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Kisa has short black hair along with matching short bangs, revealing the center of his forehead, as well as light brown eyes. He is short in height, being about the same size as Ritsu Onodera and Chiaki Yoshino , and he is approximately 161cm seeing that he is around a head (approx. 25cm) shorter than his lover. He is thirty years old, but due to his "baby face" and his unbelievably young appearance, he is often mistaken to be significantly younger than he actually is. He is usually believed to still be in his teen years or early twenties. He often receives responses of shock and disbelief when his real age is brought up or revealed to those getting to know him. For example, Yukina, his lover, thought that Kisa was younger than him in the manga while in the anime, he was under the belief that he and Kisa were around the same age. He has the same hairstyle as Ritsu in high school.
Prior to his relationship with Yukina, he was very promiscuous, not believing that genuine love can truly exist. He frequently allowed people to believe that he was younger than he really was, using it as a regular tactic to pick up men at bars or clubs. For example, Kisa lied to Ichimura, a man he met at a bar, by claiming that he was eighteen years old in order to sleep with him. Kisa is the shortest of his co-workers at Marukawa and has been working at the Emerald department for a significant amount of time. Kisa has a rather casual fashion sense, usually seen wearing hoodies or cardigans with jeans. He usually wears a pair of brown dress shoes, but is also seen wearing black lace-up boots. Kisa is significantly shorter than his lover despite almost being a decade older than him.


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Kisa's older brother is tall, with short black hair. He often is seen wearing a suit, reflecting his profession as a lawyer.


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Yokozawa has jet black hair and grey eyes. He is rarely seen with a smile unless with Takano (or Hiyori). His work attire consists of an array of business suits, usually with a tie. At home, he will usually wear casual shirts and pants.

Yokozawa can easily be described as a scary man, seeming to always be easily prone to anger, earning him the title of "The Wild Bear of Marukawa." He scowls at people when they say something that he doesn't want to admit or hear, often intimidating those around him with ease. In addition, he is known to dive headfirst into any situation with little thought to how others would see him, which earned him the nickname the "mouthy newbie" upon his early years at Marukawa. As Kirishima has said, Yokozawa is quite stubborn. However, he has confessed to Kirishima that he is tolerant and can easily get jealous. His face often turns red whenever he is with Kirishima, who often makes him blush.
On the outside, he looks calm and always keeps a distance with people. However, he has his doubts and insecurities that he is desperate to keep hidden. In conclusion, Yokozawa is quite tsundere and is often, as in the light novels, described as having a "bear" appearance. Although on the inside, also seen in the light novels, he is proven to be thoughtful and does care very deeply about those he is close to.
He is good at cooking, handling household chores and is surprisingly excellent at handling children and animals. He is a little bit like a "mother" to Hiyori , and despite his strict authority, has garnered much respect around the office, even being somewhat of a role model to his subordinate, Henmi.


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Yamato has short dark hair and dark eyes. The colors of his eyes and hair have not yet been decided.

Yamato acts brash and whiny, but is only trying to get his adoptive dad's attention. He feels lonely and wishes to spend more time with Mino.


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Yoriko has short black hair that is swept to the left and brown eyes.


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Hatori has short brown hair, dark blue eyes and is taller than his lover Chiaki. He is usually seen wearing a collar suit with a tie, or a simple suit, even at home or while cleaning and cooking at Chiaki's house. Hatori is the second-editor in chief of Emerald department of Marukawa Publishing company and is known as one of the best editors in Emerald.
He is excellent at his job and demonstrates even greater skill at cooking and housework. Hatori has a very calm demeanor about him, with a "no nonsense" attitude. He is usually seen being very strict with his authors or, more importantly, his long time best friend and lover, Chiaki. Despite his serious attitude, he is still very caring about those whom he cares about and is commonly perceived as a good guy.


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Mutou is a bespectacled young woman with long black hair and brown eyes. She is first seen dressed warmly for winter with a bobble hat and a thick scarf whilst wearing a medical mask because she has a cold during the flu season.

Mutou during the flu season

Later she attends the New Year's Eve party with her hair up in a bun.


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Yuu has medium-length brown hair and thin eyebrows above his light maroon eyes. He is also seen to wear glasses when he is working in the manga and often favors a light brown duster jacket when working with Chiaki.


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Zen has medium length light brown hair with matching colored eyes and a fair skin tone.
He is briefly seen in the anime wearing a business suit and attire. However, in the manga, he is usually seen in casual clothing commonly worn in the Emerald Division.

Zen is shown to be a quite calm and relaxed man, although he is quite honest with his own personal opinion or observations on any given subject. Due to being rather straight forward in any situation, it can cause some people to get annoyed with him while others find his blunt honesty endearing and fresh in a person. Despite being blatant in attitude, Zen can also be cheerful and sympathetic. He is also shown to be wise and intelligent.
Despite the high intensity of his working environment, he is possibly the only worker who does not get easily stressed out in contrast to his co-workers, who often go crazy due to the severely high pressured environment. However, when it comes to his relationship with Takafumi Yokozawa , Zen is very much prone to possessiveness and jealousy. In some cases, he simply flat out demands to know if Yokozawa is cheating on him.


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according to the story  Masahiro is described as having a face that resembles his grandmother.  Therefore, he was considered a handsome young man ever.  He had long, dark black hair loosely tied behind the back of his neck and a pair of big brown eyes.  for his age  Mahiro's figure was normal.  not too short or too thin  Always dressed in red to patrol the night.

Masahiro is a 13-year-old onmyouji in training who is kind to both humans and yokai. While he does wield strong power, he is young and inexperienced, especially in the beginning. It causes him to misjudge the limits to his abilities and thus exhausts himself greatly.
He can be cocky and sometimes clumsy, but he is a hard worker and will often overwork himself, especially if it involves a task given to him by his grandfather. He doesn’t mind doing trivial tasks because he believes that every little chore can be important. He is also not beneath pranking people.
Masahiro greatly despises being called Seimei’s grandson and the high expectations others have for him. He gets easily irritated with his grandfather and, after being riled up by him, will become extremely determined to prove that he can do the task his grandfather gave him.
While typically being a strong minded individual, he can feel insecure at times and lonely when Touda is not around. Due to a bad childhood experience he is afraid of the the sound of the hammer (curse) at dark.


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In his mononoke form, Mokkun is a white, red-eyed small rabbit-like creature with four red markings and red protrusions extending around the upper part of his body, and a long tail and claws.
In his true (normal) form, Touda/Guren is a tall, red-haired and golden-eyed man with caramel-colored skin, with claws. He is mostly bare except for a sash around his waist and fittingly brown gloves suited for his clawed hands. He also has some form of coverings for both of his legs that stop before reaching his thighs. He also wears two red-fanged shaped earrings on his left ear and the golden band around his forehead that keeps his extra power in check. He happens to go barefoot as well.

Touda, although seen as a serious and dedicated, becomes a somewhat snarky and almost playful individual around Masahiro. He often plays tricks on the people who annoy him. Due to an event in the past the other summon spirits distrust him, but Touda believes their hate is justified.
Touda is considered to be one of the most feared summon gods due to his control over the flames of Hell. His power is so incredible that Seimei created a golden band to put around his head to keep his own strength from overwhelming him. This led him to believe that it was best for him to be alone so as not to hurt others. As stated by Masahiro in the anime, Touda also fears that everyone who sees him will hate him.
Masahiro, even when just a very young child, never feared Touda. When Touda realized this he was surprised and it gave him the light he needed to pull out of his depression. He devoted his life to protecting Masahiro and that decision forever stands.


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Abiko is a short girl who sports short and messy dark purple hair with lighter highlights. Her eyes are dark purple and go to a more pink colour lower on. Her pupils are very light pink, almost white, and are in the shape of a line. Abiko's lips are small and not very colorful. In her meeting with Yoriko, she wore overalls and a dark long-sleeved dress. A coat and a skirt were what she dressed in when visiting the stage of her manga.

Abiko is seen as the definition of an introvert. She never talked much with her colleagues as an assistant. Yoriko saw how she felt inside through the art she made, seeing that she was suffering and wanting to be understood. Reaching out to Abiko, she concluded that she's actually affectionate, sweet, and becomes passionate when manga comes into the conversation.
However, after Tokyo Blade became serialized, Abiko only knew success, and thus, grew an ego. She saw herself as infallible and often conflicted with her editors, using her busy schedules as excuses for inappropriate behavior, much like any other successful mangaka. Abiko also had several assistants but would tell them harsh things that would cause them to quit, leaving her to work on her manga by herself and wear down her health.
When Tokyo Blade began its first rehearsal for its 2.5 stage play adaptation, Abiko visited and requested a complete overhaul of the script, offended by the flanderization of her characters and threatened to end the production if she was not allowed to rewrite the script herself. She further insulted its screenwriter Goa and demanded his removal from the production entirely. It is later revealed by Yoriko that Abiko's behavior is a coping mechanism for her to avoid communication and that Abiko actually wishes to form relationships with others but struggles to, which Abiko herself admits.
At Yoriko's advice, Abiko begins learning to collaborate more with others, starting by working alongside Goa to create a new script for the Tokyo Blade stage play that they both enjoy.


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Ai was a beautiful and quite thin girl with gradient-colored eyes from purple to pink and a six-pointed star in each of her eyes. She was shown to have brownish-red hair on the first chapter cover, but it is shown to have more of a blue-purplish hair color on the volume cover.
Her idol outfit was adorned in a pink aesthetic of varying degrees of lighter and darker shades. The outfit's design has an overall ruffled appearance. A black belt is located on her waist, and other miscellaneous accessories are present throughout the design: three blue stars on her chest, a heart-shaped necklace on her neck and a bunny hairpin accentuated by two gold stars and a pink ribbon.

