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* ChildProdigy: Alyosha and Katie, respectively. Alyosha made her first successful assassination when she barely ''seven'', while Katie was able to read and write at middle-school level at ''two''.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: '''Defied'''. Alyosha is both willing ''and'' perfectly capable of permanently disposing of the assassins who go after her and her friends. Katie usually has to clean up for her afterward.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: '''Defied'''. Alyosha is both willing ''and'' perfectly capable of permanently disposing of the assassins who go after her and her friends. Katie usually has to clean up for her afterward.later on, using her connections with the FBI.
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[[caption-width-right:250:Fulfilling her final mission to the best of her ability.]]
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* ZettaiRyouiki: The girl's uniform of the school the main cast goes to has this as part of its ensemble.
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* ZettaiRyouiki: The girl's uniform of the school the main cast goes to has this as part of its ensemble.
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* TheDitz: Miru. She is even described in-series as a "natural airhead".
* FieryRedhead: Subverted with Miru. While she has the red hair (a gift from her Irish grandmother), she doesn't have the personality. Indeed, she's more like a ShrinkingViolet at times.
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* ThouShaltNotKill: Defied.'''Defied'''. Alyosha is both willing ''and'' perfectly capable of permanently disposing of the assassins who go after her and her friends. Katie usually has to clean up for her afterward.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: The impression her classmates have of Alyosha.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: {{Cloudcuckoolander}}: The impression her classmates have of Alyosha. To be fair Alyosha ''does'' act strange at times, but this is because of her upbringing as an assassin and as well as being born in a different country with different social practices.
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* Cloudcuckoolander: The impression her classmates have of Alyosha.
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* KingIncognito: The hobby of Miru's grandfather. Owner of a sprawling business conglomerate during weekdays. But during the weekends? Nondescript and scruffy park-sleeping hobo.
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* LockedOutOfTheLoop: Miru, to Alyosha's past as an assassin, and everything generally connected to it. She used to be this to Katie's job as a FBI agent, though Katie has already come clean about that one.
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* ShowWithinAShow: Magical Sewing 5. Katie is a ''massive'' fan of it, and Alyosha herself is an instant convert after Miru lets her watch her DVD collection of the show.
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* Sensei-chan: Candice Hogg, the teacher from England that the Japanese Culture Research Club suddenly gets saddled with as an adviser. [[spoiler:Really just a cover for M16 spy Sarah Mclaren.]]
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* Sensei-chan: {{Sensei-chan}}: Candice Hogg, the teacher from England that the Japanese Culture Research Club suddenly gets saddled with as an adviser. [[spoiler:Really just a cover for M16 spy Sarah Mclaren.]]
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* ForeignExchangeStudent: Alyosha's initial-turned-permanent cover, and later on, Katie's as well.
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* FriendlessBackground: Katie, prior to her assignment to Japan.
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* FriendlessBackground: Katie, prior to her assignment to Japan. Alyosha and Ryuunosuke also, though for different reasons -- the former because she was an assassin; the latter because he focused too much on his studies to even try.
* MasterOfDisguise: [[spoiler:M16 agent Sarah Mclaren.]]
** LatexPerfection: Her preferred modus operandi.
** LatexPerfection: Her preferred modus operandi.
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* TeenGenius: What Katie eventually turned into, having graduated at MIT at twelve years old.
* TheQuietOne: Alyosha, again.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Oomagari Namae and Aonuma Beniko.
* TheQuietOne: Alyosha, again.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Oomagari Namae and Aonuma Beniko.
* Sensei-chan: Candice Hogg, the teacher from England that the Japanese Culture Research Club suddenly gets saddled with as an adviser. [[spoiler:Really just a cover for M16 spy Sarah Mclaren.]]
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* UnknownRival: Oomagari Namae to Alyosha, for Ryuunosuke's affection.
* VisibleSilence: It's very common for Alyosha to react to something with a simple "..."
* VisibleSilence: It's very common for Alyosha to react to something with a simple "..."
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* TeenGenius: What Katie eventually turned into, having graduated at MIT at twelve years old.
* TheQuietOne: Alyosha, again.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Oomagari Namae and Aonuma Beniko.
* UnknownRival: Oomagari Namae to Alyosha, for Ryuunosuke's affection.
* VisibleSilence: It's very common for Alyosha to react to something with a simple "..."
* ThouShaltNotKill: Defied. Alyosha is both willing ''and'' perfectly capable of permanently disposing of the assassins who go after her and her friends. Katie usually has to clean up for her afterward.
* TheQuietOne: Alyosha, again.
* ThoseTwoGirls: Oomagari Namae and Aonuma Beniko.
* UnknownRival: Oomagari Namae to Alyosha, for Ryuunosuke's affection.
* VisibleSilence: It's very common for Alyosha to react to something with a simple "..."
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* CantHoldHisLiquor: Poor, poor Katie. Showcased when her plan to get Alyosha drunk (to loosen her tongue) backfired spectacularly on her.
