Yohko is a lively 16 year old  girl who is more concerned  about  getting
    a boyfriend than  fighting any demons or such. Unfortunately  for Yohko,
    things don't quite  work out that way.  For many generations  the women
    of the Mano family have  protected the earth from many devils who seek
    to enter  this  world, and it  just  so  happens that  Yohko is  next  in  line!
    While  having a destiny of fighting the minions of the underworld  would
    be  pretty  stressful for most people,  Yohko continues to try to go about
    her  daily  life.  Yohko  has  a  tendency  to  oversleep,  goes  crazy  over
    any guy who is "slightly better  than average looking",  and is 158cm tall.

   Azusa is from a remote village in the mountains
   where there are quite a few relatives of the Mano
   family.  Azusa is sent to the Mano  household in
   order to  be  trained in the  ways of devil  hunting.
   She acts mainly as Yohko's  sidekick, and while
   not as adept at fighting as Yohko, she  does put
   a  lot  of  effort  into  helping.    To  Yohko's  relief,
   Azusa gets stuck doing a lot of the menial chores
   (but  not  all)  that  she  had  to  do. Azusa  is  very
   kind hearted and looks up to  Yohko (145 cm tall).

    Like  many older  people,  Madoka is very entrenched  in the  traditions 
    of  her  family.  While  Madoka  is rather  harsh on  her  granddaughter 
    Yohko  sometimes,  she  does  after  all, have  her  best  interests  at 
    heart.  Madoka  has a  very  "strong"  personality  and  still has a  lot of 
    vitality  despite  being older (and rarely acts her age  unless it gets her 
    out of chores).  She also is very displeased with her  daughter Sayoko 
    who  she  considers  to be an airhead  and  a  floozy,  to  put  it  nicely, 
    and the two are constantly  fighting.  Madoka is still very adept at devil 
    hunting  (although  not  as   good  as  she  used  to  be), and  is  very 
    knowledgable   about   the  family  history   and  many   supernatural 
    happenings:  knowledge  which   she  hopes  to  pass  on  to  Yohko.

    Although most people wouldn't know what to think about 
    Yohko's   unusual   "job",   Chi   decices   to  self  appoint 
    herself  as Yohko's  PR agent  /  manager.  Although they 
    are   best   friends,   Chi   still  thinks  Yohko  is  a  tad  bit 
    "out there"  when it  comes  to guys.  Chi  also  seems to 
    have  an  extensive  information  gathering  network, and 
    tends to know about most of the happenings  around the 
    school.  Which  usually  comes in handy on giving Yohko 
    information on her latest crush.

    Sayoko is Yohko's mother, and was supposed to become 
    the next devil hunter, but got pregnant with Yohko first (you 
    have to be a virgin  before you can become a devil hunter).  
    Madoka  is very  unhappy with her  daughter, and  tends to 
    argue  with  Sayoko  all  the  time, and  often  eludes to her 
    being  a moron (among  other  things),  which isn't  helped 
    out   by  the  fact  that  Sayoko  is  indeed  rather  dense  at 
    times,  and  tends  to  "get  around".  Sayoko  for  the  most 
    part   is   not   involved   with   the   Mano   family  traditions, 
    and  has  pretty  much  nothing  to  do  with  Devil  Hunting. 
    And  so  devil  hunting  fell  to  the  next  generation...