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3	The characters of ''Manga/DescendantsOfDarkness'':
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7	[[folder: Main Characters]]
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9	!'''Asato Tsuzuki'''
10	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/b34baaa63b688546c2f546f6fac03ac1.jpg]]
11	The {{Moe}}, NiceGuy with a massive SweetTooth [[TheProtagonist Protagonist]] of the series. He's worked in the Enmacho CelestialBureaucracy for 70 years since his death when he was 26.
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13	->Voiced by: Creator/ShinichiroMiki (Japanese), Creator/DanGreen (English)
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15	%%* ActualPacifist
16	%%* AlmightyJanitor
17	* AmbiguouslyBi: Is very frequently attracted to women, but also enjoys flirting with and teasing Hisoka on occasion.
18	* AttractiveBentGender: In the storybook arc. Even ''Tsuzuki'' thinks that fem!Tsuzuki looks good.
19	%%* BadassLongcoat
20	%%* TheBeastmaster: Of his 12 shikigami.
21	%%* BreakTheCutie: His entire life and afterlife.
22	%%* BrokenBird
23	%%* BunnyEarsLawyer
24	%%* ButtMonkey: In his division.
25	%%* ChasteHero
26	* ChronicHeroSyndrome: Tsuzuki has the unfortunate tendency to try to help every suffering person he meets, usually at the cost of personal well-being.
27	%%* CooldownHug: Gives one to Hisoka at the end of the King of Swords arc.
28	%%* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass
29	%%* DarkAndTroubledPast
30	* DespairEventHorizon: [[spoiler:When he (unwittingly) killed people back when he was alive]].
31	%%* DrivenToSuicide: Twice.
32	%%* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: After his HeroicBSOD.
33	* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Tatsumi and Watari get accidentally turned on by him when he strips out of his yukata for a bath, The Count has been dogging him for years, Muraki has an unsettling fixation on him, and Hisoka turns {{Tsundere}} at the drop of a hat around him.
34	%%* TheFettered
35	%%* FriendToAllLivingThings
36	%%* GreenThumb
37	%%* HealingFactor
38	%%* TheHeart
39	%%* HeroicBSOD: Every time he realizes that he's killed people.
40	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Hisoka, although the heterosexual part [[HoYay is]] [[AmbiguouslyBi arguable]].
41	%%* IncorruptiblePurePureness
42	* InterruptedSuicide: The second time he tries to kill himself, Hisoka snaps him out of it.
43	%%* ItNeverGetsAnyEasier
44	%%* {{Keet}}
45	%%* LethalChef
46	* LovedByAll: Even the ''villain'' loves this guy!
47	* MirrorCharacter: With Hisoka. [[spoiler: They were both ostracised, abandoned, and called monsters as children.]]
48	%%* NiceGuy: To the point where this is his ''fatal flaw''.
49	%%* NighInvulnerability
50	%%* ObfuscatingStupidity
51	%%* PerpetualPoverty: Maybe if he stopped eating so many sweets...
52	* PuppyDogEyes: Even Tatsumi can't resist.
53	* PurpleIsPowerful: He controls 12 shikigami, where the average shinigami is only able to control 1-3. On top of that, he's proficient at using ofuda, along with physical combat - if [[spoiler: slicing out Muraki's eye]] is any indication. Physically, he's able to crack ''bulletproof glass'' by punching it ''with his bare fist''. It's heavily implied all of these abilities have a connection with his purple eyes.
54	* ReallySevenHundredYearsOld: Tsuzuki physically stopped aging at 18, lived on until his death at 26, and then worked the last 70 years in the Shokan division.
55	* SexyPriest: When undercover at a catholic school.
56	%%* ShipTease: With Hisoka, mainly.
57	%%* StepfordSmiler
58	%%* StupidSexyFlanders
59	%%* SummonMagic
60	%%* SweetTooth
61	* TakingTheBullet: For Hisoka, more than once.
62	%%* TooGoodForThisSinfulEarth
63	* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Apple pie.
64	%%* TraumaCongaLine
65	* WhatBeautifulEyes: His bright purple eyes are noticed in-story as strange, especially by Muraki.
