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* RavensAndCrows: form a living bridge that connects the portal to Half World. Better run fast, or the birds will fly away and there's an long fall down...
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* InfantImmortality: ''Completely'' averted. There are children running around Half World, reliving their worst moment. Most prominent is the four girls from ''Darkest Light'' and the fact that [[spoiler: Mr. Glueskin died when his father killed his mother while she was giving birth to him.]]
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* InfantImmortality: ''Completely'' averted. There are children running around Half World, reliving their worst moment.moments. Most prominent is the four girls from ''Darkest Light'' and the fact that [[spoiler: Mr. Glueskin died when his father killed his mother while she was giving birth to him.]]
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* LocationThemeNaming: Lilla '''L'''illa is Ilanna's left '''l'''eft arm; Rilla '''R'''illa is Ilanna's right '''r'''ight arm.
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* {{Determinator}}: Cracker trudges on besides Gee even though she's literally dying by the second, just to get what she came for.
** Illana continues to pursue Cracker and Gee despite all that happens. Even [[spoiler: losing Lilla and Rilla doesn't slow her down.]]
** Illana continues to pursue Cracker and Gee despite all that happens. Even [[spoiler: losing Lilla and Rilla doesn't slow her down.]]
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* LocationThemeNaming: Lilla is Ilanna's left arm; Rilla is Ilanna's right arm.
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* InfantImmortality: ''Completely'' averted. There are children running around Half World, reliving their worst moment. Most prominent is the four girls from ''Darkest Light'' and that the fact that [[spoiler: Mr. Glueskin died when his father killed his mother while she was giving birth to him.]]
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* CatsAreMean: White Cat is a grumpy, ill-tempered cat who mocks the protagonists on more than one occasion. Granted, it has good intentions, it's just so disdainful.
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* BodyHorro: Oh so much.
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* BodyHorro: BodyHorror: Oh so much.
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* BodyHorro: Oh so much.
* DarkAndTroubledPast: Dang near everyone. It fits with the CentralTheme about dealing with pain and trauma.
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* AmnesiacDissonance: Gee used to be Mr. Glueskin, but he doesn't remember and grew up to be a much better person.
* AnArmAndALeg: Ilana's arms and tongue were bitten off and eaten by eels.
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* AmnesiacDissonance: Gee used to be Mr. Glueskin, but he doesn't remember and grew up to be a much better person.
person. Justified in that Mr. Glueskin was reverted to a baby, who grew up into Gee, so naturally he wouldn't know.
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* BigBad: Ilana and Karu. [[spoiler: Subverted with Karu when he [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]].]]
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* OneLetterName: Gee was originally just referred to as the letter G by Melanie and Ms. Wei, but his name got spelt out as Gee when they were registering him for school.
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* VillainousCrush: Ilana loved Mr. Glueskin, so she entices Gee to return to Half World [[spoiler: so he can become Mr. Glueskin again.]]
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* VillainousCrush: Ilana loved Mr. Glueskin, so she entices Gee to return to Half World [[spoiler: so he can become Mr. Glueskin again.]]
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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted with Ms. Wei. After Nora Stein was killed, she deliberated suicide, but decided not to.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Subverted Averted with Ms. Wei. After Nora Stein was killed, she deliberated suicide, but decided not to.
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* FourIsDeath: Door Four in the Cassier Connector leads to Half World, and floor four of Mirages Hotel [[spoiler: is how you get back to the portal to the Realm of Flesh]]. Ms. Wei explains this trope in ''Half World''.
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* JanitorImpersonationInfiltration: Melanie pretends to be a cleaning lady to get to Mr. Glueskin's hotel room.
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* BigBad: Ilana and Karu. [[spoiler: Subverted with Karu when he [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]].
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* BigBad: Ilana and Karu. [[spoiler: Subverted with Karu when he [[HeelFaceTurn Heel Face Turns]].]]
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* CoolOldLady: Ms. Wei
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* NonHumanSidekick: White Cat.
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** [[Karu's brother forced him to eat so that he'd snap out of his trauma. But this caused Karu to go crazy and eat his own brother.]]
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* HeelFaceTurn: [[spoilers: Karu regains his humanity when Cracker's struggle reminds him of his brother]].
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* StraightGay: Ms. Wei and Cracker. Though Cracker could be bi.
