Characters[edit]
Mekakushi Dan[edit]
Kido (キド Kido?) / Tsubomi Kido (木戸 つぼみ Kido Tsubomi?)
Voiced by: Yūko Kaida
Kido is member No. 1 of the Mekakushi Dan and its current leader. She is often mistaken as a male due to her ambiguous appearance. The other members of the Dan call her "Danchō" (lit. gang leader). Like Kano and Seto, she is addressed سے طرف کی her last name, even سے طرف کی her closest friends. Her song is "Mekakushi Code" (メカクシコード lit. Blindfold Code?).
She was born as the سیکنڈ daughter of a wealthy family, but due to being the illegitimate child between her father and his mistress, she always felt out of place, even at home. Because she was always treated cautiously سے طرف کی those around her, she harbored a strong desire to "disappear". One day, her father's business went bankrupt, driving him to set their house on fire. After being burned to death in the blaze, Kido came into contact with the Heat Haze along with her sister and was possessed سے طرف کی the snake with the "Concealing Eyes" ability, thus acquiring the power to hide her presence, as well as the presence of anyone else within a two meter radius. Becoming دوستوں with Seto and Kano in the same orphanage, she was later adopted سے طرف کی the Tateyama family. Encouraged سے طرف کی Ayano that having red eyes was the sign of a hero, they started the Mekakushi Dan.
Seto (セト Seto?) / Kōsuke Seto (瀬戸 幸助 Seto Kōsuke?)
Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi
Seto is member No. 2 of the Mekakushi Dan. He is often portrayed as the "nice guy" of the group, and gets along very well with Marry. Like Kano and Kido, he is addressed سے طرف کی his last name, even سے طرف کی his closest friends. His song is "Shōnen Brave" (少年ブレイブ?, "Brave Boy").
As a young boy, his small body and timid nature resulted in him being often bullied, and he had trouble speaking with people. He considered an abandoned dog to be his only friend, and wished that he could "understand how people felt without using words". One stormy day, he witnessed some kids trying to throw his dog into a river. Despite his efforts, the dog was thrown in, and Seto threw himself into the river in order to save it. As he drowned, he came into contact with the Heat Haze and was possessed سے طرف کی the snake with the "Stealing Eyes" ability, acquiring the ability to read others' minds upon eye contact. However, he generally dislikes using his eye ability as he feels that it makes communication redundant, and rarely uses it. He eventually was adopted سے طرف کی the Tateyama family along with Kido and Kano. Together they created the Mekakushi Dan after being encouraged سے طرف کی Ayano.
Kano (カノ Kano?) / Shūya Kano (鹿野 修哉 Kano Shūya?)
Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana
Kano is member No. 3 of the Mekakushi Dan. He is depicted as a deceitful young man, to the point where no one can tell if he's lying یا telling the truth. His song is "Yobanashi Deceive" (夜咄ディセイブ?, "Night Tales Deceive").
When Kano was younger, he did not attend preschool یا kindergarten and instead lived alone with his mother in an apartment. His emotionally unstable mother raised her hand against him from time to time, and the neighbors spread rumors that he was being abused سے طرف کی her. However because he believed that he was wrong for upsetting his mother, he desired strongly to "hide the bruises/wounds on his body" from those around him because they were the reason the neighbors disliked his mother. One day, his apartment was broken into سے طرف کی thieves. Kano's mother was stabbed and killed as she tried to protect him. He was stabbed to death as well when he tried to fight against the thieves, coming into contact with the Heat Haze. He was then possessed سے طرف کی the snake with the "Deceiving Eyes" ability, acquiring the power to deceive how people around him perceive him and anything in immediate contact with him. He was eventually brought to an orphanage and was later adopted سے طرف کی the Tateyama family, where he met Kido, Seto, and Ayano. They created a gang and Kano gave it its name, the Mekakushi Dan—"Mekakushi" being a pun on Kido's eye ability. Unlike Seto, Kano uses his eye ability frequently, shifting outward emotions on a whim while never دکھانا what he is truly feeling on the inside.
Marry (マリー Marī?) / Marry Kozakura (小桜 茉莉 Kozakura Marī?)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Marry is member No. 4 of the Mekakushi Dan, and the first non-founding member. She is 1/4 Medusa and has white hair that wiggles when she is happy یا frightened and naturally occurring red eyes. Her appearance is that of a fourteen سال old girl, but due to her gorgon blood, her actual age is 140-years-old. Marry is extremely shy around strangers, and will often hide behind Seto, Kido, یا Momo. Her songs are "Kūsō Forest" (想像フォレスト?, "Day Dream Forest") and "Marry no Kakū Sekai" (マリーの架空世界?, "Marry's Fictional World").
