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Mari is considered to be a very attractive and beautiful teenage girl with curly mid-length dark purple hair that she wears in pig-tails where it has small pieces of hair with bangs hanging on the right side, violet-colored eyes, she is said to have very long eyelashes, glossy nails and beautiful pale skin by Anna Kobayakawa , an average build and below average height.
In her childhood and middle school, she wore her hair out for the most time.
Mari is usually depicted in her school uniform.

As a child, Mari was a very kind, sweet and cheerful girl where she says that she has always been bold and confident, but even more as a child than now. Despite her parents working most of the time, she didn't feel lonely as Masaomi Tsutsui was there for her. In middle school, due to things happening to her, like teasing and bullying, Mari started bearing mistrust and disgust towards both men and women, which is why she was alone most of the time, but she was fine with it as her older brother was still there for her. With her brother, Mari was always cheerful and happy. However, when he decided to marry and move out, Mari felt betrayed and her hate for men became even stronger, seeing them as annoying and nuisances.
Mari's personality started to change drastically in high school as she was bored and indifferent towards everyone and saw everything around her as boring. She always kept to herself and acted excessively rude to people so they stopped approaching her eventually. She never saw any person she wanted to get along with and thought it would be better to be by herself. This changed when she met and became friends with Anna Kobayakawa . Like her brother, she accepted Mari just the way she was, which made Mari love and become very protective of her. Even though she acts loving and kind towards Anna, Mari was perceived by others as being short-tempered, violent and especially distrustful of all men. She was generally rude and foulmouthed to them, especially ( Tomoya Matsunaga ). She also disliked Natsuki Hashiba considering how he always gets in between her and Anna. Mari was most affectionate and loving to Anna and acted the opposite when Mattsun is around, which involved her calling him creepy or a jerk at many occasions, physically harming him whenever he harassed or bothered her. She could even be manipulative towards Anna because of how often she pushed her away from Natsuki due to her intense love for her and her need to keep Anna all to herself. She also sometimes displayed tsundere tendencies in which she isn't very honest with her own feelings. However, as the series goes on, she becomes more bearable with the group as seen when she said that she considers them as her friends and she also decides to become more honest regarding her own feelings though she still tended to be dishonest. According to Anna, Mari is kind-hearted as she always thinks about and put other people before herself.
Underneath her aggressive personality, Mari is actually very emotional, insecure and lonely where she has it difficult to trust people ever since the incident with her brother because she has a fear of being betrayed and left alone. When she does start to trust people, she becomes very attached and lets her guard down completely. She wants to be someone's top priority and realizes that Anna, who was always only by her side, started to love Natsuki and look at his direction. She apparently does not know what romantic love is, but Mari herself stated that she has always tried to find the right person for her. She later comes to acknowledge Mattsun's love towards her and slowly starts to reciprocate it, saying that she was able to move forward because he waited for her. She feels guilty for having hurt Anna and acknowledges her mistakes as a person, but feels like she just can't treat people nicely and expects serious repercussions for her past mistakes. However, after confessing to Anna and being told that she is Mattsun's top priority, Mari's less cold side is shown later on. Although her rude personality begins to die down after a while, her violent tendencies still sometimes leashed out.


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Masaomi a tall, good-looking young man with average build. He has brown, short, pulled back hair, often wearing sunglasses on top of his head, with purple eyes like Mari Tsutsui . He also has a mole near his nose, and a little beard on his chin.

Masaomi is a very caring man, especially towards his family and younger sister. At the same time, he is also very laid-back, having it easy to befriend people. He also thought that Tomoya Matsunaga was Mari Tsutsui 's boyfriend, and was happy over the statement when Mattsun confirmed this, though Mari denied this. As a adult now, Masaomi thinks it's actually nice being a teenager, even getting embarrassed about it, when Mattsun told him about her feelings about Mari. [1] According to Mattsun, Masaomi is a really kind and nice guy, in contrast to his younger sister, Mari.


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Natsuki is a pale-skinned young man with short, slightly spiked and messy blond hair (he originally had black hair, but dyed it to blond when he started high school), light-brown eyes (which are sometimes seen as being blue-greenish in the manga), he is noted to have a cute face and he possesses an average build who is considerably shorter than some of his friends, but he later grows taller in time.
He is usually depicted in his school uniform.

Natsuki is a very shy and clumsy boy, especially when dealing with love. He is also quite a delusional guy and often ends up daydreaming. It is often stated that he is prone to more "feminine" tendencies, in that he is very emotional and is more prone to crying for trivial things, which is why he sometimes gets teased for being a little girly and maiden at heart. He is an honest and genuine guy, but also very innocent as he becomes embarrassed regarding different things that his friends normally don't have any problem with, which can lead to Natsuki even fainting. At the same time, Natsuki is very kind, polite and overly considerate of others, to the point that his relationship with Anna Kobayakawa progresses at a very slow pace and never doubts other people. His kindness goes to the point to where he easily puts trust in people and would never do anything to get even just because someone else did it to him, but this trait can also even be used against him. Natsuki thinks it's quite pathetic of him but wouldn't be able to commit a bad deed due to his kind heart and patient personality.
Natsuki is also very expressive and is easy to read because of his facial expression when he shows his different emotions and is therefore said to be like an open book. He is very optimistic, cheerful and somewhat jolly, which is also why his friends say that he's very fun to be around. According to his friends, Natsuki is usually crying, troubled or has a weird look on his face, but if he just smiled more and looked more passionate, they theorize that Natsuki would've been really popular. And although he is shy and isn't very good at initiating conversations with strangers, Natsuki is easy-going, understanding, carefree and can accept other people's fault without any trouble, which is why his friends say he's the "boss" of the group that brought them all of them together when they were fighting when they first got to know each other. He is also very straightforward and does his very best in everything and doesn't give up until he accomplishes his goal. At times, he can get very awkward and nervous easily, which often leads to him impulsively saying whatever in his mind in which he sometimes embarrassed himself. He is very positive, supportive and encouraging towards his friends and although he gets teased by them a lot, he values their friendship very much and cares for them all deeply. He has a good sense of dignity as well, as when he found out his ex-girlfriend Yuri Kobayashi was a gold digger, he refused to go on the date with her, although he didn't want to believe that she was a person like that.
Natsuki had been love with Anna for about 2 years, but didn't confess due to his shyness and his lack of courage to do so (while Anna herself went at her own pace and has little experience in identifying her feelings as love). Around Anna, he becomes very embarrassed, flustered, shy and cannot contain his embarrassment as well as happiness. Both of them didn't realize their mutual love per se until later on in which they confessed to each other.


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Nozomi is said to be a cute fair and light-skinned teenage girl who is below average build and height with straight shoulder-length magenta-colored hair that she has a piece of it tied into a ponytail at the back with side-bangs while there are two strands of hair framing her face and teal-colored eyes.
When Nozomi started high school, she cuts her hair to lower chin-length (at the end of Vol. 8 Ch. 27 ) and leaves it loose while she occasionally sports hair-clips at the side of her head.

Nozomi is a very kind, positive and caring girl, but she has been clumsy, awkward and a crybaby since she was young, in which she is prone to crying and blushing. She is also quite naive, very pure-hearted and sweet, but at the same time has always been an understanding, supportive and strong-headed girl that tries her best in everything since she hates losing. She is very honest and straightforward regarding her feelings towards Keiichi Katakura and is very determined and also a bit pushy to make him fall in love with her. According to Keiichi, her intuition is always spot which is why she tends to do something out of absolutely nowhere. She is sometimes seen as meek and shy, but is friendly with everyone, disciplined and polite. Nozomi had also been very innocent and dependable on other people, which is why she couldn't really make decisions herself, but after falling in love with Keiichi, Nozomi becomes a more confident person and leaves her self-resentment behind. She finally felt a sense of fulfillment after feeling so anxious after seeing friends finding their passions when Nozomi herself really didn't have anything she wanted to do. And even though she has been said to look quite fragile, Nozomi absolutely hates being called this because of her past. Slowly, Nozomi starts becoming more mature, independent, and she finally finds something she can have as a talent and hobby later on. She is now able to set her goals and choices in life and realized the things she was yearning for. This is why she has decided to live for love as she was deeply changed by meeting and falling in love with Keiichi.
It has also been slightly hinted that she is a masochist due to her responses when Keiichi shows her his sadistic side and this side of her was also most likely brought out by him.


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Satomi is said to be a beautiful youthful woman with straight chest-length dark-purple, blueish hair that she wears in a low ponytail where it is laid on her left (or right) shoulder with right side bangs, light purple eyes and she wears oval-shaped glasses.


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Nezu is a young man with a tall frame. He has short, messy, light brown hair which is a bit darker at the ends with short messy bangs. He has small, sharp black eyes and at times furrowed eyebrows, which gives the impression that he's annoyed or troubled. He is often seen with a standard Seiryou High School uniform for boys.

Nezu is a stubborn and impatient young man who is also considerate and passionate. He is an honest man and says the things that are on his mind, but comes off as very competitive and short-tempered.


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Taizo is a young man with a tall and muscular build. He has wavy blond hair reaching his neck which is pulled back by a red hair band. He has small brown-colored eyes and a beauty mark under his left eye. He is usually depicted in a normal Seiryou High School uniform for boys.

Taizo is a kind, laid-back and carefree young man who is also friendly and polite towards other people. He is very caring, especially towards his friends and will try to help then when they have problems.


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Mattsun is a tall guy of average build who is portrayed as a handsome man due to being very popular among girls with straight and slightly messy neck-length red hair that he occasionally wears into a ponytail and green eyes.
He is often depicted in his school uniform or casual clothing when outside of school.

Mattsun has a narcissistic personality, stating that he thinks that he is really cool, and he constantly flirts with other girls and has an aura that attracts girls. But he is very caring, and cares mostly for his friends and is also overprotective of his little sister, Nozomi Matsunaga . He is also flashy but is understanding of situations and has quite good patience. After falling in love with Mari Tsutsui , he decides to stop playing around with girls for mostly her sake, but also because he realized how half-hearted he was about going out with girls. It is also slightly hinted that he might have a "M" side, just like his sister Nozomi.


