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| 5 | !!Main Cast |
| 6 | [[folder:Ai Ohto]] |
| 7 | !!Ai Ohto |
| 8 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ai_fullbody.png]] |
| 9 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Kanata Aikawa (Japanese), Creator/MikaelaKrantz (English) |
| 10 | |
| 11 | The main protagonist of the story. A self-described shut-in who doesn't go to school due to bullying for her heterochromia and past trauma. |
| 12 | ---- |
| 13 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: She had no friends at her school due to her classmates bullying her for her heterochromia. |
| 14 | * AlternateSelf: [[spoiler:Encounters a version of herself that never met Koito, and did end up committing suicide by drowning herself in Episode 12. She ends up [[HeroicSacrifice sacrificing her eye]] to protect the real Ai from having her eye gouged out by Kirara.]] |
| 15 | * AmbiguouslyBi: She openly compliments the girls she interacts with and gushes about their good looks. But in episode 4 she and Momoe gush about how attractive Adam's Apples are. |
| 16 | * AstonishinglyAppropriateAppearance: When she wears her hoodie up, her head resembles an egg, not to mention that the golden color brings to mind an egg yolk. |
| 17 | * BadassAdorable: She’s (usually) a cute and cheerful girl, who can and will fight Dream Killers with the other girls. |
| 18 | * BystanderSyndrome: [[spoiler:Ai used to turn a blind eye towards bullying, as she backed out of filming Koito's bullies because she was afraid, and as she laments, in general she didn't do anything to stop Koito's mistreatment. [[CharacterDevelopment She grows out of this]], and by episode 2 she declares that she's ''through'' with "pretending not to see"]]. |
| 19 | * CarryABigStick: Her primary weapon is an enlarged 4-color ballpoint pen that can be used as a battle club. |
| 20 | * CharacterCatchphrase: '''"NOW, I'M REALLY ANGRY!"''' |
| 21 | * CheerfulChild: When not being tormented by bullies or her own past trauma, Ai is an upbeat, sunny, and friendly person. |
| 22 | * DisappearedDad: It's revealed in Episode 6 that her father divorced from her mother. However, in Episode 7 she reveals that she meets with him once a month, downplaying this trope. |
| 23 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:In episode 12, Ai meets her AlternateSelf who did commit suicide by drowning herself in the school's pool, as this version never met Koito, with the same episode possibly implying that Koito pulled the main!Ai out of the pool when she tried it.]] |
| 24 | * EasilyForgiven: In spite of Ai failing to record Koito being bullied out of fear for her own safety, her friend doesn't hold it against her and assures her that it's okay. |
| 25 | * EyeScream: [[spoiler:Ai's AlternateSelf pulls a HeroicSacrifice to save her, getting her blue eye gouged out by Kirara in the process.]] |
| 26 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Sanguine. Although she's become quite an introvert due to her trauma, she's otherwise pretty cheerful and is very kind, forgiving and friendly, seeing the best in people. |
| 27 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: |
| 28 | ** Ai's heroism is motivated by her guilt over [[spoiler:Koito committing suicide]], which Ai feels she could have prevented if she hadn't turned a blind eye to her troubles. |
| 29 | ** In the finale, [[spoiler:Neiru is trapped in the DreamLand after falling for the temptation of death. The night after Ai learns about this, she receives a [[PhoneCallFromTheDead phone call from Neiru]], but she decides not to pick up and even throws her phone over the balcony. The next day she is overridden with guilt over not going back to the DreamLand to rescue her.]] |
| 30 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Episode 12 explicitly reveals that Ai had a crush on Mr. Sawaki but decides to get over it by wishing her mother well in her relationship with him.]] |
| 31 | * IdiotHair: She has a long ahoge that swoops down on the left. And, while she's not an idiot, she's innocent and rather naive. |
| 32 | * TheIngenue: Ai appears to be more "innocent" than the other characters regarding certain matters; in episode 3, while Ai and Neiru are having a texting conversation over their cell phones, Neiru suggests that "junior idol" could mean "bedroom stuff". Ai muses, "Like... pillow fights?" [[SureLetsGoWithThat Neiru decides to answer yes.]] |
| 33 | * InTheHood: She always wears her golden yellow hoodie. |
| 34 | * ItsAllMyFault: Ai holds herself responsible for [[spoiler:Koito's suicide]], because Ai chose to "pretend not to see" [[spoiler:Koito being bullied out of fear for her own safety. This is why Ai works so hard to save other "egg girls" now to possibly bring Koito back to life.]] |
| 35 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After finding out the origins of Frill and her motives, she breaks down into tears and curses herself.]] |
| 36 | * LegFocus: Her [[LimitedWardrobe main outfit]] consists of a pair of short shorts which, combined with her large yellow hoodie, draws attention to her legs. Rika {{Lampshades}} this when Ai gets indignant over her asking Neiru if she'd like to form an Idol duo yet not Ai, causing Rika to feel and compliment her legs and ask if she'd want to be a back-up dancer. |
| 37 | * LetsGetDangerous: When pushed to her limit, she unlocks her inner rage and sets her wrath on any enemies. |
| 38 | -->'''Ai:''' Now I'm mad! |
| 39 | * MultiMeleeMaster: When Ai is given another object from the "egg girls", it is converted into a weapon she can use. So far, she's used a ribbon wand as a whip and two glowsticks as [[DualWielding twin shortswords]]. |
| 40 | * MustMakeAmends: Ai's primary motivation for helping the girls from the eggs she buys is to make it up to [[spoiler:Koito for not helping her when she was in trouble]]. |
| 41 | * NiceGirl: [[spoiler:Aside from having turned a blind eye to Koito's troubles in the past]] (and she [[CharacterDevelopment grows out of that]]), Ai is very friendly and kind to everyone, and she's forgiving to the point that in episode 4, Neiru comments that she's "hopeless", but also "lovely" that way, as the group needs someone like Ai. |
| 42 | * PunnyName: Her Japanese name "Ohto Ai" sounds similar to odd eye. |
| 43 | * PrecociousCrush: [[spoiler: Though Ai denies this at first, episode 12 confirms that she had a crush on Mr. Sawaki at some point, which explains her awkwardness around him and subsequent frustration when he starts dating her mother. However, she doesn't act on those feelings and even lets go of them when she wishes her mother well.]] |
| 44 | * SexyFlaw: [[spoiler:Her friend Koito tells her that her heterochromia is pretty, despite her having been ostracized throughout high school for it. This helps Ai open up to her after her initially cold introduction.]] |
| 45 | * SuckySchool: [[spoiler:Ai's DreamLand is a school as she and Koito experienced nonstop bullying and the latter committed suicide afterwards.]] |
| 46 | * SuicidePact: DiscussedTrope: She realizes in episode 3 that, if Koito had asked Ai to die with her due to bullies, she would have. [[spoiler:In episode 12, she almost goes through with it in the Egg World while Mr. Sawaki's Wonder Killer form urges her on with the temptation of death.]] |
| 47 | * TaremeEyes: Her eyes represent her kind, introverted personality, along with her heterochromia. |
| 48 | * ThisIsForEmphasisBitch: When fighting the Coach Wonder Killer. |
| 49 | -->'''Ai:''' All right bitch, '''''[[PrepareToDie TIME FOR YOU TO DIE!]]''''' |
| 50 | [[/folder]] |
| 51 | |
| 52 | [[folder:Neiru Aonuma]] |
| 53 | !!Neiru Aonuma |
| 54 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/neiru_fullbody.png]] |
| 55 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/TomoriKusunoki (Japanese), Creator/DawnMBennett (English) |
| 56 | |
| 57 | A serious and quiet girl who travels to the Dream World to rescue her little sister. |
| 58 | ---- |
| 59 | * AcheyScars: According to Neiru, the scar on her back [[spoiler:given to her by her sister aches whenever she isn't thinking about her]]. |
| 60 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Neiru stands out as the only main character with brown skin. |
| 61 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Neiru is actually an [=AI=] built by Kotobuki in Airu's image, and Airu attempted to kill her out of jealousy. Whether or not her artificial insemination story is true or if her physical form was made through other methods is not made clear.]] |
| 62 | * BecomeARealBoy: [[spoiler:Neiru is actually an [=AI=] built by Kotobuki, and she decides to join Frill at the end when Frill promises to grant her deepest wish: to become human.]] |
| 63 | * BolivianArmyEnding: [[spoiler:The last Ai and Rika see of Neiru is her facing off against all three of Frill's agents, and Frill herself offer her a deal to become Human due to both being AIs.]] |
| 64 | * BrutalHonesty: She's very direct and blunt when speaking to others. Especially when it comes to Rika's shenanigans. |
| 65 | * {{BFS}} Her stationary compass, in addition to being a gun, can also transform into a massive sword over twice as large as she is. |
| 66 | * CharacterCatchphrase: "I'm going to blow your mind." |
| 67 | * ConvenientlyAnOrphan: In Episode 7, [[spoiler:she confesses to Momoe that she never knew her parents. She considers it a good thing as it saved her the trouble of dealing with potential FamilyDrama.]] In episode 9, [[spoiler:she explains that she was born from artificial insemination through members from the Japan Plati.]] The special reveals [[spoiler:she ''has'' no parents, being an ArtificialHuman created by Kotobuki]]. |
| 68 | * ColdSniper: Very {{Stoic}}, and her weapon is a stationary compass that can turn into either a short-ranged rifle or a long-distance SniperRifle. |
| 69 | * DealWithTheDevil: [[spoiler:Neiru stays with Frill in the DreamLand when Frill promises to help find a way for them to be human, but she also partially does it to keep Ai and the others safe. She fades out of existence after doing so, so whether or not Frill kept up her end of the bargin is not shown.]] |
| 70 | * DefrostingIceQueen: She starts to become more expressive and cheerful after befriending Ai and the other girls. Episode 5 has Momoe mention that sometimes people end up enjoying things they didn't mean to, which has Neiru pause and, after hearing Ai cheer in the background, to admit that it may be so. |
| 71 | * DelicateAndSickly: At the start of the series, she's hospitalized with weakened muscles and undergoing physical therapy. [[spoiler:Her battle experiences in the dream world help her body grow stronger, and eventually, she demonstrates flawless athleticism to her skeptical therapist and receives an early discharge from the hospital.]] |
| 72 | * DevilsAdvocate: Acts as this in regards to the other girls' discussion on whether Shuichiro is actually a NiceGuy who genuinely wants to help Ai or a BitchInSheepsClothing who [[spoiler: drove Koito to suicide]] and wants to get at Ai. She pitches in on Rika's arguments for the latter interpretation, but will also mention alternative solutions when there's no argument for them, such as when she suggests, citing OccamsRazor, that instead of Ai being upset at the prospect of him and her mom dating because she suspects him of being involved in Koito's death, Ai's actually upset because [[PrecociousCrush she likes him herself.]] [[spoiler: This turns out to be correct.]] |
| 73 | * EmotionlessGirl: She maintains a serious and expressionless personality in almost all of her screentime. |
| 74 | * FearlessFool: She's considered to be this on account of how many Wonder Eggs she buys and how frequently she's hospitalized after ongoing missions. [[spoiler:She is notably the only one in the end still actively saving Maidens despite the threat Frill and her friends pose to her.]] |
| 75 | * ForYourOwnGood: She goes through with [[spoiler:pulling the plug on Kotobuki's life support hoping to spare her friend from being experimented on by scientists]]. |
| 76 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Melancholic. She's quite TheStoic and is rather aloof and skeptical, yet she's genuinely kind actually. |
| 77 | * GoodScarsEvilScars: Episode 5 reveals that Neiru has a massive scar on her back as a result of [[spoiler:her sister stabbing her]]. |
| 78 | * {{Goth}}: Her gray dress brings to mind Gothic Puritan fashion. |
| 79 | * GradeSchoolCEO: Episode 4 reveals that not only is she wealthy, but she's the President of her own company in its own massive office building. It's suggested, but not outright stated that [[ManBehindTheMan she has some awareness of the company's connections with the Accas.]] |
| 80 | * HeroicBSOD: When her fellow TeenGenius and best friend Kotobuki Awano asks her to pull her plug and end her life, though Neiru is usually TheStoic and is serious most of the time, this is too much for her to take and she breaks down crying. |
| 81 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: Neiru briefly mentions that the person she wants to save is her little sister, and she remarks, "I let her die." Episode 5, however, reveals that Neiru doesn't really want to bring her sister back to life [[spoiler:on account of her sister trying to kill her, but thinking about her sister is the only way to keep her scar from hurting]]. |
| 82 | * InformedAttractiveness: Ai's first reaction when seeing her is to gasp in amazement, before loudly proclaiming that she had an amazing figure while blushing. Her figure however doesn't appear that much different from Ai and the other girls. |
| 83 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Neiru and Rika both mistake [[SweetPollyOliver Momoe]] for a boy when they first meet her, completely unaware that it would upset her as badly as it did. |
| 84 | ** She considers this to be a flaw in Episode 7 as her stating what is correct and blunt often causes emotional pain in others. |
| 85 | * LettingHerHairDown: [[spoiler:She doesn't braid her hair and lets it loose in the last episodes, showing how she's become more spirited after befriending the girls.]] |
| 86 | * LockedOutOfTheLoop: {{Averted}}. [[spoiler:Unlike her friends, Neiru is already informed about the dynamics of the Dream World system and frequently communicates with Acca and Ura-Acca about their motivations.]] |
