Psyren



"Please save me..."

"THOSE WHO SEEK PSYREN SHALL KNOW POWER AND DESPAIR!"

Psyren begins with a focus on highschooler Ageha Yoshina, who runs a service where he will help anybody with their problems for the flat rate of 10,000 yen. One day, he answers a pay phone ringing by itself, and receives a red calling card with the word "Psyren" on it. After filling out a questionnaire over the phone, he receives another call that transports him to another world.

Here he encounters Sakurako Amamiya, a girl in his class who often misses class for very long periods of time, and Hiryuu Asaga, an old friend of his from Middle school who went to another High School. Sakurako explains that this world is Psyren, and as part of a game they must traverse the perilous landscape, avoid the monstrous creatures called Tavoo, and reach the nearest pay phone to return home.

After their first hellish trip through Psyren, Hiryuu and Ageha develop abilities called PSI from being exposed to Psyren's atmosphere. They also learn that they will have to constantly go back to Psyren until the number on their calling cards reduces to zero. From there the series escalates fast.

It was published in Weekly Shounen Jump from December 2007 to November 2010 and has been licensed by Viz Media. Volume 1 is expected to appear State-side December 2010. Also it has two light novels written for it.


 * Action Bomb -
 * Action Girl - Sakurako, and so naturally.
 * A God Am I -
 * After the End - Psyren is Japan in the future after it is destroyed by the W.I.S.E.
 * All Just a Dream - Kabuto keeps telling himself that what's happening to him is this.
 * All Your Base Are Belong to Us - Attempted in
 * Almost Kiss - Ageha and Sakurako. Thanks, Elmore kids.
 * Alternate Continuity - Every time Ageha and co. cause a significant change in the timeline, they see the results next time they enter Psyren or view the 12/2 DVD.
 * Ambiguously Brown - Kyle, Yusaka and
 * Ambiguous Gender - The W.I.S.E member Mithra.
 * And I Must Scream - The fate of Eiji Kise's victims.
 * An Ice Person - #03.
 * Anime Hair - Ageha and Hiryuu have mild forms of it, whereas Kyle looks like he's a Super-Saiyan.
 * Anticlimax -
 * Also taking the Fridge Brilliance entry below into account,
 * A more extreme example would be
 * Anti-Magic - Shao can flat-out nullify PSI as well as redirect it to his will. Usui's "Irregular Left" causes PSI to go haywire when contact is made.
 * Ageha's Melschee's Door eats PSI.
 * Melschee's Door eats EVERYTHING.
 * Anti-Villain - many of the minor villains are these. They also usually lose their status as villains shortly afterward.
 * Apocalypse How -
 * Seems like
 * Art Initiates Life - Caprico's "Creator" ability.
 * Artificial Human -
 * Arrow Catch - In the first volume Sakurako catches several fired by the Tavoo Alfred, and throws them back with near equal force.
 * Asshole Victim - No tears were shed when Junas killed.
 * Attack Its Weak Point - The Tavoo have quite visible cores called Illuminas that stop it's aging, increase psychic power, allow them to draw psychic energy from the atmosphere, increase healing rates, and make eating, drinking, and breathing unnecessary. So due to being pretty much the only thing keeping their body alive at this point, having it destroyed means death for the Tavoo.
 * The Atoner - Iba seems to be going down this route.
 * Ax Crazy -
 * Eiji Kise.
 * Badass: Kagetora, the Elmore kids, and Grana.
 * Pretty much every character in the series actually. Even Kabuto starts getting badass eventually.
 * This shonen is unique in that even The Medic characters are Badass. Healing effectively with PSI requires you to synchronize with your target's rhythm (breathing, pulse, etc.), a mindset which naturally has quite a few combat applications.
 * Badass Bookworm - Yoshina Asuka, Ageha's dad. Professional astronomer, can punch his son across the yard of Elmore Wood without blinking.
 * Badass Longcoat - Shao and Shiner.
 * Bad Future - Psyren is Japan after getting destroyed by the W.I.S.E.
 * Battle Aura - PSI. Ageha and Fredrica's Burst Stream is an advanced version of this. Shao's Shinra Banshou technique focuses entirely on this, allowing him to manipulate the Burst techniques of others.
