Line #112 Characters/DollsFall


1	'''''Warning!! Due to the nature of this series, there will be a lot of death tropes. Beware of unmarked spoilers and possible detailed gruesome notes found within this page. Also, the manga only exists in English as a fan translation and some names are romanized differently at times. The names picked here are the ones used most, the ones explicitly corrected (Chloe vs. Kuroe), or the ones that seem to be more likely what the author was going for (Tituba vs. Chitsuba).'''''
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4	[[foldercontrol]]
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6	[[folder: Students]]
7	!!!As a whole
8	* DarkAndTroubledPast: They're all orphans. Some of them lived on the streets for a while before coming to Jiaiin Girls Dormitory.
9	* HumanResources
10	* KarmicDeath: What the staff of Jiaiin Girls Dormitory likes to pretend is the case for them.
11	* KidHero: The leaving age of the orphanage is 16, but the cast is 14 or younger.
12	* PowerTrio: Students are usually assigned rooms in units of three and they are supposed to work together. More often, they end up two-and-one-ing.
13	* TraumaCongaLine: [[spoiler:Between fighting for own survival, watching friends and peers die, watching friends and peers kill each other, discovering the corpses or badly injured bodies of friends and peers, being raped, knowing friends and peers are raped, playing along in a farce of an idyllic life at the orphanage, and knowing the contract signed with blood keeps you trapped for three years is something that's going to leave scars.]]
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15	!!!Meiri Chibana
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17	At 13 years of age, Meiri lives in Room 207 and after its window's destruction in 206. Her family died in a fire, making it very ironic her Possessed is generating and controlling fire. She is introduced in Chapter 1.
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19	* CoolBigSis: To her little brother. After his death, she became this to Mana Makino.
20	* TheHero
21	* IncorruptiblePurePureness: This makes her a person of interest to Headmistress Chloe.
22	* TraumaticSuperpowerAwakening: Seeing Mana in danger after just having to go through another trauma round of remembering her little brother and how he died among flames. [[{{Irony}} Her superpower turns out to be fire]].
23
24	!!!Louise Warifu
25
26	Louise lives in Room 207 and after its window's destruction in 206. She likes to pretend to be a magical girl and carry a cat plushie with her, but her Possessed has yet to reveal itself (it is implied to be the ability to read messages in cracks and other forms of damage). She is introduced in Chapter 1.
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28	%%* GenkiGirl
29	* MagicalGirl: Louise considers herself one and acts and dresses the part.
30	* SecurityBlanket: Julianus the 12th, Guardian of Moon Slavery. He's Louise's cat plushie.
31	%%* ThirdPersonPerson
32	* VerbalTic: Louise ends all her sentences with "kyuru".
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34	!!!Mimi Hinawa
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36	Mimi lives in Room 207. She's from an abusive home and spent a long time on the streets before coming to Jiaiin Girls Dormitory. She is introduced in Chapter 1.
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38	* BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler:Part of a major case of BloodyHorror. After her EyeScream and TheToothHurts mutilation followed by being flung out of the window in Chapter 1, you'd think that's the last to be seen of Mimi. Then Meiri investigates Headmistress Chloe's office in Chapter 5 and through a hole in the floor sees Mimi's body dangling upside down above a tub in the basement. There's a piece of cloth in her disfigured mouth and as Headmistress Chloe herself cuts the girl open, a muffled scream escapes Mimi, indicating that ''she'd been alive all this time.'']]
39	* FieryRedhead: According to the colored version of Volume 4's second cover.
40	* RejectedApology: [[spoiler:She was about to apologize for her outburst to Headmistress Chloe when the staff mutilated her to be killed.]]
41	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Guess who's the very first character to die?]]
42
43	!!!Maaya Miyano
44
45	Maaya lives in Room 207 and after its window's destruction in 206. She's a quiet girl who carries around a large suitcase filled with drawing materials and her art. Her Possessed is the ability to read memories and thoughts from others by tasting their bodily fluids. She is introduced in Chapter 1.
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47	* DefrostingIceQueen: Thanks to Louise's and Meiri's efforts.
48	* DiseaseBleach: It could be her natural hair color, but it plays into her overall vibe of a weakened girl.
