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4	A group with the task of dealing with supernatural tasks in Japan. After the apocalypse, the JIDA comes into great power and establishes human cities in Shibuya and Shinjuku and wages war against the vampires. It used to be a paramilitary organization that serves the Imperial Demons, the magic cult established by the Hiragi Family.
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7	[[foldercontrol]]
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9	!Japanese Imperial Demon Army
10	[[folder:General]]
11	* BadassArmy: Everyone in the army is trained to fight vampires in a post-apocalyptic world.
12	* CreatureHunterOrganization: Earth's population is decimated by a virus, and the survivors are attacked by monsters or enslaved by vampires. Elite members of the army are able to make contracts with demons to earn phlebotinum weapons which are the only things capable of killing vampires.
13	* RisingEmpire: Looking to become this under Kureto, who states his intention to wipe out not only the vampires but any other surviving human organizations for the goal to TakeOverTheWorld.
14	* PlayingWithSyringes: Similar to all known magic organizations, JIDA is involved in quite a number of horrific non-consensual experiments with human and vampires, children and adults alike.
15	[[/folder]]
16
17	!Hīragi Family and the Order of the Imperial Demons (WARNING! MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD)
18	[[folder:The Hīragi Family]]
19	* BigScrewedUpFamily: The most powerful clan in Japan even before the virus attack and is totally screwed up. The Order of the Imperial Demons used to control the Japanese government (together with the Hyakuya Sect) before the Apocalypse. Besides practically controlling the {{Muggles}} and the government, the Family engages in orphan buying ''and'' kidnapping, media manipulation, extrajudicial killings, slavery, large-scale horrific experimentation on children and adults alike, etc. This is most evident in the prequel Light Novels.
20	* TheClan: The largest and most powerful in Japan. Its members are treated as [[AGodAmI living gods]] by the subordinate clans of the Imperial Demons.
21	* FeudingFamilies: The relationship between the Hīragi family and the Ichinose family is not exactly great.
22	* ANaziByAnyOtherName: The family is essentially worshiped like [[AGodAmI living gods]] within the Order, which is a group of sorcerers who have tremendous power over the Japanese society and {{Muggles}} (hell, a massacre in a school administered by the family occurred in broad daylight and was subsequently covered up completely, with no police or media investigation occurring at all). It condones and encourages supremacism, discrimination, [[SuperBreedingProgram eugenics]], [[SocialDarwinist Social Darwinism]] and "unethical" human experimentation. Before the Apocalypse, the family even used to have a paramilitary organization that operates extra-judicially and completely obeys its whim (now known as the JIDA), not unlike the Nazi's SS. This is most evident in the prequel Light Novels.
23	* PuppetKing: In Chapter 57, it is revealed that [[spoiler: every head of the Hīragi Family has been possessed and controlled by Shigama Dōji, a demon who used to be the first progenitor of the vampire race]].
24	[[/folder]]
25
26	[[folder:Tenri Hīragi]]
27	!!!Voiced by: Creator/KeijiFujiwara (Japanese), Creator/ChristopherSabat (English), Víctor Covarrubias (Latin American Spanish)
28	[[quoteright:237:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/tenri_hiragi.png]]
29
30	The former General of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army and former head of the Hīragi family.
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32	* ChainPain: In Chapter 57, it is shown that he release chains from his body like Saitō.
33	* EyepatchOfPower: Wore a black patch that covered the right side of his face because it had curse marks.
34	* FamilyEyeResemblance: All of his biological children have the same reddish-brown eyes as him. This makes Shinya's IcyBlueEyes immediately stand out.
35	* LargeAndInCharge: One of the largest characters in the series and was the General of the Demon Army.
36	* MinorMajorCharacter: He was the General of the Demon Army yet was rarely seen throughout the series.
37	* ANaziByAnyOtherName: Consistent with {{the Social Darwinist}} and supremacist traits that runs deep in the Hīragi Family.
38	* ThePatriarch: Used to be head the Hīragi family [[spoiler: before Kureto killed him in Chapter 57]].
