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* DeathBySex: Subverted. Emu knew Yoh would kill her for witnessing one of his murders, [[MustNotDieAVirgin and she didn't want to die a virgin]]. She asked him to have sex with her as her last wish; however, Yoh couldn't bring himself to murder her -- so he made her his partner instead.
** Though in later chapters, other women shown to "''involve''" themselves with Freeman then fall under this trope; a couple of them ''very graphically'' so.
** Then subverted again with Kimie Hanada, whose "''involvement''" is far more graphic then every other female character in the manga, even Emu, but she is spared to the manga's end.
** Not only women, but several men come under this also; including getting killed ''mid-coitus'', also ''coitus interruptus'', and one ambushed while in afterglow with his mistress (she's spared).
** Though in later chapters, other women shown to "''involve''" themselves with Freeman then fall under this trope; a couple of them ''very graphically'' so.
** Then subverted again with Kimie Hanada, whose "''involvement''" is far more graphic then every other female character in the manga, even Emu, but she is spared to the manga's end.
** Not only women, but several men come under this also; including getting killed ''mid-coitus'', also ''coitus interruptus'', and one ambushed while in afterglow with his mistress (she's spared).
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* SexSignalsDeath: Subverted. Emu knew Yoh would kill her for witnessing one of his murders, [[MustNotDieAVirgin and she didn't want to die a virgin]]. She asked him to have sex with her as her last wish; however, Yoh couldn't bring himself to murder her -- so he made her his partner instead.
** Though in later chapters, other women shown to "''involve''" themselves with Freeman then fall under this trope; a couple of them ''very graphically'' so.
** Then subverted again with Kimie Hanada, whose "''involvement''" is far more graphic then every other female character in the manga, even Emu, but she is spared to the manga's end.
** Not only women, but several men come under this also; including getting killed ''mid-coitus'', also ''coitus interruptus'', and one ambushed while in afterglow with his mistress (she's spared).
** Though in later chapters, other women shown to "''involve''" themselves with Freeman then fall under this trope; a couple of them ''very graphically'' so.
** Then subverted again with Kimie Hanada, whose "''involvement''" is far more graphic then every other female character in the manga, even Emu, but she is spared to the manga's end.
** Not only women, but several men come under this also; including getting killed ''mid-coitus'', also ''coitus interruptus'', and one ambushed while in afterglow with his mistress (she's spared).
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* {{Meganekko}}: Emu; she is also TheOjou and a ReclusiveArtist.
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* ChristmasCake: because her father was a man of high status and power, Emu Hino has remained a virgin for 28 years.
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* ChristmasCake: because Because her father was a man of high status and power, Emu Hino has remained was a virgin for 28 years.years until she met Yoh.
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* TheirFirstTime: Yoh and Emu's first time together, which happened because Emu did not want to die a virgin. As Yoh reveals before they begin, he too is a virgin.
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* TheirFirstTime: A big plot point: Both Yoh Hinomura and Emu's Emu Hino are virgins, and since she witnessed one of his murders, she's his soon-to-be victim. When Yoh goes to her BigFancyHouse, Emu tells him that he can kill her and she won't refuse... but as her last wish, [[MustNotDieAVirgin she asks him to do it with her.]] Yoh tells Emu that he's a virgin too and accepts to be her first time together, which happened because Emu did and last - and not want to die a virgin. As Yoh reveals before only do they begin, "deflower" each other, but [[InLoveWithTheMark he too is a virgin.falls for her and takes her in]].
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* TheirFirstTime: Yoh and Emu's first time together, which happened because Emu did not want to die a virgin.
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* TheirFirstTime: Yoh and Emu's first time together, which happened because Emu did not want to die a virgin. As Yoh reveals before they begin, he too is a virgin.
