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| 3 | !!The Prodigies ([[AndZoidberg And Lyrule]]) |
| 4 | |
| 5 | [[folder:Tsukasa Mikogami]] |
| 6 | !! Tsukasa Mikogami |
| 7 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YuusukeKobayashi (Japanese), Creator/ChrisHackney (English) |
| 8 | |
| 9 | --> "There is nothing we can't do." |
| 10 | |
| 11 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/62259e37_7792_4bc9_b333_8e7aeeef1bb8.png]] |
| 12 | [[caption-width-right:350: The Youngest Prime Minister]] |
| 13 | |
| 14 | The youngest, most popular, and most effective Prime Minister of Japan and unofficial leader of the Prodigies. He is a talented leader and politician. |
| 15 | ---- |
| 16 | * ActionPolitician: He can take down armed soldiers and knights with martial arts and a stun baton. Justified because, as a politician, he has to defend himself against assassins. |
| 17 | * AdaptationalBadass: In the anime and light novel, Tsukasa had to unload his entire magazine to break [[spoiler:the crystal powering Gustav's OneWingedAngel form]]. In the manga, he needed only ''one'' shot. |
| 18 | * AllLovingHero: Tsukasa goes above and beyond to help others even at the cost of himself. This has been to his detriment as, for the greater good, he exposed his father as a CorruptPolitician and got him executed which caused his mother to abandon him. Keine often says he works himself to negative states of health. This is deconstructed in that while he's a rare selfless politician, he inevitably has to consider TheNeedsOfTheMany and can't save everyone, leading to him considering sacrificing Lyrule to avoid further attacks from Marquis Findolph, which causes him a lot of guilt even after he saves Lyrule. Both his mother and Masato consider his extreme utilitarianism abnormal and unhealthy. |
| 19 | * BerserkButton: Touch Lyrule and you ''will'' incur Tsukasa's wrath. |
| 20 | * BrokenPedestal: Tsukasa admired his politician father, and was likely inspired by his father to become a politician himself. But then he later learned that his father was a CorruptPolitician who used his power and authority over the people he was meant to serve. He, along with Shinobu and Masato, worked to have his father's crimes exposed. In the end, Tsukasa's father was put to death. |
| 21 | * CrazyPrepared: He made a strategy for Gustav's Fire Fall long before he expected the latter to attack, which allows him to minimize damage to Findolph when Gustav launches Fire Fall earlier than expected. |
| 22 | * CreativeSterility: One of the reasons he considers himself the impostor among the prodigies is that despite his political achievements in both Japan and Elm, he hasn't really made any innovations in his field like his friends. Instead, he uses existing political theories as effectively as he can, but he knows the systems he built up will eventually fall prey to corruption. |
| 23 | * DidntSeeThatComing: When he makes one-sided demands during his negotiation with Grandmaster Neuro, he expects the latter to make his own demands so they can meet in the middle. He's caught off guard when Neuro agrees to all of his demands [[spoiler:and offers to send the prodigies back to their home world, since this is means the prodigies aren't the only otherworlders]]. |
| 24 | * EasilyElected: He became Japan's Prime Minister fairly easily due to the fame of exposing his corrupt father and being seen as a RedeemingReplacement. |
| 25 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: His ShipTease with Lyrule, the two had an instant connection and many are very supportive of the relationship. |
| 26 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He's willing to use a fake religion to manipulate his people into accepting democracy, but he's disgusted [[spoiler:at Princess Mayoi using mind control magic to get her people to peacefully accept Freyjagard's rule.]] |
| 27 | * {{Foil}}: |
| 28 | ** To Keine in terms of being {{unscrupulous hero}}es. Tsukasa gives off the impression of a ruthless and confident politician, but is secretly conflicted about some of his more extreme actions and acknowledges that he's limited in how he can save people. Keine initially appears to be a kindhearted doctor, but is capable of lobotomizing people without guilt and secretly has a god complex in wanting to make everyone perfectly healthy. |
| 29 | ** He and Masato are both skilled at reading people and predicting how events will unfold, but Tsukasa uses his talents to dominate Japan's politics while Masato uses his talents to dominate the business world. They also have opposing ideologies, with Tsukasa believing the the needs of the population outweigh the needs of the few and Masato believing that people should look out for their own interests in a meritocratic society. Their {{Freudian Excuse}}s are mirrors of each other, since Tsukasa had to condemn his father to execution in order to serve the greater good of Japan while Masato became ambitious after his father was DrivenToSuicide by business rivals. Finally, Tsukasa prepared his subordinates to run the government without him, but Masato never prepared his employees to run companies without his input and doesn't trust them to survive without him. |
| 30 | * FreudianExcuse: Even when he was young, he knew of his father's political corruption, but turned a blind eye because he didn't want to betray his family. This lasted until his father had an entire airliner sabotaged and destroyed just to kill his former secretary, uncaring of all the unrelated victims. In response, Tsukasa exposed his father and was abandoned by his mother, leading to him fully committing to his utilitarian ideals. |
| 31 | * HardWorkHardlyWorks: Averted. While the other prodigies are {{instant expert}}s at learning new techniques and concepts in their fields, Tsukasa learns things at a normal rate, which means he needs to study and practice harder to make use of it. However, he practiced hard in so many fields that he can fill in for almost any role. |
| 32 | * HeroicSelfDeprecation: He sees himself as the impostor among the prodigies, since he believes his actions as a politician are nothing more than him trying to fulfill his obligations and that his egalitarian goals won't save everyone. |
| 33 | * HypocriteHasAPoint: He's correct that Freyjagard is going to collapse on itself if the corrupt government isn't overthrown, but he comes off as hypocritical for having the prodigies pose as divine beings in order to convince people of democracy, making him no different from corrupt politicians who use falsehoods to guide public opinion. His final conversation with his father expands on this by showing that despite his rhetoric about representing the people, deep down, he knows that public is easily swayed by fleeting passions and that he doesn't actually trust them to make rational decisions. |
| 34 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: Subverted. According to Keine, [[spoiler:Tsukasa somehow didn't change despite all of her attempts to lobotomize him. She states this is because he simply doesn't have greed in his heart, meaning any attempt to remove greed through lobotomy would be redundant. However, Tsukasa reveals he actually does have greed, but he has enough willpower to resist Keine's brainwashing anyways]]. |
| 35 | * JackOfAllTrades: Tsukasa has a surprising number of talents, including cooking, martial arts, leading, and nation building. Impressive for anyone, let alone a high schooler. |
| 36 | * KissOfLife: Lyrule gives him a few to feed him after he’s too weak to eat. |
| 37 | * KnightInSourArmor: He has no illusions about his own righteousness in sacrificing others for the country, amassing nukes, and going to war with the empire. He also inwardly acknowledges that his egalitarianism is impossible, but feels compelled to implement a democracy in this world anyways, since he sees that revolution against the empire is inevitable no matter what he does. |
| 38 | * TheLeader: The Prime Minister of Japan and Leader of the BadassCrew of Prodigies. Despite Akatsuki being the nominal god of the Luminaries, Gustav is able to tell from Tsukasa's demeanor who's really in charge. |
| 39 | * LivingLieDetector: He can spot subtle body language in others to tell if they're lying, such as when Marquis Conrad claims Gustav's emperor statue went missing [[spoiler:when he was really trying to sell it and keep the profits for himself]]. |
| 40 | * MundaneUtility: Tsukasa can see any mundane item around him and find a way for him or one of his friends to utilize for something great like bringing modern tools to a poor village or use them for something silly like making a bathhouse to boost morale. |
| 41 | * TheNeedsOfTheMany: |
| 42 | ** He suggests abandoning Lyrule in order to avoid a war with Marquis Findolph that could result in casualties for the village, but goes along with the villagers in fighting the marquis because defeating the empire would be more beneficial to the people of the region in the long run. That said, he does feel guilt over this mindset, as shown when he blames himself for using Lyrule for his goals. |
| 43 | ** As a deconstruction, many of the issues that Tsukasa faces aren't easy to answer even with his utilitarian mindset, since there are unpredictable long-term consequences. Examples include both the issue of saving Lyrule and the issue of helping Yamato. In the latter case, abandoning Yamato might help Elm in the short run, but helping Yamato could help more people internationally in the long run. As a result, he is constantly facing {{sadistic choice}}s. |
| 44 | * TheNicknamer: He always refers to his friends by their traits rather than their name, such as referring Masato as Merchant and Ringo as Inventor. |
| 45 | * NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: Tsukasa exposed his father for the corrupt politician he was and got him sentenced to death for his crimes. Because of this, his mother abandoned him, and Tsukasa became very self-reliant. |
| 46 | * NonAnswer: When Juno questions Tsukasa about his plans regarding Princess Kaguya, he avoids making any clear or detailed statements about what he plans to do. When Juno calls him out for this, Tsukasa states he wouldn't be a politician unless he was good at dodging questions. |
| 47 | * ObliviousToLove: Subverted. He already realized at some point that Lyrule is in love with him, but he doesn't want to answer her feelings because of his own emotional baggage over betraying his family. |
| 48 | * OnlySaneMan: Downplayed. Tsukasa lacks the eccentric personalities of his fellow Prodigies, which is probably why they follow his lead without question. However, Masato points out that his devotion to the needs of the masses over the few can be problematic in its own way. |
| 49 | * PragmaticHero: |
| 50 | ** He acknowledges that building nukes is morally questionable and feels guilt over it, but believes this firepower is NecessarilyEvil to act as a deterrent to the empire's Fire Fall, thus allowing the Republic of Elm to survive against rival powers. |
| 51 | ** Despite hating the empire for their injustices, Tsukasa knows that thanks to MutuallyAssuredDestruction, he has to make some concessions to them to avoid casualties. |
| 52 | * PrematurelyGreyHaired: His hair was normal back when he was younger, but his father's scandals, his mother abandoning him, and the stress of his job made his hair turn silver. |
| 53 | * RulerProtagonist: Downplayed in that he doesn't hold absolute power, but as the Prime Minister of Japan and the one directing the "god" Akatsuki, he's the one with the most political power in both Japan and the Republic of Elm. However, he later has the Luminaries defect from Elm so that the country will vote for new leaders and not depend on him and the Luminaries. |
| 54 | * ShadowDictator: Downplayed. While he and the other Luminaries do most of the decision making for Republic of Elm and use a shady scam religion to drive public opinion, he does want the citizens to eventually be able to act without his input. When the republic faces the issue of whether or not to help the remnants of Yamato, Tsukasa tells the citizens to vote on the issue despite privately stating that the pro-Yamato side is the lesser of the two evils. |
| 55 | * ShipTease: |
| 56 | ** Lots with Lyrule who appears to reciprocate to some degree. |
| 57 | ** Ringo is also someone Tsukasa gets some tease with but he doesn’t seem particularly interested outside of a close platonic friendship. |
| 58 | * ShirtlessScene: Tsukasa has one of these, albeit a brief one, during the PoolScene. |
| 59 | * ShownTheirWork: Tsukasa likes to let everyone know who worked on a project so they and others can be proud of their work or so the collective group can see what they can accomplish together. |
| 60 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: Despite having his own idea of how to handle the Yamato situation, he refuses to tell the Republic of Elm and instead have them vote on leaders campaigning on this issue, since they wouldn't be a true democracy if they depended on him for all their policy. |
| 61 | * SoProudOfYou: He's pleased when the people of Elm are willing to debate and vote over an issue rather than simply rely on his and the other Luminaries' input. |
| 62 | * StepfordSmiler: No matter what personal misgivings he has with his political actions, he'll always appear as a calm and collected politician in front of everyone. |
| 63 | * StormingTheCastle: Leads a rebellion to save Lyrule from a corrupt Noble. |
| 64 | * StrangeMindsThinkAlike: It seems to be his skill as he is able to easily guess what the people around him will probably do. After Shinobu reported to him that Masato didn't sell the wares to the merchant due to the terrible pricing, Tsukasa assumed he is already thinking about making his own trading company called the "Elm Trading Company". Sure enough he was doing just that. [[spoiler: This was also used later to get the other Lords to surrender, as they were shocked to see he was able to predict everything they planned to do during the battle and how to counter it.]] |
| 65 | * ThickerThanWater: Deconstructed. He used to tolerate his father's corruption on the basis that family should stick together, but when his father had an entire airliner destroyed just to kill someone who might know too much about him, Tsukasa decides that his family ties aren't worth it if it means allowing his father to get away with his crimes. |
| 66 | * TranquilFury: When Tsukasa is worried, he yells. When he gets really mad, he doesn't. He just becomes extremely quiet, very calm, and threatens to kill people. |
| 67 | * UnwantedHarem: Most prominently, Lyrule certainly has feelings for him and Ringo is vying for his affections. Aoi and Keine also seem to be rather close but their level of affection is unknown. |
| 68 | * WeakButSkilled: He's a decent fighter, but he's not on par with the empire's more trained swordsmen like Inzaghi. However, he knows how to [[CombatPragmatist use his surroundings to his advantage]], as shown when he tricks Inzaghi into getting his sword stuck to the top of a door frame. |
