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Kinji Touyama is no [[Ordinary High School Student|ordinary high school sophomore]]. Whenever he is "stimulated" by events around him, he switches into a sort of [[Super Mode]] called "Hysteria Savant Syndrome", shortened as "HSS" or also called "Hysteria Mode". Kinji attends Butei High School, a paramilitary academy specializing in assault, reconnaissance, escort, etc. -- specifically, the offensive-oriented Assault Section. However, thanks to a certain incident, Kinji demoted himself to the more rear-line Inquesta Section and is planning on quitting Butei High altogether. One day, however, he narrowly falls victim to a serial bomber called the "Butei Killer", and his life is thrown into a shock again, with the entrance of one of Assault Section's top students, the diminutive Aria H. Kanzaki.

 

 

 

'''Note: Spoilers for both the light novel and the anime are here!'''

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* [[Absurdly Sharp Blade]]: Shirayuki's sword is pretty sharp due to it being made with a special metal.

* [[Actor Allusion]]: [[Rie Kugimiya|Aria]] screams "[[Shakugan no Shana|Urusai!]]" ("Shut up!") a lot.

* [[Academy of Adventure]]: Butei High, naturally.

* [[The Ace]]: Aria. She can be a one-girl assault team, able to handle any situation with nary a sweat, catch any criminal, so on and so forth... but [[Lethal Chef|can't cook]].

* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Aria has some British heritage in her, which is why she has a middle name.

* [[Catch Phrase]]

'''Reki:''' "I am a single bullet. It has no heart. Therefore, it does not think. It just flies straight towards its target." }}

* [[Cat Smile]]: Riko tends to display one.

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: {{spoiler|Jeanne and Riko.}}

* [[Defrosting Ice Queen]]: By the end of her visit Kinji managed to turn Konayuki (Shirayuki's [[Annoying Younger Sibling|Annoying Younger Stepsister]]) from a man-hating Butei to another potential love interest. He even managed to make {{spoiler|Reki}} smile, if just for a moment. Now all these would be a good thing, except he has a [[Tsundere]] and a [[Yandere]] ([[Don't Explain the Joke|Aria and Shirayuki, respectively]]) to worry about.

* [[Did Not Do the Research]]: Currently in the light novels Kinji wields a Desert Eagle he inherited from his father, however the only draw back is that because of the recoil he can only use it in Hysteria Mode, which is odd because the Desert Eagle is known for it's extremely light recoil due to the fact that the gun's weight compensates for the force and energy from the bullet leaving the gun.

** Potentially justified by the fact that Kinji's father was an "Armed Prosecutor", one of the few occupations with a license to kill, and it's implied that they are sent against target as dangerous as (or even more so than) Kinji in Hysteria Mode. So it's rather doubtful that a normal Desert Eagle could be used as an accurate benchmark for that particular one.

* [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]]: A rare heartwarming twist on this trope: When Kinji and Aria helped {{spoiler|Riko}} defeat {{spoiler|Dracula}}, hence reclaiming her freedom and dignity, she was clearly filled with love and gratitude for both of them. After a moment, her professional pride in her {{spoiler|Lupin}} heritage returned, forcing her to recompose herself and declare her rivalry towards them anew; albeit one built on respect rather than hatred this time.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Aria. {{spoiler|Riko apparently can too.}}

** Though, for {{spoiler|Riko}}, it's technically {{spoiler|[[Up to Eleven|Quad Wielding]]}}

* [[Exactly What I Aimed At]]: Reki doesn't miss. Even "miss shots" are deliberate (like that one time she managed to ''tame'' Haimaki with a bullet grazing through its back).

* [[Expressive Hair]]: Aria's [[Idiot Hair]].

*** Teenage girl, pale green hair, [[Emotionless Girl]] behaviour, significant backstory arc to explain this (in the novels); she's very close to being a real [[Rei Ayanami Expy]].