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''Crying Freeman'', a 1986 manga illustrated by Creator/RyoichiIkegami and written by Creator/KazuoKoike, follows the story of Yoh Hinomura, an internationally-renowned potter from Japan. A Chinese triad organization known as "The 108 Dragons" kidnapped Yoh and turned him into an unwilling assassin: after sticking acupuncture needles in him and implanting post-hypnotic suggestions, Yoh became one of their best assassins, killing for the group whenever he is ordered to. Whenever Yoh kills, he [[ManlyTears cries out of remorse for his victims]] (hence the name of the series). When solitary artist Emu Hino witnesses one of Yoh's assassinations, the Dragons order him to eliminate her -- but Yoh's love for Hino [[LoveRedeems could become his salvation]]...
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''Crying Freeman'', a 1986 manga illustrated by Creator/RyoichiIkegami Ryoichi Ikegami and written by Creator/KazuoKoike, follows the story of Yoh Hinomura, an internationally-renowned potter from Japan. A Chinese triad organization known as "The 108 Dragons" kidnapped Yoh and turned him into an unwilling assassin: after sticking acupuncture needles in him and implanting post-hypnotic suggestions, Yoh became one of their best assassins, killing for the group whenever he is ordered to. Whenever Yoh kills, he [[ManlyTears cries out of remorse for his victims]] (hence the name of the series). When solitary artist Emu Hino witnesses one of Yoh's assassinations, the Dragons order him to eliminate her -- but Yoh's love for Hino [[LoveRedeems could become his salvation]]...
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''Crying Freeman'', a 1986 manga illustrated by Creator/RyouichiIkegami and written by Creator/KazuoKoike, follows the story of Yoh Hinomura, an internationally-renowned potter from Japan. A Chinese triad organization known as "The 108 Dragons" kidnapped Yoh and turned him into an unwilling assassin: after sticking acupuncture needles in him and implanting post-hypnotic suggestions, Yoh became one of their best assassins, killing for the group whenever he is ordered to. Whenever Yoh kills, he [[ManlyTears cries out of remorse for his victims]] (hence the name of the series). When solitary artist Emu Hino witnesses one of Yoh's assassinations, the Dragons order him to eliminate her -- but Yoh's love for Hino [[LoveRedeems could become his salvation]]...
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''Crying Freeman'', a 1986 manga illustrated by Creator/RyouichiIkegami Creator/RyoichiIkegami and written by Creator/KazuoKoike, follows the story of Yoh Hinomura, an internationally-renowned potter from Japan. A Chinese triad organization known as "The 108 Dragons" kidnapped Yoh and turned him into an unwilling assassin: after sticking acupuncture needles in him and implanting post-hypnotic suggestions, Yoh became one of their best assassins, killing for the group whenever he is ordered to. Whenever Yoh kills, he [[ManlyTears cries out of remorse for his victims]] (hence the name of the series). When solitary artist Emu Hino witnesses one of Yoh's assassinations, the Dragons order him to eliminate her -- but Yoh's love for Hino [[LoveRedeems could become his salvation]]...
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''Crying Freeman'', a 1986 manga illustrated by Ryouichi Ikegami and written by Kazuo Koike, follows the story of Yoh Hinomura, an internationally-renowned potter from Japan. A Chinese triad organization known as "The 108 Dragons" kidnapped Yoh and turned him into an unwilling assassin: after sticking acupuncture needles in him and implanting post-hypnotic suggestions, Yoh became one of their best assassins, killing for the group whenever he is ordered to. Whenever Yoh kills, he [[ManlyTears cries out of remorse for his victims]] (hence the name of the series). When solitary artist Emu Hino witnesses one of Yoh's assassinations, the Dragons order him to eliminate her -- but Yoh's love for Hino [[LoveRedeems could become his salvation]]...
