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Futaro is depicted as a young man with fair skin and black hair that is styled in a bowl cut with two strands sticking up from the back of his head. Nino Nakano comments on his hairstyle, calling it weird, to which he claims was cut by his sister, Raiha Uesugi . He has bangs that cover his forehead and his eye color varies across adaptation (blue in the anime's first season, yellow in the second season and in the manga). He has a slim physique and a tall build, although he tends to slouch at times. [3]
Futaro is often portrayed with a serious expression, giving off a scary and thuggish vibe, to which Miku Nakano referred to as the "face of a bad guy." [4] Despite this, Nino develops a crush on him, including on a younger Futaro who had a delinquent-like appearance, despite initially dismissing Futaro's looks as being dull-looking." [5]
Futaro typically wears the standard uniform of Asahiyama High School , both in and outside of school. The uniform includes a short-sleeved white shirt, dark blue trousers and a white belt. During cooler weather, he wears a light blue V-neck sweater, which is also part of the school uniform, over his shirt. For footwear, he typically wears black sneakers with white soles and laces for everyday wear. However, after the Labor Thanksgiving Arc , it has been revealed that he also wears high-top sneakers with similar coloring.
During School Field Trip Arc , he wore the clothes Nino picked for him. This includes a khaki parka jacket over a light-color mock turtleneck long-sleeved shirt, which appears black in the anime depiction. It is not shown whether he wore it again after the field trip. Since School Field Trip Arc , he started wearing the charm bracelet his sister gives him. However, this has not been clearly depicted after the arc due to him wearing long-sleeved top.
During Futaro's Flashback Arc , a hospitalized Futaro is seen wearing a set of plain pajamas, which he seems to use as nightwear. He wore this outfit again during the Seven Goodbyes Arc when he goes out for a night walk with Itsuki .
When disguised for the school trip's test of courage, he sports a blonde wig that looks spikier and slightly longer compared to his regular hairstyle  (" The Binding Legend: Day 2 ② ") . To disguise as Kintaro , he additionally wears a black long-sleeved V-neck shirt and white trousers during his visit to Nino's hotel room  (" The Seven Goodbyes ⑥ ") . This clothing combination contrasts with his usual attire, where he has a light-colored top and dark-colored trousers.
In his childhood, Futaro sports a blonde, slick back and spiky hairstyle, much similar to the wig he wore when disguising as Kintaro . When Nino first meets Kintaro, she immediately notices the latter was the boy in the picture. He also wore an earring in his left ear, which he removed when he got older. During the Futaro’s Flashback Arc , a young Futaro wore a black hoodie, white trousers, and clogs.

Futaro as Kintaro . Futaro in his childhood.

According to Isanari Uesugi , Futaro used to be similar to his father as a kid with their wild personality and being bad at studying who lives a frugal lifestyle [6] and prefers solitude. [7] Someone comments that Futaro is always like that, trying to not associate with everyone. [8] Ichika Nakano remarks that Futaro is direct and doesn't mince words. [9] Yotsuba Nakano 's first impression of Futaro is a gloomy and not-having-many-friends guy. [10] His facial expression is always serious, sometimes having a grumpy and annoyed look, and rarely blushes or gets flustered. [11] [12] As he grows older, he becomes more of a study freak and grows more pompous and asocial. Despite his initial facade, he is actually a very caring person, especially towards his sister Raiha Uesugi .
Futaro is noted to have a big ego and high confidence. [13] [14] He is straightforward, tactless, brutally honest and rude; but is actually capable of holding back his emotions. [15] [16] Despite that, Futaro could momentarily lose his composure when agitated and faced with unfavorable circumstances. [17] He also initially did not like getting involved with other people's problems, finding them to be troublesome. [18] Despite his tactlessness, he is knowledgeable enough in knowing what to say in specific situations when thrown at him; rarely giving up when trying to achieve a specific objective.
Despite his egotistical nature, Futaro is very hardworking and has a very high amount of patience; especially when getting the attention of the quintuplets and tutoring them despite various amounts of failures and setbacks. He later on shows a sense of duty strong enough to help the quintuplets in their studies despite them not paying him immediately, [19] even though the money that came with tutoring was the initial reason he accepted the job. He also begins valuing their relationship to the point where he would do things outside of their tutor-student relationship which would later on bloom into a bond where they mutually support each other with little question. Despite being bad at sports and lacking a fair amount of stamina, he is rarely shown to be tired for the most part; able to work other part-time jobs besides tutoring; one being a helper in a pastry shop.
During his brief stint as Kintaro , he tried (albeit crudely) making him seem like a "bad boy", similar to who he was before.


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He is a middle-aged man with a bald head. His most distinctive feature is his overgrown front teeth, making him resemble a bald mouse. Thanks to his unique appearance, Fuutarou was able to answer one of Miku 's history questions. [3]


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Ichika is a girl with very short hair that has a single long strand on the right side. She has white-pink hair colour, ranging from oyster pink to light pink shade in Volume 1, and oyster white to light pink shade in Volume 4. [6] [7] Her notable accessory is a single earring. [8] Like her sisters, she has dark blue eyes, an average height, a well-endowed figure and large breasts. A stall owner praises Ichika for her cuteness, but doesn't praise her sister nearby, Itsuki Nakano . [9]
Ichika wears her school uniform with a thin jacket tied to her waist, sometimes with unbuttoned top; revealing her cleavage. She is shown to wear a handbag. [10] [11]

Ichika acts as the eldest sister of her sisters, as she seems to have a calm and composed demeanor; making herself an approachable person. [12] Futaro Uesugi noted that her smile is fake and encourage her to put away that kind of smile. [13]
She initially had pessimistic attitude towards the sisters' learning capabilities, making her one of the obstacles for Futaro tutoring lessons early in the story. [14] After being inspired by him, she began to change her mind and started to take studying seriously. [15] He also helped her fix any issues she had with her sisters; making them closer than ever before. [16] Despite her smug expression and teasing behaviour, Ichika is shown to have a weakness to romantic moments happening to her; blushing whenever thoughts about it came to her mind. [17]
According to Futaro, each of the Quintuplets have their own characteristics regarding their sheets. [18] On Ichika's case, her writing and paper would be sloppy. She was also remarked to pick things up quickly and is troubled when her sisters make decisions without her presence.
As her pride of being the eldest sister, she plans to be successful first before telling her sisters about the job. [19] She is shown to study in between her filming; whether it be inside a car on the road or late at night. [20] [21] Futaro was also impressed at how she was able to balance her work and school. [22]


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He has a distinctive golden, spiky hair with a bulked up and muscled body. Fuutarou five years ago also shared similar facial traits to Isanari.
He is always seen wearing sunglasses on his forehead. They are a memento of his deceased wife, who had bad eyesight while she was alive. [1]

Isanari has a wild character. Fuutarou five years younger is said to share the same personality as his father, notably both were bad at studying.


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Itsuki is a serious looking girl with medium-length hair and an expressive ahoge . She has reddish-orange hair colour, ranging from light pink to salmon pink in Volume 1, and deep orange to orient red in Volume 4. Her notable accessories are a pair of star-shaped hairpins near both of her eyes, which Futaro Uesugi called unfashionable at one point. Like her sisters , she has dark blue eyes, an average height, and a well-endowed figure. In class, or when she does activities that involve academics, she wears glasses.
Itsuki is noted to be "cute" by her classmates and she looks very similar to Rena Nakano , according to Shimoda .
She wears her uniform normally without any accessories, like most of the girl students, [7] and on occasion, she wears a handbag. [8] [9]

Itsuki is a serious and earnest girl [10] who usually wakes up early compared to her sisters . [11] [12] She is well-mannered; never being late or missed a class, [13] and always speaks formally. In the Japanese script, she almost exclusively speaks with a keigo speech pattern. Nino , her older sister, comments that Itsuki is too straight-laced. [14]
Itsuki is a girl who bears grudges, [15] as shown when she rejects Futaro's tutoring partly because of a previous quarrel they had. She is also someone who can't be honest with herself and has difficulties being more straightforward. [16] [17] Both of these qualities often make her struggle on her own. She is easily agitated, be it about unfavourable situations, [18] scary things [19] or her stubborn self. [20] [21] [22]
She has a huge appetite and is frequently seen eating something or being hungry throughout the series. It appears that she doesn't mind treating her sisters unfairly when it comes to food-related topics. [23] This shows where during one scenario when she proposed to her sisters to share their cakes; suspected to sample all the flavours by Ichika . [24]
According to Futaro, each Nakano has their own characteristics regarding their sheets. [25] In Itsuki's case, she would rather use an eraser than scribble on them.


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Mudou appears to be an old man; lacking hair on his head and his grown out, white-colored beard being his most apparent feature.

As the newfound father of the quintuplets , much of Mudou's identity has yet to be revealed, but he seems to have ever regretted his decision of leaving his daughters too many hardships. Stating that he wants to "atone" for his sins.
He holds some animosity towards Maruo Nakano because of allowing his quintuplet daughters to follow the same misguided path as did his late wife Rena Nakano .
Despite his apology and attempted rekindling of his daughters, his true nature become more revealing due his unreasonable animosity towards Rena and even told Itsuki that she shouldn’t follow her path nor have anything to do with her. His apologetical pursuit became more persistent after he eventually slammed his own head onto the floor causing it to bleed heavily though to no avail by Itsuki though she did show guilt for it. Mudou eventually snarled at Maruo and the quintuplets after they disowned him, causing him to walk off into the school festival, never to be seen or heard from again.


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Kiku is characterized by her three braids and distinctive eyes similar to those of her father.

Kiku is a strangely grown kindergarten child. Being raised by a single father and conscious of her parents' divorce, Kiku develops an arrogant personality, portrayed by her blatant declaration that she does not need a mother. In truth, Kiku feels lonely for not having a mother figure.


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She has black-colored hair and is mostly seen wearing a cap either in the shop and outdoor.


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He is a short and thin middle-aged man. He wears glasses.


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Maeda has slicked-back brown hair and eyes distinctive to a delinquent.


