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* [[Badass]]: Quite a few. Perhaps [http://www.electric-manga.com/48/08.html Starless] has the attitude down best.

* [[Badass Longcoat]]: Red is quite pleased when he finds one stashed in Cho's closet. Despite expressing disdain for said coat, Kano has yet to get rid of it.

* [[Badass Princess]]: Fuuka's time in the Zones has resulted in her evolving into this, most notably through {{spoiler|fighting off the Karen Tentacle Monster with the Champion's Sword}}.

* [[Beware the Nice Ones]]: Kano, if you're unlucky enough to get him angry.

** [[The Chosen Zero]]: A common reaction towards Kano.

* [[Cloudcuckoolander]]: Dee, who in the author's own words is "a little bit crazy" but in a nice way.

* [[Cool Sword]]: The Blade of Sigmr Ch'k, no question. It's a floating magic katana, the handle of which is covered in teeth. When Kano uses it, it hovers six inches away from his hand, connected to his arm by the ''quetzacoatlic personification of the dragon-god of war.'' If that's not a [[Cool Sword]], I don't know what is.

* [[Couldn't Find a Pen]]: Dark scribbles the names of Red's victims on glass using {{spoiler|blood leaking from his [[Eye Scream|empty eye sockets]], which he had scratched out on the journey there.}}

* [[Foreshadowing]]: Quite frequently.

* [[The Fool]]: Kano fits a few aspects of this trope, especially in his initial bumble through Gray World. [[Averted Trope|Averts]] [[Karmic Protection|others]] [[Born Lucky|pain]][[Born Unlucky|fully.]]

* [[Freudian Excuse]]: [[Discussed Trope|Discussed]] by {{spoiler|Red when Dark writes the names of all his victims on his prison walls.}}

{{quote| {{spoiler|'''Red'''}}:You want a movie of the week sob story about why I turned out the way I did, or should I just say I was born like this and can't help it?}}

* [[Good Bad Girl]]: Cho is "[http://www.formspring.me/antiFAQ/q/180430118513043627 kind of a player]" when not on the job.

* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: The nick and the Princess. Whenever they can.

* [[Gorn]]: The author actually apologizes when things get especially bloody, claiming to dislike all the blood. Given how often and how copious the bleeding is, however, [[Lying Creator|this is most likely bullshit.]]

* [[Green Around the Gills]]: Kano turns a pretty sickly shade after being stabbed in the stomach by Dee's [[Poisoned Weapon|poisoned]] [[Femme Fatalons]].

* [[Hearing Voices]]: Kano does regularly, though we're not shown this until quite a few chapters in.

* [[I Have the High Ground]]: Oh, nick.

* [[I Know Your True Name]]: Nearly gets Kano killed at the beginning of the story when he gives it away. {{spoiler|''Does'' get him killed at one point, but [[Unexplained Recovery|he comes back]].}}

* [[Immortality]]: All over the place. The Old Ones can heal their wounds by briefly becoming trees, and it is the norm for them to eventually forsake their bipedal bodies to live forever as trees, their consciousness part of a greater root system. It is pretty much unheard of for Old Ones to die, and they are descended from a god. There are [[Our Zombies Are Different|plague victims]] running around who can only be neutralized by growing sacred trees ''[[Squick|through]]'' [[Body Horror|them]] with god-related magic. Ghosts of the dead [[I See Dead People|rattle around]] [[Psychic Powers|Kano]]'s [[Black Bug Room|mind]] like candy in a gumball machine. {{spoiler|Red/James}} is still wreaking havoc there long after his brain was blown out by one of his would-be victims.

** All to keep people safe from a monument called The Eye...which Kano has a somewhat unpleasant encounter with.

* [[Meaningful Name]]: The villain, as well as Heyoka.

** Also probably the titular villain Kuroyama. It roughly means "mirage," and at the very least references the story's [[Surreal Horror|nature]].

** Kid named his older brother/[[Guardian Entity|guardian angel]] Dark because he wasn't afraid of the dark, and Kid himself is known by this nickname because he doesn't seem to have a real one and will introduce himself by a new ridiculous title every time you ask him.

** [[Mysterious Parent|Cho's mother]] is said to have died "[[Cryptic Conversation|of the age]]," when it is unheard of for an [[Immortality|Old One]] to die.

* [[Mysterious Watcher|Mysterious Pursuer]]: Upon his introduction the nick was a shadowy, darting silhouette pursuing the heroes' pursuit, taking [[Mysterious Employer|mysterious orders.]]

* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Dark appears to be fond of introducing himself by [[Neural Implanting|implanting]] traumatic memories in people's minds. When they come to screaming, he will smile blankly.[[hottip:*:When asked to describe Dark's idea of a romantic date, the author said, "He takes you to see his morgue, then you go away. May involve exchange of traumatic flashbacks via psychic interface and/or [[Arson, Murder, and Jaywalking|flowers."]]

* [[No Name Given]]: The nick, Red {{spoiler|(at first)}}, and a few others.

* [[Obfuscating Stupidity]]: Dee's childish quirks mask the true expanse of her insight and power, which are vast.

* [[Punny Name]]: Dali-Dalai. He is most commonly referred to simply as "Dali." Don't get it? Try saying it out loud. Still don't get it? {{spoiler|It's a homophone of [[Don't Explain the Joke|"dolly."]] }}

* [[Rebellious Princess]]: As Tonbo's soul, Fuuka is very much this.

* [[Sanity Slippage]]

* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: [http://www.electric-manga.com/49/21.html Oh God what is happening.]

* [[Transsexual]]: Heyoka is genderqueer. Again, played very realistically, as the author is genderqueer as well. In Heyoka's case, she got put in a mental hospital by her parents for it. Fortunately, the staff at the hospital seem very friendly and are fine with letting her right back out. (Though she does dress considerably more masculine for her release hearing...)

* [[Trapped in Another World]]: Kano in the Gray World.

* [[The Unchosen One]]: Tonbo, instead of [[Heroic Sacrifice|sacrificing herself]] as the [[Demonic Possession|vessel]] for Tcaolin's immortal soul, chooses to defy her and start working against her with the rebel army.

* [[The Undead]]: Zombies attack the heroes when [[Physical God|the Gods]] start to [[The Plague|lose their grip]] [[The Virus|on things]]. Kano is surprised that they are really there, as he frequently [[Hallucinations|hallucinates]] that corpses are attacking him (he tries to discreetly shoo the visions away). Ghosts are some of the many residents of Kano's head, though whether they are real souls or [[Our Ghosts Are Different|just impressions]] is unclear. Either way, they're equally creepy.

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