History Fanfic / ANecromancersWildCard

** While Minato was looking for news reports online [[spoiler: that were related to his [[ItMakesSenseInContext desecrated grave]]]], he came across one article that detailed [[LightNovel/{{The Familiar of Zero}} an adolescent teen's sudden and mysterious disappearance]].

* HospitalityForHeroes: Seraphim is very cordial to Minato, [[spoiler: possibly because she knows who he is]].

* PreMeeting: How the story practically begins, with Minato meeting Eucliwood at Paulownia Mall. He had no idea who she really is [[TimeSkip until months later]].

* ShoutOut: When asked about how he felt being in graveyard by Ayumu, Minato responded that he's "[[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade Chronicles}} really]] [[SubvertedTrope not]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros feeling]] [[MemeticMutation it]]".

* WeaksauceWeakness: Zombies become dehydrated under sunlight. Subverted with Minato since he quickly learns that [[RequiredSecondaryPowers he can nullify that weakness with a Persona]]. [[UnluckyEverydude Ayumu, on the other hand...]]

* ChickMagnet: Minato, but like Ayumu in canon, it's both good and bad for him.

* FamedInStory: Apparently [[spoiler: within the span of a few months after his [[HeroicSacrifice heroic sacrifice]], vampire ninjas have become aware of who Minato is and regard him as a Messiah]].

* HospitalityForHeroes: Seraphim treats Minato very well, [[spoiler: possibly because she knows who he is]].

* LetsGetDangerous: Though normally reserved like Eucliwood, Minato is a force to be reckoned with if a situation that involves his friends becomes more significant.
* MagicalGirlfriend: Some time in the future, Minato will get a vampire ninja wife.
* MistressAndServantBoy: After his resurrection, Eu tells Minato that he's now her servant, which he accepts with little to no hesitation.

* MoodWhiplash: Part of chapter 1 describes Minato's boredom and sadness while he was still the Great Seal. And then he's brought back to life.

* OutOfFocus: Ayumu; only just a little. While he has his time in the spotlight and is still an important character, Ayumu is slightly less focused on since this story mainly revolves around Minato.

* StartingANewLife: Minato decided to leave Iwatodai with Eu to go to Tokyo because he did not want to get involved in any drama that could spring up from his resurrection.

* TimeSkip: There are a few in the story that skips about a month or so to move the plot along.

* ShoutOut: When asked about how he felt being in graveyard by Ayumu, Minato told him that he's [[VideoGame/{{Xenoblade Chronicles}} really]] [[SubvertedTrope not]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros feeling]] [[MemeticMutation it]].
* StartingANewLife: Minato decided to leave Iwatodai with Eu to go to Tokyo because he did not want to get involved in any drama that might spring up from his resurrection.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Instead of having his normal gray eyes, Minato's eye color had changed to gold after Eu revived him. Though he made an assumption that it's a side effect that occurs when a Persona-user becomes a zombie, he isn't too sure as to why the alteration happened. He chooses to accept it, in the end.

* WeaksauceWeakness: Zombies become dehydrated under sunlight. Subverted with Minato since he learns that [[RequiredSecondaryPowers he can nullify that weakness with a Persona]]. [[ButtMonkey Ayumu, on the other hand...]]
* YouLookFamiliar: Before Minato introduced himself to Ayumu, Ayumu believed that he had seen Minato somewhere in the past. Shortly after Eu revived Ayumu, he then remembered that he saw a picture of Minato on a news report regarding Minato's abnormal death.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to a response to a reviewer from Sorata, Sorata initially intended to have Minato and Eu stay in Iwatodai, but the concept to him seemed "unbelievable" because of [[RealityEnsues how long Minato had been dead]].

* HaremSeeker: Ayumu's friend, Orito, believes Minato is one and also assumes Minato has a harem that involves Eucliwood, Haruna, and Seraphim.

* LetsGetDangerous: Minato will put his undead life on the line if a situation that involves his friends becomes more serious.

* HaremSeeker: Orito believes Minato is one and also assumes Minato has a harem that involves Eucliwood, Haruna, and Seraphim.

