Fractale/Characters

The characters of the anime series Fractale:

Clain Necran


""Offer a wish?" It sounds kind of strange. It's normally a "prayer" that we offer, right? Yeah, I'm sure no reward will be returned. --I'm sure the only result will be that the day star will discover... my small, stupid wish... And... the day star will laugh at me."

"Age: 14

Voiced by Yuu Kobayashi (JP), Brina Palencia (EN)"

The main protagonist. Clain is young boy who admires antiques and is estranged from his parents, who watch over him in their doppel avatars but are physically in other places entirely. He meets a temple priestess named Phryne, and it is this chance encounter that leads him to learn about the secret of the Fractale System.


 * Accidental Pervert: Enri and his doppel parents incorrectly get this vibe whenever he is interacting with Phryne and Nessa in a way that could be verbally implicated in a sexual manner. Clain never catches a break with this.
 * Adaptation Dye Job: He is originally a blond in the promotional ads, but his hair was a paler shade of blond.
 * Adorkable
 * Always Save the Girl: Towards Phryne and Nessa.
 * Barehanded Blade Block: Attempted one in Episode 7.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Butt Monkey: Can never catches a break in being called a pervert, mainly thanks to Enri.
 * Calling the Old Man Out: Calls his parents out on leaving him in Episode 2.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: His feelings for Phryne.
 * Costume Tropes:
 * Fundoshi: Episode 5 reveals that this is his choice of underwear.
 * Disguised in Drag: While in Xanadu.
 * Dogged Nice Guy: To Phryne.
 * The Dulcinea Effect:
 * When he first meets Phryne, he instinctively wants to help her, and she is probably the first, real human he's seen in a while since most humans use doppels. He is obviously attracted to Phryne and seems to have developed feelings for her,
 * The same goes for in Episode 8. He's not really interested in her, preferring to rescue "his" special Phryne, but after getting to know, he decides that she's special to him too
 * The Eeyore: Was initially pessimistic in earlier episodes.
 * The Everyman
 * Fan of the Past: Is a big fan of antiques.
 * Hair of Gold
 * The Hero
 * Hollywood Hacking/Playful Hacker: Hinted at in the first two episodes, Clain is shown to be fairly good at hacking when the Lost Millennium's airship's system goes haywire during Episode 5.
 * I Just Want to Be Special
 * I Just Want to Have Friends
 * Kid Hero
 * Locked Out of the Loop: He is left out of the loop by Phryne, who leaves him in Episode 1 without so much as a word or farewell. When she tries to pull this a second time in Episode 4, he's had enough of being a pushover and calls her out on it.
 * Longing Look: While looking at Phryne.
 * Love At First Sight: Is described to have "fallen in love at first sight" with Phryne in summaries, whether he fully realizes this or not.
 * Love Makes You Dumb: Sometimes, he can be a little too far into The Dulcinea Effect for Phryne to make more "reasonable" decisions.
 * Nice Guy
 * Non-Action Guy
 * Non-Action Snarker
 * Oblivious to Love: When Enri tries to confess to him, he thinks she just has to go to the bathroom and she punches him in the face.
 * Parental Abandonment: He lives with his doppel parents, but his biological parents are really traveling the world without him under the excuse that it would show a lack of trust if they stayed with him.
 * Supporting Protagonist
 * Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: Phryne is a little taller than him.
 * Unlucky Everydude
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Phryne.
 * Unwanted Harem: Phryne, Nessa, and Enri all have feelings for him.
 * What Is This Feeling?: Gets like this whenever he has mixed thoughts about Phryne.
 * Unwanted Harem: Phryne, Nessa, and Enri all have feelings for him.
 * What Is This Feeling?: Gets like this whenever he has mixed thoughts about Phryne.

Phryne


""If I am to offer a wish to the day star... I would ask that Clain's smile last forever.""

"Age: 16

Voiced by: Minami Tsuda (JP), Caitlin Glass (EN)"

A mysterious priestess being pursued by both the temple and Lost Millennium, Phryne is rescued by Clain. However, she leaves Clain shortly after, leaving behind a brooch to "protect" him. Phryne is said to be "the key to the world" and is the "daughter" (likely in a successor sense) of the Archpriestess Moeran.


