Characters (.hack//LINK -Chrono Link-)

"See Story elements of .hack//LINK -Chrono Link-"Numerous Characters had played their role in the  Chrono Link story  and how their description story had match toward the progression of the story. It features new and returning characters teaming up together in separate times to handle the problems with time data changes due to the ability of Akashic Records. Brand-New characters exclusive in Chrono Link make an appearance in this game.

Main Characters

 * Tokio Kuryuu - The fourteen years old student of middle school who survived at the crisis of The World R:3 along with his best friend, Akira Yoshinori. The day of his adventure has come once again with his first met with a mysterious transfer student Saika Koshizumi and transporting him along with Akira accidentally into The World R:3 in a favor from The Legendary of Azure Flame Kite and the Hacker, Kite to free all PC and Twilight Knights from a greater enemies who bringing a greater distortion to the network. Tokio and Akira cooperated with Ayaka to collect the Chrono Core that lies in the Akashic Records and save them.
 * Tokio's Personality: Goofy, Ridiculous, determined and strong-willed.
 * His story will be continued from .hack//RIVES, he will face a new challenge with his own actual body and experience the greatest stake of her adventure of all times.
 * His backstory will explore more, including more new development focus on Tokio.
 * Editor Comment: As the protagonist in the original LINK has praised his character development throughout the story has he met Kite, Haseo, and Tsukasa which made him the hero who save The World. Chrono Link will explore more depth to his story and character that will develop during his journey which continues where it left off, it also bringing a major character development which something that never even seen before or been cut from the final version.
 * Editor Comment 2: This time rather than using his PC, in the Chrono Link, Tokio will transfer into an online game using his actual body.
 * Editor Comment 3: There will be major twist character development in Episode 3 -Countdown- which sometimes made people shocked by how Tokio's personality had drastically changed.
 * Akira Yoshinori - The fourteen years old student of middle school and Tokio's best friend and adopted brother who was also a survivor from the crisis of The World R:3. Once again he is dragged accidentally by Tokio and Saika into the online game once more, however, he separated from Tokio. He joins forces with Tokio and Saika to obtain the power of Chrono Core that lies in the Akashic Records. He's very skilled to make tactics and analyze the situation which becomes a key to Saika's influence.
 * Akira's Personality: Friendly, Open-minded, brotherly hood, rivalry, acting serious, lazy, smart, and very logical but not so logical that they expect.
 * He's the fourth breaking wall character will bring new humor and comedy to the story.
 * Editor Comment: In RIVES his role as the main protagonist along Tokio which he served as his ally who he wanting to help him and assisting him during the battle, it is shown how much their friendship has grown stronger within their bond each other. However, Chrono Link will make a new direction from the first volume, even though they still working together, he has shed to had a different opinion and goals from Tokio which sometimes they were arguing. 
 * Editor Comment 2: It does tease a betrayal that will happen on Akira himself which is a major development toward his character which he steps up from his life as his friend and ally as how his character developed into something, but it's not meant to be rival, it meant to be something else besides that.
 * Saika Koshizumi/Saika Amagi - The fourteen years old and transfer student to Tokio and Akira's classroom and was titled as the honor student the same as Akira. She's the one who dragged Tokio and Akira (Accidentally) into The World R:3 to find the Chrono Core and her goal is to obtain the Chrono Core that was lies at the Akashic Records tower and her goal is very mystery but it seems that she has something on her mind to play out by reaching to the top of Akashic Records.
 * Saika's Personality: Imperious, demanding, reckless (sometimes), Tsundere, Serious (maybe), and Heartfully kind (Secretly)
 * Her real last name currently unknown and lot mystery regarding her past remains unknown, but she indeed has someone she really wants to save.
 * Editor Comment: If you guys already play the original LINK from PSP, you all already know her real last name and how she was connected to Jyotaro Amagi. If I have to be honest, Saika had enough development during the second half and at the climax of the game, however, she still likes a tsundere and selfish person which how her character was generic and too repetitive like any anime girl, but sometimes she does have desires to find someone that important to her, but sometimes they did her little dirty and make her feel unpopular which was replaced by AIKA (She still cute tbh).
 * Editor Comment 2: Saika and AIKA is a key character and also a major character to Tokio's journey, I don't want her screentime to be replaced or even AIKA, so Chrono Link will make full shine and expand her character development also had the opportunity adds something that never made it into the original game did, which allows developed a new side of her character development, which had great role, also Saika will also join the battle in Chrono Link as Panzer Saika which shown her role in the combat as well which were new to the game. There's a lot new of her nature that didn't explore in original LINK which will be shown as the story progress.
 * Editor Comment 3: The Episode 3 Countdown will tease something bigger for Saika as it something that fans would not expect it.
 * Editor Comment 4: The reason why I change Amagi to Koshizumi in order to add fuel mystery surrounds her, and I think it might be best to hide her true identity as Saika Amagi in order to avoid any intention toward a public. Although her real last name as Amagi will reveal at the final battle in Episode 2 of Chrono Link.
 * Editor Comment 5: her character will grow from being Tsundere and demanding person into an open-up character, mature, and kind-hearted character which she had kept hidden inside of her heart due to her goal finding her relative.
 * AIKA - The beautiful princess resembles Saika and the one who met Tokio in his dream as Saika's twin sister figure due to the opposite personality from her. Her origin became full-mystery to the member and the connection between Saika and her were very unknown, but it seems she's the most trustful and kind person to all members in Chrono Link, even Kruger has deeply crush on her, whenever her team members in danger, she uses her power to protect to those she cares about.
 * AIKA's Personality: Kind, Soft-Spoken, Shy, Straightforward, rough, Cheerful, Timid, and Cute
 * Regarding the connection between AIKA and Saika become speculation to Sol and Kruger, however, Akira and Fluegel are very aware about her true existence beyond her identity as AIDA.
 * Editor Comment: AIKA is also played a key role in the original LINK, but sometimes replacing Saika's role which taking her spotlight. as explained above Chrono Link will be given an opportunity to expand their development and also expand their spotlight which avoids replacement spotlight toward characters as each they have their own roles and screentime which had much bigger than the original game since they were the main character.