 * Let's not forget Matsuri's
 * Battle Couple - Ageha and Sakurako, as shown in the cover art for Chapter 112
 * More recently,  have been made official.
 * Barehanded Blade Block - A variant, but Grana grabs a spire of the Tree of Life barehanded, and just seems mildly annoyed doing so.
 * Another variant Kagetora blocks a knife attack from Junas with his head.
 * Barrier Warrior - Kyle and Miyake.
 * Beam Spam - Ageha is able to Beam Spam.
 * Beware the Nice Ones - Marie, big-time.
 * Oboro and Kabuto can also fall under this.
 * BFG - Tatsuo can conjure up an anti-tank Wave Motion Gun bigger than he is.
 * Big Damn Heroes -
 * Sakurako uses a well-placed knife to save
 * is good at these, and later gets help from the rest of to save Root.
 * Grana tries to pull a You Shall Not Pass to stop Ageha from getting near Miroku?.
 * Bishounen - Oboro, Haruhiko, Junas, Miroku, Shiner, and
 * Blade Run -  manages to pull one off, triggering a fight against Junas.
 * Blood Knight - Junas, hence his quote on the Character Sheet. has shades of this, as shown here
 * Body Horror - The process in which Tavoo are born,
 * Body Snatcher -
 * Boobs of Steel -, full stop. In a slight subversion, she usually doesn't act like the most powerful one.
 * Played straight with Matsuri.
 * Bottle Fairy - We first see Matsuri arriving in on a motorcycle drunk.
 * Brainwashed -
 * Bridal Carry - Ageha has done this to Amamiya a couple of times.
 * In the Invasion arc, does this to.
 * Bring Him to Me: In chapter 61, Grana arranges to have Ageha brought to the W.I.S.E headquarters, because he's interested in his unique PSI power.
 * Bully Hunter - Ageha and Hiryuu when going to school.
 * Cast from Hit Points - Overusing Psi and/or using emotions to fuel it instead of concentration can cause brain damage for the user. The raw Melchesse's Door, Frederica's Pyrokinesis and Nova are especially prone to this.
 * Chekhov's Gun - the Siren Towers . The phone booth Quiz . The list goes on.
 * Chekhov's Gunman - Every character plays an important role in the future, even.
 * Collapsing Lair -
 * Combat Clairvoyance - One aspect of the "Menace" ability.
 * Combat Tentacles - Miyake's "Octopus" burst.
 * Combat Pragmatist - Amagi Miroku.
 * Combat Sadomasochist - Kyotada Inui
 * Convection, Schmonvection - Managed to almost be subverted when Miroku
 * Cool Big Sis - Ageha's sister Fubuki. Matsuri plays this role for Sakurako.
 * Cooldown Hug - Ageha does this to when she goes berserk after he tells her he wants  back. Knowing she wants to kill him, he knocks her out and uses Melchsee's  to continue is other fight.
 * Of the
 * Crazy Prepared - Dholaki and Shiner's ambush.
 * Creepy Child - Riko. Somebody get this girl to a shrink, stat. Sakurako has some issues, but wasn't like this in the past.
 * Curb Stomp Battle - Dholaki vs
 * Also and.
 * Chapter 121 has
 * delivers one to Vigo.
 * Sakurako delivers a very satisfying one to  Might be unfair since
 * Cut Short - The manga had to end much sooner than expected due to low ratings in WSJ. It managed to finish it's main storyline It is very obvious that much had to be left out to somehow reach the ending on time.
 * Cute Shotaro Boy - Van
 * Dark Is Not Evil - . Crazy? Yes. Violent? Also yes. Homicidal? Well her obsession/love of Ageha holds her back from killing.
 * Also Ageha's Black Burst. This aspect is taken to an extreme with Ageha's . At least we hope not.
 * Dark-Skinned Blond - Kyle is the rare male version, though his hair is more white than blond.
 * Deadly Upgrade -
 * Debut Queue -
 * Defeat Means Friendship -
 * Defrosting Ice Queen - This was Sakurako's nickname back in High School when she was traveling to Psyren on her own. Ever since Ageha and the others joined her, she has slowly been melting.
 * Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu? - You often have weaker characters tearing more powerful people new ones. Sakurako managed to cause some actual damage to Shiner and force him to retreat at one point. Haruhiko is a Heavyweight Champion Eldritch Boxer, having inflicted major blows against Kagetora as well as.
