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Tsumugi is a self-described plain-looking girl of a rather tall height and fair complexion. She has knee-length teal-blue hair parted in the center, straight and smooth at the base and gradually splitting into waves near the tips. Her eyes are large, round, and a soft teal-green color. She wears round, rimless glasses with white temples.
Her uniform consists of a white blouse with an orange bow tied at her collar underneath a two-button, pocketed, teal-black school blazer adorned with two silver buttons on each lapel and a single button on each gorge. She has been shown without her blazer in her promotional artwork, which shows the insignia of her former high school in black on her left breast. She wears a knee-length corset, pleated skirt the same color as her blazer with two dark teal stripes lining the hem held by dark gray suspenders. Her legwear consists of dark navy knee-length socks and teal-gray loafers.
In the prologue, Tsumugi's uniform consisted of a white, long sleeved, sailor-style seifuku , the collar, breast pocket, and sleeve cuffs all blue and lined with a single white stripe, a black ascot tied at her neck. She wore a knee-length blue pleated skirt, black knee-high socks, and dark gray loafers.
Upon being discovered as the Mastermind of the Killing School Semester and revealing her talent in its true form as the Ultimate Cosplayer, Tsumugi's normal, plain appearance undergoes a couple minor yet noticeable alterations. Her hair assumes a wavier, lighter state, and her eyes glow an eerie bright blue, which may be a characteristic sign of her insanity, similar to Nagito Komaeda 's state when he speaks of his warped desire for hope. When she is cosplaying, a faint V appears in her right eye and a 3 in her left eye, referring to the 53rd season of Danganronpa . Another slight difference is that dark bags appear under her eyes. The exact reasoning behind this is unclear, though the likely explanation is that it is meant to be symbolic with how the Danganronpa franchise has continued for 53 installments and that even she may be getting tired of the absurd repetition.

Tsumugi is an honors type student who speaks in a docile and gentle way, but she becomes very passionate when she talks about her favorite series or cosplays, having a habit of slipping infamous quotes from various sources into the conversation. Being a self-proclaimed introvert, she also tends to ignore people while she's in her thoughts, no matter how many times they try talking to her, and appears rather distant at times. [3] She tends to call herself and everything that she has done "plain," as she believes that among all of the students, she is the one who has the plainest appearance and personality. She uses the word repeatedly and sometimes appears even offended if someone else tries to argue that she isn't plain. She understands that some people might not recognize her as the Ultimate Cosplayer since her plain appearance conceals her talent.
While Tsumugi is the Ultimate Cosplayer, she only enjoys making costumes, not wearing them, as she is not really fond of people looking at her. [4] However, she hates using cosplayers who care more about standing out than the love of the characters, so she wears her own costumes as well but with love. [5] She deeply loves cosplaying as she states that cosplaying is an expression of love. She has deep respect for fictional characters and gets very offended if they are disrespected.
Despite her plain and docile attitude, certain hints suggest that she may actually be quite perverted, as she is a big stereotypical fan of anime and manga. After the time limit motive was made apparent in Chapter 1, she was saddened by not being able to hide her "special art commissions" and "that pillowcase" she bought before she dies. She also at one point, in an optional dialogue conversation, wonders if she could wipe her entire hard drive at home from within the Ultimate Academy, worrying about the pictures that were saved on it, perhaps hinting at an interest in pornography, hentai, or something similar to them. In her Love Suite fantasy scene, she appears to have an interest in incest, as she imagines her "ideal" as her older stepbrother, and sex is heavily implied (which seems to refer to the quite popular hentai trope of romance between step-siblings). She seems very intent on keeping this side of her hidden, as it is very rarely brought up or acknowledged by anyone in the killing game.
Tsumugi is somewhat timid, and she is usually the first person who screams whenever something scary happens. Another notable trait of hers is that she is somewhat pessimistic, as shown in Chapter 5 when she refused to fight Monokuma, thinking that it was too reckless and dangerous. Furthermore, whenever someone else has a some sort of character establishing moment, she tends to act threatened and inferior, as she closes her eyes and puts her hands up in slight defense while she squeals something about how much more interesting, stronger, cooler or pure the other person is compared to her. Regardless, she generally appears to be a kind person, as seen in the way she grieves the deaths of others and treats Gonta in patient, gentle manner.
However, she also seems to be very skilled with blending in her environment. She constantly changes her mind and follows any decisions made by the majority, even if she doesn't have any actual reasons for it, and she eventually followed everyone to beat the Death Road of Despair. In any occasion, she tends to react to even the most minor things said by the others. She is able to follow the conversation with Himiko about her "magic", asking Tenko why her technique is far too aggressive for a martial art like Aikido, and most notably she tries to tell Gonta not to be a too honest person. Notably, despite her somewhat timid and plain personality, it is indicated that she actually has the ability to take control in the few situations she wishes to. Right after meeting her, Kaede describes her as "exuding pheromones" and is distracted by her "sexy" face while having a conversation with her. When she later makes a cocktail for Shuichi in her personal bar, he notices that Tsumugi is discreetly seducing him through the clinking sound of the glass and the suddenly notable lack of her jacket covering her blouse. He ends up wondering just what kind of place she worked in. During her Love Suite Event with Shuichi, she quickly seduces him, as if "wrapping her voice around his brain" and he feels he cannot resist her.
After being revealed as the mastermind of the Killing School Semester in Chapter 6, she reveals herself to not be that much different from Junko Enoshima herself, with the exception of not possessing any special analytical prowess and superior charisma that Junko had. She is manipulative and cruel, choosing to murder Rantaro and frame Kaede for his death all so that the killing game would not end due to the motive Monokuma presented at the time. She openly fooled her fellow "classmates" as a friend and comrade all the while secretly orchestrating the killing game and making sure that everything went according to the "setting" provided for them. She also displays great skills in hiding her true personality and does not display it before she is revealed as the true culprit and can act as if she were another person without arousing any suspicions.
She takes great pride in her cosplay, claiming her mimicry of the characters from Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc and Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair to be "complete reproductions", or exactly like the real thing even down to their personality, behavior, speech patterns, and goals. She claims that she can even use her cosplay skills to make the fictional world around her seem like it is real. As a likely benefit of her talent, she is also a master of deception and trickery, able to fake her entire character as the Ultimate Cosplayer and as an Otaku throughout the entire killing game and subsequently fool everyone else around her by constantly saying how plain and simple she was. She turns noticeably arrogant as the final class trial continues, claiming that everyone else was a fool to think of her as a comrade and friend. She cares nothing for those that participated in the killing game, claiming that they were born for the killing game and cannot live outside the world of Danganronpa anymore.
Her arrogance also shows her insanely hypocritical nature, breaking her own rules on numerous occasions and practically making them up as she went along just to benefit her the most. She also claims that fiction cannot change the outside world after Shuichi insisted on "changing the outside world from within this fiction" despite she tried to do the very same thing prior by filling the outside world with despair. This is also quite an unusual statement for her to make considering that she takes immense pride in her cosplay and her ability to twist and manipulate people using fiction. As a result, what she truly believes in is uncertain though it could always be assumed she only said this out of fear and panic.
Going further with this, despite all her hubris in the final trial, she proves herself to be rather incapable as a Mastermind overall, especially when compared to prior master manipulators like Junko herself, Monaca, and to some extent Chisa and Kazuo as well. She nearly got her Killing Game shut down in only the first chapter due to the motive presented at the time as well as "writing" Kaede Akamatsu to be too strong as her determination and optimism kept a killing from happening. Her killing game also follows many noticeable tropes that are often shunned such as a double murder occurring in Chapter 3, and the "gentle-giant" archetype dying in Chapter 4. Far more noteworthy however, is Kokichi taking over her role in Chapter 5, proving himself to be a far more-threatening "Mastermind" by filling everyone with so much despair that they almost killed themselves. Of course K1-B0's antenna getting knocked off during Kaito's execution was also unexpected, which she even admits herself. As a result despite her constant claims that every action and thought the characters made and felt in the Killing Game were a result of her own writing, it is unclear just how much control she truly had over everything that happened.
Once the final vote was cast and it is revealed that no one had voted, she grows considerably bewildered, unable to comprehend as to why the outside world would want a world without Danganronpa . She states that she has no interest in a world without Danganronpa, before getting executed by K1-B0 while wearing a completely bored and apathetic expression (contrasting Junko's gleeful face when she was executed), showing her obsession with fiction and love for the series. She idolized Junko to a great degree, almost as much as the Remnants of Despair do, claiming in the end that she could be proud that her plan failed as it made her "imitation" perfect.
This dramatic change in personality from before being found out as the mastermind and after, along with her arrogant and hypocritical "true self" seems to paint her in the light of a crazed, radical Danganronpa fan-girl, completely obsessed with the franchise to the point where she shows no sympathy or remorse for putting real people into an actual Killing Game for mere entertainment purposes. Among her final words, she referred to herself as a "cosplaycat criminal", and it's speculated by Shuichi that she may have been lying about everything being fictional.


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The Ultimate Imposter's real appearance is that of a person with long, black hair and green eyes. They have a very heavy build; despite this, they can fool others with their disguises even if a real counterpart does not share a body type.
Their gender is unknown, but they are able to give off a largely male impression while disguised as Byakuya and even mimic his voice and poses perfectly. In Danganronpa 3 , their real voice is quite deep and masculine. However, originally in Danganronpa 2 , the brief glimpse of their apparent real voice sounded notably different, more high-pitched and rather gender-neutral.