66	%%* WideEyedIdealist
67	* YouAreNotAlone: Has to be reminded of this whenever he falls into depression, usually by Tatsumi or Hisoka.
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69
70	!'''Hisoka Kurosaki'''
71	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/59fcf3085316b86e1d95decb829556cd.jpg]]
72	Tsuzuki's younger, more serious partner.
73
74	->Voiced by: Creator/MayumiAsano (Japanese), Creator/LiamOBrien (English)
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76	* AbusiveParents: His mother and father [[spoiler: locked him in the cellar ever since they found out about his powers. Physical abuse is not touched on, but his mother fervently believed he was a demon. He was disclaimed as her child.]]
77	** Actually, one of Hisoka's flashbacks-presented-as-nightmares features other village children asking him "Did your mother hurt you again?" This implies there was physical abuse, and that it was common knowledge to at least the other children.
78	* AmbiguouslyBi: Develops feelings for Tsubaki, but also reacts [[LuminescentBlush tellingly]] whenever Tsuzuki teases him.
79	* BlessedWithSuck: His empathy powers are useful, but can just as easily make him disoriented or even cause him to pass out.
80	* TheCutie: Even (or especially) when he's being {{tsundere}}.
81	%%** BreakTheCutie
82	** KillTheCutie: He ''is'' a Shinigami. The cruelty of his death and his suffering before and afterward make it no better.
83	%%* CantHoldHisLiquor
84	%%* TheComicallySerious
85	* CooldownHug: Gives a couple of these to Tsuzuki throughout the Kyoto arc.
86	* [[CoveredWithScars Covered in Curse Marks]]: His death-curse is etched all over his body, though it comes and goes at times. [[spoiler: It's implied that even ''thinking'' about Muraki will cause the marks to appear on Hisoka's body.]]
87	* CrazyJealousGuy: Comes across as this in the drama CD when he walks in on Muraki molesting Tsuzuki.
88	* CruelAndUnusualDeath: [[spoiler: Muraki raped him when he was ''thirteen'' and then cursed him to die slowly and painfully over the course of three years. Ouch.]]
89	* DarkAndTroubledPast: Ever since his parents caught wind of his emphatic abilities, [[spoiler: Hisoka had been forced to spend an enormous amount of time [[CreepyBasement locked in the cellar of his home]] for using them.]] Moreover, it is his empathy that forces him to feel the emotions of others whether he likes it or not. Even after Hisoka becomes a Shinigami, the thoughts and emotions of others--or particularly gruesome visions--could overwhelm him and send [[MindRape his brain into overdrive]].
90	** Muraki [[spoiler: raped him at the age of thirteen and then cursed him to die slowly and painfully over the next three years after Hisoka manages to get outside for the night and witness him murder a woman. Hisoka could have died quickly enough, but Muraki wanted to draw things out. His reason? Because Hisoka was so beautiful, his death had to be 'special'.]]
91	* DeclarationOfProtection: Has a variation of this toward Tsuzuki. He swears that even should everyone else disappear from Tsuzuki's life, he'll stay by his side.
92	* DistressedDude: Falls into this occasionally.
93	%%* DudeLooksLikeALady
94	%%* TheEmpath
95	%%* EmpathicHealer
96	%%* EvenTheGuysWantHim
97	* FamilyThemeNaming: All the members of his family have an aquatic name. Aside from "secret," the character for his first name (密) is more commonly read as "dense."
98	%%* FreudianExcuse
99	%%* HairTriggerTemper
100	%%* HatesBeingTouched
101	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Tsuzuki, although the heterosexual part is [[HoYay up for]] [[AmbiguouslyBi debate]].
102	* HonorRelatedAbuse: Locked in a cell after being declared a monster for his empathy, something the family found shameful.
103	%%* IneffectualLoner
104	* ItIsDehumanizing: On top of being labeled a monster, he's literally referred to with "it."
105	* LuminescentBlush: Several times, and usually in response to something Tsuzuki says/does.
106	* MeaningfulName: The characters in Hisoka's full name (黒崎密) translate to "Kurosaki secret" when put together. Considering he spent the majority of his life hidden away in a cellar, that's rather apt.
