History Characters / ShadowStar

* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Shiina in its humanoid form, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown breaking her arm and beating her into hospitalization]]. [[spoiler: Is on the recieving end of one where it gets [[OneHitKO One-Hit KO'ed]] by the Virgin Princess.]]

* KarmicDeath: She is killed by Hiroko's Shadow Dragon Oni in a way that mirrors her own torture methods. It speaks volumes about the series' CrapsackWorld when death by ''claw rape'' can be described as "karmic".

* DoesNotLikeShoes: Footwear seems to be her second least favourite type in clothing aside from panties, given that she only wears shoes in all of ''two'' appearances.

* DespairEventHorizon: By the final chapters, her father's dead, her mother gets shot to death right in front of her, her best friend falls out of a window in what's either a murder or ''suicide'', her boyfriend (and father of her unborn daughter) is dead and has failed to become an Virgin Prince, and people want ''her'' dead. [[spoiler:Is it any wonder that she wipes out the human race after that?]]

* DeathBySex: He and Shiina have sex in the penultimate chapter. He dies after that.

* DeathBySex: [[spoiler:Hoshimaru's attempt to absorb Takeo's corpse and turn him into a Virgin Princess is the only one that ends in failure without outside influence, and he succumbs soon afterwards. It isn't clarified how literal the name of a Virgin Princess is, but Takeo ''did'' make love to Shiina shortly before his death.]]

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He is an adorable star-shaped creature with big, round eyes. Everything else in the manga he's in is ''[[NightmareFuel not]]'' adorable, which ironically makes the fact he's such an adorable creature in manga so dark ''very'' uncanny.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: To Shiina, near the end of the manga.

* ArmorPiercingSlap: Delivers one of these to Shiina as soon as they ''meet''. She also does this to Bungo at least once.

* ApocalypseHow: Sheol [[KillEmAll kills all of humanity]] except for Shiina and Mamiko on Mamiko's orders.
* BigDamnHeroes: Mamiko uses Sheol to protect Shiina from gunfire by an angry mob in the final chapter... before [[KillEmAll wiping out humanity]].

* [[BigBrotherInstinct Big Sister Instinct]]: [[spoiler:As a Virgin Princess, she pulls more than one BigDamnHeroes to protect her little sister.]]

* [[SheIsNotMyGirlfriend He Is Not My Boyfriend]]: She often denies that she has any feelings for Bungo anymore. Even thirteen-year-olds aren't convinced by that.

* AllGirlsWantBadBoys: Very popular with the ladies, despite his attitude. [[spoiler:Then there's the fact that Shiina eventually falls for him...]]

* CurbStompBattle: Delivers one to Shiina in its humanoid form, [[NoHoldsBarredBeatdown breaking her arm and beating her into hospitalization]]. [[spoiler: Is one the recieving end of one where it gets [[OneHitKO One-Hit KO'ed]] by the Virgin Princess.]]

** Mocking or making fun of the school that she worked so hard to get into is also another quick way to get on her bad side.

%%* ActionGirl
%%* ApocalypseMaiden: Together with Mamiko.

* DespairEventHorizon: By the final chapters, her father's dead, her mother gets shot to death right in front of her, her best friend falls out of a window in what's either a murder or ''suicide'', her boyfriend (and father of her unborn daughter) is dead and has failed to become an Otohime, and people want ''her'' dead. [[spoiler:Is it any wonder that she wipes out the human race after that?]]
* EmbarrassingFirstName: She makes a point of writing her first name in katakana because she ''hates'' the kanji character used for it, which means "empty husk" or "seed that shall never sprout". It was given to her by her mother, which doesn't exactly help with her mommy issues. It becomes a critical plot point near the end of the manga, [[spoiler:where it turns out that the name has a positive meaning after all; Misono simply didn't want Shiina to "leave" her like Mishou did. Once Shiina comes to accept her name, she's finally able to link with her real shadow dragon... Sheol, the Earth itself.]]

* AffablyEvil: She's hard to dislike despite her very callous actions, in part due to her own suffering.

* BreakTheHaughty: Eventually, in the manga, after one too many failures. [[spoiler:Her defeat at the hands of the Otohime (Mishou) leaves her so shattered that she pretty much gives up on fighting, instead choosing to stay by Bungo's side. If the manga had a bigger fandom, she'd probably be accused of {{Chickification}}... even though her inability to be as strong as she'd like is one of the biggest themes surrounding her character.]]

* DisproportionateRetribution: The murderous grudge she gets against Shiina started just because the kid ''made fun of the name of her school''.

* BadassNormal: Even without a shadow dragon, he's not afraid of heading onto the field in dangerous situations. [[spoiler:Subverted when it's revealed he's been in control of a dragon - namely, Hoshimaru - since at least the start of the manga.]]