When Marry was younger, she lived in a small house in the woods with her mother, Shion, who was half Medusa. While growing up, she was constantly warned سے طرف کی her mother that should they make eye contact with others, the person would be turned to stone. One day, when she was playing outside against her mother's warnings, she was found and tortured سے طرف کی a group of boys. Shion successfully turned Mary's attackers to stone, but the two were both beaten to death, and were brought into the Kagerō Daze سے طرف کی Azami, Shion's full Medusa mother (hence Marry's grandmother). Upon entering it, Azami planted the snake with the "Combining Eyes" ability, the core of the Medusa, into Shion, who willingly gave it up to Marry so that she could have a سیکنڈ chance at life. As a result, along with the "Eye Contact" ability she had since birth, which allowed Marry to temporarily paralyze anyone she made eye contact with, Marry also acquired the ability to unify all of the "snakes".
After coming back to life, she lived in isolation for over a hundred years. سے طرف کی chance, Seto visited the forest and found her. He has since managed to bring her to the outside world and invited her to شامل میں Mekakushi Dan. After coming to the Mekakushi Dan's hideout and joining the group, she started a side job making fake flowers in her room, which generates a negligible income. She is کہا to be a fujoshi, یا a girl who loves boy's love. In Route XX, her Combining Eyes ability is stolen from her سے طرف کی Dark Konoha, and, through means yet unrevealed, she reverses time in order to save everyone.
Momo (モモ Momo?) / Momo Kisaragi (如月 桃 Kisaragi Momo?)
Voiced by: Nanami Kashiyama
Momo is member No. 5 of the Mekakushi Dan. She is the younger sister of Shintarō and a مقبول idol, which greatly disrupts her normal life and causes a lot of stress for her. Unlike her brother, she does badly at school, and is too quite a clumsy yet cheerful girl. Momo's tastes are also shown to be rather strange. Her songs are "Kisaragi Attention" (如月アテンション?) and "Otsukimi Recital" (オツキミリサイタル?, "Moon Viewing Recital").
When Momo was younger, she was constantly overshadowed سے طرف کی her brother Shintarō causing her to yearn for attention. After a drowning accident at a beach, she was swallowed up سے طرف کی the Heat Haze with her father who had tried to save her and دیا the snake of "Drawing Eyes", which is capable of catching people's attention regardless of their preferences. After an incident where she attempts and fails to be normal, Kido recruits her to the Mekakushi Dan.
Ene (エネ Ene?) / Takane Enomoto (榎本 貴音 Enomoto Takane?)
Voiced by: Kana Asumi
Ene is member No. 6 of Mekakushi Dan. She is a mischievous cyber girl who lives in Shintarō's computer, but is also able to travel to other electronic devices. Once a human named Takane Enomoto (榎本 貴音), her personality as Ene is a cheerful prankster, a sharp contrast to Takane's pessimistic outlook at life. Her songs are "Jinzō Enemy" (人造エネミー?, "Artificial Enemy"), "Headphone Actor" (ヘッドフォンアクター?), "Ene no Dennō Kikō" (エネの電脳紀行?, "Ene's Cyber Journey") and "Yūkei Yesterday" (夕景イエスタデイ?, "Yesterday Evening").
As a human, she suffered from an illness which caused her to lose consciousness at random times. Because of this, she was placed in a separate class at school with Haruka Kokonose, who she harbored feelings for. As a human, Takane was ranked سیکنڈ in the country on a game called 'Dead Bullet -1989-' under the name of "Senkou no Maihime" (lit. Dancing Princess of the Spotlight)' and often stayed up late at night playing. This caused her often to have a bad-tempered personality. She died after being poisoned سے طرف کی Kenjirō. Upon entering the Heat Haze, she is دیا the snake of "Opening Eyes," giving her immortality. After becoming Ene, she was sent to Shintarō's computer in an میل ای from an unknown sender. Shintarō refers to her as a 'virus' as she constantly plays pranks on him سے طرف کی deleting his files and threatening to لوڈ اپ his embarrassing poems on to the internet. Ene joins the Mekakushi Dan after helping to stop a terrorist attack at a local department store with Shintarō.
Shintarō (シンタロー Shintarō?) / Shintarō Kisaragi (如月 伸太郎 Kisaragi Shintarō?)
Voiced by: Takuma Terashima
Shintarō is member No. 7 of Mekakushi Dan. He is the main protagonist of the story and has an IQ of 168. While he was in school, his intelligence caused him to have an apathetic personality. His songs are "Lost Time Memory" (ロスタイムメモリー?) and "Tōmei Answer" (透明アンサー?, "Transparent Answer").
After a while, he became interested in the girl who sat اگلے to him in class, Ayano Tateyama. Despite Ayano always being cheerful and friendly to him, Shintarō would treat Ayano with coldness. After Ayano's suicide, he becomes a hikikomori addicted to the internet. A سال after, he was sent a mysterious virus named Ene, and as he was unable to control her actions, his lifestyle was at a loss. After stopping a terrorist attack with Ene, he became involved with Mekakushi Dan.
