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Aoyama Missionaries is a the largest guild in Tokyo with the philosophy of love. They take in Transients from other areas in the city and often volunteer for Stray Transients' welfare.The founding Guild Master was Jacob and the current is Maria.

Naughty Nuns:
- Downplayed for the girls. While Maria and Gabriel are friendly and kind, the latter is also a famous idol singer in a form-fitting costume, and both also participates in summer festival wearing attractive swimsuits.
- The guys meanwhile, play this more straight than the girls, with Zabaninnya's exposed hips and summer fetish harness, Arsalan's shirtless gear, and Jacob's revealing robe (that heavily implies that he is Going Commando).

Maria[]

World: Tokyo
Origin: Biblical Mythology
Rarity: 3*, 4* (Nether), 4* (Wood)
Artist: Hikagen, BomBom
Voiced by: Orie Kimoto
The acting Guild Master for the Missionaries who is a plucky nun known for her strong will. She is very involved in the guild and doesn't act out of self-interest. Her Sanctified Nails Sacred Artifact can transfer injuries and pain into herself.

Empathic Healer: Her Nail Sacred Artifact can take injuries and absorb them into herself to heal a person. This shows her willingness to help other while sacrificing her well-being.
Green Thumb: Her Sanctified Nails Sacred Artifact comes in the form of a rose that can absorb injuries and can create thorny vines that can inflict the adsorbed damage. She also has a Wood Variant as part of the Summer Beach Event.
Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Maria may be a reference to the unknown sinful woman who anointed at Jesus' feet but often gets confused for Mary Magdalen.

Zabaniyya[]

Zabaninnya tokyoafterschoolsummoners — Flaming Inferno

World: Gehenna
Origin: Islam
Rarity: 3*,4*(Fire), 5*(Valiant)
Artist: naop
Voiced by: Hiroaki Hirata
A martial artist who uses the Fiery Spear Hand style along with specializing in torture by inflciting burns on to his victim. He follows divine law even above his Summoner's commands and his will due to being a tool of heaven. He often deals with people in a polite manner even if they are sinners. Zabaniyya is ashamed of his arrogance when it comes to his judgment of others. Often acts stoic as he sees himself as a tool rather than a person. His Rule is Hellfire which involves fire that burns until it destroy the target.

Fanservice: There isn't any good reason for him to expose his hip other than this. Also, one of his summer attires is outright a fetish harness gear.
Going Commando: According to naop's (unofficial) character design, there is nothing beneath his already highly stripperiffic leotard.
Playing With Fire: Uses fire that burns his target until they are destroyed.
Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Zabaniyya are the brutish and violent angels of hell in Islam.
Supernatural Martial Arts: Uses a style called Fiery Spear Hand that can set his hand ablaze with his Rule.

Arsalan[]

World: Garo Demana
Origin: Persian History
Rarity: 3*,4*(Wood), 4* (Nether)
Artist: Kira Nerisu
Voiced by: Kenichi Ogata
The Lion Therian dubbed as Guardian of the Aoyama Guild and Defender of Justice. He is depended on by his guild members along with being knowledgeable about different cultures from different world due to being summoned before coming to Tokyo. Arsalan's Sacred Artifact is a emerald Decorative Sword that secrets holy oil that he uses for Turkish oil wresting. It was also said to have been possessed by an ancient monarch who anointed his body as a symbol of the divine right to rule.

Badass Cape: A royal green cape that matches the emerald on his Sacred Artifact.
Cool Old Guy: One of the leaders of the Guild along with being revered and a strong fighter. He is rather laid-back and joyful but also likes to fight from time to time. He isn't even bothered by being imprisoned.
Friction Modifier: His Decorative Sword Sacred artifact secrets an oil that can cover himself or others. By doing this, attack would slide off the oily person and himself for defense. He also incorporates this oil with Turkish oil wresting where he can fight his opponent to peaceful submission.
Meaningful Name: His name comes from the hero of pre-Islamic Persia, Amir Arsalan-e Namdar.
Walking Shirtless Scene: He doesn't wear a shirt along with his alternative skins not wearing any either.

Gabriel[]

World: Eden
Origin: Biblical Mythology
Rarity: 3*(Aether), 4*(Fire), 5*(Aether)
Artist: Shooting Star ☆ Pudding
Voiced by: Orie Kimoto
A Transient from Eden that has come to Tokyo who specializes in charity work with Stray Transients who have lost their Summoners. She is confident with how cute she is and works as an idol as well. She aims to being the top in among the plethora of idols from other world. The real reason behind this is because she believes that potential fans will volunteer for work related to the Guild. Gabriel's Sacred Artifact uses moonlight that can drive people into a frenzy.

