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Line 4: {{quote\|''Will you kill someone you love, because of love?''\|The show's [[Arc Words]]}} ~~This~~The anime series '''''Ga-Rei Zero''''' serves as a [[Prequel]] to the manga, ''[[Ga-Rei]]''. It depicts the life of Yomi before her [[Start of Darkness\|fall to evil]], and her strong sisterly bond to Kagura. The two girls' relationship is the central focus of the story, emphasizing why Kagura's heart often wavers while fighting Yomi throughout the course of the original manga. Its tone is considerably different from that of the manga, making the anime more [[Seinen]] than [[Shonen]]. The show is probably most notable for throwing off viewers with its first two episodes by {{spoiler\|[[Everybody's Dead, Dave\|killing everyone off]]}}. The focus is instead on Yomi, making a character who was originally a rather average villain into a highly sympathetic, tragic heroine. Licensed by [[Funimation]] in August 2010 and released to DVD and Blu-Ray in April 2011. {{tropelist}} Line 24: * {{spoiler\|[[Asshole Victim]]: Yomi's uncle}} * [[BFG]]: The Nabuu brothers. * [[Back ~~From~~from the Dead]]: {{spoiler\|Yomi returns as an evil spirit in the [[Ga-Rei]] manga.}} ** Even more than that; look on the [[Ga-Rei]] page under {{spoiler\|[[Split Personality]]}}. * [[Back-to-Back Badasses]]: Yomi and Kagura. Line 37: * [[Brainwashed and Crazy]] [[More Than Mind Control]] [[As Long Asas There Is Evil]]: Vital to the [[Big Bad]]'s schemes. ** [[An Aesop]] * [[Brand X]]: Yomi plays on a "Dreambox" (Sega Dreamcast). * [[Breakout Character]]: {{spoiler\|Yomi. Went from a minor villain killed off early in manga to no consequence to the star of the vastly more popular prequel anime so much so that she was resurrected in the manga. Kagura also received more prominence afterward}}. * [[Breather Episode]]: Arguably Episode 5, which solely concerns Kagura's plan to get engaged couple Yomi and Nori to like each other. It is nearly all comedic in nature. Also, the relaxing moments where everything seems to be going well for the main characters before {{spoiler\|the murder of Yomi's father, the point where everything in the series [[It Got Worse\|gets worse.]]}} Line 57: * [[Darkest Hour]] * [[Dead Star Walking]]: {{spoiler\|The squad from episode 1}} * [[Deal ~~With~~with the Devil]] * [[Decoy Protagonist]]: Interestingly enough, {{spoiler\|the apparent villain becomes the actual protagonist after killing the decoys in the first episode.}} ** To put it more accurately, there is not just a [[Decoy Protagonist]], {{spoiler\|there is a Decoy ''Cast''.}} Line 65: * [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: {{spoiler\|During final episode, when Yomi stabs Kagura.}} ** Not to mention {{spoiler\|Mitogawa's}} scene with Yomi in the hospital in episode 9, which [[Sarcasm Mode\|totally doesn't look like rape whatsoever]]. * [[Doomed Byby Canon]]: Since this is a prequel, there's quite a high body count. * [[Dude, Where's My Reward?]]: Evil Yomi. They're good reasons for her [[Face Heel Turn]]. * [[Episode Zero: ~~the~~The Beginning]] * [[Everybody's Dead, Dave]] * [[Expy]] "Natsuki Kasuga", a badass, black haired biker girl. Certainly doesn't sound like a character from [[~~Mai Hi ME\|Mai~~My-HiME]] [[Sarcasm Mode\|at all]]... Don't forget that she's paired with a guy who wields duel pistols.:P Slightly more tenuous are the similarities between Yomi and Arashi from [[X 1999]] {{spoiler\|or more a fusion of her and Fuuma, especially when later developments in Ga-Rei are taken into account}}. Line 108: * [[Hero-Killer]]/{{spoiler\|[[Kill'Em All]]}}: {{spoiler\|The show might as well be called Ga-Rei: Yomi Kills Everyone.}} * [[How We Got Here]]: Whole series variation after the first two episodes. * [[Hot Chick ~~With~~with a Sword]]: Embodied most strongly in Yomi, even if Kagura also wields a sword. * [[I Did What I Had to Do]]: Most of the squad members are this way, with various levels of determination. * [[I Have the High Ground]] Line 115: * [[I Want My Beloved to Be Happy]]: Kagura's plan to make Yomi closer to Noriyuki. It didn't exactly work. ** {{spoiler\|What Yomi realized in her final moment in life is that she only wishes to protect Kagura. Also a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].}} * [[Impaled ~~With~~with Extreme Prejudice]]: {{spoiler\|Kazuhiro, Mei, Yomi, Kiri...}} * [[Improbable Weapon User]]: ** When Yomi's spirit katana is out of order she has to choose a replacement weapon among: A spirit iron (as in, ironing your clothes), a spirit chainsaw, a spirit jackhammer and a spirit boiler. She decides to use the iron -- although the chainsaw [[Chainsaw Good\|would have been much more awesome]], she didn't think it was practical. Line 132: * [[I Cannot Self-Terminate]]: {{spoiler\|Yomi in Episode 11.