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Maruo is depicted as a middle-aged man with short black hair that has bangs neatly combed on both sides, small sharp black eyes, he has a lean physique and he has a serious expression most of the time. Overall, his appearance exudes authority and sophistication, befitting his role as the patriarch of the Nakano family .
He is often shown wearing a suit and tie, reflecting his professional status as a successful businessman.

Maruo is characterized by his strict and no-nonsense demeanor where he is a disciplined and responsible person who takes his role as a father and provider seriously. Maruo is a workaholic, often putting in long hours at the office, and expects results from his daughters .
He is often depicted as cold and distant, and his relationship with his daughters can be strained at times. However, it is revealed that he cares deeply for his daughters' well-being and only wants what is best for them, even if it means making difficult decisions. Maruo is not one to show his emotions easily, but his actions speak louder than his words, and he is willing to make personal sacrifices for his family's sake.


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Matsui has long brown hair down to the middle of his back and green eyes. The left side of the face is framed by a long strand of hair, and on the right side this strand is woven into a braid that goes behind the ear. At school camp she was wearing a white shirt with an unbuttoned


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Miku is an emotionless looking girl with medium-length red hair that has strands of hair hanging over the right side of her face . Her notable accessory is a set of wireless headphones that have a triangle-shaped logo on the ear cups (Audio-Technica) . [6] Like her sisters, she has dark blue eyes, an average height, a well-endowed figure and large breasts.
Miku usually wears a long-sleeved sweater that covers her uniform. She also wears black tights and puts on her headphones around her neck. Most of the time, she has part of her bangs cover her right eye. She wears a ranzel. [7] [8]

Miku appearance.

Miku is a silent and reserved girl who has a pessimistic way of thinking and low confidence, even to the point of belittling herself. [9] Futaro Uesugi notes that she doesn't have faith in herself. [10] In contrary to her reserved self, she can talk in a straightforward manner and doesn't hesitate to confront others. [11] She can also be slightly possessive, as she doesn't react well when Yotsuba kisses Futaro on the cheek to wipe some cream, and overall she gets pouty whenever another girl, especially one of her sisters, gets a little too close for comfort with Futaro.
It is shown that she has an obsession with generals from the Sengoku Period. [12] She is greatly influenced by their philosophies, to the point of affecting her real-life behavior. [13] She hides this fact from her everyone and is embarrassed when Futaro found out. [14] When Futaro challenged her to a duel of historical knowledge, she donned a set of armour similar to Takeda Shingen's . [15]

Miku versus Fuutarou.

Despite her slightly negative outlook on life, such as when she asks Futaro to give up on her [16] , she is the first sister to abide by the Gotoubun Principle . Miku always reminds herself to follow this principle, going as far as compromising her own interest to make sure everyone is treated equally. [17] Miku is also a genuinely kind person: she becomes the second Nakano quintuplet after Yotsuba to accept Futaro, and the first one to openly fall for him. Her interactions with him after her first character arc have her either being wholeheartedly supportive of him, gentle with him, or worried for him. She's also seen helping an old woman cross the street in one chapter.
Miku has a depressed sense of modesty and cares little about her appearance compared to her sisters; not even acknowledging situations where her body is exposed. She didn't mind removing her long socks in front of her tutor or bother wearing flashy clothing. Despite this, she seems to harbor insecurities about her own appearance, as she confides to Nino that she doesn't view herself as cute compared to her and Ichika.
According to Futaro, each Nakano Quintuplet has their own characteristics regarding their sheets. [18] In Miku's case, she has good handwriting.


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The Nakano Quintuplets have an average height, pinkish red/light red hair color, large and dark-blue eyes, [29] . Their three sizes are B88-W50-H159. Maruo Nakano confirms that the Nakano Quintuplets are "identical quintuplets" [30] and Miku Nakano states that their physical measurements are the same [31] and Ichika Nakano also confirms that she and Yotsuba Nakano have the same figure. [32]
In the past, the Nakano Quintuplets had identical looks to each other. [33] All five of them have matching long straight hair and dress lightly with matching outfits. [34]
Several years into the future, the young adult Nakano Quintuplets are shown to be taller and have different hairstyles and accessories. [35]
The Nakano Quintuplets are noted to have beautiful looks, in which Shimoda makes a comments that Itsuki Nakano must be a popular girl [36] where Itsuki herself labels the Nakano Quintuplets as vivacious girls [37] and Ichika also boasts that the sisters are gorgeous [38] that their classmates praise them as a cutie/beauty [39] [40] and even a random stall owner is impressed by their looks. [41] These features may be derived from Rena Nakano who was acknowledged as an incredibly beautiful woman. [42]

The Nakano Quintuplets follow the " Gotoubun Principles ", a philosophy taught by Rena Nakano (the Quintuplets's mother). [49] They consider themselves to be five parts of one whole and have to share any kind of emotion together, such as anger, joy and love. [50] Their belief of this philosophy is shown several times throughout the series, such as going to the fireworks festival together, [51] wait for the others before celebrating something, [52] and even chose to switch schools to stay together. [53] The sisters are even willing to give up their luxurious lifestyle and high-class apartment for Fuutarou Uesugi , believing that they will be fine with anything " as long as the five of them are together" . [54]
In the past, the Nakano Quintuplets have very similar behavior. [55] However, due to their mother's death, they started to change. [56] Nino Nakano commented that the changes made the sisters grew apart from one another. [57]

Ichika Nakano develops a big sister complex [58] Nino Nakano still keeps her hair like her younger self [59] Miku Nakano has low self esteem [60] Yotsuba Nakano has sacrificial tendencies [61] Itsuki Nakano has an obsession to be like her mother [62]

Each Nakano Quintuplets has their own characteristics in dealing with the exams and sheets of paper: [63]

Ichika's sheet is crinkled due to her messiness and writes in cursive. Nino would neatly place her sheet in a file. Miku's Japanese spelling is good. Yotsuba's Kanji is bad. Itsuki would use an eraser to get rid of mistakes.

Each of the sisters have different traits and personality, some are similar and some are contradictory.

Ichika is mature [64] , helpful and playful. [65] Nino is aggressive [66] , rude and protective. [67] Miku is silent, very outspoken and reserved. Yotsuba is cheerful, confident and outgoing. Itsuki is serious, wise and earnest [68] .

The Nakano Quintuplets' similarities occur in many aspects, for example, they all dislike studying [69] and often make a mess during their sleep. [70] [71] Nino and Itsuki are afraid of needles. [72] [73] They can also be referred to as tsunderes. Both Nino and Itsuki do yoga in the morning. [74] Another similar trait would be Nino and Yotsuba both having an outgoing personality and therefore making a lot of friends. [75] All five of them occasionally express their frustrations by pouting, or puffing their cheeks.
The Nakano Quintuplets' differences in personality are reflected clearly in Nino and Miku. They often fight with each other, [76] [77] and are seen as rivals throughout the story. [78] Nino is boisterous and abrasive, while Miku is quiet and soft-spoken. Their speech patterns also have differences; where Nino and Itsuki speak in a more posh and formal manner respectively.
Another extreme example can be taken from Miku and Yotsuba. Miku is a rather reserved and introverted, while Yotsuba has extroverted personality. Miku is the smartest out of the quintuplets, [79] while the latter is the least intelligent. [80] However, the former is also the least athletic [81] while the latter's athleticism is the highest. [82]
Ichika is a lazy doing household chores, [83] while Nino is hardworking when it comes to minding the house and cooking for her sisters. [84] When it comes to love confessions, Ichika uses an indirect means to confess [85] while Nino prefers going at it directly and clearly. [86] Miku indirectly note that these various traits and personalities are what makes the quintuplets complete.


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Nino is a cute and cold-looking girl with waist-length or hip-length straight hair (but it is later cut to shoulder-length in Vol. 4 Ch. 46 and shown in Vol. 5 Ch. 47) that has square bangs hanging over her eyebrows. She has reddish-pink hair, ranging from light pink to telemagenta [5] in Volume 1 and antique pink to red-violet [6] in Volume 4 .
Her notable accessories are twin butterfly-shaped ribbons [7] on both sides of her head. Like her sisters, she has dark blue eyes, an average height, a well-endowed figure and large breasts. She wears a long-sleeved sweater that covers her uniform and a pair of white thigh-high socks. Both her and Ichika Nakano use a handbag. [8] [9]
She is noted to be the more fashionable girl among the sisters, as she has various cute accessories [10] and takes care of her nails. [11] Her ears have yet to be pierced, but she plans to have them at least before marriage. [12]

Nino has an outgoing personality and is socially aware, resulting in her having many friends and is a social butterfly. [13] She has a sharp tongue [14] and talks bluntly when confronting others, even to her sisters. [15] Her rebellious attitude makes her the least cooperative girl among the sisters, making her archetype resemble that of a "tsundere".
Despite the cold and rude front, Nino is caring [16] and protective, [17] like when she is touched by Futaro Uesugi 's past; remarking that it is tearjerking. It is also evident by her willingness to act as the cook of the family, ignoring her care towards her own appearance (culinary activities may lead to foul odor, damaged nails, etc.). She is also shown to always have band-aids with her, possibly as a precaution to Yotsuba Nakano 's active behavior. [18]
Her interests seem to lie more on romance than anything else. An example is when she wanted to watch a romance movie, whilst Itsuki Nakano preferred a science documentary instead. With this is mind, she likes to openly state her feelings for Futaro, regardless of whether it's in front of him or her sisters.
According to Futaro, each Nakano Quintuplet has their own characteristics regarding their sheets, [19] but in Nino's case, she will file her papers neatly.


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She has long black hair and sleepy purple eyes. She wears a lavender jacket and a blue bag.

Not much is known about her personality but she seems social as she is close friends with Nino and Yamada . Her face is often neutral or expressionless.


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He is a tall middle-aged man with a very muscular physique.


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Raiha is a slim young girl who stands at a medium height with long black hair, green/brown eyes (in Season 1, brown in Season 2), a simple butterfly-shaped ribbon, holding up her hair in a high cowlick.