The Ultimate Imposter's true personality is somewhat unknown because they spend most of their time mimicking someone else's behavior. However, during chapter 6 of the second game, they speak briefly without disguise and it's implied that their real nature is polite and meek. In Danganronpa 3 , they're shown to have a quite collected and serious personality.
Most notably, the Imposter appears to have a truly kind and caring personality. They impersonated Ryota Mitarai so that the real one could focus on making anime, as well as get some rest, and kept checking on his well-being even after a year of impersonating him. The Imposter is also shown to be smiling in a friendly manner and being protective and supportive to others even while acting as the cold and arrogant Byakuya Togami. As part of their Byakuya impersonation, they act arrogant, rude and somewhat bad-tempered, but they're also reliable and feel responsible for others' safety.
The Imposter enjoys their build, which appears to be their aim, as they've stated to have intentionally sculpted their physique to be that way (while acting as Byakuya, they appear condescending towards "skinny people", though this is most likely part of their act). They have a strong liking for food, especially fast food; while they normally appear attentive, they are rather easily distracted by food. They are shown to be surprisingly passionate about the topics related to food and eating, such as body fat percentages, the amount of energy coming from specific foods, and fast food restaurants. They explained that, since virtually all fast food restaurants serve the same kind of food, it gives them a sense of security to keep being around something familiar.
Due to their nature as an impostor, they have a lack, if not the absence of, self-esteem. Because of it, they feel very lonely as if they do not exist. They simply want to exist and live a normal life, but they believe they cannot unless they assume someone else's appearance and "disappear" if they're found out. They describe their life as a living hell, as they're in constant need of affirmation and they have to lie to other people. Because of this, they preferred not to become close with other people, thinking that only thing in the world you can truly rely on and believe in is "fats and sugars".
At one point, in Danganronpa 2 , they ask if Hajime Hinata likes being around them, and they seemed very happy when Hajime answers that they are friends. After spending time with Hajime, they are convinced that they really do exist, and they decide they don't want to lie anymore and wish to live as their true self with their friends. Despite having a better sense of self, it's shown in Side: Hope that they still prefer being in disguises (albeit only physically).


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Hero Robot Mark Guyver (勇者ロボマークガイバー) is a white and yellow Robot with a yellow helmet on top of its head and glowing pink eyes. It has a very notable weak point, which is the Monokuma symbol on its chest. Its hands are drills which are used as weapons. Its special move is Mega Drive Drill, which Masaru Daimon , the Hero Robot's controller, announces every time before he uses it.


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The World Vanquisher's appearance is near identical to that of his creator's, Hajime. The World Vanquisher has short, spiky brown hair with a large ahoge that protrudes from the top of his head. He wears a similar outfit to that that Hajime wore while a student of Hope's Peak Academy 's Reserve Course , with a black blazer and tie over a white shirt, black dress pants, and black dress shoes.
Unlike Hajime but like Izuru, both of the World Vanquisher's eyes are a deep red color.

Much like how his appearance was based off Hajime's, his personality is primarily based off his alter ego's: Izuru. The World Vanquisher is quite bored with the world, even complaining about it out loud similar to Izuru. He often neglects to show any emotion, his duty being his sole interest. This quite emotionless personality is also seen in the way he primarily walks around, even in situations in which other people would be running. He erased mental blocks with no mercy and since they had the form of humans, he looked like a cold-blooded murderer in their eyes.
When he explains to Nagito Komaeda what hope is and sees his reaction, a rare but small smile can be seen on the World Vanquisher's face. He also explains himself after Nagito is killed and his real-world counterpart was awoken from his comatose state. When asked if anyone else saw what Nagito dreamt, the World Vanquisher said no and explained that protecting his privacy was important.


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At the beginning of the Killing School Life in Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc , Yasuhiro due to the memory loss he suffered from along with the other participants, he is two years older than he believed. He states he is 21 (20 in Japan) but still in high school because he was "held back a few times", meaning he flunked, which makes him considerably older than his classmates. [8]
He has light brown skin with stubble on his chin and thin dark brown eyes. His dark brown hair is styled in locs that stick out as large points and seem to be bent backwards.
As his uniform Yasuhiro wears three layers of shirts, the top one being a green Japanese male uniform jacket he wears on his shoulders, the second one being an open button down white shirt, and his third layer is a small yellow short-sleeve shirt. He wears a brown haramaki and uses a yellow rope as his belt to hold up his large black pants that are rolled up past his ankles. He also wears sandals. On his left wrist is a beaded brown bracelet with the symbol for his Former High School on each bead.
After joining the Future Foundation post-Killing School Life in Danganronpa 3: The End of Hope's Peak High School , Yasuhiro wears a black suit with a white shirt and a loose grey-blue tie, however the jacket is kept on his shoulders as well as having small glasses. He also has a stubble on his chin and a small mustache above his lips.  His dreadlocks are kept in a ponytail and he has more kept light facial hair. He still rolls his pants up past his ankles, wears sandals, and his bracelet.

During his school years, he wore blue with white detailed bikini briefs. They are high waist underwear.
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Yasuhiro is one of the more cheery, laid-back students, though a bit odd as well. However, he is generally not well-liked and he himself has openly admitted that he has no friends, being quite cowardly, lazy, slow-witted, and having a habit to act selfishly. Notably, he is mentioned to be very clumsy with money and he has constant problems with massive debts. This trait is especially apparent when he stated that he bought his crystal ball (which is made of glass instead of crystal) at the price of 100 million yen due to it being used by Napoleon , Genghis Khan , and George Washington in the past. He has also bought multiple items related to fortune-telling, despite not actually having any use for them. He tends to talk absurdly about subjects such as conspiracy theories and the one time aliens stole his hamburger. However, he really hates it if someone compares his fortune-telling to the occult, frequently insisting that they are not the same. He is also afraid of ghosts and would freak out if such a subject comes up in a conversation. Whenever he "senses" one, he swiftly recites a chant, casts a spell, or begs for help from a hero, a god, or a famous person (often random, even multiple ones). Furthermore, he is stated to be absolutely horrible with women and has bad hygiene, claiming that he washes his hair once a season.
Yasuhiro is quite gullible, and at first acts laid-back about the killing game, thinking it's some sort of a prank. However, after realizing it is real, he turns much more panicky and he is generally considered useless by the other students. However, he does treat his fellow classmates with general friendliness, going so far as to add the suffix "-chi", an affectionate term for dear friends in Japanese, to the end of everyone's last name (except for Sakura Ogami , whom he is afraid of and just calls with the insulting nickname "Ogre"). This habit of his is also shared with his mother . In English translations, he tends to call other people "dude".
Yasuhiro has quite a cowardly personality and often attempts to trick other people to get rid of his massive debts, charging incredibly high prices for his readings that, according to other people, often do not fit the accuracy of his fortune-telling. Yasuhiro also seems to possess a smarter, more cunning side despite regularly appearing slow-witted. During his Free Time Events, he attempts to get Makoto to donate his organs so he could pay off a debt without having to dip into his own savings so he could retire in comfort, which causes even the usually trusting Makoto to feel that he cannot let his guard down around Yasuhiro. In Chapter 4, he admits that he has no problem hitting girls who can't fight back, and tried to frame Toko for the supposed murder when he thought he had killed Sakura. His attack on Sakura was due to impulsively lashing out due to his fear, but in the end, he takes responsibility for his actions. However, in a desperate move after joining Future Foundation and going on a mission in Towa City , he pretended to be sick in order to run away on his own so he could steal valuable items from the area and try to pay off his debt.
Despite his many flaws, Yasuhiro does possess a good side. In Ultra Despair Hagakure , he finally tries to become more of a hero and helps Kanon Nakajima , occasionally acting selfless and even though still retaining some of his greedy and selfish nature, he saves her life. He is also stated to genuinely love and care about his mother very much, which is why she was his Target. In Danganronpa 3 , he appears slightly braver and shows concern for his friends when they are in trouble, generally feeling more genuine comradeship towards them than before. He manages to survive on his own for quite a while outside the building while being chased by helicopters and in the end, he runs to protect Makoto from brainwashed, armed men despite not having any weapons of his own (though he was followed by Byakuya and his men). It is also notable that while he acts similarly to a con artist, he does possess actual supernatural abilities, as he truly is capable of seeing visions of possible futures. However, it is unknown whether or not he can actually sense ghosts as he claims. Yasuhiro also has a strange tendency to survive tough situations against all odds. As a somewhat hidden side, he also displays amazing self-trained penmanship and a working knowledge of electronics (by leading the dismantling of Monokuma and rewiring an antennae to pick up television signals from the outside world).


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Yasuke appears to be about 17 to 18 years old. [2]
He has a tall, slender and slightly lean figure, with that his face usually wears a signature apathetic gaze and this expression is more emphasized with his distinct, heavy-looking eyebrows that are usually furrowed. His face is also described as unhealthy-looking, supposedly because of stress, but he is mentioned by Monokuma to be “good-looking”. He has long-neck length messy black hair, which is mentioned to be silky and soft. His eyes are pale blue and he has long eyelashes. He is described to have a somewhat pale complexion, long fingers, and thin, small lips.
Yasuke's attire consists of a half-tucked in, dirty white dress shirt and a sloppily worn black tie that is adorned with red decals. His lower-half consists of black trousers, a belt, and bathroom slippers.