 * Adaptation Dye Job: Originally had purple hair and matching purple eyes in the promotional ads.
 * Anchored Ship/Celibate Heroine: In Episode 7, she refuses to admit that Clain is anything more than a friend to her out of her belief that she doesn't deserve love.
 * Badass in Distress/Distressed Damsel: She isn't necessarily a damsel in distress, but she is constantly pursued by both the temple priests/priestesses and Lost Millennium. She is quite capable in protecting herself and fending off against her pursuers, but she gets captured by Lost Millennium in Episode 4, in Episode 7, and  in Episode 8.
 * Barrier Maiden: As her status as the "key of the world."
 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Brunette.
 * Blue Oni: To Nessa's Red Oni.
 * Broken Bird: Implied to be one beneath her stoic nature.
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Refuses to speak of her past or her feelings for Clain, but she is gradually warming up to him.
 * The Chosen One
 * Cool Big Sis: Eventually towards Nessa.
 * Costume Tropes:
 * Hair Decorations
 * Stocking Filler
 * Woman in Black: In her original character design, her temple priestess clothing was black instead of blue. Subverted in that her personality is neither dangerous nor menacing.
 * Cryptic Conversation: Is a constant offender of this.
 * Dark and Troubled Past: Episodes 7 and 8 hint at it.
 * Defrosting Ice Queen/Ice Queen: Zigzags between these two. She was already a defrosted ice queen in Episode 1 after bonding with Clain, but from the looks of Episodes 3 and 4, she seems to have regressed into an Ice Queen. By Episode 5, she's a defrosted ice queen again.
 * Determinator Plucky Girl
 * Fish Out of Temporal Water: Her cryptic words in Episode 1 implicate that she may not be from Clain's present era.
 * Godiva Hair: For a bit when she needs help applying medicine to an injury on her back in Episode 1.
 * Green-Eyed Monster: She reveals in Episode 5 that it was painful for her to see the doppel Nessa because she felt Nessa was more important to the temple than she is, and the reason she took the brooch containing Nessa was to "end things."
 * Green Eyes
 * Heroic Self-Deprecation: She doesn't think too much of herself and even doesn't believe she deserves love.
 * Hidden Depths
 * Hime Cut
 * Ineffectual Loner
 * Innocent Fanservice Girl: She easily strips her clothes off on a whim.
 * It Is Pronounced Tro-PAY: Her name is pronounced "Free-Oo-Ne."
 * Just Friends: Phryne's preferred view of her relationship with Clain in Episode 7, claiming that she has no right to be loved.
 * The Lancer
 * Long Hair Is Feminine
 * Loss of Identity: The reason why Phryne escaped the temple. She feared she would only be regarded as the "key" and would lose herself in the process.
 * MacGuffin:
 * The President's Daughter
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl: Subverted. See Defrosting Ice Queen.
 * Meaningful Name: Phryne means "a demand for one's arbitrary condition" or "toad" in Greek and is also the name of a famous courtesan in Ancient Greece. It's ironic to say the least that while she is strong-willed and stubborn as the first meaning of her name suggests,
 * Meet Cute
 * The Messiah: She eventually develops into this role, not just because of her status as the "key" and the world's beloved maiden.
 * Mysterious Waif
 * Nuns Are Miko
 * Onee-Sama: To the other priestesses, if  is anything to go by.
 * Only One Name
 * Pursued Protagonist
 * Raven Hair, Ivory Skin
 * The Runaway: Her running away from the temple (and taking the brooch containing Nessa along with her) drives the plot of the story, as Phryne is pursued by both the temple priests/priestesses and Lost Millennium because of her status as the "key."
 * The Stoic
 * Not So Stoic:
 * When she delivers an Armor-Piercing Slap to Clain in Episode 4.
 * in Episode 7.
 * in Episode 8.
 * Sugar and Ice Personality
 * Take Me Instead!:
 * Tall, Dark and Bishoujo
 * This Is Something She's Got To Do Herself: Which is why she always keeps Clain Locked Out of the Loop.
 * Tiny Guy, Huge Girl: She's a little taller than Clain.
 * Tomboy: In Clain's opinion. And he's not entirely wrong since she lacks modesty and strips whenever she pleases, and Clain and Phryne have a childish running race up a hill for no apparent reason in Episode 6. Even Barrot thinks so, having referred to Phryne as "my sweet tomboy" in Episode 7.
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Clain.
 * Unwanted Rescue: Clain twice tries to rescue her in Episode 4 from Lost Millennium, but she isn't fairly cooperative in either attempts.
 * The Veronica
 * Virgin Power:
 * Virgin Tension
 * Tomboy: In Clain's opinion. And he's not entirely wrong since she lacks modesty and strips whenever she pleases, and Clain and Phryne have a childish running race up a hill for no apparent reason in Episode 6. Even Barrot thinks so, having referred to Phryne as "my sweet tomboy" in Episode 7.
 * Unresolved Sexual Tension: With Clain.
 * Unwanted Rescue: Clain twice tries to rescue her in Episode 4 from Lost Millennium, but she isn't fairly cooperative in either attempts.
 * The Veronica
 * Virgin Power:
 * Virgin Tension

Nessa


""Nessa hates hate. Nessa loves love!""