Raiha is a cheerful girl who is essentially the head of the family, despite her young age, since she's the one who takes care of financial matters and cooks for the family. [3] Her mother's absence forces her to spent more time at household matters, leaving her to hold back a lot of things a child normally do. [4] She cares a lot about her brother and concerned about his life, even when both of them have grown up significantly. [5] [6]


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Rena is an extremely attractive young woman with chest-length dark-colored hair (dark-red in the anime) that has bangs swept to the right side (she had shoulder-length hair that hangs on the right side when she was a high school student), light-colored or dark-colored eyes (dark-blue in the anime), a well-endowed figure with large breasts and full pink lips; traits that had been passed down to her quintuplet daughters .
Because of her appearance, her beauty has charmed every male/female student and Shimoda comments on Rena's looks to Itsuki Nakano in different versions:

In Chapter 57 (Pg. 10-Pg. 12), she mentions "that's because Sensei was such... an incredibly beautiful woman." In the English Sub, she comments on how "Sensei was just that damn super beautiful." In the English Dub, she noted that "Ms. Nakano was just that stunningly beautiful."

According to Jinnosuke Mudou in the movie and Chapter 109 , he comments to Itsuki on how "you're the spitting image of your mother when she was young."

Rena is known to be a very serious, unsociable, strict and stern woman, especially when it comes to teaching her students as she would often punish her students with iron-fist sanctions, but she was also very forgiving and for that (as well as her appearance), she was adored by her students that there was a student fan club dedicated to worship her.
According to Itsuki Nakano 's words, Rena was "a gentle and maternal female."


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Kenji has light brown hair and is mostly seen wearing a kitchen coat. His hair goes down to his neck.


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Sanada was a young teenage boy with curly black hair and wore a big pair of glasses that covered his eyes.

Sanada appeared to have a quiet personality. Similar to Fuutarou, he was focused on studying, even doing maths during a field trip.


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Shimoda is a young woman with neck-length black hair that has bangs swept to the left side, blue-gray eyes and a mole under her right eye. When she was a student, she once had chest-length blonde hair.
When Shimoda encounters Itsuki Nakano at the Nakano Family Grave, Shimoda is seen wearing a black suit with a white button up shirt, no tie and black shoes.

Shimoda was inspired to become a teacher by Rena Nakano , and upon meeting her daughter Itsuki Nakano , decides to mentor her so she can pursue that dream herself.
Despite being serious most of the time, she's prone to outbursts sometimes, like when she angrily complained about the bill after she treated Itsuki. She also tends to get rather excited when talking about the romance dramas she watches on TV.


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Young Takebayashi had black shoulder-length hair that had a pin holding up her hair on the left side of her head and bangs swept to the left side. She wore a plaid shirt with rolled-up sleeves and long pants during the Kyoto trip.
In the present, she now has long hair up to the waist with bangs swept to the right side and she still has the pin from her elementary school days. She wears a white blouse with long sleeves and long, black pants..

During the flashback, Takebayashi was portrayed as a responsible girl, acting as the class representative of her class alongside Sanada , her childhood friend. Always upbeat and wanted to have fun as well, despite being the one to keep everyone in check. She also wants to include everyone in activities, as seen from her wish to include Sanada into the playing with Fuutarou Uesugi and the rest and worrying for Fuutaro when he stayed behind to go to the bathroom for a long time.
In the present, she seems to remain the same attitude she had with Fuutaro. She seems to have gained a bit of a teaser personality, as seen from her declaring that it was clear who was closer to Fuutaro between the quints and her, or how she teased Fuutaro over his changed looks and not remembering her despite being so close in the past. She still worried about the people she cares about, seen how glad she was that Fuutaro was able to grow out from his insecurities from the past, and seems to have a soft spot for the "girl from Kyoto" who managed to change Fuutaro to be a better person. She also seems to be extremely perceptive, as she realized the "friends" Fuutaro had were the "quadruplets" she had once met in Kyoto and she may have realized they are into him, and that she was able to deduce that Yotsuba Nakano was the "girl from Kyoto" from the information she was given.


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Tsubaki has middle to light hair color and a side-tail.


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Yotsuba is a fair-skinned teenage girl with short, straight hair that stops just around her neck. While her actual hair color is pink, she is portrayed to have a light-orange hair color. Her most notable accessory is a bunny ear-shaped ribbon, which can change forms depending on her emotions. [5] Like her sisters, she has dark blue eyes, an average height, a well-endowed figure, and large breasts.
Yotsuba wears her uniform with a large butterfly-shaped tie and wears a sports bag. [6] [7] When at her home. she uses small-shaped pajamas.

Yotsuba is an active, cheerful and easy going girl. She talks in a loud, spontaneous and sometimes absent-minded manner. She is the type of person who can't say no to people who need help [8] and is mostly seen helping others; either directly and indirectly.
While cheerful on the outside and towards others, she harbours feelings of inferiority towards her sisters and her own abilities. Because of this, she grew a desire to be different from sisters. She shortened her hair, put on a ribbon and excelled in extra-curricular activities. While portrayed as a bad liar early on, she is later shown to have some skill in lying herself.


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Yuusuke is a tall and handsome young man with light-colored shaggy hair, light-colored or dark-colored eyes and there are sparkles drawn around him, which implys his popularity.

Yuusuke is shown to be a prideful individual, being hurt when he finds that Fuutarou Uesugi never noticed him despite being ranked second in their grade for most of their time in high school.  Also because of his pride, he desired to score higher than Fuutarou in a fair competition, throwing out the test answers his father gave him.


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A young handsome man, Max's main features are his black Meteora outfit, as well as his signature blindfold with a x-shape crossing the front of it. When he first met Mafuyu and Katja , he was wearing a light colored hooded outfit, similar to designs usually used to depict Robin Hood and his Merry Men.

He is as polite as he his fanatical. On the one hand he helped out Mafuyu and Katja with some thieves when they first met in Bayern, despite it having little to do with moving his mission along. He even claims to wish to get to know them better, and tells Mafuyu to believe that he is not their enemy.
Despite this, he is also completely resolute in killing those his orders say he must, even if it's an entire village. For Max, as well as Meteora as a whole, the risk that even one of those villagers had seen a holy artifact they had no business observing meant that they had sinned, in their view.
His loyalty is to whoever leads their church, whether is Archbishop Smirnoff or Athos ' enemy the Qwaser of Gold , as so far as he's concerned he's carrying out God's will.


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Tomo has shoulder-length blue hair, crimson-red eyes and she has a large bust size that is no bigger than Urara Oikawa .
She is the spitting image of Sasha's original protector Olja , which explains why he took so willingly the role of Tomo's guardian, much to Mafuyu's chagrin. Also, sometimes an upside down Eastern Cross (with its third slab being a scar), the symbol of the Adepts, appears between her breasts (This is replaced with the Qwaser of Gold taking over her body in the anime).

Tomo is the exact opposite of Mafuyu Oribe , both physically and mentally: Tomo is very childish and naive, yet she is very sweet-natured and soft-spoken with a heart of gold, preferring peace over conflict, even when that gets her into trouble. She deeply loves Mafuyu and Alexander Nikolaevich Hell , as seen when she snapped at Joshua for his plans to use her as bait to get to them. Given her kind-hearted nature, she is also very friendly, forgiving, and befriend anyone, no matter how hostile they were initially, as shown when she befriends Jita Phrygianos , despite the latter's threats to kill her. Tomo also befriends a girl named Astarte while in captivity under the Adepts .


The Racing Brothers Let's & Go!!

Rion has tanned skin and is slightly taller than Go and Retsu. In the manga, his hair is blue , but in the movie, it appears more greener. He wears a bandana on his forehead and a scouter-like visor over one of his eyes. This visor is more than just a cosmetic accessory—it helps Rion monitor the stats of his Mini 4WD car, Gun Bluster , in real-time. The visor is also equipped with a GPS system , allowing him to track and locate Gun Bluster during races. His outfit includes an open jacket, revealing a crest on his chest, and he rides a scooter to keep up with his need for speed, often surpassing Go and Retsu in movement.

Rion initially comes across as aloof and unapproachable. He prefers racing alone and is often seen as unfriendly when first meeting others. However, after being thrust into a situation where cooperation is necessary, he begins to work with the Seiba brothers. Go and Retsu soon realize that Rion’s Mini 4WD, Gun Bluster, is dangerous, with electrical malfunctions that make it hard to control. Though Rion is highly skilled, his car's destructive nature complicates his racing. Eventually, he accepts Dr. Tsuchiya’s help to repair the car, but an enemy group attempts to destroy it during the process. Despite his initial reluctance, Rion grows closer to Go and Retsu, and they eventually join forces along with the other TRF members to stop Gun Bluster.


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Zhang Liao possesses a tall and robust frame, towering over those around him. His face bears the marks of a seasoned warrior, with weathered skin and a set of scars that tell tales of countless battles. he's hair is likely kept short for practicality on the battlefield. It may be neatly trimmed. He is adorned in a distinctive set of armor that reflects his status as a high-ranking military general, he often wear a flowing cloak or cape

Zhang Liao is known for his calm and composed demeanor, even in the heat of battle. He seldom displays overt emotions, maintaining a stoic front that instils confidence in his allies and strikes fear into his enemies. Unlike Lu Bu , he cares a lot for his subordinates, and frequently risks his life to guard their escape routes instead of the other way around. When many of them were beheaded after Cao Cao defeats Lu Bu , he even disobeyed orders to stay behind and recover their remains. he respects strength, both in martial prowess and strategic thinking. He is willing to acknowledge and align himself with individuals who demonstrate exceptional abilities like Guan Yu . he is unwaveringly loyal to those he serves. His allegiance initially lies with Lu Bu , showcasing his commitment to his lord and duty. However he shifts his loyalty to Cao Cao after he recognizing a greater cause.


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Naofumi notes him to be in his early teens and estimates him to be around 15 or 16-years-old.

Ake is a Knight of high morals. He cares for the citizens of Melromarc and fights to keep them safe. He is one of the very few people in Melromarc to not discriminate against the Shield Hero and the demi-humans. Despite seeming deeply religious, he doesn't seem to have much faith in the nation's official religion of The Church of Three Heroes and its teachings.


