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* [[Art Evolution]]: And how!
* [[Art Shift]]: In the flashback sections in chapters 45 and 49.
* [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence]]: The way all the Gods came to be, but the major one in the backstory was Tcaolin's, which forced the above [[After the End]]. [[Big Bad]] Kuroyama is attempting the same thing.
* [[Attempted Rape]]: Red usually gets away with it, {{spoiler|but Kano distracted him just once... long enough for his victim to steal his gun.}}
** He attempts it again {{spoiler|on Fuuka}}. He's foiled again {{spoiler|by Kano}}. Violently.
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* [[Bi the Way]]: [[Word of God]] is that sexuality is "[http://www.formspring.me/antiFAQ/q/189565139601622778 no big deal]" in Grey World, and Cho is confirmed to have [http://www.formspring.me/antiFAQ/q/189977450288024850 had her first time with Mindi], and their relationship is "semi-ongoing." Dark is also confirmed [http://www.formspring.me/antiFAQ/q/186493696806511444 to be bisexual], though it hasn't come up in story yet, and Heyoka is "mostly into guys" but evidently has some interest in girls. As for Kano himself, he's just "Completely Fucking Confused".
* [[Black Bug Room]]: Kano's mind seems to be composed primarily of them. The only section we've seen that isn't completely horrible (so far) is the warehouse room where Kid resides. And even that place has its problems.
* [[Blessed Withwith Suck]]: Kano has awesome psychic powers! Only he can't use them (voluntarily) and they drove him batshit crazy. He could probably rule the world if he got around to it, but he's too busy ignoring the [[Hearing Voices|voices in his head]] (some of which are really there) and blacking out so his alternate personalities (all of whom, [[Telepathy|even the]] [[Cheerful Child|eight-year-old]], can use his [[Psychic Powers|tele-whatever]] better than he can), can save his life(/sanity)...and ruin it(/them) a little bit. Or a lot.
* [[Blind Seer]]: Dee, spidery goddess of dreams and recurring character. She seems to have...''misplaced'' her eyes. She's sure she'll find them eventually!
* [[Body Horror]]: {{spoiler|Karen}}'s bizarre tentacle monster form.
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* [[Cool Sword]]: The Blade of Sigmr Ch'k, no question. It's a floating magic katana, the handle of which is covered in teeth. When Kano uses it, it hovers six inches away from his hand, connected to his arm by the ''quetzacoatlic personification of the dragon-god of war.'' If that's not a [[Cool Sword]], I don't know what is.
* [[Couldn't Find a Pen]]: Dark scribbles the names of Red's victims on glass using {{spoiler|blood leaking from his [[Eye Scream|empty eye sockets]], which he had scratched out on the journey there.}}
* [[Covered Withwith Scars]]: Dark. Kano has quite a few as well, mostly on his hands.
* [[Creepy Doll]]: Kuroyama's demons.
* [[Creepy Monotone]]: According to [[Word of God]], Kano's regular voice is an example of this.
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* [[Death Is Cheap]]: Several characters, including Kano himself, have technically "died" at least once, but thanks to walk-ins and Mindi's powers, which can bring someone [[Back From the Dead]], it doesn't mean much.
* [[Deity of Human Origin]]: Tcaolin.
* [[Deliberately Monochrome]]: Gray World is, um, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|gray]]. Utilizes [[Splash of Color]], see below.
** Separately, when visiting a god on a spiritual plane everything is vibrantly colored but for our black-and-white protagonist, in a sort of reverse of [[Splash of Color]].
* [[Depopulation Bomb]]: Wilsh Tree resorted to this to stop the plague caused by Tcaolin's rise to godhood, but she spared one place, Ir City.
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* [[Enemy Within]]: Red fits this trope pretty much to a T.
* [[Enemy Without]]: {{spoiler|Red/James}} also manifests this trope elegantly when he is able to manifest a more or less physical form after {{spoiler|Tcaolin "fed him some souls".}}
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Princesses]]: Princess Tonbo, who looks a lot like someone Kano used to know... from a mental hospital. The "everything's better" part is also subverted in that Tonbo was raised to be Tcaolin's [[Soul Jar]] and wasn't even allowed to use her hands, and if she does merge with Tcaolin she essentially dies. [[Word of God]] is that Tonbo is, in part, based on Anthy from ''[[Revolutionary Girl Utena]]'', which similarly deconstructs princess tropes.
* [[Everything's Better Withwith Rainbows]]: [http://www.electric-manga.com/45/21.html Wow.]
* [[The Exile]]: Formerly Cho, who caused too much trouble among the Old Ones and was kicked out, residing in the slums of Ir. Currently the nick, more or less self-inflicted, and also resulting in a new residence in the gutter.
