Line #247 Characters/CeresCelestialLegend


1	Characters from ''Manga/CeresCelestialLegend''.
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7	[[folder:Aya Mikage]]
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9	!!! '''Voiced by''' Creator/YumiKakazu
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11	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aoc_aya.png]]
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13	Aya is a normal, everyday highschool student and loves spending her time in karaoke bars with her brother and friends. The day before her 16th birthday, she falls from an overpass and into a busy street, but gets rescued by a mixture of strange, bloody memories and a kind, strong man.\
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15	On her 16th birthday, she and Aki are shown a mummified hand that belonged to their family's ancestor, Ceres. Seeing it causes Ceres to awaken within Aya. She was supposed to be killed by her relatives, but Ceres' power killed them, and Aya fled.\
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17	Aya wants to return to being a normal student and tries to keep Ceres contained. As she comes to a mutual understanding with Ceres, she vows to take revenge on the Mikage clan.
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19	* AngstySurvivingTwin: While Aki isn't dead, him being controlled by the Ancestor is treated as close to this as possible. In the finale, Aki's death ends up playing this straight.
20	* BreakTheCutie: Gets shown a mummified hand that awakens an ancestral deity inside of her, sees her twinbrother suffer severe cuts and bleeds heavily next to her, and then her relatives try to kill her. All of that happens on her 16th birthday. And it's just the beginning!
21	* BystanderSyndrome: Early on, she understands that Ceres wants revenge on the Mikages and the Ancestor for stealing her heavenly robe, but doesn't think that she should be forced into the middle of it.
22	* CharacterDevelopment: Matures from a typical, sassy teenager into a rather reluctant host for Ceres, before working alongside her and growing up into a young woman.
23	* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: Ceres awoke inside of her on her 16th birthday.
24	* DisappearedDad: Her father [[TakingTheBullet threw himself in front of her]] when her grandfather tried to have her shot.
25	* HandOnWomb: Does this when Suzumi asks about her period, and Aya realizes that it's very late, implying that she might be pregnant with Touya's child.
26	* HeroicBSOD:
27	** Volume 7 has her suffer one when Touya regains his memories as Touya Mizuki and completely forgets about her because of retrograde amnesia. She's mentally absent and mumbles quietly about having to 'call Touya' when Shuro and Yuuhi shake her out of it.
28	** Volume 9 hits her hard with Miori's suicide, which she did to purposefully drive a wedge between Aya and Touya. Aya only lies in her room and refuses to eat, citing that she should have died because her awakening as Ceres led to Miori's mother's death, and was Miori's reason for hating Aya.
29	** Volume 12 with Touya's death. She knew before Yuuhi and the others revealed it, and she's shown to be passive during Chidori's funeral. When she returns home, she breaks down crying.
30	* ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: Gets stabbed in the chest by the Ancestor. She managed to survive because she and Ceres fused with the Mana.
31	* ImportantHaircut: After Touya loses his memory of her, and a struggle between her and Yuuhi ends up with him accidentally cutting off one of her braids, Aya gets her hair cut to chinlength. It grows out over the series.
32	* KidWithTheLeash: Sees herself as this to Ceres early on, trying to keep her contained as much as possible because of Ceres' wanton destruction of any Mikage when she appears. Loosens up over the course of the series, as the two come to understand each other.
33	* LeeroyJenkins: Before becoming a couple with Touya, Aya has a habit of acting impulsively, like any teenager, which often lands her in trouble. When Touya becomes Aya's lover and LivingEmotionalCrutch, he has a way of getting her to think and act with a clearer head in a way no one else can. Without him, she is prone to revert to this. This trait is best shown during the Tango arc, while she is separated from Touya and still reeling from Miori's suicide. With Mikagi actively threatening Yuuhi and the lives of those close to her, she becomes prone to try handling matters entirely by herself and once again not thinking things through, including vowing never to work with Ceres again. This leads to her almost getting raped multiple times, being captured by Mikagi and her brain nearly being rewritten.
34	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Serves this purpose to Touya over the course of the series. He's shown to be much more open with his emotions around her and tries to rein in his indiscriminate killing of enemies because it upsets her.
35	* LotusEaterMachine: Gets placed into one by Alec, which is described as being a happy dream for her, when they intend to place a microchip into her brain, to make her compliant. She manages to break out of it with Touya's and Ceres' help.
36	* MissingMom: Her mother remains in a coma for the majority of the series.
37	* NewTransferStudent: Changes school several times in the series, usually because there's a legend of a celestial maiden nearby, and her robe may still be around.
38	* OfficialCouple: Ends up with Touya.
39	* OrdinaryHighschoolStudent: For the first chapter.
40	* PregnantBadass: Volume 11 onward. She may be pregnant, and does her best to take care of herself and the baby, but she isn't above being as headstrong and feisty as she was before. However, she leaves Ceres to do the really physical things.
41	* SexForSolace: Offers to fulfill Yuuhi's wish of having her when she's still too vulnerable from losing Touya. They don't go through with it, and Aya ends up ashamed for offering herself that way.
42	* SplitPersonality: With Ceres, though she's the reincarnation of her ancestor.
43	* TeenPregnancy: Gets pregnant at age 17. The finale shows she's ready-to-burst on her 18th birthday.
44	* TragicKeepsake: Aki's earrings, which she had originally intended to give him as his birthday gift. She keeps trying to give them to him, but she never manages, and keeps wearing them.
