History Literature / SailorNothing

* Irony: A particularily poignant example is how Shin, an aspiring journalist who seeks the Truth above all [[spoiler:due to being a rape victim and her abuser covering it all up]], is forced to hide it by [[spoiler:cleaning all evidence of a Yamiko raping Himei to save Seiki from being accused.]]

%%* MagicalGirlWarrior

* MaliciousMisnaming: Himei's peers refer to her as "Henmei", with "ahen" translating to "weird" or "strange"

* AntiVillain: Dark General Cobalt, who manages to suppress his primal Yamiko instincts, isn't interested in rape, murder and torture, and is focused on rebuilding the Yami-gaia while still at odds with Himei.

** The [[spoiler:priestess who spawned the Yamiko. After Himei informs her tortured self (the Dark Queen) that the Yamiko spawned from her boyfriend (Dark General Argon) forgives her for her mistake, she stops fighting amd passes on.]]

* ChildSoldiers: The Sailors, namely Himei who has been fighting since elementary school [[spoiler:while Aki, Shin and Seiki gain their powers at 16, still underaged.]]

%%* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Dark General Cobalt]].

%%* TheDragon: Argon to The Dark Queen & Ohta to Cobalt.

%%* EvilOverlord: The Dark Queen

* RapeAsDrama: Several times, including [[spoiler:Shin and Himei]]. Both cases have their immediate aftermaths and ramifications explored. [[spoiler:Shin became obsessed with exposing the Truth and removing the populace's rose-tinted glasses with her joirnalism, making her rape have more personal repercussions. Himei's rape was more to traumatize and demoralize her comrades, even more so with her suicide attempt afterwards. Matter of fact, her attempt is more acknowledged than her assault.]]
* {{Reconstruction}}: At first it deconstructs how painful fighting real monsters would be for a child, but then it shows how good friends can make it all bearable.

%%* SocialServicesDoesNotExist

%%* TheAtoner

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Aki, Shin, and Himei, respectively. Aki is a [[spoiler:former]] member of the Fashion Club, trendy and fixated in beauty. Shin is an IntrepidReporter who is always focused on her writing and the Capital-T Truth. Himei has been acting as a Sailor for 5 years and thus is the expert in fighting Yamiko.

* GirlPosse: The Fashion Club, who are catty, shallow and are on the upper levels of Wazaru High's hierarchy.

* HeroicSacrifice: During the final battle, [[spoiler:Aki takes a blow from Argon meant for Himei and Seiki.]] She survives, but is incapacitated for the rest of the fight

* HumanResources: The giant music box in the Dark Queen's castle that contains [[spoiler:a tortured Ami]] is described as made of human bones, with teeth cogs.

* IntrepidReporter: The newspaper club, but Shin takes it to an extreme [[spoiler:becoming a Sailor in search for the truth.]]

%%* ThePowerOfFriendship: Darker than usual, but used as straight as possible.

* TeensAreMonsters: Dear God, Himei's classmates are awful. The Fashion Club is a prime example, manipulating the athletes into [[spoiler:harassing and stripping Himei and Aki.]]

%%* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Dark Queen, who's insane to the point of being practically schizophrenic.

%%* HeroicBSOD
* HeroidRROD: After the final confrontation at the Yami-gaia, Himei collapses [[spoiler:in Seiki's arms]] and enters a deep sleep that isn't disturbed by [[spoiler:the sirens of the emergency vehicles Shin had called.]]

%%* IronicEcho: "I'm very tired."

* SpiritualSuccessor: Though it probably didn't inspire ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', the feel's the same. More straightforwardly, it's one of the main inspirations for ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful''. [[ArcWords Exhaustion is its stated 'mood']].

%%* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ohta.]]

%%* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In pretty much every single permutation available.

** [[spoiler:Dark General Argon]] plays it straight later, by taunting [[spoilers:the Sailors with a tortured Ami as an incentive.]]

* ThoseTwoBadGuys: Xenon and Neon. No one can really tell them apart, and Cobalt actually refers to them as the "[=WhateverOns=].

* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Aki, Shin, and Himei, respectively. Aki is a [[spoiler:former]] member of the Fashion Club, trendy and fixated in beauty. Shin is an IntrepidReporter who is always focused on her writing and the Capital-T-Truth. Himei has been acting as a Sailor for 5 years and thus is the expert in fighting Yamiko.