When Ai was very young, her mother Ayumi Hoshino was arrested on a theft charge, and even after her release, she did not care enough to raise Ai anymore, which made her grow up in an orphanage. The environment she suffered being with her abusive mother caused her to think of ways to protect herself. Ai lacked any memory of loving or ever being loved herself, - prominently shown when Ichigo Saitou scouted for idols to start a group. She believed she lacked the qualification to become due to these reasons, showcasing a lack of faith in herself. She became quickly convinced to join when Saitou told her that lying is fine and is, in fact, a desirable trait.
Thus, Ai's perspective started to shift. She convinced herself that lies are a form of love—a love harbored out of the selfish desires of both sides of the spectrum. Ai sought to find an object for her "love.". She wanted to learn how to love by telling her fans that her deceitful lies are, in fact, love. This desire also came when she bore children, but in a different context. She never once said that she loved them because being disingenuous towards them would be terrifying. Nonetheless, she was shown to enjoy her time with her children and was particularly delighted when the twins did an eye-catching performance with idol lightsticks, which stunned the entire venue.
No matter what, lies allowed her to process the world around her. Within these contexts, she never sought to make things right to the point where she was fine to face the consequences of her actions. Lies were her way of expressing love, hoping that one day they would become the truth. Only when a terrible event happened did Ai finally realize she loved her children, a genuine form of love free from impurity and dishonesty. She was relieved and satisfied to finally be able to experience these true feelings. Even before this realization, Ai had grown concerned over their wellbeing and stressed over the prospects of getting better paying jobs in order to provide for them.
According to several characters through the series, Ai had a unique charisma capable of drawing all the attention to herself when she was in the spotlight. Miyako Saitou and Taishi Gotanda commented that Ai was a very uncommon idol and probably they would never get to see anyone like her, stating that she was a rare case among countless idols who wish to be at the top. Ai was notoriously ambitious and a risk-taker to the point of recklessness, best evidenced by her intentions of both continuing her idol career and having children in secret, which was by all accounts extremely dangerous, as it would jeopardize not only her entire career but have harmful ramifications both to her company and coworkers.
When it comes to her private life outside the stage, Ai wasn't very social, and most of her relationships were with people related to the entertainment industry, showing that Ai used to be a loner. Aqua pointed out that Ai didn't have any close friendships, even among her fellow partners at B-Komachi . The seemingly bright and cheerful personality was nothing more than an act that hid her true personality.
It is noted by multiple characters that Ai had disorderly, impulsive, reckless, clumsy, and asocial behavior with a low level of education, a direct result of growing up in an abusive environment. It wouldn't be until she met her boyfriend that she would have a drastic change in attitude, acting more cheerfully, taking better care of her own appearance, acting more femininely, and reducing her self-destructive inclinations. Although said information was private, observers such as Masaya Kaburagi and Akane Kurokawa were able to correctly deduce that she had found a special someone; the latter in particular was able to observe certain character traits common amongst girls with teen pregnancies, and accurately determine that she had given birth in secret.


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Airi had chest-length dark hair that was split on either side, dark-colored eyes and she wore dark-colored lipstick.

Since Airi never physically appears in the story, not much is known about her general demeanor. However, her having an affair with an 11-year-old boy indicates that she was a child molester . Also, the fact that she kept all this from her husband suggests that she was an unfaithful woman who had no qualms about cheating on him.


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Akane is a teenage girl sporting a dark blue hair color with blue highlights. She is considered to be very beautiful by many people such as Ruby Hoshino [5] , Abiko Samejima , Yoriko Kichijouji [6] and Kana Arima [7] .
Before her controversy, she does not stand out according to LoveforReal ' s audience, giving the sense that neither her personality nor her looks were remarkable. However, after overcoming her controversy, she starts sporting a look akin to Ai Hoshino down to her facial expressions and eyes, including Ai's iconic star in her eyes. Over time she also grows her hair, which appears to symbolize her new style and not allow the past to drag her down. However she later admits that it was her attempt to imitate Ai for Aqua's sake and once the production for The 15 Year Lie was over, she cut her hair short again.
Her short hairstyle was reminiscent of the one she had as a child, one that resembles her past idol, Kana. It was extremely effective, as even Kana's staff and fans were duped by her strikingly similar looks.

Akane's true self is shy and quiet, which makes her a poor fit for a reality dating show, something LoveforReal ' s audience frequently notes. When people started criticizing her and sending her death threats, she became all the more reclusive and was even on the verge of committing suicide. After deciding to return to the show, Aqua Hoshino suggested that she play a character to protect herself from any backlash from potential future incidents. As a result, she took up Ai Hoshino 's personality after hearing that she was Aqua's ideal woman to thank him for saving her life and reputation.
She is very hard-working and determined with every job she gets. When looking to take on a role she makes sure to study and understand the character doing a complete background, to the point she plays it perfectly. She has been described by many as a genius actress despite being very young.
When interacting with Aqua, she displays a caring attitude towards him, which others easily pick up on. She is the only one who stays by his side after his collapse and, on multiple occasions, let herself loose in joy and sadness only in front of him. She is also prone to be convinced into doing something whenever someone invokes his name, an example being when Frill Shiranui maintained her participation in the interpersonal audition by informing her that Aqua would be co-starring in the film for which they were auditioning. On the other hand, whenever she interacts with Kana, they invariably have a fiery argument due to several reasons: their shared feelings for Aqua, Kana Arima 's jealousy of Akane's success as an actress at a time when she is yet to find any herself, Akane's disappointment that Kana (before the stage adaptation of Tokyo Blade ) had become someone happy to let others have the spotlight, and the simple fact that their personalities are polar opposites.
When they officially began dating, Akane became much more open in asking Aqua to spoil her after a busy day and appreciated him for all the small actions he made to show his feelings. For instance, Aqua would wait for her outside her workplace and reply to her texts as soon as possible while never failing to praise her for her hard work. They would also display public affection more quickly as she is willing to hold his arm when walking. All these small actions made her feel grateful and satisfied, so much so that they helped to rid her of all her worries.
In addition to her cuter aspects, Akane possesses a dangerous side as well, as shown upon discovering Aqua's secret that he joined the entertainment industry in order to get close to and kill someone. She even said she would help kill that person, justifying this by voicing her belief that Aqua must have had a strong motive, that it was not about right or wrong, and she would accept Aqua for who he was even if he was a "really bad boy". Her wish to shoulder his guilt with him and her commitment to their relationship caused Aqua to comment that she was "out of her mind".
This is reinforced after she deduces the identity of the Hoshino twins' father and tries to take matters into her own hands by investigating him on her own, even finding his office so that she can make an attempt on his life by concealing a knife in a bouquet of white roses in a similar fashion to Ai's murder. These actions stemmed from a desire to "save" Aqua by preventing contact between him and his father so that he would not have to concern himself with his revenge plot again, allowing him to spend more time with her. She also appeared to be more hurt by the fact that Aqua planted a tracking device without telling her, rather than the fact that he invaded her privacy by placing one on her at all, stating that she would have given him hundreds of them and even followed him to hell if only he had asked.
After her break up with Aqua, Akane does not hesitate to keep an eye on him in case he tried to kill Hikaru. She still cares for Aqua despite everything he put her through, and does not want him to go down a destructive path that would negatively affect him and his loved ones. It is further shown when she reflects on her wishes for him to happy.


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As a child, Aqua was often called cute by those around him. As he grows older, Aqua becomes a relatively tall boy who is described as "handsome" with blonde hair, much like his younger twin sister Ruby Hoshino . He also long bangs hanging on the left side of his face and aquamarine blue eyes, which his late mother Ai Hoshino named him after, that features a star in his right eye, symbolizing that he and his sister are halves of their mother.
He often changes his appearance due to his job as an actor.
Due to being Ai's son, many people were able to point out their similarities despite being unaware of his pedigree. Much to Aqua's dismay, as before Chapter 105 , he wanted to keep the truth about his late mother from being known to the general public. He also bears a strong resemblance to his biological father Hikaru Kamiki .

Before the tragedy that struck his family, Aqua was considered relatively normal other than his unparalleled prodigious talent in acting even as a child and his quick wit and intelligence like reading complex books. With him retaining his past experiences, he accomplished many things not expected for someone his age. Performing acting jobs was something he was open to and excelled at.
After the tragedy that killed his mother, Ai Hoshino , he changed and became cold, calculated, cunning, and discreet, willing to do whatever means necessary to see his goal of finding his father through. His psychological trauma from Ai's murder tends to resurface anytime he seems to forget his goals. This is the case when Kana Arima suggested that he'd look back at his happy memories in Chapter 50 to improve his acting on the spot. It is a case of Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and doubles as an active reminder to not stray from his original purpose of vengeance. He blames himself for being weak-willed during that moment, even though he was but a child. However, he used these negative emotions to exemplify his acting performance during his scenes in the Tokyo Blade Theatrical.
Aqua is described as someone with emotional distance ; he is shocked when he hears from Kana that he is '' gloomy'' , but despite this, he does genuinely care about the people close to him. Aqua is overly protective of Ruby, his younger twin sister. It is mainly described by Taishi Gotanda , his mentor, as someone with a sister complex, which is understandable since he was initially unwilling to let his sister become an idol and suffer the same fate as their mother. Thus, he surreptitiously destroyed almost every chance Ruby could get to be promoted due to this overprotective nature, despite knowing how she longed to follow in their mother's footsteps. Ultimately, he helped Ruby and the new B-Komachi group prepare for a gig so they could accomplish a task long thought impossible. He was also one of the main driving forces behind a project that served to save Akane Kurokawa 's reputation.

Spoilers Ahead! After being told that his father, the main reason for his quest for vengeance, was dead, he becomes warmer to those around him and begins smiling more. He ponders whether he could now be happy and live normally as he recalls his girlfriend's smiling face. Moreover, he becomes more supportive of Ruby's ambitions and encourages her to do her best. He was deeply ashamed of himself for continuously using Akane for his own selfish ambitions, but after she broke down, he wiped her tears and vowed to keep her safe as he gave her their second kiss that was removed from ulterior motives. After learning he was mistaken in assuming his father was dead, he has a mental breakdown at the realization [14] . As a result of this and discovering his father's true identity, he becomes even more cold and calculating than before. He even develops black stars in both of his eyes, similar to Ruby. He's even gone as far as believing that he won't survive once everything is over, saying his actions are necessary so Ruby can live once he's gone [15] .

