Line #27 Characters/GetBackersShinjukuAllies


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4	[[folder:Himiko Kudo]]
5	!!! Voiced by: Creator/NatsukoKuwatani (Japanese), Deanna Shoemaker (English), Marycel González (Latin American Spanish)
6	[[quoteright:268:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/himiko.png]]
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8	A transporter by trade, often works with Akabane and kinda-sorta-maybe-not wants to kill Ban for killing her older brother. Nicknamed "Lady Poison", she fights with her "Seven Poison Perfumes", a form of witchcraft tied to scent. She used to work with her older brother Yamato - and later Ban - as thieves, until Ban killed her brother.
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10	She is a Voodoo Child, otherwise known as an aborted fetus of a witch who was brought back to life by the Shamans. Naturally, this comes with a curse: once she becomes a certain age, a mirrored clone will appear. If one dies, so does the other.
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12	* ActionGirl: Matures into a LadyOfWar as the story goes on, [[spoiler:particularly after the Kiryuudo arc.]]
13	* AmbiguouslyBrown
14	* ArcWords: "Voodoo Child".[[note]]The anime uses the {{Engrish}}-y term "Lost Children".[[/note]]
15	* TheArtifact: The anime writers appeared to have a lot of trouble with Himiko, as only two of her arcs were animated, and the manga didn't really get into her personal arc until after the anime wrapped up production. This is especially apparent in the final arc, as all the main characters obviously have to be present for the conclusion, but Himiko has absolutely no connection to any of the previously-established plot points. She basically goes on this last adventure just for the hell of it.
16	* ClothingDamage: By ''far'' the character most prone to this. You can almost make a drinking game out of how often her clothes get ripped off.
17	* EvilTwin: Her "curse" creates a sociopathic copy that kills the target of the intended curse.
18	* LivingMacguffin: She's a special Voodoo Child used to open a doorway to Babylon City.
19	* MasterPoisoner: This is her power, as well as the source of her nickname, "Lady Poison".
20	* ShowerScene: Changes to a FuroScene due to the former being a dream.
21	* TrainingFromHell: Manga-only. Overseen by Akabane, though he doesn't teach her anything.
22	* TomatoInTheMirror: [[spoiler: She is a living curse and Ban's sister.]]
23	* {{Tsundere}}: Even as she gets over the idea that Ban killed her brother, she still doesn't mind beating him up if she can. [[spoiler:In the last manga chapter, even after knowing that he's her REAL brother, she still doesn't mind the thought of having a bout with him due to their opposing professions.]]
24	[[/folder]]
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26	[[folder:Kuroudo Akabane]]
27	!!! Voiced by: Creator/NobuoTobita (Japanese), Creator/ShannonMcCormick (English), Creator/LuisCarreno (Latin American Spanish)
28	[[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jackal.png]]
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30	Another transporter who likes to kill things. [[AxCrazy Very much]]. Has a weird fascination with Ban and Ginji, which they do not appreciate, especially Ginji. Fights with various scalpels and blood-made weapons. Nicknamed "Doctor Jackal". ''Knows things'' that no one else does.
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32	A former resident of Babylon City, he actually used to ''be'' a doctor in an unspecified war. Until, of course, he failed to save the son of his friend (who later tries to get revenge), and decided he was better off killing people instead.
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34	* AffablyEvil: Oh so much.
35	* AntiHero: Type V
36	* BloodKnight: Quality of fights matter more to this doctor than money. He'll do ANYTHING to get a good fight—including smuggling plutonium to a teenager who's building nukes (and is all too willing to use them).
37	* BloodyMurder: Most of his attacks ranging from swords to clones to pretty much anything he wants.
38	** [[spoiler: CastingAShadow]]: [[spoiler: He also controls the power of shadows]]
39	* ConsummateProfessional: Depending on the situation, the client concerned, and the opponent(s) he's up against, this is either played straight or subverted.
40	* DissonantSerenity: In the manga, his MO. Not surprising, once you know how he got his powers.
41	* DittoFighter: To a limited extent. In later manga chapters, he often uses his [[YourMindMakesItReal powers]] to create his own versions of attacks that his enemies use against him. This is particularly evident in his fights with Kagami and Masaki.
42	* EvenEvilHasStandards: Has never killed women or children. When [=MakubeX=] uses MindControl on a bunch of kids against him, he merely puts them to sleep (Himiko was pleasantly surprised). He also puts himself in harm's way to protect Hevn. When you really think about it, his victims are almost exclusively those who don't know what they're getting themselves into by taking him on.
