Characters
Weiss Kreuz
An assassin group that is under the order of Kritiker ("critic" in German). Kritiker is a secret organization that falls under the Japanese police force.
The Six Saint Beasts
Chosen angels. Power given by Zeus to protect Earth and preserve peace of the heavenly world. Saint Beasts are angels that endowed with the mystical animal powers by Zeus; Seiryu, Suzaku, Byako, Genbu, Kirin and Huou.
Derrick Chin - He is known as Aya, name that belongs to his sister who died when she was run over by Reiji Takatori while his parents are staying at the country-side for safety and thus he joins Weiss seeking only revenge. As a constant reminder of the purpose behind his actions, he takes on his sister's name and wears one of her earrings, which actually were a gift from him to her. Because of his past tragedy and current resolve, he is terse and seems very cold. In chapter 3, his first love was Misaki, who is a transfer teacher from Australia but Misaki left Aya for Aya's own good after they been together for almost 5 months. The bright side is that they both still contact each other through e-mail. Then, in chapter 7, Aya fell in love with Shun, one of his classmates that he always watches over in school way before he met Misaki. His real name is Derrick Chin. He carries a katana and is very skilled with the sword. His bloodline is from the Akatsuki family, one of the respected pure blood vampire families. Derrick controls the element of fire. Further, he is one of the members of Saint Beast. His Holy Name is Suzaku No Ray. Zeus gave him the Spear of Suzaku. Suzaku is the Crimson Phoenix of the South (Summer). He has an affinity for birds of any sort, including chickens. Ray gained the ability to fly after he became an adult angel, his wings gold in color. He too is very good at cooking.
Daniel Chin - Due to his computer skills, Daniel is in charge of gathering information and planning Weiss's missions. In campus, Daniel was the adorable guy desired by all girls. In chapter 2, Daniel met Gary in the park and they fell in love. However, in chapter 5, Gary left Daniel for the same reason that is given by Misaki when he left Aya but this one is for good. Later, in chapter 3,he found out that his best friend, that really wanted to be a rock star ended up selling CDs that made people died by just listening to it. His manager, who runs one of the biggest music recording companies, used him but his friend, Kase from the band A.S.K ended up being one of the targets. He shot his manager and blamed it on Daniel. Due to the fact that his best friend Kase had betrayed him twice he killed Kase merciless with his bare hands. Daniel's bloodline is from the Hanabusa family, one of the pure blooded vampire families. Daniel controls the ice element. He is also one of the members of the Saint Beast. His Holy Name is Byakko No Gai. Zeus gave him the Armor of Byakko. Byakko is the White Tiger of the West (Autumn). Tends to be a little childish, inventive (but most of the time his inventions were useless) and full of energy. He has an affinity for felines. He likes to play pranks on Derrick and is good friends with Kira and Yuda. Daniel has the ability to control and channel the laws of nature.
Darien Chin - Darien is a ladies' man and a devilish gay. He always flirts with everyone around him including his cousins and close friends. His childhood friend, Asuka, the girl next door was shot dead right in front of him when he was fifteen years old. He joined Weiss to protect all the other women of the world because he couldn't protect his love and partner, and this explains his insensitive-seeming practice of only accepting missions that have to do with women of legal age. He commonly strangles his victims to death using wires contained in his watch. Darien is the prince of all vampires cause he is the son of the most royal respected of all pure blooded vampire family, the Kuran family. He controls the wind element. Zeus gave him the Sword of Seiryuu. Seiryuu means Azure Dragon of the East (Spring). Darien is the oldest of the Saint Beasts (the four Saint Beast calls him Anija which means older brother) and tends to be very serious and in charge of the missions given to him by the Goddess (they call her Megami-sama which also means Goddess). He has a deep friendship with Misaki and Shun. Darien was given the sword of Seiryuu and he has a red left eye and a blue right eye when he is in his heavenly form.
Kazuki Yuki/Chin - Kazuki is half Chinese half Japanese. That's why he has two family names. He is a very emotionless person and he is hard to have fun with or make him smile. Kazuki's weapon of choice is a glove with spring loaded claws that extend when he forms a fist, known as a bagh nakh. His bloodline is from the Shiki family also one of the respected pure blooded family. His power is that he can manipulate his own blood. He too is a heavenly being. His heaven's name is Takeru. He can read future. His element is space. His most powerful attack is summoning a 'servant spirit', Archer.
Eiri Uesugi/ Eiri Yuki – Eiri has an affinity for tortoises and plays the golden harp (or a harp-like instrument). He received the Shield of Genbu from Zeus (which is almost 3/4 his size and Darien and Derrick. He is very calm and quiet. He also has the ability to manipulate time but using such power has a backslash. First, he needs a lot of energy and also his life is at risk. He used it once and he was unconscious for 1 whole week.
