History Manga / CuticleDetectiveInaba

''Cuticle Detective Inaba'' is a shounen manga by Mochi. An anime adaptation premiered in January 2013.

%% * GettingCrapPastThe Radar: Due to overwhelming and persistent misuse, GCPTR is on-page examples only until 01 June 2021. If you are reading this in the future, please check the trope page to make sure your example fits the current definition.

* MadeOfIron: Kuniharu Ogino. It's lampshaded constantly.

%%* IllBoy: Haruka.

** UpToEleven since he loves cats [[spoiler:despite having a cat allergy]].

* {{Bishounen}}: Both the brothers Hiroshi and Haruka Inaba. Yuuta may also count, being a little too pretty for a boy.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Noah has purple hair.

* OurDragonsAreDifferent: The Eastern style Donragon in episode 8a.

* InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons: The Eastern style Donragon in episode 8a.

* GettingCrapPastTheRadar:
** Gabriella. She pretty much wants to kidnap Kei, who is ''much'' younger and smaller than she is, as is her preference, and her introduction includes some of her former clients. One of them is a female dom, and in the background you can clearly see two young men being tortured, one of whom with a ball gag in his mouth...
** Ogata fawning over Hiroshi seems prime ho yay fuel, except it's only because Hiroshi's a werewolf and Ogata is crazy fond of dogs.
** Hiroshi caressing and smelling Kurami's hair while blushing was because he was excited about Kurami's hair, not Kurami himself. Doesn't stop the whole thing from screaming ho yay.

%%* EvilAlbino: Haruka

* FragileFlower: Stella, although only in the beginning.

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: never mind that Soumei [[spoiler: shot a police officer while using Ogino's body, all Hiroshi wants to know is what Soumei did to Ogi's bangs.]]
* BadassAdorable: Azusa. Stella.
* BarehandedBladeBlock: the Don fails epically at it in episode 7, [[spoiler: cue Kurami's katana hitting him smack in the head. [[FromBadToWorse And then he gets shot by Gabriella]].]]
* BeleagueredAssistant: Kei.

*** Do not steal Hiroshi's hair collection. He'll get serious kick your ass.
* BigBrotherWorship: Haruka towards Hiroshi. [[spoiler: He became a villain just so Hiroshi would pay attention to him, and wants to destroy the police force to get Hiroshi back.]]
* BishieSparkle

* {{Bloodlust}}: [[spoiler: the werewolf girl who got her powers by tasting blood. Soumei was forced to kill her.]]
* BreakingTheFourthWall: In episode 12 the lights go off in Don's hideout, [[ByTheLightsOfTheirEyes but you can still see his eyes flying all over the screen.]] Kei says that he's freaking out and wishes that the audience could see it. Noah then says that you'll be able to see it on the Blue Ray. A caption soon comes up saying that she's lying.

* CatGirl: Natsuki

* CovertPervert: Yataro, which is why Natsuki and Haruka hate it when [[spoiler: Soumei possesses his body cause he's shameless.]]

* ConvenientlyTimedAttackFromBehind: [[spoiler: when Soumei is about to shoot Hiroshi at point blank range, he gets shot instead with a poisoned bullet by Haruka. Soumei even calls him out on it.]]

* CuteLittleFangs: Kei and Stella.
* DarkActionGirl: Gabriella
* DemonicPossession: [[spoiler: Soumei can do this to people, but he gets energy when they let him in willingly.]]
* DespairEventHorizon: Soumei [[spoiler: crossed it when his partner killed himself and he got framed for his 'murder', this after witnessing years of police corruption.]]
* DidntThinkThisThrough: Noah [[spoiler: filling a entire castle with death traps so that not even she could go back in safely, and Yuuta attempting to poison Ogino with his Donragon, while in a small room]].
* DidYouGetANewHaircut: the Don looks like a real, utterly badass goat in the second half of episode 7.
* DirtyOldMan: [[spoiler: First thing Soumei does when possessing Yataro's body is to grope Natsuki]].

* DotingParent: Ogino loves his daughter.
** Seems to extend to Hiroshi as well, though to a lesser degree. [[spoiler: Azusa goes on the fake 10000 yen bill, Hiroshi on the 5000]].

