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* [[Broad Strokes]]: Name changes aside, when the first chapter ends with {{spoiler|Sommerhoffnung NOT waking up in the middle of a school field with Dai-Ming}}, you know this is not going to be a faithful adaptation.
* [[But Not Too Foreign]]: Sommerhoffnung is half-<s> German</s>[[Istanbul Not Constantinople|Gothofurtoan]], quarter-Ch[[Istanbul Not Constantinople|(o)]]inese and quarter-<s> Japanese</s>[[Istanbul Not Constantinople|Electopian]], and there are others also similarly mixed.
* [[Celebrity Paradox]]: Acknowledged in-universe. Ken-ba-ne says "Any similarity to a ''<s>[[
* [[Christianity Is Catholic]]: Averted. "You must remember that, while Catholicism is indeed the denomination of the <s> French</s> Rancaskan Church, the Church of <s> Scotland</s> Thaneland that the campus' chapel is subsumed under belongs to the Presbyterian subset of the Protestant denomination."
* [[Crack Pairing]]: {{spoiler|Ymia and Eywon are [[Captain Ersatz]] of Reinforce Eins and Yuuno from ''Nanoha'', so...}}
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** Ken-ba-ne's near-nonstop sass as a (attempted?) [[Deadpan Snarker]].
** Must's refusal of help revealing his [[Don't You Dare Pity Me!]] attitude.
* [[Fun
** {{spoiler|Wedey stands for "Weaponised Enhanced Demolishing Evolutionary prototYpe".}}
* [[Gratuitous Foreign Language]]: In addition to Ywiu dropping Mandarin and Hokkien all over the place like the ''beng'' she is, we also have:
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* [[Inertia Is a Harsh Mistress]]: Mentioned as a problem Ken-ba-ne experiences.
* [[Insane Troll Logic]]/[[Moon Logic Puzzle]]: Frequent and the reason why [[Viewers Are Geniuses]] is what it is here. For example, Ywiu's name.<ref>The kanji for Mai's name, if read as if Chinese characters, are pronounced "Wu-yi", with Ywiu being an anagram of that. Mai is... well, Mai, while Tou-qi-ha is a transliteration of "Tokiha" into Chinese.</ref>
* [[Istanbul Not Constantinople]]: The ''[[
* [[Leaning
* [[Lemony Narrator]]: Sometimes.
* [[Mind Screw]]: A series of seemingly-inexplicable images described in the first chapter. {{spoiler|[[Word of God]] says he was trying to put the original OP into words.}}
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* [[Mugging the Monster]]: The gangsters who target Ywiu.
* [[Musical Assassin]]: Mei-ya-nuo-kou-qi's power.
* [[Mythology Gag]]: Sommerhoffnung's default outfit is based on that of Dark HiME Natsuki from the ''[[Mai-Otome (
** Ymia makes a joke about feeling "like dusty old tomes". {{spoiler|Remember that Ymia is a [[Captain Ersatz]] of Reinforce Eins from ''Nanoha''.}}
** "Lucky you not some sick bird, else sure big problem one!" {{spoiler|In the original, Takumi was pretty much a [[Gender Flip]] [[Ill Girl]].}}
* [[Never Bring a Knife
* [[No Conservation of Energy]]: Sommerhoffnung points out the sheer impracticality of energy-mass conversion, to which Ywiu mentions that their powers have [[Elemental Baggage]] and that she shouldn't be so concerned.
* [[Not Using the Z Word]]/[[Writing Around Trademarks]]: The fanfic. The author's efforts to avoid invoking the canonical names can get [[Narm|Narmful]].
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** "[[Star Wars|It's]] [[Memetic Mutation|a]] [[Guilty Gear|Bridget]]."
*** "Help me, Hei-gu-la-shi! You're my only hope."
** "[[The O
** [[Kingdom Hearts|Empire Minds]]
** [[Zero Wing|"Let's Move Zig for Great Justice."]]
** [[Hellsing|"Releasing control arts restriction levels...."]]
** Sommerhoffnung sings a few lines from [[Rhapsody of Fire|Emerald Sword]] before naming her Parent [[Significant Anagram|Draysoph]], and names her guns [[
** [[Silent Hill|Noisy Valley]]
** In the fourth chapter, Sommerhoffnung quotes [[Friedrich Nietzsche]] at length.
** [[Unreal Tournament
*** PS^2N plays Dusk Horizon from the [[Unreal
** [[
** [[The Dark Knight Saga|"Wei he zhao ji?"]]<ref>"Why So Serious" in Chinese</ref> .... "Don't so serious!" .... “Will you be wanting the sundae, ma’am?” .... “Good evening, ladies and gentlemen! We’re tonight’s… entertainment!”.... Very poor choice of words, [she was] afraid .... “Not very subtle. I most certainly hope not.”
