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| 3 | '''WARNING:''' [-'''Based on how the work is choreographed, various tropes here contain major plot spoilers!'''-] |
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| 5 | !Kiznaivers |
| 6 | [[folder:As a Group]] |
| 7 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: [[spoiler:Yuta is in love with Maki, who is in love with [[TheLostLenore Ruru]]. Meanwhile, Katsuhira and Sonozaki are ambiguously in love with each other, while Chidori is in love with Katsuhira, Tenga is in love with Chidori and Nico is in love with Tenga.]] |
| 8 | * AlwaysInClassOne: All of them are in class 2-A. |
| 9 | * BreakingTheFellowship: [[spoiler:Episode 10 reveals that they decided to separate themselves to avoid further pain and the possibility to read each other thoughts.]] |
| 10 | * ColorCodedCharacters: |
| 11 | ** Katsuhira - White |
| 12 | ** Chidori - Magenta |
| 13 | ** Tenga - Yellow |
| 14 | ** Nico - Orange |
| 15 | ** Yuta - Teal |
| 16 | ** Honoka - Brown |
| 17 | ** Hisomu - Purple |
| 18 | * ColorCodedForYourConvenience: The physical pain is expressed by a blue color, [[spoiler: emotional pain through yellow light and thoughts shared are shown through a red light.]] |
| 19 | * FireForgedFriends: Sonozaki's mission really brings them closer together in the end. By episode 11, [[spoiler: it's revealed and lampshaded that they have become TrueCompanions.]] |
| 20 | * HeroicBSOD: Though Maki goes through one alone during episode 6 and 7, episode 9 ends with them all sharing [[spoiler: the emotional pain of their fear of not being able to be friends and the pain of no one getting their feelings returned.]] |
| 21 | * LoveDodecahedron: [[spoiler: Nico is in love with Tenga, who is in love with Chidori, who is in love with Katsuhira, who has a strange situation going on with Sonozaki. Yuta is interested in Maki, who is still dealing with her feelings for Ruru.]] Hisomu though, is completely out of this situation. |
| 22 | * InvisibleParents: None of their parents are ever seen, if they even have parents. Nico mentions her father is a doctor and her family is rich, Katsuhira's parents work overseas and send him money, and Tenga claims his parents don't care where he is. The other four families are never mentioned, although Honoka appears to live in a normal middle-class house. |
| 23 | * ObliviousToLove: Outside of Nico, all of them seem to be this. |
| 24 | * OddFriendship: A group composed by people who would never hang out or interact in any other situation, obviously, their friendship would be considered weird for an outsider. This even gets lampshaded by Yuta's admirers when they see him with Tenga. |
| 25 | * ThePowerOfFriendship: Invoked by Katsuhira and Urushibara in episode 11: [[spoiler: the Kiznaivers all feel Katsuhira's emotional pain, even without the Kizuna System, meaning that the pain they felt from watching Katsuhira suffering came fully from how close they have become and their own empathy towards him.]] |
| 26 | * PuttingTheBandBackTogether: [[spoiler:Nico still wants everybody to be friends, and Katsuhira and Hisomu seem to want it too, so she plans to do it. It's implied that all of them actually want this too. Katsuhira seems to pull this off in episode 11, by putting his heart out and stating that they were already friends during the summer.]] |
| 27 | * RagtagBunchOfMisfits: They seem to be really lonely before being forced together by the Kizuna System, not really fitting anywhere. Even Yuta's admirers might not be really friends to him as much as ego boosters. |
| 28 | * SevenDeadlySins: Sonozaki creates new sins to identify them: |
| 29 | ** Katsuhira - The Imbecile |
| 30 | ** Chidori - The Annoyingly Self-Righteous |
| 31 | ** Tenga - The Musclehead Thug |
| 32 | ** Nico - The Eccentric Headcase |
| 33 | ** Yuta - The Cunning Normal |
| 34 | ** Honoka - The High and Mighty |
| 35 | ** Hisomu - The Immoral |
| 36 | * {{Synchronization}}: They share their physical pain through the Kizuna System. [[spoiler: After episode 5, they share emotional pain and as of episode 9, they share their thoughts.]] |
| 37 | * TrueCompanions: While they were off to a rocky start, Nico particularly is working towards making the group this. [[spoiler:After episode 9, it's not working.]] However, in episode 11, Katsuhira [[spoiler:talks about how much he wants them to be friends again and that they were already friends during the Kizuna experiments by the fact they trusted each other in dangerous situations.]] |
| 38 | [[/folder]] |
| 39 | |
| 40 | [[folder:Katsuhira Agata]] |
| 41 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuukiKaji (Japanese), Rylan Strachan (English) |
| 42 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/01_02.jpg]] |
| 43 | [[caption-width-right:220:The Imbecile]] |
| 44 | |
| 45 | An apathetic second-year high school student that is unable to feel pain. He becomes a Kiznaiver along with six of his classmates. |
| 46 | ---- |
| 47 | * AffectionateNickname: Chidori calls him "Kacchon". |
| 48 | * AllMenArePerverts: Zigzagged. Compared to Tenga, who has shades of a LovableSexManiac, Yuta, who is the Casanova, and their teacher, Kazunao Yamada, who plays dating sims in the middle of the class, Katsuhira comes off as asexual due to his lack of interest in a girl who openly likes him. However, he thinks Sonozaki's SmellsSexy, notices the pattern of her panties while falling down the stairs, and later attempts to look for Sonozaki by identifying the panties of passing girls while watching from a floor below. |
| 49 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: He was bullied since childhood due to his [[FeelsNoPain inability to feel pain]] and [[EmotionlessGirl lack of emotion]]. |
| 50 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: Zigzagged. He saves [[spoiler:Sonozaki in episode 8, but before that, he gets saved by Chidori in episode 2 and when both him and Sonozaki are drowning, she is the one that saves him.]] |
| 51 | * BettyAndVeronica: Archie to Chidori's Betty and Sonozaki's Veronica. |
| 52 | * CharacterTics: Tugs on his fringe when he's talking sometimes. |
| 53 | * ChildhoodFriends: With Chidori. It's also heavily implied that he and Sonozaki knew each other when they were kids [[spoiler:which is later confirmed to be true with the reveal that both he and Sonozaki were first-generation Kiznaivers from an early version of the Kizna Project]]. |
| 54 | * ColorMotif: His theme color is white. |
| 55 | * DeadpanSnarker: Surprisingly, [[TheStoic though he's heavier on the deadpan]] than on the snarker. |
| 56 | -->'''Tenga:''' Living together just seemed the logical choice, don't you think?\ |
| 57 | '''Katsuhira:''' I don't think I've ever met someone more unfit to use the word "logical." |
| 58 | * DisappointedInYou: In episode 6, he tells this to Sonozaki for her manipulations over [[spoiler: Honoka]]. Considering who he is, it is startlingly effective. |
| 59 | * DoggedNiceGuy: Zigzagged. He noticeably acts more social and outgoing whenever Sonozaki is involved, but he still keeps his stoic demeanor. That being said, he isn't afraid of calling her out when [[spoiler:she singles out Maki for a mission]]. |
| 60 | * DullSurprise: How he responds to pretty much everything. Even when he's being used as a punching bag by bullies, he just takes it with a blank look on his face. |
| 61 | * EasilyForgiven: Subverted; Tenga states that he cannot forgive him quite yet, but [[spoiler: refuses to not help him when he is in need]]. |
| 62 | * EmotionlessBoy: He shows very muted emotional responses to the events around him. Not even being pushed down a flight of stairs gets much reaction from him. According to Chidori, he wasn't always like this. |
| 63 | * ExtremeDoormat: He does everything his bullies and Sonozaki tell him to do, even when it's clear how awful it would be to him. Both Chidori and Sonozaki lampshade that behaviour. |
| 64 | * FeelsNoPain: Katsuhira lost his ability to feel pain in an incident in his childhood. In his particular case, he still can't feel the pain inflicted on him, and he only starts to feel a tiny bit of the pain shared through the Kizuna System. |
| 65 | * FirstNameBasis: How the majority of the cast addresses him. In Episode 7, the others are surprised to learn that Katsuhira is his given name. |
| 66 | * GrewASpine: [[spoiler:In Episode 5, he starts showing a backbone when he demands that Kamaishi return the money that was taken from him as it has caused Chidori pain. This continues into the next episode, when he outright tells Sonozaki that he doesn't approve of the methods she's taking]]. |
| 67 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Deconstructed. Since he believes worrying about him would be a bother, Katsuhira offers to forget Chidori's confession ever happened. However, this comes across as insensitive to Chidori, annoying her. In episode 8, he [[spoiler:ditches Chidori ''while she's confessing'' to look for Sonozaki. Granted, Sonozaki would have died if he hadn't but still.]] But possibly the worst in episode 9 when [[spoiler: he hears Chidori's thoughts about wanting him to hold her like how he held Sonozaki a few scenes prior, he embraces her, but Chidori knows that it doesn't hold the same meaning; Katsuhira doesn't understand this, thinking that she only meant it literally. Needs to learn tact, indeed.]] |