| 69 | * WithGreatPowerComesGreatResponsibility: Deconstructed. He states that politicians are granted more power than the ordinary person, which means they must throw away all selfish desires for the sake of their people. However, this means his ideal of a politician is one who is willing to cast aside their loved ones for TheNeedsOfTheMany. |
| 70 | * WorfHadTheFlu: Tsukasa struggled against Inzaghi due to his hands being injured from working on the hot springs. He still manages to win by using the length of Inzaghi's sword against him. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | [[/folder]] |
| 73 | |
| 74 | [[folder:Lyrule]] |
| 75 | !!Lyrule |
| 76 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/YukiKuwahara (Japanese), Creator/CassandraLeeMorris (English) |
| 77 | |
| 78 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/42cae5f6_2420_4cb4_9f5c_c414b45c8094.jpeg]] |
| 79 | |
| 80 | A young elf girl with great magic proficiency from Elm Village that aids the Prodigies, and the deuteragonist of the story. Tsukasa suspects her to be the reason the Prodigies arrived on Freyjagard. |
| 81 | ---- |
| 82 | * AllLovingHero: She doesn’t have a bad bone in her body and Lyrule will stand up to even Tsukasa if she thinks he’s punishing himself. |
| 83 | * ClothingDamage: Inflicted by Marquis Findolph as punishment. |
| 84 | * EveryoneCanSeeIt: Her ShipTease with Tsukasa; the two had an instant connection and many are very supportive of the relationship. |
| 85 | * GreenEyedMonster: Downplayed: Lyrule is confident in her ability to court Tsukasa but this doesn’t stop her from getting into a silly catfight with Ringo over Tsukasa. |
| 86 | * HappilyAdopted: Winona is her adoptive mother and they clearly love each other. |
| 87 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: Lyrule is ''very'' curvy and beautiful, yet she is often subject to not realizing some of her actions are causing other to stare at her. |
| 88 | * KillTheCutie: Double subverted. In Volume 9, [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm kills her in order to unseal Father's soul within him. The start of Volume 10 reveals she survived the first attempt, but thanks to Keine, Lindworm succeeds in the second. Afterwards, Yggdra sacrifices herself to revive Lyrule]]. |
| 89 | * KissOfLife: Gives this to the weakened Tsukasa so he can eat. |
| 90 | * LightEmUp: She realizes she can tap into powers of light among other abilities. |
| 91 | * MacGuffinSuperPerson: The entity that summoned the “Seven Lights” to their world seems to have gifted her with magic to aid them and sometimes uses her to communicate to them. |
| 92 | * MsFanservice: Lyrule is very beautiful and most of the fanservice is attributed to her. |
| 93 | * OurElvesAreDifferent: She ticks off all the usual traits of the High Elf girl motif. |
| 94 | * ReluctantFanserviceGirl: In the anime, Lyrule seems quite worried when she finds herself in an extremely revealing dress, though this could be more due to being captured in the castle of a known pervert away from her family and friends than due to the dress's nature. |
| 95 | * SoBeautifulItsACurse: She is ''EXTREMELY'' beautiful and everyone in her village makes sure to protect her from Lords who want to abduct her for it. |
| 96 | * SplitPersonality: The Entity that summoned the Prodigies uses her as a medium to communicate with Tsukasa on rare occasions. |
| 97 | * SupportPartyMember: She refuses to use offensive magic because doing so brings pain to the spirits that she commands. As such, all of her magic focuses on defense or non-offensive effects. |
| 98 | * VirginPower: The Divine Spirit pretty much is protecting her body from those who would do her harm in many ways. |
| 99 | |
| 100 | [[/folder]] |
| 101 | |
| 102 | [[folder:Masato Sanada]] |
| 103 | !! Masato Sanada |
| 104 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/JunjiMajima (Japanese), Creator/NicolasRoye (English) |
| 105 | |
| 106 | --> "A life spent going along with the flow and letting yourself be used is worthless." |
| 107 | |
| 108 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/a9d5a5c6_4c95_4cee_bc4f_acd64a5f1451.png]] |
| 109 | [[caption-width-right:350: World’s Best Businessman]] |
| 110 | |
| 111 | One of the best businessmen in the world, Masato uses his knowledge and expertise to aid in rebuilding the economy of the Parallel World to be fairer for the peasant class. |
| 112 | ---- |
| 113 | * AllLovingHero: Subverted. While he is outwardly pleasant and many of his schemes are beneficial to the people of Elm, his motivations aren't as altruistic as Tsukasa's and the benevolent aspects of his practices are also pragmatic for maintaining his business interests. |
| 114 | * AllMenArePerverts: Masato is quick to compliment the girls on their looks but is in more control of himself than other examples. |
| 115 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: In the manga and light novel, he states that he and Tsukasa may eventually have to go their separate ways due to their differing philosophies. [[spoiler:After the Goss currency exchange, he considers siding with Shenmei Li over Elm. Later, it turns out that he's still on the Luminaries' side, but he states that he was always in an EnemyMine with Tsukasa, who he considers his archnemesis]]. |
| 116 | * AntiHero: Unlike Tsukasa, Masato's motivation is more motivated out of self-interest than altruism. Even his more "heroic" methods such as reworking the Parallel World's economy to be less oppressive is more based on how he can benefit from it while his morality is less about right and wrong and more a preference for long term benefit over short term gains. Regardless, he is protective of his employees and despises crooked business tactics. |
| 117 | * BenevolentBoss: Deconstructed. He handles most of the burdens of his companies and leaves his employees with little on their shoulders, but this leaves them little opportunity to grow their own skills, which means they can't operate without him. |
| 118 | * CavalryBetrayal: Inverted. In Volume 9, he shows up with his mercenaries to save Neuro, [[spoiler:only for the mercenaries to kill Neuro when his guard is down]]. |
| 119 | * DisproportionateRetribution: Downplayed. In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he reveals that he betrayed the Luminaries and sided with Neuro because he wants to prevent Tsukasa from implementing UBI in Japan. However, he then has his men kill Neuro and states that the issue of UBI can wait until after Freyjagard is defeated, showing that at the very least, he's not willing to doom his friends in the other world just to win against Tsukasa. However, he admits that he is willing to kill Tsukasa once their truce ends]]. |
| 120 | * DistractedByTheSexy: Man wounded before him, Masato takes the time to eye-bang Winona in a skimpy Leaf-Bikini instead. To his credit, he tries to focus on the emergency at hand. |
| 121 | * EtTuBrute: Subverted. Despite learning the truth about Yggdra and the evil dragon from Shinobu, Masato [[spoiler:shoots her because he prioritizes his employees on earth over Lyrule and the people in her world. However, he actually shot her in a part covered by her bulletproof vest and then intentionally placed her in a prison that she could escape]]. |
| 122 | * FaceHeelTurn: Subverted. [[spoiler:He sides with Neuro in order to get home, even if it means agreeing to kill the other prodigies. This turns out to be a ruse to find an opening to kill Neuro, though he makes it clear that he and Tsukasa were always in a [[EnemyMine temporary alliance]] until they can return to Japan]]. |
| 123 | * FakeDefector: When he realizes [[spoiler:Neuro can secretly listen in on their conversations, he decides to pretend to join the latter. In Volume 9, he seemingly has his mercenaries save Neuro from the Luminaries and Yamato, only to order them to gun the mage down]]. |
| 124 | * FalselyReformedVillain: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he pretends to go back to working for Elm so that he can burn Elm's war supplies, preventing them from backing up Yamato]]. |
| 125 | * {{Foil}}: He and Tsukasa are both skilled at reading people and predicting how events will unfold, but Tsukasa uses his talents to dominate Japan's politics while Masato uses his talents to dominate the business world. They also have opposing ideologies, with Tsukasa believing the the needs of the population outweigh the needs of the few and Masato believing that people should look out for their own interests in a meritocratic society. Their {{Freudian Excuse}}s are mirrors of each other, since Tsukasa had to condemn his father to execution in order to serve the greater good of Japan while Masato became ambitious after his father was DrivenToSuicide by business rivals. Finally, Tsukasa prepared his subordinates to run the government without him, but Masato never prepared his employees to run companies without his input and doesn't trust them to survive without him. |
| 126 | * FreudianExcuse: Masato's father committed suicide because he was cornered by his business rivals. This explains Masato's ambition in becoming a powerful businessman and his vengeful streak whenever rival companies try to screw with him and his allies. |
| 127 | * JerkassHasAPoint: After it looks like Elm might side with the remnants of Yamato, [[spoiler:Masato leaves the group because their currents plans could pit them against Neuro, making it impossible to get home. He points out that he still has a responsibility to look after his employees on Earth and that the Luminaries are spending too much time managing Elm. Tsukasa admits Masato has a point and allows the latter to strike off on his own.]] |
| 128 | * ALighterShadeOfGray: He and Keine share double-duty as the {{Token Evil Teammate}}s of the Luminaries, but despite being a self-admitted greedy executive, [[spoiler:he never goes as far as to brainwash people]]. |
| 129 | * LikesOlderWomen: Happily admits this is his preference, going as far as to seriously flirt with Elch’s mom Winona. |
| 130 | * LoopholeAbuse: When Elm struggles to produce coins for the trade agreement due to Duke Heinrich von Rosenlink's schemes, Masato instead has the nation produce banknotes as their currency, since the trade contracts don't forbid it. |
| 131 | * PetTheDog: [[spoiler:Although Masato defects from the Luminaries, he still values Roo as an employee. He takes Roo with him so that they can look for her parents and free them.]] |
| 132 | * PowerOfTrust: He points out that trust is more important than money when it comes to doing business. Despite having fewer resources than the Neutzeland company, he takes down their monopoly because he takes their disgruntled clients' needs into consideration, making the clients prefer making deals with him than with the untrustworthy company. However, the way he applies this trope has its limits, since the way he runs his companies utilizes the talents of many people, but they're so dependent on him that they can't run the company without him. |
| 133 | * PragmaticHero: |
| 134 | ** After defeating Neutzeland, he strikes a deal with them to make them clean up their act and treat the villages better, despite earlier declaring his intent to destroy them. This is because Dormundt's economy cannot be supported by Elm Village alone. |
| 135 | ** He helped Tsukasa expose the previous Prime Minister's crimes so that Japan doesn't get sold out to a socialist state, but this is to protect his own business interests and he makes it clear that he opposes most of Tsukasa's economic policies. |
| 136 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: |
| 137 | ** When Rosenlink kills several of his employees and injures Roo by hiring bandits, Masato swears revenge, [[spoiler:which he makes good on by humiliating Rosenlink at the trade conference and convincing Neuro to execute him.]] |
| 138 | ** The Mikasa Group engineered the downfall of the Sanada Group and caused Masato's father to commit suicide. After Masato took over the Sanada Group, he made sure to do the same to the Mikasa Group and the traitors within the Sanda Group, driving everyone involved into bankruptcy and then suicide. |
| 139 | * ShipTease: A lot with Winona, never mind his in his late teens and she’s at least in her early Thirties. |
| 140 | * SinkOrSwimMentor: After the Republic of Elm is formed, he only gives minimal advice to Elch and Roo about managing the economy and surviving against the other countries' economic schemes. He knows exactly what kind of traps the other countries are setting, but wants his proteges to figure out how to win without his help. He only steps in when the other trading figures hire bandits to kill them, since it's clear they're in over their heads. |
| 141 | * TheSocialExpert: Not only is he good at figuring out what people want, he can keep track of thirty conversations at once. |
| 142 | * StockShonenRival: He is written to be Tsukasa's equal and opposite, since he rivals the latter in terms of analytical ability, political/corporate influence, and guile. While Tsukasa is an AllLovingHero who wants to serve to greater good of Japan, Masato is more interested in avenging his father and protecting his business even at the expense of everyone else. He also admits that he'd be willing to [[spoiler:kill Tsukasa to prevent the latter's economic policies from disrupting his business, but [[EnemyMine refrains from doing so at the moment]] because he knows he needs to [[RivalsTeamUp work with his rival]] in order to defeat the Freyjagard Empire and return to Earth. If Yggdra didn't summon him and Tsukasa into Elm Village, he would almost certainly be the BigBad of Tsukasa's story]]. Personality-wise, he's snarkier compared to the polite Tsukasa and has a more cynical view of humanity. |
| 143 | * TokenEvilTeammate: Played with. While his methods aren't as extreme as Keine's, he's the least altruistic of the prodigies [[spoiler:and is willing to side with Neuro to get home. While it turns out he was playing Neuro for a fool all along, he admits that he may eventually resort to killing Tsukasa in order to prevent UBI from being implemented in Japan]]. |
| 144 | * UnwittingInstigatorOfDoom: By forming the Elm Trading Company, he caused Marquis Findolph to take notice of the village and attack it. While Masato only used legal methods, Findolph doesn't care because he hates the idea of commoners standing out. |
| 145 | |
| 146 | [[/folder]] |
| 147 | |
| 148 | [[folder:Ringo Ōhoshi]] |
| 149 | !! Ringo Ōhoshi |
| 150 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/RinaHidaka (Japanese), Creator/ErikaHarlacher (English) |
| 151 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/256c9392_437a_4152_ab07_1c2be99d6493.png]] |
| 152 | [[caption-width-right:350: World’s Greatest Inventor]] |
| 153 | |
| 154 | A genius nuclear physicist and top notch technical inventor, but she is a bit of a shy recluse. |
| 155 | ---- |
| 156 | * ACupAngst: Admits to the other girls that she's envious of their more developed figures. |
