Okane ga Nai/Characters

List of characters from the manga series Okane ga Nai.

Somuku Kanou

A towering, gruff and unforgiving Loan Shark, Kanou is the couple's designated Seme. Unscrupulous and ruthless, he heads a corrupt financial loan company that makes a point of fleecing people dry.

We know little of Kanou's past, only that he had a very bad relationship with his father and that he always had a temper.

He got saved by Ayase's kindness back in the times when he reached his life's rock bottom. As repayment, Kanou "frees" Ayase from the grip of his would-be buyers during the auction his cousin Testuo sold him off to by bidding higher than the rest. After trying to bound naturally with Ayase, this proves ineffectual especially when Ayase seems to have lost all memory of his previous encounter with Kanou.

As his urges get the better of him, Kanou goes to the next best thing in his mind and proceeds to rape Ayase. He then practically locks him up to make sure Ayase doesn't run away from him.

Quite unusually, Kanou is clearly head over heels for Ayase thus isn't always at his advantage in his relationship with him. However, he is gradually learning how to convey his emotions better and usually treats Ayase with kindness and consideration, despite being thoroughly possessive and domineering.

Badass
- Heartbroken Badass: after Ayase initially rejects him
Bad Boss: When you know how he recruited the twins...
Bastard Boyfriend: It's not that he means to be this, but... he locks Ayase up, forces him to live with him, starts off by raping him, and wants to prohibit him from interacting with anyone else and is overprotective to an absurd degree to the point where he has a bodyguard follow him around. It's not that he is trying to be a bastard or hurt Ayase in any way... but he doesn't do things by half measures.
Berserk Button: Do not, repeat do not, raise a hand to Ayase. Kanou will get angry, and Kanou will fuck you up.
Cannot Spit It Out
Crazy Jealous Guy - can become incredibly possessive towards Ayase.
Former Teen Rebel
Gayngst - Has a hard time admitting that just because Ayase is the only man he ever had sex with doesn't change the fact that both of them are in a homosexual relationship by definition.
Green-Eyed Monster: Emphasis on "monster". Incredibly possessive and jealous towards Ayase. Anyone who touches him will regret it.
If It's You It's Okay: he's "not gay". Ayase is "special". Once he admits he actually is gay for liking Ayase, he makes a big deal out of how he's still different because Ayase is the only guy he likes.
Jerkass Facade: Kanou behaves like a complete asshole but many characters - especially Gion and Someya - are able to see through this and are not afraid of provoking him openly.
Heroic BSOD
Loan Shark: owe him enough and he'll cut you up and sell your organs. Or force you into prostitution to earn back his money.
Rape Is Love - from Kanou's point of view
Seme: and how! He's big, he's strong, he's aggressive, he's possessive and jealous, he's rich and powerful, he's... yeah.
Single-Target Sexuality: Kanou is attracted to Ayase and nobody else.
Tall, Dark and Handsome
Troubled but Cute

Yukiya Ayase

University student sold to slavery to make up for his cousin's gambling debts. Played by Jun Fukuyama in the anime.

Accidental Pornomancer: Ayase, by the Anthropic Principle.
Armor-Piercing Slap
Badass Damsel: When threatened and cornered by some members of the yazuka, Ayase stands up for his okama co-workers. And it is awesome. .
Bishonen
Dude Looks Like a Lady
Even the Guys Want Him: Ayase is an extreme case where 95% of the straight guys he meets will either fall in love with him or simply want to have sex with him. It gets to the point where you're not quite sure if the manga is going to swap genres and become a fantasy where we find out that Ayase is in fact some inhuman entity who secretes pheromones that make everyone want him. The cover art with him exhibiting white angel wings seems to be screaming something along those lines.
- This was lampshaded in an omake at the end of Chapter 39, where the auto mechanic thinks about how both President Kanou and his employee Kuba seem to be in love with Ayase but claim they're not gay. He then looks at his employees who are all drooling over Ayase, and concludes that Ayase-fever must be contagious.
Horrible Judge of Character
Made a Slave: obviously, to pay off his cousin's Yakuza debts.
Oblivious to Love
Older Than They Look: he's 18 and male but looks 16 and female.
Protectorate
Sex Slave
Shrinking Violet
So Beautiful It's a Curse: Ayase. So so much. His beauty tends to bring out irresistible urges in the males around him, and in chapter 17 Tokikawa suggests he hasn't had real friends because people only see his beauty, not the person inside.
The Messiah: Just... there is no other word to describe him. He forgives everyone, he cares for everything and everyone, and he will do anything he can to make someone happy.
Too Dumb to Live: Can be excused, though, since victims of rape, human trafficking, and abusive relationships tend to act like Ayase does. It could also be that he has developed Stockholm Syndrome.
Uke: in case you were wondering, he's small, delicate, effeminate, cute, with huge Tareme Eyes, gentle, shy etc...