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Albert is described as a handsome man with black hair and eyes. He looked like he might be Japanese and in his mid-20s.

Not much is known about Albert's personality since he was only seen after he was experimented on. However, he had a harem similar to Trash #2 and his country was amiable with Kyo's country. He had a bad relation with Glass and her company.


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Altorese has blond hair pulled into a ponytail that hangs over his shoulder. He dresses like a merchant with plain but high-quality clothes. He has a fairly androgynous appearance which confuses newcomers about his gender.

On the outside, Altorese is a soft-spoken and polite man that ostensibly has not refined his ability to deceive. However, most of the people who know well describe him for his ruthless business sense and that profit as his primary goal in life. According to him, he has aligned himself with Kizuna and her partners because he believes that there is significant financial value in the relationship which is too value to lose by betraying them. However, there seems to be a soft side to Alto as he did not release vital information about Kizuna when he could have.


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Ashil is a griffin queen and as such, she is able to transform between her human and griffin form similar to a filolial queen.

Ashil, like Takt's other harem members, is very confident and prideful in Takt and herself. She looks down on other species, especially Filolials after all the flying Filolials went extinct in the Filolial-Griffin war long ago.


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Atla has the appearance of a 10-year-old demi-human of the Hakuko race. She has ears and a tail similar to that of her older brother, Fohl , but it's hard to tell if they are from the same race. Despite being a slave, her white and black hair is glossy while her skin is smooth and pale. Her appearance has been compared to that of a porcelain doll.
When we first meet Atla, her body is covered entirely in bandages. Beneath those bandages hid festering and painful sores. Upon seeing her for the first time, Naofumi wonders "Is this mummy even alive?."

Atla is strong-willed and exceptionally smart. She always seeks to gain Naofumi's attention and would do anything to gain his affection. She has a tendency to punish anyone who gets between her and Naofumi, especially her elder brother Fohl. The love she has for Naofumi borders on the obsessive. She is very decisive and often takes the initiative when partaking in anything relating to Naofumi.


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Aultcray is a confident, older-looking man with white hair and a beard. To Naofumi, he looked regal but condescending. As the king, he wore royal attire which includes a purple robe with white fur on the edges and a crown with violet jewels adorned on it.
After being stripped of his royal position and support, Trash was reduced to wearing just underpants and a cloak. There was some kind of spark missing from behind his eyes as he seemed to have lost his own volition at times.
Finally, after being revived by Naofumi, Trash regained his composure as he became the Wisest King of the West. However, unlike when he first met Naofumi, he was much more humble.

Aultcray formerly lived up to his name as the wise king of Melromarc . Despite being a Staff Hero, he was more well-known for his formidable intelligence. He was respected by his allies and his enemies alike. By all accounts, he was extremely active and heroic in his earlier days, earning a grand reputation among the kingdoms of the world. All this indicates that, for all his hatred and recklessness, he was at one point a cunning and intelligent person with a hero's renown.
The queen stated that his wisdom earned him great respect and that even now if he was sent to the border, it would cause turmoil among the enemy just by seeing him. Even the slave trader claims that the nation Melromarc might have been nothing in the name or in standing among the nations if it wasn't for Aultcray. Many citizens and nobles still have faith in him.
Though he was from Faubrey , a country with no discrimination against any races, he hated Demi-Humans for killing his parents and has a specific kind of hate for the White Tiger (Hakuko) race. This hatred caused him to rush to Melromarc, where he could be as openly hostile to them as possible and aid the kingdom in its war against Siltvelt , the Demi-Human country. He hates the Shield Hero title because the last one fought a war with Siltvelt, a country that worships him. As such Trash unjustly took his hatred out on Naofumi, whom was chosen as the next Shield Hero against his will; even covering up Malty's lies and stealing Naofumi's original clothes under the claim of "confiscation".
However, the current generation and the heroes doubt others claim of him. Rishia believes her parent's view of Aultcray, but wonders if his current behavior is a political act. Even his own second daughter is disgusted with him fawning over her sister and doubts her mother's stories of him. When Aultcray was revealed to be the renowned Staff hero, Nafoumi burst out laughing hysterically and praised their sense of humor. Nafoumi went as far to ask the queen, whether the real staff hero had died and Trash was a decoy placed in his shoes for obvious political reasons, much to her sadness.
In the time of the Spirit Tortoise rampage, he refused to fight which caused a ruckus. This made Naofumi discard any of his past deeds and felt they were probably exaggerations of actual events. Naofumi believes that Trash (Aultcray) might have been a military strategist who was only good at aggravating things (similar to Motoyasu Kitamura ),  but the queen claims he is much wiser than that. Mirellia also claims that despite his treatment of Naofumi , he used to aid anyone, no matter how much hatred he bears towards them if it brings him some benefit or debt owed to him.
The queen, who has known him most of her life, feels disgusted with how far he sunk from being remarkable to a complete idiot. The queen also points his idiocy might be due to a decade of peace and his spoiling of his first daughter, Malty.
He is a doting parent and a loving husband, but failed to be a proper king, contrary to his wife. In course of time, his vassal weapon refused to heed to his call and ceases to appear in-front of him. It was only after his reawakening, his vassal weapon obey to his deeds.
Besides the fact that he is the Staff Hero, he described as a genius tactician who being feared by other countries in the past. He could plan all of the war tactics just by collecting a little information in a short time. Even during the time of peace, he retained his militaristic sense. When playing chess with his wife, he would yawn in the victory while his wife, who is also a shrewd tactician, would be left baffled. He would only hold back and let his older daughter, Malty win.
After regaining his lost wisdom, he acted more majestically. Everyone was able to see the change in his aura (he doesn't even have an aura at all) and the way he presented himself. Some even doubted if it really was him. Everyone who were close to his age were relieved and assured of their success against the crisis, as they were able to feel the return of the wise king he once was.


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His hair and farcical hair are long, white, and straight. He wears a robe decorated in jewellery and a fancy cape. Additionally, he wears a crown on his head and rings on his fingers. [1]
The weapon he wields is the Vassal Staff , however, he is unable to summon it. [2]

He is notable for being cunning, shrewd, and an excellent tactician. He is also a doting father and tends to believe anything his first daughter tells him. [3]


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Beloukas is a short, creepy-looking little man who wears a traditional circus ringmaster's tuxedo (given that his slave tent has a circus-like motif), glasses with a small chain attached, white alchemist gloves, long top hat, and a red bow tie with a small diamond brooch in its center. He has a small, old-fashioned handlebar mustache and wears a somewhat sinister, omnipresent grin on his face.

At all times, Beloukas conducts himself with nothing less than the utmost courtesy with his clients. He speaks politely, offers them an honest assessment of his products, and any 'merchandise' they may wish to sell him, and charges them reasonable prices. However, he is not above occasionally trying to persuade Naofumi into acquiring other monsters and services for his personal profit. He would likely be considered one of the best people Naofumi has met in the New World, were it not for the fact of his shady slave-trading business.


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Biscas is easily a middle-aged person who wears spectacles and a white religious robe. He wears the rosary of the cult of the three heroes which consists of the symbols of the Bow, Spear, and Sword.

Naofumi thought Biscas to be peaceful, equitable and fair; but this proved only to be a façade. The Pope's true character is revealed to be extremely twisted. Often preaching and believing anything of his own convenience. When the cult's religion begins to be questioned, Balmus claims the Heroes to be phonies whom cause more harm than good; especially when it forces the "devil" of the The Church of the Three Heroes , Naofumi, to fix the messes. Proving himself a sacrilegious fanatic like his staunch followers. He was willing to go to any extent to defend such a demented stance, even if it means framing the Heroes worshiped by his faith. Often making ambitious plays that would heavily affect the kingdom.
Pope Balmus also withheld the country's royal family in the bitterest contempt. Seeing them all as a sect of blasphemous parasites whom often abused their power, insulting his view on how the people & apostles of god are overlooked by them.
Biscas used his deep connections in the nation of Melromarc to do away with any opposing authority in the kingdom. He was so narrow-minded that he often called many of his atrocious actions "the will of God." The Pope also claiming that his followers who died in the fight against the Shield Demon and the false Heroes will go to Heaven as a holy reward.
When wielding the replica of the Legendary Weapons, Balmus shows a visible "God complex," as he proclaimed himself God while labeling anyone who opposed him as evil.


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Chris resembles a penguin with a very expressive face. His back and wings are blue while his stomach and the area around the beak are white. He also wears a red Santa Claus hat.


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As a cat-like demi-human, Cian has two cat ears on the top of her head, a long tail and distinct cat-eyes which can dilate when focused. Otherwise, she is a little girl with long, grey hair.

To most people, Cian is a shy and timid young girl. She is quite guarded and takes a while to warm up to people. She also has a cool personality, to the point of feigning dis-interest despite actually wanting to participate. In contrast to her timid personality, she is curious about the world around her. She is also willing to help out those she has warmed up to.
At times Cian's instinctual "cat" personality may become stronger - such as automatically "hunting" a toy-like feather waved in front of her or liking being pet. She may even purr when content. This side reminds Naofumi of feral cats he encountered back home in Japan. [1]


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Earl seems to be a middle-aged (or older) Caucasian male with medium-length frilled brown hair and a receding hairline, and a brown "beard" oddly separated into a central goatee (without a mustache) and two "brushes" at the sides. His face is quite zombie-like, as his skin outlines the skull curves of his applecheeks, and his eyes are "sunken" inward with dark circles around them. He wears a Melromarc military uniform styled after a formal business suit with a necktie and a white inner shirt with frilled cuffs and carries around a small flag.

The Earl of Habenburg has a humble personality and is respectful towards the heroes . While showing Naofumi around, he acted like a typical tour guide.


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Eclair's appearance is that of a standard female knight from a game with waist-length strawberry-blonde hair that has a chest-length hair strand hanging on the right side. She has blue eyes and a face that could rival Raphtalia ’s in beauty, but she looks like she would fit the role of a Wicked Queen perfectly somehow.

