Yakuza lieutenant and son of Hideaki Goto.
An eighteen-year-old merchant’s son and former assistant to a swordsmanship master, Sozaburo Kano is accepted for his exceptional skill and appointed as an aide. His beauty, reserve, and relationships with Hyozo Tashiro and a captain fuel suspicion, jealousy, and fears of disorder within the militia.
A reluctant supernatural investigator with the ability to enter dreams, haunted by the spirit of an aborted daughter. Recruited by police to help solve bizarre murders, he overcomes his suicidal tendencies to confront the killer in the dream realm.
Kujo is one of the central school friends at Asashi High and the leader of the group. He wins the rooftop Clapping Game and becomes leader of the illegal society, but he is passive about ruling and joined mainly to pass the time. His reluctance deeply frustrates his best friend Aoki and contributes to their eventual conflict.
Shinji is a man whose body is taken over by an alien scout. He asks his wife Narumi to guide him, takes the concepts of family, possession, and love, and gradually becomes a better husband. After the invasion is halted, he works in relief efforts and explains that the aliens learned from humanity.
A guitarist with a significant past with Nana Osaki: they once lived together for a year and three months before their relationship ended. He introduced her to the guitar and helped her discover the happiness of singing, though she says she sings for herself. His appearance at a major Blast performance affects her enough that she misses a note.
A geek obsessed with manga who creates his own art by arranging colored stones in wooden boxes. After meeting Koino, he tries on a video game hero costume for her cosplay games but initially decides her intense geekiness is too much for him.
Mitsuya Majime is an unsuccessful, introverted publishing salesman whose love of reading, dedication, and postgraduate degree in linguistics lead dictionary editors to recruit him. He joins the team creating Daitokai, and his growing feelings for Kaguya Hayashi inspire him to write the definition of “Love.”
Former bank clerk who develops an inexplicable 'money allergy' and moves to the remote Kamuroba village in the Tohoku region to live without currency. As the protagonist, he gradually interacts with the village's eccentric residents and ultimately must prove his attachment to Kamuroba when a nearby town leader attempts to overthrow the local mayor.
The detective's eccentric partner, assisting in investigations and adapting to urban changes.
Tada’s former high school classmate and assistant, whose unsettled personal life and past relationships contribute to the story’s central emotional conflicts.
Zenjiro is a fellow artist who recognizes Oei's ambition and encourages her to pursue her own way of painting. He helps her see how changing light affects color, comforts her after her mother's death, and shares a new blue pigment with her. After a fire destroys his home, he later returns and tells Oei he will stop painting so she can continue.
Ryuhei Matsuda has 73 screen credits in a career dating back to 1999. Their work spans 6 cinematic universes — most prominently Detective in the Bar with 4 titles. Signature works include Sai, Taboo, Quartet. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
Universe traveler — spans 6 universes
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