Spoilers for Later Chapters! Throughout the series, Aqua shows signs of being a psychological manipulator. While he has shown to care for those around him, at the same time he also uses them to further his and Ruby's goals. This manipulation is best seen in his relationship with Kana Arima , taking advantage of her low self-esteem and emotional dependence on several occasions. He employed various tactics, including but not limited to love bombing, superficial charm, and flattery, to get her to join his sister's idol group . He continued doing so afterward to keep her close. Even when she distanced herself after he began a relationship with Akane Kurokawa , he continued with his act, making her believe that they might have a future together. However, despite his manipulations, Aqua has genuinely respected Kana's acting ability. Aqua also used Akane multiple times for his own gain, trapping her in a relationship by pretending to truly love her. While saving her from cyberbullying and attempted suicide during the filming of LoveforReal , his primary reason for starting a romance was due to her connections to the Lala Lai Theatrical Company . To this end, he showered her with gifts, attention, and affection while placing a listening device on her to ensure she would not leave him due to a possible fear of abandonment. Over time, however, his false feelings for her were slowly becoming real, subtly trying to get her to stay away out of concern, and he ultimately threatens her into staying out of his revenge plan, ending their relationship, ironically to protect her.


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By the words of Ruby Hoshino , Frill is the first person most people think of when they hear "pretty girl" with waist-length dark-green hair that she wears loose with her bangs parted on the right side, yellow-green eyes with slit-like pupils resembling a cat and two beauty marks; one on the lower right side of her lips and one under her left eye.

Frill appears to be an aloof girl of few words and is attentive to the careers of others, quickly recognizing Minami Kotobuki and Aqua Hoshino and remembering their previous jobs when she first meets them.
Another facet of her personality is her sense of humor, which has been referred to as "actually pretty funny." When it comes to acting, her demeanor can dramatically shift based on whatever role is assigned to her. Such versatility in covering a wide range of emotions and personalities is what enabled her to build strong connections and make a name for herself. Despite this fact that made her in-demand, she still believes that actors should be chosen for the role because they are qualified, not because of connections.


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Nino has green eyes and during her time as an idol, she had a slim body and tied her long brown hair with side bangs using a panda-shaped clip.
Years later, as The 15 Year Lie is being produced, she has cut her hair short. She has also aged considerably, with her face now having multiple wrinkles and her figure having become more average.

From Kana Arima 's portrayal of her, when she was younger, Nino used to be an airhead who often did not notice when she did something wrong and was regularly ordered around by others, particularly Takamine . However, as she began losing to Ai Hoshino in popularity, a darker and more jealous side of Nino would emerge, once even cursing at her co-star for upstaging her.
In the present, at first glance, Nino appears to still be the same airheaded individual whom Kana portrayed her as. However, underneath her outer demeanor lies a woman beset by regrets regarding her past relationship with Ai, to whom she can now never apologize due to her passing. As a result, this regret seems to have morphed into an obsession toward her former co-star, practically worshipping her and not tolerating anyone potentially upstaging her. Overall, Kana describes Nino's current mental state as "all over the place".
In fact, Nino's obsession with Ai has turned her into a mentally unstable woman with a psychopathic lack of morality; Collaborating with Hikaru Kamiki for years, which caused not only Ai's own death, but also by staging the heinous murders of popular entertainers, in malignant fanaticism towards Ai, to ensure that would never be surpassed. This deranged worship has reached to the extent that she contemplated murdering Ruby Hoshino if she ever upstaged Ai, despite Ruby being Ai's daughter. Nino's fanatical devotion manifests in different aspects: She was able to call out on Ruby's poor act when the latter tried to emulate Ai, with a rather maniacal disposition. Nino is seen to live in an unsanitary environment full of trash bags, scribbling over a poster of B-Komachi leaving only herself and Ai intact, while constantly watching Ai's performances. She neither has the ability nor the desire to go straight, and remains fully fixated on her goals of murdering anyone who comes close to or succeeds in surpassing Ai.


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Goa is a young man with medium-length brown hair that reaches his neck and purple eyes, and a small mole underneath his right eye. In most of his appearances, he wore various fashionable clothes with scarf and earrings.

Goa is shown to be a calm and well-mannered person who is shown to be well-informed about the theater and screenwriting scene. Considering he's a famous screenwriter and what has been shown, he is great at screenwriting as well as adapting previous works into a theatrical form, understanding what can be realistically adapted and what cannot. Notably, Sumiaki states that every play with  a script written by him always leaves the audience smiling, demonstrating his immense skill in screenwriting.
Despite the many predicaments of being a screenwriter he mentions, he works hard as one, which implies that he genuinely enjoys his job. The fact that he is said to be successful in screenwriting furthers this. According to Sumiaki, Goa "loves theater from the bottom of his heart". In addition, he has also told Akane that he is a fan of the original Tokyo Blade manga (which would imply he read most if not all of it), suggesting that he actually took the time to read the original work before adapting it. This is something Goa likely applies to any work he adapts, which would further his skill and reputation as a screenwriter.


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Gorou was a man with dark hair and square-rimmed glasses.
In all of his appearances, he always wore a doctor's white coat.

Gorou appeared to be a dedicated and compassionate obstetrician-gynecologist who cared deeply about his patients. He was also a fan of idols, but his interest seemed to be driven by a desire to fulfill the wishes of a patient, Sarina Tendouji , rather than any questionable motives. However, the mention of Goro carrying a "loli-con image" raises concerns about his interests. Despite this, Goro is portrayed as understanding and supportive of Ai's pregnancy, indicating that he is capable of empathy and showing ''professional diligence'', do not mix personal matters.
His willingness to confront a pursuer of Ai, even at the risk of his own life, demonstrates his courage and dedication to protecting those he cares about.
Overall, he is also portrayed as a caring and dedicated professional who is willing to go to great lengths to support his patients.


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Hikaru is an attractive man who bears great resemblance to his son , to the point that Akane Kurokawa almost mistook him for the latter. Similar to Ai Hoshino and their children whenever they embrace the darker aspects of their personalities, he also has a black star in each eye.
Whilst in public, Hikaru hides his true appearance using a variety of disguises, seemingly taking particular care to hide his eyes. When he went to visit Ai's grave, he wore a long overcoat with a hat and sunglasses. Whilst passing Akane, he once again wore sunglasses but this time put on a black suit, as he was at a high-class gathering. During his interactions with Yura Katayose , he tied his hair in a ponytail and kept his eyes closed.

Hikaru is a sadistic and possibly insane murderer who enjoys watching the life fade from his victims, claiming that it makes him "feel the weight of his own life"; [7] a warped mindset that seems to have originated from having been sexually taken advantage of when he was just a child. However, as a former aspiring actor, he can skillfully hide his true nature in public by taking on the guise of a rather casual and dependable individual who others can lean on. He even managed to feign regret for his role in Ai's murder to his children before attempting to kill his daughter as well, laughing about the whole thing upon being confronted about it. In further showcase of Hikaru's irredeemably deranged and broken mind, his last thoughts were that he regrets not killing Ruby, because if he did, he would have felt Ai's presence much closer. In fact, his murders were all for the purpose of elevating Ai's existence while filling his own void.
However, there seems to be a side of Hikaru that truly seeks kinship with others, immediately taking an interest in his son upon realizing that he has the same "lying eyes" as himself. [8] He also appears to have a habit of sending white flowers to up-and-coming actresses, though this could just be a method to draw in new victims. [9]
When carrying out his murders, Hikaru is highly cautious to leave no incriminating evidence. He does this by making use of proxies; telling the husband of the actress who molested him about their affair, leaking Ai's address to a disgruntled fan , and convincing another fan of Ai that Ruby was upstaging her. According to Aqua and Nino, he is also a serial manipulator who uses his charisma to befriend others before taking advantage of their weakness to trick them into committing murder in his name, all whilst denying any blame under the pretense of not doing the deeds himself. Because of this Aqua describes him as "worse than a murderer", calling him an "instigator who refuses to get his hands dirty".
When being cornered by Aqua who shows his intent to kill Hikaru, he attempts to smooth talk his way into making Aqua desist from the deed as it would affect Ruby's reputation. However, when Aqua shows unflinching determination and the cunning arrangements he has made to ensure Ruby would be protected, Hikaru begins to panic and even questions Aqua's sanity, crying out to his son to stop, exposing his cowardice when confronted with danger. Upon falling off the cliffs and to the sea, Hikaru, with his last actions, tries to kill Aqua through choking. In the end, Hikaru gravely underestimates his son and this would became his downfall which leads to his death.
Despite of his insane, heinous actions, Hikaru is fully aware of the extent of his depravity, believing the weight of his sin to be the reason why he could not feel Ai's presence. As he fought for his life, Hikaru felt the presence of the many victims he had killed, resigning himself to his fate as they dragged him to the bottom of the abyss.
According to Aqua's portrayal of him in The 15 Year Lie , when he was a middle schooler, Hikaru was a considerably more withdrawn and somewhat submissive boy, seemingly traumatized by having been molested. He is depicted as an empty individual who, much like Ai, yearned for genuine love after being in a long-term transactional relationship. Hikaru was aware that he was being taken advantage of but believed that this was the only way someone like him could be loved. As a result, he became very skilled at lying, with no one ever catching on to his true nature until Ai came along.
As seen from Ai's perspective, Hikaru had been consumed by the darkness of the entertainment industry, causing him to become emotionally dependent on her. As a result, after she broke up with him, he suffered a psychotic break and leaked her address to her eventual murderer to scare her into realizing his despair, which went horribly wrong as her death was not his intended outcome. This, along with his shock upon learning that Ai truly loved him, portrays Hikaru as a tragic villain whose life was perpetually marred by abuse, neglect, solitude and a desperate need to feel loved.


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In his early appearance, he wore his black suit with a white shirt carelessly, adorning a shade, has blonde, short hair and thin facial hair.
After Ai's death, Ichigo grew out his hair to neck-length and adorned a dark vest over his shirt. But after Ruby asked for his help in becoming a popular idol, he cut his hair back to its original length while for his meetings with business partners to get her jobs.

