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Sephiro Fiore

Appearing as an ordinary fortune-telling school, Sephiro Fiore is training institution for Elemental Tarot users made for the sole purpose of exterminating the Daemonia to protect people from their wrath, even though this means killing the people possessed by them. There are several branches of this organization, one of which is located in Nagataki, where our story takes place.
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    Akari Taiyo 

Akari Taiyo

Voiced by: Mai Kadowaki

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The main character who wants to be a fortune teller like her late mother. Her tarot is "The Sun".


  • Badass Adorable: Even before her awakening, she rushes into a burning building with the intent to save everyone inside.
  • Break the Cutie: Sephiro Fiore goes out of their way to defy this by altering Akari's memories of killing Fuyuna so she won't turn into a Daemonia in her grief. The bad news is, Akari not only regains her memories, but also learns that this is what she's expected to do from now on. And on her first day of school, no less. The good news is, it's not bad enough for her to turn into a Daemonia.
  • Cheerful Child: She tries to be optimistic, at least.
  • Cool Sword: A flaming rapier, to be precise, since she draws her powers from the sun.
  • Cute Bookworm: She knows a lot about the Tarot.
  • A Darker Me: Her magical girl self is considerably more eager to fight than her mundane self.
  • Disappeared Dad: In episode 5 we learn that she once tried to ask her mother about her dad, but the response she got was her mother looking really sad. Episode 11 reveals that her father was a Daemonia researcher, and that Akari was conceived while he was infected.
  • Flaming Hair: In her Magical Girl form.
  • Fortune Teller: And an extremely accurate one too.
  • Green Thumb: Her presence causes plant life to grow uncontrollably, as plants needs Sun to grow.
  • Half-Human Hybrid: When she was conceived, her father was infected by a Daemonia, resulting in her being half-human, half-Daemonia, and that's why she can hear the voices of Daemonia.
  • Hearing Voices: Can actually hear Daemonia, which is apparently something that has never happened before. The other characters are skeptical, until it's shown that the other girls can hear Daemonia too while they're touching Akari. The Tendo sisters explain that Akari is actually sharing her thoughts when someone's touching her. This is because she's a human-Daemonia hybrid herself.
  • Heroes Prefer Swords: A rapier is her weapon of choice in her Tenebrae form.
  • Heroic BSoD: Goes through one when she learns the truth about what happened to Fuyuna.
  • Hiding Behind Your Bangs: Her hair covers her right eye, leaving a mysterious aura.
  • Innocently Insensitive: Akari doesn't mind the attention she gets at home and around town, but she genuinely doesn't realize how bitter it makes Fuyuna. She also doesn't seem to notice Luna's jealousy when she's around Seira.
  • Ironic Echo: Seira considered her to have a lack of resolve because of her ability to hear The Daemonia's voices. After Seira hesitates after finding out about her friend. Akari calls her out on it.
  • Laser-Guided Amnesia: Sephiro Fiore has her memories of Fuyuna erased because she was in danger of being possessed by a Daemonia in her grief. She soon recovers them, but is no longer in danger of possession. That doesn't mean she takes it well.
  • Let's Get Dangerous!: Normally a bright and cheery girl, she becomes dead serious (and deadly) after she transforms.
  • Meaningful Name: Akari means "light", and taiyou means "sun". Keep in mind Japanese name order. It’s also double as a Stellar Name.
  • Mercy Kill: How she treats the extermination of Daemonia after overcoming her Heroic BSoD.
  • My God, What Have I Done?: When she realizes Fuyuna has died by her own hand and that not even her own aunt and uncle (Fuyuna's parents) remember her, Akari breaks down crying Tears of Remorse and apologizes over and over to her aunt.
  • Older Alter Ego: Moreso than her teammates, she seems noticably more mature while transformed (losing her normal short hair, huge eyes and high-pitched voice).
  • Possession Implies Mastery: She seems to immediately understand how to fight and use her powers after transforming. It's suggested this is true of all Elemental Tarot wielders, which would explain why Sephiro Fiore doesn't actually train the tarot users in combat.
  • Power Incontinence: The reason plants grow so quickly in her room; plants need the sun to grow, after all.
  • Power Makes Your Voice Deep: Her Tenebrae form has a deeper voice.
  • The Power of the Sun: Which usually comes out as Playing with Fire.
  • Red Oni: To the Blue Oni Seira.
  • The Runaway: She runs away from Sephiro Fiore the moment she learns the truth of what they do. It doesn't last long as they drag her right back.
  • Screaming Warrior: She screams a lot when fighting.
  • Secret Legacy: Her mother was the previous wielder of the Sun card.

    Seira Hoshikawa 

Seira Hoshikawa

Voiced by: Eri Kitamura

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An aloof, driven girl who bears strong hatred for Daemonia, and swears to destroy all of them. Her tarot is "The Star".


    Luna Tsukuyomi 

Luna Tsukuyomi

Voiced by: Sora Tokui

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A shy bookworm comes from an extremely rich family. Her tarot is "The Moon".


