List of Black Cat characters

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The Black Cat manga series features characters created by Kentaro Yabuki. The story follows a young man named Train Heartnet who withdrew from an elite group of assassins called the Chronos Numbers two years earlier and is now a Sweeper, or bounty hunter. Many of the characters are humans with superhuman strength, speed and/or supernatural abilities. Black Cats anime adaptation features some characters not created by Yabuki, as well as many plot differences.

Train Heartnet (トレイン＝ハートネット), also known as Black Cat (黒猫), is the protagonist and a Sweeper partnered with Sven. Train is a light hearted, courageous man who is highly skilled with a gun. The 23 year old's distinguishing features are a choker with a tiny bell attached to it and the XIII tattoo he has on the left side of his chest. Two years earlier Train was a Chronos Number, a ruthless assassin and Number XIII of the group. He has a large amount of killing intent that he honed from his days as a Chronos member, and as a result he often has sudden mood swings, going from carefree to serious in an instant, especially when Creed is mentioned. This personality stems from being orphaned at 10 years old after the assassin Zagine Axeloake kills his parents, takes Train in and teaches him how to kill with efficiency. Zagine eventually dies and tells Train that he needs to be the strongest in order to survive. After that, Karl took Train in and he became an assassin for Chronos. Having been killing and exposed to death since early childhood, Train becomes very bleak and unsmiling until he leaves Chronos. He eventually meets Saya, a carefree sweeper, who slowly changes Train into a "stray cat" that does not blindly follow orders. He decides not to kill anymore, and after Creed kills Saya, he leaves to become a Sweeper and searches after him. He wields Hades (ハーディス), a black and gold revolver made out of Orichalcum weighing 2.5 kg, with the numeral XIII engraved into its side and a red tassel attached to its hand grip that stretches out like a leash. He possesses 20/20 vision In the original one shot version, Stray Cat, Train was a famous Sweeper that gave that life up to become a Delivery Man. Additionally, he could use Tao to turn his chi into bullets fired from his pistol with a taijitu symbol on it, or into a blade coming from its barrel. Train came in first place in all three of the series' character popularity contests.

They both have the ability to turn parts of their bodies into weapons. Golden Darkness comes from the spaceship Lunatique and her creator is Tearju. In chapter 61 of To Love Ru, Golden Darkness tries on a black dress similar to the one that Eve wears in the final chapters of Black Cat. In chapter 15 of To Love Ru Darkness, it is revealed that the character's true name is Eve.

She develops the "Reflect Shot" (リフレクショット) over the course of five years, allowing her to fire bullets that ricochet off hard surfaces and strike opponents at odd angles and different velocities. Creed, seeing that Train's personality is changing due to her, confronts Saya and the two fight until she is stabbed while being distracted by kids. She does manage to destroy his sword before dying. Devastated by her death, Train struggles while whether or not to get revenge on Creed, until settling on taking him in as a Sweeper instead of killing him. Saya's spirit later helps Train defeat the Doctor's Warp World and aim his final shot at Creed. Saya's name just popped into Yabuki's head while he was looking at her face. His number is located on one of the eyes of the helmet. He and Baldor are tasked with killing the Apostles before Chronos' next strike on Creed, and also participates in the attack on Creed's headquarters using the Sweepers Alliance as a decoy. Kranz enjoys being silent and rarely talks, thus leaving Baldor to make the decisions. His weapon is an Orichalcum knife named Mars (mythology) (Mars), which is able to vibrate at a high frequency, allowing it to easily cut steel. He wields a pair of Orichalcum tonfas named Dioskouroi (ディオスクロイ), which he wields with incredible skill. He is a bald man with a well cut black beard and commonly escorts Sephiria Arks when she leaves for business. Nizer is one of the first to act in Sephiria's defense when she isn't treated with respect. He holds a personal vendetta against Creed Diskenth for the death of Number X, his old partner Ash, and orders the others to allow him to be the one to kill Creed. Even though he holds a grudge against Creed, Nizer doesn't hunt him down for revenge but to complete his mission as a Number. After the destruction of the castle and Beluga's death, Nizer succumbs to a near fatal wound and enters a coma. He recovers but is too injured to partake in the final attack on the Apostles.

Anubis (アヌビス), known as Number VI, is an anime only character. He is a large black wolf, capable of human speech, with a long, mechanical tail made of Orichalcum. As well as using his Orichalcum tail, the weapon Osiris (オシリス), he has his natural arsenals of claws and teeth. Anubis is first seen defending Numbers I and II after they are betrayed by the newly emerged Zero Numbers.

It is able to extend and be manipulated like a whip at will, bite opponents, and break Orichalcum. Level 3 merges the sword with his arm, with eyes on his shoulder and another large arm extending from his back. Its final form, Level Max, creates a colossal blade made out of light. After obtaining The Breath of God nanomachines, Creed becomes able to regenerate from any fatal wound in seconds and he will remain in his peak physical condition forever. The nanomachines' only weakness is that they cannot fully restore the brain, which would leave him with only primal instincts. However, these are removed from his body after his final battle with Train by Eve. Train and Chronos allow Creed to walk away, and he is last seen living with Echidna in a country villa, using a wheelchair, with the implication that the physical and mental injuries he sustained in his fight with Train left him vegetative. In the final episode of the anime, Creed fights Mason so that Train can rescue Eve, and in the end he is seen, again, in the villa in the company of Echidna, quietly painting a landscape.

including the fully sentient, humanoid, Setsuki. They are created from his chi, allowing Shiki to create them indefinitely although they eventually self destruct,

He cares little for human life, which he easily sacrifices and experiments with in order to pursue his goals and further knowledge. His Tao ability is called Warp World, which allows him to create an alternate world where everything he imagines will become reality, including reattaching an arm. He can also pull memories from the minds of those trapped in the Warp World, and bring those into reality as well; however, it can backfire if a memory from one of his victims is strong enough to manifest on its own, such as when Saya came from Train's memories and helped him escape Warp World. At the end of the series, he is last seen hiding from society. In the anime, Doctor is a major antagonist, sharing the role with Mason. With his real name being Kosuke Kanzaki (コウスケ＝カンザキ), he is revealed to be a member of the Zero Numbers and the former partner of Tearju.

He is beaten by Sven using the Grasper Eye, with the Sweeper named Silphy delivering the final blow.

is a former priest who murdered sixteen people before going to jail and being broken out by the Apostles. Through Tao, he gains the ability to decay and rot anything that comes into contact with his body. He can also extend his aura to affect the surrounding area. He tag teams with Maro in fighting Train and River, and is later defeated by River. The anime features him being captured by Saya, leading him to become obsessed with revenge against her despite the fact she has long been dead. He is encountered and defeated by Sven during the final assault on the Apostles' base.