| 68 | * IronButtMonkey: BlackComedy style. Due to his [[FeelsNoPain inability to feel pain]], Katsuhira is the only person [[note]]minus [[TooKinkyToTorture Hisomu]][[/note]] willing to endure, and perform the most dangerous pain infliction without batting an eye, nor facial reactions; like [[spoiler:being hit by a car]]. While this is terrifying for the rest of the Kiznaivers (and in real-life, to be honest), it is hell of an amusing experience for the audience... and [[TheComicallySerious probably for himself as well]]. |
| 69 | -->'''Katsuhira:''' I'm fine... I think it's just... a slight concussion... *Blacks out*\ |
| 70 | '''Tenga:''' ''You're not fine at all!'' |
| 71 | * LockedIntoStrangeness: Katsuhira initially had brown hair, but a certain incident turned his hair white. The lower back and the top of his hair are still brown though. [[spoiler: Urushibara reveals to him that this was a side effect from Katsuhira's previous Kiznaiver experiment where most of his emotions and senses were transferred to Sonozaki and never went back to him, causing his hair to prematurely grey.]] |
| 72 | * MajorInjuryUnderreaction: Due to his inability to feel pain. |
| 73 | * ManlyTears: In episode 9, and again in episode 10, after [[spoiler: meeting the old Kiznaivers in the worst situation.]] |
| 74 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has this in episode 9, after realizing that what triggered [[spoiler:the chain of awful feelings of rejection and UnrequitedLove between the Kiznaivers was his inability and unwillingness to properly deal with Chidori's feelings for him, as well as being oblivious to the tangled LoveDodecahedron between the Kiznaivers.]] |
| 75 | * NotSoStoic: As part of his character development, [[spoiler:he starts developing emotions and showing them, smiling and crying becoming things he is able to do.]] |
| 76 | * ObliviousToLove: Was unaware of [[spoiler:Chidori's]] crush on him when they were younger and admits to never even considering the idea. After she tells him about it, he starts blatantly ignoring her feelings. |
| 77 | * OddFriendship: With Hisomu, later in the series. |
| 78 | * OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler:Noriko]]. |
| 79 | * OlderThanTheyLook: Downplayed, but he's the shortest of the males and is the second oldest. |
| 80 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type A. |
| 81 | * RedOniBlueOni: Blue oni to all Kiznaivers, most particularly to Hisomu, Chidori and Tenga. |
| 82 | * SkywardScream: [[spoiler: At the end of Episode 10.]] |
| 83 | * SmellsSexy: Sonozaki asks if the smell of a girl excites Katsuhira, but it's subverted as Katsuhira only seems to be amazed by the fact that this was the closest he's ever been to anyone. The whole scene is full of ShipTease. |
| 84 | * StaircaseTumble: Sonozaki pushes Katsuhira down the stairs in their meeting. |
| 85 | * SugarAndIcePersonality: He's undeniably stoic and never raises his voice, but after [[spoiler:coming to the conclusion that Noriko might be his {{Childhood Friend|s}}]], he starts acting nice towards [[spoiler:her]]. |
| 86 | * UsedToBeMoreSocial: According to Chidori, he used to smile and laugh more as a child. |
| 87 | * VisualPun: When Chidori confesses her secret to Katsuhira, [[EmpathicEnvironment the sun rises and immediately hits him]]. In other words, the truth finally ''dawns'' on him. |
| 88 | * WhenHeSmiles: Tenga notices that he's wearing a smirk on his face after [[spoiler:he gets Noriko's email address]]. In episode 7 he actually smiles, and it's beautiful. |
| 89 | * WhatTheHellHero: Pulls this off on [[spoiler:Sonozaki]] at the end of Episode 6. |
| 90 | [[/folder]] |
| 91 | |
| 92 | [[folder:Chidori Takashiro]] |
| 93 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YukaTerasaki (Japanese), Creator/CaitlynneMedrek (English) |
| 94 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/02_03.jpg]] |
| 95 | [[caption-width-right:220:The Annoyingly Self-Righteous]] |
| 96 | |
| 97 | Chidori is a member of class 2-A and Katsuhira's childhood friend. She can be nosy at times, but means well. Her Kiznaiver code number is 5. |
| 98 | ---- |
| 99 | * ACupAngst: Takashiro has a little. When Sonozaki asks them to look deep within their [[VisualPun chests]] [[note]]Means "Deep within your heart" in Japanese, but the kanji for "heart" is actually "chest."[[/note]], Tenga points out that it would be hard for her to look with such small boobs, which makes her understandably unhappy. She seems to be insecure about her size after seeing Sonozaki's sizeable bust. |
| 100 | * AffectionateNickname: Calls Katsuhira "Kacchon." |
| 101 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Chidori confesses her love for Katsuhira in the second episode, or at least for who he used to be]]. |
| 102 | * BettyAndVeronica: Betty to Sonozaki's Veronica and Katsuhira's Archie. |
| 103 | * BlueWithShock: Happens when she thinks Hisomu might be getting bullied. |
| 104 | * ChildhoodFriends: With Katsuhira. |
| 105 | * ClingyJealousGirl: Downplayed, but she obviously is not pleased to know that Sonozaki calls Katsuhira by his first name, and she's ''really'' not pleased when she sees Katsuhira carrying Sonozaki's luggage. |
| 106 | -->'''Tenga:''' You look ready to kill someone. |
| 107 | * ColorMotif: Her theme color is magenta. |
| 108 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has red hair and eyes. |
| 109 | * DarkSecret: [[spoiler:She was in love with Katsuhira in the past]]. |
| 110 | * FieryRedhead: Downplayed. While she's calm most of the time, when she hears Katsuhira's self-introduction, her immediate response is to [[spoiler: ''jump down onto the very unstable platform he's on to give him a WhatTheHellHero speech.'' And then they fall. Then she starts slapping him repeatedly]]. |
| 111 | * {{Foil}}: To Nico, as of episode 10. While they are both dealing with [[spoiler: rejection, Chidori isolates herself from the group and refuses further interaction, even with Katsuhira or Tenga. She even refuses to properly turn Tenga down because she can't understand how that would help either of them and to even get a proper turn down from Katsuhira.]] Nico on the other hand [[spoiler: is more than willing to put her feelings aside if it means they can all be friends again, and prefers to face rejection upfront rather than remain uncertain if her feelings are returned or not.]] |
| 112 | * GirlNextDoor: She is Katsuhira's neighbour. |
| 113 | * GirlyRun: Runs this way briefly in the OP. |
| 114 | * IgnoredConfession: [[spoiler: Her confession in episode 8 goes unnoticed by Katsuhira, who tunes her out to go and save Sonozaki from a falling statue]]. |
| 115 | * InformedFlaw: For someone that is supposedly a goody two shoes, she really only focuses on helping Katsuhira from himself, and the perfectly reasonable demand that their teacher do his damn job and stop the bullying. |
| 116 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Has shown signs of this after [[spoiler: being technically rejected by Katsuhira by having her feelings ignored, completely focusing on her unrequited love and not considering Katsuhira's own struggle despite being childhood friends. She also seems to believe that Tenga asking her to 'properly reject him' is done with the purpose of making her feel better, instead of the closure he properly needs for his own feelings.]] |
| 117 | -->'''Chidori:''' I wouldn't understand, even if our pain or feelings were connected. Because, after all... that feeling isn't mine! |
| 118 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She decides to [[spoiler:let Katsuhira date Noriko in the end, though she still has a crush on him]]. |
| 119 | * LoveHurts: So far her crush on [[spoiler:Katsuhira]] has caused her a lot of heartache. [[spoiler:First his change in personality made her extremely confused and desperate to help him out, even blaming herself for being so useless. It gets worse when they become Kiznaivers as Katsuhira's curiosity in Sonozaki looks like a crush to Chidori causing lot of pain to the point that the other Kiznaivers that were synced up to her emotional pain, admit they would rather take physical pain.]] |
| 120 | * MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Has this after [[spoiler: Katsuhira talks with her, seemingly his way to properly turn her down, but still wanting to be friends. After breaking down crying, she [[JerkassRealization realizes that she has been making Tenga go through the same pain she went through, but not even giving him emotional closure or the chance of properly being turned down]].]] |
| 121 | * NewOldFlame: [[spoiler: Katsuhira. She mentions being in love with him in the past, but now she seems to be in love with him again]]. |
| 122 | * NiceGirl: Is the nicest and most approachable of the Kiznaivers. |
| 123 | * ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Has no idea Tenga is crushing on her. She eventually has a JerkassRealization over this; after being rejected by Katsuhira, who wanted to be JustFriends with her, she realizes she was making Tenga go through the same situation yet not giving him the chance of being properly turned down or closure over his unrequited crush.]] |
| 124 | * OnlySaneWoman: She has the most normal personality out of the Kiznaivers. |
| 125 | * PatientChildhoodLoveInterest: A deconstructed version. [[spoiler:Because of Katsuhira's change in personality, she started to fall out of love with him but remained his friend, desperate to bring back the boy she loved. But when it looks like Katsuhira is falling for Sonozaki, she takes it hard.]] |
| 126 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type O. |
| 127 | * SecondLove: This is implied to be [[spoiler:how she later sees Tenga in the final episode. His smile in response to this doesn't help to disprove the sentiment at all.]] |
