiety: She has a good singing voice. It's just that she has difficulties singing in front of people, as shown in episode 4. After some practice and encouragement from her sister and the rest of the Hero Club, she seems to have gotten over it.
* PluckyGirl: Despite [[spoiler:losing her voice]]. she seems to take things in stride. [[spoiler:[[KnightTemplarBigSister Fu, on the other hand...]]]]
* RazorFloss: Her main method of attack in her Hero From. She uses them to great effect against one of the Vertex in episode 2. [[spoiler:In episode 5, activating Mankai vastly increases the number of wires at her disposal, allowing her to stop a Vertex that almost reached the Shinju. [[{{CatchAFallingStar}} She also uses them to save Yuna and Togo from certain death.]]]]
* ShrinkingViolet: She happens to incredibly shy towards people. However, she grows out of it after CharacterDevelopment, [[spoiler:especially after losing her voice]].
* TragicDream: She can no longer be an idol singer after unwittingly losing her voice from using Mankai. [[spoiler:Subverted at the end, when the side-effects wore off.]]
* YuriFangirl: She may be becoming one under [[spoiler:Sonoko's]] influence; she found one of her novels in the second VisualNovel and "found it really exciting."
** During the Kamen Blossom event in the Vita game, Itsuki suggested that the story be a romance between Kamen Blossom and the heroine... both of whom are girls.

!Karin Miyoshi
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->'''Voiced by:''' Juri Nagatsuma (Japanese), Creator/SarahWilliams (English)

A somewhat stubborn girl who transfers into Yuna's class and joins the Hero Club to supervise the other heroes. Unlike the rest of the Hero Club, she has little tolerance for whimsy. In her Hero Form, she uses a pair of katanas.
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* TheAce: The most trained, most efficient, and most powerful of the girls so far, she singlehandedly crushed the fifth Vertex in no time at all.
* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: Her brother, apparently. This caused her to be a mild example of TheUnfavorite and her original reason for becoming a Hero was to finally get out of his shadow.
* [[spoiler: AnArmAndALeg: After episode 11's four consecutive Mankai activations, Karin lost faculty of her right arm and her leg after the first two.]]
* CatchPhrase: Her fairy, Yoshiteru, has a habit of saying "Shogyou mujou" (''All things must pass''), usually for comedic effect. [[spoiler:It takes on a much sadder tone when he says it before Karin's [[HeroicSacrifice awesome fight]] in Episode 11.]]
* CurbStompBattle: She first appears in episode 3 by demolishing the fifth Vertex. [[spoiler:Delivers one to ''five'' Vertices in Episode 11, although at great personal cost.]]
* {{Expy}}: As the last of the main girls to come in, she appears with awesome skill and red clothing. After interrupting their battle, she tends to mock the girls for their naivety. Overtime, however, she starts opening up to the other girls to the point she can no longer live without them. Did she get that from [[Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica Kyoko Sakura]]?
* FairyCompanion: One that can speak. Only a few lines, though.
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Fully knowing its consequences, Karin went Mankai four times in episode 11 to hold off the Vertex army.]]
* GirlishPigtails
* GlassCannon: [[spoiler:Karin's Mankai. It's powerful enough to kill Vertex in a single hit, core and all, but it takes only a single hit for it to dissipate, forcing Karin to activate it again and again.]]
* IJustWantToBeSpecial: One of Karin's scenarios in the VisualNovel has her confiding to Yuna that she had relentlessly trained every day for ''years'' just to be chosen as a Hero. It helps to explain her initial anger toward the Hero Club's carefree nature.
--> "I ran until I bled."
* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: From her years of training to become a Hero and be acknowledged, to her guilt stemming from being the only Hero not to use Mankai in Episode 5 [[spoiler:and thus not suffer any disabilities,]] it's implied that she's hiding a severe inferiority complex behind all that bravado.
* KatanasAreJustBetter: Her Hero Form gives her a pair of katanas. [[spoiler:Her Mankai form in Episode 11 grants her four katana-wielding arms in addition to her standard two, and gives her access to a SwordBeam.]]
* LethalChef: Together with Itsuki, according to the Vita game. When they try and cook udon for a school-wide contest, they create... something... that manages to knock the judge out.
* LegacyCharacter: [[spoiler:She's using Gin's old terminal, hence their similar color schemes. According to the VN she even tried to use her axes for a while before switching to the katanas she's more proficient with.]]
** [[spoiler:Episode 11, which has Karin's [[HeroicSacrifice awesome fight,]] is even titled "Passion." This is a direct reference to Gin, who was called the "flower of Passion" to Sumi's "flower of Prim" and Sonoko's "flower of Elegance."]]
* MinorLivingAlone: According to the visual novel she has a brother that works at Taisha and her parents are alive, yet she lives completely alone after transferring to Sanshu Middle School.
* NewTransferStudent: Transfers into Yuna's class in episode 3.
* NotSoAboveItAll: In [[BeachEpisode Episode 7]] she derides the Hero Club for enjoying such a childish game as SmashingWatermelons... and then immediately starts shouting for Itsuki to swing right where she's at.
** Also in Episode 7, she's incredibly fascinated in hearing Fu's love story and is surprised that nobody else seems interested... to which Itsuki replies that she had told them all ten times.
* RedIsHeroic: Her Hero Form.
* SacrificedBasicSkillForAwesomeTraining: She's been trained by the Taisha for two years to be a Hero, and as a result she thinks of herself as a tool more than a human. [[ThePowerOfFriendship The Hero Club fixes that.]]
* SmugSuper: At first; she greatly believes in her capabilities as a Hero and is completely baffled at the Taisha's current choice of Heroes.
* ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: A common tactic of hers when she doesn't straight-up cut an enemy to ribbons. [[spoiler:She can throw ''thousands'' of them in her Mankai form.]]
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: She likes udon, as well as anything that promotes good health. Like dried sardines, earning her the FanNickname Nibosshi (the food's name in Japanese).
* {{Tsundere}}: Towards the Hero Club members, especially Yuna. However, unlike most examples she mostly grows out of it by the end of the series as part of her CharacterDevelopment.
* TheWorfEffect: Despite being the most well-trained of the Hero Club, she gets knocked out relatively early in Episode 5's climactic battle and contributes very little overall to that fight. She is completely aware of this and feels guilty for being the only Hero not to use her Mankai form, [[spoiler:especially when those that did begin having health problems.]]