| 157 | * AbusiveParents: Using genetic splicing, her mother created her as a [[DesignerBabies natural genius]] simply for the glory of it. Then, after Ringo's own accomplishments began to overshadow her own, her mother's jealousy grew until she called her a monster and and abandoned her. |
| 158 | * AllLoveIsUnrequited: Ringo’s feelings for Tsukasa are clear, but he appears to either be too busy to think about love, or he just sees her as a little sister. |
| 159 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: Ringo has romantic feelings for Tsukasa because after her mother abused her, he was the one person who not only was kind to her, but also made her love working on her engineering again. |
| 160 | * CannotSpitItOut: Ringo has strong feelings for Tsukasa, but she cannot even bear to look at him without blushing. |
| 161 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: She was created as a DesignerBaby by her creator/mother. However, her inventions eventually overshadowed her mother's, causing the latter to become jealous and [[AbusiveParents abusive]]. This caused Ringo to become despondent until Tsukasa reignited her love of tinkering. It's so bad she outright states she "doesn't remember" the two years of her life when she was being abused, having blocked them out. |
| 162 | * GadgeteerGenius: She's the world's greatest inventor, so this comes with the territory. |
| 163 | * GreenEyedMonster: She can see the massive chemistry between Tsukasa and Lyrule and she’s not happy about it. |
| 164 | * HopelessSuitor: Ringo’s affections for Tsukasa appear to be going nowhere, due to both her inability to speak up to him and him not seeing her as anything more than a friend. |
| 165 | * MoralityPet: In Volume 10, [[spoiler:Keine brainwashes her into rejecting science because of the harm it can bring, and this causes Ringo to uninstall the AI of her robotic assistant Bearabbit. However, she starts remembering the good moments she and Bearabbit had together and realizes that by rejecting Bearrabbit, she's becoming just like her mother. She goes back to normal and fortunately, Bearabbit simply reinstalls himself from a backup]]. |
| 166 | * ParentalAbandonment: Her mother left her to live on her own because Ringo had overshadowed her completely. |
| 167 | * ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Ringo is extremely embarrassed whenever she has to appear in a revealing outfit. Particularly shown during the PoolScene, where, despite coming of her own volition, Ringo can barely say one line during the whole scene. |
| 168 | * ShipTease: With Tsukasa. |
| 169 | * StrandedWithEdison: With enough raw materials, she's able to build pretty much anything from scratch. From a small nuclear reactor to a bath house, to guided missile launchers, drones, railguns, and even ''[[spoiler:a nuclear-tipped ICBM!]]'' |
| 170 | |
| 171 | [[/folder]] |
| 172 | |
| 173 | [[folder:Aoi Ichijō]] |
| 174 | !! Aoi Ichijō |
| 175 | -> '''Voiced by''': Sayaka Kaneko (Japanese), Creator/CristinaValenzuela (English) |
| 176 | |
| 177 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/d3190b87_89c7_4618_aeb9_ed02c083f7fe.png]] |
| 178 | [[caption-width-right:350: World’s Strongest Swordswoman]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | Aoi Ichijō is a master fencer and a member of the Seven Prodigies. |
| 181 | |
| 182 | ---- |
| 183 | * BattleAura: Aoi bleeds this when she’s ready for a fight…this is actually bad when she tried to help in hunting and caused the entire forest to run in terror. When facing Neuro's mage cavalry, she unleashes her bloodlust in order to throw the enemy horses into disarray. |
| 184 | * TheBigGuy: She's physically the strongest of the prodigies and is the go-to muscle. Crosses into DeconstructedCharacterArchetype territory since Aoi feels useless for not having any skill in diplomacy and support while the others do. |
| 185 | * CharlesAtlasSuperpower: She can run side by side with a speeding missile...''and keep up''. |
| 186 | * CombatPragmatist: She admits she can't do much other than wielding a sword, but she's far from DumbMuscle. In order to avoid being flanked by enemy reinforcements in the Yamato region, she carved up the wooden floor ahead of time so that the reinforcements would fall through it into a basement room. In Volume 9, rather than face Neuro's mage cavalry in a fair fight, she intimidates their horses and cuts their horses down to put them at a disadvantage. |
| 187 | * CripplingOverspecialization: She is the world’s greatest swordswoman, and that's all she's good for. She also can't use her full physical strength without a supernatural sword, since normal ones can't withstand her powerful swings. She's aware of this and even calls herself out for being useless. |
| 188 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: Of the Prodigies, Aoi is the only one to start the story with supernatural powers, since she wields a sword empowered by the hatred of its smith. This causes problems for her, since she's so naturally powerful that she can't wield a regular sword without breaking it with her full strength. |
| 189 | * GodivaHair: Her hair acts as this during the bathing scene with Akatsuki and Roo. |
| 190 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: Aoi sees Tsukasa as being as close as a brother to her, so she doesn’t see a problem with being naked in front of him. |
| 191 | * KatanasAreJustBetter: Swears by this trope. |
| 192 | * MadeOfIron: She could slam her bare feet into stone without any wounds. |
| 193 | * MasterSwordsman: As she is... the strongest swordswoman in the world. |
| 194 | * MundaneUtility: Because Aoi suffers from CripplingOverspecialization, she was reduced to using her swordsmanship for cutting wood…lots and lots of wood. She also is forced to use her skills for a “Saw the Magician in Half” trick during Prince’s shows. |
| 195 | * NotBrainwashed: After Emperor Lindworm [[spoiler:teams up with Keine to brainwash their oppposition, Aoi serves them despite never receiving the brainwashing treatment. This is because she has seen the horrors of war just like Keine and wonders if the latter's ways are just. Even when she starts to see Keine's ideology fall apart, she still sticks with the latter out of sympathy because of their similar backgrounds]]. |
| 196 | %%%% "Yes, she very much is one." is not context. How so? |
| 197 | %%%%* OneManArmy: |
| 198 | * OneOfTheGuys: Aoi is strong and skilled, so she was better suited to aid the men of the village than the women. |
| 199 | * ThePowerOfHate: Volume 4 reveals that her original sword, Hoozukimaru, was empowered by the vengeful hatred of its smith, whose family was killed by robbers. Unfortunately, this means Ringo cannot create a replica to match its power, even with the best materials available. |
| 200 | * PurpleIsPowerful: Her kimono is purple and as already pointed out, the strongest swordswoman in the world. |
| 201 | * WreckedWeapon: Her sword is broken during the prodigies' battle with Gustav, forcing her to use a weaker replica. |
| 202 | * YamatoNadeshiko: Averted; Aoi looks like this and would like to be this, but she’s aware she doesn’t have the skills to be this. |
| 203 | |
| 204 | [[/folder]] |
| 205 | [[folder:Keine Kanzaki]] |
| 206 | !! Keine Kanzaki |
| 207 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HisakoKanemoto (Japanese), Creator/EricaMendez (English) |
| 208 | |
| 209 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dbe382a2_d224_4fac_9984_d350cd4adfd7.png]] |
| 210 | [[caption-width-right:350: World's Most Skilled Doctor]] |
| 211 | ---- |
| 212 | * AffablyEvil: She's one of the most morally gray members of the group, since she's willing to lobotomize corrupt doctors and break commonly accepted ethics. However, she's genuinely pleased when she's able to save people with her medical skills. |
| 213 | * BigSisterInstinct: She gives advice on love and other such topics to Ringo and Lyrule who are far less mature than her. |
| 214 | * CombatMedic: She takes out all of Count Celenteus's guards by throwing tranq darts at them |
| 215 | * TheCorruptor: Keine ends up being this [[spoiler:to Emperor Lindworm, who was originally going to rule through fear with no plan for brainwashing people. However, he listens to her plan to brainwash everyone into losing their greed, since this would result in less bloodshed than what he originally had in mind]]. |
| 216 | * CuteButPsycho: |
| 217 | ** Keine is beautiful, gorgeous even, but her looks hide a psychotic mind. She despises how easily the human body succumbs to sickness and curses God for creating weak beings while declaring her desire to kill God. |
| 218 | ** At one-point Keine advises Ringo to drug Tsukasa so she can date rape him. |
| 219 | ** She lobotomizes Count Celenteus, with a ''saw'', in order to reform him into an honest doctor. |
| 220 | * TheDragon: Keine ends up serving [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm because she believes her ruthless desire to cure people of their evil is compatible with his goal of ruling as a benevolent dictator]]. |
| 221 | * EasilyForgiven: Averted. In Volume 10, [[spoiler:she sides with Emperor Lindworm and helps him kill Lyrule so that the emperor can implement her mass-brainwashing plan. She realizes the error of her ways at the end of the book, but [[MamaBear Winona]] makes it clear that Keine won't be forgiven for sacrificing Lyrule]]. |
| 222 | * EmpoweredBadassNormal: In Volume 10, she implants [[spoiler:Father's cells in order to gain immortality, allowing her to help Emperor Lindworm brainwash people forever. Although she makes a HeelFaceTurn, there's no indication this implant was ever removed]]. |
| 223 | * EvilLaugh: Sports these when lobotomizing Count Celentus. |
| 224 | * {{Foil}}: To Tsukasa in terms of being {{unscrupulous hero}}es. Tsukasa gives off the impression of a ruthless and confident politician, but is secretly conflicted about some of his more extreme actions and acknowledges that he's limited in how he can save people. Keine initially appears to be a kindhearted doctor, but is capable of lobotomizing people without guilt and secretly has a god complex in wanting to make everyone perfectly healthy. |
| 225 | * FreudianExcuse: She was a medic working in infirmary camps in a warzone, but one day, terrorists kidnapped all the medical staff and brutally killed all the patients. This caused Keine to develop her extreme views about curing human greed. |
| 226 | * GoodIsNotNice: She might be an excellent doctor willing to help almost anyone, but some of her methods are downright scary. |
| 227 | * HeelFaceRevolvingDoor: In Volume 10, [[spoiler:she sides with Emperor Lindworm and knocks out the other prodigies so that he can kill Lyrule unimpeded, since she bought into his rhetoric about a peaceful utopia. Worse yet, she tells him about Earth so that he can conquer it too. During his reign, she helps him brainwash disobedient citizens, and since he can detect any feeling of discontent, these citizens get rounded up quickly. However, Tsukasa hosts a world fair to show her that love and greed are two sides of the same coin, causing her to realize the error of her ways. She then rejoins the Luminaries and saves Tsukasa from near-fatal wounds from Lindworm]]. |
| 228 | * HospitalHottie: A voluptuous young doctor. |
| 229 | * InnocentFanserviceGirl: Sees no issues being nearly naked in front of Tsukasa and Akatsuki, but Keine has reservations with other men. |
| 230 | * InterruptedSuicide: She realizes the error of [[spoiler:brainwashing people to reject their vices and tries to kill herself, but Aoi stops her and convinces her to atone]]. |
| 231 | * KnightTemplar: She believes everyone should live healthy and upright lives, but she can be very ruthless in achieving this ideal, as shown when she lobotomizes Count Celenteus without hesitation. This is in contrast to [[{{Foil}} Tsukasa]], who also performs morally questionable actions but is sometimes conflicted about his choices. |
| 232 | -->'''Keine''': "I can save far more lives than ethics ever will." |
| 233 | %%%* MadDoctor: |
| 234 | * NayTheist: She outright admits to hating God due to having created humans with such weak bodies and greedy minds. |
| 235 | * OrganTheft: She's willing to take organs from dead soldiers in order to save living ones who are in critical condition. |
| 236 | * PayEvilUntoEvil: Forcibly lobotomizes Count Celentus, changing his personality. Of course, it's hard to feel TOO sorry for Celentus seeing as how he was an opium dealer on the side and was willing to poison sick people just to smear the name of the Seven Lights Faith. |
| 237 | * TokenEvilTeammate: As the other tropes under her name point out, she's the most morally grey out of the seven prodigies. This is double subverted, since while she uses more ruthless methods than Masato, she's driven by an altruistic goal, which is likely why she stays aligned with Tsukasa [[spoiler:despite Neuro's offer to help the prodigies return home. However, she takes her altruism too far and joins Emperor Lindworm in order to enact her mass brainwashing plan on Freyjagard's population]]. |
| 238 | * UnscrupulousHero: She may be one of the Heroes, but her methods and actions were quite questionable to say the least. From giving Ringo a drug to put Tsukasa to sleep and attempting to rape him to even lobotomizing a doctor. |
| 239 | * TechnicolorEyes: Has purple eyes, which represent her uniqueness. |
| 240 | |
| 241 | [[/folder]] |
| 242 | |
| 243 | [[folder:Shinobu Sarutobi]] |
| 244 | !! Shinobu Sarutobi |
| 245 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/NatsumiHioka (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English) |
| 246 | |
| 247 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ec689677_db56_404f_b032_bc24447133aa.png]] |
| 248 | [[caption-width-right:350: World's Best Journalist. And a Ninja.]] |
| 249 | ---- |
| 250 | * AlwaysSaveTheGirl: When given the choice of [[spoiler:returning home to warn Earth of Emperor Lindworm or reviving Lyrule, she chooses the latter. She reasons that she and Akatsuki alone wouldn't be able to rally Earth against Lindworm anyways, making this a pragmatic example]]. |
| 251 | * CantHoldHerLiquor: Shinobu gets easily drunk, but sobers up rather quickly. |
| 252 | * CheeryPink: Has pink hair and is spunky and friendly. |
| 253 | * DidntSeeThatComing: She thought Gustav would take more time to properly mobilize his troops and wait for winter to pass before attacking Findolph. She didn't realize he was crazy enough to attack them under suboptimal conditions. |
| 254 | * GenreSavvy: When Jeanne wonders if they got Gustav, Shinobu immediately replies with "oh don't say that". |
| 255 | * IdiotHair: Shinobu has a cowlick. This isn't used much in the manga, but in the anime, it flips around wildly whenever Shinobu feels playful, which is the subject of many camera shots. |
| 256 | * ModestyShorts: She wears black biker shorts underneath her uniform. |
| 257 | * NumberTwo: Shinobu pretty much serves as Tsukasa’s “Go To” girl. |