| 128 | * SingleWomanSeeksGoodMan: This is implied in the final episode to be the outlook Chidori ends up taking toward [[spoiler: [[SecondLove Tenga]]. His smile in response]] doesn't help to disprove the sentiment at all. |
| 129 | * SoapboxSadie: Her sin is "The Annoyingly Self-Righteous". She is a genuinely good person who wants to help Katsuhira from himself, but tends to be self-absorbed and ignorant of how her own actions actually affect others. |
| 130 | * SupremeChef: She is a great cook and is able to put together a big and delicious meal to the group during camp. |
| 131 | * {{Tsundere}}: The Sweet type. She is a normal NiceGirl most of the time, with her more violent side coming up only occasionally around Katsuhira (often [[AngerBornOfWorry when he doesn't treat himself with care]] or [[ClingyJealousGirl when he's around Sonozaki]]) or Tenga ([[LargeHam when he's being himself]] or [[spoiler: when he manages to see through her, like in Episode 4]]). |
| 132 | * UnluckyChildhoodFriend: [[spoiler: Chidori used to have a crush on Katsuhira, when he was kind and actually showed emotion. Unfortunately, Katsuhira has now [[EmotionlessGirl lost touch with his emotions]] and admits that he didn't even consider how Chidori felt about him]]. |
| 133 | * WhatTheHellHero: Gets called out by Nico several times in episode 9 in regards to the fact that she [[spoiler: is so caught up in trying to get Katsuhira she doesn't realize she is doing the same thing to Tenga.]] She also gets called out for her fear of [[spoiler: getting dumped.]] |
| 134 | -->'''Nico:''' [[spoiler:You don't want to get rejected? That's not fair. Tenga-kun will yell at those two. He'll probably stop them... so you can just stay right here and not do anything!]] |
| 135 | [[/folder]] |
| 136 | |
| 137 | [[folder:Hajime Tenga]] |
| 138 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Japanese), Lucas Gilbertson (English) |
| 139 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/03_8.jpg]] |
| 140 | [[caption-width-right:220:The Musclehead Thug]] |
| 141 | |
| 142 | -> ''"Hip... SUMMER!"'' |
| 143 | |
| 144 | Tenga is a loud, {{hotblooded}} member of class 2-A. He saves Katsuhira from a couple of bullies, but is bewildered by Katsuhira's nonchalant acceptance of his situation. His Kiznaiver code number is 2. |
| 145 | ---- |
| 146 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: [[spoiler: Screams his feelings for Chidori while beating Katsuhira, while his thoughts are wondering why she doesn't choose him.]] |
| 147 | --> '''Tenga[[spoiler:*In thought*]]:''' [[spoiler: Why, Chidori? Why do you like Katsuhira more than me?]] |
| 148 | * AssKicksYou: Tenga shoves his ass onto a bully and sits on him until he passes out. |
| 149 | * BigBrotherInstinct: Develops this towards Katsuhira, even deciding to live with him to guarantee that he learns to look after himself and protect him from getting hurt. |
| 150 | * BloodKnight: His reaction to a strager getting shaken down is to grin and chuckle because he knows that means he has an excuse for a fight. |
| 151 | * BreakHerHeartToSaveHer: Invokes this in episode 10, believing that it's better to properly turn someone down than to leave everything to hurt more. |
| 152 | * BullyHunter: His self-introduction implies that he confronts people like Katsuhira's bullies on a regular basis. |
| 153 | * ButtMonkey: Life is just not kind to Tenga at all. |
| 154 | * ColorMotif: His theme color is yellow. |
| 155 | * DarkSecret: [[spoiler:The "Mad Dog" Tenga is actually terrified of dogs]]. |
| 156 | * DeclarationOfProtection: Towards Katsuhira, partly due to promising to protect him from bullies the day before, and partly because their wounds are now connected. |
| 157 | * TheDreaded: Katsuhira's bullies recognize him with [[OhCrap fear]], grovel at his feet and flee the scene in terror, not even trying to fight back after his initial attack on each of them despite them being more shocked than hurt. |
| 158 | * DynamicEntry: How he saves Katsuhira from bullies in Episode 1 -- first he [[ThrowTheBookAtThem throws his own backpack]] at one of the bullies, then performs a [[AssKicksYou hip-check]] and sits on the bully's face until he passes out. |
| 159 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His DynamicEntry in episode 1. |
| 160 | * FieryRedhead: His hair is closer to pink than red, but he fits this trope very well otherwise. Tenga is loud, passionate, and physically strong enough to trounce the bullies picking on Katsuhira. |
| 161 | * FunTShirt: A diamond showcasing a bear with an exclamation mark in it; basically the shirt shouts, [[BearsAreBadNews "Angry Bear Approaching!"]] |
| 162 | * GratuitousEnglish: The name of Tenga's AssKicksYou attack. |
| 163 | --> '''Tenga:''' [[CallingYourAttacks Hip... ]] ''[[CallingYourAttacks SUMMER!]]'' |
| 164 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler:He has a way more mellow side than he lets on and offers to help play TheMatchmaker with Chidori and Katsuhira.]] |
| 165 | * HotBlooded: Almost everything that he says is at a yell and he's very easily excitable. |
| 166 | * {{Hypocrite}}: After ordering Katsuhira to go after [[spoiler: Chidori, whose feelings he hurt accidentally]], he refuses to go after [[spoiler: Nico]] who is in a similar situation that he himself triggers and goes after [[spoiler: Chidori]], even after Maki and Yuta call him out on it. |
| 167 | * IronicNickname: His nickname Mad Dog may seem appropriate for his hotblooded nature, but [[spoiler:he's actually terrified of dogs]]. |
| 168 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler: Strongly implied to be the reason why he continues to support Chidori's romantic pursuit of Katsuhira even when he starts to fall in love with her. He's even willing to beat Katsuhira to a bloody pulp when his ignorance results in her suffering a mental breakdown felt by everyone.]] |
| 169 | * LargeHam: He's pretty expressive. Best shown in his extended self-intro in episode 2, where each sentence gets its own unique pose. |
| 170 | --> '''Tenga:''' My birthday's September 18th, and I'm a Virgo! My blood type is O! My hobbies are fishing for crawfish and [[BullyHunter raking guys who are twisted over the coals!]] How's ''THAT?!''\ |
| 171 | '''Sonozaki:''' [[spoiler:''*activates shocker*'']] |
| 172 | * LovableSexManiac: He almost gropes Nico mere minutes after meeting her, and makes comments on Chidori's bust size. |
| 173 | * LoveHurts: [[spoiler: He is so mad that Katsuhira is hurting Chidori, even unintentionally, that he beats him senseless, not even caring about the pain he is causing to the other Kiznaivers.]] |
| 174 | * TheMatchmaker: Offers to help out Chidori with Katsuhira. However, [[spoiler:he's revealed to have [[MatchmakerCrush developed a crush on Chidori herself]] in episode 8]]. |
| 175 | * NominalHero: When saving Katsuhira, he offers to force the bullies to pay him back... for 20% of the cut. On the one hand, he already had the bullies defeated in the palm of his hand and could have demanded them to return the money for free, especially since ''he'' wanted an excuse to fight the bullies anyway. On the other hand, 20% is a pretty small price to get back 80% of ''everything'' stolen over weeks or months. |
| 176 | * NiceGuy: Strangely enough, he is very nice to Katsuhira after they meet, and even says he doesn't really have to pay him. He also offers to become TheMatchmaker for Chidori and Katsuhira. |
| 177 | * NoHoldsBarredBeatdown: Gives one to [[spoiler: Katsuhira]] in episode 9. |
| 178 | * NonUniformUniform: Doesn't wear a dress shirt or tie. |
| 179 | * ObliviousToLove: [[spoiler: Has no idea Nico is crushing on him.]] |
| 180 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type O. |
| 181 | * PrettyFreeloader: He stays at Katsuhira's apartment after they bond, but he isn't very helpful with chores. He DOES however make sure Katsuhira doesn't get beaten up, which is his reason for staying there. |
| 182 | * RealMenWearPink: His casual clothes lean toward ostentatiously decorative or just plain pink. |
| 183 | * RedBaron: His neighbors gave him the name "Mad Dog" for his offensive behavior. Although he's [[spoiler: actually terrified of dogs]]. |
| 184 | * RomanticWingman: To Chidori, during the trip. |
| 185 | * RuggedScar: On the upper-right corner of his forehead. |
| 186 | * ShipperOnDeck: For Katsuhira and Chidori in a very playful way, reacting ecstatically to them being next-door neighbors. Later moves on to TheMatchmaker to help her. [[spoiler:This is brutally, heartwrenchingly deconstructed in episode 9. He slowly began to develop feelings for Chidori after offering to be TheMatchmaker, and it's heavily implied that he kept up the illusion of supporting her efforts to win over Katsuhira because he [[IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy simply wanted to make both of his friends happy.]] ]] |
| 187 | * ThatCameOutWrong: Because he's the type of guy who leaps before he thinks, some of the stuff he says can be ''[[AccidentalInnuendo very]]'' [[AccidentalInnuendo misleading]]. |
| 188 | -->'''Tenga:''' Huh? Th-then... ''[[HoYay Your body belongs to us!]]''\ |
| 189 | '''Maki:''' That's not any better. |
| 190 | * ThrowTheBookAtThem: [[EstablishingCharacterMoment In his first scene]], he precedes his [[AssKicksYou flying hip-check]] by throwing his school bag at a bully's face with the velocity and accuracy of a fastball. |
| 191 | * {{Tsundere}}: The sweet type, and only during episode 11, for Katsuhira. He states that he does not want to see him again and is still angry, but [[spoiler: after Katsuhira passes out, he is one of the first to get to him, worried and screaming his name.]] |