Yasuke is referred to as a “sharp-tongued brainiac” by Monokuma 's memo in his profile and he's described as good-looking and intelligent. However, he is also notably sarcastic, witty and displays a perpetual, disgruntled apathy. Despite his young age, he is a very skilled neurologist and is regarded as an expert neurosurgeon and neuroscientist. He also has a short temper and when he loses it, he can be quick to resort to a stinging and bitter demeanor. While being perfectly capable of being professionally-balanced and cordial, he is also capable of putting other people in their places if not downright scaring or intimidating them.
His attitude and general demeanor often cause him to butt heads with students and staff alike, but he's more prone to brushing off their complaints and arguments not too long after they start engaging in pointless lengthy disputes.
He is quite mean and rude, carries a dry sense of humor and an unapproachable, hostile attitude. He also displays a sense of boldness and a lack of respect for those that he deems to be deserving of contempt, even if they may be indviduals of authority. A prime example of this would be The Steering Committee , and how he was able to intimidate them by fearlessly standing up to them in an intense momentum of anger. His initial rudeness and callous demeanor can be seen especially towards Ryoko Otonashi , as he constantly calls her ugly and finds himself annoyed to a practically exaggerated level. However, in spite of this, he shows some concern towards her on account of her vulnerability and forgetfulness. According to Ryoko, he may be cold and blunt, but he doesn't treat her with fake sympathy.
He seems to be quite emotionally distant, as Junko and his mother were the only close ones in his life and the process of having the two closest people to him put in unfortunate circumstances may have had a lasting and possibly permanent effect on his now presently depressed and bitter demeanor, starting with his mother whom he had to witness helplessly as she suffered and died of an illness that causes severe memory issues and followed by Junko, who was afflicted with an obsession with despair that isn't far from what his mother experienced in the sense that they were both driven insane.
Yasuke is also noted to be overly defendant of Junko, or rather her fabricated personality, Ryoko. This could possibly stem from the remainder of his mother as Ryoko, in the eyes of Yasuke, is quite similar to her on the account of her memory issues and appearance. While Yasuke appears to dislike killing and harming other people, as well as noted to hate gore, he is willing to sacrifice and risk himself and others for the sake of Junko, even if it causes him to suffer horrible guilt. He goes as far as to murder Sōshun Murasame due to him being a witness and survivor to Junko's orchestration of The Tragedy of Hope's Peak Academy .
According to Yuto Kamishiro , Yasuke's neuroticism is very well known among his classmates in Class 77-A. He also appears anxious at times and doesn't care much about his looks.


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Yui is a 16-year-old teenage high school girl.
She is tall and has green eyes with backward question mark ( ⸮ ) irises, red glasses, and short brown hair with a few blonde streaks. She wears a dark green sweater on top of a white, collared shirt with a red ribbon. She is described by many including Suisei Nanamura as having very powerful legs. She usually wears culotte shorts instead of a skirt, unlike her classmates. Yui also wears leather boots as part of her uniform in school and detective work. She always carries a red backpack, where she keeps her important detective supplies.
During the Twelve Duel Noir Challenge, she wears a dark green coat.

Yui's strongest trait is that she has a strong sense of justice and believes that detectives should always be people that fight towards such justice. Such mindset has lead to her becoming enraged to those who would harm those she sees as innocent and become frustrated throughout the story as comes into contact with those in her same profession that are morally corrupt or criminals who gave in to their temptation to murder. Such unwavering sense of justice has lead to her clashing ideals with multiple people throughout the story, from enemies in the Hanzai Higaisha Kyūsai Iinkai (who believe that good can come from their evil) to sometimes her own allies (such as Licorne or Kyoko's own pragmatic sense of dealing with their cases). This hatred of corruption and evil has naturally lead her to try and go against the Iinkai to dismantle it since she couldn't turn a blind eye to it.
In comparison to Kyoko, Yui is more emotionally driven and socially adept, being generally affable and willing to act more like a regular teenage girl than her partner. Such emotional empathy has lead to her be able to even connect with a generaly tight-lipped person like Kyoko and become fast friends. Compared to Kyoko, she is a lot more trusting in other people, and even willing to patch up rocky relations, providing the other party doesn't cross moral lines (such as being willing to invite Licorne back onto their side despite his betrayel). Such emotions has put her into jeopardy many of times throughout the story, with Yui's recklessness getting her trapped (such as in the case with meeting Copycat) or getting misdirected by the tricks of the culprit (such as the first Observatory case when she was decieved into thinking Kyoko was the culprit). Prior to Kyoko, her focus on her detective career has lead her to be rather lonely since it meant she couldn't have much of a social life. It was to the point Yui found herself eating cake by herself in her dorm on Christmas, isntead of spending it with family or friends.
Yui has also shown to be rather insecure concerning her capabilities as a detective, often feeling she can't quite measure up when comes to Kyoko or her other peers in her field and believing she's useless compared to them. However, such feelings don't usually hold her down for long and throughout the story, she becomes determined to try her hardest to support her partner. She takes her detective work fairly seriously, and always expresses a desire to to stop the culprit. While she's not quite as intelligent as Kyoko in reards to piecing things together, she is still fairly smart and she's always willing to lend hands in other areas to help solve the case. She holds quite a deal of confidence in her partner's capabilities and plans, to the point she's even willing to risk her life on them. Yui also has a large sweet tooth, often filling up her backpack with sweets to take alongside her investigations.
She holds a lot of compassion and care towards her loved ones, especially with Kyoko. With the latter, she often acts like a protective big sister towards her, often willing to throw herself in harm's way in order to keep her safe (such as standing in front of Suisei so he couldn't shoot Kyoko right away). Kyoko's safety becomes her driving force throughout the story as she comes to bond with the younger detective, to the point she was even willing to give up the Twelve Duel Noir Challenge and risk taking on a Duel Noir herself in order to keep her safe (to the point she sacrificed her life in order to save her).


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Yuta Asahina is a tan-skinned boy who has short, brown hair and blue eyes.
He wears a white tank top under his dark teal-blue track jacket with a sign that reads "dog can go like 3 cups rice dog oh love since 1981." on it. It is unknown so far in what the saying means.
Yuta also wears beige shorts, red sneakers, and bright yellow socks. A black bracelet with a red stripe and a red Monokuma eye on it is present on his left wrist.

Yuta is energetic and cheerful, even in difficult situations. He appears very friendly. He is also very naive and rather oblivious to most things.
He appears to like sports and used to be part of his school's track and field team. Yuta is shown to be extremely confident in his swimming skills, though he admits that his sister has always been better than him.
Similar to his sister, Yuta isn't very smart and can be headstrong. As stated by Toko Fukawa , "Like idiot sister, like idiot brother."


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Yuto is an around 18 year old boy, though he looks and sounds much younger, like a child. [2] He is also said to be featureless, so much that it is "an astounding distinguishing feature all by itself".
He sports a bowl haircut and has puffy cheeks. He has dark brown eyes. He wears a brown suit and brown pants, with a long sleeved white shirt underneath with a Hope's peak Academy button located on the front as well as white rubber shoes.
He is usually seen holding a bag of pastries from the "Hansel & Gretel" bakery.

Yuto is described as looking childlike and featureless, to the point that he has very little presence and he is easily forgotten by other people. He hates being viewed like this, though, his only solace being the great advantage these traits give him as a spy. He can easily gather information and he doesn't even need to hide from other people, as he simply isn't noticed. He claims the more dangerous the incident at hand is, the more excited he gets, and he claims he's also used to dead bodies due to his job. He can act somewhat arrogant and bragging about his talent, especially around women.
He has a great love for sweet pastries, often carrying a bag of them with him and with a tendency to eat them in the middle of a conversation, seemingly not caring at all that other people might find it rude.
Despite his childish appearance, Yuto is also noted to have a "uncontrollable sexual desire". Modeling his personality after cinematic super spies such as James Bond , he often makes sexual comments towards Ryoko Otonashi , expecting to have a romantic subplot. While he can have an innocent smile and sometimes act like an innocent child, which is strengthened by his elementary school student-like appearance, he is quite perverted and sometimes says crude and sexual things openly and out of nowhere. He tends to eavesdrop and spy on women, and he's offended if this action is considered hiding, as he is actually using his talent for it. He also has a tendency to call other people "big sis" and "big bro", even if he's a bit older than them.
Yuto suffers from self-esteem issues because of his talent, both believing in it and detesting it. He believes that it's only natural to be fixated on it, since it's all he has. Because of his talent, he can't choose his way of living and is stuck doing his duty, always struggling, because giving up would be like rejecting his very existence. He is determined to develop further as a spy and eventually become a legendary spy, so that his lack of presence would be finally completely blown away.


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Charmer was a Banger-like dino with a mainly brown-coloured body with white head plumage, a white snout, yellow eyes with black pupils and white arms. His most distinctive feature was the three clawed scar on the right side of his mouth, signifying his status in his pack.
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He was a notably courageous dino, willing to take great risks and do almost anything in order to protect his own (a trait that can be seen in Darbi ). He also greatly appreciated Darbi helping them to track down their females, despite the major risks that were involved for both parties.


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Darbi is an adolescent T-rex with a mainly cyan-coloured plumage and tail feathers, a white-coloured body feathers, green-coloured feathers around his jaws and white-coloured tufts on his eyebrow ridges. His eyes were initially yellow with black circular pupils, but after awakening due to immense tranquil fury after the death of his packmother , Darbi's eyes became a burnt orange colour with black slit-like pupils. His most distinguishing feature are the four slash scars on the right side of his mouth, that he received after becoming an operator in a long-dead pack, very early childhood. [1]
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Darbi is a dominant Savage, however, thanks to his upbringing, he doesn't view cows merely as food (which is highlighted well by his relationship with Smalltoe ). Also, despite his heritage, Darbi is only violent when he needs to be.


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Dolla is an adolescent Savage with a cream and black-coloured body and peach-coloured lips; unlike the rest of her siblings, Dolla's arms end in three claws instead of two. She initially had yellow eyes with black pupils, but they became orange with black slit-like pupils after the trauma of the Chickie invasion. Further, following her time in Shail under the tutelage of Mezmehr , Dolla's eyes now glow blue.
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Dolla is a strong individual and the one closest to Darbi in terms of influence out of their siblings. She is notably bloodthirsty and lets her fury blaze in times of extreme duress.


