The Tarot Cafe/Characters

Pamela

The main character of the series, Pamela is a fortune-teller with penchant for attracting interesting clientele, mostly after midnight.


 * Attempted Rape - suffers this a few times.
 * Badass - This is mostly due to, but she's got the attitude to match.
 * Berserk Button - Does not like being called an old lady.
 * Brown Eyes
 * Determinator
 * Fetch Quest - has to gather the beads of Belial's necklace for Belus.
 * - A few times. She has a distinctly nonchalant attitude about it.
 * Iron Woobie
 * Mama Bear - do not mess with people she cares about.
 * Princess Curls - in a flashback.
 * Really Seven Hundred Years Old
 * Relationship Sue - is likable in spite of this, but yeah.
 * So Beautiful It's a Curse - a few times.
 * Shiny Midnight Black
 * Sympathy for the Devil - In quite a few cases.
 * Tarot Motifs - owns the eponymous Tarot Cafe.
 * The First Cut Is the Deepest
 * Tsundere - Type A.
 * Waif Prophet - Mostly in her early years, though she maintains her mysterious demeanor at times.
 * - though she eventually learns to live with it.
 * Waif Prophet - Mostly in her early years, though she maintains her mysterious demeanor at times.
 * - though she eventually learns to live with it.

Belus

A business partner of Pamela's (or rather, the business partner). He's asked Pamela to gather the beads of a certain necklace for him.


 * Fetish Fuel Station Attendant
 * Green Eyes
 * Let's Get Dangerous
 * Obfuscating Stupidity - He's fond of fooling around, but he's not afraid of getting serious when he has to.
 * Trickster Mentor
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * Let's Get Dangerous
 * Obfuscating Stupidity - He's fond of fooling around, but he's not afraid of getting serious when he has to.
 * Trickster Mentor
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * What Is This Thing You Call Love?
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy
 * White-Haired Pretty Boy

Aaron

A sweet and innocent young boy who is taken in by Pamela. He also happens to be a werewolf.


 * Abusive Parents - his father was physically abusive, and ended up selling him to a strange man for beer.
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass - occasionally has traces of this.
 * Bi the Way
 * Blue Eyes
 * Cursed with Awesome
 * - does he ever.
 * Hair of Gold
 * Mayfly-December Romance
 * Moe
 * Adorkable
 * - with Nebiros.
 * Beta Couple
 * The Woobie - you will want to hug him. A lot.

Ash

A mysterious boy who shows up at the shop one day. He strongly resembles someone from Pamela's past, and seems to carry many secrets.


 * Attempted Rape - suffers this a few times.
 * Bishonen
 * Blue Eyes
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * James Bondage
 * Love At First Sight - Implied to be a frequent target of this. It never ends well.
 * - is pretty much this personified. Of course, he has some very good reasons for it...
 * - brutally subverted.
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * James Bondage
 * Love At First Sight - Implied to be a frequent target of this. It never ends well.
 * - is pretty much this personified. Of course, he has some very good reasons for it...
 * - brutally subverted.
 * - is pretty much this personified. Of course, he has some very good reasons for it...
 * - brutally subverted.
 * - is pretty much this personified. Of course, he has some very good reasons for it...
 * - brutally subverted.
 * - brutally subverted.

Alecto

A friend of Axis who seeks revenge for his death.


 * Badass Longcoat
 * Berserk Button - After Axis' death, the sight of Pamela (or even hearing her name) sends him into a rage.
 * Bi the Way
 * Black Best Friend - to Axis.
 * Ensemble Darkhorse
 * Jerkass Woobie
 * Kuudere - To Axis.
 * Love Redeems - Heavily subverted. He actually gets worse after being told that
 * - and The Reveal of it is awesome.
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Scary Black Man - or rather, scary black dragon.
 * The First Cut Is the Deepest - Although it's somewhat ambiguous as to whether this is regarding Axis.
 * Tear Jerker -
 * To Hell and Back
 * Token Minority
 * Tsundere - Type A to begin with, but he really goes into tsuntsun mode whenever he's around Axis.
 * Token Minority
 * Tsundere - Type A to begin with, but he really goes into tsuntsun mode whenever he's around Axis.
 * Tsundere - Type A to begin with, but he really goes into tsuntsun mode whenever he's around Axis.

Cora

A fortune teller, like Pamela. Also called "The Queen of the Dead.''


 * Domestic Abuse -
 * Gorgeous Period Dress - her hanbok.
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * Waif Prophet - much more so than Pamela.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * The Woobie - poor, poor Cora.
 * Love Makes You Evil
 * Waif Prophet - much more so than Pamela.
 * White-Haired Pretty Girl
 * The Woobie - poor, poor Cora.

Axis

Pamela's first love. Despite (or perhaps because of) his brutal murder long ago, he holds sway over Pamela and Alecto.


 * Berserk Button - never hurt Pamela. Ever.
 * Beware the Nice Ones
 * Bishonen
 * Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass - despite being a dragon, he manages to pull this off.
 * Heroes Want Redheads
 * Meaningful Name
 * - at the time of his death.
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something
 * Meaningful Name
 * - at the time of his death.
 * Our Dragons Are Different
 * Royals Who Actually Do Something