| 192 | * WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: [[spoiler:Tenga, whose nickname is "[[IronicNickname Mad Dog]]", is afraid of dogs]]. |
| 193 | * WouldHitAGirl: He does not consider Sonozaki a girl, as revealed in episode 9, calling her "the enemy" and not being even a little bit bothered with the idea of beating her up. |
| 194 | * WouldNotHitAGirl: That being said, when Chidori asks him to hit her [[spoiler:to help look for Hisomu]], he clearly hesitates and looks uncomfortable with the idea. |
| 195 | [[/folder]] |
| 196 | |
| 197 | [[folder:Nico Niyama]] |
| 198 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MisakiKuno (Japanese), Katrina Salisbury (English) |
| 199 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/04_4.jpg]] |
| 200 | [[caption-width-right:220:The Eccentric Headcase]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | Nico is a bubbly and eccentric member of class 2-A. She seems to believe in fairies [[spoiler:but not really.]] |
| 203 | ---- |
| 204 | * AlliterativeName: '''Ni'''co '''Ni'''yama. It also counts as a RepetitiveName. |
| 205 | * AnguishedDeclarationOfLove: In her thoughts, she [[spoiler: asks Chidori to give her Tenga, since she doesn't love him.]] |
| 206 | * BecomingTheMask: It's implied that after Nico created her {{Cloudcuckoolander}} personality she eventually became the {{Cloudcuckoolander}} she is today. [[spoiler:Even when her DarkSecret is revealed, she still is very odd and ditzy.]] |
| 207 | * BetterAsFriends: Episode 10 shows that she wants everybody to be friends, [[spoiler:even if it means her feelings won't be returned.]] |
| 208 | * BigBreastPride: In the bath she compares her chest to Chidori and Sonozaki, and is pleased to be biggest. |
| 209 | * {{Blackmail}}: She convinces Yuta to help them by showing that she has [[spoiler: the picture of him when he was a chubby kid]]. |
| 210 | * BlushStickers: Has them from time to time. |
| 211 | * BrokenAce: [[spoiler: The reason why she pretends to believe in fairies is that she doesn't want to be ostracized for being too perfect]]. |
| 212 | * ClingyJealousGirl: [[spoiler:Nico seems to be taking Tenga's efforts as TheMatchmaker as signs that he has a crush on Chidori and noticeably looks very displeased as a result. And when it turns out that he does have a crush on her...]] This is later subverted when [[spoiler:she becomes the first member of the LoveDodecahedron to accept the unrequited nature of her feelings and, despite wanting to keep Tenga for herself as her thoughts reveal, she chooses not to act upon it and ignores her feelings for friendship's sake.]] |
| 213 | * {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Nico has a very odd thinking process. She believes in fairies and will participate in strange rituals to summon them. [[spoiler:Subverted: it turns out she doesn't actually believe in fairies and just says that she does in order to seem eccentric. Then again, she's pretty odd even without the whole believing-in-fairies thing]]. |
| 214 | * ColorMotif: Her theme color is orange. |
| 215 | * CostumePorn: She accessorizes her pigtails with odd fur-puff monster hair bands with ribbons, hearts, and whatever those kinds of balls sticking out of her hair are; which is very much in-line with Music/KyaryPamyuPamyu's fashion sense. |
| 216 | * DarkSecret: [[spoiler: She doesn't really believe in fairies and isn't as crazy as she makes herself seem. She only says she does to make herself seem less perfect and to make herself seem more normal]]. |
| 217 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: When the target of Nico's crush is revealed, other members of the group comment that it was obvious. |
| 218 | * FashionableAsymmetry: Even her hair! |
| 219 | * {{Foil}}: While it is shown from the start the differences between [[GirlNextDoor sensible, down-to-earth Chidori]] and [[GenkiGirl eccentric, strange Nico]], some scenes, particularly in Episode 9, highlight deeper differences between them. [[spoiler:Both girls are facing the pain of unrequited feelings; however, while Nico accepts that Tenga does not feel the same way about her and goes out of her way to face rejection, Chidori refuses to face her fears or acknowledge the rejection she indirectly suffers. Likewise, on Episode 10 it's how Nico chose to prioritize friendship above her feelings as a way to heal, while Chidori's way to heal was to isolate herself from all her friends in order to deal with her feelings.]] |
| 220 | * FriendlyRival: To Chidori, in the end, [[spoiler: she is willing to compete with Chidori over who gets Tenga, but she will put their friendship over everything else]], meaning that no matter the results, she won't hold it against anyone. |
| 221 | * GenkiGirl: She's very energetic and cheerful. The following exchange was her [[EstablishingCharacterMoment first scene in the series]]: |
| 222 | --> '''Chidori:''' Niyama-san, what's wrong?\ |
| 223 | '''Nico:''' Nico is looking for Zantoman.\ |
| 224 | '''Chidori:''' Zantoman?\ |
| 225 | '''Nico:''' Yeah! It's the fairy of sleep. When it throws sand at you, the sand gets into your eyes, and it's like "ow, ow, ow!" and you fall asleep, and dream, and lots of marbles fall from the sky! |
| 226 | * GirlishPigtails: Despite being the same age as the other Kiznaivers, Nico is the most immature in personality. |
| 227 | * HammerspaceHair: She stores palm fulls of candy within her two pigtails! |
| 228 | * TheHeart: Is the most emotional member of the cast and is working really hard to try to get everybody to be friends. At the end, she succeeded. |
| 229 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: She cries when Honoka points out they're not really friends, and colleagues at best. When others state that they want or consider Nico as a friend, her eyes basically start sparkling. |
| 230 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Non-romantic example: she ships Katsuhira and Noriko because she wants Katsuhira, her friend, to be with the girl he likes. Bonus point due to the fact she feels no sympathy for Noriko, but if she is what her friend wants, she will support him all the way. |
| 231 | * LonelyRichKid: One of her reasons in building up her eccentric personality, [[TallPoppySyndrome as she wants people to perceive her as an average middle-class girl]]; she also reveals that her father runs a hospital. |
| 232 | * LoveHurts: [[spoiler: She recognizes this better than the other members of the cast and is aware that she'll get hurt if she confesses to Tenga, but is willing to do it anyway. When her feelings get out, she runs away to cry alone in the gymnasium, and comes back to face them and remind them of the friendship they forged, only to have her secret thoughts read, where she admits that if this keeps going their friendship will fall apart.]] |
| 233 | * NonUniformUniform: Wears a belt of beads and her skirt has extra frills underneath. |
| 234 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: See SmarterThanYouLook. |
| 235 | * ObliviousToLove: Averted. [[spoiler:She is completely aware of the LoveDodecahedron between the Kiznaivers and that her crush on Tenga is unrequited.]] |
| 236 | * OddFriendship: In episode 4, she and Hisomu seem to be connecting. |
| 237 | * OlderThanTheyLook: She's actually the oldest despite her appearance. |
| 238 | * OnlySaneWoman: Despite her odd looks and {{Cloudcuckoolander}} tendencies, she is the most emotionally and psychologically stable character. She is also the first one to be willing to put everything on the line to help her friends, even if it means making everybody forget their petty fights. |
| 239 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type B. |
| 240 | * PintSizedPowerhouse: She [[OneHitKill One Hit KOs]] Yoshizawa. The last one to do that was Tenga, the muscle of the group, and he took a longer while. |
| 241 | * RepetitiveName: Her name is '''Ni'''co '''Ni'''yama. Also doubles as an AlliterativeName. |
| 242 | * ShipperOnDeck: After episode 10, she becomes one for Katsuhira and Noriko. |
| 243 | * SmarterThanYouLook: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]]. She outright says in the first episode that she is ''really'' smart but [[ObfuscatingStupidity acts eccentric]] in order not to alienate herself from her peers. Her plan to find the seventh Kiznaiver is the one which makes the most sense: hit Katsuhira lightly and see who reacts to it. Makes more sense than going around asking the students of their class. |
| 244 | ** Episode 5 shows she is starting to notice Chidori's feelings. |
| 245 | ** Episodes 8 and 9 show that she's already caught up to [[spoiler: the LoveDodecahedron and the fact that [[AllLoveIsUnrequited nobody gets their feelings returned]].]] |
| 246 | * TallPoppySyndrome: [[spoiler: She believes that she would be subject to it for being cute and rich, so she creates the whole fairy madness so people would think she wasn't so above it all]]. |
| 247 | * ThirdPersonPerson: Refers to herself as Nico. |
| 248 | * WhatTheHellHero: |
| 249 | ** She calls Chidori out several times in episode 9 in regards to the fact that she [[spoiler: is so caught up in trying to get Katsuhira she doesn't realize she is doing the same thing to Tenga.]] She also calls her out for her fear of [[spoiler:getting dumped.]] |
| 250 | --->'''Nico:''' [[spoiler:You don’t want to get rejected? That’s not fair. Tenga-kun will yell at those two. He’ll probably stop them... so you can just stay right here and not do anything!]] |