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''Crying Freeman'', a 1986 manga illustrated by Ryouichi Ikegami Creator/RyouichiIkegami and written by Kazuo Koike, Creator/KazuoKoike, follows the story of Yoh Hinomura, an internationally-renowned potter from Japan. A Chinese triad organization known as "The 108 Dragons" kidnapped Yoh and turned him into an unwilling assassin: after sticking acupuncture needles in him and implanting post-hypnotic suggestions, Yoh became one of their best assassins, killing for the group whenever he is ordered to. Whenever Yoh kills, he [[ManlyTears cries out of remorse for his victims]] (hence the name of the series). When solitary artist Emu Hino witnesses one of Yoh's assassinations, the Dragons order him to eliminate her -- but Yoh's love for Hino [[LoveRedeems could become his salvation]]...
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* ArtImitatesLife: Koike intriduced the 108 Dragons as an enemy faction in ''Duet'', only to find out there actually is a namesake gang in Hong Kong later. Some gang members asked him if he could make a RootingForTheEmpire spinoff and gave him a designer watch, so he outright turned them into the {{Villain Protagonist}}s.
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* ArtImitatesLife: Koike intriduced introduced the 108 Dragons as an enemy faction in ''Duet'', only to find out there actually is a namesake gang in Hong Kong later. Some gang members asked him if he could make a RootingForTheEmpire spinoff and gave him a designer watch, so he outright turned them into the {{Villain Protagonist}}s.
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* ImColdSoCold: Said verbatim by Emu O'Hara in the film adaptation. Completely justified, as she has taken a few bullets and suffers from a large blood loss.
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* AdaptationalNationality: Emu and Netah are changed from Japanese to caucasian Canadians, and the primary setting relocated from Tokyo to British Columbia.
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* AdaptationalNationality: Emu and Netah are changed from Japanese to caucasian Caucasian Canadians, and the primary setting relocated from Tokyo to British Columbia.
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* ImColdSoCold: Said verbatim by Emu O'Hara. Completely justified, as she has taken a few bullets and suffers from a large blood loss.
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* InLoveWithTheMark: And how.Kickstarts the plot in a big way.
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* RapePortrayedAsRedemption: The tattoo artist Zi Yan Zhu, after she refused to go through with poisoning Freeman.
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* DirtyCoward: Tsunaike. He thinks of himself as a brilliant strategist, but he never does his own fighting—he’s quite content to let others do that. As a result, he’s always caught flat-footed when Freeman out-maneuvers him, and his hubris leads to a KarmicDeath. Freeman actually takes the time to point out his missteps [[spoiler: as he is being washed out to sea in the middle of an icy storm with no hope of rescue.]] Ouch.
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* RomancingtheWidow: This is one of the stories in the “Journey to Freedom” arc. Freeman acts as the protector of a geisha who is being harrassed by an [[Abhorrent Admirer.]] This becomes particularly squicky when the man is introduced by boasting to the geisha that any woman nowadays can be bought if enough money is offered.
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* RomancingtheWidow: RomancingTheWidow: This is one of the stories in the “Journey to Freedom” arc. Freeman acts as the protector arc. The widow of Togoku Oshu is a geisha who is being harrassed by an [[Abhorrent Admirer.]] AbhorrentAdmirer. This becomes particularly squicky when the man is introduced by boasting to the geisha her that any woman nowadays can be bought if enough money is offered.offered, before revealing enough on-hand cash to pay her substantial financial obligations. The implication is very clear that he does not intend to take “no” for an answer. Fortunately, Freeman has already decided to act as her protector and quickly defuses the situation. (It doesn’t hurt that he ''also'' has enough money with ''him'' to clear her debts.)
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* RomancingtheWidowRomancingtheWidow: This is one of the stories in the “Journey to Freedom” arc. Freeman acts as the protector of a geisha who is being harrassed by an [[Abhorrent Admirer.]] This becomes particularly squicky when the man is introduced by boasting to the geisha that any woman nowadays can be bought if enough money is offered.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the "Shades of Death" arc, Father Dragon informs Yoh that Emu is a better strategist than he is, and suggests that he allow Emu to assist him with his espionage duties. Yoh quickly replies that he wants to keep her out of such matters, and Emu agrees. In the very next short story ("The Marriage Vows") Yoh has decided that Emu is clever enough to get herself out of the type of trouble that the attractive wife of a mob boss might find herself in, and acknowledges her strength and independence. In one of the following arcs ("Sister") he openly allows her to take on the task of quelling the curse of the Muramasa sword, which is a task that he himself actually failed at, and by the time of "Abduction in Chinatown," Emu actually takes the lead in staging an extraction for Yoh when he is trapped on a covert military installation. At the closure of the series ("Journey to Freedom"), Emu is actually present during one of Yoh's assassinations. They've come a long way!