| 258 | * PunnyName: Shinobu translates to stealth and is sometimes used in place of ninja. |
| 259 | * SaveTheVillain: In the light novel and the manga adaptation, but not the anime, she attempts to evacuate as many of the Blue Brigade soldiers as she can when [[spoiler:Gustav resurfaces and attacks them]]. |
| 260 | * ShamelessFanserviceGirl: Shinobu is hot and knows it, and she’s not above using her looks to infiltrate, coerce, and manipulate others. |
| 261 | * ShipTease: Elch appears to have a crush on her, and being TheTease, she playfully reciprocates. |
| 262 | * ShowSomeLeg: Shinobu wears a sexy waitress outfit during an infiltration mission to get a guard to reveal the local state of affairs. |
| 263 | * TheTease: As stated above, Shinobu is well aware that she is hot and isn’t afraid to use those for her benefit. |
| 264 | * TrainingFromHell: As a child, she had to survive deadly traps at home as part of her ninja training. |
| 265 | * VerbalTic: She will often say "nin nin". |
| 266 | |
| 267 | [[/folder]] |
| 268 | |
| 269 | [[folder:Prince Akatsuki]] |
| 270 | !! Prince Akatsuki |
| 271 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/ShizukaIshigami (Japanese), Erica Mendez (English) |
| 272 | |
| 273 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ed6c42de_846d_40c9_958b_c339d8c9f8d4.png]] |
| 274 | [[caption-width-right:350: World's Greatest Magician]] |
| 275 | |
| 276 | Prince Akatsuki, a talented stage magician and prestidigitator, if not the most talented, in the world. |
| 277 | ---- |
| 278 | * ButtMonkey: |
| 279 | ** His TV director has a habit of engineering high-budget pranks to scare him. |
| 280 | ** Since he's forced to be the leader of the group [[PuppetKing on paper]], he has to always stay close to Aoi, the main fighter of the group, for his own protection. This means he's forced to bathe with her and the rest of the girls, among other ecchi situations, which he isn't mentally prepared for. |
| 281 | * CowardlyLion: Of the group, he's the most frightened about their situation, but always comes through for them when they need his stage magic. He also finds the courage to continue Elm's elections despite how panicked everyone is over the assassination of Tetra. |
| 282 | * DudeLooksLikeALady: Prince is constantly mistaken for a young girl; even Lyrule, who had to bathe his unconscious body, didn’t notice he was a boy. According to the light novel, Tsukasa is the only one who got his gender right on the first try. |
| 283 | * DramaQueen: Prince is constantly freaking out or playing up the moment during one of his shows, makes sense as Prince is a showman by career. |
| 284 | * GodGuise: He pretends to be a god using his stage magic, all as a gambit to get the masses to listen to the Prodigies. Due to his anxiety, he's not too happy with this role. |
| 285 | * HeightAngst: He has a complex over being short and scrawny for his age. |
| 286 | * {{Irony}}: You’d think the world's greatest magician being summoned to a parallel world of sorcery and fantasy would be having the time of his life, but you’d be wrong. Prince refuses to believe for a long time what has happened to him and thinks he's being pranked. |
| 287 | * MagiciansAreWizards: His tricks are basically indistinguishable from real magic, and would be [[ImpossiblyAwesomeMagicTrick impossible to pull off in real life]]. He can do things like fly, detach his head, and make entire buildings disappear. However, his tricks are only indistinguishable to non-mages and less adept wizards, since expert mages like Neuro can tell that no magic power is used in his tricks. |
| 288 | * MundaneUtility: |
| 289 | ** Averted; given he’s a magician and can create illusions that actual sorcerers cannot explain, Prince is forced to use his tricks to make the oppressed populace believe he is a God incarnate much to his displeasure. |
| 290 | ** Played straight in Volume 9, where he hides the presence of a thousand soldiers in order to ambush Freyjagard's troops. |
| 291 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: Despite being a PuppetKing, he can make tough decisions when Tsukasa isn't around. This is shown during the Elm election, which got thrown into turmoil because of political assassination. Akatsuki technically has the authority to suspend the election, but instead chooses to let the election continue and try to calm the public unrest. He admits the situation is dire now, but he also doesn't want to set a precedent that could allow future rulers to cancel elections that are inconvenient to them. |
| 292 | * ThisCannotBe: Unlike the other Prodigies, at first he has a hard time accepting they've been transported to another world, stubbornly insisting it's some kind of elaborate prank or show. |
| 293 | [[/folder]] |
| 294 | |
| 295 | !!Republic of Elm |
| 296 | The village that rescues the Prodigies and becomes the base of their operations for making their world better. After they conquer several territories from Freyjagard, they become their own country under a republican form of government. |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Winona]] |
| 299 | !!Winona |
| 300 | [[quoteright:189:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/winona.jpg]] |
| 301 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/MaiNakahara (Japanese), Creator/TaraSands (English) |
| 302 | |
| 303 | One of Elm Village’s leaders and rescuers of the Prodigies. |
| 304 | ---- |
| 305 | * LittleBitBeastly: Winona is a Buman (Beast Human), in the form of a Wolf-Woman. |
| 306 | * MomLooksLikeASister: She's immediately noted for looking very young despite being the mother of an older teen and hinted to be in her early to mid-thirties. Justified, as in eras like her world, woman married much younger so Winona could be as young as her late-twenties. |
| 307 | * MamaBear: When Lyrule is kidnapped by Marquis Findolf, Winona leads the charge when the prodigies and Elm Village launch an assault on his castle despite knowing the consequences of doing so, killing several of the castle guards in close combat. |
| 308 | * MsFanservice: Winona is a shapely woman and is not afraid to be seen by others. |
| 309 | * ShipTease: As a widow, believe it or not, Winona is more than okay with the shiptease with Masato. |
| 310 | * SinisterScythe: Wields a pair of hand sickles as her primary weapon. |
| 311 | * TheTease: Winona looks ridiculously youthful for a mother of a teen and is okay with flirting with a young man similar in age to her son. |
| 312 | |
| 313 | [[/folder]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | [[folder:Elch]] |
| 316 | !!Elch |
| 317 | [[quoteright:184:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/elk.jpg]] |
| 318 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/HiroShimono (Japanese), Creator/BillyKametz (English) |
| 319 | |
| 320 | Winona's son and Elm Village’s Chief Financial Leader. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * {{Forgiveness}}: He forgives the villagers of Coconono for trying to eat him and Shinobu, since they were forced into poverty and starvation by Gustav. |
| 323 | * FriendlySniper: He's the best archer in the village and makes good use of the high quality bows and arrows made by Ringo. |
| 324 | * HeWhoFightsMonsters: After arresting Einzgarm, he discusses this trope, stating that as someone on the election steering committee, he wields a lot of authority. He fears that this authority could go to his head and that he could become [[DrunkWithPower corrupt]], though Archride tells him that as long as he remembers this fear, he won't become like Einzgarm. |
| 325 | * LittleBitBeastly: Elch is a Buman (Beast Human), in the form of a Wolf-Man |
| 326 | * ReasonableAuthorityFigure: He is not happy with the Prodigies at first and is slightly hostile to them. However, Winona reveals it’s because he’s worried what extra mouths and a party will do to the very limited finances of the village, and he becomes more accepting of the Prodigies after they help the village. Despite being one of those extra mouths, Masato compliments Elch on his pragmatic mindset, which is why he wants to train Elch into becoming the republic's Vice Minister of Finance. |
| 327 | * ShipTease: With Shinobu, being TheTease, she gladly reciprocates. |
| 328 | |
| 329 | [[/folder]] |
| 330 | |
| 331 | [[folder:Roo]] |
| 332 | !!Roo |
| 333 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rue.jpg]] |
| 334 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/ChinamiHashimoto |
| 335 | |
| 336 | A young cat Buman that Masato finds and adopts as his disciple. Due to almost becoming a slave, she’s obsessed with money so she can never be vulnerable again. |
| 337 | ---- |
| 338 | * TheBabyOfTheBunch: She’s much younger than the rest of the cast being below 10 years old. |
| 339 | * CatGirl: Being a cat Buman, she looks mostly human but with cat ears and a tail. |
| 340 | * GoodWithNumbers: Zigzagged. She has difficulty wrapping her head around multiplication tables until she [[EurekaMoment starts thinking of multiplication in terms of money]]. Once she starts thinking this way, she can instantly perform long multiplication in her head. This causes her difficulty with division because the operation results in less money. |
| 341 | * HappilyAdopted: Masato has all but adopted Roo and she’s a dutiful daughter/student to him. |
| 342 | * MoneyFetish: Masato admits that she loves money more than he does. |
| 343 | * MoralityPet: When Masato [[spoiler:is brainwashed by Keine into abandoning his greed, he goes to Lakan to force them to abandon their wealth in favor of Emperor Lindworm and Keine's utopian goals. Roo reminds him of his pre-brainwashing views on money and how he used it for the sake of his loved one's hopes and dreams]]. |
| 344 | * OutGambitted: When the nation struggle to produce their own coins due to Freyjagard, Azure Kingdom, and Lakan Archipelago buying up all the gold, she proposes a plan to trick the Azure Kingdom into believing that Freyjagard is planning on selling the gold early, all in the hopes that the Azure Kingdom will sell first. This fails because Freyjagard's imperial mint director, Rosenlink, already anticipated this scenario. When Elm purchases gold from Azure, Rosenlink hires pirates to attack the ship carrying the contract. |
| 345 | * TrademarkFavoriteFood: Mayonnaise. She can be seen gorging herself on the stuff and openly states its her second favorite thing next to money. |
| 346 | |
| 347 | [[/folder]] |
| 348 | |
| 349 | [[folder:Jeanne du Leblanc]] |
| 350 | [[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/jeanneleblanc.jpg]] |
| 351 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/SayakaSenbongi (Japanese), Creator/KiraBuckland (English) |
| 352 | The Imperial Silver Knight, captain of the Count Blumheart's forces and secretly a member of the Blue Brigade. She joins the Republic of Elm after she learns of the Blue Brigade's corruption. |
| 353 | ---- |
| 354 | * DefectorFromDecadence: She leaves the Blue Brigade with Shinobu after she learns that they are no better than the empire she's fighting against. |
| 355 | * DoubleAgent: She serves the empire that is responsible for the oppression going on in the country, but is also a member of a rebellion group that seeks to undo said oppression. |
| 356 | * HighHeelFaceTurn: So far she's the first major Empire commander to join the Prodigies. |
| 357 | * IOweYouMyLife: She was once a commoner whose parents were killed by a marquis, who proceeded to attempt to rape her. Fortunately, Blumheart saved her, causing her to become loyal to him and support his ideals. |
| 358 | * JeanneDArchetype: Beautiful, knightly, hell she's named after the TropeNamer herself. Too bad the army she's leading are filled with sadistic hedonists who have no problems with [[WouldHurtAChild whipping a child to death]]. |
| 359 | * LikesOlderMen: She has a crush on Captain Bernard, who is old enough to be her father. |
| 360 | * SillyRabbitIdealismIsForKids: She receives this speech after the higher-ups order for her death, as they plan to return to the Empire and don't actually believe in freedom for all. |
| 361 | * WeaponSpecialization: Her favored weapon is a whip, though she also carries a sword. |
| 362 | [[/folder]] |
| 363 | |
| 364 | [[folder:Juno]] |
| 365 | An accountant who becomes the leader of the Reform Party. |
| 366 | ---- |
| 367 | * DidNotSeeThatComing: |
| 368 | ** She didn't expect that the public would be gullible enough to fall for Duke Glaux's appealing but meaningless slogans. She didn't realize that in an election, the ability to stoke the crowd's passions can be more effective than logical arguments. Her party only regains momentum when a little girl, Sara, recounts the horrors of war in front of the crowd to draw their passions back to the anti-war side. |
| 369 | ** She also failed to realize that the Freyjagard Empire has no intention of honoring the peace treaty from the start, and only wised up to this after learning that the Bluebloods secretly supported Einzgarm in order to start a war. |
| 370 | * SuicidalPacifism: Played with. She wants to avoid any actions that could restart hostilities between Elm and Freyjagard, since that could lead to mass civilian casualties. Tsukasa notes that her views are short-sighted, since abandoning those oppressed by the empire means normalizing the empire's oppressive ideology rather than their democratic ideology in the international stage. However, she does bring up good points about the costs of war and reparations to the people they're supposed to be liberating. |
| 371 | [[/folder]] |
| 372 | |
| 373 | [[folder:Tetra]] |
| 374 | A former vigilante who becomes the leader of the Principles Party. |
| 375 | ---- |
| 376 | * EveryoneHasStandards: Despite being more militant in her political position and rhetoric, she doesn't approve of assassinating political opponents. |
| 377 | * FreudianExcuse: She suffered under Duke Gustav's tyranny, which explains her desire to use military force to depose all tyrants. |
| 378 | * HeelFaceDoorSlam: She starts to doubt her position after Sara reminds her of the consequences of war. When she discovers that Glaux wants to assassinate Juno and objects to his plan, he shoots her dead. Subverted when it turns out Keine saved her, allowing her to testify against Glaux. |
| 379 | * NoOneCouldSurviveThat: Glaux shoots her in the chest, his butler stabs her in the back of her neck, and her body isn't discovered by anyone for nearly 48 hours. Keine still resuscitates her enough that she can testify against Glaux and continue her political career. She wasn't hit in the heart, making her survival slightly more believable, but not by much. |
| 380 | * PrinciplesZealot: She believes that in order to be ideologically consistent, the Republic of Elm must go to any lengths to intervene in international affairs to turn other nations democratic. Juno points out that this plan is self-defeating because not only would there be massive civilian casualties, Elm's coffers would be too depleted by the war to provide for the people they're supposed to save. |