"Age: 10

Voiced by: Kana Hanazawa (JP), Luci Christian (EN)"

Nessa is a happy-go-lucky female doppel who appeared from Phryne's brooch. Clain initially assumes she is Phryne's doppel, although Nessa has no memories of Phryne, and she can be physically touched--a rarity in doppels. Nessa "loves" love and "hates" hate.

"Nessa: Clain! You're thinking of Phryne, aren't you?!
 * Artificial Human
 * Adaptation Dye Job: Originally had purple hair and matching purple eyes in the promotional ads.
 * Berserk Button: She can easily be provoked if Clain is ever harmed in a threatening manner.
 * The Betty
 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Redhead.
 * The Chick
 * Children Are Innocent
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: In Episode 4, she takes an instant disliking to Phryne after she slaps Clain. She gets over it in Episode 5.
 * Children Are Innocent
 * Clingy Jealous Girl: In Episode 4, she takes an instant disliking to Phryne after she slaps Clain. She gets over it in Episode 5.

Clain: Huh...? Well...

Nessa: Don't think about Phryne! [glomps] Think only about Nessa! Nessa, Nessa, Nessa, Nessa!"


 * Completely Missing the Point/Innocent Inaccurate: She often misunderstands situations out of her naivety and innocence. When the temple's airship attacks Granites Village in Episode 4, she sees it and is in awe by how pretty all the "flickering lights" are.
 * Costume Tropes:
 * Detached Sleeves
 * Flower Motifs
 * Hair Decorations
 * Giant Waist Ribbon: With the ribbon at the front instead of from behind.
 * Kimono: Her dress resembles one (more so in her clothing's original color and design).
 * Mini-Dress of Power: Her black dress underneath.
 * Woman in White
 * Curious as a Monkey
 * The Ditz
 * For Happiness
 * Genki Girl
 * Girlish Pigtails
 * Green-Eyed Monster: She is jealous because, as a doppel, she cannot experience things like humans can, such as the taste of food. She also got quite clingy and jealous over Clain whenever Phryne is involved in Episode 4. She gets over it in Episode 5.
 * Green Eyes
 * Heroes Want Redheads: Inverted. It's the redheaded Nessa who is attached to Clain.
 * Holy Child
 * The Ingenue
 * Invisible to Normals
 * Laser-Guided Amnesia: Clain assumes that she is Phryne's doppel, but she has no recollection of Phryne.
 * The Load: Initially considered this by Clain (and briefly by Enri).
 * Love Freak
 * MacGuffin:
 * Clingy MacGuffin
 * The President's Daughter
 * Manic Pixie Dream Girl
 * Meaningful Name: Nessa means "pure" in Greek.
 * Moe
 * Non-Human Sidekick: Technically, since she is a doppel.
 * No Sense of Personal Space
 * Offscreen Teleportation: As a doppel, Nessa can disappear or teleport to any given place.
 * Only One Name
 * Playing Against Type: Her seiyuu Kana Hanazawa is often known for voicing quiet or soft-spoken and shy characters.
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Plucky Girl/The Pollyanna
 * Red Headed Heroine
 * Red Oni: To Phryne's Blue Oni.
 * Stealth Hi Bye
 * Stepford Smiler: Clain realizes that Nessa is this in Episode 7 and apologizes to her for not noticing it sooner.
 * Tagalong Kid
 * Third Person Person: She always indicates herself in the third person.
 * Token Mini-Moe
 * Tsundere: See Clingy Jealous Girl and Green-Eyed Monster.
 * : While searching for Clain in Episode 8.
 * Tsundere: See Clingy Jealous Girl and Green-Eyed Monster.
 * : While searching for Clain in Episode 8.

Lost Millennium
A rebel group consisting of humans who desire to liberate mankind from the Fractale System and resume a natural way of life without its influence or relying on doppels--growing their own crops, teaching their children without using data, and resorting to regular medical aid without the Fractale System's more advanced medicines. The Granites family is one a part of the many factions of the organization. They are considered "terrorists" by those who follow under the Fractale System.