Ayano's death results in two possible routes for the Mekakushi Dan, as shown in Lost Time Memory. In Route 1, also known as the Good End Route, Shintarō (often portrayed in a red jersey) goes out and meets the Mekakushi Dan instead of staying at ہوم and mourning. In Route XX, also known as the Bad End, Shintarō (often portrayed in full black), still mourning over Ayano's death at 18 years old, becomes fed up with Ene and kills her through unknown means, causing him to have a mental breakdown. The Red Shintarō dies while saving Dark Konoha from shooting himself, while the Black Shintarō kills himself سے طرف کی slitting his throat with a pair of red scissors.
Hibiya (ヒビヤ Hibiya?) / Hibiya Amamiya (雨宮 響也 Amamiya Hibiya?)
Voiced by: Misuzu Togashi
Hibiya is member No. 8 of Mekakushi Dan. He is mentioned to be mature for his age, and is shown to have an immense, unrequited crush for Hiyori. He joins Mekakushi Dan after being spotted escaping the hospital he was at after an accident. His songs are "Kagerou Daze" (カゲロウデイズ?, "Heat Haze Daze") and "Otsukimi Recital" (オツキミリサイタル?, "Moon-viewing Recital").
He is the youngest member of the group at 12-years-old and has the "Eye Focusing" ability, meaning he can see distant objects from an aerial view. He is originally from a village in the countryside and came with Hiyori Asahina to the city for the summer. He stayed at Hiyori's sister's house for the visit and met Konoha, who was living there at the time. He has a very intense (unrequited) love for Hiyori. Hibiya sees Hiyori die in a traffic accident and thus becomes stuck in a time loop trying to save her from dying each time. He comes in contact with the Heat Haze and is دیا the snake of 'Focusing Eyes'.
Konoha (コノハ Konoha?) / Haruka Kokonose (九ノ瀬 遥 Kokonose Haruka?)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano
Konoha is member No. 9 of Mekakushi Dan. Shown to be a rather absent-minded individual, he has a large appetite, similar to his former human self as Haruka. His songs are "Konoha no Sekai Jijō" (コノハの世界事情?, "Konoha's World Affairs"), "Yūkei Yesterday" (夕景イエスタデイ?, "Yesterday Evening"), "Outer Science" (アウターサイエンス?) and "Summertime Record" (サマータイムレコード?).
As a human, he suffered from an illness which caused him to easily die with a single attack, hence making him wish for a body that would not be as vulnerable, and hence being placed in a separate class with Takane Enomoto. With the interference of Kenjirō, he suffers a stroke and dies, entering the Heat Haze with Takane, and therefore receiving the "Awakening Eyes" ability, enabling him to live in his ideal body at the cost of his memory. As a result, he uses his eye ability to take the form of his game character. After this, the amnesiac him stays at Ayaka's house, where he meets Hibiya and Hiyori and attempts to save them from the Heat Haze.
An alternate version of Konoha also appears in Outer Science, speculated to be due to the trauma from "opening his eyes" and the corruption سے طرف کی the snakes. He is called Dark Konoha (also dubbed as Kuroha سے طرف کی fans, kuro (黒?) meaning 'black') and kills everyone in Route XX. In Route 1, for unknown reasons, he attempts to shoot himself in the head, only to be saved سے طرف کی Shintarō.
Ayano (アヤノ Ayano?) / Ayano Tateyama (楯山 文乃 Tateyama Ayano?)
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
Ayano is member No. 0 of the Mekakushi Dan and was the daughter of Kenjirō and Ayaka Tateyama. Shown to be a happy-go-lucky girl with rather poor grades, she was the deskmate of Shintarō, and it is suggested that her poor grades stemmed from her family matters. Her song is "Ayano no Kōfuku Riron" (アヤノの幸福理論?, "Ayano's Happiness Theory").
After her parents adopted three young children with red eyes, Kido, Seto, and Kano, she decided to fulfill her role as "big sister" سے طرف کی creating the Mekakushi Dan to encourage them. After the death of her mother in a landslide and the discovery that her father was experimenting on her دوستوں in an attempt to bring her back to life, Ayano grew increasingly concerned of the safety of her brothers and sister. She committed suicide and jumped off the roof of her school in an attempt to gain red eyes and an eye ability for herself in order to try and save her family, but despite succeeding in obtaining the "Favouring Eyes" ability, which she can use to see the world outside of the Heat Haze. For that ability to work, Ayano would have to have someone outside of the Heat Haze to "see" with her eye ability. She is unable to escape the Heat Haze as she did not die in a pair.