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Kakei is a very tall and muscular young man with short, messy black hair and he is always seen with a hat, a headband or a cap, in which his eyes are never shown.
He is often depicted in his school uniform and hoodies regularly.

Kakei is a fairly quiet guy who is very practical and analytical, but he is still quite easy-going and has no problem working with others. He usually holds a calm and level-headed personality in most situations and takes everything quite nicely, and he is also reliable, responsible and keeps everything in order. He is very devoted and supportive towards his best friends, Wataru Mochizuki , and tries to help with the latter's progress with his relationship with Anna Kobayakawa at all costs. However, Kakei considers himself as a wimp since he hasn't acted on his romantic feelings for the person he likes either in which he also doesn't take the initiative to make any moves because he doesn't have any guts. He is also noted to be calculating since when he learns about someone's personality well, he can use it against them.
He values love, may it be platonic or romantic. He also is in love with someone, although he hasn't revealed who. Although Kakei wants to date the person he loves, he doesn't take the initiative to make any moves on the person he loves since he is afraid of doing so and thinks everything will just go to vain. He also states that he fell in love with the wrong person as well, but never once has he thought about loving this person as wrong and unnecessary.
According to himself, he views his mysterious personality as a charm, which is exactly why he mentions he won't be popular with girls. He can also be very stubborn and sensitive at times. Although he trusts people around him, especially his best friend Mochizuki, he is secretive and has never once told anyone about the person he likes, and doesn't plan to do it either.


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Tsuyoshi is a handsome young man of an average build and a shorter height with straight short dark-blue hair that he wears in side bangs where it mostly covers the left side of his face, his eyes are a lighter blue in comparison to his hair and he often wears a neutral ( not helping or supporting either side in a conflict, disagreement, etc.; impartial / having no strongly marked or positive characteristics or features ) face and earbuds.
He is often depicted in his school uniform or casual clothing when outside of school.

Tsuyoshi is known to be a very stoic ( a person who can endure pain or hardship without showing their feelings or complaining ) and a quite unpredictable guy who is normally seen wearing a neutral expression, making it hard to read what he is thinking about. He is also quite an unpredictable guy and is not very good at reading the atmosphere. He says that he is quite antisocial and used to be a guy who didn't talk with people until they approached him. Prior to meeting Yukiko Asai ; his girlfriend, he didn't have any interest in love or dating, and only focused on studying, hanging out with friends and live in the 2D world. He seems to live in his own little bubble and sometimes doesn't take his surroundings into consideration, and before he didn't really socialize with people and nor was he good at dealing with them.
Despite his quiet personality, he can become very talkative when talking about anime, manga, and games. However, he is a bit of embarrassed about this and doesn't tell people his hobbies and nor does he want people to find out. He is very smart and is the smartest one in the group, shown when he was the only one not to fail his tests and being one of the three ( Anna Kobayakawa and Yukirin) to tutor his best friends. He is said to be quite lazy and an indoor-person who seems to be quite uninterested in things, but he is genuinely very nice, polite and caring, especially towards his girlfriend and friends. He is not very good at showing his emotions which is why he can come off as stubborn and dishonest at times. He also doesn't prefer being affectionate with Yukirin in public, saving it for when they are alone, and although he doesn't show it, he is actually head-over-heels for her.


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Mochizuki is a tall young man (standing at approx. 180 cm ) who is considered very attractive and popular among girls with straight blond hair that has bangs framing his face on the left side, red eyes and a slim yet muscular build.
He is often depicted in his school uniform.

Mochizuki is often seen being a polite, as well as a very athletic young man who does quite well in studies. He has a very gentleman personality and a charming temperament who is handsome, which is why he is popular among girls. However, he doesn't think anything about it and even thinks it's fairly troubling as he isn't even particularly fond of being liked. He also doesn't feel happy pleased when girls fawn over him, even though he thinks it's a given to be so.
Due to his crush on Anna Kobayakawa and being rivals with Natsuki Hashiba , Mochizuki can act boldly, be straightforward and cold, say incorrect things and tries to separate Natsuki from Anna, since he actually knows he is in a losing battle against Natsuki, however, he still doesn't want to give up on Anna. But during these times, he never drops his polite side and always shows a smile and talks softly. He thinks highly of himself and is confident as he was sure he had the upper hand with Anna due to his popularity, only to be proved wrong afterward. Mochizuki himself states that even though he gives the impression that he's kind and considerate, he can sometimes have the urge to be cruel, in which he doesn't particularly like himself being that way. Although he got rejected by Anna later on, he never regretted confessing to her and thinks that having someone to like is a lot of fun.


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Yuji is a very tall man with short, straight brown hair that has bangs framing his face on either side, brown eyes that are of a lighter color than his hair, black rectangular glasses and a slim frame.

For the most part, Yuji is genuinely a kind, considerate and responsible teacher who cares a lot about his students and he is very serious regarding their future, in which he can be a bit scolding at times. He is also considered very scary when angry or provoked, and behind closed doors, he is an extreme sadist and is very dominant and commanding. He also carries around a whip and sometimes gets into fights with Keiichi Katakura .


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Yukirin is a very pretty light-skinned teenage girl with straight and slightly messy chest-length orange hair that is often tied into a fishtail braid where it is usually laid on her right shoulder with several strands sticking out while she has her bangs parted in the middle, fuchsia-colored eyes and she is often seen smiling ( Tsuyoshi Naoe comments on how "Yukirin's smile is the cutest thing on this planet." in Chapter 41.5 ). Much like Natsuki Hashiba , Yukirin originally had black hair before she decided to dye it due to her love for cosplaying.
Unlike the three female deuteragonists ( Anna Kobayakawa , Mari Tsutsui and Nozomi Matsunaga ), Yukirin wears a cream cardigan with dark blue collars and a red neckerchief, black thigh high socks and brown school shoes.

Yukirin is a very kind, caring, cheerful, friendly, outgoing ( friendly and socially confident ) and happy-go-lucky ( cheerfully unconcerned about the future ) girl who has a straightforward personality and she is almost always seen with a smile on her lips where she serves as a foil to Tsuyoshi Naoe . She is very charming and often, along with Tsuyoshi, observes her friends' relationships through the eyes of an otaku.
She is also quick to become familiar with people as she often gives nicknames to people like "Natsuking" to Natsuki Hashiba and "Marippe" to Mari Tsutsui . She is also very lively, peppy and innocent who is very curious and can sometimes get a little carried away when it comes to cosplay and games.


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Yuri is noted to be a cute teenage girl who was depicted on having dark-colored eyes and straight hair that reaches down to about her shoulders with her fringe mostly draping over the left side and she was usually depicted with a headband.

Yuri was initially seen being a very sweet, innocent and kind girl with a maiden heart just like Natsuki Hashiba , and somewhat of a naive personality. She was also being very nice and polite towards him and everyone around her. However, this is only a facade for her real personality: she is very blunt, straightforward and seems to play around with several boys due to the purpose of being a gold digger and wanting expensive things for her boyfriends, Natsuki included. This is why she isn't grateful towards less cheap or fashionable items she receives at all. She shows this side to only her closest friends and tries to keep up her sweet demeanor around others, but when things don't go her way, she becomes very annoyed.


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Sakuragi is a tall, handsome and muscular young man with dark brown hair and light brown pointed eyes.


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Setsuko is an attractive young woman with chest-length black hair (that is later cut to chin-length) and brown eyes. Setsuko is usually seen wearing a nurse uniform.

Setsuko is a kind and timid woman who is known the best of people.


Rainy Cocoa

He has bluish-black hair and deep rich cobalt blue. He is usually seen wearing a dark blue blazer with a white undershirt and gray pants.

He is a no-nonsense guy and in Ryouta's word, 'cold-hearted'. He is not good with words and is not too social. He is a decent and good-natured guy and is very affectionate towards Rain, the dog of the owner of the cafe "Rainy Color". He likes drawing and painting.


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Anne is a tall, broad-shouldered woman with light-red curly hair cut into a short bob. Like all other knights in Hiling's personal guard, she wears grey plate armor over a dark grey tunic, along with a close helmet devoid of fins or spikes, emblazoned with a 1. Similarly she also wears black and red striped trunk hose over black trousers, and armoured boots.

Anne is loyal, strategic, and competent. She appears to be a more experienced knight than her compatriots in Hilling's personal guard, and may be the second-in-command after Dorshe . She is the only one of the retainers that addresses Hiling without using her title of Queen, implying an old connection. Little else is known about her.


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Apeas is a very tall man with a long face, prominent nose, and small grey eyes. He typically wears a silver-white breastplate over khaki garments with a fur-trimmed neck, black knee-high boots, and a dark green half-cape with a red collar.

A true stoic bordering on enigmatic, Apeas initially seemed to be entirely defined by his loyalty to King Bosse . This loyalty was so great that Apeas even supported Bojji as Bosse's successor, seemingly solely because of Bosse's will.
Part of Apeas' stony attitude is the result of his role in the Big Four. As the King's Spear he is the warrior who most-closely served King Bosse himself, and was expected to keep the king's many secrets.
The only other person who seemed to have Apeas' loyalty is Miranjo . The two share a deep friendship, and Apeas feels deeply indebted to her. This loyalty compelled Apeas to assist in Miranjo's traitorous plans, though he felt deeply conflicted and guilty for his role in the attempted coup.


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Bebin is tall man with wavy black hair, prominent eyebrows, and a large pointed mustache. He typically wears a dark green shirt with a fur-trimmed hem, small silver spaulders, light gray pants, and black knee-high boots.

In contrast to his unsavory appearance and demeanor, Bebin is extremely loyal to the Bosse Kingdom and all members of Bosse 's family. He has repeatedly shown himself to be intelligent and empathetic, and has even counseled Daida to appreciate the strength of character in Bojji.
Bebin is the master of the triple-headed snake Mitsumata , and was the one who nursed it back to health after Hiling saved its life. Many of Bebin's recent actions seem to have been motivated by a premonition from Mitsumata. Bebin is extremely fond of Mitsumata and its children, and takes their counsel seriously.
Similar to Dorshe's relationship with Hiling, Bebin is probably the member of court closest to Prince Daida, and immediately supported Daida to be Bosse's successor. Though little has been shown of their relationship, Daida seems to trust and respect Bebin deeply.