 * Disappeared Dad - Ageha's situation seemed this way for the longest time, but he appears eventually.
 * Distress Ball -
 * Also when considering
 * The Dragon - Junas to Miroku and Miyake to Usui.
 * Dragon with an Agenda -, but the latter only served as a guide for the most part, whereas the former was more of an active leader...until their goals conflicted.
 * Driven to Suicide -
 * Earn Your Happy Ending - Jesus Christ, poor kids just can't get a break...
 * Eldritch Abomination - There are implications that  has shades of this.
 * Don't let Oboro near any Tavoo.
 * Emergency Transformation -
 * Enemy Within - has one of these, seeking to take control of the body after their memories disappear forever.
 * Energy Beings -.
 * Epic Flail - The Scourge Nekka fights with a chain weapon.
 * - The final trip to Psyren concludes with.
 * Evil Costume Switch -
 * Extranormal Institute - Elmore Tenjiun's home is an orphange specifically for Psychicer children to help them harness their powers.
 * Everything Fades - Anything that dies in Psyren dissolves into dust afterwards. So do Drifters who Nemesis Q kills outside of Psyren for trying to divulge his secrets.
 * Evil All Along -
 * Evil Twin -
 * Eyepatch of Power - Star Commander No. 1 Grana as well as Amagi Miroku when first seen. He abandons the patch later on.
 * Eye Scream - Why Grana has the Eyepatch of Power..
 * The Faceless - Odo of the scourge wears a face concealing mask.
 * Fan Nickname - Q-chan for Nemesis Q
 * Also Chibi Q and.
 * Recent developments have given birth to.
 * Mostly in the Japanese Fandom the term Ageharem/Ageharemu due to the Magnetic Hero qualities Ageha has. Made up of both sexes.
 * The mangas placement in TOC-rankings coined the term "Psyrening" for a manga that frequently jumps around between high and low positions.
 * Fan Service - Very rarely, but can there be any other reason to have a cover with Sakurako, Marie, and Fredrica wearing what is arguable lingerie, but certainly enticing none the less.
 * Five-Bad Band
 * W.I.S.E. Starship Commanders
 * Big Bad - Grana
 * The Dragon - Junas
 * Enigmatic Minion - Shiner
 * Evil Genius - Caprico
 * The Brute - Dholaki
 * Five-Man Band - Both the main group and Elmore's kids fall into this trope.
 * Ageha's Group
 * The Hero - Ageha
 * The Lancer - Sakurako
 * The Smart Guy - Kabuto
 * The Big Guy - Hiryuu (of the Genius Bruiser flavor, is sometimes The Lancer early on as well)
 * The Chick - Oboro (also The Medic).
 * The Sixth Rangers -
 * Elmore's Kids
 * The Hero - Fredrica
 * The Lancer / The Smart Guy - Shao
 * The Big Guy - Kyle
 * The Chick - Marie (
 * The Medic /TheQuietOne - Van
 * The Sixth Ranger - Ageha
 * Fling a Light Into the Future - Played with. The various players are brought to the future, but the goalisn't to save the future
 * Friendship Moment- Haruhiko and Lan..
 * Future Badass -
 * Gambit Roulette -
 * Nemesis Q tops this. The entire goal of Psyren? . Although, granted, all the different iterations of Psyren were needed to
 * Gender Blender Name - Ageha's dad's name is Asuka.
 * Giant Flyer - Hiryuu's complete Dragon.
 * Girl with Psycho Weapon - Mind Jack: Insanity Size.
 * God Guise - one of the remaining groups worships, who they believe to be the reincarnation of the Emperor.
 * Good Thing You Can Heal - Subverted. Characters with Healing Hands can only use the power on other people.
 * Played straight with any Tavoo and then Up to Eleven with Amagi Miroku, who survives
 * Go Out with a Smile- is a rare villainous example.
 * Government Conspiracy -
 * Gravity Master - Asuka's power, Astral Space
 * Healing Factor - One part of the "Rise" power increases regeneration. Kagetora is an extreme example.
 * Healing Hands - Oboro, Van, Ian. Direct contact makes it stronger, making it closer to Intimate Healing.
 * Heel Face Turn -
 * Heroic Sacrifice -
 * He's Back -
 * Hope Spot - There are many in the invasion on the :
 * Or not.