39	* {{Pride}}: He is best described as a proud and harsh individual.
40	* SiblingMurder: Killed [[MassiveNumberedSiblings all 40 of his siblings]] to become the head of the family.
41	* TheSocialDarwinist: He strongly believed in the concept of survival of the fittest. Due to the weight of this savage principle, he would have seen that the strong lived and the weak died.
42	[[/folder]]
43
44	[[folder:Kureto Hīragi]]
45	!!!Voiced by: Creator/TomoakiMaeno (Japanese), Creator/GarretStorms (English), Carlos Reynoso (Latin American Spanish)
46	[[quoteright:197:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kureto_hiragi.png]]
47
48	The Lieutenant General of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army and is expected to become the next leader of the Hīragi Family as well as the Japanese Imperial Demon Army. His goal is to exterminate all the vampires in Japan, and have the world under the control of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army.
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50	He also appears in the ''Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen'' light novel series.
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52	* AloofBigBrother: He has a distant relationship with all his younger siblings.
53	* AlwaysSomeoneBetter: His half-sister Mahiru was regarded as more powerful than him despite being younger.
54	* AnArmAndALeg: He loses his right arm during his fight with his father Tenri in Chapter 57. He gets reattached with Raimeiki's power.
55	* BadBoss: Pretty much doesn't give a crap about sacrificing his soldiers if he thinks it's worth it.
56	* BigBrotherBully: In the prequel, to intimidate Guren, he had Shinoa strapped to a chair with evidence on her that she had been tortured. Kureto even threatened to have her raped in his interrogation of Guren. While he didn't actually torture her, he surely would do it if he deemed it necessary for his goals.
57	* EntitledBastard: He expects everyone to submit to him with absolute loyalty and as such doesn't tolerate any disrespect from lower-rank families.
58	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Even though he's not above torturing and betraying even his own subordinates, Kureto will not commit any cruelty that he sees unwarranted. For example, in the prequel, he protested against his father's order to execute Guren's father to the end, as he was satisfied with Guren bringing a vampire hostage and the sword Asuramaru for research.
59	* ForcefulKiss: When forced to act on his repressed desires [[spoiler:to stop the First Vampire from possessing him]], he kisses Aoi by surprise. She actually likes it, though.
60	* FourStarBadass: He is the Lieutenant General of the JIDA and wields a Black Demon Cursed Gear.
61	* TheFundamentalist: He fervently believes that he's just and right in using his soldiers as blood sacrifices and attempting to subjugate the whole mankind. He says this to Narumi as he sacrifices his own soldiers in an experiment to appease Abaddon, one of the Seraph of the End.
62	--> '''Kureto''': Don't fuss. Their death was a glorious death for the sake of humanity's progress. Thanks to the few sacrifices of this experiment, many will be saved. This is a right thing to do. This... is justice.
63	* GreenEyedMonster: Towards Mahiru and Guren, for both being capable of trying and ''succeeding'' in pursuing their greed and desires, something his own standards are preventing him from doing.
64	* IJustWantToBeLoved: He maintains emotional distance from everyone because he believes that the only person you can trust is yourself. This emotional regulation even helps him control his weapon's demon. However, deep down what he wants more than anything is to be able to have someone he can trust and rely on.
65	* KnightTemplar: Kureto's goal is to exterminate all the vampires in Japan to let human rule the country again and firmly believes any action he takes for that goal is righteous and justified. He fuels a seraph experiment, sacrifices a large number of soldiers to keep it under control and is ready to kill anyone he has no use for.
66	* LackOfEmpathy: He's ready to use, torture and kill with no remorse in order to further his plans.
67	* ManipulativeBastard: He'll try to deceive and use anyone for his own gain.
68	* MarriedToTheJob: He's so committed to his duties as a Hīragi heir and military leader that he has no personal or social life to speak of.
69	* NecessarilyEvil: He aims to take control over the world from the vampires and knows that humans can't never win the war against vampires through moral means. To bring down the vampires, he experiments with the seraph, turns a little girl into a biological weapon, and sacrifices the lives of many soldiers.