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Black is a tall man with dark blue eyes, long black hair, thick eyebrows, a beaky nose, and a pointed chin. He wears a black tunic over black leggings. He wields an exceptionally large, two-handed sword.

Like the other criminals freed from the Underworld, Black has a vicious and savage disposition, and doesn't think twice before attempting to murder his benefactors.
Black in particular seems to be very nasty and opportunistic, openly laughing when Kingbo assaults Daida , and disparaging the Bosse Kingdom at every opportunity.


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Bojji is an abnormally-petite teenage boy with fluffy black hair, black eyes, and rosy cheeks. He strongly resembles his mother, Queen Sheena.
He typically wears an undecorated blue doublet, a white belt, white leggings/hose, and black shoes. Bojji also wears a small crown to signify that he is a prince. Bojji's original crown has been lost, and he now wears a nearly identical fabric crown made for him by Kage .
When traveling, Bojji dons a thick green cloak and a brown satchel on top of his regular clothing.

Bojji is intelligent, empathetic, and hyper-aware of the people around him. He's kind to a fault and extremely giving of himself, even when he may be hurt or humiliated. He is also very resilient, taking the comments and insults of many around him and still going straightforward with pride, however, alone he lets out his pain and sadness, preventing others of seeing him cry.
Due to his deafness, many in the Bosse Kingdom dismiss Bojji as dumb (an old-fashioned way of referring to a mute individual); however, he's incredibly hard-working and sincere, which often draws people to him even if they cannot always understand him.


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Bosse was a towering adult giant with black eyes, shaggy brown hair, a matching shaggy brown beard, and a very stern face. He was at least three times the height of most adult humans, and had prominent scars crisscrossing his very muscular body.
After his first death Bosse was forcibly reincarnated into the body of his second son, Daida .

Bosse is primarily shown in flashback, where he is depicted as a man of few words and overwhelming physical power. As a younger giant Bosse was both rougher and more expressive, and was openly obsessed with gaining strength. This seems to have been the primary motivation for his adventuring, and he traveled across the world to do so.
As an older man, and the strongest being on earth, he became a true stoic, betraying little emotion while harboring deep secrets from all around him.
Much of Bosse's later life is characterized by feelings of obligation borne out of guilt, both to his surrogate daughter Miranjo and his first son Bojji. Indeed, Bosse appears to have founded his entire kingdom and carefully assembled his senior advisors specifically to give Bojji as safe a life as possible, possibly in penance for what he had done to his son.


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Chabi-shin seemed to have multiple forms, with his default being that of an average-height, pale, bald man with an unusually-sharp brow and pale blue eyes. He wore a tall, narrow, unadorned golden crown and black, white, and gold vestments.
When enraged or in combat Chabi-shin would adopt a much larger form, his teeth would become prominent fangs, his eyes would change color, and a hidden, third, vertical eye would open on his forehead.

Like most gods, Chabi-shin was probably a domineering and sadistic presence in his kingdom, reviled by the humans he ruled.


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Daida is a tall boy with short blond hair and sharp blue eyes. He wears a purple doublet with white slashes down the front and a fur-trimmed neck, light purple hose, black shoes, and a small crown.

Groomed to rule since birth, Daida initially appeared to be a typical spoiled princeling, filled with jealousy and entitlement. In spite of his somewhat arrogant nature, Daida is actually a fair-minded and intelligent young man, who has slowly been matured by the tragedies that have befallen him.
Though Hiling loves him, she put enormous pressure on Daida from an early age, insisting he become as strong and capable as possible so he can succeed his father and care for his older brother. This made Daida deeply resentful of Bojji , feeling his brother was a useless presence in the kingdom. Unfortunately these hateful feelings were exacerbated by the Magic Mirror, a strange companion King Bosse had given his young son at an early age.
The Magic Mirror seemed to bring out the worst in Daida, encouraging his more destructive and arrogant behaviors, even as those around him tried to give him good counsel. This was ultimately a plot by Miranjo to gain Daida's confidence, only to betray him at a pivotal moment and resurrect King Bosse in his body.


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The Demon is an entity with a generally humanoid appearance, but inhuman proportions. It is even larger than King Bosse, with exceptionally-long limbs and a muscular, though slim, body. It has flaming red skin, black eyes with yellow irises, pointed ears, pointed horns, a shaggy black beard, and a purple mouth held in a permanent heart-shaped rictus with tusks protruding downward.

The Demon is a largely enigmatic presence, but tends to behave like a traditional devil, tempting mortals with whatever they desire in exchange for heavy costs they typically do not fully understand.
It speaks an unknown language that must be interpreted for others. Miranjo and Despa appear to be able to understand this language.


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Desha is a large man with shoulder-length black hair, pallid skin, a pointed face, pointed teeth, and a thin black moustache. He wears purple and gold vestments, as well as a tall golden crown of unique design.

Desha is a jaded, disinterested man who enjoys novelty. After meeting Bojji and Kage by chance, the only reason he allowed them to speak with him was to relieve his own boredom. In spite of his attitude Desha is an extremely powerful king, ranked #2 in the world. He is also shown to be very beloved by his subjects, to which he is a fair and reasonable ruler.
He has a sour relationship with his younger brother, Despa , supposedly due to his envy of Despa's good looks (according to Despa). However, this lack of camaraderie doesn't prevent the two from working together in serious situations.
Desha is not above being opportunistic or retaliatory, and used the turmoil in the Bosse Kingdom , along with their secret portal to the Underworld, as an excuse to invade.


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Despa is an average-height man with blond hair, brown eyes, long eyelashes, and a thin moustache. He wears a red coat with a white fur collar, white stockings, and enormous black trunk hose with gold details.

Despa appears to be a typical dandy, obsessed with his own appearance and favoring the finer things in life. In spite of his outward appearance Despa seems to be a capable and resourceful man, and has gladly taken on Bojji as his apprentice (for a price).
Despa believes his older brother, Desha, is deeply envious of both Despa's abilities and Despa's good looks. This is a dubious claim, as Desha's abilities drastically exceed Despa's, and Desha appears to be comfortable with his own appearance. In all likelihood Despa may be the one who is envious of Desha. The two have an antagonistic relationship.
In spite of their fraught relationship Despa is loyal to his brother, and won't hesitate to cooperate with him to protect the Underworld.
Though Despa appears to be a very frivolous person, he cares deeply for Bojji and shows enormous empathy for the young prince, even going so far as to stage a "fake" fight to help Bojji gain confidence in his abilities.


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Domas is a tall man with shoulder-length, red-blond hair and brown eyes. He wears a long, light blue tunic cinched with an even lighter blue belt, khaki pants, and knee-high black boots.
Domas has lost his dominant hand from the wrist-down, and has replaced it with an articulated metal hand of unknown origin. This hand is similar to a plate mail gauntlet, and is affixed to Domas' wrist by unknown means.

Domas is dedicated and well-intentioned, but also arrogant, easily-lead, stubborn, and a bit thick-headed. He deeply idolizes King Bosse , to the point where he based his personal sword-style on Bosse's overwhelming, physically-dominant fighting style.
The qualities that allowed Domas to become a master swordsman and one of the Big Four are, paradoxically, the same qualities that make him a very poor teacher. His stubbornness and inflexibility meant that he couldn't adapt his teachings to Bojji, and indeed Bojji seems to have learned very little from him in spite of his years of dedicated teaching. However, that same dedication allowed Domas to quickly master sign language, and become one of the few members of court who could communicate with Bojji as well.
Similar to Hiling , as he grew accustomed to Bojji's disabilities Domas also became colder and more distant, unable to cope with his feelings of personal failure over Bojji's lack of growth.
Domas previously put loyalty to the king above all else, even his own moral compass. This ultimately lead to him being manipulated into attempting to assassinate Bojji, an act he immediately and deeply regretted.
He appears to be the youngest and newest of the Bosse Kingdom's Big Four, because of this he is ignorant of the kingdom's early history, and does not know of Lady Miranjo .


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Dorshe is a large, broad-shouldered man with a bald head and thick eyebrows. He has a scar on the left side of his mouth.

Dorshe is an earnest man with a somewhat gruff exterior, but he has repeatedly proved himself to be an incredibly loyal and caring individual.
Though they have a very formal relationship, Dorshe deeply respects Queen Hiling and in turn she trusts and relies on him.


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Geslan is a tall, thin man with an exceptionally narrow build. He has blond hair styled in a pageboy cut, beady eyes, a very large nose, a large pointed chin, and large white teeth.

Geslan is an extremely unpleasant, sadistic person who took enormous joy in slaughtering the people of the Shadow clan. This is further supported by conditions in his own kingdom, where most of the populace has been enslaved by the ruling class.


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Gigan is a gigantes, a race of massive, orc-like monsters native to the Underworld. His people are at least twice as tall as the average human, with bright green skin, pale yellow eyes, and pointed teeth.
The gigantes race typically wears animal pelts, with Gigan in particular wearing dark brown animal pelts beneath a lighter brown battle harness, a red helmet with small pointed horns, and he wields an enormous, two-handed hammer.

A monster of few words and a hardened warrior, Gigan doesn't shy away from fighting, but has a personal sense of honor that sets him apart from the other Underworld prisoners. He seems to be moderately intelligent.


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Hiling is a thin, average-height woman with long blond hair, a prominent nose, and blue eyes. She typically wears her hair in a style that makes it appear chin-length. Her preferred outfit is a red bustle dress with a white fur-tufted neck, white gloves, and a solid gold crown.

Hiling appears to have a very brusque personality, and behaves in a distant, reserved manner befitting her rank as Queen. In reality Hiling cares deeply for the people around her, particularly her two sons, and is just bad at conveying her emotions.
Unfortunately Bojji took the brunt of Hiling's brusqueness, with Hiling's initial affection for him slowly changing into a domineering protectiveness that severely underestimated her step-son, and ruined their hard-won intimacy. It wasn't until Bojji, deeply distraught over being passed-over for kingship, attempted to escape the kingdom that Hiling realized her own behavior had driven a wedge between them. She then began to relax her protectiveness and allow Bojji more freedom.
Hiling was similarly domineering with Daida, insisting he become an exceptionally-strong man to help protect his brother. Though this motivated Daida, it also made him resent Bojji for years.
Dorshe , Hiling's personal bodyguard, was one of the first to understand her personality, and has since become one of her closest allies (though even he is kept at a relative distance).


