History Manga / AkumaNoRiddle

* ILied: [[spoiler:Takechi]], about a speech to Haru about how she's been protecting her from Shiena, and while she puts her to sleep with Gelsemium flowers.

Myojo Academy is a distinguished integrated campus equipped with a curriculum that ranges from elementary to college and strong connections to a large number of influential people. Despite its reputation, however, few in the public know about Myojo's Class Black, a secret, thirteen-student high school class that accepts enrollment at irregular intervals, with purposes aside from education. Namely, a game where twelve killers disguised as students compete to be the first to assassinate a target within the class.

* {{Expy}}: Between [[spoiler:Takechi's long black hair, spider motif]], PsychoLesbian tendencies, and being both a rapist and serial killer, she's the spitting image of [[VisualNovel/AtlachNacha Hirasaka Hatsune]]

** [[spoiler: A different kind of flower is placed on each assassin's desk after she's expelled.]]

* NightmareFetishist: [[spoiler:Takechi]] kills specifically for sexual pleasure.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Mahiru/Shin'ya Banba when it's nighttime.

* {{Expy}}: Between [[spoiler:Takechi's long black hair, spider motif]], PsychoLesbian tendencies, and being both a rapist and serial killer, she's the spitting image of [[VisualNovel/AtlachNacha Hirasaka Hatsune]]

* TheClan: Haru's very existence is a problem to her very powerful extended family, explaining the assassins.

* CurtainsMatchTheWindow: Tokaku.

* [[ExPy Expy]]: Between [[spoiler:Takechi's]] Long Black Hair, Spider Motif,PsychoLesbian tendencies, and being both a rapist and serial killer, she's the spitting image of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VisualNovel/AtlachNacha Hirasaka Hatsune]]

* ExPy: Between [[spoiler:Takechi's]] Long Black Hair, Spider Motif,PsychoLesbian tendencies, and being both a rapist and serial killer, she's the spitting image of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VisualNovel/AtlachNacha Hirasaka Hatsune]]

* Expy: Between [[spoiler:Takechi's]] Long Black Hair, Spider Motif,PsychoLesbian tendencies, and being both a rapist and serial killer, she's the spitting image of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VisualNovel/AtlachNacha Hirasaka Hatsune]]

* Expy: Between [[spoiler:Takechi's]] Long Black Hair, Spider Motif,PyhscoLesbian and being both a rapist and serial killer, she's the spitting image of [[http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VisualNovel/AtlachNacha Hirasaka Hatsune]]

Tokaku Azuma, one of Academy 17's elite assassins, is chosen by her instructor, Kaiba, to participate in Class Black upon the request of Myojo Academy's Board Chairman. When she arrives, she meets the target, Haru Ichinose, who has the appearance an disposition of a regular high school girl, but it quickly becomes apparent that Haru is just as far from normal as anyone else in the class when Tokaku learns that she's lived her whole life as a target for assassination. In the process, Tokaku decides to go against the original plan and become Haru's sole protector against the remaining eleven killers of Class Black.

'''Riddle Story of Devil''' (''Akuma no Riddle'') is a manga series written by Yun Koga. It tells the story of a class in which twelve assassins target a seemingly normal girl named Haru Ichinose. One of the assassins, Tokaku Azuma, falls for Haru and eventually decides to protect her from the other assassins.

An anime adaptation began airing on April 3 2014.

* CoveredWithScars: Haru from a lifetime's worth of assassination attempts.

* BewareTheNiceOnes: This applies to several of the assassins who range from AffablyEvil to straight-up [[BitchInSheepsClothing BitchesInSheepsClothing]].

* DeclarationOfProtection: Tokaku, twice: first to Haru, and then [[spoiler: the rest of the assassins.]]

** Haruki is almost never without candy or pocky sticks.

* AsYouKnow: How Nio explains the rules of the Black class's DeadlyGame.

* IdiosyncraticEpisodeNaming: Each episode's title is a riddle that Kaiba sends Tokaku within the episode.

* LickingTheBlade: Takechi does this with her scissors [[spoiler: before she starts cutting Haru.]]

'''Riddle Story of Devil''' (''Akuma no Riddle'') is a manga series written by Yun Koga. It tells the story of a class in which twelve assassins target a normal girl named Haru Ichinose. One of the assassins, Tokaku Azuma, falls for Haru and eventually decides to protect her from the other assassins.

* ActionSurvivor: [[spoiler: Haru]].

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Haruki, who can shatter bottles of nail polish by accident and carry around several wooden posts at once.

* CoveredWithScars: [[spoiler: Haru]] from a lifetime's worth of assassination attempts.

** Haru [[spoiler:has been an assassination target for her entire life. Several members of her family have sacrificed themselves to save her, and being hospitalized after the attacks meant she was never really able to have a regular school life.]]

* DeclarationOfProtection: Tokaku, twice: first to Haru, and then [[spoiler: the rest of the assassins.]]

* NeverGotToSayGoodbye: [[spoiler:Haru]], to her mother, though by the time the story begins she seems to have gotten over it.

* ProfessionalKiller

* AsYouKnow: How Nio explains the rules of the Black class's DeadlyGame.

* BareYourMidriff: Isuke.

* MakeItLookLikeAnAccident: Isuke planned on putting Haru in a filled bathtub after drugging her so it'd seem like she drowned after falling asleep in it.

* SplitPersonality: Mahiru/Shin'ya Banba. By day a ShrinkingViolet , by night an aggressive psycho.

* CharlesAtlasSuperpower: Haruki, who can shatter bottles of nail polish by accident and carry around several wooden posts.

** [[spoiler: A different kind of flower is placed on an assassin's desk after they are expelled.]]

* LivingWithTheVillain: The setting is a boarding school.
* {{Masquerade}}: The Black class is a rumor to most of the student body and a regular class to their teacher.

* FingerlessGloves: Haruki puts on a pair of the leather, studded kind [[spoiler: before she tries to assassinate Haru.]]

* NoSenseOfDirection: Hitsugi.

* PsychoLesbian: Isuke apparently gets turned on by a drugged Haru, after seeing [[spoiler: she's covered in scars.]] And yes, she's a psychopath.

* TheClan: Haru's very existence is a problem to her very powerful extended family, explaining the assassins.

* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Curry for Tokaku, at least in the manga.

* VillainousSweetTooth: Nio is hinted to have a fondness for fruit buns, the school's specialty.
** Haruki is almost never without candy or pocky sticks.

* WhiteHair,BlackHeart: Mahiru/Shin'ya Banba when it's nighttime.

* HealthNut: Suzu who labels herself as being an exercise enthusiast.

* SplitPersonality: Mahiru/Shin'ya Banba. By day a ShrinkingViolet , by night an aggressive psycho.

* TheTrickster: Nio.
* TrademarkFavoriteFood: Curry for Tokaku, at least in the manga.

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[[caption-width-right:222:A class to die for.]]

* DulcineaEffect: Tokaku is pretty quick to risk death and [[spoiler: openly declare her intentions to a room full of killers]] for a girl she's only recently met.

* InLoveWithTheMark: Pretty much the entire plot.
* KnifeNut: Tokaku

* TheNoseKnows: All assassins have a particular scent about them, according to Azuma.

* TheTrickster: Nio.

* TheStoic: Akuma.