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Juzo Inui
Juzo Inui / Thirteen / Verrat Dreizhen
Voiced by: Jun'ichi Suwabe (Japanese), Chris Ryan (English)
- Advice Backfire: Juzo tells Tetsuro to throw tantrums like the kid he is instead of resigning himself to his fate. Not long afterwards, Tetsuro takes that advice and uses Harmony on Juzo when Juzo makes a decision he disagrees with.
- Amnesiac Hero: Juzo has no memory of his past before the war.
- An Arm and a Leg: Loses one arm to Seven and another later to Victor Steinberg's auxiliary brain. Luckily, he has backups.
- Anti-Hero: Juzo is a mercenary who's Only in It for the Money, but nevertheless he comes across as fairly principled despite his flaws, and protects other Extended knowing it's a thankless task.
- Arm Cannon: Juzo's left arm can turn into a revolver.
- Badass and Child Duo: With Tetsuro and, to a different extent, Mary.
- Badass Longcoat: Juzo sports a pretty cool looking duster, as befitting a Cyberpunk protagonist.
- Batman Cold Open: Juzo chasing off Extended thugs who are bothering the local doctor.
- Bruiser with a Soft Center: Presents a cool, tough guy facade, but cares a lot about his friends, particularly Mary and Tetsuro.
- Brutal Honesty: He doesn't sugarcoat his words for anyone. One notable example is when he's preparing to face Mary's brother, Victor. Juzo tells Mary upfront that he may have to kill him.
- Celibate Hero: To the extent that even hearing stories about other people's relationships is enough to make him uncomfortable. When women literally throw themselves across him, he tends to continue the conversation as if nothing is happening.
- Chekhov's Gun: Literally. Juzo's head is a gun, the trigger of which he can't pull on his own. At the end of the first volume, he tells Tetsuro to do so.
- Cyborg: Even in a setting where mechanical enhancements appear to be fairly common, Juzo stands out due to having so many extensions that he needs to carry a license to justify them. He's specifically noted to be an older model from the Great War.
- The Determinator: Juzo refuses to compromise on his principles, and thanks to his Super-Soldier body he can back this up by being near impossible to keep down. Once he takes a job for a client, he will complete it, even if the obstacle is the client themselves.
- Heroic Build: He has a very big upper body.
- Hunter of His Own Kind: During the war, one of his roles was killing other Gun Slave Units.
- Knight in Sour Armor: Juzo is ultimately a good man, but he has a fairly cynical view of his job and the world around him.
- Lightning Bruiser: Juzo is quick on his feet despite his size.
- Luminescent Blush: Juzo gets this despite not actually having a face, when his client kisses him chastely. It's a bit of a Running Gag when women flirt with him.
- One-Winged Angel: Juzo's full combat form.
- Only Known by Their Nickname: "Juzo" just means "thirteen", which was his name as a Gun Slave Unit during the war. The name Juzo itself was just a nickname given to him by his partner. His true name is Verrat Dreizhen.
- People Puppets: Tetsuro turns Juzo into one early on using Harmony, and as soon as he drops his control and they're in a safe location Juzo makes him promise never to do it to him again.
- Power Limiter: Why Juzo smokes, which is an unusual usage of that brand of cigarettes even for Extended.
- Smoking Is Cool: Presumably Extendeds don't have to worry about lung cancer. Justified, since the cigarettes Juzo smokes are medicinal ones, and from what we've seen most of his torso is machinery on the inside.
- The Stoic: Generally comes across this way. Though as Mary points out - to his surprise - he's very expressive to people who know what to look for.
- Super-Deformed: The art style of Juzo's head becomes this way when feeling awkward.
- Super-Soldier: As a Gun Slave Unit, he has a vast amount of combat cybernetic enhancements. It's heavily implied that the Gun Slave Units were a large part of the reason their side won the Great Offscreen War.
- Super-Strength: Strong enough to toss around Extendeds twice his size, as well as catch a very large piece of debris that would have crushed Mary.
- Weaksauce Weakness: Juzo constantly worries about getting wet and rusting his head, even though he isn't sure if he'll rust or not. That and he requires someone to fire the trigger on his head.
- You Are Number 6: In the past, he's known by the alias of "Thirteen" or "Machine Thirteen" among the Gun Slave Units.
Tetsurō Arahabaki
Tetsurō Arahabaki
Voiced by: Daiki Yamashita (Japanese), Caleb Yen (English)
- Achilles' Heel: While using his "Harmony", his body is completely helpless.
