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{{quote| ''My name is Chrono. I'm what you humans call a demon.''}}

''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is a [[Manga]] started in 1998 by Daisuke Moriyama, which was later adapted into a 2003 [[Anime]] by Gonzo. The series was originally known as ''[[Chrno Crusade]]'' in Japan due to a typo (or so Moriyama says), but in a recent reissue of the volumes of the manga the missing "O" was restored to the title [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/BrightBlueInk/news_large_chrono02.jpg and highlighted by a flame on it to make sure it's noticeable.] Both the manga and the anime were licensed by [[ADV Films]] in the US; Section 23, one of the company that came out of the ashes of ADV, had the distribution rights to the anime until late 2010 when [[~~FU Nimation~~]] acquired the distribution rights. The manga is currently unlicensed and out-of-print since their manga branch has been completely dissolved. (So if you want to read this series and see the copies for sale somewhere, snatch them up. Or read a scanlation, but I didn't tell you that.) Section 23 has licensed the broadcast rights to the anime to [[Manga Entertainment]], who is currently airing it on [[Sy Fy]]'s Tuesday night Anime block alongside [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] .

''[[Chrono Crusade]]'' is a [[Manga]] started in 1998 by Daisuke Moriyama, which was later adapted into a 2003 [[Anime]] by Gonzo. The series was originally known as ''[[Chrno Crusade]]'' in Japan due to a typo (or so Moriyama says), but in a recent reissue of the volumes of the manga the missing "O" was restored to the title [http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v43/BrightBlueInk/news_large_chrono02.jpg and highlighted by a flame on it to make sure it's noticeable.] Both the manga and the anime were licensed by [[ADV Films]] in the US; Section 23, one of the company that came out of the ashes of ADV, had the distribution rights to the anime until late 2010 when [[FUNimation]] acquired the distribution rights. The manga is currently unlicensed and out-of-print since their manga branch has been completely dissolved. (So if you want to read this series and see the copies for sale somewhere, snatch them up. Or read a scanlation, but I didn't tell you that.) Section 23 has licensed the broadcast rights to the anime to [[Manga Entertainment]], who is currently airing it on [[Sy Fy]]'s Tuesday night Anime block alongside [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]] .

The storyline takes place in America during the [[The Roaring Twenties|1920]]s and follows Rosette Christopher, a "[[Church Militant|gun-toting nun]]" and exorcist who works for the Magadalan Order, and her assistant, Chrono, [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|a cute, chipper boy]] who is really a [[Our Demons Are Different|demon]] himself. Together, the pair aims to stop demons that would harm innocent people while searching for Rosette's missing brother, Joshua, who was kidnapped by [[White Haired Pretty Boy]] Aion, a demon with ties to Chrono's past. Along the way they pick up [[Mysterious Waif]] Azmaria and [[Cool Big Sis]] Satella, and slowly begin to unravel the mysteries behind the powers of the children known as Apostles, and the plans Aion have for Joshua. Has nothing to do with the Square games ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'' and ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''. Not even if the original Japanese logo with overlapping "Cs" bears a striking resemblance to the aforementioned games', and if ''Crusade'' sounds like the next in the series after ''Trigger'', ''Cross'' and ''Break''.

The storyline takes place in America during the [[The Roaring Twenties|1920]]s and follows Rosette Christopher, a "[[Church Militant|gun-toting nun]]" and exorcist who works for the Magadalan Order, and her assistant, Chrono, [[Really Seven Hundred Years Old|a cute, chipper boy]] who is really a [[Our Demons Are Different|demon]] himself. Together, the pair aims to stop demons that would harm innocent people while searching for Rosette's missing brother, Joshua, who was kidnapped by [[White-Haired Pretty Boy]] Aion, a demon with ties to Chrono's past. Along the way they pick up [[Mysterious Waif]] Azmaria and [[Cool Big Sis]] Satella, and slowly begin to unravel the mysteries behind the powers of the children known as Apostles, and the plans Aion have for Joshua. Has nothing to do with the Square games ''[[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|Chrono Trigger]]'' and ''[[Chrono Cross (Video Game)|Chrono Cross]]''. Not even if the original Japanese logo with overlapping "Cs" bears a striking resemblance to the aforementioned games', and if ''Crusade'' sounds like the next in the series after ''Trigger'', ''Cross'' and ''Break''.

