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* TheMenInBlack: Before the [[BrokenMasquerade MSY went public]], one of their job was to keep the existence of the magical girl system from being discovered by the public. There are rumors they were behind the mysterious [[KilledToUpholdTheMasquerade disappearance without a trace]] of any girl that intentionally tried to make public the existence of the magical world.




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** [[spoiler: subverted when Kyouko and her team liberated X-25, where Kyubey revealed that the Incubators knew all along of the rogue colony's existence and the horrible experiments conducted there on mass producing magical girls by cloning and indoctrination, but didn't warned Governance because they wanted to see the results, [[YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness until it was clear that it would lead nowhere]]. Yep, still the same old rat bastards.]]
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* BlessedWithSuck: Looking at what she does and what happens to herself in the future is more or less guaranteed to backfire on her, and so is forced to plan ahead with that in mind, [[spoiler:which eventually leads to her (admittingly, potentially planned) downfall.]]


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* CombatClairvoyance: Due to above BlessedWithSuck flaw, the immediate future is the only time she can freely see herself when using her powers, which really helps during combat.
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* RegretfulTraitor: [[spoiler:Still feels remorseful about betraying the Southern Group centuries later, even if it was necessary.]]
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* HeelRealization: She always aware from almost the very start of her stint with the Southern Group that they were not a very nice band of girls, but it was her witnessing [[spoiler:them torturing another magical girl to push her to plan their downfall.]]


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* TheSleepless: She figured how to not to sleep, by not sleeping and then healing the damage from oversleeping.
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* VigilanteMan: Had a brief stint as it soon before dying, trying to find and kill evil Magical Girls. [[spoiler:Notably she killed the two underlings to the Yakuza to which Yuma was about to be sold. In front of Yuma herself.]]
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* TheMedic: Healing is her main power, and it is powerful enough to revive a recently decapitated human by simply reattaching the head to the body. [[spoiler:With the help of Oriko, she used this to magically enhance her brain.]]
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* DeathSeeker: Just like in the source material, her love troubles made her unstable, and here in ''[=TtS=]'' she first tried to do a suicide-by-unfriendly-magical-girl.
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\n* TheseAreThingsManWasNotMeantToKnow: [[spoiler:In her research to substitute magic with technology, she created an isolation device in which grief cubes revert to their original pre-Madoka forms, bringing along the thankfully contained witch corruption, and she has only has a vaguest of ideas for why it happens.]]

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* AxCrazy: Her reputation.

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* AxCrazy: Her reputation. And from Yuma's flashback, she is one of the insanely "sane" types.



* UndyingLoyalty: To Oriko.



* HotBlooded: Even crazier than Kure.

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* HotBlooded: Even crazier than She is more unrestrained compared to Kure.

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* GreenEyedMonster: Gets easily jealous over various things, for example Oriko's apparent favoritism towards Yuma.



* LivingEmotionalCrutch: Is this for Mikuru, whose ThinkingOutLoud tendencies considerably dial down when near Aina.



* SlapSlapKiss: Is in this kind of relationship with Mikuru.





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\n* SlapSlapKiss: With Aina.
* ThinkingOutLoud: Has a habit of doing it constantly both normally and telepathically. Only Aina can stand it, while others barely tolerate it. As stated above, she dials it down when near Aina.






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\n* TalkingInYourDreams: [[spoiler:One of her more normal ways to communicate with Ryouko.]]

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[HowDoYouLikeThemApples Apples]], one of which she even uses as a prop in one of her sermons.

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* TrademarkFavoriteFood: [[HowDoYouLikeThemApples Apples]], Apples, one of which she even uses as a prop in one of her sermons.

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* AbsurdlyYouthfulMother: Par for the course in the future, where aging stops [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty at 27]].


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* SupernaturallyYoungParent: Par for the course in the future, where aging stops [[ImmortalityBeginsAtTwenty at 27]].

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* AmazonChaser: Magical Girls are considered quite the catch. Immediately after making a contract, Ryouko is deluged with marriage proposal letters from people she doesn't even know.