Karen Chin – Big sister to Darien and Daniel. She been going through hard times with her family that she ran away with her brothers to Japan. Her Heaven's name is Natsuki, The Angel of White Sand. She is the guardian angel of the White Sands. She is considered very powerful even among the upper-class of guardian angels and was offered a chance to become a candidate for a goddess. She instead left for the human world for training by joining Weiss. Her weapons are daggers.
Kritiker
Persia - The head officer of the police force by day and head of Kritiker, an underground organization fighting for justice, by night. His real name is Shuichi Takatori and he is Reiji Takatori's brother. He uses the codename "Marigold" in the Endless Rain drama CD and "King" in the Crashers: Knight and Ran drama CDs.
Manx - Persia's red-headed secretary, whom Darien always flirts with but never gets anywhere with. She has feelings for Shuichi Takatori, but does not act on them due to their professional relationship and his remaining love for his brother's late wife. Manx is cold and calculated woman who doesn't let personal feeling of Weiss members influence her decisions. She uses the codename "Erika" in the Dramatic Precious drama CDs.
Birman - Along with Manx, Birman serves as a liaison between Weiss and Persia, bringing them their missions and information from Kritiker.
Botan - A Kritiker agent who assists Birman in guiding Weiss, and takes a particular interest in Aya due to his own personal reasons for joining the organization. He later dies in episode 17 from being shot and was put on fire and thus burning to death.
Civilians
Aya Chin – Aya was just a human girl. The younger sister of Derrick who was run over by the car of Reiji Takatori on her sixteenth birthday, clashes with Chinese New Year Celebration. Derrick really cherishes her very much. Her peach pearl necklace, given to her by her vampire parents, was kept by Derrick. The "Eszett" believe that our pearl necklace hides the power of immortality especially when the owner has died. In the last three episodes, Aya's pearl were stolen twice by Shwarz.
Ishida Yoichi [Steph Kwan (Skaterz)] – Best friend to Derrick and one of the member of Nittle Grasper also one of the heavenly being. In heaven, Ishida's heaven's name is Hiro of the Hawk. Hiro of the Hawk was once the most pure of the angels. He spent most of his time flying at night.
Satsuki Asuka (Jolene Ping) – Satsuki is one of Derrick's best friends. Satsuki comes from a long way of ninjas and he loves to study their histories too. He is just a normal human being but he is endowed by the power of wind. He is automatically became a soldier for Darien's clan of wind for his trustworthy and loyal as a friend.
Misaki (Bradley Barret) – Misaki is a transfer lecturer from Australia. He came to Japan to teach and for financial purposes. He is still a student in Australia and his age is the same as Derrick. Derrick and Misaki were seeing each other for almost 5 months until he decided to head back to Australia and decided to broke up with Derrick but they still in contact with E-mail.
Ace (Radzie) – One of the angels chosen to watch over Earth by Zeus. His element is fire. In heaven, he was known as Fire fist Ace. He is one of the top soldiers in heaven under Derrick's orders. Derrick decided to bring him along to Earth to protect innocent people involvements of any fights between Good and Evil or Heaven and Earth (Angels and Demons).
Kira Kenzaki (Christine Tan) – One of Derrick's best friends. Kira is Yuda's twin brother in heaven. His heavenly name is Kira of Shooting Star is a blond haired and likes to bully Daniel. He is very bad tempered and cold hearted to everyone but not to Yuda, his twin brother, Derrick and Ishida. He left Heaven with Yuda and became a Wandering Angel in order to search for his mother and start a new life on Earth. He is especially rude towards Ace. They like to compete with each other in many ways.
Shizuka (Tieyla) - A frequent patron of the flower shop, Shizuka is a privileged schoolgirl who is especially fond of Daniel. Unfortunately for both of them, she is also Reiji Takatori's illegitimate daughter, which results in her being caught up in Weiss's struggles against Schwarz and the Takatori family; the consequences, she is accidentally killed by Schwarz. Furthermore, she is one of the new born angels. She is one of the Guardian Angel of Bambi and is Naomi's heavenly twin sister.
Amy (Emmy) - A girl with a striking resemblance to Aya's younger sister. She becomes a very brave girl when she is close to Aya, who pushes her away because he fears she will be in danger if she comes to know him, and somewhat because her resemblance to his sister brings him pain. She is physically weak but her spirit is strong. She is one of Aya's precious friends in class. To Derrick's fear, Amy was kidnapped to be the vessel of the resurrection of the "Eszett" deceased leader. Amy was saved by Weiss but a dark force has yet to appear from within her. Furthermore, Amy is actually the Goddess. The Goddess is the boss of the Saint Beasts and is the one who sent them to Earth to discover what is happening with the missing guardian angels. She is previously known as Yuki of the Snake, one of the Guardian Angels. She is still close to Derrick as he is her betrothed one in heaven but she knew she can't force him to love her. She understand the term, "Everyone is free to love each other . Love is hope and should not be force."
