Line #43 Characters/GhostStories


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3	!!The Main Group
4	[[folder:In General]]
5	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ghost_stories_cast_4.jpg]]
6	A group of kids who discover the "Ghost Diary" of one of their mothers, a powerful exorcist before her death. They mostly goof off, attend school, [[WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld and battle evil spirits]], but they differ quite differently in personality depending on the version you watch.
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8	* ActionSurvivor: They're grade-schoolers who always come through harrowing encounters with the supernatural.
9	* AdaptationalJerkass: A fairly standard gang of friends in the original version who become a dysfunctional band of heroic assholes in the ADV dub.
10	* AntiHero: In the ADV dub, all of them are huge {{jerkass}}es in some way, but they still can be counted on to stop whatever new menace that materializes.
11	* DeadpanSnarker: In the ADV dub, they're all extremely snarky. Bonus points go to Hajime and Satsuki.
12	* {{Flanderization}}: Thanks to the ADV dub, all their negative traits get amplified to comical levels while simultaneously downplaying their remaining positive ones.
13	* KidHero: Goes without saying.
14	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In the ADV dub, they make a fair share of racist and homophobic comments throughout the series, especially [[HeteronormativeCrusader Momoko]].
15	* VitriolicBestBuds: They spend as much time hurling abuse at each other as they do fighting ghosts.
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19	[[folder:Satsuki Miyanoshita]]
20	[[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/satsukimiyanoshita.jpg]]
21	-> ''"It's one thing to mess with me, it's one thing to mess with my little brother and friends...BUT DON'T FUCK WITH MY CAT!"''
22	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomokoKawakami (Japanese), Creator/HilaryHaag (English)
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24	The main protagonist and daughter of the late Kayako Miyanoshita, descended from a long line of "Quasi-lesbian Ghost Hunters". She possesses her mother's ghost diary, which she can use to send angry spirits to "Spiritual Sleep".
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26	In the ADV dub, her cynicism and short temper are cranked up. This results in casually insulting anyone within her vicinity and disdainfully looking down on her friends and brother due to her overly-inflated ego.
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28	* ACupAngst: In the third episode, she wishes for "a ''huge'' allowance (and breasts, when I get older)".
29	* AgentScully: Despite dealing with ghosts on a regular basis, she's often dismissive of the possibility that a ghost is behind whatever strange activity is going on, and only admits to it being a ghost when it's undeniable.
30	* BadassAdorable: She's a cute and perky ghost hunter.
31	* BigSisterBully: She can be downright ''cruel'' to poor Keiichirou, her little brother. On the other hand...
32	* BigSisterInstinct: Whenever Keiichirou's in danger, she's prepared to serve a beatdown to any ghost foolish enough to cross them:
33	-->"If you lay even a finger on Keiichirou, I'll kick your ass, you HMO hobo!"
34	* BreakTheCutie: When she's being hunted by [[CreepyDoll Merry Mary]], one of few times she seems legitimately terrified.
35	* CuteClumsyGirl: She trips and exposes her panties so much that in one episode she took to wearing [[ModestyShorts bike shorts]].
36	* DaddysGirl: She's very close to her father since her mother's death. Just seeing him injured is enough to make her break down crying.
37	* FieryRedhead: ''Especially'' in the ADV dub.
38	* TheHeroine: She takes over her mother's role of sealing the ghosts the group encounters.
39	* InformedDeformity: In the ADV dub, she is mocked in multiple episodes by Hajime and Momoko about her looks, and she herself is implied to be insecure about it. Nothing about her character design seems to imply this. It could just be BelligerentSexualTension on Hajime's part as he also makes comments about wanting to feel her up and takes enjoys her frequent [[PantyShot panty shots]].
40	* JerkWithAHeartOfGold: In the ADV dub. She's definitely not nice, but she does care deeply for her friends and family.
41	* LittleMissSnarker: In the ADV dub, she has a salty attitude and even saltier language.
42	* MuggleBornOfMages: Despite being a descendant of the Kamiyana bloodline[[note]]of quasi-lesbian ghost killers[[/note]], she has no directly apparent spiritual powers, contrasting with her mother who had potent psychical powers around the same age. Nonetheless, she is able to put the series ghosts to sleep through quick thinking, some guidance from her mother's Ghost Diary, and the help of her friends. This becomes especially important when dealing with Ouma, where her lack of powers becomes the crux of the episode's conflict - she ultimately defeats him with her mother's help from beyond the grave.
43	* PromotedToParent: Toward Keiichirou since her mom's death. She's even shown to do the cooking for her family. In the Japanese audio, her classmates even mock her by calling her a housewife.
44	* SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Satsuki has this hair and eye color combo. Director Noriyuki Abe [[AuthorAppeal seems to love this]] as he's also the director for the ''Manga/YuYuHakusho'' anime, which also features a major character with a similar appearance. Hajime clearly has a crush on her and is her ImpliedLoveInterest. Only Satsuki's father, brother, and best friend have impossible hair colors (all purple-heads). All the other characters have varying shades of black and brown like normal Japanese people. Most eye colors are dark as well, so the heroine having unnatural-for-Asians red hair and green eyes most definitely makes her stand out visually, which is a good thing since background characters have a tendency to look alike.
45	* WeirdnessMagnet: Satsuki is this to the point that Hajime even lampshades this in episode 11 by pointing out that if Satsuki attracts anything, it is definitely not human.
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47
48	[[folder:Keiichirou Miyanoshita]]
49	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/keichirou_2.jpg]]
50	->''"What's a lesbian?"''
51	->'''Voiced by:''' Kurumi Mamiya (Japanese), Creator/ChristineAuten (English)
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53	Satsuki's little brother, who has an undefined mental disorder, at least in the ADV dub, and bonds with the demon-possessed cat they've just picked up. He's quite the crybaby stemming from being the most scared of ghosts and [[TheBabyOfTheBunch the youngest]].
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55	* AccidentalMisnaming: Sort of. In both versions, Keiichirou never calls Amanojaku by his name, only referring to him as Kaya, the cat he's possessing, presumably because Amanojaku is a pretty hard name for a kid his age to pronounce.
56	* AnnoyingYoungerSibling: Subverted in both versions; Satsuki is often annoyed with Keiichirou because of her PromotedToParent status (and in the dub his low intelligence) but clearly still cares about him.
57	* ABoyAndHisX: With Amanojaku/Kaya. He's even upset when [[spoiler:Amanojaku leaves the cat's body since he grew to like the demon more]].
58	* TheBabyOfTheBunch: He's the youngest member of the group.
59	* ButtMonkey: In the ADV dub, he's one for a lot of jokes about his mental deficiency.
60	* CatchPhrase: His trademark sobbing.
61	* ChildrenAreInnocent: Befitting his age, he doesn't know how wildly inappropriate some of his interests are.
62	* ChronicPetKiller: In the ADV dub, he says he's killed "frog, two gerbils, 16 goldfish, a Schnauzer, and a Dachshund."
63	* DirtyKid: He's a little too curious whenever someone brings up sexual acts.
64	* FromTheMouthsOfBabes: He's the youngest, but he can be just as vulgar as the big kids.
65	* HollywoodPsych: In the ADV dub, he has some kind of disorder that makes him babble incoherently when emotional and was confirmed to have dyslexia on multiple occasions. The gang also stated how "retarded" he is, including his sister.
66	* KidsLoveDinosaurs: When tasked with being asked to imagine himself destroying a tombstone to escape a ghost's trap, he does to by picturing himself smashing it while riding on a T-Rex.
67	* LIsForDyslexia: He's made fun of for his disability, most prominently by his own sister, and has immense difficulty reading out loud:
68	->'''Satsuki:''' "Have you done your homework yet? Oh wait, you're dyslexic. Done your yet homework have?"
69	* PintSizedKid: He's in first grade and he only comes up to his ten-year-old sister's waist.