Eclair is one of the few people in Melromarc who do not discriminate against demi-humans. She is staunch in her ideal belief until it was shaken by various incidents.
Eclair is a muscle brain and tends to spend most of her time training, which has unfortunately made her naïve when it comes to governing a village. During the time where she was supposed to rebuild her town following the Spirit Tortoise incident, she spends most of her time training. Furthermore, her plan was basically telling the former residents to rebuild their town, which was not possible considering their number and age. This caused both Naofumi Iwatani and Melty Q Melromarc to point out that Eclair knew nothing about governing.
She is a strong believer in justice and moral principles: she is a knight to her core. Eclair would question Naofumi's methods, which became ironic later. Seeing his way lead to more or less just results, she begins to take all the antagonist traits of Nafoumi.
Eclair also seems to have an innocent side because she still believes in Santa and once waited all night just to meet him.


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Her hair is Orange- brown or Blonde  and Light green eyes. She  is medium-length and wear and Blue dress with a golden bow

Elena is strong-minded with a sense of responsibility. Naofumi describes her as lazy.
She is honest to herself. She doesn't want to fight, and, if possible, she would like to live luxuriously. The mission of Heroes or the World’s fate doesn't matter to her. If she could she would instantly throw out such a mission. In fact, she would rather not participate in the wave at all. She would rather take it easy in the shadow of someone strong.
She is calculating, but unlike Bitch, she doesn't seem to gain pleasure from looking down on others and only seeks her own comfort and benefits.
In her own words, she doesn't discriminate anyone who is strong and will always associate with them and doesn't stick to the side.


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Elrasla is an elderly, short person. She wears a Chinese-style dougi.

Elrasla is constantly brimming with energy that belies her old age. Originally content to die a simple old farmer, Naofumi Iwatani 's healing her has given her a new reason to live and determination to fight for him and the sake of the world. She has wisdom enough to understand the necessity of some of Naofumi's more questionable actions and heartily approves of many of them.


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Erhard is a middle-aged (or older) Caucasian male whose well-built body, notably face and arms, is full of old scars. He has a shaved head, Amish-style beard without a mustache, brown or black eyes, and partially darker skin. He wears an off-white undershirt with medium-length sleeves beneath a beige overalls-like forger apron (with a brown pouch-like bag on the waistline) hung only by the left shoulder, black gloves, dark brown pants, and brown-beige upturned boots.

Erhard is openly a cheerful and nice person, he would go out of his way to get angry for someone else's sake. He can generally tell most of the time when someone is lying to him or not.
He doesn't believe in Melromarc's religious views about treating the Shield Hero as a devil and discriminating against demi-humans.


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In human form, he looks like a young boy with light hair, bordering on silver. He wears heavy robes and usually holds an ornate staff in his hand. His eyes are sharp and red/black-colored.
In his rabbit form, he looks like a rabbit standing on his hind legs. He is also twice as big as other library rabbits. He uses his royal cloak around his neck and going down his belly, like a necktie.

Because library rabbits are not suited for battle, he has little self-esteem. Nevertheless, he wants to become strong enough to help protect the world. But because he didn't get stronger and had to be protected, he was jealous of the strength of the others. After Naofumi told them about Rishia's stat growth, he began to start training again.


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Filo's appearance has changed many times, depending on her form.

Filo's personality has varied greatly throughout the story. Filo originally acted like any normal animal, prior to her transformation ability as she ate a lot, showed a great amount of affection towards Naofumi Iwatani and even convinced Naofumi to sleep in a stable with her because she was lonely by pulling on his mantle.
After Filo gains the ability to transform, her personality becomes that of a spoiled child; she refuses orders until she is fed, throws fits when Naofumi doesn't sleep in the same bed as her, and will randomly transform whenever she sees fit. In an attempt to try and fix her personality, Naofumi threatens to sell her (and with a little help from an advanced slave mark), after which Filo begins to behave much more appropriately. Since that point, Filo has become a trustworthy and reliable member of Naofumi's party. Filo works hard to gain Naofumi's approval so that she won't be pushed aside if something should happen to her (though it is unlikely Naofumi will really ever do that and instead uses it as a threat to discipline her).
Filo is also known to be very caring who has shown great affection towards Melty Q Melromarc , the second princess of Melromarc.
Although she is comparatively smart to others of her own kind, she is mostly an airhead and doesn't pay much attention to anything that she has no interest in. She will often doze off when others are talking about things she has no interest in. Initially, She has a poor understanding of behavior, culture and common sense.
Filo also loves to swim and can go underwater and hold her breath for hours. Since she is a bird, she collects shiny objects as her treasure, though they really are just trash. She enjoys singing and learns a song in every tavern the group visits by watching the regular patrons before joining them. Filo cares for children and plays with them whenever she comes across them. She also sings a lullaby for the new slaves of Rock Valley village to make them sleep comfortably. She also tries to lift the spirit of the news slaves to relieve them of their past trauma.
Filo has a boundless appetite and has poor table manners, which contradicts her appearance. She eats everything and anything.  She even once remarks that she thinks that her own kind looks delicious and is even willing to eat a rotten dragon corpse. But, Filo has a discerning tongue, she rates Nafoumi's cooked food over other foods. However, she hates alcohol and rucolu fruit. Nafoumi uses this monstrous appetite to threaten his enemies, that he may feed them to her. Filo also joins Nafoumi's play, much to their horror. Though this trait changes in course of time.
Filo is way too talkative and most of her conversations don't make any sense. Melty is the only person to understand Filo's words. Filo can figure out and say exactly the things people are trying to hide. Her bluntness is mostly due to her naïve personality, which sometimes deepens the other person's wounds. or exposes their intention in front of everyone.
Filo has a strange way of associating others with items rather than remembering by names like addressing:

Motoyasu Kitamura as Spear Itsuki Kawasumi as Bow Ren Amaki as Sword Eclair Seaetto as Red Veggie Ost as Turtle lady Glass as Fan lady or a see-through person Therese as sparkle person L'Arc Berg as Scythe Kizuna as a fishing lady

Although there is no ill intent and is her way of remembering them, many find it to be hurtful for being remembered as anything other than their name. One time, she referred to Imya as a delicious looking kid, which became a horror for the new slave kids.
Filo is a good judge of character and is able to see through anyone, which is shown many times such as when she refuses to let Raphtalia have Naofumi (knowing Raphtalia's feelings for him), Naofumi's strange or rude thoughts, Motoyasu's intention and Itsuki's personality. This also includes the lies and evil intentions of people like Mald , Malty S Melromarc , and Jaralis . It is this trait of Filo that convinces Naofumi to trust Melty as Filo completely trusts her. She’s been reserved as of late, but from the start, she’s been overly intrusive. She can see through lies and has exposed many. Naofumi uses her to verify the credibility of the truth told by people.
After spending time with Melty, she displays more fitting behavior and has corrected most of her flaws. She also learns many social and cultural behavior from Melty. At times, she is clearly disturbed by Naofumi's threatening of bandits about using her to eat them. She was horrified and disgusted by Jaralis grotesquely monster transformation and also him cannibalizing his own allies. This was not the case earlier. Her personality matures as she ages and spend time with people, but she still retains many childish traits.
If nothing else, Filo completely lives and relies on her instinct, which is absolute according to Naofumi.


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In her original form, Filolia looks like a small girl with long blonde hair. After her revival, Filolia gained permanent red wings on her back from the Suzaku infusion. According to Naofumi she looks like a filolial in human form - a mixture of Fitoria and R'yne .

Upon introduction, Filolia seems to be a chuunibyou - giving herself bold titles and proclaiming her importance. Her childish personality strongly reminds Naofumi of Filo . However, she is willing to get serious when the situation calls for it. Despite her careless outside appearance, she does have a strong moral compass.


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She has silver hair with thin streaks of light blue, cut in a short bob with three tufts of hair standing up vertically from the crown of her head, like cowlicks. Her eyes are red and her face is small and well-composed. She's dressed in a red and white gothic lolita-style dress and white sock-like silk boots. She's about the same height as Filo.

Fitoria is serious in her work, though she sometimes expresses typical Filolial personality traits such as animal stupidity, forgetfulness, gluttonous behavior, and hatred against dragons. Naofumi sees her as a child who pretends to be an adult. After living for several centuries, she has forgotten many things but is still able to recall important details. She exudes authority and gracefulness around her own kind.
Fitoria cares for the world's fate, but she's mostly indifferent to its inhabitants. While she interacts with the Legendary Heroes, Fitoria avoids interacting with the general populace because the latter has repeatedly disappointed her with their petty squabbles - she is disgusted at how most mortals try to selfishly control others. To protect the world, Fitoria is willing to take extreme measures like killing the uncooperative Legendary Heroes so new ones can be summoned.


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The majority of her feathers are a shade of white with some exception of a few areas like her neck which are a shade of blue that gradually changes towards her head and the tips of five feathers on her head that resembles a crow are yellow. Additionally, she has a very long feather behind her crown-like feathers that stretches down her back. [1]

She responds in an exceedingly harsh manner when the heroes do something foolish, however, she shows a compassionate side when the heroes are willing to cooperate with each other to save the world. [3]
She is also wary of the Spear Hero because of his personality and because he wields the Minute Hand of the Dragon Spear. [4]


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Fohl seems to be around 12 years old and appears to be healthy. His hair is black and white and with just a glance, Naofumi could grasp that he was of a higher quality than the other slaves. His ears are thick and roundish for a cat, and his tail has impressive black and white stripes. While his pupils are blue, a portion of his iris has vertical stripes. The whites of his eyes give off an intimidating look and his savage facial expression spoke of his wild nature.
His level was 32, despite his appearance is fairly young for a level 32.

Fohl is very protective of his younger sister Atla , he feels that he is the only one that is able to protect her from danger, and he refuses to trust anyone else in that respect. Though when he knows that it's for the good of his sister he will swallow his pride for Atla's sake.


