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** Occasionally, certain words or phrases in Lio's dialogue or narration will be '''in bold'''. What this indicates is [[MindScrew unclear]], as he doesn't seem to notice it happening.
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** Occasionally, certain words or phrases in Lio's dialogue or narration will be '''in bold'''. What [[spoiler: According to WordOfGod, this indicates is [[MindScrew unclear]], as he doesn't seem to notice it happening.represents the violent impulses of his origin intruding on his thought processes]].
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-->In keeping with one of the themes of this story being a twisted parody of shounen manga, you may have noticed that Lio possesses several very characteristic protagonist traits. Firstly, he doesn't die when he's killed, and in fact has a tendency to power up and beat the people who just failed to kill him. Secondly, he can learn and acquire skills much faster than people who've worked for them their entire lives. Finally, after defeating opponents, he's able to come to an understanding with them, see their point of view, and work together from then on. Not to mention that he has a dark and troubled past, is an epic-tier bishounen, and fights for the sake of his friends. The catch is, of course, that the reason for all of these is that he's a flesh-eating, soul-eating eldritch horror wearing a human face, which itself has mental problems that would be more at home in Evangelion. But hey, everything comes with downsides. :P
-->In keeping with one of the themes of this story being a twisted parody of shounen manga, you may have noticed that Lio possesses several very characteristic protagonist traits. Firstly, he doesn't die when he's killed, and in fact has a tendency to power up and beat the people who just failed to kill him. Secondly, he can learn and acquire skills much faster than people who've worked for them their entire lives. Finally, after defeating opponents, he's able to come to an understanding with them, see their point of view, and work together from then on. Not to mention that he has a dark and troubled past, is an epic-tier bishounen, and fights for the sake of his friends. The catch is, of course, that the reason for all of these is that he's a flesh-eating, soul-eating eldritch horror wearing a human face, which itself has mental problems that would be more at home in Evangelion. But hey, everything comes with downsides. :P
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[[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/1870-Maybe-I-m-a-Lion-%28KnK-Prototype-Crossover%29 Maybe I'm a Lion]] is an ongoing {{Kara no Kyoukai}}/{{Prototype}} crossover fanfic written by [[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/member.php/287-Dullahan Dullahan]], being published on the Beast's Lair [[NasuVerse TYPE-MOON]] forums.
It poses the question - what if, by complete coincidence, the Blacklight virus at the centre of {{Prototype}}'s plot was to fall into the hands of what might appear to be the single worst possible candidate for obtaining viral super-powers: Lio Shirazumi, the [[SerialKiller homicidal]], drug-dealing [[StalkerWithACrush stalker]] who served as the main antagonist of the seventh chapter of {{Kara no Kyoukai}}?
It poses the question - what if, by complete coincidence, the Blacklight virus at the centre of {{Prototype}}'s plot was to fall into the hands of what might appear to be the single worst possible candidate for obtaining viral super-powers: Lio Shirazumi, the [[SerialKiller homicidal]], drug-dealing [[StalkerWithACrush stalker]] who served as the main antagonist of the seventh chapter of {{Kara no Kyoukai}}?
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[[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/1870-Maybe-I-m-a-Lion-%28KnK-Prototype-Crossover%29 Maybe I'm a Lion]] is an ongoing {{Kara no Kyoukai}}/{{Prototype}} ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai''/''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'' crossover fanfic written by [[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/member.php/287-Dullahan Dullahan]], being published on the Beast's Lair [[NasuVerse TYPE-MOON]] forums.
It poses the question - what if, by complete coincidence, the Blacklight virus at the centre of{{Prototype}}'s ''VideoGame/{{Prototype}}'''s plot was to fall into the hands of what might appear to be the single worst possible candidate for obtaining viral super-powers: Lio Shirazumi, the [[SerialKiller homicidal]], drug-dealing [[StalkerWithACrush stalker]] who served as the main antagonist of the seventh chapter of {{Kara no Kyoukai}}?