The Ayano that Black Shintarō meets is in truth Kano, who does so to spite Shintarō, whom he believes caused Ayano's death. In Route 1, after Red Shintarō meets her in the Heat Haze, she passes her eye ability to him and dies permanently.
Other characters[edit]
Kenjirō (ケンジロウ Kenjirō?) / Kenjirō Tateyama (楯山 研次朗 Tateyama Kenjirō?)
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara
Kenjirō is the father of Ayano and husband of Ayaka. He was also Haruka and Takane's homeroom teacher and is Momo's tutor. His song is "Dead and Seek" (デッドアンドシーク?).
He possesses the ability of 'Making Eyes Clear' and seems to know about Medusae. When he was in university, he fell in love with Ayaka, who turned him down, not interested in a such a pathetic man. This caused him to become much مزید hard working and taking studying مزید seriously. After that, he was able to marry Ayaka. Together they had Ayano and adopted Kido, Kano and Seto. Kenjirō was interested in the theory of Medusae and researched it with Ayaka, only to be caught in a landslide with her and die. He came in contact with the Heat Haze and was دیا the snake of 'Clearing Eyes'. He became much مزید engrossed in research after Ayaka's death, eventually experimenting on and killing his two students (Takane and Haruka). His fate is unclear, though in Route XX, Dark Konoha kills him.
Hiyori (ヒヨリ Hiyori?) / Hiyori Asahina (朝比奈 日和 Asahina Hiyori?)
Hiyori is a stubborn young girl from the countryside who yearns for the city. She is very مقبول at her school and has her own پرستار club. She drags Hibiya to the city with her in order to get Momo's autograph and stays at her sister Ayaka's house. She falls in love with Konoha who was staying there at the time. She becomes involved in a traffic accident and gets stuck in a time loop trying to save Hibiya, but while Hibiya successfully escapes the Heat Haze, she passes away. Her song is "Kagerou Daze" (カゲロウデイズ?, "Heat Haze Daze").
Shion (シオン Shion?) / Shion Kozakura (小桜 紫苑 Kozakura Shion?)
Shion is a 1/2 medusa and Marry's mother. When Shion was younger, she lived with her parents Azami and Tsukihiko. She loves Marry very much, and in order to protect her she refrains from letting Marry play outside. One day, Marry bypasses her mother's orders and plays outside anyways, however some boys come to attack her. She sacrifices herself in order to save Marry, and uses her eye power to turn the boys to stone; but the strain on her body was too much and she passes away with Marry.
She gets consumed سے طرف کی the Heat Haze and is دیا the 'Combining Eyes' ability, however she passes the power on to Marry and sends her to the outside world. Her song is "Gunjō Rain"群青レイン ("Ultramarine Rain").
Azami (アザミ Azami?) / (薊?)
Azami is a full medusa and Shion's mother. Snakes grow from her hair, each with a unique power. She once thought humans were 'dull creatures that die easily' but fell in love with a human named Tsukihiko and started a family. After realizing how short human lives were compared to her immortality, she goes away to use the power of the snakes to create a Never Ending World (The Heat Haze) where she could live with her family forever. It is currently unclear if she waited for her family to arrive in the Heat Haze, before realising that her husband would have passed away سے طرف کی then, یا that when she returned, the villagers attacking her house made her revert back to her original ideology, causing her to return to the Never-Ending World alone.
Many years later, her daughter and granddaughter, Shion and Marry were killed on August 15. Knowing this, she was unable to برداشت, ریچھ her grief and ordered the Heat Haze to "bring in every person who died on August 15", giving the ability of 'Combining Eyes' to Shion to allow her to return to life (who gave it to Marry). This causes her to lose control of the Heat Haze, thus drawing in every person who had died on August 15, the دن Marry died. Her song is "Shinigami Record" (シニガミレコード?, "Death-God Record").
Ayaka (アヤカ?) / Ayaka Tateyama (楯山 絢香 Tateyama Ayaka?)
Ayaka is Ayano's mother, Kenjirō's wife and Hiyori's sister. She became interested in the myth about Medusae and fell in love with Kenjirō at university. She gave birth to Ayano and adopted Kido, Kano and Seto from the orphanages after hearing about their strange abilities. She died in a landslide with Kenjirō while researching, passing on her trademark red clips to Ayano.
Tsukihiko (ツキヒコ Tsukihiko?)
A soldier who fell in love with Azami. Tsukihiko is an albino man, and has long been considered a 'monster' سے طرف کی the other villagers. He tells Azami that he is also a monster, and that they should spend their life together. Together, they had Shion and live peacefully until villagers attacked their home, mistakenly thinking he had been held captive. His song is "Shinigami Record" (シニガミレコード?, "Death-God Record").
Mekakushi Dan[edit]
Kido (キド Kido?) / Tsubomi Kido (木戸 つぼみ Kido Tsubomi?)