43	* GigglingVillain: Though he's not really a "villain", per se.
44	* KarmaHoudini: Manga only [[spoiler: since he's the one who sold out Himiko to Kagami]]
45	* LovableTraitor
46	* ManipulativeBastard: More prominently in the manga.
47	* MorallyAmbiguousDoctorate: [[spoiler:Though he was very dedicated to saving lives back when he was a practising surgeon, the death of his best friend Semimaru Kanade's son despite his best attempts to save him apparently lead the Doctor to decide that he'd rather take up [[PsychoForHire his current job.]]]]
48	* NewPowersAsThePlotDemands: His powers is manipulating scalpels in his body right? No, [[BloodyMurder he has the power to manipulate his blood into anything]]! Wrong, he can [[ResurrectiveImmortality raise himself from the dead because he can't imagine himself being dead]]! >Buzz< Wrong! [[spoiler: [[CastingAShadow He can manipulate shadows to do what he wants]]]] and also [[spoiler: [[NoSell he can negate anything that he doesn't believe in]]]] Wrong again!!! [[spoiler: It's YourMindMakesItReal]] Bingo congratulation, You've realized that Akabane's a VillainSue!!
49	** His powers make a bit more sense in the manga as he's one of the very few characters [[spoiler: who transcends both the real and Infinite Fortress dimensions. As such, he weaponises the knowledge that one can do anything in the Infinity Fortress dimension as long as he has enough imagination.]]
50	* NoSell: To anything that he doesn't believe is real
51	* OffscreenTeleportation: The scene plays right out of a Warner Brothers cartoon. Seriously.
52	* PetTheDog: He has his moments. Puts the "Heroic" in Heroic Sociopath.
53	* ProphetEyes: Manga only. Combined with his other traits, it's very frightening.
54	* PsychoForHire: Not as creepy as Fudou though
55	* SlasherSmile: In the anime. In the manga he tends to smile "normally"... and freak people out all the same.
56	* SociopathicHero
57	* TallDarkAndHandsome: He's this when he's not trying to kill you.
58	* TokenEvilTeammate
59	* WhatDoYouMeanItsNotSymbolic: Manga only. [[spoiler:During his rescue of Paul, him raising his "Bloody Sword" to create a path to safety out of nothing.]]
60	* YourMindMakesItReal: Manga only. [[spoiler:Part of his power is being able to negate enemy powers by simply stating that he can't imagine those powers being true. In addition, he has seemingly come back from the dead simply because he can't imagine himself being dead.]]
61	* WoobieDestroyerOfWorlds: Akabane was previously a [[spoiler:doctor who cursed God after he failed to save the life from a child which allowed him to become a trascendental being.]]
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64	[[folder:Hevn]]
65	!!! Voiced by: Creator/RioNatsuki (Japanese), Ellie [=McBride=] (English), Creator/RebecaAponte (Latin American Spanish)
66	[[quoteright:289:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/hevn.png]]
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68	{{Fanservice}} personified, but that doesn't stop her. Hevn is an intermediary who hooks freelancers like the Get Backers up with jobs. ''Incredibly dangerous jobs''. She also works behind the scenes doing research for them, and is genuinely fond of Ban and Ginji.
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70	* AffectionateNickname: Constantly refers to the GB duo as 'Ban-kun' and 'Gin-chan'.
71	* CoolBigSis: She can be very cool
72	* CatFight: Only verbally, with Himiko
73	* TheLoad: Not her fault, and she ''does'' try to help if she can. But being a non-combatant ''still'' means that people in her group had to look after her whenever there are fights.
74	* MsFanservice: What she wears in the manga could be described more as 'covering' rather than 'clothing'.
75	* MissionControl
76	* NoNameGiven: "Hevn" is probably a code name of some kind, but who knows?
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79	[[folder:Paul Wang]]
80	!!! Voiced by: Creator/YasunoriMatsumoto (Japanese), Corey Gagne (English), Creator/LuisMiguelPerez (Latin American Spanish)
81	[[quoteright:320:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/paul_920.jpg]]
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83	Owner of the Honky Tonk where Ban and Ginji are running up the tab of a lifetime. After them, he suffers the most when they can't pay their bills. Another one of those characters who ''knows things''.
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85	He was a member of the first generation of Get Backers; Ban's father was his partner. His special skill is super speed. Has the stigma in his left eye, and wears his literally OpaqueLenses to hide it.