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* OutsideContextVillain: All over the place. Blackwatch is ruthlessly efficient at dealing with scientific monsters, but aren't prepared to deal with supernatural elements. Likewise, most of the characters from KaraNoKyoukai lack the resources to really oppose an organized military. Lio is this for ''everyone'' as nobody, except perhaps PARIAH and the Three Kings, saw his transformation coming.
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* OutsideContextVillain: All over the place. Blackwatch is ruthlessly efficient at dealing with scientific monsters, but aren't prepared to deal with supernatural elements. Likewise, most of the characters from KaraNoKyoukai ''LightNovel/KaraNoKyoukai'' lack the resources to really oppose an organized military. Lio is this for ''everyone'' as nobody, except perhaps PARIAH and the Three Kings, saw his transformation coming.
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* NighInvulnerable: Lio has been ''incinerated alive'' by thermite to the point where he was reduced to literally nothing but a small pile of white ash at the bottom of a smoking crater. [[IGotBetter He got better.]]
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* NighInvulnerable: Lio has been ''incinerated alive'' by thermite to the point where he was reduced to literally nothing but a small pile of white ash at the bottom of a smoking crater. [[IGotBetter He got better.]]crater, but came back from even that.
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* Determinator: A requirement for Blackwatch, as all of their members choose to die while attempting to hurt their target rather than surrender or die quietly.
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* GambitPileup: And how. Pretty much everyone is trying to manipulate the situation in some way, and it's rapidly escalating into a clusterfuck of epic proportions.
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* Determinator: A requirement for Blackwatch, as nearly all of their members choose to die while attempting to hurt their target rather than surrender or die quietly. In the words of the author "they will. Not. Give. Up. EVER.".
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* Determinator: A requirement for Blackwatch, as nearly all of their members choose to die while attempting to hurt their target rather than surrender or die quietly. In the words of the author "they will. Not. Give. Up. EVER.".
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* GreyAndGrayMorality: As noted by the author, Blackwatch and Lio are respectively either the hero(es) or the villain(s), depending on how you look at it.
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* HiddenDepths: Played straight with regard to Blackwatch troops. Judging from Lio's reaction to acquiring their memories, many of them are quite intelligent and well-read, to the point of making references to {{HP Lovecraft}} and {{Heart of Darkness}}.
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* HiddenDepths: Played straight with regard to Blackwatch troops. Judging from Lio's reaction to acquiring their memories, many of them are quite intelligent and well-read, to the point of making references to {{HP Lovecraft}} Creator/HPLovecraft and {{Heart of Darkness}}.''Literature/HeartOfDarkness''.
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* ContemplateOurNavels: In fine Nasuverse tradition.
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-->''All that stands in the way of me being able to enjoy my breakfast is the aggregate total of carnivorous felid evolution since the early Miocene epoch.''\\
Challenge fucking accepted.
Challenge fucking accepted.
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* OneOfUs: The author is also known as [[User.RiotousRascal Riotous Rascal]].
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* NotGoodWithPeople: Lio. The cafe scene alone makes it clear he has very little idea how to interact with people in social situations.
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* AntiHero: Lio. In a manner of speaking.
** HorrifyingHero
** HorrifyingHero
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* HiddenDepths: Played straight with regard to Blackwatch troops. Judging from Lio's reaction to acquiring their memories, many of them are quite intelligent and well-read, to the point of making references to {{H.P. {{HP Lovecraft}} and {{Heart of Darkness}}.
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* CompleteMonster: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Lio. Possibly due to the story taking place several months earlier in the {{Kara no Kyoukai}} timeline than Murder Speculation Part 2
** Áki Weisstein is stated to be this by Cornelius Alba.
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* CrazyAwesome: Lio, on occasion.
** He took down a Predator drone by throwing a street sign at it, javelin-style.
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** [[{{Durarara!!}} Izaya Orihara]] appears, albeit unnamed, in one chapter.
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[[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/showthread.php/1870-Maybe-I-m-a-Lion-%28KnK-Prototype-Crossover%29 Maybe I'm a Lion]] is an ongoing {{Kara no Kyoukai}}/{{Prototype}} crossover fanfic written by [[http://forums.nrvnqsr.com/member.php/287-Dullahan Dullahan]], being published on the Beast's Lair [[NasuVerse TYPE-MOON]] forums.