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46	%%%%* YamatoNadeshiko: Evolves into one as the series progresses.
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48	[[/folder]]
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50	[[folder:Ceres]]
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52	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aoc_ceres.png]]
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54	-> Voiced by Creator/JunkoIwao
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56	Ceres is a celestial maiden and one of the ancestors that resulted in the Mikage clan. Her past is akin to the Swan Maiden legend. She took off her celestial robe and set it aside to take a bath, when a man took and hid the robe. Asking him about it led to him denying knowing anything about it and, as she could not ascend back into the heavens without her robe, she remained on earth with him. Unfortunately, her version included the man raping and forcing her to bear his children.
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58	Ceres gets reincarnated into the daughters of the Mikage clan every so often and her powers awaken inside of them on their 16th birthday. She wants to take revenge on the Mikages for what occured to her in the past, but the clan chose to kill their daughters, if they showed signs of having Ceres' powers.
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60	When she gets reincarnated into Aya, her powers allow Aya to escape and surive.\
61	Ceres tried to completely take over Aya's body, but she proved to be too strong and kept a tight grip on her for a while. As the series progresses, the two begin to talk and come to a mutual understanding, with Aya allowing Ceres free rein over her body, when the need arises.
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63	* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: What a celestial maiden does when reunited with her robe.
64	* [[AntiHero Anti Heroine]]: She starts off as this, as she seems to apathetically kill countless people to have her revenge. As the series progresses, it becomes obvious that she anything but this trope.
65	* BrokenBird: Ceres turns out to be this. Contrary to the story she initially told, she was not forced into sleeping with Mikagi and bear his children, but willingly did so and they were happily married. Until she shared some of her powers with him, which caused him to become insane and jealous, to the point that he did rape her, and even killed one of their children. Then she killed her husband in rage and slowly died herself, saddened that her children would grow up without a mother and she wouldn't be able to watch over them.
66	* ButNowIMustGo: In the grand finale, she leaves earth after everything is done.
67	* CharacterTitle: ''Ayashi no Ceres'' and ''Ceres, Celestial Legend'' both refer to her.
68	* DoesNotLikeMen: She hates men because of her experiences as the legendary Swan Maiden. Averted, as the events of that legend didn't actually happen to her, but she retains a cold demeanor towards men for a long time.
69	* EmotionlessGirl: She isn't human and doesn't understand the concept of emotions.
70	* FusionDance: She fuses with her Mana. Aya retains her own conscious during the process, too.
71	* LadyOfBlackMagic: Her powers are mostly psychic and they tend to have her look ethereal while using them.
72	* MsFanservice: She not only lacks some human shame and doesn't mind showing more than some skin, until someone tells her to cover herself already, but clothes tend to appear sexier on her. That typical yukata Aya wears to bed shows quite some leg when Ceres appears.
73	* MamaBear: Don't harm children. Especially hers. That's why she killed Mikagi, after all.
74	* {{Mana}}: This is what the celestial robe is actually called.
75	* PreAsskickingOneLiner: "Let me bestow joyful bliss upon you."
76	* PsychicPowers: Her abilities are along biopsychokinesis. She once explains that her powers are created by what your mind wants. If you want to cause pain, you can do so with mere thought.
77	* RaceAgainstTheClock: She eventually gives Aya a deadline. If Aya cannot manage to stop the Mikages or return her celestial robe to Ceres, she will forcefully take over Aya's body and kill any Mikage. She does this because she realizes that Aya is pregnant and wants to finish things before the baby gets dragged into things.
78	* RapeAsDrama: She was raped by Mikagi.
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80	[[/folder]]
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82	[[folder:Aki Mikage]]
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84	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aoc_aki.png]]
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86	-> Voiced by Creator/SusumuChiba
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88	Aki is a typical highschool student, just like his sister. Just like Aya, he was shown the mummified hand and ended up reacting to it himself, getting numerous wounds on his body. This showed that he was the closest to the Mikage clan's ancestor, the man who wed Ceres and made her his.
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90	When Aki realizes that he and Aya cannot be together until the issue with Ceres has been cleared, he tries to undergo experiments to recall his memories of the Ancestor, in hopes of finding out where her celestial robe is and allow her to leave. As the Ancestor's memories surface and mix with his own, Aki tries his best to remain himself.
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92	* BrotherSisterIncest: As his memories become more muddled, he admits to seeing Aya as a woman and not his sister anymore. Unlike Mikagi, Aki is absolutely disgusted by it.
93	* CharacterTic: Aki has a habit of pushing strands of hair out of his face with his right hand. Aya notes this as a typical thing for him to do and believes this means that her brother is back. Turns out that Mikagi merely played on that part.
94	* CorruptTheCutie: Aki is a sweet guy, but when Mikagi's memories begin to pop up in him more and more, he slowly begins to become obsessed with his sister and hating men by her side.
95	* DangerousSixteenthBirthday: He got the Ancestor's wounds inflicted on his body on his 16th birthday.
96	* DeathSeeker: Downplayed. He's not actively seeking it, but he writes something on the inside of the envelope to his letter to Aya in this direction.
97	--> ''Should I fail, please kill me with your hands.''
98	* {{Determinator}}: Subverted. He tries his best to remain himself and not succumb to being pushed under by the Ancestor, but after seeing the entire mummy of Ceres, he is in such a shock that he realizes he can't stop Mikagi anymore.
99	* DyingAsYourself: In the finale, he manages to physically manifest enough to restrain Mikagi and say a farewell to Aya, apologizing for being such a disappointing brother.
