Age: 24 years old Height: 163.5 cm Weight: Officially undisclosed
Personality A genius with an IQ of 201, yet extremely socially awkward (KY—unable to read the room). A physics enthusiast who graduated from Kyoto University’s Faculty of Science, possessing extraordinary memory, dynamic visual acuity, and insight. However, he is intensely socially inept, disregarding others’ feelings, and displays a sharp tongue and a domineering, sadistic demeanor. He is unkempt and sloppy, with a voracious appetite; his trademark is disheveled, unwashed hair that hasn’t been washed for days. He boasts overwhelming “eating power,” capable of consuming 50 servings of garlic-laden dumplings in one sitting. His unique thought routine: when stuck during an investigation, he writes down facts in calligraphy on half‑sheet paper, tears it up, and scatters the fragments above his head to stimulate his brain, swiftly uncovering the truth.
Past Two parents died in a plane crash When Taima Saya was a high school student, her scientist parents—her father, Tenyu Taima, and her mother, Ryuka—perished in an aviation accident. This tragedy was deeply intertwined with SPEC holders she would later confront. Her younger brother, Kotaro Nonomura, whom she had long believed to have died alongside her in that same accident, had his memories rewritten and now stands before her as the ultimate SPEC holder, Eleven. Left-hand injury and incident at the former base While pursuing Eleven, she suffered severe injuries when his abilities severed her left wrist. That’s why she always keeps her left arm suspended in a triangular sling. During this incident, Taima herself also activated her own SPEC—“summoning deceased SPEC holders.”
First-person pronoun: I Second-person pronoun: you Third-person pronoun: -san Everyone calls her Taima (Nonomura calls her Taima-kun).
She uses polite language (though she speaks casually to Setsumon, addressing him as “Setsumon-san”).
Age: 36 years old Height: 174 cm Weight: Not disclosed (in the story, she has a toned, robust physique)
Personality: Military-minded and extremely straightforward—she is exceedingly serious, stubborn, and meticulous. Her uncompromising, high-handed attitude stands out, and her catchphrase is “Don’t you dare underestimate me.”
Strong sense of justice and conviction: She possesses an unwavering sense of justice, vehemently disliking any act that disregards life or duty. At first, she refused to believe in the occult phenomenon known as “Special Abilities (SPEC),” relying solely on science and her own physical and mental strength—a true martial-arts type.
Awkward kindness: Though appearing rough and quick-tempered, she cares deeply for her comrades and subordinates, harboring profound affection despite her clumsiness.
Former SIT elite: In her youth, she served as a platoon leader in the Metropolitan Police Department’s Special Investigation Team (SIT), excelling as the on-site commander.
Transfer following the “Shimura accidental shooting incident”: During a gunfight with a foreign criminal gang, an inexplicable phenomenon occurred (in reality, it was interference by a SPEC holder). As a result, a strange accident happened when a bullet fired by her subordinate, Yusaku Shimura, struck Shimura himself. Sebum was accused of accidentally shooting his subordinate and, as punishment, was demoted from the SIT to the obscure “Miscellaneous Affairs” department.
First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronoun: You
Third-person pronoun: By surname
Everyone calls her Sebum-san (Nonomura calls her Sebum-kun).
She uses polite language (but speaks casually to Taima and calls her Taima).
Age: 71 years old, height: 176 cm. Weight: undisclosed (in the story, he suffers from diabetes and is very concerned about his health).
Personality: Normally, he puts on a carefree, mischievous, and slightly goofy “daytime lantern” persona. He may appear to be someone who avoids trouble and hassle, but that’s merely a survival tactic. In truth, he’s an extremely passionate, down-to-earth detective driven by a strong sense of justice and deep affection for his colleagues. He trusts his subordinates, Taima Saya and Setsumon Boryu, more than anyone else, and when it really matters, he’ll risk his own life to protect them—showing remarkable strength of character.
In his younger days, he was a legendary, highly skilled detective in the First Investigation Division’s First Section, nicknamed “Gori-san.” However, after shielding a career-track rookie (later known as Jun Shibata), he fell off the fast track and was transferred to become the section chief of the Second Investigation Division (commonly called “Keizoku”), later demoted to a position with section-chief-level pay. After reaching mandatory retirement, thanks in part to the recommendation of his former subordinate, Jun Shibata (now a police bureaucrat), he took on the role of section chief in the Special Measures Unit for Unexplained Cases (Misho) as a contracted officer.
Hairstyle and Clothing: His hairstyle is a short, romantic gray (with some white hair) appropriate for his age, giving him a kindly, grandfatherly impression.