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Hokuro is a young man of average height with black eyes, thick eyebrows, and curly blond hair that he wears in a messy pompadour. He has a small mole on his left cheek, giving him his name of "mole" (黒子, hokuro ).
While on duty Hokuro wears the Bosse Kingdom's standard guardsman uniform (a red & gold tabard over chain mail), and while traveling he wears a short-sleeved brown tunic, dark grey undershirt, light gray pants, and black boots.

Hokuro is a deeply loyal, responsible person, unwilling to shirk his duties even when they directly endanger his life. He also appears to be a very level-headed, reasonable person, which gives him unique insight into some of the bigger, more ostentatious personalities of the Bosse Kingdom.
Hokuro's beloved mother appears to have been deaf, making him one of the few guardsmen in the Bosse Kingdom who knows sign language. A chance encounter with Bojji while visiting his mother's grave seems to have given Hokuro a deep respect and admiration for the young prince.
Hokuro has a fundamentally different view of service to Swordmaster Domas . While Domas believed following a King meant accepting every order without question, Hokuro believes unjust orders cannot be followed. At the time Domas said this was evidence of Hokuro's lack of resolve.


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Kage appears to be a small black puddle with two slanted, blue eyes. He has two arms that disappear into his body when unused, and a third arm-stalk that serves as a mouth.

After years of uncertainty and abuse Kage developed a very rough exterior, pretending to be a hard-bitten thief who wouldn't think twice about killing someone. In reality Kage is empathetic and kind-hearted, and quickly dropped his pretense around Bojji once he realized the young prince's circumstances.
Kage is much more worldly and savvy than Bojji, and tends to act as both the voice of reason and resident skeptic on their adventures.


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As a member of the Shadow clan , she appears as a standard, adult shadow with reddish brown eyes and long eyelashes. She uses metal claws while fighting.

She appears to be a loving and caring mother for her son. She is also an assassin and claims to "assassinate anyone, regardless if they're women, children, elderly, or even sick people."


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King Kuhya is a short, middle-aged adult man with pale skin, dark eyes, and fluffy black hair. He has a similarly fluffy mustache and a small van dyke-style beard that hugs the bottom of his face.
He wears a simple jerkin over a white shirt, white pants, and black boots.

King Kuhya seems to have a personality quite similar to Bojji. He's very friendly and gracious, two traits that have made him a popular king. He is also fluent in sign language, an exceptionally-rare skill in the world of Ousama Ranking.


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Kingbo is a very tall, muscular man with white eyes, unkempt gray hair, a long face, and numerous crowsfeet around his eyes. He wears golden plate armor, a small helmet that simulates a crown, and a flowing red cape.

Like the other criminals freed from the Underworld, Kingbo has a vicious and savage disposition, and doesn't think twice before attempting to murder his benefactors or assault Ouken .
It's suggested in flashback that Kingbo has always been a vicious man, but that when he was a king this side of him was tempered (at least slightly) by his family and subjects. His father's final wish was for Kingbo to find some empathy for his subjects, suggesting Kingbo may have been a tyrant.
Kingbo appears to be deeply embittered by the loss of his kingdom, due to the fact that his father (who was a previously ranked as number one in the kings rankings) slaughtered his subjects and destroyed the kingdom.


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The Mad King is a very tall old man with grey eyes, an emaciated face, unkempt grey hair, and a large grey moustache. He wears a yellow fur tunic and darker-yellow fur boots, both of which appear to be made out of pelts. His eyes are slightly askew, giving him an air of madness.
The only thing that identifies him as a king is the solid gold crown upon his head.

The Mad King seems to be completely mad, though his circumstances (like everything else about him) are very mysterious.
In spite of his madness, the Mad King has periodic moments of lucid wisdom. During these lucid moments the Mad King demonstrates deep knowledge of the inner workings of the forest, including the existence of a mysterious creature in the sky that collects the souls of slain animals.
Strangely, the Mad King refers to people from other kingdoms as belonging to the "secular world", hinting that he considers the forest a deeply-spiritual place. Perhaps because of this, the Mad King engages in extremely ritualistic behavior, including a Dance of Reconciliation meant to appease the mysterious sky-creature.
The notion of sacrifice seems to be extremely important to the Mad King, and to that end he doesn't differentiate between humans and animals, at one point implying that he would sacrifice Bojji.


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Masked Swordsman is as tall as average-height men, which makes her taller than most of the woman characters. She is well-built woman with a more masculine look, haves wavy black hair, and light eyes.
When in disguise, she wears a mask that resembles an executioner mask, with a black long-sleeved body suit that covers along her head, striped pants with a sword belt, and black shoes.

Masked Swordsman has a muted personality, she is obedient and follow along any order that the Thief told right her until she betrayed him, she is cold-blooded and seemingly willing to kill without any remorse. Despite her coldness, she have a caring side especially towards her friends, it is shown on how she treated Ringi when they're  in turmoil at Kuhya Kingdom.
Masked Swordsman is capable of talking despite almost never does it during her disguise.


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Mehhi is a young adult woman of average height. She has dark, blue-black hair, fair skin, and black eyes.
She prefers to wear a magenta dress with white pants underneath, black boots, and a fur-fringed metal gorget around her neck.

Mehhi appears to be a relatively good-natured, if mercurial, and whimsical young woman. Though she quickly jumped to conclusions upon meeting Bojji and Kage, she was equally quick to empathize with them, and invited them to be guests of her kingdom.
She also seems to have a childish crush on Commander Sadi


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Miranjo is a small woman with black hair, black eyes, and pale skin. Originally, and by her own admission, Miranjo's appearance was mostly the result of sorcery, due to her being disfigured as a child. In this state preferred to keep her face hidden beneath a dark green hooded cloak cinched with a blue metal pin, and wore dark green robes beneath it.
Miranjo's original body was slain during her first attempted coup of the Bosse Kingdom. To stave off death she made a deal with a demon , transferring her consciousness to a nearby hexagonal mirror, where she remained for roughly a decade.
Her body has since been restored to its original self, with her childhood disfigurement apparently cured.

Miranjo was originally an extremely kind and outgoing little girl, one so open and joyful that she would even attract small, friendly animals while playing in the forest behind her house. This would change after the tragic fall of the Houma Kingdom, as well as the sadistic abuse she suffered at the hands of the Gyakuza Kingdom.
Deeply traumatized by her early life, Miranjo would remain near-catatonic and suicidal for months, only to slowly move past her trauma with the help of her surrogate father Bosse. Though she would remain somewhat melancholy, Miranjo regained much of her former self, though she became extremely attached to Bosse in the process.
Miranjo's love and attachment to her surrogate father was the major motivation for most of her actions as a young adult. Much of what she did, including introducing Bosse to the Demon and exhorting him to have children with Sheena and Hiling were part of her carefully-orchestrated plot to prolong their lives together. To this end, Miranjo came to see the other members of Bosse's family as chess pieces, and callously attacked, manipulated, and betrayed them in order to achieve her goals. She would remain this way until finally forced to reckon with what she had done.
Though much of her early life is characterized by her devotion to Bosse, Miranjo retained positive aspects of her personality as well. She was a kind and nurturing friend to Apeas, and appears to have helped with the early development of the Bosse Kingdom.


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Mitsumata is a giant, green, double-headed snake with a yellow belly, yellow eyes, and numerous scars. It is so large that it towers over most buildings.
It appears to have been born with three heads, but one head (the middle) was severed at some point. Most of its eyes are similarly destroyed, and it only has one remaining eye on the left side of it's left head (the other being completely blind).

When first introduced Mitsumata was the size of an average snake and exhibited typical snake behavior, defensively biting anyone who attempted to touch it. It bit Bojji several times, even after its life was saved by Hiling's healing magic.
At some point after its meeting with Bojji Mitsumata was attacked by guardsmen again, and this time saved by Bebin, who nursed the snake back to health. Bebin seems to be the one who taught Mitsumata to speak, and generally trained and civilized it so it could remain in the Bosse Kingdom.
Now a mature, enormous snake, Mitsumata is completely loyal to Bebin (who it considers its master) and is good friends with Bojji.


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Ouken is a somewhat tall, well-built man with black hair, black eyes, and a black moustache. He wears head-to-toe silver plate armor with a shaggy black fur cape running down his back, and a shaggy black pelt around his waist.
Rather than a normal visor, Ouken's helmet features an intricately-wrought face with a strange, slightly puckered mouth, completely black eyes, and long devil horns protruding from its top. As an immortal Ouken wore his complete suit of armor at all times, and was even capable of regenerating it when it was destroyed.

Originally, Ouken was a kind and compassionate man, and was considered the most noble of his brothers. Ouken founded the Order of the Underworld as a direct consequence of his brother's revolution, resolving to create a kind yet mighty order of knights to combat the sadism he had witnessed in their ranks.
As an immortal Ouken became deeply disturbed, and seemed to relish acts of violence so much that he trembled in anticipation of doing them. Moreover, after attacking an opponent, Ouken liked to crouch down and observe them as they died, refusing to deal a killing blow.


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Oyabu is a tall, well-built man with light golden eyes and shoulder-length black hair. He typically wears lightweight armor, but infiltrated the Kuhya Kingdom in civilian clothing consisting of a white, long-sleeved shirt, red pants, and black boots.
As a part of his disguise, Oyabu used a crutch and affected a severe limp, but in reality he is completely healthy.

Though he looks like a fairytale knight, Oyabu is anything but. He's repeatedly shown himself to be a cunning and ruthless bandit, and is more than happy to sacrifice his own men in the pursuit of his own goals.


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Poise appeared as a small girl with short, light hair and large eyes. She appeared wearing a dress with long sleeves and carrying a stuffed spider. Noting her toy, one soldier describes her as "creepy [1] ."

Poise seems to be a mature and empathetic girl despite her apparent age. She risks her own safety to help Kage escape and covers for him without instruction.


