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''[[Homunculus]]'' is a [[Seinen]] manga, by Hideo Yamamoto, who also authored the manga which would become a cheerful little film called ''[[Ichi the Killer]]''.
So imagine that, like in [[The Matrix]], you have a subconscious self image. It represents your deepest desires and fears. And no one can see it but you. You, and a homeless man named Susumu Nakoshi, who agreed to let [[Mad Scientist|medical student]] Manabu Itoh drill a hole in his skull for a total of 700,000 yen. Itoh is interested in studying human minds, ESP, ghosts and the occult. And he thinks that he can potentially unleash the hidden psychic potential of Nakoshi's brain.
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* [[Accent Adaptation]]: The scanlators translated Nakoshi's backwater [[Tohoku Regional Accent|Tohoku accent]] as something akin to [[The Simpsons (animation)|Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's]] bumpkin accent, and it actually works.▼
▲* [[Accent Adaptation]]: The scanlators translated Nakoshi's backwater [[Tohoku Regional Accent|Tohoku accent]] as something akin to [[The Simpsons|Cletus the Slack-Jawed Yokel's]] bumpkin accent, and it actually works.
* [[All Psychology Is Freudian]]: Although there is not as much sexual imagery (ignoring all the outright sex) as usually is associated with Freud, all the focus on repression and subconsciousness and the unconscious is enough to make any psychology student cry.
▲* [[A Date With Rosie Palms]]: Nakoshi.
▲* [[All Psychology Is Freudian]]: Although there is not as much sexual imagery (ignoring all the outright sex) as usually is associated with Freud, all the focus on repression and subconsciousness and the unconscious is enough to make any psychology student cry.
* [[Anti-Hero]]: Nakoshi can be seen as a deconstruction of the [[Samaritan Syndrome]]-inflicted hero - he goes around helping various people with their issues {{spoiler|so he can better understand himself and face his own.}} Not to mention that his method of "helping" is not always well thought-out or clear. When you try to save a girl {{spoiler|by raping her}}, you know you're not quiiiite balanced in the head.
* [[Attractive Bent Gender]]: {{spoiler|Itoh}} is constantly called "pretty" when he's dressed as a woman.
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* [[Have I Mentioned I Am Heterosexual Today?]]: Nakoshi and Itoh.
* [[In-Series Nickname]]: "Car guy" for Nakoshi.
* [["It's Not Rape If You Enjoyed It"]]: An extremely weird example. The sex scene in the car between Nakoshi and the schoolgirl Yukari goes from semi-rape to consensual to violent rape and back to consensual again. It's intended to be unsettling.
** Also subverted in the semi-rape in so far as that Yukari says she felt nothing.
* [[Loves Me Not]]: A variant - Itoh plucks petals off a flower, with the options {{spoiler|"man"}} and {{spoiler|"woman"}}.
* [[Luminescent Blush]]: Adorably, Itoh frequently does this later in the series, starting from when he's forced to crossdress.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Nakoshi accuses Yukari of this.
* [[Mad Scientist]]: Itoh. Though he turns out not being that mad and even regretting the whole thing at the end.
* [[Mind Screw]]: For both the reader and Nakoshi.
* [[Mirror Monologue]]: Nakoshi looks in the water and says that isn't his face - apt enough, considering {{spoiler|he had plastic surgery.}}
* [[Morally-Ambiguous Doctorate]]: Itoh again.
* [[Of Course I'm Not a Virgin]]: Itoh.
* [[Our Homunculi Are Different]]: Averted, they really ''are'' different.
* [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]]: Itoh, {{spoiler|at the very end}}.
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* [["Well Done, Son" Guy]]: {{spoiler|Itoh's entire motivation stems from a need to be acknowledged}} by his father.
* [[What Happened to
** Given that the last panels of Nanako showed blood seeping through her bandages, it's possible that {{spoiler|she died or suffered brain trauma as a result of the trepanation}}, which would explain the series' abrupt dive into a {{spoiler|[[Downer Ending]]}}.
* [["Which Restroom?" Dilemma]]: Itoh is shown deliberating over this when he excuses himself while crossdressing.
* [[Wholesome Crossdresser]]: Itō.
* [[Yakuza]]
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