100% Adoration Rating: Everyone at Aoyama (and those outside of it) loves Lady Gabriel.
Gender Flip: The Archangel Gabriel is commonly described to be male, here she is female.
Light Is Good: Though she is one of the archangels of Eden, Gabriel is not so keen on following their philosophy and ideal, prefering to stick through thick and thin with her Aoyama peer instead.
Lunacy: Her Sacred Artifact's Rule uses moonlight that can make people go crazy.
Mean Character, Nice Actor: Krampus points out that she guest starred in his favorite ranger show twice during the same season, the second time as the main villainess.
Multicolored Hair: Has light blond hair that gradients into bright pink.
Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Named after the archangel, Gabriel, from Abrahamic religions who is known as the messenger of God along with the name meaning "God is my strength".
Zettai Ryouiki: Her default costume

Azazel[]

World: Eden
Origin: Biblical Mythology
Rarity: 3*,4*(Light)
Artist: Sukou Akanaru
Voiced by: Junya Inaba
A preist from Eden who preaches at a Shibuya missionary school. He loves humans but was banished because of such adoration. He welcomes acts of love even if their action may lead to future ruin. Azazel's Sacred Artifact comes in the form of a Bible that allows him to survey people through its rule. His power is limited by arch-angelic chains from its true capabilities.

A Form You Are Comfortable With: His true form is that of snake-like creature with seven heads, fourteen faces, and twelve wings. The protagonist saw it in the "Seaside Summer School with You" event but fainted when they saw it.
Fallen Angel: He was banished from Eden along with being restrained and under surveillance for how he sides with humanity over heaven's will.
Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: From Christian mythology, Azazel is that is one the leaders of the Grigori and the fallen angel who was offered goats as sacrifices.

Hati[]

World: Yggdrasil
Origin: Norse Mythology
Rarity: 3*, 4*(Water)
Artist: Shooting Star ☆ Pudding
Voiced by: Sho Koda
A Transient who is constantly looking for a person that gives the glow of moonlight and tends to act like a stalker. This pursuit drives him mad and may lead to him become jealous and possessive over that person. He also prone to assumptions, narcissistic, and tunnel vision once his sight is set. His Sacred Artifact are a pair of claws that can bend light to create mirages.

Light'Em Up: Hati's Sacred Artifact manipulate light to create mirages.
Master of Illusion: He can create illusion through his rule by bending light to create them.
Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: He has the same name as the wolf in Norse mtyology that chases the moon that personifies the moon god, Máni.

Nyarlathotep[]

World: Old Ones
Origin: Cthulhu Mythos
Rarity: 3*, 4* (Wood)
Artist: Xigma
Voiced by: Junya Inaba
An elusive Transient that is a popular DJ hired to play in Tokyo Nightclubs. He often travels from guild to guild, including the top 3 of Ikebukuro, Roppongi, and Aoyama, to try and make the game more 'fun'. He often influence the balance of power in Tokyo with his influence. His Sacred Artifact is contained in a small box with a blasphemous design that allows him to manipulate space.

Gratuitous English: "WE ARE CRAWLING CHAOS!"
Shout-Out Theme Naming: Carries the same name of the Outer God titled the Crawling Chaos, who takes many forms along with his deceptive and manipulative nature.
Space Master: His Rule allows him to war space for different application like making duplicates to teleportation.
Teleportation: He can teleport with the power of his stone.
Token Evil Teammate: While not necessary evil, Nyarl is still the most troublesome member, with his action in Chapter 4 resulting in the loss of Zabaniyya, the Guild's strongest fighter, putting them at risk of being taken over by the Rule Makers Guild.

Choji[]

World: Tokyo
Origin: Roman Culture
Rarity: 3*,4*(Fire),4*(Light)
Artist: Daichi Kouta
Voiced by: Hiroki Goto
A high school student with the hobby and talent for cooking where he can making anything from desserts to meals. He loves feeding anyone who is hungry and feels happiness when he hears that it tastes good. He works as part of the welfare NPO owned by the guild to give food to Stray Transients. He doesn't like people who wastes food or is indifferent to taste. His Sacred Artifact is a Cookbook that is actually a magic tome made in Ancient Rome of ways of the gourmand to turn love into magic. This magic can give the food he makes miracles and can even heal wounds.

Big Fun: A rather jolly young man who finds enjoyment in bring joy to others through his cooking.
Hair of Gold, Heart of Gold: Having blond hair and being one of the nicer members of the Missionaries.
Supreme Chef: The Cookbook Sacred Artifact allows him to cooks delicious meals that can even grant miracles through its Rule.