49	* DismissingACompliment: Maaya mostly doesn't believe that she's a good artist, no matter what she's told by whom.
50	* FriendlessBackground: Maaya avoids making friends, setting up very clear interaction borders. This doesn't mean she doesn't want any, but she's cynical about making meaningful connections. Being a target for bullying because of her loner status doesn't help. [[spoiler:Neither does being Chloe's daughter.]]
51	* TheStoic: Until Meiri and Louise draw out her emotional side.
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53	!!!Tomiko Matsushima
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55	At 13 years of age, Tomiko lives in Room 205. Like her roommates, she's a bully. She only has feelings of loyalty to Komori, with whom she was alone before Makoto and Miiko arrived at the orphanage. She is introduced in Chapter 2.
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57	* AssholeVictim
58	* FreakOut: [[spoiler:After thinking they killed Makoto after promising they'd kill her while they only meant to torture and scare her a bit.]]
59	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Her friendship with Komori, who's as bad as she is, is the ''only'' redeeming trait she seems to have.
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61	!!!Komori Orito
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63	At 13 years of age, Komori lives in Room 205. Like her roommates, she's a bully. She only has feelings of loyalty to Tomiko, with whom she was alone before Makoto and Miiko arrived at the orphanage. She is introduced in Chapter 2.
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65	* AssholeVictim
66	* FreakOut: [[spoiler:After thinking they killed Makoto after promising they'd kill her while they only meant to torture and scare her a bit.]]
67	* BigEater: It gets her and Tomiko in very deep trouble.
68	* JerkWithAHeartOfJerk: Her friendship with Tomiko, who's as bad as she is, is the ''only'' redeeming trait she seems to have.
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70	!!!Makoto Kaiya
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72	At 13 years of age, Makoto lives in Room 205. Like her roommates, she's a bully. She's close with Miiko, with whom she lived on the streets for a while after her mother's death. She is introduced in Chapter 2.
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74	* BerserkButton: "Piss Girl".
75	* BoundAndGagged: [[spoiler:When Tomiko and Komori capture her. Redone by Rina.]]
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77	!!!Miiko Kayano
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79	Miiko lives in Makina's old room, but whether that is 206 or another is unclear. She's close with Makoto, with whom she lived on the streets for a while. She is introduced in Chapter 3.
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81	* BitchInSheepsClothing: To Maaya.
82	* InSeriesNickname: Miiko calls herself Mii. Everyone else follows suit.
83	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: To Makoto, whom [[spoiler:she saved from child prostitution when they still lived on the streets.]]
84	* ThirdPersonPerson
85
86	!!!Rina Makino
87
88	At 14 years of age, Rina lives in Room 301. She has a younger sister named Mana and will do ''anything'' to protect her. Her Possessed is generating and controlling plant matter, which is given the name Blind Woods. She is introduced in Chapter 4.
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90	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She looks like such a protective older sister, doesn't she? Well, she is. There's nothing she won't do to save Mana from harm, [[spoiler:including prematurely mercy-killing her herself.]]
91	* CoolBigSis: To Mana. [[spoiler:Rina hid the organ stone for a while and may have even been the one to have stolen it in the first place, ensuring a delay in Headmistress Chloe's plans. She also tried to kill Mana solely to protect her from rape and a more painful death. Upon seeing that Mana could have another protector in Meiri, she accepted her own death by the rules of Dolls Fall.]]
92	* CoordinatedClothes: Well, hair decs. Rina and Mana have the same two ribbons in their hair.
93	* KillTheOnesYouLove: [[spoiler:Tried this with Mana to protect her from rape and a more painful death.]]
94	* LastWords: [[spoiler:ImDyingPleaseTakeMyMacGuffin combo'ed with TakeCareOfTheKids.]]
95	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:Her influence on the story notwithstanding, very little is said about her before her demise.]]
96	* WellIntentionedExtremist: In trying to keep Mana from being harmed.
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98	!!!Mana Makino
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100	At 10 years of age, Mana lived in Room 301 before transferring to Room 207 after [[spoiler:the death of her older sister Rina]]. Her Possessed is the ability to summon a large humanoid wolf to aid her. She is introduced in Chapter 4.
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102	* ChildProdigy: The reason Mana was allowed into Jiaiin Girls Dormitory at only age 10.