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Gaelion appears to be a small orange dragon, he has tiny wings on his back and has no scales. He has two horns and has a fat tail. However, Gaelion has the ability to shift his size, changing into a more adult form better suited to combat than the relatively small infantile body, and back into his small dragon size when preferred.

Gaelion suffers something of a split personality disorder as a consequence of eating a Dragon Emperor core. However, as Gaelion grows older his multiple personalities will gradually merge together.
The first and most dominant personality is that of the infantile body, the original inhabitant of the body. This personality deeply loves Naofumi as a parental figure and has an extremely playful personality playing with Wyndia and desiring to play with Naofumi.
The second, less often seen personality is that of the Old Gaelion for which the infant was named for, this personality shows a degree of wisdom rarely seen among his kind and is usually defined by his love for his adoptive daughter Wyndia and a lingering grudge against Ren Amaki for killing him. Eventually, after seeing his daughter being taken care of by the Shield Hero in his village, he agrees to lend a hand. He prefers to remain silent when in the presence of Wyndia, as to let her live unknowing of the effects of the dragon core.
After eating the Demon Dragon Emperor core, Gaelion was temporarily possessed by a dominating third personality - the personality of the Demon Dragon Emperor. This ego was evil, vicious and highly intelligent. However, it eventually separated from Gaelion and was exorcised.


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He is a plump, middle-aged man that looks to be around 60. He uses a cane for support.

He's of the moderate faction, and he's famous for objecting to relying solely on the Shield Hero.


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Glass is a beautiful young woman with long black hair trimmed and styled after a traditional Japanese Princess ( 姫 , Hime ? ) haircut. She wears a jet black kimono with silver embroidery like those worn during a funeral. She has pale skin that is slightly translucent due to her racial characteristics as a Spirit Person .
During her third visit to Naofumi 's world, she wore European-style clothing, which according to both L'Arc and Naofumi, didn't suit her at all.

Glass comes off as stern, cold, and serious. Glass holds strong loyalty when it comes to her world and Kizuna, she also takes pride in being a Vassal Wielder and Hero and has high expectations towards other heroes, friends, or foe, from her world or not.
Because of her strong loyalty to her world, she was willing to even kill the Four Legendary Heroes of another world to save her own.
She is serious in her mission and doesn't like relaxing with her friends. Later in the series, her serious expression changes when she is around Kizuna to a more friendly and joyful expression. Naofumi considered it weird for someone who was always calm and cool to have such expressions.


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Hickwaal is a short and rotund man dressed in merchant's clothes and jewels.

Hickwaal is a generally excitable man with a devilish twinkle in his eye. He places his merchant business above all else - including ethics - and welcomes any and all business opportunities.


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Hidemasa is a young man with black hair and Japanese features with a type of "mature coolness" about him. He wears a black and silver coat over a vest, pants, and boots.

Naofumi describes him as arrogant. He displays many of the same flaws the holy heroes from Raphtalia's world had before their curses. He has a strong dislike for anything he sees as cowardly in battle. Like the other Vanguards of the Waves , he likes to have a harem of women who can do his will.


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Holn has the platinum-blonde hair and brown skin which is distinctive to the Anthreya family. She is short in stature and looks to be about 16 years old. Her preferred clothing includes a lab coat and she reminds Naofumi heavily of her descendant Rat .

Driven by her curiosity and desire to tinker, Holn is often seen as brash and uninhibited - not thinking about the potential consequences of her research. She acts as the stereotypical mad scientist except that she requires permission from her test subjects. Even outside of research, she is a brilliant and unconventional thinker which have led others to begrudgingly respect and rely on her.


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Rabier was a nobleman of a revolting appearance. He was an overweight, middle-aged man with an unkempt mop of frilled, strawberry-blonde hair and a minimal mustache in the same color shaped like two small "leaves" over his upper lip. He dressed in elegant clothing of black, golden, and purple hues, with some white frills to match his royalty status, a dark purple cape, olive-yellow pants, black riding boots, and most of the time flaunted a cynical smile on his plump face.

He is an amply-proud fanatic of the Church of the Three Heroes and has a twisted logic in his belief. He hates and looks down on demi-humans, taking sadistic pleasure in their suffering, even children. His torture knows no boundaries, as he is willing to torture any allies or believers of the Shield Hero, including his own kind. He was an abusive master of slaves and had no qualms on readily killing his own soldiers for an advantage. He is also a great coward, as shown when he begged for mercy (mostly from Raphtalia) when he had never granted any to anyone.
He doesn't care for anything or anyone but himself. In his maniacal thirst for killing the Shield Hero, he comes to the point of releasing in the middle of the town an ancient monster sealed ages prior in an obelisk, which led to his own death and the carnage of the town people.


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Imiya is from a race of mole beast-men, but she favors the mole side so generally, she looks like a mole. Her human characteristics are reminiscent of a werewolf and her stature is quite short. Her height only measures up to Naofumi 's waist.
Imiya had significant scarring on her back due to past abuse. However, upon seeing them Naofumi healed them.

At first, Imiya was incredibly timid due to the excessive physical abuse she had received before being sold to the slave trader . However, she slowly started to recover mentally with Naofumi's kind care and being around the other village children. She slowly came out of her shell and did her best to get Naofumi's approval. Now that she is free to be herself, Imiya has turned out to be a kind, obedient child.
Apparently Lumos as a whole are a fairly submissive race.


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Itsuki has short light brown curly hair and dull golden eyes due to the effects of his curse series.
He appears to primarily wear a sleeveless tunic with light clothing underneath. Additionally, he wears thin leather gloves, leather boots, and a green hood-like cape attached around his neck and right shoulder.
The weapon in his possession is the Legendary Bow which was granted to him when he was summoned to another world.

Itsuki feels in his own mind that he's the strongest of the Heroes and undergoes stealthy missions to kill corrupt nobles and save villages, almost always just for the praise. Being a bullied child has left Itsuki with a desire to be special and superior. His sense of justice and need for praise both stem from this as does his inability to deal with the meek Rishia Ivyred , who reminds him of his weakness.
Like the other heroes, Naofumi Iwatani excluded, Itsuki believed that the world they had come into was identical to that of a video game, but he goes further than they do and believes Naofumi has met God, i.e. the game master, and received powers from him to explain his superiority. Even after becoming a yes man and having everything shattered, he still feels that the fact that Rishia is stronger than him has to be a cheat. He also thought he was immortal since the "game" wouldn't let him die.
He called himself an ally of justice and tried to act on it, at least at the beginning. But, he lost the true essence of justice and instead just acted on his own selfish desires of getting praised, under the guise of justice. His sense of justice was so overpowering that he refused to listen to what anyone had to say and believed his own to be the only true justice. Although he goes on about justice on a regular basis, his view of it is incredibly self-indulgent and one-sided. He was willing to put everyone he believed to be evildoers to death just because he believed they were evil and was willing to kill them. This got worse when he was affected by the Curse Series .
He can also be quite gullible and unobservant, though not to Motoyasu Kitamura 's extent, as all of his teammates excluding Rishia are in fact extremely untrustworthy people who just praise him all the time. They just fed his desire to be praised and every time they did, he felt satisfied by their praise. Then again, he can be easily fooled like he was by the Church of the Three Heroes when they lied about Naofumi's misdeeds and that Naofumi had an item that supposedly had the power to raise his EXP intake. After awakening his curse series, he believed Naofumi was evil for having slaves and turning away people who he could supposedly revive from the dead because Malty S Melromarc tricked him into thinking the latter was possible. He believed those who praise him and not others who tried to reason with him.
He has a hero complex which means he will wait until people are in a crisis before acting so he can "save" them in a heroic fashion, going far enough to lie about his abilities to cover up his inaction before people fall into critical situations. He's extremely petty, and not very smart, believing Naofumi is guilty of both the false attempt of rape charge and later of trying to take credit for things he had done, which wouldn't be hard for anyone to do because Itsuki tries to be a robin-hood-esque hero who conceals his own activities often. His pettiness was once again exposed when Rishia was praised over him for her efforts against L'Arc Berg . To get back at her, he framed Rishia for breaking an item and kicked her out of his party.
In short, he's stuck up, gullible and wants to be praised by others. The one thing Naofumi ever said to him that genuinely enraged Itsuki was simply "I thought you were better than this, my evaluation of you has dropped," for which he was willing to go so far as to shoot the Shield Hero in the back of the head.
After going through the events with the Pride Series and experiencing Malty's manipulation, Itsuki's prideful personality destabilizes and he becomes completely despondent. He now follows Naofumi's orders without argument.


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She is shown to be a young boy around the age of 10 with dog-like features, later revealed to be a girl. Her tomboyish appearance fooled everyone, including Naofumi, who accepted her as his slave under the impression that she was male. When Tact asked his harem not to hurt women, every other woman in the Holy Hero side remained unharmed, with the exception of Keel.

Keel can be bratty and whiny when wanting food from Naofumi. Despite how she acts, she helps bring together the slaves as a leader of sorts.


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Kizuna has brown eyes and long brown hair tied into pigtails.
She primarily wears a western Gothic dress along with a haori coat on top that was given to her by Glass.
The weapon in her possession is the Legendary Hunting Tool which was granted to her when she was summoned to another world. As a Hero, her weapon is always attached to her, normally taking the form of a fishing rod that is folded and carried on her waist. At times of need, it can transform into a Maguro bōchō ( 鮪包丁 , Maguro bōchō ? ) to be used as a weapon.

Similar to the rest of the other legendary heroes , Kizuna is also an otaku who mistakenly believed the world to be a game at first and then came to realize the truth later. She completely disapproved of the idea of killing another world's holy heroes for their own world's survival, and believes that the heroes are needed for some other reason. She also loves fishing, so much so that she often ignores completing her missions in order to fish.


