Future Diary
Cover of Future Diary volume 1.
未来日記 (Mirai Nikki)
Genre	Action, Survival Horror, Psychological, Romance, Supernatural, Suspense
Manga
Written by	Sakae Esuno
Published by	Kadokawa Shoten
English publisher	Tokyopop
Demographic	Shōnen
Magazine	Shōnen Ace
Original run	January 26, 2006 – December 27, 2010
Volumes	12 (List of volumes)
TV anime
Directed by	Naoto Hosoda
Written by	Katsuhiko Takayama
Studio	Asread
Licensed by	Madman Entertainment Funimation Kaze UK/Anime on Demand
Original run	October 10, 2011 – April 16, 2012
Episodes	26 (List of episodes)
TV drama
Mirai Nikki -Another:World-
Written by	Yūsuke Watanabe
Original run	April 21, 2012 – ongoing
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Plot

List of Future Diary characters

Main characters

Yukiteru Amano (天野 雪輝 Amano Yukiteru) (The First)

Voiced by: Misuzu Togashi

 

The main male protagonist of the series and the First diary user. Also known as Yuki (ユッキー Yukkī), he is a 14 year old middle schooler who is a rather quiet boy that does not talk much with behavior bordering on un-social. He mostly sees things around him as a bystander and writes it down in his cell phone diary. Yuki becomes involved in the Diary Game when to his shock that Deus, a god-like being whom he thought was an imaginary friend turns out to be real, selects him as one of twelve contestants in a 90 day battle royale where they must kill each other using their special diaries where the last survivor becomes Deus' new heir. Yuki's diary is called the Random Diary (無差別日記 Musabetsu Nikki), which written from his point of view, gives a detail explanation of his surroundings very accurately whether it be the present or the future. While versatile in any situation, the main disadvantage of the Random Diary is that it does not tells him what is happening to himself which leaves him vulnerable. Furthermore, since the diary is written from his point of view, Yuki can be tricked into thinking something he sees is true without realizing it which is a disadvantage for other people who use the Random Diary.

Unlike most of the contestants, Yuki does not want any part of the game as he just wants to live peacefully and does not want to kill anyone, but is forced to play to survive and will only kill as a last resort as he is the main target by the other diary users because Deus sees Yuki as his favorite to win. Because he is weak, in order to protect himself, he quickly makes friends and allies to help him including Yuno Gasai, a girl in his class who is madly in love with him and another diary user. Yuki is a kind person yet is naïve for quickly trusting people whether they be friend or other diary users as they may have ulterior motives. The most complex relationship he has is Yuno, while Yuno is a formidable ally, her mad obsessive love for him to the point she is willing to kill or use anyone so both of them can survive scares him yet despite the many things she does that shocks him including kidnapping him against his will and learning she killed her parents, Yuki still relies on Yuno in order to protect himself.

Originally, Yuki's main goal was to find a way to end the game peacefully without killing anyone but that goal quickly changes when during the middle of the game, his mother is accidentally killed by his father, who is also later killed by agents of John Balks, the Eleventh Diary user. While he is grieving his parents' deaths, Yuno seduces and convinces him that in order to bring his parents back to life, he should win the game and once he becomes the new God of Time and Space, he can use his divine powers to bring them back from the dead. With this new goal, Yuki becomes determined to win no matter what including lying, killing, backstabbing and destruction. His new behavior shocks his friends as his and Yuno's actions cause a series of terrorist attacks across the city.

Eventually he would learn of Yuno's true origins and intentions. When he's pitted against her and Muru Muru, he claims to love her and with help from Minene, he's capable to avoid Yuno's attacks and later follow her to the new universe. Eventually reaching Yuno's house when she was being abused, which prompts him to change her future and by extension that of the other Diary Owners. While protecting the Yuno of the alternate universe he's trapped in an illusion world by Yuno where his parents are together and she does not exist. But breaks free through his love and force of will, finally Yuno commits suicide to make him the victor. 10,000 years pass and he refuses to rule with everybody he cared for dead, but the Yuno of the alternate universe appears to him with the memories of the past Yuno and the two become gods, finally together.