70	* ProneToTears: Cries at the drop of a hat, which the DVD release even subtitles as [[{{Tradesnark}} "[Keiichirou Sob™]"]].
71	* TagalongKid: He is the youngest member who follows the group.
72	* TheUnintelligible: When emotional, he speaks in infantlike incoherent babble.
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75	[[folder:Hajime Aoyama]]
76	-> ''"If you won't think of him and then consider all the Halo playing and monkey spanking I've sacrificed!"''
77	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TakakoHonda (Japanese), Creator/ChrisPatton (English)
78
79	A boy living next door to Satsuki and Keiichirou.
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81	In the ADV dub, he's a total hornball who loves referencing [=mid-2000s=] pop culture and the fourth wall as much as how perverted he is.
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83	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: Despite being a brat who often antagonizes Satsuki, but he always helps her when she needs it, even in situations that don't involve danger or ghosts (like being overworked watching the rabbits at the school).
84	* BelligerentSexualTension: He often makes perverse comments towards Satsuki, much to her annoyance, though it's implied the two have genuine reciprocated feelings.
85	* BigBrotherMentor: Often tries to be this for Keiichirou. He doesn't do the best job, however:
86	-->'''Hajime:''' Don't you get scared, little guy. You're tough as nails, aren't you?\
87	'''Keiichirou:''' You're hurting me.\
88	'''Hajime:''' You're a goner.\
89	'''Keiichirou:''' ''(bawls)''
90	* BrattyHalfPint: Enjoys playing pranks on Satsuki, in particular telling jokes about the color of her panties, often getting hit for his troubles.
91	* ChivalrousPervert: In the ADV dub, just about every other thing out of his mouth relates to how horny he is.
92	* JerkassHasAPoint: He has this to say about bringing Shirotabi back:
93	-->'''Hajime:''' You stupid selfish slut! DOES HE LOOK HAPPY TO BE BACK?!
94	* TheLancer: He occasionally serves as a FriendlyRival for Satsuki.
95	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: More often than not, Hajime's actions get his friends into trouble. Standouts include getting Satsuki into trouble with the Music Teacher in Episode 4, which leads to the Piano Ghost trying to kill her, or leaving Keiichirou home alone while Babasare is attacking children in Episode 6.
96	* TeenyWeenie:
97	** Implied by Yuki when they're trying to keep a door sealed in the ADV dub:
98	-->'''Hajime:''' Stay there! I'll stand very close behind you!\
99	'''Yuki:''' Well, if you're gonna stand close behind me, stand closer, I can't even feel it! [[BlackIsBiggerInBed And they wonder why I like black men!]]
100	** Amonojaku also implies this.
101	--->'''Amonojaku:''' I saw you beating off the other day, tiny. Or should I say [[SpeedSex speedy]]?
102	* ToxicFriendInfluence: In the dub. In both versions he tries to be a cool big brother toward Keiichirou, watching him when Satsuki is busy and playing games with him, but the dub makes it clear as it goes on that the kid is picking up on Hajime's bad habits.
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105	[[folder:Leo Kakinoki]]
106	-> ''"There's some weird red fog at the school and I just saved a ton of money on my car insurance by switching to Geico."''
107	->'''Voiced by:''' Makoto Tsumura (Japanese), Creator/GregAyres (English)
108
109	Hajime's best friend and an aspiring paranormal researcher.
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111	In the ADV dub, he's a JewishAndNerdy, all-around loser often ridiculed by his friends and everyone else. Leo adopts really weird hobbies to cope but said hobbies tend to create or even escalate the group's ghost-based situation.
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113	* AgentMulder: Whenever there's some strange activity going on, he's the first one to bring up the possibility of it being a ghost, and he often gives out rumors he's heard as evidence.
114	* AllJewsAreCheapskates: When he and his friends arrive at an inn, his first instinct is to check for any money previous guests might have left and to see if there's anything he can steal.
115	* ButNotTooForeign: This is implied with Leo, given his name and his character design, which is a collage of [[PhenotypeStereotype "Gaijin" stereotypes]].
116	* InformedJudaism: The ADV dub makes him and his family Jewish.
117	* JewishAndNerdy: He's a Jewish geek obsessed with paranormal activity.
118	* TheMillstone: Leo is occasionally the reason why the gang keeps being chased or cursed by the ghosts. A good example happens in episode 14: [[spoiler:He almost kills Momoko because he thought it would be a ''fantastic'' idea to snap photos where a ghost had died, and said ghost cursed Momoko.]]
119	* OccultDetective: He's an aspiring paranormal researcher who has an interest in ghosts and demons before they become a recurring threat.
120	* OddNameOut: Unlike all the Japanese names which remain intact in the dub, Leo is the only one with a common English name.
121	* TheSmartGuy: Due to him being the AgentMulder of the group.
122	* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Reo was changed to Leo. It's possible that his name was actually supposed to be Leo, considering that it's written in katakana.
123	* VerbalTic: Has a tendency to end his sentences with "yeah".
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125
126	[[folder:Momoko Koigakubo]]
127	-> ''"A dirty slut like you will be the first to burn in Hell if we don't stop that ghost!"''
128	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KumiSakuma (Japanese), Creator/MonicaRial (English)
129
130	An upperclassman with special psychic connections to spirits.
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132	In the ADV dub, she's also an extreme right wing, born-again Evangelical Christian whose soft-spoken, polite demeanor heavily contrasts her prejudiced teachings and bigotry to those not aligned with her faith.
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134	* AsTheGoodBookSays: She often quotes the Bible in the ADV dub.
135	* {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: In all versions, she can be pretty spacey, and is sometimes too oblivious to realize what's going on.
136	* CoolBigSis: Is older than the other members of her group and is very gentle and easy to get along with. In particular, she spends many scenes with Keiichirou, which the ADV dub twists into being because he's the only one naive enough to listen to her preaching.
137	* DelicateAndSickly: Momoko used to be ''very'' ill in the past. [[spoiler:In fact, she met Kayako right before the latter died because both of them were in the same hospital.]] This is subverted later on: She becomes ''extremely'' sick, but [[spoiler:this was because she was hit with a curse from an angry ghost girl, "courtesy" of Leo. He begs the ghost for forgiveness in order to keep her from killing Momoko.]]
138	* TheFundamentalist: In the ADV dub, she is very pushy with her religion and quick to condemn anyone or anything that doesn't line up with her beliefs as being wicked.
139	* HeteronormativeCrusader: In the ADV dub, she makes numerous anti-gay comments, mostly in regards to Satsuki's deceased mother, and mentions volunteering at a gay conversion therapy camp.
140	* HypocriticalHumor: At one point, she mentions that there are some crazy religious people out there, unaware that she is one herself.
141	* ImprobableAge: In the ADV dub, she mentions that she used to be a drug user and a slut, and she met Satsuki's mother while in rehab. Satsuki's mother died five years before the start of the series, and Momoko is only twelve currently, meaning she was a drug-abusing slut at the age of ''seven''.
142	* LonelyRichKid:
143	** It seems like she does not have many friends outside of the main group despite being a year older, which only formed at the first day of school. She notably has a cell phone, which few of the other children have and in the original mentions in Episode 6 that she is often alone at the house because her father runs multiple restaurants and her mother is a lawyer.
144	** In the unreleased third episode "Am I Beautiful?", some parts of the script seem to suggest one of the subplots would've revealed that Momoko was severely ill the previous year and didn't go to class for the year.
145	** In episode 14, [[spoiler:when she is hospitalized again due to a ghost, her father is chided in both versions for being late due to a business meeting by her mother. The dub takes it further by having her mother outright say she's divorcing her father if Momoko dies.]]
146	* MySignificanceSenseIsTingling: She can sense when spirits are nearby, which she claims is a gift given to her by God after she converted.