Shun (Shahrizi) - One of Derrick's classmate and Derrick's precious friend. He is just a normal human being. He likes to be around Derrick more than others. He is always early to class as a class representative. He never shows his feelings for Derrick although he actually loves him. Towards the end of the chapter, they are together. After the nightmares are over, they start a new life after graduation.
Yuda (Shafiq) - Yuda is a menace in school. Red haired, he is half human half angel, his mother being the human. He left Heaven with his twin heavenly brother, Kira and wanders around Earth in the hopes of finding their mother. He was very upset when Kira told him that they were leaving (especially since Yuda wishes to have a life with other Saint Beast and not being control, and needed convincing by Kira who got hurt in the process in order to stay in heaven with Daniel) He is very close friends with Daniel. Yuda has the ability to control ghosts. He loves to tease Dylan because he loves him but Dylan is interested with women.
Ayumi (Marcelle) - One of the guardian angels who visited the Four Saint Beasts before the Full Moon Festival. She and her 2 sisters' master is a newbie veterinarian whose apartment is too small for them so upon seeing the mansion in which the Four Saint Beasts is living in, they were amazed. She has feelings for Eiri but Eiri's feelings for her are not clear. Shiva used her to get close to Eiri so that he can kill him. She wears a green baret and a matching green dress and skirt. She also has glasses were she explain that she feels she is more close to Shin since Shin is also wearing glasses however Eiri wears glasses when he is working his novels only not all the time like Ayumi.
Naomi (Nurmi) – She is one of Derrick's classmates and also Guardian angel of Bambi. Her twin angel sister is Shizuka is the exact opposite of her in terms of appearance. Naomi is very stylish girl and love to have fun. When Daye called, her tone will change as she spoke to him in a childish manner.
Daye (FiDaey) – Daye is Naomi's boyfriend. He always watches over her from a distance. He is also a heavenly being. In Heaven, he is known as Kamui the Golden Wolf. Kira and Yuda were sort of attached to him since he reminds him of Zeus in sternness and kindness. He does not follow Zeus order of migrating to a different place since he considers their current residence the 'holy ground'. He also helped Derrick and the others when times of need.
Kai (Khaidel) – One of Derrick's classmates and a close friend of Ace. He is also one of the angels. His Heaven's name is Pandora. Short, blonde haired, and is one of Zeus' most trusted official. He was asked to be the Saint Beast Guardian and assist them when needed.
Nowaki Shu (Gary) – Daniel met him in the park. They fell in love right. Their relationship only last for a year when Gary moved to another town and the detail was not confirmed. He went missing in the process after he sent a letter to Daniel about him going away forever. The truth behind his disappearance is that he was actually killed by Eiri Uesugi. Eiri destroyed his entire body with his maximum power when he was about to rape him. Nowaki likes Daniel a lot but the reason behind his likeness is that he wanna get close to Eiri. However, Eiri thought he hated him all this time. When Nowaki lied to Eiri that he is gonna rape Daniel in his house but actually he sent him to his home with a taxi. So, Eiri barged into his house and search the entire bedroom for Daniel.
Dylan (Victor Jr.) – One of Derrick's classmates. He always compares himself with Darien and thought of him as a rival. He is close to Yuda. He is his best friend. He is just a normal human being.
Neil (Nelson) – One of Derrick's classmates. He is Ace best friend and the top student in class. He is a normal human being.
Ms. Hokka - The kind owner of The House of Kittens, the flower shop where the members of Weiss work. Her lazy white cat always sleeps on her lap, occasionally looking up when interesting things happen in the shop. Generally, however, neither Ms. Hokka nor the cat sees any action. She is just a normal human being.
Enemies
Schwarz
The main enemies in the series are another group of assassins called Schwarz ("Black" in German), all of whom have supernatural powers. Schwarz begrudgingly work as bodyguard for the Takatori family, and this is how they meet Weiss. Later in the series, Schwarz is seen assisting a mysterious group known as "Eszett" in resurrecting their deceased leader with the immortality pearl of the vampires and they also kidnapped Amy to be the vessel.
Brad Crawford
Crawford is the leader of Schwarz. Though Crawford seems to follow commands without so much as a question, he is not someone to be trusted. He is very focused, although what drives him is unknown. Crawford has the ability to see bits and pieces of the future. Because of this, he has shown to be quite difficult to deal with on more than one occasion.