He is named after Jupiter, the Roman god of the sky, weather and lightning.

Yuno Gasai (我妻 由乃 Gasai Yuno) (The Second)

Voiced by: Tomosa Murata 

 

The main female protagonist and the Second diary user. Smart, beautiful, and diligent, to most students she is seen as the model student but in reality, she is secretly obsessed with Yuki and constantly stalks him. Having Yandere-like tendencies, she is so obsessed with Yuki that she is willing to hurt or kill anyone who hurts him and is constantly jealous if anyone other than her is getting close with Yuki to the point she won't hesitate to sacrifice them because to her, the only important thing is that she and Yuki survive the game. Her obsession and possessiveness of Yuki is to the point that Yuno has no concern for anyone else's well-being, as she frequently states to Yuki that he should not care about what happens to his friends. Her diary is the Yukiteru Diary (雪輝日記 Yukiteru Nikki^?), a diary which gives her details whatever Yuki is doing in the present every 10 minutes. Because it only focuses on Yuki, her diary does not detail anything about her unless it has to do with Yuki. But working together with Yuki's Random Diary, they are able to solve their diaries' weaknesses.

Yuno's behavior was the result of her parents, who used to be loving parents before becoming demanding and pressuring their daughter to be the perfect citizen to the point they would lock her up in a cage and only allowed her certain amount of time for her to sleep and how much food she ate. Their treatment drove Yuno insane up to the point that she locked her parents in the same cage, hoping they would realize how she felt and change back to their old-selves only for them to die of hunger. To hide her parents' death, she made a cover story that they were working over-seas but Yuki would later learn about this as well as the truth after Aru Akise investigated the bodies. Yuno's origins are further explored, revealing she originates from a parallel universe where she was the victor of the game, but was driven mad when she resurrected Yuki but not his soul. This prompted her to travel to Yuki's universe where she murdered that universe's Yuno and took her place.

When the truth of her identity is exposed, she travels to another universe to start all over again but she is thwarted by Yuki and Minene when they traveled back in time to that universe and change the terrible past of the contestants including Yuno's and prevented the diary game from happening. Trapped, she comes to the belief that she was merely using Yuki and tries to rid herself of him by sealing him in a illusionary world using her godly powers. However, Yuki breaks free just as Yuno realizes she does love Yuki and she kills herself to let him win the survival game. However, thanks to Deus of the new universe, Yuno's memories are implanted into her new universe counterpart, allowing Yuno and Yuki to reunite.

She is named after the Roman goddess Juno.

Minene Uryu (雨流 みねね Uryū Minene) (The Ninth)

Voiced by: Mai Aizawa 

 

The secondary female protagonist, the Ninth Diary user and the protagonist of the side-story manga, Future Diary: Mosaic. An infamous atheist terrorist, Minene is a young woman who has hatred against organized religion particular God. Her hatred of religion stems from her past when she and parents were traveling in a city in the Middle East but got caught in a battle, which is hinted between Israelis and Palestinians, where her parents were killed in the crossfire. Blaming God for her parents death, she leads a crusade of destruction against those associated with God. Minene got involved in the Diary game when after a failed assassination to kill a Catholic Cardinal, she tried to escape but almost fell to her death but was saved by Deus who gave her an offer to save her if she join his game. Minene's diary is the Escape Diary (逃亡日記 Tōbō Nikki^?), which will chart out the best course of actions for her to escape whenever she finds herself in a dangerous situation. While it means she can escape anything, it is not perfect as the diary can only tell her how to escape if there are favorably conditions that allow her any chance to escape.