147	* NotSoAboveItAll: This exchange in episode 5 of the ADV dub:
148	-->'''Satsuki:''' ''(sees Datto running)'' Nice ass.\
149	'''Momoko:''' ''gasp!'' Do not lust in your hea—Jesus, you're ''right''.
150	* OutOfFocus: Doesn't appear in episode 15.
151	* PetTheDog: Momoko can be a judgmental fundamentalist in the ADV dub, but she has her moments of compassion, particularly the spirits they face:
152	** In episode 14, she tells Leo they shouldn't bother spirits who probably just want to be left alone, pitying them since they aren't in heaven like they are supposed to be. She talks Leo out of taking pictures at the railroad crossing, but it was too late by then.
153	** In episode 18, she's the only one of the main cast that feels bad (and actually cries) for Yuki after they've defeated her, reading up on the circumstances of her death. The rest of the cast are too focused on how bad their vacation has been, all while they were supposed to be paying their respects at the dead girl’s grave.
154	* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: In the ADV dub, she made several antisemitic comments about Leo (who is made a Jew in the ADV dub only), and her comments about Muslims weren't exactly friendly, either.
155	* PsychicPowers: The reason she can sense ghosts, though she ''insists'' that it's the will of God that allows her to do it in the ADV dub.
156	* RichBitch: The ADV dub makes her appear as this, as she looks down on the rest due to her religion and implies that her wealth is due to her faith in God. Satsuki even mumbles "rich Jesus skag [sic]" during Episode 17 after Momoko brags about having a cell phone.
157	* SeriesContinuityError: Momoko spent a fairly long amount of time in the hospital, but when this is supposed to be is somewhat inconsistent. In the original, she recognizes [[spoiler:Kayako]] as being a fellow patient at a Tokyo hospital where she stayed at for a year the year prior to the series. This was backed by a leaked draft of the pulled third episode ("Am I Beautiful?"), which apparently would've seen Momoko fall under suspicion in part because of her long absence in school the year prior. However, [[spoiler:Kayako died about five years prior to the start of the series at a Tokyo hospital]], so either Momoko was hospitalized twice or the writers couldn't decide how to set up the dates. That would be a valid possibility if she has chronic conditions. However, Momoko [[spoiler:explicitly states that she met Kayako the year prior.]]
158	* SoulJar: Momoko is this for Kayako's spirit.
159	* TokenReligiousTeammate: Nearly everything she says has something to do with her religion in the ADV dub.
160	* WillingChanneler: She occasionally becomes possessed by Satsuki's mother.
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163	[[folder:Amonojaku / Kaya]]
164	->''"God, you are four of the ugliest fucking kids I've ever had the misfortune of laying my eyes on; I can't wait for this bitch to kill you."''
165	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/RyuseiNakao (Japanese), Creator/RobMungle (English)
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167	Satsuki and Keiichirou's cat Kaya, who ends up possessed by the demon Amonojaku. His personality is pretty much the same in the ADV dub, hostile, snarky and a huge asshole towards the kids. But when push comes to shove, he'll begrudgingly save them from dangerous ghosts.
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169	* BreadEggsBreadedEggs: Earlier in episode 15, he comments that whatever tricked Satsuki into performing its summoning ritual must be a "bitch or a ghost". [[BrickJoke Later]], when they confront the culprit, he yells, "''Run! She's a ghost ''and'' a bitch!''"
170	* CatsAreMean: Amonojaku loves rooting against the kids and hopes they get killed. The normal, non-possessed Kaya, though, is a sweetheart.
171	* CatsAreSnarkers: Especially when they have a snarky demon possessing them.
172	* DeadGuyJunior: Kaya is named after Kayako, Satsuki and Keiichirou's deceased mother.
173	* EmotionEater: In the first episode, Amonojaku starts off as a tiny little goblin-like spirit, but grows into a giant oni-like monster by feeding off of the kids' fear.
174	* {{Expy}}: Amonojaku is sealed inside a black cat, and his ADV voice sounds almost exactly like Salem from ''Series/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch''.
175	* HeelFaceTurn: Amonojaku initially tries to kill the kids, but after being rendered powerless due to being sealed inside a cat, he starts acting as a sarcastic spirit guide, giving the kids hints on how to defeat the MonsterOfTheWeek. [[spoiler:Eventually, he stops rooting for the monsters, and the final episode has him perform a HeroicSacrifice to save them. Thankfully, Kaya survives.]]
176	* NobleDemon: Amanojaku is a total {{jerkass}} in the beginning, but starts helping Satsuki more and more as the series progresses, even though he still acts like he wants to see her in despair. In one episode, he says that he dislikes humans, but he hates ghosts [[ForTheEvulz who intentionally harm people]] even more.
177	* OutOfFocus: Doesn't appear in three episodes. Those being the eighth, ninth, and seventeenth.
178	* SealedEvilInATeddyBear: Amonojaku is sealed inside Kaya, rendering him generally powerless, though still retaining his ability to talk.
179	* SinkOrSwimMentor: While he'll sometimes pop in to give the kids advice, he usually avoids spelling it out for them, and will sometimes knowingly leave out critical details just to see if they can make it out alive or not.
180	* SnarkyNonHumanSidekick: He snarks at the kids every chance he gets.
181	* TeamPet: Amanojaku is this due to him being trapped in the body of Satsuki's cat, Kaya.
182	* TokenEvilTeammate: Amanojaku helps the kids with the MonsterOfTheWeek, but only because it furthers his own goal of trying to escape from the cat he's trapped inside.
183	* TricksterMentor: Amanojaku actually doesn't like it when the kids learn a lesson from him. He usually isn't trying to teach them anything.
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185
186	!!Adults and Other Kids
187	[[folder:Kayako Miyanoshita]]
188	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/KotonoMitsuishi (Japanese), Marcy Bannor (English)
189
190	Satsuki and Keiichirou's deceased mother, who was an exorcist in her youth and responsible for putting most of the series' ghosts to spiritual sleep. Although her work as been undone by urban development causing the ghosts to be released back into the world, she continues to guide her children through a journal she left behind with details on how to defeat each ghost.
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192	* AmbiguouslyBi: In the ADV dub, she was a lesbian who got drunk one night and slept with a guy, got pregnant with Satsuki, and ended up marrying due to the pregnancy. However, Momoko theorizes that she was at least bi, which would explain Keiichirou, and she does speak fondly of the sex she and her husband used to have [[RefugeInAudacity in a letter to her kids]].
193	* BadassNormal: Almost every ghost in the series was previously put away by her, which she's been doing since she was her daughter's age.
194	* {{Ephebophile}}: Implied during a flashback when Kayako becomes misty-eyed over Momoko's "lovely little ass." Keep in mind that in the present day, Momoko is an upperclassman at her daughter's school.
195	* FieryRedhead: Just like her daughter, although oddly enough she's shown to have had black hair when she was a kid.
196	* LipstickLesbian: The ADV dub portrays her as one.
197	* ParentalIncest: She expressed attraction to her daughter when Satsuki time-traveled through a painting, though like [[Film/BackToTheFuture1 Lorraine McFly]], she didn't know any better.
198	* PosthumousCharacter: She passed away five years before the beginning of the series.
199	* SpiritAdvisor: Not only through the journal she left behind, but she also occasionally takes control of Momoko's body in order to help her kids defeat certain ghosts that are giving them trouble.
200	[[/folder]]
201
202	[[folder:Reiichirou Miyanoshita]]
203	-> ''"I don't need another goddamn reason, either!"''
204	->'''Voiced by:''' Takehiro Murozono (Japanese), Creator/IllichGuardiola (English)
205
206	Satsuki and Keiichirou's father, an engineer for a construction company and remains generally unaware of the paranormal activity around him.
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208	* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. He doesn't know anything about the ghosts around him and is more likely to be a victim. However, he does manage to accidentally defeat Babasare at just the right moment, since Babasare can only attack kids who are home alone with no adults around.