Jacob[]

World: Tokyo
Origin: Jacob, Uriel - Biblical Mythology
Rarity: 3*(Light), 5*(World, Nether)
Artist: GomTang, DAI-XT (J-COF)
Voiced by: Taiten Kusunoki

Former Guild Master of Aoyama Missionaries who wanders throughout Tokyo for certain goal. His is skilled at boxing where he often uses a barrage of left-right jabs while he bobs and weaves his upper body. His blindness doesn't hinder his close combat style and fights in his opponent's pocket. His visual impairment has made his life difficult but a fight with a certain Transient taught him about love that changed his life for the better. His old self can pop up when worked up, spouting slang. He often gets along with other who are kindred spirits who live the life of a wandered. Jacob's Sacred Artifact comes in the form of halos above his fists.

Big Damn Heroes: Swoops in to save the protagonist and R-19 from the Warmongers troop at the start of chapter 11, and later, utilizes his power of World Pillar of Eden to restore some memories of the Tezcatlipoca's faction to bring them back to their sense.
But Not Too Foreign: Half-Japanese, half-American
Dark and Troubled Past: According to Jacob himself, he has once "lost the light, fell into the darkness, and came to hate the world and everything," but was fortunately saved by "a love from someone."
Good Old Fisticuffs: His preferred method of attack in battle.
Humongous Mecha: During April Fool 2020, Jacob receives a parody form "J-COF", a giant mecha that can be controlled by Maria.
- _{Total height of "J-COF" is about 20 meters. When Maria gets in, it boots up with the sound of a "Game Start". Its special technique is "Lahat Haherev (Flaming Sword) Drill" in which its fist rotates with tremendous momentum and crushes the enemy.}
Light'Em Up: His 3* variant.
Mr. Fanservice: Jacob's default outfit is not shy in accentuating his muscular thighs and bulge. His shirtless boxer gear is ironically much more modest.
My Greatest Failure: According to Jacob, there is one thing he deemed his greatest sin that he must repent and correct before he can move on with his life.
Not So Above It All: Despite his saint-like appearance, one of the things he tries to get the Protagonist to do is convincing the them to go to the town hall and complete their marriage registration together.
Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: His name may be in reference to the biblical Jacob who uses God's power and grace to change himself. He is also famous for wrestling an angel and after his defeat was named Israel.
Sir Swears-a-Lot: Despite showing himself to be a soft spoken gentleman, it's revealed in Valentine Snow Fight that he is prone to swearing things like "sh**" and "What the f***" when things don't go his way.
Sexy Priest: His overall theme, though he is apparently not one given that he himself claims to be capable of marriage (although religion in Housamo-verse is pretty lax, to say at least).
Spell My Name with an "S": From the katakana, the romanization of his name is supposed to be "Jacof".
The Southpaw: His style of boxing favors the left which is ironic considering the origin of his name.
Spanner in the Works:
- While the overall details still remain unclear, he appears to be responsible for the reason why Michael is unable to access his World Pillar power from the Tree of Life.
- Subverted during the event of Chapter 10. The fact that he was allowed into the Penitentiary Academy easily despite being the bane of its destruction is because Tezcatlipoca wants it to happen.
Stripperiffic: His outfit graciously exposed his thighs and bulge, and, according to Gomtang's unofficial artwork, making it clear that he either is Going Commando or is wearing a very skimpy underwear. His swimsuit skin heavily suggests it to be the former.

Kimun Kamui[]

World: Kamui Kotan
Origin: Ainu Mythology
Rarity: 3*(Fire), 4*(Fire)
Artist: oaks
Voiced by: Hiroki Tochi
A Transient that comes from Kamuy Kotan who is sent from the heavens to bring humans blessings. He's a master at camping and famous for cooking hunted game. Kimun Kamui has made it his purpose to make cloths that can protect from both bloths and enemies with his own fur along with giving them love. He also sympathizes with anyone who is hurt while also sees rivals in people who wish to better themselves. His Sacred Artifact can manifest's a person's past self to those who are starting to grow but can lose their growth if they lose to them.

Ascended Fanon: Horkeukamui's artist GAMMA CHAOS previously drew a doujinshi featuring him with Kimun as friend/lover of a sort in battle, now he debuts in the game but with a different artist, appearance, and backstory that has yet to mention his fellows beastman from the same world.
The Bear: Being a literal bear paired with the traits of a figurative bear.
Character Development: He is very supportive towards helping others change and grow which reflects in his Sacred Artifact. Its power manifests a target's past actions which they must overcome or lose their growth.
Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: His name comes from the deity of Ainu mythology of bears and mountains.
Vapor Wear: It is unlikely for him to be wearing anything under his loincloth in his default outfit.

