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''OokamiKakushi'', also translated as ''Wolfed Away'', is the story of a 16 year old boy, Hiroshi Kuzumi, who has recently moved into a new town in the mountains. The town is separated into new and old streets by the river, and many mysterious local customs still remain. Although confused and enjoying his new life, one person keeps her distance from him: class committee member Nemuru Kushinada. In their few encounters she gives him a word of advice: "Stay away from the old streets."

The title is a play on the words ''o-kami'' ("god"), ''ookami'' ("wolf"), and ''kamikakushi'' ("spirited away"), and is based on the Japanese VisualNovel of the same name. The {{anime}} adaptation produced by AIC began airing in Japan on January 8, 2010 on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS).

Noteworthy is that the character design is by the mangaka duo Peach-Pit of ''ShugoChara'' and ''RozenMaiden'' fame, amongst other works, and the original scenario is by Ryukishi07 of ''WhenTheyCry'' fame.

Currently has a half-filled out [[Characters/OokamiKakushi Character Sheet.]] Feel free to contribute.

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!!This series exhibits the following tropes:

* AnAesop: Hiroshi felt the need to point one out at the end of episode 11
* AnimalMotifs
* TheAnimeOfTheGame
* AttractiveBentGender: [[spoiler:Hiroshi]] in [[BLAMEpisode episode 12.]]
* [[BaitAndSwitchCredits Bait and Switch Credits]]: Nemuru and her wolf pack flying, like they do in the credits, never happens in the show proper.
* {{Bishounen}}
* {{Bokukko}}: Isuzu.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Isuzu.
* CompressedAdaptation: The main reason the anime is hard to follow is because it is essentially made up of ''all'' the different arcs from the original VN, and then each arc is compressed and tied together to create one, singular storyline. [[ContinuityLockout This leads to a bit of confusion.]]
* ConspicuousCG: All over the place in the anime, but the ''most'' conspicuous is Mana in her wheelchair.
* {{Cosplay}}: Usaeru Nemuru and Isuzu and Kaname's maid/waitress uniforms in episode 12.
* CryForTheDevil: [[spoiler: Sakaki's]] arc in the VN fills this role, and ''damn'' does it ever.
* DiabolusExMachina: More than a few of the Bad Ends in the Visual Novel are downright cruel. Some can be achieved by simply making the wrong choice, but even when you ''appear'' to make the right choice, or combination of choices, that will lead you to a good end, expect those hopes to be ruthlessly dashed the second you hear the music that plays over the "bad end" credits.
* DreamMelody: The Jouga Counting Song, first heard in each week's next episode trailer, gradually begins to enter the story for real. You'd better believe it's plot-important.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Hiroshi
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In order to unlock the story's true end, you need to play through all the endings in the other arcs--including the bad ends.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Mana Kuzumi.
* ElegantGothicLolita: When we finally see Nemuru dressed in something other than her school uniform or Karibito outfit in episode 12, she's wearing in EGL fashion.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Hiroshi, of course.
* {{Expy}}: Sakaki wants to be ''[[CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]]'' and ''[[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]'' so very badly.
** When he has his StoicSpectacles on, he more closely resembles [[Manga/DeathNote Teru Mikami.]]
* {{Facefault}}: Nemuru gets her turn around this trope in episode 12.
* {{Fanservice}}
* FanDisservice: The maid in the second half of episode 12 advances on Hiroshi while simultaneously unbuttoning her uniform top and flashing her best SlasherSmile.
* FantasticRacism: Half the town's residents, the "divine", against the "fallen" other half. Or, as the Visual Novel refers to them, the "Kamibito" and the "Ochibito".
** This is expanded on further in the Visual Novel. The tension between them rises to the point where there's serious talk of ''eliminating'' the Ochibito, and, in the final arc, there's even a town war between the two groups. Also see FantasticSlurs below.
* FantasticSlurs: [[spoiler: Sakaki]] coins the term "Kyujin" in reference to the Kamibito, because of how they act like "dogs" towards certain smells. It doesn't take long for the FridgeHorror to set in as to ''why'' this is so horribly racist in that context.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After Nemuru's hooded assistants appear to change her into her Karibito garb in episode 12, we later see them sitting at booths in the cafe in the background. One is drinking a soda while watching Hiroshi being molested by the yakuza. They're also later seen randomly holding up Japanese-flag fans behind Nemuru's grandfather.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Used often whenever someone gets killed. Particularly surprising when you consider Ryukishi's [[VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi works.]]
* GratuitousEnglish: Yahoo! Barbecue paradise!
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** EmiriKatou as Isuzu Tsumuhana
** YuuKobayashi as Hiroshi Kuzumi
** This Troper keeps expecting [[KatsuyukiKonishi Washiu]] to [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann don orange sunglasses and demand to know who the hell the students think he is]].
** SakiFujita, the voice of Mana, is perhaps the biggest example of this - her voice is much better known as the one sampled to make [[{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]]'s.
* HoYay: The way-too-creepy variant.
* IllGirl: Kaori.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: A complaint leveled against the series due to superficial similarities to ''Higurashi'' (city kid moving into a TownWithADarkSecret and a unique festival, people [[DeadlyEuphemism "transferring"]] out).
* JerkassDissonance: [[spoiler: Sakaki,]] at least with those who only saw the anime, gained a larger fanbase than the protagonist despite his questionable actions...until episode eleven. He...[[VillainBall sort of lost]] [[WhatAnIdiot a few fans after that.]]
* KissOfTheVampire: [[spoiler: Getting kissed by a Godman apparently turns you into one. Weird, since they claim to be a different species.]]
* KudzuPlot: The anime suffers heavily from this, due to the aforementioned CompressedAdaptation.
* {{Kuudere}}: Nemuru Kushinada.
** Girl with scythe also looks like one.
*** That's not a surprise, since [[spoiler:girl with scythe ''is'' Nemuru Kushinada]].
* {{Meido}}: Isuzu and Kaname in the last episode.
* {{Miko}}: [[FetishFuel Miko with frilly cloth cat - err, wolf ears]], even.
* NiceHat: Mana.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: [[spoiler: Type 4 with Sakaki losing his girlfriend.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All over the place. The wolf masks with glowing red eyes are bad enough, but when human eyes start turning red as well, you know bad things are about to go down.
* RiddleForTheAges: For the anime, at least: [[spoiler: Why and how does Nemuru's hair change color only when she's wearing her "hunting" gear? Made more inexplicable by having her change clothes on-camera, with no attention to her hair.]]
* SchoolSwimsuit: In episode 3, Isuzu and Kaname wear them.
* {{Shotacon}}: Issei.
* SinisterScythe
* SneezeCut: Hiroshi's father and the creepy maid, both in episode 12.
* SpitTake: Hiroshi in episode 12 when he hears that the TV station is coming to town.
* StarCrossedLovers: Poor Hiroshi and Isuzu in their arc together in the Visual Novel. When the ''good end'' of that arc is [[spoiler:Isuzu committing suicide and dying in a grief-stricken Hiroshi's arms]] you ''know'' this trope has struck with a vengeance.
* StoicSpectacles: Sakaki.
* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: [[spoiler: Hiroshi.]]
* TheEighties
* TownWithADarkSecret
* {{Tsundere}}: Mana Kuzumi.
* TwelveEpisodeAnime
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: The girl who acts as the apparent leader of the wolves. [[spoiler:Nemuru Kushinada. The anime never explains why her eyes and hair change color...]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: We get a shot of Nemuru's when she's changing into her Usaeru costume.