209	* ParentalIncest: Like his wife Kayako, he expressed attraction to Satsuki when she time-traveled to when they were kids, though he at least has the excuse that he mistook her for Kayako.
210	* UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: He's part of the construction company that's responsible for the urban redevelopment that causes many of the ghosts to be released.
211	[[/folder]]
212
213	[[folder:Mr. Sakata]]
214	-> ''"Damn it, Hadley!"''
215	->'''Voiced by:''' Yutaka Aoyama (Japanese), Tommy Drake (English)
216
217	Satsuki, Hajime and Leo's homeroom teacher. Like most other adults, he's unaware of the presence of ghosts, though he is often threatened by them.
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219	* AdultsAreUseless: He's never of any help when dealing with ghosts, and more often has to be saved from them.
220	* KavorkaMan: In the ADV dub, he frequently talks about all the ladies he hooks up with to his students, and actually has sex with one of the teachers offscreen.
221	* ThePeepingTom: In the ADV dub, when the principal goes to look for him, the first place he goes to check is the girls' locker room.
222	* SitcomArchNemesis: He has one in the form of Mrs. Hadley, [[HeWhoMustNotBeSeen who we never see]] since the ADV dub invented her.
223	* SpeedSex: As Ms. Matsushima puts it:
224	--> "He gets an A in size, but a D in endurance."
225	* TheTalk: He gives this to the kids after Shirotabi has kids.
226	[[/folder]]
227
228	[[folder:Ms. Matsushima]]
229	-> ''"Power! How hard can this be? All means it broadcasts to ALL the school! And LAID means I'm horny!"''
230	->'''Voiced by:''' Yumi Fukamizu (Japanese), Creator/KiraVincentDavis (English)
231
232	Keiichirou's teacher. She was put in charge of the school's broadcast room after the students running it got spooked by Akane.
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234	* AdultsAreUseless: Subverted. When Akane traps Satsuki in the broadcast room to kill her, Ms. Matsushima breaks the door down with a giant mallet, helping the group save Satsuki and stop the ghost, making her one of the only adults in the series to find out about the existence of ghosts.
235	* ExtremeLibido: In the ADV dub, she goes on and on about sex, and has sex with Mr. Sakata offscreen:
236	-->'''Matsushima:''' ''[looking at a phallic-looking microphone]'' Ooh, that reminds me, I've got something hard and bent waiting for me.
237	-->'''Satsuki:''' God, you're making me sick!\
238	'''Matsushima:''' One day you'll understand the benefits of a good curve.\
239	'''Satsuki:''' Go!\
240	'''Matsushima:''' God, I hope Sakata's curves hard left, that hits my spot like you won't believe.\
241	'''Satsuki:''' GET OUT!
242	* ExtremeOmnisexual: In the ADV dub, she makes a comment that if she had gotten locked in the broadcast room with Satsuki, she was going to have sex with either the microphone or ''Satsuki''.
243	* NamedByTheAdaptation: The ADV dub gives her the given name Bobbi.
244	* SecretKeeper: Implied by the end of Episode 18, since she doesn't tell Mr. Sakata about the ghost.
245	[[/folder]]
246
247	[[folder:The Principal]]
248	->''"Hanako the Bathroom Ghost is just a superstition! Now, open your books and turn to page whatever!"''
249	->'''Voiced by:''' Naomi Kusumi (Japanese), Creator/JohnSwasey (English)
250
251	The principal of the elementary school.
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253	* TheAlcoholic: In the ADV dub, he keeps booze in his office.
254	* DeanBitterman: In the ADV dub, he's a bitter old grump who doesn't take his job very seriously and usually wants as little to do with the kids as possible.
255	* NoNameGiven: He's only ever referred to as the Principal.
256	[[/folder]]
257
258	[[folder:The Music Teacher]]
259	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MitsukiSaiga (Japanese), Creator/KellyManison (English)
260
261	The music teacher at the elementary school. She punishes Satsuki for running in the hallways, by making her carry boxes to the abandoned schoolhouse, leading her to become cursed by the Piano Ghost.
262	----
263	* NamedByTheAdaptation: Inverted. The original Japanese Hajime calls her "Ms. Okabe", but her name is never mentioned in the ADV dub.
264	* SadistTeacher: Her stern attitude and strict punishments seem to imply that she is not very well-liked among the students. Hajime's reaction to her catching him and Satsuki running in the hallways speaks for itself.
265	-->'''Hajime''': Oh man, the music teacher! What a ''bitch''!
266	* SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears at the beginning of episode 4, but it's because of her ([[NiceJobBreakingItHero and Hajime getting Stasuki into trouble with her in the first place]]) that Satsuki becomes cursed by the Piano Ghost, who tries to kill her by forcing her to listen to "Für Elise" [[FourIsDeath four times]].
267	[[/folder]]
268
269	[[folder:Mio Imai]]
270	-> ''"He used to be my man, but we broke up."''
271	->'''Voiced by:''' Manami Nakayama (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski (English)
272
273	A shy girl who tends to the school's rabbits. After her favorite pet rabbit Shirotabi dies, she uses a spell to bring him back, but at the cost of him turning into a monster at night.
274	-----
275	* AdaptationPersonalityChange: In the Japanese version, she's just a shy girl who resurrected her pet rabbit who she saw as her only friend. In the ADV dub, she's a creepy girl who believed Shirotabi could speak, and that they were in a relationship. Interestingly, she's also depicted as being more genre-savvy than her original counterpart, noticing Satsuki and the gang immediately despite their attempt at hiding, unlike in the original script.
276	* BaitAndSwitch: Eventually, she realizes that her relationship with Shirotabi will never work, but it is not because he is a rabbit but because he is black.
277	* BestialityIsDepraved: The ADV dub turns her into a nutjob who believed she and Shirotabi were in a relationship.
278	* FantasticRacism: PlayedForLaughs in the ADV dub, where for her the dealbreaker in hers and [[BestialityIsDepraved Shirotabi's]] relationship isn't that he's a rabbit or even because he was [[CameBackWrong resurrected into a horrible monster]], but because he's ''black''.
279	* FriendshipTrinket: She makes cute little trinkets in her spare time, and gives one to Satsuki. However, Satsuki also finds out that she's been making and using them in her spells to keep Shirotabi alive. In the end, she has to use the one she made of Shirotabi in order to put him to spiritual sleep.
280	* LonersAreFreaks: She's repeatedly called a freak in the ADV dub since she doesn't have any human friends and has a creepy laugh.
281	* ShrinkingViolet: She's a shy girl who doesn't have any friends, and brought Shirotabi back to life because she saw him as her only friend.
282	[[/folder]]
283
284	!!Ghosts and Demons
285	[[folder:Hanako]]
286	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AyakoKawasumi (Japanese), Lesley Tesh (English)
287
288	Also known as the bathroom ghost, Hanako resides in the old schoolhouse.
289	-----
290	* AdaptationalHeroism: Hanako is based on an actual Japanese urban legend, though the real stories normally have her as working with Akagami Aogami to kill people. This version of Hanako is actually friendly and doesn't intend to hurt or scare people.
291	* CuteGhostGirl: She's a little creepy, but she can easily be considered cute too.
292	* FriendlyGhost: She doesn't do anything more than scare people, but she doesn't mean to and just wants to be friends. She's also one of the few ghosts in the series to actively aid the kids in taking out the dangerous ghosts.
293	* NotEvilJustMisunderstood: At first, she's believed to be the MonsterOfTheWeek, since all of the paranormal activity was happening in the bathroom. Turns out she's actually a benevolent ghost, and was just trying to call for help in order to deal with the real villain of the episode, Akagami Aogami.
294	[[/folder]]
295
296	[[folder:Kinjiro Ninomaya Statue]]
297	->'''Voiced by:''' N/A
298
299	A statue of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninomiya_Sontoku 19th century Japanese philosopher]] that resides outside the old schoolhouse, but is shown to be alive.