* ManipulativeBastard: He has a tendency to withhold important information from Shiina, which usually forces her to find it out the hard way. [[spoiler:He also chooses the ''worst'' possible time to reveal to her that Hoshimaru is actually ''his'' shadow dragon. [[HeroicBSOD She doesn't take it well at all]].]]

* CreepyDoll: Norio's hobby is creating dolls and puppets based on shadow dragons. Needless to say they're all kind of creepy.

* EffeminateMisogynisticGuy: He doesn't really seem to like women all that much. See his shadow dragon? The one with a toothy vagina for a head? He calls it VaginaDentata, as if to say "This is what I think of you." Further, while he's rather fruity, when he has to disguise himself as a girl, he's ''pissed''.

%%* ApocalypseMaiden: Together with Shiina.

* EmotionlessGirl: Apathy and cynicism are about the extent of her emotional range.
* FullFrontalAssault: [[spoiler:When she finally gains control of her shadow dragon Sheol, she goes on her first killing spree while half-naked. Her targets in this case? The thugs who'd just raped her.]]

%%* ShadowArchetype: [[spoiler:She describes herself as this, being the "shadow" to Shiina's "light", and they effectively share the same shadow dragon.]]

Shiina's shadow dragon. [[spoiler:Later on, it's revealed to actually be Takeo's shadow dragon]].

* AdorableAbomination: Hoshimaru is by '''far''' one of the least eldritch shadow dragons in the series (with Broomstick and Ain-Soph coming in close) and wouldn't look out of place in most {{mons}} series.
* BondCreatures: Most dragon wielders are able to control their shadow dragons from the moment they meet - with the side effect of brutal pain synchonisation, but Shiina struggles to willingly perform telepathic activity with Hoshimaru. He often needs to be given vocal commands and is prone to seemingly acting on his own volition in response to Shiina's unconscious desires, [[spoiler:because he was Takeo's dragon the entire time]].

Akira's shadow dragon.

Tomonori's shadow dragon.

Hiroko's shadow dragon.

Satomi's shadow dragon.

Bungo's shadow dragon.

Naozumi's shadow dragon.

Norio's shadow dragon.

Shiina's true shadow dragon, who she shares with Mamiko. Sheol is the Earth.

* OlympusMons: ''The'' most powerful shadow dragon in the series hands-down, even without the need to become a Virgin Princess, and the only one known to be synched to more than one person. When their other master Shiina is slain late into the manga, Sheol resurrects her on Mamiko's command.

* KarmicDeath: She is killed by Hiroko's shadow dragon Oni in a way that mirrors her own torture methods. It speaks volumes about the series' CrapsackWorld when death by ''claw rape'' can be described as "karmic".

* AbusiveParents: Shunji is an okay guy, but Misono is ''very'' cold and strict to Shiina.

* HeroicSacrifice: Shunji uses his plane to kill off Bungo's dragonet.

* RidiculouslyCuteCritter: He is an adorable star-shaped creature with big, round eyes. Everything else in the manga he's in is ''[[NightmareFuel not]]'' adorable.

* TheStoic: Hoshimaru's all but blank-faced throughout the series [[spoiler:up until his last breath]]. This comes off as ''very'' jarring because he emotes quite a lot in the anime's (infamously-misleading) intro.

* TheStoic: Acting with ''any'' degree of expression is just another aspect of the anime's infamously-misleading intro. Hoshimaru's all but blank-faced throughout the series [[spoiler:up until his last breath]].

* LastNameBasis: In the Japanese version, he refers to people only by their surnames.

* DudeMagnet: She seems to catch the attention of multiple boys throughout the series, whether it be due to them finding her attractive (Komori, Takeo), having a crush on her (Ishida), or wanting her to be a part of their plan (Komori again, Sudo).

* ImportantHaircut: Akira chops off her own hair soon after Komori tells her it's beautiful (while creeping her out in general), which makes this case almost border on TraumaticHaircut.

* FateWorseThanDeath: In the manga. [[spoiler:It's eventually revealed that after he died, he was found by government agents just when Push Dagger was beginning to absorb his body in order to transform him into an Otohime. When Sudo takes Akira to see what's become of him, Komori's half-transformed body is hooked up to machines that slow down the process of becoming an Otohime, effectively keeping him from either fully dying ''or'' being reborn.]] It ain't pretty.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: In the anime, as a result of a few things being switched around. Rather than being run through with a broken plane strut, Hoshimaru replicates Komori's own Push Dagger and spears him with it.

* WeCanRuleTogether: Komori tries this on Akira, saying that he'll be the king and she'll be the queen of his ideal world; it doesn't actually ''work'', but it does leave a very strong impression on her that influences some of her later actions, [[spoiler:like when Akira murders her father using his dagger that he gave her]].
%%* WhiteHairBlackHeart: He's a complete sociopath, to say the least. Komori is perfectly willing to kill everyone he considers weak.