100	* GoodScarsEvilScars: Aki gets injured all over his body with the wounds the Ancestor died of, resulting in heavy scarring all over his body.
101	* HeroicSacrifice: Restrains Mikagi, which allows Ceres to kill him.
102	* IKnowYouAreInThereSomewhereFight: Aya tries to pull this on him multiple times, though it is always unsuccessful. Aki is too much in the grip of Mikagi to get out.
103	* SplitPersonalityTakeover: He cannot contain the Ancestor for longer and gets taken over.
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105	[[/folder]]
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107	[[folder:Touya]]
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109	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_touya.png]]
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111	-> Voiced by Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi
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113	Touya is a man with no past, present or future. He lacks any memories of himself, beyond the name 'Touya' and 'Mikage'. With them being his only lead, he headed to the Mikage clan and offered his services to them in any way they needed, as long as they helped him regain his memories.
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115	As a hired goon for the Mikages, he was initially tasked with finding and capturing Ceres, before this was expanded to capturing any celestial maiden he might encounter. After he admits to himself that he cares for Aya more than his memories, Touya escapes the Mikage facility and chooses to live on his own, and hopefully find out about himself in a different way.
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117	* AmnesiacHero: He has no memories of his past. All he knows is 'Touya' and assumes that to be his name.
118	* ArtificialHuman: It turns out that he is a human form evolved from Ceres' Mana over aeons.
119	* BackFromTheDead: Touya gets killed and thrown into the ocean in Volume 11, only for him to reappear at the end of Volume 13, healthy and alive as can be.
120	* BadassLongcoat: He often wears one while working for the Mikages, but chooses to go for the suit version of the trope, once he decides to work on his own.
121	* BewareTheQuietOnes: He's quiet and unlikely to show emotions, but has no qualms over killing anyone just as qietly. Even as he begins to open up with his emotions, he's still got tricks up his sleeves.
122	* FaceDeathWithDignity
123	** While the Ancestor keeps shooting Touya over and over, he remains calm and asks him about the going-ons at the Mikage's lab and their plans. Even with a gun placed directly on his forehead, Touya doesn't flinch and merely mutters Aya's name one last time.
124	** In the finale, Touya knows that he will die within a decade or less. He's at peace with the idea and asks Yuuhi to look after Aya and their child, once he's gone.
125	* FakeMemories: Touya regains his memories and reveals himself to be Touya Mizuki, a descendant of the Mizuki and Mikage celestial maiden. It turns out to be all faked, as these are memories implanted into him by the Mikages in order to use him as a tool.
126	* ForgottenFirstMeeting: Aya met him when she was around eight years old, when she visited the island that Touya was on for a vacation. Due to it being a vague childhood memory and Touya's amnesia, they both forgot until they returned to the island to jog their memories.
127	* HealingFactor: Touya's wounds heal incredibly fast. Even a broken arm takes a day or two to heal, when it should take weeks or months. Justified, as he is part of the Mana and that can heal itself as necessary. He loses that ability when he returns the Mana to Ceres.
128	* LaserGuidedAmnesia: A car accident resulted in him losing his memory.
129	* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Since becoming a couple with Aya, he has become the rock in her increasingly perilous life. Particularly, he has had the most success in getting her to tone down her impulsiveness, to remember how to not relentlessly blame herself, and most importantly, bring her out of a serious HeroicBSOD.
130	* MrFanservice: Touya is the source of majority of the fanservice in the series.
131	* MeaningfulName: Touya means 'Ten Nights'. This is in reference to how an old man found him as an infant and he grew into a fully grown man within ten nights.
132	* NothingUpMySleeve: Despite a body-check, he still manages to sneak in his trusty dagger. Justified, as the dagger is not up his sleeve. He can suck it into his body, when needed.
133	* NumberOneDime: A seashell that a young Aya gave him years ago. However, it broke when he got hit by a car.
134	* OfficialCouple: With Aya for most of the series.
135	* OurHomunculiAreDifferent: Less alchemy and more organic technology.
136	* PsychicLink: When he leaves his dagger with Aya, he can feel her emotions at times. Like when she is in danger, he notes that he can feel her heartbeat increasing.
137	* RescueRomance: He met Aya by saving her from being run over by a car.
138	* ShutUpKiss: While Aya is ranting, he kisses her to keep her quiet.
139	* TheStoic: Touya rarely ever shows emotions, unless he's around Aya.
140	* WanderingTheEarth: After the revelation that his identity as Touya Mizuki was fake, Touya chooses to wander around Japan and try to find a clue about who he is.
141	* WingedHumanoid: Touya appears at the end of Volume 13 with wings on his back.
142	* YoungerThanHeLooks: While he looks to be in his twenties, Touya is actually about 9 or 10 years old.
143	* YourDaysAreNumbered: As he no longer is part of the Mana, he is doomed to die within a decade.
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147	[[folder:Yuuhi Aogiri]]
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149	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_yuuhi.png]]
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151	-> Voiced by Creator/KentaroIto
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153	Yuuhi is a highschooler, just like Aya and Aki. He lives with his sister-in-law and Kyuu in a large mansion, away from the main Aogiri estate. He is the mainchef of the household and is a superb cook, dreaming of one day opening a restaurant and running it with his wife.