300	-----
301	* FriendlyGhost: Though he scares the kids in the first episode, he doesn't actually do anything to harm them, and he actually helps them to defeat Da Vinci by providing them with incense, alongside Hanako and Jinmenken.
302	* LivingStatue: The statue is alive.
303	* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Is a statue of a real Japanese historical figure. Statues of him are quite commonly found in front of Japanese elementary schools.
304	[[/folder]]
305
306	[[folder:Jinmenken]]
307	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AndrewLove (English)
308
309	A dog with the face of a middle-aged human man.
310	-----
311	* AdvertisedExtra: Appears prominently on the DVD box cover alongside the main group of kids despite doing very little.
312	* BeastWithAHumanFace: A bulldog with a man's face.
313	* FriendlyGhost: Well, "friendly" is pushing it, since he seems to be a real grump, but he helps the kids beat Da Vinci by providing them with incense, alongside Hanako and the Ninomaya statue.
314	[[/folder]]
315
316	[[folder:Akagami Aogami]]
317	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasashiHirose (Japanese), Dallas Reese (English)
318
319	A ghost that appears from the toilet. He'll ask the toilet's user if they want red paper or blue paper. Answering with either leads to a gruesome death.
320	-----
321	* AdaptationNameChange: Is based on a real Japanese urban legend normally called Aka Manto.
322	* TheCanKickedHim: It's a ghost that resides in a toilet and tries to kill anyone who uses it.
323	* TheFaceless: The only part of him ever seen is his arm.
324	* FourIsDeath: Resides in the fourth stall of the bathroom.
325	* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: Answering red will cause you to bleed to death. Answering blue gets you strangled to death. [[FateWorseThanDeath Answering with another color gets you dragged to the spirit world]].
326	[[/folder]]
327
328	[[folder:Kutabe]]
329	->'''Voiced by:''' N/A
330
331	[[AsianFoxSpirit A kitsune-like spirit]] that resides inside a set of stone stairs. It grants wishes to whoever makes them while standing on the fourth step, but with horrible repercussions.
332	-----
333	* FauxFire: It appears during the school play at the top of the stairs as a blue flame.
334	* FourIsDeath: The fourth step is the magic one that grants wishes and causes disasters.
335	* JackassGenie: It grants wishes, but the wish maker is often killed soon after their wish is granted.
336	[[/folder]]
337
338	[[folder:The Piano Ghost]]
339	->'''Voiced by:''' Jūrōta Kosugi (Japanese), Creator/AndyMcAvin (English)
340
341	A ghost haunting a piano in the old schoolhouse. If one hears him play [[Music/LudwigVanBeethoven "Für Elise"]] four times, they die.
342	-----
343	* FourIsDeath: Hearing "Für Elise" four times will cause whoever he's stalking to die.
344	* KnightOfCerebus: Not even the GagDub could mitigate the creepiness of Für Elise playing wherever you went.
345	* NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed: Not only does he play Beethoven, he looks like Beethoven too, although it's unclear if he actually is Beethoven's ghost.
346	* NearVillainVictory: He was only a few notes away from killing Satsuki.
347	* PhoneCallFromTheDead: If his victim isn't near his piano, he has other ways of making them hear "Für Elise", including playing it over the phone, playing it over the radio, or causing random objects capable of sound to play it, such as a music box. He also uses the phone to trick Satsuki into coming outside by imitating Leo's voice.
348	* VoiceChangeling: Calls Satsuki while disguising his voice as Leo's.
349	[[/folder]]
350
351	[[folder:Datto]]
352	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkikoYajima (Japanese), Logan Keslar (English)
353
354	The ghost of a boy who was hit by a car the day of the school sports festival, which he had been training hard for. He's able to shapeshift between his regular self and a demonic HornedHumanoid with a scythe.
355	-----
356	* CuteGhostGirl: Gender inverted. In the ADV dub, Satsuki claims he has a nice butt.
357	* DeadAllAlong: The main group sees him running along the track and don't realize he's a ghost.
358	* FourIsDeath: He chops off the feet of whoever is in the fourth lane at 4:44 PM.
359	* HeelFaceTurn: After befriending Keiichirou, [[spoiler:he can't bring himself to cut his feet off, and stops himself at the last second]].
360	* HeelRealization: [[spoiler:Datto stops his evil self from cutting off Keiichirou's legs when he realizes how Keiichirou reminds him of himself when he was alive.]]
361	* HornedHumanoid: His demon form has large bull-like horns.
362	* LivingShadow: His demon form travels along the ground as a shadow with his scythe hovering above.
363	* ObviouslyEvil: The fact he's a ghost is pretty painfully obvious, which the ADV dub lampshades:
364	-->'''Satsuki:''' Something about that boy from the other day is bugging me.
365	-->'''Hajime:''' You mean that he was pale? Almost transparent, with red eyes?
366	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Has noticeably red eyes, which become even more obvious in his demonic form.
367	[[/folder]]
368
369	[[folder:Babasare]]
370	A flying hag carrying a scythe who attacks children who are home alone.
371	-----
372	* InTheHood: She's clad in a black hood.
373	* InvisibleToAdults: She's invisible to people who don't believe in her, but the presence of adults causes her to outright disappear.
374	* KillItWithWater: The kids try to kill her with water, though since she's actually powered by fear, these measures only prove temporary.
375	* MaliciousMisnaming: In the ADV dub, Satsuki regularly refers to her as Music/BarbraStreisand.
376	* RedEyesTakeWarning: She has red eyes and she attacks children.
377	* YourMindMakesItReal: She only appears to children who believe in and fear her. Momoko, not knowing anything about her, can't see her when she's chasing Leo, and when Satsuki's dad comes home, she completely vanishes.
378	* WouldHurtAChild: Her main modus operandi is that she targets children who are left home alone.
379	[[/folder]]
380
381	[[folder:Utsushimi]]
382	A ghost inhabiting a mirror inside the old schoolhouse. It captures whoever looks at it and replaces them in the real world with a replica who then tries to trap more and more people inside mirrors.
383	-----
384	* CoverIdentityAnomaly: Besides the EyelessFace, Hajime pointed out to the mirror Leo that the print on an impostor's clothing is always backwards.
385	* EyelessFace: The replicas it produces wear glasses with eyes that only appear in the lenses, and removing them shows an eyeless face beneath.
386	* InhumanEyeConcealers: Replicants made by the mirror spirit have no eyes, and commonly disguise them by wearing glasses with illusory eyes projected onto the lenses.
387	* MachineMonotone: Another sign that someone has been replaced is that their replica speaks in a very quiet, unemotional voice.
388	* MirrorMonster: It resides inside a mirror and traps people inside.
389	* MirrorUniverse: Its victims are trapped in one, and the only way to undo the damage is to point a mirror at another mirror.
390	* MissingReflection: Downplayed, since it doesn’t play a huge role in the plot or resolution, but people replaced do not have reflections in mirrors. When Leo calls Satsuki, it seems like he was using his small desk mirror to [[WrongGenreSavvy make sure no one sneaks up on him]], but it fails to stop his mom. Later Leo himself doesn’t have a reflection when ambushing people in the bathroom
391	* SdrawkcabSpeech: If a person has anything written on their clothes, it'll be backwards on their replica.
392	[[/folder]]
393
394	[[folder:Datsueba]]
395	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShihoKikuchi, Creator/TomomichiNishimura (true form) (Japanese), Creator/BrittneyKarbowski, Creator/GeorgeManley (true form) (English)
396
397	A deity who oversees the crossing of the deceased across the Sanzu River. She tries to force Leo onto the ferry after he accidentally ends up in the spirit world by accessing a cursed website called Yomi Dash Net.
398	-----
399	* AdaptationalAttractiveness: At first. She's based on a real figure in Buddhist folklore, which normally depicts her as an ugly old woman. She first appears to Leo looking like a young girl, but then she transforms into a much uglier, oni-like form after Leo refuses to cross the river.