It should be noted that the manga and anime for [[Chrono Crusade]] differ on some things - particularly the ending, which drastically changes depending on which version of the story you're seeing. Because of this, this page is divided into three sections: tropes that are universal for the series, and tropes that only fit the manga or anime.

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** Manga: {{spoiler|Because last I checked there was no ring orbiting our planet and New York City had not been wiped out by a freak tsunami in 1924 by an enormous flying fish city-thing.}}

** Anime: {{spoiler|I'm pretty sure San Francisco wasn't destroyed by anything in 1929, nor was there mass-rioting across the United States.}}

* [[And Your Little Dog Too]]: Chrono had plenty of reason to dislike Aion, but it wasn't until he kidnapped Joshua that he and Rosette started getting involved in his plans.

* [[And Your Little Dog, Too]]: Chrono had plenty of reason to dislike Aion, but it wasn't until he kidnapped Joshua that he and Rosette started getting involved in his plans.

* [[Anticlimax]]: Some complain that the final battle between Chrono and Aion is much too short in the anime. The manga has a much longer, drawn out battle between the two, but {{spoiler|their true final battle is never shown; all we have is a page of them charging at each other that then cuts away to follow Rosette. We know Chrono probably won, but not much else.}}

* [[Anime Catholicism]] / [[Christianity Is Catholic]]

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** Rosette also has one in the manga after the battle in {{spoiler|volume 5}}, showing how traumatized she is after it.

** The anime version introduces Joshua with a nightmare of Rosette's in episode 2.

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Noticeable in the the various shower scenes and [[Out of Clothes Experience|Out Of Clothes Experiences]].

* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Noticeable in the the various shower scenes and [[Out-of-Clothes Experience|Out Of Clothes Experiences]].

* [[Belly of the Whale]]: After the events of "Marionette Train", when Chrono's backstory begins to be unraveled and events start rushing forward.

* [[Big Damn Heroes]]: Several moments of this.

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* [[Fan Service]]: Shower scenes, clothing damage, and quite a few promotional drawings of Rosette in a skimpy outfit. An interview somewhere states that there would've been more fanservice, but the mangaka's family was reading the manga so he decided against it. He seems to have made up for it [[World Embryo|in his latest series]].

* [[First Episode Spoiler]]: Chrono being a demon isn't revealed until the second chapter/episode.

* [[Five Man Band]]: 4/5, anyway.

* [[Five-Man Band]]: 4/5, anyway.

** [[The Hero]]: Rosette.

** [[The Lancer]]: Chrono

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* [[Freudian Excuse]]: Most everyone has a tragic background that explains some of their quirks.

* [[Genericist Government]]: It's not really clear if Pandaemonium is even ''conscious'', much less how much power the Queen actually has. Not to mention what roles the Elders have, what "ranks" are, how Pursuers work...

* [[Good Morning Crono]]: Although the trope is named after the [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|other Crono]], both versions of this series open with the main characters sleeping in their car and being woken up by a phone call.

* [[Good Morning, Crono]]: Although the trope is named after the [[Chrono Trigger (Video Game)|other Crono]], both versions of this series open with the main characters sleeping in their car and being woken up by a phone call.

* [[Grand Finale]]: Both the anime and the manga version end things with a bang.

* [[Gratuitous English]]: The title. And in the anime, "South Brooklym", "Joan Paul" and a doozy from the preview:

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** In a manga flashback, we see that it snowed at the funeral for Rosette and Joshua's parents.

* [[It Got Worse]]

* [[~~Its~~ All My Fault]]: Chrono says this in the anime once things take a turn for the worst, saying the cause is that he followed Aion instead of opposing him. In the manga he never says this word-for-word, but it's implied he feels at least some guilt for certain events.

* [[It's All My Fault]]: Chrono says this in the anime once things take a turn for the worst, saying the cause is that he followed Aion instead of opposing him. In the manga he never says this word-for-word, but it's implied he feels at least some guilt for certain events.

* [[Jigsaw Puzzle Plot]]

* [[Journey to The Center of The Mind]]: There's a machine that allows the exorcists of the Order to "dive" into a person's soul.

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* [[Know When to Fold Em]]: At one point, Chrono tries to convince Rosette to retreat. She argues with him, which only gives their enemy an opening to seriously wound Chrono.