| 87 | * NotAfraidToDie: The administrators deduce that Neiru is so fearless because she doesn't care if she were to die in the Dream World as long as she can be reunited with her sister. |
| 88 | * NotSoStoic: Despite her serious demeanor, she's just as capable of losing her cool. From tickle sessions to [[spoiler:being reunited with her fellow TeenGenius friend]]. |
| 89 | * PhoneCallFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the final episode, shortly before Neiru dies in the DreamLand, she calls Ai. However, Ai not only decides not to pick up, but she throws her phone out of her apartment balcony.]] |
| 90 | * TeenGenius: Neiru is a member of the Japanese branch of Plati. |
| 91 | * TomatoSurprise: [[spoiler:Kotobuki reveals to Ai and Rika that Neiru is actually an [=AI=] built in Airu's likeness, explaining that Ai had met Airu earlier as well as why Airu dislikes Neiru.]] |
| 92 | * UrbanRuins: [[spoiler:Neiru's DreamLand is a city bridge that's often on fire or highly damaged. It's also the place where her sister ran off to commit suicide.]] |
| 93 | * WhenSheSmiles: She gives a small smile after Ai befriends her in Episode 2. |
| 94 | [[/folder]] |
| 95 | |
| 96 | [[folder:Rika Kawai]] |
| 97 | !!Rika Kawai |
| 98 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/rika_fullbody.png]] |
| 99 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Shuka Saito (Japanese), Creator/AnairisQuinones (English) |
| 100 | |
| 101 | A former junior idol with a carefree and puzzling personality. |
| 102 | ---- |
| 103 | * BadassInDistress: |
| 104 | ** At the end of Episode 3, [[spoiler:she's turned to stone by the fangirls' Wonder Killer.]] |
| 105 | ** A more severe case occurs in Episode [[spoiler:7, where she's almost killed by the Wonder Killer she's fighting after being talked [[DrivenToSuicide into it by the Maiden she's trying to protect.]]]] |
| 106 | * BringMyBrownPants: [[spoiler:When Rika is attacked by Dot, she's so scared that Dot points out that she peed herself.]] |
| 107 | * ByronicHeroine: Despite her cheerful, mischievous and carefree attitude, Rika carries a past error on her shoulders and inflicted SelfHarm on herself. She also comes across as callous, self-absorbed and rude, but deep down she's a good person and is more selfless than she looks. |
| 108 | * CastingGag: Rika used to be part of a junior idol group whose popularity dwindled over time. Her voice actress Shuka Saito's first major role was You Watanabe from ''Anime/LoveLiveSunshine'', which focuses on an idol group who's trying to make it big despite having a lot of setbacks. She's also a member of ''Sunshine!!'''s real life idol group ''Aqours'', making her casting as Rika a no brainer. |
| 109 | * CharacterDevelopment: By episode 5, Rika has bonded enough with Ai and the other girls that [[spoiler:she doesn't feel responsible for Chiemi's death anymore and wants all the girls to stop risking their lives every night so they can just treasure their current friendship]]. |
| 110 | * CruelToBeKind: |
| 111 | ** After she found out that her [[ImYourBiggestFan Number 1 Fan Chiemi]] was shoplifting just to see her, Rika flat out tells her that she will never be friends with a "fat" loser like her; she hoped that doing so would get Chiemi to stop shoplifting. It's deconstructed because [[spoiler:Chiemi takes these words to heart and develops an eating disorder which ultimately results in her death.]] |
| 112 | ** In episode 5, [[spoiler:Rika speaks disparagingly of the Captured Maidens, accusing them of being "selfish" for committing suicide. This is an ugly thing to say, but Rika hopes that saying it will convince her new friends that they aren't responsible for the deaths of the Maidens, so they don't have to keep putting themselves in danger just to bring their loved ones back to life.]] |
| 113 | * DevilsAdvocate: While talking with her friends about [[spoiler:Mr. Sawaki's involvement with Koito's suicide]], she brings up some dark but possible theories regarding [[spoiler:their relationship and why he always visits the Ohto residence.]] |
| 114 | * DisappearedDad: Rika's father left at some point while Rika was very young, young enough that she doesn't remember what he looks like. Her mother had promised to take her to meet him when she got into middle school, only to give her photos of five men who ''might'' be her father. |
| 115 | * DualWielding: She uses large box cutters as her primary weapons. |
| 116 | * ExpositoryHairstyleChange: During flashbacks to when she was an IdolSinger, her hair was pink and she wore it in GirlishPigtails that went past her waist. In the present day, it's shoulder-length and blonde with a pink streak, making her look like more of a delinquent and showing how she's distanced herself from her former idol career. |
| 117 | * FemaleMisogynist: Despite being a girl, she tends to make some rather misogynistic comments. However, it's made clear from her introductory episode onwards that she [[{{TheGadfly}} doesn't mean]] [[RefugeInAudacity everything she says]]. |
| 118 | * FormerChildStar: She was a junior idol for a group called All-Out Kiss. They weren't as big or glamourous as common examples as their popularity dwindled over time. It's all but stated that Rika quit the idol business after [[spoiler:hearing of the news of her former fan Chiemi killing herself.]] |
| 119 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Choleric. She's extroverted, brash, confident and sarcastic. |
| 120 | * TheGadfly: She's very carefree and playful, leading to her teasing Ai and Neiru to get reactions out of them. |
| 121 | * GoneHorriblyRight: Rika insulted Chiemi and told her to never come see her again, hoping this would prevent Chiemi from shoplifting. It technically worked, as Chiemi never came to see Rika again, [[spoiler:but it also leads to Chiemi dying of an eating disorder.]] |
| 122 | * HeroicBSOD: |
| 123 | ** [[spoiler:After all the emotional abuse she suffers from her mother in Episode 7, she gets convinced by the Captured Maiden she's supposed to protect to just give in to despair and is quickly DrivenToSuicide. Allowing the Wonder Killer she was initially fighting to do her in instead. It takes her LoyalAnimalCompanion protecting her from the Wonder Killer and [[WhatTheHellHero the words of her friends]] to snap her out of it.]] |
| 124 | ** [[spoiler: Happens again in episode 11 after Dot kills Mannen and destroys her blades, becoming angry and distant as opposed to Momoe's scared, borderline suicidal MadnessMantra state. Anticipating this, the Acca block her from actually going back for revenge.]] |
| 125 | ** [[spoiler:And once again during Episode 12 after finding out that Neiru was never real to begin with. Even contemplating suicide again. As Ai ends up drifting away from both her and Momoe due to her own [=BSOD=], we never do find out if she actually went through with it.]] |
| 126 | * IdolSinger: She [[FormerChildStar used to be one]] as part of All-Out Kiss, a junior idol group. |
| 127 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Rika cruelly insulted Chiemi's weight because she thought this would get Chiemi to stop shoplifting to afford her gifts, but instead this led to Chiemi developing an eating disorder and dying. Out of guilt over this event, Rika wants to get Chiemi back more than anything.]] |
| 128 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: |
| 129 | ** Upon meeting Ai, she's quick to take note of her mismatched eyes and ask if she's wearing contacts as part of a trend, not knowing they're real or that she was bullied because of them. |
| 130 | ** She also, along with Neiru, mistakes [[SweetPollyOliver Momoe]] for a boy when they first meet her, completely unaware that it would upset her as badly as it did. |
| 131 | * JerkassHasAPoint: In episode 5, [[spoiler:Rika is very blunt about how she and the other girls don't need to feel responsible for their maidens' suicides since it was ultimately their decision; while she could have been nicer about it, Rika isn't wrong to say that they aren't responsible for their deaths]]. |
| 132 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: She generally comes off as rather callous and selfish, saying the only reason she wants to save Chiemi is that she wants someone to buy stuff for her and [[SpeakIllOfTheDead often pokes fun at her for reasons such as her weight]]. In reality, it's because [[spoiler: she feels guilty that her attempt to BeCruelToBeKind led to Chiemi starving herself to death, and the reason she did this in the first place was because she didn't want her buying stuff for her if it meant stealing.]] |
| 133 | * LoyalAnimalCompanion: Hers is a giant turtle named Mannen. |
| 134 | * MustMakeAmends: Rika's primary motivation for wanting to save Chiemi is [[spoiler:Rika wants to make it up to Chiemi for having insulted Chiemi's weight in a misguided way of getting her to stop shoplifting, leading to Chiemi's death.]] |
| 135 | * NonconformistDyedHair: Her hair is mostly blonde with a pink streak, which shows how she's now distancing herself from her former squeaky-clean IdolSinger past. |
| 136 | * PoorCommunicationKills: Rika found out that her biggest fan Chiemi was shoplifting and then re-selling the stolen goods to afford the money she gave Rika. So Rika tried to get Chiemi to stop shoplifting, but unfortunately she did so by saying she would never be friends with a fat person, [[spoiler:and as a result, Chiemi died of an eating disorder.]] |
| 137 | * ProudBeauty: How do you remember her name? [[{{PunnyName}} She's super cute, of course]]. Considering the [[{{FormerChildStar}} industry]] she was part of as well as her past trauma, it's not hard to see why beauty is a big part of Rika's personality. |
| 138 | * RevengeBeforeReason: [[spoiler: She wants to get revenge on Dot for killing Mannen, despite their previous encounter [[CurbStompBattle not ending]] [[BringMyBrownPants well for her]]. Fortunately, Ura-Acca denies her access back into the dream world.]] |
| 139 | * ScrewThisImOuttaHere: Rika was very insistent on going back to the Egg World [[spoiler:after being locked out due to her motivations solely being based on revenge]] and finally gets an opportunity after [[spoiler:Neiru disappears]]. However, upon learning that [[spoiler:Neiru is an ArtificialHuman, she decides she is not worth risking her life to save]]. |
| 140 | * SelfHarm: She has a history of cutting herself. |
| 141 | * SkinshipGrope: Rika playfully gropes Ai's thigh when complimenting her looks. |
| 142 | * ThisMeansWar: [[spoiler:After Dot kills Mannen, Rika vows to get revenge. However, Acca and Ura-Acca no longer allow her into their garden out of concern that her blind rage will get her killed for real.]] |
| 143 | * ThrowingYourSwordAlwaysWorks: Mixed with PrecisionGuidedBoomerang, Rika can throw her large box cutters for long range and they can return to her hand instantly. |
| 144 | * TsurimeEyes: Her eyes represent her outgoing, carefree personality. |
| 145 | * VengeanceDenied: [[spoiler:Wants revenge for the death of Mannen at the hands of Dot, but is unable to get it due to her mission being over and the Accas denying her access to the DreamLand to carry it out.]] |
| 146 | * WeWantOurJerkBack: [[InvertedTrope Inverted]], as in this case, the jerk wants the person she insulted back. Rika insulted Chiemi's weight as a misguided means of trying to get her to stop shoplifting to spend money on her, [[spoiler:but Chiemi developed an eating disorder as a result and died as "skin and bones". While Rika had previously insulted Chiemi's weight, she insists that the skin-and-bones girl at the funeral is "not Chiemi" at all, and even Chiemi's statue in Rika's dream world is still heavyset.]] |
| 147 | [[/folder]] |
| 148 | |
| 149 | [[folder:Momoe Sawaki]] |
| 150 | !!Momoe Sawaki |
| 151 | [[quoteright:150:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/momoe_fullbody.png]] |
| 152 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HinakiYano (Japanese), Creator/MichelleRojas (English) |
| 153 | |
| 154 | A charming, androgynous-looking NiceGirl who [[EvenTheGirlsWantHer is exceptionally popular with the girls]]. |
| 155 | ---- |
| 156 | * TenMinuteRetirement: [[spoiler:In episode 12, Momoe decides to stop going to the Egg World after Hyphen threatens to kill her and makes attempts to distance herself from the girls. Despite this, she's later shown doing Karaoke with Ai and Rika and discussing how their respective Maiden's came back with no memory of them, though she's reluctant to go back to the egg machine when Neiru starts distancing herself from them and nearly has a falling out with Rika over it.]] |
| 157 | * AfterlifeExpress: [[spoiler:Momoe's DreamLand takes place in a train station, where her friend Haruka committed suicide.]] |
| 158 | * AmbiguouslyBi: [[spoiler:While Momoe did reject Haruka's advances, when she talks about it in episode 5, all Momoe says was that she was scared, never anything about whether or not she's actually attracted to girls]]. In addition, when Ai asks if Momoe hates being a ChickMagnet, she doesn't give a straight answer in response. In episode 10, on the other hand, Momoe has no problems going on a date with a boy, and she has flirtatious dialogue with Kaoru, a Maiden who's a UsefulNotes/{{Transgender}} boy, all leading up to [[spoiler:a BigDamnKiss that leaves her flustered]]. Afterwards, she simply says she wants to be with 'someone she likes' rather than specifying one gender over the other. |
| 159 | * {{Bifauxnen}}: Her short hair and masculine appearance gets her frequently mistaken for a boy, and she has [[ChickMagnet a lot of female admirers]]. This is deconstructed, since she's insecure about how masculine she looks and feels that other girls only see her as a substitute for a boy rather than a girl. |
| 160 | * BecauseYouWereNiceToMe: The reason she got along with Haruka, her maiden, is because she seemed to be the only girl to treat her as another girl instead of a substitute for a boy. [[spoiler: This leads to her feeling somewhat betrayed when she tries to seduce her, which leads to Haruka being DrivenToSuicide after Momoe leaves in a panic.]] |
| 161 | * BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:In episode 10, after clearing her DreamLand, Hyphen shows up and kills Panic, Momoe's LoyalAnimalCompanion, and force-feeds her Panic's flesh. Momoe spends the remainder of the episode traumatized and afraid to enter the DreamLand again in the case Hyphen kills her next, as she was the intended target.]] |