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Dom was a gargantuan sauropod with a primarily purple-coloured body with long chartreuse and burgundy-coloured lines, a tuft of goatee-like fur on his chin and a large chartreuse-coloured crest.
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Dom was a very imposing dinosaur with a strong air of leadership around him, putting the safety of his herd and family above all else. He talked to others equally and generally with their best interests at heart, as well as having a firm but fair nature around him.


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Mal is a large primarily green adult Poser with a purple underbelly, an orange-coloured beak and yellow eyes with black pupils. Mal styles her head plumage in a manner that makes her appear like an alpha male Poser, despite her given sex. After being attacked by a bunch of Posers after fishing, Mal has several claw scars on her underbelly.
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Mal is fiercely protective over her children and holds burning vehemence towards any who harm them.


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Meeka is an adolescent Savage with a completely-green body, extremely pale green lips and yellow eyes with black pupils.
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Initially, Meeka was a bright-eyed and mischievous Savage and would constantly bounce off her twin Meena , with the two always doing things together. She had a deep connection with her late sister Meena and was affected the hardest at her death. As a result of loss, Meeka has become a very maternal individual.


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Meena was a baby Savage with a completely lime-green body, extremely pale green lips and yellow eyes with black pupils.
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Much like her twin Meeka at the time, Meena was a mischievous and bright-eyed Savage with the two constantly bouncing off each other and doing things together.


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Mezmehr is an adult Savage (Siats) with glowing green eyes and a thick regal plumage of primarily black and white coloration with alternating dots of blue and red decorating his back.
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He is an dominantly intimidating individual with an intense loathing of Nell due to the actions she performed long before the current storyline. With a deep passion and belief in the legacy of Ul , he has an unshakable faith in the ideology of the strong ruling over all and Savages dominating the lands.


Darbi

Myke was an experienced adult Ballah with a primarily midnight green-coloured body and head, the area around his sandy-coloured beak and snout a green colour and his forehead being flecked with green, two dark protrusions on either side of his head, orange eyes with large black pupils, countless sandy-coloured crag-like spikes covering his back and his big body ending in a long tail tipped with a huge intimidating sandy-coloured club.
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Myke was a decidedly very gruff and embittered individual, holding a deep contempt towards Savages and their supposed superiority (hinting at an underlying inferiority complex). Myke held the safety of his kind above all else and would do anything to sustain their welfare; to this end, he was increasingly callous and viciously cruel, willing to commit any number of abhorrent actions in order to gain an advantage, cripple his enemies or outright kill those who opposed him.


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Myrin was a young adult Savage with a completely sky blue body, even paler blue-coloured facial colouration, uniquely-shaped eye ridges and yellow eyes with black pupils.
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Myrin was a very meek and timid Savage, despite the physical advantages afforded to him by his species. He tended to follow the orders of others and avoided conflict when and where possible.


Darbi

Nell was a large primarily pink Savage with unique eye ridges and yellow eyes with black pupils.
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She was a pretty bubbly and playful individual, especially when around her children, which belied her well-hidden destructive side. Nell was also extremely protective over her packchildren, prepared to slaughter anyone who would dare harm or endanger them.


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Peet is an adolescent T-rex with a mainly red-coloured plumage, tail feathers and chin tuft (resembling a goatee), burnt orange-coloured body feathers, dark snout and and yellow eyes with black pupils.
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Peet is jovial and carefree individual who tends not to take life too seriously and enjoys himself when he can. Peet is can always lighten the feel of a bad situation. He is the cool to Darbi's calm.


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Phaylah is an adult Pomp with a mainly teal body with a turquoise underside, full luscious lips (with her noticeably fuller upper lip a pink colour), an appealing head crest and bright cyan eyes with black pupils. Phaylah is commonly seen with her nails painted.
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Phaylah is a very self-entitled individual, with a notable cunning streak and seemingly no qualms for the lives of others as long as her plans bear fruition; she can be considered an "alpha female" of sorts. Much like the Ballah she schemed with, Phaylah has a bitter contempt towards Savages and would rather see them dead.


Darbi

Shay is an adolescent Savage with a completely blue body with beige-colored markings lining her back and the backs of her arms, light blue lips and yellow eyes with black pupils.
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Shay is a particularly emotional individual and is noted to be the "crazy" one of the family, so much so, that when she has one of her crazy shit-storms, it's up to Dolla to deal with her since, in this state, Shay even visibly intimidates Darbi and Peet . [1] She hears voices in her head that tell her to do things and also drive her actions.


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Sheylynn was an adult Pomp with a mainly turquoise body, full pink lips, a typical head crest and bright cyan eyes with black pupils.
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She appeared to be a somewhat individual, especially in regards to the Savages. However, she was also had a manipulative streak about her.


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Smalltoe is an adolescent Longback with a primarily brown coloured body with sandy-brown coloured lips and yellow eyes with black pupils. After, and due to, the Chickie invasion, the left side of her face around her eye is scarred and her eye itself becomes orange-coloured with a black slit-like pupil.
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Smalltoe is a generally trusting and benevolent individual, cherishing the friendships she has gained. After the Chickie invasion, she matures and steels herself, becoming noticeably colder, snappier and deceptively more vicious.


Darbi

Todd is an adult Banger with a primarily red colouration with areas of dark grey, red plumage, steel grey feathering around his mouth with a sandpaper-coloured snout with feathering on the top of his mouth reminiscent of a moustache and feathering on his chin reminiscent of a goatee.
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Todd is a callous and cruel individual who's entire modus operandi is doing whatever he wants for his own satisfaction, as long as it is under his control. Todd has no qualms being underhanded and will commit needlessly violent acts to incite others; as noted by Mal , Todd kills only because he enjoys it. [1] He is noticeably cowardly when things are not under his control or in his plans.


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Tuck is a large adult Savage, with a mainly orange coloured body and large quiffy plumage, off-grey coloured legs and face and a pinkish underbelly. He has yellow eyes with black pupils.
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He is a very jovial and chilled Savage. Tuck has been shown to have a strong protective nature about him, willing to throw his life away to protect his loved ones, whether they're related to him or not (even if they are not the same kind as him). He is also fiercely loyal, protecting Nell's honour even long after she had died.


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Lilith appears similar to Morrigan Aensland, but with obvious changes. Her hair is neck-length varying from lavender, lilac or a bright purple in color. Her outer wings, leotard, shoes and eyes are all red. The inside of her wings are dark green but can be seen as brighter green in one art, presumably from lighting. Her tights are light blue with darker blue bat patterns and her gloves are the same color as the bats. The cut-out on her leotard is changed from a heart to a diamond. She is also two inches shorter than Morrigan.


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Morrigan appears as a beautiful woman with straight long, emerald green hair, and bat-like wings on her back and the sides of her head. Her hair is a hime cut which was a sign often used in Japanese media to indicate a woman was rich or of high status. The outside of her wings are black and the inside of her wings are either purple or hot pink mixed with purple. For her outfit, it consists of a sleeveless black leotard with feathers at the trim that mostly reveals her cleavage with a heart-shaped cutout under the chest, purple or magenta/hot pink tights with bat patterns, light rose-colored gloves that cover the middle finger, and black calf-length heeled boots.
She can transform into a variety of different outfits and will remove her wings to appear more human. Her Midnight Bliss transformation is a weird sailor doll thing that seems to have a hair style that might be ojou curls.

Beautiful, sexy, confident, conceited, and playful, Morrigan may be called many things given that she is a succubus, but she is not truly evil despite her heritage as a demon of the Makai realm. Instead she is friendly and approachable, perhaps in part due to her frequent visits to the material world to pursue her hedonistic tendencies and has found herself willingly aligned with the forces of good on many occasions. Morrigan is always out to satisfy her hunger and will often shirk her responsibilities as the current head of the Aensland estate to find something more engaging.
In the events of Vampire Savior/Darkstalkers 3 once Morrigan and Lilith fuse back into one, she senses something inside her has changed. In her own ending, she gains a more cheerful and brighter view on the world and feels like she can do anything. In Lilith's ending she feels the desire to wear the Isis Ring, the item worn by those who become the Master of Aensland, and seems to accept her role as ruler of Makai even if she doesn't understand why.


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007 is a slender adult woman with short brownish-red hair and pointing bangs. Her eyes are never shown, as they are always seen shut. She wears the standard APE senior uniform.

007 is calm and blunt, and not as stern as Hachi and the original Nana . Like all caregivers of parasites, 007 acts and believes in what is considered to be in the best interests of APE . Unlike the original Nana, she does not possess empathy and is indifferent to just about everything concerning the welfare of the parasites. She passively dismisses their concern over the dangerous mission to activate Star Entity and tends to respond with a smile when they face situations that could potentially put their lives at risk.
While she believes in law and orders, to the point she refused to give necessities to the children even when told they will die without them, she gradually begins to exhibit some form of kindness towards the children and makes herself available to any requests. She shows this side particularly with Kokoro after she learns she is pregnant and 007 makes it a priority to make sure Kokoro receives special treatment to set a precedent and do things right.


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081 was a notably tall and had a stocky build. He had blond-grey hair and bloodshot eyes. He wore a similar outfit to Zero Two , except with a navy blue coat instead of red. He had his left arm in a cast and a breathing mask. He also had a bandage that covers his left eye and forehead.
081's unique uniform indicates that perhaps he, too, was part of a special forces unit, as Nana has twice explicitly stated that the Nines are, in her words, " a special forces unit." Furthermore, his navy blue coat has not yet made an appearance on any other parasite since.