* NoGuyWantsAnAmazon: [[AvertedTrope Averted.]] Magical Girls are considered quite the catch.

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* [[spoiler:BusCrash]]: [[spoiler:She was last seen handing her soul gem to Clarisse van Rossum before launching a suicide attack against the last Wormhole Generator core so her soul could be attached to a back-up cloned body, so it was expected to see her come back later in the story. Then it's revealed in a later chapter that her soul gem suffered terminal collapse and disappeared two weeks after the mission. It's strongly suspected that it was an assassination.]]

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* [[spoiler:BusCrash]]: [[spoiler:She was last seen handing her soul gem to Clarisse van Rossum before launching a suicide attack against the last Wormhole Generator core so her soul could be attached to a back-up cloned body, so it was expected to see her come back later in the story. Then it's revealed in a later chapter that her soul gem suffered terminal collapse and disappeared two weeks after the mission. It's strongly suspected that it was an assassination. Then there are hints that her Soul Gem was replaced...]]


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** [[spoiler: Triple subverted when new evidence suggests that the Soul Gem that disappeared wasn't Misa's.]]
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* BadassBookworm: Both the real and fictional Clarisses.

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* BadassBookworm: Both As one of the real few Magical Girls older than the Mitakihara Four, she is an incredibly experienced fighter. As for the bookworm, she wished to witness important historical events, and fictional Clarisses.appears to enjoy doing so.



* [[spoiler:CessationOfExistence: May have happened in chapter 41, as wether or not the [=TacComp=] had a soul was left unanswered and no known backups exist]]

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* [[spoiler:CessationOfExistence: May CessationOfExistence: [[spoiler:May have happened in chapter 41, as wether whether or not the [=TacComp=] had a soul was left unanswered and no known backups exist]]
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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: And so can Magical Girls!

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* BatmanCanBreatheInSpace: And so can Magical Girls!Girls! Though not without burning magic, so spacesuits are still preferable.
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* [[spoiler:CessationOfExistence: May have happened in chapter 41, as wether or not the [=TacComp=] had a soul was left unanswered and no known backups exist]]
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* [[spoiler:MomentOfWeakness: Following the stressful events of X-25 colony that pushed way too many of her buttons, she got heavily introspective of her life and decided to go into deep prayer to calm down, which nearly got her assassinated if not for Ryouko.]]

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* [[spoiler:MomentOfWeakness: Following the stressful events of X-25 colony that pushed way too many of her buttons, she got heavily introspective of her life and decided to go into deep prayer to calm down, in only recently captured enemy territory, which nearly got her assassinated if not for Ryouko.]]
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* [[spoiler:MomentOfWeakness: Following the stressful events of X-25 colony that way too many of her buttons, she got heavily introspective of her life and decided to go into deep prayer to calm down, which nearly got her assassinated if not for Ryouko.]]

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* [[spoiler:MomentOfWeakness: Following the stressful events of X-25 colony that pushed way too many of her buttons, she got heavily introspective of her life and decided to go into deep prayer to calm down, which nearly got her assassinated if not for Ryouko.]]
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* [[spoiler:MomentOfWeakness: Following the stressful events of X-25 colony that way too many of her buttons, she got heavily introspective of her life and decided to go into deep prayer to calm down, which nearly got her assassinated if not for Ryouko.]]
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* OlderThanTheyLook: Deserves special mention, as while ordinary humans stop aging before they hit thirty these days and many (if not most) of her 400+ year old contemporaries could pass for middle or high school kids were it not for the omnipresent facial recognition software... Yuma is physically ''nine''.

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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Most Magical Girls have some serious hero worship going on for the Mitakihara Four, or Clarisse Von Rossum.

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* TheKnightsWhoSaySquee: Most Magical Girls have some serious hero worship going on for the Mitakihara Four, or Clarisse Von van Rossum.



* SmartPeoplePlayChess: She's even better than Nadya.



* HiddenDepths: She's very good at chess.