* [[Love Dodecahedron]]: Both Chrono and Joshua seem to have amassed a harem around themselves, which is only the start of how complicated things get.

* [[Market Based Title]]: ''Chrno Crusade'' became ''Chrono Crusade'' for the US release. The Japanese reprint of the manga went with the 'Chrono' spelling.

* [[Market-Based Title]]: ''Chrno Crusade'' became ''Chrono Crusade'' for the US release. The Japanese reprint of the manga went with the 'Chrono' spelling.

* [[Marshmallow Hell]]:

** Twice in the manga. Once with Chrono and Satella, and one with Azmaria and Rosette.

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* [[Orphans Ordeal]]: Most of the orphans in the series waffle between this and [[Conveniently an Orphan]]. It certainly frees them all up to be running around the country, but most of them have character flaws that are (at least partially) explained by the trauma caused by their parents' deaths.

* [[Orphanage of Love]]: Seventh Bell, before Joshua destroyed it.

* [[Out of Clothes Experience]]: When Rosette dives into Azmaria's soul.

* [[Out-of-Clothes Experience]]: When Rosette dives into Azmaria's soul.

* [[Parental Abandonment]]: Features heavily in the backstories of pretty much everyone. {{spoiler|Including Chrono and Aion in the manga.}}

* [[People Jars]]:

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* [[Transformation Trinket]]: In a sense the pocket watch is this.

* [[Translation Convention]]: You don't communicate with Americans in Japanese. You just don't. And you don't speak Japanese OR English in Germany...

* [[Translation Correction]]: See [[Market Based Title]]

* [[Translation Correction]]: See [[Market-Based Title]]

** Also, the original Japanese version had Satella shout "laden!" when summoning her jewels. The manga version kept this, but Tiffany Grant (the voice actress of Satella, who is well known for playing [[Neon Genesis Evangelion|another fiesty, readheaded German]]) thought while working on the dub that "laden" is actually the word for a ''jury'' summons. In an attempt to fix the mistake, Satella shouts "commen sie!" or "come here!" in the dub, instead. Which is funny because "laden" means "to load" in German, and that's precisely what Satella does with her jewels...

* [[True Companions]]: Made all the more poignant since most of the main characters are orphans. {{spoiler|The Sinners are also shown to be like this as well in the manga, which serves to show how ruthless and committed to his goals Aion is when he sacrifices them without outward remorse.}}

* [[Two Fisted Tales]]

* [[Two-Fisted Tales]]

* [[Unresolved Sexual Tension]]: Chrono and Rosette are the most obvious, but a lot of other pairings have this between them, too. One of the funniest moments related to UST in the manga is probably a scene when Chrono walks in on {{spoiler|Mary Magdalene}} washing her clothes in a river in nothing but her underwear. While Chrono flails around behind her, she tells him "You missed me bathing earlier. Too bad!"

* [[Unusually Uninteresting Sight]]: Nobody seems to find Chrono's appearance particularly odd despite the fact that, even in disguise, he has purple hair, pointed ears, red eyes, and fangs.

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** It's also a rather long way away from the Order's base in NYC, which makes the anime's decision to move the casino to Atlantic City, New Jersey understandable.

* [[Wham Episode]]: The battle at the carnival. (Episode 19 in the anime, about midway through the 5th volume of the manga.)

* [[Was It Really Worth It]]: Both the anime and manga bring up this question in reference to Rosette and Chrono's contract--Chrono himself even questions if there wasn't another way they could have done it in the manga.

* [[Was It Really Worth It?]]: Both the anime and manga bring up this question in reference to Rosette and Chrono's contract--Chrono himself even questions if there wasn't another way they could have done it in the manga.

* [[What Do You Mean Its Not Symbolic]]

* [[Where I Was Born and Razed]]:

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* [[I'm Cold So Cold]]: {{spoiler|Sister Rosette Christopher}} thinks this to themselves as they die in someone's arms, and offers the person with them a scarf.

* [[I'm Not Hungry]]: When kidnapped by Aion, {{spoiler|Azmaria}} refuses to eat. Shader convinces her to eat by telling her that "food isn't good or evil."

* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Joshua tells Rosette "You're not Rosette. My sister was nice." [[Nun Too Holy|Oh, really?]]