107	** It gets more depressing when you consider [[spoiler: it was originally his older sister's name, and all first born girls are killed, implying Nagare would have kept her alive as his "secret" if he could have.]]
108	** Another way the kanji of his given name could be read could be "dense," or "density." Considering the Kurosaki clan's FamilyThemeNaming regarding liquid in some manner, it could be very loosely related to that.
109	* MirrorCharacter: With Tsuzuki. [[spoiler: They were both ostracised, abandoned, and called monsters as children.]]
110	* MrFanservice: All the girls go wild when he enters the scene.
111	%%* TheNotLoveInterest: To Tsuzuki.
112	%%* PerpetualFrowner
113	* PleaseDontLeaveMe: Begs Tsuzuki [[spoiler: not to leave him all alone again when Tsuzuki tries to kill himself. It works.]]
114	* PowerIncontinence: Sometimes Hisoka can't control his power to absorb emotions and he passes out.
115	%%* RapeAsBackstory
116	%%* RapeAsDrama
117	%%* ShipTease: With Tsuzuki.
118	%%* {{Sidekick}}: To Tsuzuki.
119	%%* StraightMan
120	%%* SugarAndIcePersonality: For Tsuzuki.
121	* TogetherInDeath: [[spoiler:Tries to invoke this with Tsuzuki at the end of the Kyoto arc, at least in the manga, since he can't bear the thought of being alone again. Tatsumi saves them both.]]
122	%%* TraumaCongaLine
123	%%* TroubledButCute
124	%%* {{Tsundere}}
125	* UndyingLoyalty: To Tsuzuki.
126	-->'''Hisoka:''' Even if everyone else in your life disappears, I’ll always be here by your side.
127	%%* TheUnfavorite
128	* YouAreNotAlone: Constantly has to remind Tsuzuki that he's there for him, even if Tsuzuki isn't receptive to the comfort. Tatsumi actually ''implores'' him to stay with Tsuzuki, and Hisoka decides that even should everyone else turn their back on Tsuzuki, he'll always remain by his side.
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130
131	!'''Chief Konoe'''
132	Tsuzuki and the others' boss, the Father To His Men Chief of the Shokan Division.
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134	->Voiced by: Creator/TomomichiNishimura
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136	%%* AFatherToHisMen
137	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure: The leader of the Shokan Division and the most down to earth member of the cast.
138	%%* SweetTooth
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141	!'''Seiichiro Tatsumi'''
142	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/Descendants_of_Darkness-Seiichiro_Tatsumi.jpg]]
143	Chief Konoe's SexySecretary at Enmacho who terrorizes the division about expenses and work. He used to be Tsuzuki's partner.
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145	->Voiced by: Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa
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147	%%* BadassInANiceSuit
148	* BerserkButton: Hurt Tsuzuki and you will pay.
149	** He gets a pretty crazed expression when he promises Tsuzuki he won't let anybody harm Hisoka, too.
150	* CallingTheOldManOut: He does this to Nagare in Hisoka's stead.
151	-->"Does your house... your land... your tradition mean so much to you? So much that you'd let your own son die without seeking treatment?!"
152	%%* DefrostingIceKing
153	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Toward Tsuzuki. He implores Hisoka to take care of him [[spoiler: after he failed to do so]], and during the storybook arc his counterpart character outright states this toward Tsuzuki's counterpart. Keep in mind that the characters in the book share the thoughts and feelings as their real counterparts.
154	* MyGreatestFailure: Letting Tsuzuki go.
155	%%* RightHandHottie
156	%%* SexySecretary
157	%%* ScaryShinyGlasses
158	%%* TookALevelInKindness: After the storybook arc.
159	%%* {{Tsundere}}: [[HoYay For Tsuzuki]].
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161
162	!'''Yutaka Watari'''
163	The division's resident quirky MadScientist.
164
165	->Voiced by: Creator/ToshihikoSeki (Japanese), Creator/EricStuart (English)
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167	* BunnyEarsLawyer: He may be weird, but he's still the brains of the division and has proven to have excellent deduction skills.