}} * [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: Ranguren's primary attack. * [[Karma Houdini]]: Pretty much the opposite of [[Doomed Byby Canon]]. {{spoiler\|Mitagawa being a character in the manga means he gets off scot free until then. Fortunately, [[Karma Houdini Warranty\|his warranty expires in the manga proper.]]}} * [[Katanas Are Just Better]]: Only the sword users have been seen to OHKO Category Bs... * [[Kick Them While They Are Down]]: When it seems like the worst things imaginable are happening to Yomi, even ''worse'' things happen just an episode later. ** One scene in Episode 9 in particular stands out as a nasty example of this. {{spoiler\|Yomi has been left crippled and mute by the injuries she suffered confronting Mitogawa, and Noriyuki's father decides to break off his son's arranged marriage with her because of this. So he visits Yomi in hospital to tell her that. To his credit, he doesn't seem completely ignorant of her distress, and even more or less tells her that she can blame him, but one still gets the impression the task was made much easier by the fact she couldn't say anything.}} * [[Life Energy]]: Bane Stones provide its users with power to defy death for some time. However, its Japanese name Sesshouseki means "Death Stone" and will eventually sap the users of their life force, turning them into phantoms. * [[Like a Badass Out of Hell]]: Evil Yomi. Line 153: * [[Naughty Tentacles]] * [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: Category Ds. * [[Not Using the Zed Word]]: No one ever calls the former humans "zombies". * [[Norio Wakamoto]]: The Nabuu brothers, falling squarely in his "not serious" category. * [[108]]: {{spoiler\|Yomi got pierced by Mitogawa's 108 iron needles. She got better. Or not.}} Line 166: * [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Subverted: Yomi {{spoiler\|and Mei}} who control the red monster Ranguren is calm. Kagura who controls the white monster Byakuei is prone to panicking. * [[Red Shirt]]: Anyone can be [[Red Shirt]], yeah... * [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: A good deal of the main cast in the Japanese version is shared with, strangely enough, ''[[~~Lucky Star (Anime)\|~~Lucky Star]]''. * [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: {{spoiler\|Mei at Yomi}}. Complete with matching insert song. * [[Shell Shocked Senior]]: Toru. * [[Shoot the Dog]]: Part of an exorcist's job. * [[Shrines and Temples]] * [[Slave Mooks]]: Category Ds {{spoiler\|and also Bane Stone users}} all count. {{spoiler\|With the latter, see also [[This Is Your Brain Onon Evil]]. If it could send Yomi that crazy, even Mei must have had a kind side somewhere.}} * [[Sleep Cute]]: Yomi and Kagura, starting in the opening sequence. * [[Squee]]: When Yomi and Kagura "share" their Pocky. * [[Start of Darkness]]/[[Face Heel Turn]]: This anime is all about Yomi's start of darkness. * [[~~Straight~~Invisible ~~Gay~~to Gaydar]]: Iwahata. * [[Strike Me Down ~~With~~with All of Your Hatred]]: {{spoiler\|Mei goads Yomi into doing this, before regaining her consciousness/sanity back, then tries to plead with her not to do it. However, considering that Mei attacked and later told Yomi she killed Yomi's dad out of jealousy of her, it's not surprising that Yomi follows through with Mei's taunt.}} * [[Survival Mantra]]: It is our job to eliminate those who spread the taint of death to the human world, it is our job to eliminate those who spread the taint of death to the human world, it is our job to eliminate those who spread the taint of death to the human world... * [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The other end of Mei's retractable naginata also contains an... umbrella. Line 189: ** {{spoiler\|Yomi's love for Kagura is what allows her to be killed by Kagura as her greatest desire was to protect Kagura}} * [[The Squad]]: ''Two'' squads. * [[This Is Your Brain Onon Evil]]: {{spoiler\|The Bane Stone does this to anyone who gets caught by it's 'pure' form. Yomi managing to break past it in the end counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].}}▼ * [[The War Room]]▼ * [[Twelve-Episode Anime]] ▲* [[This Is Your Brain On Evil]]: {{spoiler\|The Bane Stone does this to anyone who gets caught by it's 'pure' form. Yomi managing to break past it in the end counts as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]].}} * [[Tragic Hero]]: The final fate of those who wield Ga-Rei, but especially Yomi. * [[Trauma-Induced Amnesia]]: {{spoiler\|Kiri}} reverts to the personality of a little girl after getting stabbed in the gut by {{spoiler\|Yomi}}. Line 196: * [[Unstoppable Rage]]: {{spoiler\|Yomi's reaction when Mei told her that she killed Yomi's foster father, and tortured him in the progress.}} * [[Vasquez Always Dies]]: {{spoiler\|Yomi. Poor Yomi.}} ▲* [[The War Room]] * [[We Have Reserves]] * [[Wham! Episode]]: {{spoiler\|How many shows have one of these for their ''very first episode?''}} Line 210 ⟶ 211: {{reflist}} [[Category:{{PAGENAME}}]] [[Category:Anime]] [[Category:GaShonen ~~Rei Zero~~Demographic]] [[Category:Funimation]] [[Category:Twelve-Episode Anime]]