** Aki's reputation being destroyed by [[spoiler:her own Yamiko]] turns out to be the best thing that could have happened to her, and [[spoiler:starts the events that kickstart Aki, Shin, Seiki and Kotashi being involved in the Sailor bussiness.]]

** Argon deconstructs the trope. [[spoiler:As it turns out, having something resembling morality is not good for the self-image of a race of psychopaths. Even his [[KickTheSonOfABitch treatment of Ami]] is deliberately meant to inflame the Saliors' will to destroy the Yami-gaia]].

* NowOrNeverKiss: [[spoiler:Himei and Seiki -- ''three'' times in the final chapter, as they accept the possibility that they may not suevive their trip to the Yami-gaia.]]

%%* PersonalityPowers: Himei's favored attack is called "Nothingness", [[spoiler:Aki's is "Amazing Grace", Shin's is "Rude Awakening".]]

%%* PowerTrio: Himei, Aki, and Shin.

%%* RapeAsBackstory: Pretty much describes [[spoiler:Shin's backstory]], but not so much [[spoiler:Himei in a later chapter]], whose experience is explored in more detail.
%%* RapeAsDrama: Several times, including [[spoiler:Shin and Himei]].

%%* {{Shadowland}}: Even once using the phrase "[[NamesTheSame shadow realm]]".

%%* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler:Himei's and Seiki's first]] NowOrNeverKiss.

%%* SuicideByCop:
%%** Inverted: The "cop" knowingly walks into an unwinnable fight.
%%** [[spoiler:Dark General Argon]] plays it straight later.

%%* TransformationTrinket: Every Sailor uses one.
%%* ThereAreNoTherapists: Downplayed. There are therapists, but they never do anyone any good.

%%* UnstoppableRage

%%* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld

* BigFancyHouse: Seiki's, to some degree, which highlights that he's [[spoiler: a LonelyRichKid after his parent's death.]]

%%* DistantFinale

%%* EarnYourHappyEnding

%%* FourIsDeath

%%* GirlPosse: The Fashion Club.

%%** Magnificent Kamen ''starts'' as this, and gets worse as the story goes on[[spoiler:, and then... EldritchAbomination??]] [[invoked]]
%%** Himei Shoutan herself is a JerkassWoobie not unlike [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]]. [[invoked]]
* JumpedAtTheCall: Himei, when she was an elementary student... and she's regretted it ever since. Later [[spoiler:Aki and Shin]] "call" themselves.
%%* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Ami. Even [[IWishedYouWereDead wishing her dead]] turns into this.]]

%%* KnightInSourArmor: The title says it all.

%%* LateForSchool

%%* TheMagicGoesAway: [[spoiler:The ending.]]

** ''Himemiya'' means "princess". Doubles as an {{homage}} to ''Anime/RevolutionaryGirlUtena''.

%%* MindRape: On a spiritual level, how the Yamiko are created. Thankfully, the victim tends to block the memory out, due to the sensation being so alien.

** Aki's reputation being destroyed by [[spoiler:her own Yamiko]] turns out to be the best thing that could have happened to her.

%%** Played straight with Cobalt.
%%* NonActionGuy: Kotashi.
%%* NowOrNeverKiss: [[spoiler:Himei and Seiki -- ''three'' times]].

%%* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Ami. Oh god, Ami...]]
%%* AntiVillain: Dark General Cobalt.

%%* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Aki, Shin, and Himei, respectively.

%%* BigFancyHouse: Seiki's, to some degree.
%%* BlackEyesOfEvil: The Yamiko.

%%* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler:Aki's Yamiko]] to Aki.
%%* CallingYourAttacks

%%* ChildSoldiers: The Sailors.

%%* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Argon, and arguably the Dark Queen.]]

%%* EvilTowerOfOminousness

%%* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies

%%* JerkAss:
%%** Ami.

* AndIMustScream: [[spoiler:Ami. Oh god, Ami...]]
* AntiVillain: Dark General Cobalt.
* TheAtoner
* BattleAura
* BeautyBrainsAndBrawn: Aki, Shin, and Himei, respectively.
* BeCarefulWhatYouWishFor
* BigFancyHouse: Seiki's, to some degree.
* BlackEyesOfEvil: The Yamiko.