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* GagBoobs: Katie's older sister Jane's ''impressive'' rack. May double as BoobsOfSteel, since she's an actively serving member of US Marine Corps.
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* NeverGetsDrunk: Alyosha. Another result of her assassin conditioning.
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* {{Megane}}: Ryuunosuke.
* {{Meganekko}}: Katie.
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* {{Megane}}: Asari Ryuunosuke.
* {{Meganekko}}:Katie.Katie Lindberg.
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* ThoseTwoGirls: Oomagari Namae and Aonuma Beniko.
* ShoutOut: Not surprising given Katie's hobby, a few manage to sneak in:
** One of the costumes Katie brings with her to the karaoke session was a [[NeonGenesisEvangelion familiar red plugsuit]], and the song she sung while wearing it was titled Cruel Angel ''Rhapsody''.
** Another costume was of a familar twin-tailed and aqua-haired Vocaloid.
** Yet ''another'' costume was of a [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica blonde and buxom senior magical girl]].
** One of the costumes Katie brings with her to the karaoke session was a [[NeonGenesisEvangelion familiar red plugsuit]], and the song she sung while wearing it was titled Cruel Angel ''Rhapsody''.
** Another costume was of a familar twin-tailed and aqua-haired Vocaloid.
** Yet ''another'' costume was of a [[PuellaMagiMadokaMagica blonde and buxom senior magical girl]].
* UnknownRival: Oomagari Namae to Alyosha, for Ryuunosuke's affection.
* StartMyOwn: The Japanese Culture Research Club. Founded by Katie as an excuse to keep a close eye on both Alyosha and Miru, she soon starts to have a little too much fun during its activities.
* StartMyOwn: The Japanese Culture Research Club. Founded by Katie as an excuse to keep a close eye on both Alyosha and Miru, she soon starts to have a little too much fun during its activities.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: The Solessian Union is obviously the counterpart to the Russian Federation, while Alyosha's home country of Estolakia seems to be based in part on Chechnya.
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* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Many countries in the story are obviously counterparts of real-world countries:
** The Solessian Union isobviously this setting's version of the Russian Federation.
** Likewise Katie's home country of Ameria is the counterpart to theRussian Federation, while USA.
** Finally Alyosha's home country of Estolakia seems to be based in part on Chechnya.
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* InstantExpert: Another result of Alyosha's training, so she can easily blend in to the surroundings of her target. Too bad this doesn't extend to singing...
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* {{Meido}}: What Alyosha becomes, once she gets hired by Miru's family. The family employs a pair of other maids to help with the maintenance of the mansion as well.
** NinjaMaid: Due to her skills, what Alyosha technically becomes. Hilariously formalized when she is given a "graduation" scroll by the head of the Momochi clan, a family of ''real'' ninjas serving the Nayuki family.
** NinjaMaid: Due to her skills, what Alyosha technically becomes. Hilariously formalized when she is given a "graduation" scroll by the head of the Momochi clan, a family of ''real'' ninjas serving the Nayuki family.
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* ChildProdigy: Alyosha and Katie, respectively. Alyosha made her first successful assassination when she barely ''seven'', while Katie was able to read and write at middle-school levelat ''two''.
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* ImprobableAge: Alyosha and Katie, again. The former has been assassinating high-profile targets of her country since she was at least seven. The latter was recruited by the FBI at ''twelve'', and is a fully-trained agent by the time she's sixteen.
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* ChildhoodFriends: Miru and Ryuunosuke. Subverted in that neither of them make much of it.
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* ChildProdigy: Alyosha and Katie, respectively. Alyosha made her first successful assassination when she barely ''seven'', while Katie was able to read and write at middle-school levelat ''two''.
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* MistakenIdentity: As far as the new Karamazov Group knows, ''Miru'' is "Kortik 2".
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* MistakenIdentity: As far as the new Karamazov Group knows, ''Miru'' is "Kortik 2"."Kortik-2".
* TeenGenius: What Katie eventually turned into, having graduated at MIT at twelve years old.
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* ShroudedInMyth: Alyosha-as-Kortik's exploits were considered this, to the point that the FBI (prior to Katie) wasn't even sure what ''gender'' the mysterious assassin had. [[spoiler:Also the exploits of Commander Karamazova, a.k.a. Kortik 1.]]
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* ShroudedInMyth: Alyosha-as-Kortik's exploits were considered this, to the point that the FBI (prior to Katie) wasn't even sure what ''gender'' the mysterious assassin had. [[spoiler:Also the exploits of Commander Karamazova, a.k.a. Kortik 1.Kortik-1.]]
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* AcquiredPoisonImmunity: Well resistance anyway, for Alyosha. A result of the assassin training program she had to undergo.
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* LegacyCharacter: Or in this case, Legacy Codename. Alyosha is the second assassin to be awarded the NomDeGuerre "Kortik".