Voiced by: Yūko Kaida
Kido is member No. 1 of the Mekakushi Dan and its current leader. She is often mistaken as a male due to her ambiguous appearance. The other members of the Dan call her "Danchō" (lit. gang leader). Like Kano and Seto, she is addressed سے طرف کی her last name, even سے طرف کی her closest friends. Her song is "Mekakushi Code" (メカクシコード lit. Blindfold Code?).
She was born as the سیکنڈ daughter of a wealthy family, but due to being the illegitimate child between her father and his mistress, she always felt out of place, even at home. Because she was always treated cautiously سے طرف کی those around her, she harbored a strong desire to "disappear". One day, her father's business went bankrupt, driving him to set their house on fire. After being burned to death in the blaze, Kido came into contact with the Heat Haze along with her sister and was possessed سے طرف کی the snake with the "Concealing Eyes" ability, thus acquiring the power to hide her presence, as well as the presence of anyone else within a two meter radius. Becoming دوستوں with Seto and Kano in the same orphanage, she was later adopted سے طرف کی the Tateyama family. Encouraged سے طرف کی Ayano that having red eyes was the sign of a hero, they started the Mekakushi Dan.
Seto (セト Seto?) / Kōsuke Seto (瀬戸 幸助 Seto Kōsuke?)
Voiced by: Sōichirō Hoshi
Seto is member No. 2 of the Mekakushi Dan. He is often portrayed as the "nice guy" of the group, and gets along very well with Marry. Like Kano and Kido, he is addressed سے طرف کی his last name, even سے طرف کی his closest friends. His song is "Shōnen Brave" (少年ブレイブ?, "Brave Boy").
As a young boy, his small body and timid nature resulted in him being often bullied, and he had trouble speaking with people. He considered an abandoned dog to be his only friend, and wished that he could "understand how people felt without using words". One stormy day, he witnessed some kids trying to throw his dog into a river. Despite his efforts, the dog was thrown in, and Seto threw himself into the river in order to save it. As he drowned, he came into contact with the Heat Haze and was possessed سے طرف کی the snake with the "Stealing Eyes" ability, acquiring the ability to read others' minds upon eye contact. However, he generally dislikes using his eye ability as he feels that it makes communication redundant, and rarely uses it. He eventually was adopted سے طرف کی the Tateyama family along with Kido and Kano. Together they created the Mekakushi Dan after being encouraged سے طرف کی Ayano.
Kano (カノ Kano?) / Shūya Kano (鹿野 修哉 Kano Shūya?)
Voiced by: Shinnosuke Tachibana
Kano is member No. 3 of the Mekakushi Dan. He is depicted as a deceitful young man, to the point where no one can tell if he's lying یا telling the truth. His song is "Yobanashi Deceive" (夜咄ディセイブ?, "Night Tales Deceive").
When Kano was younger, he did not attend preschool یا kindergarten and instead lived alone with his mother in an apartment. His emotionally unstable mother raised her hand against him from time to time, and the neighbors spread rumors that he was being abused سے طرف کی her. However because he believed that he was wrong for upsetting his mother, he desired strongly to "hide the bruises/wounds on his body" from those around him because they were the reason the neighbors disliked his mother. One day, his apartment was broken into سے طرف کی thieves. Kano's mother was stabbed and killed as she tried to protect him. He was stabbed to death as well when he tried to fight against the thieves, coming into contact with the Heat Haze. He was then possessed سے طرف کی the snake with the "Deceiving Eyes" ability, acquiring the power to deceive how people around him perceive him and anything in immediate contact with him. He was eventually brought to an orphanage and was later adopted سے طرف کی the Tateyama family, where he met Kido, Seto, and Ayano. They created a gang and Kano gave it its name, the Mekakushi Dan—"Mekakushi" being a pun on Kido's eye ability. Unlike Seto, Kano uses his eye ability frequently, shifting outward emotions on a whim while never دکھانا what he is truly feeling on the inside.
Marry (マリー Marī?) / Marry Kozakura (小桜 茉莉 Kozakura Marī?)
Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa
Marry is member No. 4 of the Mekakushi Dan, and the first non-founding member. She is 1/4 Medusa and has white hair that wiggles when she is happy یا frightened and naturally occurring red eyes. Her appearance is that of a fourteen سال old girl, but due to her gorgon blood, her actual age is 140-years-old. Marry is extremely shy around strangers, and will often hide behind Seto, Kido, یا Momo. Her songs are "Kūsō Forest" (想像フォレスト?, "Day Dream Forest") and "Marry no Kakū Sekai" (マリーの架空世界?, "Marry's Fictional World").