** From the first chapter when [[spoiler: Ogi was trapped in the cellar by the mafia, Yuuta blocks all the gaps, keeping air from entering for Ogi (who was supposed to be Yuuta's client) to suffocate. He had done this only out of his own twisted sadism. It then proceeds to show that even the mafia were shocked.]]
** Neither the Don nor Noah [[spoiler: allow Gabriella to kill Kurami's father after Noah performed surgery on him.]]
* EvilAlbino: Haruka

* FaceHeelTurn: Soumei [[spoiler: after being framed for murder by the police force he'd served for years.]]
* FallenHero: Soumei
* TheFaceless: Lorenzo
** Partially subverted in episode 10 when [[spoiler: Soumei, possessing Lorenzo, gets irritated at the mask and starts to pull it off. Hiroshi and Ogi freak out and pull it back over his head, since revealing his face'll make them [[BreakingTheFourthWall "think it's the last episode!"]].]]
* FairCop: Ogino

* FriendlyEnemy: The Don. Usually.
** Noah and Yuuta from the moment they meet.

* GoKartingWithBowser

* GreenEyedMonster: Hiroshi when [[spoiler: he thinks Stella will be Ogino's new partner. It's not pretty.]]

* HappyDance: the Cuticle Dance. Hiroshi even states it shows his great mood.
* HighSchoolAU: The first half of episode 7.
* HotSpringsEpisode: the second half of episode 5.
* HybridMonster: Noah made a Chimera in episode 5 [[spoiler: and it was a goat with a snake tongue and cobra venom that turned into gelatin when poked by Yuuta. Of course it's [[HyperCompetentSidekick Yuuta]]...]]
* HyperCompetentSidekick: Yuuta. [[spoiler: His poking is able to bring out Hiroshi's powers, he's able to push Soumei's spirit out of Yataro with a single poke and through sheer badassary, Soumei is unable to possess him longer than three seconds. He's also able to sense Gabriella's arrival, detect the mafia taking pictures of Hiroshi and successfully spy on the yakuza while standing three inches from them.]]
* IllBoy: Haruka.

* ItMakesSenseInContext: During episode five, Ogi walks in on Hiroshi, who's holding hands with Noah, a member of the Valentinos, and wearing the uniform of the criminal organization Nora.[[note]] (Hiroshi had just been abduted by Noah's medical robots and stripped down for examination, so Yataka, a NORA member, gave Hiroshi his shirt. It also turned out that Noah was helping Haruka, Hiroshi's sickly little brother and head of NORA with his weak constitution. Hiroshi was holding Noah's hands in order to express his gratitude and encourage her to do everything she could.)[[/note]] He immediately begins to crush, Hiroshi, demanding to know what was going on. Hiroshi lampshades the trope, saying that Ogi has really bad timing.

** UpToEleven since he loves cats [[spoiler: despite having a cat allergy]].
* LoveBubbles: Ogata. Hiroshi.
* LovePotion: Love chocolate rather, eaten by [[spoiler: Kei and Hiroshi]].
* LukeIAmYourFather: [[spoiler: Soumei, to Hiroshi and Haruka.]]
* LuminescentBlush: Hiroshi and Haruka.

** Subverted when [[spoiler: Gabriella shoots him in the shoulder. Everyone is understandably shocked. Again when Haruka shoots him with a poison bullet.]]

* MadScientist: Noah.

* MoodDissonance: [[spoiler: when Hiroshi warns [[{{Yakuza}} Kurami]] that Don Valentino isn't human, Kurami agrees that there are many dragons and demons in the world, only to be told wrong, you're dealing with a dirty goat that eats money. It just goes downhill from there, with the Don whirling around in a washing machine while Gabriella tortures/threatens Hiroshi, the Don threatening Hiroshi with potato starch, Yuuta blow-drying Hiroshi's hair while he tells Kurami to run for it, and Kurami unable to protect his father because his underlings are all at farms or zoos looking for goats. All of this presented as a [[PrivateDetective detective]] [[FilmNoir noir]] episode.]]
* MoodWhiplash: [[spoiler: an enraged Hiroshi attacks Soumei and Yataro in full wolf form, biting Yataro and drawing blood, and getting up with [[RedEyesTakeWarning murderous red eyes]] after being kicked by Soumei. Only for an awkward pause to follow as Hiroshi transforms back, stark naked. Cue Yuuta and Kei handing him his clothes while he gets dressed blushing.]]