103	* CoordinatedClothes: Well, hair decs. Mana and Rina have the same two ribbons in their hair.
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105	!!!Makina Kandori
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107	Makina lived in Room 206 (whether this is her original room or not is unclear) before transferring to Room 301. She's trying to protect as many of the other students as is practical, for which she makes liberally use of her Possessed: heightened combat skills that make weapons, like her katana, feel like extensions of her own body. She is introduced in Chapter 7.
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109	* ActionGirl
110	* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler:For most of her presence, Makina acts in control and forceful in her belief that cooperating with the system will make the least amount of victims. Then she is confronted with the sexual abuse she's undergone by cooperating with the system and slowly she starts breaking down...]]
111	* [[spoiler:WhateverHappenedToTheMouse]]: [[spoiler: She's last seen when Takeshige appears to try to save her from being raped, only for the crazed townspeople to show up with meat cleavers. Takeshige managed to escape for a short period, but the readers never see what happened to Makina. Persummably, since she was bound to a pillory, she most likely was offed by them while stuck.]]
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113	!!!Aika Kadowaki
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115	Aika lives in Room 302 and is close friends with her neighbor Rina. She carries around a rope with a dreamcatcher on the end that seems to be related to her Possessed. She is introduced in Chapter 11.
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117	* WeHardlyKnewYe: She's a friend of Rina and leads the hunt on Komori. The story pays zero attention to her as a character.
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119	!!! Imawa
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121	Imawa lives in Room 204 and is in a relationship with Chikako. Her Possessed is the ability to summon a gun as she pleases. She is introduced in Chapter 4.
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124	!!! Chikako
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126	Chikako lives in Room 204 and is in a relationship with Imawa and later Louise. She is introduced in Chapter 4.
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128	[[/folder]]
129
130	[[folder: Staff]]
131	!!!As a whole
132	* MaidCorps: Not remarkable in numbers, but other then usual maid tasks, they also provide classes, act as nurses, tend the garden, hold armed patrols, torture intruders, murder naughty students, clean up the evidence, etc.
133	* MeaningfulName: Only five of the nine maids are named, but all who are are (possibly) named after women involved in the Salem Witch Trials.
134	* WouldHurtAChild: They've got shotguns. Taking a bullet might be preferable to what else they have access to and are willing to use.
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136	!!! Chloe Zola
137
138	The headmistress of Jiaiin Girls Dormitory; an all-around amazing and kind woman until the charade is dropped and the child-murdering witch inspired by Lizzie Borden underneath reveals herself. She is introduced in Chapter 1.
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140	* BigBad: It is Chloe who uses her orphanage in a bid to resurrect [[GreaterScopeVillain the witch]] she worships and leads her followers to sacrifice the innocent girls to do so.
141	* BitchInSheepsClothing: Chapter 4 reveals she isn't nearly as nice as she seemed.
142	* BloodBath: Takes these to stay young.
143	* ChildEater: As an extra to the bathing thing.
144	* DirtyCoward: [[spoiler:Having ''children'' suffer and die in unimaginably cruel ways, actively participating in their torture and demise, getting off on the carnage and bathing in their remains - Chloe does it all. But when faced with the chance she'll be killed, regardless even of how, she panics.]]
145	* EvilMatriarch: Refers to the other teachers and herself as the students' "mothers". [[spoiler: She is actually Maaya's biological mother.]]
146	* NightmareFetishist: Her decoration preferences include occult paraphernalia, corpses, and parts of corpses.
147	* OlderThanTheyLook: Chloe was a child in 1912, making her more than 100 in 2013. Her appearance is that of a woman in her 30s.
148	* UnlimitedWardrobe: Everyone else wears uniforms, but Headmistress Chloe never once shows up in the same outfit twice. Give or take her birthday suit. That one she wears several times.
149	%%* WickedStepmother
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151	!!!Tituba
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153	Headmistress Chloe's right-hand woman. Arguably more dangerous because she doesn't make room for exceptions. She is introduced in Chapter 1.
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155	* EyesAlwaysShut: They open only twice, and only 1/3th or so. Once when she's annoyed and once when she's in pain.