Little is shown of 081's personality. He was willing to die as a parasite, sustaining great injury each time he rode with Zero Two. He was annoyed with her indifferent attitude. When he met Hiro, he warned him to be careful around her.


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Code:090 has straight and short brown hair with brown eyes. He dons the standard Stamen uniform.
In Episode 15 , his hair turned completely light grey due to the advanced ageing process in parasites due to piloting the FRANXX .

Although appearing emotionally detached and blunt, 090 is not completely emotionless. He is forthcoming and amiable with Squad 13 when he first meets them and admits he was looking forward to meeting Hiro, whom he admires for being famous as the parasite who gave the children names when they were in the Garden. He holds a strong grudge against Zero Two , as her reckless behavior resulted in the death of his partner, which is seen in Episode 05 when he refused to fight alongside her.
He died shortly after Vice Chairman initiated "Protocol 32", ordering the self-destruction of Squad 26 to stop the destruction of Plantation 13 and to secure a path into the Gran Crevasse . Although he was surprised and reluctant by the order, he followed through with it as he saw it as a honorific sacrifice for the greater good and he reaffirmed his trust in Squad 13 before his demise.


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245 is one of the members of Squad 26 although it is not known what he looks like. All members of Squad 26 have brown eyes and brown/black hair.

Like most members of Squad 26, 245 seems to be composed and rarely shows emotions.


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Nine Alpha is a rather short young man, his face framed by pale, honey blond hair, his long bangs low above his green eyes. He wears a special Parasite uniform emblazoned with white and gold, instead of the typical gray uniforms that other Parasite squads use. When in his FRANXX , Alpha, along with the others in his squad , sports a red battle suit. Like his fellow stamens, he appears with golden horns that appear to be holographic klaxosaur horns.
In the manga, after his first battle against the Klaxosaur Princess, he lost his right eye, and wears an eye cover over the right side of his face.

Nine Alpha initially comes off as calm and polite, if a little enigmatic. When he first meets Hiro , he exhibits an easygoing attitude and is shown to be highly intelligent. Like all the 9’s, he acts as APE’s special ‘police force’ to moderate and keep the parasites in line, as well as updating Papa and the APE council with information regarding the development and behavior of the parasites. That being said, he knows how to talk to the authoritarian Papa, and is able to listen to him and offer his own advice, handling all of the APE’s highly classified missions without complaint.

Alpha's smugness

When his carefree exterior is shredded, Alpha is shown to be sarcastic and has a smug attitude, considering Parasites who are not of the elite level to be good-for-nothings. He is also arrogant, frequently smirking and demonstrating condescension towards anyone who is not either in his squad, or a member of APE. As a nihilist, he strongly believes that anything that possesses gender and emotions is an inconvenience, and he looks down on the human race. Alpha almost never shows emotions, and is rarely undignified, always acting calm and collected.
Due to the emotional indoctrination, Alpha takes extensive pride in his duties, and believes laws and manners take the absolute priority over anything else, he reprimands Zero Two for fighting with him over him interrupting Kokoro and Mitsuru’s wedding so the two can be taken into custody, and he tells her not to resist Papa’s orders. He shows this side of him again when the subject of forbidden knowledge, such as emotion and reproduction, from the outside world is brought up. For example, he was visibly angry at Kokoro for having a baby book in her possession and hearing her openly question the ideals the parasites grew accustomed to. Alpha was utterly disgusted at her for rejecting APE’s ideals, and when he learned she and Mitsuru decided to get married and have a child, he promptly alerted Papa and APE of their ‘dangerous’ conduct.
As he was created for the sole purpose to fight on the front lines, Alpha has a passion for combat and relishes in it, to the point he frequently smirks and licks his lips. He openly admits how much he enjoys killing klaxosaurs and finds it to be exhilarating. He holds a deep respect for Papa and the APE council to the point of viewing them as deities. He has disdain towards humans and is openly confused of their behavior, such why they eat candy, sleep, and most of all why they kiss.
In the manga, after he is left half blind and seriously injured by 001, Alpha was prepared to accept his fate as a failure and be eliminated for becoming useless. However, he was surprised when Squad 13 put themselves in jeopardy to save him and Delta. Although he still felt confused of their human characteristics, Alpha felt in-debt to the squad and offered to give them medical care. During his time with Squad 13, Alpha demonstrates that he is not completely incapable of having emotions; Ikuno notes that even the 9’s can feel compassion when he worried for Delta after she went missing. Alpha demonstrates a kinder side by offering to help Squad 13 in the battle of Gran Crevasse to help Hiro reach Zero Two.
Alpha has a mischievous side. He demonstrates this by flirting with Ichigo , whom he finds cute and admired her pride and dignity. He also shows a major interest in Hiro for being the only stamen to survive riding with Zero Two three times. Although he was created from Zero Two’s DNA and is thus her genetic clone, they despise each other to the point Alpha openly refers to her as a monster and mocks her for trying to humanize herself in order to remain in Squad 13 .
Despite his calm exterior, Alpha can exhibit violent behaviour when pushed to a breaking point. When he saw Delta and Eplison brutally murdered by VIRM , Alpha suffered a mental breakdown and began killing both VIRM and klaxosaurs in a moment of rage, no longer caring which group of monsters was the true enemy. Despite his indifference and inability to understand and/or show emotion, Alpha is capable of exhibiting sentimentality, as in the manga, he shed tears of sorrow when he learned his unit had been killed by the Klaxosaur Princess. Following Papa’s betrayal after revealing himself as the leader of VIRM and abandoning humanity to die, Alpha became visibly distraught. He exhibited signs of wanting to redeem his wrongdoings; firstly by offering to go with Squad 13 to rescue Zero Two, although he said he merely wanted to fulfil his duties, and second by sacrificing himself to save Hiro from the VIRM.


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Nine Beta has light blue hair swept over his right eye, and grey eyes. He wears a special Parasite uniform emblazoned with white and gold, instead of the typical gray uniforms that other Parasite squads use. When in his FRANXX , Beta, along with the others in his squad, sports a red battle suit. Like his fellow stamens, he appears with golden horns that appear to be holographic klaxosaur horns.

Nine Beta often does not say much and lets his team leader 9'α speak on behalf of the 9's squad.
In Episode 17 , Nine Beta is shown to be aware of his surroundings as he commented the ruined state of Mistilteinn was not a good place for parasites.
In Episode 22 , Nine Beta is shown to be willing to fight to his death when he, along with Alpha and Gamma, offered to come with Squad 13 to fight the final battle against VIRM . This was further demonstrated when he and Gamma went on 'a blaze of glory' in Episode 23 to take out a huge number of VIRM soldiers, where he met his demise.


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Gamma sports deep pink (if not nearly a faint magenta) hair and dark olive green eyes. He is the second tallest member of this APE Special Forces squad, with the tallest being Epsilon. Like the other Nines (excluding former member Zero Two), he dons the archetypical white-and-gold-emblazoned uniform of their squad.

Like his squadmate Nine Delta, Gamma is extremely smug and arrogant on the battlefield, as shown in episode 15. In the Battle of Gran Crevasse, he scoffs at the hordes of klaxosaurs, saying that "you scrubs aren't even good for a warmup!"
His personality off the battlefield is calm and collective, as he tends to leave the diplomatic (and argumentative) talking to his leader, Nine Alpha himself.


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Delta has short, light green hair and eyes of the same color. She wears the standard 9’s uniform, colored white and gold. She is the shortest in stature of all the Nines (with her leader Alpha being a close second, followed by Zeta and her identical pistils all tied for third).

Delta is shown to be cheerful and mischievous, and curious. When not in combat, Delta is quite inquisitive, felinely sneaking her way around Mistillteinn after the members of Squad 13 had already gone to bed (with the notable exception of Kokoro), as shown in episode 17.
When in combat, however, Delta is shown to be very smug, scoffing the klaxosaur battalions of Gran Crevasse as being "boring," although she did admit that "there's no end to them." Of course, all that smugness of hers came to a horrible end when their 9 Model FranXX was decapitated. Despite her lack of sentimentality and indifference, she is shown to be fearful of death, as she cried out she didn’t want to die as VIRM soldiers crushed her 9 Model to pieces.
In the manga, she retains her cheerfulness and is eager to please. She also acts arrogant when in combat but she mellows out after a battle with the Klaxosaur Princess leaves her comatose and she is saved by Squad 13 from being pruned by APE. She feels in debt to the squad for their kindness and offers to help them in battle, although she still has an, albeit amicable, superior complex towards them.


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Epsilon has purple hair and grey eyes and wears the standard 9’s uniform. Of the four stamens, he is the tallest in stature, as shown in his first appearance with the entire Nines squad in Episode 12 .

Like all the 9’s, Epsilon possesses no emotions and lacks the ability to understand trivial concepts. However, he is deeply loyal to APE and his comrades.


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Zeta and her identical pistils (Eta and Theta) are triplets that have white hair, grey eyes, and silver masks. They are the third shortest members of the squad (the shorter ones being Alpha and Delta, respectively). Along with their teammates, the triplets sport the Nines' white-and-gold-emblazoned uniforms.

Very little is known of the triplets' personalities, other than that they are of one mind with their leader, Alpha. This compliance is manifested in Episode 18 , where one of them joins in the lopsided hand-to-hand fight against Zero Two .


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Ai is a little girl who bears a striking resemblance to her mother. She has long, wavy ashen blonde hair, the same color as her mother's, which she wears in different styles. As a toddler, she wears her hair in small pigtails at the top of her head and by the age of 9, she styles her hair in braids. As a toddler, her facial features resembled Mitsuru when he was a child. She also inherited her father's eye colour (vert paon) and bangs shape, but her eyes are the same shape as Kokoro's.