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Red is an average-height man with a squat build, a square face, and curly red hair piled on top of his head in a triangular shape. He wears purple-gray heavy plate armor with a dark maroon fringe around the neck. His preferred weapon is a large, two-handed club.

Red does not appear to speak, and seems to be either slow or very reserved. In spite of this, he has a vicious and savage disposition, and doesn't think twice before attempting to murder his benefactors.
Red seems to follow the lead of Black , or at the very least cooperates with him readily.


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Ringi is an average-height man with light hair in a bowl-cut, an up-turned nose, thick eyebrows, a thin mustache, and very prominent buck teeth.
He prefers to wear a light, striped tunic with long sleeves, light hose, and black shoes. When in battle he wears full-body chainmail under the Kuhya Kingdom's tabard.

In sharp contrast to his commander, Sadi , Ringi presented himself as a preserved, down-to-earth, and friendly person who was happy to play along with Sadi's war games. During serious situations, he is showns to be more sly and spiteful, eager to achieve his goal no matter what.


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Sadi is a large, barrel-chested, unpleasant-looking man with wavy, light-colored hair, a pointed nose, prominent bags under his eyes, and large lips held in a near-constant scowl.
He prefers to wear a light, clover-patterned tunic over a darker shirt with billowy sleeves, dark hose, and black shoes. When in battle he wears full-body chainmail under the Kuhya Kingdom's tabard.

In contrast to most other characters, Sadi prefers to present himself as a vicious, particularly nasty villain. He seems to enjoy brandishing knives and swords, and making unsettling threats to people.
Though he pretends to be a psychopath, in reality Sadi prefers to make himself the villain for other peoples' benefit. His intimidating behavior allows King Kuhya and Mehhi to publicly stop and punish him, increasing their favorability among the people, while allowing Sadi himself to enjoy a fearsome reputation.
In spite of his unsavory tactics, Sadi has repeatedly shown himself to be deeply loyal to the Kuhya Kingdom, and doesn't think twice before offering to sacrifice himself for both his soldiers and the royal family.
He's also given to making ridiculous, fanciful tactical plans, possibly showing a lack of experience on the battlefield.


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Sandeo is a very short, bald man with black hair at his temples, as well as a black beard and moustache. He typically wears a dark orange doublet.

As a relatively minor character little is currently known about Sandeo's personality. He appears to have been a very faithful, capable servant of King Bosse.
Sandeo expressed the most discomfort with voiding King Bosse's will, and was one of the two people to choose Prince Bojji as the new king, along with Apis . His reasons for doing so are presently unknown.
As the Minister of Justice of the Bosse Kingdom Sandeo is likely in charge of administering the Bosse Kingdom's legal investigators (possibly including Bebin , who is the Bosse Kingdom's spymaster), and maintaining its legal system


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Satun was a massive figure, easily as tall as a giant like Bosse . He had a shaggy mane of gray hair, an enormous shaggy gray beard, thick gray eyebrows, beady black eyes, a pointed nose, and a wide mouth with pointed teeth. His eldest son Desha resembles him.
He wore the crown of the Underworld, a navy blue tunic with purple triangles running down the front, and wielded a gigantic scythe.

Satun was a brutal ruler who treated his subjects like playthings. His later rule was defined by an obsessive hunt for immortality, as Satun feared dying. Satun was ruthless and sadistic in his pursuit of immortality, fathering children and even conducting inhumane experiments on his own subjects to find it.


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Sheena was an adult giantess with long and curly black hair. Bojji bears a strong resemblance to her.
As an adventurer, Sheena wore yellow leather armor over a brown fur shirt (with additional fur around the collar), red shorts, sandals, and metal bracers around her forearms and shins. As Queen Sheena seemed to favor various types of dresses, but would don her old adventurer gear for battle.

Sheena was a caring mother who deeply loved Bojji, and is remembered fondly by the people who knew her.


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Sorii is an average-height adult man with black eyes, slate-gray hair cut into a flat top, long sideburns, a thin moustache, and a small patch beard under his lower lip. He commonly wears a green tunic under a cream-colored cape.

Sorii is a relatively minor character and therefore little is known about him. He was a faithful servant of King Bosse, but felt Daida should be Bosse's successor instead of Bojji .
As Prime Minister of the Bosse Kingdom Sorii presumably handles the day-to-day political governance of the realm, and apparently excels at judgment and decision-making.


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Zaki appears to be a ghoulish human of above-average height. He has ash gray skin, sunken purple eyelids, white eyes with no discernible pupils, bright green hair, a hunched posture, and his mouth hangs open in a permanent scowl. His legs become indistinct below the knee, where they begin to ripple and flop as though his pant legs are empty.
Zaki wears a tall, unadorned silver crown with extremely sharp, tapered points. His clothing appears to be an inky black jumpsuit over a light pink shirt, with a magenta scarf around his neck. Zaki appears to favor silver jewelry as well, and wears two large, silver bangles around his wrists, as well as a large silver necklace.

In contrast to the fearsome reputation of his race, Zaki appears to be a coward, and is implied to be physically weak. Despite this, he shares the sadistic nature of most Gods, and delights in using his deadly magic on the innocent.


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Zokku is a barrel-chested man of average height. He has black eyes, black hair grown into a fluffy mullet, large eyebrows, and a thick moustache. He wears gray chainmail over a blue shirt.

Zokku is a vicious criminal who doesn't think twice about attacking his benefactors, however, unlike the other criminals he displays a high degree of cunning and opportunism.
He was the first to realize they had been rescued by Miranjo , and understood the implications of going agianst her wishes. Likewise, he was one of the first to realize that Ouken is exceptionally-dangerous, and quickly adapted to the situation by offering Ouken the crown of the Bosse Kingdom (though Ouken ignored him).


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Akane is the shortest of the main characters, being shorter than Ranma Saotome in his male form, but a little taller than Ranma's height as his female form. She has short black hair (blue highlighted in the anime) and brown eyes. At the beginning of the series she had long hair, but after it was cut off during a fight between Ryoga Hibiki and Ranma, she kept it short for the rest of the series [2] . In the remake version, the color of her hair is now bluish-black and her eyes are light brown. In the beginning of the series, her hair ribbon is now dark pink instead of yellow.
She usually wears the girls' uniform for Furinkan High School , but has a wide variety of outfits. For training or anticipated combat, Akane wears a light yellow gi and is barefoot. In the remake version, her school uniform dress is light blue instead of sky blue.

Akane in her gi. Akane in the 2024 anime.

While Akane is generally shown as compassionate and helpful towards anyone in trouble, she's also a vulnerable, stubborn, relentless and very short-tempered girl. She frequently becomes angry and jealous, and is apt to hit Ranma when this happens, often a reaction to Ranma's own bad traits like his smart mouth and insensitivity, but also due to rampant paranoia and willingness to generally believe the worst of the situations she finds him in. Despite her temper, Akane has a more prominent gentle side. She has come to the aid of her rivals, even consistently feeling compassion towards or helping people who try to make her life miserable (or in the first case even kill her), like Shampoo , Happosai or Kuno . She has repeatedly expressed extreme disapproval in attacking or hurting anyone unable to defend him or herself, and refrained from striking Ranma when he was turned into a small child despite being insulted [ citation needed ] . She has also apologized for her behavior, once she has had time to cool down or learn the facts, and consistently risked her own life trying to help Ranma without a second thought, showing extreme courage in this regard given her own comparatively limited skills/increased danger. For example, she chose to use a magic paper doll to take the damage for Ranma rather than herself, when both were bitten by lethally poisonous snake-herbs/wines, effectively consciously trading her life for his, and entered the Orochi's mouth in an effort to save him from being eaten.

Most of her flaws can be attributed to insecurities about her own attractiveness, skill, or lack of traditionally feminine talents. Despite this, she seems to have an appeal to the opposite gender. Ryoga, Shinnosuke, Kuno and Gosunkugi have all been in love with her and she's considered attractive by her schoolmates, but given that she seems generally, but not consistently, oblivious to the first case and the others have largely been of a highly negative nature (constant assaults from Kuno and sports club members, general stalking from Gosunkugi) this has not served to build up her self-esteem.
Her insecurity often leads her to overreact upon finding Ranma in compromising positions and to punt, repeatedly whack, stomp, or attack him with bokken, shinai, mallets, arrows, stones, tables or any other available blunt object. Ranma seldom seems injured in the following panels (whether due to differences in strength, or restraint on her part), but in the Reversal Jewel story, she punched him so hard into the horizon that he was in a full body cast. Although in the anime this was also due to sustaining a follow-up beating from Kuno and Ryoga. She's also seemed to be concious about her appearance and bust size to an noticable degree, which Ranma seems to not fully grasp and accidentally presses a button more sore than he's aware of.
She's also once stated a remarkable double-standard in this regard as she was burning with outrage and vowed to never forgive him if he deigned to strike her even once during her relentless assault while wearing a 'battle dougi' that greatly enhanced her fighting power. During the 'Nabiki's fiancé' arc she got upset just from overhearing an affirmation that a dejected Ranma found this treatment very taxing (though she only clobbered him after he derisively insulted her as well), so while she's remorseful about specific instances, and has gradually strengthened her restraint as the series progresses, she doesn't stop the pattern as a whole.
Akane has difficulty trying to sort out her feelings for Ranma. There are times when she is on the verge of telling him how she really feels, but this is almost always interrupted by comedic circumstances, and they return to their usual barbs and antics, but she is consistently worried when he is endangered and overjoyed when he turns up safe.
Akane does have a need for being comforted when sad or scared, but they are both usually too uncomfortable to interact in this manner. Unlike most other main female characters, she's expressed great, traditionally 'feminine', fears of ghosts or reptiles and can be extremely frightened simply from a scary story, being in a casino, or imagining Kuno drugging girl Ranma.
Despite not being as technically skilled as several other characters in martial arts, she takes pride in her legacy and position as the scion of her father's Tendo-Ryu, and never backs off from a fight or rejects a challenge.
Akane seems to get along well with people who are technically her rivals, like Ukyo and Cologne. She tends to be naive in often wishing to believe the best of everyone even when repeatedly proven to the contrary, as with Nabiki or Shampoo. The two most notable exceptions are Ranma and Kuno. In the former case attributed to her own insecurities being fueled by regular insults and the very awkward and chaotic semi-relationship, and in the latter due to intense harassment.
Ranma easily owes Akane his life several times over (though the opposite holds true as well). She is kind, helpful, self-sacrificing, forgiving and somewhat naive towards people in general, even technical enemies, being the only character in the series who can almost match Kasumi in her ordinary mood. She's also very appreciative if Ranma treats her with consideration, and is consistently worrying about, cheering him on, or going to extremes to assist him. When severely upset however, she undergoes a bipolar shift into a state of arrogant derogatory insults, unreasonable paranoia and self-righteous violence, on average treating Ranma worse than his arrogant and extremely insensitive behavior justifies, but she can just as swiftly switch back to being very kind again and make a shamefaced apology whenever she realizes a mistake. Kasumi’s initial assessment that "She's really a very sweet girl. She's just a violent maniac." has consistently held true, if usually only in Ranma's case. That said, Ranma has also been beaten up several times by his other paramours, Akane is simply around him more often. It is also more evident in the anime than in the manga.
Despite being short-tempered and even occasionally speaking in a rude tone similar to Ranma, Akane seems to remain respectful towards her seniors, as she always refers to Kuno as "Upperclassman Kuno" and Happosai as "Grandfather Happosai", despite the former's constant attempts to date her and his annoying lack of awareness, and the latter's general and unabashed perverted antics. She even tends to refer to Genma as "Mr. Saotome", even while criticizing him for being lazy, a coward, or just a poor parent.