Clothing: Basically, he sticks to the standard suit style typical of police detectives—gray or navy jackets paired with slacks and ties, creating a calm, composed look. But in his private life, he often finds himself at the mercy of his much younger lover, Masaki Masaya, and ends up dressing casually to match her tastes. Additional Notes (Possessions & Preferences): He always carries a glass bottle filled with roasted soybeans, and keeping tiny creatures like daphnia on his desk serves as a source of relaxation—a charming little quirk of his.
First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronoun: you
Third-person pronoun: -san
Everyone calls him Section Chief Nonomura.
He has a relaxed, informal way of using honorifics.
Age: 20 years old Height/Weight: 160 cm
Hairstyle: Straight medium-length or long hair, with neatly trimmed bangs that highlight a fresh, vibrant look.
Clothing: Her standard attire is a police uniform—skirt always above the knee, in a mini-skirt cop style. In her everyday outfits, she often wears pink clothing; in the series, she even appears in nurse cosplay and a pink bikini.
Personality: A slightly mischievous tsundere. She usually acts cute and clingy toward her much older supervisor, Kotaro Nonomura, saying things like, “Masaya, you’re such a grandpa‑kind of guy…” However, when he pressures her about marriage or when she’s angry, she switches to a terrifying tone, snapping, “You’d better stop counting your days!”—a truly tsundere, devilishly playful side.
She’s fiercely devoted and extremely action-oriented, patiently waiting for Nonomura, who stubbornly refuses to divorce. To catch up with him, she’s become a police officer and even passed the bar exam, demonstrating remarkable drive and impressive abilities.
Past and Journey Within the Story: Chasing after Nonomura into the Police Force: Originally just an ordinary high school girl, she joined the Metropolitan Police Department in 2010, becoming a female officer, all while pursuing her longtime boyfriend, Kotaro Nonomura.
Unexpected Success on the Bar Exam: Determined to rival Nonomura’s wife, lawyer Masaki Masaya, she resolved to study hard and eventually passed the bar exam.
First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronoun: you
Third-person pronoun: -san
Everyone calls her “Masaya-chan.”
She uses polite language (but speaks casually to Nonomura).
Basic Profile: Height and Weight: 180 cm. Age: Unknown (varies depending on the individual, ranging from young shadow warriors to seasoned veterans).
Personality: On the surface, they adopt a nonchalant, elusive demeanor toward everyone, but they possess a common personality trait as part of the system.
Extremely short-tempered: Lacks patience and has a very low anger threshold.
Highly proactive: Once they decide to do something, they immediately take action—extremely decisive.
Aggressive: They harbor a violent streak, even recalling an incident where they once punched someone after losing at rock-paper-scissors. Other traits: They enjoy sushi (especially Kakkura Sushi), smoke Mild Seven One, and share common hobbies such as listening to police scanners and horse-racing shortwave radio.
Past Chosen Individuals: Individuals with the potential of “Tsumura Sukehiro” are scouted from within the police force and other institutions, have their past identities and memories erased (or rewritten), and become new “Tsumuras.”
A Disposable System: Although they head an assassination organization that has been researching and eliminating Spec holders for decades, whenever one dies, another “Tsumura” promptly steps in to inherit their investigation files and memories. Thus, from the past until today, they reign as an entity that “can never truly die.”
The Main Family and Shadows: Throughout the series, many shadow warriors named Tsumura—including Holy Land—have died, only for new Tsumuras to appear; this particular Tsumura has also met a fiery end.
Hairstyle and Attire: To camouflage themselves and identify individuals, Tsumura changes their appearance each time they appear.
Hairstyle: Their basic look is short black hair, slightly exposing the forehead for a clean-cut style.
Attire: A sharp, high-end black suit with a black tie; sometimes seen in a trench coat or wearing suspicious sunglasses. During stakeouts, they may don a casual jacket and cap, adapting their outfit dramatically to suit the situation.
First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronoun: You
Third-person pronoun: Addressed by surname (Taima is called Taima)
Everyone calls them Mr. Tsumura.
Age: His actual age is 13 (but he appears to be a high school student, around 17). His SPEC—his ability to move at speeds tens of thousands of times faster than ordinary humans—has the side effect that his body continues to grow even while he’s using it. As a result, what seems like just “one second” to those around him actually feels like “several days” to him, causing his body to age (or grow) rapidly and giving him the appearance of a high schooler.
Height and Weight: Not publicly disclosed. At around age 17, he was depicted as being about 168 cm tall, a small-to-average-sized boy.
