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* [[Ax Crazy]] - To an extent, Ryougi Shiki, although she's more knife crazy. Cornelius Alba is a whole lot of crazy, but with sorcery instead of an axe. {{spoiler|Lio Shirazumi}} is around five thousand different kinds of crazy, Ax Crazy being one of them.
* [[Badass Abnormal]] - {{spoiler|Lio Shirazumi}} in the seventh movie, after his origin had been awakened.
* [[Badass Normal]] - Ryougi Shiki, who is still technically human; this doesn't stop her from leaping off tall buildings.
* [[Bare-Fisted Monk]] - Araya started as this. [[It Got Worse]].
* [[Berserk Button]] - Touko is usually pretty calm, but if you call her a "dirty red," calmness turns to [[Tranquil Fury]] and you're dead. It's her policy. But that's not even her real [[Berserk Button]]. Calling her a rotten red is just a way of mocking her and saying she plays second fiddle to her little sister. Her ''real'' [[Berserk Button]] is her [[Sibling Rivalry|little sister]]. Lets just say their rivalry has gotten [[Moral Event Horizon|rather bad]] a good few times in the past.
** It is also amusing to note that since the fifth movie came out, calling her a "dirty red" or simply mentioning that name on certain [[Image Boards|imageboards]] bears a similar result to saying [[Candle Jack|Candleja]]
** Shiki's berserk button? [[Violently Protective Girlfriend|Hurting Mikiya Kokutou]]
* [[Bifauxnen]] - Shiki is described as both "handsome" and "beautiful".
* [[Big Bad]] - Araya Souren, who is pretty much responsible for everything bad that happens to Shiki after meeting Mikiya in high school; {{spoiler|Lio Shirazumi, the true culprit behind all of the grisly murders in the city.}}.
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* {{spoiler|[[Earn Your Happy Ending]]}} '' A prayer is something overflowing with the good news of the future...''
* [[Environmental Symbolism]]
* [[Evil Eye]]- Several characters possess Mystic Eyes, with abilities ranging from "Suggestion" to the famous "Eyes of Death Perception." By extension, this also includes [[Hellish Pupils]]. Most are [[Glowing Eyes of Doom|quite colorful when activated]]. [Insert ''[[Dune]]'' reference here].
* [[Evil Feels Good]]
* [[Evil Plan]] - As perpetrated by Araya Souren.
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** A good samaritan has ''finally'' [http://emptyboundaries.wordpress.com/ provided] us with a full translation of all seven chapters.
* [[Final Boss]] (as much as a light novel/movie series can have a [[Final Boss]]) - Surprisingly, it's not {{spoiler|[[Big Bad|Souren Araya]]}}; it's {{spoiler|Lio Shirazumi}}.
* [[Functional Magic]] - Magecraft in defined as "artificial reenactment of Magic", requiring [[Equivalent Exchange]], whereas Magic is "achieving the impossible" (eg. Operation of Parallel Worlds).
* [[Genre Busting]]: It's a mix of romance, horror, [[Urban Fantasy]], murder mystery, and action.
* [[Girl with Psycho Weapon]] - Shiki
* [[Girly Run]] - Azaka
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* [[Knife Nut]] - Shiki, very much so. {{spoiler|Not that she has anything against swords though, as shown in her fight against Souren.}}. {{spoiler|Lio Shirazumi}}, although he isn't limited to just a ''knife'' nut per se.
* [[Last of Their Kind]] - {{spoiler|Both Asagami Fujino and Fujyo Kirie are implied to be the last supernatural member of their respective families, and Kurokiri Satsuki is the last person ''on Earth'' that can use the Unified Language.}}
* [[Leitmotif]] - In the movies, a specific tune (heard with lyrics [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ug3lTXXH0g here] is usually associated with Shiki (see also [[Theme Music Power-Up]]). The villains in part 5 also get Leitmotifs representative to their personalities (that [[Axe Crazy|Alba's]] sounds vaguely like "Hall of the Mountain King" may be a reference to ''[[M]]'').
** Shiki's [[Leitmotif]] even finds it's way into [[Melty Blood]] Actress Again as her stage's music.
* [[The Lifestream]] - Akasha, the Root of everything and nothing, the beginning and the end, the Swirl of Origin, etc. [[The Nothing After Death]] would be more appropriate a description,though you're still sort-of conscious in it.
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* [[Ordinary High School Student]] - Mikiya in the beginning.
* [[Our Demons Are Different]] - [[Nasuverse]] makes a distinction between Eastern ''oni'' and "real" demons.
* [[Paranormal Investigation]]
* [[Pet the Dog]] - Shiki does something roughly resembling this at times (mainly involving Mikiya). Hey, its ''Shiki'' we're talking about, we have to make ''some'' concessions with our standards.
** She also quite literally pets the dog in Oblivion Recorder, when Azaka's roommate's pet collie becomes attached to her.
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** All things considered, he might as well be considered a [[Badass Normal]].
* [[Yamato Nadeshiko]] - Averted. There are several times when Shiki is described like one, but she's really just a [[Dissonant Serenity|Dissonantly Serene]] [[Blood Knight]] [[Knife Nut]].
* [[Yandere (disambiguation)]] - Shiki for the trifecta!
** She's actually been labeled by Nasu as ''tsun'''gire''''', which seems to fit particularly well. For the non-Japanese speakers out there, that's tsun (cold, aloof) and [[Cute and Psycho|gire]] (cut), which is indeed quite appropriate.
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* [[Product Placement]]: Said ice cream is prominently stated to be Haagen-Dazs in both the movies and the original novel.