When Marry was younger, she lived in a small house in the woods with her mother, Shion, who was half Medusa. While growing up, she was constantly warned سے طرف کی her mother that should they make eye contact with others, the person would be turned to stone. One day, when she was playing outside against her mother's warnings, she was found and tortured سے طرف کی a group of boys. Shion successfully turned Mary's attackers to stone, but the two were both beaten to death, and were brought into the Kagerō Daze سے طرف کی Azami, Shion's full Medusa mother (hence Marry's grandmother). Upon entering it, Azami planted the snake with the "Combining Eyes" ability, the core of the Medusa, into Shion, who willingly gave it up to Marry so that she could have a سیکنڈ chance at life. As a result, along with the "Eye Contact" ability she had since birth, which allowed Marry to temporarily paralyze anyone she made eye contact with, Marry also acquired the ability to unify all of the "snakes".
After coming back to life, she lived in isolation for over a hundred years. سے طرف کی chance, Seto visited the forest and found her. He has since managed to bring her to the outside world and invited her to شامل میں Mekakushi Dan. After coming to the Mekakushi Dan's hideout and joining the group, she started a side job making fake flowers in her room, which generates a negligible income. She is کہا to be a fujoshi, یا a girl who loves boy's love. In Route XX, her Combining Eyes ability is stolen from her سے طرف کی Dark Konoha, and, through means yet unrevealed, she reverses time in order to save everyone.
Momo (モモ Momo?) / Momo Kisaragi (如月 桃 Kisaragi Momo?)
Voiced by: Nanami Kashiyama
Momo is member No. 5 of the Mekakushi Dan. She is the younger sister of Shintarō and a مقبول idol, which greatly disrupts her normal life and causes a lot of stress for her. Unlike her brother, she does badly at school, and is too quite a clumsy yet cheerful girl. Momo's tastes are also shown to be rather strange. Her songs are "Kisaragi Attention" (如月アテンション?) and "Otsukimi Recital" (オツキミリサイタル?, "Moon Viewing Recital").
When Momo was younger, she was constantly overshadowed سے طرف کی her brother Shintarō causing her to yearn for attention. After a drowning accident at a beach, she was swallowed up سے طرف کی the Heat Haze with her father who had tried to save her and دیا the snake of "Drawing Eyes", which is capable of catching people's attention regardless of their preferences. After an incident where she attempts and fails to be normal, Kido recruits her to the Mekakushi Dan.
Ene (エネ Ene?) / Takane Enomoto (榎本 貴音 Enomoto Takane?)
Voiced by: Kana Asumi
Ene is member No. 6 of Mekakushi Dan. She is a mischievous cyber girl who lives in Shintarō's computer, but is also able to travel to other electronic devices. Once a human named Takane Enomoto (榎本 貴音), her personality as Ene is a cheerful prankster, a sharp contrast to Takane's pessimistic outlook at life. Her songs are "Jinzō Enemy" (人造エネミー?, "Artificial Enemy"), "Headphone Actor" (ヘッドフォンアクター?), "Ene no Dennō Kikō" (エネの電脳紀行?, "Ene's Cyber Journey") and "Yūkei Yesterday" (夕景イエスタデイ?, "Yesterday Evening").
As a human, she suffered from an illness which caused her to lose consciousness at random times. Because of this, she was placed in a separate class at school with Haruka Kokonose, who she harbored feelings for. As a human, Takane was ranked سیکنڈ in the country on a game called 'Dead Bullet -1989-' under the name of "Senkou no Maihime" (lit. Dancing Princess of the Spotlight)' and often stayed up late at night playing. This caused her often to have a bad-tempered personality. She died after being poisoned سے طرف کی Kenjirō. Upon entering the Heat Haze, she is دیا the snake of "Opening Eyes," giving her immortality. After becoming Ene, she was sent to Shintarō's computer in an میل ای from an unknown sender. Shintarō refers to her as a 'virus' as she constantly plays pranks on him سے طرف کی deleting his files and threatening to لوڈ اپ his embarrassing poems on to the internet. Ene joins the Mekakushi Dan after helping to stop a terrorist attack at a local department store with Shintarō.
Shintarō (シンタロー Shintarō?) / Shintarō Kisaragi (如月 伸太郎 Kisaragi Shintarō?)
Voiced by: Takuma Terashima
Shintarō is member No. 7 of Mekakushi Dan. He is the main protagonist of the story and has an IQ of 168. While he was in school, his intelligence caused him to have an apathetic personality. His songs are "Lost Time Memory" (ロスタイムメモリー?) and "Tōmei Answer" (透明アンサー?, "Transparent Answer").
After a while, he became interested in the girl who sat اگلے to him in class, Ayano Tateyama. Despite Ayano always being cheerful and friendly to him, Shintarō would treat Ayano with coldness. After Ayano's suicide, he becomes a hikikomori addicted to the internet. A سال after, he was sent a mysterious virus named Ene, and as he was unable to control her actions, his lifestyle was at a loss. After stopping a terrorist attack with Ene, he became involved with Mekakushi Dan.
