List of R.O.D characters

Below is a list of characters from the R.O.D series of manga and anime created by Hideyuki Kurata, listing appearances in the manga comic series, (Read or Die and Read or Dream), an OVA, and the subsequent R.O.D the TV.

Character	Read or Die (manga)	Read or Die OVA	Read or Dream	R.O.D the TV
Yomiko Readman* Codename: "The Paper" (or "Agent Paper" in the official English translations) Yomiko is a British-Japanese substitute schoolteacher and secret agent working for the British Library's Special Operations Division.	Main	Main		Supporting
Joe Carpenter Codename: "Joker" Carpenter is the commander of the Special Operations Division of the British Library.	Major	Major		Supporting
Mr. Gentleman The head of the British Library's secret operations, Gentleman is the true source of Britain's secret power over global affairs (i.e., it was because of Gentleman's authority that Joker was able to order around the U.S. President)		Supporting
Wendy Earhart Joker's personal assistant and some-time field agent	Supporting	Supporting		Supporting
Nancy Makuhari Codename: "Miss Deep" Nancy has a special ability to pass through objects. In the novels, she is a British Library operative working in China; in the anime, there are two identical Nancys, both of whom are cloned "I-Jin" incarnations of the famous spy Mata Hari.		Major		Supporting
Drake Drake is a mercenary hired by the British Library Special Operations Division. He formerly worked for the American special forces.	Supporting	Supporting		Supporting
Donnie Nakajima* The 18th "Agent Paper," he was Yomiko's mentor and lover. His ultimate fate is uncertain.	Major
Ridley Wan* Donnie's distant friend; another Paper Master	Supporting
Dokusensha Dokusensha is ostensibly a Chinese bookstore chain selling supposedly rare books. In reality, Dokusensha is an intelligence-gathering operation rivalling the British Library, and the power behind China's authority, much in the way the British Library is the power behind the United Kingdom. In the novels, Dokusensha was founded by a woman named China, also called "Grandmother," Mr. Gentleman's female counterpart.	Major
Michelle Cheung* A Paper Master from Hong Kong, the eldest member and leader of the Three Sisters Detective Agency, also known as the "Paper Sisters." She is responsible for acquiring jobs for the detective agency, which include translation work, lost book and person finding, and bodyguard duty. During combat, she provides ranged support with a paper bow and arrows.			Main	Major
Maggie Mui* A Paper Master from Hong Kong, the "middle" Paper Sisters. Her paper powers allow her to create and control enormous paper "familiars," including a giant robot-like warrior, a wolf, and a giant bird capable of transport. She also has the strongest defensive powers of the Three Sisters, creating massive bullet-proof walls and spheres			Main	Major
Anita King* The youngest of the Paper Sisters. Her combat specialty is hand-to-hand support, both via excellent martial arts skills and use of sharp paper blades			Main	Major
Nenene Sumiregawa A Japanese author who wrote her first book as a teenager. She is a close friend and admirer of Yomiko Readman; in the TV series she later befriends the Paper Sisters	Supporting			Main
Junior Existing only in the TV series, he is a mysterious young agent of the British Library under Wendy's supervision. Like Nancy Makuhari, he is able to "phase" through solid objects and is a master marksman.				Supporting
John Woo A pigeon which delivers messages to the Paper Sisters from Dokusensha, who later aids them after Hong Kong's Dokusensha branch is destroyed				Supporting
Lee Linho Often referred to as "Mr. Lee," he is Nenene Sumiregawa's editor and a fan of her novels. He hires the Paper Sisters to be Nenene's bodyguards and hopes they can help her overcome her writer's block.				Supporting
Mr. Kim Called the Paper Sisters' "Handler" by Michelle Cheung, Kim is a Dokusensha operative who hires the Paper Sisters to retrieve rare books for him in the TV series.				Supporting
Sonny Wong Code name: The Recycler A powerful Paper Master who works for Dokusensha in the TV series.				Supporting

*Papermaster