Editing Megatokyo (section)

== Main characters ==
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{{hatnote|The authors of ''Megatokyo'' chose to use [[Japanese name|"Surname–Given Name" order]] for characters of Japanese origin. The same format has been maintained here so as to avoid confusion.}}

=== Piro ===
'''Piro''', the [[protagonist]], is an [[author surrogate]] of Fred Gallagher. Gallagher has stated that Piro is an idealized version of himself when he was in college.<ref name=piroidealized>{{cite web | date=June 8, 2006 | work=Megatokyo | first=Fred | last=Gallagher | title=i'll take my art back now | url=http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=868 | access-date=June 20, 2006 | archive-date=July 20, 2006 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060720085435/http://www.megatokyo.com/index.php?strip_id=868 | url-status=live }} A news post by Fred Gallagher in which he states that the character "Piro" is an idealized version of himself (Gallagher) when he was in college.</ref> As a character, he is socially inept and frequently depressed. His design was originally conceived as a visual parody of the character [[Ruri Hoshino]], from the ''[[Martian Successor Nadesico]]'' anime series.<ref name=multiplayinterview>{{cite web | date=December 18, 2002 | url=http://www.multiplay.co.uk/columns.asp?m=view&uid=1581 | title=An interview with Fred Gallagher | access-date=August 17, 2006 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20051027202600/http://www.multiplay.co.uk/columns.asp?m=view&uid=1581| archive-date = October 27, 2005}}</ref> His name is derived from Gallagher's online nickname, which was in turn taken from [[Makoto Sawatari]]'s [[List of Kanon characters#Piro|cat]] in the Japanese [[visual novel]] ''[[Kanon (visual novel)|Kanon]]''.<ref name = nameorigins/>

In the story, Piro has extreme difficulty understanding ''Megatokyo''{{'s}} female characters, making him for the most part ignorant of the feelings that the character Nanasawa Kimiko has for him, though he has become much more aware of her attraction as the series progressed. Gallagher has commented that Piro is the focal point of emotional damage, while his friend, Largo, takes the physical damage in the comic.<ref name=thepulseinterview2>{{cite web|last=Contino |first=Jennifer |date=September 5, 2002 |url=http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=000120 |title=''Megatoky's Fred Gallagher'' |access-date=August 18, 2006 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050816121929/http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=36&t=000120 |archive-date=August 16, 2005 }}An interview with Fred Gallagher at The Pulse</ref>

=== Largo ===
'''Largo''' is the comic's secondary protagonist, and the comic version of co-creator [[Rodney Caston]]. An impulsive alcoholic whose speech is rendered in [[L33t]] frequently, he serves as one of the primary sources of [[comic relief]]. A technologically gifted character, he is obsessed with altering devices, often with hazardous results. Gallagher designed Largo to be the major recipient of the comic's physical damage.<ref name="thepulseinterview2" /> Largo's name comes from Caston's online nickname, which refers to the villain from ''[[Bubblegum Crisis]]''.<ref name = nameorigins/> For various reasons (including fire and battle damage) he often ends up wearing very little clothing. Largo seems to have awkwardly blundered into a relatively successful relationship with Hayasaka Erika at the current time in the comic.

=== Hayasaka Erika ===
{{Nihongo|'''Hayasaka Erika'''|早坂 えりか}} is a strong-willed, cynical, and sometimes violent character. At the time of the story, she is a former popular [[Japanese idol]] (singer) and [[Seiyū|voice actress]] who has been out of the spotlight for three years, though she still possesses a considerable fanbase. Erika's past relationship troubles, combined with exposure to swarms of [[fanboy]]s, have caused her to adopt a negative outlook on life. Gallagher has implied that her personality was loosely based on the ''[[tsundere]]'' (tough girl) stereotype often seen in anime and manga.<ref name = findingkimiko/>

=== Nanasawa Kimiko ===
{{Nihongo|'''Nanasawa Kimiko'''|七澤 希美子}} is a Japanese girl who previously worked as a waitress at an [[Anna Miller's]] restaurant, and is Piro's romantic interest. At the current point in the story, she is a voice actress for the possibly-failing Lockart game "Sight", playing the main heroine, Kannazuki Kotone. Kimiko is a kind and soft-spoken character, though she is prone to mood-swings, and often causes herself embarrassment by saying things she does not mean. Gallagher has commented that Kimiko was the only female character not based entirely on anime [[stereotype]]s.<ref name=findingkimiko>{{cite web | last=Gallagher | first=Fred | date=January 6, 2005 | url=http://megatokyo.com/rant/617 | title=finding kimiko | access-date=August 18, 2006 }} Gallagher comments on Kimiko being of original design.</ref>

=== Tohya Miho ===
{{Nihongo|'''Tohya Miho'''|凍耶 美穂|Tōya Miho}} is an enigmatic and manipulative young [[Goth subculture|goth]] girl. She is drawn to resemble a "[[Gothic Lolita]]", and is often described as "darkly cute", with Gallagher occasionally describing her as a "perkigoth".<ref name=perkigoth>Gallagher, Fred. ''Megatokyo'' Volume 1. Dark Horse Books, 2004. Pages 90 and 154.</ref> Miho often acts strangely compared to the comic's other characters, and regularly accomplishes abnormal feats, such as leaping inhuman distances or perching herself atop telephone poles. Despite these displays of ability, it is hinted at that Miho has problems with her health. Little is revealed in the comic about Miho's past or motivations, although Gallagher states that these will eventually be explained. Largo believes that she (Miho) is the queen of the undead, and is the cause of the zombie invasion of Tokyo.<ref name=nameorigins>{{cite web|title=''Megatokyo'' Panel at Akon 13 |url=http://www.anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=196#about |access-date=July 5, 2006 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041028112909/http://www.anime-tourist.com/article.php?sid=196 |archive-date=October 28, 2004 }}</ref>  It has been hinted that she is a [[magical girl]] who may have some past connection with the zombies.  She is apparently killed in a robotic beam attack by Ed,<ref>{{cite web | title=#1124 ''sad little dead grrl'' | url=http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/1124 | access-date=November 30, 2009 | archive-date=December 7, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207010813/http://megatokyo.com/strip/1124 | url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=#1244 ''DPD: aggregat3'' | url=http://www.megatokyo.com/strip/1244 | access-date=November 30, 2009 | quote="Yes, yes, Miho is no more, I know." | archive-date=December 4, 2009 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091204124851/http://megatokyo.com/strip/1244 | url-status=live }}</ref> but nine days later is found in the hospital reading and eating with no obvious signs of physical damage.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://megatokyo.com/strip/1248 |title=1248 noclip |publisher=MegaTokyo |access-date=2010-11-23 |archive-date=January 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100114035820/http://megatokyo.com/strip/1248 |url-status=live }}</ref> More possibilities exist that she is some type of game prototype or archetype.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://megatokyo.com/strip/1271 |title=1271 few completions |publisher=MegaTokyo |access-date=2010-11-23 |archive-date=June 14, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100614101418/http://megatokyo.com/strip/1271 |url-status=live }}</ref>