Homare Kuba

Misao's twin, Kanou's underling, Ayase's bodyguard.

Anguished Declaration of Love
Battle Butler: together with Misao
Bodyguard Crush: he's violently attracted to Ayase, sometimes to the point of seizure.
Dye Hard
Former Teen Rebel
Heroic BSOD
Hopeless Suitor: so far.
Romantic False Lead: Homare becomes this to Ayase somewhere in the third volume. Especially because of how he intends to treat him if he ever gets Ayase to love him back, since he highly disagrees of Kanou's possessiveness and his way of bullying his lover.
Romantic Runner-Up
Single-Minded Twins: Averted.
Troubled but Cute

Misao Kuba

Homare's twin, Kunou's underling.

Battle Butler: together with Homare
Deadpan Snarker: Misao particularly.
Dye Hard
Empty Shell: Seems to have no interest in anything, especially not the couple's relationship.
Flat Character: apparently on purpose.
Former Teen Rebel
Single-Minded Twins: Averted.

Toranosuke Gion

Chivalrous Pervert: Loves making porn videos and, although Kanou asked him for one with Ayase in it, he refused since Ayase didn't seem comfortable with the idea.
Dye Hard
Hair of Gold
The Lancer
Mr. Fixit
Obfuscating Stupidity: He always acts like a childish, buffoonish goon but he is actually much smarter than what he lets people on.
Plucky Comic Relief

Kaoruko Someya

Beware the Nice Ones: Like you wouldn't believe...^[context?]
Brutal Honesty: Towards Kanou mostly, whom he doesn't seen to fear at all, despite not being exempt from one of Kanou's trademark head smash if he goes too far.
Cool Big Sis
Crouching Moron, Hidden Badass: No really. He doesn't seem that powerful but ask the guy who tried to bully his "girls" how Someya deals with troublemakers.
Deadpan Snarker: Again, especially towards Kanou but no one is free from being on the receiving end of his sarcasms.
Femme Fatalons: Often displays those.
Wholesome Crossdresser: Someya, although he's often tactless, especially towards Kanou. Not to mention Ayase himself who crossdresses once in a high school play and later when he has to replace one of the "girls" at Someya's okama bar.

Yamato Takanohashi

Kanou's protege of sorts.

Bratty Half-Pint
Hero Worshipper: even though he would never admit it.
Likes Older Women
Wise Beyond Their Years: Yamato. See below.
Younger Than They Look: Yamato. He looks like (and acts) like he's seventeen... he's really 10 FREAKING YEARS OLD!!!. And apparently even he wants Ayase (and he is absolutely fully informed about sex and violence). Uh-huh.

Tokikawa Takaii

Ayase's school acquaintance.

Stalker with a Crush: you got the standard "plastered rooms with his photos, stole and treasured items he discarded" package here. Plus being the one to bug Ayase's room and record the... activities taking place therein.
Yandere: he's delirious that Ayase is "really" in love with him and ends up tying him up and threatening him with scissors to "turn him back to the real Ayase". Oh, and additional craziness qualifier: he's willing to go against Kanou.

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