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{{quote|''"When you don't fit in anywhere in the world, what should you do? Carve yourself to fit the world...? ...Or carve the world to fit ''you''?!"''|'''[[Social Darwinist|Tomonori Komori]]'''}}

 

''Naru Taru'' was created by [[Mohiro Kitoh]], who also created the [[Humongous Mecha]] series ''[[Bokurano]]'', while the anime was penned by [[Chiaki Konaka]], writer of ''[[Serial Experiments Lain]]'' and ''[[Digimon Tamers]]''. [[Mind Screw|This]] [[Deconstruction|should]] [[Harmful to Minors|tell]] [[Schmuck Bait|you]] [[It Got Worse|something]].

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* [[Abusive Parents]]: Shiina, Akira, and Hiroko all have at least one each. It's also implied that Norio and Takeo had them, but never explained in detail.

* [[Action Girl]]: Shiina.

* [[Girlish Pigtails]]: Pre-haircut Shiina and Hiroko.

* [[Go Out with a Smile]]: Played with. {{spoiler|Norio's dying smile is ironic because he's regretting that he could never tell Takeo his real feelings. Also, he's ''not'' smiling when Takeo comes home to find his severed head.}}

* [[Going Commando]]: Mamiko ''never'' wears panties.

* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: The anime does this a lot, especially in the last two episodes. The manga's violence, on the other hand, is ''much'' more graphic.

* [[I Just Want to Be Normal]]: Akira doesn't want to have recurring nightmares and be ill because of her link to her Mon.

* [[I Just Want to Be Special]]: On the other hand, Shiina surely ''does'' want to be special and have a Mon to call her own.

* [[Idiot Hair]]: Amusingly enough, {{spoiler|Shiina gains one of these after her [[Important Haircut]]... ''after'' she's stopped being [[Book Dumb]]!}}

* [[Implacable Man|Implacable Mon]]: Satomi's dragon Amapola, after "evolving" into its more humanoid form. {{spoiler|It takes an intervention from the Virgin Princess to defeat it and save Shiina's life.}}

* [[There Are No Therapists]]: Though if there ''were'', we wouldn't have nearly the same story.

* [[They Would Cut You Up]]: Why Akira would rather keep the shadow dragon issue hush-hush.

* [[This Is Something He's Got to Do Himself|This Is Something I've Got To Do Myself]]: In the manga, Shiina accepts missions too dangerous for a girl her age, saying she feels she's gotta do it.

* [[Tomato in the Mirror]]: In the manga. {{spoiler|At one point, it's made to look as though Shiina might not be the main character after all, given where Hoshimaru's loyalties really lie. It turns out she ''still'' is, though.}}

 

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