| 381 | * UnwittingPawn: Her pro-war agenda against the Freyjagard Empire is being exploited by Glaux and other members of her party, who want to exploit her charisma to gain power and trick the people into supporting their own selfish projects. |
| 382 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She wants to have Elm spread democracy around the world by force. |
| 383 | [[/folder]] |
| 384 | |
| 385 | [[folder:Duke Glaux Einzgarm]] |
| 386 | A former Freyjagard noble who backs Tetra's Principles Party. |
| 387 | ---- |
| 388 | * EvilVersusEvil: He once lost a political power struggle against Archduke Weltenbruger and is still bitter about it, though that doesn't stop him from collaborating with a theatre troupe associated with his rival. |
| 389 | * FailedASpotCheck: While he's normally good at covering his tracks and manipulating others, he neglects to be more thorough in [[MakeSureHesDead making sure Tetra is dead]], allowing Keine to save the latter. He would have evaded arrest otherwise, since all other pieces of evidence except for Tetra's testimony are circumstantial. |
| 390 | * LoanShark: He has one of the Reform Party candidates, Pommel, in his debt and plans to use that to force Pommel to assassinate Juno. After he kills Tetra, he instead forces Pommel to take the fall so that the Reform Party will lose face. |
| 391 | * LoopholeAbuse: In order to get around campaign finance laws, he has his supporters in the Freyjagard Bluebloods simply buy up his outstanding credits from his LoanShark business. |
| 392 | * ManipulativeBastard: His political experience means he's aware that people will not be swayed by logic alone. He appeals to the citizens' anger over Freyjagard's atrocities to get them onboard with Tetra's pro-war policies. When the Reform party is framed for being behind the assassination of Tetra, Einzgram [[BitchInSheepsClothing feigns sympathy]] towards their situation and offers to let Juno join the party, all to turn her into a pawn too. |
| 393 | * TheMole: In the event that the Principles party holds a supermajority of seats, he plans on starting a war with Freyjagard and selling out Elm's strategy, all so he can reclaim his place in Freyjagard's aristocracy. He already made deals with Freyjagard aristocrats in order to advance this plan. |
| 394 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He supports Tetra's pro-war stance not because he cares about helping Freyjagard's victims, but because he wants to gain political power and fatten his own pockets. |
| 395 | * WouldHurtAChild: He gloats about his plans to cut off the orphanages' funding and sell the children to slavery in other countries. He also used his LoanShark business to kidnap Pommel's wife and kids in order to force him to take the fall for Tetra's assassination. |
| 396 | [[/folder]] |
| 397 | |
| 398 | !!Freyjagard Empire |
| 399 | [[folder: Marquis Edwart von Findolph]] |
| 400 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/{{Chafurin}} |
| 401 | The former leader of Findolph before the main characters lead a revolution to his downfall. |
| 402 | ---- |
| 403 | * DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything: In the anime, Findolph frequently exhibits behaviors intended to invoke various other behaviors, such as wiggling his fingers when sexually excited. |
| 404 | * EvilIsPetty: He orders his soldiers to burn Elm Village after the villagers were able to get rich thanks to the Prodigies. Later after he gets hit by a PowerIncontinence from Lyrule when he tries to have his way with her, he orders to have her suffer. |
| 405 | * FanDisservice: He wears only an open coat and a pair of trousers, displaying most of his body, which is fairly ugly. |
| 406 | * FatBastard: He's overweight and a disgusting pervert who lusts after young women. |
| 407 | * {{Gonk}}: A prime example of this. The anime zooms in on his face and other parts frequently to emphasize this. |
| 408 | * LickingTheBlade: Findolph does this before inflicting ClothingDamage on an unconscious Lyrule, though he only licks the sides of the knife and not the blade to avoid damaging himself. |
| 409 | * TheHedonist: Regularly takes any women off the streets of his city for his sexual pleasure. |
| 410 | * StarterVillain: Was the first villain the Prodigies took down. |
| 411 | * VillainsWantMercy: When he believes he is about to be killed, he offers Tsukasa anything he wants to spare him. |
| 412 | * YoureInsane: What he says to Tsukasa when Tsukasa states they will destroy the Empire. |
| 413 | [[/folder]] |
| 414 | |
| 415 | [[folder:Count Granzham von Blumheart]] |
| 416 | The leader of the Blue Brigade, who seeks to uplift the commoners despite his noble status. |
| 417 | ---- |
| 418 | * HorribleJudgeOfCharacter: He failed to realize that many of the nobles who joined his organization only cared about dethroning Gustav in order to gain power for themselves. He ends up killed by UnfriendlyFire for it. |
| 419 | * IncorruptiblePurePureness: Unlike Gustav, he's able to hold onto his egalitarian ideals [[spoiler:even after being faced with the absolute power and charisma of Emperor Lindworm]]. |
| 420 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He's mentioned by Jeanne and Gustav several times concerning his ideals, but he's killed by his own "allies" before the Luminaries can properly become acquainted with him. He gets a bit more characterization in a flashback [[spoiler:where he and Gustav tried and failed to assassinate the emperor]]. |
| 421 | * YoureInsane: He considers Emperor Lindworm insane for thinking he can become an unerring and immortal benevolent dictator for the entire world. |
| 422 | [[/folder]] |
| 423 | |
| 424 | [[folder:Duke Oslo El Gustav]] |
| 425 | [[quoteright:230:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/osloelgustav.jpg]] |
| 426 | -> '''Voiced by''': Creator/JojiNakata |
| 427 | A powerful mage and devoted follower to the the Emperor. |
| 428 | ---- |
| 429 | * AwesomeButImpractical: Fire Fall can be seen as this. It is a powerful Lance that can cause a lot of damage. However it takes a very long time to make even one of these lances so he can't just constantly throw them out. Also if he takes direct control any damage to Fire Fall will reflect right back at him. Lastly the fire can be put out immediately if the Lance is destroyed. |
| 430 | * AxCrazy: He becomes violent and delirious at any perceived affront to the emperor. When he learns that his troops are waiting for a more strategic opportunity before attacking Findolph, Gustav freaks out, bashes his head against the emperor's statue several times, and immediately uses his Fire Fall to burn Findolph to the ground despite his army not being mobilized. He's so insane that he's willing to ignore sound strategy in order to satisfy his violent impulses, which is why the Seven Lights were nearly caught off guard by his sudden and reckless attack. |
| 431 | * BadBoss: He threatens to kill his nobles when they protest his orders to attack the rebels now despite being Winter time and the army lacks winter gear. |
| 432 | * TheCaligula: He was clearly made a lord because of his magical power over any leadership skills. He forced his citizens to "always be clean" which meant they could no longer work in the farmland which was their main source of income. They had to hand over so much money that they had to resort to cannibalism to fend off starvation so he could make one giant golden statue then immediately ordered to get even more funds to make four more, when told many of his people could die he just proclaims it is fine as the "[[InsaneTrollLogic Lowborns prove loyalty to their majesty by dying for him]]." Lastly before waiting till the end of winter to send his troops to reclaim Findolph, he sends them out immediately despite the harsh weather and repeatedly slams his head into a statue to beg for forgiveness to the Emperor for allowing them to "trample over his name for over a month". If not for his Fire Fall attack, a rebellion would have removed him long ago.[[spoiler: And they do once he no longer has Fire Fall.]] |
| 433 | * CameBackStrong: [[spoiler: After somehow surviving and getting some jewel into his chest, he became powerful enough to engulf an entire castle in fire and create several Fire Falls in an instant.]] |
| 434 | * CoverBlowingSuperpower: [[spoiler: Subverted. Despite Gustav being the only mage known to be able to create Fire Fall, the leader of the Blue Brigade didn't realize he was the masked figure that also could make them.]] |
| 435 | * EvilFormerFriend: [[spoiler:He used to support Count Blumheart, but eventually rejected his friend's egalitarianism in favor of the empire's darwinism. In response, Blumheart organized the Blue Brigade to oppose Gustav.]] |
| 436 | * FallenHero: In the manga and light novel, [[spoiler:he used to believe in the same ideals as Blumheart, but became cynical because he couldn't save all his people and [[BecameTheirOwnAntiThesis eventually subscribed to the emperor's darwinism]].]] |
| 437 | -->'''Jeanne''': "A nation's foundation is its people. Without them, it's nothing. Any noble who dares tyrannize them is the true traitor. As I understand, Duke Gustav, you yourself once said those very words." |
| 438 | * TheFriendNobodyLikes: It appears that even the other lords really did not like Gustav. [[spoiler:He once had a friend, Count Blumheart, but he banished the latter for criticizing his disregard for the commoners' well-beings, leading to Blumheart organizing the Blue Brigade to overthrow him.]] One of the commanders comments how he has no leadership skills and General Neuro stated that he has no hard feelings to the Blue Brigade for overthrowing him despite how loyal he was to the Emperor. [[spoiler: Though the last one could have been a trick as Neuro then has a masked mage help out the Blue Brigade, only for said mage to turn out to be Gustav himself.]] |
| 439 | * GeneralFailure: Despite being a powerful warrior, he's also a terrible general. He orders his army to attack the Seven-Light Faith now during winter against the advice of his nobles who wanted to attack during Spring. This forced his army to attack the rebels without winter gear which the well armed and prepared Seven-Light forces were able to defeat the Invaders. |
| 440 | * HappinessIsMandatory: In Gustav's territory, all townsfolk must smile in the presence of their Imperial overlords at all times, even mothers watching their children be beaten and whipped for not being clean enough. |
| 441 | * HumansAreBastards: He fully believes mankind are weak and selfish creatures that can only exist by serving the strong. |
| 442 | * {{Hypocrite}}: His loyalty to the Emperor is superficial in that he cares more about building statues and making his territory look good on the outside than managing the territory in a sustainable way to benefit the empire. |
| 443 | * {{Irony}}: The Empire is Atheistic, but he seems to act as if the Emperor is God. |
| 444 | * KillItWithFire: He is a powerful fire mage and created a Lance called Fire Fall which Tsukasa equates to an Incinerate Bomb, which he can directly control. |
| 445 | * KillThePoor: He views that the only way for peasants to prove their loyalty to the Emperor is by dying for him in various ways, and due to his [[HappinessIsMandatory cleanliness laws]] which prevents the people from actually doing any farming, Gustav claims that it's acceptable to have the residents of the towns and villages he rules over to slowly succumb to cannibalism in order to survive. |
| 446 | * KnightTemplar: He sees Emperor Lindworm as a strongman who is necessary to [[HobbesWasRight subjugate the wicked and unworthy masses]], and believes anything he does to support the Emperor is just. |
| 447 | * MagicKnight: During his battle with Shinobu and Jeanne, he proves to be skilled with both swordplay and magic, managing to parry and counter Jeanne easily while being blinded. |
| 448 | * MoreDespicableMinion: Relatively speaking, he's worse than the emperor he worships. While the emperor started a civil war to gain the throne and waged war on Yamato, he did so in order to get closer to the godlike power that the Grandmasters promised, which he claims will give him the power to remove the aristocratic class. In contrast, Gustav intentionally starves and taxes his citizens to death for the sake of aesthetics rather than practicality, making him come off as less well-intentioned. This is further shown when the emperor succeeds in gaining absolute power, since while he's oppressive, he does provide for the citizens instead of starving them and [[spoiler:he eventually sees the error of his ways, leading to him becoming a more lenient ruler]]. |
| 449 | * NeverFoundTheBody: [[spoiler:After Shinobu and Jeanne defeat him, he burns down the entire tower they're in. Shinobu believes he's still alive both because of this trope and because he never gave off the impression of someone accepting his death.]] |
| 450 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: He believes supporting Emperor Lindworm will keep the populace's vices in check, but while Lindworm genuinely cares about the greater good of his citizens, Gustav only cares about the aesthetics of an orderly society and starves his people to achieve such aesthetics. |
| 451 | * ThePerfectionist: From how much Gustav wants everything to be [[ThePerfectionist perfect]], completely ignoring any harm it may cause, suggests he suffers from this. |
| 452 | * ThePeterPrinciple: Several characters note he was one of the Empire's best warriors, thanks to his magical ability and zeal, and he was given a kingdom to rule because of it. However, he's a completely incompetent lord whose people can barely feed themselves thanks to his unfair policies ([[KillThePoor not that he gives a damn about their welfare]]). |
| 453 | * PsychoSupporter: To the Emperor, where he will starve his people or cause genocide if he believes it will satisfy him. |
| 454 | * RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler: It takes a lot to kill this guy. He survives having his arms cut off, his tower falling in on him, a direct hit from a ''goddamn nuke'', attacked by both Shinobu and Aoi, and shot at. It takes breaking the crystal in his chest to finally take him down, and even then he still had enough life in him to try a BreakThemByTalking on Tsukasa before crumbling away. Tsukasa even states no human should be that durable.]] |
| 455 | * SeriousBusiness: He takes any slight against the empire, real or perceived, no matter how small, as crime punishable by death as he sees it as an a front to the Emperor. |
| 456 | * SlaveMooks: His flame magic can forcibly convert people into flaming zombies that serve his will, [[FateWorseThanDeath all while keeping them aware of their pain]]. |
| 457 | * SpellMyNameWithAnS: Some translations include an "e" in his last name while others, such as Yen Press's translation, don't. |