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the "Shades of Death" arc, Father Dragon informs Yoh that Emu is a better strategist than he is, and suggests that he allow Emu to assist him with his espionage duties. Yoh quickly replies that he wants to keep her out of such matters, and Emu agrees. In the very next short story ("The Marriage Vows") Yoh has decided that Emu is clever enough to get herself out of the type of trouble that the attractive wife of a mob boss might find herself in, and acknowledges her strength and independence. In one of the following arcs ("Sister") he openly allows her to take on the task of quelling the curse of the Muramasa sword, which is a task that he himself actually failed at, and by the time of "Abduction in Chinatown," Emu actually takes the lead in staging an extraction for Yoh when he is trapped on a covert military installation. At the closure of the series ("Journey to Freedom"), Emu is actually present during one of Yoh's assassinations. They've come a long way!
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* EasilyForgiven: In the short “The Marriage Vows,” Emu is kidnapped and subjected to water torture in a holding tank for a fish processing plant. It has been established by this point that she cannot swim and she is manacled to the wall, so this is extremely dangerous. She is released later, but is threatened by two huge, completely nude men. She escapes by leaping through [[SoftGlass the closed window]]. Later, reunited with her husband, she finds out that all of her assailants were actually members of the organization testing her loyalty. (Apparently the ''de facto'' leader’s marriage to her was not a sufficient endorsement!) The men prostrate themselves completely to the ground as she passes by them, and Emu forgives them all instantly.
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* Mystical108: The mysterious organization that employs Yoh is "The 108 Dragons".
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* OneHundredAndEight: The mysterious organization that employs Yoh is "The 108 Dragons".
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* [[{{Overcrank}} Slow Mo]]: This film's action sequences are quite heavy on the slow mo for cool factor.
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* CharacterizationMarchesOn: In the "Shades of Death" arc, Father Dragon informs Yoh that Emu is a better strategist than he is, and suggests that he allow Emu to assist him with his espionage duties. Yoh quickly replies that he wants to keep her out of such matters, and Emu agrees. In the very next short story ("The Marriage Vows") Yoh has decided that Emu is clever enough to get herself out of the type of trouble that the attractive wife of a mob boss might find herself in, and acknowledges her strength and independence. In one of the following arcs ("Sister") he openly allows her to take on the task of quelling the curse of the Muramasa sword, which is a task that he himself actually failed at, and by the time of "Abduction in Chinatown," Emu actually takes the lead in staging an extraction for Yoh when he is trapped on a covert military installation. At the closure of the series ("Journey to Freedom"), Emu is actually present during one of Yoh's assassinations. They've come a long way!
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* {{Acrofatic}}: Bai-Ya Shan is very tall and very fat, but is a lethal fighter who [[DualWielding dual-wields]] butterfly knives.
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* FullFrontalAssault: And how.
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* FullFrontalAssault: And how.Several characters go into battle in the nude. {{Exploited|Trope}} by Bai-Ya Shan, who counts on her opponents' revulsion at seeing her unclothed to throw them off and make them more vulnerable to her attacks.
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Set in the same universe of Kazuo Koike's ''Duet'', and presumeably Manga/MadBull34.
No relation to [[VideoGame/HalfLife a bespectacled, alien fighting scientist]] [[note]]Who doesn't cry by the virtue of being a HeroicMime[[/note]]. It was adapted on live action film in 1995 by director Christophe Gans (''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'') starring Creator/MarkDacascos.