 * Hot Dad - Ageha's father
 * Humanoid Abomination -
 * Ho Yay - Has its own page.
 * I Did What I Had to Do - Iba's justification for was he couldn't bear seeing him in pain so much day to day, and he didn't realize what was going to happen as a result.
 * "I Know You're in There Somewhere" Fight -
 * Hypocritical Heartwarming - Fredrica invokes this when she goes berserk when someone other than herself makes Marie cry.
 * Inui claims he's the only one allowed to hurt his brother Saburou.
 * I Know Your True Name - Shao's Trance-aligned abilities take a form of this, where he's able to see who a person really is on the inside, whether it be a starry sky (that is, Ageha) or something far more terrifying, like THIS.
 * I Take Offense to That Last One: Ch. 82 - "I'll talk with you later, you bald idiot." "WHO'S BALD?!!"
 * Improbable Weapon User - The Scourge Ash appears to use coins.
 * Inconvenient Summons
 * Intimate Healing - Cure users are more effective with physical contact, and according to Ian they have to be able to open up to people.
 * It's a Small World After All - First with Ageha getting involved with Psyren when Sakurako was already a contender, then later when he finds out another of their old classmates (Hiryuu, who was also one of the few survivors of the "first" round) also made it to Psyren at the same time.
 * It's Personal - Dholaki with Ageha
 * Jerkass Facade - Fredrica
 * Kabbalah - Miroku's powers appear to have been named after the ten Sephirots of the Tree of Life.
 * Kansai Regional Accent - Fredrica speaks in one when she loses her temper.
 * Katanas Are Just Better - being stronger with Rise and Trance as opposed to Burst, Sakurako keeps a katana with her whenever she enters Psyren.
 * Kick the Dog - the DVD found in Psyren and the end of the Rescue Kagetora mini-arc
 * Whenever Usui steals a card, he uses his Trance power to render them braindead.
 * Upon being discovered by Lan, Junas simply says, "the normal act is over", and proceeds to kill the volunteers who were helping move out the Harukaze orphanage.
 * To get Grana's attention, Amagi Miroku decides to sprout a Tree of Life in the middle of a highway, killing several people.
 * asks The Mole to give his dying message to Amagi Miroku, is given the answer post-mortem, basically being told "Fuck that".
 * - Not the series itself, but all timelines no matter what will end with unless the Drifters stop Miroku in the present. We see this happening at the conclusion of the final trip to Psyren.
 * Kill It with Fire - Fredrica's power. At her strongest she can create a blast of fire so large it is mistaken for a tsunami by the person being targeted. Kill it with fire indeed.
 * Kill Sat - "Nichirin Tentsui". Ouch.
 * Knife Nut - Junas in the present time.
 * Kuudere - Sakurako. She hardened herself so much when she started going to Psyren, . Ever since Ageha answered her plea to save her, she's been opening up more and more.
 * La Résistance - the Psyren Drifters, the latter probably fitting better.
 * Last Kiss -
 * Lightning Bruiser - Kyle and Kagetora. When they fight, most people can't see what's going on.
 * Light Is Not Good - Grana, who's nickname is Ashura of the Heavens. He's one of the bad guys. Kind of.
 * Amagi is a much straighter example; his Bursts all glow white, and his Tree of Life is not nearly as benign as it sounds.
 * Loads and Loads of Characters - Two groups of antagonists, three groups of protagonists, and a few who don't fall in either group. Over 30 characters so far.
 * Love Triangle - Both Kagetora and Ian have proposed to Matsuri several times and been turned down.
 * Love Dodecahedron - Sakurako and Marie love Ageha, who  and is oblivious to the latter. Shao loves Marie, who is also unaware, while Frederica and  have some Les Yay tendencies toward Marie (who even has her own Stalker with a Crush, Vigo). On top of that, Kabuto has a thing for both Frederica and Sakurako, and Oboro is really Ho Yay for Ageha. Did I miss anyone?
 * Ludicrous Gibs - most "psycho" villains, like Eiji Kise/Vigo, and have a fascination with this. Crosses with Bloody Hilarious.
 * Luminescent Blush - Sakurako upon realizing she spilled out all of her feelings to Ageha, despite the facade she's built up for so long of imperviousness. Ageha gets one too upon remembering his response, both of which become full red faces.