* [[Implausible Deniability]]: Joshua tells Rosette "You're not Rosette. My sister was nice." [[Nun-Too-Holy|Oh, really?]]

* [[Inelegant Blubbering]]: Rosette, towards the end of the manga {{spoiler|when she realizes she's died}}.

* [[Intangible Time Travel]]: Rosette dives into Chrono's soul to relive his memories in this way.

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* [[Mind Screw]]: {{spoiler|Demons are actually just [[Sufficiently Advanced Aliens]] and Hell is their [[Space Whale]] buried under the Atlantic Ocean.}}

* [[Morality Kitchen Sink]]: Most of the Order and Rosette's companions are on the white side of the scale (with some sliding), the Sinners are mostly on the blackish side of gray, and the other demons are usually black (but occasionally sympathetic).

* [[My God What Have I Done]]: Chrono, volume 5.

* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: Chrono, volume 5.

* [[Near Death Clairvoyance]]: {{spoiler|Rosette}} is able to watch a battle over her body after she dies.

* [[Near-Death Clairvoyance]]: {{spoiler|Rosette}} is able to watch a battle over her body after she dies.

* [[No Holds Barred Beatdown]]: Joshua gives Chrono a brief one of these when he finds out about his contract with Rosette.

* [[Ominous Multiple Screens]]: Used to show who Pandaemonium plans to use as a host-{{spoiler|Rosette.}}

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* [[Sprouting Ears]]: Rosette displays some cat ears when Satella picks them up while they were traveling in the desert to San Francisco, and then goes into [[Rich Bitch]] mode to tease Rosette for not having better prepared for the trip due to their lack of funds and training.

* [[Storming the Castle]]: The manga ends with two stormings in rapid succession.

* [[This Is Unforgivable]]: Chrono and Rosette's reaction when they discover the full extent of Aion's plans.

* [[This Is Unforgivable!]]: Chrono and Rosette's reaction when they discover the full extent of Aion's plans.

* [[Trippy Finale Syndrome]]

* [[Unstoppable Rage]]: Chrono {{spoiler|Volume 5}}. A main part of his character development is him learning to control [[Fatal Flaw|his rage]].

* [[Where Are They Now Epilogue]]: The final volume contains a bonus chapter that's one of these.

* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]: The final volume contains a bonus chapter that's one of these.

* [[Where It All Began]]: Chrono and Aion's final battle takes place in Pandaemonium the very place Chrono first joined Aion over half a century ago.{{spoiler|Not to mention that their battle starts and ends with the corpse of their mother nearby...}}

* [[World of Cardboard Speech]]: Chrono gives one of these to Aion towards the end of the manga, explaining the affect that humans (particularly Rosette) have had on him.

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* [[Cut His Heart Out With a Spoon]]: In the English dub of the first episode, Rosette literally threatens to kill the Elder with a spoon.

* [[Double Entendre]]: In the preview for Episode 2, Rosette frets over having lost something "very important". When Chrono asks her what she lost, her response is a vague "when a girl says she's lost something very important, what else could it be but ''[[Their First Time|that]]''?" It turns out the object she's referring to from the episode is actually her ''gun'', but Chrono assumes the sexual meaning (and is immediately scolded for being perverted).

* [[Dude She's Like in A Coma|Dude He's, Like, In A Coma]]: Rosette kisses Chrono while he's trying to sleep off a fever.

* [[Dude, She's Like, in A Coma|Dude He's, Like, In A Coma]]: Rosette kisses Chrono while he's trying to sleep off a fever.

* [[Esoteric Motifs]]: A pentagram is drawn in the air behind Rosette when she releases the seal on the watch.

* [[Forceful Kiss]]:

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* [[Intertwined Fingers]]: In the last episode, Chrono and Rosette clasp their hands together in this way {{spoiler|as they both die in each other's arms}}. This is a '''very''' iconic image for the series--chances are you've seen a clip of this if you've ever watched a Chrono Crusade [[AMV]].

* [[Intimate Healing]]: Chrono comes down with some sort of demon fever, and Rosette is told by a fortune teller that a folk remedy for fevers is...a kiss. She tries it, and it works.

* [[Kill Em All]]

* [[Kill'Em All]]

* [[Kiss of Death]]: Aion kisses Rosette after giving her a [[Hannibal Lecture]].

* [[Overtook the Manga]]