Gate 7
Gate 7 is a 2011 manga by the popular all-female mangaka circle CLAMP.
When Takamoto decides to finally take a trip to Kyoto he stumbles across three strangers. When he realizes things aren't quite what they seem, he is attacked by a faceless creature that is quickly slain by Hana. Takamoto wakes up in an apartment and is greeted and offered udon by Hana, Tachibana, and Sakura who have gone through his things, thinking him an assassin. For some reason, Takamoto is unaffected when Tachibana tries to remove his memory. Flashforward three months later and Takamoto has tranferred schools to Kyoto and is now involved with the trio. One thing is known: this wasn't the Kyoto he wanted to experience.
Tropes used in Gate 7 include:
- Action Girl: While Mikoto's specialty is divination, she can also use her kotodama for offense.
- After-Action Patchup: Masamune get a cut on his nose; though he was expecting a Smooch of Victory, a lick of Hana on his wound is good enough to him to proclaim that day as special for all eternity.
- Anti-Magic: Probably Takamoto, given that Mikoto's description of him is "everything is cleared out" and Tachibana's memory removal does not work on him.
- But wait, if he's an Anti-Magic, how could Hana put the Modoridori on him?
- The Beautiful Elite
- Beauty Equals Goodness: Subverted, since Iemitsu is an Even the Guys Want Him Bishounen and he's a villain.
- Beethoven Was an Alien Spy: Oda Nobunaga, Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Akechi Mitsuhide were all contractors of Oni. Oda Nobunaga and Akechi Mitsuhide also seem to be not quite dead.
- Big Damn Heroes: Masamune in chapter four.
- Big Eater: Hana, especially where noodles are concerned.
- Cast Full of Pretty Boys: It's CLAMP, what you expected?
- Damsel in Distress: Sugihime
- Delicious Distraction: Hana can't go to make errands on hir own, because the mere smell of noodles takes hir out of the way.
- Eyepatch of Power: Masamune. He is the one-eyed dragon after all.
- Even the Guys Want Him: Iemitsu. The Ten Braves seem to like Yukimura a lot too.
- Face Framed in Shadow/ In the Hood: Sugihime's introduction.
- Fainting: Takamoto somehow manages to faint twice in the first chapter.
- Finishing Each Other's Sentences: Part of the Ship Tease between Tachibana and Sakura.
- Floral Theme Naming: The three members of the Urashichiken. See Meaningful Name below.
- Gender Blender Name: The biggest guy is named Sakura...
- GIS Syndrome: Many backgrounds are pictures of Kyoto locations.
- Go Through Me: Chikahito puts himself between Masamune and Gracia to avoid the former to kill the latter. Count as Crowning Moment of Awesome because of him being just an Ordinary High School Student, his Determined Expression and the best thing: he success.
- Gotta Catch Them All: The way to obtain the Dairokuten Maou is subdue the greatest amount of Oni as possible in the world. Either make the owner's Oni a subordinate or killing the owner and steal the Oni.
- Handsome Lech: Sakura is hinted to be this.
- Holding Hands: Hana and Chikahito
- Ho Yay: Loads of it.
- I Didn't Mean to Turn You On: Hana really is beautiful, so much that Chikahito's heart beats as crazy
- I'm Taking It Home With Me: Inverted, the Ridiculously Cute Critter wants to go home with the protagonists.
- Lampshaded Trope: "Wait, isn't this like last time's development!?"
- Love Bubbles: This appears everytime Chikahito gets a look at Hana's face.
- Meaningful Name: Mikoto's name is composed of the kanji for "god" and "word", which hints that she can use kotodama. Tachibana ("wild orange") and Sakura ("cherry tree") are named after the orange and cherry trees in front of the throne hall of Heian Palace.
- No Biological Sex: Hana, maybe.
- Noodle People
- One Head Taller: So far, Hana is dwarfed by all of the male characters.
- Except, maybe, Masamune.
- One Steve Limit: Now what other famous CLAMP series have a character named Sakura?
- Onmyodo
- Oral Fixation Fixation: Masamune and his lollipop.
- Ordinary High School Student: Takamoto.
- Power Copying: Hana's ability.
- The Power of Blood / Blood Oath: The blood contract with the Oni.
- The Power of Love: Masamune claims to Gracia that if her Oni's abillity is to control men's hearts, it wouldn't work on him because his heart is Hana's already. Cue Imagine Spot.
- Ridiculously Cute Critter: Just look at this little boy, It's fricking adorable!
- Running Gag: Chikahito screaming and Tachibana saying him he's too loud. Dope Slap optional.
- Sacred First Kiss: It's implied that Takamoto's first kiss is taken by Hana when the latter performs a charm on him to make him return to Kyoto
- School Uniforms Are the New Black: Now that school year began, we can expect a lot of chapters with Chikahito in his uniform.
- Seers: Mikoto's forte. Also, Sugihime's power.
- Strange Girl: Hana
- Supreme Chef: Takamoto
- Sweet Tooth: The easiest way to get Enka to fight with full force is to promise him candy.
- Trademark Favorite Food: Hana loves noodles.
- Unlimited Wardrobe
- Urban Fantasy: The story is set in modern day Kyoto.
- White-Haired Pretty Boy: Sakura.
- Words Can Break My Bones: Mikoto's ability.
- Yandere: Masamune to Hana.