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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The demon queen's admittedly skimpy attire doesn't include footwear, possibly due to her clawed toenails.
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* TheVamp: Sex is repeatedly used as a weapkn by demons in female form, including their queen.

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* TheVamp: Sex is repeatedly used as a weapkn weapon by demons in female form, including their queen.

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* BecameTheMask: [[spoiler:The demon queen adopted the identity of Fuyuko to seduce Retsu, but it turns out she fell in love with him.]]



* BigGood: The Five Goddesses.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: The demon queen, possibly due to her clawed toenails.

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* BigGood: The Five Goddesses.
Goddesses form a sort of backing party for Retsu from the beyond, and actually intervene personally in his favor against the demon queen.
* DoesNotLikeShoes: The demon queen, queen's admittedly skimpy attire doesn't include footwear, possibly due to her clawed toenails.toenails.
* DyingAsYourself: [[spoiler:The demon queen elects explicitly to die as Fuyuko, even although this was not her original personality.]]
* FightsLikeANormal: Retsu uses often a hunting rifle even although his powers allow him to punch monsters very hard.
* GeniusBruiser: Aside from a doctor, Retsu was a former boxer while in college.
* LeftHanging: It's implied that more demon parasites like the one Retsu extracted at the prologue might be taking over other people in present time, but it's never addressed.



* PsychicPowers: As the title says, this is the specialty of most characters in the work.
* StalkerWithATestTube: The demon queen's intentions. Unfortunately for her, they are rendered futile by the barrier.
* TheStoic: Ukyo doesn't get easily disturbed, not even after [[spoiler:his own lover is revealed to be the demon queen.]]

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* PsychicPowers: As the title says, this is those are the specialty of most characters in the work.
work, although loosely defined as powers.
* ShapeshiftingSeducer: A (male) monster takes the form of a beautiful naked woman in order to lure in Retsu.
* StalkerWithATestTube: The demon queen's intentions.queen intend [[spoiler:to beget strong children with modern humans]] and send them back to the past. Unfortunately for her, they are rendered futile by the barrier.
* TheStoic: Ukyo doesn't get easily disturbed, not even after [[spoiler:his own lover is revealed to be the demon queen.]]]]
* TimeLoop: Retsu participates in one by traveling back in time and helping destroy a civilization whose remnants he had to investigate in his own time.
* TheVamp: Sex is repeatedly used as a weapkn by demons in female form, including their queen.
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* MonsterProgenitor: The demon queen attempted to be a time-traveling variation of this, but her offspring died everytime she attempted to send them back due to the time barrier.

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* MonsterProgenitor: The demon queen attempted to be a time-traveling variation of this, but her offspring died everytime every time she attempted to send them back due to the time barrier.
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* StalkerWithATestTube: The demon queen's intentions, only that they are rendered futile by the barrier.

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* StalkerWithATestTube: The demon queen's intentions, only that intentions. Unfortunately for her, they are rendered futile by the barrier.
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A stoic and incredibly manly Japanese doctor, Ukyo Retsu, is hired by an old woman in order to surgically remove an alleged demon that is killing her from inside. Although the woman dies, Ukyo finds the object to be effectively an unknown, malign creature, which herals a demonic invasion of Earth. But those demons don't come from Hell, not even Heaven, but from the ancient past of Japan. Empowered with both physical and psychic abilities by mysterious forces, Ukyo will be forced to travel 5,000 years back to the Jomon period, where a civilization of dark creatures threatens the future of mankind.

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A stoic and incredibly manly Japanese doctor, Ukyo Retsu, is hired by an old woman in order to surgically remove an alleged demon that is killing her from inside. Although the woman dies, Ukyo finds the object to be effectively an unknown, malign creature, which herals heralds a demonic invasion of Earth. But those demons don't come from Hell, not even Heaven, but from the ancient past of Japan. Empowered with both physical and psychic abilities by mysterious forces, Ukyo will be forced to travel 5,000 years back to the Jomon period, where a civilization of dark creatures threatens the future of mankind.
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''Psychic Wars'', known originally as ''Bestial Soldier: Psychic Wars'', is a ScienceFantasy book series by Japanese author Yasuaki Kadota. Published from 1987, it received an OVA adaptation by Creator/ToeiAnimation, nothing less, in 1991.