| 162 | * ChickMagnet: [[spoiler:Momoe's friend Haruka made a pass at her before she killed herself]], and pretty much every maiden Momoe protects throughout the series ends up falling in love with her. |
| 163 | * EvenTheGirlsWantHer: Her kind personality and androgynous charm make her a real ChickMagnet. |
| 164 | * FourTemperamentEnsemble: Phlegmatic. She's very kind, quiet, gentle, polite and somewhat shy. |
| 165 | * HeroicBSOD: [[spoiler:After Panic is killed, Momoe is traumatized to the point where she [[StressVomit throws up while eating dinner]] and mutters "I can't sleep" [[MadnessMantra again and again and again]] out of fear of getting killed next.]] |
| 166 | * ILetGwenStacyDie: [[spoiler:Momoe's friend Haruka committed suicide, apparently by jumping in front of a train, and Momoe's heroism is motivated by guilt over this event.]] |
| 167 | * InnocentlyInsensitive: Momoe gets excited when Ai relays that Mr. Sawaki and her mom plan to date, because this could possibly mean that they would be related one day. However, she completely misses Ai being in a foul mood because of it, and that she is against their relationship. |
| 168 | * JapanesePoliteness: She's very gentle and polite towards people she meets. |
| 169 | * MurderByInaction: [[spoiler: Rika accuses her of this for not warning the others about Hyphen and Dot, believing that it at least could have made the others aware of what would happen to their pets. Momoe tries to justify it by claiming that they could have died trying to protect their respective pets, but her words to Ai heavily imply that she just wanted to distance herself from the Egg World as much as possible, which includes the other girls.]] |
| 170 | * NiceGirl: Although a little shy, she's a very kind, selfless and gentle person. |
| 171 | * OneGenderSchool: Momoe attends an all-girls school. |
| 172 | * ParasolOfPain: Her weapon is an orange umbrella that can double as a javelin. |
| 173 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Momoe has auburn hair, dark green eyes, and is one of the four heroines of the story. |
| 174 | * StatuesqueStunner: Momoe is just fourteen, yet she's 168cm tall, and is considered to be very attractive, both as being a girl and being believed to be a boy. Ai tells her she looks like a model. |
| 175 | * StressVomit: [[spoiler:After clearing her DreamLand in episode 10, Hyphen, in an attempt to kill her, slaughters Panic in front of Momoe's eyes and force-feeds her his remains, all while stating that crocodile meat resembles chicken. The next evening, chicken is served for dinner and this causes Momoe to immediately throw up upon recalling her words.]] |
| 176 | * SweetPollyOliver: In her DreamLand, Momoe intentionally tells her VictimOfTheWeek that she's male, and they all end up falling in love with her. When she finally gets asked out by a boy in her masculine appearance, he turns out to be disappointed upon seeing her dressed up because he's gay. |
| 177 | * TomboyAngst: Momoe has a complex about how masculine she is, since other girls tend to view her as a substitute for a boy rather than an actual girl. She breaks out into tears when Neiru and Rika mistake her for a boy and Acca and Ura-Acca do nothing to correct them. |
| 178 | [[/folder]] |
| 179 | |
| 180 | !!Pomanders |
| 181 | [[folder:Leon]] |
| 182 | * HollywoodChameleons: Averted. Despite being based on a chameleon, Leon never demonstrates any color-changing abilities, realistic or otherwise. |
| 183 | * LovableLizard: Specifically, a chameleon. |
| 184 | * MultipurposeTongue: He can use it to grab enemies and swallow them whole, or he can extend it out for Ai to swing off of. |
| 185 | * SwallowedWhole: Leon's preferred method of fighting is to simply grab Seeno Evils or Haters with his prehensile tongue and swallow them whole. According to Acca, they're his favourite food. |
| 186 | [[/folder]] |
| 187 | |
| 188 | [[folder:Pinky]] |
| 189 | * SnakesAreSinister: Inverted. Like the other Pomanders, he's perfectly heroic, and looks downright adorable in his FunSize real-world form. |
| 190 | [[/folder]] |
| 191 | |
| 192 | [[folder:Mannen]] |
| 193 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He is crushed to death by Dot at the start of Episode 11.]] |
| 194 | * HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Mannen throws Rika out of the way of Dot's attack and is mortally wounded.]] |
| 195 | * MightyGlacier: Compared to the other Pomanders, Mannen seems to focus more on defense than offense. |
| 196 | * OffWithHisHead: [[spoiler:Mannen is mortally wounded by Dot in episode 11 and she decapitates him to feed him to Rika.]] |
| 197 | * TakingTheBullet: Twice. |
| 198 | ** In Episode 7, [[spoiler:after Rika is driven past the DespairEventHorizon and decides to allow a Wonder Killer to kill her, Mannen takes (and shrugs off) the killing blow. Seeing Mannen protect her is enough to jolt Rika out of her funk, and she swiftly finishes the Wonder Killer off.]] |
| 199 | ** In Episode 11, [[spoiler:Mannen pushes Rika out of the way of Dot's mace and again takes the blow for her. [[KilledOffForReal He doesn't shrug it off this time]].]] |
| 200 | [[/folder]] |
| 201 | |
| 202 | [[folder:Panic]] |
| 203 | * CharacterDeath: [[spoiler:He is sliced up by Hyphen in Episode 10]]. |
| 204 | * NeverSmileAtACrocodile: Subverted. While Momoe does seem to be nervous around him, and he has a tendency to playfully nibble her when not in the DreamLand, he's just as benevolent as the other Pomanders. |
| 205 | [[/folder]] |
| 206 | |
| 207 | !!Dream World Administrators |
| 208 | [[folder:Acca]] |
| 209 | !!Acca |
| 210 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/accafullbody.png]] |
| 211 | [[caption-width-right:220:[[labelnote:Click here to see SPOILERS]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/acca_as_human.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 212 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/YuyaUchida (Japanese), Creator/BrendanBlaber (English) |
| 213 | |
| 214 | The main administrator of the Dream World who guides the four girls throughout their missions. |
| 215 | ---- |
| 216 | * AbusiveParents: [[spoiler:He drags his artificial daughter Frill into a cellar and locks her there despite her pleas. This was done after she was revealed to have killed his wife out of jealousy and he justifies himself claiming that she isn't human.]] |
| 217 | * AmbiguouslyBi: In Episode 11, [[spoiler:Ura-Acca reveals via flashback that they used to live together and were practically inseparable when it came to their work and their family life. However, he ended up marrying Azusa, a woman scientist.]] |
| 218 | * BrainUploading: He used to be a human scientist, but uploaded his mind into a mannequin-like android body [[spoiler: in order to live long enough to stop Frill's threat.]] |
| 219 | * DeathOfAChild: [[spoiler: His daughter Himari was manipulated into killing herself by Frill.]] |
| 220 | * InformedAttractiveness: When Rika sees a photo of the real Acca, she immediately gushes about how hot he is, even though all the characters are drawn attractively. |
| 221 | * {{Jerkass}}: Unlike Ura-Acca, who's bound to show sympathy every now and then, Acca does not care about the girls. In episode 5, he chides Ura-Acca for letting the girls play in the arcade when they should be working, and in episode 12, [[spoiler:he forces Ai's LoyalPetCompanion to appear despite Ai trying to protect him. He also disagrees with Ura-Acca about stopping an enraged Rika from going to the Egg World again, to which the latter points out that he cares very little about anything else other than getting Himari back.]] |
| 222 | * MiseryBuildsCharacter: He flat out states that surviving a mission isn't enough. Ai and friends are ''obligated'' to fight the Wonder Killers to gain experience and make their victories meaningful. |
| 223 | * MrExposition: He explains the rules and concepts of the Dream World to Ai. |
| 224 | * PerpetualSmiler: [[spoiler:As a human, Acca tended to smile more often.]] His mannequin also has an upside-down triangle as a mouth that gives the illusion he is always smiling. |
| 225 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:After Frill kills Azusa, Acca pushes her down the stairs and shuts her in a cellar.]] |
| 226 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Acca wears glasses both as a human and a mannequin, and he is a top scientist. |
| 227 | * TricksterMentor: Can be seen as this to the main girls. While instructing the girls on how to complete their missions, he isn't 100% reliable and his methods are highly questionable. |
| 228 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: He can take on various forms in the Dream World. |
| 229 | * WasOnceAMan: Episode 11 shows what he was like as a human. |
| 230 | [[/folder]] |
| 231 | |
| 232 | [[folder:Ura-Acca]] |
| 233 | !!Ura-Acca |
| 234 | [[quoteright:220:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/uraaccafullbody.png]] |
| 235 | [[caption-width-right:220:[[labelnote:Click here to see SPOILERS]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ura_acca_as_human_7.png[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 236 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HirokiTakahashi (Japanese), Creator/IanSinclair (English) |
| 237 | |
| 238 | The second administrator of the Dream World and Acca's partner. |
| 239 | ---- |
| 240 | * AmbiguouslyBi: Episode 11 reveals [[spoiler: him and Acca used to live and work together when they were human and seemed rather close-knit. They even create a daughter together. But both Frill and Acca point out Ura-Acca's romantic feelings for Azusa and in the end he was willing to step back and let Acca and Azusa be happy together.]] |
| 241 | * BrainUploading: He used to be a human scientist, but uploaded his mind into a mannequin-like android body [[spoiler: in order to live long enough to stop Frill's threat.]] |
| 242 | * ClassyCane: Ura-Acca has a cane. [[spoiler:Even as a human, Ura-Acca had a cane, as he walks with a limp.]] |
| 243 | * EveryoneHasStandards: He may be a manipulative jerk with outdated beliefs about girls, but even he's against [[spoiler:his niece's proposal of [[TheJailBaitWait marrying him when she becomes of age]].]] |
| 244 | * IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: [[spoiler:Both Frill and Acca point out that Ura-Acca was also attracted to Azusa. However, Acca wins the LoveTriangle, and Ura-Acca lets them marry. Frill, on the other hand...]] |
| 245 | * JerkWithAHeartOfGold: Unlike Acca's single-minded focus on ensuring that the girls keep purchasing eggs, Ura-Acca seems to be a a lot more easy-going and willing to indulge them - allowing the group to play in the Administrator's arcade in Episode 5 despite Acca's protests, stating that "soldiers need to be rested" to continue fighting. With that said, he's more than willing to use [[ManipulativeBastard reverse psychology]] in the same episode to ensure that the girls continue purchasing eggs. |
| 246 | * PerpetualFrowner: [[spoiler:As a human, Ura-Acca wears a frown as default on his face.]] His mannequin also has a triangle as a mouth that gives the illusion he is always pouting. |
| 247 | * SmartPeopleWearGlasses: Ura-Acca wears glasses as a mannequin, and he is a top scientist. |
| 248 | * RoaringRampageOfRevenge: [[spoiler:Ura-Acca loses all rational thinking after Frill convinces Himari to die, so much that he drags her out of her cellar and sets her on fire.]] |
| 249 | * VoluntaryShapeshifting: Just like Acca, he can change forms in the Dream World. |
| 250 | * WasOnceAMan: Episode 11 shows what he was like prior to his transformation. |
| 251 | [[/folder]] |
| 252 | |
| 253 | !!Captured Maidens |
| 254 | [[folder:General]] |
| 255 | |
| 256 | Fallen girls who are trapped in the Dream World waiting to be rescued. The chance of reuniting with the girl they lost so long ago is the prime motivation for each main girl to venture into the Dream World. |
| 257 | ---- |
| 258 | * BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Koito, Chiemi, Haruka, Airu, and even Kotobuki appear in the final episode, albeit under different circumstances.]] |
| 259 | * BackFromTheDead: [[spoiler:In the final episode, the girls that the main characters saved return to their lives, except not in ways they imagined: the "revived" girls no longer share the same relationship with the main characters, and have no memories of them and develop relationships with other people.]] |
| 260 | * CameBackWrong: [[spoiler:After the girls that the main characters rescued return, they no longer hold the same relationships they did back then, and possess no memories or feelings for the main characters, even being somewhat hostile for their assumed familiarity.]] |
| 261 | * DamselInDistress: They often appear trying to escape from their greatest fears and it's up to the main girls to save them. |
| 262 | * DarkAndTroubledPast: Other than a few rare exceptions, most of the girls have had a troubled life which ultimately became the catalyst for taking their own lives. Most have a history of ostracization or sexual abuse. |
| 263 | * DrivenToSuicide: Each maiden took their own life due to a given trauma. |
| 264 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:The Special Episode reveals that the Captured Maidens that the main characters fought to bring back don't actually remember who they are; in fact, they seemingly go out of their way to avoid their respective' main character, hanging out with different friends, idolising different people, falling in love with someone else. What's more is that not only does no one but the main characters and helpers noticed that these people were dead, but all other evidence of their relationship with them has been erased, such in the case of Ai's phone no longer having any photos of Koito. According to Ai's account from Acca, when a dead person comes back to life it creates a "noise" and changes their normal lives a little.]] |
| 265 | * TheLostLenore: Their main roles in the story. |
| 266 | * LoveMartyr: Some of the maidens still feel devotion or respect for the people who caused them trauma which can lead to them defending or becoming compliant with their Wonder Killer. |
| 267 | * TakenForGranite: They appear in the Dream World as statues. The more missions each girl successfully completes, the more the stone begins to thaw which brings them closer to the reunion. |