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155	Suzumi sent Yuuhi to the Mikage estate, in order to have him rescue Aya and bring her to them. While she offers not only a home to Aya, she also tells Yuuhi to become her bodyguard and even gives him wristbands and a headband imbued with her own celestial maiden powers.
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157	* AccidentalPervert
158	** The first night Aya spends at the Aogiris, Yuuhi accidentally walks in on her drying off after a bath. She promptly beats him for it.
159	** He gets hit by something and is propelled forward, landing facefirst against Aya's chest, with one hand on her breast. Again, she slaps him for it.
160	* BadassNormal: He's an adequate fighter.
161	* DudeShesLikeInAComa: He tried to kiss a sleeping Aya, but she slapped him in her sleep when turning over.
162	* EmpoweredBadassNormal: Thanks to the wristbands and headband Suzumi made for him, his strength is amplified, and he has a certain amount of defense against attacks, whether they be natural or celestial power-based.
163	* HandicappedBadass: Subverted. When Yuuhi's arm gets broken by the Ancestor, he tries to keep up with him and Aya, but just plain can't. And he's ashamed about it.
164	* ImprobableWeaponUser: Yuuhi's weapon of choice are ''cooking chopsticks''!
165	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: It takes him quite some time to come to terms that his crush on Aya won't go anywhere, but midway through the series he becomes more open about supporting Aya and Touya's relationship.
166	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: He remains one, unlike Aya and Aki, despite the wristband-induced power-up.
167	* RealMenCook: After his mother left the family, he didn't like whatever food was presented to him and he started to cook for himself. He found a passion in it and has improved his skills ever since.
168	* RomanticRunnerUp: There's no reason why Aya wouldn't fall for him and it is implied that she loves him in another way, but nothing really comes of it. Until the finale, where Touya asks Yuuhi to look after her and their baby, once he dies.
169	* SupremeChef: His cooking gets complimented multiple times.
170	* TheUnfavorite: The Aogiri clan made it clear they did not like him. And the only ones that ever showed kindness to him were his older brother, Kazuma, and his sister-in-law, Suzumi. It turns out that his father loves him, too, but can't show it too much because of a status to uphold.
171	* WholesomeCrossdresser: He has to dress up as a girl for an arc because the school they are investigating is an all-girls school. Yuuhi isn't considered beautiful, though he does gain the attention of one girl, who thinks his body is well-trained.
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173	[[/folder]]
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175	[[folder:The Ancestor (Mikagi)]]
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177	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_mikagi.png]]
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179	-> Voiced by Creator/ShinichiroMiki
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181	The ancestor of the Mikage clan, whose name originates from his name: Mikagi. He found a bathing Ceres and managed to get her to become his wife and bear his children. In the end, he suffered dozens of severe injuries on his body and died from bloodloss. When Aki saw Ceres' mummified hand, Mikagi revealed himself inside of him and Aki suffered the same wounds, yet survived.
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183	Mikagi ends up taking over Aki's body for a good portion of the series, as Aki cannot manage to contain him indefinitely. He is obsessed with being reunited with his wife and doesn't care that her current vessel is his current vessel's fraternal twin. Mikagi alone knows where Ceres' celestial robe is and, unlike the man in the Swan Maiden legend, was very careful to never even let his children know of its location.
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185	* AttemptedRape: Tried to rape Aya, but some power that came from Touya's dagger, which Aya was carrying in her bra, repelled him. Mikagi left, furious that Touya was still around.
186	* BigBad: The main antagonist, whose actions caused the tragedy of Ceres and her search for her Mana.
187	* BrotherSisterIncest: He tried to sleep with Aya, as she was his wife's vessel, and didn't care about blood relations.
188	* CrazyJealousGuy: He hates any man who may look at Ceres and considers her to still be his wife, regardless of what body they may have been reincarnated in. His jealousy was so bad that he even considers his own children were trying to take his wife from him.
189	* DeathEqualsRedemption: His true nature is revealed as he and Ceres talk in what seems to be an afterlife.
190	* DomesticAbuse: Mikagi turned into this, unfortunately. He beat his wife when she asked him about the location of her Mana, raped her, and also had no qualms about hitting his children.
191	* DrunkWithPower: He becomes amazed at what just a fraction of Ceres' power allows him to do.
192	* FacialMarkings: He gains several when he gets his original form back in the finale.
193	* FusionDance: Mikagi fuses with the artificially created Mana. It allows him to regain his original form and gives him powers akin to a celestial maiden, along with its healing capabilities.
194	* GoodScarsEvilScars: While possessing Aki's body, the scars of his old injuries remain. If Mikagi's hold on him slips and Aki gets a brief glimpse, the scars disappear. The scars are also gone when Mikagi regains his original form.
195	* HeroKiller: He is the one to shoot the fatal bullet into Touya's brain.
196	* KubrickStare: Sports several while possessing Aki.
197	* LonghairedPrettyBoy: He's quite attractive and his hair reaches past his shoulderblades.
198	* LoveMakesYouCrazy: Mikagi comes across as very stoic, unless his wife comes into play. He will do what he wants, when he wants, and nobody can tell him otherwise. Even his emotions are much more apparent when Ceres is nearby.
199	* LoveMakesYouEvil: His reason for killing his children, as well as anyone else that comes between him and his wife, is because of his fear that someone will break them up.
200	* MadLove: It's quite clear that Ceres despises Mikagi for his raping and forcing her to be his wife, but Mikagi doesn't care. He insists that she loves him and claims that she gave him part of her power as a proof of that. It turns out that he's right. Ceres does still love him, but he had changed so much that she was grieving for how he was originally.
