Skull Man: Difference between revisions

** Not to mention that at the end of the 2007 anime, the main character, who has done all he can to do the right thing, {{spoiler|saves the world from being annihilated, dies...and is brought back as ''BLACK GHOST''. As in, the world dominating, cyborg creating, terrorist Black Ghost of ''[[Cyborg 009]]''. How's that for a shocker?}}

* [[Heel Face Turn]]: A considerable number of The Syndicate's minions.

* [[Large Ham]]: Skullman definitely qualifes and let's throw in Detective Hioka too.

* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The 1998 manga is this for recasting Skull Man as a more conventional hero rather than a dark avenger of the night.

** Maya Chisato in the original manga using her telepathic powers to {{spoiler|tell Tatsuo that she is his sister and the murderer is their grandfather.}} and this is not just her own power. It is revealed further that she can [[Healing Hands|heal]] her brother as well.

** Maria, the [[Distaff Counterpart|female counterpart]] of Tatsuo/Ryuusei in the 1998 manga.

* [[Red Herring]]: In the 2007 anime, doubling as a [[Continuity Nod]]. {{spoiler|Hayato pins a supposedly-deceased Tatsuo Kagura as the Skull Man as early as episode 2. It's not him.}}

* [[Roaring Rampage of Revenge]]: Tatsuo's entire goal in the original manga.

* [[Scarf of Asskicking]]: [[Cyborg 009|Joe Shimamura]] in the 36th Chapter and [[Kamen Rider|Detective Tsuyoshi Hioka]] in the last chapters of the 1998 manga.

** {{spoiler|It's also reminiscent of the Acceleration Ability featured in ''[[Cyborg 009]]''}}

* [[The Thing That Goes Doink]]: In Mr. Kuroshio's garden.