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* [[Abandon Shipping]]: Happens to every single Yuri/Karin shipper after they complete ''Covenant'' (long story short, thanks to time travel, {{spoiler|she's his mother}}). Well, "every single" may be giving shippers too much credit.
* [[Angel/Devil Shipping]]: This is played up a ''lot'' for Alice/Yuri shipping, both in canon and fanon.
* [[Badass Decay]]: Happens to {{spoiler|Albert Simon}} in ''Covenant''.
* [[Crazy Awesome]]: Joachim. Vampire? Check! Superhero? Check! Professional Wrestler? And check!
* [[Crowning Music of Awesome]]: Soundtracks by Yoshitaka Hirota, with Yasunori Mitsuda guest-composing a few tracks on the first two games for extra added flavor. Since Hirota is almost unquestionably a disciple of [[Silent Hill|Akira Yamaoka]] and Mitsuda [[Chrono Cross|needs]] [[Xenogears|no]] [[Xenosaga|introduction]], Shadow Hearts' soundtrack manages to be both epic and skin-crawlingly creepy at the same time.
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** Nicolai also gets some of this, particularly in relation to his feelings for Karin.
* [[Ending Fatigue]]: Doing the end-of-game sidequests can sap your enthusiasm if you spend too long on it.
* [[Fetish Fuel]]: In ''Covenant'', Cordelia's first six outfits range from [[Moe|cute]] to [[Fetish Fuel|spicy]]. The next two are [[Hell-Bent for Leather|leather bondage]] and a [[Furry Fandom|revealing raccoon suit]]. {{spoiler|The last one is an [[Continuity Nod|Alice]] [[Sexy Schoolwoman|costume]], complete with [[Panty Shot]] while casting Advent
* [[Funny Aneurysm Moment]]: Margarete. This is Mata Hari we're talking about. ''Covenant'' is set in 1915. Anyone else remember what happened to the real one near the end of WWI? {{spoiler|For those who don't know, the French executed her for spying
* [[Game Breaker]]:
** If used properly, Lucia's Aromatherapy ability can make the game *much* easier with the only drawback being it will effect everybody but her. her successor, Ricardo, is also pretty good, too.
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* [[Magnificent Bastard]]: Albert Simon. Everything from the start of ''Koudellka'' up to the final dungeon of ''Shadow Hearts'' is basically all part of Albert's plans. The shear level of his manipulative adaptation and back-up plans is nothing short of impressive. Even Yuri considers Albert the crème de la crème of villains.
* [[Memetic Badass]]: Yuri. A lot of ''Shadow Hearts'' fans hold him up as one of the toughest protagonists in the RPG genre.
* [[Needs More Love]]: The first game was a quiet gem with the misfortune of being released 3 weeks before ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' in Japan and just 1 week before in the US, getting crushed by its massive publicity.
** Arguably averted for Europe who had to wait over half a year for ''[[Final Fantasy X]]'' to be released, ''Shadow Hearts'' was a welcome distraction for many while they waited.
* [[Poke the Poodle]]: This troper has a closet full of role-playing games wherein the [[Big Bad]] tries to [[Take Over the World|conquer]] or [[Omnicidal Maniac|destroy]] the world, so he has always found
* [[Replacement Scrappy]]: Johnny from ''From the New World''. As far as some fans are concerned, he's not Yuri.
* [[Scrappy Mechanic]]:
** In the first ''Shadow Hearts'' game, to do ''anything'', you need to press the action button at the right time at least three times. '''Anything.''' This includes attacking, spell casting, using an item, ''searching a place for an item that's right in sight.'' And would you believe this very same mechanic somehow wasn't horrible in the sequels?
** Hildegarde's Calorie Meter in ''From the New World'' is an utter bitch to work without expending rare, irreplaceable items.
* [[Shipping]]: In the story for ''Covenant'', Yuri was clearly making a comeback,
* [[Squick]]:
** Kato creating Ouka as a [[Replacement Goldfish]] for his dead love interest. It gets even more disturbing when Raiden and Hien discuss, in a cutscene, about Kato and Ouka wanting to ''have a baby together.''
** How about Karin's creepy infatuation with [[God of Evil|the inhuman Amon]]?
*** Or, more obviously, with {{spoiler|[[Parental Incest|her son
*** Her attraction to him isn't especially squicky until it's revealed that
* [[Tastes Like Diabetes]]/[[Historical Hero Upgrade]]: Anastasia in ''Covenant'', and [[Lampshade Hanging|well aware of it]].
* [[That One Boss]]: ''Shadow Hearts 1'', {{spoiler|Fox Face. Or any of the four killer bosses that pop up after you beat him
* [[Tier-Induced Scrappy]]:
** Gepetto is probably the closest this series has to one. He has the highest magical attack and can boost his elemental power with Cordelia's dresses, but Lucia and Anastasia are both faster, magical power is weaker than physical power, and the two women have special skills that make them more useful (Lucia's Aromatherapy and Anastasia's Snaps).
** In the first game, Zhuzhen is a decent character, and the only character who can reliably hit all non-Light elemental classes. But after Margarete rejoins and Halley is required for the next two dungeons, he often hits the bench.
* [[Tough Act to Follow]]: ''From the New World'' had the daunting task to be the sequel to ''Covenant'', while the game is far from mediocre, not having Yuri, among other things, have made fans of the series a bit unhappy with it.
* [[Uncanny Valley]]:
** Averted because of the stylized characters (Rasputin looks like a cartoon villain), but in ''Covenant'', there's the "Miracle" scene in which, for once, the [[Uncanny Valley]] turns out to be more ''funny'' than creepy, because
** Played straight with most enemies. Such as the boss from ''Covenant'' that is a giant spider with ''human fingers for legs and mandibles'', a human nose placed in the middle of it's head, and a ''realistic human mouth with teeth and lips''.
* [[Viewer Gender Confusion]]: Mao in ''From the New World'', namely due to the [[Cross-Dressing Voices]] in the English version. In the Japanese version of ''From the New World'', Mao is voiced by [[Kujira]], who is ''definitely'' a woman. She sounds very similar to [[Naruto|Orochimaru]], though.
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