| 268 | * TomatoInTheMirror: As shown in Episode 5, [[spoiler:it's possible for Captured Maidens to become the Wonder Killers the main girls are assigned to fight. Once Neiru figures this out, she completes her mission by shooting her designated [=CM=] which also erases the monsters she was fighting.]] |
| 269 | * YouAreWorthHell: The four girls fight vicious monsters every night just to save their maidens. |
| 270 | [[/folder]] |
| 271 | |
| 272 | [[folder:Koito Nagase]] |
| 273 | !!Koito Nagase |
| 274 | [[quoteright:100:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/koitofullbody.png]] |
| 275 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/AzusaTadokoro (Japanese), Creator/SuzieYeung (English) |
| 276 | |
| 277 | A transfer student who became Ai's best, and only, friend. |
| 278 | ---- |
| 279 | * AllOfTheOtherReindeer: Just like Ai, she was constantly teased and tormented by the girls at their school. The reason for it is because the girls were jealous that their homeroom teacher was "giving her more attention" on account of being a transfer student. |
| 280 | * AmbiguousSituation: In episode 9, there's a flashback of [[spoiler:Ai and Koito playing a fortune-telling game, and they ask a coin whether Koito's crush likes her back. The coin apparently answers "yes". It's not clear who moved the coin; Ai is convinced she didn't move it, but Koito wouldn't have looked so happy at the result if Koito had moved it, so Ai wonders whether she did it unconsciously.]] |
| 281 | * BarefootSuicide: [[spoiler:When we see the scene of her suicide in the first episode, her feet are bare and filthy. In Episode 12, we see Koito with bare feet greeting Ai: an indication of her death. She insists that Ai take off her soggy pool water-soaked footwear and the two barefooted girls ascend to the ledge of the school, ready to drop.]] |
| 282 | * BeneathTheMask: She never revealed to Ai just how deeply the bullying was affecting her until she jumped off of the school roof. Instead she almost constantly portrayed a SeenItAll attitude in response to it in front of Ai, only showing her true feelings when Ai wasn't there, and any time Ai ''did'' see Koito's feelings, Ai's own social anxiety and fear caused her to ignore it. Two parts of Ai resent this: one resents herself for being too scared to help her friend, the other resents Koito for trying to hide her feelings and never talking to her about them, or that she was feeling suicidal, despite them being best friends. |
| 283 | * BitchInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:The finale reveals that Koito might not have been as kind as Ai remembered her to be. When Koito appears at school with no memory of Ai, she treats her coldly. Later, Ai recalls that Mr. Sawaki told her that Koito threatened to jump from the roof for not responding to her advances, all the while claiming that he raped her.]] |
| 284 | ** Mr. Sawaki also mentioned that she had caused problems with a teacher at a previous school she was at, causing him to commit suicide. |
| 285 | * DeadPersonConversation: [[spoiler:Played with, when Ai and Koito have a chat in the Dream World about how their lives became horrible and lonely and how to fix it. However, Ai has just witnessed her own alternate self committed suicide via drowning herself in the school pool, and also knows Koito took the plunge off the school rooftop once before.]] |
| 286 | * DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler:In Episode 12, Koito is eerily composed and ''eager'' about heading to the school rooftop.]] |
| 287 | * DrivenToSuicide: She committed suicide by jumping off of the school roof. [[spoiler:Or so we're meant to believe: Mr. Sawaki reveals in the final episode that she had threatened to jump off the roof after he rejected her, and when no one was looking, she lost her balance and fell herself.]] |
| 288 | * EngineeredPublicConfession: Koito tried to invoke this by allowing herself to be bullied by her classmates while Ai recorded the event to use as potential evidence. To her dismay, Ai ends up chickening out and fails to record them. |
| 289 | * GoryDiscretionShot: [[spoiler:Averted. Briefly, we see Koito's corpse from Ai's perspective.]] |
| 290 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: [[spoiler:Mr. Sawaki reveals that Koito had threatened to jump off the school roof when he didn't give into her advances, and she fell off after accidentally losing her balance.]] |
| 291 | * LaserGuidedAmnesia: [[spoiler:After being revived, Koito remembers nothing about Ai and treats her as a stranger.]] |
| 292 | * NewTransferStudent: The new girl at Ai's school. |
| 293 | * NiceGirl: From the flashbacks we've seen so far, Koito was kind, as she immediately spoke to a lonely Ai, reassured her that she isn't ugly despite her heterochromia, wanted to be best friends with her, and even forgave Ai for not videotaping Koito's bullying as planned. [[spoiler:However, Ai learns that Koito may not be as kind as she remembered to be after learning the truth about her death.]] |
| 294 | * OnlyFriend: To Ai. |
| 295 | * WomanScorned: [[spoiler:Mr. Sawaki reveals that after rejecting Koito, she threatened to jump off the roof and yelled whatever she could think of, such as claiming he raped her.]] |
| 296 | [[/folder]] |
| 297 | |
| 298 | [[folder:Airu]] |
| 299 | !!Airu |
| 300 | ->'''Voiced by:''' [[spoiler:Creator/TomoriKusunoki]] (Japanese) |
| 301 | |
| 302 | Airu is Neiru's little sister, [[spoiler:or so she claims, as they are not related at all.]] |
| 303 | ---- |
| 304 | |
| 305 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Like her sister, she has darker skin than the other girls seen in the series. |
| 306 | * BrutalHonesty: [[spoiler:Airu bluntly turns Ai away when they first meet. In addition, when the original Airu is finally saved, she does not hide her hatred for Neiru and tells her that she will never be accepted in society.]] |
| 307 | * EmotionlessGirl: She is quiet and rarely shows any emotion. |
| 308 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Airu tried to kill Neiru out of jealousy when the latter outperformed her.]] |
| 309 | * IdenticalStranger: [[spoiler:Ai first meets Airu when she tries to look for Neiru after the latter stops answering her phone calls. The narrative leads the audience to believe she is Neiru, until the timely appearance of Kotobuki and Tanabe reveal that Ai had spoken to Airu instead. Eventually, Kotobuki reveals that her original self in their world had created Neiru in Airu's likeness.]] |
| 310 | * TeenGenius: [[spoiler:She is a member of Plati and is the true owner of Neiru's company.]] |
| 311 | * UnwantedRescue: [[spoiler:She never wanted to be saved by Neiru, and she is really unhappy when she sees her after Neiru clears the game.]] |
| 312 | * WalkingSpoiler: Airu's presence and reveal spoils a strong TomatoSurprise about Neiru's backstory. |
| 313 | [[/folder]] |
| 314 | |
| 315 | [[folder:Chiemi]] |
| 316 | !!Chiemi |
| 317 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chiemi_5.png]] |
| 318 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/ManakaIwami (Japanese), Creator/MadelineDorroh (English) |
| 319 | |
| 320 | A devoted fan girl who spent hundreds of yen to meet Rika during her idol years. |
| 321 | ---- |
| 322 | * {{Fangirl}}: A huge fan of Rika when she was an idol, spending all of her money to see her during events. |
| 323 | * FiveFingerDiscount: When she ran out of money to see Rika, she resorted to shoplifting goods and selling them. |
| 324 | * ImYourBiggestFan: To Rika when she was a junior idol and used all her money to visit her during handshake events. |
| 325 | * WeightWoe: {{Deconstructed}}. After Rika breaks off their idol-fan relationship while insulting her weight, [[spoiler:Chiemi develops an eating disorder and dies as a result. Rika even states that she was "skin and bones" on her deathbed.]] |
| 326 | [[/folder]] |
| 327 | |
| 328 | [[folder:Haruka]] |
| 329 | !!Haruka |
| 330 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/haruka_1.png]] |
| 331 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/KaedeHondo (Japanese), Creator/ApphiaYu (English) |
| 332 | |
| 333 | Momoe's friend who fell in love with her. |
| 334 | ---- |
| 335 | * DrivenToSuicide: Like all of the other Maidens. Given that Momoe's dream world is a train station and her statue appears on a train platform, it's implied that she threw herself in front of a train. |
| 336 | * GirlishPigtails: Haruka's brown hair is styled into twintails, and the ends are dyed pink. |
| 337 | [[/folder]] |
| 338 | |
| 339 | [[folder:Kurumi Saijo]] |
| 340 | !!Kurumi Saijo |
| 341 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kurumi_saijo_5.png]] |
| 342 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/ChikaAnzai (Japanese), Creator/AmberLeeConnors (English) |
| 343 | |
| 344 | A composed girl who has bad experiences with love and friendship. She is the first Captured Maiden Ai meets. |
| 345 | ---- |
| 346 | * EasilyForgiven: She doesn't hold any contempt towards Ai when the blue-haired girl is too afraid to protect her from the Dream World antagonists. |
| 347 | * SeenItAll: She informs Ai about the Seeno Evils along with how the Dream World functions, meaning that she's been hatched several times before to know this information. |
| 348 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: She only appears in one episode, but her presence helps Ai solidify her commitment to changing herself and saving any Captured Maidens from their trauma. Kurumi also gives Ai her 4-color ballpoint pen which would become her weapon. |
| 349 | * WithFriendsLikeThese: Her conversation with Ai implies that her past friendships were hollow as the girls made no meaningful attempts to understand each other. |
| 350 | [[/folder]] |
| 351 | |
| 352 | [[folder:Minami Suzuhara]] |
| 353 | !!Minami Suzuhara |
| 354 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/episode_preview_2_3.png]] |
| 355 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/SatomiSato (Japanese), Creator/JillHarris (English) |
| 356 | |
| 357 | A timid gymnast and the second Maiden that Ai helps. |
| 358 | ---- |
| 359 | * ApologisesALot: She constantly asks for forgiveness in the hopes of ceasing tensions. |
| 360 | * PassionateSportsGirl: {{Subverted}}. Despite having the talent for it, Minami doesn't enjoy the sport very much and was abused and pressured by her coach to stay committed. |
| 361 | [[/folder]] |
| 362 | |
| 363 | [[folder:Miko & Mako]] |
| 364 | !!Miko & Mako |
| 365 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/108879523445c93146a715c155ead957_3.jpg]] |
| 366 | [[caption-width-right:300:Mako (left) and Miko (right)]] |
| 367 | ->'''Miko voiced by''': Creator/MarinaInoue (Japanese), Creator/AmandaLee (English) |
| 368 | ->'''Mako voiced by''': Creator/RuiTanabe (Japanese), Creator/MeganShipman (English) |
| 369 | |
| 370 | Two best friends who devoted their young lives to fangirl culture. |
| 371 | ---- |
| 372 | * CoolMask: Mako wears a teal mask while Miko wears an orange mask. |
| 373 | * {{Expy}}: Their story appears to be based on that of Japanese musician hide, whose apparent suicide in 1998 was followed by the copycat suicides of at least three fans. |
| 374 | * FanGirl: Of their favorite idol Yu-Yu. They later proclaim their fangirl allegiance to Ai and Rika after their valiant performances. |
| 375 | * HeroicBystander: They both help Ai battle their Wonder Killer by playing Yu-Yu's music; doing so stopped the witch from attacking as it is forbidden for Yu-Yu fans to kill while listening to his music. They even lend Ai their pen lights which she uses to strike the [=WK=]. |
| 376 | * ProudToBeAGeek: Loyal idol fans who are unashamed of their hobby. |
| 377 | * {{Otaku}}: Of the idol (''wota'') variation. |
| 378 | * ThemeTwinNaming: Subverted. They're not biological twins (even though they could totally pull it off) but their names follow a similar structure. |
| 379 | * TogetherInDeath: They both committed suicide at the same time and are ecstatic to find each other again after being hatched. |
| 380 | [[/folder]] |
| 381 | |
| 382 | [[folder:Miwa]] |
| 383 | !!Miwa |
| 384 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/256684.jpg]] |
| 385 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YumiriHanamori (Japanese), Creator/DaniChambers (English) |
| 386 | |
| 387 | A girl who was a victim of sexual abuse from her father's boss. |
| 388 | ---- |
| 389 | * HoneyTrap: She pretends to give in to her Wonder Killer's sexual desires to allow Momoe an opportunity to kill him. |
| 390 | * NoSympathy: The poor girl was told by her own mother that she should have '''put up''' with being groped as her standing up to the executive resulted in her father losing his job. |
| 391 | * RapeAsBackstory: She admits that the executive groped her body on a daily basis. |
| 392 | * SweetOnPollyOliver: Miwa falls in love with Momoe [[BecauseYouWereNiceToMe for listening to her troubles and protecting her from her trauma]]. |
| 393 | [[/folder]] |
| 394 | |
| 395 | [[folder:Mizuki]] |
| 396 | !!Mizuki |
| 397 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/mizuki_1.png]] |
| 398 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AoiKoga (Japanese), Creator/SarahRoach (English) |
| 399 | |
| 400 | Another maiden who falls in love with Momoe. |
| 401 | ---- |
| 402 | * FlatCharacter: She has the least amount of screentime or characterization out of all the Captured Maidens. |
| 403 | * RiddleForTheAges: Due to her short appearance, we may never know what her trauma was or who her Wonder Killer was based on. |
| 404 | * SweetOnPollyOliver: Mizuki develops a crush on Momoe during their time spent together in the Dream World. Even after Momoe reveals her true identity, Mizuki doesn't take back any feelings she had for her. |
| 405 | [[/folder]] |
| 406 | |
| 407 | [[folder:Ayaka]] |
| 408 | !!Ayaka |
| 409 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/ayaka_0.png]] |
| 410 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/SayakaSenbongi (Japanese), Creator/CiaranStrange (English) |
| 411 | |
| 412 | A headstrong girl who wants to take control of her own life. |
| 413 | ---- |
| 414 | * AbusiveParents: The exact nature of the abuse is unclear, but her parents were clearly not the loving type considering how Ayaka would always run away from home. |