* NobleDemon: the Don in the second half of episode 7. He even laments that there are 'no more samurai in this country'. And at the end, Kurami says he may be [[EverythingsBetterWithSamurai The Last Samurai]].
* TheNoseKnows: Hiroshi.
* NotSoHarmlessVillain: Soumei [[spoiler: who is a lot stronger and more ruthless than he let on. He would have killed Ogino and Hiroshi if not for Haruka's and Natsuki's interference]].

* OnlySaneMan: Kei seems to be this thus far. Though he loses it if cats are involved.
** They weaponized this in episode 5 [[spoiler: during the table tennis match]].

* OurWerewolvesAreDifferent

* PowerupLetdown: a brown hair lets Hiroshi fly - by giving him beetle wings. Everyone immediately [[ImprovisedWeapon bug sprays]] him. He admits he only used it to [[WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes freak out]] Yataro.

* TheQuietOne: Yataro. [[spoiler: He'll speak to Soumei and only him though]].

* RedEyesTakeWarning: Haruka and Hiroshi.
* RuleOfFunny

* ScaryShinyGlasses: Hiroshi
* SeriousBusiness: Kurami [[spoiler: ordering Tetsu to find goats.]]
* ShootTheDog: [[spoiler:at her own request, Soumei personally ended the life of young werewolf that had tasted blood. He had no choice since everyone else was too gutless to do it.]]
* SkullForAHead: Mori wears a goat skull

* SparklingStreamOfTears: Hiroshi, distraught that [[spoiler: Ogi's bangs have been cut.]]

* SuperSenses: the werewolves.
* SuperStrength: Ogino.
* {{Tanuki}}: big statue of one standing outside the Inaba Detective Agency
* TallDarkAndHandsome: Kurami Torayasu. Ogino.
* TechnicolorEyes: Noah has purple eyes
* ThisIsUnforgivable: Hiroshi [[spoiler: to Soumei for trying to kill Ogino.]] Also, stealing his hair collection.

* TransformationTrinket: in Hiroshi's case, any hair of the five natural colors.

* UnusualEars: aside from having regular human ears, werewolves' hair is shaped like wolf ears. In Haruka's case, bunny ears, Natsuki has cat ears. Subverted by Yataro, until [[spoiler: Yuuta's relentless poking makes his ears and tail appear]].
* VillainsOutShopping: the first five minutes Episode 5b

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Haruka. See {{Yandere}} below
* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Yataro freaks out when [[spoiler: Hiroshi, using a brown hair, grows beetle wings to fly and chases him around]].
* WillingChanneler: [[spoiler: Yataro lets Soumei possess his body.]]
* WholesomeCrossdresser: Yuuta.
* WingdingEyes: Gabriella without her glasses.
* [[AssInALionSkin A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing]]: Literally, [[spoiler: Soumei resides in a sheep doll]].
* WorldOfHam
* {{Yakuza}}: Kurami and his subordinate Tetsu
* {{Yandere}}: Yuuta. Haruka to a degree, since he [[spoiler: used a painful poison to kill Ogino rather than a painless one like Soumei told him to. And he doesn't care one little bit about it.]]
* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Noah has purple hair

'''''Cuticle Detective Inaba''''' is a shounen manga by Mochi. An anime adaptation premiered in January 2013.

* RedHeadedHero: Hiroshi.

* NamesToKnowInAnime:
** Creator/JunichiSuwabe as Hiroshi
** Creator/AsamiSeto as Natsuki
** Asami Shimoda as Yūta Sasaki
** Creator/JunFukuyama as Mori/Forest Masashi
** Creator/JurotaKosugi as Lorenzo
** Creator/KosukeToriumi as Yuzuki Ogata
** Creator/MitsukiSaiga as Haruka Inaba
** Creator/MiyuIrino as Kei Nozaki
** Creator/NobuhikoOkamoto as Kenmochi
** Creator/RinaHidaka as Azusa Ogino
** Creator/TakehitoKoyasu as Soumei
** Creator/TomokazuSugita as Yatarou
** Creator/ToshiyukiMorikawa as Kuniharu Ogino
** Creator/YokoHikasa as Gabriella

* OnlySaneMan[=/=]StraightMan: Kei seems to be this thus far. Though he loses it if cats are involved.

** RinaHidaka as Azusa Ogino