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->''"Fight hard. Shoot straight. Don't let them take you alive."''
-->-- '''Blurb''', ''Sara''
Sara is a graphic novel by Garth Ennis following a sniper at the Siege of Leningrad, 1942; while fighting, she has to confront her demons as well as the threats on the Eastern Front. A single mistake may prove to be her undoing.
The graphic novel was published in December 2018 as one of Ennis' many war comics.
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!!Sara contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: Given that it's a war story, it's very justified.
%%* AttackOnTheHeart: What kills [[spoiler:both Darya and Sara]].
%%* BigSleep: [[spoiler:Sara dies this way]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Although 'Rina, Vera and Lydi have bright futures ahead of them, Nata, Mari, Darya and Sara are all dead]].
%%* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:Sara in the final panel]].
* BloodKnight: Vera - notable for asking why anyone would want the war to end.
* BoobyTrap: Sara often rigs the bodies of those she's killed with grenades. [[spoiler:She uses this as she's dying to take the second sniper with her]].
* BoomHeadshot: Sara pulls this off towards the end of the graphic novel. [[spoiler:The elite Nazi sniper is also known for this]].
%%* BrawnHilda: Vera.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Sara herself in training days, having first found out that her parents were killed by a German airborne unit and later discovering that they were executed after failing a test of loyalty. Lydi arguably fits this trope as well, although we don't see the aftermath.]]
%%* BrokenBird: Sara.
%%* ColdSniper: 'Rina and Sara.
* CommissarCap: Commissar Kovalenko has one.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Sara, as she's [[spoiler:dying]].
%%* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Sara's parents]].
* DeathFromAbove: [[spoiler:Mari and Nata both get bombed, although they're shown making a LastStand a few pages later]].
* DeathIsDramatic: [[spoiler:Deaths in this work usually get large panels or pages to themselves]].
%%* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Mari, Nata and Sara]].
* DidNotDieThatWay: [[spoiler:Sara's parents were killed by the NKVD for opening the door for what they believed to be paratroopers, not an airborne unit]].
* DwindlingParty: From seven snipers to three over the course of the work.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied to be what happens if they're taken alive. Given the RealLife context, this is TruthInTelevision.
%%* FriendlySniper: Vera, to her squadmates, and Lydi in general.
* GrimUpNorth: Set in Russia in December.
%%* TheHeroDies: In the final pages.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sara (although the dying part was unintentional)]].
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Sara has one hundred kills as a conservative estimate. Given that this is a work about snipers, the comic practically bleeds this trope.
* LastStand: Subverted at first in that they actually win. [[spoiler:Later both Mari and Nata do this when outnumbered in battle, followed by a TakingYouWithMe]].
* NicknamingTheEnemy: The Nazi soldiers are called "Fritzies". They, in turn, call the Russian snipers "Ivan".
* NotSoStoic: Sara, when [[spoiler:telling 'Rina, Vera and Lydi the truth about what happened to her parents]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Sara's realisation that she forgot about the second sniper]].
%%* ThePoliticalOfficer: Both Comrade Lieutenant Raisa and Commissar Kovalenko.
* SnowMeansDeath: Being winter, all of the deaths happen in the snow.
* StandYourGround: The implicit order within the battle at the infantry post. It ends in victory for them.
%%* TheStoic: 'Rina and Sara, especially the latter.
* StoicWoobie: Sara. She [[spoiler:lost her parents in what she was told was a raid but later learns was punishment for failing a test of loyalty]].
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Mari, Nata and Sara all do this with grenades]].
* TranquilFury : Vera on the battlefield after [[spoiler:Darya]] is killed. It doesn't last long.
* VengeanceDenied: Vera swears revenge on the [[spoiler:elite sniper]] for killing [[spoiler:her sniping partner, Darya]], but [[spoiler:Sara]] kills him first.
* WarIsHell: The central theme of the story. There are multiple onscreen deaths, including [[spoiler:Sara herself]].
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Most characters wear white coats on missions - ergo, most of the deaths happen in white.
* WinterWarfare: Takes place on the Eastern Front in World War II in December.
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-->-- '''Blurb''', ''Sara''
Sara is a graphic novel by Garth Ennis following a sniper at the Siege of Leningrad, 1942; while fighting, she has to confront her demons as well as the threats on the Eastern Front. A single mistake may prove to be her undoing.