It poses the question - what if, by complete coincidence, the Blacklight virus at the centre of {{Prototype}}'s plot was to fall into the hands of what might appear to be the single worst possible candidate for obtaining viral super-powers: Lio Shirazumi, the [[SerialKiller homicidal]], drug-dealing [[StalkerWithACrush stalker]] who served as the main antagonist of the seventh chapter of {{Kara no Kyoukai}}?
The answer? [[ItGotWorse Things gets worse.]]
''Maybe I'm a Lion'' follows the story of a mentally-unstable twenty-year old and the (numerous) people and organisations trying to kill him, for a variety of more-or-less justifiable reasons.
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!! Maybe I'm A Lion contains examples of:
* {{Badass}}: Several, as is par for the course for both {{Prototype}} and the {{Nasuverse}}.
** BadassNormal: Captain Cross. He beat ''Shiki Ryougi'' in a knife fight!
** BadassArmy: Blackwatch as a whole.
* {{Bishounen}}: Lio, to the point where he's mistaken for a woman at first glance by several characters.
** Kaname Ryougi, Shiki's older brother, is described as resembling his [[{{Bifauxnen}} younger sister]] a great deal.
* TheCameo: Several.
** [[{{Durarara!!}} Izaya Orihara]] appears, albeit unnamed, in one chapter.
** [[FateHollowAtaraxia Bazette Fraga McRemitz]] is executed by one of the Three Kings in his introductory scene.
** Fabro Rowan (a.k.a. [[{{Tsukihime}} Nero Chaos]]) is referred to as a fourteenth-century scholar whose ''Codex Haereticus'' provided the theoretical backbone for the creation of Blacklight.
* CloudCuckooLander: Lio can be like this at times.
* CombatPragmatist: Blackwatch. Their immediate reaction to Lio coming {{Back From The Dead}} as a giant lioness? Call in an air strike.
* CompleteMonster: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Lio. Possibly due to the story taking place several months earlier in the {{Kara no Kyoukai}} timeline than Murder Speculation Part 2
** Áki Weisstein is stated to be this by Cornelius Alba.
* ConversationalTroping: The two unnamed CIA agents who investigate Souren Araya's apartment building in Kayamihama engage in this on the drive over there.
* CoolOldGuy: Hidenori Taizou, of the CIIO.
* CrazyAwesome: Lio, on occasion.
** He took down a Predator drone by throwing a street sign at it, javelin-style.
* TheFairFolk: Áki Weisstein was kidnapped by them at a young age, but was rescued by his [[PapaWolf father]] not long afterwards.
* FamousAncestor: The Alba family are descended from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]].
* FeaturelessPlaneOfDisembodiedDialogue: The Three Kings' conversations with PARIAH are presented like this.
** Also, PARIAH's conversations with his therapist.
* GenderBlenderName: Lio, though he refuses to admit it.
** Kaname Ryougi, which [[HypocriticalHumor Lio mocks him about]] in one scene.
* HiddenDepths: Played straight with regard to Blackwatch troops. Judging from Lio's reaction to acquiring their memories, many of them are quite intelligent and well-read, to the point of making references to {{H.P. Lovecraft}} and {{Heart of Darkness}}.
* HumanoidAbomination: Lio.
** PARIAH is implied to be one, though his appearance has yet to be described.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Several - in Japanese, no less.
** For example: 'Shirazumi' - Lio's surname - can also mean 'white charcoal'. After getting incinerated alive by GAMEKEEPER, Lio is reduced to - what else? - a small pile of white charcoal.
* KilledOffForReal: Alex Mercer. In the very first chapter, too!
* LemonyNarrator: Lio's {{Internal Monologue}}.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Lio's [[EpicFail attempt]] to eat pancakes.
* MoodSwinger: Lio.
* NighInvulnerable: Lio has been ''incinerated alive'' by thermite to the point where he was reduced to literally nothing but a small pile of white ash at the bottom of a smoking crater. [[IGotBetter He got better.]]
* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Three Kings.
** That said, unlike most examples of this, the individual Kings are shown on several occasions to actually be doing things.