She seems to have inherited traits of her mother's personality. She is a very cheerful and precocious child. She shares a close relationship with her parents, whom she calls "Mama" and "Papa", and she is adored by the other members of Squad 13 . She is also shown to be a curious girl and enjoys hearing stories, as she asks Miku to tell her what her parents were like when they were younger.


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Baboon wears a white and gold robe and a primate mask, like the other members of the Seven Sages. His headdress is unusually long compared to most of the Seven Sages and falls towards the back.

Not much is known about Baboon's personality. He seems to be of one mind with Papa and sees the parasites and FRANXX squads as dispensible tools of warfare. As such, he does not hesitate to sacrifice lots of parasites so APE's ultimate goal of eradicating the klaxosaurs for the good of humanity can be fulfilled. However, his motive for doing such differs from Papa and Vice Chairman as they are later revealed to be part of a hostile alien race named VIRM. Despite being human, Baboon seems to have lost much of his humanity as he doesn't understand or have emotions, which can be attributed to the immortality process he underwent before.


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001 is a blue skinned humanoid klaxosaur with long flowing sky blue-white hair and prominent blue eyes with glowing blue pupils. She has dark lines under her eyes and all around her body. She also has eight spider-like appendages coming from her back and what seems to be a crown on her head, with two blue horns protruding from the center: one from her forehead and another from the back of the head.

001 is shown to despise Papa and the rest of the APE council, calling them “damned human wannabes” as she knows who they truly are. She doesn't hesitate to resort to violence and murder whenever she feels threatened, which is seen by Tarsier's attempted assasination on her. [1] Even when she doesn't feel threatened, she uses violence in order to get what she wants. [2]
She also despises humans as they have been attacking and killing her brethren, the Klaxosaurs, for years. She expresses annoyance that the humans use the FRANXX units to kill the Klaxosaurs without knowing the truth; that humanity is being manipulated by VIRM to annihilate the Klaxosaurs, who are the true and rightful inhabitants of Earth, with the FRANXX which are the byproducts of the Klaxosaurs. She does not show any mercy to humans, which is shown when she bit off Dr. FRANXX arm during their first meeting since she smelled that he had laid a hand on her brethren. [3] Her hatred towards humans is shown to be so powerful that she had no qualms of eradicating hundreds, if not thousands, of humans and destroy their plantations to seek revenge for their abuse towards her kind.
She holds a degree of contempt for Zero Two, whom she regards as a “fake”, due to Zero Two being her genetic clone. She reacts in disdain towards Zero Two for killing her own brethren in order to protect the plantations and the civilians, despite that Zero Two is indifferent to the welfare of them. In the manga, her hostility for Zero Two is shown to be so profound that she emotionally manipulated Zero Two into attacking Plantation 13 and try to kill her comrades . However, 001 is shown to have some sort of empathy for Zero Two; as she believes it is her duty to set Zero Two towards the right path by annihilating humanity and sparing all Klaxosaurs, including Zero Two, from being used and discarded by the humans. She finds Hiro to be an intriguing human, as she immediately recognizes that he is the only human who has undergone saurification. In the anime, she finds these characteristics of him to be a welcoming necessity to pilot Strelizia and seize Star Entity; whereas in the manga, she regards him as a nuisance for interfering with her plot to manipulate Zero Two into attacking Plantation 13.
001 is fiercely protective of the Klaxosaurs and of the Earth, and will do anything in her power to keep it safe. She states that she wouldn't even let VIRM lay one hand on the Earth again. She has lived for millions of years for VIRM's rearrival and for the purpose of fighting them. Despite that, she was convinced that victory against VIRM was impossible, though she states that she just wanted to take out as many as she could. She was seen being rather pessimistic about the battle against VIRM and gave up rather quickly when she and Hiro were trapped by them. She also did not understand why Hiro was so willing to fight alongside her when he never even had a part in the battle. She shares a close relationship with Nawabari and another unnamed serpentine Klaxosaur.
She later admits that she and the other klaxo-sapiens believed that by abandoning their ties and embracing solitude, they could make themselves stronger and into a perfected form. However, she later learns from Hiro and Zero Two's bond that that may not always be the case. She comes to believe that people can accomplish things with the help of others. This is why she is confident enough to sacrifice herself and give all of her strength and power to Hiro and Zero Two so they can save the planet. [4]


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He had the appearance of an older man, sporting grey hair and a mustache. He normally wears a white coat similar to the other adults in the setting, along with white gloves, and he also uses a cane. Half of his face, his entire jawbone, thumb finger, index finger, and middle finger of his right hand are mechanical. Part of his new left arm is blue in color as it contains 001 's DNA.
In the past, he had unkept black hair that almost reached his shoulders and his bangs covered the left side of his face. He also has a thin beard and still wears the same white lab coat and no cane. He lost his arm when he first met 001 .

Since he was young, Dr. FRANXX had been pragmatic and immoral, as he cultivates illegal experiments toward cloning involving human fetuses purely to satisfy his curiosity. By his own admission, he was enslaved by his lust for knowledge and doesn’t hesitate to use brutal and abominable methods to achieve his scientific goals. He was very meticulous in his work and was very protective of it to the point he was furious if someone were to enter his lab without permission.
As an atheist, he did not believe in deities and finds immortality to be a nuisance. When asked if he planned to have the procedure to become immortal, he declined because he preferred not have his body messed with and found a cyborg version of himself more favorable. He rarely interacted with others due how invested he was with his research, facing ethical scrutiny for its immoral and illegal conduct. However, after working with Karina Milsa for several years and hearing her confess her feelings to him, he eventually reciprocated them despite insisting she had bad taste, and they planned to marry before her death during a FRANXX drill. Her death emotionally broke his mentality; he stopped caring about the future and humanity, and poured all his focus into the study of klaxosaurs and the development of the FRANXX and its parasite pilots.
He was also adventurous and can never stay in the same place long, and always looks to have a front-row seat when there is a big battle. After encountering 001 , he found her beautiful and alluring, and, despite losing an arm to her aggressive nature, he remained madly in love with her, a fact that he contributes to him losing whatever humanity he had left in him. After obtaining a DNA sample from her hair, he sought to create the perfect specimen and thus created Zero Two , an experiment he takes great pride in. He also is credited for creating all the parasites , who are nurtured and trained since birth to become pilots and fight against the klaxosaurs . His fascination with science and his creations tends to have a bizarre effect on him, to the point he refers to Strelizia as beautiful.
As an old man, he had the nature of a calm individual, with a lecherous streak, as seen when he groped Nana . He takes pride in how beneficial his creations prove to be, but he does seem quite disinterested in the formal procedures, such as when he was asked to attend the ceremony and he reluctantly agreed. He had a shaky relationship with APE , whose ideals on human physiology he strongly disagrees with. He tends to carry out his experiments without approval or knowledge of the APE council, saying the "geezers" would never understand what he was trying to discover, some of his decisions are counter-intuitive, as his decision to stop injecting yellow blood cells into Hiro to observe how Hiro will develop shows that his way of thinking is different from others. He also shows extensive interest in uncovering humanity’s precious emotional and reproductive system before humanity turned to immortality. He pursues this by hastily arranging placing the members of Squad 13 together and giving them more liberation than most parasites to allow them to naturally develop emotional and physical effects that come with transitioning from childhood to adulthood, although this impulsive act was solely for the purpose of science. Dr. FRANXX suspects that APE’s doctrines and control over the children are hindering their performance and the introduction of natural hormones that come with adolescence is the cornerstone to piloting a FRANXX. He even admits he received data far more compelling than he anticipated, as he observed the children lean on one another to survive, become self confident in their own choices to the point of rebeling, and develop intimate relationships, one of which resulted in a pregnancy and the pair having a wedding ceremony.
Although he was the creator of all the parasites , he merely sees them as expendable specimens and shows them no empathy. He did tend to spoil Zero Two on the grounds she was specifically designed to operate Star Entity on behalf of the human race. He also shows great interest in Hiro for being the only stamen to have survived riding with Zero Two more than three times. When Hiro learns it was Dr. FRANXX who erased his and Zero Two ’s memories as children, Hiro said he could never forgive him for everything he did to her, from then onwards, Dr. FRANXX began to regret how he treated Zero Two and the other parasites . Before his death, he decides to make things right by helping Zero Two rescue Hiro from 001 and made peace with her. Moments before his demise, he was allured by how beautiful Strelizia Apath was.


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Futoshi has a hefty build and a kind face. He is quite tall, being the second tallest next to Goro . He has short auburn-brown hair that hangs lightly over his forehead. His thick, stumpy eyebrows and round, playful eyes give him an approachable quality. Often seen by others as "fat", becoming the butt of many jokes on the subject. He is usually he is holding some article of food and dons the standard Stamen Parasite uniform.
In Episode 24 when he has become an adult, Futoshi has some graying hair and he has also grown a moustache.