400	* ExorcistHead: She spins her head 360 degrees during her transformation.
401	* TheFerryman: Tries to get Leo to cross the Sanzu River.
402	[[/folder]]
403
404	[[folder:Shirotabi]]
405	The deceased pet rabbit of a girl named Mio, who brought Shirotabi back to life in a black magic ritual, but at the price of him turning into a giant demonic monster at night.
406	-----
407	* BestialityIsDepraved: In the ADV dub, Mio loved Shirotabi as more than a pet.
408	* CameBackWrong: He was brought back to life, but turns into a giant, vicious demon that kills all the other rabbits, and eventually people, at night.
409	* HairRaisingHare: A rabbit that transforms into a vicious monster at night.
410	* KillerRabbit: Any creature resurrected by the ritual that raised Shirotabi from the dead [[CameBackWrong comes back as a berserk monster]], but this time it was a fluffy little rabbit. He does gradually turn into [[OverlyNarrowSuperlative the most badass looking killer demon rabbit you would ever see]], though.
411	* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent: Shirotabi's curse resembles a classic werewolf curse. He only turns into his demonic form at night, and the form itself somewhat looks a werewolf.
412	* RedEyesTakeWarning: A sure sign that something is up with this bunny.
413	* SomeoneToRememberHimBy: After Shirotabi's been put to rest, it's discovered that he and another rabbit had kids, much to Mio's delight, at least in the Japanese version. In the ADV dub, she's pissed that Shirotabi cheated on her and left her alone to take care of the kids.
414	* VocalDissonance: He talks in the ADV dub, at least to Mio, and he sounds like a deep-voiced black man.
415	[[/folder]]
416
417	[[folder:The Taxi Driver]]
418	-> ''"I know what you're thinking. Why aren't I Pakistani or some stoned, dreadlocked Jamaican. Well you're all being racist. Creepy Japanese men can be cabbies too, you know. But women should never be allowed to drive."''
419	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/NachiNozawa (Japanese), Creator/JohnGremillion (English)
420
421	The ghost of a taxi driver who died while driving home to his daughter's birthday party. Ever since then, he has ferried lost travelers into Anamaneki, a tunnel where the living have their lives sucked away by the restless spirits within.
422	-----
423	* AbusiveParents: Zig-zagged in the ADV dub. While he is shown to dearly love his daughter, it is mentioned that he beat her for flunking a test so hard that she couldn't sit down for a week.
424	* TheAlcoholic: He's portrayed as such in the ADV dub, at least when he was alive.
425	* AfterlifeAngst: Satsuki's mother Kayako tried to put the tunnel around the 1970s (she was writing the diary in 1973) to sleep but failed, barely escaping with her life. She notes that the bitterness and regret the ghosts possessed was too strong. Based off the timeline, where the ghosts probably first appeared in 1925 and the Taxi Driver died probably around 30-40 years prior to the episode in 2000 (his daughter was around 10 at the time of his death and she appears 40-50 at the end of the episode), this means she encountered the tunnel when he was probably freshly haunting. It's likely that he was a big source of the regret permeating the tunnel, as his closing monologue with the gang reveals that his speeding to get home for his beloved daughter's birthday got him killed.
426	* DrivesLikeCrazy:
427	** At the beginning of Episode 10, the construction workers driving along the road notice the taxi driver because he nearly causes them to get into an accident by cutting them off. This may imply he was a reckless driver in life as well.
428	** When he's getting the kids out of the tunnel, he's laughing and treating the whole thing like a game of ''VideoGame/CrazyTaxi''.
429	* EvenEvilCanBeLoved: The driving force behind the Taxi Driver's ghost being unable to go to spiritual sleep. It seems that his daughter and his mother loved him a lot. At the end of the episode, the gang sees a woman going up to the tunnel with tangerines, implying his daughter decades later continues to visit the site of his grave. It is ambiguous if she knows he still haunts the tunnel or not.
430	* ExplainExplainOhCrap: Leo figures out he's a ghost in the original (though in both versions everyone is suspicious of the Taxi Driver) first by noticing that his fare is 190 yen (which would be worth about 3x less in 2000 compared to 1971) and when he claims his Taxi (which is previously noted by a different character to be a 1970s model) is brand new, having been purchased '2 months ago'. You do not see his face but you could hear Leo's voice quietly begin to panic right before the InternalReveal that the Taxi Driver is a ghost.
431	* GhostMemory: The characters each get to see different parts of the dead Taxi driver's memories, which are tied to his regrets about his death, including a scene with his daughter, his cremation and the mourning he caused his daughter and mother.
432	* HeelFaceTurn: After he breaks free of the tunnel's control, he uses his cab to get the kids out.
433	* {{Irony}}: The crux of the episode is that the tunnel is haunted by an Anamaneki, a group of ghosts whose combined bitterness at being stuck in such a terrible place to die leads them to suck other victims in from time to time. It is implied by different rumors that the original group died in a construction accident building the tunnel (which seems to have opened in 1925), and were potent enough to cause a group of psychics doing a show to disappear a few years prior to the episode. However the Taxi driver, who died probably in the 1960-1970s, seems to have died inside the tunnel due to a legitimate accident of his own doing - he was driving too fast during the middle of a storm and ended up suffering from a direct collision with a truck. This seems completely independent of the dangerous haunted tunnel he was in, as the ghosts' modus operandi appears to be a more direct attack combined with sucking the soul out of its victims.
434	* NightmareFace: He appears normal at first, but turns into his rotted corpse when they reach the tunnel.
435	* ShaggyDogStory: In the ADV dub, he had sex with a hooker who had AIDS, went to the doctor, found out he was clean, then died in a car accident.
436	* UncertainDoom: The episode ends on a bittersweet note, with the gang being too tired to recognize the woman as the taxi driver's daughter (or even warn her of the danger in the tunnel). It is also unclear if the gang's actions put the ghost to spiritual sleep or not, and whether or not the Taxi driver was able to make peace with what happened thanks to the gang's kindness. The Taxi Driver seems to be the main ferry for getting lost travelers outside of the tunnel into the tunnel, so if he's put to peace it's possible the tunnel will grow safer.
437
438	[[/folder]]
439
440	[[folder:Merry Mary]]
441	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/EtsukoKozakura (Japanese), Tamara Levine (English)
442
443	A possessed doll who infiltrates Satsuki's home and tries to kill her with an army of toys.
444	-----
445	* AdaptationRelationshipOverhaul: A slight one. In the original script she doesn't give any indication she's ever met Amonojaku, calling him "Mr. Cat." The Dub tweaks it so they already know each other.
446	-->''Mary:'' Well, look who's here. Nice coat.
447	* BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Mary decides to spare Satsuki after she remembers the latter cleaned her cheek with a handkerchief:
448	-->'''Mary:''' Okay, the spit thing was kind of gross, but it's the thought that counts.
449	* CreepyDoll: She's a doll who suddenly appears inside Satsuki's house after she finds her near a trash can. The Japanese version plays with this a bit, since she really does want to be Satuski's friend and calls off the other toys because [[HeelRealization she realizes Satsuki]] isn't "having fun." However, she's still plenty creepy.
450	* DisproportionateRetribution: It's implied the reason she stalks and tries to torture Satsuki is because Satsuki wouldn't let Keiichirou keep her and called her "dirty and old."
451	* {{Expy}}: Pretty blatantly of [[Series/TheTwilightZone1959 Talky Tina]], right down to the alliterative name and communicating by phone.
452	* EyeScream: After she's captured Satsuki, she decides the first game they're going to play is "Pluck it Out".
453	* KnightOfCerebus: While she's still quite comical in the ADV dub, she actually manages to terrify Satsuki more than any other ghost. And then there's the fact that she plans to have Satsuki [[CruelAndUnusualDeath torn apart piece by piece by an army of homicidal toys]], which she ''would've gone through with'' if the handkerchief Satsuki used earlier hadn't fallen out of her pocket at the last moment.