* OneOfUs: The author is also known as {{RiotousRascal}}.
* OriginalCharacter: To name a few;
** A team of CIA agents from Hong Kong led by Jeremy Winthrop, working in partnership with Blackwatch due to the Blacklight leak occurring outside the United States.
** A pair of agents from the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence and Investigation Office, covertly investigating the terrorist incidents Blackwatch has been using to cover up their attempts to kill Lio.
** The Three Kings, a shadowy group of conspirators named after the Three Wise Men of Biblical tradition.
** Several members of the Alba family, who provide the main vehicle for the introduction of...
** Áki Weisstein, a Swedish Magus who worked at [[ThoseWackyNazis Stutthof Concentration Camp]] during World War 2, fled to the United States before Germany's defeat, and was the original creator of the REDLIGHT virus.
* PaintingTheMedium: PARIAH speaks '''entirely in bold'''. That is, the PARIAH who commands the Three Kings does this. The one who's in a bunker underneath Vandenberg Air Force Base only does it on occasion.
** Occasionally, certain words or phrases in Lio's dialogue or narration will be '''in bold'''. What this indicates is [[MindScrew unclear]], as he doesn't seem to notice it happening.
* ReferenceOverdosed: Lio's narration becomes this more and more over time, as he acquires more memories (mainly from Blackwatch soldiers).
** Touko tends to do this as well, though to a lesser extent.
* ShoutOut: Loads of them.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Lio, as a result of having his Origin awakened in the backstory. They're retro-reflective, like cat's eyes, and several characters remark on how creepy this is.
* TalkingToThemself: Lio does this in his narration ''all the time''. It's usually presented as lines alternating between normal text and ''italics''.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Implied to be the reason why Lio ran away on impulse the moment he saw Shiki in ''Ahnenerbe''.
* WordSalad: Lio lapses into this in his narration when he's either extremely upset, injured, or Blacklight is doing something cool.
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It poses the question - what if, by complete coincidence, the Blacklight virus at the centre of {{Prototype}}'s plot was to fall into the hands of what might appear to be the single worst possible candidate for obtaining viral super-powers: Lio Shirazumi, the [[SerialKiller homicidal]], drug-dealing [[StalkerWithACrush stalker]] who served as the main antagonist of the seventh chapter of {{Kara no Kyoukai}}?
The answer? [[ItGotWorse Things gets worse.]]
''Maybe I'm a Lion'' follows the story of a mentally-unstable twenty-year old and the (numerous) people and organisations trying to kill him, for a variety of more-or-less justifiable reasons.
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!! Maybe I'm A Lion contains examples of:
* {{Badass}}: Several, as is par for the course for both {{Prototype}} and the {{Nasuverse}}.
** BadassNormal: Captain Cross. He beat ''Shiki Ryougi'' in a knife fight!
** BadassArmy: Blackwatch as a whole.
* {{Bishounen}}: Lio, to the point where he's mistaken for a woman at first glance by several characters.
** Kaname Ryougi, Shiki's older brother, is described as resembling his [[{{Bifauxnen}} younger sister]] a great deal.
* TheCameo: Several.
** [[{{Durarara!!}} Izaya Orihara]] appears, albeit unnamed, in one chapter.
** [[FateHollowAtaraxia Bazette Fraga McRemitz]] is executed by one of the Three Kings in his introductory scene.
** Fabro Rowan (a.k.a. [[{{Tsukihime}} Nero Chaos]]) is referred to as a fourteenth-century scholar whose ''Codex Haereticus'' provided the theoretical backbone for the creation of Blacklight.
* CloudCuckooLander: Lio can be like this at times.
* CombatPragmatist: Blackwatch. Their immediate reaction to Lio coming {{Back From The Dead}} as a giant lioness? Call in an air strike.
* CompleteMonster: [[AvertedTrope Averted]] with Lio. Possibly due to the story taking place several months earlier in the {{Kara no Kyoukai}} timeline than Murder Speculation Part 2
** Áki Weisstein is stated to be this by Cornelius Alba.
* ConversationalTroping: The two unnamed CIA agents who investigate Souren Araya's apartment building in Kayamihama engage in this on the drive over there.
