Soul Chess: Difference between revisions

* [[Anyone Can Die]]: Let's see: {{spoiler|Mari, Nnoitora, [[Doomed By Canon|Miyako]], [[Disk One Final Boss|AIZEN]], Szayel, Zommari, [[The Starscream|Baraggan]] and all his Fraccion, and that is [[It Got Worse|BEFORE]] the Battle of Karakura Town arc. Mia and Yuna used to be on this list but the former is now officially revived with Cirucci's [[Fusion Dance]] sacrifice and the latter via Reincarnation.}} Even the [[Plot Armor]] of [[Bleach|OFFICIAL]] Characters would not protect them.

** [[Word of God]] has explicitly stated that this trope is applicable to the Battle of Karakura Town Arc in large contrast to canon. {{spoiler|So far, Ikkaku, Nanao and now Shuhei are among the Soul Society casualties. The First Half is over but expect it to rise in the Second Half.}}

** The ONLY Soul Society casualty in the Reapers and Heralds arc? {{spoiler|Yamamoto's Vice-Captain Chojiro Sasakibe.}} It wasn't even by battle{{spoiler|, he was [[Mercy Kill|Mercy Killed]] due to a devastating fever}}.

** As of {{spoiler|Aizen's Revenge so far: [[Oh Crap|Captain-Commander Yamamoto Shigekuni Genryusai]], Ryou, Sentaro, and Yosei are dead}}.

** Invoked yet again, this time it is {{spoiler|Soifon}}'s Bankai. The author deliberately changed {{spoiler|her}} original [[BFG|Bankai]] to this alternate original creation.

* [[Ascended Meme]]: The author decided to use the line that Jikan Kami {{spoiler|Talbumosuke's Zanpakuto}} makes Kyoka Suigetsu look like a parlor trick as part of the in-universe dialogue.

* [[Asshole Victim]]: {{spoiler|Talbumosuke wants revenge for the death of his family and servants and [[Evil Mentor|Aizen]] also [[Did You Just Punch Out Cthulhu?|bites the dust]], but no one sheds a tear for them and quite frankly, no one will miss them.}}

** Anyone in hell is basically this whenever they suffer.

** He also planned for Unohana to be his "secret weapon". It's obvious from the way he's saying it he just doesn't want to invoke her wrath.

* [[Boobs of Steel]]: Talbumosuke noticed that among the Espada, a female arrancar is bustier the more powerful she is.

* [[Breaking the Fourth Wall]]: Kukaku and {{spoiler|her Zanpakuto spirit}} have a go at this in regards to [[Symbol Swearing]]

* [[Break the Cutie]]: Mia wants to do this to {{spoiler|Orihime}}, but is stopped before she can.

* [[Creator in Joke]]: The 100th chapter omake has [[Black Lagoon|Revy and Rock]] in the beginning complaining about being forgotten about in homage to a collaboration between the omake writer and the author: [[Black Lagoon|Lagoon]] [[Highschool of the Dead|of the dead]].

* [[Curb Stomp Battle]]: Happens every now and then. Some are done well others...not so much

* [[Defeat Means Friendship]]: Like in Bleach, there are elements of it in the story, but it's rarely played completely straight.

* [[Department of Redundancy Department]]: In chapter 33, while two characters are getting it on, the author says that one would possessively possess the other.

* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: Lelouch thinks that he's invincible because {{spoiler|he saw himself as a captain}}. [[Word of God]] says that it's a parallel to teenagers who think that they're bullet-proof, and completely immune to addiction of any kind.

** In chapter 53, Hisana lampshades the following conversation

{{quote| '''Shinji''': [[Lampshade Hanging|We are bastards]].}}

* [[Dungeon Bypass]]: The second [[Circles of Hell|circle of hell]] is a fighting arena where, those who want to test their skill, or explore the lower regions, must fight for their lives. Upon the reveal that Kokuto is the [[Asskicking Equals Authority|187th strongest]], the other fighters [[Bring My Brown Pants|give up before the match starts]].

* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: Chapter 50, although the story isn't quite over yet. {{spoiler|[[Word of God]] states that at that point it isn't even a THIRD done.}}

* [[Enemy Mine]]: Zero becomes this after [[It Was His Sled|Aizen fakes his death]], before the big reveal.

* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: See [[Lets Fight Like Gentleman]] below

* [[Executive Meddling]]: A meta-example. The author and the writer of the omakes are not the same person and sometimes the author edits the omake to suit his fancy, much to the omake writer's chagrin.

** Tsukishima’s reaction when asked whose dumb idea it was to {{spoiler|have all of his brainwashed victims stand outside where Lelouch could geass them}}. The responsibility falls on {{spoiler|Urahara}} which makes Tsukishima realize {{spoiler|Urahara is a [[Fake Defector]]}}.

* [[Expy]]: Chapter 124 gives us one of [[Resident Evil|Albert Wesker]].

* [[Fan Service]]: Taken [[Up to Eleven]] in Mia's case, seen throughout the series in the form of Lemons and heavily lampshaded and mocked in the Halloween Omake

* [[Fan Disservice]]: Going straight from {{spoiler|Lelouch and Nemu getting it on}} [[Mood Whiplash|to a flashback of]] {{spoiler|Mayuri having a hollow rape Nemu}}.

* [[Fan Dumb]]: The author has noted several people still think that Tosen is on Aizen's side despite the fact that {{spoiler|Lelouch revealed to Tosen that Aizen deceived him.}}

* [[Fetish]]: Apparently, Lelouch likes having a sex slave, although that [[Magnificent Bastard|really shouldn't]] [[Manipulative Bastard|be a surprise]], [[Dark Messiah|considering how]] [[Necessarily Evil|he acts]] [[The Chessmaster|on a regular basis]].

* [[Genre Savvy]]: While heavily outclassed in this department by people like Lelouch, Kaien does realise and suspect that an enemy building could be booby-trapped.

* [[Genre Shift]]: The series turns into a Courtroom Drama for an entire arc.

** A less than humorous example is {{spoiler|the beating Yachiru received from her Zanpakuto}}. Considering she's just a child it's probably better that way.

* [[Graceful Loser]]: {{spoiler|Talbumosuke}}

* [[I Have Your Wife]]: Though {{spoiler|Yuna}} isn't {{spoiler|Lelouch's}} wife and actually {{spoiler|his captain}} it's the same effect played by {{spoiler|Hoshima}}.

** A few chapters later {{spoiler|Lelouch}} pulls this on {{spoiler|Gin}} by taking {{spoiler|Rangiku}}. Once again no marriage, but the effect is still the same.

** Others speculated that Kasumi was {{spoiler|The Number One Togabito}}. They were also right.

* [[In Spite of a Nail]]: A [[Code Geass]] historical example. In spite of the changes in history 9/11 still happens

* {{spoiler|[[Marry Them All]]: Lelouch starts a clan and marries [[The Woobie|Nemu]], [[Undying Loyalty|Susanna]], [[Statuesque Stunner|Isane]], and [[First Girl Wins|Yuna]].}}

** {{spoiler|Subverted as of chapter 105}}

* [[Mind Screw]]: Mia. Considering who she really is, though, it's to be expected.

* [[Missed Moment of Awesome]]: Kendra, Stefan, Yosei, Naomi and Yolanda all handing the Bounts their asses in between the events of chapters 110 and 111.

** Averted, actually, since {{spoiler|Aizen's dead}}. [[Word of God]] says that it was actually ''Orihime'' who made it possible when she stopped the cleaner from killing the Nakama on their way to soul society.

* [[No Fourth Wall]]: In the chapter 83 omake you would think everyone's name was [[Deadpool]]

** {{spoiler|Zommari received one of these from [[Knight Templar Big Brother|Hisana]] for [[Berserk Button|harming Rukia]]}}

** Ichigo breaks out into this when {{spoiler|he finds Needles and his goons [[Attempted Rape|attempting to rape]] Orihime}}.

** {{spoiler|seen again in chapter 69 when Needles and his goons [[Attempted Rape|attempt to do this to Orihime]]. Thankfully Ichigo put a stop to it}}.

* [[Rape Is a Special Kind of Evil]]: [[Mind Rape]] in this case, but it's the same thing. Starrk notes that he can tolerate watching Lilynette be overpowered or injured, but this trope is another story entirely.