 * Editor Comment 2: Her first appearance in Chrono Link will be put differently which set on Roots timeline rather than in Maze of Time. There's also a new side of her character that didn't even explore in the original LINK since she's an important character to Tokio the same as Saika and Akira. Lot new interaction between her with Chrono Link Characters which bringing a new dynamic to the story, but most things need to look forward as to how she will meet with Akira.
 * Editor Comment 3: From her personality as a princess, her character will grow each time as the story progressing her experience as she grew with Chrono Link she had to learn a few things from them not as a princess, but as a woman which developing her into a strong character which has a confidant to protect something that very matters to her.
 * Editor Comment 4: Her origin as AIDA surround mystery, but there's a lot of connection between her and Saika which also connected with Akashic Line and how she met Tokio.

Chrono Link Guild
(A new characters and Rives Characters will be labeled as Chrono Link characters)
 * Ninjato (Hiroyuki Nakita) - The shopkeeper of the video game shop that Tokio and Akira always come visit after school and he is the most fans of all heroes from the previous revision, which they were known as The Legendary Hackers who fought the abnormalities that became a threat to the world network. No one knows about his past, except that he was used to working for Cyber Connect Corporation for 15 years and quit to become a shopkeeper.
 * Although, he is very aware regarding the distortion happens in The World and he's been secretly the only man who knew the secret connection that connected to the crisis with CC Corp.
 * Editor Comment: You all remembering him Hiroto Niizato when he first appears in the manga version of .hack//LINK as a supporting character as his character was based on the real-life person with the same name who was an author to LINK -Twilight Knight-. However, since he reappeared in RIVES as a supporting role, I thought it might be too much a bit problem to using his name without permission, but instead renaming his real-life name as Hiroyuki Nakita, his design will change a bit.
 * Editor Comment 2: Even though his design has changed, his personality brings a spirit and inspiration from Hiroto Nizoto who admire the past legendary heroes and also how he loved to work toward the series, and so his character personality had been kept in result, Chrono Link also expanding his role as a major character that he has connection with CC Corp's secret, as Ninjato join Chrono Link there are few secrets that will be revealed as the story progress.
 * No.99 (Shiho Ninomiya) - The former member guild of Raven and ally of Tokio & Akira during their time in The World R:3 who was a high school student, after the crisis that happened in the online game, causing her to disappeared from the world. But revealed she was founded in 2010 timeline to assist the hackers' group to fight against Cursed Wave and Team-up Tokio and his friend to fight against Schicksal and obtained Chrono Core.
 * Her story will be continued from RIVES and her goal will soon be reached with her awareness of his brother, Takeshi was the member of Schicksal Guild.
 * Editor Comment: In RIVES she first appeared as discipline character who were mature and responsible for the task he had been given from Sophomore, She join raven in hope she can find her distant relatives, Although she kind to each other, however, she lacks social skill causing her friend shunned her during her middle school and even now. As she progresses through development, she developed to learn how to be more social to her friends after went through a battle with Tokio and Akira during Raven Arc and became friends with them.
 * Editor Comment 2: She had returned for action in Chrono Link as a victim of the disappearance of the players and arrived in 2010 Timeline where the Twilight Incident happens due to Akashic Records, she rejoins force with Tokio and Akira once again along with new ally, Saika and Alibaba to help them find the Chrono Core. It seems that No.99 will make a friend with Saika who is also wanting to find her long lost relatives, although it might have new dynamics interaction between her and Saika.
 * Editor Comment 3: I think it might be interesting to expand Orgel's development by adding No.99 which revealed to be his young sister, there's a lot more story between sister and brother who share the same problem in a different way, even they become an enemy, she still calls him as her brother. I think that's how the story will impact on Saika's development, or so I thought lol.
 * Alibaba (Mio Shinomura) - The Legendary of Prestigious student using hacked PC who venturing the Akashic Records log timeline data to discover the past event that happened, but she's also a victim of the disappearance of 20% population. Her reason for discovering the secret of Akashic Records was unknown, but it was a purpose for her research to understand its knowledge and discovering the impact on the entire network. Her ultimate skill as a hacker became a key to the Chrono Link Guild success.
 * Her past was a mystery for now and the key to her past memories will soon be revealed as the story progress.
 * Editor Comment: I think Alibaba was based on my favorite character from Persona 5, Futaba Sakura who skilled as a hacker and joining phantom thieves as Oracle. but to be honest, Alibaba's character might be too familiar with Futaba and they might gonna say that I'm copying her character. But, I think to decide to make Alibaba look different Futaba, but still became the main inspiration for Alibaba's character.
 * Editor Comment 2: She born as an orphan, in a harsh and unacceptable society, with her skill as an extraordinary hacker who can unlock any most private information or stealing money from the bank, which how she became a criminal to society. I want to make something that becomes an example of .hack as she hacker born in a dark society making her grow secure but harsh in-depth way how she grew through the environment, she can lie, steal, and deceive them.
 * Editor Comment 3: Her character had gone through change during Crimson Empire Arc as shown she joins forces with Chrono Link and she learns how to speak properly which not so harshly, but also how she builds her character as makes her learn how to improve her life more and as a girl who wants to experience a normal things she had desire.
 * Editor Comment 4: Although her role as navigator might copying Persona 5's formula, so I think it might be good for her to be useful in combat as well, I might gonna think about 9S from NieR Automata.
 * Sol (Soma Shigemura) - The thirteen years old student of middle schooler and Tokio and Akira loyal kouhai who were together in the same school, he also become a greatest friend and allies who were together to investigate the mystery about ENTIES during their time in The World R:3, he is also being listed as the victim who were gone missing after the crisis of The World R:3. It is revealed he was trapped in the 2016 timeline at The World R:2 Era where he became a member of Twilight Brigade's guild and met with Tokio again when he was separated from his friend.
 * His story continues from RIVES as he searching the finest clue regarding what his brother left behind after his death during the RIVES event.