Originally, she wants to win the game to destroy religion worldwide but later mellows out after befriending Yuki and his friends. While she began as an antagonist against Yuki, she later became his ally, becoming a big sister figure to him and both of them hold no animosity with each other despite Minene was responsible for the destruction and deaths at his school and Yuki was the one who blinded her left eye. She shares an interesting relationship with Masumi Nishijima of the police whom she met during her failed assassination of a cardinal. While she constantly dismisses all of his attempts to get to know her, she finally relents and falls in love with Masumi. When Yuki becomes a ruthless terrorist, Minene allows the carnage it causes, until it led to the death of Masumi. Wanting to avenge Masumi's death, Minene has a gun fight with Yuki. Despite having the advantage, she is unable to kill him as Yuki reminds her of her younger self, allowing Yuki to shoot her. Knowing that she doesn't much time to live, she decides to help Yuki by sacrificing herself to open a vault where the Eleventh diary owner, John Balks, hides out.

She fails, but survives the blast, after Deus gave her a portion of his powers before his death. Minene rescues Yuki and travels with him to the third world to stop Yuno from killing her younger self. She also contacts Keigo Kurusu and warns him of his son's fatal heart disease, altering history. Minene survives the final battle, and is shown to be living happily with the third incarnation of Nishijima, having children who have inherited her godly powers and can fly.

She is named after the Roman goddess Minerva.

Aru Akise (秋瀬 或 Akise Aru)

Voiced by: Akira Ishida 

 

The secondary male protagonist and the protagonist of the side-story manga, Future Diary: Paradox. One of Yuki's new friends at his new school, Aru is genius with an amazing investigation skills and wants to be a great detective. He becomes involve in the Diary Game to learn the mysteries surrounding it and protect Yuki. Aru is bisexual, as not only he is interested in Yuki, but shows interest for Minene and Tsubaki as well. As the games continue, Aru becomes suspicious of Yuno and tries to find out what secrets is she hiding from Yuki. He soon discovers Yuno's origins but also his own when he learns about his creation by Deus as an "observer" to keep on eye on the contestant. He receives the Detective Diary from 8th which can make predictions based on the predictions of the other diaries. It is nearly a perfect diary, except when accounting for Akise's feelings towards Yuki, meaning he can act against what would be a perfect outcome. It also can't detect the difference between diaries from other universes, which Yuno exploits to defeat him. Despite losing to Yuno, he continues to help Yuki and gives him the clue on Yuno's identity before she removes his head.

He is named after Apollo, the Greek god of the prophecy.

Diary game contestants and judges

Takao Hiyama (火山 高夫 Hiyama Takao^?) (The Third)

Voiced by: Jin Domon ^[2]

The Third Diary user. Takao is a teacher at Yuki's school who is secretly a serial killer who wears a heavy bulletproof trenchcoat with a hat and mask that hides his identity. Takao's diary is the Murder Diary (殺人日記 Satsujin Nikki^?) which gives him details on who his next victims are and where and how he kills them. While the diary helps him catch his victims and prevents them from escaping, it does not tell him what to do if his victims will fight back thus he can be easily defeated. He was killed by a dart Yukiteru threw at his diary.

It is revealed by Muru Muru that Takao repeatedly accidentally killed himself when she was presenting him with his Future Diary. First was when he thought she was a witness to his recent killing and sliced the phone, and then thinking the phone was evidence, he destroyed it again. She admitted she suspected he would be the first to go because of his paranoid personality.

In the alternate universe, he is captured by Yomotsu Hirasaka, and put in prison in the anime.

He is named after the Roman god Vulcan.^[5]

Keigo Kurusu (来須 圭悟 Kurusu Keigo^?) (The Fourth)

Voiced by: Masahiko Tanaka ^[2]

The Fourth Diary user. Keigo is a police captain who was chosen for the Diary Game to balance out the other Diary users who were much worse. Calm, cool and collected, Keigo has no interest in the game and wants to find a way to stop it before more people get hurt and thus becoming Yuki's ally. His diary is the Criminal Investigation Diary (捜査日記 Sōsa Nikki^?), which gives him details of crimes that will happen within the next 90 days, but it cannot predict the future of an investigation done by someone other than himself.