Ichigo had a competitive nature regarding the show business industry, proven by bringing Ai and the rest of B-Komachi to fame and even securing them a performance in the Tokyo Dome before Ai's untimely demise.
Devastated by the tragedy, Ichigo abandoned Ichigo Production, Inc and secluded himself in a solitary life. While he claimed to be uninterested in producing idols, some passion still remained inside him when advising Ruby.


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Kana is described as a cute girl having an innocent face, shoulder-length pinkish-red hair that has blunt bangs and pinkish-red eyes.
Due to her occupation and high cute fashion sense, she often wears various outfits and hats.

Initially introduced as a cocky child actress with a sharp tongue, Kana was moved to tears after witnessing Aqua Hoshino 's performance. However, since then, she has matured and grown into a much kinder person, although her gruff manner of speaking still surfaces when she experiences intense emotions. She has consistently strived to become a better version of herself. Though things have cooled down for Kana toward stardom, being a great actress is still her main goal.
Kana is described as a diligent and hardworking girl who is empathetic, cheerful and confident with an impressive sense of responsibility. She can also be rude and sharp-tongued at times due to her past. She continued honing her acting even when she could not find work, as mentioned above. She also puts the quality of the product above everything else, even willing to lower her acting level and risk her reputation as an actor.
As a young child, Arima Kana was known as a child genius who had high acting skills even at such an early age. Many adults would praise her and think highly of her, therefore resulting in a egoistic and pompous personality, with a large superiority complex and a sharp tongue. She also hated being worse than other people, always overworking herself to be the best actor ever, as she was very competitive. Although she was a famous actor that was high in demand, her popularity soon dropped as her big ego made her hard to work with and her strong wants to always be the center of attention. This caused many people, including her parents, to abandon the thought of her being an amazing girl who was a child genius. Even if others did, they would only cling to her past acting and not acknowledge her new skills and acts anymore. She was not well liked anymore, and bound herself in thoughts of being inferior and worse than others - but to cope, she kept pushing out an egoistic personality from time to time. She even kept her sharp tongue and teaseful personality, always cheerful and outgoing.
However she has now become stuck with an inferiority complex, and would do anything to be liked and praised again. She has even stated that if someone loved her and admired her for her skills, she would work herself to her bones for that person, out of desperation for validation and attention. While she craves attention badly, she avoids it as she is now scared of being in the spotlight and avoids it. This connects to how instead of being an actor that was always the main focus, she has become an actor who “acts for others” and uses her acting to make others shine instead of herself. She is no longer egoistic, and instead far more selfless, even while being extremely selfish and wanting the attention for herself at the same time . However, during the stage play of Tokyo Blade , it is shown that Arima has accepted herself to be selfless and stay out of others’ ways, and instead sit back and make the others shine - until Aqua helps her regain her confidence to once again attract the viewers.
Despite the fact that she acts outgoing and talks in a teasing manner, she is actually very soft-hearted, kind and empathetic, and always cares for her friends and pushes them to be the best self they can be. She is also very emotional and sensitive as well, as she is caught crying in public from time to time. Due to her inner soft self, she is also very gullible and gets caught up in her own thoughts that drag her down from building up her self esteem again. But as she wants to still be seen as a child genius and amazing actress, she tries her best to keep pushing out fake confidence and tries not to get help from others so that she can appear to be mentally stronger than she is. Kana does not like to depend on other people or ask for help, as this makes her feel inferior to others. She has a strong mentality for herself and works hard to build up her ego and confidence again, and does not want to feel like she needed to always depend on people.


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Kengo is a young man with grey hair and trimmed bangs.

Aqua describes Kengo as "awful in front of the camera" while he was assessing his fellow cast members in LoveforReal . [3]


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Being in her 50s, Marina's age shows through the multiple wrinkles she has on her face. She has wavy-brown hair and is of average stature.

Marina is a sociable woman who enjoys going out with her co-workers, admitting to having something of a drinking problem. She also deeply loves her family, especially her children, caring greatly about their health.
However, because of her cheerful nature, she struggles to handle grief. When her first-born daughter Sarina Tendouji was diagnosed with a terminal illness, Marina fell into depression. As a result, she opted to cope by ignoring reality, minimizing her contact with her daughter so she would not feel sad when she was gone. However, despite all her actions, Marina was still saddened upon learning of Sarina's death, wondering how her daughter must have viewed her for abandoning her. Over time, though, she was able to fill the void in her heart with two more children.
Marina's grief over Sarina's death also appears to have influenced her parenting style with her remaining two children, seemingly hiding her firstborn's mementos to prevent them from suffering as she did.


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Kaburagi has a straight brown hair that almost covers his left eye. He also has slightly noticeable eyebags.

While it is not much noted in the series, Kaburagi is a mammonist. He is fine with anything as long it makes money and does not care much on the quality. This was clearly shown when he produced Sweet Today , which received poor reviews, mainly due to its acting and particularly because of Melt Narushima who was a poor actor at that time. However, he has a keen eye for talents, which proved to be successful on the next projects that he produced.
Taishi Gotanda comments that despite him only talking about money, he can never do his job as a producer if there's no passion in it. And without people like him film-making wouldn't be possible. He does his job well by caring and leading the crew. Also, he has maintained connections to actors and investors, which is very beneficial for him.


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Meiya has a short hair, fashioned into a bob cut just above her shoulders.

Meiya appeared kind, greeting Mimi Yoshizumi and Minami Kotobuki after meeting them for the first time. However, underneath her outer demeanor, she is actually an attention seeker who often causes scandals by complaining online about her work conditions to gain sympathy from her fans.


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Melt is an attractive and young model with medium length hair. The color page of him along with Kana revealed that his hair color is purple.

Being very successful for his good looks at a young age, he was vain, arrogant and disrespectful towards his colleagues during his first appearance. However, the experience of the I'll Go With Sweet Today live-action adaptation production and the feedback to his performance made him aware of his flaws and he became a significantly more diligent and polite person by the time the Tokyo Blade stage production started. Indeed, when Sakuya Kamoshida tried to get together with Ruby's friend, Minami , Melt lies that the director required both of them so Sakuya had to abandon conversing with her, even threatening him to not interact with Minami, demonstrating proper professionalism.
Kamoshida's lambasting of his skills, hit Melt deeply, further feeding his inferiority complex. Despite having trouble developing his skills, Melt was shown to put genuine effort into trying to improve his acting ability, in a stark contrast to his previous demeanour where he would barely put any effort and rely entirely on the popularity of his looks for success, suffering greatly for his weakness. Thanks to Aqua's advice, Melt would be able to weaponize his internal frustration and low expectatives of him building, to display compelling emotions, earning him well-earned praised from the audience and fellow co-actors.
Subsequently Melt developed a sense of pride which compelled him to try to improve as an actor without relying on his attractiveness. When his producer told him he was naive for his way of thinking, it made him realize his mistake, and subsequently convince him to employ every asset at his disposal in order to succeed.


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Mem-Cho is described as being attractive, cute, and innocent. She has aqua-colored eyes, brown hair dyed blonde, a cat smile, and small devil horns. Despite being twenty-seven, she looks younger than she is.

Mem-Cho is generally playful, bubbly and somewhat mischievous, which makes her look adorable to any onlooker. In some regards these characteristics could be perceived as lies to protect herself and allow her to fake her age and portray the persona of a typical high schooler.
Mem-Cho is overall a person burdened by circumstances. Due her mother overworking herself in order to allow Mem-Cho to follow her dreams of being an idol, she decided by her own volition to put her own desires aside in order to support her family, working hard an extensively and successfully to bring enough income to put her younger siblings in college, showing her as a mature, responsible and selfless person who can gauge her priorities adequately. However, by the time their financial situation was stable, she was far too old to pursue her dreams, due to the discriminatory demands from most agencies.
Ultimately she turned her passion into streaming by portraying herself as a "High School Student" gaining a massive following. This eventuality, shows her as crafty in the making of her online character; she's technically not lying due to having put her high school studies on hold, but is also self-aware of her public perception. In fact, her platforms grew to such an extent that she felt overwhelmed and couldn't bring herself to be forthcoming about her age. Both Miyako and Aqua commend her for her courage of hiding as many as 7 years of her age, which is a major leap than most artists are willing to deduct.
Mem-Cho cares greatly for B-Komachi and its members, for it is a place that allows her to fulfill her dreams of being an idol, where she is accepted and supported despite her age. Even then, Mem-Cho is more of a fellow peer than an older figure, behaving more closely to how Ruby and Kana do, as high schoolers, than as the adult in the room. Even though her guise is well known by them, Mem-Cho remains about the same as what she portrays herself in the open; energetic, cheerful, earnest, a hardworker and a reliable friend and coworker. An empathic person by nature, Mem-Cho goes to great lengths to ensure the wellbeing of her peers, taking an active role in creating an advertising campaign to change Akane's public perception after the latter attempted suicide. She is also overwhelmed by the love triangle between Aqua, Akane and Kana, not knowing who to root for.


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Mimi is a youthful girl with long black hair, long eyelashes, fair skin, and noticeable double fangs. She has prominent side-swept bangs, and her hair is braided on both sides. While at home, she wears hoodies that form cat ears, with one of the ears pierced with two rings.
In the past, before she started her VTuber career and cosplay streams, she was seen with shorter, neck-length hair.

Her brother Shun described her as a "shut-in", incapable of arranging collaborations with other VTubers on her own and have to rely on her brother for help.


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Minami is a beautiful young girl with pink hair that flows almost below her shoulder, purplish-pink eyes and she has a curvaceous body befitting a model with a sizable chest, which Ruby Hoshino describes as "amazing".
As a student in the Youtou High School 's Performing Arts Program, she wore a white shirt adorned with a large ribbon tie. Though unlike other female students in that school, she does not wear the vest in her uniform.
Outside of school, Minami has been seen wearing different outfits:

When Ruby is visiting Aqua Hoshino 's rehearsals for Tokyo Blade, Minami wore a turtlenecked long sleeve shirt along with belt that fits tightly to her waist. Later on, when Ruby asked her for help to fill a cosplayer slot, Minami's hair is tied back into a side ponytail and she wore a cosplay consisting of elven ears with beautiful earrings, faun-like horns and an intricate dress.