| 415 | * HeroicBystander: She actually tries to attack her Wonder Killer head-on with rocks, much to Neiru's frustration. |
| 416 | * IJustWantToBeLoved: Her relationship with her Wonder Killer implies that her home life was devoid of love and she sought out someone who could fill the emptiness of her heart. She even tells Neiru that it makes her happy when someone protects her. |
| 417 | * TheRunaway: Her Wonder Killer's statements suggest that Ayaka had a troubled home life which led to her running away. |
| 418 | [[/folder]] |
| 419 | |
| 420 | [[folder:Aoi]] |
| 421 | !!Aoi |
| 422 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/aoi_wonder_egg_priority_210577.jpg]] |
| 423 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/{{Lynn}} (Japanese), Creator/LindsaySeidel (English) |
| 424 | |
| 425 | A haughty young girl who thinks highly of her physical beauty. |
| 426 | ---- |
| 427 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: Has the same skintone as Neiru but her ethnicity isn't really touched upon. It could possibly be just a tan though. |
| 428 | * BeautyIsBest: Believes that a woman's worth is tied to her youth and attractiveness, a belief that led her to kill herself so that she could become "eternally beautiful" rather than grow old and thus become "ugly". [[spoiler:Though Aoi seemed to regret her decision after Neiru pointed out that, since she's already dead, no one will call her pretty anymore]]. |
| 429 | * CoolShades: Is shown to wear a pair which matches her model image. |
| 430 | * FairyTaleMotifs: She's based on the Evil Queen from [[{{Literature/SnowWhite}} Snow White]] given her self-absorbed personality and valuing youth and beauty above all else. Her Wonder Killers even recite the queen's iconic catchphrase while battling Neiru. |
| 431 | * SingleTear: After [[spoiler:Neiru points out that nobody will ever see or compliment her beauty ever again]], Aoi silently sheds a single tear before disappearing. |
| 432 | [[/folder]] |
| 433 | |
| 434 | [[folder:Yae Yoshida]] |
| 435 | !!Yae Yoshida |
| 436 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yae_yoshida_1.png]] |
| 437 | ->'''Voiced by''': Saki Miyashita (Japanese), Creator/EmiLo (English) |
| 438 | |
| 439 | A fragile girl who claimed to see ghosts and spirits but was shunned by everyone around her. |
| 440 | ---- |
| 441 | * AlliterativeName: '''Y'''ae '''Y'''oshida. |
| 442 | * AmbiguousSituation: It's unclear if Yae really has the ability to see the supernatural or if she was suffering from a [[AmbiguousDisorder mental disorder like schizophrenia]]. [[spoiler:Regardless of the reason, Ai can see her pain and assures her that her suffering deserves to be acknowledged]]. |
| 443 | * CassandraTruth: No one would believe her about the spirits she frequently saw. |
| 444 | * GirlsLoveStuffedAnimals: She's always carrying a puppy plushie with patchwork. |
| 445 | * IconicItem: Her green beaded bracelet. |
| 446 | [[/folder]] |
| 447 | |
| 448 | [[folder:Shino]] |
| 449 | !!Shino |
| 450 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shino_wonder_egg_priority_210579.jpg]] |
| 451 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MiyuriShimabukuro (Japanese), Creator/AlexisTipton (English) |
| 452 | |
| 453 | A self-harming mental hospital patient turned cult victim. |
| 454 | ---- |
| 455 | * ComplainingAboutRescuesTheyDontLike: She is strongly against Rika trying to kill her beloved teacher. Considering that her teacher was a ''cult leader'', she clearly wasn't in the right mindset. |
| 456 | * NotSoDifferentRemark: She reveals to Rika that she too suffers from self-hate and even self-harmed via cutting. |
| 457 | * ScarsAreForever: She has a purple scar on her eye which seems to have stuck with her even in the afterlife. |
| 458 | [[/folder]] |
| 459 | |
| 460 | [[folder:Kotobuki Awano]] |
| 461 | !!Kotobuki Awano |
| 462 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kotobuki_awano.png]] |
| 463 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/YumeMiyamoto (Japanese), Creator/TrinaNishimura (English) |
| 464 | |
| 465 | A brilliant ChildProdigy who is well versed in academic sciences. She was also [[spoiler:Neiru's best friend]]. |
| 466 | ---- |
| 467 | * BackForTheFinale: [[spoiler:Kotobuki's AlternateSelf appears in the finale, having successfully leaped dimensions from her own world. Her presence was only to explain that she was the one who created Neiru.]] |
| 468 | * ConvenientlyAnOrphan: [[spoiler:She was created via artificial reproduction, courtesy of Japan Plati's agenda of creating only top notch geniuses.]] |
| 469 | * TheGadfly: Her interactions with [[spoiler:Neiru]] show that she has a playful and teasing nature. |
| 470 | * NotQuiteDead: [[spoiler:She's actually in a vegetative state in the real world. But after defeating her Wonder Killer, Neiru pulls the plug on her machine which ultimately kills her.]] |
| 471 | * TeenGenius: Like [[spoiler:Neiru]], she's part of Japan Plati, an organization that nurtures other young geniuses [[spoiler:via artificial reproduction]]. |
| 472 | [[/folder]] |
| 473 | |
| 474 | [[folder:Kaoru Kurita]] |
| 475 | !!Kaoru Kurita |
| 476 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/episode_preview_10_4.png]] |
| 477 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/SachikaMisawa (Japanese), Ryan Reynolds (English) |
| 478 | |
| 479 | A troubled young boy who develops a special bond with Momoe. |
| 480 | ---- |
| 481 | * AlliterativeName: '''K'''aoru '''K'''urita. |
| 482 | * DistressedDude: Kaoru ends up being held prisoner inside his Wonder Killer's head. |
| 483 | * IWillWaitForYou: {{Invoked}}. [[spoiler:Before disintegrating, he asks Momoe not to fall in love with anyone so they can be together when they reunite.]] |
| 484 | * TheOneGuy: The only captured target so far that doesn't identify as female. |
| 485 | * RapeAsBackstory: [[spoiler:Was raped by his teacher when Kaoru confided to said teacher about his gender identity. Kaoru even got ''pregnant'' because of it.]] |
| 486 | * TransTribulations: Tells Momoe that he's a man in heart, he even wears a coat with the trans flag colors on it. This led to him [[spoiler:getting raped and impregnated by a teacher after coming out about his gender identity]]. |
| 487 | [[/folder]] |
| 488 | |
| 489 | !!Dream World Antagonists |
| 490 | [[folder:Seeno Evils]] |
| 491 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/no_36.png]] |
| 492 | |
| 493 | A race of demented goblins who often appear to antagonize the heroes and the girls they're assigned to protect. |
| 494 | ---- |
| 495 | * EvilLaugh: The only type of noise that these little monsters make. |
| 496 | * LiteralMetaphor: The tiny imps wielding knives are partially representative of ''little cuts and jabs'' people verbally make towards others that contribute to self-harm. |
| 497 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: They all wear red masks with black holes for eyes and have exceptionally long teeth. |
| 498 | * MeaningfulName: Their name is referencing the saying "See no Evil", harkening to the idea of bystanders preferring to ignore people who they see are the victim of bullying and abuse instead of intervening and helping them. This is also one of Ai's insecurities as she's been both the Bullied due to her heterochromia, and then later the Bystander when, out of fear and panic of becoming more of a target for bullies, and slight resentment for her friend not talking to her about it, she kept freezing up or running away when her best friend was being bullied, leading to her friend's suicide. |
| 499 | --> '''Dream Announcer:''' All of you at school today, a question: What should you do if someone in your class is being bullied? You got it! The right answer is: Pretend not to see! ''(Evil Laughter)'' |
| 500 | * {{Mooks}}: They serve as these to any Wonder Killer. |
| 501 | * SelectiveObliviousness: Although they can harm and physically interact with the Heroes, they totally ignore them; their only target is the Captured Maiden, and any harm that the heroes suffer from them is completely unintentional and accidental. |
| 502 | * ZergRush: They're fairly weak creatures but can be extremely dangerous when they attack in numbers. |
| 503 | [[/folder]] |
| 504 | |
| 505 | [[folder:Haters]] |
| 506 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/february17120136.jpg]] |
| 507 | |
| 508 | A more deadly variation of the Seeno Evils. Born from envy and spite of the Heroes, they prove to be even more dangerous to the main girls and the Captured Maidens. |
| 509 | ---- |
| 510 | * DiscardAndDraw: Drops their knives but gets a wide jaw of angular teeth. |
| 511 | * DrivenByEnvy: What they represent. While Seeno Evils represent people who ignore and avoid victims of bullying and abuse, the Haters represent those who become envious and attack certain people for being better than them in some way. This can be in intellect, appearance, popularity and so on, and it usually results in bullying and smear campaigns, thefts, physical or sexual assault, and even murder of the person in question, regardless of if they are a kind, decent person or not. |
| 512 | * MalevolentMaskedMen: Their masks are now lime green and their mouths are open so they can bite their prey. |
| 513 | * {{Mooks}}: They still serve under the Wonder Killers. |
| 514 | * PowerOfHate: Acca states that they born in response to the successes of our Heroes in saving Maidens, Seeno Evils transforming into Haters out of their envy and spite of our protagonists "standing out too much in the world". |
| 515 | [[/folder]] |
| 516 | |
| 517 | !!Wonder Killers |
| 518 | [[folder:General Tropes]] |
| 519 | |
| 520 | A manifestation of the trauma and despair formed by each VictimOfTheWeek. The main girls are tasked with fighting and killing them in order to complete their missions. |
| 521 | ---- |
| 522 | * AlwaysFemale: {{Averted}}. The Wonder Killers can be male or female, depending on who the figure of trauma was for the Captured Maidens. |
| 523 | * DerangedAnimation: Garishly colored and cartoony, it helps emphasize how big, violent, and out-of-control the problems they represent are. |
| 524 | * EldritchAbomination: Their bizarre and otherworldly designs could make them pass as Witches from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''. |
| 525 | * TheHeartless: They're monsters created by the unresolved trauma and fears of the Captured Maidens. |
| 526 | * HoistByTheirOwnPetard: Episode 4 shows that Wonder Killers can be tricked into lowering their guard if they're presented with something they like, making it easier to destroy them. Ex. [[spoiler:The Stalker Monster dancing to Yu-Yu's music being played by the twins or the Pervert Monster focusing on his victim when she "offers" to let him touch her.]] |
| 527 | * KarmaHoudini: The series never addresses whether or not the people the Wonder Killers are based on ever faced concequences for their crimes. |
| 528 | * LudicrousGibs: Once the finishing blow has been dealt they swell up and explode into a dark red shower of blood. |
| 529 | ** AlienBlood: Anything apart from the blow that kills them has them leak either this or be BloodlessCarnage, depending on the monster. |
| 530 | * MonsterOfTheWeek: Each episode often features a new Wonder Killer. |
| 531 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: Most WK Bosses have more than one pair of arms which makes them even more dangerous than usual. |
| 532 | * NeverMyFault: The Wonder Killers usually try to justify their terrible behavior, such as a gymnastics coach claiming her abuse is "tough love", a stalker claiming the idol she stalked likes older women, etc. |
| 533 | * IShallTauntYou: A majority of Wonder Killers have "high and mighty" personalities and constantly taunt the Captured Maidens and the main girls who try to protect them. |
| 534 | * TransformationHorror: Each one (except the first, who is killed before they get the chance) starts off as a regular human, then undergoes a macabre transformation into a more twisted form when battling the heroes. |
| 535 | [[/folder]] |
| 536 | |
| 537 | [[folder:The Bully]] |
| 538 | !!The Bully/Inoue |
| 539 | [[quoteright:240:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kurumi27s_wonder_killer.png]] |
| 540 | |
| 541 | The Wonder Killer of Kurumi, and the first encountered. It takes the form of a schoolgirl with a bob cut whose face is a mosaic blur with a clearly defined mouth. She directs the Seeno Evils, and tosses axes at her targets. |
| 542 | |
| 543 | Two other girls are also seen, with similar faces, but are not destroyed directly. |
| 544 | ---- |
| 545 | * AxeCrazy: Literally so, the main Bully always has at least one in hand in any given scene. |
| 546 | * FlatCharacter: Her role is simply to be something of a catalyst for Ai not standing by any longer if she can help it. The Bully has no dialog, no eye-catching form, and no deeper exploration of her relationship with the maiden apart from being her main bully. She ultimately doesn't put up much of an actual fight once Ai decides to act against her. |
| 547 | * FlunkyBoss: Fittingly, her biggest threat lies in directing the Seeno Evil horde and the other more humanoid Bullies. She seems to more leisurely pursue her Maiden in comparison. |
| 548 | * LaughingMad: One of only two noises she makes in her appearance. |
| 549 | * OneWingedAngel: Supposedly has a more monstrous form, but is killed after being blindsided by Ai before she can get the chance. |
| 550 | * TheQuietOne: Unlike later Wonder Killers, the Bully does not speak. |
| 551 | * SlasherSmile: The only clear feature on her face. |
| 552 | * StarterVillain: Sets up what a Wonder Killer is, generally speaking, not transforming so as to further surprise the viewer with the next episode's monster. |
| 553 | * ZeroEffortBoss: Once Ai gets her resolve, the Bully is an almost trivial nuisance who dies in one strike, letting out a confused "eh?" before being smashed to death. |
| 554 | [[/folder]] |
| 555 | |
| 556 | [[folder:The Coach]] |
| 557 | !!The Coach/Komon Kyoshi |
| 558 | [[quoteright:340:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/coach_transforming_into_a_monster.png]] |
| 559 | ->'''Voiced by''': Kyou Yaoya (Japanese), Creator/ElizabethMaxwell (English) |
| 560 | |
| 561 | A Wonder Killer who represents Minami's abusive gymnastics coach. She initially appears similar to the previous Wonder Killer, but shortly transforms into a six armed monstrosity that gives Ai her first real fight. |