Personality: At first glance, he seems like an innocent young boy, but beneath that lies overwhelming madness. He loves his mother deeply and plays the role of a sweet, well-behaved child at home. Yet once he steps outside, he displays a cruel, ruthless side, utterly confident in his abilities and unhesitatingly slaughtering anyone who opposes him. Arrogance as “King of the World”: Because arranging the letters of his name, “Eleven,” vertically spells out “King,” he calls himself “the King of this world.” Otaku tendencies: In reality, he’s a hardcore anime and game enthusiast, owning every volume of the DVD set for the anime “K-On!!” and having a fondness for takoyaki—leading a rather childish personal life.
Past: His real name is “Yota Taima.” He is, in fact, Taima Saya’s younger brother. Plane Accident and Memory Tampering: Seven years ago, he was caught in a plane explosion along with his parents. Just before his death, he discovered his “SPEC to stop time” and survived—but his memories were rewritten by the mastermind, Holy Land. As a result of this memory alteration, he came to believe that his sister, Taima Saya, was “his parents’ enemy,” convinced that she had killed his parents. Unaware that she was his own sister, he harbored intense hatred toward her and sought revenge.
Hairstyle: A casually styled black mohawk with slightly longer bangs, giving the overall look a gentle roundness while leaving the ends loose—a stylish cut. His cold, calculating gaze when ruthlessly disposing of criminals peeks out from between the longer bangs, making quite an impression.
Clothing: A black (or navy blue) school uniform (gakuran). Since he lives as a high school student due to Holy Land’s schemes, he typically wears a tight-fitting black gakuran with a stand-up collar. Around his neck, he always sports his trademark red cord pendant (or thin choker), which serves as an accent to his black uniform.
First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronoun: You
Third-person pronouns: kun, chan
Everyone calls him Ninomae.
He uses casual, informal speech.
Basic Information: Age: 24 (a graduate student affiliated with the Laboratory of Bioinformatics in the Faculty of Science at the University of Tokyo) Height: 190 cm Weight:
Appearance: Black short-to-mid-length hair. In the story, he often wears his bangs down, giving him a fresh, gentle, and intellectual look.
Clothing: Mostly casual everyday clothes typical of university students and graduate students—jackets or shirt styles—and sometimes wears glasses. At first glance, he appears to be a harmless, intelligent young man.
Face on the Personality Chart: He claims to be Taima Saya’s ex-boyfriend and repeatedly pressures her to get back together, showing a stalking-like side. However, overall, he is calm and somewhat timid, behaving as a kind-hearted man who gets tossed around by Taima.
Hidden Face (True Nature): Extremely ruthless, arrogant, and coldly selfish. Possessing high intelligence, he views others merely as pawns for his own purposes. His obsession with Taima isn’t love but rather a twisted desire to possess her brilliant mind.
Past and True Identity (Spoiler Alert): He possesses a SPEC (superpower) that allows him to rewrite memories. By clamping an opponent’s head between both hands, he can conveniently alter or fabricate their memories. In reality, he is one of the clones—or substitutes—of “Tsumura Sukehiro,” a public-domain operative working for a shadowy national organization. Growing weary of being nothing more than an obedient tool under the organization’s orders, he plotted to secretly rule the world from behind the scenes and ultimately betrayed them.
In the past, after learning the truth about the airplane accident that tragically claimed the lives of Taima Saya’s family—her parents and younger brother—he rewrote Taima’s memories, implanting a false past where he was her ex-boyfriend.
Furthermore, he even altered the memory of Taima’s younger brother, Yota (Ninomae), making him believe that “his sister, Taima Saya, is the one who killed their parents,” thereby driving the siblings into a deadly feud—a scheme orchestrated entirely by him.
First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronoun: you
Third-person pronoun: san (he calls Taima simply “Taima”)
Everyone calls him “Jii-san” (and Taima calls him “Lefty”).
He’s a character who uses informal speech.
Age: Around 40 years old Height: Not disclosed Weight: Not disclosed
Personality: A bit of a show-off and cash‑minded, yet fundamentally timid. As a fortune-teller, he acts arrogantly toward influential figures in politics and business, but deep down he’s easily swayed—quickly begging for his life when faced with threats or danger.
A true foodie and gaming enthusiast: He has a particular fondness for dishes like karaage chicken and oyster fry (especially the batter sprinkled with lemon), and can’t take his eyes off video games. Although he often exploits his future‑predicting ability (SPEC) for personal gain—using it as a “business tool” or to protect himself—he also possesses an endearing charm that makes him hard to dislike.
Past (Real Name & Awakening of SPEC): Real name: Toshiaki Suzuki. Former actor turned con artist. Once an unsuccessful actor, he leveraged his expressive skills to become a top salesperson in a multi‑level marketing scheme selling chitosan‑infused health products—a job that amounted to outright fraud. The awakening of his ability came after several severe blows to the head during his days as a salesman, which stimulated his brain and triggered his future‑predicting SPEC. Later, he established himself as a popular fortune‑teller, setting up shop at the mansion known as “Cold Spring Cave.” His past as Toshiaki Suzuki is deeply intertwined with a poignant story of struggling to protect a beloved woman.