 * Editor Comment: Sol is the well-developed character, in RIVES at the beginning he first appears as a coward and weak who always been bullied by his friend, however, his skill at fight and hacker made him most exceptional but lived on insecure for his life. but as the story progresses after he met Tokio and Akira he grew to become the strong character and had a confidant with himself, he became a supporting character, but also major toward Tokio's life in R:3.
 * Editor Comment 2: In Chrono Link, he returned in the second episode same as No.99 as he included on the list as the missing players and right now he became a member of Twilight Brigade in an alternate timeline 2016 and helping Tokio when he needed the most also become a most valuable member of Chrono Link due to his big help in RIVES event making him a much vital to the guild.
 * Editor Comment 3: He will have a big role in Revolution Corrupted Arc in Alternate 2017 Timeline.
 * Nishijima81 (Nishiki Kyojima) - The Former delinquent who's popular among players back in The World R:3 glory days and who also used to bullied Sol, but everything changes since he was defeated by Tokio and his friend in the tournament becoming a shame of himself. He was also included in the list as a victim who was gone missing after the Crisis of The World R:3. It is revealed that he was a trap in the 2016 timeline, same as Sol and Seventy-Seven, but he is a member of the TaN guild who was rival against Twilight Brigade.
 * Ever since the day when he was defeated by Tokio in the RIVES story event, he's now changing more than he was before, even how he interacts with Sol even though he couldn't express his emotion to them.
 * Editor Comment: Nishijima81 first to appear in the flashback episode 6 Sol's request and he made physically appear in the second season episode 8 Nishijima81. In the beginning, he loves bullying the weak and always arrogantly do for himself, but the value of his life had changed after his loss to Tokio, Akira, and Sol which changing his life most time, fear shame and embarrassment came to him.
 * Editor Comment 2: He reappeared again in Chrono Link as part of missing players trapped in the alternate 2016 timeline the same as Sol did, but he went join with the TaN guild in order to make a chance to fight against Sol once again for the embarrassment that happens to him. but as the story progresses, his heart change and developed to understand the difference between him and sol, with Sol's determination to help him, has made him realize his mistake and want to learn what it means to be the strongest as he developed his friendship with Sol.
 * Editor Comment 3: As he joins with Tokio and his friend, he had developed a sense to protect what means matter to him, that not just keep him strong on the outside, but the inside as well.
 * Editor Comment 4: I think this character inspiring something that what I used to be as bullying, truth is when I was an elementary school I used to bully one of my friends at school, and he was weak same as Sol, although this much worst than this, however, he's not dead don't worry, he's still alive and kicking somehow, according to my friend, but somehow I already regret what have I do in the past sometimes it changing his life in worse way, and I know sometimes I can't try to fix the past and those who I already hurt, so I created this character that really fills my heart that someday I could change my heart to be a better person like Nishijima did, but unlike him, for me, it takes a long time to heal the past somehow along with my regrets. And I also have hope that he will be alright and have confidant for himself for the future to come.
 * Helos Pierce - A Mysterious boy who seems to have a role to keep watching Tokio and his friend, and begin interesting with them by seeking to cooperate with them to find more interesting information between Shicksal, Twilight Knights, Akashic Records, and Network Crisis. Although he is weirder than anyone expected, he seems to hide his motives for his agenda and hiding very information that no one aware of.
 * The reason why he so interested in Tokio is very unknown, but it seems that he has known Tokio from a long time ago.
 * Editor Comment: Helos Pierce is a mystery character that holds the key that connected to the third season, with his origin remains much mystery than that, as to how he aware about anything that related to CC Corp and The World. I have a feeling he could play a key to the series dothack and how it connected to him, but right now he joins with Chrono Link Guild with unknown motives but the only answer is how he wants to help them. Who knows what kind of future holds for him, but his connection with all events of dothack series has tied up to this story and the future development.
 * Seventy-Seven (Akihiko Yamashita) - The one who guides Tokio and Akira during their first log in into The World as X7 and he is a college year student who is older than any member, also an ally to Tokio and his friend during their investigating the event of ENTIES back in glory days of The World R:3. After the few members of his friend missing, he decides not to use his regular PC and instead of using his ultimate hacked PC known as Seventy Seven which he had created when the time comes. But due to his login into The World R:3, it suddenly trapping him into The World R:2 era in the 2016 timeline.
 * Editor Comment: Seventy-Seven is the first person that Tokio and Akira had met and his the one who guides them and learns experience about The World R:3. He is a supporting character who becomes a mentor guide to Tokio and Akira on their first day, and later become an ally to them as he working together to uncover ENTIES's plot. He was much like Brother-Figure to Tokio and Akira making him also a valuable mentor to Chrono Link Guild as he experiencing his playing an online game The World for three revisions.
 * Editor Comment 2: His role has quiet to do in Chrono Link as a pilot to Grand Whale and the combat field which he will help Tokio and his friend in need, also discovering a new location of Chrono Core. There are many surprises for his role, but I will explain it later when I had a chance.
 * Kruger (Hiroshi Nagatori) - A former member of Red Dead Guild and the survivor of the assassination of the Davis, although he was not on the list, they thought he could be still in the Real World, however ever since that incident, he never even log out from the online game and became consumed in deep despair and rage of revenge against ENTIES who assassinated his leader, and revealed to be in Possainnue care as he using Kruger's rage to push his goal obtaining Chrono Core to proceed than what they expected.
 * In his real life, he was an Otaku who loves a cute girl and AIKA was an example.
 * Editor Comment: Kruger at the beginning was bashful, serious, and focus on what mission he had given from his master who is also the leader of RedDead Guild, Davis. His character was something that feels dark, but not so evil in any term, he never trusts anything about trust and loyalty, but enjoyment to PK his target who tried to making embarrassment toward his guild, and do everything to succeed the mission. He was thought to be a rival character to Tokio and Akira, but not so being antagonist as how he has high loyalty to his only master. I can see something that had been started by him as a rival.
