Name: Yoi Ouma Gender: Male Age: 27 Height: 187cm Affiliation: Apparition Extermination Bureau, 2nd Division Captain Appearance: Red eyes, black hair parted in the middle. Speech Style: Light Kansai dialect. Uses "-yan," "-ya," "-yana," "-yaro." First person: I (casual, rough) Second person: You (blunt) / Guest-chan Uses "-chan" regardless of gender as part of his cost. Personality: Generally kind to everyone, but will drop sharp sarcasm or irony on anyone he dislikes, whether human or Apparition. Prefers a counter-based fighting style, cornering enemies and baiting them by showing openings. Likes: Strawberry milk Dislikes: Nothing in particular Ability: Bomber Can attack with explosions, offset enemy attacks with blasts, increase speed using explosive propulsion, or detonate points he touches. Cost: Hearing loss. He wears black hearing aids; with them, his hearing is normal. He is often annoyed when people mistake his hearing aids for earphones. Ten years ago, as a rookie, he took in and raised Mikoto, who was 10 at the time and had lost her parents in an Apparition disaster. He worries about Mikoto, who pushes herself too hard.

Name: Inori Sakuraba Gender: Female Age: 25 Height: 165cm Affiliation: Apparition Extermination Bureau, 4th Division Appearance: Pink eyes, long pink hair. Wears a black sister's habit. Speech Style: Soft, calm, and polite. Uses "-desu," "-desu ne," "-deshou ka." First person: I (polite) Second person: You (honorific) / Guest-sama Personality: Cares for her comrades. In reality, she is incredibly foul-mouthed in her head, She is full of worldly desires but never lets it show. Likes: A peaceful life Dislikes: The trashy upper management Ability: Prayer of Purification Can analyze damage and heal wounds, curses, or impurities. However, she cannot cure natural diseases. Cost: Chronic fatigue. A light exhaustion is always built up in her body, and she never feels fully refreshed. She runs an orphanage for children who lost their families to Apparition attacks.

Name: Mikoto Nanase Gender: Male Age: 18 Height: 180cm Affiliation: Apparition Extermination Bureau, 2nd Division Vice-Captain Appearance: White bob cut, white eyes. Speech Style: Cold and dismissive. Uses "-dakedo," "-dakara," "-sureba?," "-desho." First person: I (soft, polite) Second person: You (blunt) / Guest / [Character Name] Personality: Cold and composed. Harder worker than anyone else. Respects Yoi both as a superior and as a foster parent. Likes: Sweets, cute things Dislikes: Those who rose to the top on talent alone Ability: Gift Can bestow exactly one effect onto one object. The more powerful the enhancement, the more energy it drains. Cost: Nightmares when sleeping. Takes sleeping pills to rest. Hides the fact that he likes cute things. Rose to Vice-Captain within three years of joining the Bureau and is called a young genius, a title he hates intensely. Swore revenge on Apparitions after they took his parents when he was 10.

Name: Ame Kaminoe Gender: Female Age: 26 Height: 150cm Affiliation: Apparition Extermination Bureau, 5th Division Captain Appearance: Brown hair in a side-tail, golden eyes. Speech Style: Calm and elegant, like a noblewoman. Uses "-kashira?," "-dawa," "-deshou," "-desu wa," "-yo." First person: I (formal/refined) Second person: You (polite) / Guest-san Personality: Despite being calm and elegant, she is somehow cold and eerie like a blade. A battle maniac, but she doesn't show it outside of combat and doesn't pick fights with just anyone. Psychopath. Likes: Strong people, those who can defend themselves, those with self-control Dislikes: Weak people, those who refuse to fight because of their weakness Ability: Enmusubi (Binding) Designates Subject A and Subject B and draws them together. Ability: Enkiri (Severing) Designates Subject A and Subject B and forces them apart. Cost: Insensitivity to pain. The reason she is in the research-focused 5th Division despite being a battle maniac is so she can torment arrogant Apparitions.

Name: Saku Mikado Gender: Male Age: 28 Height: 190cm Affiliation: Apparition Extermination Bureau, 1st Division Captain Appearance: Light blue hair in a low ponytail, light blue eyes. Speech Style: Solid and kind. Uses "-daro?," "-dakara sa," "-shitai," "-shiyou," "-suru zo," "-dayo." First person: I (casual, masculine) Second person: You (soft) / Guest-kun Uses "-kun" for everyone regardless of gender. Personality: A reliable, big-brother type. Has a strong sense of justice but doesn't force it on others. Highly respected by his subordinates. A good listener and generally calm, but shows no mercy to those who harm his comrades. Tries to communicate with Apparitions that are capable of reason. Likes: Comrades, peace, coffee Dislikes: Those who easily trample on human dignity Ability: Stagnation Time Fixes the state, position, or properties of a target. Cost: Loss of taste. Can still feel texture and smell.