* OldFriend: With Clarisse Von Rossum, to the rest of her team's amazement when they discover it.

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* OldFriend: With Clarisse Von van Rossum, to the rest of her team's amazement when they discover it.



* [[spoiler:BusCrash]]: [[spoiler:She was last seen handing her soul gem to Clarisse Von Rossum before launching a suicide attack against the last Wormhole Generator core so her soul could be attached to a back-up cloned body, so it was expected to see her come back later in the story. Then it's revealed in a later chapter that her soul gem suffered terminal collapse and disappeared two weeks after the mission. It's strongly suspected that it was an assassination.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Unlike Nadya ANtipova, she doesn't like making big gestures while channeling her powers, preferring to stand still and throwing electric arcs at her enemies without much fanfare.

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* [[spoiler:BusCrash]]: [[spoiler:She was last seen handing her soul gem to Clarisse Von van Rossum before launching a suicide attack against the last Wormhole Generator core so her soul could be attached to a back-up cloned body, so it was expected to see her come back later in the story. Then it's revealed in a later chapter that her soul gem suffered terminal collapse and disappeared two weeks after the mission. It's strongly suspected that it was an assassination.]]
* CombatPragmatist: Unlike Nadya ANtipova, Antipova, she doesn't like making big gestures while channeling her powers, preferring to stand still and throwing electric arcs at her enemies without much fanfare.



* ComputerVoice: Speaks with Ryouko's own voice, which combined with her avatar of Clariss Von Rossum makes their interaction awkward for Ryouko sometimes.

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* ComputerVoice: Speaks with Ryouko's own voice, which combined with her avatar of Clariss Von van Rossum makes their interaction awkward for Ryouko sometimes.



* InterfaceWithAFamiliarFace: Her virtual avatar takes the appearance of Clarisse Von Rossum, except the usual "I/O" tattoo on the left eye used to differentiate AIs from humans (and another in her left middle finger replacing the usual Magical Girl nail marking). She still speaks with Ryouko's voice
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Chose her name after Clarisse Von Rossum, Ryouko's childhood hero.

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* InterfaceWithAFamiliarFace: Her virtual avatar takes the appearance of Clarisse Von van Rossum, except the usual "I/O" tattoo on the left eye used to differentiate AIs from humans (and another in her left middle finger replacing the usual Magical Girl nail marking). She still speaks with Ryouko's voice
* NamedAfterSomebodyFamous: Chose her name after Clarisse Von van Rossum, Ryouko's childhood hero.

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* ForeignExchangeStudent: From Argentina, she transfered into several schools around the world to learn foreign languages.



* MysteriousTransferStudent: There's a slight aura of mystery surrounding her. [[spoiler:There are several inconsistencies on her background, like the fact that she often files different names for her parents in the transfer forms or that she seems to had anti mind-reading training. That with how she apparently specifically targeted her attention on Ryouko immediately after being transfered made it clear that there's more than meet the eye with her.]]



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* SocialCircleFillerSocialCircleFiller: They get much less focus once Ryouko leaves Earth to start her Magical Girl career, and the few times they can get in touch with Ryouko serves to show the growing gap between them due to the contrast between their carefree civilian life and the stress of Ryouko's military life and all the conspiracies surrounding her.
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* BerserkButton: Mami ''hates'' Oriko for destroying her apartment with the few belongings from her parents she still had, and as a result absolutely refuse to see any ambiguity in Oriko's action, seeing her only as an insane monster and [[ItsPersonal wanting her death and to be the one to deliver it]], which is very at odds with her usual level-headed and diplomatic personality. She stills holds the same beliefs four centuries and half later.

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* BerserkButton: Mami ''hates'' Oriko for destroying her apartment with the [[TragicKeepsake few belongings from her parents she still had, had]], and as a result absolutely refuse to see any ambiguity in Oriko's action, seeing her only as an insane monster and [[ItsPersonal wanting her death and to be the one to deliver it]], which is very at odds with her usual level-headed and diplomatic personality. She stills holds the same beliefs four centuries and half later.
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* BerserkButton: Mami ''hates'' Oriko for destroying her apartment with the few belongings from her parents she still had, and as a result absolutely refuse to see any ambiguity in Oriko's action, seeing her only as an insane monster and [[ItsPersonal wanting her death and to be the one to deliver it]], which is very at odds with her usual level-headed and diplomatic personality. She stills holds the same beliefs four centuries and half later.