201	* NiceGuy: He started off as one. Mikagi was an upstanding member of his tribe and saved Ceres from a shark. And it's implied that he was the only man Ceres ever encountered to fall in love with Ceres and didn't just want her body.
202	* OffingTheOffspring: Killed one of his children that stood between him and his wife.
203	* SplitPersonalityTakeover: He takes over Aki's body for most of the series.
204	* StalkerWithACrush: He always follows Ceres because he's deeply in love with her.
205	* StartOfDarkness: Ceres reveals her past with Mikagi to Aya, allowing her to see how the two of them got together, and how getting defeated by some men made him feel worthless next to her. This lead to her giving a fraction of her power to Mikagi, which eventually lead to their downfall.
206	* TookALevelInJerkass: Mikagi used to be a gentle, kind man, but a mixture of jealousy, insecurity and obtaining some of Ceres' power caused him to become mean-spirited, quick to anger and terrifying.
207	* WasItAllALie: When Ceres claims that she never actually loved him, but merely used him to produce offspring, just as she had with a lot of men previously, Mikagi doesn't say anything, but his expression makes it clear that he wonders this. And he is ''not'' happy about it.
208	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: The piece of power Ceres shared with Mikagi amazed him, at first, but he quickly began to go insane with just how much he could do with it.
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210	[[/folder]]
211
212	[[folder:Kagami Mikage]]
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214	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_kagami.png]]
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216	-> Voiced by Creator/TomokazuSugita
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218	Kagami is a cousin to Aya and Aki. He seems to be the right-hand man of his grandfather, who is the head of the Mikage family, but is quickly revealed to have a different goal in mind. He tells Touya to not kill Aya, but instead capture her, so he can learn more about her mysterious powers.
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220	Kagami eventually calls the Celestial Project into life. He hands out medicine created from the strange cells found in Ceres' blood sample, to awaken the celestial powers in any maiden's descendants. Once he obtains the entire mummified corpse of Ceres, he manages to mass-produce the medicine and puts it into Japan's water supply, and gets descendants from all over Japan to awaken.
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222	* AbusiveParents: His mother beat him if he didn't get perfect grades. Her obsession with him being 'perfect' likely springs from him being an illegitimate child, and wanting him to prove to be 'worthy' of the name Mikage.
223	* ArmorPiercingQuestion: He's on the receiving end of one from Alec near the finale.
224	--> ''I don't want to become demon... or God. I only human! You're only human, too, right?!''
225	* ArrangedMarriage: He is in an arranged engagement with a woman, but has absolutely no feelings for her.
226	* BastardBastard: He admits to Alec that he is the product of his mother having an affair shortly before marrying into the Mikage family, meaning he has no blood-relation to them.
227	* TheDragon: Come across as this to grandfather Mikage.
228	* DragonWithAnAgenda: Unlike his grandfather, Kagami wants Aya to stay alive. Once the grandfather is killed by the Ancestor, Kagami has nobody standing in his way of creating the C-Project.
229	* GoingDownWithTheShip: During the finale, he chooses to remain on the sinking ship after handing Alec the remaining celestial maidens' fertilized eggs and documentation of the Mikage family's dirty dealings.
230	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: He realizes what his plans have caused when Aki not only gets taken over by the Ancestor, but ultimately ends up dying.
231	* PetTheDog: Kagami does love his mentally-unstable mother. It's implied that his obsession with the celestial maidens stems from good childhood memories, where his then-sane mother told the legends to him.
232	* StoicSpectacles: He rarely shows emotions behind his glasses. Strangely enough, whenever he appears without glasses or an ironed suit, Kagami's emotions are much easier to read.
233	* UtopiaJustifiesTheMeans: His plan will lead to a better world for humanity, even if it's on a path lined with corpses.
234	* VisionaryVillain: He believes that the C-Project will save the world and humanity.
235	* WellIntentionedExtremist: He knows that forcing the celestial powers in any descendant can backfire horribly, with many of those descendants either dying before the powers manifest or shortly after, and that he is condemning many people to death. But he thinks that humanity will end up destroying itself, so he wants to have as many celestial maidens around as possible, so they can produce stronger offspring with chosen partners, and create a new era of more intelligent and healthier humans.
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237	[[/folder]]
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239	[[folder:C-Project Employees]]
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241	!!Alexander O. Howell
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243	-> Voiced by Creator/TomokazuSeki
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245	Alexander has a multitude of duties. He was the scientist in charge of helping Aki regain his memories as the Ancestor, and gave Touya the various memory discs that allowed him to infiltrate schools and hospitals as a doctor on his search for celestial maidens. He's generally referred to as Alec.
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247	* AntiVillain: Alec believes that Kagami's plan has some merit, but often feels torn because he also considers that Kagami's ways are wrong.
248	* BreakTheCutie: The results of Kagami's plans keep horrifying Alec, with Aki getting taken over by the Ancestor being the smallest of things. After Alec witnesses the artificial Mana revert the Ancestor to his original form, Kagami finds him cowering in a corner of the lab.
249	* FakedKidnapping: When Touya rescues Aya from the laboratory, Alec pretends that Touya is holding a gun to his back and taking him hostage. It works, and allows the two of them to escape safely.
250	* OccidentalOtaku: Alec's love for anime and manga had him learn Japanese by playing videogames, which is the reason why his Japanese is a tad broken. He even mentions that his preferred type of woman is Shiori from ''[[Franchise/TokimekiMemorial [=TokiMemo=]]]''.