70	* NobleDemon: Even though he's done some terrible things himself, he believes sacrificing lives without a reason is plainly evil, and thinks a king is no one without people to protect. Although if it is for the sake of humanity, he's willing to make as many sacrifices as needed, even if it means giving up his own life.
71	* NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He is willing to unite humanity under the banner of the Hīragi Family by destroying all vampires and any other human organizations that survive the Apocalypse. Given his actions, however, it is more than likely that his so-called good intentions are lies. He murdered his own father in order to claim control over the Demon Army, so his "uniting humanity under the Hiragis' banner" actually meant "uniting the world under his banner".
72	* ObliviouslyEvil: He doesn't seem to realize or care that if he has his way, he'd be no better than the vampires.
73	* {{Patricide}}: [[spoiler: Kills his father Tenri at the end of their fight in Chapter 57.]]
74	* PetTheDog:
75	** Briefly in the ''Catastrophe'' novels where, despite having the opportunity and perhaps, even the need to torture Shinoa to coerce Guren and especially Mahiru to comply with his demands, he doesn't do so, and instead, opted to just have her put on make-up to give off that impression to them.
76	** And while it doesn't last long, he also offered Shinoa the chance to join him in his quest for power using the Seraph of the End. But since he just willingly slaughtered many of their comrades in front of her for the sake of his plans, she naturally refuses.
77	** He also seems to care enough about Aoi to a degree based on his reaction to her nearly getting hurt in Chapter 57.
78	** While he's still a KnightTemplar about it, he seems to adhere to the idea that kings shouldn't stand alone, hence, hinting that he values camaraderie above all else.
79	* {{Pride}}: He takes great pride in his heritage as a Hīragi as well as being a wielder of a Cursed Gear from the Black Demon series.
80	* RankScalesWithAsskicking: As the firstborn of the Hīragi family, he has the highest rank in the military and is the strongest fighter in the family after Mahiru's death.
81	* ShipTease: His demon states that he feels attracted to Mitsuba's older sister, Aoi.
82	* ShockAndAwe: His Black Demon Cursed Gear Raimeiki (which translates as "Thunder Demon") is able to enshroud him with streaks of electricity as both a defensive and offensive mechanism.
83	* SmugSuper: He's both a Hīragi and wielder of a weapon from the Black Demon Series. He takes great pride in his power and makes sure to make everyone be aware of it.
84	* StudentCouncilPresident: In his teenage years, Kureto was the student council president of First Shibuya High. His claim to Guren that his decisions hold more weight at the school than the principal's was no exaggeration.
85	* TakeOverTheWorld: His goal is to overthrow the vampires and be the ruler of a world where humans dominate them instead. He's also plotting to annihilate the surviving human magic organizations and subjugate the ''whole'' humanity.
86	* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's a tall, handsome man with short black hair.
87	* TautologicalTemplar: On his own terms, anything he does in the name of exterminating the vampires and letting human rule the planet again is righteous. This includes performing human experimentation on a child and killing tons of soldiers to control a seraph.
88	* ToughLeaderFacade: Believing that a leader must be responsible for their followers, Kureto assumes the role of a cold, unfeeling and merciless superior. His most repressed desires are to let go of his responsibilities and ask help from others, but he can't bring himself to do that until [[spoiler:he's in danger of being possessed by the First]].
89	* {{Ubermensch}}: He believes that he is right and will do anything to further his own ambitions.
90	* TheUnfettered: Kureto will use any means at his disposal to win against the vampires.
91	* TheUsurper: After creating a seraph weapon and taking control of Sanguinem, Kureto stages a coup d'etat against his superiors [[spoiler:and kills his own father]] to claim the position of ruler of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army.
92	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: He dreams of creating a "paradise" where humans dominate the world again and he rules as the king of one big nation made of the remaining human population. To make that a reality, he's ready to break the taboo by experimenting with a seraph and sacrifice as many lives as he deems necessary.
93	* VisionaryVillain: He has an ambition of wiping out every vampire on the planet and create a "vampire-free paradise." He also plans to make Japan the center of all nations by gathering every surviving country and uniting them as one in a campaign for world domination.