He is introduced helping Yuki and Yuno against Minene after she terrorize their school and latter forms an alliance with them to find and stop the other Diary users. Thanks to his position, he provides police intel for Yuki and Yuno. Later, he joins them to the Omekata cult's shrine where its leader, Tsubaki has held Minene prisoner. After a three-way battle between them, the twelfth Diary user Yomotsu and Tsubaki's cult, Keigo helps Minene escape in exchange she becomes his informant and protect his son who is hospitalized due to his condition. But upon learning that his son's condition is not improving and will die in several weeks, Keigo, desperate to save his son's life, decides to win the game. After killing the Diary user Karyuudo, he frames Yuki and Yuno for trying to kill him and has the police go on a manhunt for them with orders to shoot to killed on sight. Yuki and Yuno hides at the hospital where Keigo's wife and son are along with Minene who decides to help them after learning of Keigo's betrayal. Keigo soon has the hospital surrounded and personally leads the SWAT police to kill Yuki, Yuno, Minene and save his family. But unbeknownst to him, Minene was able to sneak out and tells Masumi of what Keigo really did. After a standoff between him and Yuki,Yuki shoots Keigo, wounding him. Keigo realizes he cannot kill a child and kills himself by destroying his Future Diary. Before dying, he apologizes to Yuki for betraying him and tells him to protect his family.

He appears in the alternate universe, being contacted by Minene about his son's cardiac illness, thus changing his future. He also appears protecting the alternate Yuno from the original one.

He is named after the Roman god Mercury.^[6]

Tsubaki Kasugano (春日野 椿 Kasugano Tsubaki^?) (The Sixth)

Voiced by: Eri Sendai ^[2]

The Sixth Diary user. A frail girl with bad eye-sight, she is the leader of the Omekata cult (御目方教 Omekata Kyō^?) where she's serves as the group priestess. The scroll she carries is actually her Future diary called the Clairvoyance Diary (千里眼日記 Senrigan Nikki^?) which allows her to read what her followers see. However, Tsubaki does not trust what her diary tells her because what her followers see may not be accurate and her fear of traitors from within.

Tsubaki is introduced after Yuki, Yuno and Keigo are invited to her cult's shrine to help deal with a Diary user who is disguising himself as one of her followers and planning to kill her in exchange she surrenders Minene to them after her cult captured her. Yuki agrees to help her due to her condition and Tsubaki's claim she has no interests in winning the game much to Yuno's jealousy. When the Twelfth diary user Yomotsu takes action to kill Tsubaki by hypnotizing her followers, Yuki and Yuno protects her and kills Yomotsu. However, Tsubaki betrays everyone, revealing she was using Minene as bait to lure them so she could trap and kill them and tells Yuki that she lied about not being interested in the game as she wants win and end the world as she hates it.

The reason she hates the world was because when she was young, her parents who were the original leaders of the cult were killed in a car crash and she was made the priestess. However, the cult's second-in-command wanted the members of the cult not to leave so he had Tsubaki trapped in a cage and allowed the male members of the cult to rape her as part of a "ritual". The rapes traumatized Tsubaki with the only thing keeping her sane was a ball given to her by her mother but when she loses it during one of the cult's gang rapes, Tsubaki finally had enough and wanted the world to end for making her suffer. After Yuno helps Yuki escape by cutting off Tsubaki's right hand, Yuki goes into hiding until Tsubaki orders him to show himself or her cult will rape Yuno. Yuki charges into the room where Tsubaki and Yuno are and distracts everyone by throwing a ball, the ball Tsubaki lost, into the air and throwing a dart at Tsubaki's Future Diary. Before her death, Tsubaki cries it was unfair that her ball came back now when she needed it the most.

In Future Diary: Paradox, Aru, who replaces Yuki as the First Diary user is ordered by Muru Muru to reenacted the events above but instead, Aru refuses and does things differently by having Ai and Orin help him distract Muru Muru and the Omekata cult so he can bring Tsubaki out of the cult's shrine. With Aru, Tsubaki learns from his investigations that her parents were actually murdered by the cult's second-in-command because her parents wanted to end the cult and give Tsubaki a normal life. Due to his kindness and him teaching her that despite what she had gone through, there was still some good in the world, Tsubaki falls in love with Aru.