* BreakTheHaughty: [[spoiler: Ami didn't end up broken so much as snapped in half. Actually, snapped in half might have been kinder.]]
* BreakingSpeech: [[spoiler:Aki's Yamiko]] to Aki.
* CallingYourAttacks
* CardCarryingVillain: Deconstructed, as being pure evil makes the Yamiko ''incapable'' of plotting and scheming.

* TheChessmaster: Cobalt, [[spoiler:the priestess]], Argon. Radon tries, but is really too handicapped by his monstrousness to pull it off successfully.
* ChildSoldiers: The Sailors.

* CollapsingLair: [[spoiler:The entire Yami-Gaia]].

* CurbStompBattle: Very, ''very'' few Yamiko can stand against even a normal-power Sailor. None can withstand their UnstoppableRage [[spoiler:except the Dark Queen.]]

* DarkerAndEdgier

* DarkMagicalGirl
* DeathSeeker: [[spoiler:Argon, and arguably the Dark Queen.]]
* DefectorFromDecadence: [[spoiler:Dark General Cobalt]].

* DistantFinale

* TheDragon: Argon to The Dark Queen & Ohta to Cobalt.
** DragonInChief: [[spoiler:Given that the Queen's pretty much insane, the weaker but functional Argon very much serves as this]].
* [[spoiler: EarnYourHappyEnding]]

* EnigmaticMinion:
** Argon; while his loyalty to the Queen is unquestioned, his motives, backstory, and ultimate goals remain obscured to the very end.
* EvilOverlord: The Dark Queen
* EvilTowerOfOminousness

* FateWorseThanDeath: Take your pick. [[spoiler:Ami]] is a good candidate.
* FauxAffablyEvil: Argon, who lampshades it constantly.

* FourIsDeath

* GiantMook: The insane, nigh-unstoppable, Sailor-killing Super Yamiko.
** Ironically though, [[spoiler:they end up killing more Yamiko than Sailors, given that [[DefectorFromDecadence Cobalt is the one who figured out how to make them.]]]]
* GirlPosse: The Fashion Club.
* GodSaveUsFromTheQueen: The Dark Queen, who's insane to the point of being practically schizophrenic.

* HeroicBSOD
* HeroicSacrifice: [[spoiler:Ohta.]]
* HeroicWillpower
* IDidWhatIHadToDo

* InfiniteCanvas: Used in a few places, especially chapter 7.
* InTheNameOfTheMoon
* IronicEcho: "I'm very tired."
* ItsNotYouItsMyEnemies
* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: In pretty much every single permutation available.
* JerkAss: Ami.
** Magnificent Kamen ''starts'' as this, and gets worse as the story goes on[[spoiler:, and then... EldritchAbomination??]] [[invoked]]
** Himei Shoutan herself is a JerkassWoobie not unlike [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]]. [[invoked]]

* KickTheSonOfABitch: [[spoiler:Ami. Even [[IWishedYouWereDead wishing her dead]] turns into this.]]

* KnightInSourArmor: The title says it all.

* LateForSchool
* LonersAreFreaks: Cobalt concludes TheQuietOne will spawn the darkest, most powerful Yamiko ever.
** This is actually a subversion, as it is stated in the first chapter that the purer the individual, the more evil the Yamiko.

* LyricalDissonance: One character runs right into it when he is told what the meaning of an American song he's enjoyed listening to [[spoiler:while trying to cope with his parents' death]]. To little surprise, it's a song by Music/TheyMightBeGiants.
** To be more specific, it's "Everything Right Is Wrong Again", which is quite possibly the worst thing to have been listening to in that situation...
* MadArtist: Argon.

** In RealLife, a lone magical girl fighting monsters in an urban enviroment will quickly suffer combat fatigue and PTSD. If she can only fight the MonsterOfTheWeek instead of the monster maker, she will see the war as endless and despair.

* MagicalGirlWarrior
* [[spoiler: TheMagicGoesAway: The ending.]]
* ManipulativeBastard: Argon and Radon.

