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Line 2: [[File:murder-princess-cover-2.jpg\|frame]] Hard times are upon [[The Kingdom]] of Forland: the heir apparent Kaito has gone missing and the righteous king was slain by the [[Evil Chancellor]] and his [[Robot Girl]] assassins. The only remaining royal family member, defenceless and weak-willed [[Everything's Better ~~With~~with Princesses\|princess]] Alita, flees the castle in the last moment, chased by the Chancellor's [[Faceless Goons]]. Yet luck suddenly turns in her favor when she literally [[Crash Into Hello\|falls into the embrace]] of the most [[Badass]] [[Action Girl]] in recorded history: bounty hunter Falis. After an accidental near-death experience, the two [[Freaky Friday Flip\|switch bodies]] and Falis agrees to assume Alita's persona, take Forland back from the usurper, and protect it until prince Kaito's return. Rounding up her henchmen, she proceeds to the castle to kick ass and earn the title of the most brutal princess in history... ''[['''Murder Princess]]''''' is a short-lived 2005 [[Manga]] by Sekihiko Inui and a six-episode [[Anime\|OVA]] adaptation produced by [[Bee Train]]. Although initially believed to be a [[Red Herring]] to draw attention from Bee Train's real Next Big Thing for 2007, ''[[El Cazador Dede Lala Bruja]]'', the OVA proved itself as a very solid piece of work and contained just the right amount of [[Rule of Cool\|cool action]], [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]], and fitting (and slightly [[Heavy Metal ~~(Music)~~\|metallic]]) musical score to appease long-standing Bee Train fans with its character designs and straightforward story. {{tropelist}}▼ ▲{{tropelist}} * [[Action Dress Rip]]: Falis/Alita [[Rule of Cool\|somehow]] cuts the hem off her dress and cuts a slit in it with two movements of her sword. * [[Action Girl]]: Falis/Alita. Line 19: * [[Blond Guys Are Evil]]: {{spoiler\|Kaito}}. * [[Blood Knight]]: Falis. * [[Blood Splattered Warrior\|Blood-Splattered ~~Wedding Dress~~Warrioress]]: ~~Not~~garbed ~~really~~in aher ~~wedding~~[[Blood ~~one~~Is ~~but~~the ~~blood~~New ~~splattered,~~Black]] ~~alright~~[[White Shirt of Death\|White Dress of Death]]. * [[But for Me It Was Tuesday]]: {{quote\| '''Alita/Falis''': You attacked my village and killed the villagers... and my family. Why?~~<br />~~ '''Cecilia''': I have no reason why. It was simply because they happened to be there. }} * [[But Now I Must Go]]: {{spoiler\|[[Subverted Trope\|Surprisingly enough]], ''not'' Falis. The only opportunity to reverse the [[Freaky Friday Flip]] is used up saving the world, and in the end Falis decides to stay on, at least until another solution is found.}} Line 32: * [[Dress Hits Floor]]: When Alita decides to take on the identity of Milano, her faithful servant. * [[Dual-Wielding]]: Falis/Alita pulls off some of the most beautifully animated katana+wakizashi action sequences in recent years. * [[Everything's Better ~~With~~with Princesses]] * [[Evil Chancellor]]: Dr. Akamashi. * {{spoiler\|[[The Evil Prince]]: Kaito.}} Seriously, does it even have to be marked as a spoiler? Line 38: * [[Fantasy]] * [[Five-Man Band]]: [[The Hero~~\|The Heroine~~]]ine: Falis/Alita, obviously. [[The Lancer]]: Jodu Entolasia, the old butler... but no, he is not a [[Battle Butler]]. [[The Big Guy]]: Pete. Line 44: [[The Chick]]: Alita/Milano. * [[For the Evulz]]: Cecilia's stated reason for {{spoiler\|killing Falis's whole village}}. * [[Freaky Friday Flip]] * [[Gentle Giant]]: Pete ~~Armstrong -- Maybe~~Armstrong—Maybe "gentle" isn't the word, 'cause he never hesitates to crush a few skulls, but he's got plenty of compassion for his friends. * [[Gratuitous English]]: "Murder Princess" sounds a bit strange, though something like "Killer Princess" would've been rather cliché. The theme song is quite good, with the English lyrics making about as much sense as the Japanese. * [[Heroic Sacrifice]]: The original Milano, Alita's handmaiden and decoy double, whose persona Alita assumes after her death. ** {{spoiler\|And in the [[Grand Finale]], Dominikov, Pete, Ana, and Yuni all sacrifice themselves to save the world.