 * Editor Comment 2: As the story progresses through as he lost to Tokio through battle and Quest, he doubted his own strength and fears with his weakness, it increased into despair after his leader been murdered by ENTIES, I think that's how his character been developed in the first step as shown in the DLC Episode Kruger -Despair- as the one who searching for greatness and power, but tragically become a puppet for one who betrayed his leader.
 * Editor Comment 3: But in Chrono Link, his character developed even further after his fight against Tokio and join with Chrono Link Guild, he became to learn the meaning to trust with his friend and carry his leader's legacy & his promise to where he can learn his weakness and move forward through his life as his own self. I think his character development starts from zero, not because of his growing body, but how his life came from the bottom until now. But one most thing that never even explained in RIVES is revealed that he was an otaku.
 * Editor Comment 4: You all might wondering why the serious and also mature character has to be an otaku...well everyone has their own secret and privacy, he can't even hold his feeling toward AIKA due to being her cute type Moe character. That was a character I like to make, serious person, but in reality, he was just a perverted guy at the same time.
 * Miki07 (Miki Nanai) - The Mysterious girl who was a resident to the Grand Whale along with Toki-Runty who've been spent time to be unseen by outsider for a years or at most of her life, but ever since Tokio and Sol found her, they recruited her to be in charge for business in the Grand Whale and also partake in the battle as well, this resulting her to be more respectful toward the others as the story progress.
 * No one knows about her past and how long she's been in Grand Whale, but it is revealed by AIKA that she could be much different from her kind as AIDA.
 * Editor Comment: I think she's a very mysterious type and lack of human social same as AIKA, but she never knows about any emotion and feelings he had, but once she joins with Chrono Link, she might gonna find learn and meanings to be a human. I can rule out the possibility about her role, but I think whose taking care of Grand Whale might be Miki and Toki-Runty to do.
 * Editor Comment 2: Her story and character development might be teased in Episode 3 -Countdown- and explain a few about her origins.

Schicksal

 * Flugel (Ryuji Sogabe) - The mysterious long white hair and a marksman who's revealed to be a leader of organization CC Corp hired by Schicksal. Even his wise and leadership toward his guild, it seems that he's lazy the same as Akira did much they were alike. He's not meant to be a bad guy, although he never hesitated to defeat his enemy, he never took orders from anyone, except his member guild, he just being forced to do it for money, however, he does what's right things even though he just did for the job he had taken. He was titled as The Ringmaster.
 * Metronom (Souichirou Hoshi) - The member of Schicksal and who is a key advisor to the guild. He's uptight and strict character who needs to deal his job, even dealing his leader's problem for doing reckless way, although he has great admiration for Fluegel during his time in the real world and desire to protect his leader at all cost and will do everything to make mission success, but even so he has a lot of arguments with his leader even though he admired him. He was titled as The Flamethrower.
 * Cello (Lilie Weiss) - The member of Schicksal guild who is revealed to be Fluegel's adoptive daughter and she's a key to bring holds her guild together even when they had arguments about Ryuji's reckless doing. Fluegel treating her as her daughter, but she's a little mature to taking care of him when he doing such reckless act for mission alone. She's considered as the smartest member in the group due to her high knowledge, experience, and her skills as a hacker, sometimes she's better than Metronom do. She was titled as The Beast Tamer.
 * Klarinette (Koharu Nene) - The member of Schicksal guild and she's very skilled with her Gymnastic and fighter while also being so-called as a Spy for Fluegel. For the rest of her life as Schicksal member, she only taking an order from Fluegel for doing a top-secret and she's a most trustful member to him. She does this because due to the certain incident made her having a crush with her leader and she do everything for his leader to succeded the mission alone. Sometimes her heart can be so changed a little when she met Tokio back in real life. She was titled as Dancing Girl
 * Trommel (Toramaru Shin) - The member of Schicksal guild considered to be the strongest member due to his strongest muscle and amount of data that he had possessed which also known as the Strongest PC of all time. Back during R:2 era, he was known as the Muscle of Justice until he almost gets PKed by PKK and founded by Fluegel to recruited for his guild. As he works with Schicksal, he abandoned his life as a hero and working for criminal things, and that's his reason he using Akashic Records and changing the timeline program data to obtained Chrono Core and with the change of SIGN Timeline was for an example of his doing. He was titled as Strongman
 * Orgel (Ninomiya Takeshi) - The member of Schicksal guild and he's also the strongest member same as Trommel, but he's personality was very tempered when the situation gets too much heated and became many possibilities leading up to uncontrollable anger due to his personal past still intact on his mind. Although his very impatient and always getting angry, he's still loyal to his member and his leader, even he never defy his leader's order due to his debt for helping him back in the real world, but he still had trouble to control his emotion and he wishes he could do it to prevent someone he calls as ally to be hurting by his anger. He was titled as The Fire Eater.
 * He's an Older Brother of No.99 who she had searching for a few years.
 * Posaune (Yoda Maseo) - The member of Schicksal guild and he has his role as a Trickster who brings his word to be a lie toward the others, especially to his allies, he might gonna trick anyone and Schicksal if he had his opportunity. The Former Chaotic PK Miku The Liar and The Former member of Red Dead Guild who was being disbanded after the assassination of DAVIS, and that is how he joins Schicksal when he is recruited by Fluegel. Even he tricking someone in stupid ways, his skills were very not to underestimate as he's very smart to planning everything on his mindset and he will do if they're an opportunity to do. He was titled as Clown
 * He is a big major antagonist in G.U. Alternate Timeline in .hack//LINK -Chrono Link- Episode 2 Terror.
 * Geist - The Member of Schicksal Guild and Tokio & Akira's friend during their time in The World R:3 before he betrayed them and became an enemy to them. He is now holding a position as also the most trustful member to Schicksal, but his intention is cleary unknown even what happens to him in the past sometimes had something to do with Tokio and Akira. Even so none of Schicksal members aware about his true intention and his fake smile proving he hiding something that he never wants to tell anyone. He was titled as Magician.
 * He still holding his wild card on hand as he foresees how the event will play out.