Ayano's death results in two possible routes for the Mekakushi Dan, as shown in Lost Time Memory. In Route 1, also known as the Good End Route, Shintarō (often portrayed in a red jersey) goes out and meets the Mekakushi Dan instead of staying at ہوم and mourning. In Route XX, also known as the Bad End, Shintarō (often portrayed in full black), still mourning over Ayano's death at 18 years old, becomes fed up with Ene and kills her through unknown means, causing him to have a mental breakdown. The Red Shintarō dies while saving Dark Konoha from shooting himself, while the Black Shintarō kills himself سے طرف کی slitting his throat with a pair of red scissors.
Hibiya (ヒビヤ Hibiya?) / Hibiya Amamiya (雨宮 響也 Amamiya Hibiya?)
Voiced by: Misuzu Togashi
Hibiya is member No. 8 of Mekakushi Dan. He is mentioned to be mature for his age, and is shown to have an immense, unrequited crush for Hiyori. He joins Mekakushi Dan after being spotted escaping the hospital he was at after an accident. His songs are "Kagerou Daze" (カゲロウデイズ?, "Heat Haze Daze") and "Otsukimi Recital" (オツキミリサイタル?, "Moon-viewing Recital").
He is the youngest member of the group at 12-years-old and has the "Eye Focusing" ability, meaning he can see distant objects from an aerial view. He is originally from a village in the countryside and came with Hiyori Asahina to the city for the summer. He stayed at Hiyori's sister's house for the visit and met Konoha, who was living there at the time. He has a very intense (unrequited) love for Hiyori. Hibiya sees Hiyori die in a traffic accident and thus becomes stuck in a time loop trying to save her from dying each time. He comes in contact with the Heat Haze and is دیا the snake of 'Focusing Eyes'.
Konoha (コノハ Konoha?) / Haruka Kokonose (九ノ瀬 遥 Kokonose Haruka?)
Voiced by: Mamoru Miyano
Konoha is member No. 9 of Mekakushi Dan. Shown to be a rather absent-minded individual, he has a large appetite, similar to his former human self as Haruka. His songs are "Konoha no Sekai Jijō" (コノハの世界事情?, "Konoha's World Affairs"), "Yūkei Yesterday" (夕景イエスタデイ?, "Yesterday Evening"), "Outer Science" (アウターサイエンス?) and "Summertime Record" (サマータイムレコード?).
As a human, he suffered from an illness which caused him to easily die with a single attack, hence making him wish for a body that would not be as vulnerable, and hence being placed in a separate class with Takane Enomoto. With the interference of Kenjirō, he suffers a stroke and dies, entering the Heat Haze with Takane, and therefore receiving the "Awakening Eyes" ability, enabling him to live in his ideal body at the cost of his memory. As a result, he uses his eye ability to take the form of his game character. After this, the amnesiac him stays at Ayaka's house, where he meets Hibiya and Hiyori and attempts to save them from the Heat Haze.
An alternate version of Konoha also appears in Outer Science, speculated to be due to the trauma from "opening his eyes" and the corruption سے طرف کی the snakes. He is called Dark Konoha (also dubbed as Kuroha سے طرف کی fans, kuro (黒?) meaning 'black') and kills everyone in Route XX. In Route 1, for unknown reasons, he attempts to shoot himself in the head, only to be saved سے طرف کی Shintarō.
Ayano (アヤノ Ayano?) / Ayano Tateyama (楯山 文乃 Tateyama Ayano?)
Voiced by: Mai Nakahara
Ayano is member No. 0 of the Mekakushi Dan and was the daughter of Kenjirō and Ayaka Tateyama. Shown to be a happy-go-lucky girl with rather poor grades, she was the deskmate of Shintarō, and it is suggested that her poor grades stemmed from her family matters. Her song is "Ayano no Kōfuku Riron" (アヤノの幸福理論?, "Ayano's Happiness Theory").
After her parents adopted three young children with red eyes, Kido, Seto, and Kano, she decided to fulfill her role as "big sister" سے طرف کی creating the Mekakushi Dan to encourage them. After the death of her mother in a landslide and the discovery that her father was experimenting on her دوستوں in an attempt to bring her back to life, Ayano grew increasingly concerned of the safety of her brothers and sister. She committed suicide and jumped off the roof of her school in an attempt to gain red eyes and an eye ability for herself in order to try and save her family, but despite succeeding in obtaining the "Favouring Eyes" ability, which she can use to see the world outside of the Heat Haze. For that ability to work, Ayano would have to have someone outside of the Heat Haze to "see" with her eye ability. She is unable to escape the Heat Haze as she did not die in a pair.