Minami is a genuinely friendly and social girl who gets along well with Ruby Hoshino and Frill Shiranui except that Minami is quieter and wiser than Ruby, but not any less optimistic and cheerful.
She has been known as a girl that likes to "go with the flow". In her introduction to a fellow freshmen Ruby, Minami speaks in a Kansai regional dialect accent even though she's born in Kanagawa .


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Miyako is a radiant-skinned woman with upper-back length strawberry-blonde hair that has bangs hanging on the left side and rouge-colored eyes ( Rouge is the French word for "red"). She is initially stated to be a young wife and thus can be assumed to be in her mid to late 30s by the time Aqua Hoshino and Ruby Hoshino start high school.
Miyako was seen wearing two different clothing:

Her initial appearance shows wearing extravagant clothing to represent her vain and Gold Digger mindset. After becoming more mature and kinder following Ai Hoshino 's death, she is always shown wearing casual clothing to reflect her new motherly and work-driven self.

Initially, Miyako appears to be a shallow woman who married her husband Ichigo Saitou in order to meet hot actors. She was hot-headed and resentful of being made the twins' caretaker, hastily deciding to sell Ai Hoshino 's scandal before the twins stepped in to stop her. She is also shown to be somewhat of a pushover, as the twins are capable of manipulating her into going along with their whims.
However, Miyako gradually showed a more responsible and compassionate side as she took care of the Hoshino twins and proved crucial to maintaining Ai's secret life. This culminates in her adopting them both after Ai's death, at which point she is shown to be a loving and dutiful mother who is specifically stated to be soft on Ruby Hoshino .
Professionally, she demonstrates great ability in managing Ichigo Production, Inc through a moment of struggle, pivoting away from the idol business and allowing the company to stay in business for over a decade, despite her lack of experience and connections.
She is also quite perceptive, being able to figure out that Mem-Cho is actually older than she claims to be, a fact no one else had discovered by that point, even Aqua Hoshino wasn't capable and was seen surprised by this.


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Nobuyuki is a handsome young man with semi-long black hair that covers his ears with bangs swept on either side and brown eyes.
He can be seen wearing a cardigan over a white collared shirt during one of the episodes of LoveforReal .

Aqua Hoshino describes Nobuyuki as an "honest, yet interesting person" while he was assessing his fellow cast members in LoveforReal . [3]


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Pieyon is a muscular tanned man wearing a cute bird mask, which was a character from an unnamed TV show presumably named Pieyon.
Later on, we see his unmasked figure, and it is revealed that he has black hair.

Pieyon first appeared in costume and maintaining his "Pieyon" voice for the entire shoot, suggesting that he is focused on his work.


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Ruby is a beautiful young girl of average height with blonde hair that she ties in a side ponytail (much like how her late mother Ai Hoshino does) and possesses pink-ruby colored eyes with a six-star on her left eye like her late mother.
Ruby has been stated to resemble Ai by many people, such as Aqua Hoshino and Kana Arima where Kana herself confirmed that her keen nose in industry "can sense potential in this girl" and it reminds her of Ai. The resemblance grows stronger when she wears a purple wig, to the point that it shocks others especially Akane Kurokawa .

In her past life, Ruby was a frail girl who died of anaplastic astrocytoma and could barely walk a few steps without stumbling. Now overwhelmed with joy as Ruby Hoshino , the daughter of her favorite idol, Ai Hoshino , takes her life to the fullest, Ruby has given herself the goal of becoming an idol singer, not only to follow in her mother's footsteps, but also to fulfill her promise to Gorou Amamiya . Unbeknownst to her, Gorou had already passed away and been reborn as her older twin brother, Aqua Hoshino .
Unlike Aqua who is calm, calculated and discreet, Ruby is the polar opposite of him as she is extroverted, outgoing, loud, optimistic and communicative compared to her brooding brother. She is most apparent in the connections she makes with others. At the same time, Aqua only does this to further his agenda. She doesn't share her brother's opinion of hunting down the culprit who killed their mother, instead moving on from that incident and focusing on her dreams. She persists in this notion to the point where she often conflicts with her brother's interests.
Ruby tends to speak her mind without a filter, often referring to Kana Arima as the "gourd girl" and the "girl who will lick a lying snitch," much to Kana's displeasure. Additionally, Ruby has utilized the "airhead sister" persona to her advantage in the media as a character she created to promote herself.
She is the biggest defender of her mother Ai's secrecy and reputation.

Spoilers for Later Chapters! Following the discovery of Gorou's corpse and learning that his and Ai's murders correlate with each other during the trip to Takachiho, Ruby's drive for revenge becomes a lot more intense, and comparatively more aggressive, albeit stealthily so, than even Aqua's. The murderer stole the future she wanted, and so did Gorou's; she resolved to ensure Gorou gets justice, even if it meant using her brother, who finally attained true happiness with Akane Kurokawa . [10] Ruby reveals herself to be just as methodical and cunning as her brother. After her darker turn in the manga for the sake of her revenge, Ruby adopts a two-faced attitude towards others entirely whenever she sees that she could benefit from them in the long run: She acts friendly and affable with Meiya , but secretly disdains her despite being shown to get along well with her, knowing that Meiya likes beef and vents her frustrations on Twitter. She also made sure that she had Tetsu Urushibara under her thumb during the Dig Deep arc by manipulating him into believing that she had saved him and his job through a scandal that she had caused in secret for her own benefit.

Spoilers for Later Chapters! After Aqua reveals their mother's secret to the public, Ruby has a temporary break with her relationship with her twin brother because she hates him so much that he kept it from her. She is very honest to the extreme with herself and hates lies. [11]


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Sarina had wide pale-blue eyes and shoulder-length hair. However, towards the end of her life, she gradually lost her hair and presumably became bald as her condition worsened due to her sickness: anaplastic astrocytoma .
In the majority of her appearances, Sarina wore a wool hat with a heart pattern on its brim, adorning it with a bunny pin, Ai Hoshino 's signature symbol.

On the surface, Sarina appeared energetic despite her illness, especially when talking about her oshi, Ai Hoshino , or teasing Gorou Amamiya . Sarina was very passionate about Ai, having watched all her recordings and memorized her choreography down to the smallest details.
However, because of her illness, Sarina was depressed by her inability to move as she pleased and became scared of falling, subconsciously bracing herself to fall whenever she attempted to walk by herself. This fear carried on to her next life as Ruby Hoshino , but she managed to overcome it thanks to Ai's guidance.
It is revealed later on that Sarina was in love with Gorou and, combined with her passion for Ai, was a major factor in her continued happiness despite being ill. Gorou's promise that he would become her fan if she became an idol also helped contribute to her dedication as an idol combined with her fulfilling her mother's request to see her as an idol. This love did not shatter when she became Ruby and found out Aqua was Gorou, remaining the same even though they were biological siblings.


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Shun has mostly black hair and gaunt appearance due to being overworked as an Assistant Director. He also describes himself to have a "dark, brooding, and immoral" look. he also has small freckles.

Shun first appeared as an Assistant Director that Ruby Hoshino tried to get close to, following the advice of Ichigo Saitou . He notices her attempt to approach him and mistakenly think that she was doing it because he is her type. Shun then later get reprimanded by an old-school director Urushibara who was overworking him due to lack of staff and funding.
One day, Shun was told by the director about the segment of Dig Deep! One Chance interviewing cosplayers, and were ordered to find at least ten cosplayers that can fit the bill, especially those with "interesting" experiences, and those who has cosplayed Tokyo Blade characters before. He, however, was unable to find anyone that are willing to feature in the show and turned to Ruby for help.
As he was racing to fill the cosplayers slot before the deadline, he finally turned to his younger sister, Mimi Yoshizumi , and asked her to feature on the show as she used to stream her cosplay before she became a VTuber.


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During his first appearance, Taiki looked similar to Gorou Amamiya , sporting a disheveled black hair, purple eyes, stubbles and square-rimmed glasses. [1]
Preceding the Tokyo Blade theater play, he shaved his stubble and tamed his hair.

Taiki is normally a fairly laid-back and unkept guy, seemingly not paying much attention to maintaining his appearance and only cleaning himself up right before a performance. He is similarly disinterested in his studies, admitting to having never even bothered learning how to read kanji. Overall, Frill describes him as an "idiot who tries to look cool".
However, when acting, his demeanor completely changes as he thrusts himself into the character he is playing as. His acting ability is also a source of pride for him, declaring that no performance in the Tokyo Blade stage play will outshine his own.


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Taishi has medium-long brown hair that he occasionally styles into a bun and usually appears wearing a black hooded sweater. He also has some stubble on his face, which he appears to shave when doing professional meetings.

Due to his role as a movie director, Taishi is well-informed and aware about the acting world, knowing the fact that there are three types of actors and explaining clearly what their roles are in the acting world. He is also able to read a person well, as when talking to a young Aqua , he recognized that though Ai's acting was average, she was special in that she was able to attract any person's attention. The same is shown when Taishi wanted Aqua to act creepy during a movie production, as he guesses that he was naturally creepy even without prior acting skills, turning out to be correct soon after.
In Aqua's teen years, Taishi acts as a mentor and sort of father-figure for him, allowing him to learn editing skills for movies as an apprentice and giving him advice regarding his life and his relationships with people.


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Kindaichi has a long black hair that parted into two, covering his ears, along with a prominent goatee.

Kindaichi is a shrewd person, figuring out that Lala Lai Theatrical Company needed motivation due to its stagnating situation, accepting outside performers for the Tokyo Blade stage play to provoke the actors and actresses within the company and force them to be better to compete.
As a director, he is also capable of bringing the best out of the actors, directing Akane to change her acting to accommodate the script that has changes from its source, and properly explaining to Akane about said changes. Toshirou calling out Aqua's lack of emotional acting in the pivotal scene of his character Touki is also one of examples of his shrewdness and capabilities as a director.


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Tsukuyomi has been described by Taishi Gotanda as a "creepy-looking child" reminiscent of Aqua when he was younger. She has long white hair and brown eyes that are always wide open, causing her to give off a disturbing stare. In terms of attire, she dresses in a black and white child school uniform.