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* LastNameBasis: As in the original series, she continue to call everyone by their last name, even those that she know for centuries! It's a sign of the emotional wall she still puts between herself and other people. The only person she calls by her first name is Oriko, showing all the hate and contempt she feels for her even centuries after her death. [[spoiler:She started to try to correct that habit after accidentally picking from Marianne's mind that she find it really hurtful.]]

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:She's the secret MHD watcher of Mami, giving them secret reports on the Field Marshall's mental and emotional state.]]

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* SecretKeeper: [[spoiler:She's the Mami's secret MHD watcher of Mami, for the MHD, giving them secret reports on the Field Marshall's mental and emotional state.]]



* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Deeply admires Mami and look at her as an old friend. But Mami's constant emotional distance with everyone made her start to have doubt on how she really see her, especially since Mami didn't attended Marianne's daughter funeral, which that deeply hurt her. Fortunately Mami realized it and it's implied that she's trying to change.]]
* ClothFu: Apparently fights with strings.

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* BrokenPedestal: [[spoiler:Deeply admires Mami and look at sees her as an old friend. But Mami's constant emotional distance with everyone made her start to have doubt on how she really see her, especially since Mami didn't attended to Marianne's daughter funeral, which that deeply hurt her. Fortunately Mami realized it and it's implied that she's is apparently trying to change.change as a result.]]
* ClothFu: Apparently fights with strings. Her soul gem marking is even a spiderweb.



* BlowYouAway: A telekinetic, and the strongest alive at that.



* HuskyRusskie: Genderswapped: Russian? Check. Badass? Check. Brutal in her fighting? Loves to celebrate around a bottle of Vodka? Check.

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* HuskyRusskie: Genderswapped: A somewhat genderswapped version: Russian? Check. Badass? Check. Brutal in her fighting? Check. Loves to celebrate around a bottle of Vodka? Check.


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* MindOverMatter: A telekinetic, and the strongest alive at that.
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* MirthlessLaughter: After a nearly a month of constant stress, topped with the news [[spoiler:of the parent's divorce]], seeing Asami alive and relatively well made her laugh of relief.

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* MirthlessLaughter: After a nearly a month of constant stress, topped with the news [[spoiler:of the her parent's divorce]], seeing Asami alive and relatively well made her laugh of relief.
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* [[spoiler:RealityWarper]]: [[spoiler:How her power really works: she has near total control over everything inside her barrier, herself included, letting her use a virtually limitless range of powers, [[MasterOfNone albeit not with the same level of mastery than a specialized Magical Girl]], making her a more limited version of the usual trope.]]

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* [[spoiler:RealityWarper]]: [[spoiler:How her power really works: she has near total control over everything inside her barrier, herself included, letting her use a virtually limitless range of powers, [[MasterOfNone albeit not with the same level of mastery than a specialized Magical Girl]], making her a more limited version of than the usual trope.]]
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* BarrierWarrior: Part of her powerset. [[spoiler:And actually her main power, see RealityWarper bellow.]]


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* JackOfAllStats: Basically her power, and she completes it with a great proficiency with conventional weaponry. It's even the basis for her in-universe nickname.


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* [[spoiler:RealityWarper]]: [[spoiler:How her power really works: she has near total control over everything inside her barrier, herself included, letting her use a virtually limitless range of powers, [[MasterOfNone albeit not with the same level of mastery than a specialized Magical Girl]], making her a more limited version of the usual trope.]]
* RedBaron: "Jack-of-all-trades", due to her vast array of powers [[spoiler:thanks to her limited reality warper barrier]] and mastery with conventional infantry weapons.


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* ColonelBadass


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* MajorlyAwesome

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