94	* YouMonster: Shinoa, his own sister, remarks that he is a monster, even though she does not say it directly to him.
95	[[/folder]]
96
97	[[folder:Shinya Hīragi]]
98	!!!Voiced by: Creator/TatsuhisaSuzuki (Japanese), Creator/JerryJewell (English), Juan Carlos Román (Latin American Spanish)
99	[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinya_hiragi.png]]
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101	A Major General of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army.
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103	* AbnormalAmmo: His Black Demon Cursed Gear Byakkomaru (which translates as "White Tiger"), looks like a rifle. It's ability is demon manifestation (or tiger manifestation in this case). His Cursed Gear essentially unloads a streak of white tigers instead of normal bullets.
104	* AdoptedIntoRoyalty: He was adopted by the Hīragi family, who are basically royalty to the Japanese magic society.
105	* AdoptionAngst: At a young age, Shinya taken away from his birth family and put through torturous training to become the fiancé of a woman who didn't even love him. He became an adopted son of the Hīragi family, but he was treated coldly and looked down on by other members of the family because of his adopted status.
106	* AmbiguouslyBi: His strongest connection is definitely with Guren (whether romantically or not). The fact that he seems to flirt with Guren 24/7 has not gone unnoticed. Even Byakkomaru, his own demon, believes Shinya to be in love with Guren. In the past, however, Shinya did seem to be attracted to his former fiancée Mahiru, but not for long considering he grew to dislike her very quickly.
107	* ArrangedMarriage: The Hīragi family brought him in as Mahiru's fiancé who had the traits to provide her superior offspring. However, they didn't get married both because of Mahiru's love for Guren and eventual transformation into a demon.
108	* BackFromTheDead: In Chapter 47, it is revealed [[spoiler: that he died 8 years ago, just before the Apocalypse happened, but was revived by Guren using the Seraph of the End power at the cost of 90% of humanity.]]
109	* BeneathTheMask: Because of his harsh, Hunger Games-esque upbringing, Shinya associates his self worth with winning and being the best. (During the gruesome selection process he developed a cheerful and polite facade as a coping mechanism.) He viewed Mahiru's rejection as his first loss, so he became obsessed with winning her over and eliminating competition. He eventually considers his ingrained competitive nature selfish after realizing (and idolizing) Guren's drive to help others. It is implied that he suffers from self loathing and probably depression over having to take the lives of other children for his own sake.
110	* ChildrenForcedToKill: He was forced to kill other children during the "tests" he needed to survive to gain the right to Mahiru's hand.
111	* DarkAndTroubledPast: His childhood was pretty much hell. His biological parents sold him into the Hīragi family for three hundred millions yen at the age of five. After that, Shinya was forced to take part in a program to select the ideal partner for the Hīragi heiress, Mahiru. Shinya had to compete in both studies and combat with other boys, with any failure meaning death. Shinya lived every single day killing his rivals in order to survive until he was the only one left. He was welcomed into the Hīragi family as an adopted son and Mahiru's fiancé, but his life didn't improve that much because Mahiru didn't even like him and only talked about how much she loved Guren while the rest of his adopted family treated Shinya like dirt.
112	* DeathAmnesia: [[spoiler:Like the members of Guren Squad, Shinya can't remember that he died eight years ago and is only alive now because of Guren resurrecting him at the cost of 90% of the human population. If Shinya were to recall his own death, he would turn into dust.]]
113	* DesperatelyCravesAffection: In his younger days, Shinya was very dependent on Mahiru and desperately tried to win her over, even going so far as to consider suicide when she said she didn't love him.
114	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: [[spoiler:Shinya died in Guren's arms eight years prior to the series.]]
115	* ExtremeDoormat: Around his adoptive family, except for Shinoa, Shinya acts very submissive and has never protested against their cold treatment of him since he was only kept alive to be Mahiru's fiancé and taught to be subservient to her family.
116	* FourStarBadass: Shinya is a Major General and as a wielder of Black Demon Cursed Gear, he's one of the strongest human fighters in the series.