As Yuki changes the future of the alternate Yuno, this causes the future of the other participants to change, as a result the cult is able to find a bomb installed in the car of her parents and capture the second-in-command of the cult, thus preventing her from suffering the horrible life she had in the original world.

She is named after Proserpina, the Roman goddess of the spring.^[7]

Yomotsu Hirasaka (平坂 黄泉 Hirasaka Yomotsu^?) (The Twelfth)

Voiced by: Yoshihisa Kawahara ^[2]

The Twelfth Diary user. Blind and insane, he is a vigilante who acts like a super sentai hero including wearing spandex and a large, round one eye mask. While claiming to be fighting for "Justice", his view of justice is very different as to him, justice is the one who wins. His tape recorder called the Justice Diary (正義日記 Seigi Nikki^?), has the ability to tell him what evil deeds that will happen in the future which range from normally criminal like plotting murder to the nonsensical like littering. Furthermore, his diary can hypnotize people by giving them illusions. Yuno kills him by decapitating him when he tried to kill Tsubaki by suicide bombing. A running gag with him is his real face is never seen, at one point going as far as to wear two separate bags on his head so as to continue hiding it even after having it removed.

He appears in the alternate universe and captures the Third committing a crime. It can be guessed he continues his vigilante actions later on.

He is named after the Roman god Pluto.^[8]

Reisuke Houjou (豊穣 礼佑 Hōjō Reisuke^?) (The Fifth)

Voiced by: Asami Sanada ^[2]

The Fifth Diary user. Reisuke is a four year old boy who despite looking seemingly harmless, is very intelligent for his age and has a very diabolical mind. He sometimes speaks in third person with his hand puppets whom he talks with. Reisuke's diary is the Hyper Vision Diary (はいぱーびじょんだいありー Haipā Bijon Daiarī^?), a coloring book that gives a small summary of the activities that he will perform for the day. However, his diary only shows three entries for the day during the morning, noon, and night. Despite that, it has a certain advantage of giving Reisuke all three entries at the same time, which allows him ample time to carefully plot his next move, as well as some pictures drawn by him, giving him some source material other than writing.

Reisuke's parents were members of the Omekata cult who both later committed mass suicide after the police raided their temple. However, Reisuke claims he never loved his parents since they neglected him and wants to win the game to be a "Super Elite" to prove he doesn't need to depend on adults. But despite these claims, Minene learned Reisuke did love his parents and was devastated when they died. After his parents' death, Reisuke is adopted by Mrs. Amano as she was a friend of his father. Due to the fact Yuki and Yuno were responsible for the incident that led to the police raid at the Omekata temple, Reisuke plans to kill them first, holding them responsible for his parents' deaths yet at the same time, he grows fond of them in a uniquely sadistic way, even calling them big brother and big sister. He was then killed by Yuno who stabbed him.

As a result of the future change made by Yuki in the alternate universe, Tsubaki and the cult no longer become what they were, this in turn prevents the death of his parents and they become a happy family.

He is named after the Roman goddess Ceres^[9]

Karyuudo Tsukishima (月島 狩人 Tsukishima Karyūdo^?) (The Tenth)

Voiced by: Hirokazu Hiramatsu ^[2]

The Tenth Diary user. A rich man with elegant taste, Karyuudo is a dog breeder who loves and cares about his dogs so much that he neglects his family. His diary is the Breeder's Diary (飼育日記 Shiiku Nikki^?), which allows him to control his dogs to attack his enemies using his cell phone by voice command. However, it's the disadvantage is that the more dogs that user control, the greater concentration needed to command all of them which leaves the user vulnerable. Karyuudo gets shot to death by Keigo.

He appears in the alternate universe, with his future changed as Hinata takes a closer dedication to the dogs, this unites them and he no longer neglects his family.