No relation to [[VideoGame/HalfLife a bespectacled, alien fighting scientist]] [[note]]Who doesn't cry by the virtue of being a HeroicMime[[/note]]. It was adapted on live action film in 1995 by director Christophe Gans (''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'') starring Creator/MarkDacascos.
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Set in the same universe of Kazuo Koike's ''Duet'', and presumeably presumably Manga/MadBull34.
No relation to [[VideoGame/HalfLife a bespectacled, alien fighting scientist]] [[note]]Who doesn't cry by the virtue of being a HeroicMime[[/note]]. Has two unofficial Hong Kong adaptations which are both InNameOnly, ''Film/KillersRomance'' and ''Film/DragonFromRussia'', coincidentally both debuting in 1990. It was adapted on live action film in 1995 by director Christophe Gans (''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'') starring Creator/MarkDacascos.
No relation to [[VideoGame/HalfLife a bespectacled, alien fighting scientist]] [[note]]Who doesn't cry by the virtue of being a HeroicMime[[/note]]. Has two unofficial Hong Kong adaptations which are both InNameOnly, ''Film/KillersRomance'' and ''Film/DragonFromRussia'', coincidentally both debuting in 1990. It was adapted on live action film in 1995 by director Christophe Gans (''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'') starring Creator/MarkDacascos.
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No relation to [[VideoGame/HalfLife a bespectacled, alien fighting scientist]] [[note]]Who doesn't cry by the virtue of being a HeroicMime[[/note]]. It was adapted on live action film in 1995 by director Christophe Gans (''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'').
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No relation to [[VideoGame/HalfLife a bespectacled, alien fighting scientist]] [[note]]Who doesn't cry by the virtue of being a HeroicMime[[/note]]. It was adapted on live action film in 1995 by director Christophe Gans (''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'').(''Film/BrotherhoodOfTheWolf'') starring Creator/MarkDacascos.
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* TakingTheBullet: [[ExaggeratedTrope Done to an absolutely ridiculous degree.]] No less than ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZsKWGd2sKk eight different people]]'' jump in front of Yoh to protect him from an assassin who has nearly BottomlessMagazines, before Yoh is able to kill the assassin.
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* AdaptationalVillainy:
** Koh willingly betrays Yo and [[spoiler:dies only moments before he can shoot him, in comparison to his HeroicSacrifice in the source material.]]
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**AdaptationalVillainy: Koh willingly betrays Yo and [[spoiler:dies only moments before he can shoot him, in comparison to his HeroicSacrifice in the source material.]]
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* AdaptationalVillainy: Hu Feng Leng goes from being a CoolOldLady to a WickedWitch with little-to-no redeeming qualities.
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** Koh willingly betrays Yo and [[spoiler:dies only moments before he can shoot him, in comparison to his HeroicSacrifice in the source material.]]
** Hu Feng Leng goes from being a CoolOldLady to a WickedWitch with little-to-no redeeming qualities.
** Koh willingly betrays Yo and [[spoiler:dies only moments before he can shoot him, in comparison to his HeroicSacrifice in the source material.]]
** Hu Feng Leng goes from being a CoolOldLady to a WickedWitch with little-to-no redeeming qualities.
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* LoveConquersAll: It's Emu's affections that finally break Yo's programming and lead him to rebel against his employers.
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* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Ryuji is variously immolated (multiple times), shot at point blank range, stabbed, slashed, and impaled, and still has no trouble firing his gun and hitting targets dozens of feet away. It's a block of C4 planted right next to him that finally does him.]]
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* RasputinianDeath: [[spoiler:Ryuji is variously immolated (multiple times), shot at point blank range, stabbed, slashed, and impaled, and still has no trouble firing his gun and hitting targets dozens of feet away. It's a block of C4 planted right next to him that finally does him.him in.]]
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* BilingualBonus: There's a fair amount of untranslated Mandarin and Japanese dialogue.
