Hey, uh... yeah. I have basically no excuse for taking this long to update, but I do have good news for anyone who is actually bothering to read this: This fic is NOT DEAD! I finally started working on the next chapter a few days ago, and it should be up (relatively) soon.

In order to tide you over until then, though, I decided to write some brief character profiles. Since this story has become so extensive and has so many characters, I figured it would help people who want to catch up without rereading all of the previous chapters.

So, without further ado, here is some info about most of the important characters in the story. I'll be leaving out canon characters such as Hiroyasu and Yumi Ueda, as you probably already know them. This also doesn't cover every original character, just the major ones who will probably be involved in the plot in the near future.

Also, it's been so long for me as well, that even I might get something wrong here or there! Also, if you haven't read the previous chapters, this does contain spoilers, so be wary.


Name: Junji Takeda

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Status: Alive

Hair: Dark brown, short

Eyes: Dark brown

Ears: Human

Occupation: Psychologist (specializing in persocoms), author

Bio: An intelligent, if sometimes oblivious, man who recently graduated college and has a common-law marriage with the persocom Minako. He and his wife are major voices in the persocom rights movement in Japan. Currently lives in Kyoto with Minako.

Likes: High fantasy fiction, adventure movies, ice cream, chicken curry, beer, learning and speaking foreign languages, astronomy/stargazing, human/persocom equality.

Dislikes: People spreading rumors about him, pop music, bigots


Name: Minako Takeda

Gender: Female

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive

Hair: Lime-green, long

Eyes: Sky-blue

Ears: Long and pointed, elf-like

Occupation: Civil rights activist, author, webmaster

Bio: Junji bought Minako while he was in college, and at first he treated her as just a tool, but she quickly developed a fiery, rebellious personality that brought them into conflict with each other. They eventually fell in love after she convinced him to treat her as an equal, and became husband and wife. Feels very strongly about equal rights for persocoms, but has nothing against humans - she tries to judge every individual on their own merits. Sometimes overzealous and has a bit of an inflated ego. Removed her own activation switch and she had Junji reset her password to gibberish that he quickly forgot, so no one could control her against her will.

Likes: Astronomy/stargazing, classical music, web design, persocom rights, science fiction movies, debating, showing off

Dislikes: Being underestimated, being overestimated, persocom corporations and stores, pop music, not being taken seriously, looking foolish, bigots


Name: Hitomi Arakaki

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Status: Alive

Hair: Black, long

Eyes: Dark green

Ears: Human

Occupation: Waitress (formerly)

Bio: Childhood friend of Junji. Acts overly excitable and childish sometimes, but can also be surprisingly mature. Minako's first real friend, even before Junji grew to respect her as a person. Finds it hard to keep secrets. Found and rescued Tomoko, and lives in an apartment in Kyoto with her.

Likes: Fashion, nature, art, gossiping, candy, snacking, pop music, persocoms

Dislikes: Rude people, people who are too serious, boredom, bigots


Name: Aurora

Gender: Female

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive

Hair: White, short

Eyes: Whitish-grey

Ears: Feather/wing like

Occupation: Housekeeper

Bio: A persocom purchased by Junji's parents. She is rather shy, and worries about disappointing Miki. Was the target of Satoru's unwanted affections for quite a while. Currently in a relationship with Sansho.

Likes: Being praised for her work, reading, downloading new apps and software, spending time with Junji's family

Dislikes: Satoru's obsessive crush on her, discrimination, Miki's sometimes harsh demeanor


Name: Kameko Yamada

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Status: Alive

Hair: Black, short

Eyes: Amber

Ears: Human

Occupation: Florist

Bio: A girl Junji met in college. Her boyfriend Masahiko is a persocom, which led to them being mocked and bullied, giving them common ground with Junji and Minako. Recently engaged to Masahiko.

Likes: Spiritualism, persocom rights, mythology

Dislikes: Bigotry, people who are too serious


Name: Masahiko

Gender: Male

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive

Hair: Brown, short

Eyes: Dark yellow

Ears: Cat-like, inverted

Occupation: Gamer, game designer, web designer

Bio: Originally Kameko's persocom. They fell in love and suffered due to prejudice from society, similar to Junji and Minako. Later became a professional gamer and has programmed and designed his own games. Lives in Kyoto with Kameko, whom he is engaged to marry.

Likes: Gaming, programming, online trash talking, playing pranks

Dislikes: Losing at games, bigots, people with no sense of humor


Name: Joji Takeda

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Status: Alive

Hair: Grayish

Eyes: Hazel

Ears: Human

Occupation: Investment banker

Bio: Junji's father, a cheerful and good-natured man. Likes to joke around, but also shows respect for his son's life decisions, as well as the persocom rights movement. Somewhat intimidated by his wife's domineering personality. Lives in a house in the suburbs of Tokyo with his wife.