* MindRape: On a spiritual level, how the Yamiko are created. Thankfully, the victim tends to block the memory out, due to the sensation being so alien.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: Aki's reputation being destroyed by [[spoiler:her own Yamiko]] turns out to be the best thing that could have happened to her.

* NobleDemon: Argon deconstructs the trope. [[spoiler:As it turns out, having something resembling morality is not good for the self-image of a race of psychopaths. Even his [[KickTheSonOfABitch treatment of Ami]] is deliberately meant to inflame the Saliors' will to destroy the Yami-gaia]].
** Played straight with Cobalt.
* NonActionGuy: Kotashi.
* NowOrNeverKiss: [[spoiler:Himei and Seiki -- ''three'' times]].

--> "I told mom it was a fashionable thing at school now to tape your left hand."

* PersonalityPowers: Himei's favored attack is called "Nothingness", [[spoiler:Aki's is "Amazing Grace", Shin's is "Rude Awakening".]]

* ThePowerOfFriendship: Darker than usual, but used as straight as possible.
* PowerTrio: Himei, Aki, and Shin.
* PureIsNotGood

* PsychoForHire: All Yamiko, especially Neon and Xenon.
* RapeAsBackstory: Pretty much describes [[spoiler:Shin's backstory]], but not so much [[spoiler:Himei in a later chapter]], whose experience is explored in more detail.
* RapeAsDrama: Several times, including [[spoiler:Shin and Himei]].

* {{Shadowland}}: Even once using the phrase "[[NamesTheSame shadow realm]]".

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: ''Very'' much on the cynical side.
** For all its grimness, however, it ultimately has a core of idealism. ThePowerOfFriendship plays an important role in keeping the heroine together, and [[spoiler:the key to defeating the BigBad in the end turns out to be ''forgiveness'']].

* SuicideByCop:
** Inverted: The "cop" knowingly walks into an unwinnable fight.
** [[spoiler:Dark General Argon]] plays it straight later.

** OddNameOut:
*** All the Dark Generals are named after the noble gases (Argon, Radon, Xenon, Neon) except Cobalt (which is a transition metal). Cobalt's the one who [[spoiler:ends up helping Himei, Aki and Shin destroy the Dark Queen.]] [[ViewersAreGeniuses You really have to be]] [[ShownTheirWork a chemistry geek to get this one, though.]]
*** The fashion club also has an OddNameOut: Aki. The others are Ami, Emi and Umi.
* TransformationTrinket: Every Sailor uses one.
* ThereAreNoTherapists: Downplayed. There are therapists, but they never do anyone any good.

* UndyingLoyalty:
** Argon, who knows the Dark Queen better than she knows herself.
** Ohta displays the same sort of loyalty to Cobalt.

* UnstoppableRage

* WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld
* WhoWantsToLiveForever: [[spoiler:The unnamed priestess who started this whole mess]].

* {{Deconstruction}}: ...of heroes and villains both, and MagicalGirl stories in general.
** In RealLife, a lone magical girl fighting monsters in an urban enviroment will quickly suffer combat fatigue and PTSD. If she can only fight the MonsterOfTheWeek instead of the monster maker, she will see the war as endless and despair.
** A race that is AlwaysChaoticEvil wouldn't be able to cooperate [[spoiler: and wouldn't be ''always'' chaotic evil either.]]

* LoveMakesYouEvil

* MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction: After five years of increasingly miserable TripleShifter WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld life, Himei is fired as a MagicalGirl at the beginning of the story. To her despair, she CantStayNormal with the [[EnemyWithout evil Yamiko]] still infiltrating the world. She is [[ArcWords very tired]].

Take a basic MagicalGirl template, influenced most of all by ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' (note the title). Infuse the darkness of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', mix in the tone and atmosphere of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'' (but ''far'' less kid-friendly), and add some of the self-awareness of ''Film/{{Scream}}'' on top. What do you get? ''Sailor Nothing'', a WebOriginal written by Creator/{{Twoflower}} (writer of ''Fanfic/SlayersTrilogy'') and a ''very'' scary magical girl story, not unlike ''Manga/ElfenLied''. It also predates some other takes like ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' (but not ''Anime/ShamanicPrincess''), being written in 2000 and 2001.