454	* OffscreenTeleportation: When she first shows up, this is how she moves around, but she later drops the facade and moves like a person.
455	* PhoneCallFromTheDead: She communicates with Satsuki through the phone at first, but later on communicates with her regularly.
456	* RepetitiveName: Merry, as in cheerful, followed by the name Mary.
457	* VocalDissonance: She switches back and forth between a high-pitched cutesy voice fitting of a doll and sounding like an angry adult woman. The latter is her actual voice as she uses it when being serious and she grumbles about how hard it is to keep up her high pitched one since it gives her coughing fits.
458	[[/folder]]
459
460	[[folder:The Cursed Nurse]]
461	A ghostly nurse occupying the hospital where Satsuki's mother died.
462	-----
463	* CreepyGood: She's a floating ghostly nurse with long black hair and a creepy stare. However, once she's actually able to give Satsuki and Keiichirou the letter, her creepiness completely drops and she actually appears quite friendly.
464	* TheGrimReaper: What she's initially believed to be. In actuality, she just wanted to give Satsuki and Keiichirou a letter their mother wrote before she died.
465	* {{Shinigami}}: She is implied to be one.
466	* TheSpeechless: Which only adds to her creepiness, since she's unable to tell Satsuki and Keiichirou she doesn't actually mean any harm.
467	* StringyHairedGhostGirl: She has long black hair.
468	[[/folder]]
469
470	[[folder:Da Vinci]]
471	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ShowHayami (Japanese), Creator/VicMignogna (English)
472
473	The ghost of an art teacher obsessed with Creator/LeonardoDaVinci who killed himself after his work was ridiculed. He resides inside a painting of the old schoolhouse done by Satsuki's mother when she was a student there, but gets released when Satsuki makes an identical painting. He pulls inside unsuspecting women to paint them, but kills them when he's finished.
474	-----
475	* AndIMustScream: His victims become trapped inside his paintings after he's finished.
476	* DemBones: He's a skeleton wearing a stereotypical artist's smock and beret.
477	* DrivenToSuicide: He was originally an art teacher who aspired to be like the real Leonardo da Vinci, but killed himself when his work was rejected.
478	* GroundhogDayLoop: The painting he's in is stuck in a time loop, and essentially acts as a portal to the past where Satsuki's parents are still kids there.
479	* HorrifyingTheHorror: When he's resurrected, even the good ghosts of the old schoolhouse are afraid of him. Normally they don't get involved with the main group's attempts to defeat bad ghosts, but this time they make an effort. Hanako, the Ninomaya statue and Jinmenken all provide the kids with the incense necessary for defeating Da Vinci.
480	* IHaveYouNowMyPretty: The [[TheTeaser cold open]] of his episode has him making lecherous comments to his victim.
481	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When he's painting Momoko's purple hair, he remarks [[SarcasmMode "Can't tell this is a goddamn anime."]]
482	* MadArtist: He captures women to paint them, then kills them after he's finished the painting by trapping them inside.
483	[[/folder]]
484
485	[[folder:Shizuko]]
486	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/{{Yukana}} (Japanese), Creator/LuciChristian (English)
487
488	The vengeful spirit of a woman who died before her wedding day after being struck by a taxi. She haunts the area where she died, scaring taxi drivers who drive that way at night.
489	-----
490	* BreadEggsMilkSquick: According to her mother in the ADV dub, three of her goals in life were to cure cancer, win the Noble Peace Prize, and have a four-way with Creator/JudeLaw, Creator/CliveOwen and Creator/DannyGlover.
491	* DemonicPossession: She takes over Momoko's body and tries to kill her by having her run headfirst into a speeding train.
492	* ForTheEvulz: As Amonojaku puts it, even though Momoko did nothing wrong to Shizuko, spirits like her love sharing their misery with the living and they'll curse them out of sheer spite. However, she backs off when Leo manages to find her wedding ring and the cab driver who killed her, giving her a proper outlet for her anger.
493	* ReallyGetsAround: In the ADV dub, Shizuko's mother mentions her as having been "quite a little tramp" and "a slut" when she was alive. She also mentions that one of Shizuko's dreams was to have a four-way with Jude Law, Clive Owen and Danny Glover.
494	* SpookyPhotographs: She makes her presence known to the main group in a photo where they see a ghostly hand resting on Momoko's shoulder.
495	* StringyHairedGhostGirl: She looks about as close to the trope image as you can get.
496	* VengefulGhost: She's out for blood because of her untimely death. In the end, she manages to get her revenge against the cab driver who performed the hit-and-run.
497	[[/folder]]
498
499	[[folder:Shinobu Matsuba/Yamime]]
500	[[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shinobu_8.png]]
501	[[caption-width-right:350:Click [[labelnote:here]][[quoteright:225:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yamime.jpg]][[/labelnote]] to see her true face]]
502	-> ''"It'll be all right. Just make sure none of you say anything about this. And if you decide you don't like this there's a way to quit in the middle. Okay?"''
503	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MariaKawamura (Japanese), Taylor Hannah (English)
504
505	A classmate of Satsuki's who ropes her into a schoolyard game of casting spells to grant wishes. Unfortunately, she is actually a horrific creature named Yamime, who only wishes to glut on and torment gullible schoolgirls.
506	-----
507	* AloofDarkHairedGirl: As Shinobu, she's rather haughty, detached and secretive.
508	* AlphaBitch: Satsuki seems to think of her as this with how she runs her little dark magic club. Turns out she's something ''much'' worse.
509	* BitchInSheepsClothing: She appears to be a friendly and cheerful girl, if a bit cold and aloof. In reality, she's really a hideously evil creature that enjoys destroying children.
510	* DarkIsEvil: Shinobu has dark eyes, black hair, and wears a dark blue dress. She's also one of the most genuinely malevolent and evil of all the ghosts in the series.
511	* EldritchAbomination: Yamime is one to her true nature.
512	* EyesDoNotBelongThere: As her body continues to become more demonic, her final form gets an eyeball inside of her mouth.
513	* FaceOfAnAngelMindOfADemon: See that picture there? And that face didn't originally belong to her.
514	* FauxAffablyEvil: As the game gets scarier, her cheerful demeanor starts to fade, and it becomes more clear that she's just a manipulative monster.
515	* ForTheEvulz: While most of the spirits in this series are just lashing out in grief or following their nature, Yamime seems to have no reason for psychologically tormenting and killing children and thinks of it as a fun little game.
516	* HumanoidAbomination: Shinobu's body was stolen years ago by this demon. Near the end, she morphs into a horrible hybrid of her schoolgirl and ghost forms.
517	* {{Jerkass}}: Amanojaku was ''very'' on point when he called her "a ghost and a bitch".
518	* LaughablyEvil: Despite her horric nature, she still has the persona of a bubbly school girl and gets some pretty hilarious lines, especially the "wish-granting" chant.
519	* ManipulativeBitch: She manages to be so charismatic that she almost tricks Satsuki into erasing herself.
520	* RetGone: When someone performs her ritual to exit her blood pact, they disappear from everyone's memories except for the fellow participants. Shinobu passes it off as them botching the ritual.
521	* SatanicArchetype: She charms her victims into signing a blood contract by promising them their greatest wishes, and then swallows their souls in darkness, either directly or tricking them into erasing themselves.
522	* SmugSnake: She acts like one as she smugly manipulates people to erase themselves.
523	[[/folder]]
524
525	[[folder:Soma]]
526	The head ghost haunting an abandoned building set to be demolished. It lures in and kills anyone who enters, and controls a variety of ghosts inside the building.
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528	* ApartmentComplexOfHorrors: Where it resides, complete with an EldritchLocation of an interior and a CrustyCaretaker.