* HospitalityForHeroes: Seraphim treats Minato very well, [[spoiler: possibly because she knows who he is]].

* PreMeeting: Practically how the story begins, with Minato meeting Eucliwood at Paulownia Mall. He had no idea who she really is [[TimeSkip until months later]].

* TheUnmasking: In a more blissfully unaware sense, [[spoiler: Seraphim reveals to Minato, Ayumu and Haruna that Minato is a "Messiah" after Minato bested Seraphim in their fight. This promptly coaxes Minato into telling his housemates about his past.]]

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: While their exact relationship is unknown so far, Minato and Naoto Shirogane do know each other. And Naoto refers to Minato as her '''brother'''.]]

* BrickJoke: Minato offhandedly muses to himself that he would never taste anything more worse than Fuuka Yamagishi's food from when she started cooking in chapter 3. [[spoiler: Come next chapter, he is subjected to [[LethalChef Seraphim]]'s hot pot and immediately faints upon tasting it]].
* ChekhovsGun: In chapter 1, it's assumed that Eu dug up Minato's grave before she brought him back to life. [[spoiler: Near the beginning of chapter 2, Aigis, out of coincidence, goes to visit Minato's grave and subsequently learns that it has been disturbed, much to her horror. By the time Minato and Eu realized that they forgot to re-bury the grave, they had been in Tokyo for a whole day.]]

** [[spoiler: In an inverted case, Seraphim was Minato's servant for less than a day before Minato stated to her that he had no interest in the prospect.]]

* BrickJoke: Minato offhandedly muses to himself that he would never taste anything more worse than Fuuka Yamagishi's initial meals in chapter 3. [[spoiler: Come next chapter, he is subjected to [[LethalChef Seraphim]]'s hot pot and immediately faints upon tasting it]].

* HaremSeeker: Orito believes Minato is one and has a harem that involves Eucliwood, Haruna, and Seraphim.

* NeverSpeakIllOfTheDead: Haruna sounded disgusted upon learning that Ayumu is a zombie. Needless to say, Ayumu was offended.

* YouLookFamiliar: Before Minato introduced himself to Ayumu, Ayumu believed that he had seen Minato somewhere in the past. Shortly after Eu revived Ayumu, he then remembered that he saw a picture of Minato on a news report regarding Minato's abnormal death.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: According to a response to a reviewer from Sorata, Sorata initially intended to have Minato and Eu stay in Iwatodai, but the concept to him seemed "unbelievable" because of [[RealityEnsues how long Minato had been dead]].

--> [[spoiler: '''Naoto''' (thinking in regards to Minato): '' 'I' '' will ''find you, Nii-san...' '']]

* StartingANewLife: Minato decided to leave Iwatodai with Eu to go to Tokyo because he did not want to get mixed up in any drama that might spring up from his resurrection.
* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Instead of his normal gray eyes, Minato's eye color had changed to gold after Eu revived him. Though he made an assumption that it's a side effect that occurs when a Persona-user becomes a zombie, he isn't too sure as to why the alteration happened. He chooses to accept it, in the end.

* HaremSeeker: Orito thinks Minato has one that involves Eucliwood, Haruna, and Seraphim.

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: While their exact relationship is unconfirmed so far, Minato and Naoto Shirogane do know each other. And Naoto refers to Minato as her brother.]]
--> [[spoiler: '''Naoto''' (in regards to Minato): '' 'I' '' will ''find you, Nii-san...' '']]

* TheUnmasking: In more a blissfully unaware sense, [[spoiler: Seraphim reveals to Minato, Ayumu and Haruna that Minato is a "Messiah" after Minato bested Seraphim in their fight. This promptly coaxes Minato into telling his housemates about his past.]]

** [[spoiler: In an inverted case, Seraphim was Minato's servant for less than a day.]]

* MysteriousPast: Ayumu, Haruna, and Seraphim were, for the most part, kept in the dark about Minato's past [[spoiler: until Minato actually decided to tell them in chapter 4. Also, Eu kept tabs on Minato while he was alive, so she was fully aware of what happened to him]].