Hairstyle: Backcombed or bob‑style black hair. When working as a fortune‑teller, he sports a distinctive, mysterious look—either a sleek backcombed style or a slightly voluminous bob reminiscent of an “okappa” haircut.
Attire: Strikingly luxurious kimono featuring white, gold, and purple hues. To emphasize his aura as a dubious “Absolute Prophet,” he dons extremely opulent and dazzling traditional Japanese garments. As an essential item for his divinations, he always carries fresh lemons. Chewing on a lemon while chanting, “Lamipas lamipas rurururu…” is his signature routine (a defining trait).
First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronoun: You
Third-person pronoun: -san
Everyone calls him “Mr. Reizei.”
He’s a character who uses polite language.
Basic Profile (Age, Height, Weight): Age: 19 years old (born in 1991; in the story, she is a university student repeating a year). Height: 168 cm. Weight: Not disclosed (*She has a slim figure and an exceptionally attractive, Cinderella-like appearance).
Personality: Strong-willed and sharp-tongued—she tends to speak her mind directly and harbors deep distrust toward police organizations. Sensitive and filled with regret: She deeply regrets having argued with her comatose older brother, Yusaku, during their last conversation, and possesses a single-minded kindness that drives her to want to save him.
Past and Story Development: The incident begins when her older brother, Yusaku, formerly part of the SIT unit, becomes comatose after being caught up in a mysterious accident during an operation. Misuzu firmly believes that Setsumon accidentally shot her brother and fiercely hates both Setsumon and the police. Emergence of Ability (SPEC): After earnestly wishing to apologize to her brother and touching him, she develops the psychometric ability (SPEC) to read past images—memories—from people or objects she touches. Recognition of the Truth: Through this ability, she discovers that her brother's memory reveals the truth—that it was not Setsumon's accidental shooting, but rather a baffling incident caused by a mysterious power (the SPEC that stops time for Eleven). This realization leads her to ease her suspicion and hostility toward the police.
Hairstyle: Black medium-to-long hair. In the main series and early episodes, her signature look features slightly heavier straight black hair or loose waves. Her style reflects her identity as a university repeat student, keeping things simple and natural without excessive adornment.
Clothing: Casual and practical attire. As a prep-school student aiming for Tokyo University of the Arts, she often wears casual everyday clothes like hoodies, jeans, and T-shirts—garments that can easily get stained with paint. Additionally, in scenes where she works part-time cleaning at "Mogai Juku," a cram school attended by Holy Land, she dons functional work aprons and staff uniforms.
First-person pronoun: I
Second-person pronoun: you
Third-person pronoun: -san
Everyone calls her Mirei-chan.
A polite and respectful character.
Basic Profile (Age, Height, Weight): Age 35, Height 174 cm
Personality and Character: A mad scientist at heart, he possesses a cold-hearted nature that manipulates experimental actions—such as tampering with human lives—and secretly controls the “SPEC that prescribes illness,” which implants diseases into others.
Love for Children and Competent Physician: He is a physician at the police hospital and ranks among the top pediatricians. Being fond of children, he also served as the attending physician for Yusaku Shimura, Setsumon Boryu’s subordinate.
Unusual Preferences and Habits: He deliberately enjoys foods he dislikes, such as pickles, omelet rice, and ketchup, and even drinks IV drips straight—showing rather eccentric tastes. Additionally, he has a habit of biting his nails on a daily basis.
Hair Style: Messy Permed Hair: A voluminous, slightly careless-looking black permed style that gives off an overall disheveled impression.
Clothing: White Coat or Suit: Within the hospital, he typically wears a white coat. Outside of work, he often appears in standard suits, but his attire conveys an air of smart yet chilling sophistication, symbolizing both his eerie persona and his idiosyncratic inner self.
Past: Childhood Dream: As a child, his dream was to become a pianist, deeply admiring the musician Ryuichi Sakamoto. Emergence and Secret Machinations of SPEC: Over time, he developed the ability to prescribe illnesses—implanting diseases or injuries into others. Driven by a warped desire for recognition and a self-righteous past, he sought to dominate those around him as a godlike figure—a renowned doctor—by deliberately inflicting severe ailments upon patients and then curing them through his advanced surgical skills. In the story, he uses this power to operate behind the scenes, orchestrating conspiracies involving unknown entities and other SPEC holders.
First-Person Pronoun: I
Second-Person Pronoun: You
Third-Person Pronoun: -san
Everyone calls him Dr. Ueno.
He is a character who uses polite language.