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''OokamiKakushi'', also translated as ''Wolfed Away'', is the story of a 16 year old boy, Hiroshi Kuzumi, who has recently moved into a new town in the mountains. The town is separated into new and old streets by the river, and many mysterious local customs still remain. Although confused and enjoying his new life, one person keeps her distance from him: class committee member Nemuru Kushinada. In their few encounters she gives him a word of advice: "Stay away from the old streets."

The title is a play on the words ''o-kami'' ("god"), ''ookami'' ("wolf"), and ''kamikakushi'' ("spirited away"), and is based on the Japanese VisualNovel of the same name. The {{anime}} adaptation produced by AIC began airing in Japan on January 8, 2010 on Tokyo Broadcasting System (TBS).

Noteworthy is that the character design is by the mangaka duo Peach-Pit of ''ShugoChara'' and ''RozenMaiden'' fame, amongst other works, and the original scenario is by Ryukishi07 of ''WhenTheyCry'' fame.

Currently has a half-filled out [[Characters/OokamiKakushi Character Sheet.]] Feel free to contribute.

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!!This series exhibits the following tropes:

* AnAesop: Hiroshi felt the need to point one out at the end of episode 11
* AnimalMotifs
* TheAnimeOfTheGame
* AttractiveBentGender: [[spoiler:Hiroshi]] in [[BLAMEpisode episode 12.]]
* [[BaitAndSwitchCredits Bait and Switch Credits]]: Nemuru and her wolf pack flying, like they do in the credits, never happens in the show proper.
* {{Bishounen}}
* {{Bokukko}}: Isuzu.
* ClingyJealousGirl: Isuzu.
* CompressedAdaptation: The main reason the anime is hard to follow is because it is essentially made up of ''all'' the different arcs from the original VN, and then each arc is compressed and tied together to create one, singular storyline. [[ContinuityLockout This leads to a bit of confusion.]]
* ConspicuousCG: All over the place in the anime, but the ''most'' conspicuous is Mana in her wheelchair.
* {{Cosplay}}: Usaeru Nemuru and Isuzu and Kaname's maid/waitress uniforms in episode 12.
* CryForTheDevil: [[spoiler: Sakaki's]] arc in the VN fills this role, and ''damn'' does it ever.
* DiabolusExMachina: More than a few of the Bad Ends in the Visual Novel are downright cruel. Some can be achieved by simply making the wrong choice, but even when you ''appear'' to make the right choice, or combination of choices, that will lead you to a good end, expect those hopes to be ruthlessly dashed the second you hear the music that plays over the "bad end" credits.
* DreamMelody: The Jouga Counting Song, first heard in each week's next episode trailer, gradually begins to enter the story for real. You'd better believe it's plot-important.
* DudeLooksLikeALady: Hiroshi
* EarnYourHappyEnding: In order to unlock the story's true end, you need to play through all the endings in the other arcs--including the bad ends.
* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Mana Kuzumi.
* ElegantGothicLolita: When we finally see Nemuru dressed in something other than her school uniform or Karibito outfit in episode 12, she's wearing in EGL fashion.
* EvenTheGuysWantHim: Hiroshi, of course.
* {{Expy}}: Sakaki wants to be ''[[CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]]'' and ''[[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]'' so very badly.
** When he has his StoicSpectacles on, he more closely resembles [[Manga/DeathNote Teru Mikami.]]
* {{Facefault}}: Nemuru gets her turn around this trope in episode 12.
* {{Fanservice}}
* FanDisservice: The maid in the second half of episode 12 advances on Hiroshi while simultaneously unbuttoning her uniform top and flashing her best SlasherSmile.
* FantasticRacism: Half the town's residents, the "divine", against the "fallen" other half. Or, as the Visual Novel refers to them, the "Kamibito" and the "Ochibito".