168	%%* ExplosiveInstrumentation
169	* GadgeteerGenius: Though sometimes his inventions just blow things up.
170	%%* {{Keet}}
171	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: Has probably the longest hairstyle of any guy in the division and this only adds to his appeal.
172	%%* MadScientist
173	* NightmareFetishist: In the dub, at least, he sounds WAY too enthusiastic about murder victims and demons.
174	%%* TheSparkOfGenius
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176
177	!'''Kazutaka Muraki'''
178	Everyone's favorite CreepyAwesome StalkerWithACrush DeadlyDoctor. The main antagonist of the series.
179
180	->Voiced by: Creator/ShowHayami
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182	%%* AbusiveParents: His mother treated him like a doll, likely sparking his obsession with them. It's also implied his mother sexually abused him.
183	%%* ArchEnemy: To Tsuzuki.
184	* AxCrazy: Despite his calm and friendly demeanor, it's quite obvious that he revels in death and violence.
185	%%* BadassLongcoat
186	* BadassNormal: Muraki doesn't actually have powers the way the shinigami do, so it's astonishing that he's been able to give them so much trouble.
187	* {{Badass in a Nice Suit}}: A light grey, almost white suit which only serves to make him creepier
188	* BeautyIsBad: How many characters who've said that Muraki looks like a white angel have died horribly?
189	* BigBad: Especially in the anime, where there's only one arc where he ''isn't'' directly responsible for the horrible things everyone goes through.
190	* BitchInSheepsClothing: His public persona is that of a benevolent doctor. In reality, he's anything but benevolent.
191	* ButForMeItWasTuesday: Hisoka remembers vividly the horrible things he did to him but it's just another day in the life for Muraki.
192	* TheChessmaster: Muraki is manipulating everyone around him for his own ends.
193	%%* CombatSadomasochist
194	* TheCorrupter: Let's see, how many lives has he ruined now?
195	%%* DeadlyDoctor
196	* DepravedBisexual: Though he denies that he's gay, Muraki acts pretty disturbing whenever he's with Tsuzuki...
197	* DevilInPlainSight: Please. He totally does not look like an angel.
198	* FauxAffablyEvil: He never drops his pleasant demeanor, even as he's murdering and torturing innocents.
199	* FourEyesZeroSoul: He's got glasses and is a twisted sociopath.
200	%%* FreudianExcuse
201	%%* HellishPupils: At times.
202	* HeroKiller: In a sense. He killed Hisoka but hasn't "killed" any of the shinigami, who are already dead.
203	%%* InLoveWithYourCarnage
204	%%* InterplayOfSexAndViolence
205	* KarmaHoudini: He really doesn't get justice for all of the horrible crimes he's committed.
206	%%* MadDoctor
207	%%* ManipulativeBastard
208	%%* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate
209	* NoSenseOfPersonalSpace: Especially toward Tsuzuki and Hisoka.
210	* PostRapeTaunt: Does this to both Tsuzuki regarding Hisoka, and Hisoka himself.
211	* {{Slimeball}}: A handsome one, but a slimeball nonetheless.
212	* SmugSnake: Driven home by the dub, where his voice has a smugly superior sounding tone to it.
213	%%* StalkerWithACrush
214	%%* {{The Unfettered}}
215	%%* VillainWithGoodPublicity
216	%%* WhiteHairBlackHeart
217	* WouldHurtAChild: Hisoka was ''thirteen'' when Muraki raped, tortured, and murdered him. Muraki also kidnapped a flower girl to traffic her organs, and stole energy from a little girl to get Tsuzuki's attention.
218	* WouldYouLikeToHearHowTheyDied: Asks this to Tsuzuki regarding how he murdered Hisoka.
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220	[[/folder]]
221
222	[[folder: Supporting characters]]
223
224	!!'''Saya Torii and Yuma Fukiya'''
225	%%* ThoseTwoGirls
226
227	!!'''Hajime Terazuma'''
228	* TheRival: To Tsuzuki.
229	* ShipTease: Implied to have a crush on Wakaba.