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87	He unintentionally gave Ban's father the name for his child—as a baby Ban punched Paul in the face, who called him a barbarian (''yaban'' in Japanese). For some reason, his father thought this would make a good name.
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89	* BlindWithoutEm: Inverted. Paul's sunglasses actually cut off his sight entirely, enabling him to focus on honing his "sixth sense," as a way to compensate for his old age.
90	* BlowYouAway: His nickname before he retired was the ''Gale Emperor''. In fact, he's so badass that he can create a vacuum that slices people to pieces just by walking past them at an insanely high speed.
91	* FragileSpeedster: In comparison to the OTHER monstrously powerful characters. Paul is lightning fast, but he can't fight for long due to decreased stamina as well as not being able to take a hit from someone on his level.
92	* LetsGetDangerous: And HOW; for the most of the series the reader is fooled into thinking he's just a bystander and independent investigator with a knowledge of the underworld. NO ONE expected him to not only be a First Generation Get Backer, but also one of the biggest badasses in the series.
93	* LightningBruiser: In comparison to most other fighters in the series. By just walking past them, he's able to rip enemies to shreds.
94	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Gale Emperor"
95	* OpaqueLenses: Wears a spiffy pair of circular sunglasses that completely blind him. And he doesn't NEED to see either.
96	* RazorWind: He can control air currents with ease and his signature move is just to walk past people, slicing them to bits with the back draft.
97	* RetiredBadass: Was a terror in his youth, but nowadays he's content to run his cafe. It wasn't until the final arc that he decided to step into the ring.
98	* StoryBreakerPower: Let's face it, Paul could have wiped the floor with any threat prior to the final arc if he felt like it.
99	* TeamDad: He's even Ban's godfather.
100	* WeakButSkilled: Due to his age he's not as durable as he used to be and his stamina has taken a dive. However, he makes up for it in his vast experience and a finely honed sixth sense.
101	* WeUsedToBeFriends: With Ban's father, Der Kaiser. [[spoiler:They eventually reconcile in the final arc after having a massive punch up.]]
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104	[[folder:Natsumi Mizuki]]
105	!!! Voiced by: Otoha (Japanese), Kelly Dealyn (English), Mercedes Prato (Latin American Spanish)
106	[[quoteright:222:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/natsumi.png]]
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108	The cute waitress at the Honky Tonk. [[spoiler:Well, the ''first'' one, anyway.]] She meets the Get Backers when she hires them to do a job for her (what the job ''is'' varies between media, see below).
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110	* ADayInTheLimelight: Her manga-only backstory arc aside, Natsumi gets an entire episode in the anime where she takes on a job in place of Ban and Ginji while they're on "vacation".
111	* TheCutie: You just want to pinch her cheeks.
112	* GenkiGirl
113	* FlatCharacter: Personality-wise, there isn't much to say about her, except that she's happy and likes G&B.
114	* HiddenDepths: Subverted. The Birth flashback arc shows her hiring Ban and Ginji to get her dog back, and reveals her sad, sad past involving a dead mom and dead scientist father... but she's still just as clueless and genki and the same lovable Natsumi-chan.
115	* [[spoiler: MadScientistsBeautifulDaughter]]: [[spoiler: Her dad is a scientist that created a hyper-intelligent dog, but he certainly wasn't mad]].
116	* NeutralFemale
117	* ParentalAbandonment: In the anime, her mom is in the hospital and her dad isn't really mentioned. In the manga, both of her parents are dead and she lives with her dog, Lucky.
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120	[[folder:Madoka Otowa]]
121	!!! Voiced by: Creator/YukiMatsuoka (Japanese), Kelsey Kling (English), Creator/MelanieHenriquez (Latin American Spanish)
122	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/images_21_687.jpeg]]
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124	The cute, blind, virtuoso violinist Shido falls for (or was it the other way around?). The driving force behind one minor arc, one side story, and one major storyline. She's not afraid to go after a yakuza boss to steal back her violin. Her seeing-eye dog is a corgi named Mozart.
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126	* BlindMusician: She is a very famous violinist who's also blind.
127	* DamselInDistress: Well, she ''is'' blind, so we can't necessarily blame her.
128	* {{Fanservice}}: While Kabuto is possessing Madoka, she's completely naked. No matter what, she is naked. Even when he has a yukata and obi on her arms, he's just too lazy to fasten it and give the poor girl some modesty.
