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{{quote|''Will you kill someone you love, because of love?''|The show's [[Arc Words]]}}
This anime series serves as a [[Prequel]] to the manga, ''[[Ga-Rei]]''. It depicts the life of Yomi before her [[Start of Darkness|fall to evil]], and her strong sisterly bond to Kagura. The two girls' relationship is the central focus of the story, emphasizing why Kagura's heart often wavers while fighting Yomi throughout the course of the original manga. Its tone is considerably different from that of the manga, making the anime more [[Seinen]] than [[Shonen]]. The show is probably most notable for throwing off viewers with its first two episodes by {{spoiler|[[
Licensed by Funimation in August 2010 and released to DVD and Blu-Ray in April 2011.
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* [[Back From the Dead]]: {{spoiler|Yomi returns as an evil spirit in the [[Ga-Rei]] manga.}}
** Even more than that; look on the [[Ga-Rei]] page under {{spoiler|[[Split Personality]]}}.
* [[Back
* [[Barbie Doll Anatomy]]: Averted in that one bath scene.
* [[Because Destiny Says So]]: Kagura can't escape inheriting Byakuei.
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* [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: This series can be called [[Diabolus Ex Machina]]: The Anime.
* [[Disturbed Doves]]: In the opening.
* [[Does This Remind You of Anything?]]: {{spoiler|During final episode, when Yomi stabs Kagura.}}
** Not to mention {{spoiler|Mitogawa's}} scene with Yomi in the hospital in episode 9, which [[Sarcasm Mode|totally doesn't look like rape whatsoever]].
* [[Doomed By Canon]]: Since this is a prequel, there's quite a high body count.
* [[Dude, Where's My Reward?]]: Evil Yomi. They're good reasons for her [[Face Heel Turn]].
* [[Episode Zero the Beginning]]
* [[
* [[Expy]] "Natsuki Kasuga", a badass, black haired biker girl. Certainly doesn't sound like a character from [[Mai Hi ME|Mai-HiME]] [[Sarcasm Mode|at all]]...
** Don't forget that she's paired with a guy who wields duel pistols.:P
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* [[Fearful Symmetry]]/[[Mirror Match]]: Also [[Monster Clown]].
* [[First Kiss]]: Averted hilariously when Kagura tells Nori and Yomi to make up by kissing. Nori agrees to it, but Yomi responds by throwing him instead.
* [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Toru
** [[The Lancer]]: Natsuki
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** [[The Big Guy]]: Kudo
** [[The Chick]]: Mami
* Another [[Five
** [[The Hero]]: Noriyuki
** [[The Lancer]]: Kazuki
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* [[Full Frontal Assault]] {{spoiler|Evil Yomi in episode 10}}
* [[Furo Scene]]
* [[Good Eyes, Evil Eyes]]: Kind of. Kagura does sport some noticeable [[Tareme Eyes]], while Yomi has distinctive [[Tsurime Eyes]]
* [[Go Out With a Smile]]: {{spoiler|Yomi}}
* [[Gory Discretion Shot]]: {{spoiler|Misuzu-sensei's death.}}
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* [[Handicapped Badass]]: Being confined to a wheelchair doesn't prevent Ayame from {{spoiler|putting up a good fight against Yomi.}}
* [[Heroic BSOD]]: Kagura got lite-version of this {{spoiler|after she's forced to kill the school nurse, whom she's fond of}}. Toru never recovers fully from this {{spoiler|and this eventually led to his demise, as nightmarish flashbacks come haunting him at the most unfortunate moment}}.
* [[Hero Killer]]/{{spoiler|[[Kill
* [[How We Got Here]]: Whole series variation after the first two episodes.
* [[Hot Chick With a Sword]]: Embodied most strongly in Yomi, even if Kagura also wields a sword.
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** When Yomi's spirit katana is out of order she has to choose a replacement weapon among: A spirit iron (as in, ironing your clothes), a spirit chainsaw, a spirit jackhammer and a spirit boiler. She decides to use the iron -- although the chainsaw [[Chainsaw Good|would have been much more awesome]], she didn't think it was practical.