!Sonoko Nogi
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->'''Voiced by''': KanaHanazawa (Japanese)

A heavily-bandaged girl whom Togo and Yuna meet in Episode 8, who claims to be a former Hero. She cannot use most of her body and is confined to a hospital bed.

She is also one of the main characters in the prequel light novel ''Washio Sumi wa Yusha de Aru,'' and is the classmate and teammate of Sumi and Gin. [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} She's a sleepy, easygoing girl who prefers to let life happen to her rather than the other way around.]] However, her ditzy demeanor hides a shocking intellect. In her Hero form, she wields a spear.

As of ''Sonoko After'' she is the newest member of the Hero Club.
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* AllPowerfulBystander: In the bonus chapter of the ''Washio Sumi'' LightNovel, the Taisha ask her to [[spoiler:stop Fu's rampage as well as Togo's plan to destroy the Shinju.]] She answers by [[spoiler:[[TheReasonYouSuckSpeech chewing out the Taisha for deceiving the Hero Club as well as her and her friends, and refuses to fight.]]]]
--> [[spoiler:"So... what? Are you telling me to become a Hero and fight against Wasshi and that friend? ...[[PrecisionFStrike Bullshit."]]]]
* AffectionateNickname: [[{{TheNicknamer}} After previous attempts]], she settled on calling Sumi "Wasshi" and Gin "Mino".
* BladeOnAStick: Wields a multi-pronged spear in her Hero form in ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru''. [[spoiler:Her Mankai form increases the size of her spear and creates multiple blades around it that she can manipulate.]]
* TheChessmaster: The plot of ''Jukai no Kioku'' involves Sonoko [[spoiler:using the power of her twenty-one fairies to create a simulation of the Jukai, in order to test if the Heroes truly could hold back the infinite Vertex threat and what would happen if the barrier was to fail.]] This implies that the plot of Episodes 10-12, which involves [[spoiler:Togo destroying parts of the barrier to let in the Vertex]], was all part of Sonoko's plan.
* ChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler:Of Togo's prior to her moving.]]
* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In the light novel, she's known to be quite spacey, and she loves to stare into the distance.
* CurtainsMatchTheWindows: Brown eyes and brown hair.
* DreamWeaver: [[spoiler:One of her fairies allows her to do this, leading to the events of ''Jukai no Kioku.'']]
* EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Receives a love letter in very girly handwriting in the LightNovel.
* FairyCompanion: [[spoiler:''Twenty one'']] of them.
** In the LightNovel, she gets a crow tengu. The second visual novel reveals that its name is Kurama Tengu, and it can teleport and appear in dreams.
** In the Vita game, she mentions that one of her fairies allows her to [[spoiler:travel into dreams.]] Later material reveals that its name is Baku.
** Another one of her fairies is Makura Gaeshi, a ghost with the power to... [[PokeThePoodle flip pillows.]]
* FriendlessBackground: She never had any friends due to living a sheltered life. She's very elated when she became friends with Sumi and Gin.
* GameMaster: [[spoiler:The Jukai seen in the Vita game is a dream world she created, and thus she's the one who's behind the Vertex attacks there.]]
* GeniusDitz: Although she acts spacey most of the time, she's able to formulate plans in seconds if the situation calls for it. [[spoiler:Naturally, in the LightNovel she discerns the truth about Mankai almost immediately.]]
* HeroOfAnotherStory