* [[Real Life Writes the Plot]]: In universe. Due to how what is going through Ichigo's life at this point, he and Shinji greatly divert from the canon fight scene of [[Gurren Lagann|Kamina/Viral]] and put their own spin on the fight and by adding REAL weapons into their acting and it could be seen as a continuation of Ichigo's real life training as a Visored.

** [[Word of God|draconichero20]] says that some of what happens to him in real life winds up being reflected in the series, not that we’d know either way.

* [[Real Person Fic]]: Discussed in the ch 107 omake about Yoruichi and Soifon’s relationship, though it’s merely a comparison drawn between their relationship and [[Mahou Sensei Negima|Konoka]] [[Schoolgirl Lesbians|and]] [[Bodyguard Crush|Setsuna]]

* [[Redshirt Army]]: A whole bunch of characters come out during the {{spoiler|Aizen’s Revenge}} arc to {{spoiler|buy Byakuya enough time so he can escape to live to fight another day}}.

* {{spoiler|[[Reincarnation Romance]]}}: Lelouch and {{spoiler|Yuna}}

* [[Rule of Funny]]: The omakes.

** Confirmed by chapter 54.

* [[Shoot the Bullet]]: Uryu and Yolanda in chapter 42. Quite Literally with Uryu.

* [[Shown Their Work]]: The author does this a lot, even going so far as to explain what would have happened had Lelouch not been involved.

* [[Single Tear]]: Despite not thinking he could, Lelouch does this when he realizes {{spoiler|how much Susanna cares for him}}.

* [[Spanner in The Works]]: Once again things blow up in Lelouch’s face as {{spoiler|it turns out Hollow Ichigo is sentient when he goes on his rampage. Lelouch didn’t think he would be}}.

* [[Spit Take]]: Soifon after watching the news about {{spoiler|a year old, Eleventh Prince, [[Fish Out of Temporal Water|Lelouch vi Britannia]]}}.

* [[Story Arc]]: [[Word of God]] has split the story into Character arcs within arcs.

** Lelouch's Story Arc: Chapters 1-9 are the Awakening Arc. 10-14 is the Prelude to the Chess Game. Chapters 15-20 make up the Lelouch and Yuna arc, followed by the Rise of the Black King, chapters 21-28. Most recently, we have chapters 29-34, which make up the Phantoms of Justice arc.

* [[The Rival]]: Grimmjow and Ichigo explicitly decide to become this to each other in chapter 66

* [[The Starscream]]: Baraggan natch.

** {{spoiler|Talbumosuke}} pulls #1 off rather well using the [[The Stations of the Canon|canonical]] [[Bleach|kidnapping of Orihime]] to test the [[Power of Friendship]] of Ichigo and his nakama

** Aizen uses #4 {{spoiler|in the Aizen’s Revenge arc}} knowing that {{spoiler|Lelouch has to bring the counterattack to him. He does send Vanguard out to meet Kenpachi and Ichigo head on though}}.

* [[Vitriolic Best Buds]]: Lelouch and his Zanpakuto {{spoiler|Eien Tamashi}} are easily this. The amount of times they aren’t bickering can be counted on one hand.

* [[WAFF]]: A lot of moments are like this and some double as a [[Crowning Moment of Heartwarming]]

** {{spoiler|Ikkaku’s dead? No...no Ikkaku can’t die. He’ll be fine right? Get up, laugh it off, get a head butt or two and drink with Iba-san? DAMN YOU TALBUMOSUKE!}}

** At the end of chapter 77, Urahara {{spoiler|releases his Bankai}}

** Chapter 120 is mainly a [[Take That]] to the Reigai arc {{spoiler|[[Oh Crap|and it ends with Aizen's return]].}}

** Okay all of these previous examples pale in comparison to this one. In chapter 123 {{spoiler|Yamamoto dies and Unohana is defeated}}. Cue [[Atomic F-Bomb]] and [[Oh Crap]] reactions from the fandom.

** And then of course we get this reveal from chapter 17. {{spoiler|CC (to Lelouch): "Have we met before?"}}. This troper stared at his computer screen for a few minutes after that one.

** {{spoiler|Aizen! Kill yourself!}} (Note that he learned from his mistake with Mao).

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