129	* FriendToAllLivingThings: There's a scene in the Eternal Bond arc where Shido realizes that Madoka has picked up the ability to understand animals. One of the things he hates about humans is that they don't take the time to listen to animals.
130	* GeniusCripple: Despite her blindness, she can play the violin ''beautifully'' and distinguish her Stradivarious from others just by hearing its sound.
131	* GroinAttack: On ''[[TheBrute Hishiki]]'', no less!
132	* GrandTheftMe: Kabuto wants Madoka's body. No, this is not supposed to invoke ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''.
133	* HimeCut: Her hair style, to emphasis her "sheltered princess" status.
134	* TheOjou: Has one scarily HUGE BigFancyHouse.
135	* ParentalAbandonment: There's a token reference to her father being ill at some point. At first, it seems that she's being cared for by her butler, but he turned out to be evil. So now her 21-year-old boyfriend is shacking up with her.
136	* PetsHomageName: She's a musician who named her seeing-eye dog Mozart.
137	* PluckyGirl
138	* ReflectionlessUselessEyes: Her irises are entirely black.
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141	[[folder:Clayman]]
142	!!! Voiced by: Creator/MegumiOgata (Japanese), Catherine Catmull (English), Lileana Chacón (Latin American Spanish)
143	[[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/30581_7018.jpg]]
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145	A part-time artist, part-time art ''thief'', dedicated to the preserving the integrity of masterpieces. Her mother was a medium that channeled dead artists and gave them her hand to paint their final, greatest works, meaning the art also has a sentimental value to Clayman.
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147	* GentlemanThief: Despite being a girl.
148	* MasterOfDisguise: Hence the nickname "Clayman." She sculpts perfect clay masks.
149	* NoNameGiven
150	* SamusIsAGirl: In the original Japanese, she uses fairly masculine speech and is played by [[Creator/MegumiOgata a seiyuu known for being one of the only women to often play adult men]]. She's also very tall and stocky (rare in Japan). Naturally, Ban & Ginji are shocked when she takes off her mask.
151	** The English dub subtly alters this. The director & writer noted that, even if Japanese viewers were stumped, trying to pull off the same trick on English-speakers would strain WillingSuspensionOfDisbelief. So they just had Ban & Ginji fail to notice her gender because of her codename, and because they're idiots.
152	* WillingChanneler: [[spoiler:Her mother was one, allowing for Van Gogh to take her body and finish his Sunflower painting series centuries after his suicide.]]
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155	[[folder:Gouzou Maguruma]]
156	!!! Voiced by: Tadahisa Saizen (Japanese), Sam Ray (English)
157	Along with Akabane and Himiko, Maguruma makes up the GB world's "dream team" of transporters. Unlike his cohorts, he actually has a car. Several, in fact: he's seen legitimately driving a taxi on several occasions. Gets along with Ban and Ginji, Himiko, Akabane ''and'' Hishiki. Nicknamed "Mister No-Brake".
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159	* BadassDriver: He's ''earned'' his nickname.
160	* PunchClockVillain: Maguruma is a true professional who only goes against the protagonists because of his contract. Outside his job, he is pretty friendly.
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163	[[folder:Maria Noches]]
164	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/maria_4.png]]
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166	A witch who studied under Ban's grandmother and ended up partially raising him. Only appears in the manga, beginning with the "Divine Design" arc.
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168	%%* Action Girl
169	* CloudCuckooLander: She addicted to the shrieking of mandragora and finds pickled ones to be cute.
170	* CutenessProximity: To Ginji's ''[[SuperDeformed tare]]'' form. Also to Ban who she tries to give a smooch to when they reunite.
171	* LadyOfWar
172	* LovesTheSoundOfScreaming
173	* {{Mentors}}: To Ban.
174	* MsFanservice: She shows off a lot of skin.
175	* NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast: "Death Goddess"
176	* NightmareFetishist
177	* OlderThanTheyLook: She's 99, but uses magic to look much younger. Ginji thinks she's a hottie, but Ban can either see through the illusion or ''has'' seen through it in the past, and we do get a brief glimpse of a wrinkled, graying, ''skeletal'' Maria when he explains this.
178	* ParentalSubstitute: To Ban, raising him in place of his parents.
179	* {{Stripperiffic}}: She wears fishnet tops a LOT.
180	* TeamMom
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183	[[folder: Teshimine]]
184	Ginji's adopted dad who raised him.
185	* ExoticEyeDesigns

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