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* TheSpartanWay: The frankly ''ridiculous'' training regime that the Karamazov Group set up to raise assassins for its cause. By the end of it, only Alyosha was left, out of several dozen kids.
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* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: The Solessian president that Alyosha was supposed to assassinate is ''obviously'' not based on Vladimir Putin. Really.
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* TykeBomb: What the Karamazov Assassination Group tried to create, using war orphans left by Solessia's invasion of Estolakia. Alyosha is the only survivor of this program.
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* BigOlEyebrows: Part of Katie's design.
* CombatPragmatist: Alyosha.
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* GirlishPigtails: [[spoiler:The Kortik-3 series of clones have these as standard]].
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The years have ''definitely'' been kind to [[spoiler:CommanderKaramazov]].Karamazova]].
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The years have ''definitely'' been kind to [[spoiler:Commander
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* ScarsAreForever: Commander Karamazov's [[spoiler:Commander Karamazova's body is crisscrossed by scars, Captain Harlock-style.]]
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* CrouchingMoronHiddenBadass: Miru's tutor Okada Shigeru. Looks like a reedy and bespectacled geek, ''really'' a member of a clan of ninjas and an expert in security devices.
* GrandmaWhatMassiveHotnessYouHave: The years have ''definitely'' been kind to [[spoiler:Commander Karamazov]].
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* FishOutOfWater: Alyosha had a hard time adjusting to being a "normal" high school girl, to say the least.
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* ProfessionalKiller: Alyosha for most of her life, prior to her "final mission".
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* IWillProtectHer: Alyosha to Miru (see MistakenIdentity). Later extends to include Katie and Ryuunosuke.
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* AbsurdlySharpBlade: Alyosha's... whatever it is. Has been shown to cut through glass and ''through a person's head'' (skull and all) without meeting any resistance.
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* ForTheEvulz: One part of why [[spoiler:Kortik 3 kills people]].
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* ButNotTooForeign: Miru. Because of her grandmother, she's 1/4th Irish.
* ChildhoodFriends: Miru and Ryuunosuke. Subverted in that neither of them make much of it.
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* IJustWantToHaveFriends: One of Katie's secret desires. Finally fulfilled with Miru and Alyosha.
* {{Megane}}: Ryuunosuke.
* {{Meganekko}}: Katie.
* {{Megane}}: Ryuunosuke.
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* ChildSoldiers: Alyosha obviously, overlapping with TykeBomb. [[spoiler:By extension, her clones, the Kortik 3 series]].
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Foreign exchange student Alyosha Stalina has been attending a Japanese high school for 3 months. She comes from the nation of Solessia but she is yet to fit in with the other students because of her unfriendly demeanor and cold personality. Rightfully so because Alyosha is a trained assassin that has been murdering people since she was 5 years old. Officials in Estolakia, a country devastated by the attacks from Solessia, found the orphaned Alyosha and trained her as a top notch assassin to work against Solessia.
Her most recent and soon to be last mission is to murder the president of Solessia who is to attend the high school she has infiltrated for 3 months. However, the mission is aborted and she is ordered to remain a student. The only thing Alyosha knows how to do is to be an assassin and has never learned how to be a normal teenage girl. Will Alyosha be able to complete her most difficult mission yet?
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!!''Alyosha!'' provides examples of the following:
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Katie, obviously.
* OccidentalOtaku: Katie, full stop.
* TheOjou: Miru. Subverted in that she doesn't ''act'' like one, due to the rules of self-sufficiency that her grandfather had put in place.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Both Alyosha are blonde and blue-eyed.
* TheStoic: Alyosha's doesn't really emote much. Makes sense, because due to her upbringing as an assassin, she's never been taught anything about emotions, and what little she did have she was conditioned to suppress.
* SweetTooth: Alyosha, much to her own surprise.
* WhenSheSmiles: Given how rare it is, whenever Alyosha does this, it lights up the room.
Her most recent and soon to be last mission is to murder the president of Solessia who is to attend the high school she has infiltrated for 3 months. However, the mission is aborted and she is ordered to remain a student. The only thing Alyosha knows how to do is to be an assassin and has never learned how to be a normal teenage girl. Will Alyosha be able to complete her most difficult mission yet?
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!!''Alyosha!'' provides examples of the following:
* CosplayOtakuGirl: Katie, obviously.
* OccidentalOtaku: Katie, full stop.
* TheOjou: Miru. Subverted in that she doesn't ''act'' like one, due to the rules of self-sufficiency that her grandfather had put in place.
* PhenotypeStereotype: Both Alyosha are blonde and blue-eyed.
* TheStoic: Alyosha's doesn't really emote much. Makes sense, because due to her upbringing as an assassin, she's never been taught anything about emotions, and what little she did have she was conditioned to suppress.
* SweetTooth: Alyosha, much to her own surprise.
* WhenSheSmiles: Given how rare it is, whenever Alyosha does this, it lights up the room.