* JerkassRealization: Her parents have one regarding her in ''Washio Sumi'' after, frustrated with their daughter's spaciness, they prank her by pretending to collapse in front of her. After they see Sonoko tearfully and methodically calling the authorities and detailing their exact condition (including how many ''seconds'' they had been "unconscious"), it's stated that from then on they let Sonoko stare off into space as much as she wanted.
* KnightOfCerebus: A non-villainous example; her appearance in Episode 8 marks the point where the plot begins to get a ''lot'' darker.
* TheLeader: Was eventually assigned as the leader of her team, which Sumi originally thought was because of her family's high status in the Taisha. However, during their next battle Sumi realizes that it was because [[GeniusDitz Sonoko was a tactical genius,]] and feels guilty about doubting her.
* NewTransferStudent: [[spoiler: In ''Sonoko After,'' she transfers into Yuna's class at Sanshu Middle School.]]
* TheNicknamer: She loves creating nicknames for her friends. In addition to "Wasshi" and "Mino", [[spoiler: in ''Sonoko After,'' she calls Yuna "Yu-yu", Itsuki "Ittsun" and Karin "Nibosshi". She tries calling Togo "Mimorin", but Togo tells her not to force herself and just keep calling her "Wasshi". She just calls Fu "Club Leader", though.]]
* PhysicalGod: The Taisha worship her, since they believe that [[spoiler:having given 20 parts of her body to the Shinju means that she's closer to it than being human.]] Since she was able to cause Yuna and Togo to end up at her shrine rather than the school rooftop, their belief may not be unfounded.
** [[spoiler:In ''Jukai no Kioku'' she was able to create an entire dream world using her fairies, so she's definitely on an entirely different level than the other Heroes.]]
* SecretWeapon: The Taisha normally won't let her transform anymore, but they keep her around as a final trump card just in case the Heroes fall [[spoiler:or rebel against the Shinju.]]
* ShipperOnDeck: Seems to be one for [[TomboyAndGirlyGirl Gin and Sumi;]] she bases the main characters of her novel on them, and has Gin BridalCarry Sumi for inspiration. In the ''[[GagSeries Washio Sumi Radio]]'' 4koma, she outright pens a romance with Gin and Sumi as the main characters.
** In the bonus chapter of the aforementioned manga, she approves of Yuna/Togo, and in ''Sonoko After'' she wants to [[YuriFangirl "write something down"]] when she sees how Togo acts around Yuna.
* {{Sleepyhead}}: She dozes off a lot in the light novel, and she claims she can sleep anywhere at anytime. In addition, all of her named fairies have something to do with sleep or dreams.
* StoryBreakerPower: She's stated to be more powerful than the five Heroes combined, [[spoiler:having ''twenty-one fairies'' and all.]]
* UnwantedFalseFaith: She is clearly uncomfortable with [[spoiler:being seen as a god by the Taisha.]]
* VerbalTic: More noticeable in the books but she has a slow paced, slurred way of speaking where she sometimes extends the end of her sentences.
* WalkingSpoiler: She was a major character in "''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru''", the prequel light novel. Her appearing midway creates a noticeable spoiler [[spoiler:that Togo is Sumi.]]
* WalkingArmory
* YuriFangirl: Tends to have... ''interesting'' thoughts about her friends. It doesn't help that she apparently writes romance novels in her free time.
** When Yuna receives a love letter, she suggests having either Togo or Karin dress up as a guy and pretend to be her boyfriend, complete with sending a photo of a BridalCarry to the writer.