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''Psychic Wars'', known originally as ''Bestial Soldier: Psychic Wars'', is a ScienceFantasy book series by Japanese author Yasuaki Kadota. Published from 1987, it received an OVA {{OVA}} adaptation by Creator/ToeiAnimation, nothing less, in 1991.

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A stoic and incredible manly Japanese doctor, Ukyo Retsu, is hired by an old woman in order to surgically remove an alleged demon that is killing her from inside. Although the woman dies, Ukyo finds the object to be effectively an unknown, malign creature, which herals a demonic invasion that is about to happen. But those demons didn't come from Hell, not even Heaven, but from the past of Japan. Empowered with both physical and psychic abilities by mysterious forces, Ukyo will be forced to travel 5,000 years back to the Jomon period, where a civilization of creatures threaten the future of mankind.

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A stoic and incredible incredibly manly Japanese doctor, Ukyo Retsu, is hired by an old woman in order to surgically remove an alleged demon that is killing her from inside. Although the woman dies, Ukyo finds the object to be effectively an unknown, malign creature, which herals a demonic invasion that is about to happen. of Earth. But those demons didn't don't come from Hell, not even Heaven, but from the ancient past of Japan. Empowered with both physical and psychic abilities by mysterious forces, Ukyo will be forced to travel 5,000 years back to the Jomon period, where a civilization of dark creatures threaten threatens the future of mankind.



* BigGood: The old mystics.

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* BigGood: The old mystics.Five Goddesses.



* MonsterProgenitor: The demon queen attempted to be a time-travelling variation of this, but her offspring died everytime she attempted to send them back due to the time barrier.

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* MonsterProgenitor: The demon queen attempted to be a time-travelling time-traveling variation of this, but her offspring died everytime she attempted to send them back due to the time barrier.


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* StalkerWithATestTube: The demon queen's intentions, only that they are rendered futile by the barrier.
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* DoesNotLikeShoes: The demon queen, possibly due to her clawed toenails.
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''Psychic Wars'', known originally as ''Bestial Soldier'', is a ScienceFantasy book series by Japanese author Yasuaki Kadota. Published from 1987, it received an OVA adaptation by Creator/ToeiAnimation, nothing less, in 1991.

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''Psychic Wars'', known originally as ''Bestial Soldier'', Soldier: Psychic Wars'', is a ScienceFantasy book series by Japanese author Yasuaki Kadota. Published from 1987, it received an OVA adaptation by Creator/ToeiAnimation, nothing less, in 1991.



* BigBadBestFriend: [[spoiler:Fuyuko, Retsu's lover, is actually the demon queen and final villain of the novels.]]

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* BigBadBestFriend: BigBadFriend: [[spoiler:Fuyuko, Retsu's lover, is actually the demon queen and final villain of the novels.]]
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''Psychic Wars'', known originally as ''Bestial Soldier'', is a ScienceFantasy book series by Japanese author Yasuaki Kadota. Published from 1987, it received an OVA adaptation by Creator/ToeiAnimation, nothing less, in 1991.

A stoic and incredible manly Japanese doctor, Ukyo Retsu, is hired by an old woman in order to surgically remove an alleged demon that is killing her from inside. Although the woman dies, Ukyo finds the object to be effectively an unknown, malign creature, which herals a demonic invasion that is about to happen. But those demons didn't come from Hell, not even Heaven, but from the past of Japan. Empowered with both physical and psychic abilities by mysterious forces, Ukyo will be forced to travel 5,000 years back to the Jomon period, where a civilization of creatures threaten the future of mankind.

The OVA is licensed in the USA and United Kingdom by Creator/MangaEntertainment.

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!!This series provides examples of:
* BigBadBestFriend: [[spoiler:Fuyuko, Retsu's lover, is actually the demon queen and final villain of the novels.]]
* BigGood: The old mystics.
* MonsterProgenitor: The demon queen attempted to be a time-travelling variation of this, but her offspring died everytime she attempted to send them back due to the time barrier.
* PsychicPowers: As the title says, this is the specialty of most characters in the work.
* TheStoic: Ukyo doesn't get easily disturbed, not even after [[spoiler:his own lover is revealed to be the demon queen.]]

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