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Makina Hoshimura is a Shikabane Hime -- an undead girl who must earn her way into Heaven by [[Daiju|tracking down and killing]] [[~~One Hundred and Eight~~]] Shikabane, monsters formed from the [[The Heartless|regrets]] of people who die violent deaths.

Makina Hoshimura is a Shikabane Hime -- an undead girl who must earn her way into Heaven by [[Daiju|tracking down and killing]] [[108]] Shikabane, monsters formed from the [[The Heartless|regrets]] of people who die violent deaths.

Things get complicated a year after she returns from the dead when Ouri, the adopted brother of her contracted monk, starts stumbling across her missions and taking an interest in the whole thing. Makina insists he doesn't get involved, but to no avail.

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The [[Manga]] began publishing in April 2005. The first of three [[Anime]] adaptations, ''Shikabane Hime: Aka'', was created by [[Studio Gainax]], and began broadcasting in October 2008; a follow-up, ''Shikabane Hime: Kuro'', began broadcast in January 2009.

American and Canadian distribution rights have been picked up by [[~~FU Nimation~~]]. In a surprising move, the company has offered subtitled episodes for download from its website, and also placed them online on their [[YouTube]] [http://ie.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D51657A91704E730 channel]; when this proved popular, episodes were also made available from [http://www.funimation.com/video/?page=show&b=152 the company website]. The best part? These are completely legal, and unless you download, are also 100% free. Australians and New Zealanders can also watch the show's first two episodes for free, courtesy of its Antipodean distributor [[Madman Entertainment]], by visiting the [http://www.madman.com.au/videos/view/2342 Madman Screening Room].

American and Canadian distribution rights have been picked up by [[FUNimation]]. In a surprising move, the company has offered subtitled episodes for download from its website, and also placed them online on their [[YouTube]] [http://ie.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=D51657A91704E730 channel]; when this proved popular, episodes were also made available from [http://www.funimation.com/video/?page=show&b=152 the company website]. The best part? These are completely legal, and unless you download, are also 100% free. Australians and New Zealanders can also watch the show's first two episodes for free, courtesy of its Antipodean distributor [[Madman Entertainment]], by visiting the [http://www.madman.com.au/videos/view/2342 Madman Screening Room].

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=== ''[[Shikabane Hime]]'' provides examples of: ===

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** Also Makina's killer's comment: {{spoiler|"I see your arms and legs have grown back. You looked so pathetic begging for your life with those bloody stumps."}}

* [[And Then John Was a Zombie]]: {{spoiler|Ouri.}}

* [[Anti Villain]]: Akasha. At first he seems like the normal evil [[Jerkass]], but when you hear about why he went rogue, what happened to his Shikabane Hime, and {{spoiler|what REALLY happens when your Shikabane Hime kills 108 Shikabane}} you may start to sympathize with him, if not just feel sorry for him.

* [[Anti-Villain]]: Akasha. At first he seems like the normal evil [[Jerkass]], but when you hear about why he went rogue, what happened to his Shikabane Hime, and {{spoiler|what REALLY happens when your Shikabane Hime kills 108 Shikabane}} you may start to sympathize with him, if not just feel sorry for him.

* [[Anyone Can Die]]

* [[Attack Reflector]]: One episode featured a shikabane who could make his opponent take any damage they try to inflict on him. When Minai hit him in the face, she got thrown back as if she was the one who got hit, with a bruise on her face in the same spot she hit the shikabane.

* [[Author Appeal]]: At least one person involved with making the anime adaptation must have thought this; compare Rika in the [http://www.mangathat.com/mangas/Shikabane_Hime/5/18_shikabane_hime.jpg manga] to the [http://cdn.myanimelist.net/images/characters/11/40204.jpg anime version].

* [[Bare Fisted Monk]]: Minai's perfered fighting style is unarmed with only her spiked gauntlets.

* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]]: Minai's perfered fighting style is unarmed with only her spiked gauntlets.

* [[Beauty Equals Goodness]]: A Shikabane is fairly ordinary looking/attractive until it goes all crazy and stuff, at which point they turn into horrible monsters for more power. [[Justified Trope]]? Maybe.

* [[Big Brother Complex]]: Makina. So very much.

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* [[Dragon Ascendant]]: {{spoiler|Akasha.}}

* [[Drop the Hammer]]: Saki in the anime; in the manga, she has [[An Axe to Grind]]. In both cases, they are [[BFS|ludicrously oversized]], and apparently stored in [[Hammerspace]].

* [[Dual Wielding]]: Kamika wields two katanas.

* [[Dual-Wielding]]: Kamika wields two katanas.