Spoilers Ahead! Before acquiring her current human body, Tsukuyomi took on the form of a seemingly ordinary crow.

Seemingly omniscient, Tsukuyomi is an enigmatic being whose motives and goals are shrouded in mystery. Befitting her appearance, she bears the overall demeanor of a creepy child, acting mischievous and almost always having a smile on her face. Taishi Gotanda even noted that she reminds him of Aqua when he was younger, comparing her to a "twisted adult trapped in the body of a child".
When interacting with people, she tends to tease them about their insecurities. While partly a tactic to quickly get their attention, Tsukuyomi seems to be genuinely interested in others' thought processes, implying that she cannot directly read minds. However, should they ignore her, she will quickly change the topic to get their attention back, such as by confronting them about their desires and offering vital information to help them achieve their goals whilst teasingly keeping critical details to herself. Still, she does not appear to be malicious, merely giving her information and inquiring others to think on it.
Tsukuyomi does have a more "human" side to her, taking pride in her supernatural status and getting angry when looked down upon. Ironically, this leaves her open to being manipulated herself through others exploiting her haughtiness. She has also shown to be stubborn, refusing to admit when she has been tricked. Deep down, she secretly cares for Ruby and Aqua, having observed them since being saved and cared for by them in their past lives when she took the form of a crow, and sees them as cheeky and cute children.


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Yoriko sports a bob-cut hairstyle with a light blonde appearance and circle glasses. In Chapter 43, she is seen wearing a white and black striped shirt and a black jacket on her meeting with Abiko.

Yoriko appears to be carefree, outgoing, and lax. Part of this could be due to her manga's monthly serialization, not needing to worry about immediate deadlines and the like: juxtaposed by Abiko's polar-opposite personality and serialization schedule. Yoriko is considerate of others and their circumstances, though this could be seen as her not being good at being critical.
Due to her skills as a mangaka, she has the talent of telling what kind of person another mangaka is by reading their work, and is well versed in the ins and outs of the manga industry, be it the editing side and the hurdles mangaka have to go through to create their work.


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Yuki has wavy waist-length black hair that has square bangs hanging over her eyebrows with chest-length hair strands hanging on either side and dark-brown eyes.
She is seen wearing two different outfits:

She wears a high school uniform. She was seen wearing a casual outfit at the end of LoveforReal .

While Yuki describes herself as a timid person with average conversational skills, Aqua Hoshino quickly notices that this is all an act. She wants to be in the limelight and is quite competitive, as seen in her conversations with Akane Kurokawa , wanting to gain all the attention for herself.
However, she isn't malicious, being reasonable and well-meaning in private. When injured by an agitated Akane, she understood her struggles and quickly forgave her. Often she engages in regular girl talk, discussing similar interests with other girls.
Despite being a model and quite popular among teenagers, Yuki herself admits that she has never truly fallen in love with anyone until she participated in the reality show We're About to Fall in Love for Real where she meet Nobuyuki Kumano , her first boyfriend. Even though Yuki rejected Nobuyuki in the last episode of the reality show, they were actually dating, presumably to avoid media attention towards their relationship.


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Yura was a beautiful young woman with shoulder length light blue hair that has bangs hanging on the left side. She had cyan-colored eyes, which, similar to Ai Hoshino , had a bright, six-pointed star in each one. [3] Yura also wore glasses, but did not wear them when she went out mountain climbing.

In contrast to her cheerful public image, Yura was prone to cursing in private to vent stress from her job, something Hikaru Kamiki called her out on. To better process her occupational stress, she developed a habit of taking time off from her work to go mountain hiking in the countryside, claiming that she had gotten addicted to it.
Yura also took great pride in her acting skills, constantly looking to improve herself whilst disliking being hired solely for her popularity. She stated that her greatest dream was to star in a generation-defining "masterpiece" that will be remembered even a century after it is released. However, she does draw a line with certain roles, being unwilling to play high school student due to believing herself to be too old.


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At first Bunhou was a lazy kid who seems like he rely on his bodyguard too much. His father wasn't a noble but was a well known man. He first appeared with his bodyguard and was impressed with Ouriku when he first found the ticket that was meant to be hidden in the village. Bunhou is kind and chubby and many people would call him fat or fatty, but he doesn't really care about what they think, and loves his food, no matter how horrible or tasty it is.


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He is a young man who is very tall for his age and has long brown hair. He wears a long, loose sleeve robe with a short white top and green bottom. His cloths are accented with a light forest green. This is held up with a brown belt adorned with a gold lace.

He is a kind young man. Kai is very observant when it comes to poeple’s problems, personalities, and relationships. He is shown to be loyal to his comrades when he pointed out that Ouchuu was untrustworthy to Ouriku. He trends to go out of his way to help people who are in need. And he also is quite perceptive of a person.


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She is a tall woman with purple hair, has a mark in the form of three red lines on her forehead and she always wears white robes with a yin-yang symbol.

She can be considered incredibly laid back and perverted. She also has a habit of trying to get more “salary” (extended life) by stealing then returning things of the Chief. Besides her acts, she can be seen as both cunning and powerful. This is seen as she was the one who designed the God’s Assembly test, but the test was glitched by Ouriku. Many elders of the counsel consider her to be the crazy black sheep of the group due to her weird and crazy tendencies.


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Ouchuu is a small young boy with blonde hair and green eyes. It is also been stated many times that he looks like a girl.

Ouchuu's first impression is that of a meek and secluded child, but later on he gives an impression of a cruel and sadistic nature. He is actually very narrow sighted and holds a grudge of jealousy towards Ouriku for being the most special and always standing in the spotlight. Ouchuu tends to show his meek/shy and childish nature, when in reality he is disloyal. He also tends to use other people in order to get what he wants, as shown when he used Ouriku to get into the trail and when he used the other candidates to get past the snow monster.


There was once a Spirit Blade Mountain

He is a young man with blond hair and blue eyes, with a red mark in the form of a vertical line on his forehead.


There was once a Spirit Blade Mountain

Rei is a young woman with the appearance of roughly 20-30 years of age, though due to her association with the clan, is much older.
She has long blue hair and blue/emerald eyes
She tends to wear a pink kimono with a tan embroidery, a red sash/obi, and a pink bandana.
While her body looks thin and lacking in physical strength, Rei is one of the strongest and pretties martial artists in her clan.

Rei is a strong willed young woman, standing up to even to her father, the Chief of the Reikenha Clan; Oubu, an Elder; and Ouriku.
She can be quick to anger if provoked and does not hold back blows.  This is seen when Oubu mocks her and challenges her to a duel.
Despite this, Rei does have an eye for spotting character and potential, and will go out of her way to pay back a debt or good deed.


There was once a Spirit Blade Mountain

As a "Inheriting Disciple" very powerful and talented. She has more potential than her master, as it was described in the anime.

Pure and single minded toward the cultivation. Love food, big eater.


There's a Demon Lord on the Floor

Amon has long blonde hair with violet eyes. She wears a white shirt and a black skirt. She also has a black hairpin. When entering her true form, she is growing taller. She gains a pair of horns, and her breasts are bigger. In this form, Amon wears a black lingerie, a pair of long gloves, and black stockings.


There's a Demon Lord on the Floor

Kisaragi has medium, short black hair and black eyes. She has two, white hairpins attached on her left bangs. She wears a gray or black turtleneck when she first appears without her armor. Her armor is all-black, including the helmet. She wears the Humming Dining staff uniform when she is on duty.

Kisaragi is very shy without her knight armor, but when she figures out she is using the same "armor" as Amon, it made her tries to be more engaged with the customers.


They Are My Noble Masters

She has a large scar on her forehead and has silver hair.


They Are My Noble Masters

She has long red hair that is usually in a ponytail and she has purple eyes.


They Are My Noble Masters

Natose has blue, short hair with a triple bang style with the side bangs going down to her shoulders. She has purple eyes with an eyepatch covering her right eye.

When in battle she takes a Muay Thai stance. She has a great love for food and is shown to have superhuman abilities when it comes to obtaining it.


They Are My Noble Masters

Shinra has dark green hair and brown eyes. Her attire consists of mostly black and dark colours. She wears grey leggings and loose pointy black boots each with a gold ring wrapped around the middle. She wears a gold rimmed black shirt, which has a gold streak that runs from the top to the bottom, in the front. The shirt's white collar is fastened with a single red button that has white ribbons hanging from. A chain of red gems and gold plates is worn around her waist and a waist length cloak, which golden decorated corners, is draped over her shoulders. A glossy black band is worn on her head that divides her side burns and fringe from the rest of her hair. Two white strings are tied in ribbons on either side of her head.


They Are My Noble Masters

Yume is usually shown wearing a school uniform, consisting of a white shirt with blue highlights, a yellow bow around her neck, a short blue skirt, long white socks, and some blue and white tennis shoes. She also wears a hairpin and two yellow bows in her hair. She has fair skin with blue eyes, and pink hair. She has a slim waist and her breasts are average sized.


Those Snow White Notes

Kaito is a tan-skinned high school student with caramel-brown hair with the sides and back trimmed shorter that makes them a darker hue and dark-brown eyes.
He wears a white dress shirt and blue tie with slanted sky blue lines.


Those Snow White Notes

Mai has dark-brown hair that is tied in ponytail by a red hair tie where the tip appears to be curly with bangs hanging over her forehead and dark-brown eyes.

Mai is jealous at how good her brother and Sawamura are at playing shamisen. Even though she is good at it, her talent is not close to theirs.
She seeks to surpass Sawamura, having somewhat of an obsession with that goal.


Those Snow White Notes

Matsugorou is an elderly bald man with grey eyes, beard and moustache.


Those Snow White Notes

Rai has short, light-blue hair that is in an unkempt style and his eyes often appear to be closed.
He wears a school uniform consisting of a midnight blue jacket, a white dress shirt and blue tie with slanted sky blue lines with the school pin worn on the top left side of his jacket.


Those Snow White Notes

Setsu is a fair-skinned high school student with has messy black hair that has bangs hanging over his face and eyes.
He wears a sweater with thick vertical navy blue and black lines plus denim pants. For his school attire he wears a white dress shirt and blue tie with slanted sky blue lines.