** This is expanded on further in the Visual Novel. The tension between them rises to the point where there's serious talk of ''eliminating'' the Ochibito, and, in the final arc, there's even a town war between the two groups. Also see FantasticSlurs below.
* FantasticSlurs: [[spoiler: Sakaki]] coins the term "Kyujin" in reference to the Kamibito, because of how they act like "dogs" towards certain smells. It doesn't take long for the FridgeHorror to set in as to ''why'' this is so horribly racist in that context.
* FunnyBackgroundEvent: After Nemuru's hooded assistants appear to change her into her Karibito garb in episode 12, we later see them sitting at booths in the cafe in the background. One is drinking a soda while watching Hiroshi being molested by the yakuza. They're also later seen randomly holding up Japanese-flag fans behind Nemuru's grandfather.
* GoryDiscretionShot: Used often whenever someone gets killed. Particularly surprising when you consider Ryukishi's [[VisualNovel/HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi other]] [[VisualNovel/UminekoNoNakuKoroNi works.]]
* GratuitousEnglish: Yahoo! Barbecue paradise!
* HeyItsThatVoice:
** EmiriKatou as Isuzu Tsumuhana
** YuuKobayashi as Hiroshi Kuzumi
** This Troper keeps expecting [[KatsuyukiKonishi Washiu]] to [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann don orange sunglasses and demand to know who the hell the students think he is]].
** SakiFujita, the voice of Mana, is perhaps the biggest example of this - her voice is much better known as the one sampled to make [[{{Vocaloid}} Miku Hatsune]]'s.
* HoYay: The way-too-creepy variant.
* IllGirl: Kaori.
* ItsTheSameNowItSucks: A complaint leveled against the series due to superficial similarities to ''Higurashi'' (city kid moving into a TownWithADarkSecret and a unique festival, people [[DeadlyEuphemism "transferring"]] out).
* JerkassDissonance: [[spoiler: Sakaki,]] at least with those who only saw the anime, gained a larger fanbase than the protagonist despite his questionable actions...until episode eleven. He...[[VillainBall sort of lost]] [[WhatAnIdiot a few fans after that.]]
* KissOfTheVampire: [[spoiler: Getting kissed by a Godman apparently turns you into one. Weird, since they claim to be a different species.]]
* KudzuPlot: The anime suffers heavily from this, due to the aforementioned CompressedAdaptation.
* {{Kuudere}}: Nemuru Kushinada.
** Girl with scythe also looks like one.
*** That's not a surprise, since [[spoiler:girl with scythe ''is'' Nemuru Kushinada]].
* {{Meido}}: Isuzu and Kaname in the last episode.
* {{Miko}}: [[FetishFuel Miko with frilly cloth cat - err, wolf ears]], even.
* NiceHat: Mana.
* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent
* PutThemAllOutOfMyMisery: [[spoiler: Type 4 with Sakaki losing his girlfriend.]]
* RedEyesTakeWarning: All over the place. The wolf masks with glowing red eyes are bad enough, but when human eyes start turning red as well, you know bad things are about to go down.
* RiddleForTheAges: For the anime, at least: [[spoiler: Why and how does Nemuru's hair change color only when she's wearing her "hunting" gear? Made more inexplicable by having her change clothes on-camera, with no attention to her hair.]]
* SchoolSwimsuit: In episode 3, Isuzu and Kaname wear them.
* {{Shotacon}}: Issei.
* SinisterScythe
* SneezeCut: Hiroshi's father and the creepy maid, both in episode 12.
* SpitTake: Hiroshi in episode 12 when he hears that the TV station is coming to town.
* StarCrossedLovers: Poor Hiroshi and Isuzu in their arc together in the Visual Novel. When the ''good end'' of that arc is [[spoiler:Isuzu committing suicide and dying in a grief-stricken Hiroshi's arms]] you ''know'' this trope has struck with a vengeance.
* StoicSpectacles: Sakaki.
* SupernaturallyDeliciousAndNutritious: [[spoiler: Hiroshi.]]
* TheEighties
* TownWithADarkSecret
* {{Tsundere}}: Mana Kuzumi.
* TwelveEpisodeAnime
* WhiteHairedPrettyGirl: The girl who acts as the apparent leader of the wolves. [[spoiler:Nemuru Kushinada. The anime never explains why her eyes and hair change color...]]
* ZettaiRyouiki: We get a shot of Nemuru's when she's changing into her Usaeru costume.