He is named after the Roman goddess Diana.^[8]

Marco Ikusaba (戦場 マルコ Ikusaba Maruko^?) and Ai Mikami (美神 愛 Mikami Ai^?) (The Seventh)

Voiced by: Tomokazu Seki (Marco), Natsuko Kuwatani (Ai) ^[2]

Originally assumed to be two separate Diary users, Marco and Ai are in fact both the Seventh Diary user. When first introduced, Marco and Ai were using apprentice diaries which were assumed by Yuki and his allies as their real Future diaries with Marco's The Unbeatable Brawler Diary (常勝無敗ケンカ日記 Jōshō Muhai Kenka Nikki^?) predicting attacks before they happened, while Ai's Flirting Diary (逆ナン日記 Gyaku-nan Nikki^?) locates any man she wants to flirt in the future. Their real diaries is the Exchange Diaries (交換日記 Kōkan Nikki^?) which report each other's immediate future. The couple displays excellent teamwork as they use their diaries to cover each other's weaknesses.

Ai appeared early in the series working undercover as member of the Omekata cult with her friend Orin Miyashiro to spy on Tsubaki. She returns later, this time with her boyfriend, Marco to eliminate the threat that of Yuki and Yuno. Marco and Ai are orphans who fell in love with each other after Ai was adopted by Kamado Ueshita, Marco's guardian. Their devotion is so strong that they want to win the game so they can become God and live for eternity together. The two encounter Yuki and Yuno during their attempt to investigate Kamado's diary, Marco enraged by Yuki's apparent lack of concern for Yuno, unaware she had previously kidnapped and drugged Yuki. The two couples reunite for a second fight in the old Sakurami observation tower. Ai is mortally wounded by Yuno as the tower collapses thanks to John Balks' intervention, Marco and Yuki working together to save Ai. Unwilling to live without Ai, Marco gives his single parachute to Yuki and Yuno to escape the tower, dying with Ai as the tower collapses.

The two appear in the alternate universe, where Ai is seen pregnant after the survival game is averted.

Marco and Ai are named after the Roman gods Mars and Venus, respectively.^[10]

Kamado Ueshita (上下 かまど Ueshita Kamado^?) (The Eight)

Voiced by: Hiromi Konno ^[2]

The Eighth Diary user. A large, strangely shaped woman, she is in charge of the "Mother's Home" orphanage where Marco, Ai and Orin were raised. Her diary, the Blog Diary (増殖日記 Zōshoku Nikki^?, "Propagation Diary"), is actually a server that can be accessed by the people she allows in, giving each person their own "Apprentice Diary" that can predict the future in their own various ways. Kamado has no interest in the Diary Game as the only thing she cares about looking after her orphans. Ironically, it is her orphans who want her to win as they love Kamado and will kill anyone who harms her.

Kamado is the only diary owner who has no interest in becoming god, and is a pacifist. However, she forms a brief alliance with Yuki to capture John Balks. Yuki turns against her, Yuno killing all of her children, prompting Kamado to flee with Balks. The two join forces to twist the game, using a supercomputer and Kamado's diary to give every phone owner in Sakurami City the power of the apprentice diaries. Kamado eventually abandons the scheme when Akise saves her from Yuno, saving Akise in return by giving him an apprentice diary to avoid being killed by Deus Ex Machina and then Yuno. Kamado is protected by Yuki's friend only for them all to be gunned down by the despairing Yuki. Kamado is then stabbed shortly after by Yuno, but she asks Yuki to create a new world where children do not have to worry.

She appears on the alternate universe receiving a phone call from Balks who decides to give support to the orphanage after learning he will die in the survival game, and the two appear to puruse a relationship.

She is named after the Roman goddess Vesta.^[11]

John Balks (ジョン バックス Jon Bakkusu^?) (The Eleventh)

Voiced by: Takaya Hashi ^[2]

The Eleventh Diary user and final one to be introduced. Balks is the Mayor of Sakurami City and is mastermind behind the Diary Game as he was the one who convince Deus to create the battle royale that will determine Deus' successor. Balks diary is the Watcher Diary ("The Watcher" in the Japanese version) which enables him to read the other diary users entries including the Apprentice Diary users. A believer in Nazi ideology, Balks' main goal is to create a race of superior beings with him as their leader. Despite his ideology, he is a gentleman, befriending Kamado and inviting her to help him in his place to give everyone in Sakurami City the power of the Future Diaries.