* TheReveal: [[spoiler: While their exact relationship is unconfirmed so far, Minato and Naoto Shirogane do know each other.]]

* TheUnmasking: In more a blissfully unaware sense, [[spoiler: Seraphim reveals to Minato, Ayumu, and Haruna that Minato is a "Messiah" after Minato bested Seraphim in their fight. This promptly coaxes Minato into telling his housemates about his past.]]

* RedOniBlueOni: Though not stated outright, it's rather obvious that Ayumu is the red to Minato's blue.

* BackFromTheDead: Minato had been dead for about a month before Eucliwood revived him.
* ChekhovsGun: In chapter 1, it's assumed that Eu dug up Minato's grave before she brought him back to life. [[spoiler: Near the beginning of chapter 2, Aigis discovers that Minato's final resting place had been disturbed. By the time Minato and Eu realized that they forgot to re-bury the grave, they were already in Tokyo.]]
* DemotedToExtra: While he has his time in the spotlight and is still an important character, Ayumu is slightly less focused on since this story mainly revolves around Minato.

* {{Foreshadowing}}: In chapter 3, it's revealed that Eu sometimes watches detective TV shows. [[spoiler: Jumping ahead to the end of chapter 3, [[KidDetective Naoto Shirogane]] is called in by Mitsuru to search for Minato]].

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: Minato's current eye color after Eucliwood revived him. Though he made an assumption that it's a side effect that occurs when a Persona-user becomes a zombie, he isn't too sure as to why the alteration happened. He chooses to ignore the change, in the end.

* SupernaturalGoldEyes: When Minato observed his reflection in a train window shortly after being revived, he noticed that his eyes were gold instead of their usual gray.

Three months later, which by that point Minato had been dead for one month, while maintaining the Great Seal, Minato later found himself in a graveyard with Eucliwood under a moonlit sky. He then learned that he had been resurrected by her, and he had become a zombie and her servant.

* EnragedByIdiocy: "Enraged" is a strong word, but Minato was rather upset when he detected the students of Ayumu's school showing no signs of interest or bewilderment from the crawfish Megalo that Ayumu killed. Especially since '''[[UnusuallyUninterestingSight most of them actually saw it]]'''.
* {{Foreshadowing}}: In chapter 3, it's revealed that Eu sometimes watches detective TV shows. [[spoiler: Jumping ahead to the end of chapter 3, Naoto Shirogane is called in by Mitsuru to search for Minato]].

* MysteriousPast: Ayumu, Haruna, and Seraphim were in the dark about Minato's past [[spoiler: until he actually decided to tell them in chapter 4. Apparently, Eu kept tabs on Minato while he was alive, so she was fully aware of what happened to him]].
* RedOniBlueOni: Ayumu is the red to Minato's blue.
* StartingANewLife: Minato decided to leave Iwatodai with Eu to go to Tokyo because he did not want to get mixed up in any drama that might spring up from his resurrection.

* EnragedByIdiocy: "Enraged" is a strong word, but Minato was rather upset when he detected the students of Ayumu's school showing no signs of interest or bewilderment from the crawfish Megalo that Ayumu killed. Especially since '''[[UnusuallyUninterestingSight most of them actually saw it]]'''.
* RedOniBlueOni: Ayumu is the red oni to Minato's blue oni.

Three months later, which by that point Minato had been dead for one month, while maintaining the Great Seal, he later found himself in a graveyard with Eucliwood under a moonlit sky. He soon learned that he had been resurrected by her, and he had become a zombie and her servant.

Three months later, which by that point Minato had been dead for one month, while maintaining the Great Seal, he found himself breathing and in a graveyard with Eucliwood. He soon learned that he had been resurrected by her, and he had become a zombie and her servant.

Before heading off to his final battle with his friends, Minato Arisato decided to spend what time he had left to go around Iwatodai City, eventually coming to Paulownia Mall, where he found and met Eucliwood Hellscythe. After spending some time together, they both considered each other as friends prior to Minato having to leave.

Three months later, while Minato maintaining the Great Seal, he found himself resurrected by Eucliwood.