Futoshi is a very kind, polite, and optimistic person. These characteristics make him an easily likeable member of the squad and he forms an instant friendly relationship with Kokoro. He gets easily motivated by his desire to do his absolute best. He has a strong love for food and he doesn’t hesitate to hide it, as he tends to keep pieces of food stashed away in his own bed and his locker to snack on later. He doesn’t take lightly when people tease him for his weight, as he tends to argue when Zorome calls him ‘fatty’. As an adult, he channels his love for food into becoming a baker so he can make delicious food for the next generation of children.
He never suffers from a lack of confidence in his abilities as a parasite and, even when emotionally troubled, it doesn’t affect his ability to pilot a FRANXX. He shows concern for his comrades in both professional and personal matters, including when Hiro ’s fate as a parasite was uncertain and when he began piloting with Zero Two . He speaks respectively to others and rarely gives insults, unlike Zorome. As part of his keen sense of honour, he respects all those around him and doesn’t hold grudges. This is seen in his complicated comradeship with Mitsuru over Kokoro, whom Futoshi has feelings for but she is in love with Mitsuru, who initially was indifferent to her but eventually reciprocated her feelings after the partner shuffle. Futoshi initially lashed out at Mitsuru for his coldness and recklessness to the point his anger got the better of him and he punched Mitsuru for endangering Kokoro during a battle. However, after Mitsuru promises to protect her and Futoshi learns how happy Kokoro and Mitsuru are, he not only fully accepts their relationship but he reconciled with Mitsuru and become a genuine friend to him.
In the manga, he is less oblivious to Mitsuru’s budding relationship with Kokoro, but when he finally takes notice, he becomes jealous and he goes as far as to confront Mitsuru, telling him that they should fight and Mitsuru will have to leave her alone if he loses. However, his jealousy shifts towards concern once he learns of Mitsuru’s illness, which threatens his ability to pilot but Mitsuru’s main concern was to keep Kokoro in the dark about his illness so she won’t worry. Although he had feelings for Kokoro, Futoshi recognized that her concern for Mitsuru was actually affection for Mitsuru, and only she could help Mitsuru, which led to his own decision to propose Kokoro and Mitsuru becoming partners.
Despite differences in their personalities and Zorome’s frequent mocking of Futoshi over his weight, Futoshi and Zorome are good friends and hang out together. He also shares an amiable relationship with the rest of the squad and will help them out as much as possible. He used to look up to and respect Papa and the adults. However, after realizing parasites are not entitled to happiness and will use cruel means to take away that happiness, Futoshi grows to disdain Papa and the others, to the point he loses his temper at Papa.
From the moment they first met after being assigned as partners, Futoshi had a deep infatuation for Kokoro due to her beauty and kindness. Although she never reciprocated his feelings and saw him as nothing beyond a dear friend, she appreciated him for his hard work and support. He came to consider himself as her protector but when he asked her to be his partner forever, she initially agreed but this made her uncomfortable and provoked her to switch partners in favor of pairing with Mitsuru. Although this devastated Futoshi, he never blamed her for this and only wished for her to be happy, even if he couldn’t be the one to make her happy. He learned to put her happiness above his own, to the point he was adament about being the priest during their wedding so he could be the first person to congratulate them and he refused to go back to being her partner after her and Mitsuru’s memories were erased. He was also the most angry at Papa for having done so on the grounds it was for APE’s objectives and he lashed out at them. After all the turmoil and reconciliations, Futoshi remained close with his friends, especially with Kokoro and Mitsuru, as their children refer to him as ‘Uncle Futoshi’. He also has deep respect for Ikuno due her dedicated research keeping their accelerated aging process under control.


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She appears to be a couple of years younger than her brother and her looks seem to favour her mother’s, as she has dark brown hair like her mother.

Not much is known about her. She seems to share a close relationship with her father, as she smiles and laughs when she sits on his shoulders and she taught to show respect by bowing her head by her mother when she visits Ikuno in the hospital.


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He bears a strong resemblance to his father, as he has the same reddish-brown hair and is portly-built like his father.

Not much is known about him, other than he appears to be a kind young boy and is close with his family. He is taught by his mother to be polite and how his head when he visits Ikuno in the hospital.


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Gorilla, like all the other seven sages, have made their appearance a mystery other than he was a male and a very large one at that. In episode 19, it is revealed that he was a man of African origin and is more than a century old due to the immortality treatment. In episode 21, he had his mask ripped off and it showed the face of a man of African descent.

Like all of APE, he has no emotions and has no qualms of resorting to drastic, if not heartless, measures to fulfill APE’s agendas.


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Goro is a tall and averagely built man, being the tallest of the Parasites in Squad 13, with blond loose-spiked hair styled into an undercut. He wears blue-rimmed (sometimes seen as purple) glasses over his striking golden, olive-green eyes. He dons the standard Stamen Parasite uniform.
In Episode 24 when he has become an adult, Goro's hair is cut much shorter and appears spikier. He is also shown wearing a dark brown mantle with white trims and a blue scarf when he goes traveling.

When Goro was a child, he disliked being surrounded by people and wanted to be alone, and thought that fighting with other children would make them hate him so he could be left alone. He thought that he could handle everything by himself and didn't lean on other people. After meeting and befriending Ichigo and Hiro however, this attitude changed.
Growing up, Goro became very considerate and supportive towards his friends. He learned to think rationally and to step aside when the situation called for so. He has an upbeat and easygoing "class rep" personality and is the "moodmaker" amongst the squad. He's a talented pilot and seen by many as one of the most well-valued parasites in Cerasus and has a good head on his shoulders. He is considered as the second unofficial leader of the squad and is very mature, responsible and level-headed; he isn't badly shaken when things go wrong. When Ichigo is seen breaking down in their FRANXX, Goro is the one who pulls her up on her feet again. However, Goro gives in quite easily to requests, as when he found out that Hiro was severely ill after piloting with Zero Two and would likely die if he kept it up, Hiro calmy asked Goro to keep it a secret so he can continue piloting, to which Goro reluctantly agreed to. Goro also keeps some of his childhood tendencies, as Ichigo states that he is very headstrong and always tries to solve everything by himself.
Goro is selfless who cares very deeply for his friends. He will not hesitate to sacrifice himself as he values others over himself. In Episode 09 , when Ichigo almost gets eaten by a klaxosaur and Goro realizes that her life could be in peril, he quickly ejects her from Delphinium, and instead gets trapped inside the klaxosaur. After spending hours trapped, he prepares to self-destruct the FRANXX, knowing it would kill the klaxosaur and keep Plantation 13 safe. He is also very understanding of others, and after confessing his love to Ichigo, he states that she doesn't need to answer him, knowing that it would put Ichigo in a confused state but he wanted to get it off his chest so he would have any regrets later. He states that he is completely fine with just being able to stand beside Ichigo as her partner. Even if Ichigo gives Hiro far more attention than himself, Goro doesn't hold a grudge towards either of them. When Ichigo offers to be Hiro's partner for a mock battle, Goro not only accepts it but also tells Hiro there is no need to feel guilty about it.
Although Goro usually keeps a level-headed and easy-going composure and is always the first one to interrupt people from getting into fights and lashing out, he can lose his cool when people are selfish and overly inconsiderate of feelings of the people Goro cares about. This is seen in Episode 22 when Goro resorted to punching Hiro when he insisted going to space in order to save Zero Two, which could possibly lead to his death, when there were people who would do anything to keep him safe, like himself and Ichigo. However, he later confided in Ichigo that it was never about how his friends felt, but how he himself felt; he was scared of the world and path he himself chose. Goro also does not understand why Hiro is currently making such a brash decision when all of them are doing their best to survive, but in the end, he comes to respect Hiro's determination to protect and go after what he loves most, something Goro was afriad of.
Later, it appears that Goro has become more confident, straightforward and open with his feelings. He decides to take his own path in life in order to survive and states that he won't let anyone fight his decision. He wants to do everything he yearns for, since he states that he doesn't want to regret things anymore. Determined to help people around him, Goro also decided to travel the world to both find valuable items to their homes and to help any children in need. As he becomes an adult, he becomes bolder, to the point of catching Ichigo off guard by kissing her. After marrying Ichigo, Goro is shown to be a loving husband towards her and exhibits excitement for their child’s imminent birth, as he is willing to postpone his traveling so he can take care of his family.


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Hachi is a tall, young man. He has shaved, dark blue hair and usually appears either unemotional or frustrated. He wears the standard APE uniform.
During a flashback in Episode 18 , when he was a teenager, he is shown to have chin length blue hair parted in the middle when he was a parasite . As a child, he had shorter hair that was a bit rough cut.
He got a vertical scar over his right eye during the battle with the VIRM in Episode 23 when he sacrificed himself to shield Nana from an explosion.