117	* FriendlySniper: He is one of the few Hīragi family member who gets along with Guren. It does help that he's only adopted and not related to them by blood.
118	* TheGadfly: He very much enjoys picking on Guren.
119	* HopelessSuitor: He tried to get Mahiru to like him, but she only ever had eyes for Guren.
120	* ILetYouWin: He deliberately held back during his training sessions with his adopted siblings, often to let Seishirō think he was stronger than him.
121	* IcyBlueEyes: Shinya's eyes emphasize his precision as a sniper and also immediately sets him apart from his adoptive siblings who share the same reddish-brown eyes.
122	* InLoveWithYourCarnage: Whether Shinya is ''actually'' in love with Guren or not is a matter of [[AmbiguouslyGay perspective]], but when they were teenagers, it's pretty clear that he had no tolerance for a Guren who pretended to be a whim with a fake polite tone - in fact, he was disgusted and even called him "trash" once. It's only when Guren showed his true power and [[GoodIsNotNice true]] [[SirSwearsALot personality]] that he became interested and affectionate again. In the present, it's implied that even though Shinya has to stay back to smooth things out in meetings after Guren behaves disrespectful, he's actually amused by that and finds that an endearing trait of Guren.
123	* {{Irony}}: Shinya was Mahiru's fiance, and Guren was in love with her. You would expect them to fight each other over her, but no. They actually joined forces to stop her from messing with the world, and Shinya fell for ''him'', not her, while [[AmbiguouslyBi Guren]] didn't seem to be that bothered with Shinya's flirting either.
124	* TheLancer: In the prequel, Shinya acts as Guren's closest friend and right-hand man as well as {{Foil}} in personality and behavior.
125	* LastHetRomance: For a while, he tried to actually win Mahiru's heart and taunted Guren about the fact that it's Shinya himself who was her fiance. However, he gradually grew to dislike her very quickly. His response to the question in the guidebook of what he looks for in the opposite sex is him basically saying that since Mahiru was female and he had an awful experience with her, he isn't interested in women anymore. Now, he seems to be happy just being near Guren.
126	* LivingOnBorrowedTime: As per the repercussions of [[spoiler: being BackFromTheDead, he can only be revived for ten years, having only two left, and if he knows the truth, he will crumble to dust.]]
127	* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Guren can't let him know anything about his hidden agenda because [[spoiler:Shinya will die again if he ever finds out Guren broke the taboo to resurrect him once]]. Shinya becomes more and more frustrated as he can tell Guren is hiding something extremely important and wants Guren to rely on him instead of carrying the burden all of his own, but Guren vehemently refuses to tell him anything of what he's going through and let him be part of it.
128	* LoveMartyr: He gradually develops into this for Guren. Shinya learns of Guren conspiring with Kureto to sacrifice many soldiers to a seraph weapon, gets thrown in jail by Guren who refuses to give explanations and even knocks him out [[spoiler:so he doesn't hear about his plans to resurrect the death]]. Eventually, [[spoiler:Guren betrays everyone and becomes a demon like Mahiru did.]] Despite all that, Shinya is still determined to not let Guren go down the path of destruction and loneliness.
129	* MeaningfulName: Shinya's name means "deep night". He found it fitting as he was brought up to be eclipsed by the "sun" that was Mahiru.
130	* MistakenForGay: When he was 16, he and his friends had to stay the night at a love hotel for a mission. When someone saw him and Guren together, they thought they were at the hotel to have sex.
131	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: He likes getting a little too close to Guren during their interactions.
132	* PragmaticHero: As a teenager, Shinya used to be a lot more ruthless and sly, due to the harsh upbringing he received as a child where only the fittest child is allowed to live. He is not afraid to kill civilians or use dirty tricks.
133	* PrincelyYoungMan: As a teenager, he was treated like a prince in First Shibuya by the other students, because of him being an (adopted) Hīragi and his good looks. However, his treatment at home was way less than favorable.
134	* StepfordSmiler: Shinya usually has a smile on his face, but his backstory reveals he developed this as a defense mechanism that allowed him to survive when those that got angry or shut down didn't.