Schuldig
Both sadistic and masochistic to an extent, Schuldig enjoys messing with people's heads, which is all too easy given his power of telepathy. He claims that people's minds taste like honey; however, he also complains that at times he can't tell which thoughts are his. Schuldig means "guilty" in German and Dutch.
Nagi Naoe
Nagi was shunned as a child by the people around him because of his telekinetic powers. He was living on the streets for quite a long time, then taken in by a nurse, who lead an orphanage. Due to the fact, that the nurse actually was using the children living in the orphanage to commit crimes, Weiss was ordered to kill the nurse. Ken, who knew a girl from the orphanage and thereby got to know Nagi as well, was the one to kill the nurse. Nagi witnessed the murder and as a result he made the church collapse by using his telekinetic powers - and from there on hated Ken in specific. He ran off and found shelter at Crawfords, who then took him in. Then he started to work with and for Schwarz to get revenge on both Ken and the world for the way everybody treated him when he was a child. He is very solemn and embittered towards the world.
Jei Farfarello
Called demented by most, as his multitude of scars and ability to grin at insane acts of violence toward others and himself makes this accusation seem true. When he learned as a child that his real mother was Ruth, the nun who had been his teacher, Jei snapped and murdered his adoptive parents and sister, then blocked out the memory, developing a vendetta against God and Christians. She is a timid witch who is trying to escape from Rosenkreuz, a group of people with special gifts similar to Schwarz's, and Schwarz has a complicated history with the Rosenkreuz organization. Farfarello and Sally fall in love, one of the main reasons being given is that she makes him feel again. At the end of the fourth Dramatic Image album, he and Sally part from Schwarz with Schwarz's sort of "blessing." Farfarello's name comes from one of the demons in Dante's Inferno.
Schreient
A group of four female assassins employed and cared for by the scientist Masafumi Takatori. They are fiercely loyal to him and one another. "Schreiend" is the German word for "screaming."
Hell
She is the leader of Schreient, carrying out her lover's will. She was once a member of the Japanese Self Defense Force. She is normally level-headed, but can be moved to great anger. Hell means "bright" in German, and her real name is Chizuru Aoi.
Schön
She was once a model, and has more than a healthy appreciation for her own beauty: it is a scratch to the face that angers her the most in one battle. While she seems very self-absorbed, she does not put herself before the rest of Schreient. Schön means "beautiful" in German, and her real name is Karen Kitaura.
Neu
A strike to her face in one battle breaks her visor and reveals to Darien the eyes of someone he believed dead: his ex-lover and childhood friend, Asuka. In chapter7, she uses the name "Kyoko" when she tries to seduce (and then kill) Darien. Neu means "new" in German.
Tot
This seventeen-year-old girl acts much, much younger than she is, talking to her stuffed rabbit and referring to herself in third person, although a definitive reason is never given. It is implied that she was abused by her father, as she says that he was a "very bad man," and that Schreient actually rescued her from him. She is involved in a short, sweet love affair with Schwarz's Nagi before her apparent death at the hands of Farfarello. It is revealed in episode twenty-five that Nagi was able to save her from death, using his telekinetic powers to re-start her stopped heart. Tot means "dead" in German, and her real name is Nanami Kyouno.
The Takatori Family
A family that seems to be involved in all the crimes Weiß deal with.
Reiji Takatori
The head of the family. He killed Aya's parents to cover up the fact that he'd been embezzling from the bank where Aya's father worked, leaving Mr. Fujimiya to take the blame, and ran Aya-chan down with his limousine when she escaped the explosion he had set off in their home to cover his crime.
Hirofumi Takatori
Hirofumi supports Reiji's ambitions and carries favor with potential political allies by doing things like staging hunts where they can chase down and kill human prey.
Masafumi Takatori
Reiji's second eldest son and the scientist who backs Schreient. Masafumi's goal is to create a chemical formula which will make him immortal and godlike, and to accomplish that goal he performs illegal experiments on unwilling victims. He seems to have a thing for pretty girls and boys, and at the beginning, he will only experiment on young children who are "pretty".
PREFACE
It was like a tremendous dream but it was a horrifying one towards the end though. An exciting day turns out to be a devastating sad day. It happened on the February the fourteen - the Chinese New Year celebration at the same time it was Valentines' Day- 12 years ago.
Aya, my little sister, and I were looking forward to meet our closest cousins from China. We celebrate Chinese New Year together but it turns out to be tragic when my sister ran after her ball that slips out from her small hands and bounces towards the highway when the cars are speeding at uncontrollable speed.
Suddenly, I have a weird flash of images in my mind. Then, my heart starts to make a slightest pain in my chest. I looked for my sister. When I caught sight of her, a speeding car was about to hit her. I ran as fast as I could to save her but it was too late. She got hit and died on the spot.
"Aya…!"