251	* OnlyKnownByTheirNickname: Shortly after his introduction, his full name is rarely mentioned.
252	* {{Scotland}}: Originally hails from there.
253	* TheSmartGuy: His IQ is listed to be 260!
254
255	!!Gladys Smithson
256
257	Gladys works as Kagami's secretary for the C-Project and is eventually shown to be as good as in charge of the C-Genomers at the headquarters. She often is the one to calm the newly arrived C-Genomers and help them get accustomed to their new environment.
258	----
259	* {{Eagleland}}: She comes from America.
260	* GenericGirl: Beyond her role, and belief in Kagami's plan, she doesn't get much screentime.
261	* HeroicSacrifice: She threw herself in front of Ceres when the Ancestor was attacking her, getting stabbed through the chest. She holds Kagami's hand and mentions the ideal they are aiming for before she dies.
262	* TakingTheBullet: Took on the Ancestor's attack when he had meant to harm Ceres.
263
264	!!Wei Fei-Li
265
266	-> Voiced by Creator/KoichiTochika
267
268	Wei is hired to be Aki's bodyguard alongside Touya, though both assumed they were the only one. He's also a professional assassin. After Touya goes rogue, Wei feels a personal vendetta against him and wants to personally kill him.
269	----
270	* EyeScream: Touya ends up slicing Wei's left eye, leaving it permanently disabled. During the finale, Touya heals it and apologizes for having caused him such pain.
271	* EyesOutOfSight: After his eye gets destroyed, he changes his hairstyle to cover it up.
272	* HandicappedBadass: Still an adequate fighter, despite having only one functioning eye.
273	* PrettyBoy: He's quite handsome for an assassin/bodyguard.
274	* TheRival: Considers himself one to Touya. It's one-sided.
275
276	!!Rurik Lebochov
277
278	Rurik is responsible for the bio-science department of the C-Project.\
279	He also aids Alec and seems to be good friends with him.
280	----
281	* GenericGuy: Very little is known about him.
282	* TheLostLenore: It's mentioned that his sickly wife died. His cooperation with the C-Project stems from wanting humans to become stronger, so nobody would lose their loved ones because of frail constitution.
283
284	!!Assam
285
286	Assam is a child soldier, hired for the C-Project after Touya went rogue. He's supposed to look for awoken celestial maidens, but doesn't care much for that. He becomes obsessed with causing pain to Touya, after he injured his leg.
287	----
288	* BadassAdorable: Assam loves to eat his ice cream when on break, and get a new one after smashing it into his subordinate's face, but he is a trained soldier and doesn't hesitate to kill.
289	* ChildSoldier: He was one in his home country. During the finale, Kagami tells Assam that he no longer has to do this and might even go to school like a normal child.
290	* SuspiciouslySimilarSubstitute: For Touya, after he goes rogue.
291
292	[[/folder]]
293
294	[[folder:Celestial Maidens]]
295
296
297	!! Suzumi Aogiri
298
299	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_suzumi.png]]
300
301	-> Voiced by Creator/MayumiAsano
302
303	Suzumi sensed Aya's powers as a celestial maiden and sent Yuuhi out to get her, trying to keep her safe from the Mikage family. She is the descendant of a celestial maiden herself, though she has kept this a secret from most people. She planned to run a school teaching traditional dance with her husband and runs it on her own, after Kazuma died.
304	----
305	* BrokenBird: Suzumi lost her husband to a car accident, and the shock and grief caused her to have a miscarriage, too. Had Yuuhi not stopped and given her a new purpose in life, she would have killed herself.
306	* CoolBigSis: For Yuuhi, though she also takes on this role for Aya, despite no relation.
307	* InterruptedSuicide: Yuuhi walked in on her trying to cut her throat after her husband's funeral.
308	* LotusEaterMachine: Suzumi gets put under the influence of a machine that brings her back to her past, when Kazuma was still alive and they were expecting a baby. She chooses to remain inside, but Yuuhi manages to get her out of it.
309	* ParentalSubstitute: To Yuuhi, as well as to Aya.
310	* PsychicPowers: Telekinesis, which she initially demonstrates by opening and waving a fan through mere thought.
311	* StepfordSmiler: Downplayed. Suzumi comes across as strong, but when she gets confronted with her dead husband and lost child, she succumbs to her emotions. She even admits to Aya that she isn't strong at all.
312	* YamatoNadeshiko: She embodies this trope with her gentle, yet fierce personality.
313
314
315	!!Chidori Kuruma
316
317	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_chidori.png]]
318
319	-> Voiced by Creator/AyakoKawasumi
320
321	Chidori found Aya and Yuuhi, based on a picture she took of them, although Ceres was in possession of Aya's body at the time. She begs them to come to the hospital with them, so they can encourage her little brother to regain hope about his injured legs again. She turns out to be a celestial maiden, whose appearance changes drastically when her powers are in use. She moves in with the Aogiris and helps the search for a celestial robe.
322	----
323	* ClothingDamage: A common side-effect when she transforms into her celestial form.
324	* CoolBigSis: Shouta sees her as one.
325	* DiedInYourArmsTonight: She dies of bullet wounds, while Yuuhi is carrying her on his back.
326	* DyingDeclarationOfLove: Chidori begins to tell Yuuhi how she always 'thought he was really...' but dies before managing to finish her sentence.