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231	!!'''Wakaba Kannuki'''
232	%%* NiceGirl
233	* ShipTease: With Terazuma.
234	* TheSmurfettePrinciple: The only named female who besides Saya, Yuma and Suzaku who appears multiple times and ''doesn't'' suffer a gruesome death.
235
236	!!'''Goshoshin''''
237	* {{Ridiculously Cute Critter}}s: A plucky duo of tiny birdlike creatures.
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239	!!'''Hakushaku'''
240	* ChivalrousPervert: Toward Tsuzuki.
241	%%* CoolMask
242	* SingleTargetSexuality: Toward Tsuzuki.
243	[[/folder]]
244
245	[[folder: Supporting human characters]]
246
247	!!'''Maria Wong'''
248	%%* BrokenBird
249	* DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:Committed suicide because of how much her mother used her. Her mother made a deal with Muraki to bring her back]].
250	* EvilDiva: Appears to be one, [[spoiler:though it turns out that she's not exactly "evil"]].
251	%%* OurVampiresAreDifferent
252	%%* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds
253
254	!!'''Maria's stepmother'''
255	* AbusiveParents: Manipulated and controlled Maria to exploit her wealth and fame. After [[spoiler:the stress drove Maria to suicide, her stepmother [[KickTheDog asked Muraki to bring her back so that she can exploit her more]]]].
256	* AllTakeAndNoGive: Her relationship with Maria.
257	%%* EvilMatriarch
258	* ItsAllAboutMe[=/=]SkewedPriorities: Her reaction when her stepdaughter [[spoiler:commits suicide]]? It's basically "how can I exploit my daughter if she's [[spoiler:dead]]!?
259	* KickTheDog: [[spoiler:Forcibly bringing her daughter back to life despite the fact that Maria was [[DrivenToSuicide happier being dead]]]].
260	%%* SmugSnake
261	%%* WickedStepmother
262
263	!!'''Hisae Tojyou'''
264
265	!!'''Hijiri Minase'''
266	* AffectionateNickname: Kazusa calls him "Hi-Chan".
267	%%* BigBrotherInstinct: To Kazusa.
268	* DemonicPossession: A victim of it, due to the eye that he was given.
269	* DrivenToSuicide: Sort of; he tries to kill himself after everyone around him starts seemingly developing a HatePlague and even Kazusa becomes scared of him (she actually sees the demon lurking within him), but Tsuzuki is sent to save him.
270	* ElegantClassicalMusician: He's skilled with the violin. This drives the plot of his arc.
271	* IntergenerationalFriendship: An adorable one happens between him and Kazusa.
272	%%* NiceGuy
273	* PrecociousCrush: Seems to develop one on Tsuzuki by the end of his arc.
274	* TwinSwitch: They're not twins, but Hisoka and Hijiri are identical enough to switch places so that [[spoiler:the demon possessed Tsuzuki kills [[GoodThingYouCanHeal Hisoka]] instead of Hijiri, who is placed in hiding with Kazusa]].
275	* WithGreatPowerComesGreatInsanity: His possession by the demon.
276
277	!!'''Kazusa Otonashi'''
278	* AdaptationInducedPlotHole: In the anime, she [[spoiler:dies offscreen and yet somehow comes back to watch Hijiri's performance, with no explanation. In the manga, she sort of becomes a shinigami (most likely because her TrueSight would prove useful), which is explained to Hijiri in the hospital scene (a scene the anime cut her out of)]].
279	* BackFromTheDead: Kind of. [[spoiler:She's still dead, but now she's a shinigami]]!
280	%%* ChildrenAreInnocent
281	* CompanionCube: Carries a teddy bear around. It disappears later, though.
282	* ConvenientlyAnOrphan: Turns out that her father's death was NOT a coincidence...
283	* CuteGhostGirl: Basically, after she dies.
284	%%* DeathOfAChild
285	* DroppedABridgeOnHer: More like [[spoiler:Dropped a PILLAR on Her]].
286	%%* HeartwarmingOrphan
287	* HeroicSacrifice: Pulls one to save Hijiri.