He was Kurou Amano's employer who sent him to destroy Yuki's phone. After Kurou failed to accomplish his task, Balks has his men assassinate him. Yuki quickly vows revenge and launches an attack on Balks' forces located in a pair of identical business towers. Balks takes shelter in a bank vault, the bank once run by Yuno's parents. The only way to gain entry is through a retinal scanner which only he and the Gasai family can access, believing Yuno is unable to since Akise assumed she was an impersonator. Minene tries to blow apart the vault at the cost of her life, but fails. Yuno drags Yuki away, but returns, using the retinal scanner to enter the vault and kill Balks.

In the third world created by Yuno, Balks' decision to create the Future Diaries is altered when he reads of his own death by observing Yuki's phone, cancelling out the survival game.

He is named for the Roman god Bacchus.^[12]

Azami Kirisaki (霧崎あざみ Kirisaki Azami^?)

Voiced by: Yū Asakawa

A thirteenth Diary Owner who appears exclusively in the PSP visual novel, Future Diary: The 13th Diary Owner (未来日記 -13人目の日記所有者- Mirai Nikki: 13-nin-me no Nikki Shoyūsha^?). She possesses a video diary and wears a yellow raincoat.

Deus Ex Machina (デウス エクス マキナ Deusu Ekusu Makina^?)

Voiced by: Norio Wakamoto ^[2]

The God of Time and Space and the Diary Game overseer and creator. Yuki always assume that Deus was just his imaginary friend only to learn he is in fact real. Convinced by John Balks, Deus created the Diary Game to find a worthy successor to take over his place as the reason he created the game as his life is coming to an end. In reality, he seems to have a favor in Yuki and most likely wants him as his successor.

Muru Muru (ムルムル Murumuru^?)

Voiced by: Manami Honda ^[2]

A brown, white haired girl who is Deus' servant. She has a rather playful and nonchalant attitude toward Deus and the other Diary users. Most of the time she serves as the comic relief of the series. She poses as a major antagonist towards the end of both the main series and Future Diary: Paradox, scheming behind Deus for her own personal fun. Like Yuno, Muru Muru originates from the first world, having enjoyed the survival game so much that she performs a time leap with Yuno to the second world, traps her alternate self in Yuno's illusions, and gives Yuno her second Future Diary. After Deus dies, Muru Muru declares herself God until the second game is won, but the future of the third world is altered through numerous catalysts. The second Muru Muru escapes from Yuno's illusions with Yuki, beating down her first self. Both Muru Muru, along with a third one, reappear with Deus and Yuno in the third world when Yuki and Yuno reunite.

She is named after Murmur, one of the 72 Goetic demons.^[13]

Other characters

Masumi Nishijima (西島 真澄 Nishijima Masumi^?)

Voiced by: Makoto Ishii

Chief Investigator and Keigo's subordinate within the police. He is an ally of Yuki within the police force. Masumi is interested in Minene, when the latter disguised herself as police detective. Even when he learns her real identity and what she does, Masumi still continues pursuing a relationship with Minene, much to the latter's confusion. In the new universe created by Yuno, Masumi and the second incarnation of Minene become a couple.

Ouji Kosaka (高坂 王子 Kōsaka Ōji^?)

Voiced by: Minoru Shiraishi

A classmate of Yuki's who used to bully him in the past but later became his friend during the Diary Game. He is the first one to receive his Disciple Diary (Kosaka King Diary in Japanese version) from the Eighth Diary user. This diary records any "triumphs" that Kosaka achieves in the future. Its usefulness is limited, however, as Kosaka views everything he does correctly as a great personal triumph, regardless of how small the task. Another serious shortcoming of his diary is that it only records when Kosaka will succeed, and therefore will not update if he is going to fail. He helps Yuki whenever possible.

Hinata Hino (日野 日向 Hino Hinata^?)