 * Mad Artist - Eiji Kise sees himself as an artist. Everyone else sees him as an insane killer.
 * Made of Iron - Kagetora. Oh God Kagetora. He gets struck by lighting at point blank twice, is tortured, has a building fall on him, and still makes it out rather fine. He even gets stabbed in the forehead, and stops it from penetrating his skull with Rise against another Rise specialist. Hiryuu gains this title as well after
 * Magnetic Villain - Amagi Miroku, as we are seeing currently, with him putting the W.I.S.E. together. Shao's description of Ageha as "a starry sky, with the stars getting more and more numerous" could imply how he pulls allies left and right, making him a played-straight Magnetic Hero.
 * Major Injury Underreaction -, courtesy of is stabbed through the chest and abdomen. They don't even flinch.
 * #03/Uranus gets one arm completely blown of by Frederica and calmly compliments the strength of her attack.
 * Marshmallow Hell -
 * Master of Illusion - Sakurako's Insanity Size mindjack allows her to trap whoever breaks it in the illusion.
 * Mass Teleportation - Shiner's Hexagonal Transfer System and Lan's Trick Room.
 * Meaningful Name - Ageha is Japanese for a type of butterfly. This is most likely a reference to the Butterfly of Doom effect. Additionally you have Hiryuu, with his dragon-related attacks.
 * The Medic - Oboro, Van, and Ian. Hugging makes everything better.
 * Meganekko - Sakurako
 * Mental World - has one, where a strange creature named "Yoyo" resides that claims to be the source of his powers.
 * Miniature Senior Citizens - Elmore Tenjiun
 * The Mole -.
 * Moment Killer - the Elmore Kids spying on Ageha and Sakurako when they're about to kiss.
 * My Death Is Just the Beginning -
 * My God, What Have I Done? - Koichi Iba's regrets over the experiments carried out at Grigori. Mainly because his ass is on the line, but also out of sympathy for the kids.
 * Naked First Impression - Amagi Miroku, to.
 * Names to Run Away From Really Fast - Nemesis Q.
 * Neck Snap - does this to
 * Neural Implanting - Mundanes who work with Psychicers (namely Grigori researchers) have these, making them immune to Trance..
 * Never Bring a Knife to A Fist Fight: Kagetora demonstrates this trope to Junas, who uses his PSI powers in combination with a knife.
 * Next Sunday A.D. - The storyline takes place around 2008-2009. Psyren however, is located After the End.
 * Newspaper Dating -
 * Nice Hat - Junas and Fredrica.
 * Nice Girl - Marie
 * Nice Job Breaking It, Hero - Villainous version
 * Non-Action Guy - Kabuto.
 * No Ontological Inertia - One of the key tools for determining how much the Drifters changed the future was a DVD of Miroku's Declaration. Once they start making serious timeline changes, the DVD's contents vanish entirely.
 * Not Quite Dead -.
 * Not So Different- Yusaka sees incredible similarities between Ageha and Miroku.
 * Official Couple - Ageha and Sakurako.
 * Oh Crap - The reaction to
 * Also  reaction to
 * Older Than They Look - Ageha's Dad Asuka looks maybe a year or two older than Ageha himself.
 * Even.
 * One-Hit Kill - does this to
 * Only a Flesh Wound - at first this trope appears averted when Sakurako gets shot, but then it's played straight when.
 * Only Six Faces
 * Organic Technology - In the future W.I.S.E use living machinery powered by Illumina. How it came about is the subject of some wild mass guessing.
 * Otaku - Kasukabe
 * Out of Focus - Understandable with such a huge cast, but 3 of the 5 main drifters suffer from pretty severe cases of this. The arcs in the present focus almost entirely on Ageha and Non-Drifters, while in the beginning of the fourth drift everyone except Ageha and Sakurako was put out of action for a varying amount of time.
 * The most glaring example has to be Hiryu: He was introduced early on as a childhood friend of the two main characters and was easily a main character himself in the first two drifts, but he only played relatively minor roles after that, was completely absent after the beginning of fourth drift and only plays a supporting role after returning in the fifth.
 * Pay Phone - In the Psyren world, they are used as gateways back to the present.