| 562 | ---- |
| 563 | * BaitAndSwitch: When she initially appears she looks akin to the Bully, a straightforward human with a pixelated face and a disturbingly wide and clear mouth. Things take a quick turn once she begins to directly talk to her Maiden and bulges into her grotesque ogre-like form, trouncing Ai right after. |
| 564 | * FatBastard: She's fat normally, if her human form is anything to go by, but the monster form exaggerates it a little more by giving her love handles. |
| 565 | * FanDisservice: In her monster form, she wears bits and pieces of what look like a military vest and strips of leggings where her pants would be. She also is an orange dog faced she-ogre that has four large breasts that predominately hang and sag to the point the lower pair often obscures her legs. Then she starts waving them around and sprays disgustingly gooey fluid... |
| 566 | * HoistByTheirOwnPetard: The student she broke in life actively aids Ai by telling her how she should dodge the Coach's attacks once the monster blinds her, leading to its death. |
| 567 | * InsaneTrollLogic: She scolds Minami for not maintaining her gymnastics figure. This isn't something that Minami can control since she's going through puberty, but the Wonder Killer just snaps for Minami to take gymnastics seriously, and uses this as an excuse to abuse her. |
| 568 | * LightningBruiser: Fitting given what she's based on, she has fast reflexes and bashes Ai with structure damaging results. |
| 569 | * MeaningfulAppearance: Resembles the Asura from Buddist mythology. The mythological monster had six arms and was known for being rude, looking down on others and having very little patience. |
| 570 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: In life, this is how she was able to get away with abusing Minami: as she brags as a Wonder Killer, she can get away with her behavior because she has good standing with the school's sports association; they even come to her for recommendations on scouting students. |
| 571 | * ShutUpHannibal: Constantly barks her dialog and philosophy, eventually resulting in Ai responding with a [[PrecisionFStrike "SHUT UP BITCH!"]] |
| 572 | [[/folder]] |
| 573 | |
| 574 | [[folder:The Groper]] |
| 575 | !!The Groper |
| 576 | |
| 577 | A Wonder Killer briefly seen when Rika is first introduced saving a young lady in her dream. Seemed to be a rapist if his dialog is to be believed... |
| 578 | ---- |
| 579 | * AllMenArePerverts: Its attitude, with just two lines, manages to be one of the most scummy things in the series. Justified, as it is a monstrous caricature of someone else who was most likely the same way. |
| 580 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Its role is absolutely miniscule, but it sets up in a few seconds how Rika's nature is better than she'd like people to believe. |
| 581 | * MultiArmedAndDangerous: It looked to be a humanoid torso who's lower half is a ring of arm-shaped tentacles. |
| 582 | * WeHardlyKnewYe: We see it ''just'' as it dies. |
| 583 | [[/folder]] |
| 584 | |
| 585 | [[folder:The Stalker]] |
| 586 | !!The Stalker/Madam Sachiko |
| 587 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wepmonsters6.png]] |
| 588 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasakoKatsuki |
| 589 | |
| 590 | An octopus-like Wonder Killer with megaphones in her "hair." Based on an older fan and stalker of the Idol Yu-Yu, who's death inspired Miko and Mako to take their own lives. The first Wonder Killer whose real life counterpart is named: Sachiko the "Asagaya Madame" |
| 591 | ---- |
| 592 | * BerserkButton: When the girls all make light of her age, what little composure she has snaps and Rika is nearly killed as a result. |
| 593 | * BreakingOldTrends: Compared to the other Wonder Killers, the Stalker stands out as a trauma who terrorized someone the Captured Maiden(s) cared for in the Waking World rather then terrorizing the maidens themselves. |
| 594 | * BreathWeapon: Can fire a plume of smoke from her mouth that can have people TakenForGranite. |
| 595 | * CombatTentacles: Her hair and her arms are octopus tentacles. |
| 596 | * FanDisservice: Wears a dress that exposes skin. Skin that is a corpse-like brownish green and looks taut across her figure like she is starving herself to death. |
| 597 | * HoistByHerOwnPetard: Miko and Mako are at one point able to stop the Stalker from skewering Ai by playing a video of one of Yu-Yu's songs, since according to Miko and Mako, a true Yu-Yu fan would never skewer a girl while her idol is watching. It works; the Stalker starts dancing to Yu-Yu's music and breaks off the attack on Ai. |
| 598 | * LeanAndMean: Emaciated looking with long gangly tendrils. |
| 599 | * OhCrap: Stares at Ai in wide-eyed awe milliseconds before being smashed into the ground. |
| 600 | * RedBaron: The Asagaya Madame. |
| 601 | * RedEyesTakeWarning: Her eyes give the impression of angular red glasses. |
| 602 | ** ExoticEyeDesigns: In addition to being unfocused, but wide eyed with tiny irises, her actual irises and pupils look like vinyl records. |
| 603 | * TearsOfBlood: Constantly leaks these, giving the impression that she's still mourning over Yu-Yu's death as well. It's unsettling to say the least. |
| 604 | * VoiceOfTheLegion: A variant: her voice is actually coming from the multiple speakers on her head (evident by the reverb), with her muppet-like mouth syncing poorly alongside it. |
| 605 | * WeaksauceWeakness: Her kryptonite is listening and dancing to music from Yu-Yu. Ai and the fangirls use this to distract her so they can get the jump on her. |
| 606 | [[/folder]] |
| 607 | |
| 608 | [[folder:The Pervert]] |
| 609 | !!The Pervert/Kaisha no Senmu |
| 610 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/fpbeztm_0.jpg]] |
| 611 | ->'''Voiced by''': Yohei Tadano (Japanese) |
| 612 | |
| 613 | A Wonder Killer that looks like a large ventriloquist dummy with bobby pins sticking into it. It is based on the boss of Miwa's father, who fired him after he was caught groping her on a train. |
| 614 | ---- |
| 615 | * AllMenArePerverts: Justified in the same way as the Groper and other Wonder Killers of similar origin, he's an overtly evil and over-the-top caricature of a real person who consistently groped and later tried to molest an underaged girl, and then used his influence to get her father fired when she stood up to him. |
| 616 | * BarrierWarrior: Able to make a red card shaped barrier to pin Momoe down. |
| 617 | * HoistByHisOwnPetard: Miwa pretends to give herself to him, lowering his guard and giving Momoe an opportunity to break through his barrier. To his credit, he does anticipate and react to her, but she deflects his attack with the back of her hand just in time. |
| 618 | * ImpaledWithExtremePrejudice: How Momoe kills him, a stab clear through the head. |
| 619 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Genuinely disgusting towards Miwa because she is an underaged girl, thought its unsurprising given what he is based on. |
| 620 | * ScrewTheRulesIHaveConnections: In life, Miwa did manage to resist his groping, but unfortunately he was Miwa's father's boss, and he retaliated against Miwa's resistance by firing her father. |
| 621 | * TopHeavyGuy: His shoulders are double the length of his waist. |
| 622 | [[/folder]] |
| 623 | |
| 624 | [[folder:The Lady]] |
| 625 | !!The Lady/Hachi-Onna |
| 626 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/bee_woman.png]] |
| 627 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/MayumiShintani (Japanese) |
| 628 | |
| 629 | A thin, almost insect Wonder Killer Momoe fights for an unnamed Maiden. Seems obsessed with femininity and digs particularly deep into Momoe's personal issues. |
| 630 | ---- |
| 631 | * AxeCrazy: Doesn't get much crazier than ''threatening to cut someone's privates off'' just because they entered a gendered train car. |
| 632 | * EvilOldFolks: Resembles an old aristocratic woman in a feather boa. |
| 633 | * LeanAndMean: Skinny and definitely vile. |
| 634 | * PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Seems to hate Momoe just for looking boyish. |
| 635 | * WingedHumanoid: Has a set of wing like appendages that look specifically like ''pears of anguish.'' Based on that, it's [[NothingIsScarier probably best that we did not get to know what this Wonder Killers origin was...]] |
| 636 | [[/folder]] |
| 637 | |
| 638 | [[folder:The Lover]] |
| 639 | !!The Lover/Yodare |
| 640 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/yoda_0.png]] |
| 641 | ->'''Voiced by''': Yasuhiko Kawazu (Japanese) |
| 642 | |
| 643 | A large Wonder Killer fought at the beginning of episode 5, fighting Neiru while taunting Ayaka, who went to him for comfort from an abusive home life, only to be taken advantage of. He appears to wear a hazmat suit with a golden crown. He has a rodent like head that can change places all around his body. |
| 644 | ---- |
| 645 | * AGodAmI: States this at least twice. |
| 646 | * AlienBlood: Cyan colored. |
| 647 | * AllMenArePerverts: Like all Wonder Killers of his type. In this case, proclaiming that Ayaka approached him first and that he won’t be denied now that he's approaching her. |
| 648 | * BadassBoast: Loudly proclaims that he is god as he blasts away at Neiru. |
| 649 | * BrainInAJar: A different take on it: his head and organs are in a suit. |
| 650 | * DefiantToTheEnd: Even when he's missing his lower half and one of his arms, he's blasting away until the final blow is struck. |
| 651 | * GatlingGood: His hands are gatling-gun-like, firing a constant hail of bullet-like light (complete with little stars). |
| 652 | * UnskilledButStrong: Is not at all fast, but keeps pressure on his targets with his ATeamFiring. It’s not until he let his guard down and was blinded by smoke that Neiru can move away from where she's pinned and strike back. |
| 653 | [[/folder]] |
| 654 | |
| 655 | [[folder:The Wigs]] |
| 656 | !!The Wigs/Makige |
| 657 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/makige.png]] |
| 658 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/AyakaSaitou (Japanese) |
| 659 | |
| 660 | Three wig shaped Wonder Killers (colored pink, yellow and blue) Neiru fights off as she speaks to a particularly vain Maiden named Aoi. They're easily hit, but wont stay down and are relentless tacklers. |
| 661 | ---- |
| 662 | * AttackItsWeakPoint: Unique in that theirs is more of a concept than an actual vulnerable part of the body. |
| 663 | * BaitAndSwitch: Turns out that the Maiden's beauty itself was the Wonder Killer. Once Neiru shoots and ruins her hair and dress, the monsters finally die. |
| 664 | * {{Foreshadowing}}: Unlike other Wonder Killers, the Wigs don't target their maiden at all as they zip around and fight. They also don't yell anything like the excuses and accusations the other monsters do. The fact that the Maiden appearing alongside them ''does'' try to suggest suicide clues Neiru in on the truth. |
| 665 | * GyaruGirl: Invoke this with the color and style of their hair, as well as their bows and baubles on their eyelashes |
| 666 | * MadeOfIron: Despite being hit several times, they refuse to stay dead even when shot dead on. |
| 667 | * MadnessMantra: "Mirror, Mirror, on the wall? Who's the fairest one of all?" |
| 668 | * OminousVisualGlitch: Once all three begin chanting their MadnessMantra and dancing in a circle, the visuals begin to flicker as their eyes glow and their forms become dark. Coupled with Aoi talking and Neiru struggling to figure out what is actually happening, its much more intense and dreadful looking than it sounds. |
| 669 | [[/folder]] |
| 670 | |
| 671 | [[folder:The Teacher]] |
| 672 | !!The Teacher/Mukade |
| 673 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/february24114036.jpg]] |
| 674 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/JojiNakata (Japanese), Jeremy Schwartz (English) |
| 675 | |
| 676 | A purple, spider like Wonder Killer with an extending neck. A cult leader who scammed a family into suicide and attempts to do the same to Rika. |
| 677 | ---- |
| 678 | * AGodAmI: His student, Shino, claims that he can channel the cosmos, and he dresses himself up like a god in white flowing robes. |
| 679 | * AnArmAndALeg: Rika slices off an entire row of his spidery arms. He inexplicably has them back by the next scene. |
| 680 | * BreakThemByTalking: Is not actually that hard of a fight for Rika, but once Shino joins in and shows that she was in a similar situation to her, his philosophy begins making the Idol feel a terrifying sense of comfort and almost convinces her to let him take her life. |
| 681 | * ManipulativeBastard: Does not actually shout accusations and excuses like other Wonder Killers, instead he talks confidently about his philosophy and why Rika should follow it, ''And it almost works.'' However since he is a Wonder Killer, the viewer knows this is just to lead Rika to her death. |
| 682 | ** His real counterpart was so good he tricked a whole family into giving up their house and belongings as well as suicide. |
| 683 | * ObviouslyEvil: Is a spider-like manifestation of a girls suicide with an evil face on his abdomen and a demonic face on an extending neck, yet still is able to convince Rika that she will find more comfort in dying than living. Justified in that Rika was in a particularly bad spot in her own family life and has self harm issues, making her vulnerable to this kind of talk. |
| 684 | [[/folder]] |
| 685 | |
| 686 | [[folder:The Invisible]] |
| 687 | !!The Invisible/Kaibutsu Shoujo |
| 688 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/kaibutsu_shoujo.png]] |
| 689 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HanaTakeda (Japanese), Creator/EmiLo (English) |
| 690 | |
| 691 | Yae's Wonder Killer, an invisible creature that only she can see. When Ai touches Yae's prayer beads, the monster is revealed to resembles an elephant-headed girl wielding a giant Tibetan horn as a weapon. |
| 692 | ---- |
| 693 | * AffablyEvil: Unlike other Wonder Killers, it seems she is just upset about Yae not wanting to be her friend since she is the only one who can see her and never seems to actually attack her. She only ever attacks Ai for actively being in the way, and is satisfied enough just being seen by someone else even though Ai tells her they can't be friends. |
| 694 | * BandageMummy: One of her arms is completely bandaged up, referencing a practice used for containing curses. |