288	* MysteriousWaif: A minor example; she was suddenly orphaned, she's being pursuied by a demon, can somehow see its true form and invokes a protective impulse in the main characters.
289	%%* TokenMiniMoe
290	* TrueSight: Can see the true forms of demons.
291	* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: After [[spoiler:she dies, her soul is brought back and Hisoka promises Hijiri that they'll look after her]]. She is never seen again afterward. She does appear in a flashback in the anime, though.
292	** While she doesn't make an appearance herself, her toys are shown strewn around Tsuzuki's room later on in the manga, they actually are looking after her on a personal level.
293
294	!!'''Tsubaki Kakyouin'''
295	* ICannotSelfTerminate: So she [[spoiler:asks Hisoka to do it for her]]. He takes it [[SarcasmMode pretty]] [[MyGodWhatHaveIDone well]].
296	* InnocentFlowerGirl: Which makes [[spoiler:all the horrible things that happen to her all the more heartbreaking]].
297	* SplitPersonality: Develops this thanks to [[spoiler:Muraki's manipulations. She occasionally thinks that she's Eileen]].
298	* UnwittingPawn: For (surprise, surprise) [[spoiler:Muraki]].
299
300	!!'''Eileen'''
301	* InnocentFlowerGirl: [[spoiler: Before being murdered and having her heart ''literally'' stolen so it can be given to Tsubaki.]]
302	* OnlyFriend: [[spoiler: She once was this to Tsubaki. Poor Tsubaki did NOT take Eileen's fate well.]]
303	%%* PosthumousCharacter
304
305	!!'''Oriya Mibu'''
306	* AffablyEvil: The term "evil" only applies because he's allied with Muraki. For the most part, he's polite and amicable, and even gives Hisoka a fighting chance to save Tsuzuki.
307	* FriendToPsychos: When you're best bros with ''Muraki'', this is kind of a requirement.
308	* HeterosexualLifePartners: With Muraki. This being "Yami no Matsuei", however, the term "heterosexual" should be used [[AmbiguouslyGay very, very loosely]].
309	%%* LongHairedPrettyBoy
310	%%* MasterSwordsman
311	* RedOniBlueOni: Ironically, given their choice in clothing, he is the blue to Muraki's red.
312	* {{Samurai}}
313	* ShipTease: He ''really'' seems to like Muraki.
314
315	!!'''Saki Shudou'''
316	* AxCrazy: Murdered his parents, and attempted to murder his half brother.
317
318	!!'''Ukyou Sakuraiji'''
319
320	[[/folder]]
321
322	[[folder: Gods & Shikigami]]
323
324	!!'''Enma-Daioh'''
325	* AFormYouAreComfortableWith: Is depicted as looking more humanoid in the series than his religious depictions, and shapeshifts to look familiar to Tsuzuki when he needs to communicate with him directly.
326	* BatmanGambit: His plan to get one of his employees a position in Hell's hierarchy relied on a demon... well, acting like a demon.
327	* BigBad: Very likely this.
328	* LongHairedPrettyBoy: He's depicted chin-down, which only draws attention to how long his hair is.
329	* ManipulativeBastard: He shapeshifts into Hijiri at one point ''specifically'' to manipulate Tsuzuki with the voice of someone he cares about.
330	* MindManipulation: Whenever Enma appears in Tsuzuki's psyche, something bad is about to happen.
331	* The Chessmaster: The shinigami are his pieces.
332	* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: Gives one to Tsuzuki in Kyoto.
333	* VoluntaryShapeshifting: Shapeshifts at least twice in the series.
334
335	!!'''Suzaku'''
336	* GiantFlyer: A huge phoenix.
337	* MamaBear: To Tsuzuki, especially in the Kyoto Arc where she [[spoiler:attacks a girl-turned-monster that Muraki sent to kill Tsuzuki with]]. Unfortunately, this leads to [[spoiler:Tsuzuki losing his mind and going catatonic]]. Lampshaded by Tatsumi, who compares her protectiveness to a mother bird protecting her chicks.
338	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: See MamaBear above.