Twilight Knights/Reiko's Alliance
"Editor Note: I stick to major and support characters, while the other Twilight Knights will also make an appearance in the Chrono Link. Also, I might gonna tell what happens to them after the previous title and how their story leads to this moment in a harsh situation. But beware for major spoilers...Okay?""Editor Note 2: This will be taken its story setting from Kite's DLC Story The Fall of Twilight Knights and .hack//LINK -Saeki's report-"
 * Kite (Kazumi Ito) - The legendary of Azure Flame and the former hackers who once the one who saved the world from the Second Network Crisis, who had been returned after 10 years of his retirement due to the distortion network happens in The World R:3. He's the leader of the Twilight Knights but being defeated by Fluegel by turning him into ice, and so he asked Tokio a favor to save Twilight Knights by using Chrono Core and Akashic Records to free all PC and his friends.
 * Haseo (Ryou Misaki) - The Former Legendary PKK is known as Terror Death, Haseo who was once to save the world three years ago from the Third Network Crisis and join cooperation with NAB to investigate the distortion network problems that were caused either from AI or hackers did. But due to the big massive distortion happens in The World R:3, he decides to go investigated and join forces with Kite to handle the situation but only being defeated by Schicksal. He's now been trapped in The Akashic Records.
 * Tsukasa (An Shoji) - The once a victim as a lost one during the Second Network Crisis and her were known as the one who controls the Twilight Guardian back in 2009. She's employed as Traveller Guidance and having break-up with Mariko Masino, but still becoming friends with her, although she gets rarely to contact her ever since. She's become a victim of her disappearance and arrive in an Online game, and she joins forces with Kite and Haseo along with the other to fight against a threat who threaten Aura and Peace. She's now been trapped in Akashic Records.
 * Ovan (Masato Indou) - The mastermind behind the third network crisis after releasing The Rebirth System to the entire network and also known as The Tri-Edge which he has an AIDA on his left arm, but now being freed after Haseo saving him once more. He now becomes inactive after he and his sister Aina Indou to Germany until 2 years later he goes back to active helping Haseo to investigate the distortion of the network happen. He's a member of Twilight Knights, however, Ovan became a victim by Braieler Rossle and turned into stone.
 * Helba - The once known as Queen of Darkness in the poem of the Epitaph of Twilight and the creator of the Netslum also the most ultimate hackers that became unravel mystery whether she's an AI or not. She spent ten years left inactive for personal reasons but for creating her legacy known as Zelkova to watch over The World and Netslum itself while she was gone.
 * She returned to The World after 10 years, discovering that Zelkova was disappeared along with net sum after The World R:2 been shut down, including the massive distortion happens in the R:3 had made her no choice but to take action to help Kite and his friend, but unfortunately she got caught by The Legendary PKK and Hackers, ENTIES as she turned into stone, however, because it was her decision, she waited for moment when time comes.
 * Although he sent a copy of her memory log version throughout an era at the Akashic Records to make contact with Tokio and that's a reason why she aware about Tokio and what happened in Tokio's time.
 * BlackRose (Akira Hayami) - The hacker who once Kite's comrade during their time in R:1 Era and she still active to play the online game until now since after Kite retired from playing, she still able to meet Kite in the real world when he's not busy. She also once play The World R:3 until the Crisis and shut down happen, she unfortunately unable to login to the world and due to this, she asked the former CC Corp staff Reiko Saeki for help with cooperation to save Kite and The World to log in again to The World.
 * She appears again in Episode 3 as she logging into The World and joins forces with Tokio and his friend to deal with the critical situation that happens between the Real and Online world.
 * Lios - The system administrator who once work with CC Corp, but left inactive after The End of R:1 era which left him hiding in the sea of the data and spending himself keep watching overall system data for 5 years until he gain invitation by Helba once more, and with the massive distortion happen in the entire network bring him back to rejoin Kite and his friend, however, with The Fall of Twilight Knights happen, Lios managed to escaped, but unable to take Kite with him, in results he work together with Reiko Saeki to keep watch over the online game also the Akashic Records movement.
 * As the system administrator unable to do anything like the crisis and Akashic Records appeared was beyond him and so he keeps observing them, including Tokio and his friend.
 * Yata (Takumi Hino) - The former employee of the CyberConnect Corporation and now returned his life as a Hacker & Information broker as he was before as Wiseman during R:1 era. Ever since R:2 been shut down, he investigates the project regarding about Akashic Records project which CC Corp plans to seal Aura to extract her memories, but ever since the massive distortion network occur, including the several events, including the alternate memory syndrome and the disappearance of 20% population, he already aware that the possibility the Twilight Knights will lose in the battle by hand of Schicksal, he managed to escape like Lios did and log out to The World.
 * He decides to copy his memories and using his memory log version to send to a different era to make contact with Tokio.
 * Junya Murakami - The former member of the TaN guild who've been suspended with his first account PC and his retired from The World after using the second account PC to focus on his real-life activities. He is now a BAU investigator who's a job to investigating the crime scenes that appear in America, while he also investigating the secret behind the CC Corps conspiracies, but due to the shut down of The World R:3 and seems the crisis happens in the real world has hindered them to investigate it. She met with her former TaN member, Enders, which was revealed to be Reiko Saeki who wants for cooperation for old time sakes and to monitoring Tokio's activities by using a new version of Tohta hacked PC in order observing them in Akashic Records and Past time.
 * Although he still got a little mad about them, he decides to help them for sake of The World, with help from Takumi Hino which was revealed to be his former Leader, TaN and now as Yata.
 * Pi (Reiko Saeki) - The former system administrator who worked for CC Corp back in R:2 era as her PC back then known as Pi, but she been resigned from that company due to a certain incident and after the third network crisis. As it turns around way, she now works with Durga to completing the Akashic Records project and plans to keep aura on the final floor of the Akashic Records to protect Takumi from being assassinated by CC Corps Conspiracies weaponize (ENTIES) who were trying to kill him. However, she honestly didn't like a way Durga's doing and decides to form a secret alliance in order to clash with their conspiracies very silently and so he asked Ryuji Sogabe a favor to investigate the CC Corp's secret intention that connecting themselves between those conspiracies and Aura themselves.
