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* [[Assassin Outclassin']]
* [[The Clan]]: There are two assassin clans which have existed since ancient times: the Kuzunoha Clan of the West and the Azuma Clan of the East. Tokaku is the heiress of the Azuma Clan, {{spoiler|and Nio is the
* [[Deadly Graduation]]: The graduation itself was perfectly lovely. Cherry blossoms, singing, the whole shebang. It was how they got to where they were in the epilogue that made it "Deadly". {{spoiler|As revealed at the end of the series, Class Black is actually an elaborate [[Rite of Passage]] for Haru's clan, to
** '''The [[Badass Damsel]] Ending''': {{spoiler|In the manga version of events, Haru [[Face Death with Dignity|spread her arms in acceptance and]] [[Stand Your Ground|stood firm]] [[Face Death with Dignity|with grim determination]], declaring that ''nothing'' would get in the way of her leaving Myōjō with Tokaku, not even Tokaku or God himself. Even after she was shot, Haru ''still'' managed to make a [[Final Speech]] to convince Tokaku not to commit suicide [[Tears of Remorse|out of remorse]] before finally losing consciousness. And even after all of that, she [[Crowning Moment of Awesome|''did not die'']], surviving on pure luck rather than titanium ribs.}}
* [[Death Notification]]: [[Inverted]]. Each assassin gets 48 hours to kill Haru once they deliver their advanced notice, and if they fail to do so within the time allotted, they are immediately expelled from Class Black. {{spoiler|It becomes a plot point that there are no rules pertaining to the exact nature of the notice except that it be delivered. Isuke uses that fact to her advantage by addressing her advanced notice as Banba's.}}▼
{{quote|{{spoiler|''[[Facing the Bullets One-Liner|"I won't cry. I won't die. [...] So... Come on. Try and kill me if you can, Tokaku."]]''}}}}
** '''The [[Damsel in Distress]] Ending''': {{spoiler|In the anime version of events, Haru responded to Tokaku's [[Death Notification|notice]] by attempting to defend herself with a knife-- and [[Epic Fail|failing miserably]] at it. She charged Tokaku with the knife extended in front of her in full [[Sparkling Stream of Tears]] Mode and somehow managed to ''not only'' impale herself on her opponent's knife with enough force to pierce her heart, she also failed to inflict so much as a ''scratch'' on Tokaku in the process. The reason she survived? [[Hand Wave|Tenacity]] and [[Flat What|titanium ribs]].}}
▲* [[Death Notification]]: [[Inverted]]. Each assassin gets 48 hours to kill Haru once they deliver their advanced notice, and if they fail to do so within the time allotted, they are immediately expelled from Class Black. {{spoiler|It becomes a plot point that there are
* [[Evil Parents Want Good Kids]]: {{spoiler|Well, Tokaku's mother and aunt probably don't count as evil (no more than any other character in this story, at any rate), but they ''were'' fully blooded assassins, and Karami didn't want her daughter to become a murderer like them. Mako, Tokaku's aunt, tried to fulfill her older sister's [[Last Request]] and protect Tokaku from that life, but her mother, Tokaku's grandmother and the head of the Azuma Clan, caught them and killed Mako.}}▼
* [[Elaborate University High]]: Myōjō Private Academy integrates grades K through college into one major academic campus. The Grade 10 freshman year was divided into five classes: Class Blue, Class Green, Class Red, Class White and Class Yellow. The sixth and final class, Class Black, was only opened to enrollment at irregular intervals ranging anywhere from dozens of years apart to back-to-back.
▲* [[Evil Parents Want Good Kids]]: {{spoiler|Well, Tokaku's mother and aunt probably
* [[Hero Secret Service]]: Tokaku is single-handedly serving this role for Haru against eleven other trained assassins.
* [[Idiosyncratic Episode Naming]]: The episode titles are riddles texted to Tokaku by her psychology teacher from Private Academy 17, Kaiba.
* [[In Love with the Mark]]: [[
{{quote|''"I chose the person with the worst judgment. Tokaku, your life isn't worth a damn to anybody!"''}}
* [[Knife Fight]]: Between Tokaku and Isuke, both in the [[Anime Theme Song|Opening Theme]] and when she makes her attempt on Haru's life.
* [[Psychological Thriller]]: '''''Akuma no Riddle''''' [[Deconstructed|deconstructs]] what sort of personalities and circumstances would be necessary for tropes like [[In Love with the Mark]] to function and explores the psychological implications of being a [[Hitman with a Heart]] and how a teenage girl becomes a [[Professional Killer]] in the first place.
* [[Pun-Based Title]]: The Japanese title is a pun on the ''[[w:Violin Sonata in G minor (Tartini)|Devil's Trill Sonata]]'' by [[w:Giuseppe Tartini|Giuseppe Tartini]].
* [[They Changed It, Now It Sucks]]: [[YMMV]] on whether '''''Akuma no Riddle''''' was [[Sarcasm Mode|Ruined]] [[Ruined FOREVER|FOREVER]], but as a psychological thriller (which it ''was'' marketed as!), the anime adaption took a clear downward turn in quality, if only because of Haru's [[Character Derailment]]. In the original source material, Haru was a [[Badass Damsel]], and as one of the two main characters, her characterization has a ''huge'' impact on the plot. In the anime, her character was taken in a distinctly more [[Damsel in Distress]] direction, which required serious application of the [[Idiot Ball]] to justify without the story coming apart.
* [[Twenty Minutes Into the Future]]: There are touchscreens ''everywhere''. Even in the shower! However, the same cannot be said of the setting from the source material, whose level of technology is only as advanced as "contemporary". And aside from the riddles Kaiba texts Tokaku necessitating some form of IM technology, it has no real impact on the story.
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