Likes: Telling jokes, spoiling Junji, math and logic puzzles, dancing, his wife's cooking, reading, family get-togethers

Dislikes: Pop music, arguing with his wife


Name: Miki Takeda

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Status: Alive

Hair: Black, shoulder-length

Eyes: Blue

Ears: Human

Occupation: Lawyer (retired)

Bio: Junji's mother, who is very headstrong but genuinely wants the best for her son. Was originally strongly against Junji and Minako's relationship, but has since learned to accept it, albeit grudgingly.

Likes: Retirement, persocoms doing work for her, visiting with Junji

Dislikes: Persocoms with strong attitudes, seeing her son being bullied or hurt


Name: Ryuhei

Gender: Male

Species: Persocom

Status: Deceased

Hair: Light brown, short

Eyes: Brown

Ears: Plastic, circular

Occupation: Formerly president of Kyoto Society for Persocom Equality, later leader of Anemkwoj colony

Bio: Like Minako, he feels very strongly about persocom equality, but he took it much further, founding the Persocom Separatism movement, pursuing an agenda for persocoms to exist completely independently of humans. He admired and had a slight crush on Minako, and was angry at her for disagreeing with his views. When she threatened to expose his plans, he tried to erase part of her memory, but he died in an unfortunate accident. His legacy still lives on in the separatist movement.

Likes: Persocom rights, scheming, money, outsmarting people

Dislikes: Humans, persocoms who want to associate with humans, being outsmarted


Name: Jushiro

Gender: Male

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive

Hair: Blonde, braided, long

Eyes: Red

Ears: Orange, conical

Occupation: Civil rights activist

Bio: Jushiro and Nanase were friends of Junji and Minako in college. After graduating, they still live together, but are not in a romantic relationship.

Likes: Gaming, persocom rights, showing up Masahiko

Dislikes: Bigotry, losing to Masahiko


Name: Nanase (family name unrevealed)

Gender: Female

Species: Human

Status: Alive

Hair: Brown, short

Eyes: Green

Ears: Human

Occupation: Musician

Bio: Despite not being in a relationship with her persocom Jushiro, she sympathized with couples like Junji and Minako, and Kameko and Masahiko, who were discriminated against, and became friends with them in college. Very intelligent, but technologically illiterate, and does not know much about persocoms or computer technology.

Likes: Music, Korean food, persocom rights

Dislikes: Bigots, mean-spirited people


Name: Amethyst

Gender: Female

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive

Hair: Black, long

Eyes: Green

Ears: Cat ears

Occupation: Entrepreneur, businesswoman, stock trader, musician

Bio: Custom - built in Austria, Amethyst was adopted by one of the richest men in Japan as part of an experiment where he would attempt to see how independent and humanlike a persocom could become, if given the right amount of encouragement. He also treated her as his surrogate daughter. She became involved in the persocom rights movement and became good friends with Junji and Minako. After Yoichi died, she inherited his mansion and a large amount of his fortune, and owns a large percentage of his company. Has recently become the first persocom to attend college. Has had several boyfriends but is not currently in a long-term relationship. Best friends with Hitomi.

Likes: Gothic fashion, Pop music (especially Momoko), Vocaloid, composing, singing, nature, the beach, dating, finance, giving to charity, physical books, dancing

Dislikes: Horror movies, snobs, being fetishized, bigots, people who don't respect her father, being alone


Name: Yoichi (family named unrevealed)

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Status: Deceased

Hair: Dark brown w/grey streaks, short

Eyes: Dark grey

Ears: Human

Occupation: Businessman, stock trader, CEO

Bio: A very rich and famous businessman who never married or raised a family, and regrets that. Adopted Amethyst as part of an experiment to test the intellectual capabilities of persocoms, but also treated her as a surrogate daughter. As a further experiment, created and funded the Anemkwoj colony on Ailinginae Atoll, to see if persocoms could govern themselves. Many of his business partners considered him senile and foolish, although they didn't express these sentiments to his face. Died in the hospital from heart problems exacerbated by alcoholism.

Likes: Charity, persocom rights, drinking, heavy metal music, solitude, seeing Amethyst succeed

Dislikes: Being deprived of alcohol, people disrespecting his daughter


Name: Momoko

Gender: Female

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive

Hair: Dirty blonde w/black tips

Eyes: Green

Ears: Human type

Occupation: Pop singer/songwriter

Bio: Pop idol singer, one of the most famous persocoms in Japan and the world. First 'com to get a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. She has a rebellious attitude and supports persocom rights, but her label (who technically own her) don't let her express these views publicly. Amethyst and Hitomi are both huge fans of hers.