| 458 | * StupidEvil: His beautification and cleanliness laws not only cost the citizens heavily, they also cause any farmwork to be banned because such work will sully the citizens' clothes. Despite that, he doesn't seem to care that these policies will destroy his region's economy. |
| 459 | * SuperSenses: During his fight with Shinobu and Jeanne, he can sense their positions with heat, allowing him to NoSell a flash grenade. |
| 460 | * ThisIsUnforgivable: [[spoiler:Post-resurrection, he tells Count Conrad that he can understand the Azure Brigade's betrayal and usurping his kingdom. But destroying his golden statue of the Emperor so they can smelt it down and sell it? Oh, they'll ''burn'' for that!]] |
| 461 | * VillainHasAPoint: [[spoiler:Upon meeting Tsukasa, he can tell that the latter isn't really as confident in his political ideology as he appears and notes that his goals will eventually backfire.]] |
| 462 | * WakeUpCallBoss: Where Findolph was just a fat pervert, Gustav shows the Prodigies what they are really up against if they face The Empire in a war. His Fire Fall spell means he can wipe a city off the map, meaning the Prodigies need similar firepower to act as a deterrent. |
| 463 | * TheWorfEffect: Before he sided with the emperor, [[spoiler:he actually tried to assassinate the latter with a point-blank Rage Soleil. It failed because the emperor parried the spell with his ''sword''. This absolute power caused Gustav to buy into the emperor's claims that he can rule the world as an absolute dictator to keep humanity's vices in check]]. |
| 464 | * YouRemindMeOfX: In the manga and light novel, [[spoiler:he states that Tsukasa is similar to his [[FallenHero past self]] and Count Blumheart in trying to save all people despite being powerless to do so.]] |
| 465 | |
| 466 | [[/folder]] |
| 467 | |
| 468 | [[folder:Emperor Lindworm]] |
| 469 | The emperor of Freyjagard. |
| 470 | ---- |
| 471 | * AndThenWhat: He states that even if he's overthrown, Blumheart and Gustav wouldn't be able to prevent vicious power struggles and corrupt bureaucrats in their new regime. |
| 472 | * AssassinOutclassin: During the Yamato war, [[spoiler:Blumheart and Gustav tried to kill Emperor Lindworm with Rage-Soleil, the magic equivalent of a WMD. Lindworm shatters the flaming spear with a single swing of his sword]]. |
| 473 | * BigBad: Double subverted. He's introduced as the ruler of the classist Freyjagard Empire, but it turns out that while he despises the tyrannical aristocracy, he doesn't have the power to completely oppose them. He's also presented as [[spoiler:an UnwittingPawn to the Grandmasters, who want to use his body to revive Father. However, it turns out he was already knew of their treachery and completely consumes Father instead, making him the final antagonist of the series]]. |
| 474 | * CondescendingCompassion: He believes he's the only one fit to rule the world, and claims that he's freeing his people from administrative burdens that they can't handle. |
| 475 | * TheCoup: Although he's of the imperial family, he wasn't the first in line for the throne. He actually overthrew the previous emperor with the help of the Grandmasters. |
| 476 | * CruelMercy: After surviving [[spoiler:Blumheart and Gustav's assassination attempt, he spares them just so he can shoot down their lofty ideals, knowing that they can't even put a scratch on him]]. |
| 477 | * TheFaceless: He has yet to make a physical appearance. Even the statue Gustav made of him we never see a view of his face. |
| 478 | * FunHatingVillain: In Volume 10, [[spoiler:he gains absolute power to the point where no foreign country nor his own political rivals can disobey him due to the sheer force of his will. One of the first things he does is to outright ban any form of entertainment in the belief that it stimulates human greed. When Tsukasa explains that human greed cannot be sated because of how it's tied to love and other emotions, Lindworm decides to remove love from the world too, though he relents upon seeing how much his people want to accept their emotions and live freely]]. |
| 479 | * HeelFaceTurn: Double subverted. He promises to [[spoiler:free his people from brainwashing and open a gate to Tsukasa's world if his people are swayed by the other countries' cultural displays at the World Fair]]. When Tsukasa wins his bet against Lindworm, the latter [[spoiler:stabs Tsukasa and declares his intent to rule solely by force, but when his own citizens oppose him, he relents and agrees to honor his bet with Tsukasa. Tsukasa suspects Lindworm only attacked in order to test his own citizens' commitment to the idea of freedom]]. |
| 480 | * InformedAbility: Combined with CharacterShilling. The citizens of the empire treat Emperor Lindworm as a prodigy in politics, with Gustav going as far as to call Tsukasa an impostor. In practice, Lindworm is an excellent military leader and warrior, but proves to be an inferior politician to Tsukasa [[spoiler:because he makes the same wrong assumptions about human nature as Keine, due to his belief that he can permanently suppress human greed without removing their capacity for love and good emotions. As a result, the people that Keine brainwashed keep making relapses back to their original personalities. To Lindworm's credit, he does realize this sooner than Keine, judging by his lack of surprise when the majority of the people he brought to the World Fair choose to immigrate to Elm]]. |
| 481 | * InformedKindness: Flit, a former soldier, claims that Emperor Lindworm is actually opposed to the corrupt aristocracy, but in practice, Lindworm is too busy with his own foreign conquests to meaningfully manage the conflict between the Bluebloods and Grandmasters, or stop any abuses from the aristocrats. At best, he politely spares [[spoiler:Blumheart and Gustav for attempting to assassinate him, but even that comes off as a show of confidence than kindness. Volume 10 finally shows his more benevolent side when Tsukasa convinces him to allow his people to have their greed back]]. |
| 482 | * KarmaHoudini: Justified. Emperor Lindworm becomes an outright InvincibleVillain at the end, [[spoiler:being even stronger than Father, Yggdra, and the Grandmasters. Thus, the best the Luminaries can hope to do is convince him to abandon his ideology and give his people their freedom back. Additionally, with Father and his family dead, Lindworm is the only one who can send the Luminaries home. As a result, he gets to continue being a god-emperor despite waging war on various nations, unintentionally inspiring Gustav's insane governance, leaving the aristocratic factions to act as they please while he goes to war, temporarily killing Lyrule, and supporting Keine's brainwashing plan]]. |
| 483 | * KingIncognito: Before he took the throne, he disguised himself as a commoner to learn more about the empire. He concluded that although the commoners were unhappy with the aristocrats' tyranny, they didn't have the resolve or competence to rebel. |
| 484 | * MeaningfulName: His name sounds draconic and the legend of the Seven Heroes features an evil dragon as their nemesis. He's the evil emperor who is the main antagonist to the seven prodigies. This seems to run in the family, since one of his ancestors is named Fafnir. |
| 485 | * MirrorCharacter: Disturbingly, he's one to Masato, since he believes his subjects are incapable of managing themselves and therefore need him to rule over them forever, which is a larger scale version of how Masato takes on most of the burden of his employees and makes them too dependent on him. |
| 486 | * MisanthropeSupreme: He's the one who inspired Gustav's ideals, and he believes that even if Blumheart and Gustuv overthrew him, they wouldn't be able to keep the ambitions of their subjects in check. He wants to gain godlike power through the Grandmasters' schemes in order to become an [[HobbesWasRight absolute ruler]] with no need for aristocratic middlemen. He also sees the commoners as ApatheticCitizens for lacking the will to rebel against the aristocrats. When his own people turn on him [[spoiler:during the World Fair despite his threat to rule the world through force, he's actually proud of them for being willing to fight for their freedom]]. |
| 487 | * OrcusOnHisThrone: He has yet to be seen in the main series, appearing to allow his subordinates take care of the Prodigies. This is because he's busy on an expedition [[spoiler:to find and capture the elves who worship Yggdra]]. This is also somewhat deconstructed, since he's supposedly ALighterShadeOfBlack compared to the Bluebloods, but his time away from the capital means there's little keeping them in check. |
| 488 | * {{Pride}}: He's very full of himself and his power, and believes that he's the only one who can create a utopia where everyone will be content and obedient. Tsukasa [[spoiler:takes advantage of this to issue a challenge: if Tsukasa can convince the brainwashed masses to oppose Lindworm's ideals, Lindworm will give up on his utopia and free everyone, otherwise Tsukasa will allow Lindworm to take over both Earth and the current world. Although Lindworm could simply refuse the challenge and leave Tsukasa imprisoned, he accepts because he's that sure of himself]]. |
| 489 | * PuppetKing: Of the two factions, he favors the Grandmasters and lets them enact their own agenda without question. |
| 490 | * RedemptionRejection: Lyrule tries to warn him [[spoiler:that Father's soul will override his own if he kills her. Lindworm states that he already realized that the power within him will try to consume him, but he doesn't care because he believes he can steal Father's power without getting consumed. He then kills Lyrule in the name of his perfect world]]. Subverted in the final volume, [[spoiler:where he abandons his ideology after Tsukasa proves that he and Keine can't completely remove greed without removing all other emotions]]. |
| 491 | * RedHerring: He has a draconic sounding name and is the leader of the main enemy nation to the protagonists, making it seem like he's the evil dragon in the legend of the Seven Heroes. However, [[spoiler:Neuro states that his true master is actually a godlike being rather than Emperor Lindworm, implying the evil dragon from the prophecy of the Seven Heroes is someone else. Yggdra confirms that Lindworm is a separate being from the real dragon, and that he's really intended to be the dragon's vessel to reincarnate into]]. |
| 492 | * SecretTestOfCharacter: When the World Fair causes his people to reject his ideology, [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm stabs Tsukasa and attacks the prodigies, but relents once his people protest. Tsukasa realizes that Lindworm wasn't actually going to commit to ruling through force if it means killing his citizens, since he didn't use his full power against the prodigies and even allowed Keine to treat the former's wounds first. However, Lindworm still wanted to confirm if his people were truly committed to their freedom and rights rather than just acting on a whim]]. |
| 493 | * TheSocialDarwinist: His philosophy is that higher-ranking people in society dominate those who are lower, and can take their lives as they please. This is something passed down in the empire as a whole, but he twists it to mean that if he's strong enough, he can force everyone else but him to be equal as commoners. Even towards the end of the final volume, he doesn't fully give up on this ideology, but instead interprets it in a different way, since [[spoiler:he tests his own people's inner strength by pretending to oppose their freedom, believing they don't deserve freedom unless they are truly willing to fight for it]]. |
| 494 | * TautologicalTemplar: Thanks to the Grandmasters fluffing his ego and giving him false promises of power, Emperor Lindworm truly believes that he can become a perfect and immortal dictator who can rule without a corrupt aristocracy, and therefore is justified in waging a horrific war against Yamato in order to gain that kind of godlike power. |
| 495 | * UnwittingPawn: Subverted. Neuro and the Grandmasters advise the emperor to conquer Yamato and explore the New World. This is because [[spoiler:they want to destroy the seal on Father and use the emperor as a vessel to reincarnate him, which will kill the emperor's soul. However, he reveals he knows Father's soul would try to overtake his, but is confident that his own soul will win, which is exactly what happens in Volume 10]]. |
| 496 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: Despite his inflated ego, he does want to end the decadent aristocracy of the Freyjagard Empire, but he doesn't trust his people to be wise or proactive enough to govern themselves. Thus, he seeks to gain godlike power in order to force everyone to submit to him and become equal as his underlings. He ultimately [[spoiler:puts his people's welfare above his desire for control, since he gives up on Keine's brainwashing plan once his people prove that they're willing to fight even someone like him for their freedom]]. |
| 497 | * WorldsStrongestMan: His magic is the most powerful in the world, [[spoiler:capable of deflecting Gustav's Rage Soleil with a ''sword'', which means he's the only suitable vessel for Father's reincarnation]]. |
| 498 | [[/folder]] |
| 499 | |
| 500 | [[folder:Grandmaster Neuro ul Levias]] |
| 501 | One of the highest ranking nobles in the empire. |
| 502 | ---- |
| 503 | * BadBoss: He thinks of even his loyal subordinates as nothing but primitive apes, and has no problem [[spoiler:transforming them into disposable monsters using Father's cells]]. He also doesn't care if his ocean geyser attack his his own troops, since Freyjagard's army [[WeHaveReserves outnumbers]] Yamato. |
| 504 | * BoomerangBigot: He hates his human body due to viewing all mortal lifeforms as inferior, but he has no choice but to use it due to [[spoiler:a past battle with Yggdra destroying his original body]]. |
| 505 | * BroughtDownToBadass: He the reincarnation of [[spoiler:one of Father's homunculi, but he's nowhere near as strong as his former self]]. He's still one of the strongest mages in the empire, with only Emperor Lindworm himself surpassing him. |
| 506 | * DirtyCoward: Despite taking sadistic pleasure in [[spoiler:forcing his subordinates to transform into magic mutants with Father's cells, he's unwilling to apply these cells to himself to defeat the Luminaries]]. |
| 507 | * DragonWithAnAgenda: Neuro states the Grandmasters [[spoiler:only pretend to serve Emperor Lindworm and are using him to revive their true master.]] |
| 508 | * EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he dies declaring his love for his creator/father]]. |
| 509 | * EvilVersusEvil: The Grandmasters are apparently competing with other imperial factions for political power. |
| 510 | * FantasticRacism: Neuro looks down on the civilizations of this fantasy world for being primitive compared to his own and goes as far as to call everyone apes. |