327	* GirlishPigtails: Her hair is usually put into two pigtails.
328	* ImColdSoCold: She mentions that she feels cold before she dies.
329	* ItsAllMyFault: She considers her parents' death to be her fault. The weather was horrible and they planned to cancel their movie-going, but Chidori insisted that they go. She wishes that she hadn't acted like a 'spoiled brat'.
330	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: She has a huge crush on Yuuhi, but knows that he's in love with Aya. She doesn't really try anything harsh, just happy that she can be around him.
331	* KillTheCutie: While Yuuhi and Touya infiltrate the Mikage laboratory to rescue her.
332	* MedicalRapeAndImpregnate: While the Mikages hold her prisoner, they perform an operation and take her ovum out. They planned to use the fertilized ones to impregnate her, but she died before they could do so.
333	* NotGrowingUpSucks: She looks like an elementaryschool student, despite being the same age as Aya and Yuuhi. She does look age-appropriate when her celestial powers are active.
334	* OlderThanTheyLook: Chidori is 16 years old, but looks several years younger.
335	* RaisedByGrandparents: Shouta and Chidori have been living with their grandparents, after their parents' deaths.
336	* RedHerring: It all seems to point to her brother being a celestial maiden descendant and have his powers activate, but it's Chidori whose powers awaken.
337	* TakingTheBullet: She throws herself in front of Yuuhi and takes two gun shots that were meant for him.
338
339	!!Shuro Tsukasa
340
341	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_shuro.png]]
342
343	Shuro was a member of the famous [=GeSANG=] duo, the other being her cousin Kei. She reveals in a TV interview that she and Kei are descendants of a celestial maiden and that their family has one's robe. Trying to get Ceres to leave with a celestial robe, Aya and the others head to Okinawa to meet Shuro and ask for her help.
344
345	She and Kei end up reacting to their celestial powers awakening, but Kei dies shortly after. Shuro stopped performing for a long time, but eventually chose to go on, while still pretending to be a guy. She reveals her actual gender to her fans during her final concert.
346	----
347	* AttemptedRape: Downplayed. She heads into a beach cave with Aya and planned... something, though it's unclear how far she was going to go, as she admits to not really wanting to go through with it and just wanting to 'be like Kei'.
348	* {{Bifauxnen}}: It's not difficult to mistake Shuro for a man.
349	* DemotedToExtra: Shuro barely appears in the anime.
350	* FaceDeathWithDignity: She knows that she's dying, but remains calm and knows that she will use the last of her strength to save Aya from the Mikages.
351	* HeroicSacrifice: She used her celestial powers and last strength to destroy the security system of the Mikage corporation and Aya's shackles, allowing her to escape them.
352	* IdolSinger: Part of the [=GeSANG=] duo. Performs as a solo artists, eventually.
353	* KissingCousins: She has a longstanding crush on Kei, her first cousin.
354	* RaisedAsTheOppositeGender: She was raised as a man because of the legend that says that a celestial maiden's female descendant will take the robe and ascend into heaven.
355	* RunningGag: Yuuhi keeps thinking of Shuro as a man, despite being told otherwise a lot. When Shuro admits to being a woman during her final concert, Yuuhi finally gets it and is utterly shocked.
356	* SweetPollyOliver: Dresses as a man, even after she chooses to be more honest about being a woman.
357	* TragicKeepsake: The ring Kei used to wear.
358
359	!!Miori Sahara
360
361	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_miori.png]]
362
363	-> Voiced by Creator/AkikoYajima
364
365	Miori is a schoolmate of Aya, Shuro and Yuuhi, when they head to the Kaisei highschool. She claims to be Touya's childhoodfriend-turned-girlfriend, who regains his memories of his life as Touya Mizuki when seeing her.
366
367	As the memories turn out to be fake, Miori admits to being a willing pawn in the Mikages' plans and that her goal was always Aya. She holds a grudge against her and wants to take revenge.
368	----
369	* DisappearedDad: She mentions that her father died some time ago.
370	* DrivenToSuicide: She kills herself, using it as her last means to drive a wedge between Aya and Touya because she refuses to let her be happy.
371	* GoryDiscretionShot: The last we see of her is her falling spread-eagled towards the ground. Only the reactions, and a tarp that has blood seeping out from underneath it, is all of the aftermath that's shown.
372	* IdenticalStranger: She looks identical to Aya, to the point that Yuuhi mistook them when he first saw Miori's face. Even schoolmates mistake them.
373	* INeverSaidItWasPoison: When she sees the necklace that Aya gave Touya, Miori mentions that she hasn't 'seen it for a year' and Touya immediately jumps, asking her how she knew of this necklace when he had only had it recently. The phone rings, distracting Touya.
374	* ItMeantSomethingToMe: When Touya confronts Miori about their 'memories' together being fake, she tries to envoke this in him. That it may have been faked, but that both of them were happy and could go on with this pretense. Touya refuses.
375	* StepfordSmiler: She smiles and is quite polite to everyone, especially Aya, at first. Underneath her smile, she is completely broken over her mother's death and filled with hatred.
376	* StrongFamilyResemblance: Her likeness to Aya comes from them being distant cousins.
377	* YouKilledMyMother: Miori hates Aya because her powers as Ceres awoke and she killed most of her relatives, which included Miori's mother.