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His feathers are a shade of yellow. [1]
Because he was raised by a hero, he was able to undergo the extra stage of development of developing into a Filolial King resembling a giant owl. [2]

He intensely curious, innocent, and loves to eat. He can also tend to be a bit slow to catch on at times. [4]


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His feathers are a shade of dark black. [1]
Because he was raised by a hero, he was able to undergo the extra stage of development of developing into a Filolial King resembling giant owl. [2]


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Kyo has white hair with a silvery sheen. His eyes are described as stagnant and rotten, comparable to the eyes of a dead fish. He carries a dark and gloomy aura around him.
He wears a long coat while wearing a strange belt around his chest, which is full of test tubes. He also wears leather gloves and shoes. He is described looking either like a scientist or an alchemist.
After his death, the remnant of his soul takes the appearance of a skinny man in his thirties, completely different from his physical appearance, but his voice is the same.

Kyo fancies himself a genius. A rampant egomaniac, whenever his opponents make mistakes, he will repeatedly call them stupid, yet he makes use of his attacks in extremely simple and easy-to-see-through ways. Also a megalomaniac in his quest for more power, he sees the world as nothing more than a game, its people merely NPCs that exist for his entertainment, and it shows through his frequent use of "Gamer Jargon" such as calling the waves an update, much like how Ren Amaki sees everything around him. He believes himself to be invincible since he's cheated death many times but is terrified of those that threaten his immortality - such as soul eaters .


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L'Arc has spiked red hair, he is tall and muscular. He has a tattoo of a scythe on his upper left arm and appears to be handsome.

He is carefree and laid back, taking a very relaxed path to every problem. He is, according to Naofumi , an older-brother kind of character. Even though he has become a king, he likes his freedom. Just like Glass , he has a warrior spirit, which is shown during his fight with Naofumi.
He is a good judge of character just by looking at someone. He has a childish side, which was made evident when he became giddy over the ship ride to Cal Mira Archipelago . He has a habit of calling people younger than him, "Kiddo" this was shown as when him and Naofumi met he referred him as, "Kiddo". He has high morals and doesn't want to hurt anyone who is irrelevant to his mission. He is charismatic enough to attract good people to his side


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Similar to Sadeena, Sasa tends to stay in her therianthrope form. She looks like a giant panda walking on two legs.

Sasa has been described as the "big sister" of the Zeltoble coliseums. While she is friendly, she is often pragmatic and to the point. She has proved to be an intelligent fighter within the Zeltoble arena.


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As a dragon therianthrope , Leludia is able to transform between her human and dragon form.

Like the other members of Takt's harem, Leludia is very arrogant and prideful of Takt and herself. She is loyal to him and believes in his vision. To her, anyone fighting against Takt must be weak.


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Lesty's face was mentioned to be sharper than Myne Sophia 's face. Nevertheless, she is also a beauty.
In the Manga, Lesty dressed with extremely extravagant clothing and often carried a staff with her. She also had short hair resembling a bobcut.
In the Anime, Lesty had longer hair that was partially tried into a braid. She also wore lighter clothing with some accessories.

Lesty shares most of the trait personality with Myne Sophia as Lesty is manipulative and scheming without regard to ethics. She also acts like a spoiled brat when she doesn't get what she wants. She differs from Malty however in that she isn't as confident and she act more like Malty's follower than a leader.


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She was described to be strikingly similar in appearance with her daughter, Atla, however, without any of the demi-human features. Additionally, she was blind.

She was said to be always very kind. She seems to be broadminded, since she married a Hakkuko, the same race who killed her parents. She was able to understand that the culprit is not a representation of the entire race or religion. This is contrary to her brother, Aultcray, who blamed the entire demi-human race and shield hero for his losses.


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In her filolial forms, Luna is navy-blue in colour. She is entirely navy-blue in her chick form and white with navy highlights in her filolial queen form. Her filolial queen form looks like a giant owl while the chick form is like a mini owl.

Similar to Elena , Luna has a cool, reserved personality. She doesn't like to talk more than she needs to and likes to avoid attention. Motoyasu had noted that Luna has a similar atmosphere to Fitoria . Despite her reserved personality, she deeply loves others in her party.


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According to Naofumi, her clothing are that of a typical Witch, a race which is mentioned to be the masters of magic.

She is mentioned to be kind, polite, and generous. She was willing to repay her gratitude.


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Makina was a female demi-human who claimed to be getting too old to maintain her "youthful beauty". [1] After her death, her soul took on the form of a giant mass of malevolent shadows.

Makina's personality was extremely similar to that of Malty S Melromarc to the point where Naofumi believed he could have mistaken her for Malty had the timeline matched up. [2] Makina repeatedly proved herself to be both highly treacherous and manipulative as well as spoiled and entitled.


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Mald is a tall, sturdy and robust man with a thick mustache. His most distinctive feature is the brightly colored, extravagant armor that he always wears (and seems to never be seen without it). L'Arc says Mald's demeanor makes him seem like some kind of criminal.

Mald has always had a stuck up attitude, which most likely came from his status as nobility. He has the trait of being self-righteous, bearing a dictatorial mindset despite taking objectively wrong actions. While originally being a companion of Itsuki's, it was later revealed he stole the fallen Bow Hero's reward to live luxuriously while Naofumi took the blame. He has an intimidating personality which always pressures anyone near him. As typical in most Melromarc high society, Mald hated both Demi-Humans and the Shield Hero with a passion.
L'Arc Berg believed Mald to be the Shield Hero for the rumor circulating about Shield Hero to be fitting him, such as fiend, extorter as well as a fraud whom can order anyone standing in his way killed. L'Arc cautioned Naofumi about Mald. As noted by Naofumi, he has a way of deluding himself into believing his own "justice", which can be simplified as him simply calling people he dislikes and opposes him as "evil". Filo , like L'Arc, also judges Mald's character poorly.
While he is a reasonably good strategist and planner, Mald is certainly prone to underestimating his opponents. The Shield suspects that his reasons for joining Itsuki 's party was to fuel his own sense of superiority, as he could be seen bossing everyone in it around to show his authority, especially Rishia , whom he often berates for "undermining" the party.


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Malty was first described by Naofumi as a lovely girl with wavy semi-long crimson hair that is tied up in a ponytail with chest-length hair strands hanging on either side, emerald-green eyes, a pretty cute and youthful facial features, yet slightly shorter than Naofumi.
Even after her betrayal, Naofumi admits that she is a waste of beauty and describes her as needlessly attractive.

Malty normally presents herself to newcomers with her mask of a friendly and encouraging but flirty person. In reality, she is a malevolent psychopath with a myriad of negative traits. She is a consummate fraud who stands as prejudiced, narcissistic, egocentric, haughty, dishonest, hypocritical, whiny, bossy, corrupt, vain, arrogant, conceited, depraved, shrill, treacherous, condescending, malevolent, sadistic, abusive, deceitful, selfish and tyrannical. On top of being highly adept at cheating and manipulating people for her own self-serving benefit, while not above insulting or making them as miserable as possible. Malty is also a first-class actress, often pretending to be a poor and harmless girl who'd stoop so low as to self-victimize in order to make people believe her empty word. She is deceptive enough to "cry" crocodile tears in order to fool people into taking her side, something the Queen calls her out for in the manga. Even after she was implanted with a spell that makes her feel an immeasurable pain when she lies, lying remains Malty's first - and perhaps only - reaction in any given situation, even when there is clear evidence of her malicious actions. An example of this is seen when she denies her sister’s accusation of attempting to poison the food Naofumi was going to eat even though she was caught red-handed as she was pouring the poison into the meal in the anime.
Malty will do whatever it takes to get her way and is not above any kind of foul play, willfully interfering in otherwise fair matches. She will readily commit atrocities to gain an underhanded advantage while at the same time considering everything that may disfavor her side "unfair," revealing her to be a sore loser on top of being a scoundrel. Even going as far as attempting to kill her own sister so that she could be the future queen, manipulating her father into believing that Naofumi kidnapped Melty . Having "hypnotized" her into being on his side.
Malty is extravagant and goes as far as to use the country's treasury for her luxurious spending in daily life, cynically calling it "for the sake of the world." Her greed extends even towards villages ruined by the Catastrophe Waves , heavily taxing them beyond their means. Her mother mentioned that she already used her own body to gain some benefits - it is implied she went sexual on Motoyasu in order to better control him. In spite of visibly supporting (or pretending to support) Motoyasu, she is ultimately out for herself alone and stands ready to betray anyone, even her own relatives, for her personal desires and goals.
Despite being cunning and intelligent enough to manipulate others, Malty is shown to have several traits that makes her rather stupid and easy to fool herself. As shown where several characters were able to manipulate her easily provided that one knows her personality well enough to exploit these traits. As shown where, primarily due to her own inflated sense of exaggerated self-worth, on top of of her general over confidence, tended to make her quite dumb and easy fool if her ego is flattered appropriately. This is noted by Biscas T. Balmus upon revealing his betrayal to her, completely shocking Malty due to misguided belief that the Church of Three Heroes was loyal solely to her thanks to her “masterful” manipulation of them and their “support” of her claim as the rightful queen on the basis of her being the older Princess with the Pope himself noting on Malty’s immense stupidity when compared to the proper wisdom and intelligence possessed by her younger sister and mother. Later, Rino was also later able to manipulate Malty by feeding her ego, ending in her being fatally stabbed in the back by her and shellshocked when Rino revealed her immense hatred of the fallen princess.
Due to her narcissism, over-confidence and general disdain for others she deems “beneath” her, Malty has shown to be almost completely incapable of detecting and reading the emotions of hostility others have towards her. As shown where despite betraying, maliciously insulting and abandoning Ren , Motayusu and Itsuki , Malty was under the delusional belief that she could continue manipulating them through her usual tactics. Malty herself has also shown to have little shame and self-respect to beg the people she wronged to save her, as shown where after her trial for her crimes carried out by her mother for her crimes against Naofumi and her own country and again when she attempted to appeal to Motayusu and Ren to save her from her execution ( marriage ) punishment, Malty had little shame to beg them to save her despite all her maliciousness towards him/them. And even when Naofumi did save her from her execution and mitigated her punishment by renaming her to “Bitch”, Malty had little gratefulness for his mercy and her grudge towards him only increased.


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Naofumi Iwatani describes Mamoru as young with an agreeable youthfulness. While not overly handsome, he has warm and appealing features.
In addition to the Legendary Shield , Mamoru's typical outfit includes full body armor which includes a helmet.