** And Shiki's fridge is shown as being empty except for the ice cream and several bottles of Volvic water.
* [[Sophisticated As Hell]]: Mikiya
{{quote|"She is either an eminent virtuoso, or just a big weirdo."}}
* {{spoiler|[[Spoiler Opening]]}} - Who was the girl on the ceiling that commits suicide at the end of the opening credits? {{spoiler|Kirie Fujyou, the current antagonist.}}
* [[Stringy
** You know how these tend to be [[Nigh Invulnerable]] in most stories? Yeah...against Shiki, not so much.
* [[Suicide Is Painless]] - Basically the entire story has to do with this concept.
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=== #2: "Murder Speculation (Part 1)"/"The First Homicide Inquiry" (August 1995) ===
This chronologically-first chapter shows the initial meeting of high school classmates Ryougi Shiki and Kokutou Mikiya. As he gets closer to Shiki, Mikiya finds out about her dual personalities. Meanwhile, Mikiya's cousin, police detective Akimi Daisuke, warns him of a serial killer who stalks the town at night, leaving behind gruesome corpses. Only one piece of evidence has been left behind: the badge of attendance for their school.
* [[Dramatic Pause]] - Several minutes worth at the end. And good Lord, they were gripping.
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* [[Scary Shiny Glasses]] - Kokutou, of all people. Granted, {{spoiler|he's being told how one of his former friends and his buddies abused Fujino}}, so he's disgusted.
* [[Tear Jerker]]: {{spoiler|'' "I... don't want to die... I want to live more... I want to feel more... I want to talk with him more... I want to love him more... I want to be here longer... I don't want... to die... Oh it hurts... It Hurts so bad I want to cry... Can I cry?" ''}}
* [[Yandere (disambiguation)|Yangire]]: Although just as dangerous as Shiki is, Fujino remains one of the more sympathetic examples of this trope in anime.
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** Maybe not so coincidentally, Mikiya himself has sung ''Singin' In The Rain,'' the song that Alex sung while raping a writer's helpless wife, ''twice'' in the film series.
* [[Eye Scream]]
* [[Genius Loci]] - Araya has fused with his apartment.
* [[If It's You It's Okay]] - After thinking for a minute, Kokutou decides that he'd probably like Shiki the same regardless of her gender. Though he does add that he's pretty happy that she's a girl.
* [[Inn Between the Worlds]] - The Cafe Of Impossible Meetings, Cafe Ahnenerbe. Used in this series between Life and Death.
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* [[Breather Episode]]: Cute and light-hearted, almost as if preparing you for a soul-shatteringly traumatic finale.
** The film adaptation only, mainly due to the focus on Azaka.
* [[Brother-Sister Incest]]: Azaka openly states that she's in love with Mikiya, her blood-related brother - during her self-intro narration, no less. She even left home and enrolled at Reien in hopes that their time apart would lead Mikiya to view her as a woman rather than his little sister.
* [[Clingy Jealous Girl]]: Azaka towards her brother Mikiya.
* [[Dark Magical Girl]]: Misaya Ouji. Is it any wonder she's voiced by [[Nana Mizuki]] in the movie?
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* [[Giant Space Flea From Nowhere]]: {{spoiler|The random giant flower thing}} in the movie.
* [[Kawaiiko]]: Azaka-chan is a slightly older than usual example, but oh so very cute nevertheless.
* [[Kung Fu Wizard]]: Azaka-chan's style of combat. Anyone [[Wrong Genre Savvy|expecting her to be]] [[Glass Cannon|a worthless warrior]] in close combat [[Squishy Wizard|because she practices magic]] is in for a very, '''[[Foe-Tossing Charge|VERY rude surprise.]]'''
* [[Les Yay]]: Between Azaka and Shiki, at least in the movie. Most notably when Azaka pins Shiki to the bed and straddles her while trying to take away a knife.
* [[Lighter and Softer]]: The '''least''' violent entry in the saga.
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* [[Depraved Bisexual]]: Forget [[Haruhi Suzumiya|Haruhi]] or [[Metal Gear|Vamp]]... {{spoiler|Lio}} is the new poster child of this trope!
* [[Earn Your Happy Ending]]: {{spoiler|A few minutes from the end of the movie, Mikiya is apparently dead from a stab to the face, and Shiki's resigned herself to melancholy after killing Lio. The situation eventually improves.}}
* [[Even Evil Has Standards]]: Mikiya obtains info on the drug-related serial killings by the only drug dealer around who's not selling that particular new cocktail because she thinks it's too damaging for the human body.
* [[Eye Scream]]: {{spoiler|Mikiya loses his left eye towards the end of the movie. Considering Lio was trying to kill him, he may have gotten off lucky.}}
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Anything {{spoiler|Lio does to Shiki, especially the drooling all over her part after ripping open her kimono with his teeth. That he's modelled himself after her doesn't make it better.}} Yuck.
** Also anything {{spoiler|[[Ho Yay|he does to Mikiya]], including [[Eye Scream]].}}
* [[Fingore]] - Shiki breaks free of the bindings holding her hands by {{spoiler|''gnawing her thumb off!''}} Of course, {{spoiler|that was off her [[Artificial Limbs|artificial hand]].}}
* [[Genetic Memory]]: Araya had opened {{spoiler|Lio}} up to his origin, giving him access to the memory of all of his past lives; mostly carnivore animals.
* [[I'm a Humanitarian]]: {{spoiler|Lio, the true murderer.}}
* [[Ironic Echo]]: {{spoiler|Lio's diary starts with one. "April 1995. I met her."}}
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