The graphic novel was published in December 2018 as one of Ennis' many war comics.
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!!Sara contains examples of:
* AnyoneCanDie: Given that it's a war story, it's very justified.
%%* AttackOnTheHeart: What kills [[spoiler:both Darya and Sara]].
%%* BigSleep: [[spoiler:Sara dies this way]].
* BittersweetEnding: [[spoiler:Although 'Rina, Vera and Lydi have bright futures ahead of them, Nata, Mari, Darya and Sara are all dead]].
%%* BloodFromTheMouth: [[spoiler:Sara in the final panel]].
* BloodKnight: Vera - notable for asking why anyone would want the war to end.
* BoobyTrap: Sara often rigs the bodies of those she's killed with grenades. [[spoiler:She uses this as she's dying to take the second sniper with her]].
* BoomHeadshot: Sara pulls this off towards the end of the graphic novel. [[spoiler:The elite Nazi sniper is also known for this]].
%%* BrawnHilda: Vera.
* BreakTheCutie: [[spoiler:Sara herself in training days, having first found out that her parents were killed by a German airborne unit and later discovering that they were executed after failing a test of loyalty. Lydi arguably fits this trope as well, although we don't see the aftermath.]]
%%* BrokenBird: Sara.
%%* ColdSniper: 'Rina and Sara.
* CommissarCap: Commissar Kovalenko has one.
* DreamingOfThingsToCome: Sara, as she's [[spoiler:dying]].
%%* DeathByOriginStory: [[spoiler:Sara's parents]].
* DeathFromAbove: [[spoiler:Mari and Nata both get bombed, although they're shown making a LastStand a few pages later]].
* DeathIsDramatic: [[spoiler:Deaths in this work usually get large panels or pages to themselves]].
%%* DefiantToTheEnd: [[spoiler:Mari, Nata and Sara]].
* DidNotDieThatWay: [[spoiler:Sara's parents were killed by the NKVD for opening the door for what they believed to be paratroopers, not an airborne unit]].
* DwindlingParty: From seven snipers to three over the course of the work.
* FateWorseThanDeath: Implied to be what happens if they're taken alive. Given the RealLife context, this is TruthInTelevision.
%%* FriendlySniper: Vera, to her squadmates, and Lydi in general.
* GrimUpNorth: Set in Russia in December.
%%* TheHeroDies: In the final pages.
%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Sara (although the dying part was unintentional)]].
* ImprobableAimingSkills: Sara has one hundred kills as a conservative estimate. Given that this is a work about snipers, the comic practically bleeds this trope.
* LastStand: Subverted at first in that they actually win. [[spoiler:Later both Mari and Nata do this when outnumbered in battle, followed by a TakingYouWithMe]].
* NicknamingTheEnemy: The Nazi soldiers are called "Fritzies". They, in turn, call the Russian snipers "Ivan".
* NotSoStoic: Sara, when [[spoiler:telling 'Rina, Vera and Lydi the truth about what happened to her parents]].
* OhCrap: [[spoiler:Sara's realisation that she forgot about the second sniper]].
%%* ThePoliticalOfficer: Both Comrade Lieutenant Raisa and Commissar Kovalenko.
* SnowMeansDeath: Being winter, all of the deaths happen in the snow.
* StandYourGround: The implicit order within the battle at the infantry post. It ends in victory for them.
%%* TheStoic: 'Rina and Sara, especially the latter.
* StoicWoobie: Sara. She [[spoiler:lost her parents in what she was told was a raid but later learns was punishment for failing a test of loyalty]].
* TakingYouWithMe: [[spoiler:Mari, Nata and Sara all do this with grenades]].
* TranquilFury : Vera on the battlefield after [[spoiler:Darya]] is killed. It doesn't last long.
* VengeanceDenied: Vera swears revenge on the [[spoiler:elite sniper]] for killing [[spoiler:her sniping partner, Darya]], but [[spoiler:Sara]] kills him first.
* WarIsHell: The central theme of the story. There are multiple onscreen deaths, including [[spoiler:Sara herself]].
* WhiteShirtOfDeath: Most characters wear white coats on missions - ergo, most of the deaths happen in white.
* WinterWarfare: Takes place on the Eastern Front in World War II in December.
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