** [[No More Heroes]] <s> [[No More Heroes|Heroes]]</s> [[Writing Around Trademarks|Villains]]
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** [[Starcraft|“You want a piece of m-”]]
** [[Discworld|Fabricati Diem Pvnc expression]]
** [[The
** [[Street Fighter|“Oh-ho-ho! This is delicious!” ... “Yes! Yes!”]]
** Kan-za-ji said as he shifted a pair of unfortunately non-[[Dawn of War|METALlic BOXES]].
** "Are you so sure of your success, or will you say [[Death Note
** “Is this some [[Metal Gear|Tactical Espionage Action]] you’re involved in....?”
*** "Only a fool trusts..."
** Susanoo's beatdown of the sixth chapter's Childless riffs on the game version of [[Jo Jo's Bizarre Adventure
** <s> [[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann|Giga Drill]] [[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha|Starlight Breaker]]</s><ref>not coincidentally also a reference to [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QwKEQSYnYnY this video], given that Warp Obscura and MaxAndEmilytate are friends</ref> Pico Wrench Moonlight Fixer
** 'come out of [[Firefly|gorram]] nowhere'
** [[Team Fortress 2
*** "I am going to kill them and kill them and kill them."
** "Does he still [[Metroid: Other M
** Ken-ba-ne likes the term [[Touhou|nineball]].
*** "Take it easy!"
** [[X Wing Series|"To win, you must fight with heart and brains and your entire being!"]]
** [[Stardust (
** Must finishes off his first Childless with a [[Guilty Gear|Potemkin Buster]].
** [[Imogen Heap|"Ooo what']][[Memetic Mutation|cha say?"]]
** [[Order of the Stick|"Treasure Type O"]]
** [[
** [[Schlock Mercenary
** "We'll show you some proper, ah, [[The Culture|use of weapons]]!"
*** "but we are... outside context, I think you can say?"
** [[All
** ".... Sometimes the world dun like us to [[Russell Peters|be a man, do the right thing.]]"
** [[Mortal Kombat|"Finish him!"]]
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** [[Ne-Yo|"Monster!" "Beautiful monster... wait, a monster? T-that's so mean. That's so mean, Su-zu-shi-luo, that's so mean"]]
** [[Modern Warfare|"Five years ago, Shou-qin Enterprises faced insolvency… and you all just fucking watched. Tomorrow… There will be no shortage of volunteers, no shortage of loyal shareholders. We know you understand."]]
** The emcee said something about the next performance, something about the band [[Aladdin (Disney film)|Abismal]] [[Abysmal Dawn|Dusk]]?
** [[
** [[Leeroy Jenkins|"Alright, chums, let's do this... GOHROY… WESKINS!"]] {{spoiler|For added irony, they're ''running away'' from danger.}}
** "[[Pulp Fiction|I thought 'What?']] when they told me the fate of the world and they were kind enough to not [[Pulp Fiction|ask me if I spoke Kinglish.]]"
** [[Iron Man (
** [[The Man Your Man Could Smell Like
** [[Street Fighter
** [[Doctor Who/NS/Recap/S3 E2 The Shakespeare Code|"Why waitest we upon stale custom for consummation?"]]
* [[Sincerity Mode]]: When Sommerhoffnung [[spoiler: shoots a District Ten [[The Men in Black|Man In Black]], Ywiu claps and assures her that she was being genuinely appreciative. Also done when {{spoiler|Ywiu agrees with Romea's [[Hannibal Lecture]] against Sommerhoffnung.}}
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* [[Stylistic Suck]]: The usage of Singaporean pidgin English, aka Singlish, by Ywiu is intentional and apparently part of the [[Hatedom]]'s beef.
* [[Surprisingly Good English]]: If Ywiu's really serious about something, she drops into proper Queen's English.
* [[Surrounded
* [[There Is No Kill Like Overkill]]: {{spoiler|Asuoui kills the gang leader}} with a spine-stab, throat stab-and-slash, then heart-stab. Might not be instant death stab, but almost all muggles will go to the morgue after that. He then stabs the victim a few more times so that it looks more random and less "professional, if anyone experienced sees they might be suspicious." Might even be [[Cruel and Unusual Death]].
* [[This Cannot Be!]]: [[One of Us|Used word-for-word]] by {{spoiler|He-mu-la after Hei-gu-la-shi chooses to give up her powers rather than let Rondeng die.}}
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