| 251 | ** She does it again to Maki in the final episode, when she [[spoiler: does not see the point in saving Sonozaki or helping Katsuhira, going as far as to state she thought to have already got ridden of them in the first place.]] Goes as far as to hit headbutt her forehead. |
| 252 | [[/folder]] |
| 253 | |
| 254 | [[folder:Tsuguhito Yuta]] |
| 255 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NobunagaShimazaki (Japanese), Scott Roberts (English) |
| 256 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/05_2.jpg]] |
| 257 | [[caption-width-right:220:The Cunning Normal]] |
| 258 | |
| 259 | Also a member of class 2-A, Tsuguhito is an honors student and a hit with the ladies. |
| 260 | ---- |
| 261 | * BishieSparkles: Sports these in episode 2, when he pretends to be sympathetic toward Katsuhira. |
| 262 | * ButtMonkey: Alongside Tenga, a lot of antics revolve around his misery and misfortune when he's around the other Kiznaivers, [[spoiler:such as Tenga beating the crap out of him to locate [[TooKinkyToTorture Hisomu]]]]. |
| 263 | * CasanovaWannabe: Spends the first episode with two girls all over him, but whatever his game might be, it clearly does not work on Maki. [[spoiler: Taken even further when he reveals he is virgin, or rather a subversion of the casanova due to not being interested in the sex part.]] |
| 264 | * ChickMagnet |
| 265 | * ChivalrousPervert: While he's a casanova, episode 5 reveals [[spoiler:he does not want one night stands but prefers normal dating, even refusing Maki's offer to have sex with him. And the reveal that he's a virgin]]. |
| 266 | * ColorMotif: His theme color is teal. |
| 267 | * TheCynic: Shows himself to have this mentality by episode 4, continuing to distrust Hisomu's belated showing as a Kiznaiver as well as the 'why' of Sonozaki's starting to hang out with them as they head for the summer training camp. He also drops his flirty demeanor with the girls who find him cute with the understanding that he's gotten wrapped up in something big. |
| 268 | * DarkSecret: [[spoiler: He used to be very overweight until the end of middle school]]. |
| 269 | * DoesNotLikeMen: His interactions with Tenga implies it. He also seems to care for Katsuhira just to appeal to the girls of the group, and after seeing that Hisomu is prettier than him, he points out that he hates that kind of guy. |
| 270 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Though he can be cold in his own right, Yuta isn't exactly fond of Maki's [[{{Jerkass}} personality]], especially after she makes [[GenkiGirl Nico]] cry. And in episode 5, even with Maki throwing herself at him, [[spoiler: he decides to not have sex with her, seemingly not wanting a one-night stand and realizing she is not in a good mental state at that moment.]] |
| 271 | * FormerlyFat: He was a chubby kid during his childhood and didn't get the weight off until the end of middle school; much to his embarrassment. |
| 272 | * GirlyRun |
| 273 | * HandsomeLech: Yuta is introduced hitting on girls, then hitting on Maki and being brushed off by her. He's shown to hold a complex over his (and others') beauty and a prettier guy taking the attention, and when Hisomu inevitably does, he can barely force a smile on his face when the girls turn their attention back to him. |
| 274 | * {{Irony}}: He's the character most associated with vanity, and the one most likely to lapse into DerangedAnimation. |
| 275 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Says he cares only about outward appearances, but from Episode 5 on it becomes evident that he genuinely cares for Maki. |
| 276 | * LadykillerInLove: Through the course of the series he becomes so infatuated with Maki that he has eyes for no one else, despite her obvious lack of interest. |
| 277 | * LuminescentBlush: His face glows dark red after the group finds an old poster of him hanging on a wall; he was a former child model posing for a dentistry advertisement. |
| 278 | * NiceGuy: Despite his cynic and uncooperative attitude at the start, he has shown that deep down he is one of the nicest and most level-headed characters, highlighted specifically on his interactions with Maki through the series and with other characters on Episodes 8 and 9, [[spoiler: when he points out Tenga's duty to chase after the crying Nico after she had her feelings for him forcefully exposed, repeatedly tries to hold back Tenga from punching Katsuhira, and overall tries to look after the Kiznaivers involved in the LoveDodecahedron.]] |
| 279 | * NotSoAboveItAll: After his secret gets out, he curls up in the floor and tries to hide his face while explaining. |
| 280 | * OnlySaneMan: As befitting of the "normal" part of his moniker, he's increasingly coming off like this among the boys, especially compared to [[TooKinkyToTorture the outlandish Hisomu]]. |
| 281 | * ParentalAbandonment: His parents weren't around much as a child, so most of his meals were from the convenience store. This led to his chubbiness. |
| 282 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type A. |
| 283 | * PickyEater: He can only eat ground meat, rice, or his vitamins. Despite this, he shows no problem in ordering a massively-sized ice cream cone. |
| 284 | * PrettyBoy: Tall, slender, and very popular with the ladies. |
| 285 | * StunnedSilence: [[TooKinkyToTorture Hisomu]]'s [[TheImmodestOrgasm orgasm]] literally [[https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tumblr_o63lx5xsg01sx8tepo1_1280.png leaves him at pause]]. |
| 286 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Implied in episode 11, he used to be happier or friendlier when he was young. |
| 287 | [[/folder]] |
| 288 | |
| 289 | [[folder:Honoka Maki]] |
| 290 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RinaSato (Japanese), Lori Bachynski (English) |
| 291 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/06_6.jpg]] |
| 292 | [[caption-width-right:220:The High-and-Mighty]] |
| 293 | |
| 294 | An aloof, bespectacled girl in class 2-A, Honoka seems to hold her fellow classmates in disdain. |
| 295 | ---- |
| 296 | * {{Bookworm}}: Often seen reading a book at school. |
| 297 | * BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Goes through this in Episode 6.]] |
| 298 | * BuxomBeautyStandard: Yuta points out her large breasts as a major charm point. [[DeadpanSnarker She]] tells him [[FormerlyFat his were probably bigger in grade school.]] |
| 299 | * ChubbyChaser: Played for laughs in the end, she wants Yuta to pudge out at least a little so he [[ClingyJealousGirl doesn't look attractive to other girls]]. |
| 300 | * ColorMotif: Her theme color is brown. |
| 301 | * CynicismCatalyst: Resulting from [[spoiler: Ruru's death]]. |
| 302 | --> '''Maki:''' I don't care about myself at all. I don't care if I break. |
| 303 | * CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Has light brown hair and eyes. |
| 304 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[spoiler: Episode 6 reveals she used to be a popular mangaka going by the pen name Charles de Macking, who wrote a manga with her friend Ruru, who was diagnosed with a kidney disease at birth. When Ruru confessed her feelings, Maki turned her down since she couldn't bare the thought of losing her as a lover (much less a friend) and believes that Ruru succumbed to DeathByDespair because of her.]] |
| 305 | * DarkSecret: [[spoiler:She blames herself for breaking her friend Ruru's heart out of fear of her own grief being intensified if they were lovers.]] |
| 306 | * DeadpanSnarker: Oh, very much so. |
| 307 | -->'''Honoka:''' I think you now know that I have a ''[[TheGadfly terrible]]'' personality. |
| 308 | * DefrostingIceQueen: The end result of Episode 7. |
| 309 | * EmbarrassingNickname: Doesn't think very highly of [[spoiler: her old pen name, "Charles de Macking."]] |
| 310 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: Telling Yuta and his admirers that she might catch something by hanging out with them lets the audience know she's not exactly the friendly type. Indeed it's later mentioned by others and by herself that she has a terrible personality. |
| 311 | * FirstNameBasis: Yuta refers to her as "Honoka-chan", much to her initial annoyance. |
| 312 | * TheGadfly: [[spoiler: Jokingly confesses that she killed someone at the end of episode 2. Later turns out to be a SarcasticConfession, since it was MetaphoricallyTrue]]. |
| 313 | * GeekPhysique: While she seems to have a nice body, episode 3 lets clear that her stamina is way below the rest of the group. After running around the town chasing Hisomu, when they finally get to him, she is bent down and heavily breathing while the others seem perfectly fine. |
| 314 | * HiddenDepths: [[spoiler: She used to be a popular mangaka]]. The other Kiznaivers also believe deep down she is really lonely, since she always answers their calls. |
| 315 | * IceQueen: She has shades of this, even being called the "High-and-Mighty" by Sonozaki. Tsuguhito tries to flirt with her, but she brushes him and his admirers off, saying that she might catch something by hanging around them. |
| 316 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: After episode 7, she starts developing this. |
| 317 | * {{Jerkass}}: She's not joking about the terrible personality. She even brings ''[[GenkiGirl Nico]]'' to tears by denying that any of them are her friends. |
| 318 | * IWasJustJoking: How she covers up [[spoiler: her confession in episode 2]]. |
| 319 | * TheLostLenore: [[spoiler: Is still hung up on Ruru.]] |
| 320 | * MetaphoricallyTrue: When she says she killed someone, she means that [[spoiler:she killed off the friendship she had with Ruru]]. |