156	* GirlishPigtails
157	* MeaningfulName: Tituba is named after the first person accused of witchcraft during the Salem Witch Trials. Tituba also was the first to confess, but among all the others somehow avoided being executed.
158	* RedHerring: The first three chapters try to make her look like the BigBad at Jiaiin Girls Dormitory.
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160	!!!Mercy
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162	One of the maids, somewhere second to Tituba in creep factor. She is introduced in Chapter 5.
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164	* MeaningfulName: If the other maids are any indication, Mercy is named after a woman involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Likely candidates would be accused Mercy Wardwell or Mercy Good, but there's Mercys aplenty in other roles too.
165	* YouthfulFreckles: She's the only character with freckles.
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167	!!!Mary Walcott
168
169	One of the maids. She appears to have some connection to the priest. She is introduced in Chapter 9.
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171	* MeaningfulName: Mary Walcott is named after one of the "afflicted" girls that acted as witnesses during the Salem Witch Trials.
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173	!!!Elizabeth Parris
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175	One of the maids. She's new and doesn't seem to know of or approve of the murdering of the students. She is introduced in Chapter 1.
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177	* MeaningfulName: Elizabeth Parris is named after one of the "afflicted" girls that acted as witnesses during the Salem Witch Trials.
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179	!!!Betty
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181	One of the maids. She is introduced in Chapter 1.
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183	* MeaningfulName: If the other maids are any indication, Betty is named after a woman involved in the Salem Witch Trials. Likely candidates would be accused Elizabeth Proctor or Elizabeth Howe, but there's Elizabeths aplenty in other roles too.
184	[[/folder]]
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186	[[folder: Other]]
187	!!!Lizzie Borden
188
189	Following her trial in 1893 for killing her parents with an axe, Lizzie took up the name Paula and became the founder of the Mother of Garden orphanage in 1912.
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191	* AxCrazy: Axes are her favorite murder tool.
192	* ChildhoodFriends: With Carrie.
193	* WouldHurtAChild: And brutally at that.
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195	!!!Carrie
196
197	Carrie is a childhood friend of Lizzie and the co-founder of the Mother of Garden orphanage.
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199	* ChildhoodFriends: With Lizzie Borden.
200	* WeHardlyKnewYe: [[spoiler:She exists, disagrees with Lizzie killing a child, unmasks the mystery man, then is killed by Lizzie.]]
201
202	!!!Nahato
203
204	Father Nahato, more often called "the priest", is the only one in Kanekubi Town who is not in league with Jiaiin Girls Dormitory, although he presents himself differently. Possibly, he's okay sacrificing a few of the girls if it means holding the element of surprise in stopping Headmistress Chloe's plans. He is introduced in Chapter 2.
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206	* PrettyBoy: As commented on by Louise.
207	* TurbulentPriest
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209	!!!Takeshige
210
211	A journalist who, along with Yamamoto, comes to investigate Jiaiin Girls Dormitory and Kanekubi Town.
212
213	* AntiHero: There's always an undercurrent that he does what he does because it's the right thing, but the reasons he voices are solely about benefitting himself or getting to people that annoy him.
214	* BigDamnHeroes: [[spoiler:Takeshige tries to save Makina from rape by putting her behemoth of an assailant on fire and chasing the other two (admittedly elderly) away. He's subsequently attacked by a mob of deformed creeps with meat cleavers and the like in a very small room... and he actually manages to escape and lose them long enough to warn and instruct Yamamoto.]]
215	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Takeshige and Yamamoto give their lives to report on the treatment of the girls at the hands of Jiaiin Girls Dormitory and Kanekubi Town and thereby save them. All it does is provoke Headmistress Chloe in ordering a massacre to erase the evidence.]]
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217	!!!Yamamoto
218
219	A journalist who, along with Takeshige, comes to investigate Jiaiin Girls Dormitory and Kanekubi Town.
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221	* DefiantToTheEnd: "Serves you right."
222	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: [[spoiler:Yamamoto and Takeshige give their lives to report on the treatment of the girls at the hands of Jiaiin Girls Dormitory and Kanekubi Town and thereby save them. All it does is provoke Headmistress Chloe in ordering a massacre to erase the evidence.]]
223	[[/folder]]

Context Characters / DollsFall