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* StarCrossedLovers: Poor Hiroshi and Isuzu in their arc together in the Visual Novel. When the ''good end'' of that arc is [[spoiler: Isuzu committing suicide and dying in a grief-stricken Hiroshi's arms]] you ''know'' this trope has struck with a vengeance.

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* StarCrossedLovers: Poor Hiroshi and Isuzu in their arc together in the Visual Novel. When the ''good end'' of that arc is [[spoiler: Isuzu [[spoiler:Isuzu committing suicide and dying in a grief-stricken Hiroshi's arms]] you ''know'' this trope has struck with a vengeance.


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* EeriePaleSkinnedBrunette: Mana Kuzumi.



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* [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=]: A complaint leveled against the series due to superficial similarities to ''Higurashi'' (city kid moving into a TownWithADarkSecret and a unique festival, people [[DeadlyEuphemism "transferring"]] out).

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* [=~It's The Same Now It Sucks~=]: ItsTheSameNowItSucks: A complaint leveled against the series due to superficial similarities to ''Higurashi'' (city kid moving into a TownWithADarkSecret and a unique festival, people [[DeadlyEuphemism "transferring"]] out).



* PaleSkinnedBrunette: Mana Kuzumi.
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* {{Expy}}: Sakaki wants to be ''[[CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]]'' and ''[[DeathNote Light Yagami]]'' so very badly.
** When he has his StoicSpectacles on, he more closely resembles [[DeathNote Teru Mikami.]]

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* {{Expy}}: Sakaki wants to be ''[[CodeGeass Lelouch Lamperouge]]'' and ''[[DeathNote ''[[Manga/DeathNote Light Yagami]]'' so very badly.
** When he has his StoicSpectacles on, he more closely resembles [[DeathNote [[Manga/DeathNote Teru Mikami.]]
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* KudzuPlot: The anime suffers heavily from this, due to the aforementioned AdaptationDecay / CompressedAdaptation.

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* {{Narm}}: [[SpiderMan Spider-Issei]], in episode 5.
** From the same episode, Issei's raep face.
** [[http://i620.photobucket.com/albums/tt288/francismeunier/number%20two/c85e5353.gif Issei likes to move it, move it.]] Link contains spoilers, just to warn you.

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