** A sword that can launch from its sheathe at the press of a trigger. Can also be linked to its sheathe via chain so it can swing through enemies and come back to the user. Has the slightly more mundane use of making its cutting force even higher at the press of a button due to pressurized air in the sheathe. {{spoiler|Gets upgraded to be able to increase its cutting force with ''shotgun shells''}}
** Briefcase. [[Dual
*** ''Machine-gun'' Briefcases...
*** ...with CD Players for sacred mantras!
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* [[It Got Worse]]: Practically everything, and for everyone.
* [[Just Eat Him]]: Byakuei's primary attack.
* [[I Cannot Self
* [[Kamehame Hadoken]]: Ranguren's primary attack.
* [[Karma Houdini]]: Pretty much the opposite of [[Doomed By Canon]]. {{spoiler|Mitagawa being a character in the manga means he gets off scot free until then. Fortunately, [[Karma Houdini Warranty|his warranty expires in the manga proper.]]}}
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* [[Mission Control]]
* [[Mons]]: The titular Ga-Reis.
* [[My God, What Have I Done?]]: {{spoiler|Shissouseiki}} victims do this when they regain control temporarily. {{spoiler|Mitogawa either did it willingly or has been overridden too long for this to happen to ''[[Complete Monster|him]]''}}
* [[Naughty Tentacles]]
* [[Night of the Living Mooks]]: Category Ds.
* [[Not Using the Zed Word]]: No one ever calls the former humans "zombies".
* [[Norio Wakamoto]]: The Nabuu brothers, falling squarely in his "not serious" category.
* [[
* [[One Steve Limit]]: Subverted with the Nabuu brothers, both of which are named Nabuu.
* [[Prequel]]: To the manga.
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* [[Redemption Equals Death]]
* [[Red Eyes Take Warning]]: Mei.
* [[Red Oni, Blue Oni]]: Subverted: Yomi {{spoiler|and Mei}} who control the red monster Ranguren is calm. Kagura who controls the white monster Byakuei is prone to panicking.
* [[Red Shirt]]: Anyone can be [[Red Shirt]], yeah...
* [[Relationship Voice Actor]]: A good deal of the main cast in the Japanese version is shared with, strangely enough, ''[[Lucky Star (Anime)|Lucky Star]]''.
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* [[Survival Mantra]]: It is our job to eliminate those who spread the taint of death to the human world, it is our job to eliminate those who spread the taint of death to the human world, it is our job to eliminate those who spread the taint of death to the human world...
* [[Swiss Army Weapon]]: The other end of Mei's retractable naginata also contains an... umbrella.
* [[Tall, Dark and Bishoujo]]: Yomi. In fact most of the female cast is this.
* [[The Atoner]]/[[Zen Survivor]]: Ayame, although it's not revealed until much later. In the finale (and manga), Noriyuki become some sort of this.
* [[The Dark Side]]: Anyone who works with {{spoiler|Bane Stones}} are vulnerable to this.
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* [[We Have Reserves]]
* [[Wham Episode]]: {{spoiler|How many shows have one of these for their ''very first episode?''}}
* [[What Do You Mean
* [[What Measure Is a Non
* [[Where Are They Now? Epilogue]]/[[Distant Finale]]: The last episode of the anime flashes forward to the manga timeline.
* [[White
* [[White
* [[Wild Man]]: Master Michael. To stay close with nature, he refuses to wear clothes except for fundoshi. [[Squick|Even when he visits the city.]]
* [[Woobie, Destroyer of Worlds]]: {{spoiler|Yomi}}, at least at "some" point during her [[Start of Darkness]].
* [[Your Head Asplode]]/[[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: The safest way to kill Category D.
* [[You Shall Not Pass]]: {{spoiler|In the final battle, Iwahata and the remaining Nabuu fight the mooks so that Kagura can concentrate on Yomi.}}
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