Shinya Tenoji[]

Shinya tokyoafterschoolsummoners — Golden Wings of Love

World: Tokyo, Olympus(Cupid)
Origin: Cupid/Eros - Greek/Roman Mythology
Rarity: 3*(Aether), 4*(Aether/Water)
Artist: Kuronezumiinu
Voiced by: Masato Yoshida
A student at Daikanyama Academy who made a contract with Cupid, a transient from the world of Olympus. He is the substitute Representative in place of Zeus due to the latter is unable to take part in the game due to his role and rule conflict with Perun.

All There in the Manual: The location (and appearance) of his Sacred Artifact is not visible in game, but is shown to be on his back in the Summonopedia.
Balance Buff
- His Soul Shooter skill throws Arousal Buff to allies in front of him by 2 panels.
- His upgraded version of Starshine, Starshine+, boosts its activation rate from 70% to 100%, ensuring that the Glint buff will pass around to his allies.
Charm Person: One of the application of his power is to have Cupid fires Arrow of Love to someone and make them falls in love with him, though he mentions that this is only the facet of his untapped true power. Against Shiva, it instead manifests as a painful mental attack due to his resistance against charm.
Combat Medic: Has Blessing buff as part of his arsenal
Defector From Decadence: As a substitute Representative for Olympus, Shinya used to be part of the Invaders, but has since left after discovering their goal in the game.
Hotter and Sexier: His Valentine Snow Fight variant is notably drawn much more muscular/plump than his base variant, probably helped by the fact that his normal variant's outfits cover his figure very well.
Light'Em Up: His element
Meaningful Name: One of his given name's possible meanings is "arrow of truth" (真矢 Shinya), while his surname literally means "Temple of King of Heaven", fitting his role as Zeus' proxy.
Nice Job Breaking It, Hero: In Chapter 11, while his attack on Shiva in Ikebukuro did save Balor's life, it allowed Daikoku to quickly arrive and consume him into his shadow army shortly after.
The Last of These Is Not Like the Others: So far, he is the only substitute Representative in the story, meaning that he isn't directly involved with Olympus's Exile, Eurynome, at all, unlike the other pairs of Representative and the Exile.
The Straight and Arrow Path: Cupid's weapon of choice, per his legend.
Spanner in the Works: Implied to be this to Curran, since Shinya himself is bound to a Transient and does not possess Sacred Artifact, meaning that Breke cannot pick up his power per her design, let alone the fact that he is only a Substitute Representative.
Odd Name Out: Unlike other transients from the world of Olympus, Shinya's transient Cupid is not referred by his Grecian name Eros.
Wild Card: Despite (technically) being a Representative, Shinya wants to protect their world from the war of the other Representatives. He and his allies end up fighting against the Rule Makers in chapter 11.

Echo[]

World: Olympus
Origin: Greek Mythology
Rarity: 3*(Wood), 4*(Wood)
Artist: Usamochi Daihuku
Voiced by: Chiemi Chiba
A woodland nymph who studies music at Daikanyama Academy in Shibuya who was rendered incapable of starting conversation with people due to a punishment form a deeply jealous person. Even after coming to Tokyo, she has trouble talking freely and tends to repeat words of others. Echo has even lost her first love due to this punishment and still regret failing to save the object of her affection. She is easily influenced by other's emotion, blames herself accountable for every little thing. The nymph realizes this flaw and focuses on changing herself which led her to interests on various cultures around her while also putting skills in audio equipment for the school's broadcasting club. Echo's Sacred Artifact is the collar she wear which is actually an amplifier with the Rule of Repetition. It can amplify her words to be heard far and wide while disrupting her surroundings plus dilutes her presence.

Religious and Mythological Theme Naming: Echo's name comes from the Oread of the same name that lived on Mt. Cithaeron and is also the Greek word for 'sound'.
Spared by the Adaptation: The Echo in the original myth died of heartbreak after her feeling toward Narcissus was not reciprocated. Here, she was instead summoned to the world of Tokyo.
Sympathy for the Devil: Despite Hera being the cause of her suffering, Echo understands that being placed into the role of Lady of Fidelity while having to watch her husband committing adultery all the time (due to their world's belief being "(superficial) bond between those of higher ranks toward those of lower ranks") must had caused her great pain as well.
Weight Woe: She reveals that she can't eat a lot of sugar, else she would gain too much weight and unable to fly.

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