| 321 | * NonUniformUniform: Wears a grey sweater vest which ''may'' be part of the uniform considering the school badge on it, but no one else is ever shown wearing one. She also ditches the ribbon. |
| 322 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type A. |
| 323 | * ProperTightsWithASkirt |
| 324 | * SlasherSmile: Periodically shows one. |
| 325 | * TheStoic: Remains calm and collected throughout her appearances. However, she does have her NotSoStoic moments, such as her DarkSecret regarding [[spoiler:her deceased friend and unrequited crush, Ruru]], and her very visible disgust at [[spoiler:[[TooKinkyToTorture Hisomu]]'s [[TheImmodestOrgasm orgasm]] from the pain]]. |
| 326 | * StopHavingFunGuy: While everybody is playing shiritori, she tells them to stop so she can ask Sonozaki about the Kiznaivers. |
| 327 | * TeensAreMonsters: While the majority of the Kiznaivers have fairly understandable secrets expected of teenagers, the revelation and her ''[[AxCrazy gleeful]]'' smile when she admits [[spoiler:that she's killed someone before]] implies this to be the case for her. [[spoiler: Ultimately averted, since she's joking. Now it implies [[TheGadfly something else]]]]. |
| 328 | * TheyreCalledPersonalIssuesForAReason: Seems this way, as she is [[spoiler:the only one that Noriko exempts from self-introductions and isn't particularly inclined to share her darkest secret with people any time soon. Until episode 7, that is.]] |
| 329 | * TookALevelInKindness: After [[spoiler: dealing with her grief over Ruru]] she starts being nicer and more open to the idea of being friends with the Kiznaivers. |
| 330 | * {{Tsundere}}: Has shades of this, in a platonic way for her friends. She pretends to care for them less than what she actually does. |
| 331 | * WhamLine: In episode 2: |
| 332 | -->'''Honoka:''' [[spoiler: [[MetaphoricallyTrue I've killed someone before]]]]. |
| 333 | * WhatTheHellHero: Nico calls her out in the last episode, when she thinks that [[spoiler:it's pointless to do anything for Katsuhira or Sonozaki, since they are not connected anymore and Sonozaki caused nothing but trouble, even pointing out she had already got rid of them.]] |
| 334 | --> '''Nico''': I don't care about Sonozaki, no matter how tragic was her life, but if Katsuhira... if my friend... wants to save the girl he likes, Nico is going to help! |
| 335 | * WhenSheSmiles: She's given a few [[SlasherSmile Slasher Smiles]] before episode 7, but by then, she gives a legit happy smile to the other Kiznaivers, to their pleasant surprise. |
| 336 | [[/folder]] |
| 337 | |
| 338 | [[folder:Yoshiharu Hisomu]] |
| 339 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KotaroNishiyama (Japanese), Hans Wackershauser (English) |
| 340 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/07_3.jpg]] |
| 341 | [[caption-width-right:220:The Immoral]] |
| 342 | |
| 343 | A Sugomori High School student with an extremely low attendance rate scheduled to repeat his second year in class 2-A, and is seemingly a strong masochist. His Kiznaiver code number is 7. |
| 344 | ---- |
| 345 | * AlwaysSomeoneBetter: He is the someone better to both Yuta and Nico -- many girls (including Nico herself) find him more attractive than Yuta, while he's even more eccentric than Nico, who lampshades this. |
| 346 | * BishieSparkles: They show up when he first shows his face to the other Kiznaivers in episode 3. |
| 347 | * CluelessChickMagnet: It only takes him going to class once for the girls around Yuta to focus on him instead, but Hisomu is yet to notice. |
| 348 | * ColorMotif: His theme color is purple. |
| 349 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] and lampshaded. He doesn't have any trauma to explain why he's so [[TooKinkyToTorture weird]], and points out that not everyone ''has'' to have a tragic backstory to explain the way they are. |
| 350 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: Hisomu ''really'' enjoys pain; the last scene of episode 3 is fully made to look like he is coming after intense masturbation to the point of placing his hand above his crotch while he [[TheImmodestOrgasm moans loudly]]. Yuta and Maki are understandably grossed out. |
| 351 | * EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: His seriously doesn't have a healthy complexion. |
| 352 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: His [[TheImmodestOrgasm Immodest Orgasm]] at the end of the episode he's introduced. |
| 353 | * EvilCannotComprehendGood: When [[spoiler: feelings of love start to spread between the Kiznaivers]], he seems to really dislike it, preferring to [[spoiler: poke on Maki's past to get the emotional pain back.]] |
| 354 | * ExtremeOmnisexual: He states in episode 4 he enjoys the pain and it doesn't matter whether it be a man, a woman or nonhuman that causes said pain. In fact he's really excited over the idea of sharing pain with a fish. |
| 355 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: He doesn't exactly leave a good first impression on the others, and his quirkiness strains their further interactions. Averted in his relationship with Nico and Katsuhira, though. |
| 356 | * TheGhost: In-universe. Apparently, every character knew of his existence beforehand, but as he never went to school, they never met. |
| 357 | * HiddenDepths: He is far more well adjusted and nicer than what one could originally think. This is particularly shown when he and Katsuhira become closer. |
| 358 | * TheImmodestOrgasm: When Maki, Nico and Yuta find him at the end of episode 3, he is blushing, smiling and drooling while moaning very loudly. |
| 359 | * InformedAttractiveness: Yuta freaks out over and girls in their class confirm that Hisomu outranks Yuta in-universe, though some of the expressions he makes might make the viewer wonder how. |
| 360 | * ItsAllAboutMe: Leaves this impression, as after becoming a Kiznaiver he continues to hurt himself even knowing that now other people also feel his pain. |
| 361 | * TheLancer: Becomes this to Katsuhira after [[spoiler: the group [[BreakingTheFellowship go their separate ways]], as he is the only one that still visits him.]] |
| 362 | * NiceGuy: Strangely, he is this when he doesn't try to get everyone to hurt themselves. He is Nico's friend, goes along with Tenga's jokes, always goes to the group's get-together and becomes Katsuhira's supporter after [[spoiler: the group goes their separate ways, working with him and Nico to get the group together again.]] |
| 363 | * OddFriendship: In episode 4, he and Nico seem to be connecting. He also has this with Katsuhira later on. Best shown in episode 10, when he easily accepts Nico's request to stay friends and is the only one at first to still see Katsuhira as one. |
| 364 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type B. |
| 365 | * PrettyBoy: Even prettier than Yuta. He's attractive to the point where Nico compliments his beauty and Yuta fears he would grab the girls' attention away from him if he ever attends school again; and ''he does.'' [[note]][[CluelessChickMagnet Not that he's noticed yet anyway]].[[/note]] |
| 366 | * SecondEpisodeIntroduction: Doesn't appear until episode 3. |
| 367 | * SchoolSportUniform: Hisomu seems to have lost his formal uniform shirt, therefore he shows up to class wearing his name-tagged sports uniform tee with his formal uniform pants. |
| 368 | * TheThingThatWouldNotLeave: According to Chidori. She thinks Hisomu spends so much time in Katsuhira's apartment he moved in just like Tenga. |
| 369 | * TokenEvilTeammate: He seems to be more than willing to hurt the other Kiznaivers just to feel pain, like [[spoiler: poking Maki's traumas to try to spread emotional pain and erase the warm feeling Nico created.]] |
| 370 | * TooKinkyToTorture: His sin is "The Immoral" and clearly has an orgasm after [[spoiler:feeling Katsuhira getting hit by a car]]. |
| 371 | * {{Yandere}}: Has shades of this, as after Katsuhira shows interest on him, he asks him if he could die for him and almost throws him in the street. |
| 372 | [[/folder]] |
| 373 | |
| 374 | !Kizna Committee |
| 375 | [[folder:As a Group]] |
| 376 | * BigBad: They are the antagonists of the series. |
| 377 | * BenevolentConspiracy: They have nice ideals. |
| 378 | * TheChessmaster: They manipulate various situations to force the Kiznaivers to act in such a way to force the Kizuna System forward, such as [[spoiler: scaring them, isolating Chidori, and forcing them to realize their unrequited feelings for each others]] |
| 379 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: None of them receive any punishment for their heinous experiments. Noriko is at least made to give up the pain of her friends to redeem herself, but everyone else involved is fine by the end.]] |
| 380 | * KnightTemplar: The Kizna Project was started with the noble intention of ushering in global empathy and peace, but the Committee as a whole are willing to kidnap and subject teenagers [[spoiler:and young children]] to intense emotional and mental torture to achieve their goal. |
| 381 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: To end the wars in the world, they are willing to torture teens [[spoiler: and young kids]] emotionally and physically, kidnap them, force them to complete seemingly random missions just for the sake of it and so on, mostly done with no regards for the well being and long-term effects of doing so. |
| 382 | [[/folder]] |
| 383 | |
| 384 | [[folder:Noriko Sonozaki]] |
| 385 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HibikuYamamura (Japanese), Natasha Strickey (English) |
| 386 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/08_02.jpg]] |
| 387 | |