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The owner is an elderly man with glasses and white hair. He has a full mustache and wears glasses and a beanie . In the manga he wears a scarf, light coloured jacket with a pattern and medium coloured pants, while in the anime he wears a medium grey gi with a black belt and sandals. In the manga he only appears three times, but pops up several times in the anime, revealing new information about the phoenix in a few instances in an attempt to be helpful.

In the dub he is much more of a skeptic about the phoenix and its capabilities, but in the end eventually declares that he believes. He has an idea about the potential problems that a hatched phoenix can create, but his principles are not strong enough to resist sufficient monetary temptation.


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In the manga, the Dojo Destroyer wore a white gi, had yellow skin and almost never spoke, fighting silently and restlessly. In the anime, however, he was a dark-skinned man wearing a green gi, and was much more talkative, boasting about his past fights and taunting his opponents.


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The Orochi is a giant, eight-headed dragon with a very unusual physical form; the eighth and largest head actually forms its body, with the seven smaller heads positioned on the ends of smaller, long necks that emerged from the "neck" of this singular massive head. These heads move and act independently of each other, and resemble a classic "Asian" dragon, albeit one lacking horns. Overall, Orochi resembles something of a dragon-like octopus but with additional heads at the end of its neck "tentacles".


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He is stocky, middle aged man, Genma wears glasses with a frame that wraps around his ears, a white bandanna that covers his head, and a white gi. He used to have hair, but is now completely bald.
As a panda, he normally walks upright and will use signs to communicate. A common means for Genma to avoid answering embarrassing questions or temporarily dodge responsibility is to turn into his cursed form and play with a ball. He is much more comfortable with his cursed form than Ranma, and does not have as many issues and problems with it as Ranma does with his.

Genma follows his own interpretation of the Anything Goes Martial Arts code, which isn't exactly all that virtuous itself to begin with. Though he himself claims to be a model martial artist, and makes a point of telling Ranma about the right thing to do, it is evident that he does not practice what he preaches. He mostly concerns himself with food, generally looks out for himself, and is an occasional coward when it comes to confrontations with Happosai. When confronted with wrongdoings that he has committed, Genma typically either attempts to justify them through pleading or ridiculous logic, or else tries to either flee from or ignore the problems he has wrought.
It is debatable as to whether Genma is so much "evil" as he is "stupid". While definately selfish and cowardly, he usually does not act with deliberate malice. His primary flaws seem to be a strange combination of impulsiveness and stubbornness; Genma can set his goals in a whimsical fashion, and then will immediately start trying to pursue them without further thought and long beyond the point when common sense would suggest he stop. This is exemplified by the matter of Ranma learning the Nekoken ; it speaks depths about Genma's character that he would take one look a single page of a training method and immediately force his increasingly-traumatised son to undergo it four times before finally deigning to look at the next page, which warns he should never have started it in the first place.
Despite Genma's usual state of poverty, he was shown as having gotten a job at Dr. Tofu's clinic at the start of the series; it's unclear how long he remained there, though, as Dr. Tofu Ono and his clinic vanished from the attention of the manga around the time that the Joketsuzoku entered the story on a permanent basis. Genma has helped Soun Tendo when the latter is called upon for help, though on occasions he has tried to just leave it to Soun. He has displayed a lack of shame in pawning family possessions, most notably when he made several determined attempts to steal the Saotome family treasure to pawn it despite its value of only about 2,000 yen. [3] He also pawned the coats that Nodoka had made for him and Ranma years ago, although he did buy them back. [4] Genma also developed a technique called the Tatami Flip that he used multiple times to beat up on debt collectors when Ranma was still young. [5]

Genma in panda form using a sign to communicate

Despite being cursed, Genma actually seems to like his panda form and freely goes about in public in it. He regularly uses it in attempts to circumvent attention when in danger of being taken to task by others by transforming into it and playing with a tire or ball. If he cannot avoid the problem, he often foists the obligation onto Ranma, which usually creates even more chaos. Although pandas cannot talk, Genma is able to communicate his thoughts while in this form by writing on wooden signs (more common in the manga), which he sometimes uses as weapons against Ranma when he is annoyed with his son. In the anime he was once shown as able to produce enough of them to construct an entire boat.
When his wife Nodoka visits, he turns into a panda in an effort to hide his and Ranma's curses from her. In this situation, he is known as Mr. Panda and is Ranko's (Ranma's female form's alias to Nodoka) pet. Nodoka has seemed far more fond of Ranko than of Mr. Panda. When both of them were sick, she fussed over Ranko, while merely commenting that Mr. Panda had warm fur. Another time, when she was helping Ranko cook dinner, she fed the inedible foods cooked to Mr. Panda. Genma's panda form was also briefly given the nickname Kumahachi , when a young boy named Yotaro discovered him and took him in as an incredibly pampered pet.
Genma consistently enjoyed being stronger than Ranma during their training trips, since it allowed him to claim most of the food, but was disturbed when Ranma recently passed his prowess in regular fighting (without special techniques), and the latter used the opportunity to repeatedly severely beat him up.
However, beyond dedicating one and a half decade of his life to teaching Ranma, there have been a few occasions when Genma has been shown to care about his son. While they were both training separately in the mountain to fight each other in a week's time, Ranma fell asleep and was covered in a blanket by Genma, although he found out that his father had also stolen his food. While helping to teach Ranma the Soul of Ice necessary to perform the Hiryū Shōten Ha , Genma wept genuine tears of regret when he had to use Embarrassing Photo-Fu and show compromising photos of Ranma to Akane and Ukyo Kuonji .
Genma is insecure about his baldness and misses the head of hair he formerly had. In the manga he is revealed to have tried out countless hair tonics to regrow his hair, none of which worked. He was overjoyed when an experimental tonic that he was trying out for Cologne had some success. However extreme growth was triggered by anger while laughter caused it to all fall out, ultimately rendering the tonic ineffective. [6]
Genma's tendency to think both only in the short-term and in regards to himself alone is perhaps the primary sticking point in their relationship, with Ranma begrudging all of the trouble he is forced to endure because of Genma's mistakes.


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Happosai is a tiny man, about the same height as Cologne. He is completely bald except for some hair on the sides of his head and has a pencil-thin mustache. He wore a gi years before when training Soun and Genma, but now wears a two piece medium colored outfit (dark maroon in the anime). He also makes use of various disguises when needed and when on his underwear raids typically sports a traditional Japanese mask made from a folded tenugui. It is more a ceremonial disguise than an actually functional disguise, and is believed to have its roots in the now-discouraged practice of yobai or night-crawling. One of the common depictions of Happosai is wearing this mask and carrying a furoshiki laden with loot.