Similar to Naofumi, Mamoru is considered a kind person, however he is also more impulsive and slow to trust. Many people in his nation of Siltran look up to him as a source of inspiration but he also is willing to do unethical acts for the better good.


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The demeanour of the medicine shop owner usually makes him seem sullen.

The medicine shop owner is a businessman at heart and welcomes new business opportunities. Despite this, he also has a kind heart and would rather judge a person himself than from the words of others.


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Fitting of her age, Melty has the appearance of a child. She has an overall blue color design with bra-length blue hair that is tied in two wavy pigtails by two blue ribbons and blue eyes.
She wears fancy frilly clothes that merit her royal status, which are also blue with various areas in white.

At first glance, Melty is polite and befitting of her image as the princess, but it is just a persona for others to save face. She is notably kind and unprejudiced towards commoners and Demi-humans and doesn't abuse her status power, unlike most nobles in the Melromarc Kingdom. This side of her also shows how she has more morals and maturity despite her age. These traits make her the exact opposite of her older sister, Malty S Melromarc .
However, she still has the traits of a child her age, which start to seep out more often after she starts spending time with Naofumi Iwatani . This confuses Melty herself, as she realizes her behavior was out of the ordinary.
Because of her mother 's hobbies, Melty developed a great interest in Filolials (which was later overtaken by Motoyasu Kitamura ), which drew her to Filo and led to the two becoming best friends. Despite having trust issues, Naofumi believes in her based on Filo's trust, as Filo is a good judge of character.


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Mirellia is a beautiful, fair-skinned woman with purple hair tied in a bob with collarbone-length bangs, purple eyes, and pale purple lipstick.
She is normally in her intricately-decorated royal gown, with what appears to be a bronze breastplate. She has a regal presence that commands the attention of everyone around her.

Compared to her husband, Aultcray Melromarc XXXII , Mirellia is a more benevolent and proficient ruler who puts her duty as queen above all. She is realistic, strategic, cunning, and political, using whatever means available to control a situation. She is manipulative but puts her skills to more benevolent use, which she puts to use in maintaining foreign relations.
Mirellia's character can best be seen in how she treats her daughters, Malty and Melty . Through Malty, we see the queen's pragmatism. She is willing to use even her children to further her goals, examples being using Malty as part of her plan to entrap The Church of the Three Heroes , then stripping her of royal status and branding her a slave. She also shows a sadistic side when she gave Malty - whose name was changed to Bitch - a long list of humiliating punishments. Like Melty, though, she is wise, compassionate, and will not hesitate to help when needed. Mirellia acts more as a queen to her family than a wife and mother, but that isn't to say she doesn't care for them: she treasures her family deep in her heart, even the unbearably wicked Malty. Unlike most of her people, she didn't discriminate against demi-humans and tried to improve their status in Melromarc. As noted by Naofumi Iwatani , she is the only person in the castle to treat Demi-Humans properly.
She loves the legends of the original four heroes and doesn't share the view of her nation's religion, because of that, she was disappointed in the current generation heroes (with the exception of Naofumi) for not living up to the name.
Mirellia also has a love of Filolials , something that she would pass on to Melty. She is especially fond of the Filolial Queen Fitoria , to the point where her professionalism vanishes at the mention of her.


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Motoyasu has long blond hair that is held back in a ponytail with bangs hanging on the left side of his forehead and bright orange eyes.
The clothing he primarily wears is a sleeveless tunic over his dark clothing. Additionally, he wears leather gloves, leather boots, and a hood-like cape decor with Filolial feathers.
In the past, he wore chainmail underneath his sleeveless tunic and silver armor on various parts of his body but later discards them after learning the true nature of Malty S Melromarc (Motoyasu's ex-companion).
The weapon in his possession is the Legendary Spear which was granted to him when he was summoned to another world.

Motoyasu is likely the friendliest of the four Legendary Heroes. It's mentioned that he is loyal to his allies. However, he is incredibly naïve and gullible. He is generally a nice person, but is easily fooled, especially by women.
Motoyasu has a rather distorted view of women; he thinks they are perfect angels incapable of doing anything bad or evil. As such, he believes everything a woman tells him without thinking twice about whether or not it's true, which made him a perfect target for Malty's manipulations. When she framed Naofumi Iwatani for attempted rape, even though she had stolen his money and clothes (both of which she gave to Motoyasu), he believed her claims and became openly hostile towards Naofumi in her defense, assuming Naofumi was guilty and refusing to listen to give Naufumi the benefit of the doubt. He later acts tries to save Raphtalia and Filo, without their consent, to free them from being Naofumi's slaves. Raphtalia is quick to point out the flaw of his actions here. He is also a flirt and a skirt chaser who asks Raphtalia and Filo to leave Naofumi and join his party the instant he meets each of them, but is quick to admit Raphtalia was right to scold him for flirting with her when they were doing a party exchange.
He demonstrates high levels of self-delusion and willful ignorance, if not plain idiocy. He only hears what he wants to hear and ignores whatever might upset him. Examples of this include his duel with Naofumi for Raphtalia's freedom, when he received a slap instead of a hug after he freed her from slavery and was called out for his hypocrisy, he defended himself desperately claiming that Naofumi must have brainwashed her. He also refused to believe that Malty framed Naofumi, even after seeing all the evidence. He continued to believe in Malty and denied all of the reality. However, after the Queen exposed Malty as a pathological liar with a temporary slave crest zapping her at every lie, Motoyasu stopped trusting her words blindly.
He doesn't accept a fight unless he is utterly confident of victory. His cocky challenges to Naofumi show this twice.
His personality does a complete 180 after he unlocks his Curse Series, developing an obsessive crush for Filo and starting to regard Naofumi with the utmost respect as his "father-in-law" (since he starts to see both Filo and Raphtalia as Naofumi's "daughters"). At the same time, he changes from a skirt chaser to a Filolial lover. He becomes unable to see women as anything but pigs and finds their "reek" disgusting, and enjoys spending his time surrounded by filolials. Additionally, his psyche is greatly warped to the point that he develops a fearless and bloodthirsty style of battle, without feeling any concern about killing or being covered in blood.


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Naofumi has short black hair that spikes in all directions and sharp green eyes. He often wears a scowl on his face because of his cynical outlook towards the world, but he does express gratitude from time to time.
The armor he primarily wears is Barbarian Armor +3, which has gone through numerous upgrades and transformations. Depending on the situation, he may switch to different sets of armor or clothing.
The weapon in his possession is the Legendary Shield , which was granted to him when he was summoned to another world.

Naofumi was initially an exceedingly trusting and positive person - excited about being summoned as a hero. However, his mentality abruptly changed after Malty S Melromarc , the princess of Melromarc , betrayed and framed him.
Being left near-penniless, falsely accused as a criminal, and hated by nearly everyone, Naofumi became extremely distrustful towards everyone and cynical about life. He could not trust anyone and started to assume that others were trying to get something from him. The result of the Princess's betrayal has left him in an almost permanent state of anger and hostility, which he masks behind a calm and level-headed personality. This mentality bites him back as he unknowingly pushes away genuine supporters of the Shield Hero and Siltvelt envoys.
Unfortunately, being a Shield Hero meant that Naofumi was essentially useless by himself, which forced him to eventually seek help. He was convinced to get a slave - someone who could not betray him - so he eventually finds Raphtalia . Naofumi treats her deadly illness and teaches her to fight. After spending time with Raphtalia, and eventually Filo , Naofumi starts to heal mentally and trust his close companions. However, this is a long process and Naofumi is still unable to fully trust or be intimate with others. Unlocking the curse series weapon Shield of Wrath also placed a block on his psyche which prevented him from empathizing with others.
After losing nearly everything, Naofumi deeply values what he has built up since being summoned, especially his relationships. Therefore, he is protective of people like Raphtalia. It is also shown several times that Naofumi is at his most vulnerable when he loses someone close to him. This can be seen when Naofumi thought he had lost Raphtalia after losing the Duel with Motoyasu , and when he was separated from Raphtalia and the rest of his party he traveled to Glass' World . He was even willing to sacrifice his life to save his friends such as when they were battling against the Phoenix or Takt .
Naofumi is a pragmatist and is willing to take some unconventional measures to meet his goals. For example, after saving Rishia and Keel , he offers both of them to be his slave since the shield helps improves a persons growth and stats. Once becoming governor of the territory which includes Raphtalia's destroyed village, Lurolona Village , Naofumi purchases slaves to be villagers. He justifies this saying that this will give them a better life and that it will help them gain independence. Due to their good treatment and their respect of Naofumi, the children end up adoring him. At one point, Rishia wonders if Naofumi's commitment to the villagers make him their slave instead of the other way around.
Naofumi sees himself as a fatherly figure for Raphtalia, causing him to typically be unaffected by Raphtalia's romantic hints. Plus, he is aware that while her body aged due to her Demi-Human nature, she is still technically a child.
One of the biggest differences that Naofumi has from the other heroes is that he thinks of the consequences of his actions. Despite having the most villainous attitude, Naofumi is ironically the most effective of the heroes at getting things done. He even corrects the problems that the other three heroes either start or make worse. Another aspect of Naofumi that sets him apart is that he is generally reasonable and willing to listen to others. He was convinced to stay in Melromarc after listening to the arguments of the queen . He also attempted to amend his relationship with the other heroes at Fitoria's request despite their mutual hatred. When Naofumi became loved and adored by the public while the three other Heroes became hated by the same people that use to admire them, he decided to take them under his wing.
Naofumi has a habit of giving people he meets nicknames. His reasons tend to be because they didn't tell him their name or because he hates them. In the latter case, he will give them extremely degrading nicknames such as referring to Malty as Bitch. For most people, he tends to nickname them based off of who or what they remind him of, sometimes add a number if he feels they act a lot like someone he knows. After Naofumi became the Mirror Vassal Hero of Glass' world , his friends note it suited him given how he always 'reflects' other people's treatment of him right back at them, insulting those whom insulted him first and helping those whom helped him.