!Gin Minowa
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->'''Voiced by:''' Yumiri Hanamori (Vita game only)

A tomboyish girl who appears in the prequel LightNovel ''Washio Sumi Wa Yusha De Aru.'' She is the classmate of Sumi and Sonoko, and together with them forms the first Hero team. In her Hero form, she wields a pair of large axes. [[spoiler:She is killed in Chapter 4.]]
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* AnAxeToGrind: Dual wields two large axe-blades in her Hero form.
* AttackAttackAttack: Being the melee bruiser of her team, this is her preferred method of attack. It nearly gets her killed in Chapter 1 before her team learns to coordinate with each other.
* BookDumb: She doesn't take her studies too seriously, which initially causes some friction with the more studious Sumi.
* CoolBigSis: Aspires to be one to her baby brother. [[spoiler:[[TearJerker One of her final thoughts is her wondering whether he would be proud of her.]]]]
* [[spoiler:DiedStandingUp: Dies like this after pushing back three Vertex by herself in Chapter 4.]]
* [[spoiler:DoomedByCanon: Those who watch the anime first will notice that she's the only member of the original Hero trio unaccounted for in the anime. True to the trope, she dies halfway through the novel.]]
* {{Expy}}: Her battle scene in Chapter 4 mirrors a legend of the Japanese warrior Benkei: [[spoiler:To protect his lord Minamoto no Yoshitsune, he alone held off an entire army at a bridge leading to his lord's castle, killing hundreds of soldiers. Hours later, the terrified soldiers saw him standing still; when they approached him, they realized that he had died standing up. Gin similarly holds off three Vertex on her own on the bridge leading to the Shinju, and she too is found having died a heroic standing death.]]
* FriendToAllChildren: She loves her baby brother dearly, and she says that her only real aspiration in life is to become a mother.
* GenkiGirl: She's very cheerful, and she proudly gives Sumi and Sonoko a grand tour of her favorite hang-out spot; the local shopping mall. An excerpt from the light novel:
-->"The place around where she sat suddenly became cheerful. This is Minowa Gin’s appeal; abysmal cheerfulness."
* GratuitousEnglish: Indulges in this from time to time, saying "Mai Furendo" (My Friend), and "Naisu Aidea" (Nice Idea) for example.
* HeroOfAnotherStory
* HonorBeforeReason: Gin instinctively helps others, even though it often gets her into trouble.
* [[spoiler:KilledOffForReal: Succumbs to her injuries after pushing back three Vertex.]]
* NiceGirl: Chapter 3 of ''Washio Sumi'' reveals that the reason why she's constantly late for class is because she's either looking after her baby brother or because she's helping people she runs into on the way to school.
* {{Tomboy}}: Is this to [[TomboyandGirlyGirl Sumi's Girly Girl.]] Despite this she really wants to be a mother so [[FriendToAllChildren that she can take care of her own kids,]] meaning she ironically has the most arguably feminine goals of the entire cast. She's embarrassed at the thought of becoming a bride, though.

!Taisha

A powerful religious organization which oversees the worship of the Shinju. They act as intermediaries between the Heroes and Shinju, providing them with information and other aid throughout the story.
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* AmbiguouslyEvil: [[spoiler:[[SubvertedTrope Subverted]] in that they're ultimately presented as massively incompetent than actually evil. They ultimately want to protect humanity, but Sonoko's TheReasonYouSuckSpeech in ''Washio Sumi's'' bonus chapter makes them realize that they ''massively'' screwed themselves over by keeping secrets from the Heroes.]]
* HeroesRUs: Aside from giving the girls vital information, they also provide for Fu's and Itsuki's living expenses and even give the girls a trip to the beach in [[BeachEpisode Episode 7.]] [[spoiler:The Taisha would do anything for the Heroes, seeing as how they worship them as gods.]]
* TheFaceless
* MeaningfulName: ''Taisha'' (大赦) means "amnesty".
* WellIntentionedExtremist: In the end, all they want to do is keep the Shinju (and by extension, the world) safe. However, they have some rather questionable methods such as [[spoiler:hiding the aftereffects of the SuperMode from the girls they employ to protect humanity.]]

!The Shinju

A giant tree that appeared during the crisis in the Anno Domini era and saved humanity. It summons Heroes to defend it from the Vertex that attack it; if even one manages to reach the Shinju, the world will end.
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* AllYourPowersCombined: [[spoiler:The Shinju is composed of all the gods that sided with humanity after the rest of them decided to KillEmAll.]]
* BigGood: Humanity certainly seems to see it as this.
* BlueAndOrangeMorality: Sonoko speculates that although it is a god that's benevolent to humanity, it probably thinks in ways that humans can't comprehend [[spoiler:which is why it requires sacrifices from the Heroes who protect it.]]
* PhysicalGod
* [[spoiler: VampiricDraining: Not only through the Mankai/Sange (where it effectively takes part of the girls's bodies in exchange for a power surge), the last episode shows it absorbing power from the Leo-class Vertex that went down right next to it, finally giving it a decent source of power and resulting in the more favorable situation from the epilogue.]]
* WorldTree: Appears as this in the [[AcidTripDimension Jukai.]] [[spoiler:It turns out that this is more literal; the Shinju forms a barrier around Shikoku, outside of which is nothing but a blazing hellscape.]]

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