135	* UnableToCry: He hasn't cried since he was five ever since he learned to shut down his emotions.
136	* UndyingLoyalty: Guren is the only person Shinya would never abandon or give up on.
137	* VitriolicBestBuds: With Guren. He likes to pick on Guren and get on squabbles with him, but still considers him his best friend.
138	* WhiteHairBlackHeart: {{Subverted\|Trope}}. While he does have a darker side to him, he's mostly a good person, unlike his adoptive siblings and stepfather.
139	* WhiteSheep: Unlike most Hīragi, Shinya lacks any cruel or murderous behavior, as he treats others kindly and politely.
140	* WorthLivingFor: He said himself that Guren is his reason for living, and that he didn't have any reason to live before he met him.
141	[[/folder]]
142
143	[[folder:Seishirō Hīragi]]
144	!!!Voiced by: Creator/HiroyukiYoshino (Japanese), Creator/JustinCook (English), Víctor Tabarez (Latin American Spanish)
145	[[quoteright:177:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/seishiro_hiragi.png]]
146
147	A major general of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army.
148
149	He appears as a popular student in the ''Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen'' light novel series.
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151	* BigJerkOnCampus: In his high school days, he used his position as a Hīragi to be a big jerk and bully members of lower branch families, especially Guren and co.
152	* TheBully: Back in high school, he was one of the main bullies who enjoyed tormenting Guren and his retainers.
153	* DelinquentHair: While his hair color is normal, it is styled as a mohawk.
154	* DirtyCoward: Kureto calls him one. Considering he falls to pieces when Kureto draws his sword on him, he's likely right.
155	* HairTriggerTemper: He's quick to get angry and violent at the slightest provocation.
156	* InferioritySuperiorityComplex: Though born into the Hīragi Family, Seishirō has always been inferior to Mahiru, Kureto, and even Shinya. This inferiority complex is the likely source for Seishirō to treat everyone in a lesser social position like dirt.
157	* {{Jerkass}}: He is rude and disrespectful towards the lower branch families.
158	* MinorMajorCharacter: He is a major general of the Demon Army yet doesn't appear that often.
159	* MilesGloriosus: He has never stood on the front lines, according to Kureto.
160	* OutOfFocus: Out of the Hīragi siblings, Seishirō barely gets any lines or screentime even after over 100 chapters.
161	* OvershadowedByAwesome: According to his profile, he's actually powerful and competent, but compared to his much more powerful siblings, he gets overshadowed very badly.
162	* {{Pride}}: He's very proud of being a Hiragi.
163	* SoreLoser: He really doesn't take losing well.
164	* SuccessfulSiblingSyndrome: All of his siblings are more powerful and talented than him, which was a big blow to his ego.
165	* WouldHitAGirl: In the Catastrophe light novels, particularly [[CurbStompBattle his fight against Sayuri]].
166	[[/folder]]
167
168	!Other
169	[[folder:Aoi Sangū]]
170	!!!Voiced by: Creator/AyakoKawasumi (Japanese), Creator/SarahWiedenheft (English), Gabriela Pérez (Latin American Spanish)
171	[[quoteright:185:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aoi_sangu.png]]
172
173	A colonel of the Japanese Imperial Demon Army in the Seraph of the End: Vampire Reign manga series. She is the daughter of the noble Sangū family and the servant of the next head of the Hīragi family, Kureto Hīragi. She is Mitsuba's older sister.
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175	She appears as a student at First Shibuya High in the ''Seraph of the End: Guren Ichinose: Catastrophe at Sixteen'' light novel series.
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177	* AdaptationDyeJob: Several different works in the series depict her with different eye colors. In the manga, they are purple like Mitsuba's; in the LN series and the manga based on it, they are blue; and in the anime, they are green.
178	* AloofBigSister: To Mitsuba. Even though they're sisters, Aoi thinks nothing of Mitsuba and doesn't give a rat's ass if Mitsuba dies after she deserts the Demon Army.