** Jeanne d'Arc the 30th's armor, sword and hairstyle may as well make her a silver-haired, French version of [[Fate/stay night|Saber Lily]] -- with [[Ayako Kawasumi|the same voice actress]] to boot, to near-[[Casting Gag]] levels.

* [[Japanese Christian]]: {{spoiler|Kinji's not-so-dead older brother Kinichi/Kana is apparently one, as he/she quotes verses from [[The Bible]] regularly.}}

* [[The Jimmy Hart Version]]: Carl Orff's legendary "[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FWiyKgeGWx0 O Fortuna]" movement from his cantata "Carmina Burana" in episode 6, after Kinji opens a drawer brought in by Shirayuki when she moved in with Kinji and Aria.

'''Kinji:''' "There are... and they're hazardous to ''me''." }}

* [[Joshikousei]]: They wear sailor uniforms while wielding their guns and swords.

* [[Magnetic Hero]]: Even without Hysteria Mode, Kinji pretty much got the entire Assault Side (boys and girls alike) admiring him. That, in addition to [[Chick Magnet|attracting]] [[Action Girl|a different sort of followers]].

* [[The Magnificent]]: Kinji, being a [[Badass]] [[Magnetic Hero]], has quite a lot of titles:

{{spoiler|'''Kinichi/Kana'''}}''':''' "My little brother whom I've always loved" }}

* [[Male Gaze]]: All over the place. In particular, there are a ''lot'' of shots of Aria at just around [[Zettai Ryouiki|the waistline]], though they're often preludes to her drawing the [[Guns Akimbo|dual pistols]] holstered there.

** And her clan too, who are [[Badass]] Miko.

* [[Miss Conception]]: Aria thinks kissing leads to pregnancy -- {{spoiler|while trying to explain to Shirayuki why she and Kinji kissed}}.

{{spoiler|'''Kinji:''' "Obviously not!"}} }}

* [[Mistaken Message]]: Jeanne sends Kinji a letter with offical seal and such. Gouki and Ryou think it's a love letter. {{spoiler|Turns out its a challenge.}}

* [[Supreme Chef]]: Shirayuki can really cook. And not just your average meals we're talking sashimi, chinese, and turning left overs in the best late night meals. And she's supposed to be the Ojou.

* [[Suspiciously Specific Denial]]: Kinji makes a comment about his "Dress Scan" ability in the third volume.

** To a lesser extent, everytime Aria calls Kinji her slave when someone tries to take him away from her.

* [[Super Reflexes]]: Another of Kinji's HSS abilities. {{spoiler|He can [[Barehanded Blade Block|stop Jeanne's blade with two fingers]], slice Riko's bullet in half mid-flight, and dodge a 7.62mm rifle round at point blank.}}

** Reki ([[Cold Sniper|Long-Range Support]])

** Hina Fuuma ([[Highly-Visible Ninja|Reconnaissance/Distraction]])

** {{spoiler|Jeanne d'Arc the 30th ([[The Smart Guy|Tactical Planning]]/[[An Ice Person|Ice-Elemental Combat]])}}

** {{spoiler|Elle Watson ([[The Medic|Medical Support]])}}

** Misaki Nakasorachi ([[Mission Control|Field Coordinator]])

* [[Turn Out Like His Father]]: Subverted Kinji does not want to become this, but circumstances might say otherwise. An example of such is his upgrade to carrying a Desert Eagle Magnum, a .50 handgun his father used during his days as "armed prosecutor".

* [[Ungrateful Bastard]]: {{spoiler|Kinichi was (supposedly) killed saving average citizens from a sinking ship. However, instead of treating him like the hero he was, because they didn't want to be sued, the company that owned the ship said the sinking was mainly Kinichi's fault, and that he was a horrible Butei, forcing Kinji to mull leaving Butei; fortunately for him Aria's presence changed his mind.}}

* [[Unobtanium]]: Irokane, a rare magical metal everyone is fighting over.

 

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