Those Snow White Notes

Shuri has chin-length brown hair that has short square bangs hanging over her forehead and brown eyes.
She wears a primarily navy blue and white school uniform with the school pin worn on the top left side of her dress.

Shuri is a determined and hardworking girl, although she is easily brought to tears and can at times come across as whiny.


Those Snow White Notes

Umeko is an attractive young woman with long blond/silver hair that has blue highlights at the end with square bangs hanging over her forehead, blue eyes and she wears a thick amount of red lipstick.
She wears a red choker and a simple red short-sleeve red dress with a large white gold buckle belt. She tends to mix up her outfit a lot as well to fit her company, as well as changing her makeup and hair color.

Umeko wants to keep the "sound" of her father, Matsugorou Sawamura "alive", roping Setsu Sawamura along to take her father's place. She gets disappointed when he expresses his desire to find his own sound, expressing this in very cruel ways. Her actions in the series come across as selfish and sometimes cruel, only looking to care about keeping a good image.


Those Snow White Notes

Wakana has near black dark brown hair and eyes along with some stubble on his upper lip and chin.
Hew wears a light blue long-sleeved shirt.

Same with Setsu, Wakana have been playing The Tsugaru Shamisen at an early age under the mentorship of their grandfather, Matsugorō Sawamura, up until his death. As the older brother he looks out and supports Setsu.


Those Snow White Notes

Yui has long brown hair that is often pulled back into a ponytail with long bangs hanging hanging over her face, brown eyes and she wears dark rimmed glasses.
She wears a primarily white and blue school uniform with the school pin worn on the top left side of her dress.


Tiger Mask

Naoto is a well built man with brown eyes and brown hair that falls down. In his casual outfit, he wears a jacket with white, orange and red colors and a yellow hoodie underneath. He wears blue jeans and simple shoes.
When he is wrestling, he has no top and wears a cape with tiger patterns and white arm bands on both arms. His mask is of a tiger with yellow fur and sharp teeth. He wears skin tight blue leggings with black marks with black briefs with marks over them and a pair of black boots.


Time Bokan

This character is quiet different appearance from the previous bad musleman characters.
He is tall with a huge build, sporting beedy eyes and an overbite with gaps in his teeth. Sukando also doesn’t talk too much and when he does he’ll sometimes pepper English phrases into his dialogue.


Time Bokan

Boyacky is tall, slim and buck-toothed, but has a moustache. He wears a green uniform that shows his stomach.

He has a lecherous nature and wishes to be admired by high school girls.


Time Bokan

Appearing as a clay dogu riding a unicycle.
He monitors the trio’s efforts to capture the Kiramekiman and prevent them from finding the Gold Eye.


Time Bokan

She wears a mask since Episode 4 when Otasukeman-2 discovered her identity.


Time Bokan

Julie is a tall, slim man with the most prominent features being his bushy eyebrows, his darker colored long nose, and his one bucktooth that always sticks out
In uniform, he wears a pink jacket with cyan inside his collar, a black shirt with a skull like print, pink pants, and a equally pink helmet with 3 multicolored lights that serves almost like a lie detector; glowing red when he lies, greenish-blue when he's scared, and yellow when he has an idea. Without uniform, he's commonly seen wearing a dark khaki jacket over a yellow sweater, dark pants, and a driver's cap. Without a hat, he has a bowl cut similar to a Kappa.

Just like Boyacky, he also has a lecherous nature, flirting with most of the main women in the series; Mirenjo, Karen, and Tina Yesterday. However unlike Boyacky, Julie can't build a mech to save his life. He instead pulls out a remote control which summons a supply box, then the supply box opens and automatically builds itself. He's also shown to go ballistic, pulling out a weapon; mostly a gun, and go trigger happy with the target (No harm's actually done though).


Time Bokan

Kusaku is first seen in a junkyard that connects Ochaka Academy and a boarding apartment where the Dirt Cheap Trio reside. In the same episode, he appears as a mysterious figure who calls himself Itadakiman, the hero of the series.
In the next episode, Kusaku meets the Dirt Cheap Trio and decide to join their group for his desire to find his mother.

Having a childish nature that likes to be naughty with Dirt Cheap Trio, but he is also clever in terms of helping and giving morals for them.


Time Bokan

His character design is back from the 4 predecessors ( Warusa , Tonzura , Donjuro , and Dowalski ), but his face is still similar to the previous one (two buck teeth and beady eyes.).


Time Bokan

She's a lovely girl with her brown wavy hair, but her face is never being seen.


Time Bokan

Tonzura is short and squat, but has a facial stubble. He wears a purple uniform, Like Boyacky, his stomach is showing.

He is a husky man with a severe overbite. Tonzura is the strongest man of the group and does most of the heavy lifting, though he's normally quick to run away when threatened. He speaks with a Kansai dialect.


Time Patrol Bon

Ako appears with dark brown hair and a pink beret hat, her eyes are black with two glint eyes like Wakaba . She wears a dark magenta dress with a music note logo on her shirt's left, white socks, and red shoes.


Time Patrol Bon

In the manga, he was initially subtly shorter than Ream, however they became about the same height in the later chapters of the part 1 of the manga.
As the 1989 anime was co-produced along with Kiteretsu Encyclopedia by Gallop , this incarnation of Bon bears Kiteretsu Encyclopedia (and the 1979 anime of Doraemon ) - esque design in general. He wears a differently designed formal Time Patrol uniform, which was loosely based on that in the part 3 of the manga. Bon was also voiced by Yuji Mitsuya who also played Tongari from Kiteretsu Encyclopedia .
Bon in the 2016 Doraemon film wears a formal Time Patrol uniform of the Doraemon franchise.

In general, Bon Namihira is somewhat reminiscent of Nobita Nobi in Doraemon Long Stories although there are notable differences in characteristics between them.
As he acknowledges himself, along with what his name represents, Bon is generally "mediocre" in many ways. He is neither lonely nor sociable, but doesn't have any interests to devote. However, he can be rich in curiosity. [2]
He is also quite clumsy and loose and cocky at times even after becoming an official Time Patrol agent, resulting in rather pathetic mistakes and self-caused injuries, and made several Time Paradoxes . He is also somewhat lazy, however he is somewhat more diligent than Nobita Nobi and occasionally dedicates in decent efforts.
He is also depicted to be notably brave especially in emergencies since the beginning, the execution attempt of him by Time Patrol and the rescue of Ream from a Futabasaurus. He can also occasionally come up with important ideas to solve ongoing situations. However, this bravery may also result in reckless and careless actions, and he died at least twice for this; being killed by Minotaur and "artificially" died from a cardiac arrest to replace Philippides and became Eukles, the new sire of marathon.
Due to his morale and sense of justice, he repeatedly made mistakes to trigger changes in the history and had also suffered on multiple occasions due to the regulations of Time Patrol to not to freely interfere fates of people and animals.
In the 1989 anime, he was depicted to be more simple and straightforward, and more overreacting than in the manga and the 2024 anime.
In the 2024 anime, he doesn't participate in any school club while he in the manga belongs to a baseball team managed by Tetsuo Shiraishi . He is also unfazed by Yumiko's good looking unlike Tetsuo and Yanagisawa .
He dislikes injections. While the gadget to change body pigments to disguise was noted to be painless in the 1989 anime, it was depicted to be tingling in the 2024 anime.
Unlike Nobita Nobi who has been noted to be lewd at times especially towards Shizuka Minamoto , Bon in contrast has not showed such aspects.

Bon's "first" death by Minotaur due to his reckless and careless bravery. Ream about to inject a medicine on Bon to trigger a cardiac arrest to "die" instead of Philippides to compensate for the time paradox caused by Bon.


Time Patrol Bon

He appears as a floating sentient blob of yellow color featured in the original manga series and the 2024 anime, while colored green in the 1989 film.
On the contrary to the manga and the 2024 anime, Buyoyon in the 1989 anime is depicted to be greenish in coloration.
Due to his appearance, Bon once called Buyoyon a "jellyfish monster/ghost/yokai" (クラゲおばけ Kurage Obake ). He was also once misidentified as a horse dung.

He is proud of himself as a supernatural being and often acts bossy.
Due to his history of positive and cooperative associations with various Time Patrol officers, Buyoyon in the 1989 anime is regarded as an unofficial member (supporter) of the organization, and the Time Patrol headquarter has exceptionally approved his accompaniment to agents on their missions.
He doesn't specifically favor animals in general because they are often startled by Buyoyon's appearance and presence, and may trouble him in the end. Additionally, he dislikes carnivorous creatures as they often try to prey on him.
In the 1989 anime, he has a habit of adding "dearu", meaning "be" and "is", at the end of words to put on airs.


Time Patrol Bon

Hiroshi appears with black hair with a yellow hat with "H" letter and his eyes are black. Wearing a teal shirt and a navy blue jeans. and wear light shoes. His appearance is not often in some episodes.


Time Patrol Bon

Korosuke is a samurai robot. His head is made of rubber, and his body is a plastic bucket. His hands are two rubber balls; despite not being able to play rock-paper-scissors with them, some comic panels and animated scenes do depict him with mitten-like fingers. He is approximately 50 centimeters tall and 30 centimeters wide.
Korosuke’s body colors have changed significantly between the publication of the original manga and the release of the 1987 TV special. In earlier color comic media, his head was pink or orange, and his body was red or yellow.

Korosuke as he appears in the 1987 TV special.

In the 1987 special, his head color was changed to light yellow, his body to yellow, and his nose to blue. Additionally, he now carried a samurai sword on his back, which had a yellow tip and a black sheath.
From the anime series onward, his palette was changed yet again: his light yellow head color was kept, but his body is orange, his nose and two circles are now red, and his sword’s sheath is red.