| 695 | * CarryABigStick: She wields a large Tibetan horn and uses it as a club. |
| 696 | * CuteMonsterGirl: One of the least monstrous Wonder Killers shown, comparatively. She is an elephantine girl in a sailor outfit with soft eyes, blonde hair and pink nails. |
| 697 | * DisappearsIntoLight: The monster is put to rest this way once Ai can also see her. She's the first Wonder Killer to be dispatched so peacefully, as the issue was not due to anyone's fault. |
| 698 | * InvisibleToNormals: Justified, as she's a representation of the spirits and grudges Yae can see, but couldn't stand once she was taken to the hospital. |
| 699 | * NeckLift: Does this to Ai right before chucking her through some walls, in order to introduce herself. |
| 700 | [[/folder]] |
| 701 | |
| 702 | [[folder:The Doctor]] |
| 703 | !!The Doctor/Doctor Seki |
| 704 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wonder_egg_priority_episode_9_review_36_1.png]] |
| 705 | ->'''Voiced by''': Creator/HochuOtsuka (Japanese), Jim Foronda (English) |
| 706 | |
| 707 | The Wonder Killer of Kotobuki based upon Dr. Seki, a doctor who wanted to invasively study her. Appears as a Buzzard-like bird with green bloodshot eyes, wearing a lab coat and a jet pack with robotic arms. |
| 708 | ---- |
| 709 | * ArtificialLimbs: His jet pack comes equipped with metal arms. |
| 710 | * DidntThinkThisThrough: Yes, Dr. Seki. Using an academic-themed challenge for [[spoiler:two TeenGenius girls won't fail on you for any reason.]] |
| 711 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:When Neiru and Kotobuki solve a geometric puzzle he gives them - one that he himself was apparently never able to solve - he's driven to despair and kills himself by injecting himself with one of the syringes on his arms. He's notably the only Wonder Killer to die this way.]] |
| 712 | * FeatheredFiend: He's modeled after a red buzzard and is a manifestation of Kotobuki's trauma. |
| 713 | * ItsPersonal: According to Kotobuki, Dr. Seki seeks revenge against her because she stole his job in the corporation from him when she was alive. |
| 714 | * JetPack: His main method of travel, dissection and combat. |
| 715 | * KnightOfCerebus: Unlike other Wonder Killers, Seki is rather intelligent, and despite already being a manifestation of trauma, is also driven by the sick ambition of dissecting Kotobuki. |
| 716 | [[/folder]] |
| 717 | |
| 718 | [[folder:The Predator]] |
| 719 | !!The Predator/Kendo-bu Komon |
| 720 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wonder_egg_priority_episode_11_cover_6.jpg]] |
| 721 | ->'''Voiced by''': Kozo Mito (Japanese), Creator/DavidWald (English) |
| 722 | |
| 723 | A tengu-like Wonder Killer with a heart motif and an eye on his nose. Represents Kaoru's Kendo Club Teacher, who raped him and got him pregnant. |
| 724 | ---- |
| 725 | * HeartSymbol: It's everywhere with him, from the holes he makes, to the sword he carries. In context it comes across as a WickedHeartSymbol for obvious reasons. |
| 726 | * LoveFreak: An AbhorrentAdmirer towards Kaoru who still treats him as a woman. |
| 727 | * RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil: In a series full of pervert-themed monsters, The Kendo Club Teacher definitely takes it a step further in revulsion by actually being confirmed to have sexually assaulted a trans boy and impregnated him. |
| 728 | [[/folder]] |
| 729 | |
| 730 | !!Frill & Friends |
| 731 | [[folder:Frill '''(Major Spoilers)''']] |
| 732 | !!Frill |
| 733 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Megumi Yamaguchi (Japanese), Creator/FeleciaAngelle (English) |
| 734 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/frill.png]] |
| 735 | |
| 736 | The true antagonist of the series and the reason Acca and Ura-Acca developed the Dream World game in the first place. |
| 737 | ---- |
| 738 | * AIIsACrapshoot: [[spoiler:Acca and Ura-Acca designed Frill to be the perfect facsimile of a human daughter, complete with the ability to experience emotions, even negative ones like jealousy and anger. Unfortunately, this came back to bite them in the ass when Frill's jealousy caused her to murder Acca's wife and manipulate his daughter into committing suicide.]] |
| 739 | * AffablyEvil: [[spoiler:Frill may be trying to kill people, but she's still friendly and upbeat in doing so.]] |
| 740 | * TheAgeless: [[spoiler:Even after spending at least 14 years trapped in a cellar, she still looks exactly the same, albeit with some dirt and scuff marks.]] |
| 741 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler:We directly see Frill kill Azusa by tossing a hair dryer into a bathtub while Azusa is still in it, but Himari (apparently) dies by suicide. However, Himari made Frill's lip-popping gesture on the night of her apparent suicide, so Ura-Acca is convinced that Frill must have caused Himari's death somehow, since Frill killed Azusa before. It's not yet clear to what extent Frill was involved in Himari's death. It's also not clear, even to the Accas, how she was able to convince the maidens to commit suicide.]] |
| 742 | * ArtificialHuman: [[spoiler:Frill is an artificial life form created by Acca and Ura-Acca.]] |
| 743 | * BigBad: [[spoiler: She's been manipulating emotionally vulnerable young girls into committing suicide for years, and the whole reason the Dream World egg game was developed in the first place was to find warriors capable of stopping her.]] |
| 744 | * BlueAndOrangeMorality: Frill genuinely doesn't seem to understand that [[spoiler:murdering a pregnant woman, and then driving the surviving child and hundreds of other girls to suicide]] is wrong. Nor does she seem to understand why [[spoiler:Acca and Ura-Acca are so homicidally furious towards her because of said actions.]] |
| 745 | * CharacterTics: She tends to smack her lips. [[spoiler: Himari copying this habit shortly before her death is what tips off Ura-Acca that Frill had something to do with it.]] |
| 746 | * CoyGirlishFlirtPose: [[spoiler:Frill often poses coyly when interacting with Acca and Ura-Acca.]] |
| 747 | * DeconstructedCharacterArchetype: An example of what making a being with the sole function of being your perfect daughter could entail. Since being a daughter is her purpose, Frill ambiguously either has no ability or desire to grow and change along with her parents lives. When one of them got married and was having a daughter, she couldn't/wouldn't mature, and opted to remove what was keeping her from, to her logic, being a perfect daughter, so she sees nothing wrong with what she did. |
| 748 | * DissonantSerenity: [[spoiler:Frill never gets angry, and even after killing Azusa and Himari, she treats it as no big deal. Even when she realizes that Ura-Acca is about to kill her, she's still smiling and upbeat.]] |
| 749 | * DisproportionateRetribution: [[spoiler: She murdered Acca's wife (and probably also Himari) because she was jealous of them.]] |
| 750 | * EvilIsPetty: [[spoiler: Kills both Acca's daughter and wife out of jealousy and is responsible for numerous young girls committing suicicde, seemingly just to spite and gain the attention of her "fathers".]] |
| 751 | * GenkiGirl: Frill is a sweet, bright girl who is always smiling. |
| 752 | * GoneHorriblyRight: [[spoiler:Acca and Ura-Acca wanted to create an ideal girl, giving her positive traits, but also giving her negative traits like selfishness and jealousy, because they believed "flaws are important". They got their wish: Frill was a cheerful and adorable girl, who eventually became jealous enough to murder a pregnant woman and a young girl. It is heavily implied that they themselves would be next if Frill was kept unchecked or alive.]] |
| 753 | * GreenEyedMonster: [[spoiler:Frill becomes jealous when Acca begins spending more time with Azusa than with her, subtly expressing such when Azusa starts appearing more around the house. Later, when she creates Hyphen, Dot, and Kirara, she makes sure that they don't have human faces so they won't be prettier than her. It's implied that this is also why she targets young girls (and in one case, a trans boy) who are around the same age she was programmed to be.]] |
| 754 | * IJustWantToHaveFriends: [[spoiler:Frill tells Ura-Acca that she wants friends, and Ura-Acca promises to make her another one. However, Frill begins facing abandonment issues when Acca and Ura-Acca move on with their lives.]] |
| 755 | * IShallTauntYou: [[spoiler:When Ura-Acca confronts Frill about Himari's death, she asks him if he wants to know how Himari died.]] |
| 756 | * InvincibleVillain: [[spoiler: Being an AI, even though her physical body was burned alive, her mind is able to warp the minds of her victims and is ultimately not defeated by the end of the series.]] |
| 757 | * ItsAllAboutMe: [[spoiler: She murdered an innocent woman who was nothing but kind to her, just because she took ''some'' of Acca's attention. This apparently repeats with Himari, Acca's daughter, for the exact same reason. When confronted about the latter by Ura-Acca, she automatically assumes he's complimenting her by bringing it up.]] |
| 758 | * KarmaHoudini: [[spoiler: More or less gets away with the suicides of all the maidens and Himari and the deaths of Azusa and Neiru due to the series ending abruptly shortly after the latter's DealWithTheDevil situation with Frill.]] |
| 759 | * KillItWithFire: [[spoiler:The Accas do this to Frill after locking her up for a few years. What they ultimately fail to realize is that it only destroyed her physical body.]] |
| 760 | * LackOfEmpathy: [[spoiler: She kills Azusa without a second thought and seems incapable of understanding why Acca is so devastated over it. Later on, when Ura-Acca confronts her about Himari's suicide, she at first feigns ignorance, then actively starts to taunt him about it, questioning why he's so worked up since Himari wasn't his daughter.]] |
| 761 | * ManipulativeBastard: Subtly, despite the big action used to accomplish her goal. She sends her agents only when the girls meet their goal in order to tear them down most effectively, while also in a way that doesn't directly harm them. Both Hyphen and Dot kill close AnimalCompanion supports for Rika and Momoe in the Dream World removing them from play through fear (Momoe doesn't want to face Hyphen again) and anger (Rika's righteous rage makes her vulnerable to manipulation) in spite of their character development. It fails on Ai because not only did she see the pattern, but her AlternateSelf took a heavy attack for her, ironically saving both of them and giving Ai even more of a resolve to keep fighting. |
| 762 | * MadwomanInTheAttic: [[spoiler:Acca locks Frill in a cellar after she kills Azusa, where she remains for 14 years. After Himari dies, Ura-Acca takes her out and sets her on fire.]] |
| 763 | * MurderTheHypotenuse: [[spoiler:After Acca and Ura-Acca begin spending less time with her, Frill electrocutes Azusa to death. Years later, she convinces Himari to die for getting in between the Accas and herself.]] |
| 764 | * NotQuiteHuman: [[spoiler:Frill is an artificial human created by Acca and Ura-Acca.]] |
| 765 | * RemovedFromThePicture: On one of the bulletin boards in Acca and Ura-Acca's house, there's a photo of them with Frill and Azusa. Frill's face is noticeably scribbled over. |
| 766 | * SanitySlippage: [[spoiler: Though one could argue she wasn't particularly sane to begin with, being locked away in a shed for years probably did nothing to help her already unstable psyche.]] |
| 767 | * SignificantGreenEyedRedhead: Frill has red hair, bright aqua eyes, and freckles. |
| 768 | * TeenGenius: [[spoiler:As Frill spent time with Acca and Ura-Acca, she became knowledgeable in science to the point where she is able to create Dot and Hyphen, her own {{Artificial Human}}s.]] |
| 769 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: [[spoiler:She was designed with the mind and body of a 14-year-old from birth. This crosses into OlderThanTheyLook when Ura-Acca finally frees her from the cellar after another 14 years and she still looks the same.]] |
| 770 | * WalkingSpoiler: Her entire presence spoils Acca and Ura-Acca's backstory and the reason for the suicides. |
| 771 | * WhatMeasureIsANonHuman: [[spoiler:The way both Acca and Ura-Acca assault her is especially rough, and on both occasions, they justify it by claiming Frill is not human. When Frill kills Azusa, Acca shoves her down the stairs of a shed, kicks her in the face a couple of times, and locks her inside a cellar. After Frill manages to convince Himari, Acca's daughter, to kill herself, Ura-Acca drags her out of the cellar and sets her on fire.]] |
| 772 | * {{Yandere}}: [[spoiler:Frill is cheerful at first glance, but she becomes so attached to Acca and Ura-Acca that she's willing to kill anyone who takes their attention away from her.]] |
| 773 | [[/folder]] |
| 774 | |
| 775 | [[folder:Frill's Agents]] |
| 776 | !!Hyphen |
| 777 | --->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkueOtani (Japanese), Creator/JadSaxton (English) |
| 778 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wonder_egg.jpg]] |
| 779 | |
| 780 | Hyphen is an ArtificialHuman created by Frill, whose head resembles a chrysalis that can transform into a butterfly. She is the agent that Momoe encounters when she finishes her mission. |
| 781 | ---- |
| 782 | * ArtificialHuman: She is an artificial life form created by Frill. |
| 783 | * ButterflyOfDeathAndRebirth: Has a butterfly for a head and wields a scythe. The fact that she manages to [[spoiler:kill Panic, as the first casualty on the heroes' side]], only strengthens the connection. |
| 784 | * HateSink: Her EstablishingCharacterMoment is to casually and disinterestedly say she's going to kill Momoe, only to [[spoiler:lethally strike her AnimalCompanion, stab him multiple times, and then eat him while comparing crocodile meat to chicken meat. She then goes further by force-feeding the poor girl some of Panic's flesh as if nothing is wrong.]] Enough to make Frill look like a Disney Princess in comparision. |
| 785 | * HeroKiller: Attacks Momoe in a fast but slightly lazy manner, only to [[spoiler:torturously kill her support animal Panic when he jumps in to protect her]]. It's implied by her MadnessMantra afterward that she still intends on ending Momoe's life if she ever comes back. |
| 786 | * HumanoidAbomination: Has a girl's body, but also a cocoon-shaped head with two eyes on top of it that can disgustingly fold out into a full butterfly. |