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* DrivenToSuicide: Many Half Worlders are locked in perpetual suicide, like that woman in ''Half World'' jumping into the canal over and over again, or the people perpetually falling off buildings/stairwells in ''Darkest Light''.
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''Half World'' by Hiromi Goto is a DownTheRabbitHole ComingOfAgeStory. There are three realms: the realm of the flesh, the realm of the spirit and Half World, a sort of purgatory where dead souls live out their traumas until they are ready to pass to the realm of the flesh. The realms were originally together, but got separated. Melanie is a [[HolyChild child born impossibly into Half World]]. When her mother gets kidnapped by the sinister Mr. Glueskin, Melanie goes on a [[TheQuest quest]] to Half World to save her and [[SaveTheWorld the world]].
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''Half World'' by Hiromi Goto is a DownTheRabbitHole ComingOfAgeStory. There are three realms: the realm Realm of the flesh, Flesh, the realm Realm of the spirit Spirit and Half World, a sort of purgatory where dead souls live out their traumas until they are ready to pass to the realm Realm of the flesh. Spirit. The realms were originally together, but got separated.separated somehow. Melanie is a [[HolyChild child born impossibly into Half World]]. Her mother flees to the Realm of Flesh to raise Melanie. When her mother gets kidnapped by the sinister Mr. Glueskin, Melanie goes on a [[TheQuest quest]] to Half World to save her and [[SaveTheWorld the world]].
!! Tropes shared in both books
* AnArmAndALeg: A pinky must be bitten off to pay for passage between Half World and the Realm of Flesh.
** Many Half World Denizens are noted for missing limbs or other body parts.
* HellHotel: the Mirages Hotel.
* LivingStatue: the Gatekeeper.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The Half World denizens. This include humans with animal part, animals with human parts and {{Planimal}}.
* AnArmAndALeg: A pinky must be bitten off to pay for passage between Half World and the Realm of Flesh.
** Many Half World Denizens are noted for missing limbs or other body parts.
* HellHotel: the Mirages Hotel.
* LivingStatue: the Gatekeeper.
* MixAndMatchCritters: The Half World denizens. This include humans with animal part, animals with human parts and {{Planimal}}.
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* HellHotel: the hotel where Mr. Glueskin is keeping Melanie's mother
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* LivingStatue: the Gatekeeper.
* MixAndMatchCritters: Many, including humans with animal heads, a wombat with a human head and {{Planimal}}
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Half World by Hiromi Goto is a DownTheRabbitHole ComingOfAgeStory. There are three realms: the realm of the flesh, the realm of the spirit and Half World, a sort of purgatory where dead souls live out their traumas until they are ready to pass to the realm of the flesh. The realms were originally together, but got separated. Melanie is a [[HolyChild child born impossibly into Half World]]. When her mother gets kidnapped by the sinister Mr. Glueskin, Melanie goes on a [[TheQuest quest]] to Half World to save her and [[SaveTheWorld the world]].
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In 2012 a sequel, called ''Darkest Light'' was released, continuing several years after the first book. The protagonist themselves is a '''huge spoiler''' for ''Half World'', so be prepared for unmarked spoilers.
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* ImAHumanitarian: Mr. Glueskin.
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* AscendedExtra: The eel-armed lady and bird-headed man from the first book, who were unnamed and extremely minor, are now named and the antagonists.
* ImAHumanitarian: It's revealed that [[spoiler: eating living things is how you extend your Half Life and delay when you're thrown back to your breaking point.]]
** The girls in the library capture the main cast with the intent to eat them.
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[[folder: Tropes in Darkest Light]]
* AscendedExtra: The eel-armed lady and bird-headed man from the first book, who were unnamed and extremely minor, are now named and the antagonists.
* ImAHumanitarian: It's revealed that [[spoiler: eating living things is how you extend your Half Life and delay when you're thrown back to your breaking point.]]
** The girls in the library capture the main cast with the intent to eat them.
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* AndNowYouMustMarryMe: [[spoiler: Mr. Glueskin kidnaps Melanie's mom and announces they're going to get married, just to screw Melanie over.]]
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* BloodlessCarnage: Deliberately invoked with Mr. Glueskin, who has no blood and is entirely made of glue.
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* NonHumanSidekick: Jade Cat.Rat.
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