| 511 | * FauxAffablyEvil: He acts understanding towards the Blue Brigade's betrayal of Gustav and seems to accept an alliance with them, [[spoiler:only to trick them into accepting a revived Gustav into their ranks, which is basically a death sentence. He maintains this politeness in order to tempt the Seven Luminaries into returning to their world]]. Whenever he reveals his true nature, he's incredibly racist towards everyone in the fantasy world and considers them primitives. |
| 512 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: He agrees to all of Tsukasa's demands at their negotiation, despite how one-sided these demands are. This surprises Tsukasa, who expected Neuro to argue for a more moderate treaty. [[spoiler:This is a hint that he's not truly loyal to Freyjagard.]] |
| 513 | * TheHedonist: He claims his only goal is to live comfortably as a noble and sees the Seven Luminaries as obstacles to that goal. Subverted in that his real goal is to [[spoiler:surpass his siblings and gain his father's respect]]. |
| 514 | * ImprobableAimingSkills: He can aim a geyser powered by the ocean's water pressure to hit a satellite beyond the atmosphere. |
| 515 | * MaskOfSanity: In contrast to Gustav, who wears his murderous insanity on his sleeve, Neuro is capable of acting calm and polite despite having murderous intent. When he first meets the prodigies, he asks if they can bleed with a sinister smile on his face. His mask only slips when he rants about [[spoiler:his true godlike master]] with an insane smile on his face, right before having [[spoiler:Rosenlink and his allies eaten by shadow beasts]]. |
| 516 | * ObfuscatingStupidity: He requests Akatsuki to perform a magic trick and acts surprised when the latter makes the coin disappear, [[spoiler:but this is actually a ruse to confirm that the Prodigies don't come from a magic-focused world.]] |
| 517 | * PragmaticVillainy: |
| 518 | ** He has no choice but to negotiate with the Republic of Elm and make concessions, due to both sides having enough destructive power for MutuallyAssuredDestruction. He states that if they continued the war, the empire would face war costs of over 10 million gold. [[spoiler:He also agrees to Masato's request to execute Duke Heinrich von Rosenlink, mainly because Rosenlink was a thorn in his side to begin with.]] |
| 519 | ** He orders his soldiers not to loosen Shinobu's restraints no matter what, not because he wants to prevent them from raping her, but because he knows she'll escape if there's even the slightest opportunity to do so. |
| 520 | * TakingYouWithMe: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he dies, but uses the last of his power to teleport Emperor Lindworm's army to Yamato so that they can kill Lyrule]]. |
| 521 | * ThinkingUpPortals: He can create portals almost anywhere, including the bottom of the ocean. This allows him to create a water jet that can pierce Ringo's satellite. |
| 522 | * TokenCompetentTeammate: Downplayed among his siblings. He's much harder for the Luminaries to take down [[spoiler:and has to be caught off guard by Masato's FakeDefector plan. However, the protagonists note that this is because Neuro is already wary of their tactics from the start and is therefore harder to outsmart. In contrast, his siblings try to overpower the protagonists with powerful magic, but come up short because they have no idea how the Luminaries fight]]. |
| 523 | * TrappedInAnotherWorld: Averted. [[spoiler:While he claims to be from another world, he apparently has the power to visit other worlds as he pleases and offers to send the Seven Luminaries back to their world.]] |
| 524 | * UndignifiedDeath: In Volume 9, [[spoiler:he dies not from a fierce fight with the Luminaries, but from Masato's mercenaries betraying and shooting him to death anticlimactically]]. |
| 525 | * VillainousBreakdown: Subverted. At first, he's rattled when Tsukasa refuses to play along his guilt-tripping over the casualties of Elm's revolution. Then he suddenly agrees to all of Tsukasa's conditions,[[spoiler: mentions that he knows about nuclear weaponry and the other worlds, and tries to tempt the Prodigies into returning to their homeworld. Despite Tsukasa refusing his offer, Neuro doesn't seem disturbed at all.]] |
| 526 | * WellDoneSonGuy: He's the youngest of [[spoiler:Father's homunculi and his siblings always gave him the menial jobs. As a result, he wants to surpass them and gain Father's favor, even if it means witholding information from them]]. |
| 527 | [[/folder]] |
| 528 | |
| 529 | [[folder:Other Grandmasters]] |
| 530 | !!Deneb, Luther, and Belial |
| 531 | ---- |
| 532 | * BigBrotherBully: They treat Neuro as a nuisance for supposedly being the youngest and weakest among them. Ironically, they put up much less of a fight against the Luminaries. |
| 533 | * CruelAndUnusualDeath: Luther is killed by [[spoiler:Tsukasa, who uses a bullet made from Father's flesh, which not only has the power to pierce Luther's magic defenses, it also forces him to mutate into an ineffectual crystalline creature]]. |
| 534 | * MagicKnight: Belial is a swordsman who can inbue his sword with his fire magic, making it hard for anyone to beat him in a clash of weapons. Aoi gets around this by picking up several swords and spears from the fallen soldiers, allowing her to eventually break Belial's sword. |
| 535 | * SkilledButNaive: Although they are well-versed in magic, with Belial also being a skilled swordsman, they have no idea what they're up against when fighting the Luminaries and are caught off guard by their unorthodox ways of fighting. In contrast, Neuro, who is supposedly weaker than them, [[spoiler:takes much more effort to kill because he is knowledgeable about how his enemies fight]]. |
| 536 | * TooDumbToLive: Deneb tries to attack [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm after the latter fully absorbed Father's power, even though Lindworm offered to spare him. Deneb is reduced to past with a wave of Lindworm's hand]]. |
| 537 | [[/folder]] |
| 538 | |
| 539 | |
| 540 | [[folder:The Bluebloods]] |
| 541 | An alliance of nobles that opposes the Grandmaster faction. They're led by Archduke Lucius von Weltenbruger. |
| 542 | ---- |
| 543 | * AntiMagic: They use a group of mages to prevent Neuro from using any spirit magic, allowing them to simply rush Neuro with their army. [[spoiler:This fails when Masato brings in a group of armed gunmen to shoot all of their soldiers.]] |
| 544 | * AristocratsAreEvil: They are very proud of their noble blood, to the point where they believe negotiating with commoners or rebels is beneath them and believe all their acts of malice against commoners are justified. Rosenlink in particular enjoys forcing his maid to humiliate herself for his own amusement. |
| 545 | * CrazyPrepared: Duke Heinrich von Rosenlink made a secret agreement with the Azure Kingdom and the Lakan Archipelago to buy up all the gold, preventing Elm from buy the gold to mint their coins. He also kept tabs on Azure because he knew that they were the most likely to break this agreement and sell gold to Elm, allowing him to have Elm's ship with the contract destroyed. He's only caught off guard by Masato's plan to use fabric bills instead, which circumvents the gold shortage. |
| 546 | * EvilVersusEvil: They despise the Grandmasters for threatening their influence in the empire. They're willing to work with Einzgarm to start a war between Elm and Freyjagard, and then blame the Grandmasters for letting it happen. |
| 547 | * ForcedTransformation: Neuro uses [[spoiler:Father's cells to transform the Blueblood survivors into powerful monsters]]. |
| 548 | * JerkassHasAPoint: They have a point that Neuro gave the Luminaries too much ground in their negotiations, since even Tsukasa thought there was room for more compromise in favor of the empire. |
| 549 | * PragmaticVillainy: Although they engage in StupidEvil actions against the Luminaries and the Grandmasters, they didn't support the war with Yamato back then because that land didn't have much resources and it would be difficult to deal with resistance groups. |
| 550 | * TheStarscream: They want to depose the current emperor so that Archduke Lucius von Weltenbruger, who is related to the imperial family, can take the throne instead. |
| 551 | * StupidEvil: Not to the same extent as Gustav, but they're too caught up in their classist views to compromise with Elm, despite the latter country's nukes. They'll even go as far as to assassinate the Seven Luminaries in plain view, after Grandmaster Neuro already signed a peace treaty with them. When Rosenlink is unable to prevent Elm from issuing their new currency, he decides to opt out of the Goss trade out of pride, not realizing that doing so is foolish because the other countries already recognized the validity of the new currency. |
| 552 | [[/folder]] |
| 553 | |
| 554 | [[folder:Nio Harvey]] |
| 555 | An imperial exchange student who visits Elm as part of the two countries' truce. |
| 556 | ---- |
| 557 | * AmbiguouslyEvil: On one hand, he seems genuinely interested in learning Tsukasa's political philosophy, is well-mannered throughout his visit, and claims that even if he fell into poverty, he wouldn't resort to thievery. On the other hand, he claims to support the status quo in Freyjagard. He also reported a lot of critical information to Neuro, such as the falling out between Tsukasa and Masato, but that wasn't intentional, since he was hexed by Neuro so that the latter can tap into his senses at any time. |
| 558 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He ends up turning on Emperor Lindworm [[spoiler:after the latter teams up with Keine to lobotomize people into losing their greed]]. |
| 559 | [[/folder]] |
| 560 | |
| 561 | [[folder:Jade von Saint-Germain]] |
| 562 | The administrator of the Yamato Dominion. |
| 563 | ---- |
| 564 | * AmbiguousSituation: In the manga, [[spoiler:Shishi manages to retrieve him and Mayoi from the burning castle. However, it's unknown if he's carrying their living or dead bodies.]] |
| 565 | * BadBoss: When the Yamato troops fail to capture the Luminaries, he blames Mayoi and beats her up. He then cuts off her ear so he can frame the Republic of Elm for attempted assassination. |
| 566 | * BastardBastard: He's the child of a noble and a commoner mistress, and grew up abused by the rest of his family for it. As a result, he'll commit any atrocity to get on top, including manipulating and abusing Mayoi to help him take over Yamato. |
| 567 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: He acts like a caring boyfriend and a reasonable diplomat, but once Mayoi reveals the truth behind the brainwashed citizens of Yamato and ruins negotiations, Jade reveals his true sadistic and ambitious nature. After the Luminaries escape, he beats up Mayoi for failing him and cuts off her ear as part of his plan to jump ship to the Bluebloods faction. |
| 568 | * DeathEqualsRedemption: Downplayed. He doesn't regret acting on his evil ambitions, [[spoiler:but he chooses to die alongside Mayoi after realizing that she is likely the only person to care about him and he even seems to regret his abuse of her. He also knows that even if he escaped, he'd be a dead man walking for failing Freyjagard, so he might as well die on his own terms.]] |
| 569 | * GeneralFailure: While most leaders fail miserably to overcome Tsukasa's tactics, Jade makes blunders that could have been avoided if he listened to Shishi. On the other hand, he believes that he'd be at a disadvantage even if he listened to Shishi, simply because Tsukasa plans for all possibilities. One of his worst blunders is that he fell for the Luminaries' fake nuke and sent his soldiers to attack it, despite how the Luminaries wouldn't be able to fire that nuke without causing MutuallyAssuredDestruction between Elm and Freyjagard. |
| 570 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: Jade states that he despised Mayoi for reminding him of his weak past self, [[spoiler:due to both being mistreated by their family.]] |
| 571 | [[/folder]] |
| 572 | |
| 573 | [[folder:Sasuke]] |
| 574 | A ninja-for-hire who works for Marquis Northheim. |
| 575 | ---- |
| 576 | * AcquiredPoisonImmunity: He's immune to Shinobu's poison due to ingesting all kinds of poisons since he was eight. |
| 577 | * BloodKnight: He takes on his jobs for the sake of testing his combat skills and intelligence. |
| 578 | * ExplainExplainOhCrap: When the knights fail to find Shinobu in the tunnels, he's baffled because there's nowhere for her to hide down there. He then realizes that she must have disguised herself as a knight and walked out of the tunnels with the others. |
| 579 | * FaceDeathWithDignity: When he realizes he cannot dodge Shinobu's kunai aimed for his throat, he congratulates her for being the better ninja. |
| 580 | * LightningBruiser: He has better reflexes than Shinobu, is deadly in hand-to-hand combat, and can shrug off a punch from a Gold Knight. Shinobu estimates that he's almost as strong as Shishi. |
| 581 | * PragmaticVillainy: Despite outmatching Shinobu, he's forced to let her go in their first scuffle because going after her would risk hurting the soldiers of other nobles, which could land his master Northheim in hot water. |
| 582 | * RedBaron: He's known as Sasuke the Black Spider for his ninja skills. |
| 583 | * ScarilyCompetentTracker: He can hear Shinobu's movements even when she's hiding in underground tunnels, and she knows that he'll intercept her the moment she tries to leave the tunnels. She gets around this by disguising herself as a knight and marching with the real ones. |
| 584 | * StealthExpert: He's one of the few people skilled enough to detect Shinobu's presence and sneak up on her. |
| 585 | * SuperSenses: His eyesight and hearing are exceptionally sharp, allowing him to see Shinobu's matte shurikens in the dark and allowing him to hear her movements when she's underground. |
| 586 | * TooCleverByHalf: As a ninja, he's knowledgeable in dust and flour explosions. Shinobu takes advantage of this by spreading flour in an enclosed room, forcing him to avoid her attacks in a way that avoids triggering an explosion, even if the chance of that happening is small. This leaves him open to a kunai to the throat. If he had taken the risk of the rare chance of an explosion, he would have had a higher chance of winning. |
| 587 | * WireFu: He specializes in fighting with thin steel wires. |
| 588 | * WorthyOpponent: Although Shinobu isn't as well-trained in ninjutsu as him, he acknowledges her as a true ninja when she lands the killing blow on him. Likewise, she respects his skills and acknowledges that he pushed her to use every trick possible to win. |
| 589 | [[/folder]] |
| 590 | |
| 591 | |
| 592 | !!Yamato Empire |
| 593 | |
| 594 | [[folder:Princess Kaguya]] |
| 595 | A princess from the ruined country of Yamato. |
| 596 | ---- |
| 597 | * BigSisterInstinct: Despite Mayoi being antagonistic towards her, Kaguya shows a brief moment of sadness when she realizes that Tsukasa will inevitably go to war with her sister. This is subverted [[spoiler:when it turns out she framed Mayoi for murder, meaning she's the reason the latter turned evil in the first place.]] |