529	* GeniusLoci: Seems to be the spiritual manifestation of the forest that was destroyed to build the apartment, which has since grown vengeful and malevolent.
530	* HiveMind: It controls a variety of other ghosts used to lure in victims, including an old man, a seemingly suicidal woman, and a little girl with backwards bending knees.
531	* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Stand too close outside the building and it might drop a metal object on you like a pipe or a fence.
532	* MurderousMannequin: Has a bunch of these in addition to its puppet ghosts.
533	* WhenTreesAttack: Its main body takes the form of a tree on top of the building, and all of the lesser ghosts come from it.
534	[[/folder]]
535
536	[[folder:Yuki Shirogane]]
537	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TaekoKawata (Japanese), Lesley Tesh (English)
538
539	The ghost of a young girl who drowned in a lake next to an inn in the snowy mountains. She pretends that Satsuki's cousin Miyuki is the actual ghost in a scheme to get Miyuki killed.
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541	* BlackIsBiggerInBed: She makes loads of comments about black dicks in the ADV dub:
542	--> Black men have larger penises than either Asians or Mexicans do. And I'm a size queen from the word go, you know what I'm saying?
543	* DeadAllAlong: She presents herself as being the sister of Satsuki's still-living cousin, and claims Satsuki's actual cousin Miyuki died in her place.
544	* DeathEqualsRedemption: After she's been put to spiritual sleep, the kids leave some flowers by her grave and express their sadness for her backstory, which causes a gentle snowfall that's implied to be caused by Yuki.
545	* {{Foreshadowing}}: Leo says this after the group arrives at the hotel in episode 17:
546	--> ''"Maybe your friend was the victim of the dreaded abominable snow-woman of the mountain. Does anyone feel a little cold? I feel cold and a little watched."''
547	* HoistByHerOwnPetard: She teaches the main group the ritual to seal away her sister that's still alive, but Satsuki is able to use the same ritual on her after her cover is blown.
548	* AnIcePerson: She causes a snowstorm and tries to freeze the main group and Miyuki to death.
549	* {{Leitmotif}}: The ringing of a bell punctuates key moments in the episode, indicating her presence.
550	** At the start of the episode, the sobbing of the snow ghost is joined by bells.
551	** Each time the gang tries to make a phone call they are foiled, hearing only bells on the other end, a hint that supernatural forces are [[ImpededCommunication jamming their communications]].
552	** Bells play when Yuki is first introduced, when Miyuki arrives, and when Yuki explains the ritual as her plan is set in action.
553	** Similarly, during the climax, a physical bell falls out as Hajime exposes Yuki's true nature. After Yuki's soul is brought to spiritual sleep, the bells fizzle out of existence. As a gentle snow begins to fall at the end of the episode, the bells begin to ring again to signify Yuki is finally at peace.
554	* MeaningfulName: Her name is a hint on her actually being a {{Yukionna}}.
555	* NightmareFace: After she's been found out, her face briefly morphs into a horrifying, rotted mess, before changing again into another version of her face with an [[GlasgowGrin creepily wide mouth]] and glowing red eyes.
556	* RaceFetish: In the ADV dub, Yuki explicitly states that she likes black men.
557	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes turn red after she's been found out.
558	* SympathyForTheDevil: Even though she tried to kill them, the kids still feel sorry for her when they find out about her tragic death and feelings of loneliness, and they visit her grave to leave flowers for her.
559	* ValleyGirl: The ADV dub turns her into one, with a lot of what she says being about her lust for black men or how she's really popular.
560	* {{Yukionna}}: She's a ghost who lives in a snowy inn, and this is also where her name comes from.
561	[[/folder]]
562
563	[[folder:Akane]]
564	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MegumiOgata (Japanese), Alice Fulks (English)
565
566	The ghost of a girl who died of a sudden heart attack while broadcasting the school announcements. Any student who takes her place and hears her voice over the speakers is then cursed to die.
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568	* DeathEqualsRedemption: As the kids perform the necessary steps to putting her to spiritual sleep, her face goes from hideous and angry to cute and peaceful.
569	* {{Expy}}: Of Sadako from ''Literature/TheRing''.
570	* FourIsDeath: When she counts down to someone's death, she skips any numbers that have a four in them. Satsuki notices and realizes that she can be defeated by chanting the number four.
571	* PsychoLesbian: The ADV dub adds this in after she appears to be feeling Satsuki up during her countdown:
572	-->'''Akane:''' Fifteen. Thirteen. Twelve. Eleven. ''(her hands begin going up Satsuki's legs)''
573	-->'''Satsuki:''' Uh-uh! Uh-uh! Uh-uh!
574	-->'''Akane:''' Let's see. Oh ''my''. ''Definitely'' a ten.
575	-->'''Satsuki:''' Ah! A math deficient lesbian with scoliosis. What is it with me and lesbians!?
576	-->''(Akane's hand begins sliding up Satsuki's chest)''
577	-->'''Satsuki:''' It's the jacket. I need a makeover.
578	* RedEyesTakeWarning: Her red eyes glow through her hair.
579	* StringyHairedGhostGirl: Yet another aspect connecting her to Sadako.
580	* TelevisionPortal: Crawls through a television at one point, further cementing her as a Sadako expy.
581	[[/folder]]
582
583	[[folder:The Headless Biker]]
584	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/WataruTakagi (Japanese), Reeves Gentry (English)
585
586	The ghost of a motorcycle punk who lost his head in an accident. Every year on the anniversary of his death, he goes around decapitating everyone and everything that has a head, including statues.
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588	* AxCrazy: He slices off every head he gets near, even the heads of statues and toys.
589	* EarlyBirdCameo: Appears briefly in the first episode, but doesn't get an episode about him until the second to last one.
590	* HeadlessHorseman: A modernized take on the idea.
591	* OffWithHisHead: Looks for a new head through mass decapitation.
592	* WeaksauceWeakness: Wearing a scarf is usually enough to keep him at bay. This is lampshaded at the end of the episode in the ADV dub:
593	-->'''Momoko:''' Oh God.
594	-->'''Hajime:''' That was so stupid.
595	-->'''Leo:''' It made no sense.
596	-->'''Satsuki:''' We could have all just worn turtlenecks and what, the ghost would have left us alone?
597	-->'''Keiichirou:''' Good job, Japan.
598	[[/folder]]
599
600	[[folder:Ouma]]
601	->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AkioOtsuka (Japanese), Paul Oddo (English)
602
603	The final threat fought in the series, a giant stone demon dubbed the Spirit of Vengeance who wants revenge on Satsuki and her family for being sealed away.
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605	* EvilCounterpart: He's basically what Amonojaku was at the start of the series before his gradual HeelFaceTurn, but even more powerful.
606	* EvilSoundsDeep: Has a deep, booming voice.
607	* EyeScream: Amonojaku jumps at his face and claws at his eye, leaving it dangling by the stalk. However, it heals itself a few seconds later.
608	* FamilialFoe: Said to be the recurring enemy of the Kamiyana bloodline, recovering his strength slowly each time he is defeated. The Ghost diary calls him the ultimate test for the clan's aspiring Ghost Hunters, and indeed he is the final and most powerful villain of the series.
609	* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: When he can't understand Keiichirou's gibberish:
610	-->'''Ouma:''' Uh, I'm sorry, what? When is ADV going to start subtitling what you say?
611	* LivingStatue: He resembles a humanoid demon made of stone.
612	* MindControl: Ends up putting most of the schoolkids and Mr. Sakata under mind control and has them go after the Satsuki and Keiichirou with knives.
613	* MyEyesAreUpHere: Says this to Satsuki after it looks like she stares at his crotch.
614	* PersonOfMassDestruction: He unleashes most the previous ghosts, and his presence eventually causes massive tremors and earthquakes.
615	* VillainTeamUp: He revives most of the ghosts from the previous episodes and sics them on the kids.

Context Characters / GhostStories