* [[Eyeless Face]]: Dee. She used to have eyes, but apparently misplaced them somewhere.
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** The superego is Kid, [[The Empath]] who insists on kindness and moderation in a way which would be so very annoying if it weren't adorable.
** Dark begins as the id, before being usurped by Red. Dark was formed as a personality to defend the system from the outside world, but by the time we see him he functions with a deceiving pragmatism and capricious brutality, eventually becoming [[The Atoner]]. Now Red, role-accroaching ghost of a [[Serial Killer]], is left to represent all the worst of a humanity's basic instincts plus a cunning, malicious deviousness, and without him actions such as violence cannot be expressed.<br />Notable interactions here are Red's attempts to provoke Kano, Kid's dynamic with Dark (which was originally one of symbiosis and is now...not), and Kid's utter inability or unwillingness to stand up to Red, while he still reasons with his big brother (to decreasing effect).
* [[Genre Blindness]]: You've just fallen [[Down the Rabbit Hole|down the rabbit hole]], Kano! Now that you're in a mysterious magical universe, why don't you tell your real name to the first [[Living Toys|creepy nonhuman]] you meet, who seems strangely interested in it? [[Sarcasm Mode|It certainty couldn't cause any problems]].
* [[Genre Savvy]]: Red has made several jabs at the plot, mentioning once that it sounds like a "really bad anime."
* [[Ghost in Thethe Machine]]: Kano's [[Split Personality|personalities]] all exist with semblances of physical forms in his [[Mental World]], disappearing from it and taking over in the real world when they're "driving".
* [[Good Bad Girl]]: Cho is "[http://www.formspring.me/antiFAQ/q/180430118513043627 kind of a player]" when not on the job.
* [[Good People Have Good Sex]]: The nick and the Princess. Whenever they can.
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* [[Innocent Blue Eyes]]: Kid is the poster child for this trope.
* [[Jerkass God]]: {{spoiler|Tcaolin.}}
* [[Journey to Thethe Center of Thethe Mind]]: Fuuka's entire story arc to date has been one long journey through Kano's mind, meeting and dealing with the various denizens therein, while looking for a way out.
* [[Keet]]: Kid.
* [[Kick the Dog]]: Red does this frequently.
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* [[Mercy Kill]]: Moko does this to an injured woman {{spoiler|during the attack on Nishi Village.}} Mindi also does it to a woman who was crushed (see [[Contest Winner Cameo]]) though due to the nature of her powers Mindi can always bring her back later.
* [[Mind Hive]]: Kano, in addition to having a [[Split Personality]].
* [[The Mind Is a Plaything of Thethe Body]]: Averted. In fact, the exact opposite is true. Not only do Kano's perceptions of his alters affect the way they appear in his [[Journey to Thethe Center of Thethe Mind|mind-Zones-things]]<ref>[[Word of God]] states that Red, for example, has been getting taller and less spindly than Kano despite sharing an appearance, altogether more imposing.</ref>, Kano will gain or lose scars as different personalities take charge, depending on who they "belong" to. It's all ruled by his perceptions. And he can't control it [[Blessed Withwith Suck|at all]].
* [[Mind Over Matter]]: How Kano wields his sword.
* [[Mind Rape]]: Poor, poor Kano...
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* [[Oh Crap]]: [http://www.electric-manga.com/48/18.html Yeah.] Kano does this supremely well.
* [[One-Scene Wonder]]: Father Kwellar.
* [[Only Known Byby Their Nickname]]: Red, Kid, and a few others.
* [[Only the Chosen May Wield]]: Kano has to go to Ir to retrieve the Blade from a statue. There is some conflict over who should've drawn it, though, as the nick shows up claiming to the title of Champion.
* [[Our Gods Are Greater]]: In Grey World, gods are are normal beings who [[Ascended to A Higher Plane of Existence]] ([[Animal Motifs|a tree, a spider, a dragon, a fox]]). Others can ascend similarly through a corrupt version of this process, through collecting [[Our Souls Are Different|souls]]: [[Big Bad|Two]] have tried this so far. Every person is born affiliated with one of the gods in a life-steering capacity, and gods' existences are reflected in the stars, which mold fate a bit. Each god represents certain aspects (such as [[Anthropomorphic Personification|wisdom, dreams, or the destiny to change the world]]) which they seem to have some [[Elemental Powers|functional influence]] over and are probably tied into on a worldwide scale to some extent.