 * She forms secret alliance to fight against the conspiracies who were trying to risk the players with the ability of Akashic Records also by using Aura, and so she hired Takumi, Junya, Keishi, Yasuhiko, and Tomonari, with cooperation from Helba and Lios to pursue their plan.
 * She copies of her memory data and implemented it into her past time PC data to made contact with Tokio, the same goes for Yata did.
 * Atoli (Chigusa Kusaka) - Ryou's girlfriend who now pursuing her goal for college, unlike what she used to be before, she now has confidence and courage to face forward on her to prepare for her future, but she still making contact with him as usual, however, hearing a news about what happened to Ryou on his mission and because of this she wants to take any action to save Haseo, however, due to CC Corps observing the activity toward hackers, they decide to stay vigilant and lead Tokio and his friend find a ways to save him.
 * She appears in Countdown to help Tokio and his friend to solves the problems that happened in the entire networks.
 * Balmung (Keishi Murasaki) - Kazumi and Yasuhiko's comrade in R:1 era and back then he was known as Balmung, the Azure of Sky, he is a former system administrator who worked for CC Corp and he been resigned due to being reinstated from the company, as he worked for another job in the U.S.A. however after the Shut down of R:3 and the mess phenomenon incident happens, he been hired by Saeki to form a secret alliance to fight against CC Corp and find a ways to cure the syndromes amongst player and finding a missing with decision to observing Tokio's movement escorted by Tomonari and Junya.
 * Although he had already aware ever since he been reinstated from System Administrator, the conspiracies working behind his back to get him reinstated and decide to investigate the Akashic Records and the purpose of its ability.
 * Orca (Yasuhiko Moriyama) - Kazumi's close friend and the one who introduces him about The World, and he is known as Orca, Azure of the Sea, as how he looked like in his current condition, while his friend study for foreign, he is alone in Tokyo working for part-time jobs for his college and being fearful about his future, but when he heard Kazumi were disappeared after the shut down of The World R:3, he decides to discover a clue if he became a victim of the missing players.
 * Reiko makes the opportunity for him if he helps her which will be a possibility to locate Kazumi's location and he hopes his recruitment for the secret alliance to find the truth behind his disappearance.
 * Kuhn (Tomonari Kazumi) - Reiko's former comrade during R:2 and he used to be a player behind Sieg who became a lost one, which is now given up himself for CC Corps recruitment, but instead getting recruited by ATLIMIT Corporation, he now returned when he being recruited by Reiko once again to investigating the Akashic Records and its ability while he begin aware his former guild member, Silabus and Gaspard became moonstone because of Schicksal and promise for them to save them by doing his job to discover its true ability.
 * Shugo (Shugo Kunisaki) - The one who win the Kite's PC limited edition and the one who involved with issue problem in the age of golden of The world R:1 and now he is being listed as the missing player trapped in the Akashic Records which he arrived in The World R:2 where the AIDA rampages incident takes a place as he was in the alternate time, he begins to find a way out from the past time and participating the arena with his former Kite's Limited Edition's PC that he customize into its new form.
 * Until he found Tokio and his friend at the battle of the Arena tournament, he decides to cooperate with Chrono Link to find a way to escape.
 * Yasuo Nagai - The one who kept observing Haseo's journey during his career as Terror of Death and she also observing him during AIDA's Rampages and the third network crisis, he does this all-time until the shut down of The World R:2 in 2018. however, according to Reiko that Yasuo has been missing ever since the release of the Third version of the online game, and no one knows what happen to him after that, but it seems that he was silently trying to investigate the secret that has been locked down deep inside of The Network, the Akashic Records will be something that she will discover. however, she's not cooperating with anyone else and doing this under his volition or someone else...
 * Zelkova - According to Reiko and Helba's testimonies that Zelkova is disappeared without any trace after the shut down of The World R:2 and it seems that it is a reason why Helba came back for action. The last conversation with her is he wanting to do something that catching his intention and he won't be in any network unless he does know someones trying to mess up with players and aura, which how the last talk took place, although she didn't know what Zelkova meant, it seems it connected to Appearance of Akashic Records or something else beneath his mind.
 * Mimiru (Mimiru Ayanami) - Tsukasa's friend in the online game, now pursuing her goal to be a manager in a big company is never seems to be easy for her and right now in the midst of unrightfully schedule. but, she got a sudden day off due to the incident regarding her boss being afflicted by Alternate Memoria Syndrome which set after the shut down of The World R:3 and she decides to stay vigilant for time beings until she got recruited by Reiko.
 * Subaru (Mariko Misono) - An's love interest during their time in R:1, but being broke up three years later but remained as close friend, she's head of Misono's family who had all connection including with NAB, although she remains to live in normal life, she had conversation with Reiko regarding about her cooperation for forming her secret alliance, although it needs a lot of consideration from her mind to approve her, but ever since Tsukasa disappear and The World R:3 been shut down, she reunited with her old friends once again and decided to approve her cooperation with Reiko's alliance.
 * Aina Indou - Masato's little sister who now attend a high school first year in Germany and living a quiet normal life with his brother, until he got call from NAB for needing his help he decides to leave for Japan living her alone as she already mature enough to living alone for while he was gone to Japan for work. However, after hearing his brother's situation after the shutdown of The World R:3 she needs to remain in Germany while making contact with Reiko is there any news from his brother. Later, she got plane into a Tokyo to meet Reiko and she accompanies his brother and Ryou while they're still in an online game.
 * Silabus (Yuuichi Morino) - Haseo's friend along with Gaspard during their time in the World R:2, and now he is a former leader of Canard Guild in R:3 after, given his position to Shion which it was time between RIVES -Season 3 and Chrono Link which he wants to retire from playing due to he wants to focus on in the real world until almost logging out, he suddenly witness the crisis happen in The World R:3 and those crisis leading to its Shut down of The World R:3. While Shion and Fei are the only survivors who got log out from The World, but, Silabus and Gaspard being trapped in Moonstone Virus with the appearance of Akashic Records.
 * Kuhn decides to do his mission to save his friend who've been trapped.