378
379	!!Yuki Urakawa
380
381	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_urakawa.png]]
382
383	-> Voiced by Creator/AkikoKimura
384
385	Yuki is a classmate of Aya and Yuuhi. She's physically weak and very quiet, often also bullied by classmates. She has an affair with her physics teacher, Hayakawa, and is terrified when Aya figures it out. When Yuki believes that Aya betrayed her, her powers as a celestial maiden awaken and she runs rampant in school, searching for Aya.
386	----
387	* FriendlessBackground: Yuki was betrayed and mocked by so-called friends so many times that she's become a loner.
388	* HoneyTrap: The trap is laid for her. Hayakawa played up his feelings for her, while using any opportunity to give her the medicine that awakens celestial powers within someone. Urakawa does not take kindly to hearing that her lover also betrayed her.
389	* HotForTeacher: She has an affair with Hayakawa, who is her physics teacher.
390	* KillItWithFire: Her powers allow her to burn people.
391	* LastNameBasis: She is always referred to as Urakawa.
392	* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Perfectly normal, beyond the fact that she is having an illicit relationship with her teacher. And awakens her powers as a celestial maiden, which involve fire.
393	* PlayingWithFire: Her celestial powers allow her to control fire. Unfortunately, her frail condition and the fact that the powers were forced to awaken, she cannot control them very well.
394	* RoaringRampageOfRevenge: Hurt over believing that Aya has outed her relationship with Hayakawa, Urakawa burns her bullies and starts a school-wide fire, screaming for Aya to take her revenge.
395	* TogetherInDeath: Pulls this off when she burns herself alongside Hayakawa.
396	* WhenSheSmiles: Aya thinks how smiling suits her.
397
398	!!Maya Urabe
399
400	[[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/anc_maya.png]]
401
402	Maya is the class representative of one of the schools Aya and Yuuhi head to. She's the descendant of a celestial maiden, who was accompanied by a white dog in this version. Maya herself owns a golden retriever dog, but her celestial powers manifest themselves in the form a giant, vicious, white dog that she unknowingly sets upon people that she dislikes.
403	----
404	* AssholeVictim: Among the people her white dog has attacked was a lecherous teacher. No complaints there.
405	* BeneathTheMask: Maya is a gentle, kind and responsible class representative. Her true face is that of a scorned girl, who takes her frustration out on her dog and, unknowingly, attacks people that she hates with her celestial powers.
406	* KickTheDog: She physically abuses her dog.
407	* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Maya reacts this way, when Aya makes her realize that the attacks of the white dog were all towards people that Maya disliked. Then her dog protects her from the white dog himself, making Maya realize what her pent-up emotions have caused.
408	* WomanScorned: She became hateful when her older boyfriend, Mamoru, left for the city and their relationship sizzled. When she gets a wedding invitation, her heart breaks.
409
410	[[/folder]]
411
412	[[folder:Others]]
413
414	!!Kyuu Oda
415
416	-> Voiced by Creator/{{Kujira}}
417
418	The household retainer of the Aogiri household.\
419	She's... [[ShapedLikeItself Oda]]. Jokingly referred to as Oba-Q.
420	----
421	* BlatantLies
422	** Claims that Touya looks like her deceased husband did in his youth. When she shows a picture of him, there is... no real relation, beyond a strong chin.
423	** She's 20 years old~[[SayItWithHearts <3]]
424	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: Big time!
425	* DrivesLikeCrazy: Nobody is happy when she pops up behind the controls of any vehicle. Be it a car or a helicopter. Upside, she ''will'' get you to your location very fast... how unscathed is a different matter.
426	* TheGhost: Her profile mentions that she has kids, who are never seen.
427	* IdenticalStranger
428	** The facial recognition software of Mikage headquarters recognizes her as [[WesternAnimation/TheMuppets Kermit The Frog]]... Kagami says he'll never let [[{{Cloudcuckoolander}} Alec]] be in charge of its password-setting.
429	** During their first scene, Yuuhi calls her Oba-Q.
430	* IWasQuiteALooker: She claims to have been so, but also considers herself still to be beautiful. [[{{Gonk}} Somehow]].
431
432	!!Shouta Kuruma
433
434	-> Voiced by Creator/KaeAraki
435
436	Shouta is Chidori's younger brother and was a patient in the Tochigi prefecture hospital during the C-Project induced 'illness'. His legs have been paralyzed since the accident that killed his parents and thinks it's hopeless that he'll ever get better. He manages to strike up an odd friendship with Touya while at the hospital. Shouta eventually does choose to go through physical therapy and regain the usage of his legs.
437	----
438	* GoalInLife: He wants to become a pilot and fly all over the world. A dream that he was prepared to give up because of his handicap, but Touya and the others give him reason to work on getting his legs functioning again and fulfill his dream.
439	* ItsAllMyFault: He thinks he's to blame for his parents' deaths because they protected him when the bus swerved and crashed into them. His self-blame is one of the reasons why he is convinced his legs won't get better.
440	* MeaningfulName: Shouta means young boy.
441	* OddFriendship: He's one of the first few people to get Touya to open up, and allow him to become more human.
442	* PutDownYourGunAndStepAway: He's held hostage by the Ancestor and Touya demands him to be let go, dropping his weapon in the process. The Ancestor does let Shouta go [[HostageSituation in exchange for Touya staying]].
443	* SatelliteCharacter: Shouta himself has not much meaning to the plot, beyond the introduction of Chidori and being the means of her motivation.
444	* WhatHappenedtotheMouse: What happens to Shouta after he was rescued as Chidori died is never mentioned.
445

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