 * Airborne Aircraft Carrier: Lost Millennium's airship Danan.
 * Arcadia: Lost Millenium, who have chosen to live without the Fractale System to achieve "true freedom" without the Fractale System's seeming Utopia: their advanced medical, their easy way of life, and especially
 * Cool Airship
 * From My Own Personal Garden: Sunda makes a point to boast to Clain their Granites Village's coffee--along with all their crops--are grown by L.M. members without the use of the Fractale System.
 * Good Old Ways
 * Grey and Gray Morality
 * Hero with Bad Publicity
 * La Résistance
 * Multigenerational Household: Episode 4 reveals that several members of Lost Millennium (of a variety of age) are all a part of the Granites family.
 * Ragtag Bunch of Misfits
 * See-Thru Specs: Having removed their Fractale Terminals, Lost Millennium members are unable to see doppels unless they wear special eye monitors.
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Are not above killing their enemies--regardless of gender, age, or --and some factions of L.M. are more morally ambiguous than others.

Enri Granites


""Naughty!""

"Age: 13

Voiced by: Yuka Iguchi (JP), Monica Rial (EN)"

Enri is a member of Lost Millennium and the younger sister of Sunda. She has made attempts to capture Phryne and constantly accuses Clain of being a pervert.


 * Adaptation Dye Job: Her original character design gave her orange hair and matching orange eyes.
 * Big Brother Worship: Towards her older brother Sunda. She's fairly affectionate towards him and refers to him respectfully as niisama, and he seems to be the only one who can silence her.
 * The Big Guy
 * Blonde, Brunette, Redhead: The Blonde.
 * Blue Eyes
 * Braids of Action: While she appears incompetent and purely there for comic relief, she does manage to capture Clain and Nessa in Episode 2 and she certainly knows how to use a gun.
 * Bratty Half-Pint
 * Cannot Spit It Out: Her feelings for Clain. When she tries to confess to him in Episode 9, Clain automatically assumes she wants to use the bathroom and she punches him in the face.
 * Costume Tropes:
 * Hair Decorations
 * Paper-Thin Disguise: Her multiple disguises while spying on Clain in Episode 1.
 * Curtains Match the Window: In her original character design.
 * Cute Little Fangs
 * Femme Fatale: The caption for the opening page of Chapter 4 in the manga labels her as this, but she's not really much of one.
 * Gender Blender Name: "Enri" is an Irish name typically for boys.
 * Goldfish Poop Gang/Terrible Trio: She is the leader of two henchmen, Butcher and Takamii.
 * The Gunslinger
 * Hair of Gold: Subverted. She starts off as a quirky antagonist, but quickly develops into a more grey-shaded heroine.
 * Kick Chick
 * Mouthy Kid
 * Plucky Comic Relief
 * Plucky Girl
 * Red Oni: To Sunda's Blue Oni.
 * Show the Forehead
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With her enthusiastic but practical brother Sunda.
 * Third Option Love Interest: For Clain.
 * Tsundere: Is tsun-tsun towards Clain and Nessa, but is dere-dere towards Sunda and the rest of the members of Lost Millennium. She later plays this straight in regards to Clain.
 * Tsundere: Is tsun-tsun towards Clain and Nessa, but is dere-dere towards Sunda and the rest of the members of Lost Millennium. She later plays this straight in regards to Clain.

Sunda Granites


""In this world... whether it's working or even working your body, doppels take care of everything that's troubling for you. But... the things that you experience for yourself are far more shocking. Isn't that right, boy?""

"Age: 20

Voiced by: Shintaro Asanuma (JP), Scott Freeman (EN)"

Enri's older brother and the leader of the Granites faction of Lost Millennium, Sunda and the rest of the L.M.s have chosen to live their lives without relying on the Fractale System. He wants the Fractale System to collapse.

"Sunda: It's nice to be old, huh? You can be irresponsible.
 * Adaptation Dye Job: Also originally had orange hair and matching orange eyes in his original character design.
 * Badass:
 * Big Brother Mentor: To Enri and a bit towards Clain.
 * Bishounen
 * Brown Eyes
 * The Captain
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Deadpan Snarker: Nicely shown in an exchange in Episode 8:
 * Deadpan Snarker: Nicely shown in an exchange in Episode 8:

Old Leader: What did you say?

Sunda: Er, nothing."