* [[Eleventh Hour Superpower]]: Ouri's Zadan. {{spoiler|It's because he's [[Squick|born from a Shikabane.]]}}

* [[Emotion Eater]]: Toya of the Seven Stars. She attaches balloons to her victims. These balloons cause their happiness to grow to its peak. At which point, it explodes and kills the victim. Or its final monstrous form could devour its victim. {{spoiler|Toya was the result of a poor family going to an amusement park, then committing suicide.}}

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* [[The Grim Reaper]]: Hokuto is as close as possible to being an embodiment of Death, {{spoiler|and it's the fault of Makina's ancestors}}.

* [[Guns Akimbo]]: Makina and several other Shakabane Hime wield their guns this way.

* {{spoiler|[[Half Human Hybrid]]: Ouri is revealed in ''Kuro'' to have been born when a heavily pregnant woman was killed by a hit and run accident, but her obsession/regret over having never held her child allowed her to come back as a Shikabane, the child surviving in her womb and being born as Ouri. Several characters wonder if this makes him human, Shikabane, or something else entirely -- including Ouri himself.}}

* {{spoiler|[[Half-Human Hybrid]]: Ouri is revealed in ''Kuro'' to have been born when a heavily pregnant woman was killed by a hit and run accident, but her obsession/regret over having never held her child allowed her to come back as a Shikabane, the child surviving in her womb and being born as Ouri. Several characters wonder if this makes him human, Shikabane, or something else entirely -- including Ouri himself.}}

* [[Healing Factor]]: All the Shikabane and Shikabane Hime to some degree, but especially {{spoiler|Makina after Keisei's death, due to the curse she acquires because of her attachment to him}}.

* [[The Heartless]]: Shikabane

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* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: This show is basically about [[Beauty Equals Goodness|beautiful undeads]] killing horrific undeads.

* [[No Ending]]: The DVD-only last episode is actually a prequel, taking place before any of the other events in the series start, and does nothing to resolve the loose ends left by the regular "ending".

* [[Non Action Guy]]: Ouri. {{spoiler|At least until he begins training to become a contracted monk.}}

* [[Non-Action Guy]]: Ouri. {{spoiler|At least until he begins training to become a contracted monk.}}

* [[~~One Hundred and Eight~~]]: Shikabane Hime must kill 108 Shikabane, the traitor monk uses 108 Shikabane to fuel his dark power.

* [[108]]: Shikabane Hime must kill 108 Shikabane, the traitor monk uses 108 Shikabane to fuel his dark power.

* [[One Winged Angel]]: All Shikabane have two forms; an (almost) perfectly human-like one and a far more monstrous one that they typically need to turn into to make full use of their powers, though they are often still supernaturally powerful even in human form. Shikabane Hime are implied to be locked into their human forms as part of the ritual that turns them from Shikabane into Shikabane Hime.

* [[One-Winged Angel]]: All Shikabane have two forms; an (almost) perfectly human-like one and a far more monstrous one that they typically need to turn into to make full use of their powers, though they are often still supernaturally powerful even in human form. Shikabane Hime are implied to be locked into their human forms as part of the ritual that turns them from Shikabane into Shikabane Hime.

** {{spoiler|Ouri gets one when the Shiryo created by his mother merge with him near the end of ''Kuro'', giving him a form akin to a monstrous, pseudo-bipedal, quasi-dragon creature made of black gunk and covered in staring eyes and gaping, fang-filled mouths.}}

* [[Otaku]]: Umehara-sensei, his Shikabane Hime Fleshe, and Keisei.

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* [[Sword Beam]]: Kamika can do this with her dual katanas.

* [[Synchronisation]]: A Shikabane Hime can heal most wounds very quickly if her Contracted Monk is nearby, but the wounds pass to the monk. Conversely, if a Contracted Monk is severely wounded it causes great trauma for his Shikabane Hime, and if he is killed then usually the Shikabane Hime, being cut off from his Rune, dies as well.

* [[They Call Him Sword]]: Kamika has the title/nickname "Sword Princess".

* [[They Call Him "Sword"]]: Kamika has the title/nickname "Sword Princess".

* [[Took a Level In Badass]]: {{spoiler|Ouri in ''Kuro''.}}

* [[Training From Hell]]: All Contracted Monks must undergo this.

* [[Vapor Wear]]: Though it is confirmed late in the series that Makina does wear a bra, we never see any sign of panties. If she does wear anything under that skirt, it has to be a thong.

* [[Well Intentioned Extremist]]: Sadahiro.

* [[Well-Intentioned Extremist]]: Sadahiro.

* [[What Have I Become]]: All Shikabane are this way.

* [[What Have I Become?]]: All Shikabane are this way.

* [[What Measure Is a Non Human]]

* [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]

* [[Zettai Ryouiki]]: Makina, of course.