| 598 | * BrokenPedestal: Shura is devastated to learn that [[spoiler:Kaguya framed Mayoi for murder just to uphold Yamato's traditions.]] |
| 599 | * CreateYourOwnVillain: She appears to be the more benevolent sibling, but it turns out she had a hand in Mayoi becoming a villain. [[spoiler:She went along with the tradition that the younger royal sibling must die to prevent future power struggles, but this made Mayoi easy prey for Jade's manipulations.]] |
| 600 | * IDidWhatIHadToDo: While she acknowledges [[spoiler:that her adherence to tradition caused Mayoi to defect to Freyjagard, she still believes that she and Mayoi are merely tools of the state to maintain order, no matter what personal sacrifices they have to make. That said, she did plan on confessing her misdeeds to Shura and states that she'd be okay with her people killing her once they find out, implying that she at least feels enough guilt to want to be punished for it.]] |
| 601 | * KarmicNod: Although she's a KarmaHoudini [[spoiler:for framing Mayoi for murder and driving her to evil, Kaguya acknowledges that it's possible that her people will turn on her for these actions and that she'll accept her fate if this happens.]] |
| 602 | * NeverMyFault: Subverted. Although she continues [[spoiler:to blame Mayoi for defying tradition and insists that the sacrifice of the younger royal sibling is correct, when Tsukasa leaves the room, she fails to hold back a sob, showing that she secretly feels guilty in her part in driving Mayoi to villainy, but believes that it's necessary.]] |
| 603 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: |
| 604 | ** She warns Tsukasa that he's just like her in wanting to serve TheNeedsOfTheMany regardless of any sacrifice he has to make, and that he'll end up alone and isolated from all his friends because of his ideals. Tsukasa acknowledges her warning, since he already caused his own father's execution, [[spoiler:just like how Kaguya slated Mayoi for death.]] |
| 605 | ** In Volume 10, Kaguya regrets keeping her people ignorant for the sake of stability, due to seeing Emperor Lindworm do the same thing to keep his people obedient and peaceful. |
| 606 | * RedemptionRejection: Played with when it comes to her country's draconian traditions. [[spoiler:Tsukasa suggests that she ends the tradition of killing the youngest royal sibling, but she refuses because she doesn't want to risk the short-term stability of her nation by defying tradition. She states that the only way for this tradition to end is if the people of Yamato themselves strike her down for it.]] |
| 607 | * SadisticChoice: Kaguya creates such a choice for the Seven Luminaries. She uses a public broadcast to petition the Republic of Elm into helping her take back Yamato from the Freyjagard Empire. While doing so will risk restarting the war with the empire, refusing her request would appear hypocritical to the nation's founding ideals of egalitarianism. This causes public opinion to be split between turning Kaguya in to the empire and helping her fight the empire. Tsukasa himself admits that both choices have their pros and cons, but believes helping Kaguya is better because it will shift the international Overton window towards egalitarianism while abandoning Kaguya doesn't guarantee the empire will keep their promises. |
| 608 | * WellIntentionedExtremist: She riles up the people of Elm to help liberate Yamato from the Freyjagard Empire and risks ruining the truce between the two countries, but she believes doing so is the only way to help Yamato's citizens. When Tsukasa tells her that Elm may have to hand her over to the empire to protect her people, she states she would accept that outcome. [[spoiler:Unfortunately, she's also willing to frame her sister for murder, since defying tradition and allowing her to live could destabilize Yamato.]] |
| 609 | [[/folder]] |
| 610 | |
| 611 | [[folder:Princess Mayoi]] |
| 612 | Kaguya's younger sister, who sold out to Freyjagard. |
| 613 | ---- |
| 614 | * AmbiguousSituation: In the manga, [[spoiler:Shishi manages to retrieve her and Jade from the burning castle. However, it's unknown if he's carrying their living or dead bodies.]] |
| 615 | * CainAndAbel: She opposes Kaguya's anti-Freyjagard stance and is the one who sold out Yamato. Played with [[spoiler:in that Kaguya framed her for murder and drove her to evil in the first place.]] |
| 616 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: She harbors a deep grudge against all of Yamato [[spoiler:because of how poorly the country treats the SpareToTheThrone. She was forced to imitate her sister in all ways, including any wounds the latter received, resulting in an empty and painful life. As per tradition, she was required to kill herself to prevent potential conflict over the throne, but when she refused, she got framed for murder and sentenced to execution anyways. This made her vulnerable to Jade's temptation to betray her homeland to Freyjagard, but she became so dependent on Jade that she submitted to his constant physical and emotional abuse.]] |
| 617 | * ExtremeDoormat: She's aware that Jade is only using and abusing her. Despite that, she continues to submit to him because she prefers his false affection to the treatment she received from her own country. |
| 618 | * NotSoWellIntentionedExtremist: At first, she claims that brainwashing her people to submit Freyjagard is for their own safety, but seconds later, she admits that she hates her own citizens and that she just wants to stay on Jade's good side. |
| 619 | * TheQuisling: She brainwashed her people into become compliant with Freyjagard in order to curry favor with Administrator Jade. She states she would have killed her own citizens if Jade didn't need them. |
| 620 | * UngratefulBitch: When one of her samurais, Gamou, tries to protect her from Jade's physical abuse, she orders the samurai to commit suicide and doesn't bat an eye when he beheads himself. |
| 621 | [[/folder]] |
| 622 | |
| 623 | [[folder:Shishi]] |
| 624 | Princess Mayoi's bodyguard. |
| 625 | ---- |
| 626 | * AffablyEvil: He has genuine praise for Aoi's skills and the narration notes that his politeness is sincere. Unfortunately, he's loyal to a VillainousPrincess and the Freyjagard Empire by proxy, since [[spoiler:he's motivated by guilt over brushing her off in her time of need.]] |
| 627 | * TheAtoner: Despite being an honorable warrior, he's loyal to someone as cruel as Mayoi [[spoiler:because he regrets refusing to help her when she was framed for murder.]] |
| 628 | * BelievingTheirOwnLies: At first, he tells himself that following Mayoi is the only way to get Freyjagard to spare the Yamato citizens, but Aoi points out that they aren't truly safe if Mayoi can just order them to kill themselves at any time. This cognitive dissonance causes him to falter and lose in his second duel with Aoi. [[spoiler:He eventually admits to himself that he's really fighting for Mayoi because he sees her as a victim of the royal family's mandated seppuku for younger siblings, and he wants to atone for rejecting her pleas for help.]] |
| 629 | * {{Determinator}}: Even after Aoi fatally wounds him, he uses sheer willpower to ride the wolf Shiro in order to return to Mayoi's side. Later, Tsukasa finds the tip of his sword in the burned remains of the castle, showing that he made it to the castle. The manga shows that [[spoiler:he retrieved Mayoi and Jade's bodies, and it's unknown if he'll actually die from his wounds.]] |
| 630 | * LightningBruiser: He's fast enough to keep up with Aoi's swordplay, strong enough to cut a bus in half, and resilient enough to shrug off Tsukasa's electric baton. |
| 631 | * MasterSwordsman: He can cut a speeding bus clean in half, despite that bus being made of bulletproof material. He's also able to keep up with Aoi and defeats her, though this is because her current sword is lower quality. When his daughter, Shura, attacks him, he blocks her attacks with the bare minimum movements. |
| 632 | * NotBrainwashed: All people with ancestry in Yamato are vulnerable to Mayoi's mind control, but Shishi can resist this mind control with sheer willpower. He still fights on Mayoi's behalf [[spoiler:out of a misguided desire to make up for abandoning her]], though he's able to refuse orders at his own discretion. |
| 633 | [[/folder]] |
| 634 | |
| 635 | [[folder:Shura]] |
| 636 | Princess Kaguya's bodyguard. |
| 637 | ---- |
| 638 | * AntagonisticOffspring: She and her father, Shishi, serve opposing princesses. She holds him in disdain for siding with a traitorous princess and serving their country's conqueror. |
| 639 | * TheBeastmaster: She has a wolf companion, Shiro, who assists her in combat. |
| 640 | * BigDamnHeroes: She saves the Luminaries from Shishi, allowing them to retreat from Freyjagard. |
| 641 | * ServileSnarker: She's Princess Kaguya's bodyguard, but she's not afraid to make jabs at the latter for her favorite type of rice. |
| 642 | [[/folder]] |
| 643 | |
| 644 | !!Supreme Beings (Unmarked Spoilers) |
| 645 | [[folder:Yggdra]] |
| 646 | The goddess of the Seven Luminaries religion, who summoned the prodigies to Elm. |
| 647 | ---- |
| 648 | * ArtificialHuman: She's actually a homunculus created by Father to help with his experiments and create an army of magic super soldiers. |
| 649 | * CondescendingCompassion: She realizes that although she wants to help the people of Lyrule's world, she also considered herself a superior being due to being a homunculus. As such, she failed to realize the possibility that [[spoiler:a human like Lindworm would be able to surpass Father]]. |
| 650 | * GodGuise: She's a powerful homunculus pretending to be a goddess, since this is the only means she has to oppose her evil family. |
| 651 | * HeroicSacrifice: After [[spoiler:Emperor Lindworm kills Lyrule, Yggdra sacrifices herself to revive Lyrule. However, the seal on Father can no longer be restored even with Lyrule's revival]]. |
| 652 | * OurDragonsAreDifferent: Ironically, despite the legends of the evil dragon, she took on her own draconic form due to Father's experiments. |
| 653 | * WhatTheHellHero: Tsukasa points out that when she summoned the prodigies to help her, she nearly killed them in a plane crash. |
| 654 | * WhiteSheep: Of her homunculi siblings, she's the only one to oppose Father's plan to build an army to invade their home world. |
| 655 | [[/folder]] |
| 656 | |
| 657 | [[folder:The Evil Dragon]] |
| 658 | A powerful being that the Seven Heroes of the past saved the world from. Yggdra refers to him as Father. |
| 659 | ---- |
| 660 | * AmbiguousStartOfDarkness: He wants to destroy his home world, but its ambiguous whether he was always evil or if he only [[ThenLetMeBeEvil turned evil]] after his society exiled him out of fear for his power. |
| 661 | * ArchnemesisDad: He created Yggdra and the Grandmasters, but Yggdra opposes his warmongering plans. |
| 662 | * AssimilationBackfire: In Volume 10, Lindworm [[spoiler:and Father briefly fight for control over the former's body, but Lindworm easily wins and absorbs all of Father's power and knowledge]]. |
| 663 | * BigBadWannabe: Despite being built up as the cause of everything wrong in the other world and [[spoiler:having the goal of taking over Emperor Lindworm's body, the latter's will is too strong and Father's soul is absorbed]]. |
| 664 | * MadScientist: He used the people of Lyrule's world as guinea pigs to create an army to wage war against his home world. |
| 665 | * PiecesOfGod: Fragments of his flesh can be used to forcibly evolve and mutate subjects, as shown with Duke Gustav's OneWingedAngel form. |
| 666 | * SealedEvilInACan: Inside Lyrule is a seal that prevents Father from reincarnating. If she dies, Father will reincarnate into Emperor Lindworm von Freyjagard. |
| 667 | * WasOnceAMan: He was originally the strongest human mage of another world. |
| 668 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: He gets absolutely no speaking lines [[spoiler:due to being completely absorbed by Emperor Lindworm]]. |
| 669 | [[/folder]] |
| 670 | |
| 671 | !!Earth |
| 672 | [[folder:Mitsuhide Mikogami]] |
| 673 | Tsukasa's father and the former prime minister of Japan. |
| 674 | ---- |
| 675 | * CardCarryingVillain: After Tsukasa exposes him, Mitsuhide condemns the former's altruism and states that a politician should exploit the foolish masses for their own gain. |
| 676 | * CorruptPolitician: He used loopholes to secretly bleed the public dry, accepted bribes, and had political opponents assassinated. Even former aides who otherwise showed no signs of opposing him aren't exempt, since he had a plane crashed just to kill one. |
| 677 | * DyingDeclarationOfHate: Before his execution, he declares that Tsukasa will lose all his loved ones in his quest to be the ideal politician and that he hopes his son will be consumed by regret. |
| 678 | * EvenEvilCanBeLoved: |
| 679 | ** Tsukasa loved him as a father to the very end and even held off on exposing him for a while, but eventually did so anyways when Mitsuhide's crimes became too much to bear. |
| 680 | ** Tsukasa's mother, Shizuka Mikogami, was so devastated by Mitsuhide's death that she abandoned Tsukasa for exposing him. |
| 681 | * EvilParentsWantGoodKids: Deconstructed. At home, he would act like an upstanding man in front of Tsukasa and give platitudes about being a benevolent politician so that the latter wouldn't expose him, making this a case of PragmaticVillainy rather than EvenEvilHasLovedOnes. This backfires because it gives Tsukasa a moral code that causes him to turn on his father once he learns about the latter's corruption anyways. |
| 682 | * HannibalLecture: During his final conversation with Tsukasa, Mitsuhide states that despite the former's good intentions, he still had to charm the masses into liking him and that their admiration for him will be fleeting. He also points out that because the public fell for his own lies and were too complacent and powerless to stop him, there's no way they can truly form a just society. Tsukasa couldn't come up with a counterargument to this, since he knows that he relied on the temporary passions of the citizens in order to gain power. |
| 683 | * NeverMyFault: Tsukasa claims his downfall was caused by his own disregard towards his duty, leading to the citizens turning on him, but Mitsuhide argues that the masses have so little agency that Tsukasa is the one truly responsible for turning them against him. The only thing he claims he did wrong is raising Tsukasa into becoming an idealist. |
| 684 | * PosthumousCharacter: The series takes place long after he dies, though he does get some characterization in the short story included with manga Volume 13. |
| 685 | * TheQuisling: In Volume 9, a flashback reveals that Mitsuhide was planning to sell off Japan to an unnamed socialist country, which is why Masato sides with Tsukasa against him. |
| 686 | * TheSocialDarwinist: Like Freyjagard's aristocracy, he believes the successful and strong politicians have the right to exploit the weak and inferior masses. |
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