 * Jerk with a Heart of Gold
 * Large Ham: Has a bit of a tendency of this.
 * Mr. Exposition
 * The Nicknamer: He never seems to call Clain or Phryne by their names and calls them "boy" and "princess" respectively in earlier episodes until Episode 8.
 * Promotion to Parent: Since Enri and his parents don't seem to be around.
 * Reasonable Authority Figure: Though it's a bit of a stretch all things considering, he is far more reasonable than other L.M. faction leaders like Dias.
 * Rebel Leader: Of the Granites faction of Lost Millennium.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With his impulsive and hotheaded sister Enri.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Would Hit a Girl: and later knocks Phryne out to kidnap her.
 * Rebel Leader: Of the Granites faction of Lost Millennium.
 * Sibling Yin-Yang: With his impulsive and hotheaded sister Enri.
 * The Smart Guy
 * Would Hit a Girl: and later knocks Phryne out to kidnap her.

The Temple
Priests and priestesses who reside in the temple and follow the Fractale System, a seeming religious-like utopia that began in the 22nd century to create a comfortable and orderly life for mankind. Their leader is the Archpriestess Moeran. They seek the return of their fellow priestess Phryne, Moeran's daughter (likely in a successor sense) and the "the key to the world."


 * Church Militant
 * Grey and Gray Morality
 * Utopia
 * Utopia Justifies the Means
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Are not above
 * Utopia
 * Utopia Justifies the Means
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Are not above
 * Well-Intentioned Extremist: Are not above

Barrot


""Hey! It's no use running away! You smell no matter how far you go! I can smell you anywhere you go, Miss Phryne!""

"Age: 48

Voiced by: Mitsuru Miyamoto (JP), Bucky Pearl (EN)"

A temple high priest who attempts to bring Phryne back to the temple. He acts in a somewhat childish manner.


 * Berserk Button: When Phryne escapes him in Episode 4, he shouts the above quote.
 * Beware the Silly Ones: He seemed like a fairly comical and weak villain in his first appearance, but in Episode 8...
 * Brown Eyes
 * Butt Monkey: When he hilariously fails to capture Phryne in Episode 4.
 * Costume Tropes:
 * All-Encompassing Mantle
 * Color-Coded Patrician: Wears a distinct blue cape/mantle among the other priest/priestesses.
 * Nice Hat
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Exact Words: Uses this on Phryne in Episode 8. He said he transported Clain to the treatment room, but he never said anything about Clain actually getting treated for his wound.
 * I Have You Now, My Pretty:
 * "qualified" to be the "key" or not.
 * I Will Punish Your Friend for Your Failure: Barrot threatening Phryne with Clain's well-being.
 * Large Ham
 * Evil Is Hammy
 * Lean and Mean
 * Only One Name
 * : Gives off elements of this.
 * Terms of Endangerment: Has referred to Phryne as "naughty Phryne," "my sweet tomboy," and "my precious ."
 * Villains Never Lie: See Exact Words.
 * Villainous Cheekbones
 * : Gives off elements of this.
 * Terms of Endangerment: Has referred to Phryne as "naughty Phryne," "my sweet tomboy," and "my precious ."
 * Villains Never Lie: See Exact Words.
 * Villainous Cheekbones
 * Terms of Endangerment: Has referred to Phryne as "naughty Phryne," "my sweet tomboy," and "my precious ."
 * Villains Never Lie: See Exact Words.
 * Villainous Cheekbones
 * Villains Never Lie: See Exact Words.
 * Villainous Cheekbones

Moeran


""She cannot go anywhere. Everything is connected in this world. When she comes back, she needs to be severely punished.""

"Age: 40

Voiced by: Sumi Shimamoto (JP), Stephanie Young (EN)"

The Archpriestess who seeks Phryne's return to the temple.


 * Absurdly Youthful Mother/Hot Mom:
 * Costume Tropes:
 * All-Encompassing Mantle
 * Color-Coded Patrician: Wears a distinct red cape/mantle among the other priest/priestesses.
 * Lady in Red and Woman in White
 * Nice Hat
 * Curtains Match the Window
 * Facial Markings
 * Iron Lady
 * Long Hair Is Feminine
 * Older Than She Looks: She does not look forty-years-old.
 * Only One Name
 * Purple Eyes
 * Mysterious Parent:
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Show the Forehead
 * Single Tear:
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * Only One Name
 * Purple Eyes
 * Mysterious Parent:
 * Rapunzel Hair
 * Show the Forehead
 * Single Tear:
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * Show the Forehead
 * Single Tear:
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair
 * You Gotta Have Purple Hair