Written in 2000 and 2001, and available via [[http://stefangagne.com/sailornothing/ this link]].

* GratuitousJapanese: Intentionally [[InvokedTrope invoked]] for much of the Japanese names and terms. We hope.

** Yes and no. The special {{Finishing Move}}s of the Sailors instantly disintegrate any Yamiko who isn't very old or very powerful, so when the heroes plan a proper ambush or fight as a group against unskilled Yamiko, it's over in a moment. However, this relies on the Sailor striking a pose and making specific hand motions (made difficult or impossible by injury) and [[CallingYourAttacks going through the whole name of their attack]], and the Yamiko failing to get out of the way. And newborn Yamiko may not have any strength beyond that of a normal adult human with no inhibitions, but the Sailors have all the strength of ordinary little girls. Most combats are slow, unpleasant, inflict lasting harm on the heroines, and several would have been lethal without the timely arrival of assistance.

* ADarkerMe: The Yamiko are the physical manifestation of this. They're just like regular people, but with absolutely no inhibitions or moral concerns. This is the clinical definition of psychopathological behavior. Robert D. Hare, Ph.D., the foremost psychologist currently (or maybe ever) teaching on the subject, has [[http://www.hare.org/ written or collaborated on]] a formidable number of texts.

->''"My name is Shoutan Himei. I'm sixteen years old, and I'm very tired."''

There's just one problem: she [[CantStayNormal ''can't'']]. Kamen cut Himei off, but [[UpliftedAnimal her cat Dusty]] can still talk, she still has her Sailor powers, and she still gets the unbearable splitting headaches that signal the birth of a new Yamiko. There's no escape for Himei as she returns to the fight under the new moniker of Sailor Nothing, [[DrivenToSuicide except one option]]... and that option is looking more attractive every day...

Uncommonly, it doesn't begin with the heroine's origin story. In fact, as the story opens, Himei has already spent ''five years'' as Sailor Salvation, and acquired a lifetime's worth of horrific memories fighting as the sole grunt soldier in a futile war against [[TheHeartless the Yamiko]]. Having initially JumpedAtTheCall, she sees it as cause for celebration when her boss and MysteriousProtector, Magnificent Kamen (nicknamed "MagnificentBastard" for [[{{Jerkass}} good reasons]] despite the trope-y name), finally gets fed up with her complaints and fits of UnstoppableRage and fires her. After all, more even than most, she [[IJustWantToBeNormal just wants to be normal]]...

There's just one problem: she ''can't'' be. Kamen cut her off, but she still has her powers, and still gets the unbearable splitting headaches that signal the birth of a new Yamiko. There's no escape, [[DrivenToSuicide except one option]]... and that option is looking more attractive every day...

* AllOfTheOtherReindeer: A standard HighSchool trope.
* AllergicToEvil: Himei detects the birth of a Yamiko via nearly debilitating headaches.

* AntiHero: Shoutan Himei.

* BookEnds: The opening and closing sentences are almost exactly the same, except for Himei's age.
** That and the reason why she's 'very tired'. [[spoiler:In the opening, it's the weariness of having the fate of the world on her shoulders for far too long. In the closing, she just didn't get enough sleep the night before, and is sure she'll be fine the next day.]]

* BrokenBird: Himei without a doubt.

* CatchPhrase: "This should not be happening"; Himei also grimly quips that "I'm very tired" wouldn't sell any action figures. However, she gains a new one later: [[spoiler:"I want to live."]]

* ChildSoldiers: The sailors.

** Yes and no. The special finisher attacks of the Sailors instantly disintegrate any Yamiko who isn't very old or very powerful, so when the heroes plan a proper ambush or fight as a group against unskilled monsters it's over in a moment. However, this relies on the Sailor striking a pose and making specific hand motions (made difficult or impossible by injury) and going through the whole name of their attack, and the yamiko failing to get out of the way. And newborn Yamiko may not have any strength beyond that of a normal adult human with no inhibitions, but the Sailors have all the strength of ordinary little girls. Most combats are slow, unpleasant, inflict lasting harm on the heroines, and several would have been lethal without the timely arrival of assistance.

** Himei, in some ways. Given that she has no way to attack the enemy at their source for the majority of her time as a sailor, she sees death as the only way out.