* [[Our Souls Are Different]]: Tcaolin gets power by absorbing the souls of humans; their abandoned bodies then become [[Our Zombies Are Different|zombies]]. Kano's mind is sort of like a [[Soul Jar|vacuum]] for any soul that isn't tied down. In Gray World, people's souls can leave their bodies at will, but if they stay away too long they become [[Face Heel Turn|demons]]. Part of Tonbo's soul is currently [[Living Memory|existing independently]] of her otherwise functional self, and they're evolving into separate characters. Souls function in other mysterious ways as well in the Kagerou universe.
* [[Ow, My Body Part]]: Invoked by [http://www.electric-manga.com/17/18.html Kid]. "[[Inherently Funny Words|My]] [[Useless Spleen|spleen!]]"
* [[Pals Withwith Jesus]]: Dee is positively tickled by the occasional chat and it's not unusual for the gods to stop by and chat.
* [[Perpetual Molt]]: Originally [[Inverted Trope|seems to be the case]] with Dark's wings in a flashback, but it [[Justified Trope|turns out]] they were [[Evil Makeover|rotting off entirely]] at the time.
* [[Physical God]]: Very much so. Tcaolin loves showing up to taunt people in person, and Firefox and Dreamwalker seem to have joined the party.
* [[Poisoned Weapons]]: The enemy's weapons, sometimes. Notable is a later incident with poison darts. Oh, and [[Blind Seer|Dee]]'s [[Femme Fatalons|nails]].
* [[Power At a Price]]: Kano's [[Psychic Powers]] seem to have damaged his mind to the point of being completely unable to use them, [[Hallucinations|plus other drawbacks]].
** [[Deity of Human Origin|The gods]] gained their status by [[Ascend to Aa Higher Plane of Existence|evolving]] in an experience [[Go Mad From the Revelation|too horrible for a sentient being to handle]], as observed in Tcaolin.
* [[Prophet Eyes]]: {{spoiler|Dark}}'s [[Monochromatic Eyes]] (above) can be considered an example, since he may be more or less omniscient.
* [[Punny Name]]: Dali-Dalai. He is most commonly referred to simply as "Dali." Don't get it? Try saying it out loud. Still don't get it? {{spoiler|It's a homophone of [[Don't Explain the Joke|"dolly."]] }}
* [[Rebellious Princess]]: As Tonbo's soul, Fuuka is very much this.
* [[Red Eyes, Take Warning]]: Red's eyes are, well, [[Exactly What It Says Onon the Tin|red]]. Did we mention he's a sadistic serial killer?
* [[Sanity Slippage]]
* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]]: [http://www.electric-manga.com/49/21.html Oh God what is happening.]
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* [[Slasher Smile]]: Red sports one [http://www.electric-manga.com/05/10.html every once in a while], but then who else were you expecting to? Dark's vacant close-lipped grin is too creepy to be this. Yeah.
* [[Speech Bubbles]]: While everyone sticks to the same font in bubbles, their font color changes. Quite a few characters who communicate without speech bubbles (Dark comes to mind) have rather creepier fonts. This is often one of the only ways you can tell who's talking, and who's in control of Kano's body.
* [[Spell My Name Withwith an "S"]]: Not even the author is sure if it's spelled Gray World or Grey World.
* [[Spirit Advisor]]: In a thoroughly disturbing example, Red. [[Inverted Trope|Inverted]] in that while only Kano can perceive him, Kano [[Selective Obliviousness|can't]] ''[[Selective Obliviousness|actually]]'' perceive him.
* [[Splash of Color]]: Gray World is monochromatic save a few noteworthy features. In the first chapters, Kano takes on its palette as he walks through it, but his [[Speech Bubbles|text]] is green and there are vibrant colors in other objects not from the World such as Tonbo and her spirit animal, and there are sometimes hints of green in [[Green Eyes|Kano's eyes]]. In his second visit, people not from Gray World have color, and the landscape is largely gray with muted color throughout, especially on points of interest.
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* [[Super-Powered Evil Side]]: Red, who has an excellent grasp on the magic Kano possesses but doesn't seem to know how to use; the most Kano seems capable of is making lights flicker out. Kid seems to control a different part of Kano's powers than Red and Dark appears capable of controlling them completely but has a shaky grasp on them due to his current state - though Dark's not evil so much as...confused.
* [[Surreal Horror]]: Expect to say "What the hell is happening and ''why is it so creepy?''" a lot. The swarms of shadowy dragonflies are particularly memorable in this regard.
* [[Surrounded Byby Idiots]]: Cho isn't super cagey about expressing her exasperation with the team she's been saddled with.
* [[Talking in Your Sleep]]:
{{quote| {{color|#348017|"There's monsters under my bed again. Muh. Republicans. Nooo, be careful with that. It's on fire."}}}}
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