| 787 | * KnightOfCerebus: While ''Wonder Egg Priority'' already had plenty of dark and disturbing content, there were plenty of SliceOfLife antics and moments of levity to balance them out. The ''exact second'' that Hyphen shows up, any and all levity goes completely out the window. |
| 788 | * ManBehindTheMan: Hints at one, stating that a person named Frill will be upset with them. In the next episode, it's revealed that Frill is her creator. |
| 789 | * MindRape: [[spoiler:Does this to Momoe, who is unable to go back to sleep in fear of being killed herself after getting fed Panic's flesh.]] |
| 790 | |
| 791 | !!Dot |
| 792 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkueOtani (Japanese), Creator/MonicaRial (English) |
| 793 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/dot_nav.png]] |
| 794 | |
| 795 | Dot is an ArtificialHuman created by Frill, whose head is a cocoon that can transform into a dragonfly. She is the agent that Rika encounters when she finishes her mission. |
| 796 | ---- |
| 797 | * ArtificialHuman: She is an artificial life form created by Frill. |
| 798 | * CreepyChild: Dot has the body of a 14-year-old girl and a childish voice, but her willingness to attack Rika makes her horrifying. |
| 799 | * DreadfulDragonfly: Her head is shaped like a dragonfly with a creepy mouth on its underside. |
| 800 | * DoesNotLikeSpam: When Dot offers Rika [[spoiler:the head of her LoyalAnimalCompanion, Mannen, to eat]], she says that she doesn't like eating meat unlike her sister. |
| 801 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler: She fatally injures Mannen by crushing his shell with her mace and later [[OffWithItsHead cuts off his head]] for Rika to eat. Unlike Hyphen, it is left [[AmbigousSituation unclear]] if she intends to kill Rika as well.]] |
| 802 | * HumanoidAbomination: Like Hyphen, she has the body of a teenage girl and a head shaped like a giant insect, in this case a dragonfly. |
| 803 | * MadeOfIron: [[spoiler: She's able to shatter one of Rika's blades by blocking it with her forearm, and then bends the other one in half with her bare hand.]] |
| 804 | * MindRape: [[spoiler: After their encounter, Rika is left angry, broken, and consumed with vengeance to the point where she clearly isn't thinking straight.]] |
| 805 | * ThirdPersonPerson: To go with Dot's childish mannerisms and voice, she refers to herself in the third person. |
| 806 | |
| 807 | !Kirara |
| 808 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/IkueOtani |
| 809 | [[quoteright:200:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/296067.png]] |
| 810 | |
| 811 | Kirara, full name [[OverlyLongName Kirara Rodreguez Matured XVIII Evening Star SS Plum]], is an ArtificialHuman created by Frill, whose head is a moth. She is the agent that Ai encounters when she finishes her mission. |
| 812 | ---- |
| 813 | * AttentionDeficitOohShiny: [[spoiler:Implied to be the case when she steals Alternate Ai's blue eye, calling it shiny and proclaiming that she likes shiny objects.]] |
| 814 | * BlatantLies: [[spoiler:She tells Ai she won't kill her, only to seemingly throw a boomerang directly at Ai's face. [[EyeScream She winds up taking out the eye of the alternate Ai]], who takes the blow instead in a HeroicSacrifice.]] |
| 815 | * HeroKiller: [[spoiler:Unlike Dot and Hyphen, she does not take out Ai's animal companion Leon, who gets called back before the fight. Instead, she steals one of Alternate Ai's eyes under the pretence of liking shiny things.]] |
| 816 | * HumanoidAbomination: Much like her sisters, her head resembles that of an insect, a moth in her case. |
| 817 | * MacabreMothMotif: Her head resembles that of a moth. |
| 818 | * OverlyLongName: Her full name is incredibly long, unlike her sisters. |
| 819 | |
| 820 | [[/folder]] |
| 821 | |
| 822 | !!Other |
| 823 | [[folder:Tae Ohto]] |
| 824 | !!Tae Ohto |
| 825 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/taeface.png]] |
| 826 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HarukaShiraishi (Japanese), Creator/EmilyFajardo (English) |
| 827 | |
| 828 | Ai's mother who frequently worries about her daughter's emotional wellbeing. |
| 829 | ---- |
| 830 | * GoodParents: She does her best to support her daughter while balancing her busy schedule. |
| 831 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: In episode 12, Ai reveals that she really loves her mother for always being understanding and being there for her without being invasive, [[spoiler:and that alone is enough to make her AlternateSelf regret committing suicide.]] |
| 832 | * TheMedic: It's all but stated that she works at a hospital. |
| 833 | * NiceGirl: She's very kind and gentle, good at taking care of her daughter, and treats others with genuine kindness. It's no surprise she works at a hospital, after all. |
| 834 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She shares Ai's hair color along with her amber eye. |
| 835 | * TeacherParentRomance: In episode 6, she and Mr. Sawaki announce that they plan on dating each other. |
| 836 | [[/folder]] |
| 837 | |
| 838 | [[folder:Shuichiro Sawaki]] |
| 839 | !!Shuichiro Sawaki |
| 840 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/MasatomoNakazawa (Japanese), Creator/StephenFu (English) |
| 841 | |
| 842 | [[quoteright:300:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/shuichiro.png]] |
| 843 | [[caption-width-right:300:[[labelnote:Click here to see SPOILERS]]https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wonder_killer_counselor.jpg[[/labelnote]]]] |
| 844 | |
| 845 | Ai's homeroom teacher who frequently visits her to check up on her. |
| 846 | ---- |
| 847 | |
| 848 | * AdultsAreUseless: Heavily implied considering that Koito was tormented by her new classmates to the point of suicide yet Mr. Sawaki did practically nothing to stop the bullying. |
| 849 | * ArtAttacker: [[spoiler:His Wonder Killer form uses four tubes of paint to attack Ai and her AlternateSelf. Green is his common attack which he rapid-fires to dissolve things; yellow makes surfaces slippery; red is an inferno attack; and blue is to create illusions.]] |
| 850 | ** [[spoiler:Green = HollywoodAcid]] |
| 851 | ** [[spoiler:Red = PlayingWithFire]] |
| 852 | ** [[spoiler:Yellow = OilSlick]] |
| 853 | ** [[spoiler:Blue = LotusEaterMachine]] |
| 854 | * FlyingFace: [[spoiler:His Wonder Killer form is his enlarged, flying head resting on four tubes of paint.]] |
| 855 | * HiddenDepths: Episode 5 reveals that Mr. Sawaki also dabbles in art, and wanted to draw a picture of Ai so she could see that her heterochromia is beautiful. Eventually, as we see in a brief flashback, Koito ended up modeling for his art instead. In Episode 10, [[spoiler:Mr. Sawaki is able to get his painting, "Latent Heat", displayed in an exhibition in a museum.]] |
| 856 | * InformedAttractiveness: While the character designs make everyone look attractive, Mr. Sawaki is notably very handsome to the point it's the very first thing Rika notices when she meets him. Rika then goes onto claim that Ai was exaggerating her issues so that Mr. Sawaki would pay attention to her. |
| 857 | * KindHeartedCatLover: Momoe considers him to be this as she states that he's always rescuing stray cats. |
| 858 | * ManipulativeBastard: [[spoiler:Ai sees Mr. Sawaki as a monster who uses his good looks to manipulate the feelings of others. She later admits that Mr. Sawaki is nothing like that.]] |
| 859 | * MentalMonster: [[spoiler:The Wonder Killer of Ai's AlternateSelf is Mr. Sawaki. However, Ai mentions that the Wonder Killer is a fabrication of all her anxieties and doubts that she projected onto Mr. Sawaki, and that the real Mr. Sawaki is nothing like him.]] |
| 860 | * {{Narcissist}}: [[spoiler:His Wonder Killer form boasts that he's able to get away with anything because he's born handsome.]] |
| 861 | * NiceGuy: A decent man who visits the Ohto residence to check on his students' well-being. |
| 862 | * SheepInSheepsClothing: [[spoiler:With how little Ai trusts him at the beginning of the story and the recurring motifs of the Wonder Killers, the audience is led to believe that the real Sawaki's niceness is a front. By the time Ai fights his Wonder Killer form, however, she disbelieves his claims that he took advantage of Ai's AlternateSelf; Ai, having already talked to the real Sawaki about Koito at his art gala, trusts him more and states that he wouldn't do that.]] |
| 863 | * TeacherParentRomance: In episode 6, he and Ai's mother announced that they plan on dating each other. |
| 864 | [[/folder]] |
| 865 | |
| 866 | [[folder:Misaki Tanabe]] |
| 867 | !!Misaki Tanabe |
| 868 | [[quoteright:350:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/misaki_tanabe.png]] |
| 869 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/HanaTakeda (Japanese), Nazia Chadhry (English) |
| 870 | |
| 871 | Neiru's well-meaning secretary. |
| 872 | ---- |
| 873 | * AmbiguouslyBrown: She has a light tan skin color and a coiled hairstyle. This can imply that she has an African lineage. |
| 874 | * GirlFriday: The right-hand secretary who works at a large corporation run by a GradeSchoolCEO. |
| 875 | * NotSoSmallRole: Despite her minimal screentime, Episode 9 reveals that she has been recording Neiru's adventures in the Dream World whenever she goes to sleep for research studies. And if that wasn't enough, [[spoiler:she's also shown to have direct communication with Acca and Ura-Acca and is familiar with the "Temptation of Death".]] |
| 876 | * OutOfFocus: Has the least amount of screentime compared to the other adults. |
| 877 | [[/folder]] |
| 878 | |
| 879 | [[folder:Chiaki Kawai]] |
| 880 | [[quoteright:250:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/chiaki_kawai.png]] |
| 881 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Nao Honda (Japanese), Creator/ColleenClinkenbeard (English) |
| 882 | |
| 883 | Rika's mother, the alcoholic owner of a small restaurant. |
| 884 | ---- |
| 885 | * AbusiveMom: Emotionally, but it's hard to tell if it's completely intentional. Along with her constant drinking and neglect of Rika, she ends up deceiving Rika by promising to tell her about her father once she enters middle school, only to give her pictures of six different guys and reveals that she's not entirely sure which of them it is. |
| 886 | * TheAlcoholic: Most of her scenes either show her drinking or nursing a hangover. |
| 887 | * {{Foil}}: To Tae Ohto. Both of them are single mothers who have difficult relationships with their daughter protagonists. But while Tae is presented as more composed and responsible when taking care of Ai, Chiaki is shown to be hedonistic and flimsy with her role as a mother. And while Tae is interested in one man for a steady relationship, Chiaki has had multiple flings with various men. |
| 888 | * ReallyGetsAround: To the point she (might) not be entirely sure who Rika's father is. |
| 889 | * YoungerThanTheyLook: {{Downplayed}} She's Rika's mother, but could feasibly pass for someone in their 30s at the very least. |
| 890 | [[/folder]] |
| 891 | |
| 892 | [[folder:Azusa Hoshina]] |
| 893 | [[quoteright:167:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wep_azusa.PNG]] |
| 894 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UmekaShoji (Japanese), Creator/LuciChristian (English) |
| 895 | |
| 896 | Azusa is a scientist who falls in love with [[spoiler:Acca]] in their past. |
| 897 | ---- |
| 898 | * BettyAndVeronica: [[spoiler:Acca is the Betty and Ura-Acca is the Veronica to Azusa's Archie. Acca wins in the end.]] |
| 899 | * ElectrifiedBathtub: [[spoiler:Frill kills Azusa by throwing a hairdryer into the tub while she is taking a bath.]] |
| 900 | * TheLostLenore: To Acca and Ura-Acca. |
| 901 | * SmallRoleBigImpact: Her marrying Acca is what triggers Frill's jealousy for the first time. [[spoiler: Frill's murder of her and (presumably) her daughter is what drives the Acca's to start the Wonder-Egg project.]] |
| 902 | [[/folder]] |
| 903 | |
| 904 | [[folder:Himari]] |
| 905 | [[quoteright:193:https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/wep_himari.PNG]] |
| 906 | ->'''Voiced by:''' Creator/UmekaShoji (Japanese), Creator/BrynApprill (English) |
| 907 | |
| 908 | Himari is [[spoiler:Acca's]] daughter, [[spoiler:who later committed suicide after facing the "temptation of death" urged on by Frill.]] |
| 909 | ---- |
| 910 | * AmbiguousSituation: [[spoiler: Ura-Acca suspects Frill had something to do with her suicide, since she copies one of her mannerisms hours before it happens. When he confronts Frill, she neither confirms nor denies this, though she does taunt him about Himari's death and seems unable to grasp why he's so upset about it.]] |
| 911 | * ChildhoodMarriagePromise: She promises Ura-Acca that once she becomes older, she'll marry him. Ura-Acca kindly rejects her advances, [[spoiler:but she dies either way before that happens]]. |
| 912 | * DrivenToSuicide: [[spoiler:On the night of her 14th birthday, Himari committed suicide in the bathtub.]] |
| 913 | * GenkiGirl: She's a bright and cheerful girl, and Ura-Acca even notes that her presence brought some stability back in his and Acca's life. |
| 914 | * MoralityPet: Himari is very important to Ura-Acca, and [[spoiler:her death causes his RoaringRampageOfRevenge towards Frill for egging her on to die.]] |
| 915 | * LivingEmotionalCrutch: She became the sole bright spot in her uncle's and father's lives after her mother passed away. [[spoiler: Her own death sends both of them completely off the deep end.]] |
| 916 | * OOcIsSeriousBusiness: [[spoiler: Her popping her lips in the exact same way Frill used to is the first sign Ura-Acca gets that something isn't right.]] |
| 917 | * PrecociousCrush: She has a crush on Ura-Acca. |
| 918 | * ReplacementGoldfish: Both to her mother and to Frill. [[spoiler: The Accas take comfort in how similar she is to Azusa and she adopts Frill's mannerisms for a short time.]] |
| 919 | * SailorFuku: Himari's school uniform is a sailor uniform. |
| 920 | * SignificantDoubleCasting: Shares her mother's voice actress[[note]]At least in the Japanese version[[/note]] to emphasize how much she takes after her. |
| 921 | * StrongFamilyResemblance: She resembles her mother, Azusa, and tries to use it as a reason for why Ura-Acca should date her. |
| 922 | [[/folder]] |
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