 * People Jars -
 * Personality Powers - An aspect of several every character's PSI powers, but seen most in the Elmore Kids, Kabuto and Sakurako.
 * Pettanko - Fredrica and Sakurako.
 * Place of Power - Psyren's atmosphere grants psychic powers to those who breathe it in, and amplifies the powers of those with powers in it. The Tavoo cores take advantage of this and can actually use the psychic energy in the air as nourishment.
 * The Plague -.
 * Power of Love - Chapters 121 and 122 reveal  to be a firm believer in this.
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner - Ageha delivers an absolutely beautiful one to Miroku as they face down in Psyren.
 * One-Hit Kill - does this to
 * Only a Flesh Wound - at first this trope appears averted when Sakurako gets shot, but then it's played straight when.
 * Only Six Faces
 * Organic Technology - In the future W.I.S.E use living machinery powered by Illumina. How it came about is the subject of some wild mass guessing.
 * Otaku - Kasukabe
 * Out of Focus - Understandable with such a huge cast, but 3 of the 5 main drifters suffer from pretty severe cases of this. The arcs in the present focus almost entirely on Ageha and Non-Drifters, while in the beginning of the fourth drift everyone except Ageha and Sakurako was put out of action for a varying amount of time.
 * The most glaring example has to be Hiryu: He was introduced early on as a childhood friend of the two main characters and was easily a main character himself in the first two drifts, but he only played relatively minor roles after that, was completely absent after the beginning of fourth drift and only plays a supporting role after returning in the fifth.
 * Pay Phone - In the Psyren world, they are used as gateways back to the present.
 * People Jars -
 * Personality Powers - An aspect of several every character's PSI powers, but seen most in the Elmore Kids, Kabuto and Sakurako.
 * Pettanko - Fredrica and Sakurako.
 * Place of Power - Psyren's atmosphere grants psychic powers to those who breathe it in, and amplifies the powers of those with powers in it. The Tavoo cores take advantage of this and can actually use the psychic energy in the air as nourishment.
 * The Plague -.
 * Power of Love - Chapters 121 and 122 reveal  to be a firm believer in this.
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner - Ageha delivers an absolutely beautiful one to Miroku as they face down in Psyren.
 * Pre-Ass-Kicking One-Liner - Ageha delivers an absolutely beautiful one to Miroku as they face down in Psyren.


 * Promotion to Parent - Fubuki, mainly because their father is a workaholic.
 * Psychic Nosebleed - the first thing that happens when a Drifter's powers activate
 * Psychic Powers - The main weapon of the Drifters of Psyren. Is very well-organized, and all abilities are divided into three categories. Burst is the manipulation of the environment and objects. Rise is the manipulation of the body to raise speed, senses, healing rate, and physical strength. Trance is the manipulation of the mind, like telepathy and illusion. Healing is done by combining Burst and Rise, and Visions occur by combining Rise (Sense) and Trance. The latter two are only usable by a small amount of people, with Kabuto being the only Visions user.
 * Power Incontinence - Ageha, until he learns how to better harness it from Elmore's Kids. Fredrica has fits of it every now and then when she loses her temper.
 * Power Limiter - Burst Stream is a PSI technique that distributes the pressure of using Psychic abilities around the Psychicer. It weakens the PSI technique significantly, but allows for better control. Ageha, Shao, and Fredrica need to use this in order to control their emotion-based powers that would otherwise work hell on their brains and probably kill them.
 * Power Nullifier - Haruhiko's Shotgun Bolt and White Shock will temporarily prevent a person from using PSI.
 * Power Perversion Potential: Amamiya's new ability to
 * Psychic Static - It is possible through surgery to make oneself immune to Trance. This is essential for people who work with Psychicers who aren't empowered themselves, so they can't get mind-jacked or probed.
 * Quirky Miniboss Squad - Amakusa's Brain Beasts. Possibly the W.I.S.E. themselves.
 * Junas' underlings, The Scourge definately qualify for this.
 * Rage Against the Mentor -
 * Rain of Blood - . Crowbar. Mooks. Not pretty.
 * Red Eyes, Take Warning - Yusaka,
 * Red Shirt - Most of each new crop of Drifters, especially those who ignore Sakurako.