    Ginka Shirogane 

Ginka Shirokane

Voiced by: Yuiko Tatsumi

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A bad student with obsession for money. Inherited the Elemental Tarot from her great-aunt, at the age of thirteen, Ginka activated her power and was admitted to the Sephiro Fiore's Japanese Branch. Her tarot is "Temperance".


  • Angst? What Angst?: invoked Zigzagged. Initially, she sees her job as exactly that; she's doing it well and thus all is fine in the world, even if it means she has to kill the formerly-people monsters. However, she later gets a rude awakening when her Honorary Uncle is corrupted into one of them monsters. The series doesn't show whether that incident causes any damage to her psyche, but eventually she is driven to throw away her life to destroy her Evil Counterpart, and she does so with that very same calmness.
  • Ancient Order of Protectors: The other magical girls are selected, but her family has been in this tarot business for a long time (her grand-auntie was an Elemental user). This is probably the reason why she takes her job lightheartedly, for all that it entails.
  • Back from the Dead: Suddenly reappears in episode 12, after her Heroic Sacrifice a few episodes earlier. It gets explained in the next episode.
  • Barrier Warrior: Eventually played in a heartbreaking way - To prevent her friends from interrupting her Mutual Kill with her Evil Counterpart, she creates a barrier that they can't pierce.
  • Crimefighting with Cash: Literally; she makes her barriers out of gold coins in battle.
  • Daddy's Girl: She and her father adore each other.
  • Extra-ore-dinary: Her power, if not based on actual gold, feature golden motifs.
  • Fashionable Asymmetry: Blue wings on one side, red on the other.
  • Genki Girl: She's the most cheerful of the four main girls.
  • Go Out with a Smile: Gives out a heart-wrecking smile in her Heroic Sacrifice.
  • Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Has long blonde hair and is one of the good guys.
  • Head Wings: As part of her Tenebrae form.
  • The Heart: In keeping with her "Temperance" card, she strives to maintain balance in her team; when the others are feeling down, she acts bright and cheery.
  • Heroic Sacrifice: She fights her Diablos counterpart in a suicide battle that results in both disappearing. It also permanently destroys all Temperance Daemonia. She survives, however, explaining that fighting her counterpart is not about annihilation but rather unification.
  • Holy Halo: Part of her Magical Girl outfit. Turns out it's more symbolic than it originally seems.
  • The Idiot from Osaka: As a bubbly airhead who loves food and money, she fits most of the stereotypes to a tee. Subverted in episode 5, where she shows her ability to think logically in extremely dire situations and puts much more thought into the central ethical question of the initial part of the show than either Akari or Seira.
  • It's Personal: In episode 5 when her Honorary Uncle becomes a Daemonia.
  • Luckily, My Shield Will Protect Me: She can summon a large shield to protect herself and her friends.
  • Meaningful Name: Gin and kane both mean "money".
  • Mutual Kill: What Ginka thinks will happen, but later realizes that's not necessarily the case.
  • Noblewoman's Laugh: Rare, but it does pop up occasionally
  • Not Afraid to Die: She even jokes about almost dying in episode 8. This is made clear by her Diablos counterpart, who wants to live forever.
  • The Pollyanna: As befitting someone who has the Temperance card, she doesn't angst over her duties. She later admits to Akari that she's basically dissociating that part of her life from herself.
  • Power Gives You Wings: Huge, very angular wings.
  • Rags to Riches: As explained in her backstory in episode 5.
  • Sealed Evil in a Duel: This is what apparently happened after her Mutual Kill with her counterpart card. They kept fighting each other until Ginka heard Akari's voice, allowing her to defeat her counterpart and return to life.
  • Shield Bash: She can launch her barriers to smash her enemies.
  • Trademark Favorite Food: Takoyaki. Emphasis on trademark: it's strongly related to her family's business.

    Etia Visconti 

Etia Visconti

Voiced by: Aya Endo

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The benevolent head of the Nagataki Branch of Sephiro Fiore. Her tarot is "The World".


    Ariel Valtiel Westcott 

Ariel Valtiel Westcott

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue

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The quiet and strict deputy head of the Nagataki Branch of Sephiro Fiore. Her tarot is "Judgment".


    Priscilla Twilight 

Priscilla Twilight

Voiced by: Ruriko Aoki

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The cheerful music teacher of Sefiro Fiero's Nagataki Branch. Her tarot is "The Fool".


    Meltina Melvis 

Meltina Melvis

Voiced by: Nao Tōyama

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The sweet and mature Chemistry teacher of Sefiro Fiero's Nagataki Branch. Her tarot is "The Magician".


    Tendo Three Sisters 

Itsuki, Mutsumi, and Nanase Tendo

Voiced by: Atsumi Tanezaki

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From left to right: Itsuki, Mutsumi, Nanase

The genius but mad scientist triplets of Sephiro Fiore who gain control over magical portals and radars. Their tarot is "The Wheel of Fortune".