* {{Determinator}}: Kongou Shin, always.
* DeterminedDefeatist: Himei.

* DrivenToSuicide

* EmotionlessGirl: Sailor Nothing.

** Kotashi: [[spoiler:tries to rape Shin, forever changing their relationship, and brings her a few steps closer to the Truth.]]

** Seiki: [[spoiler:''successfully'' rapes Himei, which finally cracks her much-worn psyche and leads her to lock herself in the bathroom and slash open as many arteries as she can, in graphic detail. Despite this, he's the ''nicest'' Yamiko, which should tell you something about the rest of them...]]
** Shin: [[spoiler: initially subverts this, as her creation was actually ''planned'' by the heroes, and she helps Shin kill Dark General Xenon, but immediately afterward, she incapacitates the real Shin, kisses Kotashi, then runs off to go kill Shin's uncle ([[RapeAsBackstory who raped her and got away with it]])]]

* FlashbackNightmare

* {{Gayngst}}: Turns out [[spoiler:Aki has this without her knowing; while she has feelings for Himei, she spends most of the story not realizing that they're ''romantic'' ones and isn't really sure what to make of them]].

* GirlPosse: The fashion club.

* HeroicFatigue

* HeWhoFightsMonsters: The whole reason the story isn't over in the first chapter.
* HurtingHero: Himei.

* IJustWantToBeNormal: Very.
* {{Impossible Task}}/{{Snipe Hunt}}: No, Cobalt, [[spoiler: it's not possible to restore the Yami-Gaia to prosperity because the Yamiko are too Chaotic Evil to focus on some bigger picture.]]

* IncompatibleOrientation: [[spoiler:Aki is a lesbian and in love with Himei, who is straight and in love with Seiki]].
* IntrepidReporter: Shin. She idolises Hunter S. Thompson and is obsessed with bringing out the Truth, [[spoiler:even becoming a Sailor to learn more]]. [[MeaningfulName Her name even means "truth" in Japanese]].

* IWishedYouWereDead: [[spoiler:Shin to Ami]].
* JerkAss:
** Ami

** Shoutan Himei herself is a JerkassWoobie not unlike [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Ikari Shinji]]. [[invoked]]
* JumpedAtTheCall: ...and regretted it. Later others "Call" themselves.
* KickTheDog: Magnificent Kamen kicks it harder and harder as the story goes on.

* KnightTemplar: Magnificent Kamen, pre-FaceHeelTurn.
* SugarAndIcePersonality: Himei.

* LetsGetDangerous: When Himei says, "This shouldn't be happening," UnstoppableRage isn't far behind.
* LonelyRichKid: Seiki

* MagicalGirl: Hitemi is one.
* MagicalGirlGenreDeconstruction: After five years of increasingly miserable TripleShifter, WakeUpGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld life, Himei quits her MagicalGirl squad at the beginning of the story. To her despair, she CantStayNormal with the [[EnemyWithout evil Yamiko]] still infiltrating the world. She is [[ArcWords very tired]].

** ''Shoutan'' means "crying in pain". ''Himei'' is "scream" or "shriek".

** ''Komachi'' can mean "belle" or "town beauty". ''Aki'' in turn can mean "emptiness".
** ''Kongou'' can mean the vajra, which involves symbolism for the Five Buddhist Wisdoms; one dictionary lists the word as "Buddhist symbol of the indestructible truth". ''Shin'' can (more plainly) mean truth, as well.
** ''Seiki'' can mean "spirit of justice".

* MindRape: Thankfully, the victim tends to block the memory out. Probably closer to "Spirit Rape" anyway.

* MysteriousProtector: Magnificent Kamen in the backstory, though also a total jerk.

* NonActionGuy: Kotashi
* NowOrNeverKiss: [[spoiler:Himei and Seiki -- ''three'' times]]

* PowerTrio

* TheReasonYouSuckSpeech: [[spoiler:Aki]] gives this to [[spoiler:Ami when she is dropped from the Fashion Club]].