 * Engineer Exploited For Evil - Kasukabe
 * Rescue Arc - The Kagetora rescue mission and the Usui arc
 * Ripple-Effect-Proof Memory - Averted. The second time that Ageha and co. meet in the future, they remember everything differently from what we saw. They note that it's weird that Ageha doesn't remember.
 * Scary Shiny Glasses - Yoshina Asuka, though possibly more realistically it was only one lens, meaning the light came from an angle.
 * Screw Destiny - The whole point of the manga. They're screwing it bit by bit.
 * Serial Killer - Eiji Kise.
 * Sexy Silhouette - Sakurako gets one in the fourth trip to Psyren when she needed to change clothes and talk to Ageha at the same time. Well at least she decided to do that all at once.
 * Shaggy Dog Story - No, not the series itself. Yet.
 * Ship Sinking - Ian marrying smashed the love triangle between Matsuri, Ian, and Kagetora with a nuke. It could be argued that Masturi and Kagetora kissing before  sunk it far earlier.
 * There has been a lot of development for Ageha/Sakurako recently, including a mutual declaration of love. There goes Ageha/Marie, Ageha/Oboro and Kabuto/Sakurako, though neither stood much of a chance.
 * Shock and Awe - Haruhiko's aptly named "Shocker" and "Shotgun bolt" attacks.
 * Shut UP, Hannibal - Ageha does one to Inui, dismissing his whole "Pain"-philosophy, and later to Miroku, basically saying that if Miroku is following the path he thinks is right, he will follow his own path he thinks is right, so just shut up and fight.
 * Signature Move - This being shonen action, a lot of characters have this.
 * Let's make a list: Melchesse's Lance (Ageha), Wired Mind Jack (Amamiya), Dragon's Tail (Hiryu), Pyro Queen (Frederica), Material High (Kyle), Sepiroth "Gevurah" (Miroku), Nichirin "Tentsui" (Grana), Explosia (Dholaki), Shotgun Bolt (Haruhiko), Trick Room (Lan)...
 * Sleep Cute - Ageha and Oboro
 * Spider Sense - Kabuto's power "Menace".
 * To a lesser degree the whole "Sense" power in general.
 * Split Personality Takeover - When Amamiya is shot
 * Spy Catsuit - Matsuri dons one in Chapter 100, with generous cleavage showing. Ageha wears one too, but that was really Matsuri's chapter.
 * Stalker with a Crush - Vigo during the invasion arc.
 * The Starscream - tried being this to, but died before getting the chance.
 * Stepford Smiler - Shiner. He gets a bit scary when he stops smiling.
 * Storming the Castle - The Grigori Facility mini-arc and the Rescue Marie arc.
 * Sunglasses at Night - Matsuri and Ageha again, in their Spy Catsuits.
 * Super-Powered Evil Side -.
 * Super Speed - "Rise" uses PSI to physically boost the body's strength, speed, and endurance. Almost all PSI users have some elements of this, but Oboro can move so fast that on his first try with Rise, Kagetora couldn't see him move. Arguably Kyle and Kagetora are the greatest example of this though.
 * Super Senses - The "Sense" category of "Rise", naturally. Kabuto seems to be especially adept in this, even before his powers awakened.
 * Super Strength - "Rise" also boosts raw physical power. The greatest examples are arguably Kagetora, Grana and Hiryu.
 * Superpower Lottery - Training plays an important role, but some people's natural inclinations make them overall stronger than others. You generally have three categories of Lottery Winners. People capable of using Nova (, which is obtained through serious training, but even some very strong characters can't use it), anybody who is a Grigori (Most of the W.I.S.E. and Nemesis Q, though getting that power wasn't pretty), and those who just have insane power combinations or are proficient with all types of PSI (Shao, Matsuri, Kabuto, Sakurako again, Nemesis Q again).
 * Super Mode:.
 * Sweet Tooth - Van. In the Tankoubon notes, Sakurako has a mild one, especially with strawberries.
 * Sword Beam - Junas, though he's able to do so with any bladed weapon really.
 * Tap on the Head -
 * Tear Jerker - Ian in chapter 70.
 * Chapter 102.
 * Chapter 102.


 * Chapter 124
 * Technopath: Kasukabe's ability.
 * Teleport Spam - Shiner's favored method of combat. He uses it to dodge attacks,, as well as . Later on he uses Teleportation to rip out a chunk of space from this dimension, attempting to leave everybody else in it stranded.