}} * [[Hey, It's That Voice!]]: You might recognize Dominokov as [[Kazuki Yao]], basically [[One Piece\|Franky, Mr. 2, Jango]], and [[Fullmetal Alchemist\|Yoki]]. Or, in the English version, he's played by none other than Chuck Huber, aka: [[Yu Yu Hakusho\|Hiei]], [[Dragonball Z\|Android 17 and Supreme Kai]], [[Fullmetal Alchemist\|Shou Tucker]] and [[Soul Eater\|Stein]]. Additionally, [[Burst Angel\|Jo and Maria]] are on the same side here. In Japan, bounty hunter Falis [[Romi Park\|is]] {{[[Naruto \|Temari}}]]. [[Robot Girl]] twins Ana and Yuna [[Chiwa Saitou\|are]] [[~~Blaz Blue~~BlazBlue\|Taokaka]]. ** Prince Kaito [[Patrick Seitz\|is]] [[Bleach\|Isshin Kurosaki]]. * [[Humans Are ~~Bastards~~the Real Monsters]]: More so in the manga than the anime. * [[Karma Houdini]]: {{spoiler\|Ana, despite being an adorable [[Robot Girl]], is initially presented as an [[Ax Crazy]] psycho who delights in slaughtering anyone and everyone, from soldiers to defenseless staff. After her creator is killed, she joins the good guys, no questions asked. Perhaps, the author remembered that machines are generally designed to be reprogrammable...}} ** Well, she does {{spoiler\|die along with the other [[Lost Technology]] when the [[MacGuffin]] is destroyed.}} Line 71: * [[Named Weapons]]: Falis' Princess of Cranes, likely also an [[Ancestral Weapon]]. * [[Nietzsche Wannabe]]: Kaito, full stop. * [[Non -Indicative First Episode]]: The first episode of the OVA is noticeably darker than the rest of the series, with a few genuinely disturbing moments. For a second, one might wonder if putting Falis on the throne is actually ''worse'' than letting the usurpers have it. By the second episode, her character is affirmed to be unambiguously good and the general tone of the show lightens up to resemble most fantasy anime. * [[Of Corset Hurts]]: Falis/Alita is not happy about having to wear a corset. * [[Parental Substitute]]: Jodou to the original Milano and arguably the replacement Milano. * [[Pimped-Out Dress]] * [[The Quiet One]]: Doctor Akamashi. He speaks precisely two lines aloud...{{spoiler\|and doesn't get to finish the second one}}. * [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Alita, though it's her actual physical ''body'' that has them, and they only really fit this trope after the [[Freaky Friday Flip]] incident swaps her with Falis ** Played dead straight with the Black Knight, although he only has one glowing red eye. The other is invisible under his helmet. * [[Reverse Grip]]: Alita/Falis does this. A lot. Line 82: * [[Romantic Two-Girl Friendship]] * [[Royals Who Actually Do Something]]: Although Falis isn't technically royal, no one knows that, and she earns the name [[Title Drop\|Murder Princess]] after personally slaying a giant monster sent to kill her. * [[Schizo -Tech]]: Teoria. * [[Shinigami]]: Dominikov. * [[Sinister Scythe]]: Dominikov's. * [[Snake People]]: The giant forest guardian. * [[Spell My Name ~~With~~with an "S"]]: At least one source spelled Alita's name "Akita" until this was corrected Similarly Milano has been romanized as Mirano. * Some asian languages (presumably including Japanese) lack differentiation between the "EL" and "R" sounds. If both sound ok, then both are valid romanizations. No excuse for the "Akita" thing, though. * [[Super Window Jump]] * [[Talking to Himself\|Talking To Herself]]: Bloodthirsty Ana and ([[Beware the Nice Ones\|usually]]) sweet Yuna the [[Robot Girl~~\|Robot Girls~~]]s are both voiced by the same actress: [[Chiwa Saitou]] in Japanese and [[Carrie Savage]] in English. * [[Techno Babble]]: In the later episodes. * [[The Goggles Do Nothing]]: Dominkov has goggles but he's a Skeleton guy. How does that work? * [[Took a Level Inin Badass]]: Well, ''we'' know better, but this is what it looks like to Alita's subjects. * [[Unstoppable Rage]]: When things get ''really'' bad, Falis sometimes falls into this, and only Alita can stop her. Actually insinuated to be an artifact of ''[[Beware the Nice Ones\|Alita's body]]'', since it never happened to Falis before the switch. * [[Villain ~~With~~with Good Publicity]] * [[Wham! Episode]]: Episode 4. * [[What Measure Is a Mook?]]: Averted once {{spoiler\|Kaito}} turns the Forland army against Falis and Alita. The heroes realize that the guards are only serving their country, and go out of their way not to kill them. On the other hand... * [[What Measure Is a Non-Human?]]: The above does not apply to Doctor Akamashi's monsters. Possibly justified, in that they appear to be [[Mecha-Mooks]]. Although being robots doesn't stop Ana and Yuni from [[What Measure Is a Non-Cute?\|being treated as human beings]]... Line 108: [[Category:Manga]] [[Category:Murder Princess]] [[Category:Fantasy Anime and Manga]] [[Category:Pages with working Wikipedia tabs]]