 * Gaspard (Kouta Maki) - Haseo's friend along with Silabus during their time in the World R:2 now wants to go for hiatus to playing the game and start focusing his study exam which takes for several months to return as their advisor for the guild. He also witnessed the crisis happen in the online game server which caused the system atmosphere changes and they've turned into a moonstone virus the same as Silabus due to the appearance of the Akashic Records.
 * Endrance (Kaoru Ichinose) - Haseo's friend during their time in The World R:2, and he also a player behind Elk's PC during R:1, right now pursuing his move forward on his life from his addicted computer. Reiko also planning to recruited him because he also involved with the event of Pluto again and the second network crisis, however, he was refused the offer due to he focus on the other things as he tracking mysterious emails that connected with Mia's PC and decide to investigate the cause. Until right now, there's no call from him ever since before the shut down of The World R:3, but, helba aware what Kaoru's looking for.
 * Sakubo (Iori Nakanishi)
 * Bo - Iori is now a middle schooler student, and being a struggle to become responsible to become a big brother to his little sister, but aside for that, he is very skilled taking care his little sister and reminding her with Saku as how he can become a big brother to her sister. But until her sister ended up missing after the shut down of The World R:3 and she still cannot contacting Saku despite what happen back then, she seeks for Reiko's help to find his little sister.
 * Saku - According to Iori himself, Saku was never made contact with Bo again ever since the shut down of The World R:2, but this time it's not about jealous over denial from Endrance or something, but she wants to do something to kept watch over Endrance, but ever since then, there's no contact from her right now. But he knew she might be somewhere around watching Iori and his little sister. But ever since the Shut Down of The world R:3, she disappears without any trace just like Zelkova did.
 * Midori (Midori Shinomura) - A college student who still using Midori's PC in R:3 and balancing her life between real and online world, but ever since the crisis happens in The World R:3, she been trapped in the online game without ever escaped but survived from been inflicted by Moonstone virus as she didn't aware if her PC has such an ability to resist the virus. She stays vigilant and spent time in Mac Anu and another root town to checking for the survivor in hopes of cooperation with them.
 * Shino (Shino Nanao) - Haseo's close friend who now pursue her career on overbroad, after Haseo decides to move on from Shino while remaining contact with her, she wants to enjoy her new life to measure her career, not until she heard from Ovan and Haseo's condition in Japan, she worried about The World once again came with overcoming a great danger. But, she decides to support from afar and wait until the news came from Chigusa herself.
 * Alkaid (Chika Kuramoto) - The former of the Arena Champion during her time in R:2 using her PC as Alkaid, now she went into the same college as Chigusa and they're been developed as a close friend, after letting go her affection to Haseo and move on, but decide to become friend with Chigusa as Haseo worked for NAB, she had changed a little bit from her time in High School. However, ever since regarding what happens to Haseo, Chika and Chigusa begun worried with him and desire to help Haseo the same as Chigusa, but they stay vigilant until Tokio can save him.
 * Kazushi Watarai - The former debug administrator and it seems to make opportunity to work for another company, but rest assured as he making first discovering regarding about conspiracies and secret cooperate with Reiko, however, due to unexpected Schedule he can go help Reiko, until what happened to The World, he now active as hacker debug who investigate a sort never seen debug that contained within Akashic Records.
 * Anteres - The former arena champion and leader of the Icolo guild, however, right now he has been retired from The World after R:2 been shut down and continues to focus on his work in the real-life and remain vigilant. Working toward for his retirement from the online game, but suddenly CC Corp hiring him for Top Secret mission, but unable to aware what their intention and refused the offer, but it seems they begin seriously to hiring him for what happened to Haseo in Akashic Record, unable to do anything, he decides to accept their request.
 * Although he separated from Schicksal, he was a task for something different than just messing up with time memory data.
 * Junichiro Tokuoka - The former director of The World in Japanese version who worked for CC Corp back in his prime time, but now he's already retiring from their work and focus on Normal life. However, despite his awareness regarding the conspirators in CC Corp its half things he knew when he worked as Director. As the history continues, including the shut down of The World R:3, a new case which was more than just related to coma victims happen in the real world, such a case that very rare that hundreds or even thousands of players were missing in the eyes of The World, that including his daughter were missing. Because of the conspirators happen, he became a secret connection to Reiko's alliance as he continues his retired, but later join with the alliance to put at the end the Conspirators at CC Corp.

CC Corp

 * Genius (Durga Fida Sharma) - The CEO of CyberConnect Corporation Japanese Branch and he is also the mastermind of Schicksal who had more power to control than Fluegel did. While his intention is quiet, not sure to play-act, but it seems that he using Schicksal Guild to resetting the time data program at the Akashic Records to obtain the Chrono Core for purpose of their own goal to accomplishes.
 * Right now he is observing everything from behind secretly and knowing the former higher-up will know his true intention
 * Jyotaro Amagi - The Genius Programmers, the developers of Akashic Records, the creator of R.A. Plan, and the leader of the Project G.U. along with his partner, Jun Bansyoya. His skill as a programmer is almost matched with Halard's skills which he's also called as a Genius Programmers back in 2015, however, due to the Fire at CC Corp and the failure of the R.A. Disc Plan causing his mental breakdown and a year later he disappeared at the hospital and unable to be found.
 * He is the key character throughout RIVES and LINK story due to all lore in those series are connected to Jyotaro's himself, while there's also a mystery that tied-up with him. He holding a key to Tokio's Saga.
 * Dr.Octa Asgrodia - The leader of the Schicksal project, who experiment with the connection between the physical body from the real and online world, how to connect those to make perfect PC that which latter name as Shicksal PC. The Schicksal guild (except, Geist) were all candidates under CC Corps order which helped them during a mission, even though he very aware of a risk if they went too far to force their Body PC to react. Even though he was handsome and popular as the best doctor around any doctor, he seems can be nerfed by a kid, which Lilie for example as he very kindly toward children, but Lilie doesn't show any happy emotion on him, which its broken his heart.