179	* BlindObedience: She agrees with all of Kureto's decisions and blindly follows his orders, even when he sacrifices nearly all the soldiers in Nagoya to control a seraph.
180	* BodyguardingABadass: She is Kureto's servant and it's her duty to protect him, not that he needs her to when he's several times more powerful than her thanks to wielding a weapon from the Black Demon Series.
181	* BodyguardCrush: As Kureto's retainer, defending him is part of her job, which she happily does because of her secret feelings for him.
182	* ChildhoodFriendRomance: Aoi began serving Kureto when she was seven years old. She also has very obvious feelings for him that go beyond servitude.
183	* ExtremeDoormat: She has no will of her own as she believes she only exists to serve Kureto, readily agrees with Shinya when he calls her Kureto's pet dog, and wouldn't hesitate to die if Kureto orders to.
184	* {{Foil}}: To Mahiru. Both are the older sisters of the two main heroines, and are extremely excellent and powerful. They additionally overshadow their younger siblings and have intimate feelings for [[TallDarkAndHandsome black-haired males]]. However, unlike Mahiru who genuinely loves Shinoa, Aoi is rather indifferent and uncaring towards Mitsuba, to the degree that she was willing to sacrifice her in Nagoya.
185	* GirlishPigtails: When she was a teenager, her hair was pulled into pigtails.
186	* HonorRelatedAbuse: As a Sangū, she believes it's her familial duty to follow all of the Hīragi family's orders without question. She finds it shameful and dishonorable that Mitsuba chose to desert the Demon Army instead of allowing Kureto to sacrifice her alongside tons of soldiers, even calling out Mitsuba on how she doesn't deserve to live for disobeying the will of a Hīragi.
187	* HumanizingTears: She cries after Kureto loses consciousness after [[spoiler:he kills Tenri]], as she desperately begs him to wake up. This is the only time she ever [[NotSoStoic loses her composure]].
188	* {{Hypocrite}}:
189	** She calls Mitsuba and her comrades traitors and that they don't deserve to live. When Yuu points out that Kureto was the one who betrayed them, killing some of their comrades and even some of his own soldiers, she scoffs at that.
190	** She also wonders if her sister slept with Yu and that is what made him join her group of traitors. This coming from a woman that follows Kureto, who betrayed and killed his own subordinates, mostly because she has a secret crush on him.
191	* {{Jerkass}}: Aoi is heartless and callous to everyone except for Kureto. She's especially cruel and condescending towards her sister.
192	* LustObject: Kureto lusts after her, but doesn't act on it until he kisses her after Raimeiki pushes him into letting out all of his forbidden desires to [[spoiler:give her enough power to delay Shikama Dōji's possession]].
193	* MyMasterRightOrWrong: She follows Kureto's every order without hesitation, no matter how gruesome it is.
194	* SatelliteLoveInterest: She's completely defined by her absolute loyalty and romantic feelings for Kureto, even calling herself Kureto's pet. Her relationship with her sister Mitsuba also takes a backseat to her role as Kureto's assistant/love interest.
195	* SelectiveObliviousness: She considers most of the main characters as traitors for standing against Kureto, their superior. This is while ignoring the obvious fact that Kureto's faction murdered their own comrades and committed a coup d'état against the Hiragi family, making both her and Kureto the actual traitors. Of course when Yu starts telling the truth she orders her soldiers to ready their arrows in order to silence him.
196	* SiblingYinYang: Aoi is submissive, stoic and professional, as opposed to her bossy, hotheaded and emotional younger sister Mitsuba.
197	* TheStoic: She hardly shows any emotion her face.
198	* StrongFamilyResemblance: As a teenager, she looked like a taller and more buxom Mitsuba, especially with the pigtails.
199	* SubordinateExcuse: She loyally follows Kureto as his retainer not just because it's her family duty, but because she has feelings for him.
200	* SugarAndIcePersonality: She's extremely coldhearted, aloof and uncaring towards anyone not named Kureto. Her loyal and caring side is reserved solely for Kureto.

Context Characters / SeraphOfTheEndJapaneseImperialDemonArmy