| 388 | ->''"Everyone wants to carve their scars into someone else. Everyone wants to connect with someone else."'' |
| 389 | |
| 390 | A stoic, mysterious girl who is responsible for running the Kizuna System and the Kiznaivers. Her methods are extreme and her goals are unknown. |
| 391 | ---- |
| 392 | * AffectionateNickname: Called "Nori-chan" by members of the Kizna Committee [[spoiler: and later, Katsuhira]]. It's later revealed that [[spoiler: the kids from the original Kizuna Experiment also called her that.]] |
| 393 | * BettyAndVeronica: Veronica to Chidori's Betty and Katsuhira's Archie. |
| 394 | * BroughtDownToNormal: In the end she [[spoiler: breaks the original Kizuna link, essentially giving the pain and sensations back to all Kiznaivers, including herself, becoming by any means a normal, if slightly stoic, girl.]] |
| 395 | * BungledSuicide: [[spoiler: Implied to be what happened to her at the beginning of episode 1 and what she was going to do in episode 10.]] |
| 396 | * ChastityCouple: [[spoiler: With Katsuhira, seeing as they're still young. But she teases Chidori that she'll gladly change that should Katsuhira decide to take action.]] |
| 397 | * ChildhoodFriends: Heavily implied to be the case with Katsuhira. [[spoiler: It is.]] |
| 398 | * CallBack: In episode 1 [[spoiler: she is seen jumping from a bunch of toys piled together.]] The same pile reappears in the end of episode 11, with her on top of it. |
| 399 | * ColorMotif: Her theme color is light blue. |
| 400 | * CovertPervert: Heavily implied, in her interactions with Katsuhira. She corners him once and on another moment, she asks him if her smell turns him on. Even when she tells the Kiznaivers to look deep within themselves, she's gesturing as if she's groping herself. The end seems to confirm it. |
| 401 | * EmotionlessGirl: Sonozaki doesn't really emote, keeping her voice at a level monotone at all times. She doesn't so much as bat an eye at torturing classmates or endangering their lives. This is justified in episode 10: [[spoiler: she is constantly heavily sedated, nullifying her emotions and sensations, since the old experiment left her as the one receiving the pain of all ''18 other children'' of the last Kiznaiver group for the last 12 years.]] |
| 402 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: [[spoiler: The original Kiznaivers and]] Katsuhira, to an extent. |
| 403 | * FirstGirlAfterAll: [[spoiler:She and Katsuhira were childhood friends who the latter forgot as a side-effect of the early Kizuna Project being shelved, and she's the one he ultimately declares his love to.]] |
| 404 | * FirstGirlWins: [[spoiler:Considering she technically knew Katsuhira longer than anyone else.]] |
| 405 | * ForgottenFirstMeeting: First met [[spoiler:Katsuhira when they were in an early version of the Kizuna Project.]] By the time the series starts, however, he's forgotten all about it. [[spoiler:He eventually remembers.]] |
| 406 | * FreudianExcuse: Deconstructed by Nico. She states that Sonozaki's tragic past [[FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse is not an excuse for the things she has done]], and that she can't feel sorry for her, after the things Sonozaki put the Kiznas through. |
| 407 | * FreudianExcuseIsNoExcuse: Nico deconstructs her FreudianExcuse by pointing out having a tragic past doesn't absolve all the terrible things she did to the Kiznaivers, and doing them only made herself less sympathetic. |
| 408 | * TheHeavy: She has superiors as revealed in episode 5, but she's still the one running the Kizuna System, and she interacts with the Kiznaivers directly. |
| 409 | * HiddenEyes: Every time she's shown as a child, she has these, [[spoiler: so when we finally ''do'' see them, the reveal that she UsedToBeASweetKid comes at us full impact.]] |
| 410 | * IcyGrayEyes: Her gray eyes go hand in hand with her cold, distant demeanor. |
| 411 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler: The finale reveals the reason why The First Generation Kiznaivers failed to gain back their sensations was because of Sonozaki's own choice. Due to her FriendlessBackground, she took the Kiznaiver linkage as the only way to keep her friends connected to her, and was unwilling to let go of her friends' linkage in fear they will never be friends with her after the experiment ends. In the finale, she attempted to link herself with the whole city population to absorb everyone's pain in order to help her 5 closest Kiznaivers regain conscience.]] |
| 412 | * NonUniformUniform: While she is in the same class as the others, her clothes are very different. |
| 413 | * NotSoStoic: Downplayed, but when Katsuhira tells her he is disappointed in her, she flinches. She also shows surprise when [[spoiler: the Kiznaivers start to read each other's thoughts.]] |
| 414 | * OfficialCouple: With [[spoiler:Katsuhira]]. |
| 415 | * PantyShot: When she pushes Katsuhira down the school stairs, as he falls he's able to see up her dress and notices she wears a polka-dot print. |
| 416 | * PaperThinDisguise: She disguises herself as a pharmacist in the drugstore that Hisomu goes to in order to kidnap him. Her disguise is made only of glasses and a lab coat. |
| 417 | * ParentalAbandonment: It's shown that she was [[spoiler: alone in the Kiznaiver's grounds before the others were there. Who her parents are or who sent her there are never mentioned. It's just stated she was alone as long as she can remember.]] |
| 418 | * PersonalityBloodTypes: Type AB. |
| 419 | * SmellsSexy: Believes this on herself. |
| 420 | -->'''Sonozaki:''' Did the sweet smell of a girl excite you? |
| 421 | * TheStoic: She is generally an EmotionlessGirl, [[spoiler: though not entirely by choice]]. This ends up being downplayed as there are moments when she does show that she is capable of displaying emotions. |
| 422 | * UsedToBeASweetKid: Was much more cheerful [[spoiler: before the side effects of the Kizuna Project kicked in.]] |
| 423 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: The Kizuna System was designed to link people together through pain, thus teaching them of empathy and preventing war. However, Sonozaki pushes Katsuhira down a flight of stairs without provocation and kidnaps his classmates. She then implants the Kizuna System into them without their consent or knowledge. She also forces them to participate in an arbitrary self-introduction exercise without explaining the rules, where an incorrect answer will result in extreme bodily harm. |
| 424 | * WhenSheSmiles: The last shots of the last episode are her smile. |
| 425 | * YoungAndInCharge: Sonozaki is the same age as the other characters, but she's in charge of taking care of the whole Kizuna System. Subverted as, though she is overseeing the project, it's clear there are people above her. As Urushibara explains, she's the idol of the Kizuna Committee. |
| 426 | [[/folder]] |
| 427 | |
| 428 | [[folder:Kazunao Yamada]] |
| 429 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JunichiSuwabe (Japanese), Creator/MichaelAdamthwaite (English) |
| 430 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/09_02.jpg]] |
| 431 | |
| 432 | Class 2-A's homeroom teacher who supposedly teaches chemistry. He seems to be uninterested in his job and lets his class slack off. He is a member of the Kizuna Committee, membership number 394. |
| 433 | ---- |
| 434 | * AdultsAreUseless: He doesn't seem to be a very good teacher, neither caring for his students nor teaching them. |
| 435 | * AffectionateNickname: According to Sonozaki, his nickname is "Yaamada." |
| 436 | * ApatheticTeacher: He's seen playing a dating sim demo in class, allowing his students to use their cells and socialize, instead of teaching. He's also wearing what looks like a sleeping mask on his head. When Chidori asks him to confront Katsuhira's bullies, he shrugs it off by saying they wouldn't listen to him, and that Chidori should just tell Katsuhira to run. |
| 437 | * TheAtoner: Implies that he considers continuing the Kizuna experiment the only way to make up for [[spoiler: causing the suffering of the First Generation. It's also why he goes along with Sonozaki's plan.]] |
| 438 | * BigBad: [[spoiler: His complete apathy regarding the long-term consequences of the Kizuna experiment, as well as the fact that he appears to hold some superiority over both Sonozaki and possibly Urushibara, makes him the closest thing the show has to an antagonist.]] |
| 439 | * TheChessmaster: He is the one separating the Kiznaivers in the school to get them to [[spoiler: deal with strong emotions, both positive and negative.]] |
| 440 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: He truly cares for Sonozaki. |
| 441 | * ForScience: [[spoiler: He is willing to manipulate and emotionally torture the Kiznaivers to further trigger the Kizuna system powers.]] |
| 442 | * GroinAttack: Urushibara gives one after he tries to stop her from going to the school. |
| 443 | * IShallTauntYou: Deliberately taunts all Kiznaivers in episode 10, recalling their adventures in very vague terms, to not seem it was directed at them. He does this particularly to Tenga. |
| 444 | * {{Jerkass}}: Way worse than Urushibara and Sonozaki in regards to what he is willing to do to move the Kizuna System forward, not really caring who gets hurt. |
| 445 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: Like the rest of the Kizna Committee, but it's especially blatant for his {{Jerkass}} attitude and role as Sonozaki's [[TheDragon helper]] during her brief AssimilationPlot. He goes against the rest of the Committee's wishes and almost destroys the city in the process, but by the epilogue, he's back with them and satisfied that their goals were ultimately accomplished.]] |