339	%%* ThePhoenix
340	* UndyingLoyalty: Taken to the extreme in the Kyoto Arc, where she remains loyal to Tsuzuki even after he loses his mind (something that would normally lead a shikigami to abandon or try to kill their master).
341
342	!!'''Yatonogami'''
343	* SmugSnake: A literal serpent example. Boasts about being strong, but was slayed by a human, who he calls a coward. Is currently trapped in the Kurosaki bloodline, and still treats Nagare with disdain, even though he currently is powerless.
344
345	[[/folder]]
346
347	[[folder: Supporting human characters - Kurosaki clan]]
348
349	!!'''The whole family'''
350	* FamilyThemeNaming: The Kurosaki clan seems to have a water-related motif, and definitely sticks to one kanji for given names. Note: Sometimes the kanji can merely be ''read'' with the verbal pronunciation of the meaning rather than the literal kanji used having it. It's common in Japanese to ask the way someone's name should be ''read,'' since the pronounced word can have a different number of kanji, and therefore a different number of meanings.
351	* HonorRelatedAbuse: A longstanding tradition, it looks like.
352	* WouldHurtAChild: They [[spoiler:drown all females born into the main line]] as a ''law''.
353
354	!!'''Kurosaki Kai'''
355	* JerkAss: Had a second son on purpose to sacrifice specifically to spare his first, with possible intentions for his sons' blood feud to cause Yato to be released, [[spoiler:the bloodline to end, and Kamakura to be destroyed.]]
356	* MeaningfulName: His name is just barely visible on the family tree scroll. It translates to "ocean," or "sea."
357
358	!!'''Kurosaki Kasane'''
359	* DrivenToSuicide: After [[spoiler: Iwao killed her baby]], she drowned herself in grief.
360	** Or, at least, that's what everyone's led to believe... [[spoiler: until Iwao starts specifically denying he killed her as well as the baby. It's key to note Nagare had not accused him of murdering her... but still feels a need to deny it.]]
361	* MeaningfulName: The kanji used in her name is "重", which translates to "weight." Phonetically, it can be ''heard'' as meaning "sink"... or "''drown''." Oh, and an alternate spelling can be read/pronounced as either "Kasane" or "''Rui''."
362	** Kasane and Rui's names themselves are taken from a famous bit of Japanese folklore that plays with the alternate spellings, known as Kasane-Ga-Fuchi. It's about - what else? - a woman named Kasane who was drowned and becomes a vengeful spirit. She is ''named'' Kasane by her parents, but she is ''called'' Rui by them. [[http://yokai.com/kasane/]]
363	* MonsterFromBeyondTheVeil: It appears she's been revived after death... but not like she once was.
364	* {{Youkai}}: It appears she is now a nure-onna.
365	* SnakePeople: A nure-onna is a woman that resides in water, who has a snake tail. She also often is depicted as sopping wet, with a baby.
366
367	!!'''Kurosaki Iwao'''
368	* JerkAssHasAPoint: While it's awful he [[spoiler:committed infanticide]], it's to uphold a "clan law" that there can't be a girl born as the head of a new line. There's probably a reason for this rule, such as [[spoiler:a female head getting pregnant with the new vessel for Yatonogami... like Rui currently is.]]
369	* MeaningfulName: Iwao's name doesn't fit in with the Kurosaki water motif. Ways that his name can be read could be "stern/strict," and "''rock''."
370	* RelativeButton: Iwao presses it by [[spoiler:murdering Nagare's daughter, ''stealing her remains,'' then admitting to killing her and calling her a "useless thing" to Nagare's face.]]
371	%%* WouldHurtAChild: [[spoiler:Kill]], actually.
372
373	!!'''Kurosaki Nagare'''
374	%%* AbusiveParent
375	* DrivenToSuicide: Attempted, at least.
376	-->Nagare, crying: "This time, I thought I could go where Kasane and the children are..."
377	* DivineDate: Sexually involved with a god, though not by choice.
378	* FateWorseThanDeath: As head of the clan, he's a living sacrifice to a god to keep it trapped. It involves being raped with tentacles, among other things. It's so bad Nagare nearly kills himself out of ''spite,'' to inflict this fate on Iwao.