* SailorSenshiSendUp: The series is a DeconstructiveParody of the ''Sailor Moon'' series and MagicalGirl works as a whole. Himei, or "Sailor Salvation" as she's known, JumpedAtTheCall to become a MagicalGirlWarrior several years ago as an elementary student, but quickly found out that being a Magical Girl is closer to being a {{Child Soldier|s}} than a KidHero. She's a world-weary and depressed teenager, with no one to talk to about her troubles due to TheMasquerade. Himei wants desperately to stop being Sailor Salvation but she can't stop the urge to help others.
* SaveTheVillain: [[spoiler:Shin stopping her EvilTwin from killing her rapist uncle]].
* SchoolNewspaperNewshound: Shin; explicitly, she wants to unearth the truth wherever she can.
* {{Shadowland}}: Even once using the phrase "[[NamesTheSame shadow realm]]"
* ShellShockedVeteran: Himei has spent five years fighting the Yamiko mostly by herself and has acquired more than a lifetime's worth of traumatic memories as a reult.

%%* ShutUpKiss: [[spoiler:Himei's and Seiki's first]] NowOrNeverKiss

* SlidingScaleOfIdealismVersusCynicism: Thrown ''way'' out of whack.

* StepfordSmiler: Aki starts out as a Type A.

* TransformationTrinket: Every Sailor uses one. In Sailor Nothing's case, it's a literal trinket, originally just a cheap plastic trinket, before it was enchanted.

* ThisLoserIsYou: Shoutan Himei herself is always angstily complaining about being forced to live up to her responsibilities, even if she doesn't want to. Because of her attitude, countless others, including those who care about her, come to harm.

* TripleShifter: Himei is so tired...

* VillainyDiscretionShot: Played with. Done straight throughout most of the fic, with the vilest acts either done offscreen or quickly named with no description. Then ''hideously'' averted with [[spoiler:Ami's fate]], made even more effective by the earlier straight play.

Take a basic MagicalGirl template, influenced most of all by ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' (note the title). Infuse the darkness of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', mix in the tone and atmosphere of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', and add some of the self-awareness of ''Film/{{Scream}}'' on top. What do you get? ''Sailor Nothing'', a WebOriginal written by Creator/{{Twoflower}} (writer of ''Fanfic/SlayersTrilogy'') and a ''very'' scary magical girl story, not unlike ''Manga/ElfenLied''. It also predates some other takes like ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' (but not ''Anime/ShamanicPrincess''), being written in 2000 and 2001.

* {{Kuudere}}: Himei.

* DarkMagicalGirlGenre: an early take on the genre, about a decade before it was launched as a genre by the success of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.

Take a basic MagicalGirl template, influenced most of all by ''Franchise/SailorMoon'' (note the title). Infuse the darkness of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'', mix in the tone and atmosphere of ''Literature/{{Animorphs}}'', and add some of the self-awareness of ''Franchise/{{Scream}}'' on top. What do you get? ''Sailor Nothing'', a WebOriginal written by Creator/{{Twoflower}} (writer of ''Fanfic/SlayersTrilogy'') and a ''very'' scary magical girl story, not unlike ''Manga/ElfenLied''. It also predates some other takes like ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' and ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' (but not ''Anime/ShamanicPrincess''), being written in 2000 and 2001.

* WordOfGod: Right on our [[Headscratchers/SailorNothing Headscratchers page]].

* SpiritualSuccessor: Though it probably didn't inspire ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'', the feel's the same. More straightforwardly, it's one of the main inspirations for ''TabletopGame/PrincessTheHopeful'. [[ArcWords Exhaustion is its stated 'mood']].

* FircedToWatch: [[spoiler:Seiki]] is made the victim of this trope while his Yamiko rapes [[spoiler:Himei]].

* {{Cuckold}}: [[spoiler:Seiki]] is forced to watch while his Yamiko rapes [[spoiler:Himei]].

* TheHeartless

* LyricalDissonance: One character runs right into it when he is told what the meaning of an American song he's enjoyed listening to [[spoiler:while trying to cope with his parents' death]]. To little surprise, it's a song by TheyMightBeGiants.

%%* ShoutOut: A very subtle one to TheyMightBeGiants.

** That and the reason why she's 'very tired'. [[spoiler:In the opening, it's the weariness of having the fate of the world on her shoulders for far too long. In the closing, she just didn't get enough sleep the night before.]]

* WakeupGoToSchoolSaveTheWorld