* CoolOldGuy: Hidenori Taizou, of the CIIO.
* CrazyAwesome: Lio, on occasion.
** He took down a Predator drone by throwing a street sign at it, javelin-style.
* TheFairFolk: Áki Weisstein was kidnapped by them at a young age, but was rescued by his [[PapaWolf father]] not long afterwards.
* FamousAncestor: The Alba family are descended from [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heinrich_Cornelius_Agrippa Heinrich Cornelius Agrippa]].
* FeaturelessPlaneOfDisembodiedDialogue: The Three Kings' conversations with PARIAH are presented like this.
** Also, PARIAH's conversations with his therapist.
* GenderBlenderName: Lio, though he refuses to admit it.
** Kaname Ryougi, which [[HypocriticalHumor Lio mocks him about]] in one scene.
* HiddenDepths: Played straight with regard to Blackwatch troops. Judging from Lio's reaction to acquiring their memories, many of them are quite intelligent and well-read, to the point of making references to {{H.P. Lovecraft}} and {{Heart of Darkness}}.
* HumanoidAbomination: Lio.
** PARIAH is implied to be one, though his appearance has yet to be described.
* IncrediblyLamePun: Several - in Japanese, no less.
** For example: 'Shirazumi' - Lio's surname - can also mean 'white charcoal'. After getting incinerated alive by GAMEKEEPER, Lio is reduced to - what else? - a small pile of white charcoal.
* KilledOffForReal: Alex Mercer. In the very first chapter, too!
* LemonyNarrator: Lio's {{Internal Monologue}}.
* MundaneMadeAwesome: Lio's [[EpicFail attempt]] to eat pancakes.
* MoodSwinger: Lio.
* NighInvulnerable: Lio has been ''incinerated alive'' by thermite to the point where he was reduced to literally nothing but a small pile of white ash at the bottom of a smoking crater. [[IGotBetter He got better.]]
* OmniscientCouncilOfVagueness: The Three Kings.
** That said, unlike most examples of this, the individual Kings are shown on several occasions to actually be doing things.
* OneOfUs: The author is also known as {{RiotousRascal}}.
* OriginalCharacter: To name a few;
** A team of CIA agents from Hong Kong led by Jeremy Winthrop, working in partnership with Blackwatch due to the Blacklight leak occurring outside the United States.
** A pair of agents from the Japanese Cabinet Intelligence and Investigation Office, covertly investigating the terrorist incidents Blackwatch has been using to cover up their attempts to kill Lio.
** The Three Kings, a shadowy group of conspirators named after the Three Wise Men of Biblical tradition.
** Several members of the Alba family, who provide the main vehicle for the introduction of...
** Áki Weisstein, a Swedish Magus who worked at [[ThoseWackyNazis Stutthof Concentration Camp]] during World War 2, fled to the United States before Germany's defeat, and was the original creator of the REDLIGHT virus.
* PaintingTheMedium: PARIAH speaks '''entirely in bold'''. That is, the PARIAH who commands the Three Kings does this. The one who's in a bunker underneath Vandenberg Air Force Base only does it on occasion.
** Occasionally, certain words or phrases in Lio's dialogue or narration will be '''in bold'''. What this indicates is [[MindScrew unclear]], as he doesn't seem to notice it happening.
* ReferenceOverdosed: Lio's narration becomes this more and more over time, as he acquires more memories (mainly from Blackwatch soldiers).
** Touko tends to do this as well, though to a lesser extent.
* ShoutOut: Loads of them.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Lio, as a result of having his Origin awakened in the backstory. They're retro-reflective, like cat's eyes, and several characters remark on how creepy this is.
* TalkingToThemself: Lio does this in his narration ''all the time''. It's usually presented as lines alternating between normal text and ''italics''.
* TooSpicyForYogSothoth: Implied to be the reason why Lio ran away on impulse the moment he saw Shiki in ''Ahnenerbe''.
* WordSalad: Lio lapses into this in his narration when he's either extremely upset, injured, or Blacklight is doing something cool.
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