Hachi is a composed individual with a pragmatic perspective. He believes, through well-defined laws and regulations, all solutions can be dealt with. Unlike the friendly and kind Nana , Hachi tends to speak with a tone of iron, which includes being incredibly blunt and never expressing any emotion. When Squad 13 misbehaves or gets carried away with their antics on and out of the battlefield, Hachi helps Nana mediate and discipline them. Hachi often gives Squad 13 a brief lecture on how any distortion could affect their ability to pilot the FRANXX which could endanger Cerasus and its citizens. Hachi is stern with Squad 13 and refers to them by their code numbers rather than their nicknames.
Hachi is loyal to APE and abides by Papa‘s orders. He takes his duties as an APE Defense Commander seriously and pays ample attention to the parasites to make sure they remain compatible pilots. He is reasonable going about everything, remaining calm and even-handed in all situations. Hachi holds back on showing any compassion and sympathy for the parasites , as he had viewed them as tools for warfare for so many years and they were destined to die in battle. However, he is not completely indifferent towards them and will offer them solutions to solve any obstacle - both professionally and personally - that bothers them. He also takes their health into consideration; he demonstrates this when he sounded concerned for Mitsuru upon learning he had an Elixir Injection as a child which had a negative impact on his health and when Hiro was forcibly linked with 001 which almost resulted in his death. He also shows concern for any of the parasites who may be subjected to ‘pruning’ if they show any signs of incompetence.
While he is loyal to APE and obediently follows orders without complaint, he does have opinions on APE’s ideals and actions. He shows this when Papa ordered several plantations to detonate in order to kill a Super Lehmann Klaxosaur, killing hundreds, if not thousands, of parasites and civilians. Hachi even remarks in a stunned tone that APE would go that far. In the manga, Hachi is shown to possess a more emotional side than his anime counterpart; he gradually questions Papa’s motives with Squad 13, and he reacts with shock and dismay when Papa orders the 9’s to be pruned for nearly getting killed by the Klaxosaur Princess. He starts to worry that Papa’s agenda may endanger the children and, as he is shown to be opposed to the pruning procedure of children, he secretly develops a desire to protect the children.
Hachi 's cold demeanour begins to diminish as he watches the parasites live peacefully and thrive after the Gran Crevasse siege. He secretly watches Kokoro and Mitsuru have a wedding ceremony but he doesn’t stop it despite it being against regulation, and he is surprised when Alpha intends to have the two taken away for re-indoctrination, implying that Hachi didn’t see the wedding as harmful to the parasites. He then witnesses the children in distress as Kokoro and Mitsuru get taken away for wanting to get married and have a child. He later admits to Nana that he wonders what he could have done to comfort the children if he had emotions. This implies that he could have intervened to help the children but, because of his lack of sentimentality, he didn’t know what to do. He also appeared troubled when he learned Kokoro and Mitsuru’s memories were altered as punishment. He starts to exhibit a kinder side in retribution for not helping the children. He firstly rescues Nana from isolation and then helps lead Squad 13 in the galactic battle against Papa and VIRM . He goes as far as to put himself in danger by protecting Nana and asks her to leave him so she can be saved, but she refuses because his responsibility is to look after the children too. He later dedicates himself to helping the parasites rebuild the planet for the sake of survival. He even admits to Nana that her desire to see the children prosper and live their own lives is not bad, proving he no longer sees the children as tools for warfare but as genuine people with feelings and free will. He demonstrates this further when he agrees to play with some children after being asked.
In the manga, Hachi is reminded of his past as a parasite when he realised Kokoro , and later the rest of Squad 13 , was reacting the same way to the 9's pruning as Nana did when her partner was to be pruned. Unlike in the anime, when his feelings almost never swayed him, Hachi decided to go against APE and give a false report that the 9's had been pruned because he understood the children's feelings.


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Hiro had an average build, height, and a standard "slim" male physique. He had black, shaggy hair and rich blue eyes. His checkered past had left him with an emphatic expression on his face. He was often seen in the standard Stamen uniform which consists  of a white collared top with formal long grey sleeves and a matching grey midsection, while the chest area is colored navy blue with the respective Parasites cadet badge pinned on the left side, which is separated with an upside-down Y shaped pin-like embellishment on the center which is exclusive for male Parasites only, on the back of the uniform a white pinstriped diamond-shaped patch is seen between the shoulder blades. The uniform is paired with light-grey mid-length high-waisted shorts stopping just above the knees which has symmetrical two black buttons on the stomach area, and dark garter socks held by a pair of black straps around the calf, brown shoes and ankle-length black socks which seems to wrap around the shoes by the corner.

Hiro's tumor which emerged after his second time piloting with Zero Two.

Starting from Episode 05 , he had a blue tumor-like mutation in his chest, caused by piloting with Zero Two, which increased his yellow blood cell count, the polar opposite of what happened when Zero Two rode with other parasites. This mutation later grew larger due to piloting with Zero Two again, however Hiro was able to overcome the mutation using his willpower, and completely got rid of it, although a scar was left on his chest.

Hiro's appearance after his fully completed saurification.

Starting from Episode 17 , Hiro developed canines and he also began sprouting small blue horns due to his "saurification". His horns eventually began to lengthen significantly and glow blue, the same way Zero Two's do when emotionally agitated. His eyes become luminescent, changing from a dark blue-green to bright blue. His irises also gained more blue hues and rings, and he also developed a blue eyeliner similar to Zero Two's. His fangs grew out when he was enraged. Right before his demise, Hiro was shown to have blue skin, similar to that of the klaxo-sapiens.

As a child, Hiro was very jovial, optimistic, and hopeful, giving names to other kids and to himself as well. He taught the kids that names only given to themselves could give a sense of uniqueness when the only name they had was their codes. This earned him fame among other children, even those in other plantations. Because of this, he was chosen to represent the Children in the Garden. [2] During his time at the Garden, Hiro was very curious about himself and the world around him. He would constantly ask himself questions and whenever he tried to ask the adults, they would never give him an answer. This, coupled with the fact that the other Children never took a stand with him and were very obedient, made Hiro frustrated and he felt like he was the only person fighting the world all by himself. This changed when he met Zero Two, to which Hiro realized that there were other people fighting the world by themselves. He was then shown to be tenacious and brave, as he didn't bother to wait to rescue Zero Two and broke her out of her room and helped her evade the authorities for a while all by himself. However, after getting caught, the authorities decided to erase both of their memories: Hiro's curiosity, free-spirited nature, and meeting with Zero Two were few of the reasons why. [3] After this, Hiro became less curious, joyful and creative, and more emphatic, serious and obedient. He also stopped naming children and was stripped off of some of the original aspects of his personality. Prior of his memory wipe, Hiro only wanted to pilot in as much as it would let him leave the Garden, but when this motivation was erased from his memory, piloting was all he remembered and his sole purpose for living.
Because he was considered a role model, all of the children hoped he would lead them because he was the best pilot, but Hiro's aptitude skill began to dip after he ingested a young Zero Two's blood. This inability to pilot a FRANXX had left his hopes low, even to the point of choosing to leave the Thirteenth Plantation until his former partner Naomi encouraged him to stay. Losing the ability to pilot had left him with extremely low self-confidence and left a insecure feeling that his life had little worth. He initially struggled to find somewhere to belong, even to the extent that he was more than willing to ride with Zero Two even if it meant death. Part of the reason why he was determined to keep on piloting Strelizia is because he was finally able to fulfill his role as a Parasite, and he was willing to die fighting than live as a useless civilian. [4] However, this wish of his came to an end after he survived his third ride with Zero Two. It was then he realized that he had found another reason to fight beside protecting Papa and the adults: to become Zero Two's wings. [5]
Hiro appears to be quite philosophical, as he was first introduced as him monologuing about the philosophical meaning of a wounded bird he saw in the forest, indicating that he still had retained the curiosity of the outside world from his childhood. In his time in the Garden, he spent his time teaching Ichigo and Goro about many old but meaningful sayings that would stick to them even as they grew up. [6]
Hiro was shown to be very hardworking and devoted, as he refused to stop piloting with Zero Two and when he trained in a FRANXX training unit all day and all night so he could be useful and fight alongside the other Parasites. He was also kind and caring, as despite feeling depressed over his inability to pilot, he never acted in a harsh manner towards his fellow pilots, even when some of them weren't as welcoming towards him. However, he was more than willing to fight back when Zorome antagonized him several times. He was determined to prove himself worthy to pilot and make himself acknowledged. When he got promoted to an official Parasite, he states that he would do his best and not tie them down. After regaining his memories, Hiro regains his former personality. Also, thanks to Zero Two's influence and his bonds with people, he understood that there were more to life than just to pilot a FRANXX. He also began thinking about the future and all the possible paths that were open for all of them. He teaches all of this to his friends in Squad 13. [7] Instead of the "fight until I die" mentality, Hiro developed a "fight so I can keep living" mentality. [8] His traits from childhood also started to resurface: he became fearless, disobedient, rebellious and ready to stand up for his friends, even it meant going against the rules. This is seen where when Papa and the others destroyed Squad 13's happy and peaceful life, especially in regard to Mitsuru and Kokoro 's memories being erased due to their decision to get married, Hiro told Papa that he would never see him as their ‘papa’ nor obey him ever again after what he did to his two friends, insisting that the Parasites would be free from APE after their final battle. He became increasingly adamant about gaining freedom for himself, Zero Two and their teammates. Hiro also develops a strong dislike towards those who hurt his friends; and he told Dr. FRANXX he will never forgive him for the torturous treatment he put Zero Two through, and felt disdain towards the 9’s for their interface of Squad 13’s personal lives and frequent mocking of them. Nevertheless, Hiro is willing to set aside his personal feelings in order to do what he believes to be the right cause, such as pairing with Alpha in order to rescue Zero Two.
Hiro was a person that could do anything if he put his mind to it. As the story went on though, Hiro would rarely let his friends affect the decisions he took by himself. He also had the tendency to keep things to himself even when sharing them would be beneficial for everyone, which then leads to serious cases of miscommunication. Even when he was struggling, he kept to himself because he did not want to trouble the others. This is the case where Hiro asked Goro to keep quiet about his tumor-like mutation since he was devoted to keeping piloting with Zero Two. As stated by Goro, he often jumps into things by himself and takes his own decisions without talking with his teammates first. Although Hiro does feel guilty for hurting his friends’ feelings and letting them down, he wants them to understand that he feels it is important to chase after and protect what he loves the most to the point he would rather die trying to protect it rather than do nothing and live a life full of guilt.
Ever since Hiro met Zero Two, he had been thinking about her, her personal life and her feelings as he wanted them to understand each other. He also wanted to help her with whatever was weighing on her mind and get closer to her. Rather than his initial thoughts where he would rather be dead than cease to pilot, Hiro later admits that his resolution to live is to be with Zero Two and if he can't see her smile, he would rather be off dead. [6] The two have shown unconditional love for one another and know that their bond can overcome whatever obstacle fate throws at them. Zero Two credits him for encouraging everyone to live their lives for the greater good but Hiro feels it is not something to be proud of because he believes he only caused too much trouble to his friends, but she persuades him that it was because of his desire to live. Right before his demise, Hiro and Zero Two were completely willing to sacrifice themselves to save the Earth and so their friends and the other people could live a good life. They state that even if they would die, the paths they had walked would never fade since their friends would take it even further. [9]