| 446 | * KnightTemplar: [[spoiler: Showing serious signs of this as of episode 9 for his willingness to completely break the Kiznaivers if it means world peace can possibly be achieved.]] |
| 447 | * LovableSexManiac: Between playing a dating sim demo and asking his students to send him pervy videos of themselves, it's no surprise that so many of said students openly call him out for being a pervert. |
| 448 | * MessyHair: Probably a case of bed head. |
| 449 | * UndyingLoyalty: [[spoiler: He'll do whatever Sonozaki asks of him and couldn't care less about much else.]] |
| 450 | [[/folder]] |
| 451 | |
| 452 | [[folder:Mutsumi Urushibara]] |
| 453 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MieSonozaki (Japanese), Jennifer Cameron (English) |
| 454 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/10_1.jpg]] |
| 455 | |
| 456 | The school counselor who expresses an unusual fondness for Noriko Sonozaki. She has a Noriko keychain strapped to her phone, and is a member of the Kizuna Committee. Her membership number is 328. |
| 457 | ---- |
| 458 | * ActionGirl: When driving in the last episode. |
| 459 | * AffectionateNickname: She calls Noriko "Nori-chan", while her own nickname is "Urushii." |
| 460 | * AxCrazy: What's her response to deal with a couple of teenagers offhandedly remarking that they should kill Tenga? [[spoiler:Intimidate them with a real gun, [[BoundAndGagged kidnap them]], then torture them by forcing them into their [[{{Synchronization}} own Kizuna link]].]] |
| 461 | * BigSisterInstinct: She states that her life as a [[spoiler: scientist for the original Kizuna System]] was like having a bunch of younger siblings. It's unknown if Yamada felt the same. |
| 462 | * EstablishingCharacterMoment: The second time we see her, she's playing a first-person shooter at the arcade; while she's giving "advice" to Kamaishi and Yoshizawa, she [[spoiler:brings out a ''real'' gun and starts shooting up the machine]]. |
| 463 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: She seems to be have this for Sonozaki since she was a kid, and for all [[spoiler: original Kiznaivers.]] |
| 464 | * EveryoneHasStandards: She is not comfortable with the mission in episodes 8 and 9, [[spoiler:feeling they are manipulating the Kiznaivers and are going to break the kids if they don't stop]]. |
| 465 | * FreezeFrameBonus: Mutsumi receives the start-up notice of the Kiznaiver Project via her smartphone. This and her interaction with Yamada imply that both of them are aware of Class 2-A's selected students becoming Kiznaivers. |
| 466 | * MsExposition: She explains in detail the workings of the Kiznaiver system, the whole [[spoiler: history of the original Kiznaivers and Sonozaki.]] |
| 467 | * TeamMom: For the Kizuna Committee. After a while, she also shows signs of this for the Kiznaivers. |
| 468 | [[/folder]] |
| 469 | |
| 470 | [[folder:Gomorin]] |
| 471 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/11_02.jpg]] |
| 472 | |
| 473 | Sugomori City's mascot. |
| 474 | ---- |
| 475 | * CartoonCreature: Just what ''is'' Gomorin, anyway? |
| 476 | -->'''Kid:''' His face is weird! |
| 477 | * EvilCounterpart: [[spoiler:Sonozaki has a more malicious group of them complete with a black color scheme.]] |
| 478 | * HidingInPlainSight: They're actually all members of the Kizuna Committee in disguise. |
| 479 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: They have red and black eyes and as helpers in the Kizuna System, they are the ones who abduct the Kiznaivers and torture them. |
| 480 | * SeriesMascot |
| 481 | [[/folder]] |
| 482 | |
| 483 | [[folder:The First Generation Kiznaivers]] |
| 484 | [[caption-width-right:199:[[labelnote: Click to see their images]] https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/14_1802.jpg[[/labelnote]]]][[caption-width-right:199:Most top identified to be Yuki, while the girl with blue hair is assumed to be Asuka.]] |
| 485 | Composed of 19 children 12 years prior to where the story started, The First Generation Kiznaivers were mostly children of The Kiznaiver Project's researchers and sponsors. [[spoiler: Katsuhira and Sonozaki]] are revealed to be part of this generation of Kiznaivers, with [[spoiler: Sonozaki]] releasing the names of 3 of the 5 people she was close to: Yuki, Shiori, and Asuka, while [[spoiler: Katsuhira]] released the last 2: Pon-chan, and Tonko; [[spoiler: who all unfortunately couldn't be released back into society due to total loss of sensation]]. |
| 486 | ---- |
| 487 | * DiseaseBleach: [[spoiler: Due to Sonozaki absorbing the emotions and pains of all 18 Kiznaivers, those 18 Kiznaivers ended up unable to physically manage their senses properly, with the unfortunate ones losing all of their senses, [[PrematurelyGreyHaired complete with a full head of white hair]]. Katsuhira was one of the lucky ones able to hold the minimum required amount of emotions to function on his own, and to be released back into society.]] |
| 488 | * EmptyEyes: [[spoiler: What those who became sensational vegetables have.]] |
| 489 | * EmptyShell: [[spoiler: Most of the children have become hollow remains of their former selves.]] |
| 490 | * UsedToBeMoreSocial: All children were normal, playful kids went they first gathered, but once their experiment had GoneHorriblyWrong, all children were affected by various levels of [[FeelNoPain sensation]] [[EmotionlessGirl loss]]. Even the fortunate ones who were able to be released from the Kiznaiver experiment were in no way capable to fully regain their senses back. [[spoiler: Until the committee tried the experiment once again with Katsuhira in his teenage phase to see whether he can rehabilitate his condition.]] |
| 491 | [[/folder]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | !Others |
| 494 | [[folder:Yoshizawa and Kamaishi]] |
| 495 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Eiji Miyashita (Yoshizawa) and Creator/KentoHama (Kamaishi) (Japanese), Alex Bergen (Kamaishi) (English) |
| 496 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/12_02.jpg]] |
| 497 | [[caption-width-right:180:From left to right: Yoshizawa and Kamaishi.]] |
| 498 | |
| 499 | Two students from the homeroom class neighboring 2-A. They bully Katsuhira for his money. |
| 500 | ---- |
| 501 | * AssKicksYou: Yoshizawa ends up with Tenga's ass shoved in his face. |
| 502 | * AxCrazy: Yoshizawa is really bent on killing Tenga. |
| 503 | * BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler: They get kidnapped by Urushibara]]. |
| 504 | * TheBully: These two are introduced as Katsuhira's bullies, trying to shake him down for money. They end up serving as part of Tenga's EstablishingCharacterMoment, to their [[AssKicksYou detriment]]. |
| 505 | * BullyBrutality: [[spoiler:Yoshizawa suggests killing Tenga at one point.]] |
| 506 | * {{Jerkass}}: They regularly pick on Katsuhira and beat him up if he doesn't pay them. Not exactly the friendliest guys around. |
| 507 | * NeverMyFault: Yoshizawa blames Tenga and his BullyHunter status for their lack of money and being kidnapped, completely forgetting that, if he hadn't picked on Katsuhira for starters, nothing would have happened. Meanwhile, Kamaishi blames Yoshizawa for all the problems in his life, not getting girls or good grades since they hang out together. It never occurs him to stop the friendship. |
| 508 | * OneHitKill: Nico knocks Yoshizawa out with one single hit. |
| 509 | * {{Synchronization}}: [[spoiler:Urushibara turns them into Kiznaivers.]] |
| 510 | * ThoseTwoGuys: Yoshizawa and Kamaishi are never seen apart from each other. |
| 511 | * TooDumbToLive: They return for the finale to pick a fight with Tenga [[spoiler: now that they can no longer feel pain. The resulting CurbstompBattle happens offscreen and when the audience sees the results, Tenga is snarking about them being immune to pain didn't suddenly make them better fighters.]] |
| 512 | * WhatHappenedToTheMouse: It's given no explanation of what happened to them after episode 5, but it's later subverted when [[spoiler: they are shown without the Kizna Link]] and working at a convenience store. |
| 513 | [[/folder]] |
| 514 | |
| 515 | [[folder:Ruru]] |
| 516 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Sayaka Nakaya (Japanese) |
| 517 | [[quoteright:180:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/13_4.jpg]] |
| 518 | An old friend of Maki's, with whom she wrote a popular manga. |
| 519 | ---- |
| 520 | * AlmostKiss: At one point she's mere inches away from kissing Maki before Maki pushes her away at the last second. |
| 521 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: Had she manipulated Maki to curse her forever, or had she legitimately tried to make it up to her through the letter in their manga's last chapter? |
| 522 | * DeathByDespair: Her parents don't seem to be aware of Ruru's unreciprocated feelings towards Maki, causing them to believe Maki was to blame for Ruru's disease acceleration due to Maki cutting off their friendship. |
| 523 | * TheLostLenore: Implied to be this to Maki. |
| 524 | * LoveHungry: Ruru was implied to have psychologically manipulated Maki into "remembering their friendship", leaving Maki in constant anxiety whenever she recalls Ruru from memory. |
| 525 | * PosthumousCharacter: She died years before the series started. |
| 526 | * SatelliteCharacter: All her role revolves around Maki. |
| 527 | * WalkingSpoiler: Knowing her will reveal Maki's past. |
| 528 | * YouthfulFreckles |
| 529 | [[/folder]] |
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