 * Thanatos Gambit - several pulled off at the end. attempt one to thwart Mithra.
 * A second one sees
 * The Glasses Come Off - When Kagetora fights Junas, his trademark sunglasses come off, showing he's absolutely serious and in his own words "killing may be a necessity now"
 * "The Reason You Suck" Speech - 07 has delivered two to Miroku. Once when she refused to join him after their escape from Grigori, and once when they meet again in Psyren.
 * There Is No Kill Like Overkill - Fredrica operates on this philosophy. It won't burn? MAKE MORE FIRE! Still not burning? MAKE IT HOTTER! Still won't burn? Repeat steps 1 and 2 repeatedly.
 * This Is My Story - Ageha does this upon meeting Miroku in the present after.
 * Transporters and Teleporters - Again, Lan and Shiner, though Lan's is better suited for this.
 * Time Travel - One of Nemesis Q's PSI ability.
 * Tin Man - All Grigori subjects are supposedly unable to feel emotion. However, from their actions you wouldn't be able to tell. Grana seems to have fully developed them, or at least can emulate emotions perfectly.
 * Tokyo Is the Center of the Universe - It also seems to be the center of W.I.S.E. attacks.
 * Too Dumb to Live - If somebody says they have been here before, listen to them.
 * Took a Level in Badass - As of chapter 118,.
 * Tranquil Fury -  displays this when he.
 * Unflinching Walk -  does during their fight with Ash. Inverted slightly due to walking through/past the explosions rather than from them.
 * Vampire Detective Series - In universe example, according to the Tankoubon notes Oboro starred in "Vampire Detective Cross Ice", a television series.
 * Victorious Childhood Friend - The plot rarely reminds you that Ageha and Amamiya are childhood friends. It still happened between them nonetheless.
 * The Voiceless - Van only says a few things in French
 * Nemesis Q is also not very talkative -
 * Unlikely Hero: Before he was first called by Nemesis Q, Ageha was simply an athletic high school student that was willing to help people in need (for the right price.)
 * Waif Prophet - Mithra.
 * Wall Slump
 * Wax Museum Morgue - It's revealed in a flashback that Eiji Kise had a sculpture variant of this.
 * Wham! Episode - The three biggest so far would probably be, Chapter 64, , and Chapter 140, where.
 * What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic - Once the future begins looking really murky and uncertain, the DVD disappears, symbolizing nothing is set in stone anymore.
 * Kasukabe notes that if he and Tatsuo go too close to the sun, the effects of the membrane won't work and they'll die because of their Illuminas Forges. This is (perhaps unintentionally) very similar to the myth of Icarus and Daedelus.
 * Worf Barrage - Ageha's main power "Melchesse's Door" and specifically the "Lance"-version of it are described as an almost unstoppable power that homes in on PSI and just devours it (and everything nearby). While it really serves as an One-Hit Kill early on, starting with  it just gets overpowered or deflected by most of it's targets. The same is true for the "Sphere" which was an effective shield on it's first use, but later got easily shattered by.
 * The Worf Effect - Grana gets Worfed by Grigori 03 after just losing a fight to Miroku. The latter doesn't really apply since Miroku was solidly established as the Big Bad before. A more recent example has losing to Junas in one chapter.
 * Hiryu's main contribution to most major battles seems to be taking hits and getting almost killed, despite him being very strong and talented with PSI.
 * X Meets Y - Gilgamesh meets Gantz more or less.
 * This one felt it was more like Dragon Ball meets Chrono Trigger
 * Yandere -
 * Miroku has these tendencies towards.
 * Year Inside, Hour Outside - An application of Yoshina Asuka's gravity powers.
 * You Are Number Six - The Grigori research facility, rather than name their subjects, dehumanizes them by giving them numbers. So far the following have been accounted for- Grigori 01, Grigori 03 , Grigori 05 , Grigori 06 , and Grigori 07.
 * You Can't Fight Fate -
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair - Sakurako and Ageha..
 * You Shall Not Pass -
 * Zettai Ryouiki - Amamiya Sakurako.
 * You Gotta Have Blue Hair - Sakurako and Ageha..
 * You Shall Not Pass -
 * Zettai Ryouiki - Amamiya Sakurako.
 * Zettai Ryouiki - Amamiya Sakurako.