The only things Happosai cares about are martial arts, being a nuisance and satisfying his own hedonism . The very definition of a dirty old man, he regularly indulges in perverse activities such as groping, or attempting to peek on, and/or stealing the lingerie of Akane , Ranma, and just about any other attractive female he sees. While Ranma owns no female undergarments, Happosai has attempted to get the latter's female form to model a bra for him. One of his few, non-perverse, regular habits is cooking sweet potatoes with a camp fire he builds in the back or front yard. Nevertheless, several times characters have taken issue with this habit, albeit, only because of what he uses for kindling, among which are; their personal belongings, the moxibustion sheet Ranma needed, the paper detailing a french Martial Arts Dining technique and, in one instance, the Anything Goes Martial Art School's Dojo sign.
He is addicted to his perversion; not being able to touch a woman is like not being able to breathe for him. He goes through severe withdrawal at one point, becoming very weak and crawling along the ground, repeatedly muttering "pretty ladies." In this part of both the manga and anime, Happosai was cursed with an odor that repelled women. Not able to touch any women, he nearly ends up dying in Ranma's arms until the rain of a storm changes Ranma into his female form, allowing Happosai to regain some of his strength. He is often seen on panty raids, touring the neighborhood toting a sackful of women's undergarments twice his size and shouting out his signature battle cry of "Dai ryo ja!" (What a haul!) while being pursued by the women he stole from.
He is somewhat vain and consistently attempts to modify past events to place himself in a far more favorable light, unblemishing his younger self into a valiant, but victimized bishonen ladykiller. In reality, Happosai was simply an ugly, diminutive, and unpopular thief. When compared to Cologne who was a normal looking girl of normal height when she was young who grew smaller with age it shows he might have Dwarfism since he's been the same height for his whole life. He has remained the same over the decades. Beyond asserting that Cologne gave him a stolen heirloom as a romantic token of affection, he likewise claimed that he received the butterfly brocade from his friend Rakkyosai as a symbol of their friendship. In truth he knocked out the latter with a large mallet and stole it.
He is also extremely petty, sadistic and vengeful towards anyone who sufficiently displeases him. Happosai has gone to relentless extremes to torment Ranma, Genma and Soun by sticking them with large, unpaid food bills, incriminating them as neighborhood panty-thieves, calling the zoo to pick up Genma, or leaving false panda paw prints on the walls. But while his revenge schemes are usually comically silly, he has been unhesitant to cripple Ranma for life by permanently taking away his strength and then informing all his enemies. While he instructed Soun and Genma, Happosai kept his two students as personal slaves, who he tormented, incriminated, and starved for his own entertainment during their "training". He was also willing to kill the Niku Men if they did not give up information regarding the Dragon's Whisker. He has proudly proclaimed himself as "evil until the day I die", although, as noted above, he simply sees himself as 'misunderstood' on other occasions.
Happosai has quite rare good moods, when he shows a more benevolent side, such as when he assisted the mother of Pantyhose Taro in giving birth. Also, the old man does have a soft spot for little children whom he helps at times. In the anime, Happosai tried to give up on his bad habits when he fell in love with a young teacher named Midori. But ultimately, his perversion won him over and he lost her favor after revealing himself to be the neighborhood panty thief, whom she despised. However, Happosai at least apparently has a somewhat 'chivalrous' side, as he stated a code against fighting born women when female Ranma was first presented as a disciple, and indeed never hits or even directly defends himself against them even when given regular beatings for his thefts and gropings.
Going by the German edition of the Ranma ½ Memorial Book ( The Art of Ranma ½ in English), he is likely the person Ranma despises most and views as his personal archenemy. He is one of the very few individuals Ranma has (once) actively attempted to kill, alternately post to the North Pole, but the latter has also occasionally shown compassion towards or helped to save the life of his grandmaster.
His relationship with Cologne is expanded on in the anime. At Age 18, Cologne used to have feelings for him despite his lechery and shortness but Happosai's relentless lechery ended up breaking the romance and he left Cologne's village with a pack of stolen valuables.
Strangely, Nabiki and Kasumi seem to mostly be exempt from Happosai's actions. Although, early in both the manga and anime series, he enthusiastically attempted to peek on Nabiki when he thought she was naked in a bathhouse. In the anime episode " Enter Ken and His Copycat Kerchief ," Happosai and Copycat Ken attempted to grope both Kasumi and Nabiki, though Nabiki simply punches them away. In " The Horrible Happo Mold-Burst! ," all three Tendo sisters had a battle aura surrounding them because of Happosai's attempt to steal their underwear.


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Haurmaki's grandson has medium-to-long length light color hair (changed to brown in the anime) which includes a substantial fringe which reaches to just above his eyes. His outfit consists of a dark shirt and trousers with a black cape over it.


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Gosunkugi has short, dark hair and characteristic dark circles under his eyes. This is most likely genetic as both of his parents have this characteristic. He is skinny and typically wears the gakuran worn by male students at Furinkan High School . When performing his voodoo rituals he straps candles to his head. In the Nightmare! Incense of Spring Sleep OVA Gosunkugi's skintone is a ghostly white.

Gosunkugi is a quiet, antisocial individual, noted by his classmates as tending to blend into the background. He is shy and uncertain, but has something of a vengeful streak and is rather obsessive, particularly when it comes to things that interest him greatly, like the occult or Akane. He is also somewhat of a daydreamer.


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Hinako's adult form as a tall, curvy woman is what she would likely have looked like had she not been sickly as a child, although her child form is more reflective of her true emotional and psychological age. In both forms, she has long dark hair (medium brown in the anime) and wears clothing that allows her to alternate between forms, although when she transforms into an adult it becomes form-fitting which accentuate her curves.

Hinako's personality is as variable as her form, shifting between two very different states. In her child form, she acts mostly like a small child would. She talks in a high-pitched voice, craves ice cream and similar junk foods, watches anime on TV ( Doraemon is her favorite), and generally acts very spastic, childish, and immature. Despite this, she still has a strong commitment to being a teacher and feels very responsible for her students.
In her adult form, Hinako acts like an elegant, confident, and somewhat vain adult woman, and is more effective in her disciplining methods because of her forceful personality, gorgeous figure, and her tendency to drain and blast people who disobey her. While she is mainly well-intentioned and righteous, and can be gentle, she also seems to have a more vindictive side as an adult, actually enjoying the punishment that she deals out. Her adult form is also quite sensuous and sexual, in appearance. Because of this, Hinako is not afraid to use it to her advantage to take control of the situation when dealing with male delinquents. However, she retains some of her childish traits. In either form, she enjoys sweets, attractions, toys, and video games, eats like a slob, and doesn't properly take care of her apartment. Hinako is quite forgetful, even overlooking to bring her wallet into a restaurant or getting side-tracked from her original reason to visit the Tendo household once she became enamoured with Soun. She can sometimes lack good judgment, once deciding to help Akane learn to swim without knowing the basics herself. She is also quite weak for what she perceives as very manly and upright grown men who are kind to her. The longer a period she stays in an adult state, the more her energetic and irrational childish personality makes itself known.
Hinako is obsessed with enforcing discipline and justice at Furinkan, and she will do so, at any moment, if she feels someone is being a delinquent. Her primary target in this endeavor has been Ranma, whom she wishes to take care of so that everyone else will fall in line. Even so, her dedication to teaching also means she wants him to succeed in her classes, and has made an effort to help him with his studies. They did also team up against Principal Kuno after his abusive methods of discipline made him seem like a delinquent to her.


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Hiroshi has shaggy light brown hair and Daisuke has black hair (dark brown in the anime) that is parted. The two are always seen together and make small asides and comments about the situation. They are the most normal of Ranma's friends.

Despite being Ranma's supporters, Hiroshi and Daisuke can also be quick to accuse of things such as molesting Miss Hinako . They can be considered the counterparts to Yuka and Sayuri , Akane's friends.


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The Guide dresses in a Mao suit, which includes a matching tunic, pants, and cap with a star in front. Ranma Saotome also wears this outfit on occasion.


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In general, Kasumi has been remarked as being beautiful. During the The Battle for Miss Beachside episode, she was surprised at just how many men wanted to ask her out. It was also notable that she won the contest in a landslide victory over Shampoo, Ukyo and Akane despite not being an actual contestant.

Kasumi is a peaceful character in a cast of rather frantic people. She is invariably shown as cheerful and pleasant, seldom seeming fazed by the wild events that surround her. Once the lunacy subsides, she amiably helps to clean up any destruction, and generally seems content in working hard to take care of her family, the household and make any guests feel at home. Even she was saddened when her sister ruined the family, but prepared to walk the streets to sell flowers to pay the bills. She doesn't appear to be devoid of social life, given that she's been shown to go on trips, or visit friends, and regularly accompanies her family on various entertainment activities.
Kasumi can sometimes appear oblivious, but has also been shown as highly perceptive. She's been able to see through Nabiki's schemes, and immediately noticed that something was amiss with Akane, when a spirit doll possessed the latter. In the second instance, their more patently attentive middle sister took considerably longer.
Kasumi also sometimes gives wise/sagely advice, where she has made spot-on, if somewhat harsh, character observations. She may keep a cool head and cheerful attitude to help maintain the tranquillity of the household (or whatever is left of it) and hold her family together. In the anime, she sometimes explains unusual phenomena or makes observations about fighting methods during matches in the dojo.
Her name translates as "mist". If intentional, this may imply that her perspective is rather clouded, in case Japanese cultural symbolism overlaps with Western in this respect, but could also symbolize grace, amongst other connotations. In the first few chapters she was upset simply by seeing the results of Akane's sudden haircut, so she may have trained herself to stay calm as a defense mechanism.
Kasumi appears to be quite intelligent in an academic respect. Early in the series, she borrowed a book about shiatsu/human pressure points from Dr. Tofu. This is an advanced topic for somebody outside of the medical profession. She also managed to translate an excerpt from a French book, but stated that her knowledge of the language was quite limited. It is, however, unclear if she is too occupied by her housework for scholarly pursuits.
Kasumi appears to be virtually devoid of negative instincts. An entire story was devoted to this point. The other household members falsely assumed that their lack of consideration and various destructive mishaps had turned her murderously ferocious, due to 'dammed up aggression'. However, when faced with these troubles, and the author notes stated that her anger had reached its peak, she simply reprimanded Ranma, who had been tagged as scapegoat for each incident, by lightly tapping him on the forehead, a common form of discipline given to Japanese children. Yet even here, she thought that she might have been overreacting. Another character observed that she was "a perfect saint" in conjunction.
During the time she was possessed by an oni, her concept of evil seemed to be non-lethal, but highly annoying pranks such as placing paralysis potion in the dinner, knitting "crossdresser" on Ranma's clothing, ironing Genma's panda fur, or scratching Soun's back bloody with oversized nails/claws.
Her nature is in sharp contrast to Nabiki’s, and they frequently state highly dissimilar considerate/cynical views of the antics surrounding them. They were respectively portrayed as an angel and demon in 'The Memorial Book'/'The Art of Ranma ½' (Page 45). Her father has been shown to be very protective of her. In the above-mentioned possession case, he was upset by the very thought of budging a hair on her head, even if it would get rid of the oni. Akane has admitted to viewing Kasumi as a personal role model in certain respects, and has tried to emulate her looks, nature and feminine talents.
Like the rest of her family, she has also never held a grudge against Nabiki for any of the latter's ruthless schemes, no matter how much she has suffered from them. Instead, Kasumi has tried to talk her into showing consideration, and they generally seem to be confidantes of each other, despite their diametrically opposed personalities. She also revealed to her father that Nabiki wanted to sell the dojo and play with the money, to ascertain that he tried to bring together the flustered Ranma and Akane, when her younger sister had taken up the engagement. Given that she has likewise tried to talk Ranma into seeing Akane in a more forgiving light, rather than directly berating the latter, she seems unwilling to cause any form of mental anguish whatsoever towards others. Kasumi instead wields 'soft power' when she thinks it seems necessary and might be of any help, while simultaneously trying to take care of her family.
But as alluded previously, she has firmly berated her father when the latter almost lost their house to the 'Gambling King', and after learning about his mishaps with the Chardin family.
In the manga, Kasumi generally seems to treat Happosai with consideration (volume 13, chapter 2; volume 19, chapter 9; volume 28, chapter 11) even calling him "grandpa" in one translation. (volume 13, chapter 3) He has also never been shown to directly pester her. However, in the anime episode "The Horrible Happo-Mold Burst!," all three Tendo sisters were surrounded by battle auras when Happosai attempted to steal their underwear, although only Akane took physical action.