Other Characters

 * Enties - The legendary Hacker and PKK who is always been enemies to Tokio and his friend since back in The World R:3, and is also the possibility to be a mastermind behind the event of The World R:3 Shut down and Schicksal intent for Chrono Core. Although Enties location is unfortunately unknown, he can appear anywhere as long as she wants, but the problem is Tokio and his friend need more time to figure out the true identity of Enties. She was titled as The Deathbringer and Destroyer.
 * Piros 4th - Enigmatic man who was still active in The World R:3 and Tokio's comrade during that time, although he mysterious missing from The World after the shutdown, but gladly using his hacking to converting his memory data copy into past version can communicate with Tokio, but his situation was very harsh so he would like and hope Tokio could help him in certain quest through Jikanet.
 * Jikanet - The mysterious boy who are the resident of the Akashic Records, unable to learn who he is and why he be able to arrive in Online game, mistakenly as human which has possibility that he's AI, but no one so sure about his past unless Tokio can help him as they retrieving the Chrono Core. The connection between him and Akashic Record are remained unknown, however...
 * Shouko - A middle school girl who's shown up in Tokio's dream during the main story, reminisce his past spending time playing game arcade together with her before the event of RIVES event. Tokio describing her as Anti-Social & book worm who wearing an eyeglass and usually get a lot beating by her friends at school, but eventually became a friend with Tokio and Akira due to their status as gamers.
 * According to Tokio, Shouko was the only one besides Akira who understand how Tokio had felt through in the reality and for her she admiring him at the most of her time they spent together due to Tokio's determination to become a hero, until their last meeting on 2 months before the shut down of The World R:3. According to Akira, Saika's appearance resembled Shouko.
 * Lara Hoerwick - Halard's niece who also became part who stuck in the game world 14 years ago and survived. She now writing a novel about the same name as the online game that Halards created, The Epitaph of Twilight and becoming a novelist. Although, since she's a relative to Halard, she sometimes getting interview regarding about Halard's secret, but unable to answer the question due to the secret that they don't know, however, she confesses those question to Reiko to find a clue about the mystery of Halard's case.
 * Mai Minase - Mai seems to cooperate with Reiko's alliance, although she now became a famous violinist who made popular back during the orchestra in Europe but been visited by Reiko for her cooperation, however, she refused to make that offer, but instead, recommend Tomonari to do his job for investigation. But, actually, in truth, she been observed by CC Corp and so she can ever make cooperation but decide for needing help for Tomonari to be careful with the company. The last time Tomonari heard from her as she disappeared and being listed as the Missing player list and didn't know about her where doubt.
 * Phyllo (Kojirou Nakamura) - According to Yata statement, looking on Koujiro's background before his passed away was very unreadable, but according to one source, it seems that he had made a secret connection with CC Corp's founder, but unable to stabilized and finding connection between him and conspiracies, it was revealed that he involved in the conspiracies from very beginning, but his conspiracies were out of their minds in the past time to another Organization came along with the plays and destroyed the things he had formed those, he choose to stay quiet over his selfishness and retired from his job, with spending his day to await his final call. although there's the various part that still missing from his record.
 * Unable to find and look more about his backstory, the one who knew about Koujirou and the only one who was very close to him is Antares himself.
 * However, there's nothing any testimonies came from him, which no one knows about his record, except, Hiroyuki Nakita and Davis who seems has very close to Phyllo's true nature, and Yata start to digging the information he had left before he passes away.
 * Because Phyllo is the only one who knows everything that CC Corp intent to do, including the secret organization that works as their conspirators.
 * There's speculation that he told his true nature to Ovan before he passed away, but unfortunately, Ovan won't answer about Phyllo's secret and decide to remain silent.
 * He's the only one who knew where the last page of Epitaph of Twilight poems was kept hidden.
 * Halard Hoerwick - The man who created The World and the Goddess of Aura, and disappeared without any trace from the real world only could that he was already dead, but his consciousness been lifted in The World. Kite and his friend during Pluto Again had discovered many traces of his works during that time, including the epitaph that he created that turned against him and the players, including Aura's herself. It is revealed that he created prototype works of Akashic Records and Chrono Link Core as the part of Aura's main body that connected through the link of the Time Data, but it has been redeveloped and completed by Jyotaro Amagi as developers of Akashic Records. There is still a mystery that kept hidden from The World and no one knows what kinda things he had trying to hide for.
 * Salvador Aihara - Under his violation alone that he going move on his next task, which as a journalist he investigate behind the scene of CC Corp which were contained with those conspirators who corrupting the company and achieving for their reason. Under Reiko's request it seems that he covers his name to sneak into the company, a major unexpected happens as one of the conspirators, ENTIES had thrown him into the network before the shut down of The World happens, which now he was rather been missing ever since he infiltrated into a company and realize that his action already been watched by them very clearly.
 * Online Jack -A new version OVA- which contained 1-4 episodes set after Vol.3 Redemption which focuses on his perspective with his task to investigate the true deeds behind CC Corp, until he disappeared as ENTIES throwing him into the online world. it was taking place, during the RIVES story event, mentioned in the second season regarding Salvador Aihara's missing.
 * Davis (Daniel Huntsman)  - The leader of Red Dead Guild and the famous top under Legion Guild who were assassinated by the legendary PKK and Hackers, ENTIES which became a major factors to all players around the world, this also including Yun-EL and Sophora who is also the top Legion Guild members who also assassinated by her, which bring realization changes to The World era.
 * After his death, however, given much mystery about him due to his former service as Apprentice to Jun Bansyoya and also the one who helps him to salvage the plan and causing the fire at CC Corp, which he became a most wanted target by the CC Corp itself. He left his notebook regarding so many discoveries regarding about connection between Halard Hoerwick, Jyotaro Amagi, The World, and The Goddess Aura.
 * While also he has something that he had been hiding regarding the organization behind Conspiracy, but after his death, no one knows what kind of organization created conspiracies toward CC Corp, indeed there's pulled string between Emma Wielant's secret. He is the only one who knew about the 13th Bansyoya Files and Last Page of the Epitaph Twilight's poem.