Time Patrol Bon

Leviathan is an unusually large and powerful North Atlantic right whale with over 80 feet in body length where North Atlantic right whales of that time were usually around 45 feet long.
For the 1989 anime, she instead resembles a Bowhead whale , a close relative of Right whales. General shapes of rostrum and head, lacking callosities, and white coloration on the lower jaw are classic characteristics of Bowhead whales than Right whales. Her size also corresponds with unconfirmed, alleged largest records of Bowhead whales. Leviathan in the manga lacks neither callosities nor white coloration on the lower jaw.
On the other hand, she in the 2024 anime was depicted to be physically (almost) correct as a Right whale. However, the depiction of her to dive for over an hour and to have more than several calves together is biologically incorrect; Right whales are known for their slow reproductive rates to give births to only one calf every 3 to 5 years. Her baleen plates are also much shorter than actual Right Whales.

The 1989 Leviathan being controlled with an Animal Controller by Ream Stream . The 1989 Leviathan resting. The 1989 Leviathan resting.

As a Right whale , being named so because they were "right whales to hunt" for their docile and friendly natures and their preferences of shallow inshore waters, Leviathan is calm by nature. However, years of whaling activities made her very cautious against humanity.


Time Patrol Bon

She is usually seen in her dark blue sailor outfit that slightly exposes her belly.

She is a lovable, clumsy, energetic and caring girl.


Time Patrol Bon

Minotaur was an unusual bovidae of unknown origin. While it generally resembles a normal cattle, albeit subtly larger than normally domesticated ones, it also possessed characteristic dark and thick furs all over its body; its furs  are somewhat reminiscent of bison and yak and highland cattle . It also had menacingly glowing eyes and a pair of yak-like horns.
In the manga, it was subtly lighter in coloration than in the 2024 anime.

Minotaur is one of few animal antagonists aside from predatory wildlife in the franchise, however it is unusually depicted as an actual villain for some extents.
It is extremely violent, much worse than normal bovidae, and bloodthirsty to pursue targets and slaughter them on sight.
Somehow it collects skeletons of victims at the same location.


Time Patrol Bon

In the NEW series, Moguro appears as a short, ominous man with pale skin and an ear to ear smile. He also sports a black overcoat, blue suit, and a white undershirt. Along with black pants, a gray striped tie, brown dress shoes, and a black top hat. Underneath his hat, he has short, black hair with very visible roots.

Moguro is a mischievous, cruel person. Along with a comedic side, he uses his charisma to become friends with people, only to use that friendship against them to get a laugh out of it. Throughout the show Moguro does not show any hatred to those he punishes, as he only does it for his own enjoyment.


Time Patrol Bon

In the Live Action Laughing Salesman series Moguro appears as a tall, slim elderly man with a black suit and an ear to ear smile, along with a grey and white striped tie and a top hat.


Time Patrol Bon

Nakajima appears as a scrawny pale man with a blue overcoat, white suit, blue pants, and a pink tie. He is very close in appearance to Nakajima Seishi , whose design he was based on.

In the episode Nakajima appears very unsure of himself, and anxious. According to his friend Sakamaki, he is very serious. He is also very lonely, and becomes very happy when a girl at the daydream club named Haruka showed affection towards him.


Time Patrol Bon

Ream is subtly taller than Bon, and she usually acts as a senior to him despite presumably being at the same age. Her taller stature than Bon was presumably because they were young teens. However, she and Bon became about the same height in the later chapters of the part 1 of the manga.
Ream in the 1989 anime usually wears a differently designed formal Time Patrol uniform instead of the uniform in the manga and the 2024 anime. As the 1989 anime was co-produced along with Kiteretsu Encyclopedia by Gallop , this incarnation of Ream bears Kiteretsu Encyclopedia (and the 1979 anime of Doraemon ) - esque design in general. The 1989 Ream is also somewhat shorter than in the manga and the 2024 anime.
Ream in the 2016 Doraemon film wears a formal Time Patrol uniform of the Doraemon franchise.
In the manga, Ream was initially taller than Bon. However, presumably as the time passes, their heights became about the same in the later episodes of the part 1. Height difference between Bon and Ream in the 1989 anime was much smaller than in the 2024 anime while Ream in the 2024 anime is 160cm tall, making her 10cm taller than Bon. [1] In the Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 , Bon and Ream are about the same in height. [1]

She in the manga and the 2024 anime, and Yumiko Yasukawa in the manga and the 1989 anime, are somewhat similar both in appearances and personalities where both of them are brave, wise, cheerful, friendly and compassionate, but somewhat firm and stubborn especially in the 2024 anime. On the other hand, Ream and Bon can be clumsy and loose even after becoming official Time Patrol agents, resulting in triggering additional risks.
Due to her morale and sense of justice, she had suffered on multiple occasions due to the regulations of Time Patrol to not to freely interfere fates of people and animals. Especially in the 2024 anime, her rigidity towards Bon and rather casual attitude regards "deaths", including the attempt to erase Bon and forcing him to suffer and die instead of Philippides , have presumably been due to her own sense of responsibility, [Notes 1] , suffering, [Notes 2] and the fact that she knew the outcomes. [Notes 3]
Notably, while expressing sympathy towards Bon, she did not hesitate to "erase" him in their first encounter, and she also forced Bon to complete a severe marathon and "die" to refill the time paradox caused by Bon. However, her firmness and stubbornness (especially in the 2024 anime) are because of her strong sense of responsibility.


Time Patrol Bon

He in the 1989 anime greatly differs in design from the manga and the 2024 anime.

His passion for the Djoser's pyramid resulted in later incidents including his son's death.
His passion was too strong that he rejected the advice from Hathor (Ream in disguise). Even though he wished his son's safety at his death, his son ironically followed the same way. This trend ( normalcy bias ) had been repeatedly depicted in the franchise; people believe what they want to believe, and they conveniently interpret the situations despite warnings.


Time Patrol Bon

He in the manga is more slender than in anime adaptations.
As the 1989 anime was co-produced along with Kiteretsu Encyclopedia by Gallop , this incarnation of Tetsuo bears Kiteretsu Encyclopedia (and the 1979 anime of Doraemon ) - esque design in general.

Tetsuo's talent of shooting is inferior to Bon who has an exceptional talent for it.
In the manga, he serves as the manager of Bon's baseball team.
His accidental death by Bon Namihira was reverted because Tetsuo is not historically an important figure.


Time Patrol Bon

As the 1989 anime was co-produced along with Kiteretsu Encyclopedia by Gallop , this incarnation of Toto bears Kiteretsu Encyclopedia - esque design in general.

Toto in the 1989 anime.

In the manga and the 2024 anime, Toto, as the successor of his father, was also driven by the similarly intense passion for Djoser's pyramid. Akin to the father, he also rejected the advice from Hathor (Ream in disguise). This trend ( normalcy bias ) had been repeatedly depicted in the franchise; people believe what they want to believe, and they conveniently interpret the situations despite warnings.


Time Patrol Bon

Wakaba appears with brown hair, long hair sideburns, having 2 glint eyes (In some scenes she has only one glint eye like other Fujiko Fujio characters like Yoshiko Koizumi , Michiko Sawada , Shizuka Minamoto , Shota Ohara , Yoko Akigi , etc) like Ako in Kaibutsu-Kun, and also wears a headband in different colors in different episodes. Wakaba, for the first time appears wearing a green dress with short sleeves, with white collar, a leaf logo, and wears a pink headband, and pink shoes, wearing a light pink shirt with long sleeves with a leaf badge on the below right of the shirt, light lime skirt, and wears light lime headband.

Wakaba and Sarumaru are best friends. Wakaba admires Saru for his golf skill and sometimes Wakaba loves him and also hates him if he's flirt with other females


Time Patrol Bon

In all of the manga and anime adaptations, Yumiko was noted for her good-looking. Ironically, of all her anime appearances, aside from her Time Patrol uniform, her design in Doraemon: Nobita and the Birth of Japan 2016 is the most loyal to the manga. Her uniform in the manga differs from that of Ream Stream .
In the 1989 anime, Yumiko was generally designed after Yoko Shiraki , and was subtly taller than Bon despite her being either the same age or a junior to Bon. This is presumably because they were young teens although it is also possible that they are technically the same age but Yumiko didn't turn 14 years old at the time of events. She also wears a differently designed uniform from the manga. As the 1989 anime was co-produced along with Kiteretsu Encyclopedia by Gallop , this incarnation of Yumiko bears Kiteretsu Encyclopedia (and the 1979 anime of Doraemon ) - esque design in general. She also wears a differently designed Time Patrol uniform from the manga although it is based on the second and third parts of the manga.
In the 2024 anime, Yumiko has hair style and coloration that are rather intermediate between Yoko and Yumiko in the manga with some remembrances to her Yoko-based hair style in the 1989 anime. She has Amber eyes and Brown hair. Her hairstyle is quite different from manga version.
In the manga, she somewhat resembles Ream when she untangles her hair.

In the manga and the 2024 anime, she is a renowned and popular student for her appearance, excellences in academic and physical capabilities, and cheerfulness. These characteristics are in contrast to Bon in many ways.
Notably in the manga and the 1989 anime, Yumiko has been noted for her cleverness, strong-will, bravery, and stubbornness, and can be blunt and impudent on occasions to object against senior agents such as Bon and Gayler (especially Bon). Her attitude towards Bon in their first manga encounter was also because of her distrust of a stranger (Bon). Her contention without hesitation, even against senior agents, is also due to her sense of justice to speak up for what she believes correct, such as Louis Stream 's treatment. She is also clever, and used her cleverness to enroll to Time Patrol.
However, she also suffers the duty of Time Patrol agents akin to Ream and Bon that they are not allowed to freely interfere fates of individuals to save them from tragedies.
In the season 1 of the 2024 anime, she is depicted to be more modest and ladylike than her previous incarnations although she is also calm to be not scared by Yanagisawa 's horror story.


Time Travel Tondekeman

Dohdo has light tan skin, yellow eyes and long, messy green hair. He wears a light green button-up and a larger unbuttoned purple button-up over it with the sleeves rolled up to his elbows, as well as a dark purple vest and baggy shorts of the same color. He has four gold earrings, two on each of his pointed ears and wears a gold belt around his waist. He also wears green and purple boots, purple gloves and round sunglasses.

Dohdo is ambitious and works hard to outperform his brothers and impress his parents. He is short-tempered and somewhat arrogant, usually yelling at people when things don’t go his way. Later on in the series it is shown he has a softer side and longs to have a friend to confide in.