The Ayano that Black Shintarō meets is in truth Kano, who does so to spite Shintarō, whom he believes caused Ayano's death. In Route 1, after Red Shintarō meets her in the Heat Haze, she passes her eye ability to him and dies permanently.
Other characters[edit]
Kenjirō (ケンジロウ Kenjirō?) / Kenjirō Tateyama (楯山 研次朗 Tateyama Kenjirō?)
Voiced by: Keiji Fujiwara
Kenjirō is the father of Ayano and husband of Ayaka. He was also Haruka and Takane's homeroom teacher and is Momo's tutor. His song is "Dead and Seek" (デッドアンドシーク?).
He possesses the ability of 'Making Eyes Clear' and seems to know about Medusae. When he was in university, he fell in love with Ayaka, who turned him down, not interested in a such a pathetic man. This caused him to become much مزید hard working and taking studying مزید seriously. After that, he was able to marry Ayaka. Together they had Ayano and adopted Kido, Kano and Seto. Kenjirō was interested in the theory of Medusae and researched it with Ayaka, only to be caught in a landslide with her and die. He came in contact with the Heat Haze and was دیا the snake of 'Clearing Eyes'. He became much مزید engrossed in research after Ayaka's death, eventually experimenting on and killing his two students (Takane and Haruka). His fate is unclear, though in Route XX, Dark Konoha kills him.
Hiyori (ヒヨリ Hiyori?) / Hiyori Asahina (朝比奈 日和 Asahina Hiyori?)
Hiyori is a stubborn young girl from the countryside who yearns for the city. She is very مقبول at her school and has her own پرستار club. She drags Hibiya to the city with her in order to get Momo's autograph and stays at her sister Ayaka's house. She falls in love with Konoha who was staying there at the time. She becomes involved in a traffic accident and gets stuck in a time loop trying to save Hibiya, but while Hibiya successfully escapes the Heat Haze, she passes away. Her song is "Kagerou Daze" (カゲロウデイズ?, "Heat Haze Daze").
Shion (シオン Shion?) / Shion Kozakura (小桜 紫苑 Kozakura Shion?)
Shion is a 1/2 medusa and Marry's mother. When Shion was younger, she lived with her parents Azami and Tsukihiko. She loves Marry very much, and in order to protect her she refrains from letting Marry play outside. One day, Marry bypasses her mother's orders and plays outside anyways, however some boys come to attack her. She sacrifices herself in order to save Marry, and uses her eye power to turn the boys to stone; but the strain on her body was too much and she passes away with Marry.
She gets consumed سے طرف کی the Heat Haze and is دیا the 'Combining Eyes' ability, however she passes the power on to Marry and sends her to the outside world. Her song is "Gunjō Rain"群青レイン ("Ultramarine Rain").
Azami (アザミ Azami?) / (薊?)
Azami is a full medusa and Shion's mother. Snakes grow from her hair, each with a unique power. She once thought humans were 'dull creatures that die easily' but fell in love with a human named Tsukihiko and started a family. After realizing how short human lives were compared to her immortality, she goes away to use the power of the snakes to create a Never Ending World (The Heat Haze) where she could live with her family forever. It is currently unclear if she waited for her family to arrive in the Heat Haze, before realising that her husband would have passed away سے طرف کی then, یا that when she returned, the villagers attacking her house made her revert back to her original ideology, causing her to return to the Never-Ending World alone.
Many years later, her daughter and granddaughter, Shion and Marry were killed on August 15. Knowing this, she was unable to برداشت, ریچھ her grief and ordered the Heat Haze to "bring in every person who died on August 15", giving the ability of 'Combining Eyes' to Shion to allow her to return to life (who gave it to Marry). This causes her to lose control of the Heat Haze, thus drawing in every person who had died on August 15, the دن Marry died. Her song is "Shinigami Record" (シニガミレコード?, "Death-God Record").
Ayaka (アヤカ?) / Ayaka Tateyama (楯山 絢香 Tateyama Ayaka?)
Ayaka is Ayano's mother, Kenjirō's wife and Hiyori's sister. She became interested in the myth about Medusae and fell in love with Kenjirō at university. She gave birth to Ayano and adopted Kido, Kano and Seto from the orphanages after hearing about their strange abilities. She died in a landslide with Kenjirō while researching, passing on her trademark red clips to Ayano.
Tsukihiko (ツキヒコ Tsukihiko?)
A soldier who fell in love with Azami. Tsukihiko is an albino man, and has long been considered a 'monster' سے طرف کی the other villagers. He tells Azami that he is also a monster, and that they should spend their life together. Together, they had Shion and live peacefully until villagers attacked their home, mistakenly thinking he had been held captive. His song is "Shinigami Record" (シニガミレコード?, "Death-God Record").