Voiced by: Yuki Matsuoka

One of Yuki's new friends in his new school. Her father is actually Karyuudo Tsukishima, the Tenth Diary user. Although she initially attempted to kill Yuki, Yuno, Aki and Kosaka, she did so under her father's promise (later revealed to be a lie) that they could be a family again. After her father's death, she helps Yuki whenever possible. She receive her Friendship Diary that predicts her friends actions, from Eighth Diary user.

Mao Nonosaka (野々坂 まお Nonosaka Mao^?)

Voiced by: Yukana

One of Yuki's new friends in his new school. She is a quiet, polite girl who is constantly photographing the things around her, though her photos mainly center on Hinata. She is in love with Hinata and would do anything for her. She received her Hinata Love Love Diary, which allows her to predict Hinata's future similarly to the way Yuno predicts Yuki's, from the Eighth Diary user.

Orin Miyashiro (宮代 お鈴 Miyashiro Orin^?)

Voiced by: Etsuko Kozakura

An assistant to Kamado, she was involved in the Sacred Eye incident. Her diary is the Orphanage Diary, and predicts Kamado's orphans actions.

Rea Amano (天野 礼亜 Amano Rea^?)

Voiced by: Kaoru Mizuhara

Yuki's mother who is rarely at home because of her work as a video game programmer. Despite this, she has a very casual and close relationship with her son and even approved Yuno as his girlfriend. However, she is oblivious of her son's involvement in the Diary Game and Yuno's true nature. Prior to the series, she divorced her husband Kurou for gaining a large debt. She later confronts her ex-husband and is killed by him.

She is named after Rhea, the mother of Jupiter's Greek equivalent, Zeus.

Kurou Amano (天野 九郎 Amano Kurō^?)

Voiced by: Takehito Koyasu

Yuki's father, who is divorced from his wife for gaining a large debt. He appears later trying to reconcile with Yuki and their family. However, this is a facade as he is secretly working under John Balks to kill Yuki by destroying his diary, in exchange of having his debts paid. But his plans are foiled by Marco and Ai, forcing him to escape only to encounter his ex-wife whom he accidentally kills. Suffering from guilt and a desire to make up to his son for what he has done, he is killed by Balk's' men.

He is named after Cronus, the father of Jupiter's Greek equivalent, Zeus.

Saika Gasai (我妻 西果 Gasai Saika^?)

Voiced by: Kikuko Inoue

Yuno's adoptive mother. though dead throughout the majority of the storyline, she is shown in the past to have locked Yuno in a cage and vents her frustrations on her, claiming she is a bad daughter.

Tarou Nanba "Taa-kun" (難波 太郎 "たー君" Nanba Tarō "Tā-kun"^?)

Voiced by: Naomi Shindō

One of the orphans Kamado took care of. He is very determined to make sure she succeeds in the survival game, feeling she is the only person who can make a better world for the orphans. His diary is the "Copy Diary" and can mirror the abilities of other diaries.

Funatsu (船津 Funatsu^?)

Voiced by: Eiji Maruyama

The second in command of Tsubaki's cult. He is responsible for her parents death as well as the constant raping she suffers at the hands of the cult members. In the alternate universe, he is caught trying to bomb Tsubaki,s parent's car, changing the future of the cult.

Balks' Assistant

Voiced by: {{{1}}}

Balks' Assitant. He has unusually dyed hair and dies trying to flee alongside his boss. His diary is the "Secretary Diary", which records all of the Mayor's actions.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 18, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
2. ^ ^{a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o} future diary staff/cast
3. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 24, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
4. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 46, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
5. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 29, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
6. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 30, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
7. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 36, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
8. ^ ^{a b} Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 56, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
9. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 34, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
10. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 40, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
11. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 42, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
12. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 52, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4
13. ^ Esuno, Sakae (September 26, 2011) (in Japanese), 未来日記フラグメンツ 公式ガイドブック (Future Diary Fragments - An Official Guidebook), Tokyo: Kadokawa Shoten, pp. 15, ISBN 978-4-04-715793-4

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