379	-->Nagare, to Iwao: "It's not that you can't be head. It's that you will never be head."
380	* GratuitousRape: There's an ''entire scene'' devoted to depicting Yatonokami violating Nagare. It's speculated as one of the reasons the series went on hiatus - Matsushita was essentially drawing [[NaughtyTentacles tentacle]] {{hentai}} in a series aimed at ''teenage girls''.
381	* HonorRelatedAbuse: It's established as shameful for Iwao that Nagare inherited position of clan head as a ''younger'' brother and therefore not having a birthright to it. Out of revenge for this slight, Iwao [[spoiler:murders Nagare's baby and possibly his wife,]] and goes on to [[spoiler:desecrate her grave]].
382	** It's due to the "honor" of being Ren's descendant that he's a sacrifice to begin with.
383	* KarmicRape: Some folks might find being raped a good punishment for committing child abuse.
384	* MeaningfulName: The kanji for "Nagare" (流) can be read as "flow," "stream," and "current." [[spoiler: He has a ''water'' serpent inside of him.]]
385	** He and Rui match; together their names sound like "flowing tears."
386	* MindRape: It's speculated Yato having his way with him could be an example of this; physically, when Tatsumi barges in, Nagare's still got his kimono on (someone cannot tie their obi on their own at the back, but it's intact on him), and there's nowhere near as much blood on the floor as he was previously shown coughing up.
387	* NaughtyTentacles: He doesn't ''just'' experience rape. Oh, no... it involves ''tentacles.''
388	** Technically, they're Yatonokami's numerous tendril-like ''tongues.'' But they serve the same purpose in this context.
389	* RapeAsBackstory: For the past ''20 years.'' And ''still happening.''
390	* RapeLeadsToInsanity: It quickly becomes apparent Nagare's not exactly in his right mind.
391	* RelativeButton: His daughter was murdered and her remains were stolen [[spoiler:by Iwao]] - who goes on to gloat ''he'' was doing the ''right thing'' in the situation, referring to a baby as a "useless thing."
392	* WellDoneSonGuy: In his monologue, he outright states he put effort into becoming someone worthy of bearing the name Kurosaki. He was pleased when his father declared him heir, since he took it as a sign he was ''finally'' accepted by he predecessor.
393
394	!!'''Kurosaki Ren'''
395	* FamilyThemeNaming: It all started with him, when he founded the Kurosaki clan. To this day the family uses one kanji and water motifs as a naming convention.
396	* FolkHero: To this day he's revered for saving Kamakura by slaying the great serpent Yatonogami. [[spoiler: Most people think it's a mere legend, but it's not.]]
397	* MeaningfulName: His translates to "lotus," and he slayed a ''water'' serpent. Lotuses float ''on top of'' water. The family crest, incidentally, is a lotus.
398
399	!!'''Kurosaki Rui'''
400	%%* AbusiveParent
401	%%* AngstySurvivingTwin
402	* EvilMatriarch: The abusive "attempted OffingTheOffspring" kind.
403	* HonorRelatedAbuse: She's being held in the manor's confinement room to hide her strange pregnancy, because word getting out would taint the family honor.
404	* LaserGuidedKarma: Rui disowned Hisoka as her son because he was "a demon"... [[spoiler: and as of the current arc, she's been suffering with an ''actual'' monster in her womb, that's been incubating for ''years''.]]
405	%%* LongestPregnancyEver
406	* MeaningfulName: The kanji for her name (累) can be read as "formation." It can be ''heard'' as "''tears''"... and it can be ''read'' and ''pronounced'' as "Kasane." (And vice versa.)
407	** See Kasane for more lore about how their names are from a traditional ghost story.
408	* ReplacementGoldfish: She is a replacement for her twin sister.
409	* TwinSwitch: Sort of. Technically not quite, considering she's [[spoiler: a ''replacement'' for her ''dead'' twin.]]
410	* WouldHurtAChild: She used to beat Hisoka, in an active attempt to kill him.
411	-->Rui, with an unhinged expression: "I'll kill it [Hisoka] with my own hands."
412	[[/folder]]

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