    Amelie Lamour 

Amelie Lamour

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A character from the light novel prequel, she is the wielder of the Lovers card and is Hinata's partner.


  • Meaningful Name: L'amour means "love" in French.
  • Posthumous Character: Maybe. The first mention of a Lovers Elemental Tarot user in-story is her disappearance thanks to the Pair Annihilation Phenomenon, and the next mention of her confirms her death, but the name of said victim isn't mentioned. Since there's no current translation of the light novel, Amelie's specific fate is unknown.

    Hajime Takatori 

Hajime Takatori

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Another character from the light novel prequel. He is a Daemonia researcher for Sephiro Fiore. He is also Akari's father, and he was already possessed by a Daemonia when she was conceived.


  • Disappeared Dad: To Akari. He never appeared in her life because he had gone right when she was conceived.
  • Posthumous Character: In the anime. All Etia and Ariel said is that he was taken away by the Leguzario when they found out he was possessed by a Daemonia, and his death is implied.
  • Smart People Wear Glasses: He wears glasses and to be a researcher, he must be very knowledgeable.

Other characters

    Fuyuna Shinzaki 

Fuyuna Shinzaki

Voiced by: Ayane Sakura

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Akari's cousin and honors student who is jealous of all the attention Akari gets. In the first episode, she's turned into a Daemonia, killed by Akari, and erased from history.


  • Back for the Finale: Kind of. In the next-to-last episode Akari is trapped in a "Groundhog Day" Loop where she has to relive the day she killed Fuyuna again and again. Cerebrum says each loop was an alternate possibility that could have happened. In the last episode, the Fuyuna of the loop's final iteration actually discusses her feelings with Akari, and the two part with Akari getting closure.
  • Back for the Dead: Akari does meet Fuyuna again, but only after the former is trapped in a "Groundhog Day" Loop where she relieves the day she killed her cousin again and again. They part ways after talking things out, giving Akari closure.
  • Brainy Brunette: Has brown hair and is at the top of her class.
  • Death by Origin Story: More than that, the hero is the one to kill her.
  • Four Eyes, Zero Soul: What her transformation into a Daemonia turns her into.
  • Go Out with a Smile: At the end of Akari's "Groundhog Day" Loop.
  • Green-Eyed Monster: She is not actually that awful a person, but the Diablos tarot is there to exacerbate the darkness in her heart.
  • Ret-Gone: As with any person possessed by Daemonia, all evidence of her existence is erased after Akari kills her.

    Hinata Taiyo 

Hinata Taiyo

Voiced by: Aya Hisakawa

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Akari's late mother who worked as a fortune teller. She used to go to the same school as Akari. Like Akari, Hinata was as bright as the Sun.

She is also the protagonist of the light novel prequel.


    Laplace and Schrödinger 

Laplace and Schrödinger

Voiced by: Chado Horii (Laplace) and Shiori Izawa (Schrödinger)

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Laplace

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Schrödinger

A talking crow and a talking cat that monitor Sephiro Fiore. Something of note: the crow is male and the cat is female. The two of them actually report to the Leguzario, the organization in charge of Sephiro Fiore.


    Mama Nagataki, Lymro, and Hanayume 

Mama Nagataki, Lymro, and Hanayume

Voiced by: Mao Uchino (Mama Nagataki), Minami Takahashi (Lymro), and Hironori Kondo (Hanayume)

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From left to right: Mama Nagataki, Hanayume, and Lymro

Fortunetellers that Akari works part-time for, before she joins Sephiro Fiore. They had previously worked with her mother.


  • Big Fancy House: Mild example at the beginning of the series, but later they get one with so much acreage, it has a small forest and an old cemetery in the premise.
  • Cool Old Lady: Mama Nagataki.
  • Fortune Teller: They are mentors to Akari in the arts of fortune-telling, and were peers of Akari's mom.

Antagonists

    Cerebrum 

Cerebrum

Voiced by: Takashi Kondo (male), Aya Suzuki (female), Ikumi Hayama (older female)

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His “main” form

A mysterious, silver-haired youth with shapeshifting powers. He gives Diablos cards to miserable citizens, turning them into Daemonia.


Daemonia

    Episode 3 Man 

Episode 3 Man

A possessed man who targets children. He is the first Daemonia that Akari can hear, leading her to discover her purpose for fighting.


    Kiyone 

Okakura Kiyone

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An artist who is driven to making a Deal with the Devil due to her jealousy.


  • Asshole Victim: Her first victim, Yume, and eventually herself.
  • Deal with the Devil: She's the most lucid and has the most selfish motives of any Daemonia we've seen so far.

    Honda 

Honda Koujirou

A friend of Ginka's father and her Honorary Uncle.


    Hanae 

Mishima Hanae

An extroverted girl who Seira befriends.


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Inverse Temperance

The Diabolos counterpart of the Temperance card.



Alternative Title(s): Il Sole Penetra Le Illusioni

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