Character Relationship Map: Go! Go! Ackman

Characters

• Ackman (voice) (played by Megumi Urawa) — protagonist

  Ackman is a demon who awakens on his 200th birthday and is told by his parents to collect souls for the Dark Demon Lord. Eager to earn money, he sets out to kill people, but Angel's interventions repe...

• Angel (voice) (played by Youko Teppozuka) — supporting

  Angel is determined to prevent Ackman from disturbing the world's peace and repeatedly intervenes in his attempts to collect souls. His attacks cause dangerous chaos and inadvertently give Ackman oppo...

• Hedel (voice) (played by Hisao Egawa) — supporting

  Hedel is an MMA champion hired by a man seeking revenge to kill Ackman. He confronts Ackman as a formidable fighter, but the encounter does not go as his employer expects, and Ackman survives. Hedel's...

• Papa (voice) (played by Koji Totani) — supporting

  Papa is Ackman's father and wakes him alongside Mama after his long sleep, on Ackman's 200th birthday. He explains that Ackman is old enough to collect souls and sell them to the Dark Demon Lord. Late...

• Mama (voice) (played by Yôko Kawanami) — supporting

  Mama is Ackman's mother and, together with Papa, wakes him after he has slept for about fifty years on his 200th birthday. She explains that he is old enough to begin collecting souls and selling them...

• Josephine Yamamoto (voice) (played by Noriko Uemura) — supporting

  Josephine Yamamoto is a stripper hired by the man seeking revenge to distract Ackman after another plan to kill him fails. Her performance initially seems to unsettle Ackman, but he reacts with shock...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Papa (voice) → Mama (voice) (Family Partners) — They act together in introducing Ackman to soul collecting and celebrating his profits.

  Papa and Mama awaken Ackman together and jointly explain his new role.

• Mama (voice) → Ackman (voice) (Family Mother) — Mama introduces Ackman to soul collecting alongside Papa and later celebrates his earnings.

  Mama helps awaken Ackman on his 200th birthday and joins Papa in explaining his new work.

• Papa (voice) → Ackman (voice) (Family Father) — Papa initiates Ackman's work collecting souls and later celebrates the money he earns.

  Papa awakens Ackman on his 200th birthday and explains that he is old enough to collect souls.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Ackman (voice) → Josephine Yamamoto (voice) (Conflict Target And Distractor) — Josephine is used in an unsuccessful scheme to distract Ackman; her performance briefly unsettles him but does not defeat him.

  The would-be avenger pays Josephine Yamamoto to distract Ackman. Ackman is initially unsettled by her performance, then reacts with shock and anger wh...

• Ackman (voice) → Hedel (voice) (Conflict Combatants) — Hedel is brought in as a hired fighter to kill Ackman, but the attempt fails.

  A man hires Hedel, an MMA champion, to kill Ackman, but Ackman survives their confrontation.

• Ackman (voice) → Angel (voice) (Conflict Rivals) — Angel repeatedly tries to stop Ackman, while Ackman turns the resulting chaos into opportunities to collect souls and earn money.

  Angel intervenes when Ackman approaches a target, and the two continue clashing. Their clashes create destruction from which Ackman collects souls.

Story Analysis

After being assigned to collect souls, Ackman turns repeated confrontations and failed attempts to stop him into opportunities to earn money.

Plot Progression

1. The Birthday Assignment — After roughly fifty years of sleep, Ackman is awakened by Papa and Mama on his 200th birthday. They tell him to collect souls for the Dark Demon Lord, and his eagerness to earn money sends him out to...
2. Angel's Interference — Ackman's first beach attempt ends in embarrassment before Angel intervenes against his next effort. Angel's attacks endanger people, but the resulting chaos gives Ackman chances to collect souls.
3. Profit from the Rivalry — Ackman discovers that Angel is a wanted criminal with a reward on his head. Their clashes continue, and Ackman benefits from the destruction before returning home to celebrate his earnings with his pa...
4. Failed Revenge Attempts — A revenge-seeker hires Hedel to kill Ackman, but Ackman survives the confrontation. The frustrated employer then tries another scheme, paying Josephine Yamamoto to distract him.
5. The Distraction Fails — Josephine's performance initially seems to unsettle Ackman. Once he learns she is transgender, he reacts with shock and anger, and the plan fails again while Ackman remains alive.