- Badass and Child Duo: The child half, with Juuzo.
- Cyborg: He has cybernetic arms.
- First-Episode Twist: Tetsuro has the power to hijack the brains of other Extended, and he was controlling the fugitive asking Juzo for help.
- Meaningful Name: Tetsuro's name in kanji is spelled 鉄朗, with the first kanji 鉄 meaning iron or steel.
- Mind Manipulation: Possesses a device known as "Harmony" implanted in his throat, which allows him to control Extended bodies from a distance.
- Unwitting Test Subject: He's been used for experiments.
- Walking Spoiler: Talking too much about Tetsuro's character gives away the First-Episode Twist.
Mary Steinberg
Mary Steinberg
Voiced by: Manami Numakura (Japanese), Kylie Stewart (English)
- Agony of the Feet: Gets shot in her right foot while being held hostage as an intimidation tactic, which puts her out of action for the better part of the second season.
- Back-Alley Doctor
- Braids of Action
- Torpedo Tits: "A Place to Call Home" reveals she built a bra that fires small missiles, using it against one of Victor's bodies. Tetsuro expresses confusion when she brings the boob missiles up later on.
- Wrench Wench: She performs back-alley maintenance on Extended.
Olivier Vandeberme
Olivier Vandeberme
Voiced by: Yōko Hikasa (Japanese), Marissa Lenti (English)
- Chekhov's Gun: Olivier's habit of carrying around extremely smelly canned food comes in handy when she opens a can in front of a group of pursuing EMS officers, who panic thinking it's a toxic gas.
- Cleavage Window: Her top has a gap in the middle to show off her cleavage.
- Fair Cop: She's a cop who's usually willing to overlook Juzo's less sanctioned activities because she knows he's a good person.
- Kiss of Life: Olivier to Juzo during the fight with Armed, although instead of oxygen she's sharing cigarette smoke.
Kronen von Wolf
Kronen von Wolf
Voiced by: Yūya Uchida (Japanese), John Burgmeier (English)
- Fantastic Racism: He distrusts all Extended, especially Over-Extended like Juzo, believing them to be no more than unstable machines.
- Improbable Weapon User: His weapons of choice are thrown needles.
- Spell My Name With An S: His name gets spelled as both Kronen and Cronen.
Pepper
Pepper
Voiced by: Inori Minase (Japanese), Marianne Bray (English)
- Abhorrent Admirer: To Juzo, who she wants to own.
- Hiding Behind Your Bangs: She's a mysterious woman whose has one of her eyes covered by her hair.
- Navel-Deep Neckline: Aside from a bikini top, her entire torse is exposed.
Seven
Seven
Voiced by: Yuko Sanpei (Japanese), Kimmie Britt (English)
- Child Soldier: Potentially. Despite his body appearing grown, he sounds and acts like a pre-teen. Pepper rewards him with candy.
- You Are Number 6: He's a Gun Slave Unit who's only known by his designated number.
Hugh Cunningham
Hugh Cunningham
Voiced by: Yoji Ueda (Japanese), Tyler Walker (English)
- Fat Bastard: A fat Corrupt Corporate Executive.
- Gonk: His facial features are very bizarre.
- The Sociopath: He operates under the fanatical belief that people are replaceable cogs in a machine that exists only to serve Berühren Corp. Of course, he's not immune to being disposed of by his bosses either.
Karen
Karen
Voiced by: Reina Ueda (Japanese), Emily Neves (English)
- Dark Action Girl: The fake Sister who works for Berühren Corp.
- Evil Redhead: A redhead Dark Action Girl who works for Berühren Corp
- Navel-Deep Neckline: She wears her catsuit zipped down to her navel.
Scarlett Gosling
Scarlett Gosling
Voiced by: Marika Kouno (Japanese), Macy Anne Johnson (English)
- Speech Impediment: She speaks with a notable stutter.
- Wrench Wench: She's a mechanic.
Mega Armed Tokisada
Mega Armed Tokisada
Voiced by: Kenyuu Horiuchi (Japanese), Christopher Sabat (English)
- Affectionate Nickname: Is called "Mega Armed" because of the large number of built-in weapons his Extensions provide.
- Loved by All: Tokisada is a popular celebrity considered a hero by the public.
- Villain Has a Point: Armed isn't wrong when he says that without him championing the Extended cause from the get-go, treatment of Extended might be worse than it already is.