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Katsunishiki is mostly light coloured but has a few spots. He wears the mark of the yokozuna's rank, the white tsuna , around his neck over a dark keshō-mawashi . He is quite large, being taller than a human, and is very strong.

He is highly intelligent, he understands Akari's commands and is utterly devoted to her, serving as her guardian and personal mode of transportation.


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Kinnosuke is a tall and handsome young man with a fair complexion and dark hair. Despite his incredibly cheap lifestyle, he has a decent assortment of fine suits for both formal and casual affairs.

Kinnosuke is charming and well-mannered and has expensive taste. He is skilled to keep up an appearance of being well off. He is not afraid of arriving in grand style. He is also very prideful and competitive, when he is determent to make Nabiki use her own money and is not satisfied with just sending the bills to her family. He doesn't hensitate use his victims' money to the point where they are bankrupt, suggesting a sociopathic personality.


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Kodachi is a teenaged girl of medium height with curvaceous build.  Her hair is very dark and almost always worn in a distinctive one-sided ponytail. In the remake version, her hair is bluish-black which is a contrast to her older brother Tatewaki's natural black hair. Unlike her brother she wears clothing appropriate for school and other walks of life, but apparently always wears her gymnastic leotard and toe shoes underneath.  If she feels the need for combat she will often whip off her outer clothing in one move and fight in her leotard.

Unlike his other suitors, Kodachi is not actually betrothed to Ranma. Since there is no formal engagement involved in her relationship with Ranma, he usually brushes her off more often than his three fiancées. She resents this and responds with more poisons and other foul tricks. Though she has stated that she's actually aware that Ranma doesn't love her, she simply refuses to let that get in her way. She thinks he will eventually give in if she continues to make an effort.
She is a good cook who prepares elaborate meals that seem to be based in French cuisine. In one story, students who consumed her cookies described them as delicious—before they fainted because she had laced them with sleeping powder. She uses her culinary expertise to her advantage by placing poisons, toxins, serums, and other strange substances in her victims' food to attain something she wants from them, especially when Ranma is involved.
She apparently has a strong flair for the dramatic. When entering and leaving a scene or leaping throughout the city, she is regularly accompanied by a small stream of black rose petals billowing about her, complemented by a shrill, maniacal cackle that is one of her trademarks. But if she has to or otherwise feels like it, Kodachi is more than capable of acting like a perfectly well-mannered lady, and a first class host.
Like her brother, she is unaware of Ranma's curse and views his same-gendered form (in this case, the girl) as a rival for the affections of his opposite-gendered form (in this case, the boy). In the anime at least, unlike Tatewaki, this can be attributed to simple ignorance of Jusenkyo curses rather than outright denial, as she has not seen Ranma change forms in this continuity. However, in the manga, she has watched Ranma transform from male to female and not recognized what just happened, immediately asking "the pig-tailed girl" what she did with Ranma. This may imply that, like her brother, she has come to hold the idea (due to lack of explanations about Jusenkyo ) that her "enemy Ranma" can somehow whisk her "beloved Ranma" away by magic.
Kodachi seems to enjoy spending time in the extensive gardens of the Kuno estate, particularly near the large pond, where she keeps her giant pet crocodile, whom she has lovingly named Mr. Turtle (or Mr. Green Turtle in the anime, occasionally referred to as "Mr. Scaly Green" in some episodes of the dub).
As her brother has expressed, Kodachi's manga incarnation is shown as quite twisted. She's been more than willing to ambush and beat up rival schoolgirls, and use potentially lethal weaponry during her matches. She also enthusiastically attempted to murder Nabiki or Hinako Ninomiya , when Ranma was engaged to the former (though this never occurred in the anime version of that same story), respectively

suspected he was attracted to the latter, and was completely unconcerned about killing an innocent bystander on the off chance that he'd be Asuka's 'boyfriend.' She's been relentlessly vengeful against her brother. Simply for destroying one of her many Ranma posters, she paralysed him, then tied him up and threw him into a basin containing her crocodile. She's repeatedly attempted to use similar anaesthesia against male Ranma, in order to force her attentions on him, and also assaulted a crowd of romantic couples in this manner, with the stated reason being simple entertainment and because she viewed them as "bugs". Nevertheless she is not completely unreasonable as she was perfectly willing to return Kuno's album of pictures of Ranma's female form if he simply apologised to her for destroying the aformentioned picture.
However, her anime counterpart isn't completely heartless. In "Genma Takes a Walk" she provided Ranma and Genma with free room, board, and food when they were kicked out of the Tendo house, and in "Dear Daddy...Love, Kodachi," she was also shown to truly care for her brother and father. The former used to be a stand-in at her school parent's meetings, and she was eager to meet the latter when informed that he had returned from his long trip abroad. Curiously, she never shares a scene with her father in the Manga.
Of interesting note is that Kodachi has been bitter rivals with another girl, Asuka Saginomiya, AKA the White Lily, since they both were six years old, and violently assaulted each other's claimed "boyfriends" until only one of them was conscious. Since Kodachi 'won' the competition they agreed to compete again ten years later. Asuka has a largely similar personality, being haughty, eccentric, showy and ruthless, but seems somewhat less extroverted and more refined, if a bit snobbish. She also enjoys using explosives to defeat her foes. In their most recent battle, Akane allowed Ranma to pose as Kodachi's beau, since she was insulted by Asuka's dismissive attitude towards him. The match ended in a draw, as it was revealed that Asuka's more handsome date was simply someone she struck down just previously.
Kodachi is the only one of the fiancees that has ever admitted that she knows Ranma doesn't love her and just likes pretending that he does. This occurred during the Asuka storyline. Also, compared to Shampoo and Ukyou, her arrival at Ranma's and Akane's surprise and failed wedding was much less violent. The other two brought exploding food, while Kodachi arrived in a wedding dress.


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Kogane has long dark brown hair which reaches down to her waist and gray eyes. During her first appearance she wore her old Furinkan High uniform, before changing into a Yukata upon her return. Given her status as a ghost, Kogane has the ability to change her physical tangibility so that she can chose whether or not to interact with other objects as well as making herself completely invisible.


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Konatsu has shoulder-length hair that he wears tied back in a ponytail. He wears a medium colored shinobi shōzoku. This consisted of a jacket with long extensions at the collar that can be wrapped around the head to create a mask in addition to trousers, wrist and ankle wraps, and sandals. He wears a wire mesh shirt beneath the jacket. Both the jacket and trousers had prominent patches on them. It is not clear if Konatsu still wears the same shinobi shōzoku to sneak around at Akane Tendo and Ranma Saotome 's wedding, although this one is of a similar color. He wears a waitress-style kimono when working at Okonomiyaki Ucchan's .

Konatsu was brought up as a kunoichi woman by his family. Because of this he behaves, thinks and talks like a demure, humble and subservient. He is very shy at times, barely ever showing signs of anger and oftentimes extremely kind and naive. However, he doesn't mind trying to poison others through trickery, though generally only by temporary paralysis. He usually wears female ninja clothing or cute waitress outfits, though in his last prominent appearance he was just as happy to dress up in men's uniform (albeit a ridiculously over-decorated one) in order to attract female customers to Ucchan's, and referred to himself by his real gender. [3]
His personality seems to be that of a Cinderella , being extremely grateful and loyal for the least amount of kindness, something Ukyo takes advantage of by letting him work double shifts for ¥10 an hour (it was originally ¥5, but Ranma convinced Ukyo to raise it up by five). [4]
When Konatsu ate an ingredient called Toshintan his full fighting instinct/ability was brought forth, and her personality changed to that of a Ninja assassin whose only desire was to fight and kill Ranma. The end result was that Konatsu and Ranma knocked each other unconscious.


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Kurumi has chin length brown hair that she wears higher by using a very long red ribbon that also functions as her weapon. She has dark brown eyes and typically wears a white sailor suit uniform with a blue collar, red ribbon, and blue skirt. Her training outfit is a short-sleeved light pink jumpsuit secured by a red sash around the waist. When she was younger Kurumi wore her hair in a similar manner and also used a similar training outfit. She is shorter than Natsume and about the same height as Akane.
As the younger of the two sisters, Kurumi is the opposite of Natsume. She can be characterized as being warmer, and her personality and attacks appear to be associated with fire. Kurumi is more personable, kind-hearted, and empathetic, but is also more childlike. She is also known for her enormous appetite.


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Ling-Ling has dark magenta hair tied in both bun side of her head with a slight curved lock in front of her ears and has royal blue eyes while Lung-Lung has green hair with a large penduulum like locks in front of her finge between her sides. and has mint green eyes. They seem to have hairstyles similar to Shampoo's.
The twins stand stand roughly a head shorter than Shampoo, are much flatter-chested than Shampoo, Akane or Ranma's female form, and Lung-Lung talks with a noticable lisp, all of which imply youth. They wore an Asian Cheongasm uniform much like Shampoo does when they are in their duty.

In the dubbed version of Two, Too Violent Girls: Ling-Ling & Lung-Lung , Akane specifically notes that Shampoo means they are "sisters in all but blood" - siblings in the sense of tribal affiliation and close personal friendship, but the subtitled version implies that they are genuinely her little siblings by blood. They proclaim that Shampoo is their inspiration for trying to train so hard to become great martial artists, and they are heartbroken when Shampoo first seems to have betrayed their laws by giving up and reamaining dishonored, then actually tries to prevent them carrying out what the law demands.
In personal terms, the twins are inseperable; they are best friends and staunch allies, and their fighting style revolves around working in tandem with each other. Ling-Ling does seem to be the dominant twin, though, and is the one who gives the orders and comes up with the plans.