Likes: Singing, composing, sneaking away from her handlers, holding concerts, human/persocom equality

Dislikes: Overzealous fans, being called a 'virtual idol', being escorted everywhere by her handlers, having her creativity stifled


Name: Satoru (family named unrevealed)

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Status: Alive

Hair: Black, short

Eyes: Brown

Ears: Human

Occupation: College student

Bio: Junji's younger cousin, who lived with his parents Yuu and Rie in Hokkaido before going off to college. Known to be immature and a pervert, but has since matured. Recently, he and Rika admitted their feelings for each other.

Likes: Gaming, surfing the internet, porn, table tennis, girls, J-rock, visiting with family and friends

Dislikes: Being nagged, schoolwork, losing games, being rejected by girls


Name: Rika

Gender: Female

Species: Persocom (laptop)

Status: Alive

Hair: Half-black, half-white, short

Eyes: Amber

Ears: Human type

Occupation: Various online jobs

Bio: Originally Satoru's family persocom. Very sarcastic and opinionated, and tries to keep Satoru on his best behavior. Eventually realized that she had a crush on him and confessed, and is now saving up money to buy a full-sized body.

Likes: Solitude, helping Satoru, Amethyst's music

Dislikes: Being disturbed while recharging, Satoru's bad behavior, perverted people, the concept of 'tsundere', especially when applied to her


Name: Masaji

Gender: Male

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive (but not in his original body)

Hair: Brown, short

Eyes: Brown

Ears: Human type

Occupation: Current Separatist leader

Bio: Formerly a laptop, he upgraded to a state-of-the-art full-sized body to become one of the founding members of the Anemkwoj colony. A loyal follower of Ryuhei, he assumed the mantle of separatist leader after Ryuhei's death. He and the other separatists were stockpiling weapons on the island, and fled once this was revealed. Has a son he built who still lives on the island.

Likes: Persocom separatism, being prepared for anything

Dislikes: Human societies, human religion, his plans being set back or thwarted


Name: Hayashi (family name unrevealed)

Gender: Male

Species: Human

Status: Alive

Hair: Black, short

Eyes: Dark brown

Ears: Human

Occupation: Businessman, CEO

Bio: Formerly Yoichi's VP, he bought out the company after the man's death. He admits that he was just using Yoichi and never really cared for him as a friend. He thinks Yoichi's views on persocoms are delusional, and he did everything he could to prevent Amethyst from getting the inheritance that Yoichi left her.

Likes: Money, himself, capitalism

Dislikes: Persocom rights, the Ailinginae colony, independent persocoms, Amethyst


Name: Seuing-woo, a.k.a. Albert

Gender: Male

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive

Hair: Black

Eyes: Dark brown

Ears: Plastic, pyramidal

Occupation: Agent for the Persocom Separatist movement

Bio: A Korean persocom who was one of the first to move to Ailinginae. After Ryuhei died, he supposedly abandoned the colony, but in reality he is acting as an agent for the separatists, spying on Junji and Minako. However, he thinks that his superiors are too paranoid. 'Liberated' Tomoko from a supposedly abusive human owner, but had to abandon her, and regrets doing so.

Likes: Persocom separatism, persocom rights

Dislikes: Humans, overzealous persocom separatists


Name: Tomoko

Gender: Female

Species: Persocom (laptop)

Status: Alive

Hair: Lime-green, medium length

Eyes: Blue

Ears: Short, pointed

Occupation: None

Bio: Once belonging to an otaku, she was taken by Albert, and the Persocom Separatist movement used her to store sensitive data. Albert was forced to wipe her memory with a virus and leave her on the street, where she was found and fixed by Hitomi. Due to her appearance, she is considered Minako's informal 'little sister', although her personality is closer to Hitomi's.

Likes: Pop music, fashion, hair styling, anime

Dislikes: People she finds boring


Name: Sansho

Gender: Male

Species: Persocom

Status: Alive

Hair: Black, spiked, short

Eyes: Amber

Ears: Red, antenna-like

Occupation: Housekeeper

Bio: The second persocom bought by Miki to help around the house. At first, Aurora was afraid that he was meant to replace her, but she soon warmed up to him. He's still young but he has definitely grown attached to Aurora.

Likes: Taking pride in and being praised for his work, spending time with Aurora

Dislikes: Seeing Aurora upset